[Official] Grand Theft Auto IV


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yeah I just noticed the copyright notice on my channel can't imagine rockstar were too happy it says channel will be accessible within 24 hours but by then the game will be released worldwide. Ah well it was fun while it lasted, Rockstar did a great job everyone will adore this game trust me.

Ouch ....

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Guess you guys could just not control yourselves and did not understand that there should be no talk about playing the game before it was released.

When I have the time to go through it all tomorrow, plenty of warnings are going to be handed out.

On top of that, to the members who continuously broke the rules and talked about it not just once but several times, those people are going to be getting a minimum of a one week time restriction from posting in the Gamers Hangout at all.

This will give you all the chance to visit the forums who do allow talking about piracy, because obviously you do not get the fact that we do not allow that here.

Way to go people. :no:

I just stopped by this thread, but I'm not sure why discussion of the game before release is prohibited? The stores broke their street date and it's not member's fault to have a discussion about it? Besides there are plenty of videos about the game available out there...

If it's about piracy then ignore this post.

DL stated that there was to be no discussion when he last cleaned the thread, so what people did was use spoiler tags to get around it.

/sigh

I guess Neowin is ****ting themselves about getting sued from R*

I think I'm going to go to tesco tonight at 11.30 and try to snag it before 12 when everyone turns up.

I'm also popping into Asda shortly to see if anyone there might sell it me early.

I can't think of anything more ridiculous than stocking a game that you cant sell for another 24hours, stupid red tape imho.

hmpf, not so sure it's fair to breakout the banhammer on everyone, some may have just received the game early via the post or broken street dates. I'd say that anyone talking about it < Weds/Thursday pirated it tho, unless they received a press copy, so in that case it's probably fair.

Anyways, I'm not sure I ever mentioned it but I really love Amazon, I ordered my standard copy on the 8th April and the other day they posted saying that anyone that ordered that day or afterwards would probably not receive it until after may 3rd. I just checked my amazon order page this morning and it's already been posted and as I'm an amazon prime member I should receive it tomorrow anyway :bounce:

hmpf, not so sure it's fair to breakout the banhammer on everyone, some may have just received the game early via the post or broken street dates. I'd say that anyone talking about it < Weds/Thursday pirated it tho, unless they received a press copy, so in that case it's probably fair.

Anyways, I'm not sure I ever mentioned it but I really love Amazon, I ordered my standard copy on the 8th April and the other day they posted saying that anyone that ordered that day or afterwards would probably not receive it until after may 3rd. I just checked my amazon order page this morning and it's already been posted and as I'm an amazon prime member I should receive it tomorrow anyway :bounce:

I've had mine ordered from Amazon since April 1st 2007. My order says "Dispatching Soon". If it isn't dispatched today, they'll be recieving some angry calls.

Guess you guys could just not control yourselves and did not understand that there should be no talk about playing the game before it was released.

When I have the time to go through it all tomorrow, plenty of warnings are going to be handed out.

On top of that, to the members who continuously broke the rules and talked about it not just once but several times, those people are going to be getting a minimum of a one week time restriction from posting in the Gamers Hangout at all.

This will give you all the chance to visit the forums who do allow talking about piracy, because obviously you do not get the fact that we do not allow that here.

Way to go people. :no:

Im sorry DirtyLarry but im going to have to pick up some points in that posted.

On top of that, to the members who continuously broke the rules and talked about it not just once but several times, those people are going to be getting a minimum of a one week time restriction from posting in the Gamers Hangout at all.

I have talked about the game, about missions and i have even streamed live footage of the game.

Now what i will say is that, discussion of the game once the pirated version was released was inevitable, but even more so once people reported recieving retail copies, and retailers broke street dates across the country in England.

I recieved a legitimate, retail copy. Now if Neowin see it fit to ban me for a week, for using a legitimate copy which i purchased with my cash, from a retailer who was willing to sell it to me, i do not see how i could have possibly breached any rules, on top of that, those of us who have talked about the game, extended the courtesy of using spoiler tags for those who wished for in-game details to remain a secret until they finally got the game.

I believe those of us who have spoken about the game, have been reasonable and fair.

The fact that the game is not officially released, makes no difference at all, as far as the retailler i got mine from, they were happy to release it not just to me but to a few others also.

Even though i recieved a DMCA notice from Take-Two regarding my GTA IV Stream over justin.tv/hamsterxk i still believe that the reason it was allowed to continue for the 3 days it was online, was because it recieved over 15,000 views and people who have watched it have said that it has motivated them to go and purchase the game! due to Rockstar's official trailer being "jumpy and stuttery" the in-game footage I and others provided is actually going to sell more copies of the game.

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