Jereel Hunter said:
WarCraft 3 was pirated to a ridiculous degree. You seem to think because it wasn't in the top 10 in 2008 that it wasn't pirates much. (A game that released in 2003)
As I've said, more than once, WC3's amount of piracy canbe easily seen by the number of custom servers running illegal copies using it's LAN functionality. You've just decided to ignore this. Unfortunately, there aren't any published stats on this, however anyone who plays WC3 somewhere other than battle.net can see this.
Edit:
Wow, just came across Monday's Penny-Arcade, and it reminded me of this discussion. It's dead on, and applied to numerous members of this thread.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/2009/10/26/
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As to why they want to create their own matchmaking network in the first place, the ability to make money selling maps is floated as a reason, and it makes a lot of sense - presumably they would rather make a million dollars than zero. A centralized defense against piracy is also suggested, and things tend to go downhill quick after this. It is not a mischaracterization to say that conversations with the hardcore PC community about software theft follow these tenets:
- There is no piracy.
- To the extent that piracy exists, which it doesn't, it's your fault.
- If you try to protect your game, we'll steal it as a matter of principle.
It's like, who wouldn't want to bend over backward in their service? You need to know it, because nobody else is going to tell you: you guys sound like Goddamned subway vagrants. Of course when you speak exclusively to each other, it all sounds so reasonable. It'll be reasonable when you all board the bus, and the songs you sing en route to excoriate your enemies will be forceful, but within reason; and when you douse yourself with gasoline and immolate yourself in front of the offices of Infinity Ward, one assumes this will be reasonable also.
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