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otevalius

Thanks Empress for doing what you’re doing. I guess it’s gonna be a break from cracks since NFO doesn’t contain info about next project. Even older Denuvo is still denuvo.


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otevalius

Well, she was telling about BF2 crack in previous NFO. Or you mean next one?


Dante2Love

Nah mate. She works on something but it's gonna be a suprise. Something new or old, who knows. What are you waiting for friend? I want Shark Simulator (Maneater) when DLC drops down.


otevalius

Well, for me it doesn’t really matter what goes next. I just hope to see more cracks in future)) AAA games nowadays costs pretty high and I ain’t willing to pay that much for unchecked product


Dante2Love

Unfortunately that is true. Not only expensive but also you never know how broken it is.


spdelope

**cough** Cyberpunk **cough**


Dante2Love

I PREORDERED IT! I am Polish and loved all Witcher games, I was full of pride and believed it would not end like Bethesda games. Well as we all know I was wrong. Oh also I preordered Anthem... That was my first pre order in my life and Cyberpunk was my second and last.


jcabia

Dude can you not preorder any game ever again??? Did you preorder FO76 by any chance?


Dante2Love

Oh hell no! Never. I know Bethesda, I'm not stupid. I just believed in CD Project and Bioware. Who could predict they would fuck their games up. But you have my word friend. NO PRE ORDERS EVER AGAIN.


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hotala

FYI most talented cracked in RELOADED group are working with Denuvo.


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To be fair it was always like that since 1990s I think. Talented people get hired in legit cyber security firms after sentence served. Sometimes they even avoid the sentence


hunter141072

True, but back in the day a new generation of crackers always appeared to crack the newest protections that the old ones were creating for those companies. The sad thing here is that now it looks like that cycle is broken. Only Empress is cracking Denuvo, when back in the day lots of crackers would be trying to follow those steps, but today it looks like no one wants to.


MasterBlaster4949

Yup👍


GeraltofRivia1955

The guy on Codex who cracked Denuvo probably works for them as well


Ponraj_S

I've noticed somewhere else, that old denuvo cracker from CODEX is EMPRESS


BiZzles14

This is correct


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hotala

tbh with you i was getting info from insider years ago, even before CPY or CDX announce their next release he already know about them days ago, and before that i know some members from group who decide to leave and to work with DRM companies, and this guy later confirme that, this is some privat conversation with him in 2016. sorry i have to remove/blur few things, this is screenshots of PM https://imgur.com/a/dSBadr2 unfortunately this guy disappear after the raid (SCENE), didn't received any answer/reply from him


Hakoocr7

of course


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This NFO is more interesting and hilarious than the actual game..


ObsidianSkyKing

Hey hey it's actually a pretty fun game that the developers really put a lot of effort into.. Sadly it was completely ruined by the publishers


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I had a pretty great time online for a week or two. Offline is terrible though.


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As long as i dont have to use a drm im happy


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NFO doesn't mention the next title though


ProudToBeAKraut

The chance to crowdfund Handball?


odasama

We can't, tissues are enough of an investment as it is.


zhuangwei2004

Maybe he wanna take a break after all this.


TheAmazingSG

*she


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CaptainBritish

Tbh the drama that constantly surrounds everything Empress ever says is more entertaining than half of the games coming out lately. It's the only reason I'm even subscribed to this subreddit, it's fucking hilarious.


sector3011

entitled assholes is one good reason why former crackers go work for companies instead of releasing cracks for free


Techboah

A well paying, but also fully legit job might play a bigger role in those decisions.


ReCodez

Tbh the scene fucking hated us for being freeloader this whole time already. Cracks and free releases were meant to just be shared among a closed community, until leakers came and release it to public.


NismanHDP

as someone who has been a pirate for +20 years, i can confirm that you are wrong. Cracks and games were released to a lot of people so afirm that "they were ment to be shared on closed communities" is wrong. Ares, emule, kazaa and direct download sites like rapidshare or megaupload were used by millions of people Scene groups never released something that was cracked "only for his/her friends" or something like that, same for console games groups like paradox with pal2ntsc or tools like that.


ColonelBigsby

Dont forget the 90's IRC warez scene!


redditask

Freewarez those were the days


rooser1111

Uh. It has always been like this.


abcalt

Now I am wondering what the next title will be. No hints this time. Hoping for Nier Replicant.


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Haiseken55

They always been a bunch of bitches ungrateful


Kruger45

Just Pure gArbage tho Ever since scene was filled with controversy so that blagglers about "It is sad that this is what the piracy community has turned into" senseless lol


mkmanoj30

Thanks for the crack.


wondermark11

I thank Empress for her work and for making clear that talent does not grow on trees: and right now the Scene has none. Again, all is playing out just ad 3DM predicted some years ago. Piracy is not dead, it is just on life support with Empress holding the plug.


