As a game developer myself, what you describe here is why I don't bother with copy protection on AA, and why I've chosen to basically make it free to play. I want people to play the game and have fun, and if the game is good enough they'll donate to it and get some perks. If it's not good enough, they can keep playing and I can work to improve it.
Demo versions made sense in the olden days when nobody had a network connection, but in today's world that kind of copy protection is just more hassle than it's worth. Dennis Towne Alter Aeon MUD http://www.alteraeon.com On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 1:53 PM, shaun everiss <[email protected]> wrote: > Well I aggree with you in that reguard but have my own opinion on railracer. > I am not flaming che or anyone but to be honest to put it politely I have > been unimpressed with railracer. > Firstly after the beta was over and life got in the way interest with the > game tapered off some what. > Especially with the likes of swamp and tactical battle. > Long before that though I was having major issues with the online activation > server. > The one time activation code was fine so long as I kept the file backed up. > However the program would frequently fail to activate or go online > especially after dotnet or directx updates and would sometimes just plum not > work. > Then rr suddenly stopped licencing itself. > To top it all off, the fact that pirates made che basically say users had to > buy the game for each new system really turned me off. > Yes I have a licence, no I don't want a refund, I got 6 months of enjoyment > out of the game. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
