Hi everyone! My dad recently introduced me to this game after digging it up out of the attic where it sat for more than 10 years according to him. I played a few games as Cult of Storms and now I am hooked I want to get into the online scene, but unfortunately we couldn't find the cd case. Before I try going online with my pirated product key and risk getting ip banned, I would like to know from someone knowledgeable if that would happen considering this game is so old and there is no gaming online account as far as I can tell. Thanks in advance.
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Kanibeos Member
posted 01-15-11 07:34 PM
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Hi there and welcome to one of the most addictive strategy games ever! There is to the best of my knowledge no risk involved in playing online even if you have lost the original product key. I can warmly recommend trying the play by email scene as AoW is uniquely well suited to this kind of long and epic games. If you feel tempted then check out the game I'm starting here: http://aow.heavengames.com/downloads/showfile.php?fileid=1114. It will launch in a few days and new games are regularly announced in the same forum.
dorkelf Member
posted 01-15-11 08:05 PM
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Cool. Playing by email sounds slow, but I'll give it a try. Count me in for the game. I think I'll sign up for the ladder too. Thanks for the reply!
TravisII Member
posted 01-15-11 08:37 PM
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You can use Gameranger to play online.
Also, talk about pirated material isn't allowed here, it's against heavengames terms of service or something like that.
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Kanibeos Member
posted 01-16-11 11:22 AM
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It's not really pirated material though. He simply lost his product key.
Enginerd HG Angel
posted 01-16-11 10:09 PM
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Yes, according to the code of conduct we do not discuss cracks or other related things like obtaining pirated copies, illegally obtained copies, etc. Please discontinue that part of the discussion.
And yes, as it was pointed out, the game should run just fine if you have the original CD. And playing online with others should be possible without having that original cd case.
There are still some that play this game in pbem and online, you can meet them here on the forums as you've already starting doing. Good luck and have fun.