Well I kinda knew this day would come. In my eyes the only REAL scene groups are ones you never really 'hear' anything about on public web boards such as GBATemp and other sites. This is no way a bash at GBATemp.
The directory Killer_3D_Pool_Multi5_EUR_GBA-EP appeared on a Private GBATemp server at 10:58 this morning.
The server is in no way a Pre site or anything like that, it is just used for staff to access in order to post screen shots etc.
I saw the release being talked about in the IRC channel of #GBATemp, where apparantly the release was listed on GBARL.it I checked the staff server, and sure enough there was the directory 'Killer_3D_Pool_Multi5_EUR_GBA-EP'. I went to start the ROM in VBA in order to take screens for the GBATemp portal, when all of a sudden I got the pop up for a password to be entered. I was like 'hmmn' so I checked the .nfo and was like OMG!
Well this is the lamest thing I have ever come across in the GBA scene, and up until now I kinda had a respect for a guy posting in this thread '-mrc-'. I've known him for some time and even supplied him ROMs for RS and other groups in the time GBA has been around. (I can prove this with various screens and logs)
Now I don't know if Endless Piracy
are RS or if -mrc- added the password to the release after it had been released to 'proper' sites, or even if the file was only passworded on the GBATemp staff server, to be honest I don't care.
I wondered how GBARL.it got their screens for the site, guess how? -mrc- sent them, can you believe that?
Same goes for PocketHeaven, only they (rOss) get the password... but why do rOss and I get the pass, but GBAR.it do not?
I guess we qualify as
L33T
I don't see how 1 guy can decide who gets to play a release and who doesn't. The ROM is stolen property after all.
Here is how I got the pass:
Session Start: Tue Apr 12 10:30:08 2005
Session Ident: [-MRC-]
Session Ident: [-MRC-] (
[email protected])
[10:30am] iam sick of ppl like speechless
[10:30am] so everyon suffers?
[10:30am] no
[10:30am] if you promise me that you dont spread the pw ill give it to you
[10:31am] i thrusted you in the past and you are worth to play it.
[10:31am] I dont want the password if i cannot spread it thx.
[10:31am] ok
[10:31am] this is the lamest ive seen the GBA scene ever i thin
[10:32am] *k
[10:32am] i tell you what is really lame... lame is when ppl destroy others work.
[10:32am] but i would like to try the game
[10:32am] yes that is lame too
[10:32am] if they complain about the games...
[10:32am] whats the pass
[10:32am] and i just want to keep most of the ppl away.
[10:32am] speechles releases lots of ROMS
[10:32am] he is sick of people being lame too
[10:33am] u cant control the scene with one release
[10:33am] specially when the scene is dying anyway
[10:33am] ok u have the pass pls?
[10:33am] well speechless.... most of his releases are fucking old... and thoose us-titles from the last 2 weeks where just possible cause i wasnt around.
[10:33am] as is said - if you dont spread it ill give it to you
[10:34am] ok
[10:34am] We4ar3Her0es!!_
[10:34am] seems jealous thou that u knock him
[10:34am] wasnt hes fault u were not around
[10:34am] i dont know him personally.... i just knockim for his complainments and his wannabe-attitude
[10:35am] well i keep out of it
[10:35am] me and you always had a good relationship. you accepted my way and iam yours. thats the point.
[10:35am] yeah
[10:35am] and you can get everything from me cause i thrust you - and you supported me in the past.. thats a point i dint forgot
[10:35am] so have fun with the game
[10:35am] hmn the pass doesnt work for me
[10:36am] mom
[10:36am] ah you have the version i uploaded you.
[10:36am] weareheros
[10:37am] working ?
[10:37am] yes
[10:37am] thx
[10:38am] np
Session Close: Tue Apr 12 10:38:16 2005
Session Start: Tue Apr 12 14:10:27 2005
Session Ident: [-MRC-]
Session Ident: [-MRC-] (
[email protected])
[2:10pm] explain!
[2:10pm] L] 220 ThugStyle
[2:10pm] [L] USER MRC
[2:10pm] [L] 331 Password required for MRC.
[2:10pm] [L] PASS (hidden)
[2:10pm] [L] 530 Login or Password incorrect.
[2:10pm] [L] Connection failed
[2:10pm] [L] Delaying for 120 seconds before reconnect attempt #1
[2:10pm] 2.
[2:10pm] Killer_3D_Pool_Multi5_EUR_GBA-EP-CRACKED
04—14I04-15n04-15v04-00i04-00s04-15i04-15o04-14n04— 1212Nick: 11[-MRC-]
12> Address:
[email protected] 12«11Italy12»
12> Name: 11diesem
12> Server: 11irc.igs.ca,11 Information Gateway Services (igs.net)
12> [-MRC-] 213.133.111.105 actually using host
12> Idle: 111 Minute and 3 Seconds
12> SignOn: 11Thursday, April 7th, 2005 at 9:11am
[2:13pm] nuke my account - i wont upload anything to you... you where the only one wich got the pw. great job selling me!
[2:12pm] account back
So the friendship ends here, and so does my time in this scene and on this board, theres no point in stayin around. The GBA is dead and every release now has some story behind it or some lame .nfo
What you have to ask yourself is, who are the real sceners and groups? Ones that take releases from FServe and GBATemp lamers, like RS and many others? Or ones you never 'hear' about.
After all, why should you even care? Its a kiddy handheld FFS