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COVER : Zieg Passes Away
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The Renegade Chemist, Im a god!
Bluewater and Razor Sharp
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Crackpot Ditches the Scene
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Dear Reader :
As always, we value your opinion. Improvements are constantly being
made as a direct result of user input. If you would like to participate
in the further enhancement of RCN, or would like to send a letter to the
editors or to a writer in particular please send e-mail to
an385786@anon.penet.fi. Note that we are no longer accepting
subscribers to the magazine. The reason is that the anon.penet.fi
server will not let us send attached files over 100k in size unless we
split them up, and that would be confusing for both us and the readers.
To make up for that, we offer a WWW site accessible via the Internet.
All issues will be promptly posted there. For more information, read
on.
In an effort to better interact with our readers, the editors of
RCN have devised a reader survey, and would appreciate it if you would
take the time to respond to it. After completion of the survey, you
simply need to send it attached to the above e-mail address. Note that
we prefer NOT getting messages encoded in MIME format. We also have a
voting booth so the readers can give input on their favorite groups.
New this issue are some little twirks that might sizzle your buns!
For those of you that feel more in control when you can change the
brightness of the colors on your screen, we now have brightness
support that can be found in the options menu!
Dont forget to keep sending in your votes for the groups you feel
are 1, and test your wits of the scene in our Warez-IQ questionnaire,
10 new questions in this issue!
RCN issues have now been made available to a wider audience thanks
to our new WebSite courtesy of RATM. Please feel free to browse around
- http://www.shu.edu/importmi/rcn/. RCN ardently feels that our
WebSite will satisfy our readers and is a welcome addition to our
methods of distribution.
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RCN Editors
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Salut RCN,
Je vous
cris pour vous feliciter car votre mag est cool,
interessant, et plein dinformation utile. Je vais
ssayer de vous dire
se que je pense
tre bon dans le mag.
videment, ce sont mes opinions a
moi.
Jaime bien que cest un seul fichier .exe car cest plus compact
donc plus simple de manipuler. Gardez le system de lintro car elle est
cool et interessante. Les interrogations sont vari
s. Le classement
semaine par semaine des productions avec nom de fichiers et descriptions
sont, a mon avis, les plus importantes pour suivre lactulit
. Les NFOs
sur les crews sont correctes et bonnes.
Quand meme, jaimerai bien si vous pouvez retoucher linterface
graphique. Traitez plus des questions techniques. Remplacez le
soundchip par un module. Faites un graffiti wall pour que chacun puisse
xprimer.
vitez de remplacer le mag avec un mag qui parle des
lamers. Et finalement, ne vous arretez jamais!! Restez chouettes...
Sign
Quartex
TRANSLATION :
Dear RCN,
I am writing in regards to your E-Zine because I think its cool,
interesting, and full of useful information. I will try to tell you
what I think are the strong aspects of the mag. Obviously, these are
only my personal opinions.
I really like the fact that the magazine is stored in one main EXE.
It makes it more compact and easier to manipulate. Keep the intro, its
very cool. The interviews have much variation, which I really like. I
also like the week-by-week classification in the warez listings. Its
an awesome way of knowing the reality of what is being released. The
group NFOs are also great because theyre kept up to date.
Still, though, I would prefer it if you would sort of retouch the
interface. Also, ask more technical questions, and make sure they
pertain to the scene. Replace the sound by a MOD, and make a graffiti
wall so that everybody would be able to express themselves. Keep from
interviewing and speaking too much about the lamers, and finally, never
stop! Stay cool...
Signed,
Quartex
Dear Quartex,
Thanks for the comments! As for the sound MODules, we must keep the
sound in Adlib to keep the mag from becoming too much bigger than it
already is. RCN is currently approximately 500k in size, and inserting
a variety of MODs would greatly increase that size. As for keeping the
subject on the scene, we try, but once we feel that we have more than
adequately covered the warez scene, we feel that it would be interesting
for our readers to read about other things involving computers that
might indirectly affect us.
Signed,
Hitex
TRADUCTION :
Note that I make no guarantees that my French is perfect. I know its
understandable, which should be good enough for now -.
Ch
r Quartex,
Merci pour nous en
crir! Environ les MODs, la seule raison que
nous navons pas chang
s toute la musique dans RCN
des MODs cest
parce que les MODs sont grandes, et notre mag est d
environ 500k de
grandeur. Si on mettera des MODs dedans, sa sera beaucoup plus grand.
Nous essayons le plus ce qui est possible de concentrer notre sujet sur
la scene, mais quand on sens que nous avons parle de tout ce qui est
passe pendant la semaine, on le crois important de parler un peut de la
technologie des ordinateurs en general, peut etre quelque chose sera
important pour la scene indirectement.
Sign
Hitex
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Dear RCN,
Yet another nice mag! Good job! Along with it, some more comments.
Id like you to define the worlds 3 fastest BBSs. I know FOR SURE you
consider Street Spyders one of them, as you definitely got your
information from there. Let me give you my perspective on it.
What defines a FAST BBS? Well it would have to be a BBS that gets
most of the warez FASTEST. In my opinion, Cobra, Beyond Akira, and Park
Central would all be great candidates, the first of which is not so well
known. The last two of which are in a league of their own, all of which
are VERY fast with LOTS of LD traders. The Rock, of course, would also
be a board deserving recognition, and surely Malevolance, 2112, and
Southern Comfort would have to be included as well. As far as net-based
BBSs would go, Zions Hideout and Elusive Dreams are great. The
Untouchables, a 14-node dialin/telnet BBS in the 416 is looking to be a
REAL HOT board! Working aside Beyond Akira, this will make the 416/905
the REAL FORCE in the scene.
Signed,
Anonymous
Dear Anonymous,
As you can see, youve mentioned at least 11 BBSes there. However,
we only take our stats from 5 BBSes. This number, of course, could go
up in the future. Now let me give you my schpiel on the best BBS. ALL
the BBSes you mentioned could fall into this category. Ultimately, all
BBSes end up getting the same warez at approximately the same time, with
blazing speed. If one BBS beats another by one hour on a release, I
cant call it slower. If the BBS, however, consistently beats another
BBS, it could be labeled as a superior BBS. But is it worth going
through all this dinstinction? I dont think so.
We are here to review the best couriers, and the best of the best do
make a presence on the BBSes that we review. However, I am not going to
give out information as to the BBSes that we review. These BBSes and
FTP sites are too big and revealing their names as prime locations could
put them in jeopardy.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
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Dear RCN,
Hello. Im Pagan. First thing Id like to say is that your
asteroids game should come with a warning label, some people might have
an epileptic seizure, fall outta their chair, hit their head on the
keyboard.. and sue you for all the money you have.
If I admit to being Chris Carter can I have the warez? I can give
you my friends address if u wanna annoy someone. He wont mind. Hes
already going to court with America Online because he like, asked Steve
Case for his credit card number. AOL called his parents and they were
like come home now he was at my house and he was all scared because
he thought his parents found his girlfriends dildo under his bed.
Prestige is my hero, theyve released every game Ive ever heard of
lately. Unfortunatly, every time I go to courier something and hit
CTRL-C to get another screen I get this No more PTYS thing because my
ISP is overloaded to hell and I get all agitaged and hit CTRL-C over and
over and then it finally works and its on every site in the world. By
the way, if anyone has any shell accounts Ill give u a dollar.
PWA Pirates with Attitudes is awesome, DOD Drink or Die is
awesome, PWA and DOD together are awesome. Stop trying to make one
better than the other, theyre both awsome. Im in PWA. Chuckie
Golomufu thinks that Tyranny is the best. One day theyre gonna kick
ass, as soon as leaders get enough nadz to go back in the channel. Sup
Chuckie!!! Chuckie, join Prestige, they rock. I think if I applied
for a job and told them I could get them free software that they would
accept me. I dare someone to apply for a job at Novell and tell them
that. It will be fun. In In fact, Ill give anyone who does, ONE
dollar. I gotta go, here is my lover Graphik. Hes my hero.
Hello, Im Graphik. Pagan says Im his hero. But I think Im just
37337 or something. I have something to say but I cant think of it
right now. Oh yeah, my ISP sucks. I just want you all to know that
because I think its important that we all share information or
something. Errr.. I have a thought on how everyone always calls
everyone lamers.. I dont think anyone is really lame, except my friend
Joey, but he doesnt count because hes well.. lame. I love you Joey.
Anyways, calling people lame is stupid because we were all little lamers
at one time and didnt have a clue what a warez was and we werent in
like 300 groups all at once that dont even know youre a member. Hmm..
what else. Oh yeah. Devast is hell-bent on world domination. He wants
to merge with everyone until he becomes leader of the world and gets to
sit in a big office and play with his warez all day. I think thats
cool tho, because Devast rocks and is the Leet Botmaster or something.
If Devast died and never came back, the scene would have no bots that
worked. Although I havent seen a bot that works anyway.. but you know.
I have this friend, and his name is Chuckie. He thinks he runs this
group called Tyranny, but he really doesnt. He kicked me out because I
wouldnt hang up the phone one night and got mad at me. He also thinks
that Tyranny is the best group in the world although they havent seen
their 2 presidents in 3 years.
Hey.. I have another thought. Idlers. Whats the deal with all
this ideling going on? I mean.. Everyone idles 14 hours a day 7 days a
week except for Prestige, theyre a bunch a weirdos - I fit right in.
They should change the name from Internet Relay Chat to Idlings Really
Cool. Well like.. I dont think I have anything else to say.. although
I probably do but I cant think while Im under all this pressure. Oh
yeah, I have one more thing to say, MARBZ, WHERE THE FUCK ARE OUR
MODEMS? :
*PS* We cant give out our affiliations because were afraid of what
theyd do to us if they saw this letter.
Signed,
Pagan/Graphik
Dear Pagan/Graphik,
If I didnt know better, Id say you two were gay lovers.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
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Dear RCN,
I just wanted to welcome you guys back. Just the other day, I was
thinking about how I used to love to read RCN, and how much I missed it.
The mag looks better than it ever did. I have only two minor
complaints. First, sit down and try to read the coded version all the
way through. That dim red is rather hard on the eyes, as you tend to
have to strain or at least us older guys do . to read it. Second,
and this is gonna sound funny coming from a guy in a big games group
that space invaders game was a pain in the butt. I had to play that
damn thing for an hour to get the password for the secret articles. I
guess it would help it I actually sat down and played a game every once
in a while, but hey, who has the time to play games!? . Anyways,
welcome back guys, and best wishes in the future.
Signed,
Pitbull Razor 1911
Dear Pitbull,
Thanks for the kind words! As for the eye strain, I just got a
message saying that the new colors rule and are easier to read. What
does that mean? Does that mean youre wrong? Hail naw! Different
strokes for different folks! Hey, youre entitled to your own likings.
New this issue is a BRIGHTNESS setting in the options menu F1.
You can adjust the brightness of some of the darker colors in the mag.
Thanks for bringing up a great idea! Now as for the space invaders
game, bahahaha evil grin. You may have gotten your way the first
time, but you aint gettin it this time! If its really hard for you
to beat the game and youre just goin nuts, join RCN on IRC and if you
beg real hard someone will give it to you. One tip: DO NOT try to play
it in a window under Windows. Its just too hard! Play it in
full-screen alt-enter. Oh, and join RCN on IRC anyways! We like to
chat up there! Now just in case there are any of you out there that
still havent gotten the passwords, Ill help you out here :
The password for Issue 14 was: TKRP
The password for Issue 15 was: HITAX
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
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Dear RCN,
First, let me begin by explaining who I am. Im Shadow Master,
currently supplying for Prestige, formerly having done the same for
Legend, Genesis, TDU-JAM!, and Razor 1911. Ive been involved with the
scene and all its politics and such for 6 years, so I trust youll all
understand that I know what Im talking about when it comes to the
scene. In all of my 6 years, I have never seen a more disgraceful,
uninformed, and downright idiotic assessment as Instant Rages
commentary on Napalm.
Instant Rage claims that Napalm has speed and its this speed
which allows them to be so fast that they beat veteran groups. Let me
clue everyone in. Napalms speed, as evidenced by the incredible
number of problems found with every game, derives from the fact that
they blatantly ignore the established rules of fair play. EVERY other
group, upon getting a release, takes the time and effort necessary to
release a working product, while Napalm has chosen to bastardize the
system.
Instant Rage claims that such idiocy is perfecting the art of
releasing. The established rules of the scene DEMAND that a release be
working before it is given to the general public. Napalm has chosen to
ignore the rules as fairly established by the games groups in good
faith, simply because they would otherwise be slaughtered when it came
time for competition.
Let me give you a metaphor to consider what Napalm is doing. Lets
say you want to purchase a TV. Which one would you be happier with, one
that you got that worked straight out of the box, or the one that was
broken, forcing you to call the mechanic to repair it. Obviously youd
want the first one, which is why games groups decided that a release
must be working when put out. One would think this is common sense.
Napalms feeble efforts were mistakes, plain and simple, not some grand
new way of releasing.
In the old days, when a release did not work, another group would
re-release it and slam on the group who put out the non working version
because the 1st group made a mistake. The only reason other groups
havent been doing that lately is that they made the mistake of trusting
Napalm to play fair, and not release the games until they were 100
working. The other groups assumed that Napalm was following the rules
of fair play, just as they were, and ceased trying to release their
version when the Napalm version was released. I will swear right now
that if Napalm does this again, even if the game is 40 Disks, I will
re-release every single disk and have their release nuked off every
major board and Internet site, and I promise that it will happen,
because people know and respect the rules which Napalm has so blatantly
chosen to ignore.
Dont get me wrong, if Napalm has a game far in advance of others
and puts it out, but it needs a fix, I wont release it all again.
Napalm has chosen to use this non-working strategy as a cheap way of
winning races with other groups when they know they are in danger of
being beaten. So if a games in the possession of several groups and
Napalm tries their dirty tricks again, I will be on their ass before
they can blink, seeing to it that they get what they deserve, which is
nothing more than the contempt of all respectable groups and the loss of
credits on boards and sites worldwide.
In conclusion, while Napalm may be trying to prove themselves, the
only thing they have proven is that they cannot win fairly and must
resort to using deceit to even attempt to compete with others. If
Napalm wishes to regain any respectability, they must play by the rules
and beat the groups at their own game, as has been the custom for as
long as the scene has been established. Its better to have not
released a game then to resort to trickery and attempt to pass it off as
victory. Others may have chosen to write off Napalms foolishness in
the past, but things will change. To be the man, youve got to BEAT the
man. Word up to Napalm, the Masters watching, so you had better get
with the program, and get with it fast.
Signed,
Shadow Master
Dear Shadow Master,
Ouch.. harsh words, what can I say? Glad Im not in Napalm...
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
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Dear RCN,
Well, Im sure weve all once needed a program REALLY badly, and if
its bad enough, youll do ANYTHING to get it. Well, that was my
situation on Thursday, May 23.
I was very desperate for a certain program, so I was joining the
WarezX channels, trying to see if anyone had it, and also Oldwarez.
Well, Im not sure if its just the fact that some not all of the
WarezX and Oldwarez ops are just assholes, or if theyre all raging
fucking egomaniacs, but I got banned from 3 channels called
Warez-Waldo, Warez5, and Oldwarez.
So heres my question. If the WarezX and Oldwarez channels arent
there for helping people out when they need a file, WHAT THE FUCK ARE
THEY FOR?!??! And still, maybe a warning or something, you dont just
ban someone for asking for a file, its just fucking lame.
So, for all you WarezX and Oldwarez ops out there, if youre gonna
ban someone, make sure you have a good reason.. oh, and another thing,
if you ban someone for asking for a file, thats called LAMENESS. Get
off the fucking power trip, and if you ever hear yourself saying
WOOHOO... Ive got ops on a channel, I think Ill abuse it, un-op
yourself, the scene doesnt need assholes like you.
Signed,
Demaxxus
Dear Demaxxus,
Hehe.. this is actually kind of funny. When I first got into the
scene, one of my Warez6 friends, whose name happens to slip my mind,
made me a channel op on Warez6. I was so excited that I would just
look for people who would do stupid things, so I could ban them. I
would ban people if they would beg for files. I can understand why
these channel ops might have been banning you since I felt very much the
same as they did when I first got ops. They probably just had itchy
fingers and couldnt control using their new op power. The good news
is, these ops will grow out of it, the bad news is, there will be plenty
more bad ops that come into the scene just as the old ops mature. Its
a fact of life.. just accept it.. there will always be lame ops, and
there will always be cool ops.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
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Dear RCN,
I just finished reading Defacto Issue 6, a week and a half late,
but thats alright, shit happens. I dont know if youve read their
magazine, I dont know if you ever have, but they went completely off on
you guys. I saw nothing wrong with them responding to your article
about Drapper in their mag, but when youre still a small mag like
Defacto, you look pretty stupid writing 3 articles about the opposing
mag, because 3 articles virtually IS their mag. They spent like 3/4 of
their magazine talking about RCN.
Signed,
Sonic
Dear Sonic,
Yes, I do read Defacto, on a regular basis even. I agree with you,
I thought it was pretty lame of them to post so much about RCN, but
theyre entitled to do what they want to do, its their mag. However, I
dont think of Defacto as an opposing mag. I think of them as
another mag. They are here to do exactly what we are here to do,
inform the warez public about whats going on in the scene.
If there is one aspect of the scene that shouldnt have competition,
its the E-Zine part of it. Unfortunately, until Defacto gets it
through their heads that we are not here to compete with them, you will
be sure to find issues filled with talk about RCN from them. I wouldnt
be surprised if Issue 7 will be a recreation and a response to this.
All I know is that if I had something to say to Defacto, I would do it
face to face, Id email them directly. Theyre still too young to
understand this, however, and still want to play games with us by
writing to us through their magazine. Its all good, only game I wanna
go play is Space Invaders so I can get the password for Mad RCN :-.
Keep reading both mags, hopefully Defacto will soon grow out of
their current stage. If they spent more time writing about the scene
and less time about RCN, they would have a great mag. Good coding, good
writing, and just a little more work and theyll have it all going on.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
Dear RCN,
Defacto posts that Drappers site was not really busted, and that it
is merely a figure of speech. Dont you think they could be right? Why
jump to conclusions so quickly?
Signed,
Anonymous
Dear Anonymous,
Baaahahahaha, I must have missed that part of Defacto! Heheheh,
nice try guys. Well sorry, but youre wrong. Drapper specifically told
us in the channel that we got him busted and that the guys from MIT had
just left his dorm about 30 minutes before and took down his site.
Better luck next time, guys. Oh, when you say that You wrote about a
siteop whom I wont mention and then five lines later say Drappers
site was... you kinda give it away.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
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Yo RCN,
I noticed the first article in the secret articles section We here
at RCN prefer to call it MAD RCN. It was hilarious! Do you know where
I can find the lady that is in the first picture? I am going to attempt
to get in the Guiness Book of World Records for the WORLDS LARGEST
TITTY TWIST! Seriously, those secret articles are very funny, keep on
making them! Also, your supplier of those twisted pics should be shot.
Just thought I should let you know!
Signed,
Deathl0k
Yo Deathl0k,
Hahaha, yeah, I think you have a future with that record.
Fortunately, I dont know where you could find the lady. Nor do I want
to know. I just hope shes doesnt live anywhere around me. As far as
our supplier, it was Road Rebel. However, hes not as sick as you
think! He just logged onto the WWW and found them within two minutes.
Pretty sick, eh?
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
Dear RCN,
Great to see you guys back! The Comeback issue was a really nice
surprise, i.e. the Space game contained the password for secret
articles, etc. :-. Keep up the good work and hpoefully you can
continue to release your brilliant E-Zine on a weekly basis.
Signed,
Braindead
Dear Braindead,
Yeah, ideas such as Secret articles are the type we think of when
pondering life in bed at night. Were glad you liked it!
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
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Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Prophet
Subject : Napalm vs. Prestige Affiliation : NPM Leader
RCN : NPM Napalm was originally a SNES consoles group, but has in the
past few months switched to doing PC games, what caused this
switch from SNES to PC?
NPM : NPM was first started in the SNES consoles scene by Daviolator,
but then the SNES consoles scene died because Sony Playstation and
Sega Saturn took over. Daviolator came to me and asked me to
start NPM PC. It was started only for fun, we here at NPM dont
care about what people have to say about us. We just do it for
fun. We like to keep a nice relationship with everyone in the
scene if possible. After Daviolator called me to start NPM PC, I
contacted Hannibal to start up NPM, but he was also contacted by
Cyber Angel to start up TRN Tyranny, but somehow, I caught
Hannibals attention and he joined NPM instead. From there we
began NPM. At first, I recruited many RiSC couriers because I have
been in RiSC for a long time and I know many traders very well.
RCN : NPM has done extremely well in releasing games, and it beats many
other games groups such as RZR Razor 1911 and HBD Hybrid. But
many people say that nearly all of NPM releases do *NOT* working,
and according to a RZR member, RZR has decided that they will
release a game even if NPM has already released it because RZR
assumes that anything from NPM will not work.
NPM : Well it is true we had a few releases that did not work, but we
always fix our releases unlike RZR. When they fuck up, they leave
it that way and tend to ignore their faults. I admit we have had
many careless mistakes in our releases but this is only because we
are a new group. We learn from our mistakes and as you can see
currently we are doing great with our releases and there are no
more fuck ups.
RCN : Yes, that is true, NPM has not released any nonworking releases in
the past 2 weeks, but it also has not released period. Why is
that so? Is NPM merely in a slump, or is there something more
going on in there effecting the future of the group?
NPM : That is again true, we are in a slump. I can say we have lost
many releases to PSG Prestige, they seem to be a great group
with a lot of talent and a nice future ahead of them. As always,
in NPM we only do this for fun, we dont worry much about whos
better and whos not. We tend to not care what others think about
us. We only do this for our own pleasure and we try as much
possible to support the scene. We are currently we making some
changes in the group to help NPMs future making it stable and
alive for many years.
RCN : What are some of these changes being planned? Perhaps NPM needs a
new council of leaders, or a fresh crew of suppliers?
NPM : Well, this is for me to know and for people to find out! Like I
said, we like to keep this group up and running for many years but
I know that people tend to leave the scene for many reasons. I
try make sure that theres always a replacement for positions in
case someone leaves for the scene. NPM is a very young group, and
many people in NPM are currently still going to college and are in
their 20s although there are a few of us who are over the hill.
RCN : Would you consider the competition between PSG and NPM to be
completely friendly? For example, PSG has a quote that says If
you guys nuke our PSG Euro Edition, you guys should nuke NPMs
Tony Larusa 96 Edition.
NPM : This is what I really hate about the scene, one reason I tend to
just like to stay low profile and courier! In the scene, there is
no friendly competition. I can say for a fact that PSG is giving
us a hard time to release, theres no need to hide the truth.
Yes, Ive noticed PSGs quote too and I dont like it one bit but
what can I do? The whole scene tends to hate NPM for some reason.
They always have some bad reasons to blame things on us but we
dont bother to fight it because we simply dont care!
RCN : Both NPM and PSG released Battle Arena : Toshinden. However,
the cracks for both games are also identical, and there are
accusations from PSG that NPM *STOLE* the PSG crack, is that true?
NPM : Well, ever since NPM started releasing, there were always so many
people ragging on us from other groups. They showed no respect to
a new group. This is entirely understandable since I dont give
much respect to new groups either. But groups have constantly put
the blame on NPM for everything. Other groups always blame us for
things like stealing, and for things like how much NPM fucked up.
We simply dont care, were here just to have fun. We dont care
if nobody wants to download NPM releases or if nobody wants to
join NPM.
RCN : You still didnt answer my question about the crack. According to
PSG, the NPM and PSG crack for Battle Arena : Toshinden had the
exact same exact time stamp, and the NPM cracker that supposedly
cracked the game admitted that he didnt make the crack.
NPM : Well, Wolverine didnt crack the game but I can say that someone
else from NPM did crack the game but his name will not be revealed
because he chose not to be mentioned in the scene. I have no
evidence of the fact that we cracked the game. There is no way I
can prove myself to people that we actually cracked the game.
RCN : Many of the top games groups ask that their BBS sysops and some of
their members to pay the leaders money, so they could go out and
*BUY* releases. Is that the way NPM works? If so, how much money
does NPM spend a month *BUYING* releases, and how much money do
they spend paying their suppliers?
NPM : Yes, NPM has a big monthly budget like many other groups. We are
doing this all out of our own pockets because again we are here
just to have fun. I cant really say how much money we use
monthly but we are paying for every one of those releases. We
never ask other people to pay us money, that is lame I think. The
scene is not to make money but to have fun! Well, we cant
explain the process of getting a release faster than other groups
since all the groups get the games at the same time! Speed is
based on who works the fastest and who is able to get the game
cracked first, and test the release, then release it! Everyone
was saying that NPMs main supplier was Fan Fan La Tulipe
ex-TDU-JAM! Leader, but that is total bullshit because we dont
even know each other.
RCN : There are rumors that Daviolator works for Acclaim, and that is
why you guys release a lot of Acclaim titles, is that true?
NPM : Daviolator doesnt work for Acclaim, but he knows a guy in Acclaim
that gives us the games even before it hits mass production.
RCN : What was the best game NPM ever released?
NPM : Well, I think our best release was Descent 2 even though we
fucked up on it! The thing is, many people think NPM put out 10
fixes but the thing is, we only put out 1 fix that fixed the sound
problem and the level 3 CD-ROM check. People must understand that
we couldnt test out the whole game and play test it for every
level. We only got so far as level 2.
RCN : In your opinion, how would you rank the top games groups?
NPM : If you want the truth, nothing but the truth, then I must say that
PSG is 1, NPM is 2, HBD is 3, and RZR is 4, but keep in mind
EVERYTHING changes, its the law of nature! I think that there
are no real friends in the games scene even though I would really
want to have some friends with the groups out there. We would
rather make friends and not enemies, but then again, its hard to
trust someone in the scene. I think the groups out there RAG on
NPM so much because they fear NPM. At this moment it seems to me
that RZR has died off, and the only groups out there are HBD, PSG,
and NPM! I repeat, RZR has died off!!
RCN : What about the games group DNX Dynamix that released Duke Nukem
3D and the games group ROR Release on Rampage that released
argh.. a nonworking version of Cyberia 2 and a lame WarCraft
2/Command and Conquer toolkit?
NPM : Well DNX is practically dead since all the memebers of DNX have
left to join PSG. ROR was never really in the picture. It seems
to me they put out all the beta releases of games.
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Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Shadow Master
Subject : Prestige vs. Napalm Affiliation : PSG Leader
RCN : PSG Prestige has done extremely well recently, and some
attribute its success to the fact that nearly all of DNX
Dynamix suppliers have left DNX and joined PSG, is that
statement valid?
PSG : PSG would be doing just fine on its own. However, the DNX guys
have provided plenty of support. While not wholy responsible for
the success, they are a great contributing factor.
RCN : Theres a quote by PSG that says If you guys nuke our PSG Euro
Edition, you guys should nuke Napalms Tony Larusa 1996 Edition,
to what does that refer to, and why was that quote directed at NPM
Napalm?
PSG : I wrote that quote for people new to warez. That was directed at
NPM because two of their traders, mainly Darkside and Shatter
Star, began nuking PSGs version of Sensible Soccer on FTP sites
saying it was a dupe of an earlier release from December. This
was a brand new edition, sold separately, exactly like Tony
Larussa 3 1996 Edition. A version had come out before, but NPM
released the 1996 Edition which was sold separately and a brand
new release. I was just pointing out that by their logic, Tony
Larussa 3 1996 Edition would deserve to be nuked as well.
RCN : There has also been a little upheaval about the release Battle
Arena : Toshinden, what was that all about?
PSG : PSG released Battle Arena : Toshinden and uploaded around 3
disks of the game on a RiSC FTP site called LA. I then had to
reboot my computer and when I finally got back on and resumed my
upload only to see that there was a NPM version already on LA.
After winning a spreading war with NPM, The Speed Racer from RZR
Razor 1911 called me and asked me why the NPM crack for Battle
Arena : Toshinden was the same as PSGs crack. The crack in the
NPM and PSG releases were both named the same TSDCRK.ZIP and when
the cracked EXEs from both version were examined, they were found
to be the exact same, down to the time and date stamps. We also
found out that the first person to leech the 3 disks off of LA was
Prophet, leader of NPM. Grudge did not expect there to be a NPM
version of Battle Arena : Toshinden since he already saw the PSG
version on LA, and was shocked to see a NPM version on LA minutes
later. Grudge informed me that that Wolverine, the cracker listed
in the NPM .NFO, would have had to have crack the game in about 1
minute. The evidence was pretty clear as to what NPM did, and PSG
was far from pleased.
RCN : It is pretty clear then that NPM must have stole the crack from
PSG. However, according to Prophet, he told me that he didnt do
it, and that a special anonymous cracker cracked the release, do
you believe Prophet?
PSG : Why would Prophet admit to stealing a crack, the uproar from the
rest of the scene would be incredible. NPM would lose any respect
it had. I do not believe Prophet at all. Even his own members
speak differently.
RCN : So basically, Prophet is trying to pull an O.J. Simpson?
PSG : Yes.
RCN : Why has so many DNX suppliers flooded to join PSG? What attracted
them over to PSG?
PSG : Im not quite sure what attracted them, so Ill make an attempt to
guess. A merger was proposed at one point in time between DNX and
PSG, but it fell apart. I believe that several DNX members, such
as Hemp Hoodlum, The Renegade Chemist, and Zeus became tired of
being the only ones to support DNX. Hemp Hoodlum withdrew the DNX
and PSG merger apparently without telling The Renegade Chemist or
Zeus. Several days later, The Renegade Chemist asked if PSG had
decided to merge, and when I mentioned that Hemp Hoodlum had
withdrawn the proposal, he got extremely pissed. 5 minutes later,
The Renegade Chemist, Zeus, and a few others DNX members joined
PSG. About an hour later, it appeared that the rest of DNX didnt
think they could handle the group without the members who left, so
Hemp Hoodlum and several others joined PSG.
RCN : How would you rate PSG compared to the games group RZR?
PSG : In regards to RZR, I believe that PSG is, at least for the moment,
in a much better position. RZRs suppliers curerntly seem to lack
motivation, and their crackers never seem to be around. The RZR
staff has assured me that things will change in June. They have
the ability to beat PSG, whether or not they have the desire is
another question.
RCN : How would you rate PSG compared to the games group HBD Hybrid?
PSG : HBD, on the other hand, while able to put up an extremely good
showing, lacks suppliers from the U.S., because of that, it is not
in a position to challenge PSG. Should they gain suppliers from
the U.S., then they would be a force to be reckoned with.
RCN : What about other groups such as ROR Release on Rampage, who
brag about great releases such as WarCraft 2/Command and Conquer
Toolkit do you think theyll be in competing status with other
good games groups?
PSG : While I must commend ROR and other groups of that type for their
dedication in continuing to provide new warez, they are not in any
position to compete with the more established games groups. As far
as I can see, they do not possess either the suppliers nor the
crackers needed in order to compete with the current top games
groups.
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Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Shatter
Subject : Shatter Star Affiliation : DOD/NPM/RiSC
RCN : Shatter, we all know that you are an integral part of groups such
as DOD Drink or Die, NPM Napalm, and RiSC Rise in Superior
Couriering, but whats of most interest to people is your job as
a RiSC member, what do you do for that group?
RSC : Well, being a member of RiSC would probably have to be the hardest
of my jobs, because its a full-time job, unlike being in a
releasing group, when youre in a big-time couriering group like
RiSC, you have to spend a lot more time on it, and I have that
time because I dont have a job and I go to school. But my main
role in the group is supposed to be a coordinator which
basically means that I manage one of our FTP sites and make sure
all the traders are active on there and the traders that need
accounts on those FTP sites get them. What interests me and keeps
me a RiSC member is that its all so fun. I really enjoy working
with the members of RiSC.
RCN : Which FTP site do you manage coordinate?
RSC : I manage and coordinate one of our FTP sites called LA, most
people that are on it are familiar with its affiliations. There
are also other methods of coordinating which I think I should keep
to myself.
RCN : OH, so you threaten people with a GUN hey? Anyways, you mentioned
that you make sure that all the traders are active, what happens
when a trader is not active?
RSC : When a trader is not active, I send them a little email asking
them why they havent been active on that site. BBS couriers are
given a little more slack, but if they are a regular Internet FTP
trader is expected to do 100-300 megs a week there, and for 2
weeks they dont even trade, you have to wonder why. And if I
dont get a reply back, well, that hasnt happened yet and Im not
exaclty sure what I would do at that point. I would probably try
to contact him on the phone.
RCN : OKay, so they usually dont just get kicked out of the group?
RSC : RiSC isnt that strict, no usually not, but obviously if they say
No, I dont want to courier anymore because you guys suck or if
they refuse to do anything, then yeah, we kick them out. But if
they have a valid reason for not couriering as much, its
perfectly understandable.
RCN : I remember that NOT too long ago, Mikeysoft was one of the 3 RiSC
leaders, now theres only 2. What happened to him? Did he refuse
to work? Did he say you guys suck?
RSC : Ahh yes, Mikeysoft, I really didnt know him that good, nor did I
talk to him a lot, and I probably know as much as the common
person out there. I dont think I got into RiSC until a little
after he was kicked out. As far as I know, he didnt do anything
wrong, and I know he ran a board called Final Frontier. I dont
hink he refused to work, or he told us we suck, I guess we kicked
him out for the saftey of the group and because he was just
sitting there.
RCN : So Mikeysoft never did anything for the group RiSC? He was just
sitting there? Did he go raving mad when he found out he got
kicked out of RiSC even thought it was for RiSCs safety?
RSC : As far as I know, no. Of course, I havent been in the scene a
long time to know the whole story. I dont think he reacted at
all. No one really said anything after that about him being
kicked out. And I think he knows why he was kicked out.
RCN : How would you rate RiSC compared to the other courier groups out
there, for example, against fATE Fast Action Trade Exchange,
fATE has an awesome system of IRC couriering, but anybody whos
anybody knows that theyre lacking in sites, and anybody whos
anybody knows RiSC does not have a RiSCfiles, but that RiSC has
the best BBSes and FTP sites in the world, and can courier.
RSC : RiSC has been around the longest in the scene, RTS Request to
Send has been around quite awhile but I dont its older than
RiSC. I must admit that fATE spreads pirated software to more
people and more feds out there, but RiSC definitely has the
fastest warez on the FTP sites. Since most of the uploading
occurs at the top FTP sites, groups with slower FTP sites get it a
bit slower. Now, Im not saying fATE gets warez 10 hours later,
but with todays speed and couriers, its all a matter of minutes.
And that is what counts on the FTP sites.
RCN : How important do you think it is for a courier group to have an
offering channel?
RSC : RiSC doesnt have an offering channel, and I dont think we will
EVER have one. I support the idea of getting the warez out to
everyone, but personally I think fATE has assumed that role. RiSC
doesnt distribute files on IRC channels simply because we do not
want 100 people in the group, just offering all day. We like to
have our group small, and as best as it can be.
RCN : So youre saying that fATE is slow, or at least slower than RiSC?
Really? That cant be..
RSC : I really think the majority of the files are spread on the top FTP
sites. Like I said, its all a matter of minutes. If I put up a
10 disk release on a RiSC site. Someone will at the same time
leech it at say 100kb. They will have it on their shell in about
2 minutes. Then he uploads it to another site which takes a
couple minutes, and then its on the fATE sites. You dont see a
lot of files coming from the less active sites do you??
RCN : I dont like getting on slow sites. Since the gap between being
fast and slow is only a matter of minutes, how do you get it on
the RiSC FTP sites so fast? You are considered one of the fastest
FTP traders around.
RSC : Well I think I am fortunate to be on these FTP sites and to be in
RiSC of course. I think people consider me one of the best
because I was taught by the best, Darkhosis. The competition is
so hard these days, if you go out of your computer room to take a
piss, you might come back and see a 40 disk release on a site that
you wanted to trade on.
RCN : I take it you dont piss much then, or you must have a bottle in
front of you right now. On the note of NPM, they havent released
in about 2 weeks now, are there problems fostering in NPM?
RSC : Haha, no, but my bathroom is close to this room though. Napalm
hasnt been releasing much because we are testing our members
loyalty in a way, to see who ditches the group when we are in a
slump. I must admit PSG Prestige is kicking our NPM in the ass
right now with their releases, but I assure you NPM will be back.
RCN : Is there a chance that RiSC will ever TEST its members loyalty by
not coureiring for a week and a half?
RSC : If you look at that, it is kind of hard, I mean RiSC isnt going
to stop anyone from releasing, and the couriers DONT want to stop
trading, believe me.
RCN : Ah, now, on the note of DOD, many ppl know that DOD is definitely
not doing as well as they used to, Quackers, an ex-DOD council,
and 3 of DODs best suppliers recently left DOD to join PWA.
Rumors are that Jimmy Jamez hardly has control of the group
anymore, and that DOD is basically going downhill and its a
matter of time before it dies, is that true?
RSC : Tough question, Im afraid to answer that because I have been in
DOD for maybe a week at the most. But I have been hanging out in
DOD since I have been in the scene and I am good friends with
Lester and Hellraiser, and the other DOD seniors. But this all
happened before I joined so no one told me because it was to kept
between DOD seniors. I really dont think DOD will die just
because of it gets so much respect from the scene and because
there are great people in the group. Every group goes through
slumps, and it seems that all the releasing groups I am in right
now are in slumps.
RCN : May be you bring bad luck?
RSC : I think I bring good luck since I am very fortunate to be in the
groups I am in.
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Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Blitzkrieg
Subject : Digital Traders Affiliation : Digital Leader
RCN : You are currently one of the leaders of the outstanding courier
group DGT Digital Traders, how did you become a leader of DGT?
Were you one of the original founders?
DGT : Yes, Im currently a leader and a founder of DGT along with Silent
Mobius and Devast.
RCN : What were your affiliations before you were a DGT leader?
DGT : I was the vice-president of MC MindCrash. After the downfall of
MC, I formed a group called IMP Impulse of which I was president
of.
RCN : How did the downfall of MC occur? Some accuse you of being the
trigger of MCs downfall earlier this year, and that you
essentially killed MC so you could form IMP?
DGT : The downfall of MC was imminent, but I was not at fault. The
Wicked One, who was the President of MC, and whom I have the
deepest respect for, left MC all at a really bad time. I admit
that I made some mistakes but they were in no way the cause of the
downfall of MC. I didnt kill or have anything to do with killing
MC for the sole purpose of being able to create IMP. The creation
of IMP came about after the eventual death of MC.
RCN : The Wicked One said that you already had IMP in mind even before
you left MC, is that true?
DGT : Yes and no. After The Wicked One left, Avoozl came and took his
place as the leader of MC which caused a lot of problems. It was
then that the IDEA was brought to my attention that I should start
my own courier group. I didnt come up with the idea, I only
pursued it after MC was actually dead.
RCN : Who brought you this IDEA?
DGT : Headbanger MC Council and Sinning Soul both felt it best to
leave the group. Since I was a dedicated member, I asked them
not to, and I tried to keep MC alive. However, my attempts were
futile and MC was quickly withering away. I tried my best, but I
felt that it was time to bail out. I contacted Headbanger and
Sinning Soul voice on a telephone conference, and we decided to
create IMP.
RCN : How did IMP die? I ask that since I sure dont see it around
anyomre, did it perhaps merge into another courier group?
DGT : Yes, IMP had surpassed my expectations in every possible way. We
had over 50 members within one week, and had to support major
release groups such as ROR and Skull Control. However, the
success of IMP was a bit too much for me to handle. I didnt have
the time to do all the work, so I decided to enter a 3 way merge
between DGT, tNt Traders, and one other courier group. I
contacted Silent Mobius and Devast to find out more about the
merge, but I then found out that the information concerning the
merge was completely incorrect. Then, out of the blue clear sky,
came talks of another merger which I pursued. After numerous days
of negotiations, this other merger between IMP and DGT took place.
