r e a l i t y c h e c k n e t w o r k ! Introduction Find that Narc Contest Editorials "Warez-IQ" Warez Quiz! Interviews Voting Booth/Results Articles Reader Survey Reviews Secret Articles Warez Lists Space Invaders Game Top 10 Couriers Group NFOs [Couriers] Dear Road Rebel, Group NFOs [Releases] Astrology RCN Information r e a l i t y c h e c k n e t w o r k ! Prophet 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??? Return to Main Menu Check Out Other Parts of RCN #16! r e a l i t y c h e c k n e t w o r k ! COVER : Zieg Passes Away Our Prayers Are With You... PLUS! : Renegade Chemist? The Renegade Chemist, I'm a god! Bluewater and Razor Sharp RiSCed and Confused Crackpot Ditches the Scene I'm 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? Return to Main Menu Check Out Other Parts of RCN #16! r e a l i t y c h e c k n e t w o r k ! Group Reviews : Games #1 Group Reviews : Utils #1 Group Reviews : Games #2 Group Reviews : Utils #2 Group Reviews : Games #3 Group Reviews : Utils #3 Group Reviews : Games #4 Group Reviews : Utils #4 Group Totals : Games Group Totals : Utils Go Back to Main Menu r e a l i t y c h e c k n e t w o r k ! The Seven Listing #1 [05/02/96] --> [05/08/96] The Seven Listing #2 [05/09/96] --> [05/15/96] The Seven Listing #3 [05/16/96] --> [05/22/96] The Seven Listing #4 [05/23/96] --> [05/29/96] Global Warez Search Search All Warez Lists!! Return to Main Menu Check Out Other Parts of RCN #16! r e a l i t y c h e c k n e t w o r k ! Top 10 Couriers : BBS #1 Top 10 Couriers : FTP #1 Top 10 Couriers : BBS #2 Top 10 Couriers : FTP #2 Go Back to Main Menu r e a l i t y c h e c k n e t w o r k ! Voting Results : Release Voting Results : Courier Voting Booth Go Back to Main Menu r e a l i t y c h e c k n e t w o r k ! Rebel Chicken... and Wintrhauk? Return to Main Menu Check Out Other Parts of RCN #16! 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! Don't 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 d'information utile. Je vais ssayer de vous dire se que je pense tre bon dans le mag. videment, ce sont mes opinions a moi. J'aime bien que c'est un seul fichier .exe car c'est plus compact donc plus simple de manipuler. Gardez le system de l'intro 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 l'actulit . Les NFOs sur les crews sont correctes et bonnes. Quand meme, j'aimerai bien si vous pouvez retoucher l'interface graphique. Traitez plus des questions techniques. Remplacez le soundchip par un module. Faites un graffiti wall pour que chacun puisse s' 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 it's 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, it's very cool. The interviews have much variation, which I really like. I also like the week-by-week classification in the warez listings. It's an awesome way of knowing the reality of what is being released. The group NFOs are also great because they're 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 it's understandable, which should be good enough for now ;-). Ch r Quartex, Merci pour nous en crir! Environ les MODs, la seule raison que nous n'avons pas chang s toute la musique dans RCN des MODs c'est 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. I'd like you to define the world's 3 fastest BBS's. 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 BBS's would go, Zion's 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, you've 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 can't 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 don't 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. I'm Pagan. First thing I'd 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 won't mind. He's 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, they've released every game I've 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 I'll 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, they're both awsome. I'm in PWA. Chuckie (Golomufu) thinks that Tyranny is the best. One day they're 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, I'll give anyone who does, ONE dollar. I gotta go, here is my lover Graphik. He's my hero. Hello, I'm Graphik. Pagan says I'm his hero. But I think I'm 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 it's important that we all share information or something. Errr.. I have a thought on how everyone always calls everyone lamers.. I don't think anyone is really lame, except my friend Joey, but he doesn't count because he's well.. lame. I love you Joey. Anyways, calling people lame is stupid because we were all little lamers at one time and didn't have a clue what a warez was and we weren't in like 300 groups all at once that don't even know you're 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 that's 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 haven't 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 doesn't. 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 haven't seen their 2 presidents in 3 years. Hey.. I have another thought. Idlers. What's the deal with all this ideling going on? I mean.. Everyone idles 14 hours a day 7 days a week (except for Prestige, they're a bunch a weirdos - I fit right in). They should change the name from Internet Relay Chat to Idlings Really Cool. Well like.. I don't think I have anything else to say.. although I probably do but I can't think while I'm under all this pressure. Oh yeah, I have one more thing to say, MARBZ, WHERE THE FUCK ARE OUR MODEMS? :) *PS* We can't give out our affiliations because we're afraid of what they'd do to us if they saw this letter. Signed, Pagan/Graphik Dear Pagan/Graphik, If I didn't know better, I'd 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 you're wrong? Hail naw! Different strokes for different folks! Hey, you're 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 . You may have gotten your way the first time, but you ain't gettin' it this time! If it's really hard for you to beat the game and you're 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. It's 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 haven't gotten the passwords, I'll 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. I'm Shadow Master, currently supplying for Prestige, formerly having done the same for Legend, Genesis, TDU-JAM!, and Razor 1911. I've been involved with the scene and all its politics and such for 6 years, so I trust you'll all understand that I know what I'm 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 Rage's commentary on Napalm. Instant Rage claims that Napalm has "speed" and it's this speed which allows them to be so fast that they beat veteran groups. Let me clue everyone in. Napalm's "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. Let's 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 you'd 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. Napalm's 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 haven't 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. Don't get me wrong, if Napalm has a game far in advance of others and puts it out, but it needs a fix, I won't 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 game's 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. It's 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 Napalm's foolishness in the past, but things will change. To be the man, you've got to BEAT the man. Word up to Napalm, the Master's 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 I'm not in Napalm... Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken r c n e d i t o r i a l ! Dear RCN, Well, I'm sure we've all once needed a program REALLY badly, and if it's bad enough, you'll 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, I'm not sure if it's just the fact that some (not all) of the #WarezX and #Oldwarez ops are just assholes, or if they're all raging fucking egomaniacs, but I got banned from 3 channels called #Warez-Waldo, #Warez5, and #Oldwarez. So here's my question. If the #WarezX and #Oldwarez channels aren't there for helping people out when they need a file, WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY FOR?!??! And still, maybe a warning or something, you don't just ban someone for asking for a file, it's just fucking lame. So, for all you #WarezX and #Oldwarez ops out there, if you're gonna ban someone, make sure you have a good reason.. oh, and another thing, if you ban someone for asking for a file, that's called LAMENESS. Get off the fucking power trip, and if you ever hear yourself saying "WOOHOO... I've got ops on a channel, I think I'll abuse it", un-op yourself, the scene doesn't 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 couldn't 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. It's 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 that's alright, shit happens. I don't know if you've read their magazine, I don't 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 you're 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 they're entitled to do what they want to do, it's their mag. However, I don't 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 what's going on in the scene. If there is one aspect of the scene that shouldn't have competition, it's 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 wouldn't 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, I'd email them directly. They're still too young to understand this, however, and still want to play games with us by writing to us through their magazine. It's 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 they'll have it all going on. Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken Dear RCN, Defacto posts that Drapper's site was not really busted, and that it is merely a figure of speech. Don't 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 you're 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 won't mention" and then five lines later say "Drapper's 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 WORLD'S 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 don't know where you could find the lady. Nor do I want to know. I just hope she's doesn't live anywhere around me. As far as our supplier, it was Road Rebel. However, he's 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. We're 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 don't 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 Hannibal's 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 don't worry much about who's better and who's 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 NPM's 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 there's 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 20's 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 NPM's 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, there's no need to hide the truth. Yes, I've noticed PSG's quote too and I don't 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 don't bother to fight it because we simply don't 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 don't 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 don't care, we're here just to have fun. We don't care if nobody wants to download NPM releases or if nobody wants to join NPM. RCN : You still didn't 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 didn't make the crack. NPM : Well, Wolverine didn't 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 can't 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 can't 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 NPM's main supplier was Fan Fan La Tulipe (ex-TDU-JAM! Leader), but that is total bullshit because we don't 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 doesn't 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 couldn't 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, it's 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, it's 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. r c n i n t e r v i e w s ! Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Shadow Master Subject : Prestige vs. Napalm Affiliation : PSG Leader RCN : PSG (Prestige) has done extremely well recently, and some attribute it's success to the fact that nearly all of DNX (Dynamix) supplier's 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 : There's a quote by PSG that says "If you guys nuke our PSG Euro Edition, you guys should nuke Napalm's 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 PSG's 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 PSG's 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 didn't 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 : I'm not quite sure what attracted them, so I'll 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 didn't 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. RZR's 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 they'll 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. r c n i n t e r v i e w s ! 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 what's 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 it's a full-time job, unlike being in a releasing group, when you're 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 don't 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 it's 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 haven't 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 don't even trade, you have to wonder why. And if I don't get a reply back, well, that hasn't happened yet and I'm 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 don't just get kicked out of the group? RSC : RiSC isn't that strict, no usually not, but obviously if they say "No, I don't 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, it's perfectly understandable. RCN : I remember that NOT too long ago, Mikeysoft was one of the 3 RiSC leaders, now there's only 2. What happened to him? Did he refuse to work? Did he say "you guys suck"? RSC : Ahh yes, Mikeysoft, I really didn't 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 don't think I got into RiSC until a little after he was kicked out. As far as I know, he didn't do anything wrong, and I know he ran a board called Final Frontier. I don't 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 RiSC's safety? RSC : As far as I know, no. Of course, I haven't been in the scene a long time to know the whole story. I don't 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 who's anybody knows that they're lacking in sites, and anybody who's 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 don't it's 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, I'm not saying fATE get's warez 10 hours later, but with today's speed and couriers, it's 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 doesn't have an offering channel, and I don't 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 doesn't 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 you're saying that fATE is slow, or at least slower than RiSC? Really? That can't be.. RSC : I really think the majority of the files are spread on the top FTP sites. Like I said, it's 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 it's on the fATE sites. You don't see a lot of files coming from the less active sites do you?? RCN : I don't 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 don't piss much then, or you must have a bottle in front of you right now. On the note of NPM, they haven't 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 hasn't 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 it's 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 isn't going to stop anyone from releasing, and the couriers DON'T 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 DOD's 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 it's a matter of time before it dies, is that true? RSC : Tough question, I'm 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 don't 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. r c n i n t e r v i e w s ! 