Cyberworld is gradually turning into an alternate universe of brand new heroes, nations and economies. This post is not intended to run a Cyberworld 101, but only to reveal some fascinating things going on in one of the most mysterious sections of the internet: The Torrents.

Torrent is a world that is yet to be discovered by corporations. Yet, that untapped potential will be the subject of another post. Rather, I would like to talk about aXXo and TorrentFreak’s DVDRip Charts.

Let’s start with aXXo. I am not sure how many of you know him, but he is one of the heroes of the alternate internet universe. I suspect he is physically met by many people, yet he has millions of fans throughout the world. In a world of piracy, the aXXo brand stands for sustained-quality for hundreds of illegal DVD rips. Just as Volvo stands for safety in car manufacturing, aXXo name puts a high-quality stamp in the pirating world of torrents. The interesting part for me, is that people grow empathy and love for somebody they barely know. aXXo can be a 70-year-old grandpa or a lady aged sixteen, but there is a crowd out there that worships him/her no strings attached. His pirated work of hundreds of blockbusters are said to be downloaded more than a million times a day, and news about him going to jail is protested by hundred thousands of people around the world.

So the question is, what will be the inception point that heroes of the online world will surge over heroes of the old world as we know it?

Disclaimer: My perspective in this post is more inclined towards dynamics of internet world rather than the question marks regarding torrent world. I believe using torrents for pirating copyrighted content is the worst way for the Torrent technology to be leveraged.