RCN : There are some rumors that the only reason DGT wanted a merger
with IMP was because of Swamper. DGT felt that Swamper was the
only courier from IMP that they felt were up to standards with
DGT, and that they highly sought after him. Is that true?
DGT : NO! That is not true at all. They didnt even know Swampers
kick ass courier ability until after the merge had already taken
place. I have worked with Devast and Silent Mobius in MC before
and I knew that they are good leaders and that they are people I
could count if I were to be absent from the group. I can count on
them to make sure that everything is kept under control
RCN : Devast, also a leader of DGT, was once kicked out of MC, do you
feel that his expulsion from MC effected the way you two work
together or on how you two view DMT DarkMoon traders, the new
courier group that is run by The Wicked One, ex-MC President?
RCN 15 - Bob
DGT : No, Devast was kicked out of MC shortly after I joined up with MC.
I dont have any animosity towards DMT or The Wicked One. He has
earned my respect and he is still a good friend. I wish DMT the
best of luck and if they ever want to have a courier competition,
DGT is up to the challenge!
RCN : How has the competition and eventual loss of the DGT vs. AMN
Amnesia courier competition effected DGT as a whole?
RCN 14, 15 - Bob
DGT : Honestly, it did us a world of good. We showed the world that we
could hold our own with some of the best, and that gave us all
great desire to continue to excel. Besides, we only lost by 27
megs, which if given 1 more hour, we could have easily beat AMN.
RCN : Many consider that DGT, at its current level, has more than
surpassed MCs courier ability even at its peak. How has your
experience as vice-president of MC prepared you for being a leader
in DGT?
DGT : I say that without MC, I wouldnt be where I am today. I have
learned so much from being a leader of MC since I made my mistakes
with MC and have learned from them and in turn, I know what not to
do with DGT.
RCN : What were these mistakes which you made?
DGT : Well, I know about EGO now. I was on my high horse and ordered
people around trying to get everything organized. I have refined
my organizational skills intto an art form.
RCN : Even though DGT only lost to AMN by a mere 27 megs in that one
week contest, do you consider DGT as a whole, a match for AMN?
DGT : Yes, I consider us a match for all the courier groups out there,
and if given 1 more hour, DGT would have won. DGT led the contest
most of the time, and given the proper incentives we can do
wonders!
RCN : All groups? Do you feel that DGT is a match for groups such as
RiSC and EVR EVERLAST?
DGT : Yes and no. Again, under the proper conditions, we can hold our
own, taking nothing away from RiSC or EVR, but if we can compete
with AMN, I feel we can compete with anybody.
RCN : When you say that youre a match for all the courier groups out
there, how can you assume so? DGT lost to AMN by a mere 27 megs,
and given one more hour, would have won, but that was only a FTP
site contest. How do you know DGT would hold up in a courier race
against AMN, EVR, and RiSC on a BBS?
DGT : Ok, under the proper conditions refers only to when DGT is tested
within its limits. We clearly dont have the necessary members to
race RiSC on Park Central RiSC WHQ, but on a FTP site contest,
we could hold our own.
RCN : So when you refer to DGT as being a top courier group, you only
refer to it in the sense of FTP sites, and not on BBSes? Does
that mean that on BBSes, DGT is not a top courier group?
DGT : Yes, DGT has a good BBS crew, but not if you compare it RiSCs BBS
crew. However, on FTP sites, DGT clearly excels over most courier
groups, and is a match for all.
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Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Manhunter
Subject : RAPiER Affiliation : RAPiER Leader
RCN : First off, rumors have it that RAP Rapier started as a result of
a split off of MAL Malice and AMN Amneisa, how did that occur?
Is that even true?
RAP : Well, thats true in one way. Its correct that when I left MAL,
I started RAP the very next day, and a lot of people from the
European division of AMN came along. I didnt like how things
were going in MAL, and in the end, a lot of my best friends in MAL
left for AMN, so it was no fun staying in MAL anymore. I didnt
know many people in MAL in the end, since a lot of the old guys
left.
RCN : Who did you start RAP with, or was it a one man venture?
RAP : Captain Blood, Fugitive, and I decided to form RAP, a group based
on a no bullshit principle, and here we are today.
RCN : You said I did not like hte way things were going in MAL , what
was going on that you did not like, and is there a chance that
will that ever occur in RAP as well?
RAP : Well, I think most people are familiar with the HUGE fights in MAL
in February this year, when Lester, Hellraiser, Resistance,
Captain Blood, and a few other guys got sick and tired of the
uncontrollable way the group was going. There was no REAL
leadership, no one in the Council was informed properly in the
end. The bomb finally exploded when Touch Tone, LeoDLion and a
bunch of fATE Fast Action Trade Exchange guys joined MAL and
some of them received senior positions.
RCN : Do you believe that this was a smart move on the part of the MAL
leadership to bring in fATE members into MAL as seniors?
RAP : This wasnt a very smart move by the MAL leadership, what was even
worse was that a lot of people felt betrayed due to the fact that
these people had joined and received high positions without the
knowledge of the entire Council. It later turned out that only a
few of the 6 man council found out about that these people were
joining. In the view of the regular, hard working MAL courier,
this was just a slap in the face. Guys from fATE came in and
received automatic senior status. A lot of people got angry and
left. This wouldnt have been a big deal if it wasnt for the fact
that no one in the council was notified about this action, and no
one had a chance to vote. It was not the action itself that
pissed people off, it was how it was done.
RCN : Whos decision was it to bring in these fATE people into MAL as
seniors?
RAP : I believe Dorian Hawkmoon is a very good friend of LeoDLion and
Touch Tone. He felt it was natural to bring them into MAL when
they decided to leave fATE. Some of the MAL members were against
the action itself and didnt want to be part of a group with
ex-fATE members in it because they considered fATE to be too lame.
RCN : You also said that MAL was lacking leadership, what about Dorian
Hawkmoon and Jake the Snake, the leaders of MAL, did they lack?
What did the two of them do when they realized that they pissed
off half the MAL crew?
RAP : Well, Dorian got Hawkmoon was pissed when he heard that half the
council turned against him. He told Lester that if he didnt like
it.. he could LEAVE! So Lester and 50 of the group left. Aslan,
MasterHacker, Winterhawk, and I stayed, but it was hard to believe
that the group had been torned apart over a night due to something
that could have been prevented. I didnt say that the LEADERS
were lacking leadership.. but it was really bad timing. MAL was a
ticking bomb ready to explode, and this was what set it off.
RCN : From my point of view, when I was in channel Malice just
chattting with Dorian Hawkmoon, I noticed that he was never fully
respected by many of his seniors, and that could have been a part
of MALs downfall. Dorian Hawkmoon never had members that fully
respected his leadership, do you think that could have been why
MAL was a ticking time bomb waiting to explode?
RAP : Well, some of the members had a hard time respecting the
leadership. There were many loose cannons in MAL, people who
really didnt care about who was in the top. They did what they
felt like. I believe that the lack of respect for the leadership
was one major reason why MAL fell apart. I never had any problems
with Dorian Hawkmoon when we were in RTS Request to Send
together and I helped him revive MAL back in September of 1995. I
think he was doing a good job as the leader of MAL, its not easy
to lead a 120+ member group.
RCN : Who were some of these loose cannons and when they did blow,
what were some of the examples of things theyd do?
RAP : Id rather not comment that, but yes, these loose cannons
definitely sped up the downfall of MAL. MAL was a time bomb that
was set to explode, it was just a question of time in the last few
weeks. You could see constant fights in channel Malice. I
believe the major problem were some of the Internet people.
RCN : Were these loose cannons people who did nothing for the group,
or were these loose cannons hard working MAL members and
seniors?
RAP : They were both, you will always come across people who likes to do
things THEIR way.
RCN : It is safe to assume that from your point of view, MAL broke up
for the first time in February because LeoDLion and some fATE ppl
joined MAL as seniors. However, even though Dorian Hawkmoon and
Leodlion were good friends, less than a week ago, LeoDLion left
MAL. Do you believe, now that LeoDLion and the fATE people are no
longer in MAL, that MAL will once again regain its former courier
prowess within the scene, or do you believe that MAL is a lost
cause with no potential under Dorian Hawkmoon and Jakes
leadership?
RAP : I havent heard the details on that story. I just heard something
briefly. Well, MAL will always have potential under the
leadership of Dorian Hawkmoon and Jake the Snake. MAL was the 1
courier group once, and will be so again. Its just a matter of
hard work. I dont think the people in charge makes the
difference. There will always be new, hard working people. NO
ONE makes a group of his own. A group is based on team work.
However, the future of MAL does not look bright right now.
RCN : Were Captain Bood and Fugitive, the people you started RAP with,
also ex-MAL members. If so, what were their former positions in
MAL?
RAP : It was a very messed up period back then in February. Well,
Captain Blood and Fugitive were both normal couriers for MAL.
Captain Blood then formed AMN together with Lester, Hellraiser,
and a few others. Fugitive originally joined Amnesia. I then
talked with them a few weeks later when I had left MAL myself, and
I was planning to start RAP up. I asked them if they were
interested and one week later they both joined and we made RAP
official. RAP had just been an experimental group until then and
it wasnt until we had the clearance from Captain Blood and
Fugitive that we made the group official.
RCN : So 2 of the 3 leaders of RAP at that time were more than just
ex-MAL, they were also ex-AMN? Correct. It was a very mixed up
period back then, but the 3 of us formed RAP.
RAP : What were their positions in AMN? Captain Blood was a founder of
AMN correct?
RCN : Correct. Fugitive was setting up their European division so I
believe he was a senior member.
RAP : What happened to Captain Blood? Whered he disappear off to? I
dont see him as a RAP leader anymore.
RCN : Well, Captain Blood had some personal problems so he took a 2
month vacation from the scene.
RAP : What KIND of problems? I heard some rumors that Egoistic Fate and
Lester narced on him, and they got his phonelines and electricty
cut off? Is that true?
RCN : His phonelines were cut off, thats correct. I rather not comment
that, you should ask Captain Blood, Egoistic Fate, and Lester
about that. I dont know the details, and I rather not talk about
it.
RAP : Some consider RAP to be a European courier group, and that they
have no real status in the American courier scene, and therefore
cannot be compared to Amercian courier groups, what do you have to
say about that?
RCN : Well, Id say to say that is complete bullshit. Weve only been
around for 2 months and yet weve crushed the competition on many
U.S. boards. We are still in the progress of building up the U.S.
division of the group.
RAP : Which boards in the U.S. has RAP crushed the competition on?
RCN : Just take a look at the RCN Top 10 Couriers section. I believe we
finished 2 in that chart. I must consider that good, since weve
only been around 2 months. We are just warming up, wait til
Summer comes along.
RAP : How would you compare RAP today with MAL at its peak? Do you
think that RAP is a more organized group, with a better couriering
potential?
RCN : Lets put it this way, MAL had 120+ couriers, RAP only has 50+
couriers. Were more organized and all the people in RAP are
LOYAL. We have only lost *1* person who was in the .nfo in
2months, that only goes to show that our members are loyal. I
wouldnt like to compare RAP towards MAL since I was a part of MAL.
RAP has already proven its potential.
RAP : Who was that *1* person that left, and which courier group did he
join after he left RAP?
RCN : He was a U.S. trader. He left after being in the group 1 day due
to personal problems with Captain Blood. He couldnt be in the
same group as Captain Blood, he joined AMN.
RAP : Is RAP better at BBS or Internet couriering?
RCN : Why choose BBS or the Internet, when you can rock both??? Our
main goal is to be 1 on both BBSes and FTP sites. We dont like
some other courier groups that just concentrate on one area. RAP
is establishing a strong presence in all fields of couriering.
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Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Cryptic Pain
Subject : Mortality Affiliation : Mortality Leader
RCN : MTY Mortality has been doing extremely well lately, and some
attribute its success due to g0ds help. Ive seen many releases
by MTY in which you gave all the credit to g0d, but god is
supposedly no longer in the scene ever since he was busted by the
RCMP Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is that true?
MTY : Actually, the MTY releases are not supplied by g0d himself. The
actual suppliers are friends of his who work for Microsoft and
various companies. I have not heard anything about it him being
busted, but I have not talked to him in 2 days.
RCN : The current MTY is not the same MTY I remember from a few months
back. The old MTY died a few months back, but recently came back.
Why did it die off a few months ago, and why has it come back?
MTY : Well, I got very fed up with the scene. MTY was going downhill
very fast, and I got bored of it but I decided lately that I would
come back and try starting it back up. It has been fun so far but
we havent reached our full potential yet.
RCN : What is different about the scene NOW that makes you want to come
back? How come youre not fed up with the scene going downhill
right now, or do you believe that the scene is no longer going
downhill, and if so, why? Perhaps it was not the scene giong down
hill, but it was old MTY going downhill and you decided to quit
while ahead, is that so?
MTY : The scene has been going downhill for a few years now, and I bet a
lot of people would agree with me on that. I came back because I
can run a successfull utils group and I want to help out the
scene.
RCN : How would you rate MTY right now compared to the other utils
powerhouses such as PWA?
MTY : Well, we have only been back a month and cannot really compare
ourselves to PWA, but I can gurantee you that we will be competing
on that level very very very soon. PWA has been in the scene a
very long time and I have a lot of respect for them.
RCN : What are you doing with MTY this time that is different from
before? I remember that the old MTY was not really good, and
could even have been considered lame, but this NEW MTY is
definitely not to be reckoned with. What are you doing different
this time around that is making MTY so much better than before?
MTY : Well this time around, we have a lot more inside contacts in
Microsoft and other companies, but havent really been able to get
much out yet. You can expect to see some big releases from MTY
this month.
RCN : According to my sources, g0d, one of the people who has friends
thats helping you supply, was busted by the RCMP, but the
evidence leading to his bust was given to the RCMP by a Microsoft
employee, do you feel that there might be a chance that MTY is
under Microsoft surveillance, or that your group might be busted
in the near future? If so, have you taken any precautions?
MTY : MTY has nothing to worry about since that Microsoft supplier is
totally out of the group and IRC channel. We check EVERYONE out
that enters the IRC channel now. We are not too worried.
RCN : Where do you see MTY, 3 months from now? Do you see MTY dead, or
possibly, something more than dead?
MTY : MTY will be anything but dead 3 months from now. We have some
major stuff about to happen.
RCN : What do you mean by major stuff?
MTY : Well, some of the stuff cannot be discussed yet, but I can say
that we already have some major releases planned. We have an edge
on some of the new utils coming out.
RCN : Since MTY is a utils release group, what happens when MTY
suppliers get their hands on a game? Do you guys release it under
a different name, or is it traded to say.. a games group?
MTY : Currently it is traded to different games groups. We have given
away a few different games. We usaully get a few utils in return.
We usaully trade to game groups that can offer us the best quality
in utils. whoever do we give them the game and they give us utils
in return.
RCN : How has Park Central, the BEST BBS in the world, helped MTY since
it has become MTYs WHQ?
MTY : It has helped us spread our files much better. We have also
supported it very well. Last week, Park Centrals top 5 uploaders
were MTY members. Park Central is a very good BBS, and has been
in the scene a long time.
RCN : You said earlier that PWA was good because it has been in the
scene a long time, and now you say that Park Central is good
because it too has been in the scene for a long time. So
basically, in your point of view, anything thats been in the
scene for a long time is good?
MTY : No, not true. There have been many BBSes that have been in the
scene many years and have not been any good at all. Groups pick
up experience and respect when they have been in the scene a
while.
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Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : The Quiet Riot
Subject : NFS/STN Affiliation : STN President
RCN : First off, why did you kill off NFS Need for Speed recently? It
has grown quite a name throughout these past months, and many
would consider it decent among the smaller groups.
STN : Yes.
RCN : Could you go into a little more detail?
STN : A lot of people thought we were good, and I thought we were doing
good also. We seemed to have many different projects going on
that would have made our group stand out as one of the best. We
put a lot of effort into these projects, but nothing was done,
we found some bugs in the group and dumped it along with other
stuff.
RCN : You mention that NFS tried these projects that would make it
stand out from the rest. What were these projects that so
distracted its members?
STN : Well, Shifter, our best supplier, left without telling me, and
later came back to say his life had other stuff going on, but he
was back, and then he disappeared again. Some of my projects
included getting some stuff for our suppliers, setting up domains,
and other stuff. Nothing came in, no one seemed to tell the
truth, and most of the members that I had accepted didnt even do
what they told me they were going to do.
RCN : Most group leaders put new members on trial, and if they dont
live up to their promises, they get kicked out of the group. Why
did you let in so many members that did nothing for the group?
And when you did find out, through trial and error, that some
members did nothing for the group, why did you not kick them out?
STN : Well, I had some trial members, and after a while I had many
trials members. I decided to let some in, but I told them that I
want stuff. We had gotten way out of hand, and then I could not
keep track of it, so I decided to end it.
RCN : Were most of these trial members trial suppliers? What do you
mean by that I want stuff?
STN : Well, a couple were account suppliers and a couple were trial
suppliers, yes. Well, I wanted stuff, like what they promised,
accounts, sites, whatever they had told me originally.
RCN : Now that you are no longer the President of NFS, what are your
future plans in the scene, are you planning to start another warez
release group? Perhaps a second try would be an improvement on
the first?
STN : Yes, I noticed NFS was getting a bad reputation because of the
name and because of the people that were in it. I am making a new
release group called STN Stoned. STN will definitely be an
improvement because this time around, I am getting bigger people
from better groups. We are going to do this group right.
RCN : What kind of group will STN be? Will it specialize in any area of
releasing?
STN : It will be games only, and we will trade all the utils we get to
better our name.
RCN : You mentioned that you will make sure that STN is run correctly
this time, what will you do differently besides getting bigger
names, and what do you mean by gettting bigger names?
STN : Well, we have recruited Brutus, ex-Legacy Senior, Genocide,
Viper, and maybe Violator from DMN Demolition. I am asking
almost anyone that I have known for a while to help out.
RCN : So you suppose that having members who were in big groups, such as
Brutus who was a senior in Legacy, will help STN out considerably?
Will those big names help supply? I can tell you from personal
experience, some of the big names youre mentioning really dont
do much in those groups you consider big.
STN : Yes, some will help supply and some will help coordinate, I need
some good suppliers and I also need guys who know a lot about how
to recruit people.
RCN : What about your best supplier Shifter? He was the core of NFS,
and when he left NFS, NFS died, will Shifter come back to help out
STN?
STN : Well, Im not sure, he was not the FULL core of NFS, but he
definitely helped. I am not sure, with summer coming, hopefully
he will hit the Internet again, or maybe he will read RCN since
hes still on a lot of local BBSes, but I have 2-3 of his possible
phone numbers, and I of his 5 email addresses. I have contacting
him through the information I have, many times at that. It seems
he mustve given me the wrong information, or something.
RCN : May be hes ditching you like a bad date? What do you mean by,
seems he mustve given me the wrong information?
STN : I tried contacting him many times, but all I get is a No, sorry
you must have the wrong phone number.
RCN : You mentioned that youll be trading your utils with other utils
groups in return for games, which group will you be trading utils
for games with?
STN : Yes.
RCN : Could you go into a little more detail?
STN : MTY seems to be promising, but any group that has the highest bids
or acts the fastest will get utils. We arent going to say
youre our sister group and then give utils and get nothing. We
wont have a sister group that is just all talk, Im tired of it.
RCN : You say youre tired of just talk, have you in the past, agreed
to be sisters with a group, and received just talk and nothing
more?
STN : We have received talk before, but I noticed that, and this time
were doing it right.
RCN : Which groups have you received just talk with?
STN : Well, we were going to do this with DMN, and maybe others, but
then again we never did get games back. We traded 1-2 utils and
then decided to go with this group called Deep, a stupid group
that lasted for 3 days led by Forseer.
RCN : What kind of people is STN looking for as members?
STN : STN is only accepting FTP site operators, administrators with
ISDN+, suppliers, and crackers. We will start releasing as soon
as our domain goes up.
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Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : tKLP
Subject : Release on Rampage Affiliation : ROR President
RCN : ROR Release on Rampage started out as a games and utils group,
but has recently become a games only group, why did you decide
suddenly specialize ROR in one field of releasing?
ROR : Naturally, the average pirate, including myself, is interested
more in games rather than utils. Games are more of a challenge to
release and crack. True, ROR has had a very good reputation for
releasing quality utils such as Pagemaker 6, Fractal Painter 4,
etc, but I decided groups get rated better and more respect when
they specialize in one field. g0d and I started a seperate utils
group called ERA, but a week later, g0d got busted and I merged it
into The Corporation. Then, the Corporation died and I joined
Mortality and thats where I stand today.
RCN 4 - BOB
RCN : What do you mean by, thats where we stand today?
ROR : MTY Mortality is an old school utils group that have recently
made a comeback to the scene. It is headed by Cryptic Pain and
Dorian.
RCN : So I assume that ROR gives all of its utils to MTY and MTY gives
all of its games to ROR?
ROR : Yes, and so far, both groups are very satisfied with each other
since MTY has given ROR a couple of quality games, and ROR has
given MTY a hand full of great utils.
RCN : What might be some of these great utils? I interviewed Cryptic
Pain earlier, and he admitted to me that MTY has not yet released
any great utils.
ROR : Well the supplier who has been doing the NT BETAS for MTY came
from ROR. So for one, the NT FINAL betas MTY has been releasing
was because of ROR. ROR has also given them some OEM utils, OEM
Service packs, and other small titles such as Turbo Browser.
Those are the utils that I know off hand, many other utils have
come from ROR seniors, and ROR has given them a decent amount of
utils of which I have not kept track of.
RCN : What has MTY given ROR that can be considered a quality game?
Since you package ROR releases, I assume you must at least have
recollection of ROR releases?
ROR : MTY has given ROR 2 quality games. The first quality game given
by MTY is WarCraft 2/Command Conquer Toolkit which we released
3 weeks ago. The other quality game is still being cracked at
this very moment, and thus, I cannot give out the name.
RCN : A few months back, I recall that RORs official courier group was
RiSC, and the only reason ROR wanted RiSC as its official courier
group was because so many RiSC boards had blacklisted ROR*.ZIP
and ROR wanted to get unblacklisted. Now that ROR has achieved
its goal, and its files are no longer blacklisted on RiSC boards,
is ROR still affiliated with RiSC?
ROR : I was personally working with Crackpot, the leader of RiSC, but
then RTS Request to Send asked to become RORs official
couriers. RTS offered ROR a handful of suppliers, so I told RiSC
that I had decided to work with RTS instead. Crackpot was working
too much with Hybrid anyhow. Crackpot did confirm that RiSC was
official couriers for ROR, but only for a couple of days before we
called it off.
RCN : On the note of g0d, you said that you two started a utils group
together called ERA, and once g0d got busted, you moved over to
MTY. However, my sources inform me that after g0d got busted, he
TOO moved to MTY and is currently a supplier for them, is that
true?
ROR : Yes, g0d is back and he is also a senior in ROR. g0d is a
supplier for MTY that came from ROR. I talk to g0d every day of
the week on the phone with Piston who is also a new ROR supplier
and senior. We are sort of a triad doing most of the public
relations work and supplying for ROR.
RCN : You also mentioned that you were busted, to what were you
referring to?
ROR : Well, it all started when Wave Rider came to ROR and left LGC
Legacy. Since Wave Rider left Road Rebels group, LGC, Road
Rebel narced on him, and when Wave Rider had to blame it on
someone else in court, he blamed it on me. He did call and tell
me, as we WERE good friends. Then the sheriff of my town called
and delivered the summit. I dont have it right now, its at my
desk but it starts off like this Upon Information And Belief
stating I distributed it, when I did not, I had it on my shell and
just deleted it. So we are just going to appeal the case from
QStudios so it doesnt goto court. They are sueing me for 4500.
RCN : What did you release that would make QStudios so unhappy? did you
release one of their games, or something more?
ROR : Are you trying to get me to incriminate myself? I didnt release
crap. Duane Pemberton Waverider packaged and distributed the
source code to Blood Alpha and the Alpha itself. ROR released
Blood Alpha Source.
RCN : So the truth is, you are getting sued, but you did not get BUSTED?
After all, if you did get busted, why would you still be chatting
with me, and why would your 4 node BBS still be up?
ROR : Well ATT also fragged me, and I did have the U.S. MARSHALL at my
house. They had a warrant for me, but for the last name so they
couldnt take anything. We contacted the company so they would
not come back again. All my shit is intact though, yes.
RCN : What do you mean by but for the last name so?
ROR : I was referring to my last name.
RCN : I know that, but what about your last name made it so the U.S.
Marshalls couldnt use the warrant against you?
ROR : If the warrant they have is for a person that doesnt exist, they
cannot do anything. My mother and I have different last names,
and my name does not fully match the name on the warrant, so I got
off for a while.
RCN : So basically, ATT and the U.S. Marshall came to your house, but
it so happened that they had a typo in the warrant, and then they
couldnt do anything to you. Why did ATT come to your house in
the first place?
ROR : ATT has nothing to do with the QStudios case. ATT busted me for
using extrapolated credit cards on long distance phone calls.
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Author : g0d
Subject : Zieg Passes Away
This letter is my way of paying respect to Markus Zoepel, also known
as Zieg. Many of you out there in the scene were probably good
friends with Zieg. He was a great guy who gave more than he expected to
receive. He was a long time member of the scene and loved his days with
the couriering group fATE, Fast Action Trade Exchange. I ask that he
not be forgotten as so many people who come and go in the scene are.
Markus deserves to be remembered for his many great achievements both on
the Internet and off. In life, he leaves behind a loving wife and two
beautiful children ages 10 and 2.
Markus was system administrator and part owner of ISYS Technologies
an ISP Internet Service Provider located in Canada. He had taken this
ISP from a mere 8 node system to the becoming the largest ISP in Ontario
over a period of 8 short months. He was simply a genius with the
Internet and was always willing to offer a helping hand to anyone who
needed it.
Markus was one of few people whom I consider a close friend and I
will not allow him to simply be forgotten. There is a web page going up
in his memory at www.isys.ca and any email you wish to send to pay
your repects may be directed to staff@isys.ca. I will personally make
sure that this mail reaches his wife, or to whomever it is addressed.
Markus would have wanted to tell all of you whom he knew how much he
enjoyed hanging out on IRC with you all. It was really a big part of
his life and he loved every minute of it. I dont think he would have
traded one minute of it for anything. Markus was a true Internet junky
as a lot of us are. Even if you didnt know him, but would like to pay
respect to a fellow Internet junky, please do so. All letters will be
set up on a web page which will always stand in memory of Zieg. In a
world so fast paced and unforgiving, lets try to at least give support
to those whom he loved and those who loved him back. It is the least we
can do.
Markus died of a brain anurism. The doctor said that there was
nothing that could have been done to either detect or to prevent this
from ever happening. Right up until the moment it happened, Markus was
fine. And then, all of a sudden, out of the blue, with no warning, he
simply passed away. The loss of a friend is always rough, but in this
case it is probably the hardest loss I have ever had to deal with.
Markus, if youre out there somewhere, take it easy bro, we will meet
again.. some day.. and I promise I will bring you that days new
release. You will be missed old friend. And in my case, you will never
be forgotten. Save a spot at a half decent terminal up there for me bro
Life is such a fragile thing. We all take it for granted, but this
goes to show you, make every minute count because your next minute, may
be your last...
Sincerely,
g0d
ZOEPEL, Markus Lefebvre
In loving memory of Markus Lefebvre-Zoepel who died Thursday
evening, May 30th 1996, at the Sudbury General Hospital at the age of
29. He married Roxann Corston in Sudbury in 1993. He was dedicated,
noble and extremely loyal to his family, friends and business. He knew
his calling in life and was a genius at it. He thoroughly enjoyed
fishing, motor biking, canoeing, all outdoor activities, and especially
computers and the Internet. His children and family were his life.
John 1 1:25, Jesus said, I am the resurrection and the life, he who
believes in me will live, even though he dies, and he who lives and
believes in me will never die.
Beloved husband of Roxann Corston Zoepel of Sudbury. Loving
father of His Jewels, Madison and Zachariah. Loving son of Carole
predeceased Husband Gilles Lefebvre and Manfred Zoepel. Dear
grandson of Alice Koski of North Bay and Therese Lefebvre of
Kapuskasing. Dear brother of Linda Husband John Aho, Sharon and Eric
all of Sudbury, Laura Husband Ron Nyssen of lively, April Fiancee
Alian Claveau of Timmins and Gil of Thunder Bay. Sadly Missed by many
nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, his Brothers, Sisters and
fellow Musketeers resting at the Jackson and Barnard Funeral Home 233
Larch St. Sudbury, Monday June 3rd 1996 at 11:30 am Cremation in the
Park Lawn Crematorium. Donations to the Madison and Zachariah Trust
Fund would be appreciated in lieu of flowers Friends may call 7-9 pm
Saturday, 6-9 pm Sunday or after 11 am Monday.
*PS* If youre a religious person, please say a prayer for Markus...
Ill Miss ya bro.. :
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Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : The Renegade Chemist
The following is a logfile of a conversation between Rebel Chicken and
The Renegade Chemist :
Session Start : Sat Jun 1 10:28:33 1996
*** TRC chemist@computek.net has joined channel RCN
RblChickn The Regade Chemist?
TRC That would be me. Your mag sucks.
RblChickn Gee.. thanks!
TRC Why do you always have interviews with total idiots in your
magazine?
RblChickn So youre saying all the people weve interviewed are lame?
TRC People like the guy that praised NPM Napalm for their speed in
picking up games at stores, releasing them uncracked, and then
putting out fixes later are total idiots. People like that guy
dont deserve to live
woodstock Why do you say RCN sucks?
TRC RCN sucks because it interviews people that are totally not
important.
RblChickn Issue 16 will feature an interview Speed Master, hes one of
the leaders of PSG Prestige, a group youre active in.
TRC Fine, dcc me issue 16.
RblChickn It wont be out until this Sunday. TRC, since you assume
that youre so fucking important, Ill talk a lot about you
this week okay?
woodstock hehehe..
TRC Get your head out of your ass.
RblChickn What the fuck is your problem anyways, I try to be nice to
you and you come on me like I fucking raped your mother.
TRC I didnt say I was important.
RblChickn Then dont act like you are. And dont fucking come up to
me like youre fucking god demanding shit from me. If you
dont like RCN, write us a letter stating that, and well be
more than happy to publish it.
TRC But I am a god!
RblChickn Fuck you, youre no god.
TRC Think about it.. without people like me, youd have nothing to
write about!
*** Mode change +b *!*chemist@*.computek.net on channel RCN by Senshi
*** TRC has been kicked off channel RCN by Senshi Youre no god
*** DCC chat connection to TRC205.241.167.47 established
TRC Without me, PSG wouldnt be as good as it is, thats for sure.
RblChickn Without you, there wouldnt be pompous asses in the scene
either. What the hell is your problem anyways.. thinking
youre a god?
TRC You people have no understanding of what the scene is supposed to
be like and what it used to be like. You people only know how to
put out your shit mag that glorifies lamers like NPM.
RblChickn Youre labelling me as you people?
TRC Yes, I am labeling you as you people. Im also labelling you
among all the other Internet lamers who feed off of the major
groups.
RblChickn Fuck you TRC, youre just pissed because someone submitted
an article praising NPM.
TRC Youre right, if you praised PSG, I wouldnt complain, because PSG
has something that NPM doesnt have. PSG is a real group, while
NPM is a bunch of store pickup Internet monkeys. Look at this
last month, theres NOTHING good that came out of NPM. All they
do is go to stores, pick up the games, and steal cracks, nothing
any idiot couldnt do.
RblChickn We are covering the story of NPM stealing cracks from PSG
this upcoming issue.
TRC PSG on the other hand, were putting out stuff before it hits the
stores, BEFORE its even released sometimes. Its always the
losers like NPM that get your attention.
RblChickn Youre getting my attention right now, a lot of it. You
must be a loser then.
TRC You people have no idea what the scene is really like.
RblChickn Im not the fucking lamer you think I am. This should
interest you some, I interviewed Prophet, the President of
NPM, for this upcoming issue on the conflicts between NPM
and PSG.
TRC PROPHET IS A LAMER!!!
RblChickn Hes not a lamer, he doenst think hes a god.
TRC Nobody should respect a shit group like NPM.
RblChickn Dont start telling me who or what I should or should not
respect.
TRC Ill tell you what you should respect if I so desire.
RblChickn Dont expect to me listen to your fucking desires. At least
NPM doesnt have shitheads like you in their group.
TRC Oh yeah? Prophets a shithead.
RblChickn Hes not, and I would very much defend him if asked.
TRC Youre a stupid fool.
RblChickn And you think youre a fucking god.
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Session Close : Sat Jun 1 10:38:36 1996
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Author : Bababoey
Subject : Bluewater and Razor Sharp
The following are messages received by Bababoey while on the FTP
site known as Enigma and on IRC :
Bababoey receives messages on Enigma :
bababoey:
Bluewater, you really should keep one window open in IRC so I can chat
with you easier. Its a lot more fun that way.
Message from bwater
I do keep a window in IRC, you just cant find me.
bababoey:
Bluewater, what do you mean?
Message from bwater
bwaterrzrsharp :
bababoey:
Do you know what the story with RiSC is?
Bababoey immediately gets on IRC :
bababoey You there? Is this Bluewater?
rzrsharp Hello? What.
bababoey Is this Bluewater?
rzrsharp Didnt you get the messages I sent you on Enigma?
bababoey Yah, I did, just just making sure :
rzrsharp Yes.
bababoey So you are rzrsharp on Dymentia? Why not bwater?
rzrsharp Ya, but I am not on Dymentia. I think BBX is one of the
hardest FTP sites to get warez up to, that just leaves LA.
bababoey Yah, BBX is definitely the fastest FTP site at the moment.
rzrsharp Okay, I am on Dymentia.
bababoey Why dont you use the handle bwater on Dymentia?
rzrsharp Okay, here is the long story you are about the last to find
this out. What happened aroud Christmas was that Bluewater,
Bob, leader of DNX Dynamix got big phone bills. He lost
one of his phone lines. I have been couriering for DNX up
until this point. I was supporting the Canadian HQ, Robins
First Orgasm. In the process, he gave me the use of his
shell account to help out. Since he had the connections, I
started building up these accounts on the Internet. He
wanted me to continue this. Then, came the breaking up of
DNX and I, Razor Sharp, couldnt upload new PSG Prestige
releases under a DNX leaders account so I went and got my
own accounts. Now, I still have to get on the top uploaders
and have massive credits under the other account.
bababoey Damn.. I just got lagged to shit.. ok now.
rzrsharp One other thing, about 4 months ago, Bluewater lost his other
line and thus I kept him up to date with mail and the warez
for his enjoyment. Basically, for the last 6 months, I have
been Bluewater.
bababoey How weird, this is the first I have heard of this. Do any of
the other leaders of RiSC know about this?
rzrsharp Thats why bwater really hasnt been able to run DNX and you
saw a dry spell I think in April until Crackpot took over the
responsibilites.
bababoey So, is it ok if I tell people what the deal is?
rzrsharp Actually, since Crackpot is one of the leaders of DNX and
RiSC, then you could say they know. Who are you planning on
telling?
bababoey I dont know. I was just wondering if you wanted to hide the
fact that rzrsharpbwater still.
rzrsharp Well, it doesnt bother me I guess.
bababoey Well, if it makes you feel better, you are a much better FTP
trader than Bluewater ever was. I thought something was
weird since you were NEVER on IRC, and how you suddenly
turned into a major netmonkey.
rzrsharp True, all he was in RiSC is for the account not the trading.
To tell you the truth, running the ground meant he had no
time for trading!
bababoey Yah, I know, he did his part in the group, no doubt about
that. You have turned into a pretty good netmonkey though.
In your opinion, what do YOU think RiSC should do about this
whole bwater handle thing?
rzrsharp Leave it the way it is. All I use Razor Sharp for is to
trade the PSG releases. The thing is though, all my credits
and statistics are under one account. Also, I am sure that
if Bluewater ever does come back he wouldnt mind having his
accounts intact.
bababoey I think you should choose a single handle to use on every FTP
site.
rzrsharp Well, Dymentia is going down so thats not important. I
think the way it is is fine.
bababoey Ill talk to Shatter Star and the rest of RiSC and get back
to you on what RiSC is going to do, if anything. You have
definitely proven yourself as a good FTP trader, one of the
best in the world.
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Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Crackpot Ditches the Scene
The following letter by Crackpot was sent to all users on Park
Central :
Until further notice, I will be taking a vacation from the scene and
will not be readily available to help out on Park Central. In my
opinion, at this point, there just isnt much thats fun about being in
the scene and this is the main reason I will be exiting from it
indefinitely.
If anybody needs to contact me for any reason you can do so via
email. Those who know me should know my email address.
Farewell and good luck to the rest of the staff!
From the above, one can conclude that Crackpot has left the scene.
He was a leader of the courier group RiSC Rise in Superior Couriering
and the games group DNX Dynamix. It seems that he lost faith in his
games group DNX when nearly all of DNXs members left DNX to join a
rival group known as PSG Prestige.
Crackpot also lost faith in his BBS, Park Central. I only say so
because he was always complaining to me about how Park Central was
slowing down. One can deduce that other BBSes were speeding up as Park
Central was slowing down, and perhaps that scared the shit out of
Crackpot. Perhaps he could not deal with how his status in the scene
was changing so fast. The very thought that Park Central might no
longer be 1 in the scene definitely shook him a bit. We will never
really know why Crackpot chose to leave the scene, but I know this, he
will be back.. hes one of us...
Interviewers : Entropy
Interviewies : TSA
Subject : Amnesia vs. Digital Traders. The TRUTH
Date Interviewed : May 20th, 1996
Frost : Truth? Hahaha, I thought I covered the TRUTH.. Silly me.
Defacto : OKay TSA can you tell our readers who you are?
TSA : I am in Napalm, AMNESIA, PWA, ATA
Frost : Hi, Im Frost. I thought the question was who you are,
not, what are your affils?
Defacto : About a Week or so ago Amnesia and DGT Digital Traders
held a Courering Competition. Can you tell us a little
about that? NOTE the interview date - Editor
TSA : Yeah, first, DGT and AMNESiA started to fight not
fight, but u know what I mean.. in AMNESIA about know
Im astounded by all these facts TSA brings up. Actually,
he is wrong big surprise, two Amnesia couriers that
shall remain nameless started chatting in TNT that they
could take down DGT themselves, which prompted
an argument.
who is the best courier group. Then Som1 in AMN or DGT
Not sure thought about a Couriering Contest. AMN was
smile Oh.. so you mean someone thought about HAVING a
courier contest...
sure to win, so AMN decided to take only 6 of our
couriers against 16 DGT couriers, to be more fair. Then
the contest started.
smile Most of this is true, AMN was thought to have been
better than DGT before the competition. BTW, the contest
was OFFICIALLY 6 AMN couriers vs. 15 DGT couriers, not
6 AMN VS 16 DGT. TSA, are you sure youre even qualified to
make this statement? key words I mean, you werent even
in the competition. Were you even in AMN during the
competition? Ask Lester, the leader of AMN, he will verify
that the competition was between 6 AMN couriers vs. 15 DGT
couriers. I merely stated that about 7-9 DGT couriers
actually uploaded due to the fact that the FTP site BBX
could not support 21 slots BBX had 11-15 slots for the
majority of the contest, but there were many non-DGT and
non-AMN traders on BBX taking up the available slots.
Defacto : OKay so where was this Supposed to be held? On a Nuteral
Site or on Amnesia Site or DGT?
TSA : Its was on a AMN site, but for the contest, you can
considere it as a neutral site. All the DGT member got
access, and its a fast site.. Both agreed for the choice
of that site. It was BBX.
