Against Piracy :)
Hey guys, I just thought we as gamers should help spread awareness and kill piracy. Just a like/share would help the cause. We as gamers have to take responsibility and I am sure this will indirectly help E-sports get better and better.

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(191 replies)
Created 2012-09-02 14:53 by: Shrikky**
no, piracy is good

read rothbard
cheers
2012-09-02 14:54:27
wut? piracy until death.
2012-09-02 14:54:45
by: KaasJ
#3
But whyZ? Pirates I love pirates HAR HAR!
2012-09-02 14:55:58
Right away, great captain!
2012-09-02 22:33:23
+1
2012-09-03 12:21:00
:D
2012-09-08 07:35:43
piracy is good
2012-09-02 14:56:17
piracy good shit :D
2012-09-02 14:56:48
piracy is good if you wanna test a game 1st and after that buy it

2012-09-02 15:01:40
If you like the game/ Use their service(play a game) buy it and support the company. You don't want them to go in loss and not create new games. Who knows , valve is pouring money in DOTA2,what if all the Game giants start pouring in money for E-sports ;)
2012-09-02 15:03:42
why i should pay for crap game? i played pirated version of battlefield 2, cs 1.6, cs source then after few days i bought original games, cuz i really liked them and still play them.
2012-09-02 15:23:19
Yep lol cuz these games need steam/origin to play online.
But what i meant is .. I see ppl playing Arkham city (torrents) and not buying it :(. That really hurts the company.
2012-09-02 15:29:18
Yeah man, they will only win 3M dollars intend of 5M! What a shame!
2012-09-02 15:39:18
yes for some games, but it happens with smaller developers too
2012-09-03 02:21:26
you are right but common if you are not a thief i would say you will buy it sooner or later

all those young peeps can not buy it because they have no money or problems to buy the game trough the internet or ...

When you get a work you stop those illegal downloads because you can afford to buy them and you dont wanna get caught xD
2012-09-02 15:48:02
As far as u r responsible its fine :) (that is buying it sooner or later when u have the money)
2012-09-02 16:45:06
piracy ftw the onbly games i bought in my life was cs 1.6 cs source and cs go wich this las tone i regret, because i worked to have them im poor and games these days cost like 50€ for 4 hours of fun, back in the days u pay like 20 € for more then 12€ of fun, but your way to talk looks like u have a lot of money so keep buying games next time you go buy a game buy 2 1 for you and another 1 to compensate me downloading it
2012-09-03 02:30:05
Bf2 doesn't need origin.
2012-09-03 13:19:53
"You don't want them to go in loss and not create new games."

That's actually exactly what I want. No newer games = no CS:GO and 1.6 could live on forever.
2012-09-02 21:26:09
"what if all the Game giants start pouring in money for E-sports ;)"

waste of money.
2012-09-05 10:01:02
Valve not noob to invest money in dota2 :)
2012-09-06 02:31:09
no, piracy is good in the long run too
piracy is awesome

Post edited 2012-09-02 15:50:41
2012-09-02 15:50:32
haha xD

it is good for everyone because it is free but nothing is free in real life right ?
2012-09-02 15:54:28
well its not really free as it still costs you some processing power to actually get the data copied
but yeah its easier to copy some bits than to copy lets say a car, technology just makes life easier and easier for us

Post edited 2012-09-02 15:56:49
2012-09-02 15:56:41
haha you are epic xD
2012-09-02 16:01:44
i dont know where do you come from i mean viewpoint wise but actually im quite serious about that
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_perspect..
2012-09-02 16:08:37
if i tell you :

that those gamedevelopers worked years on a game, if it comes out completly free they wont be granted for there work


what do you say ?
2012-09-02 16:19:53
if pack up my now i decide to on foot to the southern atlantic shore of portugal i guess nobody will pay me either and theres some quite enormous work in that as well

and not only that sort of along the way some people will be able to see me walking there completely for free now imagine that

Post edited 2012-09-02 16:59:00
2012-09-02 16:55:45
True,

but what you are doing there is no job

in this world everything costs something like i said already

and you will need to pay for anything.

if you wont pay to the companies they will loose money and you penalise them

same thing for small dev teams that made a mod and after that sell there game

I dont get how you could be putting all there effort to the bin because you want everything free to each lvl of the society, it is not fair for them, there is no give and return if you understand what i mean


sry for my bad english
2012-09-02 17:05:00
well some people swim english channel thats an effort too
why not pay them for it and therefore penalise them?

and no, i totally dont want people to have things for free in fact i have greatest respect towards private property only saying that intellectual 'property' is not it, its a retarded 17th century concept

Post edited 2012-09-02 17:13:24
2012-09-02 17:08:24
i dont understand you there ?


