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NewsA&G '12 TM2 Open Prelims Results PostedPosted by That One Guy - Last Updated: 21 January 2012 09:19 PM (PST)View the article on the FNG blog. (Leave comments!)
Thanks to MacDuffman for putting this together! Despite the technical difficulties it was still a good time, and really fun to race against some of the best in the world. When the tournament app choked, I went scurrying trying to find the cause, but by the time I found and fixed it, everyone wanted to just track it manually and save the app for next time. Thus, I missed the first four races. Once I got back in, I had a great time. Thundr did pretty well too. We being more casual TrackManiacs relative to the other competitors, I thought we did pretty well. We had some good races with some good places, and we just had a ball racing with some really cool players. It was an honor for us to host and despite everything else, it seemed most players' connections did well. There were some complaints about checkpoint lag, but that comes with the territory when you have people competing from around the world. Good luck to all that made it to the semifinals! Hopefully they'll go smoother than the prelims! GG! The semifinals will be split into two separate tournaments, each being held on 04 February 2012 (two weeks from today) and the groups/race times will be posted later this week. Watch the ManiaPlanet forums (link above) for details. The semifinals track pack will be released one week prior to the event. Stay tuned.  Watch the A&G 2012 TrackMania 2 Canyon TournamentPosted by That One Guy - Last Updated: 20 January 2012 08:37 AM (PST)View the article on the FNG blog. (Leave comments!)
If you would like more information about the event, you can get the most up-to-date information on the ManiaPlanet forums. Prelims take place Saturday 21 January 2012 online, starting at 8pm Eastern. Semifinals will take place 04 February 2012 online, time to be determined. Finals will take place 10 March 2012 in Cincinnati, Ohio at the A&G 2012 LAN Event; time to be determined. Best of luck to all the competitors; we'll see you at the races!  Freestyle in TrackMania 2 Canyon a la NitroGuYPosted by That One Guy - Last Updated: 17 January 2012 11:47 PM (PST)View the article on the FNG blog. (Leave comments!)
If only I could have that much control over my car. Mad skills, Nitro. MAD skills! And to rub salt in the wound of my newbness even more, Nitro plays with the keyboard!
And an extra shout-out for eyebo's excellent MediaTracker prowess. Well done on a high-quality video.
Now, for the rest of you FNGers, we'll have to track down some of these freestyle maps and give them a go. I know SpeedMonger and I both enjoyed stunts mode in United Forever, and the prospect of playing stunt mode without a timer makes me giddy.
We'll have to try it out soon after the A&G tournament.  Evochron Mercenary - The next evolution of Freelancer?Posted by That One Guy - Last Updated: 16 January 2012 05:29 PM (PST)View the article on the FNG blog. (Leave comments!)
A few of the Friday Night Gamers started playing Freelancer back in the day for a couple of months and had a ball with it. I would love to see how this one is.
Like Freelancer, you explore the universe, take on various kinds of missions (both with and without combat), do trading, etc. to enable you to upgrade your aircraft and equipment, letting you further explore new places.
From what I understand, it also allows you to integrate your solo play with multiplayer (using your same character in both.)
I can't afford it yet, but I've got my eye on it for when I can... I'd love to hear from those that already own and play it how much you enjoy it or not. Please feel free to leave some comments and let us know if it would be a good game to add to the FNG arsenal.
Also, FNGers, please chime in and let me know if you'd like to see this as one of the games we play as a group.  A&G 2012 TrackMania 2 Tournament - New Dates, Prelims Track Pack and Practice ServerPosted by That One Guy - Last Updated: 14 January 2012 01:02 PM (PST)View the article on the FNG blog. (Leave comments!)