I agree with ya there tiger! BBX AMNs US INET HQ.
Defacto : Was it going to be timed or did you set a limit? Like
the first group to 1 Gig won? Or whoever pushed the most
in 2 days won? How was the contest suposed to be
ran/judged?
TSA : Yeah, It was timed. The group with the more megs
accumulated in a 1 week period would win.
Let me field this one TSA, you didnt do a very good job.
The contest was timed for exactly 7 days, down to the
minutes. Also, I have the exact dates for which the contest
took place in my article in RCN 14.
Defacto : During the Competition would you say that everything
ran smoothly? Any cheating or any problems between the
Site Op and the group?
Most of the trouble occurred in the first day Entropy.
Yeah, we had a lot of bickering, trash talking, frustration,
and name calling, you know the works. Id have to say the
dude that kept his cool during the whole contest was Prozac.
He never participated in the name calling junk. Cheating,
thats a big question, lots of rumors and stuff, but I wont
elaborate. The site operator is a cool dude, he was really
nice to me during the whole contest.
TSA : Ok. Heres the truth, about the result of the contest.
The TRUTH. BAHAHA ... AHAHAHAHAH.
The contest ended like 30+ megs for AMN, But in fact,
27 megs to be exact, 729 AMN 702 DGT.
we won by over than 600 megs. Heres why I say that:
WOAH! I never knew this!! I thought you said 30 megs TSA?
PLEASE.. tell me how you managed a 570 meg gain?! :
A guy called Darke did all the job for DGT, he was the
All the job? No no no, I think TSA means all the WORK.
top uploader during all of the contest, and ended the
Yes he was! Woop woop :
top with like 600+ megs, but in fact, this guy isnt
The actual number was about 350. See the article in RCN
14, and you can check the logs with the people in AMN and
DGT.
the Darke of DGT, its Shatter Star Riscs best courier
and Suspicious Image One of the best Risc courier too
Holy Moly! wow! I didnt know that!!.. and I suppose youre
going to say Frost is Pericles in disguise! Anyhow, there
has been much speculation about this, and if Shatter
Star Says he did it, he did it. but most of this is just
finger pointing right now.
Because Darke is a local guy to Shatter Star, and hes
in fact a board courier.
Dont understand what this segment means, Darkse is not even
his full handle by the way tisk tisk TSA. Dark Eclipse is
his full handle. and Im not too sure what youre trying to
say here. Hes local to shatter star, and hes a board
courier? Uuhm, ok, if you say so.
Defacto : So you are saying that they had somebody from OUTSIDE of
the group helping them?
Ill field this one TSA. I think TSA is making hasty
generalizations, proving to be false themselves. Next thing
you know, hell be saying your mom plays lead bass for
Metallica. The call of Ktulu! Hey Entropy, get me some
autographs from Jamez and Lars and the rest.
TSA : Shatter Star decided to help him for the contest and with
his friend Suspicious Image, they uploaded for him on
BBX. In fact DGT uploaded like 100 megs and Shatter
More bullshit? This guy makes Richard Nixon look like
honest John! By the way, his math calculations are all
because of he blundered on Darkes initial 600 meg estimate.
Star / SImage uploaded 600+ megs FOR DGT. And How can you
Thats pretty damn funny since I cant see them both
uploading more than 300 megs each per week. Oh, but how
would you know, you werent even in the competition!
explain that a BOARD COURIER who isnt in ANY good sites,
Dark Eclipse should receive all the credit. Swamper
supplied Dark Eclipse with most of his shit. I know because
I was quite pissed when I was left out of all the 20-30
disk tubs warez. If you check the warez that was pumped
by Dark Eclipse and Swamper, you will find that it has some
nfo and tags that trace back to the tubs area. By the way,
tubs is a cool board that has lots of cool warez, but TSA
probably wouldnt know about that, he wasnt even in the
competition and he insists that he knows everything about
it :
who only leeches on the sites for uploads to the boards
he is assigned to, can BEAT ALL THE AMN couriers,
You know TSA, thats how RiSC beats AMN couriers now adays,
it doesnt take a grade A genius to figure that out. If
you didnt know that, I dont know what kind of courier you
are. DGT has been practicing this techinique for a while
thanks to Swamper.
and even all the DGT courier on the site during a contest
Why this guy doesnt courier anymore? Why isnt he in RISC?
Very simple TSA, he came back for the contest, and notice he
didnt courier before the contest. He helped found DGT and
was retired and I think he still is. Why isnt Prozac in
RiSC, why isnt MGD in RiSC, why isnt Swamper in RiSC?
Its called group loyalty.. and the fact that Dark Eclipse
is retired.
In fact, think about it and youll understand that its
impossible that Darke was from DGT. Plus, Shatter Star
Then why is your story full of holes? Your main source of
evidence comes from people in AMN and you did not even
participate in the contest, and yet you make your fictitious
arguements into facts. The amout onf errors in your
revelation/interview is astronomical.. just shooting the
shit huh TSA?
and Suspicious Image, two of my good friends told me and
Lester/MGD/... that its was true. They told us
MGD is a cool cat, so is Lester, funny thing is, theyre
both in Amnesia. I remember MGD pestering me about
confessing to this. I told him exactly what I told you
TSA had a habit of pestering me about this fiasco he
calls the truth, that I thought you guys were completely
nuts, and wacky in the nicest way possible.
that they did it, and that they upped for Darke kuz he
was a friend of Shatter. The truth is that we won by
over than 600 megs. But this bunch of liars, like Frost,
The truth is, youve been drinking too much anti-freeze.
said in our fACE and in the RCN that they where going
to win and they know that wasnt true.
Im a liar, and yet I can back up my arguments with FACT,
and not mere speculation and haphazard bullshit. Refer to
RCN 14 for the truth, I guarantee that its less biased
than this bullshit they call an interview. It has more
more details of the contest from someone who was in the
contest.
Defacto : I also heard that a lot of the files uploaded to BBX were
tagged by RiSc. Is there any truth in that, that you
know of?
TSA let me handle this one. Darkside did help us by
stuff to our Inet WHQ, some releases were leeched from there
there to little avail, Darkside wanted credits on BBX as
well. Even if it was the great Shatter Star himself
uploading, anyone will tell you, most of the great traders
do NOT tag. It wastes time.
TSA : Yeah its true. Like I said, it was Shatter Star / SImage
and DGT against AMN, and we won BTW. We dont see Darke
Covered this already.
on anymore sites ,and he was never on any good site,
its impossible that a DGT board couriers could beat the net
couriers of AMN.
Impossible? I think youre trying to start another fight
between AMN and DGT. Ive made my peace with AMN, Ive
accepted that we lost by 27 megs. I can say that MGD and I
along well and we dont have many arguments anymore. So if
you got any arguements get your ass on a site and beat me,
cause I havent seen you on a top ten anywhere.
Defacto : Well TSA thank you for your time. Is there anything else
that you would like to add before I let you go?
Thanks for a good laugh!
TSA : Hehe yeah, about DGT: Guyz, at least say sorry for all
the shit you said about AMN, kuz you know that you cheated
Im sorry, sorry to see you living in a dream world, dont
speak so soon.
and that we won by over than 600 megs, at less do it. For
Youre downright delusional.
the rest of the net : Happy Couriering, Leeching,
whatever! Have fun and.. That about it : Amnesia, watch
us in action and youll forget the competition
I have a comment as well, Hey to all the AMN folks, and a
greet to Swamper, MGD, Darkside, Pericles, Prozac, Devast,
SMobius, Cyberjack, all those wackos in DGT, and all the
siteops that make it all possible
I like Defacto a lot because they have great ppl/articles and
because we can read it under desk View : haha you are the only
mag that we do it, so I read more of Defacto than all of the other
mags... Good job guyz and continue!
- TSA
I like RCN a lot because we usually print articles that poke fun of
people being stupid.
-Frost
No more!
The crap rolls out your mouth again
havent changed youre brains still gelatin
Little Whispers circle around your head
why dont you worry about yourself instead?
Before you judge me take a look at you
Cant you find something better to do?
point the finger, slow to understand
arrogance and ignorace go hand in hand
Its not who you are its who you know
Others lives are the basis of your own
burn your bridges, build them back with wealth
Judge not lest ye be judged yourself.
Metallica
Holier than Thou
Metallica
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Author : Kilmer
Subject : In Defense of DCC
There is this notion within many quarters of the scene, that DCC
couriering is not real couriering that only the FTP/BBS world consist
of the true couriers. This concept is bolstered by the fact of a good
number of generic start-up offer channels and the like. But to toss out
the whole area of xDCC, because a few people trade lame is extremely
far-reaching. And those who say DCC is lame are often hypocritial, as
numerous times, for fast distro, a new release is loaded as a pack and
sent to the FTP/BBS people in the channel. Is DCC trading lame then? I
think not.
One of the biggest complaints against DCCing is that the couriers
can become lazy - i.e. loading a 5 pack and offering it for 3 weeks or
something. But DCC couriering does not exist within a vacuum. In order
for a real functional offer channel to survive, there needs to be some
sort of institutional backing. The do-it-for-kicks style, coupled
with chit-chat, just doesnt cut it anymore because human nature tends
to wind that down. As a result, in order to have a lasting offer
channel, one needs a full-force DCC team.
The various procsses that a DCCer has to go through to load a
simple 10 pack are rather extensive. For example, sniffing out new runs
in various channels or grabbing the 0 day stuff from the FTPs,
downloading it, patching different releases from various sites,
re-zipping it in a manageable form, tagging, and then loading it va one
of the irc scripts is hard work. And usually one offer bot/IRC process
is not enough.. and they must repeat it again the very next day. And to
then be told that DCCing is lame, that would make anyones blood
boil.
And how does one really define couriering? Is couriering simply the
fact of moving various files from one site or board to another? Or can
one define couriering as the distribution of warez to the widest amount
of people? What exactly is the gauge? Given this formula, the traders
DCC statistics during good release week can run a gig or more a day.. a
sum total for the week, as defined by the widest amount of people, can
easily rival any FTP upload statistics. But these numbers are static,
and therefore one cannot easily quantify the DCC spread, but
nonetheless, it is a major thrust, as evidenced by the popularity of the
major offer channels.
The scene should not look on DCC or any other avenue as somehow
less in value. As a FTPer, I never yakked abou the BBS guys, when the
switch was turned on to the Internet, the fast ether of the FTP world
seemingly made trading by BBS lame, but such is not the case, for as
we all know, the boards still have that certain element that a FTP
cannot give you. And I dont care if a BBS gets telnet or not, its
still a viable function even 1 to 3 node local boards have their place.
And using the same logic, DCCs have that certain element that FTPs
cannot give you.
XDCCing is but one avenue of trading. The BBSes are for a gauge
guide on dupe checks and release runs the FTP sites are for fast
sends/gets and the DCCs are for widespread distribution. Each has its
place, and each has its function.
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Author : Thastuff
Subject : Univers, Get it Straight..
I am writing this shortly after I read the interview that was done
with Univers. In that interview there were accusations made concerning
Skyscraper, Demon, and mostly me. I would like to explain why we did
such a drastic thing to Univers, defend myself, and the other two, as
well as explain the merger with AOF Arsenists on Fire and COPS
Couriers of Proven Software.
When I first came to AOF, I was as a coordinator between them and
fATE. I was the one who got them hooked up with having fATE as their
official couriers. At that time, AOF was in a really bad slump, but I
knew that if they had the backing of a courier group, that would insure
that AOF would be noticed and ulitmately survive.
I was only a senior with AOF, but as time progressed I was doing a
lot of the work that other seniors, and vps yes it was so disorganised
that AOF had multiple vps. Univers noticed that and gave me a
promotion to being a vp. No, I did not go on some power trip, I never
once controlled the group, I was just doing all the administrative work.
Meanwhile, Univers would stop by now and then, I guess just to boost his
ego.
During that time I am not taking all the credit, the group had
GREAT members, but they just needed a good leader the group had become
more skilled and was on its way to become a contender with the other
larger groups. This is where I would like to explain Univs statement
about DOD duping us. DOD did not dupe us, but we were accused of duping
them Borland C++ v5.0 Febuary Beta. But shortly after, the suppliers
went into a slump, and the leader did not his job.
After consulting with Skyscraper, we decided as two
vice-presidents, that we needed full control of the group to make it
survive. We had planned it for a couple weeks before it actually
happened, and during that time Demon was brought into it for additional
senior support. Basically the seniors who did work, wanted to get rid
of those who didnt.
Then came the magic day. We had a program to release, but shortly
before I was done packaging it, some no-name group released it.
Obviously I stopped packaging it as there was no use releasing a dupe,
and told Univers I stopped packaging it. He told me to keep packaging,
and I told him it would be a dupe He knew that someone already released
it. I simply stated that I refuse to release it, and thats when he
said Youre fired!.
Before I lost my place in the group I knew that the takeover had to
be done right then and there. It was about an hour after the arguments
that Univers said, and I quote thastuff, you can have AOF... AND SHOVE
IT UP YOU ASS!, he left, and I think immediatly joined MTY as a senior
or something.
Skyscrape, Demon, and I became the leaders of AOF, there werent any
other vps or seniors, and this made AOF much more politics free, and
easier to manage. We made more releases, and for a couple weeks were
quite content. But then real life stepped in, no matter how bad timing
it was, forced me to leave the scene for nearly a month. I had less
then a week to do something with AOF so it didnt just die as a result
of all my actions.
I had been approched by Endeavour For the record, I have always
felt COPS was lame, to merge with COPS. This was the best thing I
could do for the remaining AOF members. I made the merge happen, got
all the AOF members a spot in COPS, and felt satisfied that I didnt do
the selfish thing and just leave. That is when I resigned from COPS as
a senior, and dealt with life.
Now that this is all over, I would like to ask everyone who reads
interviews and articles that they are completely onesided. Please dont
believe the first thing you read, but listen to both sides, and judge
for yourself what is right. Everyone that knows me knows that I am far
from having an ego, and I have no need to go on power trips as Univers
described for you. I dont want any wars with Univers, as it would be a
complete waste of time since he has no real place in the scene. I got
him his place in the scene, and yes, with power, I took it away.
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Author : Tuxedo Mask
Subject : Windows 95
The major hurdle to gaming on the PC has always been ease of use.
Installing DOS games has traditionally been even more difficult than
installing other PC software. With multiple standards for video cards,
memory hassles created by DOS 640kb basic memory limit, and the general
user-unfriendliness of the system, getting games to actually work is
sometimes more of a challenge than the games themselves. Some DOS games
suffer a 35 or greater return rate to software stores simply because
they cannot be successfully installed on the users hardware.
Developing games for a DOS-based PC results in similar nightmares,
as game programmers have to write routines for every single video card,
sound card, and possible system set-up in advance. Its no surprise
that they often failed to cover all possible combinations. And its
similarly unsurprising that this has generally left PC games the strict
domain of hard-core gamers and computer enthusiasts.
With Windows 95, Microsoft seeks to change all this. Not only does
Windows 95 make installation easier, it also makes game development
easier, thanks to a series of developer APIs Application Programming
Interface and libraries known as the Game SDK Software Development
Kit. To get the Game SDK, developers must simply join the Microsoft
Developers Network, which costs around 500 per year - about the cost
of goods of the CDs and manuals the average developer receives in that
time. Microsoft then supplies these software libraries to game
developers, making the process of developing a game designed to wirk
within Windows 95 a whole lot easier. The major component of the SDK is
the series of APIs known as DirectX.
The main complaint about developing for Windows is that, as a
program that puts a layer of software between the hardware and the user,
it simply cannot provde the performance needed for a high-speed game.
To get a game to run faster under Windows, developers generally have to
break all sorts of rules - resulting in the same basic headaches that
occur under DOS. DirectX, by providing a set of standard APIs, fixes
some of this. Microsoft has broken the rules of standard Windows
development to gain speed such as DirectDraws ability to write
straight to VRAM in a window. And as long as developers stick to the
broken rules Microsoft has developed for the DirectX APIs written in
extremely low-level code, everything will run fine. The advance of
Moores Law which, pared down, says that hardware keeps getting faster
and cheaper also has helped lessen complaints about performance under
Windows.
By writing to the DirectX specifications, developers can be sure
that their software will run on any PC running Windows 95. Microsoft
takes care of the irritating task of developing drivers for all the
different types of hardware that the game might be played on, not to
mention doing extensive compatibility testing. The time and effort
saved by being able to write to one spec also decreases development time
and cost.
More importantly than just making it easier to develop and play
games on a PC, the Direct X APIs make practical for the first time
something that has always been possible on PCs - Plugn n Play, or
widespread support for a variety of novel hardware. This is the
single-most exciting aspect of Windows 95 as a gaming platform, and it
is not an understatement to say that this could be the single-most
important advance in PC gaming technology in the last decade.
Until now, if a hardware developer created or implemented a new
technology, like 2D or 3D graphics acceleration, a new input device, a
new sound card, or anything that took the PC past the stock vanilla
stage, they would find that they had created an orphan technology, at
least as far as game developers are concerned. Until the device gained
enough acceptance in the marketplace until it sold enough units, few
companies would go through the trouble of writing the drivers to support
it. Without the games, few upgrades would be sold, and few new
technologies were adopted. For example, despite the fact that
practically every graphics card sold since the introduction of the 486
has had 2D graphics acceleration, few PC games have ever taken advantage
of it.
The only real advantage to emerge on the PC since the days of
Creative Labs Sound Blaster card was the pathetic MPC Multimedia PC,
a Windows-based standard developed at the dawn of the multimedia age.
With an MPC compliant PC, all you could really be sure of was that your
machine could run the latest and greatest encyclopedia CD-ROM, but
thats about it. Snore. Now thats all different. With Microsoft
developing or more correctly, having hardware manufacturers develop
drivers for every hardware device conceivable, developers can now
blithely write to the spec and not worry about supporting various
hardware elements. If additional hardware is there, DirectX will sense
and use it. If not, the CPU will emulate the missing hardware, when
possible. If you have no sound card, theres not much the DirectSound
is goiong to be able to do with a stock PC speaker.
Not every developer, however, is totally thrilled with the Game SDK.
Its also important to note that because DirectXs features are present
in software, fairly powerful machines are needed to be able to take
advantage of DirectX in any practical way. Its clear that with the
introduction and continued support of the DirectX APIs which were
developed with strong input from leading PC game companies, Microsoft
is making an intense effort to support Windows 95 as a game platform.
In the short term, the reason why is equally clear. Despite what people
say to themselves to justify the purchase of an expensive home PC, games
are the most popular home application, by far. To ensure that Windows
95 is accepted as an OS in the home, then, there must be a game presence
in it. Especially considering that first-tiem buyers of home PCs are
far less likely to withstand rigors of installing a DOS game. As this
all passes, the PC market is guaranteed to see more game titles released
native to Windows 95, and as a result, more games released by the top
games groups will also be native to Windows 95.
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Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Games
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The game didnt 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, well 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 : 05/02/96 - 05/08/96
Filename : PAINTB-1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : --
Lemmings Paintball for Windows 95 Previous Total : 0
c Psygnosis - 1/3 Release Score : -3
Running Total : -3
-----/-------------/-hoson------
Filename : LBALLCRK.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-03-96 Filedate : --
/. Previous Total : 0
. / . . . :. Release Score : 3
.: /. :: /: Y /96:. Running Total : 3
/ .:. /:. .:.mr! .:. .:: .
Lemmings Paintball For Win95 CRACK
Filename : NPMCHAO1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-08-96 Filedate : --
/. Previous Total : 3
. / . . . :. Release Score : 4
.: /. :: /: Y /96:. Running Total : 7
/ .:. /:. .:.mr! .:. .:: .
CHAOS OVERLORDS FOR WINDOWS 95
c NEW WORLD COMPUTING 1/5
Filename : -- Fix name : --
Filedate : -- Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 0
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 0
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 0
/aL!/--------/-----+
Filename : -- Fix name : --
Filedate : -- Filedate : --
Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 0
/ . Running Total : 0
dZG/ // / /. / /
1911
DIVISION
Filename : RORCCW21.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-02-96 Filedate : --
COMMAND CONQUER/WARCRAFT 2 TOOLKIT 1/7 Previous Total : 0
c WALNUT CREEK Release Score : 2
Running Total : 2
05/02/96
Filename : RORPTG1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : --
POWER: THE GAME c IBM 1/6 Previous Total : 2
Release Score : 3
Running Total : 5
05/04/96
Filename : RORCY201.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-05-96 Filedate : --
CYBERIA 2: RESURRECTION c VIRGIN 01/33 Previous Total : 5
Release Score : -3
Running Total : 2
05/05/96
Score Chart : Games
HBD
-3
NPM
7
PSG
0
RZR
0
ROR
2
Average Score Per Release :
Napalm - 3.5
Release on Rampage 0.7
Hybrid - 0.0
Prestige 0.0
Razor 1911 - 0.0
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Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Games
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The game didnt 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, well 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 : 05/09/96 - 05/15/96
Filename : POY-1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
Player of the Year c Krisalis - 1/4 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 3
/ / Running Total : 3
-----/-------------/-hoson------
Filename : NPMT9601.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
/. Previous Total : 0
. / . . . :. Release Score : 2
.: /. :: /: Y /96:. Running Total : 2
/ .:. /:. .:.mr! .:. .:: .
TONY LA RUSSA BASEBALL 3: 1996 EDITION
c STORMFRONT STUDIOS 01/35
Filename : NPMTSP01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-13-96 Filedate : --
/. Previous Total : 2
. / . . . :. Release Score : 2
.: /. :: /: Y /96:. Running Total : 4
/ .:. /:. .:.mr! .:. .:: .
TONY LA RUSSA BASEBALL 3: 1996 EDITION
*OPTIONAL SPEECH PACK* 01/44
Filename : PSG-EWJ1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-09-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 0
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 5
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 5
/aL!/--------/-----+
EARTH WORM JIM II c RAINBOW ARTS 01/05
Filename : PSG-ST01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-09-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 5
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 4
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 9
/aL!/--------/-----+
STRIFE c Velocity 1/27
Filename : PSGWAR01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-13-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 9
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 5
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 14
/aL!/--------/-----+
THE WAR COLLEGE c GameTek! 01/30
Filename : BI222W01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-09-96 Filedate : --
Battle Isle 2220 c BlueByte 01/30 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 4
/ . Running Total : 4
dZG/ // / /. / /
1911
DIVISION
Filename : WC2EXP01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-10-96 Filedate : --
Warcraft II: Beyond The Dark Portal 01/14 Previous Total : 4
Release Score : 5
/ . Running Total : 9
dZG/ // / /. / /
1911
DIVISION
Filename : TYRIAN1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
Tyrian c EPIC Mega Games 01/04 Previous Total : 9
Release Score : 3
/ . Running Total : 12
dZG/ // / /. / /
1911
DIVISION
Filename : -- Fix name : --
Filedate : -- Filedate : --
Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 0
Running Total : 0
/ /96
Score Chart : Games
HBD
3
NPM
4
PSG
14
RZR
12
ROR
0
Average Score Per Release :
Prestige - 4.7
Razor 1911 - 4.0
Hybrid - 3.0
Napalm - 1.0
Release on Rampage 0.0
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r e v i e w s !
Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Games
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The game didnt 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, well 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
/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
/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
/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
/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
/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
DIVISION
Filename : -- Fix name : --
Filedate : -- Filedate : --
Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 0
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
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Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Games
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The game didnt 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, well 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
/aL!/--------/-----+
Battleground III: Waterloo cTalonSoft 01/36
Filename : PSG-PTO1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-24-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 5
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 3
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 8
/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
/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
/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/ // / /. / /
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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
DIVISION
Filename : -- Fix name : --
Filedate : -- Filedate : --
Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 0
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
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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 :
APR MAY MAY MAY Total
HBD
-3/1
3/1
5/1
0/0
5/3
5.0
0.0
-5.0
NPM
7/2
4/2
0/0
0/0
11/4
0.0
0.0
0.0
PSG
0/0
14/3
21/5
15/4
50/12
4.2
3.8
-0.4
RZR
0/0
12/3
4/1
6/2
22/6
4.0
3.0
-1.0
ROR
2/3
0/0
0/0
0/0
2/3
0.0
0.0
0.0
of Releases Last Weeks Yield
of Points This Weeks Yield
Change in Yield
Yield of Points / of Releases
Change in Yield Current Weeks Yield - Previous Weeks Yield
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Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Utils
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The util didnt 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, well 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 : 05/02/96 - 05/08/96
Filename : DODALIB1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 4-23-96 Filedate : --
ALIBABA 2.0 WEB SERVER FOR WIN95/NT 01/04 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 * 03-May-96
Filename : DODQLAW1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-03-96 Filedate : --
QUICKEN FAMILY LAWYER c QUICKEN 01/02 Previous Total : 5
Release Score : 5
Running Total : 10
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 03-May-96
Filename : DODSPROM.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-03-96 Filedate : --
SPEEDYROM v1.0 WIN95 c QUARTERDECK 1/1 Previous Total : 10
Release Score : 5
Running Total : 15
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 03-May-96
Filename : DOD16PI1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-06-96 Filedate : --
PRIMASOFT I-NET ORGANIZER FOR WIN31 01/03 Previous Total : 15
Release Score : 3
Running Total : 18
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 06-Mar-96
Filename : DOD32PI1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-06-96 Filedate : --
PRIMASOFT I-NET ORGANIZER FOR WIN95 01/03 Previous Total : 18
Release Score : 3
Running Total : 21
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 06-Mar-96
Filename : MTYMWA01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-02-96 Filedate : --
Toolworks Multimedia World Atlas Previous Total : 0
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 3
pn
01/1105/02/96
Filename : MTYPCSUN.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-02-96 Filedate : --
Perl-CCI for SunBSD 4.1.3 Previous Total : 3
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 6
pn
01/0105/02/96
Filename : MTYNT289.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : --
NetTerm 2.8.9 Release 3 Previous Total : 6
.... Release Score : 2
Running Total : 8
pn
01/0105/04/96
Filename : MTYCRTB5.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-05-96 Filedate : --
CRT 1.1 Beta Release 5 Previous Total : 8
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 11
pn
01/0105/05/96
Filename : MTYKCD1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-06-96 Filedate : --
Key Calendar Designer For Windows 1/4 Previous Total : 11
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 14
pn
01/0405/06/96
Filename : MTYNT29A.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-07-96 Filedate : --
Net Term 2.9.0 16 Bit Previous Total : 14
.... Release Score : 2
Running Total : 16
pn
01/0105/07/96
Filename : MTYNT29B.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-07-96 Filedate : --
Net Term 2.9.0 32 Bit Previous Total : 16
.... Release Score : 2
Running Total : 18
pn
01/0105/07/96
Filename : PWAEMP01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : --
Empower Ver. 1.4.16 Win 3.1 1/8 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 3
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWASOFTC.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : --
SoftCode For PowerBasic 3.2 01/01 Previous Total : 3
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 6
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeNf
Filename : PWASOFTD.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : --
SoftDemo For PowerBasic 3.2 01/01 Previous Total : 6
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 9
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeNf
Filename : PWASPSCR.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : --
SpeedScreen For PowerBasic 3.2 01/01 Previous Total : 9
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 12
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeNf
Filename : PWAFRCST.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-05-96 Filedate : --
FourCast v96.1 for Win3.1/Win95/WinNT Previous Total : 12
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 15
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
DK -XeN
Filename : WFF3PWA1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-05-96 Filedate : --
WorkFlo Fax 3.0 Beta 1 01/22 Previous Total : 15
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 18
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
DK -XeN
Filename : PWADCS01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-06-96 Filedate : --
Delrina CommSuite 95 7.0.2 01/25 Previous Total : 18
Release Score : 5
A Group Running Total : 23
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWAITF01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-06-96 Filedate : --
Imagineer Technical v1.0 FINAL 01/73 Previous Total : 23
Win95/NT Technical Drawing Software Release Score : 4
Running Total : 27
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
DL -XeN
Filename : PWAMW71D.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-06-96 Filedate : --
MultiEdit v7.10d for Win/Win95 1/1 Previous Total : 27
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 30
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
DL -XeN
Filename : PWAWEBTR.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-08-96 Filedate : --
WebTrends 1.04 cracked for 3.1/95/NT Previous Total : 30
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 33
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeNf
Filename : RBS-ADM.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-02-96 Filedate : --
IBM AntiVirus for OS/2 Admin. v2.5 b2 Previous Total : 0
1/1 Release Score : 2
/ / / Running Total : 2
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-AVB.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-02-96 Filedate : --
IBM Antivirus v2.5 beta 2 for OS/2 Warp Previous Total : 2
01/01 Release Score : 2
/ / / Running Total : 4
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-BS01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-03-96 Filedate : --
MacroMedia Backstage Pre-Release FULL CD Previous Total : 4
01/55 Release Score : 5
/ / / Running Total : 9
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-TCP4.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-03-96 Filedate : --
OS/2 TCP/IP Stack Version 4.0 Beta Previous Total : 9
01/01 Release Score : 3
/ / / Running Total : 12
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-ADNT.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : --
IBM ANTIVIRUS 2.5 BETA 2 for Win NT Admin Previous Total : 12
01/01 Release Score : 2
/ / / Running Total : 14
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-AV95.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : --
IBM AntiVirus v2.5 beta 2 for Win95 Previous Total : 14
01/01 Release Score : 2
/ / / Running Total : 16
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-AVNT.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : --
IBM AntiVirus v2.5 beta 2 for WinNT Previous Total : 16
01/01 Release Score : 2
/ / / Running Total : 18
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-ADW1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-07-96 Filedate : --
IBM AntiVirus v2.5 b2 for DOS/Win 3.x Previous Total : 18
01/02 Release Score : 2
/ / / Running Total : 20
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-AV1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-07-96 Filedate : --
Dr Solomons AntiVirus 7.58 *WIN95* Previous Total : 20
01/03 Release Score : 3
/ / / Running Total : 23
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-SMT1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-08-96 Filedate : --
SmarTerm 470 V 4.0B C Persoft Previous Total : 23
01/04 Release Score : 3
/ / / Running Total : 26
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : XF-LW50.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-03-96 Filedate : --
LIGHTWAVE 3D V5.0B FROM NEWTEK INC. Previous Total : 0
01/01
Release Score : 5
Running Total : 5
sikos
Filename : XF-FWB1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : --
DEC Altavista Firewall -Beta- Previous Total : 5
01/21
Release Score : 3
Running Total : 8
sikos
Filename : XF-INTER.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : --
Interchange 3D v3.0A - 3D OBJECT CONVERTER Previous Total : 8
01/01
Release Score : 3
Running Total : 11
sikos
Filename : XF-POSER.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : --
Fractal Design Poser v1.03 Update .EXE Previous Total : 11
01/01
Release Score : 1
Running Total : 12
sikos
Filename : XF-CSCFC.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-06-96 Filedate : --
CSC FASTCACHE SCSI BACKUP V1.00 F/WIN95 Previous Total : 12
01/01
Release Score : 3
Running Total : 15
sikos
Filename : XF-QFX01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-07-96 Filedate : --
QFX v5.21 Digital Imaging Package 32-bit Previous Total : 15
01/03
Release Score : 4
Running Total : 19
sikos
Score Chart : Utils
DOD
21
MTY
18
PWA
33
RBS
26
X-F
19
Average Score Per Release :
Drink or Die - 4.2
Pirates with Attitudes - 3.3
X-Force - 3.2
Mortality - 2.6
Rebels - 2.6
r c n
r e v i e w s !
Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Utils
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The util didnt 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, well 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 : 05/09/96 - 05/15/96
Filename : DODWMEE1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
Watermark Enterprise Edition v2.1 1/7 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 * 11-May-96
Filename : DODCORE1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-13-96 Filedate : --
COSESSION REMOTE v7.0 c INSYNC 01/03 Previous Total : 3
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 * 13-May-96
Filename : DODQFPL1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-13-96 Filedate : --
QUICKEN FINANCIAL PLANNER v2.0 FOR WIN 1/5 Previous Total : 7
Release Score : 5
Running Total : 12
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 13-May-96
Filename : DOD3MAX1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : --
3D STUDIO MAX FINAL RELEASE 1/9 Previous Total : 12
Release Score : 5
Running Total : 17
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 15-MAY-96
Filename : DODCWP01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : --
COREL WORDPERFECT OFFICE SUITE 95 01/29 Previous Total : 17
Release Score : 5
Running Total : 22
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 15-May-96
Filename : OEMB2-01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-10-96 Filedate : --
OEM SERVICE PACK RELEASE2 BETA2 FINAL 01/30 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 3
/ / / / / Running Total : 3
Released: 05-10-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTYTWK01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
ToonWorks c MicroForum 01/14 Previous Total : 3
Release Score : 3
/ / / / / Running Total : 6
Released: 05-11-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTYWE231.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
Web Edit Pro 2.0 Beta 3 Previous Total : 6
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 9
pn
01/0205/11/96
Filename : MTYWM3-1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
WebMedia Publisher Pro 1/3 Previous Total : 9
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 12
pn
01/0305/11/96
Filename : MTYWMUP1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
WebMedia Publisher Pro 3.0 Release Update 1 Previous Total : 12
.... Release Score : 1
Running Total : 13
pn
01/0105/11/96
Filename : MTY-SD01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-12-96 Filedate : --
SoftDesk S7 Super Productivity CD Previous Total : 13
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 16
pn
01/4505/12/96
Filename : MTY-SPB1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : --
Sax Basic Engine Professional 1/2 Previous Total : 16
Release Score : 2
/ / / / / Running Total : 18
Released: 05-14-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTYSAXCM.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : --
Sax Comm Objects Professional 1/1 Previous Total : 18
Release Score : 2
/ / / / / Running Total : 20
Released: 05-14-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTYSAXST.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : --
Sax Setup Wizard v2.0 1/1 Previous Total : 20
Release Score : 2
/ / / / / Running Total : 22
Released: 05-14-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTYWEB16.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : --
Sax Webster Control 16 Bit 1/1 Previous Total : 22
Release Score : 2
/ / / / / Running Total : 24
Released: 05-14-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTYWEB32.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : --
Sax Webster Control 32 Bit 1/1 Previous Total : 24
Release Score : 2
/ / / / / Running Total : 26
Released: 05-14-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTY-CYBS.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : --
CyberSitter v2.01 1/1 Previous Total : 26
Release Score : 3
/ / / / / Running Total : 29
Released: 05-15-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTY-TV16.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : --
TeleVox 1.0 beta for Win3.1 1/1 Previous Total : 29
Release Score : 2
/ / / / / Running Total : 31
Released: 05-15-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTY-TV32.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : --
TeleVox 1.0 beta for Win95 1/1 Previous Total : 31
Release Score : 2
/ / / / / Running Total : 33
Released: 05-15-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTYGWEB.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : --
G Web c Virtual Presence 1/1 Previous Total : 33
Release Score : 2
/ / / / / Running Total : 35
Released: 05-15-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTYGWIN.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : --
Genesis World Buildier c Virtual Prescene Previous Total : 35
Release Score : 2
/ / / / / Running Total : 37
Released: 05-15-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : PWAB2S01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-10-96 Filedate : --
Windows NT 4.0 Server 01/42 Previous Total : 0
Beta 2 Release Score : 3
Running Total : 3
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWAB2W01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-10-96 Filedate : --
Windows NT 4.0 Workstation 01/40 Previous Total : 3
Beta 2 Release Score : 3
Running Total : 6
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWAFOC01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
Focal Point 01/13 Previous Total : 6
Release Score : 4
A Group Running Total : 10
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWAINOC1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
Inoculan Anti-Virus for WinNT 1/9 Previous Total : 10
version 1.01 Release Score : 5
Running Total : 15
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWASAL01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
Salsa For The Desktop 1.02a 01/12 Previous Total : 15
Release Score : 5
A Group Running Total : 20
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWAMNG01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : --
Intel ManageWise 2.1 01/26 Previous Total : 20
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 23
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : OL3DPWA.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : --
OnLive 3D internet graphic adventure Previous Total : 23
for win95 1.0b12.1 1/1 Release Score : 2
Running Total : 25
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeNf
Filename : PWABCR01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : --
Borland C++ 5.0 Developers Suite Previous Total : 25
Resource Kit 01/37 Release Score : 5
Running Total : 30
A Group
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 : 5
/ / / Running Total : 5
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : XF-HBD01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-12-96 Filedate : --
HORIZON DIGITAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY Previous Total : 0
01/29
Release Score : 3
Running Total : 3
sikos
Filename : XF-DLS1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : --
DOS LAN SERVICE CLIENT OS/2 Previous Total : 3
WARP SERVER ADVANCED c IBM Release Score : 5
-1/4
Running Total : 8
sikos
Filename : XFINFO01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : --
CRYSTAL INFO V4.5 5 USER PILOT PAK Previous Total : 8
Windows 3.1 / 95 / NT -FULL CD- Release Score : 3
01/38
Running Total : 11
sikos
Score Chart : Utils
DOD
22
MTY
37
PWA
30
RBS
5
X-F
11
Average Score Per Release :
Rebels - 5.0
Drink or Die - 4.4
Pirates with Attitudes - 3.8
X-Force - 3.7
Mortality - 2.3
r c n
r e v i e w s !
Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Utils
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The util didnt 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, well 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 : --
Kais 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
Running Total : 1
pn
01/0105/16/96
Filename : GWEBLTE.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : --
GWeb Lite c Virtual Presence, Ltd. Previous Total : 1
.... Release Score : 1
Running Total : 2
pn
01/0105/16/96
Filename : MTYCRTB6.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-18-96 Filedate : --
CRT 1.1 Beta 6 c Van Dyke Previous Total : 2
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 5
pn
01/0105/18/96
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
Running Total : 11
pn
xX/6805/22/96
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 Developers 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 : --
InterDriveR 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 : --
InterDriveR 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 Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The util didnt 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, well 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
Running Total : 3
pn
01/0705/23/96
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 : 9
A Group Running Total : 12
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 : 12
Release Score : 4
A Group Running Total : 16
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 : 16
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 19
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 : 19
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 22
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
22
RBS
21
X-F
6
Average Score Per Release :
Pirates with Attitudes - 3.7
Rebels - 3.5
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
The following is a chart combining the total points of the top 5
utils groups within the past 4 weeks :
APR MAY MAY MAY Total
DOD
21/5
22/5
11/3
0/0
54/13
3.7
0.0
-3.7
MTY
18/7
37/16
11/5
3/1
69/29
2.2
3.0
+0.8
PWA
33/10
30/8
40/15
22/6
125/39
2.7
3.7
+1.0
RBS
26/10
5/1
6/2
21/6
58/19
3.0
3.5
+0.5
X-F
19/6
11/3
6/2
6/2
43/13
3.0
3.0
0.0
of Releases Last Weeks Yield
of Points This Weeks Yield
Change in Yield
Yield of Points / of Releases
Change in Yield Current Weeks Yield - Previous Weeks Yield
FRIDAY
MAY 2
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
AMM-FF21.ZIP
1
WIN
FontFolder vv2.1
ATAAB3AW.ZIP
1
W95
Address Book v3.0a
ATAFO41W.ZIP
1
WIN
Family Origins v4.1
ATAPHJ1W.ZIP
1
WIN
Personal Health Journal v1.0
BB-IPP05.ZIP
5
W95
Microsoft Internet Assistant
CB495-9.ZIP
9
W95
Xoftware v4.0
CB4ARCH3.ZIP
3
WIN
Archnid 95 Pre-Release v2.0
CB4CBP-2.ZIP
2
WIN
CyberPilot v1.0 Pro
CB4CML95.ZIP
1
W95
CMail Server Lite v1.3
CB4CMLNT.ZIP
1
WNT
CMail Server Lite v1.3
CB4GRABS.ZIP
1
WIN
Grab a Site v2.0.2
CB4NT-4.ZIP
9
WNT
Xoftware v4.0
CIGARS.ZIP
1
W95
Cigar Cursors
DA-SWD05.ZIP
1
DOS
Sophos Sweep
DA-SWW05.ZIP
1
W95
Sophos Sweep
DFPV240.ZIP
1
W95
PolyView v2.4
DFTQLNK2.ZIP
2
WIN
QuickLink Explorer v2.05
FLPRFB10.ZIP
1
DOS
FoolProof Security Beta v1.0
LL-FW09.ZIP
9
WIN
Fire Wind
MADK-04.ZIP
65
WIN
Microsoft Active-X Developers Kit
MTYMWA11.ZIP
11
WIN
Toolworks Multimedia World Atlas
MTYPCSUN.ZIP
1
SUN
Perl-CCI for SunBSD v4.1.3
NETPK30.ZIP
46
W95
CServe Internet Pack
NRG-SAT2.ZIP
2
W95
One on One with the SAT
OD15-2.ZIP
2
OS2
Object Desktop v1.5
PSBLTYW2.ZIP
2
WIN
Possibility
RBS-ADM.ZIP
1
OS2
IBM AntiVirus v2.5 Beta 2
RBS-AVB.ZIP
1
DOS
IBM Antivirus v2.5 Beta 2
RORCCW27.ZIP
7
DOS
Command Conquer/WarCraft 2 Toolkit
SVA-ECW5.ZIP
5
W95
Enterprise Client
SX-4GL.ZIP
1
XWN
4GL With ESQLC
TRSIS20.ZIP
20
WIN
Microsoft Internet Information Server
SATURDAY
MAY 3
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
05NAV96.ZIP
1
W95
Norton Antivirus May Definitions
CB4311-9.ZIP
9
WIN
Xoftware v4.0
CB4NT-9.ZIP
9
WNT
Xoftware v4.0
DFTAMTE6.ZIP
6
W95
AutoMate v2.34
DFTMADD1.ZIP
8
WIN
Money Pro AddOns
DFTVZPRO.ZIP
1
W95
VisualZip v1.5 Pro
DODKHLA3.ZIP
3
W95
Home Legal Advisor
DODQLAW2.ZIP
2
W95
Quicken Family Lawyer
DODSPROM.ZIP
1
W95
SPEEDYROM v1.0
DUKE3D11.ZIP
11
DOS
Duke Nukem 3D
FRCMOO51.ZIP
57
W95
Moodys International Data 95
RBS-TCP4.ZIP
1
OS2
OS/2 TCP/IP Stack v4.0 Beta
RSH-EX34.ZIP
4
W95
ExTrans v3.0
SX-MBED.ZIP
11
W95
MBed
SX-SED32.ZIP
1
W95
Sizzler Editor
SX-SIZ16.ZIP
1
WIN
Sizzler
SX-SIZ32.ZIP
1
W95
Sizzler
SX-SS3D.ZIP
1
W95
Superscape 3D
T96ITV09.ZIP
9
W95
Inside The Vatican
UCF-NBEL.ZIP
1
WIN
NewBel v1.01
UCFLADYB.ZIP
1
WIN
LadyBird v1.8
UCFMEDIT.ZIP
1
W95
MapEdit 95/NT v2.23
UCFQV302.ZIP
1
W95
Quick View Plus v.3.0.2
UCFTABIT.ZIP
1
WIN
TabIt v1.00
VELMUP11.ZIP
11
W95
Muppet Beginning to Read
SUNDAY
MAY 4
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
BB-AUT01.ZIP
4
W95
Microsoft Access 95 Upsizing
COPSAL3.ZIP
3
DOS
Blake Stone : Aliens of Gold
COPSFBS.ZIP
1
DOS
Forbes Thoughts on Business Life
DFTDTACC.ZIP
1
WIN
DataRamp Clear Client
DNS-S211.ZIP
1
WIN
Smooth Editor v2.11
FRC-PB13.ZIP
13
W95
PowerBuilder Desktop Edition v4.0.03
MGEUC237.ZIP
1
WIN
UltraCompressor Beta v2.37
NOVASIST.ZIP
1
W95
Microsoft Support Assistant
NOVMGR04.ZIP
4
W95
Microsoft Mini Manager v1.00.014
NRG-FHE5.ZIP
5
DOS
MacroMedia Freehand v5.0
OS2TOOL.ZIP
1
OS2
OS/2 System Tools v4.1
PAINTB-3.ZIP
3
W95
Lemmings Paintball
PWAEMP08.ZIP
8
WIN
Empower v1.4.16
PWASOFTC.ZIP
1
W95
SoftCode v3.2
PWASOFTD.ZIP
1
W95
SoftDemo v3.2
PWASPSCR.ZIP
1
W95
SpeedScreen v3.2
RSH-FW01.ZIP
3
WIN
File Works v1.2
S-WCOS2P.ZIP
25
OS2
Watcom C/C++ v10.6
SVA-EE1.ZIP
6
DOS
Envelope Engine v.1.2.2
UCF-FKEY.ZIP
1
WIN
FastKey v1.20
UCF-KALI.ZIP
1
W95
Kali 95 v0.9b
UCFCTALK.ZIP
1
WIN
Clock Talk 32
UCFGIFKT.ZIP
1
W95
GIF Construction Kit v1.0
UCFHSNPK.ZIP
1
W95
HyperSnap Keymaker
UCFMANGL.ZIP
1
W95
MicroAngelo v2.0
UCFRASPK.ZIP
1
DOS
RAS Pro
UCFSHW17.ZIP
1
WIN
ShellWizard v1.7
XF-FWB9.ZIP
21
W95
DEC Altavista Firewall BETA
MONDAY
MAY 5
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
AXSWRPY3.ZIP
3
WIN
WirePlay
CS-04.ZIP
27
WIN
Comedy Store
D3DLVEDT.ZIP
1
DOS
Duke Nukem 3D Level Editor
DSO22.ZIP
22
WIN
Dark Sun On-Line Beta Client
DUKESCR.ZIP
1
W95
Duke Nukem 3D Screen Saver
FRC-HOJ6.ZIP
6
WIN
Hooked on Java Developers Kit
MTYCRTB5.ZIP
1
WIN
CRT v1.1 Beta Release 5
NRG-T106.ZIP
6
DOS
Micro House v6.1.5
PDOX7-7.ZIP
7
W95
Paradox v7.0
PWAFRCST.ZIP
1
W95
FourCast v96.1
RBS-ADNT.ZIP
1
WNT
IBM Antivirus v2.5 BETA 2
RORCY233.ZIP
33
DOS
Cyberia 2 : Resurrection
RORPTG6.ZIP
6
DOS
Power : The Game
S-WCDW53.ZIP
53
WIN
Watcom C/C++ v10.6
S-WCNT56.ZIP
56
W95
Watcom C/C++ v10.6
SVA-KV4.ZIP
4
WIN
Key View v5.0
WFF3PWAM.ZIP
22
W95
WorkFlo Fax v3.0 Beta 1
TUESDAY
MAY 6
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
AMRHSTA5.ZIP
5
WIN
American History Atlas v1.0c
BTOMCY06.ZIP
11
DOS
Motor City v1.2
COPSTCD.ZIP
1
WIN
TC-Director v.2.1
DA-A114E.ZIP
1
DOS
AGSI v1.1.4
DFG2-MCC.ZIP
1
WIN
Drag and File Gold v2.03d
DFTADPR2.ZIP
2
W95
Address Database Professional v4.0.10
DFTBPAC8.ZIP
8
W95
Business Suite Pack
DFTPYRL2.ZIP
2
DOS
Payroll Plus v1.3
DMN-FD34.ZIP
4
W95
First Aid 95 Deluxe 3
HTTPDW32.ZIP
1
WIN
IBM Internet Connection Server
IC-GM95B.ZIP
3
W95
Goldmine
ICS.ZIP
1
OS2
IBM Internet Connection Server
ICSNTB1.ZIP
1
WNT
IBM Internet Connection Server
JBZVRSS6.ZIP
6
DOS
VR Soccer 96 Sound AddOns
MSC-TMTR.ZIP
1
W95
TimeTree v1.0b
MTYKCD4.ZIP
4
WIN
Key Calendar Designer
NFSDIET1.ZIP
1
W95
Health And Diet Pro
NOVIOLE4.ZIP
4
W95
OLE 2
NRG-C117.ZIP
17
DOS
Micro House v6.5.1.0K Controller Library
NRG-D112.ZIP
12
DOS
Micro House v6.5.1.0K Harddrive Library
NRG-N104.ZIP
15
DOS
Micro House v6.5.1.0K NetworkCard Library
NRG-V127.ZIP
27
DOS
Micro House v6.5.1.0K IO-Card Library
PCA96-4.ZIP
4
WIN
PC Anywhere 32 v2.0 Beta 1
PNC-MPP.ZIP
1
DOS
Mind Path Presentation F/X v1.3
PTSTTMB2.ZIP
2
DOS
TopicTeam v1.0 Beta
PWADCS25.ZIP
25
WIN
Delrina CommSuite 95 v7.0.2
PWAITF72.ZIP
73
DOS
Imagineer Technical v1.0
PWAMW71D.ZIP
1
W95
MultiEdit v7.10d
S-LLCRCK.ZIP
1
WIN
Crack for LazaLabl v2.6
S-WCH39.ZIP
39
WIN
Watcom C/C++ v10.6 Help Files
UCF-NPOP.ZIP
1
WIN
Net Popup 95 v2.11
UCFFFF52.ZIP
1
W95
FileFinder v5.2
UCFSTKMA.ZIP
1
WIN
Stocktrack 32 v1.0
XF-CSCFC.ZIP
1
W95
CSC FastCache SCSI Backup v1.0
WEDNESDAY
MAY 7
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
ATA-RIR2.ZIP
2
DOS
Readiris
ATAPGMN2.ZIP
2
DOS
Presto! Page Manager v1.2
ATAPRST3.ZIP
3
WIN
Presto! v1.43
DOD16PI3.ZIP
3
WIN
PrimaSoft Internet Organizer
KALI12UC.ZIP
1
DOS
Kali 1.2u
M8SGOLF2.ZIP
2
DOS
Sensible Golf
M8SURV-9.ZIP
9
DOS
Survival
MSQ-MV09.ZIP
9
W95
Microsoft Mediaview v1.4.1
MSQ-MVA7.ZIP
7
DOS
Microsoft Mediaview Author v1.0
MTYNT29A.ZIP
1
WIN
Net Term v2.9.0
MTYNT29B.ZIP
1
W95
Net Term v2.9.0
NRG-G3EO.ZIP
1
OS2
Gear MM v3.3
NRG-G40B.ZIP
2
W95
Gear MM v4.0
NRG-MHPC.ZIP
12
DOS
Micro Home v3.0 Pro
PWAITF-6.ZIP
73
DOS
Imagineer Technical v1.0
QNT-DS7.ZIP
7
WIN
Descent 2 3D-Edge
RBS-ADW2.ZIP
2
DOS
IBM AntiVirus v2.5 Beta 2
SVA-UI11.ZIP
13
WNT
Unigraphics NT
SWIOPNT4.ZIP
4
WNT
OpenNT
T96PWR03.ZIP
3
DOS
Power Slave
UCFHD32C.ZIP
1
W95
HotDog Webeditor
XF-QFX03.ZIP
3
WIN
QFX v5.21 Digital Imaging Package
THURSDAY
MAY 8
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
ADRWSI1.ZIP
1
W95
Win-Secure-It v1.00
AOD-TS4.ZIP
4
W95
Toy Story SS v2.1
BTE-IMAG.ZIP
1
W95
Image Folio Pro
CB4RMP-2.ZIP
2
W95
Remotely Possible 32 v2.0e
CSUP9510.ZIP
38
W95
Close Up 95 v7.0
DMN-QB.ZIP
1
W95
QuickButton v2.6
DMN-XFP.ZIP
1
WIN
XFerPro v1.1
DRS-IB09.ZIP
43
DOS
InfoBase Server Edition
FBI!DB2.ZIP
2
W95
DashBoard
IFTP-MCC.ZIP
1
WIN
IFTP v3.0
M8-FWCRK.ZIP
1
DOS
Fire Wind Crack
MDC-ALE5.ZIP
5
W95
Arts Letters Express v5.0
NPMCHAO5.ZIP
5
W95
Chaos Overlords
PST-P26R.ZIP
1
DOS
PVE v2.60
PST-SWM3.ZIP
3
DOS
StarWars 3DS Meshes
PST-TP1.ZIP
1
WIN
Tiny Prot v1.0d
PWAWEBTR.ZIP
1
WIN
WebTrends v1.04
RBS-SMT4.ZIP
4
WIN
SmarTerm 470 v4.0B
SHAKII05.ZIP
5
DOS
Shakii the Wolf
STN-HRM2.ZIP
8
W95
Herman
THCSR2BC.ZIP
1
W95
Microsoft OEM SR2 Beta 1
TO-CNA36.ZIP
47
W95
Connection Assistant v2.1a
VGCWA11.ZIP
30
DOS
Conquest of the New Worlds AddOns
ZTB155R.ZIP
1
OS2
ZTreeBold v1.55
THURSDAY
MAY 9
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
3DLAND11.ZIP
19
W95
3D Landscape Books
BI222W30.ZIP
30
DOS
Battle Isle 2220
BTE-VS1.ZIP
2
W95
VistaScan Version v2.24
CB4-CB4.ZIP
4
DOS
CBuilder v1.51 Build 4
DMN-CM4A.ZIP
10
W95
Chameleon 95
DNS-R200.ZIP
1
DOS
RAR v2.00
FBI!FNTP.ZIP
1
W95
Font Pack Truetype
FRC-PMU4.ZIP
4
W95
PageMaker v6.01 Upgrade
HHGEXTC3.ZIP
1
W95
Extracad III
HST-3D12.ZIP
12
W95
3D Deck Backyard Construction
IMAGNT39.ZIP
39
WNT
Imagitech Design Workshop
OCT-IBM4.ZIP
4
WIN
IBM LAN Client v2.0 Update
PNC-PDQ2.ZIP
2
WIN
PDQComm v3.1
PNCISC13.ZIP
13
DOS
Inside Sports Swimsuit Calander
PSG-EWJ5.ZIP
5
DOS
Earth Worm Jim 2
PSG-ST27.ZIP
27
DOS
Strife
PST-WB2C.ZIP
3
WIN
IVEX WinBoard v2.1
PST-WD2B.ZIP
2
WIN
IVEX WinBoard v2.1
RBS-BS51.ZIP
55
DOS
MacroMedia Backstage Pre-Release
SMRTG02.ZIP
6
DOS
Smart Games
SVA-ED3.ZIP
3
DOS
EDiary 96
TKSOLVER.ZIP
1
WIN
TK Solver : Machine Design
FRIDAY
MAY 10
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
DEADL-16.ZIP
16
DOS
Deadline
DJWIN51B.ZIP
4
WIN
Data Junction v5.1
DMNN3113.ZIP
13
WIN
Lotus Notes v4.1
DMNN9515.ZIP
16
W95
Lotus Notes v4.1
DMNNO223.ZIP
23
OS2
Lotus Notes v4.1
DWNGRD3.ZIP
3
W95
Garden Architect
DWNMVD2.ZIP
2
W95
Microsoft Video v1.1 Update
EVR-E61I.ZIP
10
W95
EXTRA! Personal Client v6.1
EVR-I32F.ZIP
6
W95
IRMA v3.2
FBI-FN3.ZIP
5
W95
Fountain
IKBABE33.ZIP
33
WIN
Babe Interactive MovieBook
OEMB2-30.ZIP
30
W95
OEM Service Pack Release 2 Beta 2
PWAB2S36.ZIP
42
WIN
Windows NT 4.0 Server
PWAB2W40.ZIP
40
WIN
Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
SM-WC2E1.ZIP
5
DOS
WarCraft 2 Expansion : Beyond the Dark Portal
TO-CNA23.ZIP
47
DOS
Connection Assistant v2.1a
SATURDAY
MAY 11
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
ATA-CTAL.ZIP
1
W95
Cool Talk
CB4JM312.ZIP
1
WIN
JetMail Client v4.6
CIAAT-6.ZIP
6
WIN
University Atlas
COPSJUN.ZIP
1
DOS
Juno
CS-27.ZIP
27
DOS
Comedy Store
EVR-I98A.ZIP
12
WIN
Install Shield v3.00.098
EVR-ZIPB.ZIP
2
WIN
ZIP! Print Manage
FRC-FDC4.ZIP
4
DOS
Fusion Design Comics
IVAN42.ZIP
42
WIN
Ivans Scientific World
MDC-MEX3.ZIP
3
DOS
Mail Extension v1.52
MTYTWK14.ZIP
14
DOS
ToonWorks
MTYWM3-3.ZIP
3
W95
WebMedia Publisher Pro
NPMT9630.ZIP
35
DOS
Tony La Russa Baseball 3 1996
PAPRPRT3.ZIP
3
W95
PaperPort Software
POY-4.ZIP
4
DOS
Player of the Year
PWAFOC13.ZIP
13
WIN
Focal Point
PWAINOC7.ZIP
9
WNT
Inoculan Anti-Virus for WinNT
PWASAL02.ZIP
12
W95
Salsa For The Desktop 1.02a
RD-HPWIZ.ZIP
1
WIN
Homepage Wizard
SVA-UTD4.ZIP
4
WNT
UniGraphics Converter
TPLAYG03.ZIP
50
W95
Triple Play Plus : Learn German
TYRIAN4.ZIP
4
DOS
Tyrian
WC2EXP14.ZIP
14
DOS
Warcraft 2 : Beyond The Dark Portal
SUNDAY
MAY 12
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
AMM-CW2.ZIP
1
OS2
ColorWorks v2.0
ATA-RAU2.ZIP
2
WIN
Real Audio Utility Package
BTE-VS2.ZIP
2
WIN
VistaScan Version v2.24
DJWIN51D.ZIP
4
W95
Data Junction v5.1
DODWMEE7.ZIP
7
DOS
Watermark Enterprise Edition v2.1
EWJ2FIX.ZIP
1
DOS
Earthworm Jim 2 Fix
GPDS28.ZIP
28
W95
Graphics-Pro Design System v4.0
MDC-MFT2.ZIP
2
DOS
Mutual Fund Tax Calculator
MDC-PFO2.ZIP
2
W95
Portfolio Pages v1.01
MDC-WKR2.ZIP
2
W95
Wav-Maker v2.2
MTY-SD45.ZIP
45
DOS
SoftDesk S7 Super Productivity
MTYWE232.ZIP
2
W95
Web Edit Pro v2.0 Beta 3
N32E202.ZIP
1
W95
NetScape Navigator v2.0.2
SCUMNPPA.ZIP
10
SYS
Nashville PlusPack Build 1072
SM-FCST2.ZIP
2
W95
Foo Castle
SWIBUD.ZIP
1
WIN
Budweiser Bud Frogs SS
UCFMCONV.ZIP
1
DOS
Master Converter v1.51
UCFSTIL.ZIP
1
DOS
Stilleto 96
UCFWWTCH.ZIP
1
WIN
Weight Watch v1.0
WPC435R.ZIP
1
W95
Web Page Creator v4.35
X-LS1732.ZIP
1
WIN
Lightning Strike Plug-in v1.7
XF-HBD29.ZIP
29
DOS
Horizon Digital Business Directory
ZZMCAP-2.ZIP
2
DOS
Zicky Zicks MilkCaps v3.0b
MONDAY
MAY 13
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
3DSMAX23.ZIP
39
WNT
3DStudio MAX
BZR-RB04.ZIP
4
W95
ROSE BUD PRO v6.01K
CB4PCX37.ZIP
7
WIN
PC-Xware v3.0
FBI-EX1.ZIP
7
DOS
Executor v1.99
FIFOTTV2.ZIP
2
WIN
Tune in Television
LSR-RR39.ZIP
39
DOS
Rat Race
NPMTSP44.ZIP
44
DOS
Tony La Russa Baseball 3 1996 Speech AddOn
NRG-AP32.ZIP
2
WIN
LabView v4.0 Application BUILDER
NRG-AP51.ZIP
2
W95
LabView v4.0 Application BUILDER
NRG-AP52.ZIP
2
WNT
LabView v4.0 Application BUILDER
NRG-SQ16.ZIP
16
DOS
Gupta SQL Base v6.0
PSGWAR30.ZIP
30
DOS
The War College
RL-MPWV5.ZIP
5
DOS
MultiPlatform WordView
SPIRAW31.ZIP
1
WIN
Spira CD-R Software
SPIRAW95.ZIP
1
W95
Spira CD-R Software
TRD-TANC.ZIP
12
DOS
The War College : Tannenberg Scenario
TRDWARDA.ZIP
10
DOS
The War College : Online Docs
TUESDAY
MAY 14
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
ATA3DA55.ZIP
55
WIN
3D Atlas v1.1
ATASND08.ZIP
8
WIN
3D Atlas v1.1 Sound AddOn
DODCORE3.ZIP
3
W95
Cosession Remote v7.0
DODQFPL5.ZIP
5
W95
Quicken Financial Planner v2.0
DOX-DPT.ZIP
1
DOS
DPT Scsi SmartCache
DRS-ED10.ZIP
10
DOS
ELSATrak SMP System Documentation
FBI-EX7.ZIP
7
DOS
Executor v1.99
HEATH-3.ZIP
3
W95
Heathkit A+ Certification Review Tests
MDMSHRED.ZIP
1
DOS
INSYNC v7.0
MTY-SPB2.ZIP
2
WIN
Sax Basic Engine Pro
MTYSAXCM.ZIP
1
WIN
Sax Comm Objects Pro
MTYSAXST.ZIP
1
WIN
Sax Setup Wizard v2.0
MTYWEB16.ZIP
1
WIN
Sax Webster Control
MTYWEB32.ZIP
1
W95
Sax Webster Control
PTEMPLT2.ZIP
2
DOS
Paper Templates
PWAMNG08.ZIP
26
DOS
Intel ManageWise v2.1
SCUMSRW1.ZIP
2
W95
ShivaRemote Dial-In v4.0
SHKPTS1.ZIP
1
DOS
Phoenix Telephone Suite
SHKQSE3.ZIP
3
WIN
Quicken Special Edition
UCFUED32.ZIP
1
W95
UltraEdit-32 v4.00
VGES2A16.ZIP
30
DOS
EarthSiege 2 Animations
XF-DLS4.ZIP
4
OS2
Lan Service Client
ZY-SKAT1.ZIP
5
W95
WinSkat
WEDNESDAY
MAY 15
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
CB4PCX32.ZIP
7
WIN
PC-Xware v3.0
CH463N-6.ZIP
8
DOS
Netmanage Chameleon NFS v4.6.3
DRS-ES33.ZIP
42
DOS
ELSATrak SMP System v1.6
LL-ST08.ZIP
8
DOS
Strife
MTY-CYBS.ZIP
1
DOS
CyberSitter v2.01
MTY-TV16.ZIP
1
WIN
TeleVox v1.0 Beta
MTY-TV32.ZIP
1
W95
TeleVox v1.0 Beta
MTYGWEB.ZIP
1
W95
G Web
MTYGWIN.ZIP
1
W95
Genesis World Buildier
NOVNSH04.ZIP
4
W95
NteShield v2.3.2
PSG-LAB6.ZIP
6
DOS
Loony Labyrinth Pinball
PSG-TOS9.ZIP
9
DOS
Battle Arena : Toshinden
RSH-RS02.ZIP
3
WIN
ReflectSense v3.0
TDVPAGE9.ZIP
9
W95
Logitech PageScan V1.2
THURSDAY
MAY 16
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
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 Developers 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
SDMWNS3.ZIP
3
WIN
ATT 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. Solomons Antivirus Toolkit v7.58
DODPGOO2.ZIP
2
W95
Kais 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
Uleads 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
Uleads 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
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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
Score Chart : BBS Uploads
AMN
310 MB
DGT
0
EMP
0
EVR
583 MB
fATE
159 MB
MAL
0
M8
0
RPR
585 MB
RTS
127
RiSC
663 MB
Average Uploads Per Courier :
EVERLAST - 583 MB
AMNESiA - 310 MB
RAPiER - 243 MB
Rise in Superior Couriering - 221 MB
Fast Action Trade Exchange - 159 MB
Request to Send - 127 MB
Digital - 0 MB
EMPIRE - 0 MB
MALiCE - 0 MB
Motiv8 - 0 MB
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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
Mr.Skill
EVERLAST
446,574,920
4
The Blue Adept
EVERLAST
438,297,918
5
Everclear
RiSC
402,235,051
6
Swamp Thing
Digital
305,765,786
7
Shatter Star
RiSC
452,265,343
8
Iron Eagle
RAPiER
256,927,114
9
Asmodeus
EVERLAST
198,433,309
10
Luck
RAPiER
186,022,783
Score Chart : BBS Uploads
AMN
0
DGT
306 MB
EMP
0
EVR
1647 MB
fATE
0
MAL
0
M8
0
RPR
443 MB
RTS
0
RiSC
2137 MB
Average Uploads Per Courier :
Rise in Superior Couriering - 772 MB
EVERLAST - 412 MB
Digital - 306 MB
RAPiER - 222 MB
AMNESiA - 0 MB
EMPIRE - 0 MB
Fast Action Trade Exchange - 0 MB
MALiCE - 0 MB
Motiv8 - 0 MB
Request to Send - 0 MB
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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
MALiCE
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
Score Chart : FTP Uploads
AMN
623 MB
DGT
117 MB
EMP
0 MB
EVR
111 MB
fATE
0 MB
MAL
457 MB
M8
0 MB
RPR
0 MB
RTS
0 MB
RiSC
477 MB
Average Uploads Per Courier :
MALiCE - 228 MB
AMNESiA - 208 MB
Rise in Superior Couriering - 159 MB
Digital - 117 MB
EVERLAST - 111 MB
EMPIRE - 0 MB
Fast Action Trade Exchange - 0 MB
Motiv 8 - 0 MB
Rapier - 0 MB
Request to Send - 0 MB
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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
MALiCE
263,463,724
9
Gumby
n/a
233,265,345
10
Arch-Vile
RiSC
204,253,232
Score Chart : FTP Uploads
AMN
1020 MB
DGT
0 MB
EMP
0 MB
EVR
301 MB
fATE
0 MB
MAL
263 MB
M8
0 MB
RPR
0 MB
RTS
0 MB
RiSC
2529 MB
Average Uploads Per Courier :
AMNESiA - 510 MB
MALiCE - 228 MB
Rise in Superior Couriering - 159 MB
EVERLAST - 111 MB
Digital - 0 MB
EMPIRE - 0 MB
Fast Action Trade Exchange - 0 MB
Motiv8 - 0 MB
RAPiER - 0 MB
Request to Send - 0 MB
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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, heres 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!
Dear Road Rebel,
The BBS scene pimped on the Internet scene. It was so much more
interesting to be in! I mean getting stuff around in 0-2 day was HARD!
It took skilled couriers. I think the Internet ruined everything.
Signed,
Koon Dog
Dear Koon Dog,
I think youre very right, the BBS scene involved much more skill.
People would spend countless hours logging onto boards around the world
to get new releases so they could put everything around the world and
get all the releases out. But why do you think the Internet ruined
EVERYTHING? I think it raised the competition that much higher. Now
people really have to try hard to get places before others do. When the
Internet wasnt around, the competition was not to get stuff around
faster than anybody else, but to get stuff around at all. Now, we have
so many great couriers and they all try to push the same stuff to the
same place, and people lose by mere seconds. I think that makes things
that much harder. But of course, it is not who does it first, its who
does it right, and it could quite easily be said that much of todays
scene is filled with bad releases that dont work.
Signed,
Road Rebel
Dear Road Rebel,
The Internet has fixed some things and fucked up other things.
Couriers are having a ball now trying to do things before others.
However, like you say, there are some new problems. Many boards are
getting partial releases and that doesnt help anybody. It makes the
courier look bad and then makes the group look stupid. Ultimately, it
lowers the quality of the board.
Signed,
Zero Prime
Dear Reader,
I think you bring out an interesting point. The scene is currently
in a transition regarding the Internet and the BBS scene. The Internet,
I think, will end up prevailing, but while were making this transition
from BBS to Internet, the two are clashing. Were going from one
resource that can push a meg per second, to a resource that pushes no
more than 3k per second. Thats a huge bottleneck, and one that will be
resolved as soon as we start getting BBSs running on private T1s and
Cable modems. Until then, the bottleneck will still slow us down. As
soon as the transition is complete, the scene will breathe a fresher
air.
Signed,
Road Rebel
Topic For Next Week : Week Old Group
As always, we see about three new groups a week, and about three
more die every week. However, none of these groups grow beyond 2 or 3
releases. Every once in a while, if were lucky, the group ends up
releasing on a regular basis. Sounds like a winner, right? Wrong.
Most often, the groups releases dont work, are uncracked, or even
incomplete. One would think, in theory, that new groups cant hurt
anything. Sure, there could be too many of them, and they take up time,
but if they release, theyre helping the scene. However, this is hardly
the case.
The situation has become so bad that now, when one finds a release
that he wants, he must check twice to see what group released it.
Often, if the group is not a megafigure such as DOD or PWA, Razor or
Dynamix, he wont even download it, for fear of wasting an hour of his
time just to find that what he downloaded doesnt even work. So, whats
the alternative for the hopefuls to get big in the scene? What do you
think these small groups are doing to the scene as a whole? Do you
think they benefit it, or inhibit its success? Do you think their
releases, even though small in number, are worth downloading? Do you
trust them? Write back and tell us what you think!
Please E-Mail all responses to an385786@anon.penet.fi.
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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 :
Aquarius January 21 to February 19 : A wonderful alignment of the
Sun and your ruler Uranus suggests that an unforeseen event
such as constipation will be sure to be within your reach.
Dont appear to bein too much of a hurry, and drink a lot of
prune juice.
Pisces February 20 to March 20: You cant afford to sit on IRC all
day when your future happiness and security are at risk.
Indeed, youd be well advised to make your intentions known.
If you are gay, or your name so happens to be Incarante, do not
be afraid to come out of the closet, with Mercury resuming its
normal direction over the Moon this coming week, this would be
a perfect time.
Aries March 21 to April 20 : Dont be put off by someones lack of
faith in your abilities to join a warez group. You ruler Mars,
strongly supported by Jupiter, is opening the right doors. All
you have to do is send some applications to warez groups, and
youre bound to be accepted with open arms.
Taurus April 21 to May 21 : This is not the moment to sacrifice an
ambition or ignore a professional opportunity. In fact, you
could hardly pick a better week to start your very own Internet
warez group. However, if you do start an Internet warez group
this week, dont fool yourself in believing that your group
will last more than a few days.
Gemini May 22 to June 21 : Finish what you start this week, or you
could end up losing out to someone who lacks your style, talent
and knowledge. After your ruler Mercury alters its course to
the Moon, there will be nothing to stop you from pulling off a
potentially major coup. If your name so happens to be Digital
Vampire, this is a perfect time to name yourself the new leader
of the dead courier group MALiCE, you are sure to succeed.
Cancer June 22 to July 23 : Positive planetary activity in your
opposing sing of Capricorn suggest that you no longer have to
toe the line regarding an especially intense Internet
relationship. Youll get what you want even sooner than you
expected. If your name so happens to be Winterhawk, utilizing
more than one dildo at a time will satisfy your needs.
Leo July 24 to August 23 : Your ruler, the Sun, in conjunction with
Uranus, planet of the unexpected, suggests that a sudden turn in
events is about to upstage a partnership issue on a FTP site or on
a BBS. Since youre able to turn the tide in your favor, you
should do so, even if it means upsetting others.
Virgo August 24 to September 23 : With your communicative ruler
Mercury resuming its regular projectory to the Moon, its time
for you to plan a change. Come up with a new handle, and you
will receive good luck. There are those who many try to impede
your progress, but you know more than they do. The more idiotic
your new handle, the more you stand to gain.
Libra September 24 to October 23 : The combined influence of
assertive Mars and confident Jupiter will encourage you to
pursue whatever action it takes regarding your cybersex life.
There are those who will call you names, ignore their words, and
you will find true happiness.
Scorpio October 24 to November 22 : Its time to show a certain
person that youre not kidding around, and that youre not
prepared to stay on the sidelines for a minute longer than
necessary. There have been rumblings among the IRC channels
you frequent, and only you can quiet the situation.
Sagittarius November 23 to December 21 : The Sun in your opposite
sign of Gemini is highlighting a union, it seems that you
should try to be a little less self-centered. Since you
are in a position to provide tremendous help for someone
close, it would be churlish not to.
Capricorn December 22 to January 20 : A creative or romantic liaison
is brilliantly aspected thanks to Mars and Jupiter, and you
many never better your chance at finding an IRC boyfriend or
girlfriend this week. But, first, you must be sure that you
have full support of someone whose opinion you value.
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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 Carters 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 hes 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 users 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 organizations 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 charsetISO-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 Carters 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
Carters 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.
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w a r e i q t e s t
Test your knowledge of the WAREZ SCENE! The following are TEN mind
boggling YOU DONT KNOW NOTHIN questions! Enter all your answers in,
and when you feel youre 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 Dont Know Nothin midway through the quiz and dont
want to embarrass yourself with an incredibly low score, press ESC and
youll 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!
This person was one of the original founders of Razor 1911 :
A. Jimmy Jamez
B. Mikeysoft
C. Orion
D. None of the Above
RWN is the abbreviation for this imaginary group :
A. Rainbow With Nexus
B. Raisins With Nuts
C. Reality With Nipples
D. None of the Above
The following person has yet to kiss a girl other than his mother :
A. Hitex
B. LeoDLion
C. Rebel Chicken
D. None of the Above
The following person is gay :
A. Entropy
B. Incarnate
C. Rebel Chicken
D. None of the Above
Wave Rider is also known as :
A. Duane Pemberton
B. Nate Lo
C. Robert Gebelli
D. Sean Green
This person states that in the courier contest between Amnesia and
Digital, Amnesia allegedly beat Digital by over 600 megs :
A. Blitzkrieg
B. Frost
C. Lester
D. TSA
TSA stands for :
A. The Secret Agent
B. The Secret Amos
C. The Secret Asian
D. None of the Above
The Renegade Chemist was once a leader in this group in early 1995
before he decided to ditch it to form Eclipse :
A. Dynamix
B. Hybrid
C. Prestige
D. Razor 1911
The following were leaders of RiSC Rise in Superior Courierning
at one point in time EXCEPT :
A. Crackpot
B. Mikeysoft
C. Shatter Star
D. None of the Above
ALL of the following are frequented IRC channels EXCEPT :
A. DOD
B. PWA
C. RiSC
D. ROR
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v o t i n g !
If you didnt vote, dont complain! The following is a chart
summarizing last weeks reader votes regarding release groups :
Voting Results : Games
DNX
28 Votes
HBD
10 Votes
NPM
20 Votes
PSG
32 Votes
RZR
25 Votes
ROR
5 Votes
Total Votes : 120
Voting Results : Utils
ATA
3 Votes
DWN
5 Votes
DOD
20 Votes
MTY
26 Votes
PWA
37 Votes
RBS
13 Votes
SCUM
5 Votes
X-F
15 Votes
Total Votes : 124
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v o t i n g !
If you didnt vote, dont complain! The following is a chart
summarizing last weeks reader votes regarding courier groups :
Voting Chart : BBS
AMN
16 Votes
DGT
12 Votes
EMP
5 Votes
EVR
26 Votes
fATE
8 Votes
THC
6 Votes
MAL
3 Votes
M8
10 Votes
RTS
12 Votes
RiSC
35 Votes
Total Votes : 133
Voting Chart : NET
AMN
26 Votes
DGT
10 Votes
EMP
5 Votes
EVR
3 Votes
fATE
20 Votes
THC
6 Votes
MAL
3 Votes
M8
4 Votes
RTS
8 Votes
RiSC
45 Votes
Total Votes : 130
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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?
Dawn
Demolition
Drink or Die
Mortality
Pirates with Attitudes
Pinnacle
Rebels
Scum
Sodom
X-Force
Which TRADE group is 1 in the field of NET couriering?
The Age of Creation
Amnesia
Digital
Empire
Everlast
Fast Action Trading Exchange
The Hardened Criminals
Malice
Motiv8
Power Trading Arsenal
Rapier
Request to Send
Rise in Superior Couriering
Sinful Traders
Total Kaos
Which TRADE group is 1 in the field of BBS couriering?
The Age of Creation
Amnesia
Digital
Empire
Everlast
Fast Action Trading Exchange
The Hardened Criminals
Malice
Motiv8
Power Trading Arsenal
Rapier
Request to Send
Rise in Superior Couriering
Sinful Traders
Total Kaos
Please email all responses to an385786@anon.penet.fi.
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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.
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m a d r c n !
Author : Tuxedo Mask
Subject : Rebel Chicken and Wintrhauk.. Sitting on a Tree..
*** RblChickn chicken@terra.igcom.net joins channel Date
Wintrhauk Hi! Whats up?
RblChickn Not much. Whyd you invite me to this channel?
Wintrhauk Well, I was reading RCN, and I see that youre pretty
desperate for a girlfriend. Do you have a girlfriend yet?
RblChickn No, not yet.. why do you want to know?
Wintrhauk Well, I thought about my love life for a while, analyzing
all the perks and stuff. I figure, Im almost going over
the hill now, and I need a boyfriend badly. My old
boyfriend, MikeyBob is in jail now, he got caught
masturbating in public. He said he had this urge, and
couldnt stop.
RblChickn You invited me to this channel to tell me that your old
boyfriend is in jail? Thats why you invited me?
Wintrhauk No, I wanted to tell you that Im almost over the hill
now...
RblChickn I already know that.
Wintrhauk Let me finish, Im almost over the hill now, and youre
almost graduating from high school, and we both need the
same thing.
RblChickn Argh.. what do I need?
Wintrhauk You need a girlfriend.
RblChickn I know that, but how would you be able to help me get a
girlfriend?
Wintrhauk If you dont mind, I could be your girlfriend.
RblChickn Youre kidding right?
Wintrhauk No, Im not kidding.. why would I kid about a serious matter
such as a relationship?
RblChickn I must be having a fucking nightmare. Hey bitch, Im
desperate, but not stupid. I only like GIRLS.. not farm
animals.
Wintrhauk Ah.. come on.. we both need the same thing, and we can
fulfill that need if we have each other.
RblChickn Eeeeeeeewww.. I dont want to fulfill anything with you.. go
away.. youre scaring me.
Wintrhauk Are you rejecting me? If you are, then youll pay for this.
Nobody on the Internet has ever rejected me before. I am a
woman, and I have what you need, Ill ask you one more time.
Do you want to me to be your girlfriend? If you say NO,
Im going to kill you and blacklist you off every FTP site
and BBS in the world. Im powerful, I can do that.
RblChickn YES, I really want to you to be my girlfriend.. but..
Wintrhauk But WHAT?
RblChickn But Im uh.. GAY! Thats it! Im gay. I only like little
boys. I have to go now.. my phone is ringing.. that must be
my uh.. boyfriend! So I have to go, bye.
*** Signoff: RblChickn Eeeeeeeewww..
Hitex : Editor
Rebel Chicken : Editor
Xenon : ASM/MOD
Celestian : VGA/ANSI
RATM : VGA/WWW
Marbz : NFOs
Darkwing : IRC Security
Undinism : IRC Offer Bot
Joker : FTP Site
Defender Zeta : Writer
Frost : Writer
Kahn : Writer
Krypto : Writer
Lucifers Fear : Writer
Road Rebel : Writer/Internet Coordinator
Super Hacker : Writer/Courier Coordinator
Tuxedo Mask : Writer
FTP Site : 167.206.212.37
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Napalm vs. Prestige
Speed Master
Prestige vs. Napalm
Shatter Star
fATE is Slow...
