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MyQJ: Stop ripping off the scene PS2NFO!

Posted Sep 25, 2006 at 8:40AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: News, MY QJ Tags: Fanjita, harleyg, Hex, Mathieulh, psp250

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While we bloggers can differentiate a good site from a bad one, we generally aren't vocal about it. Normal users can rant all day, but when we make a statement, it is counted as an official stand of the parent website. While this is normal, we do feel restricted in a way... We can't warn the people against other "bad" sites because of the sole reason that it would cause nothing but in-fighting in the scene.

But it gets different when some sites start to rip-off other people's great work and modifying it for their own glory. A few hours ago, I got a humble request from Mathieulh, Dark_Alex and harleyg. It was about the fact that a certain site, PS2NFO, was editing the readme files of homebrew releases to remove their names from the credits section. It seems that they even went to the lengths of hex-editing the applications to remove the names of Fanjita, Skylark, psp250 and Mathieulh, all of whom have been hugely responsible to get the PSP homebrew scene where it is today.

That's still not all. We also noticed the fact that the PS2NFO admin started impersonating Dark_Alex in their forums to get more glory. Mathieulh, Dark_Alex and harleyg wanted us to put this statement up on our site. Here's the official statement:

"Dark_AleX never goes to PS2NFO and never will. PS2NFO go as low as impersonating developers to make themselves seem exclusive. They lie to everyone and steal credits. They impersonated Dark_AleX several times despite our warning on Maxconsole. When people post that Dark_AleX is a fake on their forums, they just delete the post and continue to make it look like he is the real one.

Because we fear for the sake of the entire scene due to such behaviour, we have no choice but to warn as many people as possible. They also remove credits from the people they banned such as Mathieulh. When the libtiff helloworld was released, they hex edited the tiff to remove all credits apart from NOPx86. Fanjita, Skylark and psp250's name was removed. We hope they won't repeat such lame acts again and they will leave the PSP scene alone"

Now in case they think of editing their posts after seeing this, we have proof of them doing these malicious acts:

Proof - Image 1

Proof - Image 2

Now while this might be surprising to most of you people, we were not surprised. In fact, Fanjita had this to say in one of his posts in our forums:

"Bleh, standard practise from that site. Low pirate scum, the lot of 'em."

Here's what PS2NFO had to say after news spread that they were impersonating Dark_Alex:

"After it ran it's course for a day, we received unconfirmed reports that it wasn't the real Dark_AleX who actually posted the thread. As a result, we posted the IPs logged from the account and an offer to Contact Us for the real Dark_AleX to (re)claim his account here. Until he chooses to, we have now seized the account and I will personally use it in his absence on our boards. Not much more we can do at this"

Now while I cannot give an official statement regarding this, you guys should realise how we at QJ feel about PS2NFO. Our advice to everyone here: Stop going to that site and make sure to get untampered homebrew from any of the rest of the sites, especially from http://dl.qj.net. And make sure to spread the message to your friends!

The article above was created by a user on MyQJ and received enough Jumps to be automatically posted to PSP Updates. As such, it may not be accurate and does not reflect the opinions of QJ.NET or its staff.

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Oh, it was bound to happen sometime. PS2nfo has always been a lot of scum. I'm just glad that the good guys like Dark_AleX and Fanjita can rise above it and still put out amazing stuff! It doesn't seem to bother them, don't let it bother you guys! Your always gonna find scum. Even some developers are dupe's. From what I've heard Yoshihiro isn't all that good at making legal programs...I could be wrong though. Either way...thank you, real Dark_AleX and co., and damnation to you PS2NFO. Don't hurt peoples honest work.

# A-******. — Shamoo 2006-09-25 10:18

No comment.

# Hmm... — Guest 2006-09-25 10:18

So they have isos on their site? Someone should report them and get the site taken down!

Anyways.

Doesn't matter how goo the site is, if they're doing this, they have no right to be able to own a site.

# anything on ps2nfo you can get on other sites — Guest 2006-09-25 10:29

Whether ps2nfo is useful or not doesn't have anything to do with the fact that they impersonate programmers and take credit (IE STEAL) for things (like the iso loader compatibility list) that they have no right to. I hate it when they say "so and so has shared this with us" - no one shares anything with them because they are jerks! They just download it from other sites like everyone else and then edit the readmes as they see fit. That's just plain wrong.

Also, did they have to post (supposedly) Dark Alex's IP address? Of course not. They posted it so that someone would launch an attack at that address. Everyone knows you don't post anyone's IP.

The stupid thing is, they don't have to do these things. All they have to do is give credit to the right people. Is that so much to ask?

# bleh — Guest 2006-09-25 10:39

PS2NFO or PS2OWNZ is doing this since they exist, they were doing it for ps2 homebrew too, that's not a news.

# ... — Guest 2006-09-25 10:50

as much as ppl ***** ablut this site i never come away feeling like QJ have shafted me, so err keep up the god none theft work

# Guest 2006-09-25 10:52

Mess with Dark Alex and DIE!!!

# Ying Yang — Guest 2006-09-25 11:05

The sad thing is that this news item will probably send just as many new users over there as it deters.

Personally, I found the site a while back, thought it was annoying, and never went back, because as mentioned it's easy to get anything they "offer" from other places.

