What is your stance on piracy?

1. My stance is I try to avoid it as much as possible for all forms of media. I always prefer to buy physical copies or steam games. With sales these days the prices aren't even that outrageous (at least for steam in that case). Music has plenty of streaming services online that suffice for my needs and occasionally I'll buy an album for a band I particularly like. And I pay for my favorite video services and try to find legal streams for nearly everything I want to watch. If not then oh well I can wait. HOWEVER I will not deny having ever pirated. The times when I have was usually when said media was so extremely hard to come by in my area in a legal form that was pretty much my only choice. The big example here is old outdated games (can any of us honestly say they've never used an emulator??) or anime that wasn't licensed for distribution or streaming. I will admit that I have an R4 for my ds and have played many a game through that, but to be fair I ended up buying at least half of those afterwards.
2. Yes.
3. I don't even know it's been that long. It's been at least a couple of years honestly. Have so much steam backlog that I haven't needed or wanted to.
4. Professor Layton and the Unwound Future.
5. I didn't have the money at the time and reaallllyyy wanted to play it after beating the 2nd game in the series. Ended up buying it and the later games when I could.

1. Be kind, don't hurt yourself, and don't hurt others.
   ^Applies to both the consumers and the devs/publishers (it's much more nuanced than that, but that's the gist of my stance)

i used to do it, not lot.
Now i have +110 games at steam, i dont get pirate games even for tring,in my opnion this is fraking bad!

I actually pirated a lot of games... The reasons could be:

1. I want to try it out before I buy it.

2. I cannot afford the price at the moment, this I will actually buy it afterwards.

3. Sometimes pirated version is better than legal version, ridiculous. I had a game I already bought but got to pirate it to make it better.

4. Some of the games just don't worth it. But I still want to try an hour or two to see how s***ty(or underrated) it is.

5. Some games are so old that I couldn't buy them anywhere.

I used to pirate most of the games I wanted to play before early 21 century. Because in Hong Kong piracy was just too popular that I don't even know they are illegal when I was small, I thought they are just cheaper version with cheap packaging. Then I realized it is not(But I still pirate a lot). But I changed my mind so much when I study Multimedia in Institute, because I finally get the feeling of creating a product/idea and everybody like it, but no one pay money or compliment, and even steal your work.

In my point of view I treat paying the game(or whatever digital/non-digital artwork) as a compliment/respect to the creator, more than buying the right to play it.

Edit 1: Forgot to write point 5.

What is your stance on pirating video games, or anything for that matter?
If at least you don't pay someone else for game developers work (buying the pirate game), it's not THAT big deal, you still do merchandising. I "agree" with it if I think the price is somewhat unfair, some companies have already made tons of money selling old games, no need to sell a 10 years old game (Morrowind comes to mind) for $10~20, just put 'em for free or something like water price...

Have you ever pirated a game?
Yes

When was the last time you pirated a game?
More than 1 year ago

What game was it?
GTA: San Andreas

Why did you do it?
The game is old, has no achievements, I didn't want any kind of multiplayer (don't even think there's a official multiplayer), I saw no reason to pay for it.

If you consider emulators as piracy, well... I'm a big pirate O.o
There's that "trying-as-a-demo-piracy" thing that is TOTALLY valid if no demo is provided.

I dont mind if someone pirates a game. That person is not taking something away from a company, rather makes a copy for himself. People need to understand that pirated game =/= loss for the dev. Most people who pirate games, wouldn't even consider buying them in the first place so there was no potential customer to begin with. I have never pirated a game, but a friend gave me a cracked version of skyrim when it first came out. I don't pirate myself because I take pride in my steam game collection. That being said, I bought skyrim shortly after.

The only games I would consider "pirated" are n64 games I play on an emulator. Just because I dont feel like buying an old n64 just for that.

Too lazy to answer all but half the games I actually paid for(that is not wins from giveaways or bundles) were games I had pirated, played and when I had a bit of money decided to buy. Same thing for the hundreds of books I downloaded(only bought a hundred or so at this point though).

