warez d00dz

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warez d00dz - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  warez d00dz
   /weirz doodz/, n.
  
     A substantial subculture of crackers refer to themselves as warez
     d00dz; there is evidently some connection with B1FF here. As `Ozone
     Pilot', one former warez d00d, wrote:
  
    Warez d00dz get illegal copies of copyrighted software. If it has
    copy protection on it, they break the protection so the software
    can be copied. Then they distribute it around the world via several
    gateways. Warez d00dz form badass group names like RAZOR and the
    like. They put up boards that distribute the latest ware, or pirate
    program. The whole point of the Warez sub-culture is to get the
    pirate program released and distributed before any other group. I
    know, I know. But don't ask, and it won't hurt as much. This is how
    they prove their poweress [sic]. It gives them the right to say, "I
    released King's Quest IVXIX before you so obviously my testicles
    are larger." Again don't ask...
  
     The studly thing to do if one is a warez d00d, it appears, is emit
     0-day warez, that is copies of commercial software copied and cracked
     on the same day as its retail release. Warez d00ds also hoard
  software
     in a big way, collecting untold megabytes of arcade-style games,
     pornographic JPGs, and applications they'll never use onto their hard
     disks. As Ozone Pilot acutely observes:
  
    [BELONG] is the only word you will need to know. Warez d00dz want
    to belong. They have been shunned by everyone, and thus turn to
    cyberspace for acceptance. That is why they always start groups
    like TGW, FLT, USA and the like. Structure makes them happy. [...]
    Warez d00dz will never have a handle like "Pink Daisy" because
    warez d00dz are insecure. Only someone who is very secure with a
    good dose of self-esteem can stand up to the cries of fag and
    girlie-man. More likely you will find warez d00dz with handles
    like: Doctor Death, Deranged Lunatic, Hellraiser, Mad Prince,
    Dreamdevil, The Unknown, Renegade Chemist, Terminator, and Twin
    Turbo. They like to sound badass when they can hide behind their
    terminals. More likely, if you were given a sample of 100 people,
    the person whose handle is Hellraiser is the last person you'd
    associate with the name.
  
     The contrast with Internet hackers is stark and instructive. See
     cracker, wannabee, handle, elite, courier, leech; compare
     weenie, spod.