All I can go by is my personal experiences. In most cases I want what I pay for ... meaning I ALWAYS update my software and OS to the latest unless there is a very, very good reason not to. Usually there are tremendous bug fixes and even added extras in the updates. So, for me, it is very strange to see people with an expensive piece of software (like 3D GameStudio Pro) and have an older edition (like v5.203). It makes very little sense. Especially when there tends to be wonderful "goodies" tucked away in every upgrade Conitec makes.

My guess is that, as 3D GameStudio gains more popularity (and look at the number of users registered on this forum) there will be an increase in warez users posting here.

Still, having said that, let's not go crazy and on a witch hunt either. Let the moderators and Conitec people call some one a warez user. You guys can ask the right questions to try and help identify them (i.e. "What version of 3DGS do you have? Have you upgraded? Have you downloaded the PDF manuals?), but let's stop the name calling and the "gotcha" statements. Let someone like me be the bad guy (I'm willing to take the heat).