You know what buddy? You're absolutely right. Why be against one and not the other? They're both illegal, so if you're gonna break the law, might as well go all the way, right? Leave no room for the powers that be to just tolerate things.
You want to know why things are like they are, well here is the reason, since i didn't really see anyone else except hogie touch on it.
EQEmu is an emulator that tries to emulate the EQlive servers. It does a nice job but is not anywhere near the content and stability that EQlive servers have. And the fact of the matter is, EQEmu isn't hurting them financially, in fact, if it does anything, it only helps them sell more software. We won't even mention the fact that 90 percent of the people that play EQEmu have 1-3 paying accounts on SOE's servers.
The answer is simple... The only thing keeping EQEmu from being shut down is the fact that it requires that a consumer buy products from SoE. So as long as EQEmu doesn't get the server capacity to handle more that 20 people online at a time on a broad scale, then this project has nothing to worry about. SoE isn't going to waste the time to really sue the team here. Offering solutions to bypass the patch security would give SoE a reason to drop this project. Offering solutions to bypass the current version and give old patch files would also fall under that.
It is obvious that you are new to the Emu. I don't disagree with you, but i have respect for this game, and for this project, and i would personally like to see this project continue.
And my own personal flame to you : It's really easy to draw lines between what is legal and what is illegal. You, my friend, need to grow up enough to see out of your windows and realize that there is more to life than just that line. Your 9th grade ethics have no place on this forum.
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