The Struggle For Private Game Servers
Posted on Dec 08, 2009 under Main |A story at the BBC takes a look at the use of private game servers for games that tend not to allow them. While most gamers are happy to let companies like Blizzard and NCSoft administer the servers that host their MMORPGs, others want different rules, a cheaper way to play, or the technical challenge of setting up their own. A South African player called Hendrick put up his own WoW server because the game “wasn’t available in the country at the time.” A 21-year-old Swede created a server called Epilogue, which “had strict codes of conduct and rules, as well as a high degree of customized content (such as new currency, methods of earning experience, the ability to construct buildings and hire non-player characters, plus ‘permanent’ player death) unavailable in the retail version of the game.” The game companies make an effort to quash these servers when they can, though it’s frequently more trouble that it’s worth. An NCSoft representative referenced the “growing menace” of IP theft, and a Blizzard spokesperson said,”We also have a responsibility to our players to ensure the integrity and reliability of their World of Warcraft gaming experience and that responsibility compels us to protect our rights.”
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