Cham-balam says:

i take it you didnt read my comment above max lol

well im about to play halo with you

04/27/2007 Behind You....

RerunWii says:

hell yes you are!

04/27/2007 The land of Prosperity...ok Brisbane

davidhes says:

This is rediculous, all the people in this thread saying I hope the people with modchips get their wii bricked. What a joke. Why the heck should they? Yeh if people are doing the wrong thing and pirating games then they should be dealt with, but the people who have done nothing but install a chip into a product that they own and are allowed to under australian law. Why should they be bricked? If all they are doing is playing backup and import games then I cannot believe people are saying such naive and juvenile statements. Not to mention the fact the programmers that are hoping to run homebrew on the wii, I myself cannot wait for such thing to happen. I love my xbox with such programs as xbox media centre, even microsoft has admitted in interviews that they appreciated the constructive development lead by homebrew developers like xbmc, they helped in the ideas that went into the development of the 360. Sorry for the b**ching and moaning but seriously people, don't make statements that you can't even back up and that the law doesn't even agree with you. I fully support nintendo in saying that the warranty is void and your product may be damaged but that is the risk of the user.

04/27/2007 Canberra

davery22 says:

Nintendo wouldn't release an update that bricks your Wii!!!

There's nothing illegal about a Wii-key(**edit**) in Australia. It allows you to play games you've backed up, and multi regions it.

If Nintendo release an update that bricks the Wii, They would get RAPED in court!! Just a note!!......

04/28/2007 Sydney

Esoth says:

davery22 said: Nintendo wouldn't release an update that bricks your Wii!!!

There's nothing illegal about a Wii in Australia. It allows you to play games you've backed up, and multi regions it.

If Nintendo release an update that bricks the Wii, They would get RAPED in court!! Just a note!!......

04/28/2007 Brisbane

davidhes says:

Ok obviously he meant a modchip so moving on... He has probably just had a few to drink like myself, its friday night and the broncos lost (drown my sorrows), who wouldn't be drinking?

04/28/2007 Canberra

chucky110 says:

of course nintendo will say that

04/28/2007 Melbourne, Victoria, Friends Code (7415-0589-5173-7232)

davery22 says:

davidhes said: Ok obviously he meant a modchip so moving on... He has probably just had a few to drink like myself, its friday night and the broncos lost (drown my sorrows), who wouldn't be drinking?

04/28/2007 Sydney

Esoth says:

davery22 said:

davidhes said: Ok obviously he meant a modchip so moving on... He has probably just had a few to drink like myself, its friday night and the broncos lost (drown my sorrows), who wouldn't be drinking?

I'm a Knights fan so don't really care bout bronco's losing. It's who they lost to that made me start drinking

04/28/2007 Brisbane

cocopop05 says:

Australian law is unique to the rest of the world in that you are legally allowed to modify any piece of equipment you own (including a Nintendo Wii) - Sony tried unsuccessfully to charge people selling Mod chips for PS and PS2.

What you are not allowed to do (obviously) is to copy copyrighted software/material without permission of the copyright owner.

So basically there is no consequence of installing a Mod chip in your Wii.

Likewise there is nothing illegal for Nintendo to release a patch for the Wii to allow Wii's with Mod chips to stop working with new games and channels (or even exisiting ones). Nintendo are only obliged to guarantee a non-modifed Wii works with all official software and hardware. The fact that people Mod it invalides the warranty and therefore releases Nintendo of any obligations.

Each to their own, I like the region free feature a Mod chip can provide, but I will always purchase my Wii software, as I have done with all my Nintendo consoles.

04/28/2007 Melbourne, Victoria

RerunWii says:

I hate rugby, I'm staunch about that. Yeah I meant modchips. And pirated games, I was pissed at that guy because he was advertising and had been blocked like 20 times...

04/28/2007 The land of Prosperity...ok Brisbane

davery22 says:

Nintendo are NOT allowed, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, to release any type of software OR hardware that damages any piece of hardware owned by a consumer, whether it is modified in any way or not!!!

