The difference this time is that Empress was angy wangy and had to cry.
In reality it was indeed a few bad releases of a popular game on a popular site... 1337x constantly had these. Just like Pirate Bay had them. I never go there expecting safety in the first place.
I mean, you can do it, like right now. It totally still works! Heck, there's even Linux builds for 227 (Unreal) and 469 (UT) and Mac (469 only). It's a bit rudimentary but it does the job.
Fun fact - some games also have integrated IRC clients!
Unreal Tournament 99 (and now Unreal 227) is one of them. Don't seriously use it lol, it's just funny how the internet worked back then to have that included in a game.
That user is an account that is 11 months old, who also praises Spez for banning Cringetopia and has awards for reopening subreddits and becoming mods.
I still love the plugin architecture of its OS. The entire device is very well designed from ground up and is really easy to develop for (even without an actual SDK).
It's no wonder why the homebrew scene was so good.
The difference this time is that Empress was angy wangy and had to cry.
In reality it was indeed a few bad releases of a popular game on a popular site... 1337x constantly had these. Just like Pirate Bay had them. I never go there expecting safety in the first place.