(This started as a response to the 9/3/08 Sidescrollers)
There was a time, when I was younger (about 10 years ago), when I liked to buy pirated games, I just discovered them and I thought they were like the best thing ever happened to me, I could have any game for like... 1 buck? (10 pesos) and so I did it, for like... 2 years more or less... and after that time I felt so empty (that sounds a little dramatic, I know, but it's true)
I bought lots of pirated games during that time, I still have close to 100 pirated games stored in a box in my room.