Easygoing Eyebeast *i Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Added this to the forum rules to be more explicit about what we cannot tolerate: Quote: 0. Cause no harm. - These boards are paid for by Spiderweb Software, a small three-person company run primarily by a guy trying to feed his family. USING THIS BOARD AS A MEANS TO SOLICIT OR DISTRIBUTE CRACKS OR KEYS WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE, PERMANENT BANNING, NO EXCEPTIONS! Note that this extends to the private messaging system. Yes, this is harsh, but permitting this would very quickly cause Spiderweb Software to go out of business meaning no more games for anyone. Practically speaking, it changes nothing. Anyone who did this before was given a permanent ban, or at very least a long one provisional on a promise of good behavior. This just makes this clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Huh. I didn't think this was suddenly an issue now. Has there been a surge of cases of people doing it by PM's or emails recently? I would at least think pirates were nominally intelligent enough to not request a pirated copy from a subsidiary of the company itself... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Lord Safey Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Suppose this shows that technical expertise and common sense don't correlate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Piracy hasn't been a worse issue lately. This is just a precautionary rule clarification now that the Mac release for Avadon is getting close. That's all. Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Tirien Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Originally Posted By: Lord Safey Suppose this shows that technical expertise and common sense don't correlate. Actually, it might be proof that it does. You either have technical expertise OR common sense. Or neither. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Originally Posted By: Ornitholestes Piracy hasn't been a worse issue lately. This is just a precautionary rule clarification now that the Mac release for Avadon is getting close. That's all. Dikiyoba. Ooh, now I'm all goose-bumpy. But yeah, I don't remember if the part about the private messages was in there before, but it makes sense. Originally Posted By: *i Practically speaking, it changes nothing. Yupp, I can see that. I'm a good little kid, no problems here. Now just gimme Avadon and a week off from school! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Rowen Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Was this something passed down from Jeff or just something that needed to have a clarification? I am curious as to how the admins work here on the forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 We are the Pinkies of Avadon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I just read the preview on Appletell, and I'm more than ready to play. Quit teasing me and just let me have it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Aoslare Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Winkies, actually. We are nickel-plating Jeff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Originally Posted By: Lord Safey Suppose this shows that technical expertise and common sense don't correlate. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. Just because you know how to commit software piracy, it doesn't necessarily mean you do. Originally Posted By: Tirien Actually, it might be proof that it does. You either have technical expertise OR common sense. Or neither. They're not necessarily mutually exclusive; I actually have some of both, though I consider myself to have much more common sense than technical expertise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma tehpineapple Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Originally Posted By: Master1 Now just gimme Avadon and a week off from school! Every single event in the universe that has happened up until now has been leading to this: the release of Avadon coinciding with reading week (or whatever you call it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Originally Posted By: tehpineapple Every single event in the universe that has happened up until now has been leading to this: the release of Avadon coinciding with reading week (or whatever you call it). I'm not sure what you're saying here... To clarify, I want a week of from school, but I don't actually get one. I do get a week off at the end of April, but I shan't be waiting that long! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgeoning Battle Gamma tehpineapple Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Originally Posted By: Master1 I'm not sure what you're saying here... To clarify, I want a week of from school, but I don't actually get one. I do get a week off at the end of April, but I shan't be waiting that long! Sadness to you, friend. My week off starts Feb 28th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 My week off starts, well, tomorrow. (Officially Monday, but tomorrow's class is cancelled, so...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Kelandon Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 You'll soon find out — so I imagine that there's no problem telling you this now — that the registration process in Avadon is streamlined a little as compared to previous games, which led to a discussion about exactly what the rules should say about registration stuff. Hence the clarification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Tracer Bullet Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Originally Posted By: Dantius Huh. I didn't think this was suddenly an issue now. Has there been a surge of cases of people doing it by PM's or emails recently? I would at least think pirates were nominally intelligent enough to not request a pirated copy from a subsidiary of the company itself... Shall I compare thee to a software pirate? A badge of shame! But shoulds't thou so desire it, In cloak of darkness freely make thou copies Of software on yon lean and hungry floppies. And then shall games cost more? 'Tis not debatable, For playing on thy PCs and compatibles. Each price will soar if thou behav'st like rubbish, And smaller outfits may no longer publish. The toil of many bestowed this game its detail, Whose costs are made up only selling retail. Such theft we hold as ethically incredible, And thwarts those copyrighting laws called federal. Plan to pirate? Prithee, have a care, Electronic Arts, a member of the Software Publishers Association, supports the industry's effort to fight illegal copying of personal computer software. So there. See my new name. Meneltarma being the mountain in the center of the Isle Elenna. And a bard cares not for plagiarism. So there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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