Ok, I did read some of the guides and generally I found them helpful - Thanks.
Before I joined this forum and before I made any sofmods to my wii I managed to play games that were not originals on my wii that I bought from the local shops in the philippines.
Also there are postings in the FAQ section of this site that say you cannot play copied games on you wii unless you have chip mods. Hence the newbie confusion.
The main drive for joining this site was to see if I could get a torrent download of wii sports working on my wii, as the shops here do not have any non-original copies available yet. I still have not got wii sports working yet by the way. Probably because its a PAL EU version and I think I have a NTSC machine.
Thanks for your reply