I think you guys are missing the point "real hackers" don't really announce stuff before they've got a hack going from what i've seen.
If you'll notice people like this who successful hack it, come out of nowhere and say "hey i've been working on it, and I hacked it."
If you found someone who said they were doing it ahead of time, they probably weren't very good to begin with... not always true... but usually. Announcing it ahead of time, just gets people to bother you when it's not done yet.
It's like english patches of videogames... 9 times out of 10, the translations that get announced right away fall apart.