It's possible that they don't view it as genocide, but rather as morally similar to exterminating the rats and spiders that infest the barn/field/etc that you want to build a house on.
See, you have people like me who DO. For a classic example, Starcraft II. Starcraft II is a high-budget game, which Blizzard spent a lot of money marketting. All that is good. I was going to buy it.
Here's what happened: I bought the thing, was confronted with a 36 hour download time, and used a version that I happened to have which was a torrented predownload. For reasons I still don't understand -- maybe it was regioning, whatever -- their DRM prevented me from using the game that day. I had to wait until July 28th, a day after it was released, to play it at all. On the release day, I'd tried numerous times to "authenticate" my copy, all of which failed. I went to my battle.net account, which claimed that I'd somehow activated too many copies. I called Blizzard and got hung up on numerous times with an "unfortunately, we're experiencing a high call volume" load of crap until I finally got through, at which point the hold time was 56 minutes.
Now, I did the right thing. I bought the damned thing for $60. Blizzard's DRM caused a major screwup, which made me wish that I'd pirated it so at least it would work.
It had nothing to do with DRM. Blizzards network broke under the strain. That's why smart people wait a few days before buying a game that popular.
This would be an ideal research ground for the philosophical testing of pain without any long term real physical consequences. I wonder if one could get used to the pain signals after a while.
Yes you can get used to rather quick if you tough it out,
Yes I've done it..
Yes it is a cool story
I'm not your bro.
And now with DRM schemes that require software to phone home, once the servers used for authentication are retired, those particular pieces will be much more difficult to preserve. And let's not even get started with online only games like WoW. How would you preserve a MMORPG when the servers no longer exists? And even if you somehow manage to recreate a server, without the players, it's not the same experience.
Having been on a few unofficial ultima online servers I disagree. Many of them manage to attract a large community.
No that would be opening the bra strap with her facing you. Popping the strap is generally considered clumsy, but a sign of someone who maybe spent his points everywhere but wis or dex.
I keep telling you people charisma is not a dump stat!
Which is kind of a fix in and of itself. If you have a problem, just do a search for it on the forum. Chances are, someone else will have run into it in the past. Barring that, you can submit a service request in-game, and I believe there are ways you can contact Blizzard through their support page on their main website, which is done via e-mail. There are options out there. Just gotta use your head.
... except of course, that the chilling effect real names will have may stop a lot of others from posting those useful questions/answers, thus making your suggested technique much less useful.
Exactly why I'm against it. It breaks a perfectly good system.
Does Blizzard not have another tech support pathway? E-mail or private support requests? I don't play any Blizzard games, so I don't know.
If that's the case, then it's an issue with Blizzard's implementation. In general, I don't think there's any problem with linking an official forum account to a real name.
I always believed that having their tech support run through a forum was brillant. People generally have the same problems and are given the same solutions. If they're all in a forum the semi-compitent people can simply search the forum for an answer once it's been answered once, instead of having a 100 people all email in with the same question.
At the risk of making the stale old 'they aren't holding a gun to your head' argument, I find the word "force" to be pure rhetoric. It's not even the game itself, just the official forums for the game, which is both optional and has alternatives. It's rather trivial to avoid giving your name if you don't want to.
Real ID is required to use the friends list in game.
Many people actually tried doing that, but were forcibly stopped.
Where would you find the land to start your own country? All land on earth is currently claimed by some existing country, and they won't sell it to anybody trying to make a new country.
Not to say that I agree at all with the racist GP, but your counter argument is flawed too.
If they're too lazy to form a army and wipe out the current inhabitants, then how are they ever going to run a country.
I don't feel sorry for them.
Um, you run it the same way you run every business. You get capital from the bank, run cable through someplace small, like a neighborhood, rent space on the cable from a major ISP or get enough capital to run your own line.
An ISP is really no different than any other business that needs lots of capital like a pawn shop or the like. You focus on quality in a small geographical area then you move out from the center.
That plan requires the cooperation of a major ISP. What if they all decide they don't want to rent? Why would they want to rent to the competition? The fact that this happens at all is because of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which essentially forced the big boys to play nice with the CLECS.
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How stupid! Show the user the dialog box, and put a checkmark on it which says (approx) "Don't notify me of these updates anymore, just do them."
What's an update?
Son quick get in here, I got a virus!
You make it sound like that movie was a Historical Narrative.
It is a historical narrative. It documents the downfall of Will Smiths career.
Yes you can : the tech specs say that the software should be open source and work on any OS
Time to break out the vax.
It's possible that they don't view it as genocide, but rather as morally similar to exterminating the rats and spiders that infest the barn/field/etc that you want to build a house on.
Most people who support genocide take this view.
