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     1  Introduction                    A  Find that Narc Contest       
     2  Editorials                      B  "Warez-IQ" Warez Quiz!       
     3  Interviews                      C  Voting Booth/Results         
     4  Articles                        D  Reader Survey                
     5  Reviews                         E  Secret Articles              
     6  Warez Lists                     F  Space Invaders Game          
     7  Top 10 Couriers                 G  Group NFOs  [Couriers]       
     8  Dear Road Rebel,                H  Group NFOs  [Releases]       
     9  Astrology                       I  RCN Information              
                                                                            
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     1  Prophet                       Napalm vs. Prestige                 
     2  Speed Master                  Prestige vs. Napalm                 
     3  Shatter Star                  fATE is Slow...                     
     4  Blitzkrieg                    Digital Traders, BETTER than RiSC?  
     5  Manhunter                     RAPiER, Finishing 2nd...            
     6  Cryptic Pain                  MTY, Going Downhill?                
     7  The Quiet Riot                NFS Gone Bye Bye, Me Stoned...      
     8  The Krazy Little Punk         ROR is All Quality.  REALLY???      
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     1  COVER : Zieg Passes Away      Our Prayers Are With You...         
     2  PLUS! : Renegade Chemist?     The Renegade Chemist, I'm a god!    
     3  Bluewater and Razor Sharp     RiSCed and Confused                 
     4  Crackpot Ditches the Scene    I'm Outta Here...                   
     5  Entropy and TSA..             and FROST :)                        
     6  In Defense of DCC             Kilmer Speaks Out!                  
     7  Univers, Get it Straight..    With Power, I Took It Away.         
     8  Windows 95                    Windows 95, future of Games?        
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     1  Group Reviews : Games #1        A  Group Reviews : Utils #1     
     2  Group Reviews : Games #2        B  Group Reviews : Utils #2     
     3  Group Reviews : Games #3        C  Group Reviews : Utils #3     
     4  Group Reviews : Games #4        D  Group Reviews : Utils #4     
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     1  The Seven Listing #1          [05/02/96] --> [05/08/96]           
     2  The Seven Listing #2          [05/09/96] --> [05/15/96]           
     3  The Seven Listing #3          [05/16/96] --> [05/22/96]           
     4  The Seven Listing #4          [05/23/96] --> [05/29/96]           
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   Dear Reader :                                                             
                                                                             
       As always, we value your opinion.  Improvements are constantly being  
   made as a direct result of user input.  If you would like to participate  
   in the further enhancement of RCN, or would like to send a letter to the  
   editors (or to a writer in particular) please send e-mail to              
   an385786@anon.penet.fi.  Note that we are no longer accepting             
   subscribers to the magazine.  The reason is that the anon.penet.fi        
   server will not let us send attached files over 100k in size unless we    
   split them up, and that would be confusing for both us and the readers.   
   To make up for that, we offer a WWW site accessible via the Internet.     
   All issues will be promptly posted there.  For more information, read     
   on.                                                                       
                                                                             
       In an effort to better interact with our readers, the editors of      
   RCN have devised a reader survey, and would appreciate it if you would    
   take the time to respond to it.  After completion of the survey, you      
   simply need to send it attached to the above e-mail address.  Note that   
   we prefer NOT getting messages encoded in MIME format.  We also have a    
   voting booth so the readers can give input on their favorite groups.      
                                                                             
       New this issue are some little twirks that might sizzle your buns!    
   For those of you that feel more in control when you can change the        
   brightness of the colors on your screen, we now have brightness           
   support that can be found in the options menu!                            
                                                                             
       Don't forget to keep sending in your votes for the groups you feel    
   are #1, and test your wits of the scene in our Warez-IQ questionnaire,    
   10 new questions in this issue!                                           
                                                                             
       RCN issues have now been made available to a wider audience thanks    
   to our new WebSite courtesy of RATM.  Please feel free to browse around   
   - http://www.shu.edu/~importmi/rcn/.  RCN ardently feels that our         
   WebSite will satisfy our readers and is a welcome addition to our         
   methods of distribution.                                                  
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Hitex/Rebel Chicken       
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   Salut RCN,                                                                
                                                                             
       Je vous cris pour vous feliciter car votre mag est cool,             
   interessant, et plein d'information utile.  Je vais ssayer de vous dire  
   se que je pense tre bon dans le mag.  videment, ce sont mes opinions a  
   moi.                                                                      
                                                                             
       J'aime bien que c'est un seul fichier .exe car c'est plus compact     
   donc plus simple de manipuler.  Gardez le system de l'intro car elle est  
   cool et interessante.  Les interrogations sont varis.  Le classement     
   semaine par semaine des productions avec nom de fichiers et descriptions  
   sont, a mon avis, les plus importantes pour suivre l'actulit.  Les NFOs  
   sur les crews sont correctes et bonnes.                                   
                                                                             
