I have alcohol problems, family problems, social problems, financial problems, internal problems and some more. I prefer discussing game problems to forget my listed above problems :D

That's pretty much what I was getting at, just not with the humour....

Maybe we should just stick to talking about our personal issues here and put our complaints in PS lest some people think we have nothing better to do.

PS: DRM sucks.

Dude, driving a car and be able to reach certain places (your home, the hospital, etc.) is LOT MORE important than playing a game, of course it would be unacceptable, the consequences could be much more dramatic!

Point is not if playing games is more important than driving a car. Point is it's a bad design. Agreed?

...i have not had sex for 2 months now...:cry:
have not had a GF for an entire year...

But i love DRM.

cause DRM.... SUCKS!

:rotfl2:

Post of the week!! :rock:

@Messenger

Of course I Agree!

What I'm trying to say is that all the DRM drama seems to take too much magnitude, IMO. Espacially when someone link this with his personal life by saying ''these dark times''.

Dark times for simulation or game

But not dark times in my personal life!

:har:

Meo... what about "dark times for the entire Gaming industry" or
"dark times for honest customers"

what about "dark times for privacy"?
what about "big brother is watching you"?

These are issues not directly connected to Digital Rights Management, yet they are important in a technologically advanced civilization... because the subject is vast and universal in our "small" world.

I think you are ever so slightly too fixated on this 'someone'. The 'DRM relates to my personal mental health' theme is not something that I have seen on subsim and I don't believe it is a cause for concern. I don't think we need to worry about this any more.

Those who defend DRM vehemently don't seem to realise that they are just as vitriolic as the critics. Still, let's all move on, eh?

I think I speak for everyone in saying that discussing about DRM does not imply we don't have a life. And like HundertzehnGustav said, it's in every way a very relevant topic and has broad implications outside of the gaming industry.

I only talk about airsoft or gaming with people that have the same hobbies as me. I wouldn't dare talk about it with my average pal, as they'd probably fall asleep or leave on the excuse they have stuff to do, unless, of course, the issue comes up in a conversation in which I can bring it up. Otherwise, nope, we just talk about the weather, football (soccer in the US), work, girls, and porn. :har:

I talked to my wife about it... showed her the Das DRM videos. She understood, and understood why I'm upset at OSP.

I talked to a coworker, who didn't get it at first... then he went "Dude, so it's like spending $50 on a game, then having them say you can't play it? I'd be *PISSED*."

I have no problem speaking in public about it. Granted, there's bigger worries in the world today, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't mention it.

I like to look at it this way: if this DRM means part of my purchase is kept on their servers, then I bought that HD-space.
Makes me a shareholder. :O:

So...power to the people!
That's an interesting subject amongst friends.

I have talked about it, in public, to several non-gamer friends, and once I explained what was going on they agreed that it was ridiculous. I've also posted about it on my facebook page, pretty public I'd say. Yes, right now this is a games issue, but it could set precedent (if it flies) for other software to do the same. It's kinda part of the movement towards cloud-computing. Hey, it's fine for some folks, that's cool. Not for me. A lot of people will just accept it without knowing the implications, and I feel that if I can educate some folks on that, s'all'good. :O: :arrgh!: It may not be 'dark times' as such, but it is a potentially important issue.

Yep, precisely. :-?

But that is still to be proved.

I know what u mean about cloud-computing...it looks like a logical consequence, in the not-to-distant future.
But to make that work for everyone, we need to fight poverty.
Plus that the rules of privacy may have to be rewritten.

I was just thinking, why this sudden flow of clearly hostile "Get-a-Life" messages to my mobil from friends and even from Mom... But I think I might be getting slowly on the map again...

-RC-

same here.
i need to find a remedy for my earlier post, top of the page.

but as a geek/nerd, that is a difficult task...:cry::cry::cry: