Clones vs. Cracks
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maxiepaxie




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PostPosted: Wed, 23rd Aug 2006 20:57    Post subject:
Cracks for me, clones are allright if they aren't hardware dependant (tages clones come to my mind).
I also prefer cracks because that's easier to explain to a noob friend than "you have to unplug these cables, mount it in daemon tools and run program xxx". Instead of "use this serial, copy /crack and play".
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ady5




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PostPosted: Wed, 23rd Aug 2006 21:22    Post subject:
this site is about scene releases. Scene releases don't include clones(well, i mean by the book). So i guess that cracked releases are the better ones for ease of play(although, more and more games need patches nowadays, and you can't apply a patch unto a cracked release, you have to usualy wait for a cracked updated executable). The two modes of release have both advantages and disadvantages. One is easy to play, hard to update, the other hard to get it started( you usualy need third party programs) but easier to update...
I voted for cracks just because the scene is about cracks. Clones are out there because there was a period when noone could crack the latest protections. Now it seems that no protection is safe anymore...
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tardissun




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PostPosted: Thu, 24th Aug 2006 06:58    Post subject:
Cracks...definately.

I don't need to read a book, or install 500 apps, and then pray to the monkey Gods that the program may run.

Most clones must be run at 11:31pm sharp, on a full moon, with some esoteric music playing in the background - only after spending time to open your machine and unplug every damn device inside of it - and if you're good - the monkey Gods will allow the game to run.

</sarcasm off>

Seriously speaking, it wouldn't be so bad if there weren't so many bad clones. Another thing that yanks my chain are releases that only work on USB.
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FusionDexterity




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PostPosted: Thu, 24th Aug 2006 07:18    Post subject:
No preference.
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mcmanic




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PostPosted: Thu, 24th Aug 2006 09:12    Post subject:
cracks as long as they don't smell
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deelix
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PostPosted: Thu, 24th Aug 2006 09:19    Post subject:
Sr7 - clone
SF - crack
No protection - aids
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ZeeGermans




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PostPosted: Thu, 24th Aug 2006 09:46    Post subject:
i prefer cracks. for the most part i cant be fucked using 2rd party apps unless i absolutly have to (no crack out) if i have to burn it to play or disconnect shit i jsut wait for crack. rather buy a game then screw around disconnectiong things.
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MsBanzai




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PostPosted: Thu, 24th Aug 2006 13:08    Post subject:
|IcedFreon| wrote:
MsBanzai wrote:
well I still prefer cracks as I do not like djing!

rofl what does djing have to do with cracks???


thats easy you have to unmount/mount iso images..with cracks you can delete those images
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LastRite




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PostPosted: Thu, 24th Aug 2006 15:26    Post subject:
Nice to see that sanity prevails and cracks are in the lead.
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Mortibus




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PostPosted: Thu, 24th Aug 2006 15:28    Post subject:
shoud've been option for both
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pcm




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PostPosted: Thu, 24th Aug 2006 15:36    Post subject:
most of the time for me, it depends from what is released first Smile
but i voted for clones - because of updating...
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s_hole




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PostPosted: Thu, 24th Aug 2006 19:19    Post subject:
if (starforce) {
crack
} else {
clone
}
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SpykeZ




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PostPosted: Fri, 25th Aug 2006 02:35    Post subject:
deelix wrote:
Sr7 - clone
SF - crack
No protection - aids


I CHOOSE NO PROTECTION!! Laughing

I'll take the crack. I usually like keep all the rar's in a folder, extract the image, install, use the crack then get rid of the ISO to free up HD space, not that I have none to spare but still, that's just more room for movies and games.


And I foresee movies...in the near future needing some kinda of crack or clone too.... Rolling Eyes
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