I will go further and say that even if they don't release anything for NYE, they will definitely release everything they've been working on in a phased manner in the first quarter of 2026.

 

I am not sure about that. Because also the development tools made huge advances. Back then it was what? A debugger and analyzing Assembler by hand?
I even have the suspicion, that the genius behind Radium - what was his name? - might also have had a hand in the founding of R2R.

 

That's far from the truth. The development tools may make things a bit quicker, but there is no shortcut to the analyzing and cracking part. You need enormous knowledge of a dozen of different things and persistence.

 

Nobody said that. What a low IQ take.
That's like saying today's mechanics are better than in former times, because cars are more complex.

 

tools actually changed in time but by teams themself and they did customize those tools and make it more efficient for their work and needs.

 

I can assure you that I have wasted enough time with debuggers and assembly to comment on it. The point is that the tools are more or less the same all the years. R2R isn't having some cool magical tool to find analysis and crack the protection. You still need a debugger to analyze and it still does the same thing it did years ago. Meanwhile the security has went from a simple Yes/No Boolean check to extreme encryptions.

The thing is that R2R stuck around and evolved with all the protection developments. It's their knowledge, not the tools.

 

are you taking about the witchez?!!

 

Yes. I guess we don't appreciate R2R's efforts enough. It's not magic, it's their hard work.

 

But everyone knows the difference between buying and getting something for free! R2R is like Robin Hood: taking from the rich and giving to the poor. R2R also says, "Support the creators you value and deserve if you have money."

Since money is unfairly distributed on this planet, many workers and artists benefit from teams like R2R.
Sometimes they even earn their living with cracked software.

There are always some people who don't appreciate R2R. You won't convince them in this forum, but they are still our fellow human beings, whether we like them or not; we have to get along with them.

 

R2R is an extraordinary global phenomenon, and has millions and millions of fans around the world. I think there's no doubt they're the greatest Team of all time, due to their extraordinary ability to master the most insurmountable protections, their incredible consistency (over 15,000 releases), and their enormous intellectual capacity. Of course, there will always be someone who might not appreciate it, or is a fan of other teams. You can't please everyone in a world of billions.