@FragRaptor There's no regulatory body to test for doping. So I wouldn't be surprised if most people in the eSports arena were on performance enhancing drugs.
"MSpears" do you honestly believe that they moved to DVD packaging to help "save" the environment. LoL, right... DVD packaging helps lessen the impact on the environment? Get real mate. No it doesn't. DVD cases are made from non-recyclable materials that take hundreds (if not thousands) of years to bio-degrade. Whereas cardboard packaging is recyclable and even if you threw it in the waste, will easily rot away after a few years. Also the tree that is cut down can be re-planted, as there are sustainable plantation plants that deal in this sort of trade. DVD packaging is not any better than cardboard packaging for the environment.
DRM install limitation is like the sort of thing Hitler would have thought up to oppress the liberty of Jewish people who played PC games (imagine that they did have PC gaming back then, OK?). It's evil. Hitler is evil. Install Limitation is evil. The whole idea is evil. All it does it punish (and aggravate) those who pocketed out $$$ for a legitimate copy. Here's the fact. Pirates will continue to pirate (Do you seriously think this will scare them like garlic to vampires? If they were vampires, they would eat the garlic and take a stake to heart. Nothing scares them). And on the other hand legitimate buyers will NOT continue to buy legitimate games with install limitations. Oh how I pray that StarCraft II and Diablo III won't have this rubbish when I buy my copy. It's good to hear Dragon Age won't have it (thank you BioWare), so I'll be getting that too. P.S. Sorry if I have offended people with some of my remarks.
The greatest thing I hate about DRM is the limited number of allowed installations. I absolutely hate it. The only time I ever reinstall a game is when I've wiped a drive to installed a fresh copy of Windows. And I do that often. With limited numbers of install, it means I have to uninstall the games with DRM before I wipe the drive (to get back install allowance). Who the hell uninstall programs before they format a drive?! This is why I haven't bought Mass Effect on the PC even though I want it, because I love games from BioWare.
I know the Japanese love grid base strategy RPGs, they pump out so much of the stuff. So the question, "Are handheld strategy games the future?", well in Japan it's already there. But in West there aren't that many, I think 'Lock's Quest' on the NDS is probably the latest from a western developer.
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