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What's your history with pirating games?

  • I've never pirated in my life, and I think it's a terrible thing

    Votes: 3 2.9%

  • I've never pirated in my life, but I have no problem with people who do it

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I'm considering pirating

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I used to pirate

    Votes: 7 6.8%

  • I currently pirate and I see no problem with it

    Votes: 55 53.4%

  • I currently pirate, but would like to stop

    Votes: 15 14.6%

  • I pirate, but only legacy games or to test new games before I buy them

    Votes: 23 22.3%
  • Total voters
    103
Just Another Gamer said:
Ah thats cool altgough you're limited to 18 which might get annoying later on. But yea I agree with GBA its much harder. I remember when I actualy had GBA games it was a pain to carry them in my bag going places but now i'm so happy with all the GBA games I love on my phone...good times..
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Shirley eighteen is more than enough. Honestly who is insane enough to want to carry a large number of their game collection?
 
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Just Another Gamer said:
Ah thats cool altgough you're limited to 18 which might get annoying later on. But yea I agree with GBA its much harder. I remember when I actualy had GBA games it was a pain to carry them in my bag going places but now i'm so happy with all the GBA games I love on my phone...good times..
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I don't buy games that often, especially for handhelds, so I doubt I'll fill more than 2 of those cases at most (I hope it goes back on Club Nintendo soon, it's been gone for a while). But for some people, I can see why that would be a problem.

My phone actually used to be the main way I gamed a couple years ago (playing GBA, SNES, and GBC, using my keyboard for input, before switching to a game-gripper and eventually iControlPad). But I've gotten tired of dealing with a multi-featured non-gaming-dedicated device for games. If I play a game, I just want to sit there without having to worry about pausing to check a text message, or facebook, or a phone call, etc. At the very least if I play on my 3DS or GBA, I can still answer the phone or send a text while the game is still running.
Just Another Gamer said:
Well my SCDS2 disagrees since I got more than 18 games on that. I had about 20 or something.
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I think his point is, how many of those games do you honestly play on a single outing? Sure, you have 20 with you, but you probably play what, 2-4 at most?
 
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xwatchmanx said:
I don't buy games that often, especially for handhelds, so I doubt I'll fill more than 2 of those cases at most (I hope it goes back on Club Nintendo soon, it's been gone for a while). But for some people, I can see why that would be a problem.

My phone actually used to be the main way I gamed a couple years ago (playing GBA, SNES, and GBC, using my keyboard for input, before switching to a game-gripper and eventually iControlPad). But I've gotten tired of dealing with a multi-featured non-gaming-dedicated device for games. If I play a game, I just want to sit there without having to worry about pausing to check a text message, or facebook, or a phone call, etc. At the very least if I play on my 3DS or GBA, I can still answer the phone or send a text while the game is still running.

I think his point is, how many of those games do you honestly play on a single outing? Sure, you have 20 with you, but you probably play what, 2-4 at most?
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Well thats fortunate otherwise if your like me it would've ran out of space pretty quickly.

I don't really have to worry about that at all since those things hardly happen to me so I usually can get a good gaming session on my phone before someone calling me. It helps if your offline so no on bothers you.

Well I do find it convenient to have them on hand in case I feel like playing them. Is not I want to play the same game each time I mean I was playing through HoshiMemo but I felt like playing something else now for a change of pace.
 
Have not read all 9 pages (yes call me a hypocrite but that's not the point here) but just wondering if I am the only guy who "supports" the companies by getting related merchandise while pirating?

Like artbooks, soundtrack CDs, figurines, etc. I do buy games from time to time. And anyone who knows me well enough will know that I am a sucker for limited edition stuff especially if it includes some physical bonus (such as the VLR watches) or special edition consoles.... well at least I used to until I saw the recent 3DS XL ones :\

Obviously, I pirate. And I do feel bad about it. Not wanting to start a flame war but with all due respect, I do not agree with pirates who claim that it is perfectly alright and tries to justify it to not having money while claiming it to be their right in that sense. And gloat and be arrogant about it to boot. THAT's what ticks me off the most. But I digress.
 
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Just Another Gamer said:
Ah sorry I guess I misread. But don't you find it hard having to carry around all your games if your travelling?
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that's why even though i own the carts (or disks for that case)
i usually run the roms, specially if i have to go somewhere, i just take the one thing with the roms.
that and for backing up my saves.
 
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suppow said:
that's why even though i own the carts (or disks for that case)
i usually run the roms, specially if i have to go somewhere, i just take the one thing with the roms.
that and for backing up my saves.
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Isn't there a special flash device that allows you to transfer saves between official carts, and flash carts?
 
xwatchmanx said:
Isn't there a special flash device that allows you to transfer saves between official carts, and flash carts?
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there are, but the convenience/inconvenience in doing that varies from platform to platform.
like GBA savs are easy to transfer if you have a DS/DSL, but with just a GBA it gets tricky.
not to mention other systems. lol

edit: if you meant the Retrode, i think it's freaking awesome, but i thought we were talking about other methods
 
I pirate.... I don't care yet I still need to stop... It's hard to explain I mostly grab those tv episodes and cartoons for my 2yr old son cause I don't have a DVR but that's no excuse stilll.

Well I've tried in the past and it's an addiction and well I was only able to go 4 months before I started again and ended up DL 200+GB that month.... so yeah... Piracy is an addiction and should be considered a disability like like fat people being well obese.
 
xwatchmanx said:
I'm not so sure I would take it THAT far...
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That's suppose to be like a serious joke. A truth to laugh at but I'm serious I only get on the PC to download stuff even if it's free lol...... Is that not the same concept as when a obese person eats just cause they feel the need? Not cause they have a thyroid problem or some rare health issue? Just think about it.
 
kylster said:
That's suppose to be like a serious joke. A truth to laugh at but I'm serious I only get on the PC to download stuff even if it's free lol...... Is that not the same concept as when a obese person eats just cause they feel the need? Not cause they have a thyroid problem or some rare health issue? Just think about it.
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I mean, it can be an addiction, yeah, but I don't think it's a disability. Likewise, I don't think an obese person has a "disability" of eating too much. In both cases, the people have complete control over their decisions just like anyone else. Unless of course the pirate has kleptomania or something similar.
 
xwatchmanx said:
I mean, it can be an addiction, yeah, but I don't think it's a disability. Likewise, I don't think an obese person has a "disability" of eating too much. In both cases, the people have complete control over their decisions just like anyone else. Unless of course the pirate has kleptomania or something similar.
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I have to agree with you but if they can get away with it why can't we?
 

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