       Quand meme, j'aimerai bien si vous pouvez retoucher l'interface       
   graphique. Traitez plus des questions techniques.  Remplacez le           
   soundchip par un module. Faites un graffiti wall pour que chacun puisse   
   s'xprimer.  vitez de remplacer le mag avec un mag qui parle des         
   lamers.  Et finalement, ne vous arretez jamais!!  Restez chouettes...     
                                                                             
                                                Sign,                       
                                                   Quartex                   
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       I am writing in regards to your E-Zine because I think it's cool,     
   interesting, and full of useful information.  I will try to tell you      
   what I think are the strong aspects of the mag.  Obviously, these are     
   only my personal opinions.                                                
                                                                             
       I really like the fact that the magazine is stored in one main EXE.   
   It makes it more compact and easier to manipulate.  Keep the intro, it's  
   very cool.  The interviews have much variation, which I really like.  I   
   also like the week-by-week classification in the warez listings.  It's    
   an awesome way of knowing the reality of what is being released.  The     
   group NFOs are also great because they're kept up to date.                
                                                                             
       Still, though, I would prefer it if you would sort of retouch the     
   interface.  Also, ask more technical questions, and make sure they        
   pertain to the scene.  Replace the sound by a MOD, and make a graffiti    
   wall so that everybody would be able to express themselves.  Keep from    
   interviewing and speaking too much about the lamers, and finally, never   
   stop!  Stay cool...                                                       
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Quartex                   
                                                                             
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   Dear Quartex,                                                             
                                                                             
       Thanks for the comments!  As for the sound MODules, we must keep the  
   sound in Adlib to keep the mag from becoming too much bigger than it      
   already is.  RCN is currently approximately 500k in size, and inserting   
   a variety of MODs would greatly increase that size.  As for keeping the   
   subject on the scene, we try, but once we feel that we have more than     
   adequately covered the warez scene, we feel that it would be interesting  
   for our readers to read about other things involving computers that       
   might indirectly affect us.                                               
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Hitex                     
                                                                             
   TRADUCTION :                                                              
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   (Note that I make no guarantees that my French is perfect.  I know it's   
   understandable, which should be good enough for now ;-).                  
                                                                             
   Chr Quartex,                                                             
                                                                             
           Merci pour nous en crir!  Environ les MODs, la seule raison que  
   nous n'avons pas changs toute la musique dans RCN  des MODs c'est       
   parce que les MODs sont grandes, et notre mag est dj environ 500k de    
   grandeur.  Si on mettera des MODs dedans, sa sera beaucoup plus grand.    
   Nous essayons le plus ce qui est possible de concentrer notre sujet sur   
   la scene, mais quand on sens que nous avons parle de tout ce qui est      
   passe pendant la semaine, on le crois important de parler un peut de la   
   technologie des ordinateurs en general, peut etre quelque chose sera      
   important pour la scene indirectement.                                    
                                                                             
                                                Sign,                       
                                                   Hitex                     
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       Yet another nice mag!  Good job!  Along with it, some more comments.  
   I'd like you to define the world's 3 fastest BBS's.  I know FOR SURE you  
   consider Street Spyders one of them, as you definitely got your           
   information from there.  Let me give you my perspective on it.            
                                                                             
       What defines a FAST BBS?  Well it would have to be a BBS that gets    
   most of the warez FASTEST.  In my opinion, Cobra, Beyond Akira, and Park  
   Central would all be great candidates, the first of which is not so well  
   known.  The last two of which are in a league of their own, all of which  
   are VERY fast with LOTS of LD traders.  The Rock, of course, would also   
   be a board deserving recognition, and surely Malevolance, 2112, and       
   Southern Comfort would have to be included as well.  As far as net-based  
   BBS's would go, Zion's Hideout and Elusive Dreams are great.  The         
   Untouchables, a 14-node dialin/telnet BBS in the 416 is looking to be a   
   REAL HOT board!  Working aside Beyond Akira, this will make the 416/905   
   the REAL FORCE in the scene.                                              
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Anonymous                 
                                                                             
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   Dear Anonymous,                                                           
                                                                             
       As you can see, you've mentioned at least 11 BBSes there.  However,   
   we only take our stats from 5 BBSes.  This number, of course, could go    
   up in the future.  Now let me give you my schpiel on the best BBS.  ALL   
   the BBSes you mentioned could fall into this category.  Ultimately, all   
   BBSes end up getting the same warez at approximately the same time, with  
   blazing speed.  If one BBS beats another by one hour on a release, I      
   can't call it slower.  If the BBS, however, consistently beats another    
   BBS, it could be labeled as a superior BBS.  But is it worth going        
   through all this dinstinction?  I don't think so.                         
                                                                             