Prelims' and Semifinals' dates have been moved to the following: Prelims: 21 January 2012 at 8:00PM Eastern Semifinals: 04 February 2012 at 8:00PM Eastern The finals will be held on 10 March 2012, live at the Animation & Gaming Ohio expo. Read the A&G Ohio's TrackMania 2 Tournament Rules and Regulations for full details, including any future updates. The prelims track pack has been released and is being hosted in the USA | Utah zone under the name: A&G 2012 TM2 Open (practice) The name may be changed to something similar -- we do that when we're testing mock tournaments there. Click the link above to launch TrackMania and automatically join the server. Mark this server in your favorites, as it will be the server we play the preliminaries on. If you find the server is down for some reason, please contact me at trackmania@thatoneplace.net so I can get it running again. You may also download the prelims pack to practice on your own at home. Best of luck to everyone! GG  A&G 2012 Trackmania 2 Open - 2nd Official USA TrackMania 2 Canyon TournamentPosted by That One Guy - Last Updated: 13 January 2012 03:56 AM (PST)View the article on the FNG blog. (Leave comments!)
 I'm very pleased to announce the 2nd Official USA TrackMania 2 Tournament, sponsored by Ubisoft, Intel and DSGW.de; and hosted by Anxiety and Macduffman, two finalists in the GEEX 2011 TrackMania 2 Canyon tournament that were unfortunately unable to attend the finals. The A&G ’12 Trackmania² Open will be even bigger than our GEEX tournament, extending to the entire world to participate!  Registration is free, and more details can be found by clicking on the registration link above or below. The preliminaries and semi-finals will be held online, and the finalists will be invited to Cincinnati, Ohio in March for LAN finals at the Animation & Gaming Ohio convention. Here are some quick details from what I know so far: Prelims: 14 January 2012 (online) - The top 16 racers will be invited to the semi-finals. Semi-finals: 28 January 2012 (online) - 2 sections. The top 4 racers from each section (8 total) will be invited to Cincinnati for the LAN finals. Finals: 10 March 2012 (LAN at the A&G event) Like GEEX, competitors will be responsible for their own flight/lodging expenses, but prizes are rumored to be as good or better, so it will be worth it for the winners. :) So head on over to their registration page and sign-up to play. It's going to be a blast! See you at the races in a few weeks! Register for the Tournament!  Steam Autumn Sale Kicks Off: Killer Deals on Portal 2, Dungeon Defenders and MorePosted by That One Guy - Last Updated: 23 November 2011 12:23 PM (PST)View the article on the FNG blog. (Leave comments!)
There are a ton of other games with slashed prices, so you'll have to check it out on your own. Be ready to spend money... Be aware, the sale goes from 23 November through 27 November, but the deals change every day, so the prices I listed above may not be there tomorrow. I mention Portal 2 and Dungeon Defenders specifically because they're fun games to play during FNG when there are smaller numbers present. My kids and I have enjoyed both (thanks in big part to DirtyD on Dungeon Defenders... many thanks my friend.) Enjoy.  Ubisoft Releases TrackMania 2 Video About GEEX 2011 TournamentPosted by That One Guy - Last Updated: 22 November 2011 01:04 PM (PST)View the article on the FNG blog. (Leave comments!)
Check it out and enjoy! Ubisoft posted a montage one-minute montage video about our GEEX 2011 TrackMania 2 Canyon tournament. The gameplay footage was taken from the internet stream, so the quality isn't the highest; but never fear... it's still cool (and has cool music!) Thanks Ubi for putting it together. It will help preserve the good memories of the event. Eyebo will be creating another one later out of the GBX replays he and I saved from both the prelims and finals. I'm excited to see that as well. Stay tuned.  Turkey Bowl 2011 ResultsPosted by That One Guy - Last Updated: 19 November 2011 09:19 AM (PST)View the article on the FNG blog. (Leave comments!)
Since the snapshot was taken at the start of the Tomb Raider track, the dark mod makes it hard to read some of the names... so here it is:
Let it be known that SpeedMonger had to ditch for a couple of races, Thundr was late and DirtyD was handicapped with his keyboard (I say handicapped because he's used to playing with a gamepad -- not that playing with keyboard is a handicap; I get it handed to me by keyboard players all the time in TM! *CACKLE!*)
It was a fun competition and everyone did well... this was probably our longest Turkey Bowl yet... 20 tracks, including all the GEEX 2011 prelims and finals.
