This question is a follow-up question of Do I need two licenses to play StarCraft 2 multiplayer over a LAN?.
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My internet connection is unstable for online game so I have to play a LAN game. I choose Legacy StarCraft rather than StarCraft 2 because I think the former provides playing over LAN.
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I want to play with my brother using my 2 computers, one for me and the other one for my brother. My computers have Windows 7 installed.
Questions:
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Is it allowed to purchase and download a single Legacy StarCraft installer from my Battle.net account and install it on both of my computers mentioned above?
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If it is not allowed because of licensing issue, should I just purchase 2 licenses from my Battle.net account but just download the installer once? Downloading the installer twice seems to be inefficient, does not it?
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Or do we need to have a separate Battle.net account each and just buy and download the installer separately via each Battle.net account?
Best Answer
Starcraft 1 (Or legacy Starcraft) does not have a Battle.net registration included to play on local.
As Frank said, we are not lawyer, so we won't answer legal questions.
However, you can play with the same CD-KEY on two different computers in multiplayer via LAN (TCP-IP).
For the installation issue, you just have to download it once, install on both computers with the same CD-KEY. This will work because nothing restraints you on the number of computers you want to install your game on.
The CD-KEY part is only to proceed an installation and connect to "old" Battle.net. (Only one instance of the same CD-KEY could be logged on at a time) This is actually not what you are trying to achieve and therefore not your problem.
Hope this helps! Enjoy a game of this Epic never-getting-old game!