Game Piracy

hey guys my friend just spend almost $2000 building a super gaming rig. he usually just played the ps3 and 360 and purchased games for them. but now that he put so much money into this computer he thinks its fair for him to download torrents for games and play them without paying for it. newest game he got was bulletstorm, which looks amazing by the way(graphics wise). well now i am feeling like a chump for paying for these games when i can get it for free as well. i was hoping you guys could voice in your thoughts on wat i should do, and plz be honest not looking for false prophets. wat do you guys do?

Smack your friend, he is a moron. He probably got ripped of anyway.

Well if the developers chose to use GFWL they deserve to be ripped off. Have Bulletstorm for 5 days now and I still cant play due to GFWL.

Your friend isn't very bright. I hate people like that... just because you were stupid and blew 2 grand on a PC doesn't entitle you to steal games. FFS people.

[QUOTE="Jacen22"]

hey guys my friend just spend almost $2000 building a super gaming rig. he usually just played the ps3 and 360 and purchased games for them. but now that he put so much money into this computer he thinks its fair for him to download torrents for games and play them without paying for it. newest game he got was bulletstorm, which looks amazing by the way(graphics wise). well now i am feeling like a chump for paying for these games when i can get it for free as well. i was hoping you guys could voice in your thoughts on wat i should do, and plz be honest not looking for false prophets. wat do you guys do?

FelipeInside

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="Jacen22"]

hey guys my friend just spend almost $2000 building a super gaming rig. he usually just played the ps3 and 360 and purchased games for them. but now that he put so much money into this computer he thinks its fair for him to download torrents for games and play them without paying for it. newest game he got was bulletstorm, which looks amazing by the way(graphics wise). well now i am feeling like a chump for paying for these games when i can get it for free as well. i was hoping you guys could voice in your thoughts on wat i should do, and plz be honest not looking for false prophets. wat do you guys do?

DanielDust

lol look like somebody is butthurt of spending $2000 and want to recover those $2000 by downloading pirated games badtaker

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="DanielDust"] *cough* In more ways than one *cough* First, the friend, 2nd there just isn't any other way to say it, who really asks themselves this stupid question?Jacen22

Cool mate.

Next time you're in the shopping center, just try those jeans on and leave without paying. What's the use of paying $60 for jeans when you can get them free right?

[QUOTE="Jacen22"][QUOTE="FelipeInside"] Ahhh good work Detective DanielDust. You got what I REALLY meant.... FelipeInside

Cool mate.

Next time you're in the shopping center, just try those jeans on and leave without paying. What's the use of paying $60 for jeans when you can get them free right?

Tell your friend he's an idiot for spending 2k on a gaming rig. (pre-built most likely) and then tell him he's an even bigger idiot if he wants to play buged games on his $2000 rig.

coreybg

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"]

[QUOTE="Jacen22"] ok, i see alot of trash talking but i see no reasons why you personally think its is wrong and why you would never do it. Since when is it idiotic when someguy is getting something for free that you pay $60 for?Jacen22

Cool mate.

Next time you're in the shopping center, just try those jeans on and leave without paying. What's the use of paying $60 for jeans when you can get them free right?

well firstly, if this is just concerned with game piracy tell you friend to stop because it is just killing the pc industry. If your talking about other piracy in general (eg movies/music) while it is still hurting the industry it isnt killing it.

Tell your friend he's an idiot for spending 2k on a gaming rig. (pre-built most likely) and then tell him he's an even bigger idiot if he wants to play buged games on his $2000 rig.

coreybg

Pay for games you want to support, don't pay for games that you don't want to. It's that simple.KHAndAnime

I wouldn't say that simple.

I agree with paying for games you support.

For games you don't support, actually don't buy them and don't play them. If you pirate them it just gives the dev another excuse not to make a sequel or a crap port.

Is that what you meant?

