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  • SuperDuper@lemmy.worldEnglish
    158·
    2 年前

    Please for the love of God someone else crack denuvo so we can cast Empress into the fiery furnace where there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

    • MiltownClowns@lemmy.worldEnglish
      109·
      2 年前

      As a person who doesnt pirate games I hope empress reigns supreme for the rest of eternity. I just get to the cackle at craziest fucking headlines that come out of the game piracy community because of this one person. This one insane fucking person Has this global community bent to their will and you can’t even complain about it because what are you gonna do? Go pay for things? Fuck that noise.

      If it were in a movie I would say it’s overwritten. If I didn’t know how crazy people can seriously crazy I would think it’s performance art. It’s the rare perfect storm in modern day where everybody’s doing something wrong so you can point and laugh at the misery of all of the people involved.

    • SchizoDenji@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      2 年前

      MKDEV literally dumped their info and process they used to crack FM and FIFA.

      Be the change you want to see in the world.

      • explodicle@local106.comEnglish
        15·
        2 年前

        This sort of shit has been going on in the warez community for decades. It’s why I don’t pirate software anymore - even Empress has a strong incentive to sell out.

        • UprisingVoltage@feddit.itEnglish
          8·
          2 年前

          Yeah, I also don’t pirate stuff. I’d rather use open source software anyways. And luckily the games I like deserve the money and I can afford to buy them

    • Corroded@leminal.spaceEnglish
      22·
      2 年前

      I know they said the mods were deleting posts about whatever it was but do you have a link to the discussion or proof?

      • Morgikan@lemm.eeEnglish
        10·
        2 年前

        Bare in mind what OP posted was from 4 months ago, but one of the mods mentions it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/PiratedGames/comments/14qvyi3/some_controversy_going_on_at_this_sub/

        They acknowledge changes were made, so I would take that as confirmation, but that whole group/sub kind of cringey. Posts do get deleted by mods but users also make a lot of claims without any evidence. I get that most of those people don’t have a technical background so its hard to find evidence, but that also maybe is a good reason to make a claim.

        EDIT: When I wrote my original comment, I used “Apparently” and “Allegedly” synonymously. I understand if anyone wants to call me out on that, but doesn’t seem right changing what I wrote (seems like that would be covering).

        • zaknenou@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          3·
          2 年前

          I’d like to line with the “posts are getting deleted randomly” party. I mean the only thing not being deleted at this point is the memes, the cringe worthy memes. no discussions (unless very basic) or guides are flourishing on that subreddit anymore. and besides why stay on reddit in the first place if it is the reason they must act like this?

          • Corroded@leminal.spaceEnglish
            1·
            2 年前

            The tip toeing around stuff definitely does get tiring but I think some people just flock there because there’s a lot of people and Reddit still dominates search results

              • Corroded@leminal.spaceEnglish
                1·
                2 年前

                There could be a few reasons beyond what I already mentioned. A lot of people thought the blackout on Reddit was a trend or unnecessary and that wasn’t helped when Reddit forced a lot of subs to reopen.

                I’m not sure though. I wonder if they have a post addressing it

  • TheKrevFox@pawb.socialEnglish
    81·
    2 年前

    In 2023, ‘cuck’ is seemingly the greatest insult you can apply to a person.

    Followed only by ‘poopyhead’.

    • harry_balzac@lemmy.worldEnglish
      160·
      2 年前

      Empress is considered the best Denuvo cracker in the world. Mostly because she’s the only one that is consistently successful.

      There are two major trains of thought regarding her. The first: she’s a batshit crazy narcissist who is more toxic than a Kardashian-Jenner family dinner where Kanye and Pete Davidson show up unannounced. The second: she’s the goddess and the most wonderful woman on the planet and one day she’ll recognize my loyalty and I will have a place in her New World Order.

      • noobdoomguy8658@feddit.deEnglish
        61·
        2 年前

        She’s also definitely Russian, and we, Russians, believe that it’s a guy.

        There’s no women on the Internet.

      • screamname@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        42·
        2 年前

        I wouldn’t be surprised if Empress is a group of two or more people. At least one to handle the “persona” of Empress and the rest to do the cracking. Artificial personas and obfuscated identities are Internet 101.

          • Commiunism@lemmy.wtfEnglish
            7·
            2 年前

            wasn’t there some drama where some other cracker group exposed “her” as being some bulgarian dude?

