What a Strange Feeling (It Was)

scrapser · 03-06-10, 05:51 PM

Think of this as sort of what you might hear if you went to an AA meeting. It might help some of you who want to be true to your principles but find it difficult to resist the urges of temptation.

Hi everyone. I had to go to Best Buy today to pick up a new power strip for my computer workstation. While I was there I visited the software section and there on the shelf was a copy of Silent Hunter 5 and Bioshock 2; both of which use the new "constant internet connection" DRM. I picked both of them up and looked at the boxes and then returned them to the shelf. I paid for the power strip and left the store.

It felt so strange not buying the two games. But I will not support this DRM crap. I bet Far Cry 3 will have it too and I won't buy that either as incredible as Far Cry 2 has been for me. So stick to your guns people and vote with your wallet. This is the only voice you have and only one opportunity to make it count. Once you cross the line it's lost forever.

Nordmann · 03-06-10, 05:54 PM

Congratulations are in order, you've taken the first step to a new you!

Nisgeis · 03-06-10, 05:59 PM

Well congrats Scrapser for you moral fortitude and everything, but I seriously hope we're not going to get one of these threads everytime someone 'sees the game, but doesn't buy it' because the forum is being churned a lot with threads, without this type of thread becoming a mainstay. We don't want to know when people don't do anything. That's not reporting news that didn't happen.

Nordmann · 03-06-10, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Nisgeis

Well congrats Scrapser for you moral fortitude and everything, but I seriously hope we're not going to get one of these threads everytime someone 'sees the game, but doesn't buy it' because the forum is being churned a lot with threads, without this type of thread becoming a mainstay. We don't want to know when people don't do anything. That's not reporting news that didn't happen.

Frankly, we don't really need new threads when people decide to cave and buy the game. It's basically the same thing, unless they review it properly.

Nisgeis · 03-06-10, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Nordmann

Frankly, we don't really need new threads when people decide to cave and buy the game. It's basically the same thing, unless they review it properly.

No it's not. Posting you did something is completely different to posting you didn't do something. I didn't eat my own spleen just now. I didn't eat my own spleen just now. I didn't eat my own spleen just now. I didn't eat my own spleen just now. I didn't eat my own spleen just now. I didn't eat my own spleen just now. I didn't eat my own spleen just now. I didn't eat my own spleen just now. I didn't eat my own spleen just now. I didn't eat my own spleen just now. I didn't eat my own spleen just now. I didn't eat my own spleen just now. I didn't eat my own spleen just now. I didn't eat my own spleen just now. I didn't eat my own spleen just now. I didn't eat my own spleen just now. I didn't eat my own spleen just now.

See how utterly boring it gets really quickly?

Nisgeis · 03-06-10, 06:07 PM

A quick update: I still haven't eaten my own spleen and don't plan on doing so in the near future.

JScones · 03-06-10, 06:02 PM

Will your wife/gf/significant other be going back to the store later though?

03-06-10, 05:51 PM	#1
scrapser Captain Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 530 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	What a Strange Feeling (It Was) Think of this as sort of what you might hear if you went to an AA meeting. It might help some of you who want to be true to your principles but find it difficult to resist the urges of temptation. Hi everyone. I had to go to Best Buy today to pick up a new power strip for my computer workstation. While I was there I visited the software section and there on the shelf was a copy of Silent Hunter 5 and Bioshock 2; both of which use the new "constant internet connection" DRM. I picked both of them up and looked at the boxes and then returned them to the shelf. I paid for the power strip and left the store. It felt so strange not buying the two games. But I will not support this DRM crap. I bet Far Cry 3 will have it too and I won't buy that either as incredible as Far Cry 2 has been for me. So stick to your guns people and vote with your wallet. This is the only voice you have and only one opportunity to make it count. Once you cross the line it's lost forever. __________________ Gaming Computer Specs: CM Stacker 930 DFI LP UT X58-T3eH8 i7 920 CPU TR 120 Extreme HS (lapped) 6 GB OCZ Platinum 1600 (8x175 = 1400) BFG GTX 295 Silverstone DA1000W PSU Sony GDM-FW900 24" Wide Screen CRT WinXP Pro 32-bit

03-06-10, 05:54 PM	#2
Nordmann Commodore Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: England Posts: 628 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Congratulations are in order, you've taken the first step to a new you! __________________ "I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything but suffocating its crew and floundering at sea." - H. G. Wells

03-06-10, 05:59 PM	#3
Nisgeis Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,909 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 11	Well congrats Scrapser for you moral fortitude and everything, but I seriously hope we're not going to get one of these threads everytime someone 'sees the game, but doesn't buy it' because the forum is being churned a lot with threads, without this type of thread becoming a mainstay. We don't want to know when people don't do anything. That's not reporting news that didn't happen. __________________ -------------------------------- This space left intentionally blank.

03-06-10, 06:07 PM	#6
Nisgeis Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,909 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 11	A quick update: I still haven't eaten my own spleen and don't plan on doing so in the near future. __________________ -------------------------------- This space left intentionally blank.

03-06-10, 06:02 PM	#7
JScones Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5,501 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Will your wife/gf/significant other be going back to the store later though?