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First, Blizzard and Mike can make NO PROMISES about legacy servers. But, the amount they have been paying attention is incredible. But first, how about some pictures of the @NostalBegins petition that YOU GUYS SIGNED, being delivered to Blizzard?
I promised you that if the petition hit 200k sigs that I would go to the CEO of Blizzard and deliver the petition. I'm proud to say its done. I was very happy to be able to fulfill my part...the meeting was an extra bonus, and I can say I'm happy. No promises, but we talked about everything you guys brought up.
We talked about how there are two fandoms in WoW, classic and new, and both vital. We talked about how you guys wanted vanilla servers, as they were, with few or little changes, esp no LFR stuff etc. We talked about the surveys and how you guys would absolutely support a vanilla CE with physical and digital goods. We talked about how I felt bringing a core "first-gen" audience of WoW players would help even the current-gen WoW. We talked about each and every point you guys brought up. And here's the kicker...
They KNEW EVERYTHING ALREADY. Mike and the WoW team has been paying HUGE attention to this issue. Mike has read all the posts. He's watched all the videos (even mine, lol). He wanted to tell you HE AND WOW TEAM ARE LISTENING SERIOUSLY. It was a bigger meeting than expected, I was met by SaraLyn Smith, the Gobal Director cf Community Development who joined us. She took copious notes during the meeting as Mike and I talked about you guys, the passion for vanilla, etc.
The WoW Team and Mike are paying extremely close attention to this and wanted to let you guys know they are paying a lot of attention. Also, they were very enthusiastic about meeting the @NostalBegins team. Mike was super impressed with what they and MaNGOS have accomplished. Mke and the WoW team are eager to meet with @NostalBegins and to learn about how they overcame technical issues and got things running.
I can confirm: They have NOT LOST THE SOURCE CODE. But the technical issues are more complicated than that.
Mike and I talked about the technical challenges and I agree that for Blizzard, the challenge is greater than just throwing up a server. Mike and WoW are committed to a very high level of qualty and polish. That makes everything more complicated when considering legacy. Mike and the WoW team want to LISTEN to @NostalBegins perspective on vanilla and the technical issues they faced. Mike says there are no easy solutions to this, but that they are listening very intently and following everything you guys say. Mike and WoW team are also eager to meet with @NostalBegins and recognized they are GOOD GUYS with PASSION and they love that. So to sum up, while they can make no promises, they are going to continue to think and regroup and be in LISTEN mode to you guys.
Finally, I'd like to share a pic that shows Mike and I still have a sense of humor after all these years...
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My note: I'm personally looking forward to Nostalrius' technical meeting with Blizzard! Go guys!
One more thing.
ME: did you get the sense Mike was genuinely interested in Legacy servers, or was it more like polite courtesy?
Mark: Serious interest. No way was it just polite. But...lots of issues they have to consider and no promises.
https://twitter.com/kxmode1/status/736042676810702849
