CD Key Question

[Kurgan]

cracking q3 cd key wasnt hard at all heres how i did it me>hey can i use your cdkey? friend>sure me>ok lets play now haha

and i have never used my jk cd to play online ever so no you didnt need it

 

Only problem with that is, before ID software "opened" their Q3 keyserver, no two identical keys would work simultaneously, so you and your friend could not both play online at the same time.

 

However you could easily play a LAN game, even if neither of you had bought a legit copy of the game, since LAN games (and single player) never required the keyserver! It was only for TCP/IP internet (the whole reason most people bought Q3 in the first place).

 

don't want to pirate it, I just want to lan with my friends. In some games, the copy protection has gotten so restrictive that it is extremely hard (resorting to cracks, ISO's etc) to lan. I know putting multiple copies of the game on different computers is probably illegal, but its just not practical for everyone at the lan to go out and buy their own copy of the game, even though they might not like it and just want to play it for the experience of playing it with their friends.

 

If you just want to play it on a LAN with your friends, this would not interfere with your plans. Even if each and every one of you were to pirate the game (not saying you would or should, just using this as an example) you would not need a key to play on a LAN, unless they changed the protection scheme.

 

Let me reiterate.. without putting in a correct key, you can play LAN and single player, but the key is required to play on the internet. If you use somebody else's key, that person can't play at the same time as you, thus, they will get pissed, report it to ID (or whomever) and get the stolen key cancelled, and a new key registered to them. That's how the scheme works, and until such time as it is "opened" (meaning all keys, or even no key entered, will work) by the company, that's how it will stay.

 

Every copy of the game will have LAN and single player off the disc, but only legally purchased ones will come with unique cd keys to play on the 'net.

 

The fact that they can "open" the keyserver is good in that if the game company decides to stop supporting the game, or if they are going out of business, they can ensure that people can still play the game online.