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I just thought of something.

ScrumptiousScrumptious Registered User regular
edited July 2008 in Games and Technology
Do you think that the reason that developers claim there is so much piracy is because they're trying to prevent it so much? Do you think the only reason piraters are pirating games is because they don't want to deal with the bullshit DRMs that are surfacing? Just a thought.

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  • RichardTauberRichardTauber Kvlt Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    This can't go over well.

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  • PhilthePillPhilthePill Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
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    And now I will leave this thread never to return.

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  • Fatty McBeardoFatty McBeardo Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    The DRM push comes from publishes more than developers. As to why, well they spend millions on it so they obviously believe it's costing them a lot more than whatever they spend.

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  • AntihippyAntihippy Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
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    And now I will leave this thread never to return.

    Too bad global warming will melt the ice before it reaches them!

    And since they live in skyscrapers they'll never learn they're lesson!

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  • Zilla360Zilla360 21st Century. |She/Her| Trans* Woman In Aviators Firing A Bazooka. ⚛️Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    You just thought of something? Did it hurt?

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  • JohnDoeJohnDoe Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Do you think that the reason that developers claim there is so much piracy is because they're trying to prevent it so much? Do you think the only reason piraters are pirating games is because they don't want to deal with the bullshit DRMs that are surfacing? Just a thought.

    The only reason? No. Thats not even the main reason. It might contribute though.

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  • AroducAroduc regular
    edited July 2008
    Do you think that the reason that developers claim there is so much piracy is because they're trying to prevent it so much? Do you think the only reason piraters are pirating games is because they don't want to deal with the bullshit DRMs that are surfacing? Just a thought.

    You probably should have kept thinking.

    Maybe then you would have come to the realization that this isn't a chicken and egg scenario. Piracy is the reason that any and all DRM measures have been in place. Just be happy that they're things that are (meant to be) transparent these days instead of "Turn to page 35 of the manual and write the fourth word on the seventeenth line."

    And maybe the reason that developers claim that there is so much piracy is because there is so much piracy and it's really fucking easy to back up that claim because it's really fucking obvious.

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  • PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Antihippy wrote: »
    sony_microsoft_mpaa_riaa_apple.jpg

    And now I will leave this thread never to return.

    Too bad global warming will melt the ice before it reaches them!

    And since they live in skyscrapers they'll never learn they're lesson!

    It worked last time. The real reason dinosaurs went extinct. Damn Dinosaur RIAA blocking Mordrack's free use of protozoa.

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  • OpiumOpium regular
    edited July 2008
    Aroduc wrote: »
    Just be happy that they're things that are (meant to be) transparent these days instead of "Turn to page 35 of the manual and write the fourth word on the seventeenth line."
    I actually kind of liked that, it was like a fun mini adventure and added to the mystique of the specific game

    It's very meta

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  • AntihippyAntihippy Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    PikaPuff wrote: »
    Antihippy wrote: »
    sony_microsoft_mpaa_riaa_apple.jpg

    And now I will leave this thread never to return.

    Too bad global warming will melt the ice before it reaches them!

    And since they live in skyscrapers they'll never learn they're lesson!

    It worked last time. The real reason dinosaurs went extinct. Damn Dinosaur RIAA blocking Mordrack's free use of protozoa.

    But do dinosaurs live in skyscrapers?

    Hrm?

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  • PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Antihippy wrote: »
    PikaPuff wrote: »
    Antihippy wrote: »
    sony_microsoft_mpaa_riaa_apple.jpg

    And now I will leave this thread never to return.

    Too bad global warming will melt the ice before it reaches them!

    And since they live in skyscrapers they'll never learn they're lesson!

    It worked last time. The real reason dinosaurs went extinct. Damn Dinosaur RIAA blocking Mordrack's free use of protozoa.

    But do dinosaurs live in skyscrapers?

    Hrm?

    Queue up the gnome jokes about cutting off ankles.

    PikaPuff on
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  • AroducAroduc regular
    edited July 2008
    Opium wrote: »
    Aroduc wrote: »
    Just be happy that they're things that are (meant to be) transparent these days instead of "Turn to page 35 of the manual and write the fourth word on the seventeenth line."
    I actually kind of liked that, it was like a fun mini adventure and added to the mystique of the specific game

    It's very meta

    What are your feelings on the 'Journal' stories of the Gold Box games? Instead of just putting text into the game, they made you open an extra manual and read excerpts... but to prevent you from just spoiling large parts of the story, about a third of the entries in the journal were made up and/or red herrings.

    Now that's fucked up.

    I still have no idea why they didn't just put the text in the damned game itself. I guess they did use it for maps or graphics a couple times, but come on.

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  • AntihippyAntihippy Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    PikaPuff wrote: »
    Antihippy wrote: »
    PikaPuff wrote: »
    Antihippy wrote: »
    sony_microsoft_mpaa_riaa_apple.jpg

    And now I will leave this thread never to return.

    Too bad global warming will melt the ice before it reaches them!

    And since they live in skyscrapers they'll never learn they're lesson!

    It worked last time. The real reason dinosaurs went extinct. Damn Dinosaur RIAA blocking Mordrack's free use of protozoa.

    But do dinosaurs live in skyscrapers?

    Hrm?

    Queue up the dwarf jokes about cutting off ankles.

    Gnomes have no agenda against ankles, only dwarves.

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  • PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    You don't like the appeal of having a part of your fiction in the real world?

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  • PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Antihippy wrote: »
    PikaPuff wrote: »
    Antihippy wrote: »
    PikaPuff wrote: »
    Antihippy wrote: »
    sony_microsoft_mpaa_riaa_apple.jpg

    And now I will leave this thread never to return.

    Too bad global warming will melt the ice before it reaches them!

    And since they live in skyscrapers they'll never learn they're lesson!

    It worked last time. The real reason dinosaurs went extinct. Damn Dinosaur RIAA blocking Mordrack's free use of protozoa.

    But do dinosaurs live in skyscrapers?

    Hrm?

    Queue up the dwarf jokes about cutting off ankles.

    Gnomes have no agenda against ankles, only dwarves.

    http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=gnome+warcraft+ankles&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

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  • AntihippyAntihippy Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    PikaPuff wrote: »
    Antihippy wrote: »
    PikaPuff wrote: »
    Antihippy wrote: »
    PikaPuff wrote: »
    Antihippy wrote: »
    sony_microsoft_mpaa_riaa_apple.jpg

    And now I will leave this thread never to return.

    Too bad global warming will melt the ice before it reaches them!

    And since they live in skyscrapers they'll never learn they're lesson!

    It worked last time. The real reason dinosaurs went extinct. Damn Dinosaur RIAA blocking Mordrack's free use of protozoa.

    But do dinosaurs live in skyscrapers?

    Hrm?

    Queue up the dwarf jokes about cutting off ankles.

    Gnomes have no agenda against ankles, only dwarves.

    http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=gnome+warcraft+ankles&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

    Quote 203

    Though it is their knees, admittedly.

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  • OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Oh hey I strongly dislike one of the components of something I want. Rather than saying "I don't want it anymore, then", I'll steal it.

    Buuuuuuuuuuuuuh?

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  • PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    because discworld says one race does it, that means no one else or anything else in the world are allowed to touchbelow and including the knees. right

    someone tell midway to remove b+LK from their games.

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