Last year saw the arrest of two members of Team Xecuter, the hacking group behind the infamous SX OS. MaxConsole administrator and GBAtemp user GaryOPA was a part of that, and was extradited from Canada to the United States, where he would face charges. While he initially claimed he was innocent, the opposing prosecution did not accept the defense of SX OS merely allowing Nintendo Switch users to play homebrew software, and asserted that the main goal of Team Xecuter's exploit was to play pirated copies of games.

Faced with 11 felony counts, Bowser has just pleaded guilty to two of them: trafficking in circumvention devices and conspiracy to circumvent technological measures. According to the court, Team Xecuter has caused an estimated number between $65 million to $150 million in losses to video game companies.

This means that Bowser will not have to go to trial, with the plea deal also waiving the other 9 criminal charges. Despite that, he still may face prison time, and as part of the deal, has agreed to pay Nintendo for restitution, to the tune of $4.5 million. Bowser will also have to consent to the destruction or give up the technology seized from his home during his arrest, which includes around 30TB of hard drives, micro SDs, and flash drives, along with laptops, phones, modchips, and hacked game consoles.

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[GbaNober]

Are we okay with this? Am I supposed to hate this guy, or think he is a Martyr? I'm so confused.

for the damages he caused? Yes

 

[Robika]

So long, Ga(r)y Bowser!

Gay should not be used as an insult.

 

[Kioku]

Gay should not be used as an insult.

It's not. It's a reference to the Bowser throw in SM64.

 

[CoolMe]

its not like he is gonna pay it lol, you can say you take the fine and then say you dont have any money, if he doesnt have any assets in its name they cant take anything from in, so the pawn a percentage of his paycheck until the debt is paid(if he has a legit paycheck in the usa that is) so he doesnt loose anything per say, what happens is people that get this pawn on paycheck either do work without papers therefore they dont get pawn or just chnage country and work on another country and the government cant pawn its paycheck from another country.

I don't think the court would accept his deal if he was broke, they must've looked for any assets he has under his name beforehand, and they know he has a sizeable amount other they wouldn't've accepted the deal. If he doesn't pay they'll seize his properties, and watching (if not blocking) any major bank transactions from now on. Either he has 4.5$mil or equivalent to it in assets is up the Judge to decide.

 

[Donnie-Burger]

I get it, Nintendo showed all of you more love during your childhood than your parents did, still celebrating this is absolutely soulless.

This is true. 4.5 mil + 5 years in prison is a win win for nin. No matter who it might be this is excessive.

 

[TheZander]

does agreeing to pay that mean anything? cant he just not be able to pay it?

 

[BarryTheTwerker]

This is true. 4.5 mil + 5 years in prison is a win win for nin. No matter who it might be this is excessive.

He should sue for damages, they sullied his family name for three decades by associating it with a tyrannical reptile.

 

[Donnie-Burger]

does agreeing to pay that mean anything? cant he just not be able to pay it?

Just like someone had said earlier - Think of it like child support.

 

[shanefromoz]

I wish Gary the best of luck. He and Team Executer have done an massive amount for the Switch scene

 

[BarryTheTwerker]

You're supposed to think for yourself. This is why SX has so much hate in the first place. Bandwagon thinking. Sjw zombies don't even know a damn thing. Typical.

Humans are hardwired to have religious and ethnic identity.
If you remove those and make actual religion and nationalism illegal they will gravitate to the next big thing (toys, sports, hobbies)

To them seeing someone pirate videogames is the same as a jewish person seeing his kin thrown in the gas chambers.
To them it is life or death to see Nintendo succeed.

 

[TheZander]

Humans are hardwired to have religious and ethnic identity.
If you remove those and make actual religion and nationalism illegal they will gravitate to the next big thing (toys, sports, hobbies)

To them seeing someone pirate videogames is the same as a jewish person seeing his kin thrown in the gas chambers.
To them it is life or death to see Nintendo succeed.

You're getting a little nutty. Hardcore pirates dislike them aswell. No one cares about Nintendo's bottom dollar.

 

[Kioku]

The entitlement is starting to come through pretty heavily over these last couple of pages.

