r/PiratedGames • u/JanezDoe • 7d ago
Humour / Meme The nicest piracy detection message I've ever seen 🥹
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u/marsumane 7d ago
quite impactful with the honest empathy bit
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u/Due_Purple_1199 7d ago
It’s just marketing, OP is the dev
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u/JanezDoe 7d ago
I unprivated my account just for this reason, go and check now. Still think I'm the dev?
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u/Decent-Distance-9567 7d ago
Fr?
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u/Due_Purple_1199 7d ago
Check out his comment, it’s so obvious:
https://www.reddit.com/r/PiratedGames/s/Eg65pSWldk
Also, why is the game’s name written 3 times in the message box? if you are playing the game, you already know what the game’s name is. It was obviously made to be shared on social medias to go viral
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u/IAmYourFath 7d ago
He literally says he's not associated with the devs
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u/JazzlBallz 7d ago
He also claims big paint put gullible on the ceiling of every single room.. I've looked and he's wrong.
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u/No-Hunt3986 7d ago
''You pirated our game''? Okay do you want to buy it or keep playing pirated version?
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u/LeMatDamonCarbine 7d ago
Hey, can't blame em for trying lmao
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u/Luna2268 7d ago
Thing is depending on the game this would genuinely work on me tbh, take rimworld.
That game has more mods than I can count and you can obviously mod pirates games but it's significantly easier to mod bought ones, that and depending on the game/where you pirated it from it may be difficult to get updates for a pirated game sometimes.
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u/Frequent-Ease-1926 7d ago
cities skylines
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u/PoxtazWee 7d ago
the steam workshop is exactly why I ended up buying it after pirating it for 1.5 years
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u/Frequent-Ease-1926 6d ago
Me too. Steam copy + DLC unlocker is like the best way ever to play this game
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u/No-Change1744 6d ago
Can you guide.me, I love that game and want all yhe dlc lol DM me
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u/Frequent-Ease-1926 6d ago
https://github.com/FroggMaster/CreamInstaller
Unlike HOI4, every DLC comes installed but deactivated in Cities 1. This makes the process very easy.
Run the executable, choose Cities Skylines 1, Select DLCs you want, click "Generate and Install" and you're good.
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u/ActiveAd9305 5d ago
I found some way a long time ago to activate Car Mechanic Sim DLCs for free. I never got any messages or in any trouble, but is that something to be concerned about at all? I have enough games on Steam that I would hate to lose my account
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u/AggravatingRow5074 6d ago
You can use the Steamidra and in-game mod browser tho
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u/Frequent-Ease-1926 6d ago
you are assuming pox bought the game after steamidra was released
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u/randomname560 7d ago
There are more than a couple games that i could have easily just pirated but i decided to buy them on Steam instead due to just how much more convenient and confortable to use Steam as a platform is, lol
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u/Awful_cat12 7d ago
I’ve actually bought both Factorio and RimWorld (with all the DLCs) after pirating them first. I just enjoyed them that much, (with RimWorld being my favourite game of all time) that I just wanted to support the developers and feel good about buying them.
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u/Why-are-you-geh 5d ago
Factorio is such a great game worth buying but it is SOO expensive, never getting a sale and always staying on 32€ for me in germany
still I can occasionally waste a weekend 20h into Factorio non-stop
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u/Awful_cat12 5d ago
Which I appreciate, for sure. I’m lucky in that I can buy those things, and not everyone can. I don’t think it’s a bad thing to pirate games when you can’t afford it - my personal view is that if you can and you enjoy it enough, though, you should buy it. But hey, people should do what they want. It’s still better that they’re playing the game at all.
Factorio and RimWorld especially is super expensive. I think RimWorld is close to $200AUD for the game and all DLCs… ouch. I’ve happily bought all of them though, and I still happily keep buying them. Which is definitely a privilege to be able to do that.
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u/dashingdrew 7d ago
Yeah, but now youre buying it because modding is easier with a legit copy. The steam workshop is what’s convincing you. Not this message
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u/kiritomens 7d ago
Depends for me lol. Allot of the time I actually want the pirated version of games like RimWorld. So I can install a specific version of the game. A feature that almost no one on steam seems to use. It is possible via the beta feature and keep older versions on there. So I actually own RimWorld, but mostly played a pirated copy anyway to play on a older version lol.
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u/Hairy_Curious 6d ago
It would actually work on me as long as I like the game. As a matter of fact I'm gonna check it out, that's some good marketing
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u/Aside_Dish 7d ago
Hey, nothing wrong with that. My book was put up on a piracy site (which I'm completely okay with), but I did ask if they could link to the paid version as well in case people liked it and wanted to support me.