# Guest 2006-09-25 11:29

PS2NFO just "rebrands" everything they can come over. They've always done that... just like #22 says.

Just see what PS2NFO has done with HDLoader (or HDAdvance as they call their hacked version). They just copy everything and releases it as their own software.

# both? — Guest 2006-09-25 11:32

Ive been using both sites for a while now, and just realised what had occured, i may stay away from ps2nfo, but like said before, its easy to get things elsewhere, dark alex rules, and so does qj.net!!!!

# . — FLai 2006-09-25 11:35

PS2NFO have done alot for the torrent scene but when it comes to homebrew, I have viewed their forums, and none of them know anything. Infact, they are all total n00bs. All they know is how to run ISO's and how to take credit for other people's stuff. I remember a while back, there was a big commotion about PS2NFO rebranding a .prx fix or something and they got into a total war with this other torrent group. I watched it from start to finish and PS2NFO had nothing but n00bness coming out of their arse. Lets go over there and flame the lot of them.

# Dark_Alex is the best psp hacker atm — Guest 2006-09-25 11:38

Dont try 2 steal he´s creds and now if some1 make a acc whit the name Dark_Alex thats just stupid dont they understunde they wont get any cred of that if it still says Dark_Alex mabe it if he/she that did this haved a brain they shud write it on there own acc not on a Dark_Alex copy acc cuz ppls that read still know its Dark_Alex that made it

and if some1 post a thing on another forum dont do it like u made the hack allways give the cred 2 the orignal hacker (in case dark_alex) dont try 2 steal he´s work just cuz u cant get pong running on a 1.5 and r so piss that u dont get it work so u start 2 STEAL creds FROM super psp hackers like DARK_ALEX

DON´T MESS WHIT DARK_ALEX HE´S THE BEST UNDERSTUNDE

# i will never go to ps2nfo — Guest 2006-09-25 11:41

thanks for the heads up

why cant they just give credit where its due,to the coders who helped make psp homebrew big

# Guest 2006-09-25 11:45

you know what QJ quit your *****ing about PS2NFO, you'll never be half the site they are, they host way more hard to find files that you do and always have news first. I honestly don't give a ***** if they are taking names of credits cause the authors willingly put their programs on the internet knowing that can happen. They too need to quit their *****ing. As for me, I never get credit for anything I do and thats life, they need to learn to deal. And who cares if their name is on it or not, they know they made it and thats all that matters

# lol — Guest 2006-09-25 11:47

lol look at the first pic if Dark_Alex ever was on the forums wy shud he only have done 3 posts whit all he came up whit and if u look he din´t spell it Dark_Alex but Dark_AleX whit big X

# #31 is a complet morron — Guest 2006-09-25 11:56

if u ever make any homebrew #31 so du u thingk it´s right if some1 steal ur creds and rename it and say they found it out is tht right

DARK_ALEX PWN ALL U ON PSP NFO

# Spelling error — Guest 2006-09-25 12:01

You spelled 'realize' wrong in the last paragraph.

# PS2NFO == PS2OWNZ — Guest 2006-09-25 12:18

PS2NFO is still the same "ban for no reason", "steal authors work and post like it originated from them", "ban users like big brother" site that they have been since PS2OWNZ.

Same policies that make them the scum of the scene, if they can even be considered a part.

# ps2 — Guest 2006-09-25 12:24

i got banned today for saying, whay are you's so sad to make up a fake dark_alex, then they handed me a straight ban. pieces of poo. fools i tell you fools

# ps2nfo sucks, a lot — Guest 2006-09-25 12:47

ive hated ps2nfo ever since i got banned from there. everything this article states is true. i remember they wouldnt let me talk about fanjitas eloader and it was really pissing me off. i was just trying to share new info with the psp community, but it's like they have some secret agenda like getting traffic and making money. i think that's all they care about. and the owner is an idiot. he never knows what he's talking about.

# ps2nfo is useless — Guest 2006-09-25 12:56

I used to think PS2nfo was tight. But then like they started doing all these things like randomly banning people for bringing up new things that they themselves hadn't discovered. And they were always trying to take credit for things they had never come up. And the loser owner, would always post like he knew what was going on, but it was obvious that he was just a super-n00b.

Dang, PS2NFO sucks.

# Screwed over — Guest 2006-09-25 13:08

PS2NFO also screwed over the admin at ps2-scene.org becuase he was talking bad about ps2nfo.

PS2NFO got so mad they decided to hire a freaking Private Investigator and they end up getting the Social Security Numbers of the ps2-scene admins' parents

Pieces of crap PS2NFO are.

# our way!!!!! — Guest 2006-09-25 13:09

pspupdates.qj.net is the best psp site i've seen!!!!

and ps2nfo the WORST

Support pspupdates.qj.net!!!!

# Guest 2006-09-25 13:20

what goes around, comes around, eh?...

It wasn't that long ago that PSPupdates faced similar criticism from other community PSP sites.

# ... whats your point? — Guest 2006-09-25 13:34

Rebadged or not they're not cowards and offer up the Software complete, none of this missing files due to legal reasons.

Get over it.

