The harm that software pirates do

Triumvir Emphy · #1 February 24th, 2001, 12:38 AM

I am sure shrapnel has more to do than look through forums.

And even if they did, you are in a foreign country and untouchable/not worth the trouble for the small amount in question.

Distrust is good sometimes, if not, i have some swap land to sell ya.

but we may stop conversation, the horse is dead, we are making glue.

Darwin · #2 February 24th, 2001, 02:15 AM

No one is saying your a pirate Ubik.

Mearly that we believe it isn't right. Not only that its careless. It shows those that don't know how to steal the game how to.

And yeah the Statement in America is "In God we Trust" Maybe we should have said it better. "We trust ONLY god. No one else"

Tenryu · #3 February 24th, 2001, 02:46 AM

Since everyone else has something to say on this, I had to make a comment.

" Comment "

There now I feel better.

nmoppa · #4 February 24th, 2001, 02:50 AM

SE IV is, as far as I know, the ONLY game that is not distributed through shops ( perhaps besides Stars!). Anyway, that's how Aaron decides to do it, and Shrapnel agreed to help him. There is NO WAY that somebody can use the BB to ask for the main source of the program to be distributed by email or anything else THROUGH participants on the BB. IF you miss anything, want to reinstall it, or whatever, send a request to Shrapnel or MM. They KNOW you bought it, or not.

So don't complain that we gamers don't trust any requests for sending .exe files or whatever files to somebody who sends such requests to the BB. In spite of all good arguments, WE SHOULD STICK TO THIS POLICY!
There are too many software pirates to believe the exceptions to the rule

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PERHAPS THIS IS A GOOD DAY TO DIE <Worf facing another critical fight>

[This message has been edited by nmoppa (edited 24 February 2001).]

Tenryu · #5 February 24th, 2001, 02:59 AM

quote:
Originally posted by nmoppa:
There are too many software pirates to believe the exceptions to the rule .
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Alas, this is far too true.

Possum · #6 February 24th, 2001, 06:08 AM

Here's a better tagline for you, nmoppa

PERHAPS THIS IS A GOOD DAY TO TRUST SOMEONE <Worf facing another friday night home alone>

Custmcom · #7 February 24th, 2001, 06:09 AM

quote:
Originally posted by nmoppa:
SE IV is, as far as I know, the ONLY game that is not distributed through shops ( perhaps besides Stars!).

No, it's not the only game that is not sold in stores. Another that comes immediately to mind is Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord. CM, by the way, is probably the best computer war game ever made to date. Not only that, but it has support that is unmatched by any big game companies. CM and SE4 are two of the best games to be released in the Last year, both have excellent support, both are made by very small operations, and niether is available in stores. Are we seeing the beginning of a trend here? We can only hope so.