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TV Show About The Scene

boingyzain writes "A few guys have gotten together to create a downloadable 'television show' about The Scene--the underground network of suppliers, rippers, and coders who bring pirated releases to the warez crowd. Each episode follows the happenings of Drosnan, the founder of a large release group, through numerous scene releases. It's been so successful that it has even spawned a spoof named Teh Scene; imitation is the best form of flattery, isn't it?"

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  1. I will be disappointed... by gt_swagger · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... if they don't talk in 1337 sp34k.

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    1. Re:I will be disappointed... by millennial · · Score: 1, Funny

      "I first started phr34king and stealing 1337 w4r3z when I was 10. It was all downhill from there, lol. I was all, WTF. OMG, is this illegal? shut up n00b!"

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    2. Re:I will be disappointed... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      You started phreaking when you were 2? Wow.

    3. Re:I will be disappointed... by mav[LAG] · · Score: 3, Funny

      You mean like this?

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  2. I for one... by FinchWorld · · Score: 4, Funny
    ...will watch the production before bitching about someone using /. for free advertisement. As long as its good I don't care, otherwise I would never have known about it.

    And you all thought it would be "...will welcome our new Warez show production Overlords"

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  3. Mirrors real life? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does it end with the entire group getting busted and sentenced to upto 46 months in prison for copyright infringement?

  4. Fair Use by Trolling4Columbine · · Score: 2, Funny

    After watching the first few minutes, I'm pretty sure that everything these 'pirates' (arrrr!) are doing is covered under fair use.

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  5. Next on BTTV by wowbagger · · Score: 5, Funny

    Next on BitTorrentTV:

    "Crack dealers"
    Watch as these criminals sell drugs, shoot people, and destroy peoples lives.

    "PHisher"
    Watch as these theives steal credit card numbers, money, and detroy peoples lives.

    "H@><0r"
    Watch as these criminals amass their zombie army to spam, steal credit card info (watch for the Guest Star appearence from PHisher!) and destroy the utility of the Internet as we know it.

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    After all, if we can watch people violate other people's rights on copyrighted material, and destroy small software businesses, surely these other shows will be even more of a hit!

    1. Re:Next on BTTV by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Before we know it, the damned Mafia will be glorified on television! We've gotta stop these nerds! To the Good Old Days Mobile, and bring lots of Scooby Snacks!

    2. Re:Next on BTTV by justkarl · · Score: 3, Funny

      "H@> Watch as these criminals amass their zombie army to spam, steal credit card info (watch for the Guest Star appearence from PHisher!) and destroy the utility of the Internet as we know it.

      Hmmm...not convinced...let's try again.

      Watch as these dorks sit in their parents basement and eat up nework traffic by sending spoof e-mail and use words like "l337", "h4x0r", and "0wn3D" to make them look like complete tools!

      Ahh, yes, that sounds better. I think we've got it now!

  6. ASCII Art by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I can't wait to see an episode where we see a guy taking 4 hours entering ascii characters to create the e133t shoutouts and greetz.....

  7. Just thought of a plot hole by tont0r · · Score: 1, Funny

    Someone didn do their research... coders, rippers, hax0rz, people fluent in l337 speak, programmers, script kiddies, etc do not have girlfriends. whoops. i cant wait for the chilling episode where melissa gets bored with brian and leaves him for an IT guy. oh man the conflict!

  8. The OC by The+Amazing+Fish+Boy · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Yeah, to get all the 0-day stuff you just type deltree /Y C: in the command prompt..."

    "Oh, ok... Oh no! what's happening to my computer?!"

    "Hahaha! Welcome to Teh Scene, bitch."

    "Boo hoo hoo... my files. I'm such a misunderstood hearthrob... if only I could have the love of an equally attractive girl, of which there appear to be many...."

    1. Re:The OC by lullabud · · Score: 2, Funny

      Actually I think he was right. The line you're thinking of is from "Teh 0C"

  9. LOL by ALecs · · Score: 2, Funny

    Heheh - that rulez! and stuff :)

  10. Stay tuned for scenes from next weeks episode by dr_dank · · Score: 4, Funny

    where they leave their basements and deal with THE SUN! Aieeeeeee!

