mattbenz99 said: lupadim said: Ghost-Lightning said: lupadim said: hazerddex said: TallonKarrde23 said: lupadim said: Stopped here. You clearly have no idea what you are talking about. Nice fallacy to ignore the fact that theft - of any kind - is never something you can have the right to do. It's factually impossible. ill just leave it here ......... https://twitter.com/notch/status/157261795139125248 DON'T SHOW HIM THE TRUTH! HE IS NOT READY YET! HES EYES WILL BURN WHEN HE NOTICE THAT WITHOUT PIRACY, THE GAMING INDUSTRY WOULD NOT BE EVEN 10% AS FAMOUS AS IT IS TODAY, AND THAT WITHOUT PIRACY, ANIME WOULD NOT EVEN EXIST TODAY! You're actually right. People often assume that the allure of piracy pulls potential customers away from products. As a sailor of the seven seas, I'll be the first to tell you that I've never seen a product that I wanted to buy, and then opted instead to steal it. For example, I didn't know anything about Gurren Lagann when I torrented it. I loved it, recommended it to a friend, and he bought it. Gainax didn't lose a sale in me, they never had it since I wasn't interested in teh show until I'd already seen it. But they gained a sale due to my recommendation (which I would not have been able to provide had I not previously viewed the series). Of course, this one piece of anecdotal evidence doesn't prove the helpful (or harmful) influence of piracy on any industry, but I don't believe it's too far fetched to say that fan translations and piracy are two of the larger contributing factors to anime and manga's Western popularity. Also, this thread is way off topic. This is a list thread, it will get deleted by the first report, let's just enjoy the discussion. Without piracy, ZERO anime at Western. Why? Because you will simply spend hundreds of dollars at something you have never watched. All the legit things I have, I pirated them without buying. Pirating things is simply trying them. I pirate games, play them for one month and stop playing. I was happy I didn't bought the game, it would not make me happy. But ANY game I played for more than 3 months, I have the legit copy of it. What would we do with anime? "First three episodes are free, all else, give me 100 dollars"? Nah you are assuming that all people who pirate something buy the legit copy afterwards which is not true. I am talking about how pirating is essential to the digital economy in general. I believe that MOST people, if not ALL, who bought legit anime DVD, streamed/torrented it before buying |
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lupadim said: mattbenz99 said: lupadim said: Ghost-Lightning said: lupadim said: hazerddex said: TallonKarrde23 said: lupadim said: Stopped here. You clearly have no idea what you are talking about. Nice fallacy to ignore the fact that theft - of any kind - is never something you can have the right to do. It's factually impossible. ill just leave it here ......... https://twitter.com/notch/status/157261795139125248 DON'T SHOW HIM THE TRUTH! HE IS NOT READY YET! HES EYES WILL BURN WHEN HE NOTICE THAT WITHOUT PIRACY, THE GAMING INDUSTRY WOULD NOT BE EVEN 10% AS FAMOUS AS IT IS TODAY, AND THAT WITHOUT PIRACY, ANIME WOULD NOT EVEN EXIST TODAY! You're actually right. People often assume that the allure of piracy pulls potential customers away from products. As a sailor of the seven seas, I'll be the first to tell you that I've never seen a product that I wanted to buy, and then opted instead to steal it. For example, I didn't know anything about Gurren Lagann when I torrented it. I loved it, recommended it to a friend, and he bought it. Gainax didn't lose a sale in me, they never had it since I wasn't interested in teh show until I'd already seen it. But they gained a sale due to my recommendation (which I would not have been able to provide had I not previously viewed the series). Of course, this one piece of anecdotal evidence doesn't prove the helpful (or harmful) influence of piracy on any industry, but I don't believe it's too far fetched to say that fan translations and piracy are two of the larger contributing factors to anime and manga's Western popularity. Also, this thread is way off topic. This is a list thread, it will get deleted by the first report, let's just enjoy the discussion. Without piracy, ZERO anime at Western. Why? Because you will simply spend hundreds of dollars at something you have never watched. All the legit things I have, I pirated them without buying. Pirating things is simply trying them. I pirate games, play them for one month and stop playing. I was happy I didn't bought the game, it would not make me happy. But ANY game I played for more than 3 months, I have the legit copy of it. What would we do with anime? "First three episodes are free, all else, give me 100 dollars"? Nah you are assuming that all people who pirate something buy the legit copy afterwards which is not true. I am talking about how pirating is essential to the digital economy in general. I believe that MOST people, if not ALL, who bought legit anime DVD, streamed/torrented it before buying i pirated anime before i bought it because i never knew that anime dvds existed before a year ago. i personally believe that if you have the means to buy something legitimately you should not be pirating it. pirating should only be used by people who have no access to the content. |
