OK, here's a simple idea. The original Half-Life Deathmatch game must be pretty cheap to buy, even in Argentina. Why don't you provide or advertise an easy way for your gamers to buy the game. If they don't have international credit cards, perhaps PayPal tied to a local bank account could work. Perhaps you could make other payment arrangements with Valve. If you explain what you are trying to accomplish, hopefully Valve will cooperate. Then, start posting on your cracked server the date and reasons why it will be changing to a fully legit server. Give plenty of advance notice, even though none is really necessary. Then when that date arrives, make the change. You may initially have a very small handful of players. But online computer gaming is extremely addictive. I'm currently in rehab myself. I'll bet with time, your legitimate community will grow. At least you'll know that you did the right thing and tried to decrease piracy in your country.
I do understand that you're facing a huge cultural and socioeconomic difference in Argentina. Some of the responses on this forum may have sounded unsympathetic, but I don't think they were truly "prejudiced". When it comes to issues of honesty, regardless of a person's good intentions, answers tend to be black and white, with no gray zone. My suggestion may not work. You're currently operating in a "black" zone. Give ample notice on your server, educate your gamers and perhaps you'll be surprised at the numbers that will eventually buy the game. Good luck! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nevermore Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 10:21 AM To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds] help !!! I dont know the original question of this thread because i doesnt started it... it was about some brazilian nonsteam counter-strike server... I began asking later... I exposed the situation of my country about piracy and asked for any idea to solve the problem. El mar, 28-10-2008 a las 10:00 -0600, Michael R. Matheson escribió: > What was your original question again? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nevermore > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 7:28 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
