Recently I got a new Mac, and that's good. The bad side is this: I've bought several strategy games which were created by the company Paradox Interactive, and ported to Mac OS X by Virtual Programming Ltd. The Mac ports have a copy protection scheme which requires entering the correct registration code, and an Internet connection. After entering it, the game checks with the VP Ltd. servers if the game has been already played on two different Macintosh already. If you're playing on a third one, the game will quit, and you have to send a mail to the VP support asking them to reset your account, which they are obliged to do free of charge.

Except that they aren't. See the conversation below.

Berczi Gabor

 
Posted On: 19 Oct 2009 09:12 PM

... so now I need to reregister all my VPLTD games. Some of them were already run on two computers. Is there something I have to do?

Administrator
 
Posted On: 13 Nov 2009 08:02 AM

Advise your old codes.

Berczi Gabor
 
Posted On: 13 Nov 2009 08:16 AM

Hearts of Iron 2 (Boxed)

HE2P-5KRFQ-A32J-ENXS

Europa Universalis 2 (Boxed)

EN2A-5NM86-STDS-M2F0

Victoria (Boxed)

VCTT-5GGQR-ACCX-MNDD

1 x Hearts of Iron 2 DD Armageddon (ARMAGEDDON MAC) = 9.95
Version Digital Download

Product Key: ARMF-XQ3VD-S70T-HR8C

1 x Hearts of Iron 2 Doomsday (DOOMSDAY MAC) = 24.95
Version Digital Download

Product Key: HDMS-XK6T8-GE8Y-YEWR

1 x Crusader Kings (CRUSADER KINGS MAC)

Product Key: CRK6-X0F8C-WSDT-4KFW

1 x Crusader Kings: Deus Vult (DEUS VULT MAC)

Product Key: DVTV-XPG5X-Q4MD-TCJ7

1 x Victoria: Revolutions (REVOLUTIONS MAC)

Product Key: VRVE-X4R9Y-GSZJ-YXWW

1 x Europa Universalis 3 (EU3 MAC)

Product Key: EN38-XV6PS-GSFS-3SCC
Metaserver Key: EMAC-250A-9447-D7BF-C516-DAEC

1 x Blitzkrieg (BLITZKRIEG MAC)

Product Key: KRGN-XT78Q-38CA-JN49

Administrator
 
Posted On: 02 Dec 2009 09:32 AM

Please list only the games with a problem.

Berczi Gabor
 
Posted On: 04 Dec 2009 03:02 PM

I'm not gonna type my way all through my games just to find which ones are _yet_ unaffected by this mega-annyoing protection method.

Administrator
 
Posted On: 05 Dec 2009 08:23 AM

I am not asking you too!

If there is not a problem, we don't need to fix anything. I was asking you what games you had problems with and what the codes were.

Berczi Gabor
 
Posted On: 05 Dec 2009 07:22 PM

You better bet you're asking!

First of all, you're replying to me your comment with the first sentence ending in an explanation mark. That is just SO wrong (let me give you the friendly advice: in order to get a girlfriend, you REALLY should stop this, and I know how that hard this is).

Which brings me to the point when I'm sad for you. However sad your story may be, honestly, I don't give a damn. So let's get back to the real point. Yout latest Macintosh ports have patched fixed two enermous bugs , both completely and entirely reported by me (feel free look them up), a _very_ loyal customer. So. When I fuckin' _ask_ that I'd like to FUCKING' play the aforementioned 30 pounds (multiply it by at least 6x, counting the games I bought) games on my goddamn' 1300 USD Macintosh, I FUCKIN MEAN IT, DIPSHIT, ESPECIALLY THAT I ALREADY OWN THE WINDOWS VERSION! (http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showpost.php?p=10489240&postcount=13)

I'm NOT pirating your games (anyone can do that, but I was willing to pay to you until now), I want to fuckin' PLAY THEM, did you get that, sorry-ass moron? So get me the goddamn' new codes, or - relatively - shortly the janitorial job awaits you, and that is just so sad for your future heterosexual relationships.

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Granted, I may have drank a bit before this last one, but hey, who wants to arrive home just to receive a “no u cant play!!1 nothin’tofix!!” message? Anyways, the next mail I received was this:

"Consider yourself banned from our support forum.
Your language is totally unacceptable."

So now I can't play the games I paid for, except if I get my old Mac back. There goes several hunder euros of wasted money to a bunch of idiots. The moral of the story: don't ever buy from Virtual Programming Ltd. And check back here sometimes, if I manage to "find" a VP copyprotection crack somewhere, maybe I'll post a link.