warez

>>321242468
>be kid
>don't know shit about computers
>just find out about piracy
>download GTA3.exe from a "warez site" on my mom's computer
>3.5MB in size with a smiley face icon
>Open it because I'm like 10 and retarded
>Windows folder starts to delete itself and screen goes black
>"Thank God this is only a game"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGm8idw45as

Turns out it was an ad for a game called Virus. Fuck I was lucky.

>find game to download
>it's split up in 38 zip files
>start downloading
>takes several days because 56k
>time to download part 37
>"404 file missing ;^)"
>it never gets fixed

f-free vidya

Actually, after the 10th fucking time shit like that happened I just started working instead and have been buying my vidya since, because fuck wasting time

>>321243963

>could have bought a premium account for a fraction of the price

I guess you have always been stupid

>>321244218
accounts and shit wasn't even a thing back in my day, kiddo.

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>trying to emulate Perfect Dark that my parents refuse to let me rent
>leave my computer on overnight to download Project64
>spend like a week downloading the ROM from some janky ass website
>now I need to download fucking WinAce to extract this shit
>spend an hour figuring out how to set up the emulator
>it runs at like 3 FPS on my Chinese no-name graphics card
>even if it did run well, I'd be playing it with pic related

>>321244218
He was a kid with 56k internet, you think his ass had money to buy premium.

>>321245686
>Found out about N64 emulation
>Decide to try Paper Mario
>Took a day and a half to download on 56k
>5 FPS
>Laptop overheats so hard that it engages a safety and shuts down
>After that the laptop overheated and shutdown when doing anything more complex than MS Word.

>>321245380
rapidshare always had accounts

what came before that?

>>321247676
Warez sites where shit was hosted directly. Hence the thread.

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>>321247768
oh right the 'ddl' sites. i was on a mac on os9 in those days so i couldn't pirate shit off those sites anyway

at least hotline is still around

There was a time where just searching for the word warez would get you whatever you wanted. Glory days to be sure.

>>321248432
same concept sorta applies with torrent these days though doesn't it?