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By this time, │ │ we feel that we are well established and are willing to better yield to │ │ the readers' demands. Improvements are constantly being made to RCN as │ │ a result of reader input. If you would like to participate in the │ │ further enhancement of RCN, or if you would like to subscribe to our │ │ mailing list, please send E-Mail to an385786@anon.penet.fi. │ │ │ │ This issue of RCN new features some "fun stuff" to do when you're │ │ bored. Rebel Chicken and I got bored (again) of the same-old same-old │ │ mag, and we fealt that just editorials (of which we have gotten a record │ │ number this week) isn't enough interaction between our readers and us. │ │ New in this issue, you will find a "Warez-IQ" questionnaire of some │ │ trivia questions about the scene today. You will also find a voting │ │ booth to vote with for your favorite groups. │ │ │ │ NEW, and IMPROVED (I guess), RCN now has an ASCII version for all of │ │ you, that for some reason just can't handle our totally k-rad coded one. │ │ It's called RCN-11.TXT and is located within the main ZIP. Enjoy it! │ │ │ │ RCN issues have now been made available to a wider audience thanks │ │ to our new WebSite courtesy of RATM. Please feel free to browse around │ │ - http://www.shu.edu/~importmi/rcn/. RCN ardently feels that our │ │ WebSite will satisfy our readers and is a welcome addition. │ │ │ │ │ │ Sincerely, │ │ │ │ Hitex/Rebel Chicken │ │ RCN Committee │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▀▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▀ ░░▒▒▓▓▌▄▄▄▄▐▌▐▒▓▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▓▓▌▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄■▄▓▌ ▄▐▌▐ ░▒▌▄▄▄▀▄▄▄▄░ █ ░░▒▓▀▄▄ ▄ ▄▀░▒▒▓ ▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▀▄░▒▒▌▄ ▐▓▌▄ █░▌░▒▀▀█▓███▓ ▄ █░░▌█▀▄▀▄■▄■▐░▒▌▀▀▄▀▀■▓█▓▀▓▄▀▄▀▀█▓▀▀▄▀▄■░▄▄█░▒▓▄▄ ▄ ░░▌██ ▐▓▌█ ░ ░▒▀▀▀▄▓███▓ ■ █ ░ ▓ ▄▒▀░ ▀▀█░▀▀▀▄░▒▓▄▀▄▀▄▄▒▓▄░▄▄▀ ▄▒▀░ ▀░▀ ■▀▒▓▌▀ ▐ ░ ▓█ ▐██▐▌▐░▌░▓██▓▀▄■▄▄▒▓▄░█▌▓▀▄ ▄▓ ▓▐▌██▀█░▒██░▒▓ ▄ ░░▒ ▀░▓▀▄ ▄▓ ▄■▄▄▒▓▄░▒░▌▀ ░██ ▐█▓▌▌▐░░▓███▓▐▌█░▒▀ ▄▐░▌▌▀▄▀░▒▌█ ▌▐░▐░█ ▄▀█░▒▌▐▌▐░░ ░▀▄▌▄▀░▒▌▄░▒▓▀▄ █░░▌█ ░▐▓█ ▐█▓▐ ▐█▒░▓▀▀▀ ▄▀░░ ▐ █▌▓▓▐▌▐░ ▓▄■▐█▐░█▌ █ █░▌▓▐ ░▌▓███▓▐▌▐░▐▐█░▒ ▐▐░▌▒█▐▌▐░▐▓█ ▀▌■▄░█▄▄▄ ██▄▀█▄▄▀▀▄▀▓ ▌▐▌▓█ ▐ ░ ▀█░▄▄▄█▀▄▓■▄▀▄████▓ ▌▐▌▓■▀█ ░▄█▀▀▄▀░▌▐▌▓█▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▀ ▀ ▄▄▄▄ ▀ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▀ ▀ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ■ ▀ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ Throughout these past 10 issues, Reality Check Network has received a █ █ great amount of user response. The RCN staff has decided to publish █ █ these comments, whether supportive or destructive. We would like to █ █ encourage our readers to continue to voice their opinions, and we would █ █ like to thank all the readers that have done so up until now. █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ █ Dear RCN, █ █ █ █ Keep up the good work! I love your great vision on the warez scene, █ █ and I think that I share your views on almost everything. I think that █ █ we should all help each other, and we should all be equals, but we're █ █ human, and the day that we overcome silly "egos" will truly be one for █ █ the record books. █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ █ Dear RCN, █ █ █ █ I love the song "Raster" by void of reality. I was wondering if you █ █ could do me a favor and direct me to a place where I can get more of █ █ their stuff. █ █ █ █ Dear Reader, █ █ █ █ Reality is a really awesome coding group. They are not at all into █ █ warez, so don't go looking for them on IRC. I suggest you look for █ █ some of their demos on a demos site, and maybe you'll find some of their █ █ coding work. As far as composing, any music they make, you'll find in █ █ RCN :-). █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ █ Dear RCN, █ █ █ █ Hi! First, congrats for your excellent e-mag! Definitely the best! █ █ I have a suggestion, though. Please put an option that will █ █ automatically change the music sequentially, cause you get bored reading █ █ the huge mag with the same music, and it's hard to go back to change the █ █ music. █ █ █ █ Dear Reader, █ █ █ █ Great idea! We, the editors, probably don't notice the problem as █ █ much because most of the time we're reading the mag, we're in AcidDraw █ █ writing or proofreading, not actually running the EXE. We'll try to █ █ implement the idea as soon as possible! █ █ █ █ Note : NEW, and IMPROVED! We have now implemented this idea, so you'll █ █ probably notice the music changing any minute now. █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ █ Dear RCN, █ █ █ █ I can not understand why many groups in the scene hate each other █ █ based on the fact that they are competing against each other or because █ █ of accidental dupes. The way I see it, we are all in this together and █ █ despite how lame this sounds, we should stand united and with united █ █ roots we won't be overcome. How do you people at RCN feel on this? █ █ █ █ Dear Reader, █ █ █ █ If you're waiting for all the groups to unite, you've got a long █ █ wait ahead of you. I don't argue that there should be separate groups █ █ because some people just don't get along with others. I do argue, █ █ however, that we would be better off with just one big group, or █ █ "united" as you put it. Competition is what makes the scene have █ █ quality releases. At times, one's competitive spirit will overcome him █ █ and cause him to fuck up on releases, but that's besides the point. If █ █ the scene weren't based on competition, why would we have it? Surely █ █ you don't think that we actually USE any of the software we release, █ █ right?! █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ █ Dear RCN, █ █ █ █ I would like to say something to all sysops out there. If you █ █ haven't read about the bust of the Assasin's Guild for having Novell and █ █ Microsoft software online, go read it. I have been a sysop for 6 years █ █ now and in my area code we have had a few BBSs busted just for Novell █ █ files being online. No one chases their files down like Novell does, █ █ consider this just as a warning and say it is bullshit if you want, BUT, █ █ I have seen what the cops do to a house when they search it, and I have █ █ seen friends lose all of their computer equipment just over Novell. █ █ █ █ Dear Reader, █ █ █ █ You are exactly right. Let us all take the bust of the Assasin's █ █ Guild as a warning. It's not hard to dodge the cops, but not following █ █ rules just because we think they're stupid isn't going to get us too far █ █ in the scene. █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ Dear RCN, █ █ █ █ This is a response to the articles about tKLP and RoR, and their █ █ involvement with Legacy and NFS. First, on the topic of tKLP sabotaging █ █ NFS, the only one who sabotaged NFS was the dumbass who released █ █ Softram 96 because they were told by tKLP to hurry and beat his group. █ █ Competing groups have never, to my knowledge, told another group to █ █ hurry so that they could beat their own group. On the subject of tKLP █ █ 'stealing' members, according to the article written by Akira 7, it █ █ didn't appear to me that he was asking him to leave LGC for RoR. He █ █ could very easily have been in both groups, believe me, I am. Now onto █ █ the wars between LGC and tKLP and other RoR members. Why not just let █ █ it die? I am pretty sure I speak for most people when I say ENOUGH IS █ █ ENOUGH, we are getting tired of reading and hearing about it. The lame █ █ channel takeover attempts, the LGC SUCKS DICK, ROR SUCKS DICK. It is █ █ all childish, instead of wasting your time bashing the other people, █ █ why not do something productive, spread some warez, make some money, get █ █ laid, whatever, just quit the wars. █ █ █ █ █ █ Dear Reader, █ █ █ █ I will agree with you that Akira 7 could have very well been in both █ █ RoR and LGC, and maybe the article didn't do a very good job of █ █ clarifying it, but tKLP has continuously harassed my members trying to █ █ either get them to join RoR or do other little favors for him. We are █ █ not in a war with RoR, a war involves interaction of two sides. It █ █ happened to be that █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ The following is in response to the courier group ranking of RCN issue █ █ 10... █ █ █ █ When couriering first started in the scene, it wasn't about editing █ █ file_id.diz's. It wasn't about offering in channels. It was about █ █ competing with your competitors on the boards. Anyone can edit a DIZ, █ █ anyone can type /plist, but not everyone can get warez fast enough to █ █ upload them to the biggest boards. You rated RTS as #1. In this, I █ █ totally disagree. RTS is a very respectable group, and I myself am █ █ friends with good old Ordnance, but they are clearly not #1. RiSC is at █ █ the top. They have a hidden channel on IRC so lamers don't try to get █ █ in #RiSC, bug people, etc. Only the leetest people know what channel █ █ RiSC is in, and yes, they do have sites, and they are not public or █ █ anonymous sites, they're the way it should be. They are private sites, █ █ therefore you have to be in RiSC or be very respected to be on them. █ █ █ █ Warez should go to people who make the scene run, not lamers who █ █ beg. Knowing Park Central is their WHQ, and the best board in the world █ █ statistically and popularity-wise, each week the top 10 uploaders are █ █ from RiSC. This is what couriering is about, it's about racing and █ █ competition and having fun while doing it. They have the best couriers █ █ in the business. █ █ █ █ In second place, I believe, is MALiCE. They do some offering on the █ █ net, but they are strong BBS couriers like RiSC as well. Call the top █ █ boards, MALiCE people will be on the top 10 as well. In third place █ █ should be RTS, they are strong in both areas, but not superb in BBS █ █ couriering like RiSC and MALiCE. These are just the corrections I would █ █ like to submit that I feel need to be changed. █ █ Signed, █ █ tKLP █ █ █ █ Dear Reader, █ █ █ █ First off, I would like to submit corrections to your editorial. █ █ What you sent in is not a correction to Trite's writeup, it's not a fix, █ █ it's your opinion, an opinion that I, along with many others, value. I █ █ happen to value Trite's opinion as well. I'm glad that you backed up █ █ your opinions with facts, they are all quite true, you have a nice █ █ perspective on the couriering scene. Keep reading this issue of RCN, █ █ Trite has modified his writeup (no, he didn't change any of the final █ █ scores!) so that he is better backing up his previous opinions. Enjoy, █ █ and write in again if you still disagree with his results! █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ Dear RCN, █ █ █ █ Last week in RCN, I read a letter from a reader saying Windows 95 █ █ is shit. Five months ago I would have agreed. First off, my system is █ █ a Pentium-90 with 16 megs of RAM. When I first tried WIndows 95 I was █ █ running OS/2 with spuratic trap 0002 crashes. My BBS ran GREAT under █ █ it, and it was a powerful operating system. Then I wanted to get more █ █ into the net, and using OS/2 on the net is a waste. OS/2 was great but █ █ has shit for support. Soooo, after being an OS/2 diehard and saying █ █ Windows 95 is a piece of shit for so long I finally had to make the █ █ jump. █ █ █ █ Okay, format the drives, install Windows 95 (30 minutes of hell). █ █ OK, it starts right up! Seems okay at first, I am a little lost, how do █ █ I add DOS programs? How do I edit pifs? ARGH!! I fuck with it for █ █ about 3 hours, won't run my CAD program without a reboot, BBS runs like █ █ shit if I multitask, FUCK THIS! Reformat, reinstall OS/2... That was █ █ my first impression of the wonderful world of "Wild" Bill Gates. About █ █ a month later the hatred diminished a tad. Okay, give it another shot. █ █ Format the drives, reinstall, first night, sucked, second night, hmm, █ █ found some cool shit. After running for four months.. I love it! Now █ █ I have no problem running ANYTHING I want, Hexen and Doom II run great, █ █ my CAD runs great! When I am on the net now, I just keep opening █ █ windows without a worry. I usually have MiRC, 2 CuteFTPs, Eudora, █ █ MS-DOS prompt, Iparty (which is voice talking to multiple friends at █ █ once, and it works, not like IPhone) and moving around in all these █ █ windows is not a problem. It may not have the absolute power of Linux, █ █ but I also have a shitload of new apps to try out each week, and tons of █ █ help if I have problems. Plus, it looks pretty! So, for anyone who █ █ says Windows 95 sucks, either you haven't given it a real try, or you █ █ are running a 386/40 with 4 megs and don't have a clue. █ █ █ █ Signed, █ █ RoadRebel █ █ █ █ Dear Reader, █ █ █ █ It's funny, I had the exact same story coming from OS/2. OS/2 was █ █ a real dream come true coming from Windows 3.1, even on my 486/66 with █ █ a mere 8 megs of RAM! Heck, at least I could download in the █ █ background! Windows 95 really is the better choice now, though. 