Don't Release the DB - ONLY the Mangos core

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Don't Release the DB - ONLY the Mangos core

by ENDIES » Wed Apr 13, 2016 4:34 am

Hi
I would recommend you only release the Mangos repack/core.

Please exclude the DB...
The only chance for Nostarius to stay alive or prevail is if the DB goes to a new sole provider.
Preferably one hosted in Russia or Switzerland.

If everyone gets there hands on the DB, we will have a hundred new vanilla servers, all trying to be number 1.
Essentially killing Nostarius with players separated.


Theluda also pointed this out on his post viewtopic.php?f=76&t=43524

Thoughts?

Thanks
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Re: Don't Release the DB - ONLY the Mangos core

by Fridolin » Wed Apr 13, 2016 4:36 am

Or the players are smart and decide together wich realm they choose for the new home ;)
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Re: Don't Release the DB - ONLY the Mangos core

by ENDIES » Wed Apr 13, 2016 4:38 am

Yea.. because players all know which websites have a dedicated staff that know what they're doing...
You realize a lot of programming goes into this? No way will I waste my time on a server, only for it to by run by rookies.
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Re: Don't Release the DB - ONLY the Mangos core

by ENDIES » Wed Apr 13, 2016 4:40 am

"Let's all join this server and hope the dev team can code"
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Re: Don't Release the DB - ONLY the Mangos core

by Noxm » Wed Apr 13, 2016 10:16 am

Fridolin wrote:Or the players are smart and decide together wich realm they choose for the new home ;)


And you will get your account hack easly.
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Re: Don't Release the DB - ONLY the Mangos core

by Guybrush » Wed Apr 13, 2016 10:48 am

Fridolin wrote:Or the players are smart and decide together wich realm they choose for the new home ;)

The players are not smart.
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Re: Don't Release the DB - ONLY the Mangos core

by Leahs » Wed Apr 13, 2016 1:07 pm

They did say something about being in the background if we wanted them to. I would like to see them continue once the dust settles and perhaps have Pottu take admin to lead us to victory.
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Re: Don't Release the DB - ONLY the Mangos core

by Garse » Wed Apr 13, 2016 1:57 pm

ENDIES wrote:Hi
I would recommend you only release the Mangos repack/core.

Please exclude the DB...
The only chance for Nostarius to stay alive or prevail is if the DB goes to a new sole provider.
Preferably one hosted in Russia or Switzerland.

If everyone gets there hands on the DB, we will have a hundred new vanilla servers, all trying to be number 1.
Essentially killing Nostarius with players separated.


Theluda also pointed this out on his post viewtopic.php?f=76&t=43524

Thoughts?

Thanks


From what I've understood, that's exactly what they're planning to do. Release the source to everyone, but give the database to the sole, most worthy, successor, with servers opening in either Finland or Russia.
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Re: Don't Release the DB - ONLY the Mangos core

by Hilo » Thu Apr 14, 2016 11:00 am

There's no point in releasing the core source code without the database and scripts. That essentially is the game. The core is just some modified version of MaNGOS most likely, and there are already plenty of versions of that available for the choosing.

If the developers truly stand behind their statement to the effect that they want to see this project they put so much time and love into continue beyond them then the only option is to release it all, otherwise Nostalrius will truly be dead.

Throttling the DB and scripts (or keeping them secret) only serves to hold back further development, and will most likely result in the eventual loss of that data forever. Or, worse yet, the manipulation, control, and profiteering of that data.

We've already seen the damage that is caused when only one entity controls the dissemination of information. If Blizzard hadn't been so tight-fisted with their Intellectual Property, Nostalrius would still be going strong. Their overbearing "ownership" of a product they don't even provide anymore is what has led to this moment.

Will there be a bunch of half-assed, poorly developed and maintained servers that sprout up using the data provided? You betcha! But those that lack spark and vision will pass away soon enough. They always do.

If the spirit of Nostalrius is going to survive then it has to be spread far and wide, so far and so wide that nothing can stop it from reappearing and hopefully improving. It needs to be like a Hydra. Cut off one head and seven more grow back in it's place. As long as control of everything is limited then it can be destroyed and lost.
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Re: Don't Release the DB - ONLY the Mangos core

by Macalister » Thu Apr 14, 2016 7:40 pm

Hilo wrote:There's no point in releasing the core source code without the database and scripts. That essentially is the game. The core is just some modified version of MaNGOS most likely, and there are already plenty of versions of that available for the choosing.

If the developers truly stand behind their statement to the effect that they want to see this project they put so much time and love into continue beyond them then the only option is to release it all, otherwise Nostalrius will truly be dead.

Throttling the DB and scripts (or keeping them secret) only serves to hold back further development, and will most likely result in the eventual loss of that data forever. Or, worse yet, the manipulation, control, and profiteering of that data.

We've already seen the damage that is caused when only one entity controls the dissemination of information. If Blizzard hadn't been so tight-fisted with their Intellectual Property, Nostalrius would still be going strong. Their overbearing "ownership" of a product they don't even provide anymore is what has led to this moment.

Will there be a bunch of half-assed, poorly developed and maintained servers that sprout up using the data provided? You betcha! But those that lack spark and vision will pass away soon enough. They always do.

If the spirit of Nostalrius is going to survive then it has to be spread far and wide, so far and so wide that nothing can stop it from reappearing and hopefully improving. It needs to be like a Hydra. Cut off one head and seven more grow back in it's place. As long as control of everything is limited then it can be destroyed and lost.

Such a well structured post and yet you completely missed the point the OP was making. Silly hillybilly.

I'll help you. The whole point of giving back to the MaNGOS project is to make it possible for anyone to start a new quality server, ie if Blizzard wants to stop these private servers from popping up they need to fix the real problem. Start up legacy servers.

This is the exact strategy The Pirate Bay used, the underlying issue wasn't Pirate Bay, it was the poor legal options for consumers.
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