Shockeye
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Skinny-dippin' in a sea of Lee, I'd propose on bended knee...
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Trippy
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That's good news if it's confirmed by somebody higher up than the French forum community manager and it applies to their US releases and that's their policy going forward -- i.e. no more StarForce on their PC games forevar! Edit: here's confirmation from a/the HOMM5 producer that it won't have StarForce. |
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« Last Edit: April 12, 2006, 04:00:32 PM by Trippy »
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schild
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Oh man. What a day.
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sinij
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Lets hope rest of DRM follows Starforce's example.  |
Eternity is a very long time, especially towards the end.
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Azazel
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1) Will Penny-Arcade mention this?
2) Will they give themselves some of the credit vis-a-vis "ubisoft has diminished" in the eyes of the consumers?
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Samwise
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1) Will Penny-Arcade mention this?
2) Will they give themselves some of the credit vis-a-vis "ubisoft has diminished" in the eyes of the consumers?
Not a big fan of PA, I take it? |
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Azazel
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Actually, I like them on balance. As mentioned in some other thread, they do a lot of good stuff, like Child's Play, and coughing up the 10k on Jack's behalf, and so forth. However, for such an all-swearing acerbic "voice of the little computer people" that they present themselves as I thought they were a bit of a soft touch on the Starforce issue. Not biting the Ubihand that feeds and all that, I know, but still.
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ahoythematey
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I'm so conflicted. On the one hand, this is awesome because it means I can play HoMM5 now(assuming they don't switch to some new and unheard of equally shitty copy-protection). On the other hand, I was starting to look forward to a world without France.
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Sky
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I'm happy I can look forward to playing HoMaM 5 without guilt (or a condom).
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Tebonas
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Saw the collectors edition of Spellforce 2 in the electronic store today and I have to wait another few weeks for the US version to come out with a different copy protection. My hatred for Starforce grew by leaps and bounds. I want those fuckers dead by chainsaw massacre by the Russian mafia, but I suspecct they are just a branch of it.
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Kail
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Starforce is why I didn't buy X3, UFO: Aftershock, and Space Rangers 2.
Aaaaaaaaargh, seriously? I just saw the review for Space Rangers 2 on Gamespot today... looked like the coolest thing since "Pirates!". I HAVE FURY! |
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Lantyssa
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I bought X3, but haven't installed it yet because I had other things to do. I'm not sure if that is lucky or not.
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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eldaec
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"voice of the little computer people" that they present themselves as
When did they do that any more than every third poster on this board does? |
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Azazel
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pretty frequently if you've been reading their news posts over the last couple of years. Not the "defining voice" but definately a voice of the peep-hole.
Also, every one of us wankers on this board is a faceless internet entity. PA have a little more pull and influence than some guy called "Azazel" or some other guy called "eldaec" or even some guy called "Schild" on an obscure rant board.
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Sky
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Even if we have Heavy Hitters?
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Azazel
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I think we're still wating for them to show up...  |
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Murgos
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Even if we have Heavy Hitters?
You mean as in hitters who are heavy? Yeah, we got lots of those around. |
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eldaec
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Even if we have Heavy Hitters?
Don't stop there, elsewhere on planet f13 someone was calling us 'ultras' the other day. Which presumably means we are expected to begin ripping up the seats and throwing them at each other any time now. |
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Krakrok
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Sky
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They need to make the company's responses much worser engrish. |
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schild
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So, every so often I go hunting to see if someone has cracked Starforce. Now, mind you, it's not a perfect crack, but a group called SCRABBLE has come up with a way to get Starforce running by making their own mini-ISO that you mount once you have the game installed. I don't know what version they're onto, but the version Scrabble cracked was StarForce 3.7.13.00.
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Trippy
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It'll only be a worthwhile crack if you can run StarForce infested games without needing the StarForce drivers installed.
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schild
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I agree.
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Sky
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There will always be cracks to any security. There are plenty more people to crack software than to write it. So the people it's meant to deter go along their merry way and the consumer is left with the bleeding anus.
Same as it ever was.
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