Free SH5

AVGWarhawk · 11-05-13, 02:04 PM

Piracy.

the_tyrant · 11-05-13, 02:07 PM

Is this piracy or a legitimate promotion?

The games site offering it looks legit. Let me test it

Update: No Idea what it says in German, but the key seems to work on a spare u-play account. Donno if it counts as piracy though.

AVGWarhawk · 11-05-13, 02:08 PM

At this juncture it is piracy I would say. SH5 is still sold at Amazon and the like .

AVGWarhawk · 11-05-13, 02:09 PM

Thank you breadturbo. Neal Stevens, owner of Subsim, can take a look and make a decision. I suspect the link will be seen as piracy. Thanks for editing the post!

breadturbo · 11-05-13, 02:11 PM

No worries

was just trying to be hlpful

nikimcbee · 11-05-13, 02:45 PM

I found SH5 for like $3 bucks on amazon when I bought it

, so it's practically free. I think they pay you to play it.

Aktungbby · 11-08-13, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by breadturbo

It was a legitimate promotion, but apparently free games are classed as 'piracy' and is a no-no here.

Quote:

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Thank you breadturbo. Neal Stevens, owner of Subsim, can take a look and make a decision. I suspect the link will be seen as piracy. Thanks for editing the post!

Quote:

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

I found SH5 for like $3 bucks on amazon when I bought it

, so it's practically free. I think they pay you to play it.

And welcome aboard (as per Kranz also) formally: BREADTURBO

! Against a '$3.00 Amazon price' and at .15 cents actual buying power on the dollar: Damages are aboot '.45 cents'; but the lesson that "if something looks too good to be true" (in combo with) "TRUST NO ONE IT SAVES ENERGY" against a PIRACY beef...priceless lifetime

WISDOM garnered in the thread Sargasso often keeps das boot... DAS BOOT!

Jimbuna · 11-05-13, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by breadturbo

No worries

was just trying to be hlpful

Not a problem...looks like it is sorted now.

Penguin · 11-05-13, 04:21 PM

Apparently there is a link to a German game mag site spread in the internet which leads to a page where you can create a serial for SH5.

The site explicitely states to click on the picture to create a serial number for the Gamestar full version. After generating the serial it states again it's for the Gamestar version (3/12) - a DVD copy of SH5 was included in this issue.

So if you are not the owner of the physical copy of said Gamestar DVD, you are not entitled to use the serial. Looks like the link has only been set up for this specific copy of the game: to enable the magazine buyer to get their serial. On Gamestar's main page there is no link to the serial site or a statement about giving out promo copies of Sh5.

11-05-13, 02:04 PM	#1
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,274 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Piracy. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-05-13, 02:07 PM	#2
the_tyrant Admiral Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 2,272 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	Is this piracy or a legitimate promotion? The games site offering it looks legit. Let me test it Update: No Idea what it says in German, but the key seems to work on a spare u-play account. Donno if it counts as piracy though. __________________ My own open source project on Sourceforge OTP.net KGB grade encryption for the rest of us

11-05-13, 02:08 PM	#3
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,274 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	At this juncture it is piracy I would say. SH5 is still sold at Amazon and the like . __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-05-13, 02:09 PM	#4
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,274 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Thank you breadturbo. Neal Stevens, owner of Subsim, can take a look and make a decision. I suspect the link will be seen as piracy. Thanks for editing the post! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-05-13, 02:45 PM	#6
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I found SH5 for like $3 bucks on amazon when I bought it, so it's practically free. I think they pay you to play it. __________________

11-05-13, 02:11 PM	#5
breadturbo In the Brig Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 5 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	No worries was just trying to be hlpful

11-05-13, 04:21 PM	#9
Penguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Rheinische Republik Posts: 3,322 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	Apparently there is a link to a German game mag site spread in the internet which leads to a page where you can create a serial for SH5. The site explicitely states to click on the picture to create a serial number for the Gamestar full version. After generating the serial it states again it's for the Gamestar version (3/12) - a DVD copy of SH5 was included in this issue. So if you are not the owner of the physical copy of said Gamestar DVD, you are not entitled to use the serial. Looks like the link has only been set up for this specific copy of the game: to enable the magazine buyer to get their serial. On Gamestar's main page there is no link to the serial site or a statement about giving out promo copies of Sh5.

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