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TopicIs there a counter-argument to piracy other than 'it's illegal'?
StickFigures720
07/03/17 9:59:26 PM
#102
fenderbender321 posted...
StickFigures720 posted...
fenderbender321 posted...
Piracy is just copying and/or arranging property the same as somebody else did. Not inherently a crime. People argue that people won't create/produce as much if everyone can pirate it, but I doubt society would let a basic need like new movies/music go unfulfilled.

Again, AssultTank's theory.


I just don't understand why anyone would think that everyone would stand around saying "duhhh, how can we somehow give money to content creators to create more content for us?"

It goes against everything we know about supply/demand, and humanity's history of solving problems. Besides, there are tons of content creators who don't care about making money.

Sorry AssultTank, but your theory is hereby thrown out.

Regardless, it all boils down to what I said earlier.
StickFigures720 posted...
The point is that piracy is an act of freeloading by getting stuff for free that is not authorised to be for free. It just seems a little strange that people would try to justify doing it. Don't let greed overcome you.

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Topicuse 1 word to define gamefaqs moderators
StickFigures720
07/03/17 2:22:55 PM
#28
Ghosts.
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TopicIs there a counter-argument to piracy other than 'it's illegal'?
StickFigures720
07/02/17 9:56:50 PM
#87
The point is that piracy is an act of freeloading by getting stuff for free that is not authorised to be for free. It just seems a little strange that people would try to justify doing it. Don't let greed overcome you.
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TopicIs there a counter-argument to piracy other than 'it's illegal'?
StickFigures720
07/02/17 8:11:09 PM
#83
fenderbender321 posted...
Piracy is just copying and/or arranging property the same as somebody else did. Not inherently a crime. People argue that people won't create/produce as much if everyone can pirate it, but I doubt society would let a basic need like new movies/music go unfulfilled.

Again, AssultTank's theory.
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TopicIs there a counter-argument to piracy other than 'it's illegal'?
StickFigures720
07/02/17 8:09:14 PM
#82
daftpunk_mk5 posted...
StickFigures720 posted...
megamanzero1000 posted...
I think piracy is great because it saves me money.Why should I give a a shit about idiot companies losing money?

If more people had the same kind of logic as you, than AssultTank's theory would go into effect.

AssultTank posted...
Let's apply the Kantian principle of universality to piracy.

So we imagine a world where everyone pirates video games, music, and television shows.

Developers, artists, and film makers now make no money, but the content still costs money to produce. So the end result is that no developers, artists, or film makers will produce content. Thus piracy is a self defeating practice.

That's my argument against piracy. But then I tend to favor a Kantian approach to morality myself...


But not everyone pirates and their are very robust statistics and market research about piracy available. Companies know roughly how many people will pirate, and they budget that into their developing and marketing costs.

Piracy is likely a contributing factor on why some games are half-assed and incomplete.
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TopicIs there a counter-argument to piracy other than 'it's illegal'?
StickFigures720
07/02/17 8:03:22 PM
#76
megamanzero1000 posted...
I think piracy is great because it saves me money.Why should I give a a shit about idiot companies losing money?

If more people had the same kind of logic as you, than AssultTank's theory would go into effect.

AssultTank posted...
Let's apply the Kantian principle of universality to piracy.

So we imagine a world where everyone pirates video games, music, and television shows.

Developers, artists, and film makers now make no money, but the content still costs money to produce. So the end result is that no developers, artists, or film makers will produce content. Thus piracy is a self defeating practice.

That's my argument against piracy. But then I tend to favor a Kantian approach to morality myself...

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TopicIs there a counter-argument to piracy other than 'it's illegal'?
StickFigures720
07/02/17 5:57:18 PM
#63
Quite simply, you're just being a entitled freeloader for buying a product that still has an official pricetag on it. It's bad whenever a pirate encourages piracy and will do anything and I mean anything to defend their points, even if it meant using insane troll logic.

One time there was a YouTube comment that said that GTA: Vice City was available on Steam for $1.79 and someone replied "why get that old game for $1.79 when you can download it for free?" So I jumped in and called this person out for encouraging piracy and told him that he was stealing. He came up with a half-assed response about how he wasn't stealing and that he was simply getting free games. I completed his sentence with "that still has an official pricetag."

