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Well s--- someone out there has guessed my CD Key and is using it to play online . I just tryed to login on line and this is what I got . Someone is allready logged in using this CD Key . I sent a message to Sierra , lotof good that will do I'm sure lol . #U**#$ :(

Sorry forgot to say this is Nascar 4 "Ken Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:geQo6.11835$[email hidden]... > Well s--- someone out there has guessed my CD Key and is using it to play > online . I just tryed to login on line and this is what I got . Someone is > allready logged in using this CD Key . I sent a message to Sierra , lotof > good that will do I'm sure lol . #U**#$ :( > >

maybe you typed a key wrong. easy to do w/ such a long # Ken Brown <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:geQo6.11835$[email hidden]... > Well s--- someone out there has guessed my CD Key and is using it to play > online . I just tryed to login on line and this is what I got . Someone is > allready logged in using this CD Key . I sent a message to Sierra , lotof > good that will do I'm sure lol . #U**#$ :( > >

I feel for ya. I had gone thru the same bs with my n3 truck pack which I gave to nobody nor the key. Seems as if the keys for n4 are closely generated where its easy to mix-match them or possibly a keygenerator is out. Just wish papy would just implant the F)(&#$^ key in the cd software code this way its an unknown code for many. -- Sincerely, Mark F. -- SimGoRacing -- http://www.simgoracing.com "Ken Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:dfQo6.11842$[email hidden]... > Sorry forgot to say this is Nascar 4 > "Ken Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:geQo6.11835$[email hidden]... > > Well s--- someone out there has guessed my CD Key and is using it to play > > online . I just tryed to login on line and this is what I got . Someone is > > allready logged in using this CD Key . I sent a message to Sierra , lotof > > good that will do I'm sure lol . #U**#$ :( > > > > > > -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =-----

On Mon, 5 Mar 2001 13:16:27 -0500, "Mark F." <[email hidden]> wrote wonderful things about sparkplugs: > Just wish papy would just implant the F)(&#$^ key in the cd software >code this way its an unknown code for many. impossible. think of what you're asking. every CD would have to be diff't. You can't drop an image and change things. Even if you could it would be child's play to figure it out. -- Member of the Nondeterministic Football League

"Ken Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:geQo6.11835$[email hidden]... > Well s--- someone out there has guessed my CD Key and is using it to play > online . I just tryed to login on line and this is what I got . Someone is > allready logged in using this CD Key . I sent a message to Sierra , lotof > good that will do I'm sure lol . #U**#$ :( Hasn't happened to me (yet), but if it did I'd be pretty darn angry. Hope Sierra is able to help you out. It's things like this where the legitimate purchaser gets screwed while the warez people use the product anyway that makes me think they should just drop these forms of copy protection.

Here use this cd key: #BR549

This copy protection crap on N4 is really the pits... I sent overseas for N4, because it still hasn't reached Oz yet, and my 3 month old CD rom drive won't read the CD. "No", it's not a read/writer, it's a Panasonic 48 speed, and works faultlessly with all my other software. I borrowed a mates CD rom to install N4 on my computer, but i still can't log on to Sierra, because i have to use the no-cd crack to play my legitimate game i paid for.. This is really pissing me off, as it's us legitimate users that are suffering, while the warez guys are playing, "trouble free". "No", don't bother telling me to go out and buy another CD Rom drive, as that is total bullshit. There is nothing wrong with my CD Rom drive.. As far as the key code is concerned, when/if there is a patch released to finally allow me to play my legally bought game, and i find someone else using my key code which prevents me from logging on to Sierra, then there will be bloody hell to play... This crap has really gone on for long enough, so for Christ's sake Sierra/Papy, drop this key code crap and let us play like we have the right to.. I can't even run in my N4 league races while the server is hosting through Sierra... It has made me laugh that over the last 6 weeks or so, the guys that are sticking up for this crap system from Sierra/Papy, just happen to be the guys that don't have problems, or are rich enough to keep on going out and buying CD Rom drives untill they find one that will work with the "faulty" software.. Signed, a very unhappy customer. Ron Ayton Australia Gault <[email hidden]> wrote in article <980s86$rdv$[email hidden]>... > > "Ken Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:geQo6.11835$[email hidden]... > > Well s--- someone out there has guessed my CD Key and is using itto play > > online . I just tryed to login on line and this is what I got .Someone is > > allready logged in using this CD Key . I sent a message to Sierra ,lotof > > good that will do I'm sure lol . #U**#$ :( > > Hasn't happened to me (yet), but if it did I'd be pretty darn angry. Hope > Sierra is able to help you out. It's things like this where thelegitimate > purchaser gets screwed while the warez people use the product anywaythat > makes me think they should just drop these forms of copy protection. > > >

