The researchers weren't fooled for long. While crafty, this sort of thing can only work once: the researchers now know to look for this sort of thing, and are less likely to be fooled a second time. Also, the data collected may be of questionable value.
"Failure of democracy?" Because the election didn't go they way you wanted?
It's exactly this sort of hubris and condescension that lost Democrats their congressional majority. Please, keep it up for '12. We could use a few more senate seats, too.
There may still be something to it. Yes, the effect was absolutely exaggerated, however the GOP still performed under expectations, IMHO. I expected 70 seat changes and 7+ senate seats, based on the polls. This did not materialize.
I mean both. You can download and install any Blizzard game you have ever purchased from Battle.net. I went through and registered all my old keys so I can download the games to all my PC's.
DRM is neutral. How it is used is what matters. In this case, Blizzard uses their DRM to let you download the game to any computer, as many times as you like, in perpetuity. In my book, that is good use of DRM.
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That's because is *WAS* a good idea.
There are millions of players (like me) that communicate with RL friends in WOW, and the cross-server, cross-faction barriers are ridiculous. Real ID is the best possible implementation of a social network layer for WOW.
If you don't have RL friends in WOW, then you never had a reason to use (and therefore, complain about) Real ID in the first place.
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Yes, if no one had complained, they would not have implemented those changes, because if no one had complained, it would mean nothing was wrong.
No, you verify yourself online every time you load up the game (unless you sign in as a guest, which I always do because Comcast sucks in my area).
"I also heard that you can only have a single Battle.net account."
No, I have two Battle.net accounts. Blizzard has specifically said that you can have multiple accounts, and at BlizzCon, Metzen even mentioned that having multiple accounts was an option around the 10-character limit on WOW realms.
SC2 has been out for a while, and I don't see large-scale piracy of it.
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That thread was dominated by a few repetitive users, and in such absolute minority as to not even amount to a pittance compared the users that logged into the game the day after Real ID came out, and added everyone they could.
so not only people cancelled WoW subscriptions but also preorders en masse
I don't believe that for one second. Purely wishful thinking.
Harmful? Your only limitation is running two copies at the same time (for WOW and SC only, no such limitation on legacy games), so calling it "harmful" is patently ridiculous, histrionic nonsense.
How? Both let you download to as many computers as you like, as many times as you like. On the spectrum of DRM solutions, Blizz and Valve occupy the same space, on the other side of SOE and EA.
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I might buy that if WOW membership wasn't continuing to grow by leaps and bounds. They could have lost every Real ID griper and not even noticed it. Also, unlike EA and SOE, they are constantly fixing minor nits in the game in response to player desires. They are certainly doing more than their fiduciary responsibility to investors would require.
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If by "contemptuous," you mean, "eager to respond to respond to player concerns with changes implemented within the week", then yes, I agree. They are quite contemptuous.
Real ID rage is getting really stale.
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How did you comment without an internet connection???
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Blizzard changed RealID in response to player concerns. That example does not support your argument, at all. In fact, it shows a company that cares about having happy players. And it's working.
As for their DRM, I rather like it. I can download my games to any computer I might be at, as opposed to EA and Sony's ridiculous one-computer, one-install DRM that kills the game's replayability.
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No, we haven't. For the last two years we've had deadlock between liberal democrats and moderate democrats. With a super-minority, Republicans have had little to no influence on legislation. Hell, they can't even sit in on drafting sessions.
Why do Europeans get to set the standard on who's right and who's left? Because from here, it seems all Europeans are just ultra-liberal. How is our viewpoint more wrong than theirs? Seems rather chauvinist.
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The researchers weren't fooled for long. While crafty, this sort of thing can only work once: the researchers now know to look for this sort of thing, and are less likely to be fooled a second time. Also, the data collected may be of questionable value.
Yeah, turns out people liked it and voted more of them in.
"Failure of democracy?" Because the election didn't go they way you wanted?
It's exactly this sort of hubris and condescension that lost Democrats their congressional majority. Please, keep it up for '12. We could use a few more senate seats, too.
There may still be something to it. Yes, the effect was absolutely exaggerated, however the GOP still performed under expectations, IMHO. I expected 70 seat changes and 7+ senate seats, based on the polls. This did not materialize.
Which means that in '12, the angry anti-incumbent vote is still going against you.
I mean both. You can download and install any Blizzard game you have ever purchased from Battle.net. I went through and registered all my old keys so I can download the games to all my PC's.
DRM is neutral. How it is used is what matters. In this case, Blizzard uses their DRM to let you download the game to any computer, as many times as you like, in perpetuity. In my book, that is good use of DRM.
That's because is *WAS* a good idea.
There are millions of players (like me) that communicate with RL friends in WOW, and the cross-server, cross-faction barriers are ridiculous. Real ID is the best possible implementation of a social network layer for WOW.
If you don't have RL friends in WOW, then you never had a reason to use (and therefore, complain about) Real ID in the first place.
Yes, if no one had complained, they would not have implemented those changes, because if no one had complained, it would mean nothing was wrong.
Is there a problem with that?
"Any DRM is bad DRM."
I disagree.
"Besides that, I heard that..."
No, you verify yourself online every time you load up the game (unless you sign in as a guest, which I always do because Comcast sucks in my area).
"I also heard that you can only have a single Battle.net account."
No, I have two Battle.net accounts. Blizzard has specifically said that you can have multiple accounts, and at BlizzCon, Metzen even mentioned that having multiple accounts was an option around the 10-character limit on WOW realms.
"It's harmful because it's pointless."
I disagree.
Anyone who got a working pirate copy is enjoying an 8-hour single-player campaign, and nothing more.
SC2 has been out for a while, and I don't see large-scale piracy of it.
That thread was dominated by a few repetitive users, and in such absolute minority as to not even amount to a pittance compared the users that logged into the game the day after Real ID came out, and added everyone they could.
I don't believe that for one second. Purely wishful thinking.
Harmful? Your only limitation is running two copies at the same time (for WOW and SC only, no such limitation on legacy games), so calling it "harmful" is patently ridiculous, histrionic nonsense.
How? Both let you download to as many computers as you like, as many times as you like. On the spectrum of DRM solutions, Blizz and Valve occupy the same space, on the other side of SOE and EA.
I might buy that if WOW membership wasn't continuing to grow by leaps and bounds. They could have lost every Real ID griper and not even noticed it. Also, unlike EA and SOE, they are constantly fixing minor nits in the game in response to player desires. They are certainly doing more than their fiduciary responsibility to investors would require.
If by "contemptuous," you mean, "eager to respond to respond to player concerns with changes implemented within the week", then yes, I agree. They are quite contemptuous.
Real ID rage is getting really stale.
How did you comment without an internet connection???
Blizzard changed RealID in response to player concerns. That example does not support your argument, at all. In fact, it shows a company that cares about having happy players. And it's working.
As for their DRM, I rather like it. I can download my games to any computer I might be at, as opposed to EA and Sony's ridiculous one-computer, one-install DRM that kills the game's replayability.
Hrumph. Must be another disgruntled AoC fan.
No, we haven't. For the last two years we've had deadlock between liberal democrats and moderate democrats. With a super-minority, Republicans have had little to no influence on legislation. Hell, they can't even sit in on drafting sessions.
Why do Europeans get to set the standard on who's right and who's left? Because from here, it seems all Europeans are just ultra-liberal. How is our viewpoint more wrong than theirs? Seems rather chauvinist.
The only difference between +5 Interesting and -1 Redundant is 2 minutes.
I don't think you really get the idea of "infinity."
When you get down to it, everyone is a nutter. Except me.