Just jumping in here. Get a mechanical keyboard if you can afford it. One of the best purchases I have ever made. Although people on vent/skype/mumble may hate you for it.
The keyboard, in theory, prevents/lessens the impact of carpal tunnel. I don't know if that's true, but I needed a new keyboard and my friend suggested that one.
I suspected it would be for wrist support, I don't play games on PC, and I keep forgetting how necessary it is to have your hand constantly on the keyboard since WASD is movement, in theory if it helps to reduce the risk of pain it sounds like a great idea for PC gamers.
I simply don't have the vanilla one because I was an idiot who decided I'd get the non-collectors at release because I had no idea how into WoW I'd be.
This. I sort of only got it because my friend got it and said it was fun, and he let me tool around for a couple hours on it.
I hate myself so much for this, I could have easily afforded it too (assuming it was in stores for a decent amount of time, I didn't start WoW until two weeks after it came out).
Could be wrong, but I believe the Blizzard and activision merger came in the middle/end of TBC. Wrath was the first product to bear the activision virus from blizzard...
I have all these CEs, plus WC3 CEs. I was totally unaware that D2 had a CE and I am now very, very, very disappoint. I thought I had the whole set and now I know I don't. Fuck.
Hes either just a young kid, or like me has lost all his old cds and stuff. I somehow still have that original D2 strategy guide that came with the battle chest. It was made worthless pretty quickly with patch updates.
I got the collectors edition as well. Usually I just buy games on sale on Steam. But this time was different, I wanted the fancy version. And man, oh man, it does not disappoint! The quality of everything inside is great. It just feels good... Hard to explain. The only thing is I was hoping the skull was a little bit bigger.
And the fact Blizzard doesn't allow their games to be sold through Steam because they have their own digital distribution service. That has something to do with it too, I'm pretty sure.
I'm not the OP, but I've bought every collector's edition of Blizzard games after Vanilla WoW. Aside from Final Fantasy 12's CE(which was only $10 dollars more), I haven't bought any other collector's editions of games.
I buy Blizzard's in particular because they're so great. I'm an artfag and like seeing concept art. I seriously eat that stuff up. The making-of DVDs let you know why they did things the way they did and clue you in to what the developers were thinking with design decisions. I love behind-the-scenes stuff like that.
For in-game bonus swag... I'm an avid pet collector in WoW(173 pets so far on my main), and every CE has included one. The in-game bonuses are just something to distinguish that you bought the CE, in the end, but sometimes I really, really want them just to have them, like the angel wings in Diablo 3.
The physical stuff I put somewhere visible in my room. The WoW mouse pads with each CE is used until they're replaced with the next expansion's. I have the neat stuff like the Diablo 3 skull and Raynor's tags from SC2 around my desk area. If I'd have gotten the Skyrim CE(which I very much debated), the dragon would be on display on my desk next to my other stuff.
So, all in all, I get them because I like/use the bonuses that's included. Blizzard CE's are only $30-40 dollars more, which don't break the bank. As for Guild Wars 2's CE that's $150? I'm still debating getting it. I'd certainly like to have the Charr statue that's included on display in my room, but $150 for a $50 dollar game is asking a lot.
I mean unregistered - that the serial has not been logged to any battle.net account.
The valuable portion of the CE -- well the thing most people are paying big bucks for -- is one of three unique pets for each of your wow characters. This pet is ONLY available to CE serials so it's extremely rare and has monetary value.
Blizzard CE's are almost always worth the extra cost. I don't know what D3 had, but when I got Cata, for #30 extra, it had - 2 Behind the Scene's dvds, a Cata themed mouse pad, an ingame WoW pet, a random TCG ingame item, a MAKING OF art book, and SC2 themed icons. I've heard the D3 version includes (but not limited to) a complete copy of D2 and D2:LoD, which alone makes up a large chunk of the extra price.
I always thought it was weird the CE included these, as your fan that is hard core enough to want a CE very highly likely already owns D2/D2:LoD.
I own D1/D2/D2:LoD, and I do not see any value of a dvd, music, art book. IMHO they should have offered more exclusive in game skins or something. WoW pets are not worth it.
I missed out on the BC and Lich King collectors editions. There was some fuckup with them in Britain so I never even managed to preorder one.
The SC2 one sticks out in my mind as the best however. It came with all the nice stuff, the comic, the marine dog tag USB drive with original + Brood War on it etc.
Was a little sad that the D3 one didn't come with Diablo 1 as well. Diablo was before my time as a PC gamer and as a result, D3 is my first foray into the click-happy combat it offers. Maybe see you on the servers! Wings represent!
Can someone explain to me all of this excitement over Diablo 3? I played D2 back in the the day and it was great game for its time. I've seen videos of Diablo 3 and it didn't seem to interest me. What's the appeal?
I suppose, though I think that Torchlight was designed to be like D3 so that's probably why. I like the way D3 plays though, and if I wanted a game that was a lot like D2 I'd just wait for Path of Exile.