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When he asked you to join, did he █ █ at any point, ask you to leave Legacy for RoR? If so, what were █ █ tactics did he use? █ █ █ █ A : Yes, tKLP asked me to leave Legacy. He "swore" that Legacy was █ █ going to die that night, and that I shouldn't waste my time with a █ █ dying group. He then proceded to ask me to leave Legacy in order █ █ to join RoR. █ █ █ █ Q : On what basis could he "swear" that Legacy would die that very █ █ night? █ █ █ █ A : tKLP said that his friends from Hybrid and D0D would come and help █ █ him permanently break up Legacy. █ █ █ █ Q : How was tKLP and his friends planning to permanently break down █ █ Legacy? What was tKLP's plan? █ █ █ █ A : tKLP said that he would, along with his friends, take down #Legacy █ █ permanently. He also said that they would follow Legacy to █ █ whatever new channel we came up with. tKLP also said he was going █ █ to convince key members to switch groups. This was all part of █ █ tKLP's plan to "kill Legacy." █ █ █ █ Q : Why did you not believe tKLP? What stopped you from leaving a █ █ "dying group"? █ █ █ █ A : I thought it was possible that the three groups would try to take █ █ down Legacy, but I knew it was not going to be successful. I have █ █ been a member of FSW, Vendetta, and then Legacy, and Legacy is █ █ here to stay. If Legacy did die, and I were to join another group █ █ it would not be RoR. █ █ █ █ Q : What would turn you off from joining RoR? █ █ █ █ A : The main turn off from RoR is their leadership. I have absolutely █ █ NO respect for tKLP as a leader. █ █ █ █ Q : Why do you not trust the leadership of RoR when it is someone as █ █ well respected as tKLP? █ █ █ █ A : I would not call tKLP "well respected." He is one of the worst █ █ leaders I have ever met. He has been kicked out of his own group, █ █ and is constantly trying to steal suppliers from other groups. He █ █ does not care about his group or his members, and he has no style. █ █ █ █ Q : When tKLP asked you to leave Legacy to join RoR, and you simply █ █ said "No", what was his response? █ █ █ █ A : tKLP said, "Hey man, if you want to ride into the ground with █ █ Legacy, don't blame me." He then asked me to consider joining RoR █ █ after Legacy died. tKLP has asked me to leave Legacy for RoR many █ █ times even though I keep saying "No." He is definitely persistent. █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ █ Note : Legacy did not "die" that night. █ █ █ █ █ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ Reporter : Shroomie Interviewee : Desolation Angel █ █ Subject : Leaving Mindcrash??? Affiliation : TSC/Mindcrash █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ Q : Why did you leave a good courier group such as MindCrash? █ █ █ █ A : I was sitting on IRC one night thinking about how I wasn't really █ █ giving 100% to my other duties, mainly TSC (The Sixthed Circle). █ █ I have decided to devote more time to my utilities group by █ █ leaving MindCrash for now. It takes too much work to do a good █ █ job and it wouldn't be fair for MindCrash if I only half-tried. █ █ █ █ Q : If TSC doesn't work out, will you go back to MindCrash? █ █ █ █ A : No, I have made my bed already and I will lay in it. I can't go █ █ back 3 months from now and ask to be a senior again, that would be █ █ a bad thing. I made it clear that I have nothing against anyone █ █ in MindCrash. The Wicked One and Blitzkrieg stood by me until █ █ the end. I am sure that MC will continue to be one of the best █ █ courier groups in the world, doing what they do best, couriering. █ █ I will miss MC a lot because they are a tight band of couriers. I █ █ have much respect for The Wicked One and Blitzkrieg. I have been █ █ in MindCrash since the very start and I will sincerely miss MC. █ █ █ █ Q : What will keep TSC from dying like a lot of other new utility █ █ release groups? █ █ █ █ A : With my current resources, and with proper management, TSC should █ █ do just fine. I'm not going to lie, it is hard to start a release █ █ group nowadays because there are so many of them out there. TSC █ █ isn't formed on the premise of ruling the scene. We only want to █ █ do our part to help. We have a positive attitude when working █ █ with bigger groups, which is always a big plus. █ █ █ █ Q : What are the policies of TSC? Will TSC members be allowed to join █ █ other utility release groups? █ █ █ █ A : That varies a lot since it varies with each person and how much █ █ they contribute to TSC. I don't really have a problem with it if █ █ the person is dedicated 100% to TSC and can do other shit as well █ █ for other groups. █ █ █ █ Q : Many TSC members are also in MC, it must be very beneficial for █ █ TSC to be affiliated with such a strong courier group. Is TSC and █ █ MC officially sister groups? █ █ █ █ A : Yes, TSC and MC are sister groups. █ █ █ █ Q : TSC has had a few releases so far, how has it been working out? █ █ █ █ A : Releasing is going great, our suppliers have done well so far, and █ █ MC has done a great job spreading our files. █ █ █ █ Q : Will TSC join the game competition in the near future? █ █ █ █ A : We will being doing utilities for now since they are my favorite. █ █ Great games come and go, but a great utilities stick around my HD █ █ longer. █ █ █ █ Q : Do you feel that TSC will grow in numbers as well as in release █ █ power? █ █ █ █ A : I would rather keep the numbers within the group small. I know █ █ everyone in the group right now, so we have less conflicts. If we █ █ do expand our operations, then that would be fine as well since it █ █ is all part of doing business. We will survive as long as we keep █ █ up our standards. █ █ █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ Since this interview, Desolation Angel has rejoined Mindcrash, whoopee! █ █ █ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ Reporter : Shadow Stalker Interviewee : Hitex/Rebel Chicken █ █ Subject : Legacy Progress Report Affiliation : Legacy █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ Q : Legacy is a fast-growing games group and is now considered one of █ █ the top 3. Why do you feel that Legacy has risen to such █ █ greatness in such a short period of time? █ █ █ █ A : Legacy is like the "Third Reich" for Rebel Chicken and myself. We █ █ started out with FSW, and boy was that a disaster, a disaster to █ █ the rest of the scene, though. In reality, it was the place where █ █ Rebel Chicken and I learned what to do in a group, or, more █ █ specifically what NOT to do. It was amazing, we were twisted from █ █ the start. Even the name was retarded. After FSW, we started █ █ Vendetta. Vendetta was much more organized, did a much better job █ █ of releasing quality, not just anything we found in a gutter, it █ █ didn't just use the word of others when it came to dupe checking, █ █ and our members were much more dedicated. The group came down █ █ rather abruptly, though, when school started, and we thoguth we'd █ █ be overwhelmed with work (we were wrong). We missed the scene too █ █ much, and just as soon as we left, we were back in it, this time █ █ with a plan, yes, another one. So far, that plan has worked. █ █ █ █ Q : Since Legacy is an improvement upon two younger and less █ █ experienced, do you feel that many of the smaller groups today █ █ will somehow die and come back in the future as a more significant █ █ team? █ █ █ █ A : That's part of the reason why I always treat young groups with █ █ respect. I said this in the last issue of RCN, and I guess I'll █ █ say it again. It takes ambition to start a new group, and all █ █ group leaders should be credited for being courageous enough to █ █ join the competition. If a group breaks down because the faculty █ █ isn't dedicated enough, that's one thing. If a group breaks down █ █ because its methods are not right, that's another thing. The █ █ latter is a perfectly good example of someone striving for a █ █ second chance, and that's the beauty of the scene. You can always █ █ have another chance. I wouldn't expect every small group that █ █ comes up and then dies to become the next great, but I'm sure that █ █ a small percentage of the groups will, and we should recognize the █ █ groups for that small percent. █ █ █ █ Q : Legacy has released a lot of software that would be considered █ █ "Budget." Are these programs as inexpensive as people claim, and █ █ if so, will that stop you from releasing them? █ █ █ █ A : Legacy started because the two groups that preceded it had too █ █ many broken releases, either not properly cracked or just not well █ █ packaged. We have dedicated ourselves to releasing quality games █ █ that people will want. Our main serious fuckup to date was that █ █ game called "Bass Fishing Classics." It was a store release, but █ █ that in no way justified its release. If any game that Legacy has █ █ released was budget, that was it! Apart from that, we are looking █ █ for quality. I was recently criticized on IRC about a release we █ █ did a few days back, "Pinball 4000." The person was trying to █ █ tell me that the game sold for a mere $14.99, a "budget" program █ █ that should not have been released. That seemed preposterous to █ █ me. I don't download many games, but I did download this game due █ █ to its size (1 disk!) and was quite pleased with the result. A █ █ seven minute download and I got a very nice game! Money doesn't █ █ tie into the scene, we download programs free of charge, and we █ █ have no right to bash on a program when it wasn't a $69.95 game. █ █ Legacy is used to releasing those types of games, but you must █ █ note of the time, it's January, and not that many companies are █ █ publishing new software. Instead of expecting $70 games, Legacy █ █ looks for games that may have been missed, or games that never █ █ made it out because the crack was too hard. While sifting through █ █ the programs, we often find these smaller games that could be very █ █ nice releases. Pinball 4000 was one of them (Bass Fishing █ █ Classics was not :-). █ █ █ █ Q : Legacy has released many games that have worked perfectly. █ █ However, releases such as "Prisoner of Ice" have managed to seep █ █ through. What do you do when you release a program that is not █ █ fully functioning? █ █ █ █ A : Prisoner of Ice was our first release, and we were not as █ █ experienced in releasing games only as we now are. What do we do █ █ when such a program is released? Hehehe, well, I usually just █ █ blame it on Rebel Chicken! Heheh, after that, though, I, along █ █ with the rest of the Legacy staff, will do my best to help the █ █ user get the game to work, even if the problem directly involves █ █ his computer. We are here to get our programs to work on our █ █ end users' computers. If that involves helping them install a █ █ program that has nothing to do with ours, so be it. █ █ █ █ Q : Legacy is well known for having one of the most user-friendly █ █ installers for all their games. Many people have grown used to █ █ merely typing LGC-INST. Do you feel that it is becoming a █ █ necessity in the scene to have an installer? █ █ █ █ A : I think it's more important for a games group to have an installer █ █ than for a utils group to have one. It is virtually unheard of to █ █ release a disk game, and CD games are no longer as easy to install █ █ as the old disk games were. We now use multi-volume ARJ files and █ █ subdirectories and aah! By the time you have typed all the █ █ required parameters for ARJ, you've forgotten what the release █ █ was! With utils, this isn't so much a problem because most utils █ █ do come on disks. Also, a games group is there to provide █ █ entertainment, and it is in synch with the mood of our releases to █ █ have a fun looking EXE to present to our users. █ █ █ █ Q : Why did Legacy pick MindCrash as their official couriers? █ █ █ █ A : Being a games group, Legacy gets its releases couriered no matter █ █ what. Our problem isn't in finding people to get our releases █ █ out, it's in finding a couriering force that will be dedicated to █ █ us when one of our members needs a release or what not. It just █ █ happens to be that MindCrash is an awesome couriering force, both █ █ dedication-wise and speed-wise. █ █ █ █ Q : Why doesn't Legacy release utils? █ █ █ █ A : We believe that we can stay much more on task if we concentrate █ █ on one type of program. We have enough experience and have tried █ █ the other ways we thought might work, and this one seems to be the █ █ best so far. Ripping and cracking games isn't easy, and having to █ █ concentrate both on that and on utils would be a bit overwhelming. █ █ When we do get utils, however, we give them to our sister group, █ █ Mayhem, as they give us their games when they have them. █ █ █ █ █ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ Reporter : Hitex Interviewee : Nikeman █ █ Subject : Motiv8 Sites Affiliation : Motiv8 █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ Q : MOTiV8 has long been famous for its awesome sites. How important █ █ are private sites for MOTiV8? █ █ █ █ A : Private sites are very important for the group. Without private █ █ sites we wouldn't have steady places to leech from. █ █ █ █ Q : How important are public anonymous sites for MOTiV8? █ █ █ █ A : We are not currently supporting anonymous sites, but once we are █ █ organized and get all our private sites back up, I want to start █ █ doing anonymous sites again because it helps spread files to the █ █ "lesser people". █ █ █ █ Q : What are your duties in MOTiV8? █ █ █ █ A : I am the MOTiV8 site coordinator. I help members get on the sites █ █ with ease. I make sure that the sites are being supported. If █ █ the site is not supported, I make sure that it is before the site █ █ leaves for another group. █ █ █ █ Q : How well is MOTiV8 doing on boards? █ █ █ █ A : We aren't concentrating on BBS couriering too much right now, but █ █ we might in the future. However, we do have a few BBS couriers. █ █ █ █ Q : I have great respect for MOTiV8 and tend to give it the benefit of █ █ the doubt, but how much does MOTiV8 concentrate on Net IRC █ █ spreading. It is a rare moment when I see a MOTiV8 courier either █ █ Legacy releases or any other releases. █ █ █ █ A : Unfortunately, not too much at the moment but since our private █ █ sites are back up, we can grab releases a lot easier and you might █ █ see us spreading a lot on IRC. █ █ █ █ Q : Althought I doubt it is true, because I know that MOTiV8 has many █ █ dedicated members, but is MOTiV8 going through a low point right █ █ now? █ █ █ █ A : We were, but I believe we are pulling out of it pretty fast. █ █ █ █ █ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Zipe █ █ Subject : Rush Affiliation : Rush President █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ Q : What is Rush? Does Rush specialize in games or utilities, if it █ █ does not yet specialize in an area, will it do so in the near █ █ future? █ █ █ █ A : Rush currently specializes in both games and utilities, but I █ █ think we will let other groups take care of games. █ █ █ █ Q : Why will Rush specialize in utilities? What are the advantages of █ █ specializing in utilities and not in games? █ █ █ █ A : We have many good games connections, but many Rush members feel █ █ that the "scene" is getting closer. We feel that the utilities █ █ scene comes closer to "the heart" more than the game scene does. █ █ █ █ Q : In what way is the utilities scene "closer to the heart"? Is Rush █ █ specializing in utilities because it is easier to find a utility █ █ to release than it is to find a game to release? █ █ █ █ A : Rush started as doing utilities only, but then we thought about █ █ releasing games. For most of us, we feel that it is more fun to █ █ release utilities than it is to release games. █ █ █ █ Q : More fun? One can play a game, but one cannot play a utilitiy. █ █ Why would releasing something that cannot be played be more fun █ █ than releasing something that one can play? █ █ █ █ A : Releasing utilities is more fun than releasing games. I am not █ █ talking for everyone in Rush because I never play games. Rush can █ █ help more people by releasing utilities. █ █ █ █ Q : What sets Rush apart from other release groups? █ █ █ █ A : Our crew works very hard and we have great relationships with our █ █ suppliers. We are only trying to support "the scene" with some █ █ good titles. █ █ █ █ Q : What are some of the good titles recently from Rush? █ █ █ █ A : I heard rumors that SoftIce for Win95 was a dupe, others say that █ █ it wasn't, but I really liked that release. █ █ █ █ Q : Yes, it was a dupe of a release from Hemp from mid 1995. What █ █ will Rush do in order to prevent future dupes? █ █ █ █ A : We dupe check our releases on boards like Beyond Akira and then we █ █ check with couriering groups on IRC. We check a release around █ █ 5-6 times before releasing it. From this year on, we will never █ █ dupe because there is no reason to. █ █ █ █ █ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Soccer █ █ Subject : Sindicate Affiliation : Sindicate Senior █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ Q : Why was Sindicate started? According to my sources, SNC is a █ █ branch of another new group, NFS (Need for Speed). Is that true, █ █ if so, why did SNC branch off? █ █ █ █ A : SNC is not a branch off of NFS. SNC was started for the fun of █ █ releasing warez and getting them out to the people. We do have █ █ many NFS members in our group but we are not a branch off. NFS █ █ has been talking to another founder about a possible merge. █ █ █ █ Q : Is it not true that many SNC seniors were once NFS seniors? Does █ █ that not prove that they left NFS to join SNC? █ █ █ █ A : NFS did not like us when we first started off because many NFS █ █ members decided to join SNC. Fallout kicked out everyone from NFS █ █ that was also in SNC. We have two SNC seniors that were kicked █ █ out of NFS because Fallout believed that they were not loyal. █ █ █ █ Q : According to Darkrage, another senior of SNC, 3 suppliers left NFS █ █ to join SNC, is that statement true? █ █ █ █ A : Yes, I am not sure on the exact number, but it was around 3. █ █ █ █ Q : What will make SNC bigger and better than NFS and other release █ █ groups? █ █ █ █ A : We are a very organized group and I beleive the senior council █ █ knows how to run a group successfully. Our objective is to get █ █ warez out as fast as we can. █ █ █ █ Q : Will SNC specialize in a specific area of releasing in the near █ █ future? █ █ █ █ A : We are currently a group that only releases utilities. █ █ █ █ Q : What is your opinion of Fallout and NFS? █ █ █ █ A : I personally like NFS and I think it can be a very successful if █ █ the council does not fuck up. Fallout and I are friends and I █ █ like him. █ █ █ █ Q : You were the President of NBC before it died, will SNC be another █ █ repeat of NBC? Will it die in a week? █ █ █ █ A : Yes, I was the President of NBC. I do not think that we will die. █ █ NBC was very unorganized and we made some bad mistakes at the very █ █ start, and that will not happen again. █ █ █ █ Q : What were some of those bad choices, and how will you prevent them █ █ from happening again? █ █ █ █ A : We basically let in everyone that applied and we never checked █ █ references. I will make sure to check references from now on. █ █ █ █ Q : How will you check references? █ █ █ █ A : We would make new applicants give 3 or 4 references and we would █ █ talk to them. We would then put the new applicant on trial to see █ █ if he can release like he said he can. If they meet the deadline, █ █ then we would consider them to be a full member. █ █ █ █ █ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▄▀▀▀▄▀▄██▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▄ ■ ▄▀▄ ▄ ▄ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▄▄▄ ▄▀▄░ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▀▄█ ▀ █ ░▀ ░ ▓███▓▀▓█▄▄▄▄▄▄█▀▄▀▄█░ ▓███▀▄▀▄■▄▄▄███▀▀▀▀█▄▄ ▄ ▄░██▌▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▀▄ ▐█▓▐▌▐█░ ▀▐█░ ▓█▀▄▀▄ ▄▀▀▓█▀▄▀ ▀░██▌░▒▀▓ ▄░▀░███▓▀▄▀▀▀▀ ▄▀█ ▀ ░░█ ▓█▓▀▄▄▀▀ ■▓█▄ █▓░▀ █░▌ ■▄░█▌▐▓ ▄ ░▌▄▀░▄▀▓▄▀▀▀▐░█▀▀▀ ▀▄ ▄░ ▓█▀▄▀▄█▀▀ ░▄ █▓▐▌▐▒░░█▀▄▀▄▄██░▄▄▀█ █▓ █ ▒░ ▄▀▀░░█ ▌▀ ░██ ▌ ▀▀▄█▄▀█ ▒░ ▓█▄▀▄▀░ ▌█▀▄ ░░ ▌░▀ ▓█▓ █ ▓▒▐░▀▄░█▀ ■▀█░▌▓ █▓ ▄ ▓▒▀ ▀▐▒░░▌▒▐▌▐░▌░▄▄▓███▓ ▄ ▒▌▓███▓▐▌▐▒ ▓▐▌▐▒░▌ ▄▄▄▀█▓▐▌▐▓▐▐▐▒░▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▐▒ █▓▐▌▐█ █ █▓▒▒░▐ ▌▐▒ ▓██████▓ █ ▓▌▓███▓ ▌▐▌▓█ ▄ ▓▒░▄▀▀▄▄▄■▀█ ▌▐▌▓▐▌▓▒▄ ▀▄▐▌ ▄▀▄ █ ▀ ▀▀█▓▓▌■■ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐ █ ▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▄▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ ■ ▀ ▀▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▄ ■▀ ▀ ▀▀ ▀■ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ■ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀■▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ■▀▀▀▀ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ Author : Sucre █ █ Subject : Sucre's letter to fATE █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ The following is an open letter (Submitted to RCN for publication) to █ █ all in the scene: █ █ █ █ Though many of you probably don't know me, I am writing this letter █ █ to all so that you may know the error of my ways, and so that you won't █ █ repeat any of my mistakes. █ █ █ █ For six months, I was a part of fATE. I was the SiteOp of their Net █ █ WHQ. My FTP site logged more than 1.8 terabytes of transfers during █ █ my tenure as a fATE operative, and more than 30 gigs of warez were █ █ pumped into the scene because of it. By most accounts, including those █ █ of g0d and Anti Derivative, my bosses, my site was the second most 'leet █ █ site on the Net. I take solace in the fact that I was able to provide █ █ this service for so many. That makes what I have to say harder. █ █ █ █ I am taking leave of the scene permanently, so that I may pursue the █ █ education that my Internet connection was originally intended to █ █ support. I don't take this decision lightly, but I believe it's one █ █ that has to be made. But before I go, I would like to say a few █ █ thoughts about the many things on my mind. █ █ █ █ fATE, as a group, has more dedicated people in it than most groups █ █ do. The new people that fATE constantly recruits only make the group █ █ stronger, and more adept at couriering warez. LeoDLioN has done █ █ nothing but work his tail off since he became a senior, and his work █ █ is reflected in the number of quality warez couriered by fATE. Touch █ █ Tone is a kickbutt releaser, and Doobie does a good job managing █ █ sites. In general, most of the members of fATE work very hard to get █ █ things done for the group on and off the IRC. My WHQ FTP site, Sickle's █ █ Cell FTP, and Sewerat's 13th Floor sites were always full with at least █ █ 200 megs of 0 day warez. █ █ █ █ Not everything was rosy, though. During the first week of December, █ █ several fATE members had a conference call. Discussed in this █ █ conference call were the future of the group, the image of the group, █ █ and the means by which to inflict a positive change in the group's image █ █ and standing among all other groups. The outcome of that discussion █ █ called for Anti Derivative and g0d to listen to their members and █ █ carefully make judgments on how the group should be run. █ █ █ █ Those included in the conference call were myself, Sickle, Gahn, █ █ LeoDLioN, tKLP and IceKitten. We came to a consensus that having two █ █ figureheads at the top of a group was senseless and did not represent █ █ the best interests of fATE. We also figured that it would be easy for █ █ us to tell Anti Derivative and g0d what we thought, what we wanted █ █ changed, and how we thought it should be done, but they weren't █ █ responsive to our thoughts at all and did not wish to hear anything █ █ about them. █ █ █ █ They accused all of us, especially myself, of conspiring against █ █ them to overthrow the heads of fATE. They couldn't have been more █ █ wrong. Unfortunately, differences between myself and Anti-Derivative █ █ and g0d forced me to take permanent leave of fATE. Several other █ █ members left too, including Sickle, IceKitten, Gahn, LeoDLion, and tKLP. █ █ LeoDLioN has since returned to fATE to resume his role as an █ █ outstanding, fair, moral leader of a group that still lacks the █ █ ability to converse with their "true" leaders and resolve real █ █ problems. █ █ █ █ The reasons I left had nothing to do with being thrown out for █ █ "conspiring" and had everything to do with ongoing differences between █ █ myself and the two at the top. Even so, this subject, for me, is the █ █ most painful to discuss. Anti Derivative and g0d gave me my start, from █ █ a nobody with a fast connection to the sysadmin of a world class █ █ Internet FTP service dedicated to the transfer of fATE-tagged warez. █ █ █ █ However, the immaturity of Anti Derivative and g0d got to the better █ █ of fATE. Actions speak louder than words, and their actions have caused █ █ much trouble for fATE, so much resentment by other groups, and such hate █ █ by individuals. █ █ █ █ In order to write this I asked to be invited into fATE, and g0d was █ █ happy to oblige. When I told them I was writing this, and told them █ █ I believed RTS is number two on the scene, I was promptly kicked. The █ █ following is an excerpt from the logs taken that night... █ █ █ █ <Sucre> doobs: rts █ █ <D00bie> hahaah █ █ <D00bie> thats funny.. █ █ <g0d> rts??..hahahhahahhahahahhahha █ █ <g0d> hahahahhaha █ █ <g0d> hahahhahahahhahahahha █ █ <g0d> hahahhahaha █ █ <g0d> hahahah █ █ <D00bie> sorry but not interested.. this is a joke.. █ █ <g0d> ahhhh shit hahahhahahah █ █ <Sucre> yes and i believe its their attitude █ █ *** You were kicked by g0d (g0d) █ █ *** Attempting to rejoin... █ █ █ █ Needless to say...I wasn't able to rejoin. However, I was able to █ █ obtain the logs of what was said after I was kicked from the channel █ █ #fATE. █ █ █ █ <Sucre> yes and i believe its their attitude █ █ *** Sucre was kicked by g0d (g0d) █ █ <Arch|Vile> guys.. that will also go in his review █ █ <D00bie> he's got to be kidding ?? no? █ █ <Arch|Vile> our reaction is what shouldnt have happened █ █ <g0d> jesus that really made my day haha... █ █ <Arch|Vile> we just acted liek a bunch of little kids, kicking █ █ someone, because he made his opinion.. █ █ <Arch|Vile> its also the behaviour of members that gives the groups a █ █ reputation █ █ <g0d> listen...It is no-one's business what we are doing....those █ █ lame warez mags are all crap...and 100% biased...You want a good █ █ review...get fATE too start writting one...I am all for it..then we █ █ will go interview everyone else and slam them heh █ █ <Arch|Vile> and the way we acted was pathetic that's all that i am █ █ saying █ █ <Sewerat> hehe....I second that :) █ █ <D00bie> also, see how fast we went down in the ratings as soon as we █ █ kicked ghosty??? █ █ <g0d> No arch what you are saying is the way I acted was pathetic... █ █ <Arch|Vile> what we do to members, and all that is completely our █ █ business █ █ <Arch|Vile> and no one should write reviews about that BUT he came in █ █ quite peacfully █ █ <Arch|Vile> g0d: we laughed at him and then kicked him that was not a █ █ right thing to do he was peaceful █ █ <g0d> arch that was sucre...he is a lame ass █ █ <Arch|Vile> we should have PROVED that we are better than rts █ █ <[-MANiC-]> just because he doesnt feel that the group is talking to █ █ is #1 doesnt mean anything bad.. he was really nice about █ █ it, he could have said fATE is #3 cuz they suck █ █ <g0d> he is never peaceful...he will slam us in his lame little █ █ fucking review regardless of what happens in here █ █ <Arch|Vile> you cant just go say he WILL put bad things in his review █ █ <Arch|Vile> we should not have kicked him out █ █ <Arch|Vile> even though SUCRE himself is a lamer █ █ <Arch|Vile> HE is the one who wil write ABOUT fATE to the rest of the █ █ world █ █ <g0d> arch I was going to kick him a millisecond after he joined..he █ █ was lucky he lasted that long.... █ █ <[-MANiC-]> i must say i agree with arch... █ █ <aNTi-D> who is this? █ █ <[-MANiC-]> but █ █ <Arch|Vile> we care g0d.. fATE should care █ █ <[-MANiC-]> im gonna use my better judgement █ █ <[-MANiC-]> and not get into an argument about it with seniors █ █ <aNTi-D> who are we talking about? █ █ <[-MANiC-]> sucre █ █ <Arch|Vile> anti: do a scrollback tell me who you think is right █ █ <[-MANiC-]> and wanted us to tell him stuff about how fATE was doing █ █ <aNTi-D> i whole heartdly agree with g0d █ █ <g0d> anti sucre joined the channel and said he is writting an █ █ artical about fATE...I bounced his ass out █ █ <aNTi-D> even if