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Holy poo poo I think my install of Frozen Throne got forcibly updated to Reforged, Windows 10 style. 
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Feb 1, 2020 00:53
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Every tome I think reforged has surely hit rock bottom this time...
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Feb 1, 2020 00:56
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Tubgoat posted:Holy poo poo I think my install of Frozen Throne got forcibly updated to Reforged, Windows 10 style. I mean... a patch is a patch. They put out a patch. Your game installed the patch. The patch just happened to be "to the reforged client".
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Feb 1, 2020 01:00
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Reforged is pretty loving great. I go from unplayable bad framerate to a black screen with a cursor in the middle of it. Good loving work, Blizzard. I'd demand a refund if I still had tne receipts for the discs.
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Feb 1, 2020 01:20
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Another dumb thing I noticed. At the end of each campaign mission you get the Continue Quit Campaign button menu. They both lead to the exact same score screen.
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Feb 1, 2020 01:24
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I think I may actually bear more malice toward Activision than any other company, and they're not even actively destroying the physical planet as directly as the rest.
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Feb 1, 2020 01:32
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The Wiggly Wizard posted:2) If you use cheats in the campaign you can still unlock all of the portraits lmao
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Feb 1, 2020 01:46
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BlazetheInferno posted:I mean... a patch is a patch. They put out a patch. Your game installed the patch. There's no option to not patch though, which is hosed. If you were still on like 1.3 or whatever you could just not load B.net and you could keep playing. Couldn't go online but it'd be the same game, it would take up like 300MB and you could play campaign and customs on LAN. But if you're on the latest war3 patch then it is IMPOSSIBLE to even boot the game up without it patching itself into reforged. That's some sneaky rear end poo poo.
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Feb 1, 2020 01:47
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I hit the play button but then I saw it was 30 gigs and I don't have 30 gigs open right now. Then there was no button to cancel the download, so now I have a paused and hanging 30GB download just hangin' out as one of my running processes permanently I guess
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Feb 1, 2020 02:03
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Lmao, 30 gigs? Fucker's getting uninstalled. I had to uninstall Borderlands 2 to cram this rancid pile of poo poo into my harddrive.
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Feb 1, 2020 02:12
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what the hell is actually taking up 30 gigabytes worth of space, anyway?
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Feb 1, 2020 02:28
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I've been thinking about installing this game from my old CDs; is it safe to do so as long as I don't try to patch the game and just stick to the single-player campaigns?
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Feb 1, 2020 02:36
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Meaty Ore posted:I've been thinking about installing this game from my old CDs; is it safe to do so as long as I don't try to patch the game and just stick to the single-player campaigns? You should be safe to install and play from your CD version and you should be able to Google and download old War3 patches if you desire to do so. I believe you only run the risk of a forced Reforged patch if you own the game through the current Bnet client. Plus I think old Bnet is dead now anyway so I don't think you can even connect and update within the original game. World War Mammories posted:what the hell is actually taking up 30 gigabytes worth of space, anyway? All the new art assets mostly. Art assets that non-Reforged owners will never use.
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Feb 1, 2020 02:43
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Man I was hoping to spend 40 bucks on a quick nostalgia hit playing through the campaign but it sounds like no I will not be doing that. Why didn't they just port it so I could play it and maybe add a few cool models and better optimization and such? edit: I've had my "never pre-order" personal mantra for a while and I see here it AGAIN pays dividends I suggest those who don't adopt it
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Feb 1, 2020 03:07
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I feel like I know the answer already but did they remaster any of the cinematics other than the opening from BlizzCon?
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Feb 1, 2020 03:07
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George H.W. oval office posted:I feel like I know the answer already but did they remaster any of the cinematics other than the opening from BlizzCon? They didn't even keep the remastered Culling cutscene that they showed off at Blizzcon lmao
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Feb 1, 2020 03:15
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World War Mammories posted:what the hell is actually taking up 30 gigabytes worth of space, anyway? Just for a funny comparison, that is the size of the Witcher 3...
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Feb 1, 2020 03:34
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Tubgoat posted:Holy poo poo I think my install of Frozen Throne got forcibly updated to Reforged, Windows 10 style. It also seems to have removed my RoC CD key from my account if what the support guy I ticketed is right.
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Feb 1, 2020 03:39
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This is so terrible it comes across as less incompetent and more outright malicious I was really looking forward to playing the old campaign.
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Feb 1, 2020 04:02
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George H.W. oval office posted:I feel like I know the answer already but did they remaster any of the cinematics other than the opening from BlizzCon? This is the decision I'm okay with because I'm guessing remaking the cinematics would have taken a poo poo ton of time that the cinematics department doesn't have these days. Its not even like the old ones look bad. But every single other decision Blizzard made was the wrong one.
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Feb 1, 2020 05:35
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Great to see this crap is infesting games now also. https://twitter.com/colincornaby/status/1223073101312753664?s=20 By the way, if you check the replies someone worked out this is why Hearthstone crashes a while after you buy something.
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Feb 1, 2020 06:42
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gently caress  will pirating WC3 let me get the original game back?
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Feb 1, 2020 07:28
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Annath posted:gently caress Offline and LAN play, yes.
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Feb 1, 2020 07:35
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Kith posted:Silvermoon's overall layout isn't that different once you account for completely rotating the map. Speaking of Silvermoon, I just got to the part where you pick up Sylvanas, and... like, sure, okay. It's real cool that she's a hero unit now. But that skillset is loving garbage. If you're going to make a custom hero with copy/pasted abilities, either hide it well (see: Garithos, any of the Dreadlords) or make custom icons for it so it doesn't stick out like a sore thumb. it's not the layout that's the issue. like, yeah, it's flipped and recreated - it'll be different in small ways. but it's just an uglier map. for one, the vast expanse of blank ocean that takes up maybe a quarter of the map demonstrates that the map was badly planned out. that's something you seen in fan-made campaigns all the time. additionally, it has less detail. not only is so much of it flat, but there's not many doodads or little features. if anything, the reforged maps should have more detail because they're made with modern computers in mind.