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, I'm 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 MC's 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 didn't 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 didn't 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 don't 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 didn't 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 didn't even know Swamper's 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 don't 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 it's current level, has more than surpassed MC's courier ability even at it's 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 wouldn't 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 you're 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 don't 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 RiSC's BBS crew. However, on FTP sites, DGT clearly excels over most courier groups, and is a match for all. r c n i n t e r v i e w s ! 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, that's true in one way. It's 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 didn't 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 didn't 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 wouldn't 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 : Who's 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 didn't 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 didn't 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 didn't 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 MAL's 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 they'd do? RAP : I'd 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 it's former courier prowess within the scene, or do you believe that MAL is a lost cause with no potential under Dorian Hawkmoon and Jake's 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. It's just a matter of hard work. I don't 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 wasn't 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? Where'd he disappear off to? I don't 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, that's correct. I rather not comment that, you should ask Captain Blood, Egoistic Fate, and Lester about that. I don't 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, I'd say to say that is complete bullshit. We've only been around for 2 months and yet we've 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 we've 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 it's peak? Do you think that RAP is a more organized group, with a better couriering potential? RCN : Let's put it this way, MAL had 120+ couriers, RAP only has 50+ couriers. We're 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 couldn't 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 don't like some other courier groups that just concentrate on one area. RAP is establishing a strong presence in all fields of couriering. r c n i n t e r v i e w s ! Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Cryptic Pain Subject : Mortality Affiliation : Mortality Leader RCN : MTY (Mortality) has been doing extremely well lately, and some attribute it's success due to g0d's help. I've 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 haven't reached our full potential yet. RCN : What is different about the scene NOW that makes you want to come back? How come you're 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 haven't 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 that's 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 MTY's WHQ? MTY : It has helped us spread our files much better. We have also supported it very well. Last week, Park Central's 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 that's 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. r c n i n t e r v i e w s ! 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 it's 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 didn't even do what they told me they were going to do. RCN : Most group leaders put new members on "trial", and if they don't 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" you're mentioning really don't 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, I'm 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 he's 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 must've given me the wrong information, or something. RCN : May be he's ditching you like a bad date? What do you mean by, "seems he must've 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 you'll 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 aren't going to say "you're our sister group" and then give utils and get nothing. We won't have a sister group that is just all talk, I'm tired of it. RCN : You say you're 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 we're 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. r c n i n t e r v i e w s ! 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 that's where I stand today. (RCN #4 - BOB) RCN : What do you mean by, "that's 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 ROR's 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 ROR's 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 Rebel's 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 don't have it right now, it's 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 didn't 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 AT&T 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 couldn't 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 couldn't use the warrant against you? ROR : If the warrant they have is for a person that doesn't 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, AT&T and the U.S. Marshall came to your house, but it so happened that they had a typo in the warrant, and then they couldn't do anything to you. Why did AT&T come to your house in the first place? ROR : AT&T has nothing to do with the QStudios case. AT&T busted me for using extrapolated credit cards on long distance phone calls. r c n a r t i c l e s ! 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 don't 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 didn't 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, let's 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 you're out there somewhere, take it easy bro, we will meet again.. some day.. and I promise I will bring you that day's 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 you're a religious person, please say a prayer for Markus... "I'll Miss ya bro.. :(" r c n a r t i c l e s ! 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 The Regade Chemist? That would be me. Your mag sucks. Gee.. thanks! Why do you always have interviews with total idiots in your magazine? So you're saying all the people we've interviewed are lame? 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 don't deserve to live Why do you say RCN sucks? RCN sucks because it interviews people that are totally not important. Issue 16 will feature an interview Speed Master, he's one of the leaders of PSG (Prestige), a group you're active in. Fine, dcc me issue 16. It won't be out until this Sunday. TRC, since you assume that you're so fucking important, I'll talk a lot about you this week okay? hehehe.. Get your head out of your ass. 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. I didn't say I was important. Then don't act like you are. And don't fucking come up to me like you're fucking god demanding shit from me. If you don't like RCN, write us a letter stating that, and we'll be more than happy to publish it. But I am a god! Fuck you, you're no god. Think about it.. without people like me, you'd 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 (You're no god) *** DCC chat connection to TRC[205.241.167.47] established Without me, PSG wouldn't be as good as it is, that's for sure. Without you, there wouldn't be pompous asses in the scene either. What the hell is your problem anyways.. thinking you're a god? 