This is too funny

This is too funny

Re: This is too funny Posted by Juim on Tue Nov 23rd 2004 at 3:20pm
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I found this thread at the STEAM forums this morning and just had to let you see it.

I am constantly confounded by these guys and their inabillity to recognize warez programs as theft.

http://steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=147519&highlight=disabled+account

http://steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=145529&highlight=disabled+account

http://steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=138796&highlight=disabled+account

Valve also released a dummy cd crack and if I read it correctly, have used it to terminate close to 20,000 accounts so far.

Honest guys=1

Dishonest guys=0
Re: This is too funny Posted by Spartan on Tue Nov 23rd 2004 at 3:40pm
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Lol, that'll teach em' to spend the money on the actuall game next time. How hard is it to just buy either the HL platinum pack for $30 or HL2 for $50. It's a heck of a lot less troubling than having an account disabled.
Re: This is too funny Posted by pepper on Tue Nov 23rd 2004 at 3:43pm
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hehehe, for a nice laugh you should go for to the steam forums, now featuring cs n00bs crying for there cd key!
Re: This is too funny Posted by Orpheus on Tue Nov 23rd 2004 at 3:47pm
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i buy all the games i want, i borrow all i could care less if they go missing for some reason.

i have no regrets about buying HL2, but i also have a certain objection to stealing credit card numbers and whatnot.

perhaps some may see it as the same animal me borrowing and people stealing credit card numbers, but as long as i don't, i sleep well.

bottomline though, if you are gonna steal a card, and cry to valve, you deserve any retribution that befalls upon you.
same IP and authorities notified.
that had me giggling.
Re: This is too funny Posted by Spartan on Tue Nov 23rd 2004 at 4:08pm
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These all sound like 12 year kids. They must be morrons because the mods told them the reason why they couldn't login into their accounts and they still contested. Just shutup and stop your wining. You know what you did so get over it. Kids these days think they can get away with anything. I know I'm only 16 but it pisses me off to see 12 year olds get away with s**t and thinking they are big stuff. Oh well this is good news to me anyways. This means less whiny asses on CS:S.
Re: This is too funny Posted by Junkyard God on Tue Nov 23rd 2004 at 4:31pm
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hahaha the last one hahaha

so good, litle turds with their hacked cc numbers :biggrin: that 'll teach 'em
Re: This is too funny Posted by Neural Scan on Tue Nov 23rd 2004 at 4:35pm
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<DIV class=quote>
<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Spartan 34</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>These all sound like 12 year kids. They must be morrons because the mods told them the reason why they couldn't login into their accounts and they still contested. Just shutup and stop your wining. You know what you did so get over it. Kids these days think they can get away with anything. I know I'm only 16 but it pisses me off to see 12 year olds get away with s**t and thinking they are big stuff. Oh well this is good news to me anyways. This means less whiny asses on CS:S.</DIV></DIV>

Sure you're 16? :razz:

It is true though, I hate kids these days... . It's not just online either, a few years ago they wouldn't dare talk crap to anyone older than themselves. Still it's pretty amusing when they try to act all hard in front of their mates :razz:
(I'm also 16 ^^ no offense Spartan :smile: )
Re: This is too funny Posted by 7dk2h4md720ih on Tue Nov 23rd 2004 at 4:43pm
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Good thing they spent time on this and not the deathmatch mode! ... just kidding. :smile:
Re: This is too funny Posted by Hugh on Tue Nov 23rd 2004 at 4:52pm
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<DIV class=quote>
<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Neural Scan</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>It is true though, I hate kids these days... . It's not just online either, a few years ago they wouldn't dare talk crap to anyone older than themselves. Still it's pretty amusing when they try to act all hard in front of their mates :razz: </DIV></DIV>
Oh, how ever so true. I remember back in my high school days, even as a senior, I had the goddamn 7th graders talking crap to me, only when there was a lot of 'em around, naturally. Bastards. Then one of my big wrestler friends said they talked crap to him, which was a really bad move on their part cue strangulation :lol:
Re: This is too funny Posted by Naklajat on Tue Nov 23rd 2004 at 4:57pm
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roffles to that! usually its "dont ention-may the arez-way" but here
its like, "give me my stolen software back!" or, "why did you stop me
when you caught me stealing?"

gj at life, uaenoob, fruithead, and halogen.

thats a knee-slapper...



my favorite sentence: "My Steam-account has been disabled, but there was no reaseon!"

good find, juim, i needed a good laugh today.

Re: This is too funny Posted by Crono on Tue Nov 23rd 2004 at 5:04pm
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The Steam forums contains a plethora of humorous events.
Most due to individuals who're, in all senses of the word, morons.

