Drain wrote:Some people like to white knight Blizzard/retail and shun us, using the law as the excuse that it is for us "not" being allowed to play a discontinued video game, which is stupid.
What's ethical is that if Blizzard doesn't want Nost to host this, they should host it themselves. If they're worried about lost revenue, again, they should host it themselves and they would then GET that revenue. Instead, like a schoolyard child, they don't want anyone to touch their favorite toy. They won't host it, don't want anyone else to do so, and don't want you to play it ever again. It's totally irrelevant how it compares to retail today. It's different, and regardless of which is viewed as better or worse, we should have something called a CHOICE. They've never given us choice, and opt instead to shove each new expansion down our throats. Don't want to move up? Too bad. HF in your empty bracket with content no one ever does anymore.
With most games, they can always be brought back. Want to play original Zelda again? Boot back up the Nes, or fire up the emulator. But with MMOs, like any multiplayer, you need online hosting, and fellow players to play with. This means they do have a shelflife. But with Classic WoW, along with any expansion, there's plenty of people to justify the servers and play on them. But Blizzard, the legal holder, refuses to do it, and downright goes out of their way to stop you from doing it. This is greedy, selfish, unethical, and downright childish and using the law to bully.
Brilliant.
It's almost like we could use a bait and switch legal argument against them. We bought the game for 50-60$ back in the day, we have the old disks with the client. How come we can't play that client?
Scorpadorp makes great points too +1
