The Dark And Darker Discord Server Is A Mess Following The Playtest Release
Feeling nostalgic for the 2000s? Then the Dark and Darker Discord server is perfect for you. Now that the game's most recent playtest has been released via a torrent, the chatter amongst fans is equally chaotic and exciting, as everyone uses lingo I haven't heard since the early days of pirating music.
In the general chat channel, dozens of fans are mobilising, trying to keep the download link running for those who want to try out the game during its demo. And now, with the link shared by the official developer's account taken down over copyright concerns, it's mostly up to fans to help each other get the game running - which is much easier said than done in a sever full of fans with zero experience in the field.
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For hours now, the general chat has been taken over by players begging for download links and clearer instructions on how to get the game running, and a bunch of jargon I had to get the millennials at TheGamer to explain to me. It means that a bunch of us zoomers are learning what "seeding" is at least, so there's that.
To make matters worse, the devs have been pretty quiet on the server since they announced the hotfix. And because Discord apparently doesn't allow links to torrents, they couldn't even drop it there to make life easier for everyone.
Oh, and as I was writing this, it seems that the tweet sharing a link to the hotfix was taken down too. So now fans are having to beg others in the Discord server to DM it to them. They should probably be pretty careful though, as it looks like one channel was already shut down due to someone sharing a dodgy link.
Thankfully, those that can get into the game seem to be enjoying it. There are a
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