Spore the game is awesome
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I'm boycotting it, until companies stop with the DRM craziness. (Which is a shame, as it looks interesting) http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52547[^]
Simon
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I'm boycotting it, until companies stop with the DRM craziness. (Which is a shame, as it looks interesting) http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52547[^]
Simon
they have caved in a bit http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52618[^]
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they have caved in a bit http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52618[^]
Yeah, they've backed down slightly. What really bugs me is the max activation on 3 pcs though. What happens when I reinstall my OS?
Simon
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Yeah, they've backed down slightly. What really bugs me is the max activation on 3 pcs though. What happens when I reinstall my OS?
Simon
Well if they have the same call center as microsoft I'm not worried ;P Back in my school days I used my license key (with 3 activations on it) like 25 times or something. All it took was a call and the number off activations was reset :laugh:
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Yeah, they've backed down slightly. What really bugs me is the max activation on 3 pcs though. What happens when I reinstall my OS?
Simon
What bugs me is that this particular DRM can be used to obsolete a game before the user is done playing it, thus turning the game "purchase" into a "rental". What a steaming pile of solidified bull methane...
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Yeah, they've backed down slightly. What really bugs me is the max activation on 3 pcs though. What happens when I reinstall my OS?
Simon
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The same thing as any other application activation service. You call them up and they reset the limit.
The problem with that is that EA does not maintain international offices. Phone calls start to get damn expensive when they're long distance/international, and you've been on hold for 30 minutes. To eliminate this negative aspect, EA would have to provide a web-based solution, or completely do away with the activation thing. They say this keeps you from having to have the disc in the drive, but I'd rather have that then having to activate it, or depend on the manufacturer to support game registration in perpetuity.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
The problem with that is that EA does not maintain international offices. Phone calls start to get damn expensive when they're long distance/international, and you've been on hold for 30 minutes. To eliminate this negative aspect, EA would have to provide a web-based solution, or completely do away with the activation thing. They say this keeps you from having to have the disc in the drive, but I'd rather have that then having to activate it, or depend on the manufacturer to support game registration in perpetuity.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Aye, I'm a big fan of Stardock, their level of Copy Protection is "please don't, this is our livelihood", which I appreciate. All Copy Protection really does is stop casual copying, and those who casually copy will just get a cracked version anyway.
"Treating your customers as criminals is a losing business plan" Numerous people from Baen books on why their ebooks are cheap ($5 at release, $15 several months before release of high profile titles) and DRM free. Apparently they've managed to get part of the warez community on their sides. Posts to alt.binaries.ebooks asking for baen titles allegedly get flames and how to buy instructions instead of warez. :cool:
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Aye, I'm a big fan of Stardock, their level of Copy Protection is "please don't, this is our livelihood", which I appreciate. All Copy Protection really does is stop casual copying, and those who casually copy will just get a cracked version anyway.
StarDock is an excellent example of a company that has given the big middle finger to DRM, provided top notch games, trusted the end-user and made a small fortune in doing so. When I had time to play games, I was hooked on several of their titles. For those of you not "in the know" you can visit them at TotalGaming.Net Solar Empire Moves 500,000 units[^]
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