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r c n
e d i t o r i a l !
Dear RCN,
Okay, I am writing this to bring out the truth about some shit I did
like 5 months ago. Brutus and I were running Legacy around January or
February. Entropy set us up with a guy named Waverider who said he had
the game of the year and all the usual bull shit. No problem. He tells
us he has the full Alpha version of the game and wants us to release it.
Soo, we decided not to release the source and have a programmer work on
it and make patches for things like modem play. All was fine, Waverider
promised no one else would get the source code, and everyone was happy
except Waverider. He couldnt understand that because he could supply
only one release, he wasnt a full member. That was just the Legacy
policy at the time. He was only supposed to get credit for that release
and any patches that might proceed it, and this was worked out with him
and Stormside I think from Motiv8. M8 wanted to courier it.
So 2 days after we release this game, ROR releases the source code
to it. Kind of amazing seeing as no one was supposed to have it. TKLP
did some nice ass kissing that is of course the job of every group
leader and got it. I went to the Motiv8 leaders and talked to them
about kicking him from M8 or punishing him in some way for breaking his
word to another group, and M8s word along with it.
I tried for 2 days to get something done, they kept saying they
would take some sort of disciplinary measure, but nothing was happening.
As a result of this, I e-mailed the company that programmed this. All I
gave them was Waveriders IRC handle. The next thing I knew, they were
raiding his house. Yes, I am a dick, but I thought it was funny.
A few days later I got attacked by a ton of people that know nothing
of what they were talking about. It died a bit after that, but
Waverider, in court, narqed saying that TKLP was the releaser of the
source. This is confirmed in Issue 16 of RCN by TKLP himself in an
interview.
Now, 4 months later, I have assholes that think they know something
starting shit, I have a lamer sending out fake logs saying all kinds of
shit that was never said, and another magazine printed distorted facts.
By the way, I like the other magazines, just one of their head people is
jealous of RCN or something and wants to start shit.
So this is the story of what REALLY happened. I have no reason to
lie, this shit is old news, but some people have a hard time letting go
of the past. In short, we made a deal, he fucked me, I tried to resolve
it on IRC with his leaders, they stalled, I took care of it. Its a
very simple thing, the scene has its limits, and those boundaries should
not be crossed. I had a reason behind my telling Wave not to release the
source. I am a responsible person and I knew we would only release a
compiled version, but they didnt think that way. Releasing the source
code of an ALPHA version of a program is like saying a fat FUCK YOU to
the company, as this was uncopyrighted material. Any Joe Blow could
have taken that and copyrighted it. It is one thing to release pirated
software. The company can write that off as a loss. Its another
thing, however, to release material that that company has spent
countless hours on and ruin it all for them.
Oh, and in closing, if anyone thinks they can narq on me, I keep NO
WAREZ at my house or on my system, I dont card, and I dont phreak. So
have fun trying! :-
Signed,
RoadRebel
Dear RoadRebel,
Youve covered it all there. Thanks for clearing things up.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
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e d i t o r i a l !
Dear RCN,
This is Defender Zeta of Rapier, Logistix, Alliance, and Mortality
writing to let you know that I am retiring.
Im quitting the scene as of now. As Ive gone from a lamer with no
clue to a lamer with a clue Ive come to the decision that the scene has
become a waste of time. I have put in 7-10 hours a day after school for
about 17 months now. Im totally burned out, my girlfriend dumped me
the bitch , and it seems that most of my friends are in the scene.
Im quitting becuase the scene isnt what i thought it would be.
Its been fun and quite educational I have no clue how to use half
the illegal crap ive learned off other people online. The scene
interferes with jobs, lifes, famlies, and is generally a waste of time.
I thought it over. If my biggest thrill is to get 1 on a board or a
site i need a fucking life. Ive stayed awake for days at a time to
increase my place in the scene. I have made friends and enemies. Its
been an interesting experience.
I started out as a lamer with a 14.4 and no clue and now Im leaving
as a lamer with a 14.4 and no life. The scene is addictive as hell.
Dont even bother to deny it. Almost every trader I know has said at
some point or another Im quitting.. this shit is messing up my life.
Most come back in a month or so... I should know... Ive quit 5 times
now.. and each time something happens to drag me back. Id like to
take this occasion to tell lesser traders that as you get farther into
the scene you will be dragged into alot of political crap. Its
annoying and it will take up about 80 of your time. Finding out whos
the shit and whos not takes up about 60 of your trading time and iRC
itself take about 80 of your time. I would encourage traders who are
on the local scale and who havent gotten into the group scene yet to
quit while your ahead.. just stay in Exceed and rape the DCC lamers..
its almost the best way to do it and stay independent. Id encourage
most of the traders out there to quit now. The Feds will find a legal
loop hole in our legal system that will allow them to trace you and
arrest you.
Currently, the scene in the USA exists on its scale because the law
cannot touch us. We are invincible. We are in vast numbers and our
legions grow daily. On the flip side we are ultra competitive, quite
often have misplaced priorities which are focused on the scene. The
scene is a colossial waste of time. In all my moving about gigs of crap
I have only downloaded and unzipped about 12 games. The scene is full
of crap that no one bothers to leech and unzip. It gets expensive after
a while. The scene starts out fun by pretending we are the best board
traders on earth. It ends with us being the best board and site traders
on earth but with no life. Fan Fan la Tulipe said it best when he said
the entire scene was a dream and a fantasy. Its based on the idea that
one day you will become ELiTE enuff to have your name be known forever
in the scene. This is crap, if a person quits the scene he is forgotten
in maybe 6 months to a year tops if he was a super trader.
Look at Captain Blood not the CD Rom one.. the trader one, he was
the shit. He was a major member of Razor, DOD, and a ton of other
groups. In one day ONE he was kicked off every major board and site
and he was the object of ridicule and jokes. Dont imagine that the
scene itself gives a fuck about you. You will make friends and they
will miss you but they will make new friends and forget about you when
your a hasbin. The scene is impersonal and it doesnt care about you.
Your friends will miss you but like I said.. in time they will forget
about you. My advice is to chill and get a girlfriend or in
winterhawks case a diet and boyfriend.
Greets :
TSA : For being my best friend on the Net and helping me when it
counted... youre one of the best people in the scene.
Erupt : For being cool and doing his part to destroy egos in the scene.
NyteMyst : For being a cool guy and showing me that board trading can be
fun
Egoistic Fate : For giving me good advice when I needed it most.
Fortune : For helping me get started in the group scene.
Ratz Bloodd : Thanks for giving a lamer a chance and a opportunity to
become big.
Ratphour : For showing faith that I can do the job of a senior. And for
giving me good solid advice.
Forseer : Youer doing good bro.. dont give up.. your well on your
way to the top.
Apoc : I hope youll get to the top.. your ambition is high and your a
good trader.. good luck bro!
Blackened : Sorry for destroying your FTP site and group so long ago..
I still feel bad about it.
Dxfer : You rule and your the best board trader on earth. Some say its
Suspicious Image.. but all the locals bow to you, you showed me
that its time to get a Reality Check and quit this crap.
Wild Child : Youre a tight companion and a good friend. Youre one of
the best sysops on earth. Later Bro!
BleachBoy : Your site has gone to gay fATE site to a radical site really
fast. Your a good friend and you always treated me fairly.
I hope that your site becomes 1 and blows LA away hard!
Good luck Bro!
Rebel Chicken : Hiya bro.. you rule.. its been a blast!
The entire RCN staff : You guys rule!
Fuckoffs :
Scorpian and Sub-Zero : Your ego is bigger than what any 10 real traders
can handle. I suggest you go back to coding PPEs and shut the hell up
you little egotistical bastard. I hope you choke on your own bloody cum
next time you masturbate to your own
Midnight Grave Digger : You used to be cool.. then you got a ego.
Correct it before you make too many more enemies or youre dead meat.
Your digging your own grave no pun on your lame handle.. I liked
aurora better anyhow.
Doobie : You fucking fATE lAMER. I hope you and your lame ass group die
in their own gayness. You claim to be 1 but your ENTIRE group is too
chicken shit to compete with a real group because you know that your
queer iRC traders would get blown off the
Signed,
Defender Zeta
Dear Defender Zeta,
You were a great person and the scene will truly miss you. I wish I
had a girlfriend.. or may be not.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
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e d i t o r i a l !
Dear RCN,
I am not new to the scene, I have been around for quite a while now.
My IRC nick is DarK-Elf. I saw RCN-16.ZIP and said to myself Cool, let
me go take a look at this. I downloaded it and as soon as I went into
RCN-16.EXE, I thought it was awesome. The sound, coding, everything was
the best that I have ever seen. After reading the entire magazine I
then went and downloaded all the past issues of the RCN magazine. RCN
is a really good magazine and I think that you guys are getting bigger
and more popular. On Sundays, people in almost every channel are
talking about RCNs.
Now as for warez groups and the scene. I wish people would just
stop arguing and grow up a little. People who do nothing for the scene
except leech and stay in their groups channel. Those people should be
banned from every warez channel on IRC. I think if every member in
every group worked then the scene would be a whole lot better.
Unfortunately, the majority of the scene is made up of leeches and
idling people. I think if people concencentrated on one group instead
of joining 1 thousand groups and doing nothing, this place could be a
better one. People should stick to one group and focus on it. I
started by focusing on a group called AOD and look at me now, Im a
senior of a great group that I like a lot.
Signed,
Dark Elf
Dear Dark Elf,
Thanks for the great compliments! As far as groups go, youre quite
right, and I think you bring up a good point. AOD isnt the most k-rad
10x 1 group, but its a group, and if you enjoy being in it, thats all
that matters. AOD, by your writing, doesnt sound like a group that
ever has to worry about egos. Good job guys!
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
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e d i t o r i a l !
Dear RCN,
After reading your Issue 16, I decided to throw in my 2 cents on an
issue that has been bothering me. First of all, the issue of trading
and talent. Please let it be known that it takes NO talent whatsoever
to be a courier. People base respect and popularity on talent. It
takes absolutely no talent whatsoever to sit and type on a keyboard for
a few hours and move files. It does, however, take knowhow and contacts
to get the job doe right.
People say that DCC couriers are lame and have no talent, but this
is far from the truth. The truth of the matter is that it takes no
talent to do any bit of couriering or releasing. If you think it does,
then youre a fool. My little brother could do what any of you do, if I
were to sit down and teach him how. We all have special talent in
certain areas of our life, but playing in the warez world is not one of
them by any means.
How fucking hard is it to sit there and DCC a file or download it
off of a BBS and move it around? Your average bum could do that, but
yes, it does take time and contacts to be able to get that. All that
entails, however, is meeting the right people and moving the proper
meggage. Now most people will find this offensive but I dont give a
shit. The people in RiSC and Amnesia and Digital and fATE and all of
them for that matter, the ones who people consider gods of warez
really are no better than the guys in warez5 or lamewarez or whatever.
They just have more time on their hands which tells you what? They
have no outside life because I can sit and move for hours and hours a
day tons of megs of files and be considered a talented kick-ass
trader. Meanwhile I have no real outside life, so that says in real
life most of these so called warez gods are probably a bunch of
weirdos with no friends or no girlfriend or job. They can just sit
around forever and move files, something you people need to think about
next time you go kissing ass with the top courier or next time you call
your average Joe Blow a lamer. That lamer probably has a job and a
girlfriend and friends and something real to do with his time!
Now on to the next issue. The word lame or lamer. I am so sick
to death of this word. It is so overused and over-rated. When you deam
someone lame you are deaming yourself better than them. Again, that
says in the scene that in order for you to deam someone lame, that you
must be better than them. How? Well, by moving more files or releasing
more stuff or sucking dick with bigger people status-wise, but when
you step back and come to reality, that lamer probably has a life and
does more with his time than type on a keyboard, so now in retrospect
who is lame? The guy going to a bar with his friends or getting laid on
Saturday night, or the guy who sits at home in front of his PC typing
mput *.zip wow, that takes LOTS of talent!. None of you are better
than anybody else. None of you have any talent when it comes to warez,
because it takes no talent. So next time you go to call someone lame
think about yourself and why you are doing that, but most of the people
who do that are so wrapped up in the scene that they dont know the
difference between reality and the scene, and THAT, my friend, is lame!
Signed,
Anonymous
Dear Anonymous,
What can I say? Youve covered it all! I will, still, agree with
you about the word Lamer. It is often the lamest the use it.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
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e d i t o r i a l !
Dear RCN,
Ive often tried to describe to my friends who are not educated in
the ways of the elite just how the scene operates. The best analogy I
could ever come up with is one of a pyramid. The best and the few at
the top, the semi-talented a medium amount of these in the middle,
and the unskilled at the bottom thousands of these. The hardcore
traders and top sites are probably at the top, mediocre groups in the
middle, and DCC couriers/Anon Sites/WarezX channels at the bottom.
Knowing this, we can accurately decide the DCC couriers place.
When used in moderation, DCC-ing can be an effective and efficient way
of moving files around. Distributing group NFOs, applications, group
taggers/dizzers. DCC-ing is probably the best way to move some files to
a large target audience. FTP sites, however fast, can get bogged down
with large amounts of people, but a DCC process can facilitate many
people at the same time.
The reason why DCC couriers are regarded as The epitome of the lame
Pericles is probably because it doesnt take much talent to offer
something and set the /ptime to 10 mins or so. There is little or no
competition, no one can really tell who is the fastest, and the demanded
software can be days to weeks old.
The reason people get into DCC trading can be anywhere from laziness
to the hands-on feel of DCC couriering. A friend of mine once told me
that it was gratifying watching all the numbers to the processes go, and
that when people would leech his files, they would thank him and it made
the whole process worthwhile.
I can safely say that DCC couriering may be a fun and effective
medium by which one can courier, if used in conjunction with FTP
trading. I myself have done both FTP and DCC couriering, and have mixed
emotions of both worlds. FTP is definitely more competitive, a lot of
work, and at the same time very gratifying when you beat the shit out of
someone. DCC is something I dont think Ill ever do again, save
offering the latest RCN when it comes out. There is no more motivation
for me to risk being caught by some FBI/Chris Carter person just to
offer files to people Ill probably never know.
I believe that if youre at the top, or near the top, your files
will make it to almost all the DCC traders there are out there.
Therefore, the pyramid shape leads me to believe, in order to
effectively affect the most amount of people, you must climb higher on
it.
Signed,
Anonymous
Dear Anonymous,
I agree with you to a certain extent. However, I dont believe that
DCC trading is nearly as useless as you describe it. It is, however, a
job that is well employed, and I dont believe we need any more IRC
traders in the scene today.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
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e d i t o r i a l !
Dear RCN,
Ever since Dr. Jekyll and I have known each other, which was back in
the HWC HardWire Couriers days, we have always stayed in contact.
Most people will recognize him from Oldwarez, and his FTP site,
Stockade an oldwarez site.
It has always been fun talking with him, he was always cool and
giving. If I ever needed anything, he would try his best to get it for
me. He always had enough time for everyone, and never blew people off.
Dr. Jekyll was in many groups throughout his career, but gave up warez
about a year ago. He then came back and started Stockade, and his bots,
which always offered the best old warez. I would just like to give him
my best wishes, in my opinion, he was the best courier I ever knew.
Although I never knew that he hacked, it didnt suprise me after I
read the article since he knew almost everything about computers.
*PS* This just shows us that maybe we should be more careful with what
we do. Take your time, and make sure you do it right.
Signed,
Thrasher
Dear Thrasher,
Its a shame to see one of the best elites go...
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
r c n
e d i t o r i a l !
Dear RCN,
First, Id just like to say Ive enjoyed your e-mag thus far. It
makes for some interesting reading to hear the thoughts of other people
in the scene that I wouldnt hear otherwise.
In response to Tuxedo Masks article on DVD-ROMs, I dont understand
how he could conclude the advent of DVD technology could be good for the
scene. Its obvious that CD-ROM titles have hurt the warez scene. More
often than not, CD-RIPs dont work, arent worth the time to download
considering the enjoyment for games or usefulness for utils
received, and have some critical feature of the program cut out for
space reasons.
Not to mention the fact that some titles simply are not released
because of their size. The reason for all of this is clear. Mass
storage technologies are increasing at an exponential rate, while data
transmission technologies are increasing only geometrically. In the
last couple of years, we have seen the common communications tool double
in speed the modem from 14.4kbps to 28.8kbps, but the average game has
increased by 500 to 800 percent.
I dont know how closely Tuxedo Mask follows technicial matters, but
he neglected to mention that DVD-ROM technology allows not only for
double sided media, but also for double layered media. This is
accomplished by having two rows of pits at different depths and
switching the focus of the laser. Using these techniques, data
capacities could be quadrupled to 17 gigabyte. Doubt software
manufacturers will find use for that much space? Would you have
believed when CD-ROMs first came out that software would not only fill
them, but grow to the point where some horridly bad games ship on 10
platters?
Considering the damage that CD-ROMs have done thus far, and the
plausible explosive popularity of the DVD-ROM format looming on the
horizon due in part because DVD-ROM will be introduced in parallel as
the new video audio storage standard, DVD-ROMs will most definitely
hurt the scene. I think the DVD-ROM issue raises some important
questions on the future of the scenes technological feasibility.
*PS* Just my thoughts of course...
Signed,
Necromancer
Dear Necromancer,
Tuxedo Mask was merely stating two possibilities of how the DVD-ROM
could effect the scene. He didnt fail to mention how the DVD-ROM could
be the next scene killer finishing off the job that the CD-ROM
started, but he might have over emphasized on how the DVD-ROM could help
regular pirates. He mentioned that a tool such as the upcoming DVD-ROM,
all of which are recordable, would be a great asset to anyone who wishes
to start their own warez library of games.
You mentioned that one DVD-ROM could potentially hold up to 17 gigs,
however, that data is no longer up to date with the latest in news. The
latest estimates show that the original designers miscalculated the
potentials of the DVD-ROM, and it seems more likely now, that the
DVD-ROM will be only be one sided, due to production costs, and thus,
will only be able to hold up approximately 4 gigs, and not 17 gigs.
Personally, I am more than excited to hear that DVD-ROM drives will
be coming to home computers within the next year or two. It could
potentially kill the scene, but there are a million ways in which it
could make things more convenient for life outside the scene. For
example, one will be able to put hours worth of quality music on just
one DVD, and one will soon be able to purchase DVD movies theyll be
higher quality than current Laser-Discs, and cheaper too. And if the
cost of having these conveniences is the death of the scene, so be it.
*PS* Your thoughts are appreciated...
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
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Dear RCN,
Ive noticed recently that a bunch of groups bashing upon other
groups by members of groups that are supposedly mature. Now, I dont
quite understand how those groups are mature if they dont have mature
members. Ive also heard about people narqing each other in over one
single release, over other such TRIVIAL matters as that. Id just like
to emphasize that what we are doing in the scene is only for fun, as Im
sure thousands of people have already said before, and not to get
people, not even your ENEMIES, into any trouble. Its supposed to be
friendly competition, whats wrong with that?
This also goes for people like Chris Carter, and Im sure youre
aware of his nice little reputation as a narq. I also heard from a few
people in Revolution X about Brawley being busted over some source code
for some game or another, though I havent seen any articles in any
emags about it. Why cant those people just calm down and wait a while
so they can out do each other?
They would certainly get back at their opposition just as well if
they made them look foolish or slow, in a friendly way, rather than
putting them behind bars, in a very UNfriendly way. Hell, you might as
well just go over to the persons house and shoot them! Their families
wouldnt be hurt any more or less by that! In fact, you wouldnt
absolutely destroy their reputation if you went over and killed them,
rather than turning them in. Again, the scene is for fun, its not as
if were getting a salary for releasing warez in an illegal manner or
anything. Why do people get so pissed off about a stupid file? Now, if
they killed one of your relatives, I can see a reason for turning them
in, but only a file?! Come on, people, get it together and make the
scene more fun, instead of a constant battle to the death against your
competition.
Signed,
Digitex
Dear Digitex,
Some people take the scene a little too personally, and some people
dont.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
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Dear RCN,
There are a lot of groups now a days. I havent been in the scene
for that long, but I have heard stories about how it used to be. I know
that a long time ago, there werent all these power trips going on
within groups. There was never any attempt at taking over a group at
least from what Ive heard.
Ive been in the scene for a few years now, and what I see I dont
really like. Ive been in a couple of groups. I was in a local group,
and I started as just a member SysOp. I moved up from being just a
member to becoming the groups vice-president. We were doing pretty
good. At first, we were kind of slow, but we moved up and had a few
releases. But then we were like any normal new group which didnt have
many releases, and so we died. It was a hard seven months, but we put
every minute of our free time into the group.
The point Im trying to make here is that, even though there are
many groups in the scene which are supplying the warez, it doesnt mean
theyre all going to survive. Even though they do die out, they still
deserve some credit. We put in hours and hours a day trying to make a
small group a good one. But we dont give credit where it is due. We
always end up bypassing a small group and going towards the bigger ones
due to reputation. It doesnt matter how long a group has been in the
scene, or by how many releases theyve had, but what does matter is how
good their releases are. The saying Quality over Quantity is taken
for granted. Many groups in the scene say that they release all quality
warez. How about the releases that are all a bunch of shit? Its not
how good a group does in releasing, its how good their releases are,
and on how much they try to make the scene better.
*PS* Join Channel Oasis96 Today!
Signed,
Glycerine,
Dear Glycerine
I agree with you completely on the note of quality warez. However,
I disagree with your assumption of how it used to be. Its a general
misconception that the scene of long past is somehow better than the one
today. Even back in the Commodore 64 days, there were groups, and they
bickered and fought amongst themselves. To ignore that fact and to say
that it never happened is ludicrous.
I also have some other advice for you, this might sound kind of
stupid, but to tell you the truth, one of these days, youll probably
merge your small group into a big group just for the reputation. It
sounds hypocritical, but Ive seen it a dozen times already just in the
past year. Take care, and remember, if its not fun.. dont do it.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
r c n
e d i t o r i a l !
Dear RCN,
My handle is Pest and I am in Razor 1911 and a few other groups. I
was reading RCN 16 and was shocked at a few things. First on Napalms
assertion that Napalm is the 2 release group in the scene! This is
absolutely STUPID. Prophet rates the groups in this order Prestige,
Napalm, Hybrid, and Razor 1911.
Now granted Prestige did kick ass this month, Napalm is not even in
the same ball park as a well established group like Razor 1911. In fact
Napalm Console had to merge into Sneakers in shame cuz they were getting
their ass kicked, so Napalm decided to start its PC section. And in the
PC section they have been riddled with problems I am sure you have all
heard about them.
All Napalm can do is make store pick ups and get their Acclaim
releases, that is it! They have no diversity and no real talent! Since
January, they havent beaten Razor 1911 or Hybrid in a single month.
Look at this month, what did they release? Chaos Overlords and Tony
Larussa, that is it! Ohhh yeah, their other releases Virtua Soccer was
a DUPE and on Battle Arena : Toshinden, I think everyone knows that they
stole the crack. In fact in every warez rating this month they scored
consistently lower than both Razor 1911 and Hybrid. Napalm has lost all
of its crackers to Prestige so in reality they are fucked! We will see
how Napalm is going to do in June. They are already dead, just not
buried!
Signed,
Pest Razor 1911
Dear Pest,
You make your argument clearly and you back it up with good data.
However, I will keep unbiased as to my feelings about Napalm in previous
months or my feelings as to how I feel Napalm will be doing in the
future. All I can comment on is Napalms current standing, and I would
currently rate Prestige as 1, followed by Razor 1911, Napalm, and then
Hybrid. However, those are only my current feelings as to the groups
present performance, and these feelings can be changed easily.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
r c n
e d i t o r i a l !
Dear RCN,
I enjoyed reading RCN 14, it was my first encounter with RCN, and
Rebel Chickens Sailor Moon interview had my interest particularly
piqued right off the bat :
RCN : What kind of group is Sailor Moon and how did it start up?
SMO : Well, were five models from Miami, Florida..
Whoa! As I read on, I realized this is not your typical group of
testosterone infused W4r3Z-h3dZ. FIVE *CHICK* models all living
together and releasing shit? Dang, I leeched their Warcraft 2 expansion
pack just a few weeks ago, but only now do I feel REALLY COOL as a
result. What a trip!
I guess my real point in writing, though, is to point out one rather
glaring omission my Collegiate-Class editing skills picked up. Rebel
Chicken, you are forever one smooth dude for landing that interview in
the first place, but the following exchange left us all hanging :
RCN : How old are the members of Sailor Moon?
SMO : Im 23, Sailor Mercury is 22, Sailor Venus is 21, Sailor Mars is
23, and Sailor Jupiter is 22..
I think we all know what should rightfully have come next :
RCN : Uhhhh . . uh-huh-huh . . . like, uhhhh, uh-huh-huh, could you
tell us some of your, like, measurements? Or something?
Dude, we are all just so disappointed that it didnt turn out that
way!!!
Signed,
Undisclosed
Dear Undisclosed,
I wont comment on the latter part, hihi, but I will say that Rebel
Chicken would be doing good if he were half as smooth in real life as he
is on the Internet -.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
r c n
e d i t o r i a l !
Dear RCN,
In your interview with Dr. Jekyl in RCN 15, he said that there
werent any games released in the last 2 years with any sense of
gameplay. How can this be true if you are a fan of Doom? You had to
admit Duke 3D was much better, faster, and more fun to play. Also, if
you played Earth Siege II, you would have to consider it a very good
game as well. Duke Nukem was only 11 disks and Earth Siege II was 20.
Also, I have a 486 DX2/66 with 16 megs of RAM and both ran fine.
Another game that came out more recently is Strife, and its different
from Doom, Duke Nukem, etc., because it has a big role playing element
in it. Its not just a who can aim best contest. Thanks for listening!
Signed,
Anonymous
Dear Anonymous,
Duke 3D is indeed a much better version of Doom, and its only 11
disks, so I doubt that should be considered large in size. However, a
game such as Earth Siege II thats 20 disks would probably be far too
large for Dr. Jekyls tastes.
All Ill say is that I think Dr. Jekyl had other reasons for saying
that. Get on the Stockade IV by doing exactly what he said, and you
might find out for yourself. By the way, I thought Earth Siege II
required a Pentium CPU to run. Anyways, that game sucks cock.. what the
hell do you see in it that game you can remotely call fun? Its even
been recalled from all the commercial software stores because it sucked
so bad.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
r c n
e d i t o r i a l !
Dear RCN,
You know, since day one, there have been many many groups/BBSs and
other piracy related groups that dupe shit or release fakes. Yes,
Daggerfall, was couriered by the courier group Oasis, and supposedly
cracked by CES what a stupid fuckup name this past week.
Guess what?! It was a fucking demo that was dated back in January
of 1996. I am not picking on the couriers that did this, in this
instance, its Oasis but I am flaming CES and all the fucking
elite-wanna be idiots who dupe shit and stuff.
Arent you pissed? I am, oh well. Releasing groups should check out
all their wares before they release it to the public. Makes sense
doesnt it? Since I only usually download games and shit, I will only
be talking about game releasing groups. For instance, there were a few
lame groups back a few months such as TiCK, NFS, and COPS. These
groups? Pretty lame and pathetic. Anyways, I congratulate Prestige,
Razor, and Napalm for excellent fast speed quality warez. The other
groups like Release on Rampage and Hybrid, well, what can I say? I
havent seen you guys release much as the other groups sorry to
say...we always need new games to keep ourselves busy.
On to the new subject! NFS.. run by TQR The Quiet Riot has been
dead for a short period of time according to some people I talked to.
GUESS WHAT! TQR created a new group called STONED. They asked me not
to tell anyone about this new group, and I decided not to at the
beginning, but after the way I was treated and the way they were
organized, I couldnt help myself. First off, I was invited to this
new group by a few members of STONED. They apparently liked my demo
for SINFUL COURIERS so much that they had to invite me :. Anyways,
once I got there, I saw that the group so confused and so disorganized.
Some people said they were suppliers, and some said they were couriers.
Other people also yelled that they were the senior council and others
were just members and vice-versa. It was totally nuts.
TQR will bomb this STONED group too. Like everyone says, If you
fail the first time, dont try again because you will bomb again just
like the first time. Guess TQR thinks he can do better. Oh well.
Good luck!
Signed,
Crystaline Death
Dear Crystaline Death,
Give TQR a break, at least hes trying. I remember when I was the
President of FSW Fucking Sweet Warez, a lame ass group that was almost
as bad as NFS. I killed FSW and then I started VND Vendetta, which
turned out to be another lame group, and then I started up LGC Legacy,
which turned out not to be as lame. After all the trial and error,
making and breaking groups, Hitex and I finally came up with RCN, and I
believe that people in the scene decided to give us a chance and forgive
us for all the stupid mistakes we made in the past and will make in the
future.
