rom site shut down

[adgloride]

I've rarely got roms from websites. Romnation I think I used at one time to get some mame roms. I don't know how they could afford to pay for all the bandwidth the site used. Usenet at the moment hasn't been targeted.

 

[strummer12]

That was my main site-amazing speeds too. damn it. No way I'm using bittorent with crap files uploaded by stupid noobs. I'd use usenet if I didn't have to pay for it (used to be free for me). The romulation was just awesome...I have another great site like that, but it mostly deals with MAME-Better than DS shit games anyways.

 

[cubin']

2.1MB/sec is wot i get from usenet (not that i use it to download roms lol)

so let me get this straight. you think any website asking for donations for servers and bandwidth should be shut down but you pay for usenet?

....

 

[hollabackitsobi]

lulz self own.

 

[becker2384]

 

[adgloride]

2.1MB/sec is wot i get from usenet (not that i use it to download roms lol)



so let me get this straight. you think any website asking for donations for servers and bandwidth should be shut down but you pay for usenet?

....

I doubt a website would have 1% of the files that usenet has to offer.

 

[Hiratai]

2.1MB/sec is wot i get from usenet (not that i use it to download roms lol)



so let me get this straight. you think any website asking for donations for servers and bandwidth should be shut down but you pay for usenet?

....

I doubt a website would have 1% of the files that usenet has to offer.

I seriously can't believe you just said that.

 

[cubin']

The point is he thinks all rom sites that ask for donations should be shutdown while paying money for usenet to get roms. It's not like you had to donate..I know I never did. Not trying to be an arsehole I just think it's a little hypocritical.

 

[DaDAM]

Don't know if you guys know, but romulation is still kinda up. Its only hosting the 2 latest rom so far which are Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and Dementium. Heres what Seph said:

"Heh, we still have the servers so I figured I might as well make the best of it while it's still there."

 

[Little]

Usenet is different though, its a service and function of the internet... it's not owned by a particular person. You pay for the use of bandwidth and accessing the server. and there are legal uses of usenet as well.

I'd say good for Nintendo regarding having successful shut downs and raids of pirates.

If you owned a business, and people were so blatantly pirating your products you'd want something done.
This whole demoing shit is BS. hardly any one who pirates then goes on to buy the actual game. yeah there are exceptions but its the minority.

I think the problem is that people see pirating as almost as right. Like people were trying to say that Nintendo didn't have the legal right to "brick" a wii (or stop it playing games) if it had a mod chip in. (which as it happens they technically do).

 

[amptor]

lol since when is blatant piracy unfair to consumers


well I think I came across this site before, still can do a quick google search for more roms if that's how you get them. personally I find it just convenient when being too lazy.

 

[Hiratai]

Usenet is different though, its a service and function of the internet... it's not owned by a particular person. You pay for the use of bandwidth and accessing the server. and there are legal uses of usenet as well.

I'd say good for Nintendo regarding having successful shut downs and raids of pirates.

If you owned a business, and people were so blatantly pirating your products you'd want something done.
This whole demoing shit is BS. hardly any one who pirates then goes on to buy the actual game. yeah there are exceptions but its the minority.

I think the problem is that people see pirating as almost as right. Like people were trying to say that Nintendo didn't have the legal right to "brick" a wii (or stop it playing games) if it had a mod chip in. (which as it happens they technically do).

I just want to take this time to say that I love you.

 

[cubin']

Usenet is different though, its a service and function of the internet... it's not owned by a particular person. You pay for the use of bandwidth and accessing the server. and there are legal uses of usenet as well.

Yes, usenet is different. I know it can be used for legal stuff but you're all using it for roms.

The point I'm trying to make is:

1. Use website for roms (donate if you like = server costs and bandwidth)

 

[Hiratai]

Why did people stop using Demonoid?

 

[Moots]

Everyone downloads movies/roms/music for the same reason, the rediculously high price we are forced to pay for entertainment.

Everything but am/fm radio has seen stupidly high price increases in the last 10-15 years.

20 bucks for a movie? Which is just a half ass rip off off countless movies before it. If its original, or something I have been waiting years for (transformers for example) I am always willing to purchase it, but 90 percent of what comes out on DVD these days is utter crap.`In theatres its even worse 13 bucks a ticket to take my 3 year old to see a kids movie? 23 dollars to see it once! Plus a kids snacky deal. Small drink, small popcorn and a tiny bag of nibs SIX Dollars! 30 bucks to see a movie, we don't see alot of them, in part because of the price, and because we both prefer the park, but when I do wanna take my little guy to the movies, I have to fork over the equivalent of a weeks worth of groceries for the 2 of us.

Music? Man 20 bucks for a cd, maybe what 1 or 2 decent songs? Screw that. These aren't they days where you could buy a record and the whole thing was quality(Vinyl is still the greatest), now its make a catchy tune, just one is needed and fill the rest of the album with junk.

Video games...hah possibly the worst offender. Hundreds upon hundreds of mediocre games get the stupid high price tag. I am in Canada so its even worse. DS game 50 bones. PC game 60 bucks. 360 games 75 and up after taxes. Orange box was a really good deal, stil 75 after taxes but you get what 5 games? thats 20 bucks a game, a solid deal. I buy a handful of games, and it costs me more than the console.

I have owned every EA NHL game ever made, I think its like 15 years now. 15 years at 50-75 dollars a piece, that is close to a grand. I have probably spent in the last 15 years, close to 1700 in games. (Football, and Hockey mostly). That is outrageous.

I can't say piracy is right, but niether is the price people are forced to pay for entertainment.

 

[KizunaIatari]

I can't say piracy is right, but niether is the price people are forced to pay for entertainment.

You are absolutely right. I have like 20 PSP games, 10 360 games, 11 DS games, god only knows how many game boy games(from pocket to advance), and a bazillion(not an actually figure

) DVDs.

All for the insane price that they try to pass off as cheap, affordable. Hah, I scoff at you, entertainment companies of the world. We all spend small fortune on you!

 

[Doggy124]

When I buy DS, I buy three games with it then realize that three DS games cost enough to get another PSP.

 

[myclock]

When I buy DS, I buy three games with it then realize that three DS games cost enough to get another PSP.

that is so true. i spent almost one thousand dollars on my psp... and then i sold it. what a waste.. shouldn't have gotten the psp in the first place

 

[lostsoulktash]

DS games are the worst i assume. They have no "Greatest Hits" titles out there and yet you still see Mario Kart DS on the shelf for the original price when it launched and it's been out for the longest time.

They lower the price of the console but what about the games???!!!

Oh shit, the DS got a price cut I'm going to get one...

It's like a lure mechanism. Make the console cheaper but make the games more expensive hence cover the cost of the price cut.

That's bullshit.

 

[enarky]

DS doesn't have "Greatest Hits" Titles, but it does have the cheapest games out there. Bin titles go for 10 EUR here, most of the older games don't cost more than 20 EUR and the newest ones go for less than 40 EUR.

"Bullshit" is the argument you're trying to make.