A common argument from pirates is that it's not stealing, because that person never intended to buy the game in the first place, therefore no sale was lost. Regardless of how dubious and absurd that premise is, let's take it a step further: when you rent a game, you also get to play the game without actually purchasing it. However, the publisher only receives payment for one copy of the game. I couldn't find any statistics about how often a single disc is rented one average. The exact same claim can be made about purchasing used games, except now the number of people playing the game from one disc is limited to two or three -- maybe highly successful games change hands more than that.

Minecraft is a good example because of the developer's tolerant stance on pirating: in 2014 the game passed 100M users, with roughly 14M copies sold. Today that number stands at 21M. It's one of the highest selling -- and most pirated -- games of all time. Assuming the # of users stayed at 100M (which is generous in the extreme, but it helps for the example), the ratio of purchases to pirated copies is 1:5. The game obviously can't be sold used on PC, but for console versions we'll use the completely fabricated estimate of 1:2, meaning the game store sold the game twice (once new, once used) resulting in two users from one disc. For rental versions, I don't think it's unfair to assume that the game could be rented more than five times. Summary:

Piracy: 1:5
Used: 1:2
Rental: 1: >5

So if piracy is arguably comparable to rentals (and almost certainly results in less copies distributed than both rentals and used sales combined), why is piracy seen as bad, and the others acceptable (and legal)? You do pay for rentals and used games, but publishers see none of that; is there even a difference between those two options and piracy, when all three result in a loss of sales to the publisher? What if piracy involved a nominal fee, such as $0.50 to download the game? Is the true issue that piracy allows everyone to play the game simultaneously, whereas rentals and used sales allow on one user per disc at a time?

So, that airbase that Trump aimed to hit as a proportional response?

It's still useable, and planes by Assad used it to stage a bombing earlier

This was a waste

Aviator here: runways are ridiculously easy to repair; our own Marines train to build temporary runways in a matter of hours. Russian drone footage doesn't show the tower, fuel farm, or radar equipment. It's likely the strike targeted hangars and other infrastructure, and I will continue to seriously doubt the claim that jets are taking off from the airfield until evidence is produced that supports it.

Quote from: The Lord Ruler on April 07, 2017, 05:58:23 PM

tfw verb browses /a/ on the regular

i've been watching all kinds of anime since january so yeah sometimes i like to troll on there

i haven't liked any of the ones i watched, jsyk

Baccano! ?

The universe is deterministic. Nothing you've ever done has been a choice.

Rented the game via Gamefly, and it's fucking unplayable due to input lag. The camera pans nearly a full second after I press on the analog stick, and keeps going slightly after I release. And the motion blur and shitty textures are just nauseating. I looked this up and apparently it was supposed to be patched out, but I used the latest patch and messed with all the recommended settings and it's still bad.

Anyone else experience this? I'm sending it back after playing for 5 minutes because of how terrible it was. This is an example:

I don't know why, but I was hoping for a marginally happy ending. Gael was an interesting character, but he wasn't in the series until the DLC so it's hard to really appreciate him.

So for those who have bought the game: is it worth it? Should others rent or wait for a sale instead?

Quote from: Karjala takaisin on April 04, 2017, 03:18:59 PM

Quote from: Luciana on April 04, 2017, 02:36:20 PM

The only thing so far I've agreed with Trump on is the very hardened stance towards North Korea.

Nobody respected Obama. With Trump he is rebuilding the US military and is not afraid to use it.

Besides upgrading our nuclear bombers to be something newer than the B-52 and upgrading the nuclear program with new tech, what else about our military needs to be "rebuilt"?  The only aspect to our military which is lacking is the nuclear side of it when it comes down to the tech.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/04/navy-instructor-pilots-refusing-to-fly-over-safety-concerns-pences-son-affected.html

Just one of hundreds of examples of underfunded and undermaintained programs and pieces of equipment throughout the military. Not saying Trump is right; I just left this as a comment instead of making an entire thread about it because this discussion seemed relevant.

I'd like to think the painting at the end is a nod to Bloodborne, with Yharnam just being another painted world of the Souls series. The similarities of the hunt, the old blood, and a cold world without fire seem to be more than subtle hints of a connection, though I sincerely doubt it would ever be made canon.

I wouldn't, because I have no experience with it. I do know of a few examples though, like some spliced-together versions of Alien or the famous (and incredibly good) Harmy's Despecialized Edition of the Star Wars OT.

Probably just being a little bitch, but the DLC is just not enjoyable because of all the spongey enemies in groups. The stairs with the 6 herald knights and the swamp in particular are fucking hard. The summoner is damn near impossible to kill on NG+2 because his summoned archers just sit there until I die. SL106 w/ quality build, ~500 attack power and ~35 resistances; I dominate every other location in the game. No clue how to advance. I hate having to cheese areas like I'm doing now. If I had time, I'd create a new character just to run back through and experience it on the normal difficulty.

This is the ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.

The most prominent theory is that we've moved towards a safer, more sterile growing environment for children which isn't affording their immune system the experience of various pathogens and allergens, resulting in a higher rate of allergies and asthma.

But we all know the real cause is the liberalization of society and the move away from the white, nuclear family that America was founded on.

Demon Prince is fucking impossible on NG+2

Cayde was never likable in the first place.

Yeah

I thought he was supposed to be a bit of an elitist asshole prior to his redesign in TTK.