it wasn't for the fact sucre is a lame little no good █ █ piece o shit bitch ass that if i knew where he lived i would imp █ █ <[-MANiC-]> anti: because of sucre himself? or because of not wanting █ █ a bad review? or a review in general? █ █ <aNTi-D> good call g0d █ █ █ █ The dialog speaks for itself. Having put my personal feelings about █ █ Anti Derivative and g0d aside, I believe that their presence in that █ █ group and that channel are extremely detrimental to the group. █ █ █ █ To put it very succinctly, g0d lies, cheats and steals his way to █ █ the top. He puts himself in front of his group. His agenda is to mow █ █ over anything that he believes stands in his way. He's also threatened █ █ my life and he thinks he knows everything about me there is to know. But █ █ that's biased. █ █ █ █ In an unbiased review of g0d, he doesn't think before he acts, which █ █ is manifest in his contempt for most members of most other groups. He █ █ has repeatedly insulted the members of Malice. He considers most groups █ █ not worthy of being in the scene. All that reflects on the group as a █ █ whole, not on just g0d himself. █ █ █ █ His "leadership" is even questioned by the very people he is █ █ supposedly leading, namely all those that told him that his kicking me █ █ was pathetic, and not called for. Manic even went so far as to say that █ █ it was against his better judgment to say anything against g0d. Does █ █ that mean that the members of fATE fear g0d because if they speak up █ █ like I did, they will be victims of more of g0d's rash decisions? █ █ █ █ To give credit where credit is due, g0d is a good courier, when he █ █ does it. He can move warez with the best of them. His persistence on █ █ some issues and work as a leader has taken fATE to new levels. █ █ Unfortunately, ultimately those levels attained were forfeited when g0d █ █ began acting ruthlessly and selflessly. █ █ █ █ Anti Derivative, the company president, is a little more mellow than █ █ g0d. While g0d jumps to conclusions, AD tends to be more rational, more █ █ subdued when making decisions. █ █ █ █ A lot has to be said about Anti Derivative. He is among the most █ █ leet people in the scene. His drive to make fATE the number one group █ █ out there is never ending. █ █ █ █ Anti Derivative doesn't play as much into the picture as g0d does, █ █ for I believe that g0d controls fATE through the auspices of AD. For █ █ that reason, I have little to say about aNTi-D, other than the fact █ █ that he too has threatened my life, most notably during the night on █ █ which the preceding log of #fATE was taken. █ █ █ █ Finally, I urge all members of fATE to question their leadership, █ █ the benefits (of which there are few) and its detriments (of which there █ █ are slightly more than a few), and decide if you really want this type █ █ of leadership. █ █ █ █ You guys were all good guys (and some ladies). I am going to be █ █ sorry that I'm leaving, but like I said, this is a decision that has █ █ to be made. You will all be missed. █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ I may not know too much about fATE, but I know enough to say that █ █ Sucre was definitely one of your best members, and I say MEMBER, because █ █ before we even look at the wonders he did for you, we must recognize the █ █ dedication he feeded you with. It happens to be that he ran one of the █ █ fastest sites for fATE, which should add to your dismay when you look █ █ back at what you have done. I have a hard time believing that the fATE █ █ leadership could treat a person dedicated to them for six months like █ █ a bag of dirt. Six months may not be a lot in human years, not even a █ █ lot in dog years, but it's a helluva lot of time in scene years (except █ █ to those that have been around for 10 years). I think fATE's behavior █ █ (and yes, I say fATE, because I mean fATE as a whole. If you're in █ █ fATE, it means that the leadership represents you, and if you find that █ █ that's not the case, you shouldn't be in fATE in the first place) with █ █ Sucre during the time in which the above log was taken is sickening and █ █ Sucre deserves a definite appology for it. I will say no more about █ █ this, I think that the outcome of not having Sucre on your team, fATE, █ █ will show you what you've done. █ █ - Hitex █ █ █ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ Author : Rebel Chicken █ █ Subject : Anarchist Bust █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ The following is an excerpt from a "The Chronicle-Journal," Thunder █ █ Bay, Ontario, Thursday, January 25, 1996 : █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ █ Child Porn Case Bogs Down Police █ █ █ █ Police investigating child pornography on the Internet say they've █ █ received a number of calls from people asking if they are also under █ █ suspision in the case. █ █ █ █ RCMP Const. Tom James said other local bulletin boards have closed down █ █ since Tuesday, when two computers and a variety of software were seized █ █ from a Westfort residence. █ █ █ █ Police allege an 18 year-old was offering child pornography from a █ █ computer bulletin board but it could takes days before any charges are █ █ laid. █ █ █ █ "It takes a long time to go through a two-gigabyte harddrive," said █ █ James, who is conducting a dual investigation with Thunder Bay Police. █ █ A hard drive that size can hold over 110,000 single-space typed pages █ █ or 13,000 graphic images. █ █ █ █ James said the police have to look at all the files on the computers, █ █ decide what they want and then secure and backup those files. If there █ █ are pornographic images there is also the possibility of following up █ █ some of the files, mostly pictures, to try and find their source and █ █ perhaps lead to others who may be distributing pornography. █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ █ The 18 year old bustee, was ANARCHIST from Demolition and Legacy. █ █ While he was in Legacy, he often complained that he did not have enough █ █ hard drive space. Now I know why he had such shortage of space. It █ █ might surprise some that Anarchist was in the front page for 2 days. █ █ What boggles the mind is that while being printed in the newspaper, it █ █ never mentioned his board containing pirated software. █ █ █ █ According to Lucifer Fear, Anarchist is currently on bail, but will █ █ most likely be sentenced for 10 years in prison. Lucifer Fear has also █ █ informed me that Anarchist might also be charged for rape of a 13 year █ █ old girl, while he was babysitting her. █ █ █ █ █ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ Author : Trite █ █ Subject : Courier Reviews - Follow Up █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ Hello! In my last review on couriering groups (RCN, Issue 10, █ █ Articles) I rated 5 of the top couriering groups in the scene today. It █ █ seems that several people thought that my opinions were slightly biased █ █ and incorrect. I feel that I did not provide enough infomation for you, █ █ the readers, to fully understand my rating system, and what factors █ █ contribute to a group's score. In this article, I will fully explain █ █ how I rated groups in the last review, and clarify my opinions made, █ █ hopefully so that you can understand my system. Before I jump to that, █ █ █ █ Overall Scores: █ █ --------------- █ █ 1. Request to Send [9.5] █ █ 1. Rise in Superior Couriering [9.5] █ █ 3. Mindcrash [7.8] █ █ 4. Fast Action Trading Exchange [7.5] █ █ 5. Malice [7.0] █ █ █ █ █ █ I rate couriers based on two factors. They are as follows: █ █ █ █ 1. Couriering Ability. This obviously is based on a group's █ █ participation in couriering, and how it organizes itself while █ █ spreading. How it communicates between its Internet division █ █ and its Telcom division. █ █ █ █ 2. Scene Awareness. This is how a group conducts itself when █ █ dealing with new members, site inquiries, and over all "Heart" █ █ of the group. This is based on how a group handles visitors to █ █ their channel and mailed inquiries. It also takes into account █ █ how a group interfaces with other groups, and the general warez █ █ public. █ █ █ █ Now that you know what a group needs to do to score higher, let's █ █ review last week's article. I have gotten a lot of response from MALiCE █ █ members on their rating, so let's begin with them. █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ █ ▄▄▓▄■▀█▓▄▄▄ ▄▄▓▄■▀ ▀▄ ▀▓▄■ ▄▌ ░ ▄▌ █ █ ▀▀▓▄■ ▓██▌ ■▄█▌ ▀▀▓▄▄ ▓██▌ ▄████▓▀ ▐▄█▌■▀█▄▄▄█ ▄▄▌ ▄ ▀▓▄▄▄▓■▄▄▌ █ █ ░▐▄█▌ ▐█░▌ ▐▓█■ ░▐▄█▌ ▐█░▌ ■▄█▌ ▐█▓▌ ■▄█■ █▀■█▄■■ ■▄█■ ▒▀▀▒▄■ █ █ ▐█▓▌ ▐█░█ █▓█░ ▌▐█▓▌▄▐▓░█ ░ ▐▓█■ ▐█▓ ░▐█▓▌ ▀ ▀■░▐█░▌ ▀ █ █ ▐█▓ ▐█▒█ █▒▓░ ▌▐█▓ ▐▓▒█ ▐ █░██ nU ░▐▓▒█ ▐▓▓█ ░▐▓▒█■▀█▀ █ █ ▐█▒█ ██▒█ ▓▒▓▒ ▌▐▓▒█ ██▒█ ▐ ▓▒▓█ ▄▄░▐▒▒█ ▓█▒█ ▄▄ ▌███ █ █ ▐█▒█ ██░█ ▐▓▒▓ ▌▐▒▒█ ▓▒░█ ▐ ▀░▒█ ▀▀█▄■█▐▓░█ ▀░▓█ ▄▄▄▄▌ █▒▓█ ▄ █ █ ▐█░█ ▐█▄▓▄■░▀▀▀▌▐▓░█ ▐░▄▓▄■ ▀▀███ ░ ▐███▐▒▀▀▀ ▀▓█ ▐▓▀■ ▄░▀░░█ █▄▄█▄■ █ █ ▐█▀▀▀ ▀▄▀▄▄▓░▒▄▀▐▒▀▀▀ ▀▄▀▄▄ █▀▄■▀▀ ▄▀ ▀ ■▀ ▀▀ ░▀▀▓█ █ ▐█▀▒ █ █ ▀ ▐▀ ▀▄▀ ▐▀ ▒▄■▀ ░ m a l i c e c o u r i e r s ▀ ■▀ ▀ █ █ ▀ ▄■ █ █ █ █ MALiCE is probably the leader in the couriering scene today, with █ █ some of the fastest Internet and Telcom sites of any group. They define █ █ excellence in couriering wiht skilled traders from around the world. I █ █ have seen several of their distribution boards, and MALiCE pumps them to █ █ their limit. █ █ █ █ Although MALiCE is one of the best couriering teams I have ever █ █ seen, and they certainly grabbed a 10 on couriering ability, they just █ █ lack talent in other areas, such as relations, group interfacing, etc. █ █ My original example of their big-headedness might just be a tad out of █ █ date, so I present to you their channel policy. Only MALiCE members are █ █ allowed in the channel, no publicity for this group at all. This is by █ █ far MALiCE's biggest fault. They do all recruiting by word-of-mouth, █ █ which is not too bad, but not too good practice for a long lasting █ █ courier group. This is why my rating of MALiCE was so low last week. █ █ I hate those two criteria which each hold 50% of a group's overall █ █ rating, so with a 10 in couriering ability and a mere 4 in scene █ █ awareness, it averaged out to a 7. █ █ █ █ I have the utmost respect for MALiCE and their accomplishments. █ █ They rank right up there with RiSC, but they need definite work in other █ █ areas. █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ █ ▄▄██▓▄▄ ▄▄▄▀ █ █ ▀▓▀░▀█▓███▀▀ ▄▄█▄▄ ▄▄████▄▄▄ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▓██████▄▄▄▄ █ █ ▀ ▀▀░ ▄▄█▀▀ ▀███▄ ▐██████████████▄▄▄██▌ ▄▀▀▀░ ▀▀▀▀▓████▓░ █ █ ▄ ▀██▓ ▐███▓ ▓▀▀ ░▀▀▀▀▀▓▀█████▓▒ ▐▌ ▓▀░ █ █ ▄██▌ ▐█▓ ░ ████▌ ▄▓█▌ ▓ ▀▀░ ▐█▄▄▄ ▄▀░ █ █ ▐█▓ ▐█▓ ▒ ████▌ ▄ ▐█▓ █ ▀████████▄▄▄▄▀▄▄▄▄ █ █ ▐█▓░▄▀▐█▓ ▓ ▐███▓░ ▓▌ ░ ▐█▓░▄▀█ ▄ ▀▀▀▓████▀▄██████▓ █ █ ▄▓██▓▀░▄▐█▓ ▀ ▄██▓▀░ ▐█ ▒ ▐█▓▀░▄█ ▀█▄▄▄ ▄▀ ░▀▀██▌ █ █ ▐▀▐█▓▄▀░▐█▓ ▄▄▓▀▀░ ██ ▓ ▐█▓▄▀░█ ▀▀▓▄▓▀▄█████▓▄ ▐▓ █ █ ▐█▓ ▐█▀▀ ▀▄ ▓█▌ ▀ ▐█▓ ▓ ▀▄▄▓▀ ▀▀█▀ █░ █ █ ▐█▓ ▀ ░█▄ ▐██▄ ▐█▀ ▒ ▐▄ █░ █ █ ▐█▀ ▄▄ ▐██ ▀▓██▄▄ ▀ ░▄██▌ ▄▄▄▄████████▄▄▄█▒ █ █ ▀ ▄▄▓█████▌ ░███▄ ▀▀▓████▄▄▄▄▄████▓▀ ▄██▓▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▓███░ █ █ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▓█▀ ░████▄▄▌ ░▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀░ █ █ ░▀▓██▀ Gangstar<ACiD> █ █ █ █ The second group, and last in this article, will be RTS. A few █ █ people asked me why I rated RTS so high, beating MALiCE and tying with █ █ RiSC. My rating for RTS is almost a reversal of that of MALiCE. RTS █ █ has had a great year so far, with their couriers and net sites, but they █ █ lack the power they had before with strong sites, and superb couriers. █ █ Don't get me wrong, their couriers are great, I just don't see the █ █ determination of the old RTS, so I rated RTS a 9 in couriering ability. █ █ █ █ Although RTS is lacking support for their couriers, every day I see █ █ RTS traders busting their asses with "relations" work. What I mean by █ █ "relations" is that they have every trader armed with apps and taggers █ █ in their XDCC list, going around in group channels and various offer █ █ channels offering RTS apps and searching for talent. I see RTS █ █ interfacing with several groups and always getting their name out. RTS █ █ is a fine role model for scene awareness, I could only wish that other █ █ groups had so much spirit and enthusiasm as RTS. This is why I put them █ █ so high on my scale, a 9 for couriering ability and a solid 10 for scene █ █ awareness. RTS just needs to keep up the good work and get solid █ █ couriering out there. █ █ █ █ These two groups were the only two that were questioned, so I will █ █ let all of you figure out the rest for yourselves. By the way, if you █ █ have any questions or comments regarding my reviews, mail RCN at their █ █ anon address and they will promptly forward the mail to me. I will try █ █ to reply to as many as possible, depending on how much mail I get. You █ █ can also find me on IRC as [Trite]. █ █ █ █ █ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ Author : Shadow Stalker █ █ Subject : Crackpot █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ The following is an excerpt from a message found on Park Central : █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ █ From : CRACKPOT █ █ Subj : This guy is getting on my nerves.... █ █ █ █ A short while ago, I had the misfortune to read the latest issue of █ █ Inquisition. I must say that not only was I laughing while reading the █ █ glob of Razor-biased, lamer nonsense, but I was quite surprised to see a █ █ net-lamer's rendition of how Park Central is an "unfair" board. █ █ █ █ First of all, I should point out that I have nothing against the net █ █ as we know it, I never have and I never will, but when I see some little █ █ net freak that spends his whole life on the net trying to tell people █ █ that Park Central is unfair, it only makes me wonder, where does this █ █ guy get off? █ █ █ █ I have nothing against people having opinions, but if you are going █ █ to have an opinion on something, you should at least be informed in some █ █ fashion of what you are criticizing. In this case, Razor's "Internet █ █ Coordinator" was bashing PC because of our unfairness towards Razor on █ █ races. This "unfairness" is obviously a complete lie, and I will try █ █ to explain some of the reasons for this. █ █ █ █ 1.) In the last few races Razor was smoked on, they complained of having █ █ their transfers aborted on PC. There is only one person that could █ █ do that, and that's PC's local sysop, Silver V, which I should █ █ mention has never been involved in group politics, and never will. █ █ He runs this system as a hobby, and spends a lot of money every █ █ month to keep this board going. The last thing he wants is the █ █ heartache of dealing with crybaby groups like Razor. For the █ █ record, the most recent race on Zone Raiders which Razor lost on. █ █ Razor was quick to jump to the conclusion that someone was "creating █ █ line noise" on their lines and aborting their transfers. Silver V █ █ wasn't even home all day until late that night. I could probably █ █ find close to 10 alibis who were with him at a local bar. So there █ █ goes that sorry... sorry Razor. █ █ █ █ 2.) The new Razor has been using bullshit propaganda like this for █ █ months in an attempt to gain people's sympathy for their pathetic █ █ performance on races against the late TDU-JAM! and Hybrid on the █ █ major boards. It seems that their strategy is a run-down the boards █ █ that they are losing so miserably on, and to rag on the groups that █ █ they are losing to. █ █ █ █ 3.) DruidKin who is so carefree in bashing PC, a board he does not even █ █ have an account on, and probably doesn't even have an account on ANY █ █ major boards. I don't recall this guy from any groups in the past. █ █ I would like to know since when is he an expert on the scene. It █ █ seems to me that he is just another clueless newbie who has been █ █ transformed into a slave for Razor's cause. █ █ █ █ Obviously you can see that there is a great deal of credibility █ █ lacking from Razor's claims against Park Central. I personally don't █ █ appreciate being criticized by this clueless schmuck Druidkin who hasn't █ █ been in the real scene as we know it. If somebody has something to say, █ █ they better the hell have some substantiated proof about what they are █ █ talking about. Again I must note that not a single one of these █ █ "mysterious logoffs" that Razor is whining about has EVER been proven █ █ and it was stay that way because the truth is that none of that shit has █ █ EVER happened on Park Central for the years we have been up. These █ █ accusations are merely part of an intricate web of lies that Razor is █ █ weaving in order to brainwash all the net-lamers that they appeal so █ █ much to, since they can't seem to get anyone in the REAL scene to █ █ partake in their pathetic cause. █ █ █ █ All hail the REAL scene and all those who work so hard to keep it alive! █ █ █ █ * CRACKPOT * █ █ █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ █ Neither Razor's accusations, nor Crackpot's points could ever be █ █ proven since all the evidence is circumstantial. However, Crackpot █ █ brings out many good points about how the BEST (Razor) is probably not █ █ what they seem to be. Crackpot deserves most respect in the fact that █ █ he is one of the people who keeps the scene ALIVE, regardless of his █ █ opinions of Razor or other groups. █ █ █ █ █ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ Author : Entropy █ █ Subject : Egos & Inquisition █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ Inquisition has come out with another one of its great e-mags. Now, █ █ I personally have nothing against iNQ. The e-mag seems to put out a █ █ nice version usually. One of the prolbems though that I found was in █ their last issue. They seemed to have returned after a two week █ vacation. I think those two weeks were actually to let their egos grow █ █ a little bit more. A comment that struck me as funny was "So RCN can █ █ step aside and all you other lame e-mags too. None of you compare to █ █ INQ." - CyberPhreak. What's going on here? In looking at their editor █ █ list I finally figured out what the problem was. They have formed a █ █ magazine of some of the most egoistical people in the scene today. Even █ █ Lester seems to have gotten into things with his definition of RCN that █ █ I'm sure took him no longer than 3 hours to think up. █ █ █ █ Malice, DOD, RTS... All groups that seem to be associated with iNQ. █ █ I have nothing against any of the members within these groups. In fact, █ █ I have known some of them to be very friendly. When I talked to the █ █ President of Malice I was greeted by Operator with a "Fuck you; Why are █ █ you bothering him?" Hey, what more could I ask for? The structure █ █ today of the scene seems to be one oof very egoistical people who seem █ █ to think that they are the best and that nobody can join their little █ █ "Elite" world. If you ask me, all of these people must be neo-nazis of █ █ the IRC world. █ █ █ █ When we find a new group trying to make it, instead of showing █ █ support and maybe a friendly comment, we seem to be pulling them into an █ █ ongoing war. Why? Is this the 1996 ego clash? Are we all really █ █ better than those "Other lamers" trying to make it in this community? █ █ "If you frequent any decent channels on IRC and actually talk with the █ █ people that are sometimes written about and/or mentioned in RCN, you █ █ will quickly wade through the line of shit that is written in this mag █ █ and notice that what the authors are writing about is just simply for █ █ the masses." - GoreFest. Boy am I glad you wrote this, Gore. Simply █ █ for the masses? I didn't know that only the people that iNQ deems █ █ "cool" are those that WE as in RCN should be writing for! GoreFest █ █ started as a nobody, as we all did. Who knows how brown his nose got █ █ before he rose to who he is today. In fact, who really cares? We are █ █ all the masses. No one person is better than another one. Just because █ █ maybe you can get invited into RiSC or maybe MALiCE's channel and talk █ █ to a senior. Maybe you are even a senior in one of these groups. What █ █ makes you better than Jim Smith on #Warez5? He probably spends most of █ █ his time on IRC offering files to people who want them, giving more to █ █ the scene than the ego that the people of iNQ seem to cherish so much. █ █ █ █ Oh, a note to iNQ, I really did expect to see much content in iNQ █ █ issue 11 being that you had so long to work on it. I was utterly █ █ dismayed when I found that nearly 50% of your mag spoke about RCN :-(. █ █ █ █ █ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ Author : Gandalf █ █ Subject : Digital vs. Analog █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ Computer technology is changing faster and faster by the day. It is █ █ said that every six months, something new has become outdated. Here, █ █ we'll look at the future of modems. The life of modems has changed █ █ dramatically over the past few months. The best modems out in 1994 were █ █ 14.4's. Around August, the 28.8 modem came out and sold for around █ █ $300. In today's world, those 28.8 modems have become standard and some █ █ warez boards even require that you have one to transfer files. More █ █ and more boards are making the switch to ISDN, some for telnet, some █ █ just for direct connections. ISDN isn't cheap, though, so even the █ █ biggest boards are still holding back before they jump on this new █ █ technology. █ █ █ █ This past month, I have seen at least ten new BBSs that have moved █ █ to ISDN. Splatter King, a Swedish board, has setup an ISDN line █ █ dedicated solely to uploading warez. It's a regular node, only █ █ accepting one caller at a time, meant for uploads at 128k speeds. Zero █ █ hour warez are no longer a thing of the Internet alone, they are common █ █ on this board. Before the top boards move to ISDN for Internet access- █ █ ability, they will probably move to direct nodes so couriers can have █ █ greater uploads in shorter time periods. █ █ █ █ Many boards are moving to ISDN for Internet accessability so that █ █ they may attract callers from around the world without a long distance █ █ charge. Not only that, the Internet also allows an unlimited number of █ █ nodes via Telnet. I don't suggest that you go above 4 nodes on a single █ █ 128k connect, though, as speed will be severely decreased. The other █ █ advantage to using ISDN is that the system operator of a given telnet █ █ BBS may change the "number" (IP address) of his server at will. This is █ █ a great security precaution. One board that is about to try this is █ █ the Tower of Sourcery. It is installing a 128k terminal dedicated to █ █ Telnet capabilities, hoping to expand its user base and courier base █ █ making it an even more popular board, and opening its doors to a wealth █ █ of new users. █ █ █ █ However, all this speed is not so cheap. The new digital ISDN █ █ terminals (not modems, because on a digital line, there is no need for █ █ modulation) can run around $400, not to mention line setups. Your phone █ █ company will charge approximately $50 setup for the line, plus $20/month █ █ for the monthly cost. Be aware, though, that a digital line actually █ █ offers TWO lines in one, so you can get yourself a SECOND ISDN terminal █ █ (yes, that'll be another $800!) and run it on the same "one" line that █ █ you purchased from your phone company! Once you have your terminal █ █ completely setup, you'll probably feel very proud, but don't forget █ █ about Internet charges! Your provider will charge you much more for █ █ internet access through ISDN. After all, you're using up a greater █ █ amount of their resources. Once you do have everything setup, though, █ █ you'll be cruising at a sweet 12.8 kilobytes/second. █ █ █ █ Alright, so you're not quite ready for ISDN yet? Don't feel bad, █ █ neither am I. Your 28.8 will still do just fine for the time being, █ █ don't be surprised if in another few months, you'll be at the store █ █ searching for prices on a new ISDN terminal. █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ Hehehe, and I just upgraded from a 14.4 to a 28.8 yesterday, no, make █ █ that a 33.6... <grin> █ █ - Hitex █ █ █ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ Author : Manic █ █ Subject : I was a lamer too! █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ Whether anyone wants to admit it or not, at one time or another, █ █ each and every one of us was a newbie to the scene, or as the 3133+ █ █ dudes called us, lamers. Some of us couldn't get into any groups, so we █ █ decided to start our own, at least that way we would have an affiliation █ █ to list on future apps, and hopefully better our chances of getting in a █ █ group. I myself have run two groups of my own, one releasing, and one █ █ couriering. The releasing group did fair, and managed to release the █ █ first working I-phone crack. The couriering group, however, didn't do █ █ so well, and wound up dying two weeks after it was formed. █ █ █ █ Many of the newbies to the scene go through this because most of █ █ them can't find someone who is willing to give them a chance, but if █ █ nobody ever gives them a chance, then nobody knows what they might be █ █ able to do. Who knows, the next great courier or supplier might be █ █ calling some little one node bbs right now, filling out that new user █ █ application, and hoping to get on. When I read the article Hitex wrote █ █ (RCN, Issue 10, Articles) I saw myself. I remember when I used to try █ █ getting on k-rad warez boards, only to find out I wasn't cool enough. I █ █ remember when I first got on a good warez board, because a guy who ran a █ █ local BBS decided it wouldn't hurt anything for me to leech a few games █ █ for his board. That guy later introduced me to the net, and taught me █ █ about IRC. Prozac, I'd just like to say thanks. █ █ █ █ I quickly became addicted, and started leeching like a mad man. █ █ Once I learned about all these groups, who I thought were so great for █ █ getting us this software for free, I decided that I wanted to be a part █ █ of one. Unfortunately, because I was a 'lamer' nobody would take me. █ █ Then one day, about 8-9 months ago, about the same time as Hitex really █ █ got started, I noticed this new group called Vendetta, so I thought hey, █ █ there's one I haven't applied to yet. I tried getting an app, but they █ █ didn't have one. I thought oh well, another one down. About that time, █ █ the vice prez, Hitex (Krypton at the time) told me he would talk to me █ █ about applying later, after he got his channel back. I thought, hey, █ █ what a way to earn some suck-up points, I'll convince these guys that I █ █ want to help them keep the channel, and give it back to Hitex. Well, █ █ needless to say, they were too smart for me, but maybe my intentions █ █ worked out, because he decided to give another lamer, that nobody had █ █ heard of, a chance. it it hadn't been for Hitex allowing me into VND, I █ █ honestly don't think I would be where I am today. That helped me get █ █ into HWC because I could get them VND releases, then HWC merged with █ █ fATE, and then, finally my dream came true, I was in one of the BIG █ █ groups, and I even got to be a senior in fATE's releasing section, which █ █ soon split off to form RoR. █ █ █ █ Who knows, without Hitex, if I would have ever been in HWC. If not, █ █ I would have never been in fATE, or RoR. Hitex and Rebel Chicken really █ █ are some of the elites of the scene today. Many don't like them, █ █ probably because he gave too many people like me a chance, but I'd like █ █ to think that he made the right decision. █ █ █ █ I don't know if anyone understands what I am saying or not, but █ █ hopefully if you are a senior of some group, next time you get an app █ █ from someone who