It is time that we do something. Bragging in forums against DRM doesn't do anything. Please share your ideas and state that you if you are in.

- We will build a web site.

- We will declare a manifesto. An open letter to companies.

- We will loud our voice via Facebook, Twitter and gaming forums.

- We will inform gamers about DRM and other harmful methods.

how could you make and anti-drm website better than gog?

hasn't this all been done already?

This will fail miserably, just as every previous attempt to do the same has. The vast majority of people don't know and don't care. And most of the ones who claim to care are too spineless to make a difference anyway.

The last stand was about 8 years ago and Half Life 2 won... by a lot.

I have a suggestion... stop reading forums about DRM-related topics, stop caring about DRM, figuring whether this DRM is more or less bad, and just enjoy the games you've bought.

Only buy games at GoG.com

Buy DRM-free games. Lots of them.

Stand is made

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LOL I'm glad I stepped into this topic after seeing that pic ^_^. Does it say a lot about Boycotters or does it say more about Call of Duty fans?

I really don't get the obsession with having no DRM in games. I can understand opposition to the more draconian stuff such as Ubisoft's (which has stopped me buying recent Ubisoft games such as Anno 2070 which I really wanted.) but the stuff you don't notice so much.... what's the big deal? It tends to be easily bypassable by a no cd patch within a month of release, letting you save a backup anyway. Most companies do it because their shareholders need to see that they're taking some steps to protect their IP.

Sad, but true.


I remember it well...

There we were. Gamers in their hundreds and thousands, lined up against the encroaching hordes of the DRMperium. Battle cries travelled up and down the line. Declarations of intent, promises of retribution... It was a sight unlike anything ever seen.

We raised our banners high into the bright, blue sky and issued our challenge, and it echoed across the battlefield!

Then Gabe strode forwards, and said "Sorry, but if you don't put up with this DRM we've created, you can't play Half-Life 2".

Our centre crumbled almost immediately. The few that weren't swayed by Gabe's words were quickly set upon by their erstwhile battle-brothers. The flanks held out a little longer, but soon they too tucked-tail and ran to join the deserters. A few stragglers grouped together, but were slowly worn down by the relentless barrage of games, and soon more and more of us gave up and accepted their new overlords.

Oh, sure, some of the DRMperium's allies are taking things a little far, stirring up some dissent as they do so (step forward Lieutenant-General UbiSoft), and some are trying to form splinter factions (such as Comrade EA), but they already know that with the right game, gamers will (on the whole) accept just about anything.

The few that remain... well, we try the occasional bit of guerilla warfare, but the numbers are too vast to have any meaningful impact. Personally? I'm happy now just to sit back and laugh whenever DRM bites someone in the arse.



To the OP... sad though I am to say this: not enough people care. If they did, we wouldn't be having this conversation, because Steamworks and other related DRM solutions would have been strangled at birth eight years ago.

Wishbone had it just about right, alas.

The only stand against DRM is to not buy DRM, if it bothers you. That leaves you with GOG and some indies.

Don't bother trying to get the next EA/Activision/Ubisoft game without DRM. The only thing they understand is sales or "lack of sales" and considering that most gamers don't care about DRM there won't be a "lack of sales" to affect those publishers. No website, manifesto, Facebook group, or forum will change that.

Exactly.

And I vote with my wallet. That's the only thing that matters anyway to the likes of Ubisoft etc., as they have stated PC gamers are whiny bastards anyway who never pay for their games anyway. They got that one right, not _their_ games.

Anyway, in many publishers' eyes PC gaming is dead anyway, DRM or not. Apart from maybe some MMORPGs, and indie titles which will be released simultaneously on Android and PC.

Even the indie developers are complaining about PC, e.g. the makers of World of Goo were miffed that 90% of PC WoG players were pirates, or something.

So if this is a popularity contest and we should all join those who "won", then drop your PC gaming right now, and go buy your consoles and IPads, chop chop!