empress says she is going to return cracking denuvo games : piracy

[–] Flynn_Mandrake@lemmy.dbzer0.com 146 points 2 months ago

Following Empress' bullshit via Telegram screenshots is a fun experience. I like to think of it as the B-plot of digital piracy.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 107 points 2 months ago (3 children)

The world would be a much less interesting place if someone besides her was cracking Denuvo.

[–] InterSynth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 117 points 2 months ago (1 children)

True, but apparently you need to be insane to crack Denuvo.

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Or are driven insane in the efforts of cracking Denuvo.

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[–] Melody@lemmy.one 88 points 2 months ago (2 children)

She's such a narcissist that she couldn't stay out of the spotlight. lol.

Regardless; I doubt that any game she could develop would be any good; and I shudder to think of what deranged DRM scheme she will cook up to protect her own game. It'll probably be worse than Denuvo, knowing how unstable she is.

Genuinely, the scene is better without her hate filled screeds polluting the web. Her abilities might be appreciated more if she got some mental help and she could rejoin the scene as a positive force; not someone who lets their ego run rampant and spews hate at the slightest provocation.

Unfortunately the scene is too cowardly to NUKE her output into obscurity until she cleans her spew up.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 36 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Well, MMOs don't really need DRM. They mostly just need anti-cheat. The server can check for legit ownership or not. Usually it's only single-player games that get cracked.

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[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 72 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Op.... She said she will return AFTER her MMO is ready and is going well.
That won't happen. There's no way it doesn't get stuck in development hell. She's never coming back.

[–] Marafon@sh.itjust.works 60 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Empress is making an MMO? Lol

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 93 points 2 months ago (4 children)

100% science-based dragon MMO

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 51 points 2 months ago (1 children)

[–] SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 2 months ago (4 children)

To this day I still don’t understand what “100% dragon” means.

Is it like they’re pure breads? Are there literally no other animals? Is it some sort of 90’s style emphatic like “maximum overdrive 100% turbo dragon”?

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm still stuck on "science-based"

[–] SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

I mean I “get it” I think? It’s like trying to make a science-based time travel movie. You operate with strict rules and try to keep grounded in our current reality where possible. Some theoretical concepts at least feel more “realistic” than others.

Game of Thrones tried to be somewhat grounded compared to say, Warcraft which is very high fantasy with a lot less basis in reality.

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[–] SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 2 months ago

Aged like wine

[–] jrbaconcheese@yall.theatl.social 16 points 2 months ago

God damn nerd dragons

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[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 28 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I can't wait until it's revealed to be a worse version of Active Worlds filled to the brim with their insane ramblings.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 22 points 2 months ago

It's anyone taking bets on if she's going to use denuvo?

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[+] Frozyre@kbin.melroy.org 38 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

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[–] aisteru@lemmy.aisteru.ch 43 points 2 months ago (1 children)

From what I gathered, she's pretty much a genius at cracking

[–] cccc0@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Cracking Denuvo isn't particularly hard as much as it is extremely tedious. Checks are baked everywhere in the game code, so there are (at least) thousands of little edits you have to make, and if only one of them was implemented wrong or hasn't been located (this is gamecode, tied to in-game events), no more game. (This is a flawed explanation, but you get the deal)

It's enough to drive most crackers insane... hence EMPRESS.

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[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It is pretty entertaining though, isn't it? Like, this is the closest we will ever get to the movie Hackers, but in real life.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So basically this is:

"mess with the best. Die like the [insert random offensive slur here]"

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 2 months ago

I think you may need to add some more slur placeholders in there, but yes.

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Cracking Denuvo is hard as fuck!
No matter how unhinged she is, she's very talented.

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[–] about_13_13_unruly_goats@sh.itjust.works 36 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I legit don't even know what's even worth playing/cracking these days. It feels like a gaming drought rn

[–] padge@lemmy.zip 23 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I've switched to indie games or older releases in my backlog

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[–] Mandy@sh.itjust.works 34 points 2 months ago

Man,I understand why only like 2 complete lunatics are still willing to crack denuvo

But why must it be so

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 33 points 2 months ago

The only thing I was even looking for being cracked was Lies of P but then the devs themselves removed it from the game and also put the game on sale for super cheap so I just bought it anyway 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] Nangt3c@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 2 months ago (8 children)

We need more Denuvo crackers :(

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[–] mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Oh is it happening again? FFS. What war? Who are fighting in this war? Empress vs. ?

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 13 points 2 months ago

whatever shreds of sanity she may or may not have left

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[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 months ago

Well that's not unhinged at all...

[–] SilentObserver@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 months ago

As unhinged as her rants are, I find them enjoyable. Especially this post. Though I suppose this post is far milder than many of her previous works. 🤣

I look towards the future with some hope.

[–] miracleorange@beehaw.org 14 points 2 months ago

Empress is my problematic fave.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

MMO? Does it happen to be dragon based?

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[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago

EMPRESS can impress, as the infinite drama-engine.

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