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#201 AirGuitarist87

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[QUOTE="AirGuitarist87"]I've been modded twice (only one overturned for some obscure reason) for mentioning torrents; not advocating or admitting usage, simply talking about them.ChiliDragon

Discussion of mod chips, copying games, playing copied games, cracking games, No-CD patches, piracy releases, homebrew, copyrighted ROMs, copyrighted ISOs, and basically anything related to game, movie, TV, or music piracy is not permitted.Gamespot TOU

Discussion of anything related to game piracy is not permitted... sorry. :) It doesn't matter what you say about them. Just don't talk about them.

Torrents. Not piracy. The two aren't hand in hand. I download Linux distros using it, along with patches for games. Hell, even Metal Gear Online has an option to use Torrents instead of a direct download. Nowhere in the ToU does it say no mentioning of torrents.

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I've never gotten that moderation so it's not a biggie to me...

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#203 ChiliDragon

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Torrents. Not piracy. The two aren't hand in hand. I download Linux distros using it, along with patches for games. Hell, even Metal Gear Online has an option to use Torrents instead of a direct download. Nowhere in the ToU does it say no mentioning of torrents.AirGuitarist87

It doesn't matter if the TOU uses the word torrent or not. What matters at the end of the day is that the forums are owned and operated by a corporation based in the US, where piracy is an extremely sticky issue. We can split hairs all we want, but at the end of the day, regardless of what we think about it, talking about torrent technology on Gamespot is basically the equivalent of baiting the mods and admins into keeping a very close eye on the person doing it and is essentially the same as daring them to try and moderate you. We might not agree with it, we might not like it, but that doesn't matter. If you want to make your life on Gamepot easier for yourself, stop talking about torrents. :)

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#204 LJS9502_basic

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AirGuitarist87

Now that you know it'll bring a moderation...just don't talk about it. Simple no?

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#205 ChiliDragon

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[QUOTE="AirGuitarist87"]LJS9502_basic

Now that you know it'll bring a moderation...just don't talk about it. Simple no?

Uh-oh... do you think I might be in trouble now...? :|

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#206 AirGuitarist87

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[QUOTE="AirGuitarist87"]Torrents. Not piracy. The two aren't hand in hand. I download Linux distros using it, along with patches for games. Hell, even Metal Gear Online has an option to use Torrents instead of a direct download. Nowhere in the ToU does it say no mentioning of torrents.ChiliDragon

It doesn't matter if the TOU uses the word torrent or not. What matters at the end of the day is that the forums are owned and operated by a corporation based in the US, where piracy is an extremely sticky issue. We can split hairs all we want, but at the end of the day, regardless of what we think about it, talking about torrent technology on Gamespot is basically the equivalent of baiting the mods and admins into keeping a very close eye on the person doing it and is essentially the same as daring them to try and moderate you. We might not agree with it, we might not like it, but that doesn't matter. If you want to make your life on Gamepot easier for yourself, stop talking about torrents. :)

If I recall correctly, yes the specific use of the term "torrent" omitted in the ToU plays a big factor into this. If not, let's stretch it to everyone who mentions "downloading". Torrents are simply an effective means of downloading software that spares smaller companies and sites having to buy more bandwidth, (re: Consolevania). Hell, a feature on Opera's latest versions is a built in torrent tracker. If you're simply going off the association of torrents and piracy, surely YouTube would be a mod-worthy offence too? I can talk about legal torrents all I like, I've talked to mods about this. ;)

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#207 AirGuitarist87

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[QUOTE="AirGuitarist87"]LJS9502_basic

Now that you know it'll bring a moderation...just don't talk about it. Simple no?

It was overturned. Legal torrents are a-ok.

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#208 LJS9502_basic

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[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]
[QUOTE="AirGuitarist87"]ChiliDragon

Now that you know it'll bring a moderation...just don't talk about it. Simple no?

Uh-oh... do you think I might be in trouble now...? :|

Don't know. I'm just being safe...:P

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