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From: IZZY1MK@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (A.P.)
Newsgroups: alt.games.doom
Subject: Re: Pirating Benefits?
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 1994 19:25
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In article <348l3o$bdg@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>,
jr7877@eehpx12 (Jason V Robertson) writes:
>Doom does not need _any_ advertising. And as for other companies, they _pay_
>for advertising. Realistically no matter what you see on alt.games.doom that
>is posted by pirates, you are going to buy the game. We all know it is 1.666
>engine with 30 levels. You can basically get a demo by DL'ing Doom 1.6 (or
>1.666 shareware when it is released).
>
I am not addressing Doom or id per se. I am addressing games in
general.
>again you are just dense. ally
This is getting a bit personal, isn't it?
>That is what magazines are for. That is what demo versions are for.
>One thing is for sure - programmers could make better copy protection.
>The best form is "What does it say on page xx?".
>
>Obviously, as evidenced by the Tie Fighter crack (amongst others) this is not
>enough.
>What they should do is make random checksums of the code to make sure that
>crackers haven't altered the executable. If the check finds that they have, it
>should post a flag meaning for the program to lock up at some _other_ time.
>That way the cracker won't know where the original check was. If they
>planted these bombs all over the code it would take _forever_ for a cracker
>to crack the program. Sure, any protection is beatable, but they could
>make it a WHOLE lot harder.
Now on this point I disagree. I get *very* annoyed when I have to whip
out my Wing Commander manual and find the safe speed of such and such
or look at the blueprints for this esk rating. Must I be subjected to
this each and every time I play a game I bought?! No! I support
companies that say, "We've not included copy protection, so please
don't pirate it." Wing Com 2 didn't have any, and I appreciated it.
Origin has realized that in order to stop a minority, they inconvenience
the majority. Their plea written into the manual is honest, and I
respect that. Can you say that Origin has been hurt with the success
of Chris Robert's line of games? Thousands have been bought; a few
probably pirated, but nevertheless look at the incredible growth the
company has attained.