| Just because you know how to use a torrent does not give you the god given right to pirate. My actual list: https://kitsu.io/users/mattbenz99/library check out my youtube channel for my review: https://www.youtube.com/user/mattbenz99 |
mattbenz99 said: lupadim said: mattbenz99 said: lupadim said: Ghost-Lightning said: lupadim said: hazerddex said: TallonKarrde23 said: lupadim said: Stopped here. You clearly have no idea what you are talking about. Nice fallacy to ignore the fact that theft - of any kind - is never something you can have the right to do. It's factually impossible. ill just leave it here ......... https://twitter.com/notch/status/157261795139125248 DON'T SHOW HIM THE TRUTH! HE IS NOT READY YET! HES EYES WILL BURN WHEN HE NOTICE THAT WITHOUT PIRACY, THE GAMING INDUSTRY WOULD NOT BE EVEN 10% AS FAMOUS AS IT IS TODAY, AND THAT WITHOUT PIRACY, ANIME WOULD NOT EVEN EXIST TODAY! You're actually right. People often assume that the allure of piracy pulls potential customers away from products. As a sailor of the seven seas, I'll be the first to tell you that I've never seen a product that I wanted to buy, and then opted instead to steal it. For example, I didn't know anything about Gurren Lagann when I torrented it. I loved it, recommended it to a friend, and he bought it. Gainax didn't lose a sale in me, they never had it since I wasn't interested in teh show until I'd already seen it. But they gained a sale due to my recommendation (which I would not have been able to provide had I not previously viewed the series). Of course, this one piece of anecdotal evidence doesn't prove the helpful (or harmful) influence of piracy on any industry, but I don't believe it's too far fetched to say that fan translations and piracy are two of the larger contributing factors to anime and manga's Western popularity. Also, this thread is way off topic. This is a list thread, it will get deleted by the first report, let's just enjoy the discussion. Without piracy, ZERO anime at Western. Why? Because you will simply spend hundreds of dollars at something you have never watched. All the legit things I have, I pirated them without buying. Pirating things is simply trying them. I pirate games, play them for one month and stop playing. I was happy I didn't bought the game, it would not make me happy. But ANY game I played for more than 3 months, I have the legit copy of it. What would we do with anime? "First three episodes are free, all else, give me 100 dollars"? Nah you are assuming that all people who pirate something buy the legit copy afterwards which is not true. I am talking about how pirating is essential to the digital economy in general. I believe that MOST people, if not ALL, who bought legit anime DVD, streamed/torrented it before buying i pirated anime before i bought it because i never knew that anime dvds existed before a year ago. i personally believe that if you have the means to buy something legitimately you should not be pirating it. pirating should only be used by people who have no access to the content. Oh, sure, you will be navigating through the virtual store, and see: "The Tale of the Golden Eggs" And you will be all like: OH LEMME SPEND 300 DOLLARS ON THAT SHIT RIGHT AWAY! You will obviously stream/torrent it to TRY it before buying. |
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lupadim said: mattbenz99 said: lupadim said: mattbenz99 said: lupadim said: Ghost-Lightning said: lupadim said: hazerddex said: TallonKarrde23 said: lupadim said: Stopped here. You clearly have no idea what you are talking about. Nice fallacy to ignore the fact that theft - of any kind - is never something you can have the right to do. It's factually impossible. ill just leave it here ......... https://twitter.com/notch/status/157261795139125248 DON'T SHOW HIM THE TRUTH! HE IS NOT READY YET! HES EYES WILL BURN WHEN HE NOTICE THAT WITHOUT PIRACY, THE GAMING INDUSTRY WOULD NOT BE EVEN 10% AS FAMOUS AS IT IS TODAY, AND THAT WITHOUT PIRACY, ANIME WOULD NOT EVEN EXIST TODAY! You're actually