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Very few if any gamer systems aren't internet connected, so just make a simple verification check go out on the serial number, and let them play. With the way today's games are, with the zero-day release always having a fatal bug (I believe intentionally) that requires a patch to be downloaded, there is no real need for this. Some of that was the multi-language support, which can be clicked off, but the bottom line is, the copy protection makes the game sometimes unplayable without a reboot. It's even told me that my OS isn't high enough, and I need to upgrade to Windows 98SE or 2000. Multiplayer does not, as it should be.) Half the time I have to reboot my system, because SafeDisc doesn't recognize the DVD being in the drive. Heck, my current copy of Hellgate: London acts up in single player mode (which requires the DVD to be in the drive. Since it's an Atari game that isn't being supported any longer, I can't get a new CD from the company. So, I uninstalled that, re-ran their program, and they said I must have a copy of an orignal CD. So, the game worked out of the box, and through the first patch, but the 2nd/3rd patch broke my CD? You've got to be kidding me! And SecureROM analyzed my data, and said that it was because I had Daemon Tools installed. Applying the third patch to fix the second patch made my CD fail its check.

The second patch to come out wasn't compatable with DirectX 9.0c, so it was pointless. My copy of Temple of Elemental Evil worked fine for the orignal release, and the first patch. Yeah, you try to protect them, but when you end up switching CDs every few days because you wish to play a different game for a bit, sometimes the CD sits on your desk for a few minutes. I can't tell you the number of games I've lost over the years due to damaged CDs. I'm seriously considering not playing Season Two at this point. And because of that, I get copy protection. I understand Half-Life 2 not running well (it likes a beefy system), but there is no good reason I shouldn't be able to play Sam & Max that way.Д«ut I paid for the physical media, because I prefer that. Even with the lowered performance of 3D stuff in Parallels, it should work fine. Sam & Max is not an intensive game at all. That takes a long time to shutdown OS X, start Windows, start the game, check the CD, then get into it. I can't use a disc image for the same reason. I can't use Parallels because the copy protection thinks I'm using a copied disc. I use a Mac and the game isn't available for my platform, so I have to play the episodes in Windows. I bought Sam & Max Season One in the retail box, and it uses copy protection. Valve has done such a good job with Steam, that it makes the problem even more obvious. Recently, this has been driving me nuts though.

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It was one thing to keep the disc in the drive back when the data had to be pulled off (I wouldn't want to install Wing Commander 4 and it's 6+ CDs on my hard drive back then). This brave new world, in which the data already installed upon my hard drive is all that's required to play a game I've paid for, is one I know I want to live in.'

While there're still some reasons to be circumspect about online distribution systems, they do spell an end to miserably sorting through quivering towers of plastic discs or popup-heavy crack websites.

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Having the CD check as well seems like leaving a polite post-it note on the windscreen of a driver prone to double-parking.

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It was always doubly unnecessary for a game like W3, which also employs serial number checks if you want to play it online. This kicks off a discussion by blogger Alec Meer about the role of copy protection and anti-piracy in PC gaming: 'I don't need the Paint Shop Pro disc in my DVD drive whenever I want to butcher my holiday photos, after all. Players will no longer need to have the disc in the drive in order to conquer Azeroth. Rock, Paper, Shotgun notes that in Blizzard's never-ending quest for perfect balance, they've added a handy feature for still-dedicated Warcraft players.