Hacking refers to modifying, you're not modifying the Wii in any way, you are however modifying Brawl. In which case you'd say "you need a hacked Brawl" not "you need a hacked Wii", two totally different things. People typically don't say "you need a hacked Brawl" though because it sounds really, really, weird so it's just easier to say "hacked Wii" since it's more understood.
If I showed someone say, Brawl Minus, and they asked how I did this do you think they'd understand if I said "you need a hacked Brawl"? No, they wouldn't, they'd probe further and then explaining the process to "hack Brawl" would unfold.
Regardless of how you say it, saying "hacked Wii" is more understood to be as "needing the Homebrew Channel", when you say you don't need a hacked Wii, that's when people are interested. You're not hacking the Wii (modifying the console), you're modifying Brawl (hacking Brawl), period. It doesn't ever touch the Wii's NAND, files, or anything. RDK, using the term "hacked" in your light is plain wrong and will just turn people off from ever being able to use codes.
The process doesn't modify the Wii (or hack it), it modifies Brawl, it EXPLOITS Brawl not anything the Wii does.
I hate repeating myself like I did at least 2 times above to get a point across but w/e, just trying to be clear. You just boot Brawl normally to even be able to modify the game to use Gecko OS so it isn't even again, modifying the Wii to do what you want it to like the HBC does.
What turns people off from doing the HBC are two things:
1) Warranty is void
2) Possible chance of brick (they think there is but there really isn't).
The only way to gauge these people's interests is to say you don't need a hacked Wii but rather, just an exploit through Brawl (as stated earlier).
Finally, bragging about how long you've had your Wii hacked means nothing. I could brag too if I wanted to about how long I've been in the scene as well. It doesn't help your argument at all it rather proves the opposite of how much you know.