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UbiSoft Blocks Virtual Drives With Raven Shield Patch

Posted by simoniker on from the virtually-annoyed dept.

Thanks to EvilAvatar for their story discussing UbiSoft's new patch for PC stealth action title Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield, which "checks PCs for ANY clone or virtual drive programs and then fails to launch the game if such devices or programs are found." The article explains: "What this has, in turn, done is disabled thousands of consumers who use programs like Daemon Tools, CloneCD or Alcohol 120% from playing their UbiSoft games even if they have their own physical CDs in an actual drive." The writer is furious, pointing out: "Irregardless of what the virtual drives or virtual clone programs on your system are for, you will not be able to play Raven Shield with patch 1.5 unless you remove them completely off your system", and wondering whether this action is allowed under the EULA for the product. There are also similar discussions on the official UbiSoft forums for the game, though many sympathize with UbiSoft's anti-piracy efforts "telling you that in order to use the product you have to keep the CD in."

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  1. get it through your thick skull by eWarz · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    IRREGARDLESS is not a word.

    1. Re:get it through your thick skull by WhiteBandit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=IRREG ARDLESS

    2. Re:get it through your thick skull by beders · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Got to agree with you there, whats the point in using a longer and harder to pronounce word that means the same as a word that is almost exactly the same (Regardless)

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      Brocklesby Park Cricket Club
    3. Re:get it through your thick skull by Grab · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Dead right - glad someone else gets annoyed by assholes who can't speak their own language.

      "Regardless" = "without regard to"

      So I suppose "irregardless" would be "with regard to"? Who knows? And more to the point, which asshole came up with that corruption of the word in the first place, bcos they deserve to be killed with a sharpened dictionary! ;-)

      Grab.

    4. Re:get it through your thick skull by kgbkgb · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      Dead right - glad someone else gets annoyed by assholes who can't speak their own language.
      ...
      And more to the point, which asshole came up with that corruption of the word in the first place, bcos they deserve to be killed with a sharpened dictionary!

      Then you're probably also annoyed by people who can't write their own language. So I'm sure you were just joking when you stuck a question within a statement (which asshole came up with that corruption of the word in the first place) without capitalizing the first letter of the first word of the question -- not to mention the fact that even with the capitalization, you can't mix a question and a statement like that in one sentence. I'm sure you were also joking when you put a question mark at the end of a statement that isn't a question (So I suppose "irregardless" would be "with regard to"?). Is that really a question? How should we know if you suppose that?

      And if you weren't joking, I'm sure it won't affect you, because you probably live criticizing everyone else's mistakes but discount anyone who points out yours.

      Get off your high horse.

    5. Re:get it through your thick skull by kgbkgb · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Maybe you need this explained to you slowly so you'll understand this.

      I.. am.. only.. correcting.. him.. because.. I.. was... annoyed.. at.. the... fact.. that.. he.. felt.. the.. need.. to.. correct... someone.. else.. and.. insult.. them.

      Does that make sense, or do you need a picture-book to understand it?