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Foamer on 28 January 2010
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greenmedic88 said:

If you think people don't have access to the internet while travelling, you're living in the dark ages. I would hope that most people on vacation would be doing something other than playing the same games they could be playing at home, barring a gaming convention where internet connectivity would be about the last problem anyone would be having. Armed forces serving abroad get their internet service provided free of charge assuming you're not in some remote F.O.B. with limited communications where you would probably have more pressing concerns than playing video games. Service members duty stationed abroad at any permanent installation can subscribe to an ISP like anyone else stationed CONUS.

I guess people without any sort of internet connection are SOL. They can't play WoW either.

And if you think people have permanent, free access to the internet while travelling you're even more ignorant than you seem.

As for people on holiday, what's it to you what they choose to do? Many people only get the chance to game while they're on holiday in the first place.

Finally-

- The men and women of the United States Armed Services serving over seas very rarely have an internet connection available, I know several people who have been on active duty, and they all said the same thing, they'd have PC games sent to them to play on their laptops, but would have to wait to install them until they had an internet connection available. But why should we worry about inconveniencing them in the name of stopping piracy, right?

There were many, many complaints made by military personnel when Bioware first announced its rolling 10 day activations for Mass Effect- they were instrumental in having this removed, although sadly the 3/5 activation limits were kept.

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.

Regardless, if this causes just one person to be denied access to their game, then that's one person more than the current way of doing things and one person too many.