It's also incredibly annoying to read this, ?plz hlp. I hve teh problam.? and find that the person gets mad if no one helps them.
Re: This is too funny Posted by Dred_furst on Tue Nov 23rd 2004 at 5:15pm
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god some people are so dumb, credit card fraud 19 times! thats just pure dumb!
Re: This is too funny Posted by Yak_Fighter on Tue Nov 23rd 2004 at 6:17pm
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What's even dumber is to commit credit card fraud over such a paltry sum. Seriously, if you go through all the trouble to steal other people's cards at least use them for more than buying HL2 over Steam :rolleyes: . That $50 is so hard to swing these days.
Re: This is too funny Posted by 7dk2h4md720ih on Tue Nov 23rd 2004 at 6:25pm
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I missed the part where it specifically stated that only Hl2 was purchased with the stolen credit cards. :wink:
Re: This is too funny Posted by Kage_Prototype on Tue Nov 23rd 2004 at 6:47pm
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There's no dummy cd key, Valve didn't release anything. They just
noticied that a good 20,000 accounts were using the same one. :wink:
Re: This is too funny Posted by Orpheus on Tue Nov 23rd 2004 at 7:05pm
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i am noticing a trend in this thread. if you are under 21 its ok to talk about kids, or otherwise insinuate they are what they are. funny, i was under the impression that it was bad to go into ageisms, or is it just when older peeps do it. :heee:
Re: This is too funny Posted by pepper on Tue Nov 23rd 2004 at 7:14pm
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how can 20.000 accounts have the same cd-key??
Re: This is too funny Posted by mazemaster on Tue Nov 23rd 2004 at 9:13pm
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Really why are valve crackin down on people who used a no CD crack? Dumbest anti-piracy tactic ever. Most people who use the no-cd crack are people who bought the game legit and just don't want to have to search around for the CD every time they want to play. The irony is that the real pirates - those who downloaded the cracked game and didn't pay at all - are just fine without the CD inserted since the cracked versions supposedly don't connect to steam at all.

Plus if you bought the game over steam you don't even need to have the CD inserted in the first place, so why are the rules different for people who bought it at the store? Hell, you could even install HL2 with the CD, activate it, then uninstall it and re-install it from steam and bypass the CD key protection.
Re: This is too funny Posted by Kage_Prototype on Tue Nov 23rd 2004 at 9:15pm
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how can 20.000 accounts have the same cd-key??
Well, first, somene distributes it amongst the warez scene...and that's it. :wink:
Really why are valve crackin down on people who used a no CD crack?
Dumbest anti-piracy tactic ever. Most people who use the no-cd crack
are people who bought the game legit and just don't want to have to
search around for the CD every time they want to play. The irony is
that the real pirates - those who downloaded the cracked game and
didn't pay at all - are just fine without the CD inserted since the
cracked versions supposedly don't connect to steam at all.

Plus if you bought the game over steam you don't even need to have
the CD inserted in the first place, so why are the rules different for
people who bought it at the store? Hell, you could even install HL2
with the CD, activate it, then uninstall it and re-install it from
steam and bypass the CD key protection.
This isn't a no-cd crack, this is a shared ck-key. I doubt Valve are
obthered by a no-cd crack when their anti-piracy systems come through
Steam anyway.
Re: This is too funny Posted by SuperCrazy on Wed Nov 24th 2004 at 12:33am
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<DIV class=quote>
<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting mazemaster</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>Really why are valve crackin down on people who used a no CD crack? Dumbest anti-piracy tactic ever. Most people who use the no-cd crack are people who bought the game legit and just don't want to have to search around for the CD every time they want to play. The irony is that the real pirates - those who downloaded the cracked game and didn't pay at all - are just fine without the CD inserted since the cracked versions supposedly don't connect to steam at all.

Plus if you bought the game over steam you don't even need to have the CD inserted in the first place, so why are the rules different for people who bought it at the store? Hell, you could even install HL2 with the CD, activate it, then uninstall it and re-install it from steam and bypass the CD key protection. </DIV></DIV>
Like Kage said, the bannings weren't because of no-CD cracks. I agree that it's a pain in the ass having to put the CD in to play, but that was Vivendi's decision, not Valve's.
Re: This is too funny Posted by Gwil on Wed Nov 24th 2004 at 12:53am
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i am noticing a trend in this thread. if you are under 21 its ok
to talk about kids, or otherwise insinuate they are what they are.
funny, i was under the impression that it was bad to go into ageisms,
or is it just when older peeps do it. :heee:
Just when the old folks do it :wink:

Nah, I hate all -isms of that sort (socialism and communism WUB WUB!)
:razz: It's just you old folks get cantankerous, and we get cocky.

There's a whole of words beginning with C meeting up in the middle, and the rest is just...

messy? :razz:

Either way children are stupid and should be outlawed

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Re: This is too funny Posted by asterix_vader on Wed Nov 24th 2004 at 1:03am
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