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DRM for dummies (4.asset.soup.io)

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[–]Saydeelol 326 points327 points ago

Relevant: http://i.imgur.com/OCReC.gif

[–]OkonkwoJones 101 points102 points ago

This is actually much more accurate than the post itself.

[–]Exe_adrian 79 points80 points ago

and it has cats

[–]binary 34 points35 points ago

cats are funny

[–]KnightBlue 8 points9 points ago

cats = upvotes

[–]geckofishknight 1 point2 points ago

you killed the leaning tower of post-sa :(

[–]romanius24 4 points5 points ago

Cats ARE reddit!

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    [–]Isatis_tinctoria 9 points10 points ago

    I don't understand. What does this represent?

    [–]BrainSlurper 19 points20 points ago

    Pirates piss off the DRM and the paying customer gets hurt?

    [–]mama_llama 11 points12 points ago

    DRM is basically some thing that is used to prevent people from pirating things, but usually the pirates just work around it and still get things for free, while the people who actually payed for the things have to suffer from DRM.

    EDIT: Why are people downvoting Isatis_tinctoria because they didn't understand the gif?

    [–]Isatis_tinctoria 4 points5 points ago

    So, is DRM law or a set of barriers, like firewall, preventing people from downloading things illegally?

    [–]blazedaces 4 points5 points ago

    A set of barriers placed by the manufacturer. It's originally intended purpose is to stop people from copying or "abusing" copyright. What ends up happening though is pirates know easy ways to get around them, so normal paying customers just get shafted. For example, not allowing you to back up a song or movie like you may smartly do as a precautionary measure.

    [–]Isatis_tinctoria 2 points3 points ago

    So, the pirates are making things worse for people who pay?

    Easy ways? I'm thinking they just guess a bunch of codes and that probably takes a long time.

    [–]RealityRush 1 point2 points ago

    Easy ways as in all they have to do is torrent the game from the Pirate Bay and after changing a few files as per the instructions included in a .txt file with the download they can play, that simple.

    Also, no, pirates are not making it worse for people that pay. There will always be people that abuse every system, that isn't a good reason for those that control the system to screw everyone else over trying to stop them when they know it isn't possible to do so. For every intelligent and creative programming security guru, there is hundreds of hackers to get around whatever he can do. It's a waste of time to try and prevent it.

    People abuse Canada's free universal healthcare, that doesn't mean the government should start finding ways to make it harder to use the system because you'd piss a lot of people off that actually need it.

    [–]Isatis_tinctoria 0 points1 point ago

    That is interesting. I thought you had to be well versed in computers to do such things.

    Have you ever played Civ III?

    [–]RealityRush 1 point2 points ago

    Na, anyone can get around DRM with just a little bit of smarts and Google :P

    And yes, I've played Civ III. Why do you ask?

    [–]Isatis_tinctoria 0 points1 point ago

    I was wondering if you knw where I could procure one. I have bought four copies, but they are all for pc, and I have a mac...

    [–]mama_llama 1 point2 points ago

    Yes, pretty much. Things such as making some one get an account on their game playing software, like Steam or Origin or it won't let you play/install the game. Also, putting in a code when installing the game. The code found on the physical copy of the game (some where in the booklet). So, if you're a paying customer and you lost the game's booklet, you will have to either find a code online or never play your game that you payed money for.

    You can read more about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management#Computer_games

    [–]Isatis_tinctoria 2 points3 points ago

    So, wait, how do Pirates get around this? I don't understand. Do they just guess a bunch of codes?

    [–]jsn0x 2 points3 points ago

    A purely hypothetical scenario here... Someone used to use Napster. They charge a subscription fee every month so the customer can listen to/download the music. Napster has DRM protection on every music file you download from them, so once your month subscription is up you can't play your music... on your computer or on any device. It also prevents you from using your device on a lot of players and mp3 players. Then come along the hypothetical pirates and they develop Tunebite... a program that plays your music at hyperspeed and digitally records it to a mp3 file free of DRM protection.

