I just love pirates who download a game ilegally and then go on boards like this one looking for solutions when it doesn't work! Heres me playing the worlds smallest violin for all you piartes and the problems with the games you ilegally download. You know what Go buy the game and then you can moan groan and complain like the rest of us when it doesn't work! You guys are the resaon for things like SecuROM!
whatever you say!
i love pirates and everyone connected with piracy,
its just because of them we can play expensive games
Here's an idea - Get a job and earn money, then you can play expensive games! Amazing, right?
Games aren't expensive. The sticker price is less than they were in the past (my reference is my childhood) and the worlds currency is worth about half as much now as then. The result is that games are less than half as expensive as they used to be: in other words- games are cheap!
I just love pirates who download a game ilegally and then go on boards like this one looking for solutions when it doesn't work! Heres me playing the worlds smallest violin for all you piartes and the problems with the games you ilegally download. You know what Go buy the game and then you can moan groan and complain like the rest of us when it doesn't work! You guys are the resaon for things like SecuROM!
whatever you say!
i love pirates and everyone connected with piracy,
its just because of them we can play expensive games
Here's an idea - Get a job and earn money, then you can play expensive games! Amazing, right?
Another idea:
Don't judge people in forums by statements, maybe people are earning money doing whatever jobs, maybe people simply use their money on more important stuff, and maybe they download.
Just a thought, and ohh, i'm very tired.
I just love pirates who download a game ilegally and then go on boards like this one looking for solutions when it doesn't work! Heres me playing the worlds smallest violin for all you piartes and the problems with the games you ilegally download. You know what Go buy the game and then you can moan groan and complain like the rest of us when it doesn't work! You guys are the resaon for things like SecuROM!
whatever you say!
i love pirates and everyone connected with piracy,
its just because of them we can play expensive games
Here's an idea - Get a job and earn money, then you can play expensive games! Amazing, right?
Another idea:
Don't judge people in forums by statements, maybe people are earning money doing whatever jobs, maybe people simply use their money on more important stuff, and maybe they download.
Just a thought, and ohh, i'm very tired.
I didn't make a judgement, it was a suggestion. The post I replied to seems to suggest games are too expensive (which they aren't, or they wouldn't sell). So I have suggested a way they may obtain games legally.
Games are a luxury, if you can't afford it then that's no excuse to resort to crime, it's just greedy.
I will say only one word for the ongoing debate: Stardock (and their CEO Brad Wardell). This Link has a nice statement from them.
Oh and for the record, the IP (there is no such thing as Intellectual Property - you CAN'T own a thought or an idea, as that would be scaringly close to mind controlling; 1984, anyone?) laws are FUBAR. I hope, for the sake of having any free speech, thought or any individual properties left, that the pirates "win" this arms race, although I strongly encourage buying any product that is worth buying. (Don't see the price tag of a game, see the value of it.)
Also (I've been making this statement forever); pirating ISN'T - and can never be compared to - stealing, as digital media (1s and 0s) does not physically exist, and can be copied without any cost to anything whatsoever. (Except your own hard drive and network connection.) If you wouldn't have bought a game in the first place, there's no reason to deny you from downloading (pirating) it instead. (Theoretically, the problem is preventing this from becoming a habit.)
Spreading culture, knowledge, entertainment - if you haven't got the ability, for whatever reason, to pay for it - shouldn't be illegal, instead buying it should be encouraged and should provide some sort of added value, something pirates wouldn't get. Such as physical collectibles, in-game special items(or whatever), soundtracks, extra missions/maps and so on.
That would be in a perfect world, although with far too greedy companies and cheapskate pirates (people who DL everything, never buys stuff even if they can and should afford it) it's a long way there.
[Edited by PeTTs0n, 9/8/2009 7:08:38 PM]
Your absolutely right, I couldnt have said it better myself