HardDriver wrote:
Hey everyone.
I was a Gm over at ecsro. I was friends with the owner Ocean which was a chinese guy. Now some are right in some ways it matters where you get the
server boxes at. But another thing is you cannot just take the server files and start up a private server. Yes you can do it locally
because then its ran behind your router. But you have to
change names in it. Ecsro screwed up due to the fact Ocean didnt allow anyone to change anything in the database. He wanted everything to stay the same. Notice it was still called silk and alot of stuff was isro? Well thats where joymax had them at. They got sued for copyright infringment. If may take some time out and if you know
xml and mysql then you can go in and re-write everything and change names around and make it to where silkroad is nowhere in the game at all. And they cannot sue you. Its kinda like coke and pepsi. You dont see coke or pepsi suing each other b/c they both have a cola out there. Its the same thing its just different ingredients here and there and they both have patents and copyrights on their product. Well its the same way. If you can find a way to change everything and i mean everything in game they cannot sue you. But if you host a server in
germany or another country you dont have to worry because they cant sue you anyways. Anymore I dont think joymax is going to go after all of these servers as they are working on Silkroad Online 2 which will be out in a year or so. But just wanted to clarify why ecsro got sued for everyones enjoyment I guess you could say

Well, the official server files don't really use mysql, nor do you need to use anything xml related to change the name of 'silk'. Changing the game completely, into a way that it does not resemble real silkroad anymore is not worth it. You would be far better off just starting a new mmo from scrap than editing a game as silkroad in such a way
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But if you host a server in germany or another country you dont have to worry because they cant sue you anyways.
Germany is even a worse place to host it than in the US, or even next to the joymax main building, really. far better off hosting it in eastern europe, africa or south america legal-wise