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Post by
Azazel
(I fixed the quotes up for you)
It's not a recent addition to the rules but, look, it' not a big deal. I don't think you're a "bad guy", I just need you to pause and give a moment's thought before posting some things.
Phew, I thought I was screwed for a second there :P
Oh well, I know now. It won't happen again.
Post by
Rankkor
Hey, he's special. He HAS to do it because he can't afford it, so it's okay.
Just like how I can't afford WoW so I have to pirate it. Oh wait, that logic is retarded.
I wonder if u'd said that if u lived where I do.
I guess we will never know.
Very easy to judge and point fingers from that pedestal.
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240140
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107106
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Post by
Azazel
Hey, he's special. He HAS to do it because he can't afford it, so it's okay.
Just like how I can't afford WoW so I have to pirate it. Oh wait, that logic is retarded.
I wonder if u'd said that if u lived where I do.
I guess we will never know.
Very easy to judge and point fingers from that pedestal.
You hardly need games to survive. Can't justify stealing, bro.
Not everybody is born with an ass of gold..
Go rankkorr. I've got your back all the way.
Go poor people!
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240140
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Post by
Azazel
Meh, I'll stop discussing this before I get banned lol.
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107106
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Post by
Rankkor
Hey, he's special. He HAS to do it because he can't afford it, so it's okay.
Just like how I can't afford WoW so I have to pirate it. Oh wait, that logic is retarded.
I wonder if u'd said that if u lived where I do.
I guess we will never know.
Very easy to judge and point fingers from that pedestal.
Yes, it's very unfortunate that you live in a country where games are expensive.
ohh no no no no.
Its not that games are expensive, its that games
ARE NOT SOLD HERE
There is a law that specifically forbids videogame stores to sell war-related games. As such, said games are NEVER SHIPPED HERE in the first place.
Only on black markets, and that's cuz these are people who travel outside of the country, buy the games in places like Colombia, Panama, and Mexico, and then sell them back here
the only way to get one is by buying them in these
illegal
black markets, like the one in Las Playitas, with all the risks that involves, including getting mugged, stabbed, or worst, busted during one of the random cop raids there (Videogames aint the only thing they sell)
add to that, the fact that on said black markets they over-price the games and sell them at 6 times the value just because they are rare and you get why I don't buy games.
Would YOU buy games that way?
Hey, he's special. He HAS to do it because he can't afford it, so it's okay.
Just like how I can't afford WoW so I have to pirate it. Oh wait, that logic is retarded.
I wonder if u'd said that if u lived where I do.
I guess we will never know.
Very easy to judge and point fingers from that pedestal.
You hardly need games to survive. Can't justify stealing, bro.
again, brave words from someone who lives in a place where games are taken for granted.
If we get down to it, you don't need cellphones to survive, yet if you lived in a place where they cost what you make in 3 months would you really say "I'll just not have a cellphone"?
I'm not the one who made the stupid laws on my country, and believe me, if I could I'd get these games legally. I'm against piracy, its why I never torrent music, or movies, because original movies, and original music disks are sold here at reasonable prices, because there is no law here forbidding stores from selling them.
Hence since stores can freely sell original music and movies, their prices are as common and as average as they are in your country.
so, like a law-abiding citizen, I buy those.
but with games, (Specifically war-related games, non-violent games are sold here normally at decent prices because again, no law against them) an exception has to be made.
Like I said before, we'll never know it ,but I sure as hell would love to see if you could uphold those fancy ideals if we could switch places.
very easy to point fingers from a pedestal.
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107106
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Post by
Rankkor
You don't HAVE to resort to piracy because you don't HAVE to have the game. You WANT to have the game, and the best choice is piracy, I understand that, but there's no justifying stealing it because you could live perfectly fine without the game. I'm not saying you shouldn't pirate it, but your reasoning is stupid. It doesn't matter how retarded your laws are or how dangerous your black market is, you don't need the game to live, you want it for fun, so you break the law of your country so you can have fun. I never once said I wouldn't pirate the game if I was in your situation, I would, but your justification is stupid because it's not essential for you to have the game.
If something essential to you having a reasonable standard of living was illegal and you stole it, you would have perfect justification to do so. Video games are not essential to anything though, so you have no justification.
=/ lemme give you an example so you can better understand where i'm comming from.
Bob lives in Fakekistan, a tyranical land, with opressing laws, and a harsh living.
Bob isn't exactly poor, nor rich, he is a middle-class citizen.
Bob wants an MP3 player, but those aren't sold on his country, simply because.
Bob happens to stumble across a seller. He has STOLEN MP3 players that he obtained Illegally from the nearby country of Freedomkistan.
The seller is offering to sell Bob one of these MP3 players, and while Bob knows those are stolen, he can't otherwise get one, so he dish out the money, and buys said stolen MP3 player.
In your opinion, would Bob be doing something inmoral? something wrong? should he feel bad about it?
Post by
Rankkor
And no matter how justified you are, you still can't discuss it on these boards.
I don't discuss it on these boards. I may mention it on these boards, but tell me when have I specifically advertised piracy sites? or when have I specifically asked to be directed to one?
at best I've asked for help in getting a game, and fellow wowhead users have responded to me privately on my email, not by linking torrents, or sites to torrents in THESE forums.
Post by
asakawa
I need to say that you're on some very thin ice here.
Discussion of piracy as an abstract or moral question is one thing but promoting or encouraging illegal activity is absolutely not allowed here. Since this all started because people
were
encouraging others to get games illegally I think that the abstract nature is already gone and I strongly suggest that the topic is simply dropped for now before anybody really does step over the line.
Also, it's never okay and it's never been okay. If you've discussed this sort of thing before without a moderator reaction it's because it wasn't reported or wasn't noticed. Please, just don't talk about stuff like that here and then we don't need to react.
Post by
107106
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Post by
Rankkor
Discussion of piracy as an abstract or moral question is one thing but
promoting or encouraging
illegal activity is absolutely not allowed here
I've done neither of those. At any time.
As you said, I may have discussed the morality of Piracy, but NEVER encouraged others to participate on it (I have my own reasons for doing it and THOSE reasons are what I've discussed) nor have I advertised it, or sites that lead to it.
Also, it's never okay and it's never been okay. If you've discussed this sort of thing before without a moderator reaction it's because it wasn't reported or wasn't noticed.
=/ I see
I need to say that you're on some very thin ice here.
ok ok, I'll drop it.
>.>
Post by
Lombax
SWTOR! WOOH!
Post by
baradiel
Morning!
Post by
Pwntiff
Meh
Post by
Azazel
Hi.
Post by
baradiel
I am downloading a Game named, Aion at it takes like 10 hours O.o, Stupid NCsoft!
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