Skip to content
0
  • Home
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • World
  • Users
  • Groups
  • Home
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • World
  • Users
  • Groups
Skins
  • Light
  • Brite
  • Cerulean
  • Cosmo
  • Flatly
  • Journal
  • Litera
  • Lumen
  • Lux
  • Materia
  • Minty
  • Morph
  • Pulse
  • Sandstone
  • Simplex
  • Sketchy
  • Spacelab
  • United
  • Yeti
  • Zephyr
  • Dark
  • Cyborg
  • Darkly
  • Quartz
  • Slate
  • Solar
  • Superhero
  • Vapor

  • Default (Sketchy)
  • No Skin
Collapse

Wandering Adventure Party

  1. Home
  2. PC Gaming
  3. Why FitGirl won't die: The repacker millions of gamers depend on in an age of surveillance

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

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved PC Gaming
pcgaming
128 Posts 84 Posters 22 Views
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • 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.

    P This user is from outside of this forum
    P This user is from outside of this forum
    periodicallypedantic@lemmy.ca
    wrote on last edited by
    #112

    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.

    C 1 Reply Last reply
    1
    • 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.

      C This user is from outside of this forum
      C This user is from outside of this forum
      cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      wrote on last edited by
      #113

      vote with my wallet

      Lol

      P 1 Reply Last reply
      3
      • D ddcno1@beehaw.org

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

        S This user is from outside of this forum
        S This user is from outside of this forum
        lad
        wrote on last edited by
        #114

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

        1 Reply Last reply
        0
        • alessandro@lemmy.caA alessandro@lemmy.ca
          This post did not contain any content.
          Link Preview Image
          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

          favicon

          The Business Standard (www.tbsnews.net)

          P This user is from outside of this forum
          P This user is from outside of this forum
          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.

          PyrP 1 Reply Last reply
          17
          • C cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com

            vote with my wallet

            Lol

            P This user is from outside of this forum
            P This user is from outside of this forum
            periodicallypedantic@lemmy.ca
            wrote on last edited by
            #116

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

            1 Reply Last reply
            3
            • 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.”

              M This user is from outside of this forum
              M This user is from outside of this forum
              meron35@lemmy.world
              wrote on last edited by meron35@lemmy.world
              #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.

              1 Reply Last reply
              4
              • 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.

                S This user is from outside of this forum
                S This user is from outside of this forum
                skozzii@lemmy.ca
                wrote on last edited by
                #118

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

                1 Reply Last reply
                0
                • S stupidbrotherinlaw@lemmy.world

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

                  R This user is from outside of this forum
                  R This user is from outside of this forum
                  rooster326@programming.dev
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #119

                  Hopefully less old. We want him to keep them repacks coming

                  1 Reply Last reply
                  2
                  • alessandro@lemmy.caA alessandro@lemmy.ca
                    This post did not contain any content.
                    Link Preview Image
                    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

                    favicon

                    The Business Standard (www.tbsnews.net)

                    C This user is from outside of this forum
                    C This user is from outside of this forum
                    cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #120

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

                    1 Reply Last reply
                    0
                    • 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

                      C This user is from outside of this forum
                      C This user is from outside of this forum
                      cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #121

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

                      If you paid, it’s not really yours.

                      1 Reply Last reply
                      1
                      • 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.

                        K This user is from outside of this forum
                        K This user is from outside of this forum
                        kieron115@startrek.website
                        wrote on last edited by kieron115@startrek.website
                        #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=

                        1 Reply Last reply
                        1
                        • alessandro@lemmy.caA alessandro@lemmy.ca
                          This post did not contain any content.
                          Link Preview Image
                          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

                          favicon

                          The Business Standard (www.tbsnews.net)

                          J This user is from outside of this forum
                          J This user is from outside of this forum
                          jazzkoalapaws@ttrpg.network
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #123

                          I love fitgirl.

                          Truly fighting the good fight.

                          1 Reply Last reply
                          3
                          • 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.

                            S This user is from outside of this forum
                            S This user is from outside of this forum
                            squizzy@lemmy.world
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #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.

                            1 Reply Last reply
                            0
                            • 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.

                              S This user is from outside of this forum
                              S This user is from outside of this forum
                              squizzy@lemmy.world
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #125

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

                              1 Reply Last reply
                              0
                              • 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.”

                                mangopenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zoneM This user is from outside of this forum
                                mangopenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zoneM This user is from outside of this forum
                                mangopenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #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.

                                1 Reply Last reply
                                2
                                • 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.

                                  PyrP This user is from outside of this forum
                                  PyrP This user is from outside of this forum
                                  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.

                                  1 Reply Last reply
                                  0
                                  • S stupidbrotherinlaw@lemmy.world

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

                                    fizz@lemmy.nzF This user is from outside of this forum
                                    fizz@lemmy.nzF This user is from outside of this forum
                                    fizz@lemmy.nz
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #128

                                    Nah its a Russian women.

                                    1 Reply Last reply
                                    1

                                    Reply
                                    • Reply as topic
                                    Log in to reply
                                    • Oldest to Newest
                                    • Newest to Oldest
                                    • Most Votes


                                    • Login

                                    • Login or register to search.
                                    Powered by NodeBB Contributors
                                    • First post
                                      Last post