has no affils, or experience in the scene, you will █ █ think that hey, maybe this guy could turn out to be a good member. If █ █ there was nobody to give the newbies a chance there would eventually be █ █ nobody in the scene. Sure, the newbies are annoying, constantly bugging █ █ you to be in the group, but they will overcome their excitement soon █ █ after they get their first 0 hour ware. They will begin to understand █ █ the scene a little better. If this article just changes one person's █ █ opinion of the little affil-less newbies, then my story was worth it. █ █ █ █ █ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ Author : Hitex █ █ Subject : BBSs vs. The Net █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ Being a BBS SysOp used to be something to envy. Not everyone could █ █ afford to have a BBS, the costs were very high. More recently, BBSs █ █ have become virtually commonplace. The BBS scene has flourished, █ █ competition has been on the rise, and boards have gone up in quality. █ █ The top boards now consist of 15+ nodes, all pushing at 28.8 kbps or █ █ even 33.6 kbps for the lucky ones. With the advent of the Internet, █ █ though, we have been presented with a new form of data transfer, FTP █ █ sites. FTP sites now run on super fast internet connections capable of █ █ over 100k/s, assuming perfect efficiency. For a scene that relies █ █ purely on speed, these new holding grounds are obviously the ideal █ █ choice. There are, however, several issues that need to be tackled █ █ before we can assume that the warez scene should move to sites. █ █ █ █ A fast BBS used to be the main form of "declaring a release." If a █ █ group released a program and another group released it 30 minutes later, █ █ the seniors could tell which group got to it first by seeing when the █ █ release started to get on boards, or, more appropriately, when it got on █ █ the competition's World Headquarter. I, personally, would refine that █ █ to say that a release has been declared as soon as it has gotten on a █ █ headquarter of a major couriering group, since it is the couriers that █ █ are responsible for pushing the warez. The dilemna arrives when a █ █ group tries to claim a release that they put only on FTP sites and on █ █ IRC. If the group's couriers aren't fast enough, or if the release was █ █ lost by only a few minutes, it may not have gotten on any BBSs yet. Is █ █ an FTP site a proper "declaration" site? Some would argue. I, █ █ personally, think that if the site is an official headquarter site of at █ █ least one major group, it should be. FTP sites are very handy for █ █ keeping track of things. They keep track of everything! Not only do █ █ they tell you what date the release was uploaded on, but the time too, █ █ down to the nearest second! █ █ █ █ I think that it is evident that FTP sites are a valid form of █ █ stating a release, as long as they are big enough, which is the same █ █ requirement we would put on a board. It is not enough to upload a █ █ release to a single-node board in Afghanastan and say that you have █ █ released it, nor is it enough to upload the release to a 3k/s anonymous █ █ FTP site. █ █ █ █ Another argument that people often make about the Internet as a █ █ releasing grounds is that IRC is a perfectly good place to declare a █ █ release. This, I would have to disprove of. To my knowledge, IRC does █ █ not keep a log of any times that anything was offered on or anything to █ █ that degree. Moreover, IRC involves pure word of mouth, never anything █ █ definite, so if DOD tries to release Nashville and PWA tries to do the █ █ same on the same day, nearly at the same time, and the groups are too █ █ dumb (note, this would NEVER happen with such experienced groups, these █ █ guys know what to do if they have such a sweet release!) to upload the █ █ release to any sites or to any boards, nobody will ever know who really █ █ released it first. █ █ █ █ Ultimately, we wouldn't take the word of a small BBS to tell us when █ █ a release was done, nor would we take the word of a small FTP site. We █ █ will not take the word of IRC to tell us when a release was done, as we █ █ are all a bunch of lying schmucks and would never get anywhere doing █ █ that :-). Those are my two cents, if you have any comments or █ █ suggestions, please write in! █ █ █ █ █ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░▄■▀▀ ▄ ▀■▄ ▄ ▀ ▄ ░ ░ ▄ ▓█▌ ■ ▐▓▄ ░▄▄■ ▀ ░ ▄█ ▒ ▓▄▄▄▄▄▄▓▒▒■ ██▄▄░▄▄▄▄▌░▄▄▄▄▓███▓▄▄▄▓███▓▌ ▓█▀▄ ▐▄▄▓ ▄▄▄▓▌░▄▄▄▄▓█▓▒▓▄▀▀▀█ ▓█▓▀▀▀▀▀▀░█ ▓▀▀▀▀▀▓███▓▀▀▀▀▀▀▓███▓▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ██▀█▓▀▀▀▀▀▓████▓▀▀▀▀▌▀█▌ ▒ ▓ ░▀ ▄■▀▀▀■█▓ ▄■▀▀▀■▄ ▀░ ▄■▀▀▀■▄ ▀░▐▓█▄■▀▓▀■ █ ▄■▀▀▀■▄ ▀▄ ▄■▀▀▄ ▐░ ▀░ ░ ░▒ ▐▓▌ ░▓ ▓░ ░▌ ▐▒ ■ ░▀▓ ▓ ▓▌ ▐▓ ▓▌ ▒▌ ▓▀▀▓█▓▀▒ ▐░▌ ▒░░▐░▌ ▄▄▄░▌▐░░ ▒▌ ▐░▌ ▌ ░░ ░▓▌▐░░ ▐█ ▐▒ ░ ▌ █▒▓▐▓▌ ▐▓▌ █ ▐▓▌ ▓▌ ■▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▓▌ ▐▓ ▐░ ▄▒ ▓▓ ▐▓▌ ▓░ ▀▓ ░▓ ▓▓ ▐░▌ ▐▌ ▓░ ▀▓▓▌ ░▓ ░░ ▒█ ▓▀ ▒▄ ▀■▄▄▄■░ ▄ ▀■▄▄▄░▀ ▐▄ ▀■▄▄▄░▀█ ▓▄░░▓▄ ▐▓▄ ▓▄ ▀■▄▄▄░▀ ▄▄ ▀ ▀ ▓▀ ▒ ▓█▓▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▓█▓▄▄▄▄▄▄▓███▓▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▀█▄▄▄▄▄▄▓████▌▄█▓▄▄▄▄▄▄▓███▓▄▄▄▄▄█▓▄▄▄▓██ ▀▀▀▀▀░▀▀▓█████▓▀▀▀▀█ ▀▀▀▀▌ ▀▀▀▀▀███▓▀▀▀▓▌ ▀ ■▄ ░▀▀▀▀▀▌ ▓▀▀▀▀███▀▀▓▀░▓▀ ░▀▀▓▌ ░▀▓▌ ░ ▐▓ ░ ▐▓▀ ▀■▄ ▀■▄▄▌▄ ▄▄■▀ ▄ ■▀ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ Welcome to Dear Entropy! This is going to be YOUR column that is a █ █ cross between Dear Abby and Dave Berry. The most important part of this █ █ is YOUR participation. If you have ever had a question about the scene, █ █ or just a comment, here's the place! Have you ever wanted to know why █ █ some people do this or that? ASK! We would love to take it to the █ █ extreme for you and we will be happy to research it! I hope you have as █ █ much fun with this as I will! Remember, this is YOUR column! █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ Dear Dark Warrior from Issue 10, █ █ █ █ You are not godly, you are what is wrong with the world of BBSes █ █ and files. First off, you don't R00lz (as you put it) cause you run a █ █ 0-day BBS. Almost any sysop on IRC runs a 0-day BBS, the only way I █ █ see people that rule (No 0's please) is from their attitude toward █ █ other users on IRC and on BBSes in general. I can say without a doubt █ █ that you have a lame ass, I am god attitude, I run a 0-day BBS and now █ █ you can suck my dic??? HAHAAAAAAHHHHAAAA I also run a a BBS that gets █ █ the files as soon as I snag them from the sites, usually within the a █ █ few hours of release AND I don't even have a stuck up attitude. I █ █ still belive in treating other users like people and that we are not █ █ better or worse than them. If a lamer wants access, I don't say shit █ █ like my dick and i will let you on. █ █ █ █ PS - You definitely do NOT R00LZ! █ █ █ █ Signed, █ █ █ █ Road Rebel █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ █ Dear Road Rebel, █ █ █ █ I agree with you completely. I too ran a BBS. If you have a BBS and █ █ have access to IRC, you have no excuse for NOT having 0 day files. █ █ Unless that is, if you only have one line, and cannot tear yourself away █ █ from IRC as Dragon Warrior seems to have that problem. However, he does █ █ seem to find time get a blow job from his users... █ █ █ █ Signed, █ █ █ █ Entropy █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ █ Dear Entropy, █ █ █ █ I saw that this weeks topic would be about AOL, and lameness. I am █ █ not an AOL member and never have been, BUT my older brother has an AOL █ █ account from work and I looked around. Anyone who says that AOL sucks █ █ is WRONG! The people on AOL may be LAME, but AOL is very nice and █ █ organized. You can talk to famous stars which could never happen on IRC █ █ due to the asshole factor. I could see some big band being interviewed █ █ answering questions on IRC, yea right! IRCUZi would have a record usage █ █ on that one, and members of the bad would get collided. Actually, it █ █ would be funny, but anyways, AOL people are usually new to computers and █ █ don't have a clue. I will admit that I avoid them but every once in a █ █ while, I run into a good user from AOL and I was also VERY surprised to █ █ see a Warez Scene on AOL. It is A LOT BIGGER than I would have ever █ █ thought possible, and AOL couriers actually work their asses off for █ █ what they get, and the fact that they persist and don't just give up █ █ after being called lame 30 times a night deserves a bit of respest. █ █ █ █ Signed, █ █ █ █ Majestic Man █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ █ Dear Majestic Man, █ █ █ █ I agree with you. Most people from AOL are very new to computers. █ █ Most people who use AOL are the people that are scared to venture into █ █ the world of DOS, let alone the world of Internet where they might have █ █ to see a Unix Prompt. People do go by what others say. Gettin people █ █ to think for themselves is something that is going to take a long time. █ █ For the past 200 years we as a civilization have come less then half way █ █ in thinking for ourselfes. We all seem to take a "kin" to somebody who █ █ in our minds looks like a cool person, someobody who maybe leads MaLiCE █ █ or RTS. When somebody screams "Aol!" we all seem to head for our ban █ █ command and hide behind the ego that somebody is trying cover us with. █ █ The problem with thinking for ourselves is that if we do not conform to █ █ the accepted mold, rumors start flying around that we are "Lame" or not █ █ cool enough to be around. █ █ █ █ Signed, █ █ █ █ Entropy █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ █ Dear Entropy, █ █ █ █ I wanted to make a statement about AOL piraters. Most IRCers think █ █ that AOL is full of lamers that courier 2-3 year old releases. They █ █ also believe that all of AOL is full of mindless 13 year olds begging █ █ for games. They are MOSTLY right, but there is a section of AOL which █ █ have a few elites. They are not really elite like IRC elite but they █ █ are more elite than the avergae #Warez5 IRCer. IRCers don't see much of █ █ AOL's warez because it is hidden well. These people have their own █ █ private rooms and never go to the warez rooms, which makes #Warez look █ █ like heaven. A group called ALLiED is a group full of 0 day uploaders █ █ and are all old and respected warez people. ALLiED members get 0 day in █ █ their mailbox every day, yes, I said 0 day. Believe it or not, AOL does █ █ get 0 day and are sometimes faster than most boards. I get 0 day in my █ █ mail box from four great AOL groups named UPS, Mystic, SPIN, and SNT. █ █ I often get releases a few hours after they were released on the NET. █ █ AOL is actually faster than many IRC channels. AOL is not as lame as █ █ people think. There is more to the AOL piracy scene than the lame █ █ warez rooms. █ █ █ █ Signed, █ █ █ █ Ddz █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ █ Dear Ddz, █ █ █ █ I happen to agree with you on many points. I have seen AOL groups █ █ move warez faster than Net Couriers. It is amazing, we have so much to █ █ work with in the area of speed and how easy it is to get a fast site. █ █ People on AOL have to work a lot harder than we do. Getting people to █ █ accept them is a huge problem. AOL is an extension of IRC, one that █ █ is there whether or not we choose to admit it's existence. The days of █ █ text based environments are leaving faster than we care to admit. They █ █ are behing replaced by the great GUI interface that is taken over the █ █ majority of households. Accepting AOL'ers into the internet is a way to █ █ expand and make the scene the best that it can be. █ █ █ █ Signed, █ █ █ █ Entropy █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ █ Topic For Next Week : The Great #Warez<X>. █ █ █ █ #Warez1 through #Warez-Waldo, places that everyone curses but that █ █ everyone seems to use. Infact, most couriering groups have people that █ █ go into these rooms just to dcc offer. Why? I thought that the █ █ #Warez<X> rooms are places that "lamers" and "aolers" hang out to try to █ █ be as cool, as people from fATE or MALiCE. No? It appears not. fATE █ █ has its own personal warez channel. What is this? Just another place █ █ where people can leech. Is that not the same as #Warez666? Hell YES! █ █ Where did we all start from? When you are looking for something and you █ █ can't find it on your 9 gig RiSC site, where do you go? You join █ █ #Warez. Sure, #Warez1 is better than #Warez5, but why? Is this just █ █ another case of how our little society would like to stay in its own █ █ little "Elite" enviroment where we don't want anybody else? Suppor the █ █ warez channels! We all go there, we all use it! █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ █ Please E-Mail all responses to an385786@anon.penet.fi. █ █ █ █ █ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ THURSDAY │ DECEMBER 28 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ OS:TYPE │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ AMF-END3.ZIP │ 3 │ W95:CDR │ Endorfun │ │ DMN-MSS2.ZIP │ 2 │ WFW:CDR │ Masterpiece SS & Christmas Pack │ │ DODCF307.ZIP │ 36 │ W95:CDR │ Corel Flow v3.0 │ │ DODPOF52.ZIP │ 52 │ WFW:CDR │ Am Jur Proof of Facts on LawDesk │ │ KKK-MCDL.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ Mariah Carey SS │ │ KKKSASS2.ZIP │ 2 │ WFW:DSK │ Globalink Spanish Assistant │ │ NRG-SWED.ZIP │ 17 │ DOS:CDR │ Sensible World of Soccer │ │ PWACDS06.ZIP │ 6 │ WFW:CDR │ Client Data System v3.10 StandAlone │ │ PWACDSN2.ZIP │ 2 │ WFW:CDR │ Client Data System v3.10 Network │ │ PWACDSW5.ZIP │ 5 │ WFW:CDR │ Client Data System v2.10 │ │ RBS-NOV3.ZIP │ 3 │ DOS:DSK │ Novanet 50 USER License Backup │ │ RORP4-05.ZIP │ 15 │ W95:CDR │ Fractal Design Painter v4.0 │ │ SOL-WX11.