Do you guys think piracy is an issue still in 2016? Are things going for the better?

What do you think about DRM?

Also, why have business models in PC gaming changed so radically to DLC, microtransactions, multiplayer, episodic content, console ports?

My main source is Ghazi (guy from Tweakguides and now Geforce guides) article about piracy.

http://www.tweakguides.com/Piracy_1.html

And my own research into DRM (ignore Uplay part xd)

http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/892744-Why-Uplay-and-DRM-is-beneficial-to-us-gamers

Heyo

Could we get C4Warrior in here?

http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/profiles/76561198019086602

He is still active in OT, never rude or inflammatory, writes epic posts on most subjects relying on a wealth of experience and knowledge and just generally a good guy.

I'll have someone to discuss climate change with

A far greater problem than these immigration integration issues, is the maintenance ratio problem in the future.

The West just isn't making enough babies, and it made too many in the baby boomer generations.

The net effect of immigration in Europe is close to 0% of GDP per year, so there goes that argument about how they are lazy and unproductive and blah blah.

Originally posted by λdvi☭:

Originally posted by arrested by fall damage:

There are places in the US you could live without knowing a word of English.

inb4 americans consider the entire world part of the US

The way the rest of the world follows the US elections, you would think that.

Originally posted by robomagon:

Originally posted by rojimboo:

Do Mexicans make an effort? Are they better immigrants because they are not from the other side of the globe?

What constitutes as effort? One year deadline for some arbitrary language test? Is that reasonable?

I think so.

So basically you are prejudist against certain people based on their ethnicity?

I think there's a word for that...

Originally posted by Stake from Jate Farm:

Originally posted by rojimboo:

It's nice to fuck up countries from the other side of the globe, and then take no responsibility for the fucked up refugee crisis that ensues, because you share no borders with them.

I believe it to be a proven fact that letting in more immigrants leads to many problems, such as terrorism. Just look at Europe in the past year.

You have to consider, what is more important. The wellbeing of foreigners, or the lives of your citizens.

My understanding is that terrorism attacks are on a declining trend in Europe, despite massive immigration.

I detest Wikipedia but let's try it

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Terrorist_Attacks_in_the_EU_by_Affiliation.png/1024px-Terrorist_Attacks_in_the_EU_by_Affiliation.png

Originally posted by robomagon:

Originally posted by rojimboo:

It's nice to fuck up countries from the other side of the globe, and then take no responsibility for the fucked up refugee crisis that ensues, because you share no borders with them.

I'd rather not have my country fucked up by refugees from the other side of the globe. Unless they actually want to make the effort and adapt to become US citizens.

Do Mexicans make an effort? Are they better immigrants because they are not from the other side of the globe?

What constitutes as effort? One year deadline for some arbitrary language test? Is that reasonable?

Originally posted by robomagon:

Originally posted by rojimboo:

Deporting refugees back to a war zone, famine etc.

Comes to mind off the top of my head.

Sending people back to their country of origin when they haven't showns signs of adapting to our culture over the course of an entire year is an ethical problem to you?

If it isn't to you, then maybe you need to double up on your own background of immigration.

Originally posted by Stake from Jate Farm:

Originally posted by rojimboo:

Deporting refugees back to a war zone, famine etc.

Comes to mind off the top of my head.

Originally posted by Stake from Jate Farm:

The Syrians go to Europe when they want to emigrate. Look where that's gotten places like France.

I know only English because that's all I need to know.

It's nice to fuck up countries from the other side of the globe, and then take no responsibility for the fucked up refugee crisis that ensues, because you share no borders with them.

Originally posted by robomagon:

Originally posted by rojimboo:

Sorry to break it to you, but unless you are quite talented in linguistics, it will usually take a bit longer than that.

Never mind the ethical problems.

What ethical problems?

Deporting refugees back to a war zone, famine etc.

Comes to mind off the top of my head.