Did You Know...

[BTGBullseye]

Did you know that you're only coming through in waves, and that your lips move, but I can't hear what you're saying?

[Srake]

Did you know you can't hear text?

[BTGBullseye]

Did you know that together we stand divided we fall?

 

Also... Parted, but associated we sit?

[Bjossi]

Did you know that we may some day (already?) start eating nutrition extracted from sewer mud?

[BTGBullseye]

Did you know that Disturbed is the only band that I have never pirated music from, yet have 3 of their albums?

[Brad]

Did you know that I'm never going to pirate anything, since the original creators lose income because of it?

[Bjossi]

That is not necessarily true. Copying data is a neutral action and the data itself has no tangible value at all. If you stole a physical copy from a retailer you would only cause the retailer financial harm, since the publisher and (indirectly) developer already got their money's worth for that copy when it was part of a larger shipment bought by the retailer. You can only talk about a lost sale if the person in question would buy a legit copy but instead chose to pirate it and never buy it out of certain principle or protest. Including those who would not spend money on a game even if it was DRM-free and cost $1 in the potential customer list is as idiotic as saying entire mankind is a potential customer and talk about a failure if only 7 million out of 7 billion sales were made.

 

So download a game for free to your heart's content, as long as you buy it later on any ways nobody has a reason to complain about financial damage except suits who live on copyright violations.

 

I should say that I am only writing down how I believe things work. Actual numbers need to be gathered with thorough research. It would be interesting to see how many people pirate instead of buying to protest something (lost sales) versus those who do it because they don't care and would never put a penny towards a proper copy (neutral passer-bys).

 

Did you know that publishing companies can not see reality from all their money blocking the view?

[Brad]

Actually, there is an page on the RIAA's website stating various ways piracy can affect economies, with the U.S. losing 12.5 billion dollars a year.

http://www.riaa.com/physicalpiracy.php?content_selector=piracy_details_online

But that's only music. I guess it goes the same for games, movies and other forms of entertainment.

[Blue]

Did you know that publishing companies can not see reality from all their money blocking the view?

Did you know that man-hours spent in the creation of digital content is worth real-world dollars?

Turns out this is how video games are made, and why they cost money, even if they don't make something physical.

 

However it's not very well covered in many national or international laws, since there is no standard as to how much effort equates to how much content. The dispairity is also rather staggering for time vs. income, such as comparing time spent making Minecraft vs. income of Minecreaft against time spent making Haze vs. income of Haze.

[Bjossi]

I never said data has no value, I said it has no tangible value, unless you like stroking the surface of your hard disk drive's platters.

 

Prices are a problem in the mainstream gaming industry though, and monopolies like EA are not exactly moral compasses. Isn't it just hilariously convenient how games like codblops stay around the full price much longer than what you would expect from lesser known titles? The discounts of mainstream titles are also laughable and stand out during Steam's crazy sales. Crysis 2 was pulled off Steam recently and EA "supposedly" have turned it into an Origin (Their new download service.) exclusive. You know what happened during that transition? EA added some more quid to the already absurd price tag. Right now you can buy a new and sealed retail copy of the game from Amazon for less than half of the price EA want for it. And you know what the bottom line is? You are paying a fuckton of money for a product that has a limited license (Activations, reliance on external server for the product to work.), no quality assurance (Dead Space is a very buggy game yet not a single patch was released.), and likely has malware on it (This malware will never, ever be removed even years after the pirates crack the lock which usually takes no more than hours or days after or before the game's launch.) that is absurdly well integrated into your computer once installed and can in rare circumstances damage it.

 

Money making/profit is of course very important, but you do not need excessive prices and playing with your loyal customers like fish to get your hands over it.

 

Actually, there is an page on the RIAA's website stating various ways piracy can affect economies

 

It can probably be reduced a bit by getting rid of all the annoying region locks used by digital distribution services. Other than that I see little reason to pirate music as it is pretty cheap, easily available legally and most of the time DRM free. Guess a lot of people just know no shame and don't think about the hard work that goes into making music (and other forms of digital entertainment.). I am not sure about it but in my mind it seems like a better idea to try and change the pirates' mindsets than trying to put draconian protective measures on your product.

[alphabetagamma]

Did you know that this thread is on the verge of derailment?

[Srake]

Did you know It had already derailed when they started talking about my Porn collection?

[Brad]

Did you know I'm sorry for bringing it up in the first place, and that we should get back on topic about discussing random things?

[BTGBullseye]

Did you know that I won't ever buy another game without pirating it first?

[Bjossi]

Did you know that thanks to near extinction of PC demos that is often the only way to find out how a game plays like before spending a lot of money on it?

[Blue]

"Bad beer rots our young guts but vodka goes well – get some now" is the phrase many electricians use to remember the color coding for Resistors. You simply remember the phrase, and the code follows right after due to its simplicity, following the first letter of each word, and then the colors that start with that letter.

 

Black - 0 significant figures

Brown - 1

Red - 2

Orange - 3

Yellow - 4

Green -5

Blue - 6

Violet - 7

Gray - 8

White - 9

-

Gold - 5% tolerance

Silver - 10% tolerance

None - 20% tolerance

[BTGBullseye]

Did you know that 8-bit Pink Floyd songs are almost as awesome as the originals?

[Alyxx Thorne]

Did you know that 8-bit Pink Floyd songs are almost as awesome as the originals?

Yes, my good sir, I do know that.

 

Did you know that Mario is really from Brooklyn?

[BTGBullseye]

Quite...

 

Did you know that I love the movie, even though it seems like everyone else hates it?

[Alyxx Thorne]

No, I did not know that. I think it's an okay movie, and I love Dennis Hopper in it. It just about has as much to do with Mario as the Super Mario Brothers Super Show does though.

 

Did you know the Earth is not really flat?