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is the new Version backwards compatable? if i buy the gold edition, will i be able to play in PBW games with people whom have only the old Version? that would kill part of the reason to persue the rebate, as you would be cutting yourself off form part of the player base by not having copies of both Versions.

also, is the non-gold Version going to continue to be supported in patches? i would imagine not..

maybe including a 'legacy' copy of the game on the new gold CD (space allowing) would make it so that destroying the old CD is no loss. since the old Version would not be updated any longer, that legacy copy would let people play with anyone who has not upgraded to gold.