Posted Jul 02, 2007 at 01:22PM by Ryan A. Listed in: Homebrew Development, News Tags: Sony, Hackers, Dark AleX, homebrew community
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Dark AleX quits PSP scene - Image 1We have to say that we are still stunned and unconvinced by this development. We're not saying that it isn't true. What we are just saying is that we couldn't believe it ourselves. On the official website of the great homebrew developer Dark AleX, we found this,

Bye, scene.


I've decided to cease OE development, and leave PSP scene. The reasons are various. One of them is the time it consumes, which I'm losing from other things. The other is related to my security. I didn't like Sony menaces to PS3 hackers. I think it is better to leave now rather than end paying the consequences.


The last time we heard, DAX was skipping FW 3.50 and is working on FW 3.51. We looked around the Internet and various sites mentioned that the news was confirmed to them personally by Dark AleX himself. We don't know what really happened with him and Sony but DAX added that he is avoiding future legal issues with the company.

Dark AleX will surely be missed because of his great contributions to the homebrew community. With all the things he did, maybe the least thing we can do is send our messages of good faith to him. From QJ.NET, good luck DAX on whatever future endeavor you wish to pursue. Thank you for the time you spent with the PSP community.

Thanks to everybody who sent in tips!


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   by SephXII (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » nooo!

say it aint so!


   Re: Squake (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » :[

The PSP now seems dead.

We will always remember Dark_AleX. RIP to all of his no longer updated firmware, and his hardwork.

We love ya, DAX!

   Re: BAM (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

PLEASE SAY IT'S NOT TRUE :-(

   Re: sjdsd (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » Hes working for Sony now.....

Were never going to be able to hack the firmware anymore with him checking for loops working for sony!!!!! or.......Sony threatened him they would lock him up for this....just my guess....

   Re: ... (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » ...

Yeah he probably got threatened by Sony or working for Sony.

   Re: scorpion (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » why

i can throw my psp away now because in the it will be useles in the future
all i can sayis
why dark alex why

   Re: bit (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » thankful

sony should love alex. he was the reason why i bought a psp and im still buying games for sure! but i can also use a homebrew audio sequencer software on it! sony plz

   Re: chris (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » yup

now all of you who busted becus25's chops are gonna be begging him for our new beloved OE firmwares

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   Re: Kleptoone (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » Payoff

I hope sony gave him a sizable bribe to stop production on oe firmwares. He deserves that much at least.

   Re: E795 (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » Thank you

Well...thanks for your time and contributions. You will never be replaced, but there will be a next CFW developer. Thanks for the contribution to the scene. Thanks for installing ISO loader into the XMB. Thanks for listening to what people said :)

Good luck with whatever you do in life.

   Re: supa mario (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » bye

good ridance...

   Re: yo (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » check out the spanish portion of his main site...

...with babelfish translation:


I have decided to stop the development of OE, and to leave scene of the PSP. The reasons are several. One of them is the time that consumes to me, that I am losing of other things. Other this related to my security. I did not like the threats of Sony to hackers of the PS3. I believe that he is better to retire now than I am on time, that to end up paying the consequences.

   Re: noooo (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » noooooooo

Noooooooooooooooooooo! at least finish 3.50 and then ride off into the sunset. I want remote play through internet!

   Re: Winter (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » One issue...

We still need a 3.50/3.51 OE firmware at some point though, since some future PSP titles NEED it to run (i.e. God of War, etc). I really hope he's given someone else he knows the tools and know-how to keep it going.

   Re: ME (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » :(

Wait.... he can't leave until he gets the TA-82 working with official firmwares again.

:(

   Re: zaniar - 2007-07-02
 » omg

i cant bileve this is happening

us booster gone too?

and fanjita sorta doesnt work anymore

and now... DAX?????


   Re: TheSKuLL (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » Whatever...

