Current Events > Guy Finds StarCraft SourceCode Returns It to Blizzard Gets Free Trip to Blizzcon

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http://kotaku.com/guy-finds-starcraft-source-code-and-returns-it-to-blizz-1794897125


"Last month, Reddit user Khemist49 made a truly unlikely find: a gold master source code disc of the original StarCraft. From 1998. At first, he didn’t know what to do with it. Ultimately, he sent it to Blizzard, who was very grateful to have it back.

Khemist49 first came across the disc in a “box of Blizzard stuff” he purchased on eBay. He was shocked at what he saw—a CD-R that read “StarCraft Gold Master Source Code.” When he first posted about it on Reddit, some people asked him to rip its contents and make them freely available, while others derided him as “scummy” for holding onto the disc. He wrote that the decision over what to do with it was driving him “crazy.”

After days of deliberation, Khemist49 said he heard from Blizzard directly. He said the publisher’s legal team had asked him to return the disc because it contained “intellectual property and trade secrets.” He sought legal advice about what to do, but ultimately decided to err on the side of caution and send it to Blizzard. For his troubles, he received a copy of Overwatch and $250 in Blizzard store credit. Cool. He figured that was the end of it.

But in an elated post last night, Khemist49 said that he received a phone call from a Blizzard employee. “He asked me if I have ever heard of BlizzCon,” wrote Khemist49. “I said well, yeah of course but it’s impossible for me to go. I live in the east coast, and the badges are always sold out before you can refresh the page. He said well, the reason we are calling you is to invite you to BlizzCon, all expenses paid, and we would love to take you out for drinks.”

Blizzard also mailed him a giant box full of Overwatch and Diablo PC peripherals and paraphernalia.

Speaking to Kotaku by email, Blizzard confirmed Khemist49's story, saying the company “wanted to show an appropriate level of appreciation to the player for doing the right thing, not just from Blizzard, but on behalf of the large and active community of players who still enjoy StarCraft today.”

Moral of the story: If you find something you think somebody has lost or had taken from them, return it. Especially if you can verify that it belongs to Blizzard Entertainment."

actually

the real moral of the story is to not treat your customers like trash and they will reciprocate

Blizzard constantly updates their old games and supports them, for free alot of the time

you can even download old starcraft for free now

that is why he cared about them instead of just releasing this to f*** them over


companies with predatory practices shouldn't expect this
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darkphoenix181 posted...

companies with predatory practices shouldn't expect this

Yeah if this was Nintendo I would totally have released that shit online
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to be fair some don't like the overwatch lootboxes

but at least they add new heroes to the game for no charge
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I wouldn't be surprised if he copied the files to a hard drive to be uploaded at a later day anonymously...
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Trigg3rH4ppy posted...

darkphoenix181 posted...

companies with predatory practices shouldn't expect this

Yeah if this was Nintendo I would totally have released that shit online

lmao