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Valve Takes the Offensive on Warez Users?

Posted by Zonk on from the burn-warez-monkeys-burn dept.

Drull writes "It's claimed by a poster on filefront.com that Valve might have released a "Warez" version of Half-Life 2 to monitor and ban those who attempt to use it. This is the news from some guy with a filefront account, so take it with a grain of salt.

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  1. sounds reliable by syrinx · · Score: 5, Funny

    "It's claimed by a poster on filefront.com that..."

    uh huh. well, it's claimed by a poster on slashdot.org that Natalie Portman pours hot grits down my pants.

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  2. Re:Just asking for trouble by recursiv · · Score: 4, Funny

    So far most crack authors have been very good about being minimalist and unintrusive, but someday, with some crack, they're going to fuck you.

    As early as 3 years ago, I had seen warez installers that came bundled with stealth ftp servers and backdoor zombie agents.

    Did I say I saw? I mean, it was... a good friend of mine... I tried telling him to use legitimate software, but you know how those warez monkeys are.

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  3. Slashdot's New Motto by wramsdel · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Slashdot: Rumors for Nerds. Stuff that may or may not be true."

  4. You know, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    for a sleepy little village in Mexico, Warez sure gets a lot of coverage on the web.

  5. Re:Maybe it could hurt Valve more by gosand · · Score: 3, Funny
    Valve, having locked the potential customer out of Steam, will have lost a customer.

    ObSimpsons quote:

    Homer: You just lost yourself a customer!
    CHA-CHING
    Moe: Wha? I'm sorry, Homer I couldn't hear you
    Homer: I said you just lost yourself a customer!
    CHA-CHING
    Moe: Huh?
    Homer: You just lost yourself a customer!
    CHA-CHING
    Moe: Homer you're going to have to speak up!
    Homer: You just lost yourself a customer, Moe!
    CHA-CHING
    Moe: I've forced myself to wha?
    Homer: You just lost yourself a customer!
    CHA-CHING
    Moe: Homer.. I'll talk to you tomorrow!
    Homer: You just lost yourself a customer!
    CHA-CHING
    Moe: Yeah you can use it!

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  6. And... by kjeldor · · Score: 5, Funny

    In related news, last night in #teen-chat, cHeRrYbLossOM697 responded to the question "a/s/l" with "200/m/NJ". Although sources have not yet been confirmed, jounalists are now saying that we may have uncovered the oldest living human.

  7. how do i get past the level by planckscale · · Score: 4, Funny
    Where there's a scientist that says "You're playing a cracked copy, there's no way to get out of this room, so you might as well play with my pet head crab."

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  8. Re:Take a lesson by i+wanted+another+nam · · Score: 3, Funny

    The foremost question on my mind is, "Who the fuck would want to copy a ford?!"

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  9. Re:Take a lesson by themaidtricks · · Score: 3, Funny

    The foremost question on my mind is, "Who the fuck would want to copy a ford?!"

    If everybody thought like that, the solution to stopping piracy would be to create terrible products.