Hamselv Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 I dont mind DRM like last years, but this year is a joke. That's because last year it wasn't DRM, it was copy protection – huge difference. Oh, and with all the post I've made complaining about the DRM it's probably not a big surprise that I'll be happy to sign here as well. I haven't bought the game this year, and I won't buy any future versions either unless they decide to skip the DRM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamselv Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 what is DRM? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxboy Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 A sad sad day in the eyes of an FM fan who's been playing since the original amiga champ man. Hope people get their copy's sorted soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oncho Shaldzhiyan Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 I am in too.. I thought it is a nice idea, stopping the pirates somehow, or delaying their releases, but.. a big joke for us, the real FM fans, and the people, who actually are making possible the existence of SI, playing for their product Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alibabastyle2007 Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 Glynn, if you go on certain torrent websites, the game was not only cracked, but there are about 1000 people enjoying their new full version of Football Manager 2009, and tomorrow the number of people who have the game should increase significantly, meaning SI will have lost $40x10,000 pirated copies=$400,000 so there really was no point in this whole DRM business. It's just a lot of hassle for those who want to play FM as soon as it is installed and not have to wait hours before finally activating the game. p.s I have an original copy of the game having gone out and bought it from ASDA. Just thought it would be interesting to see how long it would take the hackers to crack fm 09 and therefore make this whole DRM thing look pointless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee50_11 Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 get rid!! signed me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie King Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 signed Aussie King Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
An4r3w Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 Signed it hurt the paying customers the most and that shouldn't happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djvandyke Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 Signed, stop the rape SI. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 stop the rape lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammondkahuna Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 Signed with love. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
croatianfan Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 I'm in too. DRM is useless, piratebay and other torrents sites allready have crack and full game avaliable that means SI made life worse only for those who actually bought original copy of game. DRM is completley unuseless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MachinegunHead Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 Signed. Pirates will pirate the game regardless of DRM or not. Crackers find sophisticated DRM more challenging, so the more you throw on a game, the more crackers you will inspire to try and break through it. The number of pirates who would try to pirate the game within a week of it being released, but would go and buy the game if it had not been cracked yet, would be very small. You would be talking maybe 1000 people. The number of paying customers who get inconvenienced and lose respect for the company due to DRM ruining their experience would most likely be a lot larger. Especially when you take into account that these people will most likely not buy future versions of the game, and may also revert to piracy. In short, DRM doesn't phase the pirate community at all, only the paying customers. I honestly hope that the next version of FM has just a simple CD-key activation, similar to games before piracy was mainstream. Sure pirates will get their game quick and easy, but so will the paying customers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VDVaart Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 I'll sign this 100 times if you want Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
srwlml23 Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 im not upto date whats DRM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
belsunz Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 count me in. SI should be totally ashamed! This is utter ****! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
data6930 Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 I wanted it out from the outset - major mistake by SI which will cost them sales not just with this release but will have a big impact on the next release if they us this again. Total disaster! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weegie Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 Mac version of DRM has been fine. Good old "Please put the disk in the drive" -- same as we've had since about CM00/01. No authentication, no hassle. Simple install and play in about 5 minutes. Doesn't that sound good? Can't we just have that for PC and MAC next year? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrowes Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 John Browes Tony Browes Chris Browes Count us all in! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandre Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 Yes, go away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET-Taylor Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 I want to choose when i start playing the game I wanted to play it at 4 when i booted it up it wouldn't activate at 8.30 after 4 and a half hour of non stop trying it got itr going it should not be in future games E Taylor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler42 Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 You guys are the most annoying crybabies ever, loads of games have DRM and this is 2008, FM is keeping up with time. I'm not signing it or wasting time crying about it, instead I enjoy playing a great game of FM09 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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