Hello people



This is snakeeyes, former hrc, rwt, rls, outbreak, overkill, millennium, reflux,
razor1911, revelation, Premiere, LND, Reliance, DOD, now Devotion as my only
affil.



        I gotta talk to you for a while

        I've been in the scene for about 2 years. I got my first computer in
        1995, and joined the scene since 1996.

        Lemme make it shorter.

        I've been trading for a few time, and i gotta tell you: It was all a
        FRAUD. I've used NFTP to trade for all these days. NFTP is a ftp program
        as plain ftp, but with some cheating features. I loved the bookmarks (it
        made my login to sites much faster) and the speed control feature. I've
        always been an addict for SPEED. When I see a file, i want to get it and
        start putting it the faster I can to other sites. But that results in
        too much restarting, so I started controlling my upload speeds, wanting
        not to upload a bad zip file.

        And there it comes why I am a fraud. I've had a goddamn awesome shell
        for my first trading days.. at turkuamk.fi. I suck. I always complained
        about its speed, but not knowing they would be the best speeds of my
        life... I lost that shell, and I was so used to getting files before
        than everyone and putting to all sites, unconscious about that I
        COULDN'T put files, restart them, I was SPOILING the fun of the others
        by holding my file in the site... 

        Nowadays I lost that shell, and I use slower shells... That shell was 34
        mbit, nowadays I have to use 10mbit ones. I can tell you, I was getting
        used to slower speeds... but the goddamn need for speed made me use that
        nftp tool, to slowdown my uploads (100 kps exactly, cause 100 x 10 =
        1000 would fit perfectly the max speed my shell can get nowadays - 10
        mbit). I suck, I admit. I'm sorry for getting in your way. I'm sorry for
        all the files I stole from you in an *illegal* way. I'm sorry for all
        that annoying "uploaded by snakeeyes 0 seconds before", but all them
        were fakes, frauds... I feel as shit now.

        Anyway... I realised that the only way to stop it is stop trading.
        Almost all my favourite sites are being narced, or closing doors afraid
        of narcers. I have a fucked up brain, I wont trade anymore... I wanna
        tell all the people that admired me that it was all a fraud.. All people
        who voted me as the best courier of 1997, thanks, but you were wrong...
        Get someone that plays fair to be your idol. I will leave the scene...
        but I wanna leave a message. Don't let fun disappear... This scene is
        too much about competition nowadays, and people start cheating to win at
        any cost (me as your best example). Do not stop joking... do not stop
        kidding... real life is so much about competition, you dont need another
        thing like that in your hobby (scene is my hobby, and.. damn stupid me,
        i was killing it). It's no problem about me killing my own hobby... but
        not killing the other's hobby (you). I'm sorry. I leave now... trying to
        hide my ugly face... Goodbye to all the good spirits of the scene, I
        love you all. And to the bad spirits... try to make either 2 things:
		
		1- make as i did... admit your errors and leave silently
		
		2- stop being a cheater... try to play fair, try to be nice



        I will still be on irc sometimes, but not actively anymore. Thanks to
        all my devotion brothers, keep up the good work. You rule... you are my
        last hope in scene... Do not let our group do as me, the one who always
        defended fair play and who always did it the other way, hipocrattically.

        That's it... I leave a saying, prolly my favourite...
		"It is up to us to let it shine... and if not... we'll be left
		behind..."