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How Piracy Affected the Launch of Demigod
Demigod is an RTS/RPG hybrid developed by Gas Powered Games and published by Stardock, a company notable for their progressive and lenient stance on DRM. The game was set to be released on April 14th, and shipped without any form of copy protection. Unfortunately, retailer Gamestop broke the street date and released it earlier in the week. A day after pointing this out, Gas Powered Games posted some numbers about the players hitting their servers. Roughly 18,000 connections were made from legitimately purchased copies; over 100,000 were made from pirated copies. Meanwhile, the servers, which were not yet ready for that level of traffic, buckled under the strain, resulting in poor experiences for people trying to participate in multiplayer. While some reviews were positive, others criticized the game for the connectivity issues. After another day, they were able to stabilize the servers to the point they'd planned on for the original launch.
Amazon's been doing a lot wrong lately. In addition to this story about a customer being unable to access his paid-for Kindle books, and the story abotu amazon removing homosexual items, they are really cracking-down on their sellers. I just had my account suspended for no fault of my own:
- I sold a Zenith DTV converter box on Thursday.
- On Sunday the idiot customer reversed the credit card charge.
- Amazon asked for delivery confirmation which of course I didn't have because you can't ship from Maryland to California in two days.
- So instead I supplied the tracking number which showed it was on its way...
And amazon suspended my account. Gee thanks. This is clearly a case of a dishonest scam artist trying to get a free DTV box. There is no other explanation for someone who reverses a charge after only two days, but there's no reasoning with Amazon. Just like on ebay it's always the seller's fault, never the buyers.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
Ooops. This obviously doesn't belong here. Sorry. My bad.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
"Right to Life" for people who would deny the rights of women.
I actually think their name is right on. They care about a right to live, not about gender rights or suffrage. They view the growing organism as separate and living, though dependent on its host it is not part of its host. There is nothing in the name "Right to Life" that suggests they support women's rights any more than gun rights.
Computers allow humans to make mistakes at the fastest speeds known, with the possible exception of tequila and handguns
Why is this modded flamebait?