Its common knowledge that World of Warcraft is quite possibly one of the most popular MMORPGs on the market right now. Millions of members are subscribed to the monthly subscription of $15.00 a month. However, there are a lot of people that rather not pay $15.00 a month to play the game on retail servers. Thus, many World of Warcraft gamers embark on a journey to find ways to play WoW for free.

So where do the many World of Warcraft subscribers flock off too when they’ve realized they cant pay for their monthly subscription anymore? They find private servers. Private WoW servers allow members to play World of Warcraft for free. Sounds great doesn’t it? Well at first glance, it seems like a great idea. Who wouldn’t want to play WoW for free? However, there were some issues about the private servers that really turned me off. You see, playing World of Warcraft for free has its drawbacks. The game play on most servers is unfair. There is obvious preferential treatment to players from administrators in some servers that Ive been to. The lag is unbearable. They ask for donations which in turn beef up donators items which affects game play between donators and non-donators. It just seemed like a mess compared to retail. But I guess that’s the cost for playing for free.