Stardocks did not own the software, the rights belong to Bioware and the publisher, in this case, EA.

Stardocks simply distributes the game, and is ultimately responsible to offer the customer service in case of issues. I understand they were swamped at release. However it took several hours before I decided to make a step-by-step post so people could

1- Avoid the activation issue alltogether if they had not already tried to activate a product and get playing

2- How to fix the problem Stardocks created by forgetting an important package in their distribution package that prevented people from claiming their DLC or Collector Edition items. No official post about the issue was made until morning.

3- The cracked executable did not allow you to play if you did not have a valid serial to install the game, making the "pirated software" argument totally moot and meaningless. It was a temporary solution to allow people to play a product they had paid for, and were unable to play, because on one part from EA's incompetence, and second, from Stardock's mistake in the distribution.

The post was locked after a few hours but let there for everyone to see. It seemed like they wanted to officially say they didn't condode the actions, but if they really thought it was atrocious, they would have deleted the entire post alltogether.

So no, your arguments are flawed and irrelevant to the topic at hand. Stardocks could have deleted that part only. It did not remove the fact I did their job for them by supplying a clear step-by-step guide on how to avoid the issue and second get the DLC working...

In the end, even if they thought it warranted a ban, a simple PM would have been easy and appropriate. I've been modding on a site with millions of visitors for 5 years and also visiting many other communties, never have I heard of being banned without any warning whatsoever.

I think you have that reversed. I also think you need to reflect on the symptom of impulsivity. In this case you could not defer playing a computer game (you're 23 years old? and a medical student?) to stay within the terms of a EULA.

Odd....as a medical student I didn't have that much time for games...could have been the family I was raising and reserve duty that interfered. Also...never had to play war games on the computer, having had enough of the real thing.

As Fuzzy said...not too bright of you advocating using cracks on a software sales site: Sort of like selling keys to the narcotics cabinet while standing in the DEA building, isn't it?

Something tells me that there is not going to be a whole lot of understanding and sympathy towards your current situation. 

Carguy1 gave you the best advice, you should PM the admin for the forum in question and ask for an explaination.  Posting here really is only going to get you more frustrated. 

EDIT:  Since you all ready have tried contacting them, I think you need to give them some time to answer.  How long has it been?

just post a pm to frogboy (with many flames) he will listen:

https://forums.elementalgame.com/370034   

On a more serious note: i don't think this belongs in the forum, i don't think there is anything to discuss just post a pm to a mod

The man has a point.  Morally questionable actions aside, he should have at least been told he was banned/gagged/whatever, rather that just being left in the dark.  Its like that person in Australia who was arrested for driving on a suspended licence.  Why had it been suspended?  He failed to vote in a local election and so his licence was quietly revoked, ending in a big mess when he finally found out.  The connection between the crime and the punishment is far more obvious here, but this whole situation could have been avoided if FK7 had been informed in the first place - this and any more flurry over the same issue.

Like one of my posts which were deleted and not a single word....the mod that banned him should have revoked posting abilities and sent a PM instead. It's a very lazy way of handling things.

I'm technically free of the cancer now  (I'm not sure why you feel the need to censor the word...) since we caught it very early (and ironically, was caught while me and a friend were practicing physical exams on each other). The fact I had cancer or not is very irrelevant to the issue though, so I don't know why I'd have mentionned it...I mentionned the medstudent part because we're usually regarded as mature and intelligent people who can be reasoned with easily as opposed to the children a SD employee referred to in another post. As far as busting my ass goes, we're the most underpaid province of all Canada, with the worst work conditions - lots of people flee to the US (I don't really know why, who wants to worry more about malpractice suits than patient care..) or other Canadian provinces (like BC, which pays twice as much for half the hours!!!) but I feel I have a duty here, not to mention the government paid a lot of my medical formation, I'd feel guilty leaving for better money after the taxes of citizen helped pay to form me and when Ic an finally give back I just go to greener pastures... at least for now I would!

I'm sure the thread will have caught someone's attention by now! I apologize if I offended anyone and hope to hear from someone at SD soon!

Happy Turkey day to all you US folks, and have a great week-end all

Bypassing a software distribution error via the use of a 'crack' may or may not be an appropriate course of action for an individual's moral interpretation of the laws pertaining to EULA, however posting in public for others how to do the same will always be met with zero tolerance.

Stardock is a Software company [and distributor] which will always protect its [and its partners'] distribution/property rights with immediate effect.

It is perhaps unfortunate that you were not informed of this action at the time, however you have clearly understood the sequence of cause and effect.

Warez 'promotion', no matter what the motivation will be dealt with quickly and efficiently.

3- The "ban" came a full week after I made that post... if not two weeks. So why did you take action so late?

Hmm, could it be you commited a second infraction then that you don't remember?

This is a private forum they could ban you for no reason, there are no rights so you better behave. It often isn't fair but complaining like this will get you nowhere.

Trigeminal....nicely worded....

Nice Necro