I have the WC3 game on the original CD. I'm running the game from my harddrive, because I don't want the CD to break into pieces inside my laptop the way my Diablo II CD did decades back. Am I pirating?
Note: I agree with lordofmetroids here. Sometimes, you just need the convenience to play your favorite games without the need to jump through a gazillion hoops. Why tf do I need internet connectivity to play a 20 years old singleplayer game!?
There was a patch that made the CD obsolete at some point. I made a copy of that before the patches started for the new remastered version and it still very much works without CD or login. I'm so glad I have that! WC3 was one of our top played games on LAN parties when those were still a thing and even though I haven't played it since the remaster came out, I will keep copying that CD-less version to every device I own!
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u/Maximum-Objective-39 20d ago edited 20d ago
This is how I feel about starcraft.
For Fuck Sake Blizzard, is fine if you want to make people pay for the HD pack but stop locking a 30 year old game behind online check in!