Post edited 2012-09-02 17:16:43
2012-09-02 17:13:25
i can see that you dont yeah =D
2012-09-02 17:14:18

oh ok, you mean like patent on a new object ?
2012-09-02 17:16:58
well theres a slight difference between patent law and the concept of intellectual property in general but that doesnt mean that both cant be scam does it, well in fact yes they are =D

Post edited 2012-09-02 20:20:37
2012-09-02 20:14:33
ok ok i get now a part what you mean now

too bad there is a language barrier, i can not understand all of it :(
2012-09-02 20:52:05
then i would say read the sources (rothbard!) in your own language im sure french translations exist there and some dutch most likely too
2012-09-02 20:55:24
readed on wikipedia a lil, and vgot some ebooks now.

the only thing where i can see it is bad to have a game copyrighted is when other companies would want to have the new game engine
because it would have new features like crytek launching new things that are not existing just like id software etc...
2012-09-02 21:24:00
well to be honest i barely get your point on here, but...
personally i wouldnt go with the arguments from efficiency if something fails on sort of logical basis, you just cant claim the ownership of information because its intangible and not scarce, and well efficiency wise =D you also cant enforce it without the total control of the flow of information and that more or less means advocating a totalitarian state

Post edited 2012-09-02 22:11:13
2012-09-02 22:08:46
ok i get you but i vgot to say you know damn more then me on this and ill stop here before my head explodes :D haha
2012-09-02 22:13:06
lol
just read those guys then
seeking truth is fun and life is all about fun
cheers =D
2012-09-02 22:15:14
yeah indeed

thx for the good talk i would say, ill check his books for sure
2012-09-02 22:17:32
How does watching you walk benefit people at all?

Fucking stupid analogy. Either retarded or severely narcissistic.
2012-09-03 01:39:07
good that you pointed that out, well surely they dont

the analogy was then to show that the fact alone that you put work somewhere doesnt conclude that somebody then owns you money for it

the analogy that you looking for though would be for instance the architecture as a whole, since day one its based on somebodys work being beneficial to somobody else as people obviously copy concepts that they see work someplace else
2012-09-03 01:56:20
but its not only that, its rather the general life experience that we have
the vast majority of information that you gathered over the time and that you used for personal gain obviously has to come from some place that is not you and therefore its a direct result of somebody elses work and it is not even traceable to that source so even if you wanted to put some money into 'owners' packet you would never find that right packet let alone figure out that the gain on your side and hence the amount that you made yourself believe you own

the whole concept of 'intellectual' property is just so infantile and illogical that the regular folks can sort of sense that unconsciously so they see themselves listening to mp3s on the web as if they were doing something natural and normal even though the mainstream propaganda makes them not being able to reason that out to other people on discussions like this one

Post edited 2012-09-03 02:25:14
2012-09-03 02:21:59
Let's cut the crap.

The analogies are:
1. I make a cake, you eat it without my permission. Therefore, it's a crime.
2. I make a cake, you make another by stealing the recipe from my house. It's also a crime.
3. I make a cake, you make another by guessing on how mine is made. It's not a crime.
4. I make a cake, you see it. It's not a fucking crime.

Now, we substitute them with the ones on context.

You play pirated games = Number 1 or 2

The whole architecture bullshit = Number 3

You see some retarded people dancing on a beach = Obviously number 4
2012-09-03 03:32:46
yeah, absolutely

theres nothing there that i cant agree on except that with the technology we have (#15) copying a game is just like that third thing you listed
and thats because unlike lets say with copying a car that i can borrow from the rental company reproducing it doesnt involve getting into the source code anymore

Post edited 2012-09-03 04:48:42
2012-09-03 04:44:03
Welcome to the world of DEMOs
2012-09-05 09:55:19
you ever tested a demo ?


it is so short you don't have all features in it etc...

what are you even talking about...
2012-09-05 11:03:54
The pirates life's the life for me, lololol and a bottle of wine.

