I just want to be sure, do we allow it to be posted here? Any consequences, or just let it go?

Well, as long as none of us officially endorses it, it should be fine, but then again, feel free to delete a reference to 'performing piracy', I suppose.

 

but hey, it gets more players, I don't think any of us are complaining.

I agree, that's kind of the dilemma I have when deciding to delete a link or something. But I think NTA needs to make a clear decision on whether it should be allowed, as it will be him atvi is going to hold responsible for anything on this site.

but it's not his fault if people post an external link, which has an external link, on his forums, in which people can post freely.

 

As long as it's not officially endorsed, aka, said in a topic made by a staff member that the Steam check can be bypassed, it should be fine.

I personally don't think we should mention it at all....

 

Just because IW4M checks steam - which you can bypass with a one byte change, its comparable to having a lock on a safe - with the lock open.

 

Activision can come in at any time and switch this project off if they want to.

So, the image we must give is a "We are 100% legal, do not tolerate any illegal action", "we are clean", "we cooperate" one.

So, the image we must give is a "We are 100% legal, do not tolerate any illegal action", "we are clean", "we cooperate" one.

Yeah guess so.

I personally don't think we should mention it at all....

 

Just because IW4M checks steam - which you can bypass with a one byte change, its comparable to having a lock on a safe - with the lock open.

 

Activision can come in at any time and switch this project off if they want to.

 

Not mentioning it ourselves speak for itself, but should we disallow others to do so?

I could add it to the rules, so it will be clear to people.

Forbidding 'performing warez' is already in the rules.

I'm not sure how you would phrase 'no posting 4d1.jeremych.com links' :/.

 

Why don't we leave it as it is, it's a win win situation, we get more players, Activision can't do anything about it without a good reason (which they don't have, I assume).

 

I'm still intrigued at how Activision haven't shut alterRev down yet. Surely that's a bigger threat than us?

Because there is an ongoing case on alterIWnet, and they see 4d1 as alterIWnet, but not x.

(This is the actual reason, I kinda snitched x XDD. I had to ;p

Because there is an ongoing case on alterIWnet, and they see 4d1 as alterIWnet, but not x.

(This is the actual reason, I kinda snitched x XDD. I had to ;p

They actually replied to you?

Well, they being some random employee of activision, who seemed to know about the case. So, actually it is more likely he has heard and seen as much a s we have. I guess it is not as trustworthy as I thought before.

To the best of my knowledge, there are a multitude of ways to obtain a cracked Steam copy of MW2 via torrent, concatenated zips, etc. (all OUTSIDE of the FourDeltaOne community. I remember downloading a Mac port via torrent SEVERAL YEARS ago. It worked terribly but hey...it worked.)

 

As long as Activision (God willing) understands that 4D1 won't officially endorse piracy of MW2, they will have to come to terms with the fact that where there is a will, there is a way. As long as people want free MW2, they'll find a way to get it. You can't possibly hold every LEGITIMATE distributor responsible.

 

We're not even distributing MW2 in its entirety, which is where I think our biggest advantage is. We aren't providing the core files needed to run the game. Granted there are many ways, as I said before, to obtain these files discreetly and illegitimately outside the commercial realm...but we ourselves display no intent to endorse said actions.

 

If Activision wants to assert the opposite of that, that's where I'd draw a line in the sand, go toe-to-toe, and do battle with them to the ends of the Earth.