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UPDATED: Nost Team Makes Good On Threat To Release The Server Code - World of Warcraft - MMORPG.com
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Nost Team Makes Good On Threat To Release The Server Code - World of Warcraft - MMORPG.com
World of Warcraft News - The Nostalrius team has made good on its threat to release the server code for the "private" server Nostalrius, a Vanilla version of World of Warcraft. Prior to Blizzcon Blizzard announced that Vanilla servers would not be a topic of discussion during the event but that the issue was still not taken off the table for consideration.
UPDATE: In an interview with IGN published after the news of the server code release, Ion Hazzikostas said:
"There's no question it's something we want to do," said Hazzikostas. "I am a 2004 World of Warcraft player myself. Tons of us came to work at Blizzard because we fell in love with that version of World of Warcraft. And we met with the Nostalrius developers on our campus over the summer and were really impressed by the passion they had for the game and what they're trying to do to recreate what they see as a lost experience. Obviously there's always the question of doing it in a Blizzard way, in a way that lives up to Blizzard standards as integrated with our other projects."
Did the Nost team release the code too early? Blizzard had said that Blizzcon would not be the place for any vanilla server announcement. Should it have been given more time before releasing the code?
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Pretty much all that needs to be said.
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Seems like they are asking, no, BEGGING to be sued into insolvency. Or worse if Blizzard and their Horde (pun intended) of lawyers have their way.
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UPDATE: In an interview with IGN published after the news of the server code release, Ion Hazzikostas said:
Did the Nost team release the code too early? Blizzard had said that Blizzcon would not be the place for any vanilla server announcement. Should it have been given more time before releasing the code?
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To anyone who said in the news thread about the "no vanilla discussion at Blizzcon" thread that the Nost teams "wasn't threatening to release the code" -- guess what? You were wrong.
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Most private projects I know (UO,SWG,WoW) are filled with drama - both internal and external. The teams are often made of coding volunteers, with little experience in leading a project. They end up being extremely protective of their private server, based on intellectual property that doesn't belong to them in the first place.
Blizzard moves very slowly and even they knew that if something like this was going to happen that its going to take years to happen. Its not flip and switch and its running the next day.
But by doing what they did they I can bet that they destroyed any REAL interested Blizzard had in making an official vanilla server. I would be very suprised if there is not some real repercusions legally coming down there way. Even more so that they know these people as they personally came and visited blizzard. Heck Blizzard sued the crap out of the bot makers and won big on that.
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Do they seriously not understand how inevitably badly they're going to lose this battle? Blizz will have no choice but to land on them like a ton of bricks.
Idiots.
"I hope Blizzard goes after the "owners" of Nostalrius in every possible legal way."
Didn't they give up that right when they decided to invite the p.server owns to their company and talk to them instead of pursuing legal action against them when they identified who they were.
How are they responsible for action others may take with the code or any of the 100s of other servers codes running? so long as they are not using it themselves (which im guessing they have no intentions to do since they released the code).
As an aside. . I hope for a Black Friday sale for Legion. I'll jump back on with that. So much good feedback.
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Damn u were to fast, how did you snipe that? I deleted and changed because i didnt want to start a fight about legal issues. As far as i remember, sueing people over a different country is very very difficult. Its pretty difficult to sue somone in a europe country for the same reasons u can do in America. Only in MERICA u can sue somone for the most stupid shet for millions.
Theyve been working for 6 years for that server. When did you last time invest in something that long and are able to quit like nothing happend the past years?
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