Post edited 2012-09-02 15:21:24
2012-09-02 15:21:09
Long live piracy! Come on, everyone loves stuff for free.

Post edited 2012-09-02 16:04:00
2012-09-02 15:58:29
piracy gives working places! god bless pirates and the Queen
2012-09-02 16:02:08
lol thats so much a 'slavic' english =D
but yeah piracy actually creates jobs because it makes goods cheaper and therefore stimulates the general accumulation of capital
2012-09-02 16:06:37
god bless pirates and the Queen hahahaahhaHAUHAAHAEUHA :D
2012-09-02 16:45:07
How did you get the CSGO cd? o.o
2012-09-02 16:07:59
Yes i bought CS:GO last night from the local retail shop. with the DVD :P. I didnt wanna buy online in Steam cuz it was few dollars costly and i dont get the dvd box :P
2012-09-02 16:41:05
Omg. In Spain I haven't seen the DVD anywhere :(
2012-09-02 17:05:30
Why do you care so much about the companies?
2012-09-02 16:16:32
A lot of companies have gone down becuz of piracy, We need more game dev companies. Only then we wil have more games to play :) Since the game is good we need to support them else they will never grow / loss
2012-09-02 16:42:30
this is based on false assumption that people who didn't pay for the game would pay for it if there was no other way to get it, the truth is they can't afford it so they wouldn't play it at all, therefore no difference for companies

Post edited 2012-09-02 16:57:08
2012-09-02 16:52:17
Nope. the general intention is "why should i pay when i get it for free". Example CS 1.6, There are more than 50K non steamers for sure ! Imagine if they all buy steam how big the game / esports would have been and how much profit valve would have made.
2012-09-02 16:57:24
1. most 1.6 players are teenagers with 0 profit
2. there are no 1.6 in the shops
3. you need bank account/credit card to buy 1.6 online, teenagers don't have it
4. even if they had money, when there is no way to check out 1.6 before buying it, they wouldn't know they like it and hence didn't buy something they are not sure about
5. CS 1.6 was not invented by valve, DOTA was not invented by valve, Team Fortress was not invented by valve
2012-09-02 17:08:28
Exactly, So if u like the game buy it. Dont worry u dont need to swipe ur card online u can buy in the local game shops near by. :)
2012-09-02 17:40:18
You know that if you buy a game in a store the developer is going to get a maximum of 20% of the revenue, whereas online it is 70%....
2012-09-02 19:05:00
by: ohai
#74
Both of you aren't quite right. Studies have not shown that only people who would not buy the game are the ones pirating them, but they have shown people who pirate any form of media legally buy more on average. So, although it can hurt a single game, it actually helps the market overall.
2012-09-02 20:05:36
they go down because they make shity games, for example they port xbox game to pc which is insta shit and after that developers cry that noones buy their ultra good game which was good only on xbox.
look at team fortress 2, the game is free but has so many users playing and valve still make profit from this game.
2012-09-02 17:16:40
1.6 was great game, but a 60k non steamers is huge loss to valve is what im trying to say . I dont want flame wars . If u feel piracy is bad. then share else leave it :)
2012-09-02 17:41:03
if there was no cs 1.6 non stamers, cs 1.6 woudn't have such a big success, because most of them bought the game to play competetive games
2012-09-02 17:43:06
Thats what we think. from 2006 I am playing with the bunch of steamers and we haev no connection to non steamers and they dont turn up for tournaments as well. I prefer them as a bunch of noobs playing for time pass :)
2012-09-03 03:14:21
ARRRRRRRR!
2012-09-02 16:18:17
for jobless students like me .. theres no other option but to pirate the games n movies coz theres no way I can spend 100's of bucks on these :\ .. maybe when i get a job i will
2012-09-02 16:45:02
I am a student too :) I save it up. Impossible is nothing. Im sure u spend a lot with ur gf/ smoking / drinking etc. (Don't tel me u dont do any of these :D ) Anyways jsut kidding. Save it up ! Its easy 2 weeks u can reach 1000 bucks trust me.
2012-09-02 16:48:06
so , in your poor country you save 1000 bucks in 2 weeks as a student? interesting

while graduated people here in Italy nearly get 1000euros from 1 month of effort.

