Feel free to sign the Petition!

[Melkorr]

Because they can apparently up the goal limit whenever they want. It's still the same petition that was started after nostalrius got closed. They just decided to up the goal because it kept being reached.

Oh alright, but can't Blizzard just ignore it? Or is it required from them to do something if it reaches a certain amount?

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150000 people breaking the law says something too....

These would add $2.25 Million/Month which is something.

[Deleted]

It's pretty sad that current WoW is so bad that people would rather play a 12 year old version of it.

It's called nostalgia, people have good memories from the times when WOW started, people are not able to play that WOW anymore - as most of things from classic are gone - so they want to play on that server, that would even happen if WOD would have been the best expansion so far.

[zorkuus]

These would add $2.25 Million/Month which is something.

They're not all unique signatures and they wouldn't all pay even if they said so. Talk is cheap.

[Lochton]

Blizzard cares what the media says, like any other company. Being guilty of ignoring more than 150 000 players says something about blizzard as a company.

But they didn't ignore 150.000 players, the players just left to be on an illegal copy because they saw it as an easier method.

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They're not all unique signatures and they wouldn't all pay even if they said so. Talk is cheap.

Doubt that too, mate. So many claim it, but I don't believe it. Even at that, my question would be, would people playing the actual version be able to get cheaper subscription by not supporting the legacy servers?

[QuiksLE]

You can't stop people from donating. You can however not charge people for items.
Nost never charged people for items. There wasn't even a cash shop. Donating for the sole purpose of donating. I can donate to whomever I want. I'm not being rewarded something for that.

So you're wrong.

It does not matter where or how the money comes from. If you give them money that means they are making money off the service.

So you're wrong

[kamuimac]

Usually I'm not one to side with corporations but this is pretty shitty from Blizzards perspective. They are just minding their own business trying to make games and then someone steals their IP... when they tell them to stop using the IP they stole, thousands of people get outraged, DDOS them, file petitions, and scream at them on the forums for not letting people steal from them.

Pretty ridiculous, honestly.

this is why blizzard should make lawsuit direckly against twitch and youtube for years of supporting and encouraging this shit to happen

[Lochton]

You can't stop people from donating. You can however not charge people for items.
Nost never charged people for items. There wasn't even a cash shop. Donating for the sole purpose of donating. I can donate to whomever I want. I'm not being rewarded something for that.

So you're wrong.

Problem is, they aren't allowed to receive any financial income in connection with the server. Doesn't matter if store, access, support or maintenance - none is permitted without a license to operate the server.

[Shammyrock]

Can we have a petition to stop people making threads outside of the main one that offer absolutely no new information?

[Aggrophobic]

No thanks. I really don't want to sign your little petition.

[Lochton]

Can we have a petition to stop people making threads outside of the main one that offer absolutely no new information?

Normally that would be my job, and I would've then created a few enemies but remember, the moderators can't always be around.

[BrintoSFJ]

Did they not have 150K unique players who were logging in daily? So where are those 150K? Why can't they still fill up 150K sign?

[Idoru]

Did they not have 150K unique players who were logging in daily? So where are those 150K? Why can't they still fill up 150K sign?

No, they had (claimed to have) 150000 active accounts, with no explanation of what active meant.

[Deleted]

It's pretty sad that current WoW is so bad that people would rather play a 12 year old version of it.

No matter how good WoW will be, there will always be a very vocal miniscule minority who spews this drivel.

It's an online hipster movement, you cannot apply logic to it.

[Lochton]

Did they not have 150K unique players who were logging in daily? So where are those 150K? Why can't they still fill up 150K sign?

Hah! You have a point there!

[Shammyrock]

Well if you cant take a group illegally operating an free imitation of WoW, at their word...

[Raelbo]

Even if you have no interest in playing vanilla, why not sign it anyway to help out those who want it.

Because I don't want to help to create an impression that more people want a vanilla server than actually want it. There is value in establishing a realistic picture of what the actual demand for this server is.

Imagine a million players, out of sympathy for say, 50K who actually want this server, sign the petition. Blizzard sees this as evidence of massive demand and decide to release said server, and because of the massive demand, take 20% of the budget from actual WoW and put it towards running the legacy server. I don't want that.

Sorry guys, but to be perfectly blunt, I feel like the Nostalrius crowd have been somewhat disingenuous in the presentation of their case by trying to throw around exaggerated figures for it's popularity and I don't wish to be party to that.

[Sunnydee]

Computer says .... no.

[Melkorr]

They're not all unique signatures and they wouldn't all pay even if they said so. Talk is cheap.

I haven't signed it so I wouldn't know. But yeah I'm sure they wouldn't pay.
I wouldn't mind if Blizzard tried opening some vanilla realms though. I'd like to see what happens, I for one would play my 60 priest again. Even though I'm currently unsubscribed from WoW and waiting for Legion.

[marinos]

Blizzard cares what the media says, like any other company. Being guilty of ignoring more than 150 000 players says something about blizzard as a company.

Yeah I remember the success that petitions like "No Paladins in Horde", Don't make an expansion about Pandas" etc etc how much influenced blizzard's decision...

[Zephre]

All these idiots who think a petition will make a difference seriously need a reality check. If petition's meant squat governments would need to implement the things people petitioned for, such as Donald Trump being banned from the UK, meningitis b jabs being given out to children of all ages, saving lives in the process and bugger knows what else people are petitioning in their countries.