Thundr kept me from a perfect score by successfully navigating the cut on Geometric Fissure and obtaining the fastest time on that track (01:06.81). I think I only finished once with a weak execution of the cut and 2 failed jumps after it, resulting in a 01:19.391 time; nearly 13 seconds behind Thundr. It was almost a DNF for me, which would have set me back 22 points. Well done Thundr!
Some other really close races worth mentioning (within milliseconds of each other):
We missed Bomajoe, who was out with a nasty cold, and Beuchety who we're not sure why he didn't make it. Hope everything's alright with the both of you.
I hope everyone had a good time, and we'll try another fun tournament at the LAN party in March.
 GEEX 2011 TrackMania 2 Canyon Tournament Finals ResultsPosted by That One Guy - Last Updated: 15 October 2011 12:57 PM (PDT)View the article on the FNG blog. (Leave comments!)
Iceman, who traveled all the way to Utah from his home in Wisconsin, battled it out with GEEX defending champion and Utah native Fallout in an incredible contest featuring rounds that ended sometimes with milliseconds making the difference. Iceman pulled out the victory and dethroned the two-time winner Fallout, laying claim to the $2800 gaming laptop sponsored by Intel and Ubisoft. Fallout and Kawa went home with a brand new boxed i7-2600k processor from Intel; and we congratulate them on their fine performances. Two of our competitors, Iceman and nicknacknob flew in from out-of-state. We were grateful to have you here. We hope you enjoyed your stay and your experience at GEEX! We missed a few players that weren't able to make it... Anxiety (Canada), Besus (Texas), Alderon42 (Utah), and macduffman (Ohio). The missing contestants' slots were filled in by NapTime, SpeedMonger, ronnation and Thundr (all from Utah.) We had a great time at GEEX and thank Ubisoft, Intel and MediaOne for making this awesome tournament a reality. I personally wish to also thank ATP Havoc, Dengel, Eyebo, GanjaRider, LineAddict, NitroGuy, smok3y, sol666 and tmjonas, some of the greatest TrackManiacs around the world, for building the tracks for our finals (and some of our prelims!) Great job to all contestants! We hope to see more tournaments like this start to emerge across the entire United States and again thank Ubisoft and Intel for sponsoring our tournament and prizes.     GEEX 2011 TrackMania 2 Canyon Tournament Finalists and Prize UpdatesPosted by That One Guy - Last Updated: 14 October 2011 01:35 AM (PDT)View the article on the FNG blog. (Leave comments!)
Iceman Fallout KOFSKawa nicknacknob rudoneyet FNG_DirtyD FNG_NapTime FNG_SpeedMonger ronnation FNG_Thundr We wish everyone the best of luck in the competition. The Intel sponsored tournament PCs are running Intel i7 3.3GHz processors and NVIDIA GTX570 video cards in them! Needless to say, TrackMania 2 settings are maxed out and ready to show off. :) Intel came in with another win by upgrading our prizes from boxed i5 processors to boxed i7-2600k processors! We've been extremely fortunate to have Ubisoft and Intel co-sponsoring our GEEX TrackMania 2 Canyon tournament and want to thank them profusely again for everything they've done to make this tournament great. See you all at GEEX tomorrow night for the exciting TM2 showdown! Remember, if you can't attend the event in-person, watch the live stream from GEEX tomorrow night!  GEEX 2011 TrackMania 2 Canyon Finals - Track Pack Available Now!Posted by That One Guy - Last Updated: 11 October 2011 02:01 AM (PDT)View the article on the FNG blog. (Leave comments!)
