News Garry's Mod traps pirates with error

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  1. CardJoe

    CardJoe Freelance Journalist

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    CardJoe, 13 Apr 2011
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  2. NethLyn

    NethLyn Minimodder

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    Good for him, the mod costs even less in sales at least twice a year, so the "it's OK to copy" crowd should get the support they've paid for. In fact it's a shame he publicised it so quickly with the new build.
     
    NethLyn, 13 Apr 2011
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  3. Flanananagan

    Flanananagan What's a Dremel?

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    Genius, genius.
     
    Flanananagan, 13 Apr 2011
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  4. shokwaav

    shokwaav What's a Dremel?

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    i tried buying gary's mod on steam last year but then i kept getting steam errors (something about my first game being a retail copy rather than a digital download (wtf)) but this sort of **** makes me want to pirate games.
     
    shokwaav, 13 Apr 2011
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  5. impar

    impar Minimodder

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    Greetings!
    Should have waited a week or so.
     
    impar, 13 Apr 2011
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  6. V3ctor

    V3ctor Tech addict...

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    Lolol... epic win!!
     
    V3ctor, 13 Apr 2011
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  7. Evildead666

    Evildead666 What's a Dremel?

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    Props to Garry ;)
     
    Evildead666, 13 Apr 2011
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  8. Parge

    Parge the worst Super Moderator

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    Fair play, there is no excuses for pirating games.
     
    Parge, 13 Apr 2011
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  9. BRAWL

    BRAWL Dead and buried.

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    lol and not even a single hint of DRM (bar Steam, shush) here...

    Well done chap. That's fantastic work.
     
    BRAWL, 13 Apr 2011
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  10. Ending Credits

    Ending Credits Bunned

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    Reminds me of The Sims:

    Recalculating Splines... Shading Polygon Normals...

    Although Shading Polygon Normals actually makes sense if you have deferred lighting.
     
    Ending Credits, 13 Apr 2011
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  11. r3loaded

    r3loaded Minimodder

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    Lol, people pirate a game that costs £6?
     
    r3loaded, 13 Apr 2011
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  12. DragunovHUN

    DragunovHUN Modder

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    Implying pirates use their steam account.
     
    DragunovHUN, 13 Apr 2011
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  13. Nexxo

    Nexxo * Prefab Sprout – The King of Rock 'n' Roll

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    MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! :hehe:

    That is all. :)
     
    Nexxo, 13 Apr 2011
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  14. stuartwood89

    stuartwood89 Please... Just call me Stu.

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    I absolutely love this. I just did a quick Google Search and had a look at some of the other complaints. I think more developers should do this, especially as games like that are so cheap, and don't strangle you with DRM. They obviously put a lot of trust into the end user, and it's people who pirate already cheap games that take that trust away.

    Some reading material:

    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110412200239AATlHK1
    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110413004057AAJFblT
    http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110412231648AAvmrEi

    That last one was quite interesting, where a user suggested that he should write a full error log over at the Steam forums :D
     
    stuartwood89, 13 Apr 2011
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  15. Stuey

    Stuey You will be defenestrated!

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    lol, I definitely approve of this.
     
    Stuey, 13 Apr 2011
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  16. Tyr

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    Never played Garry's Mod but this idea is great!
     
    Tyr, 13 Apr 2011
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  17. rickysio

    rickysio N900 | HJE900

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    Pirates even need to use steam?
     
    rickysio, 13 Apr 2011
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  18. Paul2011

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    Best non-DRM ever! please all companys look and learn.

    I cant believe pirates stupidity tbh and they all deserve there steam accounts banned + isp informed of this as well.
     
    Paul2011, 13 Apr 2011
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  19. Paradigm Shifter

    Paradigm Shifter de nihilo nihil fit

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    The cynic in me wonders if there will be any false positives - ie, Garry's Mod exhibiting this error even if it's not pirated.
     
    Paradigm Shifter, 13 Apr 2011
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  20. Glix

    Glix Left Thumb Stick in the mud.

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    Impossible! All those cheaters caught MW2 were cheating, VAC was infallible... ok here have TF2 for free...
     
    Glix, 13 Apr 2011
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