    Pirates get the MP3's and paying customers get a shitty DRM protected file that doesn't work on half the stuff you want it to.

    And a hypothetical ending to my hypothetical story would be someone using Replay Music to record Pandora and Youtube to MP3's and have their info automatically entered instead of paying for Napster.

    Gosh I wish I was a pirate... they always do the cool stuff.

    [–]Isatis_tinctoria 0 points1 point ago

    I guess you could put a video recorder next to a computer and have it record a youtube video.

    [–]jsn0x 0 points1 point ago

    REPLAY MUSIC

    [–]LaughterIsTheBestMed 0 points1 point ago

    You wish you were a pirate? Stop wishing and join us, damnit.

    [–]mama_llama 1 point2 points ago

    Pirates download a file (typically a .iso file) that copies the game disc, and then they use a program to trick their computer into thinking they put the disc in (a good example is http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/downloads). This "tricking" is using the program to do some thing called "mounting" the file. This makes the computer think that you put in the disc. Then, you go to your Computer (sorry if this is different on Mac, I use a PC) and in your disc drives, you double click and start your setup. When it asks for the code that I talked about, you Google around for a code (or use a code generator called a keygen) and copy and paste it into your installation.

    After it installs, you use some thing called a crack. The crack is usually included in the installation. It basically is the "bunch of codes" that makes the game work. You drag the crack into the game's folder (usually a folder called "bin") and it replaces the game's original files of the same name.

    That should usually work, but some games have different DRM that requires more things. The instructions are usually outlined in the download.

    [–]Isatis_tinctoria 2 points3 points ago

    It seems like it requires a great deal of finesse.

    I have a mac, but I'm familiar with a PC.

    Is this illegal?

    It seems this court case allows for some leeway: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Galoob_Toys,_Inc._v._Nintendo_of_America,_Inc.

    Have you ever played Civ III?

    [–]rtarplee 1 point2 points ago

    Its against the law to pirate, like its against the law to smoke weed. That being said, this stuff is incredibly easy to find on TPB, and usually it all comes with instructions. If not, the torrent commnts usually have a good deal of info if anything about the process is glitched or tricky. Paying for a game gives you peace of mind because you insert, install, update, play. When you d/l, its free, but usually the sacrifice is the download, unrar, install, the program(s) used to make it work, proper support, and of course the instant ability to play online. Tl;dr, download single player games, save $ for games you wanna play online

    [–]Isatis_tinctoria 0 points1 point ago

    I see what you're saying.

    Well, I mean I have paid for the one game I have, Starcraft II. I don't have any other computer games except for my video games and gameboy games, which my parents got for me.

    [–]mama_llama 1 point2 points ago

    It seems like it requires a great deal of finesse.

    It seems complicated, but really, it's four basic things. Most games are pretty easy to get though.

    *Download it.

    *Get a code

    *Install

    *Use crack

    Is this illegal?

    I believe it is, yes. But I'm not extremely familiar with the legal issues of it. I think it's a copyright violation.

    It seems this court case allows for some leeway: [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Galoob_Toys,_Inc._v._Nintendo_of_America,_Inc.

    Interesting, I've never heard of that! I think that deals with mods and cheats more than pirating, but yes that probably did offer some leeway.

    Have you ever played Civ III?

    Unfortunately not. I read that Civ IV was considered the best one, so I did get that. I enjoyed it immensely, but I didn't find that it kept me playing for too long, I got bored of it rather fast. So I never went back to the other Civ games. If you recommend it, I'll certainly try it out.

    [–]Isatis_tinctoria 0 points1 point ago

    Well, I'm only familiar with the case, because I wanted to do some legal research before looking into emulators. Apparently, if you own the game already, it is fine to get an emulator. Seeing, as I have like two copies of every Pokemon game, I think it might be find to have an emulator for a Pokemon game. (I just lost games and then had to procure other ones and when I bought the other ones, I found the former game under the couch. Good old early 2000s as a kid.)

    I definitely recommend Civ III. I actually loved playing it. I loved playing it and now I am studying government and international relations in college, and the civiepedia greatly helped.