And unlike your site they've never lost focus. They primarly only post homebrew/loader news, where as you guys all over the place w/ stupid previews/reviews/TGS coverage I already get from sites like IGN and Gamesradar.

# Guest 2006-09-25 13:37

did you not read my posting #33, I said I've never recieved credit for anything i've contributed, others claimed it was theirs. but oh well, like I said, I know it was mine and thats all that matters. The internet is a very dangerous thing; you take the chance of other taking your credit when you upload ANYTHING to the internet. And who cares if the name Dark_Alex is on it or Your_mama, you don't know who this person actually is that creates something, you have never seen them, they don't give a real name so the credit is anonomous either way. Like I said before, the creator knows what hes contributed and thats all that should matter to him, especially when hes willing to put this stuff on the net.

# Guest 2006-09-25 13:55

I once posted some breaking news on PS2NFO, and the owner/admin banned my account and reposted the news a few mins after. What an *****....

# What? — cubiCPixel 2006-09-25 13:58

We call'em "posers" out here... no comment.

# LOL @ Zima — Guest 2006-09-25 14:00

Yeah he runs that site like a damn Nazi.

This site suprassed him ages ago.. I think a sign that he is sinking fast is that lame credit system he implemented.

If you gotta bribe people to post, maybe ya shold just hang it up..

# ps2nfo — EdgEy 2006-09-25 14:09

get banned for no reason

paypal link to unban

hmm.

ps2nfo are also a register-to-download site

that always rip off others work

# Guest 2006-09-25 14:10

I saw that site once when I was looking for a good PSP forum . It seemed like they were more interested in the illegal side of the PSP (ISO's and such) and not so much for the homebrew side. Also, it seemed like a lot of the info they had was the same info from PSPUpdates, only a day or two later and modified somewhat. I didn't like them and have never returned.

# For the people support Ps2nfo — Guest 2006-09-25 14:31

If you don't let this site then get the ***** out of this place, fools. No one appreciates the likes of you to come here and support a site that impersonates and takes credits from others. PS2NFO, if you need a *****ing identity, do it yourself instead of stealing. PS2NFO is just a bunch of thugs. They know no ***** except messing around the wordpad files. It is so obvious that they are noob when they didnt know anything about string dumb. The *****ers that keep supporting them, get the hell out of this place as you and PS2NFO are not welcomed anywhere on this site. The dumbasses like you guys will ruin the whole PSP community. Giving up and learning to code yourself. You guys are just a bunch of hopeless imposters and jerks.

# my list is their list — Guest 2006-09-25 15:03

Well they took my compatability list ...started it with a few isos I tried and now it is their official list in their forums.....serious!

# Guest 2006-09-25 15:23

***** ***** *****es *****ing mother*****er ***** ***** licking chodes are *****ing ***** O F F

# hey guys — Guest 2006-09-25 15:25

hey guys i'm dark alex. you guys jealous?

# lol HAHAHAHA — Guest 2006-09-25 15:27

ok... i just posted this on ps2nfo:

"it all makes sense now:

[link to article]

the point system, everything"

not but 2 minutes after posting i get this:

"Dear Vis,

You have received an infraction at PS2NFO.COM.

http://*****/forums/showthread.php?p=107500

Reason:

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Permanent Ban

-------

This infraction is worth 2 point(s) and may result in restricted access until it expires. Serious infractions will never expire.

All the best,

PS2NFO.COM"

# they shouldnt have done it — Guest 2006-09-25 15:32

Despite this fact PS2NFO is still my favorite site. I like pspupdates for the homebrew and ps2nfo for the hacks. All those who got kicked off are obviously morons that didnt read the rules first. The keep their forums free of useless bull$sh1t. And yes they sometimes do get a little ban happy but I am greatful because you dont have to search through tard posts to get what you need to know. Most likely the ones who got banned for talking about the eloader is just not ps2nfo style they are strictly KERNEL mode hacks, ripkits, etc....You are just being a baby because you are a moron.

# Guest 2006-09-25 15:47

why do u guys censor .***** *****ity ***** *****

# Guest 2006-09-25 15:52

Thank you #54. Thats exactly what needed to be said.

# This is $##@$&( sad — DoubleDragon 2006-09-25 15:58

Really freaking bugs me to hear such horrible things. Dark Alex is basically has been the heart and soul of the psp homebrew scene and it's pathetic some idiots would pose as him to rip off his great work. They need to get a hobby like giving each other enemas or somthing because they are all full of S***. I'm really sorry to hear this Dark Alex, you make this PSP scene what it is today.

# :/ — Guest 2006-09-25 15:59

This saddens me. PS2nfo has a lot of files and info, and even though they have managed to make it harder to get them and they have added tons of publicity, they are a useful resource. :/ I hope they fix this mistake at least.

# Guest 2006-09-25 16:03

You guys talk about me like I'm a god. your know i'm not the only one whos made contributions. lets not forget Miles Per Hour.

# Guest 2006-09-25 16:08

Hi, Dark_Alex

I have used your devhook launcher and find it very useful with my PSP. but I faced one problem whenever I emulate to fw 2.71 to play iso games, i could not return back to fw 1.50 emulation. i also cant launch devhook 0.45 when i am in fw 2.71. is there a way that you can create a program that i can resume back to fw 1.50 emulation instead of the original fw 2.71?

