Blizzard vs. WoW Fans is a Battle For the Ages

Fans have tried for years to create legacy servers for World of Warcraft, but Blizzard refuses to budge. Is constantly stepping on the little guy creators okay?

[yomfweeee]

Maybe the little guy creators should create something on their own instead. Blizzard is protecting their property.

[DragonKnight]

No they aren't. They are being greedy. A server is not an infringement. Blizzard is being anal about control and gouging.

[Tsuru]

A server is not. The issue isnt the server. Its the problem of once a server is created that blizzard property is being utilized on that server.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Boogie2988 is God!

[Lighter9]

You mean Francis.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Well that is one of his characters :3
I've been a fan for years. He's my favorite Youtuber next to James Rolfe (AVGN) and Nathan Barnatt (Keith Apicary).

[EcoSos3]

Nope

[DarthSocio]

Boogie is the epitome of World of Warcraft fans

[Shadyceaser]

He seems like a nice guy .. In the YouTube videos I've seen

[armchairDev]

Don't be fooled...he ate all his competition!

[bluefox755]

He is nice, a little too nice tbh. He let Anita Sarkeesian bully him at vidcon and kissed her ass instead of standing up for himself.

[Shadyceaser]

I am so over her bull shit

[DragonKnight]

Incorrect. He said what he wanted to say, after months of agonizing over it, then he was conciliatory to spare himself a deluge of hate that he ended up getting anyway but from the otherside of people who wanted him to lace into Anita.

A bunch of shoulda would coulda by people who haven't grown up and had enough life experience to understand that it's very different to say "this is what I would do" and then actually doing it when you're in the position to.

Boogie has crippling emotional issues, diagnosed emotional issues. This is something people refuse to consider when they lace into him about what he didn't do to Anita.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

He's explained the reasoning in two videos though. Plus he's having gastric bypass surgery today and wanted to avoid any unnecessary stress so he could actually get it it done.

[xsta1ker]

blizzard can't stop overseas servers from running wow so it's a losing battle for blizzard in the big picture.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

One of the best things on YouTube

https://youtu.be/RpyLRsFAP7...

[Chaos_Order]

Not a WoW player myself, but I know a lot of the ire against Blizzard comes from their insistence on not providing legacy servers when it's heavily requested. Oh, and also this infamous arrogant response to that request: https://youtu.be/0Wrw3c2Nje...

So yeah, while I believe developers should be able to make games to suit their vision, pissing off your fanbase like that isn't the smartest of decisions.