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Originally posted by RincewindTheWiz
As a matter of fact, no they don't. Depending on the protection used, initial warez releases will include a crack to enable the warez clients to play the game. But those cracks are usually fixed exe's, or if there's only a cd check the game doesn't even get cracked at all. Most cracks floating around are either nocd's or fixed exe's for patches, they often get made by the same people but they are NOT part of some warez release, they get released on their own.
you might have trouble accepting this, mr TippeX, but this is a board for legal owners to make backups or run from the hard disk. We do not especially try to take the higher moral ground, but as I explained countless times to other clueless newbies, the main reason that warez talk is forbidden on this board is because we don't have the time, resources nor inclination to help warez users with their half baked beta releases on top of all the genuine owners that frequent this board. If we didn't enforce this rule, the only result would be to triple the amount of threads, all cheapskates demanding WE help them with their downloaded ****. And they wouldn't get any more results either, since there's a very limited number of contributors and problem solvers here, especially in comparison to the number of people who only ASK questions.
As for the cracks made by warez groups : we don't care. We couldn't care less if YOU use warez mr TippeX, as long as you don't yak about it here and as long as you don't expect us to play technical support for it. All we're here for is enabling legal owners to exert their god given right to make a backup of their bought games and if we have to use a crack made by Saddam Houssain himself, so be it.
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oh so, where do u think the fixed exe's came from to make these no-cd cracks from?
i got no problem with board accepting the no-warez policy, however i do think its somewhat hypocritical for point people to the crack made by the warez team., then to shout 'warez are evil'
and if the emphasis was on people using the cracks on legally owned copies of the games or what not, then isnt modifying the executable breaking the warranty that comes with the game?