In a recent post ↗, I showed how to set up a AzerothCore server with PlayerBots on Windows. In this post, we're going to do exactly the same thing, but this time on a Linux machine. On Ubuntu 24.04 to be more specific. Requirements On Windows, it took forever to install all the required apps. […]

This week, Blizzard released the cinematic shown below. Nobody has a fucking clue what to make of it. Neither have I. It's no doubt, a very well thought up marketing trick, that almost broke the internet.
What is this a prelude to? We'll just have to wait and see. Secretly, I'm hoping for it to be a new Starcraft announcement, or better yet, a World of Warcraft CLASSIC PLUS announcement. But, I'm not expecting that until much later this year, if any. It's probably just a media stunt, with a disappointing end to it. Nevertheless, I'm still excited though! And, as always, the typical Blizzard style animation is pretty sick, as it always has been, since the year 1995. And, yes, I was alive during that time, and yes, I am indeed very old. Fuck you too, thank you very much. One thing is for sure, they know their audience! This video hooks in directly to your feelings of nostalgia. Well played Blizzard, well played.

In this video, I’m getting personal. We all remember the "Golden Era" of World of Warcraft. Not just for the raids or the loot, but for the community. Before social media was everywhere, WoW was our town square. It was where we shared our lives, our struggles, and our triumphs on TeamSpeak and Ventrilo. But time moves on. Our guildies grew up, priorities shifted, and reality took us away from Azeroth.

Today I uploaded another video to YouTube. One where I show some things you can run alongside your private World of Warcraft server. These additions are great when you want to have friends or anybody else play on your server. The video is right here below. I'm still working on a video where I talk more in details what you can do with PlayerBots. That's coming really soon, so keep an eye out for that.

The previous posts I did on building your own WoW server are very popular on this website, according to the visitor's statistics. But they're not for everybody, since not everybody has a Linux machine, or the willingness to work with Linux. That's why this post is especially for all the Windows users out there. We're going to be building our own, private, World of Warcraft server with PlayerBots, using AzerothCore, ON WINDOWS!

If we’re being honest, looking at the global stage right now feels a bit like watching a server crashing, in slow motion. Between the noise of world politics and the general chaos of the headlines, it’s easy to feel like the "hope" slider has been set to an all-time low. It often feels like we’re […]

This year, I did some crazy, stupid things, like most years. But one of the craziest things this summer was when I randomly decided to dress up like a Santa. That's when I accidentally recorded this short little video message.

I've been using Pinokio ↗ for a while now. So, I've had plenty of experiences with it, and I also formed an opinion about it. And that's what I felt like sharing with you all. But first, what even is Pinokio? What? As you may know, the amount of apps and Gradio tools built around […]

Time to celebrate! Recently, on November 29th to be specific, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of this website and its domain name. We believe this is quite a memorable milestone, and we're going to celebrate this remarkable achievement. There are a couple of things we did to commemorate our anniversary, and you can read all […]

In a previous post, we built a private World of Warcraft server running the Wrath of the Lich King expansion with TrinityCore. This time we're building another WotLK server including PlayerBots with CMangos. After having played around with these PlayerBots I was really pleased with their behavior. I definately prefer them over the NPCBots we […]

In this post, you find a list of Docker containers that I personally find to be very useful to always have running. In case you never heard of Docker, this content is probably not for you. I'm going to assume that you're already somewhat familiar with Docker, and have it running on whatever OS you're […]

I cloned myself into an avatar by an AI. Turns out my clone had something to say. He asked me to post it here. How can I say no to myself? By the way, isn't he handsome?

Let's hate a bit on Apple first, to get it out of the way In general, I'm not a huge fan of Apple. I'm an Android/Samsung user myself, so I'm supposed to hate on Apple. Right? Isn't that how it's supposed to be? That's what I was thought. We are the good guys, Apple represents […]

Translation: Hello ustoopia (Andre), We had every confidence that you would reach this milestone and hopefully you did too. You are doing great. We would like to celebrate with you. Share this gif (and this good news) using the hashtag #1KCreator. Kind regards, Team YouTube

What exactly is a RAM disk?Why would I want to use a RAM disk?How large should the RAM disk be?How to create a RAM disk I've posted several articles in the past, most noteably this one, on the subject of live-streaming, so it shouldn't be a real big surprise that I'm doing another post on […]

Last week, I visited the Home Computer Museum in Helmond (https://www.homecomputermuseum.nl), and I decided to write a post on how I experienced this museum. This was in fact my second visit, since I visited the museum several years ago for a first time. In between my visits, many things have changed, all for the better. […]

This post is an addition to something I posted recently: https://www.ustoopia.nl/games/build-a-private-wow-wotlk-server-with-npc-bots-on-ubuntu-22-04/ So, you have your own private WoW server running now, and you would like to invite some friends to come and play with you on your realm. That is exactly when this tutorial comes in handy! To streamline the process of creating a user […]

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