Rock, Paper, Shotgun notes that in Blizzard's never-ending quest for perfect balance, they've added a handy feature for still-dedicated Warcraft players. In order to conquer Azeroth. This kicks off a discussion by blogger Alec Meer about the role of copy protection and anti-piracy in PC gaming: 'I don't need the Paint Shop Pro disc in my DVD drive whenever I want to butcher my holiday photos, after all.

It was always doubly unnecessary for a game like W3, which also employs serial number checks if you want to play it online. Having the CD check as well seems like leaving a polite post-it note on the windscreen of a driver prone to double-parking. Don't bother. Just wheel-clamp the bastard. While there're still some reasons to be circumspect about online distribution systems, they do spell an end to miserably sorting through quivering towers of plastic discs or popup-heavy crack websites. This brave new world, in which the data already installed upon my hard drive is all that's required to play a game I've paid for, is one I know I want to live in.' The fact they've done it at all is great, even if it about 4 year too late.

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(When did WC3 come out anyway? Vista Home Premium 64 Iso Torrent. Akvis Smartmask 4.0 Crack. The irony is I bought it close to it's release date and don't even remember.) I shall reinstall WC3 now. Half the reason I don't have it installed for the occasional game is because it needed a CD crack, and I get tired of having to track them down. (Though most of the games I play these days either have no disk (IE.

Steam or Elicense), or have no protection (Stardock titles). It's all very well bitching.

Patch 1.15.2 Feature Changes - StarCraft and StarCraft: BroodWar no longer require the CD while playing the game. To play without the CD, please follow the following instructions: Windows Users: - Make sure you have 'Hide extensions for known types' unchecked under Explorer Folder Options. - If you own only StarCraft, copy 'INSTALL.EXE' from the StarCraft CD to your StarCraft folder and rename it to 'StarCraft.mpq'.

Download Play Mike Shadow I Paid For It Hacked. - If you own StarCraft: Brood War, copy 'INSTALL.EXE' from the StarCraft:Brood War CD to your StarCraft folder and rename it to 'BroodWar.mpq'. I mean, why can't the 'signature' of a CD being present just be emulated? Some games do check for stuff like that - And it's sometimes a real PITA. I bought the latest C&C game a while back. It not only checks for the original media, it scans to see if you have any disc emulation running on your computer.