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Acesta este un topic unde as dorii ca fiecare sa contribuie cu informatii , imagini ( daca se poate , merg si facute de voi :P ) si orice altceva despre RAZOR 1911 ,
Cine e FAN ?! ,
Incep eu cu informatii de pe WIKI si cu o imagine facuta de mine in semn de apreciere , RAZOR RULZ ! :
(Scuzati marimea , am incercat ce am putut , va rog nu o stergeti  )
Info :
Razor 1911 (RZR) is a warez and demo group. According to the computer crime division of the United States Department of Justice, Razor 1911 is the "oldest game software piracy ring on the internet".
History
The group was originally founded as Razor 2992 by Doctor No, Insane TTM and Sector9 in Norway on October 1985 as a Commodore 64 software cracking group. Shortly after, they changed from 2992 to 1911 as a jab at other crackers who tended to overuse the number 666 - the suffix "1911" translates to 777 in hexadecimal.
Between 1987 and 1988 the group began to move away from the Commodore 64 and migrated to a new hardware platform, coding demos and cracking games for the Amiga. In the very early 1990s Razor 1911 made another transition, this time to the IBM PC, foremost as a cracking group, but still continuing to release highly regarded cracktro loaders, demos and music.
Razor was a dominant supply group on diskette from 1992 until diskettes were abandoned for CD-ROMs. Throughout the 1990s Razor faced competition from many different groups, ranging from groups such as Tristar & Red Sector inc. (TRSi), Pirates with Attitude (PWA), The Dream Team (TDT) and Fairlight (FLT) in 1994 to Prestige, Hybrid (HBD), and others in 1995. Arguably weakened by this time Razor was revitalised by new members gained from another group, Nexus, who brought with them some UK suppliers and the leaders The Speed Racer (TSR), Hot Tuna and The Gecko. Razor had a handful of other leaders throughout the 1990s, such as Zodact, The Renegade Chemist (TRC), The WiTcH KiNG, Butcher, SwiTch, Marauder, and Randall Flagg.
In 1995 diskette releases were rapidly being supplanted by CD-ROMs, and Razor 1911 moved into the CD-ripping scene. Though not the first to begin CD-ripping, Razor had a lot of success and became one of the most successful release groups throughout all of 1996. The crew that led Razor into this new chapter included members such as TSR, Pharaoh, Fatal Error, Third Son, Hot Tuna, Beowulf, Pitbull, Bunter, Manhunter, Vitas, and The Punisher. Razor dominated the ripping scene until Prestige was formed. Prestige later merged into Class (CLS), who were strong competition for Razor.
Razor once again took on a new challenge when the ISO scene was formed. Razor 1911 began to release ISOs when they became the standard of the day, led most significantly by The Punisher. He was instrumental in Razor's recovery and its solid performance in the ISO scene. Following The Punisher's retirement, Razor was led by various different people and underwent some internal problems in the form of leadership challenges. This was solved when Pitbull, an old Razor member from the 1990s, took over the leadership role. The FBI claimed him to still be the leader of Razor at the time when "Operation Buccaneer", an international anti-piracy operation which led to raids at the homes of over 60 piracy suspects worldwide in 2001, was carried out even though NFOs and scene activity at the time points out The Renegade Chemist as actual ruler of the group.
Members raided
In 2001, two members of Razor 1911 were raided as part of international anti-piracy coop Operation Buccaneer, led by the United States Customs Service.
