Why I Think It Is GOOD To Pirate Commercial Games

[Ratcatcher]

In other news.
Ubisoft Closes Vancouver Studio
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/01/17/ubisoft-closes-vancouver-studio.aspx

I'm tempted to ignore the reasons they say caused this. Id rather believe that their DRM schemes are comming back to bite them in the arse.

[Tessera]

Id rather believe that their DRM schemes are coming back to bite them in the arse.

Go right ahead and believe it -- because that is indeed the real reason behind all of this.

They are suffering from public backlash... just as we have been predicting on this board for the past six years.

[Ratcatcher]

Another good reason to pirate stuff.

Mass Effect 3 on PC requires EA's Origin service be installed
http://www.geek.com/articles/games/mass-effect-3-on-pc-requires-eas-origin-service-be-installed-20120116/

I refuse to go anywhere near STEAM, and for some reason i should allow Origin on my box? Nuh-uh!

[Tessera]

Mass Effect 3 is almost guaranteed to be shit, anyway.

But no worries. Somebody will crack it. And it'll be torrent'ed the very next day.

Maybe one day, these assholes will get the message:

WE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF BEING EXPLOITED.

[Kyon]

I send you a PM about this my friend Could you answer it ?

[BloodyKidney]

Yarrrr matey!!! I wanna be a mighty pirate! I wanna stick it to the man!
Now that my gaming rig is near completion I want to get back the games I sold on ebay through pirating.
Any tips, tricks, pointers, dos and donts that can be handed out to this young scallywag in the art of pirating? A tutorial of some kind. I saw the VTMB link somewhere around here. I just want to fill up my hdd with games and maybe a little or a lotta porn.

[Jake]

i can't afford these games anyway so they aren't losing any money off of me pirating anything (hypothetically of course heh)

[BloodyKidney]

I cant afford these games either but I'd still buy quality stuff from indie game designers. I shelled out 45 bucks for Liesure Suit Larry redo, Shadowrun Returns,  and Wasteland 2 which all were kickstarter funded games that have not been made yet. When it comes to the big corps that try to squeeze the pennies out of your pocket for shite quality games I say Fuck em. I've been using piratebay to check out mediocre stuff lately.

[elfuego64]

I do but only after a set time they have been released. shouldn't pay for a game thats 10 years old no one plays anymore.

[NeonLight]

I do buy some indie games, because I hope to be indie developer meself someday and I'd like people to buy games from me. I'd buy all games, but I don't have the funds for that.

[Abhijeet]

I generally don't buy any s/w including the O.S. Pirate version gives nearly same benefit. Last 2 games i bought were for 2 different reason.
Ashes Cricket 09 to support Cricket based PC game.
GTA 4 because my net speed sucks  and 16GB download will take more than 10 days.
Cracked version loads faster than retail version is good added bonus.

[megamanrulesall]

I admit, I myself have downloaded games to see if they are good or not. Other times, I have bought the game, wanted it on a different platform (in this case, the PC) so, I figure, I already supported the company by buying a copy of their game, what difference does it make if I download a copy to run on something else? Not only that, I enjoy being able to mod the heck out of games on my PC and show to other people.

I have to also admit it does seem that creativity these days is at an all time low when it comes to a lot of things. Part of it I think may be the factor of "This genre sells a lot, so well do the same thing over, maybe change names, or places to some small degree and all shall be well."


I heard that with anime these days most can be considered copy & paste scenarios for the most part as of recent. Oh well.

[Tessera]

FYI everyone...


"Half-Life 2," "Half-Life 2 Episode One" and "Half-Life 2 Episode Two" are all available in cracked, "no Steam" versions from The Pirate Bay:


http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/5040138/Half-Life_2_NO-STEAM__no_crack__no_keygen___install_and_play

http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/3492004/Half.Life.2.Episode.One-PROViSiON

http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/3848139/%5BPC%5D_Half_Life_2_Episode_Two_%5BRIP%5D_%5Bdopeman%5D


All of them are 100% working and do not contain any viruses or malware.

There's a small glitch with the cracked version of "Half-Life 2 Episode Two," which causes the script to stop running at one point in the game (it's at a point where Alyx asks you to get into an elevator and then, she simply stands there and stops responding). As a work-around, the author(s) of the cracked version of HL2 Ep2 have included a saved game file, which overcomes this relatively minor problem (it allows you to continue the game from the point where the glitch occurs).

Enjoy.  

[perez007usa]

Really! I luck out on that one, cause it's working for me. I have all of them.

[monkeymax]

Yarrrr matey!!! I wanna be a mighty pirate! I wanna stick it to the man!
Now that my gaming rig is near completion I want to get back the games I sold on ebay through pirating.
Any tips, tricks, pointers, dos and donts that can be handed out to this young scallywag in the art of pirating? A tutorial of some kind. I saw the VTMB link somewhere around here. I just want to fill up my hdd with games and maybe a little or a lotta porn.

It seems if you don't want to invoke the wrath of the corporations, don't upload.  Download stuff using Rapidshare or another file hosting company. 

[mouser]

Well, Ubisoft has pretty much made my 'never buy from again' list, but I have to ask:

If the games are so shitty and broken, why would you want to pirate them at all? 

Simple solution: don't buy broken games, wait for them to come out with that patch, then go and get the game - but if it's fixed at that point, why not buy it?

[monkeymax]

Well, Ubisoft has pretty much made my 'never buy from again' list, but I have to ask:

If the games are so shitty and broken, why would you want to pirate them at all?  

Simple solution: don't buy broken games, wait for them to come out with that patch, then go and get the game - but if it's fixed at that point, why not buy it?

Well, how can you know if a game is shitty and broken if you don't try it out, first?

[Tessera]

If the games are so shitty and broken, why would you want to pirate them at all?  

I suppose it's for the same reason that some people march in the streets holding up signs for a political cause, or chain themselves to fences at anti-nuke rallies. Online piracy can be an effective form of active (but non-violent) protest against serious problems within the gaming and entertainment industries.

The best way to punish greedy corporate capitalists is to take their money away. Now, you could either do that at gunpoint... which is rather extreme, to say the least... or you could do it through online piracy. It seems to me that the latter is a far less dangerous method.

Just my opinion -- but that is what I believe.