what are you to SAVE 1000dollars in 2 weeks? mahatma gandhi?
2012-09-04 08:23:15
1000 Indian Rupees = 20 $ American Dollas........................ Bucks = Your country's respective currency..... If i get 1000$ a month I would be flying all over my country for tournaments lol

// Nothing to do with if my country is poor, I have HD 7850 GFX , BENQ XL2420T Monitor, i7 2600K... Now am i poor? But hey im not rich ;)

Post edited 2012-09-05 03:35:04
2012-09-05 03:33:06
please don't misunderstand me , i thought you meant bucks like americans (1dollar) ~ i was wondering what were you working in that country to manage to even "save" 1000 of them in 2 weeks ;)
2012-09-05 07:17:07
yeah, first they pump up prices at 60euros and then u expect people to buy that shit? get real please
2012-09-02 16:55:04
yeah when their is summer sale.. the game dropped to 15$.
2012-09-02 19:31:14
Team Zero Respect for no piracy!
2012-09-02 17:12:24
:D
2012-09-02 17:42:45
by: BeX
#42
thepiratebay is comming * hop in!

2012-09-02 17:16:25
u probably need a shrink but imo a bullet in ur head would be much cheaper and more efficient
2012-09-02 17:22:47
piracy means free stuff ...so i support it :D
2012-09-02 17:44:30
when someone breaks into your house and steal your pc I hope you will tell him "enjoy your free stuff!". piracy supports robbery.
2012-09-02 19:03:52
there are worst cases of robbery, just turn on your TV and watch how every single national channel is controlled by the government.

also there are obviously worst problems in the world than piracy, piracy is just more profitable than avoiding world hunger or cleanning the cities from guns.

Post edited 2012-09-02 19:10:38
2012-09-02 19:09:03
yes there are worse cases, but does it doesn't automaticly say those smaller are ok. if someone puts job into making a software and puts a price on it taking it for free is not ok, it's robbery. i live in poland and my salary is very medicore and i still use only legal software on my pc. it's doesn't cost alot to be legal, it's just about mentality. giving 100 euro for fkn windows once per 5 years means nothing really.
2012-09-02 19:49:35
Piracy is different.Someone breaks into your house and steals your pc but when you wake up it's still there.
2012-09-02 19:27:35
oh poor corporations , guys workin in there for sure live for 500 $ a month and have nothing proper to eat ... oh wait , it was about "pirates"

Kids , dont steal in the Internet , give all ur pocket money to big companies so they won't have to drive porsche instead of bugatii .
2012-09-02 19:28:43
if someone steal my PC is making me a favor. I really need a new one :)
2012-09-02 20:09:24
If I would be a famous dj, I would tell the public to pirate it if they can't afford buying it. More listeners=more fame=more money exc
Piracy isn't something bad, you just look at it the wrong way.
2012-09-02 19:00:42
give me the money to buy every one of that game and i will be serial pirate killer
2012-09-02 19:03:36
Are you aware that 65% or even more of the HLTV.org users actually use piracy?
2012-09-02 19:10:26
i would say 67%
2012-09-02 19:14:22
68% maybe...
2012-09-02 19:19:00
i would say 100%,who the fuck doesnt like free stuff?
2012-09-02 19:43:31
+1
2012-09-02 19:48:12
Now I am aware of that , I thought these ppl were matured. I can still see some matured ppl though :) Anyway my work is done. Its upto ppl to take it or drop it.
2012-09-03 03:12:53
I see I'm not saying that you did a bad job, 'cause you didn't. Anyway, I don't use piracy because honestly, I don't need it. :)
2012-09-03 10:53:45
BUY 1.6 to support ... dont play nonsteam
2012-09-02 19:13:32
yeah, like piracy is a bigger problem than world hunger, the nuclear race, the amount of guns in the streets, mental health of the average employee or the facism of countries like the US who control everything and feed the people with enough to keep their agendas running. The thing with piracy is that the goverment wins $$$ thanks to the corporations when fighting it, that doesn't happen with openning hospitals neither when making arrests.

The government controls the media worldwide, you should get your priorities straight. Not being brainwashed should be your first priority.

