For those who weren't around for the glory days of peer-to-peer Dark And Darker Gold piracy in the early 2000s, BitTorrent is a communications protocol that enables decentralized file sharing. It's a bit like FTP (you know what that is, right?) except that instead of downloading files from a single source, you're getting them from multiple sources, called "seeds." If you're the considerate sort, you'll also seed the torrent yourself, because the more seeds, the better it is for everyone trying to get the file.

It's definitely more of a hassle than a simple Steam install, and the download speeds are a little slow right now because of the relatively small number of people seeding the torrent. But the good news is that by all reports it works, and instead of being irritated by the extra work involved, fans are throwing kudos to Ironmace for powering through it.

"This is the most dedication I have ever seen from a studio," kaleoh wrote in the Playtest 5 Megathread. "This is just the best fucking thing cheap Darker Gold in the world. I cannot believe that they made this deadline despite all of the legal issues surrounding the studio. Absolute legends."