Seriously? their attack against an asshole transphobe is... calling her tr*nny and being exactly as shitty as her?
this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2023
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That's why it's so juicy, they're all such terrible people we don't have to pick sides
Literally Jersey Shore for nerds... Why do we primates love trashy drama so much???
I don't even pirate software anymore, just here to pass the popcorn.
What the fuck? First they call out Empress for actually being a man from Bulgaria. Then they drop a transphobic slur. Then they defend DRM and publishers.
I can understand supporting the developers and promoting buying software you enjoy when you can. But one of the big motivations for cracking software is software preservation and removing DRM that harms legit user experiences. So I say again, wtf?
Seems like no cracker or repacker is ever mentally sane. Like, defending DRM and trans-slurs? Really? Not like Empress is normal either but wtf
Most of the old scene thought of cracking DRM in games as a challange within themselves, and did it for the competition. Skidrow's thoughts align with this mindset. You can't blame skidrow for that.
Yeah, the anti-gay and anti-trans commentary really made me repulse.
Man Voksi got fucked for absolutely no reason(https://www.reddit.com/r/PiratedGames/comments/15szahz/voksi_denies_having_any_relation_with_the_empress/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3), let the man live his life. Skidrow and Empress both are Idiots.
I have half a mind to start releasing cracks just so there's 1 cracker who isn't a fucking bigot.
EDIT: btw, didn't Voksi get arrested back in 2018? And EMPRESS started releasing cracks in like 2019. So are we to believe that Voksi goes to jail for a year, and immediately comes out and starts cracking again, all without receiving another visit from the feds? Doubt.
EDIT2: lol here's Voksi's response: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/2218172
Fuck EMPRESS and SKIDROW, SKIDROW for dragging Voksi into the petty bullshit and both of them for their childish, edgleord bullshit.
I don't get why people here are expecting pirates of all people to be polite company.
I'm out of the loop. Is there a tl;dr version of what has happened so far?
I like how everyone is concerned about the trans slurs but completely ignores them dropping the n word. Sounds about white for the crowd here I guess
yeah that's pretty crazy lmao
well if they´re trying to get me to stop pirating and buy games even with drm in them well good job. I´d rather pay extra to avoid this stupid drama. Seriously all I wanted was some free games not seeing them showing off their hate boners for the trans community.
We get it you secretly wanna fuck trans people, you´re just too chickenshit to admit it.
"sighhhhh"
What drama? Some random footnotes in an .nfo file? How does it effect you at all?
Footnotes? Lol, it's nearly the entire .nfo!
It's generally a good idea to check the included materials whenever you're using any software, including cracks. If those materials are packed with several paragraphs of pointless name calling it absolutely effects the end-user
I don't pirate games but after reading this, I DEFINITELY will not pirate games. If these clowns are the ones cracking/repacking the games then I do NOT trust the games to not contain malware/bullshit/whatever. Maybe I'm being paranoid but I wouldn't go anywhere near software put out by these people. They sound like the types to include malware just to frame the other group or whatever. Idk. These people are morons.
The only repacks I trust are FitGirl's, mostly because they're compressed to all hell and she's always just... kept her head down.
I don't really understand how can a pirate defend DRM
DRM cracking is treated as a sport by the Scene. They don't actually care about pirate philosophies and such, only the challenge.