    I don't know where to get it now, because I have a mac and steam only has it for windows. Do you have any advice?

    [–]telswood 27 points28 points ago

    Cats

    [–]BevansDesign 7 points8 points ago

    Cats are funny. And the grainier the video, the better.

    [–]Gamand 2 points3 points ago

    Bigfoot approves

    [–]CasterlyRockNRoll 1 point2 points ago

    No sir, you just described the internet.

    [–]dReDone 2 points3 points ago

    God forbid someone doesn't know what DRM is! What has Reddit become where people can't even ask a question about something they haven't heard of. Don't worry buddy, I'll offset the downvoters.

    [–]WillowDRosenberg 406 points407 points ago

    imgur: http://i.imgur.com/DoCup.gif

    [–]georgebullis 159 points160 points ago

    Like night and day.

    [–]shillbert[!] 62 points63 points ago

    DAY MAN, FIGHTER OF THE NIGHT MAN

    [–]sonastyinc 28 points29 points ago

    Champion of the sun

    [–]Shoryucas 21 points22 points ago

    He's a master of karate

    [–]illogic6 15 points16 points ago

    and friendship

    [–]Shawnyall 9 points10 points ago

    for everyone.

    [–]beastoftheeast69 4 points5 points ago

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_JUlXh7sP8

    First dubstep song i could ever actually enjoy

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      [–]b1gl0s3r 1 point2 points ago

      for everyone.

      [–]billebob2 3 points4 points ago

      And friendship

      [–]DoomNeck 5 points6 points ago

      Master of karate! AND FRIENDSHIP!

      [–]baronxs 8 points9 points ago

      Ah AHH ahh

      [–]kryonik 4 points5 points ago

      Nightman and Dayman*

      [–]MVolta 105 points106 points ago

      god thank you. I actually was able to watch this one at least twice in the time it took for OP's link to play once

      [–]VordLader 34 points35 points ago

      I thought that was just me... came to the comments to find out of anyone elses shit loaded ridiculously slow

      [–]Yetanothertroll 2 points3 points ago

      I thought OP was a retard referencing some in joke. Came to the comments to find out wtf a random picture of a chick singing and a dude had to do with DRM. The guy didn't even look piratey.

      Then I saw this gif that loaded instantly and was like oh okay.

      [–]jimb3rt 5 points6 points ago

      I was able to watch it 6 times before OP's link began to load

      [–]waywaybaairwa 3 points4 points ago

      Twice? I could have watched it at least 10 times. I waited on OP and I don't know why. I usually give up.

      [–]tellhersafe 1 point2 points ago

      I actually looked at several other gifs while I waited for that one to load.

      [–]OhNoAShark 0 points1 point ago

      Yea I don't know whats wrong with th

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        [–]gustavohw 9 points10 points ago

        DoCup.gif

        [–]jarxg 1 point2 points ago

        Do it.

        [–]Dizmn 0 points1 point ago

        find another girl to do it with you.

        [–]FCalleja 7 points8 points ago

        Damn, thank you, I swear I could have downloaded the video in full HD in half the time it took the OP's gif to load.

        [–]Lurking_Grue 4 points5 points ago

        Wow! That one actually loaded.

        [–]Mntfrd_Graverobber 0 points1 point ago

        TIL my interwebs work really well. It was like night and night.

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          [–]reseph 175 points176 points ago

          Slowest loaded gif ever. What kind of servers are these, dialup?

          [–]ithinkiamgod 116 points117 points ago

          What is this, a server for ants?! (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

          [–]sheepyowl 25 points26 points ago

          Sites crumble under the weight of Reddit...

          [–]srry72 18 points19 points ago

          You calling me fat?

          [–]sheepyowl 4 points5 points ago

          I'm sorry... I wanted to track your IP, but I didn't know which IP address was correct since you have so many.

          [–]Layzeeboi 0 points1 point ago

          Don't even try man. He's behind around 7 proxies or something.

          [–]ariana00 1 point2 points ago

          Brace yourselves.

