Eye of Judgement cards can be copied

Author: Joe Martin
Published: 26th October 2007
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Eye of Judgement cards can be copied

Apparently card from the Eye of Judgement game can just be printed off normally.

Despite supposedly being copy-proof, Sony's new card game for the PlayStation 3, Eye of Judgement, has proven easy to crack only a short while after the game has been released. All you need is a printer.

The game, which uses a top-down camera to scan an array of cards laid out beneath it, scans sets of symbols which can then be interpreted by the game and are treated as units and attacks in the game world. The game was supposed to use specially printed cards which would be hard/impossible to duplicate so that players would have to buy more cards and booster packs to get the most out of the game.

Apparently though, as proven by Kotaku, the copy protection system is easy to break and all you need to do is just print off a copy of the card you want. The camera for the game is actually very low-res, so the symbols it reads have to be very clear and recognisable - to the extent that even cheap ink printers can reproduce them.

Mike Fahey of Kotaku tested the system using a simple Cannon IP1800 printer and was able to get the game to recognise the cards, as well as register them online, without even cutting the card out of the sheet of paper.

This fact seems to be great for players, who will still be unable to cheat because copied cards must still obey the rules of the game, but bad for Sony and Wizards of The Coast, who manufacture the cards. Sony is in a shaky situation as it is, posting a loss of $845 million for the games department in the second quarter alone, so this news probably won't help.

Oh, and we don't endorse or suggest trying the copying method and the information here is purely for educational uses (and funnies). Really, don't try it, it's illegal. You're free to comment on it though, so do so in the forums.
Quote cjoyce1980 26th October 2007, 11:45
...this was like saying that its impossible to copy money

the only thing that stops you is the correct tools
Quote quack 26th October 2007, 12:02
http://cad-comic.com/comic.php?d=20071026 ;)
Quote mikeuk2004 26th October 2007, 12:14
Well, theres always cheats out there and they will do. Just takes the fun away and all should have their hands chopped off :)
Quote whisperwolf 26th October 2007, 12:29
In all honesty I could see this making the game more appealing for more people. from what I remember of trading card games (and we are talking nearly 20 years ago before puberty and realising girls aren't yucky) cards could be bought singularly from trading shops a vastly increased prices depending on the "rarity". Therefore the only thing that stopped people having the ultimate deck was lack of funds, and people with large amounts of cash had uber decks that used to stomp my natural deck into the ground. If all the cards can be printed off and scanned it becomes a game of deck building and not infinite wallet abusing. Along with this the card collecting people can have fun trading their cards, buying boosters and getting their own nice "real" decks the way they have always done. The only effect this thing will have is that Wizards of the coast and Sony won't be getting money for booster packs that people who would not really buy booster packs and just want to play a game, won't be buying.
Quote DXR_13KE 26th October 2007, 13:12
seriously, Wizards of the coast and sony does not have a lab to test these things?
i mean.... my right nut could do better copy protection than that..... they could have put rfid tags on the cards.... or even increase the resolution of the camera.... or both..... and of course make them cheap so that more people could buy them and make them more profit.
Quote Kipman725 26th October 2007, 13:36
Interesting game concept never seen anything like it.
Quote wolff000 26th October 2007, 14:14
I love the concept of this game alas I don't own a PS3 and won't anytime soon. However I don't think copying cards is cheating. I for one don't have the money to pour into buying cards for a video game I already own. I know that is part of the game but it just ensures that those with the cash will usually win. Unfair in my opinion, which is why I'm against buying characters and gear in other games. This just levels the playing field. Unfortunately it means a single person can have multiples of a really powerful card. That I am totally against as it is cheating.
Quote Salazaar 26th October 2007, 15:07
So Sony's latest attempt to steal everyone's cash has totally backfired (i.e. the Pokemon ploy) because they forgot to do their homework and expected everyone to just believe them when they said these cards can't be copied. Well now the game's pretty much ruined, all anyone who want to win online has to do is to download whatever cards they need off whichever torrent site that inevitably hosts them and print them off. The only way to prevent using illegal cards is for both players to be there in person... pretty much negating the purpose of the whole kit and caboodle. D'oh!

Actually I think it's a bit of a shame, I thought it was quite a nice idea (despite the money grubbing aspect of it) which is now rendered pointless. Still, I wasn't planning on buying a PS3 so I'll just sit here and laugh at Sony.
Quote Tulatin 26th October 2007, 18:12
Oh, don't we all just love TCGs... I suppose Sony never learns their lesson with assuming, but WOTC? ****, i don't blame them. MTG is/was huge, Pokemon was a subsequent wallet raper (and now, source of cheap card)...
Quote rhuitron 28th October 2007, 08:47
The person at Sony that first saw the hack Went, "DOH!" :(
It makes me Happy.
Quote Dev25 28th October 2007, 20:25
At first i was like wtf is this game about it looks interesting (Well the concept). But after seeing this der probaly like oh f*ck. 1 more problem to the ps3
Quote pozo 29th October 2007, 11:44
I think TCG are ripoffs anyhow, so I'm happy this happened :-) The only thing is the possibility of cheating with rare cards, however this could be patched out of the game via a 'maximal deck power' system or something like that. I don't know the game's rules, but you could perhaps require that 'attack points + defence points < 100 per deck'.
Quote Seeknay25 2nd November 2007, 01:29
Yah, some sites even have all 110 cards uploaded. http://www.nextgenboards.com/vb/eye-judgement/6919-eye-judgment-cards.html
That site you just have to quickly register and you can see all the cards, its simple, easy, did it and it worked.
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