Post edited 2012-09-02 19:16:29
2012-09-02 19:13:47
dunno bout the rest of you
but personally i lol'd at 'average employee' =D
2012-09-02 20:16:31
haha I'm talking about the stress and everything that comes out of crappy/robotic jobs, look at how google employees work, I don't have a doubt they are happy people living fulfilling lives or at least they are in the path of becoming it.

Post edited 2012-09-03 00:20:57
2012-09-03 00:17:18
its the words that you use not the message that are funny

i mean, an 'average employee', seriously? =D
2012-09-03 00:59:39
why is it that every time a problem is discussed, some morally superior douche bag has to bring up irrelevant stuff like world hunger?






2012-09-02 23:08:27
hahah okay nazi boy, world hunger is not relevant. btw I'm not trying to look 'morally superior' I'm just mentioning some of the real problems humanity is facing.

Post edited 2012-09-03 00:19:52
2012-09-03 00:13:27
so people should ignore every single thing that affect their lives because poor little abdullah is starving on the other side of the planet? logic of a teenager who's just seen documentaries for the first time in his life.

nazi boy?

Post edited 2012-09-03 14:50:17
2012-09-03 14:49:49
there are many other simpler ways to feed people, common citizens wouldn't be needed to spend a penny if governments were efficient.
2012-09-03 19:49:52
again, it's irrelevant here.
2012-09-04 07:54:05
do you have an original copy of Windows? If yes than ...
If no than you answered on ur question
2012-09-02 19:21:38
no because

when you used once your cd key for windows you need to buy another one even if you reinstal on the same pc like wtf? ( if it wasnt once it was 3 times you could re use the key)

that is like the worst ripoff ever.
2012-09-02 21:39:38
Piracy is unavoidable.
2012-09-02 19:24:45
+1
2012-09-03 12:53:30
yeah and lets go further with this and just say
to speak against piracy is to advocate a totalitarian state

you cant claim ownership over anything unless you can actually control it
meaning you cant claim the ownership of information unless you can control all of its flow between people

Post edited 2012-09-19 00:29:43
2012-09-19 00:27:03
Nicely said.
2012-09-19 00:29:05
team zero respect? no thx

Post edited 2012-09-02 19:58:29
2012-09-02 19:57:50
The word piracy is a scam. When i was a kid we would borrow each others nintendo 8bit games n tape movies from tv. Now when i do the same thru internet its illeagal.
2012-09-02 19:59:04
i buy something if i thinks it deserve mi money aftter i pirate it :)D)

try befor i buy :D)XD)
2012-09-02 21:13:44
Yeah I think people should buy games they think are good. For music you have spotify, but when it comes to movies. NEVER, EVER buy a movie, download!!!

I hate the big moviecompanys, greedy motherfuckers..
2012-09-02 21:15:34
+1 Hahha
2012-09-03 03:11:03
but spotify isnt avaliable in all the countries. I think they should work more faster to get it done for all the countires.
2012-09-04 12:46:14
LoL undercover Indians :o
2012-09-02 21:16:12
You could've easily wrote his name rather than spotting the entire Nation. Learn to respect please.
2012-09-03 13:08:51
in algeria there is a lot of shops that sell Pirated games
when i say a lot i mean a lot
<3


Post edited 2012-09-02 21:30:50
2012-09-02 21:30:28
tawain too no worries mate

my father when he went there brought me some nice dvd's in a plastic jacket with cover in it xD
2012-09-02 21:40:49
yes :D
2012-09-02 21:42:57
tell me you have real half life games in alger stores etc... ?


or you need to go on the internet to buy your games ?

Post edited 2012-09-02 21:44:15
2012-09-02 21:43:51
some one tell that there is cs:go but no hl or cs1.6
even in events you find the demos in non steams :P
==
and no we don't buy it from inet no PayPal
most of the time we buy it from hackers or spamers

Post edited 2012-09-02 21:47:41
2012-09-02 21:47:34
arg that sux sooo bad.
why are u guys not using paypal or credit card ?