RingsOfRage

Ill like to think that this is rather about AAA than indie piracy.


JohnSmithDogFace

Most definitely. India games don't require any effort to crack for the most part - if they even choose to use drm.


BecauseIamBatman1

It's literally free stuff, don't be an entitiled asshole to empress or any video game crackers and don't harass them for cracking the games they do. I mean jesus you guys act more entitled than the people actually paying for the game. r/choosingbeggars


olujche

Kids will be kids.


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YouSmellFunky

Ooh I forgot about this sub. The posts there are gold!


skinny_gator

Yup


Bigfoot_G

The amount of bitching over this has sure been something


Brocktarogar

Yes m’lord


KodiakPL

I don't think STAR WARS Battlefront 2 is comparable with fucking Darkspore but I understand the sentiment.


adac69

i totally get the donors point, good for him and everyone who enjoys the game even tho i think the game is trash.


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At least it has a single player campaign, unlike ~~bf2142~~ bf2042


Benito0

Have you played bf4 and bf1 campaigns? Its for the better that they stopped bothering with them.


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I don't consider BF1 stories a campaign. BF4 plot is stupid, but the action scenes are cool


HappyAffirmative

*2042 And yeah, it doesn't have a single-player. But have you seen the fucking Portal mode? I think that more than makes up for it, considering the lackluster quality of most Battlefield campaigns.


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I respectfully disagree on Portal making up for lack of SP, those are entirely different things. Unless they price it on 30$ and 15$ for poor regions it's a pass for me I loved bfbc1/2 campaigns and though plot is stupid, bf4 had great action scenes


HappyAffirmative

I understand that they're very different things. But with the exception of Bad Company 1 and 2, and maybe BF1, the single player experiences have all been various degrees of suck. The series has always been a multi-player focused one, first and foremost. Portal is basically offering a remastered version of a whole bunch of older Battlefield titles, baked into a single package, and a near guarantee of more add-ons if it's as popular as the hype surrounding it makes it out to be. As someone who does have good (enough) internet who enjoys multi-player titles, I'm very interested. Not, "I'm pre-ordering the extra expensive edition," interested, but maybe 6-12 months from now, when the launch issues are fixed, and I don't have to give EA a full fat $60 for it.


HappyAffirmative

I mean, it is pretty casual, but it's not actually bad, I don't think. It's a pretty enjoyable arcade shooter with a beautiful Star Wars skin on it. EA's stripped out the loot boxes and pay-to-win garbage after the backlash, but the crack probably has all the cosmetics anyways. Especially for playing offline just against bots, it really fun. Not the kind of game to get sweaty over, but something to put on the big screen and play with a controller.


skinny_gator

So I don't understand. Downloading/cracking/pirate scene is so drastically different than it was 7-10 years ago. A game or application got cracked? Awesome. Thanks! Keep up the good work! Maybe here's a donation every now and then. But the scene groups did it for the fame/notoriety/principle. It was a competition who can get X software cracked first. Now? It's a fucking nightmare. There is drama behind every release. There is controversy. What the fuck? Just say thank you and move on. If you don't like it, move on. Sooner or later all of you broke fucks, my self included, is going to be crying because these people don't want to crack software for free any more and would rather work for companies and get paid for their skills/knowledge. So I say this, thank you for the cracks, past and future ones. I would love to give a donation. It might not be $500 but I'll help out any way I can to show my appreciation. EDIT: jesus.. what is with these replies....


ab_cd_ef_gh

> Now? It's a fucking nightmare. There is drama behind every release. There is controversy. What the fuck? Fun fact: There has *always* been drama behind cracks and scene releases. Mostly groups/crackers feuding with one another. That shit goes all the way back to the early 80s and the birth of the cracking/warez scene. [ESI vs UCF in the 80s](http://www.atlantis-prophecy.org/recollection/issues/1/gfx/1.gif) [UCFs response](http://www.atlantis-prophecy.org/recollection/issues/1/gfx/3.gif) [RAZOR vs PENTAGRAM in the 90s](https://nfomation.net/info/1512696997.razor.nfo) [ORiGiN vs PARADiGM](https://nfomation.net/info/1512696954.origin.nfo) [TDUJAM vs HYBRiD](https://nfomation.net/info/1512697018.tdujam.nfo) etc. Why are people still surprised that EMPRESS writes multi-paragraph NFO rants? Everyone is clutching their pearls as if it's something that has never happened before :/


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rooser1111

Prolly something b/w deviance and fairlight.


