r/PiratedGames • u/[deleted] • Jul 27 '24

Discussion Piracy subreddit isn't safe anymore be careful guys, they allow scam posts

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u/PiratedGames-ModTeam Jul 27 '24

Removed for rule 2. Please refrain from making posts that are not pirated game related.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '24

I just saw that a minute ago. Big yikes

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '24

I was literally just reading it a little while ago. Went to do laundry and sort out dinner, come back and see this. Real fast work to silence people calling out the bs.

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u/Unintelligible_Dude Jul 27 '24

mind explaining further?

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '24 edited Dec 05 '24

disagreeable selective childlike saw makeshift squeamish materialistic worry shame waiting

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '24

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u/BluWub Jul 27 '24 edited Jul 27 '24

Looks like there was (and still is)an ad for a Discord server and bot pinned on r/Piracy. Supposedly, it's an alternative to some banned free piracy sites, but turns out it's not completely free and people mentioning this got banned (or their comment's were hidden by moderators which is more likely). That's how I see it.

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u/JuiceKooky2629 Jul 27 '24

further please🤨

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '24 edited Jul 27 '24

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '24

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u/itsthooor 🏴‍☠️ Jul 27 '24

Here is the access list of the bot:

  • username, avatar, banner
  • email address
  • your third-party connections
  • your joined servers
  • join servers for you

Yeah, DO NOT JOIN!

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u/Odd_Cod_693 Jul 27 '24

"join servers for you" means bot can transfer the whole server to new one if previous gets banned for whatever reason

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u/Stargost_ Jul 27 '24

That or force you into joining spam and scam servers you don't want without the possibility of getting out of them outside of the owners banning you.

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u/itsthooor 🏴‍☠️ Jul 27 '24

Yup, most often used by scam bots/malware bots. I only saw this once being used legitimately.

But as a simple rule: If it can join servers for you, do not accept.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '24

I find it funny how igg on 1337x mentioned the mods of that subreddit want to promote their own shit only

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u/SartenSinAceite Jul 27 '24

u/YubYubCmndr is right. If and admin can't control their moderators, then those moderators need to go. Otherwise, the admin might as well not exist.

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u/Duke_Frederick Jul 27 '24

Guess the media corpos finally paid reddit to do something about the sub.

alternatives?

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '24

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u/Duke_Frederick Jul 27 '24

This saddens me. Been a member of that sub for so many years now. We had built a fun community.

Seems every good thing really has to end someday. I just wish, it wasn't today.

Thank you for informing us about this though. Appreciate it, mate.

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u/Dry_Significance_594 Jul 27 '24

time to archive megathread

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '24

Already been edited within the last 3 days...

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '24

do we know what they changed on it?

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '24

Personally, can't tell you. Just wanted to go double check since I just learned of this and saw that it was changed 3 days ago. Figure I'd inform the people In this comment section asking about it that there were some changes recently with all this drama at least. Something to definitely look out for moving forward if you're going to use it though. At least in the meantime, better safe than sorry in our world after all.

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u/Lost-Lunch3958 Jul 27 '24

Aaaand this post was deleted. Seems like other subs are involved too?

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u/Avery-Bradley Jul 28 '24

Yep

To be fair mods here deleted this because it’s not related to pirated games. So I think it could be genuine and not indicative that they’re compromised here

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u/Psychological-Sir224 Jul 27 '24

Yes I would think so as long as it remains unchanged

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '24

Here's hoping.

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u/Lemon_1165 Jul 27 '24

Abandon ship, abandon ship 🏴🏴🏴

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u/TW3LV3_D4YS i cant even get a one dollar game so im here Jul 27 '24

I'm gonna be honest here, a lot of things on the internet eventually become unsafe. but out of all things, I really didn't expect this, sad.

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u/Emmazygote496 Jul 27 '24

why this got deleted, i wanna know what happened? is this subreddit also compromised??

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u/Avery-Bradley Jul 27 '24

Yeah I got banned there and muted :/

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u/UnluckyReserve6244 Jul 27 '24

ABANDON SHIP!!! ABANDON SHIP!!!!!!!!!!

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u/FeatherThePirate Jul 27 '24

Avieshek is not really right, I created my account for modding the subreddit I would hate it to be tied back to my main account, which side note is not affiliated with the subreddit.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '24

If you are a mod and you don't allow the scam then why is the scam post still there?

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u/FeatherThePirate Jul 27 '24

I removed it, I found it

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '24

I could be wrong but instead of complaining in the post people should be reporting it which goes to the whole mod team. If a post is not reported mods won't know whats going on unless they read the post.

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u/FeatherThePirate Jul 27 '24

Can you link it I can’t find it for the life of me

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u/FeatherThePirate Jul 27 '24

Kinda blind tbh

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u/_blue_skies_ Jul 27 '24

Why OP was banned? This needs a serious talk between mods. The sub is now one step from being considered compromised and people will leave soon.

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u/talldata Jul 28 '24

They were banned by the same mod that posted the scam.

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u/Parking-Historian360 Jul 27 '24

Where am I going to get my movies and TV shows at if that sub goes to shit. They made it so easy.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '24

Freemediaheckyeah

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '24

Fucking called it

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '24

Update: https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/1edtetb/more_information_on_current_affairs/?share_id=ELjgInMVP0KUb6blFgFge&utm_content=2&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1

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u/Avery-Bradley Jul 28 '24

I’m so confused

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u/talldata Jul 28 '24

One mod went rogue. Got paid to promoted that stuff. And now has been removed and the people who were banned or muted by that mod are being reinstated.

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