To Boycott or Not

[Retera]

I didn't download 1.29 from Battlenet, since I already have it so if I download it I gain nothing. I still can't play it online with friends.

What's worse? Boycotting bothering to download it because of a desire to be done with these people, or having them not support the 1.29 download because their bean counter didn't record me downloading it and so they did't know that I was interested?

Is it wrong to want a Hive version of Warcraft 3 where we can just download 1.29 or whatever from Hive itself and not deal with these people?

If I don't boycott 1.29 rerelease and instead I go download that, then what if it self upgrades away later into 1.29.5 some new version they invented that is broken and not as good?

 

[Chaosy]

Hardly matters.

Dubious Warcraft 3 downloads has been a thing since ever.

Also your download doesn't matter anyway. If the bean counters were paying attention they would have shut down Warcraft 3 entirely, I am pretty sure that's a loss leader at this point.

 

[IronBladeClan]

what if it self upgrades away later into 1.29.5 some new version they invented that is broken and not as good?

That's one thing I'm afraid of, so I'm not touching it with a 10-foot pole.

Then again, I don't even have the new battle chest lol (won't buy it until I'm ready to try out Quenching+Vision Mod and stuff like Re-reforged), so the new download isn't available to me anyway

In that sense, I've already boycotted it. In fact, I've started data-hoarding even more Hive archives after seeing them release this. I don't think there's any real boycott to be done, though. I'm more interested in observing BINO's next move.

 

[Retera]

I've started data-hoarding even more Hive archives after seeing them release this.

That's....

That's actually super, super wise.... I don't see the corporation investing the effort to make 1.29.5 in my world view. But it would be totally like a major corporation to start legally attacking Hive until they take down those backups

.... And with this new thing, when community says they took it away, corporation can say, "nuh uhh, no we didn't you can get legacy officially"

 

[BaiyuGalan]

Is it wrong to want a Hive version of Warcraft 3 where we can just download 1.29 or whatever from Hive itself and not deal with these people?

Doing this could get Hive sued by them, couldn't it?