Scene Group Names

[[idoru]]

Format: Abbreviation,Group Name,Source of Proof

2KAD 2000 AD

ABC
ABS Abuse
AC Advanced Chemistry
ACC Accumulators
ACS Accession (also used by Access?)
ACU Australian Crackers United
AF Agnostic Front
AFL Alpha Flight
AGL Agile
AI Amiga Industries
AISP Amiga Industries & Spreadpoint
AJO
ALE Amiga Legal Emulation
ALG Analog
ANC
AOA Andromeda
ASO Ami Sector One
ATX Anthrox
ATZ Alcatraz
AVL Avalon
AVT Avantgarde
AYS Abyss

BFBS
BFT Black Fire Team
BLC Balance
BS1 Bamiga Sector One
BTB Born to Booze
BTS Bitstoppers
BTTR Back to the Roots
BWB Boys Without Brains
BZ&A Baloch Zsolt & Aster

CBC
CBK Crux & Bad Karma
CCD
CCS Computerbrains Cracking Service
CCW
CDI Copyright Destroyers Inc
CLS Classic
COD Crackers of Dawn
COG Clan of Gods
CP Captain Paranoia
CPY The Company
CRB Cryptoburners
CRX Crux
CSL Crystal

D&R Diamonds & Rust
DASH
DC Dual Crew
DCD Decade
DCS Dual Crew & Shining
DDC Double Density Crew
DF Delta Force
DFI Digital Force International
DJL
DLM Delirium
DLT Delight (also used by Delite)
DMA (member of Axxess NOT group?)
DMS Damones
DNA
DNS Dynamic-Systems
DOC Doctor Manuse Orgasm Crackings (also used by Doctor Mabuse Organic Crackings)
DOM Dominators
DTC Dytec
DTL Digital

ECA
ECL Eclipse
EP Endless Piracy
ERM Eremation
ESI Eagle Soft Inc
EXC Excalibur

FCC Fuck Communication Corporate
FCG Flash Cracking Group
FCY Faculty
FFM Frankfort Masters
FLT Fairlight
FNT Fanatic
FRX Fraxion
FSN Fusion
FTH Faith
FTN Friendship in Action / aka Faction

GOD Global Over Dose
GSC Gamer's Club

HCC Heavy Cool Cracks
HF Hellfire
HJB Haujobb
HLM Hoodlum
HQC High Quality Crackings
HTL Hotline
HZ Horizon

IBB Italian Bad Boys
IBM (member of Genesis/Oracle/Defjam NOT group?)
ICE (name of group NOT abbreviation)
ICS International Cracking Service
ILM Industrial Light & Magic
ILS Illusion
IMG Image
INR Inertia
INS Insane
INV Investation
IP Infinite Perfection

KTS Katharsis

LDD Legal Data Division
LFC Lightforce
LGD Legend
LSA Legion Software Alliance
LSD Leeds Software Distribution (also used by Light Speed Distribution)
LTD

M12 Majic 12
MAAD
MAD Mutual Assured Destruction
MF Magnetic Fields
MFI Megaforce International
MFC Megaforce
MIK Mindkillers
MMT Mega Mighty Telstar
MROTW
MST Mystic
MSV Massive
MTH Myth
MWB Medway Boys

N&B Nut & Bolt
NBC
NFA
NL No Limits
NNT No Name Team
NOI No One Inc
NPL Neoplasia
NRG Energy
NS North Star
NTR Neutron
NUKE National Underground Kracking Elite
NWI New Wave International

OBS Obscene
OCL Oracle
OKS
ORS Osiris
OTT Over the Top

PCT
PDX Paradox
PDY Prodigy
PGS Progress
PHR
PLS Polaris
PMT Paramount
PNS Punishers
PRD Paradise
PRX Parallax
PRZ Prizm
PSG Prestige
PSI Plasma Shadow Inc
PTS Pirate Ted Syndrome
PUBE ("Piss-take" on QUBE only?)

QRM Quoram
QTX Quartex
QUBE (group name NOT an abbreviation ?)

RAF Royal Amiga Force
RBS Rebels
RJ RamJam
RLX Reflex
RNX Rednex
RSE Resistance
RSi Red Sector Inc
RYL Royal
RZR Razor 1911

S8 Section 8
SAE Share & Enjoy
SBS Submission
SCA Swiss Cracking Association
SCC Swedish Cracking Crew
SCG Southend Crazy Guys (also used by Scouse Cracking Group)
SCT Southampton Cracking Team
SCX Scoopex
SF Star Frontiers
SHA Swedish Hackers Association
SKR Skid Row
SLT Solution
SRH
SSC SoWhat Spreading Corporation
SSP Subway & Spreadpoint
SSR Subzero & Selim & Rudi
SXI Sunflex Inc
SYX System X

TBD The Black Dragons / Black Dragons Inc / Black Dragons
TBR The Blade Runners
TBT The Boss Team
TCB Techno Brains
TCG The Commodore Guys
TDD The Data Division (also used by The Dark Demon)
TESA The Crackin' Ltd Section Amiga
TFA The Flame Arrows
TFS The Fire Starters
TFT The Flash Team
TGS The Great Swappers
TIC
TKK Thrill Kill Kult
TKT The Kent Team
TLC The Light Circle
TLF The Lamer Force
TMA The Magic Arts
TMD The Mighty Druids
TMF The Magnum Force
TMT The Magic Touch
TOAD The Oviesoft Amiga Division
TOC The Organized Crime
TPB The Peace Brothers
TPI The Pirates International
TRI The Roman Importers
TRSi Tristar and Red Sector Inc
TSB The Special Brothers
TSK The Softkiller Crew
TSL The Silents
TSN Tension
TSS The Software Syndicate
TT Tarkus Team
TWF The Warfalcons
TWI The Web Inc
TWL Twilight Inc

