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kohlrak: I actually pirated Spore back in the day. You know why? 'Cause my disk from walmart was blank (i'm still not sure what to do with teh disk, 'cause i'm tempted to actually put something on it), so i felt it morally justified to go ahead and download an ISO for the game i bought and didn't actually receive. Of course, i later bought a GOG edition, too. Similarly, there are games i've recently found interesting, but refuse to buy because they have DRM on them. I thought about looking into how to crack them, though.
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IAmBored2: Of course, you're obviously lying because anyone with half a brain would call support and request a refund.
Normally I wouldn't bother, but i figured this would be a good chance to remind people what walmart's return policy is like on software. It was also the lask disk on the shelf. I even still have the thing, too. I can see it from where i'm sitting.
Games haven't needed the registry since windows 7. They'll store information there, but no games (well, except for a few DRM'd games, like Rockstar stuff) actually NEED information to be in there to run. Of course, if you knew anything about how computers work, you'd understand that there is no difference between a registry and a config file... with the exception that the registry has benefits of centralizing where everything gets stored.
This is a bit loaded. None of them should need it to run, but that's how they're coded.
Of course, being a criminal, you don't know this... since criminals aren't smart enough to study programming.

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kohlrak: I think we're all quite aware. And how many of those actually distribute them, though? Have you ever tried? I assume it's not much different than from when i used to go to shady sites for pokemon roms so i could play them on my new computer instead. Man, gspotbot.exe was always a weird entry in my task manager, after i discovered it. I'm sure it was legit (real name, too, which is how i eventually learned what that was).
So the thieving criminal who has no problem stealing Spore suddenly thinks that a piracy site is going to give him a Virus? Of course not, the criminal just wants to pretend he's not a criminal and act dumb.
Pickle?
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kohlrak: If that's the case, how the hell did they get the offline installers to give 'em out?
With stolen money, hacked accounts, etc. Criminals are fond of places like Kinguin because selling keys that they used a stolen credit card to buy acts as a money laundering scheme. I bet you know all about that, seeing as you're defending the enterprise of criminals.
Laundering usually means you get the money back. Now this implication is going as far as implicating GOG.
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my name is capitayn catte: Congratulations! You just invented DRM and watermarking!
But with more steps!

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IAmBored2: The only reason people pirate is because they're too cheap to pay money for what they want to play.
What if they're poor? Or the game isn't sold anymore(like in the case of old games) except maybe on sites like eBay for $100+? What if their original disc(s) broke?

By the by, I find it "funny": you say other people rationalize pirating and then rationalize your dislike of/disdain for pirates by essentially saying "they're all just cheap and immoral".

So thanks for the laugh, pal...it's appreciated. ;)
Post edited May 28, 2021 by GamezRanker