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1  The Sims 3 / Sims 3 Buzz / The Sims 3 buzz/gossip/rumours on: June 05, 2008, 11:00:59 am
Quote from: Tenshii~Akari;1267125
One more thing... I don't think anyone intended an attitude with you... so why call it hate-replies when they were offering a simple explaniation on how the site works?  :scratch:


I'm sure you don't.
2  The Sims 3 / Sims 3 Buzz / The Sims 3 buzz/gossip/rumours on: June 05, 2008, 07:39:36 am
Quote from: MaryH;1261606
The door is open to everyone. All you need to do is register-and it's simple to register-there's no barred door. Why do you think is isn't open to everyone? Can you explain that? I'm interested because I'm one of the members of the forum-I wrote the official front page (while it was up) and I am involved in the more intense campaigns.


Everybody should be able to post on this matter, without registration.

Quote from: MaryH;1261606
We're going to be running a letter's drive, and an official printed petition drive (this is premature only by a couple of days) and if you think that it won't make a difference, hundreds of people have been reading our site and seeing what we're doing.


I wasn't referring to the impact on your site's page hits count.

Quote from: saraswati;1261658
hey Simdude

There's no barred door.. you're able to read any of the articles on the site without registration. You only need to register IF you want to submit an article to our site, or if you want to join our fourm and get involved in the actions we're planning.


Hey Saraswati, that wasn't my metaphor, someone else wrote that.

Quote from: Paden_Panther;1262138
If you can't be bothered to look around and inform yourself on what's been going on, then enjoy that thousand, whatever currency your country has, paperweight, because sure as corn grows in the fields and old men like taking naps, one way or another, Securom is going to cause you or someone that you know problems. It's a good site, you ought to take the time to read. You don't have to join to read, as Sara and Mary said earlier, but if you have something to say or a question to ask, it's not that big a hassle. I was posting less than two minutes after I joined. If you wanna know what happened to my good gaming computer, the one I was sooo darn proud of last year, check it out.


I don't know exactlly whom this post was aimed at, moderator, but in case it was me:  BLOW ME !

Quote from: MaryH;1262221
Just one last thought-SimDude, you had to register here to get the posting privileges, did you not? Was that hard? Of course it wasn't-and neither is registering for our site.


I registered here because i wanted to. At the other site i intended to go and help others, offer my support and stuff. Grabbing stuff from here is a privilege. Helping others is not a privilege, it should be free.

Quote from: MaryH;1262221
Our site is set up almost exactly like every active forum site and we don't try to make life hard for anyone.


Quote from: simdude;1261430
That's nice as an initiative and all but, to me, that's a no go.


I didn't say that your site isn't set up almost like every active forum site and you try to make life hard for everyone, what i said was:
Quote from: simdude;1261430
To me, that's a no go.


Bottom line is, i don't want to sign up to offer my help. Offering help should be free.

What i meant by this:
Quote from: simdude;1261430
Besides, even this securomsublime site requires registration, how can you expect people to join in on a cause when the door isn't open to everybody.

is that a registration shouldn't be required for starting up a posse.

But, after seeing the hate-replies from you all, i don't want to have anything to do with you people, even though, technically, we're on the same side of the barricade.
3  The Sims 3 / Sims 3 Buzz / The Sims 3 buzz/gossip/rumours on: May 31, 2008, 12:13:05 am
That's nice as an initiative and all but, to me, that's a no go. For 4 out of 5 points on the "how to help list" there i need to register with the EA-Sims2 official sites and that's something i just don't want to do and for the 5th, i need to mail a letter on the other side of the planet, wich will get there around Christmas, plus it will cost me as much as a game. As far as i'm concerned there's only one effective way to protest in this matter and that's not buying stuff from them anymore. When their sales will drop from 1,000,000 to 100, they'll be aware.

Just like gas prices, until there's only buses left running on the streets, there's no reason to drop the price, gas sells.