Even though TQR might be failing pathetically as you so blatantly
put it, but at least hes trying to start somewhat of a decent
organization. Id like to see you go out and make your own group, and
see how far you get...
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
r c n
e d i t o r i a l !
Dear RCN,
Groups today seem to be getting an ever crappier and crappier
attitude. They get a few couriers and maybe a tiny bit of name
recognition and suddenly they think theyre really hot stuff and get
major elitist attitudes. I have a simple question for those faggots,
who the heck do they think theyre impressing? In order to help out a
few of these pathetic wannabes, Im writing this neat little letter with
a couple suggestions.
First off, you might thinking - who the heck is this guy?! Good
question! Youve probably seen one of my bots at one time or another
XanthDCC, which Ive been told are usually the top bots online
whenever I put one up, mainly because theyre packed with about 250 megs
each and operate over a T3 and I actually know what Im doing, unlike
most people who type /plist. Oh, there was this little thing I did for
a while as head courier/coordinator for Impulse a while back, which was
MindCrash, but then it merged into Digital Traders while I was gone and
I quit, but thats a really long and boring story.
Lets start with a few of my suggestions on channel modes. My
general feeling is that +i channels suck. When I was doing anything
with Impulse, I always tried to keep it -i, because without doing that,
you dont see a lot of new faces. AND, when its +i, a day with
netsplits or a broken bot can be terrible for your members. A recent
example of such would be how none of PTA Power Trading Arsenal
couriers seem to be able to get into the channel because their bots
suck. Anyone with half a brain can tell that they DONT want this to
happen to them under *ANY* circumstances. Keep your channel -i if
youre a new group and rapidly expanding. If youre an established
group, keeping the channel that follows your group name i.e. If your
group is LEET COURIERS, the channel would be LEET -i is a good idea.
Keeping a public relations person in the channel at all times is a
definite plus. Of course, a +i channel that only members know of and
have access to would also be a great idea.
With all the new groups popping up, undoubtedly, almost all of them
lack some organization skills. Weeeeeeeeee! Use a spreadsheet or
something like it to help organize things. I learned this little tip
from Headbanger, and it was a good idea, except for the fact that I
didnt use Windows. Having the sheet on the same computer you courier
from is a good idea. Multitasking is a MUST for any courier. Organize
this in whichever manner *YOU* feel most comfortable with, and youll be
able to remove bad or or idle members with relative ease.
Having the *SECURE* email addresses of ALL members is also
necessary. Put them in your address book if the need arises. If
theres a handle and realname slot, put their position in the real name
slot and handle in the handle slot. This makes things a HECK of a lot
easier for you. Send out frequent mailers just to give some support,
rules updates read on for more on rules, or other important info new
FTP sites, couriers, bots, etc.
This is something that a lot of people dont do, but I would like to
see done a lot more, its just something that bugs me to death. Get a
copy of phoenix and add your group name to the top. It helps give your
group a much more polished look. Onto the subject of IRC
Couriers, IRC is a great method to spread a lot of files to a lot of
people really fast, albeit you usually cant move a whole lot. First
off, people always seem to be addicted to this great auto-plist feature.
I personally think its irritating as heck, and altogether useless. If
you have something good, load up TWO bots, one with it on and one with
it off. When you PLIST, your queue will jam up immediately, etc. A few
other notes, set your Auto-Ptime way high, to about 20 minutes or so.
If youre offering a bunch of 10 meg files, plisting just to tell
people all your slots are full and the queue is jammed up every 5
minutes is stupid. Also, make SURE you have a MINSPEED! But, make sure
that your provider can push your minspeed, if its 3 and you cant get
more than a 2.5 because theres no bandwidth, it does no one any good.
Finally, set your queue down to about 5 if youre offering large files.
A 2 hour wait in a queue of 10 or 20 just results in false queues a
ghosted queue - offline people in your queue and a lot of frustration.
If you leave your bot up for a long time, XDCC SAVE and restart
frequently, when IRC splits occur, phoenix screwes up and youll get
queues of like 11/5. Yuck. Make sure you detach your session! If you
dont know how to do this - DONT IRC OFFER. IRC is extremely
inefficient. When the PCPU and JCPU times get up to like 8:12, and
everyone else is at 57, your ISP administrator knows something is up.
If you have no idea what Im talking about, hit w. That shows the CPU
percentage that you are taking up. PCPU is present usage, and JCPU is
peak usage. IRC typically doesnt relinquish anything on the PCPU when
you get it up there. 6 slots on a crappy machine with a T1 is enough to
get this through the stratosphere.
FTP couriering is not nearly as conspicuous as IRC, because your CPU
usage is much lower. But, diskspace fluctuations are much greater, so
hope that your provider has a fast SCSI disk. Ive erased and
written in excess of a gig a day when I was still into couriering a lot,
without blinking an eye. First off, *ALWAYS* use NcFTP v2.3.0 I think
thats the most recent. This version stores your logins and passwords,
and has lots of nifty features. If you *MUST* use FTP, NEVER EVER EVER
do a ftp my.site.name.here.com, you just showed everyone on your
provider what the name of the FTP site youre going to is! Duh! With
FTP, just make sure to dupe check well, and upload an NFO file. That
should be about it. FTP is really quite simple from a technical
standpoint, from the couriering standpoint, its tough with fast FTP
sites.
This one is my favorite topic, and Im hoping this inspires a few
groups to do something! Anonymous FTP. While its typically
disregarded as being lame and crappy by a lot of groups, in reality that
is totally wrong. Since most couriers use hacked accounts, FTP site
busts arent really an immediated danger to you. You dont compete on
an anonymous FTP site! Its easy, when you get a file, unzip it, grap a
DIZ and NFO, login to the FTP site, and upload! No competition, no
need for speed, just pure plain couriering fun. Heres how you
can create an anonymous FTP site. First off, you must find a writable
directory. Something not found in the /incoming is preferable. Now,
make a directory. Like, mkdir tmp or something. Now, erase it
rmdir tmp. This is a test for mkdir and rmdir permissions. Making
a directory with a SPACE in it is always an EXCELLENT idea, to check
filename acceptance.
If you can remove the dir, continue on. If you cant, find another
FTP site. That one is NO GOOD. Now, remake the dir and upload a file.
Check the speed you got, make sure its high. Erase the file, if you
cant - forget about this FTP site. If you can, download the file to be
sure the FTP site allows downloads. If all is good, upload 200 megs
worth of GARBAGE, make sure *ALL* of it uploads, then erase it. This
sounds stupid, but its a disk space check, and is essential. If it
fills the disk, forget that FTP site. If it doesnt, you just found an
anonymous FTP site!
Making directories is the fun part! NEVER use the words warez,
appz, userz, gamez, sitez, or talkz. These are DEAD GIVEAWAYS
to FTPSearch or Archie users. Something like gaming, and
applications are best. Gmez, Apz, etc. also work quite nicely.
High ASCII root directories are great for security, but work poorly for
many reasons. A blank space directory is much preferable, or a
TABspace is nice.
Your FTP site is now ready! Upload only good files, as this isnt a
competitive thing. Keep the disk usage to about 400 megs or less, and
erase files frequently.
So you followed all my guidlines and still no one cares about your
group? Just keep at it, people will start to listen up soon. Recruit
new couriers and FTP site operators, people will trickle in. Put
applications in *ONE* slot at the end of a DCC offer list thats PACKED
with fast good warez, and put them on your anonymous FTP site. Make
sure to have an auto-responder to your public channel. Keep
knowledgeable and helpful people on hand at all times to talk to people
who are interested. You could even recruit a few good couriers from
other groups to help out. If you can get someone in a more established
group to put a few files on your FTP site, that will always help. Hang
out in as many release group channels as you can, and have members apply
to release groups. Having your members inside a release group equates
to more tags for you and faster files. But, above all, have fun. Warez
are not all your life, theyre a hobby. Have fun and best of luck!
Signed,
Xanthos
Dear Xanthos,
Thanks for telling us all about how to start a courier group and how
we can all make good anonymous FTP sites. Im sure that it is all very
informative, and if I ever feel like starting a courier group, Ill be
sure to send you a Christmas card :
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
r c n
e d i t o r i a l !
Dear RCN,
RCN is really a fucking cool e-mag and it was about time for
someone to take care of the warez public. In so much mess with moving
files over the net or BBSs, some of us havent gotten the time to ask
people what is happening in the scene. RCN informs us with a
professional approach and cool texts, hot interviews, unlike ones that
weve had to read in other e-mags. Since RCN returned from its 3-month
holiday, I can say that it is getting better by the week, collecting new
writers. From the first amateur number we now have a pro e-zine which
rules over them all. Also, I would like to congradulte the editors for
putting texts with lots of humor in it, despite the fact that they have
nothing to do with warez. It shouldnt be just strictly a warez mag
because that would be boring. Reading a few last articles Especially
TKRPs love adventure, I laughed my ass off! that are funny is good!
Keep up the good work!
Signed,
Brab
Dear Brab,
Along with 50 other reasons for returning, a significant one was
that we felt that the warez public was not being properly informed about
the events that encircled it. Other e-mags just werent giving the
scene all that it deserved. However, like you said, having a little fun
never hurts. Once we feel that we have accomplished our task of
informing the public about the events of the week in a more than
adequate manner, we see nothing wrong with adding a little dash of humor
here, and another there. Its what sets us apart. Nevertheless, not
all people perceive our Mad RCN articles as humor. I will take this
opportunity to apologize to all those that were exploited and didnt
think it was funny. You people need a life. And to the people that
were published and thought it was amusing, thats what we think too. So
finally, remember, its all for fun and is in good humor.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
Dear RCN,
Hey dudes, your fucking E-Zine is better than ever! I just finished
reading issue 15. Man, is it FUNNY! The Sailor Moon article had me
laughing, as did the astrology shit. You guys rock, keep up the good
work.
Signed,
Spyhunter
Dear Spyhunter,
Heh, yeah, I liked that article as well. The astrology didnt hold
any good news for my future, though -. Thanks for the support!
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
Dear RCN,
I just wanted to let you all know that I am glad you are doing the
E-Zine once again. I can tell that the RCN staff must spend many hours
that must be spent doing this and it is much appreciated.
Signed,
Gate Keeper
Dear Gate Keeper,
Yeah, youre right about the many hours stuff, but letters like
yours make it worthwhile -.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
Dear RCN,
I must say that I really enjoyed that RCN E-Zine. Thanx for making
the scene a better place to be in. Hmm, just a stupid question. What
should I do if I want to get an account at x@anon.penet.fi? I know that
it is an email server for anonymous email, etc. Regards.
Signed,
Undisclosed
Dear Undisclosed,
Thanks! As far as getting your anonymous email address, you
actually already have one, you just dont know it! When you send in
mail to an anonymous email address, you are automatically assigned an
address for the account you are using. So you now have an email address
to send anonymous email with! If you want information about the
anonymous email service, email help@anon.penet.fi.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
Dear RCN,
Since you guys were doing some interviews about people getting
busted, I was wondering if you would know anything about minors. Im
16. If someone narqed on my BBS, would the penalties be much less
harsh?
Signed,
Overkill
Dear Overkill,
You dont want to get busted, small penalties or not. Its just not
a fun thing. If youre over 18, generally youll be fined off your ass
and have all your equipment seized for good. You might also have to
spend some time in jail, not to mention your record will not be wiped.
Being that youre 16, I would say that you wouldnt be spending any
time in jail, and if they did seize your equipment, it would probably
only be temporary. However, a common act that the FBI or whoever it
is that got you will do is go to your school. Thats not fun. I knew
this one guy that got busted and the FBI ended up going to his school
with him and made him give a speech to every class in the school stating
what he did, why it was wrong, and why copyright infringement isnt
cool. Of course, if you dont want to do that, you could always just
pay them a few thousand dollars. Take your pick. Not to mention, your
parents will probably have your head on a stick within a matter of
minutes.
Ultimately, you dont want to get busted. But youre in the scene
and not only that, you have a BBS. You need to take responsibility for
yourself and know that there is always a chance that you will get
busted. By keeping your BBS up, you are accepting that fact and
accepting the fact that you could get busted at any time. You should
know that laws are different depending on the state in which you are in.
To find out more, you could call your city hall and find out about their
policies. You could also GOPHER into the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS on the
Internet for more information.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
Dear RCN,
I just got the latest issue and as always, it was aw-som! Fresh
interesting articles and I really dropped when those pixx of ... cant
remember whose girlfriends theyre supposed to be, well, anyway, pixx of
those two fat cunts came on my screen :. Where did you get em!? So
now I await the next issue. By the way, wheres the game review
section?!
Signed,
BRD
Dear BRD,
They were my girlfriends thank you very much and Im quite proud of
them, so if you have any negative opinions about them, you can just keep
them to yourself! Heh, j/k -. Just to show you how sick the WWW is
today, we found those pixx after surfing for no more than 5 minutes. As
far as the game review section goes, we keep back logs of the game
reviews every week, so the game review 1, 2, and 3 are back issues,
and 4 is the new one every week. It is found in the Reviews menu.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
Buenos Dias RCN,
Soy de espa
a y quiero saber si puedes mandarme una lista de CDS de
juegos y de utilidades. Quiero comprar CDs, por favor dime el precio y
la forma de envio a espa
a.
Un Saludo,
Anonymous
Dear RCN,
I come from Spain and I want to know if you could send me a list of
CDs of games and utilities. I would like to buy CDs, please give me
the price and form of transport for sending to Spain.
Signed,
Anonymous
Dear Anonymous,
You have the wrong number. Please hang up and try your call again.
We dont cell CDs here, that would be illegal.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
Buenos Dias Anonymous,
No tiene Ud. el numero correcto. Por favor, cuelgue y trate su
llamada otra vez. Nosotros no vendamos los CDs aqu
, ese ser
a ilegal.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
Dear RCN,
Just wanted to drop a line letting you know how much I dig the zine.
Great shit. I would also like to respond to a letter in RCN 16 by a
guy named Demaxxus. He was the guy who didnt like some of the
lame-assed ops in some of the warez channels. Id just like to take
this chance to agree with him. First of all, I am an op in a few
channels namely warez, etc. and have been on IRC for far too many
years. When I first logged on to IRC, I found two warez channels :
warez and warez2. I quickly learned that most of the guys around were
cool and this new found warez tool was invaluable to everyone. When a
ware was released, it was quickly put up for XDCC and was quickly spread
by everyone. Now, with the growth that the Internet has seen in the
past year, it is easy to see why he is experiencing these problems a
million people on IRC. When he asks WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY FOR?
Well, I can answer this : To allow little 15-year old fuck heads to
think theyre big shit. Thats it. With the exception of the first
warez channels, this is what its always been for. This was way before
my time. Now, not even warez has warez. We talk about OJs genital
warts and stuff. Maybe thats what theyre for. Well, I know Im
rambling and shit. I just want to let Demaxxus know that there are a
few of us remaining that dont care about who you are, just that you
want to keep the scene alive. Thanks for the ranting space, and once
again, keep up the good work, guys.
Signed,
Mr. Phallus
Dear Mr. Phallus,
I hate to break it to you, but unfortunately, Demaxxus was busted
last week. I wont name anything else because I dont want to effect
the case, but I will say this much : He is in desparate need of things
to do, stuff to read, being he hasnt much else to do now that his
computer is gone, so a good friend of his has graciously offered to get
him a copy of RCN every week. Im sure hell be glad to see this.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
Dear RCN,
As always you guys are 1. But I didnt write this to complain or
anything. You guys really need to do something about that floating
RCN logo at the beginning of the e-mag, though. I mean I was
mezmorized by it. This may sound dumb, but I was sitting there watching
it float round and around for 40 minutes. No life you say? But of
course not! Anyway, whoa! My doggie just got a blackbird from the
backyard, the birds are attacking him, baahahahaha. L8r...
Signed,
Illusion
Dear Illusion,
The next meeting of RLVA RCN Logo Victims Anonymous will be
meeting next Wednesday in channel RLVA on the EfNet IRC Network. Join
us for an hour of relaxing therapy.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
Dear RCN,
I just wanted to thank you for the memorial of Zieg in RCN. It was
truly wonderful. Zieg was a fellow op on warez666 on the Undernet. I
only knew him for about three months, but he was a great guy to hang
with. Thanks again for your touching words.
Signed,
Lycanthrope
Dear Lycanthrope,
We are privileged to have the resource of RCN as a memorial for
Zieg. We are all sorry to have lost a friend, and wish his family and
friends the best.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
Dear RCN,
First, Id like to say that I really enjoy your mag, and am really
glad that it is back. Second, in relation to your Chris Carter article.
I too received an e-mail from this person months ago actually, my admin
got it but he just forwarded it to me. This was similar to the first
letter you posted, except it claimed I was offering files in one of the
Warez channels. He wasnt using a cris.com account at the time, and he
wasnt as detailed with his report of my alleged actions. But anyways,
just wanted to let you know of another incident of his harassment.
Signed,
Mad Monk
Dear Mad Monk,
Thanks for helping us track down this lil bastard. Well get him,
dont worry. :-
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
Dear RCN,
What can I say? It rocks, plain and simple. This magazine is one
of the best mags on the net and I hope it stays that way. Everything is
setup so that you can always find what you are looking for. Its just
really good. But I aws wondering if you guys would add a section that
got reactions from different people about the groups that are out there.
It would give the groups that read RCN a better understanding of what
people out there think about them, and how they can change to please
their followers. Otherwise, keep up the good work, Ill be waiting for
the next issue.
Signed,
Cannon
Dear Cannon,
Thank you for the compliments! As far as reader comments, we post
all reader comments in the editorials section, and any other feelings
about groups should be sent in along with a survey. However, if a
comment is to be directed to a specific group, I dont feel it necessary
to exploit it in front of the entire scene in the E-Mag. Instead, I
think it would be more appropriate for that person to e-mail the group
leaders directly.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
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Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Daviolator
Subject : Napalm DEAD??? Affiliation : Napalm Leader
RCN : The general consensus of the scene toward Napalm is that it is no
longer doing as well as it did in the past. One can even go so
far as to say that Napalm is dead because it is no longer
releasing on a regular basis. Do you believe that Napalm is dead,
or is dying?
NPM : No, that is absolutely not true. As you can see, besides
Prestige, every other games group in the scene is also suffering
from a release slump. Prestige is the games releasing force at
the moment, but I think Napalm will be able to take some quality
releases from Prestige here and there.
RCN : Less than 2 weeks ago, both Napalm and Prestige released Battle
Arena : Toshinden, but both groups happened to release an
identical crack. Not only has Prestige accused Napalm of stealing
the crack for Battle Arena : Toshinden, Prestige has backed it
with evidence RCN 16. I want to see *YOU*, the leader of
Napalm, explain why the cracks for Battle Arena : Toshinden from
both groups are exactly the identical, even down to the time
stamps. Did Napalm steal the Prestige crack, or did it not?
NPM : Well, I really cant answer question. Its not that I dont want
to answer the question, but I really dont know the whole story.
I have been taking it easy as of late and I only know as much as
the average person.
RCN : There are a few indicators and pointers here and there that inform
the leader that their group is not doing too well. For release
groups, one can say that a group is doing horribly if it doesnt
release in a long period of time. Napalm hasnt released in
almost 3 weeks, and I consider that a long period of time. Also,
when members of a group flood out to join other groups, I too
consider that to be a bad sign. Many of Napalms crackers have
left Napalm to join Prestige, one such cracker is Lost Soul. How
has his absence and the absence of other former Napalm members
effected the group as a whole?
NPM : Loyalty. If there is no loyalty in a group, then the group can
never do well. When Napalm was doing well, everyone was asking to
join, but once Prestige started releasing, everyone wanted to be a
Prestige member. I feel that flooding back and forth between
groups is extremely lame. Napalm still has many loyal members,
and I thank those who are loyal for sticking with the group
through the tough times. Napalm may no longer be the 1 games
group, but we surely do like to think of ourselves as the 2 games
group. As for the fact that Napalm has not released yet, people
need not worry, the releases will be coming shortly.
RCN : In last weeks interview with Shatter Star, I asked him why Napalm
was not releasing, and he said that it was not releasing because
Napalm was apparently testing the LOYALTY of the members. When
he said that, I assumed that Shatter Star was taking the role of a
loyal Napalm member, but not even a week has passed, and hes
already ditched Napalm for Prestige. It seems to me that he no
longer believes that Napalm is refusing to release because it
wishes to test its members. What are your feelings on his
resignation, and what are your feelings toward him? Has his
resignation effected the standing of the group?
NPM : Like I said, people tend to hop from one group to another because
they want to be in group that is releasing a lot. What can I say?
Napalm is not doing well at the moment, so all the unloyal members
jump ship. You cant put a choke on them, its their decision to
do whatever they want. Personally, this is just more about having
fun then anything else. Why should I get stressed out over these
things?
RCN : There is a parallel between the old Napalm Consoles and the
current Napalm PC, both groups were at one point in time, a very
strong releasing force, but both started to release less as time
passed. When Napalm Consoles could no longer release, you merged
Napalm Consoles into another consoles group called Sneakers, and
then you headed off to try your luck at running a successful games
group on another platform, the PC, and thus Napalm PC was created.
Now that Napalm PC is close to dying, will you merge it into
Prestige, and then perhaps move on to releasing games on another
platform? You should try your luck starting Napalm MAC, theres a
lot less competition in releasing Macintosh games...
NPM : Hehe, that is kind of funny to hear. Napalm Consoles wasnt even
close to dying when I merged it into Sneakers. The reason why I
merged Napalm Consoles into Sneakers was because the other Napalm
leaders and I were too busy to run things, so I decided to merge
Napalm into a consoles group that was no longer releasing as well
as it used to, but still had a good reputation. I really hope
that Napalm PC will not need to merge into another games group.
RCN : Well, you were looking for a consoles group that was slowing down,
but had a good reputation? Razor 1911 is a perfect counterpart to
Sneakers. Razor 1911 is a games group that is slowing down, but
they have a great reputation, is Napalm considering a merge with
Razor 1911, or is a merge out of question?
NPM : Napalm Consoles didnt have a problem with merging into Sneakers
because most members of both groups were good friends. I highly
doubt that Napalm PC will merge into Razor 1911, there isnt much
love between the two groups. But then again, you never know, who
would have ever thought Nexus would merge into Razor 1911, or that
Dynamix would merge into Prestige?
RCN : How does Napalm get most of their releases? Ive heard rumors
that Napalm is a group that specializes in getting releases
through store pick ups. Suppliers who do store pick ups can be
very effective, but most groups that only have suppliers that do
store pick ups usually suffer from a bad reputation, an example of
such would be ROR Release on Rampage. Is that also the case
with Napalm?
NPM : I would say that store pick ups is one of Napalms most effective
ways in getting releases. However, now that my buddy Shadow
Master is doing store pick ups for Prestige, its made Napalms
job a lot tougher. Shadow Master, youre the best man!
RCN : Was Shadow Master ever a member of Napalm, or any groups youve
been affiliated with?
NPM : I was with Shadow Master in Phoenix. He was also in Napalm
Consoles ever since it started, but then he left to start up SWAT
Consoles Special Warez Acquisition Team with his friend Cyber
Christ.
RCN : Wow, I remember Cyber Christ, Digital Messiah my friend who
taught me about the scene told me that Cyber Christ was Cool and
Elite, back before I even had a chance to start memorizing group
acronyms. Anyway, when you started Napalm PC, was Shadow Master
in any PC games groups? If not, why did you not ask him to come
work with you in Napalm? And if you did ask, I assume that he
must have rejected your offer, and if so, why?
NPM : Shadow Master was not in any PC groups at the time Napalm PC
started because he was too busy with SWAT Consoles. I did ask
Shadow Master to join Napalm PC, but he said that he had no
interest in the lame CD-Ripping scene. He said the PC scene is
not the same as the good old floppy days. Next thing I know, he
joins Razor 1911.
RCN : May be Shadow Master changed his mind? Anyway, I joined Napalm a
few minutes ago, and on the channel topic, it said :
*** Topic for napalm: THIS WEEK WILL BE NAPALMS COME BACK WEEK!
*** Topic for napalm set by Prophet on Jun 4 16:28:39
NPM : What is Napalm planning to do differently this week that will make
it come back?
RCN : We plan to release one game more than we have for the last 3
weeks. I would say that releasing is a positive thing, wouldnt
you agree?
NPM : Releasing will do Napalm a ton of good, and that is positive for
the group, assuming the release is not a dupe and is fully
functional. However, the core of Napalms cracking force has left
Napalm to join Prestige. If/when Napalm does get a release, how
will it get cracked? Napalm wouldnt happen to be planning to
release a game that is not cracked properly, would it?
RCN : Well, we still have some kick ass crackers in Napalm such as
Wolverine, and others whom we cannot name because they do not wish
to be revealed. If you have noticed our past couple of releases,
there werent any fuck ups. We were so confident that we started
fixing other groups releases such as Hybrids release of Lemmings
Paintball for Windows 95.
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Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Jester King
Subject : Razor 1911 Takes ROR!!! Affiliation : Razor God
RCN : Ive just been informed that Rom Racer from Razor 1911 was banned
from IRC channel ROR by members of ROR Release on Rampage, is
that true?
JKG : Yes, Rom Racer was wondering why the mean ROR members had banned
him under the evil leadership of tKLP. Rom Racer has always been
a great loyal honest man, why would anyone feel that they should
ban someone such as him?
RCN : What did you do when you found out that Rom Racer was banned from
channel ROR?
JKG : I was interested about what happend and since Im a considerate
guy to my niggaz, I decided to go check things out. I asked my
man E-Dogg to invite me over to channel ROR.
RCN : What did you find when you joined channel ROR?
JKG : Ok, the scene of the crime was hot. I first wanted to see if I
had any backup to help handle the tough situation. E-Dogg wuz in
there so thats all the juice I needed for now. I said excuse me
ROR members, do you MIND!! I think Rom Racer should be unbanned
hes a nice guy.
RCN : What did they say after you asked to have Rom Racer unbanned?
JKG : Their reply was, FUCK YOU RAZOR LAMER, we dont want him here.
I took a deep breath and said to myself, thats mad fucked up, now
time to DIE!!!
RCN : Time to DIE!!!???
JKG : Both of E-Dogg and I are master minded professionals and it was
recognized that we could handle this baby in no time. I told
E-Dogg that banning Rom Racer from channel ROR was wrong, and no
decent man should be disrespected like that!
RCN : What did E-Dogg say? Im friends with him and I know that hes a
real cool guy.
JKG : E-Dogg was like, yeah man! We gotta do something about this..
HMMMMM.. TAKE OVER THE CHANNEL.. yeah that should be a suitable
lesson to teach these guys some manners.
RCN : So you guys then decided to takeover channel ROR?
JKG : Ok, the kickban assault began, kick ban after kick ban. I had a
major long day and I didnt want to take this bullshit. These
guys better learn their lesson. In a matter of minutes, the
entire channel was wipped out. Members begged to be back in their
long lost channel. The whole point of this takeover was to make
ROR members realise that when the mighty The Blade strikes, we
mean business. We only think that all people deserve respect, and
if respect is not given, a lesson will have to be learned!
RCN : Who planned the takeover of channel channel ROR?
JKG : This sinister plot was masterminded by E-Dogg and I, and
coordinated by E-Dogg, because he is by far a much more
knowledgable man concerning the Internet than I. Im still
learning. This takeover wouldnt have been successful without the
support from Rezurecta who constantly sacrificed his Internet
account putting it on the line to hold off hordes of ROR members.
He did want me to add that hed much rather go down there with 2
cups of blood and a gat and bust caps!
RCN : Isnt it immature to see a well established games group such as
Razor 1911 takeover a channel of a lame games group, and is this
case, channel ROR?
JKG : Razor 1911 is not responsible for this takeover, and has nothing
to do with it, but the fine quality morals of Razor 1911 members
is found within all that make up The Blade, and we stand by those
no matter what!. ROR will have their channel back soon! We are
not meanies like you . Also, ROR is attempting to takeover
Razor, but to no avail.
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Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Frost
Subject : Digital Traders DEAD!!! Affiliation : Digital Council
RCN : Digital is an awesome courier group in the recent months, but Ive
been informed by some personal friends of the network that Digital
have retired, is that rumor true?
DGT : Yes, it is true.
RCN : It was doing extremely well as a courier group, and was gaining
respectability within the scene by leaps and bounds? Why did
Digital retire?
DGT : The presidents of Digital, Devast and Silent Mobius decided to
retire from the group. As to the reason why, I myself am not
sure, we have yet to inform the group.
RCN : What about Blitzkrieg, is he not also a founder and leader of
Digital? Are you telling me he does not have faith in himself to
keep the group alive and kicking?
DGT : Blitzkrieg is a great leader, the only problem with Blitzkrieg is
that he is not online too often. If there is a new group formed
as a result of this, you may well see some Digital seniors leading
it.
