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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 1236 Views
I feel your pain bro. ianski - 30/05/2012 03:26:04 AM 1143 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 552 Views
Scary that in order to curb one practice - they are alienating a whole section ... Roonas - 05/06/2012 08:30:15 AM 1117 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 1097 Views
Fair enough. I guess used-game concerns are more of a console thing. *NM* Aemon - 07/06/2012 03:54:47 AM 572 Views
This is why I stopped playing Blizzard Games. MightyYT - 30/05/2012 06:13:34 AM 1088 Views
Yeah, it made me want to go play D2 instead. *NM* Macharius - 30/05/2012 01:52:44 PM 581 Views
too fucking true. which is why I went to play Reckoning (fuck you, Blizzard) LadyLorraine - 30/05/2012 01:58:56 PM 1345 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 552 Views
*sob* LadyLorraine - 30/05/2012 07:03:42 PM 1312 Views
He shoulda cut himself on the ankle and worn white socks again ... Roonas - 05/06/2012 08:33:46 AM 1039 Views
why was it a poor business choice? The game sold well LadyLorraine - 05/06/2012 07:58:13 PM 1423 Views
You need to have followed the whole story a bit more to understand. Aemon - 05/06/2012 09:14:48 PM 1003 Views
mk fair enough then *NM* LadyLorraine - 06/06/2012 01:32:15 AM 799 Views
And what a clusterfuck that was *NM* Roland00 - 30/05/2012 07:35:04 PM 548 Views
It's made me furious too Sidious - 30/05/2012 02:44:58 PM 1398 Views
criminals? what laws, exactly, have been broken? LadyLorraine - 30/05/2012 03:51:39 PM 1395 Views
Criminals against HUMANITY *NM* beetnemesis - 30/05/2012 05:37:44 PM 545 Views
Re: criminals? what laws, exactly, have been broken? Sidious - 30/05/2012 06:59:49 PM 1306 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 1361 Views
Wow - you just outlined TORT reform in it's most basic premise ... Roonas - 05/06/2012 08:00:04 AM 1025 Views
You know the prototypical hot coffee case was warranted, right? The plaintiff won. Ghavrel - 06/06/2012 10:52:52 AM 931 Views
I think it's just the first thing that pops to mind LadyLorraine - 07/06/2012 04:56:51 PM 1538 Views
Be careful -- the fanboys might hear you... Zalis - 30/05/2012 04:56:15 PM 1192 Views
Er, are there many of those? Aemon - 30/05/2012 06:31:50 PM 990 Views
Re: Er, are there many of those? Zalis - 30/05/2012 07:34:05 PM 1256 Views
Only positive is no apparent item duping...yet *NM* Roland00 - 30/05/2012 07:36:14 PM 535 Views
The funny thing is... Wibble - 30/05/2012 07:48:49 PM 1115 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 569 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 1377 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 1129 Views
The biggest issues I see right now are bandwith caps & speed. Zalis - 30/05/2012 09:44:10 PM 1087 Views
Oh sure, I agree. We're definitely not there yet. Aemon - 31/05/2012 01:17:58 AM 1104 Views
Re: Oh sure, I agree. We're definitely not there yet. Macharius - 31/05/2012 02:02:55 PM 1003 Views
Only $55/mo for Comcast? Consider yourself lucky. :p Zalis - 31/05/2012 04:01:44 PM 1047 Views
Sorry for your troubles, but you're something of an outlier. Aemon - 31/05/2012 07:31:53 PM 1090 Views
Hmm ... that's scary ... Roonas - 05/06/2012 09:21:42 AM 1106 Views
are you unaware that some people do drive to the bus-station anyway? LadyLorraine - 31/05/2012 02:36:22 AM 1443 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 958 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 699 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 1109 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 895 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 1040 Views
Er, I agree. Aemon - 07/06/2012 03:49:29 AM 995 Views
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