nintendo are a strange bunch

Discussion in 'The Spam Zone' started by Peace and War, Jun 17, 2014.

  1. The Fuk? Dead

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    No matter how hard you try, you will never be this happy.

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  4. Peace and War Bianca, you minx!

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    Criminality as resistance? Next you'll be telling me you live in a compound somewhere in Idaho in order to overthrow the government because it's your land. Then again I wouldn't put it past you.
    I'm not sure the creative team behind the games are appreciative of this right you claim as a consumer or the 'responsibility' behind it. I'd be pissed if someone pirated something I'd worked years on because they thought it was their right. It's the publishers who come up with this ****, to protect their investments. Management always interferes with creativity.

    Also you never answered me about the bucket question. I'm curious.
     
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  6. Makaze Some kind of mercenary

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    ... Are you not familiar with the idiom? A drop in the bucket is a small contribution to a larger goal. Many would say that no individual drop matters, but in the grander scheme each drop is important.

    I'm not sure where you're coming from the mocking. The legality of what I am doing has nothing to do with the principles behind it.
     
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  10. Peace and War Bianca, you minx!

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    Anyone can justify their actions to themselves, but it doesn't mean they can justify it to the rest of the world. A one man march is still only one man.
    Also, the legality issue is that many would doubt why your simply pirating these games when you can afford them. It's a selfish ideal, whether we're affected too by it. You're not breaking the law to free slaves, you're not paying a company for a good they made just because you don't like the inconvenience of the game. Not the same t's a selfish ideal,sort of social shift or togetherness to make a difference to publishers, i imagine.

    Ok, you're not going to tell me what this bucket thing means? Shame.
     
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  12. Makaze Some kind of mercenary

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    Did I say that I could convince the world? What point are you arguing against?
    Many would doubt and the fault would be with them. My principles are very clear. I pay for good decisions. I boycott bad ones. It's pretty straightforward. The outcomes I want are good for all consumers. Any attempt to discredit me as a person while ignoring this becomes fallacious. Any attempt to call out my action as illegal is moralizing. Appeals to emotion are meaningless in the face of utilitarian gain.
    If you want to keep trolling you can take it up with staff. Please do not ask again.
     
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    You need money to realize a lot of ideas, the brilliant and cheap ones are few and far between
     
  14. Trigger hewwo uwu

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    friend codes are the absolute worst. adding people is such a hassle. i have to hunt down my code and then they have to give me theirs, because you BOTH need to add each other's friend codes to be friends.
     
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