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Boycott Starforce

I am at war with them.

Now, I have owned four games published with Starforce protecting them. Two from stores and two downloaded. Of the two games I've bought from stores (since '05), one I have still not got working and the other I had to wait until the company released a patch removing the Starforce protection systems from the game's files.

Of the two that I discovered in the left field of my PC ventures, both are working. Without a hitch. And no; I didn't have to unplug my CD drives or disable any IDE/AT channels (or what-the-fuck-ever) - just simple, old school Daemon Tools. Starforce, for all the world, thinks that my emulation drive is legit.

So, on this note, game publishesr: why? Why use this nutfuckingly screwball software to protect your games? It a) doesn't work, b) has been shown to damage OSs and CD drives (I believe) and c) causes the gamer untold additional stress and upset, even in those legitimate purchases.

Whatever the case, for the time being:

Hashishi - 3 , Starforce - 1

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troublemaker_42

On a somewhat related note, SONY dvds are tthe only ones I have ever had trouble copying....but, I rented "Employee of the Month" which didn't seem to be a Sony product, and couldn't rip it. Whats up with that? As a sidenote, I probably COULD find a way to rip it, as I CAN rip Sony movies if I go thru a few extra steps....but why not make it EASY like every other manufacturer out there?!?!

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k20

Yeah, true that... putting all this shit on makes things more difficult and drawn-out... everyone is gonna find a way to get by disc protection. It's just an annoyance.

innervision311

The ironic part is I've downloaded multiple games with Starforce protection and I've never had any problem running them. It's supposed to stop piracy (failed) but all it does is piss off paying customers.