TTC recruitment

Well, ol'e Chief has laid his eyes upon the subject at hand here and he wants to share his story! :lol: The Chief doesn't really talk too much about himself, so perhaps for some of his friends here, this may be very interesting. Also, this will be a rare post by the Chief in which you will see him step out of his dotty 3rd person costume. :yes:

I guess it all started back when I got my first computer, an Apple ][e. It had two 5 1/4" disk drives, and I had a monochrome screen. I had a bunch of disks that came with the computer that had different games. I played them non-stop. Soon after I started dissecting the games, I was introduced to BASIC. It was a whole new world for me, lol! I started learning the commands by seeing how the other games did it. From there I was making my own little dumb programs and games. From there the family got a 486/DX computer with Windows 3.11. I loved how it was graphical, and I could change the sounds, fonts, colors, icons to how I wanted them. It was such a step-up from the Apple! My first interaction with the internet was once my Mom got us AOL. I used the 2400 baud modem in it to connect and I was INSTANTLY addicted! Back then, I think it was AOL v1.5, and there was no such thing as Unlimited. You only had so many hours each month you were allowed, then you would get disconnected and wouldn't be able to login again till the next billing period. I was getting in trouble constantly for eating up the family's AOL time each month, not to mention making the phone unusable to anyone in the house and making a busy signal for anyone dialing in. This was back before Call Waiting. I guess this is kinda where I went to "the grass is always greener on the other side" approach with the internet. :P I needed more AOL.. if I have no more, I guess I need to use other peoples accounts! So back then there was a whole load of abusive AOL programs, most notably "AOHell" that one could use to phish or other annoying ASCII scroll bots for the chat rooms. These programs would also have fake CC generators in them where all you had to do is use the CC generator and the program would make you an account that would last for a month, sometimes longer before they caught on. So BAM, I was set, I could have all the AOL I wanted. Now what? I started hearing about private chat rooms that you could go into to find games, porn, music, etc. This was all called warez. To make a long story short, I ended up being able to use unlimited hours staff accounts to get warez and go deeper and deeper into that AOL scene. It was just people uploading stuff from the scene, and spreading it. From there I joined different groups on AOL, I was introduced to IRC. From there I started meeting a whole underground network of people. I not too soon later joined 'The Scene'. At this point I had hundreds of shell accounts across the world I brute forced the passwd files to get accounts on. I did nothing but courier at the start. After a year or so I started finding some programs I really liked for Windows that I wanted to use past its demo limitations. I got my hands on my first hex editor.. I even remember the name, ZipZap. I started sifting through code, and before long started learning some programing and decompiling stuff. After I realized I was getting pretty good I was then moved into the Cracker bracket of the member list of the scene groups I was in. I continued doing that for a couple more years. I guess at this point I was around 17. All was good, until one day I woke up, and my Mom was standing over my bed and said "We have to talk". Oohhhhhh shit, what could it be?

Now, I hate to give you a cliffhanger here, but if anyone is asking wtf this has to at all do with me wanting to be apart of TTC, this is my story on how I ended up where I am right this very second on the internet. It's an important part of me really, through this journey all the different things I've learned and done, and all the different people I interacted with through out the years. Things like this help you, the reader, understand someone's true character. Ok, back to the story. :P

That morning before I awoke my Mom got a call from our ISP. My ISP had received a phone call from the IT department at UC Berkeley. I had been caught. :ermm: At the time there was a huge exploit out that allowed VERY easy access for me to check out a system and snatch the passwd file with no restrictions. However it only at the time worked for servers ending with .edu - so basically almost every University in the USA at the time. I had already cracked hundreds of logins on Berkeley's system but had never used any of them because I had sooo many accounts elsewhere at the time that I didn't need them, I guess one could say they were surplus, lol. So somehow they were able to trace my steps all the way back to my home IP. I even had telnet'd through a DE, AU, and TW shell before I entered Berkeley. Anyhow, I had to call and apologize to the IT department, the ISP kicked us off as customers, and we had to pay the $250 early contract termination fee, got grounded from the computer for 9 months, and received a letter in the mail from UC Berkeley stating that I was never allowed to step foot on the campus for the rest of my life. Given the conditions, the was the end of my scene days. I was able to use a friends computer to relay a msg to my affils and explain the situation and retirement.

Nine months pass, and I get my computer back. I decided that I wanted to stay outta trouble and just be apart of a local network. I started my own BBS with 2 dial-up nodes. I feel old using the term BBS, LOL. So I ran the board for about 1.5 years then my hard drive crashed and I lost everything. So months later I ended up moving to go to a PC Networking/Computer Repair 2 year college. I hardly had any activity on the internet while going to college. I used Napster quite a bit to get music, but not much socializing.. more partying! After a couple years of education I moved back to my home state and got a job with computers. I remember then using AudioGalaxy to get music and live electronic music sets. Then a couple years later I start using Soulseek to find music. I meet a whole new crew of friends hanging out in the trance channel on Soulseek. Towards the end of 2004 I am using DC+ to connect to hubs as well to get music, and some of those first public torrent sites. Mid-2005 I hear of a Trance torrent site that my friends on Slsk say has everything new, and there is no waiting in line like in Slsk, or waiting for open ports in DC+. I join TranceTraffic as my first private tracker in mid-2005. Back then TT did open singups like one day a month for a few hours. Then I think I joined TBy, then TL. At this point I start meeting a bunch of new friends, and starting idling back in irc. I joined numerous sites through out the years, and have seen some come and go as well. Some are missed, and some are not. Through this whole journey of private trackers, from 2005 to present day, I have only ever received 1 warning on a site. It was on TT when I first joined, and it was for a low ratio.

