Wrath of the Lich King

[Jonathan5]

Ahh, cool. I played on one of the top emulated WoW servers, and it was pretty damn laggy. I don't play the game anymore (live). If I was to play again though, it'd most likely be on a private server.

[techguy84]

I think its amazing how far along the WoW Emu scene has come along, and the player base behind it. The only question I have though is why are some of these servers able to host the amount of players that they have without incurring wrath from Blizz. You remember how blizz did when people made private Warcraft 2&3 servers, they had a shit fit. I just dont get it..... just dont.

[Jonathan5]

I think it's because back then Blizz was such a smaller team, but now they've gone so huge with WoW it's unbelieveable. They have many other things to worry about, and a 9 million player count. I don't think they're worried about something like this, lol.

[John Adams]

Not to start a debate on which WoW Emulator is better, but I have been following the Ascent (previously Antrix) emulator scene. Though I was majorly disappointed at the dramafest they recently went through with WoWScape and something about donations for favors (kinda sounds like dating to me...), I still think that emulator has the most potential for scalability. I've run both, and I just like the way Ascent is put together from the inside out.

Anyone here is welcome to try it out if you like. Follow the link in my profile to create an account blah blah. If I like you, I might even give you elevated rights (since there is no support whatsoever, it's just a dev/test server). I usually update it when time permits.

[techguy84]

Pfft... WoWScape. I really dont like them. The simple reason, which is becoming bigger and bigger in that emu scene is the overpriced server cost. Does it really cost 700-1000 bucks a month for a dedicated host. I looked at this and I found one host that was charging that, but thats it. And that was even for a more advanced config than the one they are running on. They take in massive amounts of donations monthly, way beyond the cost of the hosting, so I just wonder were all that extra money goes (not really but you get the point).

Its bad tactics as you shouldnt make a rediculous profit off of something that you did not build yourself. Their 14-15 year old CEO just had to run a few things as root on the dedicated host and away they went. When I was there, they used someone elses DB, the Antrix Emu, and that was it.

Anyhow, I could go on and on but I chooses not to. I put my WoW trial in my deep dark past and never look back.

[John Adams]

Originally Posted by techguy84

Does it really cost 700-1000 bucks a month for a dedicated host. I looked at this and I found one host that was charging that, but thats it.

To echo an older sentiment of mine; if you cannot afford to host your own shit, don't expect others to pay for your hobby. I pity the people who pay out the nose for "professional hosting" when 1/2 the time, a cable modem will do the job.

WoWScape and their ilk, I imagine, require tons of bandwidth... so in that respect more than your residential service is required. But still. How can anyone turn an emulator (read: half-assed, half-finished, bug-ridden, unprofessional "copy" of something else) into a profit machine and sleep well at night? It boggles the mind.

My god, I am opinionated.

[techguy84]

Well, I never took bandwidth into account, but i belive that a $1000 month host will surely meet and well exceed their bandwidth issue. I just know that they are taking a fuckload (pardon me) of extra donations in that could easly pay there house bills and dinners at mcdonalds. If they restriced and stop donations at a certain point, that would eb cool, but to exceed that and not give something back to the group of devs that made your little dream server possible is just plain stupid.

If EQ was a bit more popular, and you were makeing $2-3k per month on donations, wouldnt you think some of the devs here should get part of those donations. Thats just me though.

My god, I'm opinionated!