Spore, Mass Effect PC to Require Online Validation Every Ten Days

Technically its not the pirated version, seeing as warezed games aren't usually installed pre-cracked, you have to install the game which is an ordinary copy of the game in question, THEN you apply a crack, you can just as well buy the regular game, install it, then apply crack, thus you both spare yourself from the copyprotection system, but you still give the devs your money.
 
Yay! They have decided to stop this crap because we yelled so loudly over teh webnets!!
Ten-day regular activation silliness dropped; one-time activation implemented, re-activation required when official mods installed; one-time activation removes need to have DVD in drive while playing.

There has been a lot of discussion in the past few days on how the security requirements for Mass Effect for PC will work. BioWare, a division of EA, wants to let fans know that Mass Effect will not require 10- day periodic re-authentication.

BioWare has always listened very closely to its fans and we made this decision to ensure we are delivering the best possible experience to them. To all the fans including our many friends in the armed services and internationally who expressed concerns that they would not be able re-authenticate as often as required, EA and BioWare want you to know that your feedback is important to us.

The solution being implemented for Mass Effect for the PC changes copy protection from being key disc based, which requires authentication every time you play the game by requiring a disc in the drive, to a one time online authentication.

Whinging works, who'd have thunk it?
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Source.

Good Penny Arcade about it before it changed:
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I also hear that EA are also going to drop the 10 day activation in Spore as well, thank God for that. Seems they have learned their lesson, I'm definatly going to buy Mass Effect now :)
 
PimpinPenguin said:
I also hear that EA are also going to drop the 10 day activation in Spore as well, thank God for that. Seems they have learned their lesson, I'm definatly going to buy Mass Effect now :)
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Yup, seems like that's what they've done.
Instead it will check the game is legit everytime yo do something online (i.e. download a new creature/building/car or upload one etc.)

You can also play the game without a disk due to this.

http://kotaku.com/5008454/spore-to-use-online-authentication
 
They still have the 3 computers limit like bioshock though, so I still won't be buying. Maybe next time they should just go with steam
 
Zeus said:
They still have the 3 computers limit like bioshock though, so I still won't be buying. Maybe next time they should just go with steam
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It's actually 5 computers, simultaneously, for Bioshock. And unless you're going to share your game with all of your neighbors, this limit is irrelevant to you.
 
sea said:
Well, supposedly patches will get rid of the install limit later on; they're just doing it initially to combat early piracy by stopping the same CD keys from being used over and over. A one-time activation is no problem at all in my book. EA and BioWare have made the right decision, though it's unfortunate they had to garner so much negative press to do it.
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Source? (about the install limit patch)

Sir Phoenixx said:
It's actually 5 computers, simultaneously, for Bioshock. And unless you're going to share your game with all of your neighbors, this limit is irrelevant to you.
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Well I'm going to be upgrading my computer soon and don't feel like going over the install limit due to reformats and having to call up EA begging for permission to play a game that I already paid $50 for. And in the early days of Bioshock's release a lot of paying customers went over the install limit from reformats, installing on their laptop, ect called up securom who basically said call 2k who basically said go call securom and in general were just met with abysmal customer support.
 
Mass Effect PC for life.

Hope the copypastaprotection a) works or b) doesn't work, depending on what exactly it is that I want.

It seems likely to me though that it will be cracked within days (hours) and will only inconvenience actual customers.
 
Sir Phoenixx said:
It's actually 5 computers, simultaneously, for Bioshock. And unless you're going to share your game with all of your neighbors, this limit is irrelevant to you.
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I'm not positive but I heard that if you don't uninstall properly (deactivate) or something that it takes up one of those installs each time. Such as a hard drive loss or if you reformat a few times.
 
I was positive about the 10 days activations and I am really positive now. Bioware deserves our support. Anyway, we are now talking about the same copy protection of Bioshock, right? It was not well received, if you remember 2K forums on the release days. Are we starting to accept it?
 
Putting the News on this page too.

VictimOfScience said:
Quote:
Ten-day regular activation silliness dropped; one-time activation implemented, re-activation required when official mods installed; one-time activation removes need to have DVD in drive while playing.

There has been a lot of discussion in the past few days on how the security requirements for Mass Effect for PC will work. BioWare, a division of EA, wants to let fans know that Mass Effect will not require 10- day periodic re-authentication.

BioWare has always listened very closely to its fans and we made this decision to ensure we are delivering the best possible experience to them. To all the fans including our many friends in the armed services and internationally who expressed concerns that they would not be able re-authenticate as often as required, EA and BioWare want you to know that your feedback is important to us.

The solution being implemented for Mass Effect for the PC changes copy protection from being key disc based, which requires authentication every time you play the game by requiring a disc in the drive, to a one time online authentication.

