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DUPED! and other shams

Dangerou-DaveDangerou-Dave __BANNED USERS regular
edited January 2009 in Social Entropy++
So when I was a younger lad, I remember being all excited because I saw a copy of Deus Ex at best buy for ten freaking dollars! What's more, it was a special limited edition!

It certainly was limited, given the fact that it was a ten dollar demo. I scanned the entire package, every single piece of fine print, everywhere. Nowhere, apart from the "Special limited edition' at the top does it give any inkling of its demo status.

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Now, I actually googled this just now for some supporting evidence, and I apparently I'm not the first to bitch about this ex post facto
What was the special limited edition?

This is a scam that Eidos pulled. One would think that with such a title, it would be the game with some sort of bonus included. It's merely a demo. After you go through a portion of the game (that I won't mention for spoiler purposes), a screen pops up advertising the game.

I've looked carefully at every bit of the packaging and nowhere does it mention that it's not the full game. Technically I suppose they can get away with it by having "Limited" in the title.

So, well, shit...you guys ever been duped?

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  • Zombies Tossed My Salad!Zombies Tossed My Salad! Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I had my wow account hacked the other week.

    That sucked.

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  • FishmanFishman Put your goddamned hand in the goddamned Box of Pain. Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I paid $10 for my GotY edition of Deus Ex.

    Thank you Red Ant budget re-release titles.

    Fishman on
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  • KovakKovak did a lot of drugs married cher?Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    i once watched the remake of the day the earth stood still

    i payed 10 dollars for that

    Kovak on
  • No Great NameNo Great Name FRAUD DETECTED Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    The best place for duping is right in front of Griswold.

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  • Dangerou-DaveDangerou-Dave __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    Ah, yeah this was back in 2001, but I mean, I don't really get duped that often, so...

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  • ShimShamShimSham Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I'm a sham.

    ShimSham on
  • Zombies Tossed My Salad!Zombies Tossed My Salad! Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Kovak wrote: »
    i once watched the remake of the day the earth stood still

    i payed 10 dollars for that
    haha you were scammed so hard

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  • KovakKovak did a lot of drugs married cher?Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    it was cool though

    i was high as shit

    Kovak on
  • Dead LegendDead Legend Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    He told me the first hit was free.

    Dead Legend on
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  • Dangerou-DaveDangerou-Dave __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    I can't wait to get, as they say, 'high as shit.'

    I've been visiting my folks for ages, and when I get back to my place, oh man...I have like a bowl already loaded from before I left. No I'm not a pot fiend, although I do enjoy the plant...It's just been a long time since I last smoked and that's a good good thing in regards to pot.

    I'm planning on..

    Playing Fallout 3 a bunch
    Reading a lot of internet
    and probably post here a bit, because you guys are neat

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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
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    potatoe on
  • KovakKovak did a lot of drugs married cher?Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    oh man im getting some weed tomorrow dave

    Kovak on
  • redheadredhead Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I played d2, so I probably would have been scammed on trades a billion times over

    but I decided pretty early on that the broken, dupe-filled economy meant it would be more fun to avoid trading entirely and always play in hardcore mode

    in real life? I'm pretty sure I bought a gba game that turned out to be a crappy fake version and which eventually died completely

    redhead on
  • ShimShamShimSham Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    potatoe wrote: »
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    I've been trying to figure out what drug that guy is addicted to.

    I think it may be a concoction of some sort.

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  • FizFiz Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    potatoe wrote: »
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    That guy is Jawesome

    Fiz on
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  • KovakKovak did a lot of drugs married cher?Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    i played on a nwn nights server that ran 2 servers that were exactly the same so everyone could play

    anyway if you are familiar with the way you do persistent databases in nwn

    i duped so much shit

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited January 2009
    I had my wow account hacked the other week.

    That sucked.

    I still owe fifteen bucks to blizzard because someone hacked my account

    I'm probably never going to pay it and so I'm probably never going to play wow again

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  • Dangerou-DaveDangerou-Dave __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    potatoe wrote: »
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    You know what's totally fucked up?

    There's a dive-shop near here that has a horribly produced local commercial, and it advertises "With the famous SHAM-WA now in stock!"

