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Words Of Wisdom on 28 April 2009
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Zkuq said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
Zkuq said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
Zkuq said:

Right now DRM is one of those things that actually provokes me into pirating the game. (Steam is one of those DRM systems.)

That's a poor justification for piracy.

"I don't like the way they package their game so I will illegally download their game then play and enjoy it, all without paying."

I'm not trying to justify piracy; I'm just explaining one reason I have. If the game has DRM, I almost certainly won't pay for it but DRM will not stop me from playing either if the game interests me enough. Well, unless they make pirating too hard. And as I said, in general I will support good games (and no, I don't usually complete bad games and then say I didn't like it and thus won't buy it; instead, I just don't complete it and then say I didn't like it).

And, piracy won't hurt anyone if the pirate wouldn't have bought the game anyway. And please do notice the 'if' I put there, it's very essential.

The bottom line is that you want to play the game without paying for it.  DRM is just an excuse.  If games didn't have it then you'd just find another excuse.

@bolded part:  You'd look a lot less stupid right now had you read the OP.  Go read it now and compare it to your bolded statement.  Feel free to ask if you need me to play "Connect the dots" for you.

No, I think you misunderstood me again. I want to play games and pay for them, but DRM is one reason why I might not pay for them. If I only wanted to play games without paying, I would probably say so. Just to clarify it a bit: if DRM was removed for good games that now have DRM, I would buy them. Simple as that. Remove DRM, get a happy customer. Yes, I've also read the OP. I'm still not sure of your point, unless it's really that you don't understand my point and simply think of me as an evil pirate.

All you need to do is go to the store and buy the game.  Then you can buy and play the game.  See how easy that is?

However, that isn't what you want.  You want to play the game but not buy it which is exactly what you are doing.  You are enjoying a good or service without paying for it.  If you want to protest DRM then do not buy the game and do not pirate it.  That is the honest, legal way to protest something which you dislike.

The bold point is very ironic to me and since you are not capable of understanding it without having it explained, I guess I will help you.  You say that pirating doesn't hurt anyone when the OP is an example of a company struggling to handle the server load of people playing with pirated copies.  Had those people purchased legitimate copies of the game, the company likely could have afforded a few more servers and improved the game's experience for everyone.  However because of all those people playing with pirated copies the ones who had legal copies suffered.