Whinging works, who'd have thunk it?
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GreatBlackthorn said:
Am I the only one that doesn't see a problem with this? I'm always connected to the internet, and if you're not then here's a box of tissues and an R.E.M. CD.
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Maybe your Mom will pay for my internet too. :hmph:


I know...

... Maybe I'll move in with your momma, and be your step Daddy. Guess what the first rule will be? No internet for you, my red-headed step-child!



Seriously I could use those tissues right now. Thinking about doing your mom has got me all worked up.


BTW what REM CD is it that you are giving me? :angel:


VirusType said:
Hopefully the outrage will change their minds about this copy protection in advance, so that they don't do something so foolish.

I really feel bad at how much money they will lose for making this incomprehensibly stupid choice. But hey, after seeing threads like this, they have plenty of time to re-evaluate their copy protection scheme.
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I like to think I personally changed their policy. I am that ****ing awesome that I can do shit like that. I'm just joking. It takes more than a 10 page thread on Halflife2.net/forums to change it. I'm certain there were similar threads all over the internet.

Regardless, do you know why they changed their mind? Because we cried about it in a way that makes sense. Outrage!


Anyway. Sweet news. REALLY Looking forward to playing these games. :D
 
Erm, afaik they only announced a change to their policy for Mass Effect, not for Spore.

Anyway, I'm dissappointed in you VirusType2, resorting to making insulting comments regarding people not in any way related to the argument(Such as GreatBlackThorns parents).

But then again, I sometimes forget you were the same guy that made posts bragging about your "HUGE DOOM3 MOD!!111" :)
 
Zeus said:
Well I'm going to be upgrading my computer soon and don't feel like going over the install limit due to reformats and having to call up EA begging for permission to play a game that I already paid $50 for. And in the early days of Bioshock's release a lot of paying customers went over the install limit from reformats, installing on their laptop, ect called up securom who basically said call 2k who basically said go call securom and in general were just met with abysmal customer support.
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Well if you're so technically inept it's going to take you about 5 attempts to install windows to successfully upgrade your machine, perhaps you should maybe not install Mass Effect until after you happy your PC is working properly, rather than the first thing you do. :dozey:

Also if you don't like the notion of having to call EA up to validate your game, you going to really enjoy having to validate your OS once you go past the 3rd install of that. :rolleyes:
 
Good grief, some of youz guys are so naive. This is a blatant popularity ploy.

1 Suddenly point an empty gun at peasant's head and say 'you're dead, mellonfarmer'
2 Let peasant cry and beg for a bit
3 Lower gun and say 'well gee now i'm all choked up too, tell you what i'll let you live'
4 Stand back and watch peasant worship the peanuts in your shit
5 Make mental note to shoot peasant next year

Also works well in Rio de janeiro and English politics.
 
Awesome news, I get to play Spore after all.

Goes to show someone in EA looked over the copy protection and was paying attention and not in moron mode.
 
Anyway, I'm dissappointed in you VirusType2, resorting to making insulting comments regarding people not in any way related to the argument(Such as GreatBlackThorns parents).
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it's a joke. Your mom is so fat, your mom is so stupid, your mom is so ugly, etc. Big deal, I was joking with him. Me and my friends do yo' momma jokes all day at work. I was messing with Blackthorn as a friend.

But you wouldn't know anything about friends since you literally don't have any, and it's your own fault because you haven't made an effort to make any.

You are offended because you wanted to be offended. You have been trolling me since I joined this forum less than a month after you did. If he had a problem with it, don't you think he can say so himself? Or are you just looking for an excuse to insult me? Thought so.

Gargantou said:
But then again, I sometimes forget you were the same guy that made posts bragging about your "HUGE DOOM3 MOD!!111" :)
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/Facepalm

ahhh no. You don't know the definition of the word bragging. Bragging is what you do.


This is you bragging in the other thread named "Should I buy a 360 or PS3?"

Here is roughly what you said -

"I've got all 3 game systems and a computer that costs 1000's of pounds" "They cost 1000's of pounds, and I bought them myself,with my own money" "why can't everyone just buy all 3 game systems + a 1000's of pounds computer."



My 'Doom mod!!!a1111" as you put it, is something I've showed off (maybe two years ago) to get feedback and generate interest. I used positive comments to inspire me to keep working on it. It required thousands of hours of mostly difficult and tedious work and it was my first ever attempt at a game mod, so I was proud of it. But you wouldn't know about work since you get your money for free.

I was obsessed with it, and spent all of my free time working on it for many months. When you spend all your free time doing something, for months on end, what else will you have to talk about?



You don't appreciate anything. That's why you don't respect my work, you waste your money on redundant game systems, and disrespect me at every opportunity, and I don't ****ing appreciate it.