Guys Dark AleX did do alot for the homebrew scene but the fact is that there are more people on the scene. Dark AleX's reasons for leaving (be it action from Sony or working for them) should not matter. His time in the spotlight is over and now someone else has a chance to step up and be the guy.

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   Re: dudester (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » come on

come on now guys , give the guy a break
its justea console , if that really saddens you its ok , but its not the end of the world , get a grip.... or a life

   Re: sime_wich (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » .

dark_alex probably got bought out by sony and was told not to talk about it. At least he got some cash.

   Re: Sr_Moska - 2007-07-02
 » noooooooo

please tell me it's a joke

thanks for all Dark_Alex

   Re: jeremy (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » WAIT!!!!!

i heard that his site has been hacked...its not the first time either. other sites related to dark alex have also been hacked or shut down in the past few days. sony sucks. but who really knows right?

   Re: *This name has been stolen* (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » no no

darn how r we gunna play higher firmware PSP games now!!!!! NO!

   Re: JoeSchmo (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » damn...

Well my PSP will probably sit and collect dust after a few months...

   Re: solidskate (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish

I would just like to say thank you DAX for all the dedicated and steady support you've given the Homebrew community. Thanks for your hard work, dedication, and never faultering high level of quality that set the bar for other homebrewers to come. You will be missed (if this is true).

   Re: urlocal*****a (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » wtf

man ***** him then.. give me the source code and i'll do the dirty work *****a

   Re: chu (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » wow

i cant believe this :O does this mean no more custom firmware :O

nnooooo!!!!

   Re: Tj (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » Screw Him

Ok This is gAy with a capitol A i just downgraded my buddys psp and now theres no more OE's. You People Can Give your sympathy, But now were all stuck on the current firmware and cant upgrade to play games like god of war cuz of the stupid things like sony patching so if you downgrade you cant upgrade to 3.30 or higher.P.S. My freind said ur an assmonkey.....*****

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   Re: TJ + Zach (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » Screw You in The Arse

OK Im Really Mad Somebody Better pick this ***** up cuz if people cant use there psp to play god of war then there gonna beat on me and i dont want that ok

   Re: 007001 (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » ^.^

enter devolution chip........

   Re: Pacos - 2007-07-02
 » Thanks Dark Alex!

Best of luck to you DA. I hope that whatever you choose to do in the future will make you happy! Use your knowledge to do something great for yourself and your community! Hopefully all things are gonna get better for you in your life! We will miss you!

   Re: pff (Unregistered) - 2007-07-03
 » pff

Thank you Dark Alex, for everything. If you ask me $ony should pay you for doing this work. You are the reason me and several of my friends bought a PSP.

Whithout homebrew and emu's there's just no point in owning a PSP.

So.. thank you Alex. I hope someone will step up and continue your work. You're a legend.

   Re: DaX is Booster (Unregistered) - 2007-07-03
 » Booster?

Uh.. how about this. Right after Booster left, Dark_Alax popped outta nowhere, i say Dark_Alex is booster when some SE and OE where rollin' in Dark_Alex thought hey let's release one more devhook and say booster is back just to check if his old name is still "hot" after the devhook release Dark_Alex did't release a new OE for ages the booster left AGAIN (nobody realy missed him) right after that a new OE was released i say... BOOSTER IS DARK_ALEX AND DARK_ALEX IS BOOSTER! just check the history on this site! Thanks for reading! ;-)

   Re: cali-cold (Unregistered) - 2007-07-03
 » plz release

plz release the raw data for custom fw to like the rest of the noobz team or to some other homebrewer with your skill and you trust but with no connection to you so you don't get blamed for anything. to continue the work if you are leaving the scene for good.

   Re: afileM (Unregistered) - 2007-07-03
 » zomg nooooooooooooooo

thats ain't true(

   Re: VSG (Unregistered) - 2007-07-03
 » simple reason dudes

Sony included ISO loaders on the Official 3.5x firmwares. if DAX make an OE firmware maker, his ISO loader will be violating the patent on the Original firmware. he may only op to hack the ISO loader on the firmware via his OE maker but that will take quite a lot of work/time, and Sony may also find a loophole to sue DAX on the said processes. dont worry folk DAX may eventually come back when Thought of a way to circumvent a checks to pin him.

