Game piracy

[fastboyslim]

Why is it 3 times over the last 5 or 6 weeks i have reported piracy and nothhing ever gets done about it! People get banned for spamming posts, derailing subjects/topics and abusive behavior! So why not piracy! many of us go to work hard to earn our money that we invest into gaming, but a certain few can pirate games and get away with it!

[Cassidy]

People do get banned for it. In fact, anyone who advocates that sort of behavior can get permanently banned or even community banned.

But of course, moderators are not all-seeing, so they can only ban what they find, or what is reported.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Fun fact: Family sharing exists.

If you can't prove it, you might be wrong and Valve won't take action.

Hint: You can't prove it.

I see some that you are talking about. Nothing points to piracy other than saying they downloaded the game. And that is not real proof. They could be Family Sharing.

[mr]

Can you show en example of piracy getting promoted on steam? Im really curious to see, because it doesnt make sense to me lile if someone would want a game pirated, he would google/search for it in certain places but for sure not the official selling place aka steam

[Ogami]

Family Sharing, secondary accounts, played a version of the game outside of Steam (GOG,console) and so on.
Its dangerous to jump to "piracy!" conclusions without any proof.

Pretty much the only proof STEAM accepts is if someone blatantly writes in a thread " i pirated that game/ plan to pirate that game" or something like " you should pirate that game".
Those are pretty much instant permanent community bans.
Everything else CAN NOT be proved and will lead to nothing, no matter how often you report.
Which is as it should be. We dont need witch hunts for suspected pirates on Steam.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Just report, IGNORE and MOVE ON.

[fastboyslim]

the report i made today was from hellblade 'senua's sacrafice'

the user asked for help for a game he/she had downloaded i noticed there was no mouse icon.
So i mentioned that that they should own the game first! the user then went on to say they only wanted help to see if they could get the game to run first, before promising to buy the game.

[Cassidy]

Originally posted by Nightenhelser:

Originally posted by fastboyslim:

Why is it 3 times over the last 5 or 6 weeks i have reported piracy and nothhing ever gets done about it! People get banned for spamming posts, derailing subjects/topics and abusive behavior! So why not piracy! many of us go to work hard to earn our money that we invest into gaming, but a certain few can pirate games and get away with it!

How are you so sure that they pirated?

Because of this post:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/414340/discussions/0/2765630416809425928/#c2765630416810259058

@OP:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Just report, IGNORE and MOVE ON.

:qr:

[Ogami]

Originally posted by fastboyslim:

the report i made today was from hellblade 'senua's sacrafice'

the user asked for help for a game he/she had downloaded i noticed there was no mouse icon.
So i mentioned that that they should own the game first! the user then went on to say they only wanted help to see if they could get the game to run first, before promising to buy the game.

Well that is indeed a clear case. BUT it was on the subforum for that game, correct?
Those forums are run by the game developers/publishers and they have their own rules.
They may ban users for comments like that but its their decision. If they do not want to ban users for that then thats it.
Only if users talk about it on the STEAM main forums can you be sure that they are banned for it.

[fastboyslim]

Originally posted by R Λ i D Ξ N:

Originally posted by Nightenhelser:

How are you so sure that they pirated?

Because of this post:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/414340/discussions/0/2765630416809425928/#c2765630416810259058

@OP:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Just report, IGNORE and MOVE ON.

:qr:

thankyou i am on my phone just now so could not copy the link to the page.

[mr]

You must be fun at parties

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by fastboyslim:

...i noticed there was no mouse icon...

I post with my other alt accounts all the time and I do not own the games on those accounts.

What would you say to me? Would you claim that I'm a pirate too?

I Family Share those games. So I don't have a mouse icon.

[fastboyslim]

I just annoys me that we gamers invest so much money supporting game devs. Then come along the pirates taking for nothing and pushing up the prices!

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

I like how you think that's the reason for high prices.

[fastboyslim]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by fastboyslim:

...i noticed there was no mouse icon...

I post with my other alt accounts all the time and I do not own the games on those accounts.

What would you say to me? Would you claim that I'm a pirate too?

I Family Share those games. So I don't have a mouse icon.

:qr:

i would say what i mentioned already in the posted thread!
'if you are looking for help or support make the post with the account that is linked to the game you want help with'

[fastboyslim]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

I like how you think that's the reason for high prices.

:qr:

I know it is not the only reason!

Maybe it is because the way i was brought up!
If you want something in life go out and work for it and if you cant afford it save up for it.