BTW you are wrong, Spore's anti-piracy policy has been changed as well.

I do not want you to reply to me again. Please put me on ignore now.
 
And the winner of the internet tough guy award goes to...
 
How's this: I will punch your face repeatedly until it looks like a rotted apricot.

It's like revenge of the nerds around here. ****ing christ.


anyone else have a vendetta?
 
VirusType2 said:
It's like revenge of the nerds around here. ****ing christ.
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Indeed and unless it isn't perfectly clear by now berating people on forums isn't a very productive way to be spending your time people.

As for the topic at hand I have no problem with internet copy protection schemes as long as they are flexible enough to suit my needs without interrupting my ability to play, even steam fails here. For the sake of argument let's say new ground breaking game X comes with copy protection Y. I create an account on the game publishers server and link my CD-Key to it, the game launches and connects to the server with my credentials and verifies I own the game. Now here's the part copy protection fails. When I try to play the game offline a connection to the auth server will fail. Logically the protection system then should scan the cached encrypted data which contains my credentials and all the games I own for offline use. I should be able to remain offline for weeks at a time and still play the game without being hassled.

So yes the game will check the auth server every time you are online and confirm all your details and the list of games you own. For example you add the CD-Key for another game but don't play it straight away. When launching an older title the copy protection confirms you can play that and notices new license information for the key you added earlier. Now you can launch the new game offline first time. This system would be cracked pretty quickly but for the legitimate consumer it doesn't burden them and will always allow them to play their games as long as they connect to the auth server once for every game they add. You can mix this with systems that provide patches to legitimate consumers only for example.
 
Do you wanna know the most funny part? VirusType2 added me to his FRIENDS LIST, while at the same time telling me to ignore him.:)

Kinda ironic, sorta like slapping someone in the face then saying "HEY LETS BE FRIENDS!"
 
Gargantou said:
Do you wanna know the most funny part? VirusType2 added me to his FRIENDS LIST, while at the same time telling me to ignore him.:)

Kinda ironic, sorta like slapping someone in the face then saying "HEY LETS BE FRIENDS!"
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Accident mayhap? Anyway I can be your friend :) but you probably wouldn't want to be the type of friend I'm after ;)
 
VirusType2 said:
How's this: I will punch your face repeatedly until it looks like a rotted apricot.

It's like revenge of the nerds around here. ****ing christ.


anyone else have a vendetta?
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LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
 
VirusType2 said:
I was trying to send an enemy request.
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Not to jump on a bandwagon or anything, but this is like the gayest thing ever. It's like passing a note in class that says "Do you hate me? Y/N."
 
Bad^Hat said:
Not to jump on a bandwagon or anything, but this is like the gayest thing ever. It's like passing a note in class that says "Do you hate me? Y/N."
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I just sent you one too.

Is this awesome? Y/N
 
Hey, yeah, so um... how about that Mass Effect and Spore eh?
 
xlucidx said:
Hey, yeah, so um... how about that Mass Effect and Spore eh?
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I was wondering if I'll be able to enjoy Spore without having a reliable internet access. I should still have 'net long enough for the game to come out so I activate it, but beyond that it's really up in the air.

Like what all can you do? I hear you download content? What about the ability to play the game? It's an offline game though right? The internet is used for sharing files or multiplayer, or what?
 
It's an "MMOSPG", A Massively Multiplayer Online SinglePlayer Game, you don't HAVE to have internet to be able to actually enjoy the game afaik, but it sure helps, seeing as Spore was designed around the concept of shared user generated content.
 
VirusType2 said:
I was wondering if I'll be able to enjoy Spore without having a reliable internet access. I should still have 'net long enough for the game to come out so I activate it, but beyond that it's really up in the air.

Like what all can you do? I hear you download content? What about the ability to play the game? It's an offline game though right? The internet is used for sharing files or multiplayer, or what?
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Spore is a "Massively Singleplayer Online" game, as the developers called it.

After the registration, you can play with the game without having an Internet connection at all.

You can create your own content, play through the gameplay phases, and interact with other species that the developers made before the release, and they put on the disc.

If you have an Internet connection, you can use the "Sporepedia", an Online, in-game content browser, where you can download other players' creations. (The system is said to be similar to MySpace and other user-orientated sites)

Theoratically you can download thousands of creaturs in an hour, turn off the Internet, and play with them for years, offline.


There is no traditional multiplayer in the game.
 
The last two pages give me hope for the future of PC gaming. Im back on the buying side for these games now!
 
I'll be getting Spore or should I say I'll be forced to get Spore. No matter what happens I'll have to buy the damn thing to stop a certain person from eating me alive.
 
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