   Re: Cassandra (Unregistered) - 2007-07-03
 » A QJ Prophecy

Probably ought to watch out, QJ. You guys have a lot of firmware and piracy related materials in your archives. Might want to get strict for a bit, or you may lose everything.

   Re: WeeJeWel (Unregistered) - 2007-07-03
 » ***** happens

Well, bye dax and thanks for your CF.

And wtf are you complaining about no more downgraders?! He didn't found the exploits (or one, correct me if im wrong), he just made the flasher.

   Re: .. (Unregistered) - 2007-07-03
 » ..

Bye DaX, it was nice to have you so committed to the PSP scene, you wil surely be missed. I'm very grateful for all that you've done for us.

   Re: YoUx (Unregistered) - 2007-07-03
 » bye bye

Man this guy did so much for the PSP scene... His OE firmwares were awesome... It was a matter of trust too, because you can't put anything in your PSP for fear of bricking it!

   Re: Haki (Unregistered) - 2007-07-03
 » Oh well

Damn too bad he left but OH WELL! time to break out the DS

   Re: -helloween- (Unregistered) - 2007-07-03
 » Becus25

see, i have noticed that he has been going to 3.02 and im sure will go higher than that, this is why we have more than 1 custom firmware coder, now im sure you guys want to take back your bashes on him, because he is problably the one who will release the new CF's

   Re: Uber0ne (Unregistered) - 2007-07-03
 » .

Im going to go cut myself.

   Re: Scott (Unregistered) - 2007-07-03
 » Thanks

Thanks for your efforts, they led me to get a PSP. What you have done for the system is greatly appreciated by me, and I hope others.

It is always your call to do something or not do something, so I can only be appreciative of what you did do and offer to the community. Thanks!

   Re: VICTRINY3 (Unregistered) - 2007-07-03
 » EVERYBODY READ THIS 4 DAX

THANK YOU - DARK ALEX ,for everythig you did U R the best .Dont feel treathen by nobody they scare of you and what u can do if u know what i mean ,THEY SAY Money solve a lot of things what about if everyone who is willing to donate some money to help you ,u think u stay ..... ps just say so, i help u with out question who with me......IF U wanna help just SAY DAX4EVER

   Re: harry ballsaq (Unregistered) - 2007-07-03
 » u suck

dark alex sucks big peepee he could hack his way outa a paper bag

   Re: Rasta-Gtje projectw.nl admin (Unregistered) - 2007-07-04
 » problem solved?

This is no doubt a problem, i say DAX keep up your good work!
it will be a waist to stop now right?
maybe you can open a donate paypal or something, i think many people would donate.
with that money you can find your self a lawyer if sony is planning to sue you.

what ever you decide, DAX you are a true legend in the psp scene.

Thank you for your work!

   Re: .............. (Unregistered) - 2007-07-10
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   Re: Empathy (Unregistered) - 2007-07-29
 » Thanks For Everything Dark Alex

I would, first and foremost, like to say thank you for all you've done. You're a legend and you will be missed. I wish you the best.But there is no need for ya'll to get all hostile. He's not the only one who can exploit sony, but he is the best. It's time for someone else to step up.
   by ... (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » WHY!

RIP PSP scene...


   Re: WHAT THE (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » NOO

NOOOOO DONT DO THIS DARK ALEX! WE NEED YOU!

   Re: crushfan (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » -

FANIJTA HEAR US, PLEASE SAVE OUR SOULS!! FANIJTAAAAA!!1

   Re: Chrisussie (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » Money Money Money

How many of us have pitched in to pay Dark Alex's way. It suxs, swear to god i had a dream where DAX knocked at my door and then party with all of us. Not many people have seen him but i guess he's like 7 foot tall loves a joint and will kick your arse at PSP! If we pool our money maybe he has a price!

