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- From: umturne4@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Daryl Turner)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: I found a pirate - what shall I do?
- Message-ID: <BxM8Dr.Mno@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 18:22:38 GMT
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- Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- >
- >I, myself, am a pirate! yes, even after the comments I made above, I have the gall
- >to say that. Now, before you go jumping down my throat, listen to what I have to
- >say.
- >
- >I believe _very_ strongly in paying for what I use. I'd like to point out that the
- >active word her is _use_. Accross my desk in the past while, I've seen, among
- >others.... TurboSilver, Populous I and II, Battlechess II, Agony, Lemmings,
- >ProPage, Aztec C.....
- >
- >Of these: I've bought Populous II, Agony, Lemmings, ProPage, and Aztec C. Of these,
- >about the only once that I _might_ have bought if I had not messed with a copy first
- >is Aztec C. As for TurboSilver, I decided I just didn't like it, and am glad I didnt
- >have to pay money to discover I didn't like it. Battlechess II?? just plain bad,
- >if you ask me. wouldn't pay $2 for it. Only reason I haven't bought Pop I is lack
- >of funding... but it is on my list 'to buy'...
- >
- >Other near-future buys: Armour-geddon, Awesome, SOTB2, Rise of the Dragon,
- >Pinball Fantasies. Why?? simple: I have pirate copies of them all. Yes, the
- >companies have not made money off of me for these titles _yet_, but I wouldn't have
- >even considered buying *any* of these titles if I hadn't played them first...
- >
- >And the list goes on and on. If I use something, I pay for it, if I don't, I don't.
- >I see no reason to waste my money (of which I have precious little) on some of the
- >garbage that is out there today... call it 'insurance'...
- >
- >go ahead, flame me. Note I even left my name/email address on this note, and didn't
- >hide behind an anonymous posting. I find nothing wrong with what I'm doing, and I
- >challenge anyone else to find _anything_ wrong with this. (I know, I'm just asking
- >for it with that one).
- >
- >that's my $.02. may the flames begin.
- >
- >:)
- >
- > -WW
- >
- >
-
- You want a flame..ok...try and make your articles neater. :)
-
- On the whole, I agree with you. I've been burned, buying stuff that looks
- good in ads, but is complete CRAP when you actually load it up. And since
- one of the local stores stopped selling Amiga software, the best thing to
- do is go via mailorder. So, if I get a chance to try out something before
- buying it, I try it. If I like it, it gets put on my 'buy list' that gets
- used 3 or 4 times a year. If not, re-use disk time.
-
- Also, there are some games that while I have bought them, I use the pirated
- version because of extra features, ie. hard drive installability. If the
- pirates were able to add this, why didn't the programmers do it in the
- first place?
-
- Daryl Turner <umturne4@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
-