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              [–]Se7en_Sinner 720 points721 points ago

              http://i.imgur.com/yABui.png

              [–]joethebob 244 points245 points ago

              Original source: http://www.explosm.net/comics/1881/

              [–]Ztiller 35 points36 points ago

              http://www.kontraband.com/pics/22871/Thanks-Captain-Crack-Patches/

              [–]B_RAD_8 11 points12 points ago

              i wish after a certain amount of pirated downloads you got a free parrot. at least an eye patch or something.

              [–]HermannTheGerman 15 points16 points ago

              Nobody will be giving you stuff for free.

              I'm afraid you will have to pirate that parrot.

              [–]waywaybaairwa 10 points11 points ago

              You wouldn't download a parrot.

              [–]Yetanothertroll 0 points1 point ago

              Hell yes I would. Give me a 3D organic printer and a copy of Frankenstein so I can figure out how to start the heart of a created object.

              Hopefully because the parrot is pretty it won't try to kill its creator.

              [–]kpthunder 0 points1 point ago

              I would if I could!

              [–]X-Craft 0 points1 point ago

              I heard you can download a ram, so why not a parrot?

              [–]03Titanium 1 point2 points ago

              Well if they did sell the parrots then someone would be making money off of pirated games.

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                [–]ShallowBasketcase 4 points5 points ago

                That's why I keep eyepatches conveniently stashed all over the place, so when I hit that magic number of downloads, I can whip one out of nowhere and become a true pirate.

                Also, in case of eyepatch-emergencies, I will be crazy prepared.

                [–]jennrenn 2 points3 points ago

                Do you also stash balls around town in case of ball emergencies?

                [–]ShallowBasketcase 2 points3 points ago

                Yep.

                No wigs though. I should probably do something about that... you never know when a wig-related emergency is going to happen...

                [–]JFloUnknown 2 points3 points ago

                I really need to change one of yall's tag colors cuz I keep getting confused..

                [–]ShallowBasketcase 2 points3 points ago

                How does one stalk that which is omnipresent?

                [–]Nerca 60 points61 points ago

                That's 8th real upvote i've given you, I like you.

                Wanna be friends?

                [–]Kattzalos 43 points44 points ago

                Damn, I have given him 54.

                [–]Kastenbr0t 29 points30 points ago

                He just got my 73rd upvote..

                [–]Poseidome 15 points16 points ago

                i'm smelling a karma-conspiracy! to the reddit-mobile!

                [–]tornato7 8 points9 points ago

                I just gave him my 10 pentillionth upvote

                [–]Gentle_Lamp 6 points7 points ago

                You're a 0 short.

                [–]waywaybaairwa 4 points5 points ago

                I feel bad. I haven't given him any.

                [–]aco620 1 point2 points ago

                Don't worry about it. In a week or two he'll do something to piss everyone off and they'll witch hunt him. Then you'll never see his account again anyway.

                [–]waywaybaairwa 1 point2 points ago

                He's the Se7en_Sinner this website needs.

                [–]JD5 1 point2 points ago

                81 from me. Can anyone top that?

                [–]tornato7 5 points6 points ago

                http://i.imgur.com/dQDRv.png

                [–]JD5 1 point2 points ago

                Impressive. It must have taken a while to upvote them all individually.

                [–]tornato7 6 points7 points ago

                I used the AJ method so it went quicker.

                [–]JD5 3 points4 points ago

                Oh, well in that case it's not very impressive at all.

                [–]crispylego 1 point2 points ago

                I just gave him my 204th.

                [–]waywaybaairwa 4 points5 points ago

                Yes, but what has he given you?

                [–]runs-with-scissors 1 point2 points ago

                Laughter.

                [–]waywaybaairwa 0 points1 point ago

                Yeah, but who wants medicine?

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                  [–]LovelyComrade 4 points5 points ago

                  You're just perfect for each other.

                  [–]whywasthisupvoted 1 point2 points ago

                  iirc he's a she. she posted a picture of herself with her cat, of course

                  [–]Ihavetheinternets 1 point2 points ago

                  I've actually given him only 1 downvote, I guess I can make it neutral.