Blitzkrieg
Digital Traders, BETTER than RiSC?
Manhunter
RAPiER, Finishing 2nd...
Cryptic Pain
MTY, Going Downhill?
The Quiet Riot
NFS Gone Bye Bye, Me Stoned...
The Krazy Little Punk
ROR is All Quality. REALLY???
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COVER : Zieg Passes Away
Our Prayers Are With You...
PLUS! : Renegade Chemist?
The Renegade Chemist, Im a god!
Bluewater and Razor Sharp
RiSCed and Confused
Crackpot Ditches the Scene
Im Outta Here...
Entropy and TSA..
and FROST :
In Defense of DCC
Kilmer Speaks Out!
Univers, Get it Straight..
With Power, I Took It Away.
Windows 95
Windows 95, future of Games?
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Group Reviews : Games 1
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05/02/96 -- 05/08/96
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05/09/96 -- 05/15/96
The Seven Listing 3
05/16/96 -- 05/22/96
The Seven Listing 4
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Dear Reader :
As always, we value your opinion. Improvements are constantly being
made as a direct result of user input. If you would like to participate
in the further enhancement of RCN, or would like to send a letter to the
editors or to a writer in particular please send e-mail to
an385786@anon.penet.fi. Note that we are no longer accepting
subscribers to the magazine. The reason is that the anon.penet.fi
server will not let us send attached files over 100k in size unless we
split them up, and that would be confusing for both us and the readers.
To make up for that, we offer a WWW site accessible via the Internet.
All issues will be promptly posted there. For more information, read
on.
In an effort to better interact with our readers, the editors of
RCN have devised a reader survey, and would appreciate it if you would
take the time to respond to it. After completion of the survey, you
simply need to send it attached to the above e-mail address. Note that
we prefer NOT getting messages encoded in MIME format. We also have a
voting booth so the readers can give input on their favorite groups.
New this issue are some little twirks that might sizzle your buns!
For those of you that feel more in control when you can change the
brightness of the colors on your screen, we now have brightness
support that can be found in the options menu!
Dont forget to keep sending in your votes for the groups you feel
are 1, and test your wits of the scene in our Warez-IQ questionnaire,
10 new questions in this issue!
RCN issues have now been made available to a wider audience thanks
to our new WebSite courtesy of RATM. Please feel free to browse around
- http://www.shu.edu/importmi/rcn/. RCN ardently feels that our
WebSite will satisfy our readers and is a welcome addition to our
methods of distribution.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
RCN Editors
r c n
e d i t o r i a l !
Salut RCN,
Je vous
cris pour vous feliciter car votre mag est cool,
interessant, et plein dinformation utile. Je vais
ssayer de vous dire
se que je pense
tre bon dans le mag.
videment, ce sont mes opinions a
moi.
Jaime bien que cest un seul fichier .exe car cest plus compact
donc plus simple de manipuler. Gardez le system de lintro car elle est
cool et interessante. Les interrogations sont vari
s. Le classement
semaine par semaine des productions avec nom de fichiers et descriptions
sont, a mon avis, les plus importantes pour suivre lactulit
. Les NFOs
sur les crews sont correctes et bonnes.
Quand meme, jaimerai bien si vous pouvez retoucher linterface
graphique. Traitez plus des questions techniques. Remplacez le
soundchip par un module. Faites un graffiti wall pour que chacun puisse
xprimer.
vitez de remplacer le mag avec un mag qui parle des
lamers. Et finalement, ne vous arretez jamais!! Restez chouettes...
Sign
Quartex
TRANSLATION :
Dear RCN,
I am writing in regards to your E-Zine because I think its cool,
interesting, and full of useful information. I will try to tell you
what I think are the strong aspects of the mag. Obviously, these are
only my personal opinions.
I really like the fact that the magazine is stored in one main EXE.
It makes it more compact and easier to manipulate. Keep the intro, its
very cool. The interviews have much variation, which I really like. I
also like the week-by-week classification in the warez listings. Its
an awesome way of knowing the reality of what is being released. The
group NFOs are also great because theyre kept up to date.
Still, though, I would prefer it if you would sort of retouch the
interface. Also, ask more technical questions, and make sure they
pertain to the scene. Replace the sound by a MOD, and make a graffiti
wall so that everybody would be able to express themselves. Keep from
interviewing and speaking too much about the lamers, and finally, never
stop! Stay cool...
Signed,
Quartex
Dear Quartex,
Thanks for the comments! As for the sound MODules, we must keep the
sound in Adlib to keep the mag from becoming too much bigger than it
already is. RCN is currently approximately 500k in size, and inserting
a variety of MODs would greatly increase that size. As for keeping the
subject on the scene, we try, but once we feel that we have more than
adequately covered the warez scene, we feel that it would be interesting
for our readers to read about other things involving computers that
might indirectly affect us.
Signed,
Hitex
TRADUCTION :
Note that I make no guarantees that my French is perfect. I know its
understandable, which should be good enough for now -.
Ch
r Quartex,
Merci pour nous en
crir! Environ les MODs, la seule raison que
nous navons pas chang
s toute la musique dans RCN
des MODs cest
parce que les MODs sont grandes, et notre mag est d
environ 500k de
grandeur. Si on mettera des MODs dedans, sa sera beaucoup plus grand.
Nous essayons le plus ce qui est possible de concentrer notre sujet sur
la scene, mais quand on sens que nous avons parle de tout ce qui est
passe pendant la semaine, on le crois important de parler un peut de la
technologie des ordinateurs en general, peut etre quelque chose sera
important pour la scene indirectement.
Sign
Hitex
r c n
e d i t o r i a l !
Dear RCN,
Yet another nice mag! Good job! Along with it, some more comments.
Id like you to define the worlds 3 fastest BBSs. I know FOR SURE you
consider Street Spyders one of them, as you definitely got your
information from there. Let me give you my perspective on it.
What defines a FAST BBS? Well it would have to be a BBS that gets
most of the warez FASTEST. In my opinion, Cobra, Beyond Akira, and Park
Central would all be great candidates, the first of which is not so well
known. The last two of which are in a league of their own, all of which
are VERY fast with LOTS of LD traders. The Rock, of course, would also
be a board deserving recognition, and surely Malevolance, 2112, and
Southern Comfort would have to be included as well. As far as net-based
BBSs would go, Zions Hideout and Elusive Dreams are great. The
Untouchables, a 14-node dialin/telnet BBS in the 416 is looking to be a
REAL HOT board! Working aside Beyond Akira, this will make the 416/905
the REAL FORCE in the scene.
Signed,
Anonymous
Dear Anonymous,
As you can see, youve mentioned at least 11 BBSes there. However,
we only take our stats from 5 BBSes. This number, of course, could go
up in the future. Now let me give you my schpiel on the best BBS. ALL
the BBSes you mentioned could fall into this category. Ultimately, all
BBSes end up getting the same warez at approximately the same time, with
blazing speed. If one BBS beats another by one hour on a release, I
cant call it slower. If the BBS, however, consistently beats another
BBS, it could be labeled as a superior BBS. But is it worth going
through all this dinstinction? I dont think so.
We are here to review the best couriers, and the best of the best do
make a presence on the BBSes that we review. However, I am not going to
give out information as to the BBSes that we review. These BBSes and
FTP sites are too big and revealing their names as prime locations could
put them in jeopardy.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
r c n
e d i t o r i a l !
Dear RCN,
Hello. Im Pagan. First thing Id like to say is that your
asteroids game should come with a warning label, some people might have
an epileptic seizure, fall outta their chair, hit their head on the
keyboard.. and sue you for all the money you have.
If I admit to being Chris Carter can I have the warez? I can give
you my friends address if u wanna annoy someone. He wont mind. Hes
already going to court with America Online because he like, asked Steve
Case for his credit card number. AOL called his parents and they were
like come home now he was at my house and he was all scared because
he thought his parents found his girlfriends dildo under his bed.
Prestige is my hero, theyve released every game Ive ever heard of
lately. Unfortunatly, every time I go to courier something and hit
CTRL-C to get another screen I get this No more PTYS thing because my
ISP is overloaded to hell and I get all agitaged and hit CTRL-C over and
over and then it finally works and its on every site in the world. By
the way, if anyone has any shell accounts Ill give u a dollar.
PWA Pirates with Attitudes is awesome, DOD Drink or Die is
awesome, PWA and DOD together are awesome. Stop trying to make one
better than the other, theyre both awsome. Im in PWA. Chuckie
Golomufu thinks that Tyranny is the best. One day theyre gonna kick
ass, as soon as leaders get enough nadz to go back in the channel. Sup
Chuckie!!! Chuckie, join Prestige, they rock. I think if I applied
for a job and told them I could get them free software that they would
accept me. I dare someone to apply for a job at Novell and tell them
that. It will be fun. In In fact, Ill give anyone who does, ONE
dollar. I gotta go, here is my lover Graphik. Hes my hero.
Hello, Im Graphik. Pagan says Im his hero. But I think Im just
37337 or something. I have something to say but I cant think of it
right now. Oh yeah, my ISP sucks. I just want you all to know that
because I think its important that we all share information or
something. Errr.. I have a thought on how everyone always calls
everyone lamers.. I dont think anyone is really lame, except my friend
Joey, but he doesnt count because hes well.. lame. I love you Joey.
Anyways, calling people lame is stupid because we were all little lamers
at one time and didnt have a clue what a warez was and we werent in
like 300 groups all at once that dont even know youre a member. Hmm..
what else. Oh yeah. Devast is hell-bent on world domination. He wants
to merge with everyone until he becomes leader of the world and gets to
sit in a big office and play with his warez all day. I think thats
cool tho, because Devast rocks and is the Leet Botmaster or something.
If Devast died and never came back, the scene would have no bots that
worked. Although I havent seen a bot that works anyway.. but you know.
I have this friend, and his name is Chuckie. He thinks he runs this
group called Tyranny, but he really doesnt. He kicked me out because I
wouldnt hang up the phone one night and got mad at me. He also thinks
that Tyranny is the best group in the world although they havent seen
their 2 presidents in 3 years.
Hey.. I have another thought. Idlers. Whats the deal with all
this ideling going on? I mean.. Everyone idles 14 hours a day 7 days a
week except for Prestige, theyre a bunch a weirdos - I fit right in.
They should change the name from Internet Relay Chat to Idlings Really
Cool. Well like.. I dont think I have anything else to say.. although
I probably do but I cant think while Im under all this pressure. Oh
yeah, I have one more thing to say, MARBZ, WHERE THE FUCK ARE OUR
MODEMS? :
*PS* We cant give out our affiliations because were afraid of what
theyd do to us if they saw this letter.
Signed,
Pagan/Graphik
Dear Pagan/Graphik,
If I didnt know better, Id say you two were gay lovers.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
r c n
e d i t o r i a l !
Dear RCN,
I just wanted to welcome you guys back. Just the other day, I was
thinking about how I used to love to read RCN, and how much I missed it.
The mag looks better than it ever did. I have only two minor
complaints. First, sit down and try to read the coded version all the
way through. That dim red is rather hard on the eyes, as you tend to
have to strain or at least us older guys do . to read it. Second,
and this is gonna sound funny coming from a guy in a big games group
that space invaders game was a pain in the butt. I had to play that
damn thing for an hour to get the password for the secret articles. I
guess it would help it I actually sat down and played a game every once
in a while, but hey, who has the time to play games!? . Anyways,
welcome back guys, and best wishes in the future.
Signed,
Pitbull Razor 1911
Dear Pitbull,
Thanks for the kind words! As for the eye strain, I just got a
message saying that the new colors rule and are easier to read. What
does that mean? Does that mean youre wrong? Hail naw! Different
strokes for different folks! Hey, youre entitled to your own likings.
New this issue is a BRIGHTNESS setting in the options menu F1.
You can adjust the brightness of some of the darker colors in the mag.
Thanks for bringing up a great idea! Now as for the space invaders
game, bahahaha evil grin. You may have gotten your way the first
time, but you aint gettin it this time! If its really hard for you
to beat the game and youre just goin nuts, join RCN on IRC and if you
beg real hard someone will give it to you. One tip: DO NOT try to play
it in a window under Windows. Its just too hard! Play it in
full-screen alt-enter. Oh, and join RCN on IRC anyways! We like to
chat up there! Now just in case there are any of you out there that
still havent gotten the passwords, Ill help you out here :
The password for Issue 14 was: TKRP
The password for Issue 15 was: HITAX
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
r c n
e d i t o r i a l !
Dear RCN,
First, let me begin by explaining who I am. Im Shadow Master,
currently supplying for Prestige, formerly having done the same for
Legend, Genesis, TDU-JAM!, and Razor 1911. Ive been involved with the
scene and all its politics and such for 6 years, so I trust youll all
understand that I know what Im talking about when it comes to the
scene. In all of my 6 years, I have never seen a more disgraceful,
uninformed, and downright idiotic assessment as Instant Rages
commentary on Napalm.
Instant Rage claims that Napalm has speed and its this speed
which allows them to be so fast that they beat veteran groups. Let me
clue everyone in. Napalms speed, as evidenced by the incredible
number of problems found with every game, derives from the fact that
they blatantly ignore the established rules of fair play. EVERY other
group, upon getting a release, takes the time and effort necessary to
release a working product, while Napalm has chosen to bastardize the
system.
Instant Rage claims that such idiocy is perfecting the art of
releasing. The established rules of the scene DEMAND that a release be
working before it is given to the general public. Napalm has chosen to
ignore the rules as fairly established by the games groups in good
faith, simply because they would otherwise be slaughtered when it came
time for competition.
Let me give you a metaphor to consider what Napalm is doing. Lets
say you want to purchase a TV. Which one would you be happier with, one
that you got that worked straight out of the box, or the one that was
broken, forcing you to call the mechanic to repair it. Obviously youd
want the first one, which is why games groups decided that a release
must be working when put out. One would think this is common sense.
Napalms feeble efforts were mistakes, plain and simple, not some grand
new way of releasing.
In the old days, when a release did not work, another group would
re-release it and slam on the group who put out the non working version
because the 1st group made a mistake. The only reason other groups
havent been doing that lately is that they made the mistake of trusting
Napalm to play fair, and not release the games until they were 100
working. The other groups assumed that Napalm was following the rules
of fair play, just as they were, and ceased trying to release their
version when the Napalm version was released. I will swear right now
that if Napalm does this again, even if the game is 40 Disks, I will
re-release every single disk and have their release nuked off every
major board and Internet site, and I promise that it will happen,
because people know and respect the rules which Napalm has so blatantly
chosen to ignore.
Dont get me wrong, if Napalm has a game far in advance of others
and puts it out, but it needs a fix, I wont release it all again.
Napalm has chosen to use this non-working strategy as a cheap way of
winning races with other groups when they know they are in danger of
being beaten. So if a games in the possession of several groups and
Napalm tries their dirty tricks again, I will be on their ass before
they can blink, seeing to it that they get what they deserve, which is
nothing more than the contempt of all respectable groups and the loss of
credits on boards and sites worldwide.
In conclusion, while Napalm may be trying to prove themselves, the
only thing they have proven is that they cannot win fairly and must
resort to using deceit to even attempt to compete with others. If
Napalm wishes to regain any respectability, they must play by the rules
and beat the groups at their own game, as has been the custom for as
long as the scene has been established. Its better to have not
released a game then to resort to trickery and attempt to pass it off as
victory. Others may have chosen to write off Napalms foolishness in
the past, but things will change. To be the man, youve got to BEAT the
man. Word up to Napalm, the Masters watching, so you had better get
with the program, and get with it fast.
Signed,
Shadow Master
Dear Shadow Master,
Ouch.. harsh words, what can I say? Glad Im not in Napalm...
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
r c n
e d i t o r i a l !
Dear RCN,
Well, Im sure weve all once needed a program REALLY badly, and if
its bad enough, youll do ANYTHING to get it. Well, that was my
situation on Thursday, May 23.
I was very desperate for a certain program, so I was joining the
WarezX channels, trying to see if anyone had it, and also Oldwarez.
Well, Im not sure if its just the fact that some not all of the
WarezX and Oldwarez ops are just assholes, or if theyre all raging
fucking egomaniacs, but I got banned from 3 channels called
Warez-Waldo, Warez5, and Oldwarez.
So heres my question. If the WarezX and Oldwarez channels arent
there for helping people out when they need a file, WHAT THE FUCK ARE
THEY FOR?!??! And still, maybe a warning or something, you dont just
ban someone for asking for a file, its just fucking lame.
So, for all you WarezX and Oldwarez ops out there, if youre gonna
ban someone, make sure you have a good reason.. oh, and another thing,
if you ban someone for asking for a file, thats called LAMENESS. Get
off the fucking power trip, and if you ever hear yourself saying
WOOHOO... Ive got ops on a channel, I think Ill abuse it, un-op
yourself, the scene doesnt need assholes like you.
Signed,
Demaxxus
Dear Demaxxus,
Hehe.. this is actually kind of funny. When I first got into the
scene, one of my Warez6 friends, whose name happens to slip my mind,
made me a channel op on Warez6. I was so excited that I would just
look for people who would do stupid things, so I could ban them. I
would ban people if they would beg for files. I can understand why
these channel ops might have been banning you since I felt very much the
same as they did when I first got ops. They probably just had itchy
fingers and couldnt control using their new op power. The good news
is, these ops will grow out of it, the bad news is, there will be plenty
more bad ops that come into the scene just as the old ops mature. Its
a fact of life.. just accept it.. there will always be lame ops, and
there will always be cool ops.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
r c n
e d i t o r i a l !
Dear RCN,
I just finished reading Defacto Issue 6, a week and a half late,
but thats alright, shit happens. I dont know if youve read their
magazine, I dont know if you ever have, but they went completely off on
you guys. I saw nothing wrong with them responding to your article
about Drapper in their mag, but when youre still a small mag like
Defacto, you look pretty stupid writing 3 articles about the opposing
mag, because 3 articles virtually IS their mag. They spent like 3/4 of
their magazine talking about RCN.
Signed,
Sonic
Dear Sonic,
Yes, I do read Defacto, on a regular basis even. I agree with you,
I thought it was pretty lame of them to post so much about RCN, but
theyre entitled to do what they want to do, its their mag. However, I
dont think of Defacto as an opposing mag. I think of them as
another mag. They are here to do exactly what we are here to do,
inform the warez public about whats going on in the scene.
If there is one aspect of the scene that shouldnt have competition,
its the E-Zine part of it. Unfortunately, until Defacto gets it
through their heads that we are not here to compete with them, you will
be sure to find issues filled with talk about RCN from them. I wouldnt
be surprised if Issue 7 will be a recreation and a response to this.
All I know is that if I had something to say to Defacto, I would do it
face to face, Id email them directly. Theyre still too young to
understand this, however, and still want to play games with us by
writing to us through their magazine. Its all good, only game I wanna
go play is Space Invaders so I can get the password for Mad RCN :-.
Keep reading both mags, hopefully Defacto will soon grow out of
their current stage. If they spent more time writing about the scene
and less time about RCN, they would have a great mag. Good coding, good
writing, and just a little more work and theyll have it all going on.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
Dear RCN,
Defacto posts that Drappers site was not really busted, and that it
is merely a figure of speech. Dont you think they could be right? Why
jump to conclusions so quickly?
Signed,
Anonymous
Dear Anonymous,
Baaahahahaha, I must have missed that part of Defacto! Heheheh,
nice try guys. Well sorry, but youre wrong. Drapper specifically told
us in the channel that we got him busted and that the guys from MIT had
just left his dorm about 30 minutes before and took down his site.
Better luck next time, guys. Oh, when you say that You wrote about a
siteop whom I wont mention and then five lines later say Drappers
site was... you kinda give it away.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
r c n
e d i t o r i a l !
Yo RCN,
I noticed the first article in the secret articles section We here
at RCN prefer to call it MAD RCN. It was hilarious! Do you know where
I can find the lady that is in the first picture? I am going to attempt
to get in the Guiness Book of World Records for the WORLDS LARGEST
TITTY TWIST! Seriously, those secret articles are very funny, keep on
making them! Also, your supplier of those twisted pics should be shot.
Just thought I should let you know!
Signed,
Deathl0k
Yo Deathl0k,
Hahaha, yeah, I think you have a future with that record.
Fortunately, I dont know where you could find the lady. Nor do I want
to know. I just hope shes doesnt live anywhere around me. As far as
our supplier, it was Road Rebel. However, hes not as sick as you
think! He just logged onto the WWW and found them within two minutes.
Pretty sick, eh?
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
Dear RCN,
Great to see you guys back! The Comeback issue was a really nice
surprise, i.e. the Space game contained the password for secret
articles, etc. :-. Keep up the good work and hpoefully you can
continue to release your brilliant E-Zine on a weekly basis.
Signed,
Braindead
Dear Braindead,
Yeah, ideas such as Secret articles are the type we think of when
pondering life in bed at night. Were glad you liked it!
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
r c n
i n t e r v i e w s !
Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Prophet
Subject : Napalm vs. Prestige Affiliation : NPM Leader
RCN : NPM Napalm was originally a SNES consoles group, but has in the
past few months switched to doing PC games, what caused this
switch from SNES to PC?
NPM : NPM was first started in the SNES consoles scene by Daviolator,
but then the SNES consoles scene died because Sony Playstation and
Sega Saturn took over. Daviolator came to me and asked me to
start NPM PC. It was started only for fun, we here at NPM dont
care about what people have to say about us. We just do it for
fun. We like to keep a nice relationship with everyone in the
scene if possible. After Daviolator called me to start NPM PC, I
contacted Hannibal to start up NPM, but he was also contacted by
Cyber Angel to start up TRN Tyranny, but somehow, I caught
Hannibals attention and he joined NPM instead. From there we
began NPM. At first, I recruited many RiSC couriers because I have
been in RiSC for a long time and I know many traders very well.
RCN : NPM has done extremely well in releasing games, and it beats many
other games groups such as RZR Razor 1911 and HBD Hybrid. But
many people say that nearly all of NPM releases do *NOT* working,
and according to a RZR member, RZR has decided that they will
release a game even if NPM has already released it because RZR
assumes that anything from NPM will not work.
NPM : Well it is true we had a few releases that did not work, but we
always fix our releases unlike RZR. When they fuck up, they leave
it that way and tend to ignore their faults. I admit we have had
many careless mistakes in our releases but this is only because we
are a new group. We learn from our mistakes and as you can see
currently we are doing great with our releases and there are no
more fuck ups.
RCN : Yes, that is true, NPM has not released any nonworking releases in
the past 2 weeks, but it also has not released period. Why is
that so? Is NPM merely in a slump, or is there something more
going on in there effecting the future of the group?
NPM : That is again true, we are in a slump. I can say we have lost
many releases to PSG Prestige, they seem to be a great group
with a lot of talent and a nice future ahead of them. As always,
in NPM we only do this for fun, we dont worry much about whos
better and whos not. We tend to not care what others think about
us. We only do this for our own pleasure and we try as much
possible to support the scene. We are currently we making some
changes in the group to help NPMs future making it stable and
alive for many years.
RCN : What are some of these changes being planned? Perhaps NPM needs a
new council of leaders, or a fresh crew of suppliers?
NPM : Well, this is for me to know and for people to find out! Like I
said, we like to keep this group up and running for many years but
I know that people tend to leave the scene for many reasons. I
try make sure that theres always a replacement for positions in
case someone leaves for the scene. NPM is a very young group, and
many people in NPM are currently still going to college and are in
their 20s although there are a few of us who are over the hill.
RCN : Would you consider the competition between PSG and NPM to be
completely friendly? For example, PSG has a quote that says If
you guys nuke our PSG Euro Edition, you guys should nuke NPMs
Tony Larusa 96 Edition.
NPM : This is what I really hate about the scene, one reason I tend to
just like to stay low profile and courier! In the scene, there is
no friendly competition. I can say for a fact that PSG is giving
us a hard time to release, theres no need to hide the truth.
Yes, Ive noticed PSGs quote too and I dont like it one bit but
what can I do? The whole scene tends to hate NPM for some reason.
They always have some bad reasons to blame things on us but we
dont bother to fight it because we simply dont care!
RCN : Both NPM and PSG released Battle Arena : Toshinden. However,
the cracks for both games are also identical, and there are
accusations from PSG that NPM *STOLE* the PSG crack, is that true?
NPM : Well, ever since NPM started releasing, there were always so many
people ragging on us from other groups. They showed no respect to
a new group. This is entirely understandable since I dont give
much respect to new groups either. But groups have constantly put
the blame on NPM for everything. Other groups always blame us for
things like stealing, and for things like how much NPM fucked up.
We simply dont care, were here just to have fun. We dont care
if nobody wants to download NPM releases or if nobody wants to
join NPM.
RCN : You still didnt answer my question about the crack. According to
PSG, the NPM and PSG crack for Battle Arena : Toshinden had the
exact same exact time stamp, and the NPM cracker that supposedly
cracked the game admitted that he didnt make the crack.
NPM : Well, Wolverine didnt crack the game but I can say that someone
else from NPM did crack the game but his name will not be revealed
because he chose not to be mentioned in the scene. I have no
evidence of the fact that we cracked the game. There is no way I
can prove myself to people that we actually cracked the game.
RCN : Many of the top games groups ask that their BBS sysops and some of
their members to pay the leaders money, so they could go out and
*BUY* releases. Is that the way NPM works? If so, how much money
does NPM spend a month *BUYING* releases, and how much money do
they spend paying their suppliers?
NPM : Yes, NPM has a big monthly budget like many other groups. We are
doing this all out of our own pockets because again we are here
just to have fun. I cant really say how much money we use
monthly but we are paying for every one of those releases. We
never ask other people to pay us money, that is lame I think. The
scene is not to make money but to have fun! Well, we cant
explain the process of getting a release faster than other groups
since all the groups get the games at the same time! Speed is
based on who works the fastest and who is able to get the game
cracked first, and test the release, then release it! Everyone
was saying that NPMs main supplier was Fan Fan La Tulipe
ex-TDU-JAM! Leader, but that is total bullshit because we dont
even know each other.
RCN : There are rumors that Daviolator works for Acclaim, and that is
why you guys release a lot of Acclaim titles, is that true?
NPM : Daviolator doesnt work for Acclaim, but he knows a guy in Acclaim
that gives us the games even before it hits mass production.
RCN : What was the best game NPM ever released?
NPM : Well, I think our best release was Descent 2 even though we
fucked up on it! The thing is, many people think NPM put out 10
fixes but the thing is, we only put out 1 fix that fixed the sound
problem and the level 3 CD-ROM check. People must understand that
we couldnt test out the whole game and play test it for every
level. We only got so far as level 2.
RCN : In your opinion, how would you rank the top games groups?
NPM : If you want the truth, nothing but the truth, then I must say that
PSG is 1, NPM is 2, HBD is 3, and RZR is 4, but keep in mind
EVERYTHING changes, its the law of nature! I think that there
are no real friends in the games scene even though I would really
want to have some friends with the groups out there. We would
rather make friends and not enemies, but then again, its hard to
trust someone in the scene. I think the groups out there RAG on
NPM so much because they fear NPM. At this moment it seems to me
that RZR has died off, and the only groups out there are HBD, PSG,
and NPM! I repeat, RZR has died off!!
RCN : What about the games group DNX Dynamix that released Duke Nukem
3D and the games group ROR Release on Rampage that released
argh.. a nonworking version of Cyberia 2 and a lame WarCraft
2/Command and Conquer toolkit?
NPM : Well DNX is practically dead since all the memebers of DNX have
left to join PSG. ROR was never really in the picture. It seems
to me they put out all the beta releases of games.
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Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Shadow Master
Subject : Prestige vs. Napalm Affiliation : PSG Leader
RCN : PSG Prestige has done extremely well recently, and some
attribute its success to the fact that nearly all of DNX
Dynamix suppliers have left DNX and joined PSG, is that
statement valid?
PSG : PSG would be doing just fine on its own. However, the DNX guys
have provided plenty of support. While not wholy responsible for
the success, they are a great contributing factor.
RCN : Theres a quote by PSG that says If you guys nuke our PSG Euro
Edition, you guys should nuke Napalms Tony Larusa 1996 Edition,
to what does that refer to, and why was that quote directed at NPM
Napalm?
PSG : I wrote that quote for people new to warez. That was directed at
NPM because two of their traders, mainly Darkside and Shatter
Star, began nuking PSGs version of Sensible Soccer on FTP sites
saying it was a dupe of an earlier release from December. This
was a brand new edition, sold separately, exactly like Tony
Larussa 3 1996 Edition. A version had come out before, but NPM
released the 1996 Edition which was sold separately and a brand
new release. I was just pointing out that by their logic, Tony
Larussa 3 1996 Edition would deserve to be nuked as well.
RCN : There has also been a little upheaval about the release Battle
Arena : Toshinden, what was that all about?
PSG : PSG released Battle Arena : Toshinden and uploaded around 3
disks of the game on a RiSC FTP site called LA. I then had to
reboot my computer and when I finally got back on and resumed my
upload only to see that there was a NPM version already on LA.
After winning a spreading war with NPM, The Speed Racer from RZR
Razor 1911 called me and asked me why the NPM crack for Battle
Arena : Toshinden was the same as PSGs crack. The crack in the
NPM and PSG releases were both named the same TSDCRK.ZIP and when
the cracked EXEs from both version were examined, they were found
to be the exact same, down to the time and date stamps. We also
found out that the first person to leech the 3 disks off of LA was
Prophet, leader of NPM. Grudge did not expect there to be a NPM
version of Battle Arena : Toshinden since he already saw the PSG
version on LA, and was shocked to see a NPM version on LA minutes
later. Grudge informed me that that Wolverine, the cracker listed
in the NPM .NFO, would have had to have crack the game in about 1
minute. The evidence was pretty clear as to what NPM did, and PSG
was far from pleased.
RCN : It is pretty clear then that NPM must have stole the crack from
PSG. However, according to Prophet, he told me that he didnt do
it, and that a special anonymous cracker cracked the release, do
you believe Prophet?
PSG : Why would Prophet admit to stealing a crack, the uproar from the
rest of the scene would be incredible. NPM would lose any respect
it had. I do not believe Prophet at all. Even his own members
speak differently.
RCN : So basically, Prophet is trying to pull an O.J. Simpson?
PSG : Yes.
RCN : Why has so many DNX suppliers flooded to join PSG? What attracted
them over to PSG?
PSG : Im not quite sure what attracted them, so Ill make an attempt to
guess. A merger was proposed at one point in time between DNX and
PSG, but it fell apart. I believe that several DNX members, such
as Hemp Hoodlum, The Renegade Chemist, and Zeus became tired of
being the only ones to support DNX. Hemp Hoodlum withdrew the DNX
and PSG merger apparently without telling The Renegade Chemist or
Zeus. Several days later, The Renegade Chemist asked if PSG had
decided to merge, and when I mentioned that Hemp Hoodlum had
withdrawn the proposal, he got extremely pissed. 5 minutes later,
The Renegade Chemist, Zeus, and a few others DNX members joined
PSG. About an hour later, it appeared that the rest of DNX didnt
think they could handle the group without the members who left, so
Hemp Hoodlum and several others joined PSG.
RCN : How would you rate PSG compared to the games group RZR?
PSG : In regards to RZR, I believe that PSG is, at least for the moment,
in a much better position. RZRs suppliers curerntly seem to lack
motivation, and their crackers never seem to be around. The RZR
staff has assured me that things will change in June. They have
the ability to beat PSG, whether or not they have the desire is
another question.
RCN : How would you rate PSG compared to the games group HBD Hybrid?
PSG : HBD, on the other hand, while able to put up an extremely good
showing, lacks suppliers from the U.S., because of that, it is not
in a position to challenge PSG. Should they gain suppliers from
the U.S., then they would be a force to be reckoned with.
RCN : What about other groups such as ROR Release on Rampage, who
brag about great releases such as WarCraft 2/Command and Conquer
Toolkit do you think theyll be in competing status with other
good games groups?
PSG : While I must commend ROR and other groups of that type for their
dedication in continuing to provide new warez, they are not in any
position to compete with the more established games groups. As far
as I can see, they do not possess either the suppliers nor the
crackers needed in order to compete with the current top games
groups.
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Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Shatter
Subject : Shatter Star Affiliation : DOD/NPM/RiSC
RCN : Shatter, we all know that you are an integral part of groups such
as DOD Drink or Die, NPM Napalm, and RiSC Rise in Superior
Couriering, but whats of most interest to people is your job as
a RiSC member, what do you do for that group?
RSC : Well, being a member of RiSC would probably have to be the hardest
of my jobs, because its a full-time job, unlike being in a
releasing group, when youre in a big-time couriering group like
RiSC, you have to spend a lot more time on it, and I have that
time because I dont have a job and I go to school. But my main
role in the group is supposed to be a coordinator which
basically means that I manage one of our FTP sites and make sure
all the traders are active on there and the traders that need
accounts on those FTP sites get them. What interests me and keeps
me a RiSC member is that its all so fun. I really enjoy working
with the members of RiSC.
RCN : Which FTP site do you manage coordinate?
RSC : I manage and coordinate one of our FTP sites called LA, most
people that are on it are familiar with its affiliations. There
are also other methods of coordinating which I think I should keep
to myself.
RCN : OH, so you threaten people with a GUN hey? Anyways, you mentioned
that you make sure that all the traders are active, what happens
when a trader is not active?
RSC : When a trader is not active, I send them a little email asking
them why they havent been active on that site. BBS couriers are
given a little more slack, but if they are a regular Internet FTP
trader is expected to do 100-300 megs a week there, and for 2
weeks they dont even trade, you have to wonder why. And if I
dont get a reply back, well, that hasnt happened yet and Im not
exaclty sure what I would do at that point. I would probably try
to contact him on the phone.
RCN : OKay, so they usually dont just get kicked out of the group?
RSC : RiSC isnt that strict, no usually not, but obviously if they say
No, I dont want to courier anymore because you guys suck or if
they refuse to do anything, then yeah, we kick them out. But if
they have a valid reason for not couriering as much, its
perfectly understandable.
RCN : I remember that NOT too long ago, Mikeysoft was one of the 3 RiSC
leaders, now theres only 2. What happened to him? Did he refuse
to work? Did he say you guys suck?
RSC : Ahh yes, Mikeysoft, I really didnt know him that good, nor did I
talk to him a lot, and I probably know as much as the common
person out there. I dont think I got into RiSC until a little
after he was kicked out. As far as I know, he didnt do anything
wrong, and I know he ran a board called Final Frontier. I dont
hink he refused to work, or he told us we suck, I guess we kicked
him out for the saftey of the group and because he was just
sitting there.
RCN : So Mikeysoft never did anything for the group RiSC? He was just
sitting there? Did he go raving mad when he found out he got
kicked out of RiSC even thought it was for RiSCs safety?
RSC : As far as I know, no. Of course, I havent been in the scene a
long time to know the whole story. I dont think he reacted at
all. No one really said anything after that about him being
kicked out. And I think he knows why he was kicked out.
RCN : How would you rate RiSC compared to the other courier groups out
there, for example, against fATE Fast Action Trade Exchange,
fATE has an awesome system of IRC couriering, but anybody whos
anybody knows that theyre lacking in sites, and anybody whos
anybody knows RiSC does not have a RiSCfiles, but that RiSC has
the best BBSes and FTP sites in the world, and can courier.
RSC : RiSC has been around the longest in the scene, RTS Request to
Send has been around quite awhile but I dont its older than
RiSC. I must admit that fATE spreads pirated software to more
people and more feds out there, but RiSC definitely has the
fastest warez on the FTP sites. Since most of the uploading
occurs at the top FTP sites, groups with slower FTP sites get it a
bit slower. Now, Im not saying fATE gets warez 10 hours later,
but with todays speed and couriers, its all a matter of minutes.
And that is what counts on the FTP sites.
RCN : How important do you think it is for a courier group to have an
offering channel?
RSC : RiSC doesnt have an offering channel, and I dont think we will
EVER have one. I support the idea of getting the warez out to
everyone, but personally I think fATE has assumed that role. RiSC
doesnt distribute files on IRC channels simply because we do not
want 100 people in the group, just offering all day. We like to
have our group small, and as best as it can be.
RCN : So youre saying that fATE is slow, or at least slower than RiSC?
Really? That cant be..
RSC : I really think the majority of the files are spread on the top FTP
sites. Like I said, its all a matter of minutes. If I put up a
10 disk release on a RiSC site. Someone will at the same time
leech it at say 100kb. They will have it on their shell in about
2 minutes. Then he uploads it to another site which takes a
couple minutes, and then its on the fATE sites. You dont see a
lot of files coming from the less active sites do you??
RCN : I dont like getting on slow sites. Since the gap between being
fast and slow is only a matter of minutes, how do you get it on
the RiSC FTP sites so fast? You are considered one of the fastest
FTP traders around.
RSC : Well I think I am fortunate to be on these FTP sites and to be in
RiSC of course. I think people consider me one of the best
because I was taught by the best, Darkhosis. The competition is
so hard these days, if you go out of your computer room to take a
piss, you might come back and see a 40 disk release on a site that
you wanted to trade on.
RCN : I take it you dont piss much then, or you must have a bottle in
front of you right now. On the note of NPM, they havent released
in about 2 weeks now, are there problems fostering in NPM?
RSC : Haha, no, but my bathroom is close to this room though. Napalm
hasnt been releasing much because we are testing our members
loyalty in a way, to see who ditches the group when we are in a
slump. I must admit PSG Prestige is kicking our NPM in the ass
right now with their releases, but I assure you NPM will be back.
RCN : Is there a chance that RiSC will ever TEST its members loyalty by
not coureiring for a week and a half?
RSC : If you look at that, it is kind of hard, I mean RiSC isnt going
to stop anyone from releasing, and the couriers DONT want to stop
trading, believe me.
RCN : Ah, now, on the note of DOD, many ppl know that DOD is definitely
not doing as well as they used to, Quackers, an ex-DOD council,
and 3 of DODs best suppliers recently left DOD to join PWA.
Rumors are that Jimmy Jamez hardly has control of the group
anymore, and that DOD is basically going downhill and its a
matter of time before it dies, is that true?
RSC : Tough question, Im afraid to answer that because I have been in
DOD for maybe a week at the most. But I have been hanging out in
DOD since I have been in the scene and I am good friends with
Lester and Hellraiser, and the other DOD seniors. But this all
happened before I joined so no one told me because it was to kept
between DOD seniors. I really dont think DOD will die just
because of it gets so much respect from the scene and because
there are great people in the group. Every group goes through
slumps, and it seems that all the releasing groups I am in right
now are in slumps.
RCN : May be you bring bad luck?
RSC : I think I bring good luck since I am very fortunate to be in the
groups I am in.
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Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Blitzkrieg
Subject : Digital Traders Affiliation : Digital Leader
RCN : You are currently one of the leaders of the outstanding courier
group DGT Digital Traders, how did you become a leader of DGT?
Were you one of the original founders?
DGT : Yes, Im currently a leader and a founder of DGT along with Silent
Mobius and Devast.
RCN : What were your affiliations before you were a DGT leader?
DGT : I was the vice-president of MC MindCrash. After the downfall of
MC, I formed a group called IMP Impulse of which I was president
of.
RCN : How did the downfall of MC occur? Some accuse you of being the
trigger of MCs downfall earlier this year, and that you
essentially killed MC so you could form IMP?
DGT : The downfall of MC was imminent, but I was not at fault. The
Wicked One, who was the President of MC, and whom I have the
deepest respect for, left MC all at a really bad time. I admit
that I made some mistakes but they were in no way the cause of the
downfall of MC. I didnt kill or have anything to do with killing
MC for the sole purpose of being able to create IMP. The creation
of IMP came about after the eventual death of MC.
RCN : The Wicked One said that you already had IMP in mind even before
you left MC, is that true?
