Maybe they do it on some TimeZone midnight. But more likely this do some worker from work hours.
Stop servers and erase dns data.
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There only one "small" problem - XBrowser always use only one master server. In best case it use next master server if previous failed.
Never all at once.
So For XBrowser you need choose one. And for avoid delay put it first. 333networks looks as best choice for now.
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Legally - no way.
Semi-legally:
1. Install utdemo338.exe
2. Apply patch UTPatch436nodelta.exe
3. Apply latest community patch (v469c for now)
This be almost full game. Can be used for network play, where missed content will be downloaded from servers.
Illegally - such new players can find ready for use full game some where. In Internet a lot places of such.