+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted August 13, 2009 Author Subscriber² Share Posted August 13, 2009 Read Andrew DB's comments on the previous page.This whole throwing around the word illegal in any sense is ridiculous, it's scaremongering making it sound like a serious crime, which of course it isn't. Breaking the rules, yes, prohibited, yes, illegal, no. The only person with perception issues of the word 'illegal' in here is yourself Munky, I mean seriously, it's obvious it's not taken in the context of jail/law. I knew fine well what they meant, AndrewDB is still correct, breaking a EULA is illegal, in the sense of rule breaking, which it's perfectly okay to use the term illegal. not according to or authorized by law : unlawful, illicit; also : not sanctioned by official rules (as of a game) http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/illegal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted August 13, 2009 Veteran Share Posted August 13, 2009 I disagree and I'm fed up of this discussion, lets just leave it at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Gotta love a word mincing argument Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soldiers33 Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 i enjoyed readin the comments between drunk and audio more than the actual article lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted August 13, 2009 Veteran Share Posted August 13, 2009 He knows I love him really, but I just can't be arsed taking anything Treyarch say seriously, it's like Charlie Brown's mum talking to you. Besides, it looks like he has his hands full elsewhere on the forum :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji@nBing Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 He knows I love him really, but I just can't be arsed taking anything Treyarch say seriously, it's like Charlie Brown's mum talking to you.Besides, it looks like he has his hands full elsewhere on the forum :p Where? WHERE?!?!? :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spenser.d Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 I have to agree with DM here. The word 'illegal' always tends to imply something against the law, not just against some rules. -Spenser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted August 14, 2009 Author Subscriber² Share Posted August 14, 2009 I have to agree with DM here. The word 'illegal' always tends to imply something against the law, not just against some rules.-Spenser So all of us are going to jail then for using Windows? :p I'm sorry but you're going against the English language and dictionary. Illegal does not always mean against the law, it has more than one contextual meaning, that's just the way it is regardless of what you associate the word 'illegal' to mean when you see it. Treyarch were never talking about court law or jail time, they are talking about the rules as set by Live/their T&Cs. prohibited by law; against the law; unlawful; illicit; also, not authorized or sanctioned, as by rules http://www.yourdictionary.com/illegal 2. Prohibited by official rules http://www.thefreedictionary.com/illegal also : not sanctioned by official rules (as of a game) http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/illegal 2. against rules: not allowed by the rules of something such as a game http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/illegal.html contrary to or forbidden by official rules, regulations, etc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/illegal illegal - prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules; "an illegal chess move" http://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/illegal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji@nBing Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 There's no point in arguing semantics. It's pretty obvious they used the word illegal as a scare tactic. They specifically used that word to make people think it's against the law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted August 14, 2009 Author Subscriber² Share Posted August 14, 2009 (edited) There's no point in arguing semantics. It's pretty obvious they used the word illegal as a scare tactic. They specifically used that word to make people think it's against the law. If people think it's against the law they only have themselves to blame for being so stupid. Cheating in a video game against the law? Yeah okay, I suppose they also think they're going to get locked up for peeing in your shower instead of your toilet :rofl: I agree with 'illegal' being used as a scare tactic, instead of just saying 'against the rules', but people should really know what it means. Edited August 14, 2009 by Audioboxer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted August 14, 2009 Veteran Share Posted August 14, 2009 There's no point in arguing semantics. It's pretty obvious they used the word illegal as a scare tactic. They specifically used that word to make people think it's against the law. Just for the record, that's all I was trying to get across earlier & what I also think Andrew DB was trying to say to myself. Article is a bunch of BS tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spenser.d Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 So all of us are going to jail then for using Windows? :p I'm sorry but you're going against the English language and dictionary. Illegal does not always mean against the law, it has more than one contextual meaning, that's just the way it is regardless of what you associate the word 'illegal' to mean when you see it. Treyarch were never talking about court law or jail time, they are talking about the rules as set by Live/their T&Cs. Cute, but I didn't say it meant against the law, I said it tends to imply it. Maybe I shouldn't have said 'always', but 'most of the time' wouldn't be stretching it. The most common use of the word illegal is that meaning against the law, so when it's used in contexts like this, it can be confusing to a hell of a lot of people. Also, what JianBing said. -Spenser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tablet_user Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 whos Treyarch?? are they some FPS company? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted August 14, 2009 Author Subscriber² Share Posted August 14, 2009 Cute, but I didn't say it meant against the law, I said it tends to imply it. Maybe I shouldn't have said 'always', but 'most of the time' wouldn't be stretching it. The most common use of the word illegal is that meaning against the law, so when it's used in contexts like this, it can be confusing to a hell of a lot of people.Also, what JianBing said. -Spenser Yup guess that's where I misread you. I still say if anyone out there thinks it's against the law to cheat in a game they're a bit on the dull side, I would hope for gamers sake a lot of people are not confused by this, unless you're under 10. Especially if they are from our generations where we've had Game Genies/Action Replay and developer enabled cheats (in-game codes/consoles)/trainers and everything else the PC has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spenser.d Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Definitely agree there. I think the confusion sets in more when the talk is about modding a console. -Spenser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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