So I guess I've been file sharing since my wreckless AOL days. Wikipedia says AOL v1.5 came out in June of 1994. So I guess we could say about 17 years! Oh man, that makes me old eh!?! :noes: I've seen sooo many different protocals of file sharing too. Starting from BBS to things like bittorrent today. Any file sharing place that I have been apart of I have always followed the rules. As in the trackers I belong to now, I use them with the utmost pride. I have to hold back when I see comments on torrents where people talk crap, complaining, etc. A lot of these people just arn't thankful for what we have, and only dream of what it could be. I have met many friends at these trackers, and have no enemies. I always have given WAY more than I have ever taken. The word ratio has never really meant anything to me as I always just share it back for a long time. Some of you know me, and some of you are my friends on trackers and know the ratio is absolutely ridiculous. I'm not saying this to brag, I'm saying this to show how dedicated I am to letting everyone around me to be able to enjoy what I did as well.

I'm married for about a year now to an amazing woman. We both goto work full time, and she is writing a thesis, then onto a Masters program. At that point we will move out of this state and start a family, buy a home, and enjoy life to it fullest. I have always been a positive person, and look for the humor in every situation. I always try to help people. I am never afraid to show my graditude for anything as well. I think its safe to say my personality just flows from me through my fingers onto the keyboard, and for you all to see. I don't hold back, or hide anything about who I am. My mother always told me "Just be yourself". I want TTC to invite me so I can be with the other members there to learn. I want to meet more people that share similar traits in computing and file sharing and just every day general life. I want to be able to make people smile regardless of what kind of day they are having. You say TTC is a fun place to hang, I'm always down for something fun, that word in a way describes me. I always look into everything to make it fun, to make things enjoyable, to add something others can benefit from. I'm hoping that TTC sees me as someone who can blend in and grow in that fun. I have a long background with computers and the internet. I have been apart of many groups/sites/communities and have learned the code of trust. When you take absolute pride in something you do, you are showing that you are proud to be there and can be trusted. Pride comes with trust. The three most important things to me about interating with other humans is Respect, Pride, and Trust. I probably have some friends in TTC that could answer questions about me. I have no problem with anyone in TTC asking anyone I know anything about me. I have nothing to hide. I don't act like someone online who I am not, I bring everything I have to the table. If you need more information I will be glad to answer. I will answer in the thread here for everyone too, I have no reason to answer in private. (Given it's not uber-personal or like my social # :P ) Even if the members of TTC believe it is not for me, I still thank you for creating the thread and giving me a chance to share some about myself! :cool:

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Welp, there it is! The Chief is glad to share a chapter of his life with yah. The Chief hopes someone found it interesting or fun to read. Remember my fellow tribesmen, you have to have the bad days before you can have the good days! :D

^ Nice! I can relate as I was not as hardcore as yourself but used BBS's back in the day, knew more than my computer teacher, had the apple ]['s, and right on down the line to AOL on a floppy disk. Welcome to the old ass basterds club ;)

You had me at,

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Well, ol'e Chief

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Why the heck haven't they been wise enough to recruit you already? :unsure:

Get with it, TTC. Chief is good people (in first and third person)! :happy:

Hi and thanks for this opportunity. I would like to join TTC as i am really interested in torrenting and p2p became a hobby for me. I am an old trackers user, so i know some things. I enjoy reading p2p related articles and interact with some other users, share invites and i usually help as much as i can. I visit daily my forums and i am an active member on my favourite trackers. I know i wasn't very active here on FST but, as we all know, it's summer and summer means parties and trips. Thanks again for the opportunity and good luck to all those who applied. Wish you a nice day :)

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Originally Posted by megabyteme

Why the heck haven't they been wise enough to recruit you already? :unsure:

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I don't know. But if I had to guess, maybe TTC finds constant third person dialogue to be a bit annoying?

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Originally Posted by Chief_Garbonzo

From there I was making my own little dumb programs and games.

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Sometimes I make dumb games too. The rand() function is the king! This is one of my games: http://filesharingtalk.com/threads/430428-My-C-games . It's nice to meet you!

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Originally Posted by OlegL

The rand() function is the king!

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In the games I play, people curse the RNG. A lot.

By the way, great post, Chief_Garbonzo. :)

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Originally Posted by Funkin'

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Originally Posted by megabyteme

Why the heck haven't they been wise enough to recruit you already? :unsure:

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I don't know. But if I had to guess, maybe TTC finds constant third person dialogue to be a bit annoying?

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megabyteme has never had a problem with chief's use of third-person. :idunno:

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Originally Posted by megabyteme

You had me at,

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Well, ol'e Chief

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Tell the truth you saw that wall of text and that quote was all you read.

My real name is Job and even I gave up after the first paragraph.

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Originally Posted by IdolEyes787

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Originally Posted by megabyteme

You had me at,

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Tell the truth you saw that wall of text and that quote was all you read.

My real name is Job and even I gave up after the first paragraph.

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The first time I looked at the wall of text I went fark myself, but if you settle down take your Ritalin and breathe deeply it is actually worth the read.