2012-09-02 21:54:05
sux nO
it just hard 2 get credit card that work on Web
---
the game is sell for 9euro i think
we buy it for 7euro "win" (lol)

2012-09-02 22:09:03
delete this post plz!
2012-09-02 21:47:50
Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once.
2012-09-03 01:41:52
another wisdom which no one needs :D
2012-09-03 02:01:24
Actually yes pls delete, i Just wasted my coming back to HLTV.ORG i really thought ppl were matured here, my bad
2012-09-03 03:10:33
nobody cares
2012-09-03 12:23:34
Talk only about yourself :-) You can't simply generalise your argument for 400k users :-)
2012-09-03 13:11:04
you wanna bet ?
create a poll saing this:
Piracy:
Yes ->
No ->

and see who wins (:
2012-09-03 13:22:29
Well, i think you should create one and use the results to prove your argument.

read #132

My argument was just that one should only talk about oneself instead of other's behalf. :-)
2012-09-03 13:43:15
no one is going to give a tad fuck about your dumb-ass opinion, #138 thereof. And perhaps i can bet on that.....better get piss off..... you freak chicken.
2012-09-03 19:24:16
you slightly got wrong...only some peoples have changed here, yet few
of them are still noobs..
hahha
2012-09-03 12:51:07
Lesson no. 1: Never expect anything from anyone and see how beautiful our life become :-)
2012-09-03 13:10:17
you are wasting your breath, he wont listen to you cause may be he has again long-gone off this site for another frigging month as his comeback wasn't seemingly quite fruitful and welcoming (mentioned in above comment of him # 119).xD
oh..fuck, I am still laughing my ass off over his delusion thought of " maturity among hltv folks"..freaking hilarious though, doesn't it?
hahahaha :)

Post edited 2012-09-03 22:11:23
2012-09-03 22:10:18
xD Certainly, you are right at that maturity point :-D He expected too much and got emotional :-D Man!! Asking the entire community to stand for anti-piracy is like snatching away their bread-n-butter :-D what a bummer!
2012-09-04 07:03:21
a complimentary hug to him for his fond believe:)
2012-09-04 09:58:23
hahaha :-)
2012-09-04 10:23:12
FUCK OFF
2012-09-02 21:56:27
i pay for games in steam since it's easy. i would pay for movies if it was easy but it's not (at least in finland there is no good service). it is easier to just pirate it (everything from quality to availability is better). better service free ;)

Post edited 2012-09-02 21:58:45
2012-09-02 21:58:01
personally, i love the pirate.....works every time
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=the..
2012-09-03 00:24:51
:ddddddd
2012-09-03 01:03:34
facebook likes will stop pircay huehuehue
man you got so many games :DDDDD

Post edited 2012-09-03 01:06:15
2012-09-03 01:05:33
huehuehuehue
2012-09-03 01:14:29
I said share :) Upto you
2012-09-03 03:01:58
l0po0opl
2012-09-03 01:35:09
aah the feeling after the new bought game. :p give it time you might be downloading games yourself. People might want to buy a game, but not for piracy issues but for better servers.
As for piracy, you are not even taking a fraction of what the governments and these GAME GIANTS are making from you.Plus majority of people here are students who can't be "Drats! another 1k down the drain, oh well let's buy a new one"*CSGO context*
Piracy is what people need when they come on the internet,more like a necessary evil :p
2012-09-03 05:30:31
Delete this before Jack Sparrow sees.
2012-09-03 12:20:03
People won't dislike anything untill it hurts them :-) When it comes down to piracy, even i fall into this category. All we need is a good set of laws. When piracy will actually be termed as crime and will be acted upon, than everyone will support that you said in the topic. Untill than, lemme check my torrent :-P
2012-09-03 12:30:06
Actually 1.6, GO, and fifa2003 were the only games that i bought for pc.
2012-09-03 13:21:12
I buy games to support the devs in case I want a sequel for that game. The devs of the Witcher series (CD Projekt) are one of the few producers who actually give a damn about the gaming community. I plan to buy all the releases from them.
2012-09-03 14:13:39
mane. used to d/l warez off BBS' back in 9600modem daze. solid software does well regardless of piracy. just like talented musicians still rake in the $$$. and ppl still pay 4 porn on the net.