# give me a fawking break — Guest 2006-09-25 16:32

""While we bloggers can differentiate a good site from a bad one,""

HAHAHAH STFU!!!!

# . — Mystic8277 2006-09-25 17:31

Drama Llama.

# theres no way you can like ps2nfo — Guest 2006-09-25 17:37

how the hell can anyone like ps2nfo. all they care about is making money. they dont want traffic going to any other sites, just more traffic for their site. and no one onps2nfo knows what's going on. PS2NFO himself is a moron. he cant explain any technical details. and anyone who tries to defend ps2nfo is also a moron.

# lol — Guest 2006-09-25 17:39

lol funny thing is ps2nfo was the first developpment site i ever went on and i stayed on it for a year or so til i got my psp:D

# .... — soopergooman 2006-09-25 17:42

Dark_Alex is TEH GOD!!! I know whom I'm talking about. ps2nfo is just jealous that pspupdates has become so successful. phhhtttt 8^P

# wow — Guest 2006-09-25 17:56

wow...stupid behaviour by ps2NFO ...not going on this site again!!!!!!!!!( lolz hmmm went on it once only though lolz)...

# STOP RIPPING OF THE SCENE PSPUPDATES — Guest 2006-09-25 18:05

STOP RIPPING OF THE SCENE PSPUPDATES

get off your highhorse, your hypocritical morons, you are the biggest culprit in "ripping of the scene" so dont accuse others of it, phucking kids that run QJ i dunno.

# Guest 2006-09-25 18:24

I concur

# Think I need to have a word with someones parents — Guest 2006-09-25 18:31

Sounds like a whole lotta high school kids' baby momma drama if you ask me, everyone fighting over some poor astranged - love - child. Shows you what kinda kids run these sites lol.

# Guest 2006-09-25 18:35

C'mon people, I dont come here to find out who's creating what, all I wants tha d@mn files.

# DOS them — Guest 2006-09-25 18:39

PS2INFO's site should be Dos'ed to hell (denial of service attack) That will keep those *****rs quite for awhile

# Out on the street cause you stole my beat — Guest 2006-09-25 18:45

QJ ripped this website off from me. Long before they were around I had a "PSPupdates" site. They stole my idea and took credit for it

# just kid, just kid dirty boy — Guest 2006-09-25 18:49

This is like the console wars; while xb360 and ps3 battle it out, NWii will steal the spotlight. DCemu is the wii in this case

# OH Snap! — Guest 2006-09-25 18:52

PS2NFO just changed their name to PSPUPDATES! still jealous?

# That's low. — Guest 2006-09-25 20:06

Bunch of bastards.

# On the other hand... — SjaakRake 2006-09-25 20:09

They are no hypocrite 'omg_n0_p1r4cy', lamers.

# what goes round comes around. — Guest 2006-09-25 20:20

It wasn't so long that you PSPUpdates was also changing nfo's and removing text to please yourselves.

Take for example the following piece of hombrew released.

This is the original: http://www.sonyxteam.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=getit&lid=8

this original had the following inside it:

Sega Master system & Gamegear emulator 0.5

Personnal message:=) :

Remenber pspupdates.com suckssssss!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!

and then when the mighty PSPUpdates released the software here, the NFO HAD MAGICALLY CHANGED??

So please stop moaning about other sites, when it is yourselves that are also to blame.

PSPUpdates Sucks!

# to old for childish drama — Guest 2006-09-25 20:32

i am thankful for the work, but i really dont care if its dark alex or whatever - in the end its just a nickname, just a tag to me - i know nobody of them personally.

ps2nfo is good for hacks, pspupdates is only good for "releasenotes" - i only check the headlines to see whats updated

if i want to have a good read, i go elsewhere. PSPupdates pretends to be able to write, while all they do is ripping IGN articles.

# ..... — Guest 2006-09-25 20:36

@ WAHmbulance

Oh so you must go to PS2nfo for all your ISO rip kits, and ISO fixes. Well I guess that sites good for scum like you.

@Rossmac

I guess your a pirate aswell. I honestly couldent care less if they changed the nfo text, I dont like people STEALING and being IMPOSTERS.

At least all the great hombrew dev's have let the word out the PS2nfo sucks massive testicles.

# Guest 2006-09-25 20:42

it wasnt the admin impersonating anyone.it was a random user.The account has been blocked so it can no longer be used.as for the credits being edited.every file ive downloaded has the correct credits.

this mix up will be sorted soon.

# IS THIS THE REAL DARK ALEX? — Guest 2006-09-25 20:44

http://*****/forums/showthread.php?t=27177

It was posted today.

# Guest 2006-09-25 20:48

Negative Muscrat.

Games do not interest me (homebrew does). PS2NFO does not interest me. I was simply stating how PSPUpdates decides to dish the dirt on other sites, when they are guilty themselves.

Also, it has been known for many years that PS2NFO has sucked, just stating that this site also does.

So please do not make such a premature assumption.

# PS2NFO Posting Disabled! — sinX 2006-09-25 20:52

Looks like PS2NFO disabled all posting abilities!! Guess they were afraid a bunch of people were gonna post "hey your not Dark_Alex" and they were right cause that's what I was gonna do.

