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.

JScones · 03-06-10, 06:02 PM

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

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.

Nordmann · 03-06-10, 06:11 PM

I suppose some people might find the "Well...my GF bought the game for me...and...uh, yeah, it's awesomeness!" threads entertaining and useful in some way (no idea how), but personally I'd rather watch paint dry. It's just as boring, and just as pointless, unless they are going to give us some useful information regarding the game itself.

Nisgeis · 03-06-10, 06:20 PM

Oh Damn, it turns out that my wife, or husband, or girlfriend, or boyfriend thought that I really wanted to eat my own spleen, despite living with me and knowing how much I was publically against eating my own spleen, but in such a way that I would remain blameless for doing it, so they (whoever it was) decided to remove my own spleen and cook it and serve it up to me as a gift card / birthday present / belated Christmas present to save my bluches.

But now, for a quick review of my experience of eating my own spleen. Overall I found the spleem quite juicy, but filled with bile. The bile reminded me of those posts I had read from people who had sworn not to buy the game or play the game in anyway and who had panned the game as being awful without actually playing it.

That's a special kind of bile, ladies and gentleman, to hate something so much that you can hate it without actually owning and playing it, just to go off your own frothing and gibbering interpretation of what other people have experienced. Why sane individuals would choose to live a life of frustratuion vicariously through others' bad reviews, I have no idea. I can only conclude that they are not sane.

Nisgeis · 03-06-10, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Nordmann

unless they are going to give us some useful information

Ah, but of course it makes sense. By 'useful information' you mean 'useful ammunition'. Your stance is at once clear, you only require proof of a bug for it to be a 'worthwhile' review. Actually, from what I have read, not even proof, just a hint of an error is enough to say 'this game is full of bugs'. It's amazing the amount of bugs there are in a game where you don't have to understand how it works. I myself find the bug of 'no instadeath to convoy smart bomb lolcat roflcopter device' particularly annoying. When will Ubisoft learn that you can't have a decent subsim without even the most basic instadeath to convoy smart bomb lolcat roflcopter device

. Stupid idiots that they are - spending all that time understanding the code whilst we, the unitiated people who don't know anything about the code come in and decide for people that such and such is bugged, because we don't understand the scout planes don't have weapons. lol factor 9.

Nisgeis · 03-06-10, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Nisgeis

'this game is full of bugs'.

It is? Jesus, I'm not going to buy it then!11!1one! one! How can they get away with selling a game that has a bug in it?!?!??!?! I mean WTF>! A PC GAME WITH A BUG IN IT>! WTF is NEXT? THEY SHOULD BE SUED TO HELL for everything they earnt man! UBisoft are the devil man.

Nisgeis · 03-06-10, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Nisgeis

It is? Jesus, I'm not going to buy it then!11!1one! one! How can they get away with selling a game that has a bug in it?!?!??!?! I mean WTF>! A PC GAME WITH A BUG IN IT>! WTF is NEXT? THEY SHOULD BE SUED TO HELL for everything they earnt man! UBisoft are the devil man.

You tell 'em! WTFnext> like we hef to eat R own spleens to be playin'? That's not right!

Takeda Shingen · 03-06-10, 06:39 PM

Let's pull it back a few notches, okay? This type of posting pattern begets nothing.

The Management

Nisgeis · 03-06-10, 06:43 PM

Exactly my point.

Takeda Shingen · 03-06-10, 06:45 PM

Actually, Nisgeis, I am talking to you. No need for that type of mockery. It is only going to result in problems, okay?

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	#7
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, 06:11 PM	#8
Nordmann Commodore Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: England Posts: 628 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	I suppose some people might find the "Well...my GF bought the game for me...and...uh, yeah, it's awesomeness!" threads entertaining and useful in some way (no idea how), but personally I'd rather watch paint dry. It's just as boring, and just as pointless, unless they are going to give us some useful information regarding the game itself. __________________ "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, 06:02 PM	#4
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?

03-06-10, 06:20 PM	#9
Nisgeis Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,909 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 11	Oh Damn, it turns out that my wife, or husband, or girlfriend, or boyfriend thought that I really wanted to eat my own spleen, despite living with me and knowing how much I was publically against eating my own spleen, but in such a way that I would remain blameless for doing it, so they (whoever it was) decided to remove my own spleen and cook it and serve it up to me as a gift card / birthday present / belated Christmas present to save my bluches. But now, for a quick review of my experience of eating my own spleen. Overall I found the spleem quite juicy, but filled with bile. The bile reminded me of those posts I had read from people who had sworn not to buy the game or play the game in anyway and who had panned the game as being awful without actually playing it. That's a special kind of bile, ladies and gentleman, to hate something so much that you can hate it without actually owning and playing it, just to go off your own frothing and gibbering interpretation of what other people have experienced. Why sane individuals would choose to live a life of frustratuion vicariously through others' bad reviews, I have no idea. I can only conclude that they are not sane. __________________ -------------------------------- This space left intentionally blank.

03-06-10, 06:39 PM	#13
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Let's pull it back a few notches, okay? This type of posting pattern begets nothing. The Management

03-06-10, 06:43 PM	#14
Nisgeis Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,909 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 11	Exactly my point. __________________ -------------------------------- This space left intentionally blank.

03-06-10, 06:45 PM	#15
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Actually, Nisgeis, I am talking to you. No need for that type of mockery. It is only going to result in problems, okay?