Gaming for free is now illegal

Meh. It should be. Look, I admit to being one of those people who has very little money, and i'm not going to sit here and bullshit you about how free games can be good too. They can't. The fact of the matter is, you get what you pay for, and only around 1% of the time will you ever get a truly good free game. Now I know most people know this already, but try telling this crap to my dumbass friends who think the epiphany of online gaming is a good round of Runescape.  
 
Other free games that piss me off: 
Free WoW servers. Really guys? Like $15 was too much to pay to be able to play with thousands of players and have a great time? 
 
Demos. It's one thing if it's a demo of a game that isn't out yet, but I just can't stand demos and trials. OCD? 
 
Evony. Heh, does that even count as a game? If it wasn't for their misleading (yet totally hot) ad campaign, this game wouldn't make enough money to cover the server cost.  
 
Free things that I allow: 
 
Gamebiz 2. Google it, bitches.  
 
And that's all I can think of, except for a few flash games. And not the kind your momma would approve of, either.

Meh. It should be. Look, I admit to being one of those people who has very little money, and i'm not going to sit here and bullshit you about how free games can be good too. They can't. The fact of the matter is, you get what you pay for, and only around 1% of the time will you ever get a truly good free game. Now I know most people know this already, but try telling this crap to my dumbass friends who think the epiphany of online gaming is a good round of Runescape.  
 
Other free games that piss me off: 
Free WoW servers. Really guys? Like $15 was too much to pay to be able to play with thousands of players and have a great time? 
 
Demos. It's one thing if it's a demo of a game that isn't out yet, but I just can't stand demos and trials. OCD? 
 
Evony. Heh, does that even count as a game? If it wasn't for their misleading (yet totally hot) ad campaign, this game wouldn't make enough money to cover the server cost.  
 
Free things that I allow: 
 
Gamebiz 2. Google it, bitches.  
 
And that's all I can think of, except for a few flash games. And not the kind your momma would approve of, either.

"Other free games that piss me off: Free WoW servers. Really guys? Like $15 was too much to pay to be able to play with thousands of players and have a great time?   "

There are tons of good-to-awesome freeware games like Alien Arena, Cave Story, Knytt & Knytt Stories, La Mulana, Alien Assault, Oolite, Spelunky, Allegiance, Battle for Wesnoth, Dan! Da! Dan!, Warning Forever, Monsters' Den: Book of Dread, Indian Outlaw, Trilby: The Art of Theft, N, Dwarf Fortress, True Combat Elite, Guardian of Paradise, Warsow, to name but a few. I didn't even go into the likes of Liero, the dozens of great roguelikes, free modifications for existing games, or even abandonware and games that used to be in retail yet are now free for promotional or other purposes. Dismissing these because of Runescape is quite ignorant, more so than your friends' attitude is honestly. Edited to add videos. Missing games either didn't/can't have decent videos (try and make Dwarf Fortress attractive in footage, heh), or are flash so you could just play.

I disagree on get what you pay for. There's tons of great Indie games on Xbox that I'd gladly pay more for. You just gotta find 'em.
 
Here's a hint: Arkedo series.

1) You have 0 posts. o_O
2) Some games which are free are great. Take, for example, Chaos Faction. If you have a fast enough computer, it feels just like Super Smash Bros. and has knocked off hours of my life.

Gametap offers Just Cause and Operation Flashpoint for free right now. I wouldn't call those games bad. If you're willing to deep dig, you can find great games for free.

With re-guard to the wow private servers its not only about the money one that Ive seen was modded with crazy towers going up into the air everyone started in Black rock Mountain and its was FFA PVP outside of BRM was a fun change of pace.
But yes it was broken and you wouldn't pay for it.

You get what you pay for?
 
What about those poor saps out there shelling out $100 for Tony Hawk Ride?
 
You get out what you put in. 
 
As in consumer research.
 
Blanket statements like yours are always ignorant.
 
See what I did there?

  @Fripplebubby said:

" ....  Demos. It's one thing if it's a demo of a game that isn't out yet, but I just can't stand demos and trials. OCD? .... "

Battlefield Heroes is pretty good for free

I like the Elder Scrolls games Daggerfall and Arena that are now free on the Bethesda Site.