Shane E. Pitman age 31, of Conover, North Carolina a leader of Razor 1911 who went by the pseudonym "Pitbull", was sentenced to 18 months in prison "for conspiring to violate copyright laws" as part of Operation Buccaneer.[2]
Sean Michael Breen age 38, of Richmond, California, a member of Razor 1911 since the early 1990s pleaded guilty in July 2003 to two counts of copyright infringement in violation of Title 17, United States Code, Section 506(a) and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2319, and to three counts of mail fraud in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1341. He was sentenced February 10, 2004 to 50 months in prison and three years of supervised release, for violating the criminal copyright laws, and for defrauding Cisco Systems of hundreds of thousands of dollars of hardware. Mr. Breen was also ordered to pay restitution of $690,236.91 to Cisco Systems. Mr. Breen's 50-month sentence is the longest imposed to date of the more than 40 individuals worldwide targeted by Operation Buccaneer. In a separate investigation by agents from the United States Secret Service, Mr. Breen also admitted that he had illegally used an online customer account of Cisco Systems to order hundreds of thousands of dollars of hardware by falsely posing as one of Cisco's existing customers. Mr. Breen arranged to have the hardware delivered in separate shipments via Federal Express to "Comptel Logistics," a shell company that had been created for the sole purpose of receiving the fraudulently obtained hardware. Mr. Breen and his business partner rented a storefront in Oakland to act as a business location for Comptel Logistics and to receive the hardware. After receiving the hardware, Mr. Breen sold it on the black market at a heavily discounted price.
Immediately after the raid, Razor 1911 ceased activity for a short period of time. They released Atari Revival: Warlords 3D on May 1st, 2002, 6 months after the bust [3] and continued to release games on a regular basis until June 22nd, 2004. Razor's response to Operation Buccaneer shows that the busts only affected people alleged to be active members of the group by the FBI. In reality those who were busted had been ex-members for several years. Unlike most groups, Razor 1911 was not directly affected by Operation Fastlink in 2004, as Razor were still releasing games on a regular basis during the following months.
Return
On June 22, 2006, Razor 1911 started releasing games again. They have been releasing games fairly consistently ever since, and as of 2010 are among the most prolific groups at cracking new releases.[4][5]
Shane Pitman is no longer involved with the group and has a prominent role on the Neowin.net forums, most notably as part of their moderating and news posting team.[2]
Notable or recent activity
On July 23, 1996, Razor 1911 released Quake the day after its release.[6][2] It was the first game supplied by The Punisher.[7]
On October 14, 2006, Razor 1911 released Battlefield 2142 to the scene four days before its official release.[8]
In 2007, Razor 1911 was the first group to successfully crack a Windows Vista-only game, ShadowRun, to run on Windows XP.[9] This event proved to support the widely-held belief that Microsoft was trying to release most new games for Vista only in order to boost sales of their operating system. Others made patches for Microsoft's PC game Halo 2, that Razor 1911 released before.[10]
On November 11, 2007, Razor 1911 cracked and released the European version of Crysis five days before its official store launch date.[11]
On December 7, 2008, Razor 1911 released Grand Theft Auto IV five days after its release. In the process they managed to crack the SecuRom protection. Although a fix included in the 1.0.2.0 patch impaired functionality for players using cracked versions of the game (such as the inability to finish certain storyline missions and disabled in-game computer functions), the group still managed to provide a complete workaround.
On May 28, 2009, Razor 1911 released The Sims 3, two weeks before the official release of the game. Although it did have an error, Razor 1911 released the fix for it.
On November 10, 2009, Razor 1911 was the first to release Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 with a working crack for the PC. Although they had very little experience in cracking Steam games, they made the release playable, but only with a steam account. Hours later SKiDROW released a non-steam version of the game.
On November 20, 2009, Razor 1911 was the first again to release Left 4 Dead 2.
On January 21, 2010, Razor 1911 released Mass Effect 2, five days before the official release of the game.
On February 8, 2010, Razor 1911 released Bioshock 2, one day before the official release of the game.
On February 16, 2010, Razor 1911 released Aliens vs. Predator, 3 days before the official release of the game.
On February 23, 2010, Razor 1911 released Napoleon Total War (video game), 3 days before the official EU release of the game. The same day as the American release of the game.
On March 2, 2010, Razor 1911 released Supreme Commander 2 (video game), same day as official release of the game.
On March 11, 2010, Razor 1911 released Warhammer 40000 Dawn Of War II Chaos Rising the day after official release of the game.
On April 27, 2010, Razor 1911 released The Settlers 7, claiming to be the first to crack the new DRM by Ubisoft requiring a permanent internet connection.
On July 31, 2010, Razor 1911 released a StarCraft II proper release with a working single-player "skirmish" mode.
On September 21, 2010, Razor 1911 released the F1 2010 (video game) 4 days before the official EU release of the game. The same day as the American release of the game.
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