Tried spore, now understand how EA will stop piracy.

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Tried spore on a friends pc (Not sure if he pirated it or not, didn't ask ;) ).

It literally bored me to tears. I played for 30 minutes and exited.

Awful simplistic gameplay. I play less simplistic games on my old Tandy 1000 and my brothers commodore 64 as a child....

I now understand what EA is doing. The game itself is supposed to repeal hackers from downloading how awful it is, and the drm is supposed to keep buyers from buying such an awful game.

Which sounds supiously like the RIAA, so imagine lawsuits geared at old people, dead people, and 12 year olds will start soon after they lose most of their marketshare.

EDIT: I just found a REAL pic of EA's CEO. The pics you've seen are fake.

THIS is EA's CEO:

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Man spore is EPIC its a really good game maybe you dont like it but allot of people likes it
 
Mr. Dogma said:
Indeed. Tis why the last recorded count of downloading with BitTorrent was like 500k and increasing.
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Actually this is mainly to stop EA from putting DRM on their games. Many of these downloaders havnt touched the game.
 
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Hiphop-popatomus said:
Hopefully, EA will drop this crap about DRM since it seems that it does more harm than good to their sales. However, Secrucom...I installed Mass Effect not to long ago and uninstalled it a while back. Does anyone know if SecruCOM stays on the PC after the game is gone?
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CrimsonAegis said:
In response to your question, yes, SecuRom stays on your computer after you uninstall your game and it is very difficult to remove from your computer. To remove it, go to This website and follow the instructions. SecuRom 7 is the most insidious copy protection that exists and, from now on, I am boycotting any games that have this protection.
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CrimsonAegis said:
Spore looked very interesting, but I will not be buying it due to the DRM restrictions. Quote from an article on PCmag.com:

Like the PC version of Mass Effect before it, Spore's DRM limits owners to only three activations of the game after installation. The point is to prohibit software pirates from sharing and reusing activation codes over and over, but it also means that if a user happens to uninstall and reinstall Spore more than three times for completely legitimate reasons, they'll have to contact Electronic Arts customer support to request and have approved a new authentication on a case-by-case basis.

Also, activations are used up by upgrading hardware or your operating system. Upgrade your video card? You just used up an activation. Upgrade your os from Vista Home to Vista Ultimate? You just used up another. Have your operating system completely mess up and have to reinstall? Sorry, you have used up all your activations and have to call EA support to get another activation.

Oh, and there is no guarantee that you will actually get another activation, I been reading comments on Amazon, and some people have said that they legitimately used up their number of activations, called EA support to request another, and EA denied their request.

Recommended reading:
Response from EA about DRM, an Amazon discussion.
Amazon flash mob mauls Spore DRM

And, What they don't want you to know about Securom
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CrimsonAegis said:
Sins of a Solar Empire, a completely DRM free game, was released in Feb 2008.
Quote from wikipedia:
Stardock's CEO, Brad Wardell, has stated that the game has sold over 500,000 units, with 100,000 of those being digital download sales. It sold 200,000 copies in the first month after release alone.
Stardock is against DRM and none of their games have any DRM whatsoever. Sins of a Solar Empire does not require the disc in the drive when you play it, and you do not need a connection to the internet.

Stardock's Gamer's Bill of Rights:

The Gamer's Bill of Rights:

Gamers shall have the right to return games that don't work with their computers for a full refund.
Gamers shall have the right to demand that games be released in a finished state.
Gamers shall have the right to expect meaningful updates after a game's release.
Gamers shall have the right to demand that download managers and updaters not force themselves to run or be forced to load in order to play a game.
Gamers shall have the right to expect that the minimum requirements for a game will mean that the game will play adequately on that computer.
Gamers shall have the right to expect that games won't install hidden drivers or other potentially harmful software without their consent.
Gamers shall have the right to re-download the latest versions of the games they own at any time.
Gamers shall have the right to not be treated as potential criminals by developers or publishers.
Gamers shall have the right to demand that a single-player game not force them to be connected to the Internet every time they wish to play.
Gamers shall have the right that games which are installed to the hard drive shall not require a CD/DVD to remain in the drive to play.

Stardock is the model by which every other game publisher should base its policies. They will definitely have my business in the years to come.
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Ah Comeon, SPORE isn't THAT bad...I mean sure it sucks that it doesn't have online capabilities but its fun for the first day or 2.
 
The idea is still flawed. Making paying customers jump through the hoops they need to isn't the way to combat piracy. Especially when the game is just as easily pirated and, in many ways, better for not having the DRM at all.

Just because the sting isn't as bad as originally reported doesn't mean it's not a bad thing.
 
Sigh. Red is right. DRM is ineffective, but it's not the devil. This whole thing just reminds me of juvenile discussions on slashdot about how information yearns to be free from copyright. People really need to just chill out.
 
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