Kingdoms SecuRom discussion - forum rules only

[SpencerH]

I'm glad to see such a healthy debate about this issue. Unfortunately, it doesnt amount to a hill of beans. Most gamemakers (and other software producers) continue to believe that they have the right to install programs on your PC without your knowledge or with deceptive tactics. There are two obvious answers to the problem; dont buy the games, and legislation. Neither of which is gonna happen since: 1) most people are not savy enough to know what has been installed and the potential problems so they buy the game, 2) since the "security" being installed is kept hidden from the owner, many of those who would not install the game will buy it first then will find the problem (which is what happened to me with some earlier games that didnt like alcohol), 3) and Congress is pathetically bamboozled by anything remotely technical so nothing will happen from that side.

Personally, Securom and Kingdoms is not an issue for me since CA lost me as a customer with M2TW. Now I just have another reason not to buy their games. I'm just hoping that someone will care enough to completely change M2TW in a mod sometime in the future. Given the enormity of that task, though, I doubt it will happen.