   Re: Sentinel (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » I suspected something was going on...

I have been sensing that something BIG was about to partake, so this news doesn't come of a surprise to me.
ISO loaders on official Sony FWs?
That ALONE should indicate Sony is up to something MAJOR.
Let me 1st make things CLEAR for those un-grateful retards.
1) STOP BEGGING DA TO COME BACK!
2) STOP HERRASING THE POOR GUY JUST BECAUSE HE HAS OBVIOUSLY HAVE A GOOD (PRIVATE) REASONS WHY HE CHOSE TO LEAVE.
3) QUIT B!TCHING TO EACH OTHER HOPPING FOR SOMEONE TO COME UP WITH A 'QUICK FIX' FOR THIS SITUATION. (AS MOST PEOPLE IN THIS SCENE TEND TO ALWAYS RELY ON)
If this news if true, then I suggest you accept it. End of story.
There are ALOT of positive things that can come up in the near future if this rumor is valid, FW hacking is renowned WORLDWIDE and I alone know that DA is NOT the only one that can penetrate Sony's FW securities.
There will ALWAYS BE SOMEONE TO step up next and continue this line of work.
It's like taking a drug lord out, next few minutes/days/weeks there's another replacing it.
PLUS, DA didn't encrypt his work in a HIGHLY strict fashion.
DA DOESN'T NEED TO RELEASE HIS SOURCES TO ANYONE BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS PART OF WHAT EVER REASON HE'S LEAVING.
DA has GAINED RESPECTS INTERNATIONALLY, I'm certain he has something planned it the future of his legacy. (CFW wise...)
Let me put it this way...
Put yourself in his situation.
If Sony offers you a financial reimbursement to stop the CFW releases, would you?
I'm sure ANY AMOUNT WOULDN'T EVEN come CLOSE to what he will be getting in the end if he continues. We all know for a certain that this guy can make it BIG TIME if he was to charge people for each copy. So there's always another option for him if Sony did attempt to bribe him. (And only a fool would say yes to something incredibly that low)
Now as for a job offer that Sony had 'rumored' tempted him with.
Possible, but like above. If you were DA and offered to work for Sony LTD, what intentions are you most likely to make? I shall put myself in this situation and give a brief eg.
I will accept this offer and LEARN all the SECRETS that the PSP+MORE have to offer and as soon as I have it, I shall then LEAVE and CREATE SOMETHING MONUMENTALLY HUGE that the entire universe will remember forever.
Now do you still think Sony will offer someone a position that has been their GREATEST nemesis since the beginning?
PSP hacking will ALWAYS continue no matter what Sony attempts. But we should all LEARN AND UNDERSTAND that all great hackers/coders/etc... needs more than 'Thanks/well done/good job now days. So I say this AGAIN. If you are a CFW OE user(s) PAY your respects PROPERLY. (I mean that literally!)
Stop expecting OE releases to be greater and greater without you supporting this project with a single cent!
For those who have taken the liberty, but have the audacity to boast about it like he gave a million bucks. Do yourself a favor and boast only as much as you gave.
If this rumor is true, then I URGE you ALL to make a FINAL peace offer to the GREAT man who gave you all his heart and sweat and (not to mention COUNTLESS OF HOURS) to make your PSP gaming experience fantasy a REALITY! (Because I and MANY of my colleagues SURE WILL)

Thank you for your endless patience and AMAZING work Dark Alex. You will NEVER be forgotten...
A man of your statue have all the rights in the world to make the choices you have proven to THE WHOLE WORLD to be the BEST intentions for the greater good.

