Someone already has a copy?

On July 04 2010 06:42 green.at wrote:
There was someone who made a Starcraft package for his class (design or something)
could be just the same with this.

On July 04 2010 06:53 PhiliBiRD wrote:
2 DVD cases and a CD case? or is it an extra manual that i mistake as a DVD case (above the CD case)

oh and this is supposed to be collectors edition right?

On July 04 2010 07:09 Pringlescan wrote:
From an academic point of view it would be interesting to see if you could install it by turning your system clock forward to july 27th. I don't see how it could check with the blizzard servers before you even install anything to begin with, and I don't believe blizzard ever said it would require an internet connection to verify to play just single player. That combined tells me its probably either a fake, some specialized internal testing version as others have mentioned, or its testing the system clock to see if its allowed to install yet. On the other hand if it is getting the permission to install from a blizzard server the people who do Warez will probably be able to spoof the server to permit an install.

On July 04 2010 07:17 Pringlescan wrote:
Please link to a statement by blizzard saying you need an internet connection to install the game to play single player.

On July 04 2010 07:17 Pringlescan wrote:
Please link to a statement by blizzard saying you need an internet connection to install the game to play single player.

A level of "DRM" will also be used by limit installation. Dustin explained "you need to connect once to install the game." While singleplayer will be available offline, installation must have an internet connection in order to proceed. You are also required to have or signup for a Battle.net account in order to install the game. All achievements and friends lists etc will be available as soon as you logon, but the actual single player game is available anyway.

On July 04 2010 08:15 Piy wrote:
Does it really matter lol?

On July 04 2010 08:17 crappyleft wrote:
I expect we will have to download a rather large patch on day one,

On July 04 2010 08:29 LSGamer wrote:
Why would the CD's be ready then? Surely a released version would have all the recent patches

On July 04 2010 08:29 LSGamer wrote:
Why would the CD's be ready then? Surely a released version would have all the recent patches

If not, they expect us to DL all on release date, that sucks :/ least we have the 500mb starcraft map editor though.

It looks real enough, but I suppose it is a very good photoshop with pictures from the net mashed up.

On July 04 2010 09:36 -ReMeDy- wrote:

Cant the person just set his bottom right clock to read the 27th of July 2010?

On July 04 2010 09:39 -ReMeDy- wrote:
Oh yea, I guess I'm still living in the Stone Age, lol. Why's everything have to be so Internet dependent

On July 04 2010 09:38 Merikh wrote:


I'm pretty sure blizzard isn't that dumb to check with "your" clock and should have it server sided lol.

On July 04 2010 09:41 jamesr12 wrote:


What about unplug from internet, change your clock, install, play SP offline? Or do you have to be connected to internet to install?

On July 04 2010 09:56 Merikh wrote:
I'm not sure if anyone asked yet, but where'd you get these images from again?

On July 04 2010 10:22 Dave[9] wrote:
You know I think I would hate to have a copy this early, I'd probably go insanse because I know ALL of the data I need to play the game is on this little disc, and yet I couldn't install it because blizzard wouldn't let me

On July 04 2010 10:34 Altar wrote:
Where's the dog tag with SC1 on it?

On July 04 2010 10:51 Attica wrote:
How about you guys support blizzard's hard work and don't d/l it?

On July 04 2010 10:49 st3roids wrote:
THERE IS A COPY , i have downloaded but no crack so far .




heres the link

On July 04 2010 11:12 Paramore wrote:
just set your computer date to july 27th 2010 or after...

On July 04 2010 06:47 Pigge wrote:
Apparently the contents of the DVD according to the person who has this set.



keep in mind that this isnt warez related, if he has attained this from a contact or anything.

only once distributed to others its warez.

On July 04 2010 11:18 Tazza wrote:


LOL, he uses a Windows XP or possibly lower

THERE IS A COPY , i have downloaded but no crack so far .

its not fake the install files are already being distributed and there will probably be a crack soon

On July 04 2010 12:31 Skee wrote:
Do we even have to install? I mean, wont the beta just have a patch?

On July 04 2010 11:18 Tazza wrote:
LOL, he uses a Windows XP or possibly lower

On July 04 2010 14:42 Attica wrote:
I don't know if I'd want to waste my time playing single player that's not tied to my bnet account Any achievements or unlockable stuff like portraits wouldn't count.

On July 04 2010 14:49 skeldark wrote:


ROFL. sorry. but i have to awnser.

achievements and portraits is the last think in sc i think about.
when i see such things i allways ask myself: are really player out there who care a **** on this?
I beat level 3 and if i dont have a archievement nobody knows it and i cant prove it. OMG.
you had fun by beating level 3 and 10000000 other player did it. so why you need a medal that you did it and why the rest of the world must know that you did it?

sorry again i dont write such replays normaly but like i said i was really lol

On July 04 2010 16:01 Xapti wrote:
So the guy says he sold the USB stick to his friend.

