Posted March 25, 2024
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Yesterday, one of my long-cherished suspicions got finally confirmed.
I'm sure most of you have seen threads pop up, created by brand new "GOG users" with brand new GOG accounts, in which these "GOG users" ask for help with a GOG game.
One thing (most) of these newly created accounts have in common is: there are zero games attached to them.
I suspected for quite some time now, that these "GOG users" didn't legally purchase their games here on GOG - but downloaded them illegally instead, from one of the many piracy sites, that mimic GOG in name and appearance (usually by using "Galaxy" colors).
Naturally, I will not link to any of these sites..but trust me: for the uninitiated, they look comparable enough to GOG, to fool those that want to get fooled (a site that offers all the games for free...really, guys?)
If you ever wondered why so many non-GOG users (on the Steam forums, etc) think of GOG as just another piracy site, and of all GOG users as pirates...the reason for that are those actual "GOG-mimicking" piracy sites.
The most perfidious in all this, is of course, that these pirates then ONLY come here to ask for help when their botched pirated files don't work.
These people do not support GOG and the idea for which it stands: DRM-free access to games.
So, here's my request to all of you:
if you encounter such a "help needed for game X" - thread, created by a new and empty account (always check the "Registered" date and the account)...DON'T TRY AND HELP.
If you help them, you are (involuntarily) supporting piracy.
Instead tell the "user" in question to legally purchase their GOG games.
If that "user" should react aggressive and/or inconvincible to that proposal - report them to GOG support:
https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?product=gog&form=report
Make sure to add the links to both, user account and thread, and - if you feel inclined to do so, also a screenshot of the thread in question.
I hope, we are all on the same page, when it comes to software piracy - especially in regard to GOG games.
The DRM-free "movement" has enough obstacles to overcome already - we don't need these cheapskates' actions, to create more (and completely unnecessary ones).
So, once again: DON'T SUPPORT PIRACY!
(of games in general, and of GOG games in particular)
I'm sure most of you have seen threads pop up, created by brand new "GOG users" with brand new GOG accounts, in which these "GOG users" ask for help with a GOG game.
One thing (most) of these newly created accounts have in common is: there are zero games attached to them.
I suspected for quite some time now, that these "GOG users" didn't legally purchase their games here on GOG - but downloaded them illegally instead, from one of the many piracy sites, that mimic GOG in name and appearance (usually by using "Galaxy" colors).
Naturally, I will not link to any of these sites..but trust me: for the uninitiated, they look comparable enough to GOG, to fool those that want to get fooled (a site that offers all the games for free...really, guys?)
If you ever wondered why so many non-GOG users (on the Steam forums, etc) think of GOG as just another piracy site, and of all GOG users as pirates...the reason for that are those actual "GOG-mimicking" piracy sites.
The most perfidious in all this, is of course, that these pirates then ONLY come here to ask for help when their botched pirated files don't work.
These people do not support GOG and the idea for which it stands: DRM-free access to games.
So, here's my request to all of you:
if you encounter such a "help needed for game X" - thread, created by a new and empty account (always check the "Registered" date and the account)...DON'T TRY AND HELP.
If you help them, you are (involuntarily) supporting piracy.
Instead tell the "user" in question to legally purchase their GOG games.
If that "user" should react aggressive and/or inconvincible to that proposal - report them to GOG support:
https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?product=gog&form=report
Make sure to add the links to both, user account and thread, and - if you feel inclined to do so, also a screenshot of the thread in question.
I hope, we are all on the same page, when it comes to software piracy - especially in regard to GOG games.
The DRM-free "movement" has enough obstacles to overcome already - we don't need these cheapskates' actions, to create more (and completely unnecessary ones).
So, once again: DON'T SUPPORT PIRACY!
(of games in general, and of GOG games in particular)