Cock sucking champions using GNU/Linux
We have started a project on Gitlab and got the account banned for it. Good luck deleting torrents, bitches.
Introduction
I am glad to present a new project for the archival of GNU/Linux users that praise the use of proprietary software to play games and believe that piracy is immoral. These people are not aware of the reason GNU/Linux exists and are most likely refugees from Windows/Mac that brought their beliefs with them. These people never call their os GNU/Linux and get a hard-on for distros that have Steam pre-installed.
Need I remind you that you cannot use Steam anonymously and you have to pretty much say exactly who you are to pay for games.
Piracy is the exact opposite. But maybe I'm just a paranoid guy right?
Anyway, you can join us on Matrix
Alan Dillman
"If you like a closed source game on linux, buy it.
We’re trying to build a more viable community, so bugger off back to windows if you won’t participate in that." - Source
Anonymous
"Don't pirate on Linux. Help pushing the Steam %" - Source
"Sorry, you don't get to pirate a game just because it doesn't support your preferred platform natively. Either buy the game, or don't play it at all. Otherwise, it's bullshit." - Source
"That's not really the point. This is a community dedicated to gaming on Linux, not stealing software, openly talking about stealing software, and discouraging devs and publishers from bringing games to Linux." - Source
Cxpher
"No piracy here. Go to Windows." - Source
Galeanthrope
1
"No it's not. We all know you don't pay for your games and you are ruining the gaming industry. Stop with the lame excuses, you are just taking advantage of how easy it is to steal people work for your own enjoyment. So get the fuck out of here.
Also if a game you bought doesn't work, on Steam you can ask for a refund with the reason "doesn't work on my OS". I did it several times without any issues."
"Just replace "copying software" with "moving a car" and you'll realize how stupid it sounds. The difference is whether you own it or not.
You are free to have any opinions you want about piracy, I don't care. But you are not free to pirate games, or helping others do so, that's not an opinion that stepping on others for your personal gain and you totally deserve to be insulted for doing so, actually you should even go to jail."
"You are stealing stuff that people worked hard to make and you are gloating about it on the Internet, but when someone confront you with that fact you think about how your feelings are hurt? You are despicable." - Source
2
Quotes: "What's it like pirating windows games on linux?"
And replies: "GTFO" - Source and does it again here
3
"Get out of here, we don't want pirate here." - Source
4
Replies to:
"Agreed, we also have a very fractured community, there are a lot of Linux gamers that buy windows games to play with wine, essentially reducing our effective market share, and there are also a lot of Linux gamers that pay next to nothing for their Linux games, making our market share even less profitable, combine that with the Linux trolls that seem to think that developers owe us perfect native Linux games, and i am shocked that we get any games at all at this point :("
With:
"Yep pretty much this, you just forgot piracy and emulation."
Another user responds to him:
"I absolutely hate it when people say "They're not supporting Linux so I'm going to pirate the game!
That doesn't solve the problem of it not being on Linux. You still need Windows or Wine.
You're just making excuses for pirating games, and making Linux users look like pirates.
Why not simply, you know, pay for and play another game from developers who do support Linux?"
- Source
5
"We should ban this kind of subjects, I don't want advocates of piracy here and I want even less political discussions about the arguments for and against it. That's not censorship, that's just cleaning up off topic subjects, just like discussing political views is off topic here.
While discussing cracks for allowing games to run on Linux could be fine (if said crack is not shared) as in Europe this might be considered an interoperability solution, here the topic is clearly phrased as a promotion of piracy." - Source
Intelligent-Gaming
""Let's talk piracy."
No, let's not, as it is not a good idea to promote piracy on a Linux subreddit.
Linux is about freedom, not theft.
"Ps : Piracy is a useful tool, to see if an exepnsive game that is not a linux native will run on your gig :)"
That's like saying, I'll steal that food and see if I like the taste of it, but if not I'll return the open packet.