1 depends in favor if it is to try the game check compabilities etc or if like me you are too damm poor to even get a 1$ game (yeah since about mid last year i only have a ceiling above my head cause i move back to my parents home and dont have a job yet you guys may find it dificult to believe but i dont have enough in my bank acount to buy a cup of coffee) against if its to re-sell it or just "cause i can"
2- yes
3- about a month ago after skyrim got out 4- yes it was skyrim but i got it as a gift on x-mas so i own it xD
5-check number 1 for that
havent pirated a game in some time cause i've been gettin throu some trades and twitch is right now the main source of gettin games for me right now xD won more games there that any other place, also i use tremor games to get some thou i have a hard time to get coins so it takes me 1 or 2 months damm i've been on that site for almost 2 months watching 2 or 3 vids a day and playing a lot of games to get batman city xD i also won some games here a massive ga (dwarvs) and others were on a group ga that had small number of participants

1. Only stupid person will buy anything what he did not tested before. 2. Sure... 3. 4 month ago 4. Splinter Cell Blacklist 5. I dont know. It looked interesting but i never run it. Had no time to test it or had better games to play.

I usually try and take a sideways stance to minimize exposure to their pointy weapons. Besides, I've got to protect my good side.

1. Depends:
   A) If you pirated an indie game you should die.
   B) If you pirated a non-indie game I still cannot consider you a serious gamer, but can be worse.
   C) If you pirated a game because it's rare or too old and you basically have no choice, better that than not playing it at all I guess.
   D) If you pirated a game for benchmark/testing/demoing it's alright, unless you continue playing without buying it.

2. Yes, I've been young and didn't care, but I do not do it anymore if I can avoid it. I often buy games that I pirated in the past, like I did for Legacy of Kain Defiance.

3. Probably during 2013

4. Can't remember

5. Rare console game not sold anymore

I pirate the big games but I end up buying them later

Pirating everything from EA because fuck them
Pirating everything with excesive amounts of dlc's or 100 crap dlc's
Pirating everything for consoles because theyre trying to kill pc gaming
Spending 1000$ bucks on dota 2 because hell yeah

1. I think pirating video games is reprehensible, with the exception of games that are unavailable to purchase new. If someone wants Full Throttle or Grim Fandango, for example, they're out of luck.
2. Yes, back when my options for purchasing games were very limited (due to physical constraints).
3. Must've been about 15 years ago.
4. Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen
5. It wasn't available to purchase anywhere locally.

I was pirating games a long time ago and I do not intend to do that again, but the license thing with Deadpool makes me want to pirate it, because I was looking forward to buying it and then they pulled it, shame on Activision and Marvel for that :/

1 depends in favor if it is to try the game check compabilities etc or if like me you are too damm poor to even get a 1$ game (yeah since about mid last year i only have a ceiling above my head cause i move back to my parents home and dont have a job yet you guys may find it dificult to believe but i dont have enough in my bank acount to buy a cup of coffee) against if its to re-sell it or just "cause i can"
2- yes
3- about a month ago after skyrim got out 4- yes it was skyrim but i got it as a gift on x-mas so i own it xD
5-check number 1 for that
havent pirated a game in some time cause i've been gettin throu some trades and twitch is right now the main source of gettin games for me right now xD won more games there that any other place, also i use tremor games to get some thou i have a hard time to get coins so it takes me 1 or 2 months damm i've been on that site for almost 2 months watching 2 or 3 vids a day and playing a lot of games to get batman city xD i also won some games here a massive ga (dwarvs) and others were on a group ga that had small number of participants

1 depends in favor if it is to try the game check compabilities etc or if like me you are too damm poor to even get a 1$ game (yeah since about mid last year i only have a ceiling above my head cause i move back to my parents home and dont have a job yet you guys may find it dificult to believe but i dont have enough in my bank acount to buy a cup of coffee) against if its to re-sell it or just "cause i can"
2- yes
3- about a month ago after skyrim got out 4- yes it was skyrim but i got it as a gift on x-mas so i own it xD
5-check number 1 for that
havent pirated a game in some time cause i've been gettin throu some trades and twitch is right now the main source of gettin games for me right now xD won more games there that any other place, also i use tremor games to get some thou i have a hard time to get coins so it takes me 1 or 2 months damm i've been on that site for almost 2 months watching 2 or 3 vids a day and playing a lot of games to get batman city xD i also won some games here a massive ga (dwarvs) and others were on a group ga that had small number of participants

