Bad news our favorite game

cubedrum · 01-13-2006, 01:54 PM

I just saw the CD version of TB2 on a torrent site. I just can't believe that there is an extremely well designed copy protection on the web version, and nothing at all on the CD version. I DL'd and VIOLA! No licensing procedure at all. The tracker is called Demonoid.com if the company wants to complain. It's been downloaded a couple hundred times in 3 days.

Cube

mh2365 · 01-13-2006, 02:36 PM

That's not good. Did you e-mail Andreas?

CONN CHRIS · 01-13-2006, 02:38 PM

Ugh. Not good at all.

Cap · 01-13-2006, 03:36 PM

I guess we'll get a new version for sure now....

Cap

Jim_Kidd · 01-13-2006, 04:19 PM

There's not a lot you can do about these sort of things.
Sony, Microsoft and many other "giants" have had their product's copy protection broken.

With Title Bout, maybe they can set up a "license check" in order to download updates and patches. That will weed out a group of people. Of course, the updates and patches can also be cracked.

javier_83 · 01-13-2006, 05:49 PM

The company can ask the page to quit the torrent file

Bonedwarf · 01-13-2006, 07:00 PM

IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT!

EVERY title is pirated, get over it. And it's not "bad news", no more so than "it's raining today", as it happened to the first one, which was only ever released with this "extremely well designed copy protection". Every time TB was patched, a new pirated version was released. I know, I downloaded them for backup purposes in case Elicense, for whatever reason, ever goes under. They go under and you need a new license, you're SOL.

It's just a matter of scale with the piracy. Go check Emule. You'll find the FIRST Title Bout on there, with Elicense busted wide open. You'll find Out of the Park Baseball as well. I would never have bought 3, 4 and 6 (and pre-ordered the next version) of OOTP had I NOT gotten a pirated copy of OOTP3 in the first place.

Just the other week I saw the latest Puresim on a torrent site.

sabotai · 01-13-2006, 08:48 PM

Bonedwarf is right, unfortunately. Pirated software is just part of the game, just like pirated movies and CDs are part of the movie and music game. Can do what you can to help make it harder, but it's just not going to stop.

Look on the brightside, someone deemed it good enough to go through the trouple of cracking it....

Yeah, I know. That's stretching it, but still.

erickdamac · 01-14-2006, 02:54 PM

believe it or not its good news, its self promotion, Alot of times people download something and if they play it alot they will buy that product or the next one that comes out.

I know that how my cousin got his E-net Product a go round, He upped it on a torrent site, and the next month he doubled his profit from the month before. (His Product Was a Browser That was build off of net something, they found out he wa using ther codes, and told him to end his product or they was going to sue) But he mad about 8k in 4 months and I think 6 k came in the last 2 months after he upped it on the torrent site.

I think it was Supernova.org back in 2002.

cubedrum · 01-14-2006, 03:07 PM

Actually my point was that it wasn't cracked and there was no protection at all on the game. At least make it so only a talented cracker can do it and not anyone with the game.

Cube

javier_83 · 01-14-2006, 03:14 PM

The problem is that E-Licensed games are too hard to get cracked, but now with the CD-Version will be too easy to make copys

01-13-2006, 01:54 PM	#1
cubedrum All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 952	Bad news our favorite game I just saw the CD version of TB2 on a torrent site. I just can't believe that there is an extremely well designed copy protection on the web version, and nothing at all on the CD version. I DL'd and VIOLA! No licensing procedure at all. The tracker is called Demonoid.com if the company wants to complain. It's been downloaded a couple hundred times in 3 days. Cube __________________ "If you build a man a fire, he stays warm for one day. If you set a man on fire, he stays warm for the rest of his life" - Edgar Frog

01-13-2006, 02:38 PM	#3
CONN CHRIS Global Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 29,083	Ugh. Not good at all. __________________ Check Out My Cards!

01-13-2006, 03:36 PM	#4
Cap Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Large Province in God's Country Posts: 8,041	I guess we'll get a new version for sure now.... Cap __________________ "...There were Giants in Those Days.."

01-13-2006, 05:49 PM	#6
javier_83 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,091	The company can ask the page to quit the torrent file __________________ Unification World of Boxing Universal World of Boxing First Tbcb Forum Tournament

01-14-2006, 03:07 PM	#10
cubedrum All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 952	Actually my point was that it wasn't cracked and there was no protection at all on the game. At least make it so only a talented cracker can do it and not anyone with the game. Cube __________________ "If you build a man a fire, he stays warm for one day. If you set a man on fire, he stays warm for the rest of his life" - Edgar Frog

01-13-2006, 02:36 PM	#2
mh2365 Banned Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: louisville Posts: 14,941 Infractions: 0/2 (101)	That's not good. Did you e-mail Andreas?

01-13-2006, 04:19 PM	#5
Jim_Kidd All Star Reserve Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Florida, West Coast Posts: 578	There's not a lot you can do about these sort of things. Sony, Microsoft and many other "giants" have had their product's copy protection broken. With Title Bout, maybe they can set up a "license check" in order to download updates and patches. That will weed out a group of people. Of course, the updates and patches can also be cracked.

01-13-2006, 07:00 PM	#7
Bonedwarf All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,339	IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT! EVERY title is pirated, get over it. And it's not "bad news", no more so than "it's raining today", as it happened to the first one, which was only ever released with this "extremely well designed copy protection". Every time TB was patched, a new pirated version was released. I know, I downloaded them for backup purposes in case Elicense, for whatever reason, ever goes under. They go under and you need a new license, you're SOL. It's just a matter of scale with the piracy. Go check Emule. You'll find the FIRST Title Bout on there, with Elicense busted wide open. You'll find Out of the Park Baseball as well. I would never have bought 3, 4 and 6 (and pre-ordered the next version) of OOTP had I NOT gotten a pirated copy of OOTP3 in the first place. Just the other week I saw the latest Puresim on a torrent site.

01-13-2006, 08:48 PM	#8
sabotai All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: South Jersey Posts: 841	Bonedwarf is right, unfortunately. Pirated software is just part of the game, just like pirated movies and CDs are part of the movie and music game. Can do what you can to help make it harder, but it's just not going to stop. Look on the brightside, someone deemed it good enough to go through the trouple of cracking it.... Yeah, I know. That's stretching it, but still.

01-14-2006, 02:54 PM	#9
erickdamac All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,592	believe it or not its good news, its self promotion, Alot of times people download something and if they play it alot they will buy that product or the next one that comes out. I know that how my cousin got his E-net Product a go round, He upped it on a torrent site, and the next month he doubled his profit from the month before. (His Product Was a Browser That was build off of net something, they found out he wa using ther codes, and told him to end his product or they was going to sue) But he mad about 8k in 4 months and I think 6 k came in the last 2 months after he upped it on the torrent site. I think it was Supernova.org back in 2002.

01-14-2006, 03:14 PM	#11
javier_83 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,091	The problem is that E-Licensed games are too hard to get cracked, but now with the CD-Version will be too easy to make copys __________________ Unification World of Boxing Universal World of Boxing First Tbcb Forum Tournament