I understand why people would get upset by this at this point of betatesting. We have a limited amount of servers at the moment but at the same time we have more servers than we have ever had before just because of private hosting, think about that.
This might be a bit off-topic but I'll say it: On the other hand you can't blame Spanky or any other private server hoster of 'not betatesting' or 'abusing their rights'. It's not just the in-game that needs testing: It's the whole internet protocol and server hosting which there guys are testing aswell and this is why we have these private servers out there, to test and see how well they can hold on their own and outside of the Taleworlds hosting while they are linked to the main server list. And with the upcoming mod testing that some guys are already doing (?) we can soon test different variations to the .ini files that come with the game which makes private hosting even more valuable as us players have a straight way of testing different stuff by changing the files. Basicly modifying movement speed, item costs, everything that can be changed trough the .ini files.
Back to on-topic: Sure a few people might be turned off by Spanky's actions but right now there's nothing us players can do about it. If he does something, he does it and there's really no room for complaining as it is indeed his server but you can always form your own opinions about users here. If you don't like his actions, don't play on his servers, it's simple as that. You don't have to worry about the lack of servers right now as there are plenty from which to choose from, or even better, when the game gets released. I'm sure that there will be dozens, hundreds of servers from which to choose.
EDIT: Blame, not blaim.
This might be a bit off-topic but I'll say it: On the other hand you can't blame Spanky or any other private server hoster of 'not betatesting' or 'abusing their rights'. It's not just the in-game that needs testing: It's the whole internet protocol and server hosting which there guys are testing aswell and this is why we have these private servers out there, to test and see how well they can hold on their own and outside of the Taleworlds hosting while they are linked to the main server list. And with the upcoming mod testing that some guys are already doing (?) we can soon test different variations to the .ini files that come with the game which makes private hosting even more valuable as us players have a straight way of testing different stuff by changing the files. Basicly modifying movement speed, item costs, everything that can be changed trough the .ini files.
Back to on-topic: Sure a few people might be turned off by Spanky's actions but right now there's nothing us players can do about it. If he does something, he does it and there's really no room for complaining as it is indeed his server but you can always form your own opinions about users here. If you don't like his actions, don't play on his servers, it's simple as that. You don't have to worry about the lack of servers right now as there are plenty from which to choose from, or even better, when the game gets released. I'm sure that there will be dozens, hundreds of servers from which to choose.
EDIT: Blame, not blaim.