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Postby tglass » Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:31 pm

I was hoping to play tonight, but when I turned on my computer the drive that had WOW installed on it was dead. I originally bought the game and installed it fro CD, but I gave my copy to a friend so that he could try it out with the free trial coupons.

I thought you could download the game from the WOW website, but I can't find a page to do that. E-mail tech support says it'll get back to me within 2 days, but that won't help me tonight.

You guys got any suggestions.

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Postby guiele » Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:38 pm

Can you pick up a new copy? Wally world is open 24/7
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Postby Zancarius » Sun Feb 04, 2007 4:48 pm

AFAIK, only the expansion can be downloaded now. You used to be able to download the WoW client separately, but I'm pretty sure that stopped after open beta. I might be wrong.
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Postby Texel » Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:44 pm

Links to the installers on the WoW site:

PC http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/download ... loader.exe
Mac http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/download ... loader.dmg

You'll have to do a LOT of downloading (4GB+ probably), but you should be able to grab the entire pre-BC WoW client. (It's how I got my own client, in fact.)
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Postby tglass » Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:51 pm

Thanks for your answers. I guess the short answer was, you just can't do that on short notice.

I could have bought another copy from Wallyworld, but I'm cheap and I did not want to pay 20 bucks for a game that I already paid for.

I found, like Thalaria, no spaces at the official site to download only the original game. I could have taken the chance and bought the upgrade hoping the original would be included with it, but the retail version at Wallyworld says that this is not a full game and you must buy the original as well. And, once again, I am cheap.

I was really looking for a site like Texel sent me, but it would have been many hours of downloading before I could play. Too many hours to play that night.

I really appreciate you guys trying to help. I'm sorta a noob here and I wasn't sure what sort of response I would get.

I am, however, rather disapointed in the official support process. For a game that supposedly has 7 million players going 24/7 to get the "we're open nine to five five days a week" seems inadequate. I have only sent in 2 tickets, and both were late at night on a weekend. An answer on the next Tuesday didn't help much.

Once again thanks.

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