# Yeasss — Guest 2006-09-25 20:55

@Rossmac

Fair enough I did jump to an assumption!

As long as your not a PS2Nfo HAXXXOR, then its all good

# Guest 2006-09-25 21:02

Well indeed I am not a PS2NFO Haxxxor as you point out, nor am I a PSP Haxxxor in any respect.

Just a hobbyist looking to gain some extra knowledge on different platforms.

# to #34 — Guest 2006-09-25 21:07

You do realise that your country isn't the only one on the planet right?

# YOYOYOYO — Guest 2006-09-25 21:21

Am I the only one who wants this to stay at the top of the page for a while? Like how QJ might do when a new downgrader comes out.

# PS2NFO SUCKS BIGTIME — Guest 2006-09-25 21:24

I was banned from as a registered user from there just because i mentioned a developers name when i posted some news i thought were importand. i 've made the post, his name appeared like ****** so i thought they must dislike him so i posted an apology right after but i commented that i 'll leave my first post there because i considered that people should get informed. After 5 minutes i was BANNED, no warning, no explanation. I send a mail to their webmasters asking for the reason and i never got an answer. I personaly think that PS2NFO is maintained from a bunch of angry kids.I'll never loose my time with them again.

# FFS — Guest 2006-09-25 22:51

FFS, I agree there an underhanded site, but pot calling the kettle black? Your a scene site that sodding charges for users to get rid of adverts, your just as bad, youve posted your fair share of fake news in the past, you big stuff like PSIX up even though it charges, and what about the all singing all dancing PSP media program you bigged up for months then when it was released it was nothign more than ads and a *****ty program that did nothign better than even vbasic homebrew... your a money making machine that claims to be scene.

I read the front page of PS2NFO regularly and they ALWAYS credit the source, I know for a fact they do. I can see homebrew posted on here and visit there main page and see the same homebrew with the same name under it. All credits are given.

You wanna get off your high horses, "digg this post please". So we can generate more hits for your website so you can get more money for your adverts? Hipocrites, not so long ago you had google ads plastered all over the front page linking sites to download PSP games. Whats good for one isnt for the other? ***** me theres no wonder I dont come here for news anymore, all you kiddies here blindly follow them and quote forum posts from 3 years ago... "they banned my IP from ps2nfo, cry cry cry".. If there so ***** why are you registered and posting there?

Ive been a member of PS2NFO for a loong time now and never once been banned despite posting about stuff in the forums. Follow rules = not gettign banned

Again, I know there shady from the PS2 scene but dont act like your better PSPupdates, you charge people to get rid of ads while getting paid to put ads on your site. Money, Money, Money... *****ing scene site? More like a kiddies crech ffs!

# ps2nfo are not only lamerz, liars, scammers and stealers, they also ruin entire scenes. — Guest 2006-09-25 23:31

Back when I was on the gamecube scene, they had the viperGC exclusive, and used it to ruin the entire gamecube scene. They sued a Friend of mine (Brakken) who was the author of ps2banz who displayed the true nature of the ps2nfo (ps2ownz at the time) website and admins, they harrassed him by phone, mail, everything.

They still made lies and still credits all the time since the gamecube scene and almost succeeded in getting it rotten.

Hopefully thanks to some reliable gamecube scene users (inclueding brakken) they lost their viperGC exclusive and no one from the gamecube scene wanted to have anything to do with them. Then they renamed themselves from ps2ownz to ps2nfo to try to get rid of their lame reputation.

So they suddently closed their viperGC official forum and they started to ban everyone talking about it or anything related to the gamecube scene.

I can't forgive ps2nfo/ps2ownz for what they did. And never will.

# ps2nfo are not only lamerz, liars, scammers and stealers, they also ruin entire scenes. — Mathieulh 2006-09-25 23:33

# do a search on the trouble ps2nfo/ps2ownz have caused — Guest 2006-09-26 00:24

you will find threads on the trouble they have caused on tons of forums one of the best descriptions i have found about them is on xbox-scene forums.

ps2nfo are complete tossers.

# Erm... — VgSlag 2006-09-26 01:25

Didn't PSPUpdates edit Lantus' readme for Doom to remove a reference to themseleves?

Well, that's not a question, it's a fact.

# old news, but always good to repeat it — daaa57150 2006-09-26 01:59

well I'm pretty new to the psp scene but not to the ps2 scene, where ps2nfo is known for that kind of behaviour. they stole every update of the hdloader since almost the beginning (2 years ago? maybe a bit less); to speak with the real devs, head to ps2-scene/ps2newz forums.

that said, I went a couple of times on ps2nfo because as already said, they host some not so legal/hard to find files. I just don't listen to what they say :).

@#89 (this site is a joke): when you add google ads to your site, you don't choose the content, it is based on keywords present in the page.

# PS2nFo fanboys, look at the evidence — Guest 2006-09-26 02:08

On the PS2nfo front page are links to the 'official' thread of Dark_Alex's threads on their forums.

They clearly know that this isn't the real Dark_Alex and HAVE removed names from the 'post' that are names that have been banned from their site. Some random person who decided to do this for a 'laugh' (as they claim) would not have bothered, as they would not know who had been banned.