It is a well-rounded mix of many of the track styles available in TrackMania. This pack is extra special; made with TrackManiac passion by the following authors:
ATP Havoc
Dengel
Eyebo
GanjaRider
LineAddict
NitroGuy
smok3y
sol666
tmjonas
Now, I have to say something. These track authors are some of the finest people I've ever met. I have loved playing their tracks over the years, and I am honored that they were willing to help make this tournament a success, by granting their talents to designing tracks specifically for the GEEX tournament. These incredible tracks really show off the different aspects of TrackMania that make it great and each author has a style all their own. You'll enjoy racing their tracks even if you're not in the tournament! I have become friends with each of them over the past several months, and some of us even enjoyed watching the prelims together on the Team FNG Mumble server. All of these extraordinary people voluntarily took a lot of time out of their busy schedules to make this a reality, and I want to publicly thank each of them for their participation. TrackMania is a fantastic game on its own, but what really makes it stand out as the best racing game in the world is the community that powers it, and these authors are a testament to how great the community is. You'll see it in their tracks. I wish you all could be here in Utah with us Friday. Some of the authors will be watching the stream, and if you're lucky, you can chat with them in the Twitch.tv chat room (Eyebo was kind enough to participate some there during the prelims... thanks Eyebo!)
The outros make for some incredible replay cams that will be broadcast on the big screen and streamed on the internet, shoutcast by GEEX own LeGrande Jolley (GXRoyale) -- who did a fantastic job streaming our preliminary tournament last Friday. Those that can attend GEEX, come watch our skilled finalists drive their hearts out as they compete for the laptop! We will have some TrackMania 2 Canyon t-shirts to give away so be sure to be in the audience during the finals!
GEEX 2011
TrackMania 2 Canyon Finals
South Towne Expo Center
Sandy, Utah
14 October 2011
6:00pm
Those that can't be with us locally, be sure to catch the stream online and cheer on your favorite competitors!  GEEX 2011 TrackMania 2 Canyon Preliminary ResultsPosted by That One Guy - Last Updated: 07 October 2011 10:15 PM (PDT)View the article on the FNG blog. (Leave comments!)
We had an awesome time with our GEEX 2011 prelims for TrackMania 2 Canyon tonight. The competition was intense and the wrecks on "In Dust We Trust" were very entertaining. :) We congratulate all who played and thank everyone for being good sports. We're looking forward to an intense and exciting competition in one week on the GEEX tournament stage in Sandy, Utah. Finals maps will be posted tomorrow night and we will be setting up our GEEX server with those maps for all to come play; and more importantly, for our finalists to practice. Come race with them. Royale did a great job streaming our tournament and we wish to thank him for sharing his time and talents with us to make the tournament available for those that wished to cheer on their favorite racers, and to introduce this wonderful game to many who had never heard of it. I'm excited to reveal the finals maps... Stay tuned for tomorrow! GG! And good luck to all GEEX finalists!  GEEX 2011 TrackMania 2 Canyon Tournament Registration Closed - Good luck competitors!Posted by That One Guy - Last Updated: 07 October 2011 04:12 PM (PDT)View the article on the FNG blog. (Leave comments!)
Registration is now closed for the GEEX 2011 TrackMania 2 Canyon tournament, sponsored by Ubisoft and Intel. Team FNG wishes the best of luck to the 25 official competitors from around the United States: droodski : Yorba Linda, CA StarBazer : Miami, FL jeffreylb94 : newborn, GA Keenny_v3 : Tbilisi, GA 1D3R : dillonvale, OH MacDuffman : Niles, OH Anxiety : London, ON nicknacknob : Portland, OR besus : Cedar Creek, TX Fallout : Clinton, UT KOFSKawa : Kearns, UT LilRobot : Layton, UT dGamefather : Riverton, UT rudoneyet : salt lake city, UT RonNation : Salt Lake City, UT Staiinless : Salt Lake City, UT FNG_EnderWiggen : South Jordan, UT NapTime : South Jordan, UT SpeedMonger : South Jordan, UT DirtyD : St. George, UT ALDERON42 : Taylorsville, UT Wholly : Taylorsville, UT DeadlyBobble : West Jordan, UT Thundr : West Jordan, UT Iceman : Madison, WI This is the first offical TrackMania 2 Canyon tournament since its release on 14 September 2011. Remember that the preliminaries happen tonight at 9:00pm Mountain time and will be streamed on the GEEX website. Go watch and cheer on your favorite racers! Make sure you're there for smok3y's track "In Dust We Trust" -- it's sure not to disappoint. Those of you that have raced it know what I'm talking about. :) Good luck TrackManiacs and GG!
