When Blizzard issued a cease and desist notice to Nostalrius, the biggest private World of Warcraft server, the community was sent into an uproar. Ever since then more than 260,000 people signed

Blizzard's official comment on the whole Nostalrius/legacy server issue was rather disappointing, especially since their best-case solution involved taking pretty much the same problems people are

Its truly impressive to see so many people rally around Nostalriusin order to convince Blizzard to finally bring back the Vanilla World of Warcraft servers, with all of their charm and flaws

Earlier this week the most popular Vanilla World of Warcraft server Nostalrius was shut down by Blizzard, a decision that did not go over well with the its immensely loyal following of old WoW

I was privileged to be a member of the generation that grew up with World of Warcraft, and despite the Vanilla/Burning Crusade days being long since over, they still hold a special place in my heart, as do all the people I've spent countless hours in 40-man Naxxramas with.

So it is with