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Matt
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 598 |
cracked or broken?
well this might appear to be an odd question but it has been bothering my mind since a while.
games used to be "broken" (remember; "broken by abc" or something similar), then all of the sudden games got "cracked" instead.
who came up with that term, "cracked by", and why did people stop using the term "broken by".
I know this is silly, but I was only wondering.
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Zyron
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 2381 |
Handle the crack with care or it will be broken. |
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bugjam
Registered: Apr 2003
Posts: 2583 |
Is that clear, Nick? :-)
On the question: for me, "nick" has also somewhat replaced handle, which is kind of a pity; I guess it is mostly due to explaining the whole scene-thing to outsiders, who will not understand the term "handle" ("What do you mean, your handle? Like, your love handles?"). :-P |
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Rough
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Registered: Feb 2002
Posts: 1829 |
I often used the term broken in the 90s. |
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Tim
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Registered: Mar 2002
Posts: 467 |
I often used the term broken in the 90s for other people's versions :) |
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DemongerX
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Registered: Jun 2002
Posts: 137 |
The term handle may have been left over from the days of cb radio. I know alot of the colorful characters on CB radio's back in the 70's had different handles they went by. And I know handles were used from the early bbs days, so maybe that's where the term bled over from.
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Fungus
Registered: Sep 2002
Posts: 680 |
I think "Broken" was an American thing and "Cracked" was a rest of the world thing. I also recall just plain "Done by" in some versions.
Handle is a throwback to CB and Shortwave radio. It was indeed replaced by Nick in 90's and now in the 2000's it's more likely to be "Steam Name" or "Gamer Tag" =]
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Rough
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Registered: Feb 2002
Posts: 1829 |
Now all we gotta do is starting to use 'gamer tag'... 8p |
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Petey21
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Registered: Nov 2003
Posts: 49 |
There were a ton of groups with names that included the words "Crackers" or "Cracking", but I can't recall ever seeing any groups with names involving "Breakers" or "Breaking". :) |
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Jon
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Registered: Apr 2005
Posts: 247 |
Advanced Breaking Crew (ABC)
Chaos Breaking Service (Germany)
Computer Breaking Service (CBS)
Software Breaking Crew 6502 (SBC) (Netherlands)
The Modern Breaking Association (MBA)
World Breaking Foundation
and
Terrestrial Breakin' Company (TBC) (Germany)
Not to mention
Breaker Boys (United Kingdom)
I.C.E. Breakers (ICE)
Loud Breakers (LB) (Finland)
Polar-Breakers (PB) (Sweden)
Superbreakers 1814 (SBR) (Norway)
The Ball Breakers (TBB) (Finland)
The Barnes Breakers
The Berlin Breakers (TBB) (Germany)
The Bit-Breakers (BBR) (Germany)
The Great Breakers (TGB) (Germany)
The Housebreakers (THB) (Poland)
The Jail Breakers
The Law Breaker Crew (TLBC) (Germany)
The Law-Breakers (TLB) (Germany)
The Magic Breakers (TMB) (Germany)
Welsh Code Breakers (WCB) (Wales)
Not as many as "crackers" or whatever, but they were there. :)
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Petey21
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Registered: Nov 2003
Posts: 49 |
I stand corrected, there were obviously a few "breakers" out there afterall. :) |
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