                  [–]stratamartin 2 points3 points ago

                  Is he doing what Trapped in Reddit did with karma decay, I see him atop the comments frequently, as trapped in Reddit was before him.

                  [–]WezVC 2 points3 points ago

                  Always with an image or a gif.

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                    [–]Eustis 4 points5 points ago

                    I should have known this would be the top comment in a DRM thread.

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                      [–]ThatIsMyHat 51 points52 points ago

                      That clip is from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, for those of you wondering. It's a good show.

                      [–]MBuddah 24 points25 points ago

                      dayman vs. nightman vs. greenman

                      GO

                      [–]ESPguitarist 13 points14 points ago

                      You have to pay to the troll toll to get into this boys hole.

                      [–]davvblack 6 points7 points ago

                      It sounds like you're saying 'boy's hole'.

                      [–]ESPguitarist 8 points9 points ago

                      It's boy's soul, Frank. Boy's soul!

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                        [–]Sovietcafe 4 points5 points ago

                        Just finished a milk steak and some cat food, so I got this.

                        Dayman would defeat Nightman, obviously. He's a master of karate, and Nightman's karate is shit. Also he smells, and Dayman is way better looking and doesn't smell, and he doesn't eat butts like all the butts that Mac Nightman eats.

                        Green is a color, and color can't exist without light, right? So Dayman would defeat Greenman as well, BUT they would never fight each other in the first place! Because if Greenman were to kill Dayman, he too would die because science, so he would be killing himself, which obviously means that they're THE SAME PERSON! This is just like, stuff I learned in school, or something. I don't know anything about it.

                        Sincerely,

                        Charlie

                        The Wildcard (not Charlie)

                        (((~---!Transcribed by: Dennis Reynolds Enterprises---!~))) "Oh yes... It's real."

                        [–]fumfar 2 points3 points ago

                        I watched every episode available in 5 days. Yeah, it's a good show.

                        [–]Mntfrd_Graverobber 0 points1 point ago

                        Thanks. I was wondering where the next gif showing the green guy getting the shit kicked out of him for being a fucking asshole was.

                        [–]Sengura 28 points29 points ago

                        Fucking slowest loading gif in the universe.

                        [–]VladimirStrelok 3 points4 points ago

                        Preston and Steve in the background!

                        [–]caribou16 9 points10 points ago

                        TIL John Runyan is a pirate.

                        [–]jbrandim 0 points1 point ago

                        You mean Congressman Jon Runyan. He actually does not look that big in person.

                        [–]Ironbird420 5 points6 points ago

                        So much for a 100mbit connection, brought to it's knees by a .gif.

                        [–]THEsolid85 6 points7 points ago

                        thanks to the domain 4.asset.soup.io, this gif might be done loading by the time I'm finished typing out this reply.

                        edit: nope.

                        edit 2: the big guy just finished standing up

                        edit 3: what's gonna happen next?

                        edit 4: LOL! he hit the lady instead!

                        [–]KRSFive 3 points4 points ago

                        I got married, had three children and put them all through college by the time this gif finished loading. Holy fuck.

                        [–]Pylons 17 points18 points ago

                        "Related" means that posts must contain gaming-related content in the link/post body, not just a "forced" connection via the title or a caption added to the content.

                        [–]V2Blast[M] 0 points1 point ago

                        Correct.

                        [–]DrJimmyRustler 80 points81 points ago

                        This has never been posted before. Ever. Thank you OP

                        [–]sailawaysail 82 points83 points ago

                        The sarcasm...is strong with this one

                        [–]Eustis 21 points22 points ago

                        Sarcasm for dummies

                        [–]ActuallyTomatoes 28 points29 points ago

                        like this?

                        [–]Eustis 2 points3 points ago

                        Exactly!

                        [–]V2Blast 0 points1 point ago

                        deviantArt image page

                        I'm surprised nobody has made a bot to do this yet.

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                          [–]SarcasmSensor 0 points1 point ago

                          BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

                          [–]Eustis 18 points19 points ago

                          Dr. Jimmy Rustler, is there any thing we can do?

