Re: can same boxed game be used on several machines?

On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 12:15:26 -0500, Beowulf
<beowulf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> defied the laws of time and space to say:

I have boxed legal WoW, I am wondering if WoW will complain if I install
it on several machines (2-3) so that me and a couple of friends could play
it LAN in my home; we would each of course need an online account,
gameplay card, etc. But if we do that, will the game refuse to play? I
would think Blizzard/Battlenet would just be happy that they are getting
their monthly fee from us gamers?

Yep, you can install the game on as many computers as you like with the
one boxed set. You can only create one game account with it, however, so
your friends will only be able to play if they already have their own
existing accounts.

It does seem like the bulk of the income would be from the monthly
subscriptions--IIRC, Ultima Online never cared where you got your game
from; I heard rumors that they were perfectly happy to give out account
codes if you called up and said you got a copy from... a store, yeah...
and the code didn't work.

-Bertha
--
"Unless we want to give ourselves a bad reputation, I think we should
avoid shooting the first people we meet on a new planet."
-- Daniel Jackson
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