The explanation of Starforce protection against piracy.

Post by **reefsurfer** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 3:04 pm

http://www.similarities.org/starforce.html

Older versions of Starforce are not entirely compatible with the 64-bit variant of Windows XP. While publishers can fix this trouble by releasing updates for their games, it is done very rarely. This provides reason to believe that the next Windows generation may also clash with some Starforce versions, in which case one might not be able to play Starforce-protected games smoothly (or at all) unless updates are made available for them.

Unwilling to take chances, numerous PC enthusiasts feel that Starforce-protected games should not be supported, as they believe that the risk of undesired side-effects and dangers to one's computer, or of the inability to play a legally purchased game, is simply too high. They face a problem, however: Because publishers don't always state what type of copy protection they use, and because the kind of protection is rarely mentioned on the box, it is not generally transparent just which games the concerned PC gamer might wish to avoid.

That's right. :icon33:

Post by **MKJ** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 3:16 pm

starforce should be treated like sony's rootkit

Post by **Ryoki** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 3:22 pm

Sort of related, i found this on Bash.org and it made me laugh:

Bash wrote:<DmncAtrny> I will write on a huge cement block "BY ACCEPTING THIS BRICK THROUGH YOUR WINDOW, YOU ACCEPT IT AS IS AND AGREE TO MY DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS WELL AS DISCLAIMERS OF ALL LIABILITY, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL, THAT MAY ARISE FROM THE INSTALLATION OF THIS BRICK INTO YOUR BUILDING."
<DmncAtrny> And then hurl it through the window of a Sony officer
<DmncAtrny> and run like hell

Post by **reefsurfer** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 3:42 pm

Ryoki wrote: <DmncAtrny> And then hurl it through the window of a Sony officer
<DmncAtrny> and run like hell

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Bwahaha!

Post by **jester!** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 6:05 pm

I love copy protection. Such a waste of time and money its just a great display of intelligence. On a side note gg raven for getting the cd check out of the way so quickly.

Post by **Grudge** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 6:34 pm

I especially like how copy protection schemes only fuck the people who actually went out and bought the game in the ass, not the pirates.

Post by **PhoeniX** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 6:40 pm

That's so true. Crackers will always be better than programmers. They should just give up.

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:20 pm

i always crack the games i buy... keeping the cd in the drive is completely unnecessary and anoying.
and starforce should really be shut-down.
any copyprotection that won't allow you to install a game just because you have a particular brand of burner is completely retarded.

Post by **Freakaloin** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 2:59 pm

i play starforce games for free all the time...whats the problem?...

Post by **plained** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 3:03 pm

i doent get the point with the way the technical quality has been this decade