Open Letter to Blizzard Entertainment from Mark Kern

[Bapestar]

Sure they did. Right there.

Still doesn't mean no, buddy.

[Eliseus]

Sure they did. Right there.

Keep drinking the koolaid.

[Pengalor]

To be fair, so did Steve Jobs. Who is now the Zen God of tech startups everywhere.

Not saying this guy is any good though

Problem here is Kern got kicked out because he was driving the company and their games into the ground. Jobs was a shrewd and ruthless businessman. Kern is just a guy with more ambition than sense.

[Eliseus]

Looking forward to all this being forgotten in a few weeks, no more 'open letters' and rage whining entitlement about vanilla wow being the bestes. The nostalgia is just annoying, its a moving MMO its not supposed to be stuck in time with outdated features, certainly it should not be pirated.

Looking forward to all this being forgotten in a few weeks when we actually have the servers. No more White Knights defending not doing it since it's apparent it won't effect them at all.

[Not A Cat]

Mark Kern is a scumbag, you don't want him as the posterboy for legacy servers

[jimmyjingle]

It's astounding to me the sheer number of people on this forum who actually oppose the idea of being able to play a game they've likely already paid for. It's basic consumer activism. It's preservation of art. It harms nothing, but would bring so many people so much happiness. I don't get why people are opposed to legacy servers.

[Eliseus]

It's astounding to me the sheer number of people on this forum who actually oppose the idea of being able to play a game they've likely already paid for. It's basic consumer activism. It's preservation of art. It harms nothing, but would bring so many people so much happiness. I don't get why people are opposed to legacy servers.

Isn't it more fun though to hold you down and force you to play the game how I want you to play it?

[Barnabas]

How is it going back if new expansions keep being releasing, and you aren't even forced to play on the legacy servers? Unless you are admitting you wont be able to resist the awesomeness and will play on the legacy servers.

Because it's time they could put into the live game that everyone else plays and has a passion for.

[Pengalor]

It's astounding to me the sheer number of people on this forum who actually oppose the idea of being able to play a game they've likely already paid for. It's basic consumer activism. It's preservation of art. It harms nothing, but would bring so many people so much happiness. I don't get why people are opposed to legacy servers.

I'm not against the servers entirely if Blizzard decides they are worth doing. What I am against is the sheer number of people screaming and cursing at Blizzard like spoiled children over something they aren't owed. I'm also against the absolutely ridiculous arguments being presented in support of them, the majority of which are just ignorant nonsense that get swept up in the tidal wave of rage and spread all over the place to be regurgitated by similarly ignorant people.

[Eliseus]

I'm not against the servers entirely if Blizzard decides they are worth doing. What I am against is the sheer number of people screaming and cursing at Blizzard like spoiled children over something they aren't owed. I'm also against the absolutely ridiculous arguments being presented in support of them, the majority of which are just ignorant nonsense that get swept up in the tidal wave of rage and spread all over the place to be regurgitated by similarly ignorant people.

Do you enjoy your flying in WoD?

[Barnabas]

It's astounding to me the sheer number of people on this forum who actually oppose the idea of being able to play a game they've likely already paid for. It's basic consumer activism. It's preservation of art. It harms nothing, but would bring so many people so much happiness. I don't get why people are opposed to legacy servers.

Because the game needs to move forward not backwards.

[Eliseus]

Because the game needs to move forwards not backwards.

Game won't be moving backwards.

[Mefistophelis]

It's astounding to me the sheer number of people on this forum who actually oppose the idea of being able to play a game they've likely already paid for. It's basic consumer activism. It's preservation of art. It harms nothing, but would bring so many people so much happiness. I don't get why people are opposed to legacy servers.

Think of it this way. Blizzard is struggling to keep expansions rolling on time with their high standard of quality. I don't believe they could juggle a legacy server that would need a code fixing from the ground up.

[Eliseus]

Think of it this way. Blizzard is struggling to keep expansions rolling on time with their high standard of quality. I don't believe they could juggle a legacy server that would need a code fixing from the ground up.

Little faith in a triple A company.

[Barnabas]

Game won't be moving backwards.

It most certainly will.

[Addict]

Game won't be moving backwards.

sure backpaddle a bit to correct some errors im all for, going back to the damn first release 12 years ago, thats some pretty big backpaddling that is.

[Eliseus]

It most certainly will.

The current servers will continue.

- - - Updated - - -

sure backpaddle a bit to correct some errors im all for, going back to the damn first release 12 years ago, thats some pretty big backpaddling that is.

The current servers will continue.

[Eironn]

Front page thanks

[Thimagryn]

The current servers will continue.

- - - Updated - - -

The current servers will continue.

They're splitting their own resources to maintain multiple versions of the same game. That means double the overhead without necessarily doubling their profits. So sure current servers will continue, but their backpeddling would require them to support and maintain a legacy system that has very low potential for future growth and profit. It's investing money into a second Titanic when their first is already headed straight for the iceberg.

[Eliseus]

They're splitting their own resources to maintain multiple versions of the same game. That means double the overhead without necessarily doubling their profits. So sure current servers will continue, but their backpeddling would require them to support and maintain a legacy system that has very low potential for future growth and profit. It's investing money into Titanic 2.

The current servers will continue.