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In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic Quaestor <no-spam@my.place> wrote:
> Craig Swanson wrote:
> 
>>That doesn't make sense to me. It's like not buying Civ 4 because you don't 
>>like the Civ 4 website. You don't even have to deal with Stardock Central 
>>from what I just read.
> 
> I have in fact foregone some games because of a website problem.  The 
> fact that some required I navigate through a site full of java script 
> (that's script, not java) to play the game meant that I could not even 
> do so (and so several games I probly would have bought were dropped), 
> since I refuse to turn on script for those losers (there is nothing that 
> script can do that can't be better done otherwise, and script IS a 
> hacking danger - nevermind the flames, I've heard it all before).

Four years ago, I would have agreed with you. Javascript has been abused
for all sorts of horrible crap. But a good browser can ignore stupid
javascript without disabling useful javascript, and security shouldn't
be a problem either. And unlike 4 years ago, there are sites that make
very good use of javascript. The classic example is maps.google.com.
Without using javascript to get the content, it would be a lot slower
and use a lot more bandwidth. But there are a lot more examples of good
javascript use. (I'm using a browser-based CMS that couldn't possibly
work without javascript, for example.)

> I played galsiv 1, and I recall problems with stardock, and now that 
> this reminder has come up I will make it a point to avoid galsiv 2 
> unless they clearly and publicly separate themselves from all that sort 
> of crap.  I want games, not a takeover of my life or my computer.  I pay 
> for games (I just paid full price of Civ4), I do not pay for trouble.

Then GalCiv shouldn't be a problem. You can play the game without ever
using Stardock or looking at any website. But if you want updates,
Stardock will make your life a lot easier. I hope the updates will
also be availlable through the website so Stardock-haters can get them.


mcv.
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