And if someone hands you the keys to a top of the range BMW you'd just assume it's your right to keep it and not worry about the consequences?

If some random person on the street handed me keys to a random car that may or may not be theirs, then yes, I would be at fault for simply taking them at their word.

However, if the car showed up in my driveway, sent directly from BMW, with all the documentation saying it was in fact my car, then that is BMW's fault, not mine.

Was it a dumb move on the part of the guys that used the item? Certainly, but only because their use of the item occurs in a world in which Blizzard holds absolute power, can keep track of their every move, and can distribute punishments and rewards as they see fit regardless of any actual circumstances.

"I was at the Blizzcon panel when this was announced and believe me, there was no booing or bitching at this decision."

Yes, well most of us aren't big enough fans of Blizzard to go to Blizzcon so we won't be supporting Blizzard's stupid ideas with blind faith.

Yep, some people don't speak out against injustice wars, while other people go bat shit crazy over the death of a single goat. What's your point exactly?

And we all know how the entire industry is supported by you alone Wildone!

"Even if you have a magic machine that can make free copies of stuff it isn't like noone loses. If I could copy my neighbour's high performance sports car such that in a few weeks everyone within a hundred miles has one then he's lost out because he no longer has an exclusive car."

Are you serious? "If everyone gets free stuff then I can't be special." is actually your reason for why a magic machine that makes copies is a bad thing?

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"I mean, you have more than me so it's OK for me to take your stuff from you right?

Well if you can make a magic machine that makes copies of my stuff that you then take, well by all means. Hell, you can even make copies for all your friends, what do I care?

Oh noez! Corporate greed!? Shocking stuff! ... I mean seriously, are you some kind of hippie-communist or something?

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Well the setting is overused, but the first game was fun so I won't hold it against them.

So what is "continuous content" defined as exactly? Is this patches and support or extra game content? And I have no idea what he's talking about with this need to "derive revenue in some way to support a full team of content developers post-launch". Can't they just do what everyone else does and release an expansion pack later? Atleast then I'm not paying in advance for some mysterious content which could possibly materialize at some unknown time in the future that I may or may not enjoy. Expansion packs work much better for me - These are the features you are paying for and if you want them go buy this actual product that really exists.

"Same in real life, jealous somebody has more money than you?"

Yeah, except the fact that the game isn't real life is the whole point. I work in that real life so that I can afford to pay a subscription fee expecting to compete on an equal playing field as possible with other players inside the game. It's supposed to be a closed system, it's enjoyable because one is able to prove their skill in dealing with the system their given. If you're doing better than me, it should be because you are better at the game, not because you used "hax" or brought in gold from some outside source. I expect Blizzard to ensure all players operate inside the specified parameters of the game world. If they fail to ensure that, it becomes a battle between hacks and whoever has the most money in real life, which is simply not a competition I'm interested in paying to be a part of. I imagine this is the case with most subscribers, hence the banning.
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"Men have nipples too."

Obviously. However it can be derived that even the nutcases who spurred forth the necessity to post this article are 'over' this fact, since displaying them in a video game won’t get the game a mature rating.

"It may be funny to some, but this is BAD for the industry."

Funny? Not at all. It's a sad state of affairs when the people who realize there's more to life than being sheltered from our own anatomy have to bend over backwards to avoid offending a bunch of nutcases who throw a tantrum whenever something reminds them that they have genitals.

What great moral values we have. Killing boatloads of virtual characters in every possible way is A-ok. A virtual nipple on a virtual woman is just ever so wrong. Women have nipples, get over it already.