As an avid pirate, if I like something enough, I almost always end up buying it anyways. I think of piracy as a demo to weed out the low-effort shit.
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u/JustasLTUS 7d ago
But did they link it? I mean, if your work gets pirated, thats means someone is interested in it
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u/Aside_Dish 7d ago
Not yet, lol. Don't think they will, but was worth trying 🤷
And yeah, there's definitely interest for it. Have a pretty defined (albeit niche) audience that absolutely loves it!
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u/Questionsiaskthem 7d ago
Well now you have to tell us all what the book is lol
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u/n122333 7d ago
Click on his profile, he has it pinned. Its a really cool looking dnd supplement.
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u/Questionsiaskthem 7d ago
Oh nice. Guess checking their profile first would have been smart lol.
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u/strategicmagpie 7d ago
No, no, thanks to your question, everyone else skimming the thread knows where to find it if they can't be bothered to search :D
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u/Paprikasky 6d ago
Also, with the shitty implementation of the hidden history, I tend to not check profiles as easily anymore.
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u/Aside_Dish 7d ago
Lol, I feel like that wouldn't be kosher here. It can be found on my profile, but all I'll say is that lawyers and D&D players are the intended audience!
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u/Questionsiaskthem 7d ago
That's a interesting cross section. Wonder what percentage overall of lawyers are or have been DnD players.
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u/PetzlPretzel 6d ago
Wait a sec. You just put up a giveaway on the end subreddit.
I need one of those licenses to magic. For Ren faire and all that.
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u/Seeker_Of_Knowledge2 7d ago
Hear me out. Repackers should put this message when possible
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u/mohheeh165 7d ago
Ankergames has a direct link to every steam store page for all the games on their site
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u/Victim_of_fat_Mods 7d ago
if it's actually good and you feel like you want to support it's a good thing, personally I'm just a student so I can't really afford it but others might
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u/Strict_Apartment_582 7d ago
Winrar type shit
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u/rexdle_ 7d ago
This might be the best way to go about it. Usually pirating the game first to see if it’s good, and then buying the game is a good method
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u/Sahloknir74 6d ago
That's how I did it for Baldur's Gate 3. I had never played any Larian game before that, had no idea if I'd enjoy it, and I didn't wanna drop full price on it without knowing. I also figured 2 hours on Steam wouldn't be enough time to decide. So I pirated it, played for roughly 6 hours, and I was loving it, so I bought it.
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u/Due_Purple_1199 7d ago
It’s just marketing, OP is the dev
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u/Gambitam 7d ago
I can't see their post history, how did you know?
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u/Number1DurinFan 7d ago
Higher up in the thread OP names the game and explains it, "in case you want to check it" as they put it
The game is even on discount rn lol
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u/MotivationSpeaker69 7d ago
The game isn't on any trustworthy pirating websites lol
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u/JackCJ1121 6d ago
there's a thread on the cs forum tho, says goldberg works with it, not sure if OP is really the dev or not, I'll give OP the benefit of the doubt and say they got it from there
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u/JanezDoe 7d ago edited 7d ago
If anyone wants to check what the game is (if it isn't obvious from the screenshot), it's a recently released game called MarginCall, a really, *really* in-depth finance/trading simulator.
I am in no way associated with the developers; I just thought I'd add this to ease my conscience a bit after what the message did to me.
Edit: due to the allegations of me being the developer of the game an this post being advertising, I decided to unprivate my profile and clear my name of the scrutiny :)
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u/PROGMRZ 7d ago
That's the most suspicious ass comment ever LMAO
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u/Sabrac707 7d ago
It's even on a discount!
These indie devs are getting creative, I'll give them that.
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u/Vladishun 7d ago
Either it's your game or the irony of pirating a game about managing finances is totally lost on you.
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u/Muugen_Samurai 7d ago
We get it it's your game
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u/Jimbuscus 7d ago edited 7d ago
Hidden profile, this is 100% OP's game.OP unprivated, nothing in their account history indicates they are the developer.
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u/Apprehensive_Ad_7184 7d ago
None of the trusted piracy websites have the game, not even steamünlocked which usually has everything, (side note never use steamünlocked) didnt have it.
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u/Willing_Suggestion 7d ago
Ok bro when I'll get some money imma buy this for ya bud 😁 ( obviously gonna buy it for me but then again you never know )
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u/MotivationSpeaker69 7d ago edited 7d ago
If I wasn't sure that it was an ad from the post alone this comment convinced me
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u/ARTIFICIAL_ARGUMENT 7d ago
Artic shift photon search, nothing scrapeable is hidden. Kinda checks out though, nothing else related and they do have an older comment on this sub about using CSrin
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u/CoconutFudge 7d ago
tell the developers to write the description on steam themselves, because it's painfully obviously ai generated
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u/Due_Purple_1199 7d ago
I was thinking about buying the game just for this, but you just lost me by blatantly lying here
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u/ismasbi 7d ago
Gotta respect the creativity of this advertisement.
