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Originally Posted by Feuerfalke
Back in the old days and partially upcoming again was the most effective and unproblematic copy protection ever invented: Complex games with tons of handbooks and goodies in the box.
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All it takes is one guy with a bit of patience and a scanner to circumvent that.
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Originally Posted by Urufu_Shinjiro
The absolute best anti-piracy measue out there is one of the oldest. A good, old-fashioned CD-Key. I "download" a lot of games to try them out before I spend money (and yes, I DO buy the ones I like and unistall the rest) and the ones that I run out and buy the fastest are the good games that require a valid cd-key to play online. A good Example, GTR2, all the guys in my squad were getting into this game and everytime I got on TS to fly with them they were racing. So I downloaded a copy to try it out, I could run the single player stuff no problem but when I wanted to run with my squad I couldn't without a cd key. I noticed right away it was a great game and because of the cd key issue I bought this game the very next day. I would have bought it to support the developer eventually but it may have been a few weeks, bue to the cd key being required for online play I bought it the next day. I know others who are not as scrupulous as me and ONLY buy a game when the cd key is required for online play.
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I agree.. though not fool proof... it helps. This Eliance thing sounds good... that and a CD key might be the ticket. But that kind of stuff usually inspires those who are bent on cracking a game...
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Originally Posted by Bobby109
I don't think they have to worry about piracy when it comes to IL2 and BOB. If you spend 200-500 dollars or euros to buy a hotas, track ir etc... I think it's safe to say you'll spend the 10-40 €/$ for the game too.
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Originally Posted by BadAim
Bollox. A thief is a thief.
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Originally Posted by BadAim
I'm no more a lover of copy protection than you are, especially when it causes problems like securom does, it's the suggestion that a lower price will stop thievery..... If people would stop stealing the stuff the prices would go down on thier own because the software companies would stop wasting time and money on preventing theft.
It's the idea that piracy is the software companies fault that wrangles me (you might get me to listen in Microsoft's case). Guy's like Maddox and crew are not going to get rich on thier software, how can we take the bread from thier table and say it's thier own fault for not locking the door?
I meant no personal attack but I'm passionate about the subject as I protect peoples property for a living.
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