Threfore: It is PS2Nfo mods who have done this and people who claim that Ps2Nfo removing credits is acceptable, is making up lies acceptable too?

Those who support them: look at the facts, realise you have been duped, feel embarrassed, get over it and move on. You'll feel better for it.

# ps2nfo meet adblocker — Guest 2006-09-26 04:05

Get the adblocker extension for Firefox and block all the banner ads on ps2nfo. That way, they don't make any money ;)

# Guest 2006-09-26 04:30

I just registered to spam, but it seems I'm not hte only one as new members don't have permission to post!i

DoS attack I'd say... ^^

# They've been doing it with everything... — Guest 2006-09-26 04:39

For one, at least they gave Dark_AleX credit, those compatibility lists they stole, they actually claim it as their own...

# ... — Guest 2006-09-26 04:57

pspupdates is the best site for the psp and ps2nfo is just getting lame. especially after what they have just done to get all credit when they havent dont a thing for psp homebrew.

anyway pspupdates rocks! and i think everybody agrees with me

# Guest 2006-09-26 05:29

cant say im supriesd. ps2nfo is NOT a serious site. this isnt the first time they've done something like this.

# PSPHost/PSPlink — Guest 2006-09-26 05:36

They did it to my app PSPhost during the early days as well - they wouldnt host the setup cos it linked to other sites they are really stupid i hate them

they banned me cos i asked them to host only my original files - they actually physically edited the ultimate ripkit by me and skirocket - i wont use there site although i want to see there reaction to this lol

# @77 — Guest 2006-09-26 05:40

If you hate PSPupdates, why you're still here you lamer? Isn't it ironic to say you hate some website and keep going back for more. Getting a freaking life and getting out of here if you don't like it here. The majority in this place doesn't like PS2nfo and you, the lamer supporters. Getting the hell out of here with your lame friends.

# .. — Guest 2006-09-26 05:58

i warned people in that "the first Dark_AleX thread in ps2nfo" that person who use Dark_Alex's name isn't the real one, then the admin deleted my post and also my account. and after they did this they posted something like "we've recieved the word that your're not the real Dark_AleX“ and I was like why the hell you disable my account for!" and after awhile of course no Dark_AleX will reclaim, they just "seized the account and personally use it in Dark_AleX's absence on their boards. it's a total lame. and now they joke on themseives by keep saying that is an official thread...and they are changing every other people's release....when i first got on their site i was like wow they have every well-known developers in there....now PS2NFO JUST A PIECE OF *****.

# what — Guest 2006-09-26 06:56

anyone saying ps2nfo is better then this site in anyway is completely brain dead. this site has members that actually contribute to the psp scene what the ***** has ps2nfo done?

# #82 — FreePlay 2006-09-26 07:26

If they credit EVERYONE, please explain why Skylark, Fanjita, psp250, groepaz, pspdev, etc. were ALL REMOVED from the version of Hello World posted on their front page?

*****.

# already know — Guest 2006-09-26 07:34

This as been a fact from the start that ps2nfo is a rip of look at the ps2 scene rip offf

# pS2NFO — Guest 2006-09-26 08:18

Next up, Dark_AleX has two new releases for us today! Before we dive into them, I would like to direct everyone's attention to THIS thread started by Dark_AleX. After it ran it's course for a day, we received unconfirmed reports that it wasn't the real Dark_AleX (confusing, eh?) who actually posted the thread. As a result, we posted the IPs logged from the account and an offer to Contact Us for the real Dark_AleX to (re)claim his account here. Until he chooses to, we have now seized the account and I will personally use it in his absence on our boards. Not much more we can do at this point, and quite honestly we've spent far too much time on this issue already. If the real Dark_AleX opts to continue to publish childish remarks against PS2NFO instead, then we'll just ignore them and everyone here will know what a lamerada he actually is. We're hoping he's more mature than that though...

# 1 year since — Guest 2006-09-26 08:26

Is this a new Muhammed Cartoon?

# erm — Guest 2006-09-26 08:36

Are QJ.nets newswriters a bunch of n00bs?!?!? why the heck dont you post real news rather than somebody copying somebody elses names get a life and real news! and please not another 100 pics of vice city we seem them all already!

# lol — Guest 2006-09-26 08:43

I posted a comment at the fake dark_alex's profile at ps2nfo.com, and whenever i go their it says:

You have been banned for the following reason:

NONE

Date the ban will be lifted:

NEVER

lol, lol

# *****s — Guest 2006-09-26 09:20

I posted in one of their threads started by "Dark_Alex" asking them "Could you stop posting with Dark Alex's name. Its very disrespectfull". I sh1t you not, 5 secs later I get this message.

Dear PornStarlUDO,

You have received an infraction at PS2NFO.COM.

http://*****/forums/showthread.php?p=107693

Reason:

-------

Permanent Ban

-------

This infraction is worth 2 point(s) and may result in restricted access until it expires. Serious infractions will never expire.

All the best,

PS2NFO.COM

Needless to say I will never be going there again, and I encourage everyone else to do the same.

# Guest 2006-09-26 10:48

yay i'm the first one posted something like that and got banned.

# Doh! — Guest 2006-09-26 10:57

Im well aware that it happened to other ppl. I was just shocked that it took them literally 5 secs to respond.

