![]() Nostalrius is notable in that it didn’t charge its players for access to its vanilla WoW server, but Blizzard is shutting it down anyway. In the past, Blizzard has for the most part turned a blind eye toward these fan servers unless they were charging money - WoW is still Blizzard’s intellectual property, after all, so if someone’s making money off it, legally it ought to be them or someone they’ve licensed it to. So, some fans turn to private servers like Nostalrius in order to play ‘vanilla’ or ‘legacy’ versions of World of Warcraft based on older editions of the game. This becomes a bit of a conundrum for long-time fans of the game, however, because years of successive updates and expansions mean the game they first signed up for is not the one that currently exists. ![]() ![]() But Minecraft is a one-time purchase, barring any optional add-ons like skin packs for licensed characters - whereas a game like World of Warcraft runs on a subscription model after an initial trial period, so if you want to play, it has to be on Blizzard’s terms. ![]() Minecraft, for example, thrives on the creation of private servers basically anyone can create with the help of a simple guide. Online games can have different rules when it comes to hosting.
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