piracy?

[pwnedbyscope]

what is with the slew of piracy and questions relating to it? within the last hour i have seen at least four post about it from wondering where one can pirate or to get support for a pirated game, does no one read the terms of service or at least use common sense?

[LHammonds]

Common Sense...so rare, it is considered to be a super power!

[pwnedbyscope]

that said what about the terms of service? do any new users actually read it?

[somerandomsheepthathops]

or at least use common sense?

 

:laugh: Nope, Common sense as LHammonds said is a super power, because apparently the risk being fined about 25,000$ is worth illegally downloading a 10$ game, need an example of how rare common sense is? here you go.

 

EDIT: Nope, I don't think new users read it.

Edited April 11, 2011 by somerandomsheepthathops

[Mortrix927]

Most of them probably skim it.

That said, once one has seen the 13th person in a day banned for piracy in a given day, you'd figure people would stop bringing it up here.

[Jagermh]

Common Sense...so rare, it is considered to be a super power!

 

Then why is it called common sense?

[LHammonds]

Then why is it called common sense?

Because at one time, it was common...but the language has not changed to meet the ever devolving society we live in. Reference: Idiocracy

[Marthos]

We need a new expression, I give you:

 

"Common Senselessness"

[spiritshadowx]

Common sense: Going to the shops and pay £6 for the game (£1,50 sometimes in CEX)

 

Common senselessness: Going to a virus ridden website to spend 3 days downloading a copy of the game uploaded by a hacker and playing it only to find someone who was seeding it had tampered with their copy, therefore causing a broken disk. 3 days wasted.

 

Common senselessness Extra: going to an online forum to ask why their illegal copy of the game doesn't work, and complain when they get banned for piracy.

 

Thats how i see it. ;)

Edited April 11, 2011 by spiritshadowx

[jhnsnjck884]

that said what about the terms of service? do any new users actually read it?

 

Tbh I don't think anybody reads it. I never read any of the rules let alone the TOS for any site including this one since it's pretty much the same everywhere. It's like the EULA in a way.