I'm not much of a computer guy. A year ago, when I started running PBP, I bought myself a laptop so I could run the game from home (we have a few tablets, but we don't have a full computer at home). I've been using Excel and MS Paint (and Google) to make all my maps.
Well, now Excel has locked me out saying my "subscription has expired". I've had Excel on my work computer for 25 years and I've never heard of this. I thought I bought a computer that came with Excel. At any rate, I'm not against paying for a program I use, so I tried to "update my subscription"... A HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR?
This is extortion! It won't allow me to update my map for a PBP game without paying a hundred dollars, and it will ask me again next year? WTF.