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Hi... My nick is "dolt". I have been couriering for the past 5-6 years, (I have lost count now). It wasn't until recently that I started trading 0second wares. Before that I was trading 0day wares to public sites and group distros. That is where the "real" trading goes on where I am concerned. I had come to efnet from a public site making group on Dalnet called "NATOsoft". During my time with them we had our ups and downs, but we had one purpose in mind... The end user. In my mind this is where the "Real trading happens". I came to efnet when dalnet started getting lame and wanted to kick warez out. I joined a group called "Rockforce", (who are still around). With them I have traded to many sites that have been up and down, cable and screaming fast. During my time with them there was not one leading goal of the group that would escape our minds.... " The end user ". We were about getting anything and everything to the sites that we were on so that someone could carry on and move it down the line. That was what we were about. In my time over the past few years I have seen things grow and change. There are now at least 5 different areas of wares that I can think of off hand: ISO VCD MP3 PSX RIP/0second My concern deals with the last of the 5 (They are all the same, it's all free... so hush). Be it the "SPA" in the past or the "Faction" now in the present, things have gotten out of hand. There are many out there in agreement with me, however slow they are to respond or address the issue, but they are out there. The release groups "rule" the scene. Without them there would be no warez to curry and toss around as you like. What my beef has to do with is the total lack of control. Yes I know there are rules governing releases, but they are to vague. Things, as I have said, are out of control. Some joe-schmoe digs up a beta/build/minor update to a release and HAS to release it to get points for thier group. That is bullshit. Straight up no doubt about it... BULLSHIT. I talked to a few ppl about this earlier tonight and was told that I was "arguing a moot point" (no offence, but I think the quote was needed). I say otherwise. I was told in my converstation that if an "end user" wanted a program that they should go out and buy it. What is the point of buying it if they can get every fucking build/beta/RC there is out there? I thought that the whole point of the wares scene was to release programs on a "trial before you buy" basis. There are some of you that may have heard/read about this in #MNM or #Release-HQ already, the point I am trying to make is us couriers are SICK AND TIRED of curryin' yer betas/builds only to get nuked for them. Curry's/groups get fucked all the time for them. Why not wake up and say, "We are about quality, not quantity!" Some of you might say "Who the fuck cares? I ain't no steenkin' curry'!" Hell... we work our asses off to get the stuff out to sites only to be tagged as #(Who the fuck cares, that don't matter in this article). Why should we worry about things like "This is going to be a nuke on 'Whatever the hell site it is' cuz it is a beta build". FUCK THAT!!! If it is a beta/build/minor update and you "NEED" the program, do what you are supposed to do and BUY THE FUCKING THING! The sites are one of the major contributor to this problem. There are to many out there that will support/take beta apps and that crap. SAY "NO!" "WE DON'T WANT YOUR CRAP!" That is not what I believe in what warez are about. That is not what I was taught warez is about. Support the authors that are out there! Get your upgrades/patches from the companies that supply the shit. Games are nuked all the time for beta/build. Why should apps be any different? Get a clue and stop supporting this crap! We in the scene want quality. It is hard enough trying to find something out there that actually works or is viri free. Give us one less thing to worry about. That's all that is asked. My nick may be out of sorts, and you may ask "What the hell does this dolt know about anything?". Well it appears that I know a lot as to what is going on. I know for a fact that there are many couriers out there who are sick of being "punished" for some release group that is over zealous for a top spot. GROW UP! All my ranting is done. I say I have and enough. The ppl that are backing me/us are few, but they are out there.... Couriers please unite! -dolt
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