# B7! — Guest 2006-09-26 11:18

Yep, so I was a member of PS2NFO for a while, visited their site daily, blogged a bit on my PS2NFO journal. Then I asked if it was true if they were editing the credits and I got banned within minutes.

F-U-C-K PS2NFO. ***** them for ripping the scene. PS2NFO himself must have no life.

# Guest 2006-09-26 11:42

This is not gaming news, all this is is an abuse of power by pspupdates.

# Guest 2006-09-26 11:50

thats just wrong, they give a bad name to the homebrew scene

# Dejah vu? — Guest 2006-09-26 13:23

Didn't this happen before?

# :O :O :O :O :O :O — Guest 2006-09-26 16:46

OMFG!!!! first post!!!! yaaaay!!!!

tom cruise aint got nothin on me

# Guest 2006-09-26 17:05

ps2nfo is nothing but a crook and a thief. QJ is the place to find all of the goods!!!

# Guest 2006-09-26 17:18

Did you grab my ass?

# hahahahah — Guest 2006-09-26 17:27

this is the perfect example of the pot calling the kettle black.

i remember a time when qj.net edited their readmes and were not allowed to post specific emulators based on requests from the authors.

good job, guys. don't forget that when you point your finger, four more are pointing back at you.

# Guest 2006-09-26 18:13

oh boys .. most of them arent "gods" or something, most of them are just developers to want destroy the psp!

fanjita wants it, dark_alex wants it .. i dont know the others coz i dont want to know the names of some pirate scumbags

but u know, when the psp dies they come and say: it was us! see, our credits! lol

so now they must kick evryones asses who thinks he can steal the credit of destroying the psp!

# dOs attack the *****ers — Messers 2006-09-26 22:14

as i sad...

# who to blame ? — Guest 2006-09-26 22:26

lol there is more fake haker on pspupdates forum then any where else lol ............pleasee give us a break !!

# LMAO — Guest 2006-09-26 23:45

"Back when I was on the gamecube scene, they had the viperGC exclusive, and used it to ruin the entire gamecube scene. They sued a Friend of mine (Brakken) who was the author of ps2banz who displayed the true nature of the ps2nfo (ps2ownz at the time) website and admins, they harrassed him by phone, mail, everything."

Yeah, and brakken hasnt done anything bad to the scene ehh? Like contributing to sh1tty, needless scene wars between sites like PS2HD and PS2-scene for nothing? Or posting peoples personal contact details around the net? Or trying to get people to commit Denial of service attacks on other sites he has a beef with because they didnt want to a) join him or b) give him a home for his virtual soapbox? Dont be spouting that brakken crap cos I've been around a long time and I know brakken for what he is.

Brakkens a piece of sh1t and always has been, he stirs the pot where its not needed and thinks his little banz page is somehow fighting the good fight when people with sense know its a way to generate hits to his "tehskeen" site which shares the same sponsors as PS2ownz/Nfo, whatever you wanna call it now.... add that to his attempted sucking of DaMcO's dangly bits on PS2HD and DMS forums in order to stir up more scene drama to get hits on his crappy "tehskeen" website and you see why hes a d1ck only in it for himself.

Ps2Nfo stole brakkens Gamecube guide, Brakken sodding stole it from elsewhere, he's just as bad. they didnt just sue him out of nowhere as you claim in your post it was for other reasons that you miss out, and no doubt Brakken keeps close to his chest aswell.

So many people talk like they know the score and dont give full stories. Homebrew scenes are sh1te in general, the only one that did well was xbox, less little kids creating scene drama, less little kids taking existing programs and adding a new graphic, or a line of code or two and taking credit for the 'new revised' version. Anything to make them think there 'coders'. Laughable.

Its a good maketing tactic posting scene drama to get hits in the comments section and on the site for ad revenue, and it works, check the amount of comments in this post, then look at the misplaced PS2 news about vice city posted on the front page for hits. Notice a trend? Drama gets hits, hits make money. No wonder Digg banned you, your trying to push hits up to earn money constantly, either with scene drama or desperate attempts to get people to further post your blog, on other blogs.

You dont mention yoru editing of readmes when people say bad stuff about you in the included notes do you? That sh1ts fine and all your blind users postign in here convieniently forget about you doign anything of the kind. Like this site wasnt part of the PSP media program either? Yeah righto. Pull the other one QJ, its got money on it....

# Well, it looks like Dark AleX is going to stop his projects — Guest 2006-09-27 03:34

from his site:

"Just wanted to say it. If that site doesn't stop impersonating and blaming me, i will leave the scene. I do this for fun, and those guys are achieving that I feel bad. DO NOT IMPERSONATE ME, STOP ANNOYING ME."

I really doubt PS2NFO will stop impersonating him because that would be admitting that they're doing something wrong. So I guess this is goodbye. :(

# Guest 2006-09-27 03:37

pleaz.....

# ***** the fack one — Guest 2006-09-27 03:44

I should attack the fack one

# @#126 — Guest 2006-09-27 05:12

Got a source for that?

# Disreguard that — Guest 2006-09-27 05:17

I didn't read your post the first line of your post @126. My bad, dude.

