EA's anti piracy screwing up PC Mass Effect.

[naznatips]

NJ5 said:

naznatips said:

NJ5 said:

Ail said:

What's the big deal ?
You guys manage to post on this forum every day ( every hour for some) but you won't be able to connect to the net once every 10 days to authenticate the game ?

Heck, these days most games are considered failure without multiplayer and suddenly people are making the argument against games that require a net connection every 10 days ?

I just don't get it.........

Congratulations, you have just played the "over-simplification" card.

 

Want to explain how that's over-simplified? I use steam. A few times a week Steam updates when I start it up. 30 seconds of a little connection and then I play my game. How is this any different? Once every 10 days you get a little pop-up that verifies your game before you play.

(...)

It's over-simplification because:

1) The repeated activation is not the only thing people are complaining about

2) Even the repeated activation itself is not that simple. I may lose my internet connection, then I can't play the game, or I may go on vacation without internet access, or, or, or ....

 

You are on vacation without internet? You lose your internet connection? Well what if you were on vacation without power? What if your power went out? Oh my god every game that requires your computer be plugged in is horrible!!! 

Hopefully you see my point... we all have 24 hour access to the interent that's just as much a part of our lives as electricity and phone service.  Any number of things can go wrong at any time to stop you from playing your games.  You can't play WoW when your internet is out either.   

What we see here folks is a classic case of "Looking for an excuse to complain" syndrome.   It's quite common on "teh internets."