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[quote who="Mtn_Man" reply="38" id="2730691"] Quoting SapSnark, reply 29It does seem that there is a definite bias from the gaming "press." There does seem to be a double standard where big-name releases from major publishers are given a pass for similar things that Stardock is getting slammed for. I think part of that might be due to the same reason that Best Buy broke the release date with impunity: Stardock doesn't have the clout to protect themselves. I doubt that pu

[quote who="Tormy-" reply="19" id="2730564"] Quoting Renevent, reply 11For when the article was written I absolutely agree with the suggestion of 'holding off'. I tried playing last night and couldn't even progress past a certain point due to the game crashing every couple rounds and just the whole thing coming to a crawl (even on the paper map). Maybe 1.05 fixes most of my major issues and that's wonderful...but if someone asked me yesterday if they should buy the game

I've had hero's mysteriously disappear in the sand box mode. I had a stack of troops with 2 heroes and my main character, I garrisoned them in a city by accident and when I tried to expel them on my main character was there and the regular troops...the hero was gone.

For when the article was written I absolutely agree with the suggestion of 'holding off'. I tried playing last night and couldn't even progress past a certain point due to the game crashing every couple rounds and just the whole thing coming to a crawl (even on the paper map). Maybe 1.05 fixes most of my major issues and that's wonderful...but if someone asked me yesterday if they should buy the game that day, I would have also told them to wait until a patch sorts the game out.

I had a good time playing the game last night, but after about 2 hours and progressing a couple hundred turns in the game, I absolutely could not proceed forward. It would crash every couple turns, the entire game came to a crawl, and even playing the game in the cloth map mode still didn't help much. So basically so far the game has tons of potential, was fun overall, and I am generally happy with my purchase. With that said the game (at least my copy) was absolutely brok

No, that was last night's patch.

That's based on subscribers, not households. Each subscriber serves more than one person (in most cases) ie a household. That wiki article stinks because the h.p. (house hold penetration) is blank for most of them...which doesn't make sense. Anyways, last time I went online and researched it something like 70% (or more) of households have broadband in just about every 1st world country out there. And obviously I don't have 'data' for this...but I would imagine the

[quote who="Clawdius_Talonious" reply="102" id="2726521"]They have tried to do that with the console industry, a hardware method of DRM. You can see how well it works when you can go out and buy an Xbox with an upgraded HDD and a ton of games and a mod-chip at the flea market. They're getting the PS3 to run pirated stuff according to reports I've read. Where there's a will there's a way, and unfortunately a lot of people have the will to play software they haven't purchased.[/quote] T

[quote who="Clawdius_Talonious" reply="98" id="2726506"] Quoting Renevent, reply 86That is until DRM evolves to a point where pirating is more effective, which I doubt will ever happen. What do you mean by effective?[/quote] I misspoke...I meant until DRM evolves to a point where pirating is LESS effective.

[quote who="db0" reply="94" id="2726489"] The only thing privileged about myself was being lucky enough to have the desire to work hard and being born in a country where hard work paid off. Living in an imperialist nation (i.e. a nation with armed forces all over the world to control its interests and extract wealth) = Privilege Living in a first world nation which provides anough social safety net to allow some of the lower classes to move upwards = Pri

[quote who="Elvisman2001" reply="91" id="2726443"] Quoting Renevent, reply 89 Quoting db0, reply 87Brilliant. Kids on daddy's credit, schooling me on "achieving success". Whatever you have to tell yourself to feel better about your own failures. I'm actually 29, married with kids, and earned everything I have by my own accord. I didn't have any help from Daddy either...I worked my way through and it was a difficult slog. So what's your excuse?

[quote who="db0" reply="87" id="2726409"]Brilliant. Kids on daddy's credit, schooling me on "achieving success".[/quote] Whatever you have to tell yourself to feel better about your own failures. I'm actually 29, married with kids, and earned everything I have by my own accord. I didn't have any help from Daddy either...I worked my way through and it was a difficult slog. So what's your excuse?

