pirating steam games bad idea

[Rygir]

so true, so true.. unfortunately this doesn't register with pirates because for it to register it requires a conscience :imu:

You know, pirates are people like you and me. Only smarter perhaps. They need a challenge, they're not ignorant and they're not malevolent. Maybe tune into another channel once in a while and get a different opinion.

Either way, for Half-Life 2 to be a financial flop or even less than a huge success, a serious disaster would have to happen (no, source code leaks don't count, they're not serious enough in terms of customer scare-off factor).

you are talking about copy protection schemes that have nothing to do with MS, amd, or intel. which is what palladium and longhorn do have to do with. which is why i dont see why it pertains here

He's drawing a parallel. Why would MS, amd or intel be able to do a better job than people who professionalize in security? If I want to install a certain app on my computer (for example, DAEMON TOOLS, which I need for recovering damaged data CD's) and it tells me it's pirating software, I won't be held responsible for my actions.

how is it smart to download a game from a bittorrent, irc, ftp, or newsgroup?

you are right about one thing though, pirates are like you

1) Where did I say that? I said they liked cracking because it's like solving a really complicated crossword puzzle. The end result is irrelevant.
2)Though I can take that as a compliment, I'm sure you intended is an insult. Therefore I'm happy to see you started the namecalling. Thread closure imminent.

 

[poseyjmac]

You know, pirates are people like you and me. Only smarter perhaps. They need a challenge, they're not ignorant and they're not malevolent. Maybe tune into another channel once in a while and get a different opinion.

Either way, for Half-Life 2 to be a financial flop or even less than a huge success, a serious disaster would have to happen (no, source code leaks don't count, they're not serious enough in terms of customer scare-off factor).

how is it smart to download a game from a bittorrent, irc, ftp, or newsgroup?

you are right about one thing though, pirates are like you

 

[The Mullinator]

how is it smart to download a game from a bittorrent, irc, ftp, or newsgroup?

you are right about one thing though, pirates are like you

You don't have to be stupid to download these things, you just have to have either a lack of knowledge, lack of morals, simply don't care, or have a combination of all of those.

And lay off the insults. It will just turn this thread into a flame war.

 

[The Dark Elf]

*locked*

/me waits for people to complain via PM some more