Also, the data hasn't been uploaded to the internet yet, and because he has a poor upload connection (about 30kb/s) it will take 3 days to finish.

Some people may rant and say these are reasons supporting it being fake - I disagree.

On July 04 2010 16:48 Therapist.. wrote:


Well you need to be aware of the power of photoshop, and the number of trolls there are on the internet. No legitimate uploader posts the first few rapidshare links and claims to have 30kb/s upload speed. Just saying don't be naive, don't expect anything from this guy.

On July 04 2010 07:04 Kennigit wrote:
It seems reasonable that sc2 has gone gold/to a printing press (probably takes a month or 2 to print 5 million copies?). Going to leave this open until we can confirm or deny it's legitimacy.

On July 04 2010 16:53 Mohdoo wrote:
What I don't understand is what the significance of this even is. Someone having the game just means that they had some kinda inside connection. Whether they work at Blizzard, friend of Blizzard employee, work for a website or magazine...Its not like some guy broke into Blizzard in a ninja suit and stole it. And even if so, what is the big deal?

Can't even be played, and it only shows stuff we already knew was gonna be a part of the collector's edition.

I just don't really see any sort of significance whether it is real or not.

If you look at the files in the ISO you can see the creation date is 24th May, that's over 2 months before launch day. I expect we will have to download a rather large patch on day one, if this is indeed the retail version.

On July 04 2010 18:41 BlueMagic wrote:
Well, one thing to note. The installation screen says "Its Not Yet Time".

It sounds like a direct chinese transalation.

Blizzard would have said "It's Not Time Yet"


I speak both languages fluently. Just something to note.

On July 04 2010 16:09 HeaveNTiMe wrote:


There's a huge difference from SC:BW type of Gamers and Newbie Gamers. The new Gamer generation was brought up on medals, trophies, and cool achievements! Although your post is horribly written, I get what you are saying. It's just the experience gap between gamers who care to those who don't give a crap. Newbs love shiny stuff.

On July 04 2010 18:33 TheRabidDeer wrote:
I am pretty sure they havent even started printing the games yet, since there is still another version that we will be using prior to release (then we will get another patch on release day as well most likely). It is most likely a fake, no way somebody gets a full copy of the game (CE especially, since it has a WoW pet and the USB stick with SC + BW... which are conveniently missing from the picture) nearly a month in advance.

It is a well made fake, but its not hard to fake stuff that has already been seen.

On July 04 2010 19 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              04 2010 19      end_of_the_skype_highlighting:29 Vei wrote:

This is retarded. Some people are into extra challenges/things to collect or complete, others aren't. I don't know why so many people here need to make it known that *they* don't give a fuck about achievements -- no one cares if you don't. They're a nice thing to do, and hopefully they'll have creative achievements. There are people who like long-term progress, in a way achievements are very much an RPG-type thing. SC1 BNet had no achievements, WC3 BNet had unlockable icon tiers and levels (sc had rating but..that ladder was a joke) which made it much more interesting.

If you're not into achievements, okay. No need to diss them. They aren't solely for newbs, plenty of competitive players will be into them.

On July 04 2010 22:58 FoxSpirit wrote:
You can't only purchase a key. No DD until a few months after release.
I really hope Blizz secured this well.

On July 04 2010 23:28 3772 wrote:
Rough translation of the audio:
A: Did you buy it yourself, or is it preordered from the internet or something?
B: I bought it myself, from a friend, from this <name>, his dad works in the company where they print it.

On July 04 2010 23:29 Piski wrote:


I foresee someone getting fired in the near future.

On July 04 2010 16:09 HeaveNTiMe wrote:


There's a huge difference from SC:BW type of Gamers and Newbie Gamers. The new Gamer generation was brought up on medals, trophies, and cool achievements! Although your post is horribly written, I get what you are saying. It's just the experience gap between gamers who care to those who don't give a crap. Newbs love shiny stuff.

On July 04 2010 20:44 Pigge wrote:

I completely agree, im 23 and in no way consider myself new generation. and i dont see a problem with achievements at all, they arent being forced on us in any intruding way, it just adds more to an existing product, besides everyone is gonna end up with all these portraits and the like eventually anywho, me unlocking them slightly faster then the nabbs is just a bonus

On July 04 2010 23:48 Barnzy wrote:
so if the game wont allow you to install before the 27th why then will pre pre orders be recieved the day before activasion? This seems silly to me!

