Classic World of Warcraft Discussion [Megathread]

[Mullet Man]

Yes, but you are assuming they'd work or even be viable.
Stop assuming.

No, I did not assume they would be viable.
I put them out as options.

[Azgraal]

No, I did not assume they would be viable.
I put them out as options.

Stop that, they won't work. If only due to Blizzard not wanting.

Besides, no matter how much broken logic is spewed back and forth by all parties here in this thread, one thing remains certain:
I'm still playing the game I want on official servers, you're not.

Call me petty but I win.

/leaving thread for now.

[Morbownz]

/leaving thread for now.

You'll be back.

[Mullet Man]

I'm still playing the game I want on official servers, you're not.

Call me petty, but I win.

Thanks for actually writing these things down for all to see.
It is nice to know the personality type we are dealing with.

[zmp]

Yes, but you are assuming they'd work or even be viable.
Stop assuming.

You are assuming they wont work or wont be viable.
Stop assuming.

[stomination]

You'll be back.

Hence the "for now" part

[cFortyfive]

A recurring theme from the anti-vanilla crowd is the negative financial impact on Blizzard.

We provided some alternative options that would save Blizzard from upfronting all the costs.
Not hard to understand.
Sorry if you didn't like all of them.

I know that's sometimes a hard to grasp concept for such an oppressed breed but I am despite the ridiculous demeanor of the gief vanilla whiners neither for nor against vanilla servers. I am simply stating the ideas are laughable even if it is for the very simple reason Blizzard being not willing to do any of that for the time being. The financial aspect is just what makes it a bit more sad.
They don't want their brand to be associated with a bunch of who gives a shit. That might change but that's the way it is. They also want all their active titles in the battle.net client. These are not some outrageous revelations.

[Morbownz]

Hence the "for now" part

Exactly...

[Mullet Man]

They don't want their brand to be associated with a bunch of who gives a shit. That might change but that's the way it is. They also want all their active titles in the battle.net client. These are not some outrageous revelations.

Sigh...

Blizzard has licensed WoW to a 3rd party for China:
http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company...tml?id=4639485

This same company, NetEase, has a presence in North America.

Is it possible Blizzard could work with NetEase on Vanilla Realms? Yes.
Is it possible that this would not work for Blizzard? Yes

Don't assume that Blizzard is required to run and staff vanilla realms themselves.
They have options.

[cFortyfive]

Blizzard has licensed WoW to a 3rd party for China:

Anyfin can happen.
Still not sure how licensing their franchise out to be able to get their shit into that particular region is somehow equivalent to handing it out to say the nost crew to get some shitty legacy servers going but well.

[stomination]

Sigh...

Blizzard has licensed WoW to a 3rd party for China:
http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company...tml?id=4639485

This same company, NetEase, has a presence in North America.

Is it possible Blizzard could work with NetEase on Vanilla Realms? Yes.
Is it possible that this would not work for Blizzard? Yes

Don't assume that Blizzard is required to run and staff vanilla realms themselves.
They have options.

NetEase is just there to bring Wow to China. Its just about blizzards only option to open the game there.

[Mullet Man]

Anyfin can happen.
Still not sure how licensing their franchise out to be able to get their shit into that particular region is somehow equivalent to handing it out to say the nost crew to get some shitty legacy servers going but well.

Exactly. Anything can happen.
This is just one possible route that may or may not be feasible.
There are options for those who are able to see beyond the end of their nose.

[NightZero88]

Oh gosh guys, they said no. Better pack up and go home.

Good, now that we got that out of the way maybe we can end this silly thread.

[Aituul]

Your patronizing attitude is also one of the cancers of this community.

You never owned the game. All that came on the cd was all the data of the game, you absolutely needed to log in to Blizzard's servers to play.

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Yes, but you are assuming they'd work or even be viable.
Stop assuming.

Summary of your stance : it's illegal, blizzard doesn't want to, stop all discussion right now.
You add nothing to this discussion, there's no point in reading your posts because it's the same crap every time.
The discussion will not stop, regardless of how much you whine.
People will not stop playing on private servers, the only way to prevent it is to offer a better product.

[cFortyfive]

Exactly. Anything can happen.
This is just one possible route that may or may not be feasible.
There are options for those who are able to see beyond the end of their nose.

Well and then there comes current reality which states nope but if all this is is entertaining far fetched ideas so be it - anyfin can happen.

You add nothing to this discussion

I'd take bets not even 5 of 929 current pages add anything worthwhile so it's perfectly fitting.
Dang it's 930.

[Mullet Man]

NetEase is just there to bring Wow to China. Its just about blizzards only option to open the game there.

I'm not sure what point you are trying to make.

Yes, Blizzard licensed WoW to NetEase to bring it to China.
"Currently, Blizzard and NetEase collaborate to bring World of Warcraft®, StarCraft® II, and Hearthstone™: Heroes of Warcraft™, and the Battle.net® gaming platform to millions of Chinese gamers."
http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company...ml?id=13933425

[Zandalarian Paladin]

Good, now that we got that out of the way maybe we can end this silly thread.

Over 930+ pages of discussion tell me this was not the only single answer or topic of discussion said in this thread. Sure, you can make it look that way, but to do so is shallow.

[Mullet Man]

Well and then there comes current reality which states nope but if all this is is entertaining far fetched ideas so be it - anyfin can happen.

You may believe it is far fetched.
I don't make that assumption.

[NightZero88]

Over 930+ pages of discussion tell me this was not the only single answer or topic of discussion said in this thread. Sure, you can make it look that way, but to do so is shallow.

Of course it wasn't but I'm sure meaningful discussion has long since ended in here and it's just the same people saying the same things over and over. But it gives me something to read when I'm bored at work so carry on.

[Pann]

I'm not sure what point you are trying to make.

Yes, Blizzard licensed WoW to NetEase to bring it to China.
"Currently, Blizzard and NetEase collaborate to bring World of Warcraft®, StarCraft® II, and Hearthstone™: Heroes of Warcraft™, and the Battle.net® gaming platform to millions of Chinese gamers."
http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company...ml?id=13933425

This is a non-starter Blizzard are not going to license WOW to anyone in regions where they already operate.