Het was een kwestie van tijd, maar zojuist heeft de warez releasegroep Skidrow een 100% gekraakte versie van Assassin's Creed 2 uitgebracht. De onderstaande tekst is afkomstig uit de .NFO waarin de groep uitlegt hoe ze het gedaan hebben en deze vorm van DRM hekelen.

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¯¯¯ ¦ ¦ While we worked on this release, we noticed that several news ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ webpages, forums, blogs etc. posted information, including a ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ screenshot of a Ubisoft server attack message, which showed ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ our group name. ¦ ¦
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¦ ¦ First of all, that picture is a fake, nor would any member of ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ Skid Row cause such riot, as we're only here to compete with ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ our game release competitors, nothing else. ¦ ¦
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¦ ¦ Neither do we encourage anyone to take such actions, no matter ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ how much we agree, that DRM's like this one, are only hurting ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ those that do want to buy the game or have bought it. ¦ ¦
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¦ ¦ Another point is those news medias, we mentioned before, post ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ anything these days, no matter if it's a joke or not. Beware ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ what you're posting, just because you want to prank someone. ¦ ¦
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¦ ¦ This release is an accomplishment of weeks of investigating, ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ experimenting, testing and lots of hard work. ¦ ¦
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¦ ¦ We know that there is a server emulator out in the open, which ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ makes the game playable, but when you look at our cracked ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ content, you will know that it can't be compared to that. ¦ ¦
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¦ ¦ Our work does not construct any program deviation or any kind ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ of host file paradox solutions. Install game and copy the ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ cracked content, it's that simple. ¦ ¦
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¦ ¦ Since we don't want to see cheap imitations, we protected our ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ work with a solid shield. Not because we want to deceive the ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ majority, like certain people out there, but because we have ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ in the past been an open book of knowledge for our competitors.¦ ¦
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¦ ¦ Real cracking is done by The Leading Force! ¦ ¦
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¦ ¦ twice the fun / double the trouble ¦ ¦
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â-ˆ â-ˆ Thank you Ubisoft, this was quiete a challenge for us, but â-ˆ â-ˆ
â-ˆ â-ˆ nothing stops the leading force from doing what we do. Next â-ˆ â-ˆ
â-ˆ â-ˆ time focus on the game and not on the DRM. It was probably â-ˆ â-ˆ
â-ˆ â-ˆ horrible for all legit users. We just make their lifes easier. â-ˆ â-ˆ
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â-ˆ â-ˆ Special greetz to our friends in GENESIS, you guys are amongst â-ˆ â-ˆ
â-ˆ â-ˆ the very few who still manage to do this with the scene spirit â-ˆ â-ˆ
â-ˆ â-ˆ intact. Well done guys! â-ˆ â-ˆ
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â-ˆ â-ˆ Support the companies, which software you actually enjoy! â-ˆ â-ˆ
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