3 reasons Ubisoft's DRM is good - Page 2

FIREWALL · 06-23-10, 11:59 AM

Which one of you was the geek in the blue t-shirt ?

SteamWake · 06-23-10, 05:09 PM

The pedo bears in the spore segment made my drink come out my nose

Sailor Steve · 06-23-10, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by the_tyrant

I thought about it, A lock protects your own property. The thing is, DRM is protecting Ubisoft's Intellectual property while wasting our system resources. And i used google and found tons of working cracks anyways. So DRM is simply annoying us

You need to read the rules here. While it's true, and everybody knows it, Subsim has a working relationship with the game companies and certain things are verboten.

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the_tyrant · 06-23-10, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

You need to read the rules here. While it's true, and everybody knows it, Subsim has a working relationship with the game companies and certain things are verboten.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/faq....ules2_faq_item

Sorry, I didn't read the rules

06-23-10, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by the_tyrant

Sorry, I didn't read the rules

Here's your next Avatar then!

Sailor Steve · 06-23-10, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by privateer

Here's your next Avatar then!

And you would know, wouldn't you.

06-23-10, 07:06 PM

Yes Sir!
I do know!

That makes me one of the few 'Official' SubSim Zombies don't it?

Ducimus · 06-23-10, 07:10 PM

Hey, thats MY avatar!

Infact it was mine for the better part of 2009! That makes me the best zombie of subsim 2009!

06-23-10, 07:16 PM

We must start an
'Official SubSim Zombies' Club!
Only those who had this Avatar at sometime are allowed Members.

I know You, Me, and I think, Dowley, make it in?

Sailor Steve · 06-23-10, 09:57 PM

It would be improper for me to mention names out of turn, but a longstanding official here actually once had that avatar.

But lessons are learned, people grow and go on to do great things.

FIREWALL · 06-23-10, 10:18 PM

I guess I qualify.

thyro · 06-24-10, 05:22 AM

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Originally Posted by the_tyrant

...and lots of people pirated the game...

Pure nonsense... show us the real numbers that backup that pirate claim.

Zedi · 06-24-10, 05:40 AM

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Originally Posted by thyro

Pure nonsense... show us the real numbers that backup that pirate claim.

Is true, but we r not allowed to talk about here. Never understood why, but that's the rule.

janh · 06-24-10, 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Magnum

Is true, but we r not allowed to talk about here. Never understood why, but that's the rule.

You are not supposed to talk about pirating, or give information that supports cracking like the .ini "mod/fix" for SHV. As long as it stayed on legal grounds, the moderators here have in worst case moved it to the general discussions area.

Of course solid information about the effects of piracy would be most welcome, especially for the SH series products. However, as more than one study in the past concluded, it is a very tough subject and unambiguous conclusions are hard to come by. Especially relations between "downloads", and "lost sales" are pure speculation, and downloads can also lead to new sales.
Here's some more references that I found (don't remember when and where), but are worth reading in detail if you want to start understanding the complexities, and what makes it so easy for companies to use this as a default excuse for product failures:

http://www.ipi.org/IPI/IPIPublicatio...257369005B0C79

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/n...-are-bogus.ars

06-24-10, 06:49 AM

As far as I'm aware there is still no crack for sh5 v1.2 available. Causes of this I guess are unknown, but might be pretty fair that crackers felt too lazy to mess with it once again lol. Shoot me for mentioning the word "CRACK" but drm seems to be holding upperhand at least for now.

06-23-10, 11:59 AM	#16
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Which one of you was the geek in the blue t-shirt ? __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

06-23-10, 05:09 PM	#17
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	The pedo bears in the spore segment made my drink come out my nose __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

06-23-10, 09:57 PM	#25
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	It would be improper for me to mention names out of turn, but a longstanding official here actually once had that avatar. But lessons are learned, people grow and go on to do great things. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

06-23-10, 10:18 PM	#26
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	I guess I qualify. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

06-24-10, 06:49 AM	#30
GMU Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	As far as I'm aware there is still no crack for sh5 v1.2 available. Causes of this I guess are unknown, but might be pretty fair that crackers felt too lazy to mess with it once again lol. Shoot me for mentioning the word "CRACK" but drm seems to be holding upperhand at least for now.
	$Received Infraction$

06-23-10, 07:06 PM	#22
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Yes Sir! I do know! That makes me one of the few 'Official' SubSim Zombies don't it?

06-23-10, 07:10 PM	#23
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Hey, thats MY avatar! Infact it was mine for the better part of 2009! That makes me the best zombie of subsim 2009!

06-23-10, 07:16 PM	#24
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	We must start an 'Official SubSim Zombies' Club! Only those who had this Avatar at sometime are allowed Members. I know You, Me, and I think, Dowley, make it in?