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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 1482 Views
I feel your pain bro. ianski - 30/05/2012 03:26:04 AM 1375 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 647 Views
Scary that in order to curb one practice - they are alienating a whole section ... Roonas - 05/06/2012 08:30:15 AM 1388 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 1325 Views
Fair enough. I guess used-game concerns are more of a console thing. *NM* Aemon - 07/06/2012 03:54:47 AM 689 Views
This is why I stopped playing Blizzard Games. MightyYT - 30/05/2012 06:13:34 AM 1313 Views
Yeah, it made me want to go play D2 instead. *NM* Macharius - 30/05/2012 01:52:44 PM 698 Views
too fucking true. which is why I went to play Reckoning (fuck you, Blizzard) LadyLorraine - 30/05/2012 01:58:56 PM 1596 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 653 Views
*sob* LadyLorraine - 30/05/2012 07:03:42 PM 1567 Views
He shoulda cut himself on the ankle and worn white socks again ... Roonas - 05/06/2012 08:33:46 AM 1270 Views
why was it a poor business choice? The game sold well LadyLorraine - 05/06/2012 07:58:13 PM 1649 Views
You need to have followed the whole story a bit more to understand. Aemon - 05/06/2012 09:14:48 PM 1216 Views
mk fair enough then *NM* LadyLorraine - 06/06/2012 01:32:15 AM 952 Views
And what a clusterfuck that was *NM* Roland00 - 30/05/2012 07:35:04 PM 668 Views
It's made me furious too Sidious - 30/05/2012 02:44:58 PM 1661 Views
criminals? what laws, exactly, have been broken? LadyLorraine - 30/05/2012 03:51:39 PM 1633 Views
Criminals against HUMANITY *NM* beetnemesis - 30/05/2012 05:37:44 PM 654 Views
Re: criminals? what laws, exactly, have been broken? Sidious - 30/05/2012 06:59:49 PM 1540 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 1609 Views
Wow - you just outlined TORT reform in it's most basic premise ... Roonas - 05/06/2012 08:00:04 AM 1281 Views
You know the prototypical hot coffee case was warranted, right? The plaintiff won. Ghavrel - 06/06/2012 10:52:52 AM 1186 Views
I think it's just the first thing that pops to mind LadyLorraine - 07/06/2012 04:56:51 PM 1802 Views
Be careful -- the fanboys might hear you... Zalis - 30/05/2012 04:56:15 PM 1419 Views
Er, are there many of those? Aemon - 30/05/2012 06:31:50 PM 1252 Views
Re: Er, are there many of those? Zalis - 30/05/2012 07:34:05 PM 1526 Views
Only positive is no apparent item duping...yet *NM* Roland00 - 30/05/2012 07:36:14 PM 636 Views
The funny thing is... Wibble - 30/05/2012 07:48:49 PM 1353 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 672 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 1605 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 1370 Views
The biggest issues I see right now are bandwith caps & speed. Zalis - 30/05/2012 09:44:10 PM 1337 Views
Oh sure, I agree. We're definitely not there yet. Aemon - 31/05/2012 01:17:58 AM 1398 Views
Re: Oh sure, I agree. We're definitely not there yet. Macharius - 31/05/2012 02:02:55 PM 1251 Views
Only $55/mo for Comcast? Consider yourself lucky. :p Zalis - 31/05/2012 04:01:44 PM 1289 Views
Sorry for your troubles, but you're something of an outlier. Aemon - 31/05/2012 07:31:53 PM 1312 Views
Hmm ... that's scary ... Roonas - 05/06/2012 09:21:42 AM 1338 Views
are you unaware that some people do drive to the bus-station anyway? LadyLorraine - 31/05/2012 02:36:22 AM 1664 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 1168 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 824 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 1403 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 1150 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 1270 Views
Er, I agree. Aemon - 07/06/2012 03:49:29 AM 1237 Views
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