RCN : Would it be possible that Digital might merge into another courier
group? Perhaps Digital might merge into RiSC Rise in Superior
Couriering, or perhaps Digital might merge into Amnesia?
DGT : I think it is very possible, we have a lot of talent in our ranks.
I am 100 sure that each of our traders is competent enough to
join smaller trading groups and a handful have a shot at groups
like Amnesia and RiSC.
RCN : Why is Silent Mobius and Devast leaving the scene? I just talked
to them earlier today and they showed no signs of despising the
scene, or anything to that extent. Do you care to comment?
DGT : I dont believe they are leaving the scene, Im sure theyll still
be in it, but as to their agendas I am not sure.
RCN : Most FTP sites are only operational during the school year because
most FTP sites are based on college campuses. Might Digital have
died because many of its FTP sites might have gone down?
DGT : I highly doubt that, our sites are the awesome, and they will
still be up this summer.
RCN : What does Amnesia have to say about the death of Digital? After
all, the courier contest between Amnesia vs. Digital might have
harbored some harsh feelings which could lead to conflicts down
the road.
DGT : I wouldnt say that Amnesia is the arch-enemy of Digital, most of
the members of Amnesia and Digital are good friends. Digital
merely competed with Amnesia. As for what Amnesia says about the
death of Digital, thats not for me to say.
RCN : I consider you a coordinator in Digital, after all, you were the
one that helped update the nfos. Where will you be going now that
Digital is dead, which courier group are you seeking after?
DGT : Im pretty open to things right now, I think that Silent Mobius
and Devast may have some plans for the group, we are not the type
that would leave our members lying around, we will probably start
a small group for our traders and move on from there. Right now,
I am not thinking about where I might go, but I am thinking about
how I should get my traders into a new courier group.
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Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Tok
Subject : Defacto/Sodom Affiliation : Sodom Leader
RCN : Sodom has been showing its releasing potential in the recent weeks
by releasing tons of software, and some may even consider that
Sodom is now one of the top 5 utils groups. Do you feel that this
is true?
TOK : Yes, of course its true. We have been working hard 10 to 14
hours a day since we formed the group on July 11, 1995. We know
the scene well now and many people know us. We have worked hard
and long for our reputation, and that is part of the reason for
our success. Of course, weve had conflicts with other groups,
but theyve left already, and weve been preserved.
RCN : I know that Sodom is a Russian group, and that DOD Drink or Die
is also a Russian group that advertises itself as the Russian
Warez Bears. Do you believe that Sodom is the true Russian Warez
Bears, and it has conquered that section of Europe indefinitely?
TOK : Hmm... this is a really long story, Sodom and DOD that is. What
can I say, we have somewhat of a competition in Russia that
stemmed when Sodom and DOD were formed, and, now were winning, so
DOD is really going down hill.
RCN : What competition was there between Sodom and DOD when Sodom first
started, and what do you mean when you say that DOD is really
going down hill?
TOK : Actually, when we were first formed, there was no competition,
because it was in 1995, and back then, DOD was really famous. It
think it was the best in the scene when it came to utils. So, we
cant really talk about competition in 1995, but then, after all
organization questions and communication conflicts were worked
out, we moved to IRC, and began to work work work. As I said, we
worked from 10-14 hours a day. Internet in Russia is really bad,
the connection speeds are extremely slow, especially with people
that are still on 9600s, so uploading is difficult.
RCN : Why did Jimmy Jamez leave the scene?
TOK : Why? Well, Jimmy Jamez, the leader of DOD, left the scene about
80 of the way. He got work in Moscow, and he didnt care about
DOD any more, maybe some old seniors, but not Jimmy Jamez, and
some suppliers, joined other release groups, and so half the
people in the current DOD.NFO are actually NOT IN DOD. As you can
see, DODs releases of the past two months havent been working
ones.
RCN : Many people know you as the leader of Sodom, but many also know
that you were an editor of Defacto, and I use the word were in
the past tense, why did you leave Defacto? Earlier, you informed
me that it was because of the Sodom Project. What is the Sodom
Project?
TOK : This really sucks, but Sodom was forced to drop the Sodom Project.
3 or 4 council members from Defacto didnt want to be in the Sodom
Project, and it became like the U.S. Revolution. I was the main
organizer of Defacto, and after this decision, I downgraded myself
to writer, but RCN came back, and I think we gave you a chance to
monopolize all the warez e-mags in the scene, and I think you did,
and thats why Defacto 8 will be the future of e-mags! I think I
will upgrade my position back one day, but not yet, this is a hard
time for me, I have exams in the university, and Sodom is taking
up much of my time.
RCN : So you will one day become the Sodom editor again? What exactly
was the Sodom Project? And why do you feel that Defacto 8 will
be the future of e-mags? What about Defacto 8 will make it so
revolutionary?
TOK : Heh, okay, well, if you dont already know, Defacto was originally
started by Sodom, so the founders were NetRunner, IPggi, and me.
All the people who write or do anything for Defacto are in Sodom,
so thats why it was called the Sodom Project.
RCN : When will you be returning to Defacto?
TOK : Yes, very soon, after my exams are over, I think I will be able to
return to Defacto as a *SECRET*, but anyway, 8 will be
revolutionary. And do you want to know why? Well, because it will
have good coding, SVGA graphics, and many features. Anyway, I
like this competition between RCN and Defacto, but nearly everyone
thinks that RCN is ruling the e-mag scene, and we are some small
shit, but remember, we are only on issue 8!
RCN : Im glad to see that Defacto is doing something to improve its
image. However, the idea of an SVGA e-mag is by no means a new
one, the Demo and Art scene has been implementing it for years
now. What makes you think that the public will perceive it as
such a revolutionary change?
TOK : Hmm.. well, first Im not the coder, our coder is Captain Power,
he built this in C++, Assembly, and a little Pascal source.
Second, our e-mag will be much better with compression, not 2.X MB
like RCN. We also have a good VGA artist. Many new writers
applied for Defacto last week.
RCN : RCNs size is a direct result of the many articles it presents to
the scene every week. Coding and art is but an iota of the entire
EXE size. Will this not be the opposite in Defacto? Defacto has
just a fraction of the articles that RCN does, and, assuming all
goes well, Defacto will be spending much more space on mere coding
and SVGA art, right?
TOK : Hehehe, naw man, Defacto is COMPRESSED!!! EVERYTHING IS!!!
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Reporter : Xenon Interviewee : Flexor
Subject : Legacy Revival Affiliation : Legacy President
RCN : Many of us know that the games group known as Legacy died a few
months ago when its leaders left the scene to pursue other
interests. However, there are some rumors that Legacy is coming
back up, is that true?
LGC : Yes, thats true, Legacy is coming back up.
RCN : So are you telling me that the former leaders of Legacy have come
back from the retirement to restart Legacy?
LGC : No, the former leaders of Legacy have left the warez scene and I
am merely restarting the group with new members.
RCN : Who were the former leaders of Legacy?
LGC : The original founders of Legacy was Rebel Chicken and Hitex. Im
not sure if they have left the scene completely, but I know that
they are currently editors of a warez e-mag called Reality Check
Network.
RCN : Do you have permission from Rebel Chicken and Hitex to start a
group using the Legacy name? Wouldnt they be upset with the fact
that someone else is taking advantage of the Legacy name in order
to promote a new group that had nothing to do with the old?
LGC : Yes, I asked Rebel Chicken and Hitex about using the Legacy name,
and they did not seem upset with it at all. They only showed
apathy and indifference toward the fact that I was starting a
group called Legacy.
RCN : Are any of the former Legacy suppliers a part of this new Legacy?
LGC : No, but they are welcome to join if they wish to do so. I need
all the suppliers I can get my hands on.
RCN : Are any of the former Legacy members a part of this new Legacy?
LGC : No, and I think thats just too bad. I think that none of the old
Legacy members have joined the new Legacy because they have yet to
hear that the group is coming back up.
RCN : As is common knowledge, Legacy died off under the leadership of
Rebel Chicken and Hitex because they left the scene, what will you
do differently this time that will make Legacy survive and do
better than it did before?
LGC : I will try to make sure that the members of the group stays
informed with all the group happenings. I will try to be a good
leader. I have no thoughts.
RCN : Will Legacy be releasing only games, or only utils, or both games
and utils?
LGC : I have discussed that with the group and weve come to the
conclusion that we will stick to releasing only games because its
too much of a hassle to release both games and utils.
RCN : Some might consider it EASIER to release both games and utils
because crappy utils are easier to find and release. Wouldnt it
be easier for you if you made Legacy a utils only group, or a
group that released both games and utils?
LGC : The utils scene is currently monopolized by groups such as PWA
Pirates with Attitudes and DOD Drink or Die. The best games
release group at the moment is Prestige. I dont know why I want
to make Legacy a games only group, but I just have a feeling that
starting a games group would be good for now. I have already
tried doing utils before, but to no avail.
RCN : You mentioned earlier that NONE of the original Legacy members
have joined the new Legacy. I can then infer that none of the
former Legacy crackers and coders are not with you either, will
your new Legacy have the same quality of coding found in the late
Legacy?
LGC : Well, if the old crackers and coders come back to Legacy, then we
will have the same quality as before. They were really good at
it, and it would be very hard to go back to their level.
RCN : In Mortalitys latest release, Omnipage Pro v7.0 for Windows 95, I
found that according to the nfo file included in the release, the
supplier of release was named Legacy. Also included in the
release is a legacy.nfo, do you have any information concerning
this matter?
LGC : No, actually I didnt know about this until you informed me now.
Thanks for telling me.. :.
RCN : Where are most of the members of this new Legacy located at? Will
this new Legacy be a US group, or a European group?
LGC : I Live in Sweden, but we have many members that live in the US, so
you can say that our group is very spread out.
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Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Met
Subject : Rebels Affiliation : Rebels Council
RCN : Where do you see Rebels today, compared to other utils groups in
the scene such as DOD Drink or Die and PWA Pirates with
Attitudes?
RBS : Well, PWA has almost always been the biggest utils group in the
scene, and still are. DOD has been going down hill lately, but
DOD is still made up of many good members. Rebels is a very
strong group, but we are not yet as big as PWA.
RCN : Why do you feel that Rebels is not as good as PWA? What makes PWA
better than Rebels?
RBS : Well, I feel that Rebels is comparable to PWA at this moment,
however, PWA has been very big for several years now and Rebels
has not been as big for as long a time. In my opinion, that makes
PWA the better group since I believe that experience is very
important.
RCN : How will Rebels go about gaining such experience, do you merely
get this experience by being the older group? As far as I know,
isnt Rebels OLDER than PWA?
RBS : Yes, Rebels is a very old group and is even older that Razor 1911.
Rebels has been around ever since 1984 when it was a group
specialized in the Amiga scene. Right after I first bought my PC,
Omnibuz and I decided to start Rebels PC as a demo group. Weve
been releasing PC utils for almost 2 years now, but the first year
of releasing was really bad. Many of the members in Rebels are
former members of groups such as Nexus, Razor 1911, and TRSi. We
feel ready to rock DOD and PWA. The scene should really watch out
for us now that Pantera has merged into Rebels.
RCN : Why did Rebels switch from coding demos to releasing PC utils?
RBS : Well, you really get sick of coding demos if you have been in the
demo scene for 10 years doing the same thing.
RCN : Rebels is a group that is based in Sweden, does that hinder Rebels
effectiveness in releasing utils? After all, European countries
are supposed to receive computer software a few weeks after the
United States, or is that not true?
RBS : Rebels is no longer based in Sweden since the merge with Pantera,
over half the group is now based in the US. Doson and Racjam are
doing a hell of a job over there. Comptuer software arrives in
Europe as fast as it does in the US, so being in Europe does not
effect the standing of the group.
RCN : Does Doson and Racjam help supply for the group, or do they do
work as the US coordinators of Rebels?
RBS : They have a position that is equal in standing to Omnibuz and I.
The 4 of us are in charge of Rebels and we all do our bit to help
the group.
RCN : Now that Rebels also has a strong force in the US as well as
Europe, what do you see for the future of Rebels?
RBS : Well, we are all doing this for fun and we are all good friends in
Rebels. Lots of the members in Europe are going to the US this
Autumn. Since we are such good friends, I guess we will all stick
together and Rebels will grow bigger and bigger.
RCN : You mentioned earlier that DOD was going down hill, why do you say
that is so?
RBS : Well they are not going down hill, its just that they have not
released as much in the past weeks as they used to, but every
group hits a slump every now and then.
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Reporter : Darkwing Interviewee : Multiple
Subject : Random in Jail!!! Affiliation : Multiple
I thought it was pretty cool the day RblChickn walked into
Sailormoon and we decided to trade ops, as it were. I became a member
of RCN, in charge of channel security, and he got to sit in my channel
looking cool all night. While chatting in RCN one evening, Druggy
popped in complaining that Sin had no ops. After getting ops back for
the channel twice, we got to talking and I became a member. About a
week passed, and things were pretty cool. I liked working with Druggy,
and the people in Sin were real nice. Soon, however, all hell broke
loose for a couple of days when Druggy up and went. He wrote us all,
saying that he had lost faith and Sin. Druggy currently is a part of
the Motiv8 council, where his fate is being decided. This interview
consists of Druggy, the ex-president of Sin Sinful Traders, and Wildd,
the new president.
I apologize in advance for the poor quality of my interview with
Druggy. During the said interview, both of Motiv8s channels were taken
over by a friend of mine, no doubt. While talking to my friend I also
received a call from my mother, and upon finding out that she was just
in a car accident I had to leave immediately to pick her up. Please
note that I am not taking sides at all. The following conversation was
made between Druggy and I :
RCN : When did you first learn about Sin?
DRG : I frist learned about Sin shortly after I left Violation about one
and a half months ago.
RCN : And you were with it the whole time?
DRG : Yes.
RCN : Not to suck up or anything, but when I joined, you were a great
leader of Sin. You were always busy, always workin hard to keep
the group going. You seemed to like it, but then why did you
start to lose faith in Sin?
DRG : Well, it goes like this, back in the days of Violation, I worked
my ass of for the group along with Double E, who later becomes the
vice president of Sin. Doublee busted his ass off for the group
by kicking ass with the uploads, and I would take care of
organizing and managing the group. We left Violation mainly
because everyone was fucking around, and leeching away and so we
started Sinful Traders. We were awesome when we were small, but
when we started to become well known, more people joined, and at
my fault, I did not put any of the applicants on trial.
RCN : But big groups can make it, you did kick out like 3/4th of them,
but they all seemed to keep coming back.
DRG : Yeah, it was a fucking pain, no one took them off the channel
bots, and they all still had my email. Two particular fucks,
Blankman and Demon of BaC leeched our sites for the good of the
other group, which really got me pissed.
RCN : I made the mistake there. Nobody had master access on my bots
except you, Double E, and Wildd. They couldnt take people off,
so they kickbanned them until I fixed it. So basically, you
decided to just start somewhere else, or did you decide to take
some of your friends with you to join Motiv8?
DRG : Yes, I talked to Mason, and tried to get on one or two of their
FTP sites so Sin could prosper, so I made him an account on the
Sin WHQ, and Mason was impressed, so he brought up the idea of a
merger. I figured, if I went to Motiv8, I could help them out as
a council member, I could help organize the group, and I could
recruit some very dedicated couriers, and I could set up some very
fast FTP sites.
RCN : Ahhh.. so you decided to leave Sin to join Motiv8. What
influenced your decision on who you should take along with you to
Motiv8?
DRG : Well, quite simply, people who had their own source of warez.
Most of the group relied on these few, to get the stuff to
distribute.
RCN : How did Random end up in jail?
DRG : Random is in jail because someone narqed on him. My guess is that
someone from Sin who whas furious that I abandoned them. I gave
Sin a week trial, they didnt shape up, so I left.
RCN : Wildd wasnt so sure that Random was narqed on. He said that when
his site got all the uploads from Motiv8, the disk space was
filled and his administrator found the warez.
DRG : Thats a fucking lie. It was never a MOTIV8 site! Random was
working on it! And some mother fucking ROOT from Canada got his
ass. This was Randoms second bust within a year.
The following conversation was made between Wildd and I :
RCN : How long were you with Sin?
WLD : Ive been in Sin since its beginning. I think it has been 2
months now.
RCN : You were a senior right?
WLD : Yes. Up until now, I was a senior member, but I did more work
than the job called for.
RCN : Did you foresee Druggy leaving the group?
WLD : He talked about merging all of Sin into Motiv8, but I had no idea
that he himself would split.
RCN : He said that in the last 3 weeks or so, too many people joined
Sin, and it is what screwed up the group. Do you agree that this
is one of the reasons the group was having problems?
WLD : Well, I dont think the group was ever screwed, other than the
fact that Druggy started to pay less and less attention to the
happenings around Sin itself.
RCN : Did Druggy invite you to go along to Motiv8 with him?
WLD : Druggy tried to get me into Motiv8, but I had already expressed my
strong dislike for Motiv8s workings to many Motiv8 council
members.
RCN : Howd he start to pay less and less attention to Sin? When I
joined the group, he was always working hard for us, despite his
finals.
WLD : He was there, but he put more and more of a work load on seniors,
and did less and less himself.
RCN : Ahh.. well, since I was not a senior, I wouldnt have noticed. I
got my fair share of tasks but it wasnt too much in return for
all I was given. So you decided youd want to run Sin?
WLD : Ya, I have been with Sin from the beginning, and I looked at it as
something that I helped shape. I didnt want to give up on it,
especially not now, when it needed me most.
RCN : Do you think Sin was hurt badly by Druggy leaving?
WLD : I think Sin was crippled by Druggy leaving, but we were, with the
dedication of several people you know who you are, able to
regroup and come back, stronger than ever.
RCN : So you dont foresee any problems with Sin in the future?
WLD : The only problem I foresee with Sin in the future is that we need
more FTP sites to fill. The couriers are filling hard drive EVERY
day and they are doing one hell of a job. Ive already had to
have several of my couriers cut back on their uploading!
RCN : So Sin is stronger than ever?
WLD : I think it is. We went through what should have been a
devastating time, and came out even better. I foresee things only
getting better.
RCN : Im trying to decide if I should join Druggy and a few of the
others in Motiv8 or stay in Sin.. any advice?
WLD : Well.. I think Motiv8 has troubles in the future. As you saw..
they are getting hectic there with takeovers and tons of
idlers/leechers. Theres never any work that gets done in the
shitty council.
RCN : Did Sin lose a lot of members to Motiv8 or other groups? And what
is going on with Mantas desire to merge Sin with IRC?
WLD : Sin lost some people, but none that I miss too much. We did lose
many FTP sites.
RCN : Yeah, I noticed the loss of FTP sites in the last FTP site list I
got.
WLD : Do you know anything about Random being in jail?
RCN : Druggy mentioned that. I need to talk to him about it. Manta is
a traitor. He came into Sin, and said that I announced we were
merging with IRC when I was away. Fortunately, because of a few
peoples quick work, I was able to keep ALL members from leaving
for IRC.
WLD : Yeah, I was there. He said that you would be OK with it, but did
not say that you would agree. I was talking to Crash and a few
others and they all said that you would give a flat out NO to
the merge.
RCN : Random was put in jail because this was the second time he got
caught. It was not that anyone neccesarily narqed, but that the
system administrators caught on when the increased Motiv8
uploading kicked in, and the space dwindled.
WLD : Yeah, Druggy said that Randoms boss emailed him and told him to
fuck off.
RCN : Ya.
WLD : Motiv8 has lost a lot of FTP sites it seems.
RCN : Despite the desires of Manta, Sin will merge with no one. The
dedication of our people have made the Sin name as big as ever,
and they deserve to keep that name. I wont let anyone take it
over.
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Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Endeavour
Subject : COPS Doing Shareware??? Affiliation : COPS Founder
RCN : Ive seen COPS Couriers of Pirated Software release both games
and utils here and there, why has COPS not taken the move to
specialize in one field of releasing, or has it already done so?
END : COPS now specializes in utils only.
RCN : Why have you decided to do so?
END : Well, I feel that if a group releases anything that it can get its
hands on, its really not a very professional group. But if you
release within a certain specialized area, such as utils, then it
makes the group seem more professional. Another advantage of
only releasing utils is that I will be able to trade games for
utils with other groups, which would help make for good relations
with the rest of the scene.
RCN : So COPS trades its games with other games groups? Has COPS
traded games for utils with other games groups yet?
END : Well COPS hasnt exactly traded ANY games yet with any groups, but
we plan on trading games with other groups in the future if we get
a hold of some hot game releases. I plan to trade games for utils
with groups such as ROR Release on Rampage and Napalm.
RCN : Just a few weeks ago, I saw that COPS released Blake Stone :
Aliens of Gold, the files dated back to 1993, about the same time
Wolfenstein was first released to the public, why would groups
such as ROR and Napalm want to trade their utils with games by
COPS which have a reputation of low quality? Anyhow, ROR has
already promised to trade its utils and games strictly with
Mortality and not with COPS?
END : Yes, I remember that release of Blake Stone : Aliens of Gold.
That was a BAD release and COPS apologizes for that, but we dont
intend to release anything like that in the future. It was a bad
call on my part. Well, if ROR has already made a decision on
trading utils for games only with Mortality, then thats fine. I
will find another group such as Napalm, and if COPS cant find any
other groups, then fATE Fast Action Trade Exchange will be our
next candidate.
RCN : Most Napalm suppliers are also in grousp such as DOD Drink or
Die and PWA Pirates with Attitudes, and thus have to supply for
those groups, so saying that Napalm will help supply utils for
COPS is definitely out of the question. On the note of fATE, why
would you trade releases with fATE? fATE is a courier group, is
it not?
END : Like I said, I will find some other groups to trade releases with
after consulting with my council. Those just happened to be the 2
groups that I could name off the top of my head. fATE is official
couriers for COPS, and fATE does have a releasing section.
RCN : What are some of COPS best releases in the recent weeks?
END : COPS has released great software such as Visual Object COBOL for
Windows 95/NT Beta 3 and WebManager for Win95 Beta v.1.1.3.
RCN : Why are those releases all beta, would it be that COPS has
suppliers that work for those companies?
END : You can say that.
RCN : As an editor of RCN, I try to keep an unbiased opinion toward
groups. However, wherever I go, it seems to me that there is a
general consensus among to scene to look upon COPS as a really
lame group. The scene accuses COPS of releasing nothing but
dupes and shareware, why do you think that is so?
END : Haha, well, as I learned from the latest issue of RCN and I whole
heartedly agree, is that if you call someone lame, that person
who call people lame is the person that is really lame. But, to
tell you the truth, we have only released 1 dupe and we have yet
to anything that can be considered shareware. I dont know where
they would get the idea that we release in those two categories,
because every group has their share of dupes but COPS has had
only 1, and the scene should give us credit on that.
RCN : So youre saying that COPS has never released any shareware or
freeware, and that COPS has only duped once in its entire
existence?
END : Yes, COPS has only duped once, and COPS has never released
shareware or freeware.
RCN : Do you lie often? Anyway, COPS is very fortunate to have fATE as
its official couriers, how did you acquire such a good standing
and respectable courier group to become officials with COPS?
END : Well, MALiCE used to be official couriers for COPS, but then
MALiCE kicked COPS out, but before that happened, Doobie from fATE
was in close contact with me, and when MALiCE kicked COPS out, I
jumped on the chance to get fATE in as COPS official couriers.
fATE has been doing a lot more than some of the courier groups
around, especially MALiCE, which I think is DEAD now.
RCN : Why did MALiCE kick COPS out as official couriers?
END : The reason MALiCE kicked out COPS was because the council members
in MALiCE were REALLY poor with their members. There were fights
within the group all the time. I had repeatedly asked them to
support the COPS FTP sites, they merely ignored me. I got sick of
MALiCE and the MALiCE members got sick of the council and left.
RCN : What do you see for the future of COPS? Do you see it becoming
one of the strong utils groups in the future? Theres a quote
found in the COPS NFO, which goes as follows Keep an eye on us,
cuz we are coming very strong, VERY strong, and we are ready to
tear it up and take all. Do you believe that COPS is indeed
becoming very strong, VERY strong?
END : Yes, I think so. I think that COPS will become VERY strong. It
may take a couple of years, but I think that sooner or later, we
will be as good as groups such as DOD and PWA.
RCN : Dont you think that aspiring to be as good as DOD and PWA might
be impossible for a group such as COPS? After all, most people in
the scene are very stubborn, and most already have their heart set
to believing that COPS is very lame and only releases freeware and
shareware even when that might not be the case. Perhaps, it would
be easier for you to just kill COPS, and start a totally new
group?
END : Hehe, like how you did to Legacy? I doubt it. Maybe it will be
impossible, but I am sure that we will have some impact on the
scene. When people COPS releases in the future, I am sure they
will come to change their minds. But then again, you never know
what will happen in the future.
RCN : Yes, that is true, but history does repeat itself. Anyway,
according to my sources, you also ran an e-mag called Horizons,
what happened to it?
END : Yes, we were, but a lot of our Horizon writers werent committed
enough and soon, the group died off. I see no reason to publish
an e-mag if RCN is in the scene. I think that you guys are the
best and that there should be no other e-mag.
RCN : I must admire your tenacity in running COPS, if I were running
COPS, I would have killed it off long ago, but you seem to be a
hard worker, whats your secret?
END : COPS may not be the best group around, but we are sure as hell
trying to contribute whatever we can to the scene. And even
though we may not have the best people in our group, or known
people, there are a lot of new prospective members out their that
are willing to commit time and energy into a group, even if that
group may not be as good as DOD or PWA. When you come into our
IRC channel C.O.P.S., you would hardly recognize anyone there.
Thats because these members are the NEW batch of people coming
into the scene.
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Author : Chuck McGinnes
Subject : Teen Charged With Hacking FAU computer
BOCA RATON - a recently graduated high school senior has been
charged with breaking into the computer system at Florida Atlantic State
Universitys College of Science and Engineering, destroying a
professors electronic mail and transferring files to the internet.
Thomas Robert Stromberg, 18, who just graduted from Olympic Heights
High School, was arrested Thursday at his home west of Boca Raton. He
was charged with two felonies - offenses against intellectual property
and offenses against computer users. Investigators from the FDLE
Florida Department of Law Enforcement and FAU seized a computer and
related equipment and material from Strombergs home at 9596 Lancaster
Place.
FDLE agents also seized computers from other homes in the Boca Raton
area. Additional arrests are expected, FAU Detective Carl Chuck Aurin
said. The investigation began in February after Elise Angiollilo, FAUs
director of tele-communications, discovered someone had gained access to
the computers in the science and engineering department.
The hackers apparently used the account of a former FAU student to
get into the unversitys computer system. Once they had access, they
twice tried to crash the computer system and wiped out the electronic
mail system of Mahesh Neelakanta, the departments computer system
coordinator. Information and copyrighted software from the computer
files were transferred to the Internet, where the data could be copied
by anyone using the Internet. FAU officials would not say what was in
the files.
The university has very significant information in the computer.
The equipment is used by the state for a specific purpose : education
and research, said Tom Horton, a computer science and engineering
professor.
Neelakanta found and FAU computer account that was being used to
request information from an outside computer system. The outside system
asked for personal information and the individual using the account
entered Strombergs name, according to an arrest report. Stromberg told
the police he used a program to crack password files that allowed him
into several user accounts where he stored pirated software.
This is not the first time hackers have broken into the computer
system of a government agency in Palm Beach County. In 1992, a
15-year-old Jupiter boy allegedely tinkered his way into a South Florida
Water Management District computer system. Sheryl Woodm a district
attorney, said she could not recall if criminal charges were filed
against the boy, but she remembered seeing a letter of apology from the
youth. Investigators said most hackers break into computer systems for
the bragging rights. They usually write bulletin boards and share the
information they obtain with other hackers. Stromberg, who was a member
of his schools computer club, went by the name Dr. Jekyll. He is being
held at the county jail on 1,000 bail.
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Author : Kysr Soze
Subject : Demaxxus *BUSTED*!!!
Im a close personal friend of Demaxxus, and this morning Monday,
June 3rd, I called him at about 8:50am, like I usually do to make sure
hes awake, but this time our call was a little bit different. There
was no, Oh ya, Im on my way, Ill meet you there. Instead, his reply
was No, Im not going to school today, and mabe not for a while.
On monday, June 3rd, at approximately 7:30am, the house of Demaxxus,
Nabiki Tendo, was raided. The RCMP Royal Canadian Mounted Police was
looking for miscellaneous computer peripherals and accessories that were
shoplifted from stores such as Future Shop, Business Depot, and Walmart.
They were also searching for computer components that were apparently
missing from the school in which he attended.
The RCMP didnt find what they were looking for like Demaxxus would
be dumb enough to keep stolen stuff around, but they did confiscate an
IBM Thinkpad, two 486 Dx/66s, hundreds of disks, numberous modems
ranging from 14.4 to 28.8, along with a bunch of other computer
equipment.
