28th August 2011, 9:32 PM
Nope.
I'm not a pirate.
And you're wrong. Your web server puts you in a privileged position. Sometimes, work happens on the outside lines, and when that happens you're offline. Sometimes, the connection will just drop for a split second, and this sort of game will quit on you if that happens.
However, even if I knew my net connection was reliable 100% of the time, there's still one obvious issue. I can't just play it whenever I want OUTSIDE my home. The "city wide wireless" turned out to be a pipe dream years ago, with one city after another cancelling their projects. Tulsa never even considered it. I should not be in a position where I have to buy a smart phone and pay tethering fees just to play a single player game. Heck, let's not forget visiting relatives or going on vacations.
It's downright idiotic to expect someone to be online constantly no matter where they are 100% of the time. It's naive.
More to the point, I BOUGHT the game and have the right to play it whenever I want. Yes, there IS a principle here, not a "I have a right to steal" principle, so much as a "I have a right to my own purchased product".
Let's make this clear etoven, this has nothing to do with piracy. Pirates will hack out the online restriction on day 1. If we were pirates, we wouldn't even be complaining because of that singular fact.
I'm not a pirate.
And you're wrong. Your web server puts you in a privileged position. Sometimes, work happens on the outside lines, and when that happens you're offline. Sometimes, the connection will just drop for a split second, and this sort of game will quit on you if that happens.
However, even if I knew my net connection was reliable 100% of the time, there's still one obvious issue. I can't just play it whenever I want OUTSIDE my home. The "city wide wireless" turned out to be a pipe dream years ago, with one city after another cancelling their projects. Tulsa never even considered it. I should not be in a position where I have to buy a smart phone and pay tethering fees just to play a single player game. Heck, let's not forget visiting relatives or going on vacations.
It's downright idiotic to expect someone to be online constantly no matter where they are 100% of the time. It's naive.
More to the point, I BOUGHT the game and have the right to play it whenever I want. Yes, there IS a principle here, not a "I have a right to steal" principle, so much as a "I have a right to my own purchased product".
Let's make this clear etoven, this has nothing to do with piracy. Pirates will hack out the online restriction on day 1. If we were pirates, we wouldn't even be complaining because of that singular fact.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)