DGT : Yes and no. After The Wicked One left, Avoozl came and took his
place as the leader of MC which caused a lot of problems. It was
then that the IDEA was brought to my attention that I should start
my own courier group. I didnt come up with the idea, I only
pursued it after MC was actually dead.
RCN : Who brought you this IDEA?
DGT : Headbanger MC Council and Sinning Soul both felt it best to
leave the group. Since I was a dedicated member, I asked them
not to, and I tried to keep MC alive. However, my attempts were
futile and MC was quickly withering away. I tried my best, but I
felt that it was time to bail out. I contacted Headbanger and
Sinning Soul voice on a telephone conference, and we decided to
create IMP.
RCN : How did IMP die? I ask that since I sure dont see it around
anyomre, did it perhaps merge into another courier group?
DGT : Yes, IMP had surpassed my expectations in every possible way. We
had over 50 members within one week, and had to support major
release groups such as ROR and Skull Control. However, the
success of IMP was a bit too much for me to handle. I didnt have
the time to do all the work, so I decided to enter a 3 way merge
between DGT, tNt Traders, and one other courier group. I
contacted Silent Mobius and Devast to find out more about the
merge, but I then found out that the information concerning the
merge was completely incorrect. Then, out of the blue clear sky,
came talks of another merger which I pursued. After numerous days
of negotiations, this other merger between IMP and DGT took place.
RCN : There are some rumors that the only reason DGT wanted a merger
with IMP was because of Swamper. DGT felt that Swamper was the
only courier from IMP that they felt were up to standards with
DGT, and that they highly sought after him. Is that true?
DGT : NO! That is not true at all. They didnt even know Swampers
kick ass courier ability until after the merge had already taken
place. I have worked with Devast and Silent Mobius in MC before
and I knew that they are good leaders and that they are people I
could count if I were to be absent from the group. I can count on
them to make sure that everything is kept under control
RCN : Devast, also a leader of DGT, was once kicked out of MC, do you
feel that his expulsion from MC effected the way you two work
together or on how you two view DMT DarkMoon traders, the new
courier group that is run by The Wicked One, ex-MC President?
RCN 15 - Bob
DGT : No, Devast was kicked out of MC shortly after I joined up with MC.
I dont have any animosity towards DMT or The Wicked One. He has
earned my respect and he is still a good friend. I wish DMT the
best of luck and if they ever want to have a courier competition,
DGT is up to the challenge!
RCN : How has the competition and eventual loss of the DGT vs. AMN
Amnesia courier competition effected DGT as a whole?
RCN 14, 15 - Bob
DGT : Honestly, it did us a world of good. We showed the world that we
could hold our own with some of the best, and that gave us all
great desire to continue to excel. Besides, we only lost by 27
megs, which if given 1 more hour, we could have easily beat AMN.
RCN : Many consider that DGT, at its current level, has more than
surpassed MCs courier ability even at its peak. How has your
experience as vice-president of MC prepared you for being a leader
in DGT?
DGT : I say that without MC, I wouldnt be where I am today. I have
learned so much from being a leader of MC since I made my mistakes
with MC and have learned from them and in turn, I know what not to
do with DGT.
RCN : What were these mistakes which you made?
DGT : Well, I know about EGO now. I was on my high horse and ordered
people around trying to get everything organized. I have refined
my organizational skills intto an art form.
RCN : Even though DGT only lost to AMN by a mere 27 megs in that one
week contest, do you consider DGT as a whole, a match for AMN?
DGT : Yes, I consider us a match for all the courier groups out there,
and if given 1 more hour, DGT would have won. DGT led the contest
most of the time, and given the proper incentives we can do
wonders!
RCN : All groups? Do you feel that DGT is a match for groups such as
RiSC and EVR EVERLAST?
DGT : Yes and no. Again, under the proper conditions, we can hold our
own, taking nothing away from RiSC or EVR, but if we can compete
with AMN, I feel we can compete with anybody.
RCN : When you say that youre a match for all the courier groups out
there, how can you assume so? DGT lost to AMN by a mere 27 megs,
and given one more hour, would have won, but that was only a FTP
site contest. How do you know DGT would hold up in a courier race
against AMN, EVR, and RiSC on a BBS?
DGT : Ok, under the proper conditions refers only to when DGT is tested
within its limits. We clearly dont have the necessary members to
race RiSC on Park Central RiSC WHQ, but on a FTP site contest,
we could hold our own.
RCN : So when you refer to DGT as being a top courier group, you only
refer to it in the sense of FTP sites, and not on BBSes? Does
that mean that on BBSes, DGT is not a top courier group?
DGT : Yes, DGT has a good BBS crew, but not if you compare it RiSCs BBS
crew. However, on FTP sites, DGT clearly excels over most courier
groups, and is a match for all.
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Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Manhunter
Subject : RAPiER Affiliation : RAPiER Leader
RCN : First off, rumors have it that RAP Rapier started as a result of
a split off of MAL Malice and AMN Amneisa, how did that occur?
Is that even true?
RAP : Well, thats true in one way. Its correct that when I left MAL,
I started RAP the very next day, and a lot of people from the
European division of AMN came along. I didnt like how things
were going in MAL, and in the end, a lot of my best friends in MAL
left for AMN, so it was no fun staying in MAL anymore. I didnt
know many people in MAL in the end, since a lot of the old guys
left.
RCN : Who did you start RAP with, or was it a one man venture?
RAP : Captain Blood, Fugitive, and I decided to form RAP, a group based
on a no bullshit principle, and here we are today.
RCN : You said I did not like hte way things were going in MAL , what
was going on that you did not like, and is there a chance that
will that ever occur in RAP as well?
RAP : Well, I think most people are familiar with the HUGE fights in MAL
in February this year, when Lester, Hellraiser, Resistance,
Captain Blood, and a few other guys got sick and tired of the
uncontrollable way the group was going. There was no REAL
leadership, no one in the Council was informed properly in the
end. The bomb finally exploded when Touch Tone, LeoDLion and a
bunch of fATE Fast Action Trade Exchange guys joined MAL and
some of them received senior positions.
RCN : Do you believe that this was a smart move on the part of the MAL
leadership to bring in fATE members into MAL as seniors?
RAP : This wasnt a very smart move by the MAL leadership, what was even
worse was that a lot of people felt betrayed due to the fact that
these people had joined and received high positions without the
knowledge of the entire Council. It later turned out that only a
few of the 6 man council found out about that these people were
joining. In the view of the regular, hard working MAL courier,
this was just a slap in the face. Guys from fATE came in and
received automatic senior status. A lot of people got angry and
left. This wouldnt have been a big deal if it wasnt for the fact
that no one in the council was notified about this action, and no
one had a chance to vote. It was not the action itself that
pissed people off, it was how it was done.
RCN : Whos decision was it to bring in these fATE people into MAL as
seniors?
RAP : I believe Dorian Hawkmoon is a very good friend of LeoDLion and
Touch Tone. He felt it was natural to bring them into MAL when
they decided to leave fATE. Some of the MAL members were against
the action itself and didnt want to be part of a group with
ex-fATE members in it because they considered fATE to be too lame.
RCN : You also said that MAL was lacking leadership, what about Dorian
Hawkmoon and Jake the Snake, the leaders of MAL, did they lack?
What did the two of them do when they realized that they pissed
off half the MAL crew?
RAP : Well, Dorian got Hawkmoon was pissed when he heard that half the
council turned against him. He told Lester that if he didnt like
it.. he could LEAVE! So Lester and 50 of the group left. Aslan,
MasterHacker, Winterhawk, and I stayed, but it was hard to believe
that the group had been torned apart over a night due to something
that could have been prevented. I didnt say that the LEADERS
were lacking leadership.. but it was really bad timing. MAL was a
ticking bomb ready to explode, and this was what set it off.
RCN : From my point of view, when I was in channel Malice just
chattting with Dorian Hawkmoon, I noticed that he was never fully
respected by many of his seniors, and that could have been a part
of MALs downfall. Dorian Hawkmoon never had members that fully
respected his leadership, do you think that could have been why
MAL was a ticking time bomb waiting to explode?
RAP : Well, some of the members had a hard time respecting the
leadership. There were many loose cannons in MAL, people who
really didnt care about who was in the top. They did what they
felt like. I believe that the lack of respect for the leadership
was one major reason why MAL fell apart. I never had any problems
with Dorian Hawkmoon when we were in RTS Request to Send
together and I helped him revive MAL back in September of 1995. I
think he was doing a good job as the leader of MAL, its not easy
to lead a 120+ member group.
RCN : Who were some of these loose cannons and when they did blow,
what were some of the examples of things theyd do?
RAP : Id rather not comment that, but yes, these loose cannons
definitely sped up the downfall of MAL. MAL was a time bomb that
was set to explode, it was just a question of time in the last few
weeks. You could see constant fights in channel Malice. I
believe the major problem were some of the Internet people.
RCN : Were these loose cannons people who did nothing for the group,
or were these loose cannons hard working MAL members and
seniors?
RAP : They were both, you will always come across people who likes to do
things THEIR way.
RCN : It is safe to assume that from your point of view, MAL broke up
for the first time in February because LeoDLion and some fATE ppl
joined MAL as seniors. However, even though Dorian Hawkmoon and
Leodlion were good friends, less than a week ago, LeoDLion left
MAL. Do you believe, now that LeoDLion and the fATE people are no
longer in MAL, that MAL will once again regain its former courier
prowess within the scene, or do you believe that MAL is a lost
cause with no potential under Dorian Hawkmoon and Jakes
leadership?
RAP : I havent heard the details on that story. I just heard something
briefly. Well, MAL will always have potential under the
leadership of Dorian Hawkmoon and Jake the Snake. MAL was the 1
courier group once, and will be so again. Its just a matter of
hard work. I dont think the people in charge makes the
difference. There will always be new, hard working people. NO
ONE makes a group of his own. A group is based on team work.
However, the future of MAL does not look bright right now.
RCN : Were Captain Bood and Fugitive, the people you started RAP with,
also ex-MAL members. If so, what were their former positions in
MAL?
RAP : It was a very messed up period back then in February. Well,
Captain Blood and Fugitive were both normal couriers for MAL.
Captain Blood then formed AMN together with Lester, Hellraiser,
and a few others. Fugitive originally joined Amnesia. I then
talked with them a few weeks later when I had left MAL myself, and
I was planning to start RAP up. I asked them if they were
interested and one week later they both joined and we made RAP
official. RAP had just been an experimental group until then and
it wasnt until we had the clearance from Captain Blood and
Fugitive that we made the group official.
RCN : So 2 of the 3 leaders of RAP at that time were more than just
ex-MAL, they were also ex-AMN? Correct. It was a very mixed up
period back then, but the 3 of us formed RAP.
RAP : What were their positions in AMN? Captain Blood was a founder of
AMN correct?
RCN : Correct. Fugitive was setting up their European division so I
believe he was a senior member.
RAP : What happened to Captain Blood? Whered he disappear off to? I
dont see him as a RAP leader anymore.
RCN : Well, Captain Blood had some personal problems so he took a 2
month vacation from the scene.
RAP : What KIND of problems? I heard some rumors that Egoistic Fate and
Lester narced on him, and they got his phonelines and electricty
cut off? Is that true?
RCN : His phonelines were cut off, thats correct. I rather not comment
that, you should ask Captain Blood, Egoistic Fate, and Lester
about that. I dont know the details, and I rather not talk about
it.
RAP : Some consider RAP to be a European courier group, and that they
have no real status in the American courier scene, and therefore
cannot be compared to Amercian courier groups, what do you have to
say about that?
RCN : Well, Id say to say that is complete bullshit. Weve only been
around for 2 months and yet weve crushed the competition on many
U.S. boards. We are still in the progress of building up the U.S.
division of the group.
RAP : Which boards in the U.S. has RAP crushed the competition on?
RCN : Just take a look at the RCN Top 10 Couriers section. I believe we
finished 2 in that chart. I must consider that good, since weve
only been around 2 months. We are just warming up, wait til
Summer comes along.
RAP : How would you compare RAP today with MAL at its peak? Do you
think that RAP is a more organized group, with a better couriering
potential?
RCN : Lets put it this way, MAL had 120+ couriers, RAP only has 50+
couriers. Were more organized and all the people in RAP are
LOYAL. We have only lost *1* person who was in the .nfo in
2months, that only goes to show that our members are loyal. I
wouldnt like to compare RAP towards MAL since I was a part of MAL.
RAP has already proven its potential.
RAP : Who was that *1* person that left, and which courier group did he
join after he left RAP?
RCN : He was a U.S. trader. He left after being in the group 1 day due
to personal problems with Captain Blood. He couldnt be in the
same group as Captain Blood, he joined AMN.
RAP : Is RAP better at BBS or Internet couriering?
RCN : Why choose BBS or the Internet, when you can rock both??? Our
main goal is to be 1 on both BBSes and FTP sites. We dont like
some other courier groups that just concentrate on one area. RAP
is establishing a strong presence in all fields of couriering.
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Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Cryptic Pain
Subject : Mortality Affiliation : Mortality Leader
RCN : MTY Mortality has been doing extremely well lately, and some
attribute its success due to g0ds help. Ive seen many releases
by MTY in which you gave all the credit to g0d, but god is
supposedly no longer in the scene ever since he was busted by the
RCMP Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is that true?
MTY : Actually, the MTY releases are not supplied by g0d himself. The
actual suppliers are friends of his who work for Microsoft and
various companies. I have not heard anything about it him being
busted, but I have not talked to him in 2 days.
RCN : The current MTY is not the same MTY I remember from a few months
back. The old MTY died a few months back, but recently came back.
Why did it die off a few months ago, and why has it come back?
MTY : Well, I got very fed up with the scene. MTY was going downhill
very fast, and I got bored of it but I decided lately that I would
come back and try starting it back up. It has been fun so far but
we havent reached our full potential yet.
RCN : What is different about the scene NOW that makes you want to come
back? How come youre not fed up with the scene going downhill
right now, or do you believe that the scene is no longer going
downhill, and if so, why? Perhaps it was not the scene giong down
hill, but it was old MTY going downhill and you decided to quit
while ahead, is that so?
MTY : The scene has been going downhill for a few years now, and I bet a
lot of people would agree with me on that. I came back because I
can run a successfull utils group and I want to help out the
scene.
RCN : How would you rate MTY right now compared to the other utils
powerhouses such as PWA?
MTY : Well, we have only been back a month and cannot really compare
ourselves to PWA, but I can gurantee you that we will be competing
on that level very very very soon. PWA has been in the scene a
very long time and I have a lot of respect for them.
RCN : What are you doing with MTY this time that is different from
before? I remember that the old MTY was not really good, and
could even have been considered lame, but this NEW MTY is
definitely not to be reckoned with. What are you doing different
this time around that is making MTY so much better than before?
MTY : Well this time around, we have a lot more inside contacts in
Microsoft and other companies, but havent really been able to get
much out yet. You can expect to see some big releases from MTY
this month.
RCN : According to my sources, g0d, one of the people who has friends
thats helping you supply, was busted by the RCMP, but the
evidence leading to his bust was given to the RCMP by a Microsoft
employee, do you feel that there might be a chance that MTY is
under Microsoft surveillance, or that your group might be busted
in the near future? If so, have you taken any precautions?
MTY : MTY has nothing to worry about since that Microsoft supplier is
totally out of the group and IRC channel. We check EVERYONE out
that enters the IRC channel now. We are not too worried.
RCN : Where do you see MTY, 3 months from now? Do you see MTY dead, or
possibly, something more than dead?
MTY : MTY will be anything but dead 3 months from now. We have some
major stuff about to happen.
RCN : What do you mean by major stuff?
MTY : Well, some of the stuff cannot be discussed yet, but I can say
that we already have some major releases planned. We have an edge
on some of the new utils coming out.
RCN : Since MTY is a utils release group, what happens when MTY
suppliers get their hands on a game? Do you guys release it under
a different name, or is it traded to say.. a games group?
MTY : Currently it is traded to different games groups. We have given
away a few different games. We usaully get a few utils in return.
We usaully trade to game groups that can offer us the best quality
in utils. whoever do we give them the game and they give us utils
in return.
RCN : How has Park Central, the BEST BBS in the world, helped MTY since
it has become MTYs WHQ?
MTY : It has helped us spread our files much better. We have also
supported it very well. Last week, Park Centrals top 5 uploaders
were MTY members. Park Central is a very good BBS, and has been
in the scene a long time.
RCN : You said earlier that PWA was good because it has been in the
scene a long time, and now you say that Park Central is good
because it too has been in the scene for a long time. So
basically, in your point of view, anything thats been in the
scene for a long time is good?
MTY : No, not true. There have been many BBSes that have been in the
scene many years and have not been any good at all. Groups pick
up experience and respect when they have been in the scene a
while.
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Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : The Quiet Riot
Subject : NFS/STN Affiliation : STN President
RCN : First off, why did you kill off NFS Need for Speed recently? It
has grown quite a name throughout these past months, and many
would consider it decent among the smaller groups.
STN : Yes.
RCN : Could you go into a little more detail?
STN : A lot of people thought we were good, and I thought we were doing
good also. We seemed to have many different projects going on
that would have made our group stand out as one of the best. We
put a lot of effort into these projects, but nothing was done,
we found some bugs in the group and dumped it along with other
stuff.
RCN : You mention that NFS tried these projects that would make it
stand out from the rest. What were these projects that so
distracted its members?
STN : Well, Shifter, our best supplier, left without telling me, and
later came back to say his life had other stuff going on, but he
was back, and then he disappeared again. Some of my projects
included getting some stuff for our suppliers, setting up domains,
and other stuff. Nothing came in, no one seemed to tell the
truth, and most of the members that I had accepted didnt even do
what they told me they were going to do.
RCN : Most group leaders put new members on trial, and if they dont
live up to their promises, they get kicked out of the group. Why
did you let in so many members that did nothing for the group?
And when you did find out, through trial and error, that some
members did nothing for the group, why did you not kick them out?
STN : Well, I had some trial members, and after a while I had many
trials members. I decided to let some in, but I told them that I
want stuff. We had gotten way out of hand, and then I could not
keep track of it, so I decided to end it.
RCN : Were most of these trial members trial suppliers? What do you
mean by that I want stuff?
STN : Well, a couple were account suppliers and a couple were trial
suppliers, yes. Well, I wanted stuff, like what they promised,
accounts, sites, whatever they had told me originally.
RCN : Now that you are no longer the President of NFS, what are your
future plans in the scene, are you planning to start another warez
release group? Perhaps a second try would be an improvement on
the first?
STN : Yes, I noticed NFS was getting a bad reputation because of the
name and because of the people that were in it. I am making a new
release group called STN Stoned. STN will definitely be an
improvement because this time around, I am getting bigger people
from better groups. We are going to do this group right.
RCN : What kind of group will STN be? Will it specialize in any area of
releasing?
STN : It will be games only, and we will trade all the utils we get to
better our name.
RCN : You mentioned that you will make sure that STN is run correctly
this time, what will you do differently besides getting bigger
names, and what do you mean by gettting bigger names?
STN : Well, we have recruited Brutus, ex-Legacy Senior, Genocide,
Viper, and maybe Violator from DMN Demolition. I am asking
almost anyone that I have known for a while to help out.
RCN : So you suppose that having members who were in big groups, such as
Brutus who was a senior in Legacy, will help STN out considerably?
Will those big names help supply? I can tell you from personal
experience, some of the big names youre mentioning really dont
do much in those groups you consider big.
STN : Yes, some will help supply and some will help coordinate, I need
some good suppliers and I also need guys who know a lot about how
to recruit people.
RCN : What about your best supplier Shifter? He was the core of NFS,
and when he left NFS, NFS died, will Shifter come back to help out
STN?
STN : Well, Im not sure, he was not the FULL core of NFS, but he
definitely helped. I am not sure, with summer coming, hopefully
he will hit the Internet again, or maybe he will read RCN since
hes still on a lot of local BBSes, but I have 2-3 of his possible
phone numbers, and I of his 5 email addresses. I have contacting
him through the information I have, many times at that. It seems
he mustve given me the wrong information, or something.
RCN : May be hes ditching you like a bad date? What do you mean by,
seems he mustve given me the wrong information?
STN : I tried contacting him many times, but all I get is a No, sorry
you must have the wrong phone number.
RCN : You mentioned that youll be trading your utils with other utils
groups in return for games, which group will you be trading utils
for games with?
STN : Yes.
RCN : Could you go into a little more detail?
STN : MTY seems to be promising, but any group that has the highest bids
or acts the fastest will get utils. We arent going to say
youre our sister group and then give utils and get nothing. We
wont have a sister group that is just all talk, Im tired of it.
RCN : You say youre tired of just talk, have you in the past, agreed
to be sisters with a group, and received just talk and nothing
more?
STN : We have received talk before, but I noticed that, and this time
were doing it right.
RCN : Which groups have you received just talk with?
STN : Well, we were going to do this with DMN, and maybe others, but
then again we never did get games back. We traded 1-2 utils and
then decided to go with this group called Deep, a stupid group
that lasted for 3 days led by Forseer.
RCN : What kind of people is STN looking for as members?
STN : STN is only accepting FTP site operators, administrators with
ISDN+, suppliers, and crackers. We will start releasing as soon
as our domain goes up.
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Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : tKLP
Subject : Release on Rampage Affiliation : ROR President
RCN : ROR Release on Rampage started out as a games and utils group,
but has recently become a games only group, why did you decide
suddenly specialize ROR in one field of releasing?
ROR : Naturally, the average pirate, including myself, is interested
more in games rather than utils. Games are more of a challenge to
release and crack. True, ROR has had a very good reputation for
releasing quality utils such as Pagemaker 6, Fractal Painter 4,
etc, but I decided groups get rated better and more respect when
they specialize in one field. g0d and I started a seperate utils
group called ERA, but a week later, g0d got busted and I merged it
into The Corporation. Then, the Corporation died and I joined
Mortality and thats where I stand today.
RCN 4 - BOB
RCN : What do you mean by, thats where we stand today?
ROR : MTY Mortality is an old school utils group that have recently
made a comeback to the scene. It is headed by Cryptic Pain and
Dorian.
RCN : So I assume that ROR gives all of its utils to MTY and MTY gives
all of its games to ROR?
ROR : Yes, and so far, both groups are very satisfied with each other
since MTY has given ROR a couple of quality games, and ROR has
given MTY a hand full of great utils.
RCN : What might be some of these great utils? I interviewed Cryptic
Pain earlier, and he admitted to me that MTY has not yet released
any great utils.
ROR : Well the supplier who has been doing the NT BETAS for MTY came
from ROR. So for one, the NT FINAL betas MTY has been releasing
was because of ROR. ROR has also given them some OEM utils, OEM
Service packs, and other small titles such as Turbo Browser.
Those are the utils that I know off hand, many other utils have
come from ROR seniors, and ROR has given them a decent amount of
utils of which I have not kept track of.
RCN : What has MTY given ROR that can be considered a quality game?
Since you package ROR releases, I assume you must at least have
recollection of ROR releases?
ROR : MTY has given ROR 2 quality games. The first quality game given
by MTY is WarCraft 2/Command Conquer Toolkit which we released
3 weeks ago. The other quality game is still being cracked at
this very moment, and thus, I cannot give out the name.
RCN : A few months back, I recall that RORs official courier group was
RiSC, and the only reason ROR wanted RiSC as its official courier
group was because so many RiSC boards had blacklisted ROR*.ZIP
and ROR wanted to get unblacklisted. Now that ROR has achieved
its goal, and its files are no longer blacklisted on RiSC boards,
is ROR still affiliated with RiSC?
ROR : I was personally working with Crackpot, the leader of RiSC, but
then RTS Request to Send asked to become RORs official
couriers. RTS offered ROR a handful of suppliers, so I told RiSC
that I had decided to work with RTS instead. Crackpot was working
too much with Hybrid anyhow. Crackpot did confirm that RiSC was
official couriers for ROR, but only for a couple of days before we
called it off.
RCN : On the note of g0d, you said that you two started a utils group
together called ERA, and once g0d got busted, you moved over to
MTY. However, my sources inform me that after g0d got busted, he
TOO moved to MTY and is currently a supplier for them, is that
true?
ROR : Yes, g0d is back and he is also a senior in ROR. g0d is a
supplier for MTY that came from ROR. I talk to g0d every day of
the week on the phone with Piston who is also a new ROR supplier
and senior. We are sort of a triad doing most of the public
relations work and supplying for ROR.
RCN : You also mentioned that you were busted, to what were you
referring to?
ROR : Well, it all started when Wave Rider came to ROR and left LGC
Legacy. Since Wave Rider left Road Rebels group, LGC, Road
Rebel narced on him, and when Wave Rider had to blame it on
someone else in court, he blamed it on me. He did call and tell
me, as we WERE good friends. Then the sheriff of my town called
and delivered the summit. I dont have it right now, its at my
desk but it starts off like this Upon Information And Belief
stating I distributed it, when I did not, I had it on my shell and
just deleted it. So we are just going to appeal the case from
QStudios so it doesnt goto court. They are sueing me for 4500.
RCN : What did you release that would make QStudios so unhappy? did you
release one of their games, or something more?
ROR : Are you trying to get me to incriminate myself? I didnt release
crap. Duane Pemberton Waverider packaged and distributed the
source code to Blood Alpha and the Alpha itself. ROR released
Blood Alpha Source.
RCN : So the truth is, you are getting sued, but you did not get BUSTED?
After all, if you did get busted, why would you still be chatting
with me, and why would your 4 node BBS still be up?
ROR : Well ATT also fragged me, and I did have the U.S. MARSHALL at my
house. They had a warrant for me, but for the last name so they
couldnt take anything. We contacted the company so they would
not come back again. All my shit is intact though, yes.
RCN : What do you mean by but for the last name so?
ROR : I was referring to my last name.
RCN : I know that, but what about your last name made it so the U.S.
Marshalls couldnt use the warrant against you?
ROR : If the warrant they have is for a person that doesnt exist, they
cannot do anything. My mother and I have different last names,
and my name does not fully match the name on the warrant, so I got
off for a while.
RCN : So basically, ATT and the U.S. Marshall came to your house, but
it so happened that they had a typo in the warrant, and then they
couldnt do anything to you. Why did ATT come to your house in
the first place?
ROR : ATT has nothing to do with the QStudios case. ATT busted me for
using extrapolated credit cards on long distance phone calls.
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Author : g0d
Subject : Zieg Passes Away
This letter is my way of paying respect to Markus Zoepel, also known
as Zieg. Many of you out there in the scene were probably good
friends with Zieg. He was a great guy who gave more than he expected to
receive. He was a long time member of the scene and loved his days with
the couriering group fATE, Fast Action Trade Exchange. I ask that he
not be forgotten as so many people who come and go in the scene are.
Markus deserves to be remembered for his many great achievements both on
the Internet and off. In life, he leaves behind a loving wife and two
beautiful children ages 10 and 2.
Markus was system administrator and part owner of ISYS Technologies
an ISP Internet Service Provider located in Canada. He had taken this
ISP from a mere 8 node system to the becoming the largest ISP in Ontario
over a period of 8 short months. He was simply a genius with the
Internet and was always willing to offer a helping hand to anyone who
needed it.
Markus was one of few people whom I consider a close friend and I
will not allow him to simply be forgotten. There is a web page going up
in his memory at www.isys.ca and any email you wish to send to pay
your repects may be directed to staff@isys.ca. I will personally make
sure that this mail reaches his wife, or to whomever it is addressed.
Markus would have wanted to tell all of you whom he knew how much he
enjoyed hanging out on IRC with you all. It was really a big part of
his life and he loved every minute of it. I dont think he would have
traded one minute of it for anything. Markus was a true Internet junky
as a lot of us are. Even if you didnt know him, but would like to pay
respect to a fellow Internet junky, please do so. All letters will be
set up on a web page which will always stand in memory of Zieg. In a
world so fast paced and unforgiving, lets try to at least give support
to those whom he loved and those who loved him back. It is the least we
can do.
Markus died of a brain anurism. The doctor said that there was
nothing that could have been done to either detect or to prevent this
from ever happening. Right up until the moment it happened, Markus was
fine. And then, all of a sudden, out of the blue, with no warning, he
simply passed away. The loss of a friend is always rough, but in this
case it is probably the hardest loss I have ever had to deal with.
Markus, if youre out there somewhere, take it easy bro, we will meet
again.. some day.. and I promise I will bring you that days new
release. You will be missed old friend. And in my case, you will never
be forgotten. Save a spot at a half decent terminal up there for me bro
Life is such a fragile thing. We all take it for granted, but this
goes to show you, make every minute count because your next minute, may
be your last...
Sincerely,
g0d
ZOEPEL, Markus Lefebvre
In loving memory of Markus Lefebvre-Zoepel who died Thursday
evening, May 30th 1996, at the Sudbury General Hospital at the age of
29. He married Roxann Corston in Sudbury in 1993. He was dedicated,
noble and extremely loyal to his family, friends and business. He knew
his calling in life and was a genius at it. He thoroughly enjoyed
fishing, motor biking, canoeing, all outdoor activities, and especially
computers and the Internet. His children and family were his life.
John 1 1:25, Jesus said, I am the resurrection and the life, he who
believes in me will live, even though he dies, and he who lives and
believes in me will never die.
Beloved husband of Roxann Corston Zoepel of Sudbury. Loving
father of His Jewels, Madison and Zachariah. Loving son of Carole
predeceased Husband Gilles Lefebvre and Manfred Zoepel. Dear
grandson of Alice Koski of North Bay and Therese Lefebvre of
Kapuskasing. Dear brother of Linda Husband John Aho, Sharon and Eric
all of Sudbury, Laura Husband Ron Nyssen of lively, April Fiancee
Alian Claveau of Timmins and Gil of Thunder Bay. Sadly Missed by many
nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, his Brothers, Sisters and
fellow Musketeers resting at the Jackson and Barnard Funeral Home 233
Larch St. Sudbury, Monday June 3rd 1996 at 11:30 am Cremation in the
Park Lawn Crematorium. Donations to the Madison and Zachariah Trust
Fund would be appreciated in lieu of flowers Friends may call 7-9 pm
Saturday, 6-9 pm Sunday or after 11 am Monday.
*PS* If youre a religious person, please say a prayer for Markus...
Ill Miss ya bro.. :
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Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : The Renegade Chemist
The following is a logfile of a conversation between Rebel Chicken and
The Renegade Chemist :
Session Start : Sat Jun 1 10:28:33 1996
*** TRC chemist@computek.net has joined channel RCN
RblChickn The Regade Chemist?
TRC That would be me. Your mag sucks.
RblChickn Gee.. thanks!
TRC Why do you always have interviews with total idiots in your
magazine?
RblChickn So youre saying all the people weve interviewed are lame?
TRC People like the guy that praised NPM Napalm for their speed in
picking up games at stores, releasing them uncracked, and then
putting out fixes later are total idiots. People like that guy
dont deserve to live
woodstock Why do you say RCN sucks?
TRC RCN sucks because it interviews people that are totally not
important.
RblChickn Issue 16 will feature an interview Speed Master, hes one of
the leaders of PSG Prestige, a group youre active in.
TRC Fine, dcc me issue 16.
RblChickn It wont be out until this Sunday. TRC, since you assume
that youre so fucking important, Ill talk a lot about you
this week okay?
woodstock hehehe..
TRC Get your head out of your ass.
RblChickn What the fuck is your problem anyways, I try to be nice to
you and you come on me like I fucking raped your mother.
TRC I didnt say I was important.
RblChickn Then dont act like you are. And dont fucking come up to
me like youre fucking god demanding shit from me. If you
dont like RCN, write us a letter stating that, and well be
more than happy to publish it.
TRC But I am a god!
RblChickn Fuck you, youre no god.
TRC Think about it.. without people like me, youd have nothing to
write about!
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*** TRC has been kicked off channel RCN by Senshi Youre no god
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TRC Without me, PSG wouldnt be as good as it is, thats for sure.
RblChickn Without you, there wouldnt be pompous asses in the scene
either. What the hell is your problem anyways.. thinking
youre a god?
TRC You people have no understanding of what the scene is supposed to
be like and what it used to be like. You people only know how to
put out your shit mag that glorifies lamers like NPM.
RblChickn Youre labelling me as you people?
TRC Yes, I am labeling you as you people. Im also labelling you
among all the other Internet lamers who feed off of the major
groups.
RblChickn Fuck you TRC, youre just pissed because someone submitted
an article praising NPM.
TRC Youre right, if you praised PSG, I wouldnt complain, because PSG
has something that NPM doesnt have. PSG is a real group, while
NPM is a bunch of store pickup Internet monkeys. Look at this
last month, theres NOTHING good that came out of NPM. All they
do is go to stores, pick up the games, and steal cracks, nothing
any idiot couldnt do.
RblChickn We are covering the story of NPM stealing cracks from PSG
this upcoming issue.
TRC PSG on the other hand, were putting out stuff before it hits the
stores, BEFORE its even released sometimes. Its always the
losers like NPM that get your attention.
RblChickn Youre getting my attention right now, a lot of it. You
must be a loser then.
TRC You people have no idea what the scene is really like.
RblChickn Im not the fucking lamer you think I am. This should
interest you some, I interviewed Prophet, the President of
NPM, for this upcoming issue on the conflicts between NPM
and PSG.
TRC PROPHET IS A LAMER!!!
RblChickn Hes not a lamer, he doenst think hes a god.
TRC Nobody should respect a shit group like NPM.
RblChickn Dont start telling me who or what I should or should not
respect.
TRC Ill tell you what you should respect if I so desire.
RblChickn Dont expect to me listen to your fucking desires. At least
NPM doesnt have shitheads like you in their group.
TRC Oh yeah? Prophets a shithead.
RblChickn Hes not, and I would very much defend him if asked.
TRC Youre a stupid fool.
RblChickn And you think youre a fucking god.
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Session Close : Sat Jun 1 10:38:36 1996
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Author : Bababoey
Subject : Bluewater and Razor Sharp
The following are messages received by Bababoey while on the FTP
site known as Enigma and on IRC :
Bababoey receives messages on Enigma :
bababoey:
Bluewater, you really should keep one window open in IRC so I can chat
with you easier. Its a lot more fun that way.
Message from bwater
I do keep a window in IRC, you just cant find me.
bababoey:
Bluewater, what do you mean?
Message from bwater
bwaterrzrsharp :
bababoey:
Do you know what the story with RiSC is?
Bababoey immediately gets on IRC :
bababoey You there? Is this Bluewater?
rzrsharp Hello? What.
bababoey Is this Bluewater?
rzrsharp Didnt you get the messages I sent you on Enigma?
bababoey Yah, I did, just just making sure :
rzrsharp Yes.
bababoey So you are rzrsharp on Dymentia? Why not bwater?
rzrsharp Ya, but I am not on Dymentia. I think BBX is one of the
hardest FTP sites to get warez up to, that just leaves LA.
bababoey Yah, BBX is definitely the fastest FTP site at the moment.
rzrsharp Okay, I am on Dymentia.
bababoey Why dont you use the handle bwater on Dymentia?
rzrsharp Okay, here is the long story you are about the last to find
this out. What happened aroud Christmas was that Bluewater,
Bob, leader of DNX Dynamix got big phone bills. He lost
one of his phone lines. I have been couriering for DNX up
until this point. I was supporting the Canadian HQ, Robins
First Orgasm. In the process, he gave me the use of his
shell account to help out. Since he had the connections, I
started building up these accounts on the Internet. He
wanted me to continue this. Then, came the breaking up of
DNX and I, Razor Sharp, couldnt upload new PSG Prestige
releases under a DNX leaders account so I went and got my
own accounts. Now, I still have to get on the top uploaders
and have massive credits under the other account.
bababoey Damn.. I just got lagged to shit.. ok now.
rzrsharp One other thing, about 4 months ago, Bluewater lost his other
line and thus I kept him up to date with mail and the warez
for his enjoyment. Basically, for the last 6 months, I have
been Bluewater.
bababoey How weird, this is the first I have heard of this. Do any of
the other leaders of RiSC know about this?
rzrsharp Thats why bwater really hasnt been able to run DNX and you
saw a dry spell I think in April until Crackpot took over the
responsibilites.
bababoey So, is it ok if I tell people what the deal is?
rzrsharp Actually, since Crackpot is one of the leaders of DNX and
RiSC, then you could say they know. Who are you planning on
telling?
bababoey I dont know. I was just wondering if you wanted to hide the
fact that rzrsharpbwater still.
rzrsharp Well, it doesnt bother me I guess.
bababoey Well, if it makes you feel better, you are a much better FTP
trader than Bluewater ever was. I thought something was
weird since you were NEVER on IRC, and how you suddenly
turned into a major netmonkey.
rzrsharp True, all he was in RiSC is for the account not the trading.
To tell you the truth, running the ground meant he had no
time for trading!
bababoey Yah, I know, he did his part in the group, no doubt about
that. You have turned into a pretty good netmonkey though.
In your opinion, what do YOU think RiSC should do about this
whole bwater handle thing?
rzrsharp Leave it the way it is. All I use Razor Sharp for is to
trade the PSG releases. The thing is though, all my credits
and statistics are under one account. Also, I am sure that
if Bluewater ever does come back he wouldnt mind having his
accounts intact.
bababoey I think you should choose a single handle to use on every FTP
site.
rzrsharp Well, Dymentia is going down so thats not important. I
think the way it is is fine.
bababoey Ill talk to Shatter Star and the rest of RiSC and get back
to you on what RiSC is going to do, if anything. You have
definitely proven yourself as a good FTP trader, one of the
best in the world.
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Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Crackpot Ditches the Scene
The following letter by Crackpot was sent to all users on Park
Central :
Until further notice, I will be taking a vacation from the scene and
will not be readily available to help out on Park Central. In my
opinion, at this point, there just isnt much thats fun about being in
the scene and this is the main reason I will be exiting from it
indefinitely.
If anybody needs to contact me for any reason you can do so via
email. Those who know me should know my email address.
Farewell and good luck to the rest of the staff!
From the above, one can conclude that Crackpot has left the scene.
He was a leader of the courier group RiSC Rise in Superior Couriering
and the games group DNX Dynamix. It seems that he lost faith in his
games group DNX when nearly all of DNXs members left DNX to join a
rival group known as PSG Prestige.
Crackpot also lost faith in his BBS, Park Central. I only say so
because he was always complaining to me about how Park Central was
slowing down. One can deduce that other BBSes were speeding up as Park
Central was slowing down, and perhaps that scared the shit out of
Crackpot. Perhaps he could not deal with how his status in the scene
was changing so fast. The very thought that Park Central might no
longer be 1 in the scene definitely shook him a bit. We will never
really know why Crackpot chose to leave the scene, but I know this, he
will be back.. hes one of us...
Interviewers : Entropy
Interviewies : TSA
Subject : Amnesia vs. Digital Traders. The TRUTH
Date Interviewed : May 20th, 1996
Frost : Truth? Hahaha, I thought I covered the TRUTH.. Silly me.
Defacto : OKay TSA can you tell our readers who you are?
TSA : I am in Napalm, AMNESIA, PWA, ATA
Frost : Hi, Im Frost. I thought the question was who you are,
not, what are your affils?
