Spartan

Spartan

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Reply to Do you really want Steam to be your only option? Are you sure? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Alfonse" reply="19" id="2060921"] upsetting the traditional balance between the interests of copyright owners and the interests of the public. No matter what you can say on this DRM vs. consumer rights issues, the cold fact is is that consumers broke the rules first. We had a nice set of rules: rights holders print some media, consumers who purchase that media within the legal provisions of Fair Use. Fair Use would be ripping your legally purchased and owned CD to your h

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Reply to The FTC needs YOUR input in the War on DRM! in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

@Heavenfall - Thanks for your support! @Tamren - go for it. You can take the spin out of it if you want and or make it more "G" oriented. The goal is to spread the word to as many communities as possible. I dont care if I get credit for anything; I always stay behind the scenes anyway. The results are the only thing that matters to me.

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The FTC needs YOUR input in the War on DRM! in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Well folks the FTC will be holding a policy meeting focused on DRM at the University of Washington Law School in the William H. Gates Hall (what irony) and the public's opinion is solicited. The government needs to hear from us the unwashed masses that have been getting shit on for nearly a decade with

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Reply to Do you really want Steam to be your only option? Are you sure? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Well maybe there is hope in the war against DRM. The EFF has formally asked the FTC to outlaw DRM! DRM does not prevent piracy. At this point, DRM seems intended to accomplish a very different purpose: giving some industry leaders unprecedented power to influence the pace and nature of innovation and upsetting the traditional balance between the interests of copyright owners and the interests of the public. The best way to fi

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Reply to Any Europa Universalis players recommend the game? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="CrazyC0330" reply="23" id="2059614"] Perhaps. But then it certainly doesn't hurt to have some gamers go over there and let 'em know about your desire to have it on Impulse as well.[/quote] Have no worries. I already pimp Impulse to other developers whos products that are worthy. Hell I like to think that in some small way I'm responsible for the PI titles on Impulse. After all I was pushing them on the forums and in private emails to join you guys before Impulse

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Reply to Why the Credit Bureaus Can't Get It Right in Everything Else Elemental Forums

[quote who="Daiwa" reply="25" id="2058139"] the version we got shoved on us via the GOP I could swear Clinton claimed credit for that. [/quote] It involved a wicked behind the scenes compromise and horse trading situation with GOP leaders and special interest "friends" if memory serves. Moreover Slick Willie is never one to pass up political opportunity. [e digicons]:-"[/e]

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Reply to Why the Credit Bureaus Can't Get It Right in Everything Else Elemental Forums

Sure. I figured they have done so in response to market pressures, regulatory obligations and membership demands. I was not aware they were going to base rates for insurance and auto rates on credit scores however. That does not see right at all in my book but I would think its membership, in general would not have such issues to worry about but then again I may be naïve about the situation. BTW: No need to thank me [e digicons]:blush:[/e] but it is appreciated. You should prop

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Reply to Do you really want Steam to be your only option? Are you sure? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Alfonse" reply="19" id="2057826"]Yeah, right. If Amazon can take out Steam, Impulse will be little threat. Furthermore, if Steam does get bundled with newer games, Amazon will not be able to fight them. That's because those games will require Steam; they will be using Steam as their form of DRM. Which means that those publishers will want to use Steam for their DRM. And they won't want to use whatever Amazon's DRM is on top of that. Amazon may be able to comp

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Reply to Why the Credit Bureaus Can't Get It Right in Everything Else Elemental Forums

@ Daiwa - I'm in the "hotly contested" political camp. I'm not faulting the act, I think it was ultimately necessary. I'm just peeved over the many special interest motives and pandering behind the version we got shoved on us via the GOP without any real federal protections for the little guys commonly known as consumers. The word "customer" has some glimmer of respect in its connotation and thusly was tossed in the can along with many other good things by the neocons.

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Reply to Why the Credit Bureaus Can't Get It Right in Everything Else Elemental Forums

@Little-whip - wait till you get the fees for the three little things. It is a double edge penalty. @Daiwa - I know but most of them, to my knowledge have been taken of the books as part of the reganomics deregulation & trickle-down philosophy practiced by Regan and Bush I & II.

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Reply to Do you really want Steam to be your only option? Are you sure? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="warreni" reply="9" id="2057531"]Well, not really. Steam and Impulse sell a mix of indie/casual games and commercial releases. So far, all Amazon has is the sort of casual games that you can find (literally) on dozens of websites. See http://www.bigfishgames.com/ as an example. It does have decent pricing on the games it carries, but the catalog isn't that substantial at this point. Also, it's not clear to me that it has the kind of "download-anytime-anywhere-as many tim

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Reply to Paradox Games come to Impulse in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="DorianGray7" reply="15" id="2056651"]HoI2 was excellent but Supreme Ruler and Global Conflict are horrible. Victoria beats them all. [/quote] Yep! Vici is the bomb for those type of games. [e digicons]:jafo:[/e]

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Reply to Why the Credit Bureaus Can't Get It Right in Everything Else Elemental Forums

@Daiwa - that is exactly why I think the government needs to control the system or at least an independent agency overseen by the government. @Moose - For something like credit reports given the robust and extensive use of such things in the current economic environment within the USA, yes it should be. As far as I'm concerned, ANYTHING that has a profit motive that is inherently biased against the general public welfare should be controlled or at least closely monitored by the gover

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Reply to Do you really want Steam to be your only option? Are you sure? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

@cobra - you stole all my thunder against DRM! [e digicons]k1[/e] karma On a side note, there is a colossal behemoth that just entered the DDL water. I think it will sneak up on Steam rather quickly and give it a super bitch slap a few times before Steam notices what happened. That beast is known as Amazon. They just started doing the DDL for games last week and have an impressive catalog already.

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Reply to Do you really want Steam to be your only option? Are you sure? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="kryo" reply="5" id="2056342"]Brad has turned down buyout offers in the past, and has said time and again he'll continue to refuse them because he'd rather retain control and freedom. Things like our long-term patching policy would never fly at a publicly traded company.[/quote] I'm fully aware of the situation. That is one thing I really like about Brad; he is not obsessed with abject greed like so many other people. I was simply agreeing on the possibility aspect nothing

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Reply to Do you really want Steam to be your only option? Are you sure? in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

@dj-LiTh -OK. Maybe I'm reading more into your comments than I should - it has been a long day... Anyway, his basic argument is still valid in my opinion. It has been proven time and time again that once a player in an industry has a monopoly position it will abuse the people it supposedly is there to serve. The reason for such practices are not relevant as far as I'm concerned. The fact it always happens in a capitalist system is all that matters. Having competition, and viable compe

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