Carmakazi

It’s inconvenient but understandable considering how vulnerable Valve hardware is to scalping and money laundering right now.

Idling 2005 Saturn Ion on a salvage title.

He is anticipating them going OOS within minutes or seconds which is perhaps wise. You need to be damn quick with these sorts of things.

Lots of Nazis and pro-Russia “Z” shit though.

To answer your question directly: No idea.

Of tangential importance to your question: Apparently TPB has been considered untrustworthy for a number of years, probably since it “returned” after the original crew behind it did a stint in Swedish prison. Infected torrents have been found there and the “skull” ratings mean very little.

Aren’t read-write disks fairly unstable from a longevity perspective?

Been hoarding some GOG offline installers in my spare time.

GOG infrastructure is just not as robust, I think. I’ve had some luck downloading during non-peak hours (morning and afternoon weekdays), but it’s still slow in comparison to Steam.