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Old 03-17-10, 09:26 PM   #1
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This is not condoning piracy. This is exposing a loop-hole to DRM.

In Australia it is consumer rights to be able to return goods if not up to standard. EB Games no longer allows the return of games that require Online activation for this exact reason. This is illegal but they have no choice.

This just shows that the retailers get screwed along with the consumers by dodgy DRM.

The real victim will be poor Timmy who goes to best buys and purchases his game only to register and find that his CD key is already in use... poor Timmy

DRM? What are you new to computers? This has nothing to do with DRM fool. Anyone can buy a game, copy it, bring it back to the store. Thats stealing. What this guy has done is reminded everyone how to do it, declared he did it and is still posting away with his sausage thumbs. Like I said, I got banned for 10 days for much less. Ban this old fart a few weeks and watch how he shakes. If the ignorant admins here cant see that and continue to let this jerk post his crap (its all he does), than this board is just as bad as the pieces of **** showing up here to rant about their problems.
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Old 03-17-10, 09:34 PM   #2
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DRM? What are you new to computers? This has nothing to do with DRM fool. Anyone can buy a game, copy it, bring it back to the store. Thats stealing. What this guy has done is reminded everyone how to do it, declared he did it and is still posting away with his sausage thumbs. Like I said, I got banned for 10 days for much less. Ban this old fart a few weeks and watch how he shakes. If the ignorant admins here cant see that and continue to let this jerk post his crap (its all he does), than this board is just as bad as the pieces of **** showing up here to rant about their problems.
What's a sausage thumb?
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Old 03-17-10, 09:40 PM   #3
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I could respond in so many ways but, I won't.

As for little timmy getting it resold to him by BestBuy.

Somebodys smoking Wacky tobacky.

It will be returned to UBI and destroyed.

As for removeing it... I'll be sure to drop everything in my RL and jump right on it.

Gee I hope I can sleep tonight.
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Old 03-17-10, 09:49 PM   #4
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I could respond in so many ways but, I won't.

As for little timmy getting it resold to him by BestBuy.

Somebodys smoking Wacky tobacky.

It will be returned to UBI and destroyed.

As for removeing it... I'll be sure to drop everything in my RL and jump right on it.

Gee I hope I can sleep tonight.
You really think the guy at Best buy will send it back to ubi? They'll simply put the box back on shelf.

Similar thing happened to me with X3 when it first came out. I took it back as it was unplayable on my rig due to star-force and two days later saw the same box on the shelf. (It was a little bit damaged.) X3 also requires online activation for special content.

Perhaps things have changed though and they have a process to handle returns.. x3 was when the online activation had just started...
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Old 03-17-10, 10:07 PM   #5
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You really think the guy at Best buy will send it back to ubi? They'll simply put the box back on shelf.

Similar thing happened to me with X3 when it first came out. I took it back as it was unplayable on my rig due to star-force and two days later saw the same box on the shelf. (It was a little bit damaged.) X3 also requires online activation for special content.

Perhaps things have changed though and they have a process to handle returns.. x3 was when the online activation had just started...
Since when did you start posting BS ?
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Old 03-17-10, 10:25 PM   #6
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Since when did you start posting BS ?
It's been a long day
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Old 03-17-10, 09:51 PM   #7
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I could respond in so many ways but, I won't.

As for little timmy getting it resold to him by BestBuy.

Somebodys smoking Wacky tobacky.

It will be returned to UBI and destroyed.

As for removeing it... I'll be sure to drop everything in my RL and jump right on it.

Gee I hope I can sleep tonight.
Well if you got a couple of hours to play and then can come back to your saved game later. doesnt sound like your RL is that busy. Do you have a RL ?

Im sure you wont be able to sleep..... gotta sink a few more ships in SH5 ?

Yearrrrr!!!!!
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Old 03-17-10, 09:45 PM   #8
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DRM? What are you new to computers? This has nothing to do with DRM fool. Anyone can buy a game, copy it, bring it back to the store. Thats stealing. What this guy has done is reminded everyone how to do it, declared he did it and is still posting away with his sausage thumbs. Like I said, I got banned for 10 days for much less. Ban this old fart a few weeks and watch how he shakes. If the ignorant admins here cant see that and continue to let this jerk post his crap (its all he does), than this board is just as bad as the pieces of **** showing up here to rant about their problems.
You should be banned again.

It actually has everything to do with DRM. It is the fact his SERIAL KEY is now linked to his UBI account that lets him play the game without the disk. He could even download an image, install and simply enter his account username and password to play.

Just because you were banned, doesn't mean you should demand others, that would simply be trolling. You aren't a troll are you?

And by the way, New to computers? I'm a silent service vet. I'm sure you've been a fan of the series long enough to know what that is.
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Old 03-17-10, 10:26 PM   #9
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Ban this old fart a few weeks and watch how he shakes. If the ignorant admins here cant see that and continue to let this jerk post his crap (its all he does), than this board is just as bad as the pieces of **** showing up here to rant about their problems.

Don't hold back now. Please tell us how you really feel.

I generally agree with FIREWALL on his sentiments regarding Sh5. However, with that said, I believe there is a moral and legal obligation to uninstall the game once its returned.

As for us "pieces of **** showing up here to rant about their problems", I guess that's the natrural counterpoint to all those "pieces of **** showing up here" on their knees in front of UBI's open zipper to defend DRM/OSP and SH5's broken features.

Amazing how this kind of antagonism brings out the best in folks.
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Old 03-17-10, 10:39 PM   #10
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The returned game will be destroyed. Probably without even being checked. It's just not worth the effort to have some dude checking returned disk beyond the quantity of them.

I bet dozens of people if not hundreds are already doing it.
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Old 03-18-10, 12:04 AM   #11
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OK Everybody lets play nice now.

I was just as surprised to see it still played.

Will I uninstall it ? Of course
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Old 03-18-10, 12:15 AM   #12
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As bad as this might hurt me to say,.....Please go To your next UBI website to bitch, We all ready have enought of it here, Stop Clogging up the fourms and takeing up bandwith that your wallets cant pay for,
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