![]() ![]() "If people expect a server to 'only' have 3000 (real) players then they just won't play and you'll instead end up with 300, which isn't playable." "The problem with private servers is that there is no middle ground," Gummy52 continued. In an open letter published after Felmyst was shut down, Gummy52 said, "I gambled that we could cap the servers at 3k and enjoy a close community." Ultimately, the public interest in Felmyst was its downfall. Gummy52 had operated a WoW server in the past, called Scriptcraft, which escaped Blizzard's notice. The company subsequently discussed the possibility of offering its fans a similar experience in an official capacity, but it hasn't committed to any specific plan. In April 2016, it ordered that a vanilla WoW legacy server, Nostalrius, be taken offline. As Ars Technica reports, Blizzard issued a cease-and-desist letter through the legal firm Mitchell Silberberg and Knupp LLP, which arrived at Gummy52's door within five hours of Felmyst going live, and cited breach of Blizzard's copyrights.īlizzard has a track record in this area. A Reddit post by the server's creator, who uses the name "Gummy52", teased last week's launch, stating an aim to, "set a new standard in warcraft emulation." The "Felmyst" server was intended to emulate WoW's first expansion pack, Burning Crusade, which launched in January 2007. Blizzard shut down a fan-run, legacy World of Warcraft server just a few hours after it went live, bringing four years of work to an abrupt end. ![]()
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