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Can me and a friend use the same CD key?
Feb 23 2012, 1:08 am
By: Tito.  

Feb 23 2012, 1:08 am Tito. Post #1



I know two CD keys cant be used on the same sever. But if me and a friend played brood war on different servers at the same time quite often, could I expect blizzard to do anything, like ban the CD key?



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Feb 23 2012, 1:10 am Raitaki Post #2



Don't think so. My (old) key is usually in use in every single gateway simultaneously all the time for years, and Blizzard didn't do swat.



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Feb 23 2012, 1:31 am Tito. Post #3



O ok thanks. Why do you need accounts up on all servers?



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Feb 23 2012, 1:54 am Ahli Post #4

I do stuff and thingies... Try widening and reducing the number of small nooks and crannies to correct the problem.

CD-key usage for logins is only checked per gateway afaIk.
But I don't know if Blizzard checks for the same key being active at the same time on different gateways, but I personally doubt it. But it's your key and you decide.

You could still play on the ICCUP server.




Feb 23 2012, 1:57 am Raitaki Post #5



Quote from Tito.
O ok thanks. Why do you need accounts up on all servers?
Not rly me, just, uh, around 20 people using same key at once :P

EDIT: And thus we can also conclude Blizzard doesn't care about how many different accounts logging into the same key one after another either :P



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Feb 23 2012, 4:28 am Sacrieur Post #6

Still Napping

You can install spawn copies, but they can only join games hosted by the original.



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Feb 23 2012, 6:19 am Lanthanide Post #7



Does spawn even work on battle.net?



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Feb 23 2012, 7:41 am Sacrieur Post #8

Still Napping

Quote from Lanthanide
Does spawn even work on battle.net?

Oh yeah, it does, you can hang out in chat channels and stuffs, too.



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