Are We Cattle?

[theluckyone17]

Originally Posted by trenken

Please list the games that you've played that use DRM.

I'll bite. My list, compiled from http://forum.daemon-tools.cc/gamedb.php?letter=Z:
American McGeeґs Alice
Avatar - The Game
Battlecruiser Millenium Gold Edition
Crysis
DCS Black Shark
Deus Ex: Invisible War
Diablo
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Enigma: Rising Tide
F.E.A.R.
Fable - The Lost Chapters
Fallout
Fallout 2
Fallout 3
FlatOut Ultimate Carnage
Gears of War
Half-Life 2
Hidden & Dangerous 2
Icewind Dale
IL-2 Sturmovik
IL2-Sturmovik: The Forgotten Battles
Medal Of Honor: Allied Assault
Nascar Racing 2002 Season
Nascar Racing 4
Neverwinter Nights
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark
Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide
Pacific Fighters
Silent Hunter 3
Silent Hunter 4
The Sims
Tomb Raider Anniversary
Total Annihilation: Kingdoms
Unreal Tournament
Warcraft III
X2 The Threat
X3 Reunion
X-Plane 8
X-Plane 9

I've rarely had a problem. I scratched a disk for X-Plane 8, gave me a reason to buy X-Plane 9. Couldn't install the U-boat missions (patch 1.5) for SH4, but an email resolved the issue within a day... I was irritated, but I survived.

The rest? Not a problem. Most are either plain disk checks or one time authorizations on the 'net. I don't worry about disk checks: When I started computing, I had all my games stored on floppies (I'm 29, been using PCs for 25. We didn't have hard drives back then, not in a residential setting). Swapping a disk isn't going to bother me.

Same goes for one time authorizations. Odds are, I'll be connected when I install (not when I want to play, just when I install). Not a big deal.

Some of those games listed above have install limitations... realistically, I'm not going to hit the limit. When I have (SH4 Uboat Missions or Windows installations), a simple email or phone call resolves the issue. Life goes on, and I'm happy.

Chaining me to a server? Ain't going to happen. There's a line, and OSP crossed it.