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. You're labelling me as "you people"? Yes, I am labeling you as "you people". I'm also labelling you among all the other Internet lamers who feed off of the major groups. Fuck you TRC, you're just pissed because someone submitted an article praising NPM. You're right, if you praised PSG, I wouldn't complain, because PSG has something that NPM doesn't have. PSG is a real group, while NPM is a bunch of store pickup Internet monkeys. Look at this last month, there's NOTHING good that came out of NPM. All they do is go to stores, pick up the games, and steal cracks, nothing any idiot couldn't do. We are covering the story of NPM stealing cracks from PSG this upcoming issue. PSG on the other hand, we're putting out stuff before it hits the stores, BEFORE its even released sometimes. It's always the losers like NPM that get your attention. You're getting my attention right now, a lot of it. You must be a loser then. You people have no idea what the scene is really like. I'm 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. PROPHET IS A LAMER!!! He's not a lamer, he doens't think he's a god. Nobody should respect a shit group like NPM. Don't start telling me who or what I should or should not respect. I'll tell you what you should respect if I so desire. Don't expect to me listen to your fucking desires. At least NPM doesn't have shitheads like you in their group. Oh yeah? Prophet's a shithead. He's not, and I would very much defend him if asked. You're a stupid fool. And you think you're a fucking god. *** DCC CHAT connection to TRC lost Session Close : Sat Jun 1 10:38:36 1996 r c n a r t i c l e s ! 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. It's a lot more fun that way. Message from bwater I do keep a window in IRC, you just can't find me. bababoey: Bluewater, what do you mean? Message from bwater bwater=rzrsharp :) bababoey: Do you know what the story with RiSC is? Bababoey immediately gets on IRC : You there? Is this Bluewater? Hello? What. Is this Bluewater? Didn't you get the messages I sent you on Enigma? Yah, I did, just just making sure :) Yes. So you are rzrsharp on Dymentia? Why not bwater? 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. Yah, BBX is definitely the fastest FTP site at the moment. Okay, I am on Dymentia. Why don't you use the handle bwater on Dymentia? 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, Robin's 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, couldn't upload new PSG (Prestige) releases under a DNX leader's 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. Damn.. I just got lagged to shit.. ok now. 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. How weird, this is the first I have heard of this. Do any of the other leaders of RiSC know about this? That's why bwater really hasn't been able to run DNX and you saw a dry spell I think in April until Crackpot took over the responsibilites. So, is it ok if I tell people what the deal is? Actually, since Crackpot is one of the leaders of DNX and RiSC, then you could say they know. Who are you planning on telling? I don't know. I was just wondering if you wanted to hide the fact that rzrsharp=bwater still. Well, it doesn't bother me I guess. 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. 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! 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? 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 wouldn't mind having his accounts intact. I think you should choose a single handle to use on every FTP site. Well, Dymentia is going down so that's not important. I think the way it is is fine. I'll 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. r c n a r t i c l e s ! 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 isn't much that's 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 DNX's 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.. he's one of us... Interviewer(s) : Entropy Interviewie(s) : 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, I'm 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 I'm 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 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. 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 you're even qualified to make this statement? I mean, you weren't 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 = AMN's 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 didn't 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. I'd have to say the dude that kept his cool during the whole contest was Prozac. He never participated in the name calling junk. Cheating, that's a big question, lots of rumors and stuff, but I won't elaborate. The site operator is a cool dude, he was really nice to me during the whole contest. TSA : Ok. Here's 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. Here's 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 (Risc's best courier) and Suspicious Image (One of the best Risc courier too) Holy Moly! wow! I didn't know that!!.. and I suppose you're 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 he's in fact a board courier. Don't 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 I'm not too sure what you're trying to say here. He's local to shatter star, and he's 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? I'll field this one TSA. I think TSA is making hasty generalizations, proving to be false themselves. Next thing you know, he'll 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 Dark'es initial 600 meg estimate. Star / SImage uploaded 600+ megs FOR DGT. And How can you That's pretty damn funny since I can't see them both uploading more than 300 megs each per week. Oh, but how would you know, you weren't even in the competition! explain that a BOARD COURIER who isn't 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 wouldn't know about that, he wasn't 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, that's how RiSC beats AMN couriers now adays, it doesn't take a grade A genius to figure that out. If you didn't know that, I don't 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 doesn't courier anymore? Why isnt he in RISC? Very simple TSA, he came back for the contest, and notice he didn't courier before the contest. He helped found DGT and was retired and I think he still is. Why isn't Prozac in RiSC, why isn't MGD in RiSC, why isn't Swamper in RiSC? It's called group loyalty.. and the fact that Dark Eclipse is retired. In fact, think about it and you'll 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, they're 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, you've been drinking too much anti-freeze. said in our fACE and in the RCN that they where going to win and they know that wasn't true. I'm 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 it's 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 you're trying to start another fight between AMN and DGT. I've made my peace with AMN, I've accepted that we lost by 27 megs. I can say that MGD and I along well and we don't have many arguments anymore. So if you got any arguements get your ass on a site and beat me, cause I haven't 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 I'm sorry, sorry to see you living in a dream world, don't speak so soon. and that we won by over than 600 megs, at less do it. For You're downright delusional. the rest of the net ;) : Happy Couriering, Leeching, whatever! Have fun and.. That about it :) Amnesia, watch us in action and you'll 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, S_Mobius, Cyberjack, all those wacko's 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 haven't changed you're brain's still gelatin Little Whispers circle around your head why don't you worry about yourself instead? Before you judge me take a look at you Can't you find something better to do? point the finger, slow to understand arrogance and ignorace go hand in hand It's not who you are it's who you know Other's 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 r c n a r t i c l e s ! 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 DCC'ing 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 doesn't 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 DCC'er 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 "DCC"ing is lame", that would make anyone's 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 trader's 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 don't care if a BBS gets telnet or not, it's still a viable function; even 1 to 3 node local boards have their place. And using the same logic, DCC's have that certain element that FTP's cannot give you. XDCC'ing 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 DCC's are for widespread distribution. Each has its place, and each has its function. r c n a r t i c l e s ! 