Whatever happened to BnetD?

[Snorelax]

Here we go again.  :)

My OPINION (note: Bolty's opinion does not represent official stance of the Lurker Lounge and you will not be banned for disagreeing with him, a.k.a. "the standard disclaimer" that he wishes he didn't have to say) is that BNetD was a good thing, which was used for bad purposes (i.e. the Warcraft III beta problem).  The moment BNetD was used to circumvent Blizzard's Warcraft III beta program, it was doomed.  And it deserved it.  Blizzard spends a huge amount of money on the hype machines that are their betas, and BNetD trashed that.

Peer-to-peer software is along the same lines - great software that's misused, and the RIAA has every right to crack down on it.  But that's a whole 'nother can of worms, and I should keep this thread on topic.  :)

-Bolty

Technically it wasn't the BNetD team that did it, IIRC, but someone that took the code and adapted it to work with the Warcraft III beta