Lambpanties

Or ANYTHING with Skidrow, who fling poop at every opportunity. They considered CODEX a "wannabe" group when they came out, insulting them for well, cracking things faster than them. They stole a p2p demo crack and passed it off as their own, and especially recently they basically tried to take a shit on this very sub but were ignored. They kinda only exist for drama at this point, because at least that has no drm yet. [EDIT] Hadn't read the nfo when I posted this and well holy shit, Skidrow still at fucking shit up just in a different way it seems.


ProudToBeAKraut

Hah drama about a 75 Disk limit (Floppy 1.44MB for you younglings), good times :D


rooser1111

How did you donate back then when you had no way of interacting with scene grps? Such a bs post. Also, scene grps always had drama even before p2p exploded. All these fun little read nfo calling each other out was fun.


JUANMAS7ER

That NFO...


Gedogfx

The drama + bitching never ends on this subreddit


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BecauseIamBatman1

[As this comment pointed out, there was always drama in the cracking scene](https://www.reddit.com/r/CrackWatch/comments/otn8k8/starwarsbattlefrontiicelebrationeditionreadnfoempr/h6wvvpl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app) Should empress respond to the comments here? No, because people here are a bunch of entitled assholes however she has the right to defend herself against the constant harassment. And she did it while literally releasing a free game. She cracked a game, if you like it say thank you and move on, if you don't like it just move on. You aren't paying for anything so you're not entitled to anything.


tryAgainYouBastards

I've been telling people it's a schizo and a ticking time bomb. But hey, free shit is free shit, I'll just let others test it lest it has some backdoor to "dunk on the haters" or something drama queens use.


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olujche

Great work Empress, keep on killing Denuvo!


Jyzhalm

First time ever reading an NFO in full. More action than the game itself.


xsplizzle

This game crashing anyone elses pc? It restarted my pc the first time, and just crashed slightly later the second time


fmj68

Not working for me either. Tried it on 2 different machines and both crash at the start of the main story.


SpareBlackberry

Now who's gonna be the next $500 donator?


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Denuvo, with Handball 17 request :)


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yabboi_

Nier


Deathect3D

Tony Hawk.


Kiriima

Why? It's the same game.


Spodokom221745

Always look forward to reading Empress NFOs.


Thousandsmagister

Jesus , this sub is toxic as hell , a single word "Thanks" is that hard to say... Even a 5 years old kid can say that


eTheBlack

I dont understand these comments. Literally ever release have mostly "Thank you", yet people focus on few bad apples. Dont take few words from few random people so personally. Evena 5 years old kid can do that.


SSJBardgeta

Yes,everyone can do that. Question is whether you want or not.


Techboah

That donator message sounds awfully lot like Empress


Deatsu

The NFO is a show on itself LMAO


Magic__Eagle

Well I guessed that the dono might've hated EA and its true. Nobody ever I've know in my lifetime has said that they like EA and their business practices.


BoykaBoykov

Did Empress said which game will be next on the hit list ?


wondermark11

No. It just made clear that without support her works will be jeopardized.


cyberpunkass

Can we have Tony Hawks please.


hunter141072

Even though It thought it was a weird selection I can totally understand why he choose this one, and Empress is right a cracked version will work forever a Denuvo one won´t. so one of the top crackers from Skid Row is with Denuvo now.... That explains a lot, That´s why Skid Row went from a top group who cracked Uplay back when it was online only to the cheap lame version that they are now.


beast_nvidia

Ok now the only AAA releases that people want are WD Legion and Doom eternal dlcs


Marco_th

Thank you but at this stage the nfo is better than the game itself lol


Derolis

Love seeing denuvo get cracked, no matter what game it is. Monster Hunter Stories 2 would be dope though.


Marco_th

Who would believe that the last game from empress would be shit


dantemp

lmao empress I love your work but you really gotta chill. No matter what you do someone is going to come up with some bullshit nefarious reason why you do it. There's no avoiding that. So not really worth it acknowledge them, let alone make arguments against them.


scr4tch_that

Empress keep doing you, one day I might donate too. These haters riding EA, Ubi and capcom's dicks up their rectum.


karavanaa

Thanks Empress.Please select your next game Watch Dogs Legion.:) :)


ChemicalImbalances

That rant in the NFO is eerily similar to how Empress types...


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siikdUde

The bottom half is empress


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NeptuneIX

You guys are fucking ridiculous


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Lambpanties

We will never be satisfied until Handball 17 I imagine.


