First SC got it...

[furrer]

... and now Warcraft 3 has it too!
Warcraft 3 just got a no cd patch:
February 6th, 2008 - Patch 1.21b is completed and should be available online today. Patch 1.21b will not break any of 1.21's replays.
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Patch 1.21b
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FEATURES
- The game no longer requires the CD to play.

...and more is coming:
February 14th, 2008 - The Dev Team will be shifting the testing of Patch 1.22 to a test Battle.net server, inviting various feedback perspectives on these final changes.

Rest of the info: http://www.battle.net/forums/war3/thread.aspx?fn=war3-general&t=1877805&p=1&tmp=1#new1877805

[MarineCorp]

You found this news a bit late but thanks anyway :)

And yes i'm very happy that wc3 does not need a cd anymore, now i can have no problems with cd errors

[furrer]

Yeah, i have played WC3 again for 2 weeks with a CD...........
I did not figured out what the new patch did before i checked the homepage.......

[Fo®Saken]

Doesn't it update automatically anymore when connecting to battle.net with the game anymore?
I haven't played Warcraft 3 for weeks now, but I might give it a try again now. :D

[furrer]

it does, but i did not check what the update did...

[Fo®Saken]

Hehe, so you were playing with your cd inserted, but you didn't really needed to do that. :P
Didn't you notice that the cd wasn't making any sound anymore? It shouldn't check for the cd anymore after a patch like that, so if I am correct, it should be really quit now.

[furrer]

Yeah today (before i read it on battle.net), it seemd liked the CD wasnt making any sound!
And the upgrade is great for me, because my cd are nearly destroyed!

[darkone]

You should keep it in a case when not in your comp at all times.

It drives me nuts when ppl don't returns discs to their cases then ***** that they don't work. Not saying that you do this.

[furrer]

I always place it back into the cases, but i once borrowed the CD to a frined (yes i am stupid), and when i got it back, it did not look very good...

[darkone]

Don't lend to friends who don't put them back in their cases.

[furrer]

It wasnt because of that, it was just because the drive was to slow (4x)

[darkone]

That shouldn't hurt the disc.

[furrer]

It should as far as i know, but I am not sure... at least it was totally destroyed when i got it back...

[darkone]

I've never had problems with my old 4x one, the comp it was in stopped working yes, but my discs are all fine, I have had my sc copy for 4 or 5 years now and it is in almost perfect condition.

[furrer]

Yes but the newer cd´s that require 8/16... atleast i have once had problems in an old one, and the cd was in bad look after...