Left 4 Dead 2 cost me $5. I've played for over 800 hours so far. This is less than one cent per hour. I spend more on electricity to play the game than I do the actual game.
My wife also got a copy for $5. She has played for almost 2000 hours.
See, this is another reason why I don't like using Steam anymore. Unless I'm playing in offline mode (which is never), I'm going to end up with reasonably accurate playtimes of my games. I don't care about the logging itself, that doesn't bother me - it's the fact that if I go to my profile and see I've spent 2000 on a game, I will feel bad about myself because it's 2000 hours I could have spent working on an Arduino project, or working in the garden, or learning a programming language, or going out and taking photographs, basically anything other than sitting on my ass and playing computer games and running out of life doing it.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy games. I just don't like being reminded about how much life I'm losing to them. 2000 hours on a single game? What the fuck dude! I'm not arrogant enough to tell your missus how to life her life (and yours) but doesn't looking at a stat like that elicit some kind of concern at least? That maybe there's more to life than games? I dunno.
I used to try that approach. I didn't want to support the bastards by buying any of their stuff, but at the same time I didn't want pirate as this would give them further ammunition to be even more draconian and relentless. So I just invested in alternative media - legitimately free stuff and purchased stuff direct from the artist(s). Keep in mind I actually LIKE a lot of the stuff that exists from the big studios. Sure they make a lot of crap but they also are responsible for a ton of fun and entertaining movies/music. I just hoped that my approach would be my way of avoiding being a part of the problem and hopefully things would get better.
Unfortunately, things are getting worse. SOPA is now being resurrected into something with a different title (as expected), we still have aggressive attacks of file sharing sites which causes serious problems for legitimate users, and honestly, I've seen no progress towards treating customers and artists fairly and actually doing the right thing.
So... I pirate like crazy now. Why shouldn't I? It obviously doesn't matter what I do - I try to do the right thing, and I miss out on a lot of good content while still get screwed over. I might as well enjoy all this stuff if thing aren't gonna get better. Sacrifices are pointless if they're in vain.
No, I'm not implying anything of the sort. You're honestly not that important. I'm saying outright that Slashdot is a joke in the tech world purely because of commenters like you. This place seems to draw in the crazies.
By the way, there's only one person who has ever said this to me on here, and he happens to be my "anonymous stalker"
Hi anonymous stalker. You forgot to logout. Eat a bag of dicks.
What the fuck are you talking about? Seriously. You're not important enough to have a stalker.
As an impartial observer, I think you're being a fucking idio bmo. You seem to believe that NO-ONE could like Metro, and that anyone who apparently does must be affiliated with Microsoft. As if people can't have differing opinions.
I've seen the same issue time and time again with Linux zealots. If you happen to explain why you like Windows 7, they'll call you a shill because NO-ONE could possibly like Windows at all, could they? They just cannot comprehend this idea, and I was lead to believe Linux users are smarter than regular folk, but some of them have their heads so far up their asses they don't like admitting some people have opinions that are different... without being malicious.
Oh Slashdot, no wonder you're the joke of the tech world.
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See, this is another reason why I don't like using Steam anymore. Unless I'm playing in offline mode (which is never), I'm going to end up with reasonably accurate playtimes of my games. I don't care about the logging itself, that doesn't bother me - it's the fact that if I go to my profile and see I've spent 2000 on a game, I will feel bad about myself because it's 2000 hours I could have spent working on an Arduino project, or working in the garden, or learning a programming language, or going out and taking photographs, basically anything other than sitting on my ass and playing computer games and running out of life doing it.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy games. I just don't like being reminded about how much life I'm losing to them. 2000 hours on a single game? What the fuck dude! I'm not arrogant enough to tell your missus how to life her life (and yours) but doesn't looking at a stat like that elicit some kind of concern at least? That maybe there's more to life than games? I dunno.
I used to try that approach. I didn't want to support the bastards by buying any of their stuff, but at the same time I didn't want pirate as this would give them further ammunition to be even more draconian and relentless. So I just invested in alternative media - legitimately free stuff and purchased stuff direct from the artist(s). Keep in mind I actually LIKE a lot of the stuff that exists from the big studios. Sure they make a lot of crap but they also are responsible for a ton of fun and entertaining movies/music. I just hoped that my approach would be my way of avoiding being a part of the problem and hopefully things would get better.
Unfortunately, things are getting worse. SOPA is now being resurrected into something with a different title (as expected), we still have aggressive attacks of file sharing sites which causes serious problems for legitimate users, and honestly, I've seen no progress towards treating customers and artists fairly and actually doing the right thing.
So... I pirate like crazy now. Why shouldn't I? It obviously doesn't matter what I do - I try to do the right thing, and I miss out on a lot of good content while still get screwed over. I might as well enjoy all this stuff if thing aren't gonna get better. Sacrifices are pointless if they're in vain.
Doesn't hurt eh? I once tried getting an implant in my eye. I even captured the attempt on video.
Didn't go so well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALquuqokPTc
You're the former head admin of games.on.net net, aren't you? Just noticed your username... /kneels before Zod
No, I'm not implying anything of the sort. You're honestly not that important. I'm saying outright that Slashdot is a joke in the tech world purely because of commenters like you. This place seems to draw in the crazies.
What the fuck are you talking about? Seriously. You're not important enough to have a stalker.
As an impartial observer, I think you're being a fucking idio bmo. You seem to believe that NO-ONE could like Metro, and that anyone who apparently does must be affiliated with Microsoft. As if people can't have differing opinions.
I've seen the same issue time and time again with Linux zealots. If you happen to explain why you like Windows 7, they'll call you a shill because NO-ONE could possibly like Windows at all, could they? They just cannot comprehend this idea, and I was lead to believe Linux users are smarter than regular folk, but some of them have their heads so far up their asses they don't like admitting some people have opinions that are different... without being malicious.
Oh Slashdot, no wonder you're the joke of the tech world.
Apparently the joke is still "funny" and that we should "lighten up". At least that's what I've been told. Maybe I lack humor?