From an old text file I have laying around:

   Scene groups are known as affils or affiliates
   when they release on a FTP site. When they release
   something..racers and traders start racing
   that release to other FTP sites at Gbit speeds
   using auto mated scripts.

   When they Release something on a ftp site it is
   known as to pred or a pre. pre means the
   release is ready to be raced to other ftp sites
   NOT torrent sites. Remember all scene groups
   hate torrents and do not want ANY of their stuff
   on torrent sites. If they see someone on their FTP
   sites releasing stuff on torrents, his ip gets
   banned and he gets NFOed sending a warning to
   other FTP sites to delete purge him and never to
   allow him anywhere near scene ever again.