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Feb 1, 2020 08:43
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~Coxy posted:Great to see this crap is infesting games now also.
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Feb 1, 2020 09:28
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Annath posted:gently caress At least for right now, you can also download the Warcraft 3 PTR installer through your bnet account if you have a cd key registered. That is still based on the old version.
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Feb 1, 2020 09:32
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Ad by Khad posted:Same reason they couldnt say Grom in that one wow expansion. Honda trademarked the name (it's a motorcycle) out from under Blizzard and Blizzard can't do poo poo Horizon Burning posted:it's not the layout that's the issue. like, yeah, it's flipped and recreated - it'll be different in small ways. but it's just an uglier map. for one, the vast expanse of blank ocean that takes up maybe a quarter of the map demonstrates that the map was badly planned out. that's something you seen in fan-made campaigns all the time. additionally, it has less detail. not only is so much of it flat, but there's not many doodads or little features. if anything, the reforged maps should have more detail because they're made with modern computers in mind.
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Feb 1, 2020 09:42
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Horizon Burning posted:it's not the layout that's the issue. like, yeah, it's flipped and recreated - it'll be different in small ways. but it's just an uglier map. for one, the vast expanse of blank ocean that takes up maybe a quarter of the map demonstrates that the map was badly planned out. that's something you seen in fan-made campaigns all the time. additionally, it has less detail. not only is so much of it flat, but there's not many doodads or little features. if anything, the reforged maps should have more detail because they're made with modern computers in mind. Oh yeah, I'm not arguing that - it's very "close enough". Stratholme was too, although that can kinda-sorta get a pass because it's a city and usually those are somewhat level. I was just pointing out that the layout was more or less identical to what it used to be, just flipped turn-ways.
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Feb 1, 2020 10:50
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Regardless of anything else, I'm happy that this has lead to a brief upswing in popularity for WC3. Custom games are filling out SUPER quickly. In the past few years you could play DotA, Footman Frenzy and maaaaybe something like Uther Party or DBZ Tribute but there weren't enough people interested to play anything else. Nowadays you can host basically anything and it'll fill out even at off-peak times. I'm really happy to get a chance to experience 2005-2010 levels of activity again. Takes me back, man. Reminds me of better times.
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Feb 1, 2020 11:34
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It's my dream to play a full house game of skibi td
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Feb 1, 2020 12:15
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A Buttery Pastry posted:Trademarks apply to industries/types of products. No one is gonna confuse a videogame orc for a motorcycle. I can agree with this logic but I've never seen another argument as compelling why Blizzard would do it. Honda released the Grom in 2014 and that summer just happened to be the exact moment Blizzard changed all mentions of Grom to Grommash Hellscream, in the middle of the alpha for their upcoming videogame expansion that Grom was originally supposed to be the final boss of (and then completely vanished instead). Now they're doing it in this game, too. If you know of a different reason I'm all ears.
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Feb 1, 2020 12:23
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The vanishing bit is at least explanable by WoD being a massive clusterfuck behind the scenes.
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Feb 1, 2020 12:28
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sponges posted:This is so terrible it comes across as less incompetent and more outright malicious Capitalism: This is so terrible it comes across as less incompetent and more outright malicious. Turbo_hai.gif
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Feb 1, 2020 12:34
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SirSamVimes posted:They didn't even keep the remastered Culling cutscene that they showed off at Blizzcon lmao The Culling cutscene is in the game files 
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Feb 1, 2020 12:54
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All I can say is: I can't wait for the Internet Historian video. Honestly it seems like he has enough material for the next 2 years with how things have been going in the industry as of late
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Feb 1, 2020 13:30
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Ad by Khad posted:I can agree with this logic but I've never seen another argument as compelling why Blizzard would do it. Honda released the Grom in 2014 and that summer just happened to be the exact moment Blizzard changed all mentions of Grom to Grommash Hellscream, in the middle of the alpha for their upcoming videogame expansion that Grom was originally supposed to be the final boss of (and then completely vanished instead). Now they're doing it in this game, too.
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Feb 1, 2020 14:10
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Ad by Khad posted:I can agree with this logic but I've never seen another argument as compelling why Blizzard would do it. Honda released the Grom in 2014 and that summer just happened to be the exact moment Blizzard changed all mentions of Grom to Grommash Hellscream, in the middle of the alpha for their upcoming videogame expansion that Grom was originally supposed to be the final boss of (and then completely vanished instead). Now they're doing it in this game, too. They figured Toyota's SEO is stronger than theirs, and didn't want people googling "Grom" to end up with a lot of cars.
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Feb 1, 2020 14:32
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They're gonna be screwed when the Suzuki Legendary-Hero-Gets-Corrupted-By-The-Forces-Of-Darkness-And-Becomes-The-Villain hits the road.
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Feb 1, 2020 14:36
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Meaty Ore posted:I've been thinking about installing this game from my old CDs; is it safe to do so as long as I don't try to patch the game and just stick to the single-player campaigns? Install from CD, patch to 1.27a. You won't have widescreen or framerates beyond 60 fps but as long as you don't click any of the battle.net stuff it should work fine for offline, custom campaigns, LAN, and private servers.
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Feb 1, 2020 15:40
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sponges posted:This is so terrible it comes across as less incompetent and more outright malicious The fact that it wipes all user data (game saves, replays, etc.) without warning the user definitely makes it malicious.
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Feb 1, 2020 15:42
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