bitcrazed

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight - Java is the most widely used gaming dev language on the internet, right? WRONG: Flash is. THAT is what Silverlight is going after. Want something more powerful, use .NET/XNA.

And what kind of experience do you expect when, in the middle of a game, the vehicle you're in goes into a tunnel or behind a buildind and your connection drops?

You'll be swearing and throwing your phone out the window.

They've already stated that they'll be looking at other forms of multi-player support in the future. You think they DON'T want real-time multi-player? Of course they do.

No. Buy a copy. Don't want to buy a copy? Go download some of that (aparrently) wonderful freeware that many of the ABM'ers here keep bleating on about.

Bob: in the case of illegally downloading a commercial product via your nearest torrent - that's called theft. I sincerely hope you get nailed by FAST.

Download all the free stuff you want. Don't like the free stuff and want to use the commercial stuff? Buy a copy like everyone else.