He threw a temper tantrum after that.
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TopicDumb woman kills her boyfriend with a Desert Eagle in "Youtube stunt"
StickFigures720
06/28/17 11:12:37 PM
#12
Shall I say the magic words?
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Topicwith proper diet and exercise, can you live your life without pooping???
StickFigures720
06/28/17 11:01:19 PM
#10
Force constipation for the rest of your life wouldn't be fun.
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TopicRecommend me some good AO games
StickFigures720
06/25/17 4:09:51 PM
#5
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
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TopicAre there any AVGN reviews you disagreed with?
StickFigures720
06/25/17 3:58:39 PM
#12
Die Hard on NES. He made many errors and goofs that just come off as a bit jarring. He also seems to misunderstand why the cartridge cover is what it is.
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TopicIan McKellen: Next James Bond 007 should be a homosexual
StickFigures720
06/25/17 3:56:09 PM
#39
s0nicfan posted...
StickFigures720 posted...

Out of all things you could be on the internet, you decide to act out the tired-out SJW stereotype. You tried sparking a flame war and failed.


The worst thing you can do to an ideology is point out the absurdity of it. If we're at the point where the general consensus to the "SJW stereotype" is "wow, this is insane" then there's no need for a flame war. That doesn't mean we can't keep poking fun at it, since that stereotype still exists and is occasionally taken seriously (See: "My Sex Junk" on Bill Nye's newest show)

I'm more used to things such as rant videos criticising such ideologies. Acting them out in a comments section or a forum thread kind of got old on me fast.
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TopicIan McKellen: Next James Bond 007 should be a homosexual
StickFigures720
06/25/17 3:30:17 PM
#37
s0nicfan posted...
StickFigures720 posted...
s0nicfan posted...
Skye Reynolds posted...

But Bond? Don't invert a central aspect of the character like that. I'm not even fine with him being bisexual. If Spider-Man gets a boyfriend, that's cool. James Bond should be exclusively heterosexual because being a skirt chaser has always been a major part of who he is.


But being attracted to women is a heteronormative tool of the patriarchy and dehumanizes women. The only way to fight this oppression is to take the character from your oppressors and use them as a megaphone for your agenda. Disagree? Why, are you a bigot?

Hilarious and original.


Gogv9Jt

Out of all things you could be on the internet, you decide to act out the tired-out SJW stereotype. You tried sparking a flame war and failed.
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TopicIan McKellen: Next James Bond 007 should be a homosexual
StickFigures720
06/25/17 3:07:14 PM
#32
s0nicfan posted...
Skye Reynolds posted...

But Bond? Don't invert a central aspect of the character like that. I'm not even fine with him being bisexual. If Spider-Man gets a boyfriend, that's cool. James Bond should be exclusively heterosexual because being a skirt chaser has always been a major part of who he is.


But being attracted to women is a heteronormative tool of the patriarchy and dehumanizes women. The only way to fight this oppression is to take the character from your oppressors and use them as a megaphone for your agenda. Disagree? Why, are you a bigot?

Hilarious and original.
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TopicIan McKellen: Next James Bond 007 should be a homosexual
StickFigures720
06/25/17 2:29:49 PM
#10
Couldn't get anymore forced than this. What's up with this trend of upstaging heterosexuals?
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TopicFemale names you love
StickFigures720
06/25/17 1:58:24 PM
#38
Anna
Katherine
Natalya
Zoey
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TopicTwo men charged with killing a 7 year old and her uncle for a ps3 and xbox
StickFigures720
06/24/17 7:32:36 PM
#21
ThePrinceFish posted...
Seaman_Prime posted...
apparently one of the men was previously taken in by the family when he was homeless.

Absolutely disgusting. These people are human garbage.

Their resting places shall be a dumpster.
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TopicWhat's your favorite handgun?
StickFigures720
06/24/17 12:28:53 PM
#39
Colt M1911A1 x2.
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TopicVideogame cartridges are a lot like men...
StickFigures720
06/22/17 2:53:25 PM
#6
chill02 posted...
disposable?

Well that's not nice
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TopicMe and the girlfriend are planning a vacation to North Korea
StickFigures720
06/22/17 2:52:41 PM
#24
The CIA at your door in 3... 2... 1...
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TopicWhat's your least favorite meme?
StickFigures720
06/17/17 9:57:10 AM
#81
Srk700 posted...
Damn Daniel

I will never understand why that ever became a meme.