1 depends in favor if it is to try the game check compabilities etc or if like me you are too damm poor to even get a 1$ game (yeah since about mid last year i only have a ceiling above my head cause i move back to my parents home and dont have a job yet you guys may find it dificult to believe but i dont have enough in my bank acount to buy a cup of coffee) against if its to re-sell it or just "cause i can"
2- yes
3- about a month ago after skyrim got out 4- yes it was skyrim but i got it as a gift on x-mas so i own it xD
5-check number 1 for that
havent pirated a game in some time cause i've been gettin throu some trades and twitch is right now the main source of gettin games for me right now xD won more games there that any other place, also i use tremor games to get some thou i have a hard time to get coins so it takes me 1 or 2 months damm i've been on that site for almost 2 months watching 2 or 3 vids a day and playing a lot of games to get batman city xD i also won some games here a massive ga (dwarvs) and others were on a group ga that had small number of participants

1 depends in favor if it is to try the game check compabilities etc or if like me you are too damm poor to even get a 1$ game (yeah since about mid last year i only have a ceiling above my head cause i move back to my parents home and dont have a job yet you guys may find it dificult to believe but i dont have enough in my bank acount to buy a cup of coffee) against if its to re-sell it or just "cause i can"
2- yes
3- about a month ago after skyrim got out 4- yes it was skyrim but i got it as a gift on x-mas so i own it xD
5-check number 1 for that
havent pirated a game in some time cause i've been gettin throu some trades and twitch is right now the main source of gettin games for me right now xD won more games there that any other place, also i use tremor games to get some thou i have a hard time to get coins so it takes me 1 or 2 months damm i've been on that site for almost 2 months watching 2 or 3 vids a day and playing a lot of games to get batman city xD i also won some games here a massive ga (dwarvs) and others were on a group ga that had small number of participants

1 depends in favor if it is to try the game check compabilities etc or if like me you are too damm poor to even get a 1$ game (yeah since about mid last year i only have a ceiling above my head cause i move back to my parents home and dont have a job yet you guys may find it dificult to believe but i dont have enough in my bank acount to buy a cup of coffee) against if its to re-sell it or just "cause i can"
2- yes
3- about a month ago after skyrim got out 4- yes it was skyrim but i got it as a gift on x-mas so i own it xD
5-check number 1 for that
havent pirated a game in some time cause i've been gettin throu some trades and twitch is right now the main source of gettin games for me right now xD won more games there that any other place, also i use tremor games to get some thou i have a hard time to get coins so it takes me 1 or 2 months damm i've been on that site for almost 2 months watching 2 or 3 vids a day and playing a lot of games to get batman city xD i also won some games here a massive ga (dwarvs) and others were on a group ga that had small number of participants

1 depends in favor if it is to try the game check compabilities etc or if like me you are too damm poor to even get a 1$ game (yeah since about mid last year i only have a ceiling above my head cause i move back to my parents home and dont have a job yet you guys may find it dificult to believe but i dont have enough in my bank acount to buy a cup of coffee) against if its to re-sell it or just "cause i can"
2- yes
3- about a month ago after skyrim got out 4- yes it was skyrim but i got it as a gift on x-mas so i own it xD
5-check number 1 for that
havent pirated a game in some time cause i've been gettin throu some trades and twitch is right now the main source of gettin games for me right now xD won more games there that any other place, also i use tremor games to get some thou i have a hard time to get coins so it takes me 1 or 2 months damm i've been on that site for almost 2 months watching 2 or 3 vids a day and playing a lot of games to get batman city xD i also won some games here a massive ga (dwarvs) and others were on a group ga that had small number of participants