Spore Copy Protection Q&A - Page 66

Mokkun · 11-12-2008, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by MetroPolice

Well.. this isnt the frontline... this is just one tiny sector of EA Forums. And there is no attack... its just you and two other people. Wich cant be called an attack. Im quite sure that the staff and EA Leaders arent focusing on this site. With other words... the attention you seek here wont happen. Only forum administration is active... but thats not here either. They barely check on these wastelands called Spore FOrums Sector. Why dont you get tired anyway? The army you fought with left a week after Spore came out... and thats proly because.. they noticed that bringing SecuROM here wont affect anything.. and by than.. they also noticed that what they were protecting turned out to be bad itself ( <talking about Spore ).

But holy lalalala... im taking this seriously! Better stop talking before someon finds a vulnerable spot on my little heart =( ..

well, if its yust me and two others, its really important to stay, so it do not turn into a forgotten battle. got to keep it going.. untill ea removes securom, or a mod locks this topic ill keep batteling..

akridine2 · 14-12-2008, 06:35 PM

I hope whoever decided to put securom on spore gets sacked, they've been proven to be incompetant by spore becoming the most pirated game of 2008.

EA branded every gamer a criminal by putting securom on spore, and now they suffer the consequences

Mokkun · 14-12-2008, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by akridine2

I hope whoever decided to put securom on spore gets sacked, they've been proven to be incompetant by spore becoming the most pirated game of 2008.

EA branded every gamer a criminal by putting securom on spore, and now they suffer the consequences

Yupp.

its going to take some really massive work to even get a little respect back from this mess. and well, it do seem that securom is moore ment to stop the secon hand/used games marked than stopping piracy. while angering the public, and failing on stopping piracy.

flatfroggerx · 15-12-2008, 01:30 AM

The securom name/brand is totally written off, saying you are using securom on your product is like painting a giant target on yourself saying we don't care about the customer.

Look at fallout 3, used dvd check securom but still people skipped it/hit it/etc... Well... to be fair it was just as bad because I couldn't install fallout 3 at first because securom decided to decide I had violated it. Thank god bethesda have a brain and added a secret work around that if you run the setup.exe directly off the dvd and if you run fo3.exe from the main game directory securom isn't even used.

Conspiracy_Dawg · 15-12-2008, 06:16 PM

or joo could get the console version(s) :P

still lol at the escapist vid :3

flatfroggerx · 15-12-2008, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Conspiracy_Dawg

or joo could get the console version(s) :P

still lol at the escapist vid :3

Why should people be forced into giving up their preferred platform to buy a version which is ultimately inferior in quality and flexibility wise? Not to mention console games cost atleast £10-£20 more.

Mokkun · 22-12-2008, 06:55 PM

As Spore have been released on Steam in the US now, whitout securom, so, any chance something similar is going to happend here in EU soon?

Marcolon · 22-12-2008, 07:52 PM

Seriously i thought this thread was dead?

ThumbsUp1 · 22-12-2008, 07:53 PM

is was when I came along, like most of the threads I post in.

Marcolon · 22-12-2008, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ThumbsUp1

is was when I came along, like most of the threads I post in.

Lets kill it with explosive's?

ThumbsUp1 · 22-12-2008, 08:00 PM

I really wouldn't.

Marcolon · 22-12-2008, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ThumbsUp1

I really wouldn't.

Nah maybe its not so good an idea. It is a megathread lol! its legendary

ThumbsUp1 · 22-12-2008, 08:07 PM

Ok no more back to the topic

Mokkun · 22-12-2008, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ThumbsUp1

Ok no more back to the topic

Jepp. back on track. securom is bad. all that made it should be struck by lightning..
(this thread wont die, as long as new info arives, ill keep this running)

So ea, when do we get our securom free game? and please for the love of god(s), let us use our existing gamekeys on steam..

Marcolon · 22-12-2008, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Mokkun

Jepp. back on track. securom is bad. all that made it should be struck by lightning..
(this thread wont die, as long as new info arives, ill keep this running)

So ea, when do we get our securom free game? and please for the love of god(s), let us use our existing gamekeys on steam..

It was a bit of offroad there lol...

