Deadly_Nightshade

Well, if you really need proof I'm sure I could get some - although I doubt that it is worth it in this case.

I've re-installed Jericho - it's a lot more fun than some reviewers said.

Is it only one game? I thought it was called Fable II: Pub Games...

I think you are underestimating the people who upload warez; the video and audio would, most likely, simply be compressed to be more efficient.

In the first case I mentioned I know there was a dvd burner but other than that nothing that might have conflicted (and the game was installed from a regular dvd-drive, as I recommend that be tried after learning that the PC had both). I doubt that would work, as you would probably see an increase in "RIPs" and a decrease in 1:1 copies.

And, judging from some of your posts, it is likely that you were one of the "friends." EDIT: Still, just because copy protection worked in one case does not mean it is preferable or warranted on the scale some companies are starting to implement. Also, as Gorth and myself have demonstrated by personal antidotes, the DRM sometimes makes a legally bought copy of a game unplayable.

Nicely done Obsidian (and Atari)!

Arcanum

Yeah, it looks good - and it sounds like there's going to be a PC version too! EDIT:

The Game - Lacuna Coil

Yeah, it's surprising how many games that have cd/dvd-checks don't seem to like them. One of the best examples of this has to be when the maker of Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Ubisoft, released one of the unofficial no-dvd cracks as an official bug-fix without crediting the creator. Of course, the company has now removed the executable and has banned users of their forum(s) from talking about the incident.

Heh... I guess they've not gotten it back up yet, not that I'm affected...

Just use the KSE, it's much easier to use than the invisible console.

Well, I guess I'll start out this thread by telling a little story about something that happened to me the other day. I know someone who had gotten EA's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix for his daughter but was unable to get it to run on her PC. After determining that neither the game itself nor the PC was at fault, I recommend that he try tweaking the drivers and all the other "normal" technical assistance solutions - none of the helped in the slightest. Finally, I sent him one last item to try - it was a no-DVD .exe file just in case there was an issue with the disc being read. The game started and has not encountered any problems or at least none that I have been informed of; the DRM was the only thing preventing a legitimate copy game from running. Now then, who was harmed more? The little girl who wanted to play her game but could not, or the pirates who are able to download the game and run it without any problems?

Sadly, no it has not.

But you shout at us no matter where we take it Hmmm... Do I, or do I simply respond when you either a) spam post in a thread that I have an interest in or b) attempt to bait me?

Mercenaries 2

I bought Sins of a Solar Empire partly because of the no-DRM strategy StarDock uses, and I am generally more likely to buy a game if it has little-or-no DRM.

So I'm now SteveThaiBinh, TrueNeutral, Magister Lajciak, and ramza? Cool, but I'll really need the passwords to my accounts back so I can use them... Then why could you not say that instead of the incorrect statement that consoles have no DRM?

Yes, but that is a subjective designation - as already proved by several posters, including myself, when we agreed that two forms of DRM should not have been on the list. Gold. Let me see... The "Ten Most Annoying DRM Methods" Spore is out, and cracked, on the internets. EA Sticking With SecuROM Yep, those must be exact clones of eachother...

Oh... Now I get it, only ten DRM schemes exist - oh, boy, if it's not on that list it must not be real! EDIT: I only see three topics that I've created - so much for me being the great "mr.DRM thread spammer."

Yep, as I would not buy the "really good game" if it had "super annoying DRM."

You ate the toxic hallucinogenic Atropa belladonna, congratulations - now how about you take your flame-bait somewhere else.

Incorrect, but let's not derail yet another topic with your spam. I agree, and I, personally, would not have put them on the list.