A Memoir, Team HyperX. LiteOn Encryption

yea this was a crazy story but lt will most likely be the last realease for the scene......

 

They say this every time. It's not like more people will jump in.

 

Sammy/BenQ firmware isn't effected by WAVE updates either are they? I thought they took out the WAVE# security check in that iX firmware.

Hopefully LT (if they still release it) is the same way.

As to the...

Did that comment make you feel all grown up?

 

Currently they can play all games on 1.6.1 but will be effected by future waves. LT won't matter for any drive.

 

Going back to my previous point of about Hitachi drives going up in price. Not saying they actually will, i was just making a comment. Seeing as Hitachi's aren't affected by new wave releases, it'd be the obvious choice for people who don't want to use the boot disk, especially if LT firmware, or something similar, never happens. I got sick of using my freeloader for my Wii, so I soft-modded it for the convenience...

See my point?

 

I was under the impression that 1.6.1 removed those video wave constraints so they would not be effected by future video wave releases. That's not to say MS couldn't cook up something else that would require a new FW, but I think the 1.6.1 crowd is safe for the time being.

 

M$ changes stuff all the time. This is the whole point on the LT release.

 

Umm... there's BenQ 1.4.1 non-stealth and Samsumg Xtreme 5.3. Only one there's not a no wave check firmware for is Lite-On. But if I was going to buy a drive for that, I would just buy a BenQ because they are better than Hitachis.

 

i like how the author referenced himself to a world class soccer coach opposed to just saying he was the project leader who coordinated everything.

there's 3 sides to every story... yours, theirs and the truth. this author isn't definitely cranky and wanted to take it publicly.

who knows... they could have done this just to test the waters in the forums with the 'charge for chip' idea.

it'll be interesting to see how things pan out.

 

While I certainly agree there are 3 sides to every story, I do not think he's pulling the majority of this out of his ass. I do sense a taste of bitterness in his writing, but I take the things he says seriously. There are going to be some major changes with the "scene" whether we like it or not.

 

So what I'm getting from this is that c4e is only modding for money? If this is true, then is it a possibility that he knew the old firmwares would be detectable at some point by Microsoft, and that he actually wanted people to get banned? Just think about it for a second. Everyone knows 600,000+ people got banned, so those who haven't been banned or were thinking about flashing their drive now have to either go with 1.6 or 1.61 and risk getting banned, or pay a fee for LT which is supposedly undetectable. For those that are banned, obviously they could pickup another console and have the same dilemma, or they could conveniently buy a pre-flashed console from c4e's site.

If this actually goes down where you have to pay for it, c4e and his minions better hope it lives up to the hype. With free distribution you can say his slogan for LT which is "no more bans," and if you indeed get banned it's a free product so you can't really do anything about it. If he decides to charge and someone gets banned (and has actual proof that the firmware is detectable), then you are looking at some false advertising lawsuits from the pissed off consumers who are already mad that they had to pay for the new firmware in the first place.

 

I think after the recent ban wave and speculation of the amount of banning's, the team saw a profit. I believe 600,000 - 1,000,000 consoles banned was the rumor. Maybe they just thought, wow, that many people have modded their consoles. Even at $1 per mod they make a huge profit, and who would not pay anywhere from $1 - $10. We already paid for the console, and we talk about how much we save with mods. I think it would suck to have to pay, but I know a lot of people would pay for it. The economy sucks, get your money any way you can...

 

well ill be damned...all i can say is WOW... lets hope they patch things up, and if they do.. continue to take donations and not charge.

 

Ummm, doesn't this mean there IS NOT going to be anymore ixtreme?

 

u probably right....but hope u wrong

 

Well if you were in C4E shoes wouldnt you charge? Modders were making good money off hacking xbox's. They have postings everywhere, Ebay,Craigslist etc. So why shouldnt he charge? Everyone else is making money off The teams hard work. Check the forums people are always offering modding services for $20-$50. I dont like it, but I cant blame him for wanting some money from it. I guess his method would stop modders totally.

 

all of the stuff about the legal aspects of actually marketing a mod chip like that are just the beginnings of it. what if they sell a million of these chips and m$ simply finds a way to ban anyone with this "mod" in it? there will no doubt be a HUGE lawsuit to whoever the manufacturer and supplier were around the tune of $200-$300 dollars per person (cost of their ruined console) this to me seems the more likely scenario than the lengthy process of M$ making them stop legally...

 

And neither do you really ! it's illegal,you haven't done anything illegal in your life? I wouldn't mind putting a wager on that you supported the PS1 & 2 Mod-chips to play your back up games ? this is different technology where we can use either,both time consuming,would you expect to not be paid something for all this hard work that the team has put into this and all the behind the scene dramas? maybe you would as so to date has the team,but there comes a point where stress kicks in and can change an attitude,I'm another one that supports the donation setup for the team,if we can afford to do it i say we should they completely deserve it

 

Well, if they are "selling a product", they should be able to guarantee what they are selling, and if he says that an Xbox360 flashed with this new firmware is undetectable, if M$ starts banning those consoles, he would have to pay back the client + the loss for having to buy a new console.

Instead, I think that people would stop being "scrooges" and make donations in a site handled by c4e, if he has one. A donation can not be charged back if the program does not work as it was supposed to.