EQ Emulator Winter's Roar Shut Down

grumpygrodyguy writes "Fans of Everquest emulation were dealt a blow today as Sony Online Entertainment threatened Winter's Roar into shutting down their server. WR was home to approximately 350 players and a labor of love for the developers who spent hours a day for nearly 3 years improving this unique game world. WR was a not-for-profit MMORPG that allowed players to play for free as long as they owned the original Everquest client up to and including the Luclin expansions. SOE has threatened WR's hosting company EV1 with legal action unless it ceases and desists service immediately."

Comments

Fucking DUH

[black mariah]

So you try to cut the developer's revenue stream up and expect to hide behind the "non-profit, for the good of the community" line... how fucking stupid do you have to be to buy into that bullshit? I'm sure I'll have 400,000 dumbasses jumping on me "What if Sony shuts down the servers!?? HOW CAN WE PLAY WHEN THEY SHUT DOWN THE SERVERS!??!?"

Simple fucking economics. Keep playing, for pay, on the REAL servers. Sony won't close a fucking thing until it's not making them any money. By that time only the most dedicated EQ douchebags will give a fuck and all 12 of them will move on to other things.