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And GOG is still unable or unwilling to prevent such behavior. Great!
(Lost about 80-100 rep so far but the fun goes on with each day GOG ignores this problem - just saying)
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Time4Tea: Ok, let me clarify something here that might be causing confusion. It is not the online part of 'always online' that is the issue. It's not use of the internet that is the problem. It is not even the 'client-server' model, as opposed to peer-to-peer. The problem lies entirely with who is in control of the server... The Blizzard-controlled (actual) case is DRMed, because Blizzard retain control of the game server and have a killswitch with which they can terminate the game for everyone, whenever they feel like it.
A very valid point which many here seem to have overlooked. You can have DRM-free multiplayer games that require a server, as long as they include the ability to set up your own server. Doom/Quake was one of the first examples and the Persistent World (PW) servers of Neverwinter Nights 1 and 2 are another strong case. Now to access these, an Internet connection is still needed, but you could set up your own PW server and access it over a local area network (LAN) without any need for online access (say, for a group of close friends enjoying a gaming weekend at someone's house).
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Time4Tea: As I mentioned in my post above, I think an MMO could be DRM-free in principle, if users had access to the server-side application and had the ability to set up and host their own server...But of course, no MMO that currently exists (that I know of) is implemented like that, because the devs want control over the game...
There is another point to consider here - the "massive" part of MMO means that rather than a server, you have to have a server farm. You have to have multiple, high-capacity network lines with load balancing which requires high-end routers. And you have to have technical support capable of dealing with the worst that abusive players can throw at you (DDoS attacks, in-game cheating, gold farming, etc).

So even if an enlightened developer/publisher released a DRM-free MMO, almost nobody else would have the wherewithal to setup and maintain the server infrastructure needed to run it.

Getting back on point while this optional tool doesn't make Cyberpunk 2077 itself a DRMed game, it is clearly DRM itself and the most likely reason for this is CDPR "testing the water", seeing how many people use it. If a high proportion of users do, then that will create a strong business case for ditching their DRM-free pledge.

So while it may not be of huge significance on its own, it is what it presages that people should be more concerned about.

(Come on you 'rep trolls, let's have another downvote orgy!).
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MarkoH01: And GOG is still unable or unwilling to prevent such behavior. Great!
(Lost about 80-100 rep so far but the fun goes on with each day GOG ignores this problem - just saying)
I don‘t want to ruin your day, but I lost a little more rep, but couldn‘t care any less, because the perople that are doong this, have to waste time to downvote my posts. So I win, they lose.
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john_hatcher: I don‘t want to ruin your day, but I lost a little more rep, but couldn‘t care any less, because the perople that are doong this, have to waste time to downvote my posts. So I win, they lose.
They aren't just wasting their time downvoting since they can only downvote each of your post once.
This means that they have to create new account first, search for your posts and then downvote you. Multiple times.
Which means that they have to create new account at least every single day.

Sure they can automate part of the process but they must think of you daily.
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Post edited August 24, 2021 by ConanTheBald
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john_hatcher: I don‘t want to ruin your day, but I lost a little more rep, but couldn‘t care any less, because the perople that are doong this, have to waste time to downvote my posts. So I win, they lose.
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ConanTheBald: They aren't just wasting their time downvoting since they can only downvote each of your post once.
This means that they have to create new account first, search for your posts and then downvote you. Multiple times.
Which means that they have to create new account at least every single day.

Sure they can automate part of the process but they must think of you daily.
All they need is six accounts in total. No more.

It doesn't matter how many times a post is downvoted, it cannot reduce the poster's rep by more than -6. That's how GOG implemented it. Hence, the six accounts.

The entire process can be easily automated, by having six processes on some server, one for each of the six accounts, each running completely automatically, searching for new posts from a specific poster (or group of posters, or entire threads) and downvoting them.

For all we know, the downvoter in question could already be dead, as long as the server hosting his processes is still around.
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mrkgnao: For all we know, the downvoter in question could already be dead.
That would be wishful thinking, to be honest.
Much more likely to be P.L.A. cyber warfare bots crawling the wide internet for keywords and not a single user.
Otherwise I find the amount of psychosis projected into the digital realm interestingly unsound, as far as it could justify a mental health clinic admission.
I can hardly expect incarceration in such institutions to involve any amount of fun, thus pointing out your observation as wishful thinking, on behalf of the patient candidate.
Post edited August 25, 2021 by FateIsOneEdge
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ysperchy: Sweet Moses... is there a comment in this thread that isn't downvoted?
Can we agree to disagree and stop it with the low rating en masse? I know folks are passionate about the DRM subject, but goddamn...

EDIT: It seems my own comment got downvoted to the pits... I'll see my way out.
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Breja: I'm pretty sure the downvoting has nothing to do with the subject matter. There have been many threads, especially recently, that were also 100% downvoted. And if it were legit votes as fallout of the discussion, logic suggests one side would be winning the vote, so only one side would be downvoted and the other upvoted. Or if they were evenly split and cancelled each other out, no posts would be either high or low rated. Bottom line - this is just another case of someone rep trolling.

Anyway, everyone know the rep is abused and meaningless. Don't let something so silly influence what you post.
Exactly! Words of Wisdom!