@FelipeInside

Everyone has stolen something at some point in their lives, even YOU. Dont try to deny it, it would be like saying you have never lied before. It could have been something small like a pen you borrowed but never returned or something else stupid like that, but according to you its pretty black and white. Get off your self made pedestal and stop passing judgement on people you dont know hypocrite. *I mean all this in the nicest way*

Pay for games you want to support, don't pay for games that you don't want to. It's that simple.KHAndAnime

@FelipeInside

Everyone has stolen something at some point in their lives, even YOU. Dont try to deny it, it would be like saying you have never lied before. It could have been something small like a pen you borrowed but never returned or something else stupid like that, but according to you its pretty black and white. Get off your self made pedestal and stop passing judgement on people you dont know hypocrite. *I mean all this in the nicest way*

Jacen22

even if paid $15, 000 for some otherworldly PC,

Piracy is wrong.

there is no reason for you to feel like a chump, Steam has great sales, even EA and GFWL are trying to get in on Steam's act,and with a bad economy world wide shop around / ask around, sometimes you find gems where you never thought they would be, like some out of the way electronics store, in the countries that i am familiar with anyway, maybe yours too.

Ok, here's the deal:

Tell him, if he likes a game he should support the developers so they make more games like it in the future.

If that doesn't work, get him to install AVG, that thing thinks all non-licensed software is a virus.

[QUOTE="KHAndAnime"]Pay for games you want to support, don't pay for games that you don't want to. It's that simple.FelipeInside

For games you don't support, actually don't buy them and don't play them. If you pirate them it just gives the dev another excuse not to make a sequel or a crap port.

Is that what you meant?

For games you support, buy them. If you happen upon a game and that game "isn't as advertised", then don't support them. This way games can't survive off hype alone, and encourages developers to try harder, think outside the box, and test their game.

Heck, maybe developers might even start releasing demos again. A lot of people buy games after pirating them, all they needed was a taste. But the problem is that most of the time these people don't buy games they like. It would be one thing if PC games were returnable, but they simply aren't. For just about any other product out there, if you buy it and you're unsatisfied with good reason - you'll be able to return that product for a refund. The video game market is something else entirely - as developers can essentially sell the public games that barely work for thousands of people and make a killing off them, Call of Duty: Black Ops ring a bell?

Would you rather reward bad programming just so you can have some black-and-white sense of morality?

[QUOTE="Jacen22"]

@FelipeInside

Everyone has stolen something at some point in their lives, even YOU. Dont try to deny it, it would be like saying you have never lied before. It could have been something small like a pen you borrowed but never returned or something else stupid like that, but according to you its pretty black and white. Get off your self made pedestal and stop passing judgement on people you dont know hypocrite. *I mean all this in the nicest way*

FelipeInside

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="Jacen22"]

@FelipeInside

Everyone has stolen something at some point in their lives, even YOU. Dont try to deny it, it would be like saying you have never lied before. It could have been something small like a pen you borrowed but never returned or something else stupid like that, but according to you its pretty black and white. Get off your self made pedestal and stop passing judgement on people you dont know hypocrite. *I mean all this in the nicest way*

Jacen22

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"]

[QUOTE="KHAndAnime"]Pay for games you want to support, don't pay for games that you don't want to. It's that simple.KHAndAnime

For games you don't support, actually don't buy them and don't play them. If you pirate them it just gives the dev another excuse not to make a sequel or a crap port.

Is that what you meant?

For games you support, buy them. If you happen upon a game and that game "isn't as advertised", then don't support them. This way games can't survive off hype alone, and encourages developers to try harder, think outside the box, and test their game.

Heck, maybe developers might even start releasing demos again. A lot of people buy games after pirating them, all they needed was a taste. But the problem is that most of the time these people don't buy games they like. It would be one thing if PC games were returnable, but they simply aren't. For just about any other product out there, if you buy it and you're unsatisfied with good reason - you'll be able to return that product for a refund. The video game market is something else entirely - as developers can essentially sell the public games that barely work for thousands of people and make a killing off them, Call of Duty: Black Ops ring a bell?

Would you rather reward bad programming just so you can have some black-and-white sense of morality?

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"]

[QUOTE="KHAndAnime"]Pay for games you want to support, don't pay for games that you don't want to. It's that simple.KHAndAnime

For games you don't support, actually don't buy them and don't play them. If you pirate them it just gives the dev another excuse not to make a sequel or a crap port.

Is that what you meant?

