check out the blizzhackers.com forum there s a whole forum devoted to running a private WoW server. However they aren't update as often so I would prefer to pay the monthly fee and get the latest content

Dude theres heaps of servers that rock ill give u 1 right now, to get some if this one aint good enuf then go to http://www.blizzhackers.com they have heaps heres a server 4 u but it is down atm it will be bak up soon

Server: set realmlist hav0c.servegame.com
Signup: http://hav0c.servegame.com:8080/

How to setup:
1. go to C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft
2. open realmlist.wtf with notepad
3. Change it to set realmlist hav0c.servegame.com

Need Help?

Contact i_see_ded_pplz@hotmail.com

rofl 100 people online, bet thats fun...... /end sarcasm.

rather pay 8.99 a month and have 400+ man raids on a m,assively populated server.

Lol - There are TONS of private servers, most of you are wrong, they do exist and about 90% of them are totally legit, though they didn't ask to use a server program that was stolen from Blizzard by a few morons who were shortly after caught. Anyhow, there are tons of them, and Blizzard can't do anything about it because for one, it's private. And secondly, they do NOT charge ANYONE to play on them. I did my research to some extent before I started playing on them, 'cause I too was sketchy.

"Lol - There are TONS of private servers, most of you are wrong, they do exist and about 90% of them are totally legit, though they didn't ask to use a server program that was stolen from Blizzard by a few morons who were shortly after caught. Anyhow, there are tons of them, and Blizzard can't do anything about it because for one, it's private. And secondly, they do NOT charge ANYONE to play on them. I did my research to some extent before I started playing on them, 'cause I too was sketchy."

You are an idiot.

They are NOT legit.
They ARE using stolen code.
Blizzard WILL track them down and sue them.

It doesn't matter that thye aren't charging.
The fact is they are drawing customers away from Blizzard.
They will be SUED for this. It is a monetary loss for Blizzard, and Blizzard can sue for this.
They are using stolen code. This is serious crime. This means major fines and JAIL time if Blizzard really goes after people.

I can't speak on private WOW servers, as I haven't found one as of this writing. However, I do feel that some are going a bit overboard talking about what Biizzard will do and such. One only has to look at Ultima Online. For those who don't think that free MMOG's exist... you need only look to Ultima Online. Hundreds of free servers exist for Ultima, each one offering up something different and unique for the player. They even have "Top 200" and "Top 100" lists, where one can browse the various servers and find just the right one to play on. It's commonly known that OSI knows about these servers... but nothing is being done about them. I mean, with so many across the net... how could they not know? So, I see a similar situation with Blizzard. Though many say that a 100% complete stable private server for WOW may never happen, I won't count it out. The same was probably said of Ultima yes?

Myself, I play on one of those "free" servers... having never set foot on the Official OSI servers for Ultima. I have spoken with any number of people who did pay to play Ultima for many years, and all of them have said that the server I play on for free, is much better than the official pay one's. Granted you don't have the thousands on at one time... though some of the free shards can host a hundred if not more. So, if you're looking for a free MMOG, then get Ultima, and check out one of the hundreds of free servers! Lag isn't an issue on the server I play on (99% of the time) and it's running the latest udates that the pay servers have... i.e. the new Samurai Empire expansion. The server is on a dedicated machine and line, and costs several hundred dollars a month for the net connection and upkeep. However, the owner has the cash flow, and wants to do it - like the majority of the other free servers out there. Care to check it out? Just one out of hundreds... http://www.alexiashard.com

Why bother going to a private Ultima Online game when you can go to the official servers and it costs the same, ZERO.

Brian Stewart you dumbass they do exitst and stop calling people idiots just because they express this fact that is true weither there LEGIT or NOT ISNT THE ISSUE thE F**KING thread ws CREATED TO HELP Dante Armageddon find FREAKING free sever and how to get into one. Apperantly u musta read the thread wrong.

Whether u want to start a flame or not or JUST dont want to believe there are severs that U DONT have to Pay for is your ignorant opinion and should not be on this thread asking for help. ....

So please with out being rude shutup...

Im not trying to be rude im just getting tired seeing ur stupid posts.

Brian Stewart, I had to join this forum just so I could agree with Somba-Sama. Get your head out of your ass! If you want to know about the legality of the private servers, go to http://rv2.org/blog/2005/03/03/world-of-warcraft-online-play and follow some of the links to Blizzard's posts on it.

Even if they are free, they aren't necessarily taking money from Blizzard. Most of the people playing on a free server probably wouldn't be playing at all if they had to pay. I see it as an opportunity for people who can't afford that kind of monetary commitment to a game to still play online with, at the least, a limited community of players.