right. People often assume that the allure of piracy pulls potential customers away from products. As a sailor of the seven seas, I'll be the first to tell you that I've never seen a product that I wanted to buy, and then opted instead to steal it. For example, I didn't know anything about Gurren Lagann when I torrented it. I loved it, recommended it to a friend, and he bought it. Gainax didn't lose a sale in me, they never had it since I wasn't interested in teh show until I'd already seen it. But they gained a sale due to my recommendation (which I would not have been able to provide had I not previously viewed the series). Of course, this one piece of anecdotal evidence doesn't prove the helpful (or harmful) influence of piracy on any industry, but I don't believe it's too far fetched to say that fan translations and piracy are two of the larger contributing factors to anime and manga's Western popularity. Also, this thread is way off topic. This is a list thread, it will get deleted by the first report, let's just enjoy the discussion. Without piracy, ZERO anime at Western. Why? Because you will simply spend hundreds of dollars at something you have never watched. All the legit things I have, I pirated them without buying. Pirating things is simply trying them. I pirate games, play them for one month and stop playing. I was happy I didn't bought the game, it would not make me happy. But ANY game I played for more than 3 months, I have the legit copy of it. What would we do with anime? "First three episodes are free, all else, give me 100 dollars"? Nah you are assuming that all people who pirate something buy the legit copy afterwards which is not true. I am talking about how pirating is essential to the digital economy in general. I believe that MOST people, if not ALL, who bought legit anime DVD, streamed/torrented it before buying i pirated anime before i bought it because i never knew that anime dvds existed before a year ago. i personally believe that if you have the means to buy something legitimately you should not be pirating it. pirating should only be used by people who have no access to the content. Oh, sure, you will be navigating through the virtual store, and see: "The Tale of the Golden Eggs" And you will be all like: OH LEMME SPEND 300 DOLLARS ON THAT SHIT RIGHT AWAY! You will obviously stream/torrent it to TRY it before buying. you are talking about where you live i am not. of course if you live somewhere where anime is expensive sure check it out but i live in north america where the average price to content ratio of anime is the same or lower as Hollywood movies. not to mention just about everything is available for legal stream here. so if you live in north america you really dont have a proper reason. |
| Just because you know how to use a torrent does not give you the god given right to pirate. My actual list: https://kitsu.io/users/mattbenz99/library check out my youtube channel for my review: https://www.youtube.com/user/mattbenz99 |
mattbenz99 said: lupadim said: mattbenz99 said: lupadim said: mattbenz99 said: lupadim said: Ghost-Lightning said: lupadim said: hazerddex said: TallonKarrde23 said: lupadim said: Stopped here. You clearly have no idea what you are talking about. Nice fallacy to ignore the fact that theft - of any kind - is never something you can have the right to do. It's factually impossible. ill just leave it here ......... https://twitter.com/notch/status/157261795139125248 DON'T SHOW HIM THE TRUTH! HE IS NOT READY YET! HES EYES WILL BURN WHEN HE NOTICE THAT WITHOUT PIRACY, THE GAMING INDUSTRY WOULD NOT BE EVEN 10% AS FAMOUS AS IT IS TODAY, AND THAT WITHOUT PIRACY, ANIME WOULD NOT EVEN EXIST TODAY! You're actually right. People often assume that the allure of piracy pulls potential customers away from products. As a sailor of the seven seas, I'll be the first to tell you that I've never seen a product that I wanted to buy, and then opted instead to steal it. For example, I didn't know anything about Gurren Lagann when I torrented it. I loved it, recommended it to a friend, and he bought it. Gainax didn't lose a sale in me, they never had it since I wasn't interested in teh show until I'd already seen it. But they gained a sale due to my recommendation (which I would not have been able to provide had I not previously viewed the series). Of course, this one piece of anecdotal evidence doesn't prove the helpful (or harmful) influence of piracy on any industry, but I don't believe it's too far fetched to say that fan translations and piracy are two of the larger contributing factors to anime and manga's Western popularity. Also, this thread is way off topic. This is a list thread, it will get deleted by