Besides, even this securomsublime site requires registration, how can you expect people to join in on a cause when the door isn't open to everybody.
4  The Sims 3 / Sims 3 Buzz / thanks for the heads-up ! on: May 30, 2008, 08:10:25 am
Phew!! Dam it ! I just got that patch from a friend who downloaded it this morning. I smelled something fishy though, something simillar happened with the BV patch a while ago so i decided not to install it and read the net reviews first.

Thanks for the info MaryH !

I knew it, these crims wouldn't stop doing it. As i said a couple of posts above, EA, at least, are prepared to go all the way with this even if it means losing half their customers.

I regret i signed up for the Sims 3 VIP, i think they might start to send it thru that mail and install it when you open the message, just like a mail virus. They are too dangerous now, this is it ! From now on i won't touch anything coming from EA until it's thoroughly disected and examined for potential securom infestation.
5  The Sims 3 / Sims 3 Buzz / The Sims 3 buzz/gossip/rumours on: May 29, 2008, 09:14:51 am
Quote from: Tenshii~Akari;1254360
To be honest, I thought they'd stop using SecuRom after the big explosion around the web when it came with BV... I was way off.  I highly doubt they'll get rid of it now, unless more people are willing to participate in a mass outcry of displeasure for that particular "anti-piracy/anti-legal user" program.  If that works, then maybe they'll listen... but still, as it looks, they seriously pretend that they care, they just aren't showing it very well in their actions.  :?


They won't stop using it, it's been confirmed on Spore, another Maxis-EA game out in Q4-'08 (if anyone doesn't know that) and it looks like they plan to insert securom into all future EA products.

"Funny" thing (NOT) i've noticed recently, the german game Anno 1701 is being published like this:

in Europe with Tages v5
in USSR with StarForce v4
in China with SecuRom v7
in America i don't know (maybe someone else does)

I wonder why are they doing that ? Looks like they're "testing the waters", but for what ? The best way to get rid of customers ? Just looking at those three names next to each other like that makes me wanna throw the computer out the window.

I also wonder if this is gonna be the case with Sims 3 ? Different protections for different geographical regions i mean.

Regarding the '09 release of S3, i too think it's too early and could be underdeveloped but probably EA tested the ground with the Sims Stories series and realised people aren't buying the Sims 2 formula as they were expecting anymore and decided it's time for Sims 3. On the other hand, i remember that 2 years ago it was roumored that S3 would come out in 2008. So maybe they are actually working on it for 2-3 years now and think it's pretty much done&ready.
6  The Sims 3 / Sims 3 Buzz / The Sims 3 buzz/gossip/rumours on: May 19, 2008, 11:57:42 pm
Tell him: you've just bought Age of Empires 5 and you paid $549.95 for it. It's awesome, you can now customize every building with Mardi Gras decorations and confetti and you can choose how the armor will look on every warrior. Plus the action starts in the stone age where you're in charge of a small tribe that hides inside a cave while dinosaurs roam on the outside, then you go thru all the ages until you arrive in the future where you can customize your little starships so that they look like uss Enterprise. There are many other tribes here such as the klingoons or the bjorg or the roamulans that try to stop you from becoming the supreme ruler of all time and space, but they're no match for you, you're using the east-indian cheat codes from http://www.chats-r-we.eu and they give you the ability to spawn little indestructible terminators that look like the governor of California in his youth; and you can do that at every town center you own.

... but that's just a suggestion
7  The Sims 3 / Sims 3 Buzz / The Sims 3 buzz/gossip/rumours on: May 18, 2008, 12:25:00 am
Guys, all the info on the last or latest expansions of Sims 2 is appreciated but why do you put it in the Sims 3 thread ?

Secondly, my outrage on the Sims 3 authentication issue is aimed at the retail disc versions, not the downloaded Sims 2 expansions. I know that you guys might download stuff for Sims 2 via the downloader, wich gives you the pain in the @$$ authentication stuff too.

