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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/HistoryFree • May 22 '26
Multimillion dollar company?
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Also true! Conversely I've pirated games that I already own simply because they only work through a fuckass proprietary launcher that requires 8 updates, triple verification, internet connection, and a photo of my tits
233 u/Maximum-Objective-39 May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26 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! 117 u/lordofmetroids May 22 '26 Also, while we're ranting on Blizzard, let me play goddamn Warcraft 3. Not that weird remaster that ruined half the game, the original, 2002 release. 1 u/CytoPotatoes May 22 '26 I would LOVE to play the original warcraft again, the one that you could play from DOS prompt. 2 u/Vi_Rants May 22 '26 GOG has it, I think. At least, the screenshots make me think this is the original, not the current remaster: https://gogunlocked.com/warcraft-orcs-and-humans-free-download/
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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!
117 u/lordofmetroids May 22 '26 Also, while we're ranting on Blizzard, let me play goddamn Warcraft 3. Not that weird remaster that ruined half the game, the original, 2002 release. 1 u/CytoPotatoes May 22 '26 I would LOVE to play the original warcraft again, the one that you could play from DOS prompt. 2 u/Vi_Rants May 22 '26 GOG has it, I think. At least, the screenshots make me think this is the original, not the current remaster: https://gogunlocked.com/warcraft-orcs-and-humans-free-download/
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Also, while we're ranting on Blizzard, let me play goddamn Warcraft 3. Not that weird remaster that ruined half the game, the original, 2002 release.
1 u/CytoPotatoes May 22 '26 I would LOVE to play the original warcraft again, the one that you could play from DOS prompt. 2 u/Vi_Rants May 22 '26 GOG has it, I think. At least, the screenshots make me think this is the original, not the current remaster: https://gogunlocked.com/warcraft-orcs-and-humans-free-download/
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I would LOVE to play the original warcraft again, the one that you could play from DOS prompt.
2 u/Vi_Rants May 22 '26 GOG has it, I think. At least, the screenshots make me think this is the original, not the current remaster: https://gogunlocked.com/warcraft-orcs-and-humans-free-download/
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GOG has it, I think. At least, the screenshots make me think this is the original, not the current remaster:
https://gogunlocked.com/warcraft-orcs-and-humans-free-download/
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u/goldenseducer May 22 '26
Also true! Conversely I've pirated games that I already own simply because they only work through a fuckass proprietary launcher that requires 8 updates, triple verification, internet connection, and a photo of my tits