the first report, let's just enjoy the discussion. Without piracy, ZERO anime at Western. Why? Because you will simply spend hundreds of dollars at something you have never watched. All the legit things I have, I pirated them without buying. Pirating things is simply trying them. I pirate games, play them for one month and stop playing. I was happy I didn't bought the game, it would not make me happy. But ANY game I played for more than 3 months, I have the legit copy of it. What would we do with anime? "First three episodes are free, all else, give me 100 dollars"? Nah you are assuming that all people who pirate something buy the legit copy afterwards which is not true. I am talking about how pirating is essential to the digital economy in general. I believe that MOST people, if not ALL, who bought legit anime DVD, streamed/torrented it before buying i pirated anime before i bought it because i never knew that anime dvds existed before a year ago. i personally believe that if you have the means to buy something legitimately you should not be pirating it. pirating should only be used by people who have no access to the content. Oh, sure, you will be navigating through the virtual store, and see: "The Tale of the Golden Eggs" And you will be all like: OH LEMME SPEND 300 DOLLARS ON THAT SHIT RIGHT AWAY! You will obviously stream/torrent it to TRY it before buying. you are talking about where you live i am not. of course if you live somewhere where anime is expensive sure check it out but i live in north america where the average price to content ratio of anime is the same or lower as Hollywood movies. not to mention just about everything is available for legal stream here. so if you live in north america you really dont have a proper reason. So tell me how much money costs the entire One Piece collection (600 episodes + 12 films + the many, many, maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaany OVAs) |
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lupadim said: mattbenz99 said: lupadim said: mattbenz99 said: lupadim said: mattbenz99 said: lupadim said: Ghost-Lightning said: lupadim said: hazerddex said: TallonKarrde23 said: lupadim said: Stopped here. You clearly have no idea what you are talking about. Nice fallacy to ignore the fact that theft - of any kind - is never something you can have the right to do. It's factually impossible. ill just leave it here ......... https://twitter.com/notch/status/157261795139125248 DON'T SHOW HIM THE TRUTH! HE IS NOT READY YET! HES EYES WILL BURN WHEN HE NOTICE THAT WITHOUT PIRACY, THE GAMING INDUSTRY WOULD NOT BE EVEN 10% AS FAMOUS AS IT IS TODAY, AND THAT WITHOUT PIRACY, ANIME WOULD NOT EVEN EXIST TODAY! You're actually right. People often assume that the allure of piracy pulls potential customers away from products. As a sailor of the seven seas, I'll be the first to tell you that I've never seen a product that I wanted to buy, and then opted instead to steal it. For example, I didn't know anything about Gurren Lagann when I torrented it. I loved it, recommended it to a friend, and he bought it. Gainax didn't lose a sale in me, they never had it since I wasn't interested in teh show until I'd already seen it. But they gained a sale due to my recommendation (which I would not have been able to provide had I not previously viewed the series). Of course, this one piece of anecdotal evidence doesn't prove the helpful (or harmful) influence of piracy on any industry, but I don't believe it's too far fetched to say that fan translations and piracy are two of the larger contributing factors to anime and manga's Western popularity. Also, this thread is way off topic. This is a list thread, it will get deleted by the first report, let's just enjoy the discussion. Without piracy, ZERO anime at Western. Why? Because you will simply spend hundreds of dollars at something you have never watched. All the legit things I have, I pirated them without buying. Pirating things is simply trying them. I pirate games, play them for one month and stop playing. I was happy I didn't bought the game, it would not make me happy. But ANY game I played for more than 3 months, I have the legit copy of it. What would we do with anime? "First three episodes are free, all else, give me 100 dollars"? Nah you are assuming that all people who pirate something buy the legit copy afterwards which is not true. I am talking about how pirating is essential to the digital economy in general. I believe that MOST people, if not ALL, who bought legit anime DVD, streamed/torrented it before buying i pirated anime before i bought it because i never knew that anime dvds existed before a year ago. i personally believe that if you have