Also, along with the thefts, they revealed that they were watching
him for some time now and had been tracing his calls. They realized
that he had been using stolen calling/credit cards to call long distance
and order computer accessories.
I personally think that its really shitty that he got busted,
because over the past few months, besides occasionally giving a release
to a group, he had been trying to give up the illigal shit. He left
such groups as as ROR Release on Rampage, Pantera, KTF, Demoltion, and
started joining groups like FSW, Punc, and ACiDiC, so he could code
instead of supplying warez.
Well, for all of you out there that knew Demaxxus, write a few words
for him, and send them to RCN, or email them to him. Or if you see me
on IRC, Im online as KysrSoze, send them to me, hes gonna be kinda
bored now, and hell need something to read. Oh ya, and if you were
expecting an ascii or a ppe from him, i hope theres no hurry...
*PS* Yeah! He gave me his Internet account :. Sorry, had to be done,
needed something to un-depress myself.
Dear Greg,
Well it was nice working with you and also having you around. Ill
never forget the good times when we ran ANGuiSh for a couple months or
the time when we teamed up to take Anarchist down by making a fake
release called quake.zip which had a install.bat that deltreed c:pcb
and then the idiot actually fell for it.
You were an excellent leader and member for any group you were in,
at least you have the guts to go out to stores like Business Depot and
actually be able to do it non-stop with nice releases for groups
starting from ROR Release on Rampage, KTF, Panetar, The Corporation,
and Rebels as far as I can remember. You also made the PPE scene come
back to life by releasing innovative PPEs for ANGuiSh, FSW Fucking
Sweet Warez and after that, you made your way up to ACiDiC.
I know its not fair about the RCMP Royal Canadian Mounted Police
tapping your phone but give all the thanks to Anarchist, Satanic Thirst
and Iceman who all helped the RCMP in this case by giving all user
information and activities of them. Its been a pleasure working with
you Greg, when you read this, remember all the times Ive helped you out
so if you can, have your friend from school give me some releases you
still have left.
And last but not least, I wish things go well for you in court and
that you have learned your lesson since you are 18 years old now.
Remember this also, I swear you could run your own, argh, blah, Im
outie
Signed,
Undisclosed
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Author : Marb0l
Subject : What Happened to DOD?
My name is Marb0l and I am writing due to the fact that many people
dont really know what happend to DOD Drink or Die. I want to clear
things up. First off, let me say where I stand in this issue. I am
currently NOT part of DOD and never was. Im just a good friend of a
couple of DOD members who I have acquired meeting logs from. Anyways,
this is basically what led to the DOD downfall.
Around 6 months ago, a PWA Pirates with Attitudes and Razor 1911
supplier we will call BILL was intending on moving to DOD from PWA, but
as you all know, DOD and PWA have good relations, so the DOD council
objected. Then BILL approached The Speed Racer which is good buds with
Jimmy Jamez regarding this matter. Jimmy Jamez finally accepted BILL
into DOD. As soon as PWA heard about this, they went into a craze and
started to confront DOD and at this point, Jimmy Jamez was already out
of the scene so it was all up to the council to direct. Things really
heated up when the DOD council said they had no clue what was going on.
PWA didnt believe them so they raged against DOD. After a couple of
days, the council notified Quackers DOD Council, good ties with PWA.
He came and after some time, cleared things up.
Months passed and a certain DOD member was kicked from the group.
He believed that he was kicked for a childish reason so he went to talk
to some DOD and PWA suppliers to steal them and create his own group.
Believe it or not, some agreed and then eventually DOD found out. They
contacted PWA and decided to talk to Quackers to come again and clear
things up. In Quackers eyes, he was pissed and did kind of get things
settled but then he came up with the idea to merge DOD and PWA into one
group, keeping the name PWA. DOD, of course, was not too happy with
this because Quackers announced it in the meeting that he had told some
suppliers not to do anything for personal reasons and also that PWA was
not giving DOD a fair deal. Still, he wanted things to happen but DOD
decided against it and so Quackers LEFT DOD. He also took DODs top 3
suppliers with him. From there, DOD lost others as we know now such as
Egoistic Fate, their WHQ, suppliers, and also Analog Kid.
In my view, this showed that Quackers screwed DOD and wanted to
totally get away from this. After this, I really dont think DOD will
be the same unless Quackers decides to give the suppliers back which I
dont think will ever happen.
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Author : Hitex
Subject : Good Job Prestige!
A few months ago, the scene was presented with a new group,
Prestige. It started out just like any other group, kind of like COPS
is right now, a bit lame, but they tried, and they tried hard, and
something great became of their work. I remember when they released
Virtual Pool for Windows 3.1 on the same day that Napalm released the
Windows 95 version. That didnt work too well for them. Little things
like that made us think of Prestige as just another group. However,
their perseverance has pulled them through those hard times and now they
have pushed their way to being the 1 games group in the scene.
Somewhat unbelievable, and a bit mind boggling, that even when it
was small, Prestige managed to get many Hybrid, Dynamix, and Razor 1911
members to join it. Within a week of their unification into Prestige,
these members watched it go up in ranking. Battle Arena : Toshinden,
Settlers II, Total Mayhem, and Strife are just a number of this groups
recent releases, and quality shines through their names. It is a true
challenge to create a group that releases with such great quality. The
pressures of the scene today make it hard to pass any release. It is
then an even harder challenge to release quality before some other group
like Razor 1911 or Hybrid gets to it. Then, the challenge toughens even
more when the group is expected to do this on a regular basis 3-5
releases a week!.
Of course, with such greatness come a few mistakes, especially in a
young group like Prestige. A recent example of this would be Earthworm
Jim II, in which they left out DOS4GW.EXE another group promptly
released a fix. I dont expect to see too many more blunt mistakes
such as this one in the future, though, Prestige will undoubtedly learn
from its mistakes.
I am still confused as to how Prestige managed to gather so many of
the scenes greats into a relatively young group. Perhaps they just
needed a change of mood. When one joins a new group, he generally gets
a feeling of motivation to make that group the greatest, and I would
assume that it is for this reason that they all joined. Either that, or
the Prestige leaders have REALLY high charisma!
Prestige has a big future ahead of it, and I have no doubt in my
mind that they will achieve their highest goals in due time. However,
there is something they must remember. In the scene, you get nowhere
with a big ego. As we saw last week in RCN 16, The Renegade Chemist, a
Prestige member, thought he was a god. Such feelings will get you and
your group nowhere, and it would be a shame for such a great group to
end up crumbling because of things like this. The Renegade Chemist
originally left Razor 1911 due to a conflict involving his ego between
him and The Speed Racer. He then joined Hybrid, and ultimately left
that as well due to the same problem. Finally, he joined Dynamix, and
yes, you guessed it, left that due to a problem with his ego as well.
Is this a flashing yellow light? Does this mean something about what is
to come? Perhaps, perhaps not, but it has been proven that his ego
hasnt helped him any, and it would be a shame if it struck again.
Assuming that his ego problem does effect his standing in the Prestige,
he might leave it too.
So the competition that Razor 1911 and Hybrid desired is here, and,
well, youve got to wonder if they didnt like it better before, when
they could manage to get more than 2 releases a week! Great work
Prestige, you guys are doing an awesome job, keep up the good work! And
a word for Razor 1911 and Hybrid, youre the greatest, you can make it
through this! Push your weight around a bit, show Prestige what youre
really made of!
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Author : Lost Soul
Subject : Crackers, the Brains of the Scene
Hi everybody, Im Lost Soul, a cracker. Many of you have probably
noticed some games and utilities that I have cracked. I cracked
Napalms recent release of Tony La Russa 3 Baseball 1996 Edition.
In this article, Ill talk about cracking in general and about a
crackers life. My article is directed to the warez scene, the one
which deals with the Internet and IRC as its main field of activity. A
work as crackers isnt a matter of trickery or agility of hands, we are
the most quality force of the scene.
We deserve RESPECT, our work is the hardest work in the scene, the
fact the most of us can crack anything within 10 minutes doesnt make
cracking easier. Cracking is an intellectual challenge, cracking takes
a lot of reasoning and research work, every crack is different from one
another. Not all the dongles are the same, neither are the cd-checks, a
working keymaker might take up to 2 hours, 2 boring hours that you sit
in front of the computer in text mode and try to understand something
that youre not supposed to understand, then, you have to break through
it...
WITHOUT CRACKERS, MOST GROUPS WOULD DIE OR THEY WOULD ONLY BE RELEASING
NONWORKING SHIT.
Some words about benefits, YEZ! Cracking is also the easiest way to
get leech account on great sites, if youre a good cracker that can
handle all kinds of protection and can also make a fully-working-crack
fast, then youll find your place in a quality group that have quality
sites, very soon 2 to 6 months.
EVERY LAMER CAN BE COURIER, BUT YOU CANNOT REPLACE A CRACKER.
No more need to do the boring job of uploading and downloading to
and from BBSes, and/or FTP sites, theres no need to type ls on an FTP
site prompt every 180 seconds. Theres no need to open multiple FTP
windows at once, nor is there any more need to leech utilities and games
that youll never use. Once you have your FTP site in your hand, youre
free to leech away as much as you need. More than it, you can sell your
FTP sites to people that you know and trust and even earn money!!!
WITHOUT PAYING A CRACKER WITH LEECH ACCOUNTS, A CRACKER WILL SIMPLY QUIT
FOR ANOTHER GROUP THAT OFFERS MORE.
Some words about fame, crackers always win some fame. If you crack
for utilities group such as UCF United Cracking Force, for those of you
who live too deep in the scene every damn lamer around the world will
remember your name. Everybody uses UCFs wonderful keymakers and cracks
such as Terminate, Bluewave, CU See-Me, WebEdit, hot dog, etc. Once
youre good enough to join UCF UCF isnt accepting new members, your
name shall remain a legend, no one actually remembers who cracked DOD or
PWAs latest quality 10,000 ware that needs a 586-120Mhz + 32 MB RAM,
but everyone will remember the cracker of A USEFUL PROGRAM.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH sigh, THE GOOD LIFE OF BEING A CRACKER???
Life in utilities groups are the best, you hardly crack there, you
crack maximum 2 programs per 3 weeks, most of the time you can sit in
amenity and enjoy your leech accounts, this time, you dont have to
upload to ANYONE.
If you crack for groups such as DOD or PWA, youll win a lot of
respect from the end of the user to the end of the leaders, youll get
1-3 offers every week to leave your current group for another. A lot of
leaders will attempt to steal you from your current group into their
group, theyll promise you better/more sites and calling cards and as
much as you need!
LIFE IN GAMES GROUPS
If you join a games group, youll always be in tension, youll have
to face some of the most weird protection youve ever seen. Utilities
that you usually use to crack programs wont work, youll have to be more
brilliant for it BPINT in win / 4GW cracking youll crack 1-4 games
every week, most have weird protection as mentioned above youll get
voice phone calls in the middle of the night.
SOOOOOOOOOO, I WANT TO LIVE THE GOOD LIFE, HOW DO I BECOME A CRACKER?
Dont assume that anyone can be a cracker, on your way climbing to
the top, youll face many difficulties, as mentioned before, cracking
takes a lot of reasoning and research work. If youre not good in math
or have low IQ, theres a high possibility that you simply dont match
this job, so dont even bother to try. A few of the crackers I know are
gifted.
To become a cracker, you must first get yourself a book on assembly,
and you must then know it inside out. Then, you must get yourself the
needed tools Soft-Ice DOS/WIN/WIN95 and Hackers View. Then, you must
get yourself shareware utilities to crack to gain more experience. If
you did all this, you should be smart enough to know all the rest.
*PS* Never stick to the NOP crack, this one is the safest way to become
a lame cracker.
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Author : Warez Man
Subject : Cable Modems
Most serious couriers or suppliers have probably heard about cable
modem technology by now, and a select few might even know some details
about them. A very fortunate bunch are even using them as I speak.
Cable modems are devices that modulate data into RF frequencies that may
be transmitted over coaxial cable RG-6 1GHz for you info maniacs. The
signal is then converted at the curb to light impulses which travel over
fiber optic cable to the headend usually cable companys headquarters.
Then it is fed into a frequency translator 2995, owned by the cable
company, which serves as the focal point of the system by routing data
traffic from the reverse channel anywhere from 11.75 to 541.25 MHz to
the forward channel at least 10 KHz away from input frequency for
broadcast to the network devices. The common cable modem, the Zenith
Network Device, is currently :
Zenith HOMEWorks 500 Kilo Bits/Second 395
Zenith HOMEWorks 4 Mega Bits/Second 395
The previous 2 use an included ISA Ethernet card this card is
provided by Zenith, and is proprietary, it can not be exchanged with any
other card.
Zenith HOMEWorks Universal 500 Kilo Bits/Second 495
Zenith HOMEWorks Universal 4 Mega Bits/Second 495
The Universals all have conversion hardware built in which accounts
for the increased size and have a RJ-45 10-Base-T port which will
connect to any Ethernet card with 10-Base-T, allowing it to work on any
OS that supports networking. They are available in dual Ethernet port
models for 550.
Zenith ChannelMizer/SNMP 500 Kilo Bits/Second 995
Zenith ChannelMizer/SNMP 4 Mega Bits/Second 995
The ChannelMizers provide Ethernet service connectivity. Including
2 AUI DTE connectors and 1 AUI DCE connection, these are suited for
connection to a hub for distribution to an entire network. The computer
applications of the future i.e. real-time video will require multiple
ultra-high-speed delivery channels to support the anticipated demand.
These channels will deliver data at rates at or near 40 Mbps using VBS
or QAM modulation.
With this type of architecture, a high-speed data communications
link is provided for a variety of applications including Internet
access, distance learning, work-at-home, healthcare, business to
business and community services.
This technology, combined with low pricing 25 to 50 per month for
500K will allow people in the warez scene to have high speed
connections at home, not just at the office.
I believe that this and DVD technology covered in Issue 15 of RCN
will drastically change our scenes productivity. Being able to get one
CD or even many CDs in the time it would currently take to download a
normal 10 disk release, and then putting it on an 4.7 gig data cartridge
will definitely surpass the old analog clunkiness of 28.8s and hard
drives. Actually having modems that are faster than our hard drives
will definitely be a thing to put a smile on your face. Weve all had
to sit through long downloads, just to find that the release doesnt
work. However, cable modem technology will cause much confusion as soon
as it is first introduced. The reason for this is that the Internet
backbone is not currently capable of pushing 500+ kbps to each and every
user that is online at any given modem. But as always, the Internet
backbone is constantly being upgraded, and some time in the future, we
can all expect to be able to download a disk every 3 seconds. This
technology is one that can only improve the standing of the scene and
the way in which it works.
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Author : Conway
Subject : 300,000 Very Happy People
As many of you already know, there is such a thing called AOL.
Yeah, you say, its the lamest collection of 5 million people
imaginable! Well, lets look at this from a fresh standpoint. Out of
AOLs 5 million members, 4.7 million are your average Joe who just think
its cool that someone can e-mail them, and that they are on the
Information Superhighway, God, I hate that term! but what about the
other 300,000 people?
What about the ones that hang out in AOLs warez chat rooms? This
can be broken down like this : 85 are total lamers who cant get into
the shittiest pirate board, 15 are people who dont have time to call
regular pirate boards and dont have high-speed Internet connections.
Even with these seemingly unfavorable percentages, the elite of AOL
have managed to courier huge amounts of warez and distribute them to
many more people than plausible via FTP or DCC. This is because getting
warez from one place to another using the AOL mailing system does not
require the actual transfer of data. Only the references to the files
are assigned to users. Therefore, it makes it possible to transfer
gigabytes in minutes i.e. average size of a file attached to an e-mail
is 10-20 megs, massmail of 100 messages takes about 3 minutes - 1 gig.
On the base of this relatively high speed infrastructure, it is much
easier to courier warez. Considering this ease-of-transfer, and
relative ease-of-use of AOL in general, dozens of groups form and die in
months on AOL.
Most of them are victims of the mile-high egos of their leaders and
members, or just plain laziness. But some of them survive, and deliver
quality releases from groups like Hybrid, Napalm, Razor 1911, and more.
One example is UPS - the frontier group on AOL. The couriering nature
of AOL makes it a bad base for releasing groups, so the only groups
found on AOL are ones that courier.
Since the idea of the scene is to make good software accessible to
all for evaluation, AOL could be said to provide a good extension of the
scene and its purpose.
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Author : Digitex
Subject : Groups.. Time Consuming?
Many have, in the past, asked me what it takes to start a release
group. Unfortunately, most asked me before I had ever considered
starting one. I would always just say I have no idea, its too time
consuming, or something to that effect. But in truth, I have found
that it has several advantages over starting a courier group. Heres a
general tutorial as to how to one can get a release group going and also
how to keep it going, provided you eventually learn what youre doing
and keep that up.
First, you must be ready to sit around sometimes doing all-nighters
working on a release. You must be able to stay on IRC all night
chatting about one particular release if it is required that you do so.
You must also be very perceptive if you are the one checking the
releases, to make sure that the release has no bugs or such things like
copy protection or cd checks that might have been overlooked by the
cracker. You could do what Hybrid and probably a few other groups do
and just decompile the code and add your own special little effects, or
you could just crack it plain and simple. Whatever you do, though, make
sure you have more than one person check the program. Nobodys perfect,
especially not after having been on IRC all night.
Next, you have to either be a very good negotiator or you just have
to know a lot of different people. Youre not going to be able to do
everything by yourself, even if you think you can. Theres a lot of
individual work that needs to be done to get a release group going. You
have to have a cracker, packager, and supplier just to get one release
out. You should have more than one of all of those, in case one of them
isnt around to help, so you can get the release out as quickly as
possible, without compromising quality.
It is important to have a lot of quantity in your releases, but it
is equally important to have quality, if not more so. If you release 15
games a month and none of them work, nobody is going to want to have
anything to do with you and then even if you do start releasing working
programs, your reputation will be so bad that nobody will download
anything of yours. Thats one main reason you want to have more than
one person look at the release before it gets out onto the Internet, and
then around the world. You definitely dont want to turn into an early
Napalm, releasing the program and THEN a fix for it!
Make sure you can get an official courier group, or have internal
couriers to spread the warez for you, but preferably an official
courier, because you dont want to have so many members that you forget
who is in the group. Still, you dont want so few people that everybody
has to work their ass off for every single release. They probably have
a life too, unless they happen to be Endeavour of COPS Couriers of
Pirated Software or tKLP of ROR Release on Rampage.
You might try a PPE division, but I havent really seen many groups
actually release any QUALITY PPEs. Most are just recompiled versions of
old PPEs. Try splitting the group into many divisions, getting one or
two people dedicated to monitoring whats going on in their area, things
will go much smoother that way. If some area seems to be lacking things
to do, and another area has many people doing nothing, get those idling
people into the other area, perhaps they will actually help. And you
dont necessarily have to have mercy on slackers, they dont deserve to
be in your group if they cant contribute.
Another important factor to a group is its BBSes. You could either
have them or just disregard the idea of having BBSes all together.
BBSes arent entirely useful, since the whole scene operates on the
Internet these days, but maybe you want to have them just to give your
couriers something else to do, to get rid of the tension of the
Internet, and it also gives an extra section to add to your NFO!
Art? Who cares about art?! Maybe somebody does. If your NFO file
looks like it should be titled Revenge of TheDraw Fonts, you probably
wont have such a great impression on people. This goes for your DIZ as
well. You might also want to setup a web page one of these days, and if
you have all kinds of neat pictures for them to look at, its going to
be more interesting and catch peoples attention more easily.
You should try and get everything going as soon as possible, and see
that the members of your group are as dedicated as possible. Many
groups do not allow their members to be in another group, but many do to
give their members experience. Try to get as many experienced members
as possible, but you dont want to have an experienced member who is in
38 different groups. He probably wont be able to give his most to all
the groups, and definitely will give most of his releases to other
groups, and that may not do much other than add another name to your
NFO.
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Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Games
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The game didnt work and a crack/fix was not released within 72
hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack
or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.
1 The game was a dupe or freeware,
2 Unsatisfactory,
3 Average,
4 Above Average, and
5 Excellent!
A group may lose points the following week and have their releases
labeled as broken thus receiving the proper amout of points. If the
group has released a fix between the two issues, well give them credit
accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the
game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the
3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group
releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3
points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points.
Dates of Games Reviewed : 05/16/96 - 05/22/96
Filename : RFIRE-1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-22-96 Filedate : --
Return Fire c Time Warner Int. - 1/6 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 5
/ / Running Total : 5
-----/-------------/-hoson------
Filename : -- Fix name : --
Filedate : -- Filedate : --
/. Previous Total : 0
. / . . . :. Release Score : 0
.: /. :: /: Y /96:. Running Total : 0
/ .:. /:. .:.mr! .:. .:: .
Filename : PSG-NOM1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 0
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 4
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 4
/aL!/--------/-----+
NORMALITY c GREMLIN INTERACTIVE 01/22
Filename : PSG-TOSH.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 4
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 5
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 9
/aL!/--------/-----+
BATTLE ARENA: TOSHINDEN c Playmates 01/09
Filename : PSG-MAY01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-18-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 9
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 5
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 14
/aL!/--------/-----+
TOTAL MAYHEM c Domark/Formgen! 01/22
Filename : PSG-SE01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-20-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 14
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 3
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 17
/aL!/--------/-----+
SENSIBLE WORLD OFF SOCCER EURO 96 EDIT 1/6
Filename : PSG-TKB1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-21-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 17
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 4
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 21
/aL!/--------/-----+
Total Knockout Championship Female Boxing 1/11
Filename : MM2TT01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : --
Micro Machines 2 Tournament Edition 01/10 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 4
/ . Running Total : 4
dZG/ // / /. / /
1911
DIVISION
Filename : -- Fix name : --
Filedate : -- Filedate : --
Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 0
Running Total : 0
/ /96
Score Chart : Games
HBD
5
NPM
0
PSG
21
RZR
4
ROR
0
Average Score Per Release :
Hybrid - 5.0
Prestige - 4.2
Razor 1911 - 4.0
Napalm - 0.0
Release on Rampage 0.0
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Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Games
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The game didnt work and a crack/fix was not released within 72
hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack
or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.
1 The game was a dupe or freeware,
2 Unsatisfactory,
3 Average,
4 Above Average, and
5 Excellent!
A group may lose points the following week and have their releases
labeled as broken thus receiving the proper amout of points. If the
group has released a fix between the two issues, well give them credit
accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the
game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the
3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group
releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3
points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points.
Dates of Games Reviewed : 05/16/96 - 05/22/96
Filename : RFIRE-1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-22-96 Filedate : --
Return Fire c Time Warner Int. - 1/6 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 5
/ / Running Total : 5
-----/-------------/-hoson------
Filename : -- Fix name : --
Filedate : -- Filedate : --
/. Previous Total : 0
. / . . . :. Release Score : 0
.: /. :: /: Y /96:. Running Total : 0
/ .:. /:. .:.mr! .:. .:: .
Filename : PSG-NOM1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 0
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 4
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 4
/aL!/--------/-----+
NORMALITY c GREMLIN INTERACTIVE 01/22
Filename : PSG-TOSH.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 4
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 5
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 9
/aL!/--------/-----+
BATTLE ARENA: TOSHINDEN c Playmates 01/09
Filename : PSG-MAY01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-18-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 9
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 5
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 14
/aL!/--------/-----+
TOTAL MAYHEM c Domark/Formgen! 01/22
Filename : PSG-SE01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-20-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 14
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 3
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 17
/aL!/--------/-----+
SENSIBLE WORLD OFF SOCCER EURO 96 EDIT 1/6
Filename : PSG-TKB1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-21-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 17
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 4
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 21
/aL!/--------/-----+
Total Knockout Championship Female Boxing 1/11
Filename : MM2TT01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : --
Micro Machines 2 Tournament Edition 01/10 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 4
/ . Running Total : 4
dZG/ // / /. / /
1911
DIVISION
Filename : -- Fix name : --
Filedate : -- Filedate : --
Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 0
Running Total : 0
/ /96
Score Chart : Games
HBD
5
NPM
0
PSG
21
RZR
4
ROR
0
Average Score Per Release :
Hybrid - 5.0
Prestige - 4.2
Razor 1911 - 4.0
Napalm - 0.0
Release on Rampage 0.0
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Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Games
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The game didnt work and a crack/fix was not released within 72
hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack
or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.
1 The game was a dupe or freeware,
2 Unsatisfactory,
3 Average,
4 Above Average, and
5 Excellent!
A group may lose points the following week and have their releases
labeled as broken thus receiving the proper amout of points. If the
group has released a fix between the two issues, well give them credit
accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the
game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the
3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group
releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3
points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points.
Dates of Games Reviewed : 05/23/96 - 05/29/96
Filename : -- Fix name : --
Filedate : -- Filedate : --
Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 0
/ / Running Total : 0
-----/-------------/-hoson------
Filename : -- Fix name : --
Filedate : -- Filedate : --
/. Previous Total : 0
. / . . . :. Release Score : 0
.: /. :: /: Y /96:. Running Total : 0
/ .:. /:. .:.mr! .:. .:: .
Filename : PSGBGW01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-23-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 0
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 5
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 5
/aL!/--------/-----+
Battleground III: Waterloo cTalonSoft 01/36
Filename : PSG-PTO1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-24-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 5
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 3
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 8
/aL!/--------/-----+
Pacific Theater of Operations 2 for Win 01/04
Filename : PSGWIZ01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-25-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 8
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 4
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 12
/aL!/--------/-----+
Wizardry GOLD c Sir-Tech 01/14
Filename : PSGEJD1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-27-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 12
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 3
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 15
/aL!/--------/-----+
Earth Worm Jim 1 for DOS 1/6
Filename : JPRDY01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-24-96 Filedate : --
Jeopardy: Platinum Edition 01/08 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 3
/ . Running Total : 3
dZG/ // / /. / /
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
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Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Games
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The game didnt work and a crack/fix was not released within 72
hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack
or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.
1 The game was a dupe or freeware,
2 Unsatisfactory,
3 Average,
4 Above Average, and
5 Excellent!
A group may lose points the following week and have their releases
labeled as broken thus receiving the proper amout of points. If the
group has released a fix between the two issues, well give them credit
accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the
game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the
3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group
releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3
points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points.
Dates of Games Reviewed : 05/30/96 - 06/05/96
Filename : -- Fix name : --
Filedate : -- Filedate : --
Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 0
/ / Running Total : 0
-----/-------------/-hoson------
Filename : -- Fix name : --
Filedate : -- Filedate : --
/. Previous Total : 0
. / . . . :. Release Score : 0
.: /. :: /: Y /96:. Running Total : 0
/ .:. /:. .:.mr! .:. .:: .
Filename : PSG-SET1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-30-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 0
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 5
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 5
/aL!/--------/-----+
The Settlers II English c Blue Byte 1/7
Filename : PSG-DK01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-31-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 5
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 4
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 9
/aL!/--------/-----+
DEATHKEEP c SSI 01/34
Filename : PSG-JOS1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-01-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 9
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 2
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 11
/aL!/--------/-----+
JOSEPHINE c Media Age Software 01/10
Filename : PSG-SS01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-01-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 11
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 5
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 16
/aL!/--------/-----+
SHELL SHOCK FINAL C CORE DESIGN 01/15
Filename : BSTORM01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : --
Brainstorm c Simon Schuster 01/39 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 3
/ . Running Total : 3
dZG/ // / /. / /
1911
DIVISION
Filename : RORC2UP1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-30-96 Filedate : --
CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER 2 *UPDATED DELUXE* Previous Total : 0
c DOMARK 01/02 Release Score : 2
Running Total : 2
05/30/96
Filename : ROR-H2O1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-03-96 Filedate : --
H2O c WEBFOOT TECHNOLOGIES 1/4 Previous Total : 2
Release Score : 3
Running Total : 5
05/31/96
Filename : RORTRNC1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-03-96 Filedate : --
TRONIC c ILK GAMES 01/02 Previous Total : 5
Release Score : 2
Running Total : 7
05/31/96
Score Chart : Games
HBD
0
NPM
0
PSG
16
RZR
3
ROR
7
Average Score Per Release :
Prestige - 4.0
Razor 1911 - 3.0
Release on Rampage 2.3
Hybrid - 0.0
Napalm - 0.0
r c n
r e v i e w s !
Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Games
The following is a chart combining the total points of the top 5
games groups within the past 4 weeks :
MAY MAY MAY JUN Total
HBD
3/1
5/1
0/0
0/0
8/2
0.0
0.0
0.0
NPM
4/2
0/0
0/0
0/0
4/2
0.0
0.0
0.0
PSG
14/3
21/5
15/4
16/4
66/16
3.8
4.0
+0.2
RZR
12/3
4/1
6/2
3/1
25/7
3.0
3.0
0.0
ROR
0/0
0/0
0/0
7/3
7/3
0.0
2.3
+2.3
of Releases Last Weeks Yield
of Points This Weeks Yield
Change in Yield
Yield of Points / of Releases
Change in Yield Current Weeks Yield - Previous Weeks Yield
r c n
r e v i e w s !
Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Utils
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The util didnt work and a crack/fix was not released within 72
hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack
or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.
1 The util was a dupe or freeware,
2 Unsatisfactory,
3 Average,
4 Above Average, and
5 Excellent!
A group may lose points the following week and have their releases
labeled as broken thus receiving the proper amout of points. If the
group has released a fix between the two issues, well give them credit
accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the
util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the
3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group
releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3
points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points.
Dates of Utils Reviewed : 05/09/96 - 05/15/96
Filename : DODWMEE1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
Watermark Enterprise Edition v2.1 1/7 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 3
Running Total : 3
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 11-May-96
Filename : DODCORE1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-13-96 Filedate : --
COSESSION REMOTE v7.0 c INSYNC 01/03 Previous Total : 3
Release Score : 4
Running Total : 7
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 13-May-96
Filename : DODQFPL1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-13-96 Filedate : --
QUICKEN FINANCIAL PLANNER v2.0 FOR WIN 1/5 Previous Total : 7
Release Score : 5
Running Total : 12
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 13-May-96
Filename : DOD3MAX1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : --
3D STUDIO MAX FINAL RELEASE 1/9 Previous Total : 12
Release Score : 5
Running Total : 17
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 15-MAY-96
Filename : DODCWP01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : --
COREL WORDPERFECT OFFICE SUITE 95 01/29 Previous Total : 17
Release Score : 5
Running Total : 22
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 15-May-96
Filename : OEMB2-01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-10-96 Filedate : --
OEM SERVICE PACK RELEASE2 BETA2 FINAL 01/30 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 3
/ / / / / Running Total : 3
Released: 05-10-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTYTWK01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
ToonWorks c MicroForum 01/14 Previous Total : 3
Release Score : 3
/ / / / / Running Total : 6
Released: 05-11-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTYWE231.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
Web Edit Pro 2.0 Beta 3 Previous Total : 6
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 9
pn
01/0205/11/96
Filename : MTYWM3-1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
WebMedia Publisher Pro 1/3 Previous Total : 9
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 12
pn
01/0305/11/96
Filename : MTYWMUP1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
WebMedia Publisher Pro 3.0 Release Update 1 Previous Total : 12
.... Release Score : 1
Running Total : 13
pn
01/0105/11/96
Filename : MTY-SD01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-12-96 Filedate : --
SoftDesk S7 Super Productivity CD Previous Total : 13
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 16
pn
01/4505/12/96
Filename : MTY-SPB1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : --
Sax Basic Engine Professional 1/2 Previous Total : 16
Release Score : 2
/ / / / / Running Total : 18
Released: 05-14-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTYSAXCM.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : --
Sax Comm Objects Professional 1/1 Previous Total : 18
Release Score : 2
/ / / / / Running Total : 20
Released: 05-14-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTYSAXST.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : --
Sax Setup Wizard v2.0 1/1 Previous Total : 20
Release Score : 2
/ / / / / Running Total : 22
Released: 05-14-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTYWEB16.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : --
Sax Webster Control 16 Bit 1/1 Previous Total : 22
Release Score : 2
/ / / / / Running Total : 24
Released: 05-14-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTYWEB32.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : --
Sax Webster Control 32 Bit 1/1 Previous Total : 24
Release Score : 2
/ / / / / Running Total : 26
Released: 05-14-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTY-CYBS.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : --
CyberSitter v2.01 1/1 Previous Total : 26
Release Score : 3
/ / / / / Running Total : 29
Released: 05-15-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTY-TV16.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : --
TeleVox 1.0 beta for Win3.1 1/1 Previous Total : 29
Release Score : 2
/ / / / / Running Total : 31
Released: 05-15-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTY-TV32.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : --
TeleVox 1.0 beta for Win95 1/1 Previous Total : 31
Release Score : 2
/ / / / / Running Total : 33
Released: 05-15-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTYGWEB.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : --
G Web c Virtual Presence 1/1 Previous Total : 33
Release Score : 2
/ / / / / Running Total : 35
Released: 05-15-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTYGWIN.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : --
Genesis World Buildier c Virtual Prescene Previous Total : 35
Release Score : 2
/ / / / / Running Total : 37
Released: 05-15-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : PWAB2S01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-10-96 Filedate : --
Windows NT 4.0 Server 01/42 Previous Total : 0
Beta 2 Release Score : 3
Running Total : 3
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWAB2W01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-10-96 Filedate : --
Windows NT 4.0 Workstation 01/40 Previous Total : 3
Beta 2 Release Score : 3
Running Total : 6
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWAFOC01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
Focal Point 01/13 Previous Total : 6
Release Score : 4
A Group Running Total : 10
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWAINOC1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
Inoculan Anti-Virus for WinNT 1/9 Previous Total : 10
version 1.01 Release Score : 5
Running Total : 15
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWASAL01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : --
Salsa For The Desktop 1.02a 01/12 Previous Total : 15
Release Score : 5
A Group Running Total : 20
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWAMNG01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : --
Intel ManageWise 2.1 01/26 Previous Total : 20
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 23
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : OL3DPWA.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : --
OnLive 3D internet graphic adventure Previous Total : 23
for win95 1.0b12.1 1/1 Release Score : 2
Running Total : 25
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeNf
Filename : PWABCR01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : --
Borland C++ 5.0 Developers Suite Previous Total : 25
Resource Kit 01/37 Release Score : 5
Running Total : 30
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : RBSWMAP1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : --
Windows Map v2.2 c Microsoft 1/8 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 5
/ / / Running Total : 5
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : XF-HBD01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-12-96 Filedate : --
HORIZON DIGITAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY Previous Total : 0
01/29
Release Score : 3
Running Total : 3
sikos
Filename : XF-DLS1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : --
DOS LAN SERVICE CLIENT OS/2 Previous Total : 3
WARP SERVER ADVANCED c IBM Release Score : 5
-1/4
Running Total : 8
sikos
Filename : XFINFO01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : --
CRYSTAL INFO V4.5 5 USER PILOT PAK Previous Total : 8
Windows 3.1 / 95 / NT -FULL CD- Release Score : 3
01/38
Running Total : 11
sikos
Score Chart : Utils
DOD
22
MTY
37
PWA
30
RBS
5
X-F
11
Average Score Per Release :
Rebels - 5.0
Drink or Die - 4.4
Pirates with Attitudes - 3.8
X-Force - 3.7
Mortality - 2.3
r c n
r e v i e w s !
Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Utils
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The util didnt work and a crack/fix was not released within 72
hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack
or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.
1 The util was a dupe or freeware,
2 Unsatisfactory,
3 Average,
4 Above Average, and
5 Excellent!
A group may lose points the following week and have their releases
labeled as broken thus receiving the proper amout of points. If the
group has released a fix between the two issues, well give them credit
accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the
util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the
3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group
releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3
points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points.
Dates of Utils Reviewed : 05/16/96 - 05/22/96
Filename : DODWEB01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-18-96 Filedate : --
WEB TRANSLATOR V1.0 BY GLOBALINK 01/30 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 3
Running Total : 3
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 18-May-96
Filename : DOD-AVN1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-21-96 Filedate : --
DR. SOLOMANS ANTIVIRUS TOOLKIT 7.58 01/03 Previous Total : 3
FOR NETWARE 3.1X AND 4.X Release Score : 4
Running Total : 7
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 21-May-96
Filename : DODPGOO1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-22-96 Filedate : --
Kais Power GOO 1.0 c MetaTools 01/02 Previous Total : 7
Release Score : 4
Running Total : 11
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 22-May-96
Filename : GENLITE.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : --
Genesis World Builder Lite Previous Total : 0
.... Release Score : 1
Running Total : 1
pn
01/0105/16/96
Filename : GWEBLTE.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : --
GWeb Lite c Virtual Presence, Ltd. Previous Total : 1
.... Release Score : 1
Running Total : 2
pn
01/0105/16/96
Filename : MTYCRTB6.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-18-96 Filedate : --
CRT 1.1 Beta 6 c Van Dyke Previous Total : 2
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 5
pn
01/0105/18/96
Filename : MTY-IJ1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-21-96 Filedate : --
Internet Junction for Novell Netware 01/02 Previous Total : 5
Release Score : 3
/ / / / / Running Total : 8
Released: 05-21-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : N1326-01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-22-96 Filedate : --
WINDOWS NT WORKSTATION v4.0 BUILD 1326 Previous Total : 8
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 11
pn
xX/6805/22/96
Filename : PWAGPP01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : --
Graph Pad Prism 2.01 For Win 1/2 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 4
A Group Running Total : 4
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWAHF301.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : --
Hot Forms 3.0b For Win 95/NT 1/2 Previous Total : 4
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 7
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWAAV951.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : --
IBM AntiVirus 2.5 beta 2 01/01 Previous Total : 7
Release Score : 1
A Group Running Total : 8
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
-/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/-
Filename : PWAAVNT1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : --
IBM AntiVirus for Windows NT 1/1 Previous Total : 8
Version 2.5 Beta 2 Release Score : 1
Running Total : 9
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
-/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/-
Filename : PWABCR01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : --
Borland C++ 5.0 Developers Suite Previous Total : 9
Resource Kit 01/37 Release Score : 5
Running Total : 14
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWAEXD01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : --
eXceed 5.0.1 for Windows 95 01/10 Previous Total : 14
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 17
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWAFLSH1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : --
FlashCards CNE3 Update WFW/95 1/1 Previous Total : 17
Release Score : 1
A Group Running Total : 18
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWAONET1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-18-96 Filedate : --
OnNet V2.1 01/31 Previous Total : 18
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 21
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
DL -XeN
Filename : PWAVDS01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-18-96 Filedate : --
Visual Developers Suite Deal 01/24 Previous Total : 21
Spring 1996 Version For Win 3.1/95 Release Score : 5
Running Total : 26
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWA-M951.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : --
Multi Active Maximizer for Win NT/95 1/5 Previous Total : 26
Release Score : 2
A Group Running Total : 28
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
DL -XeN
Filename : PWA-MMW1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : --
Multi Active Maximizer for Win 3.11 1/4 Previous Total : 28
Release Score : 2
A Group Running Total : 30
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
DL -XeN
Filename : PWAID95.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : --
InterDriveR 95 Version 2.0 Previous Total : 30
Release Score : 2
A Group Running Total : 32
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
DL -XeN
Filename : PWAIDNT.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : --
InterDriveR NT Version 2.0 Previous Total : 32
Release Score : 2
A Group Running Total : 34
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
DL -XeN
Filename : PWAWL1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : --
WanderLink Release 2.2 BETA 1/2 Previous Total : 34
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 37
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
DL -XeN
Filename : PWAD3D01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-20-96 Filedate : --
Dir 3D 1.0 For Windows 01/02 Previous Total : 37
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 40
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : RBSWMAP1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : --
Windows Map v2.2 c Microsoft 1/8 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 3
/ / / Running Total : 3
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-HYSP.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-20-96 Filedate : --
HyperSnap for Windows 95 v2.65 Previous Total : 3
01/01 Release Score : 3
/ / / Running Total : 6
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : XF-JF101.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : --
JFACTORY V1.0.1 FOR WINDOWS 95 / NT Previous Total : 0
c ROGUE WAVE Release Score : 3
01/01
Running Total : 3
sikos
Filename : XF-WPS1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : --
CC:MAIL FOR OS/2 WORKPLACE SHELL V1.03d Previous Total : 3
01/02
Release Score : 3
Running Total : 6
sikos
Score Chart : Utils
DOD
11
MTY
11
PWA
40
RBS
6
X-F
6
Average Score Per Release :
Drink or Die - 3.7
Rebels - 3.0
X-Force - 3.0
Pirates with Attitudes - 2.7
Mortality - 2.2
r c n
r e v i e w s !
Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Utils
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The util didnt work and a crack/fix was not released within 72
hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack
or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.
1 The util was a dupe or freeware,
2 Unsatisfactory,
3 Average,
4 Above Average, and
5 Excellent!
A group may lose points the following week and have their releases
labeled as broken thus receiving the proper amout of points. If the
group has released a fix between the two issues, well give them credit
accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the
util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the
3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group
releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3
points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points.
Dates of Utils Reviewed : 05/23/96 - 05/29/96
Filename : -- Fix name : --
Filedate : -- Filedate : --
Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 0
Running Total : 0
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 96
Filename : MTYVISI1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-23-96 Filedate : --
VISUAL RELEASE WITH INSTALIT v7.0 Previous Total : 0
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 3
pn
01/0705/23/96
Filename : PWA-JETC.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-23-96 Filedate : --
JetCommander, V2.01 powerful NC-Clone Previous Total : 0
for WIN95,DOS and OS/2. Full long filenames Release Score : 3
support under WINDOWS95 + OS/2 Running Total : 3
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
DL -XeN
Filename : PWAMNG01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-25-96 Filedate : --
Intel ManageWise 2.1 01/26 Previous Total : 3
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 6
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWAUC31.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-25-96 Filedate : --
Caps User 3.1 For Windows 1/1 Previous Total : 6
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 9
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : WRSPWA1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-27-96 Filedate : --
ViewOffice PowerSuite CD-Rip 01/13 Previous Total : 9
Release Score : 4
A Group Running Total : 13
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
DK -XeN
Filename : PWAPRG01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-28-96 Filedate : --
Progress 8.0a for Windows 95 01/40 Previous Total : 13
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 16
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : RFAXPWA1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-29-96 Filedate : --
Right Fax - Fax Server for Win/NT 1/8 Previous Total : 16
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 19
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeNf
Filename : RBS-EST.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-24-96 Filedate : --
Estimator Pro v1.0 for Windows 3.+ Previous Total : 0
01/01 Release Score : 3
/ / / Running Total : 3
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-JOT.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-25-96 Filedate : --
Net Scantools 32 Bit Jot v1.2 for Windows Previous Total : 3
01/01 Release Score : 3
/ / / Running Total : 6
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-OL1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-25-96 Filedate : --
Office logic - Version 2.10 Previous Total : 6
01/02 Release Score : 4
/ / / Running Total : 10
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-LS01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-27-96 Filedate : --
Fax/Win/Ras Port from LanSource 6.0 *CD* Previous Total : 10
01/30 Release Score : 3
/ / / Running Total : 13
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBSXMPEG.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-28-96 Filedate : --
XingMPEG Player v1.30 for Win 3.+ Previous Total : 13
01/01 Release Score : 4
/ / / Running Total : 17
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-PM01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-29-96 Filedate : --
Print Master Gold Interactive Multimedia CD Previous Total : 17
01/55 Release Score : 4
/ / / Running Total : 21
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : XF-MPFX.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-25-96 Filedate : --
MIND PATH PRESENTATION F/X PRO Previous Total : 0
V1.0 FOR WINDOWS Release Score : 3
01/01
Running Total : 3
sikos
Filename : XFSMS121.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-29-96 Filedate : --
Visual Age for Cobol V1.0 OS/2 Previous Total : 3
c IBM Release Score : 3
01/49
Running Total : 6
sikos
Score Chart : Utils
DOD
0
MTY
3
PWA
19
RBS
21
X-F
6
Average Score Per Release :
Rebels - 3.5
Pirates with Attitudes - 3.2
Mortality - 3.0
X-Force - 3.0
Drink or Die - 0.0
r c n
r e v i e w s !
Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Utils
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The util didnt work and a crack/fix was not released within 72
hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack
or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.
1 The util was a dupe or freeware,
2 Unsatisfactory,
3 Average,
4 Above Average, and
5 Excellent!
A group may lose points the following week and have their releases
labeled as broken thus receiving the proper amout of points. If the
group has released a fix between the two issues, well give them credit
accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the
util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the
3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group
releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3
points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points.
Dates of Utils Reviewed : 05/30/96 - 06/05/96
Filename : DODALG21.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-02-96 Filedate : --
MULTIMEDIA ALGEBRA 2 v3.4 FOR WINDOWS 1/6 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 4
Running Total : 4
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * O2-June-96
Filename : DODCDVW.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-03-96 Filedate : --
CD-VIEW 2.02D FOR DOS/NETWARE 1/1 Previous Total : 4
Release Score : 3
Running Total : 7
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 02-JUN-96
Filename : DOD-QP16.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-04-96 Filedate : --
QUERY PERFECT 1.0 16-BIT 1/1 Previous Total : 7
Release Score : 2
Running Total : 10
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 04-JUN-96
Filename : DOD-QP32.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-04-96 Filedate : --
QUERY PERFECT 1.0 32-BIT 1/1 Previous Total : 10
Release Score : 2
Running Total : 12
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 04-JUN-96
Filename : DOD-LEX1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : --
TRA LexiCAT For Windows 1/2 Previous Total : 12
Release Score : 3
Running Total : 15
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 05-JUN-96
Filename : MTYTREE.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-30-96 Filedate : --
MCEN Tree Factory c MCEN Graphics Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 2
/ / / / / Running Total : 2
Released: 05-30-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTYQAPP1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-31-96 Filedate : --
QuickApp v.3.00 c AttachMate Previous Total : 2
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 5
pn
01/0205/31/96
Filename : MTYTLIS1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-03-96 Filedate : --
TLIST 3 /PRO OCX EDITION ENHANCED Previous Total : 5
OUTLINE CONTROL Release Score : 2
.... Running Total : 7
pn
01/0105/30/96
Filename : MTY-TS01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : --
TriSpectives CDRIP for Win95 Previous Total : 7
.... Release Score : 4
Running Total : 11
pn
01/3106/04/96
Filename : MTYCADT1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : --
CADET v3.0 c ATTACHMATE CORP. Previous Total : 11
.... Release Score : 2
Running Total : 13
pn
01/0306/03/96
Filename : MTYGRPH1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : --
GRAPHICALLY!! v1.01A for ACE Audit Previous Total : 13
.... Release Score : 2
Running Total : 15
pn
01/0406/04/96
Filename : MTYOMNI1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : --
OMNI PAGE PRO 7.0 WIN 95c CAERE CORP. Previous Total : 15
.... Release Score : -3
Running Total : 12
pn
01/0506/05/96
Filename : LSNTPWA1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-31-96 Filedate : --
LightSpeed Term Emulation NT Server Previous Total : 0
1/2 Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 3
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeNf
.DIZ date: 05.30.96 .NFO date 05.30.96
Filename : ON32B2-1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-03-96 Filedate : --
FTP OnNet32 International Beta 2.0 Previous Total : 3
for Win95 and Win NT 4.0 1/13 Release Score : 2
Running Total : 5
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : ON32B2U1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-03-96 Filedate : --
FTP OnNet32 US CD Version Beta 2.0 Previous Total : 5
for Win95 and Win NT 4.0 1/12 Release Score : 2
Running Total : 7
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : RBS-WBIT.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-03-96 Filedate : --
Web-it! Pro for Windows v1.2 Previous Total : 0
01/01 Release Score : 4
/ / / Running Total : 4
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-ZI10.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-04-96 Filedate : --
Zipit! v1.0 for Windows 95 Previous Total : 4
01/01 Release Score : 3
/ / / Running Total : 7
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBSMBA01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-04-96 Filedate : --
Micro House Tech Lib v296 CD-RIP Previous Total : 7
Main Boards Section A Release Score : 2
01/27 Running Total : 9
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBSMBB01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-04-96 Filedate : --
Micro House Tech Lib v296 CD-RIP Previous Total : 9
Main Boards Section B Release Score : 2
01/48 Running Total : 11
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBSMHM01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-04-96 Filedate : --
Micro House Tech Lib v296 CD-RIP Previous Total : 11
Main Section with 100 Crack Release Score : 2
01/41 Running Total : 13
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-DANA.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : --
Dana v1.04 for Windows 95 Previous Total : 13
01/01 Release Score : 3
/ / / Running Total : 16
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-LIQA.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : --
Liquid Motion, Great JAVA Creation Program Previous Total : 16
01/02 Release Score : 4
/ / / Running Total : 20
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : -- Fix name : --
Filedate : -- Filedate : --
Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 0
Running Total : 0
sikos
Score Chart : Utils
DOD
17
MTY
12
PWA
7
RBS
20
X-F
0
Average Score Per Release :
Drink or Die - 3.0
Rebels - 2.9
Pirates with Attitudes - 2.3
Mortality - 1.7
X-Force - 0.0
r c n
r e v i e w s !
Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Utils
The following is a chart combining the total points of the top 5
utils groups within the past 4 weeks :
MAY MAY MAY JUN Total
DOD
22/5
11/3
0/0
15/5
48/13
0.0
3.0
+3.0
MTY
37/16
11/5
3/1
12/7
63/29
3.0
1.7
-1.3
PWA
30/8
40/15
19/6
7/3
96/32
3.2
2.3
-0.9
RBS
5/1
6/2
21/6
20/7
52/16
3.5
2.9
-0.6
X-F
11/3
6/2
6/2
0/0
23/7
3.0
0.0
-3.0
of Releases Last Weeks Yield
of Points This Weeks Yield
Change in Yield
Yield of Points / of Releases
Change in Yield Current Weeks Yield - Previous Weeks Yield
:: The Game Review!
sSSs. pn
VOTED 1 WAREZ MAG/REVIEW BY INTERNET USERS
TGR IS PROUD TO BE THE LONGEST RUNNING WEEKLY WAREZ MAG/REVIEW, EVER!
.aa.
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All the games that are fit to print.
Un-Releastic: I have never played a game I didnt like.
-Stu Pid Fewl
Realistic : This game sucks! -Ionizer
HOW TO GET THIS MAGAZINE ON A REGULAR BASIS:
WHERE and WHEN can I GET The Game Review? The Game Review c Ionizer
will be relaesed every SUNDAY, and can be obtained by
/m ionizer xdcc send 1
1 My home page Thanks to Agile Ent
http://ns2.clever.net/ionizer Note: Contains all issues and is
always up to date.
2 E-Mail AUTO Responder Thanks to Malk and Mael
Just write mail to tgr@inforelay.com thats all, DOESNT need to
include any special message or anything, youll get a response back
within a few seconds. Note: Only for the NEWEST TGR out.
3 Other magazines are free to use TGR in their magz. Simply notify
me about it first. Currently, Defacto and Wave both contain TGR!
NOTE: THERE IS NO MAILING LIST OF ANY KIND!
GAME REVIEWS, RATINGS, UN-BIASED OPINIONS, HELP/TIPS FOR INSTALLING GAMES!
-Rating scale:
0-19/100 In a nutshell, it sucked!
20-39/100 Still crap but slightly better.
40-49/100 Possibly worth downloading.
50-69/100 Pretty decent game. Might want to check it out.
70-79/100 Worth the download if you like that type.
80-89/100 Very good, 9 outta 10 its worth the download.
90-99/100 Excellent game, a MUST download.
100/100 HOLY SHIT IVE NEVER SEEN A BETTER GAME!
RATINGS are based on the game idea, graphics, sound, playability,
ingenuity, versatility, and a lot of other words ending in ity. These
games are based on what happens on MY COMPUTER ONLY, unless stated
otherwise. I always first follow nfo directions, and if those dont
work or are not available, I then try other ways. So just because it
doesnt work for me, doesnt mean it wont work for you.
-** THE GAME REVIEW **-
/ / / / / / / WIN 95 REVIEW
/ / / / / / / COURTESY OF:
/ LUNATIC
/aL!/--------/-----+
DEATHKEEP c SSI xx/34
I had a bit of a problem getting this to install, kept getting
script error in line 197. If anyone else has this problem, go into
the install dir, edit dk.inf, and find the line Directory SOURCE DIR
: DK. Change DK to . then save it, and it should install fine.
When playing, it keeps coming up with some sound error, if someone works
out how to stop this, please let me lunatic on IRC know. You have a
choice of three pre-generated characters, which pissed me off how hard
would it have been to let you create your own character?, but you do
get a nice animated intro once youve chosen one. The game itself looks
quite nice, til you start moving. Damn thing moves far too fast, turns
too fast, and generally makes it damn hard to play. Playing the dwarf,
I found an axe and chainmail right near the start, but couldnt work out
how to put the chainmail on for ages. The inventory screen shows up
with a transparent background, so you can still see your surroundings,
but this makes it very difficult to see the lines leading from the body
to the armor column on the right, you have to put body armor in the
middle slot. Stupid flaws, movement problems, and an annoying delay
between pushing the map button and actually getting the map due to it
changing resolution I think, combine to seriously lower this games
score, it couldve been great. The movement problems are especially
pronounced when trying to fight something combat is realtime, youll
die easily. Get it if youre a rabid rpg fan, if not dont bother.
RATING : 58/100
SNL Goes Political cBerkley Systems xx.xx
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Disk 11 of this release was badly packaged and had crc errors in
the arj. All copies found were like this, but the game still works,
because the error is in a .mov file and has little effect if any. This
rip is basically a total waste of time. The cd is mainly comprised of
.mov from various decades in SNL. There are four games included that
deal with SNL. One is where you are that fat dude who looks like Newt
Gingrich and you sit there slamming bills that come by on your desk as
fast asa possible. Another is pacman, but with Bill Clinton and
hamburgers. Yet another is a puzzle game, and the last one is a weird
board type game where you try to get votes by moving the pieces a
certain way. Its not worth 22 disks for just those four games.
RATING : 42/100
/ / / / / / / REVIEW
/ COURTESY
/aL!/--------/-----+ OF LUNATIC
The Settlers II English c Blue Byte 1/7
A word about installation : make sure the path you change in the
setup.ini points to the s2 subdir, and not the settlers2 dir, else it
wont work. I havent had a long look at this, but it appears to be
Settlers 1 also known as Serf City with nicer graphics, and more
easily available information. Everything was represented pictorially in
the first one, which meant much rereading of the manual to figure out
what the hell was going on. The interface is very similar, so anyone
whos played the 1st one will have no problems getting right into this.
It apears to support multi-player options, network at least One
scenario had 7 players. Settlers2 supports a variety of resolutions,
from 640x480 up to 1024x768, and looks very nice. For people who
havent got a clue what it is, Settlers2 is a strategy game where you
tell your people what to build, where to build it, and provide them with
roads to get there, presented in a 3/4 sort of view. Provided you have
the necessary raw materials, youll get a little guy who goes out and
flattens the area, then an engineer comes out and waits for the building
materials, then people transport the materials to him and you watch as
he constructs the building. You have lumberjacks to cut down trees,
foresters to plant more trees, little guys who quarry stone, miners,
surveyors so you know where to build mines, and all sorts of other
cool shit. Eventually, you tell your knights to bash the enemy, and
watch the little guys sword-fighting very cool, and hopefully bash the
enemy and take over their territory. A cool game if u like strategy
games, and very nicely presented.
RATING : 87/100
EARTH WORM JIM II - DOS *WORKING* 5/5
Well finnaly, a version for all of non-macint...I mean win95 users.
EWJ2 is everything you could expect it to be based on the first one.
Totally new ideas, from making sure puppys land safely across to using
old grandmas special chair to go up the stairs to picking up cows and
getting them to milk. This one is exactly the same in engine as the
first one is, you do however have new weapons. Now you have this bogger
thingi instead of using the whip to go across you can use this, plus
there are a ton of new gun types. And instead of that off and on
helicopterish thing on his head, you have a snot parachute. The game
is great if you like platform games. It is challenging, but not overly
challenging to the point where you get frustrated. Worth checking out
if you havent gotten one to work. Just follow the nfo!
RATING : 85/100
/aL!/--------/-----+
Savage c Discovery Channel 30/30
Well I was able to get it running, but as soon as it scrolled the
first level information back down, I got a windows error
Ignore/Cancel. From what I could tell, you are some lion or cub or
something, and you develop skills to live in the wild. Thats about all
I can tell you.
RATING : NA/100
Operation Carnage c Beaucomm o3/o3
dZG/ // / /. / /
1911
DIVISION
Like the nfo says, even though it says its for Micro Machines, well
its not, this game is practically the same thing as Smash TV, the
arcade game. You go from room to room blasting your weapons at the
enemy. Itll keep you busy for a while, but as with all games like this
youll become easily bored eventually. The game is pretty good, nice
sound to it, and the graphics are fine. Itll make ya sweat if you get
into it. There are sectors with all different rooms and they lead to
the end boss guy, you defeat him and go on to the next sector. I did
notice a few bugish problems, the first one is if you put it on easy,
and when its past the second sector, its supposed to automatically
adjust it to the harder settings, but it says it is going to do it, but
in actuality locks up. Another bug is when you enter your high score
in, it wont let you leave the screen, unless its some special combo of
keys. If youre looking for some quick action heres your solution, but
dont expect to play it too long.
