Starforce Petition!

[fenjy]

boycott, yes. but to all those who own the games that use sf, take the game back and say its faulty, if the shop says why then say the sf protection wont let me load it, what can they say even if has been opened, after all you cannot copy sf games.....

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Originally Posted by fenjy

boycott, yes. but to all those who own the games that use sf, take the game back and say its faulty, if the shop says why then say the sf protection wont let me load it, what can they say even if has been opened, after all you cannot copy sf games.....

you can copy (some SF protected games) the problem can be getting it to play. ie no NOCD,NODVD ect ect unless a 1.1 copy is made. As far as im aware the problem arises when trying to get the SF protected game to run not to copy them. (i may be wrong though as i dont own ANY SF protected games and will NOT own any SF protected games so i can not speak from experience. Every other game i own i have backed up (and i own many games) and i belive this is a right we as consumers should have. SF is IMO a virus associated program where in it dose things that the user is not aware of and also alters the way in which windows works ect which is lets face it is what some viruses do. (thats trying to keep it in laymans terms). Come on consumers we need to let the devs ect know that we (the consumer) who are responcible for their profits know we are not happy and will not tollerate SF as a viable way to protect software when there are so many other viable options avalible to them. The only things that seem to work within the money
industry is money and so if a big enough dint is made in the profits of SF protected games the dev,s,publishers ect ect will get the message eventualy but we have to stick with it,see it through and there needs to be a larger amount of people refusing to buy SF protected games than there curently is. (in all honesty though i belive myself to be in a very small minority when not buying SF protected games which is bad news for the consumer as it gives out the message that we the consumer will tollerate anything so long as we are able to buy the games which begs the question as to what is the next thing we have to endure??)

[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...

[Event Horizon]

From now on I will boycot Starforce games. As a father of 3 kids I suggest to all parents to think twice before buying a Starforce protected game. I fully support this petition in all ways. I also have a small suggestion. We write on the cigarettes "It is bad for your health". Why shouldn't be write "It is bad for your OS" on Starforce protected games' case?

[dany_75]

I fully support the petition to boycott StarFoce games.
I will never again buy a StarFoce protected game. Never.

[0_0_7]

Total support from me, too!
I use a Notebook with a Teac DL DVD Burner - NO CHANCE to run Cossacks II or the 1.4 Version of Silent Hunter 3.
I will NEVER waste my money for a StarForce Game!

Greetings, Sascha

[ripper_george]

I have been waiting for years and much patience for the release of silent hunter 3, and finally I purchased it....
But i didn't know what Starforce is...
I found it out, when I entered this site to find more downloads mods e.t.c.
I have to confess that I play this game, so I am risking breaking my computer down... But this game is like drugs.... Once you've played, you want more and more... .
But I really want to get rid of Starforce...
I won't ever buy any other game with Starforce, but this I thin was the game of the century...
By the way, in my country (GREECE), illegal copies can not only be downloaded, but also bought from local shops!!!!
So if those Richasses wanna stop piracy, why didn't they take care of this ****????
But if piracy stops, protections are useless, so protection creators don't wanna really eliminate this problem...

What I wanna finally say is:
Can't we complain or even go the PUBLISHER TO THE COURTS????
I think it's not allowed distributing a virus-bug with a software, is it???
I would love to see Ubisoft bitches paying a fortune because of having Starforce in Silent hunter 3.
Probably there is sth we can do, except for boycotting, right????