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== Uses ==

* According to a study based on [[Ragnarok Online]] emulated servers, “Players turn to the illegal private server solution to fulfill their expectations for better means of [[Customization of Avatars (Computing)|avatar customization]], specific technical features, an improved social environment, and enhanced [[gamemaster]] availability.” <ref>{{cite journal |first=T.|last=Debeauvais |first2=B.|last2=Nardi |title=A qualitative study of Ragnarok Online private servers: in-game sociological issues.|journal= In Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG’10) |year=2010 |url=http://www.artifex.org/~bonnie/Debeauvais-Nardi-RO-private-servers.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://clashlovers.com|title=Top 10 Clash of Clans Private Servers [Updated] 2018 COC Servers Download|website=Clash Lovers|language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-23}}</ref>

* Other reasons why players use server emulators is to avoid the monthly fees or purchasing fees for certain games.

* Being able to experience an accelerated and/or altered mode of play (sometimes changing the game completely).

* Some server emulators are designed on the emphasis that a game has closed and is no longer playable, like [[Toontown Online]]. Players also choose to play on private servers to relive an older version of the game (like [[Vanilla (software)|vanilla]] [[World of Warcraft|World of Warcraft]] private servers).

== Legal issues ==