Who is asking for your sympathy, DrEvil? Unlike most, Blizzard did something and made an awesome company out of themselves. They still run a business and must make smart decisions throughout(profits for their investers, etc...). It would be foolish to start with the max (what is this number btw?) number of servers before they work their way up and tweak things. They can make an educated guess, but thats about it. We can all look at the money Blizzard makes, but where were you when no one knew their names and they worked late nights and dropped a ton of effort behind what they were doing? The great thing about Ameirca is, when you really think about it. You can do whatever you so desire. Go make blizzard2 man, and make all of us proud!:)