                          [–]sailawaysail 5 points6 points ago

                          The only thing I can prescribe is to make snarky comments, because actually calling out the reposts results in an onslaught of downvotes and comments like "It's new to me!!"

                          [–]Ztiller 69 points70 points ago

                          http://imgur.com/h4h8A

                          [–]Lurking_And_Stalking 34 points35 points ago

                          God, that thing is terrifying.

                          [–]Chrome_Sponge 5 points6 points ago

                          I want more backstory...what is it?

                          [–]AllemandsMiniscules 5 points6 points ago

                          An experiment gone wrong.

                          [–]MoreThanRandom 11 points12 points ago

                          A person, Jim.

                          [–]Chrome_Sponge 1 point2 points ago

                          If you are trying to tell me that the thing in that picture is classified as a person, then I'll think you're lying.

                          Seriously though, is it from a video? Is the picture old (and in that case ironic)?

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                            [–]phildis 10 points11 points ago

                            The ever-elusive Original Content!

                            [–]RealityIsMyReligion 5 points6 points ago

                            The ever-elusive Original Content!

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                              [–]pooponascoop 2 points3 points ago

                              I love how all of the guys laughed.

                              [–]hobroken 5 points6 points ago

                              Then the pirate sits back down: "whelp! My work is done!"

                              [–]SureIllShopThat 1 point2 points ago

                              I just like how the pirate promptly sit backs down once he sees the lady get pegged in the face.

                              [–]CornOnTheKobGuy 1 point2 points ago

                              Preston and Steve are extras in the background for this clip in case any of you are Philly redditers.

                              [–]supson6437 1 point2 points ago

                              WHY DO GIFS LOAD SO SLOW?? OMFG

                              [–]Aperire 1 point2 points ago

                              This one is my favorite.

                              [–]vxx 11 points12 points ago

                              This analogy is brilliant.

                              [–]feureau 13 points14 points ago

                              I've been trying to get Microsoft Flight working on my PC. For some fucked up reason, most of the missions are locked until I log in to Live and stay logged in. And for some reason, logging in to Live kept failing. (I can login, it would then demand that I update something but then it would keep failing to upload and I'd have to restart the game)

                              DRM is fucked. I'm torrenting MS Flight Simulator X.

                              [–]mmine1 1 point2 points ago

                              Really? My copy of the game doesn't even have any mention of LIVE. The only DRM I encountered was putting in the CD Key.

                              [–]feureau 1 point2 points ago

                              Did you mean MS Flight simulator or MS Flight?

                              MS Flight doesn't need CD key because it's free-to-play, but mine requested a CD key, and had to do some DRM workaround that some MS software engineer has spread around the forum. And it requires LIVE to be able to unlock some missions, planes etc.

                              [–]mmine1 0 points1 point ago

                              I'm talking about MS Flight Simulator.

                              [–]feureau 0 points1 point ago

                              MS Flight is the free-to-play successor to MS Flight Simulator.

                              [–]G_A 1 point2 points ago

                              MS Flight and MS's Flight Sim X are to different games, FSX has no DRM, and whilst has numerous greater features to Flight, it doesn't look nearly as pretty.

                              Flight also has the horrible GFWL DRM, but is F2P with a DLC element of purchasing additional islands to fly about.

                              [–]mmine1 0 points1 point ago

                              Oh yeah. I was remarking on how FSX has no DRM, and I love it.

                              [–]UselessRedditor 0 points1 point ago

                              FSX is so much better than Flight, in my opinion

                              [–]feureau 0 points1 point ago

                              Really? :3

                              [–]mitraidos 0 points1 point ago

                              GFWL is a real piece of crap. I bought Bioshock 2 over steam, and had to activate twice(1 over steam, 1 over GFWL) to only figure out GFWL is not supported in my region and I had to crack it to save the game >.<

                              I won't be purchasing games with GFWL DRM.

