The Classic server Nostalrius has resumed operations. Fans are merrily transferring their accounts to the “new old” WoW server.
For a long time, it was hinted, threatened, and finally announced. The classic pirate server of World of Warcraft “Nostalrius” has reopened its doors under the banner of Elysium this past weekend. Although former players of Nostalrius could not immediately access their “old” accounts, the operators are offering a way to transfer the old accounts to the new server.
As the team from NostalriusBegins announced on Twitter, more than 25,000 players have already utilized this opportunity in the first days to continue their “new old” life on the server.
The whole “drama” around Nostalrius began a few months ago when Blizzard shut down the original pirate server. This culminated in a petition that was handed over to the game developer, urging them to finally create their own “Classic” servers that would showcase World of Warcraft in its basic form (up to and including Naxxramas). Blizzard initially seemed cooperative; however, communication between the operators of Nostalrius and Blizzard broke off—leading them to announce the server’s relaunch. This time, however, at a location where Blizzard’s lawyers cannot intervene as quickly—Ukraine with the “competitor” Elysium.
Cortyn says: Considering that Nostalrius reportedly had over 222,000 active accounts at its peak, I honestly don’t know how to interpret these numbers. 25,000 transferred accounts is certainly a lot—but that’s only about 11% of the original players from Nostalrius. It would certainly be possible that many have started a “fresh” account or simply waited a few weeks to see how things develop.
Meanwhile, Blizzard admits that the communication in the forum is poor.
