Is cracking games legal? Read this !

It seems that there are many persons who don't understand the difference between the legal use of the cracks provided here and the illegal use. So this will be explained in this thread.

First of all, I am not saying that you are stupid if you don't understand the difference: the limit is not always very clear and it is confusing stuff (that's why I'm explaining it).
Secondly, what you do on your PC is not our business... you do what you want, but if what you do is illegal, we will not help you with it.

Now, about the cracks. It is not the crack itself but it's what you want to use it for that can be illegal. Using a crack is illegal when you do not own the original of the game/program yourself. If you copied a game from a friend's original, but you didn't buy the original yourself, or you downloaded the game, or you got some pirated version of it, the use of cracks is illegal and not supported by Megagames. Same goes for Serial keys: we don't support that.
This statement raises many questions...

"When is a crack legal then?"
The use of cracks is legal and supported when it is for personal use only. It's legal when you bought the original game in a legal store, but you want to back your game/program up. copying a game after buying it is something I really recommend to do... use the copy to play the game, but keep the original at some safe place. If you damage the copy, you can still use the original to make a new copy, and so you will still be able to play the game. And believe me, damaging or screwing up a CD is done faster than you think The name says it... a backup CD crack enables you to play the game with a back-up (copy) of it, so that the chances that you damage YOUR original are reduced to the minimum. The purpose of a No-CD crack is the same as for backup CD cracks... reducing the chance to damage your original. No-CD cracks are also for people who don't want to switch CD's every time they want to play another game. It's also known that some games lag when they read the data from the (original) CD. In such case, a No-CD crack is a good solution, because you can play the game without the CD inserted if the crack was installed correctly.

"Why not supporting illegal stuff?...Nobody knows who we are."
True, you can hide your identity, but many, and I mean many boards have been shut down because they supported illegal stuff like piracy, copied games when you don't own the original, or because they gave links to Warez sites (where you can download full games for free), or even because they gave away serial keys. We don't want this to happen to Megagames, so that's why we don't support any kind of illegal downloads and stuff like that.

To conclude:
you ask where you can get a crack for your game: no problem, we'll help you with pleasure.
you ask where you can get a crack because you want to back up YOUR original: still no problem
you ask where you can get a crack because you copied it from a friend, or because you downloaded the game: forget it, we will never help you. The rules are strict, but these rules prevent Megagames from being closed.

Last note:
if you damage your CD... or you break it... keep the damaged CD or keep the pieces ! as on that moment, it is your only proof that you bought the game legally. If you lost your CD, but that you still have the backup, even in that case we won't help, because you don't have the original, and we can't take the risk to help you in such a case.

I hope the entire thing is now more clear to the most of you, and remember to be very careful with your games or programs

BTW, if another mod or an admin thinks this should stay open, please feel free to open it