                              [–]feureau 0 points1 point ago

                              That is really depressing... :(

                              feelsbadman.jpg

                              [–]Abedeus 0 points1 point ago

                              I never finished my legal copy of Airline Tycoon I got for Christmas... a dozen years ago or more. Why?

                              Apparently, game thinks the CD I got along with a big box, a manual and printed original cover on it is illegal, so it locks the "airplane management devices" such as notebook and the globe in office. So, I can do free-play... but missions can never be finished. Always stuck on 2nd mission, a day at most before finishing it.

                              [–]Eustis 12 points13 points ago

                              No. YOU are brilliant vxx.

                              [–]skocznymroczny 9 points10 points ago

                              Steam is also DRM, a nasty one btw.

                              [–]tenkei 20 points21 points ago

                              True. But Steam also provides a convenient service and positive benefits. And it doesn't break my computer like some other shitty DRM systems. Granted, Steam is certainly not perfect and needs some work, but it is far better than most DRM I've encountered.

                              [–]UncleBone 4 points5 points ago

                              True, but not ALL titles on Steam use Steam for DRM purposes (Crusader Kings 2 to name but one) and Steam ALSO has other features that mean it isn't JUST DRM. (Such as friends etc...)

                              So there is a vast difference between Steam and, say, Securom, which offers the user zero benefits whatsoever.

                              [–]skocznymroczny 6 points7 points ago

                              Well, by Steam I mean Steamworks, since we're talking about DRM.

                              Things that Steamworks DRM has:

                              • online activations, not once, but practically every time you try to play the game excluding offline mode

                              • offline mode which works for 30% of people, for 30% of people requires to go offline while being online (lolwtf), and for remaining 40% it just doesn't work.

                              • game trading/reselling is impossible

                              All three of these would be unthinkable 10 years ago and if a company like EA tried to pull it off the gaming community uproar would be massive. What's even more ridiculous is people going "no Steam no buy", begging for DRM in their game, thinking they want their collection in one place. No, that's what they think they want, what they really want is the 75% sales where they buy most of their games.

                              Also, if at any point Steam goes out of business, you can say goodbye to your games through legit channels (you will be probably forced to use cracks to play your games).

                              Stuff like friendlists can be useful but not for everyone. Me and all of my gaming friends use XFire for that so Steam would be just additional stuff to install.

                              [–]crugerdk[!] 5 points6 points ago

                              tbh - steam was quite controversial when it came first came out.

                              I remember a lot of bitching about having to activate a single player game (HL2 in this case) online.

                              [–]UselessRedditor 5 points6 points ago

                              game trading/reselling is impossible

                              Welcome to PC gaming, the free cheese is on the right

                              [–]skocznymroczny 1 point2 points ago

                              damn, I remember when PC gamers were able to resell their games and laughed at stuff like online passes/XBL/PSN being implemented on consoles

                              [–]MrPeppa 0 points1 point ago

                              But you can't share it with anyone. Kraft will come after you!

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                              [–]skocznymroczny 0 points1 point ago

                              I know that no DRM provides much more benefits and conveniences and it's not a problem at all.

                              [–]110011001100 0 points1 point ago

                              The no game reselling is partially compensated for by the heavy discounts

                              [–]UncleBone 0 points1 point ago

                              The online activations can sometimes be avoided if you run the game from it's actual directory. For example in offline mode you'll sometimes get "failed to connect to key server". Just go into the game directory and run the exe and 9 times out of 10 it'll work.

                              Offline mode is weird. I've never had any issues at all.

                              As for trading/reselling, I've never done that so it doesn't bother me.

                              I can see your point, don't get me wrong, but Steam is certainly the lesser of the many evils right now.

                              As for them going out of business, Valve have sworn from the start that if Steam ever disappeared they'd fix it so we wouldn't lose all our games.

                              [–]KRSFive 0 points1 point ago

                              The ridiculous "offline mode" is horrible. I bought all these games I wanted to play during a 14 hr road trip, but nope. "You can't play without an internet connection"

                              Really? Really Steam? I dropped money for a game that I can't play whenever, wherever, or however I want?

