Garry's Mod Pirates Get Stung
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This does make me wonder how he would have implemented a graphics problem that occurs only on pirated copies in the first place. Any guesses?
EDIT: Wait - if I got this right, it only says there's a graphics issue but it actually just refuses to boot, so no doing loopy things with the graphics engine. Did I get that right?
EDIT: Wait - if I got this right, it only says there's a graphics issue but it actually just refuses to boot, so no doing loopy things with the graphics engine. Did I get that right?
I like it. I'm always on the side of not screwing your customers as you hunt for pirates, and this is a good simple solution. Somebody reports the error code and it's easy enough to check whether or not they have the game. The only potential shortcoming is people using the system maliciously to call other people who have the game pirates, but as long as they're cross referencing it with a list of people who have it they're fine.
Bravo!
Bravo!
Nothing is stopping them.sir.rutthed said:
But in the grand scheme of things, this is justice without getting to overzealous and filing lawsuits against those who pirated the game.
1) Some forum communities become rather tight-knit and banning them kinda turns them away from a social avenue they likely enjoyed greatly. (Look at the Escapists "groups" or "clubs")
2) It serves as a badge of dishonor. Some won't care, but theres a difference still from privately being a pirate and publicly being marked as one on your account.
If it were up to me, I would allow a means for those banned to do so. But to stop my company from wasting its resources I would add the stipulation that in those cases where it is proven the person pirated the game, I get $20...dagens24 said:
I should probably get that game sometime but good on him for tricking them!
The_root_of_all_evil said:
The Doctor knows what's going on.
Geez, Gary Newman is like frickin Batman. Now THAT was an epicly laid trap. Kudos, my good man.
And to all the pirates out there who will whine about this, I say only this:
And to all the pirates out there who will whine about this, I say only this:
I like this, but I don't.
It just seems so close to phishing that it's hard to say it's right.
Busting pirates:cool
Posing as support to gain user information: not so much
It just seems so close to phishing that it's hard to say it's right.
Busting pirates:cool
Posing as support to gain user information: not so much
pirating a $10 game? really? then going on legitimate forums to get support for it? LOL
although i have to say caring about someone pirating your $10 game this long after its been released is a little silly too
although i have to say caring about someone pirating your $10 game this long after its been released is a little silly too