That's sort of a silly complaint though. If you have 50 BTC in your wallet, 24 hours later you'll... still have 50BTC in your wallet.
If I exchange my dollars for euros (or yen or GBP) and back again the next day, I might find that I've lost quite a bit of my "investment" in a short period of time.
You can, of course, claim that the value of a bitcoin isn't stable enough (which will be less of a problem as more people start using it), or that you think it'll become worthless at some point, but such criticisms can be leveled against any currency.
Of course I'm not going to buy a product that makes use of a method of limiting customer rights in a way that I am personally and professionally opposed to.
Would you?
(This is all assuming the DRM won't actually impact anyones gameplay experience. Good luck with that.)
And then those people had only themselves to blame when they got scammed or banned.
Blizzard is now officially condoning and even facilitating players buying in-game power for real money. That is an extremely significant decision and one that I am very sad to see.
Like the OP, I will not buy or play any game featuring MTX. I feel that once you take that first step towards "the more money you give us, the more stuff we give you in-game", it fundamentally changes the feel of the game even if it's something as relatively innocent as a purely cosmetic hat. There is also the fact that every single time a game starts using MTX, within a relatively short amount of time all the oft-mocked slippery slope predictions turn out to be completely accurate.
Buy the box for a one-off cost: who cares about the long-term as long as you make the sale?
Bad reviews will cost you sales. Insidious psych 101 scams don't put people off in the same way that "this game sucks" does.
Cut the content down as much as possible, charge more for DLC or sequels.
I would put DLCs in the same group as microtransactions WRT the OPs statement. Not all, mind you, but most.
...and there goes any excitement I had about renewing my sub once the expansion went live. I suppose with the PLEX (and that damn "strategy guide") people were already able to buy stuff in-game for real life money, but this is just so damn... blatant. I don't know what else to say about it.
One by one I see games and series I love succumb to the lure of microtransactions and pay-to-win while I stand by telling myself that there will always be another game to take it's place. I suppose I should just stop being so damn melodramatic and just accept that the hobby I fell in love with years ago just isn't the same anymore. Maybe once I finish reveling in nostalgia I'll go read a book or something instead...
"We have to go into space right now because the planet might possibly be destroyed by a hypothetical asteroid that could maybe hit us at some point in the near-or-not-so-near future maybe. Why are you just standing there? RUN!"
I agree that it's in our best interest to spread into space at some point, but some people are acting like our planet is at most a couple years away from complete annihilation or something...
It doesn't change. Anybody who is in their 40s and claims to suddenly be gay is either lying or was massively repressed previously. Sexual orientation does not change to that extent over time.
I love the screenshots on their website. Informative yet artistic. Everything I ever wanted to know about KATAMARI HACK. I now truly feel I can call myself a man learned in the field of KATAMARI HACK.
Anyone else absolutely despise movie/TV show product placement?
Even if most movies these days are trash, loading the few potential "classics" down with coca-cola addicted characters and cameras lingering 10 seconds on computers after the actors have left the shot inevitably cheapen the whole experience.
It won't be long before they actually write the advertised items into the plot.
Since I don't live in the US I've never heard of absurd restrictions like this, and I was pretty shocked to see so many people defending it in the comment section. Are these kinds of "we own you" employment policies really that common over there?
Microsoft gets an implicitly license to your stuff. Note this doesnt encumber the employee in any way - they can sell and license their stuff too. But Microsoft can use it with no royalties.
Really? That's bullshit. What I create on my free time belongs to me and MS can go fuck themselves.
After all, were funding it indirectly. Its only fair.
My children have been told they have no expectation of privacy; at any time I can and will look at anything and everything on their computers or cell phones. While I rarely do, the fact that they don't ever expect privacy makes them think twice before doing risky things.
That sounds like an absolute nightmare. I'd probably go insane in a matter of weeks, so I can only imagine what an entire childhood will do to them...
My impression from all this is that HBGary were incompetent and as a Government contractor, they should be investigated for fraud.
Absolutely. Now how does that excuse attacks, stalking, or even "mere" vandalism ?
Why is this ridiculous sort of mob justice tolerated ? We've all been in the playground, we've all seen mob justice in action, and we all know what WILL happen. So why do these people get any support whatsoever ?
Are we truly such hypocrites ? Insist on rights, when it's about us... And then demand and defend swift illegal and criminal action against anyone we don't like ? Is that what is meant by "internet protest" ? Because if it is, frankly, it must be squashed with any amount of violence necessary.
"Illegal violence must be stopped using equally illegal amounts of violence." Did you just condone and object to "swift illegal and criminal action" in the same paragraph?
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That's sort of a silly complaint though.
If you have 50 BTC in your wallet, 24 hours later you'll... still have 50BTC in your wallet.
If I exchange my dollars for euros (or yen or GBP) and back again the next day, I might find that I've lost quite a bit of my "investment" in a short period of time.
You can, of course, claim that the value of a bitcoin isn't stable enough (which will be less of a problem as more people start using it), or that you think it'll become worthless at some point, but such criticisms can be leveled against any currency.
The other inherent problem, is the protocol design tries pretty hard to make the rate of BTC production mostly constant over time.
Actually, the system has been designed to reduce the production/time to 50% of what it used to be (25BTC instead of 50BTC/10 min IIRC) pretty soon.
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/FAQ#What.27s_the_current_total_number_of_Bitcoins_in_existence.3F
Another game lost to MTX...
If this is "the future of MMO gaming", I'm glad I got out before I had to see it firsthand.
