Buying shit ISN'T pointless. Piracy never has the same feeling as getting a real album/dvd with a movie. Same with games. You don't care about even clearing it if you just dl it. Buy it, and you'll spend blood, sweat and tears to clear it.
Oh also, I think this thread is ok as long as you guys avoid linking shit to eachother or discussing sites. This is just a discussion on what's right and wrong. I'll ask around for clearance though.
Oh also, I think this thread is ok as long as you guys avoid linking shit to eachother or discussing sites. This is just a discussion on what's right and wrong. I'll ask around for clearance though.
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Originally Posted by Dalir
Buying shit ISN'T pointless. Piracy never has the same feeling as getting a real album/dvd with a movie. Same with games. You don't care about even clearing it if you just dl it. Buy it, and you'll spend blood, sweat and tears to clear it.
qft etc.
I pirate some things, but that's just because some games are ridiculously over-priced, when they're not even that good. Like Fallout 3.
I usually also get more fun out of something I bought rather than pirated. I guess the fact that I've paid money for something makes me want to play the shit out of it untill I've done almost everything.
Originally Posted by 931bw
-You have to logon to Steam everytime you want to play the game (including offline login)... What happened to the old days where you don't have to login to play your game. It's a waste of time and effort
It's really not a waste of time or effort. Steam is more then just a launcher. You can contact friends, see what games they are in and then join them and such. It is pretty much exactly the same as say loading up xfire or something similar, but with the option to buy games, keep your games up to date, get demos, see the latest news and such.
Originally Posted by 931bw
-Credit cards are only for rich people. Not everyone has credit cards. In order to have a credit card, you have to time-deposit a huge amount of money in the bank as collateral. And the moment you cannot pay your dues, they will threaten you by phone or by mail that they will sue you and take all your belongings. Credit Cards Are Evil
Ok the second part is misleading and I can't be arsed to get into credit cards and such but the main moral is simply don't overspend. It may be tempting but if you over spend, your the only one to blame.
Originally Posted by 931bw
-Steam is no different from SecuROM. There are always privacy issues because Steam monitors user activity (VAC monitors player's activity to detect trainers and it can be used to scan the system's memory). The only difference between Steam and SecuROM that they added a few "enhancements" that will not look like it is a DRM. But DRM is DRM. DRM is Evil. Everyone should boycott all kinds of DRM. To boycott DRM, Support Piracy/Filesharing. Period.
For not having an offline steamless DRM-less version, I will not buy games.
It's the creators rights to do whatever they want with their product. Telling people to boycott all kinds of DRM by pirating games is stupid. The more you pirate the more strict DRM will get.
Steams DRM is hardly scrict at all. It restricts steam only games / games you buy through steam to one account which is fine. It doesnt stop you from playing the game at a friends house or whatever.
Games like spore with DRM where you can only install a game x times is the bad kind of DRM, because there are many reasons you would need to install a game many times but this kind of DRM is from people like you who decide to download every game.
(Sorry if this post is a bit dodgey, I was watching scrubs while writing it)
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Originally Posted by PlayerID57
Remember piracy saves your pocket.
It's okay to buy movies, but who the hell could give 30$ for each game?
I think piracy is not that illegal.
lol 30$ try 60$ my friend >.< it is rediculous but they jack up the prices so they can make enough money BECAUSE OF THE PIRATES!
Robert A. Heinlein: "Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny."