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 vp's (yes it was so disorganised that AOF had multiple vp's). 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 it's way to become a contender with the other larger groups. This is where I would like to explain Univ's 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 didn't. 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 that's when he said "You're 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 weren't any other vp's 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 didn't 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 didn't 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 don't 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 don't 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. r c n a r t i c l e s ! 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 user's 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. It's no surprise that they often failed to cover all possible combinations. And it's 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 Developer's 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 DirectDraw's 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 Moore's 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 that's about it. Snore. Now that's 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, there's 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. It's also important to note that because DirectX's features are present in software, fairly powerful machines are needed to be able to take advantage of DirectX in any practical way. It's 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. r c n r e v i e w s ! Author : Rebel Chicken Subject : Group Reviews : Games Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene. Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following is the scoring basis I'll be using : Points : -------- [-3] The game didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. [ 1] The game was a dupe or freeware, [ 2] Unsatisfactory, [ 3] Average, [ 4] Above Average, and [ 5] Excellent! A group may lose points the following week and have their releases labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. Dates of Games Reviewed : 05/02/96 -> 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] r c n r e v i e w s ! Author : Rebel Chicken Subject : Group Reviews : Games Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene. Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following is the scoring basis I'll be using : Points : -------- [-3] The game didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. [ 1] The game was a dupe or freeware, [ 2] Unsatisfactory, [ 3] Average, [ 4] Above Average, and [ 5] Excellent! A group may lose points the following week and have their releases labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. Dates of Games Reviewed : 05/09/96 -> 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] r c n r e v i e w s ! Author : Rebel Chicken Subject : Group Reviews : Games Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene. Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following is the scoring basis I'll be using : Points : -------- [-3] The game didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. [ 1] The game was a dupe or freeware, [ 2] Unsatisfactory, [ 3] Average, [ 4] Above Average, and [ 5] Excellent! A group may lose points the following week and have their releases labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. Dates of Games Reviewed : 05/16/96 -> 05/22/96 Filename : RFIRE-1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-22-96 Filedate : -- Return Fire (c) Time Warner Int. - [1/6] Previous Total : 0 ___ Release Score : 5 ______ / /_______________________ Running Total : 5 /___ // / \___ \____ \______ \ \_/ _ \__ / _ __// _ __/ \/ / /\ / / / / / / \ / / \/ / / / / /__/ /____/_____//__/ /__/_____/ / \_/__/\____\\____\\_/__/\__\_____\/ -----\__\/-------------\__\/(-hoson-)----- Filename : -- Fix name : -- Filedate : -- Filedate : -- /\. Previous Total : 0 . ____ / >______. . _____.____ ____:. Release Score : 0 .: \ \ /_\___. \__::> /:\ Y /'96:. Running Total : 0 :: / . / \| __/ \:/ /__/ \ .: ./ \__/ " \ > " <______> \_/___>: `< /:<___\___>/___\___>. <_____>:. :. \/ .:. |/:. .:.mr! .:. .:: . Filename : PSG-NOM1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 0 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 4 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 4 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /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] r c n r e v i e w s ! Author : Rebel Chicken Subject : Group Reviews : Games Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene. Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following is the scoring basis I'll be using : Points : -------- [-3] The game didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. [ 1] The game was a dupe or freeware, [ 2] Unsatisfactory, [ 3] Average, [ 4] Above Average, and [ 5] Excellent! A group may lose points the following week and have their releases labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. Dates of Games Reviewed : 05/23/96 -> 05/29/96 Filename : -- Fix name : -- Filedate : -- Filedate : -- Previous Total : 0 ___ Release Score : 0 ______ / /_______________________ Running Total : 0 /___ // / \___ \____ \______ \ \_/ _ \__ / _ __// _ __/ \/ / /\ / / / / / / \ / / \/ / / / / /__/ /____/_____//__/ /__/_____/ / \_/__/\____\\____\\_/__/\__\_____\/ -----\__\/-------------\__\/(-hoson-)----- Filename : -- Fix name : -- Filedate : -- Filedate : -- /\. Previous Total : 0 . ____ / >______. . _____.____ ____:. Release Score : 0 .: \ \ /_\___. \__::> /:\ Y /'96:. Running Total : 0 :: / . / \| __/ \:/ /__/ \ .: ./ \__/ " \ > " <______> \_/___>: `< /:<___\___>/___\___>. <_____>:. :. \/ .:. |/:. .:.mr! .:. .:: . Filename : PSGBGW01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-23-96 Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 0 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 5 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 5 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ Battleground III: Waterloo (c)TalonSoft 01/36 +------------------------------------------+ Filename : PSG-PTO1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-24-96 Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 5 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 3 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 8 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /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/\ __// _ |/ ____/. | \/\ __/ _/ \ \/ /_ _/ /_ | ! _/ \ \ \____\ \______\_________|_____\____\ \_ =======\___/=== 1911 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] r c n r e v i e w s ! Author : Rebel Chicken Subject : Group Reviews : Games The following is a chart combining the total points of the top 5 games groups within the past 4 weeks : 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 Week's Yield # of Points This Week's Yield Change in Yield Yield = # of Points / # of Releases Change in Yield = Current Week's Yield - Previous Week's Yield r c n r e v i e w s ! Author : Rebel Chicken Subject : Group Reviews : Utils Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene. Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following is the scoring basis I'll be using : Points : -------- [-3] The util didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. [ 1] The util was a dupe or freeware, [ 2] Unsatisfactory, [ 3] Average, [ 4] Above Average, and [ 5] Excellent! A group may lose points the following week and have their releases labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. Dates of Utils Reviewed : 05/02/96 -> 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 WIN'95 (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 (==[01/11]\_____\_______>[05/02/96]==) 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 (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/02/96]==) 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 (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/04/96]==) 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 (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/05/96]==) 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 (==[01/04]\_____\_______>[05/06/96]==) 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 (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/07/96]==) 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 (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/07/96]==) 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 Network's all new group review! Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene. Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following is the scoring basis I'll be using : Points : -------- [-3] The util didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. [ 1] The util was a dupe or freeware, [ 2] Unsatisfactory, [ 3] Average, [ 4] Above Average, and [ 5] Excellent! A group may lose points the following week and have their releases labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. Dates of Utils Reviewed : 05/09/96 -> 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 (==[01/02]\_____\_______>[05/11/96]==) 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 (==[01/03]\_____\_______>[05/11/96]==) 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 (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/11/96]==) 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 (==[01/45]\_____\_______>[05/12/96]==) 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 Developer's 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 Network's all new group review! Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene. Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following is the scoring basis I'll be using : Points : -------- [-3] The util didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. [ 1] The util was a dupe or freeware, [ 2] Unsatisfactory, [ 3] Average, [ 4] Above Average, and [ 5] Excellent! A group may lose points the following week and have their releases labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. Dates of Utils Reviewed : 05/16/96 -> 05/22/96 Filename : DODWEB01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-18-96 Filedate : -- WEB TRANSLATOR V1.0 BY GLOBALINK [01/30] Previous Total : 0 _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 3 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 3 _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 18-May-96 ] == Filename : DOD-AVN1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-21-96 Filedate : -- DR. SOLOMANS ANTIVIRUS TOOLKIT 7.58 [01/03] Previous Total : 3 FOR NETWARE 3.1X AND 4.X Release Score : 4 _______________ ____________ ____________ Running Total : 7 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 21-May-96 ] == Filename : DODPGOO1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-22-96 Filedate : -- Kai`s Power GOO 1.0 (c) MetaTools [01/02] Previous Total : 7 _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 4 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 11 _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 22-May-96 ] == Filename : GENLITE.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- Genesis World Builder Lite Previous Total : 0 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 1 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 1 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/16/96]==) Filename : GWEBLTE.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- GWeb Lite (c) Virtual Presence, Ltd. Previous Total : 1 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 1 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 2 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/16/96]==) Filename : MTYCRTB6.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-18-96 Filedate : -- CRT 1.1 Beta 6 (c) Van Dyke Previous Total : 2 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 3 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 5 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/18/96]==) Filename : MTY-IJ1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-21-96 Filedate : -- Internet Junction for Novell Netware [01/02] Previous Total : 5 ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 3 \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 8 / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ Released: [05-21-96] Mortality 96! Filename : N1326-01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-22-96 Filedate : -- WINDOWS NT WORKSTATION v4.0 BUILD 1326 Previous Total : 8 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 3 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 11 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[xX/68]\_____\_______>[05/22/96]==) Filename : PWAGPP01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- Graph Pad Prism 2.01 For Win [1/2] Previous Total : 0 Release Score : 4 A Group Running Total : 4 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWAHF301.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- Hot Forms 3.0b For Win 95/NT [1/2] Previous Total : 4 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 7 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWAAV951.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : -- IBM AntiVirus 2.5 beta 2 [01/01] Previous Total : 7 Release Score : 1 A Group Running Total : 8 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- Filename : PWAAVNT1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : -- IBM AntiVirus for Windows NT [1/1] Previous Total : 8 Version 2.5 Beta 2 Release Score : 1 Running Total : 9 A Group That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- Filename : PWABCR01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : -- Borland C++ 5.0 Developer's Suite Previous Total : 9 Resource Kit [01/37] Release Score : 5 Running Total : 14 A Group That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWAEXD01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : -- eXceed 5.0.1 for Windows 95 [01/10] Previous Total : 14 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 17 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWAFLSH1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : -- FlashCards CNE3 Update WFW/95 [1/1] Previous Total : 17 Release Score : 1 A Group Running Total : 18 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWAONET1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-18-96 Filedate : -- OnNet V2.1 [01/31] Previous Total : 18 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 21 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. [DL] -XeN Filename : PWAVDS01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-18-96 Filedate : -- Visual Developers Suite Deal [01/24] Previous Total : 21 Spring 1996 Version For Win 3.1/95 Release Score : 5 Running Total : 26 A Group That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWA-M951.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- Multi Active Maximizer for Win NT/95 [1/5] Previous Total : 26 Release Score : 2 A Group Running Total : 28 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. [DL] -XeN Filename : PWA-MMW1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- Multi Active Maximizer for Win 3.11 [1/4] Previous Total : 28 Release Score : 2 A Group Running Total : 30 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. [DL] -XeN Filename : PWAID95.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- InterDrive(R) 95 Version 2.0 Previous Total : 30 Release Score : 2 A Group Running Total : 32 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. [DL] -XeN Filename : PWAIDNT.