Rise Of Nations Beta Has Been Pirated!!!

[vovan]

Originally posted by Tassadar5000
(No, it wasnt me :P I dont even have the beta yet)

I suppose now you do, eh?

Seriously though, I wonder when the betas for the people who won them through fan sites will be shipped.

[ChaotikVisions]

None of the usual places have anything about it. I'm assuming you found it on a file sharing program, wouldn't be the first time something was renamed on one... But if it is, i'm hoping they can track the cds and deal with it. Especially since the tournament for RoNC is coming up soon.

[flash9286]

its not on kazza yet

[mactbone]

Well, it's not on any IRC channels that are searched with one of those web clients like IRCspy or MyDownloader.

[vovan]

Originally posted by Tassadar5000
Anyway, on the legal front, I've recieved my beta!!!

I cannot believe this! I am moving to a new home tomorrow, and thus I will have to rely on the mail forwarding service. Which means I won't get my hands on the beta till the Monday after next at best. Just one day late.

[tniem]

Well if it pans out for someone trying to download it - let us know. I am content to simply wait to get it when it comes out but if given the chance, I will try to make the download.

[flash9286]

if its comes on kazza, i download it for uh... see if its a fake(yeah that is the ticket )

[tenordruid]

if its comes on kazza, i download it for uh... see if its a fake(yeah that is the ticket )

HAHA I'm thinking the same thing. I look over at the beta feedback page and nothing much has been posted. Even over at Ron.heaven there's not much talk about the beta. 1000 should have been 10,000. I know it's only a month away but still I wish I had a real chance to enter. As i said before the microsoft.com key they sent didn't work so I was never abale to register.

[Sava]

Tassadar, what are you on? And where can I get some?

I think it's great that the beta is being pirated. It will actually be good for BHG because more people will be exposed to the game. But then again, more people might just download a pirated version when it comes out. I'll try to acquire a beta version; if it's good, I will buy it.

[Homunculus]

I'll even believe in communism if it gets me the Beta


i want a beta

[Solver]

Generally...

My upset value: 100
My surprise value: 1.5

I admit I would be surprised if NO copy of RoN appeared on the Web before release.

[TheBlackKnight]

We're going to try to take steps to insure that only people with legal copies will play in the RoNC tourney. If anyone is caught with a pirated copy they will be eliminated.

[flash9286]

what is wrong with downloading a beta, it would have been cheaper just to relase to the game to everybody for download.

[tniem]

I guess I don't see the major problem in pirating a beta copy of a game. They are not making a dime off the game. How does this hurt them? Unless the beta is awful and they don't fix it by release (which is not what the beta testers on our site have said) then getting the beta out to more people will help spread the word and sell more copies. There are a few games in my day where a pirated version of a beta or of the actual game led to my purchase (i.e. Civilization). I just don't see the huge problem, it isn't even costing them anything.

[tenordruid]

i'm afraid we are touching on a sore subject right. Regardless i know myself that piracy is bad. But i'm sure we all have done it to an extent. I for one want to try our a gaime before I get it. That is the simple truth. I don't know how many times I've noticed a game in the store. The game Sounds interesting and all till I try the game and find out how dismal the game really is.


I'm not saying that RON will be bad. From the sounds of it seems amazing! Now All I want is a demo and from the looks of it the demo as in most cases with new game sare coming out after the initial release. (Warcraft 3 anyone.) It took blizzard several months before and adequate demo was released. And by that time people only knew from Blizzards track record how successful that game would.

I know that is comparing apples to oranges. i've seen games that are not well know or in the lime-light of the "big-Dog" Tried their demos and purchased the game because I enjoyed them.

Sounds to me like ROn beta is not the full release. There are still tweaks and bugs to fix so why not let the rest of the people get in on tweaking the game?

I know if I can at least try the game I would be happy to buy.