Do not send someone se4.exe

Stockman · #1 February 15th, 2001, 03:05 AM

I Agree as I just lost what I thought was a good friend of mine. He got a cd writer as a gift and for months I have been bragging to him about SV4. He wanted to copy it and says that he is at a lost as to why I said no to him. He is a steady gamer who has been playing for years,yet he does not ,to me want to protect our great hobby.

Malkuth · #2 February 15th, 2001, 04:45 AM

Hey You guys take this pretty good, the guys on The B-17 2 board really take Pirates and Warez guys to the store

. I mean if someone comes with an Excuse like my dog ate the manual then boy you better duck LOL

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Then they have the nerve to tell us we are losers for buying it

rdouglass · #3 February 15th, 2001, 03:19 PM

I just never could understand how those guys think they're right. IMO, how would MM ever justify developing SE4 if they only sold 2 copies of SE3 and everyone else just copied it.

Tell 'em to move to China where pirating is "overlooked". Then MAYBE they would have a little ground to stand on...

nmoppa · #4 February 15th, 2001, 08:58 PM

If you look at the game in general with all it's fantastic and changeable features, it's almost infinite possibilities to adjust it very easily to your own taste, the time and effort Aaron spends to make the game all the time better, what " commercial competitors" dare to bring on the market and charge for it, what a fantastic ratio between price and what you get for it:

NOBODY in the world should have a comfortable sleep using an illegal copy of any game or program, but if you would illegally copy this indeed BEST EVER strategic game, ZEUS himself should strike them with lightning. I have never had a better after sales feeling than with this game.

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PERHAPS THIS IS A GOOD DAY TO DIE <Worf facing another critical fight>

dmm · #5 February 16th, 2001, 06:53 PM

If people were trustworthy, then non-US people could copy their CD for friends, who would then send MM the proper payment, minus the shipping cost. Result: everyone's happy, and global warming is reduced.

But, sadly, most people are not that trustworthy. What a shame. Let us all work to make the world a place where the only law needed is love. Meanwhile, obey the law! Copying software is STEALING!

Commander G · #6 February 16th, 2001, 07:31 PM

I am surprised that MM did not build any type of license number scheme into the program. In Stars! if two people try to use the same license number in the same PBEM game, it trashes their empires. I was also surprised that I could run SEIV without having the CD loaded. They did nothing to try to protect themselves from pirating except make the amount of information needed too big to send via email.

Miles · #7 February 16th, 2001, 09:19 PM

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Originally posted by Commander G:
I am surprised that MM did not build any type of license number scheme into the program. In Stars! if two people try to use the same license number in the same PBEM game, it trashes their empires. I was also surprised that I could run SEIV without having the CD loaded. They did nothing to try to protect themselves from pirating except make the amount of information needed too big to send via email.

That is called 'being nice'. IE 'adding value' in SUITese. It is not a license to steal.

We are blessed to be able to watch while Aaron & a bunch of talented midwifes (beta testers and MODders) give birth to the greatest space strategy game the world has ever seen.

I am very gratefull that MM has not decided to hurt ALL their paying customers in order to inconvience a few pirates.

Miles

[This message has been edited by Miles (edited 16 February 2001).]