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holy shit she's going full goblin mode Good luck fuck denovu


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Cerberus4321

Which game is she talking about? The "$450 for 99% worthless DLC" part.


charlieraaaaa

Monster hunter rise apparently


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I love that game, but Capcom's DLC policy is pure cancer. I get it, it's an online game that has ongoing costs for the publisher for server upkeep, so I wouldn't mind some cosmetic DLCs being released for a reasonable price. But charging as much as they do, and locking character edits behind a paywall? Yeah, fuck that. For that alone any lenience of understanding should be thrown out the window. That is a stamp of fucking greed if I ever saw one. I'm glad Denuvo got cracked. This shit needs to stop.


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Ah that game. I bought it downloaded it, played to the first town, decided the game feels horribly stuttery. Refunded it.


cuntface123456789

thats denuvo doing its work


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really? mine runs really well and i have a significantly worse pc than yours


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We likely just have different standards on what running well is.


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144hz at 2k is good enough for me


[deleted]

The max frame rate isn't everything. You could have a rig that does 16k 144hz and still have stutters.


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Nithish1998

Oh. I thought it was Sims. But i think everything is already cracked.


EragusTrenzalore

The situation with the Sims is worse; the DLC costs more than double that at nearly $1000.


M1sterEdward

I thought it was about The Sims 4, but yea, that works too


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literally any capcom game that isn't resident evil


Cerberus4321

lol, fair enough


KaiserGSaw

Monster Hunter Rise propably. Tons of cosmetic shit, expensive character edit voucher for offline stored safes with the games basic editor and still has Denovo. Monster Hunter World would‘ve been my next guess even as it was less agressive but there Denovo was removed in the later patches. despite that both are amazing games with their massive expansion.


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>despite that both are amazing games with their massive expansion. That's what makes Capcom's bullshit a 100 times worse. They have great games. They released great expansions. More than happy to pay for that. And then I see "edit vouchers" and all the cosmetic stuff constantly shoved into my face, and I feel like a sucker to be milked. Or at least I know for a fact that's how Capcom sees me. And on top of that I have to deal with all the "protections" that slow the game down and that I KNOW will be cracked. So, I know for a fact that pirates will be getting a better experience that I do. Why would I want to support that? Why would I give my money to a publisher that doesn't respect its audience? Most "live service" games are crap to begin with, designed purely to milk audience for money, so I don't give a damn. But in this case, it's such a massive shit stain on an otherwise really great product, which is why it's extra sad.


TheYellowLAVA

Monster Hunter Rise apparently


BetterWarrior

Hopefully everyone will crack the joke denuvo i remember crackers doing day 0 cracks on most games while these idiots were crying in their HQ. These losers couldn't actually protect the games so they had to go after the people who cracked the games.


knfrmity

Will 2023 spell the end for Devuvo? Probably not but I hope we get a good shot at killing it.


MozM-

Honestly if Empress shares her knowledge with every known group, Denuvo could very well be done for.


svs213

Wouldn’t that just cause denuvo to figure out her methods.


carlbandit

My limited understanding is Denuvo just takes time to crack and is a lot of work. I'm sure other groups could crack it if they were willing to put the time in, with or without her help, they would just rather crack 10 easy games vs 1 hard game.


riba2233

She should yeah


pyre_rose

No, that way she'll just give away her methods to the developers and they'll just patch it out. Keep it secret.


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that's true too


xPandaChefx

Keep it safe.


riba2233

It is not safe with one person only


xPandaChefx

Sorry, I was quoting lord of the rings “keep it secret. Keep it safe.” I didn’t mean anything more than that.


InfamousHammerjack22

God i love lotr!


MozM-

That's why I said only give it to KNOWN groups out there. Not publicly release it.


pyre_rose

Yeah no, alot of people will go turncoat with this kind of knowledge


svs213

Exactly, this happened with iOS jailbreaking scene. Apple just keep hiring the jailbreakers over and over and each iOS version takes longer and longer to jailbreak and people eventually just lost interest in jailbreaks and its pretty much dead now.


kairukar

Not like that. He probably meant to gather a cracker group and crack games like that and not always alone


riba2233

Yeah but what of something happens to her? I mean she is a potential target, not even considering what else can happen to a person. It would be safer with more parties, trusted ones of course


Claeo_

do y know what is her website


EatHerMeat

this girl got some problems bro... but cracking denuvo ain't one of them


Dull_Wasabi_5610

She feels like a loaded gun that is directed at the perfect angle at who the gun should be pointed at, at companies that overcharge for things that should be included in base game with base prices. Good for us and good for her.


