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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Some had hilarious protections where the game would screw the player if detected

I will never forget that one day one of my high school friends called me after I'd hooked him up with a pirated version of Crysis and yelled into the phone: "WHY IS MY GUN FIRING CHICKENS?! I CAN'T KILL ANYTHING!"