First off, let me say that I do in fact own these games, as in, I went to the store, brought home the box, opened it up, installed it and tried to play it.
My cd-rom has issues with Blizzards copy protection. Namely, it doesn't work. For D2, d2LOD, and WC3 (the only games I've purchased made by blizzard) the game refuses to see the original cd in the drive.
For D2, I was in heavy contact with blizzards cs. Which was a complete and total waste of, no kidding, 2 months. I tried again with WC3, and since they refused to actualy read my emails and send back carbon copy forms, I gave up almost immediately.
Blizzard, for their part, thinks that it has nothing to do with the copy protection, that the problem is in my graphics card (radeon 8500). Installing a no-cd crack and having the game work tells me that they're wrong
So, I can play the games, but there are problems with that. When a patch comes out, gotta go and search (usualy) foriegn websites for hours trying to find an exe that works safely and properly. And it invalidates playing online.
Has anyone else encountered this problem, and found a solution? Besides a new drive, of course (my tower has a molded front, which would make installing one a pain in the ass, to say the least)