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Michael M. Eilers wrote:
> 
> In article <34319da4...@news.intergate.bc.ca>, ste...@cent.org 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.
> 
> Interesting theory. So I suppose you put 10,000 miles on a car before you
> buy it, just to see if it will last? Or perhaps you eat your food before
> paying for it, to see if it was good, and then puke it up and eat it again
> after you have paid. And of course before you pay for that life insurance
> policy, you're going to have to die a few times to make sure it will pay
> off. I know a few software companies and programmers who would love to
> help out on that last part...

I think that the person with the 2-3 days idea is actually not that
stupid.  It's not like it's putting 10,000 miles, because it doesn't
hurt the software.  I know that the game companies wouldn't approve of
it, and I am not one of those people who do this, but some people are
very picky about the games they get, and need to try it out first.  I
prefer to play a demo (I *usually*, not always, but usually, don't buy a
game without playing a demo).  Sometimes when I don't play a demo, it
still has paid off (warcraft 2) but some games don't have demos for some
reason.  I think all games should have some kind of a shareware
version.  Now I am getting very boring and I'm blabbing out crap so I'll
shut up now.