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Blizzard's Online Store, now with Digtal Downloads!
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BrokenSymmetry
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Danj said:
The one that worked in the end was the "verify my email address" link (using IE7 on Vista). However, I think it's pretty random. When it worked, I received my e-mail immediately, so it doesn't seem to be a matter of e-mail being stuck in Internet traffic, but rather an internal problem at Blizzard.
If there is any non steam service I will use to download games it is through Blizzard.
Double bonus for the fact I can put in my existing keys and download the games right away.
Blizzard. :bow :bow
I will still get Starcraft 2 in the store because I want the collectors edition (See DM, I told you i buy CEs but it has to be for a game and company i love!), and I'll put the CD key into the download service ASAP so I can redownload the game whenever I want.
Double bonus for the fact I can put in my existing keys and download the games right away.
Blizzard. :bow :bow
I will still get Starcraft 2 in the store because I want the collectors edition (See DM, I told you i buy CEs but it has to be for a game and company i love!), and I'll put the CD key into the download service ASAP so I can redownload the game whenever I want.
A Black Falcon
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So how many times do you need to tell it to send verification email before it actually sends one...
DGaio said:Sorry, later in the sense of in a day or two(will you die if you wait a little longer?) . You need to realize the service just got released, it's only natural everyone is going to be trying it, so it's getting jammed or maybe some technical problem arised.
Is the service worldwide? If so I can see the whole of South Korea logging on to sign in and put their Starcraft keys on... I expect it to abate after a while.
Fragmentation is to be expected, curious to see what Activision will do going forward. Eventually everyone will have their own DD store for direct sales but it'll take a platform to do that, Steam is leagues ahead in that regard. Blizzard, MS, EA, they'll all be around but Steam is the most feature rich right now.
BTW, for those who can't access it (it only seems to work in Internet Explorer) here is the information you get given if you click the "Support site" link on the Blizzard Account Management page:
EDIT: obviously these are just the phone numbers for Europe, it detects what region your account is in and displays the support page accordingly.
Blizzard Support said:
EDIT: obviously these are just the phone numbers for Europe, it detects what region your account is in and displays the support page accordingly.
Screaming_Gremlin
My QB is a Dick and my coach is a Nutt
D3VI0US said:
Haven't the rumors been going around for a while that Battle.net will be getting revamped? I wonder if they might not turn that into Steam for Blizzard games (at least as far as features go).
epmode said:
Hmm, I tried to fool it by entering the same email address into the new email address, but it spotted that and wouldn't let me change it
EDIT: also tried changing it to a different email address and although it went through OK it still didn't send me a verification email.
EDIT 2: and now the account management page has just spazzed out completely, if you try and log back in from the Blizzard Store you get an infinite loop.
BrokenSymmetry
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Xapati said:
At this moment, when you start WC3 TFT on battle.net:
so lots of people seem to think otherwise.battle.net said:
6.52 has a huge changelog. I can't believe these people aren't being paid.
It's the best mod I've played in a long time.
It's the best mod I've played in a long time.
Akia said:
I can't argue with that. I signed up just fine but have gotten absolutely nowhere since then.
Akia said:
It would be nice if there were one single digital distribution network that everyone was on, but the problem is that in the end, despite their openness and willingness to cooperate with other publishers, Steam is owned by a game developer and publisher. What the world needs is something a bit more company-agnostic than that. Until something like that happens (or until Steam splits off from Valve and becomes an independent entity in its own right) then it's pretty obvious that we'll see this splintering of the DD market happening. Especially when you have companies like EA in the mix who are pretty much actively working against the takeup of DD because of their shitty download store.
Danj said:
I want Blizzard games on Steam. That doesn't mean that I want Blizzard games exclusive to Steam. I don't mind if their catalog is on Impluse, Direct2Drive, or their own website. I just prefer to buy my games on Steam. Not offering their content on the service that is by far the popular, fan-favorite is a disservice their fanbase.
Akia said:
I want Virgin TV channels on Sky. That doesn't mean that I want Virgin TV channels exclusive to Sky. I don't mind if their catalog is on Freeview, Freesat, or their own cable service. I just prefer to watch my TV channels on Sky. Not offering their content on the service that is by far the popular, majority UK TV platform is a disservice to their customers....? OH WAIT IT ISN'T.
Danj said:
People don't want to juggle between different download services. With Blizzard's current download catalog their customers have already bought the content before at retail. How is NOT offering Blizzard content to Blizzard customers who prefer Steam not a disservice to their Steam preferring customers.
Ryoma-Echizen
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Danj said:The account management page is back, but I still can't get a verification email, I tried changing to 2 different email addresses and still nothing.
I really hate this shit of the confirmation e-mail going to the limbo or a worm hole.
This a trick for XP users, use Safari. Using that I recieved the confirmation instantly (and it's the first time I use Safari to browse a webpage :lol )
Like 100tries on FF3.0b5, 15 on IE7 and Jobs saves my day... damn it.
I got a couple of verification emails in my inbox overnight, it seems. What I did was I logged into the store (so that the login cookie would be set) and then went to www.blizzard.com/account/management/send-verification-email.xml and used Opera's "reload every" function to set it to reload every 5 minutes.
fallout said:
What can I say, I find digital distribution very handy and it means I won't have to worry about losing the CDs again (I already had to rebuy Starcraft once, on budget format, because I couldn't find the original CDs that I had, for example).
Also, since the download method for these games is the standard Blizzard Downloader, it looks like WoWTorrentEx works on them and you can download them in your regular torrent client.
EDIT: other advantages include the fact that it's pre-patched up to the latest version (1.15.2), it's a single download rather than 2 discs, and being digital distro it won't require you to have the CD in the drive.
ElFly said:
Right, but isn't this how most non-Steam digital distro systems operate? I don't really have a problem with it downloading the installer instead of actually installing the game directly off the internet - for one thing it usually means the download is smaller (since installers are normally compressed) and it also means backing it up is easier. As for the cd-key, there's a button to "View CD Key" on the Games subsection of the Blizzard Account Management page, so that's not a problem either.
acidviper said:
I tried it a bunch in Safari the other day and got nothing, but oh well, whatever works for you guys
I noticed that there aren't many people on the Starcraft torrent, so I switched to the Blizzard downloader which supports direct HTTP as well as BT and I'll seed the torrent from my torrent client after it's done.