Let me tell you why your comment infuriates me point by point.
Yes, I said it angers me, so anyone who don't like reading flames, then skip it.
First of all, it is me and us, who paid for your game and decided to put up with your bullshit DLCs instead of taking the CHEAP AND EASY WAY of acquisition: Pirating, that are being blocked here. It is all those people who stayed honest and loyal to you, the publisher called Paradox Interactive, that are actually suffering. If I hadn't bought it, and illegally downloaded the game, I wouldn't give a shit about this situation, and nor will many people who have been complaining. What you are saying in that sentence is that you are completely disregarding the fact that people complain when something doesn't work WHEN IT'S SUPPOSE TO.
Someone said above, "It's still better than DRM from SIMCITY5," which didn't even allow people to play the game. To me, that and this are all the same DRM bullshit. The only difference is either it applies to the game or the group community. What disgusts me more, though, is the fact that your DRM is being applied to USER CREATED CONTENTS. I am not simply referring to mods; I'm referring to all the posts related to your game that US USERS should have free access to including guides, discussions, ideas, and stories. They are all created by users and it is users who should be deciding the accessibility not your shit server and third party company or DRM in general.
THAT SAID. You quoted,
And yet quoted as well,
Yeah. You aren't doing a fabulous job at keeping the community lively. Aside from the fact that you actually calls people who seem to be proving their utmost loyalty by purchasing and playing your game since, or even before, day one of release as "TEDIOUS BULLIES," your comment suggests that DRM is a way to make a lively community that will last! I dunno how things work with Martians, but down on earth a community is built and kept lively when it is open to EVERYONE! Do you need an example? Bethesda! TA-DA! Bethesda doesn't DRM user created contents by creating forums of their own and then deny access to people unless they provide passcode for DRM! Look how big their community is, look how many loyal customers the company has, look how many copies of their latest games sell each time they come out!
ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT YOUR DRM IS ACTING LIKE A BORDER GUARDS OF A DYSTOPIAN SOCIETY, IT IS SIMPLY DISTURBING THAT YOU ARE BEING A PROUD AND ARDENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITS BULLSHITNESS! I AM NOT HAPPY! I AM ANGRY! OTHERS MIGHT NOT BE ANGRY AS I AM, BUT THEY ARE DISPLEASED WITH THIS! THEY ARE NOT HAPPY!
With that, I conclude this flaming.
P.s. Inb4 forum ban and deletion of this post for pissing off Paradox Interactive by actively denouncing their misplaced DRM.
I bought HOI3 back in 2009, lol, only now do I need to register it for something and it's borked, woot.