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ IBM Secure Web Explorer v1.1 │ │ TC-LAW9.ZIP │ 10 │ W95:CDR │ Windows 95 Personal Lawyer │ │ TC-SLS9.ZIP │ 15 │ W95:CDR │ Sticker and LAbel │ │ TNTGL52B.ZIP │ 2 │ WFW:DSK │ Glink v5.2 │ │ TWGPTS04.ZIP │ 11 │ DOS:CDR │ PTS-Dos 6.51 Source Code │ │ VTXCRI13.ZIP │ 16 │ DOS:CDR │ EA Sports Cricket │ └──────────────┴────┴─────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FRIDAY │ DECEMBER 29 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ OS:TYPE │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ DMN-INL2.ZIP │ 2 │ W95:DSK │ InocuLAN │ │ DMN-L4W5.ZIP │ 5 │ WFW:CDR │ Listen │ │ DMN-PTS3.ZIP │ 3 │ WFW:DSK │ Phoenix Telephony Suite │ │ IND-BDE5.ZIP │ 5 │ W95:CDR │ Borland Database Engine v2.0 │ │ MW295R15.ZIP │ 15 │ W95:CDR │ Mech Warrior 2 │ │ PASCL-7.ZIP │ 7 │ OS2:CDR │ Speed-PASCAL/2 │ │ RBS-GC21.ZIP │ 21 │ DOS:CDR │ Galactic Civilizations 2 │ │ SC2KOS2C.ZIP │ 3 │ OS2:DSK │ Sim City 2000 │ │ SPD!NM2.ZIP │ 2 │ W95:DSK │ NCSA Mosaic v2.1 │ │ WC!CTHS3.ZIP │ 3 │ WFW:DSK │ CanTax T1 Headstart 1996 │ │ XARA-2.ZIP │ 3 │ WFW:DSK │ Corel Xara v1.1 │ └──────────────┴────┴─────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SATURDAY │ DECEMBER 30 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ OS:TYPE │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ DODFPRO3.ZIP │ 3 │ W95:DSK │ Claris Filemaker Pro v3.0 │ │ PNT-EEW3.ZIP │ 3 │ DOS:DSK │ EXTRA! Extended v3.4 │ │ PWACP35F.ZIP │ 6 │ WFW:DSK │ Conversion Plus v3.5a │ │ PWACSW03.ZIP │ 3 │ WFW:DSK │ City Streets for Windows v3.12 │ │ PWADVCO5.ZIP │ 5 │ WFW:CDR │ Denver, Colorado Map │ │ PWASC224.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ System Commander v2.24 │ │ QKPKPRO4.ZIP │ 4 │ WFW:DSK │ QuickPak Pro v4.0 │ │ TC-NDL12.ZIP │ 53 │ W95:CDR │ Nickelodeon Directors Lab │ │ TC-PC2.ZIP │ 2 │ OS2:DSK │ PC Configurator │ │ TC-PCWN2.ZIP │ 2 │ W95:DSK │ PC Configurator │ │ TEETIME1.ZIP │ 3 │ WFW:DSK │ Tee Time │ │ VFWDK11.ZIP │ 11 │ WFW:CDR │ Microsoft Video Development Kit │ └──────────────┴────┴─────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SUNDAY │ DECEMBER 31 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ OS:TYPE │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ ICUDEMO.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS:DSK │ Lan Intensive Care │ │ IPL-REB6.ZIP │ 6 │ WFW:CDR │ Rebel Moon │ │ PNC-KDC1.ZIP │ 6 │ WFW:CDR │ Key Design Center 3D │ │ RANX-PF.ZIP │ 1 │ W95:DSK │ Pink Floyd SS │ │ RB55-7.ZIP │ 7 │ W95:CDR │ Base v5.5 │ └──────────────┴────┴─────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ MONDAY │ JANUARY 1 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ OS:TYPE │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ DPH2H23.ZIP │ 23 │ DOS:CDR │ Dawn Patrol Head to Head │ │ PWA-CDQS.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ CD-QuickShare v1.0 │ │ RLX!AW02.ZIP │ 3 │ W95:DSK │ Alphaworld │ │ SOL-PCW6.ZIP │ 6 │ W95:CDR │ IBM Personal Communication v4.1 │ └──────────────┴────┴─────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ TUESDAY │ JANUARY 2 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ OS:TYPE │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ MSQJAW3.ZIP │ 3 │ OS2:DSK │ Just Add Warp │ │ TC-ICS04.ZIP │ 4 │ WFW:DSK │ IBM AS/400 Communications Suite │ │ TC-MAX1.ZIP │ 2 │ OS2:DSK │ Maximus v3.01 │ └──────────────┴────┴─────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ WEDNESDAY │ JANUARY 3 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ OS:TYPE │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ DMN-SND6.ZIP │ 6 │ W95:CDR │ Doonesbury Election Game : Campaign'96 │ │ DODSM205.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ Samplitude Studio v2.05 │ │ L-WETL22.ZIP │ 22 │ DOS:CDR │ Wetlands │ │ NRG-PHTH.ZIP │ 17 │ DOS:CDR │ Mystic Midway : Phantom Express │ │ PDX7-03.ZIP │ 23 │ W95:CDR │ Paradox v7.0 │ │ TC-VIRT.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS:DSK │ Virtual Reality Playhouse │ │ TSCCYAG3.ZIP │ 3 │ DOS:DSK │ CyberAgent SDK │ └──────────────┴────┴─────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ THURSDAY │ JANUARY 4 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ OS:TYPE │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ 4KODABCO.ZIP │ 15 │ W95:CDR │ Dance with ABC │ │ COPSFX7.ZIP │ 7 │ W95:CDR │ Delrina WinFaxPro for NetWorks v4.1 │ │ DN-UR964.ZIP │ 4 │ DOS:CDR │ Unnecessary Roughness '96 │ │ DODLFS7.ZIP │ 7 │ DOS:CDR │ Alcom Lanfax Server System v2.15 │ │ L-NFCC01.ZIP │ 17 │ DOS:CDR │ Nick Faldo's Championship Challenge │ │ NFSICEA2.ZIP │ 2 │ DOS:CDR │ Everest : Iceman's Apprentice │ │ PDX7-23.ZIP │ 23 │ W95:CDR │ Paradox v7.0 │ │ PMP40B.ZIP │ 1 │ OS2:DSK │ PM Patrol v4.0b │ │ PMPN200B.ZIP │ 1 │ OS2:DSK │ PM PostNotes v2.00a │ │ PNT-HDDB.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS:DSK │ HotDocs DataBase Connection v3.0 │ │ PNT-L95B.ZIP │ 2 │ W95:DSK │ LANtastic │ │ PWA-PFA5.ZIP │ 5 │ W95:CDR │ Peachtree First Accounting v2.0 │ │ PWAFOSS4.ZIP │ 4 │ W95:DSK │ FormulaOne SpreedSheet │ │ PWARCADE.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS:DSK │ Power Aracade │ │ RBS-AX18.ZIP │ 18 │ W95:CDR │ Accent Professional Multilangual v2.0 │ │ RORPLT01.ZIP │ 36 │ DOS:CDR │ The Planets │ │ SOL-MR2R.ZIP │ 1 │ OS2:DSK │ MR/2 ICE v.99g : I-net Email Client │ └──────────────┴────┴─────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FRIDAY │ JANUARY 5 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ OS:TYPE │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ CHECKIT4.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ Checkit Pro v4.0 │ │ DMN-INT3.ZIP │ 3 │ WNT:DSK │ InocuLAN │ │ DMN-NAV2.ZIP │ 2 │ WNT:DSK │ Symantec NAV │ │ DODCPT40.ZIP │ 40 │ W95:CDR │ Corel Picture Painter v6.0 │ │ DODSAWPL.ZIP │ 1 │ W95:DSK │ Software Audio Workshop Plus v1.6 │ │ IBMARC5.ZIP │ 5 │ W95:CDR │ Arcade Fly Games │ │ L-MGAME4.ZIP │ 4 │ W95:CDR │ Mind Games Entertainment Pack │ │ OG-AWC01.ZIP │ 1 │ W95:DSK │ Adobe WorkCenter v1.1 │ │ PWAANYN5.ZIP │ 5 │ DOS:DSK │ IBM AnyNet Sockets v2.0.2 │ │ PWAKAI33.ZIP │ 3 │ W95:CDR │ KAI Power Tools v3.0 │ │ PWAMFS2.ZIP │ 2 │ W95:DSK │ Mobile FileSync │ │ PWASCMK.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ Soft Concert : Midi Karaoke v1.0 │ │ SGW28.ZIP │ 28 │ DOS:CDR │ Strategy Games │ │ SOL-XIT2.ZIP │ 1 │ OS2:DSK │ Xit v2.0 │ │ SP95-3.ZIP │ 3 │ W95:DSK │ SuperPrint v4.0 │ │ TC-PF7.ZIP │ 7 │ W95:CDR │ AFP PST/2 v2.0 CSD-Microsoft │ │ TRN-AHS.ZIP │ 1 │ OS2:DSK │ AHS Solitaire I │ └──────────────┴────┴─────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SATURDAY │ JANUARY 6 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ OS:TYPE │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ F8BROC04.ZIP │ 4 │ W95:CDR │ My Advanced Brochures │ │ LC-VST2.ZIP │ 2 │ W95:DSK │ Vesta Plus │ │ OBS-EXX4.ZIP │ 4 │ W95:CDR │ Extruder v4.1 │ │ PWAAWB88.ZIP │ 89 │ WNT:CDR │ Animatek World Builder │ │ PWAWMHSM.ZIP │ 1 │ WNT:DSK │ Watermark's Enterprise HMS │ │ SCS-PIM8.ZIP │ 8 │ DOS:DSK │ X-Space's Picmaps 1 : Material Library │ │ TC-IMS02.ZIP │ 2 │ WFW:DSK │ IMS Client Server Toolkit │ │ TC-VCW03.ZIP │ 3 │ W95:DSK │ Video Craft v3.0 │ │ TWL-SUR1.ZIP │ 3 │ W95:DSK │ Surecom v1.1 │ │ VEL-ASS6.ZIP │ 6 │ DOS:CDR │ All-Star Sports Collection │ └──────────────┴────┴─────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SUNDAY │ JANUARY 7 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ OS:TYPE │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ DOD95R3B.ZIP │ 2 │ W95:DSK │ Remove-It v3.0 │ │ DODMICW4.ZIP │ 4 │ WFW:CDR │ MCSC Challenge Interactive │ │ DSG_FX17.ZIP │ 17 │ DOS:CDR │ Freex │ │ EM11PWA7.ZIP │ 7 │ DOS:CDR │ Emissary Office v1.1 │ │ EXCD595L.ZIP │ 12 │ W95:CDR │ Hummingbird Exceed v5.0 │ │ FMPWA-2.ZIP │ 2 │ DOS:DSK │ FastMove v1.01 │ │ HF-POBJF.ZIP │ 15 │ WFW:CDR │ Oracle Power Objects v1.0.12 │ │ IND-EN2.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ Enote v2.0 │ │ PNT-EA2H.ZIP │ 8 │ WNT:CDR │ Explore Anywhere v2.0 │ │ PWAMAX5.ZIP │ 5 │ W95:CDR │ Maximizer v3.0 │ │ PWAPA01.ZIP │ 5 │ W95:CDR │ PharmAssist │ └──────────────┴────┴─────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ MONDAY │ JANUARY 8 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ OS:TYPE │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ 4KOF&GD9.ZIP │ 9 │ WFW:CDR │ Fun and Games Deluxe │ │ DODRE3DE.ZIP │ 5 │ WNT:CDR │ Realsoft Real 3-D v3.3 │ │ FCS-FDC7.ZIP │ 7 │ DOS:CDR │ Full Destruction │ │ HF-POBJO.ZIP │ 15 │ WFW:CDR │ Oracle Power │ │ IND-DC8.ZIP │ 8 │ WFW:CDR │ DataCad Pro v5.05 │ │ PNT-NC5.ZIP │ 5 │ OS2:CDR │ Netcomber │ │ PNTDB95L.ZIP │ 12 │ W95:DSK │ DB/2 Server v2.1 │ │ TI'MAJ4.ZIP │ 4 │ W95:CDR │ Math Ace Junior │ │ TILTCD32.ZIP │ 32 │ DOS:DSK │ Tilt! │ │ TMNMHDPK.ZIP │ 1 │ W95:CDR │ MS Holiday Pack │ │ ULC-PHS1.ZIP │ 9 │ WFW:CDR │ Physics │ │ VIR-ENV6.ZIP │ 6 │ WNT:CDR │ Envelope v1.1 │ └──────────────┴────┴─────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ TUESDAY │ JANUARY 9 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ OS:TYPE │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ DMN-ADK6.ZIP │ 6 │ W95:DSK │ MS Access Developers Kit 95 │ │ IND-CW4.ZIP │ 4 │ WFW:CDR │ CodeWright v3.1 │ │ IND-EBN.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:CDR │ Birthday News │ │ IND-EM5.ZIP │ 5 │ WFW:CDR │ Mainfram v4.1 │ │ L-CCHSS3.ZIP │ 3 │ W95:CDR │ Championship Chess │ │ N3ANSM-1.ZIP │ 8 │ WFW:CDR │ Computer Based Training │ │ PWAHACS2.ZIP │ 2 │ WFW:DSK │ HyperAccess v2.10 │ │ SCSRZR24.ZIP │ 4 │ W95:cdr │ Razor II │ │ TC-PROBE.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS:DSK │ Analyst/Probe v3.5 │ └──────────────┴────┴─────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ WEDNESDAY │ JANUARY 10 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ OS:TYPE │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ DODBC561.ZIP │ 61 │ W95:CDR │ BORLAND C++ v5.0 │ │ IND-HDK3.ZIP │ 3 │ WFW:DSK │ HyperText Development Kit v2.0 │ │ PNC-3DW1.ZIP │ 3 │ DOS:CDR │ 3D-Ware v2.0 │ │ PWA754_3.ZIP │ 3 │ DOS:DSK │ Dr.Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit │ │ PWAINTC3.ZIP │ 3 │ W95:DSK │ Internet Coach for Netscape │ │ RANGERSS.ZIP │ 1 │ W95:DSK │ Power Rangers SS │ │ RORLMN24.ZIP │ 24 │ W95:CDR │ The Lords of Midnight │ │ SDM-SL13.ZIP │ 13 │ WFW:CDR │ Stylus Lingvo Office │ │ TAHDICT4.ZIP │ 4 │ WFW:CDR │ The American Heritage Dictionary │ │ UCFUNP5.ZIP │ 5 │ DOS:DSK │ Unprotect Pro v1019-1408 │ └──────────────┴────┴─────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ THURSDAY │ JANUARY 11 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ OS:TYPE │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ COPSGL2.ZIP │ 2 │ WFW:DSK │ Goldmine │ │ DODRFX7.ZIP │ 7 │ WNT:CDR │ Real 3D v3.3 │ │ L-BUTT29.ZIP │ 29 │ DOS:CDR │ Beavis & Butt-head in Virtual Stupidity │ │ LSPDEV11.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS:DSK │ ER-View Version v1.1 Enhanced │ │ NRG-BEX1.ZIP │ 5 │ WFW:DSK │ Arcada Backup Exec v7.01a │ │ PNT-INC2.ZIP │ 2 │ W95:DSK │ Incorporate │ │ PNT-WLC2.ZIP │ 2 │ WFW:DSK │ Wonderlink Client │ │ RBS-DDE7.ZIP │ 7 │ WFW:CDR │ DataDirect Explorer v1.0 │ │ REFLE5.ZIP │ 5 │ WFW:CDR │ Reflection 1 │ │ VCR_BT09.ZIP │ 9 │ WFW:CDR │ BigTop Interactive │ └──────────────┴────┴─────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FRIDAY │ JANUARY 12 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ OS:TYPE │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ EDG-SPR3.ZIP │ 7 │ WFW:CDR │ SuperPrint v4.0 │ │ EOD-CCX3.ZIP │ 3 │ DOS:DSK │ Chewy │ │ GOD-NAM3.ZIP │ 3 │ WFW:DSK │ Namease v1.0 │ │ PONGWN95.ZIP │ 1 │ W95:DSK │ Pong │ │ PSH-HB26.ZIP │ 27 │ WFW:CDR │ Familly Health Book v1.30 │ │ PWAIAC10.ZIP │ 10 │ WFW:CDR │ Internet with an Accent │ │ T96-VGT.ZIP │ 29 │ WFW:CDR │ Graph Vision │ │ TC-W3D35.ZIP │ 35 │ WFW:CDR │ Asymetrix Web 3D v1.0 │ │ TMNHSCI5.ZIP │ 9 │ WFW:CDR │ HSC Interactive │ │ TRIO2.ZIP │ 2 │ WFW:DSK │ Trio Fax v5.0 │ └──────────────┴────┴─────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SATURDAY │ JANUARY 13 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ OS:TYPE │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ DODQB07.ZIP │ 7 │ WFW:CDR │ QuickBooks Pro 1996 │ │ DRE-NET3.ZIP │ 4 │ DOS:DSK │ Microforum's Internet Connection │ │ L-TNDCD4.ZIP │ 4 │ DOS:CDR │ Tornado v1.0e │ │ LSPD-DI3.ZIP │ 3 │ WFW:DSK │ Digital Ink │ │ LSPD-ME.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ Magic Enchantments SS │ │ PNC-MDL.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ Miami Dolphins SS │ │ PWA-LTB3.ZIP │ 3 │ WFW:DSK │ LivingTrust Builder v4.0 │ │ SOL-MES2.ZIP │ 2 │ OS2:DSK │ Mesa/2 v2.1 Spreadsheet │ │ TGFLUG34.ZIP │ 34 │ WFW:CDR │ Links386 Pro Golf │ │ TMNHSCI9.ZIP │ 9 │ WFW:CDR │ HSC Interactive │ │ UCFACR15.ZIP │ 15 │ WFW:CDR │ Adobe Acrobat Exchange v2.1 │ └──────────────┴────┴─────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SUNDAY │ JANUARY 14 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ OS:TYPE │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ GOD-49R2.ZIP │ 2 │ WFW:DSK │ NFL Team SS │ │ M8DIG-29.ZIP │ 37 │ WFW:CDR │ The Dig │ │ SOLDAPIZ.ZIP │ 39 │ OS2:CDR │ IBM Dapie Package │ │ TC-TAX05.ZIP │ 5 │ WFW:CDR │ TurboTax │ │ TI-TB423.ZIP │ 23 │ WFW:CDR │ Twin Bridge Multilingual Series v4.0 │ │ VCR_EM17.ZIP │ 17 │ WFW:CDR │ Edmark Sales Pack Deal │ │ VIA-CK24.ZIP │ 24 │ WFW:CDR │ Cinema │ └──────────────┴────┴─────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ MONDAY │ JANUARY 15 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ OS:TYPE │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ DODW3M45.ZIP │ 45 │ WFW:CDR │ Word Pro 96 Multilingual │ │ ERXPWA4.ZIP │ 4 │ WFW:DSK │ ERwin/ERX v2.5 │ │ KRYAB825.ZIP │ 25 │ WFW:CDR │ Abalon │ │ LKCCHK41.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS:DSK │ Check v4.1 │ │ PLC_CRE6.ZIP │ 6 │ DOS:CDR │ Creation │ │ PNT-LR2.ZIP │ 2 │ WFW:DSK │ LAN Remote v3.1.1 │ │ RZMP!DM8.ZIP │ 8 │ W95:CDR │ ClanTech Data Manager Plus │ │ VIA-BL06.ZIP │ 6 │ WFW:CDR │ The Holy Bible v2.0 │ │ VIA-T201.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ T2 : Limited SS │ │ XFRW8.ZIP │ 8 │ WFW:CDR │ Reflection 4c │ └──────────────┴────┴─────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ TUESDAY │ JANUARY 16 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ OS:TYPE │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ AT-IMKS3.ZIP │ 3 │ W95:CDR │ Immortal Klowns │ │ M-FCOLR2.ZIP │ 2 │ W95:DSK │ Flying Colors │ │ MPCN3206.ZIP │ 6 │ WFW:CDR │ MicroSoft Mail PC Networks v3.2 │ │ PWAIE116.