Piratebay as a torrent of the game but nobody seems to be seeding it. LOL I guess Karma sometimes works.

Yeah, it's probably because everyone is afraid that the download is actually... well, XSP downloads have been known to actually be... instead of being 500MB of XStoryPlayer, it will actually be...

That. I have to say though, that is a brilliant anti-piracy strategy.

Yes, you can't take a game seriously if it is not on PB ( ).

N.b.
Most of the pirated versions have malware, so beware.

But if it's just 500 megabytes of dolphin porn, you're probably good, but run a scan anyway.

There should be no worry about sharing, there have been several studies that suggest sharing actually increases sales. Chances are that if the downloader enjoys and likes the product, and has at least an ounce of dignity, he or she will likely seek more info about it and try to give back to the persons responsible for the material. I believe most people are noble, and I think they understand the hard work that goes into creating something like music, movies, books, games, etc.

I made an image macro out of Commander Norrington to respond to this.

But then I could think of any text to put on it that didn't cross a line.

This. I found out about XStoryPlayer from someone who pirated it and later bought it.

Many people including myself follow this algorithm:
Step 1. Does the game you are interested in have a demo?
A: Yes. [Move to Step 3]
B: No. [Move to Step 2]
Step 2. Can you pirate it?
A: Yes. [Move to step 3]
B: No. [Don't buy game]
Step 3. [Download game] Do you like it?
A: Yes. [Buy game]
B: No. [Don't buy game]

That is to say, for many games, I will pirate it first to try the game, then buy it if I like it to support the developers. This is how I bought Dark Souls Prepare to Die Edition, for example. XStoryPlayer had a game demo, so I didn't need to pirate it to try it.

if i never had gotten it from the Web i would never plan on Buying the game either. noone can stop Piracy. its there, deal with it.
looking forward to buying the next version of the game when there is a new Penis Model and better animations
still checking in daily for updates.......i think you guys should also make a Twitter so we dont have to check for updates all the time. just get updated as is.

i mostly use an altered version of this:
Step 1. Does the game you are interested in have a demo?
A: Yes. [Move to Step 2]
B: No. [Move to Step 4]
Step 2. Is the demo like the full game without restrictions in gameplay but restricted in time/place?
A: Yes. [Move to Step 3]
B: No. [Move to Step 4]
Step 3. [Download Demo]; Was the demo fun to play?
A: Yes. [Move to Step 4]
B: No. [Remove it from your HDD, never to be seen again(and i won't buy it either, maybe i get it throu a bundle but won't play it than)]
Step 4. Can you pirate it?
A: Yes. [Move to Step 5]
B: No. [Don't buy the game, maybe get it with an humble bundle or at a 90% off bundle < 2€ Sale in Steam, if friends keep pestering you about it]
Step 5. Can you play the game for more than 30-60 mins without getting bored?
A: Yes. [Buy the game]
B: No. [Remove it from your HDD, never to be seen again(and i won't buy it either, maybe i get it throu a bundle but won't play it than)]

I had XStoryPlayer first pirated too(first found about it during the offbeatr voting phase, or some days prior). Then i got a Lifetime Package
would have bought a normal version too, if 2.2 would had come out prior to the offbeatr pledge start. Or the Offbeatr would have gone bad.

Just for a short statistik:
I got about 18 normal games throu step 5 since 2002.[Full Price, or PreOrder]
and throu bundles about 200 games. [all 200 for less than 80 € i think]

Without the available "free game versions", i would have bought 5 games in total in the last 11 years.
Oblivion
Skyrim
Darkfall Online
Evochron Mercenary
XSP(didn't want to pay for a game thats 1 years old without updates, and i saw there was a crowdfunding planed)

So the entire Gaming Industry got +300-400% profit from me alone, thanks to the pirate versions(or more, as i wouldn't have bought any of the 18 games).

on the other side i donated at least 500-800 euro to Open Source Games like widelands, vegastrike, Planeshift, ...

piracy per se isn't that bad, look at MS, Mindcraft, ... but i think that no good plan up to now was made by anyone to incorporate it into their business plan.
Open source Gaming don't have piracy, so their models work neither.
UO Model is maybe too dated(cannot remember clearly, but i think it was buy new expansion now, or get it after one year/the next one free?).
...

i was dowloading it on pb ...while trying to dl it i came to your site i closes my torrent and bought it so no worries im a pb user and when i saw the price of your game im very happy to help small entrpreneur to get going and theres alot of folks like me ....i woulden t say that for the big multi ....