Aries
01 Mar 07, 09:33
Ok first off, the first person to label me a pirate can perform an anatomically impossible act upon themselves :)
Fact one, the internet is open to anyone that wishes to look.
So I am assuming if David wants to look, he can do it himself.
Fact two, to my knowledge, there is only one way to get Close Combat Cross of Iron right now. You have to buy it direct from the company. They give you a serial and you're in business.
This leads to a predictable assumption, Matrix Games knows who has what serial.
If you use Digital Download, you get an email STATING what your serial is, and that means they should have evidence they can trace.
Fact three, right now, this second, 6 serials are in the public domain. And only a total moron can't find them.
This means ANYone can actually find them.
I can only assume at least one staff member at Matrix Games has to be capable of knowing this.
What I want to know though, is if these serials have had to have been given out to identifiable persons, why are they not now immediately facing criminal charges?
One would assume they would be. But I am not willing to accept they are.
If it was that simple, no one in their right mind would just hand out the numbers while placing a bullseye on their forehead so all could see "hey I just gave away my serial"
So I am at the moment wondering, even though the notion of using serials makes sense, and even though they can kill serials that have been put out in the public in the first patch, is no one actually keeping track of who has what serial?
It sure doesn't look like it.
Or is it possible, that the law as it is written, is so shamefully worthless, that they can't actually finger the supposed original purchaser of the serial, as there isn't tangible proof that person is actually responsible for their serial being splashed all over the internet?
I'd really like to know the answer to that one.
Right now, if you ask me, the fans of Close Combat currently have up to 6 purchasers among them, that have basically stabbed the makers in the back.
You might think, oh that's just 6 jerks, or possibly they are not really truely Close Combat fans. Maybe, maybe not. Personally I don't think it's relevant. I think what's relevant, is Matrix Games doesn't appear to keep track of their serials in a manner that actually does anything for them in any tangible fashion.
Repercussions, yeah you can just go with the tired notion of denying there will be enough lost sales to matter. Personally I have seen the truth. I have watched CONSIDERABLE sums of people NOT paying for this game.
I think only a total fool thinks this is a minor matter. That I know it is true is why I am mentioning it. But it is not my responsibility to fix this problem.
Today, Matrix Games will probably NOT make over 100 sales of CC CoI. But 100 people likely will get it all the same. I wish I could afford a business where I could have 100 copies of my merchandise get stolen.
And there it is people. Just another wargame that was victimised.
Fact one, the internet is open to anyone that wishes to look.
So I am assuming if David wants to look, he can do it himself.
Fact two, to my knowledge, there is only one way to get Close Combat Cross of Iron right now. You have to buy it direct from the company. They give you a serial and you're in business.
This leads to a predictable assumption, Matrix Games knows who has what serial.
If you use Digital Download, you get an email STATING what your serial is, and that means they should have evidence they can trace.
Fact three, right now, this second, 6 serials are in the public domain. And only a total moron can't find them.
This means ANYone can actually find them.
I can only assume at least one staff member at Matrix Games has to be capable of knowing this.
What I want to know though, is if these serials have had to have been given out to identifiable persons, why are they not now immediately facing criminal charges?
One would assume they would be. But I am not willing to accept they are.
If it was that simple, no one in their right mind would just hand out the numbers while placing a bullseye on their forehead so all could see "hey I just gave away my serial"
So I am at the moment wondering, even though the notion of using serials makes sense, and even though they can kill serials that have been put out in the public in the first patch, is no one actually keeping track of who has what serial?
It sure doesn't look like it.
Or is it possible, that the law as it is written, is so shamefully worthless, that they can't actually finger the supposed original purchaser of the serial, as there isn't tangible proof that person is actually responsible for their serial being splashed all over the internet?
I'd really like to know the answer to that one.
Right now, if you ask me, the fans of Close Combat currently have up to 6 purchasers among them, that have basically stabbed the makers in the back.
You might think, oh that's just 6 jerks, or possibly they are not really truely Close Combat fans. Maybe, maybe not. Personally I don't think it's relevant. I think what's relevant, is Matrix Games doesn't appear to keep track of their serials in a manner that actually does anything for them in any tangible fashion.
Repercussions, yeah you can just go with the tired notion of denying there will be enough lost sales to matter. Personally I have seen the truth. I have watched CONSIDERABLE sums of people NOT paying for this game.
I think only a total fool thinks this is a minor matter. That I know it is true is why I am mentioning it. But it is not my responsibility to fix this problem.
Today, Matrix Games will probably NOT make over 100 sales of CC CoI. But 100 people likely will get it all the same. I wish I could afford a business where I could have 100 copies of my merchandise get stolen.
And there it is people. Just another wargame that was victimised.