This copy protection ***on N4 is really the pits... I sent overseas for N4, because it still hasn't reached Oz yet, and my 3 month old CD rom drive won't read the CD. "No", it's not a read/writer, it's a Panasonic 48 speed, and works faultlessly with all my other software. I borrowed a mates CD rom to install N4 on my computer, but i still can't log on to Sierra, because i have to use the no-cd crack to play my legitimate game i paid for.. This is really pissing me off, as it's us legitimate users that are suffering, while the warez guys are playing, "trouble free". "No", don't bother telling me to go out and buy another CD Rom drive, as that is total bullshit. There is nothing wrong with my CD Rom drive.. As far as the key code is concerned, when/if there is a patch released to finally allow me to play my legally bought game, and i find someone else using my key code which prevents me from logging on to Sierra, then there will be ***y hell to play... This ***has really gone on for long enough, so for Christ's sake Sierra/Papy, drop this key code ***and let us play like we have the right to.. I can't even run in my N4 league races while the server is hosting through Sierra... It has made me laugh that over the last 6 weeks or so, the guys that are sticking up for this ***system from Sierra/Papy, just happen to be the guys that don't have problems, or are rich enough to keep on going out and buying CD Rom drives untill they find one that will work with the "faulty" software.. Signed, a very unhappy customer. Ron Ayton Australia > > Well s--- someone out there has guessed my CD Key and is using it to play > > online . I just tryed to login on line and this is what I got . Someone is > > allready logged in using this CD Key . I sent a message to Sierra , lotof > > good that will do I'm sure lol . #U**#$ :( > Hasn't happened to me (yet), but if it did I'd be pretty darn angry. Hope > Sierra is able to help you out. It's things like this where the legitimate > purchaser gets screwed while the warez people use the product anyway that > makes me think they should just drop these forms of copy protection.

You've convinced me not to buy N4. "Ron Ayton" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:01c0a5ba$321c7600$de4236cb@ronayton... > This copy protection crap on N4 is really the pits...

LOL... Hiya Mickey.. It really did piss me off Mickey, and you know me well enough to know i am holding back, heaps !!! <G> If they don't fix this soon, then i won't hold back much longer. :) I was going to try to catch you up on the track, but it seems you damn Rednecks have conspired against us Downunder boys to make sure we can't log on to Sierra to give yus the flogging on the track yus need. <G> Good to hear from you Mickey and i can't wait to get that Coke car of yours between my right fender and the wall... Cya bud, Ron Mickey Kerkes <[email hidden]> wrote in article <[email hidden]>... > Ron don't hold back........tell us how you really feel<G> > > Mick >