   Re: NoName (Unregistered) - 2007-07-03
 » @sentinel

even if he charge people for his cfw, it'd end up FREE just like all other pirated softwares and games in the internet ;) that is why he is going for DONATION instead lol

   Re: evilscarycomputergeek (Unregistered) - 2007-07-08
 » chill...

ok, yeah... you guys know that there is another custom homebrew, right? There's another guy who makes the "CW" line of custom firmware.... Just use his instead... sheesh.
   by xpack - 2007-07-02
 » BYE

Sad day


   Re: ***** DarkAlex (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » ***** DA

You *****in coward DA, ***** you. I guess the psp is dead now.

   Re: G.C (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » ....

Man...... This Is A Sad Sad Day

   Re: G.C (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » Nd

Go Go Becus And Y'all PSP Developers

   Re: 123 (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » Good Bye...

DA smart for quiting while at the top of his game... definitely a smart move to avoid any future troubles. Wish him luck with his other endeavors..

   Re: .. (Unregistered) - 2007-07-03
 » ...

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   Re: dark_treason (Unregistered) - 2007-07-17
 » !!!

sony should be happy that DAX is making cfw because then more people would want the psp and sony will make a fortune.I hope DAX will think twice or mabey he can upgrade his name,if you know what I mean.
   by rick22 (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » A sad day

First, Sony eats *****

Thanks, DAX, I wish you success in life!


   Re: ... (Unregistered) - 2007-07-03
 » ..

I have made 472$ in April, 412$ in May, and 271$ (SO FAR) in June. You get paid in real checks from "KINGSIDE MEDIA" every month that you earn 10 dollars or more. It may seem too good to be true,
but I assure you it IS true. Also, with their referral program, you can refer people by sending them your link (you get when you sign up) and for every buck they earn, you get 20 cents also! (Think how much money you can make if you have 100 people making five bucks a day)
You do not have to enter your credit card or social security number. Nothing Harmful can come from CC. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE 18 OR OLDER, I AM 15 YEARS OLD AND REFERRING PEOPLE, AND I MAKE THIS MUCH MONEY A MONTH
JUST SPENDING A COUPLE MINUTES A DAY ON THE COMPUTER! THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR READING THIS.
Think it's a scam? Read this(from the website) "We assure you that this is not a scam! Companies need consumers to try and review products, services, and websites and are willing to pay money to have them do so.
Most of the time you're asked to do this without any compensation, what we do is take the money companies give us for YOUR participation, and give you back up to 75% of it!"
There are alot of websites like this, I have tried almost all of them and this really is the best, and legit one.In addition there is a new UK section opened with more then $200 worth of free offers!
[NO AGE REQUIREMENT, NO CREDIT CARD, NO DETAILED INFORMATION, AND YOU DONT HAVE TO GIVE A SINGLE PENNY!]

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AND FOR A QUICK PROOF OF PAYMENT....
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   by PSNaz (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » Bye

Bye, AleX. Thank You for all!! ;)

   by OMG (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » What are we going to do....

when we need to upgrade for newer games.


   Re: chris (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » ..

we can hope somebody will be able to write a devhook from one of the OE's to newer firmwares.

   Re: vincent (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » umm

dark alex is not the only person in the psp scene...

   Re: just buy the remodeled psp and keep ur old one (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » just buy the remodeled psp and keep ur old one

just buy the remodeled psp and keep ur old one
   by xtc (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » asdf

Hopefully sometime there could be a new dark_alex. Someone with the same coding skill. But i dont think the psp scene will ever forget his accomplishments.


   Re: blaze7212 (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » jkl;

i know xtc its sad at the pspwxp forums to

   Re: Lmfao (Unregistered) - 2007-07-03
 » Thats rich

A lot of people on this site are claiming never to forget him. let me give examples of these being lies:
Cyblade (R.I.P.)
Yoshi
MPH (ugh, but still)
some of the old noobz team
NOPx86
*****y*****1619
and maybe booster, but im not sure if he left or not.

Yeah thats right. SHUTUP BIT-CHES!
   by WTF!!!! (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » I thought he said!

