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My friend from school basically got his entire PC upgrades for good 5-6 years paid because he "invested" in CD burner (then-expensive devices requiring SCSI car

by ilyt 4y ago

My friend from school basically got his entire PC upgrades for good 5-6 years paid because he "invested" in CD burner (then-expensive devices requiring SCSI card to even work) and profited off copying business. Think it was around age of 10.

ptsneves 4y ago
Keep in mind that here in Poland it is said cdprojekt of Witcher and cyberpunk fame started by selling bootlegged western games. I do not have a source for this.
- srfvtgb 4y ago
  The founders got their start selling pirated software, but CD Projekt itself started as a legit importer and localiser. Their initial success was due to knowing that they needed to compete with pirates on quality and convenience because piracy was so prevalent in Poland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD_Projekt#Founding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD_Projekt#Founding
  - ilyt 4y ago
    I remember! Baldur's Gate was a first "legit" game I bought for my pocket money that wasn't just "a game attached to a magazine". And the localization was epic. It would be basically equivalent to all movie/TV star localization on the west. I still like the translated narrator better than the original.
- rasz 4y ago
  CD Projekt CEO Marcin Iwiński aka 'S.S. Captain' (SS came from Star Ship) https://spidersweb.pl/plus/2021/04/cdprojekt-niekoloryzowane-odc1 https://spidersweb.pl/plus/2021/04/cdprojekt-niekoloryzowane... translated, but broken images: https://spidersweb-pl.translate.goog/plus/2021/04/cdprojekt-niekoloryzowane-odc1?_x_tr_sl=pl&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc https://spidersweb-pl.translate.goog/plus/2021/04/cdprojekt-...
dopidopHN 4y ago
I started a « business » sending burned games to tunisia from rural France. At the time Tunisia had a thriving game cafe scene. But shitty broadband. It was cheaper to find someone on a phpbb forum to send you physically something than dealing with ISP and shitty local internet laws. It lasted for a year or so. I send hundreds of disks. Was getting pay thought bank wire on my older brother account. I think I drink all of it in cheap pastis drink.

by ilyt 4y ago

ptsneves 4y ago

Keep in mind that here in Poland it is said cdprojekt of Witcher and cyberpunk fame started by selling bootlegged western games. I do not have a source for this.

srfvtgb 4y ago
The founders got their start selling pirated software, but CD Projekt itself started as a legit importer and localiser. Their initial success was due to knowing that they needed to compete with pirates on quality and convenience because piracy was so prevalent in Poland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD_Projekt#Founding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD_Projekt#Founding
- ilyt 4y ago
  I remember! Baldur's Gate was a first "legit" game I bought for my pocket money that wasn't just "a game attached to a magazine". And the localization was epic. It would be basically equivalent to all movie/TV star localization on the west. I still like the translated narrator better than the original.
rasz 4y ago
CD Projekt CEO Marcin Iwiński aka 'S.S. Captain' (SS came from Star Ship) https://spidersweb.pl/plus/2021/04/cdprojekt-niekoloryzowane-odc1 https://spidersweb.pl/plus/2021/04/cdprojekt-niekoloryzowane... translated, but broken images: https://spidersweb-pl.translate.goog/plus/2021/04/cdprojekt-niekoloryzowane-odc1?_x_tr_sl=pl&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc https://spidersweb-pl.translate.goog/plus/2021/04/cdprojekt-...

dopidopHN 4y ago

I started a « business » sending burned games to tunisia from rural France. At the time Tunisia had a thriving game cafe scene. But shitty broadband. It was cheaper to find someone on a phpbb forum to send you physically something than dealing with ISP and shitty local internet laws. It lasted for a year or so. I send hundreds of disks. Was getting pay thought bank wire on my older brother account. I think I drink all of it in cheap pastis drink.