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- InterDrive(R) NT Version 2.0 Previous Total : 32 Release Score : 2 A Group Running Total : 34 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. [DL] -XeN Filename : PWAWL1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- WanderLink Release 2.2 BETA [1/2] Previous Total : 34 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 37 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. [DL] -XeN Filename : PWAD3D01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-20-96 Filedate : -- Dir 3D 1.0 For Windows [01/02] Previous Total : 37 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 40 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : RBSWMAP1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- Windows Map v2.2 (c) Microsoft [1/8] Previous Total : 0 _____________ _____ _________ _______ Release Score : 3 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 3 / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : RBS-HYSP.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-20-96 Filedate : -- HyperSnap for Windows 95 v2.65 Previous Total : 3 ________________________________[01/01] Release Score : 3 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 6 / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : XF-JF101.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- JFACTORY V1.0.1 FOR WINDOWS 95 / NT Previous Total : 0 (c) ROGUE WAVE Release Score : 3 [01/01] Running Total : 3 sikos Filename : XF-WPS1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- CC:MAIL FOR OS/2 WORKPLACE SHELL V1.03d Previous Total : 3 [01/02] Release Score : 3 Running Total : 6 sikos Score Chart : Utils DOD 11 MTY 11 PWA 40 RBS 6 X-F 6 Average Score Per Release : --------------------------- Drink or Die - [3.7] Rebels - [3.0] X-Force - [3.0] Pirates with Attitudes - [2.7] Mortality - [2.2] r c n r e v i e w s ! Author : Rebel Chicken Subject : Group Reviews : Utils Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene. Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following is the scoring basis I'll be using : Points : -------- [-3] The util didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. [ 1] The util was a dupe or freeware, [ 2] Unsatisfactory, [ 3] Average, [ 4] Above Average, and [ 5] Excellent! A group may lose points the following week and have their releases labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. Dates of Utils Reviewed : 05/23/96 -> 05/29/96 Filename : -- Fix name : -- Filedate : -- Filedate : -- Previous Total : 0 _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 0 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 0 _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 96 ] == Filename : MTYVISI1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-23-96 Filedate : -- VISUAL RELEASE WITH INSTALIT v7.0 Previous Total : 0 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 3 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 3 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/07]\_____\_______>[05/23/96]==) Filename : PWA-JETC.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-23-96 Filedate : -- JetCommander, V2.01 powerful NC-Clone Previous Total : 0 for WIN95,DOS and OS/2. Full long filenames Release Score : 3 support under WINDOWS95 + OS/2 Running Total : 3 A Group That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. [DL] -XeN Filename : PWAMNG01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-25-96 Filedate : -- Intel ManageWise 2.1 [01/26] Previous Total : 3 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 6 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWAUC31.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-25-96 Filedate : -- Caps User 3.1 For Windows [1/1] Previous Total : 6 Release Score : 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 Week's Yield # of Points This Week's Yield Change in Yield Yield = # of Points / # of Releases Change in Yield = Current Week's Yield - Previous Week's Yield 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 Developer's 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 Moody's 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 DSO_22.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 Developer's 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 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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! 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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] r c n t o p 1 o This chart was compiled by adding the number of bytes uploaded to the 5 fastest BBSes in the WORLD. The following is a chart of the RCN top 10 couriers : Dates of Upload Count : 05/26/96 -> 06/02/96 User Handle/Alias Affiliation Upload Bytes #1 Immortal RiSC 1,283,263,734 #2 Ellisdee EVERLAST 563,165,465 #3 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] r c n d e a r r o a d r e b e l ! Welcome to Dear Road Rebel! This is going to be YOUR column that is a cross between Dear Abby and Dave Berry. The most important part of this is YOUR participation. If you have ever had a question about the scene or just a comment, here's the place! Have you ever wanted to know why some people do this or that? ASK! I would love to take it to the extreme for you and we will be happy to research it! I hope you have as much fun with this as I will! Remember, this is YOUR column! 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 you're 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 wasn't 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, it's who does it right," and it could quite easily be said that much of today's scene is filled with bad releases that don't 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 doesn't 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 we're making this transition from BBS to Internet, the two are clashing. We're going from one resource that can push a meg per second, to a resource that pushes no more than 3k per second. That's a huge bottleneck, and one that will be resolved as soon as we start getting BBSs running on private T1's 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 we're lucky, the group ends up releasing on a regular basis. Sounds like a winner, right? Wrong. Most often, the group's releases don't work, are uncracked, or even incomplete. One would think, in theory, that new groups can't hurt anything. Sure, there could be too many of them, and they take up time, but if they release, they're 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 won't even download it, for fear of wasting an hour of his time just to find that what he downloaded doesn't even work. So, what's 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 : (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. Don't appear to bein too much of a hurry, and drink a lot of prune juice. (February 20 to March 20): You can't afford to sit on IRC all day when your future happiness and security are at risk. Indeed, you'd 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. (March 21 to April 20) : Don't be put off by someone's 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 you're bound to be accepted with open arms. (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, don't fool yourself in believing that your group will last more than a few days. (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. (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. You'll 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. (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 you're able to turn the tide in your favor, you should do so, even if it means upsetting others. (August 24 to September 23) : With your communicative ruler Mercury resuming its regular projectory to the Moon, it's 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. (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. (October 24 to November 22) : It's time to show a certain person that you're not kidding around, and that you're 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. (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. (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 Carter's RCN exposure will win access to a 130 meg file bot. RCN is in search of information concerning Chris Carter, such as his home and business addresses, home and business phone numbers, and/or any embarrassing information you can dig up (like, if he's a queer or something). Information concerning Chris Carter will only be published in this E-Zine if proven true. Any information on this person will be greatly appreciated. Let the narc hunt begin!!! Please email all responses to 'an385786@anon.penet.fi.'