since I found gog I started to buy games that I used to pirate (mostly are homm series). it's hard to find store that sells original games with fair price in my country, mostly are bootlegged. since the original has to be imported, the price is around 50-70 USD. I'm glad gog is accessible worldwide so I could pay and appreciate the developers that have made the game.

No, I don't. But then, I usually don't pirate games.

I usually do this with GOG games I pirated in the past......when a sale comes I buy them or ask someone to buy them and I pay them back later. Since I found GOG, I haven't pirated a single GOG version of a game.

Yup, I'm in a similar situation with you. And with frequent GOG and Steam sales, the days of hunting cheap 'game bajakan' in Glodok/Mangga Dua is long gone. :p

I don't pirate many games, but I was stupid and pirated Amnesia when it came out. Yes, I know, I'm scum. But when I played like 10 minutes of it I instantly bought it. Such a good game, and it deserved more sales.

Actually, you could say I pirate games that I bought. If I buy a game that contains DRM, I will download a crack for it.

A lot of games that I have pirated in the long past I bought here on GOG

I've never pirated a game, so my answer is 'no'.

But I applaud you guys for forking over cash for something you previously obtained for free.

Yes. And those are my priority when buying games.

Yep. Not just on GOG, but on other DDs as well, for games that haven't made their way here yet.

Like many PC gaming brazilians, I was a pirate before Digital Distribution. Powerful sales like Steam's took me and many others out of it, though piracy still abounds.

Generally the stuff I pirate is stuff I'm testing to make sure runs on my computer, then I'll buy if it does (and obviously just uninstall if it doesn't). If more publishers released demos I could avoid this, but alas.

No, I used to pirate games because I was a kid and had no money. What's more even if I did have money back in the '80s it wasn't easy to buy games as you had to hope that the game you wanted to buy was available locally.

I do from time to time buy games that I had pirated, but it's relatively few and far between as many of those games aren't even available without a lot of hunting. Which is a moot point as most of those games are only available through eBay or a second hand shop anyways.

Seeing as I haven't pirated a single game since the C64/Amiga days (kids don't have much disposable cash, you know)... nope, not at all. Once I got into PC gaming I actually started taking pride in actually owning games, even if I was able to obtain a copy of game X from one of my brother's friends. Naturally, my brother thought I was bit weird.

My brother hasn't changed much to this day in this regard. He actually pirates more than ever now: movies, music, games. Sure, some stuff he actually pays for, but he doesn't care for paying for a lot of it, which is quite peculiar when you take into consideration that he has a rather decent income within the ~$60k net range (biggest breadwinner within my immediate family). I don't even make a third of that yet I still insist on buying the things I want. In a way I wouldn't be surprised if I appreciate said items more because I really worked for them instead of checking off movie/game X or Y on torrent list Z. It's funny, that even with my limited budget I still have more games than I have time to play. Thanks, GOG. =P

I pirated morrowind because daggerfall was so bloody buggy back then that i didnt want to buy a full price for another buggy game but when i saw it was playeble I bought the game.