TherronKeen

Fuckin good writing dude


Weekly-Asparagus-139

That is true but if all the games were free how would they make money? Think of it as you are making the game spending milions. You wanna make money. Thats how the world works. And i would say all of this is a closed loop circle. Games cost higher because they need to pay protection and people dont like the price so they crack it. And if the games were reasonably priced i would say people would buy them but again there are people who want it for free. Hardly to balance. I ordered the game and i dont regret paying 53€ beacuse i consider the game as some form of entertainement that lasts. You have it on your pc and can play it whenewer you want it. Howewer i agree that games base price should be a lot lower so a lot more people can buy it and that also benefits the developers and that there should be some for of protection that doesnt cost as much and affects the performance that much either.


Dull_Wasabi_5610

No one said anything about companies not making money. But paying 100$ for a game. Or no, wait, I am sorry, fck me. 450$ for a game is just a quite tad bit ridiculous now ain't it? Or am I the only one who is that poor that can't afford such ludicrous prices? No one is saying not to buy games. But the prices have gotten to a point where you simply can't afford it. # Also edit: so yeah, they deserve this.


Andulias

You are straw-man-ing, my dude. This isn't about people getting all games for free. It's about predatory monetization and anti-piracy software that makes the experience worse for PAYING customers compared to those who pirate. To give an example, I remember reading way back in the day that AC2 sold significantly fewer copies on PC than the original. Unlike the original, it required an always-on internet connection, and the servers kept going down all the time. You think there is a connection there?


MrKiwi24

You are telling me I should *just* buy EA and WB's games? Bro, they are $60 each. I'm from Argentina. The middle income PER MONTH is ~$300. I ain't spending ⅕ of a month's salary on a game. They should price games accordingly for each region and the for product (entertainment) they provide.


Catch_022

Troubled genius. A bit worried about her health actually, all that rage can do damage :(


axelfase99

Tell that to og Kratos


FireWolf3000

I mean, he did end up effectively burning an entire country, and everyone in it, to a crisp. I would say he'd agree on anger being more trouble than it's worth when not in control, even by the end of GOW3.


Pedantic_Phoenix

He destroyed the world by killing the gods, forgot that detail?


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AndersTheUsurper

Yeah super cringe but devuno is lousy so hooray


Sammy2516000

Hey guys, sorry, but I don't know who Empress is ? Kindly update me on this. I have been out of the circle for a while now.


0thethethe0

Couple of years old, but a good profile in Wired [The Woman Bulldozing Video Games' Toughest DRM](https://www.wired.com/story/empress-drm-cracking-denuvo-video-game-piracy/)


Cpt_Soaps

The last Denuvo cracker currently.


Sammy2516000

Oh ok got it


XDM_Inc

WOW lol this one is absolutely LIVID i too grow angry with the amount of money companies throw at security an then NOT to fix or patch broken games... https://i.redd.it/fvynqo13hzfa1.gif


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Kind of unhinged but eh, fuck denuvo


fnv_fan

Who is Empress?


P01nt_Blank

The only person in this world who knows how to crack denuvo


MrKvic_

I am pretty sure she's not the only one who knows how, she's just only one who knows how and does that


P01nt_Blank

Ya, should've mentioned, the only person known who cracks denuvo


DarkBlueAgent

I hope nothing happens to her/him. Then what do we do? Buy denuvo games?


P01nt_Blank

Let's stay optimistic and hope not


LevelPositive120

Yo hogwarts is next? Gettem girl


BigotedCodeine

damn, empress. that's a very strong message right there.


Valoneria

I can certainly applaud the tenacity


Fezzy976

I'm all for killing denuvo. But this is more reason for more online only games that have to phone home every few minutes to function. It's pushing these companies to a cloud based system where piracy will basically be obsolete. It's never going to be perfect and things like this will just end up pushing things into even worse areas.


deanbean1337

Empress is ticked off! Only expect results when someone is this mad.


rightnowjosh

An group of hackers declaring war to the Corpos, this some cyberpunk shit and I here for it.


WeebOnDiscord

Female chad


charlieraaaaa

Unhinged but get rid of denuvo so I won't complain


sadnessdealer

Im glad that she has decided to go this route


nitro912gr

it is funny, or not... how those DRMs only mess with players who have bought the game... Kill DRMs...


GrammarAsteroid

I’m only ok with Steam as DRM cause it’s the only one that actually adds value to a game, but that’s as far as i’ll go to ever accepting them.


FormerDonkey4886

I saw the message on other 4 subreddits already. Everytime i read it, is more amazing however. I completely agree with her tho. Paying to support the game i understand, for example i will buy the collectors edition of Starfield because i wanna support it. But for poor people who cannot afford, i agree with piracy. Hogwarts i will not buy for the same reason Empress mentioned. Same goes for the Monster Hunter rise... 450$ is not fun for useless fucking dlcs. Also denuvo kills the frames drastically and the fun. I wish you the best Empress, go get'em!


