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Newsgroups: alt.games.doom
Path: oz.cdrom.com!agate!overload.lbl.gov!ames!decwrl!pa.dec.com!ns.gamewood.net!bkb
From: bkb@ns.gamewood.net (B. Keith Barbour)
Message-ID: <9409060511.AA06655@ns.gamewood.net>
Subject: Doom Pirates & Hypocrites
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 94 1:11:52 EDT
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Just a few thoughts on pirates. I have a friend who reprimands me for
paying for software. He must have over 2000 various pieces of software
on disks. He is constantly asking me to copy my games and other software.
I'm sorry, but I don't pay $50.00 for a game only to let my "buddy" copy
it for free. Whether he would buy it or not is not the issue; the issue
is: I bought it. I know him well and he would NEVER buy software, NEVER.
I feel these hard-core pirates will not buy Doom 2 for no other reason
other than they are pirates. They WILL NOT BUY SOFTWARE. It is so
readily available to them they don't have to. I have my doubts as to
how many people who post here actually purchased a copy of Doom. When
the letter from GT Software came, there was very little talk here about
it initially. I actually came here to find out what anyone knew about
the letter. I knew it was a valid offer, I just didn't know how much
sooner than Oct. 10 we would receive the game. I asked if anyone here
had called the number and if they had any information on how soon we
would get the game and no one posted anything. Then came the questions
from everyone else about the letter. I can only recall a handful of
people writing anything about the letter. This led me to believe that
the vast majority of the people here didn't get the letter. It was sent
to all people who had a registered copy of Doom. So please, don't be
hipocritical, if you didn't buy Doom, don't bitch about the people who
have Doom 2. As for the people who own Doom 2, please stop telling us
all the details. I, personally like the element of surprise. It is
one of the best things about getting a new game. It is like telling us
the ending to a great movie while we're in the lobby buying popcorn.
So, the most common sense thing to do is to quit bitching at the pirates,
and pirates, please have some consideration for those of us who don't
have Doom 2 yet and refrain from posting stuff about it. And one thing
for software companies to consider, if they are going to make a game on
2 formats (disk & cd-rom) I suggest they release the cd version months
ahead of the disk version. This way, the people who can't wait will
have to get it legally, and the software companies will profit more
from the added front-end sales. I would wholeheartedly endorse this.
I'm sorry for rambling, but I wanted to put my two hundreths of a dollar
in.
Keith Barbour
bkb@ns.gamewood.net