tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post4200349215482555425..comments2024-03-21T23:18:45.644+00:00Comments on Priest with a Cause - A World of Warcraft (Classic) blog: Adventures on Kronos: The BackgroundShintarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-2506029570326567472015-05-12T22:44:21.863+01:002015-05-12T22:44:21.863+01:00Blizzard has no interest in pandering to people...<i>Blizzard has no interest in pandering to people's nostalgia. Rather, it's the opposite: they've explicitly said that they believe that WoW's current state is always the best it could possibly be and that anybody who would like to play an older version is obviously blinded by nostalgia because all the older versions of the game were clearly so much worse.</i><br /><br />Several people, e.g. people like Trollbold and Az, seem to agree with this sentiment, sometimes even going as far as calling anybody with a different view delusional.<br /><br />Anyway, back on topic: if one cared to check the <a href="https://en.nostalrius.org/" rel="nofollow">Nostalrius</a> website (as well as the corresponding forum), one would realize that they offer the only Vanilla WoW private server that is as “blizzlike” as possible, e.g. 1x EXP, no paid services or donations. The Nostalrius core staff are a group of friends from France that have been operating the server for more than 5 years and have invited the general public to join in February 2015. They make no money from it and <i>are just running the servers at a loss, eating advertising (etc) costs out of the goodness of their hearts</i> and have been doing so for some time now. Costs seem to be manageable for a large enough group with day jobs ;)Maldwiznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-42249975370177664912015-05-08T14:50:52.262+01:002015-05-08T14:50:52.262+01:00Good thing, that. I would have given you my IT Sec...Good thing, that. I would have given you my IT Security glare if you hadn't....<br />Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-20372986237604348302015-05-08T06:47:52.086+01:002015-05-08T06:47:52.086+01:00I certainly made sure to run a virus and spyware s...I certainly made sure to run a virus and spyware scan afterwards...Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-48011513503915787252015-05-08T01:54:10.710+01:002015-05-08T01:54:10.710+01:00I feel like I should spray the computer screen wit...I feel like I should spray the computer screen with disinfectant after your adventure getting the software to download. ;-)<br />Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-1276492934855111082015-05-08T01:06:10.442+01:002015-05-08T01:06:10.442+01:00I watched the linked review video and there seems ...I watched the linked review video and there seems to be a donation system whereby if you give the server operators money in the form of a donation, you can choose between tabards, pets and mounts. Dodgy Kebab didn't go into the system to deeply but didn't seem worried about it as it doesn't affect actual game play. <br /><br />Since server costs aren't free, they have to have some way to make ends meet. This seems to be a pretty good system as far as I can tell. This is especially so when considering you can get all those tabards, pets and mounts by actually playing the game itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-43142370363054931372015-05-08T01:01:20.079+01:002015-05-08T01:01:20.079+01:00I just got done watching the review video you link...I just got done watching the review video you linked for Kornos. Brilliant is all I can say about that. I am really looking forward to reading about your experiences. I am still real skittish about the PVP aspect of the server but I have my fingers crossed for you. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-71418433158522872622015-05-07T21:46:30.497+01:002015-05-07T21:46:30.497+01:00I didn't say that. The ones I was looking at t...I didn't say that. The ones I was looking at took donations. My point was that this money was unlikely to end up in Blizzard's hands instead if these servers didn't exist (from my point of view).Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-15989601576216718212015-05-07T21:38:05.673+01:002015-05-07T21:38:05.673+01:00Regardless of the strict legality of the matter, I...<i>Regardless of the strict legality of the matter, I have a hard time feeling like these guys are doing anything bad, especially if the whole project is offered to the public for free.</i><br /><br />The operators are just running the servers at a loss, eating advertising (etc) costs out of the goodness of their hearts? No money changes hands at any point? I find that difficult to believe.Azurielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16581263347888757710noreply@blogger.com