RATING : 70/100
EURO 96 - ENGLAND c Gremlin Interactive
Hybrid xx/10
This is a generiz diz, because Hybrid didnt put one for some
reason. I was really pissed off by this one. When I loaded it without
my mouse it would go in fine and everything, but you cant navigate the
menus without a mouse. So when I loaded my mouse, the second I moved
it I got a divide overflow error. I think this is one of the rare times
where it just might be my puter as the cause for it not working, but
then again who knows. If it is, sorry, about as much as I can tell you
is its a soccer game, from the mfg. of Actua Soccer. A 41 disk music
commentary addon was also put out for this game.
RATING : NA/100
+--XX/22PresenTs/--+
Greg Norman Ultimate Golf II
c Grolier Interactive
WHORE! Er, no, thats not it...hmm...oh yeah, FORE! This is
probably the best golf game out there. Its got everything you could
ask for, the gfx are excellent and detailed. If youre looking for the
golf game that has it all then look no further, unless you can look
further into the future or something. Its not that good that youll
enjoy it if you dont like golf, but for those who do, youll find this
will satisfy your golfing desires.
RATING : 78/100
Alley Cats c Atlantean Interactive Alley Cats Movie Addon
CD-RIP
06/04/96
xX/32
06/04/96
xX/34
Oh man, you just know I have to make fun of this one. This is a
bowling game sorta like in the sense of strip poker, but its bowling.
0o0o baby look at the size of those 8lb balls of yours, and your pin is
standing so erect. This game is hilarious, not only are the
wanna-be-models incredibly stupid and bad actors, but I JUST KNOW this
game was made by some 20 sumtin year old NERD who cant get any. So the
dude makes this thinkin hell get some from the models. Well the dude
who probably made this, put himself in the game as the sleazeball
owner of the bowling alley. Its so funny to listen to this dork talk
to you, trying to be an actor, with his speech impediment. If you dont
get this game just for the fun of it, get it so you can have a good
laugh AT IT. The simple object to the game is to go on the bowling
alley, bowl a game, do good, get points, go to the Pro Shop and pay to
see them strip, which in actuality is dumb, b/c you can just go view the
.mov files yourself. I only found upper nudity in this one, so it sucks
for that too. But if ya got some free time download this one just for a
good laugh.
RATING : 53/100
Brainstorm c Simon Schuster xx/39
dZG/ // / /. / /
1911
DIVISION
This is a detailed study of the brain and a ton of questions that
involve thinking. Since it is the weekened, I have no interest
whatsoever in thinking, and who would blame me? It has parts that
explore the brain, the IQ test, mindbenders, etc. Its basically for
those parents with the 7 year old Harvard Graduate, as hed be the only
dork to actually buy this. This isnt really a game, but more of a
quiz, and we all get plenty of those in school. It is put together very
well, and its of high quality.
RATING : 56/100
/aL!/--------/-----+
Dinotopis c Turner Interactive 13/13
This is one boring game. You start off at the end of some island.
You walk around and youre supposed to talk to people and pick up shit.
However since there is absolutely no sound or music in this, its
impossible to tell what they are saying to you. Anyway its still
boring, you walk around an island inhabited by humans and dinosaurs.
RATING : 41/100
T-MEK *BETA* c Time-Warner Inter. 30/30
This is an excellent Mechwarrior type game. The game is smooth no
matter what you run it on. Youre given 6 different choices of type of
ships and enough arenas and stuff to last you a long time. You go from
qualifying levels to harder and harder levels. The sound is not much,
but the graphics are nicely done for this type of game. Plenty of
options, and two different styles of game to try out, one with cheating,
one w/o, enough options to make it the way you want it. A good mech
game, and probably great for network play. Although still a beta, I
didnt notice any bugs.
RATING : 73/100
Pray for Death - Playable Preview 01/08
First off, let me just quote the nfo on this one, its kinda outta
the blue : Release note: Pray for Death? - At first I thought this was
a game about Napalm members? - But turns it turns out to
be a fighting game. Kinda cruel eh? I thought so. Anyway, I say that
a lot dont I?, well anyway damnit there I go again, this is another
in the line of fighting games, like MK, MK1, MK2, SF, SSF, SSF2, SSF2
TURBO, Killer Instinct, Primal Rage, shall I go on? You can only try
out two of the characters, but you can tell this will turn out to be a
pretty good game. Excellent graphics, but there is no sound. Nice
interactive backgrounds, but the characters are a bit too big for the
screen. Hope you have the cpu to handle this one too, or itll be way
to slow. The game has potential, well see if it lives up to it.
RATING : 61/100
+--xX/37PresenTs/--+
Tim McCarvers
The Way Baseball Works Simulator
c Simon Schuster InterActive
In case you just couldnt guess at this one, its a thing that
explains every tiny bit of detail associated with baseball. It gives
you hints for hitting, pitching, etc. It lets you make your own field.
You can practice batting. The graphics are good, but there is no sound,
at least I couldnt find any. The only people who should get this are
the ones who watch every single baseball game, know every single detail,
and although they are fat ass coutch potatoes, think they might one day
be in the Major Leagues. Although its not fun it is educational, at
least sports wise.
RATING : 62/100
Kick Off 96 C Anco xx/10
::d::::::./.:.:::::::::
At first, you would think Hybrid underestimated this game in their
comments about it in the nfo. But after playing it and not being able
to get any sound from this one too, you soon realize it sucks cock.
Its got a touch of Actua Soccerness with a little bit of arcadeness.
The players do a lot of repetitive boring things that take a while, like
waiting for the referee to go to his position after a goal, dont know
if thats just the way it was programmed or my computer, but dont be
quick to judge asshole. Anyway, as the nfo states: Another soccer game
to add to your collection - not too much to say about this one.
RATING : 47/100
The Pickle Wars Trilgoy 2/2
C Crystal Vision
06/07/96
B.Y.O.RAR Bring your own rar.exe because the one packaged with
this has the Burlgar virus. Then I tried rar x pickle.001 and it said
unknown method. I removed the virus from their rar.exe, but it then
didnt run. This just wasnt meant to uncompress.
RATING : NA/100
Jelly Fish Backgammon Tutor Windows
c Effect Software
::d::::::./.:.:::::::::
Ummm, ok, I just might have a clue as how to play backgammon. This
is some tutor game and it cant be too good cuz I didnt learn a fucking
thing. Im sure no one else is even going to download this and try it
out, so who really cares? There arent too many backgammon tutoring
games, so I guess that makes this the 1 out there eh? Hah...just
shutup.
RATING : 36/100
/aL!/--------/-----+
FRANK THOMAS BIG HURT BASEBALL xx/36
/aL!/--------/-----+
F. T. B. H. BASEBALL FULL CRACK
If you dont have a joystick, in order to get into the game you need
to hit your pause/break key like as soon as the jostick calibration menu
comes up or it will kick your ass into dos. However as my limited
explorations into the game have found, you wont be able to play the
game with the keyboard anyway b/c the keys they have set for it dont
fucking work! And of course in all the detailed programming that went
into this, they couldnt add one more thing so you could make your own
working keys. The problem comes when you try to pitch the ball, it
well, just doesnt pitch. The k/b keys are just majorly whack. The
game however looks great, you have all the fields, all the real players,
and an excellent game engine that brings back the feeling of good arcade
like baseball games rather than simulation types. If only I could
actually play a full game. Some other really cool things that happen
are: 1 The computer doesnt pitch to you, it likes having a starig
contest w/ the batter I guess 2 When ya hit pause/break for the menu
in the game and you choose leave game and put it on yes, it just doesnt
leave, thats pretty cool. Dont get it unless ya got a joystick.
RATING : 32/100 without a joystick
RATING : 88/100 with a joystick
- Wheres Waldo? Exploring Geo...
- Net Warez, Inc. 639
Poorly packaged, they fucked up with the arj. Even if you do just
re-arj 37 over again, its still missing .wav files that you need in
order to get it running properly. Its only for little kiddies anyhow.
RATING : NA/100
EarthWorm Jim 12 cheat pack.
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This is a very helpfull cheat for EWJ. It gives ya hints on what to
do on some levels and includes .tbl files for Game Wizard Pro to allow
you to cheat. If youre stuck in EWJ then you might wanna get this.
RATING : CHEAT/100
*THE GAME OF THE WEEK*
Wow what a week, filled with huge ass 40 diskers. To pick one GOTW
would be impossible, and therefore we have several. PRESTIGE gets two
of this weeks GOTW with THE SETTLERS 2 and FRANK THOMAS: BIG HURT
BASEBALL if ya have a joystick. The other GOTW goes to MANTIS for
GREG NORMAN ULTIMATE GOLF 2. And right behind those 3 releases in a
close bid for GOTW was R-DOGS for the beta release of T-MEK. Would also
like to thank R-DOGS for re-releasing EWJ2 for us dos users.
*OTHER RELEASES*
DeathKeep A minimized version, Win95 Species, The Game Win95
*UPCOMING RELEASE DATES*
All projected dates are as of MAY 31ST 1996, 8am EST and based on
store release dates. The information in this section is updated WHEN
AVAILABLE.
Key to system types:
DCD DOS CD WCD Windows CD MCD Mac. CD
W95CD Win 95 CD M3 Mac. Disk W3 Windows Disk
W953 Win 95 Disk D3 DOS Disk HCD Mac./Windows CD
Date Name of Game Company
96/06/04 DRAGONLAIR2 DCD READY SOFT
96/06/04 SHELLSHOCK DCD U.S. GOLD INC.
96/06/04 DEATHKEEP DCD STRATEGIC SIMULATION
96/06/04 AH-64D LNGBW DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS
96/06/04 GENDERWARS DCD GT SOFTWARE
96/06/04 SETTLERS 2 DCD BLUE BYTE
96/06/05 DEADLINE DCD VIC TOKAI
96/06/06 BIG HURT DCD ACCLAIM
96/06/07 PGA96:SAWGRS DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS
96/06/07 MORTIMER DCD LUCAS ARTS
96/06/07 FINAL DOOM DCD GT SOFTWARE
96/06/10 WING COMM IV DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS
96/06/12 LINKS LS DCD ACCESS SOFTWARE
96/06/14 RENEGD:JACOB DCD MINDSCAPE
96/06/15 HIND DCD INTERACTIVE MAGIC
96/06/15 CIV WAR MED DCD ENTERACTIVE INTER
96/06/15 ALIEN TRIL DCD DIGITAL PICTURES
96/06/15 BTLCRSR 3000 DCD TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE
96/06/15 MAGIC GATHER DCD SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE
96/06/15 CAS CHMP2PKR DCD INTRACORP,INC.
96/06/18 AFTER LIFE DCD LUCAS ARTS
96/06/19 PRO PINBL:WEB DCD ENTERACTIVE INTER
96/06/19 MEGA RACE 2 DCD MINDSCAPE
96/06/21 HARVESTER IBCD MERIT SOFTWARE
96/06/21 DUNGON KEEPR DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS
96/06/21 KINGDOM MGC DCD GT SOFTWARE
96/06/22 BULL FROG PK DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS
96/06/24 MECH 2 NET DCD ACTIVISION
96/06/25 FIREFIGHT DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS
96/06/28 LST ADV LEGND DCD RANDOMSOFT
96/06/28 SPACEHULK 2 DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS
96/07/01 PELICAN HILL DCD ACCESS SOFTWARE
96/07/01 GRAND PRIX 2 DCD SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE
96/07/01 PINEHURST DCD ACCESS SOFTWARE
96/07/01 OVER REICH DCD AVALON HILL
96/07/20 ADDCORERULESDCD TSR
96/07/28 QUAKE SHWR DCD ID SOFTWARE
96/08/01 JETFIGHTR III IBCD INTERPLAY PROD
96/08/01 WARHAWK DCD SONY ELECT PUBLISH
96/08/01 TWISTD METAL DCD SONY ELECT PUBLISH
96/08/01 MAST/ORION 2 DCD SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE
96/08/01 METAL LORDS DCD NEW WORLD COMP INC.
96/08/01 LOST ADMRL II DCD AMERICAN LASER GAMES
96/08/20 NEED SPEED SE DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS
96/09/01 VR BASEBALL DCD INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS
96/09/01 GOLF NICK P DCD GT SOFTWARE
96/09/01 HIST WORLD DCD AVALON HILL
96/09/01 POWERSLAVE DCD PLAYMATES INTER ENT
96/11/15 RAW PURSUIT DCD JVC COMPANY OF AMERICA
97/01/01 DEADLY SKIES DCD JVC COMPANY OF AMERICA
96/06/15 FTSY FBALL96 HCD ENTERACTIVE INTER
96/06/24 ELK MOON 1 HCD ACTIVISION
96/06/07 MORTIMER MCD LUCAS ARTS
96/06/18 AFTER LIFE MCD LUCAS ARTS
96/06/24 MUPPETS TRSR MCD ACTIVISION
96/06/30 GAB KNIGHT 2 MCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC
96/07/01 TORINS PASS MCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC
96/07/01 PELICAN HILL MCD ACCESS SOFTWARE
96/07/01 PINEHURST MCD ACCESS SOFTWARE
96/08/01 EMPIRE II MCD NEW WORLD COMP INC.
96/08/01 HERO MHT MGC MCD NEW WORLD COMP INC.
96/08/23 9 MCD GT SOFTWARE
96/09/01 MORT KMBT 3 MCD GT SOFTWARE
96/06/21 NETSCAPE NAV MAC VENTANA PRESS
96/06/01 GREGNORM GLF2WCD GROLIER ELECT PUB. IN
96/06/04 JEWEL BUND WCD MICROFORUM
96/06/04 CATZ WCD VIRGIN GAMES
96/06/05 MCKENZ/FRNDS WCD AMERICAN LASER GAMES
96/06/10 WARHAMMR 40K MINDSCAPE
96/06/10 VOYEUR II WCD PHILIPS INTER MEDIA
96/06/12 SCIFI TRIVIA WCD SIMON SCHUSTER
96/06/15 QST.GLORYCOLL.WCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC
96/06/15 HOYLE-BLKJAK WCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC
96/06/15 HOYLE-SOLITREWCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC
96/06/15 WOOD SHIP MEN WCD AVALON HILL
96/06/19 MARLOW WCD SIMON SCHUSTER
96/06/20 STORM WCD AMERICAN SOFT CORP.
96/06/24 CIVIL WAR:LEE WCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC
96/06/24 MUPPETS TRSR WCD ACTIVISION
96/06/30 FPS BASEBAL96WCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC
96/06/30 LIGHTHOUSE TCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC
96/06/30 INDY CAR 2 HCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC
96/06/30 URBAN RUNNER WCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC
96/07/01 SHAKII WOLF WCD MICROFORUM
96/07/01 BTLGRD4 SHILH WCD ENTERACTIVE INTER
96/08/01 DAGGERFALL DCD BETHESDA
96/08/23 9 WCD GT SOFTWARE
96/06/05 DUKE SCNSVR W3 FORMGEN
96/05/30 CRL WP 7.0U W5C COREL SYSTEMS
96/05/30 ARCADE CLS W5C GT SOFTWARE
96/05/31 AMER CIVLWAR W5C INTERACTIVE MAGIC
96/06/04 FLIGHT UNLMT W5C VIRGIN GAMES
96/06/05 SIMISLE W5C MAXIS
96/06/10 ULT DOOM W95CD GT SOFTWARE
96/06/10 DOOM II W5C GT SOFTWARE
96/06/20 TRIP PLAY 97 W5C ELECTRONIC ARTS
96/06/24 MISSION FORC W5C SIERRA-ON-LINE INC
96/06/25 CLOSE CMBT W5C MICROSOFT
96/07/10 DIABLO W5C DAVIDSON
96/07/15 STAR CONTR 3 W5C WEA VIDEO
96/08/01 HEXEN W5C GT SOFTWARE
96/08/15 MORT KOMBT 3 W5C GT SOFTWARE
96/09/01 MORTIFICATOR W5C PLAYMATES INTER ENT
96/10/01 STR TRK GEN W5C SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE
97/01/01 MINDWARP W5C MAXIS
*CORRECTIONS*
I forgot to mention that the fakecd.exe included with the Dynasty
release of Offensive has the Burglar virus in it. Just use your own
fakecd, or you can get their crack which doesnt need fakecd.
*LEGAL MUMBO JUMBO*
THIS MAGAZINE IN NO WAY WHATSOEVER, CONDONES THE PIRATING, STEALING, OR
ANY OTHER ILLEGAL MEANS OF OBTAINING SOFTWARE. I AM IN NO WAY
RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS AS A RESULT OF READING THIS MAGAZINE, NOR
HAVE I DONE ANYTHING ILLEGAL TO OBTAIN THE REVIEWED GAIMES. IF YOU LIKE
HOW THE REVIEW OF A GAME SOUNDS THEN BY ALL MEANS PURCHASE IT AND
SUPPORT THE SOFTWARE COMPANY.
ANY AND ALL MAGAZINE GROUPS HAVE PERMISSION TO USE THIS IN THEIR
MAGAZINE, AS LONG AS IT HAS NOT BEEN EDITED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM,
AND YOU HAVE OBTAINED MY WRITTEN E-MAIL PERMISSION.
*CLOSINGS*
- Big shout outs to Bleachboy and Poobis!
- Id like to thank Lunatic for his 2 reviews.
- Here are the codes for Operation Carnage, released by Razor
MORDOR TEACUP MEMORY DYNAMIC
MATRIX HELPME CRYSTAL DOOMED
MAJICA SUNFIRE SOLO STATIC
NEURON MIDNIGHT RAMA WARFIRE
THUNDER GRAFIX CITY FOUNDER
MYTH QUEST XENON ULTIMATUM
WATCHER ADVANCE PROPHET WEAVE
- Thats it for this week, hope it was of help.
-Ionizer The Game Reviewer
Comments/Complaints send to ionizer@ns2.clever.net
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Author : Hitex
Subject : Top 5 / Bottom 5 DIZs
I remember back in the days of Legacy when people would always
complain about our DIZ saying Its just a generic TheDraw font!!!
Sure, I would respond, but whats wrong with that!? I never managed
to grasp the reasoning behind spending so much time on a great DIZ. I
actually liked our DIZ, it was legible, eye-pleasing, yet didnt go out
of its way to get your attention. Nevertheless, people have always had
a thing for a good DIZ. So I Rebel Chicken and I decided to go capture
a bunch of DIZs and see which we thought were the most extravagantly
beautiful, and which we thought were the most putridly ugly. Both Rebel
and I scored on a scale of 0-5, 0 being Damn, thats the ugliest thing
Is ever seen! and 5 being Goddamn whatta DIZ! We added the scores
together to make a final score based on a scale of 0-10, 10 being the
best.
Following are the 10 5 Best followed by 5 Beastliest DIZs out of
our pile of 42 that we thought were the most Heavenly/Hideous, the most
Dazzling/Disgusting, the most Gorgeous/Gastly.
Simply the Best :
First Place :
.: /. :: /: Y /96:. Score : 10/10
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Second/Third Place :
Score : 09/10
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Second/Third Place :
Score : 09/10
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First Runner Up Tie :
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First Runner Up Tie :
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Score : 08/10
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- TOTALiNG THE COMPETiTiON
Simply the Worst :
First Place :
-/ / / / // / Score : 00/10
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Second Place :
.---- Easy CD Backup v3.00 c InCat -----.
The supplement to Easy CD Pro, This
makes your CD-R work as a tape backup Score : 01/10
works great with any CD-R and is fast!!
.. .. /. - OuTLaW
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1996
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Third/First Runner Up/Second Runner Up :
Score : 02/10
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Third/First Runner Up/Second Runner Up :
. / / Score : 02/10
S-MARK PRESENTS
THURSDAY
MAY 9
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
3DLAND11.ZIP
