And Razor1911 is still active! Both on the demoscene and on the warez scene.
replySorry for the lazy question, but would you be able to share some links or pointers to where these guys are active? I've been out of the loop for a few decades but enjoyed the scene when I was a teenager.
replyOn the demo part: https://www.pouet.net/groups.php?which=158
replyOne the crack side, I don't really follow much but you can find the occasional release, for example Red Dead Redemption.
https://predb.me/?group=razor1911 more active than I imagined, though it looks like most of them are basic steam DRM so no cracking work needed
replyAmazing. Their leader was busted a long time ago so I thought they were toast. Razor, Class, Fairlight, and some others hold a special place in my heart. (I know nothing of their politics)
replyTo be fair, a lot of those groups aren't any of the same people today.
replyFairlight was pretty problematic back in the 90's politically, they even did a fairly controversial nazi-themed demo. Definitely not the vibe they give off today.
Article for reference [0]. It's amazing how far people's baggage will follow them (though the impact here is probably minimal). Wild that a former Fairlight member became San Diego Republican Party Chairman.
reply[0]: https://web.archive.org/web/20240406015231/https://www.latim...
Nowadays though it's just Empress and everyone else, because Empress is the only one who cares enough to crack Denuvo, but only for selected games, and nothing recently.
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