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Helo,

this is brilliant !! :rotfl2:

I already said, if those companies go on with their pro-DRM lobbies harassing politicians, and pressing their own "laws" in existance, i will probably abstain completely of further buying sims and software that intrude in such manner.
Or i'll behave like the one in the comic strip. I would never have thought i would ever say something like this :-?

Greetings,
Catfish

Sad. The police are patroling my street to watch for criminals and that upsets me so I am going out and rob houses too.

Sigh... If it only were "patrolling the streets", but no... A more fitting analogy would be:
"Because I bought a can of soda the police are knocking on my door every 10 seconds and searching through my house to verify the can is legally obtained. Next time I'll just take the can without them knowing."

It's Catfish's way of taking a stand against the things that he believes that are not fair. I can understand him, at least partially. And he's not the only one, I know.

Yeah, and with SH5 you will have to get up your chair and open your door every 10 seconds.

Or not play it at all if you are travelling or unable to get a connection to the network.:O:

Police? What are they? Some kind of law enforcement body? Over here, we don't have police, we have the PC Stasi. They ensure that criminals do not have their feelings hurt in any way.

Anyway, while I do not condone piracy, I can see intrusive DRM pushing more people towards the shadier zones on gaming. It's a simple fact of life, push people hard enough, and they start pushing back.

AGAIN: the new DRM is not to prevent piracy!!! damn...and it wont prevent it, anyway.

its to prevent the reselling...

:shifty:

Sometimes if you think you are right, and you are taking as a fool by others (in this case "almighty" UBI), and you want to fight and to win, you may use anything that is necessary. But not necessarily orthodox.

I can only agree with the first part. The second, well, represents what it says. :-?

Osama bin Laden recently visited Manhattan and stayed over the weekend. While he greatly strolling down the famous streets, shopping in the huge skyscrapers, and visiting the fabled Ground Zero (where he spent a great deal of time, for reasons known only to himself), he complained about the high level of security at US airports and stated that he, quote, felt he was being treated like a potential criminal, unquote:nope:.

Quote:

"Because I bought a can of soda the police are knocking on my door every 10 seconds and searching through my house to verify the can is legally obtained. Next time I'll just take the can without them knowing."

...and now for another analogy that actually reflects reality to at least a limited degree.

Quote:

Anyway, while I do not condone piracy, I can see intrusive DRM pushing more people towards the shadier zones on gaming. It's a simple fact of life, push people hard enough, and they start pushing back.

Really. The gamers were just sitting there all meek and mild, not doing any piracy at all, and then all of a sudden, the greedy, evil Big Gaming started treating them like pirates as if games were downloaded illegaly at a rate of 9:10 or something. They deserve that pirates keep... eh, start stealing games when they treat pirates like the pirates they are... um, aren't!

IF I plan to resell it, I will create a new e-mail address with new password, log with it and then write all this on a piece of paper and put it in my SH5 box.

I obviously can't speak for everyone here, but personally I have never engaged in piracy in the entirety of my gaming history, and nor do I intend to start now. Frankly, while companies claim pirates are putting a dent in their sales, it just isn't true. These people had no intention of buying the game in the first place, and thus said company hasn't actually lost a sale, they would not have had one to begin with.

I can understand their stance, and their desire to protect their property, but there should be limits. Since we're all so fond of analogies, if I were frisked each and every time I entered and left a store, I would not be shopping there again!

No, not really. More like there's a tiny lil cop in a metal box under my desk, and he's not making any noise as long as my game is legal :)

And thank you for becoming a part of the problem. I look forward to knowing the next time I buy a game, I am paying for you as well.

That may be an issue, but personally, each time I travel I have other things to do (visit, discover, enjoy, etc.) than to play a computer game.

Good luck to you. I also tend to spend time working visiting, doing other things however there are times when sinking ships is a great way to kill off some time. For example:

I regularly visit a city an hours flight away that I lived in for 4 years. There ain't much I've not seen of it and when I'm finished work after a 12 or 13 hour day and feel like relaxing instead of going out to meet some mates for a beer, sometimes cracking the laptop and sinking some ships is a nice way to do it.

I also travel internationally quite a bit and when I've seen most of the in flight entertainment, finished the meal and some work and have another 4 hours to kill before feeling tired enough to sleep, again sinking ships would kill some time in the air.

Unfortunately that won't be possible with SHV.:shifty: You all know why...

I really expected more from you than this same "He's against DRM so he MUST be a pirate"-thinking. I'll put this very simply: If a game is worth playing it's worth buying. The proposed DRM scheme makes SH5 not worth playing for me, so I sure as hell am not going to buy it either.

The thing that makes me so leery of the anti-DRM movement is they use a lot of the same reasons to oppose DRM that the pirates use to justify their piracy. To be clear, I am not accusing or implying in any way that those opposed to DRM are pirates, but lending credence to the pirates' justifications seems counter-productive and will likely lead to more DRM, not less.

Well, it's certainly not the best of arguments, but frankly the same can be said of the pro-DRM movement. Some of the things they come out with are nothing short of astounding, one wonders at times as to whether these people are on Ubi's payroll!