Ron don't hold back........tell us how you really feel<G> Mick On Mon, 05 Mar 2001 21:07:40 GMT, "Ron Ayton" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>This copy protection crap on N4 is really the pits... >I sent overseas for N4, because it still hasn't reached Oz yet, and my >3 month old CD rom drive won't read the CD. >"No", it's not a read/writer, it's a Panasonic 48 speed, and works >faultlessly with all my other software. >I borrowed a mates CD rom to install N4 on my computer, but i still >can't log on to Sierra, because i have to use the no-cd crack to play >my legitimate game i paid for.. >This is really pissing me off, as it's us legitimate users that are >suffering, while the warez guys are playing, "trouble free". >"No", don't bother telling me to go out and buy another CD Rom drive, >as that is total bullshit. >There is nothing wrong with my CD Rom drive.. >As far as the key code is concerned, when/if there is a patch released >to finally allow me to play my legally bought game, and i find someone >else using my key code which prevents me from logging on to Sierra, >then there will be bloody hell to play... >This crap has really gone on for long enough, so for Christ's sake >Sierra/Papy, drop this key code crap and let us play like we have the >right to.. >I can't even run in my N4 league races while the server is hosting >through Sierra... >It has made me laugh that over the last 6 weeks or so, the guys that >are sticking up for this crap system from Sierra/Papy, just happen to >be the guys that don't have problems, or are rich enough to keep on >going out and buying CD Rom drives untill they find one that will work >with the "faulty" software.. > >Signed, a very unhappy customer. >Ron Ayton >Australia > >Gault <[email hidden]> wrote in article ><980s86$rdv$[email hidden]>... >> >> "Ken Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >> news:geQo6.11835$[email hidden]... >> > Well s--- someone out there has guessed my CD Key and is using it >to play >> > online . I just tryed to login on line and this is what I got . >Someone is >> > allready logged in using this CD Key . I sent a message to Sierra , >lotof >> > good that will do I'm sure lol . #U**#$ :( >> >> Hasn't happened to me (yet), but if it did I'd be pretty darn angry. >Hope >> Sierra is able to help you out. It's things like this where the >legitimate >> purchaser gets screwed while the warez people use the product anyway >that >> makes me think they should just drop these forms of copy protection. >> >> >>

"Art McEwen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9810if$u4t$[email hidden]... > You've convinced me not to buy N4. On the other hand I haven't had a single problem with the game. Works and runs great and I really enjoy it. But the copy protection deal where someone else could use my code and keep me from playing does irk me.

I had no problem with installation either, although it (as expected) didn't run worth a damn on my PII 333. Probably 80% of the purchasers have been able to install it with no problems. However, that's just not good enough - it should be over 95%. We're not talking rocket science here - CD players have been around for quite some time now. "Gault" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:98138b$70a$[email hidden]...

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> > "Art McEwen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:9810if$u4t$[email hidden]... > > You've convinced me not to buy N4. > > On the other hand I haven't had a single problem with the game. Works and > runs great and I really enjoy it. But the copy protection deal where > someone else could use my code and keep me from playing does irk me. > >

Something I've been wondering is if a burned copy would work in drives that the original won't work in? If you know someone with a burner perhaps you could have them burn you a copy and try it. Just a thought :) Don "Ron Ayton" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:01c0a5ba$321c7600$de4236cb@ronayton...

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> This copy protection crap on N4 is really the pits... > I sent overseas for N4, because it still hasn't reached Oz yet, and my > 3 month old CD rom drive won't read the CD. > "No", it's not a read/writer, it's a Panasonic 48 speed, and works > faultlessly with all my other software. > I borrowed a mates CD rom to install N4 on my computer, but i still > can't log on to Sierra, because i have to use the no-cd crack to play > my legitimate game i paid for.. > This is really pissing me off, as it's us legitimate users that are > suffering, while the warez guys are playing, "trouble free". > "No", don't bother telling me to go out and buy another CD Rom drive, > as that is total bullshit. > There is nothing wrong with my CD Rom drive.. > As far as the key code is concerned, when/if there is a patch released > to finally allow me to play my legally bought game, and i find someone > else using my key code which prevents me from logging on to Sierra, > then there will be bloody hell to play... > This crap has really gone on for long enough, so for Christ's sake > Sierra/Papy, drop this key code crap and let us play like we have the > right to.. > I can't even run in my N4 league races while the server is hosting > through Sierra... > It has made me laugh that over the last 6 weeks or so, the guys that > are sticking up for this crap system from Sierra/Papy, just happen to > be the guys that don't have problems, or are rich enough to keep on > going out and buying CD Rom drives untill they find one that will work > with the "faulty" software.. > > Signed, a very unhappy customer. > Ron Ayton > Australia > > Gault <[email hidden]> wrote in article > <980s86$rdv$[email hidden]>... > > > > "Ken Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:geQo6.11835$[email hidden]... > > > Well s--- someone out there has guessed my CD Key and is using it > to play > > > online . I just tryed to login on line and this is what I got . > Someone is > > > allready logged in using this CD Key . I sent a message to Sierra , > lotof > > > good that will do I'm sure lol . #U**#$ :( > > > > Hasn't happened to me (yet), but if it did I'd be pretty darn angry. > Hope > > Sierra is able to help you out. It's things like this where the > legitimate > > purchaser gets screwed while the warez people use the product anyway > that > > makes me think they should just drop these forms of copy protection. > > > > > >

