I get errors

[Bobaroo]

Whenever i go to load brrodwar it says i get and error. It says it can not load a certain file in the Setup.exe. My origional starcraft works fine. so i do not know what is going on!

[Nfested]

The CD won't work if it has a big hole in it. Get a new one.

[Canis Lupus]

Try cleaning your Brood War CD with a clean, dry cloth ... also get a CD cleaner and clean your CD-ROM drive. Then try again.

If it still does not work, then you may have a defective CD. Go back to the store you bought it from and get an exchange of another CD.

[Bobaroo]

Originally posted by Nfested:
The CD won't work if it has a big hole in it. Get a new one.

Sorry andrew oops i mean infested my cd did not have any holes in it. So shut your mouth

[Nfested]

Canis, your advice won't work because his copy is a burned copy from my original CD, which was broken too - OTS fixed the problem.

There's a big hole in your CD, Bobby oops i mean Bobaroo330. ML told me.

[Canis Lupus]

Ouch ... may need to burn him a copy again, it seems http://www.opentechsupport.net/forums/wink.gif

And I won't even ask where the CDkey to make it work was procured from... http://www.opentechsupport.net/forums/wink.gif

[Bobaroo]

Good news...Nfested burned me another copy and i cleaned out my CD rom drive and the game works. I haven't tried B.Net yet b/c my internet is messing up. But so far everything is good. Thanks a lot i will let u knwo if anythign else happens.

[Rob7515]

this is a blizzard support staff. You guys better stop with the burning. Have it stop, or we'll make it stop. Goodbye.

[Canis Lupus]

Hmmm, CD burning is hardly controllable, and I am more concerned about where they got the CD Key rather than how they burned a copy.

Anyway, I am sure the warning is well-merited - but next time, don't pretend to be something you're not (i.e. blizzard support staff).

Unless you meant that "we" are the blizzard support staff, which we aren't either.

[Nfested]

Only Diablo is meticulous about two people having the same CD key. Bobaroo330, other people, and I have been using the same CD key for awhile now and B.net doesn't seem to mind.

[Null Actor]

Doesn't change the fact that technically what you are doing is software piracy.

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[Rob7515]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Nova Z:
[B]Doesn't change the fact that technically what you are doing is software piracy.

well see the deal is i have been using my friends cd key for 2 years now. Me and another friend all share it together and they still havent caught us and what stops anybody from going to a computer store and copying down cd keys? what stops anyone from sharing cd keys? nobody seems to care but you........ canis why do u always yell at me?

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[Ion Silverbolt]

He was hardly yelling. It was a request to not impersonate Blizzard empployees. If he was yelling it would look like this..QUIT IMPERSONATING BLIZZARD EMPLOYEES! http://www.opentechsupport.net/forums/smile.gif

Running a site that focuses on tech support requires a degree of professionalism to keep the site organized. If this place turned into a Warez fest, then not only does the site risk getting into trouble with companies such as Blizzard, it also loses its credability.

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[Canis Lupus]

1.) We do not condone warez, software piracy and phreaking discussions of any kind. Granted a lot of people do it, but we prefer that they keep it to themselves and not let everyone know and start a discussion about its merits.

2.) The remark I made to NFested about burning another copy was intended as friendly sarcasm, not an actual suggestion.

3.) I have never "yelled" at anybody in this forum. I HAVE reprimanded some people, but it was always in a formal and frank (if not friendly) manner.

4.) I have no problem with burning CDs - that's what CD-burners are for, after all. But breaking copy protection (like obtaining illegal CD keys) is tantamount to software piracy, and I DO have a problem with that.

5.) This topic has no actual use anymore so I will go ahead and close it.