# @129 — Guest 2006-09-27 05:43

the soure (DA's website): dax.lan.st

# Putos pringados — Guest 2006-09-27 09:08

==================

PS2NFO es una puta mierda de pagina Web que solo sabe robar lo que los demás hacen.

No visiteis su página.

==================

PS2NFO is the very big crap web site. They just steal that sceners do to take all the credit.

Do not visit that web

# lets — Guest 2006-09-27 09:39

lets nuke their a$$

# No official statement? — Guest 2006-09-27 11:17

What sort of obligation do you think you have to not make an official statement? I'm not entirely clear on your reasoning. It'll cause "infighting"? Well, maybe it should. Maybe that's what's needed. C'mon, make some waves. There is no need to actually label them as "evil", just let the evidence speak for itself and put it out there, that's enough of a statement. Holding just short of outright saying exactly what the evidence makes clear is a little silly and so is making a point of it. Just be frank about it. "The evidence clearly points out that these alligations are true." There. Let them rant and moan after that, but your job isn't to be "fair and balanced" because sometimes there's only one side to an issue.

# Ha Ha — Guest 2006-09-29 06:14

I downloaded the homebrew enabler and posted the comment "Hey.... Great release. Thanks Dark_Pool_Boy"

I was banned within around 30 secs! lol

# whats darker than dark — Guest 2006-09-29 11:34

thanks for the link... pretty much a dumb idea to cry about this petty thing in an article. Its not the end of the world, only big egos. And now we have the link. I bet they have more hits now than ever before. nice going.

--- dont misunderstand me - that was totally, and in every way wrong to take his credit. DarkAleX has done alot for the comm. but um, seems like this was more of a publicity stunt to me, and you all fell for it. Im sure the ps2info folks thank you for the links, dumdums.

# Brakken Bashing! — Guest 2006-10-01 10:05

Welp, seems my previous article about P$2NFO has been deleted. Maybe I shouldn't of gone and mentioned how to contact the owner

At anyrate, I'm replying this time to the person who decided to attack me. Not sure who it is, but whomever it is had enough never to go on a rant, but not give out his real name. Pitty.

If you read the main article you'll see Mathieulh is one of the people angry with P$2NFO. If you also read his post you'll see he mentioned me in a more positive light. I hope this and the fact I know the owner of PSPUPDATES counts for something.

Now to address the most disturbing paragraph in the article (I don't have enough time or patience to reply to the whole thing).

"Yeah, and brakken hasnt done anything bad to the scene ehh? Like contributing to sh1tty, needless scene wars between sites like PS2HD and PS2-scene for nothing? Or posting peoples personal contact details around the net? Or trying to get people to commit Denial of service attacks on other sites he has a beef with because they didnt want to a) join him or b) give him a home for his virtual soapbox? Dont be spouting that brakken crap cos I've been around a long time and I know brakken for what he is."

I indeed told people how to contact the owner of P$2NFO. I did this in response to them (1) harassing me via phone, email (2) them trying to sue me for my anti-ps2nfo page which exposed what they are (3) they spread my personal contact information on various sexual related websites/forums.

I never got involved in PS2-SCENE's and PS2HD's little tag team wrestling match. I was decieved by one of the owners of PS2-SCENE and then was stuck in the middle of it. The only beef I have is with the fact I was lied to. That's all.

The rest of the claims are pure nonsense and sound like a 12 year old who just downloaded his first "i can hax0r you" virii latent application.

At any rate - P$2NFO operates like this all of the time. They are known around the world for stealing peoples applications, patches, games, etc ...

The best thing to do is not to visit the site (hence they will get less cashflow) and let your friends know what the deal is.

Brakken OUT :)

# . — Guest 2006-10-10 05:20

Ironic since PSPUpdates was accused of editting readme files.

# Sigh, I knew Brakken would show up — Guest 2006-10-11 04:32

"If you read the main article you'll see Mathieulh is one of the people angry with P$2NFO. If you also read his post you'll see he mentioned me in a more positive light. I hope this and the fact I know the owner of PSPUPDATES counts for something."

Why would that count for anything? It doesnt matter who you know, its what you do with the things available to you mate. You can name drop all you want but it proves NOTHING to me accept you think knowing people makes you somebody. I know a LOT of people in the scene, what good does it do pointing out who? Pointless, pure and simple. Actions speak louder than words brakken and you mad a lot of loud words without many actions.

To adress your post, firstly, Im not 12, im in my 30's mate so dont make comments you cant back up. judging by the numerous typos in your post you'd think you were the 12 year old.

If I gave you my name you wouldnt know it. I dont post under it, I certainly dont release programs under it, and I dont call out irritating 'scenesters' under it. You never know whos going to post it all over the net, ehh brakken? ;)

Secondly, you did contribute to that scene war and theres various posts on ps2HD where you get on your soapbox and help antagonise things between Damco/ps2hd and XianaiX and you know it.

Thirdly, you think posting personal details is acceptable because you were harrased? Pot, black, kettle, re-arrange as needed.

Face it mate, your a has-been, you never did anything of worth yet you wanted a name for yourself, and you got that by childish bickering and acting like you were really put out by PS2NFO and the PS2Scene admins. If anyone seems like a little script kiddie believe me, its you.

Shame only a few people really know what went on isnt it brakk?

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