Miscellaneous - Black Raven Distribution.

 PASSION FOR BLACK RAVEN         
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(C) Mythos                                
                                         
                                         
 Copyrighted software and problems with its distribution
wounds                                   
                                         
     Hello dear authors and readers
Element's bodies! This article prompted me
strength to write Wolf, as it seems to him, he tried
the problem is serious, and that’s exactly what I was doing -
Xia. To be more specific, I was studying
distribution of copyright copies of "Black
Crow" in Minsk. I will push me to take this step -
la the reason for the untimely arrival of the new one
PO to Minsk, and to be honest, I always
was an opponent of pirated software. I think
that the AUTHOR should receive money for his
product, notpirate.  I won't raise
the problem of combating piracy, it is useless
useful, the freebie is in the blood from birth
Vi Slavs :-), nothing can be done. Although
Now you can see a downward trend
level of piracy in the Speccy market, maybe
this is because the market itself is used
scratches :-(. And so. One day
day, I realized that I want to play something
and play something new, on the way
once there was a ChV. But he was not in Minsk.
I heard that they are already steering in St. Petersburg, but
it’s there, but here... And now, having thought about the re-
How long will it take me to talk with Mednonogov-
mi, I decided to call. Pa picked up the phone
pa, I politely introduced myself and called Alek-
sowing, because he was engaged in distribution
ChV. To my regret, dad didn’t call the vertebra
realized that it was a long distance and for five minutes he
Slava called me. Finally I'm at the helm :-). Co
Slava I negotiate the purchase of approximately
10 copies.  We agreed to send the money
by mail, it was very beneficial for me, because...
translation was carried out in white. rubles according to currencies
su 5.3 as of January '98. Parcel Alexey
agreed to send it when I tell him exactly
number of copies. In Minsk I called
I send everyone I know, I throw messages on the net,
I inform you about the opportunity to buy a licensed one
CHW, someone immediately told me that no one
will chip in, a disastrous thing... But for some reason I
thought differently. And in the endagree 13
man.  I inform Alexey, and begin to
take money.  I assembled them without any problems.
I started sending it and then the post office scammed me -
whether, ! YOU CANNOT SEND MORE THAN ONE TRANSLATION
FOR THE SAME PERSON PER MONTH AND
TRANSFER LIMIT IS 250 THOUSAND. BEL.
RUB !                                    
     What should I do, I took and sent everything
immediately, in the end Alexey gets the first
million Bel. RUB, only in your own currency,
in a month and already at an increased rate,
These are the first costs, you have to pay extra.    
     And 10 days after my call to
The Copperlegs receive a valuable parcel post on
my name, and there were 14 copies of advertising
a sheet of paper with pictures from the ChV and a message on
a piece of paper with a piece of the CV code. Write on a piece of paper
sano:                                     
                                          
     We are sending 14 sets of emergency equipment (1 reserve -
noah) they will reach - ring, or through Arseny
Tell Asstopenko. We are waiting for the translation; -)      
     4-Feb. -98                          
                                          
     I was very surprised by the spare set -
Len, this could improve my financial
the position is approximately 150 thousand. But still
What surprised me more was that the Mednonogovs
They believed me, they sent the discs without even
having received more money, but it was so possible
throw.  I called and said that I received
everything is ok!, but here’s the problemdoes not work on "Bytes"
second disk: -(, it turned out to be a vector of interruptions
vaniy Slava put it on #4100, not in order
, I said to Slava, Slava was upset and presented
suggested sending everything back, I suggested
wait and see what happens. Coming soon
it becomes clear that there is such a button on the buy-
tah "compatibility" is called, I did it
put it in and everything seemed to work, but not from the beginning
the second time :-(. Then it turned out that two
copies all purchased physical BAD shell-
ke disk, but they worked fine. Bad
arose during shipment, they put it at the post office
wonderful seals, so that they look good
they sealed them with all their might, so
only their color is not very good :-).          
     Later I made some more calls,
I asked about the money, did it arrive? 1 million
yes, but 500 thousand not yet. This is alarming
Well, at the post office they scared me that money could
jump back, but for the transfer to another
pay 10% of the amount!                     
     I started collecting money for the next one
party.  Everyone who bought it was very happy
, and even a competition began to see who was the fastest
it will pass, etc., no one online
bought it was not visible who did not buy much
were offended like “why are you all in your own
Rona are playing...", someone called everyone
in a row, I wanted to transfer something via modem,
but all the time I ran into... ChV :-).    
     In my opinion less thanour week
Minsk destroyed the levels for people and for
kungs.  Slava was very surprised :-), I
I tell him that ours are already 13 people
level (three days after arrival
links) he told me - “Wow!!!” :-), I say,
that Ukho was already on the 10th in a day, and Sla-
wa "WOW!!!" :-))). Oh well, I have the money
I didn’t collect everything for the second batch, but I reported
Alexey that we will buy 18 more copies. When
I started demanding money, it turned out
that I was already cheated on 3 copies: -(, come-
I decided to urgently call St. Petersburg and
cancel them, which was extremely inconvenient.
The discs arrived with a spare copy :), money
for the first order too, I will send money for
second.                                   
 What conclusion can be drawn from
work done:                       
                                         
1. The author made money                 
2. People are happy with the game and that the author bought it
Russian version                               
3. Contacts have been established with St. Petersburg and Coopper
Feet in particular                         
4. I expected to earn 800 thousand, but
I received bills for negotiations of 1-300 thousand,
then 500 thousand, what happens next: -(      
                                          
 Here is some more information:        
                                         
     - Coopper Feet around March 20th
sold 750 discs - Slava won't do
ChV-2 as a separate game, he will do
levels.                                   
                                          
 A couple of parting tips:            
            
     - If there is an opportunity to buy a car-
trade copies, do not buy pirated ones, you
it will be cheaper. For example: on Minsk radio
In the Zhdanovichi market, trader Doc sells private goods
for the same price as me, and they came to me
people who said that their CV was not working
nerds.