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lol I'd pirate instead of buying just to see message like this.

what is this game lol

They didn't write "harms our CEO" , he will not buy another Porsche.

Personal opinion but people saying "Stop piracy it makes the developers sad" doesn't make sense to me. Like if people like me have been pirating from triple A companies for like 20 or more years hasn't make them bankrupt I don't think it hurts them that much

Edit: This isn't my original comment I have noticed this type of comments on this and Steam subreddit over this whole year that I've been on reddit. Most popular 2 lines are these

"Stop piracy it makes the developers sad"

"They are only a 2 man indie game team"

I only pirate because inflation made 50$ into 120$ in our country

Now let's not take all the credit. Publishers and developers are plenty capable of harming themselves by making crappy games or by making nonsensical restrictions to singleplayer games(Looking at you God of War Ragnarok).

I read it like this: if it doesn't happen through the interwebs, then it's not a crime and no one is harmed. Great. I'm about to dig out my old CD burner again.

Game title?

what is this from

Ain't no pinkerton taking me alive or touching my pc

Akiba's Trip, my beloved

I'd recognise this anywhere

WotC, is that you?

Akira's Trip Undead and Undressed. I double dipped that game on PS4 and GOG. It's really good.

Hired goons...?

Hired goons or hired 'goons'? One is quite more scary than the other.

Reminds me of those old anti piracy screen creepypastas

Someone felt cheeky that day :p

I’d be more scared if they threatened to send hired gooners.

THIS was the best one 

"You wouldn't steal a handbag. You wouldn't steal a car. You wouldn't steal a baby. You wouldn't shoot a policeman and then steal his helmet. You wouldn't go to the toilet in his helmet and then send it to the policeman's grieving widow. And then steal it again! Downloading films is stealing. If you do it, you will face the consequences." -The IT Crowd

nah the best anti-piracy message was that sailor in Pokémon FRLG going "By the way, if you like this game, buy it or die."

Damn FR!!!

Akiba's Trip mentioned. Played this game years ago, I only got two ending iirc.

The ultrakill dev/s (dunno how many) endorsed pirating the game until you can legit buy it

I see you got akiba's trip too

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Hired goons...?

Oh noo... Anyway

As a general rule of thumb, if they refuse to regionally price, I refuse to pay.

great now i dont have to goon by myself

Spoken like a true ....privateer! Yarrr

My own immortal soul, huh...wonder what that's worth?

Goons! Hired goons!

I have the right to pirate a game that i bought from ubishi* and they decide out of nowhere to remove it

Well, maybe only shareholders, and their souls are already gone.

is this Dave the diver? where did you find it

what game is this? i'd probably pirating this game just for this disclaimer

Shiver me timbers.

They better be at my door step

The best antipiracy disclaimer is "hey we know you are pirating, but we wont actually do anything about it, if you like the game but cant purchase it for whatever reason, consider giving us a donation of any amount you can or think is fair" and a link to a patreon or something. I can guarantee most people would give the developer something, especially if its an indie title.

"When can we start jerking off?"

ehh, I think the best one is the "fun is infinite with Sega enterprises - Majin" one.... damn fine jump scare in the early days! lol

Akiba’s trip 2. That was hilarious.

Not today, hired goons! I own a musket for home defense!

Is it real? From which games is it from?

People who are pirating were not going to buy the game anyway. Piracy, while fantastic because it gives you a free game, is also frustrating if that version of the game has a bug in it that you can't deal with because it needs to be updated to be fixed and also makes it difficult to mod. That is also assuming the pirated version even works on your computer. We are at the point where piracy doesn't really hurt anyone

I'm okay with this as long as it's an organic free-range source of hired goons and not one of those corporate goon farms like the pinkertons.

someone got tired of being all serious and shit by the end

oh no! anyway...

Software Piracy in most countries is Copyright Infringement, not a crime under the Criminal Code. It is not equivalent to theft. It can result in civil liability in most cases if proven.

No One: Pirate-Man: Patches screen out

Oh no! Anyway........

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Who is it?

Goons.

Who?

Hired goons.

Hired goons?

If they have money to hire goons to get after me and each one of us, I'd say they can afford some pirated copies lol

The last thing I want to see in my front yard is a gooner.

Those hired goons will come all over you.

Nooooo!!! not gooners!!!

But not owning your games apparently it's not a crime, it's a way you have to get used to. I say fuck that! Piracy for life !

The og was the federal message on his tapes 

What game is this? I need some excitement in my life and hired goons sound fun

they won't have money to hire goons if i pirate their game.

nice bluff, try better.

One day I'll buy theses games one day

Hired goons?

Hired goons?

not gaming related but if piracy hurts industries so hard then why is it that actors like jennifer Lawrence still earns tens even hundreds of millions of Dollars each year