                              And thus, I haven't used steam again.

                              [–]alexanderpas 0 points1 point ago

                              On the other hand:

                              • No more (fragile) CD's and corresponding CD checks (or being unable to play the game because you lost your manual).
                              • Being able to download and play the game wherever you have an Internet Connection.

                              Basically, steam has replaced a stack of CD's and corresponding manuals with an Internet Connection, DRM-wise.

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                                [–]dtxer 1 point2 points ago

                                steam was nasty but steam today is acutally quite enjoyable. And yes it's DRM but still HAIL GABE MASTER OF THE SSS (steam summer sale)

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                                  [–]89rovi 2 points3 points ago

                                  The text 'DRM' and 'PAYING CUSTOMER' moves, but 'PIRATES' doesn't.

                                  [–]Rakoons 6 points7 points ago

                                  Maybe it's a metaphor for how paying customers will sooner or later leave the industry but the pirates will always stay?

                                  [–]89rovi 4 points5 points ago

                                  Probably.

                                  [–]oiturtlez 7 points8 points ago

                                  10/10 would watch again.

                                  [–]Eustis 41 points42 points ago

                                  Good thing it's a gif

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                                    [–]chuckles2011 3 points4 points ago

                                    Upvote for slowest loading GIF ever.

                                    [–]visionviper 0 points1 point ago

                                    DRM annoys me. I have a CableCard tuner and Time Warner Cable, which means everything I record is flagged as protected and encrypted. I would like to make a huge collection of shows I love (The Crocodile Hunter, Good Eats, etc) but I also know that if something happens to my server and it requires a re-install of Windows or I upgrade and have to re-install Windows I lose them. All of them. I would never be able to play them again. I guess I can just keep going to torrent sites like I always have to get copies of TV shows.

                                    [–]AnorexicBuddha 0 points1 point ago

                                    Okay, I know basically what DRM is and its purpose, but why exactly is it bad for the consumers?

                                    [–]ElectronicPotato 1 point2 points ago

                                    Well, there are diffrent kinds of DRM and some are really just fucking ridicoulus. Like the Diablo III one. You cant even play without being logged in and when the servers are jammed or they have to do maintance you're basiclly fucked.

                                    [–]AnorexicBuddha 0 points1 point ago

                                    But that seems like an extreme DRM. What's an average, run of the mill DRM?

                                    [–]Aquaristkid 0 points1 point ago

                                    This is what I picture when I hear "Gender Equality"

                                    [–]twas_a_walrus 0 points1 point ago

                                    Hahaha, I love how the big guy just sits back down after the ball hits the woman. "Alright, that's what I thought!"

                                    [–]Popkarma 0 points1 point ago

                                    The best part was watching it load ><

                                    [–]bryandtucker 0 points1 point ago

                                    The longest loading gif ever.

                                    [–]allocater 0 points1 point ago

                                    Pirate sits down instead of defending the womans honor!?

                                    [–]MoshMuth 0 points1 point ago

                                    Loading this on my phone made the build up so much better.

                                    [–]raikren 0 points1 point ago

                                    Call me lazy, but can someone explain this to me? The relation between DRM Pirates and Consumers.

                                    [–]STArsonist 0 points1 point ago

                                    The fact that pirates can break through drm eventually anyway just means that it's left to, as shown in the gif, hurt the paying and honest customers :/

                                    [–]Eighthsin 0 points1 point ago

                                    No matter how high you build a wall, someone is going to find a way to the other side. That's why we've been to the moon.

                                    Companies need to ally with their paying customers. All it takes is.a little extra incentive. Like how cereals make you collect UPC codes. They do that because it works.

                                    [–]Fr_ENT 0 points1 point ago

                                    Does anyone have a link to the video for this gif? Thanks in advance.

                                    [–]Ivan_of_Zeta 0 points1 point ago

                                    The ball needs spikes

                                    [–]dancingdudesean 0 points1 point ago

                                    She didn't pay for that ball, who's the real pirate?

                                    [–]JSX1A 0 points1 point ago

                                    Ah, lovely.

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