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▄▄░▄▄▄ r e a l i t y ▄▄█▀░▄▄ ▐ ▄■▀ ▀▀█▀▌ ▄▄▀▀▀■▄░▄ ▄█▄█ ▐▄▌▌ ██▌ ░▀ ▄█▀ ▀ ▐█▌▌ ███ ░ ░ ░░░░░░▐▌█ ░ ░░░░░░▐▌▌ ░░░ ░░░░▐▄▄ ░▐██ ░░░▐▐▌▌░░ ░░░░░░ ░░░░ ▐█▌ ▀▀█▄ ▄██▄█▀ ▐▌▌ █▀░▄ ▐▄█▄ ░▀▀█▄▄▄██▀▀▀▀ ▐▀█▌ ▄██▀ ▀░ c h e c k ▀░ ▀ n e t w o r k ! ╔═════════════════════════════════════╦══════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ ║ ≡1≡ Introduction ║ ≡A≡ Find that Narc Contest ║ ║ ≡2≡ Editorials ║ ≡B≡ "Warez-IQ" Warez Quiz! ║ ║ ≡3≡ Interviews ║ ≡C≡ Voting Booth/Results ║ ║ ≡4≡ Articles ║ ≡D≡ Reader Survey ║ ║ ≡5≡ Reviews ║ ≡E≡ Secret Articles ║ ║ ≡6≡ Warez Lists ║ ≡F≡ Space Invaders Game ║ ║ ≡7≡ Top 10 Couriers ║ ≡G≡ Group NFOs [Couriers] ║ ║ ≡8≡ Dear Road Rebel, ║ ≡H≡ Group NFOs [Releases] ║ ║ ≡9≡ Astrology ║ ≡I≡ RCN Information ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔═════════════════════════════════════╦══════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ ║ ≡1≡ Manic of ROR ║ Rebel Chicken, You Are Lame. ║ ║ ≡2≡ Arch Vile of DOD/PSG/RiSC ║ My $0.02 ║ ║ ≡3≡ Miller of fATE ║ You Guys are Biased ║ ║ ≡4≡ Scorpion & Sub-Zero ║ Rebuttal to Defender Zeta Comments ║ ║ ≡5≡ Bollox ║ I Have No Life? Nah... ║ ║ ≡6≡ Kang ║ #Warez+ is Back for G00D :) ║ ║ ≡7≡ Dallion ║ Tasm the Liar ║ ║ ≡8≡ Multiple Email ║ Miscellaneous ║ ║ ≡9≡ Return to Main Menu ║ Check Out Other Parts of RCN #18! ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔═════════════════════════════════════╦══════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ ║ ≡1≡ Ustasa ║ RiSC Loses to Everlast ║ ║ ≡2≡ Dr. Jekyll ║ His Girlfriend Speaks ║ ║ ≡3≡ Demaxxus ║ I'm Busted, but I'm Baaaaaack!!! ║ ║ ≡4≡ Zion ║ Prestige President Speaks ║ ║ ≡5≡ Druggy ║ Druggy the Narq ║ ║ ≡6≡ Endokuken ║ I Like Chinese Warez :) ║ ║ ≡7≡ "The Hitler of Warez" ║ "Upload or Die", CoRE??? ║ ║ ≡8≡ Endeavour ║ COPS Doing Shareware??? ║ ║ ≡9≡ Return to Main Menu ║ Check Out Other Parts of RCN #18! ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔═════════════════════════════════════╦══════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ ║ ≡1≡ COVER : GODS Meeting Log ║ GODS Stealing RiSC Sites??? ║ ║ ≡2≡ PLUS! : RCN *BUSTED* ║ RChicken, Hitex, and Xenon BUSTED! ║ ║ ≡3≡ GODS Couriering ║ Good Job Guys! ║ ║ ≡4≡ GODS Civil War ║ Erupt Leaves GODS, But Why??? ║ ║ ≡5≡ Tom James Lays Charges ║ Tom James and the RCMP? ║ ║ ≡6≡ $99 and It Doesn't Work??? ║ Syncronys Softcorp Pulls a Napalm ║ ║ ≡7≡ Broken Releases By... ║ Napalm and Prestige ║ ║ ≡8≡ Choosing a Nickname ║ "Never Touched a Girl" ║ ║ ≡9≡ Return to Main Menu ║ Check Out Other Parts of RCN #18! ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔═════════════════════════════════════╦══════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ ║ ≡1≡ Group Reviews : Games #1 ║ ≡A≡ Group Reviews : Utils #1 ║ ║ ≡2≡ Group Reviews : Games #2 ║ ≡B≡ Group Reviews : Utils #2 ║ ║ ≡3≡ Group Reviews : Games #3 ║ ≡C≡ Group Reviews : Utils #3 ║ ║ ≡4≡ Group Reviews : Games #4 ║ ≡D≡ Group Reviews : Utils #4 ║ ║ ≡5≡ Group Totals : Games ║ ≡E≡ Group Totals : Utils ║ ║ ≡6≡ Ionizer's Game Review ║ ≡F≡ Go Back to Main Menu ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔═════════════════════════════════════╦══════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ ║ ≡1≡ The Seven Listing #1 ║ [05/16/96] --> [05/22/96] ║ ║ ≡2≡ The Seven Listing #2 ║ [05/23/96] --> [05/29/96] ║ ║ ≡3≡ The Seven Listing #3 ║ [05/30/96] --> [06/05/96] ║ ║ ≡4≡ The Seven Listing #4 ║ [06/06/96] --> [06/12/96] ║ ║ ≡5≡ Upcoming Release Dates ║ June of 1996 --> July of 1997 ║ ║ ≡6≡ Global Warez Search ║ Search All Warez Lists!! ║ ║ ≡7≡ Return to Main Menu ║ Check Out Other Parts of RCN #18! ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔═════════════════════════════════════╦══════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ ║ ≡1≡ Top 10 Couriers : BBS #1 ║ ≡A≡ Top 10 Couriers : FTP #1 ║ ║ ≡2≡ Top 10 Couriers : BBS #2 ║ ≡B≡ Top 10 Couriers : FTP #2 ║ ║ ≡3≡ Top 10 Couriers : BBS #3 ║ ≡C≡ Top 10 Couriers : FTP #3 ║ ║ ≡4≡ Top 10 Couriers : BBS #4 ║ ≡D≡ Top 10 Couriers : FTP #4 ║ ║ ║ ≡E≡ Go Back to Main Menu ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔═════════════════════════════════════╦══════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ ║ ≡1≡ Voting Results : Release ║ ≡A≡ Voting Results : Courier ║ ║ ≡2≡ Voting Booth ║ ≡B≡ Go Back to Main Menu ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔═════════════════════════════════════╦══════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ ║ ≡1≡ Chicken Watch : Part Trois ║ "Oh Boy..." ║ ║ ≡2≡ Return to Main Menu ║ Check Out Other Parts of RCN #18! ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔═════════════════════════════════════╦══════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ ║ ≡1≡ Group Information ║ ≡A≡ Credits ║ ║ ║ ≡B≡ Go Back to Main Menu ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════╝ ▄▄█ ▄▄▄ ▄▄█ ▄▄ ▐██▌ ▐██▀▌ ░█▌▄▄░▀ r c n ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▄▄█▀░▄▄▀░█▄▄ ░▐▌ ▀▀▀ ▄▐▐▌ ▄▄■▄▄ ■▀ ▀▀█▀▌▄█▄█ ▐▄▌▌ ▀█▀█ ▄▄■▄▄ ▄█▀▀▀▐██▌ █▄█ ██▌ ▄▄░▀ ▀█▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▐█▌▌ ▄ ███ ░██ █▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄░▄ █▐▌ ░▐▐█▌█ ░▐▐▌▐█▌▌ ░░ ░▐▐█▌░▐▄▄▄█▐██▀▀ ░▐▐▌▌░░░▐██ ░ ▄██▌░░░ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▐▐█▌ ▐█▌▌ █▌▐██ ▐█▄▌▀▀█▄ ▄░▀▀ █▌▐██ ▐▌▌ █▀░▄ ▀ █▄██▀▀▀ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ███▐░███▌▌ ██▀ ▀▀■▀▀ ▐████▌▌▐▀█▌ ▄██▀ ▀░▀ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▄▄▄▄▀█▌▀▀▀██▀▌ ▀ ▀▀▀░█▀▌▀░ ▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀ e d i t o r i a l ! ▀ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Dear RCN, ║ ║ ║ ║ Well, I have just finished reading most of RCN #17, I especially ║ ║ liked how only one side of the story was presented about the #ROR ║ ║ takeover by Razor 1911. In a minute, I will explain how everything got ║ ║ started, but first, I would like to comment on whoever did the interview ║ ║ for RCN. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN editors have recently been talking a lot of the use of the word ║ ║ lame to describe, saying it is over used and that most of the people ║ ║ saying it are the lame ones. The person who conducted the interview for ║ ║ RCN, flat out call ROR lame. I am not sure who was doing this ║ ║ interview, but I would assume it was Rebel Chicken. If I remember ║ ║ you've run 3 basic shit groups, and you have the balls to call another ║ ║ group lame? ║ ║ ║ ║ In ROR's worst time, it kicked the fuck out of VND or FSW. An ║ ║ unbiased emag? I don't think so. I was on the Internet the entire time ║ ║ the shit went down, NEVER ONCE, was I asked for ROR's side of the story. ║ ║ If you had time to get Razor 1911's side, you had time to get ROR's. Or ║ ║ maybe you're too "lame" to do that much at one time? ║ ║ ║ ║ Now, onto how this all unfolded. ROR has had many problems with ║ ║ takeover, usually because of friends. We op someone on a friends list, ║ ║ then they op someone else. This was the case that night. Rom Racer, as ║ ║ he often does, had ops in #ROR. A ROR member named KH was in the ║ ║ channel, Rom Racer banned KH, after being told a few times before over ║ ║ the past 2 days, not to ban or kick members. After KH was re-added to ║ ║ the bot (user lists had been reset), he ban kicked Rom Racer. Other ║ ║ Razor 1911 members who had ops started trying to do mass deops, one of ║ ║ these people included Loloc, and ROR member when I saw people starting ║ ║ to do mass deops, I started to ban kick them to get things under ║ ║ control, during all of the deopping and kicking the channel became ║ ║ desynched. ║ ║ ║ ║ While doing a resynch, I became heavily lagged, and Loloc managed to ║ ║ get into #ROR, and get ops, he opped several Razor members who tookover ║ ║ the channel. After talking to a few Razor 1911 people, we were able to ║ ║ get things under control, and worked out, and soon got #ROR back. End ║ ║ of story. ║ ║ ║ ║ Signed, ║ ║ Manic ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Dear Manic, ║ ║ ║ ║ Razor 1911 came up to me and asked for an interview. I searched for ║ ║ ROR members but could not find any. You've just presented your side of ║ ║ the story, and I consider that a rebuttal. End of story. ║ ║ ║ ║ *PS* You failed to mention how ROR was trying to take over #Razor. ║ ║ ║ ║ Signed, ║ ║ Hitex/Rebel Chicken ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▄▄█ ▄▄▄ ▄▄█ ▄▄ ▐██▌ ▐██▀▌ ░█▌▄▄░▀ r c n ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▄▄█▀░▄▄▀░█▄▄ ░▐▌ ▀▀▀ ▄▐▐▌ ▄▄■▄▄ ■▀ ▀▀█▀▌▄█▄█ ▐▄▌▌ ▀█▀█ ▄▄■▄▄ ▄█▀▀▀▐██▌ █▄█ ██▌ ▄▄░▀ ▀█▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▐█▌▌ ▄ ███ ░██ █▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄░▄ █▐▌ ░▐▐█▌█ ░▐▐▌▐█▌▌ ░░ ░▐▐█▌░▐▄▄▄█▐██▀▀ ░▐▐▌▌░░░▐██ ░ ▄██▌░░░ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▐▐█▌ ▐█▌▌ █▌▐██ ▐█▄▌▀▀█▄ ▄░▀▀ █▌▐██ ▐▌▌ █▀░▄ ▀ █▄██▀▀▀ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ███▐░███▌▌ ██▀ ▀▀■▀▀ ▐████▌▌▐▀█▌ ▄██▀ ▀░▀ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▄▄▄▄▀█▌▀▀▀██▀▌ ▀ ▀▀▀░█▀▌▀░ ▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀ e d i t o r i a l ! ▀ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Dear RCN, ║ ║ ║ ║ Alright, so we saw at least 3-5 couriering groups come and go last ║ ║ year. at least 10 release groups, and I dont say games or utils, since ║ ║ all the groups that were formed in 1995-1996 besides.. err CORP.. and ║ ║ umm Legacy, are going in both directions which is completely lame. ║ ║ ║ ║ So now we have a scene, where every guy who has a shell and phoenix ║ ║ and who is not banned from #exceed, considers himself a part of. A ║ ║ scene proud of having 40 releases a day, 35 of which, I can say right ║ ║ now, will not work. Come to think of it , most of what will seem to ║ ║ work, will be shareware, or will not be 100% cracked. ║ ║ ║ ║ There are exactly 5 groups on the scene that I trust enough, to be ║ ║ downloading their releases, and knowing they will work. As sad as it ║ ║ may sound it is the truth. I will tell an even sadder example, a lame ║ ║ group , releases a lame ware that might actually work that I might want ║ ║ for one reason or another. The lame group then gives the release to a ║ ║ lame "official" couriering group and what do we get? Elite couriers, ║ ║ fresh off #warez950, trading the release in ascii mode. I fucking swear ║ ║ I have seen more than one example of that. ║ ║ ║ ║ Why do release groups rate every ware they release as a 10/10 ware? ║ ║ I understand its cool to have a good util and rate it high, but when a ║ ║ group like, lets not mention names here, releases a ware "Pastry Mixer ║ ║ for windows 95 xx/50" where all the content was ripped and only the ║ ║ coolest .wavs and .avis were left within the release; goes and states, ║ ║ ok 10/10 for this one. Give me a fucking break.. the group just earns ║ ║ itself a shitty reputation, and after a few releases like that, it is ║ ║ banned from all major boards and sites (all the releases from xxx group ║ ║ are nuked automatically, regardless of content). ║ ║ ║ ║ I still haven't given credit where its due. As shitty as everything ║ ║ may seem, we still have excellent groups, releasing quality warez, to ║ ║ keep the scene going. We still see good boards, have 0 hour files, the ║ ║ way it should be. We still have the good sites, getting gigs of 0 min ║ ║ stuff weekly. What can I say? It's all up to the people we will hand ║ ║ the scene over to in a few years, to decide whether they want to make it ║ ║ worse, or better, or destroy it completely (damn, you never know what ║ ║ those #Warez950 people are capable of). ║ ║ ║ ║ Well, that's it for my little $0.02, have fun, trade lots, and get ║ ║ good grades in school. Grades are very, very important (those of you ║ ║ who are still in kindergarten, please disregard that message). ║ ║ ║ ║ Signed, ║ ║ Arch Vile (DOD/PSG/RiSC) ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Dear Arch Vile, ║ ║ ║ ║ You're absolutely right, the funny thing is, the #Exceed leeches are ║ ║ the future of the scene. ║ ║ ║ ║ Signed, ║ ║ Hitex/Rebel Chicken ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▄▄█ ▄▄▄ ▄▄█ ▄▄ ▐██▌ ▐██▀▌ ░█▌▄▄░▀ r c n ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▄▄█▀░▄▄▀░█▄▄ ░▐▌ ▀▀▀ ▄▐▐▌ ▄▄■▄▄ ■▀ ▀▀█▀▌▄█▄█ ▐▄▌▌ ▀█▀█ ▄▄■▄▄ ▄█▀▀▀▐██▌ █▄█ ██▌ ▄▄░▀ ▀█▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▐█▌▌ ▄ ███ ░██ █▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄░▄ █▐▌ ░▐▐█▌█ ░▐▐▌▐█▌▌ ░░ ░▐▐█▌░▐▄▄▄█▐██▀▀ ░▐▐▌▌░░░▐██ ░ ▄██▌░░░ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▐▐█▌ ▐█▌▌ █▌▐██ ▐█▄▌▀▀█▄ ▄░▀▀ █▌▐██ ▐▌▌ █▀░▄ ▀ █▄██▀▀▀ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ███▐░███▌▌ ██▀ ▀▀■▀▀ ▐████▌▌▐▀█▌ ▄██▀ ▀░▀ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▄▄▄▄▀█▌▀▀▀██▀▌ ▀ ▀▀▀░█▀▌▀░ ▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀ e d i t o r i a l ! ▀ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Dear RCN, ║ ║ ║ ║ Hi! This is Miller. I couldn't help but notice how much bull shit ║ ║ is said about fATE. Just because you are somebody else doesn't mean ║ ║ they're slow, they suck, or any other bull shit comments. I myself am a ║ ║ fATE head, and I seriously think you should try to avoid group bashing, ║ ║ especially if it's a group that HAS been in the scene for over a year. ║ ║ And if you're gonna talk shit about groups, then talk shit about some ║ ║ lamer group, and DON'T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN!! I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS ║ ║ BULL SHIT! ║ ║ ║ ║ Signed, ║ ║ Miller ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Dear Miller, ║ ║ ║ ║ Alright, this is a response not just to Miller but to everybody that ║ ║ thinks similarly about anything that was ever posted about RCN. Before ║ ║ you make such a harsh accusation of somebody, check yourself first. I ║ ║ don't mean to make a public humiliation out of Miller, but I would be ║ ║ very impressed if you could just ONCE point out any place where any RCN ║ ║ Editor (Rebel Chicken or Hitex) has ever group bashed on fATE. Alright, ║ ║ I've given you plenty of time to think, so now that you know you're ║ ║ wrong (yes, apology accepted) let's explain a little about what it means ║ ║ to accuse RCN of such a task. ║ ║ ║ ║ When someone submits an article or an interview, it is HIS/HER ║ ║ opinion only. Do I need to make a fuckin' disclaimer? I don't think ║ ║ so. That's lame. This is an e-mag and everybody in the scene should ║ ║ have enough goddamned common sense to figure out that if it doesn't say ║ ║ the name of any RCN editor at the top, it's not necessarily the view of ║ ║ RCN as a whole! In fact, if it does say the name of an RCN Editor, it's ║ ║ not necessarily that of an RCN writer. What is RCN? No, not the e-mag ║ ║ part. What makes up the RCN Backbone? It's the editors and the ║ ║ coordinators (such as RoadRebel). ║ ║ ║ ║ If you're a writer but you don't write for a week, your name will ║ ║ not be in the credits that week. If you're an editor, however, you are ║ ║ responsible for what you say and it is assumed that your feelings are ║ ║ also that of any other editor. If you ever see Hitex or Rebel Chicken ║ ║ bash any group, you will then be able to say we group bashed, but until ║ ║ then, it is simply the views of someone that wrote for RCN. ║ ║ ║ ║ If the Chairman of Microsoft were to write for PC Magazine bashing ║ ║ IBM, I would assume none of you would go out and accuse PC Magazine of ║ ║ bashing IBM. The same respect should be extended to RCN. ║ ║ ║ ║ Signed, ║ ║ The RCN Staff ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▄▄█ ▄▄▄ ▄▄█ ▄▄ ▐██▌ ▐██▀▌ ░█▌▄▄░▀ r c n ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▄▄█▀░▄▄▀░█▄▄ ░▐▌ ▀▀▀ ▄▐▐▌ ▄▄■▄▄ ■▀ ▀▀█▀▌▄█▄█ ▐▄▌▌ ▀█▀█ ▄▄■▄▄ ▄█▀▀▀▐██▌ █▄█ ██▌ ▄▄░▀ ▀█▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▐█▌▌ ▄ ███ ░██ █▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄░▄ █▐▌ ░▐▐█▌█ ░▐▐▌▐█▌▌ ░░ ░▐▐█▌░▐▄▄▄█▐██▀▀ ░▐▐▌▌░░░▐██ ░ ▄██▌░░░ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▐▐█▌ ▐█▌▌ █▌▐██ ▐█▄▌▀▀█▄ ▄░▀▀ █▌▐██ ▐▌▌ █▀░▄ ▀ █▄██▀▀▀ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ███▐░███▌▌ ██▀ ▀▀■▀▀ ▐████▌▌▐▀█▌ ▄██▀ ▀░▀ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▄▄▄▄▀█▌▀▀▀██▀▌ ▀ ▀▀▀░█▀▌▀░ ▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀ e d i t o r i a l ! ▀ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Dear RCN, ║ ║ ║ ║ In Issue #17 of RCN, Defender Zeta wrote : ║ ║ ║ ║ Scorpian and Sub-Zero : Your ego is bigger than what any 10 real ║ ║ traders can handle. I suggest you go back to coding PPEs and shut the ║ ║ hell up you little egotistical bastard. I hope you choke on your own ║ ║ bloody cum next time you masturbate to your own. ║ ║ ║ ║ So I say : First, learn how to write Scorpion you little dumbass ║ ║ lamer! Second, my ego is big because I'm better than 10 READ TRADERS!! ║ ║ Third, my PPEs RULE, and I have plenty of dudes who can say that! And ║ ║ coding PPEs is much more elite than trading in my opinion. And in ║ ║ general, you're lame, and I'm not. Face it man. Good thing you're ║ ║ leaving the scene. Have a lame life and die soon. ║ ║ ║ ║ Signed, ║ ║ Scorpion & Sub-Zero ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Dear Scorpion & Sub-Zero, ║ ║ ║ ║ Whooop!!! Heheheh, no comment at all!! Do send me some of your PPEs ║ ║ though. ║ ║ ║ ║ Signed, ║ ║ Hitex/Rebel Chicken ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▄▄█ ▄▄▄ ▄▄█ ▄▄ ▐██▌ ▐██▀▌ ░█▌▄▄░▀ r c n ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▄▄█▀░▄▄▀░█▄▄ ░▐▌ ▀▀▀ ▄▐▐▌ ▄▄■▄▄ ■▀ ▀▀█▀▌▄█▄█ ▐▄▌▌ ▀█▀█ ▄▄■▄▄ ▄█▀▀▀▐██▌ █▄█ ██▌ ▄▄░▀ ▀█▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▐█▌▌ ▄ ███ ░██ █▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄░▄ █▐▌ ░▐▐█▌█ ░▐▐▌▐█▌▌ ░░ ░▐▐█▌░▐▄▄▄█▐██▀▀ ░▐▐▌▌░░░▐██ ░ ▄██▌░░░ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▐▐█▌ ▐█▌▌ █▌▐██ ▐█▄▌▀▀█▄ ▄░▀▀ █▌▐██ ▐▌▌ █▀░▄ ▀ █▄██▀▀▀ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ███▐░███▌▌ ██▀ ▀▀■▀▀ ▐████▌▌▐▀█▌ ▄██▀ ▀░▀ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▄▄▄▄▀█▌▀▀▀██▀▌ ▀ ▀▀▀░█▀▌▀░ ▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀ e d i t o r i a l ! ▀ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Dear RCN, ║ ║ ║ ║ So many people trade warez today. So many people striving to be the ║ ║ best they can be and having the highest "position" in the scene. So ║ ║ many people staying up for hours on end to courier that new release, ║ ║ crack that new game, make their group the best. Do these people have ║ ║ ANY lives? Don't get me wrong I LOVE warez and the scene and it takes ║ ║ up A LOT of my time, but it's fun and that's what we are all here for. ║ ║ The reason trading warez is so enjoyable is because the warez world is ║ ║ an imaginary one, we rule it. WE have the high positions. WE are ║ ║ considered to be GODS. This is very cool because in the real world ║ ║ (most of us) are students and kids. Constatly being told "No, you can't ║ ║ do this; No, you can't do that." The warez world lets us escape into a ║ ║ fantasy world, a world of our own. ║ ║ ║ ║ The only problem with this is when the fantasy warez world starts to ║ ║ rule our "real world". People who stay on the net for days on end with ║ ║ no sleep and only stopping to eat and piss. I have been a victim of ║ ║ this many times before and I want it to STOP. The world of warez does ║ ║ not have any effect on the real world whatsoever. Don't get me wrong I ║ ║ LOVE the scene and warez, but there is a point where it has to stop. ║ ║ Trading warez is VERY fun and that is the number one reason people do ║ ║ it. The competition is also a very big reason. Competing through warez ║ ║ is like any sport you can think of. A bunch of teams (Groups) compete ║ ║ against one another and try to score points (Release/Crack/Whatever your ║ ║ speciality is in the Scene). Doing this gives us all a rush and makes us ║ ║ feel special. I don't want to sound dumb, but you can't deny it. When ║ ║ someone releases an awesome ware that everyone wants to download they ║ ║ feel like "the shit". I guess this is enough reason to be in the scene ║ ║ because it is fun, it is enjoyable. ║ ║ ║ ║ Those who criticize us usually don't have an understanding about how ║ ║ fun it is. Well, think about it, how much fun does it sound to sit on ║ ║ the computer for hours and type away at whatever your doing. I guess ║ ║ it's worth it but that's my opinion, yours might be different. ║ ║ ║ ║ I have one more thing to say. Groups who fight all the time and ║ ║ hate eachother are stupid. The scene was created to have competition ║ ║ and fun, not to hate others who are trying to do the same thing you are. ║ ║ Everyone is here to do what they do best, specializing in one field or ║ ║ another. Ask yourself, if you are criticizing someone else, what makes ║ ║ me so much better than them. We are all here for the same purpose, ║ ║ don't spoil it for everyone. ║ ║ ║ ║ Signed, ║ ║ Bollox ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Dear RCN, ║ ║ ║ ║ What can I say? Hitex has 2-3 girlfriends, and he's still working ║ ║ hard for the scene. Well, when I get a girlfriend, I'll quit RCN (just ║ ║ kidding). ║ ║ ║ ║ Signed, ║ ║ Hitex/Rebel Chicken ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▄▄█ ▄▄▄ ▄▄█ ▄▄ ▐██▌ ▐██▀▌ ░█▌▄▄░▀ r c n ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▄▄█▀░▄▄▀░█▄▄ ░▐▌ ▀▀▀ ▄▐▐▌ ▄▄■▄▄ ■▀ ▀▀█▀▌▄█▄█ ▐▄▌▌ ▀█▀█ ▄▄■▄▄ ▄█▀▀▀▐██▌ █▄█ ██▌ ▄▄░▀ ▀█▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▐█▌▌ ▄ ███ ░██ █▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄░▄ █▐▌ ░▐▐█▌█ ░▐▐▌▐█▌▌ ░░ ░▐▐█▌░▐▄▄▄█▐██▀▀ ░▐▐▌▌░░░▐██ ░ ▄██▌░░░ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▐▐█▌ ▐█▌▌ █▌▐██ ▐█▄▌▀▀█▄ ▄░▀▀ █▌▐██ ▐▌▌ █▀░▄ ▀ █▄██▀▀▀ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ███▐░███▌▌ ██▀ ▀▀■▀▀ ▐████▌▌▐▀█▌ ▄██▀ ▀░▀ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▄▄▄▄▀█▌▀▀▀██▀▌ ▀ ▀▀▀░█▀▌▀░ ▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀ e d i t o r i a l ! ▀ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Dear RCN, ║ ║ ║ ║ Starting as of June 16, 1996, #warez+ is back in busines. They ║ ║ decided to have a bit of a reunion, so they reopened the channel. The ║ ║ original ops are back also. Channel Warez+ was always one of the best ║ ║ WarezX channels. Although now when people join the channel, no one even ║ ║ remembers it and say thing like, "Oh great, another lame warez channel". ║ ║ Warez+ was always the hangout of the more elite warez "traders". Right ║ ║ now it is just anyone and everyone + their dog. They are currently ║ ║ trying to get off the ground again, and once again striving to become an ║ ║ elite warezX trading channel. As far as I have seen, they are doing a ║ ║ good job. The ops are very nice, not the typical "I dont like that, so ║ ║ I will kick-ban you" ops. ║ ║ ║ ║ Although, I do have one small complaint, which is the auto kick-ban ║ ║ of *!*@*.ipt.aol.com, because I dont think it is fair to be prejudiced ║ ║ and say that all users from AOL are not worthy enough to be in a warezX ║ ║ trading channel, because I know of some very elite people from AOL, that ║ ║ have the online service for other reasons then "its so easy and friendly ║ ║ to use". ║ ║ ║ ║ Other then that, I like #warez+, and believe it should be supported ║ ║ by anyone and everyone. My suggestion to the ops is to get some Offer ║ ║ Bots going in there, just to make it pick up users, and maybe try some ║ ║ things that other channels haven't. ║ ║ ║ ║ And another thing, I know that you are barely restarting the ║ ║ channel, and not too many people know about it, but anything you do ║ ║ DON'T MASS INVITE! Advertise it to your friends and have them join, ║ ║ then let them personally tell people to join. Not just so you wont annoy ║ ║ people, but the probability is that these users will be dedicated to ║ ║ your channel rather then #warez5, #warez950, #warez666, and such. Think ║ ║ if you would like somebody mass inviting in you channel for ║ ║ #warez<whatever>. I dont think you would, so dont do it. ║ ║ ║ ║ Back on the subject of banning ISP's, I have been getting more and ║ ║ more pissed off lately. I am a Netcom Dial-Up PPP/SLIP user. Not only am ║ ║ I K-Lined from every EFNet server, but now I am banned from a majority ║ ║ of Warez Channels. I hang out on WarezX channels about 1% or less of my ║ ║ time that I am on iRC, so this really doesnt affect me. But there are A ║ ║ LOT of traders that can bring in a lot of warez and trades for your ║ ║ channel, but you have ALL Netcom users banned on your bots. If you feel ║ ║ guilty (which you should), please take the *!*@*.ix.netcom.com ban off ║ ║ of your bots. Thank You and Goodnight. ║ ║ ║ ║ Signed, ║ ║ Kang ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Dear Kang, ║ ║ ║ ║ Try banning *!*@*.com, I heard that .com is a real lame internet ║ ║ provider. ║ ║ ║ ║ Signed, ║ ║ Hitex/Rebel Chicken ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▄▄█ ▄▄▄ ▄▄█ ▄▄ ▐██▌ ▐██▀▌ ░█▌▄▄░▀ r c n ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▄▄█▀░▄▄▀░█▄▄ ░▐▌ ▀▀▀ ▄▐▐▌ ▄▄■▄▄ ■▀ ▀▀█▀▌▄█▄█ ▐▄▌▌ ▀█▀█ ▄▄■▄▄ ▄█▀▀▀▐██▌ █▄█ ██▌ ▄▄░▀ ▀█▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▐█▌▌ ▄ ███ ░██ █▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄░▄ █▐▌ ░▐▐█▌█ ░▐▐▌▐█▌▌ ░░ ░▐▐█▌░▐▄▄▄█▐██▀▀ ░▐▐▌▌░░░▐██ ░ ▄██▌░░░ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▐▐█▌ ▐█▌▌ █▌▐██ ▐█▄▌▀▀█▄ ▄░▀▀ █▌▐██ ▐▌▌ █▀░▄ ▀ █▄██▀▀▀ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ███▐░███▌▌ ██▀ ▀▀■▀▀ ▐████▌▌▐▀█▌ ▄██▀ ▀░▀ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▄▄▄▄▀█▌▀▀▀██▀▌ ▀ ▀▀▀░█▀▌▀░ ▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀ e d i t o r i a l ! ▀ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Dear RCN, ║ ║ ║ ║ Tasm, you need to grow up. You know that the only reason you are ║ ║ doing this is because he is LIKED and you aren't. Everyone is getting ║ ║ tired of your shit, and you are bringing, NvC down because of it. This ║ ║ is a letter of warning to people, Tasm loves to fake logs, tell lies and ║ ║ try to frame people. He is known around the net for it. He is sneaky, ║ ║ backstabbing and not trustworthy for ANYTHING. ║ ║ ║ ║ If he truely is the vice-president of NvC that club is in a hell of ║ ║ a lot of trouble. I have tried to take it, but that stunt with Ransom ║ ║ was nothing more than a fake log and a personal war with him. You never ║ ║ did like him, why didn't you talk about that in your little letter, talk ║ ║ about the way you talked about him behind his back when Insanity was ║ ║ still around, talk about the way you couldn't stand it because Dragon ║ ║ Star liked him better than you, no matter how much you kissed his ass. ║ ║ But I guess thats just how some people do. ║ ║ ║ ║ I know how you work, you were the one who got me kicked out of NvC, ║ ║ by saying I was spying for Violation. You know good and well I wasn't. ║ ║ You just have a bad problem when it comes to keeping your mouth shut, ║ ║ and you think EVERYTHING has to go your way. ║ ║ ║ ║ You didn't talk about the way you kicked me out either did you. How ║ ║ you accused me of spying. So if you can accuse me of spying why not ║ ║ accuse Ransom of deleting. Hell just get rid of the people you don't ║ ║ like and before long you will be running the group. Thats what your ║ ║ plan is and always was. Well it looks like you got your way. But look ║ ║ at all the respect you lost doing it, and think to yourself, was it ║ ║ really worth it? Worth damaging the rep. of NvC for life and making you ║ ║ look like a liar? ║ ║ ║ ║ Signed, ║ ║ Dallion ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Dear Dallion, ║ ║ ║ ║ Thanks for informing the scene about Tasm. ║ ║ ║ ║ Signed, ║ ║ Hitex/Rebel Chicken ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▄▄█ ▄▄▄ ▄▄█ ▄▄ ▐██▌ ▐██▀▌ ░█▌▄▄░▀ r c n ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▄▄█▀░▄▄▀░█▄▄ ░▐▌ ▀▀▀ ▄▐▐▌ ▄▄■▄▄ ■▀ ▀▀█▀▌▄█▄█ ▐▄▌▌ ▀█▀█ ▄▄■▄▄ ▄█▀▀▀▐██▌ █▄█ ██▌ ▄▄░▀ ▀█▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▐█▌▌ ▄ ███ ░██ █▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄░▄ █▐▌ ░▐▐█▌█ ░▐▐▌▐█▌▌ ░░ ░▐▐█▌░▐▄▄▄█▐██▀▀ ░▐▐▌▌░░░▐██ ░ ▄██▌░░░ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▐▐█▌ ▐█▌▌ █▌▐██ ▐█▄▌▀▀█▄ ▄░▀▀ █▌▐██ ▐▌▌ █▀░▄ ▀ █▄██▀▀▀ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ███▐░███▌▌ ██▀ ▀▀■▀▀ ▐████▌▌▐▀█▌ ▄██▀ ▀░▀ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▄▄▄▄▀█▌▀▀▀██▀▌ ▀ ▀▀▀░█▀▌▀░ ▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀ e d i t o r i a l ! ▀ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Dear RCN, ║ ║ ║ ║ In response to the question of new groups popping up, I think that ║ ║ there can be a problem here. When you see a new release, and you spend ║ ║ your time downloading it, only to find that some half-assed group of ║ ║ 12-year olds has slapped together something that Daddy brought home and ║ ║ didn't even bother to crack the fucker, you're gonna be pissed. Groups ║ ║ like that need to get out of the way of the bigger groups and let the ║ ║ experienced people handle the scene, or get their shit together and ║ ║ start doing things properly, the right way. I know it's not easy, I ║ ║ mean god, I couldn't run a decent release group, let alone be a ║ ║ dedicated courier, but if you are going to spend your time (and that of ║ ║ others) releasing shit, you best do it right. ║ ║ ║ ║ Signed, ║ ║ ToiletDuk ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Dear ToiletDuk, ║ ║ ║ ║ I don't think we should be as harsh as you are in this response, but ║ ║ you make some good points, and you're right, it is a very discouraging ║ ║ thing when you download release after release and none of them work. ║ ║ ║ ║ Signed, ║ ║ Hitex/Rebel Chicken ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Dear RCN, ║ ║ ║ ║ It seems like today a lot of the people affiliated with the scene ║ ║ have begun to designate everyone as either a lamer or an elite. Almost ║ ║ everyone on IRC yells "LAMER" at someone else because of something as ║ ║ simple as a file request. Similarly, if someone belongs to a group, be ║ ║ him the lowliest courier who doesn't even do half his share, in many ║ ║ channels will be revealed as elite. This 'elite' designation also falls ║ ║ on channel ops, who often get op status for nothing other than IRC ║ ║ relation to the other ops. ║ ║ ║ ║ I've been around the warez scene for at least 12 years. I can ║ ║ remember when couriering really ment COURIERING. 300 bps modems ║ ║ couldn't compare with walking to a friend's house with a handful of ║ ║ 5.25" disks and just copying what new stuff he had. I'll bet hardly ║ ║ anyone in the scene today can name members of groups like Eaglesoft, DCS ║ ║ (Doughnut Cracking Service), and a few others. ║ ║ ║ ║ But does knowing these things make me elite? I hope that that fact ║ ║ alone does NOT. I've pretty much done it all, opped warez channels, run ║ ║ a BBS, and done freelance couriering between FTP sites and BBSs. I even ║ ║ coded some BBS mods. Still, I was never part of an official group. So ║ ║ am I a lamer because I never had my name at the bottom of a grop .NFO ║ ║ file? I hope not. The point is this - warez, in its entirety, is a ║ ║ win-win situation for practically everyone in the scene. Why someone ║ ║ who enters a channel asking for a particular ware gets branded a lamer ║ ║ and kicked, while 3 idlers sit motionless watching the world go by, is a ║ ║ mystery to me. The only 'lamers' in the warez scene are those who work ║ ║ to destroy it. ║ ║ ║ ║ Signed, ║ ║ Wildgoose ║ ║ ║ ║ *PS* Keep up the good work! The mag continues to be the only emag ║ ║ (warez or otherwise) that I read on a regular basis. ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Dear Wildgoose, ║ ║ ║ ║ First, I would like to thank you for the nice comment at the end! ║ ║ Next, you are so right about your writing. This whole "lamer/elite" ║ ║ bull shit is just so overplayed in the scene. A new person is branded ║ ║ lamer about as often as Michael Jackson fucks another male kid. It's ║ ║ just an everyday thing and makes no sense at all. Will it end? Do you ║ ║ REALLY think Michael Jackson will ever stop? Of course not. It's ║ ║ stupid, pointless, but it seems to make these channel ops feel big, and ║ ║ heck, if it makes them happy, they can just go ahead and do it (that ║ ║ doesn't apply to Michael Jackson, though). ║ ║ ║ ║ Signed, ║ ║ Hitex/Rebel Chicken ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Dear RCN, ║ ║ ║ ║ What's up? It's me, Endeavour, founder of COPS. Just wanted to say ║ ║ good job on the coding and content within RCN!! Keep up the good work! ║ ║ ║ ║ Signed, ║ ║ Endeavour ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Dear Endeavour, ║ ║ ║ ║ Thanks!!! We're doing our best every week to make RCN as good as it ║ ║ can be. We're grateful for support like yours! ║ ║ ║ ║ Signed, ║ ║ Hitex/Rebel Chicken ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Dear RCN, ║ ║ ║ ║ I was shocked when I read RCN #17 this past weekend. After reading ║ ║ your interview with Endeavour, founder of COPS, and making my own ║ ║ assessment of COPS, I wondered if anything could possibly be in a sadder ║ ║ shape than COPS. ║ ║ ║ ║ COPS' NFO is one of the worst ones I've EVER seen. Whoever drew it ║ ║ lacks talent and the person that added the text should be charged with ║ ║ plagiarism. These guys lack originality and most of their information ║ ║ comes from other groups. They have ripped off parts of DOD, Razor, and ║ ║ PWA's NFOs. The only original statement is the group's quote and that ║ ║ is one of hypocrisy. "COPS will beat you and you will like it!" The ║ ║ only thing these poor bastards will be beating is their meat. ║ ║ ║ ║ Endeavour, if the indication that you guys coming on strong is ║ ║ through your releases, may God help you all. When a non-foreign group ║ ║ starts releasing software in another language, then you know it is in ║ ║ trouble. A few weeks ago, COPS released MS-Access in Chinese. What is ║ ║ wrong with you people? Less than 15% of the scene is Asian or even ║ ║ Chinese and I'm pretty sure the majority of these people is content with ║ ║ their English versions. There is nothing like preparing an English ║ ║ database in a Chinese program. Also, when you released Blake Stone, you ║ ║ knew that the files dated back to 1993, yet you gave the go-ahead to ║ ║ release. This indicates your sloppy leadership and the sad shape that ║ ║ COPS is in. For no decent group leader, including groups smaller than ║ ║ yours, would have released such crap that one can find in the bargain ║ ║ bin at your local software store. At the rate you guys are coming on ║ ║ strong, it may take COPS a century to reach the magnitute of what ║ ║ Mortality is today. ║ ║ ║ ║ Endeavour, you have no right to rag on Malice. I remember back in ║ ║ February, you used to come into #MALiCE and beg us to courier your ║ ║ releases. We kicked and kicked yet you kept on rejoining the channel. ║ ║ I have to admit, you are very persistent and arrogant. Otherwise, COPS ║ ║ would not be alive today. You think that Malice is dead today, but ║ ║ they'll always have more of a fighting chance to regroup than COPS. I ║ ║ am surprised that fATE accepted COPS under their protective wing. ║ ║ Surely, fATE has more sense and respectability than that. But then ║ ║ again, fATE is a second-rate couriering group. Any decent courier group ║ ║ will not have a releasing division to back up and/or supplement their ║ ║ couriering. I hope that Doobie will come to his senses and kick you out ║ ║ as Malice has done. ║ ║ ║ ║ In conclusion, the only thing COPS will "professionally" specialize ║ ║ in is crap. In fact, why not change the name to Crappy Old Pirated ║ ║ Shareware? This name would state the true nature of COPS. If you guys ║ ║ are coming on strong, then groups such as PWA must be flying in a ║ ║ rocket. If a member of COPS today is the NEW batch and holds the key to ║ ║ the future of the scene, then perhaps we should all quit or retire now ║ ║ to avoid the pain and humiliation that will come later. ║ ║ ║ ║ Signed, ║ ║ kT! ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Dear kT!, ║ ║ ║ ║ I tend to want to keep an open mind about a group. COPS has gone ║ ║ through some majorly shitty releases that I honestly don't think anybody ║ ║ in the scene uses today, but I will keep their future open in my mind. ║ ║ They have just as much of a chance to raise their standards as any new ║ ║ group today. I can only hope that this negative publicity will maybe ║ ║ catalyze Endeavour's understanding that he should perhaps raise the ║ ║ standard of COPS to a new degree. As for fATE, every group has its good ║ ║ times and bad times. Perhaps fATE is going through a slump right now. ║ ║ I have no doubt in my mind that they could make themselves great again. ║ ║ ║ ║ Signed, ║ ║ Hitex/Rebel Chicken ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Dear RCN, ║ ║ ║ ║ I'm just writing out of disgust. My story is a common one, but ║ ║ nevertheless, a sad one. I used to be a lamer <CRINGE!> just like ║ ║ everyone else (I find it extremely hard to believe that any of you ║ ║ started out by moving files for RiSC!). But, like one dude said in RCN ║ ║ #17 (there's no skill in warez, just contacts), I had made some good ║ ║ contacts and I moved up the warez 'pyramid.' It was a long climb, and I ║ ║ came nowhere near the top, but I don't give two shits about that now! I ║ ║ was involved in the fledgling community several years ago, and my ║ ║ involvement has carrived to today. I have several past and present ║ ║ affiliations, but nothing like RiSC or Prestige. You see, a long time ║ ║ ago in the world of warez, I realized that those on the top were ║ ║ dropping like flies, and although they had worked long and hard to get ║ ║ there, they were all burnt out! I was and still am a 0-6 MONTH trader, ║ ║ and you know what? It doesn't matter! It doens't fucking matter at ║ ║ all! I have seen the 'elite' come and go, and it never changes. Sure, ║ ║ I think it would be cool someday to have 5 phone lines all dedicated to ║ ║ moving files, but is it worth giving up my life for? No, not at all! ║ ║ ║ ║ You see, people in 'the scene' are always saying stuff like 'Man, ║ ║ you gotta take responsibility for your actions, you gotta relize that ║ ║ you could be arrested,' but ironically, these same people don't take ║ ║ responsibility for their involvement. I know people are flying through ║ ║ the ranks of warez faster than ever now, but what happens? They all end ║ ║ up on the far end of the spectrum, under the 'burnt out' category. ║ ║ People don't seem to realize what's going on. If you're going to take ║ ║ responsibility for trading commercial software illegally, you have to ║ ║ take responsibility for your rise in doing so. It pisses me off to hear ║ ║ people complain about how they have no life because of warez, and that ║ ║ warez ruined them, and that they become burnt out and retire. I realize ║ ║ for some people, myself included, being involved for a long period of ║ ║ time does take its toll, and I feel that if you have spent the past 4-or ║ ║ so, or however many years moving files, that you deserve the retirement ║ ║ you take, but these people that fly through in a matter of weeks, or ║ ║ even months, I mean get real people! ║ ║ ║ ║ It's all about responsibility and maturity. Take it slow, there's ║ ║ no big deal about it. It's a hobby, and hobbies are supposed to be fun, ║ ║ right? I hope this will serve as a rude awakening for some of you. If ║ ║ you're just starting out, don't feel intimidated by the bigger, older ║ ║ elite members of the community. Don't feel pressured into spending 16 ║ ║ hours of YOUR day behind a computer pressing buttons and moving 0 ║ ║ nanosecond warez. For me, warez is just a hobby, and I don't plan on ║ ║ changing anything. I am perfectly satisfied doing this in my free time. ║ ║ If that makes me 'less-l337' than you, so what? I only do this in the ║ ║ evening and when I have or need some time to relax for a bit. ║ ║ ║ ║ I guarantee to you it will be more fun for me and I will be around ║ ║ longer. If you're already established in the scene, maybe this will help ║ ║ you re-evaluate what you're doing. I don't think warez is bad at all, ║ ║ but I think all those involved need to take more responsibility for the ║ ║ scene. When it gets to the point where it is no longer fun, i is ║ ║ tedious and a job and you feel pressured into doing it, take a break! ║ ║ Even if that means cutting back from 15+ megs a day to 75+ and then 50+, ║ ║ do yourself a favor, and do everyone else involved a favor. Be ║ ║ responsible. If you're going to get involved, fine, just don't bail out ║ ║ in 6 months' time and say you are all burnt out and you have no life and ║ ║ just bitch and complain about the scene. Consider yourself warned. ║ ║ ║ ║ Signed, ║ ║ Zero Lucifer ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Dear Zero Lucifer, ║ ║ ║ ║ You're right, the scene is about having fun. If you have no life, ║ ║ that sucks for you, but if you have no life because of the scene, you ║ ║ need to get the hell out. The scene isn't a prison, it's a beach-side ║ ║ resort. If you're so tanned you're almost burnt, get the hell out, but ║ ║ put on some sun screen beforehand and you'll be able to take it slower ║ ║ and be around for a much longer amount of time. ║ ║ ║ ║ Signed, ║ ║ Hitex/Rebel Chicken ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Dear RCN, ║ ║ ║ ║ Hello to the whole staff! Well, I'm completely surprised! What a ║ ║ GOOD E-mag! It's the best I've ever seen (and that's a lot). Very cool ║ ║ intro in deed! I can just say one thing "Keep up the good work, boys." ║ ║ And some much-deserved credits to the man who has coded that Space ║ ║ Invaders game. ║ ║ ║ ║ Signed, ║ ║ Energia ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Dear Energia, ║ ║ ║ ║ Thanks for the comments! Xenon, our coder, is definitely one of the ║ ║ best in the scene. He works hard with us to make RCN the best that it ║ ║ can be, and as we all know, the coding is part of what makes RCN your #1 ║ ║ warez e-mag! ║ ║ ║ ║ Signed, ║ ║ Hitex/Rebel Chicken ║ ║ Dear RCN, ║ ║ ║ ║ I have been reading RCN since the beginning. I am always looking ║ ║ forward to the next issue. It seems like every issue is getting bigger ║ ║ and better. All of the hard work and time put into RCN really shows. ║ ║ The coding is excellent and the music and sound are amazing. Damn those ║ ║ games that you put in RCN are awesome (and sometimes frustrating). I ║ ║ just want to congratulate all of you guys in RCN for the effort and time ║ ║ put into it every week. It really does show. Keep it up and good luck ║ ║ in the future. ║ ║ ║ ║ Signed, ║ ║ Trip ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Dear Trip, ║ ║ ║ ║ What can I say?! Thanks for the great comments! We try hard, I'm ║ ║ glad we're pleasing the scene! ║ ║ ║ ║ Signed, ║ ║ Hitex/Rebel Chicken ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▄▄▄ ▄▄█ r c n ▄▄██▄ ▄█▄▄▄ ▐██▀▌ ▄▄█▀░▄▄ ██▌▄▄▀▀ ▐▀█▀ ▄▄░▄▄▄ █▀█ ▀▀░█▄▄ ▄▄ ▀▀▀ ░▄█ ▐▄▌▌▄▐▐▌ ▄▄■▄▄ ▌■▀ ▀▀█▀▌▐▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀▀ █▄▄ ░░ █▄█ ▐█▌▌░░ ███ ██▌░ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄█ ░▄▌▀▀ ▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀█░▄ ▄▄█ ░░░ ░▄ ░▐▐▌ ░ ▐▐█▌█▐██ ▐▐▌▌ ▐▐▌ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌▐▐▌▐█▀ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌ ▄█▐▌ █▌▀ █▌▐██ ▐▌▌ █▀█▄▐█▄▌ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ █▌█▌ █▄ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▄▄██▀██▐█▌ ▐████▌▌▐▀█▌ ▄██▀ ░█▀ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀ ▄▄░▌ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀█▀ ▀░▀ ▀▀▀░█▀▌▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ i n t e r v i e w s ! ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Reporter : Hitex Interviewee : Ustasa ║ ║ Subject : RiSC Loses to Everlast Affiliation : Everlast Member ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Can you give me a rough picture of who you are and how you pertain ║ ║ to the warez scene? ║ ║ ║ ║ EVR : I'm basically just a courier that can be very dedicated to the ║ ║ scene. I know everyone knows just how much I love the scene! I ║ ║ started out 4 years ago and very slowly worked my way up. It ║ ║ takes much loyalty and dedication to get places. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : What are some of your prior affiliations? ║ ║ ║ ║ EVR : I've been a part of RiSC, Razor 1911, Tyranny, Genesis, ║ ║ Generation-X, Everlast, Prophecy, Scum, Pirates with Attitudes, ║ ║ Drink or Die, Hybrid, Dynamix, and few others not worth ║ ║ mentioning. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Which of these affiliations did you most treasure and enjoy being ║ ║ a part of? ║ ║ ║ ║ EVR : To tell you the truth, RiSC, but as you might know, I left for ║ ║ some undisputed reasons. RiSC is the best group ever. Very loyal ║ ║ people like Eagle 1, Enforcer, Pharaoh, and Crackpot, make RiSC ║ ║ what it is. I was treated with respect in the group. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : What were the reasons for your departure from RiSC? ║ ║ ║ ║ EVR : I had an argument with a netmonkey by the name of Suspicious ║ ║ Image. He thought he could boss me around in the group, so I said ║ ║ screw this shit and left! For example, he would threaten to get ║ ║ me kicked out due to inactivity and so on, so I said to myself who ║ ║ the fuck does this lamer think he is!? ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : So you went and joined Everlast? Would that have been a second ║ ║ choice to RiSC? Which do you enjoy more? ║ ║ ║ ║ EVR : Well, I joined Everlast so I couldn't really tell you who is ║ ║ better to me, but Everlast is a bunch of good friends that joined ║ ║ together to make the group. It's really cool. Mr. Skill, ║ ║ Asmodeus, Blue Adept, Shatter Star, Immortal, are all pretty cool ║ ║ guys. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : I seem to remember that Shatter Star was in RiSC for a short ║ ║ while. Yet he, too, left for Everlast. Could this be said to be ║ ║ an overall statement about the attitudes of RiSC versus those of ║ ║ Everlast? ║ ║ ║ ║ EVR : Yes. To tell you the truth, I'm not the only one that left ║ ║ because of Sispicious Image. There are others. People like him ║ ║ seem to make the group lame, and I think action should be taken ║ ║ towards people like him. To tell you the truth, I think RiSC is ║ ║ falling apart. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : RiSC, in your opinion, is falling apart. Do you mean, in other ║ ║ words, that Everlast is taking RiSC's old place in the scene? ║ ║ ║ ║ EVR : No, I think RiSC will always be a dominant group, but it'll just ║ ║ lose its touch. Everlast kicks ass, but I can't tell you the ║ ║ future man. