Securcom?

[ChalyssaMuch]

lucky you.
i plan on moving before the baby pops out..and i have only about 2 months left..unless i go full term then i have about 3 left..im 7 months pregnant..
anyhow back to what i was going to say..that means i have to find some sort of internet for my laptop before then.

[LadyAnnabellOfGlenmore]

First of all a big HELLO to everybody. I'm new here. 

Now, about Securom, I have a strong opinion. For me, as an honest buyer it is both useless in the fight against piracy and an annoyance for honest customers. It is going to destroy the Sim Community in the end. Here's an example why. I think even the most business case oriented business case manager in this money grabbing business case world is going to understand my point. Well, I for example bought all the games, all expansions and never allowed anybody to copy my game - the true fan prefers to buy it anyway and if somebody wants to simply try out they can do so on my notebook.

Guess what several people tried it out and everybody who liked it went to buy the game. None of them even bothered to ask for a ripped copy - not that I'd ever bother to make one. Too much work and where is the support for the artists who create our Sims stuff. Oh no. We customers are much more loyal than EA Games think. I think Maxi people know but EA managers are business case people.

I hope they realize they are going to loose a big part of their Simming Community when they bug us with Securom. Securom is not only a big annoyance. I have a Mac for instance, but play Sims on my Windows XP partition...But I never go online with Windows because it's so unsafe...Now Securom would force me to go online with Windows and I think that would be the moment where I would say:

No thanks. I'm not going to put up with that. Love the game but this goes too far.

I'm sure I'm not the only one to make such a decision. Also because Securom is a significant security issue. It can crap up your files and even more importantly spy out your data and deliver it to any company that pays the programmers of Securom to get some useful data to get TOTAL control over some useful customer (business cases in their language) - NO THANK YOU KEEP YOUR CRAP I'LL GO FIND SOME OTHER GAME

Sincerely,
Lady Annabell

[FOBluvr987]

lol! love your post! hooray for you!

Anyway, I have a question: Do you have to register EVERY EP and the BASE GAME or only the base game, or only the last EP installed?

[heather]

What about poor players on dial-up. they would have enormous phone bills if the game kept logging on.  {cursing}

[matt]

I've probably missed it, but where did this information about having to register every 10 days come from? As far as I know, Securom does not do this.

(13-05-2008 02:58 AM)*~*Fueled By Ramen*~* link Wrote:EA can kiss my wrist if they think that I'm going to buy TS3 wiht Securom on it

Have you bought any of the Sims 2 expansions? Because most of those have Securom on them;

dateline= Wrote:The Sims 2 controversy

The Sims 2 and most of its subsequent add-ons have previously been using SafeDisc for copy protection until April 2007. However, since then, Electronic Arts has replaced SafeDisc with SecuROM v 7.x software protection, which is included with The Sims Pet Stories, The Sims Castaway Stories, The Sims 2 Deluxe, The Sims 2: H&M Fashion Stuff, The Sims 2: Bon Voyage, The Sims 2: Teen Style Stuff and The Sims 2: FreeTime, but commonly The Sims 2: Bon Voyage caused the problem than the other titles stated above. Some users have been reporting problems with launching the game, CD-burners or anti-virus protection, due to SecuROM. EA attempted to address some of these concerns on the official website. They instructed users on how to remove the software from their computers. Users who asked about the removal of SecuROM were recommended to not do so, since it can affect the functioning of The Sims 2: Bon Voyage and other EA games that use SecuROM.

- Source

[bambigoddess]

Again, this is what I was wondering. We all (myself included) got swept up in this, and we're not even sure that it's true yet. Source, anyone?

Love your post, by the way, Lady Annabell.

[Cassie]

(13-05-2008 12:58 PM)Matt link Wrote:Have you bought any of the Sims 2 expansions? Because most of those have Securom on them;

They do?! {ohmy}

And wow Annabell, excellent post!

[bambigoddess]

Yes, they do. Matt listed them in the other thread.

[Cassie]

Could you give me a link, please?

[bambigoddess]

Here.