Beautiful. Ubisoft attempted to take down their enemy in a manner that turned them into the shark bait and make the pirates the underdogs we all support... no pun intended.evilentity said:
Hacker Group Claims Real Ubisoft DRM Crack
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I think identifying Skidrow members would have to come before lawsuits, and they're a world renown hacking group...yeah good luck finding out who they are.psrdirector said:Ubisoft would sue vie the American subsidiary, also they have said they put up a version of the game on torrent with the drm removed. That is copyright violation. As well as breach of EULA even with out profiting yourself, can cost you alot of money if the company can prove the potential for lost profits by your breach. Its not the same as a mod. I hope they get sued out of existence and cry alotGL2814E said:
No. The DRM failed miserably in every single aspect. A fully functional server emulator(which the article ignores for some reason) in 3 weeks and a standard crack in 5 in an embarrassingly short time to be broken for a brand new system(tages and securom both lasted a few months and starforce took slightly over a year) and you must have been living under a rock to not notice all the inconvenience it caused to legal customers.Galaxy613 said:
Contrary to what you believe, I am a human being and do not normally support pirates, but Ubisoft asked for it. They have disappointed many and forced them to waste money on a game that couldn't be played without internet that comes on an ethereal fibre optic cable straight from heaven until a group of hackers actually fixed the damn thing!psrdirector said:You do that, you seem to think I care about your view, if you support pirates, your not a gamer, nor are you someone who has any real moral character or someone who should be treated with any more respect then you would give your sandwich. I would fully support a boycott of ubisoft to try and stop there drm, if you think I somehow view there drm as awesome, your sadly mistaken. I find it horribly overbearing and a poor choice. how ever, I will always, always, side with them over any hacker or software thief any day on any topic.brandon237 said:I'm going to put this down to a complex or very fanatical belief of yours. Arguing is useless. I accept your unconditional surrender or I will be forced to drop the atomic bomb >D Oh yes, I would pull the lawyer joke and I would directly insult ubisoft. They are the ugly duckling of gaming companies. They are the how not to do it demonstration. They are actually being helped by those who have hacked their product. In the long and short run. Use logic and not jingoism for this argument. See the light brother.psrdirector said:I think every person who works with Skid row, are anti gaming activists who want to destroy the gaming industry and should all be homeless bums.brandon237 said:
Meanwhile I will be drawing up my ubisoft boycotting plans...
Morally, Ubisoft has the low ground and need a little of the old corporal punishment. And they have got it. If they learn a lesson and are reasonable in the future, they can change the way I view them. But what they have done is consumer murder. I'm guessing you either don't have the game or live in one of those rare pockets of perfect internet. Either way, I speak for a majority when I say that this is good news.
The cracking of starforce also shone light on what an invasive and potentially harmful piece of filth it was.Asehujiko said:
People who want this sort of DRM gone should neither purchase nor pirate the game. Purchasing it, even if you apply the crack, tells Ubisoft they can get away with this shit. Pirating it tells them they need even more draconian and invasive DRM. If you actually want to play this game but want to send Ubisoft a message, it's lose/lose. Decide which is most important to you.
I'm kind of surprised it wasn't Vitality. They're usually the guys who come through with the goods when everyone else has managed a partial solution.AWAR said:
Wow, I didn't think it would be Skidrow to crack it first. Normally its Razor1911 or Reloaded so this is quite a shock.
They tend to be a bit slipshod, though. If the DRM leaves any sneaky surprises they'll often miss it in the rush to get their crack out, which is why things like Arkham Assylum bollocked them.xavierxenon said:
What an excellent example of a pirate. Or a parody of them. Which ever you happen to be dicking as. Not really flaming but either way, pirates don't all talk like a lol-cat.Mechsoap said: