its true of the 90s. by the late 2000s every hoodrat had a pc with cd burner and bittorrent setup at the chinese spot or at the gas station, corner store.
WTF is this Zoomer revisionism. In the 90s, the high-IQ later-issue Gen X crew was using anti-Macrovision boxes to just dub VHS from rental stores. My cousin had a thicc "pirated" VHS collection.
Is there a reason you are playing pirated half life 2 instead of owning it? It is not 2010 anymore the game has been 2.50 many times. I understand this is the piracy general but trying to play workshop campaigns that may rely on updated SDK content will likely not work or be too much of a hassle.
lol the pirated versions get updated faster than the official sources do these days.
tiny population compared to mass adoption
You're right. I actually bought a package that includes H-L2 + episodes for about €4 before reading your reply. It's just that I rarely pay for games, so it didn't even occur to me to check the current price.
x 15 x 10 x 2 x 1 x 1 x 1 x 1
Private trackers for movies and series are the easiest to get into. TorrentLeech does open signups sometimes. Music I go through Soulseek, or a downloader linked on FMHY.
gog-games has two months left before it closes, so check it out before it's too late if you're interested in old games.
If you legit wanna get back on your feet, take an hour or two and read this thread from the start. There's so much random bullshit about deeply specific facets of the hobby here, it's rather insane.
I usually use steamunlocked, sometimes fitgirl repacks.
