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Posted May 16, 2015
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RetroRebel: ...
And I can assure you as I've been in "the bay" for well over a decade now, most pirates pay for the game afterwards if they feel like the devs deserve it.
Good post, well said. Just wanted to add that the most known and respected groups on TPB actually encourage people to buy a game if they liked it.
Posted May 16, 2015
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Lieste: CD-PR have already posted to some of the torrent sites.

"On May the 19th CDPR will release a 1.01 patch that will contain numerous fixes and an exe file. This file will be available from the Galaxy Client (need not login/sign up, just have the client up and running with the preload files imported). Alternatively, you can download the patch from "play.thewitcher3.com" and just run it.

This will be available to everybody, not just people who bought the game.

Having said that, I would really like to encourage you buying the game. Firstly, it goes toward my salary (I work at the company), which you may probably not care about.

Secondly, if you own the game, you will receive 16 free DLCs which contain tons of cool stuff, including new quest lines, item sets, game modes etc.

The game costs 32$ on GOG. And for that 32$ you will get so much gaming content it will boggle your mind. Seriously. I am involved in the development process and me, as well as hundreds of people who have literally worked their asses off for the last couple of months (some serious overtime came into making Witcher 3). And I am telling you: this ain’t an 8-hour corridor stunt for 60 bucks. This is a game as huge as Skyrim itself, perhaps even bigger.

I really do hope you enjoy the game, no matter if you buy it or not. I will however really, personally appreciate if you purchase it."
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Lieste: Seems very fair and reasonable. I couldn't imagine wanting to steal this... how messed up would that be? Can afford to build a machine powerful enough to run W3, but too much of a prick to buy the game?
This is such a civil and reasonable message to the pirates. The people at CD Projekt are really the most awesome bunch.
Posted May 16, 2015
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lenskip: The game is priced regionally. Cheaper in some places, higher in others.
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pureartist: And there lies one of the biggest problems!
It's not regional pricing, its called conversion. GOG off set that buy giving you store credit for any amount you over pay. For me i got almost £6 back. So yeah, you can't use that as an excuse
Posted May 16, 2015
Jesus, some of you sound like you'd be supporters of SOPA. Scary shit, some of you really have no clue the amount of absolute bullsh*t you've been fed from on top about copy infringement, piracy, and government monitoring of basically everything you do online. I'll just say you've all been fed a lot of garbage from what I've read of these comments.

But please, keep supporting big brother. ;)
Posted May 16, 2015
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Wolfehunter: That maybe your way of thinking but it is not mine. :) I also rest my case. ;) Still no beer for you!
No I'm not that kind of person. But when I buy something I do own it. It is mine to do what I want to it. I won't sell it I won't hurt someone with it I won't do anything to justify any kind of theft. But I will use it and abuse it. Maybe break it? I'll take it apart and tweak it. I'll share it or toss it into the garbage. Maybe I'll paint it or fart on it. But its mine to do what I want to it.
I think the issue here lies in what you deem as legitmate sharing.

When you give a beer to one of your friends, you can't drink it after they have drunk it right? It's a limited product so only one of you can drink 1 beer. Now a digital game can be consumed as many times as you have time available. You play through a game once, your friend played it through once: equivalent of 2 beers, but you only paid for 1.

Do you see the conundrum?
Post edited May 16, 2015 by Nirth
Posted May 16, 2015
Don't waste your time discussing here with people who will pay for this great game.

Much more can be reached by getting onto a torrent site and posting comments under the torrents like:
The Witcher ganes are outstanding ones and developers deserve to get credit for their work. The company behind the series even fights for the very ideals of our community: completely DRM-free content. If you like the game, support this by buying it on Good Old Games
Posted May 16, 2015
Am i right in saying that if someone has torrented the gog preload files they can then add them to the gog galaxy client., buy the game and it will work using those pirated files?

And yes this hypothetical. I'm buying the game but i'm very aware nobody believes me :)
Posted May 16, 2015
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surferrosa: Am i right in saying that if someone has torrented the gog preload files they can then add them to the gog galaxy client., buy the game and it will work using those pirated files?
If the files are identical there shouldn't be any reason why they won't work. The major issue with such files is making sure they're identical or at least clean in case of DRM presence.
Posted May 16, 2015
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surferrosa: Am i right in saying that if someone has torrented the gog preload files they can then add them to the gog galaxy client., buy the game and it will work using those pirated files?
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green.anger: If the files are identical there shouldn't be any reason why they won't work. The major issue with such files is making sure they're identical or at least clean in case of DRM presence.
Right, but i thought there was no drm involved in anything with gog?
Posted May 16, 2015
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green.anger: If the files are identical there shouldn't be any reason why they won't work. The major issue with such files is making sure they're identical or at least clean in case of DRM presence.
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surferrosa: Right, but i thought there was no drm involved in anything with gog?
I wouldn't know to be honest, I haven't tried. But GoG has no DRM, so they claim, therefore it'd be logical to think that you could add a pirated GoG game to GoG Galaxy.
Posted May 16, 2015
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green.anger: If the files are identical there shouldn't be any reason why they won't work. The major issue with such files is making sure they're identical or at least clean in case of DRM presence.
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surferrosa: Right, but i thought there was no drm involved in anything with gog?
I mentioned DRM as most games have one. All GOG games are DRM-free.
Posted May 16, 2015
Thanks for the info folks. The situation is my mate has pirated the game. My internet speed is awful so i wanted to buy the game, take the pirated files, drop them into the galxy client and hopefully play!

Is this something i could get banned for? I would have thought with the way they're making everything freely available the answer to that question is no. It's basically about saving myself the huge painful download.
Posted May 16, 2015
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Millian: Copying is not the same as material theft. Good try though. Try reading some intelligent papers on the topic and then come back. I think I'll take Harvard research papers and similar sources over angry forum ranters any day.
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Goodmongo: Hate to bust your bubble but it most surely is. Unless you and your "Harvard" researchers never heard of intellectual property.

How about we then just force you to work for free. Let's see the pseudo-intellectuals at Harvard explain those benefits. Stealing is stealing and if your moral compace is broken you'll find some excuse or rational to justify it. But int he end it is wrong.
Mongo you lost any right to even speak about a "moral compass" when you started by advocating killing people.
Posted May 16, 2015
Some people I know decided to pirate because of CDPR's false advertisement. I'll probably just wait for the Enhanced Edition and get it from Steam.
Posted May 16, 2015
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Wolfehunter: That maybe your way of thinking but it is not mine. :) I also rest my case. ;) Still no beer for you!
No I'm not that kind of person. But when I buy something I do own it. It is mine to do what I want to it. I won't sell it I won't hurt someone with it I won't do anything to justify any kind of theft. But I will use it and abuse it. Maybe break it? I'll take it apart and tweak it. I'll share it or toss it into the garbage. Maybe I'll paint it or fart on it. But its mine to do what I want to it.
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Nirth: I think the issue here lies in what you deem as legitmate sharing.

When you give a beer to one of your friends, you can't drink it after they have drunk it right? It's a limited product so only one of you can drink 1 beer. Now a digital game can be consumed as many times as you have time available. You play through a game once, your friend played it through once: equivalent of 2 beers, but you only paid for 1.

Do you see the conundrum?
So I'm only allowed to drink it once to? It shouldn't matter how many friends comes over and share my kegs or if I give him some of my kegs of beers.

I do see what your saying. I just don't agree to it. Now enjoy a good beer. :P
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