Some time ago I had to make similar choice about The Ship. I could host nosteam server and push nosteam client with my server address built into it to few local torrent sites or just let this great game go. It was difficult decision since I really love this game but I decided to let it go. It was right thing to do even though I regret it.
Should you want to change anything - find local game publisher and talk to them. We had similar problem here in Russia, people were not buying games for exactly the same reason - pirated games were cheaper and it was difficult to buy the game without credit card. At the same time pirates had huge distribution network over the country selling millions of illegal copies for a few dollars each. But as pressure to pirates grew and western publishers came to an understanding that they are losing money situation began to change. Western publishers made agreements with local publishers (most of them are former pirates actually) so now most new games are available for a fraction of it original price and now it more comfortable for former pirates to sell legit games and have almost the same profit without all those criminal risks. Orange box, for example, was sold for local equivalent of 15 USD. All CD-keys sold in Russia are restricted to Russia, so you cannot play these games if your current IP address belongs to any other region which is enough protection against fraudulent business of selling cheap CD keys to other countries. My point here is that such functionality is already built into Steam so it only a matter of agreement between publishers. This how it works in Russia and the same approach may work for your country as well but you'll have to do a lot of talking outside of this list... On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 5:17 PM, Nevermore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In this case, the game will die, cause only 7 players is not enough to > play... > > I will not ask for help anymore... > Sorry... > And godbye. > > > El mar, 28-10-2008 a las 09:59 -0400, Karl Weckstrom escribió: >> If you want to promote legal software in your country, step #1 is to take >> down your cracked server. Where have I heard that before? >> >> There is NO LEGITIMATE JUSTIFICATION for running a server that facilitates >> the use of pirated software. >> >> I would like you to read that line above. >> >> Now, read it again. >> >> Continue reading it over and over until you accept its meaning. >> >> Piracy is a fact of life everywhere in the world. The decision to break the >> law is yours alone. You cannot promote lawful use of software while >> promoting piracy at the same time. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nevermore >> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 9:28 AM >> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list >> Subject: Re: [hlds] help !!! >> >> But i am asking for help, TO STOP PIRACY! >> I want ideas to promote legal software in a country where piracy is in >> every day life... >> >> But just mention "pirate" makes all of you to scream... >> >> I have 20.000 players registered in my HLSTATS... >> Only 7 of them uses steam... >> I want your help to make all 20.000 players to buy steam... >> >> Anyway... Who cares... you all are prejudiced people that will never >> help me... >> >> With people like you, this game will die... >> Argentina has nowdays one of the most active HLDM and Adrenaline Gamer >> comunity... Do you want to kill it? >> I have reborn a 10 years old game from ashes... and it cost me so >> much... >> >> >> >> >> El mar, 28-10-2008 a las 08:06 -0400, Karl Weckstrom escribió: >> > If you REALLY want people on your server, and no one is coming to your >> > LEGIT server, scrap gaming and put up a porn site. That's a FAR better >> > option than feeding the pirates, and it's completely legit. >> > >> > Valve wants to be paid for their work. No one has the legal right to use >> > their product to support people who did not pay for the game, whether it's >> > your primary goal or not. >> > >> > That guy should simply take down his server and stop supporting piracy. He >> > will not see anything but criticism here, as we have all paid for the >> > privilege to use their software. >> > ________________________________________ >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DontWannaName! >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 3:19 AM >> > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list >> > Subject: Re: [hlds] help !!! >> > >> > What happened to the phrase if you cant beat them join them. If the only >> > servers there that get people on are cracked then hell if I wanted people >> > on my server I would probably be forced to do the same whether I liked it >> > or not until it was stopped by Valve. I understand that its wrong but it >> > comes down to empty or full, wasting money or starting a community. And >> > no, if someone asked me to jump off a cliff I wouldnt... >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> > please visit: >> > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> > please visit: >> > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