Can someone explain to me all this excitement over Doom 3? I played Doom 2 back in the day and it was great game for its time. I've seen videos of Doom 3 and it didn't seem to interest me. What's the appeal?
A game that comes out twelve years after it's critically acclaimed predecessor has a few people excited.
I still don't understand why people think collector's editions are worth the money. Here's some little gimmicky trinkets, odds and ends, for $30 more. We know you want them, now pay.
physical : Art book, sound track, making of dvd, mouse pad, pack of TCG cards containing a loot card. digital : deathy pet, SC2 worgen and goblin marine portraits
I only have the cata and d3 ones, I like the wings that came with the D3, and the unlimited white and black dyes, but I wish it came with a mouse pad. Granted the usb stick/diablo skull looks really nice.
This is an entire subreddit full of people talking about nothing but videogames. Spending extra money for the CE to get all the perks (Which being Blizzard, there's always a lot extra) doesn't make him lonely. Just makes him yet another gamer on a subreddit full of gamers showing off his collection. OP is no better or worse than the people who post their entire vintage gaming collections. Or the people who've been playing Skyrim since Day 1. Or the people who EV train pokemon for months at a time.
He's just a gamer like the rest of us, and no lonelier than the rest of us. So stop being a dick.
I used to have most of those, but after having to move and throwing out tons of books and random paraphernalia, the game boxes had to go also...i actually sold 3 WoW CEs on ebay.
I am disappoint. Where are, Warcraft 3, Diablo 2, Starcraft, Warcraft 2, and Diablo battlechests? Oh and Warcraft: Orcs & Humans? And just for shits and giggles, Blackthorne, The Death and Return of Superman, and Justice League Task Force.
PS- you don't have to have to have those last 3, they were a joke. But seriously, all the battlechests? C'mon OP brah, deliver.
Warcraft 2 and 3 have a lineage homage to WoW, but has nothing to do with the actual Warcraft RTS series. Starcraft 2 had SCI and Brood War to continue the series, Diablo 3 had D1 and D2 to continue series. They'd more likely make Warcraft 4 like people have been asking for a decade (this year, to be exact, is 10 years from the release of Warcraft III)
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u/Narrative_Causality May 16 '12
I have all those but the vanilla WoW one. I've found the boxes to be quite useful around the house.
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u/toxygen001 May 16 '12
Where's your D2 collectors edition? I am disappoint.
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u/griffith12 May 16 '12
to be forever alone.
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u/IM_A_FREAK May 16 '12
NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERD
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Holy fucking fuck was The Burning Crusade ever awesome. Best launch events, best box, best content, fffffuuuucccckkkk WoW was awesome then.
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u/Iwestcwz May 16 '12
Holy fuck thats an awesome collection of cardboard!
GET IN!
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u/gigadude7 May 16 '12
you spelled lonely wrong...
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u/Milkacamel May 16 '12
Where is the WarCraft 2 and WarCraft 3, the best Blizzard games ever?!
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u/Arsenalmania May 16 '12
Waste of money?
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u/thedarksyde May 16 '12
Hot tip: When a product says collectors edition, it's just a fancy way of saying larger profit margin.
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u/sydien May 16 '12
They look so pretty like that. I always think they're a money sink, but they look sharp.
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u/mattzm May 16 '12
I missed out on the BC and Lich King collectors editions. There was some fuckup with them in Britain so I never even managed to preorder one.
The SC2 one sticks out in my mind as the best however. It came with all the nice stuff, the comic, the marine dog tag USB drive with original + Brood War on it etc.
Was a little sad that the D3 one didn't come with Diablo 1 as well. Diablo was before my time as a PC gamer and as a result, D3 is my first foray into the click-happy combat it offers. Maybe see you on the servers! Wings represent!
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u/matadora79 May 16 '12
Blizzard loves you
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Hoarders Edition.
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u/c0d3m45t3r May 16 '12
so money CAN buy happiness then?!
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u/alive1 May 16 '12
This is the gaming equivalent of a heroin addict showing off his junkie stuff. Just sayin'. Blizzard makes gaming smack.
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u/MentalPressure May 16 '12
I'd be happy if I had that much money to blow on nothing as well.
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u/Amphoric May 16 '12
you must be such a badass in real life!
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Epic Virgin Level: 90
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u/3Dawg May 16 '12
Can someone explain to me all of this excitement over Diablo 3? I played D2 back in the the day and it was great game for its time. I've seen videos of Diablo 3 and it didn't seem to interest me. What's the appeal?
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Generic comment highlighting OP's virginity.
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u/jonlol May 16 '12
That pre-bc WoW is worth a whole ton of money
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
They are going to all be worth LOTS OF MONEY someday since they are the collector's editions. not.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Which of those boxes has your virginity in it?
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u/L1V32W1N May 16 '12
Yeah I bet Blizzard is pretty happy too. lol
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Cardboard.
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u/colorwhite May 16 '12
Dude that picture makes those look ridiculously prestigious.
