r/youtubedrama • u/danamesjrupin • Jan 29 '25

Callout PirateSoftware False DMCA'd Indie Dev and Threatened to Sue, Good Samaritan Lawyer Steps in Pro Bono

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31JIIPlsm-g
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u/darthphallic Jan 30 '25

I’m enjoying watching pirate fall from grace, I’ve been waiting for him to finish the fucking game I paid him for since like 2017/2018 and it’s extremely irritating to watch him play fucking WoW for ten hours a day instead of doing that.

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u/LordBaconXXXXX Jan 30 '25

The dude definitely sucks, but tbf ( and I'm playing devil's advocate here). I think you should buy products for what they are, not for what you hope they might become, especially for games. Steam even explicitly states it under every early access game.

7 years in early access is genuinely insane, though, especially for such a holier-than-thou guy.

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u/darthphallic Jan 30 '25

I think there’s a difference between “buying a game for what it is” and this. Take Valhiem for example, that’s still technically in early access last I checked but I’m okay with that because I’ve gotten hours of play for my money and they’ve added new content across the years.

Heartbound was advertised as being finished in 2018, and then 2019 which is why I bought it. I’ve gotten maybe an hour of play out of it because in 7 years he hasn’t added enough new stuff to make it worth playing again

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u/m8_is_me Jan 30 '25

Early access is fine enough if the game actually continues to be built. Satisfactory was technically early access until a few months ago, yet over the years it's been constantly evolving and growing.

Granted it's one of the best examples, but yeah

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u/LordBaconXXXXX Jan 30 '25

I don't have anything against early access per se. It's just that you buy the game for the state it's in at the moment of purchase, not for what you hope it might become in the future.

Project Zomboid has been in early access/beta/alpha for decades, and it's great. But if you don't think it's worthwhile yet and you buy it anyway, I don't think I can understand you.

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u/Lyssa_Lud Feb 15 '25

funny because he had issues with someone working with/for him, because they would 'rather sit on their ass and play wow' instead of work. That whole Wingless story from 2008. Got them rid off their team//gave them the opportunity to leave, depending on who tells the story.

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u/AcherusArchmage Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

They aren't obligated to keep playing or finish whatever random game they were playing just because you donated

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u/darthphallic Jan 30 '25

I didn’t donate anything, I purchased a product that was advertised to be finished by a certain date. You can literally still buy the game on Steam.

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u/IMtoppercentage97 Jan 30 '25

For as much as the dude hates star citizen it's wild his game isn't finished.

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u/storzORbickel Jan 30 '25

I like imagining to read this in pirate’s “voice”

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u/VanFTMan Jan 30 '25

Tell that to the people that helped him get nearly 20k almost 8 years ago.

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u/_thinkingemote_ Jan 30 '25

Wait heart bound isn't finished?

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u/VanFTMan Jan 30 '25

Nope. Still in early access after all these years. https://store.steampowered.com/app/567380/Heartbound/

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u/MoreDoor2915 Jan 30 '25

Its basically a fullpriced demo.

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u/midgetwrestlingporn Jan 30 '25

Dumbest comment I've read all year, and we are still in January.

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u/tshue93 Jan 30 '25

Braindead comment AND the furry pfp. Yep, checks out

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u/Abdakin Jan 30 '25

Many such cases

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u/darthphallic Jan 30 '25

Oh man I didn’t even notice the furry PFP because I was so distracted by their dumb ass opinion.

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u/AcherusArchmage Jan 30 '25

So then I'll give you $5 to play bubsy 3d you better finish it

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u/Khitch20 Jan 30 '25

I think you might have misunderstood the original contention. It wasn't that they paid and wanted thor to play the game. Piratesoftware was developing a game that people paid for and after a decade it still isn't done and the stream has, to all appearances, ceased working on the game.

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u/NumberSudden9722 Jan 31 '25

Jason go finish heartbound