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : What do you think of a "new" (revamped) group called GODS? They ║ ║ have split up both Digital and Amnesia to form themselves, what do ║ ║ you expect this will do to the couriering scene? ║ ║ ║ ║ EVR : To tell ya the truth, I think this GODS group will kick some ass, ║ ║ but we'll just have to see how long they'll last. Groups come and ║ ║ go these days. Kinda reminds me of my old group Cartel. They ║ ║ seem to have some pretty cool guys in there, but they will have to ║ ║ establish themeselves on the big boards like Akira and Park ║ ║ Central. RiSC and Everlast are kicking ass on the boards. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Does Everlast have any organized IRC channels going for it yet? ║ ║ ║ ║ EVR : Yup, #Everlast is becoming a very good channel as of late. One ║ ║ last thing, what the fuck is up Razor 1911's ass? They dissed me ║ ║ in their last nfo and I want to know what the fuck I did to them ║ ║ besides smoke their asses on releases when I was in Hybrid. Fuck ║ ║ they say I'm a backstabber. Fuck I used to so much when I was in ║ ║ Razor. I upload to their damn pay sites 24 hours a day, and this ║ ║ is what I get, a kick in the fucking ass!! Well all I gotta say ║ ║ is FUCK YOU ASSHOLES THE SPEED RACER/GECKO, suck my fucking dick ║ ║ you queers, go hop on Hula while you're at it!! I would just like ║ ║ to give a shout out to all the Leet dudes out there ASMODEUS, ║ ║ TOAST, THE PUNISHER, TOUGH GUY, THE OUTLAWS, CYANIDE, PHARAOH, ║ ║ MAVERICK, CORPSE, CRACKPOT, MR SKILL, IMMORTAL, SHATTER, BLUE ║ ║ ADEPT, EAGLE1, ENFORCER, CRIMINAL OVERLORD, SWITCH BLADE, SYXUS, ║ ║ CYBERJACK, HEMP HOODLUM, ARCH VILE, and to all those who I might ║ ║ have missed!! CYA PEACE YEM GORDY!! ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▄▄▄ ▄▄█ r c n ▄▄██▄ ▄█▄▄▄ ▐██▀▌ ▄▄█▀░▄▄ ██▌▄▄▀▀ ▐▀█▀ ▄▄░▄▄▄ █▀█ ▀▀░█▄▄ ▄▄ ▀▀▀ ░▄█ ▐▄▌▌▄▐▐▌ ▄▄■▄▄ ▌■▀ ▀▀█▀▌▐▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀▀ █▄▄ ░░ █▄█ ▐█▌▌░░ ███ ██▌░ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄█ ░▄▌▀▀ ▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀█░▄ ▄▄█ ░░░ ░▄ ░▐▐▌ ░ ▐▐█▌█▐██ ▐▐▌▌ ▐▐▌ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌▐▐▌▐█▀ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌ ▄█▐▌ █▌▀ █▌▐██ ▐▌▌ █▀█▄▐█▄▌ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ █▌█▌ █▄ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▄▄██▀██▐█▌ ▐████▌▌▐▀█▌ ▄██▀ ░█▀ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀ ▄▄░▌ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀█▀ ▀░▀ ▀▀▀░█▀▌▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ i n t e r v i e w s ! ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Reporter : Glock Interviewee : <Undisclosed> ║ ║ Subject : Dr. Jekyll Affiliation : Dr. Jeyll's Girl ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ RCN : How do you know Dr. Jekyll? ║ ║ ║ ║ --- : He's my boyfriend and also my best friend. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : How do you feel about him getting busted? ║ ║ ║ ║ --- : I feel that it is very unfortunate for him to have been busted. I ║ ║ know that what he did wasn't the best of things, but I think that ║ ║ what they're doing to him, especially at this particular time, ║ ║ really SUCKS. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : What exactly did he get busted for? How did they catch him? ║ ║ ║ ║ --- : Laugh, well, they accused him of hacking into the FAU (Florida ║ ║ Atlanta State University) and destroying someone's email. He was ║ ║ also caught stealing files from the FAU. It's in the newspapers. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Do you think he'll ever make it back into the scene? ║ ║ ║ ║ --- : No, I don't think he'll ever come back. It's cost him too much ║ ║ pain these past few day. Besides, after all this, I don't think ║ ║ I'd let him back in the scene. If he does come back, I think ║ ║ it'll be a while, considering he doesn't have a computer right now ║ ║ and such. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Could you tell us what he might want to say to the scene, if he ║ ║ were given the chance? ║ ║ ║ ║ --- : I think he'd say, "Blah, go blow a toad." ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : What are your feelings toward the FAU? ║ ║ ║ ║ --- : The FAU is really stupid if they think they're going to get away ║ ║ with this and still survive. If they do ANYTHING to harm him more ║ ║ than they already have, I shall reap my revenge somehow. Dr. ║ ║ Jekyll's smarter than all of them combined. He'll get out of it. ║ ║ I've faith in him. ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▄▄▄ ▄▄█ r c n ▄▄██▄ ▄█▄▄▄ ▐██▀▌ ▄▄█▀░▄▄ ██▌▄▄▀▀ ▐▀█▀ ▄▄░▄▄▄ █▀█ ▀▀░█▄▄ ▄▄ ▀▀▀ ░▄█ ▐▄▌▌▄▐▐▌ ▄▄■▄▄ ▌■▀ ▀▀█▀▌▐▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀▀ █▄▄ ░░ █▄█ ▐█▌▌░░ ███ ██▌░ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄█ ░▄▌▀▀ ▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀█░▄ ▄▄█ ░░░ ░▄ ░▐▐▌ ░ ▐▐█▌█▐██ ▐▐▌▌ ▐▐▌ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌▐▐▌▐█▀ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌ ▄█▐▌ █▌▀ █▌▐██ ▐▌▌ █▀█▄▐█▄▌ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ █▌█▌ █▄ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▄▄██▀██▐█▌ ▐████▌▌▐▀█▌ ▄██▀ ░█▀ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀ ▄▄░▌ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀█▀ ▀░▀ ▀▀▀░█▀▌▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ i n t e r v i e w s ! ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Reporter : Lucifers Fear Interviewee : Demaxxus ║ ║ Subject : Demaxxus Returns Affiliation : n/a ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ RCN : You were recently busted and raided by the RCMP (Royal Canadia ║ ║ Mounted Police), but now I hear that you are back in the scene. ║ ║ Is that true, and if so, how are you able to come back to the ║ ║ scene? ║ ║ ║ ║ DEM : Well, the police didn't have enough evidence on me so they had to ║ ║ give me back my computer hardware that they confiscated. The main ║ ║ charges were for stolen merchandise, but when the confiscated ║ ║ hardware was not the stolen material they were looking for, they ║ ║ were forced to give my stuff back and let me go. They basically ║ ║ had dick-all for evidence. Although they said they were going to ║ ║ be keeping an eye on me, which probably means having a fat cop ║ ║ watching me all day to see if I go into any computer stores, that ║ ║ fat cop will probably be too busy eating donuts to catch me. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : How did the RCMP found out that you were Demaxxus in the first ║ ║ place? ║ ║ ║ ║ DEM : I honestly have no idea how they found me. The only way I can ║ ║ think of is if one of the stores I've "found" stuff from gave the ║ ║ police my name. I was recently caught on video tape at Future ║ ║ Shop getting a modem, so they would have had a picture of me to ║ ║ give to the police. Either that, or one of the RATS from our area ║ ║ code (most famously known for ratting on Anarchist) made a little ║ ║ anonymous phone call. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Is it true that they actually tapped your phone line to get ║ ║ evidence, and if so, how long did they listen in on your ║ ║ interesting phonecalls? ║ ║ ║ ║ DEM : Well, I'm not sure if they actually tapped my line, in fact, in ║ ║ this technologically impaired city, I highly doubt it. Although ║ ║ they must have been checking on my phone line somehow, because ║ ║ when they first came to my house, they briefly spoke about ║ ║ carding, but that was it, they never mentioned it after that. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : What did you think when the RCMP was at your door 7:30 a.m. with a ║ ║ warrant? ║ ║ ║ ║ DEM : My first thought was, "Fuck, what did my brother do now", but when ║ ║ they asked for me, I almost shit a brick. I couldn't believe ║ ║ they'd finally caught up to me. I thought that they might have ║ ║ come to my house because I used to be on Anarchist's board, but ║ ║ then they told me they were at my house with a warrant in regard ║ ║ to stolen merchandise. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : We all love our famous RCMP officer by the name of TOM JAMES, but ║ ║ would he have been the one leading this investigation that led to ║ ║ your bust? ║ ║ ║ ║ DEM : No, to my surprise, he never entered this situation at all. I ║ ║ don't even think it was the RCMP (RCMP = Royal Canadian Mounted ║ ║ Police = Canadian FBI), it was just the local police. I was kind ║ ║ of sad when he didn't show up, I didn't have a chance to give him ║ ║ a mint and a bottle of scope. I guess he wasn't part of my bust ║ ║ because the warrant for my bust had nothing to do with the ║ ║ Anarchist, and the topic was just on stolen property. Neither the ║ ║ RCMP nor Tom James was in on my bust. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : I was informed that you weren't happy about something which was ║ ║ making a front page in the newspaper, is this true and how come a ║ ║ local story like this not make it? ║ ║ ║ ║ DEM : YES! I was fucking pissed off when they didn't have my bust in ║ ║ the newspaper, nevermind the front page. If (when) I get busted, ║ ║ I want to be in the newspaper, I don't know why, I just do. I'm ║ ║ not sure why my story didn't make it. Maybe it was because the ║ ║ evidence they had on me was so shaky. And since I got let go, it ║ ║ wouldn't look too good for the police if the story was in the ║ ║ newspaper, and then have another story in which they had to let me ║ ║ go. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Perhaps you were not in the newspaper because someone else known ║ ║ as the Anarchist stole the spotlight earlier this year? ║ ║ ║ ║ DEM : Well, I can't blame it wholy on Anarchist, but partially, yes. If ║ ║ he didn't get into kiddie porn, the RCMP never would have come to ║ ║ our area code, and everything would be ok. But, since the RCMP ║ ║ didn't have anything to do with my bust, it still would have ║ ║ happened, no matter what. Basically, he didn't fuck me up, but he ║ ║ fucked up the scene here (bhwhahahah... 3 people make up the scene ║ ║ in my area code, one of which moved out of my area code and is ║ ║ interviewing me right now). ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Now that you are back in the scene, what are your future plans? ║ ║ ║ ║ DEM : I don't have any permanent plans as of yet, except that I'm going ║ ║ to start coding again (PCBoard Programing Language), and I'm going ║ ║ to start supplying for a group run by a friend. I'll be supplying ║ ║ coffee and donuts, not warez, that would be ILLEGAL!!! ;) ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Which groups are you going to be supplying and coding for? ║ ║ ║ ║ DEM : I will be coding for pUNC (People Under No Control), and I'll be ║ ║ supplying for RTN (Revolution). ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : I noticed you were a member of ACiDiC, ACiD's (Ansi Creators in ║ ║ Demand) BBS modding division, why did you leave a group with such ║ ║ reputation for a new group known as pUNC? ║ ║ ║ ║ DEM : Well, since I'm going to be too busy with school, I'm only going ║ ║ to have time to code for one group. I am very good friends with ║ ║ the leader of pUNC, Luptin, so I decided to stay there. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : You used to run a group called ANGUiSH, and since you can supply, ║ ║ wouldn't you rather just stick with your own group? ║ ║ ║ ║ DEM : ANGUiSH was just a BBS modding group, so supplying wouldn't be ║ ║ much good there. Plus, I won't be able to supply forever, and ║ ║ there are already too many groups in the scene, so it would surely ║ ║ fail in no time. And since there are so many groups, most of the ║ ║ good suppliers and couriers are already in good groups, and would ║ ║ not leave them for a no-name group. ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▄▄▄ ▄▄█ r c n ▄▄██▄ ▄█▄▄▄ ▐██▀▌ ▄▄█▀░▄▄ ██▌▄▄▀▀ ▐▀█▀ ▄▄░▄▄▄ █▀█ ▀▀░█▄▄ ▄▄ ▀▀▀ ░▄█ ▐▄▌▌▄▐▐▌ ▄▄■▄▄ ▌■▀ ▀▀█▀▌▐▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀▀ █▄▄ ░░ █▄█ ▐█▌▌░░ ███ ██▌░ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄█ ░▄▌▀▀ ▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀█░▄ ▄▄█ ░░░ ░▄ ░▐▐▌ ░ ▐▐█▌█▐██ ▐▐▌▌ ▐▐▌ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌▐▐▌▐█▀ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌ ▄█▐▌ █▌▀ █▌▐██ ▐▌▌ █▀█▄▐█▄▌ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ █▌█▌ █▄ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▄▄██▀██▐█▌ ▐████▌▌▐▀█▌ ▄██▀ ░█▀ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀ ▄▄░▌ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀█▀ ▀░▀ ▀▀▀░█▀▌▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ i n t e r v i e w s ! ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Reporter : Dark-Elf Interviewee : Zion ║ ║ Subject : Prestige Affiliation : Prestige President ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ RCN : What do you do in Prestige? ║ ║ ║ ║ PSG : I am the founder, the leader, I run the World Headquartewrs, and I ║ ║ supply. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Does Prestige release games or utilities? ║ ║ ║ ║ PSG : Games of course! ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : How many games would you say you release over the period of one ║ ║ week? ║ ║ ║ ║ PSG : As many as we can. It varies depending on how many titles come ║ ║ out per week. Since we began, though, we've released 90% of ║ ║ everything put out on the market in the past 2 months. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : What does Prestige mean or stand for? ║ ║ ║ ║ PSG : It doesn't really stand for anything. It's just a name we thought ║ ║ up two years ago when we were Amiga only. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Have you had a lot of trouble with egos with your members? ║ ║ ║ ║ PSG : We have no internal problems with egos. We are working for a ║ ║ similar goal. Just because a member is colorful in speech doesn't ║ ║ really matter to me, unless he is putting others down. Then, ║ ║ there's a problem. I am not the one to decide whether or not my ║ ║ members can brag over our work. We are all here to have a good ║ ║ time; so let's have it! ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Are you happy with your group? Do you think you've been a ║ ║ success? ║ ║ ║ ║ PSG : Yes, I am pleased with what we have achieved so far. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Is Prestige currently accepting new members? If so, what ║ ║ positions are currently available? ║ ║ ║ ║ PSG : Since Prestige is mostly a BBS group with the next MIXED in we are ║ ║ in need of modem couriers. We aren't in the need for any ║ ║ net-based members, though. I get asked 2-3 times a day from ║ ║ someone to join the group. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : About how many members strong is your group? ║ ║ ║ ║ PSG : We currently have 25 very talented members on our team. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Tell us your opinions regarding other groups. ║ ║ ║ ║ PSG : I don't really give much thought to other groups. One thing that ║ ║ bothers me about today's groups is that they don't really care ║ ║ much for quality. Groups today are more worried about being the ║ ║ FIRST to put something up than doing it right. It's really bad to ║ ║ name groups but Napalm is/was a group that had this attitude. ║ ║ This is the reason for us starting Prestige. We wanted to bring ║ ║ quality to the scene. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Have you had any trouble with other groups trying to down your ║ ║ group? ║ ║ ║ ║ PSG : Nah, what others say about us is not relevent. One thing that ║ ║ kinda pissed me off was when Napalm stole our crack from Toshinden ║ ║ and spread it worldwide, claiming they beat us. That wasn't very ║ ║ cool. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Would you say that Napalm is the worst group on the net? ║ ║ ║ ║ PSG : No, Napalm is far from being the worst group. I bet you didn't ║ ║ know that I was in Napalm right before I started up Prestige PC. ║ ║ Actually, it was Napalm that made me want to start Prestige PC. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : So Napalm is lower than the worst group that ever was? ║ ║ ║ ║ PSG : Nah, Napalm is a good group. It just needs to take its time on ║ ║ releasing. That way it can be sure that its cracks work. Only ║ ║ problem is that we will beat them. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : So why did you want to start Prestige? What gave you the idea to ║ ║ make your own group? ║ ║ ║ ║ PSG : Prestige exists for one reason alone, today's groups don't care ║ ║ about quality. I was tired of being part of a scene that didn't ║ ║ give a fuck if the games worked or not. You have got to take note ║ ║ that Prestige on the Amiga released 79 titles in 7 months, all ║ ║ 100% working quality games, and never needed a fix. This is the ║ ║ quality I am trying to bring to the PC scene. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Do you think Prestige is headed for the top? ║ ║ ║ ║ PSG : We are the top. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : How long as Prestige been around? ║ ║ ║ ║ PSG : 2 years on the 23rd of this month. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Yet, I have just noticed Prestige on the market. What happened? ║ ║ ║ ║ PSG : We decided to become more focused on releasing for the PC. It ║ ║ seems that this focusing has changed our group around making it ║ ║ one of the best on the net, but the net is secondary to us. We ║ ║ are still mainly a BBS bound group. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : So do you think Prestige is the best on the net? If not, which ║ ║ group do you feel is? ║ ║ ║ ║ PSG : Yes, I think Prestige is the best on the net. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Has running a group really taken your whole life away from you? ║ ║ ║ ║ PSG : Nope, not at all. You just have to know how to delegate ║ ║ responsibilities! ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : This is kind of personal but do you have a girlfriend? ║ ║ ║ ║ PSG : I have a wife and kids. Still, I manage to keep my hours split. ║ ║ I have a 24-hour connection to the net so I'm on IRC very often. ║ ║ And I manage to keep adequate time to spend with my family, my ║ ║ group, and my job. I run a computer sales and marketing business. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : So why are you more of a BBSer than an Interneter? ║ ║ ║ ║ PSG : The Internet is good, but it all started on BBSes! I guess I am ║ ║ an old-timer. I think it's better to beat Razor 1911 on Beyond ║ ║ Akira or their WHQ than it is to beat them on LA or BBX. So we ║ ║ try to beat them on both. So far we are beating everyone on BBSs ║ ║ and on the Internet with time to spare. You see, it's really nice ║ ║ when you can upload all your titles to your BBS and then to the ║ ║ WHQ's of other groups and still have time to win on the net too. ║ ║ See my point of quality before speed?? I have been in the scene ║ ║ since 1987, in Commodore 64, Amiga, and the PC. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : So in your time in the scene, has anyone ever really upset you? ║ ║ If so, please give me their nicks. ║ ║ ║ ║ PSG : Samir and Mok! They were in Prestige Amiga. The organizer and ║ ║ the best cracker in the world, hands down. He retired at the ║ ║ prime of Prestige. We went on an 8-month dry spell and then ║ ║ decided to start up the PC division. ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▄▄▄ ▄▄█ r c n ▄▄██▄ ▄█▄▄▄ ▐██▀▌ ▄▄█▀░▄▄ ██▌▄▄▀▀ ▐▀█▀ ▄▄░▄▄▄ █▀█ ▀▀░█▄▄ ▄▄ ▀▀▀ ░▄█ ▐▄▌▌▄▐▐▌ ▄▄■▄▄ ▌■▀ ▀▀█▀▌▐▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀▀ █▄▄ ░░ █▄█ ▐█▌▌░░ ███ ██▌░ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄█ ░▄▌▀▀ ▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀█░▄ ▄▄█ ░░░ ░▄ ░▐▐▌ ░ ▐▐█▌█▐██ ▐▐▌▌ ▐▐▌ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌▐▐▌▐█▀ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌ ▄█▐▌ █▌▀ █▌▐██ ▐▌▌ █▀█▄▐█▄▌ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ █▌█▌ █▄ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▄▄██▀██▐█▌ ▐████▌▌▐▀█▌ ▄██▀ ░█▀ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀ ▄▄░▌ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀█▀ ▀░▀ ▀▀▀░█▀▌▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ i n t e r v i e w s ! ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Druggy ║ ║ Subject : Druggy the Narq Affiliation : ex-Motiv8 Council ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ RCN : There are many rumors spread by Motiv8 members that you are a ║ ║ narq. You've been accused of narqing on many sites such as Nihil ║ ║ and Dropship, and you have also been accused of narqing on many ║ ║ people in the scene such as Pseduo, Storm, and Sub. Assuming that ║ ║ you do not believe that these rumors are true, then what do you ║ ║ have to show to prove that these accusations are not true? ║ ║ ║ ║ DRG : I would like to remedy myself from all these rumors that are being ║ ║ spread by Motiv8 members. As far as I know, the site Nihil has ║ ║ merely changed ports and has not been busted. I don't know much ║ ║ about Dropship, but it was never on my list, and I don't even know ║ ║ the site's IP. Pseudo has left Motiv8 for another courier group ║ ║ called Stealth, therefore his site has not been busted as people ║ ║ so stubbornly say. Storm, whom I have recently spoken to, still ║ ║ operates his site with full force, so how can Motiv8 say I busted ║ ║ him? From what I heard, Sub has merely left Motiv8 to be a siteop ║ ║ in another courier group called Rapier. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : So you're saying that you did not narq on anyone? ║ ║ ║ ║ DRG : That is all the sites and siteops in Motiv8 who have been "busted" ║ ║ and sites that have been dismantled because of my narqing on them. ║ ║ It is sad to see one of the more older and respected groups have ║ ║ to lower themselves to such a level, as to bring someone down with ║ ║ their slowly dying group. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : There is also proof that private sites that belonged to SIN ║ ║ (Sinful Traders), a group in which you were a leader in, was also ║ ║ busted. Why were the siteops from your group busted? ║ ║ ║ ║ DRG : Other SIN sites and their operators may have been busted (only ║ ║ getting their access taken away from the sites) but that is my ║ ║ business and under my jurisdiction, as they were sites in SIN, and ║ ║ SIN was MY GROUP, making this whole conflict between myself and ║ ║ Motiv8 defunct. Motiv8 is trying to turn away from the fact, that ║ ║ they are beginning to lose their sites to faster groups such as ║ ║ GODS and RiSC. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : How did the siteops from SIN get busted? ║ ║ ║ ║ DRG : The actual ways in which of SIN's siteops got caught had nothing ║ ║ to do with me. Random, the siteop of the SIN WHQ was disbanded ║ ║ from being system administrator at his business in Mississipi as ║ ║ our group filled up his 3 gigabyte HD, rendering no cache space ║ ║ available for the server to use, as it was down for maintanence, ║ ║ therefore crashing the system. The other system administrators ║ ║ was there to resolve the problem and find the pirated material. ║ ║ Random was then fired from his job instead of being imprisoned as ║ ║ he earlier told me. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : What about the fact that this was his Random's second bust? You ║ ║ mentioned in RCN #16 that this was Random's second bust? Is there ║ ║ some discrepancy in your story? ║ ║ ║ ║ DRG : The same thing happened before. His HD got filled. Ask anyone ║ ║ who was in SIN at the time. He found out when he got to work the ║ ║ next day, deleted the pirated software. The other system ║ ║ administrator came, and blamed it on Random, as vital information ║ ║ towards the business was to be stored on the site, and Random was ║ ║ new there. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : That answer only covers how Random got busted. I've also been ║ ║ informed that another SIN siteop, Nettwerk, was recently busted. ║ ║ How was Nettwerk busted? ║ ║ ║ ║ DRG : Nettwerk, a new addition to our crew at SIN, was busted even ║ ║ before his site was fully functional. Therefore his apprehension ║ ║ had absolutely no connection to the site list I distributed to my ║ ║ group. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : You have shown that the rumors started by Motiv8 against you might ║ ║ just be rumors, but I want to know WHY Motiv8 would do such a ║ ║ thing? What do they have to gain? It makes no sense that Motiv8 ║ ║ would start rumors to say taht you are a narq, perhaps they are ║ ║ not rumors? ║ ║ ║ ║ DRG : Rumors they are, I am not a narq. I have run and maintained 3 and ║ ║ now 4 groups. The way I narqed was a list I sent off to my SIN ║ ║ members a WEEK before joining Motiv8, which would render their ║ ║ sayings as bullshit, for some of their siteops were with us. The ║ ║ siteops and my former members can reference this. ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▄▄▄ ▄▄█ r c n ▄▄██▄ ▄█▄▄▄ ▐██▀▌ ▄▄█▀░▄▄ ██▌▄▄▀▀ ▐▀█▀ ▄▄░▄▄▄ █▀█ ▀▀░█▄▄ ▄▄ ▀▀▀ ░▄█ ▐▄▌▌▄▐▐▌ ▄▄■▄▄ ▌■▀ ▀▀█▀▌▐▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀▀ █▄▄ ░░ █▄█ ▐█▌▌░░ ███ ██▌░ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄█ ░▄▌▀▀ ▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀█░▄ ▄▄█ ░░░ ░▄ ░▐▐▌ ░ ▐▐█▌█▐██ ▐▐▌▌ ▐▐▌ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌▐▐▌▐█▀ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌ ▄█▐▌ █▌▀ █▌▐██ ▐▌▌ █▀█▄▐█▄▌ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ █▌█▌ █▄ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▄▄██▀██▐█▌ ▐████▌▌▐▀█▌ ▄██▀ ░█▀ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀ ▄▄░▌ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀█▀ ▀░▀ ▀▀▀░█▀▌▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ i n t e r v i e w s ! ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : EndoKuken ║ ║ Subject : RTN (Revolution) Affiliation : Revolution Leader ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Many people know that Revolution is a group that specializes in ║ ║ foreign software, why does Revolution specialize in releasing only ║ ║ foreign software? Is it because Revolution has no suppliers that ║ ║ can release US software? ║ ║ ║ ║ RTN : Well, Revolution is indeed a foreign release group and we do ║ ║ specialize in Chinese/Japanese games. The reason I release these ║ ║ games is because there are a lot of Chinese/Japanese people in the ║ ║ scene that want such games. Since I'm Chinese, I am also able to ║ ║ enjoy quality Chinese/Japanese games. As for suppliers that can ║ ║ release US software, I do have a few of them. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : I am crazy about a Japanese cartoon show called Sailor Moon, and I ║ ║ also heard that there's a Sailor Moon Game and Screen Saver for ║ ║ the PC. If you find either the Sailor Moon Game or the Sailor ║ ║ Moon Screen Saver, make sure you release it. Anyway, if ║ ║ Revolution specializes in releasing only Chinese/Japanese ║ ║ software, how come I just saw you guys release a US utility? ║ ║ Perhaps that was a fake release? ║ ║ ║ ║ RTN : No, that was not a fake release. Revolution does pull off some US ║ ║ utilities faster than other groups because Revolution does have US ║ ║ suppliers as I mentioned before. It is definitely not a fake ║ ║ release, in fact, it was a $900 utility that I would never pay ║ ║ that much for. As for the Sailor Moon PC Game and Screen Saver, I ║ ║ am a big fan myself and recently purchased Sailor Moon Super Stars ║ ║ for my Playstation. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Many people in the scene comment that releasing Chinese/Japanese ║ ║ software is lame, and I even know some RiSC (Rise in Superior ║ ║ Couriering) BBSes that nuke off foreign Chinese/Japanese software, ║ ║ but do not nuke off software that come from other countries such ║ ║ as France and Germany. Why do you feel that is the case? ║ ║ ║ ║ RTN : Hahahahaha, you're funny :). ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Thanks, but do answer the question. ║ ║ ║ ║ RTN : People can say what they want, it's their personal opinion and I ║ ║ respect that. As for RiSC boards nuking foreign software, I don't ║ ║ worry so much about. The releases still get out and even if ║ ║ people didn't get it in time before they SysOps and SiteOps nuke ║ ║ it, they can still come to me and ask for the releases. I'll be ║ ║ more than happy to help them with that. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Have you ever encountered problems in the past where people would ║ ║ just come up to you and say that Chinese/Japanese software is ║ ║ lame, and that Revolution is lame for releasing them? ║ ║ ║ ║ RTN : I've had all these people come into channel #RTN and just start ║ ║ bitching at me. People come up to me telling me how lame I am and ║ ║ how lame Revolution is as a whole, but I just tell them to mind ║ ║ their own business. Even though they still keep bugging me, ║ ║ there's really nothing I can do about it, and I don't want to ║ ║ kick-ban anyone for such a stupid reason. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Not all Chinese/Japanese games require that you know how to read ║ ║ in a foreign language. There are some action games that could be ║ ║ in Hieroglyphics, and the fact that it's in some weird language ║ ║ does not effect the game play at all. When Revolution releases a ║ ║ game, is there a way one can tell whether the game is purely ║ ║ action, and thus does not require knowledge in a foreign language? ║ ║ ║ ║ RTN : That information is given in the NFO of the release, but if the ║ ║ release is for DOS/V or WIN/V, then the game is most likely in ║ ║ either Chinese or Japanese. I have yet to come across any ║ ║ Chinese/Japanese action games which does not require knowledge of ║ ║ a foreign language. When releasing a game, we do try to keep that ║ ║ in mind, and thus, we focus more on RPGs and AVGs. AVGs are also ║ ║ known to most people as Pornos. I personally like the RPGs, but ║ ║ an AVG is nice every once in a while. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : What does DOS/V and WIN/V stand for? ║ ║ ║ ║ RTN : DOS/V is DOS with Chinese/Japanese fonts. WIN/V is a background ║ ║ program run in Windows 3.0+ which enables Chinese/Japanese fonts. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Does one need to have DOS/V and WIN/V in order to run a ║ ║ Chinese/Japanese game? ║ ║ ║ ║ RTN : Not always, most of the games are meant for DOS and will soon be ║ ║ optimized for Windows 95. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : There are only two groups I know of that specialize in ║ ║ Chinese/Japanese software, Dragon and Revolution. Is there ║ ║ animosity between the two groups since both groups compete in the ║ ║ same type of releases? ║ ║ ║ ║ RTN : First of all, there are many more groups that specialize in ║ ║ Chinese/Japanese software that have yet to get around on the ║ ║ Internet. I have nothing against Dragon and they have nothing ║ ║ against me (I think). I originally tried joining Dragon but I was ║ ║ told they didn't want anymore suppliers. Members between the two ║ ║ groups get along fairly well. I say that because I don't know ║ ║ many Dragon members :). ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Is there a possibility that Revolution will be releasing more and ║ ║ more US software in the future? What do you see happening to ║ ║ Revolution in the future? ║ ║ ║ ║ RTN : Basically, I just want to share my Chinese/Japanese games with ║ ║ other people who can understand and appreciate the anime graphics. ║ ║ As for the US releases, I really am not sure, I'd have to talk it ║ ║ over with my council, seniors, and suppliers. ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▄▄▄ ▄▄█ r c n ▄▄██▄ ▄█▄▄▄ ▐██▀▌ ▄▄█▀░▄▄ ██▌▄▄▀▀ ▐▀█▀ ▄▄░▄▄▄ █▀█ ▀▀░█▄▄ ▄▄ ▀▀▀ ░▄█ ▐▄▌▌▄▐▐▌ ▄▄■▄▄ ▌■▀ ▀▀█▀▌▐▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀▀ █▄▄ ░░ █▄█ ▐█▌▌░░ ███ ██▌░ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄█ ░▄▌▀▀ ▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀█░▄ ▄▄█ ░░░ ░▄ ░▐▐▌ ░ ▐▐█▌█▐██ ▐▐▌▌ ▐▐▌ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌▐▐▌▐█▀ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌ ▄█▐▌ █▌▀ █▌▐██ ▐▌▌ █▀█▄▐█▄▌ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ █▌█▌ █▄ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▄▄██▀██▐█▌ ▐████▌▌▐▀█▌ ▄██▀ ░█▀ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀ ▄▄░▌ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀█▀ ▀░▀ ▀▀▀░█▀▌▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ i n t e r v i e w s ! ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : The Edge ║ ║ Subject : CoRE Affiliation : CoRE Leader ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ RCN : How did CoRE start up? According to my sources, CoRE started out ║ ║ when a merge between a few smaller courier groups took place, is ║ ║ that true? ║ ║ ║ ║ COR : Actually, CoRE was formed a few weeks ago when the two courier ║ ║ groups Total Kaos and Violation decided to merge. The two groups ║ ║ talked it over a bit and thought it would be better to work ║ ║ together. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Why did Total Kaos and Violation decide to merge? When the did ║ ║ the merge take place. Were all the members of Total Kaos and ║ ║ Violation brought into CoRE? Were there any members that was cut ║ ║ during the merging process? ║ ║ ║ ║ COR : Total Kaos and Violation had similar members and similar ║ ║ principles. Stank-E and I agreed that we'd be better off together ║ ║ than seperate. Almost all members from Violation came into CoRE ║ ║ except for the President Venom and Senior Wildd. Venom and I ║ ║ still have good relations because we are good friends. Wildd and ║ ║ I get along fine and he is now heading up Sinful Traders. Some ║ ║ members from Total Kaos were cut from the merge because they never ║ ║ showed up. Cuts and things have been made to inactive members and ║ ║ it seems we have a real working team now. I am quite happy. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Have there been any problems that resulted from the merge? ║ ║ ║ ║ COR : From what I have seen, the merge has been perfect. We did not ║ ║ have fights or anything during the merge because it was all very ║ ║ well planned out. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : It seems to me then that CoRE is a very organized group, I've ║ ║ noticed a bunch of people messaging me to go into channel ║ ║ #CoREFiles to offer, and they keep bugging me until I /ignore them ║ ║ or actually join #CoREFiles. Why did CoRE start up channel ║ ║ #CoREFiles, and why do your members keep bugging so many people to ║ ║ offer in there? I just joined #CoREFiles about 2 minutes ago only ║ ║ to find out that there were 2 people idling in there. ║ ║ ║ ║ COR : Thanks for letting me know, I will address this issue with the ║ ║ rest of CoRE. CoRE's internet coordinator, Palm, is in charge of ║ ║ the affairs of channel #CoREFiles. He is with Motiv8 and started ║ ║ #CoREFiles. When he is not in #CoREFiles, the channel does not ║ ║ run well. I feel if he wishes to keep the room up, he needs to ║ ║ appoint a crew to work with. Also, bugging people to join isn't ║ ║ right, people will join if they want to. I will address that ║ ║ issue. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : CoRE's internet coordinator, Palm, is also a member of Motiv8, a ║ ║ competitive courier group. Wouldn't he devote most of his time to ║ ║ Motiv8's own offer channel, #M8leech, and not to #CoREFiles? ║ ║ Isn't there a conflict of interest? ║ ║ ║ ║ COR : I don't involve myself with his personal devotions. He works well ║ ║ for both groups. If he feels he can keep up both, then he's ║ ║ welcome to be in both. He is a great member and CoRE is glad to ║ ║ have him. His interests really do not matter, #M8leech is a much ║ ║ bigger channel. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : So I assume that all CoRE members are allowed to be in other ║ ║ courier groups? What happens when a CoRE member gets an untagged ║ ║ release, which courier group would he tag it for? ║ ║ ║ ║ COR : CoRE members are allowed to be in other groups as long as they ║ ║ fulfill their duties as a CoRE member. Tagging for our group goes ║ ║ as follows, if he gets the file from one of our affiliated release ║ ║ groups, I expect the release to be tagged by CoRE. If both groups ║ ║ have the same release from the same affiliated group, this may ║ ║ cause a problem. I figure, I could talk with the other courier ║ ║ group about solving that. I am a pretty nice guy and have good ║ ║ ideas, so I think we could work out something. But hopefully, ║ ║ this situation won't happen often. I see most of my members ║ ║ devoting most of their time to CoRE. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : What makes CoRE different from other courier groups? Why would ║ ║ someone want to devote their time to CoRE when they could devote ║ ║ their time for another group such as GODS or RiSC? Why would ║ ║ someone want to join CoRE? What makes CoRE stand out from the ║ ║ dozens of other courier groups? ║ ║ ║ ║ COR : I hope to think that we are beginning to make a name for ║ ║ ourselves. I know that my members work very hard, and my whole ║ ║ council works their asses off. One thing that makes CoRE ║ ║ different is that I am not trying to rival any other group. This ║ ║ sounds like major butt kissing, but both GODS and RiSC are well ║ ║ respected groups. They do the same thing we do and I respect ║ ║ that. We are all in the same boat here and it is pretty stupid to ║ ║ be fighting. CoRE is for people who want to do their share of ║ ║ work, talk to some people, have some fun and get stuff done at the ║ ║ same time. This has worked so far, and I would like to emphasize ║ ║ that the scene is *NOT* life and working in the scene is *NOT* a ║ ║ real job. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Groups such as RiSC and GODS often provide their members with ║ ║ cards and access to fast private FTP sites, is CoRE capable of ║ ║ providing such things? If not, what does it provide for its ║ ║ members? ║ ║ ║ ║ COR : We are on quite a few private FTP sites that is able to please the ║ ║ needs of CoRE members. If they want other things, they ask and ║ ║ they may receive. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : When Druggy was kicked out of Violation by the senior members, he ║ ║ refused to leave. Why did he refuse to leave? ║ ║ ║ ║ COR : I don't really know, I wasn't there, I didn't vote or anything. I ║ ║ was there when they kicked him out and the senior members yelled ║ ║ at me to vote but I refused. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Why did the senior members vote him out? Why did they even bring ║ ║ up the issue of kicking him out of the group? ║ ║ ║ ║ COR : They told me that he was too strict. They called Druggy "The ║ ║ Hitler of Warez, Upload or be Killed." I feel bad for Druggy. He ║ ║ tries and tries hard. I wish him the best of luck in Cartel. ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▄▄▄ ▄▄█ r c n ▄▄██▄ ▄█▄▄▄ ▐██▀▌ ▄▄█▀░▄▄ ██▌▄▄▀▀ ▐▀█▀ ▄▄░▄▄▄ █▀█ ▀▀░█▄▄ ▄▄ ▀▀▀ ░▄█ ▐▄▌▌▄▐▐▌ ▄▄■▄▄ ▌■▀ ▀▀█▀▌▐▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀▀ █▄▄ ░░ █▄█ ▐█▌▌░░ ███ ██▌░ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄█ ░▄▌▀▀ ▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀█░▄ ▄▄█ ░░░ ░▄ ░▐▐▌ ░ ▐▐█▌█▐██ ▐▐▌▌ ▐▐▌ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌▐▐▌▐█▀ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌ ▄█▐▌ █▌▀ █▌▐██ ▐▌▌ █▀█▄▐█▄▌ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ █▌█▌ █▄ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▄▄██▀██▐█▌ ▐████▌▌▐▀█▌ ▄██▀ ░█▀ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀ ▄▄░▌ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀█▀ ▀░▀ ▀▀▀░█▀▌▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ i n t e r v i e w s ! ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Endeavour ║ ║ Subject : COPS Doing Shareware??? Affiliation : COPS Founder ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ RCN : I've seen COPS (Couriers of Pirated Software) release both games ║ ║ and utils here and there, why has COPS not taken the move to ║ ║ specialize in one field of releasing, or has it already done so? ║ ║ ║ ║ END : COPS now specializes in utils only. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Why have you decided to do so? ║ ║ ║ ║ END : Well, I feel that if a group releases anything that it can get its ║ ║ hands on, it's really not a very professional group. But if you ║ ║ release within a certain specialized area, such as utils, then it ║ ║ makes the group seem more "professional". Another advantage of ║ ║ only releasing utils is that I will be able to trade games for ║ ║ utils with other groups, which would help make for good relations ║ ║ with the rest of the scene. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : So COPS trades it's games with other games groups? Has COPS ║ ║ traded games for utils with other games groups yet? ║ ║ ║ ║ END : Well COPS hasn't exactly traded ANY games yet with any groups, but ║ ║ we plan on trading games with other groups in the future if we get ║ ║ a hold of some hot game releases. I plan to trade games for utils ║ ║ with groups such as ROR (Release on Rampage) and Napalm. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Just a few weeks ago, I saw that COPS released Blake Stone : ║ ║ Aliens of Gold, the files dated back to 1993, about the same time ║ ║ Wolfenstein was first released to the public, why would groups ║ ║ such as ROR and Napalm want to trade their utils with games by ║ ║ COPS which have a reputation of low quality? Anyhow, ROR has ║ ║ already promised to trade its utils and games strictly with ║ ║ Mortality and not with COPS? ║ ║ ║ ║ END : Yes, I remember that release of Blake Stone : Aliens of Gold. ║ ║ That was a BAD release and COPS apologizes for that, but we don't ║ ║ intend to release anything like that in the future. It was a bad ║ ║ call on my part. Well, if ROR has already made a decision on ║ ║ trading utils for games only with Mortality, then that's fine. I ║ ║ will find another group such as Napalm, and if COPS can't find any ║ ║ other groups, then fATE (Fast Action Trade Exchange) will be our ║ ║ next candidate. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Most Napalm suppliers are also in grousp such as DOD (Drink or ║ ║ Die) and PWA (Pirates with Attitudes), and thus have to supply for ║ ║ those groups, so saying that Napalm will help supply utils for ║ ║ COPS is definitely out of the question. On the note of fATE, why ║ ║ would you trade releases with fATE? fATE is a courier group, is ║ ║ it not? ║ ║ ║ ║ END : Like I said, I will find some other groups to trade releases with ║ ║ after consulting with my council. Those just happened to be the 2 ║ ║ groups that I could name off the top of my head. fATE is official ║ ║ couriers for COPS, and fATE does have a releasing section. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : What are some of COPS best releases in the recent weeks? ║ ║ ║ ║ END : COPS has released great software such as Visual Object COBOL for ║ ║ Windows 95/NT Beta 3 and WebManager for Win95 Beta v.1.1.3. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Why are those releases all beta, would it be that COPS has ║ ║ suppliers that work for those companies? ║ ║ ║ ║ END : You can say that. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : As an editor of RCN, I try to keep an unbiased opinion toward ║ ║ groups. However, wherever I go, it seems to me that there is a ║ ║ general consensus among to scene to look upon COPS as a really ║ ║ "lame" group. The scene accuses COPS of releasing nothing but ║ ║ dupes and shareware, why do you think that is so? ║ ║ ║ ║ END : Haha, well, as I learned from the latest issue of RCN (and I whole ║ ║ heartedly agree), is that if you call someone "lame", that person ║ ║ who call people lame is the person that is really lame. But, to ║ ║ tell you the truth, we have only released 1 dupe and we have yet ║ ║ to anything that can be considered shareware. I don't know where ║ ║ they would get the idea that we release in those two categories, ║ ║ because every group has their share of "dupes" but COPS has had ║ ║ only 1, and the scene should give us credit on that. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : So you're saying that COPS has never released any shareware or ║ ║ freeware, and that COPS has only duped once in its entire ║ ║ existence? ║ ║ ║ ║ END : Yes, COPS has only duped once, and COPS has never released ║ ║ shareware or freeware. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Do you lie often? Anyway, COPS is very fortunate to have fATE as ║ ║ its official couriers, how did you acquire such a good standing ║ ║ and respectable courier group to become officials with COPS? ║ ║ ║ ║ END : Well, MALiCE used to be official couriers for COPS, but then ║ ║ MALiCE kicked COPS out, but before that happened, Doobie from fATE ║ ║ was in close contact with me, and when MALiCE kicked COPS out, I ║ ║ jumped on the chance to get fATE in as COPS' official couriers. ║ ║ fATE has been doing a lot more than some of the courier groups ║ ║ around, especially MALiCE, which I think is DEAD now. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Why did MALiCE kick COPS out as official couriers? ║ ║ ║ ║ END : The reason MALiCE kicked out COPS was because the council members ║ ║ in MALiCE were REALLY poor with their members. There were fights ║ ║ within the group all the time. I had repeatedly asked them to ║ ║ support the COPS FTP sites, they merely ignored me. I got sick of ║ ║ MALiCE and the MALiCE members got sick of the council and left. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : What do you see for the future of COPS? Do you see it becoming ║ ║ one of the strong utils groups in the future? There's a quote ║ ║ found in the COPS NFO, which goes as follows "Keep an eye on us, ║ ║ cuz we are coming very strong, VERY strong, and we are ready to ║ ║ tear it up and take all." Do you believe that COPS is indeed ║ ║ becoming very strong, VERY strong? ║ ║ ║ ║ END : Yes, I think so. I think that COPS will become VERY strong. It ║ ║ may take a couple of years, but I think that sooner or later, we ║ ║ will be as good as groups such as DOD and PWA. