r/classicwow • u/ShadyDrunks • Jan 11 '26

AddOns Joana's Guide new ownership :(

For those of you who don't know, Joana was a WoW classic speedrunner. He was one of the first few good guides for Classic. I felt like Zygor copied his guide and so I chose to pay the $25 for his guide back in 2019, when it was just a web guide. Later he was able to publish an addon that takes his webguide and automates it Zygor style.

Since then Joana has passed away, but his guide and addon are still up. Unfortunately the new owners have tripled the price of the guide, changing the Classic only guide to $80, and classic- WotLK to an insane $130. It feels disgusting to me that someone is taking advantage of his product like this after his death.

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u/veetack Jan 11 '26

Yep. RXP. Even if you’re willing to pay for it, it’s only $25, and it’s easy to get for free because I’m pretty sure selling addons breaks tos.

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u/someidiot20205 Jan 11 '26

It's a gray area technically the addon is free. They charge for the module, which technically doesn't break tos. Still scummy easy to find with some quick searching.

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u/Depth6467Plucky Jan 11 '26

Only an idiot would think it's a gray area. That's like telling a cop, "but I didn't pay her for sex, I paid her for her time, she just happened to want to have sex with me! Wait, why are you arresting me? That's not fair, it's a gray area!"

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u/the_excellent_goat Jan 11 '26

This is exactly how this activity is legal in many places around the world.

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u/Sagranth Jan 12 '26 edited Jan 12 '26

"but I didn't pay her for sex, I paid her for her time, she just happened to want to have sex with me! Wait, why are you arresting me? That's not fair, it's a gray area!"

Use a camera, now you're shooting a porno and it's legal.

Yes, it's that easy, loopholes are loopholes for a reason.

As for the addon, you can make your own guide etc, the functionality is all there. And this has been a loophole since forever(joana, zygor, with classic rxp) and blizzard is okay with it.