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So someone told me that you can play WoW free on like private servers, how does this work?
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From my understanding it's a violation of their Terms of Service. The best defense I've heard from someone that I may or may not know who does this went along the lines of he thought he had found some loopholes in the ToS that permitted it.
Personally I don't think that would hold up very well. So if you really want to do it then it seems like one of those "don't ask, don't tell" things because if they do find out you're doing it then my guess is you're done.
That being said, we may (or may not) have some guys in the clan that do run one, and you'd have to ask them. I do not remember their names (as they may not exist) and cannot help you any further.
I am not one of them either. Just trying to make you aware of the possible legal troubles doing this could get you into.
Personally I don't think that would hold up very well. So if you really want to do it then it seems like one of those "don't ask, don't tell" things because if they do find out you're doing it then my guess is you're done.
That being said, we may (or may not) have some guys in the clan that do run one, and you'd have to ask them. I do not remember their names (as they may not exist) and cannot help you any further.
I am not one of them either. Just trying to make you aware of the possible legal troubles doing this could get you into.
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ok, i guess i should not do that. thanks for the heads up
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I have played private servers before and they arent really that great imo. I didnt like them. I'm not suer about the ToS but i know that the private servers will give you like super items if you donate. Its not quite as fun then because if forces you to donate to be able to compete with donors. 
I would stick to regular wow if you can afford it. Better support and more people playing = win. I currently cant afford to play wow but i think this summer ill be renewing my subscription.
I would stick to regular wow if you can afford it. Better support and more people playing = win. I currently cant afford to play wow but i think this summer ill be renewing my subscription.
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Private servers really fail, they don't give you the game expeirence, its totaly different, just play on the normal servers seriously.
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i Played on a privet server for two years all i remember from it is this BZZZZ.Brrr.brzzzZZ BAM!!! thats all i remember privet servers suck constant lag people hack the game to death destroys the game completely and they make "special" items AKA "Hack Items" for people who give money to them its a complete wast of time. your better off Playing on the real servers Man. Don't be fooled by them private servers.
Private servers really aren't worth it. Beyond lag and inconsistent player experience, it just lacks the huge amount of people you'll find on a real WoW server. Private servers(locally hosted) can be fun for exploring, experimenting, and just messing around, but go for the real thing.
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The whole point of the grind in wow and the high end instances is the sense of achivement of completing them. Private servers remove the whole point of the game from it, as they give you characters you can kill the final bosses with on your own. Also its not your character, its a pre-made lvl 100 or whatever. WoW is basicly a team e-sport, its the virtual equivilant to playing baseball/football with the lads from down the road, you join up in a team and try and kill a boss. In private servers you don't have the guilds to support you and the community and also they usually as i said make you reiculously powerfull so you can do it by yourself, or you get a bunch of people who arn't commited to thier charcaters, or don't understand them or just don't care.
I only used a prviate server once, and that was with about 5 other freinds to show my freind who was unwilling to buy the game what the endgame was like by doing an instance with him, which in turn actually convicned him to buy it so. But it only worked because the rest of us had lvl80's of the class we were playing and so we knew what we were doing and we played properly and made sure we were the same power as a normal character.
I only used a prviate server once, and that was with about 5 other freinds to show my freind who was unwilling to buy the game what the endgame was like by doing an instance with him, which in turn actually convicned him to buy it so. But it only worked because the rest of us had lvl80's of the class we were playing and so we knew what we were doing and we played properly and made sure we were the same power as a normal character.
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I wouldn't bother with private servers. Theres no fun if its only you and your friends there.
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You'll never take me alive!
I had a private server running... heres the rules that WoW told me about it
It legal as long as it follows these guidelines
1) you do not try and transfer your WoW character from real WoW to the private server... and vice versa.
2) the Server cannot exceed more than 500 people on at a time
3) the server may never have slander towards WoW, meaning the GM's on the private server cannot make fun of WoW GM's
4) You may not promoted your server on Worldofwarcraft.com, in game, or in Blizzard.com. It must be seperate from anything WoW (kinda like gold sellers)
5) Do not create your own zones... dont try and hack WoW and make your own zones, classes, or races. They will find out and they will sue you.
Those are the main points. Now here is the catch about a WoW private sever... they lag... and they get boring REALLY fast. But if you would like to know how to connect to one safely and securely then just shoot me a PM.
P.S. They are NOT illegal as long as you follow the guidelines i listed... They approve of it because they know you will come crawling back to the original, non-laggy WoW.
It legal as long as it follows these guidelines
1) you do not try and transfer your WoW character from real WoW to the private server... and vice versa.
2) the Server cannot exceed more than 500 people on at a time
3) the server may never have slander towards WoW, meaning the GM's on the private server cannot make fun of WoW GM's
4) You may not promoted your server on Worldofwarcraft.com, in game, or in Blizzard.com. It must be seperate from anything WoW (kinda like gold sellers)
5) Do not create your own zones... dont try and hack WoW and make your own zones, classes, or races. They will find out and they will sue you.
Those are the main points. Now here is the catch about a WoW private sever... they lag... and they get boring REALLY fast. But if you would like to know how to connect to one safely and securely then just shoot me a PM.
P.S. They are NOT illegal as long as you follow the guidelines i listed... They approve of it because they know you will come crawling back to the original, non-laggy WoW.
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hrmm.. www.wowstatus.net its your choice there's High rate - Which is like X100% xp or whatever Funservers which is inst 80 or lvl 200+ with pretty much custom instances that always crash or Blizzlike, which claim to be just like WoW till u run up on a murloc who should be lvl 12 and hes ??.... chances are in the end ur folders will get corrupt, ull have to run wowrepair.exe and in the end find urself back to where u started or in jail... ur choice