Though secuROM doesnt seem to have infracted my Mac yet lol. Its just as stupid as always

Mokkun · 04-01-2009, 02:08 AM

Lets see.. gotten quiet here..

Any news on the securom lawsuit(s)?

do steam still not axept the DVD keys from us who bought boxed versions?

ThumbsUp1 · 05-01-2009, 01:59 PM

securom sucks. And thats coming from me, and if it's coming from me, well that means it must be bad.

Mokkun · 30-01-2009, 09:17 AM

drm rears its head agin, who can say this is not somewhere in Spores drm?
Gears of War DRM screwup makes PC version unplayable - Ars Technica

flatfroggerx · 31-01-2009, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Mokkun

drm rears its head agin, who can say this is not somewhere in Spores drm?
Gears of War DRM screwup makes PC version unplayable - Ars Technica

Yep, this is EXACTLY why DRM is a bad thing, sleep walking into a rental that can expire at time/point, what does it leave you with in the meantime? Nothing but a coaster and 25 digit which means nothing.

flatfroggerx · 31-01-2009, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Mokkun

As Spore have been released on Steam in the US now, whitout securom, so, any chance something similar is going to happend here in EU soon?

Theres a topic on the EA steam forums.
Theres a topic in gamers retreat (PC) on these forums.
Theres a few questions about it in the burnout paradise forums here.

Theres more else where too, theyre just the ones i've seen.

No-one has had a reply from EAUK about when steam games are going to be available in the UK, because pretty much the rest of the EU already has EA games, as does the USA.

UK and japan are the only places that don't have them.

biggeo65 · 02-02-2009, 09:59 AM

Rockstar used same copy protection on GTA IV. As a fool, I bought the game on the release day, actually pre-order it, then had all kinds of issues with DRM. Had to disable network, virtual drives, and stop using other programs I bought in order to play the game.

Then I admit, I found and download an illegal copy wich by passed all secur ROM and online authentications stuff. Game worked.

Am I illegal using a pirate copy? I own the game and can't run it, plus I have to disable various things. Pirate copy work without disable anything. And I wonder:
Why I bother to support their work and buy any game with DRM protection and have various of problems, while other people out there can play the game offline for FREE and with NO ISSUES.

I had FIFA 2009 too, and I read that use same protection. Never installed it to my PC, I gift it to my nephew.

I will never buy a DRM protected game again.

Zepp95 · 02-02-2009, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by biggeo65

I will never buy a DRM protected game again.

Agreed...

ValuJet2564 · 02-02-2009, 12:30 PM

I still don't get the problem.
DRM has done nothing to my PC at all.

andyman_9274 · 02-02-2009, 05:12 PM

every time i try to get on my spore page, it says there is an error connecting to the spore server, but everything worcks fine. what is wrong with it?

andyman_9274 · 02-02-2009, 05:17 PM

every time i go onto my spore page it says there was an error connecting to the spore server and doesn't let me on it. what should i do?

15-12-2008, 01:30 AM	#1629 (permalink)
flatfroggerx Forum Junkie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,977	The securom name/brand is totally written off, saying you are using securom on your product is like painting a giant target on yourself saying we don't care about the customer. Look at fallout 3, used dvd check securom but still people skipped it/hit it/etc... Well... to be fair it was just as bad because I couldn't install fallout 3 at first because securom decided to decide I had violated it. Thank god bethesda have a brain and added a secret work around that if you run the setup.exe directly off the dvd and if you run fo3.exe from the main game directory securom isn't even used. __________________ *No longer buying any EA PC game which includes Limited Activations, I do NOT* endorse Limited Activations Opt for Securom Activation FREE versions of EA games through fairer services like steam**

15-12-2008, 06:16 PM	#1630 (permalink)
Conspiracy_Dawg Rookie Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Underground Posts: 266	or joo could get the console version(s) :P still lol at the escapist vid :3 __________________ http://eu.spore.com/sporepedia/profi...onspiracy_Dawg

22-12-2008, 06:55 PM	#1632 (permalink)
Mokkun Rookie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Norway Age: 25 Gender: Male Posts: 158	As Spore have been released on Steam in the US now, whitout securom, so, any chance something similar is going to happend here in EU soon? __________________ http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/1334/wanwan.jpg 95% or moore olalalalala problems is most likly related to the bugy "Virus" DRM called Securom that messes whit Spore.

