Peacebringer wrote:paying the monthly fee would insult and offend my common sense and logic.
From the looks of it, you're in the minority.
How does it offend your common sense and logic, exactly?
It offends my common sense and logic to
not pay for it. I want a legacy server that I can play on without having to worry about my progress being wiped without warning. The odds of having Blizzard wipe an official server that they run is so close to nil that I'd be happy to pay for that peace of mind.
Blizzard created an awesome game, and they should be justly compensated for the work they put into it. I would be willing to bet that the main reason most people play on private classic servers isn't because they're free, it's
because there is no official alternative. It's a private server or nothing.