> The player base was also split between the official server and a bunch of private ones Really? I didn't think private servers came into their own until sever

> The player base was also split between the official server and a bunch of private ones Really? I didn't think private servers came into their own until several years and expansions later. Color me surprised! During my time in vanilla I never heard many whispers of private servers. > IIRC max level was 70 at the time, and you needed to be in the upper half of the upper half to even be able to react to the infection. Still 60, to be pedantic. ZG was added in a patch about halfway through the lifecycle of Vanilla, prior to the release of the first expansion which upped the level cap. That said, it was still a death sentence.