On July 04 2010 23:48 Barnzy wrote:
so if the game wont allow you to install before the 27th why then will pre pre orders be recieved the day before activasion? This seems silly to me!

On July 04 2010 23:54 Joey.rumz wrote:
Wait a second... on that video he just clicks it and that's what it said?

Take your Cat5 out and change your system clock to 7/28.. and install, no?

On July 04 2010 23:56 MiyaviTeddy wrote:
I say fake

http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/starcraft-2-wings-of-liberty-collectors-edition-box-artwork.jpg

I google'd the artbox for the collectors edition and the thing I noticed was:

There's no rated T for Teen.

Though, as a review copy or something like that? now that's believable, not a retail copy.

On July 04 2010 23:56 Nyx wrote:


You have to be logged into bnet to play single player.

On July 04 2010 23:39 Loverman wrote:
This could also be a blizzard viral marketing idea : ) There are known artists in the music industry who leak one of the songs of their upcoming albums themselves so people get the taste of it.

On July 05 2010 00:39 TossFloss wrote:
They may have already started distributing copies to retailers. It's quite simple to make the copies useless. Just encrypt critical game files and publish the key on July 27th. Actually this setup would make a lot of sense; they offload storage and security costs to the retailers.

On July 05 2010 00:01 Infiltrator wrote:


The CE artowork might not have been final at the time - the game was not rated yet maybe.

On July 04 2010 07:04 Kennigit wrote:
It seems reasonable that sc2 has gone gold/to a printing press (probably takes a month or 2 to print 5 million copies?). Going to leave this open until we can confirm or deny it's legitimacy.

On July 05 2010 01:14 TeXasLaWDoG wrote:
my goodness...when i saw the collectors addiction sitting on that bed i jammed my fingers trying to grab that Box through my monitor...Apparently this awesome game makes you do irrational things :/....

But anyhow thanks for posting this....the Set looks...to kill for...

On July 05 2010 00:45 Qzy wrote:


Fyi, the last producer who said they had an uncrackable game, it was cracked within a week... *cough* Assassins Creed *cough*

SC2 will be out within the week, once this gets leaked out to the p2p-networks and the pirategroups gets a hold of a copy.

On July 05 2010 01:36 TossFloss wrote:


There's a big difference between cracking a technology based off unsound cryptographic principles (DRM) and one which is (one-time-pad).

On July 04 2010 22:38 adi1133 wrote:
made a youtube vid out of the rapidshare movie, so u guys dont have do dwd it

On July 05 2010 02 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              05 2010 02      end_of_the_skype_highlighting:26 Ic3d wrote:
Where are all the little pieces? Like the Thor and stuff.

On July 05 2010 02:20 Eloderung wrote:


I think that settles it

On July 04 2010 22:38 adi1133 wrote:
made a youtube vid out of the rapidshare movie, so u guys dont have do dwd it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM3rvNGWJsI

On July 05 2010 05:17 TheRabidDeer wrote:

No audio on the install screen? I will believe it if he extracts a cinematic and uploads it, otherwise I still maintain that it is fake. Blizzard kept the production of the most anticipated game of pretty much all time a secret for like 3 or 4 years, and they have kept all of their other games a secret too. I just dont see them being susceptible to a leak a month ahead of time.

EDIT: And again, he has had access to how everything looks for months now. Somebody can easily make a fake in this time. Even the install screen is the same as the beta install screen (if I remember correctly)

On July 05 2010 05:32 3xist wrote:
TheRabidDeer - You really need to work on your english dewd.

On July 05 2010 05:57 b0t wrote:
>>what apple did with the iPhone 4(Steve Jobs even admitted it!)

Haha, what have you been smoking? (it must be good )
After that leak 3GS sales droped by 35%, Apple lost tens of millions of dollars.

On July 04 2010 22:38 adi1133 wrote:
made a youtube vid out of the rapidshare movie, so u guys dont have do dwd it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM3rvNGWJsI

On July 05 2010 06:04 Zelniq wrote:
even if he could install it yrb1, what's the point, not even singleplayer can be played without connecting to battle.net

On July 05 2010 06:28 Deadlyhazard wrote:

Because there might be a way to datamine it and see some new models or textures we haven't seen before, and maybe sounds. Unless that all updates in a patch online and the CD doesn't contain much information.

On July 05 2010 05:42 b0t wrote:
I got the DVD a couple weeks ago. It has the same file structure as the screenshot a few post back. Installer.exe is signed by "Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.", which in turn is signed by Verisign. Tried to open the 7 GB "Installer Tome 1.MPQE" with a couple MPQ editors without success. Any idea how to extract the MPQE?

