Will HL2 get leaked again?

[urbanx]

168 votes , 50-50

like everyone else, i say it will be leaked but if they can crack it is another story.

 

[AJ Rimmer]

I voted yes, but only to make it 50-50 :cheers:
But yeah, sure its gonna get leaked eventually.

 

[Element Alpha]

This game is going to get cracked so fast you won't believe it. To all those who voted 'no': you're kidding right?

The warez people are looking at this game like a bunch of hyena's after a stranded cattle, I'm quite sure.

 

[JamesPicard_007]

Yes, Half-Life 2 will undoubtedly be leaked however if it is somehow leaked before the 16th I'd bet you all the tea in China that it's the retail version that's leaked as we're still missing a few game critical files in the Steam preloads.

 

[A.I.]

its not rocket science either.

LOL!

Well, I think that pirates will get HL2 in their hands before 16. November but it will be more troublesome than other games to run it because of Steam.

If I was Gabe I'd really make it sure, that every PC with pirated version of HL2 would get a virus ("with best regards from VALVe, heheh).

Imagine this: You install a pirated non-Steam HL2, but at authentification you get a message all over the screen: "PWNED!!!!" Heheh, gotta mail Gabe this one. :smoking:

 

[Ecthe|ioN]

My guess is that it will get leaked. I hope not, but the chances are big.

 

[Baal]

1 it needs activation
2 i doubt it gets cracked
3 same for the activation crack there wont be one
4 half-life 2 was stolen not leaked



poll seems bit pointless
and the change it leaks is 1%

haha, it WILL get cracked....there's nothing stopping it...

*to topic starter*

Anyways, define leak?

if by leak, you mean available a few days before the release, I say yes, absolutely. Just like Doom III, Max Payne 2 etc.

Or if you mean an un-finished portion of the game, or source code, I say no.

 

[Mikademius]

Leaked as in stolen goldrelease one hour ago if I am to believe my sources... god damn it

 

[Clavius]

I was just wondering, since nobody has the hl2.exe yet (thats still missing in the preload, yes?), that the retail copies also do not have the exe?
This would make snatching a disk from the duplicator pointless. Without the full game, there really isnt much cracking to do.
Maybe they dont just activate HL2, but also hold the exe till that time.
Ofcourse afterwards the warez folk get to play with it and it will get 'released' and shit, but it wont leak that way.
The only thing that can lead to a early leak this way would be for someone to steal gabes 'do not steal me plzkthx diskette' with the exe.

Just a thought :rolling:

 

[KagePrototype]

We have the .exe, as well as the .dll files.

Though it is possible there are some essential files that need to be downloded before you can play it, retail or otherwise...

 

[m0nKeY]

Some people really don't understand how the warez scene works. To put it simply, it will be distributed illegally, it will work and will more than likely be released on the official day of release if not before.

Cracked versions of NAV and the like required phone authentication and yet that was bypassed. CS:S was also bypassed. Anything that can be done in protection terms can be reverse engineered.

I say it will be leaked, but the leak will be unplayable due to online registry.

I will bet good money there will not be a playable release until November 16th. I am sure valve was smart enough to leave some essential part of the game out, making cracking impossible.

I assume you mean the steam version wont be playable until that time, however groups release ISOs of the game which are leaked by those who get advanced copys. Just like most films are released DVD quality before the cinema release because they are screeners etc and movie critics leak them.

 

[m0nKeY]

I'll say no. Valve were so badly burned last time they'll have security up the wazoo.

Besides which, doesn't the Steam activation step mean that it's even more difficult to leak?

So because of that Valve was so badly burned about the leak they have secured it so no-one can illegally distribute it? You need to ask yourself the question why all developers don't do that then. Doesnt it bother them they lose thousands even millions of pounds in pirated media?

Simple, it just aint possible to stop people reverse engineering. If something can be done it can also be undone.

Those of you thinking steam in anyway has anything to do with it are brainless. So what steam has 128bit encryption, groups aint going to release that, they are going to release an ISO of a CD/DVD either on release or if they can get hold of a leaked copy before hand.

 

[tkato]

1 it needs activation
2 i doubt it gets cracked
3 same for the activation crack there wont be one
4 half-life 2 was stolen not leaked



poll seems bit pointless
and the change it leaks is 1%

The way EmperIo cracked cs is that they made a Steam simulator... baiscly it means the game needs to know he as been run in the program but the simulator is built so steam won't even check for the entrys becuase the game needs to know that he runs on steam...
Anyway... It's allways possible it will get leak... if cracking groups got an insider at Vivendi he can easly steal a copy make a fast bin (5 min...) return the cd back to it place and then work on the bin clone...

The real question is do they got an insider... and the answer is (currectly) NO.

 

[eiric]

Since people already can play a cracked version of CSS I guess it won't be long until everyone can play HL2.

 

[KurtCobain]

I doubt it will get cracked b4 the release date but after 16th im 99% sure i twill, most games do , unless Valve hav something v specialy up there sleeve!

 

[Lobster]

It will leak, but the average warez downloader loses patience beyond copying a cracked exe, cracked steam games require a little more intelligence, and new patched versions need to be downloaded everytime there is a change in the dll, (with steam thats pretty regular), Most people wont be bothered.

 

[Baal]

It will leak, but the average warez downloader loses patience beyond copying a cracked exe, cracked steam games require a little more intelligence, and new patched versions need to be downloaded everytime there is a change in the dll, (with steam thats pretty regular), Most people wont be bothered.

You're right, it isn't worth it..

They could do an update every week, every day if they wanted to for one year..and it would prevent the warez.

That's the only way to prevent it, and even then it would only prevent CS:Source players from playing on official servers through server browser, and even then it might not. There's pretty much no stopping HL2 pirating, however. It'll take a day or so after the release, if they don't get an advanced copy (which they probably will) to get a warezed version out there.

I don't see the point really. If you can afford to pay for a good enough computer to run the game, plus internet connection required to download it, you probably have the $60-70 (Canadian) to buy it.

 

[Beazil]

It will leak, but the average warez downloader loses patience beyond copying a cracked exe, cracked steam games require a little more intelligence, and new patched versions need to be downloaded everytime there is a change in the dll, (with steam thats pretty regular), Most people wont be bothered.

Well, I would be inclined to agree under most circumstances, this is HL2 we are talking about. I think if pple got the cracked version of CS:S to work so quickly, it will be just as fast (if not faster) before we see a fully working cracked version of HL2 available through warez. Just my humble opinion.

 

[jakoblindberg]

It will of course be cracked. The real question is wether it will happen before the 16th or after.

If Valve is smart (which they are) - code will be downloaded at authentification. Then burned CDs from Valve/Vivendi/duplicator etc. is not enough. If that is the case a cracked version will come first after the 16th (or late the very same day...).

 

[wonkers]

Cracked and leaked in 3 days of the master going for printing. People will have beaten it before it gets on the shelfs. Only ignorance or stupidity would make someone think otherwise.

Copy protection of any kind has been broken. No great software EVER has not been cracked and leaked to the public. So get used to it.

 

[Absinthe]

Yes, it will. I know this because I'm from the future.