UNL Unlimited
UNT Untouchables
UP Unlimited Potential
USC U.S.-Crew

VF Vision Factory
VOB Venom & Obituary & Beef
VSN Vision

WASP We Against Software Protection
WCC West Coast Crackers
WCS Word Cracking Service
WOT World of Twist
WOW World of Wonder
WT Wanted Team

XTC

YUCS

ZNT Zenith


Emerald Mine
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ABOTS A Bit On the Side (PD Service)
BS&N Berliner Spielekiste und Nordlicht (PD Service)
EMC-A Emerald Mines Club of Australia
EMC-GB Emerald Mines Club Great Britain
EMC-H Emerald Mine Club Holland / Netherlands Mine Club
EMC-Oz Emerald Mines Club of Oz
RMS Rhein Main Soft (PD Service)

[BippyM]

After a discussion on IRC with Idoru he is going to redo these possibly with an exel spreadsheet or something!

If you want to post a correction or a new abbreviation in here then you need to supply PROOF!

The prrof can be a screeshot, or an ascii/ansi artwork etc

[Adderly]

Maybe we should join the thread with this one (after a cleaning/culling): http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=20793
The list needs some updates with the info given on the other thread (like CCW etc.) too.

[[idoru]]

The new version will be a list of abbreviations used in the dats currently, with *every* abbreviation requiring some kind of proof. A separate list can be maintained for groups NOT currently in the dats (although that's more likely to be the same list, different color text to be honest).

After looking through the linked thread, there is only what I would consider proof for BtS, TRSi & UNT. Of course, the list will be started from scratch so the extra group names will be added in the list as unproven. Eventually I did want to do the cull stuff Tuesday/Wednesday, but I keep getting sidetracked...

edit: Oops, I missed YUCS above

[Galahad/FLT]

You've got the Hoodlum one wrong, its not HLM its LAME

* snigger *

[Adderly]

@Galahad: Do you have a prove?

Anyway, i think it's too exaggerated that all abbreviations need a proof now and it seems some proofs i provided are not strong enough??? How comes that all abbreviations need to be verified

[BippyM]

To ensure consistency and accuracy!

[Adderly]

Right, but if you leave out the amendments i did you can count only one or two post from other members contributing to the thread. Low demand for this so why a totally rework is needed?

[BippyM]

The reason abbreviations were used to start with was to keep file names down (Idoru feel freew to correct me here).

So it is only right that the CORRECT abbreviations are used. The idea of the spreadsheet is so we can include the proof etc..

A simple screenshot or whatever is all that is needed and the names are always open to discussion (well except for Galahads suggestion )

[NOB]

CCW = Corner Crackware Inc.
see sreenshot.

suggestion:AKL = Ackerlight.

[mr_0rga5m]

...
DOC Doctor Manuse Orgasm Crackings (also used by Doctor Mabuse Organic Crackings)
...

I've never seen those 2 definitions before .. I always known it (DOC) to mean Doctor Mabuse Orgasm Crackings as seen in their demos.

[Adderly]

hey great, we got some interest/post in this thread! Yeah!

[[idoru]]

Originally Posted by Adderly

@Galahad: Do you have a prove?

Anyway, i think it's too exaggerated that all abbreviations need a proof now and it seems some proofs i provided are not strong enough??? How comes that all abbreviations need to be verified

Most of your posts didn't have any proof anyway Most of the ASCII didn't contain any abbreviations & the suggestions were based on the first few characters of a dms filename, which as I've already explained wouldn't be used unless there was nothing else possible. The majority are probably correct mind you & they're still useful to populate the list.

It's not like we need to sit down & proove everything before we can rename anything else, this isn't gonna be done overnight. All I suggest is that when we play a game or rename a file, grab a screenshot if the intro/cracktro/trainer menu etc. has some proof of an abbreviation & eventually we'll fill the list as best as possible & alter abbreviations used as necessary.

NOB has got the right idea with CCW

[Adderly]

Originally Posted by [idoru]

Most of your posts didn't have any proof anyway.

True if you want a screenshot but i have always given the source (Tosec diskname+crc) if i found a new abbreviations.

Originally Posted by [idoru]

Most of the ASCII didn't contain any abbreviations & the suggestions were based on the first few characters of a dms filename

Those dms files were released by the groups themself and it was a standard in the scene to use the first characters for the group abbreviations...

Originally Posted by [idoru]

... which as I've already explained wouldn't be used unless there was nothing else possible. The majority are probably correct mind you & they're still useful to populate the list.

So my time wasn't wasted at all. That is what i wanted to hear.

[mr_0rga5m]

CLC - Classic Crew

[mr_0rga5m]

TST - The Supply Team

[Kodoichi]

Originally Posted by [idoru]

SCT Southampton Cracking Team

SCT is also used in Mission Ninja (1987)(Mastertronic)[cr Swiss Cracking Team].

[tmb]

Originally Posted by [idoru]

Format: Abbreviation,Group Name,Source of Proof

MFI Megaforce International
MFC Megaforce

MFI
the only group with that abbreviation I know of is:
Megamiga Force International, afaik MFI was never used by MegaForce

MFC
to be exact, this stands for MegaForce Crackings

[jrom]

Backlash uses BLH as abbreviation in their filenames (intro on Genesia for example) and in their trainer / fixes .lha filenames (BLH-GETR.LHA e.g.).

[Subzero]

CRC = Crack inc --- DNX = Dynamix , both founded by myself...