Why Is Piracy Not A Dirty Word?
Quote:
You wouldn’t steal a car…
Printable View
Why Is Piracy Not A Dirty Word?
Quote:
You wouldn’t steal a car…
Current Pirate. No Intention of stopping. You know my reasons.
I would never pirate a game!...
"Walks away on peg leg"
I live within my means.
long recovering pirate, i stopped that the moment i got my first job, then almost fell back into it when i quit said job but still maintaining a no piracy rate.
hard? yes!
but i do enjoy buying my legal games, they just work better
Interesting...Quote:
Originally Posted by Tank
Thats usually one of the arguments justifying piracy.
This reason from the article:Quote:
Originally Posted by Raven Gold
Quote:
What really needs to be combated, however, is the absurd sense of entitlement pervasive amongst pirating gamers. Many of these people have rationalized their piracy for so long that they actually start to believe it. It’s been said before, but I’ll say it once more: playing video games is not a right, it’s a privilege.
I used to pirate back in the day and I feel very bad about it. Like Tank I started buying games when I started getting a salary.
And people who say they can't afford games. Well if you can afford the system that you are playing it on then I'm sure you'll be able to afford Steam specials or secondhand games for consoles. I don't play new games because I reckon the price isn't justified. So I just wait for a bit and then I play it when it's a fraction of the cost.
If you absolutely have to play the latest games and can't afford it then you are falling for the hype machine and you are a sheep.
It was a good article and I agree with it completely.
I'm not perfect. I do many other things wrong. We all do. But buying a game is an awesome feeling. "Man, I finally got <insert game name here>!" *opens game and smells the newness*
I also used to copy games from my friends when I didn't have a job, but as soon as I had my own money I started buying games. I think most gamers we're pirates once, but now we have joined the Royal Navy :D
Hello.
My name is ********, and I used to steal other people's intellectual property. :o
The feeling of guilt became too much for me and I have been clean for almost 10 years now.
Gaming is an expensive hobby, but I get by trying to live within my means, not always trying to get the latest and greatest of everything and trying to the find the best games in my preferred genres at the lowest price. Legally.
I donated more than the average for the Humble Indie Bundle as I think that the developers deserve compensation for all the work they put into designing and developing software, creating and editing graphics assets and audio, designing levels, writing a script where applicable, etc. Ok well that last bit applies to all games.
Games will not be developed and published if doing so is not profitable.
That's my $8.75