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<br> <br><p><br> Tweet Private game servers are a controversial topic that is often shunned in gaming circles. Some gamers enjoy the fee-free nature of private servers and others make use of these forbidden environments to experience the MMO in a different manner as opposed to the live game (for example playing on an "classic" private server that does not allow expansion packs). No matter what the reason, game companies tend to be against such activities. In the last week, Blizzard frowned at a particular private server and was awarded $88 million for the effort.<br></p><br><br> <br><br><br><br> <br><p><br> In October 2009, Blizzard filed a suit against Alyson Reeves, owner of Scapegaming and a private World of Warcraft server. Reeves was earning a profit from the enterprise, using microtransactions on the server. The judge found that there was copyright violation against Blizzard, and ordered Scapegaming to pay $85.5M in statutory dama