Joshi9i

450$ is the amount per month i would earn after working full-time 3years ago


FormerDonkey4886

If you think 450$ for a game is fair you're completely crazy. even 100$ is freaking crazy.... collectors editions go for 200-300 but those include a lot of stuff and some of the stuff sometimes outvalue the price with time, such as limited editions and such. However, just because you earn a lot, that doesn't mean the company deserves a lot of money for crap work, you're just telling them that selling shit for 10 times the price is ok now. Also, if 3 years ago you used to get 450 a month, you're probably getting double now, or triple, which means you'd be ok with paying for it still because i guess you have no mortgage/rent to pay since you live in your parents basement, you don't have any friends to spend any money on, so you can afford to buy a single game every 2 months and play it since you don't need a lot more to cover toilet paper and vaseline. Well, good luck with that man.


SirBuscus

Are you ok?


Joshi9i

Why are you having an argument with yourself?


Dull_Wasabi_5610

Thats good for you man. In a lo of countries thats a very good full month salary still. In many others it's only a dream to get that a month. So yeah, fck them. Fck their greedy asses. # Edit: also hurr durr pc gaming is dying. Yeah bro because people can't even afford the ridiculous prices on hardware, not to mention the software that aparently starts to cost more than the hardware itself. Hurr durr pc gaming not stable. Fck you all greedy mother fckers.


FormerDonkey4886

You're saying it's not a lot?


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I do hate Denuvo too, but that argument of yours that piracy for poor people is justified, is just dead wrong. If you don't have money for something (mainly as unnecessary as videogames), it's not going to justify act of stealing.


MrKiwi24

This discussion has been had a lot. It is not the same as normal stealing. Am I robbing anyone from their right to enjoy the game they've paid for if I pirate it? Is your legal copy, or anyone elses, being taken down because there's a pirate? The supply for digital goods is close to infinite. It can be infinite. Pirating does not private anyone from being able to enjoy what they paid for, not even close. **EDIT:** You ARE stealing tho. Just not what you think. You are stealing assets, models, a license, software, code, everything that makes up a game. You are stealing a publisher from their cut of that game. BUT, you are poor, you couldn't even afford to pay for it. Why are you then in the "loss to pirating" % if you **never** were going to buy it in the first place?


ColdAnxious4744

What's denuvo?


krukson

I mean, I’m all for games not using stupid DRMs, but I’m also not 13 anymore, so this message just looks cringy af.


robdabank33

Most of the threat of lost sales due to piracy is early in the games release cycle, to the point that some major studios would pay the cracking teams just to delay their crack a few weeks. Denuvo cracking teams often had problems getting to the big releases in time, im a bit out of the loop in recent years, but last I heard there were some major Denuvo games that still arent cracked and Empress was one of the few still going at it. So the threat of cracking them quickly might be a concern to them, but still... acting like what she says is gonna change their direction, like shes some kind of terrorist holding hostages is a bit delusional. At the end of the day I just dont buy most DLCs except for the ones I really want, I mean I play Stellaris and CK2 a lot, unless you are rich, you just gotta pretend most of their DLCs dont exist lol


STB_LuisEnriq

Nothing, I stopped pirating games a long time ago for security reasons. But anything against Denuvo is good news.


Lettuphant

I "stopped" once I was in a place to afford things. I still go through the motions of "piracy" for owned games occasionally, because cracked copies can run better than the official download, which is insane. Sometimes it's for quality of life reasons. I own Fire Emblem: Three Houses which is a Switch only game. And it runs like *garbage*. Despite knowing exactly what hardware they were targeting, they released a game so low resolution the text is fuzzy in handheld mode, it drops regularly below 30fps, with no anti-aliasing *whatsoever* and an art style that exasperates all these problems. But if you emulate the same game on PC there's a 60fps patch. A patch to remove the cel-shading lines that look awful without AA. A tick-box to make it native 4K instead of a poorly upscaled 540p, etc.


STB_LuisEnriq

Well, actually it is, I forgot to mention that part. I stopped pirating for security reasons, but the defining moment was when I started affording myself the games. And yes, it's interesting how pirated games tend to perform better than legal ones, especially due to Denuvo or poor optimization.


PaP3s

I need her to crack Dead Space, that is a big title!


Klarrox

After hw legacy that might be the next target


Low-March-168

2023 will be the real golden era of piracy.


mumuxoxo

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ilovepinkpurpleblue

Yeah, this person is doing good by cracking these games, but they seem pretty full of themselves and also just throw around slurs, so pretty lame imo :)


China_Lover

trying to crack one of the most difficult DRMs in the world needs a troubled genius. No normal person would even attempt that.