Post edited 2012-09-03 19:37:28
2012-09-03 19:36:32
the only game i have bought till date is cs with that deathmatch classic,cz and other crap games
2012-09-03 20:15:03
i dont care
they are only making shitty games nowadays anyway and 90% of the music is also mainstream lady gaga justin bieber crap
2012-09-03 22:33:19
consider a world where you can get pirated computer hardware for free, which works as good as genuine. Then no one will buy,genuine hardware. But in our world, thats not possible, so we buy hardware, CPU from Intel,AMD, GPU of nvidia,ati etc. Same is the case with software, until and unless, music,games,software makers do something on their own to stop piracy, piracy will exist.
Being that said, i would like to ask topic starter, did he buy every software,music,movie,game he ever used.
2012-09-04 07:18:12
tbh i've always been doing it.

i only had a period from 2006-2009 without internet and only then i bought 2 games : gta sa / fifa series ~

rest from 2009 i got only Counter-Strike 1.6 and rest 0 , go download =DDD

who gives a shit about buying games , you can't be serious , i don't pay 50euros for a game for then to finish it in 1/2 days.

like i did with assassins creed 2-3-4...it took me 1 day to finish them all , so 150 euros x 3 days in videogames? no thanks :D prefer piracy...same goes to every other game except for cs1.6(only this was worth buying).

and for the music same , won't buy 10/15euro album for then to love only 1 song in 1 album...be serious man , gtfo

not to speak about windows...who the fuck pays 500 euros for a windows 7 home premium when i can have very good ultimate version for free? :D BE SERIOUS

Post edited 2012-09-04 08:26:08
2012-09-04 08:16:44
agreed
2012-09-04 09:23:46
where did you get a os for free? lol
2012-09-04 20:55:37
Oh gosh don't tell me you've always had original Windows ?
Ahahah what a ripoff I probably got better OS than you xD
2012-09-04 21:23:10
tell me more
2012-09-04 21:48:43
Lets get realistic, Leave OS. But u cant afford to buy games if its cost is 15$ ??
Even the game companies play a part, they release the gmaes cheaper then we can also buy. The reason we dont buy much is because its pirated. Anyway i spoke to a lot of Game Devs, The future is Free2play like dota2. cheers
2012-09-05 03:38:04
i won't support anti-piracy cause it would also mean I would be against a free-internet. What these anti-pirate laws are doing with the internet is fucked, blocking sites, making regular people pay thousands of euros for downloading a few songs and also censoring the web. Only an idiot would support these anti-piracty laws, fuck SOPA/PIPA. If you want the Internet to become a tv-like service, then go ahead and support those anti-piracy laws.
2012-09-04 09:40:15
We are talking about Piracy in the gaming Industry, for buying original games :)
2012-09-05 03:36:25
Games = software
2012-09-06 17:08:30
Let this be the first step. Atleast being a gamer u can support them is my point.
2012-09-06 17:12:16
Priatebay's Co-Founder Is Arrested

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A founder of the popular file-sharing Web site Pirate Bay was arrested in Cambodia at the request of Sweden, where he faces a one-year prison term for violating copyright laws, the authorities said on Monday.
2012-09-04 11:44:48
http://bit.ly/xbOtFM
2012-09-04 21:42:43
So you respect copyright and hates piracy..
tell me how your winrar trial ends.
2012-09-05 07:06:25
you just owned everyone that supports copyright.
2012-09-05 09:58:12
Im doing this for e-sports. m not doing this for myself nor am i gaining anything other than trolls irritating me :)
2012-09-06 03:20:10
so did you bought legit winrar license?
2012-09-06 07:43:05
If winrar devs wanted to make money they wouldnt make it Free2use after trial period. Its their fault its pirated. Its not the fault of Game devs that the games are pirated, is it ?
2012-09-06 16:55:35
hypocrite
2012-09-06 17:07:21
so you didn't buy the license?

Post edited 2012-09-06 18:51:59
2012-09-06 18:51:44
No i didnt, THAT DOESNTM MEAN I AM SUPPORTING PIRACY , R U ? Atleast i have the balls to save money and buy original games. I am glad atleast I am trying my best in someways unlike u. WHY DONT U GET IT ? LET THIS BE THE FIRST STEP? See buying original stuffs alone wont kill piracy, but also PRICING of it based on its value. I donno where winrar comes there. But games like COD if priced at 60$ they are very likely to get pirated. If devs come down on pricing, we ppl can step up and buy !

