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Very curious about Repository, it was awesome to have it on Rigs of Rods forums. Not so happy about this decision by the way, but if you think it'll be better for everybody, ok then!

 

Basically you guys are saying you'd rather the forums be private, and have all the mods re-uploaded on Russian sites? Better have this then that.

 

Also you can just download the alpha backup without buying the game

 

You can't. Sign out and see for yourself.

 

Now, we can't ask people to activate their account, it's discrimination against people who pirated the game. Because they pirated the game for a reason, because they are too broke to buy the game, but still think they should have it. We can't discriminate against those that are not as well off in life, and therefore should allow people to play games for free, without supporting the game developers in any way. [/sarcasm]

 

Heh, nice one guys.

Tried it myself, unable to see the Backup download sub-section.

 

Listen to yourselves. When big companies implement DRM people complain. The complaints are usually justified (like with watchdogs), but a recurring argument is always that piracy will always exist no matter what you do, and that point is totally true. In the end this will not increase piracy at all, people who aren't going to buy it are still going to have to pirate the game, and every single mod was already reuploaded somewhere anyway.

To sum it up, at this point the disadvantages are none, and the advantages are a simpler system and mod updates for everyone. That may not sound great, but some sites have mod "updates" that are actually edits. This gets rid of this as long as the forum stays as a central repository.

It's also not like it's totally open. To get it for free the game still has to be pirated and tDev said there will be other protections.

 

I got introduced to this game by YouTube channel 'WhyBeAre', I found this game to be very amusing, then after that, Pewdiepie played this game. That is when I thought I should definitely try this game out. Firstly I downloaded the demo from your website, wasn't satisfied then I checked steam if it was available there or not, it wasn't at that time.The only way to purchase this was from this website, I was reluctant to do it, so I pirated the 3.0.6 version of this game. The game was amazing, so I thought of adding mods but found out I could only download from third-party sites as the mods of this forums was exclusive for those who brought the game.I couldn't enjoy the high quality mods, and the mods of the third party sites were unreliable (some can be used and some caused problems).So that was the time I made up my mind to buy the game as soon as it releases on steam and which I did.If this forums was non-exclusive I wouldn't have even bothered to buy this game in the first place, as everything was free ( still in alpha stage maybe full of bugs etc etc {pirate point of view}). I bought the game so I could enjoy updates when they are released and the mods which this forums offered.

But now you made it public, Great Idea, You should have done it earlier and lost one buyer.

 

Your game guys, your rules.

 

Thank you for your clarification.

 

The best response to piracy is being more convenient than piracy. Ther's futility in trying to compete with the streisand effect, especially when our members are leaking mods anyway.

 

With this, pirates have NO incentive whatsoever to buy the game. The only things they couldn't get were the mods, as someone with pirating experience I can tell you that pirates won't suddenly change their mind and buy the game when you're giving it out for free.

Bad idea, I could have pirated this game but I wanted access to the forums (and i loved RoR so i wanted to support this game), now there's no reason to purchase.

At least wait until you can somehow block pirated versions of the game, instead of giving free access to what others paid for.

 

I have to disagree with you. I pirated assetto corsa a year ago and loved it so much that I bought two copies of it... IMHO I use pirating kinda like a demo and if I dont like it, I delete it. But if I do like it, I show my appreciation for the game and buy it, support the devs.

 

It appears my decision to hold off on a knee jerk and ignorant rant about this decision has paid off.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out community wise.

 

Totally agree but in some underdeveloped countries ( i must admit , like mine ) that could be a serious comment and not sarcasm . Some people pirate games and buy them , but some just can't afford them . One of my relatives bought GTAV , but for 1/10 the original price . Why ? Because he has to focus on other stuff first . I'm not against you or anything , just saying . If you want me to delete this , I'm fine with it .