hey people,

I noticed all the talk about the lockdown hacks and I had a couple of comments. I am sort of an outside oppion because I dont run a vbb board. I dont want the hack.

1) It seems sad to me that you guys ban something because it can be used for an illegal purpose. Almost anything can be used to promote illegal activity. Do we make guns and knives illegal even though they can be used to kill people (okay, maybe not the best example)? I realize this is a privately run board and the admins/mods make the rules. I do respect that and they have every right to stand by their ban on lockdown But I dont have to agree with it and I can try to change their minds.

2) There are good reasons for this hack. I have been participating on a board for some time now that has a "brain teasers" forum. I enjoy it but Imagine the possibilities with lockdown. People can hide their answers and give everyone else a shot to answer as well. By the way, the board is UBB and does have the {hide}, but I dont think it works right.
This is just one example of how it could be used.

3) I also know a little bit about the use of LOCKDOWN on the warez sites. And I dont see what the fuss is about. Its not like it really aides in the pirating of software. In my opinion it hinders it. Say you have a board of 1000 *evil* warez leechers . With lockdown, when someone posts some warez, only the 100 people who take the time to reply get the warez. So, in reality the other 900 people (whom the warez folks call leechers, lamers, 0-posters, ect) arent getting the warez. Thus the spread of the warez has been decreased. These warez boards dont like the majority of users who just leech and leech but never actively take part in the board. In reality many are eletists in their little world of warez. They say let the warez be free for all to download and stuff like that. But what they mean is: Let the warez be free to all those who also share their warez with me. This is where lockdown comes in. Only the active members of the board (even if they only post: thank you for the free stuff) get the warez. Lockdown used on warez boards is just an easy way out for the board admins. They cant properly maintain their boards so they need lockdown to stop leechers or deleters. BLAH. Any good warez board would have good admins placing restrictions to limit the amount of leechers/deleters. A good board would have a much smaller user base (mostly a circle of net freinds) and would have no need for lockdown. I know, blah blah blah. Anyways my point is: in my opinion Lockdown doesnt really help pirate software. It may be a tool used by software pirates and for many people this is enough for it to be considered bad. I can understand and respect that. But I disagree, lockdown limits the spread of warez on these lame boards .

wow, if you read all that. it wasnt suppose to be that long. I dont really expect to change anyones mind. If i did, cool. Perhaps I did show another angle to the whole lockdown-warez connection though.

one last thing, To all the people constantly requesting this or fighting with the admins/mods over it. It is your own fault that a lockdown hack has not been allowed to be posted here. Frankly, you guys seem a little rude and immature. It makes me wonder what the average age of you warez folk. Ohh wait I already know the anser to that: 13