    No that's not a typo...it's like a scam of a fucking scam.

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  • AneurhythmiaAneurhythmia Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    ShimSham wrote: »
    potatoe wrote: »
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    I've been trying to figure out what drug that guy is addicted to.

    I think it may be a concoction of some sort.

    Speedball.

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  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    The best place for duping is right in front of Griswold.
    The best place for duping is right in front of Griswold.
    The best place for duping is right in front of Griswold.
    The best place for duping is right in front of Griswold.
    The best place for duping is right in front of Griswold.

    Pony on
  • No Great NameNo Great Name FRAUD DETECTED Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Yes I'd say that was worth 4 normal healing pots

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  • HomelessHomeless Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    kovak let us choom together sometime

    also do you want to go to a metal show on friday

    Homeless on
  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I used to play Diablo II on Open Battle.net and maaaaan

    Dueling on that server was craaaaazy because everybody cheated and had hacked items and it was a game of who could push the bullshit level higher

    Pony on
  • Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Veretas' Mum.

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  • Dangerou-DaveDangerou-Dave __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    Ha, I'm like the only person ever who played through Diablo 2 countless times...

    Totally single player.

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  • Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Pony wrote: »
    I used to play Diablo II on Open Battle.net and maaaaan

    Dueling on that server was craaaaazy because everybody cheated and had hacked items and it was a game of who could push the bullshit level higher

    Yeah I never understood why you'd "play" on open. I mean, wasn't it just a shitfest?

    I mean, closed ladder was bad enough. I can attest to that, because pretty much all I did once I got bored of the game was run bots for hours at a time for the heck of it.

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  • No Great NameNo Great Name FRAUD DETECTED Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    The only way to play d2 is hardcore mode.

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  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    open bnet was a crazy wilderness of hacked items and god stats

    to actually be better than someone else in pvp meant you had to effectively be a better hex editor than them

    it was intriguing to watch

    Pony on
  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    The only way to play d2 is hardcore mode.

    highest level guy i got in hardcore mode was 21, he was a paladin

    then he got raped to death by a bunch of those little undead fetish guys in mephisto's lair noooooo

    Pony on
  • Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Pony wrote: »
    open bnet was a crazy wilderness of hacked items and god stats

    to actually be better than someone else in pvp meant you had to effectively be a better hex editor than them

    it was intriguing to watch

    Yes this is essentially what I'm imagining.

    It just seems kinda pointless to me.

    But hotdamn did that game suck me in.

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  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    who else reacted to the diablo III trailer with a mourning sigh for the life they've gained

    Pony on
  • VixxVixx Valkyrie: prepared! Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I live in China. I get duped ALL THE FUCKING TIME.

    Vixx on
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  • KovakKovak did a lot of drugs married cher?Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    guys one day i will learn to sail

    and own a boat

    and oh my god ill take like a super long trip just like down the coast

    down the coast for forever

    Kovak on
  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    kovak take me with you

    Pony on
  • KovakKovak did a lot of drugs married cher?Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    like im fairly certain

    thats the only reason I really want to make money

    after that I'll retire and become a college professor

    Kovak on
  • AneurhythmiaAneurhythmia Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Vivixenne wrote: »
    I live in China. I get duped ALL THE FUCKING TIME.

    Every time someone has a kid?

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  • KovakKovak did a lot of drugs married cher?Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Pony wrote: »
    kovak take me with you

    just think of it pony

    the rich, mahogany interior

    the deck, the wind

    a little library full of philosophical and economic texts as well as a few choice classics

    Kovak on
  • KovakKovak did a lot of drugs married cher?Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    when we reach the tropics

    we'll just sleep outside

    on the deck

    the soft lap of the ocean against the hull

    the stars

    Kovak on
  • GravesGraves Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    When I was little, I payed for a Make Your Own Tie Dyed T-Shirt thing.

    And the bitch asked what colors I wanted and did it herself.

    Bitchwhore.

    Graves on
  • VixxVixx Valkyrie: prepared! Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Vivixenne wrote: »
    I live in China. I get duped ALL THE FUCKING TIME.

    Every time someone has a kid?

    man one time I went to buy milk

    turns it out was water and melamine

    Vixx on
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