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<blockquote data-quote="The Catboy" data-source="post: 5141806" data-attributes="member: 202697"><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">1. How do you describe a gamer?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><strong>An individual who enjoys gaming as a </strong></span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">routine hobby.</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">2. What exactly do you consider as gaming piracy/who do you consider as a pirate?</span></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">Downloading copies of copyrighted materiel for any number of reasons and a pirate is the individual doing so. </span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">3. Why do you think some gamers pirate/turn to piracy? Why is that the reason?</span></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">There's a number of reasons really, one of the most common being money. Games have started to cost upwards to 60$ to 70$ where I live and not a lot of people have that kind of money. Mix it with a gaming market that has started to produce games of questionable quality and you have people don't want to pay 60$ for a game that might not be very good.</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">4. Do you consider a pirate an authentic gamer? Why should this pirate belong or not belong to the gamer subculture?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><strong>In sense, they are still enjoying their games and more often then not, they pirated the games to enjoy them, so they are still gamers. They should belong, because the gamer subculture shouldn't be so willing to exclude someone.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">6. Are there any beliefs or ideologies about gaming that differ from gamers and pirate gamers?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><strong>I actually don't think there's a whole lot different. </strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">7. Could piracy affect gamers as a whole?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><strong>It can be used as reason for game prices to go up, as well could in a small run effect the quantity/quality of games being released on a system. So that does have an effect on gamers.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">8. Do you dislike or like gaming piracy? Explain.</span></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">I'm on the fence. Because I understand the complications piracy creates, but at the same time it's because of piracy that I was exposed to some of my favorite games of all time. Because I didn't have to pay for them, I was willing to take the risk and play them. Now I own all of games the Shin Megami Tensei games and Phoenix Wright, two games I've seen before, but wasn't willing to pay their large price tags. So I want to dislike it for the damages to the market, but then I want to thank it for introducing me to games I would have never tried.</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">9. What connotations have gamers been associated with as a result of gamer pirates’ practices?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><strong>I've heard terrorism has been funded through piracy, so there's that connection. </strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">10. Has piracy ever played a role in building a relationship/bond with another gamer in your lifetime? Could you tell us about the experience? If not, do you think it’s possible? Why?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><strong>Actually yes, after meeting my boyfriend, I had pirated games so I could play with him online. I didn't have a lot of money and I was still in school, I met a boy online and we both enjoyed gaming. He had tons of DS games, I didn't, so I would pirate them and that allowed us to game together. I know we still would have built a relationship, but the games helped us and piracy was there to provide the games. </strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">11. Does piracy play a role in gamer relationships? How?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><strong>If you use my example I just gave, I think it can. It helped me get games to play with my boyfriend. </strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">12. Are your bonds stronger with gamers than they are with others in your life? Why? What is the foundation of this gamer-gamer relationship? Are any of these gamers pirates?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><strong>Since 90% of the people I know are gamers, I guess I would say my bonds are stronger with them. Why? Oddly enough, I didn't know they were gamers until later, so I guess it's just an unspoken bond, something that just happens. My foundation is just based on enjoying hanging out and gaming becomes the middle man to that. Some are pirates. </strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">13. Who do you believe shapes a bigger percentage of gamer population: pirates or gamers?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><strong>That's a mixed bag of thoughts. If you include music, movies, tv shows, ect. pirates into the bag, pirates win over gamers. But otherwise, gaming pirates are a rather small community within another community, so I say Gamers are a larger percentage. </strong></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Catboy, post: 5141806, member: 202697"] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman]1. How do you describe a gamer? [B]An individual who enjoys gaming as a [/B][/FONT][/SIZE][B][SIZE=3][FONT=times new roman]routine hobby.[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=3][FONT=times new roman]2. What exactly do you consider as gaming piracy/who do you consider as a pirate?[/FONT][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=times new roman]Downloading copies of copyrighted materiel for any number of reasons and a pirate is the individual doing so. [/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=3][FONT=times new roman]3. Why do you think some gamers pirate/turn to piracy? Why is that the reason?[/FONT][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=times new roman]There's a number of reasons really, one of the most common being money. Games have started to cost upwards to 60$ to 70$ where I live and not a lot of people have that kind of money. Mix it with a gaming market that has started to produce games of questionable quality and you have people don't want to pay 60$ for a game that might not be very good.[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman]4. Do you consider a pirate an authentic gamer? Why should this pirate belong or not belong to the gamer subculture? [B]In sense, they are still enjoying their games and more often then not, they pirated the games to enjoy them, so they are still gamers. They should belong, because the gamer subculture shouldn't be so willing to exclude someone.[/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman]6. Are there any beliefs or ideologies about gaming that differ from gamers and pirate gamers? [B]I actually don't think there's a whole lot different. [/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman]7. Could piracy affect gamers as a whole? [B]It can be used as reason for game prices to go up, as well could in a small run effect the quantity/quality of games being released on a system. So that does have an effect on gamers.[/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=times new roman]8. Do you dislike or like gaming piracy? Explain.[/FONT][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=times new roman]I'm on the fence. Because I understand the complications piracy creates, but at the same time it's because of piracy that I was exposed to some of my favorite games of all time. Because I didn't have to pay for them, I was willing to take the risk and play them. Now I own all of games the Shin Megami Tensei games and Phoenix Wright, two games I've seen before, but wasn't willing to pay their large price tags. So I want to dislike it for the damages to the market, but then I want to thank it for introducing me to games I would have never tried.[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman]9. What connotations have gamers been associated with as a result of gamer pirates’ practices? [B]I've heard terrorism has been funded through piracy, so there's that connection. [/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman]10. Has piracy ever played a role in building a relationship/bond with another gamer in your lifetime? Could you tell us about the experience? If not, do you think it’s possible? Why? [B]Actually yes, after meeting my boyfriend, I had pirated games so I could play with him online. I didn't have a lot of money and I was still in school, I met a boy online and we both enjoyed gaming. He had tons of DS games, I didn't, so I would pirate them and that allowed us to game together. I know we still would have built a relationship, but the games helped us and piracy was there to provide the games. [/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman]11. Does piracy play a role in gamer relationships? How? [B]If you use my example I just gave, I think it can. It helped me get games to play with my boyfriend. [/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman]12. Are your bonds stronger with gamers than they are with others in your life? Why? What is the foundation of this gamer-gamer relationship? Are any of these gamers pirates? [B]Since 90% of the people I know are gamers, I guess I would say my bonds are stronger with them. Why? Oddly enough, I didn't know they were gamers until later, so I guess it's just an unspoken bond, something that just happens. My foundation is just based on enjoying hanging out and gaming becomes the middle man to that. Some are pirates. [/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][FONT=times new roman]13. Who do you believe shapes a bigger percentage of gamer population: pirates or gamers? [B]That's a mixed bag of thoughts. If you include music, movies, tv shows, ect. pirates into the bag, pirates win over gamers. But otherwise, gaming pirates are a rather small community within another community, so I say Gamers are a larger percentage. [/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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