19
W95
3D Landscape Books
BI222W30.ZIP
30
DOS
Battle Isle 2220
BTE-VS1.ZIP
2
W95
VistaScan Version v2.24
CB4-CB4.ZIP
4
DOS
CBuilder v1.51 Build 4
DMN-CM4A.ZIP
10
W95
Chameleon 95
DNS-R200.ZIP
1
DOS
RAR v2.00
FBI!FNTP.ZIP
1
W95
Font Pack Truetype
FRC-PMU4.ZIP
4
W95
PageMaker v6.01 Upgrade
HHGEXTC3.ZIP
1
W95
Extracad III
HST-3D12.ZIP
12
W95
3D Deck Backyard Construction
IMAGNT39.ZIP
39
WNT
Imagitech Design Workshop
OCT-IBM4.ZIP
4
WIN
IBM LAN Client v2.0 Update
PNC-PDQ2.ZIP
2
WIN
PDQComm v3.1
PNCISC13.ZIP
13
DOS
Inside Sports Swimsuit Calander
PSG-EWJ5.ZIP
5
DOS
Earth Worm Jim 2
PSG-ST27.ZIP
27
DOS
Strife
PST-WB2C.ZIP
3
WIN
IVEX WinBoard v2.1
PST-WD2B.ZIP
2
WIN
IVEX WinBoard v2.1
RBS-BS51.ZIP
55
DOS
MacroMedia Backstage Pre-Release
SMRTG02.ZIP
6
DOS
Smart Games
SVA-ED3.ZIP
3
DOS
EDiary 96
TKSOLVER.ZIP
1
WIN
TK Solver : Machine Design
FRIDAY
MAY 10
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
DEADL-16.ZIP
16
DOS
Deadline
DJWIN51B.ZIP
4
WIN
Data Junction v5.1
DMNN3113.ZIP
13
WIN
Lotus Notes v4.1
DMNN9515.ZIP
16
W95
Lotus Notes v4.1
DMNNO223.ZIP
23
OS2
Lotus Notes v4.1
DWNGRD3.ZIP
3
W95
Garden Architect
DWNMVD2.ZIP
2
W95
Microsoft Video v1.1 Update
EVR-E61I.ZIP
10
W95
EXTRA! Personal Client v6.1
EVR-I32F.ZIP
6
W95
IRMA v3.2
FBI-FN3.ZIP
5
W95
Fountain
IKBABE33.ZIP
33
WIN
Babe Interactive MovieBook
OEMB2-30.ZIP
30
W95
OEM Service Pack Release 2 Beta 2
PWAB2S36.ZIP
42
WIN
Windows NT 4.0 Server
PWAB2W40.ZIP
40
WIN
Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
SM-WC2E1.ZIP
5
DOS
WarCraft 2 Expansion : Beyond the Dark Portal
TO-CNA23.ZIP
47
DOS
Connection Assistant v2.1a
SATURDAY
MAY 11
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
ATA-CTAL.ZIP
1
W95
Cool Talk
CB4JM312.ZIP
1
WIN
JetMail Client v4.6
CIAAT-6.ZIP
6
WIN
University Atlas
COPSJUN.ZIP
1
DOS
Juno
CS-27.ZIP
27
DOS
Comedy Store
EVR-I98A.ZIP
12
WIN
Install Shield v3.00.098
EVR-ZIPB.ZIP
2
WIN
ZIP! Print Manage
FRC-FDC4.ZIP
4
DOS
Fusion Design Comics
IVAN42.ZIP
42
WIN
Ivans Scientific World
MDC-MEX3.ZIP
3
DOS
Mail Extension v1.52
MTYTWK14.ZIP
14
DOS
ToonWorks
MTYWM3-3.ZIP
3
W95
WebMedia Publisher Pro
NPMT9630.ZIP
35
DOS
Tony La Russa Baseball 3 1996
PAPRPRT3.ZIP
3
W95
PaperPort Software
POY-4.ZIP
4
DOS
Player of the Year
PWAFOC13.ZIP
13
WIN
Focal Point
PWAINOC7.ZIP
9
WNT
Inoculan Anti-Virus for WinNT
PWASAL02.ZIP
12
W95
Salsa For The Desktop 1.02a
RD-HPWIZ.ZIP
1
WIN
Homepage Wizard
SVA-UTD4.ZIP
4
WNT
UniGraphics Converter
TPLAYG03.ZIP
50
W95
Triple Play Plus : Learn German
TYRIAN4.ZIP
4
DOS
Tyrian
WC2EXP14.ZIP
14
DOS
Warcraft 2 : Beyond The Dark Portal
SUNDAY
MAY 12
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
AMM-CW2.ZIP
1
OS2
ColorWorks v2.0
ATA-RAU2.ZIP
2
WIN
Real Audio Utility Package
BTE-VS2.ZIP
2
WIN
VistaScan Version v2.24
DJWIN51D.ZIP
4
W95
Data Junction v5.1
DODWMEE7.ZIP
7
DOS
Watermark Enterprise Edition v2.1
EWJ2FIX.ZIP
1
DOS
Earthworm Jim 2 Fix
GPDS28.ZIP
28
W95
Graphics-Pro Design System v4.0
MDC-MFT2.ZIP
2
DOS
Mutual Fund Tax Calculator
MDC-PFO2.ZIP
2
W95
Portfolio Pages v1.01
MDC-WKR2.ZIP
2
W95
Wav-Maker v2.2
MTY-SD45.ZIP
45
DOS
SoftDesk S7 Super Productivity
MTYWE232.ZIP
2
W95
Web Edit Pro v2.0 Beta 3
N32E202.ZIP
1
W95
NetScape Navigator v2.0.2
SCUMNPPA.ZIP
10
SYS
Nashville PlusPack Build 1072
SM-FCST2.ZIP
2
W95
Foo Castle
SWIBUD.ZIP
1
WIN
Budweiser Bud Frogs SS
UCFMCONV.ZIP
1
DOS
Master Converter v1.51
UCFSTIL.ZIP
1
DOS
Stilleto 96
UCFWWTCH.ZIP
1
WIN
Weight Watch v1.0
WPC435R.ZIP
1
W95
Web Page Creator v4.35
X-LS1732.ZIP
1
WIN
Lightning Strike Plug-in v1.7
XF-HBD29.ZIP
29
DOS
Horizon Digital Business Directory
ZZMCAP-2.ZIP
2
DOS
Zicky Zicks MilkCaps v3.0b
MONDAY
MAY 13
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
3DSMAX23.ZIP
39
WNT
3DStudio MAX
BZR-RB04.ZIP
4
W95
ROSE BUD PRO v6.01K
CB4PCX37.ZIP
7
WIN
PC-Xware v3.0
FBI-EX1.ZIP
7
DOS
Executor v1.99
FIFOTTV2.ZIP
2
WIN
Tune in Television
LSR-RR39.ZIP
39
DOS
Rat Race
NPMTSP44.ZIP
44
DOS
Tony La Russa Baseball 3 1996 Speech AddOn
NRG-AP32.ZIP
2
WIN
LabView v4.0 Application BUILDER
NRG-AP51.ZIP
2
W95
LabView v4.0 Application BUILDER
NRG-AP52.ZIP
2
WNT
LabView v4.0 Application BUILDER
NRG-SQ16.ZIP
16
DOS
Gupta SQL Base v6.0
PSGWAR30.ZIP
30
DOS
The War College
RL-MPWV5.ZIP
5
DOS
MultiPlatform WordView
SPIRAW31.ZIP
1
WIN
Spira CD-R Software
SPIRAW95.ZIP
1
W95
Spira CD-R Software
TRD-TANC.ZIP
12
DOS
The War College : Tannenberg Scenario
TRDWARDA.ZIP
10
DOS
The War College : Online Docs
TUESDAY
MAY 14
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
ATA3DA55.ZIP
55
WIN
3D Atlas v1.1
ATASND08.ZIP
8
WIN
3D Atlas v1.1 Sound AddOn
DODCORE3.ZIP
3
W95
Cosession Remote v7.0
DODQFPL5.ZIP
5
W95
Quicken Financial Planner v2.0
DOX-DPT.ZIP
1
DOS
DPT Scsi SmartCache
DRS-ED10.ZIP
10
DOS
ELSATrak SMP System Documentation
FBI-EX7.ZIP
7
DOS
Executor v1.99
HEATH-3.ZIP
3
W95
Heathkit A+ Certification Review Tests
MDMSHRED.ZIP
1
DOS
INSYNC v7.0
MTY-SPB2.ZIP
2
WIN
Sax Basic Engine Pro
MTYSAXCM.ZIP
1
WIN
Sax Comm Objects Pro
MTYSAXST.ZIP
1
WIN
Sax Setup Wizard v2.0
MTYWEB16.ZIP
1
WIN
Sax Webster Control
MTYWEB32.ZIP
1
W95
Sax Webster Control
PTEMPLT2.ZIP
2
DOS
Paper Templates
PWAMNG08.ZIP
26
DOS
Intel ManageWise v2.1
SCUMSRW1.ZIP
2
W95
ShivaRemote Dial-In v4.0
SHKPTS1.ZIP
1
DOS
Phoenix Telephone Suite
SHKQSE3.ZIP
3
WIN
Quicken Special Edition
UCFUED32.ZIP
1
W95
UltraEdit-32 v4.00
VGES2A16.ZIP
30
DOS
EarthSiege 2 Animations
XF-DLS4.ZIP
4
OS2
Lan Service Client
ZY-SKAT1.ZIP
5
W95
WinSkat
WEDNESDAY
MAY 15
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
CB4PCX32.ZIP
7
WIN
PC-Xware v3.0
CH463N-6.ZIP
8
DOS
Netmanage Chameleon NFS v4.6.3
DRS-ES33.ZIP
42
DOS
ELSATrak SMP System v1.6
LL-ST08.ZIP
8
DOS
Strife
MTY-CYBS.ZIP
1
DOS
CyberSitter v2.01
MTY-TV16.ZIP
1
WIN
TeleVox v1.0 Beta
MTY-TV32.ZIP
1
W95
TeleVox v1.0 Beta
MTYGWEB.ZIP
1
W95
G Web
MTYGWIN.ZIP
1
W95
Genesis World Buildier
NOVNSH04.ZIP
4
W95
NteShield v2.3.2
PSG-LAB6.ZIP
6
DOS
Loony Labyrinth Pinball
PSG-TOS9.ZIP
9
DOS
Battle Arena : Toshinden
RSH-RS02.ZIP
3
WIN
ReflectSense v3.0
TDVPAGE9.ZIP
9
W95
Logitech PageScan V1.2
THURSDAY
MAY 16
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
ATA-GW01.ZIP
4
WIN
Groups Works v2.1
CH463N-8.ZIP
8
W95
Netmanage Chameleon NFS v4.6.3
COPSFP3.ZIP
1
W95
Fun Pack 3
DRS-ES42.ZIP
42
DOS
ELSATrak SMP System v1.6
FRC-EV40.ZIP
40
WIN
Encyclopedia of Virology
FRCTYJ45.ZIP
45
DOS
Teach Yourself Java in 21 days
PSG-NOMM.ZIP
22
DOS
Normality
PWAGPP02.ZIP
2
W95
Graph Pad Prism v2.01
PWAHF302.ZIP
2
W95
Hot Forms v3.0b
RBSWMAP1.ZIP
8
W95
Windows Map v2.2
RL-CS5.ZIP
5
WIN
Collabra Share Version v2.2
RL-ENV.ZIP
1
DOS
Envoy
SCUMHPI1.ZIP
2
W95
HP Interconnect
SCUMN74L.ZIP
12
W95
Nashville PlusPack Build 1074
T96MOK33.ZIP
33
W95
Mind Of A Killer
TAC-CB02.ZIP
2
W95
Chicago Bulls SS
UGR-CLU2.ZIP
2
DOS
The Clue
XFINFO38.ZIP
38
DOS
Crystal Information v4.5.5 Pilot Pack
FRIDAY
MAY 17
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
ATACNT34.ZIP
34
WIN
3D-Atlas Countries Addon
CIAHIT38.ZIP
41
DOS
Hit Fight
DESIGN04.ZIP
4
W95
HTML Designer Theme Pack
DFTWBBN4.ZIP
4
WNT
WebBundle
DMN3DM31.ZIP
31
DOS
3D Studio Max Addon
EP302-5.ZIP
5
W95
Netmanage ECCO Pro v3.02
FBI-AW7.ZIP
7
DOS
Air Warrior v2.04f
FBI-MC68.ZIP
8
W95
Mathcad v6.0 Plus
FRC-CB3.ZIP
3
W95
CodeBase 95 v5.01
GENLITE.ZIP
1
W95
Genesis World Builder Lite
GNXNSPE3.ZIP
3
W95
Netscape Navigator v2.02
GWEBLTE.ZIP
1
W95
GWeb Lite
M8-D3DED.ZIP
1
DOS
Duke Nukem 3D Full Level Wad Editors
NFC-VET9.ZIP
1
W95
VET v9.0
NOVFLW08.ZIP
20
WIN
Multimedia Flowers Gallery
PSGMAY22.ZIP
22
DOS
Total Mayhem
PWABCR34.ZIP
37
W95
Borland C++ v5.0 Developers Suite
PWAEXD06.ZIP
10
W95
Exceed v5.0.1
PWAFLSH1.ZIP
1
WIN
FlashCards CNE3 Update
RL-VSCP2.ZIP
2
WIN
Viscape
SMR-HPX2.ZIP
2
WIN
SoftKey Holopix
UCFWGATE.ZIP
1
W95
WinGate v1.3.11
SATURDAY
MAY 18
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
ACCMS251.ZIP
7
W95
Media Studio v2.5 Video Edition
ATA-ESP6.ZIP
6
WNT
Esplanade
CIATK03.ZIP
3
DOS
Tikshvit
CME-FMCC.ZIP
1
WIN
CM Editor v3.60
COLORS-2.ZIP
2
W95
Colors for Little Kids
COVCT3F.ZIP
5
DOS
Multimedia Tour Visual Object Cobol
DRS-ED07.ZIP
10
WIN
ELSATrak SMP System Documentation
INDFRGEN.ZIP
1
WIN
FRGen v1.5
LPARSER.ZIP
1
W95
LPARSER v3.1
NETABLES.ZIP
1
WIN
Internetables
PWAMNG20.ZIP
26
W95
Intel ManageWise v2.1
PWAONETV.ZIP
31
W95
OnNet v2.1
PWAVDS15.ZIP
24
W95
Visual Developers Suite Deal
RBS-BSSN.ZIP
12
WIN
Backstage
SUNDAY
MAY 19
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
DODWEB30.ZIP
30
W95
Web Translator v1.0
DWNCBL07.ZIP
7
DOS
Cobol System1 v3.2.30
FBI-EX3.ZIP
7
DOS
Executor v1.99
FBIDPNT2.ZIP
1
W95
Deluxe Painting v2.00
FRCVHSB.ZIP
1
W95
Virtual HomeSpace Builde
HDOG95-4.ZIP
4
W95
HotDog Pro v1.0
HSTINFO3.ZIP
11
W95
Microsoft InfoSource
JBZTMV44.ZIP
44
DOS
Total Mayhem Animation Addons
KS-DLF11.ZIP
11
DOS
Deadline
MDC-TME9.ZIP
9
WIN
Tell-Me v2.10
MM2TT10.ZIP
10
DOS
Micro Machines 2 TE
MPRO-05.ZIP
5
W95
Media Pro
NPU-MCC.ZIP
1
WIN
NETPopup v2.15
NWSB-MCC.ZIP
1
DOS
News Robot
PCB153-B.ZIP
1
DOS
PCBoard v15.3 Beta
PIE-CMED.ZIP
1
WIN
CMed v1.08d
PWA-M955.ZIP
5
W95
Multi Active Maximizer
PWA-MMW4.ZIP
4
WIN
Multi Active Maximizer
PWAID95.ZIP
1
W95
InterDrive v2.0
PWAIDNT.ZIP
1
WNT
InterDrive v2.0
PWAWL2.ZIP
2
WIN
WanderLink Release v2.2 Beta
UE40-MCC.ZIP
1
W95
Ultra Edit v4.00
XF-JF101.ZIP
1
W95
JFactory v1.0.1
XF-WPS1.ZIP
2
OS2
CC : Mail Shell v1.03d
MONDAY
MAY 20
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
CB4IJK3.ZIP
3
W95
Intranet Kiosk v0.90
CB4K95-1.ZIP
2
W95
Intranet Jazz v0.90
CB4KSRV1.ZIP
3
W95
Intranet Server
COPSDBC4.ZIP
4
W95
WebDBC v2.5.2
CUSEME5.ZIP
5
W95
CuseMe
DWNERCPS.ZIP
1
WIN
Early Release Components Setup
DWNTLS05.ZIP
5
WIN
Toolset System3
DWNWRB05.ZIP
5
WIN
Workbench System2
J4P-ACCB.ZIP
11
DOS
Accent
MR2I100.ZIP
1
OS2
MR/2 ICE v1.0
NOVFG216.ZIP
26
DOS
Future Graphics v2.0
PCWGRM9.ZIP
21
WIN
Expert Gourment Cookbook
PCWMAR18.ZIP
18
WIN
Marty and the Trouble with Cheese
PNCQPS32.ZIP
2
WIN
QuickPak Scientific v3.0
PWAD3D02.ZIP
2
WIN
Dir 3D v1.0
RBS-HYSP.ZIP
1
W95
HyperSnap v2.65
RTNFS205.ZIP
5
DOS
Far Land Story II
SCUMWH95.ZIP
1
W95
WinHacker 95 Beta 2
TA-CKALI.ZIP
1
DOS
Kali 95
UCF-BCRD.ZIP
1
DOS
Business Cards
TUESDAY
MAY 21
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
ATLS325.ZIP
5
W95
Netscape v3.0 Atlas
CB4AWWW1.ZIP
3
W95
Alis WWW-browser v1.2.c
CB4PBDN7.ZIP
7
WNT
Palindrome Backup Director v4.0
FBIHPWIZ.ZIP
1
WIN
Home Page Wizzard
GALL33.ZIP
38
W95
Lotus Gallery
MTY-IJ2.ZIP
2
W95
Internet Junction
MTYATM6.ZIP
6
W95
Adobe Type Manager Deluxe Beta 8
PCLW5W01.ZIP
45
DOS
LightWave 5
PSG-SE06.ZIP
6
DOS
Sensible World Of Soccer Euro 96 Edit
PSG-TKBA.ZIP
11
DOS
Total Knockout Championship Female Boxing
SDM-MO2.ZIP
2
W95
MAC Opener
SDMWP7S2.ZIP
2
W95
WordPerfect 7 SDK
SDMWNS3.ZIP
3
WIN
ATT WorldNet Services
TTTENAM.ZIP
1
W95
Encarta 96 Yearbook Builder
XFFEZDB.ZIP
1
WIN
FormEZ
WEDNESDAY
MAY 22
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
CB4CYBD6.ZIP
1
W95
CyberSuite Desktop
CB4ITK-2.ZIP
1
WIN
NetManage Intranet Toolkit v5.1 Beta
DOD-AVN3.ZIP
3
W95
Dr. Solomons Antivirus Toolkit v7.58
DODPGOO2.ZIP
2
W95
Kais Power GOO v1.0
DWNIPN32.ZIP
1
W95
IPhone v.3.2 Full Upgrade Build 21
EVR-AM36.ZIP
27
W95
MS ActiveMovie SDK Beta 3
EVR-VT2H.ZIP
8
W95
VTune v2.0
FBIWAWY3.ZIP
9
DOS
Worlds Away
ICSOSB4.ZIP
1
W95
IBM Internet Connection Server v4.1
ICSSOSB4.ZIP
1
W95
IBM Internet Connection Secure Server v4.1
N1326-66.ZIP
68
O/S
Windows NT Workstation v4.0 Build 1326
N1630B4.ZIP
1
WIN
Netscape v3.0 Beta 4
PHOTIM15.ZIP
1
W95
Uleads PhotoImpact v3.0
WEBX11B.ZIP
1
W95
IBM Secure WebExplorer v1.1 Beta
THURSDAY
MAY 23
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
CB4WEBE2.ZIP
1
WIN
WebEdit v2.0 Standard Beta 3
CIAFLN04.ZIP
14
DOS
Funtasy land
CLKBK205.ZIP
1
W95
ClickBook v2.05
DOMSWOS8.ZIP
8
DOS
Sensible World of Soccer
EVR-AM3K.ZIP
27
W95
MS ActiveMovie SDK Beta 3
FBIWAWY9.ZIP
9
DOS
Worlds Away
MTYVISI7.ZIP
1
WIN
Visual InstalIt v7.0
PHOTIM35.ZIP
35
W95
Uleads PhotoImpact v3.0
PSGBGW36.ZIP
36
DOS
Battleground III : Waterloo
RFIRE-6.ZIP
6
DOS
Return Fire
FRIDAY
MAY 24
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
3ALCHMYC.ZIP
23
DOS
3D Game Alchemy Addon
COPPTC4.ZIP
4
W95
MS Word v7.0 Premium Template
DFTDS22D.ZIP
1
DOS
VirusScan v2.2d
DFTVRB73.ZIP
3
W95
VRealm Builder v1.0 Build 7
DFTVS251.ZIP
1
WNT
VirusScan v2.5.1
FBI-MSM3.ZIP
3
W95
MS Money
FRCCWEB3.ZIP
3
W95
Lotus CC: Mail For The World
JF-PIR4.ZIP
4
DOS
Piranha
JPRDY08.ZIP
8
W95
Jeopardy : Platinum Edition
PSG-PTO4.ZIP
4
WIN
Pacific Theater of Operations 2
PWA-JETC.ZIP
1
W95
JetCommander v2.01
RBS-EST.ZIP
1
WIN
Estimator Pro v1.0
SDM-HV51.ZIP
1
WIN
Hacker View v5.15
SDM-KK12.ZIP
1
WIN
Kopykat v1.21
T96SP204.ZIP
8
DOS
Steel Panthers 2
TRDPTO21.ZIP
9
DOS
Pacific Theater of Operations 2 : Animations
TRDWAT12.ZIP
12
DOS
Battleground Waterloo : Animations
SATURDAY
MAY 25
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
ASPIID15.ZIP
1
DOS
ASPI-ID v1.5
BOWLING5.ZIP
5
W95
PBA Bowling
CBW95-16.ZIP
1
W95
Colorado Backup
COVCT3D.ZIP
1
WIN
Multimedia Tour of Visual Object Cobol Beta
DMNHEE30.ZIP
30
WIN
Home Improvement Encyclopedia v3.0
DWNCPUP2.ZIP
1
WIN
Cobol Toolset
DWNVPLB1.ZIP
1
DOS
Virtual Places v1.0
GNXSC227.ZIP
1
DOS
System Command v2.27
HOTJAVA.ZIP
1
W95
Hotjava Beta
MDC-ARB1.ZIP
1
W95
Aimnet Ranger
MSPAK1DS.ZIP
1
W95
Service Pack 1
NT3230R.ZIP
1
WIN
NetTerm v3.0.0
PAGESCN1.ZIP
9
W95
Logitech PageScan v1.2
PSGWIZ14.ZIP
14
DOS
Wizardry GOLD
PWAMNG24.ZIP
26
DOS
Intel ManageWise v2.1
PWAONETM.ZIP
31
WIN
OnNet v2.1
PWAUC31.ZIP
1
WIN
Caps User v3.1
RBS-JOT.ZIP
1
W95
Net Scantools v1.2
RBS-LS30.ZIP
30
WIN
Fax/Win/Ras Port
RBS-OL2.ZIP
2
W95
Office logic v2.10
SDM-BMP2.ZIP
2
WIN
BeyondMail
SDM-WWW8.ZIP
8
WIN
Web Techniques Tools
SUNDAY
MAY 26
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
ADR15MCC.ZIP
1
W95
THE ADRESS BOOK v1.5
ATA-TB5.ZIP
5
W95
TrainingBase
CB4-TSP.ZIP
1
WIN
TrueSpeech Internet Player
CB4HWM-5.ZIP
5
W95
Harlequin Webmaker v2.13
FRC-VY2.ZIP
2
W95
Voyetra
PWAEXD10.ZIP
10
W95
Exceed v5.0.1
PWAMNG26.ZIP
26
DOS
Intel ManageWise v2.1
RVXPADI9.ZIP
9
DOS
PADi Scuba
SMODEMR.ZIP
1
DOS
SModem Pro v1.5
SMR-AP25.ZIP
25
W95
Asymetrix Presentation 3D Plus
SSTUDIO.ZIP
1
WIN
Sound Studio
UCF-FRGB.ZIP
1
WIN
Find RGB v2.0
UCFSNESC.ZIP
1
W95
SNES Emulator v1.2a
MONDAY
MAY 27
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
EVR-WFIX.ZIP
1
DOS
Wizardry Gold Fix
GNS-M964.ZIP
4
W95
MSJ 96 Build 5936
GWR32.ZIP
1
DOS
Game Wizard 32 Pro v3.0
MEDSOFT3.ZIP
3
WIN
Advanced Patient Accounting v4.13a
MNTEYE20.ZIP
57
DOS
The Conquest of Silver Eye
PSG-JOSA.ZIP
10
DOS
Josephine
PSGEJD6.ZIP
6
DOS
Earth Worm Jim
SMR14MCC.ZIP
1
W95
SmilerShell v1.4
TLR14MCC.ZIP
1
W95
TILER v1.4.0
TSA-R250.ZIP
1
DOS
RAR v2.50
TW95MCC.ZIP
1
W95
Time Wizard v1.0
WFP44PWA.ZIP
4
WIN
New WinFax Pro v4.0
TUESDAY
MAY 28
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
AMF-AESA.ZIP
10
DOS
Action Euro Soccer
CTLPP05.ZIP
22
DOS
Panic In The Park
DNS-SK26.ZIP
26
DOS
Dice a Woman II
DOX95DLS.ZIP
1
W95
IBM LAN Services
GNNWEB12.ZIP
12
WNT
GNN Press Webserver
GWKS214.ZIP
1
W95
Group Works v2.1
KEYV321.ZIP
1
DOS
KeyView v5.0
L-NAVA11.ZIP
1
DOS
NAVAID v1.1
MDC-SD1.ZIP
1
DOS
Sweep v2.82
MDC-SW01.ZIP
1
W95
Sweep v2.82
NAV96-4.ZIP
4
W95
Norton Antivirus v2.0 Beta 2
SDM-MT17.ZIP
28
WIN
I Mother Earth
TAC32S3.ZIP
3
W95
Home Productions
TACCPAV2.ZIP
2
W95
Central Point Anti-Virus v2.2
W32ADT06.ZIP
1
W95
Win 32 Applications Development Tools
WEDNESDAY
MAY 29
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
AOC-GRD4.ZIP
4
DOS
Greed III
CIAFLN06.ZIP
14
WIN
Funtasy Land
CTLPP22.ZIP
22
DOS
Panic In The Park
INSTINCT.ZIP
1
DOS
Instinct v2.0
LW50F52.ZIP
52
DOS
Lightwave v5.0
MOREWAR.ZIP
1
DOS
More War : The Return of the Horde
MSQ-LV95.ZIP
1
W95
Lview Pro v1.d
MTYPPM20.ZIP
1
W95
Plug n Play Mosaic v2.0
MTYWA04.ZIP
4
W95
WebAnchor
NOVLWIR4.ZIP
4
W95
LiveWire v1.04
PSG-SET1.ZIP
7
DOS
The Settlers II
PWRSPWAD.ZIP
13
WIN
ViewOffice PowerSuite
RAMSFD-4.ZIP
4
DOS
Shadow of Dreaming
RBSXMPEG.ZIP
1
WIN
XingMPEG Player v1.30
SDMPO95A.ZIP
10
W95
Personal Oracle7
SDMW32SC.ZIP
12
W95
Win32s SDK
SMR-SAK6.ZIP
6
WIN
Sing Along Kids 4
TACXYW-4.ZIP
4
W95
XyWrite v4.12
TDDPPR-3.ZIP
3
WIN
PrismPrint Color Calibration v3.23
UCF-CLEO.ZIP
1
WIN
Cleo v2.0
UCFPTOOL.ZIP
1
WIN
Power Tools v1.0
XADISSMI.ZIP
1
DOS
Sensible Soccer
XFSMS12I.ZIP
1
OS2
Visual Age for Cobol v1.0
THURSDAY
MAY 30
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
CFOSWIN.ZIP
1
WIN
CFos
CIABLK-2.ZIP
2
DOS
Black knight
CTLKN112.ZIP
2
WIN
Koan Pro Disk Ver 1.11 - c SSeyo XX/02
DFTNT22F.ZIP
1
WNT
VirusScan v2.03
DFTW2031.ZIP
1
W95
VirusScan v2.03
DFTWSCN4.ZIP
1
W95
WebScan v1.04
DNS-E312.ZIP
1
W95
Encrypt-It v3.12
DOD-QP16.ZIP
1
WIN
Query Perfect v1.0
DOD-QP32.ZIP
1
W95
Query Perfect v1.0
DWNPOWW1.ZIP
1
WIN
PowWow v2.1
GNNWEB12.ZIP
12
WNT
GNN Press Webserver
LW50F52.ZIP
52
DOS
Lightwave v5.0
MTYWA04.ZIP
4
W95
WebAnchor
NOVMSWP3.ZIP
3
W95
MacroMedia Shockwave Plug-Ins
NOVRAMG.ZIP
1
DOS
Ramgate Pro
PWRSPWAD.ZIP
13
WIN
ViewOffice PowerSuite
RFAXPWA8.ZIP
8
WNT
Right Fax
SDM-INNO.ZIP
1
W95
InterNOTES!
SHKCMP01.ZIP
3
W95
Compel v2.0
SMR-AAR.ZIP
1
W95
Adobe Autoreader v2.50
TACCPAV2.ZIP
1
W95
Central Point Anti-Virus v2.2
TDDPPR-3.ZIP
3
WIN
PrismPrint Color Calibration v3.23
UCFPRS27.ZIP
1
W95
Print Screen 95 v2.7
XADITC32.ZIP
1
W95
Take Command v1.02a
FRIDAY
MAY 31
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
CB4AGSI.ZIP
1
WIN
AGSI v1.1.4
CB4CDW43.ZIP
1
W95
CD Wizard v4.03
COPSHB30.ZIP
30
DOS
HyperBlade 3D
FIFOBQ12.ZIP
2
WIN
Brain Quest
LSNTPWA2.ZIP
2
WNT
LightSpeed Term Emulation NT Server
MTYQAPP2.ZIP
2
WIN
QuickApp v3.00
PNC-A99E.ZIP
1
WIN
Agent v.99e
PNCAHELP.ZIP
1
W95
Agent v.99e
PNCQP41C.ZIP
3
WIN
QuickPak Pro v4.10
PSG-DK34.ZIP
34
DOS
Deathkeep
RBS-PM55.ZIP
55
W95
Print Master Gold Interactive Multimedia
RTN-WP28.ZIP
28
WIN
Winning Post 2 Plus
TACXYW-4.ZIP
4
W95
XyWrite v4.12
UCFSDD5K.ZIP
1
DOS
Univbe v5.2
SATURDAY
JUNE 1
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
AGENT95.ZIP
1
W95
Agent95
ANMSPR6.ZIP
6
W95
32 Bit Sprite Animation
DA-HE15C.ZIP
1
W95
HTML v1.5c
DISASTER.ZIP
1
W95
Disasters Theme
FBI-VF02.ZIP
14
W95
MS Visual FoxPro v3.0
OX-BUS9.ZIP
9
WIN
Business Quotes
PSG-JOS1.ZIP
10
DOS
Josephine
PSG-SS01.ZIP
15
DOS
Shell Shock
PSY-LS2.ZIP
2
DOS
Laser Quad
PTPZL-39.ZIP
39
WIN
Photopuzzle
PUBDESI1.ZIP
2
W95
MS Publisher Design Pack
RBSMHM01.ZIP
1
WIN
Micro House Tech Library v2.96
UCFPTOOL.ZIP
1
DOS
Power Tools v1.0
SUNDAY
JUNE 2
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
CD6PWA54.ZIP
54
W95
Corel Draw v6.0
CLB-SG13.ZIP
13
W95
SMART GAMES 1 c RANDOMSOFT 13/13
CPIC-MCC.ZIP
1
WIN
COMPUPIC v1.20 b 17 c PHOTODEX CORP.