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Don't you think that aspiring to be as good as DOD and PWA might ║ ║ be impossible for a group such as COPS? After all, most people in ║ ║ the scene are very stubborn, and most already have their heart set ║ ║ to believing that COPS is very lame and only releases freeware and ║ ║ shareware even when that might not be the case. Perhaps, it would ║ ║ be easier for you to just kill COPS, and start a totally new ║ ║ group? ║ ║ ║ ║ END : Hehe, like how you did to Legacy? I doubt it. Maybe it will be ║ ║ impossible, but I am sure that we will have "some" impact on the ║ ║ scene. When people COPS releases in the future, I am sure they ║ ║ will come to change their minds. But then again, you never know ║ ║ what will happen in the future. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : Yes, that is true, but history does repeat itself. Anyway, ║ ║ according to my sources, you also ran an e-mag called Horizons, ║ ║ what happened to it? ║ ║ ║ ║ END : Yes, we were, but a lot of our Horizon writers weren't committed ║ ║ enough and soon, the group died off. I see no reason to publish ║ ║ an e-mag if RCN is in the scene. I think that you guys are the ║ ║ best and that there should be no other e-mag. ║ ║ ║ ║ RCN : I must admire your tenacity in running COPS, if I were running ║ ║ COPS, I would have killed it off long ago, but you seem to be a ║ ║ hard worker, what's your secret? ║ ║ ║ ║ END : COPS may not be the best group around, but we are sure as hell ║ ║ trying to contribute whatever we can to the scene. And even ║ ║ though we may not have the "best" people in our group, or "known" ║ ║ people, there are a lot of new prospective members out their that ║ ║ are willing to commit time and energy into a group, even if that ║ ║ group may not be as good as DOD or PWA. When you come into our ║ ║ IRC channel #C.O.P.S., you would hardly recognize anyone there. ║ ║ That's because these members are the NEW batch of people coming ║ ║ into the scene. ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▐ ░▄▄▄ █▀▀▄▄ ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▐██▀▌ ▄▄▀▀▀■▄░▄ ▄░▀▀▀█▄ ▐█▌ ▀██▄▄▄ ■▀ ▀▀█▀▌ ▀▀▀ ▄█▀ ▄▄█ ▀ r c n ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▄█▀▀ █▐▌▄■▀ ░█▀█▄ ■▄▄█ ▀ █▄█ ▐▌▌ ██▌ ▐▄▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄█ ▄██▀ ░▐███ ░░ ░ ▀█▀▌░ ██▌▄▄░▀▐▐█▌█ ▀▀█▄ ░▐▐▌ ▄██▄█▀▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░▐▐█ ▀█▌░░░░░░ ░░░ ███▌ █▄▀ ▄▄▐▐▌ █▌▐██ ░▀▀█▄▄▄██▀▀▀▀ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀▐█▄█ ▄▄▄ ▐█ ▐█▌ ▐▄█▄ ██▌ ▐████▌▌ ▄▄ ░▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀▀█▄▄▄▄░▀▀▀▀ ▀░█▀▀▌ ▀░ ▐▐▌ ▀▀▀░█▀▌ ▐▐█ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▐█▄▌ ▀ ▐█▄▌ a r t i c l e s ! ░█▀ ░█▀ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Author : Tuxedo Mask ║ ║ Subject : GODS (Guild of Distributors) Meeting Log ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ The following is a logfile of GODS (Guild of Distributors) first ║ ║ meeting in channel #Divine. The following contains material pertaining ║ ║ to GODS, and their relationship with other courier groups such as RiSC ║ ║ and Damage. GODS later comes up with the suggestion to steal some of ║ ║ RiSC's fastest sites and boards, but will GODS succeed? ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ <Lester> Ok, let's go. Quazimodem, speak :) ║ ║ ║ ║ <DAVnGOL> Quazimodem, start the meeting. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Quazimodm> Ahem. First of all, on behalf of the GODS staff, I want to ║ ║ welcome all of you to the revival of the Guild of ║ ║ Distributors. ║ ║ ║ ║ <TClaw> Oh yeah, before we start, who is logging? ║ ║ ║ ║ <Quazimodm> It is hard to believe that after being away from the scene ║ ║ from what seems like ages, and after popping in my head ║ ║ every once in a while to see how the scene is doing, I'd see ║ ║ how things have changed. I type fast don't I? I see some ║ ║ new, and some old and familiar faces. It's comforting to be ║ ║ acknowledged after putting a lot of effort and sacrifice ║ ║ (phonebills, phreaking, etc.) into the scene a couple years ║ ║ ago. Anyway, a bit of history, I was not one of the ║ ║ "founders" of GODS (at least technically I'm not). I was ║ ║ running Quantum Traders. I was approached by the leaders of ║ ║ a number of couriering groups at the time looking to merge. ║ ║ It wasn't until I had a "meeting" with Slice&Dice where I ║ ║ found out that a lot of how the two of us ran things were a ║ ║ bit of the same. Quantum Traders merged with GODS in 1994 ║ ║ and became of one of best and most recognized couriering ║ ║ groups in the scene! One of the things I want to clarify ║ ║ here is the "foundation" and philosophy of GODS. The ║ ║ leaders, Slice&Dice and I, believed in what all couriering ║ ║ groups believe and strive for, and that's being the fastest ║ ║ in trading warez to all the boards, sites, etc. Our goal ║ ║ was to put GODS on the map, that simple. But we wanted to ║ ║ accomplish that by compiling the BEST, "cream of the crop" ║ ║ traders and couriers that we could find, because we have ║ ║ equaled the need to have QUALITY couriers and SPEED in ║ ║ trading. Last week, one of our old traders who has been ║ ║ very active in the scene, David & Goliath, found me on IRC ║ ║ and approached me about the revival of GODS. Having been so ║ ║ out of the scene, he had recapped me on the progress which ║ ║ he, as well as some others, has taken upon themselves to ║ ║ bring back the "Divine Power", the revival of GODS. I want ║ ║ to commend David & Goliath for having the desire and ║ ║ persistency to make this all happen. Finally, before ║ ║ handing this over to David & Goliath or Lester, I want you ║ ║ all to remember what GODS stood for. Consider yourselves a ║ ║ part of history being in one of the best couriering groups ║ ║ in the scene. No, GODS isn't OMNIPOTENT or OMNIPRESENT, ║ ║ yet! But we will if we all pull together and strive to make ║ ║ GODS 1996 rip the fucking scene up!! :) ║ ║ ║ ║ <DAVnGOL> Haha. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Lester> Woo good job :) ║ ║ ║ ║ <DAVnGOL> Okay, thanks Quazimodem. Dream Weaver, do you have anything ║ ║ to add to that bro? ║ ║ ║ ║ <Lester> Hey Phil :). ║ ║ ║ ║ <DrmWeaver> I would, but I don't want to put too much of a damper on the ║ ║ hype. But there are certain things we must consider. And ║ ║ no, I don't type as fast as my old bro Quazimodem. I'm glad ║ ║ to have been approached by both Quazimodem and David & ║ ║ Goliath to follow up on a group I once belonged to. I think ║ ║ that all I really want to do at this point is to take some ║ ║ time and talk to all of you individually later on this week. ║ ║ So for now, I think I will let David & Goliath procede. Hi ║ ║ Lester. ║ ║ ║ ║ <DAVnGOL> Let's see, this is strong team. ║ ║ ║ ║ <DrmWeaver> Oh, sorry. My concerns are not bad. When I said "put a ║ ║ damper" on things, I simply meant that these concerns could ║ ║ wait for a bit and have nothing to do with present ║ ║ happenings. ║ ║ ║ ║ <S_Mobius> Did the meeting start? ║ ║ ║ ║ <Lester> Hold up Silent Mobius. ║ ║ ║ ║ <DAVnGOL> I think the main thing this group needs to do is to work work ║ ║ well together, to stop fighting, and to have a peaceful ║ ║ atmosphere. We are not forming this group to make RiSC, and ║ ║ other groups look bad. We are doing it, to be #1 and that is ║ ║ our purpose. We don't want to fight with RiSC or Everlast, or ║ ║ to have competitions, but we do want to go out there and rock ║ ║ the scene, i.e., rock the FTP sites and rock the boards. In ║ ║ doing this, we want to make sure, that our own FTP sites and ║ ║ boards remain very fast. It is our job to support them. We ║ ║ have a great council, a great senior staff, and some great ║ ║ coordinators. These are all people who have proved themselves ║ ║ in the past. On paper, we have one of the most dangerous ║ ║ teams. Now, we will just have to put it together, and ║ ║ actually show everyone how good we really are. Some people ║ ║ have come to me and Lester saying, "Hey, this senior staff is ║ ║ too big, and it will be lame." Well, what I have learned ║ ║ while being in the scene is that you cannot judge a book by ║ ║ its cover. Sure, there have been lame groups with large ║ ║ staffs, but there have also been succesfull groups like PWA ║ ║ for example. There are so many leaders/seniors/and staff ║ ║ members in PWA, and yet we all work great together most of the ║ ║ time. So I think, that we need to pull our resources ║ ║ together, get out there, and kick some ass. And we should ║ ║ guess, we should just do it and not think that people will ║ ║ think we are lame. If we go out there, and upload more than ║ ║ anyone else, trust me, we will be anything but lame. We have ║ ║ some kick ass FTP sites, some kick ass boards, and great ║ ║ coordinators. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Lester> Well, I just want to point out who will be doing what more or ║ ║ less, and what boards and FTP sites we have. First off, the ║ ║ boards are WHQ = Malevolence, US HQ = Carnel Infatuation, ║ ║ Courier HQ = Elusive Dreams. The other HQs are still open at ║ ║ this time. FTP sites are easy enough, the WHQ = Air Castle, US ║ ║ HQ = BBX, Euro HQ = CRC, Poobis, Bootknockers, Hackrats, Sub's ║ ║ Site, Count Zero's site. Now, for you Internet traders. The ║ ║ essential Internet coordinator will be MGD with Frost ║ ║ supporting him. Gahn and Cryptic Pain along with Xwing ║ ║ helping, will watch over the board traders. If you need ║ ║ anything, you can first goto them or you can come to any one of ║ ║ us and we'll solve your problems. ║ ║ ║ ║ <S_Mobius> Who's next? Xwing, go ahead. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Frost> Silent Mobius, I can take it if no one's ready. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Xwing> Go Frost. ║ ║ ║ ║ <MGD> Go Frosty. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Frost> I'm Frost from Digital. Basically, in Digital, we helped our ║ ║ Internet traders with any problems they had with FTP sites, etc. ║ ║ We babied their asses and taught them how to courier, but when ║ ║ it came time for the NFO, we cut anyone that wasn't top ten or ║ ║ part of the administration. I'd imagine it'll be the same here. ║ ║ If you were let into our team, you've got to be good. I'll help ║ ║ you as much as I can. I will teach you everything I know. MGD, ║ ║ you're up. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Lester> The same goes for me, I will teach anyone who needs it. ║ ║ ║ ║ <dhunter> Do we have c00kie supplier? ║ ║ ║ ║ <Lester> Yes. ║ ║ ║ ║ <MGD> For Internet traders, we have a "certain" amount of standards you ║ ║ got to put up with. You have to be able to make top ten on BBX ║ ║ weekly. We are here to beat RiSC so basically that is what I ║ ║ expect of you. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Xwing> MGD, if there are 20 Internet couriers, how do you expect all of ║ ║ them to make it to top 10 on BBX? ║ ║ ║ ║ <MGD> I know, we have to put the pressure on them. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Quazimodm> Correction message, we are here to be #1 and that's that. ║ ║ ║ ║ <dhunter> Good one MGD. ║ ║ ║ ║ <MGD> Oh yea, Prozac will hopefully return soon. And for those of you ║ ║ who want to get on bigger FTP sites like LA, CRC, Enigma, etc, the ║ ║ way you get on those is sites is to earn your way up. Slowly but ║ ║ surely, that is the point, I would get you all on at once. ║ ║ ║ ║ <dhunter> MGD, how are you going to add people to LA and Enigma? Those ║ ║ are RiSC FTP sites. ║ ║ ║ ║ <S_Mobius> Don't worry Dragon Hunter, let MGD go on. ║ ║ ║ ║ <MGD> Dragon Hunter, we have connections. We're GODS. I would get you ║ ║ all on at once, but that would overwhelm some of you. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Xwing> I can help since I know ECI and Stingray 6. ║ ║ ║ ║ <MGD> RiSC will race you on anything over 5 disks in daylight time. ║ ║ They have nothing better to do, trust me I know from expierience. ║ ║ ║ ║ <S_Mobius> Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! ONE AT A TIME... ║ ║ ║ ║ <dhunter> RiSC races every release no matter day or night. ║ ║ ║ ║ <MGD> Shatter Star won't be trading for a while I think, he broke up ║ ║ with his girlfriend and got really pissed, so he left RiSC, DOD, ║ ║ and Napalm. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Xwing> Cruger is still around, so at night, he'll be doing some ║ ║ couriering. ║ ║ ║ ║ *** S_Mobius changes topic to "This is getting unorganized, deop the ║ ║ next person that speaks out of turn." ║ ║ ║ ║ <DAVnGOL> Let MGD speak. ║ ║ ║ ║ <MGD> EVERYONE, message me your login, password, IP, and email address, ║ ║ unless you were in Amnesia. Go Xwing. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Xwing> Some people were asking me about the boards in their area code ║ ║ and whether they'll be in GODS or not. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Lester> Once Xwing finishes, Dream Weaver has something to say and then ║ ║ we will do questions and answers. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Xwing> That will be decided within several days, but I think that most ║ ║ of the boards you guys already upload to would not be dropped ║ ║ and will stay with GODS so I'd assume you'll keep up with your ║ ║ efforts of uploading to such boards. Also it will be helpful if ║ ║ every BBS trader will specify their area code and email Gahn, ║ ║ Cryptic Pain, or me. Email either xwing@shell.vailsys.com or ║ ║ cp@shell.vailsys.com. And one last thing, depending on the ║ ║ performance, you'll be given leech access on better and faster ║ ║ sites the more upload. ║ ║ ║ ║ <TClaw> Shit. ║ ║ ║ ║ <DrmWeaver> What I need to iterate here is, there have been problems ║ ║ with people "dual grouping" and "I cannot make up my mind." ║ ║ If one is to leave the group than that person is not allowed ║ ║ to return to GODS. If you say on the channel, I'm fucking ║ ║ pissed and I quit, and it is decided you quit, then you ║ ║ quit. If you cannot hold your temper or get along and ║ ║ maintain consistancy, the group cannot benefit from this. ║ ║ If you want to join another group cause they can give you ║ ║ CCs or whatever benefits, then go ahead. But please don't ║ ║ expect a welcome back. I cannot think of one reason why you ║ ║ would be allowed back. So excuses won't benefit you. So I ║ ║ hope this is clear? ║ ║ ║ ║ <Lester> Alright, I know everyone is getting bored and tired of this, so ║ ║ let's do some questions so you guys can talk. ║ ║ ║ ║ <TClaw> Oh, just in case anyone didn't think I was here. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Frost> Q&A time? ║ ║ ║ ║ <Lester> If you have a question, message me. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Xwing> Let's just do Q&A thing. ║ ║ ║ ║ <S_Mobius> This meeting wasn't well organized, but don't worry, it'll be ║ ║ more organized next time. Sorry guys. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Frost> Silent Mobius holds the most organized meetings. Oh, if I may, ║ ║ please don't go to the press with any of this. Let them talk to ║ ║ the leaders. ║ ║ ║ ║ <S_Mobius> I have one last thing to say. First thing, we will not ║ ║ compete with anyone as a group, if you want to compete, do it ║ ║ individually. We aren't going to waste the group's time to ║ ║ do it. And about uploading to sites, upload to our sites. I ║ ║ don't give a dick shit about LA and Enigma. We have our own ║ ║ sites, so why should we race RiSC and help THEM get the warez ║ ║ faster? It's unsensible. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Xwing> Yeah, no RCN. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Frost> No RCN, no Defacto, no nothing. ║ ║ ║ ║ <S_Mobius> And about the big groups like PWA/DOD/MTY, most of their ║ ║ leaders are already in GODS. What they should do is, instead ║ ║ of having too many RiSC, Everlast, Motiv8, Empire, and lamers ║ ║ inside the big time groups couriering,. we already KNOW that ║ ║ GODS is one of the best, why not pick out GODS' couriers to ║ ║ go join PWA, DOD, and MTY? I mean, if we let the other lame ║ ║ RiSC, Everlast, Motiv8, and Empire dudes in, there is nothing ║ ║ the leaders of PWA, DOD, and MTY can do to stop the groups ║ ║ from getting the releases before GODS, because they are ║ ║ couriers too. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Lester> If your asking us PWA, DOD, and MTY leaders to give releases to ║ ║ GODS first and to pretag and what not. I cannot do that and I ║ ║ assume that PWA and MTY feels the same way. ║ ║ ║ ║ <S_Mobius> ALL Internet couriers will get accounts on all our sites with ║ ║ leech; anyone inside GODS, we already trust, so we know you ║ ║ won't excessively leech. That rule may be changed to ratio. ║ ║ But remember, if you want to upload, you have to have some ║ ║ place to leech that's why. ║ ║ ║ ║ <dhunter> Pretagging is lame. ║ ║ ║ ║ <TClaw> I do not agree with pretagging, that's COPS crap. ║ ║ ║ ║ <DrmWeaver> I do not agree with RE-TAGGING either. ║ ║ ║ ║ <S_Mobius> Lester, I know that, but what I meant is, let's say if the ║ ║ entire DOD was filled with GODS couriers, who do you think ║ ║ will get DOD releases first? GODS will. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Lester> I can't add GODS people for the hell of it. ║ ║ ║ ║ <S_Mobius> Another thing, with internet couriers, remember, we have an ║ ║ excess number of couriers, we will cut ANYONE at ANY time and ║ ║ keep our sites full. The BBS coordinators should be able to ║ ║ gather BBS people and make a list of who uploads where. ║ ║ ║ ║ <MGD> Oh yea, POO's House is Courier HQ. ║ ║ ║ ║ <S_Mobius> And where should board couriers get their files? No, were ║ ║ not putting them on Aircastle to slow down the speed. ║ ║ Instead, we'll mirror some sites, and let some of the slower ║ ║ sites become BBS sites and Internet couriers will make sure ║ ║ those are fast as well. I already know that EVERYONE in GODS ║ ║ is responsible for themselves; everyone was chosen for a ║ ║ reason, just remember that. We didn't pick you up from the ║ ║ streets; we saw some quality and initiative inside you. ║ ║ ║ ║ <DAVnGOL> Haha. ║ ║ ║ ║ <S_Mobius> I'm sure about 80% of GODS couriers could make RiSC, and that ║ ║ is no joke, so so just keep that in mind. And look at RiSC, ║ ║ everyone inside there has initiative. ║ ║ ║ ║ <MGD> I couldn't make it in RiSC, they hate me. I got them to hate me. ║ ║ ║ ║ <S_Mobius> MGD, well there you go, I guess you're one of the 20% who ║ ║ can't get in. ║ ║ ║ ║ <dhunter> MGD, they even ask me to join. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Frost> By the way, we have a little brother group, it'll be called ║ ║ "Damage," don't piss on them. ║ ║ ║ ║ <S_Mobius> Don't go bitching about other groups, do NOT start wars. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Lester> Ok guys, can we please move on to Q&A. I can only imagine how ║ ║ bored the couriers are. ║ ║ ║ ║ <MGD> I made that up, I just don't like a lot of the people in RiSC. ║ ║ ║ ║ <S_Mobius> Ok. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Quazimodm> I would like to remind all of you that this is a meeting, ║ ║ not a chat channel. ║ ║ ║ ║ <TClaw> I'm bored and i'm not a courier. ║ ║ ║ ║ <S_Mobius> Move on to Q&A, but remember, don't piss down on a small ║ ║ group called Damage. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Xwing> People, if someone will be sneaking in to RiSC coordinators and ║ ║ asking them to add you, you'll be out of GODS by default! ║ ║ ║ ║ <Lester> If you have a release you're spreading, and there are other ║ ║ net couriers around, work as a team to get #1. Don't just hog ║ ║ all your releases for yourself so you look good. ║ ║ ║ ║ <S_Mobius> The Internet coordinators, Frost and MGD, will have the site ║ ║ lists. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Manowar> I'm pretty much in charge of updating the GODS nfo file. ║ ║ ║ ║ <DAVnGOL> Something has come to my attention, this has been something a ║ ║ lot of couriers are receiving in msg form.. ║ ║ ║ ║ <DAVnGOL> <manhuntah> Why don't you join RAPIER? ║ ║ ║ ║ <DAVnGOL> If you see him messaging you again, tell me and I will take ║ ║ care of it. ║ ║ ║ ║ <MGD> I say we steal LA, Enigma, and Beyond Akira from RiSC. ║ ║ ║ ║ <NyteMyST> Rapier offered me senior courier position 20 times already. ║ ║ ║ ║ <S_Mobius> MGD, we'll never do it until we prove we are better. If RiSC ║ ║ asks you to join, remember, you are going to be joining a ║ ║ dying group. ║ ║ ║ ║ <MGD> They asked me twice. ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▐ ░▄▄▄ █▀▀▄▄ ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▐██▀▌ ▄▄▀▀▀■▄░▄ ▄░▀▀▀█▄ ▐█▌ ▀██▄▄▄ ■▀ ▀▀█▀▌ ▀▀▀ ▄█▀ ▄▄█ ▀ r c n ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▄█▀▀ █▐▌▄■▀ ░█▀█▄ ■▄▄█ ▀ █▄█ ▐▌▌ ██▌ ▐▄▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄█ ▄██▀ ░▐███ ░░ ░ ▀█▀▌░ ██▌▄▄░▀▐▐█▌█ ▀▀█▄ ░▐▐▌ ▄██▄█▀▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░▐▐█ ▀█▌░░░░░░ ░░░ ███▌ █▄▀ ▄▄▐▐▌ █▌▐██ ░▀▀█▄▄▄██▀▀▀▀ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀▐█▄█ ▄▄▄ ▐█ ▐█▌ ▐▄█▄ ██▌ ▐████▌▌ ▄▄ ░▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀▀█▄▄▄▄░▀▀▀▀ ▀░█▀▀▌ ▀░ ▐▐▌ ▀▀▀░█▀▌ ▐▐█ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▐█▄▌ ▀ ▐█▄▌ a r t i c l e s ! ░█▀ ░█▀ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Author : Hitex ║ ║ Subject : Rebel Chicken, Hitex, and Xenon BUSTED! ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ On the evening of June 13, 1996, Rebel Chicken, Hitex, and Xenon ║ ║ were all busted in front of Rebel Chicken's residence. After attempting ║ ║ to execute an event that they had planned for over a week, their scheme ║ ║ went terribly wrong, and all hell seemed to have broken loose. ║ ║ Moreover, the entire backbone of RCN was now in jeapordy. ║ ║ ║ ║ Rebel Chicken was about to graduate. He had a mere 4 hours of ║ ║ school left before he could officially be labeled a freshman in college. ║ ║ Girls were no longer on his mind, he had already given up on that. Now, ║ ║ he was merely interested in conducting an event known as "The Senior ║ ║ Prank." A senior prank is a collecting of a few seniors to coordinate ║ ║ some sort of destructive activity on the school as a way of thanking the ║ ║ administration for the caring and enlightening experience the students ║ ║ were put through for 4 years, known as "High School." The plan was to ║ ║ leave Rebel Chicken's house at 3:00 am, walk down the hill to Rebel's ║ ║ school, and replace the United States flag with a Communist Russian ║ ║ flag. This task would be performed by Rebel Chicken and his friend, ║ ║ whom we'll call "John" while Xenon and Hitex were frantically cementing ║ ║ toothpicks into the locks of the school as to inhibit entrance into the ║ ║ classrooms the next day. ║ ║ ║ ║ The four of us departed, and we were now on a mission. Our first ║ ║ obstacle was now met - there was a 24-hour security guard appointed to ║ ║ protect the school. He spotted us, but we kept walking as to avoid ║ ║ contact with him. We rounded the corner and made our way back into ║ ║ Rebel's country club. We walked around for about 30 minutes, spotting ║ ║ the guard every once in a while. Then, something caught our eyes. The ║ ║ guard appeared to be making a shift switch with another guard. We ║ ║ watched attentively until finally we noticed them assume their old ║ ║ positions. So we were wrong. ║ ║ ║ ║ By now, it was nearing 4:00 am, and we were about to make our second ║ ║ attempt at entrance into the school campus. Just as we cut the corner, ║ ║ the lights of a police car shone in our faces. We looked at the car, ║ ║ then at each other, and it seemed that symbiotically, we all thought ║ ║ alike, and as quickly as we came, we dashed away, 4 bullets fleeing. ║ ║ Through the brush, over the bushes, under the trees, we ran, until ║ ║ finally we made our way to the street. Xenon, Rebel Chicken, and I, ║ ║ were all "clean" except for the glue and toothpicks present in the ║ ║ pockets of Xenon and myself. John, however, held the main weapon, the ║ ║ communist flag. It's not every day that one sees a guy running around ║ ║ with such a flag in this country, especially not at 4 in the morning, so ║ ║ we assumed the police would find this a bit suspicious. As a result, we ║ ║ all, in our scurry, decided that it would be to our benefit to keep the ║ ║ cops from finding John. We made our way to the street and when finally ║ ║ in pure visibility to the cops chasing behind us, the two cops ║ ║ simultaneously yelled "OFFICER, STOP!" We knew what we had to do. ║ ║ Rebel, Xenon, and I all stopped while John kept running. This, of ║ ║ course, would create a big enough diversion for the policemen so that ║ ║ John would manage to get away while we would get interrogated. ║ ║ ║ ║ So we stood there, a threesome, flashlights pointed at our faces, ║ ║ and two officers, huffing and puffing from the run, in front of us. ║ ║ "So, what was all that about?" questioned an officer. We paused, waited ║ ║ for one of us to expel an answer, as Rebel Chicken heroically stated ║ ║ "Um, we're just hangin' out!" "At 4 in the morning?" continued an ║ ║ officer. "Sure <ehem> Why not?" our Chicken replied. "Well, do you ║ ║ know that guy that got away?" "Who, that guy? Oh, pshaww, ehem, of ║ ║ course we don't!! Hehehehehehe," we all replied. Unbelieving, the ║ ║ officers found nothing to disprove our telling. We explained that all 3 ║ ║ of us were just hanging out when we saw a guy with a big stick so we ║ ║ curiously decided to chase him. So the officers took our names down, of ║ ║ which we gave them fake ones, and the officers then decided that it ║ ║ would be in their best interest to walk us home. ║ ║ ║ ║ So we proceeded up the hill to Rebel's house. We walked in, and the ║ ║ officers requested to speak with Rebel's mom. Uh oh. We tried to talk ║ ║ our way out of getting her down but the officers persisted. ║ ║ ║ ║ We got her down, and, well, I thought for a moment an atom bomb had ║ ║ fallen on our roof. Let's just say it wasn't a pretty site. ║ ║ Ultimately, we ended up being lectured for another hour by a frantic ║ ║ mother, but we ended up okay. What makes me mad, though, is that three ║ ║ guys in the scene, who should all know the law fairly well, could not ║ ║ figure out that these officers didn't see us commit any crime, and ║ ║ surely we could have said "There are no grounds by which you can request ║ ║ that I call my mother out of bed at this time." But we didn't think of ║ ║ it, and though it could have saved us much yelling, it was too late. ║ ║ ║ ║ So we got off easy, some of us, such as Dr. Jekyll, are not always ║ ║ so lucky. But if this story should be a statement to any of us, it ║ ║ should be one to show us that a cop is a very gullible species, and your ║ ║ story is true until proven otherwise. So just because you might not ║ ║ think that three half-sane guys would ever, bare-handedly, chase a guy ║ ║ with a big stick, doesn't mean a cop wouldn't believe it. ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▐ ░▄▄▄ █▀▀▄▄ ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▐██▀▌ ▄▄▀▀▀■▄░▄ ▄░▀▀▀█▄ ▐█▌ ▀██▄▄▄ ■▀ ▀▀█▀▌ ▀▀▀ ▄█▀ ▄▄█ ▀ r c n ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▄█▀▀ █▐▌▄■▀ ░█▀█▄ ■▄▄█ ▀ █▄█ ▐▌▌ ██▌ ▐▄▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄█ ▄██▀ ░▐███ ░░ ░ ▀█▀▌░ ██▌▄▄░▀▐▐█▌█ ▀▀█▄ ░▐▐▌ ▄██▄█▀▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░▐▐█ ▀█▌░░░░░░ ░░░ ███▌ █▄▀ ▄▄▐▐▌ █▌▐██ ░▀▀█▄▄▄██▀▀▀▀ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀▐█▄█ ▄▄▄ ▐█ ▐█▌ ▐▄█▄ ██▌ ▐████▌▌ ▄▄ ░▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀▀█▄▄▄▄░▀▀▀▀ ▀░█▀▀▌ ▀░ ▐▐▌ ▀▀▀░█▀▌ ▐▐█ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▐█▄▌ ▀ ▐█▄▌ a r t i c l e s ! ░█▀ ░█▀ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Author : Hitex (Interview by Thrasher) ║ ║ Subject : GODS Couriering ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Early this week a new courier group was introduced into the broad ║ ║ spectrum that already existed. It began a bit low-key, not much was ║ ║ said about them, but apparently not much needed to be said, as they have ║ ║ already made their way up the ranks. In under a week, we have a group ║ ║ that is competitive for the #1 courier group spot. So, how did it ║ ║ happen? ║ ║ ║ ║ Despite common knowledge, GODS (Guild of Distributors) was around ║ ║ about two years ago and was quite a large courier group, posing great ║ ║ competition for the legendary RiSC. Recently, RiSC has faced major ║ ║ competition from a group called Everlast, but because Everlast's main ║ ║ goal was not to beat RiSC, it isn't making too much of a presence for ║ ║ itself. GODS, however, seems to be approaching this game with a ║ ║ different attitude. Though not set out to kill RiSC, GODS is here to ║ ║ pose some major competition for it, once again. Will it succeed? Well, ║ ║ that question has already been partially answered. ║ ║ ║ ║ The initial reformation of GODS just one week ago was a result of ║ ║ the Digital (DGT) downfall, and Amnesia (AMN) merging. The best of the ║ ║ best from Digital were recruited into GODS, as well as the Amnesia team, ║ ║ and then a few random couriers that have certainly proven themselves in ║ ║ the scene. So to date, GODS is not official couriers for anybody, but ║ ║ that has definitely not hindered them from tagging nearly 50% of the ║ ║ warez out there. A recent look at Park Central, the RiSC World ║ ║ Headquarters, and Malevolence, the GODS World Headquarters, vividly ║ ║ shows the GODS presence in tagging and its omnipresence in the scene. ║ ║ So though GODS is not yet officially couriering for anybody, it has more ║ ║ than shown us how well it will be able to support the groups it does ║ ║ courier for. ║ ║ ║ ║ So you want to contact GODS? Well GODS is currently an invite only ║ ║ group, of course with the exception of those rare couriers that for some ║ ║ reason were not invited but have more than enough to get in. So don't ║ ║ bother applying. However, if you would like to get your name out to ║ ║ some of the GODS staff, #GUILD on the IRC network will be the place to ║ ║ go. #GUILD is the GODS public channel where they will conduct every-day ║ ║ conversations. GODS, however, does reserve a private channel in which ║ ║ they conduct meetings and really get down to business. This is just one ║ ║ example of the organization that this group proves to contain. Many ║ ║ courier groups were presented to us this year, and most wanted to become ║ ║ #1, but the main problem that stopped them from achieving this goal was ║ ║ a lack of organization. So far, this does not appear to be a problem ║ ║ for GODS. ║ ║ ║ ║ A year ago, my area code was extremely active in the scene, and ║ ║ though we lacked any REALLY BIG boards, we had plenty of the small ones ║ ║ and all releases made their way over sooner or later (most often later). ║ ║ During the year, as with all area codes, the BBSs in the area began to ║ ║ quit, and we are now left with no more than 5 boards in the whole area. ║ ║ We are, however, blessed to have one board that is being supported by ║ ║ GODS in the area. The Lower Level, with its 8 nodes, has greatly picked ║ ║ up activity this week, and it is amazing to see the motivation that this ║ ║ group has brought to its members. Now, The Lower Level could easily be ║ ║ compared in speed to many of the much bigger and more well-known boards ║ ║ in the world. ║ ║ ║ ║ Yet as we know, the challenge is not in beating the other groups on ║ ║ your own boards, but rather, beating them on their own boards! This is ║ ║ surely the sign of superiority. RiSC got a total of 652 megs of uploads ║ ║ to their WHQ, Park Central. However, GODS was close behind with 440 ║ ║ megs. 200 Megs behind and on their first week. That's pretty ║ ║ impressive! ║ ║ ║ ║ GODS has definitely shown their might this past week, and I have no ║ ║ doubt in my mind that they will continue doing so in the weeks that ║ ║ follow. Whether or not they will beat out RiSC or Everlast in the ║ ║ long-term plans is a question we will all have, so we will all be ║ ║ waiting to see the top uploaders stats this week and next with new ║ ║ excitement. Good luck, GODS, and eat your Wheaties, you're up with the ║ ║ big boys now!! ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▐ ░▄▄▄ █▀▀▄▄ ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▐██▀▌ ▄▄▀▀▀■▄░▄ ▄░▀▀▀█▄ ▐█▌ ▀██▄▄▄ ■▀ ▀▀█▀▌ ▀▀▀ ▄█▀ ▄▄█ ▀ r c n ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▄█▀▀ █▐▌▄■▀ ░█▀█▄ ■▄▄█ ▀ █▄█ ▐▌▌ ██▌ ▐▄▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄█ ▄██▀ ░▐███ ░░ ░ ▀█▀▌░ ██▌▄▄░▀▐▐█▌█ ▀▀█▄ ░▐▐▌ ▄██▄█▀▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░▐▐█ ▀█▌░░░░░░ ░░░ ███▌ █▄▀ ▄▄▐▐▌ █▌▐██ ░▀▀█▄▄▄██▀▀▀▀ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀▐█▄█ ▄▄▄ ▐█ ▐█▌ ▐▄█▄ ██▌ ▐████▌▌ ▄▄ ░▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀▀█▄▄▄▄░▀▀▀▀ ▀░█▀▀▌ ▀░ ▐▐▌ ▀▀▀░█▀▌ ▐▐█ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▐█▄▌ ▀ ▐█▄▌ a r t i c l e s ! ░█▀ ░█▀ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Author : Hitex ║ ║ Subject : GODS Civil War ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ The following is a log file acquired from GODS about 30 minutes ║ ║ before the desired release time of RCN #18. We got word that something ║ ║ was happening in GODS' private channel. We didn't know what, we didn't ║ ║ know why. All we knew was that apparently some sort of a "brawl similar ║ ║ to the LA Riots" is going on in there and that it wasn't looking good. ║ ║ Anxiously we awaited as the log file came in. This could be information ║ ║ that drastically changed the life of what could have been the #1 ║ ║ Couriering group around. So, read for yourself. ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ #Divine buffer saved on Sun Jun 16 19:29:42 1996 ║ ║ ║ ║ <QuaziModm> hey gaHn, are you being a dumbass??? :) ║ ║ ║ ║ <Erupt> What?? ║ ║ ║ ║ <Gahn> Quazimodem, why are you asking me that??? What did you mean "am ║ ║ I being a dumbass???" ║ ║ ║ ║ *** Gahn has been kicked off #Divine by QuaziModm (Shut up!) ║ ║ ║ ║ *** Gahn (1dumbphuc@d4-0c.ppp.op.net) has joined #Divine ║ ║ ║ ║ <Erupt> Quazimodem, I don't give who the fuck you think you are, but ║ ║ don't fucking kick Gahn. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Gahn> Fucking ghost lamer, what's his problem?? ║ ║ ║ ║ <QuaziModm> I don't give a fuck who YOU are. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Erupt> That's it, I quit. ║ ║ ║ ║ *** Erupt changes topic to "I QUIT GODS" ║ ║ ║ ║ *** Erupt (erupt@hyper.shadow.net) has left #Divine ║ ║ ║ ║ <Gahn> Erupt no, wait dude. ║ ║ ║ ║ <QuaziModm> He has NO backbone. He's a fucking loser. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Gahn> Quazimodem, you're the fucking loser. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Manowar> I really hate egos. ║ ║ ║ ║ <_MGD_> Why did Erupt quit? ║ ║ ║ ║ <NyteMyST> What did you guys do to Erupt? ║ ║ ║ ║ *** QuaziModm was kicked by GODSRock (Erupt is more valued than you!) ║ ║ ║ ║ *** QuaziModm (~quazimode@pma1_124.loop.com) has joined #Divine ║ ║ ║ ║ <QuaziModm> Hey Gahn, what the fuck do YOU do asshole? ║ ║ ║ ║ <NyteMyST> Quazimodem, shut the fuck up. He does way more then YOU do. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Manowar> Can we stop ego tripping here? ║ ║ ║ ║ *** _MGD_ sets mode: +b *!*quazimode@*.loop.com ║ ║ ║ ║ *** QuaziModm was kicked by _MGD_ (FUCK YOU) ║ ║ ║ ║ <Gahn> Quazimodem, you rise from the dead and call me an ASSHOLE? FUCK ║ ║ YOU loser. ║ ║ ║ ║ *** Manowar sets mode: -b *!*quazimode@*.loop.com ║ ║ ║ ║ <_MGD_> !chattr quazimodm -ofxpm ║ ║ ║ ║ <Swamper> Quazimodem did a lot for GODS about 2 years ago. ║ ║ ║ ║ <_MGD_> He made Slain quit. ║ ║ ║ ║ *** QuaziModm (~quazimode@pma1_124.loop.com) has joined #Divine ║ ║ ║ ║ <Gahn> Fuck him. ║ ║ ║ ║ <BootKnock> !chattr quazimodm +ofxp ║ ║ ║ ║ <Manowar> If you guys are going to be KIDS, this group will fall apart ║ ║ like it is. ║ ║ ║ ║ <QuaziModm> I did NOT make Slain quit you fucker. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Cambit> Welp, that means we lost 2 people today if Erupt leaves. ║ ║ ║ ║ <jimmie> I'll be bck in a few when this settles :) ║ ║ ║ ║ <NyteMyST> Hey, Gahn and Erupt are doing the best for the BBS section of ║ ║ this group. No one else has bothered to try anything. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Manowar> KNOCK IF OFF PEOPLE!!! ║ ║ ║ ║ <BootKnock> MGD, I will own your newbie ass, no matter how good a ║ ║ netmonkey you are. ║ ║ ║ ║ <TCLaW> Netmonkeying is for lamers who can't call long distance. ║ ║ ║ ║ <_MGD_> What the fuck? Why did Slain just quit? Erupt just quit? ║ ║ ║ ║ <BootKnock> MGD said, "take me off bots, I am sick of this.." ║ ║ ║ ║ <Gahn> Erupt, stop... ║ ║ ║ ║ <Erupt> No, fuck THIS GAHN. I WORK MY ASS OFF AND I AIN'T GOTTA TAKE ║ ║ THIS SHIT. ║ ║ ║ ║ <TCLaW> Shut the fuck up all of you. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Manowar> CHILL OUT PEOPLE. I'm with Boot Knock, he has brains. MGD ║ ║ just begged for stuff for BBX. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Gahn> Manowar, you suck whatever dick you want but stay out of it. ║ ║ ║ ║ <TCLaW> Gahn, you shut the fuck up. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Manowar> No Gahn, I dont give head like you. I'm SICK of attitudes in ║ ║ here. ║ ║ ║ ║ *** Erupt changes topic to "THE START OF YOUR ENDING" ║ ║ ║ ║ *** Erupt (erupt@hyper.shadow.net) has left #Divine ║ ║ ║ ║ <Cambit> What the hell is with all this shit? I wonder what happens if ║ ║ I do a mass deop. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Manowar> This is the start of the end. <ALlCE> This group ins't goint ║ ║ ║ ║ <Alice> This group isn't going to last til the end of the week, and the ║ ║ week ends in a couple hours. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Manowar> Alice, you're right. If you have a problem, take it in ║ ║ PRIVATE. ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ As you can see, this isn't good. This is definitely not going to be ║ ║ referred to as good news to any of the GODS members. However, it might ║ ║ make them rethink their admission into the group. Throughout this messy ║ ║ and confused conversation, we see many egos fly, and for future ║ ║ reference, this could possibly be what will be looked at as what happens ║ ║ when you go from new to #1 in one week. Was this inevitable? Was it ║ ║ the fate of GODS (no pun intended) before it ever started? And, of ║ ║ course, the most burning question on everybody's mind is, how will this ║ ║ affect GODS in the future? Has it totally corrupted the group, or will ║ ║ its leadership be able to survive it? It's hard to say. We just ║ ║ witnessed the departure of a senior member and a member from the group. ║ ║ Erupt quickly left right at the beginning of the incident, perhaps this ║ ║ flame within him was already lit earlier in the week and this was just ║ ║ the kicker? Slain, "Just a trader," left, but could this be an ║ ║ indication to the future of the rest of the traders in the group? Only ║ ║ time will tell, but fear not, RCN will be covering the story as it ║ ║ unwinds. ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▐ ░▄▄▄ █▀▀▄▄ ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▐██▀▌ ▄▄▀▀▀■▄░▄ ▄░▀▀▀█▄ ▐█▌ ▀██▄▄▄ ■▀ ▀▀█▀▌ ▀▀▀ ▄█▀ ▄▄█ ▀ r c n ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▄█▀▀ █▐▌▄■▀ ░█▀█▄ ■▄▄█ ▀ █▄█ ▐▌▌ ██▌ ▐▄▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄█ ▄██▀ ░▐███ ░░ ░ ▀█▀▌░ ██▌▄▄░▀▐▐█▌█ ▀▀█▄ ░▐▐▌ ▄██▄█▀▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░▐▐█ ▀█▌░░░░░░ ░░░ ███▌ █▄▀ ▄▄▐▐▌ █▌▐██ ░▀▀█▄▄▄██▀▀▀▀ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀▐█▄█ ▄▄▄ ▐█ ▐█▌ ▐▄█▄ ██▌ ▐████▌▌ ▄▄ ░▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀▀█▄▄▄▄░▀▀▀▀ ▀░█▀▀▌ ▀░ ▐▐▌ ▀▀▀░█▀▌ ▐▐█ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▐█▄▌ ▀ ▐█▄▌ a r t i c l e s ! ░█▀ ░█▀ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Author : Hitex (Meeting Log by Lucifers Fear) ║ ║ Subject : Tom James Reveals Charges to Students??? ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ A little background reference. Greg refers to Demaxxus. John is ║ ║ Carnage, and Lucifers Fear is Nick. Tom James is an RCMP (Royal ║ ║ Canadian Mounted Police - The Canadian equivalent of the FBI) officer ║ ║ who busted Demaxxus later to release him on the basis of a lack of ║ ║ evidence. This is a log, supplied by Lucifers Fear, of a chat between ║ ║ Carnage and himself. They all live around each other, and, well, these ║ ║ seem to be some of the smartest and bravest guys I've seen. They know ║ ║ the law. They know it well. The RCMP is going to have to be a lot ║ ║ smarter than they have been to even get CLOSE to touching these guys, ║ ║ and, well, with a name like ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE, I'm not too ║ ║ sure they'll be able to. ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Session Start : Mon Jun 10 15:11:34 1996 ║ ║ ║ ║ <Carnage> Yeah well, guess who came into our class today. Someone you ║ ║ know.. ║ ║ ║ ║ <LFear> And who might that just be? ║ ║ ║ ║ <Carnage> Tom James. ║ ║ ║ ║ <LFear> You're kidding me :)! How come this time and why? ║ ║ ║ ║ <Carnage> I'm serious he talked to us about how bad pirating is and how ║ ║ long of a sentence you can get. He said he still has to investegate 4 ║ ║ more houses. ║ ║ ║ ║ <LFear> What a stupid fuck. :) ║ ║ ║ ║ <Carnage> I know. ║ ║ ║ ║ <LFear> He goes around to investigate people for like 1 or 2 pirated ║ ║ files in BIG WAREZ TOWN THUNDER BAY!!! ║ ║ ║ ║ <Carnage> Hehehehehe... ║ ║ ║ ║ <LFear> I swear, he is a fucking joke. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Carnage> I know. ║ ║ ║ ║ <LFear> Did he say anything about Greg or me? ║ ║ ║ ║ <Carnage> Yep. All he said were some of the people who got busted. But ║ ║ he didn't mention Greg. ║ ║ ║ ║ <LFear> He was talking about me AGAIN??? ║ ║ ║ ║ <Carnage> Yep, and Geza a lot also. ║ ║ ║ ║ <LFear> What exactly did he say about me and did anyone reply to his ║ ║ comments about me? ║ ║ ║ ║ <Carnage> He said that he went to your house to bust you and didn't find ║ ║ anything he was looking for, and said that you moved to Belleville. ║ ║ Joel replied to his comments. ║ ║ ║ ║ <LFear> What did Joel say afterwards? ║ ║ ║ ║ <Carnage> He said that you and Geza were the biggest loosers.. no ║ ║ kidding. ║ ║ ║ ║ <LFear> Joel is just a jew banker who eats doughnuts =) What did Tom ║ ║ James say to Joel's comment? ║ ║ ║ ║ <Carnage> Nothing, he just kept on talking about some people he busted ║ ║ in BC. ║ ║ ║ ║ <LFear> Was Heather around in the classroom at this time? When is fuck ║ ║ nut Geza's next day in court? ║ ║ ║ ║ <Carnage> No, Heather wasn't in school and I think Geza goes back to ║ ║ court on June 17. ║ ║ ║ ║ <LFear> That's in 7 days eh? I haven't been called in yet either. ║ ║ Think I will soon? ║ ║ ║ ║ <Carnage> You probably won't get called in. ║ ║ ║ ║ <LFear> Hopefully NOT! Anything else what he talked about? Tell me ║ ║ what Tom James said about Geza. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Carnage> Tom James talked about how Geza was gonna get charged 2 ║ ║ million dollars and get minimum 10 years. He said that me, you, Hagus, ║ ║ and Joel were on a list. ║ ║ ║ ║ <LFear> ON A LIST? For what the fuck now? ║ ║ ║ ║ <Carnage> I don't know that's all he could tell us. ║ ║ ║ ║ <LFear> My back yard is clean and empty, nothing here to prove. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Carnage> I got tons now, but I'm going to get rid of it. ║ ║ ║ ║ <LFear> What do you think he means by "on a list"? ║ ║ ║ ║ <Carnage> The people on his list are probably people he will call up to ║ ║ testify. ║ ║ ║ ║ <LFear> We aren't getting charged or anything, I already talked to a ║ ║ police officer down here about the situation. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Carnage> Good, but I think Tom James is going to come to my house ║ ║ because he still has to go to 4 more and he hasn't come to my house yet. ║ ║ ║ ║ <LFear> Delete all disks or get rid of them, get rid of all warez. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Carnage> I know I'm just gonna burn all my stuff to CD and hide them. ║ ║ ║ ║ <LFear> Do you think you're going to get charged or anything like that? ║ ║ ║ ║ <Carnage> No, but I think they are gonna come to my house. ║ ║ ║ ║ <LFear> Probably, and in time. They have a habit of "taking their ║ ║ time." ║ ║ ║ ║ <Carnage> Yeah. What about you? What do you think will happen to you? ║ ║ ║ ║ <LFear> I don't think they'll bother me again, or do you think he has ║ ║ them tapping me down here? Think confident, if your backyard is clean ║ ║ you are fine, no worries. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Carnage> Yeah, you're right. ║ ║ ║ ║ <LFear> Well, just be quiet and you'll be fine. Let the rest go down ║ ║ around you, I gotta bolt dude. See you around John. ║ ║ ║ ║ Session Close : Mon Jun 10 10 15:51:48 1996 ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ I would like to thank Lucifers Fear for submitting this log to us. ║ ║ This will surely teach the other Canadian scene members a bit about the ║ ║ RCMP and what they have up their sleeve. Apparently it's not too much! ║ ║ So hang in there guys, and keep in touch. ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▐ ░▄▄▄ █▀▀▄▄ ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▐██▀▌ ▄▄▀▀▀■▄░▄ ▄░▀▀▀█▄ ▐█▌ ▀██▄▄▄ ■▀ ▀▀█▀▌ ▀▀▀ ▄█▀ ▄▄█ ▀ r c n ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▄█▀▀ █▐▌▄■▀ ░█▀█▄ ■▄▄█ ▀ █▄█ ▐▌▌ ██▌ ▐▄▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄█ ▄██▀ ░▐███ ░░ ░ ▀█▀▌░ ██▌▄▄░▀▐▐█▌█ ▀▀█▄ ░▐▐▌ ▄██▄█▀▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░▐▐█ ▀█▌░░░░░░ ░░░ ███▌ █▄▀ ▄▄▐▐▌ █▌▐██ ░▀▀█▄▄▄██▀▀▀▀ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀▐█▄█ ▄▄▄ ▐█ ▐█▌ ▐▄█▄ ██▌ ▐████▌▌ ▄▄ ░▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀▀█▄▄▄▄░▀▀▀▀ ▀░█▀▀▌ ▀░ ▐▐▌ ▀▀▀░█▀▌ ▐▐█ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▐█▄▌ ▀ ▐█▄▌ a r t i c l e s ! ░█▀ ░█▀ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Author : Tuxedo Mask ║ ║ Subject : Syncronys Softcorp Pulling a Napalm? ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Memory prices have finally started dropping, and it's about time. ║ ║ While other PC components have gotten cheaper eacy year, RAM prices have ║ ║ simply bounced around between $30 and $50 per megabytes for a few years ║ ║ now, sometimes even going higher when demand for the chips was ║ ║ particularly strong. How does this effect the people in the scene? ║ ║ More and more games and utils released in the past few months require a ║ ║ computer with at least 16 megabytes of RAM. As computer technology ║ ║ progresses, the RAM requirements for software should increase as well. ║ ║ ║ ║ Part of the deal is that RAM chips use exotic technologies, and ║ ║ manufacturers have to make huge quantities of a design to turn a profit, ║ ║ so the six or seven major producers in the world haven't had to worry ║ ║ much about competition from price-slashing upstarts. Most RAM chips are ║ ║ also made by non-U.S. companies operating outside of the reach American ║ ║ antitrust laws, and thus, help lower prices of RAM chips. ║ ║ ║ ║ And so the baseline spec for RAM keeps climbing, from 2 to 4 to 8 ║ ║ megabytes over the past few years, and now 16 megabytes seems meremly ║ ║ adequate for a new PC. It would be nice if we could trick programs into ║ ║ thinking that our PCs had more RAM available, and that's the basic idea ║ ║ behind virtual memory, a technique for swapping data that isn't needed ║ ║ right away into a temporary file on the hard disk. Virtual memory has ║ ║ been part of Microsoft Windows version 3.0, and the system has always ║ ║ worked well enough, though naturally it only works for programs running ║ ║ under Windows. ║ ║ ║ ║ The biggest drawback to virtual memory is its speed. Lots of ║ ║ swapping slows a PC to a crawl, since hard disk drives are hundreds of ║ ║ times slower than RAM. Utilities like Connectix Corporation's RAM ║ ║ Doubler, Quarterdeck's MagnaRAM, and Syncronys Softcorp's SoftRAM use a ║ ║ different approach to expand RAM without the speed penalty of virtual ║ ║ memory, by using data compression. The idea of data compression should ║ ║ be familiar by now, since it's behind about a dozen other technologies, ║ ║ including full-motion video, modems, and file compression utilities like ║ ║ PKZIP. RAM compression utilities claim to fit more data in memory by ║ ║ compression program instructions and data whenever they aren't actually ║ ║ being used. ║ ║ ║ ║ They all work within Windows memory management system, so again none ║ ║ of these programs will help MS-DOS games. That could be a great problem ║ ║ since most of games released are still optimized for MS-DOS. And none ║ ║ of them is really a substitute for more actual RAM chips, but they can ║ ║ produce real-world improvements in some circumstances - all of them ║ ║ except one, it seems. Experienced crackers whom I'm affiliated with ║ ║ have disassembled the code in SoftRAM and claim that the utility ║ ║ couldn't work as advertised; that there's nothing in SoftRAM that even ║ ║ vaguely resembles data compression code. ║ ║ ║ ║ Syncronys Softcorp has fooled the market and the scene by selling ║ ║ possibly millions of copies of a program that doesn't even work. It's ║ ║ one thing to see Napalm release a game that doesn't work, or to see DOD ║ ║ release a util without a serial number, but it's totally outrageous to ║ ║ see a company release a $99 program that doesn't do anything. To say ║ ║ that it doesn't work and couldn't possibly work is a serious accusation, ║ ║ and being suspicious by nature, I tried a simple test. After installing ║ ║ SoftRAM (courtesy of PWA) on my laptop PC, an older 386 with 4megabytes ║ ║ of RAM, Windows initially reported that I had an extra 4megabytes of ║ ║ space available. But when I tried to repeatedly paste a 20,000-line ║ ║ chunk of text file that I was editing, I actually ran out of memory ║ ║ sooner with SoftRAM running than without. Since compression programs ║ ║ like PIKZIP can shrink text to less than a third of its original size, ║ ║ SoftRAM should have really shown its colors in this test, but I saw no ║ ║ signs that it worked at all. ║ ║ ║ ║ But here's the part of the story that I find most amazing, I called ║ ║ Syncronys to inform them of my little test, and they told me that a ║ ║ research conducted by Dataquest found that 82% of SoftRAM users ║ ║ experienced increase in computer speed. I hung up and I concluded that ║ ║ SoftRAM is nothing more than "placebo software," and that seems fitting ║ ║ enough for a program that reports itself to be working while not ║ ║ actually doing anything. If nothing else, placebo software would be a ║ ║ good justification of why piraters should not buy software. ║ ║ ║ ║ You might recall that disk compression utilities like Stacker and ║ ║ DoubleSpace were very popular 3 or 4 years ago. But hard disk prices ║ ║ have fallen through the floor and those utilities are just niche ║ ║ products now, stopgaps that you might want to download or buy until your ║ ║ next new system upgrade or disk upgrade. With the way that RAM prices ║ ║ are dropping, RAM doubling software could meet the same fate as disk ║ ║ compressors. There's really no substitute for actual physical memory, ║ ║ and if RAM prices are low enough, there's no good reason to settle for a ║ ║ crappy download, and there's definitely no reason to shell out $99 for ║ ║ placebo software. ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▐ ░▄▄▄ █▀▀▄▄ ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▐██▀▌ ▄▄▀▀▀■▄░▄ ▄░▀▀▀█▄ ▐█▌ ▀██▄▄▄ ■▀ ▀▀█▀▌ ▀▀▀ ▄█▀ ▄▄█ ▀ r c n ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▄█▀▀ █▐▌▄■▀ ░█▀█▄ ■▄▄█ ▀ █▄█ ▐▌▌ ██▌ ▐▄▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄█ ▄██▀ ░▐███ ░░ ░ ▀█▀▌░ ██▌▄▄░▀▐▐█▌█ ▀▀█▄ ░▐▐▌ ▄██▄█▀▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░▐▐█ ▀█▌░░░░░░ ░░░ ███▌ █▄▀ ▄▄▐▐▌ █▌▐██ ░▀▀█▄▄▄██▀▀▀▀ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀▐█▄█ ▄▄▄ ▐█ ▐█▌ ▐▄█▄ ██▌ ▐████▌▌ ▄▄ ░▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀▀█▄▄▄▄░▀▀▀▀ ▀░█▀▀▌ ▀░ ▐▐▌ ▀▀▀░█▀▌ ▐▐█ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▐█▄▌ ▀ ▐█▄▌ a r t i c l e s ! ░█▀ ░█▀ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Author : Dark-Elf ║ ║ Subject : Broken Releases By... ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ On June 7, 1996, I downloaded a Prestige release called Big Hurt ║ ║ Baseball. I downloaded all 36 disks. The first file and the ninth file ║ ║ ended up having corrupted ZIPs. So I went to another site and ║ ║ redownloaded the two disks. So the first file was now fixed, but the ║ ║ ninth was still damaged. Finally, I went to yet another site, and ║ ║ ultimately all files worked. I decided to try and run the game. ║ ║ Quickly, I found that the pitcher would never pitch. It was as if the ║ ║ computer player was brain-dead. So after all the time I spent on ║ ║ acquiring the game, it was worthless. I read the PSG.NFO. The person ║ ║ who released it said he did the release in a rush. He was going on ║ ║ vacation and just released it. I was on an FTP site and noticed a crack ║ ║ released by Prestige. I decided to download the crack. I ran it, and ║ ║ the pitcher still didn't work. ║ ║ ║ ║ It's little things like this that hurt the scene. A lot of people ║ ║ are not as good with computers as me. It would have probably taken the ║ ║ far longer than it took me to figure out that it was a broken release. ║ ║ It is thus of extreme importance that every group test its releases ║ ║ before releasing them. A lot of the stuff that is going around is junk. ║ ║ It doesn't work. Why should couriers have to spend valuable time ║ ║ couriering software that doesn't even work? People often complain to ║ ║ the couriers saying they should test the software before they upload it ║ ║ to a major board, but we must look at it from their perspective as well. ║ ║ Couriers want to get on the top uploader lists, but if they have to ║ ║ censor what they can upload, it is inevitable that their competition ║ ║ will just upload the file instead, and they will lose out. What CAN be ║ ║ blamed on the couriers is the broken ZIP files. A courier has the ║ ║ responsibility of transfering the files he gets in the exact form that ║ ║ he gets them, and it is always his responsibility to test all the ║ ║ archives he gets to make sure that all the transfers came through ║ ║ properly. ║ ║ ║ ║ A while ago Napalm released a game by the name of A10-Tank Killer. ║ ║ I downloaded it, and, interested in actually playing it, I joined ║ ║ #Napalm requesting keyboard controls for it, as they were not included ║ ║ in the packaging of the game. I also announced to them that I was ║ ║ interested in supplying for their group. They agreed and warned me that ║ ║ I have to supply at least one release per month. I agreed on the ║ ║ condition that they give me a text file containing the keyboard controls ║ ║ to their release. The game was one about a bomber plane, and I didn't ║ ║ know how to drop the bombs. We conversed for a while, and ultimately ║ ║ after much rudeness on their part, they came to the conclusion that I ║ ║ was not going to get the text file because I put a condition on it that ║ ║ I would only supply if they gave it to me. I soon found myself ║ ║ kick-banned. This is something I always disliked about Napalm, but I ║ ║ wonder why they would dislike me for it. It seems sometimes that to get ║ ║ a Napalm release to fully work, even if it was properly cracked, you ║ ║ actually have to buy the game! ║ ║ ║ ║ I ended up contacting Sierra, they informed me that to drop bombs, ║ ║ you press enter when you have a target in sight. As far as Prestige ║ ║ goes, I would like to congratulate them, as that is their only release ║ ║ that didn't pitch. These are all the cold facts of the scene today. ║ ║ Groups need to pay more attention to what they do, be it courier ║ ║ properly, or release completely. A courier needs to take responsibility ║ ║ for his job and his job only, but a releaser needs to make sure that the ║ ║ end user gets not only a properly working game, but one that he will ║ ║ know how to use. ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▐ ░▄▄▄ █▀▀▄▄ ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▐██▀▌ ▄▄▀▀▀■▄░▄ ▄░▀▀▀█▄ ▐█▌ ▀██▄▄▄ ■▀ ▀▀█▀▌ ▀▀▀ ▄█▀ ▄▄█ ▀ r c n ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▄█▀▀ █▐▌▄■▀ ░█▀█▄ ■▄▄█ ▀ █▄█ ▐▌▌ ██▌ ▐▄▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄█ ▄██▀ ░▐███ ░░ ░ ▀█▀▌░ ██▌▄▄░▀▐▐█▌█ ▀▀█▄ ░▐▐▌ ▄██▄█▀▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░▐▐█ ▀█▌░░░░░░ ░░░ ███▌ █▄▀ ▄▄▐▐▌ █▌▐██ ░▀▀█▄▄▄██▀▀▀▀ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀▐█▄█ ▄▄▄ ▐█ ▐█▌ ▐▄█▄ ██▌ ▐████▌▌ ▄▄ ░▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀▀█▄▄▄▄░▀▀▀▀ ▀░█▀▀▌ ▀░ ▐▐▌ ▀▀▀░█▀▌ ▐▐█ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▐█▄▌ ▀ ▐█▄▌ a r t i c l e s ! ░█▀ ░█▀ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Author : Dark-Elf ║ ║ Subject : Choosing a Nickname ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Join any IRC channel today and you're bound to find some of the ║ ║ weirdest nicknames around. Let's take RCN for an example. Today, I ║ ║ joined #RCN and saw the following striking names : Endokuken, Spy of ║ ║ Quartex, Rebel Chicken, and a few more. Endokuken? Now tell me, where ║ ║ in the hell does a guy come up with a name like that? Maybe it means ║ ║ something in another language that I'm not familiar with, but it seems ║ ║ pretty random to me. Is that bad? Of course not! In fact, Endokuken ║ ║ is Hitex's favorite nickname. Whenever he sees the guy around, he can't ║ ║ help but yell "ENDOKUKEN ENOKUKEN ENDOKUKEN!!" Spy of Quartex? Maybe he ║ ║ got it out of a movie? Rebel Chicken? No comment. ║ ║ ║ ║ So, when you're out choosing a name, for any reason -- maybe you're ║ ║ new to the scene, maybe you did something bad and hope that if you ║ ║ change your name, nobody will recognize you -- either way, you should ║ ║ take the following steps first. ║ ║ ║ ║ 1.) Think about your interests. You don't want to pick the name ║ ║ Rebel Chicken if you're a vegetarian, for example. ║ ║ ║ ║ 2.) Look through the science book, or any other book that could ║ ║ contain weird cool words in it. The dictionary often works, ║ ║ too, but be forewarned, CHECK THE DEFINITION. Research books ║ ║ tend to have words that sound cool but ones that you wouldn't ║ ║ exactly want to be represented by. ║ ║ ║ ║ 3.) Combine words that have to do with your life. But again, be ║ ║ forewarned. This step majorly depends on who you are and how ║ ║ you want to portray yourself. For example, if our Rebel Chicken ║ ║ were to go by this step, he would probably have chosen a name ║ ║ like "Never Touched a Girl," but he thought it wiser to portray ║ ║ himself as a chicken gone bad. ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ I decided to venture out and interview a few people about how and ║ ║ why they chose their nicks. The following are the interviews : ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ <RCN> How did you think of your nickname? ║ ║ ║ ║ <Oxygen> It just sort of popped in my head. My nick sounds better then ║ ║ Hydroboy or Atomman. ║ ║ ║ ║ <RCN> What do you mean "popped in your head?" Do you, by nature, ║ ║ constantly think of Oxygen??? ║ ║ ║ ║ <Oxygen> Well, to be honest, I thought of it like this. A name has to ║ ║ mean something. I was new to the scene and prefered not to have some ║ ║ lame nickname. So I thought of one thing we all can't live without. ║ ║ The one thing we all need. Oxygen!! No one else would ever think of it ║ ║ that way, I knew that, but it's unique, so it works! By the way, they ║ ║ call me "Oxy" for short :-). ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ <RCN> How did you think up your nick? ║ ║ ║ ║ <RoadRebel> A friend gave it to me 16 years ago. ║ ║ ║ ║ <RCN> Why? ║ ║ ║ ║ <RoadRebel> Hmmm no, make it like 12 years ago, it was because of a car ║ ║ I drove called a rebel, and people thought it was a road runner, thus ║ ║ Road Rebel. ║ ║ ║ ║ <RCN> A car called rebel?? ║ ║ ║ ║ <RoadRebel> Yes, I had a '67 rebel and my sister had a 68. ║ ║ ║ ║ <RCN> What's a rebel car? ║ ║ ║ ║ <RoadRebel> It was a car made in the 60's called a rebel, I wish I still ║ ║ owned it now. ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ <RCN> How did you get your nick? ║ ║ ║ ║ <KoKiS> Long story.. ║ ║ ║ ║ <RCN> Go ahead! ║ ║ ║ ║ <KoKiS> I'm from a conuntry where cocaine is a "cheap" thing and when I ║ ║ moved over to Sweden a friend of mine called me KokainSmuglaren. His ║ ║ girlfriend and I got to be friends and she started to call me KoKiS. To ║ ║ this day, they still call me KokainSmuglaren. So KoKiS is short for ║ ║ that. There was a thing about it just as I got the nickname. The ║ ║ newspapers had articles about the rise in cocaine abuse and at the same ║ ║ time, the rise in warez. ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ <RCN> How did you get your nick? ║ ║ ║ ║ <DarkSoul> I don't know. I just made it up. ║ ║ ║ ║ <RCN> What made you come up with it?! ║ ║ ║ ║ <DarkSoul> I just said, "Hey, DarkSoul sounds cool, so I used it =])!" ║ ║ I thought of the name after I named my board (off of something on TV). ║ ║ It was called Armageddon BBS. ║ ║ ║ ║ <RCN> Sure, but people don't just go walking around thinking DarkSoul ║ ║ for no reason! If they are, they're mentally twisted! ║ ║ ║ ║ <DarkSoul> Armageddon, Darksoul, sounded good together! ║ ║ ║ ║ <RCN> What do you mean sounded good together? There must have been ║ ║ something that made you think of DarkSoul besides Armageddon. That has ║ ║ nothing to do with DarkSoul! ║ ║ ║ ║ <DarkSoul> Don't ask me. ║ ║ ║ ║ <RCN> You choosed the nick not me. Just answer. Why the hell did you ║ ║ pick and how did you pick DarkSouL ║ ║ ║ ║ <DarkSoul> I just DID! ║ ║ ║ ║ <RCN> Cause it doesn't taste like apples? ║ ║ ║ ║ <DarkSoul> I've had this nick (since I started doing bbs shit) for about ║ ║ 2 years now. That's all you're getting. ║ ║ ║ ║ <RCN> Fine, if you're not going to cooperate then this interview has ║ ║ ended. ║ ║ ║ ║ <DarkSoul> What was this interview for???? You never even told me! ║ ║ ║ ║ <RCN> I am not supposed to tell you it takes the fun out of it. ║ ║ ║ ║ <DarkSoul> Now you know why I'm not answering =). You want the truth? ║ ║ I really don't know how or why I picked this nickname. It's been 2 ║ ║ years and I don't remember. That's the goddamn fuckin' truth! ║ ║ ║ ║ <RCN> Fine then! ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ I hope this article helped you out in anyway of improving your nicks ║ ║ or even just making your nicks in the first place. Oh, and remember, ║ ║ the nicknames portrayed in this article are not necessarily ones that ║ ║ will get you far in the scene, and finally, there's more to a person ║ ║ behind his name, and a cool name isn't going to cut it if the person ║ ║ behind it isn't. ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ░▄▄▄ ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄█▄▄▄▐██▀▌ ■▀▀░█▄▄ ▄▀▄▀▀█▄ ▄▄ ■▀ ▀▀█▀▌ r c n ▀██▄█▌ ░█▄▀█ ▀▀▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀▀ ▀ █▄▌█▀▀ ▀█▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀▌█ ▐███▀ █▄█▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀█░▄ ▄▄█ ░▄ ▐▐▌▐▀ ░░▐▐█▌░ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄█▐░█▌ █▌▀ ░░░▐▐█▌█▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░▐▐█▌░░ ▄█▐▌ █▌▀ ░ ░░░░ ░░ ▄░▀▀ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌█▐▌▐█▀ █▌▐██ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▄▄██▀██▐█▌▌ ▄▄▄ ▀ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▐█▌█▌ ▐████▌▌ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀█▀ ▀░▀▄▄▄▄▄░▀▀▀▀ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀░█▀▌ ▀░▀▀ ▀ r e v i e w s ! ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Author : Rebel Chicken ║ ║ Subject : Group Reviews : Games ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! ║ ║ Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene. ║ ║ Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! ║ ║ It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you ║ ║ will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's ║ ║ review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following ║ ║ is the scoring basis I'll be using : ║ ║ ║ ║ Points : ║ ║ -------- ║ ║ ║ ║ [-3] The game didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 ║ ║ hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack ║ ║ or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 1] The game was a dupe or freeware, ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 2] Unsatisfactory, ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 3] Average, ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 4] Above Average, and ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 5] Excellent! ║ ║ ║ ║ A group may lose points the following week and have their releases ║ ║ labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the ║ ║ group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit ║ ║ accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the ║ ║ game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the ║ ║ 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group ║ ║ releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 ║ ║ points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ Dates of Games Reviewed : 05/16/96 -> 05/22/96 │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : RFIRE-1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-22-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Return Fire (c) Time Warner Int. - [1/6] Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ ___ Release Score : 5 ║ ║ ______ / /_______________________ Running Total : 5 ║ ║ /___ // / \___ \____ \______ \ ║ ║ \_/ _ \__ / _ __// _ __/ \/ / /\ ║ ║ / / / / / / \ / / \/ / / / / ║ ║ /__/ /____/_____//__/ /__/_____/ / ║ ║ \_/__/\____\\____\\_/__/\__\_____\/ ║ ║ -----\__\/-------------\__\/(-hoson-)----- ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : -- Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : -- Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ /\. Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ . ____ / >______. . _____.____ ____:. Release Score : 0 ║ ║ .: \ \ /_\___. \__::> /:\ Y /'96:. Running Total : 0 ║ ║ :: / . / \| __/ \:/ /__/ \ .: ║ ║ ./ \__/ " \ > " <______> \_/___>: ║ ║ `< /:<___\___>/___\___>. <_____>:. :. ║ ║ \/ .:. |/:. .:.mr! .:. .:: . ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PSG-NOM1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ ________________________/»|__/| ___________ Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 4 ║ ║ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 4 ║ ║ |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ ║ ║ +--------\___/≈e≈/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ ║ ║ NORMALITY (c) GREMLIN INTERACTIVE [01/22] ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PSG-TOSH.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ ________________________/»|__/| ___________ Previous Total : 4 ║ ║ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 5 ║ ║ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 9 ║ ║ |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ ║ ║ +--------\___/≈e≈/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ ║ ║ BATTLE ARENA: TOSHINDEN (c) Playmates [01/09] ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PSG-MAY01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-18-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ ________________________/»|__/| ___________ Previous Total : 9 ║ ║ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 5 ║ ║ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 14 ║ ║ |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ ║ ║ +--------\___/≈e≈/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ ║ ║ TOTAL MAYHEM (c) Domark/Formgen! [01/22] ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PSG-SE01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-20-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ ________________________/»|__/| ___________ Previous Total : 14 ║ ║ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 17 ║ ║ |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ ║ ║ +--------\___/≈e≈/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ ║ ║ SENSIBLE WORLD OFF SOCCER EURO 96 EDIT [1/6] ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PSG-TKB1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-21-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ ________________________/»|__/| ___________ Previous Total : 17 ║ ║ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 4 ║ ║ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 21 ║ ║ |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ ║ ║ +--------\___/≈e≈/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ ║ ║ Total Knockout Championship Female Boxing [1/11] ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : MM2TT01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Micro Machines 2 Tournament Edition [01/10] Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ _ ________________________ _____ ________ _ Release Score : 4 ║ ║ \\_____ \_____ \_____ \/ . \\_____ \\ Running Total : 4 ║ ║ dZG/\ __// _ |/ ____/. | \/\ __/ ║ ║ _/ \ \/ /_ _/ /_ | ! _/ \ \ ║ ║ \____\ \______\_________|_____\____\ \_ ║ ║ =======\___/===∙1911∙CD∙DIVISION∙======\___/ ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : -- Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : -- Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ _____________________________________________ Release Score : 0 ║ ║ \__¼ - ________¼ ./__¼ - ________¼ Running Total : 0 ║ ║ __/ \\__/ - \\ / \\__/ ║ ║ \__ | \\__ \\__ | \\__ ║ ║ /_____| ./_____________./___| ./ ║ ║ [=======|______/===================|______/=] ║ ║ [================================[ / /96]=] ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Score Chart : Games ║ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ ║ ║ │ HBD ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 5 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ NPM ║ ▓ 0 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ PSG ║ ██████████████████████████████████████████ 21 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ RZR ║ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 4 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ ROR ║ ▓ 0 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Average Score Per Release : ║ ║ --------------------------- ║ ║ ║ ║ Hybrid - [5.0] ║ ║ Prestige - [4.2] ║ ║ Razor 1911 - [4.0] ║ ║ Napalm - [0.0] ║ ║ Release on Rampage [0.0] ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ░▄▄▄ ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄█▄▄▄▐██▀▌ ■▀▀░█▄▄ ▄▀▄▀▀█▄ ▄▄ ■▀ ▀▀█▀▌ r c n ▀██▄█▌ ░█▄▀█ ▀▀▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀▀ ▀ █▄▌█▀▀ ▀█▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀▌█ ▐███▀ █▄█▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀█░▄ ▄▄█ ░▄ ▐▐▌▐▀ ░░▐▐█▌░ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄█▐░█▌ █▌▀ ░░░▐▐█▌█▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░▐▐█▌░░ ▄█▐▌ █▌▀ ░ ░░░░ ░░ ▄░▀▀ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌█▐▌▐█▀ █▌▐██ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▄▄██▀██▐█▌▌ ▄▄▄ ▀ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▐█▌█▌ ▐████▌▌ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀█▀ ▀░▀▄▄▄▄▄░▀▀▀▀ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀░█▀▌ ▀░▀▀ ▀ r e v i e w s ! ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Author : Rebel Chicken ║ ║ Subject : Group Reviews : Games ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! ║ ║ Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene. ║ ║ Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! ║ ║ It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you ║ ║ will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's ║ ║ review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following ║ ║ is the scoring basis I'll be using : ║ ║ ║ ║ Points : ║ ║ -------- ║ ║ ║ ║ [-3] The game didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 ║ ║ hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack ║ ║ or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 1] The game was a dupe or freeware, ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 2] Unsatisfactory, ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 3] Average, ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 4] Above Average, and ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 5] Excellent! ║ ║ ║ ║ A group may lose points the following week and have their releases ║ ║ labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the ║ ║ group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit ║ ║ accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the ║ ║ game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the ║ ║ 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group ║ ║ releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 ║ ║ points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ Dates of Games Reviewed : 05/23/96 -> 05/29/96 │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : -- Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : -- Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ ___ Release Score : 0 ║ ║ ______ / /_______________________ Running Total : 0 ║ ║ /___ // / \___ \____ \______ \ ║ ║ \_/ _ \__ / _ __// _ __/ \/ / /\ ║ ║ / / / / / / \ / / \/ / / / / ║ ║ /__/ /____/_____//__/ /__/_____/ / ║ ║ \_/__/\____\\____\\_/__/\__\_____\/ ║ ║ -----\__\/-------------\__\/(-hoson-)----- ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : -- Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : -- Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ /\. Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ . ____ / >______. . _____.____ ____:. Release Score : 0 ║ ║ .: \ \ /_\___. \__::> /:\ Y /'96:. Running Total : 0 ║ ║ :: / . / \| __/ \:/ /__/ \ .: ║ ║ ./ \__/ " \ > " <______> \_/___>: ║ ║ `< /:<___\___>/___\___>. <_____>:. :. ║ ║ \/ .:. |/:. .:.mr! .:. .:: . ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PSGBGW01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-23-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ ________________________/»|__/| ___________ Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 5 ║ ║ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 5 ║ ║ |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ ║ ║ +--------\___/≈e≈/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ ║ ║ Battleground III: Waterloo (c)TalonSoft 01/36 ║ ║ +------------------------------------------+ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PSG-PTO1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-24-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ ________________________/»|__/| ___________ Previous Total : 5 ║ ║ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 8 ║ ║ |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ ║ ║ +--------\___/≈e≈/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ ║ ║ Pacific Theater of Operations 2 for Win 01/04 ║ ║ +------------------------------------------+ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PSGWIZ01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-25-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ ________________________/»|__/| ___________ Previous Total : 8 ║ ║ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 4 ║ ║ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 12 ║ ║ |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ ║ ║ +--------\___/≈e≈/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ ║ ║ Wizardry GOLD (c) Sir-Tech [01/14] ║ ║ +------------------------------------------+ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PSGEJD1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-27-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ ________________________/»|__/| ___________ Previous Total : 12 ║ ║ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 15 ║ ║ |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ ║ ║ +--------\___/≈e≈/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ ║ ║ Earth Worm Jim 1 for DOS [1/6] ║ ║ +------------------------------------------+ ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : JPRDY01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-24-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Jeopardy: Platinum Edition [01/08] Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ _ ________________________ _____ ________ _ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ \\_____ \_____ \_____ \/ . \\_____ \\ Running Total : 3 ║ ║ dZG/\ __// _ |/ ____/. | \/\ __/ ║ ║ _/ \ \/ /_ _/ /_ | ! _/ \ \ ║ ║ \____\ \______\_________|_____\____\ \_ ║ ║ =======\___/===∙1911∙CD∙DIVISION∙======\___/ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : MOREWAR.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-29-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ MORE WAR - THE RETURN OF THE HORDE [01/01] Previous Total : 3 ║ ║ _ ________________________ _____ ________ _ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ \\_____ \_____ \_____ \/ . \\_____ \\ Running Total : 6 ║ ║ dZG/\ __// _ |/ ____/. | \/\ __/ ║ ║ _/ \ \/ /_ _/ /_ | ! _/ \ \ ║ ║ \____\ \______\_________|_____\____\ \_ ║ ║ =======\___/===∙1911∙CD∙DIVISION∙======\___/ ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : -- Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : -- Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ _____________________________________________ Release Score : 0 ║ ║ \__¼ - ________¼ ./__¼ - ________¼ Running Total : 0 ║ ║ __/ \\__/ - \\ / \\__/ ║ ║ \__ | \\__ \\__ | \\__ ║ ║ /_____| ./_____________./___| ./ ║ ║ [=======|______/===================|______/=] ║ ║ [================================[ / /96]=] ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Score Chart : Games ║ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ ║ ║ │ HBD ║ ▓ 0 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ NPM ║ ▓ 0 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ PSG ║ ██████████████████████████████ 15 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ RZR ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 6 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ ROR ║ ▓ 0 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Average Score Per Release : ║ ║ --------------------------- ║ ║ ║ ║ Prestige - [3.8] ║ ║ Razor 1911 - [3.0] ║ ║ Hybrid - [0.0] ║ ║ Napalm - [0.0] ║ ║ Release on Rampage [0.0] ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ░▄▄▄ ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄█▄▄▄▐██▀▌ ■▀▀░█▄▄ ▄▀▄▀▀█▄ ▄▄ ■▀ ▀▀█▀▌ r c n ▀██▄█▌ ░█▄▀█ ▀▀▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀▀ ▀ █▄▌█▀▀ ▀█▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀▌█ ▐███▀ █▄█▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀█░▄ ▄▄█ ░▄ ▐▐▌▐▀ ░░▐▐█▌░ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄█▐░█▌ █▌▀ ░░░▐▐█▌█▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░▐▐█▌░░ ▄█▐▌ █▌▀ ░ ░░░░ ░░ ▄░▀▀ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌█▐▌▐█▀ █▌▐██ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▄▄██▀██▐█▌▌ ▄▄▄ ▀ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▐█▌█▌ ▐████▌▌ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀█▀ ▀░▀▄▄▄▄▄░▀▀▀▀ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀░█▀▌ ▀░▀▀ ▀ r e v i e w s ! ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Author : Rebel Chicken ║ ║ Subject : Group Reviews : Games ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! ║ ║ Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene. ║ ║ Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! ║ ║ It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you ║ ║ will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's ║ ║ review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following ║ ║ is the scoring basis I'll be using : ║ ║ ║ ║ Points : ║ ║ -------- ║ ║ ║ ║ [-3] The game didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 ║ ║ hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack ║ ║ or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 1] The game was a dupe or freeware, ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 2] Unsatisfactory, ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 3] Average, ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 4] Above Average, and ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 5] Excellent! ║ ║ ║ ║ A group may lose points the following week and have their releases ║ ║ labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the ║ ║ group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit ║ ║ accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the ║ ║ game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the ║ ║ 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group ║ ║ releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 ║ ║ points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ Dates of Games Reviewed : 05/30/96 -> 06/05/96 │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : -- Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : -- Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ ___ Release Score : 0 ║ ║ ______ / /_______________________ Running Total : 0 ║ ║ /___ // / \___ \____ \______ \ ║ ║ \_/ _ \__ / _ __// _ __/ \/ / /\ ║ ║ / / / / / / \ / / \/ / / / / ║ ║ /__/ /____/_____//__/ /__/_____/ / ║ ║ \_/__/\____\\____\\_/__/\__\_____\/ ║ ║ -----\__\/-------------\__\/(-hoson-)----- ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : -- Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : -- Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ /\. Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ . ____ / >______. . _____.____ ____:. Release Score : 0 ║ ║ .: \ \ /_\___. \__::> /:\ Y /'96:. Running Total : 0 ║ ║ :: / . / \| __/ \:/ /__/ \ .: ║ ║ ./ \__/ " \ > " <______> \_/___>: ║ ║ `< /:<___\___>/___\___>. <_____>:. :. ║ ║ \/ .:. |/:. .:.mr! .:. .:: . ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PSG-SET1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-30-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ ________________________/»|__/| ___________ Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 5 ║ ║ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 5 ║ ║ |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ ║ ║ +--------\___/≈e≈/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ ║ ║ The Settlers II (English) (c) Blue Byte 1/7 ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PSG-DK01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-31-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ ________________________/»|__/| ___________ Previous Total : 5 ║ ║ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 4 ║ ║ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 9 ║ ║ |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ ║ ║ +--------\___/≈e≈/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ ║ ║ DEATHKEEP (c) SSI [01/34] ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PSG-JOS1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-01-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ ________________________/»|__/| ___________ Previous Total : 9 ║ ║ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 2 ║ ║ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 11 ║ ║ |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ ║ ║ +--------\___/≈e≈/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ ║ ║ JOSEPHINE (c) Media Age Software [01/10] ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PSG-SS01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-01-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ ________________________/»|__/| ___________ Previous Total : 11 ║ ║ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 5 ║ ║ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 16 ║ ║ |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ ║ ║ +--------\___/≈e≈/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ ║ ║ SHELL SHOCK FINAL (C) CORE DESIGN 01/15 ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : BSTORM01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Brainstorm (c) Simon & Schuster [01/39] Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ _ ________________________ _____ ________ _ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ \\_____ \_____ \_____ \/ . \\_____ \\ Running Total : 3 ║ ║ dZG/\ __// _ |/ ____/. | \/\ __/ ║ ║ _/ \ \/ /_ _/ /_ | ! _/ \ \ ║ ║ \____\ \______\_________|_____\____\ \_ ║ ║ =======\___/===∙1911∙CD∙DIVISION∙======\___/ ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : RORC2UP1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-30-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER 2 *UPDATED DELUXE* Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ (c) DOMARK [01/02] Release Score : 2 ║ ║ _____________________________________________ Running Total : 2 ║ ║ \__¼ - ________¼ ./__¼ - ________¼ ║ ║ __/ \\__/ - \\ / \\__/ ║ ║ \__ | \\__ \\__ | \\__ ║ ║ /_____| ./_____________./___| ./ ║ ║ [=======|______/===================|______/=] ║ ║ [================================[05/30/96]=] ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : ROR-H2O1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-03-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ H2O (c) WEBFOOT TECHNOLOGIES [1/4] Previous Total : 2 ║ ║ _____________________________________________ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ \__¼ - ________¼ ./__¼ - ________¼ Running Total : 5 ║ ║ __/ \\__/ - \\ / \\__/ ║ ║ \__ | \\__ \\__ | \\__ ║ ║ /_____| ./_____________./___| ./ ║ ║ [=======|______/===================|______/=] ║ ║ [================================[05/31/96]=] ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : RORTRNC1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-03-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ TRONIC (c) ILK GAMES [01/02] Previous Total : 5 ║ ║ _____________________________________________ Release Score : 2 ║ ║ \__¼ - ________¼ ./__¼ - ________¼ Running Total : 7 ║ ║ __/ \\__/ - \\ / \\__/ ║ ║ \__ | \\__ \\__ | \\__ ║ ║ /_____| ./_____________./___| ./ ║ ║ [=======|______/===================|______/=] ║ ║ [================================[05/31/96]=] ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Score Chart : Games ║ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ ║ ║ │ HBD ║ ▓ 0 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ NPM ║ ▓ 0 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ PSG ║ ████████████████████████████████ 16 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ RZR ║ ▒▒▒▒▒▒ 3 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ ROR ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 7 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Average Score Per Release : ║ ║ --------------------------- ║ ║ ║ ║ Prestige - [4.0] ║ ║ Razor 1911 - [3.0] ║ ║ Release on Rampage [2.3] ║ ║ Hybrid - [0.0] ║ ║ Napalm - [0.0] ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ░▄▄▄ ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄█▄▄▄▐██▀▌ ■▀▀░█▄▄ ▄▀▄▀▀█▄ ▄▄ ■▀ ▀▀█▀▌ r c n ▀██▄█▌ ░█▄▀█ ▀▀▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀▀ ▀ █▄▌█▀▀ ▀█▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀▌█ ▐███▀ █▄█▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀█░▄ ▄▄█ ░▄ ▐▐▌▐▀ ░░▐▐█▌░ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄█▐░█▌ █▌▀ ░░░▐▐█▌█▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░▐▐█▌░░ ▄█▐▌ █▌▀ ░ ░░░░ ░░ ▄░▀▀ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌█▐▌▐█▀ █▌▐██ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▄▄██▀██▐█▌▌ ▄▄▄ ▀ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▐█▌█▌ ▐████▌▌ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀█▀ ▀░▀▄▄▄▄▄░▀▀▀▀ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀░█▀▌ ▀░▀▀ ▀ r e v i e w s ! ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Author : Rebel Chicken ║ ║ Subject : Group Reviews : Games ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! ║ ║ Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene. ║ ║ Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! ║ ║ It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you ║ ║ will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's ║ ║ review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following ║ ║ is the scoring basis I'll be using : ║ ║ ║ ║ Points : ║ ║ -------- ║ ║ ║ ║ [-3] The game didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 ║ ║ hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack ║ ║ or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 1] The game was a dupe or freeware, ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 2] Unsatisfactory, ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 3] Average, ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 4] Above Average, and ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 5] Excellent! ║ ║ ║ ║ A group may lose points the following week and have their releases ║ ║ labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the ║ ║ group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit ║ ║ accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the ║ ║ game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the ║ ║ 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group ║ ║ releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 ║ ║ points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ Dates of Games Reviewed : 06/06/96 -> 06/12/96 │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : HBD-KO01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-07-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Kick Off 96 (C) Anco [01/10] Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ _____ _____ ____ _____ ________________ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ \_ | \ \/ / _ /__\_ \_/ _ \ Running Total : 3 ║ ║ | _ \_ \ _/ \ \ __/___/ | / / ║ ║ |___| |____|___/ /_\ \___|_______/ ║ ║ ::d|___|::::::.\___/.:.\___\::::::::: ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : -- Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : -- Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ /\. Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ . ____ / >______. . _____.____ ____:. Release Score : 0 ║ ║ .: \ \ /_\___. \__::> /:\ Y /'96:. Running Total : 0 ║ ║ :: / . / \| __/ \:/ /__/ \ .: ║ ║ ./ \__/ " \ > " <______> \_/___>: ║ ║ `< /:<___\___>/___\___>. <_____>:. :. ║ ║ \/ .:. |/:. .:.mr! .:. .:: . ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PSGDIN01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-06-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ ________________________/»|__/| ___________ Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 4 ║ ║ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 4 ║ ║ |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ ║ ║ +--------\___/≈e≈/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ ║ ║ Dinotopis (c) Turner Interactive 01/13 ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : SAVAGE01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-07-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ ________________________/»|__/| ___________ Previous Total : 4 ║ ║ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 2 ║ ║ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 6 ║ ║ |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ ║ ║ +--------\___/≈e≈/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ ║ ║ Savage (c) Discovery Channel 01/30 ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PSGBHB01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-08-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ ________________________/»|__/| ___________ Previous Total : 6 ║ ║ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 5 ║ ║ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 11 ║ ║ |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ ║ ║ +--------\___/≈e≈/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ ║ ║ FRANK THOMAS' BIG HURT BASEBALL [01/36] ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PSGB2B01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-09-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ ________________________/»|__/| ___________ Previous Total : 11 ║ ║ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 4 ║ ║ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 15 ║ ║ |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ ║ ║ +--------\___/≈e≈/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ ║ ║ Back to Baghdad (c) Military Sim. 01/23 ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : -- Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : -- Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ _ ________________________ _____ ________ _ Release Score : 0 ║ ║ \\_____ \_____ \_____ \/ . \\_____ \\ Running Total : 0 ║ ║ dZG/\ __// _ |/ ____/. | \/\ __/ ║ ║ _/ \ \/ /_ _/ /_ | ! _/ \ \ ║ ║ \____\ \______\_________|_____\____\ \_ ║ ║ =======\___/===∙1911∙CD∙DIVISION∙======\___/ ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : -- Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : -- Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ _____________________________________________ Release Score : 0 ║ ║ \__¼ - ________¼ ./__¼ - ________¼ Running Total : 0 ║ ║ __/ \\__/ - \\ / \\__/ ║ ║ \__ | \\__ \\__ | \\__ ║ ║ /_____| ./_____________./___| ./ ║ ║ [=======|______/===================|______/=] ║ ║ [================================[ / /96]=] ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Score Chart : Games ║ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ ║ ║ │ HBD ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ 3 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ NPM ║ ▓ 0 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ PSG ║ ██████████████████████████████ 15 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ RZR ║ ▓ 0 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ ROR ║ ▓ 0 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Average Score Per Release : ║ ║ --------------------------- ║ ║ ║ ║ Prestige - [3.8] ║ ║ Hybrid - [3.0] ║ ║ Napalm - [0.0] ║ ║ Razor 1911 - [0.0] ║ ║ Release on Rampage [0.0] ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ░▄▄▄ ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄█▄▄▄▐██▀▌ ■▀▀░█▄▄ ▄▀▄▀▀█▄ ▄▄ ■▀ ▀▀█▀▌ r c n ▀██▄█▌ ░█▄▀█ ▀▀▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀▀ ▀ █▄▌█▀▀ ▀█▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀▌█ ▐███▀ █▄█▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀█░▄ ▄▄█ ░▄ ▐▐▌▐▀ ░░▐▐█▌░ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄█▐░█▌ █▌▀ ░░░▐▐█▌█▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░▐▐█▌░░ ▄█▐▌ █▌▀ ░ ░░░░ ░░ ▄░▀▀ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌█▐▌▐█▀ █▌▐██ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▄▄██▀██▐█▌▌ ▄▄▄ ▀ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▐█▌█▌ ▐████▌▌ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀█▀ ▀░▀▄▄▄▄▄░▀▀▀▀ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀░█▀▌ ▀░▀▀ ▀ r e v i e w s ! ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Author : Rebel Chicken ║ ║ Subject : Group Reviews : Games ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ The following is a chart combining the total points of the top 5 ║ ║ games groups within the past 4 weeks : ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ MAY MAY JUN JUN Total │ ║ ║ │ ╔═══════╤═══════╤═══════╤═══════╤═════════╤═════╤═════╤══════╗ │ ║ ║ │ HBD ║ 5/1 │ 0/0 │ 0/0 │ 3/1 │ 8/2 │ 0.0 │ 3.0 │ +3.0 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═══════╪═══════╪═══════╪═══════╪═════════╪═════╪═════╪══════╣ │ ║ ║ │ NPM ║ 0/0 │ 0/0 │ 0/0 │ 0/0 │ 0/0 │ 0.0 │ 0.0 │ 0.0 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═══════╪═══════╪═══════╪═══════╪═════════╪═════╪═════╪══════╣ │ ║ ║ │ PSG ║ 21/5 │ 15/4 │ 16/4 │ 15/4 │ 67/17 │ 4.0 │ 3.8 │ -0.2 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═══════╪═══════╪═══════╪═══════╪═════════╪═════╪═════╪══════╣ │ ║ ║ │ RZR ║ 4/1 │ 6/2 │ 3/1 │ 0/0 │ 13/4 │ 3.0 │ 0.0 │ -3.0 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═══════╪═══════╪═══════╪═══════╪═════════╪═════╪═════╪══════╣ │ ║ ║ │ ROR ║ 0/0 │ 0/0 │ 7/3 │ 0/0 │ 7/3 │ 2.3 │ 0.0 │ -2.3 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╚═══════╧═══════╧═══════╧═══════╧═════════╧═════╧═════╧══════╝ │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ │ └ # of Releases Last Week's Yield ┘ │ │ │ ║ ║ │ └ # of Points This Week's Yield ┘ │ │ ║ ║ │ Change in Yield ┘ │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ Yield = # of Points / # of Releases ║ ║ Change in Yield = Current Week's Yield - Previous Week's Yield ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ░▄▄▄ ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄█▄▄▄▐██▀▌ ■▀▀░█▄▄ ▄▀▄▀▀█▄ ▄▄ ■▀ ▀▀█▀▌ r c n ▀██▄█▌ ░█▄▀█ ▀▀▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀▀ ▀ █▄▌█▀▀ ▀█▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀▌█ ▐███▀ █▄█▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀█░▄ ▄▄█ ░▄ ▐▐▌▐▀ ░░▐▐█▌░ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄█▐░█▌ █▌▀ ░░░▐▐█▌█▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░▐▐█▌░░ ▄█▐▌ █▌▀ ░ ░░░░ ░░ ▄░▀▀ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌█▐▌▐█▀ █▌▐██ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▄▄██▀██▐█▌▌ ▄▄▄ ▀ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▐█▌█▌ ▐████▌▌ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀█▀ ▀░▀▄▄▄▄▄░▀▀▀▀ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀░█▀▌ ▀░▀▀ ▀ r e v i e w s ! ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Author : Rebel Chicken ║ ║ Subject : Group Reviews : Utils ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! ║ ║ Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene. ║ ║ Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! ║ ║ It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you ║ ║ will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's ║ ║ review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following ║ ║ is the scoring basis I'll be using : ║ ║ ║ ║ Points : ║ ║ -------- ║ ║ ║ ║ [-3] The util didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 ║ ║ hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack ║ ║ or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 1] The util was a dupe or freeware, ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 2] Unsatisfactory, ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 3] Average, ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 4] Above Average, and ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 5] Excellent! ║ ║ ║ ║ A group may lose points the following week and have their releases ║ ║ labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the ║ ║ group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit ║ ║ accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the ║ ║ util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the ║ ║ 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group ║ ║ releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 ║ ║ points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ Dates of Utils Reviewed : 05/16/96 -> 05/22/96 │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : DODWEB01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-18-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ WEB TRANSLATOR V1.0 BY GLOBALINK [01/30] Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 3 ║ ║ _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / ║ ║ \______ / / / /____ / /| ║ ║ ======\________/\__________/[⌡m]\________/== ║ ║ ≡(*)≡ D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ≡(*)≡ ║ ║ ===================== [ DOD * 18-May-96 ] == ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : DOD-AVN1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-21-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ DR. SOLOMANS ANTIVIRUS TOOLKIT 7.58 [01/03] Previous Total : 3 ║ ║ FOR NETWARE 3.1X AND 4.X Release Score : 4 ║ ║ _______________ ____________ ____________ Running Total : 7 ║ ║ \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ ║ ║ _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / ║ ║ \______ / / / /____ / /| ║ ║ ======\________/\__________/[⌡m]\________/== ║ ║ ≡(*)≡ D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ≡(*)≡ ║ ║ ===================== [ DOD * 21-May-96 ] == ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : DODPGOO1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-22-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Kai`s Power GOO 1.0 (c) MetaTools [01/02] Previous Total : 7 ║ ║ _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 4 ║ ║ \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 11 ║ ║ _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / ║ ║ \______ / / / /____ / /| ║ ║ ======\________/\__________/[⌡m]\________/== ║ ║ ≡(*)≡ D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ≡(*)≡ ║ ║ ===================== [ DOD * 22-May-96 ] == ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : GENLITE.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Genesis World Builder Lite Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 1 ║ ║ ¼< > __/ \__ < \½ Running Total : 1 ║ ║ __/ \__ __/__ ___> ║ ║ ½\______\____/ _/ \ _½ \pn ║ ║ (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/16/96]==) ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : GWEBLTE.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ GWeb Lite (c) Virtual Presence, Ltd. Previous Total : 1 ║ ║ ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 1 ║ ║ ¼< > __/ \__ < \½ Running Total : 2 ║ ║ __/ \__ __/__ ___> ║ ║ ½\______\____/ _/ \ _½ \pn ║ ║ (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/16/96]==) ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : MTYCRTB6.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-18-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ CRT 1.1 Beta 6 (c) Van Dyke Previous Total : 2 ║ ║ ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ ¼< > __/ \__ < \½ Running Total : 5 ║ ║ __/ \__ __/__ ___> ║ ║ ½\______\____/ _/ \ _½ \pn ║ ║ (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/18/96]==) ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : MTY-IJ1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-21-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Internet Junction for Novell Netware [01/02] Previous Total : 5 ║ ║ ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 8 ║ ║ / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ ║ ║ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ ║ ║ Released: [05-21-96] Mortality 96! ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : N1326-01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-22-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ WINDOWS NT WORKSTATION v4.0 BUILD 1326 Previous Total : 8 ║ ║ ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ ¼< > __/ \__ < \½ Running Total : 11 ║ ║ __/ \__ __/__ ___> ║ ║ ½\______\____/ _/ \ _½ \pn ║ ║ (==[xX/68]\_____\_______>[05/22/96]==) ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PWAGPP01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Graph Pad Prism 2.01 For Win [1/2] Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ Release Score : 4 ║ ║ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group Running Total : 4 ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ║ ║ ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ║ ║ ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ║ ║ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ -XeN ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PWAHF301.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Hot Forms 3.0b For Win 95/NT [1/2] Previous Total : 4 ║ ║ ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group Running Total : 7 ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ║ ║ ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ║ ║ ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ║ ║ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ -XeN ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PWAAV951.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ IBM AntiVirus 2.5 beta 2 [01/01] Previous Total : 7 ║ ║ ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ Release Score : 1 ║ ║ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group Running Total : 8 ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ║ ║ ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ║ ║ ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ║ ║ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ -XeN ║ ║ -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PWAAVNT1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ IBM AntiVirus for Windows NT [1/1] Previous Total : 8 ║ ║ Version 2.5 Beta 2 Release Score : 1 ║ ║ ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ Running Total : 9 ║ ║ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ║ ║ ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ║ ║ ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ║ ║ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ -XeN ║ ║ -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PWABCR01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Borland C++ 5.0 Developer's Suite Previous Total : 9 ║ ║ Resource Kit [01/37] Release Score : 5 ║ ║ ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ Running Total : 14 ║ ║ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ║ ║ ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ║ ║ ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ║ ║ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ -XeN ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PWAEXD01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ eXceed 5.0.1 for Windows 95 [01/10] Previous Total : 14 ║ ║ ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group Running Total : 17 ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ║ ║ ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ║ ║ ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ║ ║ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ -XeN ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PWAFLSH1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ FlashCards CNE3 Update WFW/95 [1/1] Previous Total : 17 ║ ║ ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ Release Score : 1 ║ ║ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group Running Total : 18 ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ║ ║ ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ║ ║ ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ║ ║ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ -XeN ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PWAONET1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-18-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ OnNet V2.1 [01/31] Previous Total : 18 ║ ║ ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group Running Total : 21 ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ║ ║ ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ║ ║ ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ║ ║ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ [DL] -XeN ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PWAVDS01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-18-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Visual Developers Suite Deal [01/24] Previous Total : 21 ║ ║ Spring 1996 Version For Win 3.1/95 Release Score : 5 ║ ║ ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ Running Total : 26 ║ ║ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ║ ║ ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ║ ║ ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ║ ║ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ -XeN ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PWA-M951.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Multi Active Maximizer for Win NT/95 [1/5] Previous Total : 26 ║ ║ ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ Release Score : 2 ║ ║ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group Running Total : 28 ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ║ ║ ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ║ ║ ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ║ ║ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ [DL] -XeN ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PWA-MMW1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Multi Active Maximizer for Win 3.11 [1/4] Previous Total : 28 ║ ║ ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ Release Score : 2 ║ ║ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group Running Total : 30 ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ║ ║ ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ║ ║ ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ║ ║ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ [DL] -XeN ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PWAID95.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ InterDrive(R) 95 Version 2.0 Previous Total : 30 ║ ║ ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ Release Score : 2 ║ ║ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group Running Total : 32 ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ║ ║ ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ║ ║ ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ║ ║ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ [DL] -XeN ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PWAIDNT.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ InterDrive(R) NT Version 2.0 Previous Total : 32 ║ ║ ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ Release Score : 2 ║ ║ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group Running Total : 34 ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ║ ║ ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ║ ║ ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ║ ║ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ [DL] -XeN ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PWAWL1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ WanderLink Release 2.2 BETA [1/2] Previous Total : 34 ║ ║ ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group Running Total : 37 ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ║ ║ ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ║ ║ ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ║ ║ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ [DL] -XeN ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PWAD3D01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-20-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Dir 3D 1.0 For Windows [01/02] Previous Total : 37 ║ ║ ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group Running Total : 40 ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ║ ║ ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ║ ║ ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ║ ║ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ -XeN ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : RBSWMAP1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Windows Map v2.2 (c) Microsoft [1/8] Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ _____________ _____ _________ _______ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 3 ║ ║ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ ║ ║ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ ║ ║ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ║ ║ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ ║ ║ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : RBS-HYSP.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-20-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ HyperSnap for Windows 95 v2.65 Previous Total : 3 ║ ║ ________________________________[01/01] Release Score : 3 ║ ║ \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 6 ║ ║ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ ║ ║ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ ║ ║ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ║ ║ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ ║ ║ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : XF-JF101.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ JFACTORY V1.0.1 FOR WINDOWS 95 / NT Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ (c) ROGUE WAVE Release Score : 3 ║ ║ ──────────────────────────────────[01/01]─ Running Total : 3 ║ ║ ▄██ ▄▄▄ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ║ ║ █▓█ █▓█ ▒ ██▀ █▓█ █ █▓█ ██ █▓█ █ ███ ██ █▓ ║ ║ █▒█ █▒█ █░█ ▀▀ ▄█ █▒█ ██ █▒█ █ ▄▄▄ ██▄▄ ║ ║ ▄██▀██▄ ▀ █▒█▀▀▀ ██ █░█ ██ ▄▄█ █▓█ ██ ▄▄ ║ ║ █▒█ █▓█ ▓ █▓█ ░ █▓█ █░█ ██ ░ █▓█ █▒█ ██ █▓ ║ ║ ███ █▒█ ▒ ███ ▀█████▀▄██ ▒ ▀█████▀ ▀████ ║ ║ ─── ██▀ ░ ──────────────── ▓ ───── sikos ─ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : XF-WPS1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ CC:MAIL FOR OS/2 WORKPLACE SHELL V1.03d Previous Total : 3 ║ ║ ──────────────────────────────────[01/02]─ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ ▄██ ▄▄▄ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ Running Total : 6 ║ ║ █▓█ █▓█ ▒ ██▀ █▓█ █ █▓█ ██ █▓█ █ ███ ██ █▓ ║ ║ █▒█ █▒█ █░█ ▀▀ ▄█ █▒█ ██ █▒█ █ ▄▄▄ ██▄▄ ║ ║ ▄██▀██▄ ▀ █▒█▀▀▀ ██ █░█ ██ ▄▄█ █▓█ ██ ▄▄ ║ ║ █▒█ █▓█ ▓ █▓█ ░ █▓█ █░█ ██ ░ █▓█ █▒█ ██ █▓ ║ ║ ███ █▒█ ▒ ███ ▀█████▀▄██ ▒ ▀█████▀ ▀████ ║ ║ ─── ██▀ ░ ──────────────── ▓ ───── sikos ─ ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Score Chart : Utils ║ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ ║ ║ │ DOD ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 11 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ MTY ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 11 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ PWA ║ ████████████████████████████████████████ 40 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ RBS ║ ▒▒▒▒▒▒ 6 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ X-F ║ ▒▒▒▒▒▒ 6 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Average Score Per Release : ║ ║ --------------------------- ║ ║ ║ ║ Drink or Die - [3.7] ║ ║ Rebels - [3.0] ║ ║ X-Force - [3.0] ║ ║ Pirates with Attitudes - [2.7] ║ ║ Mortality - [2.2] ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ░▄▄▄ ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄█▄▄▄▐██▀▌ ■▀▀░█▄▄ ▄▀▄▀▀█▄ ▄▄ ■▀ ▀▀█▀▌ r c n ▀██▄█▌ ░█▄▀█ ▀▀▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀▀ ▀ █▄▌█▀▀ ▀█▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀▌█ ▐███▀ █▄█▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀█░▄ ▄▄█ ░▄ ▐▐▌▐▀ ░░▐▐█▌░ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄█▐░█▌ █▌▀ ░░░▐▐█▌█▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░▐▐█▌░░ ▄█▐▌ █▌▀ ░ ░░░░ ░░ ▄░▀▀ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌█▐▌▐█▀ █▌▐██ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▄▄██▀██▐█▌▌ ▄▄▄ ▀ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▐█▌█▌ ▐████▌▌ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀█▀ ▀░▀▄▄▄▄▄░▀▀▀▀ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀░█▀▌ ▀░▀▀ ▀ r e v i e w s ! ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Author : Rebel Chicken ║ ║ Subject : Group Reviews : Utils ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! ║ ║ Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene. ║ ║ Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! ║ ║ It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you ║ ║ will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's ║ ║ review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following ║ ║ is the scoring basis I'll be using : ║ ║ ║ ║ Points : ║ ║ -------- ║ ║ ║ ║ [-3] The util didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 ║ ║ hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack ║ ║ or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 1] The util was a dupe or freeware, ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 2] Unsatisfactory, ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 3] Average, ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 4] Above Average, and ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 5] Excellent! ║ ║ ║ ║ A group may lose points the following week and have their releases ║ ║ labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the ║ ║ group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit ║ ║ accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the ║ ║ util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the ║ ║ 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group ║ ║ releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 ║ ║ points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ Dates of Utils Reviewed : 05/23/96 -> 05/29/96 │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : -- Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : -- Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 0 ║ ║ \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 0 ║ ║ _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / ║ ║ \______ / / / /____ / /| ║ ║ ======\________/\__________/[⌡m]\________/== ║ ║ ≡(*)≡ D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ≡(*)≡ ║ ║ ===================== [ DOD * 96 ] == ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : MTYVISI1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-23-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ VISUAL RELEASE WITH INSTALIT v7.0 Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ ¼< > __/ \__ < \½ Running Total : 3 ║ ║ __/ \__ __/__ ___> ║ ║ ½\______\____/ _/ \ _½ \pn ║ ║ (==[01/07]\_____\_______>[05/23/96]==) ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PWA-JETC.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-23-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ JetCommander, V2.01 powerful NC-Clone Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ for WIN95,DOS and OS/2. Full long filenames Release Score : 3 ║ ║ support under WINDOWS95 + OS/2 Running Total : 3 ║ ║ ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ║ ║ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ║ ║ ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ║ ║ ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ║ ║ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ [DL] -XeN ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PWAMNG01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-25-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Intel ManageWise 2.1 [01/26] Previous Total : 3 ║ ║ ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group Running Total : 6 ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ║ ║ ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ║ ║ ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ║ ║ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ -XeN ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PWAUC31.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-25-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Caps User 3.1 For Windows [1/1] Previous Total : 6 ║ ║ ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group Running Total : 9 ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ║ ║ ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ║ ║ ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ║ ║ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ -XeN ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : WRSPWA1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-27-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ ViewOffice PowerSuite CD-Rip [01/13] Previous Total : 9 ║ ║ ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ Release Score : 4 ║ ║ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group Running Total : 13 ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ║ ║ ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ║ ║ ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ║ ║ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ DK -XeN ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PWAPRG01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-28-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Progress 8.0a for Windows 95 [01/40] Previous Total : 13 ║ ║ ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group Running Total : 16 ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ║ ║ ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ║ ║ ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ║ ║ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ -XeN ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : RFAXPWA1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-29-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Right Fax - Fax Server for Win/NT [1/8] Previous Total : 16 ║ ║ ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group Running Total : 19 ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ║ ║ ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ║ ║ ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ║ ║ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ -XeNf ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : RBS-EST.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-24-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Estimator Pro v1.0 for Windows 3.+ Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ ________________________________[01/01] Release Score : 3 ║ ║ \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 3 ║ ║ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ ║ ║ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ ║ ║ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ║ ║ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ ║ ║ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : RBS-JOT.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-25-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Net Scantools 32 Bit Jot v1.2 for Windows Previous Total : 3 ║ ║ ________________________________[01/01] Release Score : 3 ║ ║ \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 6 ║ ║ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ ║ ║ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ ║ ║ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ║ ║ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ ║ ║ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : RBS-OL1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-25-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Office logic - Version 2.10 Previous Total : 6 ║ ║ ________________________________[01/02] Release Score : 4 ║ ║ \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 10 ║ ║ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ ║ ║ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ ║ ║ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ║ ║ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ ║ ║ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : RBS-LS01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-27-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Fax/Win/Ras Port from LanSource 6.0 *CD* Previous Total : 10 ║ ║ _____________________________ __[01/30] Release Score : 3 ║ ║ \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 13 ║ ║ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ ║ ║ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ ║ ║ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ║ ║ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ ║ ║ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : RBSXMPEG.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-28-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ XingMPEG Player v1.30 for Win 3.+ Previous Total : 13 ║ ║ _______________________________[01/01] Release Score : 4 ║ ║ \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 17 ║ ║ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ ║ ║ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ ║ ║ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ║ ║ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ ║ ║ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : RBS-PM01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-29-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Print Master Gold Interactive Multimedia CD Previous Total : 17 ║ ║ ________________________________[01/55] Release Score : 4 ║ ║ \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 21 ║ ║ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ ║ ║ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ ║ ║ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ║ ║ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ ║ ║ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : XF-MPFX.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-25-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ MIND PATH PRESENTATION F/X PRO Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ V1.0 FOR WINDOWS Release Score : 3 ║ ║ ──────────────────────────────────[01/01]─ Running Total : 3 ║ ║ ▄██ ▄▄▄ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ║ ║ █▓█ █▓█ ▒ ██▀ █▓█ █ █▓█ ██ █▓█ █ ███ ██ █▓ ║ ║ █▒█ █▒█ █░█ ▀▀ ▄█ █▒█ ██ █▒█ █ ▄▄▄ ██▄▄ ║ ║ ▄██▀██▄ ▀ █▒█▀▀▀ ██ █░█ ██ ▄▄█ █▓█ ██ ▄▄ ║ ║ █▒█ █▓█ ▓ █▓█ ░ █▓█ █░█ ██ ░ █▓█ █▒█ ██ █▓ ║ ║ ███ █▒█ ▒ ███ ▀█████▀▄██ ▒ ▀█████▀ ▀████ ║ ║ ─── ██▀ ░ ──────────────── ▓ ───── sikos ─ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : XFSMS121.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-29-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Visual Age for Cobol V1.0 OS/2 Previous Total : 3 ║ ║ (c) IBM Release Score : 3 ║ ║ ──────────────────────────────────[01/49]─ Running Total : 6 ║ ║ ▄██ ▄▄▄ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ║ ║ █▓█ █▓█ ▒ ██▀ █▓█ █ █▓█ ██ █▓█ █ ███ ██ █▓ ║ ║ █▒█ █▒█ █░█ ▀▀ ▄█ █▒█ ██ █▒█ █ ▄▄▄ ██▄▄ ║ ║ ▄██▀██▄ ▀ █▒█▀▀▀ ██ █░█ ██ ▄▄█ █▓█ ██ ▄▄ ║ ║ █▒█ █▓█ ▓ █▓█ ░ █▓█ █░█ ██ ░ █▓█ █▒█ ██ █▓ ║ ║ ███ █▒█ ▒ ███ ▀█████▀▄██ ▒ ▀█████▀ ▀████ ║ ║ ─── ██▀ ░ ──────────────── ▓ ───── sikos ─ ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Score Chart : Utils ║ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ ║ ║ │ DOD ║ ▓ 0 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ MTY ║ ░░░ 3 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ PWA ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 19 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ RBS ║ █████████████████████ 21 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ X-F ║ ▒▒▒▒▒▒ 6 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Average Score Per Release : ║ ║ --------------------------- ║ ║ ║ ║ Rebels - [3.5] ║ ║ Pirates with Attitudes - [3.2] ║ ║ Mortality - [3.0] ║ ║ X-Force - [3.0] ║ ║ Drink or Die - [0.0] ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ░▄▄▄ ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄█▄▄▄▐██▀▌ ■▀▀░█▄▄ ▄▀▄▀▀█▄ ▄▄ ■▀ ▀▀█▀▌ r c n ▀██▄█▌ ░█▄▀█ ▀▀▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀▀ ▀ █▄▌█▀▀ ▀█▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀▌█ ▐███▀ █▄█▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀█░▄ ▄▄█ ░▄ ▐▐▌▐▀ ░░▐▐█▌░ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄█▐░█▌ █▌▀ ░░░▐▐█▌█▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░▐▐█▌░░ ▄█▐▌ █▌▀ ░ ░░░░ ░░ ▄░▀▀ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌█▐▌▐█▀ █▌▐██ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▄▄██▀██▐█▌▌ ▄▄▄ ▀ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▐█▌█▌ ▐████▌▌ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀█▀ ▀░▀▄▄▄▄▄░▀▀▀▀ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀░█▀▌ ▀░▀▀ ▀ r e v i e w s ! ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Author : Rebel Chicken ║ ║ Subject : Group Reviews : Utils ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! ║ ║ Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene. ║ ║ Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! ║ ║ It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you ║ ║ will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's ║ ║ review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following ║ ║ is the scoring basis I'll be using : ║ ║ ║ ║ Points : ║ ║ -------- ║ ║ ║ ║ [-3] The util didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 ║ ║ hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack ║ ║ or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 1] The util was a dupe or freeware, ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 2] Unsatisfactory, ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 3] Average, ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 4] Above Average, and ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 5] Excellent! ║ ║ ║ ║ A group may lose points the following week and have their releases ║ ║ labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the ║ ║ group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit ║ ║ accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the ║ ║ util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the ║ ║ 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group ║ ║ releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 ║ ║ points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ Dates of Utils Reviewed : 05/30/96 -> 06/05/96 │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : DODALG21.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-02-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ MULTIMEDIA ALGEBRA 2 v3.4 FOR WINDOWS [1/6] Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 4 ║ ║ \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 4 ║ ║ _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / ║ ║ \______ / / / /____ / /| ║ ║ ======\________/\__________/[⌡m]\________/== ║ ║ ≡(*)≡ D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ≡(*)≡ ║ ║ ==================== [ DOD * O2-June-96 ] == ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : DODCDVW.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-03-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ CD-VIEW 2.02D FOR DOS/NETWARE [1/1] Previous Total : 4 ║ ║ _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 7 ║ ║ _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / ║ ║ \______ / / / /____ / /| ║ ║ ======\________/\__________/[⌡m]\________/== ║ ║ ≡(*)≡ D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ≡(*)≡ ║ ║ ===================== [ DOD * 02-JUN-96 ] == ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : DOD-QP16.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-04-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ QUERY PERFECT 1.0 16-BIT [1/1] Previous Total : 7 ║ ║ _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 2 ║ ║ \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 10 ║ ║ _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / ║ ║ \______ / / / /____ / /| ║ ║ ======\________/\__________/[⌡m]\________/== ║ ║ ≡(*)≡ D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ≡(*)≡ ║ ║ ===================== [ DOD * 04-JUN-96 ] == ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : DOD-QP32.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-04-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ QUERY PERFECT 1.0 32-BIT [1/1] Previous Total : 10 ║ ║ _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 2 ║ ║ \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 12 ║ ║ _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / ║ ║ \______ / / / /____ / /| ║ ║ ======\________/\__________/[⌡m]\________/== ║ ║ ≡(*)≡ D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ≡(*)≡ ║ ║ ===================== [ DOD * 04-JUN-96 ] == ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : DOD-LEX1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ TRA LexiCAT For Windows [1/2] Previous Total : 12 ║ ║ _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 15 ║ ║ _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / ║ ║ \______ / / / /____ / /| ║ ║ ======\________/\__________/[⌡m]\________/== ║ ║ ≡(*)≡ D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ≡(*)≡ ║ ║ ===================== [ DOD * 05-JUN-96 ] == ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : MTYTREE.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-30-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ MCEN Tree Factory (c) MCEN Graphics Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 2 ║ ║ \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 2 ║ ║ / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ ║ ║ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ ║ ║ Released: [05-30-96] Mortality 96! ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : MTYQAPP1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-31-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ QuickApp v.3.00 (c) AttachMate Previous Total : 2 ║ ║ ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ ¼< > __/ \__ < \½ Running Total : 5 ║ ║ __/ \__ __/__ ___> ║ ║ ½\______\____/ _/ \ _½ \pn ║ ║ (==[01/02]\_____\_______>[05/31/96]==) ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : MTYTLIS1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-03-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ TLIST 3 /PRO OCX EDITION ENHANCED Previous Total : 5 ║ ║ OUTLINE CONTROL Release Score : 2 ║ ║ ______.______._____._____._____ Running Total : 7 ║ ║ ¼< > __/ \__ < \½ ║ ║ __/ \__ __/__ ___> ║ ║ ½\______\____/ _/ \ _½ \pn ║ ║ (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/30/96]==) ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : MTY-TS01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ TriSpectives CDRIP for Win95 Previous Total : 7 ║ ║ ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 4 ║ ║ ¼< > __/ \__ < \½ Running Total : 11 ║ ║ __/ \__ __/__ ___> ║ ║ ½\______\____/ _/ \ _½ \pn ║ ║ (==[01/31]\_____\_______>[06/04/96]==) ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : MTYCADT1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ CADET v3.0 (c) ATTACHMATE CORP. Previous Total : 11 ║ ║ ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 2 ║ ║ ¼< > __/ \__ < \½ Running Total : 13 ║ ║ __/ \__ __/__ ___> ║ ║ ½\______\____/ _/ \ _½ \pn ║ ║ (==[01/03]\_____\_______>[06/03/96]==) ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : MTYGRPH1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ GRAPHICALLY!! v1.01A for ACE Audit Previous Total : 13 ║ ║ ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 2 ║ ║ ¼< > __/ \__ < \½ Running Total : 15 ║ ║ __/ \__ __/__ ___> ║ ║ ½\______\____/ _/ \ _½ \pn ║ ║ (==[01/04]\_____\_______>[06/04/96]==) ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : MTYOMNI1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ OMNI PAGE PRO 7.0 WIN 95(c) CAERE CORP. Previous Total : 15 ║ ║ ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : -3 ║ ║ ¼< > __/ \__ < \½ Running Total : 12 ║ ║ __/ \__ __/__ ___> ║ ║ ½\______\____/ _/ \ _½ \pn ║ ║ (==[01/05]\_____\_______>[06/05/96]==) ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : LSNTPWA1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 5-31-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ LightSpeed Term Emulation NT Server Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ [1/2] Release Score : 3 ║ ║ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group Running Total : 3 ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ║ ║ ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ║ ║ ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ║ ║ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ -XeNf ║ ║ .DIZ date: 05.30.96 .NFO date 05.30.96 ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : ON32B2-1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-03-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ FTP OnNet32 International Beta 2.0 Previous Total : 3 ║ ║ for Win95 and Win NT 4.0 [1/13] Release Score : 2 ║ ║ ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ Running Total : 5 ║ ║ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ║ ║ ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ║ ║ ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ║ ║ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ -XeN ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : ON32B2U1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-03-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ FTP OnNet32 US CD Version Beta 2.0 Previous Total : 5 ║ ║ for Win95 and Win NT 4.0 [1/12] Release Score : 2 ║ ║ ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ Running Total : 7 ║ ║ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ║ ║ ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ║ ║ ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ║ ║ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ -XeN ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : RBS-WBIT.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-03-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Web-it! Pro for Windows v1.2 Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ ________________________________[01/01] Release Score : 4 ║ ║ \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 4 ║ ║ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ ║ ║ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ ║ ║ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ║ ║ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ ║ ║ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : RBS-ZI10.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-04-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Zipit! v1.0 for Windows 95 Previous Total : 4 ║ ║ ________________________________[01/01] Release Score : 3 ║ ║ \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 7 ║ ║ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ ║ ║ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ ║ ║ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ║ ║ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ ║ ║ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : RBSMBA01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-04-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Micro House Tech Lib v296 CD-RIP Previous Total : 7 ║ ║ Main Boards Section A Release Score : 2 ║ ║ ________________________________[01/27] Running Total : 9 ║ ║ \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ ║ ║ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ ║ ║ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ ║ ║ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ║ ║ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ ║ ║ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : RBSMBB01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-04-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Micro House Tech Lib v296 CD-RIP Previous Total : 9 ║ ║ Main Boards Section B Release Score : 2 ║ ║ ________________________________[01/48] Running Total : 11 ║ ║ \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ ║ ║ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ ║ ║ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ ║ ║ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ║ ║ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ ║ ║ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : RBSMHM01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-04-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Micro House Tech Lib v296 CD-RIP Previous Total : 11 ║ ║ Main Section with 100% Crack Release Score : 2 ║ ║ ________________________________[01/41] Running Total : 13 ║ ║ \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ ║ ║ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ ║ ║ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ ║ ║ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ║ ║ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ ║ ║ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : RBS-DANA.