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From: hodges@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Jack Hodges)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: SimCity RipOff
Message-ID: <30101@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>
Date: 19 Dec 89 07:18:49 GMT
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Reply-To: hodges@maui.UUCP (Jack Hodges)
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> In article <10057@zodiac.ADS.COM> jtn@ads.com (John Nelson) writes:
>
>SimCity for the Mac II (colour) is not copy protected in any way that
>I can find.  I copied the game from its distribution disks to my hard
>disk and everything works fine.  Oh sure it has a few little problems
>(like the mousing is stupid and slow paricularly when you have "update
>all windows" turned on) but certainly no copy protection difficulties
>or impedements to simply running the thing.
>
Well,

I stopped reading these comments after the first couple and decided to
purchase the game.  I am not impressed with Maxis in the least, and
none of it has to do with the game itself.  When someone tells me that
they have this game for the MacII and they sell me a monochrome version
with an "upgrade" (my god) to color, then I say FUCK YOU.  I have a
color machine and if there exists a version in color then they should
quote me that price, and quote a monochrome price to someone with an
SE or a plus.  Second, I bought a hard disk to keep from having to fuck
with floppies all the time.  Imagine how happy I was when I tried to
launch the game (from the disk version) and was asked to insert the floppy.
Well, I went to the installation blurb that came with the game and it
said this would occur the first time that I launched the program.  It did
not go on to say this would happen EVERY SINGLE TIME that I try to launch
the program.

So, I just want to say that, even though I have NEVER even played the
game (and really wanted to), I am returning it for a refund.  I am not
impressed or pleased with this attitude, nor the greed which inspires it.
If those others of you out there feel so strongly in favor of these antics
then please direct your efforts at the company which spawns "our" behavior.
Get them to change their policy.  My comment to them is this: you had a
paying customer, now you don't...wake up and smell the coffee.

Jack Hodges, UCLA