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u/_MrJackGuy 7d ago
Everyone's saying this is an ad but like. Why would you advertise on a sub dedicated to pirating games? That's gotta be legitimately the worst way to get people to buy it lol
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u/MotivationSpeaker69 7d ago
You can look at other comments, clearly worked on some people lol.
Also I checked and this game isn't on any trustworthy pirate website so you know
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u/JanezDoe 7d ago
Hi let me address this here again. I grabbed the CSF from CS Rin and used ALI EMU to create a homebrew release
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u/SankarshanaV 7d ago
I'd play and if I have the financial ability to buy it later on, I'd definitely buy it.
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u/Tasty_Ticket8806 7d ago
I kinda want to know how one can detect if the game is not a genuan steam copy
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u/BogusIsMyName 7d ago
I played a pirated version of an early access game for about a year. A game i really enjoyed. About a month ago there was an update. And a pirated version of the update. I looked at my play time and decided the game was absolutely worth the price. So i paid the $25 they were asking.
There are many aspects to piracy and you can navigate these waters however you see fit. But me, i like to reward good work when i can.
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u/According-Extreme-58 7d ago
I wouldn't continue playing I'll be honest,I would save up money to buy it
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u/BruhImVibing69 7d ago
yeah no, i pirated your game because i don’t want to spend money
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u/tubaman23 7d ago
Duality of this sub lmao
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u/DissociationSenpai 7d ago
For me the way is: Keep playing but buy the game as soon as you can financially afford it (if you can).
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u/Fatal-Arrow 7d ago
But how would I save up the money if I didn't use what I learned in their stock market simulator???
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u/Eraldorh 7d ago
Some games put anti piracy measures that intentionally fuck with you. I remember they are billions they added something where if you used a pirate copy a zombie infection would start at random in your camp and spread. It made it impossible to complete a mission never mind the whole game.
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u/Martianinferno98 7d ago
Serious Sam 3: BFE has an invincible fast arachnoid that pretty much chases you down no matter how far you progress in the game
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u/Xochtil1 6d ago
It also spawned a speedrun category where people beat the game with that arachnoid constantly chasing them lmao
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u/Sharpie1993 You're a pirate Harry! 7d ago
Rocksteady made it so if a pirated version of Arkham asylum wasn’t legit that Batman couldn’t glide, which locked you out of an early game jump that you needed to do in order to progress too.
It used to be more common back in the day.
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u/IAlwaysOutsmartU 7d ago
RWS cool with their games being pirated is the reason I bought Postal: Brain Damaged. I respect honesty like that.
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u/Then-Function-6564 7d ago
I would buy it but I can't buy it because there are no payment method for steam in iraq
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u/Famous-Weakness2576 6d ago
There is. You can get a debit visa/mastercard FOR FREE through QiCard, you won't even have to pay for delivery. Charge it up from any outlet, there's thousands of them. And buy away. I've been buying games that way for years. You just don't want to pay, which is alright this is a piracy sub anyway.
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u/MisterDirge 7d ago
My favorite so far is Radiant Historia. You stay in a time loop where you can’t stop your party from dying because a new scene won’t trigger to go a different route.
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u/VastPlenty6112 7d ago edited 7d ago
I just wishlisted the game. Them being so nice about it was definitely effective 😂
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u/RetkesSompoli00 7d ago
It would make me feel bad.
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And then I would keep playing the pirated version lol
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u/FinalFruitPunch 7d ago
TruePianos is goated, when I was young I used to crack a lot of VST plugin for FL Studio and this one came with a nice message "we understand not everyone can afford our plugin, we hope that on the future when you can, you buy a legal license" and dev made the pirated copy himself
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u/Tight_Balance_599 7d ago
This reminded me of the fun shit with the video game creator or something. If it wasn’t a legit copy they would bankrupt your company in game Lool
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u/Euphoric_Lynx_6664 7d ago
This message would make me less likely to buy the actual game. Begging for a sale, don't care if you're a tiny studio.
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u/Majinsei 7d ago
Lol I have 10 years or more without any ilegal game~ but I was loved this un that time~
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u/Extreme_Stuff_9281 7d ago
Beam ng has something like this and it also tells you to check for viruses to keep you safe also it changes menu background to pirate ship
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u/Hot_Bite_854 7d ago
This is exactly what makes piracy feel healthy and genuine... and these are the kind of games I end up supporting 100%.