 GEEX 2011 TrackMania 2 Canyon Tournament Internet StreamPosted by That One Guy - Last Updated: 08 October 2011 09:34 AM (PDT)View the article on the FNG blog. (Leave comments!)
Watch the tournament Prelims: tonight at 9:00pm Mountain time Finals: Friday 14 October 2011 at 6:00pm Mountain time  GEEX 2011 TrackMania 2 Tournament open to legal Canada residentsPosted by That One Guy - Last Updated: 07 October 2011 01:33 PM (PDT)View the article on the FNG blog. (Leave comments!)
The official rules have been updated to reflect the change. Good luck all! We'll see you tonight at the GEEX 2011 TrackMania 2 Canyon preliminaries.  GEEX 2011 - TrackMania 2 Canyon - 1st Prize Laptop Specs RevealedPosted by That One Guy - Last Updated: 05 October 2011 11:14 PM (PDT)View the article on the FNG blog. (Leave comments!)
 Hey all! I got official word back about the specs for the 1st Prize custom gaming laptop! Customized shell with GEEX 2011 and TrackMania 2 Canyon logos 1920 x 1080 15.6" LED Backlit Glossy LCD Screen 2GB GDDR5 ATI Radeon HD 6970M Intel Core i7-2720QM Quad-Core Processor (2.20GHz), 6MB Cache 8GB Kingston HyperX Dual-Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 2 X 4GB 250GB Intel 510 Series(Elm Crest) - Solid State Drive 6X Blu-ray Reader/8X DVD+/-R/2.4X +DL Super-Multi Drive with Power DVD 7 Integrated High-Definition Audio with 4 Channel support Intel PRO Wireless Advanced-N 6230 + BT Wireless LAN Combo Module - up to 320Mbps - Built-in 2.0 Megapixel Video Camera Windows 7 Home Premium The laptop retails around $2800.00 so it's definitely a prize worth signing up for! :) I'm not sure which boxed i5 processors 2nd and 3rd place will receive, but they'll be worth it as well. Register for the tournament today (if you haven't already!) Entry is free, but you must sign up before 07 October 2011 5:00pm (Mountain). The top 10 after the prelims will be invited to compete in the finals on the GEEX tournament stage on 14 October in Sandy, Utah (finalists are responsible for any travel/lodging/food/etc expenses.) We again express much thanks to Ubisoft and Intel who are sponsoring our tournament.  GEEX 2011 TrackMania 2 Tournament Prelims: Track Change NoticePosted by That One Guy - Last Updated: 29 September 2011 01:24 AM (PDT)View the article on the FNG blog. (Leave comments!)
I need to let you know of an update I had to make to the official track pack for the GEEX prelims on 07 October.
The atphavoc map called "Spare Parts 2" has a Push Forward (PF) start and we had a lot of contestants practicing on the Prelims server that the PF wasn't working correctly on each start/respawn.
I discussed this with atphavoc and he provided me an alternate track that doesn't have a PF start. We ran it on the server tonight and have decided to use it instead of Spare Parts 2.
The track is called "Cradle of Speed" and I have made the change in the official prelims pack. The GEEX Prelims server also reflects the update.
Good luck!
