Haha, you would not believe the lengths I go to play this game. My laptop is old, but it was top of the line (three years ago, ahahah). However, the programs of today use so much of the systems power that I basically overheat it every time I play a game. Fan works, its just small and sucks (I've even sent it in, tech support, cleaned it out myself, still just is shitty).
So I was playing the game. 30 min in it crashes, hard lock and sound jam (indicating overheated system). I was angry. Then I had a brainstorm. I put a ziplock bag filled with water in the freezer, waited until it froze, then wrapped it in a paper towel and put it under my buring hot laptop. Instantly everything runs like a dream. So yeah, I'm on icepacks until my laptop cooling system arrives. I have two I alternate whenever I want to play the game, its funny as hell.