Ken, Maybe your key is out there even if you didn't give it away. You might try reinstalling. If that doesn't work, I'd certainly raise hell with Sierra. Stress the fact that since Sierra is so very concerned with piracy maybe they should find out just who exactly has your key. I don't think that would be very difficult for them to do. I'm just glad my key is safe. I've never seen anyone online with the number Y55932-CV93443-T39XPY6-B100XXC. That number is safe so far. Alanb "Ken Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:geQo6.11835$[email hidden]... > Well s--- someone out there has guessed my CD Key and is using it to play > online . I just tryed to login on line and this is what I got . Someone is > allready logged in using this CD Key . I sent a message to Sierra , lotof > good that will do I'm sure lol . #U**#$ :( > >

"Alan Bernardo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:EuVo6.5720$[email hidden]... snip snip LOL I 've had the problem 3 times today , but after 30 min or so then I get in . I wonder if it only looks for the key when your in the Lobby ? so if someone is racing then it doesn't see them ??? just a thought . The last time I log into the sever I just left it logged in and left the computer going (2way cable) here and also have a zone alarm . Have had the game for awhile and this is the first day I've had this problem

I went through the same BS....and was told repeatedly here to go buy a new ROM drive (I have a Panasonic DVD). Nothing else has ever caused a problem with the drive, so I returned my N4 and bought a different one across town. Works perfectly. Sierra will replace yours--it's defective. Marc. "Ron Ayton" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:01c0a5ba$321c7600$de4236cb@ronayton...

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> This copy protection crap on N4 is really the pits... > I sent overseas for N4, because it still hasn't reached Oz yet, and my > 3 month old CD rom drive won't read the CD. > "No", it's not a read/writer, it's a Panasonic 48 speed, and works > faultlessly with all my other software. > I borrowed a mates CD rom to install N4 on my computer, but i still > can't log on to Sierra, because i have to use the no-cd crack to play > my legitimate game i paid for.. > This is really pissing me off, as it's us legitimate users that are > suffering, while the warez guys are playing, "trouble free". > "No", don't bother telling me to go out and buy another CD Rom drive, > as that is total bullshit. > There is nothing wrong with my CD Rom drive.. > As far as the key code is concerned, when/if there is a patch released > to finally allow me to play my legally bought game, and i find someone > else using my key code which prevents me from logging on to Sierra, > then there will be bloody hell to play... > This crap has really gone on for long enough, so for Christ's sake > Sierra/Papy, drop this key code crap and let us play like we have the > right to.. > I can't even run in my N4 league races while the server is hosting > through Sierra... > It has made me laugh that over the last 6 weeks or so, the guys that > are sticking up for this crap system from Sierra/Papy, just happen to > be the guys that don't have problems, or are rich enough to keep on > going out and buying CD Rom drives untill they find one that will work > with the "faulty" software.. > > Signed, a very unhappy customer. > Ron Ayton > Australia > > Gault <[email hidden]> wrote in article > <980s86$rdv$[email hidden]>... > > > > "Ken Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:geQo6.11835$[email hidden]... > > > Well s--- someone out there has guessed my CD Key and is using it > to play > > > online . I just tryed to login on line and this is what I got . > Someone is > > > allready logged in using this CD Key . I sent a message to Sierra , > lotof > > > good that will do I'm sure lol . #U**#$ :( > > > > Hasn't happened to me (yet), but if it did I'd be pretty darn angry. > Hope > > Sierra is able to help you out. It's things like this where the > legitimate > > purchaser gets screwed while the warez people use the product anyway > that > > makes me think they should just drop these forms of copy protection. > > > > > >