But what ticks me off is that since I don't have a net connection, I could buy the (Spore or Sims 3) game on dvd and find out that I can't install it or play it because the game will require online authentication to install it and to play it. Or, to later patch it. I got nothing against protection on games you buy online, but I buy the retail disc versions just because I don't have internet. They could at least announce the internet connection as a minimum requirement for it.
8  The Sims 3 / Sims 3 Buzz / The Sims 3 buzz/gossip/rumours on: May 13, 2008, 12:58:53 am
Quote from: sumpsychochic;1242532
I had to authenticate for the first time when I installed Bon Voyage and FreeTime on my computer...
maybe it was just me...


Online authentication is not the same thing as inserting the serial number. You don't have to be connected to the internet to punch in the serial, while for the online authentication you do.
9  The Sims 3 / Sims 3 Buzz / The Sims 3 buzz/gossip/rumours on: May 12, 2008, 12:41:42 am
Quote from: kacidama;1241322
Simdude = it does say you can play offline - although you will need internet access to patch - but that also applies to Sims2


Quote from: kotaku.com
— We authenticate your game online when you install and launch it the first time.


Quote from: simdude;1241016
I don't have an internet connection on my computer = I can't play it = I won't buy it.


As I said, I don't have a net connection on my computer, so I won't be able to install the game since it requires ONLINE authentification when you install it and first launch the game.

And how the heck this thing applies to Sims 2 ? I have all the patches, expansion packs and stuff packs installed and I don't have internet on my PC.
10  The Sims 3 / Sims 3 Buzz / The Sims 3 buzz/gossip/rumours on: May 11, 2008, 11:31:52 am
Quote from: Kotaku
— We authenticate your game online when you install and launch it the first time.
— We'll re-authenticate when a player uses online features, downloads new content or a patch for their game.


It's the same thing.

I don't have an internet connection on my computer = I can't play it = I won't buy it.
11  The Sims 3 / Sims 3 Buzz / The Sims 3 buzz/gossip/rumours on: May 10, 2008, 01:32:50 am
Quote from: MaryH;1238879
For all of those who are thinking of buying Sims 3, there is a new problem that has become public just recently:
It has been announced that Spore and Mass Effect will have a new version of Securom on them that will require repeated validation via the Internet for all users. If not re-validated in a certain time period, the game you purchased will no longer work on your computer. This validation will be required every 10 days in order for you to use the game.
Read more about this from this site:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/83689-Mass-Effect-Spore-To-Use-Recurring-Validation

Please note that one paragraph states that this software will be on all future releases of any game that is released by EA..and that means the Sims3 will have it.


That's a very bad thing. I don't have an internet connection on my gaming computer, I use a laptop to get on the net. So, I won't buy any software I can't use. Damn shame, as I was really looking forward to Spore and Sims3.

I have a   Core 2 Duo T7100, 1.8Ghz/GeForce 8600M GT-Turbo Cache/2Gb DDR2   laptop and these new games (Spore, Sims 3) won't work on it. I don't intend to either get another much more expensive, top of the line laptop, or turn my gaming PC into virus bait, just to please EA.

What's next ?
-Windows that won't start unless you're connected to the internet ?
-Can't open the Recycle Bin because you're not connected ?
-You haven't re-validated in the last 5 hours so Control Panel will be disabled until you do so ?
-No modem has been detected on your machine, Windows will now shut down and call the police !

This is stupid guys ! They're not discouraging counterfiters, they're chasing away customers.
12  The Sims 3 / Sims 3 Buzz / The Sims 3 buzz/gossip/rumours on: May 09, 2008, 12:59:39 am
Quote from: AlbinoBambi;1234204
We don't know, nobody (except EA-people) has any idea what the computer requirements will be, so we don't know what kind of a computer or laptop you need either.
You'll have to wait on more info, if you want to know that. :/


Octo-Core, 5.0 Ghz - processor
6-way SLI/Crossfire up to 2048 VRAM - graphic card
8 Gb, DDR5 - memory
1000 Gb HDD - for additional custom content and bug fixes

Oh... and that would require a 2500 W power supply source right ?
And a helicopter propeller for the cooling part.
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