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Storage Wars Texas: Proof that now even arcade OPERATORS are stupid.

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ChadTower:

I would also bet that the guy actually gave a fairly realistic assessment that they chopped up to make look like that.  For all we know the question was "what would a real ms pac cocktail sell for at retail" and that's where the $1200 answer comes in.

Xiaou2:
How about we toss out all the Bootleg roms in mame?  Because, they by definition, should be illegal.
And how about we destroy all directive works, Period?

 If it wasnt for the SF hacks, Capcom wouldnt have Wised up, and gave the people what they really wanted.

 And if it wasnt for the many bootlegs, many of the original mame roms would have taken a lot longer, if ever, to break their decryption.

 A 40-in-1 pcb is a legal joke, so long as you dont put the thing in an arcade.  Its the equivalent of J-Walking.   It harms nobodys income.  Its doesnt change the value of a real 25+yr old classic machine.
(not that it even matters)   I guarantee that most people here are doing things much more illegal that selling a bootleg pcb... such as downloading a current tv / movie / song.  (which Does effect earnings / profit)

 Just because it was on tv, means nothing.  For all it matters, it could have been a SFII Rainbow hack.

 Its not like they are selling live livers on the damn show.

 You people need to take a chill pill.

 Your OCD / Nazi-Ism is off the charts.

DaveMMR:
Yeah but Xiaou, this guy is not a private buyer or collector but rather someone who's going to turn around and sell the machine for a profit. And I don't think there was much debate as to the moral or legal implications - it's more a rant about the gross inaccuracy.  

It basically boils down to "the producers just didn't care" because they think "oh it's an arcade machine - the geeks in the audience will love it but we don't really don't care enough about them to actually research exactly what is being presented - just pick a popular game and throw a number at it."  

I can understand some people thinking it's no big deal.  But I can also understand being a little put-off when a TV show glosses over your hobby and/or passion with gross misinformation, hand-waved by saying it's edited for dramatic effect.  


--- Quote ---Nazi-Ism is off the charts.
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And by the way, comparing people you disagree with to Nazis is the classiest form of debate.  ::)

ChadTower:

I have never been able to come up with a rational reason for the MAME userbase to care about bootlegs.  A MAME cab is nothing but a DIY bootleg.

Le Chuck:
Bootlegging for personal use is not morally different than conterfeiting for profit, I'll conceed that, but I didn't bring up the statute as a condemnation of the hobby, or even the guys on the show, but for A&E to be careless in it's presentation. 

I always relish an opportunity to be compared to the Deutch.   ;D

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