Comments for BREWTALITY http://www.brewtality.net Music, Gaming Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:10:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 Comment on DRM & EA Games by Wanderlust http://www.brewtality.net/2008/10/10/drm-ea-games/comment-page-1#comment-17910 Wanderlust Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:16:37 +0000 http://www.brewtality.net/2008/10/10/drm-ea-games#comment-17910 Thanks for the information, waku2waku! Thanks for the information, waku2waku!

]]> Comment on DRM & EA Games by waku2waku http://www.brewtality.net/2008/10/10/drm-ea-games/comment-page-1#comment-17909 waku2waku Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:49:29 +0000 http://www.brewtality.net/2008/10/10/drm-ea-games#comment-17909 How badly is DRM and SecuROM needed? Another blog noted Pete Hines has announced that Fallout 3 will ship with little to no DRM whatsoever because they want to trust their paying customers. See http://www.aeropause.com/2008/...hip-on-pc-minus-drm/ If you want to pressure EA games to unbundle DRM and SecuROM, there’s a campaign that just started to refuse to buy EA games until they remove DRM and SecuROM from their software. Check it out at http://www.thepoint.com/campai...out-drm-and-secu-rom Figure each game costs $50 minimum, and if 500 people sign on, that would be $25,000 in lost revenue. For its loyal customer base, secretly adding DRM and SecuROM in their install is just not the way to treat us. The three issues are that DRM and SecuRom are being installed without the user realizing it; DRM limits the number of computers you can install it on to five (previously three); and SecuROM has been affecting some people’s computers to the point that they needed to re-format their hard drive and uninstall the game to get their computer returning to normal. And it takes just a minute to sign up. You can even sign anonymously. How badly is DRM and SecuROM needed? Another blog noted Pete Hines has announced that Fallout 3 will ship with little to no DRM whatsoever because they want to trust their paying customers. See http://www.aeropause.com/2008/…hip-on-pc-minus-drm/

If you want to pressure EA games to unbundle DRM and SecuROM, there’s a campaign that just started to refuse to buy EA games until they remove DRM and SecuROM from their software. Check it out at http://www.thepoint.com/campai…out-drm-and-secu-rom

Figure each game costs $50 minimum, and if 500 people sign on, that would be $25,000 in lost revenue. For its loyal customer base, secretly adding DRM and SecuROM in their install is just not the way to treat us.

The three issues are that DRM and SecuRom are being installed without the user realizing it; DRM limits the number of computers you can install it on to five (previously three); and SecuROM has been affecting some people’s computers to the point that they needed to re-format their hard drive and uninstall the game to get their computer returning to normal.

And it takes just a minute to sign up. You can even sign anonymously.

]]> Comment on Day 6 With Norton 360 by Wanderlust http://www.brewtality.net/2007/05/01/day-6-with-norton-360/comment-page-1#comment-17754 Wanderlust Thu, 01 May 2008 19:34:22 +0000 http://www.brewtality.net/2007/05/01/day-6-with-norton-360/#comment-17754 Ahhh... here's where the Norton 360 debacle started one year ago and continued in April 08 w/360 v2.... I think naming should have been Norton 180. Ahhh… here’s where the Norton 360 debacle started one year ago and continued in April 08 w/360 v2…. I think naming should have been Norton 180.

]]> Comment on Xbox 360 Games by Wanderlust http://www.brewtality.net/2007/05/01/xbox-360-games/comment-page-1#comment-17753 Wanderlust Thu, 01 May 2008 19:33:25 +0000 http://www.brewtality.net/2007/05/01/xbox-360-games/#comment-17753 Since I installed the "This Time Last Year" tool, I figured I'd comment occasionally on these. I can see that I was having a bad day on 5/1/2007! LOL I still agree but probably not as hard on Fight Night. I'm hoping a new one is coming soon... Since I installed the “This Time Last Year” tool, I figured I’d comment occasionally on these. I can see that I was having a bad day on 5/1/2007! LOL I still agree but probably not as hard on Fight Night. I’m hoping a new one is coming soon…

]]> Comment on Call of Duty 4 Domination by Wanderlust http://www.brewtality.net/2008/02/01/call-of-duty-4-domination/comment-page-1#comment-17410 Wanderlust Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:19:23 +0000 http://www.brewtality.net/2008/02/01/call-of-duty-4-domination#comment-17410 I focused on the first part of your message! heh I was surprised about the stats and then completely disappointed about the implementation. I didn't see the part about copying another players stats, that's even more ridiculous. I'm disappointed in the UT3 stats system as well (<a href="http://www.enemydown.co.uk/ut3stats.php?id=89693312" rel="nofollow">My Stats</a>). It's nothing like the old stats but it does work but it doesn't track recent games or a lot of stuff that 2004 supported or even 99. I think too much was done for console gamers (much like their mistake on 2003) and they're suppose to be releasing patches to make PC gamers happy again. Hopefully Activision will do something with CoD4 as well but I'm not holding my breath, they're cashing in on consoles and I don't think worry too much about the things they leave behind for the PC. I focused on the first part of your message! heh I was surprised about the stats and then completely disappointed about the implementation. I didn’t see the part about copying another players stats, that’s even more ridiculous.

