question about private servers on WOW
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Kal has been invited to play on a private server run by Wowfusion. I told him before he does anything I need to look into it. The rules in WoW state that you cannot run third party software. Then I went to WoWfusion to read about their servers and they say the same thing and their rules are stricter than blizzards. Has anyone played on a private server? Is it safe or is it against the rules? Thanks for any info.
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Mary King
www.unschoolingsupermom.blogspot.com
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Mary King
www.unschoolingsupermom.blogspot.com
Dan Lake
Mary,
If you are playing on a private server, then you are not connecting to
Blizzard so you don't need to worry about your regular WoW account and the
ToS there. The private server may have their own ToS which you must adhere
to. To connect to a private server, you simply modify a text file in your
World Of Warcraft install directory to point to a different login and realm
server. Most people would say that it IS a violation of the ToS for the
"client" software to connect to a non-Blizzard server.
One *very important * thing to keep in mind is that many private servers are
not compatible with the latest patch versions of WoW from Blizzard. I highly
recommend making a copy of your WoW directory to a different place on your
disk and using one for private servers and one for Blizzard servers. That
way, they never update each other and you can keep your compatibility with
both. This is especially true if you use a lot of the popular 'mods'.
Also, setting up your own private server is not difficult if you are a
little computer savvy. There are at least 2 major distributions for the
server/database and you just use install the maps which are already in your
WoW directory. Of course you need to find people to play with you on your
private server or it's not very fun. It can fun to design your own gear or
give yourself unlimited powers though..
~Dan
If you are playing on a private server, then you are not connecting to
Blizzard so you don't need to worry about your regular WoW account and the
ToS there. The private server may have their own ToS which you must adhere
to. To connect to a private server, you simply modify a text file in your
World Of Warcraft install directory to point to a different login and realm
server. Most people would say that it IS a violation of the ToS for the
"client" software to connect to a non-Blizzard server.
One *very important * thing to keep in mind is that many private servers are
not compatible with the latest patch versions of WoW from Blizzard. I highly
recommend making a copy of your WoW directory to a different place on your
disk and using one for private servers and one for Blizzard servers. That
way, they never update each other and you can keep your compatibility with
both. This is especially true if you use a lot of the popular 'mods'.
Also, setting up your own private server is not difficult if you are a
little computer savvy. There are at least 2 major distributions for the
server/database and you just use install the maps which are already in your
WoW directory. Of course you need to find people to play with you on your
private server or it's not very fun. It can fun to design your own gear or
give yourself unlimited powers though..
~Dan
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 8:12 PM, <maryking1212@...> wrote:
> Kal has been invited to play on a private server run by Wowfusion. I
> told him before he does anything I need to look into it. The rules in WoW
> state that you cannot run third party software. Then I went to WoWfusion to
> read about their servers and they say the same thing and their rules are
> stricter than blizzards. Has anyone played on a private server? Is it safe
> or is it against the rules? Thanks for any info.
> --
> Mary King
> www.unschoolingsupermom.blogspot.com
>
>
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