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Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time.

From john.dsl@frontier.com (John Lewis)
Newsgroups comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg
Subject Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time.
Date 2011-04-07 20:36 +0000
Message-ID <4d9e19fa.14274328@news.giganews.com> (permalink)
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On Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:15:29 +0100, JAB <nochance@nohope.com> wrote:

>On 06/04/2011 7:54 AM, John Lewis wrote:
>> On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 06:05:47 +0100, JAB<nochance@nohope.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> On 03/04/2011 11:23 PM, John Lewis wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 02 Apr 2011 07:23:44 +0100, JAB<nochance@nohope.com>   wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 01/04/2011 9:31 PM, Zaghadka wrote:
>>>>>> As far as Steam goes, JAB apparently lives in a world where one's ideals and
>>>>>> virtues are *not* a luxury that we all purchase, pay dearly for, and sometimes
>>>>>> shed when the economics become compelling, or necessary. Perhaps he is very,
>>>>>> very wealthy. Games are not a life or death issue, but neither are they
>>>>>> trivial. Given that range, I can suffer some mild hypocrisy from John.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Well I don't accept Lewis attacking Steam as the devil's spawn one
>>>>> moment and then saying he'll buy games as long as they are cheap. That's
>>>>> not hypocrisy it's just a bad argument style.
>>>>>
>>>>> As for me "perhaps being very wealthy" well the reasons I give for were
>>>>> Ł24.99 (Amazon) vs. Ł26.99 (GOG) vs. Steam (Ł29.99) ... easy choice really.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> JAB, Enjoy Securerom on your retail copy of "theWitcher2".
>>>>
>>>> John Lewis
>>>
>>> Lewis when you do your posts do you put a big pair of shoes and a red
>>> nose on to really get into character?
>>>
>>
>> It would be really helpful if you would let us all know after you have
>> purchased your retail copy of "the Witcher2" the following critical
>> information:-
>>
>> 1. Is any copy protection present?
>>
>>        If so, what type (Securerom, Tages....) and the specifics of the
>>        protection scheme chosen ( on-line authentication, disk-only
>>        protection....etc. ).
>>
>> 2. The Publisher of your retail copy.
>>
>> 3. The ORIGINAL source of your retail copy (EU, UK , US ......). I am
>> assuming here that your copy will be "English-language"
>>
>> I assure you that all the above information is necessary when picking
>> one's way through the retail copy-protection minefield.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> John Lewis
>>
>
>So then Lewis why do you ask as "JAB, Enjoy Securerom on your retail 
>copy of "theWitcher2"

You MIGHT get lucky, and I would love to share in your luck :-) ;-)

However, if DRM is present, but it  is "disk-check" ONLY, with NO
on-line authentication EVER required, then I would definitely be
inclined to buy that specific boxed version.  I much prefer boxed
versions of RPGs than downloaded versions.... for pretty obvious
documentation reasons.

However, the presence of ANY form of on-line authentication DRM tips
the balance for me. And I don't particularly wish to buy 2 copies of
'theWitcher2'... one from GOG and one boxed just to get the printed
docs....

Btw, do feel free to address me as "John"....

John Lewis

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Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. JAB <nochance@nohope.com> - 2011-03-29 16:58 +0100
  Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. john.dsl@frontier.com (John Lewis) - 2011-03-29 21:54 +0000
    Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. JAB <nochance@nohope.com> - 2011-03-30 06:33 +0100
      Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. john.dsl@frontier.com (John Lewis) - 2011-04-01 07:01 +0000
        Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. JAB <nochance@nohope.com> - 2011-04-01 21:31 +0100
        Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-01 15:31 -0500
          Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. JAB <nochance@nohope.com> - 2011-04-02 07:23 +0100
            Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-03 06:31 -0500
              Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. JAB <nochance@nohope.com> - 2011-04-03 12:43 +0100
            Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. john.dsl@frontier.com (John Lewis) - 2011-04-03 22:23 +0000
              Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. JAB <nochance@nohope.com> - 2011-04-04 06:05 +0100
                Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. john.dsl@frontier.com (John Lewis) - 2011-04-06 06:54 +0000
                Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. JAB <nochance@nohope.com> - 2011-04-06 22:15 +0100
                Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. john.dsl@frontier.com (John Lewis) - 2011-04-07 20:36 +0000
                Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. JAB <nochance@nohope.com> - 2011-04-07 21:48 +0100
                Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. john.dsl@frontier.com (John Lewis) - 2011-04-07 23:45 +0000
                Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. JAB <nochance@nohope.com> - 2011-04-08 06:19 +0100
                Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. john.dsl@frontier.com (John Lewis) - 2011-04-08 06:07 +0000
                Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. JAB <nochance@nohope.com> - 2011-04-08 19:50 +0100
                Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. john.dsl@frontier.com (John Lewis) - 2011-04-09 03:03 +0000
                Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. JAB <nochance@nohope.com> - 2011-04-09 07:07 +0100
                Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. john.dsl@frontier.com (John Lewis) - 2011-04-10 02:39 +0000
                Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. JAB <nochance@nohope.com> - 2011-04-10 06:52 +0100
          Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. "Matt v3.3" <ethers.tragic@paradise.net.invalid> - 2011-04-02 20:30 +1300
            Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. JAB <nochance@nohope.com> - 2011-04-02 08:38 +0100
              Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. William McNee <wullie@hame.the.noo.invalid> - 2011-04-02 19:19 +0100
            Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-03 06:34 -0500
          Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2011-04-02 15:43 -0400
            Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. JAB <nochance@nohope.com> - 2011-04-03 08:09 +0100

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