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The funny thing is... Wibble Send a noteboard - 30/05/2012 07:48:49 PM
...I remember me and..cymbaline I think it was...raging against the start of this many years ago. About how removal of actual ownership of a game was just as bad as DRM, about how online systems like Steam would lead to the inevtibale online checks to play games full stop. People said we were taking it to far, that it wouldn't get to that, that companies like Blizzard would never have serious outages, there servers would be up, that it was the future, and so all kept buying these games...

...welcome to the future. ;)
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Why does Blizzard insist on making me sign onto their servers ... seriously. ? ! Roonas - 30/05/2012 12:22:14 AM 1375 Views
I feel your pain bro. ianski - 30/05/2012 03:26:04 AM 1282 Views
It's to stop "pirates." And by "pirates," I mean, "people who play used games." *NM* Aemon - 30/05/2012 04:31:22 AM 602 Views
Scary that in order to curb one practice - they are alienating a whole section ... Roonas - 05/06/2012 08:30:15 AM 1267 Views
Close... it's for control, for a variety of reasons. "piracy" and the used game market are the tip lord-of-shadow - 07/06/2012 03:21:58 AM 1217 Views
Fair enough. I guess used-game concerns are more of a console thing. *NM* Aemon - 07/06/2012 03:54:47 AM 644 Views
This is why I stopped playing Blizzard Games. MightyYT - 30/05/2012 06:13:34 AM 1207 Views
Yeah, it made me want to go play D2 instead. *NM* Macharius - 30/05/2012 01:52:44 PM 653 Views
too fucking true. which is why I went to play Reckoning (fuck you, Blizzard) LadyLorraine - 30/05/2012 01:58:56 PM 1489 Views
You know that entire studio shut down last week, right? No more Curt Schilling for you. *NM* Aemon - 30/05/2012 04:47:40 PM 601 Views
*sob* LadyLorraine - 30/05/2012 07:03:42 PM 1471 Views
He shoulda cut himself on the ankle and worn white socks again ... Roonas - 05/06/2012 08:33:46 AM 1164 Views
why was it a poor business choice? The game sold well LadyLorraine - 05/06/2012 07:58:13 PM 1540 Views
You need to have followed the whole story a bit more to understand. Aemon - 05/06/2012 09:14:48 PM 1121 Views
mk fair enough then *NM* LadyLorraine - 06/06/2012 01:32:15 AM 888 Views
And what a clusterfuck that was *NM* Roland00 - 30/05/2012 07:35:04 PM 619 Views
It's made me furious too Sidious - 30/05/2012 02:44:58 PM 1522 Views
criminals? what laws, exactly, have been broken? LadyLorraine - 30/05/2012 03:51:39 PM 1523 Views
Criminals against HUMANITY *NM* beetnemesis - 30/05/2012 05:37:44 PM 607 Views
Re: criminals? what laws, exactly, have been broken? Sidious - 30/05/2012 06:59:49 PM 1432 Views
I guess my thing is that no one makes you buy that car that requires my million dollar gas... LadyLorraine - 30/05/2012 07:03:02 PM 1504 Views
Wow - you just outlined TORT reform in it's most basic premise ... Roonas - 05/06/2012 08:00:04 AM 1171 Views
You know the prototypical hot coffee case was warranted, right? The plaintiff won. Ghavrel - 06/06/2012 10:52:52 AM 1086 Views
I think it's just the first thing that pops to mind LadyLorraine - 07/06/2012 04:56:51 PM 1702 Views
Be careful -- the fanboys might hear you... Zalis - 30/05/2012 04:56:15 PM 1307 Views
Er, are there many of those? Aemon - 30/05/2012 06:31:50 PM 1146 Views
Re: Er, are there many of those? Zalis - 30/05/2012 07:34:05 PM 1415 Views
Only positive is no apparent item duping...yet *NM* Roland00 - 30/05/2012 07:36:14 PM 593 Views
The funny thing is... Wibble - 30/05/2012 07:48:49 PM 1251 Views
The difference I see is that Steam has an offline mode that (mostly) works. D3 has none. *NM* Zalis - 30/05/2012 08:09:40 PM 622 Views
yah...I only recently got into Steam. and ONLY because I've been moving a lot LadyLorraine - 30/05/2012 09:01:31 PM 1497 Views
It's still a good thing, the problem is that we're in a period of transition. Aemon - 30/05/2012 09:26:46 PM 1264 Views
The biggest issues I see right now are bandwith caps & speed. Zalis - 30/05/2012 09:44:10 PM 1243 Views
Oh sure, I agree. We're definitely not there yet. Aemon - 31/05/2012 01:17:58 AM 1294 Views
Re: Oh sure, I agree. We're definitely not there yet. Macharius - 31/05/2012 02:02:55 PM 1129 Views
Only $55/mo for Comcast? Consider yourself lucky. :p Zalis - 31/05/2012 04:01:44 PM 1176 Views
Sorry for your troubles, but you're something of an outlier. Aemon - 31/05/2012 07:31:53 PM 1208 Views
Hmm ... that's scary ... Roonas - 05/06/2012 09:21:42 AM 1226 Views
are you unaware that some people do drive to the bus-station anyway? LadyLorraine - 31/05/2012 02:36:22 AM 1565 Views
I don't think I've ever used an analogy on the internet that people didn't complain about. Aemon - 31/05/2012 04:46:17 AM 1073 Views
lol, yah, I just couldn't help it for the sake of the continuity of internet stereotypes *NM* LadyLorraine - 31/05/2012 02:17:05 PM 770 Views
Re: It's still a good thing, the problem is that we're in a period of transition. Macharius - 31/05/2012 01:35:33 PM 1276 Views
Re: It's still a good thing, the problem is that we're in a period of transition. Aemon - 31/05/2012 07:22:13 PM 1045 Views
Stuff like D3's always-on DRM and phone home schemes in no way contribute to that future. lord-of-shadow - 07/06/2012 03:26:08 AM 1167 Views
Er, I agree. Aemon - 07/06/2012 03:49:29 AM 1128 Views
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