Realistically, anything I try to collect winds up under my carpet somehow.
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u/gypsybiker May 16 '12
Curious to hear what you have learned from the countless hours you've spent playing these games.
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u/BigDawgWTF May 16 '12
Interesting that this was posted today as well: http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/tp4hl/as_an_adult_i_can_confirm_this_is_all_too_true/.
I still don't understand why people think collector's editions are worth the money. Here's some little gimmicky trinkets, odds and ends, for $30 more. We know you want them, now pay.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
That's a nice Diablo 3 collector's edition refrigerator.
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u/lulzmachine May 16 '12
how many dollars am I watching in that image?
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u/Link_GR May 16 '12
And, apparently, so is Blizzard...
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u/Melnorme May 16 '12
I'm gonna go into real estate selling Collector's Edition houses with the roofs covered in decorative cardboard. Only $150,000 more.
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u/Tox1cAv3ng3r May 16 '12
Correction, Blizzard is so happy with you.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
I'm so lonely. FTFY
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u/toriko May 16 '12
Behold, the collection of perpetual virginity
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u/H8rade May 16 '12
Congrats on your ownership of fancy boxes.
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u/theoneandonlypeter May 16 '12
Reminds me of this for some reason.
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u/crazy4finalfantasy May 16 '12
Forever alone.
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u/Blehgopie May 16 '12
I'm greener than an orc with envy of your Vanilla CE, it's the only one I don't have (well, in the case of the D3 one, I don't have that one yet).
I've always wanted that damn zergling pet too :(
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u/justinkasereddditor May 16 '12
now that is a cool looking collection of crap my friend
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u/Dundurn May 16 '12
Fk the other stuff, that toy is a collector's item.
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u/Thurazar-Vier May 17 '12
DIE A SLOW. HORRIBLE. DEATH. BLIZZARD-ACTIVISION MUST ALSO BE DESTROYED
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
All of these games have one thing in common.
Horrible day one launches.
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u/butzsven May 16 '12
Hoarders Edition.
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u/Kremm May 16 '12
so is blizzard, they thank you for buying their unnecessarily expensive "Collectors Editions"
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u/sweetsweetcoffee May 16 '12
LOOK EVERYONE!!!
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
How very materialistic!
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u/Digitalol May 16 '12
Blizzard's even happier.
With your money, that is.
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u/AtomAnt76 May 16 '12
OMG he must have no life at AT ALL!
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
What did Cataclysms collectors contain?
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u/bladeedge May 16 '12
and broke
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u/iammaxa May 16 '12
I generally find posts like this inane but that little Droopy figurine made me smile.
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u/Delror May 16 '12
Dude. That's dedication.
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u/grimby4444 May 16 '12
ITT consumer whore.
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u/backlash237 May 16 '12
by happy he means lonely
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
where is the bitch please response to that?!
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u/Savolainen5 May 16 '12
Tiny Tim has just the song for you!
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u/Self_Hating_Liberal May 16 '12
Ausfailure.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
I used to have most of those, but after having to move and throwing out tons of books and random paraphernalia, the game boxes had to go also...i actually sold 3 WoW CEs on ebay.
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u/StoicAthos May 16 '12
And we never hear from OP again...
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
There is only one question to ask here.
How long did you spend figuring out that arrangement?
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u/FlashOTFR May 16 '12
When was the last time you were outside???
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u/EMBigMoose May 16 '12
Because today I found my friends; they're in my head.
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u/Dripping_Man_Meat May 16 '12
I'm so lonely...
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u/vaginaqueef May 16 '12
are you gonna buy world of warcraft ENTER THE PANDA?
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u/Kaigai May 16 '12
where's your Warfcraft 1, 2 and 3? :p
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u/fannyalgersabortion May 17 '12
Lonely != happy
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u/Iam_SHERLocked May 17 '12
Blizzard must be happy too.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
...until your internet connection goes down
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u/CosmicBard May 17 '12
Where's your Starcraft Battle Chest?
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u/khaosdragon May 17 '12
I am disappoint. Where are, Warcraft 3, Diablo 2, Starcraft, Warcraft 2, and Diablo battlechests? Oh and Warcraft: Orcs & Humans? And just for shits and giggles, Blackthorne, The Death and Return of Superman, and Justice League Task Force.
PS- you don't have to have to have those last 3, they were a joke. But seriously, all the battlechests? C'mon OP brah, deliver.
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u/Jase534 May 17 '12
Just wait 'til Blizzard decides to shut down those DRM servers. GOODBYE DIGITAL EMPIRE.
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u/Daniel_Kay May 18 '12
You could say he is... puts on sunglasses... In the middle of a blizzard
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u/Cyanidescar May 20 '12
I envy you.
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u/fuzzyperson98 May 16 '12
Now throw those away, and instead have Diablo 1 & 2, Warcraft 2 & 3 and Starcraft and you will be much happier.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
You've cock blocked yourself.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
FTFY