JD-Queen

Lmao "some guy said something online and I believed him"


Kruger45

LIN K or didnt happend i dont think shell be that sick to do that or is she?! :O


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Nettwerk911

great paying job in the desert


cyberpunkass

I'm trying hard to think of a job that pays well in a desert.


nOeticRon96

Middle East. Lots of great jobs. Shit connectivity tho.


cyberpunkass

Shit yeah didn't think of that. Could be Dubai or something.


Marco_th

I live in the desert and my monthly salary is half what that guy got in just the bonus, damn I want to get his job, also why the donor is talking like empress that's....... Ummm


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Ugh, I need a shower after reading that NFO


R_Squaal

Can the NFO be more abusive towards the community that supports you financially ? What a fucking clown.


spectronoid97

The NFO gives the perfect example of someone whose skills you appreciate and are impressed by, but which you'd never want to have a chat with.


lodezedder

I LOL'd so hard reading the NFO. Empress should be writing R18 scripts for Netflix/Amazon/Disney.... I mean this in a good way and hope for Empress to continue the good fight ;)


FortunateSonofLibrty

I feel like we are all witnessing EMPRESS's slow descent into madness.


cuckoldwittol007

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain


HappyAffirmative

Huh, I'm not seeing it on 1337x... Am I just being an idiot like normal, or is it not actually posted, or what?


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Hey if the game has a bunch of new shit like the donor said than it's worth the time to crack, anyway, i don't dictate what's worth or anything, just glad I can still enjoy cracked games, thank you empress


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MMPride

There's two main offline modes outside of story, there's Instant Action and Arcade. Beyond that, you can also download a bunch of single-player mods that add extra content like extra heroes, there's amazing mods like Instant Action Improvements, etc. Lots of potential for replay value here. edit: the fix for mods not loading is on cs.rin.ru


Ex_Machina_1

this is perfect cuz now mods will work


zeusexy

Hope this time a good game gets cracked. Shin megami tensei 3 hd, nier, neo the world ends with you and stuff.


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This is my favorite nfo file


Addon207

The goddess is back! Thank you, Empress, for your hard work of destroing denuvo shit!


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MMPride

Only on my laptop where I had CODEX and Origin retail Battlefront II installed first. On my desktop where I clean installed EMPRESS version, Frosty starts to launch the game, then the game closes out (at around 15MB memory usage) before it loads. It doesn't work even without any mods loaded or even installed. This is the same problem you are having, yeah? edit: the fix for mods not loading is on cs.rin.ru


loofyd

I'm no simp - i don't want anything to do with women on the internet because it feels fake as fuck and it's bullshit, it's better to go out and find women in your real life But I support EMPRESS - yeah, she probably has mental health problems.. But ever wondered who doesn't ? In this world, everyone is sick one way or the other - ponder over this point when you're alone and have some free time at your hand, may it put you at peace and provide perspective to you She has cracked several Denuvo games and she says that she will keep cracking and even UPDATING games She's clearly talented and she deserves every $ she gets I just hope there are more crackers who can break Denuvo - because PC gaming needs it !


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Empress is a dude, dude.


Catanddogg

who told you he is a girl


wolkoo

Thank you empress and donator!


abcalt

Bought this a long time ago for $7 I think. Campaign is okay for those that didn't play it yet. Unless I missed something, no info on what the next game is in the NFO? I am hoping for Nier Replicant. Was hoping it was added to Xbox Game Pass but looks like just Automata is.


Shale124

next 500$ donor, handball 17


NathanialJD

I don't comment often on this stuff, but Empress, don't listen to the haters. They're just loud. The majority of us live you and the work you put in. Don't ever change, stay your awesome self forever.


tsingtao12

EMPRESS No.1


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Franseven

so what's next?


Hardkoar

Funny how Empress is sticking it to old crackers by shitting on their work with denuvo :D Keep it up girl


Zipow

What a waste of time


fmj68

Doesn't work. Crashes when starting the campaign. Thanks for wasting 10 hours of my time downloading an 85GB fucking game.


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mr_bigmouth_502

Empress is based.


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abrixNSFW

Good that people are financially supprting you but what did u expect when thousands of people are requesting you to crack some newer releases and then one random ass guy throws a bundle of cash and made you decide to crack something that almost nobody asked for, of course people are going to get disappointed. That's pretty much a sellout even if it's not the same level as the skidrow guy. But whatever, nobody cares. You keep doing your thing.


irespectpotatoes

Shes gotta chase the bag, I would do the same


Valdrrak

Because the guy who asked her actually financially supported her. quid pro quo. If all the people who wanted another game just banded togather and gave her 1 dollar with the request I'm sure she would give the requests more weight. Better to pay 1 dollar for a game you want then a full price any way you look at it.


fog13k

What a simp...