 

[mima_93]

I seem to have read that it will help to find the other sx os members, or did I read it wrong?

 

[CompSciOrBust]

The fact is clearly Gary was just a journalist using TX to promote his site (and sell advertising). That is his only 'crime'. US justice - and the FBI in particular - is a joke. It is all about money. They killed Huawei without bringing a single proof. They accuse guys here and make them face 80 years in prison so they all plea guilty when they might be innocent because with a conviction rate of 95+%, fed court are only equal to african dictatorship. Not a single western democracy has such conviction rate, crazy sentencing. When Apple and Samsung sue each other for copyright infrigment, they get fine. When Huawei, TX or Assange or anyone not in some U.S. senator payroll does something, they face life in prison. Fuck FBI and fuck US justice system. All 3 accused are in countries where Nintendo has an office and with normal court, how come they were never tried or accused in their country? And I am pretty sure all 3 have absolutely nothing to do with SX chips and TX.
In fact when they were arrested, all sales went on normally, only a few months later when they really started to panic, did TX stopped because they saw the craziness of U.S. justice.
I know Max was the guy who founded Megaupload with Kim Dotcom, coincidence? Same here, no country had a problem with Megaupload, but U.S. did. Funny they had no problem with Youtube or any filesharing services made in USA. Sometimes i wonder which country between China and USA is the most corrupt. Glad the the European Union is still there to share human values.

I completely agree, in fact I made a thread about it before this one was created. It's a pointless argument though. People are always going to be Pro US and anti-TX even when the former is using their money to try to screw the latter.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/welcome-to-america.602282/#post-9645200

 

[nachuz]

Scum? He sold mod chips and a custom firmware that we all use. This entire site is built around hacking, piracy, mod chips etc for decades.

"He sold" there's the problem
I'm happy that scum is now where he deserves to be

 

[BarryTheTwerker]

He should've fled to the Dominican while leaving a note behind saying: "sorry, but your princess is another castle"

 

[CompSciOrBust]

Face it you Nintendo simps are genuinely mentally ill and should go back to ResetEra. Nintendo targets children on purpoose, so that you develop a cult like mentality about being a Nintendo fan.
As "adults" you weirdos don't think, you let big N do the thinking for you. All because you played a bunch of overrated side scrollers in your youth and didn't know what a good videogame is.

It "makes sense" for someone investing his whole life into a brand to seethe when your product can be remplaced and be done better by another.

Ah shit I just realized this is exactly what TX did to me.

He should've fled to the Dominican while leaving a note behind saying: "sorry, but your princess is another castle"

He was (ILLEGALLY) extradited from the Dominican so they'd ship him right back.

 

[izy]

"He sold" there's the problem
I'm happy that scum is now where he deserves to be

well yeah if you make something no one else makes and you spent time and money making it for and it also costs to manufacture it

you sell it preferably at a profit

or you want people to sell you mod chips no one else makes at manufacturing cost or for free

thats very self-entitled of you

 

[JoeBloggs777]

"He sold" there's the problem
I'm happy that scum is now where he deserves to be

and you' bought', you wasn't saying that when you bought an SX pro

 

[pedro702]

I don't think the court would accept his deal if he was broke, they must've looked for any assets he has under his name beforehand, and they know he has a sizeable amount other they wouldn't've accepted the deal. If he doesn't pay they'll seize his properties, and watching (if not blocking) any major bank transactions from now on. Either he has 4.5$mil or equivalent to it in assets is up the Judge to decide.

that is not how it works, multiple cases atleast where i live people decided to pay instead of jail time, and now they dont have the money and they dont pay, its a loop in the system, you pay what you have and get the rest when you can if ever, there are people owing millions and never pay them, the only penalty really is they cant have any propertys in their name or use credit cards or get another credit from any bank, thats basicaly it, every rich people that was considered guilty into paying millions does this and it always ends up the same, just look for many cases, the court cant just say if you dont have money you go to jail, if there is an option you pay for the rest of your life. heck there is even a law here that your paycheck can only be pawn until it reaches minimum wage so if you own money and you make minimum wage you dont pay a single thing lol, like i said you only loose the ability to have property and be able to do credits forever but no jail or anything.