tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964944130942936052011-08-27T11:47:36.458-05:00Fiatsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496494413094293605.post-16602972304386052962008-07-26T19:10:00.012-05:002011-03-23T12:04:46.376-05:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE: In August 2010, Scapegaming was ordered to pay $88 million dollars in damages to Blizzard for copyright infringement and unlawful profits. Their servers are no more. [<a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/08/14/private-server-company-forced-to-pay-blizzard-88-million/">source</a>]</span><br /><br />This guide assumes you don't have the game installed on your computer. When finished, you will have installed the US version of the game. Other versions can be found on the wowwiki.com mirrors listing.</span><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br />Step 1)</span> First, you need to collect a few files that will install and patch the game to the version you need in order to play on a private server. Create a folder on your desktop to store them in. The first file is a downloader which will grab the full client from Blizzard's servers.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Full WoW Client (Original+two expansions)</span><br /><a href="http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/account/download/clients/pc/InstallWoW.exe">http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/account/download/clients/pc/InstallWoW.exe </a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Patches</span><br /></span>3.0.1-3.0.2 <span><a href="http://www.arakkoa.com/details.php?file=89">http://www.arakkoa.com/details.php?file=89</a><br /></span>3.0.2-3.03 <span><a href="http://www.arakkoa.com/details.php?file=83">http://www.arakkoa.com/details.php?file=83</a><br /></span>3.03.-3.0.8 <span><a href="http://www.arakkoa.com/details.php?file=114">http://www.arakkoa.com/details.php?file=114</a><br /></span>3.0.8-3.0.8a <span><a href="http://www.arakkoa.com/details.php?file=131">http://www.arakkoa.com/details.php?file=131</a><br /></span>3.0.8a-3.0.9 <span><a href="http://www.arakkoa.com/details.php?file=143">http://www.arakkoa.com/details.php?file=143</a></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span>Download more than one at a time to speed up the process. Should take 4 - 6 hours to download everything on a decent connection.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Step 2)</span> </span>Install them in the order they are listed. Do not let the WoW Launcher download any patches itself. It is best to update manually. Don't install any patches past 3.0.9 or you won't be able to connect to ScapeGaming.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Step 3)</span> Find a good private server to play on. I recommend <a href="http://www.scapegaming.com/index.php">ScapeGaming</a> (previously known as wowscape.net) because the community is very large and the servers they run are always highly populated.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">a)</span> Register for an account here: <a href="http://scapegaming.com/index.php?act=wow&amp;subact=reg">http://scapegaming.com/index.php?act=wow&amp;subact=reg</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">b)</span> Navigate to your WoW folder in Program Files (or where ever it is installed). Open up Data/enUS/realmlist.wtf with notepad. Replace the contents of the file with the following line:<br /><br />set realmlist logon.scapegaming.com<br /><br />Save the file.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Now you can play the game!</span> Wait a few minutes after registering an account before trying to log in.<br /><br />Google 'wow private servers' if you want more options or are experiencing too much lag at wowscape.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/496494413094293605-1660297230438605296?l=playwownow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fiatsnoreply@blogger.com19