the means to buy something legitimately you should not be pirating it. pirating should only be used by people who have no access to the content. Oh, sure, you will be navigating through the virtual store, and see: "The Tale of the Golden Eggs" And you will be all like: OH LEMME SPEND 300 DOLLARS ON THAT SHIT RIGHT AWAY! You will obviously stream/torrent it to TRY it before buying. you are talking about where you live i am not. of course if you live somewhere where anime is expensive sure check it out but i live in north america where the average price to content ratio of anime is the same or lower as Hollywood movies. not to mention just about everything is available for legal stream here. so if you live in north america you really dont have a proper reason. So tell me how much money costs the entire One Piece collection (600 episodes + 12 films + the many, many, maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaany OVAs) all of one piece hasnt been released yet but you can probably get the first 200 episodes for about $80 which is less than 50 cents an episode. i never looked at the price of films. also if you are planning to buy 600 episode and 12 movies of anything expect to pay a lot because that is a lot of stuff to buy in the first place. not to mention you just pick up the first 30 episodes for $20 and see if you like it first then if you do like it then you an buy the rest. |
| Just because you know how to use a torrent does not give you the god given right to pirate. My actual list: https://kitsu.io/users/mattbenz99/library check out my youtube channel for my review: https://www.youtube.com/user/mattbenz99 |
| I usually buy all my anime from Amazon.com, if not that, than ebay.ca. I would buy it from Rightstuf if I lived in the states, but prices are ridiculous when shipping to Canada last time I checked, eh. |
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mattbenz99 said: lupadim said: mattbenz99 said: lupadim said: mattbenz99 said: lupadim said: mattbenz99 said: lupadim said: Ghost-Lightning said: lupadim said: hazerddex said: TallonKarrde23 said: lupadim said: Stopped here. You clearly have no idea what you are talking about. Nice fallacy to ignore the fact that theft - of any kind - is never something you can have the right to do. It's factually impossible. ill just leave it here ......... https://twitter.com/notch/status/157261795139125248 DON'T SHOW HIM THE TRUTH! HE IS NOT READY YET! HES EYES WILL BURN WHEN HE NOTICE THAT WITHOUT PIRACY, THE GAMING INDUSTRY WOULD NOT BE EVEN 10% AS FAMOUS AS IT IS TODAY, AND THAT WITHOUT PIRACY, ANIME WOULD NOT EVEN EXIST TODAY! You're actually right. People often assume that the allure of piracy pulls potential customers away from products. As a sailor of the seven seas, I'll be the first to tell you that I've never seen a product that I wanted to buy, and then opted instead to steal it. For example, I didn't know anything about Gurren Lagann when I torrented it. I loved it, recommended it to a friend, and he bought it. Gainax didn't lose a sale in me, they never had it since I wasn't interested in teh show until I'd already seen it. But they gained a sale due to my recommendation (which I would not have been able to provide had I not previously viewed the series). Of course, this one piece of anecdotal evidence doesn't prove the helpful (or harmful) influence of piracy on any industry, but I don't believe it's too far fetched to say that fan translations and piracy are two of the larger contributing factors to anime and manga's Western popularity. Also, this thread is way off topic. This is a list thread, it will get deleted by the first report, let's just enjoy the discussion. Without piracy, ZERO anime at Western. Why? Because you will simply spend hundreds of dollars at something you have never watched. All the legit things I have, I pirated them without buying. Pirating things is simply trying them. I pirate games, play them for one month and stop playing. I was happy I didn't bought the game, it would not make me happy. But ANY game I played for more than 3 months, I have the legit copy of it. What would we do with anime? "First three episodes are free, all else, give me 100 dollars"? Nah you are assuming that all people who pirate something buy the legit copy afterwards which is not true. I am talking about how pirating is essential to the digital economy in general. I believe that MOST people, if not ALL, who bought legit anime DVD, streamed/torrented it before buying i pirated anime before i bought it because i never knew that anime dvds existed before a year ago. i personally believe that if you have the means to buy something legitimately you should not be pirating