. The following is a short summary of what Chris Carter is all about : Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 01:02:01 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Carter To: x@x.x.x Cc: postmaster@x.x, piracy1@SPA.ORG, software@BSA.ORG Subject: Software Piracy from x@x.x.x Dear John Doe: I have found a user in your Internet domain who plays a large role in the distribution of copyrighted software on the Internet. This user uses the nickname "Ordinance," and uses the account "x@x.x.x.". He/she is a member of an underground group called "RTS." This group is dedicated to the transfer of illegal commercial software to a large audience of users on the Internet. They use the most efficient and fastest methods possible. The user was seen on IRC at exactly: Sun Apr 28 02:04:41 1996 EDT. In an effort to stop software piracy on the Internet, I have been monitoring various groups of users on the Internet Relay Chat network. This medium of communication has become very popular with "warez" pirates who exchange commercial software illegally. On the IRC network, groups of people come together to use sophisticated methods to distribute commercial software to literally thousands of users. With such large scale distribution methods, the software industry is losing millions of dollars. I have no direct evidence to show you that this user is participating in illegal activities. But I can direct you to where evidence can be found. If you are permitted to do so, I suggest that you take a brief scan of the user's home-directory and check for any suspicious files. If you cannot do this, I recommend that you keep a close eye on this user and watch for any unusual activities. Please take whatever action is appropriate in dealing with these matters as stated in your organization's Internet Policy Agreement or Network Etiquette Policy. Thank you for taking the time to read through this message. And thank you for any assistance you can give to help resolve this matter. Your time and help is greatly appreciated and I give you my full gratitude. Thanks again, Chris Carter International Internet Association chrisc@free.org From jeppe Tue Apr 9 14:03:06 1996 Subject: Software Piracy from x@x.x.fi (fwd) To: x (Mr. X) Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 14:03:05 +0000 (EET DST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Status: RO X-Status: I have found a user in your Internet domain who plays a large role in the distribution of copyrighted software on the Internet. This user uses the nickname "BN" and uses the account "x@x.x.fi.". He/she is a member of an underground group called "Rapier." This group is dedicated to the transfer of illegal commerical software to a large audience of users on the Internet. They use the most efficient and fastest methods possible. Thanks again, Chris Carter International Internet Association chrisc@free.org I believe this user, Chris Carter, is violating numerous laws, to include guidelines set forth by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). His means of monitoring are clearly illegal in the United States. He is known to use hacked accounts, send false mail, hide his address, monitor channels in "IRC" through stealth modes - his presence not visible to users of the channels. He is also making great accusations with no evidence causing undue harassment and libel. Undue conflict between user and administrator and possibly resulting in the loss of accounts, if not involvement by state/local/federal authorities. Chris Carter's tactics seem to be strategic and premeditative in nature, a direct attack on the reputation of whomever he chooses to harass. It is encouraged that the unethical and unlawful behavior of Chris Carter be stopped, to protect privacy, freedom of speech, reputations of the innocent and prevent him from abusing any other computer systems through subversive and/or illegal "hacking" methods. Chris Carter certainly gets around. Upon mention of his name, many people have spoken out in outrage at his actions and methods. This e-mail is a collective result of concerned citizens in both the United States and abroad. To my knowledge, there are seven other instances of such accusations sent via e-mail with no support. Upon contact, a system administrator from the first provider has stated that they have checked the files of the user in question, permissible by a written legal form signed by the account purchaser, and have not found a single thing of illegal nature. Why is this violation of privacy necessary due to the likes of Mr. Carter, who does not seem to respect the rights of innocent people? One must wonder whether Carter's basis for these accusing messages has anything to do with the reason of "software piracy" as Carter states. If so, his observations are error-prone. The second provider involved has not commented. Thank you for your time and, hopefully, support. Chris Carter is a criminal by any standards and must be dealt with by legal means before spreading more harm among the Internet community. r c n w a r e i q t e s t Test your knowledge of the WAREZ SCENE! The following are TEN mind boggling "YOU DON'T KNOW NOTHIN'" questions! Enter all your answers in, and when you feel you're happy with them, press F10 and the computer will tally up your score and spit it out at you. For every question you missed, the computer will indicate the correct answer. Oh, and if you feel like "You Don't Know Nothin'" midway through the quiz and don't want to embarrass yourself with an incredibly low score, press ESC and you'll be back on the bright side of RCN, the awesome music will calm you down, and all will be well again.. enjoy! *PS* All answers are found in issues of RCN! 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 didn't vote, don't complain! The following is a chart summarizing last week's 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 r c n v o t i n g ! If you didn't vote, don't complain! The following is a chart summarizing last week's reader votes regarding courier groups : Voting Chart : BBS 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 Please E-Mail all responses to an385786@anon.penet.fi. r c n 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 Hi! What's up? Not much. Why'd you invite me to this channel? Well, I was reading RCN, and I see that you're pretty desperate for a girlfriend. Do you have a girlfriend yet? No, not yet.. why do you want to know? Well, I thought about my love life for a while, analyzing all the perks and stuff. I figure, I'm 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 couldn't stop. You invited me to this channel to tell me that your old boyfriend is in jail? That's why you invited me? No, I wanted to tell you that I'm almost over the hill now... I already know that. Let me finish, I'm almost over the hill now, and you're almost graduating from high school, and we both need the same thing. Argh.. what do I need? You need a girlfriend. I know that, but how would you be able to help me get a girlfriend? If you don't mind, I could be your girlfriend. You're kidding right? No, I'm not kidding.. why would I kid about a serious matter such as a relationship? I must be having a fucking nightmare. Hey bitch, I'm desperate, but not stupid. I only like GIRLS.. not farm animals. Ah.. come on.. we both need the same thing, and we can fulfill that need if we have each other. Eeeeeeeewww.. I don't want to fulfill anything with you.. go away.. you're scaring me. Are you rejecting me? If you are, then you'll pay for this. Nobody on the Internet has ever rejected me before. I am a woman, and I have what you need, I'll ask you one more time. Do you want to me to be your girlfriend? If you say "NO", I'm going to kill you and blacklist you off every FTP site and BBS in the world. I'm powerful, I can do that. YES, I really want to you to be my girlfriend.. but.. But WHAT? But I'm uh.. GAY! That's it! I'm 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 Web Site : http://www.shu.edu/~importmi/rcn E-Mail : AN385786@ANON.PENET.FI