Dissapointed with TH's attitude about game piracy

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@ RobWright,

Totally off subject but who is the guy in your avatar? I have tried and tried but I couldn't figure him out.

Geez, next you'll say you don't know who Paul Kersey is. 😉

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Did this thread start on Groudhogs day? heheh

 

[robwright]

"Do you ever have deja vu Mrs. Lancaster?"
"I don't think so, but I could check with the kitchen."

 

[physx7]

Geez, next you'll say you don't know who Paul Kersey is. 😉

Who is Paul Kersey?

 

[inglburt]

How are 70% of CoD4 online people using pirate copies? Doesn't CD-Key verification prevent this?

That I don't know. Maybe a keygen. I can only go by what the guy said. And I would have thought that the servers could have done more to catch/ block this too.
And back to the other guy that argues that that may have bought the game after the fact. When You have 3 times as many people playing the game online than you have copies purchased, hmmm. I guess maybe they will all buy it next year, right?
It's just another justification. "My little bootleg copy won't hurt anything, it's just one, right? They make enough money anyhow."

 

[function9]

Who is Paul Kersey?

Paul Kersey!? Probably only the baddest badass in the history of badasses. Check out "Death Wish" movies.

 

[bildo123]

I think Johnny Cash is on that list as well.

 

[physx7]

You also forgot about donkey kong.

 

[Chazwuzzer]

Paul Kersey? C'mon. I mean, ok, in the first Death Wish he was pretty badass, but by death wish 3 (4? the one with Marina Sirtis) he's this geriatric avenger, helping the local retirees shoot the sh*t out of them unruly youngins.

More Badass still: Snake Plissken (see Rob's icon).

 

[Flakes]

And back to the other guy that argues that that may have bought the game after the fact. When You have 3 times as many people playing the game online than you have copies purchased.

ok im bored of this too, but you didnt think about what i said....

if 20 people go out and buy COD4 then those 20 people get say cd cracks, thats 20 bought copies and 20 pirated copies according to the logs at the COD4 master server.

same with other things, do you think they clear the logs? NO then the sales info would definatly be wrong. if 20 people pirate the game to try then go out and buy the game it still registers 20 pirate copys, the 20 real copys wont overwrite the pirate figure.... if i had to hazard a guess i would say about 25% of the COD4 playes are using pirate copies..


anyway escape from new york isnt that good a film, its a bit like rambo though very nostalgic.

 

[robwright]

anyway escape from new york isnt that good a film, its a bit like rambo though very nostalgic.

Blasphemy!

As to your point about cracked copies online, I hear you. I don't know if, for example, Infinity Ward did an exhaustive investigation of what cracks were being found online for CoD4. I'd hate to think that they assumed everyone with a disc-tray crack is using a pirated copy, and I'd like to give them the benefit of the doubt.

 

[physx7]

Blasphemy!

:lol:

 

[inglburt]

ok im bored of this too, but you didnt think about what i said....

if 20 people go out and buy COD4 then those 20 people get say cd cracks, thats 20 bought copies and 20 pirated copies according to the logs at the COD4 master server.

same with other things, do you think they clear the logs? NO then the sales info would definatly be wrong. if 20 people pirate the game to try then go out and buy the game it still registers 20 pirate copys, the 20 real copys wont overwrite the pirate figure.... if i had to hazard a guess i would say about 25% of the COD4 playes are using pirate copies..


anyway escape from new york isnt that good a film, its a bit like rambo though very nostalgic.

Ok, I get it, a guy can argue against anything. Keep the dream alive man.

 

[gomerpile]

Not slamming peps for free stuff, but how would you feel if you developed a hit game and weeks later it was a free download without your consent. There are lots of games that should be free because the programing sucks, and the demos are made to be the best. So getting free stuff is good sometimes, if its good we all buy it, if it suck then they should make something better
It time most drm will be hacked anyways

 

[Skallik]

I have pirated Unreal tournament 3, COD4, and Fallout 3. and then i bought all these games afterwards, so think of it as a demo

..P.S. STEAM! nuff said

..P.S.S. i dont pirate anymore

..P.S.S.S i also pirated oblivion and battlefield 2 AFTER buying the cuz i lost the cds 😛

 

[bildo123]

I have pirated Unreal tournament 3, COD4, and Fallout 3. and then i bought all these games afterwards, so think of it as a demo

..P.S. STEAM! nuff said

..P.S.S. i dont pirate anymore

..P.S.S.S i also pirated oblivion and battlefield 2 AFTER buying the cuz i lost the cds 😛

Over a year and half later...how did you find this thread?

 

[4Ryan6]

This thread was really a waste of time when it was created in 2008, trying to mass appeal some kind of morality to the thieving community is a complete waste of time as I'm sure the OP has discovered by now.

As they say, "Once a thief, always a thief", reasons why they try to justify what they're doing is because inside themselves they know its wrong, otherwise they'd disregard posting a response in the first place.

However they got stung by that little bit of morality they may have left, tucked way back somewhere in the recess's of their minds and sought the need to defend themselves with some lame pitiful excuse for their illegal actions.

If I can excuse my actions it must be OK, at least in my mind I can live with my thievery.

For the user that posted way back he didn't know what TH's stand on piracy was, read the forum rules.

This thread is officially over, funeral services will commence now and last for 30 micro seconds!