Re:butbutbutbutbut (Score 1)

Exactly. If the game appears to be working, whoever cracked it will release it as is, unaware that the game will break down eventually. The pranks are just for the lols... It's better if pirate players see that you have enough sense of humor to not blankly block them from playing, and are instead messing with them... That may actually lead to a purchase, instead of a ragequit. Bohemia Interactive does the same with their ArmA series. If the game detects a bad copy, it progressively begins to degrade gameplay until unplayable. Things like aiming accuracy begin to become worse and worse, your character randomly passes out, stuff like that. -That's more likely to make you laugh at how much they owned you, instead of becoming angry at how they're deliberately calling you a criminal (*cough EA and Ubisoft cough*). Cheers