tip: always choose "gift" option when buying steam games

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coloumb

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Would you call it piracy if a person bought the game on steam but kept it in his gift inventory while downloading a copy of the game from the interwebs and playing the copy?

Yup.

Same as buying a gift card to a store that sells video games and then downloading the cracked version from the interwebs.

Now - if you purchase the STEAM version so it's linked to your account and then downloaded the cracked version ... I'd say an NCIS hand slap to the head would be in order. :)
 

railven

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Trading, they may not have a problem with. they may not LIKE it, because they can't control who has their game, nor what market it is being entered in. But it becomes the price for doing business.

But you indicated that you were getting some "Deals" which indicates a monetary component. That, considering that the publishers are not getting a cut, they DEFINITELY will have issue with.

Not sure if the other person is getting money, but for me a "nice deal" was when I traded my two extra copies of L4D and L4D2 for a copy of The Darkness II. At the time Darkness II was going for $25, the two copies of L4D were free to me.

:D
 

KeithTalent

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Definitely going to start doing this, thanks for the tip. I still have tonnes of games that I've never even installed and would happily give them away to Steam friends if I could.

KT
 

KaOTiK

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you also have a damn huge amount of games you never played... you should follow the example of KeithTalent too and give the games away to your friends

can i be your friend? :D

But I WILL play them all, someday!

My own personal meme is. Has 500+ Steam games, plays Free 2 Play game. Just need to find a pic to put that on.
 

KeithTalent

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Yes, of course, you can all be my friends. :D

KT
 

Dankk

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But I WILL play them all, someday!

My own personal meme is. Has 500+ Steam games, plays Free 2 Play game. Just need to find a pic to put that on.

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