On July 05 2010 06:04 Zelniq wrote:
even if he could install it yrb1, what's the point, not even singleplayer can be played without connecting to battle.net

On July 04 2010 15:02 myopia wrote:
This could easily be legit - they'll have made preproduction box sets just to see if the packaging is up to snuff.

And gl hf to those hoping for a crack before the 27th - if they haven't broken Bnet 2.0 yet, they're not breaking this.

On July 05 2010 07:55 iNty.sCream wrote:
iam really going to punch little kids for every storyline spoiler i see here

On July 05 2010 09:27 Attica wrote:


SNAPE KILLS DUMBLEDORE!

j/k

On July 05 2010 09:28 tru_power22 wrote:


The kids therapist was dead the whole time!

On July 05 2010 06:17 iNty.sCream wrote:
its a bit strange, someone thinks that the preorder guys will get the game maybe earlier then 27th of july ?

On July 05 2010 12:53 ascoe wrote:

This is actually illegal in the US - the retailer gets fined for each copy that is shipped early

On July 05 2010 12:53 ascoe wrote:

This is actually illegal in the US - the retailer gets fined for each copy that is shipped early

On July 05 2010 15:10 Windblade wrote:
where's the Flash Drive? I WANNA SEE IT

On July 05 2010 15:13 Windblade wrote:
Bypassing the installer im sure is not that hard for a hacker, however figuring out how you're gunna be able to play SC2 without connecting to B.Net will be very hard...especially when you considering Blizzard probably has a team dedicated to constantly updating the security.

Even if it is cracked, pro-gaming will never be allowed on anything but b.net 2.0 hence, chances of there being a iccup for sc2 that's popular is slim.

On July 05 2010 12:53 ascoe wrote:

This is actually illegal in the US - the retailer gets fined for each copy that is shipped early

On July 05 2010 13:06 Zeromadcowz wrote:
pretty sure they would keep track of which stores get which serial numbered boxes or something

On July 05 2010 19:57 Mob wrote:
breaching a contract IS illegal. even in the usa

On July 05 2010 20:00 lew wrote:


Breaching a contract is not illegal imo... What law says that breaching a contract is forbidden?

On July 05 2010 20:13 DeCoup wrote:
Sigh... A breech of contract is not illegal. But compensation in the form of a remedy must be performed by the party which breeches the contract. This can be monetary (eg the $ per copy of wow distributed before the release date) or any other action agreed upon (usually) within the contact itself. If the parties can not agree on the correct remedy for the breech of contract, or the party in breech refuses to perform the remedy the legal system be involved (via law suit, or whatever) and will decide on and enforce the remedy as they see fit.

On July 05 2010 20:27 Pigge wrote:



Breech of contract is against the law in the US, theres a whole segment called contract law.

edit: minor breeches are the ones that constitute a fee that you spoke of.
that still means its illegal however, if you break a contract thats illegal and you have to pay.

On July 05 2010 21:08 mikado wrote:
Former law student here, breach of contract is not illegal. It just opens up a remedy pathway should one of the parties goes to court to recoup damages (usually what the contract was established to achieve or monetary compensation or a specific clause in the contract).

sorry guys,blizzard somehow found out,gotta hide links

On July 06 2010 00:13 Fanek wrote:
how do you think guys what's happend ?
fake or blizzard blackmail ?

On July 05 2010 23:40 Killver wrote:
The warez thread is locked



haha^^

On July 05 2010 20:12 Pigge wrote:


Sarcasm doesn't really work well online.

On July 06 2010 04:18 b0t wrote:
There are a couple MPQE files in the beta installer. Is someone able to extract the content?

On July 05 2010 05:38 Fanek wrote:
http://img823.imageshack.us/f/isosc2.jpg/

screen from my pc, I got half of all, don't find anything interesting on iso, everything is pack inside the files. this leak it's not fake.

On July 06 2010 01:53 Infiltrator wrote:


I noticed as well (probably another board).

I am hopeful that hackers got the full download before he had to take it down.

On July 06 2010 04:31 Wr3k wrote:


WTF @ related images on your link.

On July 06 2010 00:18 Seiniyta wrote:
That's it locked be thanks to me, I've had reported this to Blizzard.

On July 06 2010 04:53 Fanek wrote:


I could write more about files on iso and another but not here - because:

On July 06 2010 05:05 ICanFlyLow wrote:
Look at the box part on the left side, Does that look real to you?!

On July 06 2010 05:10 xBillehx wrote:

Yep. It was pretty real, he even posted video proof of it. Furthermore this guy who got the leaked copy was in Russia. (No offense meant but it's probably much easier to get things like that there)

Either way, Blizzard themselves shut him down before he finished uploading it. If that's not enough to convince you I dunno what will. I'm glad they did as it'd be inevitable for spoilers to leak on TL. x_o