[ut3] gamespy

[Jason Sandlin]

Hmmm I may unplug my net cable tonight and try this.

On 10/16/07, Dark Avenger <sap.darkavenger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Have you noticed that when you start up the game to play, it automatically
> logs you in?
>
> Have you noticed that when you start up a dedicated server it requires an
> ID and password?
>
> Answer me this --- what happens when you can't reach gamespy, for whatever
> reason, network outage in their datacenter, power outage, server outage,
> hacker attack, etc., etc.  Will everyone and every server stop working?
>
> On 10/16/07, Ondřej Hošek <ondra.hosek at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > GameSpy, and mainly the menu, is already being (rightfully) bitched
> > about in the Epic forums. I'm very sure Epic can take the hint and make
> > a real menu with more than three options, but as for GameSpy, I'm not
> > sure they'll be able to remove it easily, seeing as they probably signed
> > some sort of deal which would complicate such an "amputation".
> >
> > ~~ Ondra
> >
> > On 16.10.07 20:57 Uhr, Robert Larkin wrote:
> > > Matthias Bach wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi!
> > >>
> > >> Am Dienstag 16 Oktober 2007 schrieb Alan H. Gifford:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> Here's a question, why is GameSpy something I should care about?
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >> Well, you are not the only person asking that question.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> What if I want to play on a LAN?  Will it allow me to set up on a
> > LAN
> > >>> that's disconnected from the Internet?  I would hope so.  I really
> > >>> dislike all the software moving toward a point that almost nothing
> > but
> > >>> the bare essentials will work without Internet access.  It's very
> > weak.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >> Well, I hope so! However it sadly seems to become more and more a
> > fact that
> > >> anything you are told you are bying you are actually just gaining a
> > temporary
> > >> license to. I mean, what if for some reason gamespy decides no longer
> > to
> > >> support UT? I know this is unlikely, but for less popular games it
> > has
> > >> happend. I mean, where I leave you are not even allowed to backup
> > your audio
> > >> CD or DVD if they have a technically effective copy protection aka
> > >> Multisession or CSS, I mean, this is a joke, right? :( And that
> > albait the
> > >> fact that it is know that optical disks tend to fall apart on a O(10)
> > >> timescale which is exactly why every game company and any music
> > producer has
> > >> to give a non-copy-protected version to the national library.
> > >>
> > >> Just my 2 €-cent. And yes, I know it's ranting in the wrong place,
> > but it's a
> > >> thing that pisses me off. It's not fair to SELL me something if it's
> > acutally
> > >> only being lend with special conditions. And software activation or
> > >> enforerced registration for internet accounts is just the next one
> > along this
> > >> line. I mean, there are already games that can no longer be played
> > because
> > >> the registration servers don't work any longer.
> > >>
> > >> Well, as long as the gamespy thing is an extra it's great. If there
> > is no
> > >> open-internet game it's a rippof.
> > >>
> > >> I'll shut up now,
> > >> Regards,
> > >> Matthias
> > >>
> > >>
> > > The gamespy login and the menus in general are such a regression for
> > > this game.  I can't think of any reason for gamespy to be involved at
> > > all actually.  I don't think it's copy protection because they
> > had/have
> > > that in ut2004 don't they?  At least I think so, didn't the master
> > > server validate keys?  The ut2004 menu was really intuitive, this one
> > is
> > > like the flash website from hell.
> > >
> > > >From searching around some forums I don't think gamespy is liked by
> > most
> > > players.
> > >
> > http://gearsforums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?s=e3c5c94287e7f7c620aa58d44265b4db&t=575752
> > >
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