it. pirating should only be used by people who have no access to the content. Oh, sure, you will be navigating through the virtual store, and see: "The Tale of the Golden Eggs" And you will be all like: OH LEMME SPEND 300 DOLLARS ON THAT SHIT RIGHT AWAY! You will obviously stream/torrent it to TRY it before buying. you are talking about where you live i am not. of course if you live somewhere where anime is expensive sure check it out but i live in north america where the average price to content ratio of anime is the same or lower as Hollywood movies. not to mention just about everything is available for legal stream here. so if you live in north america you really dont have a proper reason. So tell me how much money costs the entire One Piece collection (600 episodes + 12 films + the many, many, maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaany OVAs) all of one piece hasnt been released yet but you can probably get the first 200 episodes for about $80 which is less than 50 cents an episode. i never looked at the price of films. also if you are planning to buy 600 episode and 12 movies of anything expect to pay a lot because that is a lot of stuff to buy in the first place. not to mention you just pick up the first 30 episodes for $20 and see if you like it first then if you do like it then you an buy the rest. can this quote train get any bigger? |
| "among monsters and humans, there are only two types. Those who undergo suffering and spread it to others. And those who undergo suffering and avoid giving it to others." -Alice “Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.” David Hume “Evil is created when someone gives up on someone else. It appears when everyone gives up on someone as a lost cause and removes their path to salvation. Once they are cut off from everyone else, they become evil.” -Othinus  |
hazerddex said: mattbenz99 said: lupadim said: mattbenz99 said: lupadim said: mattbenz99 said: lupadim said: mattbenz99 said: lupadim said: Ghost-Lightning said: lupadim said: hazerddex said: TallonKarrde23 said: lupadim said: Stopped here. You clearly have no idea what you are talking about. Nice fallacy to ignore the fact that theft - of any kind - is never something you can have the right to do. It's factually impossible. ill just leave it here ......... https://twitter.com/notch/status/157261795139125248 DON'T SHOW HIM THE TRUTH! HE IS NOT READY YET! HES EYES WILL BURN WHEN HE NOTICE THAT WITHOUT PIRACY, THE GAMING INDUSTRY WOULD NOT BE EVEN 10% AS FAMOUS AS IT IS TODAY, AND THAT WITHOUT PIRACY, ANIME WOULD NOT EVEN EXIST TODAY! You're actually right. People often assume that the allure of piracy pulls potential customers away from products. As a sailor of the seven seas, I'll be the first to tell you that I've never seen a product that I wanted to buy, and then opted instead to steal it. For example, I didn't know anything about Gurren Lagann when I torrented it. I loved it, recommended it to a friend, and he bought it. Gainax didn't lose a sale in me, they never had it since I wasn't interested in teh show until I'd already seen it. But they gained a sale due to my recommendation (which I would not have been able to provide had I not previously viewed the series). Of course, this one piece of anecdotal evidence doesn't prove the helpful (or harmful) influence of piracy on any industry, but I don't believe it's too far fetched to say that fan translations and piracy are two of the larger contributing factors to anime and manga's Western popularity. Also, this thread is way off topic. This is a list thread, it will get deleted by the first report, let's just enjoy the discussion. Without piracy, ZERO anime at Western. Why? Because you will simply spend hundreds of dollars at something you have never watched. All the legit things I have, I pirated them without buying. Pirating things is simply trying them. I pirate games, play them for one month and stop playing. I was happy I didn't bought the game, it would not make me happy. But ANY game I played for more than 3 months, I have the legit copy of it. What would we do with anime? "First three episodes are free, all else, give me 100 dollars"? Nah you are assuming that all people who pirate something buy the legit copy afterwards which is not true. I am talking about how pirating is essential to the digital economy in general. I believe that MOST people, if not ALL, who bought legit anime DVD, streamed/torrented it before buying i pirated anime before i bought it because i never knew that anime dvds existed before a year ago. i personally believe that if you have the means to buy something legitimately you should not be pirating it. pirating should only be used by