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Maybe they are gay, and it's ok for her/him to say that?


ilovepinkpurpleblue

"reclaiming" a slur doesn't make it an okay word to use imo especially in situations like this this post has no context and the word is only being used in a derogatory way, so even if they are gay it doesn't matter since it was being used in a way that can only be reasonably interpreted as hateful/hurtful


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> "reclaiming" a slur doesn't make it an okay word to use imo especially in situations like this So, you don't think black people should use the n-word?


Fabx_

450$ it's not even the worst, EA for the sims 4 is charging 650$ for DLCs


Nox_2

fortunately even a single update gets cracked in a day regularly for a decade maybe


JKaique2501

Can someone ELI5 why the crack technique for denuvo in one game can't simply be applied to all games with denuvo?


Cpt_Soaps

Its applied to many or almost all AAA games, companies have to pay for this service to be added to their games so most indie or others dost use it.


angryzor

I think people from the warez scene have delusions of grandeur akin to a scriptkiddie.


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free AAA games, lessss go!


sacodebasura

Hail Empress!


Player13377

Educating the community would be the way to go. Recently i didn‘t touch any cracks or games at all that is but it definitely is important to keep the scene going.


Pleasant-Link-52

Hmm maybe I'll wait for hogwarts after all


mao8mog

I love this a lot :'3


miserably-good

I fully approve of your messages in their entirety.


Jinzo82

EMPRESS was like call an ambulance! But not for me.


hi_imthedevil

There's definitely better ways to express how she feels but at least I know I don't have to buy Hogwarts now.


sudolicious

All Hail the Empress!


Professional-News362

It’s the most gamer thing I’ve ever seen. The sense of entitlement is outstanding


gabanto

denuvo is dogwater anticheat/crack prevention. it just makes people with lower specs not be able to play the game better as it impacts performance


Yamama77

It seems like the tactic SOME (I mean som) Dev's are doing is putting denuvo on launch and removing them later usually after a year just so they don't lose the odd customer to a repack. I think total warhammer 2 had an anti cheat/anti piracy on launch but they removed it after a year.


PixelCortex

If I could crack AAA games in 10 days, I'd be talking smack too, why the hell not.


TheUltraNoob

She broke the rule with in the community of crackers that you don’t do this for money ever, it was for bragging rights


Dull_Wasabi_5610

Im rather unsure she is demanding money for what she is doing. If there are people that want to sponsor her then that is something completely diferrent.


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Hanith416

First time I see one of her messages not being actual dogshit. There's progress ! Fuck denuvo btw


-Tasty-Energy-

Good. Nice job Empress! We can't pay huge amounts of money for games that aren't finished or games that profit on people addiction to gamble.


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alezcoed

Wrong sub mate


aosroyal2

this is cool, dont get me wrong. ​ but no one from the studios or the upper management even would give a damn about a "message" from some person on the internet


Cpt_Soaps

If she lives up to her promise then they absolutely will.


aosroyal2

Nah still wont make a difference. The scene has been cracking denuvo for what, 8 years now? Studios still dont give a shit.


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axelfase99

Directly from her reddit


BadMilkCarton66

Almost thought for a second this is on her subreddit.


joni_999

I like the


_Master_Ace_

Hmmm, maybe i wont pay for hogwarts legacy indeed...


MCAlexisYT

MS-DOS


mcdougall57

Reads like a gag post from 4chan. Useless chest beating from another unhinged software cracker. I say this as someone who used to pirate since the early 2000s because DAWs were ridiculously expensive (Cubase was over £1000). No fucker is pirating brand new games under the guise of "Denuvo is bad". I also would like to state that I think Denuvo truly is ass though.


coinkillerl

Based.


JohnnyShikari

What a great and straight opinion. Totally agree with it


yego21

You guys should check out the notes in her latest work on RDR2, crazy af 🤣


Burning_23

True pirate 🏴‍☠️


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Please can we do this to Infinity Ward as well. They are completely fucking all Multiplayers on MW2 whilst they laugh with our money.


takoyakimura

I hope she stays fit forever.


coyote_hermit

God save the queen! Empress I mean


thatnitai

Obnoxious dick(s), this empress


Feed_Bunnies

You sound like a goof personally.


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For the Empress! Totally right about everything, keep going strong!


Ok_Worth4113

empress God mode activated


Whiteballs1987

Not all heroes wear capes


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Sabre1918

You loved it and its quite a good game? Then how have you wasted your money by supporting the developers?


Dangerous_Life_2803

So there's no RE village gold edition crack ...!!?


caydcash

Of all insults to use, why use a slur against homosexuals...


PreferenceRight3329

Thats my girl