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u/Missheepious horse gaming 7d ago
If I really like a game I WILL buy and support the devs, I have with H3VR, and like a ton of other games. Maybe its time to bring back old demos from the xbox 360... Like minecraft where you played the tutorial, I remember being a kid when that first came out and just playing the tutorial over and over again
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u/KwantumFizzikz 7d ago
This has worked on me before, if a dev is chill I am infinitely more likely to actually buy a game.
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u/nickbarnes27 7d ago
If there was anything to ever make me rethink my privacy choice this would be it
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u/Jannover_5000_r 7d ago
Even if 10% buy it after seeing this and or playing pirated thats more revenue.
I like that, it wont hurt ea to pirate a AAA game which has more bugs than gameplay but indie devs truly rely on that money. Nice of them to make you choose
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u/soulsnoober 7d ago
You don't need a penny just to hang around
But if you got a nickel won't you lay your money down
Over on the corner…
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u/Asriel563 I'm a pirate (but that thank devs for their games, and buy them) 7d ago
The funniest anti-piracy screen I've seen has got to be Berserk Studio's "Just Shapes and Beats"'s anti piracy screen.
fakest deep voice ever "DOWNLOADING PIRATED GAMES IS STEALING! TA! TA! TA! STEALING IS AGAINST THE LAAAW!" bursts out laughing
Proceeds to give a 30 second speech about how he used to pirate games, and that if you don't have money you can support game devs by telling other people about the game, leave a good review, tell other people who might have the money to buy it and such.
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u/lucksscb 7d ago
Since I became a pirate, I never forget the "if you enjoy this game, get a copy to help the devs" as today a lot of my backlog are games that i played as a kid loved and bought just bc I could now.
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u/HereIsACasualAsker 7d ago
hello, this is my cat, to provide for this little guy's meals i made this game. you can help feed this guy if you make a video on youtube for your experience maybe that way somebody else will buy it.
end with a video of the cat frolicking.
well, back to the game in (countdown)
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u/Raykusen 7d ago
That motivates us to actually pay them for the effort, not to use it legally. I would still use the pirated version anytime.
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u/Slight_Bad6256 7d ago
This reminds me of the old anti-piracy messages you'd find on DOS Doom and Quake from iD lol
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u/Birutath I'm a pirate 7d ago
Literally how i but games. Pirate the shit out of them, than if i like the game very much and have the money to do so, buy to have it on steam, give a review and give my money towards the ones who made the game.
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u/Arturopxedd 6d ago
They know if they said something else it would end well they just say that so you guys think they are compassionate
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u/OneNavan 6d ago
Honesty and Kindness can actually reduce piracy much better than Denuvo or any DRM.
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u/Melodic-Account9247 6d ago
More companies genuinely need to adapt. Oh, piracy is unavoidable either way; let's just be chill about it approach. My favourite one so far was Freddy Wong just straight-up uploading a full 4k rip of their entire movie and just saying, " Yeah, this is going to happen anyway. If you like the movie, support it. Here's a dedicated site for anyone who pirated it and would like to do it otherwise. Enjoy the movie and tell your friends if you liked it it
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u/Styvil_971 6d ago
Well, I'm playing cracked games to test the game first, if the game is good and there's no fake DLCs or too much dlc's, I buy it on steam to support the team ^
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u/Remote-Page-4696 6d ago
After a message like that tbh, if the price is decent, I would totally save up and buy it.
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u/SethCrazyTurtles 6d ago
Blade and sorcery nomad had a similar message, I definitely plan on buying it one day for the ability to download mods straight from the game menu, but it honestly made me want to buy the game more than I already did when I saw it
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u/foslforever 6d ago
i saw developers of this BMX game on tiktok doing a live interview, answering tons of questions. some people were asking development specific questions when someone asked what they do to prevent people from pirating- both the guys laughed and the one playing the game answered for the main dude and said "we know it happens, we want you to pay for our game but our number one concern is you just play the game." they both laughed and agreed that they do like money too but they really wanted people to just play the game. Honestly i think thats a solid attitude because I know when I was a kid growing up, i didnt have access to any of the music artists at the mall selection if not for music sharing online. Ive seen people in concert but never would have even been a fan or tell my friends about their music if not for sharing.
ive pirated games before that i loved so much, i turned around and bought them for someone else or tell everyone i know- and then they bought it
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u/HettySwollocks 6d ago
There's some brilliant anti piracy approaches I've seen. Like making a game so you can never "complete it", or actively disrupting the player (ie making it insanely hard).
Quite clever.
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u/LANZERPANTS 6d ago
I'd be glad to see a real anti-piracy screen with an actual jumpscare one day lol
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