Just purchase the game on Steam, and if you it does not work, refund it, Steam has a good refund policy, or even better do some research, i.e. Lutris.net or ProtonDB." - Source
Liam Dawe / liamdgol - Admin of Gamingonlinux.com
1
"Pirating is likely just as bad on Linux as it is on Windows.
I've repeatedly seen a few people in our comments claim piracy is okay for *reasons*
The best way is to call these people out on their idiocy. Make sure they know not many share their opinion and so on. " - Source
2
"Developers need to eat so you should support them by buying a copy, and we really don't need Linux users and gamers being known as pirates. Take this somewhere else, we don't want this here." - Source
3
"Put it this way, a very quick search enabled me to find Linux pirated games on a website. It does happen, I've seen it happen and I've had to deleted comments on an article before from a certain user who repeatedly talked pro-piracy without giving a shit.
It happens on all platforms where it's possible to do so." - Source
MikeFrett
1
"Proud to say that I have never pirated a Linux game. I can't say the same thing about the era that I used Windows. Also if you notice, there are no 'Game Trainers' on Linux and the ones that are available, like Scanmem, aren't very good.
I think the lack of DRM is a contributor as to why I haven't needed to pirate. Why would one pirate on Linux anyway? It's a disservice and we need to give thanks in the way of funds for anyone developing for Linux. I don't know what to do about the Game Trainers, perhaps Devs could add Cheat Codes to the game, similar to the Civilization games.
In closing, I think it would be harder, because not enough people care or know how, to crack the DRM on a Linux OS. It's mostly a Windows phenomenon." - Source
2
"Being as small as we are, if people start doing this then you can kiss any chance of more Games on Linux goodbye. If you care at all about Linux Gaming you shouldn't Pirate. The developers that port to Linux actually deserve your money.
However I do understand you about wanting to try the game to see if it works first. As others have said, Steams Refund system works great. GOG also has a 30 day Money Back Guarantee." - Source
mykro7
"I have 400 Linux games and not one of them is pirated. Maybe it's because I got older and wiser at the same time I started using Linux, but it's a nice feeling regardless to know that my software is legit." - Source
electricprism
"Lol, this may be the turning point where Linux Gaming gets more normiez.
My advice is if you have to ask the question -- just don't. Besides the fact that the Linux Gaming movement is pretty strongly against such practices.
Owning a cartridge and getting a rom for it is one thing, but straight out downloading games that are for sale to evade buying it is something else.
Not to come off judgy, maybe you're a kid or live in a country which is more permissive.
Actually the short answer is -- it's very complicated and you're better off just paying a few bucks when its on sale and having Steam auto manage it for you." - [Source](https://www.teddit.net/r/linux_gaming/comments/8fvwee/how_does_pirating_linux_games_work/)
geearf
"Not really, the games I really want to play I've been refusing to pirate them since I was a kid.
The difference is I bought many games on Linux not to play, but to support, since the 1st HIB." - Source
largepanda
"... can you just not?
Pirating software is a gigantic hassle, generally horribly insecure, and for what? to save a couple bucks?
Just buy the fucking game." - Source
qchto
"Well, it's worth mentioning that [piracy hurts Linux adoption](https://torrentfreak.com/software-piracy-hurts-linux-adoption-research-finds-160221/), so I think most of us agree that pirating under Linux is not the greatest course of action..
That said, I'll continue to crack the hell out of any SecuROM game I want to try under WINE (like the original GTA trilogy -1,London,2- which I own legally btw) and will definitely try any Denuvo crack on the demo version of Doom as soon as it is available if no legal alternative to get that game working under Linux (or at least under WINE) is available until then.
Edit: Oh, and even though as a kid I used to pirate a lot of games (in my defense, latinamerica is/used to be a very ignored market), I stopped as soon as I started using free(libre) software and I'm still trying to redeem myself by getting any legally available game I pirated and played through." - Source
torvatrollid
"I'd rather we not discuss piracy on this subreddit.
There is already too much propaganda being spread about Linux users being pirates and cheaters.
We really don't need that shit here." - Source
