Thanks for the reply :)

I did it a number of ours ago, but Im in no hurry, so hopefully it will arrive someday :)

Well I specifically re-installed Battle.NET and then Starcraft Anthology to check this out again. Blizzard logo looked like sh!t with all the greenish pixels. Cutscenes menu and battlefield on the other hand have no issues with improper color palette or any other video distortion. I don't understand this at all.
Well my sources say only that management of CDPR had extensive communication with EA management. Not about selling or merging or any other stuff, just about "communication". You see? The buyout by EA was lately speculated by public. As far as I know Marcin Iwiński and Michał Kiciński founders or CDPR and GOG.com, that *may* mean that talks were about new offers at GOG.com, not the buyout. I just don't get why people first imagine things and then provide them as facts.

there was a fan made mod for Starcraft that expanded the resolution. Unfortunately it has been that long that I can't remember what it was called.

1) Sure there is, I'd buy you one if you want one :)
2) Origin sure is better than Steam.

I should have made myself more clear about this. :-) Neither I believed in the buyout proposal as it seems too far fetched (The "source" of the rumour appears to not be real) . Assuming this communication indeed occurred it was probably about possible releases here in the future, as you said.

Well, in the end I tried their "Chat" service, it was brilliant, it didnt sort my problem, you were right about the servers getting hammered! :)

The guy was very polite, helpful, friendly and gave me a 15% discount code for future purchase.

Would definately complain again 5/5 stars!

Out of curiosity could you elaborate on that? Have bad experience with both services.
Yeah and I hope they'll bring C&C series here, along with Mass Effect / Dragon Age, and Need for Speed... and The Saboteur please ;)

I have had bad experiences with GOG. Doesn't mean I'll stop using them. :D

Origin as a service is miles ahead of Steam in customer service, Origin as a client is lightweight and non-bloated, unlike Steam which is full of trading cards and untold other nonsense - it is a DRM'd online distribution client just like Steam, but better in all objective criteria.

So if I had to choose between the two, Origin wins hands down every time.

Game still hasn't appeared on my list. I'll wait a bit before contacting support.

I have it on disc and finished it a couple of times, so it's not that big a deal; but I wouldn't say no to a digital copy.

Mine just appeared today.

Yes, mine was there this morning :)

I only have one other game on origin, Kingdoms of Amalur, but in the end I replaced that with a Steam version + the DLC's from a bundle, so I never really think in terms of buying from Origin, but I was very impressed with my experience over this offer and my contact with their customer support, I will definately buy stuff there in future.

For me a the father of a family of gamers, Origin does something else that VALVe have tried to stop.

If daughter is playing Sims3 on my account, then son starts C+C also on my account, under Steam Daughter would be booted.

Under Origin the client quietly goes into offline mode and lets Sims3 keep playing, even online games will keep playing though the client is offline.

That alone makes Origin far superior to Steam.

Of course by that logic, if you brought the game here, everyone in the house could be playing it and the internet could be free to download some porn. Hence DRM/Client Free > Origin + Steam.