guy finds cd with starcraft 1 sourcecode in it, returns it to blizzard for swag

[torin²]

http://kotaku.com/guy-finds-starcraft-source-code-and-returns-it-to-blizz-1794897125
https://www.reddit.com/r/gamecollecting/comments/640iem/found_a_starcraft_gold_master_from_1998/
https://www.reddit.com/r/gamecollecting/comments/68xzxt/starcraft_gold_master_source_code_update/

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.

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.

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[Conan]

goddamn wtf how do you find this stuff

and well thats pretty loving nice of him and blizzard. would have been so easy to abuse the contents of the disc

[Mr Queeba]

if the source code was leaked out there could be all kinds of issues, their trade secrets and crap would just go out into the wild and they'd have some deep crap on their hands
the xbox story was a completely different scenario

and well thats pretty loving nice of him and blizzard. would have been so easy to abuse the contents of the disc

[kongo]

goddamn wtf how do you find this stuff

and well thats pretty loving nice of him and blizzard. would have been so easy to abuse the contents of the disc

in the articles he bought a "box of blizzard stuff" from e-bay

this is some fairy tale tier stuff to just come across a disc with the source code of a game released in 1992 from a nothing special e-bay auction

[Mr Queeba]

also from what i heard the disc was stolen from blizzard

[otto-san]

the guy did the right thing and i'm glad blizzard rewarded him for it

[Punished Toxicology]

Never Forget

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/5qewph/refurbished_and_old_xbox_development_kit_and_made/

[Daswiruch]

Never Forget

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/5qewph/refurbished_and_old_xbox_development_kit_and_made/

i want to forget

[Foxscotch]

if the source code was leaked out there could be all kinds of issues, their trade secrets and crap would just go out into the wild and they'd have some deep crap on their hands

well not really. the game's from 1998
they're just concerned about it for IP reasons

[Shift Kitty]

But.


How do they know he didn't just rip the CD before sending it?

[Trogtor]

But.


How do they know he didn't just rip the CD before sending it?

even if he did i bet he'd get sued up the wazoo if there was any trace of it online

[kongo]

well not really. the game's from 1998
they're just concerned about it for IP reasons

it's both

[Muzzles56]

Never Forget

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/5qewph/refurbished_and_old_xbox_development_kit_and_made/

I mean there's no evidence that the machine was actually refurbished. Could be fully intact for all we know. Yeah he posted some internals but they could have come from anywhere

I just think that post is a massive troll and it was a huge success. Unless I'm missing something in the thread of course. I only looked at a few top posts and OP's replies

[The Murderous Cop]

well damn that was nice of both sides. props to them

[Conan]

well not really. the game's from 1998
they're just concerned about it for IP reasons

its a game from 1998 still professionally played in korea so it would have some tangible effects past just having leaked source