Boo to whomever....

**PutCashIn** · 03-07-2007, 23:39

Thank you all for your replys, unfortunatly I live in New Zealand, thus 'support' is kind of a relative term (the phone number listed, a toll call to Australia, costs ~$NZ4.50 per minute, thus a 15 minute call costs as much as a new copy of the game, hence this post).

Following yours and Sega's advise, I have emailed thier Australian support desk, which happens to also be THQ's support email add'y, ironically enough (seems as M2TW was ment to be my online escape from THQ games).

Should be a good test of how much the big corporation cares about the little fish :).

Thank's again guys and girls.

**Papewaio** · 03-11-2007, 22:20

How long ago did you purchase the game?

If soon enough, try going to the game store and getting it swapped.

This is one problem with some places... the game you get might be second hand and they don't inform you... so the CD key can already be in use.

**Gawain of Orkeny** · 03-12-2007, 01:46

How do you know your CD key was stolen? Is there a message saying this key is already in use?

**Skyline Pete** · 03-12-2007, 04:24

Sorry champ but the only real way someone stole your CD key was if you gave it to someone or someone wrote it down from personally seeing your key.

**PutCashIn** · 03-15-2007, 03:04

Actually, it could have been 'stolen' by a NumGen, or in the same time honoured fashion as my Half Life 2 Collectors Editition T-Shirt was - someone opened the box and stole it away in the night.

I have 'friends' who have opened up game boxes on the shelf, then written down or ripped off the Key - free Steam account, anyone?

I too truely doubt it was 'stolen' like a box of chocolates is, (that is, no choccys, empty box) but theres no zeros/o's in the code to confuse, all letters are in caps, dashes in place, no firewall, blah blah just go nubly dumb game! GRRRR!

I work at the store I brought it from, Im sure theres a simple yet illegal way to get a new Key.

But im stubborn, and want my $NZ100 game to work online, first time, no patch needed (These days : I wish) etc etc.

Anything else and the product does not meet my customer expectations, as detailed to me on the outside of the products packaging.

**Gawain of Orkeny** · 03-15-2007, 03:08

I work at the store I brought it from, Im sure theres a simple yet illegal way to get a new Key.

Sneak a peek at one in stock

**PutCashIn** · 03-15-2007, 03:21

HEHE, thats what I was thinking, or buttering up the ladies at the music desk for a swap of my manual with another :)

Turns out it was the No Capitals in Registry trick, some one else has a post here in Multiplayer, a reply-link to a STW forum gave some advice.

Thanx to all who posted a reply or read and laughed (probably thinking 'heh, bet its the caps in reg thing, poor fool').

Now I can get trampled in MP!