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Dana v1.04 for Windows 95 Previous Total : 13 ║ ║ ________________________________[01/01] Release Score : 3 ║ ║ \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 16 ║ ║ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ ║ ║ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ ║ ║ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ║ ║ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ ║ ║ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : RBS-LIQA.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Liquid Motion, Great JAVA Creation Program Previous Total : 16 ║ ║ ________________________________[01/02] Release Score : 4 ║ ║ \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 20 ║ ║ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ ║ ║ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ ║ ║ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ║ ║ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ ║ ║ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : -- Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : -- Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ ──────────────────────────────────[ / ]─ Release Score : 0 ║ ║ ▄██ ▄▄▄ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ Running Total : 0 ║ ║ █▓█ █▓█ ▒ ██▀ █▓█ █ █▓█ ██ █▓█ █ ███ ██ █▓ ║ ║ █▒█ █▒█ █░█ ▀▀ ▄█ █▒█ ██ █▒█ █ ▄▄▄ ██▄▄ ║ ║ ▄██▀██▄ ▀ █▒█▀▀▀ ██ █░█ ██ ▄▄█ █▓█ ██ ▄▄ ║ ║ █▒█ █▓█ ▓ █▓█ ░ █▓█ █░█ ██ ░ █▓█ █▒█ ██ █▓ ║ ║ ███ █▒█ ▒ ███ ▀█████▀▄██ ▒ ▀█████▀ ▀████ ║ ║ ─── ██▀ ░ ──────────────── ▓ ───── sikos ─ ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Score Chart : Utils ║ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ ║ ║ │ DOD ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 17 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ MTY ║ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 12 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ PWA ║ ░░░░░░░ 7 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ RBS ║ ████████████████████ 20 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ X-F ║ ▓ 0 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Average Score Per Release : ║ ║ --------------------------- ║ ║ ║ ║ Drink or Die - [3.0] ║ ║ Rebels - [2.9] ║ ║ Pirates with Attitudes - [2.3] ║ ║ Mortality - [1.7] ║ ║ X-Force - [0.0] ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ░▄▄▄ ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄█▄▄▄▐██▀▌ ■▀▀░█▄▄ ▄▀▄▀▀█▄ ▄▄ ■▀ ▀▀█▀▌ r c n ▀██▄█▌ ░█▄▀█ ▀▀▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀▀ ▀ █▄▌█▀▀ ▀█▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀▌█ ▐███▀ █▄█▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀█░▄ ▄▄█ ░▄ ▐▐▌▐▀ ░░▐▐█▌░ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄█▐░█▌ █▌▀ ░░░▐▐█▌█▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░▐▐█▌░░ ▄█▐▌ █▌▀ ░ ░░░░ ░░ ▄░▀▀ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌█▐▌▐█▀ █▌▐██ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▄▄██▀██▐█▌▌ ▄▄▄ ▀ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▐█▌█▌ ▐████▌▌ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀█▀ ▀░▀▄▄▄▄▄░▀▀▀▀ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀░█▀▌ ▀░▀▀ ▀ r e v i e w s ! ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Author : Rebel Chicken ║ ║ Subject : Group Reviews : Utils ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! ║ ║ Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene. ║ ║ Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! ║ ║ It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you ║ ║ will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's ║ ║ review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following ║ ║ is the scoring basis I'll be using : ║ ║ ║ ║ Points : ║ ║ -------- ║ ║ ║ ║ [-3] The util didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 ║ ║ hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack ║ ║ or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 1] The util was a dupe or freeware, ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 2] Unsatisfactory, ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 3] Average, ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 4] Above Average, and ║ ║ ║ ║ [ 5] Excellent! ║ ║ ║ ║ A group may lose points the following week and have their releases ║ ║ labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the ║ ║ group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit ║ ║ accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the ║ ║ util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the ║ ║ 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group ║ ║ releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 ║ ║ points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ Dates of Utils Reviewed : 06/06/96 -> 06/12/96 │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : DOD-SE11.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-11-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ SOFTSCAPE EXPLORER PLUS V1.0 [01/05] Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Release Score : 4 ║ ║ _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / Running Total : 4 ║ ║ \______ / / / /____ / /| ║ ║ ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/== ║ ║ (*) D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 (*) ║ ║ ===================== [ DOD * 11-Jun-96 ] == ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : MTYJDKL1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-06-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Java Delopers Kit v1.0 for LNX Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 4 ║ ║ ¼< > __/ \__ < \½ Running Total : 4 ║ ║ __/ \__ __/__ ___> ║ ║ ½\______\____/ _/ \ _½ \pn ║ ║ (==[01/03]\_____\_______>[06/06/96]==) ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : MTY-INT.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-09-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Internet ToolPak v2.0 ⌐ Crescent Software Previous Total : 4 ║ ║ ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ ¼< > __/ \__ < \½ Running Total : 7 ║ ║ __/ \__ __/__ ___> ║ ║ ½\______\____/ _/ \ _½ \pn ║ ║ (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[06/09/96]==) ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : MTY-NET.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-09-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ NetPak Professional ⌐ Crescent Software Previous Total : 7 ║ ║ ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ ¼< > __/ \__ < \½ Running Total : 10 ║ ║ __/ \__ __/__ ___> ║ ║ ½\______\____/ _/ \ _½ \pn ║ ║ (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[06/09/96]==) ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : MTY-XREF.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-09-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ XRef VB Add-On ⌐ Crescent Software Previous Total : 10 ║ ║ ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ ¼< > __/ \__ < \½ Running Total : 13 ║ ║ __/ \__ __/__ ___> ║ ║ ½\______\____/ _/ \ _½ \pn ║ ║ (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[06/09/96]==) ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : MTYAPIV1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-09-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ API Vision 1.5 Previous Total : 13 ║ ║ ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ ¼< > __/ \__ < \½ Running Total : 16 ║ ║ __/ \__ __/__ ___> ║ ║ ½\______\____/ _/ \ _½ \pn ║ ║ (==[01/02]\_____\_______>[06/09/96]==) ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : MTYEVB4.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-11-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Enquiry For Visual Basic v4.0 Previous Total : 16 ║ ║ ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ ¼< > __/ \__ < \½ Running Total : 19 ║ ║ __/ \__ __/__ ___> ║ ║ ½\______\____/ _/ \ _½ \pn ║ ║ (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[06/11/96]==) ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : MTYNET01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-11-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Net Commander '95/3.1 v1.0 (c) Luckman Previous Total : 19 ║ ║ ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 4 ║ ║ ¼< > __/ \__ < \½ Running Total : 23 ║ ║ __/ \__ __/__ ___> ║ ║ ½\______\____/ _/ \ _½ \pn ║ ║ (==[01/18]\_____\_______>[06/11/96]==) ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : MTYWCD01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-11-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Web Commander '95 v1.0 (c) Luckman Previous Total : 23 ║ ║ ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 4 ║ ║ ¼< > __/ \__ < \½ Running Total : 27 ║ ║ __/ \__ __/__ ___> ║ ║ ½\______\____/ _/ \ _½ \pn ║ ║ (==[01/42]\_____\_______>[06/11/96]==) ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PWAPOWB.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-07-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ PowerBasic Compiler [01/01] Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group Running Total : 3 ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ║ ║ ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ║ ║ ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ║ ║ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ -XeNf ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PWASDB01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-09-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ MR. SCANNER - DATABASES [01/15] Previous Total : 3 ║ ║ ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group Running Total : 6 ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ║ ║ ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ║ ║ ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ║ ║ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ -XeNf ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PWAT351.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-11-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Telix 3.51 Dos [Registered] [1/1] Previous Total : 6 ║ ║ ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ Release Score : 2 ║ ║ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group Running Total : 8 ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ║ ║ ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ║ ║ ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ║ ║ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ DK -XeN ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : ASLPWA01.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-12-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Access Super Libray CD-Rip [01/49] Previous Total : 8 ║ ║ ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ Release Score : 2 ║ ║ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group Running Total : 10 ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ║ ║ ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ║ ║ ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ║ ║ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ DK -XeN ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : PWA13321.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-12-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ Previous Total : 10 ║ ║ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group Release Score : 3 ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives Running Total : 13 ║ ║ ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ║ ║ ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ║ ║ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ║ ║ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ -XeNf ║ ║ Windows NT Server build 1332 [01/30] ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : RBS-RECH.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-06-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ ReachOut v5.05 for Win95/3.xx Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ _____________________________ __[01/01] Release Score : 4 ║ ║ \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 4 ║ ║ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ ║ ║ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ ║ ║ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ║ ║ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ ║ ║ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : RBS-FIT.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-07-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Frame-It v1.10 for Windows 95 Previous Total : 4 ║ ║ ________________________________[01/01] Release Score : 3 ║ ║ \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 7 ║ ║ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ ║ ║ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ ║ ║ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ║ ║ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ ║ ║ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : RBS-MIML.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-07-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Mi'Mail for Windows Previous Total : 7 ║ ║ ________________________________[01/01] Release Score : 3 ║ ║ \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 10 ║ ║ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ ║ ║ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ ║ ║ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ║ ║ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ ║ ║ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : RBS-MORF.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-07-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Morpher v1.2 for Windows 95 Previous Total : 10 ║ ║ ________________________________[01/01] Release Score : 4 ║ ║ \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 14 ║ ║ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ ║ ║ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ ║ ║ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ║ ║ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ ║ ║ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : RBS-WPC.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-07-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ Web Page Creator v4.5 for Windows 95 Previous Total : 14 ║ ║ ________________________________[01/01] Release Score : 4 ║ ║ \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 18 ║ ║ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ ║ ║ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ ║ ║ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ║ ║ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ ║ ║ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Filename : FMSA1.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-10-96* Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ MS ClipArt Office cd-rip (c) MS Previous Total : 0 ║ ║ ──────────────────────────────────[01/04]─ Release Score : 3 ║ ║ ▄██ ▄▄▄ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ Running Total : 3 ║ ║ █▓█ █▓█ ▒ ██▀ █▓█ █ █▓█ ██ █▓█ █ ███ ██ █▓ ║ ║ █▒█ █▒█ █░█ ▀▀ ▄█ █▒█ ██ █▒█ █ ▄▄▄ ██▄▄ ║ ║ ▄██▀██▄ ▀ █▒█▀▀▀ ██ █░█ ██ ▄▄█ █▓█ ██ ▄▄ ║ ║ █▒█ █▓█ ▓ █▓█ ░ █▓█ █░█ ██ ░ █▓█ █▒█ ██ █▓ ║ ║ ███ █▒█ ▒ ███ ▀█████▀▄██ ▒ ▀█████▀ ▀████ ║ ║ ─── ██▀ ░ ──────────────── ▓ ───── sikos ─ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Filename : XF-BO21.ZIP Fix name : -- ║ ║ Filedate : 6-11-96 Filedate : -- ║ ║ ║ ║ MICROSOFT BACKOFFICE SDK V2.0 Previous Total : 3 ║ ║ Windows NT 3.51/4.0 Beta 2 and W95 Release Score : 3 ║ ║ ──────────────────────────────────[01/20]─ Running Total : 6 ║ ║ ▄██ ▄▄▄ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ║ ║ █▓█ █▓█ ▒ ██▀ █▓█ █ █▓█ ██ █▓█ █ ███ ██ █▓ ║ ║ █▒█ █▒█ █░█ ▀▀ ▄█ █▒█ ██ █▒█ █ ▄▄▄ ██▄▄ ║ ║ ▄██▀██▄ ▀ █▒█▀▀▀ ██ █░█ ██ ▄▄█ █▓█ ██ ▄▄ ║ ║ █▒█ █▓█ ▓ █▓█ ░ █▓█ █░█ ██ ░ █▓█ █▒█ ██ █▓ ║ ║ ███ █▒█ ▒ ███ ▀█████▀▄██ ▒ ▀█████▀ ▀████ ║ ║ ─── ██▀ ░ ──────────────── ▓ ───── sikos ─ ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Score Chart : Utils ║ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ ║ ║ │ DOD ║ ░░░░ 4 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ MTY ║ ███████████████████████████ 27 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ PWA ║ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 13 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ RBS ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 18 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ X-F ║ ░░░░░░ 6 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Average Score Per Release : ║ ║ --------------------------- ║ ║ ║ ║ Drink or Die - [4.0] ║ ║ Rebels - [3.6] ║ ║ Mortality - [3.4] ║ ║ X-Force - [3.0] ║ ║ Pirates with Attitudes - [2.6] ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ░▄▄▄ ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄█▄▄▄▐██▀▌ ■▀▀░█▄▄ ▄▀▄▀▀█▄ ▄▄ ■▀ ▀▀█▀▌ r c n ▀██▄█▌ ░█▄▀█ ▀▀▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀▀ ▀ █▄▌█▀▀ ▀█▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀▌█ ▐███▀ █▄█▄ ▄▄█▀ ▀█░▄ ▄▄█ ░▄ ▐▐▌▐▀ ░░▐▐█▌░ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄█▐░█▌ █▌▀ ░░░▐▐█▌█▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░▐▐█▌░░ ▄█▐▌ █▌▀ ░ ░░░░ ░░ ▄░▀▀ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌█▐▌▐█▀ █▌▐██ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▄▄██▀██▐█▌▌ ▄▄▄ ▀ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▐█▌█▌ ▐████▌▌ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀█▀ ▀░▀▄▄▄▄▄░▀▀▀▀ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀░█▀▌ ▀░▀▀ ▀ r e v i e w s ! ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Author : Rebel Chicken ║ ║ Subject : Group Reviews : Utils ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ The following is a chart combining the total points of the top 5 ║ ║ utils groups within the past 4 weeks : ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ MAY MAY MAY JUN Total │ ║ ║ │ ╔═══════╤═══════╤═══════╤═══════╤═════════╤═════╤═════╤══════╗ │ ║ ║ │ DOD ║ 11/3 │ 0/0 │ 15/5 │ 4/1 │ 30/9 │ 3.0 │ 4.0 │ +1.0 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═══════╪═══════╪═══════╪═══════╪═════════╪═════╪═════╪══════╣ │ ║ ║ │ MTY ║ 11/5 │ 3/1 │ 12/7 │ 27/8 │ 53/21 │ 1.7 │ 3.4 │ +1.7 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═══════╪═══════╪═══════╪═══════╪═════════╪═════╪═════╪══════╣ │ ║ ║ │ PWA ║ 40/15 │ 19/6 │ 7/3 │ 13/5 │ 79/29 │ 2.3 │ 2.6 │ +0.3 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═══════╪═══════╪═══════╪═══════╪═════════╪═════╪═════╪══════╣ │ ║ ║ │ RBS ║ 6/2 │ 21/6 │ 20/7 │ 18/5 │ 65/20 │ 2.9 │ 3.6 │ +0.7 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═══════╪═══════╪═══════╪═══════╪═════════╪═════╪═════╪══════╣ │ ║ ║ │ X-F ║ 6/2 │ 6/2 │ 0/0 │ 6/2 │ 18/6 │ 0.0 │ 3.0 │ +3.0 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╚═══════╧═══════╧═══════╧═══════╧═════════╧═════╧═════╧══════╝ │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ │ └ # of Releases Last Week's Yield ┘ │ │ │ ║ ║ │ └ # of Points This Week's Yield ┘ │ │ ║ ║ │ Change in Yield ┘ │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ Yield = # of Points / # of Releases ║ ║ Change in Yield = Current Week's Yield - Previous Week's Yield ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ .x#$$#x. `:$$$$:' The Game Review! .x%#$$$$$$#%x. .x#$$$$#x. .x#$$$#x. `""""$$$$""""' .S$$$$$$$$S.$$$$$$$$$Ss $$$$.sS$Ss.$$$$ $$$$$`$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$',$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$ """"`$$$$ $$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$ sS$Ss."$$$ $$$$$$ pn `-------------- $$$$$$$$$$$ ------------' $$$$$$$$'` ~VOTED #1 WAREZ MAG/REVIEW BY INTERNET USERS~ ~TGR IS PROUD TO BE THE LONGEST RUNNING WEEKLY WAREZ MAG/REVIEW, EVER!~ .a$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$&$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$&$$$$$a. $$' . `$$' `$$ ' `$$' s `$$' s `$$ $' $ $$ $ $$ a a $$ $ $$ $ $$ ISSUE #27 $ $ssss$$ $ $$ $ $ $$ $ $$ $ssss$$ $ o o$ $$ $ $ $$ sssss$$ssss. $$ 06/16/96 $. $ $$ $ $$ $ $ $$ $ $$ $ $$ $$. $ ,$$ $ $$ $ $ $$. $ ,$$. $ ,$$ `$&@%o%@&$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$&@%o%@&$$$$&@%o%@&hd' ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ "All the games that are fit to print." ║ ║ ║ ║ Un-Releastic: "I have never played a game I didn't like." ║ ║ -Stu Pid Fewl ║ ║ Realistic : "This game sucks!" -Ionizer ║ ║ ║ ║ ============================================ ║ ║ HOW TO GET THIS MAGAZINE ON A REGULAR BASIS: ║ ║ -------------------------------------------- ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ (WHERE and WHEN can I GET The Game Review? The Game Review (c) Ionizer) ║ ║ (will be relaesed every SUNDAY, and can be obtained by) ║ ║ (/m ionizer xdcc send #1) ║ ║ ║ ║ #1 My home page (Thanks to Agile & Ent) ║ ║ http://ns2.clever.net/~ionizer (Note: Contains all issues and is ║ ║ always up to date.) ║ ║ ║ ║ #2 E-Mail AUTO Responder (Thanks to Malk and Mael) ║ ║ Just write mail to tgr@inforelay.com <that's all, DOESN'T need to ║ ║ include any special message or anything, you'll get a response back ║ ║ within a few seconds>. (Note: Only for the NEWEST TGR out.) ║ ║ ║ ║ #3 Other magazines are free to use TGR in their magz. Simply notify ║ ║ me about it first. Currently, Defacto and Wave both contain TGR! ║ ║ ║ ║ NOTE: THERE IS NO MAILING LIST OF ANY KIND! ║ ║ =========================================== ║ ║ ║ ║ - * - * - * - * - * ║ ║ * - * - * - * - * - ║ ║ ║ ║ GAME REVIEWS, RATINGS, UN-BIASED OPINIONS, HELP/TIPS FOR INSTALLING GAMES! ║ ║ [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] ║ ║ ║ ║ -Rating scale: ║ ║ ║ ║ (0-19)/100 = In a nutshell, it sucked! ║ ║ (20-39)/100 = Still crap but slightly better. ║ ║ (40-49)/100 = Possibly worth downloading. ║ ║ (50-69)/100 = Pretty decent game. Might want to check it out. ║ ║ (70-79)/100 = Worth the download if you like that type. ║ ║ (80-89)/100 = Very good, 9 outta 10 its worth the download. ║ ║ (90-99)/100 = Excellent game, a MUST download. ║ ║ 100/100 = HOLY SHIT I'VE NEVER SEEN A BETTER GAME! ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ RATINGS are based on the game idea, graphics, sound, playability, ║ ║ ingenuity, versatility, and a lot of other words ending in `ity'. These ║ ║ games are based on what happens on MY COMPUTER ONLY, unless stated ║ ║ otherwise. I always first follow nfo directions, and if those don't ║ ║ work or are not available, I then try other ways. So just because it ║ ║ doesn't work for me, doesn't mean it won't work for you. ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ -<*><*> THE GAME REVIEW <*><*>- ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ ________________________/»|__/| ___________ ║ ║ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ ║ ║ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / ║ ║ |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ ║ ║ +--------\___/≈e≈/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ ║ ║ Back to Baghdad (c) Military Sim. 23/23 ║ ║ ║ ║ This game was the biggest bitch ever to install, not because it was ║ ║ complic- ated or anything, but because it took fucking forever. First ║ ║ you unarj it, and there's about 1000 small .bmp files which make the arj ║ ║ take like around 15 minutes, then you have to edit the .cfg and .bat ║ ║ files, and the bat files have like a million lines referring to the dir. ║ ║ Then you go to load the game up, and it takes about 10 minutes for it to ║ ║ load the terrain and stuff. And after that it just continues to swirl ║ ║ my hd around in circles as it loads and loads. It just kept loading, I ║ ║ went and took a shower, a nap, dinner, etc, while it was loading. Then ║ ║ I came back to find it had stopped loading but had locked up. I was ║ ║ able to see the game <just not play it> from one of the points of ║ ║ loading up. My rating on this game is just a total guess since I was ║ ║ not able to play it. If you even plan to take a shot at this, I'd ║ ║ HIGHLY suggest you have at least a pent/133, or you'll wait forever. ║ ║ ║ ║ RATING : 57/100 ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ ____________ ___________ ____________ ║ ║ [\________ _\________ _\_________ _\=] ║ ║ [= / __/ // _____/ // / __/ //] ║ ║ [:/_ /______// ______/_/_ /______/:] ║ ║ [\_____|: _\_____ \_|: _\_ .::] ║ ║ [=====_>______/===_>______/>_______/====] ║ ║ [ ] ║ ║ [ Gliders Split Wing Falcon *Win32 Ver* ] ║ ║ [ ] ║ ║ [===========[.RiSE.2.PoWER.]====[o3/o3]=] ║ ║ ║ ║ This is the "win32 version" 0o0o. It's still the same fly the ║ ║ airplane through the house, avoid some obstacles, and blah blah, as it ║ ║ was before. You just have to guide the airplane through the house and ║ ║ manuever it without hitting any book shelves, other airplanes, bouncing ║ ║ balls, etc. There are air currents which keep your plane up <or down> ║ ║ and you need to fly from one to the other. Not too amusing, in fact ║ ║ quite boring. ║ ║ ║ ║ RATING : 36/100 ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ TrueBlood [xX/o1] ║ ║ [========================================] ║ ║ [ 06/10/96===============================] ║ ║ [========================================] ║ ║ ║ ║ Lame shoot 'em up for windows. It goes by at extremely fast speeds, ║ ║ the sound is quite annoying, and the graphics a reminder of the atari. ║ ║ Don't even bother. ║ ║ ║ ║ RATING : 13/100 ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ ================================= ║ ║ Watch Out Willi [xX/01] 06/11/96 ║ ║ ================================= ║ ║ ║ ║ Even if I had pictures I couldn't tell you what the fuck this is. ║ ║ It's from AtOnce software, so it is real. I tried to open a level and ║ ║ then a new game but it kept me with the same white screen. No clue what ║ ║ the fuck this is. ║ ║ ║ ║ RATING : NA/100 ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ ===================== ║ ║ Primus Interactive CD ║ ║ [xx/20] ║ ║ ===================== ║ ║ ║ ║ Ummm this one won't load without the cd. Subst <as told to do> ║ ║ won't work, and fakecd won't work. It just doesn't work. Also, I found ║ ║ this kinda weird that there was an .html for a page in this release, and ║ ║ that it said this : <A HREF="http://www.primussucks.com/">. Now if you ║ ║ ask me, I wouldn't think it's such great idea for you to put a link to ║ ║ something that says your game sucks in the package with your game. ║ ║ Also, a 50 something disk movie pack was released for this nonworking ║ ║ game. ║ ║ ║ ║ RATING : NA/100 ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Pray For Death (Beta) (c) Virgin [xx/41] ║ ║ /(____________ ____________ ______ ____)\ ║ ║ \_________ \ \ \ > ║ ║ -/ __/ / \ \ / /- ║ ║ < __________(____/___/ /_____\______<dd ║ ║ =\(=│ DEMOLiTiON │=/_____<==│ 06/11/96 │== ║ ║ ║ ║ <Sung to the CAR 54 theme song>: ║ ║ ║ ║ There's a 41 disk release, but I'm missing a small piece. ║ ║ There's a beta just a waitin', for me to do the testin'. ║ ║ I downloaded 40 disks and realized there's one I missed.... ║ ║ DISK 24 WHERE ARE YOU!?!?. ║ ║ ║ ║ But then after searching far and wide, <actually it took about 2 ║ ║ mins> I was able to find the missing disk 24. After I spanked #24, I ║ ║ unzipped it and well, here's the review: This is the beta version of ║ ║ this MK like game. The previous release was just a playable preview. ║ ║ This one still is a little buggy, but Demolition released a patch to fix ║ ║ some things. It's got a lot of cool things, and the graphics are good. ║ ║ But the movement of the characters just has something about it that ║ ║ makes you just not like it. Also you'll need a pent/100+ to play this ║ ║ at a decent speed. Pray for Death isn't going to be the next great ║ ║ fighting game, but it might entertain a select few. If you do make the ║ ║ effort to get it, might as well get the patch to, it lets you play ║ ║ certain modes, and also let's you see the character's stats and stuff, ║ ║ even though there is no animation of them. ║ ║ ║ ║ RATING : 63/100 ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ SKAT 2095 - CRACKED DiSK VERSiON [03/03] ║ ║ ▀▀ ▀▀▀█▄ █▄ ▄█ ▀▀▀█▄ ▀▀▀█▄ ▄█▀█▄▀██▀▀▄ ▄█ ▀▀ ║ ║ ░░ ▄█ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ░░D ║ ║ ▒▒ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██▄██ ▀█▄▄▀ ██ ██ ██ ▒▒■ ║ ║ ▓▓ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ █▄ ██ ██ ██ ██ ▓▓S ║ ║ ▀▀ ▀▀ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ▀▀ ║ ║ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▄▀▀██ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▄▀▀██ ▀▀ ║ ║ 12/06/96 ██▄██ EOD ■ VORTEX ■ DYTEC ██▄██ ▓▓ ║ ║ ║ ║ It's some German card game, but since it's all in German I wouldn't ║ ║ have a clue, nor would you, about how to play it. ║ ║ ║ ║ RATING : NA/100 ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ [Dark Sun: Crimson Sands.(BETA)[XX/22] ║ ║ $$$$$_.,s .$$²^²$ $$$$. $ $$$ $ ║ ║ $$$$$$$$'.$$$' `$`$$$$. $' $$$ $ ║ ║ $$$$$²' $$$$²²²²²' `$$$$. $' $$$ ║ ║ $$$$$ `$$$$, `$$$$$' $ $$$ ║ ║ $$$$$[Jag] $$$$Ss. `$$$ $ $$$ ║ ║ REVOLUTiON X RELEASE -13th June 1996- ║ ║ ║ ║ Ummm, it says "it can be played over ten", but it does not say it ║ ║ has to be played over it. Well that seems the only way to work this ║ ║ thing. There is no `non-modem' way of using it. It only gives one ║ ║ .exe, and it tries to connect to someplace and there is no way to edit ║ ║ what it connects to. ║ ║ ║ ║ RATING : NA/100 ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ ----------------------------------- ║ ║ (TM) █████▀ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ║ ║ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▀████ ████ ▄██▄ ██████▀ ║ ║ ▐███████▄ ███▌ ▐██▀ ████ ██▀▀ ║ ║ ████ ▐██▄ ██████▀ ████ ███▄▄ ║ ║ ▐███▄▄███▄ ▀█████ ████ ▀█████▄ ║ ║ ███▀▀▀███▄ ██████ ████ ▄ ▀████ ║ ║ ▐████▌ ████▄ ▌ ▐██ ████ ███▄▄███▌ ║ ║ ▄██████ ▀▀▀▀▀ █ ████████ ▀█████▀ ║ ║ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀██▀ <C!LTC> ║ ║ ----------------------------------- ║ ║ VIRTUA FIGHTER RMX (WIN'95) [XX/04] ║ ║ NO 3D-HARDWARE REQUIRED TO RUN!! ║ ║ 2 LEVEL PLAYABLE - DIRECT X INCL. ║ ║ ---------------------------------- ║ ║ ║ ║ I tried to install it on to my sister's computer, but when I tried ║ ║ to run the game, it bitched about my display driver not being win95 ║ ║ compatible. Which is pretty funny, since I'm in win95. Just another ║ ║ way in which win95 is a major piece of crap. ║ ║ ║ ║ RATING : NA/100 ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ ________________________/»|__/| ___________ ║ ║ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ ║ ║ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / ║ ║ |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ ║ ║ +--------\___/≈e≈/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ ║ ║ CATFIGHT (c) Atlantean Interactive 20/20 ║ ║ ║ ║ Look out! PMS at it's peak! It's Mortal Kombat style fighting, but ║ ║ this time, the women outnumber the men 10-0. It's a very good game, if ║ ║ you got the power to back it up. First off, don't even try to run it in ║ ║ win3.1, unless you got a p/166 and a shitload of ram. Because if you ║ ║ do, you'll be playing it in a window about the size of your pinky nail. ║ ║ Ok music and sound effects, but much better graphics. You have a nice ║ ║ choice of women with great bods to show off <especially the bottom right ║ ║ one>. There are 6 move you have, each character with it's own moves. ║ ║ It's worth getting if you have a really fast computer, otherwise don't ║ ║ bother. Perfect gift for father's day! ║ ║ ║ ║ RATING : 64/100 ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ DENTUREMAN V1.0 (C) NISSEN VENTURES ║ ║ ▀▀ ▀▀▀█▄ ▀█ ▀█ ▀▀▀█▄ ▀▀▀█▄ ▄█▀█▄▀██▀▀▄ ▄█ ▀▀ ║ ║ ░░ ▄█ ██ ▄▄▄▄ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ░░ ║ ║ ▒▒ ██ ██ ▄▄ ██ ██ ██ ██▄██ ▀█▄▄▀ ██ ██ ██ ▒▒ ║ ║ ▓▓ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ █▄ ██ ██ ██ ██ ▓▓ ║ ║ ▀▀ ▀▀ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ▀▀ ║ ║ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▄▀▀██ ▀▀ ║ ║ 06/12/96 ▓▓▓▓▓ DEO ■ VORTEX ■ DYTEC ██▄██ ▓▓ ║ ║ ║ ║ Hahah, this is funny. It's pacman, but it's got like false teeth ║ ║ chomping instead of pacman. Not much else to say, we all know what the ║ ║ fuck pacman is, and if you don't then you don't deserve to be alive. ║ ║ Only difference is you're chased by cavity type things, and the boards ║ ║ are a little weirder and harder. This is SW, but I think it includes ║ ║ all the levels. ║ ║ ║ ║ RATING : 45/100 ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ SU-27 FLANKER FOR DOS (c) SSI [O4/O4] ║ ║ _ ________________________ _____ ________ _ ║ ║ \\_____ \_____ \_____ \/ . \\_____ \\ ║ ║ 8dZG/\ __// _ |/ ____/. | \/\ __/ ║ ║ _/ \ \/ /_ _/ /_ | ! _/ \ \ ║ ║ \____\ \______\_________|_____\____\ \_ ║ ║ ======\___/===1911CDDIVISION======\___/ ║ ║ ║ ║ Here is the dos version of this acclaimed flight simulator. (It was ║ ║ acclaimed as being a flight sim <G>). Welp once again, another one of ║ ║ those sim games with no docs, no key setup, and no way of getting the ║ ║ fucking plane off the ground. I slammed every key, I slammed every ║ ║ fucking possible combination of keys, and the fucking plane didn't move ║ ║ an inch. Sure, I can view it from fifty thousand angles, but I can't ║ ║ make it move! Anyway, it looked like a pretty basic and plain ║ ║ simulator. The usual bland colors of line'ish gfx. Not too great, some ║ ║ docs would be helpfull. ║ ║ ║ ║ RATING : 51/100 ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ MECH 2: NET MECH *FULL RETAIL/STORE VERSION* ║ ║ (c) ACTIVISION [XX/25] ║ ║ _____________________________________________ ║ ║ \__¼ - ________¼ ./__¼ - ________¼ ║ ║ __/ \\__/ - \\ / \\__/ ║ ║ \__ | \\__ \\__ | \\__ ║ ║ /_____| ./_____________./___| ./ ║ ║ [=======|______/===================|______/=] ║ ║ Here it is, the Net/Modem Support For Mech2! ║ ║ NOTE: THIS IS NOT THE SHIT OFF THE WEB, THIS ║ ║ IS THE FULL STORE/RETAIL CD VERSION! ║ ║ [================================[06/15/96]=] ║ ║ ║ ║ I think you can ONLY play over net/modem, because the .exe for that ║ ║ works fine, but the one just to play says it needs to be run in windows, ║ ║ yet the .nfo states it's for dos. Oh well, this really is just the same ║ ║ game w/ an addon for net'ability. ║ ║ ║ ║ RATING : NA/100 ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ ________________________/»|__/| ___________ ║ ║ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ ║ ║ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / ║ ║ |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ ║ ║ +--------\___/≈e≈/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ ║ ║ S.T.O.R.M (c) American Softworks 31/31 ║ ║ ║ ║ Oh great, another non-working game. It needs a cd crack. Several ║ ║ others had the same problem, so it's not just me. Fakecd or shit like ║ ║ that won't do it. A previous review of the beta is available in issue ║ ║ #19. ║ ║ ║ ║ RATING : NA/100 ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ ________________________/»|__/| ___________ ║ ║ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ ║ ║ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / ║ ║ |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ ║ ║ +--------\___/≈e≈/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ ║ ║ Hoyle Solitaire (c) Sierra Online [7/7] ║ ║ +------------------------------------------+ ║ ║ ║ ║ A collection of 28 different styles of solitaire, that all seem just ║ ║ like the original! A must have for all you soli-teers and people who ║ ║ like to do things by themselves for long periods of time. This ║ ║ win/win95 solitaire is sure to bore you out of your mind really quickly! ║ ║ The card flipping noise, the only sound in the entire game I think, is ║ ║ quite annoying. Anyway, if for some reason you think you'd be cool to ║ ║ have 28 different solitaire games on your computer then by all means get ║ ║ this. ║ ║ ║ ║ RATING : 49/100 ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ _____ __ ______ _____ __ _____ ║ ║ / \/ | |__| | / _ \ ║ ║ / _ _ | _ |__| | | | \_ _/ ║ ║ / | | | || | \ / - \ ║ ║ \__|_|__/\____/ |__|___|\___\_____/ ║ ║ ----------------------------------- ║ ║ Rebel Runner *FiNAL* [o6/o6] ║ ║ ----------------------------------- ║ ║ ║ ║ This is a terribly designed platform game. Although they claim this ║ ║ is the final, it still sucks bug wise. The music/sfx play for like 5 ║ ║ seconds and then it just dies. The game is horrible, it's too easy to ║ ║ die, and it's just really lame. Don't bother with this one. Oh, and ║ ║ it's not mentioned in the nfo, but this needs to be installed to C: ║ ║ drive or it won't work. ║ ║ ║ ║ RATING : 32/100 ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ <*>THE GAME OF THE WEEK<*> ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ This week's game of the week goes to DEMOLITION for PRAY FOR DEATH ║ ║ *BETA*. Not the greatest, but the best of the week. ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ <*>OTHER RELEASES<*> ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Power Dolls <another version, 1.2> <Mantis> ║ ║ Flight Unlimited <another `better' rip> <Nova> ║ ║ Panzer General <RazorCD, win95> <Voice addon by TRD> ║ ║ Flight Unlimited <Mantis, win95> <plus a million different kind of addons> ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ <*>UPCOMING RELEASE DATES<*> ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ All projected dates are as of JUNE 14TH 1996, 8:15am (EST) and based on ║ ║ store release dates. The information in this section is updated WHEN ║ ║ AVAILABLE. ║ ║ Key to system types: ║ ║ ║ ║ DCD = DOS CD WCD = Windows CD MCD = Mac. CD ║ ║ W95CD = Win 95 CD M3 = Mac. Disk W3 = Windows Disk ║ ║ W953 = Win 95 Disk D3 = DOS Disk HCD = Mac./Windows CD ║ ║ ║ ║ Date Name of Game Company ║ ║ ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ║ ║ 96/06/13 WARHAMMR 40K DCD MINDSCAPE ║ ║ 96/06/13 MIND GRIND DCD MICROFORUM ║ ║ 96/06/14 ALIEN TRIL DCD DIGITAL PICTURES ║ ║ 96/06/17 SHELLSHOCK DCD U.S. GOLD INC. ║ ║ 96/06/17 GENDERWARS DCD GT SOFTWARE ║ ║ 96/06/17 BTLCRSR 3000 DCD TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE ║ ║ 96/06/17 RETURN FIRE DCD GT SOFTWARE ║ ║ 96/06/18 AFTER LIFE DCD LUCAS ARTS ║ ║ 96/06/19 PRO PINBL:WEB DCD ENTERACTIVE INTERN ║ ║ 96/06/19 MEGA RACE 2 DCD MINDSCAPE ║ ║ 96/06/19 LEMMINGS PNT WCD SONY ELEC PUBLISH ║ ║ 96/06/20 FINAL DOOM DCD GT SOFTWARE ║ ║ 96/06/20 CAS CHMP2PKR DCD INTRACORP,INC. ║ ║ 96/06/21 HARVESTER IBCD MERIT SOFTWARE ║ ║ 96/06/21 DEADLINE DCD VIC TOKAI ║ ║ 96/06/21 DUNGON KEEPR DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS ║ ║ 96/06/21 KINGDOM MGC DCD GT SOFTWARE ║ ║ 96/06/22 BULL FROG PK DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS ║ ║ 96/06/23 MORTIMER DCD LUCAS ARTS ║ ║ 96/06/24 MECH 2 NET DCD ACTIVISION ║ ║ 96/06/25 CIV WAR MED DCD ENTERACTIVE INTERN ║ ║ 96/06/25 FIREFIGHT DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS ║ ║ 96/06/28 DRAGONLAIR2 DCD READY SOFT ║ ║ 96/06/28 LST ADV LEGND DCD RANDOMSOFT ║ ║ 96/06/28 SPACEHULK 2 DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS ║ ║ 96/06/30 FLIGHT ZONE DCD WIZARD WORKS ║ ║ 96/07/01 LINKS LS DCD ACCESS SOFTWARE ║ ║ 96/07/01 NUKE IT DCD MICROSTAR ║ ║ 96/07/01 PELICAN HILL DCD ACCESS SOFTWARE ║ ║ 96/07/01 GRAND PRIX 2 DCD SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE ║ ║ 96/07/01 PINEHURST DCD ACCESS SOFTWARE ║ ║ 96/07/01 OVER REICH DCD AVALON HILL ║ ║ 96/07/01 WZONE DCD WIZARD WORKS ║ ║ 96/07/01 PANDORA SAMP DCD ACCESS SOFTWARE ║ ║ 96/07/05 TMEK DCD GT SOFTWARE ║ ║ 96/07/09 KNIGHTS CHSE DCD INTERPLAY PROD ║ ║ 96/07/13 MAGIC GATHER DCD SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE ║ ║ 96/07/20 AD&DCORERULESDCD TSR ║ ║ 96/07/28 QUAKE SHWR DCD ID SOFTWARE ║ ║ 96/07/30 NORMALITY DCD INTERPLAY PROD ║ ║ 96/07/31 HIND DCD INTERACTIVE MAGIC ║ ║ 96/08/01 JETFIGHTR III IBCD INTERPLAY PROD ║ ║ 96/08/01 WARHAWK DCD SONY ELECT PUB ║ ║ 96/08/01 TWISTD METAL DCD SONY ELECT PUB ║ ║ 96/08/01 MAST/ORION 2 DCD SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE ║ ║ 96/08/01 METAL LORDS DCD NEW WORLD COMP INC. ║ ║ 96/08/01 LOST ADMRL II DCD AMERICAN LASER GAMES ║ ║ 96/08/01 PANDORA DCD ACCESS SOFTWARE ║ ║ 96/08/15 DEADLOCK DCD WEA VIDEO ║ ║ 96/08/20 NEED SPEED SE DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS ║ ║ 96/08/20 BEDLAM DCD GT SOFTWARE ║ ║ 96/09/01 VR BASEBALL DCD INTERPLAY PROD ║ ║ 96/09/01 GOLF NICK P DCD GT SOFTWARE ║ ║ 96/09/01 HIST WORLD DCD AVALON HILL ║ ║ 96/09/01 POWERSLAVE DCD PLAYMATES INTER ENT ║ ║ 96/09/30 BLOOD/MAGIC DCD INTERPLAY PROD ║ ║ 97/01/01 DEADLY SKIES DCD JVC COMPANY OF AM ║ ║ 96/06/14 FTSY FBALL96 HCD ENTERACTIVE INTERN ║ ║ 96/06/24 ELK MOON #1 HCD ACTIVISION ║ ║ 96/07/25 QIN:TOMB/KING WCD WEA VIDEO ║ ║ 96/08/20 CHESSMATES TCD INTERPLAY PROD ║ ║ 96/03/11 HOYLES CLASS MCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC ║ ║ 96/06/17 SIM ISLE MCD MAXIS ║ ║ 96/06/18 CATZ MCD VIRGIN GAMES ║ ║ 96/06/18 AFTER LIFE MCD LUCAS ARTS ║ ║ 96/06/24 MUPPETS TRSR MCD ACTIVISION ║ ║ 96/06/25 MORTIMER MCD LUCAS ARTS ║ ║ 96/06/25 DESCENT II MCD INTERPLAY PROD ║ ║ 96/06/28 PRISONER ICE MCD INTERPLAY PROD ║ ║ 96/06/30 GAB KNIGHT 2 MCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC ║ ║ 96/07/01 PELICAN HILL MCD ACCESS SOFTWARE ║ ║ 96/07/01 PINEHURST MCD ACCESS SOFTWARE ║ ║ 96/08/01 EMPIRE II MCD NEW WORLD COMP INC. ║ ║ 96/08/01 HERO MHT MGC MCD NEW WORLD COMP INC. ║ ║ 96/08/08 KINGDOM/MAGC MCD GT SOFTWARE ║ ║ 96/08/22 MUMMY MCD INTERPLAY PROD ║ ║ 96/08/23 9 MCD GT SOFTWARE ║ ║ 96/09/01 MORT KMBT 3 MCD GT SOFTWARE ║ ║ 96/09/30 BLOOD/MAGIC MCD INTERPLAY PROD ║ ║ 96/06/21 NETSCAPE NAV MAC VENTANA PRESS ║ ║ 96/06/17 VOYEUR II WCD PHILIPS INTER MEDIA ║ ║ 96/06/17 SHATTRD PRV DCD INTERPLAY PROD ║ ║ 96/06/18 CATZ WCD VIRGIN GAMES ║ ║ 96/06/18 DONT QUIT JB WCD PHILIPS INTER MEDIA ║ ║ 96/06/19 SCIFI TRIVIA WCD SIMON & SCHUSTER ║ ║ 96/06/20 STORM WCD AMERICAN SOFT CORP. ║ ║ 96/06/20 MCKENZ/FRNDS WCD AMERICAN LASER GAMES ║ ║ 96/06/21 HOYLE-BLKJAK WCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC ║ ║ 96/06/24 CIVIL WAR:LEE WCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC ║ ║ 96/06/24 MUPPETS TRSR WCD ACTIVISION ║ ║ 96/06/30 FPS BASEBAL96WCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC ║ ║ 96/06/30 LIGHTHOUSE TCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC ║ ║ 96/06/30 INDY CAR 2 HCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC ║ ║ 96/06/30 URBAN RUNNER WCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC ║ ║ 96/07/01 BTLGRD4 SHILH WCD ENTERACTIVE INTERN ║ ║ 96/07/01 WOOD SHIP MEN WCD AVALON HILL ║ ║ 96/07/23 SHADOAN WCD INTERPLAY PROD ║ ║ 96/08/01 DAGGERFALL DCD BETHESDA ║ ║ 96/08/22 MUMMY WCD INTERPLAY PROD ║ ║ 96/08/23 9 WCD GT SOFTWARE ║ ║ 96/09/15 NOIR WCD CYBERDREAMS ║ ║ 96/06/14 AMER CIVLWAR W5C INTERACTIVE MAGIC ║ ║ 96/06/17 ULT DOOM W95CD GT SOFTWARE ║ ║ 96/06/17 ARCADE CLS W5C GT SOFTWARE ║ ║ 96/06/17 DOOM II W5C GT SOFTWARE ║ ║ 96/06/20 TRIP PLAY 97 W5C ELECTRONIC ARTS ║ ║ 96/06/24 MISSION FORC W5C SIERRA-ON-LINE INC ║ ║ 96/06/25 CLOSE CMBT W5C MICROSOFT ║ ║ 96/06/25 MPHOLY GRAIL W5C 7TH LEVEL ║ ║ 96/06/28 SIMISLE W5C MAXIS ║ ║ 96/07/01 REAL TROUBLE W5C U.S. GOLD INC. ║ ║ 96/07/10 DIABLO W5C DAVIDSON ║ ║ 96/07/12 OLYMPIC SOCC W5C U.S. GOLD INC. ║ ║ 96/07/15 STAR CONTR 3 W5C WEA VIDEO ║ ║ 96/08/01 HEXEN W5C GT SOFTWARE ║ ║ 96/08/15 MORT KOMBT 3 W5C GT SOFTWARE ║ ║ 96/09/01 MORTIFICATOR W5C PLAYMATES INTER ENT ║ ║ 96/09/01 DEATHTRP DNG W5C U.S. GOLD INC. ║ ║ 96/09/01 TERRACIDE W5C U.S. GOLD INC. ║ ║ 96/09/15 REVERENCE W5C CYBERDREAMS ║ ║ 96/10/01 STR TRK GEN W5C SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE ║ ║ 97/01/01 MINDWARP W5C MAXIS ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ <*>CORRECTIONS<*> ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Uh, none. ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ <*>LEGAL MUMBO JUMBO<*> ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ THIS MAGAZINE IN NO WAY WHATSOEVER, CONDONES THE PIRATING, STEALING, OR ║ ║ ANY OTHER ILLEGAL MEANS OF OBTAINING SOFTWARE. I AM IN NO WAY ║ ║ RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS AS A RESULT OF READING THIS MAGAZINE, NOR ║ ║ HAVE I DONE ANYTHING ILLEGAL TO OBTAIN THE REVIEWED GAIMES. IF YOU LIKE ║ ║ HOW THE REVIEW OF A GAME SOUNDS THEN BY ALL MEANS PURCHASE IT AND ║ ║ SUPPORT THE SOFTWARE COMPANY. ║ ║ ║ ║ ANY AND ALL MAGAZINE GROUPS HAVE PERMISSION TO USE THIS IN THEIR ║ ║ MAGAZINE, AS LONG AS IT HAS NOT BEEN EDITED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, ║ ║ AND YOU HAVE OBTAINED MY WRITTEN E-MAIL PERMISSION. ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ <*>CLOSINGS<*> ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ - That's it for this week, hope it was of help. ║ ║ -Ionizer (The Game Reviewer) ║ ║ ║ ║ Comments/Complaints send to ionizer@ns2.clever.net ║ ║ (NO QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS) ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- <*>CORRECTIONS<*> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Uhhhhh, none. 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├──────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ ATA-GW01.ZIP │ 4 │ WIN │ Groups Works v2.1 │ │ CH463N-8.ZIP │ 8 │ W95 │ Netmanage Chameleon NFS v4.6.3 │ │ COPSFP3.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Fun Pack 3 │ │ DRS-ES42.ZIP │ 42 │ DOS │ ELSATrak SMP System v1.6 │ │ FRC-EV40.ZIP │ 40 │ WIN │ Encyclopedia of Virology │ │ FRCTYJ45.ZIP │ 45 │ DOS │ Teach Yourself Java in 21 days │ │ PSG-NOMM.ZIP │ 22 │ DOS │ Normality │ │ PWAGPP02.ZIP │ 2 │ W95 │ Graph Pad Prism v2.01 │ │ PWAHF302.ZIP │ 2 │ W95 │ Hot Forms v3.0b │ │ RBSWMAP1.ZIP │ 8 │ W95 │ Windows Map v2.2 │ │ RL-CS5.ZIP │ 5 │ WIN │ Collabra Share Version v2.2 │ │ RL-ENV.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ Envoy │ │ SCUMHPI1.ZIP │ 2 │ W95 │ HP Interconnect │ │ SCUMN74L.ZIP │ 12 │ W95 │ Nashville PlusPack Build 1074 │ │ T96MOK33.ZIP │ 33 │ W95 │ Mind Of A Killer │ │ TAC-CB02.ZIP │ 2 │ W95 │ Chicago Bulls SS │ │ UGR-CLU2.ZIP │ 2 │ DOS │ The Clue │ │ XFINFO38.ZIP │ 38 │ DOS │ Crystal Information v4.5.5 Pilot Pack │ └──────────────┴────┴─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FRIDAY │ MAY 17 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ O/S │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ ATACNT34.ZIP │ 34 │ WIN │ 3D-Atlas Countries Addon │ │ CIAHIT38.ZIP │ 41 │ DOS │ Hit Fight │ │ DESIGN04.ZIP │ 4 │ W95 │ HTML Designer Theme Pack │ │ DFTWBBN4.ZIP │ 4 │ WNT │ WebBundle │ │ DMN3DM31.ZIP │ 31 │ DOS │ 3D Studio Max Addon │ │ EP302-5.ZIP │ 5 │ W95 │ Netmanage ECCO Pro v3.02 │ │ FBI-AW7.ZIP │ 7 │ DOS │ Air Warrior v2.04f │ │ FBI-MC68.ZIP │ 8 │ W95 │ Mathcad v6.0 Plus │ │ FRC-CB3.ZIP │ 3 │ W95 │ CodeBase 95 v5.01 │ │ GENLITE.