Yeah man, piratebay was good, it was either piratebay or katproxy where I found a guy who'd upload games, I was able to get sims 3 with all the DLC inluded which would have cost over a grand. He had a ton of good stuff up there.
That's funny that Metallic being scarce led you to Dio haha
I always loved South Parks episode about illegal downloads.
"This is Lars Ulric."
"Why's he crying?"
"He wanted a poolside bar made of gold installed, but because of people like you, he has to wait a few months."
Piratebay is still going strong. FYI