On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 12:38:37 +1000, "Tim Morrow"
<tmorrow@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>"Eric" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>news:411d1844$0$67725$ad3619e8@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Thanks for the tip. I'll give it a shot, but still, who are they to
tell
>me
>> what I can and can't have installed on my PERSONAL computer? Hey, I
paid
>> for this f***in game, and when I pay, that means I don't have to put up
>with
>> advertising, some jerkweed trying to tell me what to do, adware, or
>whatever
>> else. They have a lot of nerve. What they're saying is, 'Gee, you
have
>> CloneCD installed on your system. Even though you paid $50+ for our
game,
>> we still have to say 'go screw yourself' and deny your usage of the
>product
>> that you generously PAID us for.' They can go to Hell, and I say that
if
>> these damn companies start pulling this kind of crap, WE in turn stop
>buying
>> their damn games. The ONLY way a company or organization listens to
YOU
>is
>> by hurting their profit margins!
>>
>> I STILL say we should file a class action suit against them. They have
NO
>> RIGHT whatsoever to deny people usage of a product that we PAID FOR,
and
>all
>> because we have something on our PERSONAL f***in computers that they
don't
>> like. F*** them!!!
>>
>> ID, you will never get another dollar out of my damn pocket again.
>
>I understand exactly how you feel, it is an outrage and I only wish
enough
>people felt the way you do about so companies would take notice. I
>personally will never buy a game that out of the box won't permit a
>virtually full hard disk install - I won't compromise with ****ed
>performance for some companies feeble attempt to stop hacking - attempts
>that don't work anyway.
>
>With ID though, I believe the what you get back for the inconvenience is
>well worth the outrage and aggravation. I honestly think if you could
find a
>way to cool off and play the game, you might be able to look back at the
CD
>cloning check bull**** as being only a minor irritation. I've decided to
>roll with the punches on this issue and I am loving the game.
Yep, there's Idealism and then there's Pragmatism. As much as I'm
intellectually irked by being forced to deal with copy protection on
products I've legally purchased, its just not worth the effort.
Especially not when the same tools the pirates use are available to me
as well. I'll hand over the $55, but I'll be darned if I do a 1.5Gb
install and am still forced to keep a CD in the drive for verification
purposes.
Drop the righteous indignation, get thyself over to gamecopyworld, and
enjoy the game sans hassles.
-s-
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