Koki on 2/8/2010 at 05:05
Quote Posted by Yakoob
That's like buying a bicycle with razor blades in the handle bar, marked as "this bike contains razor blades on the handle bars," and then suing the seller because you got cut. You know exactly what you are getting for the money
You do? How? You can only read EULA
after you buy the game.
Eldron on 2/8/2010 at 07:53
Quote Posted by Nameless Voice
Are you sure?
Then their interface design is awful. I had assumed that added someone as a RealID friend via their character name / code. It's not stated anywhere that it's a non-RealID friend, and it's in the RealID friends section...
Yep, their email is their real-id, character name and code is regular non-realid which only applies for starcraft 2, they both go into the same list, but it's easy to see who is real-id on it, and who is not.
But yes, the interface design looks good graphicly, but works horribly, I'm not even sure how I'll find anyone on my friendslist anymore, and it's not possible to add friends while you're ingame.
Eldron on 2/8/2010 at 07:55
Quote Posted by Koki
You do? How? You can only read EULA
after you buy the game.
The EULA would state that they're not responsible for damages from the razorblades on the handles, but you'd probably know that even without reading the EULA.
Koki on 2/8/2010 at 09:26
Yes, the fact that you can't know it when it comes to videogames is the whole point, thank you.
june gloom on 2/8/2010 at 10:00
Yes you can, with a little bit of GOOGLE. I'm sure not every game has the EULA up on the internet but given that a majority of them are fairly standard boilerplate...
Nameless Voice on 2/8/2010 at 10:50
Considering that the game shows you the EULA when you install it and clearly says something to the tune of "IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT, YOU MAY GIVE THIS GAME BACK FOR A FULL REFUND." probably means something.
Personally, I think that all EULAs should be null, void and unenforceable because they're unreadable by normal people, due to being written in legalise, but that's another matter.
Eldron on 2/8/2010 at 11:37
Yeah, but I mean, what's the big issue here?, the game is solid gold. Singleplayer is great, the multiplayer is great, the editor is fantastic.
I'm quite sure blizzard wont leave the whole modding community in ruins as it is now, nor will they be leaving battlenet as it is now either, they can't afford that kind of community damage in the long run.
Matthew on 2/8/2010 at 11:48
I can just see the fun of trying to return an opened PC game to a retail store under those circumstances, GAME in particular.
Nameless Voice on 2/8/2010 at 13:21
Quote Posted by Eldron
Yeah, but I mean, what's the big issue here?, the game is solid gold. Singleplayer is great, the multiplayer is great, the editor is fantastic.
I'm quite sure blizzard wont leave the whole modding community in ruins as it is now, nor will they be leaving battlenet as it is now either, they can't afford that kind of community damage in the long run.
Oh, the game is great, there's no question about that.
The new Battle.net 2.0 is a bit of a train wreck in my opinion, but it seems to be usable thanks to your explanation. It could still brook
a lot of improvements, as it's still missing features that worked fine 12 years ago, and RealID
really needs to be changed to use a user-chosen alias instead of the user's real name.
Quote Posted by Matthew
I can just see the fun of trying to return an opened PC game to a retail store under those circumstances, GAME in particular.
I don't think they have any choice but to take it back, under law? Otherwise, you could send it to Blizzard, I suppose. At your own postage costs, no doubt!
Matthew on 2/8/2010 at 13:30
Oh, you're quite right, but you try telling that to the guy behind the counter who's spouting off their returns policy, or indeed the manager who is likely to shake his head sympathetically and say that with the seal broken there's nothing they can do.