 GEEX 2011 TrackMania 2 Canyon Official Rules UpdatePosted by That One Guy - Last Updated: 24 September 2011 09:39 AM (PDT)View the article on the FNG blog. (Leave comments!)
I have made a change to the official rules regarding the scoring system. The scoring system, originally based on Motocross Madness 2 (2000) tournament scoring (which I believe to be based on AMA Pro Racing MX scoring (or something similar)) has been updated to match the 2011 AMA Pro Racing MX scoring (See section 2.20 Championship Rules). As always, make sure to read the official rules document for any updates, but here is how the new points system will work: Points will only be awarded to those that finish the track during a round (that hasn't changed.) Points will be awarded to finishers in the following structure:
I tested this last night on the GEEX prelims server through 2 runs of all the tracks and an average of 13-20 people on the server. It worked well and everyone seemed to like it. I hope it will feel more fair to all participants.  GEEX 2011 TrackMania 2 Canyon Tournament Details FinalizedPosted by That One Guy - Last Updated: 22 September 2011 08:59 AM (PDT)View the article on the FNG blog. (Leave comments!)
 I, along with Ubisoft, Intel and GEEX am proud to officially announce the first USA LAN event TrackMania 2 Canyon tournament since the game was released on 14 September 2011. We're excited to be one of the first to help the United States get introduced to the ManiaPlanet universe.We have finalized all details except the map pack that will be used in the finals. This is because I have some of the best track authors in the TrackMania community hard at work creating tracks special for this year's GEEX tournament! It gets better... This year's tournament is free to enter and open to EVERYONE (just make sure to read the fine print below...) We will be holding an online preliminary event on: 07 October 2011 9:00PM (Mountain time.) Online - GEEX 2011 TrackMania prelims server All details can be found at the official GEEX TrackMania 2 Canyon Tournament website. The top 10 contestants in the online prelims will advance to the finals, which will take place: 14 October 2011 6:00PM GEEX - South Towne Expo Center - Sandy, UT Tournament stage Ubisoft and Intel really came through for us. Intel is sponsoring some really killer prizes... including: 1st place: Customized GEEX 2011/TrackMania 2 Canyon gaming laptop 2nd place: Boxed Intel i5 processor 3rd place: Boxed Intel i5 processor (All finalists will also receive cool TrackMania 2 Canyon t-shirts) We expect this to be an epic event and hope to see a ton of you there. And if you're not in the competition or aren't fortunate enough to make it to the finals, come cheer on your friends and have a blast at this special event. Register Now!!! And now the fine print... Note: All finalists are responsible for any travel/lodging necessary to permit them to participate in the GEEX 2011 TrackMania 2 Canyon tournament finals. DISCLAIMER: This Contest is open to legal U.S. residents (excluding residents of Rhode Island and residents of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and other United States territories), who are thirteen (13) years of age or older at the time of entry. Employees, officers, and directors of Sponsor, and each of their affiliated companies, subsidiaries, licensees, franchisees, distributors, dealers, sales representatives, their advertising and promotion agencies, and any and all other companies associated with the Contest (collectively, the "Promotion Entities"), and each of their immediate families (i.e., parents, spouse, siblings, children, grandparents, step parents, stepchildren and step siblings, and their respective spouses, and those living in the same household, whether or not related) are not eligible to participate. All eligibility is subject to all federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations.   GEEX 2011 TrackMania 2 Canyon Tournament Registration is LivePosted by That One Guy - Last Updated: 12 September 2011 08:54 AM (PDT)View the article on the FNG blog. (Leave comments!)
Registration is $35.00 and includes admission to the LAN party. The competition is not team-based but the registration form allows to put your Team Name; so if you are registering and are part of a TrackMania racing team, make sure you and all of your teammates but the same Team Name (either acronym or full name - example: "FNG" or "Friday Night Gamers") so you'll all be grouped the same. We hope to have participants from all over and from many different teams to come help us show off to the USA how great this game really is. Come one, come all... Sign up now so you can come join us in one of the United States' first official LAN event TrackMania 2 Canyon tournaments, brought to you by Ubisoft!  GEEX 2011 LAN Registration is Live - Tournament Registration Coming 08 Sept 2011Posted by That One Guy - Last Updated: 07 September 2011 10:42 PM (PDT)View the article on the FNG blog. (Leave comments!)
