For all the pirates out there...

**grasshoppa420** · 04-22-2011,12:32 PM

Ran across this and got a chuckle, thought I'd share it with my fellow 'land-lubbers'

Six Hilarious Ways Developers are Screwing with Pirates

Piracy accounts for 31 percent of all Internet traffic and, regardless of your personal opinion on the issue, it really does suck for a lot of game developers. But rather than just try to sue the pants off of everyone who ever logs into Bittorrent, some have started thinking outside the box a little.
These clever folks use much more subtly cruel methods to punish pirates. Like ...

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**NerveGaZ** · 04-22-2011,12:34 PM

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVXCr6upWUo]YouTube - Do What You Want, Cause A Pirate Is Free... You Are A Pirate[/ame]

**skinnyBIGGS** · 04-22-2011,01:01 PM

Nothing new , i rather think the SNES Earthbound last boss delete your save bug is the most ingenious as making copies of those most have been hard as i always bought my cartridges

The DIE HARDS that played for sooooooooooo long with no knowledge off what was to come LOL ohh i wish i could witness the devastated look on there face as there game is lost LOLL

**Thefinalkefka** · 04-22-2011,05:15 PM

Lol at the second video. That is a good point. Everyone who has downloaded a song is a pirate.

**AlexDC22** · 04-22-2011,05:25 PM

Thats bogus, cus my copy of Batman works flawlessly, never had 1 single problem at all.

**grasshoppa420** · 04-22-2011,05:29 PM

Originally Posted by AlexDC22

Thats bogus, cus my copy of Batman works flawlessly, never had 1 single problem at all.

But Alex...!?! Your copy is from the disc, isn't it?

No scaliwag pirates around here!

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**bitsbubba** · 04-22-2011,05:30 PM

Originally Posted by AlexDC22

Thats bogus, cus my copy of Batman works flawlessly, never had 1 single problem at all.

yea when I backed up my batman this never happened either cape is fine already got through that gas chamber room

**Thefinalkefka** · 04-22-2011,05:31 PM

I am enjoying the article, but I can't help but wonder which problems haven't been fixed or whatever. The Trojan is just messed up though, that's some sony style stuff.

**bitsbubba** · 04-22-2011,05:33 PM

Originally Posted by grasshoppa420

But Alex...!?! Your copy is from the disc, isn't it?

No scaliwag pirates around here!

GH

Either way once backed up it is what they refer to as pirated, whether we call it a backup or download it's still the same files

**AlexDC22** · 04-22-2011,05:38 PM

Originally Posted by grasshoppa420

But Alex...!?! Your copy is from the disc, isn't it?

No scaliwag pirates around here!

GH

LOL you dont understand

The first one i bought, but the 3D one i pirated of the net

and it still worked perfect lol

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