I myself am NOT paying $50 for a computer game only to commit myself to paying monthly bills for occasional updates to the game. If I wanted to spend $200 dollars in my first year of gaming I'd buy a brand new Xbox with HALO 2 or some other kind of LAN-compatible game and play with friends on an apartment complex server or my college campus server, or through a private gateway like the GameSpy tunnel.

Just because you have qualms with someone playing for free a game you're dishing out money for doesn't mean you should keep posting that pessimistic crap when someone else asks for help.

There are a number of private servers out today -- in fact, there are hundreds for WoW. I just signed up for one and am about to load the game using my roommate's WoW discs... all for FREE. So boo-yah. And who knows -- If I really love the game, I WILL go out and get my own paid account so I can play with everyone on an official server. If it's not for me, I can back out without taking a $50+ hit for stepping out and giving it a try.

Hurray private servers!

erm...i think i found some wow private servers...but thats not the problem...=S
its 2 fint out how the f**c u make the server work...
if someone know how...or if they play...can they plz contact me...=D
(jakkejens@hotmail.com)
Ty

well.... ya know have u played any other games? on any private servers? for example Lineage 2 has hundreds maybe thousands of private servers... of course the private servers will not be developed so far as the official, but they are usually free... and when u know wat a private server is about and u host it after those rules then blizzard cant do s**t about it.... because it is for personal use (in somecases for thousands of ppl) and u can always set rules & agreement when u want to visit that site.... for like no person who is working for blizzard is not allowed to visit that site....
as long as ppl ask for money to play
there will be private servers

Yes, unfortunately, there are too many free and private servers out there for World of Warcraft. For some please don't be ignorant and say there aren't. There are over 120 confirmed servers now and not all of them are "buggy" or unplayable. In fact, around 80%, yes 80%, are playable and almost bugless. Now considering they are free (Blizzard charges $20 Canadian a month) are almost bugless and only a few quests are missing, that would easily attract anyone. I accept the fact that they are here and most likely here to stay but I can't help not liking it one bit. They are all illegal (no matter what the website that acts as a mirror for the servers says), just read the EULA and Legal agreement, it's all right in there.

Statement from Blizzard Entertainment to the BlizzHackers Community

As many of you are aware, Blizzard Entertainment? strongly opposes the development of unauthorized emulation servers designed to facilitate the use of pirated versions of Blizzard's copyrighted World of Warcraft� game client. In accordance with this position, we have taken action to halt the development of such servers, and will continue to do so as needed.

While we appreciate the devotion and enthusiasm that many of the visitors to BlizzHackers and similar websites have for World of Warcraft�, we have consistently maintained that the development of World of Warcraft� emulation servers is unlawful, both under U.S. and international law, because such server development breaches our EULA and Terms of Use, circumvents our copyright protections, and facilitates the infringement of our copyrighted game.

Some individuals have expressed their belief that the development of emulation servers designed to interact with World of Warcraft� does not hurt Blizzard. This is simply not true. We have invested massive amounts of time, creativity, energy, and money in building a world-class gaming environment. The development and hosting of World of Warcraft� emulation servers undermines the value of our investment, endangers our ability to maintain our current games, and hampers our ability to continue developing future games. Beyond being unlawful, such conduct harms not only Blizzard, but also those who enjoy Blizzard games.

Others have suggested that Blizzard is attempting to stop any server development, including open-source development projects. To be clear, we are merely striving to enforce our intellectual property rights and stop the development of World of Warcraft� emulation servers. Blizzard has no objection to open-source development of MMORPGs generally and recognizes that there are many such projects ongoing. We are not attempting to stop coders from working together to develop their own games. We must, however, object to the development of servers that allow the use of pirated game clients and prevent Blizzard from realizing the fruits of years of intense development. If members of this community are truly interested simply in writing code to see how the process works, then we strongly feel that they are free to do so by developing their own original game, but not by creating servers that rely on infringing our copyrighted material.

In connection with our ongoing efforts to protect World of Warcraft�, we have contacted a number of individuals with significant involvement in World of Warcraft� emulation-server development, and most of them have agreed to cease further activity. Blizzard asks that those of you who are continuing to host or work on development of unauthorized World of Warcraft� emulation servers take this opportunity to voluntarily stop these efforts and delete all related code. We fully intend to protect our rights and will continue contacting those who do not voluntarily cease their activities.

If you are voluntarily ceasing further involvement with World of Warcraft� emulation-server development or related infringements, please advise Blizzard by sending an email to wowsc@blizzard.com. Thank you in advance for your understanding and for your compliance with our request to cease contribution to any World of Warcraft� server-emulation project.

