Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!cec2!news From: meb4074@cec2.wustl.edu (Mark Edward Bradley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games Subject: Re: SimWorld Keywords: spam spam spam $69 spam spam spam Message-ID: <1990Oct15.202828.10649@cec1.wustl.edu> Date: 15 Oct 90 20:28:28 GMT References: <5755@mace.cc.purdue.edu> <25090@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <12740@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> <4549@rex.cs.tulane.edu> Reply-To: meb4074@cec2.wustl.edu (Mark Edward Bradley) Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO Lines: 23 In article <4549@rex.cs.tulane.edu> rawdon@rex.cs.tulane.edu (Michael Rawdon) writes: >I suspect that if the comapnies brought their prices down to something >reasonable that people like college students could afford then there would >be less pirating. Also if they offered incentives like little bonus things >for people who registered their software. I was watching the movie Tough Guys last night and in one scene, Archie Long casually busts into a newspaper vending box and takes one out. When Harry Doyle admonishes him for it, Archie replies, "It's a lousy two bits, Harry!" Pirating will continue as long as someone doesn't want to pay a high price, thinks the price of their pirating is too small to make a difference, or does it just because it takes no effort or thought. Now in deference to the article header, can anyone give an in-depth review of Sim-Earth? I'm sure we'd all like to hear more about game play, objectives, rules, and details. Later, Mark Mark Bradley | "Wake up, dummy!!" meb4074@cec1.wustl.edu | "Hey! whadjadothatfor?" -- Chip 'n Dale