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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 1212 Views
I feel your pain bro. ianski - 30/05/2012 03:26:04 AM 1122 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 542 Views
Scary that in order to curb one practice - they are alienating a whole section ... Roonas - 05/06/2012 08:30:15 AM 1094 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 1079 Views
Fair enough. I guess used-game concerns are more of a console thing. *NM* Aemon - 07/06/2012 03:54:47 AM 554 Views
This is why I stopped playing Blizzard Games. MightyYT - 30/05/2012 06:13:34 AM 1069 Views
Yeah, it made me want to go play D2 instead. *NM* Macharius - 30/05/2012 01:52:44 PM 573 Views
too fucking true. which is why I went to play Reckoning (fuck you, Blizzard) LadyLorraine - 30/05/2012 01:58:56 PM 1315 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 545 Views
*sob* LadyLorraine - 30/05/2012 07:03:42 PM 1290 Views
He shoulda cut himself on the ankle and worn white socks again ... Roonas - 05/06/2012 08:33:46 AM 1016 Views
why was it a poor business choice? The game sold well LadyLorraine - 05/06/2012 07:58:13 PM 1390 Views
You need to have followed the whole story a bit more to understand. Aemon - 05/06/2012 09:14:48 PM 978 Views
mk fair enough then *NM* LadyLorraine - 06/06/2012 01:32:15 AM 780 Views
And what a clusterfuck that was *NM* Roland00 - 30/05/2012 07:35:04 PM 539 Views
It's made me furious too Sidious - 30/05/2012 02:44:58 PM 1381 Views
criminals? what laws, exactly, have been broken? LadyLorraine - 30/05/2012 03:51:39 PM 1366 Views
Criminals against HUMANITY *NM* beetnemesis - 30/05/2012 05:37:44 PM 537 Views
Re: criminals? what laws, exactly, have been broken? Sidious - 30/05/2012 06:59:49 PM 1286 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 1334 Views
Wow - you just outlined TORT reform in it's most basic premise ... Roonas - 05/06/2012 08:00:04 AM 1004 Views
You know the prototypical hot coffee case was warranted, right? The plaintiff won. Ghavrel - 06/06/2012 10:52:52 AM 909 Views
I think it's just the first thing that pops to mind LadyLorraine - 07/06/2012 04:56:51 PM 1518 Views
Be careful -- the fanboys might hear you... Zalis - 30/05/2012 04:56:15 PM 1169 Views
Er, are there many of those? Aemon - 30/05/2012 06:31:50 PM 971 Views
Re: Er, are there many of those? Zalis - 30/05/2012 07:34:05 PM 1230 Views
Only positive is no apparent item duping...yet *NM* Roland00 - 30/05/2012 07:36:14 PM 526 Views
The funny thing is... Wibble - 30/05/2012 07:48:49 PM 1096 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 555 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 1347 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 1108 Views
The biggest issues I see right now are bandwith caps & speed. Zalis - 30/05/2012 09:44:10 PM 1067 Views
Oh sure, I agree. We're definitely not there yet. Aemon - 31/05/2012 01:17:58 AM 1084 Views
Re: Oh sure, I agree. We're definitely not there yet. Macharius - 31/05/2012 02:02:55 PM 986 Views
Only $55/mo for Comcast? Consider yourself lucky. :p Zalis - 31/05/2012 04:01:44 PM 1009 Views
Sorry for your troubles, but you're something of an outlier. Aemon - 31/05/2012 07:31:53 PM 1070 Views
Hmm ... that's scary ... Roonas - 05/06/2012 09:21:42 AM 1085 Views
are you unaware that some people do drive to the bus-station anyway? LadyLorraine - 31/05/2012 02:36:22 AM 1421 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 940 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 684 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 1094 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 875 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 1019 Views
Er, I agree. Aemon - 07/06/2012 03:49:29 AM 976 Views
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