See, you have people like me who DO. For a classic example, Starcraft II. Starcraft II is a high-budget game, which Blizzard spent a lot of money marketting. All that is good. I was going to buy it. Here's what happened: I bought the thing, was confronted with a 36 hour download time, and used a version that I happened to have which was a torrented predownload. For reasons I still don't understand -- maybe it was regioning, whatever -- their DRM prevented me from using the game that day. I had to wait until July 28th, a day after it was released, to play it at all. On the release day, I'd tried numerous times to "authenticate" my copy, all of which failed. I went to my battle.net account, which claimed that I'd somehow activated too many copies. I called Blizzard and got hung up on numerous times with an "unfortunately, we're experiencing a high call volume" load of crap until I finally got through, at which point the hold time was 56 minutes. Now, I did the right thing. I bought the damned thing for $60. Blizzard's DRM caused a major screwup, which made me wish that I'd pirated it so at least it would work.
It had nothing to do with DRM. Blizzards network broke under the strain. That's why smart people wait a few days before buying a game that popular.
This would be an ideal research ground for the philosophical testing of pain without any long term real physical consequences. I wonder if one could get used to the pain signals after a while.
Yes you can get used to rather quick if you tough it out,
Yes I've done it..
Yes it is a cool story
I'm not your bro.
And now with DRM schemes that require software to phone home, once the servers used for authentication are retired, those particular pieces will be much more difficult to preserve. And let's not even get started with online only games like WoW. How would you preserve a MMORPG when the servers no longer exists? And even if you somehow manage to recreate a server, without the players, it's not the same experience.
Having been on a few unofficial ultima online servers I disagree. Many of them manage to attract a large community.
A Globetrotter always saves the good algebra for the final minutes.
B = 2(N-81)/364 - (/3tri)3C"
It's not a dream, but he's really a replicant.
I didn't see any electric sheep.
Is it just me or did he consistently miss the same note when playing the Mega Man Soundtrack.
Next I'm going to patent my method for taking a shit.
Anyone caught shitting, is fucked.
I have prior art, you patent is invalid.
No that would be opening the bra strap with her facing you. Popping the strap is generally considered clumsy, but a sign of someone who maybe spent his points everywhere but wis or dex.
I keep telling you people charisma is not a dump stat!
Exactly why I'm against it. It breaks a perfectly good system.
Does Blizzard not have another tech support pathway? E-mail or private support requests? I don't play any Blizzard games, so I don't know.
If that's the case, then it's an issue with Blizzard's implementation. In general, I don't think there's any problem with linking an official forum account to a real name.
I always believed that having their tech support run through a forum was brillant. People generally have the same problems and are given the same solutions. If they're all in a forum the semi-compitent people can simply search the forum for an answer once it's been answered once, instead of having a 100 people all email in with the same question.
Yep! But the inverse is also true. Other websites will be very happy to have all the traffic that's no longer going into Blizzard's forums.
That's the webmaster's fault says the network engineer.
*wink* *wink* *nudge* *nudge*
I'm kidding, but you bring up a very serious point that I've witnessed over and over again. Someone at Blizzard did not think this one through at all.
I think the only positive thing Blizzard will get from this is less traffic on their official forums.
Somewhere a network engineer is claiming a victory. The forums are much more stable and the bandwidth costs have gone down. Hooray!
I'm curious, what kind of job are you interviewing for where you feel you should provide your WoW screen name?
Not unheard of for government work that requires a security clearance.
I agree, anyone who is concerned should just use an alternative forum. Problem solved.
Which is fine until you need tech support. Blizzard employees won't answer your questions on another forum.
Blizzard is forcing them to...
At the risk of making the stale old 'they aren't holding a gun to your head' argument, I find the word "force" to be pure rhetoric. It's not even the game itself, just the official forums for the game, which is both optional and has alternatives. It's rather trivial to avoid giving your name if you don't want to.
Real ID is required to use the friends list in game.
Many people actually tried doing that, but were forcibly stopped.
Where would you find the land to start your own country? All land on earth is currently claimed by some existing country, and they won't sell it to anybody trying to make a new country.
Not to say that I agree at all with the racist GP, but your counter argument is flawed too.
If they're too lazy to form a army and wipe out the current inhabitants, then how are they ever going to run a country. I don't feel sorry for them.
What makes a man turn neutral ... Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?"
Um, you run it the same way you run every business. You get capital from the bank, run cable through someplace small, like a neighborhood, rent space on the cable from a major ISP or get enough capital to run your own line. An ISP is really no different than any other business that needs lots of capital like a pawn shop or the like. You focus on quality in a small geographical area then you move out from the center.
That plan requires the cooperation of a major ISP. What if they all decide they don't want to rent? Why would they want to rent to the competition? The fact that this happens at all is because of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which essentially forced the big boys to play nice with the CLECS.
...kids finding out about stuff on the Internet. I mean, we all turned out fine, didn't we? ;)
When you put it that way it makes me wonder why it's legal for a child to be within a 100 feet of a computer.
Now if India and China get on board with the idea I'll be able to get some work.
Looks like contract violation is a crime in Mexico whereas here in the US and Europe it is only a tort.
The one thing they have in common is that large sums of money will get you off the hook.