I’m disappointed in the UT3 stats system as well (My Stats). It’s nothing like the old stats but it does work but it doesn’t track recent games or a lot of stuff that 2004 supported or even 99. I think too much was done for console gamers (much like their mistake on 2003) and they’re suppose to be releasing patches to make PC gamers happy again.

Hopefully Activision will do something with CoD4 as well but I’m not holding my breath, they’re cashing in on consoles and I don’t think worry too much about the things they leave behind for the PC.

]]> Comment on Call of Duty 4 Domination by Wanderlust http://www.brewtality.net/2008/02/01/call-of-duty-4-domination/comment-page-1#comment-17403 Wanderlust Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:20:28 +0000 http://www.brewtality.net/2008/02/01/call-of-duty-4-domination#comment-17403 Mine was mostly venting on my first few hours in CoD4. I went from playing TDM, which I've always loved in CoD and a similar situation (a good deal of camping) to outright camping in the Dom map where all you could see were snipers in the buildings. So I was fairly pissed off after that and wanted to vent. :) I've played a bit more but I still think UO and even 1 was more fun than 2 or 4. Mine was mostly venting on my first few hours in CoD4. I went from playing TDM, which I’ve always loved in CoD and a similar situation (a good deal of camping) to outright camping in the Dom map where all you could see were snipers in the buildings. So I was fairly pissed off after that and wanted to vent. :) I’ve played a bit more but I still think UO and even 1 was more fun than 2 or 4.

]]> Comment on Call of Duty 4 Domination by blackbird714 http://www.brewtality.net/2008/02/01/call-of-duty-4-domination/comment-page-1#comment-17398 blackbird714 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:36:14 +0000 http://www.brewtality.net/2008/02/01/call-of-duty-4-domination#comment-17398 I honestly haven't played CoD4 online *that* much, but the time I did spend in it I thoroughly enjoyed. Maybe you were just playing against a bunch of lamers that night. The one thing that I think is a bit disappointing about CoD4 on the PC is that the stats/progression system is very poorly implemented on the PC. Spidey says that he and/or one of his sons were bitten by the corrupt profile problem -- basically their stats were wiped out and they had to start at 0 again. Frustrating to say the least. But he said they learned that there is a file *on each PC* that tracks all of that data; so the affected person just had to get a copy of another player's stats file to start at their level!! Compared to stats tracking in UT and the Battlefield series', and progression/unlocks in BF, that is beyond lame. I think all of the positive reviews and/or awards for at least the PC version of CoD4 should be revoked on these grounds. I honestly haven’t played CoD4 online *that* much, but the time I did spend in it I thoroughly enjoyed. Maybe you were just playing against a bunch of lamers that night.

The one thing that I think is a bit disappointing about CoD4 on the PC is that the stats/progression system is very poorly implemented on the PC. Spidey says that he and/or one of his sons were bitten by the corrupt profile problem — basically their stats were wiped out and they had to start at 0 again. Frustrating to say the least.

But he said they learned that there is a file *on each PC* that tracks all of that data; so the affected person just had to get a copy of another player’s stats file to start at their level!!

Compared to stats tracking in UT and the Battlefield series’, and progression/unlocks in BF, that is beyond lame. I think all of the positive reviews and/or awards for at least the PC version of CoD4 should be revoked on these grounds.

]]> Comment on Battlefield 2142 (and all EA/DICE games) Bitch by BREWTALITY » Battlefield 2142 1.40 Patch http://www.brewtality.net/2007/11/04/battlefield-2142-and-all-eadice-games-bitch/comment-page-1#comment-16182 BREWTALITY » Battlefield 2142 1.40 Patch Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:42:02 +0000 http://www.brewtality.net/2007/11/04/battlefield-2142-and-all-eadice-games-bitch/#comment-16182 [...] can read my previous bitch about EA/DICE on BF2142 here.  I didn’t play the Tampa Highway map during the 1.40 beta, I had tried out the beta and [...] [...] can read my previous bitch about EA/DICE on BF2142 here.  I didn’t play the Tampa Highway map during the 1.40 beta, I had tried out the beta and [...]

]]> Comment on Desert Combat Fan? BF2 Fan? BF2142 Fan? Read Up! by BREWTALITY » Frontlines: Fuel of War BETA! http://www.brewtality.net/2007/06/22/desert-combat-fan-bf2-fan-bf2142-fan-read-up/comment-page-1#comment-15160 BREWTALITY » Frontlines: Fuel of War BETA! Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:56:15 +0000 http://www.brewtality.net/2007/06/22/desert-combat-fan-bf2-fan-bf2142-fan-read-up/#comment-15160 [...] If you’re not familiar with the game, I put a brief entry up in June here. [...] [...] If you’re not familiar with the game, I put a brief entry up in June here. [...]

]]> Comment on Did You Know That Your Xbox 360 Can Blog?? by Console Game Player XBox and XBox 360 News » A big list of linkers http://www.brewtality.net/2007/09/06/did-you-know-that-your-xbox-360-can-blog/comment-page-1#comment-14218 Console Game Player XBox and XBox 360 News » A big list of linkers Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:49:52 +0000 http://www.brewtality.net/2007/09/06/did-you-know-that-your-xbox-360-can-blog/#comment-14218 [...] Brewtality“Check out 360 Voice and sign up.” [...] [...] Brewtality“Check out 360 Voice and sign up.” [...]

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