Defacto : About a Week or so ago Amnesia and DGT Digital Traders
held a Courering Competition. Can you tell us a little
about that? NOTE the interview date - Editor
TSA : Yeah, first, DGT and AMNESiA started to fight not
fight, but u know what I mean.. in AMNESIA about know
Im astounded by all these facts TSA brings up. Actually,
he is wrong big surprise, two Amnesia couriers that
shall remain nameless started chatting in TNT that they
could take down DGT themselves, which prompted
an argument.
who is the best courier group. Then Som1 in AMN or DGT
Not sure thought about a Couriering Contest. AMN was
smile Oh.. so you mean someone thought about HAVING a
courier contest...
sure to win, so AMN decided to take only 6 of our
couriers against 16 DGT couriers, to be more fair. Then
the contest started.
smile Most of this is true, AMN was thought to have been
better than DGT before the competition. BTW, the contest
was OFFICIALLY 6 AMN couriers vs. 15 DGT couriers, not
6 AMN VS 16 DGT. TSA, are you sure youre even qualified to
make this statement? key words I mean, you werent even
in the competition. Were you even in AMN during the
competition? Ask Lester, the leader of AMN, he will verify
that the competition was between 6 AMN couriers vs. 15 DGT
couriers. I merely stated that about 7-9 DGT couriers
actually uploaded due to the fact that the FTP site BBX
could not support 21 slots BBX had 11-15 slots for the
majority of the contest, but there were many non-DGT and
non-AMN traders on BBX taking up the available slots.
Defacto : OKay so where was this Supposed to be held? On a Nuteral
Site or on Amnesia Site or DGT?
TSA : Its was on a AMN site, but for the contest, you can
considere it as a neutral site. All the DGT member got
access, and its a fast site.. Both agreed for the choice
of that site. It was BBX.
I agree with ya there tiger! BBX AMNs US INET HQ.
Defacto : Was it going to be timed or did you set a limit? Like
the first group to 1 Gig won? Or whoever pushed the most
in 2 days won? How was the contest suposed to be
ran/judged?
TSA : Yeah, It was timed. The group with the more megs
accumulated in a 1 week period would win.
Let me field this one TSA, you didnt do a very good job.
The contest was timed for exactly 7 days, down to the
minutes. Also, I have the exact dates for which the contest
took place in my article in RCN 14.
Defacto : During the Competition would you say that everything
ran smoothly? Any cheating or any problems between the
Site Op and the group?
Most of the trouble occurred in the first day Entropy.
Yeah, we had a lot of bickering, trash talking, frustration,
and name calling, you know the works. Id have to say the
dude that kept his cool during the whole contest was Prozac.
He never participated in the name calling junk. Cheating,
thats a big question, lots of rumors and stuff, but I wont
elaborate. The site operator is a cool dude, he was really
nice to me during the whole contest.
TSA : Ok. Heres the truth, about the result of the contest.
The TRUTH. BAHAHA ... AHAHAHAHAH.
The contest ended like 30+ megs for AMN, But in fact,
27 megs to be exact, 729 AMN 702 DGT.
we won by over than 600 megs. Heres why I say that:
WOAH! I never knew this!! I thought you said 30 megs TSA?
PLEASE.. tell me how you managed a 570 meg gain?! :
A guy called Darke did all the job for DGT, he was the
All the job? No no no, I think TSA means all the WORK.
top uploader during all of the contest, and ended the
Yes he was! Woop woop :
top with like 600+ megs, but in fact, this guy isnt
The actual number was about 350. See the article in RCN
14, and you can check the logs with the people in AMN and
DGT.
the Darke of DGT, its Shatter Star Riscs best courier
and Suspicious Image One of the best Risc courier too
Holy Moly! wow! I didnt know that!!.. and I suppose youre
going to say Frost is Pericles in disguise! Anyhow, there
has been much speculation about this, and if Shatter
Star Says he did it, he did it. but most of this is just
finger pointing right now.
Because Darke is a local guy to Shatter Star, and hes
in fact a board courier.
Dont understand what this segment means, Darkse is not even
his full handle by the way tisk tisk TSA. Dark Eclipse is
his full handle. and Im not too sure what youre trying to
say here. Hes local to shatter star, and hes a board
courier? Uuhm, ok, if you say so.
Defacto : So you are saying that they had somebody from OUTSIDE of
the group helping them?
Ill field this one TSA. I think TSA is making hasty
generalizations, proving to be false themselves. Next thing
you know, hell be saying your mom plays lead bass for
Metallica. The call of Ktulu! Hey Entropy, get me some
autographs from Jamez and Lars and the rest.
TSA : Shatter Star decided to help him for the contest and with
his friend Suspicious Image, they uploaded for him on
BBX. In fact DGT uploaded like 100 megs and Shatter
More bullshit? This guy makes Richard Nixon look like
honest John! By the way, his math calculations are all
because of he blundered on Darkes initial 600 meg estimate.
Star / SImage uploaded 600+ megs FOR DGT. And How can you
Thats pretty damn funny since I cant see them both
uploading more than 300 megs each per week. Oh, but how
would you know, you werent even in the competition!
explain that a BOARD COURIER who isnt in ANY good sites,
Dark Eclipse should receive all the credit. Swamper
supplied Dark Eclipse with most of his shit. I know because
I was quite pissed when I was left out of all the 20-30
disk tubs warez. If you check the warez that was pumped
by Dark Eclipse and Swamper, you will find that it has some
nfo and tags that trace back to the tubs area. By the way,
tubs is a cool board that has lots of cool warez, but TSA
probably wouldnt know about that, he wasnt even in the
competition and he insists that he knows everything about
it :
who only leeches on the sites for uploads to the boards
he is assigned to, can BEAT ALL THE AMN couriers,
You know TSA, thats how RiSC beats AMN couriers now adays,
it doesnt take a grade A genius to figure that out. If
you didnt know that, I dont know what kind of courier you
are. DGT has been practicing this techinique for a while
thanks to Swamper.
and even all the DGT courier on the site during a contest
Why this guy doesnt courier anymore? Why isnt he in RISC?
Very simple TSA, he came back for the contest, and notice he
didnt courier before the contest. He helped found DGT and
was retired and I think he still is. Why isnt Prozac in
RiSC, why isnt MGD in RiSC, why isnt Swamper in RiSC?
Its called group loyalty.. and the fact that Dark Eclipse
is retired.
In fact, think about it and youll understand that its
impossible that Darke was from DGT. Plus, Shatter Star
Then why is your story full of holes? Your main source of
evidence comes from people in AMN and you did not even
participate in the contest, and yet you make your fictitious
arguements into facts. The amout onf errors in your
revelation/interview is astronomical.. just shooting the
shit huh TSA?
and Suspicious Image, two of my good friends told me and
Lester/MGD/... that its was true. They told us
MGD is a cool cat, so is Lester, funny thing is, theyre
both in Amnesia. I remember MGD pestering me about
confessing to this. I told him exactly what I told you
TSA had a habit of pestering me about this fiasco he
calls the truth, that I thought you guys were completely
nuts, and wacky in the nicest way possible.
that they did it, and that they upped for Darke kuz he
was a friend of Shatter. The truth is that we won by
over than 600 megs. But this bunch of liars, like Frost,
The truth is, youve been drinking too much anti-freeze.
said in our fACE and in the RCN that they where going
to win and they know that wasnt true.
Im a liar, and yet I can back up my arguments with FACT,
and not mere speculation and haphazard bullshit. Refer to
RCN 14 for the truth, I guarantee that its less biased
than this bullshit they call an interview. It has more
more details of the contest from someone who was in the
contest.
Defacto : I also heard that a lot of the files uploaded to BBX were
tagged by RiSc. Is there any truth in that, that you
know of?
TSA let me handle this one. Darkside did help us by
stuff to our Inet WHQ, some releases were leeched from there
there to little avail, Darkside wanted credits on BBX as
well. Even if it was the great Shatter Star himself
uploading, anyone will tell you, most of the great traders
do NOT tag. It wastes time.
TSA : Yeah its true. Like I said, it was Shatter Star / SImage
and DGT against AMN, and we won BTW. We dont see Darke
Covered this already.
on anymore sites ,and he was never on any good site,
its impossible that a DGT board couriers could beat the net
couriers of AMN.
Impossible? I think youre trying to start another fight
between AMN and DGT. Ive made my peace with AMN, Ive
accepted that we lost by 27 megs. I can say that MGD and I
along well and we dont have many arguments anymore. So if
you got any arguements get your ass on a site and beat me,
cause I havent seen you on a top ten anywhere.
Defacto : Well TSA thank you for your time. Is there anything else
that you would like to add before I let you go?
Thanks for a good laugh!
TSA : Hehe yeah, about DGT: Guyz, at least say sorry for all
the shit you said about AMN, kuz you know that you cheated
Im sorry, sorry to see you living in a dream world, dont
speak so soon.
and that we won by over than 600 megs, at less do it. For
Youre downright delusional.
the rest of the net : Happy Couriering, Leeching,
whatever! Have fun and.. That about it : Amnesia, watch
us in action and youll forget the competition
I have a comment as well, Hey to all the AMN folks, and a
greet to Swamper, MGD, Darkside, Pericles, Prozac, Devast,
SMobius, Cyberjack, all those wackos in DGT, and all the
siteops that make it all possible
I like Defacto a lot because they have great ppl/articles and
because we can read it under desk View : haha you are the only
mag that we do it, so I read more of Defacto than all of the other
mags... Good job guyz and continue!
- TSA
I like RCN a lot because we usually print articles that poke fun of
people being stupid.
-Frost
No more!
The crap rolls out your mouth again
havent changed youre brains still gelatin
Little Whispers circle around your head
why dont you worry about yourself instead?
Before you judge me take a look at you
Cant you find something better to do?
point the finger, slow to understand
arrogance and ignorace go hand in hand
Its not who you are its who you know
Others lives are the basis of your own
burn your bridges, build them back with wealth
Judge not lest ye be judged yourself.
Metallica
Holier than Thou
Metallica
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Author : Kilmer
Subject : In Defense of DCC
There is this notion within many quarters of the scene, that DCC
couriering is not real couriering that only the FTP/BBS world consist
of the true couriers. This concept is bolstered by the fact of a good
number of generic start-up offer channels and the like. But to toss out
the whole area of xDCC, because a few people trade lame is extremely
far-reaching. And those who say DCC is lame are often hypocritial, as
numerous times, for fast distro, a new release is loaded as a pack and
sent to the FTP/BBS people in the channel. Is DCC trading lame then? I
think not.
One of the biggest complaints against DCCing is that the couriers
can become lazy - i.e. loading a 5 pack and offering it for 3 weeks or
something. But DCC couriering does not exist within a vacuum. In order
for a real functional offer channel to survive, there needs to be some
sort of institutional backing. The do-it-for-kicks style, coupled
with chit-chat, just doesnt cut it anymore because human nature tends
to wind that down. As a result, in order to have a lasting offer
channel, one needs a full-force DCC team.
The various procsses that a DCCer has to go through to load a
simple 10 pack are rather extensive. For example, sniffing out new runs
in various channels or grabbing the 0 day stuff from the FTPs,
downloading it, patching different releases from various sites,
re-zipping it in a manageable form, tagging, and then loading it va one
of the irc scripts is hard work. And usually one offer bot/IRC process
is not enough.. and they must repeat it again the very next day. And to
then be told that DCCing is lame, that would make anyones blood
boil.
And how does one really define couriering? Is couriering simply the
fact of moving various files from one site or board to another? Or can
one define couriering as the distribution of warez to the widest amount
of people? What exactly is the gauge? Given this formula, the traders
DCC statistics during good release week can run a gig or more a day.. a
sum total for the week, as defined by the widest amount of people, can
easily rival any FTP upload statistics. But these numbers are static,
and therefore one cannot easily quantify the DCC spread, but
nonetheless, it is a major thrust, as evidenced by the popularity of the
major offer channels.
The scene should not look on DCC or any other avenue as somehow
less in value. As a FTPer, I never yakked abou the BBS guys, when the
switch was turned on to the Internet, the fast ether of the FTP world
seemingly made trading by BBS lame, but such is not the case, for as
we all know, the boards still have that certain element that a FTP
cannot give you. And I dont care if a BBS gets telnet or not, its
still a viable function even 1 to 3 node local boards have their place.
And using the same logic, DCCs have that certain element that FTPs
cannot give you.
XDCCing is but one avenue of trading. The BBSes are for a gauge
guide on dupe checks and release runs the FTP sites are for fast
sends/gets and the DCCs are for widespread distribution. Each has its
place, and each has its function.
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Author : Thastuff
Subject : Univers, Get it Straight..
I am writing this shortly after I read the interview that was done
with Univers. In that interview there were accusations made concerning
Skyscraper, Demon, and mostly me. I would like to explain why we did
such a drastic thing to Univers, defend myself, and the other two, as
well as explain the merger with AOF Arsenists on Fire and COPS
Couriers of Proven Software.
When I first came to AOF, I was as a coordinator between them and
fATE. I was the one who got them hooked up with having fATE as their
official couriers. At that time, AOF was in a really bad slump, but I
knew that if they had the backing of a courier group, that would insure
that AOF would be noticed and ulitmately survive.
I was only a senior with AOF, but as time progressed I was doing a
lot of the work that other seniors, and vps yes it was so disorganised
that AOF had multiple vps. Univers noticed that and gave me a
promotion to being a vp. No, I did not go on some power trip, I never
once controlled the group, I was just doing all the administrative work.
Meanwhile, Univers would stop by now and then, I guess just to boost his
ego.
During that time I am not taking all the credit, the group had
GREAT members, but they just needed a good leader the group had become
more skilled and was on its way to become a contender with the other
larger groups. This is where I would like to explain Univs statement
about DOD duping us. DOD did not dupe us, but we were accused of duping
them Borland C++ v5.0 Febuary Beta. But shortly after, the suppliers
went into a slump, and the leader did not his job.
After consulting with Skyscraper, we decided as two
vice-presidents, that we needed full control of the group to make it
survive. We had planned it for a couple weeks before it actually
happened, and during that time Demon was brought into it for additional
senior support. Basically the seniors who did work, wanted to get rid
of those who didnt.
Then came the magic day. We had a program to release, but shortly
before I was done packaging it, some no-name group released it.
Obviously I stopped packaging it as there was no use releasing a dupe,
and told Univers I stopped packaging it. He told me to keep packaging,
and I told him it would be a dupe He knew that someone already released
it. I simply stated that I refuse to release it, and thats when he
said Youre fired!.
Before I lost my place in the group I knew that the takeover had to
be done right then and there. It was about an hour after the arguments
that Univers said, and I quote thastuff, you can have AOF... AND SHOVE
IT UP YOU ASS!, he left, and I think immediatly joined MTY as a senior
or something.
Skyscrape, Demon, and I became the leaders of AOF, there werent any
other vps or seniors, and this made AOF much more politics free, and
easier to manage. We made more releases, and for a couple weeks were
quite content. But then real life stepped in, no matter how bad timing
it was, forced me to leave the scene for nearly a month. I had less
then a week to do something with AOF so it didnt just die as a result
of all my actions.
I had been approched by Endeavour For the record, I have always
felt COPS was lame, to merge with COPS. This was the best thing I
could do for the remaining AOF members. I made the merge happen, got
all the AOF members a spot in COPS, and felt satisfied that I didnt do
the selfish thing and just leave. That is when I resigned from COPS as
a senior, and dealt with life.
Now that this is all over, I would like to ask everyone who reads
interviews and articles that they are completely onesided. Please dont
believe the first thing you read, but listen to both sides, and judge
for yourself what is right. Everyone that knows me knows that I am far
from having an ego, and I have no need to go on power trips as Univers
described for you. I dont want any wars with Univers, as it would be a
complete waste of time since he has no real place in the scene. I got
him his place in the scene, and yes, with power, I took it away.
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Author : Tuxedo Mask
Subject : Windows 95
The major hurdle to gaming on the PC has always been ease of use.
Installing DOS games has traditionally been even more difficult than
installing other PC software. With multiple standards for video cards,
memory hassles created by DOS 640kb basic memory limit, and the general
user-unfriendliness of the system, getting games to actually work is
sometimes more of a challenge than the games themselves. Some DOS games
suffer a 35 or greater return rate to software stores simply because
they cannot be successfully installed on the users hardware.
Developing games for a DOS-based PC results in similar nightmares,
as game programmers have to write routines for every single video card,
sound card, and possible system set-up in advance. Its no surprise
that they often failed to cover all possible combinations. And its
similarly unsurprising that this has generally left PC games the strict
domain of hard-core gamers and computer enthusiasts.
With Windows 95, Microsoft seeks to change all this. Not only does
Windows 95 make installation easier, it also makes game development
easier, thanks to a series of developer APIs Application Programming
Interface and libraries known as the Game SDK Software Development
Kit. To get the Game SDK, developers must simply join the Microsoft
Developers Network, which costs around 500 per year - about the cost
of goods of the CDs and manuals the average developer receives in that
time. Microsoft then supplies these software libraries to game
developers, making the process of developing a game designed to wirk
within Windows 95 a whole lot easier. The major component of the SDK is
the series of APIs known as DirectX.
The main complaint about developing for Windows is that, as a
program that puts a layer of software between the hardware and the user,
it simply cannot provde the performance needed for a high-speed game.
To get a game to run faster under Windows, developers generally have to
break all sorts of rules - resulting in the same basic headaches that
occur under DOS. DirectX, by providing a set of standard APIs, fixes
some of this. Microsoft has broken the rules of standard Windows
development to gain speed such as DirectDraws ability to write
straight to VRAM in a window. And as long as developers stick to the
broken rules Microsoft has developed for the DirectX APIs written in
extremely low-level code, everything will run fine. The advance of
Moores Law which, pared down, says that hardware keeps getting faster
and cheaper also has helped lessen complaints about performance under
Windows.
By writing to the DirectX specifications, developers can be sure
that their software will run on any PC running Windows 95. Microsoft
takes care of the irritating task of developing drivers for all the
different types of hardware that the game might be played on, not to
mention doing extensive compatibility testing. The time and effort
saved by being able to write to one spec also decreases development time
and cost.
More importantly than just making it easier to develop and play
games on a PC, the Direct X APIs make practical for the first time
something that has always been possible on PCs - Plugn n Play, or
widespread support for a variety of novel hardware. This is the
single-most exciting aspect of Windows 95 as a gaming platform, and it
is not an understatement to say that this could be the single-most
important advance in PC gaming technology in the last decade.
Until now, if a hardware developer created or implemented a new
technology, like 2D or 3D graphics acceleration, a new input device, a
new sound card, or anything that took the PC past the stock vanilla
stage, they would find that they had created an orphan technology, at
least as far as game developers are concerned. Until the device gained
enough acceptance in the marketplace until it sold enough units, few
companies would go through the trouble of writing the drivers to support
it. Without the games, few upgrades would be sold, and few new
technologies were adopted. For example, despite the fact that
practically every graphics card sold since the introduction of the 486
has had 2D graphics acceleration, few PC games have ever taken advantage
of it.
The only real advantage to emerge on the PC since the days of
Creative Labs Sound Blaster card was the pathetic MPC Multimedia PC,
a Windows-based standard developed at the dawn of the multimedia age.
With an MPC compliant PC, all you could really be sure of was that your
machine could run the latest and greatest encyclopedia CD-ROM, but
thats about it. Snore. Now thats all different. With Microsoft
developing or more correctly, having hardware manufacturers develop
drivers for every hardware device conceivable, developers can now
blithely write to the spec and not worry about supporting various
hardware elements. If additional hardware is there, DirectX will sense
and use it. If not, the CPU will emulate the missing hardware, when
possible. If you have no sound card, theres not much the DirectSound
is goiong to be able to do with a stock PC speaker.
Not every developer, however, is totally thrilled with the Game SDK.
Its also important to note that because DirectXs features are present
in software, fairly powerful machines are needed to be able to take
advantage of DirectX in any practical way. Its clear that with the
introduction and continued support of the DirectX APIs which were
developed with strong input from leading PC game companies, Microsoft
is making an intense effort to support Windows 95 as a game platform.
In the short term, the reason why is equally clear. Despite what people
say to themselves to justify the purchase of an expensive home PC, games
are the most popular home application, by far. To ensure that Windows
95 is accepted as an OS in the home, then, there must be a game presence
in it. Especially considering that first-tiem buyers of home PCs are
far less likely to withstand rigors of installing a DOS game. As this
all passes, the PC market is guaranteed to see more game titles released
native to Windows 95, and as a result, more games released by the top
games groups will also be native to Windows 95.
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Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Games
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The game didnt 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, well 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 : 05/02/96 - 05/08/96
Filename : PAINTB-1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : --
Lemmings Paintball for Windows 95 Previous Total : 0
c Psygnosis - 1/3 Release Score : -3
Running Total : -3
-----/-------------/-hoson------
Filename : LBALLCRK.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-03-96 Filedate : --
/. Previous Total : 0
. / . . . :. Release Score : 3
.: /. :: /: Y /96:. Running Total : 3
/ .:. /:. .:.mr! .:. .:: .
Lemmings Paintball For Win95 CRACK
Filename : NPMCHAO1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-08-96 Filedate : --
/. Previous Total : 3
. / . . . :. Release Score : 4
.: /. :: /: Y /96:. Running Total : 7
/ .:. /:. .:.mr! .:. .:: .
CHAOS OVERLORDS FOR WINDOWS 95
c NEW WORLD COMPUTING 1/5
Filename : -- Fix name : --
Filedate : -- Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 0
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 0
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 0
/aL!/--------/-----+
Filename : -- Fix name : --
Filedate : -- Filedate : --
Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 0
/ . Running Total : 0
dZG/ // / /. / /
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DIVISION
Filename : RORCCW21.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-02-96 Filedate : --
COMMAND CONQUER/WARCRAFT 2 TOOLKIT 1/7 Previous Total : 0
c WALNUT CREEK Release Score : 2
Running Total : 2
05/02/96
Filename : RORPTG1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : --
POWER: THE GAME c IBM 1/6 Previous Total : 2
Release Score : 3
Running Total : 5
05/04/96
Filename : RORCY201.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-05-96 Filedate : --
CYBERIA 2: RESURRECTION c VIRGIN 01/33 Previous Total : 5
Release Score : -3
Running Total : 2
05/05/96
Score Chart : Games
HBD
-3
NPM
7
PSG
0
RZR
0
ROR
2
Average Score Per Release :
Napalm - 3.5
Release on Rampage 0.7
Hybrid - 0.0
Prestige 0.0
Razor 1911 - 0.0
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Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Games
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The game didnt 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, well 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 : 05/09/96 - 05/15/96
Filename : POY-1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
Player of the Year c Krisalis - 1/4 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 3
/ / Running Total : 3
-----/-------------/-hoson------
Filename : NPMT9601.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
/. Previous Total : 0
. / . . . :. Release Score : 2
.: /. :: /: Y /96:. Running Total : 2
/ .:. /:. .:.mr! .:. .:: .
TONY LA RUSSA BASEBALL 3: 1996 EDITION
c STORMFRONT STUDIOS 01/35
Filename : NPMTSP01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-13-96 Filedate : --
/. Previous Total : 2
. / . . . :. Release Score : 2
.: /. :: /: Y /96:. Running Total : 4
/ .:. /:. .:.mr! .:. .:: .
TONY LA RUSSA BASEBALL 3: 1996 EDITION
*OPTIONAL SPEECH PACK* 01/44
Filename : PSG-EWJ1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-09-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 0
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 5
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 5
/aL!/--------/-----+
EARTH WORM JIM II c RAINBOW ARTS 01/05
Filename : PSG-ST01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-09-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 5
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 4
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 9
/aL!/--------/-----+
STRIFE c Velocity 1/27
Filename : PSGWAR01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-13-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 9
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 5
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 14
/aL!/--------/-----+
THE WAR COLLEGE c GameTek! 01/30
Filename : BI222W01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-09-96 Filedate : --
Battle Isle 2220 c BlueByte 01/30 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 4
/ . Running Total : 4
dZG/ // / /. / /
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DIVISION
Filename : WC2EXP01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-10-96 Filedate : --
Warcraft II: Beyond The Dark Portal 01/14 Previous Total : 4
Release Score : 5
/ . Running Total : 9
dZG/ // / /. / /
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DIVISION
Filename : TYRIAN1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
Tyrian c EPIC Mega Games 01/04 Previous Total : 9
Release Score : 3
/ . Running Total : 12
dZG/ // / /. / /
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DIVISION
Filename : -- Fix name : --
Filedate : -- Filedate : --
Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 0
Running Total : 0
/ /96
Score Chart : Games
HBD
3
NPM
4
PSG
14
RZR
12
ROR
0
Average Score Per Release :
Prestige - 4.7
Razor 1911 - 4.0
Hybrid - 3.0
Napalm - 1.0
Release on Rampage 0.0
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Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Games
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The game didnt 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, well 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
/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
/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
/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
/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
/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/ // / /. / /
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DIVISION
Filename : -- Fix name : --
Filedate : -- Filedate : --
Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 0
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
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Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Games
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The game didnt 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, well 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
/aL!/--------/-----+
Battleground III: Waterloo cTalonSoft 01/36
Filename : PSG-PTO1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-24-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 5
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 3
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 8
/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
/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
/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/ // / /. / /
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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/ // / /. / /
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DIVISION
Filename : -- Fix name : --
Filedate : -- Filedate : --
Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 0
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
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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 :
APR MAY MAY MAY Total
HBD
-3/1
3/1
5/1
0/0
5/3
5.0
0.0
-5.0
NPM
7/2
4/2
0/0
0/0
11/4
0.0
0.0
0.0
PSG
0/0
14/3
21/5
15/4
50/12
4.2
3.8
-0.4
RZR
0/0
12/3
4/1
6/2
22/6
4.0
3.0
-1.0
ROR
2/3
0/0
0/0
0/0
2/3
0.0
0.0
0.0
of Releases Last Weeks Yield
of Points This Weeks Yield
Change in Yield
Yield of Points / of Releases
Change in Yield Current Weeks Yield - Previous Weeks Yield
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Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Utils
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The util didnt 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, well 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 : 05/02/96 - 05/08/96
Filename : DODALIB1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 4-23-96 Filedate : --
ALIBABA 2.0 WEB SERVER FOR WIN95/NT 01/04 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 * 03-May-96
Filename : DODQLAW1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-03-96 Filedate : --
QUICKEN FAMILY LAWYER c QUICKEN 01/02 Previous Total : 5
Release Score : 5
Running Total : 10
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 03-May-96
Filename : DODSPROM.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-03-96 Filedate : --
SPEEDYROM v1.0 WIN95 c QUARTERDECK 1/1 Previous Total : 10
Release Score : 5
Running Total : 15
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 03-May-96
Filename : DOD16PI1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-06-96 Filedate : --
PRIMASOFT I-NET ORGANIZER FOR WIN31 01/03 Previous Total : 15
Release Score : 3
Running Total : 18
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 06-Mar-96
Filename : DOD32PI1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-06-96 Filedate : --
PRIMASOFT I-NET ORGANIZER FOR WIN95 01/03 Previous Total : 18
Release Score : 3
Running Total : 21
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 06-Mar-96
Filename : MTYMWA01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-02-96 Filedate : --
Toolworks Multimedia World Atlas Previous Total : 0
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 3
pn
01/1105/02/96
Filename : MTYPCSUN.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-02-96 Filedate : --
Perl-CCI for SunBSD 4.1.3 Previous Total : 3
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 6
pn
01/0105/02/96
Filename : MTYNT289.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : --
NetTerm 2.8.9 Release 3 Previous Total : 6
.... Release Score : 2
Running Total : 8
pn
01/0105/04/96
Filename : MTYCRTB5.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-05-96 Filedate : --
CRT 1.1 Beta Release 5 Previous Total : 8
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 11
pn
01/0105/05/96
Filename : MTYKCD1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-06-96 Filedate : --
Key Calendar Designer For Windows 1/4 Previous Total : 11
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 14
pn
01/0405/06/96
Filename : MTYNT29A.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-07-96 Filedate : --
Net Term 2.9.0 16 Bit Previous Total : 14
.... Release Score : 2
Running Total : 16
pn
01/0105/07/96
Filename : MTYNT29B.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-07-96 Filedate : --
Net Term 2.9.0 32 Bit Previous Total : 16
.... Release Score : 2
Running Total : 18
pn
01/0105/07/96
Filename : PWAEMP01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : --
Empower Ver. 1.4.16 Win 3.1 1/8 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 3
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWASOFTC.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : --
SoftCode For PowerBasic 3.2 01/01 Previous Total : 3
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 6
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeNf
Filename : PWASOFTD.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : --
SoftDemo For PowerBasic 3.2 01/01 Previous Total : 6
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 9
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeNf
Filename : PWASPSCR.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : --
SpeedScreen For PowerBasic 3.2 01/01 Previous Total : 9
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 12
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeNf
Filename : PWAFRCST.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-05-96 Filedate : --
FourCast v96.1 for Win3.1/Win95/WinNT Previous Total : 12
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 15
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
DK -XeN
Filename : WFF3PWA1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-05-96 Filedate : --
WorkFlo Fax 3.0 Beta 1 01/22 Previous Total : 15
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 18
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
DK -XeN
Filename : PWADCS01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-06-96 Filedate : --
Delrina CommSuite 95 7.0.2 01/25 Previous Total : 18
Release Score : 5
A Group Running Total : 23
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWAITF01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-06-96 Filedate : --
Imagineer Technical v1.0 FINAL 01/73 Previous Total : 23
Win95/NT Technical Drawing Software Release Score : 4
Running Total : 27
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
DL -XeN
Filename : PWAMW71D.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-06-96 Filedate : --
MultiEdit v7.10d for Win/Win95 1/1 Previous Total : 27
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 30
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
DL -XeN
Filename : PWAWEBTR.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-08-96 Filedate : --
WebTrends 1.04 cracked for 3.1/95/NT Previous Total : 30
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 33
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeNf
Filename : RBS-ADM.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-02-96 Filedate : --
IBM AntiVirus for OS/2 Admin. v2.5 b2 Previous Total : 0
1/1 Release Score : 2
/ / / Running Total : 2
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-AVB.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-02-96 Filedate : --
IBM Antivirus v2.5 beta 2 for OS/2 Warp Previous Total : 2
01/01 Release Score : 2
/ / / Running Total : 4
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-BS01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-03-96 Filedate : --
MacroMedia Backstage Pre-Release FULL CD Previous Total : 4
01/55 Release Score : 5
/ / / Running Total : 9
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-TCP4.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-03-96 Filedate : --
OS/2 TCP/IP Stack Version 4.0 Beta Previous Total : 9
01/01 Release Score : 3
/ / / Running Total : 12
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-ADNT.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : --
IBM ANTIVIRUS 2.5 BETA 2 for Win NT Admin Previous Total : 12
01/01 Release Score : 2
/ / / Running Total : 14
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-AV95.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : --
IBM AntiVirus v2.5 beta 2 for Win95 Previous Total : 14
01/01 Release Score : 2
/ / / Running Total : 16
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-AVNT.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : --
IBM AntiVirus v2.5 beta 2 for WinNT Previous Total : 16
01/01 Release Score : 2
/ / / Running Total : 18
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-ADW1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-07-96 Filedate : --
IBM AntiVirus v2.5 b2 for DOS/Win 3.x Previous Total : 18
01/02 Release Score : 2
/ / / Running Total : 20
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-AV1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-07-96 Filedate : --
Dr Solomons AntiVirus 7.58 *WIN95* Previous Total : 20
01/03 Release Score : 3
/ / / Running Total : 23
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-SMT1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-08-96 Filedate : --
SmarTerm 470 V 4.0B C Persoft Previous Total : 23
01/04 Release Score : 3
/ / / Running Total : 26
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : XF-LW50.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-03-96 Filedate : --
LIGHTWAVE 3D V5.0B FROM NEWTEK INC. Previous Total : 0
01/01
Release Score : 5
Running Total : 5
sikos
Filename : XF-FWB1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : --
DEC Altavista Firewall -Beta- Previous Total : 5
01/21
Release Score : 3
Running Total : 8
sikos
Filename : XF-INTER.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : --
Interchange 3D v3.0A - 3D OBJECT CONVERTER Previous Total : 8
01/01
Release Score : 3
Running Total : 11
sikos
Filename : XF-POSER.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : --
Fractal Design Poser v1.03 Update .EXE Previous Total : 11
01/01
Release Score : 1
Running Total : 12
sikos
Filename : XF-CSCFC.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-06-96 Filedate : --
CSC FASTCACHE SCSI BACKUP V1.00 F/WIN95 Previous Total : 12
01/01
Release Score : 3
Running Total : 15
sikos
Filename : XF-QFX01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-07-96 Filedate : --
QFX v5.21 Digital Imaging Package 32-bit Previous Total : 15
01/03
Release Score : 4
Running Total : 19
sikos
Score Chart : Utils
DOD
21
MTY
18
PWA
33
RBS
26
X-F
19
Average Score Per Release :
Drink or Die - 4.2
Pirates with Attitudes - 3.3
X-Force - 3.2
Mortality - 2.6
Rebels - 2.6
r c n
r e v i e w s !
Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Utils
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The util didnt 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, well 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 : 05/09/96 - 05/15/96
Filename : DODWMEE1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
Watermark Enterprise Edition v2.1 1/7 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 * 11-May-96
Filename : DODCORE1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-13-96 Filedate : --
COSESSION REMOTE v7.0 c INSYNC 01/03 Previous Total : 3
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 * 13-May-96
Filename : DODQFPL1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-13-96 Filedate : --
QUICKEN FINANCIAL PLANNER v2.0 FOR WIN 1/5 Previous Total : 7
Release Score : 5
Running Total : 12
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 13-May-96
Filename : DOD3MAX1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : --
3D STUDIO MAX FINAL RELEASE 1/9 Previous Total : 12
Release Score : 5
Running Total : 17
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 15-MAY-96
Filename : DODCWP01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : --
COREL WORDPERFECT OFFICE SUITE 95 01/29 Previous Total : 17
Release Score : 5
Running Total : 22
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 15-May-96
Filename : OEMB2-01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-10-96 Filedate : --
OEM SERVICE PACK RELEASE2 BETA2 FINAL 01/30 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 3
/ / / / / Running Total : 3
Released: 05-10-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTYTWK01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
ToonWorks c MicroForum 01/14 Previous Total : 3
Release Score : 3
/ / / / / Running Total : 6
Released: 05-11-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTYWE231.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
Web Edit Pro 2.0 Beta 3 Previous Total : 6
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 9
pn
01/0205/11/96
Filename : MTYWM3-1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
WebMedia Publisher Pro 1/3 Previous Total : 9
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 12
pn
01/0305/11/96
Filename : MTYWMUP1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
WebMedia Publisher Pro 3.0 Release Update 1 Previous Total : 12
.... Release Score : 1
Running Total : 13
pn
01/0105/11/96
Filename : MTY-SD01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-12-96 Filedate : --
SoftDesk S7 Super Productivity CD Previous Total : 13
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 16
pn
01/4505/12/96
Filename : MTY-SPB1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : --
Sax Basic Engine Professional 1/2 Previous Total : 16
Release Score : 2
/ / / / / Running Total : 18
Released: 05-14-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTYSAXCM.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : --
Sax Comm Objects Professional 1/1 Previous Total : 18
Release Score : 2
/ / / / / Running Total : 20
Released: 05-14-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTYSAXST.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : --
Sax Setup Wizard v2.0 1/1 Previous Total : 20
Release Score : 2
/ / / / / Running Total : 22
Released: 05-14-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTYWEB16.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : --
Sax Webster Control 16 Bit 1/1 Previous Total : 22
Release Score : 2
/ / / / / Running Total : 24
Released: 05-14-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTYWEB32.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : --
Sax Webster Control 32 Bit 1/1 Previous Total : 24
Release Score : 2
/ / / / / Running Total : 26
Released: 05-14-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTY-CYBS.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : --
CyberSitter v2.01 1/1 Previous Total : 26
Release Score : 3
/ / / / / Running Total : 29
Released: 05-15-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTY-TV16.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : --
TeleVox 1.0 beta for Win3.1 1/1 Previous Total : 29
Release Score : 2
/ / / / / Running Total : 31
Released: 05-15-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTY-TV32.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : --
TeleVox 1.0 beta for Win95 1/1 Previous Total : 31
Release Score : 2
/ / / / / Running Total : 33
Released: 05-15-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTYGWEB.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : --
G Web c Virtual Presence 1/1 Previous Total : 33
Release Score : 2
/ / / / / Running Total : 35
Released: 05-15-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTYGWIN.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : --
Genesis World Buildier c Virtual Prescene Previous Total : 35
Release Score : 2
/ / / / / Running Total : 37
Released: 05-15-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : PWAB2S01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-10-96 Filedate : --
Windows NT 4.0 Server 01/42 Previous Total : 0
Beta 2 Release Score : 3
Running Total : 3
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWAB2W01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-10-96 Filedate : --
Windows NT 4.0 Workstation 01/40 Previous Total : 3
Beta 2 Release Score : 3
Running Total : 6
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWAFOC01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
Focal Point 01/13 Previous Total : 6
Release Score : 4
A Group Running Total : 10
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWAINOC1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
Inoculan Anti-Virus for WinNT 1/9 Previous Total : 10
version 1.01 Release Score : 5
Running Total : 15
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWASAL01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
Salsa For The Desktop 1.02a 01/12 Previous Total : 15
Release Score : 5
A Group Running Total : 20
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWAMNG01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : --
Intel ManageWise 2.1 01/26 Previous Total : 20
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 23
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : OL3DPWA.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : --
OnLive 3D internet graphic adventure Previous Total : 23
for win95 1.0b12.1 1/1 Release Score : 2
Running Total : 25
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeNf
Filename : PWABCR01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : --
Borland C++ 5.0 Developers Suite Previous Total : 25
Resource Kit 01/37 Release Score : 5
Running Total : 30
A Group
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 : 5
/ / / Running Total : 5
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : XF-HBD01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-12-96 Filedate : --
HORIZON DIGITAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY Previous Total : 0
01/29
Release Score : 3
Running Total : 3
sikos
Filename : XF-DLS1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : --
DOS LAN SERVICE CLIENT OS/2 Previous Total : 3
WARP SERVER ADVANCED c IBM Release Score : 5
-1/4
Running Total : 8
sikos
Filename : XFINFO01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : --
CRYSTAL INFO V4.5 5 USER PILOT PAK Previous Total : 8
Windows 3.1 / 95 / NT -FULL CD- Release Score : 3
01/38
Running Total : 11
sikos
Score Chart : Utils
DOD
22
MTY
37
PWA
30
RBS
5
X-F
11
Average Score Per Release :
Rebels - 5.0
Drink or Die - 4.4
Pirates with Attitudes - 3.8
X-Force - 3.7
Mortality - 2.3
r c n
r e v i e w s !
Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Utils
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The util didnt 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, well 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 : --
Kais 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
Running Total : 1
pn
01/0105/16/96
Filename : GWEBLTE.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : --
GWeb Lite c Virtual Presence, Ltd. Previous Total : 1
.... Release Score : 1
Running Total : 2
pn
01/0105/16/96
Filename : MTYCRTB6.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-18-96 Filedate : --
CRT 1.1 Beta 6 c Van Dyke Previous Total : 2
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 5
pn
01/0105/18/96
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
Running Total : 11
pn
xX/6805/22/96
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 Developers 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 : --
InterDriveR 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 : --
InterDriveR 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 Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The util didnt 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, well 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
Running Total : 3
pn
01/0705/23/96
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 : 9
A Group Running Total : 12
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 : 12
Release Score : 4
A Group Running Total : 16
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 : 16
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 19
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 : 19
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 22
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
22
RBS
21
X-F
6
Average Score Per Release :
Pirates with Attitudes - 3.7
Rebels - 3.5
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
The following is a chart combining the total points of the top 5
utils groups within the past 4 weeks :
APR MAY MAY MAY Total
DOD
21/5
22/5
11/3
0/0
54/13
3.7
0.0
-3.7
MTY
18/7
37/16
11/5
3/1
69/29
2.2
3.0
+0.8
PWA
33/10
30/8
40/15
22/6
125/39
2.7
3.7
+1.0
RBS
26/10
5/1
6/2
21/6
58/19
3.0
3.5
+0.5
X-F
19/6
11/3
6/2
6/2
43/13
3.0
3.0
0.0
of Releases Last Weeks Yield
of Points This Weeks Yield
Change in Yield
Yield of Points / of Releases
Change in Yield Current Weeks Yield - Previous Weeks Yield
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MAY 2
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
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1
WIN
FontFolder vv2.1
ATAAB3AW.ZIP
1
W95
Address Book v3.0a
ATAFO41W.ZIP
1
WIN
Family Origins v4.1
ATAPHJ1W.ZIP
1
WIN
Personal Health Journal v1.0
BB-IPP05.ZIP
5
W95
Microsoft Internet Assistant
CB495-9.ZIP
9
W95
Xoftware v4.0
CB4ARCH3.ZIP
3
WIN
Archnid 95 Pre-Release v2.0
CB4CBP-2.ZIP
2
WIN
CyberPilot v1.0 Pro
CB4CML95.ZIP
1
W95
CMail Server Lite v1.3
CB4CMLNT.ZIP
1
WNT
CMail Server Lite v1.3
CB4GRABS.ZIP
1
WIN
Grab a Site v2.0.2
CB4NT-4.ZIP
9
WNT
Xoftware v4.0
CIGARS.ZIP
1
W95
Cigar Cursors
DA-SWD05.ZIP
1
DOS
Sophos Sweep
DA-SWW05.ZIP
1
W95
Sophos Sweep
DFPV240.ZIP
1
W95
PolyView v2.4
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2
WIN
QuickLink Explorer v2.05
FLPRFB10.ZIP
1
DOS
FoolProof Security Beta v1.0
LL-FW09.ZIP
9
WIN
Fire Wind
MADK-04.ZIP
65
WIN
Microsoft Active-X Developers Kit
MTYMWA11.ZIP
11
WIN
Toolworks Multimedia World Atlas
MTYPCSUN.ZIP
1
SUN
Perl-CCI for SunBSD v4.1.3
NETPK30.ZIP
46
W95
CServe Internet Pack
NRG-SAT2.ZIP
2
W95
One on One with the SAT
OD15-2.ZIP
2
OS2
Object Desktop v1.5
PSBLTYW2.ZIP
2
WIN
Possibility
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1
OS2
IBM AntiVirus v2.5 Beta 2
RBS-AVB.ZIP
1
DOS
IBM Antivirus v2.5 Beta 2
RORCCW27.ZIP
7
DOS
Command Conquer/WarCraft 2 Toolkit
SVA-ECW5.ZIP
5
W95
Enterprise Client
SX-4GL.ZIP
1
XWN
4GL With ESQLC
TRSIS20.ZIP
20
WIN
Microsoft Internet Information Server
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MAY 3
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
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1
W95
Norton Antivirus May Definitions
CB4311-9.ZIP
9
WIN
Xoftware v4.0
CB4NT-9.ZIP
9
WNT
Xoftware v4.0
DFTAMTE6.ZIP
6
W95
AutoMate v2.34
DFTMADD1.ZIP
8
WIN
Money Pro AddOns
DFTVZPRO.ZIP
1
W95
VisualZip v1.5 Pro
DODKHLA3.ZIP
3
W95
Home Legal Advisor
DODQLAW2.ZIP
2
W95
Quicken Family Lawyer
DODSPROM.ZIP
1
W95
SPEEDYROM v1.0
DUKE3D11.ZIP
11
DOS
Duke Nukem 3D
FRCMOO51.ZIP
57
W95
Moodys International Data 95
RBS-TCP4.ZIP
1
OS2
OS/2 TCP/IP Stack v4.0 Beta
RSH-EX34.ZIP
4
W95
ExTrans v3.0
SX-MBED.ZIP
11
W95
MBed
SX-SED32.ZIP
1
W95
Sizzler Editor
SX-SIZ16.ZIP
1
WIN
Sizzler
SX-SIZ32.ZIP
1
W95
Sizzler
SX-SS3D.ZIP
1
W95
Superscape 3D
T96ITV09.ZIP
9
W95
Inside The Vatican
UCF-NBEL.ZIP
1
WIN
NewBel v1.01
UCFLADYB.ZIP
1
WIN
LadyBird v1.8
UCFMEDIT.ZIP
1
W95
MapEdit 95/NT v2.23
UCFQV302.ZIP
1
W95
Quick View Plus v.3.0.2
UCFTABIT.ZIP
1
WIN
TabIt v1.00
VELMUP11.ZIP
11
W95
Muppet Beginning to Read
SUNDAY
MAY 4
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
BB-AUT01.ZIP
4
W95
Microsoft Access 95 Upsizing
COPSAL3.ZIP
3
DOS
Blake Stone : Aliens of Gold
COPSFBS.ZIP
1
DOS
Forbes Thoughts on Business Life
DFTDTACC.ZIP
1
WIN
DataRamp Clear Client
DNS-S211.ZIP
1
WIN
Smooth Editor v2.11
FRC-PB13.ZIP
13
W95
PowerBuilder Desktop Edition v4.0.03
MGEUC237.ZIP
1
WIN
UltraCompressor Beta v2.37
NOVASIST.ZIP
1
W95
Microsoft Support Assistant
NOVMGR04.ZIP
4
W95
Microsoft Mini Manager v1.00.014
NRG-FHE5.ZIP
5
DOS
MacroMedia Freehand v5.0
OS2TOOL.ZIP
1
OS2
OS/2 System Tools v4.1
PAINTB-3.ZIP
3
W95
Lemmings Paintball
PWAEMP08.ZIP
8
WIN
Empower v1.4.16
PWASOFTC.ZIP
1
W95
SoftCode v3.2
PWASOFTD.ZIP
1
W95
SoftDemo v3.2
PWASPSCR.ZIP
1
W95
SpeedScreen v3.2
RSH-FW01.ZIP
3
WIN
File Works v1.2
S-WCOS2P.ZIP
25
OS2
Watcom C/C++ v10.6
SVA-EE1.ZIP
6
DOS
Envelope Engine v.1.2.2
UCF-FKEY.ZIP
1
WIN
FastKey v1.20
UCF-KALI.ZIP
1
W95
Kali 95 v0.9b
UCFCTALK.ZIP
1
WIN
Clock Talk 32
UCFGIFKT.ZIP
1
W95
GIF Construction Kit v1.0
UCFHSNPK.ZIP
1
W95
HyperSnap Keymaker
UCFMANGL.ZIP
1
W95
MicroAngelo v2.0
UCFRASPK.ZIP
1
DOS
RAS Pro
UCFSHW17.ZIP
1
WIN
ShellWizard v1.7
XF-FWB9.ZIP
21
W95
DEC Altavista Firewall BETA
MONDAY
MAY 5
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
AXSWRPY3.ZIP
3
WIN
WirePlay
CS-04.ZIP
27
WIN
Comedy Store
D3DLVEDT.ZIP
1
DOS
Duke Nukem 3D Level Editor
DSO22.ZIP
22
WIN
Dark Sun On-Line Beta Client
DUKESCR.ZIP
1
W95
Duke Nukem 3D Screen Saver
FRC-HOJ6.ZIP
6
WIN
Hooked on Java Developers Kit
MTYCRTB5.ZIP
1
WIN
CRT v1.1 Beta Release 5
NRG-T106.ZIP
6
DOS
Micro House v6.1.5
PDOX7-7.ZIP
7
W95
Paradox v7.0
PWAFRCST.ZIP
1
W95
FourCast v96.1
RBS-ADNT.ZIP
1
WNT
IBM Antivirus v2.5 BETA 2
RORCY233.ZIP
33
DOS
Cyberia 2 : Resurrection
RORPTG6.ZIP
6
DOS
Power : The Game
S-WCDW53.ZIP
53
WIN
Watcom C/C++ v10.6
S-WCNT56.ZIP
56
W95
Watcom C/C++ v10.6
SVA-KV4.ZIP
4
WIN
Key View v5.0
WFF3PWAM.ZIP
22
W95
WorkFlo Fax v3.0 Beta 1
TUESDAY
MAY 6
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
AMRHSTA5.ZIP
5
WIN
American History Atlas v1.0c
BTOMCY06.ZIP
11
DOS
Motor City v1.2
COPSTCD.ZIP
1
WIN
TC-Director v.2.1
DA-A114E.ZIP
1
DOS
AGSI v1.1.4
DFG2-MCC.ZIP
1
WIN
Drag and File Gold v2.03d
DFTADPR2.ZIP
2
W95
Address Database Professional v4.0.10
DFTBPAC8.ZIP
8
W95
Business Suite Pack
DFTPYRL2.ZIP
2
DOS
Payroll Plus v1.3
DMN-FD34.ZIP
4
W95
First Aid 95 Deluxe 3
HTTPDW32.ZIP
1
WIN
IBM Internet Connection Server
IC-GM95B.ZIP
3
W95
Goldmine
ICS.ZIP
1
OS2
IBM Internet Connection Server
ICSNTB1.ZIP
1
WNT
IBM Internet Connection Server
JBZVRSS6.ZIP
6
DOS
VR Soccer 96 Sound AddOns
MSC-TMTR.ZIP
1
W95
TimeTree v1.0b
MTYKCD4.ZIP
4
WIN
Key Calendar Designer
NFSDIET1.ZIP
1
W95
Health And Diet Pro
NOVIOLE4.ZIP
4
W95
OLE 2
NRG-C117.ZIP
17
DOS
Micro House v6.5.1.0K Controller Library
NRG-D112.ZIP
12
DOS
Micro House v6.5.1.0K Harddrive Library
NRG-N104.ZIP
15
DOS
Micro House v6.5.1.0K NetworkCard Library
NRG-V127.ZIP
27
DOS
Micro House v6.5.1.0K IO-Card Library
PCA96-4.ZIP
4
WIN
PC Anywhere 32 v2.0 Beta 1
PNC-MPP.ZIP
1
DOS
Mind Path Presentation F/X v1.3
PTSTTMB2.ZIP
2
DOS
TopicTeam v1.0 Beta
PWADCS25.ZIP
25
WIN
Delrina CommSuite 95 v7.0.2
PWAITF72.ZIP
73
DOS
Imagineer Technical v1.0
PWAMW71D.ZIP
1
W95
MultiEdit v7.10d
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1
WIN
Crack for LazaLabl v2.6
S-WCH39.ZIP
39
WIN
Watcom C/C++ v10.6 Help Files
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1
WIN
Net Popup 95 v2.11
UCFFFF52.ZIP
1
W95
FileFinder v5.2
UCFSTKMA.ZIP
1
WIN
Stocktrack 32 v1.0
XF-CSCFC.ZIP
1
W95
CSC FastCache SCSI Backup v1.0
WEDNESDAY
MAY 7
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
ATA-RIR2.ZIP
2
DOS
Readiris
ATAPGMN2.ZIP
2
DOS
Presto! Page Manager v1.2
ATAPRST3.ZIP
3
WIN
Presto! v1.43
DOD16PI3.ZIP
3
WIN
PrimaSoft Internet Organizer
KALI12UC.ZIP
1
DOS
Kali 1.2u
M8SGOLF2.ZIP
2
DOS
Sensible Golf
M8SURV-9.ZIP
9
DOS
Survival
MSQ-MV09.ZIP
9
W95
Microsoft Mediaview v1.4.1
MSQ-MVA7.ZIP
7
DOS
Microsoft Mediaview Author v1.0
MTYNT29A.ZIP
1
WIN
Net Term v2.9.0
MTYNT29B.ZIP
1
W95
Net Term v2.9.0
NRG-G3EO.ZIP
1
OS2
Gear MM v3.3
NRG-G40B.ZIP
2
W95
Gear MM v4.0
NRG-MHPC.ZIP
12
DOS
Micro Home v3.0 Pro
PWAITF-6.ZIP
73
DOS
Imagineer Technical v1.0
QNT-DS7.ZIP
7
WIN
Descent 2 3D-Edge
RBS-ADW2.ZIP
2
DOS
IBM AntiVirus v2.5 Beta 2
SVA-UI11.ZIP
13
WNT
Unigraphics NT
SWIOPNT4.ZIP
4
WNT
OpenNT
T96PWR03.ZIP
3
DOS
Power Slave
UCFHD32C.ZIP
1
W95
HotDog Webeditor
XF-QFX03.ZIP
3
WIN
QFX v5.21 Digital Imaging Package
THURSDAY
MAY 8
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
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1
W95
Win-Secure-It v1.00
AOD-TS4.ZIP
4
W95
Toy Story SS v2.1
BTE-IMAG.ZIP
1
W95
Image Folio Pro
CB4RMP-2.ZIP
2
W95
Remotely Possible 32 v2.0e
CSUP9510.ZIP
38
W95
Close Up 95 v7.0
DMN-QB.ZIP
1
W95
QuickButton v2.6
DMN-XFP.ZIP
1
WIN
XFerPro v1.1
DRS-IB09.ZIP
43
DOS
InfoBase Server Edition
FBI!DB2.ZIP
2
W95
DashBoard
IFTP-MCC.ZIP
1
WIN
IFTP v3.0
M8-FWCRK.ZIP
1
DOS
Fire Wind Crack
MDC-ALE5.ZIP
5
W95
Arts Letters Express v5.0
NPMCHAO5.ZIP
5
W95
Chaos Overlords
PST-P26R.ZIP
1
DOS
PVE v2.60
PST-SWM3.ZIP
3
DOS
StarWars 3DS Meshes
PST-TP1.ZIP
1
WIN
Tiny Prot v1.0d
PWAWEBTR.ZIP
1
WIN
WebTrends v1.04
RBS-SMT4.ZIP
4
WIN
SmarTerm 470 v4.0B
SHAKII05.ZIP
5
DOS
Shakii the Wolf
STN-HRM2.ZIP
8
W95
Herman
THCSR2BC.ZIP
1
W95
Microsoft OEM SR2 Beta 1
TO-CNA36.ZIP
47
W95
Connection Assistant v2.1a
VGCWA11.ZIP
30
DOS
Conquest of the New Worlds AddOns
ZTB155R.ZIP
1
OS2
ZTreeBold v1.55
THURSDAY
MAY 9
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
3DLAND11.ZIP
19
W95
3D Landscape Books
BI222W30.ZIP
30
DOS
Battle Isle 2220
BTE-VS1.ZIP
2
W95
VistaScan Version v2.24
CB4-CB4.ZIP
4
DOS
CBuilder v1.51 Build 4
DMN-CM4A.ZIP
10
W95
Chameleon 95
DNS-R200.ZIP
1
DOS
RAR v2.00
FBI!FNTP.ZIP
1
W95
Font Pack Truetype
FRC-PMU4.ZIP
4
W95
PageMaker v6.01 Upgrade
HHGEXTC3.ZIP
1
W95
Extracad III
HST-3D12.ZIP
12
W95
3D Deck Backyard Construction
IMAGNT39.ZIP
39
WNT
Imagitech Design Workshop
OCT-IBM4.ZIP
4
WIN
IBM LAN Client v2.0 Update
PNC-PDQ2.ZIP
2
WIN
PDQComm v3.1
PNCISC13.ZIP
13
DOS
Inside Sports Swimsuit Calander
PSG-EWJ5.ZIP
5
DOS
Earth Worm Jim 2
PSG-ST27.ZIP
27
DOS
Strife
PST-WB2C.ZIP
3
WIN
IVEX WinBoard v2.1
PST-WD2B.ZIP
2
WIN
IVEX WinBoard v2.1
RBS-BS51.ZIP
55
DOS
MacroMedia Backstage Pre-Release
SMRTG02.ZIP
6
DOS
Smart Games
SVA-ED3.ZIP
3
DOS
EDiary 96
TKSOLVER.ZIP
1
WIN
TK Solver : Machine Design
FRIDAY
MAY 10
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
DEADL-16.ZIP
16
DOS
Deadline
DJWIN51B.ZIP
4
WIN
Data Junction v5.1
DMNN3113.ZIP
13
WIN
Lotus Notes v4.1
DMNN9515.ZIP
16
W95
Lotus Notes v4.1
DMNNO223.ZIP
23
OS2
Lotus Notes v4.1
DWNGRD3.ZIP
3
W95
Garden Architect
DWNMVD2.ZIP
2
W95
Microsoft Video v1.1 Update
EVR-E61I.ZIP
10
W95
EXTRA! Personal Client v6.1
EVR-I32F.ZIP
6
W95
IRMA v3.2
FBI-FN3.ZIP
5
W95
Fountain
IKBABE33.ZIP
33
WIN
Babe Interactive MovieBook
OEMB2-30.ZIP
30
W95
OEM Service Pack Release 2 Beta 2
PWAB2S36.ZIP
42
WIN
Windows NT 4.0 Server
PWAB2W40.ZIP
40
WIN
Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
SM-WC2E1.ZIP
5
DOS
WarCraft 2 Expansion : Beyond the Dark Portal
TO-CNA23.ZIP
47
DOS
Connection Assistant v2.1a
SATURDAY
MAY 11
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
ATA-CTAL.ZIP
1
W95
Cool Talk
CB4JM312.ZIP
1
WIN
JetMail Client v4.6
CIAAT-6.ZIP
6
WIN
University Atlas
COPSJUN.ZIP
1
DOS
Juno
CS-27.ZIP
27
DOS
Comedy Store
EVR-I98A.ZIP
12
WIN
Install Shield v3.00.098
EVR-ZIPB.ZIP
2
WIN
ZIP! Print Manage
FRC-FDC4.ZIP
4
DOS
Fusion Design Comics
IVAN42.ZIP
42
WIN
Ivans Scientific World
MDC-MEX3.ZIP
3
DOS
Mail Extension v1.52
MTYTWK14.ZIP
14
DOS
ToonWorks
MTYWM3-3.ZIP
3
W95
WebMedia Publisher Pro
NPMT9630.ZIP
35
DOS
Tony La Russa Baseball 3 1996
PAPRPRT3.ZIP
3
W95
PaperPort Software
POY-4.ZIP
4
DOS
Player of the Year
PWAFOC13.ZIP
13
WIN
Focal Point
PWAINOC7.ZIP
9
WNT
Inoculan Anti-Virus for WinNT
PWASAL02.ZIP
12
W95
Salsa For The Desktop 1.02a
RD-HPWIZ.ZIP
1
WIN
Homepage Wizard
SVA-UTD4.ZIP
4
WNT
UniGraphics Converter
TPLAYG03.ZIP
50
W95
Triple Play Plus : Learn German
TYRIAN4.ZIP
4
DOS
Tyrian
WC2EXP14.ZIP
14
DOS
Warcraft 2 : Beyond The Dark Portal
SUNDAY
MAY 12
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
AMM-CW2.ZIP
1
OS2
ColorWorks v2.0
ATA-RAU2.ZIP
2
WIN
Real Audio Utility Package
BTE-VS2.ZIP
2
WIN
VistaScan Version v2.24
DJWIN51D.ZIP
4
W95
Data Junction v5.1
DODWMEE7.ZIP
7
DOS
Watermark Enterprise Edition v2.1
EWJ2FIX.ZIP
1
DOS
Earthworm Jim 2 Fix
GPDS28.ZIP
28
W95
Graphics-Pro Design System v4.0
MDC-MFT2.ZIP
2
DOS
Mutual Fund Tax Calculator
MDC-PFO2.ZIP
2
W95
Portfolio Pages v1.01
MDC-WKR2.ZIP
2
W95
Wav-Maker v2.2
MTY-SD45.ZIP
45
DOS
SoftDesk S7 Super Productivity
MTYWE232.ZIP
2
W95
Web Edit Pro v2.0 Beta 3
N32E202.ZIP
1
W95
NetScape Navigator v2.0.2
SCUMNPPA.ZIP
10
SYS
Nashville PlusPack Build 1072
SM-FCST2.ZIP
2
W95
Foo Castle
SWIBUD.ZIP
1
WIN
Budweiser Bud Frogs SS
UCFMCONV.ZIP
1
DOS
Master Converter v1.51
UCFSTIL.ZIP
1
DOS
Stilleto 96
UCFWWTCH.ZIP
1
WIN
Weight Watch v1.0
WPC435R.ZIP
1
W95
Web Page Creator v4.35
X-LS1732.ZIP
1
WIN
Lightning Strike Plug-in v1.7
XF-HBD29.ZIP
29
DOS
Horizon Digital Business Directory
ZZMCAP-2.ZIP
2
DOS
Zicky Zicks MilkCaps v3.0b
MONDAY
MAY 13
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
3DSMAX23.ZIP
39
WNT
3DStudio MAX
BZR-RB04.ZIP
4
W95
ROSE BUD PRO v6.01K
CB4PCX37.ZIP
7
WIN
PC-Xware v3.0
FBI-EX1.ZIP
7
DOS
Executor v1.99
FIFOTTV2.ZIP
2
WIN
Tune in Television
LSR-RR39.ZIP
39
DOS
Rat Race
NPMTSP44.ZIP
44
DOS
Tony La Russa Baseball 3 1996 Speech AddOn
NRG-AP32.ZIP
2
WIN
LabView v4.0 Application BUILDER
NRG-AP51.ZIP
2
W95
LabView v4.0 Application BUILDER
NRG-AP52.ZIP
2
WNT
LabView v4.0 Application BUILDER
NRG-SQ16.ZIP
16
DOS
Gupta SQL Base v6.0
PSGWAR30.ZIP
30
DOS
The War College
RL-MPWV5.ZIP
5
DOS
MultiPlatform WordView
SPIRAW31.ZIP
1
WIN
Spira CD-R Software
SPIRAW95.ZIP
1
W95
Spira CD-R Software
TRD-TANC.ZIP
12
DOS
The War College : Tannenberg Scenario
TRDWARDA.ZIP
10
DOS
The War College : Online Docs
TUESDAY
MAY 14
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
ATA3DA55.ZIP
55
WIN
3D Atlas v1.1
ATASND08.ZIP
8
WIN
3D Atlas v1.1 Sound AddOn
DODCORE3.ZIP
3
W95
Cosession Remote v7.0
DODQFPL5.ZIP
5
W95
Quicken Financial Planner v2.0
DOX-DPT.ZIP
1
DOS
DPT Scsi SmartCache
DRS-ED10.ZIP
10
DOS
ELSATrak SMP System Documentation
FBI-EX7.ZIP
7
DOS
Executor v1.99
HEATH-3.ZIP
3
W95
Heathkit A+ Certification Review Tests
MDMSHRED.ZIP
1
DOS
INSYNC v7.0
MTY-SPB2.ZIP
2
WIN
Sax Basic Engine Pro
MTYSAXCM.ZIP
1
WIN
Sax Comm Objects Pro
MTYSAXST.ZIP
1
WIN
Sax Setup Wizard v2.0
MTYWEB16.ZIP
1
WIN
Sax Webster Control
MTYWEB32.ZIP
1
W95
Sax Webster Control
PTEMPLT2.ZIP
2
DOS
Paper Templates
PWAMNG08.ZIP
26
DOS
Intel ManageWise v2.1
SCUMSRW1.ZIP
2
W95
ShivaRemote Dial-In v4.0
SHKPTS1.ZIP
1
DOS
Phoenix Telephone Suite
SHKQSE3.ZIP
3
WIN
Quicken Special Edition
UCFUED32.ZIP
1
W95
UltraEdit-32 v4.00
VGES2A16.ZIP
30
DOS
EarthSiege 2 Animations
XF-DLS4.ZIP
4
OS2
Lan Service Client
ZY-SKAT1.ZIP
5
W95
WinSkat
WEDNESDAY
MAY 15
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
CB4PCX32.ZIP
7
WIN
PC-Xware v3.0
CH463N-6.ZIP
8
DOS
Netmanage Chameleon NFS v4.6.3
DRS-ES33.ZIP
42
DOS
ELSATrak SMP System v1.6
LL-ST08.ZIP
8
DOS
Strife
MTY-CYBS.ZIP
1
DOS
CyberSitter v2.01
MTY-TV16.ZIP
1
WIN
TeleVox v1.0 Beta
MTY-TV32.ZIP
1
W95
TeleVox v1.0 Beta
MTYGWEB.ZIP
1
W95
G Web
MTYGWIN.ZIP
1
W95
Genesis World Buildier
NOVNSH04.ZIP
4
W95
NteShield v2.3.2
PSG-LAB6.ZIP
6
DOS
Loony Labyrinth Pinball
PSG-TOS9.ZIP
9
DOS
Battle Arena : Toshinden
RSH-RS02.ZIP
3
WIN
ReflectSense v3.0
TDVPAGE9.ZIP
9
W95
Logitech PageScan V1.2
THURSDAY
MAY 16
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
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 Developers 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
SDMWNS3.ZIP
3
WIN
ATT 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. Solomons Antivirus Toolkit v7.58
DODPGOO2.ZIP
2
W95
Kais 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
Uleads 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
Uleads 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
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
Score Chart : BBS Uploads
AMN
310 MB
DGT
0
EMP
0
EVR
583 MB
fATE
159 MB
MAL
0
M8
0
RPR
585 MB
RTS
127
RiSC
663 MB
Average Uploads Per Courier :
EVERLAST - 583 MB
AMNESiA - 310 MB
RAPiER - 243 MB
Rise in Superior Couriering - 221 MB
Fast Action Trade Exchange - 159 MB
Request to Send - 127 MB
Digital - 0 MB
EMPIRE - 0 MB
MALiCE - 0 MB
Motiv8 - 0 MB
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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
Mr.Skill
EVERLAST
446,574,920
4
The Blue Adept
EVERLAST
438,297,918
5
Everclear
RiSC
402,235,051
6
Swamp Thing
Digital
305,765,786
7
Shatter Star
RiSC
452,265,343
8
Iron Eagle
RAPiER
256,927,114
9
Asmodeus
EVERLAST
198,433,309
10
Luck
RAPiER
186,022,783
Score Chart : BBS Uploads
AMN
0
DGT
306 MB
EMP
0
EVR
1647 MB
fATE
0
MAL
0
M8
0
RPR
443 MB
RTS
0
RiSC
2137 MB
Average Uploads Per Courier :
Rise in Superior Couriering - 772 MB
EVERLAST - 412 MB
Digital - 306 MB
RAPiER - 222 MB
AMNESiA - 0 MB
EMPIRE - 0 MB
Fast Action Trade Exchange - 0 MB
MALiCE - 0 MB
Motiv8 - 0 MB
Request to Send - 0 MB
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
MALiCE
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
Score Chart : FTP Uploads
AMN
623 MB
DGT
117 MB
EMP
0 MB
EVR
111 MB
fATE
0 MB
MAL
457 MB
M8
0 MB
RPR
0 MB
RTS
0 MB
RiSC
477 MB
Average Uploads Per Courier :
MALiCE - 228 MB
AMNESiA - 208 MB
Rise in Superior Couriering - 159 MB
Digital - 117 MB
EVERLAST - 111 MB
EMPIRE - 0 MB
Fast Action Trade Exchange - 0 MB
Motiv 8 - 0 MB
Rapier - 0 MB
Request to Send - 0 MB
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
MALiCE
263,463,724
9
Gumby
n/a
233,265,345
10
Arch-Vile
RiSC
204,253,232
Score Chart : FTP Uploads
AMN
1020 MB
DGT
0 MB
EMP
0 MB
EVR
301 MB
fATE
0 MB
MAL
263 MB
M8
0 MB
RPR
0 MB
RTS
0 MB
RiSC
2529 MB
Average Uploads Per Courier :
AMNESiA - 510 MB
MALiCE - 228 MB
Rise in Superior Couriering - 159 MB
EVERLAST - 111 MB
Digital - 0 MB
EMPIRE - 0 MB
Fast Action Trade Exchange - 0 MB
Motiv8 - 0 MB
RAPiER - 0 MB
Request to Send - 0 MB
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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, heres 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!
Dear Road Rebel,
The BBS scene pimped on the Internet scene. It was so much more
interesting to be in! I mean getting stuff around in 0-2 day was HARD!
It took skilled couriers. I think the Internet ruined everything.
Signed,
Koon Dog
Dear Koon Dog,
I think youre very right, the BBS scene involved much more skill.
People would spend countless hours logging onto boards around the world
to get new releases so they could put everything around the world and
get all the releases out. But why do you think the Internet ruined
EVERYTHING? I think it raised the competition that much higher. Now
people really have to try hard to get places before others do. When the
Internet wasnt around, the competition was not to get stuff around
faster than anybody else, but to get stuff around at all. Now, we have
so many great couriers and they all try to push the same stuff to the
same place, and people lose by mere seconds. I think that makes things
that much harder. But of course, it is not who does it first, its who
does it right, and it could quite easily be said that much of todays
scene is filled with bad releases that dont work.
Signed,
Road Rebel
Dear Road Rebel,
The Internet has fixed some things and fucked up other things.
Couriers are having a ball now trying to do things before others.
However, like you say, there are some new problems. Many boards are
getting partial releases and that doesnt help anybody. It makes the
courier look bad and then makes the group look stupid. Ultimately, it
lowers the quality of the board.
Signed,
Zero Prime
Dear Reader,
I think you bring out an interesting point. The scene is currently
in a transition regarding the Internet and the BBS scene. The Internet,
I think, will end up prevailing, but while were making this transition
from BBS to Internet, the two are clashing. Were going from one
resource that can push a meg per second, to a resource that pushes no
more than 3k per second. Thats a huge bottleneck, and one that will be
resolved as soon as we start getting BBSs running on private T1s and
Cable modems. Until then, the bottleneck will still slow us down. As
soon as the transition is complete, the scene will breathe a fresher
air.
Signed,
Road Rebel
Topic For Next Week : Week Old Group
As always, we see about three new groups a week, and about three
more die every week. However, none of these groups grow beyond 2 or 3
releases. Every once in a while, if were lucky, the group ends up
releasing on a regular basis. Sounds like a winner, right? Wrong.
Most often, the groups releases dont work, are uncracked, or even
incomplete. One would think, in theory, that new groups cant hurt
anything. Sure, there could be too many of them, and they take up time,
but if they release, theyre helping the scene. However, this is hardly
the case.
The situation has become so bad that now, when one finds a release
that he wants, he must check twice to see what group released it.
Often, if the group is not a megafigure such as DOD or PWA, Razor or
Dynamix, he wont even download it, for fear of wasting an hour of his
time just to find that what he downloaded doesnt even work. So, whats
the alternative for the hopefuls to get big in the scene? What do you
think these small groups are doing to the scene as a whole? Do you
think they benefit it, or inhibit its success? Do you think their
releases, even though small in number, are worth downloading? Do you
trust them? Write back and tell us what you think!
Please E-Mail 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 :
Aquarius January 21 to February 19 : A wonderful alignment of the
Sun and your ruler Uranus suggests that an unforeseen event
such as constipation will be sure to be within your reach.
Dont appear to bein too much of a hurry, and drink a lot of
prune juice.
Pisces February 20 to March 20: You cant afford to sit on IRC all
day when your future happiness and security are at risk.
Indeed, youd be well advised to make your intentions known.
If you are gay, or your name so happens to be Incarante, do not
be afraid to come out of the closet, with Mercury resuming its
normal direction over the Moon this coming week, this would be
a perfect time.
Aries March 21 to April 20 : Dont be put off by someones lack of
faith in your abilities to join a warez group. You ruler Mars,
strongly supported by Jupiter, is opening the right doors. All
you have to do is send some applications to warez groups, and
youre bound to be accepted with open arms.
Taurus April 21 to May 21 : This is not the moment to sacrifice an
ambition or ignore a professional opportunity. In fact, you
could hardly pick a better week to start your very own Internet
warez group. However, if you do start an Internet warez group
this week, dont fool yourself in believing that your group
will last more than a few days.
Gemini May 22 to June 21 : Finish what you start this week, or you
could end up losing out to someone who lacks your style, talent
and knowledge. After your ruler Mercury alters its course to
the Moon, there will be nothing to stop you from pulling off a
potentially major coup. If your name so happens to be Digital
Vampire, this is a perfect time to name yourself the new leader
of the dead courier group MALiCE, you are sure to succeed.
Cancer June 22 to July 23 : Positive planetary activity in your
opposing sing of Capricorn suggest that you no longer have to
toe the line regarding an especially intense Internet
relationship. Youll get what you want even sooner than you
expected. If your name so happens to be Winterhawk, utilizing
more than one dildo at a time will satisfy your needs.
Leo July 24 to August 23 : Your ruler, the Sun, in conjunction with
Uranus, planet of the unexpected, suggests that a sudden turn in
events is about to upstage a partnership issue on a FTP site or on
a BBS. Since youre able to turn the tide in your favor, you
should do so, even if it means upsetting others.
Virgo August 24 to September 23 : With your communicative ruler
Mercury resuming its regular projectory to the Moon, its time
for you to plan a change. Come up with a new handle, and you
will receive good luck. There are those who many try to impede
your progress, but you know more than they do. The more idiotic
your new handle, the more you stand to gain.
Libra September 24 to October 23 : The combined influence of
assertive Mars and confident Jupiter will encourage you to
pursue whatever action it takes regarding your cybersex life.
There are those who will call you names, ignore their words, and
you will find true happiness.
Scorpio October 24 to November 22 : Its time to show a certain
person that youre not kidding around, and that youre not
prepared to stay on the sidelines for a minute longer than
necessary. There have been rumblings among the IRC channels
you frequent, and only you can quiet the situation.
Sagittarius November 23 to December 21 : The Sun in your opposite
sign of Gemini is highlighting a union, it seems that you
should try to be a little less self-centered. Since you
are in a position to provide tremendous help for someone
close, it would be churlish not to.
Capricorn December 22 to January 20 : A creative or romantic liaison
is brilliantly aspected thanks to Mars and Jupiter, and you
many never better your chance at finding an IRC boyfriend or
girlfriend this week. But, first, you must be sure that you
have full support of someone whose opinion you value.
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 Carters 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 hes 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 users 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 organizations 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 charsetISO-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 Carters 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
Carters 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 DONT KNOW NOTHIN questions! Enter all your answers in,
and when you feel youre 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 Dont Know Nothin midway through the quiz and dont
want to embarrass yourself with an incredibly low score, press ESC and
youll 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!
This person was one of the original founders of Razor 1911 :
A. Jimmy Jamez
B. Mikeysoft
C. Orion
D. None of the Above
RWN is the abbreviation for this imaginary group :
A. Rainbow With Nexus
B. Raisins With Nuts
C. Reality With Nipples
D. None of the Above
The following person has yet to kiss a girl other than his mother :
A. Hitex
B. LeoDLion
C. Rebel Chicken
D. None of the Above
The following person is gay :
A. Entropy
B. Incarnate
C. Rebel Chicken
D. None of the Above
Wave Rider is also known as :
A. Duane Pemberton
B. Nate Lo
C. Robert Gebelli
D. Sean Green
This person states that in the courier contest between Amnesia and
Digital, Amnesia allegedly beat Digital by over 600 megs :
A. Blitzkrieg
B. Frost
C. Lester
D. TSA
TSA stands for :
A. The Secret Agent
B. The Secret Amos
C. The Secret Asian
D. None of the Above
The Renegade Chemist was once a leader in this group in early 1995
before he decided to ditch it to form Eclipse :
A. Dynamix
B. Hybrid
C. Prestige
D. Razor 1911
The following were leaders of RiSC Rise in Superior Courierning
at one point in time EXCEPT :
A. Crackpot
B. Mikeysoft
C. Shatter Star
D. None of the Above
ALL of the following are frequented IRC channels EXCEPT :
A. DOD
B. PWA
C. RiSC
D. ROR
r c n
v o t i n g !
If you didnt vote, dont complain! The following is a chart
summarizing last weeks reader votes regarding release groups :
Voting Results : Games
DNX
28 Votes
HBD
10 Votes
NPM
20 Votes
PSG
32 Votes
RZR
25 Votes
ROR
5 Votes
Total Votes : 120
Voting Results : Utils
ATA
3 Votes
DWN
5 Votes
DOD
20 Votes
MTY
26 Votes
PWA
37 Votes
RBS
13 Votes
SCUM
5 Votes
X-F
15 Votes
Total Votes : 124
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v o t i n g !
If you didnt vote, dont complain! The following is a chart
summarizing last weeks reader votes regarding courier groups :
Voting Chart : BBS
AMN
16 Votes
DGT
12 Votes
EMP
5 Votes
EVR
26 Votes
fATE
8 Votes
THC
6 Votes
MAL
3 Votes
M8
10 Votes
RTS
12 Votes
RiSC
35 Votes
Total Votes : 133
Voting Chart : NET
AMN
26 Votes
DGT
10 Votes
EMP
5 Votes
EVR
3 Votes
fATE
20 Votes
THC
6 Votes
MAL
3 Votes
M8
4 Votes
RTS
8 Votes
RiSC
45 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?
Dawn
Demolition
Drink or Die
Mortality
Pirates with Attitudes
Pinnacle
Rebels
Scum
Sodom
X-Force
Which TRADE group is 1 in the field of NET couriering?
The Age of Creation
Amnesia
Digital
Empire
Everlast
Fast Action Trading Exchange
The Hardened Criminals
Malice
Motiv8
Power Trading Arsenal
Rapier
Request to Send
Rise in Superior Couriering
Sinful Traders
Total Kaos
Which TRADE group is 1 in the field of BBS couriering?
The Age of Creation
Amnesia
Digital
Empire
Everlast
Fast Action Trading Exchange
The Hardened Criminals
Malice
Motiv8
Power Trading Arsenal
Rapier
Request to Send
Rise in Superior Couriering
Sinful Traders
Total Kaos
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
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Author : Tuxedo Mask
Subject : Rebel Chicken and Wintrhauk.. Sitting on a Tree..
*** RblChickn chicken@terra.igcom.net joins channel Date
Wintrhauk Hi! Whats up?
RblChickn Not much. Whyd you invite me to this channel?
Wintrhauk Well, I was reading RCN, and I see that youre pretty
desperate for a girlfriend. Do you have a girlfriend yet?
RblChickn No, not yet.. why do you want to know?
Wintrhauk Well, I thought about my love life for a while, analyzing
all the perks and stuff. I figure, Im almost going over
the hill now, and I need a boyfriend badly. My old
boyfriend, MikeyBob is in jail now, he got caught
masturbating in public. He said he had this urge, and
couldnt stop.
RblChickn You invited me to this channel to tell me that your old
boyfriend is in jail? Thats why you invited me?
Wintrhauk No, I wanted to tell you that Im almost over the hill
now...
RblChickn I already know that.
Wintrhauk Let me finish, Im almost over the hill now, and youre
almost graduating from high school, and we both need the
same thing.
RblChickn Argh.. what do I need?
Wintrhauk You need a girlfriend.
RblChickn I know that, but how would you be able to help me get a
girlfriend?
Wintrhauk If you dont mind, I could be your girlfriend.
RblChickn Youre kidding right?
Wintrhauk No, Im not kidding.. why would I kid about a serious matter
such as a relationship?
RblChickn I must be having a fucking nightmare. Hey bitch, Im
desperate, but not stupid. I only like GIRLS.. not farm
animals.
Wintrhauk Ah.. come on.. we both need the same thing, and we can
fulfill that need if we have each other.
RblChickn Eeeeeeeewww.. I dont want to fulfill anything with you.. go
away.. youre scaring me.
Wintrhauk Are you rejecting me? If you are, then youll pay for this.
Nobody on the Internet has ever rejected me before. I am a
woman, and I have what you need, Ill ask you one more time.
Do you want to me to be your girlfriend? If you say NO,
Im going to kill you and blacklist you off every FTP site
and BBS in the world. Im powerful, I can do that.
RblChickn YES, I really want to you to be my girlfriend.. but..
Wintrhauk But WHAT?
RblChickn But Im uh.. GAY! Thats it! Im gay. I only like little
boys. I have to go now.. my phone is ringing.. that must be
my uh.. boyfriend! So I have to go, bye.
*** Signoff: RblChickn Eeeeeeeewww..
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Rebel Chicken : Editor
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Joker : FTP Site
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Frost : Writer
Kahn : Writer
Krypto : Writer
Lucifers Fear : Writer
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