warez d00dz /weirz doodz/ n. A substantial subculture of {cracker}s
   refer to themselves as `warez d00dz'; there is evidently some connection
   with {B1FF} here. As `Ozone Pilot', one former warez d00d, wrote:

  Warez d00dz get illegal copies of copyrighted software.  If it has
  copy protection on it, they break the protection so the software
  can be copied.  Then they distribute it around the world via
  several gateways.  Warez d00dz form badass group names like RAZOR
  and the like.  They put up boards that distribute the latest ware,
  or pirate program.  The whole point of the Warez sub-culture is to
  get the pirate program released and distributed before any other
  group.  I know, I know.  But don't ask, and it won't hurt as much.
  This is how they prove their poweress [sic].  It gives them the
  right to say, "I released King's Quest IVXIX before you so
  obviously my testicles are larger." Again don't ask...
  
   The studly thing to do if one is a warez d00d, it appears, is emit
   `0-day warez', that is copies of commercial software copied and cracked
   on the same day as its retail release. Warez d00ds also hoard software
   in a big way, collecting untold megabytes of arcade-style games,
   pornographic JPGs, and applications they'll never use onto their hard
   disks. As Ozone Pilot acutely observes:

  [BELONG] is the only word you will need to know.  Warez d00dz want
  to belong.  They have been shunned by everyone, and thus turn to
  cyberspace for acceptance.  That is why they always start groups
  like TGW, FLT, USA and the like.  Structure makes them happy. [...]
  Warez d00dz will never have a handle like "Pink Daisy" because
  warez d00dz are insecure.  Only someone who is very secure with a
  good dose of self-esteem can stand up to the cries of fag and
  girlie-man.  More likely you will find warez d00dz with handles
  like:  Doctor Death, Deranged Lunatic, Hellraiser, Mad Prince,
  Dreamdevil, The Unknown, Renegade Chemist, Terminator, and Twin
  Turbo.  They like to sound badass when they can hide behind their
  terminals.  More likely, if you were given a sample of 100 people,
  the person whose handle is Hellraiser is the last person you'd
  associate with the name.
  
   The contrast with Internet hackers is stark and instructive. See
   {cracker}, {wannabee}, {handle}, {elite}, {courier}, {leech}; compare
   {weenie}, {spod}.