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Deadly_Nightshade

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  1. I'm almost done with exams, one more tonight and that's it for the semester.
  2. That has to be one of the more disgusting things I've read recently. The link to their blog post about it is not working too so here's a functional one.
  3. It's not Steam unless you buy the Steam version and even then it uses SEGA's Uniloc DRM. That will give you five activations with unlimited installations. If you need more the game will prompt you to de-authorize a previous activation, and you can get an activation back even if your PC was completely destroyed. Now that's fairly reasonable already but another major plus is that the DRM will be patched out game within 18-24 months after the game ships. Here's a link with more information.
  4. Only if they're using a cracked Steam client - if it's a standard .exe crack then it's very hard for Valve/Steam to detect that without being extremely intrusive (more intrusive than most people would want). Although some people, including myself, would argue that Steam has more costs than benefits unless it's being compared to another, worse form of DRM or a much more expensive product.
  5. http://thief.wikia.com/wiki/THI4F Who keeps telling people that names like THI4F and F3AR are good?
  6. I'd disagree that it's one of the best DRM schemes although no-one can disagree that it is one of the most popular.
  7. Yes, because, of course, everyone who dislikes DRM must be a pirate or have been brainwashed by one.
  8. Why shouldn't we dislike DRM? It does little, if anything, prevent piracy and hurts the legitimate, paying customers. I understand the need and desire for companies to protect their work but some of the DRM schemes are, in my opinion, over the line. Ironically, the DRM you stated, Alpha Protocol's, is not one of those and I intend to get the game on day-one (in fact I've had it per-ordered for awhile now).
  9. In theory sure, but unless you have dedicated severs there will be a whole other set of issues (look at MW2 and the debate about it's multiplayer).
  10. I wish more games did what Prey and Unreal Tournament III did, making the game playable via the retail disc and over Steam (via the code that you register). That gives customers the best of both worlds, a digital copy for those who like Steam and a physical backup that is assured to work if something goes wrong.
  11. Well, speaking of Civilization and Steam, I picked up the Civ IV bundle there, but only because it was about 75%-80% off the regular price of the games and there's been reports of bugs occurring when patching the bundled sets to the latest version. But, yeah, I'd rather not use Steam for games but if sometime is a good deal, or Steam exclusive, I don't mind using it - and, yes, I know that is actually more restrictive than most other forms of DRM.
  12. It plays well with Windows 7, or at least it has so far.
  13. I picked it up off Impulse and I have to agree with Hurlshot, it's worth the upgrade.
  14. Awwww... Cute kittens.
  15. Please tell me you're joking. Nope. Rockefeller, Carnegie, et al > Progressives. Sorry, but that's just not true. The Gilded Age wasn't that great for anyone, even the "Robber Barons" (a.k.a the "Captains of Industry").
  16. You might want to consider your electric bill as well. The 5770 is really not that bad when it comes to power consumption, even at x2.
  17. Ok, hope things get better soon.
  18. You might want to consider a x2 5770 setup as they are about as good as the 5870, and sometimes better, but cost less.
  19. Please tell me you're joking.
  20. What's up?
  21. How is it "stupid" when you take a Steamworks-enabled game and type in the code once, forever locking the single activation to that account. You might have unlimited installations but you do, in fact, have only one activation. I'd rather use it, where the DRM will be patched out and you can revoke one at any time, over Steam (and this is coming from someone with 125 games on Steam). What "agenda" do you speak of? The Uniloc DRM takes this into account and you can get an activation back even if your computer is completely destroyed. The Uniloc DRM does not limit installations, it limits activations. You can have up to five computers simultaneously activated and, if you for some reason needed to put the game on a sixth, it will automatically deactivate a machine of your choice to allow for the newer PC - the system, if it works, sounds like a perfect blend on protection and customer service (well, as perfect as you can get while still using activation-based DRM). I'd disagree with you there, while it adds some value it also takes away value. As for being "hassle-free", I'll just say that I've had more issues with Steam than any other form of DRM. EDIT: I'm not against Steam, although I really do think that it's not that great, or you liking Steam, what bothers me is that you're complaining about how "restrictive" one form of DRM is while advocating one that is stricter and less friendly than the one being disparaged.
  22. You could have chosen a better game. Scratch this, I thought you had written MW2 and not ME2.
  23. So you don't buy Steam games? Uhhhh... What? When you tie a game to Steam you use up its one and only activation - if that's not an example of "activation limits" then I think we need to reexamine what we are calling "activations" and what we are calling "limits". How so? While Uniloc seems rather flexible and user-friendly, Steam is rather draconian and is sometimes hostile to gamers. That we can agree on. You could have chosen a better game.
  24. Firstly you should blame SEGA, the publisher, and not Obsidian as developers rarely have direct control over the DRM used with their products. Secondly, the retail version, while having the same copy-protection, will/should receive a patch that removes it within 18-24 months (something that they have done with other Unicode-secured titles). Plus they've made it so you can deactivate a PC without actually have to run anything on that PC, enabling you do, say, get an activation back from a crashed machine. compared to Steam this is nothing and, while I understand why you're miffed, this that you're actually encouraging them to adopt a more restrictive form of DRM.
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