NO MOAR CRACKED GMOD

[memo3300]

Just enabled this error in GMod today. It happens when you pirated it. Having fun watching people complain.

Looks like garry got bored of people getting free gmod.  :-(

[Mr. Franklin]

Its about time

[blαh2355]

Where'd you get that?

[» Magic «]

link?

[Deathie]

I feel the need to submit a fake bug.

So I try starting gmod today, and I get this error.
[ Fake Screenshot ]

Inb4 - OLOLOL PIRATE

Fucking check my steam account. I edited the front page to say "Garry is a fucking moron." followed by the date.

Seriously, an update to stop piracy? I'm not even vac'd and am legit, yet I'm getting this error. Garry, you fucking idiot.

I really, really want to ._.

[memo3300]

http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1078207-Unable-to-shade-polygon-normals

[Don]

Enjoying being punished for not stealing mommy's credit card, pirates?

[cogsandspigots]

Enjoying being punished for not stealing mommy's credit card, pirates?

Or mowing the lawn twice. 5$ a mow. It's not that hard to get 10 bucks, pirates.

[» Magic «]

Garry Newman – the creator of Garry’s Mod – asked, quite innocently, whether anyone was unable to shade polygon normals.
He received a few comments, mostly jokes, but a quick look at Google suggests that there are indeed a few people who are experiencing problems with their game.

A serious moment from Garry’s Mod
…you can hear Newman’s chuckling from here. Not the normal response to a wide-spread bug report, but this is no normal bug. It seems that the developer has deliberately enabled an error in GMod, which will only affect people who have pirated the game.
People started discussing the error on the game’s own forums, wondering why their game simply wouldn’t work:
Problem:
I need help with my garrys mod. Everytime I launch Garrys Mod, it starts up then about 5 seconds later after it is done loading, it crashed with the

Engine Error:Unable to shade polygon normals(#################)
Not long after posting the request, the user found themselves permabanned from the forums for using pirated software.
Making the situation even sweeter, the number which appears in brackets after the error statement is in fact the gamer’s 64-bit steamid.
Y’see, Steam keeps a list of which accounts have actually forked over the $9.99 for a legit copy of GMod – so it’s a simple matter of checking ids and turfing out the pirates.
Just another lesson on why piracy is bad, supporting indie developers is good, and why you shouldn’t mess with the nerds.

http://www.gamepron.com/news/2011/04/12/garrys-mod-catches-pirates-the-fun-way/

[Sabb]

Or mowing the lawn twice. 5$ a mow. It's not that hard to get 10 bucks, pirates.

It starts to annoy me when I see comments like this.

It's often not the fact that they can't get $10 or are too cheap to spend it...
It's that they can't get their hands on a credit card for what ever reason and are not able to purchase it online, but also can't get it in stores.
That was my case about 2 or so years ago.

[Don]

It starts to annoy me when I see comments like this.

It's often not the fact that they can't get $10 or are too cheap to spend it...
It's that they can't get their hands on a credit card for what ever reason and are not able to purchase it online, but also can't get it in stores.
That was my case about 2 or so years ago.

I would've given you this one a while ago, but in modern society, it's incredibly easy to get your hands on a way of payment for Steam.
Examples?
Wal-Mart gift cards, Paysafe cards, other store gift cards, actual prepaid cards which are 15+, and so on.

[memo3300]

I would've given you this one a while ago, but in modern society, it's incredibly easy to get your hands on a way of payment for Steam.
Examples?
Wal-Mart gift cards, Paysafe cards, other store gift cards, actual prepaid cards which are 15+, and so on.

We don't got that in Perú.

[Myppl9]

Just another lesson on why piracy is bad, supporting indie developers is good, and why you shouldn’t mess with the nerds.

i lol'd

[Sabb]

I would've given you this one a while ago, but in modern society, it's incredibly easy to get your hands on a way of payment for Steam.
Examples?
Wal-Mart gift cards, Paysafe cards, other store gift cards, actual prepaid cards which are 15+, and so on.

Two years ago my mom wouldn't even do that... :l

[blαh2355]

Well can anybody help me find where my gifted GMOD from my friend? I can't seem to find it :/