How is there a pirate of Warcraft 3 out already?

Factual Questions
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How do people make these pirates of these games so fast? I came across a pirated copy of Warcraft 3 on the 15th. According to IGN the thing went gold on the 13th. How is it even possible that this thing is already pirated out? I am not saying that it is a good thing mind you, but doesnt this point to an insider? There is a fully functioning keygenerator as well already. And this is the full retail version. Trust me.

How does this keep happening? I used to think that pirates of games were cool back when the only games you could find pirates of were a few years old. Now the pirates hit the streets regularly weeks before retail release. Thats not too cool. The same thing happened with Sum of All Fears and GTA3 PC. Each of those was availible at least 2 weeks before there retail release.

How are these people doing this?

2

Like you said, it is probably an insider.

There has been a beta out for a good bit, are you sure it wasn’t that?

3

Nope. Its the real deal. I have it loaded up on my comp right now. On a side note it is pretty badass. Graphics and sound rule. Ill still buy the thing when it comes out, but in the meantime Ill play this one.

I just dont understand how something like this could slip out and get distributed so quickley, WITH a working key generator. Dont you have to have a few valid keys in order to create one of those?

4

Maybe they were test copies for a magazine or something? Reviewable copies, rather. Disgruntled magazine employees^^