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Stop Killing Games
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[EU/UK] Stop Killing Games:
The consumer movement to stop game publishers from destroying older games with kill switches.
The goal is to reach 1 million signatures in the EU so that the european parliament will respond to the initiative that then leads to regulation that requires end-of-life plans for games to stay playable.
Progress Tracker:
UK Final Day 14/7/2025
EU Final Day: 31/7/2025.
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What? The client is free and downloadable by anyone, it's not protected in any way, never has been, ownership is checked server-side on your account.
And if you've ever actually played a wow private server you would realize none of the NPCs or anything is in the game except the world. That's all server sided and needs to be re-coded into the server
I personally don't think that "just playing" on a pserver is enough to realize what's in it, you need to compile and setup one to truly understand.
For those wondering, you can check projects like TrinityCore, AzerothCore or CMangos, those are the most popular ones.