I agree, the context of the meme isn't even remotely unique. To be quite honest, the people behind it don't really deserve the fame from it.
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Topicwhy is everyone working out now?
StickFigures720
06/16/17 3:30:46 AM
#6
If they want to work out, let them. It's kind of an oxymoron to judge their action and tell them to be themselves.
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TopicThe last good console was Dreamcast
StickFigures720
06/14/17 9:25:32 AM
#5
I respectfully disagree.
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TopicWhat's your least favorite meme?
StickFigures720
06/14/17 9:24:48 AM
#32
The world can do better without Damn Daniel and Darude - Sandstorm.
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TopicGirls think it's cool I can drive manual
StickFigures720
06/14/17 9:19:23 AM
#10
"Hi, I'm Patty_Fleur and I like to show pretentious and arrogant I am. Everyone should do things only one certain way and should be labeled as inferior if they do anything differently."
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TopicHave you ever faced any racism in real life?
StickFigures720
06/14/17 9:11:06 AM
#38
There were people who made fun of me using stereotypes.
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Topictime to put my PS4 in the trash
StickFigures720
06/13/17 2:03:47 AM
#3
Who says you are obligated to buy those "bad games?" You seem very discontent with yourself.
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TopicWhat do you think is a reasonable age of consent?
StickFigures720
06/10/17 1:55:19 AM
#68
Doe posted...
ssj-kenobi posted...
Mods please send the IP address details of the scum who voted anything under 16 to the FBI

J a p a n

Local laws in Japan typically bump it up to 18.
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TopicLet's post songs that we can't sing out loud at the airport.
StickFigures720
06/08/17 12:02:46 AM
#8
The Gap Band - You Dropped the Bomb on Me

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TopicPost the cringiest video you can find
StickFigures720
06/07/17 10:24:01 PM
#7


One does not simply take Filthy Frank seriously and not expect to look dumb afterwards. Early in the video, Vegan Gains says that this is a parody video, but considering how he acts in the vast majority of his videos, this is probably put in just to save his own ass. It failed.
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TopicHow can we solve terrorism?
StickFigures720
06/07/17 10:17:43 PM
#8
Tell on them.
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TopicWhen was the last time you felt attractive?
StickFigures720
06/06/17 10:52:36 PM
#76
No recollection. Under the assumption that I am unattractive until someone of the opposite sex genuinely tells me otherwise.
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TopicThe last video game character you played as is now your roommate.
StickFigures720
06/06/17 7:58:45 PM
#30
Max Payne.

"Can you try not to completely destroy the place?"
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TopicWhat do you think is a reasonable age of consent?
StickFigures720
06/06/17 7:54:00 PM
#61
Asherlee10 posted...
Consent for what? Drinking? Sex? Recreational drugs? Viewing porn?

To go to Disney.com.
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TopicPost the song that currently fits your mood
StickFigures720
06/05/17 8:53:55 AM
#22

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TopicControversial opinion: PS2 era games were fantastic, but the controls suck ass.
StickFigures720
06/02/17 11:35:41 PM
#8
SmidgeIsntBack posted...
Tank controls

Were not that common in the PS2 era.
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TopicHas a female ever been attracted to you?
StickFigures720
06/02/17 11:07:37 AM
#32
Not yet, just under the assumption that I'm unattractive until someone of the opposite sex tells me otherwise.
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TopicWho is the sickest/most evil person you have personally known?
StickFigures720
06/02/17 10:51:09 AM
#20
Not quite personally, but DashingSwaggerVEVO. He was a YouTube troll who had some kind of personal grudge towards me. He was a horrible troll who was a sociopath. He was also quite determinant for the wrong reasons, as he made around five different accounts, all of which are now terminated from YouTube. At one point he had the nerve to call me a bully. If I am a "bully," then that makes him a borderline hypocrite. One time he tried to make it personal by attempting to reveal my personal information in the comments section of a video, but I was quick enough to report it.

He's gone now, but I'm still unnerved by the fact that this scumbag is still out there.
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TopicBeen trying to replay Max Payne 3. Holy shit.
StickFigures720
06/02/17 10:40:48 AM
#13
Annihilated posted...
weapon_d00d816 posted...
It's a very story heavy game so yes, there will be cutscenes.


What a shitty excuse. I paid for a game, not a fucking movie.

Sounds like an excuse to you, but having competent writing would enhance the experience. At least pay attention to the story instead of just accentuating the negatives.
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TopicDo you experience chills from music?
StickFigures720
05/26/17 6:41:34 PM
#20
To me, there are good chills and there are bad chills depending on the song.
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TopicITT: Spoil a movie badly
StickFigures720
05/15/17 11:13:29 AM
#103
Two serial killers get away with their killing sprees scot-free.
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