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Rough
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Registered: Feb 2002
Posts: 1829 |
Adding the cracker group to import/trainer version
I saw many people add the original cracking group when another group imported their release and linked their intro in front of the original release, or added additional cheats.
I say this is mostly a nono.
e.g. When a crack by Ikari is imported to Poland or New Zealand (just examples, dont want to sound discriminating) by some group, this has nothing to do with Ikari and the import of that group should not be credited to Ikari and the import should not pop up in Ikari's release list. Better add information about importing or additional cheats into the comments of the import release (including a link to the original release)
In newer cases with official imports to the US boards, these imports were mostly in direct trade between both groups, often there's just a release with both the cracker and the importer/fixer intro, in this case it's obvious to credit both groups, also if there is a cracker only release besides the one with the import intro, I think the original cracking group should be credited, cos these imports have been approved.
It's difficult with old imports, e.g. from FBR etc. I really dont know if these imports were exclusive and approved trades, or if e.g. Triad just uploaded it to someone in the US and then after some weeks FBR linked their intro in front of it w/o Triad knowing it. It mostly can be checked if the US (or Canadian) group is greeted in the cracker's scroll. It's mostly safe to say the imports of well-known groups are official and those of some unknown US group are not.
When it comes to additional cheats, e.g. on Bazooka Bill trained by LDA and originally cracked by The Light Circle, the original crew should not be added as this wasnt an officially approved thing by the original group, in this case add a message+link into the comments as well. |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11385 |
everyone agrees on this i guess :) problem is that the database isnt prepared for it, and we are slowly reaching the limits of what can be added without redoing everything =P |
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The Ignorance
Registered: Apr 2006
Posts: 85 |
So it's time to delete CSDB and start from scratch ? :) |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11385 |
that time has been several years ago =) |
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bepp
Registered: Jun 2010
Posts: 265 |
+1 for this. Save it for a future version of the DB =) |
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