              • DWin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                13·
                2 年前

                They’ve aggressively stated they’re a cis woman and has found the implication of her being trans incredibly insulting.

                • harry_balzac@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  6·
                  2 年前

                  It could be a very confused fat dude wearing only fudge striped tighty whities who doesn’t want his fantasy world bubble popped

                • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                  2·
                  2 年前

                  I’m pretty sure it’s a group of people but I’ll still go with She cuz it’s easier and my theory is just a… theorumeum

            • 7Sea_Sailor@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              10·
              2 年前

              dont put money into that “announcement”. they “exposed” her to be an old cracker who was in the scene many, many years ago. that person is to this day fighting a court case about their time in the scene. they’ve also written a post somewhere on the net talking about this and how hurt and confused they are to be dragged back into this mess. and the group that did the “exposing” has, as far as i have seen, not provided a single piece of evidence for their claims.

              innocent until proven guilty. no one knows who empress is, so you may as well believe she is the woman she says to be.

          • wolfshadowheart@kbin.social
            17·
            2 年前

            I think that user may be referring to Empress herself, not the commenter.

            As in, Empress doesn’t need to be using slurs to make her points.

          • DroneRights [it/its]@lemm.eeEnglish
            8·
            2 年前

            Narcissist is a slur when it’s used in a derogatory sense by someone who does not have the disability. You can say “person with NPD”, or pwNPD for short, or you can avoid insulting someone by alleging mental disability in the first place.

              • ugh@lemm.eeEnglish
                4·
                2 年前

                Eh, it depends on the intention behind the word. Narcissistic personality disorder is, by definition, a disability (as are all mental disorders). In practice, it isn’t treated as such because they’re just assholes. Therapy is the only treatment, and the likelihood of a narcissist actually seeking treatment is basically 0.

                Most people throw the term around loosely, much like “psychopath.” I’m mainly being pedantic and do agree that it is often the best word to use to describe people who exhibit narcissistic symptoms. Selfish and egotistical can be an understatement for even neurotypical people.

                I’m just really interested in psychology and have a compulsion to talk about it to internet strangers who never asked and probably don’t care.

                • DroneRights [it/its]@lemm.eeEnglish
                  1·
                  2 年前

                  I sought treatment, and most of the pwNPD I know have sought treatment. The primary barriers to actually getting treatment are cost, and lack of trained psychologists. Insurance doesn’t cover personality disorders and therapists don’t know how to help us, other than giving generalised PTSD and cPTSD treatment such as schema therapy.

            • PerogiBoi@lemmy.caEnglish
              17·
              2 年前

              Narcissist is a real psychological term. It describes a pathology. Slurs aren’t words you don’t like to be called. You don’t get to make up what is and what isn’t a slur.

            • DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.caEnglish
              15·
              2 年前

              Narcissism is generally seen as a negative trait so there already isn’t a non-derogatory way of calling someone a narcissist. Also, there is an acknowledged difference between being a narcissist and having NPD so as much as many here would probably say Empress has some kind of disorder, I bet very few have the credentials to diagnose which means it’s the former, and if we’re being completely honest, it’s a very practical word to describe a person’s behaviour. So I guess it has to be a “chill out, snowflake” moment for you.

              • DroneRights [it/its]@lemm.eeEnglish
                2·
                2 年前

                All disabilities are seen as negative, but it’s not derogatory to call someone autistic, paraplegic, or blind, unless it’s a deliberate insult. I find your argument unconvincing.

                • DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.caEnglish
                  9·
                  2 年前

                  I don’t really care if you find what I say convincing but to make this as simple as possible, name one time it’s considered good to be identified as narcissistic. And please let’s stay relevant and leave out physical disabilities. Only assholes insult the two you named.

            • retrieval4558@mander.xyzEnglish
              10·
              2 年前

              Another place where this view falls short is that a person doesn’t need to have NPD to act like a narcissist on a regular basis, the same way a person can be volatile and not meet the criteria for BPD.

              • DroneRights [it/its]@lemm.eeEnglish
                1·
                2 年前

                No, that’s not true. It’s not true because that’s not how we use disability language. Neurotypicals do not act autistic, and they don’t act ret**ded. Some people do use words that way, because those words are slurs. Likewise, when you insult someone by likening their behaviour to disability by calling them a narcissist, that’s a slur.