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Oct 11 2007, 11:00 pm
By: benshums  

Oct 11 2007, 11:00 pm benshums Post #1



Hey ppl's,
I lost my starcraft cd-case, and yesterday (as I was recieving some errors) I tried reinstalling the game. This is bad because the CD-key that I need to reinstall the game WAS on the cd-case!!! Grrr... I love SC, I want to continue playing it! Would anyone be willing to lend me their/a CD key? My email is the_turtle_that_tried@yahoo.com.
Thank You,
~BJ



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Oct 11 2007, 11:17 pm MrrLL Post #2



Asking for a CD-key is against the rules, sorry. It's basically like asking for a free Steam Account to play half life, or whatnot. For all we know, you could of just downloaded a torrent and you just need a CD-key.



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Oct 11 2007, 11:22 pm Dr. Shotgun Post #3



Quote from Merrell
Asking for a CD-key is against the rules, sorry. It's basically like asking for a free Steam Account to play half life, or whatnot. For all we know, you could of just downloaded a torrent and you just need a CD-key.
Could have.

What you do is copy your StarDat.mpq from your old installation, install with 1234567891234 as your CDkey, then patch, then paste your old StarDat over your new one. Should work.



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Oct 11 2007, 11:26 pm benshums Post #4



Okay guys, I guess I'll have to go out and buy a new one.
It's only like, $20, right?



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Oct 11 2007, 11:29 pm Kow Post #5



FTW!

Ten bucks.



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Oct 12 2007, 1:01 am Money Post #6



Quote from Merrell
Asking for a CD-key is against the rules, sorry. It's basically like asking for a free Steam Account to play half life, or whatnot. For all we know, you could of just downloaded a torrent and you just need a CD-key.

Steam is free anyway.



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Oct 12 2007, 3:51 am MrrLL Post #7



Well, you have to buy one of the games to get an account..



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Oct 12 2007, 10:51 am Gerrard2060 Post #8



Search in Google for a cd-key.



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Oct 12 2007, 11:45 am Screwed Post #9



Those sites are filled with spyware and they won't work on bnet



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Oct 12 2007, 2:16 pm Twitch Post #10



Well I might break a rule here but,torrents.Thats all I will say or you could just use 10 dollars to buy a new sc thats not hard.



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