LGX-SBP.ZIP
1
WIN
Legal Pro
MPATH14.ZIP
14
W95
Mplayer
MTYTLIS3.ZIP
1
DOS
TList 3 Pro
ON32B2UC.ZIP
1
UNX
FTP OnNet32 v2.0 Beta
RTN-NEC6.ZIP
6
DOS
Necronomican
RTN-RSD5.ZIP
5
DOS
Rising Dragon
SDM-CUP3.ZIP
1
W95
CUP386 v3.0b
MONDAY
JUNE 3
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
CY-AMB04.ZIP
4
W95
Ambiente V2.0
CY-CC05.ZIP
5
WIN
Color Copy v1.4
DB21-9.ZIP
1
OS2
DB2 v2.1.1 Update
DDT-6F32.ZIP
1
DOS
ACDSee v1.06b6
DGNGB30.ZIP
30
DOS
Heroic Holy War
DMNLAW2.ZIP
2
W95
Do-It-Yourself Lawyer
DNS-WRF4.ZIP
4
DOS
World Rally Fever
DODALG26.ZIP
6
WIN
Multimedia Algebra 2 v3.4
DODCDVW.ZIP
1
DOS
CD-View v2.02d
EXCHWIN7.ZIP
7
W95
MS Exchange SP Build 6546
PHOTOC07.ZIP
7
WIN
PhotoMorph v2.7a
RBS-WBIT.ZIP
1
WIN
Web-It! Pro v1.2
ROR-H2O4.ZIP
4
DOS
H2O
RORTRNC2.ZIP
2
DOS
Tronic
TRDEWJ25.ZIP
5
DOS
Earth Worm Jim 2
WEB11MCC.ZIP
1
W95
Web-It! v1.1
WU202MCC.ZIP
1
W95
WinU v2.02
TUESDAY
JUNE 4
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
CB4EXPOS.ZIP
1
WIN
Expose v2.00
CB4WSEC.ZIP
1
WIN
Secure It v1.00
DA-SWO6D.ZIP
1
WIN
Sophos Sweep June
DMNCHKF2.ZIP
2
W95
CheckFree Manager v2.0
DNS-OG19.ZIP
19
DOS
Offensive
F!BT260.ZIP
1
OS2
Binkley Term v2.6
MSTA-MCC.ZIP
1
W95
ModemSta v1.90
NORMAN22.ZIP
22
DOS
Greg Norman Ultimate Golf 2
NS!-F055.ZIP
1
DOS
Flag v0.55 Beta 2
RBS-DANA.ZIP
1
W95
Dana v1.04
RBS-ZI10.ZIP
1
W95
Zipit! v1.0
RTNN2SP2.ZIP
1
DOS
Nanpa 2
SA110MCC.ZIP
1
W95
Secret Agent v1.10
SAVAGE30.ZIP
30
DOS
Savage
SDM-JAV7.ZIP
7
W95
Java Developers Kit v1.0.1
SDMPO95A.ZIP
10
W95
Personal Oracle7
SDMWEB24.ZIP
24
WNT
WebServer
SU-LUNA5.ZIP
5
DOS
Lunatic Dawn 2
TBS!DANA.ZIP
1
DOS
Advanced Dana v1.04
WEDNESDAY
JUNE 5
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
BSTORM39.ZIP
39
DOS
Brainstorm
CARNAGE3.ZIP
3
DOS
Operation Carnage
COPSNAVD.ZIP
1
W95
Norton Antivirus June Update
COPSSAM.ZIP
1
W95
Sales Marketing Templates
COPSWEB.ZIP
1
W95
WebManager for v1.1.3 Beta
CY-ART02.ZIP
2
WIN
Typeart v2.0
DMNPWM1.ZIP
1
DOS
Password Master v2.0.5e
FBI-RDD4.ZIP
4
DOS
Ray Dream Designer v3.13
LGX-QC28.ZIP
28
W95
QuickCards Limited
MARAUD12.ZIP
1
WIN
Internet Marauder
MTY-TS03.ZIP
1
W95
TriSpectives
MTYCADT3.ZIP
1
WIN
Cadet v3.0
MTYGRPH4.ZIP
1
W95
Graphically v1.01a
PNCAPSS.ZIP
1
WIN
American Pride SS
RBS-LIQB.ZIP
1
W95
Liquid Motion
RVXIRCS.ZIP
1
W95
WIRCSrv v1.15 Beta
SIVADET2.ZIP
2
WIN
Ditto Easy Tools
SQLSRV09.ZIP
9
W95
MS SQL Server v6.5
SYSTEM
CD EDUCATION
RELEASE DATE
TITLE
Pre-Release
Thinkin Things Coll 3
Pre-Release
Millies Math House
Pre-Release
Baileys Book House
Pre-Release
Thinkin Things Coll 1
Pre-Release
Triple Play Plus Japanese
06/10/96
Alices Adventures in Wonderland
06/17/96
Reading Dev Library 4
06/24/96
Interactive Math Journey
SYSTEM
CD EDUCATION
RELEASE DATE
TITLE
Pre-Release
Elder Scrolls : Arena-Deluxe
Pre-Release
Virtual Chess
06/11/96
PGA Tour Course : TPC at Sawgrass
06/12/96
Links Arnold Palmer Latrobe
06/14/96
Gender Wars
06/17/96
Hoyle BlackJack
06/17/96
Hoyle Solitaire
06/17/96
Terry Bradshaw Fantasy Football
06/17/96
Xenophage
06/17/96
Space Dude
06/19/96
MegaRace II
06/21/96
Kingdom OMagic
06/24/96
Triple Play Baseball 97
06/24/96
MechWarrior 2 NetMech
06/24/96
Shadoan
06/25/96
NHL Powerplay 96
06/28/96
Huygens Disclosure
06/28/96
Offensive
06/28/96
Bullfrog Pack HiOct/ThPark/Mag
06/28/96
Dungeon Keeper Bullfrog
06/28/96
Need for Speed SE
06/28/96
Dragons Lair II
06/28/96
Grand Prix II MPC
July
Indy Car Racing II
July
Lighthouse
July
Urban Runner CD-MPC
July
Robert E Lee/Civil War
July
Nascar I w/Track Pack
July
Baseball 96 Front page sports
July
Mission Force : Cyber Storm
July
Pro Pinball : The Web
07/10/96
Battleground 4 : Shiloh
07/23/96
Normality
07/31/96
Hind
07/31/96
Magic : The Gathering
August
Elder Scrolls 2 : DaggerFall
August
Jagged Alliance : Deadly Games
August
Into The Void
August
Battlecruiser 3000 AD
August
Gene Wars
August
Golden Nugget
08/06/96
Qin : Tomb of Middle Kingdom
08/15/96
Realms 3 : Shadow Over Riva
08/15/96
Third Reich
08/27/96
Deadlock
08/29/96
ADD Core Rules
09/16/96
Master of Orion II : Battle
09/17/96
Assassin - 2015
09/24/96
Creatures
09/24/96
Star Control 3
09/26/96
Nemesis The Wizardry Adventure
10/08/96
Safecracker
10/15/96
Test Drive : Off-road
10/15/96
NCAA Championship Basketball
11/12/96
Eradicator
July
Mindwarp
SYSTEM
CD PRODUCTIVITY
RELEASE DATE
TITLE
Pre-Release
Savage
Pre-Release
2 Million Canadian Business
Pre-Release
Gospels Holy Scriptures Art
Pre-Release
FormTool Small Busines v2.0
Pre-Release
Graphics Converter Gold
SYSTEM
CD REFERENCE
RELEASE DATE
TITLE
Pre-Release
Spinal Tap
Pre-Release
Poetry In Motion
Pre-Release
Lost Treasures of the World
Pre-Release
Organizer
Pre-Release
Adams Jobbank
Pre-Release
Lesson Tee
Pre-Release
Business Planner
Pre-Release
Gardeners Companion
Pre-Release
Micro Kitchen Companion
Pre-Release
Best of Breed
Pre-Release
MacMillan Digital World Atlas
Pre-Release
Planet Earth : Worlds Within
Pre-Release
Visual Dictionary
Pre-Release
Renaissance of Florence
Pre-Release
Voyage in Egypt
Pre-Release
Chilean Affair
Pre-Release
Dr. Ts Around the World
Pre-Release
Lost Treasures of the World
Pre-Release
Lirgua Match
Pre-Release
Dr. Ts Kids Classics
Pre-Release
3003 Home Designs Multimedia
SYSTEM
JEWEL CASE
RELEASE DATE
TITLE
Pre-Release
US History/Geography
Pre-Release
Pax Imperia
Pre-Release
Word Attack 3
Pre-Release
Kid Keys
Pre-Release
Kid Works
SYSTEM
WINDOWS 95 EDUCATION
RELEASE DATE
TITLE
06/04/96
Carmen Advantage Library
06/04/96
Creative Advantage Library
06/05/96
Learning Advantage Library 2
06/06/96
Amazing writing machine
06/06/96
Kid Pix Studio
06/06/96
Learning Advantage Library 1
06/06/96
Three for me Vol I
SYSTEM
WINDOWS 95 EDUCATION
RELEASE DATE
TITLE
06/14/96
Doom II Win95
06/14/96
Ultimate Doom Win95
06/18/96
Afterlife
06/21/96
Final Doom
06/24/96
Space Hulk : Vengeance
06/25/96
Monty Python : Holy Grail
06/28/96
Firefight
06/28/96
Tracer
July
Chessmaster 5000 10th Anniversary Edition
07/15/96
Collision
07/18/96
MS Close Combat
August
Knights Chase
August
Dominion
August
Command Conquer
August
Destiny
August
Powerslave
08/05/96
Time Commando
08/15/96
Mortal Kombat 3
08/19/96
Hyperblade
09/09/96
Diablo
09/09/96
Mech Mercenaries
10/21/96
Interstate 76
11/11/96
Sacred Ground
03/03/97
Mortificator
r c n
t o p 1 o
This chart was compiled by adding the number of bytes uploaded to
the 3 fastest BBSes in the WORLD. The following is a chart of the RCN
top 10 couriers :
Dates of Upload Count : 05/19/96 - 05/25/96
User Handle/Alias Affiliation Upload Bytes
1
The Blue Adept
EVERLAST
583,257,792
2
Luck
RAPiER
423,798,143
3
T-Bone
n/a
373,567,889
4
Xwing
AMNESiA
310,236,865
5
Darkside
RiSC
296,265,734
6
Suspicious Image
RiSC
210,275,569
7
Amorphis
RAPiER
162,982,124
8
Gremlin
fATE
159,465,789
9
Shatter Star
RiSC
157,961,753
10
Tiger Claw
RTS
127,181,116
r c n
t o p 1 o
This chart was compiled by adding the number of bytes uploaded to
the 5 fastest BBSes in the WORLD. The following is a chart of the RCN
top 10 couriers :
Dates of Upload Count : 05/26/96 - 06/02/96
User Handle/Alias Affiliation Upload Bytes
1
Immortal
RiSC
1,283,263,734
2
Ellisdee
EVERLAST
563,165,465
3
Shatter Star
RiSC
452,265,343
4
Mr.Skill
EVERLAST
446,574,920
5
The Blue Adept
EVERLAST
438,297,918
6
Everclear
RiSC
402,235,051
7
Swamp Thing
Digital
305,765,786
8
Iron Eagle
RAPiER
256,927,114
9
Asmodeus
EVERLAST
198,433,309
10
Luck
RAPiER
186,022,783
r c n
t o p 1 o
This chart was compiled by adding the number of bytes uploaded to
the 5 fastest BBSes in the WORLD. The following is a chart of the RCN
top 10 couriers :
Dates of Upload Count : 06/03/96 - 06/09/96
User Handle/Alias Affiliation Upload Bytes
1
Nytemyst
AMNESiA
773,978,234
2
The Blue Adept
EVERLAST
504,307,963
3
Mr.Skill
EVERLAST
429,423,043
4
ECI
RiSC
411,965,211
5
Suspicious Image
RiSC
391,752,021
6
Rio Ken
RAPiER
321,735,002
7
Maverick
RiSC
298,414,123
8
Deathlok
AMNESiA
297,247,099
9
Immortal
EVERLAST
295,987,263
10
Luck
RAPiER
236,855,524
r c n
t o p 1 o
This chart was compiled by adding the number of bytes uploaded to
dhe 3 fastest FTP sites in the WORLD. The following is a chart of the
RCN top 10 couriers :
Dates of Upload Count : 05/19/96 - 05/25/96
User Handle/Alias Affiliation Upload Bytes
1
The Midnight Grave Digger
AMNESiA
389,463,793
2
Slate
MALiCE
242,235,123
3
Apollo
Stealth
215,124,866
4
Shatter Star
RiSC
198,863,025
5
Bababoey
RiSC
165,098,256
6
Demon Hunter
AMNESiA
127,857,235
7
Frost
Digital
117,578,980
8
Bluewater
RiSC
114,079,255
9
Cyber Phreak
EVERLAST
111,457,478
10
Caserd
AMNESiA
107,792,165
r c n
t o p 1 o
This chart was compiled by adding the number of bytes uploaded to
dhe 3 fastest FTP sites in the WORLD. The following is a chart of the
RCN top 10 couriers :
Dates of Upload Count : 05/26/96 - 06/02/96
User Handle/Alias Affiliation Upload Bytes
1
Shatter Star
RiSC
975,945,123
2
Midnight Grave Digger
AMNESiA
740,641,325
3
Cyberjack
RiSC
648,674,366
4
Bababoey
RiSC
379,235,264
5
Stingray 6
RiSC
321,756,824
6
Cyber Phreak
EVERLAST
300,862,453
7
Beast
AMNESiA
280,026,635
8
Apollo
Stealth
263,463,724
9
Gumby
n/a
233,265,345
10
Arch-Vile
RiSC
204,253,232
r c n
t o p 1 o
This chart was compiled by adding the number of bytes uploaded to
dhe 3 fastest FTP sites in the WORLD. The following is a chart of the
RCN top 10 couriers :
Dates of Upload Count : 06/03/96 - 06/09/96
User Handle/Alias Affiliation Upload Bytes
1
Shatter Star
EVERLAST
592,325,530
2
Suspicious Image
RiSC
305,978,902
3
Nightwriter
n/a
302,756,453
4
Demon Hunter
AMNESiA
256,592,781
5
Apollo
Stealth
244,033,639
6
Digital Vampire
RiSC
224,123,389
7
Immortal
EVERLAST
218,198,951
8
Arch-Vile
RiSC
181,140,730
9
The Dark Knight
n/a
165,297,418
10
ECI
RiSC
122,137,152
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, heres the place! Have you ever wanted to know
why some people do this or that? ASK! I would love to take it to the
extreme for you and we will be happy to research it! I hope you have as
much fun with this as I will! Remember, this is YOUR column!
Dear Road Rebel,
I collect NFO files, not very serious, but whenever I see an NFO
file I dont have, I keep it for fun. This weeks topic seemed kinda
interesting because I have over 120 different NFO files from this year
only, thats 5 new NFO groups each week, and there are plenty that Ive
missed. I know some of these groups have merged into others to form a
new group and so on, but 120 different groups since January 1st is a
lot. A lot of these groups are courier groups, most of them just a
bunch of wannabe couriers who think its cool to make a group with some
fancy name. They have lots of members, and they disappear quick, either
merged into another group, where the good ones stay and the rest get
kicked and probably start another group.
Then we have the release groups, lots of my NFOs says : We are a
new group totally dedicated to releasing quality warez and to have fun,
they might release 2-3 things that the elite groups wouldnt touch if
they got paid and then you never hear fromem again, but sometimes they
have a new supplier that actually does supply quality stuff, but
he/she? probably gets snatched by another group that is a little more
experienced.
Then we have the groups that come from some local scene, Israel,
Spain, Finland, Denmark, some area in the US or whatever, that
unfortunately thinks its a good idea to go worldwide, they have hardly
any luck making it big internationally but they do provide something for
the local scene, pushing warez to the national small 1 node BBSes.
These easy come, easy go groups doesnt do much for the whole
scene in my view, but they do provide a starting point for the newbie
who has the talent. A newbie would never be able to join RiSC or PWA
first day in the scene so its a good way for them to prove themselves
to the scene. If theyre good theyll be noticed and picked up by some
elite group.
I usually download every piece of software I find, even if its from
some unknown group, they deserve a chance, but if I find Quake or
Windows NT v4.0 released by KRADiCAL iNTERNET RELEASE KRiMiNALZ or
something, I skip it, but if it sounds genuine I give it a chance. I
would never download some Necrophilias Guide To Cooking v2.1 BETA
though, but then Im not necrophilic either. It is up to the one that
finds it to download it, but their releases seldom has mass appeal, its
usually some unknown utility/game that not many will benefit from, but
they dont hurt the scene when releasing, after all its what the scene
is about.
Signed,
Aquistic
Dear Aquistic,
Well, one reason I believe that people start these one week groups
is, some people have a big thing with taglines, when they enter a room
they have to have a 40 character tagline to feel important. They dont
seem to realize how much work goes into running even a small group and
actually try to do something with it. The one week groups dont exactly
hurt anything, but they dont really help anything. This morning I had
someone message me about his 1 day old group and how they did 3 releases
today alone. When people say this to me i ask, what have you released
that was good? I usually get silence, or am told I am not eleet enough
to know good from bad. It is rare for these little groups to release
something of high quality, BUT it does happen, just not enough :.
As for one week courier groups, WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU GONNA COURIER
FOR??? All the big groups have had the same couriers for A LONG TIME,
and there are so many courier groups out now that it doesnt make any
sense to start another. If you think you are good enough to make your
own group run that good, join Motiv8 or Malice, they already have the
affiliations. I just watched a new courier group die. I was told how
they have these great FTP sites, and all this shit, BUT, there is
nothing to courier! Now, I know I will catch shit from some of the
small groups, BUT, we will wait a month and if you are still around
good.. If not, well...see ya!
By the way, I always try to help the small new release groups all I
can. They usually have REAL nice members, and are still having fun at
this. Some of the older groups members turn into dicks, and think they
are all WAY ELEET, and dont have the time to deal with real people.
Join a new groups channel and it is usually pretty laid back and happy.
Next Weeks Topic : Gay Homosexual Elites???
Next weeks topic is not going to be about warez, but rather
something that is always being made fun of and fought about. I want
EVERYONEs opinion about faggots on IRC yes, I said faggots, Im not
politically correct. The reason I chose this topic is, I have seen
people become VERY upset if they think someone is gay. I would just
like to know what you think about this.
Please email all responses to an385786@anon.penet.fi.
r c n
a s t r o l o g y !
The following details your forecasts depending on your astrological
sign. Each sign designates your personal lucky numbers of the week.
The following specific areas of focus include those of love and warez :
Aquarius January 21 to February 19 : A wonderful alignment of the
Sun and your ruler Uranus suggests that an unforeseen event
such as constipation will be sure to be within your reach.
Dont appear to bein too much of a hurry, and drink a lot of
prune juice.
Pisces February 20 to March 20: You cant afford to sit on IRC all
day when your future happiness and security are at risk.
Indeed, youd be well advised to make your intentions known.
If you are gay, or your name so happens to be Incarante, do not
be afraid to come out of the closet, with Mercury resuming its
normal direction over the Moon this coming week, this would be
a perfect time.
Aries March 21 to April 20 : Dont be put off by someones lack of
faith in your abilities to join a warez group. You ruler Mars,
strongly supported by Jupiter, is opening the right doors. All
you have to do is send some applications to warez groups, and
youre bound to be accepted with open arms.
Taurus April 21 to May 21 : This is not the moment to sacrifice an
ambition or ignore a professional opportunity. In fact, you
could hardly pick a better week to start your very own Internet
warez group. However, if you do start an Internet warez group
this week, dont fool yourself in believing that your group
will last more than a few days.
Gemini May 22 to June 21 : Finish what you start this week, or you
could end up losing out to someone who lacks your style, talent
and knowledge. After your ruler Mercury alters its course to
the Moon, there will be nothing to stop you from pulling off a
potentially major coup. If your name so happens to be Digital
Vampire, this is a perfect time to name yourself the new leader
of the dead courier group MALiCE, you are sure to succeed.
Cancer June 22 to July 23 : Positive planetary activity in your
opposing sing of Capricorn suggest that you no longer have to
toe the line regarding an especially intense Internet
relationship. Youll get what you want even sooner than you
expected. If your name so happens to be Winterhawk, utilizing
more than one dildo at a time will satisfy your needs.
Leo July 24 to August 23 : Your ruler, the Sun, in conjunction with
Uranus, planet of the unexpected, suggests that a sudden turn in
events is about to upstage a partnership issue on a FTP site or on
a BBS. Since youre able to turn the tide in your favor, you
should do so, even if it means upsetting others.
Virgo August 24 to September 23 : With your communicative ruler
Mercury resuming its regular projectory to the Moon, its time
for you to plan a change. Come up with a new handle, and you
will receive good luck. There are those who many try to impede
your progress, but you know more than they do. The more idiotic
your new handle, the more you stand to gain.
Libra September 24 to October 23 : The combined influence of
assertive Mars and confident Jupiter will encourage you to
pursue whatever action it takes regarding your cybersex life.
There are those who will call you names, ignore their words, and
you will find true happiness.
Scorpio October 24 to November 22 : Its time to show a certain
person that youre not kidding around, and that youre not
prepared to stay on the sidelines for a minute longer than
necessary. There have been rumblings among the IRC channels
you frequent, and only you can quiet the situation.
Sagittarius November 23 to December 21 : The Sun in your opposite
sign of Gemini is highlighting a union, it seems that you
should try to be a little less self-centered. Since you
are in a position to provide tremendous help for someone
close, it would be churlish not to.
Capricorn December 22 to January 20 : A creative or romantic liaison
is brilliantly aspected thanks to Mars and Jupiter, and you
many never better your chance at finding an IRC boyfriend or
girlfriend this week. But, first, you must be sure that you
have full support of someone whose opinion you value.
r c n
c o n t e s t !
RCN would like to announce a new contest! The first person who
sends in correct information leading to Chris Carters RCN exposure will
win access to a 130 meg file bot. RCN is in search of information
concerning Chris Carter, such as his home and business addresses, home
and business phone numbers, and/or any embarrassing information you can
dig up like, if hes a queer or something. Information concerning
Chris Carter will only be published in this E-Zine if proven true. Any
information on this person will be greatly appreciated. Let the narc
hunt begin!!!
Please email all responses to an385786@anon.penet.fi.. The
following is a short summary of what Chris Carter is all about :
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 01:02:01 -0500 CDT
From: Chris Carter chrisc@lubricant.free.org
To: x@x.x.x
Cc: postmaster@x.x, piracy1@SPA.ORG, software@BSA.ORG
Subject: Software Piracy from x@x.x.x
Dear John Doe:
I have found a user in your Internet domain who plays a large role
in the distribution of copyrighted software on the Internet. This user
uses the nickname Ordinance, and uses the account x@x.x.x.. He/she
is a member of an underground group called RTS. This group is
dedicated to the transfer of illegal commercial software to a large
audience of users on the Internet. They use the most efficient and
fastest methods possible.
The user was seen on IRC at exactly: Sun Apr 28 02:04:41 1996 EDT.
In an effort to stop software piracy on the Internet, I have been
monitoring various groups of users on the Internet Relay Chat network.
This medium of communication has become very popular with warez
pirates who exchange commercial software illegally. On the IRC network,
groups of people come together to use sophisticated methods to
distribute commercial software to literally thousands of users. With
such large scale distribution methods, the software industry is losing
millions of dollars.
I have no direct evidence to show you that this user is
participating in illegal activities. But I can direct you to where
evidence can be found. If you are permitted to do so, I suggest that
you take a brief scan of the users home-directory and check for any
suspicious files. If you cannot do this, I recommend that you keep a
close eye on this user and watch for any unusual activities. Please
take whatever action is appropriate in dealing with these matters as
stated in your organizations Internet Policy Agreement or Network
Etiquette Policy.
Thank you for taking the time to read through this message. And
thank you for any assistance you can give to help resolve this matter.
Your time and help is greatly appreciated and I give you my full
gratitude.
Thanks again,
Chris Carter
International Internet Association
chrisc@free.org
From jeppe Tue Apr 9 14:03:06 1996
Subject: Software Piracy from x@x.x.fi fwd
To: x Mr. X
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 14:03:05 +0000 EET DST
X-Mailer: ELM version 2.4 PL23
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain charsetISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Status: RO
X-Status:
I have found a user in your Internet domain who plays a large role
in the distribution of copyrighted software on the Internet. This user
uses the nickname BN and uses the account x@x.x.fi.. He/she is a
member of an underground group called Rapier. This group is dedicated
to the transfer of illegal commerical software to a large audience of
users on the Internet. They use the most efficient and fastest methods
possible.
Thanks again,
Chris Carter
International Internet Association
chrisc@free.org
I believe this user, Chris Carter, is violating numerous laws, to
include guidelines set forth by the Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFF. His means of monitoring are clearly illegal in the United
States. He is known to use hacked accounts, send false mail, hide his
address, monitor channels in IRC through stealth modes - his presence
not visible to users of the channels. He is also making great
accusations with no evidence causing undue harassment and libel. Undue
conflict between user and administrator and possibly resulting in the
loss of accounts, if not involvement by state/local/federal authorities.
Chris Carters tactics seem to be strategic and premeditative in nature,
a direct attack on the reputation of whomever he chooses to harass.
It is encouraged that the unethical and unlawful behavior of Chris
Carter be stopped, to protect privacy, freedom of speech, reputations of
the innocent and prevent him from abusing any other computer systems
through subversive and/or illegal hacking methods.
Chris Carter certainly gets around. Upon mention of his name, many
people have spoken out in outrage at his actions and methods. This
e-mail is a collective result of concerned citizens in both the United
States and abroad. To my knowledge, there are seven other instances of
such accusations sent via e-mail with no support.
Upon contact, a system administrator from the first provider has
stated that they have checked the files of the user in question,
permissible by a written legal form signed by the account purchaser, and
have not found a single thing of illegal nature. Why is this violation
of privacy necessary due to the likes of Mr. Carter, who does not seem
to respect the rights of innocent people? One must wonder whether
Carters basis for these accusing messages has anything to do with the
reason of software piracy as Carter states. If so, his observations
are error-prone.
The second provider involved has not commented.
Thank you for your time and, hopefully, support. Chris Carter is a
criminal by any standards and must be dealt with by legal means before
spreading more harm among the Internet community.
r c n
w a r e i q t e s t
Test your knowledge of the WAREZ SCENE! The following are TEN mind
boggling YOU DONT KNOW NOTHIN questions! Enter all your answers in,
and when you feel youre happy with them, press F10 and the computer
will tally up your score and spit it out at you. For every question you
missed, the computer will indicate the correct answer. Oh, and if you
feel like You Dont Know Nothin midway through the quiz and dont
want to embarrass yourself with an incredibly low score, press ESC and
youll be back on the bright side of RCN, the awesome music will calm
you down, and all will be well again.. enjoy!
*PS* All answers are found in issues of RCN!
The following is a courier group that disbanded 2 years ago :
A. ACiD ANSi Creators in Demand
B. GODS The Guild of Distributors
C. SWAT Special Warez Acquisition Team
D. None of the Above
The following person is proven to be Communist :
A. Entropy
B. Jimmy Jamez
C. Tok
D. None of the Above
The following group specializes in cracking :
A. Fast Action Trade Exchange
B. Request to Send
C. Rise in Superior Couriering
D. United Cracking Force
What does HTML stand for :
A. Hyper-Text Markup Language
B. Hyper-Text Master Language
C. Hyper-Text Motion Language
D. None of the Above
Frost is also known as :
A. Eric Gebelli
B. Nate Low
C. Sean Green
D. None of the Above
The following 2 courier groups had a recent FTP upload competition
on the FTP site known as Bleachbox :
A. Amnesia and Digital
B. Amnesia and Empire
C. Amnesia and Malice
D. None of the Above
TRC stands for :
A. The Renegade Chemist
B. The Renegade Channel
C. The Renegade Crotch
D. None of the Above
The Speed Racer is currently the leader of this group that was
first founded in 1984 :
A. Dynamix
B. Hybrid
C. Prestige
D. Razor 1911
The Blade is a special term for members of this following group :
A. Dynamix
B. Hybrid
C. Prestige
D. Razor 1911
ALL of the following are frequented IRC channels EXCEPT :
A. DOD
B. EMP
C. RAZOR
D. ROR
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Author : Hitex
Subject : Chicken-Watch : Part Deux
I sort of gave up on our Chicken for a few weeks, I figured it was
hopeless. I was right. So I came over to spend the night last night
because we were going to work on RCN 17. We also brought Xenon over so
he could code some stuff for us. I got in my sleeping bag, we were
going to talk a bit about the articles for the upcoming issue, talk
about the cover story, and I noticed something weird happening in he
bunk above me. No, he wasnt jacking off, it was worse. No, he wasnt
playing footsie with Xenon, it was worse than that too.
Apparently our Chicken has come up with a new habit. He had a
puppet of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Michelangelo in his arms. I lay
their, confused for a bit, and proceeded to question him Ummm, Rebel,
what the fuck is a ninja turtle doing in your arms? He looked at me
and replied Um, its my turtle. I, still confused, lay there
wondering what the reason for this awkwardness could be. A 17-year old
guy sleeping with a stuffed turtle. Seemed kinda twisted to me. So
after much pondering, I have come to a conclusion as to what the problem
could be.
Hes still chickless and desperate. Maybe he thought it would work
if he replaced the girls with dolls. Im running out of options. Ive
seen some rejects before, Ive gotten them out of messes, but this, this
is like trying to dig a hole to China. He often reassures me that it
wont be like this in College just 2 months away! and that hell be
better then, but I see no way for a guy to ask a girl out in College if
youve never done it before.
A couple of weeks ago I thought I saw the light at the end of this
long tunnel. Some girl asked our Rebel to a 50s dance. Furthermore,
it was a girl that he LIKED! I began to frantically kiss the floor and
sing halleluyah, but then common sense kicked in and reminded me that he
didnt necessarily say he would go. So of course I find out that this
was his chance of a lifetime and he said no. What an idiot. And whats
worse is that his excuse to me was that he was too busy that night, he
had to work on RCN. Judging by the amount of people that message
RblChickn have you scored yet? upon his logging on to IRC, I feel
comfortable saying that the scene as a whole wouldnt mind RCN a day
late if the Chicken were to go out on a date. So now Ive completely
given up on him. I couldnt get him to go out with a chick when he had
to be the one to ask, I couldnt when I had to be the one to ask, and I
cant even when the girl asks. Rebel, good luck in college, youll sure
be needing it -.
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RELEASE INFORMATION
Supplied By : RCN Staff
Packaged By : RCN Staff
Release Type : PC E-Zine
Release Date : June 9, 1996
Requirements : IBM 386, 2MB RAM, VGA, DOS 3.3+
REALITY Presents : REALITY CHECK NETWORK 16 C RCN!!!
This is the 16th issue of Reality Check Network. Our goal is to bring
the most interesting news to the public in a way revolutionizing the
scene each and every week!!! Look to us for the latest in scene news,
articles, interviews, and loads of fun, EVERY Sunday!!!
GROUP NEWS/QUOTES
NEW MEMBERS
We thank the new members for showing interest and faith
in our group. We celebrate at being given the chance
to work with our new friends as we help each other
improve the reputation and news coverage of our group.
Please extend cheerful welcomes to the following :
Darkwing, Egoistic Fate, Kahn, Mike Dave, and Mr. Zog.
QUOTES!
The results of our hard work, often loss and pain, are
certainly outweighed by the greatness experienced along
the way. Certainly, the chance to be great, is worth
fighting for and worth the pain that so often
accompanies it. - Anonymous
On behalf of the moon, I shall sing to
Right wrongs and triumph over evil
With my friends Sailor Venus, Jupiter, Mars,
and Mercury
Well make the world
A better place for all people! - Sailor Moon
GROUP INFORMATION
EDITORS Hitex, Rebel Chicken,
MEMBERS Celestian, Crystaline, Darkwing, Defender Zeta, Frost,
Hound, Ionizer, Joker, Kahn, Krypto, Lucifers Fear, RATM,
Mike Dave, Road Rebel, Sam Vision, Super Hacker,
Tuxedo Mask, Underground King, Undinism, Velocity, Xanthos,
Xenon, Mr. Zog,
TRADERS Bababoey, Everclear, Immortal, and Shatter Star.
RCN MEMBER BOARDS
BOARD NAME
AREA CODE/SYSOP
NODES/POSITION
Malevolence ...........
n/a
Egoistic Fate ....
8
WORLD HQ
CANADIAN HQ
USA HQ
DropZone ..............
Mike Dave ......
5
DUTCH HQ ..
Acheron ...............
Bababoey .........
3
MEMBER ....
The Lower Level .......
Underground King .
8
MEMBER ....
AFFILIATE .
KISSES
DISSES
* KISSES :
Drink or Die
Mortality
Pirates with Attitudes
Rebels
X-Force
Hybrid
Napalm
Prestige
Razor 1911
Release on Rampage
Amnesia
Digital
Fast Action Trade Exchange
Rapier
Rise in Superior Couriering
* DISSES :
Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide
Michael Jackson
APPLICATION NOTES
REALITY is made up of loyal members who are dedicated to the growth of
a quality E-Zine group. If you would like to join REALITY, please
feel free to fill out an application and send it attached, via E-Mail
to an385786@anon.penet.fi. We welcome all applicants and encourage
the best of the best to participate!
* For the BEST
in Scene News : Expect Team REALITY! *
Hitex : Editor
Rebel Chicken : Editor
Xenon : ASM/MOD
Celestian : VGA/ANSI
RATM : VGA/WWW
Hound : NFOs
Darkwing : IRC Security
Undinism : IRC Maintenance
Joker : FTP Site
Ionizer : The Games Review
Chuck McGinnes : Writer
Conway : Writer
Digitex : Writer
Kysr Soze : Writer
Marbol : Writer
Warez Man : Writer
Road Rebel : Writer/Internet Coordinator
Super Hacker : Writer/Courier Coordinator
Tuxedo Mask : Writer
FTP Site : 167.206.212.37
Web Site : http://www.rcn.org/index.html
E-Mail : AN385786@ANON.PENET.FI