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Re: Spore blasted for draconian DRM
« Reply #15 on: September 12, 2008, 04:25:46 pm »
I submitted this to digg. Just to see if I could make the front page, or if someone else who's big on digg would make their own story in a blog and get their buddies to digg it up.

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[17:32:58] <xar> new rule
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Quote from: Rule on June 30, 2008, 01:13:20 pm
Quote from: CrAz3D on June 30, 2008, 10:38:22 am
I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

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Re: Spore blasted for draconian DRM
« Reply #16 on: September 12, 2008, 04:26:48 pm »
Quote from: Newby on September 12, 2008, 04:25:46 pm
I submitted this to digg. Just to see if I could make the front page, or if someone else who's big on digg would make their own story in a blog and get their buddies to digg it up.

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<edit> also, be sure you use the word "censorship". :)
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Re: Spore blasted for draconian DRM
« Reply #17 on: September 12, 2008, 04:35:51 pm »
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[17:32:45] * xar sets mode: -oooooooooo algorithm ban chris cipher newby stdio TehUser tnarongi|away vursed warz
[17:32:54] * xar sets mode: +o newby
[17:32:58] <xar> new rule
[17:33:02] <xar> me and newby rule all

Quote from: Rule on June 30, 2008, 01:13:20 pm
Quote from: CrAz3D on June 30, 2008, 10:38:22 am
I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

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Re: Spore blasted for draconian DRM
« Reply #18 on: September 13, 2008, 01:09:33 am »
Ratings are back. Guess Amazon figured that its own name wasn't worth losing in a futile attempt to save EA's name?
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[17:32:45] * xar sets mode: -oooooooooo algorithm ban chris cipher newby stdio TehUser tnarongi|away vursed warz
[17:32:54] * xar sets mode: +o newby
[17:32:58] <xar> new rule
[17:33:02] <xar> me and newby rule all

Quote from: Rule on June 30, 2008, 01:13:20 pm
Quote from: CrAz3D on June 30, 2008, 10:38:22 am
I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

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Re: Spore blasted for draconian DRM
« Reply #19 on: September 13, 2008, 01:30:13 am »
Quote from: Newby on September 13, 2008, 01:09:33 am
Ratings are back. Guess Amazon figured that its own name wasn't worth losing in a futile attempt to save EA's name?

Or there was a conflict of opinion in the management chain.  I think that's probably more likely.
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Re: Spore blasted for draconian DRM
« Reply #20 on: September 13, 2008, 04:10:34 am »
From some random review I scrolled past:
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The 1-star rating chaps clearly have something other than a single computer installation on their minds. They likely went to the Warez sites, downloaded the game, and wondered why it did not work. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!
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my copy works great, no drm no hassle!
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Re: Spore blasted for draconian DRM
« Reply #21 on: September 13, 2008, 04:13:58 am »
Quote from: Hitmen on September 13, 2008, 04:10:34 am
From some random review I scrolled past:
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The 1-star rating chaps clearly have something other than a single computer installation on their minds. They likely went to the Warez sites, downloaded the game, and wondered why it did not work. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!

lol... that's really stupid.  DRM is more than a huge inconvenience.  Those are the kind of people that would happily live in a world like 1984 because they don't give a shit about their freedoms. :(
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Re: Spore blasted for draconian DRM
« Reply #22 on: September 23, 2008, 12:21:54 pm »
EA has relented a bit: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/22/ea_spore_drm_changes/

They still have some of the core issues I dislike, but I like seeing that they got the picture. Kinda. :)
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