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Forums - Gaming - Do you pirate or have you pirated?

 

Do you pirate?

Never, It's a disgusting practice. 37 22.84%
 
Sometimes, to try a game. 47 29.01%
 
Often, I only buy when I ... 42 25.93%
 
I'm Jack Sparrow, I wond... 36 22.22%
 
Total:162
Mr Khan said:
Never pirate video games. I did pirate this one Japanese eroge, but that doesn't really count. Some pirated anime and lots of pirated pornography.

Right, I forgot that porn can be pirated as well.

If the poll wasn't about games I'd be jack sparrow xD



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I pirate often. Some of my crowning achievements are

Mass Effect 1, 2 and 3(I have yet to finish 3, Mass effect 1 is one of the best single player experiences I have ever played)
Dead Island (I plan to buy Riptide for my PS3 just cause the game deserves a purchase, one of my fav games this gen)
Fallout New Vegas (Also one of my fav games this gen)
The Walking dead episodes 1 ~ 4 (One of my favorite games OF ALL TIME)

Do i fell proud? Not really. Do i feel guilty? A bit yes but then I quickly get over it. But it did save me $60 on that disappointing mess Skyrim. I do buy all my PS3/PSP games.



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Jay520 said:
adriane23 said:

P.S. I'll fight Jesus in the street if it means I can continue to pirate porn.


LOL, why would you pirate porn? There are plenty of free sites that provide high quality porn.

Lol, those sites are actually pirating almost al of the porn they offer (except for homemade stuff). That's why some porn gets removed from sites........uhhhh, so I've heard.



I am the Playstation Avenger.

   

I buy a couple games whose multiplayer I want to play. All other pc games I download, ps3 games I buy second hand.

I also like watching American series and some 150 movies a year, which I download. If I'd have my own place I'd get some Netflix kind of service.



In the late 90's and early 2000's I downloaded several NES and SNES games. Oh, and my Wii is hacked but I've never pirated any SW. Just imported some games.



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Oh, I always forget that I have every Genesis, SNES, N64 Platformer, and GBA RPG somewhere on an external hard drive. I should really get back into those, but I keep forgetting that I have them.



I am the Playstation Avenger.

   

I've pirated PC games. But ended up just replacing them with the real discs. Very few games I still have bootleg. Mainly because used copies would got for $100. Music, TV, Movies, normally no. Unless the show has no legal way of owning it. Either it's a foreign show. Or if the HD version isn't released on blu-ray. Or the company did a piss poor release. Or in Disney's case gives up releases.



Old, incredibly hard to find movies.

TV shows. (Seriously, when are they planning to broadcast Korra in Ecuador anyway?)

Games I wouldn't be able to play. (Mother 3, Earthbound)

Software, a lot of it, but that's because our educational system is broken. When we are expected to use AutoCad, and the teacher gives us the cracked program, you know something is wrong. Same with MultiSim.

Then again, I did pirate Photoshop.



In terms of software I've pirated mostly older stuff. Like, I pirated the Legacy of Goku 2 because I wanted to play it again for some reason and finding a retail copy was difficult. Old NES games, SNES games, etc.

In general though, if a game is reasonably available, I'll purchase it legit. I even purchased games like Mario RPG which I already had on an emulator. I just enjoy it more on an actual system for some reason.

But I've pirated a ton of music. I think I've paid for one CD since Napster made it so easy. I also pirate wrestling events. I used to be a big WWF/E fan. Nowadays not so much, but I still pirate the odd event to check it out.

For me it comes down to how much I care about the thing. I like video games, and I want to support the industry, so I rarely pirate something that I could find legitimately. With music, I don't care as much, so I pirate it.



I have to admit that I have pirated quite a few old games. The most recent game I've pirated was CoD 4. If my pc was better I would probably quit console gaming because I would be able to get any game for free. It's just so damn easy it literally takes seconds to find a game if you know what you're doing. I'm a terrible (and poor) person =(.