I thought he said that hes going to work on 3.51 OE-A!! I think his sites been hacked


   Re: mm (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » mm

HE SAID HE WOULD BE WORKING ON .51 OE-A
HES BEEN HACKED!!!! 90% SURE

   Re: manaox2 (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » I'm somewhat agreed

Unless Sony sent him something major, I'm pretty sure that he was hacked. This is too sudden, unprecidented, and unspecific to be more than a bad prank. At least, I pray I'm right.

   Re: ok (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » well...

given the fact that PSP piracy is rampant, and DAX CFW doesn't protect against it, they probably served him some papers...
Its not anyone's business but his, really. We're all human. Dax wants to do something else. So let him. I do appreciate what he has done for the PSP, and I wish him lots of luck!!

   Re: spock (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » ...

not the case. I know some1 on psp-hacks forums who talked to mathilieuh(spelling?) on IRC and he confirmed it and he also said they will not release the source code and math has no plans of tryin to continue on his own. my guess is sony sent him one hell of a legal threat.

   Re: uncle sam (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » i blame...

front page posting of and for announcements of all CFW for this.

   Re: An IRC user (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » DAX RIP

%u2022%u203A%u203A Topic: [THERE WONT BE ANY 3.51OE, MATHIEULH WONT WORK ON IT. DO NOT ASK ABOUT IT :: Farewell, Dark_AleX! | see www.dark-alex.org :(]

From #psp on irc.malloc.us, which is, I believe, their 'official' IRC channel.

Doubtful their site was hacked. I think it's just over.

   Re: manaox2 (Unregistered) - 2007-07-03
 » yeah....

It has been so long, I'm almost certain its not a joke at all. They made an announcement saying that they would let the official iso loader load unencrypted ISOs in 3.51 OE, and believe you me, SONY sent them a threat that made every bit of hair stand up I'm sure. Who has the guts to take up where they left off?
   by me (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » bye

COME BACK!!!


   Re: bsmith3600 - 2007-07-03
 » talk too much

Let him do what hes doin and keep quiet about it. The longer everyone makes him such a hot issue the longer till he can safely come back. Sony would only hire him if they could tie him in there basement, and force him to work. They would never trust a hacker(a very talented hacker). You all should thank the man and load up 3.40 or write ivcs that can decode layers and improve on what hundreds of engineers have written. Note to All: kiss his ass forget about it and mod, go 3.03 oe-c / sony updated. Life is grand!!! Thanks MATT
   by The Seal Clubber (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

WHAT HAS SCIENCE DONE!?!?!


   Re: %u221E (Unregistered) - 2007-07-24
 » %u263C

What HASN'T science done?
   by Dark Alex is a coward (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » Its your own fault DA

Maybe if you didnt do interviews about your work and have a friggin WEBSITE, you would not be afraid of sony security, you are an idiot and good riddance to you. I guess it is back to Devhook.



   Re: Ozz465 (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » Ure an idiot



*****ing idiot , did u pay the man> ? no . so stfu and let him do what he wishes . leach bastard

   Re: loldongs (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » you little n00b*****

show some *****ing respect, AleX has done so much for the scene, u are probably just bitter coz u updated to 3.51 and are pissed no one is going to help u now. go kill urself >+/

   Re: Ozz465 (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » tard

ure an idiot dude .F devhook , Da oe fw were the best . screw off.he gave us all this s for free and u complain . god i hope ure psp bricks.

   Re: I hate you (Unregistered) - 2007-07-03
 » i hate you

on behalf of the qj nation, we're sorry that you're angry

Just kidding, you are a worthless human being and probably live a miserable life that you're not even aware of. A minimum 1,0098 people currently hate you, and all that you stand for.

God bless America, (DA)
Down with the you and yourself
   by kq_jai (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » too bad

no more oe fw. bye dax

   by LUNY (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » WTFFFFFFFFF

NA MAN COME ON!!! THIS CANT BE.....I HOPE HE COMES BACC...........SONY MESSES UP EVERYTHING.......


