Ross Scott

@QubaHQ There's probably one of two things going on: 1. It's ignoring all complaints for The Crew due to the volume of complaints. 2. It's having a server overload. My recommendation is try again, but just select The Crew 2, and put the same message in. If it gets through, then we know it's probably intentional. If it doesn't, then it's an actual server error. In that event, you can use that as evidence that Ubisoft is unable to maintain communication with the customers. It's probably worth waiting a few days to see if it resumes though.

@daisekihanYes, that's exactly what the previous Crew update video covered. Short version is the EULAs specify which state it can be tried in. They completely bypass state law.

Here's a campaign video to stop games from being destroyed! While a chunk of it is focused on "The Crew" shutdown, there are other options also. There are more legal options brought up here on what we can do stop this than I think has ever been discussed before. Also check out stopkillinggames.com for how to take action directly! A much shorter version (50 seconds) will be up tomorrow. This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »

Here's the March videochat. This started after a chat talking just about the campaign to stop games being destroyed (video just prior to this). It's just the usual ramblings, nothing important. This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »

I split the latest videochat into two segments. The first is discussing some updates on the campaign to stop games being destroyed. It's just details of what's being worked on + some more help needed. This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »

Ask questions or topics to discuss here for the next videochat with fans at 6:00pm UTC on March 16th on twitch.tv/rossbroadcast. Unfortunately, almost all my time has been taken working on the campaign to stop games getting destroyed as it's been quite extensive, but is shaping up slowly. I hope to have a full "launch" on April 2nd. I'll get back to the regular videos as soon as I can. This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »

Here's the February videochat. This one was more the usual rambling. While The Crew campaign was brought up, there was nothing crucial discussed on it, the most important stuff is still in the previous video. It was mostly just answering random questions again. More real videos coming! This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »

Big update on plans to stop companies from killing games! This one is drier and more info heavy, normal videos still coming! This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »

Ask questions or topics to discuss here for the next videochat with fans at 6:00pm UTC on February 25th on twitch.tv/rossbroadcast. I've been mostly working on the campaign to stop games from being destroyed by taking legal action on "The Crew" shutdown. Plan to have an update video on it sometime next week with a lot of info. Regular videos also still coming! This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »

Here's the latest videochat. This one was a little different, the first 45 minutes or so was just talking about possible plans for legal action against Ubisoft for The Crew shutdown + related topics. The rest is just the usual rambling about misc. stuff. This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »

ImZerw: That's only an attempt to prevent making it literally illegal for buyers to ATTEMPT to restore a game after shutdown. It would do nothing for companies encrypting them then shutting them down. LeeMullinsII: Yeah, I'm surprised they covered it actually. Also, I'll be doing a live videochat today where I'll talk some more about it. Regarding game v. software, I don't think there's much of a legal distinction, it's more about good v. service. Additionally games can have unique artistic content, which might give them a little more consideration in some European countries.

The quote button is busted at the moment. " Ross, your points are as always well taken. Also, many years ago you and I got in a little tiff here where I derided The Crew and the genre of driving game it represented as having little value and an extremely limited appeal. Over the years I've realized I was just wrong, and I just had a too limited sense of empathy or too little experience to understand your perspective. " You can dislike The Crew and racing games in general, apply the same business model to any other game or creative works and it's just as much a problem. The game itself is kind of irrelevant, the concept itself is just so bad. " One thing...I think the person who made that quote about owning nothing was coming from a socialistic model of centralized ownership rather than just corporate ownership, though it definitely gives a bad look. " The World Economic forum sure has a lot of billionaires if it's a socialist organization.

Dead Game News! This isn't a typical one and involves more audience participation than usual. This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »

Ask questions or topics to discuss here for the next videochat with fans at 6:00pm UTC on January 20th on twitch.tv/rossbroadcast. I intentionally delayed this one since I should have a video out in a few days that might take up a chunk of the discussion. More regular videos after that! This is a blog post. To read the original post, please click here »