Comments on: StarCraft II Beta “Opt In”

By: brian

brian — Thu, 21 May 2009 01:56:02 +0000

kenny thats sort of my problem but its not the problem is that i didnt resgiter it yet im doing that but i think all of the blizzard games now have 26 digits cd keys i ask blizzard support but didnt help

By: Kenny

Kenny — Fri, 15 May 2009 10:10:06 +0000

lol figured it out..pretty easy

go back to battlenet and login – go to manage Starcraft and it shows you the 26 character long key

By: Kenny

Kenny — Fri, 15 May 2009 09:42:21 +0000

Brian, I have the exact same issue. I put in my keys for Diablo 2 and SC and then downloaded it from Blizzard and now when I went to install it – it’s asking for a 26 long cd key when all I have is the 13 digit key on the back of my SC disc and I don’t know if I even have my Brood War key anymore(I know I lost the disc..). Perhaps try stringing both keys together?

By: brian

brian — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:43:43 +0000

i tryed putting my cd key in but it says its supposed to be a 26 cd key mine is only 13 help please

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:22:09 +0000

If they charged for Starcraft 2 multiplayer, 3rd party programs like G-Arena and Game Ranger would go apeshit.

They wouldn’t do it because of loss of revenue and because someone else would make the service available for FREE.

Unlike World of Warcraft which is a MMO Starcraft 2 is a RTS with very limited updatable content. They would have trouble stringing us along with update carrots when all they did would be minor tweaks here and there.

Not possible.

By: Voidwalker

Voidwalker — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:49:27 +0000

Can someone explain this to me, im a bit lost.

The new blizzard Battle.net system what exaclty is it for

I have the old starcraft game and Warcraft III
and i also play WOW i recently put on Warcraft III in hopes that I would be able to apply for the opt in. and I had some trouble when it scaned my cpu for specs and couldnt successfully send it in to blizzard. Today ill try with IE or just close out firefox and then try to send the specs in hope that works.

Now that I have Warcraft 3 on my file what do i do with it, I recently misplaced Reign of Chaos but had Frozen throne, will i be able to download the “client” of Warcraft 3 TFT and be able to play like normal?

By: Vandelay

Vandelay — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:20:25 +0000

@cubed2D: I had the same problem. If you’ve got Warcraft 3 installed on your system, you can use a program called Warcraft 3 CD-key Grabber (or something like that) to find out your key. I expect there is an equivalent for their other games too. Annoyingly, they don’t store the key on the registry.

By: James T

James T — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:27:31 +0000

I think an opt-OUT system would’ve been much more effective — put a notice about the imminent release of Starcraft 2 in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet, stuck in a disused lavatory (with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard’), saying that anyone who objects to receiving the Starcraft 2 beta must send an email saying so. Everyone else on the planet is forced to download it. What could go wrong?

By: Micky

Micky — Thu, 07 May 2009 01:16:14 +0000

Man, it’s great that Battle.net let’s you download Starcraft if you have your old key, but it really really sucks that all my old computer games and whatnot are sitting in a box in my mom’s basement 8 hours away.

I’m not even sure the CD keys are still around or if they were lost. Must resist urge to buy game I already own.

By: Arca

Arca — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:36:46 +0000

@Rich_P:

EA actually have a key recovery service on their website if you actually bother to register your games with them, which is a decent step once you can jump through all the hoops to FIND where to get the keys, but unfortunately you can’t register many games with their downloader for such purposes. Bit of a pain, really.

Be nice if there was a manual upload option for those of us who know how to make a dxdiag xml dump, seeing as their app is going wonky.

By: Popular Energy Drink

Popular Energy Drink — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:27:28 +0000

Got an account and managed to do all the requirements with ease using Firefox. :)

By: CogDissident

CogDissident — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:17:15 +0000

If you can’t connect, its probably because you’re behind a router. Try making your router port-forward everything.