Post edited 2012-09-07 04:31:34
2012-09-07 04:29:30
yes you are supporting piracy, winrar trial is winrar, you didn't buy the license, you support piracy. simple as that.
I didn't read your comment except the first line.
I'm a student from software engineering, I live in Indonesia, of course you know that we have IT etiquette, NETiquette and etc as our subject and I exactly know what piracy is.
the problem is people here in Indonesia are not interested in pay-to-play games. All of the online games here are available for free(in games uber item aren't, though). one way to stop piracy is to make the game free, not by reducing the license price.
it's like the smart way to gain profit from your game, for instance CS Online is free but to be able to use certain weapon you need to spend ingame cash(except competitive mode maybe). the problem is ingame cash are hard to get so the other alternative is to spend $2 to buy an e-game special cash to be able to use more guns for longer period of time, even longer than in-game normal cash.
there are even character in CSO that is purchaseable such as girl CT and T model for smaller hitbox(turned off in competitive mode I believe).
don't be stupid, it's not like I can't buy a pirated game on any random store in Indonesia, it's not like I don't want to spend my money on real CD-key but the reality is games like CS1.6(even promod are there in the store in the form of installer inside a CD) is like 99%(Yes, I said 99% include an official game store on shopping center) sold as pirated game(which means a game installer, a readme-how-to-install-crack.txt and a keygen/crak) inside the CD.
hell, even pirated DVDs are out before the actual movie are played in the theater.
I think most people don't even know what original game is. you can buy MW3, Sims3 and crysis for $10 and people thought those are original games because they don't know each game cost them more than buying 3 of the pirated dvds combined. mindfucked yet?
that is, my friend, is Indonesia.

I don't support piracy, I just don't support people who stupid enough to not to find another alternative like chinese guy marketing in Asia gamers community like I mention above.

Post edited 2012-09-07 07:36:35
2012-09-07 07:29:01
Yep free2play is on the way. But i would have bought DOta2 if it was 15$ but they gave me for free =)) and many casual dota player like me wont pay money and buy models. So the companies can rather sell it all cheap for 15$. Since COD:MW2MW3 , Diablo etc sell for 60$ ppl r not able to afford it , they get pirated dvds and play on hacked servers :( . I really wish even game devs reduce the price of the games. So it will be a win-win situation.. But by posting this here, I just wish the non steam HLTV crowd buys original CS 1.6 atleast :) Ill be happy with that
2012-09-08 03:05:04
The only thing that keep developers can't reduce the price is because currency.
2012-09-08 06:34:28
Nope. Valve Ubisoft games are very cheap in India compared to the rate in USA.. but ACtivision EA keep standard rates in every country :(
2012-09-08 08:27:10
speaking the truth which is why piracy is everywhere.
2012-09-08 14:44:15
1. Most of the best games out there are very expensive and not even worth five dollars.

2. Some people can't even afford a decent gaming computer how in hell they could buy a game they like for 60/70 dollars?

3. There's companies that only sell you the permission to play the game, they can ban your account for no reason, they can take your money for no reason and they can't be sued by you. Good examples are our "lovely" Valve and Blizzard. Why should I buy something that is not 100% mine after I paid for it? This can be applied for any other types of companies like apple, you might have heard the rumor that Bruce Willis is suing them (seems it's not true).
The stupid thing is that this is allowed and digital piracy is a crime.

4. Doesn't make sense to buy a game that is equal to the game 5 versions before it, for instance, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare = Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3. The gameplay of this two games is completly equal, graphics quality are almost the same, stories are different but both are short and sh*t (like the most of the stories that you see in games nowdays).

5. A even funnier subject is another kind of software like Adobe Photoshop, Sony Vegas, Cinema 4D, etc.. Programs that costs hundreds of dollars. Some of them got a new version almost very year and the updates are minimal in most of the cases. So should I pay that much just hoping that I will get marvelous updates in my favorite program to get disappointed then? No f*cking way.

I do buy some games and software, but only stuff that I think it's worth to get it, taking in count the price and the product quality, and of course I always try it first with an "illegal" version if possible.
2012-09-05 12:28:31
thats wat u get for sharing a noble idea :P
2012-09-05 13:05:53
Haha i jus realised this place is for kids, probably i should share news about Tinkle or justin bieber and ill get 100 +1s
2012-09-06 03:18:56
piracy for life
2012-09-06 17:29:33
fuck you piracy is awesome
2012-09-08 08:53:45

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