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Genesis World Builder Lite │ │ GNXNSPE3.ZIP │ 3 │ W95 │ Netscape Navigator v2.02 │ │ GWEBLTE.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ GWeb Lite │ │ M8-D3DED.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ Duke Nukem 3D Full Level & Wad Editors │ │ NFC-VET9.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ VET v9.0 │ │ NOVFLW08.ZIP │ 20 │ WIN │ Multimedia Flowers Gallery │ │ PSGMAY22.ZIP │ 22 │ DOS │ Total Mayhem │ │ PWABCR34.ZIP │ 37 │ W95 │ Borland C++ v5.0 Developer's Suite │ │ PWAEXD06.ZIP │ 10 │ W95 │ Exceed v5.0.1 │ │ PWAFLSH1.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ FlashCards CNE3 Update │ │ RL-VSCP2.ZIP │ 2 │ WIN │ Viscape │ │ SMR-HPX2.ZIP │ 2 │ WIN │ SoftKey Holopix │ │ UCFWGATE.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ WinGate v1.3.11 │ └──────────────┴────┴─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SATURDAY │ MAY 18 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ O/S │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ ACCMS251.ZIP │ 7 │ W95 │ Media Studio v2.5 Video Edition │ │ ATA-ESP6.ZIP │ 6 │ WNT │ Esplanade │ │ CIATK03.ZIP │ 3 │ DOS │ Tikshvit │ │ CME-FMCC.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ CM Editor v3.60 │ │ COLORS-2.ZIP │ 2 │ W95 │ Colors for Little Kids │ │ COVCT3F.ZIP │ 5 │ DOS │ Multimedia Tour Visual Object Cobol │ │ DRS-ED07.ZIP │ 10 │ WIN │ ELSATrak SMP System Documentation │ │ INDFRGEN.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ FRGen v1.5 │ │ LPARSER.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ LPARSER v3.1 │ │ NETABLES.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Internetables │ │ PWAMNG20.ZIP │ 26 │ W95 │ Intel ManageWise v2.1 │ │ PWAONETV.ZIP │ 31 │ W95 │ OnNet v2.1 │ │ PWAVDS15.ZIP │ 24 │ W95 │ Visual Developers Suite Deal │ │ RBS-BSSN.ZIP │ 12 │ WIN │ Backstage │ └──────────────┴────┴─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SUNDAY │ MAY 19 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ O/S │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ DODWEB30.ZIP │ 30 │ W95 │ Web Translator v1.0 │ │ DWNCBL07.ZIP │ 7 │ DOS │ Cobol System1 v3.2.30 │ │ FBI-EX3.ZIP │ 7 │ DOS │ Executor v1.99 │ │ FBIDPNT2.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Deluxe Painting v2.00 │ │ FRCVHSB.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Virtual HomeSpace Builde │ │ HDOG95-4.ZIP │ 4 │ W95 │ HotDog Pro v1.0 │ │ HSTINFO3.ZIP │ 11 │ W95 │ Microsoft InfoSource │ │ JBZTMV44.ZIP │ 44 │ DOS │ Total Mayhem Animation Addons │ │ KS-DLF11.ZIP │ 11 │ DOS │ Deadline │ │ MDC-TME9.ZIP │ 9 │ WIN │ Tell-Me v2.10 │ │ MM2TT10.ZIP │ 10 │ DOS │ Micro Machines 2 TE │ │ MPRO-05.ZIP │ 5 │ W95 │ Media Pro │ │ NPU-MCC.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ NETPopup v2.15 │ │ NWSB-MCC.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ News Robot │ │ PCB153-B.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ PCBoard v15.3 Beta │ │ PIE-CMED.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ CMed v1.08d │ │ PWA-M955.ZIP │ 5 │ W95 │ Multi Active Maximizer │ │ PWA-MMW4.ZIP │ 4 │ WIN │ Multi Active Maximizer │ │ PWAID95.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ InterDrive v2.0 │ │ PWAIDNT.ZIP │ 1 │ WNT │ InterDrive v2.0 │ │ PWAWL2.ZIP │ 2 │ WIN │ WanderLink Release v2.2 Beta │ │ UE40-MCC.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Ultra Edit v4.00 │ │ XF-JF101.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ JFactory v1.0.1 │ │ XF-WPS1.ZIP │ 2 │ OS2 │ CC : Mail Shell v1.03d │ └──────────────┴────┴─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ MONDAY │ MAY 20 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ O/S │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ CB4IJK3.ZIP │ 3 │ W95 │ Intranet Kiosk v0.90 │ │ CB4K95-1.ZIP │ 2 │ W95 │ Intranet Jazz v0.90 │ │ CB4KSRV1.ZIP │ 3 │ W95 │ Intranet Server │ │ COPSDBC4.ZIP │ 4 │ W95 │ WebDBC v2.5.2 │ │ CUSEME5.ZIP │ 5 │ W95 │ CuseMe │ │ DWNERCPS.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Early Release Components Setup │ │ DWNTLS05.ZIP │ 5 │ WIN │ Toolset System3 │ │ DWNWRB05.ZIP │ 5 │ WIN │ Workbench System2 │ │ J4P-ACCB.ZIP │ 11 │ DOS │ Accent │ │ MR2I100.ZIP │ 1 │ OS2 │ MR/2 ICE v1.0 │ │ NOVFG216.ZIP │ 26 │ DOS │ Future Graphics v2.0 │ │ PCWGRM9.ZIP │ 21 │ WIN │ Expert Gourment Cookbook │ │ PCWMAR18.ZIP │ 18 │ WIN │ Marty and the Trouble with Cheese │ │ PNCQPS32.ZIP │ 2 │ WIN │ QuickPak Scientific v3.0 │ │ PWAD3D02.ZIP │ 2 │ WIN │ Dir 3D v1.0 │ │ RBS-HYSP.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ HyperSnap v2.65 │ │ RTNFS205.ZIP │ 5 │ DOS │ Far Land Story II │ │ SCUMWH95.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ WinHacker 95 Beta 2 │ │ TA-CKALI.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ Kali 95 │ │ UCF-BCRD.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ Business Cards │ └──────────────┴────┴─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ TUESDAY │ MAY 21 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ O/S │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ ATLS325.ZIP │ 5 │ W95 │ Netscape v3.0 Atlas │ │ CB4AWWW1.ZIP │ 3 │ W95 │ Alis WWW-browser v1.2.c │ │ CB4PBDN7.ZIP │ 7 │ WNT │ Palindrome Backup Director v4.0 │ │ FBIHPWIZ.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Home Page Wizzard │ │ GALL33.ZIP │ 38 │ W95 │ Lotus Gallery │ │ MTY-IJ2.ZIP │ 2 │ W95 │ Internet Junction │ │ MTYATM6.ZIP │ 6 │ W95 │ Adobe Type Manager Deluxe Beta 8 │ │ PCLW5W01.ZIP │ 45 │ DOS │ LightWave 5 │ │ PSG-SE06.ZIP │ 6 │ DOS │ Sensible World Of Soccer Euro 96 Edit │ │ PSG-TKBA.ZIP │ 11 │ DOS │ Total Knockout Championship Female Boxing │ │ SDM-MO2.ZIP │ 2 │ W95 │ MAC Opener │ │ SDMWP7S2.ZIP │ 2 │ W95 │ WordPerfect 7 SDK │ │ SDM_WNS3.ZIP │ 3 │ WIN │ AT&T WorldNet Services │ │ TTTENAM.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Encarta 96 Yearbook Builder │ │ XFFEZDB.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ FormEZ │ └──────────────┴────┴─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ WEDNESDAY │ MAY 22 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ O/S │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ CB4CYBD6.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ CyberSuite Desktop │ │ CB4ITK-2.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ NetManage Intranet Toolkit v5.1 Beta │ │ DOD-AVN3.ZIP │ 3 │ W95 │ Dr. Solomon's Antivirus Toolkit v7.58 │ │ DODPGOO2.ZIP │ 2 │ W95 │ Kai`s Power GOO v1.0 │ │ DWNIPN32.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ IPhone v.3.2 Full Upgrade Build 21 │ │ EVR-AM36.ZIP │ 27 │ W95 │ MS ActiveMovie SDK Beta 3 │ │ EVR-VT2H.ZIP │ 8 │ W95 │ VTune v2.0 │ │ FBIWAWY3.ZIP │ 9 │ DOS │ Worlds Away │ │ ICSOSB4.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ IBM Internet Connection Server v4.1 │ │ ICSSOSB4.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ IBM Internet Connection Secure Server v4.1 │ │ N1326-66.ZIP │ 68 │ O/S │ Windows NT Workstation v4.0 Build 1326 │ │ N1630B4.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Netscape v3.0 Beta 4 │ │ PHOTIM15.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Ulead's PhotoImpact v3.0 │ │ WEBX11B.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ IBM Secure WebExplorer v1.1 Beta │ └──────────────┴────┴─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ THURSDAY │ MAY 23 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ O/S │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ CB4WEBE2.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ WebEdit v2.0 Standard Beta 3 │ │ CIAFLN04.ZIP │ 14 │ DOS │ Funtasy land │ │ CLKBK205.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ ClickBook v2.05 │ │ DOMSWOS8.ZIP │ 8 │ DOS │ Sensible World of Soccer │ │ EVR-AM3K.ZIP │ 27 │ W95 │ MS ActiveMovie SDK Beta 3 │ │ FBIWAWY9.ZIP │ 9 │ DOS │ Worlds Away │ │ MTYVISI7.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Visual InstalIt v7.0 │ │ PHOTIM35.ZIP │ 35 │ W95 │ Ulead's PhotoImpact v3.0 │ │ PSGBGW36.ZIP │ 36 │ DOS │ Battleground III : Waterloo │ │ RFIRE-6.ZIP │ 6 │ DOS │ Return Fire │ └──────────────┴────┴─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FRIDAY │ MAY 24 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ O/S │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ 3ALCHMYC.ZIP │ 23 │ DOS │ 3D Game Alchemy Addon │ │ COPPTC4.ZIP │ 4 │ W95 │ MS Word v7.0 Premium Template │ │ DFTDS22D.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ VirusScan v2.2d │ │ DFTVRB73.ZIP │ 3 │ W95 │ VRealm Builder v1.0 Build 7 │ │ DFTVS251.ZIP │ 1 │ WNT │ VirusScan v2.5.1 │ │ FBI-MSM3.ZIP │ 3 │ W95 │ MS Money │ │ FRCCWEB3.ZIP │ 3 │ W95 │ Lotus CC: Mail For The World │ │ JF-PIR4.ZIP │ 4 │ DOS │ Piranha │ │ JPRDY08.ZIP │ 8 │ W95 │ Jeopardy : Platinum Edition │ │ PSG-PTO4.ZIP │ 4 │ WIN │ Pacific Theater of Operations 2 │ │ PWA-JETC.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ JetCommander v2.01 │ │ RBS-EST.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Estimator Pro v1.0 │ │ SDM-HV51.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Hacker View v5.15 │ │ SDM-KK12.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Kopykat v1.21 │ │ T96SP204.ZIP │ 8 │ DOS │ Steel Panthers 2 │ │ TRDPTO21.ZIP │ 9 │ DOS │ Pacific Theater of Operations 2 : Animations │ │ TRDWAT12.ZIP │ 12 │ DOS │ Battleground Waterloo : Animations │ └──────────────┴────┴─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SATURDAY │ MAY 25 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ O/S │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ ASPIID15.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ ASPI-ID v1.5 │ │ BOWLING5.ZIP │ 5 │ W95 │ PBA Bowling │ │ CBW95-16.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Colorado Backup │ │ COVCT3D.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Multimedia Tour of Visual Object Cobol Beta │ │ DMNHEE30.ZIP │ 30 │ WIN │ Home Improvement Encyclopedia v3.0 │ │ DWNCPUP2.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Cobol Toolset │ │ DWNVPLB1.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ Virtual Places v1.0 │ │ GNXSC227.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ System Command v2.27 │ │ HOTJAVA.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Hotjava Beta │ │ MDC-ARB1.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Aimnet Ranger │ │ MSPAK1DS.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Service Pack 1 │ │ NT3230R.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ NetTerm v3.0.0 │ │ PAGESCN1.ZIP │ 9 │ W95 │ Logitech PageScan v1.2 │ │ PSGWIZ14.ZIP │ 14 │ DOS │ Wizardry GOLD │ │ PWAMNG24.ZIP │ 26 │ DOS │ Intel ManageWise v2.1 │ │ PWAONETM.ZIP │ 31 │ WIN │ OnNet v2.1 │ │ PWAUC31.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Caps User v3.1 │ │ RBS-JOT.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Net Scantools v1.2 │ │ RBS-LS30.ZIP │ 30 │ WIN │ Fax/Win/Ras Port │ │ RBS-OL2.ZIP │ 2 │ W95 │ Office logic v2.10 │ │ SDM-BMP2.ZIP │ 2 │ WIN │ BeyondMail │ │ SDM-WWW8.ZIP │ 8 │ WIN │ Web Techniques Tools │ └──────────────┴────┴─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SUNDAY │ MAY 26 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ O/S │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ ADR15MCC.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ THE ADRESS BOOK v1.5 │ │ ATA-TB5.ZIP │ 5 │ W95 │ TrainingBase │ │ CB4-TSP.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ TrueSpeech Internet Player │ │ CB4HWM-5.ZIP │ 5 │ W95 │ Harlequin Webmaker v2.13 │ │ FRC-VY2.ZIP │ 2 │ W95 │ Voyetra │ │ PWAEXD10.ZIP │ 10 │ W95 │ Exceed v5.0.1 │ │ PWAMNG26.ZIP │ 26 │ DOS │ Intel ManageWise v2.1 │ │ RVXPADI9.ZIP │ 9 │ DOS │ PADi Scuba │ │ SMODEMR.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ SModem Pro v1.5 │ │ SMR-AP25.ZIP │ 25 │ W95 │ Asymetrix Presentation 3D Plus │ │ SSTUDIO.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Sound Studio │ │ UCF-FRGB.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Find RGB v2.0 │ │ UCFSNESC.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ SNES Emulator v1.2a │ └──────────────┴────┴─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ MONDAY │ MAY 27 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ O/S │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ EVR-WFIX.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ Wizardry Gold Fix │ │ GNS-M964.ZIP │ 4 │ W95 │ MSJ 96 Build 5936 │ │ GWR32.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ Game Wizard 32 Pro v3.0 │ │ MEDSOFT3.ZIP │ 3 │ WIN │ Advanced Patient Accounting v4.13a │ │ MNTEYE20.ZIP │ 57 │ DOS │ The Conquest of Silver Eye │ │ PSG-JOSA.ZIP │ 10 │ DOS │ Josephine │ │ PSGEJD6.ZIP │ 6 │ DOS │ Earth Worm Jim │ │ SMR14MCC.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ SmilerShell v1.4 │ │ TLR14MCC.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ TILER v1.4.0 │ │ TSA-R250.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ RAR v2.50 │ │ TW95MCC.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Time Wizard v1.0 │ │ WFP44PWA.ZIP │ 4 │ WIN │ New WinFax Pro v4.0 │ └──────────────┴────┴─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ TUESDAY │ MAY 28 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ O/S │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ AMF-AESA.ZIP │ 10 │ DOS │ Action Euro Soccer │ │ CTLPP05.ZIP │ 22 │ DOS │ Panic In The Park │ │ DNS-SK26.ZIP │ 26 │ DOS │ Dice a Woman II │ │ DOX95DLS.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ IBM LAN Services │ │ GNNWEB12.ZIP │ 12 │ WNT │ GNN Press Webserver │ │ GWKS214.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Group Works v2.1 │ │ KEYV321.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ KeyView v5.0 │ │ L-NAVA11.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ NAVAID v1.1 │ │ MDC-SD1.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ Sweep v2.82 │ │ MDC-SW01.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Sweep v2.82 │ │ NAV96-4.ZIP │ 4 │ W95 │ Norton Antivirus v2.0 Beta 2 │ │ SDM-MT17.ZIP │ 28 │ WIN │ I Mother Earth │ │ TAC32S3.ZIP │ 3 │ W95 │ Home Productions │ │ TACCPAV2.ZIP │ 2 │ W95 │ Central Point Anti-Virus v2.2 │ │ W32ADT06.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Win 32 Applications Development Tools │ └──────────────┴────┴─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ WEDNESDAY │ MAY 29 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ O/S │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ AOC-GRD4.ZIP │ 4 │ DOS │ Greed III │ │ CIAFLN06.ZIP │ 14 │ WIN │ Funtasy Land │ │ CTLPP22.ZIP │ 22 │ DOS │ Panic In The Park │ │ INSTINCT.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ Instinct v2.0 │ │ LW50F52.ZIP │ 52 │ DOS │ Lightwave v5.0 │ │ MOREWAR.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ More War : The Return of the Horde │ │ MSQ-LV95.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Lview Pro v1.d │ │ MTYPPM20.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Plug n Play Mosaic v2.0 │ │ MTYWA04.ZIP │ 4 │ W95 │ WebAnchor │ │ NOVLWIR4.ZIP │ 4 │ W95 │ LiveWire v1.04 │ │ PSG-SET1.ZIP │ 7 │ DOS │ The Settlers II │ │ PWRSPWAD.ZIP │ 13 │ WIN │ ViewOffice PowerSuite │ │ RAMSFD-4.ZIP │ 4 │ DOS │ Shadow of Dreaming │ │ RBSXMPEG.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ XingMPEG Player v1.30 │ │ SDMPO95A.ZIP │ 10 │ W95 │ Personal Oracle7 │ │ SDMW32SC.ZIP │ 12 │ W95 │ Win32s SDK │ │ SMR-SAK6.ZIP │ 6 │ WIN │ Sing Along Kids 4 │ │ TACXYW-4.ZIP │ 4 │ W95 │ XyWrite v4.12 │ │ TDDPPR-3.ZIP │ 3 │ WIN │ PrismPrint Color Calibration v3.23 │ │ UCF-CLEO.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Cleo v2.0 │ │ UCFPTOOL.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Power Tools v1.0 │ │ XADISSMI.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ Sensible Soccer │ │ XFSMS12I.ZIP │ 1 │ OS2 │ Visual Age for Cobol v1.0 │ └──────────────┴────┴─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ THURSDAY │ MAY 30 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ O/S │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ CFOSWIN.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ CFos │ │ CIABLK-2.ZIP │ 2 │ DOS │ Black knight │ │ CTLKN112.ZIP │ 2 │ WIN │ Koan Pro Disk Ver 1.11 - (c) SSeyo [XX/02] │ │ DFTNT22F.ZIP │ 1 │ WNT │ VirusScan v2.03 │ │ DFTW2031.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ VirusScan v2.03 │ │ DFTWSCN4.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ WebScan v1.04 │ │ DNS-E312.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Encrypt-It v3.12 │ │ DOD-QP16.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Query Perfect v1.0 │ │ DOD-QP32.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Query Perfect v1.0 │ │ DWNPOWW1.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ PowWow v2.1 │ │ GNNWEB12.ZIP │ 12 │ WNT │ GNN Press Webserver │ │ LW50F52.ZIP │ 52 │ DOS │ Lightwave v5.0 │ │ MTYWA04.ZIP │ 4 │ W95 │ WebAnchor │ │ NOVMSWP3.ZIP │ 3 │ W95 │ MacroMedia Shockwave Plug-Ins │ │ NOVRAMG.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ Ramgate Pro │ │ PWRSPWAD.ZIP │ 13 │ WIN │ ViewOffice PowerSuite │ │ RFAXPWA8.ZIP │ 8 │ WNT │ Right Fax │ │ SDM-INNO.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ InterNOTES! │ │ SHKCMP01.ZIP │ 3 │ W95 │ Compel v2.0 │ │ SMR-AAR.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Adobe Autoreader v2.50 │ │ TACCPAV2.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Central Point Anti-Virus v2.2 │ │ TDDPPR-3.ZIP │ 3 │ WIN │ PrismPrint Color Calibration v3.23 │ │ UCFPRS27.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Print Screen 95 v2.7 │ │ XADITC32.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Take Command v1.02a │ └──────────────┴────┴─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FRIDAY │ MAY 31 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ O/S │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ CB4AGSI.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ AGSI v1.1.4 │ │ CB4CDW43.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ CD Wizard v4.03 │ │ COPSHB30.ZIP │ 30 │ DOS │ HyperBlade 3D │ │ FIFOBQ12.ZIP │ 2 │ WIN │ Brain Quest │ │ LSNTPWA2.ZIP │ 2 │ WNT │ LightSpeed Term Emulation NT Server │ │ MTYQAPP2.ZIP │ 2 │ WIN │ QuickApp v3.00 │ │ PNC-A99E.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Agent v.99e │ │ PNCAHELP.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Agent v.99e │ │ PNCQP41C.ZIP │ 3 │ WIN │ QuickPak Pro v4.10 │ │ PSG-DK34.ZIP │ 34 │ DOS │ Deathkeep │ │ RBS-PM55.ZIP │ 55 │ W95 │ Print Master Gold Interactive Multimedia │ │ RTN-WP28.ZIP │ 28 │ WIN │ Winning Post 2 Plus │ │ TACXYW-4.ZIP │ 4 │ W95 │ XyWrite v4.12 │ │ UCFSDD5K.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ Univbe v5.2 │ └──────────────┴────┴─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SATURDAY │ JUNE 1 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ O/S │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ AGENT95.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Agent95 │ │ ANMSPR6.ZIP │ 6 │ W95 │ 32 Bit Sprite Animation │ │ DA-HE15C.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ HTML v1.5c │ │ DISASTER.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Disasters Theme │ │ FBI-VF02.ZIP │ 14 │ W95 │ MS Visual FoxPro v3.0 │ │ OX-BUS9.ZIP │ 9 │ WIN │ Business Quotes │ │ PSG-JOS1.ZIP │ 10 │ DOS │ Josephine │ │ PSG-SS01.ZIP │ 15 │ DOS │ Shell Shock │ │ PSY-LS2.ZIP │ 2 │ DOS │ Laser Quad │ │ PTPZL-39.ZIP │ 39 │ WIN │ Photopuzzle │ │ PUBDESI1.ZIP │ 2 │ W95 │ MS Publisher Design Pack │ │ RBSMHM01.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Micro House Tech Library v2.96 │ │ UCFPTOOL.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ Power Tools v1.0 │ └──────────────┴────┴─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SUNDAY │ JUNE 2 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ O/S │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ CD6PWA54.ZIP │ 54 │ W95 │ Corel Draw v6.0 │ │ CLB-SG13.ZIP │ 13 │ W95 │ SMART GAMES #1 (c) RANDOMSOFT [13/13] │ │ CPIC-MCC.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ COMPUPIC v1.20 b 17 (c) PHOTODEX CORP. │ │ LGX-SBP.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Legal Pro │ │ MPATH14.ZIP │ 14 │ W95 │ Mplayer │ │ MTYTLIS3.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ TList 3 Pro │ │ ON32B2UC.ZIP │ 1 │ UNX │ FTP OnNet32 v2.0 Beta │ │ RTN-NEC6.ZIP │ 6 │ DOS │ Necronomican │ │ RTN-RSD5.ZIP │ 5 │ DOS │ Rising Dragon │ │ SDM-CUP3.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ CUP386 v3.0b │ └──────────────┴────┴─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ MONDAY │ JUNE 3 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ O/S │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ CY-AMB04.ZIP │ 4 │ W95 │ Ambiente V2.0 │ │ CY-CC05.ZIP │ 5 │ WIN │ Color Copy v1.4 │ │ DB21-9.ZIP │ 1 │ OS2 │ DB2 v2.1.1 Update │ │ DDT-6F32.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ ACDSee v1.06b6 │ │ DGNGB30.ZIP │ 30 │ DOS │ Heroic Holy War │ │ DMNLAW2.ZIP │ 2 │ W95 │ Do-It-Yourself Lawyer │ │ DNS-WRF4.ZIP │ 4 │ DOS │ World Rally Fever │ │ DODALG26.ZIP │ 6 │ WIN │ Multimedia Algebra 2 v3.4 │ │ DODCDVW.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ CD-View v2.02d │ │ EXCHWIN7.ZIP │ 7 │ W95 │ MS Exchange SP Build 6546 │ │ PHOTOC07.ZIP │ 7 │ WIN │ PhotoMorph v2.7a │ │ RBS-WBIT.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Web-It! Pro v1.2 │ │ ROR-H2O4.ZIP │ 4 │ DOS │ H2O │ │ RORTRNC2.ZIP │ 2 │ DOS │ Tronic │ │ TRDEWJ25.ZIP │ 5 │ DOS │ Earth Worm Jim 2 │ │ WEB11MCC.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Web-It! v1.1 │ │ WU202MCC.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ WinU v2.02 │ └──────────────┴────┴─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ TUESDAY │ JUNE 4 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ O/S │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ CB4EXPOS.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Expose v2.00 │ │ CB4WSEC.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Secure It v1.00 │ │ DA-SWO6D.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Sophos Sweep June │ │ DMNCHKF2.ZIP │ 2 │ W95 │ CheckFree Manager v2.0 │ │ DNS-OG19.ZIP │ 19 │ DOS │ Offensive │ │ F!BT260.ZIP │ 1 │ OS2 │ Binkley Term v2.6 │ │ MSTA-MCC.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ ModemSta v1.90 │ │ NORMAN22.ZIP │ 22 │ DOS │ Greg Norman Ultimate Golf 2 │ │ NS!-F055.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ Flag v0.55 Beta 2 │ │ RBS-DANA.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Dana v1.04 │ │ RBS-ZI10.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Zipit! v1.0 │ │ RTNN2SP2.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ Nanpa 2 │ │ SA110MCC.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Secret Agent v1.10 │ │ SAVAGE30.ZIP │ 30 │ DOS │ Savage │ │ SDM-JAV7.ZIP │ 7 │ W95 │ Java Developers Kit v1.0.1 │ │ SDMPO95A.ZIP │ 10 │ W95 │ Personal Oracle7 │ │ SDMWEB24.ZIP │ 24 │ WNT │ WebServer │ │ SU-LUNA5.ZIP │ 5 │ DOS │ Lunatic Dawn 2 │ │ TBS!DANA.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ Advanced Dana v1.04 │ └──────────────┴────┴─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ WEDNESDAY │ JUNE 5 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ O/S │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ BSTORM39.ZIP │ 39 │ DOS │ Brainstorm │ │ CARNAGE3.ZIP │ 3 │ DOS │ Operation Carnage │ │ COPSNAVD.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Norton Antivirus June Update │ │ COPSSAM.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Sales & Marketing Templates │ │ COPSWEB.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ WebManager for v1.1.3 Beta │ │ CY-ART02.ZIP │ 2 │ WIN │ Typeart v2.0 │ │ DMNPWM1.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ Password Master v2.0.5e │ │ FBI-RDD4.ZIP │ 4 │ DOS │ Ray Dream Designer v3.13 │ │ LGX-QC28.ZIP │ 28 │ W95 │ QuickCards Limited │ │ MARAUD12.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Internet Marauder │ │ MTY-TS03.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ TriSpectives │ │ MTYCADT3.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Cadet v3.0 │ │ MTYGRPH4.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Graphically v1.01a │ │ PNCAPSS.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ American Pride SS │ │ RBS-LIQB.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Liquid Motion │ │ RVXIRCS.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ WIRCSrv v1.15 Beta │ │ SIVADET2.ZIP │ 2 │ WIN │ Ditto Easy Tools │ │ SQLSRV09.ZIP │ 9 │ W95 │ MS SQL Server v6.5 │ └──────────────┴────┴─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ THURSDAY │ JUNE 6 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ O/S │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ CB4BOFC3.ZIP │ 3 │ W95 │ Microsoft's Business Office │ │ DDT-RA20.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ RealAudio v2.0 │ │ DNS-OE19.ZIP │ 19 │ DOS │ Offensive │ │ DOD-LEX2.ZIP │ 2 │ WIN │ TRA LexiCat │ │ GAMERUN3.ZIP │ 3 │ W95 │ GameRunner v3.0 │ │ LES-SMC4.ZIP │ 4 │ WIN │ Scooters Magic Castle │ │ MTYJDKL3.ZIP │ 3 │ WIN │ Java Delopers Kit v1.0 │ │ MTYOMNI5.ZIP │ 5 │ W95 │ Omni Page Pro v7.0 │ │ PNC-FEZ.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ FormEZ v9.6b │ │ PNCDAOB.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ Data Access Objects v3.1 │ │ PSGDIN13.ZIP │ 13 │ DOS │ Dinotopis │ │ RBS-RNSS.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ RANMA 1/2 SS │ │ RTN-GC09.ZIP │ 9 │ DOS │ Galaxy Commando │ │ S-XP5NT5.ZIP │ 9 │ WNT │ HCL Exceed v5.01 │ │ SCSRZ-27.ZIP │ 27 │ DOS │ Sync Speed RAZOR Mach 3 │ │ SDM-ARM5.ZIP │ 5 │ WIN │ Terminal Net Remote v6.0 │ │ SDMSTK02.ZIP │ 2 │ W95 │ Stock Market v1.1 │ │ SEA12CCK.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ SEA v1.2c │ │ SMR-ESAV.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Euro 96 SS │ │ SMR-RVM3.ZIP │ 3 │ DOS │ RealView v3.7 │ │ STSVGAD.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ SciTech SVGA Developer Kit │ │ THCMAX11.ZIP │ 11 │ WIN │ Web Max │ │ VG-AC32.ZIP │ 32 │ DOS │ Alley Cats │ └──────────────┴────┴─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FRIDAY │ JUNE 7 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ O/S │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ ACAD13EE.ZIP │ 25 │ W95 │ AutoCAD Release 13 │ │ ACSFCD01.ZIP │ 12 │ W95 │ Access v7.0 │ │ BB31UPE.ZIP │ 35 │ W95 │ Star Office v3.1 │ │ DNS-PCP2.ZIP │ 2 │ W95 │ PC PACK SS │ │ DNS-SURV.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ Survival │ │ HBD-KO10.ZIP │ 10 │ W95 │ Kick Off 96 │ │ MTSTWB06.ZIP │ 6 │ DOS │ Tim McCarver's : The Way Baseball Works │ │ MTYQEXA4.ZIP │ 4 │ W95 │ Quicken Expense v2.0 │ │ PNC-HGSS.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Hawaii Girls SS v1.1 │ │ PNCVBPP2.ZIP │ 2 │ W95 │ VB4 Plus Pak v1.0 │ │ PST-ZPSW.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ ZD`S Password Pro │ │ R66-PA95.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Microsoft Games │ │ RAMDUBLR.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Ram Doubler v1.0.2 │ │ RBS-FIT.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Frame-It v1.10 │ │ RBS-MIML.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Mi'Mail │ │ RBS-MORF.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Morpher v1.2 │ │ RBS-WPC.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Web Page Creator v4.5 │ │ RTN-CP04.ZIP │ 4 │ W95 │ Pioneer v1.0 │ │ RTN-FL05.ZIP │ 5 │ DOS │ Front Lines │ │ S-SAPCDA.ZIP │ 11 │ WIN │ Smart Addresser Postal Code Database │ │ S-SS50W2.ZIP │ 2 │ WIN │ Smart Sort v5.0 │ │ S-SSSDD2.ZIP │ 2 │ DOS │ Smart Sort Sortation Database │ │ S-SSSDW2.ZIP │ 2 │ WIN │ Smart Sort Sortation Database │ │ SDM-EXMT.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Microsoft Exchange Server Migration Tools │ │ SDMFXSDK.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Microsoft Fax SDK │ │ SDMWDOC2.ZIP │ 2 │ WIN │ WorldDoc v1.0 │ │ SM-PWAR2.ZIP │ 2 │ DOS │ The Pickle Wars Trilgoy │ │ SMR-ACCS.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Adobe Acrobat Plug-In │ │ SMR-ACR4.ZIP │ 4 │ W95 │ Adobe Acrobat │ │ SX501NTY.ZIP │ 35 │ WNT │ HCL Exceed v5.01 │ │ TBS!LT35.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ LevelText v3.5a │ │ TBS!MMSA.ZIP │ 2 │ WIN │ Magix Musik Studio │ │ TBS!SW11.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ ShellWizard v1.01 │ │ TRD-SP41.ZIP │ 41 │ WIN │ Euro 96 Music Addon │ │ UCFMIDIG.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ MidiGate │ │ WAR-SDS4.ZIP │ 4 │ DOS │ Scenario Decoder : System 3 │ └──────────────┴────┴─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SATURDAY │ JUNE 8 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ O/S │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ BLHF1M15.ZIP │ 15 │ DOS │ F1 Manager 96 │ │ DGN-CP1.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Cross Poker │ │ DSDX2F23.ZIP │ 24 │ DOS │ Direct 3D │ │ FBICS96A.ZIP │ 2 │ W95 │ CleanSweep 96 │ │ FBIE301A.ZIP │ 2 │ W95 │ Explorer v3.01b │ │ HBD-KO07.ZIP │ 10 │ DOS │ Kick Off 96 │ │ JELLY.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Jelly Fish Backgammon Tutor │ │ LSK-NAVJ.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Animated 3D SS │ │ NOVWHO13.ZIP │ 13 │ W95 │ Win95 MultyMedia Help Office │ │ NRG-F502.ZIP │ 10 │ WIN │ Frame Maker v5.0 │ │ NRG-SMG7.ZIP │ 7 │ DOS │ Secret Mission │ │ PSG-SS15.ZIP │ 15 │ DOS │ Shell Shock │ │ RTN-PSG5.ZIP │ 5 │ WIN │ Pro Student │ │ RTNWMAN2.ZIP │ 2 │ WIN │ Wman │ │ SDM-UE01.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ UltraEdit v4.0b │ │ TACMSNE3.ZIP │ 3 │ W95 │ MicroSoft NetMeeting │ │ UCF-SFTP.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ ACDSee 95 v1.0 │ │ XADII201.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ InstallIt v2.01 │ └──────────────┴────┴─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SUNDAY │ JUNE 9 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ O/S │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ 3DNS32.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Netscape 3D Live │ │ COPSACT.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Certificates and Awards │ │ EXIT4WKS.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Exitilus Backup │ │ FBIX11N.ZIP │ 10 │ WIN │ X11 SS v2.4 │ │ HCO3OS21.ZIP │ 21 │ OS2 │ HCO v3.0 Beta │ │ LGX-FCS2.ZIP │ 2 │ WIN │ Fast Track Office │ │ LGX-STS1.ZIP │ 2 │ W95 │ Stationary Sets │ │ LL-DK09.ZIP │ 9 │ DOS │ Deathkeep │ │ MDC-AW08.ZIP │ 8 │ WIN │ Autoware v3.0 │ │ MTY-INT.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Internet ToolPak v2.0 │ │ MTY-NET.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ NetPak Professional │ │ MTY-XREF.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ XRef Visual Basic Addon │ │ MTYAPIV2.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ API Vision v1.5 │ │ NOR-SP06.ZIP │ 7 │ W95 │ Species │ │ PIE-HD32.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ HotDog32 Personal Edition │ │ PIE-RAC5.ZIP │ 5 │ W95 │ Network Q RAC Rally v1.1 │ │ PSGB2B23.ZIP │ 23 │ DOS │ Back to Baghdad │ │ PWAPOWB.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ PowerBasic Compiler │ │ RVX-RAS.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ RealAudio Personal Server │ │ TRD-TM30.ZIP │ 30 │ DOS │ T-Mek │ │ UCFCDQ95.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ CD-Quick │ └──────────────┴────┴─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ MONDAY │ JUNE 10 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ O/S │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ ARTMAN3.ZIP │ 3 │ W95 │ Art Manager │ │ BMAKER2.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Button Maker Pro │ │ DGN-EG4.ZIP │ 8 │ DOS │ Evil Gate │ │ DOD-SE14.ZIP │ 5 │ WIN │ SoftScape Exploerr Plus v1.0 │ │ FBI-PS8.ZIP │ 8 │ WIN │ Microsim Pspice v6.2 │ │ MSQICU.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Wildcat5! Internet Upgrade │ │ MSQWC5U.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Wildcat5! BBS Upgrade │ │ MTYEVB4.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Enquiry │ │ PCWMATH1.ZIP │ 5 │ W95 │ Math Blaster 2 │ │ PNCMNAV6.ZIP │ 6 │ W95 │ Metro Navigator Engine │ │ PST-FYFC.ZIP │ 1 │ OS2 │ FindYourFiles v1.2 │ │ PST-MAGN.ZIP │ 1 │ OS2 │ Magnum BBS v9.00d2 │ │ PST-SI4U.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ SiteMeter v4.0+ Update │ │ PWASDB15.ZIP │ 15 │ WIN │ Mr. Scanner │ │ RBSPMW61.ZIP │ 61 │ W95 │ Print Master Gold Interactive MultiMedia │ │ RTNG4EX8.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ Gin4Ex │ │ RVX-HPF.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Hewlett Packard Family Font Pack │ │ SXN-S2SE.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ Settlers 2 Campaign Selector │ │ TCL_R115.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Ras Plus Beta 4 Build 115 │ │ UCF-NOCL.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ NoClip v4.0 │ │ UCFIPW13.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Image-Pro v1.3 │ │ UCFMST19.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ ModemSta v1.9 │ │ UCFTUN13.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Tune!It v1.30 │ │ XFMSA4.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ MS ClipArt Office │ └──────────────┴────┴─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ TUESDAY │ JUNE 11 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ O/S │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ CB4-APLY.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Amaplay │ │ CB4-ARB4.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Ariadna v1.0 Beta 4 │ │ CB4-AT04.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Alis Tango v1.0c │ │ CB4-ATS2.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Authenticate Server v1.4b │ │ CFIX20-2.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Chameleon Host Connectivity │ │ DMNAMOR5.ZIP │ 5 │ W95 │ Amortizer96 │ │ MTYNET18.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Net Commander 95 v3.1 │ │ MTYWCD42.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Web Commander 95 v1.0 │ │ PNCMNL41.ZIP │ 41 │ W95 │ Metro Navigator Los Angeles Pack │ │ PSGBHB36.ZIP │ 36 │ DOS │ Frank Thomas' Big Hurt Baseball │ │ RBSMDB47.ZIP │ 47 │ W95 │ Micro House Tech Library v2.96 │ │ RFFDBLIB.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ SQL DB-Library │ │ RS-K951.ZIP │ 4 │ W95 │ Key View 95 │ │ RTN-DP11.ZIP │ 11 │ WIN │ All Dream │ │ RVXHP6C3.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Hewlett Packard Deskjet 600C │ │ SDMWC04.ZIP │ 4 │ WIN │ Cakewalk v4.01 │ │ SMR-NP23.ZIP │ 23 │ WIN │ National Parks of America │ └──────────────┴────┴─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ WEDNESDAY │ JUNE 12 │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬────┬─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILENAME │ D# │ O/S │ DESCRIPTION │ ├──────────────┼────┼─────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ CB4-CLP4.ZIP │ 4 │ WIN │ Caligari Pioner v1.0 │ │ LEG-CGS.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ Cover Girl Strip Poker │ │ NOVPSP24.ZIP │ 24 │ WIN │ Passport v2.12 │ │ PRMSIN20.ZIP │ 20 │ WIN │ Primus Interactive │ │ PST-PALM.ZIP │ 1 │ OS2 │ PalmScan/2 v2.02 f │ │ PWAT351.ZIP │ 1 │ DOS │ Telix v3.51 │ │ SACCT4-2.ZIP │ 4 │ WIN │ Simply Accounting v4.0 │ │ SCUMIJ31.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Cisco Internet Junction v1.2.1 │ │ SCUMIJ95.ZIP │ 1 │ W95 │ Cisco Internet Junction v1.2.1 │ │ SCUMIJNT.ZIP │ 1 │ WNT │ Cisco Internet Junction v1.2.1 │ │ SCUMPB42.ZIP │ 42 │ W95 │ MS Publisher 97 Beta 1 Build 184 │ │ SMR-UE21.ZIP │ 21 │ WIN │ SoftKey UFO Explorer │ │ TR-LAI7.ZIP │ 7 │ W95 │ LAN Inventory v3.20 │ │ WATOUTW.ZIP │ 1 │ WIN │ Watch Out Willi │ └──────────────┴────┴─────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SYSTEM │ CD EDUCATION │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ RELEASE DATE │ TITLE │ ├──────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Pre-Release │ Thinkin' Things Coll 3 │ │ Pre-Release │ Millie's Math House │ │ Pre-Release │ Bailey's Book House │ │ Pre-Release │ Thinkin' Things Coll 1 │ │ Pre-Release │ Triple Play Plus Japanese │ │ 06/10/96 │ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland │ │ 06/17/96 │ Reading Dev Library 4 │ │ 06/24/96 │ Interactive Math Journey │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SYSTEM │ CD EDUCATION │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ RELEASE DATE │ TITLE │ ├──────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Pre-Release │ Elder Scrolls : Arena-Deluxe │ │ Pre-Release │ Virtual Chess │ │ 06/11/96 │ PGA Tour Course : TPC at Sawgrass │ │ 06/12/96 │ Links Arnold Palmer Latrobe │ │ 06/14/96 │ Gender Wars │ │ 06/17/96 │ Hoyle BlackJack │ │ 06/17/96 │ Hoyle Solitaire │ │ 06/17/96 │ Terry Bradshaw Fantasy Football │ │ 06/17/96 │ Xenophage │ │ 06/17/96 │ Space Dude │ │ 06/19/96 │ MegaRace II │ │ 06/21/96 │ Kingdom O'Magic │ │ 06/24/96 │ Triple Play Baseball '97 │ │ 06/24/96 │ MechWarrior 2 NetMech │ │ 06/24/96 │ Shadoan │ │ 06/25/96 │ NHL Powerplay 96 │ │ 06/28/96 │ Huygen's Disclosure │ │ 06/28/96 │ Offensive │ │ 06/28/96 │ Bullfrog Pack HiOct/ThPark/Mag │ │ 06/28/96 │ Dungeon Keeper (Bullfrog) │ │ 06/28/96 │ Need for Speed SE │ │ 06/28/96 │ Dragon's Lair II │ │ 06/28/96 │ Grand Prix II (MPC) │ │ July │ Indy Car Racing II │ │ July │ Lighthouse │ │ July │ Urban Runner (CD-MPC) │ │ July │ Robert E Lee/Civil War │ │ July │ Nascar I w/Track Pack │ │ July │ Baseball '96' Front page sports │ │ July │ Mission Force : Cyber Storm │ │ July │ Pro Pinball : The Web │ │ 07/10/96 │ Battleground 4 : Shiloh │ │ 07/23/96 │ Normality │ │ 07/31/96 │ Hind │ │ 07/31/96 │ Magic : The Gathering │ │ August │ Elder Scrolls 2 : DaggerFall │ │ August │ Jagged Alliance : Deadly Games │ │ August │ Into The Void │ │ August │ Battlecruiser 3000 AD │ │ August │ Gene Wars │ │ August │ Golden Nugget │ │ 08/06/96 │ Qin : Tomb of Middle Kingdom │ │ 08/15/96 │ Realms 3 : Shadow Over Riva │ │ 08/15/96 │ Third Reich │ │ 08/27/96 │ Deadlock │ │ 08/29/96 │ AD&D Core Rules │ │ 09/16/96 │ Master of Orion II : Battle │ │ 09/17/96 │ Assassin - 2015 │ │ 09/24/96 │ Creatures │ │ 09/24/96 │ Star Control 3 │ │ 09/26/96 │ Nemesis The Wizardry Adventure │ │ 10/08/96 │ Safecracker │ │ 10/15/96 │ Test Drive : Off-road │ │ 10/15/96 │ NCAA Championship Basketball │ │ 11/12/96 │ Eradicator │ │ July │ Mindwarp │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SYSTEM │ CD PRODUCTIVITY │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ RELEASE DATE │ TITLE │ ├──────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Pre-Release │ Savage │ │ Pre-Release │ 2 Million Canadian Business │ │ Pre-Release │ Gospels Holy Scriptures Art │ │ Pre-Release │ FormTool Small Busines v2.0 │ │ Pre-Release │ Graphics Converter Gold │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SYSTEM │ CD REFERENCE │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ RELEASE DATE │ TITLE │ ├──────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Pre-Release │ Spinal Tap │ │ Pre-Release │ Poetry In Motion │ │ Pre-Release │ Lost Treasures of the World │ │ Pre-Release │ Organizer │ │ Pre-Release │ Adams Jobbank │ │ Pre-Release │ Lesson Tee │ │ Pre-Release │ Business Planner │ │ Pre-Release │ Gardener's Companion │ │ Pre-Release │ Micro Kitchen Companion │ │ Pre-Release │ Best of Breed │ │ Pre-Release │ MacMillan Digital World Atlas │ │ Pre-Release │ Planet Earth : Worlds Within │ │ Pre-Release │ Visual Dictionary │ │ Pre-Release │ Renaissance of Florence │ │ Pre-Release │ Voyage in Egypt │ │ Pre-Release │ Chilean Affair │ │ Pre-Release │ Dr. T's Around the World │ │ Pre-Release │ Lost Treasures of the World │ │ Pre-Release │ Lirgua Match │ │ Pre-Release │ Dr. T's Kids Classics │ │ Pre-Release │ 3003 Home Designs Multimedia │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SYSTEM │ JEWEL CASE │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ RELEASE DATE │ TITLE │ ├──────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Pre-Release │ US History/Geography │ │ Pre-Release │ Pax Imperia │ │ Pre-Release │ Word Attack 3 │ │ Pre-Release │ Kid Keys │ │ Pre-Release │ Kid Works │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SYSTEM │ WINDOWS 95 EDUCATION │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ RELEASE DATE │ TITLE │ ├──────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ 06/04/96 │ Carmen Advantage Library │ │ 06/04/96 │ Creative Advantage Library │ │ 06/05/96 │ Learning Advantage Library 2 │ │ 06/06/96 │ Amazing writing machine │ │ 06/06/96 │ Kid Pix Studio │ │ 06/06/96 │ Learning Advantage Library 1 │ │ 06/06/96 │ Three for me Vol I │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SYSTEM │ WINDOWS 95 EDUCATION │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌──────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ RELEASE DATE │ TITLE │ ├──────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ 06/14/96 │ Doom II Win95 │ │ 06/14/96 │ Ultimate Doom Win95 │ │ 06/18/96 │ Afterlife │ │ 06/21/96 │ Final Doom │ │ 06/24/96 │ Space Hulk : Vengeance │ │ 06/25/96 │ Monty Python : Holy Grail │ │ 06/28/96 │ Firefight │ │ 06/28/96 │ Tracer │ │ July │ Chessmaster 5000 10th Anniversary Edition │ │ 07/15/96 │ Collision │ │ 07/18/96 │ MS Close Combat │ │ August │ Knight's Chase │ │ August │ Dominion │ │ August │ Command & Conquer │ │ August │ Destiny │ │ August │ Powerslave │ │ 08/05/96 │ Time Commando │ │ 08/15/96 │ Mortal Kombat 3 │ │ 08/19/96 │ Hyperblade │ │ 09/09/96 │ Diablo │ │ 09/09/96 │ Mech Mercenaries │ │ 10/21/96 │ Interstate 76 │ │ 11/11/96 │ Sacred Ground │ │ 03/03/97 │ Mortificator │ └──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄█ ▀ ▀█▄▄ ▄▄█ ██▌▄▄░▀ ██▌ ▐▐█▌ ▐█▀██▌r c n ▄▄■▄ ▄▄█▄ ■▄▄▐▐▌ ▄▄■▄▄ ▐██ ▄█▀▀ ▀▌ ▐▐▌ ▄▄░▀ ▄▄█▀▄ ██▌ ▄▄░▀ ▀█▄▄ ██▌■▀▀▀ ██▌ ▐█▌▌ ▄▄▀▀▐▐█▌ ░ ░░ ░░░▐▐▌▐█▌▌░ ░░░▐▐█▌▐▐▌ ░░ ░░░░░░░░░ ░▐▐▌ ▀▀█▄ ▀ ▄░▀▀ ░░ ░░ ▐█▄▌▀▀█▄ ▄░▀▀ █▄▌ ▐▄█▌ ▀▄ ▀▀■▀▀ ░█▀ ▀▀■▀▀ ░█▀ ▀▀▀▀█▀▀▀ t o p 1 o ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ This chart was compiled by adding the number of bytes uploaded to ║ ║ the 3 fastest BBSes in the WORLD. The following is a chart of the RCN ║ ║ top 10 couriers : ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ Dates of Upload Count : 05/19/96 -> 05/25/96 │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ User Handle/Alias Affiliation Upload Bytes │ ║ ║ │ ╔════════════════════════════╤═══════════════╤═══════════════╗ │ ║ ║ │ #1 ║ The Blue Adept │ EVERLAST │ 583,257,792 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠════════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═══════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #2 ║ Luck │ RAPiER │ 423,798,143 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠════════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═══════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #3 ║ T-Bone │ n/a │ 373,567,889 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠════════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═══════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #4 ║ Xwing │ AMNESiA │ 310,236,865 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠════════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═══════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #5 ║ Darkside │ RiSC │ 296,265,734 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠════════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═══════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #6 ║ Suspicious Image │ RiSC │ 210,275,569 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠════════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═══════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #7 ║ Amorphis │ RAPiER │ 162,982,124 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠════════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═══════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #8 ║ Gremlin │ fATE │ 159,465,789 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠════════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═══════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #9 ║ Shatter Star │ RiSC │ 157,961,753 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠════════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═══════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #10 ║ Tiger Claw │ RTS │ 127,181,116 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╚════════════════════════════╧═══════════════╧═══════════════╝ │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄█ ▀ ▀█▄▄ ▄▄█ ██▌▄▄░▀ ██▌ ▐▐█▌ ▐█▀██▌r c n ▄▄■▄ ▄▄█▄ ■▄▄▐▐▌ ▄▄■▄▄ ▐██ ▄█▀▀ ▀▌ ▐▐▌ ▄▄░▀ ▄▄█▀▄ ██▌ ▄▄░▀ ▀█▄▄ ██▌■▀▀▀ ██▌ ▐█▌▌ ▄▄▀▀▐▐█▌ ░ ░░ ░░░▐▐▌▐█▌▌░ ░░░▐▐█▌▐▐▌ ░░ ░░░░░░░░░ ░▐▐▌ ▀▀█▄ ▀ ▄░▀▀ ░░ ░░ ▐█▄▌▀▀█▄ ▄░▀▀ █▄▌ ▐▄█▌ ▀▄ ▀▀■▀▀ ░█▀ ▀▀■▀▀ ░█▀ ▀▀▀▀█▀▀▀ t o p 1 o ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ This chart was compiled by adding the number of bytes uploaded to ║ ║ the 5 fastest BBSes in the WORLD. The following is a chart of the RCN ║ ║ top 10 couriers : ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ Dates of Upload Count : 05/26/96 -> 06/02/96 │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ User Handle/Alias Affiliation Upload Bytes │ ║ ║ │ ╔══════════════════════════╤═══════════════╤═════════════════╗ │ ║ ║ │ #1 ║ Immortal │ RiSC │ 1,283,263,734 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #2 ║ Ellisdee │ EVERLAST │ 563,165,465 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #3 ║ Shatter Star │ RiSC │ 452,265,343 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #4 ║ Mr.Skill │ EVERLAST │ 446,574,920 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #5 ║ The Blue Adept │ EVERLAST │ 438,297,918 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #6 ║ Everclear │ RiSC │ 402,235,051 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #7 ║ Swamp Thing │ Digital │ 305,765,786 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #8 ║ Iron Eagle │ RAPiER │ 256,927,114 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #9 ║ Asmodeus │ EVERLAST │ 198,433,309 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #10 ║ Luck │ RAPiER │ 186,022,783 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╚══════════════════════════╧═══════════════╧═════════════════╝ │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄█ ▀ ▀█▄▄ ▄▄█ ██▌▄▄░▀ ██▌ ▐▐█▌ ▐█▀██▌r c n ▄▄■▄ ▄▄█▄ ■▄▄▐▐▌ ▄▄■▄▄ ▐██ ▄█▀▀ ▀▌ ▐▐▌ ▄▄░▀ ▄▄█▀▄ ██▌ ▄▄░▀ ▀█▄▄ ██▌■▀▀▀ ██▌ ▐█▌▌ ▄▄▀▀▐▐█▌ ░ ░░ ░░░▐▐▌▐█▌▌░ ░░░▐▐█▌▐▐▌ ░░ ░░░░░░░░░ ░▐▐▌ ▀▀█▄ ▀ ▄░▀▀ ░░ ░░ ▐█▄▌▀▀█▄ ▄░▀▀ █▄▌ ▐▄█▌ ▀▄ ▀▀■▀▀ ░█▀ ▀▀■▀▀ ░█▀ ▀▀▀▀█▀▀▀ t o p 1 o ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ This chart was compiled by adding the number of bytes uploaded to ║ ║ the 5 fastest BBSes in the WORLD. The following is a chart of the RCN ║ ║ top 10 couriers : ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ Dates of Upload Count : 06/03/96 -> 06/09/96 │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ User Handle/Alias Affiliation Upload Bytes │ ║ ║ │ ╔══════════════════════════╤═══════════════╤═════════════════╗ │ ║ ║ │ #1 ║ Nytemyst │ AMNESiA │ 773,978,234 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #2 ║ The Blue Adept │ EVERLAST │ 504,307,963 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #3 ║ Mr.Skill │ EVERLAST │ 429,423,043 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #4 ║ ECI │ RiSC │ 411,965,211 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #5 ║ Suspicious Image │ RiSC │ 391,752,021 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #6 ║ Rio & Ken │ RAPiER │ 321,735,002 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #7 ║ Maverick │ RiSC │ 298,414,123 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #8 ║ Deathlok │ AMNESiA │ 297,247,099 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #9 ║ Immortal │ EVERLAST │ 295,987,263 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #10 ║ Luck │ RAPiER │ 236,855,524 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╚══════════════════════════╧═══════════════╧═════════════════╝ │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄█ ▀ ▀█▄▄ ▄▄█ ██▌▄▄░▀ ██▌ ▐▐█▌ ▐█▀██▌r c n ▄▄■▄ ▄▄█▄ ■▄▄▐▐▌ ▄▄■▄▄ ▐██ ▄█▀▀ ▀▌ ▐▐▌ ▄▄░▀ ▄▄█▀▄ ██▌ ▄▄░▀ ▀█▄▄ ██▌■▀▀▀ ██▌ ▐█▌▌ ▄▄▀▀▐▐█▌ ░ ░░ ░░░▐▐▌▐█▌▌░ ░░░▐▐█▌▐▐▌ ░░ ░░░░░░░░░ ░▐▐▌ ▀▀█▄ ▀ ▄░▀▀ ░░ ░░ ▐█▄▌▀▀█▄ ▄░▀▀ █▄▌ ▐▄█▌ ▀▄ ▀▀■▀▀ ░█▀ ▀▀■▀▀ ░█▀ ▀▀▀▀█▀▀▀ t o p 1 o ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ This chart was compiled by adding the number of bytes uploaded to ║ ║ the 5 fastest BBSes in the WORLD. The following is a chart of the RCN ║ ║ top 10 couriers : ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ Dates of Upload Count : 06/10/96 -> 06/16/96 │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ User Handle/Alias Affiliation Upload Bytes │ ║ ║ │ ╔══════════════════════════╤═══════════════╤═════════════════╗ │ ║ ║ │ #1 ║ NyteMyst │ GODS │ 876,312,672 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #2 ║ The Blue Adept │ EVERLAST │ 773,095,594 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #3 ║ Rom Racer │ RAPiER │ 636,822,072 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #4 ║ Erupt │ GODS │ 600,786,098 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #5 ║ Stingray 6 │ RiSC │ 555,454,673 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #6 ║ Over Drive │ Stealth │ 400,254,097 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #7 ║ Tiger Claw │ GODS │ 354,789,908 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #8 ║ Luck │ RAPiER │ 323,166,579 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #9 ║ Iron Eagle │ RAPiER │ 272,786,544 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #10 ║ Rio & Ken │ RAPiER │ 267,132,789 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╚══════════════════════════╧═══════════════╧═════════════════╝ │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄█ ▀ ▀█▄▄ ▄▄█ ██▌▄▄░▀ ██▌ ▐▐█▌ ▐█▀██▌r c n ▄▄■▄ ▄▄█▄ ■▄▄▐▐▌ ▄▄■▄▄ ▐██ ▄█▀▀ ▀▌ ▐▐▌ ▄▄░▀ ▄▄█▀▄ ██▌ ▄▄░▀ ▀█▄▄ ██▌■▀▀▀ ██▌ ▐█▌▌ ▄▄▀▀▐▐█▌ ░ ░░ ░░░▐▐▌▐█▌▌░ ░░░▐▐█▌▐▐▌ ░░ ░░░░░░░░░ ░▐▐▌ ▀▀█▄ ▀ ▄░▀▀ ░░ ░░ ▐█▄▌▀▀█▄ ▄░▀▀ █▄▌ ▐▄█▌ ▀▄ ▀▀■▀▀ ░█▀ ▀▀■▀▀ ░█▀ ▀▀▀▀█▀▀▀ t o p 1 o ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ This chart was compiled by adding the number of bytes uploaded to ║ ║ dhe 3 fastest FTP sites in the WORLD. The following is a chart of the ║ ║ RCN top 10 couriers : ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ Dates of Upload Count : 05/19/96 -> 05/25/96 │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ User Handle/Alias Affiliation Upload Bytes │ ║ ║ │ ╔════════════════════════════╤═══════════════╤═══════════════╗ │ ║ ║ │ #1 ║ The Midnight Grave Digger │ AMNESiA │ 389,463,793 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠════════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═══════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #2 ║ Slate │ MALiCE │ 242,235,123 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠════════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═══════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #3 ║ Apollo │ Stealth │ 215,124,866 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠════════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═══════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #4 ║ Shatter Star │ RiSC │ 198,863,025 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠════════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═══════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #5 ║ Bababoey │ RiSC │ 165,098,256 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠════════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═══════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #6 ║ Demon Hunter │ AMNESiA │ 127,857,235 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠════════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═══════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #7 ║ Frost │ Digital │ 117,578,980 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠════════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═══════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #8 ║ Bluewater │ RiSC │ 114,079,255 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠════════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═══════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #9 ║ Cyber Phreak │ EVERLAST │ 111,457,478 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠════════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═══════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #10 ║ Caserd │ AMNESiA │ 107,792,165 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╚════════════════════════════╧═══════════════╧═══════════════╝ │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄█ ▀ ▀█▄▄ ▄▄█ ██▌▄▄░▀ ██▌ ▐▐█▌ ▐█▀██▌r c n ▄▄■▄ ▄▄█▄ ■▄▄▐▐▌ ▄▄■▄▄ ▐██ ▄█▀▀ ▀▌ ▐▐▌ ▄▄░▀ ▄▄█▀▄ ██▌ ▄▄░▀ ▀█▄▄ ██▌■▀▀▀ ██▌ ▐█▌▌ ▄▄▀▀▐▐█▌ ░ ░░ ░░░▐▐▌▐█▌▌░ ░░░▐▐█▌▐▐▌ ░░ ░░░░░░░░░ ░▐▐▌ ▀▀█▄ ▀ ▄░▀▀ ░░ ░░ ▐█▄▌▀▀█▄ ▄░▀▀ █▄▌ ▐▄█▌ ▀▄ ▀▀■▀▀ ░█▀ ▀▀■▀▀ ░█▀ ▀▀▀▀█▀▀▀ t o p 1 o ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ This chart was compiled by adding the number of bytes uploaded to ║ ║ dhe 3 fastest FTP sites in the WORLD. The following is a chart of the ║ ║ RCN top 10 couriers : ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ Dates of Upload Count : 05/26/96 -> 06/02/96 │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ User Handle/Alias Affiliation Upload Bytes │ ║ ║ │ ╔══════════════════════════╤═══════════════╤═════════════════╗ │ ║ ║ │ #1 ║ Shatter Star │ RiSC │ 975,945,123 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #2 ║ Midnight Grave Digger │ AMNESiA │ 740,641,325 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #3 ║ Cyberjack │ RiSC │ 648,674,366 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #4 ║ Bababoey │ RiSC │ 379,235,264 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #5 ║ Stingray 6 │ RiSC │ 321,756,824 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #6 ║ Cyber Phreak │ EVERLAST │ 300,862,453 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #7 ║ Beast │ AMNESiA │ 280,026,635 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #8 ║ Apollo │ Stealth │ 263,463,724 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #9 ║ Gumby │ n/a │ 233,265,345 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #10 ║ Arch-Vile │ RiSC │ 204,253,232 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╚══════════════════════════╧═══════════════╧═════════════════╝ │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄█ ▀ ▀█▄▄ ▄▄█ ██▌▄▄░▀ ██▌ ▐▐█▌ ▐█▀██▌r c n ▄▄■▄ ▄▄█▄ ■▄▄▐▐▌ ▄▄■▄▄ ▐██ ▄█▀▀ ▀▌ ▐▐▌ ▄▄░▀ ▄▄█▀▄ ██▌ ▄▄░▀ ▀█▄▄ ██▌■▀▀▀ ██▌ ▐█▌▌ ▄▄▀▀▐▐█▌ ░ ░░ ░░░▐▐▌▐█▌▌░ ░░░▐▐█▌▐▐▌ ░░ ░░░░░░░░░ ░▐▐▌ ▀▀█▄ ▀ ▄░▀▀ ░░ ░░ ▐█▄▌▀▀█▄ ▄░▀▀ █▄▌ ▐▄█▌ ▀▄ ▀▀■▀▀ ░█▀ ▀▀■▀▀ ░█▀ ▀▀▀▀█▀▀▀ t o p 1 o ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ This chart was compiled by adding the number of bytes uploaded to ║ ║ dhe 3 fastest FTP sites in the WORLD. The following is a chart of the ║ ║ RCN top 10 couriers : ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ Dates of Upload Count : 06/10/96 -> 06/16/96 │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ User Handle/Alias Affiliation Upload Bytes │ ║ ║ │ ╔══════════════════════════╤═══════════════╤═════════════════╗ │ ║ ║ │ #1 ║ Arch-Vile │ RiSC │ 1,158,386,113 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #2 ║ Bizzy │ fATE │ 400,002,392 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #3 ║ Razor Sharp │ RiSC │ 399,417,148 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #4 ║ Lunatic Genius │ RiSC │ 375,136,969 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #5 ║ Midnight Grave Digger │ GODS │ 285,582,123 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #6 ║ Shatter Star │ EVERLAST │ 280,922,376 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #7 ║ Zima Man │ Empire │ 202,606,980 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #8 ║ Darkside │ RiSC │ 197,357,754 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #9 ║ Apollo │ Stealth │ 188,450,378 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════╪═══════════════╪═════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ #10 ║ Rainbow │ RAPiER │ 171,789,123 ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╚══════════════════════════╧═══════════════╧═════════════════╝ │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ■▄▄█ ▄▄░▄▄▄ ██▌ ▄▄ ■▀ ▀▀█▀▌ ▐▐▌ ▄▄█▀░▄▄ ▀█▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▄░▄▄▄ ██▌ r c n ▄█▄█ ▐▄▌▌ ▐▐█▌ ▐ ▄■▀ ▀▀█▀▌ ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▄▄▀▀▀■▄░▄██ ▄▄■▄▄ ▐█▀▀ ▄███▄░▀▀ ██▌ ░▀ ▐ ▄■▀ ▀▀█▀▌ ░▄█▀ ░ ░░ ▀ ▐▐█ ▄▄█▀ ░ ▀█░▄ ▄▄█ ▀░▐▐▌▌▀ ░░░░░░░░░▐▌█ ░░░░ ░░░ ██▌░ ░░ ░▀ ░░░ ▐▌▌ ▄█▄▌▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌ █▀░▄ ▐█▌ ▐▌█ ▀▀█▄ ▄██▄█ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▄██▀ ▐▄█▄ ▐█▌ ░▀▀█▄▄▄██▀▀▀ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀▀░▄▀ ▀ ▀░ ▐▄█▄ d e a r r o a d r e b e l ! ▀░ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Welcome to Dear Road Rebel! 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! I 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! ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ This week I got shitty letters for Dear RR. So, instead of ║ ║ responding to crap, I will just write my own opinions. As most of you ║ ║ know, I like to share my opinions freely with the whole IRC. Okay, last ║ ║ week's topic was Gays on IRC. I have seen SOOO many fights about this ║ ║ shit in #RCN and other channels that it's become a joke. It isn't like ║ ║ a fag is looking at your ass on IRC, they can't see you, they can't ║ ║ touch you, they can't suck you off (although I'm sure some of you ║ ║ wouldn't mind). ║ ║ ║ ║ So do some big people get so pissed!? Could it be that they are ║ ║ jealous and just crave a big hairy stinky butt to poke? Or they are ║ ║ actually penis puffers themselves in the closet? Are they fighting back ║ ║ so hard so that people won't think they're gay? While some of this may ║ ║ be true (and picking on the fag channels is fun) the need to argue about ║ ║ this in a channel that has nothing to do with it is a joke. It seems to ║ ║ me that the Pillow Biters stay in their own channels, and don't bother ║ ║ ANYONE but themselves. This segregation seems to work nicely. ║ ║ ║ ║ I guess the point is, if you don't like them leave them alone. It's ║ ║ a lot like bees, if you don't fuck with them, they won't try to sting ║ ║ ya! And to those that are hiding their feelings behind a guise of ║ ║ Machoism and playing the IRC tough guy, well, 2 people came out in the ║ ║ last issue of RCN. I can't name names but, their initials are _GK_ and ║ ║ PN, they are free now, and have no problems with their sexuality. ║ ║ Hihihihihi! So that's it for this week! ║ ║ ║ ║ *PS* GK & PN asked for what you will be seeing next, so enjoy. ║ ║ ║ ║ Signed, ║ ║ Hetero Rebel ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Next Week's Topic : How does one know when he is elite? ║ ║ ║ ║ It seems that the scene as a whole is extremely confused about this ║ ║ touchy subject, and since we all seem to be so scared of being called a ║ ║ "lamer," maybe it would help if we knew what "elite" was supposed to ║ ║ mean. It used to be that the word elite was just a designation for ║ ║ warez, such as an "elite board" would be a regular warez board, good or ║ ║ not. So e-mail me and tell me what YOU think elite is. ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Please email all responses to an385786@anon.penet.fi. ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▐ ▀▀█▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ █▀▀▄▄ ▄█▀▀▀▀░▄ ▄▄█ ▄▄░▄▄▄ ■▄▄█ r c n ▀ █ ▄▄█▀░ ▐█▌ ▀██▄▄▄▀▄▄▄ ▀▀ ██▌▄▄░▐ ▄■▀ ▀▄▄■▄▄ ██▌ ▄▄■▄▄ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀▌ ▐▐▌ █▐▌▄■▀ ░█▀█▄ █▀█▄ ▄▐▐▌ ██▌ ▄▄░▀ ▄ ▀█▄▄▐▐▌ ▄▄░▀▄▄▄▀█▄▄▀ ▀█▄▄ ██▌ ░▐███ ░░ ▀█▀▌ ██▄█ ██▌░▐▌█ ░▐█▌▌░░ ░▐▐█▌██▌▐█▌▌▐█▌▌ ▐▐█▌▀▀▀▀■▐▐█▌█▀ ░░░░ ░ ███▌ █▄▄ ▀ ▐█▐█▌ ▐▐▌ ▐█▌ ▀▀█▄ ▄░▀▀ ▐▐▌ ▀▀█▄▀▀█▄▀▀▌ ▄█▀▀▄▌ ▐█ ▐█▌ ▀▀▀▀░▄▄▄██▀▀ ▐█▄▌ ▐▄█▄ ▀▀■▀▀ ▐█▄▌ ▀▀■▀▀▀▀▄▄▄■▀▀▀▄▄▀▀ ▀░█▀▀▌ ▀▀▀ ░█▀ ▀░ ░█▀ ▀▀░▀ ▀ ▀ a s t r o l o g y ! ▀ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ The following details your forecasts depending on your astrological ║ ║ sign. Each sign designates your personal lucky numbers of the week. ║ ║ The following specific areas of focus include those of love and warez : ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Forecast for the week : The pressure is off as Mars transits into fun ║ ║ seeking Gemini. It's not a time to slack, make changes instead. ║ ║ Compete in a different realm, try your hand at another art, you may find ║ ║ a new calling in the scene. ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ <Aquarius> (January 20 to Feb 18) : You've found it! The one warez ║ ║ package you've personally wanted for a long time, it may be ║ ║ larger than expected but who cares! Grab a drink, go outside ║ ║ and relax while it downloads. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Pisces> (February 19 to March 20) : You finally finish a task that you ║ ║ volunteered for and now can relax, though you were stressed out ║ ║ all night and had to get it done in just a few days, it pays ║ ║ off, while it may not be the best, you worked hard on it, and ║ ║ it will only get better from here on out. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Aries> (March 21 to April 19) : You have a way of motivating others in ║ ║ your group, and those around you. News comes from a close ║ ║ friend that may bring current projects to a halt. Stick to it, ║ ║ and ride it out, you may be able to pull it off. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Taurus> (April 20 to May 20) : A hated enemy strikes a heavy blow, and ║ ║ a self-absorbed leader of yours gets cranky. While things ║ ║ around you look bleak, turn to the ones that matter, your ║ ║ friends, while they are not the most popular, they will be ║ ║ there for you. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Gemini> (May 21 to June 21) : An associate pays back a long time favor, ║ ║ with an added bonus. Fight the urge to give up on your ║ ║ projects unless you truly feel it is not giving you any ║ ║ satisfaction. The help you have offered a new person leaves ║ ║ you with a sense of accomplishment, you have aided someone in ║ ║ need, and they will pay you back even if you feel it is not ║ ║ needed. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Cancer> (June 22 to July 22) : An uncommon chat with a person of power ║ ║ leaves you with a feeling of respect for him, you have computer ║ ║ trouble, OS acting up again, you decide to find a replacement, ║ ║ in the form of several files with a stupid code name for them. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Leo> (July 23 to August 22) : A friend nearby is destined to be your ║ ║ new partner, and in other areas of interest the ball starts ║ ║ rolling, look for new and exciting things to be happening soon, ║ ║ and make plans to be there to receive them. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Virgo> (August 23 to September 22) : Expect a generous offer for your ║ ║ skills in the very near future. Your hard work pays off, and ║ ║ you may make it big if you play your cards right. Look for an ║ ║ opening in a position you have wanted for a long time now, and ║ ║ go for it. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Libra> (September 23 to October 23) : You actually get outdoors this ║ ║ week, away from the computer and away from you room. Enjoy it, ║ ║ and when you get back, you'll find your work easier to deal with ║ ║ if you take more time to get out more often. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Scorpio> (October 24 to November 21) : A material sign of prosperity is ║ ║ now affordable to you. You impress the people around you with ║ ║ your dedication. You become deeply involved in how stupid the ║ ║ word "cybersex" sounds and vow to blow up any such sites in ║ ║ the near future. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Sagittarius> (November 22 to December 21) : You cheer a friend up by ║ ║ inviting him or her to join in a close group of yourself ║ ║ and allies, give a second chance to a person you thought ║ ║ was lame. A group effort won't fly without your talent ║ ║ and input, so give it your best. ║ ║ ║ ║ <Capricorn> (December 22 to January 19) : You gain the advantage in an ║ ║ important deal and should act quickly, though be cautious it ║ ║ may cause your friends to become in danger. Your modesty ║ ║ and hard work is noted and appreciated for once. ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ r c n ▄▄█▀░▄▄ ■▄▄█ ▄█▀▀▀▀░▄ ■▄▄█ ▄▄▀▀▀■▄░▄ ▄▄■▄▄ ▄█▄█ ▐▄▌▌ ██▌▄▄░▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀▀█▄▄▄ ▀▀ ██▌▄▄░▀ ▄█▀ ▀ ▄▄█▀ ▀█░▄▐█▌▌ ███ ▄▐▐▌ ▄▄█▀ ▀█░▄ ▄▄▄ ░▀█▀█▄ ▄▄▐▐▌ ░░▐▌▌ ░ ░░░░░░▐▄▄▀▌ ░░ ░▐▐█▌██ ░░░▐▐▌▌ ██▌▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░▐▐█▌░ ░ ██▄█ ██▌░░░ ▀▀█▄ ▄██▄█▀▄ ▄█▀▀ ▐▌▌ █▀░▄ ▐▐▌ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▐█▐█▌ ▐▐▌ ░▀▀█▄▄▄██▀▀▀▀ ▐▀▀■▀▀ ▐▀█▌ ▄██▀ ▐█▄▌ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀▀░▄▄▄██▀▀ ▐█▄▌ ▀░ ▀ ░█▀ ▀▀▀ ░█▀ ▀ c o n t e s t ! ▀ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ RCN would like to announce a new contest! The first person who ║ ║ sends in correct information leading to Chris Carter's RCN exposure will ║ ║ win access to a 130 meg file bot. RCN is in search of information ║ ║ concerning Chris Carter, such as his home and business addresses, home ║ ║ and business phone numbers, and/or any embarrassing information you can ║ ║ dig up (like, if he's a queer or something). Information concerning ║ ║ Chris Carter will only be published in this E-Zine if proven true. Any ║ ║ information on this person will be greatly appreciated. Let the narc ║ ║ hunt begin!!! ║ ║ ║ ║ Please email all responses to 'an385786@anon.penet.fi.'. The ║ ║ following is a short summary of what Chris Carter is all about : ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 01:02:01 -0500 (CDT) ║ ║ From: Chris Carter <chrisc@lubricant.free.org> ║ ║ To: x@x.x.x ║ ║ Cc: postmaster@x.x, piracy1@SPA.ORG, software@BSA.ORG ║ ║ Subject: Software Piracy from x@x.x.x ║ ║ ║ ║ Dear John Doe: ║ ║ ║ ║ I have found a user in your Internet domain who plays a large role ║ ║ in the distribution of copyrighted software on the Internet. This user ║ ║ uses the nickname "Ordinance," and uses the account "x@x.x.x.". He/she ║ ║ is a member of an underground group called "RTS." This group is ║ ║ dedicated to the transfer of illegal commercial software to a large ║ ║ audience of users on the Internet. They use the most efficient and ║ ║ fastest methods possible. ║ ║ ║ ║ The user was seen on IRC at exactly: Sun Apr 28 02:04:41 1996 EDT. ║ ║ ║ ║ In an effort to stop software piracy on the Internet, I have been ║ ║ monitoring various groups of users on the Internet Relay Chat network. ║ ║ This medium of communication has become very popular with "warez" ║ ║ pirates who exchange commercial software illegally. On the IRC network, ║ ║ groups of people come together to use sophisticated methods to ║ ║ distribute commercial software to literally thousands of users. With ║ ║ such large scale distribution methods, the software industry is losing ║ ║ millions of dollars. ║ ║ ║ ║ I have no direct evidence to show you that this user is ║ ║ participating in illegal activities. But I can direct you to where ║ ║ evidence can be found. If you are permitted to do so, I suggest that ║ ║ you take a brief scan of the user's home-directory and check for any ║ ║ suspicious files. If you cannot do this, I recommend that you keep a ║ ║ close eye on this user and watch for any unusual activities. Please ║ ║ take whatever action is appropriate in dealing with these matters as ║ ║ stated in your organization's Internet Policy Agreement or Network ║ ║ Etiquette Policy. ║ ║ ║ ║ Thank you for taking the time to read through this message. And ║ ║ thank you for any assistance you can give to help resolve this matter. ║ ║ Your time and help is greatly appreciated and I give you my full ║ ║ gratitude. ║ ║ ║ ║ Thanks again, ║ ║ Chris Carter ║ ║ International Internet Association ║ ║ chrisc@free.org ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ From jeppe Tue Apr 9 14:03:06 1996 ║ ║ Subject: Software Piracy from x@x.x.fi (fwd) ║ ║ To: x (Mr. X) ║ ║ Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 14:03:05 +0000 (EET DST) ║ ║ X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] ║ ║ MIME-Version: 1.0 ║ ║ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 ║ ║ Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit ║ ║ Status: RO ║ ║ X-Status: ║ ║ ║ ║ I have found a user in your Internet domain who plays a large role ║ ║ in the distribution of copyrighted software on the Internet. This user ║ ║ uses the nickname "BN" and uses the account "x@x.x.fi.". He/she is a ║ ║ member of an underground group called "Rapier." This group is dedicated ║ ║ to the transfer of illegal commerical software to a large audience of ║ ║ users on the Internet. They use the most efficient and fastest methods ║ ║ possible. ║ ║ Thanks again, ║ ║ Chris Carter ║ ║ International Internet Association ║ ║ chrisc@free.org ║ ║ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ I believe this user, Chris Carter, is violating numerous laws, to ║ ║ include guidelines set forth by the Electronic Frontier Foundation ║ ║ (EFF). His means of monitoring are clearly illegal in the United ║ ║ States. He is known to use hacked accounts, send false mail, hide his ║ ║ address, monitor channels in "IRC" through stealth modes - his presence ║ ║ not visible to users of the channels. He is also making great ║ ║ accusations with no evidence causing undue harassment and libel. Undue ║ ║ conflict between user and administrator and possibly resulting in the ║ ║ loss of accounts, if not involvement by state/local/federal authorities. ║ ║ Chris Carter's tactics seem to be strategic and premeditative in nature, ║ ║ a direct attack on the reputation of whomever he chooses to harass. ║ ║ ║ ║ It is encouraged that the unethical and unlawful behavior of Chris ║ ║ Carter be stopped, to protect privacy, freedom of speech, reputations of ║ ║ the innocent and prevent him from abusing any other computer systems ║ ║ through subversive and/or illegal "hacking" methods. ║ ║ ║ ║ Chris Carter certainly gets around. Upon mention of his name, many ║ ║ people have spoken out in outrage at his actions and methods. This ║ ║ e-mail is a collective result of concerned citizens in both the United ║ ║ States and abroad. To my knowledge, there are seven other instances of ║ ║ such accusations sent via e-mail with no support. ║ ║ ║ ║ Upon contact, a system administrator from the first provider has ║ ║ stated that they have checked the files of the user in question, ║ ║ permissible by a written legal form signed by the account purchaser, and ║ ║ have not found a single thing of illegal nature. Why is this violation ║ ║ of privacy necessary due to the likes of Mr. Carter, who does not seem ║ ║ to respect the rights of innocent people? One must wonder whether ║ ║ Carter's basis for these accusing messages has anything to do with the ║ ║ reason of "software piracy" as Carter states. If so, his observations ║ ║ are error-prone. ║ ║ ║ ║ The second provider involved has not commented. ║ ║ ║ ║ Thank you for your time and, hopefully, support. Chris Carter is a ║ ║ criminal by any standards and must be dealt with by legal means before ║ ║ spreading more harm among the Internet community. ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ░▄▄▄ ▀░█▄▄ ▄▄ ▄▄█▀░▄▄ r c n ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▐██▀▌ ▀▀▀ ▄ █▄▄ █▄█ ▐▄▌▌ ▄▄ ■▀ ▀▀█▀▌ ▀▀▀ ▄▄■▄▄ █▀▌ ░▄ ▐▐▌ ▐█▌▌ ▄ ███ ▀█▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▄■▄▄ █▄█▄▐░▀ ▀█▄▄ ░░ ░░ ██ ░░ ▄█▐▌ █▌▀░▐██▀▀ ░▐▐▌▌░░▐▐█▌░ ▄▄█▀ ▀░█▄ ▄▄░▄ ░░ ░▐▐█▌█▐▌░░ ▐▐█▌░ ██▄▄██▀██▐█▌ ▐▌▌ █▀░ ▄░▀▀ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌ █▌▐██ ▌▄ ▀█▄ ▀ ▀█▀ ▀░▀ ▐▀█▌ ▄██▀ ▀ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▐████▌▌ ▀▀■▀▐█░ ▀░ ▀ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▀▀▀░█▀▌ ▀▀█▄ w a r e i q t e s t ▀ ▀ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ 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 embarrass 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 issues of RCN! ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ ≡1≡ The following is a courier group that has recently been regrouped ║ ║ after a 2 year break : ║ ║ ║ ║ [ ] A. ACiD (ANSi Creators in Demand) ║ ║ [√] B. GODS (The Guild of Distributors) ║ ║ [ ] C. SWAT (Special Warez Acquisition Team) ║ ║ [ ] D. None of the Above ║ ║ ║ ║ ≡2≡ Our Rebel Chicken wrote a love letter to : ║ ║ ║ ║ [√] A. Emily ║ ║ [ ] B. Entropy ║ ║ [ ] C. Trite ║ ║ [ ] D. Winterhawk ║ ║ ║ ║ ≡3≡ Demolition started as a result of a merge between the following ║ ║ utils groups : ║ ║ ║ ║ [√] A. FTA (Fuck them All) and Rigid ║ ║ [ ] B. FSW (Fucking Sweet Warez) and Razor 1911 ║ ║ [ ] C. Napalm and Prestige ║ ║ [ ] D. None of the Above ║ ║ ║ ║ ≡4≡ NTA (Nokturnal Trading Alliance) has not released pirated software ║ ║ in : ║ ║ ║ ║ [ ] A. the past week ║ ║ [ ] B. the past 2 weeks ║ ║ [ ] C. the past month ║ ║ [√] D. a VERY long time ║ ║ ║ ║ ≡5≡ TQR is also known as : ║ ║ ║ ║ [ ] A. Fallout ║ ║ [ ] B. The Quiet Riot ║ ║ [ ] C. Sean Green ║ ║ [√] D. Two of the Above are Correct ║ ║ ║ ║ ≡6≡ Hitex frequents one of the following channels : ║ ║ ║ ║ [ ] A. #Lesbian ║ ║ [√] B. #Rapesex ║ ║ [ ] C. #Teensex ║ ║ [ ] D. None of the Above ║ ║ ║ ║ ≡7≡ Toast is a member of : ║ ║ ║ ║ [ ] A. The Age of Creation ║ ║ [√] B. Razor 1911 ║ ║ [ ] C. Power Trading Arsenal ║ ║ [ ] D. None of the Above ║ ║ ║ ║ ≡8≡ DVD is capable of holding up to : ║ ║ ║ ║ [ ] A. 650 megabytes ║ ║ [ ] B. 4.2 gigabytes ║ ║ [ ] C. 8.9 gigabytes ║ ║ [√] D. 17+ gigabytes ║ ║ ║ ║ ≡9≡ The Renegade Chemist was a former leader in all of the following ║ ║ groups except : ║ ║ ║ ║ [ ] A. Dynamix ║ ║ [ ] B. Hybrid ║ ║ [√] C. Prestige ║ ║ [ ] D. Razor 1911 ║ ║ ║ ║ ≡10≡ All of the following are frequented IRC channels EXCEPT : ║ ║ ║ ║ [ ] A. #Warez+ ║ ║ [ ] B. #Warez5 ║ ║ [√] C. #Warez-Files ║ ║ [ ] D. #Warez-Waldo ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▄▄█ ▄▄▄ ▄▄██▄ ▄██▄▄ ░█▌▄▄░▀▐██▀▌ ▄▄█▀░▄▄ ██▀▄▌ ██▄▌█ r c n ▄▄▐▐▌ ▀▀▀ ▄█▄█ ▐▄▌▌ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀█▐▌ ▐█▄▀▀ ▄▄■▄▄▀ ██▌ █▄█ ▐█▌▌ ███ ▄░▄▄ ▄█░▀ ▀█▄▄ ░ ░░░ ░░░░ █▐▌░ ██▀ ▄▄░▀ ░ ▀█▄▄ ▐▐▌ ░░▐▐█▌█ ▐██ ░░░▐▐▌▌░▐█▌▌░ ▀▀▀▀▀▀■▐▐█▌░░ ░░ ██ ▐█▌ ▐█▌▌ ▐▐█▌▐█▄▌ █▌▐██ ▐▌▌ █▀░▄ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▐█▌██ ▀▀█▄ ▄░▀▀ ██▀ ▐░███▌▌ ▐▀█▌ ▄██▀ ▀▀▀▄▄▄■▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀■▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀██▀▌ ▀░ ▀ v o t i n g ! ▀ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ If you didn't vote, don't complain! The following is a chart ║ ║ summarizing last week's reader votes regarding release groups : ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Voting Results : Games ║ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ ║ ║ │ HBD ║ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 29 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ NPM ║ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 17 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ PSG ║ █████████████████████████████████████████████ 45 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ RZR ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 34 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ ROR ║ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 18 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ ║ ║ ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ ║ ║ │ Total Votes : 143 │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Voting Results : Utils ║ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ ║ ║ │ DMN ║ ░░░░░ 5 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ DOD ║ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 15 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ LGX ║ n/a ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ MTY ║ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 22 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ PNC ║ ░░░░░░░░ 8 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ PWA ║ ███████████████████████████████ 31 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ RBS ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 30 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ SCUM ║ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 15 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ SDM ║ ░░░░░ 5 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ X-F ║ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 22 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ ║ ║ ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ ║ ║ │ Total Votes : 150 │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▄▄█ ▄▄▄ ▄▄██▄ ▄██▄▄ ░█▌▄▄░▀▐██▀▌ ▄▄█▀░▄▄ ██▀▄▌ ██▄▌█ r c n ▄▄▐▐▌ ▀▀▀ ▄█▄█ ▐▄▌▌ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀█▐▌ ▐█▄▀▀ ▄▄■▄▄▀ ██▌ █▄█ ▐█▌▌ ███ ▄░▄▄ ▄█░▀ ▀█▄▄ ░ ░░░ ░░░░ █▐▌░ ██▀ ▄▄░▀ ░ ▀█▄▄ ▐▐▌ ░░▐▐█▌█ ▐██ ░░░▐▐▌▌░▐█▌▌░ ▀▀▀▀▀▀■▐▐█▌░░ ░░ ██ ▐█▌ ▐█▌▌ ▐▐█▌▐█▄▌ █▌▐██ ▐▌▌ █▀░▄ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▐█▌██ ▀▀█▄ ▄░▀▀ ██▀ ▐░███▌▌ ▐▀█▌ ▄██▀ ▀▀▀▄▄▄■▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀■▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀██▀▌ ▀░ ▀ v o t i n g ! ▀ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ If you didn't vote, don't complain! The following is a chart ║ ║ summarizing last week's reader votes regarding courier groups : ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Voting Chart : BBS ║ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ ║ ║ │ TAC ║ ░░░░░ 5 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ EMP ║ ░░░░░░░ 7 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ EVR ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 30 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ fATE ║ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 15 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ GODS ║ n/a ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ MAL ║ ░░░░░░░░░░░░ 12 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ M8 ║ ░░░░░░░░░░ 10 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ RTS ║ ░░░░░░░░ 8 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ RiSC ║ ████████████████████████████████ 32 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ SIN ║ ░░░ 3 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ ║ ║ ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ ║ ║ │ Total Votes : 122 │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Voting Chart : NET ║ ║ ║ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ ║ ║ │ TAC ║ ░░░░░ 5 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ EMP ║ ░░░ 3 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ EVR ║ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 15 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ fATE ║ ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 30 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ GODS ║ n/a ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ MAL ║ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 15 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ M8 ║ ░░░░░░░░░ 9 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ RTS ║ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 13 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ RiSC ║ ███████████████████████████████████ 35 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ ║ ║ │ SIN ║ ░░░░░ 5 Votes ║ │ ║ ║ │ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ ║ ║ ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ ║ ║ │ Total Votes : 130 │ ║ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▄▄█ ▄▄▄ ▄▄██▄ ▄██▄▄ ░█▌▄▄░▀▐██▀▌ ▄▄█▀░▄▄ ██▀▄▌ ██▄▌█ r c n ▄▄▐▐▌ ▀▀▀ ▄█▄█ ▐▄▌▌ ▄▄■▄▄ ▀█▐▌ ▐█▄▀▀ ▄▄■▄▄▀ ██▌ █▄█ ▐█▌▌ ███ ▄░▄▄ ▄█░▀ ▀█▄▄ ░ ░░░ ░░░░ █▐▌░ ██▀ ▄▄░▀ ░ ▀█▄▄ ▐▐▌ ░░▐▐█▌█ ▐██ ░░░▐▐▌▌░▐█▌▌░ ▀▀▀▀▀▀■▐▐█▌░░ ░░ ██ ▐█▌ ▐█▌▌ ▐▐█▌▐█▄▌ █▌▐██ ▐▌▌ █▀░▄ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ ▐█▌██ ▀▀█▄ ▄░▀▀ ██▀ ▐░███▌▌ ▐▀█▌ ▄██▀ ▀▀▀▄▄▄■▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀■▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀██▀▌ ▀░ ▀ v o t i n g ! ▀ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ The following is a short survey on the popularity of the major scene ║ ║ groups. Please take the time to fill it out and return it to the ║ ║ following address : ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Which GAMES group is #1? ║ ║ ║ ║ [ ] Hybrid ║ ║ [ ] Napalm ║ ║ [ ] Prestige ║ ║ [ ] Razor 1911 ║ ║ [ ] Release on Rampage ║ ║ ║ ║ Which UTILS group is #1? ║ ║ ║ ║ [ ] Demolition ║ ║ [ ] Drink or Die ║ ║ [ ] Logistix ║ ║ [ ] Mortality ║ ║ [ ] Pinnacle ║ ║ [ ] Pirates with Attitudes ║ ║ [ ] Rebels ║ ║ [ ] Scum ║ ║ [ ] Sodom ║ ║ [ ] X-Force ║ ║ ║ ║ Which TRADE group is #1 in the field of NET couriering? ║ ║ ║ ║ [ ] Empire ║ ║ [ ] Everlast ║ ║ [ ] Fast Action Trading Exchange ║ ║ [ ] Guild of Distributors ║ ║ [ ] Malice ║ ║ [ ] Motiv8 ║ ║ [ ] Rapier ║ ║ [ ] Request to Send ║ ║ [ ] Rise in Superior Couriering ║ ║ [ ] Sinful Traders ║ ║ ║ ║ Which TRADE group is #1 in the field of BBS couriering? ║ ║ ║ ║ [ ] Empire ║ ║ [ ] Everlast ║ ║ [ ] Fast Action Trading Exchange ║ ║ [ ] Guild of Distributors ║ ║ [ ] Malice ║ ║ [ ] Motiv8 ║ ║ [ ] Rapier ║ ║ [ ] Request to Send ║ ║ [ ] Rise in Superior Couriering ║ ║ [ ] Sinful Traders ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Please email all responses to an385786@anon.penet.fi. ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▄█▀▀▀▀░▄ ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▄█▄▄▄ ▀▀█▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▀▀█▄▄▄ ▀▀ ▄▌ ▄ ▄▄ ■▀ ▀▀▀█▀▌ ░█▄▀█ ▀ █ ▄▄█▀░ ░▀█▀█▄ █▄▌ █▄▌ ▀█▄▄ ▀▀▄█ ▐███▀ ▄▄■▄▄ r c n▐▐▌ ▐▐▌ ░░░ ░░░░ ░░ ██▄█ ▐▌█ ░▐▌█ ░░▐▐█▌░░░▐▐█▌ █▌▀ ▄▄█▀ ▀█░▄ ▄▄▄ █▄ ██▌░░░ ░ ░ █▄▄ ▐█▐█▌ ▐█▌ ░▐█▌ ▄░▀▀ █▐▌▐█▀ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌░▐██▀ ▀▀▀▀░▄▄▄██▀▀ ▐▄█▄ ▐▄█▄ ▀ ▐█▌█▌ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀ █▌▌ ▀▀▀ ▀░▀█▀▀░ ▀░ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀ ▄▄▀▀ s u r v e y ! ▀▀░▀ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ The following is a short readership survey. All information ║ ║ obtained from the survey will be used to help improve RCN in future ║ ║ issues. Please take the time to fill it out and return it to the ║ ║ following address : ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Age : ║ ║ ║ ║ [ ] 13-18 Years Old ║ ║ [ ] 19-21 Years Old ║ ║ [ ] 22-35 Years Old ║ ║ [ ] 36+65 Years Old ║ ║ [ ] 66+ Years Old ║ ║ ║ ║ Highest level of education completed : ║ ║ ║ ║ [ ] High School ║ ║ [ ] College ║ ║ [ ] Masters Degree ║ ║ [ ] Doctoral Degree ║ ║ ║ ║ Are you a SysOp? ║ ║ ║ ║ [ ] Yes ║ ║ [ ] No ║ ║ ║ ║ Are you affiliated with any scene groups? ║ ║ ║ ║ [ ] Yes ║ ║ [ ] No ║ ║ ║ ║ Do you download RCN regularly? ║ ║ ║ ║ [ ] Yes ║ ║ [ ] No ║ ║ ║ ║ Do you save back issues of RCN? ║ ║ ║ ║ [ ] Yes ║ ║ [ ] No ║ ║ ║ ║ Magazine coding influences me to download one magazine over another __% ║ ║ of the time : ║ ║ ║ ║ [ ] 100 ║ ║ [ ] 80 ║ ║ [ ] 50 ║ ║ [ ] 30 ║ ║ [ ] 0 ║ ║ ║ ║ Amount of time spent reading RCN each week? ║ ║ ║ ║ [ ] 15-30 Minutes ║ ║ [ ] 31-45 Minutes ║ ║ [ ] 46-60 Minutes ║ ║ [ ] 60+ Minutes ║ ║ ║ ╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ Please E-Mail all responses to an385786@anon.penet.fi. ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ▄▄█▀░▄▄ ▄▄█▀░▄▄ ■▄▄█ ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▄▄█▀░▄▄ ▄▄█▀░█▄█ ▐▄▌▌ ■▄█▄█ ▐▄▌▌ ██▌ ▐ ▄■▀ ▀▀█▀▌r c n ▄█▄█ ▐▄▌▌ ▄█▄█ ▐█▌▌ ███ ▐█▌▌ ▄ ███ ▐▐▌ ██▌ ░▀ ▐█▌▌ ███ ▐█▌▌░░▐██ ░ ░▐▐▌▌░▐██▀▀ ░▐▐▌▌░░░░ ░ ██▌░░ ░▐▌█ ░░░ ▄▄▀▀▀■▄░▄ ▐██ ░ ░▐▐▌▌░░ ▐██ ▐▌▌ █▀░▄ ▐▌▌ █▀░▄ ▄▄▀▀▀■▄░▄██ ▐█▌ ▄█▀ ▀ ▐▌▌ █▀░▄ ▐▌▌ ▐▀█▌ ▄██▀ ▐▀█▌ ▄██▀▄█▀ ▀ ▐▐█ ▐▄█▄▐▌▌ ▐▄▄▐▀█▌ ▄██▀ ▐▀█▌ ▀░ ▀ ▀░ ▀ ▐▌▌ ▄█▄▌ ▀░ ▀▀█▄ ▄██▄▌▀ ▀ ▀░ m a d r c n ! ▀▀█▄ ▄██▄█ ░▀▀█▄▄▄██▀▀▀▀ ░▀▀█▄▄▄██▀▀▀ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ Author : Hitex ║ ║ Subject : Chicken-Watch : Part Trois ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ So I thought last week's Chicken-Watch would be the last. I had ║ ║ finally decided it was truly 100% hopeless this time. Well, I was ║ ║ right. So I was going through my hard drive last night deleting all the ║ ║ crap I didn't need any more when I made my way to the Telemate Edit ║ ║ directory. For those of you that don't know, Telemate is a ║ ║ communications program that has a built-in notepad like thing so you can ║ ║ jot down notes to yourself while online. Very useful when you have 30 ║ ║ people messaging you and you don't know who's who so you write down ║ ║ notes in there. Well I save little things in there, in the Edit ║ ║ directory, and once a month I sift through it and delete the crap I ║ ║ don't need. ║ ║ ║ ║ So I was viewing each file separately to make sure I reallly didn't ║ ║ need it when I made my way to a "letter.txt." Out of instinct, I ║ ║ assumed it was probably some reader mail regarding RCN, so when I read ║ ║ the first few lines : ║ ║ ║ ║ "Okay, I lied, I did kinda write what I said earlier :) That's ║ ║ because I thought (knew) that if I didn't, I'd probably stutter and make ║ ║ myself look stupid :(. Here's what I said (or tried to say) - in Email ║ ║ format;" ║ ║ ║ ║ I was just a tad confused to say the least. I decided to read on, ║ ║ perhaps the next few lines would reveal a bit more : ║ ║ ║ ║ "When I see you at school, I see a kind and generous person. You're ║ ║ especially pretty when you give one of your pretty smiles :) ..." ║ ║ ║ ║ And that was the kicker. OH MY FUCKING GOD!!! Hah, now I ║ ║ remembered! Yes, it was about a month ago, I was at Xenon's house, we ║ ║ were working on some coding for RCN, when we got a call from the ║ ║ legendary Rebel Chicken. Of course, I asked him, much like I always did ║ ║ at the beginning of a conversation, about the girl situation (or lack ║ ║ thereof). He told me of a new revelation in the story. Apparently he ║ ║ had just gotten Emily's AOL (give her a break, you can't bitch at a girl ║ ║ that Rebel likes for having AOL, I don't know why, but you just can't!) ║ ║ address and decided to email her. So I asked him what he said to her, ║ ║ and of course, he had the whole thing saved in his saved-messages ║ ║ folder. I told him to read it to me, and I guess he heard some clicking ║ ║ in the background so he assumed I was typing what he was saying. ║ ║ ║ ║ He quickly yelled at me to quit typing it, but I said "Wha? Oh, ║ ║ that's not me, it's Xenon coding!!!" Heh, he bought it. But of course, ║ ║ he reads a little faster than I type, so I told him "Wait! I'm gonna ║ ║ say whatever you say twice so that Xenon can hear it too!" Heh, ║ ║ meanwhile I was frantically typing into my edit window. When I would ║ ║ get too far behind, I would tell him "Hold on, Xenon's mom is talking, I ║ ║ can't hear!" So here, read on. This is young love in progress!!! ║ ║ ║ ║ "But I haven't seen you smile much lately :(. I see you here and ║ ║ then, but you always seem kinda unhappy :(... Well, I don't know why ║ ║ you're sad.. :(, but my guess is that there are people out there who ║ ║ don't appreciate you. That might be true, and if it is, then those ║ ║ people who don't appreciate you are just some of the most ignorant ║ ║ people around. ║ ║ ║ ║ I hope what I say makes sense to you :) may be it'll help make you ║ ║ feel better :). By the way, my email thing snail mails, it might make ║ ║ it to your account just a tiny little late :(. I'll see you tomorrow at ║ ║ school :) - AND, be happy :) you're too nice of a person to have to feel ║ ║ sad!" ║ ║ ║ ║ BAAAAAAAHAAHAHAHAH! Damn, I'll never forget that day. Check out ║ ║ all those :( and :)'s!!! I guess we know what Rebel Chicken does when ║ ║ he's nervous. Anyway, I don't know about you, but I thought that was a ║ ║ pretty sweet letter, and though he makes it totally obvious that he's ║ ║ never talked to a girl in his life, it's kind of cute and maybe the ║ ║ girls could dig it. So you ask the outcome of this? Well, fear not, ║ ║ the letter didn't lead to any sort of relationship, read past issues of ║ ║ RCN and Chicken-Watch to find out what happened to Rebel and Emily. ║ ║ Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this issue of Chicken-Watch, and, though I ║ ║ don't THINK there's any more to say, our Chicken always finds SOMETHING ║ ║ to make us laugh. ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ■▄▄█ ░▄▄▄ ▀▀█▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄░▄▄▄ ▄▄█▀░▄▄ ██▌ ▐██▀▌ ■▄▄█ ▀ █ ▄▄█▀░ ▐ ▄■▀ ▀▀█▀▌ r c n ▄█▄█ ▐▄▌▌ ▐▐▌ ▀▀▀ ██▌░▄▄ ▐▐▌ ▐▐▌ ██▌ ░▀▀ ▄▄■▄▄ ▐█▌▌ ▄ ███ █▀▌ █▄█▄ ▄▐▐▌▀ █▄ ██▌ ░ ░░▐▌█ ░░ ░░ ▄▄█▀ ▀█░▄ ▄▄▄█▀▀ ░▐▐▌▌░▐░█ ░▐▐█▌█ ▀ █▀▌░ ░░ ░▐██▀ ░░░░ ░ ▐█▌ ▐█▌▌■▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▐▐█▌▌ █▀░▄ █▐█ █▌▐██ ▐██ █▌▌ ▐▄█▄ ▀▀█▄ ▄█▀▀▄█ ▄██▀ ▐█▄▌████▌▌ ░▐█ ▄▄▀▀ ▀░ ▀▀■▄▄▄▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▐▀ ▀▀░█▀▌ ▐█▄▌▀▀░▀ ▀ ▐▀ r e a l i t y c h e c k n e t w o r k ╒═══[ RELEASE INFORMATION ]════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ╔════════════════════════════════════╤═══════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ │ ║ ║ Supplied By : RCN Staff │ Packaged By : RCN Staff ║ ║ Release Type : PC E-Zine │ Release Date : June 16, 1996 ║ ║ │ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ Requirements : IBM 386, 2MB RAM, VGA, DOS 3.3+ ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ ║ ║ REALITY Presents : REALITY CHECK NETWORK #18 (C) RCN!!! ║ ║ ║ ║ This is the 18th issue of Reality Check Network. Our goal is to bring ║ ║ the most interesting news to the public in a way revolutionizing the ║ ║ scene each and every week!!! Look to us for the latest in scene news, ║ ║ articles, interviews, and loads of fun, EVERY Sunday!!! ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╒═══[ GROUP NEWS/QUOTES ]══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ ■ NEW MEMBERS ■ We thank the new members for showing interest and faith ║ ║ in our group. We celebrate at being given the chance ║ ║ to work with our new friends as we help each other ║ ║ improve the reputation and news coverage of our group. ║ ║ Please extend cheerful welcomes to the following : ║ ║ ║ ║ Dark-Elf, Glock, Immortal, Kang, Krimson Wave, NyteMyst, ║ ║ Stealth, Tsunami, Universal Soldier, and Waynekerr. ║ ║ ║ ║ ■ " QUOTES! " ■ The results of our hard work, often loss and pain, are ║ ║ certainly outweighed by the greatness experienced along ║ ║ the way. Certainly, the chance to be great, is worth ║ ║ fighting for and worth the pain that so often ║ ║ accompanies it. - Anonymous ║ ║ ║ ║ ■ On behalf of the moon, I shall sing to ║ ║ Right wrongs and triumph over evil ║ ║ With my friends Sailor Venus, Jupiter, Mars, ║ ║ and Mercury ║ ║ We'll make the world ║ ║ A better place for all people! - Sailor Moon ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╒═══[ GROUP INFORMATION ]══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ [ EDITORS ] Hitex, Rebel Chicken, ║ ║ ║ ║ [ MEMBERS ] Celestian, Crystaline, Dark-Elf, Darkwing, Defender Zeta, ║ ║ Frost, Glock, Hound, Joker, Kahn, Kang, Krimson Wave, ║ ║ Krypto, Lucifers Fear, RATM, Mike & Dave, Road Rebel, ║ ║ Sam Vision, Stealth, Super Hacker, Tuxedo Mask, ║ ║ Underground King, Undinism, Universal Soldier, Velocity, ║ ║ Waynekerr, Xanthos, Xenon, Mr. Zog, ║ ║ ║ ║ [ TRADERS ] Immortal, NyteMyst, Shatter Star, and Tsunami. ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╒═══[ RCN MEMBER BOARDS ]══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ < BOARD NAME > │ < AREA CODE/SYSOP > │ < NODES/POSITION > ║ ╠═══════════════════════════╤══════╤════════════════════╤════╤═══════════════╣ ║ Malevolence ........... │ n/a │ Egoistic Fate .... │ 8 │ WORLD HQ ║ ╟───────────────────────────┼──────┼────────────────────┼────┼───────────────╢ ║ ....................... │ ... │ .................. │ .. │ CANADIAN HQ ║ ║ ....................... │ ... │ .................. │ .. │ USA HQ ║ ╟───────────────────────────┼──────┼────────────────────┼────┼───────────────╢ ║ DropZone .............. │ +... │ Mike & Dave ...... │ 5 │ DUTCH HQ .. ║ ╟───────────────────────────┼──────┼────────────────────┼────┼───────────────╢ ║ Acheron ............... │ ... │ Bababoey ......... │ 3 │ MEMBER .... ║ ║ The Lower Level ....... │ ... │ Underground King . │ 8 │ MEMBER .... ║ ╟───────────────────────────┼──────┼────────────────────┼────┼───────────────╢ ║ Insider ............... │ 514 │ Killerboy ........ │ 1 │ AFFILIATE . ║ ╠═══════════════════════════╧══════╧════════════════════╧════╧═══════════════╣ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╒═══[ KISSES AND DISSES ]══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ [*] KISSES : ■ Drink or Die · Mortality · Pirates with Attitudes ║ ║ Rebels · X-Force ║ ║ ║ ║ ■ Hybrid · Napalm · Prestige · Razor 1911 ║ ║ Release on Rampage ║ ║ ║ ║ ■ Fast Action Trade Exchange · Guild of Distributors ║ ║ Rapier · Request to Send · Rise in Superior Couriering ║ ║ ║ ║ [*] DISSES : ■ Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide · Michael Jackson ║ ║ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ ╒═══[ APPLICATION NOTES ]══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ REALITY is made up of loyal members who are dedicated to the growth of ║ ║ a quality e-mag group. 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