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Why FitGirl won't die: The repacker millions of gamers depend on in an age of surveillance

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  • I Cast FistI I Cast Fist

    A lot of devs stopped giving a flying fuck to disk space and performance a long time ago. “32GB of RAM and 500GB of disk space? Don’t mind if I do!” - for a pixel art 2D platformer

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    wubwub@lemmy.zip
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    #110

    It’s so infuriating I’ve either got 3 brand new games or 30 older games installed on to my device.

    Even mobile gaming is getting out of hand

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    • alessandro@lemmy.caA alessandro@lemmy.ca
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      Why FitGirl won't die: The repacker millions of gamers depend on in an age of surveillance

      Ask almost any PC gamer from Asia to South America, and they will tell you the same thing: FitGirl is the one name in piracy that everyone recognises

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      rekabis@lemmy.ca
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      Piracy is the response when companies refuse to serve market needs.

      I mean, there will always be people trying to get something for free when they normally have no problem affording it or obtaining it personally. It’s why the Parasite Class continue to drive down wages while raising prices for that sweet labour-free profit margin, even though they already have obscene amounts of wealth. Their boundless greed demands they squeeze even more out of the Working Class whose labour is the source of all wealth.

      So yeah, there we’ll always be some people who will pirate purely for the fish.

      But in the end, any significant piracy is 100% the fault of those very companies that complain about it.

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      • D djsoren19

        I mean, do you pirate games? If you’ve never gone to a torrent site in your life it’s not surprising, but FitGirl’s repacks are so numerous that it’s hard not to notice them if you do pirate.

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        periodicallypedantic@lemmy.ca
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        I used to torrent frequently, but rarely software.
        Since I graduated and started making adult money I haven’t really at all. When I want to vote with my wallet, I just don’t play it at all (usually these are live service games anyways).

        Although I’m going to start torrenting music and video again on principle.

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        • P periodicallypedantic@lemmy.ca

          I used to torrent frequently, but rarely software.
          Since I graduated and started making adult money I haven’t really at all. When I want to vote with my wallet, I just don’t play it at all (usually these are live service games anyways).

          Although I’m going to start torrenting music and video again on principle.

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          cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          #113

          vote with my wallet

          Lol

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          • D ddcno1@beehaw.org

            I hope you aren’t literally still using an actual HDD.

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            lad
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            #114

            Not for games, usually, but it still has its uses, so why not

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              piemeplenty@lemmy.world
              wrote on last edited by piemeplenty@lemmy.world
              #115

              Back in my day, we had RELOADED, Razor1911, DEViANCE! Haven’t pirated games in forever though, I mostly buy “indies” today and steam + gog facilitate that nicely.

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              • C cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com

                vote with my wallet

                Lol

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                periodicallypedantic@lemmy.ca
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                #116

                Yeah, I know, it doesn’t actually work, because capitalism is a joke. But you get the idea, I think

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                • Lvxferre [he/him]L Lvxferre [he/him]

                  Note plenty FitGirl repacks are lossless; as in, she isn’t taking less important files out of the game, she’s compressing it better. 90GB→35GB seems accurate; you often see ~1/3 of the original size, like this. And it shows plenty game devs

                  1. do an extremely bad job at basic tasks like compression.
                  2. give no flying fucks about players, who might have really slow connections.

                  And then those same developers get amazed at the fact FitGirl is so popular. “Maybe we’re doing something wrong? …nah.”

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                  meron35@lemmy.world
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                  #117

                  The EA/Ubisoft/Rockstar servers are so shit and their games so large that it’s actually near impossible to download their games on a slow internet connection, because they would just timeout after 3~4 hours.

                  Downloading a cracked, compressed FitGirl repack over P2P and just ignoring the crack was unironically the only viable way to legally enjoy the games I had purchased back when I had slow internet.

                  The repacks are windows .exes, yet even work flawlessly via wine. FitGirl truly GOATed.

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                  • K krooklochurm@lemmy.ca

                    Maybe fitgirl is the bbw porn actress named fitsidney or fitsid for short.

                    Both are girls.

                    One fucks on camera. One repackage games. Same thing probably.

                    Think about it.

                    Edit: I’m doing a thorough and deep investigation of her videos for any clues and I’ll report back on any findings.

                    Edit2: the results are inconclusive and I’ll need to perform more research. It’s worth mentioning that fitsid is adorable and very enthusiastic in what she does, and is also kind of adorable much like fitgirl’s photo of Amelie. But, like, with cum involved.

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                    skozzii@lemmy.ca
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                    #118

                    For science to be accurate we need a peer-review, we need all hands on deck for this one.

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                    • S stupidbrotherinlaw@lemmy.world

                      I suspect FitGirl is a morbidly obese 58 year old man with a twisted sense of humor.

