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Ha ha man, I got banned for life from the SimHQ forums for calling the guy who apparently designed the online activation scheme for Black Shark a rude, condescending a%$$#@!e, which he rightly deserved. :D
My brief experience with ED support over the US activation scheme has been met with similar rudeness via email. Now I bought a copy of DCS: Black Shark US Version from Amazon.com which I regret and I can assure you I will not buy anymore products with intrusive overbearing DRM including the upcoming A-10 sim from ED.
Be that as it may I am now running Black Shark in cracked mode in v1.0 so even the online activation has been cracked. All the developers and publishers have done is p*ss off the legitimate customers and they have lost a future sale.