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- Presents
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- "The Basics Of Tfile Groups"
- │ by │
- Guido Sanchez
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- So, you'd like to start up a tfile group. But you've not a clue. Well, take it
- from one who's started up a fairly successful one. Or take it from me. It takes
- NOTHING special. No talent, no skill, no charm, no commitment, no kidding. Here
- are the basic steps to starting your own NIFTY tfile group.
-
- ≡1≡ Thinking Up a Name
-
- Just think of a cool word. Any cool word. For example, penis. Now, capitalize
- all of the consonants, and keep the vowels in lower case <IMPORTANT!>. The
- result : PeNiS. Next is also a crucial step, look at an ass-key chart and find
- some extended ass-key equivalents of the letters of the group name. P, hmm,
- well nothing can be done about that. Let's just leave it the way it is. e, well,
- there's alt-144, that looks cool. N, there's an easy one for that. Alt-165.
- Try and make the letters keep the look of being capitalized and in lower case.
- There are tons of possibilities for i, alt-141 looks pretty cool. For the S,
- now this has been a topic of constant discussion among the TRULY elite circles
- of modemhood. Does alt-235 look like a d or an S? Chessman says it makes his
- name look like Cheddarman, but I see all of the kool new BBSs using ßßδ. Is
- that a d or a S? Well, hey, if The WareHouse says it's an S, it must be. But
- wait! You've used NO slashes or backslashes in your group name! You could
- substitute Ñ for /\/, but it'd be better to clear up that δ discrepancy by
- using slashes on it. Ok, you now have a group name. Make sure all of your
- members commit the ass-key sequence to MEMORY, or otherwise they should be
- kicked out for insubordination.
- /
- PÉÑì\
- /
- Now, look at the letters and try to make it an acronym out of it. Something
- like
- /
- Professional Élite Ñeuromancers ìn Cyber\pace
- /
-
- That's good. It takes up a lot of space, and sounds K00L. Any reference to
- cyberpunk, neuromancer, or cyberspace is a DEFINITE plus, and if it's not
- a true acronym, hey, even better. Congratulations! You've now got a name!
-
- <apology at this point for not being terribly funny in this tfile. I'll cut
- to the chase now. I'm just bored and writing this tfile so that BLaH doesn't
- die. Oh joy, you've found me out>
-
- ─- GUIDELINES FOR YOUR TFILE GROUP -─
-
- ■ Release lots of things. Especially if they're not yours. You can rack up
- tons of releases by transcribing song lyrics from tape/cd covers, or making
- every 8th release an index of your previous releases.
-
- ■ Upload your stuff to Ripco. I guarantee it will be distributed.
-
- ■ The first thing that should be released is an application. Who cares about
- the actual content of the tfiles, just as long as people can add that funky
- little acronym after their name when they post.
-
- ■ It does NOT matter where your TRUE HQ is, pretend it's in another country.
- Sweden for example. It's very impressive, and will get your crap distrib-
- uted out the ass.
-
- ■ Get couriers. Yes, even tfile groups need couriers. It doesn't matter if
- your longest release is 10k <probably an index, too>, get some HST people
- to distribute it.
-
- ■ You can NEVER use too much Extended Asskey. The same goes for capitalizing
- all consonants and leaving vowels in lower case.
-
- ■ Get as many SiTES <not sights, or even sites> as possible. Regardless of
- their quality.
-
- ■ Above all else, rag on other groups. Indiscriminantly. Like that piece of
- shit group MaDCaP.
-
- ■ Get one decent writer and let him/her write lots of text files. Since you
- released the first one, you'll get the credit of being the main guy of the
- group. Exploiting others is a sure fire way to get yourself an interview in
- Phrack.
-
- ■ Don't piss off the people at Phrack by saying you can be reached at their
- subscription address.
-
- ■ Never let them see you sweat.
-
- ■ Fuck and shit can also never be used to darned much.
-
- ■ NEVER EVER write about emotion or what you think to be true.. the 'public'
- won't buy it one bit, and besides, we've got that market covered
-
- ┌/\┐
- <│GS│>
- └\/┘
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