Comments for Thayala's World http://thayala.com Searching for a tsunami of awesome. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:22:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on The Scorn and Resourcefulness of Young Men by Joshua Macy http://thayala.com/?p=360&cpage=1#comment-7 Joshua Macy Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:22:21 +0000 http://thayala.com/?p=360#comment-7 I'm a rational being, and I don't understand why they're doing it. I understand perfectly well why they desire to do something that will prevent people from pirating the game, and I'd go so far as to say I believe that they have every right to do so. In fact, I'd even say that it's immoral to pirate the game and not pay for it, no matter what, no not even if you would never have played it in the first place so they're not losing a sale. But what I don't understand is why they don't get that this won't hurt anybody but the paying customers. It would be one thing if it were actually a service like an MMO, where it was the server doing the work and if you couldn't connect to the server, well, you can't play, but if I understand what they've done, the game runs perfectly well locally but refuses to if it can't communicate with the DRM server constantly. The pirates will crack the game, play it locally, and never even notice the DRM. Ubisoft's plan makes about as much sense as putting a tiny plutonium pellet in every physical box to kill the customer before they can pirate it. I’m a rational being, and I don’t understand why they’re doing it. I understand perfectly well why they desire to do something that will prevent people from pirating the game, and I’d go so far as to say I believe that they have every right to do so. In fact, I’d even say that it’s immoral to pirate the game and not pay for it, no matter what, no not even if you would never have played it in the first place so they’re not losing a sale.

But what I don’t understand is why they don’t get that this won’t hurt anybody but the paying customers. It would be one thing if it were actually a service like an MMO, where it was the server doing the work and if you couldn’t connect to the server, well, you can’t play, but if I understand what they’ve done, the game runs perfectly well locally but refuses to if it can’t communicate with the DRM server constantly. The pirates will crack the game, play it locally, and never even notice the DRM. Ubisoft’s plan makes about as much sense as putting a tiny plutonium pellet in every physical box to kill the customer before they can pirate it.

]]> Comment on Patience is a virtue by Chris http://thayala.com/?p=76&cpage=1#comment-3 Chris Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:24:47 +0000 http://thayala.com/?p=76#comment-3 That's what I figured too. But when I checked at 5 AM on my way to work out, it still wasn't active. That’s what I figured too. But when I checked at 5 AM on my way to work out, it still wasn’t active.

]]> Comment on Patience is a virtue by Zach http://thayala.com/?p=76&cpage=1#comment-2 Zach Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:22:05 +0000 http://thayala.com/?p=76#comment-2 I found that early mornings before work was a great time to check out the test realms. (When I was, you know, subscribed to WoW.) I found that early mornings before work was a great time to check out the test realms. (When I was, you know, subscribed to WoW.)

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