TheGreenBear

Reply to Another DRM rant in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

[quote who="Annatar11" reply="9" id="2119353"] I wonder if this post will result in my email adress being permanently blocked in an attempt to ensure I can never activate a Stardock game even if I do mistakenly buy one in the future, as I have failed to demonstrated the correct attitude to the company. It's even more amusing how people who obviously have no experience with Stardock have tried to turn themselves into virtual martyrs for some misguided cause that doesn'

Reply to Another DRM rant in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

[quote who="chimpspanner" reply="1" id="2115056"]I'm sure this has been asked before but here goes: Seeing how so many people here have such a strong opinion on Impulse and on IC using any kind of DRM on their software, what would these same people do instead? What would THEY do to protect their game? [..] [/quote] The issue is really one of digital distribution. Preventing the copy of physical media is increasingly obsolete, as an increasing proportion

Reply to Another DRM rant in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

This thread has benefitted me greatly, by illustrating what Stardock is about. I can sum it up in a few words: over-zealous contemptuous bouncers (Stardock) and their sycophants (customers). It's quite startling for an outsider to watch, a remarkable display of cliques and brand loyalty. I wonder if this post will result in my email adress being permanently blocked in an attempt to ensure I can never activate a Stardock game even if I do mistakenly buy one in t

Reply to Another DRM rant in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

It isn't a contradiction - I haven't registered it [b]because[/b] I don't like the DRM. I'd actually prefer StarForce anti-copying stuff, despite the stability problems I've had with it. Although I'd probably think differently if I had ever sat on a game disk or something like that.

Reply to Another DRM rant in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

[quote who="Zubaz" reply="15" id="2118567"] [quote]I disliked the DRM so much that I tried to give away my unactivated boxed copy of SoSE, but my post was deleted in minutes. Which doesn't surprise me. A company that uses DRM and says it doesn't is hardly likely to allow dissent.[/quote] you obviously don't know what you're talking about.[/quote] Thank you for reinforcing my point.

Reply to Another DRM rant in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

Previous versions aren't always inferior to the current version. I've patched some games and found the new version worse than the old, because patches aren't always perfect and can sometimes introduce new problems (especially if they have new content or tweaks rather than just being bugfixes). But that's another issue, really. I disliked the DRM so much that I tried to give away my unactivated boxed copy of SoSE, but my post was deleted in minutes. Which doesn't su

Feeling mislead and annoyed...and a freebie in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

A few months ago, I was feeling particularly annoyed about DRM in PC games. I still am. I was chatting about it with the manager at the game shop I use a lot. They mentioned that they had a game in from Stardock. I'd read a lot about Stardock, the PC game company that had become famous by taking a stance against DRM, issuing a gamer's bill of rights and putting their money where their mouth is by selling games without DRM. They were all over the web for that.&nbs