For games you support, buy them. If you happen upon a game and that game "isn't as advertised", then don't support them. This way games can't survive off hype alone, and encourages developers to try harder, think outside the box, and test their game.

Heck, maybe developers might even start releasing demos again. A lot of people buy games after pirating them, all they needed was a taste. But the problem is that most of the time these people don't buy games they like. It would be one thing if PC games were returnable, but they simply aren't. For just about any other product out there, if you buy it and you're unsatisfied with good reason - you'll be able to return that product for a refund. The video game market is something else entirely - as developers can essentially sell the public games that barely work for thousands of people and make a killing off them, Call of Duty: Black Ops ring a bell?

Would you rather reward bad programming just so you can have some black-and-white sense of morality?

[QUOTE="KHAndAnime"]

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"]

For games you don't support, actually don't buy them and don't play them. If you pirate them it just gives the dev another excuse not to make a sequel or a crap port.

Is that what you meant?

GeneralShowzer

For games you support, buy them. If you happen upon a game and that game "isn't as advertised", then don't support them. This way games can't survive off hype alone, and encourages developers to try harder, think outside the box, and test their game.

Heck, maybe developers might even start releasing demos again. A lot of people buy games after pirating them, all they needed was a taste. But the problem is that most of the time these people don't buy games they like. It would be one thing if PC games were returnable, but they simply aren't. For just about any other product out there, if you buy it and you're unsatisfied with good reason - you'll be able to return that product for a refund. The video game market is something else entirely - as developers can essentially sell the public games that barely work for thousands of people and make a killing off them, Call of Duty: Black Ops ring a bell?

Would you rather reward bad programming just so you can have some black-and-white sense of morality?

Or at least try not to, buying particular games day one is not always a smart idea :P.I still do it often though. :(

@bonafidetk:

wow thats crazy, i know that somethings are monitored over the internet but didnt know there are some countries out there that take piracy that serious, something to think about i guess

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"][QUOTE="KHAndAnime"]

For games you support, buy them. If you happen upon a game and that game "isn't as advertised", then don't support them. This way games can't survive off hype alone, and encourages developers to try harder, think outside the box, and test their game.

Heck, maybe developers might even start releasing demos again. A lot of people buy games after pirating them, all they needed was a taste. But the problem is that most of the time these people don't buy games they like. It would be one thing if PC games were returnable, but they simply aren't. For just about any other product out there, if you buy it and you're unsatisfied with good reason - you'll be able to return that product for a refund. The video game market is something else entirely - as developers can essentially sell the public games that barely work for thousands of people and make a killing off them, Call of Duty: Black Ops ring a bell?

Would you rather reward bad programming just so you can have some black-and-white sense of morality?

KHAndAnime

[QUOTE="KHAndAnime"][QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"] Erh, don't buy "bad programming" Simple.GeneralShowzer

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"]

[QUOTE="KHAndAnime"] Exactly. Don't buy bad programming. KHAndAnime

systemrequirementslab.com

Poor excuse...

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="Jacen22"]

@FelipeInside

Everyone has stolen something at some point in their lives, even YOU. Dont try to deny it, it would be like saying you have never lied before. It could have been something small like a pen you borrowed but never returned or something else stupid like that, but according to you its pretty black and white. Get off your self made pedestal and stop passing judgement on people you dont know hypocrite. *I mean all this in the nicest way*

Jacen22

TC, if you are just looking for justification to play all the free games there are cheap, PC is not the best option so you know :?

[QUOTE="KHAndAnime"][QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"] Don't pirate it either, if it's so bad :?

GeneralShowzer

systemrequirementslab.com

Poor excuse...

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"]

[QUOTE="KHAndAnime"] Are you some magical genie who can predict exactly how well a game runs before actually running it on your system? You should hook me up.iwilson1296

systemrequirementslab.com

Poor excuse...

Here we go again

[QUOTE="badtaker"]lol look like somebody is butthurt of spending $2000 and want to recover those $2000 by downloading pirated games Jacen22

if he is so rich then why not support developers.

everybody thinks like your friend then gaming will die because people work hard and invest money to make games and if they don't get invested money back then how will they make next game ?

i would suggest you that "always support developers" and don't care what others think