Ok, now that I've got the attention of every mod on the planet
Seriously, it seems that there was a time a little while ago that the warez-kids were being banned from the board quicker than could can say "byebye". Now it seems they get warnings more often than not...I think this maybe could be encouraging them to ask more questions under different nicks, perhaps?
It just seems there was less of an influx of warez-kid assholes when they knew it meant getting banned. Just my two cents.