 Mop Up That Mess!
#18079 posted by sock on 2010/02/12 09:15:54
Besides Shambler having wet dreams about me ... did anyone read the article I posted?
Any feedback? suggestions? likes? dislikes? changes? more adult erotic fantasy dreams involving me!?!
 I'll Give It A Look Today
#18080 posted by ijed on 2010/02/12 11:52:46
 Piracy
#18081 posted by megaman on 2010/02/12 13:18:47
#18082 posted by JneeraZ on 2010/02/12 13:59:21
That image is a total fail. Nobody drives to the store anymore (Steam), nobody installs 6 discs anymore (digital downloads), intro movies are usually removed by a simple file renaming, ... I mean, really?
 Piracy... OMG!
#18083 posted by JPL on 2010/02/12 15:29:18
If piracy was so obviously easy, and better than paying for a game, nobody would buy games anymore... I always experimented troubleshotings with illegal game... like multiplayer non supported, and fancy bugs like behing able to pass through triggers without trigger it...
so yes piracy is ggod for your money, but piracy is not good for your gaming quality... though... :P
#18084 posted by Spirit on 2010/02/12 16:41:36
intro movies are usually removed by a simple file renaming
and cd checks or online activation through the use of cracks.
#18085 posted by JneeraZ on 2010/02/12 16:52:15
You're going to have to re-clarify your point, you're losing me.
#18086 posted by Spirit on 2010/02/12 17:32:16
non-interruptable intro movies are a massive pain in the ass and having to delete files to get around them is a slap in the face. industry-ass -> my-face
#18087 posted by JneeraZ on 2010/02/12 17:34:41
Must be a language barrier. You cherry picked a piece of my response to the piracy vs retail image and are using it to rail against .. intro movies?
#18088 posted by Spirit on 2010/02/12 17:41:50
Well, the other things you said are not quite reality so I ignored them. The one about deleting files to not be annoyed by something was left so I picked it.
Independent from this: http://t-a-w.blogspot.com/2010/02/game-theory-video-game-piracy-and.html
#18089 posted by JneeraZ on 2010/02/12 18:05:05
"Well, the other things you said are not quite reality so I ignored them. "
Oh for FFS. Whatever man.
 Even More Abuse, So In General
#18090 posted by madfox on 2010/02/12 18:37:00
the other things I read are quite reality...
(couldn't help it)
 Let's See
#18091 posted by megaman on 2010/02/12 18:40:42
1) drive to the store
well, downloading is fine, unless you care about privacy. so, legitimate games don't offer me an option I can live with other than buying the game at a store.
legit 0:1 piracy
2) see 1)
legit 0:2 piracy
3) most games have keys that i have to type in from the box, right? Pirated games at least allow me to c&p the shit in.
legit 0:3 piracy
4) i install games not often enough to know how likely shitty setups are, but i sure remember some. Not counting this
5) DRM, Spyware, Rootkits, yeah, all there. Thank you. One could argue that you'd have to virus check pirated files, but then i could argue that a) at least i CAN find the problems with a check and b) you'd have to do that on legit media, too, (and can't if you buy in to downloads)
legit 0:4 piracy
6) yeah, unskippable logos are so fucking annoying. And no, i'm not investing my time to dig into the files of the games to disable those.
legit 0:5 piracy
7) haven't seen ingame ads yet, but there are ads for dlc everywhere these days.
legit 0:5.5 piracy
8) patches. well, sure, there's isos that are fully patched, but not before the official patch is released, and it's hard to install patches for pirated games (not the fault of the pirates though :)), so i'll count this for the legit games
legit 1:5.5 piracy
I don't really see how you can call that "total fail" ;-)
Spirit: that article is awesome!
 Yes
#18092 posted by ijed on 2010/02/12 19:24:46
Good article.
#18093 posted by JneeraZ on 2010/02/12 19:29:37
"well, downloading is fine, unless you care about privacy. so, legitimate games don't offer me an option I can live with other than buying the game at a store."
You're a freak.
#18094 posted by necros on 2010/02/12 19:53:05
Nobody drives to the store anymore (Steam), nobody installs 6 discs anymore (digital downloads), intro movies are usually removed by a simple file renaming, ... I mean, really?
willem, you seem to have a very narrow field of view when it comes to 'nobody'.
#18095 posted by JneeraZ on 2010/02/12 19:59:20
Order from Steam, order from Amazon, order from any game store online. I can't imagine anyone actually trekking out to the store to buy a game these days.
 Well...
#18096 posted by bal on 2010/02/12 20:36:19
Most games are still sold in stores Willem.
Having said that, if you're not ready to go to the store, or to get your game delivered online, or to buy it on steam or something, and can't be bothered to copy a serial key (oh noes!) maybe you shouldn't be playing games.
Oh, and Steam rocks.
#18097 posted by Zwiffle on 2010/02/12 20:48:22
I don't think I've actually been out to the store to buy a game for ... a long while. Steam/Amazon/BestBuy.com (when there's a sale) are all I use for buying games online. I just cba to actually physically move myself to get a game when I can just buy online and download it or have it shipped to me at work.
 Mapping For Car/racing Games
#18098 posted by Jago on 2010/02/12 21:38:44
A bit of a weird question: what racing/car games have a publically available mapping/track editor?
#18099 posted by negke on 2010/02/12 21:51:04
Trackmania Nations.
And Stunts. ;)
#18100 posted by Zwiffle on 2010/02/12 21:55:53
There's some game coming out on PS3/PSP that's all about the track editing and car/character editing.
 Jago
#18101 posted by Spirit on 2010/02/12 22:16:37
 Lol
#18102 posted by RickyT33 on 2010/02/13 15:22:11
I bought my copy of L4D2 in a store, just because it would be quicker to get it on my HDD than downloading it from the net :)
And the box was slightly cheaper than the steam store price.
 Concrete
#18103 posted by madfox on 2010/02/13 19:53:31
If its not on disk it ain't worth the risque.
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