   Re: GamefreQ (Unregistered) - 2007-07-03
 » giant cojones

Why does everyone think tony did this to him? Sony's legal "threats" are no more legal than the catholic church vs. resistance fall of man. HE STOPPED ON HIS OWN, HE QUIT ON HIS OWN, HE MADE HIS OWN DECICION. IF HE WANTED TO HE COULD SUE SONY FOR COPYING OFF OF HIS ISO LOADER FROM XMB since it is not open source
   by AoE (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » :[

So the legend leaves .. He must have had a good reason too ...

Bye DA , you'll be missed .


   Re: IDIOTS (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » IDIOTS

IDIOTS dont u see? DAX isnt leaving hes just saying he is to cover himself but hes still going on with his projects with another name or something just wait and see +)

   Re: gregerson316 (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » Hmmm?

That could be very true.^

   Re: SONY hired him??? (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » SONY hired him???

the best way to stop and prevent others from hacking is to hire the top notch hacker and make him create security himself..

   Re: Act II - 2007-07-02
 » haha yes!

if sony hired him, we'd have a man on the inside to leave us a tiny loophole in the firmware to hack that no one else at sony knew about.
   by Enedok (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » Thank you

Thank you for everything you have done for us mortal people. When it comes to my portable gaming experience you have done a lot to give the psp the boost and versatility it have and deserves. Im not alone when i think you have done a great job in this community and we respect you for ending it. I hope you will let other people to continue the work you have done.

You will always stand as an important man in the credits among many readme. Good luck IRL

   by DOUDOU (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » cghg

NO GOD OF PSP WE WILL MISS YOU.....GOOD LUCK TO YOU


   Re: bsmith3600 - 2007-07-03
 » making a biig deal

Let him do what hes doin and keep quiet about it. The longer everyone makes him such a hot issue the longer till he can safely come back. Sony would only hire him if they could tie him in there basement, and force him to work. They would never trust a hacker(a very talented hacker). You all should thank the man and load up 3.40 or write ivcs that can decode layers and improve on what hundreds of engineers have written. Note to All: kiss his *** forget about it and mod, go 3.03 oe-c / sony updated. Life is grand!!! Thanks MATT
   by name (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » lolz

Why i am tninking that this work done by some hucker?


   Re: WTH (Unregistered) - 2007-07-03
 » WTH is a hucker

:p
   by :( (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » ****!!!!

The second i heard this...i felt like a piece of *****


Oh well...we will miss you DA!

   by rottenbrain (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » you are not alone dark alex

i'll write in spanish, the natal languaje of DAX

Dark alex, no estás solo. Miles de personas te apoyamos y vamos a ayudarte en una lucha encarecida contra sony. Tu nos has ayudado, ahora nosotros te ayudaremos a ti. Necesitamos una iniciativa fuerte y todo irá bien.
Amigos de la psp, unamonos para ayudar a Dark alex.
***** sony


   Re: FUQ Dax, (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » Dax was an idiot

He was doing interviews, boasting about what he did, he even has a friggin WEBSITE, good job idiot. No wonder you are concerned with the sony ninjas, you sure did make it easy for them.

   Re: Me (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » new isoloader might be the reason

I think the news about the new hacked isoloader had made Sony pretty mad, so that they got in contact with him to make him stop his work.

   Re: babelfish (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » ...and the babelfish goes:


Babel Fish Translation Help

In English:
Dark alex, you are not single. Thousands of people we supported to you and we go to ayudarte in a fight increased in price against Sony. Your you have helped us, now we we will help you. We needed a strong initiative and everything will go well. Friends of psp, unamonos to help to Dark alex.

   Re: LM (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » ????

Bad translation man

   Re: MRW (Unregistered) - 2007-07-07
 » HELP

Jeah but how should we help him
   by Philosoph3r (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » i doubt it

He'll be back. In the meantime, what about that guy with the IE firmwares?

   by Rutg3r_NL (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » ehm... credits?!