"  @Fripplebubby said:

" ....  Demos. It's one thing if it's a demo of a game that isn't out yet, but I just can't stand demos and trials. OCD? .... "

How the hell can you hate demos and trial?  Why would you want to get rid of something which allows consumers to see what they may or may not purchase?  Does this mean you believe a person shouldn't test drive a car before they buy it?  And, why would it matter if a game is out or not?  If you haven't played the demo yet and hear mixed comments on a game you're considering, wouldn't you want to try it for yourself before buying it?  I just don't understand.  Demos are the best thing to find their way into consoles since disc-based media.  They've been a part of the PC side of things for a long time, and I am thankful ('tis the season) that they're now a principle facet of console game marketing. "

" @PenguinDust said:

"  @Fripplebubby said:

" ....  Demos. It's one thing if it's a demo of a game that isn't out yet, but I just can't stand demos and trials. OCD? .... "

How the hell can you hate demos and trial?  Why would you want to get rid of something which allows consumers to see what they may or may not purchase?  Does this mean you believe a person shouldn't test drive a car before they buy it?  And, why would it matter if a game is out or not?  If you haven't played the demo yet and hear mixed comments on a game you're considering, wouldn't you want to try it for yourself before buying it?  I just don't understand.  Demos are the best thing to find their way into consoles since disc-based media.  They've been a part of the PC side of things for a long time, and I am thankful ('tis the season) that they're now a principle facet of console game marketing. "

I was going to make a comment on the demo thing, but that pretty much covered it. i think demos are awesome, it was a deciding factor on whether i bought games or not a couple times. "

I smell a troll.

*Troll alert.*

Whut.

This is one of the dumbest topics I have ever seen.

I can agree that most of free online games (especially korean mmorpgs) are garbage, but there is some decent fun to be had. If your friends really think that Runescape is a good way to spend their time you have some shameful friends.

" @Fripplebubby said:

"Other free games that piss me off: Free WoW servers. Really guys? Like $15 was too much to pay to be able to play with thousands of players and have a great time?   "

I assume you're talking about private servers? That already is illegal. "

i disagree too. free can be good. look at you tube, thats free and you get a shitload of absolutely...  anything!

Dude, why do you care about what other people like? So what? It's all opinion, man. Nothing is written in stone. A lot of gamers happen to embrace the free stuff.

i love it when games are free!! especially DLC!!!

 The fact of the matter is, you get what you pay for "  "

 @Fripplebubby said:

 The fact of the matter is, you get what you pay for "  "

There are tons of good-to-awesome freeware games like Alien Arena, Cave Story, Knytt & Knytt Stories, La Mulana, Alien Assault, Oolite, Spelunky, Allegiance, Battle for Wesnoth, Dan! Da! Dan!, Warning Forever, Monsters' Den: Book of Dread, Indian Outlaw, Trilby: The Art of Theft, N, Dwarf Fortress, True Combat Elite, Guardian of Paradise, Warsow, to name but a few. I didn't even go into the likes of Liero, the dozens of great roguelikes, free modifications for existing games, or even abandonware and games that used to be in retail yet are now free for promotional or other purposes. Dismissing these because of Runescape is quite ignorant, more so than your friends' attitude is honestly. Edited to add videos.

(missing Knytt Stories)

(missing Oolite)

(missing Allegiance)

(missing Dan! Da! Dan!)

(missing Monsters' Den)
(missing Indian Outlaw)

(missing N)
(missing Dwarf Fortress)

(missing Guardian of Paradise)

Seriously though, these barely scratch the surface. There's a shitload of quality free content out there, there are even massive databases that only deal with specific genres like roguelikes or shmups, not to mention games of a specific format like java or flash. Add cheap yet creative indie games on top and the saying you get what you pay for certainly doesn't apply here as you can experience great games for no or very little money.

@Al3xand3r: omg Trilby is AMAZING!

" @dbz1995: Can you answer this question for me? Is a rant on the first post mean that this said person is a troll? "

What is the point of this topic?

