Before i start - note to admin.. i have no idea why my account seems to be banned.. i stopped posting on this forum "about?" 2 years ago.. and i certainly didnt have a ban in the time before that, this is why i have created this one..
EVERYTHING!!! moves on... if we go back 10 years.. the trainer scene was a bustling, thriving environment with all sorts of colorful characters releasing for FREE.. infact the thought of selling a trainer was frowned upon and restricted only to those really shady chinese chappies who were selling online hacks for Runequest and the like..
These were the golden years of trainer making.. it forged a lot of good trainer makers who today are sadly not around or just not practising their art.. when a talent rose to show his metal he was quickly recruited by one of the SCENE groups around at the time.. and if you were really good you managed to catch the eye of groups such as FAIRLIGHT / CLASS / DEVIANCE / DIVINE etc etc.. we thought these days would never end.. THEY DID!!
What changed the course of this scene was mainly the busts that happened.. a lot of my friends and other sceners were given choices by the federal government to stop their trade or face serious time.. it felt like our battleship of a scene had been hit by a fucking meteorite and all that was left were a few of us clinging onto the remnants of the wreckage..
EVERYTHING!!! moves on.. and so from this period (talking from a trainer makers point of view) we were pushed into another scene that was just in its infancy .. the web based cheat crews.. these little crews that rlsed absolutely DREADFUL!!!! trainers were popping up all over the place.. obviously the biggest being CES at the time.. id love to go into all the drama that went on back then but it would fill gigabytes of pages to get a real feel for these times.. once again.. this spawned a number of wonderful years releasing onto the net.. and once again.. ALL FREE!!
EVERYTHING!!! moves on.. and so we come to our current cycle of trainer releasing.. and really my reason for writing this little diatribe.
Currently we have a culture that are managing to profit from their good works.. obviously i have no problem with this as I have taken my fair share of this little "TRAINER PIE".. there are pros and cons to this new cycle that i have thought about at length..
I guess the main PRO and something that is a huge positive move for the scene is that when you SELL your products you are completely accountable for them.. if your work is complete shit and only works half the time then you will sell very few.. if you have a reputation for constant good working trainers then your certainly going to make an impact on people who like value for money.. this sorts the good from the bad trainers in my opinion, its probably why a few people can ONLY release their shit for free aswell.
The big CON!! that i have noticed the most.. is that we lose our sense of community.. you cant TALK about your latest options.. and how fucking cool it was when you FINALLY!! after 30 hours of reversing managed to find that illusive peice of code... because any info you give away can be used to produce duplicates or even to down right copy your work completely.. you end up not trusting anyone and thats a sad place to be..
I saw this evolution coming.. and let me tell you why!!!
I have released trainers FREE and PROFIT for over 15 years... at least 10 of those spent releasing FREE to the community.. and in all those years i managed to observe a trend that every trainer maker MUST!! have noticed even if your microcosm of a career is now or way back then.. its best explained thusly..
PRAISE FOR FREE TRAINERS
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IDIOT COMPLAINTS FOR FREE TRAINERS
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GENUINE COMPLAINTS FOR FREE TRAINERS
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AND NOW!!!!!........
PRAISE FOR PROFIT TRAINERS
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IDIOT COMPLAINTS FOR PROFIT TRAINERS
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GENUINE COMPLAINTS FOR PROFIT TRAINERS
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??????? <-- i guess its more because when people buy a trainer they are
the best testers.. because they dont want to waste money
they will test the thing to DEATH!! and always let u know if
they have a problem..
The numbers speak for themselves.. of course a FREE trainer will spread more so it its bound to generate more feedback.. but those figures are PRO RATA..
Its simple.. GOOD trainer makers decided long ago.. if every trainer gets the same morons spreading bullshit about it and NOT getting the praise and admiration they deserve.. (which is the case for 99% of all trainers - even amazing ones) then why not charge these morons for the privilege of putting you down.. you shut out all the haters.. and you get a little something on the side for doing something you love..
THIS IS EVOLUTION.. the trainer scene was ALWAYS!! coming to this point.. Games companies are doing the same shit.. charging for DLC and last year for the first time id witnessed it.. ACTIVISION (one of the biggest games promoters in the world) started selling CHEATS.. i had to smile..
thats my 2 pence.. it may look different for people coming in from other places.. but this is certainly why you are seeing LESS and LESS "GOOD" free trainers these days.. and yes.. it saddens me.
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