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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 2011-03-29 21:54 +0000
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On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:58:50 +0100, JAB <nochance@nohope.com> wrote:

>On 28/03/2011 9:15 PM, John Lewis wrote:
>> On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 06:53:43 +0100, JAB<nochance@nohope.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> On 28/03/2011 6:31 AM, John Lewis wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 08:28:54 +0100, JAB<nochance@nohope.com>   wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> So it's still "may have" then isn't it Lewis as I correctly stated? Oh
>>>>> if you're wondering I'm not sneering at you I'm laughing at you and how
>>>>> obsessed you are with DRM and Steam in particular. What makes me laugh
>>>>> most is just how bad you are at constructing an argument and instead
>>>>> just make illogical rants ... so please do carry on.
>>>>
>>>> Enjoy the Steam umbilical.....
>>>>
>>>
>>> As can you with all the games that you've purchased from Steam.
>>>
>>>> BTW, I have been testing out that POS called Steam Guard by rotating
>>>> through 4 computers. Now have 7 validation  emails, because it
>>>> erratically forgets a previously-validated computer. With my tiny
>>>> 'investment' in Steam, I really don't care whether it works or not. I
>>>> much prefer to 'own' (=local-DRM or none) my PC games than have Steam
>>>> 'own' them.
>>>>
>>>
>>> See above ... oh and add doesn't this make you somewhat obsessed?
>>>
>>>> Don't ever think that you are getting a bargain when you buy a
>>>> recently-released game from Steam.  Valve keeps full-retail going as
>>>> long as possible - the benefit (to them) of a captive audience.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yet you still purchase games from Steam don't you Lewis and and you'll
>>> continue to purchase games from it. As I've already said I do like
>>> reading your "arguments" as they make me laugh ...
>>>
>>
>> For me, the Steam Store is the on-line equivalent of rummaging through
>> "$9.99 or less"  PC-game bargain-bins.
>>
>> John Lewis
>
>So all of a sudden you DRM rants about Steam don't matter if it's cheap. 
>You really are an intellectual joke aren't you Lewis?

Throw-away price, who cares about the DRM, Steam-variety or some other
flavor.

Like the brand-new copy of Riddick Athena/Butcher's Bay in a Newegg
clearance sale for $3  with its suffocating Atari 3-install limit. I
refused to buy the game when it first came out solely because of the
DRM.  Loss to the publisher ~ $40.

If Valve/Steam GUARANTEED removal of ALL single-player DRM (say) 1
year after initial release of a game, Valve would probably have had
over $1000-worth of PC game purchases from me, instead of the measly
$150. As it is, I have given far more $$-business to DRM-free
"www.gog.com" than I have ever given to Valve.

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
            Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-03 06:40 -0500
              Re: FYI: COMPLETE Gothic Series -- Steam Sale $18.75 thru Thursday, 3/24 @4pm Pacific Time. Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2011-04-04 14:34 -0400

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