Why the heck are you not leaving me any credits for this, I send this news in to you about 20 minutes ago!!
Yeah now I feel like doing it again, NOT.


   Re: slushee (Unregistered) - 2007-07-14
 » wow

ur kind of a ***** dude
   by rubsnick (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » *sigh*

Just *****ing perfect... So... any ideas anyone? Thanks for the work DA but seriously... why not give the source code out? That would be good. You're kinda *****ing us over with not giving the source code.


   Re: rrm74001 (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » Great Timing...

Hey Dark_Alex, how about at least giving us a way to return to Sony's Official firmware before leaving us in the dust stuck at 3.40 OE-A?

   Re: chris (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » nO

source code would be giving away sony's code. very illegal, and rrm what? are you joking!? be homebrewless!? becus25 will conquer now we can hope.

   Re: nego619 (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » so?

are we screwed? cause no dark alex means no oe fw damn we won't be able to play newer games f*ck

   Re: GamefreQ (Unregistered) - 2007-07-03
 » @Chris

No it would not be giving away sonys code. it would be giving away the code for the recoery prx, and the hacking and all of that, not the psp firmware itself
   by Karl B. (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » digg link

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   by Karl B. (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » what?

Soemthings screwed up with this site...
Im nicko01


   Re: Nicko01 (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » ...

Ok, now it doesn't say im logged in as Karl B.
I dont even know who Karl B. is...

   Re: -_- (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » stupid common site glitch

doesnt even matter, ur not actually logged in as him -_- i see (unregistered), stop spamming about that glitch...also, QFT
   by insa8ne2k4 - 2007-07-02
 » Sorry to see you go

DAX, you and all the other developers who have worked on the psp scene have made the psp what it is today.
surely sony's psp scene will now suffer and i think the lack of You being in the scene will terminate the end of the psp hacking "war".

It has truly been a historic story, the ups'n'downs (or should i say upgrades and downgrades) of the sony vs the homebrewers.

you will never be replaced, but someone may be inspired by your actions.

good luck with your life and may you strive to hack again!

   by Smoka Cola (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » Meh.

***** you kids saying he's working for Sony. DAX would never sell out. You little ***** should respect a coder as great as DAX, if it wasn't for him you probably wouldn't even be anywhere near this site, let alone own a PSP. DAX will come back one day, and when he does he will be welcomed back with opened arms.

   by raj (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » l

yeah, he's quitting for good.

this is so sad

i am not firesnake - whats up with this?


   Re: rob (Unregistered) - 2007-07-03
 » QFT+

Quoted For Truth
   by larry (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » sony had to get one eventually

the only victory sony has gotten and ever will get


Homebrew sony
9999999999 - 1

   by brad (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » omg

oh well we all knew this was coming someday im just happy alex is ok got out when he did you think this well stop him cos if it was me it would i'd start a new cf up but oh well i dont know whats going to happen now no more oe that sucks i just hope someoone out there can help us with the new games that come out cos it doesnt look like sony can come up with any new thinks for the psp well if any one sees this someone give me a e-mail on how to code stuff moneymaddness@hotmail.com


   Re: bbq (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » u lunatic

gtfo
   by Jx1 - 2007-07-02
 » regresa!!!

come back DAX!!! TT___TT


   Re: jacobtc (Unregistered) - 2007-07-03
 » Hope you good luck in your future life!

Damn Alex, you have been a true man, we could always lay our faith on you firmwares, without being unsecure, actually if a friend came by and asked me to say a developers name, the only name there would pop up in my mind was Dark_Alex, you made everything on the PSP perfect, and im sure im not alone about that...
You gave me/us the perfect firmware, we came with the ideas, and that was how it was over and over, but hey, good luck in your future life, we sure will miss you...

Jacob

   Re: 8o8 (Unregistered) - 2007-07-03
 » cheeheee

i want to have sex with him


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