 Register for the GEEX LAN party (price includes show admission/weekend pass) First 50 people get EVGA t-shirts and lanyards. $35.00/person Only 100 seats this year - so sign up SOON! EDIT: I guess it helps to mention that GEEX 2011 is happening Friday and Saturday, October 14-15, 2011!!! :) Tournament sign-ups start tomorrow and will include the following games: (according to the GEEX tournaments page at time of this post) PC Tournaments League of Legends Starcraft 2 Team Fortress 2 Trackmania 2 Console Tournaments Call of Duty: Black Ops - TBA - Halo: Reach Super Street Fighter 4:AE You read correctly. This year, Ubisoft presents the first official USA LAN TrackMania 2 event, right here in Utah! More details to come in the near future... so if you're interested, make sure you register early for the tournament! If everyone that wants to participate is able to register for the LAN, we'll do our prelims on Friday at the LAN -- if not, we'll consider doing prelims online prior to the event and having the finals only at GEEX. (Everyone interested in entering the tournament should go pre-order the game on the official website. Pre-purchasing (only $25.00) gets you into the Multiplayer Beta going on right now; so you can start practicing before the release in a week!) We're looking forward to an exciting TM2 tournament this year and can't wait to show America how awesome the new TrackMania is. See you at GEEX 2011!  Valve and DRM - They "get it" and that's why they're winning.Posted by FNG_DirtyD - Last Updated: 02 September 2011 05:00 PM (PDT)View the article on the FNG blog. (Leave comments!)
" 'We're a broken record on this,' Newell told me, 'This belief that you increase your monetization by making your game worth less through aggressive digital rights management is totally backwards . It's a service issue, not a technology issue. Piracy is just not an issue for us.' "
"But when Valve looked into what was going on there [Russia] they saw that the pirates were doing a better job of localizing games then the publishers were."
" 'They best way to fight piracy is to create a service that people need,' he said. 'I think (publishers with strict DRM) will sell less of their products and create more problems.' "
" 'Customers want to know everything is going to be there for them no matter what: Their saved games and configurations will be there. They don't want any uncertainty.' "
Thank you, Gabe Newell & Valve, for understanding your customers.
 GameSpot Exclusive TrackMania 2 Canyon TrailerPosted by That One Guy - Last Updated: 25 August 2011 09:41 PM (PDT)View the article on the FNG blog. (Leave comments!)
Another cool trailer for TrackMania 2 Canyon. Enjoy!  Ubisoft lied about From Dust DRMPosted by FNG_DirtyD - Last Updated: 19 August 2011 07:28 AM (PDT)View the article on the FNG blog. (Leave comments!)
So, more reason to despise Ubisoft. Ubisoft originally stated that "From Dust" would require a one-time activation with your game/cd-key. One of the original posts: "We are aware of some confusion over the inclusion of DRM in the release of From Dust on PC. However, now that the game has been released, people have found that is not the case, and an internet connection is required EVERY time you run the game. In addition, the game is capped at 30 fps, and no cutscreens can be skipped. Apparently, after it does this DRM check with Ubisoft's servers, you can disconnect or lose connection and not get booted from the game. This is only a slight improvement over their "always on" DRM they'd used in prior games. After complaints started rolling in, Ubisoft went back posted a new one that says, "Due to the recent confusion over the type of DRM used in From Dust: Due to user complaints, Ubisoft did remove the "always online" component of the new Driver: San Francisco, however all reports are that this game will use a similar system where a connection is required at every game boot. At least with Driver we know ahead of time, and they didn't flat-out lie like they did with From Dust.  |
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