Ubisoft to Drop Starforce

Ururam Tururam · Unread postby **Ururam Tururam** » 13 Apr 2006, 06:36

HodgePodge wrote:
Crusard wrote:maybe StarForce will be replaced with something worse like... DEATHFORCE!
Luckily there isn't any such copy-protection as "DeathForce" yet.

But there are some copyprotecting backdoors made by Sony.

Boycott Sony then?

HodgePodge · Unread postby **HodgePodge** » 13 Apr 2006, 07:09

Ururam Tururam wrote: But there are some copyprotecting backdoors made by Sony.

Boycott Sony then?

Didn't Sony voluntarily remove their RootKit copy-protection after a lawsuit was filed against them?

People who buy products from any company shouldn't have to be afarid of damaging effects. That goes for software, hardware, food, medicine, etc.

Orfinn · Unread postby **Orfinn** » 13 Apr 2006, 10:04

So a burden is liften of my shoulders too, still I will keep a eye on which new software protection they will use, please UBI use a cd/dvd key protection its so much more user friendly than vile programs like SF!

Anyway Im looking so much forward to enjoy this game now and the game is coming very soon, a little more than a month to wait!!!

Oh! And good to see you so happy again HP :p
Edited on Thu, Apr 13 2006, 04:05 by Orfinn

FantoMaxJM · Unread postby **FantoMaxJM** » 13 Apr 2006, 10:24

"maybe StarForce will be replaced with something worse like... DEATHFORCE!"

...or even worse, DEATHSTAR!

umfridus · Unread postby **umfridus** » 13 Apr 2006, 11:34

"Angelspit, sorry to rant, but why do you always misspell 'mentioned'?

"

He's probably influenced by the French spelling of the word, "mentionner" and its conjugations.

[T]osHiro · Unread postby **[T]osHiro** » 13 Apr 2006, 12:52

Don't get too happy, this could be another April Fool joke..

Who knows, they might say "it still April..."

Angelspit · Unread postby **Angelspit** » 13 Apr 2006, 13:00

I need a text editor with a spell checker. Any suggestion?

[T]osHiro · Unread postby **[T]osHiro** » 13 Apr 2006, 13:04

Angelspit wrote:I need a text editor with a spell checker. Any suggestion?

You could try a program that has a convenient build-in spell check and text editor called Microsoft Word.

xerobull · Unread postby **xerobull** » 13 Apr 2006, 13:09

Good move by Ubisoft. I am more and more impressed by their public relations every day. Another Credibility point for you, Ubisoft!

SirGalrim · Unread postby **SirGalrim** » 13 Apr 2006, 19:45

:roll: Am I the only one who thinks this is bad?...

HodgePodge · Unread postby **HodgePodge** » 13 Apr 2006, 19:47

SirGalrim wrote::roll: Am I the only one who thinks this is bad?...

Yes!

Continuity · Unread postby **Continuity** » 14 Apr 2006, 01:42

SirGalrim wrote::roll: Am I the only one who thinks this is bad?...

Most likely, yes. Even the most die-hard piracy-prevention fans would prefer a security system that didn't damage users' computers.

trailMix · Unread postby **trailMix** » 14 Apr 2006, 03:12

Gaidal Cain wrote:Congrats to all you people afraid that SF was going to take over your computers. Now, when will we se an explanation of this decision, and more important, what will they use instead?

I too am curious as to why they dropped starforce. May be it's the rumor that's going around that starforce damages hardware? If there's enough commotion around net on starforce issue, it would make sense for Ubi to drop it, since it would hurt the sales.

Nice thing about the internet is that it gives the little guys a real voice.

trailMix · Unread postby **trailMix** » 14 Apr 2006, 03:35

a55a55in wrote:
Angelspit wrote:I need a text editor with a spell checker. Any suggestion?
You could try a program that has a convenient build-in spell check and text editor called Microsoft Word.

Word isn't a text editor; it's a word processor with half-ass type setting feature.

If you need to spell checker incorporated into browser, try ieSpell www.iespell.com/[url]for explorer, and spellBound spellbound.sourceforge.net/ for Firefox. If you need a full featured word processor, try open office http://www.openoffice.org. Since I don't use IE, I don't know how good ieSpell is.

Gaidal Cain · Unread postby **Gaidal Cain** » 14 Apr 2006, 08:53

Continuity wrote:
SirGalrim wrote::roll: Am I the only one who thinks this is bad?...
Most likely, yes. Even the most die-hard piracy-prevention fans would prefer a security system that didn't damage users' computers.

Or one which didn't alienate a lot of possible buyers and future fellow community-members...

SirGalrim · Unread postby **SirGalrim** » 14 Apr 2006, 16:24

"Most likely, yes. Even the most die-hard piracy-prevention fans would prefer a security system that didn't damage users' computers."

Oh sure. UbiSoft getting afraid of losing buyers is gonna make me belive that lie.

Well. I don't care that much anyhow. It's probably the least important thing about H5.

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