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== Known groups ==
=== Reckons International Team ===
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'''Reckons International Team''', known as the '''Rockers International Team''' until 2012 (and initially '''Black Edition Team''' in 2008), were a group of prominent Windows bootleggers, which was formed in 2008. They are primarily known for making Windows Vista/7/8.x bootlegs and creating the RT Seven Lite tool. Their releases tend to use GPU companies in their titles (like NVIDIA, ATI, AMD, etc). Some of their early releases are very rare.
The group was originally started by one person, [[:Category:Bootlegs created by Benjamin|Benjamin Samson]]. It was named simply "Black Edition Team", as his newest bootleg at the time was, well, [[Windows Vista Black Edition]]. It was his first bootleg to be based on Windows Vista, instead of Windows XP. His prior bootlegs did not have any of his team's branding on it at the time, and were originally solely solo bootlegs, but he decided to inherit them when he made the group. But as time went on and he began releasing more bootlegs under this brand, on September 21, 2008, he changed the team name to just "Rockers International Team", for technical reasons.
He also hosted the website for Rockers International Team, which you can access {{Link|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20081207043537/http://rockersteam.com/Welcome.html|name=here}}. Alongside the site, there was also {{Link|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20081028051022/http://vistablackedition.wordpress.com/|name=a long since abandoned blog he owned}} where {{Link|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230124102/http://vistablackedition.wordpress.com/windows-os/|name=he would link his bootlegs}}, {{Link|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20081217011201/http://www.rockersteam.com/community/index.php|name=forums}} and even a {{Link|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20081217044313/http://www.rockersteam.com/community/radio/radio.php|name=live radio}}. You can also access the group's catalog of all of their releases, which is accessible here ({{Link|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20081217072235/http://www.rockersteam.com/releases.html|name=all bootlegs from December 17, 2008}} to {{Link|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20090412050402/http://www.rockersteam.com/releases.html|name=April 12, 2009}}). They also had their {{Link|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20081230023854/http://www.rockersteam.com/links.html|name=affiliates}}, one of which the owner was an administrator of.
Later on, there was another Rockers website, entitled {{Link|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20090501053330/http://www.rtwincustomize.net/Welcome.html|name=rtwincustomize.net}}.
As can be seen {{Link|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20090115202205/http://rockersteam.com:80/Welcome.html|name=here}}, the group was largely a free-for-all endeavor, as anyone could join the group and make bootlegs. 2 bootlegs made by people other than Benjamin himself are known to exist:
* "[[Windows XP Ultimate Service Pack - 3|Rocker Team's Windows XP Ultimate Service Pack - 3]]", by Smartflower (taken from {{Link|url=http://allwindowses2009.blogspot.com/2009/05/all-windowses-cds-editions-farmat-files.html|name=All Windowses DVDs Editions, from All Windowses CDs & DVDs Editions}})
* "Rockers Xp Royale Pro Lite Tweaked SP3", by Dibola
As for their whereabouts, that remains to be seen, as is a common theme in the Rockers' world. Dibola was notably an administrator of the Rockers International Team forums.
Despite Rockers International Team heavily specializing in Windows modifications, they didn't exclusively make bootlegs. They also specialized in distributing {{Link|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230124028/http://vistablackedition.wordpress.com/applications/|name=pirated software (warez)}}, {{Link|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230124047/http://vistablackedition.wordpress.com/games/|name=games}}, {{Link|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230124051/http://vistablackedition.wordpress.com/movies/|name=movies}} ({{Link|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230124039/http://vistablackedition.wordpress.com/christian-movies-section/|name=and even Christian movies}}), and {{Link|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230124056/http://vistablackedition.wordpress.com/musics/|name=music}}.
The team's notable members include:
* [[:Category:Bootlegs created by Benjamin|Benjamin Samson]], as seen in [[Windows Gamer ATI Edition 2009]] and [[Windows 7 Eternity 2009]]. He made a vast majority of the early bootlegs of Rockers International Team.
* [[:Category:Bootlegs created by Nishant|Nishant]], as seen in [[Windows 7 Underground 2012]] and [[Windows 8.1 AMD Evolution 2016]]. He was a newer member of the group. He replaced Benjamin as the sole bootleg maker afterwards.
Later on, their original website's domain expired and eventually got parked. Around 2012, they rebranded to Reckons International Team. Their domain got moved to {{Link|url=https://reckonsteam.com|name=reckonsteam.com}}, as part of the rebranding. There would be Wayback Machine links here, but sadly the domain is excluded from it. The domain is since dead now as well.
The final bootleg known to be made by this team was [[Windows 8.1 AMD Evolution 2016]], which released in March of 2015. As of January 2016, the group is defunct. The original owner of the group eventually got bored of making bootlegs, to then pursue a professional career and soon become a CEO of a giant company, and Reckons International Team would fade into obscurity.
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