[quote who="Zubaz" reply="84" id="2726398"]CNN's interview with Brad about Elemental and DRM: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/gaming.gadgets/08/24/digital.rights.games/#fbid=FXiNSwVemw1&wom=false[/quote] It's a shame the pirates will have access to everything anyways. And in a sense that model is a form of DRM in the first place. DRM is nothing more than a deterrent. I admire Brad's intentions though (focusing on the customer), and I think it's a good mod

[quote who="db0" reply="82" id="2726385"] Wow you are quite delusional. Pirating software is thievery, it's illegal, and morally wrong. There is no argument you can make that justifies the action. You can rave and whine about it all you want, but you won't stop it that way. Not without any arguments. Learn to live with the fact of piracy, or don't. I don't care what nonsensical moralizing you use to feel outrage along with the rest of your privileged buddies. Doesn't affect pirate

[quote who="Clawdius_Talonious" reply="78" id="2726356"] Quoting Clawdius_Talonious, reply 75Pirates are going to pirate your software or not use it 99.9% of the time, according to some research I was reading about on Ars Technica. An extravagant DRM method was applied to some companies software and they broke it down and figured that for every 1000 people they could stop from pirating their product they might generate one sale. Unfortunately I can't find a link to the article readi

[quote who="db0" reply="74" id="2726332"] Nope, you clearly admitted it would have a negative affect, you simply excused it away as an obsolete model. It would have a negative effect on obsolete business models. Right. The industry as a whole would be just fine. It obviously doesn't work in the real world because the analogy breaks down. Personally if someone said "yeah I pirate I didn't have the money and just wanted to play it", I would at least know

[quote who="db0" reply="72" id="2726300"]You read what you want to read I guess[/quote] Nope, you clearly admitted it would have a negative affect, you simply excused it away as an obsolete model. See, luckily for the taco vendor anybody who made a business of just giving away tacos would quickly bankrupt themselves for obvious reasons. However, in the gaming industry that doesn't exist. Crackers/pirates can distribute other people's hard work for free for nothing.

[quote who="db0" reply="70" id="2726286"] Quoting Renevent, reply 67 That doesn't make any sense at all dude. That's because you made a bad analogy. The real world have physical and scarce goods. It's expected that the anlogy will break down. Pirates aren't making a living giving away their own good...they are taking other people's goods and illegally distributing them to the masses. Half the crackers do it for sh

[quote who="db0" reply="64" id="2726268"] In both cases someone is trying to sell something, and along side it the exact same thing is freely available. In either case it has an effect on the person who is actually trying to sell the goods, rather than just give it away. If I can make a living by giving something away for free, I don't see why I should feel sorry for you for still trying to use an obsolete business model. I wouldn't feel sorry for the expensive auditorium which was

Is there any word on when the day-0 patch will be online?

[quote who="Kyorisu" reply="60" id="2726247"] Quoting Renevent, reply 56 Let's say I owned a taco stand and sold tacos for $1...if someone opened up a stand right across the street from my stand and sold the exact same tacos but for free, that this wouldn't have a negative effect on my business? You are talking physical goods so that other person is making a loss that's business. Your comparison doesn't work.[/quote] It absolutely works...it has

[quote who="Mtn_Man" reply="51" id="2726219"] Quoting db0, reply 45All of those claims you mention are debatable as well. The only thing debatable is to what extent piracy is harming the gaming industry and not if it's harming the gaming industry. db0 The fact that big companies are making decisions based on half-arsed arguments is not surprising. But the fact remains that they are still making those decisions based on perceptions that are a direct result of pi

Yeah it's sad to see the pirates already taking the game...and of course along with that out comes the pirate apologist and their transparent attempts at legitimizing those actions. That tweakguide article is also very good. While not the absolute truth and some things are certainly debatable, it's clear that piracy has a negative effect on the gaming industry. If you can't see that you are simply trying your hardest not to...

I think waiting until tomorrow may be the best idea, hopefully can resist booting it up tonight lol. I do still have some more Laura Croft and the Guardians of Light to play :D [quote who="BoogieBac" reply="22" id="2724006"] you sure about this? can you link an official thought on it? There will be a patch tomorrow - and read the SD badge, baby...official enough for you? [/quote] Is there a patch log that details some of the improvements/fixes we can expect?

So a while back I was interested in pre-ordering the game to check it out early...but was advised against it by a few folks from the forum. Reason being was the beta was stated as in a very rough state and that it should not be used as a 'demo'. That was perfectly reasonable to me and I decided to wait rather than get annoyed with too many bugs/ect. However, I just purchased the game a bit ago since it is release now [e digicons]:grin:[/e] With that said I came to