They are also damaging to Blizzard and those around them who are either parent or subsidiary companies. It's not just Blizzard who isn't making money, but its everyone involved who are affected. The money that is taken from Blizzard because people are playing on free servers has a impact on Blizzard, Vivendi Universal, and everyother game company connected to Blizzard. Where does this money go? It doesn't make its way into the people who work at Blizzard's hands. A lot of it is given to supporting the server, updating and such. That also has to be used to pay all the people who work at Blizzard and some of that profit is also given to Vivendi (parent company). Consider this:
Since the release of Warcraft III, the people at Blizzard have been working on the project for many years, putting it through tests, updating, changing codes (strings, and such) and constantly making it better. They even released a beta to see whats hot and whats not. In that time, what is generating money quickly enough so they can recieve a profit every year? Nothing, but of course they have their older games selling but they do not make nearly as much as needed. They still need to pay the workers, their parent companies and for all those costs that add up (direct, indirect). Direct being: pay the workers, pay to create product to sell (Publication), and then indirect: pay for toll service, pay for website hosting (domain), pay for electricity, and more. When a new game hits market, they pray it makes money.

dude what a post im still reading but thx. for the update. I want to start up on the free severs again ive been playing too much Guild Wars.
However I finally got a credit card of my own so I might start paying for the first time ever not becaues that post incouraged me either

but seriously dont be greedy blizzard they already have 2milion world wide like chill out there banking and still own rights to Diablo III

It is a fact that people who play on free WoW servers wouldn't go pay to play on Blizzards servers, why else you think they playing on free server *DDDUUUUUUU*, if they cant play on free server then they dont play its as easy as that to understand it, so Blizzard doesnt gain or lose ANY customers so dono wth is the commotion about.
Blizzard is making such a 5h17 load of money per month omw they cant keep up with there bank balance, and they use the "extra" money to develop new games, so in other words you will never see that they have a HUGE profit.
In the words of the player I would'nt go play WoW on a Blizzard server coz i cant afford it, with other words they would'nt have gotten my money in anyway.... so HTF is >>FREE<< servers taking profits away from Blizzard??!!?!? O_O

Just so all of ou know you are getting bad information from some sources. I am a Lawyer of 23 years.

1. 87% of the private servers Blizzard cannot even consider shutting down, fir the main reason they are in countries, that dont go by U.S. copyright laws.

2. If a person is able to make a playable server without stealing code, and doesn't charge money, Blizzard cannot because they aren't stealing the software.

3. The servers that are legaly viable are the laggy ones that steal the code and have trouble makeing it work where as in many seen cases Blizzard passes over them.

Any questions ill happily anwser, now I will go play on my paid account fot WoW

I've seen all your opinions and i think that both sides of the problem have they're points.
However, i'm one of those who is looking for a private server. Why?

Well, first, i'm only 18, i'm still a student and, in my case, i can't pay for the game. I dun have the money to do so. Secondly, i dunno if i like the game. I might spend the money, login, play for a while and realize it's not a game that i like. Not having much money, that'd be bad for me. And, my other problem is that i dun like official servers due to the too low rates for my taste. I dun like having to spend loads of time leveling and looking for items just to get to the fun part of the game. I used to be a hardcore gamer, but i decided to stop for a while and start developing my life outside games. And sum of those who also look for private servers are also looking for a server that doesn't require them that much time to get to certain parts of the game.

Example: Lineage 2 was widely spoken for having excelente graphics and was a game that later-on was fun to play. BUT it required quite a big effort to get to those parts. Many players quitted in the beggining cause of that.

I hope my point helps.

no go buy it you theiving s**t this aint a warez forum

nop i won't buy it, to expencive!
i only want the game downloaded.

main site: http://platwow.webhop.net
registration: http://platwow.ath.cx:8080
xp r8: 35x
drop r8: 15x
version: 1.5.0
realm in realmlist.wtf:
platwow.ath.cx

I' can't believe this stupid thread.. I see nothing but selfish pirating unlawful people here that pretty much do not have any respect for these gaming company's that bring us so many enjoyable hours of game play. You give this sorry p**s poor excuse that you can not afford to pay for the game ,but you seem to have plenty of time to dl and get copy's and I do not doubt you are spending countless hours playing the game. The time you just played trying to get copy's and playing on these free servers you could have probably worked for it. But you give this poor excuse I go to school and I'm poor. I'm freaking poor and I go to school but I seem to manage to work as a waiter to buy the game and pay for the monthly fee. The people that think paying a monthly fee is not right well you design your game and put years into it, I bet if you could make money at it you would. So screw you with your pathetic morals about pay services are not right. Hell, paying my electric is not right, paying my monthly phone bill isn’t right. Paying my cable bill isn't right. It's a service whether it is a game or not. So, you poor little 18 year olds ..go cry in the corner..you lazy SOB's. I can't believe I could possibly be going to college with these morons. Hey, the chances are you have an internet connection a pretty powerful computer to run those games, what did you steal the computer and do you also steal the internet connection , because it's ok because you are 18 and poor? Sounds like you have some money to pay for all this.