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Mass Effect DRM Still Causing Issues

Posted by kdawson on from the three-strikes-and-you're-out dept.

An anonymous reader writes "There was some discussion last month about the proposed DRM for Mass Effect and Spore that required the game to phone home every ten days. They backed down from that, but have left in that a user is only allowed 3 activations per license key. A license key is burned up when the O/S is reinstalled, when certain hardware is upgraded (EA refuses to disclose specifics of what), and possibly when a new user is set up in Windows. Only in its first month, some users are already locked out of their games from trying troubleshooting techniques to get the game running."

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  1. Re:O/S? by Ma8thew · · Score: 0, Troll

    No, OS is operating system. I can't work out what the slash is doing in the middle though.

  2. FUCK DA JEWS AND ITS DRM SHIT by twiiiter · · Score: -1, Troll

    Heil Hitler! Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil! End Jew World Domination! End DRM slavery! End M$ Imperialism!

  3. I'm not sure I understand. by uhlume · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Laud" its "pratfalls"? What, praise its physical comedy?

    Maybe you meant, "decry [its] pitfalls."

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    1. Re:I'm not sure I understand. by uhlume · · Score: 0, Troll

      Grammar Naz—?!

      Oh, were there grammatical errors as well? I'm afraid I didn't even notice, what with you abusing words right and left. Allow me to suggest that you learn basic English usage before you concern yourself with rules of grammar.

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    2. Re:I'm not sure I understand. by uhlume · · Score: 0, Troll

      Jesus, are you still blustering on about this? You're definitively wrong, dude; face facts and get over it. I'm sure everyone else has.

      If you really, really need to believe that you're right, that's fine, just...please, shut the fuck up about it.

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  4. DRM is hurting the Pirates too. by Snuz · · Score: -1, Troll

    I get a kick out of reading all the pirates whining on the torrent sites about how their copy of ME is crashing left and right. At least the DRM kept the pirates from playing ME for a week or so - I'm pretty sure that's a record for a PC game. One hopes in the future DRM will be able to deliver a lethal electric shock.

  5. Re:I disagree by OMNIpotusCOM · · Score: 0, Troll

    You are arguing that it's the creator's fault for creating something that is exactly the same, so much so that nobody is willing to pay for it, but they want it bad enough that they're willing to steal it? Do you kind of see how your argument is backwards and counter-productive? If it's really something that nobody wants, nobody will HAVE it, regardless of price, thereby putting the company out of business or losing them money.

    The real argument is that people WANT what's being put out, because they are childish mouthbreathers who don't understand how the real world works.