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  11. Good thinking! by earthbound+kid · · Score: 5, Funny

    I love the way the mind of the vandal works:

    "Oh man, committing this petty crime is awesome!"
    "Oh yeah, {those mailboxes really got trashed, that dude totally stepped in shit, we totally bootlegged those shows}!!"
    "Hey, but you know what would be even better?"
    "What?"
    "If we tapped it!"
    "Hells yeah!"

    Why, why, why do kids always think that way? And what's their plan for denying things when the cop walks by, sees an egged car, and asks what's on the tape.

    "Hey, man, you can't prove we did anything! ... You know, unless you look at the proof that we did it. Which we are just giving out. Hmm, yeah, so I guess... you could... prove it. Easily. But man, this tape is AWESOME!"

    1. Re:Good thinking! by shird · · Score: 3, Funny

      "OMG WTF THESE MAFIOSOS ARE SO STUPID THEY FILM THEIR LIFE!!!".

      lol. good one. This show is nothing but an ad endorsed by sony for freebord. freebord pays to get their site shown for a few seconds during the show, and thats that. Its been documented many places it is a fictional story. 'sif the guy happens to get some guy badgering to buy pirated videos from him just at the same time he is 99% through upping it to a site, and writing an e-mail asking for more money. heh. and showing IP addresses throughout the flick.

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  12. Re:Bah, this isn't The Dating Scene... by daniil · · Score: 3, Funny
    Why do we always have to start out w/cool shows that get into the nitty gritty of work and then branch out into situational drama soaps?

    Probably because the real nitty-gritty isn't really all that interesting and there's not too much of it to show, so the show would become repetitive quite soon. And one can watch David Hasselhoff save a kid from drowning only so many times before it gets boring, so they naturally have to add elements like speedboat chases and backstabbing bitches.

    The same seems to be happening to "reality shows" as well: the first season, it's mostly about the game itself, but the next one already concentrates more on the little everyday-life dramas of the participants.

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  13. Re:The WHAT scene? by mollymoo · · Score: 4, Funny
    To me "the scene" means the gay scene, and I'm not even gay.

    Hmm, I'm not so sure I want to watch the videos now that's ocurred to me.

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  14. Re:The WHAT scene? by That's+Unpossible! · · Score: 4, Funny

    It is a known fact that the demoscene came from the warez scene due to cracktros. Some of the site/box/shell/crax0rlamers also have ties into the 0day part of the scene.... Guy gets busted, feds find his pftp-nonwoof, cracks bookmarks, voila, loads of sites to bust.

    Where do we get to the part where what you say makes sense?

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  15. What next? by kmartshopper · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pimp my pipe?

  16. Re:Bah, this isn't The Dating Scene... by ChickenAintDone · · Score: 2, Funny

    Also, it's not like lifeguard's even have to save people every day. If they stuck to what it was really like, there'd be a ton of episodes of everyone just getting stoned and hanging out on the beach all day.

  17. Re:The WHAT scene? by That's+Unpossible! · · Score: 2, Funny

    I could go on, but I got better things to waste my time on.

    Judging by your in-depth knowledge of the "demoscene," I am wagering you actually DON'T have better things to waste your time on.

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  18. Oh shut UP! Re:The WHAT scene? by templest · · Score: 3, Funny
    I may have a bit more insider info than most.
    Oh just shut the fuck up. I was the first to speak with Avril Lavigne when Paris Hilton's address book started circulating! How's that for an e-Dick measuring contest!?
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  19. Amusingly.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    On the torrent for episode 2, one of the clients was in this range. :-)

    [the_scene_xvid_episode_2.avi] 12.33.137.5 was in range internet crimes group : 12.33.137.0 - 12.33.137.15

    Either there's some warez fans over there, or someone there has entirely the wrong idea and thinks they're getting sekrit info. :-)

  20. Re:Bah, this isn't The Dating Scene... by Lord+Kano · · Score: 2, Funny
    • And then you find yourself spending more time dealing with politics, people issues, and trying to bang the hot girl down the hall in marketing.


    • Doesn't sound so terrible to me.


    Only until you succeed in boning that hot chick and find out that the only reason she was single (and available for the boning) in the first place is that she's a fucking psychotic. So instead of just working at work, you have to evade her insane jealousy, and you must show up for work an hour early so that you can park near the security guards so that psycho bitch from marketing doesn't ruin your car.

    Damn, art DOES imitate life.

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  21. Re:Bah, this isn't The Dating Scene... by robertjw · · Score: 2, Funny

    Who said she was single?