Quote Originally Posted by Grim Reaper View Post
In this economic crunch, few people can afford to pay for play.
Private server emulators are LEGAL - no matter what anyone says!
Just as long as you the server owner do not alter the game client itself you are fine! I hosted a private WoW server for 4 years until I could not afford the costs anymore due to a heart attack and job loss! There are literally thousands of privately run WoW servers out there and as you say with ~1000 players online!

Yes, you WILL get a few tiny bugs in the game because emulators are written in Java, but what the heck, its free right?

I am now once again running a FREE Lineage II server - with a LEGAL L2J server pack!
I'm sure Blizzard made WoW so that every second retard could make his own server. If you can't pay then go play something else. It's not that hard to understand really.