22-12-2008, 07:52 PM	#1633 (permalink)
Marcolon Forum Junkie Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Århus, Denmark Gender: Male Posts: 4,793 Blog Entries: 6	Seriously i thought this thread was dead? __________________ Sig requests: OPEN http://www.MSPE113.dragonadopters.com

22-12-2008, 07:53 PM	#1634 (permalink)
ThumbsUp1 Forum Junkie Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Over there... no where I'm pointing, no look there, damn you missed. Gender: Private Posts: 3,657	is was when I came along, like most of the threads I post in. __________________

14-12-2008, 06:35 PM	#1627 (permalink)
akridine2 Rookie Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Swansea Age: 24 Posts: 9	I hope whoever decided to put securom on spore gets sacked, they've been proven to be incompetant by spore becoming the most pirated game of 2008. EA branded every gamer a criminal by putting securom on spore, and now they suffer the consequences

22-12-2008, 08:00 PM	#1636 (permalink)
ThumbsUp1 Forum Junkie Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Over there... no where I'm pointing, no look there, damn you missed. Gender: Private Posts: 3,657	I really wouldn't. __________________

22-12-2008, 08:07 PM	#1638 (permalink)
ThumbsUp1 Forum Junkie Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Over there... no where I'm pointing, no look there, damn you missed. Gender: Private Posts: 3,657	Ok no more back to the topic __________________ Last edited by ThumbsUp1; 22-12-2008 at 09:04 PM..

04-01-2009, 02:08 AM	#1641 (permalink)
Mokkun Rookie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Norway Age: 25 Gender: Male Posts: 158	Lets see.. gotten quiet here.. Any news on the securom lawsuit(s)? do steam still not axept the DVD keys from us who bought boxed versions? __________________ http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/1334/wanwan.jpg 95% or moore olalalalala problems is most likly related to the bugy "Virus" DRM called Securom that messes whit Spore.

05-01-2009, 01:59 PM	#1642 (permalink)
ThumbsUp1 Forum Junkie Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Over there... no where I'm pointing, no look there, damn you missed. Gender: Private Posts: 3,657	securom sucks. And thats coming from me, and if it's coming from me, well that means it must be bad. __________________

30-01-2009, 09:17 AM	#1643 (permalink)
Mokkun Rookie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Norway Age: 25 Gender: Male Posts: 158	drm rears its head agin, who can say this is not somewhere in Spores drm? Gears of War DRM screwup makes PC version unplayable - Ars Technica __________________ http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/1334/wanwan.jpg 95% or moore olalalalala problems is most likly related to the bugy "Virus" DRM called Securom that messes whit Spore.

02-02-2009, 09:59 AM	#1646 (permalink)
biggeo65 Rookie Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Greece Gender: Male Posts: 2	Rockstar used same copy protection on GTA IV. As a fool, I bought the game on the release day, actually pre-order it, then had all kinds of issues with DRM. Had to disable network, virtual drives, and stop using other programs I bought in order to play the game. Then I admit, I found and download an illegal copy wich by passed all secur ROM and online authentications stuff. Game worked. Am I illegal using a pirate copy? I own the game and can't run it, plus I have to disable various things. Pirate copy work without disable anything. And I wonder: Why I bother to support their work and buy any game with DRM protection and have various of problems, while other people out there can play the game offline for FREE and with NO ISSUES. I had FIFA 2009 too, and I read that use same protection. Never installed it to my PC, I gift it to my nephew. I will never buy a DRM protected game again.

02-02-2009, 12:30 PM	#1648 (permalink)
ValuJet2564 Forum Junkie Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 3rd rock from Sol Age: 17 Gender: Male Posts: 4,858	I still don't get the problem. DRM has done nothing to my PC at all. __________________

02-02-2009, 05:12 PM	#1649 (permalink)
andyman_9274 Rookie Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2	spore page, i can't get on it every time i try to get on my spore page, it says there is an error connecting to the spore server, but everything worcks fine. what is wrong with it?

02-02-2009, 05:17 PM	#1650 (permalink)
andyman_9274 Rookie Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2	spore page no go every time i go onto my spore page it says there was an error connecting to the spore server and doesn't let me on it. what should i do?