The Town of Odyssey

KODY 105 wrote:

Jonathan wrote:

KODY 105 wrote:

Mireille Bouquet wrote:wasn't there some form of anti-copyright-violation software that attached itself to one's computer after installing the game?
because if this is that game, eep.

*nods*
It's called Digital Rights Management. My dad was trying to explain it to me. It's worse than what you think. If I understood my dad correctly, the DRM attaches itself indelibly! One would have to take pains on the order of $1,000 or more to remove it with special processes only a few labs in the country have the money for.

heh, I wonder if my friend knows about that.....

Maybe you should tell him... but if he has already installed it, it's too late!

Oh, it's too late, which is why I was wondering if he knew about it ahead of time.

I wanted to get it sooooooo bad, but my parents wouldn't let me.

....they have issued a patch that removes the DRM, also....DRM isn't that hard to uninstall, it definitely doesn't cost 1,000s of dollars and require a special lab, you just need to know your way around a terminal.

By the way, I torrented the mac version just a bit ago and started playing it, i'm in creature stage now, it's very...intruiging...definitely more of a game than the sims, but still sort of a sim.

ek wrote:....they have issued a patch that removes the DRM, also....DRM isn't that hard to uninstall, it definitely doesn't cost 1,000s of dollars and require a special lab, you just need to know your way around a terminal.

By the way, I torrented the mac version just a bit ago and started playing it, i'm in creature stage now, it's very...intruiging...definitely more of a game than the sims, but still sort of a sim.

'Tis made by the same dude who designed Sims.

Amethystic wrote:

ek wrote:....they have issued a patch that removes the DRM, also....DRM isn't that hard to uninstall, it definitely doesn't cost 1,000s of dollars and require a special lab, you just need to know your way around a terminal.

By the way, I torrented the mac version just a bit ago and started playing it, i'm in creature stage now, it's very...intruiging...definitely more of a game than the sims, but still sort of a sim.

'Tis made by the same dude who designed Sims.

Yeah, that's why I compared it to the sims.

What I meant by "still sort of a sim" I meant it's still sort of a Simulator.

ek wrote:

Amethystic wrote:

ek wrote:....they have issued a patch that removes the DRM, also....DRM isn't that hard to uninstall, it definitely doesn't cost 1,000s of dollars and require a special lab, you just need to know your way around a terminal.

By the way, I torrented the mac version just a bit ago and started playing it, i'm in creature stage now, it's very...intruiging...definitely more of a game than the sims, but still sort of a sim.

'Tis made by the same dude who designed Sims.

Yeah, that's why I compared it to the sims.

What I meant by "still sort of a sim" I meant it's still sort of a Simulator.

Was that supposed to be a joke?

Amethystic wrote:

ek wrote:

Amethystic wrote:

ek wrote:....they have issued a patch that removes the DRM, also....DRM isn't that hard to uninstall, it definitely doesn't cost 1,000s of dollars and require a special lab, you just need to know your way around a terminal.

By the way, I torrented the mac version just a bit ago and started playing it, i'm in creature stage now, it's very...intruiging...definitely more of a game than the sims, but still sort of a sim.

'Tis made by the same dude who designed Sims.

Yeah, that's why I compared it to the sims.

What I meant by "still sort of a sim" I meant it's still sort of a Simulator.

Was that supposed to be a joke?

No, just abbreviating.


Then expounding on the prior abbreviation which took more time than making the original post. Bah.

ek wrote:

Amethystic wrote:

ek wrote:

Amethystic wrote:

ek wrote:....they have issued a patch that removes the DRM, also....DRM isn't that hard to uninstall, it definitely doesn't cost 1,000s of dollars and require a special lab, you just need to know your way around a terminal.

By the way, I torrented the mac version just a bit ago and started playing it, i'm in creature stage now, it's very...intruiging...definitely more of a game than the sims, but still sort of a sim.

'Tis made by the same dude who designed Sims.

Yeah, that's why I compared it to the sims.

What I meant by "still sort of a sim" I meant it's still sort of a Simulator.

Was that supposed to be a joke?

No, Just abbreviating.

Good, cause that would have been a very lame joke...

I can see how it would be perceived as a lame joke, but no, it wasn't intended to be...

spore is awesome.

I have it and I have to say I'm impressed. It's an addictive game!