I don't know where you got your facts coco pop (maybe from the same pack you spawned your name).

Australian fair trading laws would be in SERIOUS breach if Nintendo released a patch which caused fault for any piece of hardware (unless in the disclaimer for the patch, advised of the exact consequences relating to running the patch on a modded system).

Do some research of legalities, rather than just grabbing lines that sound good from thin air.

The reason this thread was started, was to discuss piracy, not to discuss how Nintendo are conspiring to brick chipped Wii's.

If anything, they'd spend their money designing a new copy right protection system for their software, to curb piracy some.

04/28/2007 Sydney

RerunWii says:

Well I think it would be good if they could do something to brick the Wii if it was modded... but yeah it is illegal...

04/28/2007 The land of Prosperity...ok Brisbane

davery22 says:

Rerun, we haven't disagreed for a while, but we are now.

It wouldn't be at all advantageous for nintendo to release a patch which bricks the wii.

I guarantee Nintendo will focus on a copyright system (like css and cppm that were designed for the DVD format).

There's been another one recently released, which has proved really tough for hackers to break, can't think of the name. But basically it scrambles the sectors of the dvd, so that the ripping programs either spit out errors when ripping, or completely miss the *.vob file which is scrambled, it's alot like the CSS system, only far more detailed in it's design.

So, Nintendo KNOW that bricking wii's won't create anymore profit for them (a person with a faulty wii, won't buy wii games, coz they ain't got a wii to play on). A person with a Wii (and Wiikey), who can't copy games (because of copyright protections on the disc), has one option....BUY THE GAMES!!!

Think about it, What's nintendo gonna do.

04/28/2007 Sydney

RerunWii says:

Yeah a copyright system would be the best solution, sorry wasn't thinking...

04/28/2007 The land of Prosperity...ok Brisbane

cocopop05 says:

davery22 said: Nintendo are NOT allowed, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, to release any type of software OR hardware that damages any piece of hardware owned by a consumer, whether it is modified in any way or not!!!

04/28/2007 Melbourne, Victoria

standinsid says:

Man I think the moderators/admin are a bit F***ed in the head on this one. Jeez I know you have a good site but you arent very professional are u guys? If you wanna run a good site/forum, learn some manners. Act like kids. sheeze

04/28/2007 sydney

RerunWii says:

I'm sorry, I'll go tell my mummy she didn't raise me right...

04/28/2007 The land of Prosperity...ok Brisbane

standinsid says:

RerunWii said: I'm sorry, I'll go tell my mummy she didn't raise me right...

04/28/2007 sydney

Elraro says:

standinsid said:

RerunWii said: I'm sorry, I'll go tell my mummy she didn't raise me right...

And yet you surprised me with more of ur immaturity and prooved me right. Ive been to so many forums are you are defintely the least professional and bad mannered mods Ive ever come across. Dont bother replying me cus i wont ever be bothered to hear wot a 3 year old has to say.

04/28/2007 Barcelona, Spain...for the time being.

RerunWii says:

Elraro said:

standinsid said:

RerunWii said: I'm sorry, I'll go tell my mummy she didn't raise me right...

And yet you surprised me with more of ur immaturity and prooved me right. Ive been to so many forums are you are defintely the least professional and bad mannered mods Ive ever come across. Dont bother replying me cus i wont ever be bothered to hear wot a 3 year old has to say.

Sounds like it's passed someone's bedtime

04/28/2007 The land of Prosperity...ok Brisbane

MrKibbles says:

im not an idiot...........

04/28/2007 california

cmpa1970 says:  

new day all over.....

04/28/2007 Sydney, NSW

desi says:

What a dumb thread. This one doesn't even qualify for lulz; it is simply a joke and flamebait.

We don't want to trade modchips on this site. Fine. We don't want to hear any talk about it on this site. Fine. But don't go flaming and banning a guy when he tries to protect his business (and maybe even his livelihood) from misinformation put forward by people who do not know better.

04/28/2007 I'm in your profile, deleting your spams for Great Justice.