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Domonic
Profile Joined August 2010
United States135 Posts
September 28 2010 06:41 GMT
#21
On September 28 2010 15:41 Silu wrote:
I think your problem is your CD-key, it shouldn't be just X's. It should be a combination of different letters and numbers.


LOL
aztrorisk
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States896 Posts
September 28 2010 06:42 GMT
#22
Same thing happened to me. Just type in battle.net in google. And create an account. They add a product. Thats how I registered for starcraft. At first, I didn't work when I clicked on the link. Maybe this'll work.
A lock that opens to many keys is a bad lock. A key that opens many locks is a master key.
mute20
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada175 Posts
September 28 2010 06:46 GMT
#23
On September 28 2010 15:41 Silu wrote:
I think your problem is your CD-key, it shouldn't be just X's. It should be a combination of different letters and numbers.


That was probably the funniest thing I have read in a week .
Eluadyl
Profile Joined May 2010
Turkey364 Posts
September 28 2010 07:00 GMT
#24
On September 28 2010 15:41 Silu wrote:
I think your problem is your CD-key, it shouldn't be just X's. It should be a combination of different letters and numbers.


How I wish you actually wrote this seriously
Not enough energy
blitzkrieger
Profile Joined September 2010
United States512 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-28 07:07:49
September 28 2010 07:06 GMT
#25
On September 28 2010 15:41 Silu wrote:
I think your problem is your CD-key, it shouldn't be just X's. It should be a combination of different letters and numbers.


TROLLMOAR


I bought WC3 at Costco one day when I was a kid. When I got home their was no CD. I was pretty mad and upset but luckily they let me give it back b/c they were having a huge problem with people stealing games from the store. In fact I checked the other boxes to make I got a CD and 3 or 4 of them were empty before I even came across (luckily) one with a CD.

Was the box open or messed with in any way? Since you don't need the CD someone could have taken your CD-key and DL'd the client and left the CD for you. The worse the area you bought it the more likely it is to be stolen, just a thought.

Very easy to steal the CD-key (usually they open the BOTTOM so you won't notice). Return it or call blizzard and see if you can get it since you have the UPC barcode on it.
xxxxxxb
Profile Joined October 2009
155 Posts
September 28 2010 07:26 GMT
#26
Can't believe it's 2010 and this stuff still happen. How many more years until they put some empty boxes and a sign "if you wish to buy this game please ask someone our staff"?
douglashv
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Venezuela73 Posts
September 28 2010 11:55 GMT
#27
On September 28 2010 15:17 Subversion wrote:
Yeah dude you're trying to register for the wrong region.

You don't just change the language to US English, you have to make a Bnet account with a US address (you can just make one up, just use United States as your country)

Make a us.battle.net account and it will work fine


I tried this and didn't work either.
Just Be!
douglashv
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Venezuela73 Posts
September 28 2010 11:56 GMT
#28
On September 28 2010 15:41 Silu wrote:
I think your problem is your CD-key, it shouldn't be just X's. It should be a combination of different letters and numbers.


Obvious troll it's obvious.
Just Be!
noD
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
2230 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-28 12:08:21
September 28 2010 12:03 GMT
#29
ur in venezuela for what I saw so u probably bought the latin america version and wont be able to register in the us ...
Ops: just saw the post as a whole, ya someone already used it .... (i know a bit of spanish)
enlive
Profile Joined September 2010
United Kingdom30 Posts
September 28 2010 12:09 GMT
#30
On September 28 2010 20:56 douglashv wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 28 2010 15:41 Silu wrote:
I think your problem is your CD-key, it shouldn't be just X's. It should be a combination of different letters and numbers.


Obvious troll it's obvious.

1. It is "Obvious troll is obvious"
2. It seems about 5 people in this thread don't quite know what a troll is, perhaps you should try googling it?

Agreeing with everyone else here though, region.
Ayestes
Profile Joined April 2010
United States106 Posts
September 28 2010 12:13 GMT
#31
On September 28 2010 16:06 blitzkrieger wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 28 2010 15:41 Silu wrote:
I think your problem is your CD-key, it shouldn't be just X's. It should be a combination of different letters and numbers.


TROLLMOAR


I bought WC3 at Costco one day when I was a kid. When I got home their was no CD. I was pretty mad and upset but luckily they let me give it back b/c they were having a huge problem with people stealing games from the store. In fact I checked the other boxes to make I got a CD and 3 or 4 of them were empty before I even came across (luckily) one with a CD.

Was the box open or messed with in any way? Since you don't need the CD someone could have taken your CD-key and DL'd the client and left the CD for you. The worse the area you bought it the more likely it is to be stolen, just a thought.

Very easy to steal the CD-key (usually they open the BOTTOM so you won't notice). Return it or call blizzard and see if you can get it since you have the UPC barcode on it.


This so happened to me with Walmart and Civ3. The "Open Box" is rather deadly. Especially when Walmart doesn't beleive you. Civ3 was worth 100 dollars at least.
Would you kindly?
nam nam
Profile Joined June 2010
Sweden4672 Posts
September 28 2010 12:42 GMT
#32
On September 28 2010 16:26 xxxxxxb wrote:
Can't believe it's 2010 and this stuff still happen. How many more years until they put some empty boxes and a sign "if you wish to buy this game please ask someone our staff"?


Many stores do that. It's a large world though.
Ayestes
Profile Joined April 2010
United States106 Posts
September 28 2010 12:50 GMT
#33
Console games are locked up, but computer games... lol
Would you kindly?
JackDino
Profile Joined July 2010
Gabon6219 Posts
September 28 2010 13:18 GMT
#34
There is no region restriction on registering your game, the error you get has nothing to do with the region you're trying to registering in.
This isnt Broodwar so I dont owe anyone respect for beating me. -arb
Swwww
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Switzerland812 Posts
September 28 2010 13:37 GMT
#35
On September 28 2010 15:41 Domonic wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 28 2010 15:41 Silu wrote:
I think your problem is your CD-key, it shouldn't be just X's. It should be a combination of different letters and numbers.


LOL


Yea I had the same issue, you have to buy a new copy of the game..
"What is this TeamSupportGroup?" - mahnini.
douglashv
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Venezuela73 Posts
September 28 2010 21:43 GMT
#36
problem solved!
I went to the games store and they don't offer any kind of warranty on pc games. But, they can offer support on how to solve problems with the game. It was pretty easy, they just clicked on a link that appeared on the error message, and then, they clicked on Add a new game and then entered the cd key and the registration was succesful. It was pretty straight forward, I don't understand how i couldn't figure it out. If that wouldn't have been enough I might have had to call blizzard for support.
Just Be!
Vitakraft
Profile Joined August 2010
3 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-28 22:07:29
September 28 2010 22:06 GMT
#37
On September 28 2010 14:23 douglashv wrote:
...it has 4 guest passes...


How? I bought it (EU) twice, for me and for a friend, and either one had 2..
EliteAzn
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States661 Posts
September 28 2010 22:33 GMT
#38
They can take the XBox route and have the key enabled when it is purchased...then the stealer just have to be lucky to enter the key between the time you buy it and the time you register it.

(By XBox route, I mean for points and such, the person can't just simply steal the code. It must be purchased, then it is enabled...I had a problem where I bought one (1600 pt card) and it wasn't working b/c it was saying the seller didn't enable to code.....after like 4 hours, it started to work)
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