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Re:Turtle WoW classic server announces shutdown after Blizza... by Thaxll on Sunday April 19, 2026 @06:57PM (#47828433)
Hosting a wow classic server cost almost nothing, it's a 30 years old game running on modern hardware and software. You need couple of dedicated servers and a single db.
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Re:Turtle WoW classic server announces shutdown after Blizza... by OsrsNeedsf2P on Sunday April 19, 2026 @09:48PM (#47829468)
Former RuneScape private server[0] hoster here. Our infra costs would be about 200$/mo, but for a high quality server like in the OP, if you ever wanted to compensate any developer a respectable amount for their work, you would instantly be in the millions. We had about 20,000 hours of professional dev work put in over 5 years for our game.

[0] https://2009scape.org

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Re:Turtle WoW classic server announces shutdown after Blizza... by Chaosvex on Monday April 20, 2026 @08:33AM (#47833354)
It runs in open source software. The costs are low.
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