Wow - you just outlined TORT reform in it's most basic premise ...
Roonas Send a noteboard - 05/06/2012 08:00:04 AM
They tell you ahead of time that they require internet connection the entire time you play. No one makes you buy their game.
Don't get me wrong. I don't like it and I don't support the nonsense that is 100% internet-connection DRM.
But they aren't criminals for making a product that is upsetting to you. That's just ridiculous.
And as far as suing them goes, that's just as if not more ridiculous. It calls to mind people who sue coffee shops for having hot coffee. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GETTING. If you don't like it, don't buy it. It really is that simple. Your life will continue without Diablo.
If you think they are criminals/should be sued just because their servers keep having problems...*shrug* they still haven't broken any laws. And suing them would still be trivial.
Don't get me wrong. I don't like it and I don't support the nonsense that is 100% internet-connection DRM.
But they aren't criminals for making a product that is upsetting to you. That's just ridiculous.
And as far as suing them goes, that's just as if not more ridiculous. It calls to mind people who sue coffee shops for having hot coffee. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GETTING. If you don't like it, don't buy it. It really is that simple. Your life will continue without Diablo.
If you think they are criminals/should be sued just because their servers keep having problems...*shrug* they still haven't broken any laws. And suing them would still be trivial.
Suing is 98.674394892% trivial, if not frivolous, let alone it wind's up being superfluous in the end. I hate the legal system and it's many myriad maze-like paths ... but suing over ridiculous, let alone cause-less claims is just reprehensible to me. That's part of the reason why we need major TORT reform in the first place. I will say however I didn't consider my petition idea too over-the-top ... but maybe I should even reconsider my half-baked scheme if it's got people wanting to throw a lawyer into the mix.
-Roon
-Roonas.
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Why does Blizzard insist on making me sign onto their servers ... seriously. ? !
- 30/05/2012 12:22:14 AM
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It's to stop "pirates." And by "pirates," I mean, "people who play used games." *NM*
- 30/05/2012 04:31:22 AM
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Scary that in order to curb one practice - they are alienating a whole section ...
- 05/06/2012 08:30:15 AM
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Close... it's for control, for a variety of reasons. "piracy" and the used game market are the tip
- 07/06/2012 03:21:58 AM
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Fair enough. 
I guess used-game concerns are more of a console thing. *NM*
- 07/06/2012 03:54:47 AM
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I guess used-game concerns are more of a console thing. *NM*
- 07/06/2012 03:54:47 AM
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too fucking true. which is why I went to play Reckoning (fuck you, Blizzard)
- 30/05/2012 01:58:56 PM
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You know that entire studio shut down last week, right? 
No more Curt Schilling for you. *NM*
- 30/05/2012 04:47:40 PM
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*sob*
- 30/05/2012 07:03:42 PM
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No more Curt Schilling for you. *NM*
- 30/05/2012 04:47:40 PM
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*sob*
- 30/05/2012 07:03:42 PM
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He shoulda cut himself on the ankle and worn white socks again ...
- 05/06/2012 08:33:46 AM
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why was it a poor business choice? The game sold well
- 05/06/2012 07:58:13 PM
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You need to have followed the whole story a bit more to understand.
- 05/06/2012 09:14:48 PM
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It's made me furious too
- 30/05/2012 02:44:58 PM
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criminals? what laws, exactly, have been broken?
- 30/05/2012 03:51:39 PM
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Re: criminals? what laws, exactly, have been broken?
- 30/05/2012 06:59:49 PM
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I guess my thing is that no one makes you buy that car that requires my million dollar gas...
- 30/05/2012 07:03:02 PM
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Wow - you just outlined TORT reform in it's most basic premise ...
- 05/06/2012 08:00:04 AM
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You know the prototypical hot coffee case was warranted, right? The plaintiff won.
- 06/06/2012 10:52:52 AM
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Be careful -- the fanboys might hear you...
- 30/05/2012 04:56:15 PM
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The funny thing is...
- 30/05/2012 07:48:49 PM
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The difference I see is that Steam has an offline mode that (mostly) works. D3 has none. *NM*
- 30/05/2012 08:09:40 PM
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yah...I only recently got into Steam. and ONLY because I've been moving a lot
- 30/05/2012 09:01:31 PM
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It's still a good thing, the problem is that we're in a period of transition.
- 30/05/2012 09:26:46 PM
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The biggest issues I see right now are bandwith caps & speed.
- 30/05/2012 09:44:10 PM
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Oh sure, I agree. We're definitely not there yet.
- 31/05/2012 01:17:58 AM
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Re: Oh sure, I agree. We're definitely not there yet.
- 31/05/2012 02:02:55 PM
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are you unaware that some people do drive to the bus-station anyway?
- 31/05/2012 02:36:22 AM
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- 31/05/2012 02:36:22 AM
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I don't think I've ever used an analogy on the internet that people didn't complain about.
- 31/05/2012 04:46:17 AM
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- 31/05/2012 04:46:17 AM
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lol, yah, I just couldn't help it for the sake of the continuity of internet stereotypes *NM*
- 31/05/2012 02:17:05 PM
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*NM*
- 31/05/2012 02:17:05 PM
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Re: It's still a good thing, the problem is that we're in a period of transition.
- 31/05/2012 01:35:33 PM
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Re: It's still a good thing, the problem is that we're in a period of transition.
- 31/05/2012 07:22:13 PM
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Stuff like D3's always-on DRM and phone home schemes in no way contribute to that future.
- 07/06/2012 03:26:08 AM
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