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## IN#001 ÄÍðZhit Axis Nation presentsðÍÄ W () W ##
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## So you want to be a Pirate? \||/ ##
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## Written by: Creature of Prometheus _/ \_ ##
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## Dated: ##
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## Greet(s) to: EightBall and äà, ZANists!, and all who are reading this... ##
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## ##
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## Ying Yang BBS The Baron's Bistro FuNHouse BBS ##
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## ZAN Promised Land ZAN Mosque#001 ZAN Mosque#002 ##
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## SysOp: CoP SysOp: The Baron SysOp: Erasmus ##
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ThisClaimer: This is for educational, destructional, and anarchial purposes..
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If anything happens to you, I AM NOT responsible... but remember I KNOW where
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you LIVE!!! You can distribute this in any way (ZIP, by hand), but DO NOT EDIT
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THIS file!! If you happen to pull out your EDIT prog and work on this, PLEASE
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leave the opening screen, and add your additions at the end of the file...
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]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------[
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Many Modemers are either Pirates or NOT! Some PDers that I have talked
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to fully despise Pirates. They say that pirates destroy boards socially and
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just cause trouble. What I say to that is fuck them! I had PDs on my board
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talking about Pirates and I HAD to agree with them for the prevention of
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suspicion. You can tell they will never go back on their beliefs, but if you
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read this, you MUST be some form of a pirate.
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There are 3 types of Pirates... They are:
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1) Crackers
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2) Couriers
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3) ...everyone else!
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Let's talk about the first type. Crackers are obviously the ones, who
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go to the trouble of "removing the protection" on the programs. Some are
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usually lone crackers, but eventually they will be picked up by the major or
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minor cracking groups, depending on the person's talent. Cracking does take
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some knowledge of how the program runs, and it needs special 'tools' to do
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accomplish its job. INT 13 and other DOS related calls will have to be seen,
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if the cracker wants to start. Tools such as PCWATCH, SOFT-ICE, debuggers,
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disassemblers, and other jazz watches, takes apart, and edits the protected
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software. Some major cracking groups are The Humble Guys(THG), International
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Network of Crackers(INC), First In Releasing the Most(FiRM), änterprising
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àffiliates(äà), Ice Pirates, etc. For some first-hand cracking tutorials and
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demos, check out SPI (Software Pirates Inc.) filez which include some GREAT
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tutorials...
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Now for the second kind of pirates. Couriers, which the name suggests,
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ship out the cracking group's new warez. They go to their respected board and
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download the '0-2 day warez'. Then, they are usually instructed to download
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them to specified LD and sometimes Local boards. There is competition on the
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Pirate World for releasing the first. That is the job of the couriers to
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release the first as quickly as their HSTs, or bigger Dual Standards, can go!
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What you need to be a courier are the following:
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____________________________
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/ \ >1<
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|Essentials for being a courier|
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\____________________________/
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-Have a HIGH Speed Modem
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preferably 14.4kHST, due to their Known-Compatibility, or the expensive
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Dual Standards, both made by USRobotics. CompuCom's or other modems
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that are 9600 will only be compatible with DSs or more corporate modems.
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However, pirate board are going for this alternative since it is cheaper
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and still faster, but still lacks support.
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-Courier for a 'big' name cracking group
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applications for becoming 'Slaves' for THG and even INC have been around
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with their released programs. If a new local group is forming that has
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potential, link up with them and they might becoming very good.
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-Organize your time & even make a TO-DO list
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Call the boardz on specific times. Either in the early wee hours on
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late hours (midnight-noon). Some boards will have special time-windows
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for the couriers, mark those times. Also, incorporate your whole work,
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social, and courier schedules in a TO-DO list. It would be very helpful
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and beneficial for you and others.
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-Record job accomplishments
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get a notebook and jot down the file + the board you gave it to.
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e.g.
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Warez | Boards
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DINOINC1.ZIP |v The FUNHouse BBS
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... | The Baron's Bistro-(busy) Try tonight
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... |v Ying Yang BBS
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... | Game Parlor BBS-(down for awhile)
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DINOINC5.ZIP |
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v-denotes successful uploading
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-Call every day since warez come out (almost) every day!
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Lastly, the third is everyone else, who is neither Cracker or Courier.
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This group makes it happen! There are many sub-types from this kind, but I will
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only list 2. These 2 are:
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1) ELITE
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2) SELLERS
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The Elite are the majority of this group. They are half-courier since
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they transfer filez (what else could they do??). However, they don't have ANY
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committment to anyone. They get the warez they want and share the warez they
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have. There are many levels of the ELITE. Some Pirates believe the ELITE label
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has been weakened since many 'kiddie' boards don't even care about the quality
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of users. However, some users, no matter what speed, are very helpful,
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gracious, and dedicated. They keep in the ratio of UL/DL and they might even
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upload TOO much! These are ELITEs, because they transfer QUALITY filez while
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also getting there own. All boards are different by their file bases. These
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ELITE fill the file bases and try to make a stability between the pirate board.
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If all users were like this, practically all the boards would be equal!
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The second group, the SELLERS, are what Erasmus had stated (ZAN
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HT#001Erasmus). These users get the files and SELL them to other people or just
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trade them. However, there are some guidelines I devised for this:
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__________________________________
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/ \
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|Guidelines for being a pirate seller|
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\__________________________________/
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1) Try to get something in return. You paid hard earned money to get
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the NEW ware. Money, favors, other BIG programs, or blows will
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be satisfying! (I tried to give Rise of the Dragon to Nia
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Peeples but she didn't offer!! damn!)
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2) If you want to be a buisness man read this if not skip to #3! You
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should make a NEAT printed label for the disk(s). The disk(s)
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should look like a commercial game!
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3) Unzip it, so it is READY for installation. If it is a HD zip, then
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just write up a batch to copy all the filez onto the HD!
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E.G.
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Sample Installation Batch File (for you beginners!)
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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INSTALL.BAT
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<Start of File>
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@echo off
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cls
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echo INSTALL
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echo onto
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echo Hard Drive C:
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echo .
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echo .
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echo .
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echo Esc to abort or
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pause
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md c:\game
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copy *.* c:\game
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pause
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cls
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echo INSTALLATION complete!
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echo Now type GAME (enter)
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<End Of File>
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4) ERASE ALL BBS Phone Numbers and possibly loaders, blah, blah... If
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the receiver looks at those things, they may 'notice' it is
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pirated (duh!) and MAY EVEN report it!
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E.G. One guy on Prodigy was asking the GENERAL MESSAGE FORUM
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about The Humble Guys. His dad gave him the ZIP and he
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must've seen their ad. He told the FORUM, which were
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talking about Wing Commander Secret Mission ][, about
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the mission disks AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD from the
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CandyLand BBS (THG HQ)... I don't know about you, but
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this is UNSAFE! (duh)
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In Conclusion, if you decided what you want to be or identifyied
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yourself than bravo (flame). Keep the pirating and I'll keep practicing my C
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programming!!
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EndNotes (noted by >?<)
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^^^^^^^^
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>1< Some ideas taken from Cosmic Press (C) 1991. Thanks for the backup.
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Dictionary
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^^^^^^^^^^
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HD zip - Installed program which is ZIPPED into one whole ZIP... Size of ZIP is
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usually extremely big (like one disk of a Sierra GAME!)
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-Creature of Prometheus
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(PoZAN) (DoCäà) (MoZANet)
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