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You've charged my card, I've downloaded the game, but the stupid drm wont let me actually play even the single player version...
Are you guys going to fix this garbage or do I need to wait for the pirates to create a crack so I can use the product I paid for?
Incoming charge back on credit card...
To be more precise it fails at "Stardock Account Registration" it basically just hangs there forever.
I am having this same problem. Since I paid for the game, if I go find a warez copy, am I technically a pirate?
What kind of DRM comes with this game?
I am thinking to buy this game but I will not do it if it has always online DRM. I play mostly singleplayer so I could agree for online activation and Steam (since it has offline mode, but that's all I'm willing to accept).
If you're having issues with activation, please contact support@stardock.com directly. As a number of users reporting this are seeing it on the Windows 8 beta, please also note if that is your case that beta operating systems may be unsupported.
Activation is only required on install/first run. Steam must be running (as the game uses Steamworks features), but may be in offline mode.
Im using windows 8 no way Ill go back to windows 7 just to play this. ill get a refund I guess. damn....
I have the exact same problem as you. I posted on another thread.
https://forums.stardock.com/421503/page/1/#3127176
I found out that my anti-virus software (avast) was affecting the Stardock Account Registration. So I deactivated anti-virus for the registration process and now it works!!! 
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