Victory Through Incessant Occupation

@Calbeck thats actually what i think is the best plan for solving the sandland problem, but russia/china would complain

yup

@Eirshy the people who have a vested interest in not having the game pirated are still legitimate users of the game software, though. DRM oppresses 99% of its audience for the benefit of the designer, just like a castle in that regard.

Syria: people forget that Russia's there because the Assad regime provides them with Russia's ONLY Mediterranean port, and losing it would fly in the face of their national aims/goals going back to the goddamn Ottoman era

@UnfilteredGarbage No, because the *castle itself is not oppressing anyone*

Additionally

@UnfilteredGarbage we need to rephrase this for his tiny brain

THe castle isn't treating the peasants as enemies

*standing guards*

Putin is not going to lose a key power-projection base for the Russian Navy, no matter how technically valueless it really is.

The people in the castle aren't treating the peasants as enemies either

Subjects yes

Enemies no

DRM treats all parties as foes

well, think of it this way

@Eirshy it's oppressing my ability to walk in a straight line across a geographic area
Also, a castle is not *a castle* unless it is fulfilling its intended function, which means being staffed and operated

DRM makes the game run somewhat worse, I.E taxation

Teleology

Bitch

...are we edging into "I'm not driving I'm travelling" territory?

No

Not even somewhat worse

but it offers fortification against piracy (castle walls)

It can literally prevent you from running the game

if your computer runs like shit

yes

https://youtu.be/_T5lgLG4DqA

No

or if the Devs are bad

yes

yeah im fuckin lost ay

It can LITERALLY BLOCK YOU from running the game

are you a pirate?

is this game from 2002?

Most DRM these days runs at least an internet location check

And will ban you if it doesn't like where you're at or you don't have internet access

My piracy days began and ended in the '80s with floppy copies of Wizardry and Ultima

can usually fool that though

okay, are you in uganda?

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