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And Razor1911 is still active! Both on the demoscene and on the warez scene.

by GuB-42 2y ago

miek 2y ago
Amazing. Their leader was busted a long time ago so I thought they were toast. Razor, Class, Fairlight, and some others hold a special place in my heart. (I know nothing of their politics)
- RIMR 2y ago
  To be fair, a lot of those groups aren't any of the same people today. Fairlight was pretty problematic back in the 90's politically, they even did a fairly controversial nazi-themed demo. Definitely not the vibe they give off today.
  - miek 2y ago
    Article for reference [0]. It's amazing how far people's baggage will follow them (though the impact here is probably minimal). Wild that a former Fairlight member became San Diego Republican Party Chairman. [0]: https://web.archive.org/web/20240406015231/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-24/old-video-shows-local-gop-head-with-images-of-hitler https://web.archive.org/web/20240406015231/https://www.latim...
  - xorcist 2y ago
    It wasn't always that clear who the members were. Demos and cracks across several machine types were handled by separate people who didn't always know each other. Especially Fairlight was a pretty loose group which many people were sort of affiliated with, and sometimes would release stuff under that name, and nobody really knew if they were officially members or not. There was a bit of drama as everyone didn't always get along.
throwaway7894 2y ago
Sorry for the lazy question, but would you be able to share some links or pointers to where these guys are active? I've been out of the loop for a few decades but enjoyed the scene when I was a teenager.
- GuB-42 2y ago
  On the demo part: https://www.pouet.net/groups.php?which=158 https://www.pouet.net/groups.php?which=158 One the crack side, I don't really follow much but you can find the occasional release, for example Red Dead Redemption.
  - crtasm 2y ago
    https://predb.me/?group=razor1911 https://predb.me/?group=razor1911 more active than I imagined, though it looks like most of them are basic steam DRM so no cracking work needed
anal_reactor 2y ago
Nowadays though it's just Empress and everyone else, because Empress is the only one who cares enough to crack Denuvo, but only for selected games, and nothing recently.

And Razor1911 is still active! Both on the demoscene and on the warez scene.

by GuB-42 2y ago

And Razor1911 is still active! Both on the demoscene and on the warez scene.

miek 2y ago

Amazing. Their leader was busted a long time ago so I thought they were toast. Razor, Class, Fairlight, and some others hold a special place in my heart. (I know nothing of their politics)

RIMR 2y ago
To be fair, a lot of those groups aren't any of the same people today. Fairlight was pretty problematic back in the 90's politically, they even did a fairly controversial nazi-themed demo. Definitely not the vibe they give off today.
- miek 2y ago
  Article for reference [0]. It's amazing how far people's baggage will follow them (though the impact here is probably minimal). Wild that a former Fairlight member became San Diego Republican Party Chairman. [0]: https://web.archive.org/web/20240406015231/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-24/old-video-shows-local-gop-head-with-images-of-hitler https://web.archive.org/web/20240406015231/https://www.latim...
- xorcist 2y ago
  It wasn't always that clear who the members were. Demos and cracks across several machine types were handled by separate people who didn't always know each other. Especially Fairlight was a pretty loose group which many people were sort of affiliated with, and sometimes would release stuff under that name, and nobody really knew if they were officially members or not. There was a bit of drama as everyone didn't always get along.

throwaway7894 2y ago

Sorry for the lazy question, but would you be able to share some links or pointers to where these guys are active? I've been out of the loop for a few decades but enjoyed the scene when I was a teenager.

GuB-42 2y ago
On the demo part: https://www.pouet.net/groups.php?which=158 https://www.pouet.net/groups.php?which=158 One the crack side, I don't really follow much but you can find the occasional release, for example Red Dead Redemption.
- crtasm 2y ago
  https://predb.me/?group=razor1911 https://predb.me/?group=razor1911 more active than I imagined, though it looks like most of them are basic steam DRM so no cracking work needed

anal_reactor 2y ago

Nowadays though it's just Empress and everyone else, because Empress is the only one who cares enough to crack Denuvo, but only for selected games, and nothing recently.