I played on pirated servers about 2 times, before I decided I wanted to have full access to any server and modpack easily.
It was worth it, although I rarely play Minecraft now, it was fun back then.
I don't regret purchasing Minecraft since if I get bored I still go on there every now and then.
same ^ . i bought it in Alpha even though there werent as many login securities and stuff, i just felt it was worth it, and it was. its fun to set up a server and play with friends every once in a while and record some vids
Never really pirated it since I got it quite early on and it was cheap. Figured it'd be worth the money spent and it has been although I barely play now but I've probably spent hundreds of hours on that game. x.x
Been playing legit since like Beta something, I remember the good old mob spawners before the actual item was made.
Never was into mods and all that because I wanted to support a game that could actually get somewhere.
I'm a pirated type person, I have around 50~ premium cracked accounts so I can pretty much do what I want on some servers lol + my hacked client /winning.
I pirated back in alpha and then went legit in Beta. Still play to this day but only on modpacks like FTB and Tekkit. Recently I have been putting my own pack together.