Legacy of Oblivion

Patch 1.10 has gone into effect, to the chagrin of everyone except Blizzard and people so uber that they don’t give a crap since it doesn’t affect them. Upon receipt of the server maintenance notice, Thundrax got to work immediately, translating the message into layman’s terms that everyone could understand:

Here, I fixed it so Blizzard’s information is absolutely clear!

Blizzard Server Maintenance may cause side effects in some people. In clinical studies, some people had to stop taking Blizzard Server Maintenance because of side effects.

In clinical studies, the most common side effects included:
* Nausea
* Dizziness
* Sleepiness
* Sexual Side Effects
* Sweating
* Dry mouth
* Gas
* Abnormal vision
* Nervousness
* Insomnia
* Loss of appetite
* Constipation
* Confusion/agitation
* Tremor
* Yawning
* Palpitation

Tell your doctor right away if you have:
* Increases in heart rate
* Extreme confusion or seizures, which may indicate very low levels of sodium in the blood
* Abnormal bleeding or bruising
* Sudden, unexpected eye pain, eye redness, or changes in vision, which may indicate increased eye pressure
* Symptoms of mania or hypomania, such as persistently elevated or irritable mood, a decreased need for sleep, racing thoughts, hyperactivity, and rapid, excessive speech

Blizzard Server Maintenance may cause an increase in your cholesterol. Your doctor may want to do blood tests to check your serum cholesterol periodically.

For more information on these and other side effects associated with Blizzard Server Maintenance, talk with your doctor or pharmacist, or see the Prescribing Information.

What happens when I stop using Blizzard Server Maintenance?
Symptoms are known to occur when people stop using Blizzard Server Maintenance, especially when they suddenly stop therapy.

When people suddenly stop using Blizzard Server Maintenance, they can get symptoms from stopping the medicine too fast. Some of these symptoms include:
* Agitation
* Anxiety
* Confusion
* Diarrhea
* Dizziness or vertigo
* Dry mouth
* Fasciculation (muscle twitching)
* Headaches
* Hypomania
* Impaired coordination
* Insomnia (trouble sleeping)
* Loss of appetite
* Nausea
* Nervousness
* Nightmares
* Seizures
* Sensory disturbances (including electric shock sensations)
* Somnolence (sleepiness)
* Sweating
* Tinnitus
* Tiredness
* Tremor
* Unpleasant mood
* Vomiting

Do not stop taking Blizzard Server Maintenance without talking with your doctor first. Your doctor may want to slowly decrease your dose of Blizzard Server Maintenance to help avoid these kinds of symptoms. For more information on taking Blizzard Server Maintenance, refer to the list of frequently asked questions.

Important Safety Information
Suicide in Children and Teenagers
Blizzard Server Maintenance increased the risk of suicidal thinking and behavior in children and teenagers.
Patients who are started on therapy should be observed closely for clinical worsening, suicidal, or unusual changes in behavior. Blizzard Server Maintenance is not approved for use in children and teenagers.

People should not take Blizzard Server Maintenance. Adult and pediatric patients taking antidepressants should be watched closely for signs that their condition is getting worse or that they are becoming suicidal, especially when they first start therapy, or when their dose is increased or decreased. Patients should also be watched for becoming agitated, irritable, hostile, impulsive, or restless. Such symptoms should be reported to the patient’s doctor right away. Blizzard Server Maintenance may raise blood pressure in some patients. Your blood pressure should be controlled before starting treatment and should be monitored regularly. When people suddenly stop using or quickly lower their daily dose of Blizzard Server Maintenance, discontinuation symptoms may occur. Talk to your doctor before discontinuing or reducing your dose of Blizzard Server Maintenance. Pregnant or nursing women shouldn’t take any Blizzard Server Maintenance without consulting their doctor. Before starting Blizzard Server Maintenance, tell your doctor about any medicines you’re taking, including over-the-counter drugs and herbal supplements. Until you see how Blizzard Server Maintenance affects you, be careful doing such activities as driving a car or operating machinery. Avoid drinking alcohol while taking Blizzard Server Maintenance. In clinical studies, the most common side effects with Blizzard Server Maintenance (reported in at least 10% of patients and at least twice as often as with placebo) were constipation, dizziness, dry mouth, insomnia, loss of appetite, nausea, nervousness, sexual side effects, sleepiness, sweating, and weakness. Ask your doctor if Blizzard Server Maintenance is right for you.

Many questions followed, which Thundrax was happy to answer for the LoO crew. One of the questions confused the effects of Server Maintenance with the effects of Zug. Thundrax answered with the following information:

No Blizzard Server Maintenance can be confused with Zug. Perhaps the following will clarify:

Both direct (external) and internal exposure to Zug are of concern. Zug can travel much farther than Blizzard Server Maintenance and has enough energy to pass entirely through the body, potentially exposing all organs. A large portion Zug largely passes through the body without interacting with tissue – the body is mostly empty space at the atomic level and Zug specifically Zuglions are vanishingly small in size. By contrast, Blizzard Server Maintenance inside the body loses all their energy by colliding with tissue and causing damage. X-rays behave in a similar way, but have slightly lower energy.

Zug does not directly ionize atoms in tissue. Instead, he transfers energy to atomic particles such as electrons (which are essentially the same as beta particles). These energized Zug particles (Zuglions) then interact with tissue to form ions, in the same way radionuclide-emitted alpha and beta particles would. However, because Zug has more penetrating energy than Blizzard Sever Maintenance, the indirect ionizations they cause generally occur farther into tissue (that is, farther from the source of radiation) ie Zug.

How can Zug affect people’s health you ask? Because of Zug’s penetrating power and ability to travel great distances, he is considered the primary hazard to the general population during most emergencies. In fact, when the term “Zug sickness” is used to describe the effects of large exposures in short time periods, the most severe damage almost certainly results from direct Zug exposure.

Rapine was intrigued by the power of Zug, and came up with the following, which can be used like a Mr. Yuk sticker – but not. Behold the Mr. Zug sticker!