Speaking for myself, I was perfectly prepared to wait. I would have infinitely preferred 3DO to have taken the extra 3-6 months needed to complete M9 properly. I always did - and still do - believe that the labourer is worthy of his hire, and I actively prefer to pay for the game, or the ebook, or whatever. Because if we buy from the pirates, or support them in any way, then we deny the support to the people who design the game, or write the books, that we love. And without that support, the future games, or books, will not be created, and we will all lose - including the pirates. I have been waiting for one of Larry Niven's books - the Moon Maze Game - to become available in electronic format outside the USA, which hasn't happened yet. It's available in pirated copy, but have I taken it? Hell, no! I shall wait, and if it doesn't arrive, I shall do without.The pirates have forgotten the principles of enlightened self-interest in favour of the rank stupidity of taking short term gains instead of long term profits. I would quite happily see the pirates propped up and shot. And the patrons of this board all think the same way. So apply your criticism elsewhere, because in this Tavern, you are preaching to the converted. No true fans of MM6-9 or HoMM3-4 would behave in the way you describe. So they can take it elsewhere.
