Starforce Petition!

[Bru_Master]

I fully support the petition to boycott SF games.
I had the "privledge" of having SF F*ck up my system (aka BSOD) and after removing it ...POOF bye bye BSOD

i also looked up the term "virus" at webopedia.com....heres a snipet from it..
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Virus - www.webopedia.com
"A program or piece of code that is loaded onto your computer without your knowledge and runs against your wishes. "
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Hmmm...does anyone think that this remotely sounds like StarForce?
Or maybe I'm just paranoid...

[pigfister]

i will not ever purchase i starforce protected game ever again as i believe that silenthunter 3 disc destroyed my nec dvd drive + how do i make my backup so the original is not damaged? A** Hole game companies!

[Tomsk]

Starforce is a program used to intimidate the general public to the software companies way of thinking, if no one can use a Nocd crack then there must be no piracy, as we all know this doesn't work.

It crashes your PC causing bad feeling and hardware issues, all the software companies are doing is alienating themselves further from the public, and therefore the public will push back financially.

I for one will not be buying Starforce protected games anymore, and I encourage others to make up there own minds, but be prepared for people to say TOLD YA SO!!

[DABhand]

Have you considered that it does bad things, if you try to circumvent it, i.e. try to fool it or work around it?

[markkram95]

All games should state on the packaging what protection they use, then the end user knows what they are getting. There is no good reason not to inform us what protection is used after all!

[HodgePodge]

Everyone needs to know what is going on with this copy-protection program and how it can hinder, even damage your computer. I will not be buying any game which requires StarForce to be installed too.

Thanks again for the list.

[glenbo]

i actually emailed codemasters (months ago),and they told me it should not do any damage unless you try to either mod the installation or try to run a back up.

now im not sure if it was before or after i tried cracking toca 2..but im sure it was before.

but even so they are basically saying 'fcuk with us and we will fcuk with you!' in other words,try to mess with there protection and they will destroy a expensive part oif your pc.

[dsl_zood_dsl]

i got my " iso copy " of Worms 4 Mayhem but now i can not play it because of sf3 .
....................to hell sf3 .

[leezer3]

Originally Posted by dsl_zood_dsl

i got my " iso copy " of Worms 4 Mayhem but now i can not play it because of sf3 .
....................to hell sf3 .

Bye, bye!

Enjoy the ban!!

-Leezer-

[GLH]

@dsl_zood_dsl: You got a permanent ban !!!

[coffin filler]

Originally Posted by dsl_zood_dsl

i got my " iso copy " of Worms 4 Mayhem but now i can not play it because of sf3 .
....................to hell sf3 .

So many people make the same mistake. (we/I dont care if you own iso coppies of games ect, we/I are not the damm Internet police but all thats asked is a little commen sence. Ie dont go sharing that info here and dont expect any help unless original game disk/DVD is owned by yourself). No-one seems to read the rules any more these days and whilest i must also confess that i dont read the rules for every site i visit i try to use commen sence and also if i register or post in a forum I at least scan through the rules).

I know its been said before but upon registration here at GCW i think it would be a good idea that its compulsery to have to go through the rules + regs stuff. (mabey a time limit where the user whos registering cant close the rules page down or compleat the registration process until the limit is reached ect). (how that would be implemented is another question though And at least that way people cant say " I diddnt know" or "errrm what i meant was ermm " Resulting in the chance the mods might be able to get rid of some of the more annoying warez kiddies with a perm ban more often as second chances wouldnt be so easy to come across.

(A little off topic i know)

[azhrei]

I've been boycotting SF3 games for a while now. I have a number of computers and also two places of residence. Usually I make copies of games so that I can play any game I own regardless of where I am. SF3 doesn't allow me to do that so I don't buy their games. Never looked at it like a boycott untill now though.

Wow. Great to see this. I purchased SCCT Collector's Edition and installed the game, this is when it came out. At the time I wasn't aware of Starforce, but thanks to forms and sites like these, I am now.

While looking on the ubi forms, I came across a sticky called 'Starforce and Solutions'. In this there is some admission to SF causing problems with certain applications and hardware. But there were three things that irritated me.

1) Problems with old drivers; update your firmware. Yeah and what if there isn't an update? Buy a new CD/DVD? Not likely, unless it was rendered useless, which was in my case, my LITE-ON DVD/RW (can't remember the rest) was /w with the latest and last firmware available :\

2) ..."Alc0hol 120%
DAEMON Tools
Clone CD
Nero (Disabled by Default)

If you experience issues with running the game disabling these applications can help."
The key words. -CAN HELP

3) The thread is closed. So they are right and you are wrong. Upon looking a little further in to the forms. They basically don't want to hear anything negative about their beloved SF virus/trojan.. what have you.

The topic can be found here: http://forums.ubi.com/groupee/forums...1/m/6811067603

So. What else can we do? Yes, for one, stop buying SF games. Make more people aware. Get the attention of someone with $$$ that cares enough to support our cause. From the ubi form, it appears obvious that they don't care if your system gets trashed and only supply very lame solutions.

[blackjjjack]

But I hope that wont be needed much longer. Sony will be punished for what they did by installing background software on our systems and I hope the same will happen to those starforce devellopers. I mean: some stupid EULA does NOT give the right to grap control over our computers.
There IS a reason why the big publicers like EA, Rockstar and do NOT use starforce. And I just hope that other companies will follow those good examples.

[Joe Forster/STA]

The article at http://forums.ubi.com/groupee/forums...1/m/6811067603 fails to mention the following:
- How to "disable" virtual CD/DVD emulators? Uninstalling them to be able to play a game is not an acceptable solution; it's too much of a hassle, especially, that the settings, making their usage more comfortable, are also lost.
- Unlike the Starforce drive, the SecuROM 7 driver doesn't run all the time, therefore, it can't mess with your system when not playing games.