After purchasing Starcraft II Collectors Edition, I ran the included PC-DVD and filled out its registration form. The game "patched" itself then when done refused to run because the computer I bought 10 months ago was incompatable!! The computer runs all of my other high end games smoothly except this.

Worst thing was that BEFORE it told me my computer is deficient, it demanded I register the CD key... Now I have a worthless game that cannot be returned to the store because it was opened, and cannot be sold to another person because the key has been registered!!!

The game won't even attempt to run, simply says I do not have a vertex shader... I had a similar issue with an older computer where a different game said it couldn't run but gave a "continue anyways" option that when pressed ran the game flawlessly.

NO "CONTINUE ANYWAYS" OPTION WITH STARCRAFT II

Now after that still unsettled fiasco and a "collectors edition" box that can only collect dust I started to receive several "World of Warcraft" phishing attempts daily.

I ONLY FILLED OUT THEIR REGISTRATION FORM DIRECTLY FROM THE INSTALLER ITSELF. WHEN THAT HAPPENED IT TRANSFERRED MY PERSONAL INFORMATION TO SCAM ARTISTS AND PHISHERS WHO REPEATEDLY HARASS ME FOR MY PASSWORDS!!!

WHERE IN THEIR PRIVACY POLICY DOES IT SAY THEY WILL HAND OVER MY EMAIL INFORMATION TO PHISHERS?????
http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/about/privacy.html

I WASN'T GETTING THESE BEFORE REGISTERING IT


http://www.battle.net-wownotice.com/login/en/login.asp?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fus.battle.net%2Faccount%2Fmanagement%2Fbeta-profile.xml&app=bam

http://us.support.blizzard.officialconfirm.com/battlelogin.html

and many others