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Pirating

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Darkbringer, Dec 18, 2012.

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  1. Darkbringer

    Darkbringer Huntsman

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    So yeah the Limitied Edtion thread was spammed with remarks about pirating, so I though we should have a thread about it. So here you go, discuss pirating :)
     
    #1 Darkbringer, Dec 18, 2012
  2. Bamul

    Bamul S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
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    I'm not sure if anyone still wants to... pretty much everything has been said in the other thread and I personally can't be bothered to get involved again. :p Still, I bet there will be one or two people who might be willing to discuss this so this thread is a good idea. I might join too if an interesting conversation gets going. :)
     
    #2 Bamul, Dec 18, 2012
  3. Wolve_NZ

    Wolve_NZ Well-Known Member

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    what type of Pirating?

    The Arggg! Im gonna steal your Goods!
    or
    Argggg! Im gonna Steal your Non-Tangible goods


    But in all honesty, Pirating stuff is fine, as long as its hard as hell to find elsewhere, Majorly overpriced or the thing dosnt have a demo. If you like it, Buy it all in all
     
    #3 Wolve_NZ, Dec 18, 2012
  4. GoodLordApollo

    GoodLordApollo The Courier

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    I don't really like Pirating but I don't care as much if the game you are pirating is for example Call of Duty. In my opinion I still don't like it.
     
    #4 GoodLordApollo, Dec 19, 2012
  5. cerberus

    cerberus Well-Known Member

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    Pirating AAA games that are bound to be profitable is fine. There's only one type of piracy I'm firmly against: indie games. This is not done, folks. And if someone out there thinks piracy is stealing no matter how one looks at it; do yourself a favour by reconsidering the bloody nuances. There's an enourmous difference between stealing from the rich and stealing from the poor.
     
    #5 cerberus, Dec 19, 2012
  6. Shurfire

    Shurfire Well-Known Member

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    That's true.
     
    #6 Shurfire, Dec 19, 2012
  7. Skaara Dreadlocks

    Skaara Dreadlocks Tha Baws

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    And again, it's not directly stealing from the rich either. All that happens when you pirate something, is:
    You get a game/movie/series without deserving it, because you didn't make the sacrifice which is lawfully required for it.
    The company does not lose the item that you pirated. All they lose, is the money that you haven't given them yet.

    I also agree that pirating is fine when it's a company that is bound to be successful either way, and/or if the item you are pirating is close to impossible to find elsewhere and/or if it's overpriced.
    Although I go by those rules, I still buy the games with my money, usually. If it's a company that is poor and truly needs and/or deserves my money, I buy the game.
    I admit that I pirated the first eight episodes of The Walking Dead Season 3, but that's just because I have been waiting a very long time to see Season 3 and couldn't wait for its late release in Norway. I had been expecting for it to be released at least in middle of Autumn, hopefully early Autumn. Now it's winter already, and it's still not released in Norway. Actually, it's not completely released at all. Episode nine doesn't come out in America before February.

    Cerberus, could you please explain for me why we shouldn't pirate games from Indie?
     
    #7 Skaara Dreadlocks, Dec 19, 2012
  8. Shurfire

    Shurfire Well-Known Member

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    Other than Minecraft there hasn't been really any indie games that get known that well. Look at SPAZ. That game is amazing with free content but the game isn't that well known.
     
    #8 Shurfire, Dec 19, 2012
  9. Skaara Dreadlocks

    Skaara Dreadlocks Tha Baws

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    Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Skyrim from Indie? Or is that perhaps Bungie?
     
    #9 Skaara Dreadlocks, Dec 19, 2012
  10. TheStalker

    TheStalker Dragon Slayer

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    LOL. indie means an indpent comany with no publisher.
     
    #10 TheStalker, Dec 19, 2012
  11. cerberus

    cerberus Well-Known Member

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    #11 cerberus, Dec 19, 2012
  12. RedJacketMan

    RedJacketMan Well-Known Member

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    I think pirating games is wrong for the most part, if you have other options. I mean, if you have a steady source of income and pirate because you don't like paying for things, then I'd say that's wrong. I think it is stealing a product that somebody took time to make. Though, like Cerberus, I think there's a big difference between stealing from an indie game versus pirating something from EA.

    I can't pirate, because I play on console, and I wouldn't even if I played on PC or something. I'm opposed to pirating overall, but I think in some situations it's understandable.
     
    #12 RedJacketMan, Dec 19, 2012
  13. Wolve_NZ

    Wolve_NZ Well-Known Member

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    Also, if Steam has it at a reasonable price (+25nzd) rarther than their cheap as chips prices, I will Pirate it, as if im gonna spend 25 bucks on a game, I dont want to have all the bloody steam shit with it!
     
    #13 Wolve_NZ, Dec 19, 2012
  14. Shurfire

    Shurfire Well-Known Member

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    I know how you can still pirate games on a console. Well at least xbox.
     
    #14 Shurfire, Dec 19, 2012
  15. RedJacketMan

    RedJacketMan Well-Known Member

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    Well, I have no idea, and I don't really care to know.
     
    #15 RedJacketMan, Dec 20, 2012
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    Komodo Saurian Guest

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  17. TheStalker

    TheStalker Dragon Slayer

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    see majnu pirates ant always bad people
     
    #17 TheStalker, Dec 21, 2012
  18. RedJacketMan

    RedJacketMan Well-Known Member

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    Neat article. Shows a way to remedy the problem.
     
    #18 RedJacketMan, Dec 22, 2012
  19. Von Streff

    Von Streff Well-Known Member
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    Working on a video game, I see the ridiculous amount of work which goes into it. Just from the art side, it's a struggle, and every design decision is difficult. So yeah, I'm against piracy. These games aren't easy or cheap to make..
     
    #19 Von Streff, Dec 22, 2012
  20. RedJacketMan

    RedJacketMan Well-Known Member

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    Von Streff is right. In the article I mentioned in the "THQ bankrupt" thread, it mentions that making a game for XBox can cost around $10 million.
     
    #20 RedJacketMan, Dec 22, 2012
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