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March 12th, 2006, 04:30 PM
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OT: Creators of Starforce = Mafia?
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For example, we were quite disturbed to discover that the company that makes Starforce provided a working URL to a list of pirated GalCiv II torrents. I'm not sure whether what they did was illegal or not, but it's troubling nevertheless and was totally unnecessary.
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Now this might just be me...but what right does a company supposedly dedicated to protecting companies from game piracy have to openly and blatently give out links for anyone to see where illegal copies of a game are available for download?
Reminds me of the way the Mafia works. Pay us (Starforce company) to use our "protection" system (Starforce) or we'll break your legs (show people where to pirate your game).
Just another reason (if you needed one!) to not buy Starforce protected games, if this is the way they do business.
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March 12th, 2006, 05:16 PM
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Re: OT: Creators of Starforce = Mafia?
Why would you still have considered buying starforce protected games yesterday, after all the news of starforce screwing up computers and destroying optical drives?
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March 12th, 2006, 05:42 PM
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Re: OT: Creators of Starforce = Mafia?
I personally have never had any problems with games protected by Starforce.
However, the two games I have with Starforce copy protection on them, I acquired and installed before I had any knowledge of their "side-effects". Their drivers have since been uninstalled, and no further games with their form of protection have been bought/installed, ever since I found out about their hardware "issues".
I suppose the way I put it in my original post it sounded like this was a new thing for me, not buying their crap. It isn't, and I've edited for clarity 
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March 12th, 2006, 07:02 PM
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Re: OT: Creators of Starforce = Mafia?
Phew, until I opened this thread I thought you were talking about Starfire, and that they were going to sue Aaron Hall for stealing all their ideas! 
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March 13th, 2006, 05:57 PM
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Re: OT: Creators of Starforce = Mafia?
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I personally have never had any problems with games protected by Starforce.
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Didn't you have your CD drive die on you not too long ago? Maybe you were having troubles and just didn't know it?
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March 13th, 2006, 08:35 PM
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Re: OT: Creators of Starforce = Mafia?
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I personally have never had any problems with games protected by Starforce.
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Didn't you have your CD drive die on you not too long ago? Maybe you were having troubles and just didn't know it?
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You know...I never even thought of that. It was a CD-RW drive, just up and died it seemed...but that was after installing a game with Starforce. 
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Re: OT: Creators of Starforce = Mafia?
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Re: OT: Creators of Starforce = Mafia?
After reading all that, I just have one question: Where's the rogue cop who's been suspended for obsessing over the case?
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Re: OT: Creators of Starforce = Mafia?
"'Ave you takeen care of zee drive?"
"Eet sleeps wiss zee fishees....."
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March 14th, 2006, 05:17 PM
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Re: OT: Creators of Starforce = Mafia?
Do fish sleep?
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