Nostalrius Begins - Quality wow vanilla realm (1.12)

I'm sure like allot of you, I've noticed a huge amount of hate on the official WoW forums when it comes to anything to do with Private Servers, Legacy Servers and Vanilla WoW in general. Now to be fair, there is also some hate (some of it understandable) coming from the private server community on the same forums, though not nearly as much.

After reading a shit load of posts and comments though, I've noticed a particular thing that is a perfect tell if you're talking to a genuine fanboy, they automatically, when losing an argument (or sometimes even before) go for the "it's illegal" reply.

I mean you can tell they are doing everything to protect their bloated ego and hide that giant chip on their shoulder, which is Vanilla WoW, but even more so, it's the fact that they really fear ppl who like a version of the game where they themselves would have to be confronted with someone else being better than them.

And that is why (in my opinion) some ppl desperately defend the current WoW product, it's the old "I don't mind my doctor or my accountant being smart, as long as I don't have to be confronted daily with the fact that someone else might be smarter or better than me"

I honestly don't even know why retail-only players even care. It's not like there's a scenario where Nost turns things aroung and blasts Blizz into bankruptcy... Right? Here's hoping there is.

VeloxBanks wrote:I honestly don't even know why retail-only players even care. It's not like there's a scenario where Nost turns things aroung and blasts Blizz into bankruptcy... Right? Here's hoping there is.

I think they care because they see anything to do with Vanilla WoW as a direct critique of the current product, the proverbial thorn in their side, but in the end, it's really sad, because people should be able to play what they like without caring so much if someone else doesn't approve of it, or trying to prevent or demonize someone from playing what they want because they themselves don't approve of it.

They're defending the game they love. Us preferring vanilla shouldn't bother them, but it does, because we prefer this version over their beloved retail. So they're standing up for their master, Blizzard. And they get this black and white vision where they are the good ones, protecting their game and master from the evil pirates that are only here to steal and plunder. And the only argument is, you guessed it, "It's illegal."

So there you have it.