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<blockquote data-quote="Merkuri" data-source="post: 5348564" data-attributes="member: 41321">I'm not sure that logic is sound.&nbsp; Many of these people would probably not buy their own subscription at all.&nbsp; They'd either only use the character builder when they get to the DM's house (which is another practice I've heard of) or they'd go without.&nbsp; I think very few of these &quot;borrowed&quot; subscriptions represent actual revenue loss.And besides, it's almost like Wizards was asking for this to happen.&nbsp; I mean, allowing you to do the updates on five machines?&nbsp; How many people do you know that own (and actively use) five computers?&nbsp; I'm a computer nut, and I've only got two, my desktop and my laptop.&nbsp; Three, if you count my work machine (on which I'm not going to be installing the CB any time soon).&nbsp; Microsoft Office allows you to install their products on only three machines.&nbsp; Five updates a month is more than one person is expected to need.&nbsp; They could've easily said just one update a month and made you pay extra for more updates.&nbsp; Five is suspiciously close to the recommended number of people in a D&amp;D group.It may not be something they want to explicitly allow, but I also don't think they're going to be cracking down on it any time soon.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Merkuri, post: 5348564, member: 41321"] I'm not sure that logic is sound. Many of these people would probably not buy their own subscription at all. They'd either only use the character builder when they get to the DM's house (which is another practice I've heard of) or they'd go without. I think very few of these "borrowed" subscriptions represent actual revenue loss. And besides, it's almost like Wizards was asking for this to happen. I mean, allowing you to do the updates on [I]five[/I] machines? How many people do you know that own (and actively use) five computers? I'm a computer nut, and I've only got two, my desktop and my laptop. Three, if you count my work machine (on which I'm not going to be installing the CB any time soon). Microsoft Office allows you to install their products on only three machines. Five updates a month is more than one person is expected to need. They could've easily said just one update a month and made you pay extra for more updates. Five is suspiciously close to the recommended number of people in a D&D group. It may not be something they want to explicitly allow, but I also don't think they're going to be cracking down on it any time soon. [/QUOTE]

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