Starforce Petition!

[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.

[glenbo]

the law is one game per house hold and one game per pc mate

[coffin filler]

Originally Posted by glenbo

the law is one game per house hold and one game per pc mate

Actualy thats not compleatly correct. Some games (note the some) allow in the EULA a game to be installed on more than one PC (in the same house hold) Then of course theres the issue of prot on exe ect but i have know of some devs/pubs that arnt to hung up on the "Only to be installed on one PC per game disk).

[glenbo]

well its border line as the law states 1 game per pc for network/multiplayer reasons.

[russellrv]

I dont think any of this is going to do anything unfortunately, mainly because you are not hurting any particular gaming company.

No one is going to listen to anyone who is part of a website which supports a community which tries to work around their software protection.

Even though starforce is very intrusive of you computer system, m$ has been doing it for years.

[HunterZ0]

Last I checked, the U.S. law was that you could have it installed on as many computers as you want as long as you only run it on one at a time. Having to insert the original CD to play is a way to enforce this, but that also steps on our fair use rights that entitle us to a backup copy so that we can keep the original safe in the box. That's why no-CD patches are a legal gray area and why sites like gamecopyworld still exist.

Also, russellrv is correct. The only way to send a message to publishers to stop using Starforce or any other protection is to BUY UNPROTECTED GAMES instead of protected ones. If you don't buy ANY games, they'll increase the copy-protection to discourage pirating. If you buy protected games, they'll keep the amount the same. However, if they see unprotected game sales are higher than protected ones, they'll see it as an important factor.

Unfortunately most people are either ignorant, lazy, indifferent, or pirates and don't bother to do research and then go out and buy only unprotected games. This is also probably why fewer and fewer PC games are being published.

Another good approach is to buy a game and then return it if the protection gives you problems. Exchange it for the same game until they get tired and give you your money back. If they have to send 5+ copies of the game back to the publisher for everyone who buys the game, the publishers and retailers will get the message that copy protection is bad for business. I know this happened to my brother recently with Call of Duty, which he bought and couldn't play because the only CD drive in his system was a burner (which the copy protection was biased against).

[Godsredeemed]

I too will not willingly install or play dl'd SF games.

However, what I do not understand is that somebody has beaten some of these protected games.

I have

Area 51
D Day
Codename Panzer Phase one
ColinMcRaae Rally 2005
Sudeki

and others that play without any of these complcate CD and DVd disabling routines.

Will simply removing the IDE cable from the CD or DVD burner suffice to overcome this protection once the mdf is mounted?

[sabbey]

Was planning on buying Area 51, guess I'll just buy it for XBOX then...

[bigdyl69]

Starforce sucks and it shouldn't be allowed. I only install drivers in my computer that I need for my installed hardware, not crappy trojan-like back door access drivers like starforce protection uses.

DOWN WITH SF

[Zaganoth]

I [my legal name] , will not buy starforce protected games.