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                      rooster326@programming.dev
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                      Hopefully less old. We want him to keep them repacks coming

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                        Why FitGirl won't die: The repacker millions of gamers depend on in an age of surveillance

                        Ask almost any PC gamer from Asia to South America, and they will tell you the same thing: FitGirl is the one name in piracy that everyone recognises

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                        The Business Standard (www.tbsnews.net)

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                        cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                        #120

                        Bunch of games I won’t even bother buying because denuvo.

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                        • hollownaught@lemmy.worldH hollownaught@lemmy.world

                          Yesterday I tried to mod persona 4 golden on Linux. After a couple hours of headaches and some help from the developer, I finally managed to fix the problem and launch persona aaaaand denuvo shut it down.

                          Denuvo literally shut down my legal version of P4G because I used one too many versions of proton. This is why I support fitgirl

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                          cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                          #121

                          Euy even buy games anymore if you can’t play them?

                          If you paid, it’s not really yours.

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                          • L LikeableLime

                            Awesome thank you for the tip. I’m not too well versed in networking so I never really dig around in my router settings. I’m just using the Modem/router supplied by the ISP right now and it doesn’t look like it has anything like that from a quick look through the config page.

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                            kieron115@startrek.website
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                            #122

                            Ahh yeah the provided router might not have some of the more advanced features. But suffice to say this isn’t so much a steam problem as it is a “how computer networks work” problem. The way routers work by default tends to penalize “bursty” traffic like loading websites/gaming/voice and prioritize sustained traffic like your download, so it’s nice that valve provide the option to limit the bandwidth. I’m on satellite internet right now waiting for verizon to finish their fiber install and I can’t even use that reliably because my bandwidth changes constantly D=

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                              Why FitGirl won't die: The repacker millions of gamers depend on in an age of surveillance

                              Ask almost any PC gamer from Asia to South America, and they will tell you the same thing: FitGirl is the one name in piracy that everyone recognises

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                              The Business Standard (www.tbsnews.net)

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                              jazzkoalapaws@ttrpg.network
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                              #123

                              I love fitgirl.

                              Truly fighting the good fight.

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                              • R rekabis@lemmy.ca

                                Piracy is the response when companies refuse to serve market needs.

                                I mean, there will always be people trying to get something for free when they normally have no problem affording it or obtaining it personally. It’s why the Parasite Class continue to drive down wages while raising prices for that sweet labour-free profit margin, even though they already have obscene amounts of wealth. Their boundless greed demands they squeeze even more out of the Working Class whose labour is the source of all wealth.

                                So yeah, there we’ll always be some people who will pirate purely for the fish.

                                But in the end, any significant piracy is 100% the fault of those very companies that complain about it.

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                                squizzy@lemmy.world
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                                #124

                                I am in the process of moving to pc from ps. I wont buy the same games again, it doesnt make sense to me. Where it is cheap and easy I have done but I feel I bought the right to buy them and also I hate some of the features with logins and always on connections.

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                                • D djsoren19

                                  I mean, do you pirate games? If you’ve never gone to a torrent site in your life it’s not surprising, but FitGirl’s repacks are so numerous that it’s hard not to notice them if you do pirate.

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                                  squizzy@lemmy.world
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                                  #125

                                  I am so wary of downloading them though, exe files are scary for fools like me

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                                  • Lvxferre [he/him]L Lvxferre [he/him]

                                    Note plenty FitGirl repacks are lossless; as in, she isn’t taking less important files out of the game, she’s compressing it better. 90GB→35GB seems accurate; you often see ~1/3 of the original size, like this. And it shows plenty game devs

                                    1. do an extremely bad job at basic tasks like compression.
                                    2. give no flying fucks about players, who might have really slow connections.

                                    And then those same developers get amazed at the fact FitGirl is so popular. “Maybe we’re doing something wrong? …nah.”

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                                    mangopenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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                                    #126

                                    The downside of the compression is the install can take way longer than the download. But if you’re on a slower connection the smaller download would be a big benefit.

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                                    • P piemeplenty@lemmy.world

                                      Back in my day, we had RELOADED, Razor1911, DEViANCE! Haven’t pirated games in forever though, I mostly buy “indies” today and steam + gog facilitate that nicely.

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                                      Pyr
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #127

                                      I only pirate games that I wouldn’t mind playing but also hate the publisher, or the publisher makes the games annoying to play despite steams easy UI and setup.

                                      Games from EA, Ubisoft, Rockstar, etc I will pirate with no remorse and then place the launcher link in my steam library.

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                                      • S stupidbrotherinlaw@lemmy.world

                                        I suspect FitGirl is a morbidly obese 58 year old man with a twisted sense of humor.

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                                        fizz@lemmy.nz
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                                        #128

                                        Nah its a Russian women.

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