Starforce Petition!

[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.

[lucifur2k]

im now just begining to learn about programming so hopefully in about ten years i can be of help in the fight against game protection any one know of any good resources to learn about hacking cracking let me know. boycot sf

[DABhand]

Not really no, learn by knowing ASM inside and out, and how file headers work etc.

[coffin filler]

Originally Posted by DABhand

Not really no, learn by knowing ASM inside and out, and how file headers work etc.

A-MEN

[Oblivion]

Die Starforce die! I will never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever EVER buy Starforce games again.
+Brian Lara Inter. Cricket 2005

[Meat_Pie]

http://www.star-force.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=480

LMAO. I hate Starforce so much I will never buy any of their games again.

[rlsuth]

The funny thing about Starforce is, it has saved me literally hundreds of dollars. I used to buy games on a wim. I'd see a game box that looked interesting and bam, I'd buy it. I have NEVER downloaded warez. Every game I have is purchased and I have some 500 game discs sitting in two 300 pocket CD holders, but thanks to Starforce, I don't do that anymore. I now see a game that looks interesting and I don't buy it. I go home and look it up on the internet to see if it has Starforce in it. This has stopped me buying many games over the past year or more, and I'm grateful. A lot of the games produced today have huge graphic demands and little gameplay, or they're just crap. Thanks to Starforce, I now get a chance to read the reviews and check the protection before buying the game.

In conclusion: THANK YOU STARFORCE for saving me so much money!!!

I used to buy virtually everything UBI put out. I haven't bought a UBI game in ages!

[ajay_wilson1]

I will never by star force protected games again

[ASIIndustries]

I dont see why we should just boycott the games that do have Starforce secretly installed on them, would it not be better to boycott the publishers that are known use the dreaded Starforce protection in their published games!

ASIIndustries.

[Reggy]

DOWN with Star Wars, I don't like any of these films!!!!!!

er I mean DOWN with Starforce, I also hate the thought of things running in the background

DOWN DOWN BOYCOTT BOYCOTT!!!!!

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Originally Posted by ASIIndustries

I dont see why we should just boycott the games that do have Starforce secretly installed on them, would it not be better to boycott the publishers that are known use the dreaded Starforce protection in their published games!

ASIIndustries.

Whilst what you say makes sence it would (imo) be hard to make work. ie Lets say a publisher protects a game with SF but has another release thats protected with another copy protection then we (the consumer) would be loosing out x2 fold. Due to not buying the SF protected game and then not buying other games released from that publisher that are not SF protected because lets face it there have been some good releases that have SF protection and those of us who take part in the boycott obviously loose out. We need to make it known that we only have a problem with SF protected games regardless of who releases them and i belive the best way to send that message it to boycott all/any SF protected game/app. If a publisher has (in the past/present) released or will release a SF protected game then only boycotting the games that are SF protected will soon give the publishers/developers the message that our gripe is SF and only SF. It would be counterproductive to boycott a publisher/developer compleatly just because they have released a game in the past with SF on it because by only boycotting that SF release will the message will be loud + clear.

Its only if enough of us compleatly 100% boycott SF protected games will it make a difference. However for this to happen there needs to be a vast % of the gaming public taking part in this for it to be felt financialy by those who decide if SF is used.This means that even when a excellent game is released that we have been awaiting is released but has SF protection we bite our lip and remember its for the bigger picture but i guess that many people crack at this point and buy the SF game. (this will send out a message that as long as a game is good and has been marketed correctly ect SF will not loose profits making the boycott of ours less productive

Thats my opinion. I Support the boycott and have since the begining (as i have stated in this thread previously) so come on guys/gals lets protect our PC's, and think about the consequences SF poses. I just hope someone manages to take SF development to court and wins (or would it be the publishers who were taken to court as they made the decision to protect the game with SF). Who would be accountable ? There are so many uncertancies and a sucessfull suit against SF could open the flood gates (this is new territory) and so is the way in which SF works. If anyone knows of anything going through the courts or already gone through concerning SF id be very intrested to have a read. Any links will be appreciated.

Thats my ramble over

Originally Posted by 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.

Yeah. It's getting worse, or maybe better...? For those who haven't, take a look at this link.
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/01/31...hreatens_.html

Yes, me too. Starforce has to go!

[dajunka]

I was here when this Petition got started and we are now up to 297 post, we have them on the run boys.

[Joe Forster/STA]

Those idiots - the managers, not the developers! - at Starforce should wake up, once and for all...

In parallel with biology, and similarly to the effect of gene-manipulated food, it is very hard - and would take a lot of work: money and time! - to prove without doubt that the failure of a hardware or software component in a computer can or cannot be attributed to this or that other component in the same computer (or its close environment, e.g. other computers in the LAN), in our case: namely Starforce.

It is not a surprise that many are against gene-manipulated food, even if they don't know whether it causes cancer or other illnesses or not: 1) the manufacturers of gene-manipulated food don't know for sure either and 2) food problems can be solved in other ways, as well.

So, what's the problem with complaining about a copy protection without provable presence (on our side) or absence (on the developer's side) of bugs, when the real problem is that has gone too far ([edit] read: too low level; compare genes with low-level drivers) and the same problem could be solved in other ways that have less potentially bad consequences for the customer?