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Article #93792

Re: Get free full versions of PC games!!!

#93792
From: ble...
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 00:00
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Stefan wrote:

> >>Actually they are anything but free.  By STEALING these games you
> drive the
> >>prices up in the long run for those of us who PAY for our games.  If
> you
> >>must STEAL please do so in a place where PROSECUTION is possible.
> Maybe if
> >
> >Not that I endorse Piracy or anything, but why do you say it's
> >'anything but free'?
> >
> >The people that Pirate software will most likely continue pirating
> >software.  Price doesn't effect them.
>
> I'm a huge advocate for pirating software. I am one of the
> (supposedly) many who try before we buy. I've gone through games like
> MDK and Redneck Rampage, and personally, they stink. Sure, there were
> a few new ideas, but they had no replay value. Quake, on the other
> hand, is a great game, and that's why I bought it last week.
> There used to be some kind of telnet BBS that had a try-before-you-buy
>
> concept and you had 24 hours to try the full game before you deleted
> it. If that were extended to two or three days, I think it's a great
> idea.
>
> Pirating doesn't mean you're cheap (Usually, I don't support the
> idiots who just suck up everything they can because they 'can'), it
> means you want to know what you're buying.

 Gee, seems to me there are things called DEMOS that do the same thing
and aren't ILLEGAL!

James LeMosy
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From: "ble...@netins.net" <ble...@netins.net>
Subject: Re: Get free full versions of PC games!!!
Date: 1997/09/30
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