people who have no access to the content. Oh, sure, you will be navigating through the virtual store, and see: "The Tale of the Golden Eggs" And you will be all like: OH LEMME SPEND 300 DOLLARS ON THAT SHIT RIGHT AWAY! You will obviously stream/torrent it to TRY it before buying. you are talking about where you live i am not. of course if you live somewhere where anime is expensive sure check it out but i live in north america where the average price to content ratio of anime is the same or lower as Hollywood movies. not to mention just about everything is available for legal stream here. so if you live in north america you really dont have a proper reason. So tell me how much money costs the entire One Piece collection (600 episodes + 12 films + the many, many, maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaany OVAs) all of one piece hasnt been released yet but you can probably get the first 200 episodes for about $80 which is less than 50 cents an episode. i never looked at the price of films. also if you are planning to buy 600 episode and 12 movies of anything expect to pay a lot because that is a lot of stuff to buy in the first place. not to mention you just pick up the first 30 episodes for $20 and see if you like it first then if you do like it then you an buy the rest. can this quote train get any bigger? y e s it c a n |
| Just because you know how to use a torrent does not give you the god given right to pirate. My actual list: https://kitsu.io/users/mattbenz99/library check out my youtube channel for my review: https://www.youtube.com/user/mattbenz99 |
| q mattbenz99 said: hazerddex said: mattbenz99 said: lupadim said: mattbenz99 said: lupadim said: mattbenz99 said: lupadim said: mattbenz99 said: lupadim said: Ghost-Lightning said: lupadim said: hazerddex said: TallonKarrde23 said: lupadim said: Stopped here. You clearly have no idea what you are talking about. Nice fallacy to ignore the fact that theft - of any kind - is never something you can have the right to do. It's factually impossible. ill just leave it here ......... https://twitter.com/notch/status/157261795139125248 DON'T SHOW HIM THE TRUTH! HE IS NOT READY YET! HES EYES WILL BURN WHEN HE NOTICE THAT WITHOUT PIRACY, THE GAMING INDUSTRY WOULD NOT BE EVEN 10% AS FAMOUS AS IT IS TODAY, AND THAT WITHOUT PIRACY, ANIME WOULD NOT EVEN EXIST TODAY! You're actually right. People often assume that the allure of piracy pulls potential customers away from products. As a sailor of the seven seas, I'll be the first to tell you that I've never seen a product that I wanted to buy, and then opted instead to steal it. For example, I didn't know anything about Gurren Lagann when I torrented it. I loved it, recommended it to a friend, and he bought it. Gainax didn't lose a sale in me, they never had it since I wasn't interested in teh show until I'd already seen it. But they gained a sale due to my recommendation (which I would not have been able to provide had I not previously viewed the series). Of course, this one piece of anecdotal evidence doesn't prove the helpful (or harmful) influence of piracy on any industry, but I don't believe it's too far fetched to say that fan translations and piracy are two of the larger contributing factors to anime and manga's Western popularity. Also, this thread is way off topic. This is a list thread, it will get deleted by the first report, let's just enjoy the discussion. Without piracy, ZERO anime at Western. Why? Because you will simply spend hundreds of dollars at something you have never watched. All the legit things I have, I pirated them without buying. Pirating things is simply trying them. I pirate games, play them for one month and stop playing. I was happy I didn't bought the game, it would not make me happy. But ANY game I played for more than 3 months, I have the legit copy of it. What would we do with anime? "First three episodes are free, all else, give me 100 dollars"? Nah you are assuming that all people who pirate something buy the legit copy afterwards which is not true. I am talking about how pirating is essential to the digital economy in general. I believe that MOST people, if not ALL, who bought legit anime DVD, streamed/torrented it before buying i pirated anime before i bought it because i never knew that anime dvds existed before a year ago. i personally believe that if you have the means to buy something legitimately you should not be pirating it. pirating should only be used by people who have no access to the content. Oh, sure, you will be navigating through the virtual store, and see: "The Tale of the Golden Eggs" And you will be all like: OH LEMME SPEND 300 DOLLARS ON THAT SHIT RIGHT AWAY! You will obviously