I know sometimes when you sign off it might take a few minutes for the system to actually log you off, and if you try to sign back on in that period of time it will think someone is already logged on with your number. -- Don Burnette D Burnette in N4 Some people do nothing wrong. The problem is, they do nothing. And THAT is wrong. "Ken Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:4DVo6.12376$[email hidden]... > > "Alan Bernardo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:EuVo6.5720$[email hidden]... > snip snip > > LOL > I 've had the problem 3 times today , but after 30 min or so then I get in . > I wonder if it only looks for the key when your in the Lobby ? so if someone > is racing then it doesn't see them ??? just a thought . The last time I log > into the sever I just left it logged in and left the computer going (2way > cable) here and also have a zone alarm . Have had the game for awhile and > this is the first day I've had this problem > > >

Quake 3 has a 5 minute cd key timeout built into the id Software master server. This means that if you're playing online and reconnect (for example if your modem dies, or if you decide to change dialup) then the master server still thinks you're connected on your old IP. Your new IP is rejected until the 5 minute timeout expires. Don't know if this is the same system used by N4, but if you're on a modem (i.e. you don't have a fixed IP) it might be worth going to stick the kettle on if you need to redial, to let that timeout expire. HTH Jim "Ken Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:4DVo6.12376$[email hidden]...

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> > "Alan Bernardo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:EuVo6.5720$[email hidden]... > snip snip > > LOL > I 've had the problem 3 times today , but after 30 min or so then I get in

. > I wonder if it only looks for the key when your in the Lobby ? so ifsomeone > is racing then it doesn't see them ??? just a thought . The last time Ilog > into the sever I just left it logged in and left the computer going (2way > cable) here and also have a zone alarm . Have had the game for awhile and > this is the first day I've had this problem > > >

True, but I am sure with some minor (or major) software recording changes, Papyrus can make inside each exe called reg_num() or something like that and have it in their automatically instead of everyone having to type it. It'd be one way closer into stopping the warez. And eventually, even have yourself type the number and make sure each unique cd only works with one unique number.. -- Sincerely, Mark F. -- SimGoRacing -- http://www.simgoracing.com "Lou Moran" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Mon, 5 Mar 2001 13:16:27 -0500, "Mark F." > <[email hidden]> wrote wonderful things about sparkplugs: > > > > Just wish papy would just implant the F)(&#$^ key in the cd software > >code this way its an unknown code for many. > > impossible. think of what you're asking. every CD would have to be > diff't. You can't drop an image and change things. Even if you could > it would be child's play to figure it out. > > -- > Member of the Nondeterministic Football League -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =-----

In article <01c0a5ba$321c7600$de4236cb@ronayton>, "Ron Ayton" <[email hidden]> writes: >As far as the key code is concerned, when/if there is a patch released >to finally allow me to play my legally bought game, and i find someone >else using my key code which prevents me from logging on to Sierra, >then there will be bloody hell to play... > This type of thing was RAMPANT with Starcraft. There were so many keygen programs that many legitimate buyers couldn't login to BattleNet to play. I'm not sure how Blizzard handled that problem(I wasn't affected). But, I understand being SERIOUSLY pissed if you couldn't log on with a game you BOUGHT. I'd be pressing for the company either to fix the problem, or replace my game free of charge... Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL F1 hcp. +28.67...F2 +151.26...F3 hcp. +373.73 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <980s86$rdv$[email hidden]>, "Gault" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>"Ken Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:geQo6.11835$[email hidden]... >> Well s--- someone out there has guessed my CD Key and is using it to play >> online . I just tryed to login on line and this is what I got . Someone is >> allready logged in using this CD Key . I sent a message to Sierra , lotof >> good that will do I'm sure lol . #U**#$ :( > >Hasn't happened to me (yet), but if it did I'd be pretty darn angry. Hope >Sierra is able to help you out. It's things like this where the legitimate >purchaser gets screwed while the warez people use the product anyway that >makes me think they should just drop these forms of copy protection.