" @Seedofpower said:

" @dbz1995: Can you answer this question for me? Is a rant on the first post mean that this said person is a troll? "

Why are you asking me? ...ARE YOU INDICATING THAT I AM A TROLL? WELL, FUCK YOU!  360 IZ 4 NOOBZ! "

In response to everyone: 
 
I have my opinion, and you have yours. All I meant by my post is in my personal experience, I have always enjoyed games i've put money into better than ones I haven't. Also note that I haven't bought every single game, or played every single free game, and nor have any of us, so blanket statements are probably not to be. And if you really want to quote me on this and try to prove me wrong by spamming the comments with 20 Youtube videos, feel free.   
 
I am also a proud Windows user, MS Office and Photoshop user. I've tried the free alternatives, and while my original post was not relevant to those things, one of you seemed to think that way. Whatever guys, thanks for the commentary.

Plasma Pong.

" @Fripplebubby said:

 The fact of the matter is, you get what you pay for "  "

Yeah, totally! Why, that shitty free OpenOffice sucks what with it being free and all, but almost entirely on par with the $400+ MS Office! And that shitty Linux operating system. How good can that be for free, when you normally have to pay hundreds of dollars for an OS? Or pay massive licenses for Unix installs? And GIMP! Bah! What a piece of crap! I'd much rather pay $1,300 for Photoshop! and don't even get me started on fucking Firefox and Thunderbird or Adium or PidginIM or any of these other free (and often open source) things! You get what you paid for and therefore something that costs lots of money is inherently better than something which is free!  Hell, that's why Avatar is going to be the greatest movie of all time! It costs way more than any other movie to make and is therefore superior to Pulp Fiction, Moon, My Dinner with Andre and any of that other cheap ass shit! And Torchlight.. PFT! That didn't cost no $100m like GTA IV did, so that's why it's such a piece of crap, too...  The fact of the matter is that there is a lot of shit out there. Whether it's free or not is irrelevant. It's this concept that "you get what you pay for" being passed on to the next generation of consumers that truly horrifies me. Are a lot of free games (and free other stuff) total ass? Sure. So is a lot of what you paid hard earned money for, too. I'll take free Runescape over $15/mo WoW any day. I'll take free Slackware or Debian over $400 Windows any day. Not because I can't afford these things, but because what matters is QUALITY and not PRICE. "

" @Branthog said:

" @Fripplebubby said:

 The fact of the matter is, you get what you pay for "  "

Yeah, totally! Why, that shitty free OpenOffice sucks what with it being free and all, but almost entirely on par with the $400+ MS Office! And that shitty Linux operating system. How good can that be for free, when you normally have to pay hundreds of dollars for an OS? Or pay massive licenses for Unix installs? And GIMP! Bah! What a piece of crap! I'd much rather pay $1,300 for Photoshop! and don't even get me started on fucking Firefox and Thunderbird or Adium or PidginIM or any of these other free (and often open source) things! You get what you paid for and therefore something that costs lots of money is inherently better than something which is free!  Hell, that's why Avatar is going to be the greatest movie of all time! It costs way more than any other movie to make and is therefore superior to Pulp Fiction, Moon, My Dinner with Andre and any of that other cheap ass shit! And Torchlight.. PFT! That didn't cost no $100m like GTA IV did, so that's why it's such a piece of crap, too...  The fact of the matter is that there is a lot of shit out there. Whether it's free or not is irrelevant. It's this concept that "you get what you pay for" being passed on to the next generation of consumers that truly horrifies me. Are a lot of free games (and free other stuff) total ass? Sure. So is a lot of what you paid hard earned money for, too. I'll take free Runescape over $15/mo WoW any day. I'll take free Slackware or Debian over $400 Windows any day. Not because I can't afford these things, but because what matters is QUALITY and not PRICE. "

 1. MS Office is not at all $400; 2. Windows 7 costs $110 retail; closed source Internet browsers don't cost anything. "

" @nanikore said:

" @Fripplebubby said:

"Other free games that piss me off: Free WoW servers. Really guys? Like $15 was too much to pay to be able to play with thousands of players and have a great time?   "

I assume you're talking about private servers? That already is illegal. "

how are private servers illegal? u can just download world of warcraft, burning crusade, off of blizzard's website and then change a few files on the folder and bam u can connect to a private server. i use to play on a private server after my account expired. "