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djin wrote:
> Doesn't this transformation bother you?
yes very much, but wait a minute...
let me get this straight...
i hate any kind of copy protection
i defend pc games without any copy protection at all
i want ANY KIND of copy protection out of pc games forever
any king of copy protection is damaging to pc games
and yes i agree starforce is even more damaging than other
copy protections
and i do hate starforce!
but i do hate pirates even more cause they are creating all
this damage in pc games:
high prices
copy protection
and developers and publishers going out of business
starforce protects publishers profits and we need those
profits if we want to keep having new pc games to play
if developers don't have profits they stop making games
but yes i'm against coy protection including starforce
and so what can we do to try and change things?
for me the only thing to do is actively fight against
piracy cause its piracy what is causing all this
only fighting piracy can you stop copy protection in pc
games
and everyone of us, EVERYONE, every pc gamer around the
world, you, me and all have a role in this and must do its
part
if we all unite and fight piracy together it will eventually
diminish into a level that can make publishers stop using so
much copy protection including the more damaging ones like
starforce
if piracy diminishes then we pc gamers what the strength and
the arguments to ask publishers to stop using it but with
the current level of piracy no we haven't
how can you ask developers to not use copy protection when
you know better than i piracy is all around and stealing the
hard work developers do? you simply can't!
as for steam...
steam is not a copy protection system
steam has copy protection measures but its much more
steam is a all new system for pc games
but much important steam is a internet distribution system
that's why i use the "word" INFECTION, cause steam in retail
infects, cause steam doesn't belong to retail
steam is totally "alien" to the retail market
steam is a internet system and has no place in retail
steam only belongs to the internet
and in retail steam is an INFECTION
if you want to use steam fine, use it! but in the internet
and not in retail!
both channels have to be independent and autonomous and steam
is "using" retail and stoping fair competition
online distribution systems like steam have to compete fairly
with the retail channel and not use it for there own advantage
and damage and INFECT it
we must have competition between steam and retail not steam
INFECTING retail like it is doing
now starforce is simply another copy protection system just
like the so many you have been dealing for the past decade
but again i agree its the most "intrusive" of them all and
by far the most hated of them all including me
and there is a very important practical difference between
steam and starforce when it comes to installing it
i can use starforce, but i can't use steam
steam requires a broadband internet connection, and i don't
have it in the pc i use for games
i have broadband at work but not in my computer that i use
to play games
so when it comes to steam I CANNOT USE IT
when it comes to starforce at least i can use it
now let me give you some suggestions about the problems in
installing starforce...
obviously computers are multi purpose
that is the beauty of the pc being able to do many things and
that includes burning cds and playing games in the same
system so stoping this is damaging for the pc but i have a
suggestion for you
use dual boot cause it is marvelous for games
i'm not saying this is a perfect solution cause it isn't but
it can help
you have your main boot with everything you need to work
including the burning utilities and have a second boot only
for games and totally clean so it will be much easy to do
troubleshooting
dual boot is easy to implement, its cheap cause you don't
have to pay any more and it doesn't occupy lots of space
in your hard disk cause 5gb will be enough
i would really suggest dual boot for you
but let me again make this very clear...
i'm against copy protection
i'm against starforce
but... yes there is a "but", but with the present level of
piracy in pc games i will not blame any publisher for using
it and i will not boycott copy protected pc games including
the ones with starforce
the enemy is not copy protection or starforce
the enemy is PIRACY!
so its a very big mistake boycotting pc games in a time where
sales are down and the pc is loosing market share in the
gaming market for consoles
we are pc gamers so we buy games
if we stop buying games then we stop being pc gamers
i totally disagree boycotting copy protected games
what i defend is instead fight against piracy
but i totally agree and defend boycotting steam infected
retail games
attention its retail games with steam! cause steam has no
place in retail
those retail pc games infected with steam are the only ones
i defend should be boycotted cause they don't belong to the
retail market and are damaging it
bottom line... we should all stop winning about copy
protection and starforce and do something about it... and
that something is called FIGHT PIRACY!
lets fight piracy together!
long live pc games piracy and copy protection free!
--
post made in a steam-free computer
i said "NO" to valve and steam
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