To all the saints in this forum who keep on rambling on how bad it is that the "o so naughty" people that download cracked versions are punishing the little Jezusses you apparently are : GET A LIFE! We are ALL sinners! Haven't you ever done something wrong yourself? Repent now that you still can before the hellish fire of the heretic demons will destroy your hypocritical soul. etc...etc...but to get to the point :
Yes : it is not very nice to download cracked games, very unjust towards the developers.
BUT : it is a BAD idea to use a CP that requires you to have the original CD in the CD-drive. The game-cd's are usually of such a crappy quality that they get broken if you leave them to long in the drive. It's almost CRIMINAL to use this kind of a system.
Now, concerning playing cracked/hacked/copied games : I have rarely bought a game that I didn't try out before. Usually by playing the demo and sometimes by downloading cracked CD-images. In 95% of the cases I played something like 2-3 hours before deciding to send it to the recycle-bin. In the 5% of the cases I continued the game till the end I also bought it just to have the manual and to be able to download the latest patches (actually I also think that the developers really deserved the fact that I bought the game). In general this means that the money I have to spend on games goes to the people who deserve it the most, those who have created a little marvel that belongs in my CD-rack, instead of spending it on shitty games who seem to have a nice cover and a huge marketing machine behind them.
I know it's wrong what I do when I download cracked games from the net but at least I confess it and tell you the reasons why (good or not). Apparently I seem to be the only one here. Shame on me, shame on me...he who is without sin can throw the first virtual stone.
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