GameSpy Problems

The server has been unusually quite this week.  I was beginning to wonder what was up with that when kovalxxx from badlands logged in.  He said that all the servers in GameSpy were gone.  I can't ever see my own server in GameSpy so I don't logon with GameSpy, therefore I had no idea that GameSpy had gone down.

I did some checking and found that GameSpy changed owners back in August.  The new owner of GameSpy told the game companies to pay their bill or loose their service.  Neverwinter Nights and a whole bunch of other old games got the red letter boot.  I'll provide a few links to a few articles.  The first is a Facebook post by the current owner of GameSpy.

http://www.facebook.com/gamespytech/posts/10152118921128475

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/14/gamespy-multiplayer-server-shutdown-result-of-failure-to-pay-by/

http://kotaku.com/5968050/gamespy-says-no-they-totally-did-not-cut-peoples-multiplayer-games-without-warning

At this time the only suggestion I have for anybody that wishes to continue playing BadLands RPG is to build a desktop shortcut and do a direct logon.  You can find full instructions here:
http://badlandsrpg.blogspot.com/2008/11/tricks-tips-no-43-desktop-shortcut.html

If anybody finds an alternative to GameSpy, please let us know about it.

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