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Remembering the Corrupted Blood incident: That time WoW was overrun by a virtual plague now referenced by Covid-19 researchers
One incident stands out in terms of reaching beyond the world of videogames though, and that's the Corrupted Blood plague. In 2005, a bug allowed a damage-over-time effect from a raid event to ...
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Some madperson briefly, beautifully recreated the corrupted blood plague in World of Warcraft Classic
Some have suggested it wasn't that precise Corrupted Blood effect from the raid, rather one created by a weaker version of boss Hakkar the Soulflayer in another dungeon. Corrupted Blood is perhaps ...
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Revisiting Lessons Learned From World Of Warcraft’s Virtual Pandemic
In 2005, a software bug triggered a pandemic in the video game World Of Warcraft. It ended up foreshadowing many aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Researchers Use World of Warcraft to Study Real-World Response to Disease
The New York Times has a story about a group of researchers who examined the outbreak of the in-game disease ‘corrupted blood,’ originally designed to affect only high-level World of Warcraft ...
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Blood Corrupted Tunic - WoW Classic: Season of Discovery
17 Stamina Durability 100 / 100 RogueDruid Requires Level 50 Blood Corrupted Leathers Blood Corrupted TunicBlood Corrupted PantsBlood Corrupted Boots (2) Set : Improves your chance to hit with all ...
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Blood Corrupted Boots - WoW Classic: Season of Discovery
12 Stamina Durability 50 / 50 RogueDruid Requires Level 50 Blood Corrupted Leathers Blood Corrupted TunicBlood Corrupted PantsBlood Corrupted Boots (2) Set : Improves your chance to hit with all ...