An agreement is by definition self descriptive so there's no need to describe it further. And what was paid for was a temporary license. So it's clear it's only going to be available for a period of time, like a subscription service. It's not a product I would be interested in. But it's a valid agreement.

Valid as far as informed consent goes?

As you wish.

I believe angels of the Bible are eldritch alien birds, but how much value do you think belief wields in this conversation?

Legalese is intended to be indecipherable to those untrained in the arcane practice of law.

In a world populated by pigs, dogs and sheep, which one are you?

I tend to think of myself as either a ram, mouse, cat, gecko, or shapeshifter.

Make of that as you will.

I still find the whole premise of their petition/case ludicrous. It's the very definition of people knowingly "buying" a game that has always stated to require an internet/server connection - the most obvious sign of a DRMed game - but then pull the "Woe is me!" card once the publisher pulls the servers' plugs which kills said game. One didn't even need to read a TOS/EULA to figure that this was a possibility down the line. Darwin awards all around! It certainly wasn't the first, nor will it be the last case of its kind. Hell, I would not at all be surprised if the very same thing eventually happened to both The Crew 2 and Motorfest.

Outside of GOG I haven't given Ubisoft any money in a very long time because of those very online shenanigans of theirs. They've been essentially dead to me.

ManBearPig says hi.

If I have to choose from those three I would hope to be a dog, since friendship, loyalty, trust, and honour are paramount to me.

But I reject your limited choices and proffer my own: I would be a raptor and the spirit animal of my spouse was a wolf. So a griffin, then?

It was a reference to Pink Floyd's Animals.

Griffins are very cool.

May updates on campaign to stop game destruction

"Here are some more updates on the campaign. The Australian petition is ending very soon, there are some new details on the UK petition + consumer action, and there will be a significant announcement on EU law on the 27th, I'll have more details later.

Links mentioned:
Link to Australian Petition (closes soon)
https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN6080

Link to UK Petition:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/659071/

Link to Canadian Petition:
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4965

https://stopkillinggames.com"

Dead Game News: Response from the European Commission

"News going over responses from the EU Commission on the issue of destroying games from members of European Parliament. Also some updates on the campaign towards the end.

0:00 Intro
0:27 European Commission
13:06 France
14:09 UK
16:38 Germany
17:27 Canada
17:35 Brazil
17:46 Australia
18:48 What's next

Link to Canadian Petition:
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4965

Link to short speech I did for the Pirate Party:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4KmZz-70bs

Link to full Pirate Party stream on game destruction (all in German):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBtQBB19eNA

"

I’m not even sure how important this campaign or topic is, since it seems to be complaining somewhat ridiculously about intrinsically ONLINE games being discontinued. Duh, anything which requires an online connection is always going to die eventually, and you were naive or just a fool if you didn’t expect it. That’s not to say that it is justified to sell “products” (“services” really) like this in the first place.

Anyway, I did actually personally sign the UK petition. I got an email back some weeks later informing me that, basically, owing to the upcoming general election over here, this petition has been shelved for the time being.

On the other hand, giving someone a server to host isn't too unreasonable to ask with many games. Even if Stendhal RPG were to dehost, I still have a copy of the server and the client can connect to it.