Starforce Petition!

[asdfasf]

i played games when i was younger , now i dont have much time for it but when i find some useless free time i always like to spend it playing some game...there games starts...friend brought me around 10 DVDs with games and he left...the problem was that it was the first time after 2-3 years that i actually started to install some new games on my pc ( only game i play is q3 cuz i am pro-gamer :F ) and when i saw one file around 2.5 gb for quake4 and some strange files i was like WTF !?!?11 i called him immediatly and he tells me : "just dl daemon tools or alcohol , latest versions" i said ok and i did that...i instaled COD2 , installed q4..everything worked, everything was just fine...i told him also to get me some game for my 10 year old lil sister and it was I-NINJA, i tried to install it..i did...but no-cd error occured, first i thought there is some crack or something but no...then i phoned him and he tells me he dunno he was just dling =)) then i started google search for some solutions and i ended up here...now my lil sis is whining and my hands are tied up...i am saying guys that you have my full support just dunno where to sign that petition =)

[Grumpy]

@asdfas

he tells me he dunno he was just dling

So I presume you are talking about games your friend has downloaded and not talking about the original discs? Do you have the original discs?

[Typhoon1000]

I own X2, but swear I will never ever buy another SF protected Game.

[cptpooface]

I just read a bunch of pages on this topic but didn't finish all of them so I'm sorry if I repeat something that has already been said. It seems this topic is based on the legality of the protection. The companies could easily bypass this by adding a warning, I don't know who said it, but someone said Starforce should just have a pop-up that warns of its "side effects," along with this they should have to put something on the outside of the box, like system requirements they could state that your computer could not have certain programs, etc... By including all the information they could avoid any hassle. They would have to include all of the facts about Starforce. They would have to list every conceivable possibility, just like the pharmaceutical companies (this medication could cause heart explosion or brain aneuryism). The pharmaceutical companies have to do this because after many class action law suits they are legally liable. Until Starforce is beaten in court, and are forced to comply, they will never warn anyone of there program's shortcomings. Game companies also need to realize that if a game is good people will buy it. How many people bought GTA: San Andreas? And how many people could have pirated it? I'm not saying that a good game will never be pirated, but the majority of people who want it will buy it. If it's a quality product it will sell. In my opinion you are all justified in boycotting Starforce. Even if all they did was keep secret all the "extras" in their program, they should be liable. Unfortunately I don't think this petition will help much, like I said, if it's a popular game people will buy it. It seems you can't convince the masses.

[doomerdgr8]

StarForce is watching us...

StarForce's $1000 Break-Your-PC "Contest"

Boycott StarForce Group

The actuall Challenge on StarForce's official page!

So, anyone still want to be a 1000$ richer?

I also just realized that StarForce is Russian! I have to respect them for that... but that doesn't mean I ain't angry like the rest!

[Grumpy]

@Doomer
Hey did you happen to read the 6 posts directly above yours?

[doomerdgr8]

Originally Posted by Grumpy

@Doomer
Hey did you happen to read the 6 posts directly above yours?

I did... did you happen to see any sort of direct links to the topic(s) being disscussed in the mentioned posts?

[Grumpy]

@Doomer
Errr, I only asked?

[doomerdgr8]

Originally Posted by Grumpy

@Doomer
Errr, I only asked?

My bad... I'm sometimes a little... grumpy...

[craft-star]

i wont buy any starforce protected games from now on
the last was popt2t

[craft-star]

they are russians and as far as i know russians are one of the most skilled hackers.
am i wright?

[Joe Forster/STA]

Damn right, sir, but I think the Chinese hackers are getting closer and closer!

[caki]

Originally Posted by Joe Forster/STA

Damn right, sir, but I think the Chinese hackers are getting closer and closer!

Never. Not while I have a breath and a bottle of vodka!!!!

Try to guess my descent. Winner gets a cookie.

For the value of one cookie, please refer to the following thread:

http://fileforums.com/showthread.php?t=67339

[Talas]

Have any of you had a look over at starforce's forum?
If you havent yet do it. They are some sneaky bastards, i bet they grow 'happy customers' in the backyard.
Here one of theire threads: http://www.star-force.com/forum/inde...313&#entry2313
http://www.star-force.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=192

And of course i vote no to starforce.

[Egor50]

I bought the 2005 Re-Release of "Lock-on" for my Sim loving son on Christmas. Originally released by Ubisoft. This "New release" is by "EVOLVE" games and is sold as "LOCK-ON GOLD" its supposed to be the same original game + the inclusion of "Flaming Cliffs" on a 2nd CD. Well we ran the install...clicked on the new icon and a "STARFORCE" window popped up stating that there was an error and could not find the CD (Naturally it was in the tray) I did have Dameon 3.44 running in the taskbar but with no Image loaded. So I disabled Daemon tools...then I rebooted just to be certain that memory was clear, clicked on the Icon..."Boom!" Same error! So I told him I'd mess with it later (I Know a few tricks...) then I told him "Look play the original Lock-on until later when I come back and fiddle with the new install...Clicked on the old install icon (Been running fine for over a year) and guess what? The original install was invaded by the Starforce error too!! So the Gold install rewrote EVERYTHING!! Now both versions wont run. And now there is a starforce option to generate a uploadable report! Complete with a E-mail adress that requests you send it in!!! So how is that for being taken over!


Ed