Seriously? their attack against an asshole transphobe is... calling her tr*nny and being exactly as shitty as her?

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.

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

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?

I did not have defending DRM on my bingo card. Transphobia is especially vile though.

Jesus, everyone involved in this shit is so deranged. God I hope the "Scene" dies out with the next generation, just chill people releasing cracks without following a tome of rules and schizoposting.

Drama aside, Skidrow really does "cracks"? I thought they were only repackers.

Voksi, you fokkin prick, DRM exists for a reason in this world, it protects legitimate interests of actual hard working people, that are entitled to get a decent income from their hard effort!!!!

I'm not on any "side" but wut? We are talking about a repacker to a cracker, I think they can be considered equally "guilty" in the sense of "making hard-working people lose money" by distributing the games themselves. And what the hell, I'm pretty sure that's not the reason DRM exists, and if it is, it's to secure the income of companies, not their workers.

Personally I don't give a fuck about all this drama, it's like a cockfight for me, but a scene group defending DRM !? Finally may be they got paid to avoid denuvo releases...!?

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.

I guess the takeaway is that Empress is deranged weird and Skidrow are creepy weird.

I don't really understand how can a pirate defend DRM

If they feel like they have a moral high ground, they're mistaken. Both empress and skidrow are a piece of trash.

I'm out of the loop. Is there a tl;dr version of what has happened so far?

So.. no disrespect but, are all scenes/crackers really creepy and angry people then?

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.

It’s crazy to be talented at reverse-engineering and needing all the attention. Guys, stop fighting a second, you need to be united if you want to defeat the DRMs!

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"

Had quite a great laugh reading that and the empress channel firing back. I just love sitting back and watching it all unfold. I don't care for either group i just want the games. I could care less who does it.

What the actual fuck is wrong is people? What even are these idiots mad at each other over? I couldn't care less about this stupid bullshit. Absolutely fucking unreal behavior here.

Could someone please write a tldr?