I propose a new rule.

[hankchill]

I've seen quite a few topics around the board in different areas asking 'Has this game been dumped yet'. To be honest, it's annoying. Whatever happened to the rule 'We do not condone piracy in any way"? By discussing if a game has been dumped yet is indirectly supporting piracy, only because we're letting people know that these games are now available for them to steal. I'm sure someone would argue that G-Online had the same purpose, but G-Online is a release archive of what's available, and it doesn't tell the future of 'when a game is released' or open discussion as to how to pirate said game.

The problem with topics being created like this is that the original poster's intent is to be stealing the game, which apparently we don't condone, and discussions about stealing the game should be NO different at all. I feel that if we are going to be talking about a game, we should take ABOUT it and not about PIRATING it. That topic about 'when the GRID rom will be released' is disturbing because it's filled with 12 year olds who are constantly hitting Refresh waiting for a new game to pop up for them to steal, with them posting 'is it available?' or 'has it been dumped?' or 'omg I want this game soo badly why is it not dumped yet!?' If they want it so badly, they can get their parents to buy it. I'm just sick of seeing topics like this, and I'm sure a lot of other people are too, which is why we need to put a stop to it, and not allow people to discuss the pirating of a game.

End rant.

 

[xJonny]

Agreed with Satangel, since anticipation for a game's official release date is not (always) the same as the date that it is dumped.

Also, may be wise to post in the rules if you really want to know if something's been dumped yet, visit the g-online/Release portal section

 

[Sephi]

I totally agree with you, Hankchill.

This rule would be a great idea.

 

[CockroachMan]

Agreed. Asking when the rom is coming out and why it's not out is annoying and pointless since no one knows the answer..

Also agree that there's no problem anticipating a game's launch..

 

[deathfisaro]

Yup, anticipation thread is for the game's release, not for the dump.

The only annoying situation I got in was when a game was released half a globe across, but didn't get a dump. If I order international shipping, dump is gonna pop up when the shipment is in the middle of Pacific Ocean. Not much of a big deal if the game is up to the expectations though I guess.

 

[Rayder]

Kinda strange to say this site should not discuss pirated material when it lists all the Ninty games that are ready for pirating. By your logic, GBAtemp should remove the release lists since they are releases directly related to piracy.

Yes, I understand that asking when a ROM will be released or where to get them are stupid noob things to ask, but this entire site basically centers around the grey area of piracy, so those types of questions ARE to be expected, I would think.

I say things are fine as they are and the mods already handle the issues properly.

 

[Salamantis]

You got my vote, but I do think that topics like this one should be allowed.
This topic is just for hyping and discussing the game, and I like those topics.
They are very informative and handy

But every post with 'has it been dumped yet?' in topics, should be deleted.

Agreed.
Someone should also make some kind of little form that you enter with many options on what a flashcart can do, price, etc etc (little yes/no questions) and submitting shows you the best flashcart for what you need.

 

[Raestloz]

Someone should also make some kind of little form that you enter with many options on what a flashcart can do, price, etc etc (little yes/no questions) and submitting shows you the best flashcart for what you need.

Agreed for this one, very helpful indeed, now, the only problem is who will make the form and maintain it.

And about the "is it dumped yet?" thread, well. IDK, I mean, GBATemp.net revolves around ROMs, almost everybody (if not evrybody) here has ROM and flashcart.

The best move would be this:
Post a topic and quickly close it and sticky it. The topic title would be:
Title: If you're wondering whether a game has been dumped or not
Sub-title: look for NDS releases sub-forum, the ones listed there should be already dumped

that works as a banner that tells any n00b that wishes to post "is it dumped yet?" where to look and not to post new topic

 

[MC DUI]

I agree that threads asking about ROM dump timeframes are super annoying, but I can't agree with a lot of the other points in this thread...

What do you people think is the purpose of these forums? If I didn't need information on how to get my EZFA running on my GBA I wouldn't have even registered, yet people are posting that this sort of thing shouldn't be allowed...

 

[DeMoN]

I agree that threads asking about ROM dump timeframes are super annoying, but I can't agree with a lot of the other points in this thread...

What do you people think is the purpose of these forums? If I didn't need information on how to get my EZFA running on my GBA I wouldn't have even registered, yet people are posting that this sort of thing shouldn't be allowed...

Exactly. Even though these types of topics are annoying, it's what sets us apart from a lot of other gaming forums out there, especially GameFAQs (as I mentioned before).