Dicks, everywhere... Everywhere !

Change your friends or ask them how much they are willing to pay.

I know that feeling. Everytime I recommended a game, I was told that I was wasting money for buying my own games (that or that I must be some rich kid). I remember one of them calling GOG a ripoff.

Now is there any wonder why I don't have much sympathy for people who pirate games?

Entitled swine.

They seriously can't spend three latte's worth of money on a 7-10 hour game but can spend that much and more getting hammered on a friday night?

Ugh. Sometimes it just takes reminding people, its super easy to "acquire" things nowadays that often your conscience won't kick in till its already there and installed.

Encourage them to maybe pay for this game instead of going to see that movie they were gonna go see. Or do both if they can spare the cash.

Also, I hate myself for lovin' you. (It's how I always read the title of this thread)

Wow are they still alive..?
Did the cops find out it was you..?
Look, if the cops are after you, you can bunk out at mine, I know why you did it...
I understand ;)

Yeah this really irritates me. I saw a post on Facebook earlier where one person said: "I will never buy anything online. Torrents FTW!" This was about a $5 game. A $5 game!!!

Seriously?

I've spent about $60 on Indie games in the last month and glad I pre-ordered LoG. I can kind of understand spending money on digital download games that cost as much as their DVD equivalents at the $60 range, but ultimately, games are a luxury item. I wouldn't be so irritated if they pirated it, tried it, then bought it later, but just pirating then whine and cry about it when they get caught after the fact they knew what they did was wrong really makes me want to foam bat their butts to space.

The saddest thing is, that for the most part (at least from my experience) these people are the ones with enough money to buy anything they want.

I love games, they are a big hobby of mine and often I find myself scratching the last cent out of my purse just to buy the game that I really want and therefor rewarding the studio/publisher for a great experience (if it was one).

And then there are these guys, who could easily effort that stuff, but instead pirate everything that seems slightly interesting. You'll approach them, asking: " If you like, why don't you buy it?" And their favorite answer will be: " It's a game, it's not worth it." Yeah, sure, all these hours of entertainment are not worth it...sure.

The worst offender in that regard that I have known was an ex-school colleague who had a desk that sported a huge silver tower , which was made out of CD-Rs full with pirated games. That thing was almost a meter high (knowing how flat CDs are you can imagine how much discs that were).

But there was one game...ONE GAME he bought for his money...The game acompanioning the first Incredible Hulk Movie. As if it wasn't cringeworthy enough, he only bought it because it was reduced (oh wonder why that happened so fast) to 5€.

Let me get this straight...at a time were you could get games like Blood Omen 2, Soul Reaver 2, Stronghold, Red Faction II, Alone in the Dark 4. Jagged Aliance 2, or any other good game on the budget pile for about that price he goes for the Incredible Hulk? (You know that "good" games are a matter of taste and such, but these games are just some examples that came to my mind when trying to remember the bargain bin of that time)

After Pirating almost everything that has somewhat of a rank and name on the pc...he supports a sh***y licensed game?
What a cruel joke that is.