Blizzard had no choice but to sue these developers. 90% of the people who are creating "free software to interact with warcraft III" are making software to play the game without paying for it, or they are making trainers/hacks for the game, which will ruin the gameplay for everyone (does anyone remember Diablo 1?). Blizzard just wants to make a game that people can compete fairly in. I'm sure that if people were developing mods and expansions for the game, Blizzard would have been all for it, but people would rather figure out ways to play the game without paying for it and win without actually having any skill. If you really need to develop for this game, I'm sure it comes with a pretty comprehensive map editor.:)
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Blizzard had no choice but to sue these developers. 90% of the people who are creating "free software to interact with warcraft III" are making software to play the game without paying for it, or they are making trainers/hacks for the game, which will ruin the gameplay for everyone (does anyone remember Diablo 1?). Blizzard just wants to make a game that people can compete fairly in. I'm sure that if people were developing mods and expansions for the game, Blizzard would have been all for it, but people would rather figure out ways to play the game without paying for it and win without actually having any skill. If you really need to develop for this game, I'm sure it comes with a pretty comprehensive map editor. :)