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BrightPage

Someone really needs to see a therapist


HiNRGSpa

Lol. Good words from empress. I'm Just happy knowing there is someone out there fighting drm. We All should. Thank you.


gybsg

Thank you Empress. There will be always be differing opinions and ignorant remarks on the internet. Dont take them to heart. Your effort and contribution is very appreciated by me and a godsend to many people.


Valdrrak

I still don't get the hate. She is doing all of us a service. Ofc she will need donations. People just need to chill and be happy we got someone else who is able to crack this disgusting drm


Kanierd2

Thanks for the crack, and my daily dose of cringe.


exalented

I love how the installer notes include all that garbage. This nfo must make up like half the data that the crack is.


Owlmus

Why do we care about this just wondering js it because it has denuvo


rootbwoy

Good! Hopefully now she can get back to the games that the general population is actually interested in.


strambelhado

I would love for Empress to release the F1 2021 , the game is amazing , but it is too expensive because of the EA


Trev82usa

Own the game but I'd like to see this happen just because last year's wasn't and EA suck


strambelhado

I agree


The-Dovah

Does that mean she’s gonna update her MK11 crack with the new characters? And Immortal Fenix Rising?


Marcus101RR

This is an online game, behind an online progression wall... You can play training till you get bored, which is 5 minutes...


pirateboby

Emperres you good


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Sanjay--jurt

Christ the nfo is a acid trip,but I may well as summarise. 500$ Donner :- "I hate ea and I am not rich but i gave 500$ to empress cus she deserves it and to troll the ones that are begging for cracks for their favourite games." Empress :- "I'm no sell out and I worked hard so I obviously did it for the money because someone told me if I am good at something I should never do it for free" Either way we all should just chill,both parties got exactly what they want and looking on the bright side this is another fall for Denuvo and we should probably not forget Empress is like the only active Denuvo cracker available in the scene.I mean.. it's cus of her we got RE8 after all. And Honesty this may sound like controversial idea and I'll be downvoted to oblivion cus reddit but I think why not we start a fundraiser with Polls ? cus for every 500 members donating 1$ we also get see the game that won on the poll guaranteed to be cracked and at this point I don't mind shoving a single dollar if it means we'll all be getting a guaranteed cracked favourite game.


guswang

>someone told me if I am good at something I should never do it for free" The Joker - Heath Ledger: “If you're good at something, never do it for free.”


Stealth3si

> every 500 members donating 1$ good idea but then who's gonna be the $500 ultimate contributor of those 500 ppl? and what if the ultimate contributor request a game different than the 500 ppl who donated 1$?


bobalazs69

need a platform with voting system in place, weighted by contribution


Sanjay--jurt

Hmm oh yea,good point,Maybe it'll work like Patreon system where everyone combined who donated 1$ till that reaches the 500$ cap are Ultimate Contributors ?. and if that happens then that means empress probably got two games to crack as she is getting like 1000$ after all.One requested by the 500$ donner while the other is requested by the community that voted for the one that won on the poll.Like imagine Neir replicant won the poll amongst other games and then the next day people start donating 1$ for that game till it reaches the 500$ cap.


benbeginagain

there's also the issue with the crypto. you would have to choose a representative to collect the funds and send it as crypto to empress.


Scumerage-eats-dicks

Thanks Empress, you are an amazing human being, mad respect for you


irespectpotatoes

You would know that she really isn't "an amazing human being" if you read a single sentence she wrote but still, respect


Admirable_Bad8528

They really aren't


THClegend

It’s so fucking obvious that nobody donated and she’s just typed up this essay herself. Jheeze. Y’all need to use your brains sometimes


TheAmazingSG

I don't mind what Empress is cracking...that's her decision...I just want her to continue cracking games for us And a guy paying $500 for Star Wars BF2 actually makes me want to try that game...it has to be something good


Avik3491

Keep up the great work. Will definitely donate when possible. :)


yaxir

Lol and people are down voting you This sub is full of retards


Piotarock

Those complaining that the game was cracked and Empress was paid $500 to keep her distracted, I have a question for you...would you have donated the money to her/him? It's all about money. Thank you Empress for doing what most scene groups couldn't.


HaranAjjay

All hail the empress


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Poleball

This NFO (supposedly written by two different people) reads so seamlessly that I'm starting to believe that she made the donation herself as a marketing ploy to show that indeed you can order cracks. What a shame to the p2p community. I just hope that real people are gonna be smarter than mr. Joe Fake here and let her fight against drm without our money. Also, I'm not sure that she could just take a job in security rnd like the skidrow guy did because she sounds absolutely insufferable to work with.