A decent way of getting games for cheap without pirating them would be to have a used games market / games exchange forum. Anyone know of something like this in Malaysia?

I have a fair number of original used games to sell. I know that some can't be sold due to serial number issues, e.g. Orange Box, or online activation limits, e.g. Bioshock, but I have stuff like Company of Heroes, Dawn of War Trilogy, Rome Total War, Oblivion etc. I don't see why used versions of those can't be sold or exchanged.

Amen to that. Just a few posts back people were talking about concrete measures to end or reduce piracy, and then a whole bunch of people come on and not only openly admit that they pirate, and do so in a fashion that states how proud they are to pirate and why pirating games is so great compared to buying them.

If you're a poor student and can't afford to buy original games, at least express some remorse that you've had to resort to pirating. Even saying something like, "When I get rich in the future, I'll spend lots of money on original games as a way to atone for my piracy" would make it sound a bit more decent. Do you casually admit that you steal stuff from the people around you and boast about pulling off scams and cons?

Malaysians pirate. Everyone knows that. At least learn to be contrite about it. Everyone needs to work towards making piracy socially unacceptable, not promote it as a badge of your leetness or something.

I just wanted to post that the pirates who come on here and defend being a pirate are really dumb. They go around telling everyone why buying original sucks and why pirated software is both easier to use and cheaper. The problem for them is: what happens if they win?

That's right, what happens if people who buy original read their posts and think: You're so right. I'm so dumb to buy original. You've really opened my eyes. Why should I have to pay more for something that everyone else is getting for free? Why should I continue being the sucker?

Think about it. If this happens, the market of those who actually pay for games will shrink and developers will make less games. This is why the smartest strategy for a pirate is to go on forums and tell everyone to buy original, convince everyone that piracy is bad, but then secretly pirate all your games yourself. This way, you have a big pool of suckers who will happily fund game development for you, while you quietly enjoy the results for free. Genius, eh?