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ InterEcho v1.16 │ │ TI'7MOD3.ZIP │ 3 │ WFW:DSK │ CNE Quizer │ │ ULC-CK41.ZIP │ 4 │ WFW:DSK │ CheckIt v4.0 │ └──────────────┴────┴─────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ WEDNESDAY │ JANUARY 17 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ OS:TYPE │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ ACE-PT17.ZIP │ 17 │ W95:CDR │ PeachTree Accounting v3.5 │ │ ARC-SA15.ZIP │ 15 │ WFW:CDR │ Arcade America Scenario Add-On │ │ CCG-MSG7.ZIP │ 7 │ WFW:CDR │ Microsoft Golf │ │ DN_DTO03.ZIP │ 3 │ WFW:DSK │ Day Time Organizer │ │ DODHF31D.ZIP │ 4 │ WFW:DSK │ HotFax │ │ DODHF95E.ZIP │ 5 │ WNT:DSK │ HotFax │ │ DODZPIT2.ZIP │ 2 │ W95:DSK │ Vertisoft Zip-It! │ │ ETC_CC24.ZIP │ 4 │ WFW:CDR │ Corel CD Creator v2.0 │ │ L-PB4000.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS:CDR │ Pinball 4000 │ │ LANDIST8.ZIP │ 8 │ OS2:CDR │ Lan Distance │ │ RBSBOF5.ZIP │ 5 │ WFW:DSK │ Behavior-Outcome Feedback v2.03 │ │ RBSHSW3.ZIP │ 3 │ WFW:DSK │ HelpStar v3.2 │ │ RORTMG01.ZIP │ 15 │ WFW:CDR │ Timegate : Knight's Chase │ │ SPDUDE-4.ZIP │ 4 │ DOS:CDR │ Space Dude │ │ TO-DAOS5.ZIP │ 5 │ WFW:CDR │ Microsoft Data Access Objects │ │ TUB-ABS6.ZIP │ 6 │ WFW:CDR │ AirBorne Express Shipping Software │ │ VIA-BK02.ZIP │ 2 │ WFW:DSK │ Brother's Keeper v5.2 │ │ WBS101E4.ZIP │ 4 │ WFW:CDR │ McAfee's Web Scan 101x2 │ └──────────────┴────┴─────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ THURSDAY │ JANUARY 18 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ OS:TYPE │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ DABB2-04.ZIP │ 10 │ W95:CDR │ Dabbler v2.0 │ │ DODOMNI5.ZIP │ 5 │ W95:CDR │ OmniForm v2.0 │ │ DOMCM2I5.ZIP │ 5 │ WFW:CDR │ Championship Manager 2 : Italian League │ │ ECD75W95.ZIP │ 1 │ W95:DSK │ ESS-Code v7.4 │ │ EISPAK11.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ MicroSoft Excel EIS Builder v1.1 │ │ INST803.ZIP │ 1 │ W95:DSK │ HD Program Installer v8.03 │ │ M-VCPSK3.ZIP │ 3 │ WFW:DSK │ Visual C++ Starter Kit │ │ NFS-TD01.ZIP │ 39 │ W95:CDR │ Total Distortion │ │ NFSMDW-9.ZIP │ 9 │ DOS:CDR │ NFS Maestro TCP/IP │ │ NFSMW956.ZIP │ 8 │ W95:CDR │ NFS Maestro │ │ OG-VPPS3.ZIP │ 3 │ WFW:DSK │ Visioneer Paperport Software v3.0 │ │ PWA-QGR3.ZIP │ 3 │ DOS:DSK │ GameRunner 3 │ │ TO-CRVC9.ZIP │ 9 │ WFW:CDR │ Crystal Reports │ │ TO-SS405.ZIP │ 5 │ WFW:CDR │ Source Safe v4.0 │ │ TUB-WET.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ Windows Emphasis Tool │ │ UCLW3211.ZIP │ 11 │ WFW:CDR │ Microsoft Win32 Toolset │ │ VIA-AW03.ZIP │ 3 │ WFW:DSK │ Author Work Model │ │ XFNVNT20.ZIP │ 20 │ WNT:CDR │ DEC NETview v3.02 │ └──────────────┴────┴─────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FRIDAY │ JANUARY 19 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ OS:TYPE │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ BROKEEP.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS:DSK │ Brother's Keeper │ │ CC96-4.ZIP │ 4 │ WFW:DSK │ Card Collector '96 │ │ CNAMOV34.ZIP │ 34 │ DOS:CDR │ The Ladies Club : Poker Night Movies │ │ CORALRSS.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ Coral Reef SS │ │ ICU143.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS:DSK │ ICU v1.43 │ │ IMG10PWA.ZIP │ 1 │ W95:DSK │ Imaging v1.00.00 │ │ INETAP10.ZIP │ 10 │ W95:CDR │ Internet Applications │ │ L-SIDEL7.ZIP │ 7 │ DOS:CDR │ Sideline Sports │ │ M-QWEB13.ZIP │ 13 │ WFW:CDR │ WebCompass │ │ RBSDUPE.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS:DSK │ Duplicate Filefinder v2.0 │ │ RBSLOCKT.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ LOCKtite v2.3 │ │ SPOS2-17.ZIP │ 18 │ OS2:CDR │ IBM Smalltalk Professional │ │ SPW-21.ZIP │ 21 │ WFW:CDR │ IBM Smalltalk Professional │ │ X5NTXDKG.ZIP │ 16 │ WFW:CDR │ Exceed 5 │ └──────────────┴────┴─────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SATURDAY │ JANUARY 20 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ OS:TYPE │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ ABI-3DP2.ZIP │ 2 │ WFW:DSK │ 3D Swimsuit Paradise SS │ │ BBNASD5.ZIP │ 5 │ W95:CDR │ Nascar 3D Racing │ │ CDS30-47.ZIP │ 47 │ WFW:CDR │ Client Data System v3.0 │ │ CEMAHT16.ZIP │ 26 │ W95:CDR │ CEMA Guide to Home Theater │ │ DABB2-08.ZIP │ 10 │ W95:CDR │ Dabbler v2.0 │ │ FINGD100.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ Finger Daemon Server v1.0 │ │ FTE-WCH3.ZIP │ 3 │ WFW:CDR │ Worlds Chat v8d │ │ HHG-AD02.ZIP │ 4 │ WFW:CDR │ After Dark Complete Collection │ │ HTMLAUTH.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ HTML Author Ver v4.4 │ │ LKCCHK43.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ CHECK v4.3 Virus Protection │ │ MYSTERY3.ZIP │ 3 │ DOS:CDR │ Mystery at the Museums │ │ NFS_DEV5.ZIP │ 5 │ DOS:CDR │ Media Developer OCX │ │ OG-VPPV.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ Visioneer Paperport Viewer v2.0 │ │ RBSEDITP.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ EditPartner v1.0 │ │ RBSIFA40.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ Instant File Access v4.00 │ │ RBSINTER.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS:DSK │ Internet LogMeter v2.01d │ │ RBSMCD.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ Music CD v3.0 │ │ RBSMULOG.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ MULog v1.0 │ │ SNCODBT2.ZIP │ 2 │ WFW:DSK │ ODBTalk For Visual Age v2.5 │ │ TEMPEST.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS:DSK │ Tempest 2000 │ │ TO-DAE43.ZIP │ 3 │ WFW:CDR │ Data Access Explorer │ │ VIA-H02.ZIP │ 2 │ DOS:CDR │ SVGA Harrier │ │ VIA-PB03.ZIP │ 3 │ WFW:DSK │ Power BBS v5.3 │ │ XF-SEMI4.ZIP │ 4 │ WFW:CDR │ Lotus Gold Seminar │ │ ZOTH3.ZIP │ 3 │ WFW:CDR │ Zone of Thunder v1.98 │ └──────────────┴────┴─────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SUNDAY │ JANUARY 21 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ OS:TYPE │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ ACE-SS4.ZIP │ 4 │ WFW:CDR │ Stationary Store v1.5 │ │ AIR5.ZIP │ 5 │ DOS:CDR │ Airforce Commander │ │ BILL-28.ZIP │ 28 │ DOS:CDR │ Bill English Lessons │ │ FRIENDS.ZIP │ 1 │ W95:DSK │ FRIENDS SS │ │ MSQ-WCS.ZIP │ 28 │ OS2:CDR │ Watcom C++ v10.5 │ │ MSQREL27.ZIP │ 27 │ WFW:CDR │ Reflection Suite v5.5 │ │ PM2PWA3.ZIP │ 3 │ W95:DSK │ Paper Master v2.0 │ │ RAD-GD34.ZIP │ 4 │ DOS:DSK │ NAT v3.01 │ │ RBS-BIT2.ZIP │ 2 │ W95:DSK │ Cheyenne BitWare │ │ SOS2301P.ZIP │ 16 │ WFW:CDR │ Star Office v3.01a │ │ TC-DIR47.ZIP │ 47 │ WFW:CDR │ Director Academic v4.0 │ │ THCNCPE3.ZIP │ 3 │ W95:CDR │ NetScape Navigator │ │ TNGTHEME.ZIP │ 1 │ W95:DSK │ Star Trek : TNG Theme Pack │ │ UCFA16NT.ZIP │ 1 │ WNT:DSK │ Ataman TCP Remote Login Services │ │ WARPTK10.ZIP │ 18 │ OS2:CDR │ OS/2 Warp Developers │ └──────────────┴────┴─────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ MONDAY │ JANUARY 22 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ OS:TYPE │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ AWPRO_3.ZIP │ 3 │ WFW:DSK │ Autorware Professional v2.01 │ │ CEMAHT26.ZIP │ 26 │ W95:CDR │ CEMA Guide to Home Theater │ │ MSFCLT23.ZIP │ 32 │ WFW:CDR │ Microsoft Foundation Class Library │ │ PWA-PB04.ZIP │ 4 │ WFW:DSK │ PowerBroker v3.5 Extended C++ │ │ PWATERM2.ZIP │ 2 │ WFW:DSK │ Pro One Windows Term Paper │ │ RBSALCH.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ Soft Alchemy v1.5 │ │ RBSCATM2.ZIP │ 2 │ WFW:DSK │ Catalog Maker v1.6 │ │ RBSDDATA.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ Diskplayer Music DataBase v1.6 │ │ RBSFWEB7.ZIP │ 7 │ WFW:CDR │ Front Page WWW Server v1.0.2 │ │ RBSPAPE2.ZIP │ 2 │ WFW:DSK │ Flying Things │ │ RED!YW13.ZIP │ 13 │ WFW:CDR │ Internet Yellow Pages │ │ RLX-AIV3.ZIP │ 3 │ WFW:DSK │ Alien Invasion │ │ RORMSK45.ZIP │ 45 │ DOS:CDR │ The Mask : The Origin │ │ TC-IMP06.ZIP │ 6 │ WFW:CDR │ Impressionists Calendar │ └──────────────┴────┴─────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ TUESDAY │ JANUARY 23 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ OS:TYPE │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ CSW-PWA.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ Collector's Showcase │ │ DICWALP.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ Wallpaper Graphics │ │ DID-AS10.ZIP │ 10 │ DOS:CDR │ Expert Astrology │ │ DOD31SI3.ZIP │ 3 │ WFW:DSK │ Schedule It! v3.0 │ │ DOD95SI3.ZIP │ 3 │ W95:DSK │ Schedule It! v3.0 │ │ FPABC29.ZIP │ 29 │ WFW:CDR │ Fisher Price ABC Complete │ │ PWA-PTSW.ZIP │ 1 │ W95:DSK │ Personal Timesheet v1.0 │ │ PWA-TTD2.ZIP │ 2 │ DOS:DSK │ Turbo Tax '95 │ │ RBSFBLD4.ZIP │ 4 │ DOS:DSK │ Intel FLASHBuilder v3.0 │ │ SCL-PBP4.ZIP │ 4 │ DOS:DSK │ Picture BlackJack │ │ SPSOS206.ZIP │ 10 │ OS2:CDR │ IBM Smalltalk Pro Server │ │ WB31WPWA.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ WineBase v3.1 │ │ XGLOBAL9.ZIP │ 9 │ WFW:CDR │ X-GLOBAL v1.0 │ └──────────────┴────┴─────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ WEDNESDAY │ JANUARY 24 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ OS:TYPE │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ CF-MS95F.ZIP │ 19 │ DOS:CDR │ MicroStation 95 v5.5.1 │ │ DODGCGL2.ZIP │ 2 │ W95:DSK │ Graphics Converter Gold │ │ NTRK-05.ZIP │ 26 │ WNT:CDR │ WinNT Dev Resource Kit │ │ PST-NB42.ZIP │ 2 │ W95:DSK │ NovaBack v4.01 │ │ RCYCLE-6.ZIP │ 6 │ DOS:CDR │ Ring Cycle │ │ REALDEA4.ZIP │ 4 │ DOS:DSK │ Real Deal │ │ RLX-MBG2.ZIP │ 2 │ WFW:DSK │ MVP Backgammon │ │ RWW32.ZIP │ 1 │ WFW:DSK │ Revol Web Maker │ │ TC-APM16.ZIP │ 16 │ WFW:DSK │ Adobe Pagemaker v6.0 │ │ TUB-WD14.ZIP │ 14 │ WFW:CDR │ Webster's New World Dictionary │ │ VEE-SWP2.ZIP │ 2 │ W95:DSK │ PC-Sweep 32 v3.51 │ │ XFPS51K.ZIP │ 11 │ WNT:CDR │ Printing Services │ └──────────────┴────┴─────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ Test your knowledge of the WAREZ SCENE! The following are TEN mind █ █ boggling "YOU DON'T KNOW NOTHIN'" questions! Enter all your answers in, █ █ and when you feel you're happy with them, press F10 and the computer █ █ will tally up your score and spit it out at you. For every question you █ █ missed, the computer will indicate the correct answer. Oh, and if you █ █ feel like You Don't Know Nothin' midway through the quiz and don't want █ █ to embarass yourself with an incredibly low score, press ESC and you'll █ █ be back on the bright side of RCN, the awesome music will calm you down, █ █ and all will be well again.. enjoy! █ █ █ █ PS : All answers are found in back issues of RCN! █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ █ ≡1≡ 4KO is a group that specializes in : █ █ █ █ [ ] A. Child Care █ █ [ ] B. Child Entertainment █ █ [ ] C. Child Molestation █ █ [ ] D. Child Pornography █ █ █ █ ≡2≡ fATE is the product of a merger between : █ █ █ █ [ ] A. Cartel and iLA █ █ [ ] B. Distinct and Hardwire █ █ [ ] C. Prophecy and ZillionZ █ █ [ ] D. None of the Above █ █ █ █ ≡3≡ The President of Drink or Die is : █ █ █ █ [ ] A. Billy Bob █ █ [ ] B. Jimmy Jamez █ █ [ ] C. Mickey Mouse █ █ [ ] D. Willy Wonka █ █ █ █ ≡4≡ The following got kicked out of Release on Rampage : █ █ █ █ [ ] A. Gahn █ █ [ ] B. The Krazy Little Punk █ █ [ ] C. Incarnate █ █ [ ] D. All of the Above █ █ █ █ ≡5≡ The President of the most fucked up group in the history of the █ █ warez scene is : █ █ █ █ [ ] A. The Krazy Little Punk [Release on Rampage] █ █ [ ] B. Orion [Pirates with Attitudes] █ █ [ ] C. Tsunami [Fucking Sweet Warez] █ █ [ ] D. Unforgiven [Prophecy] █ █ █ █ ≡6≡ The following are all IRC Servers except : █ █ █ █ [ ] A. irc.dd.chalmers.se █ █ [ ] B. irc.portal.com █ █ [ ] C. irc.sdsc.edu █ █ [ ] D. irc.winternet.org █ █ █ █ ≡7≡ According to Business Software Alliance, the Assassin's Guild had █ █ --- modems confiscated : █ █ █ █ [ ] A. 9 █ █ [ ] B. 10 █ █ [ ] C. 11 █ █ [ ] D. 12 █ █ █ █ ≡8≡ According to Business Software Alliance, $--- worth in software is █ █ pirated each year : █ █ █ █ [ ] A. 1.52 Billion █ █ [ ] B. 15.2 Billion █ █ [ ] C. 152 Billion █ █ [ ] D. The U.S. National Debt is the direct result of piracy █ █ █ █ ≡9≡ Corporation's World Head Quarters is : █ █ █ █ [ ] A. Beyond Akira █ █ [ ] B. The Digital Underground █ █ [ ] C. Park Central █ █ [ ] D. The Wall █ █ █ █ ≡10≡ TDU-JAM!'s last release was : █ █ █ █ [ ] A. Crusader : No Remorse █ █ [ ] B. Full Tilt Pinball █ █ [ ] C. Need for Speed █ █ [ ] D. WarCraft 2 █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ █ Please E-Mail all comments to an385786@anon.penet.fi. █ █ █ █ █ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ █ █ █ The following is just a short survey on warez groups. Please take █ █ the time to fill it out and return it to the following address : █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ █ Which GAMES group is #1? █ █ █ █ [ ] Hybrid █ █ [ ] Legacy █ █ [ ] Razor 1911 █ █ █ █ Which UTILS group is #1? █ █ █ █ [ ] Corporation █ █ [ ] Drink or Die █ █ [ ] Pirates with Attitudes █ █ █ █ Which TRADE group is #1 in the field of NET couriering? █ █ █ █ [ ] Fast Action Trading Exchange █ █ [ ] Malice █ █ [ ] Mindcrash █ █ [ ] Motiv8 █ █ [ ] Request to Send █ █ █ █ Which TRADE group is #1 in the field of BBS couriering? █ █ █ █ [ ] Fast Action Trading Exchange █ █ [ ] Malice █ █ [ ] Mindcrash █ █ [ ] Request to Send █ █ [ ] Rise in Superior Couriering █ █ █ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █ █ █ █ █ Please E-Mail all responses to an385786@anon.penet.fi. █ █ █ █ █ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ Hitex : Editor │ │ Rebel Chicken : Editor │ │ │ │ Xenon : Coder/Musician │ │ RATM : WebSite │ │ Cryptic : Art Design │ │ │ │ Akira 7 : Writer │ │ Demonic : Writer │ │ Entropy : Writer │ │ Manic : Writer │ │ Trite : Writer │ │ │ │ Gandalf : Guest Writer │ │ Shroomie : Guest Writer │ │ │ │ WebSite : http://www.shu.edu/~importmi/rcn │ │ E-Mail : AN385786@ANON.PENET.FI │ │ │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