Anyone have inside stories to share on more modern software cracking in Scene/P2P?
Just google for the unhinged Empress rants, everyone else is not interesting
Is there anything technical in those or is it just games-politics?
Razor 1911
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#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'd say you'll feel miserable and will wonder what is it you are missing from the old days. We look at it with rose tinted glasses, but for all practical purposes, everything was significantly worse back then. The kind of hardware and software we have available today was the stuff of the wildest dreams and imagination. I remember we could spend entire weeks in 4 player Doom 2 deathmatch during summer with my friends.…
Off topic: > Your 30+ year old body Hey, wake up call, not just to parent commenter but anyone. If you feel this way in your 30's chances are good you should probably spend more time focusing on your physical health. Start getting more exercise and working on your diet. You don't need to go crazy, just make small improvements and try to stick with them as much as you can. Start simple: Go for a short walk in the morn…
Depends on the person. I too keep fit. As writing this I'm currently on the subway to go to sword fencing class.
I feel the same as OP. If I miss sleep I feel wrecked and I'm 34.
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#63Side note, I have and will continue to pronounce "Warez" like the Mexican city Juarez. I know it's wrong, but I read the word years before I heard someone pronounce it and it's stuck in my head that way.
The correct pronunciation always is, always has been, and always will be: war'ehz.
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#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'd say you'll feel miserable and will wonder what is it you are missing from the old days. We look at it with rose tinted glasses, but for all practical purposes, everything was significantly worse back then. The kind of hardware and software we have available today was the stuff of the wildest dreams and imagination. I remember we could spend entire weeks in 4 player Doom 2 deathmatch during summer with my friends.…
Off topic: > Your 30+ year old body Hey, wake up call, not just to parent commenter but anyone. If you feel this way in your 30's chances are good you should probably spend more time focusing on your physical health. Start getting more exercise and working on your diet. You don't need to go crazy, just make small improvements and try to stick with them as much as you can. Start simple: Go for a short walk in the morn…
Of course you can slow down the process through living healthier. My point is: when you are young, you don't need to. You can go weeks having little sleep and be fine. You don't need to actively pursue a healthy lifestyle in order to avoid feeling drained. Your body reaches the peak in your 20s. After that it's a progressive decline.
In your 30s, no matter what you do, your ability to recover starts to decline and you can no longer do stuff consequences free like before.
You say if yourself: as long as you get enough sleep most of the time, you can pull an all nighter and feel fine. Pull 3 in a row and throw in some drinking, and you'll note a sharp difference between 25 year old you and 35 year old you.
Genetics plays a huge role in this. Some people win the lottery. However, by your 40s you realize that some activities might simply be off limits. Repetitive back injuries from lifting too vigorously mean that you have to cut back on deadlifts. You get dehydrated more easily and the symptoms are worse. You need to watch your ankle after having twisted it too many times during football.
You have to accept it and move on. Some magic you had is lost, but you can usually replace it with other magic. You can't play 12h with your friends every day, but now you can afford a nice car for example, etc...
You can't go clubbing 5 days a row, but you have the focus to train for a marathon and finish it.
My post was about recognizing that the circumstances that make certain things possible when we are young simply disappear. Accept this and move on, there are other things that one can do.
Re: Razor 1911
#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'd say you'll feel miserable and will wonder what is it you are missing from the old days. We look at it with rose tinted glasses, but for all practical purposes, everything was significantly worse back then. The kind of hardware and software we have available today was the stuff of the wildest dreams and imagination. I remember we could spend entire weeks in 4 player Doom 2 deathmatch during summer with my friends.…
Recently I played a game of Civilization 1. It actually did take a me back to that feeling of awe that I had as a child, except now the sound worked and I was able to read English so I actually knew how to play, which enhanced the experience.
Yep, same here. I fire up my 386DX-40 and Pentium-133 occasionally.
Civilization 1 and 2 are still beyond awesome. Very playable and loveable games. I play Doom II now more than I did when I was a kid. Mortal Kombat 3 is the best. Windows 95 and 98 are likely the best Window GUI ever for me. Microsoft Office 4.0 is pretty fast on a 386 with 4 MB of RAM running Windows 3.1. At the age of 41 I've bought my first non-pirated version of Magic Carpet and now understand how to play this game. This game is freaking awesome. I can now afford to buy Sound Blaster AWE32 without asking my parents! IRC is still awesome. mIRC and EFNet still work!
My life rocks now! (Except web browsing.)
Re: Razor 1911
#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just google for the unhinged Empress rants, everyone else is not interesting
Is there anything technical in those or is it just games-politics?
I wouldn't say _technical_ but some of the recent ones have Empress and Skidrow feuding and there's some dialog about the peripherals of how the cracks are made (in between the slurs and personal attacks). For example https://i.redd.it/p3s5d14i7hib1.jpg
Re: Razor 1911
#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
Off topic: > Your 30+ year old body Hey, wake up call, not just to parent commenter but anyone. If you feel this way in your 30's chances are good you should probably spend more time focusing on your physical health. Start getting more exercise and working on your diet. You don't need to go crazy, just make small improvements and try to stick with them as much as you can. Start simple: Go for a short walk in the morn…
Of course you can slow down the process through living healthier. My point is: when you are young, you don't need to. You can go weeks having little sleep and be fine. You don't need to actively pursue a healthy lifestyle in order to avoid feeling drained. Your body reaches the peak in your 20s. After that it's a progressive decline. In your 30s, no matter what you do, your ability to recover starts to decline and yo…
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#68To prove that you are elite, what do these mean: RZR, FLT, DRG, TDT, TRSI? Oh wait, you can just look these up on the internet :(
to prove you are elite, what do these mean: f00, BAR, SLOW, ABS, NB, TF, SLM
;P
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#69Definitely not me but man I remember headbanging to my friends keygen software from Razor1911
I have vivid memories of reopening game installers from CLASS, long after installing, just so I could keep listening to the music. This one by Maktone still pops into my head from time to time, almost 25 years on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NjxgaZtHqA
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#70Ah, Razor. Sadly it seems that DRM companies like Irdeto, makers of Denuvo, are now simply hiring talented crackers such that there are very few people now able to crack games beyond simple DRM. Empress is the only one remaining.
The only groups are Empress and FitGirl? Sounds very progressive!