stream/torrent it to TRY it before buying. you are talking about where you live i am not. of course if you live somewhere where anime is expensive sure check it out but i live in north america where the average price to content ratio of anime is the same or lower as Hollywood movies. not to mention just about everything is available for legal stream here. so if you live in north america you really dont have a proper reason. So tell me how much money costs the entire One Piece collection (600 episodes + 12 films + the many, many, maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaany OVAs) all of one piece hasnt been released yet but you can probably get the first 200 episodes for about $80 which is less than 50 cents an episode. i never looked at the price of films. also if you are planning to buy 600 episode and 12 movies of anything expect to pay a lot because that is a lot of stuff to buy in the first place. not to mention you just pick up the first 30 episodes for $20 and see if you like it first then if you do like it then you an buy the rest. can this quote train get any bigger? y e s it c a n Quite possibly. |
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KAIOKEN1113 said: Yeah, the $250 threshold for free shipping is also very high. Unless you have someone you can trust in the US, it is a bit crazy. I usually buy all my anime from Amazon.com, if not that, than ebay.ca. I would buy it from Rightstuf if I lived in the states, but prices are ridiculous when shipping to Canada last time I checked, eh. Shuhan said: It's what I'm here for.ErwinJA said: Shuhan said: If My Heart Had Wings (Kono Oosora ni Tsubasa wo Hirogete), the english version. I was planning on getting steins;gate as well, thanks for that tidbit. Just be sure to comparison shop for big ones. For example, Steins;Gate is cheaper on J-List for a digital copy, but Rightstuf will sell you the special edition DVD-rom for 25% less, and give free shipping if you buy almost anything else. Rightstuf also has excellent customer service, and is located relatively close to you. Thanks man, saved me some money there. |
ErwinJA said: KAIOKEN1113 said: Yeah, the $250 threshold for free shipping is also very high. Unless you have someone you can trust in the US, it is a bit crazy. I usually buy all my anime from Amazon.com, if not that, than ebay.ca. I would buy it from Rightstuf if I lived in the states, but prices are ridiculous when shipping to Canada last time I checked, eh. Shuhan said: It's what I'm here for.ErwinJA said: Shuhan said: If My Heart Had Wings (Kono Oosora ni Tsubasa wo Hirogete), the english version. I was planning on getting steins;gate as well, thanks for that tidbit. Just be sure to comparison shop for big ones. For example, Steins;Gate is cheaper on J-List for a digital copy, but Rightstuf will sell you the special edition DVD-rom for 25% less, and give free shipping if you buy almost anything else. Rightstuf also has excellent customer service, and is located relatively close to you. Thanks man, saved me some money there. it is actually $300 free shipping |
| Just because you know how to use a torrent does not give you the god given right to pirate. My actual list: https://kitsu.io/users/mattbenz99/library check out my youtube channel for my review: https://www.youtube.com/user/mattbenz99 |
| Prices for anime can be stupid. I was looking to get excel saga on dvd and the complete collection costs like £146. Dude, I just bought borderlands 2 for £34 and it's way more entraining. I've spent like 15 hours already on it and there's 70 hours worth of content on it. These anime people must think we're goons. I'm looking at one sale now on amazon for excel saga which costs £22.84. That quality better be good |
Zarbel said: Prices for anime can be stupid. I was looking to get excel saga on dvd and the complete collection costs like £146. Have you tried buying the volumes separately? Cheapest prices on Amazon UK come to £25.11 at the moment for the whole series. If you are able to get vol 4-6 from CEX (buying 1-3 from Amazon), you can get it all for £16.50 |
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kuuderes_shadow said: Zarbel said: Prices for anime can be stupid. I was looking to get excel saga on dvd and the complete collection costs like £146. Have you tried buying the volumes separately? Cheapest prices on Amazon UK come to £25.11 at the moment for the whole series. If you are able to get vol 4-6 from CEX (buying 1-3 from Amazon), you can get it all for £16.50 Thanks for that. I want to get a guitar as well so I'll get Excel Saga later in the year. I just hate watching anime in crap quality. |
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