Scary that in order to curb one practice - they are alienating a whole section ...
Roonas Send a noteboard - 05/06/2012 08:30:15 AM
of their game buying populace.
It's one thing to try to cut down on after-original sale transactions ... but they only got my money once regardless - if tomorrow they turned around and made the game pay-to-play I would quit in a heartbeat.
I play for the story and the play-through on my own pace (as a means to an end to stay awake for night shifts on my off days) ... I have other games, and the second Blizz makes this into another WoW (don't even get me started on SCII with the 3 seperate campaigns so you'll need to buy two expansions BS) ... I will walk away. They've done all the can to make me walk ... but I just can't when they are one of the only game houses making graphically and plot-wise worthy games for playing on PC.
Rock meets hard place and Roon gets the Ro-Sham-Bo.
Sigh.
-Roon
P.S. This is why people pirate software to setup their own servers ... I knew of it in WoW but never partook but draconian methods always inspire people to break free ... Blizz can't control everyone, even with their invasive virus-style spy-ware progs you download along with their game-files.
It's one thing to try to cut down on after-original sale transactions ... but they only got my money once regardless - if tomorrow they turned around and made the game pay-to-play I would quit in a heartbeat.
I play for the story and the play-through on my own pace (as a means to an end to stay awake for night shifts on my off days) ... I have other games, and the second Blizz makes this into another WoW (don't even get me started on SCII with the 3 seperate campaigns so you'll need to buy two expansions BS) ... I will walk away. They've done all the can to make me walk ... but I just can't when they are one of the only game houses making graphically and plot-wise worthy games for playing on PC.
Rock meets hard place and Roon gets the Ro-Sham-Bo.
Sigh.
-Roon
P.S. This is why people pirate software to setup their own servers ... I knew of it in WoW but never partook but draconian methods always inspire people to break free ... Blizz can't control everyone, even with their invasive virus-style spy-ware progs you download along with their game-files.
-Roonas.
*MySmiley*
*MySmiley*
Why does Blizzard insist on making me sign onto their servers ... seriously. ? !
- 30/05/2012 12:22:14 AM
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It's to stop "pirates." And by "pirates," I mean, "people who play used games." *NM*
- 30/05/2012 04:31:22 AM
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Scary that in order to curb one practice - they are alienating a whole section ...
- 05/06/2012 08:30:15 AM
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Close... it's for control, for a variety of reasons. "piracy" and the used game market are the tip
- 07/06/2012 03:21:58 AM
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Fair enough. 
I guess used-game concerns are more of a console thing. *NM*
- 07/06/2012 03:54:47 AM
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I guess used-game concerns are more of a console thing. *NM*
- 07/06/2012 03:54:47 AM
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too fucking true. which is why I went to play Reckoning (fuck you, Blizzard)
- 30/05/2012 01:58:56 PM
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You know that entire studio shut down last week, right? 
No more Curt Schilling for you. *NM*
- 30/05/2012 04:47:40 PM
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*sob*
- 30/05/2012 07:03:42 PM
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No more Curt Schilling for you. *NM*
- 30/05/2012 04:47:40 PM
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*sob*
- 30/05/2012 07:03:42 PM
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He shoulda cut himself on the ankle and worn white socks again ...
- 05/06/2012 08:33:46 AM
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why was it a poor business choice? The game sold well
- 05/06/2012 07:58:13 PM
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You need to have followed the whole story a bit more to understand.
- 05/06/2012 09:14:48 PM
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It's made me furious too
- 30/05/2012 02:44:58 PM
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criminals? what laws, exactly, have been broken?
- 30/05/2012 03:51:39 PM
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Re: criminals? what laws, exactly, have been broken?
- 30/05/2012 06:59:49 PM
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I guess my thing is that no one makes you buy that car that requires my million dollar gas...
- 30/05/2012 07:03:02 PM
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Wow - you just outlined TORT reform in it's most basic premise ...
- 05/06/2012 08:00:04 AM
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You know the prototypical hot coffee case was warranted, right? The plaintiff won.
- 06/06/2012 10:52:52 AM
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Be careful -- the fanboys might hear you...
- 30/05/2012 04:56:15 PM
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The funny thing is...
- 30/05/2012 07:48:49 PM
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The difference I see is that Steam has an offline mode that (mostly) works. D3 has none. *NM*
- 30/05/2012 08:09:40 PM
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yah...I only recently got into Steam. and ONLY because I've been moving a lot
- 30/05/2012 09:01:31 PM
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It's still a good thing, the problem is that we're in a period of transition.
- 30/05/2012 09:26:46 PM
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The biggest issues I see right now are bandwith caps & speed.
- 30/05/2012 09:44:10 PM
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Oh sure, I agree. We're definitely not there yet.
- 31/05/2012 01:17:58 AM
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Re: Oh sure, I agree. We're definitely not there yet.
- 31/05/2012 02:02:55 PM
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...
are you unaware that some people do drive to the bus-station anyway?
- 31/05/2012 02:36:22 AM
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- 31/05/2012 02:36:22 AM
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I don't think I've ever used an analogy on the internet that people didn't complain about.
- 31/05/2012 04:46:17 AM
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- 31/05/2012 04:46:17 AM
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lol, yah, I just couldn't help it for the sake of the continuity of internet stereotypes *NM*
- 31/05/2012 02:17:05 PM
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*NM*
- 31/05/2012 02:17:05 PM
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Re: It's still a good thing, the problem is that we're in a period of transition.
- 31/05/2012 01:35:33 PM
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Re: It's still a good thing, the problem is that we're in a period of transition.
- 31/05/2012 07:22:13 PM
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Stuff like D3's always-on DRM and phone home schemes in no way contribute to that future.
- 07/06/2012 03:26:08 AM
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