In the battle between the copy protectors and the copy breakers, there can only be one winner. The copy breakers... Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL F1 hcp. +28.67...F2 +151.26...F3 hcp. +373.73 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

YOUR CD KEY IS NOT STOLEN. The servers have an issue (as in N3) with ghost logins from the last time you were there. If you get booted and then try to get back in, the server may not have had enough time to acknowledge your disconecttion. "Alan Bernardo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:EuVo6.5720$[email hidden]... > Ken, > > Maybe your key is out there even if you didn't give it away. You mighttry > reinstalling. If that doesn't work, I'd certainly raise hell with Sierra. > Stress the fact that since Sierra is so very concerned with piracy maybe > they should find out just who exactly has your key. I don't think that > would be very difficult for them to do. > > I'm just glad my key is safe. I've never seen anyone online with thenumber

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> Y55932-CV93443-T39XPY6-B100XXC. > > That number is safe so far. > > Alanb > "Ken Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:geQo6.11835$[email hidden]... > > Well s--- someone out there has guessed my CD Key and is using it to

play > > online . I just tryed to login on line and this is what I got . Someoneis > > allready logged in using this CD Key . I sent a message to Sierra ,lotof > > good that will do I'm sure lol . #U**#$ :( > > > > > >

Yeah but I'm talking about buying software not playing a lottery. "Gault" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:98138b$70a$[email hidden]...

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> > "Art McEwen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:9810if$u4t$[email hidden]... > > You've convinced me not to buy N4. > > On the other hand I haven't had a single problem with the game. Works and > runs great and I really enjoy it. But the copy protection deal where > someone else could use my code and keep me from playing does irk me. > >

Copy protection is back precisely because CD-ROM drives have matured. Commodore 64 games came with copy protection that depended on undocumented quirks of the 1541 disk drive. Some of the copy protection schemes allegedly threw the drive alignment out of whack with intentional sector errors. CD-ROM drives have been around long enough that copy-protection vendors have found non-standard quirks that work on, say, 80% of the drives. They've convinced the game publishers that saving the "billions" lost to piracy will make up for the lost sales and support cost due to shipping defective CDs. "Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I had no problem with installation either, although it (as expected) didn't >run worth a damn on my PII 333. Probably 80% of the purchasers have been >able to install it with no problems. However, that's just not good enough - >it should be over 95%. We're not talking rocket science here - CD players >have been around for quite some time now. > >"Gault" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:98138b$70a$[email hidden]... >> >> "Art McEwen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >> news:9810if$u4t$[email hidden]... >> > You've convinced me not to buy N4. >> >> On the other hand I haven't had a single problem with the game. Works and >> runs great and I really enjoy it. But the copy protection deal where >> someone else could use my code and keep me from playing does irk me.

-- Jon Willeke <[email hidden]>

"Jon Willeke" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > CD-ROM drives have been around long enough that copy-protection > vendors have found non-standard quirks that work on, say, 80% of the > drives. They've convinced the game publishers that saving the > "billions" lost to piracy will make up for the lost sales and support > cost due to shipping defective CDs. But how can a CD drive be concidered "defective" if it works fine for the standard non-quirky uses but only fails the "undocumented" ones? If the CD drive were still under warrenttee would failing to work with N4's copy-protection scheme be grounds for returning an otherwise perfectly functioning drive? Not if you bought the drive from my store!

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Sierra Tech support just sent me a email and I quote: Summary: Some body is using my CD Key . see file attachment What can I do about this ... SUGGESTED SOLUTION: At 03/07/2001 03:27 PM we wrote - Please send me a copy of the CD so I can verify it. At 03/08/2001 11:05 AM we wrote - Hello, The key has come back as invalid. Yoiu will need to take the CD back to weher you purchased it from and obtain a valid CD Key