"Reading player emotions [and sending all the data straight to Sony's marketing department and anyone else willing to pay] will be a key feature"
I decided not to buy D3 a long time ago. At this point I'm just having fun watching them come up with even more reasons to keep me away.
Of course I'm not going to buy a product that makes use of a method of limiting customer rights in a way that I am personally and professionally opposed to.
Would you?
(This is all assuming the DRM won't actually impact anyones gameplay experience. Good luck with that.)
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And then those people had only themselves to blame when they got scammed or banned.
Blizzard is now officially condoning and even facilitating players buying in-game power for real money. That is an extremely significant decision and one that I am very sad to see.
Like the OP, I will not buy or play any game featuring MTX. I feel that once you take that first step towards "the more money you give us, the more stuff we give you in-game", it fundamentally changes the feel of the game even if it's something as relatively innocent as a purely cosmetic hat. There is also the fact that every single time a game starts using MTX, within a relatively short amount of time all the oft-mocked slippery slope predictions turn out to be completely accurate.
Buy the box for a one-off cost: who cares about the long-term as long as you make the sale?
Bad reviews will cost you sales. Insidious psych 101 scams don't put people off in the same way that "this game sucks" does.
Cut the content down as much as possible, charge more for DLC or sequels.
I would put DLCs in the same group as microtransactions WRT the OPs statement. Not all, mind you, but most.
...and there goes any excitement I had about renewing my sub once the expansion went live.
I suppose with the PLEX (and that damn "strategy guide") people were already able to buy stuff in-game for real life money, but this is just so damn... blatant. I don't know what else to say about it.
One by one I see games and series I love succumb to the lure of microtransactions and pay-to-win while I stand by telling myself that there will always be another game to take it's place.
I suppose I should just stop being so damn melodramatic and just accept that the hobby I fell in love with years ago just isn't the same anymore.
Maybe once I finish reveling in nostalgia I'll go read a book or something instead...
"We have to go into space right now because the planet might possibly be destroyed by a hypothetical asteroid that could maybe hit us at some point in the near-or-not-so-near future maybe. Why are you just standing there? RUN!"
I agree that it's in our best interest to spread into space at some point, but some people are acting like our planet is at most a couple years away from complete annihilation or something...
If you don't have an internet connection, I doubt you use Steam.
(Yet another reason to pirate it)
As such, only people who reported the problem AND whose Steam accounts lacked a proper purchase of Garry's Mod were banned.
They banned people based on this?!
Unfortunately I already own GMod, but I sure as hell wouldn't have bought it after they pulled something like this.
To all the people trying to get this app banned: Fuck you.
No, I'm not even going to bother posting AC.
Fuck you for trying to censor someone else's opinion, no matter how offensive or batshit insane.
It doesn't change. Anybody who is in their 40s and claims to suddenly be gay is either lying or was massively repressed previously. Sexual orientation does not change to that extent over time.
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I love the screenshots on their website.
Informative yet artistic. Everything I ever wanted to know about KATAMARI HACK.
I now truly feel I can call myself a man learned in the field of KATAMARI HACK.
Anyone else absolutely despise movie/TV show product placement?
Even if most movies these days are trash, loading the few potential "classics" down with coca-cola addicted characters and cameras lingering 10 seconds on computers after the actors have left the shot inevitably cheapen the whole experience.
It won't be long before they actually write the advertised items into the plot.
Since I don't live in the US I've never heard of absurd restrictions like this, and I was pretty shocked to see so many people defending it in the comment section.
Are these kinds of "we own you" employment policies really that common over there?
Microsoft gets an implicitly license to your stuff. Note this doesnt encumber the employee in any way - they can sell and license their stuff too. But Microsoft can use it with no royalties.
Really? That's bullshit. What I create on my free time belongs to me and MS can go fuck themselves.
After all, were funding it indirectly. Its only fair.
"Funding it"? Bwah?
A prostitute? Not at all, officer. I just invited her to the back seat of my car for some bowling!
"trust, but verify" is such BS...
Although I guess teaching kids to distrust and resent authority might actually be a good thing, considering the way the government(s) is acting.
My children have been told they have no expectation of privacy; at any time I can and will look at anything and everything on their computers or cell phones. While I rarely do, the fact that they don't ever expect privacy makes them think twice before doing risky things.
That sounds like an absolute nightmare. I'd probably go insane in a matter of weeks, so I can only imagine what an entire childhood will do to them...
Still nerdraging about that damn pay-for-perks TF2 store and the region lock disc scams.
My impression from all this is that HBGary were incompetent and as a Government contractor, they should be investigated for fraud.
Absolutely. Now how does that excuse attacks, stalking, or even "mere" vandalism ?
Why is this ridiculous sort of mob justice tolerated ? We've all been in the playground, we've all seen mob justice in action, and we all know what WILL happen. So why do these people get any support whatsoever ?
Are we truly such hypocrites ? Insist on rights, when it's about us ... And then demand and defend swift illegal and criminal action against anyone we don't like ? Is that what is meant by "internet protest" ? Because if it is, frankly, it must be squashed with any amount of violence necessary.
"Illegal violence must be stopped using equally illegal amounts of violence."
Did you just condone and object to "swift illegal and criminal action" in the same paragraph?
Meat would be incredibly wasteful to produce even if they do it in a lab.
If their goal is to "feed the hungry/poor", why use meat at all? There are far cheaper/better/more ethical ways to do it.
The site looks like a complete mess bordering on unusable on my slightly-outdated-for-reasons-I-won't-discuss-here version of firefox.
I guess I'll have to use another browser for checking /. now.
Can't help but think that I should be able to blame this on someone...
Because it's irrelevant to the OP's argument?