       We are here to review the best couriers, and the best of the best do  
   make a presence on the BBSes that we review.  However, I am not going to  
   give out information as to the BBSes that we review.  These BBSes and     
   FTP sites are too big and revealing their names as prime locations could  
   put them in jeopardy.                                                     
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Hitex/Rebel Chicken       
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       Hello.  I'm Pagan.  First thing I'd like to say is that your          
   asteroids game should come with a warning label, some people might have   
   an epileptic seizure, fall outta their chair, hit their head on the       
   keyboard.. and sue you for all the money you have.                        
                                                                             
       If I admit to being Chris Carter can I have the warez?  I can give    
   you my friends address if u wanna annoy someone.  He won't mind.  He's    
   already going to court with America Online because he like, asked Steve   
   Case for his credit card number.  AOL called his parents and they were    
   like "come home now" (he was at my house) and he was all scared because   
   he thought his parents found his girlfriends dildo under his bed.         
                                                                             
       Prestige is my hero, they've released every game I've ever heard of   
   lately.  Unfortunatly, every time I go to courier something and hit       
   CTRL-C to get another screen I get this "No more PTYS" thing because my   
   ISP is overloaded to hell and I get all agitaged and hit CTRL-C over and  
   over and then it finally works and its on every site in the world.  By    
   the way, if anyone has any shell accounts I'll give u a dollar.           
                                                                             
       PWA (Pirates with Attitudes) is awesome, DOD (Drink or Die) is        
   awesome,  PWA and DOD together are awesome.  Stop trying to make one      
   better than the other, they're both awsome.  I'm in PWA.  Chuckie         
   (Golomufu) thinks that Tyranny is the best.  One day they're gonna kick   
   ass, as soon as leaders get enough nadz to go back in the channel.  Sup   
   Chuckie!!!  Chuckie, join Prestige, they rock.  I think if I  applied     
   for a job and told them I could get them free software that they would    
   accept me.  I dare someone to apply for a job at Novell and tell them     
   that.  It will be fun.  In In fact, I'll give anyone who does, ONE        
   dollar.  I gotta go, here is my lover Graphik.  He's my hero.             
                                                                             
       Hello,  I'm Graphik.  Pagan says I'm his hero.  But I think I'm just  
   37337 or something.  I have something to say but I cant think of it       
   right now.  Oh yeah, my ISP sucks.  I just want you all to know that      
   because I think it's important that we all share information or           
   something.  Errr.. I have a thought on how everyone always calls          
   everyone lamers.. I don't think anyone is really lame, except my friend   
   Joey, but he doesn't count because he's well.. lame.  I love you Joey.    
   Anyways, calling people lame is stupid because we were all little lamers  
   at one time and didn't have a clue what a warez was and we weren't in     
   like 300 groups all at once that don't even know you're a member.  Hmm..  
   what else.  Oh yeah.  Devast is hell-bent on world domination.  He wants  
   to merge with everyone until he becomes leader of the world and gets to   
   sit in a big office and play with his warez all day.  I think that's      
   cool tho, because Devast rocks and is the "Leet Botmaster" or something.  
   If Devast died and never came back, the scene would have no bots that     
   worked.  Although I haven't seen a bot that works anyway.. but you know.  
                                                                             
       I have this friend, and his name is Chuckie.  He thinks he runs this  
   group called Tyranny, but he really doesn't.  He kicked me out because I  
   wouldnt hang up the phone one night and got mad at me.  He also thinks    
   that Tyranny is the best group in the world although they haven't seen    
   their 2 presidents in 3 years.                                            
                                                                             
       Hey.. I have another thought.  Idlers.  What's the deal with all      
   this ideling going on?  I mean.. Everyone idles 14 hours a day 7 days a   
   week (except for Prestige, they're a bunch a weirdos - I fit right in).   
   They should change the name from Internet Relay Chat to Idlings Really    
   Cool.  Well like.. I don't think I have anything else to say.. although   
   I probably do but I can't think while I'm under all this pressure.  Oh    
   yeah, I have one more thing to say, MARBZ, WHERE THE FUCK ARE OUR         
   MODEMS?  :)                                                               
                                                                             
   *PS*  We can't give out our affiliations because we're afraid of what     
         they'd do to us if they saw this letter.                            
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Pagan/Graphik             
                                                                             
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   Dear Pagan/Graphik,                                                       
                                                                             
       If I didn't know better, I'd say you two were gay lovers.             
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Hitex/Rebel Chicken       
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       I just wanted to welcome you guys back.  Just the other day, I was    
   thinking about how I used to love to read RCN, and how much I missed it.  
   The mag looks better than it ever did.  I have only two minor             
   complaints.  First, sit down and try to read the coded version all the    
   way through.  That dim red is rather hard on the eyes, as you tend to     
   have to strain (or at least us older guys do ;). to read it.  Second,     
   (and this is gonna sound funny coming from a guy in a big games group)    
   that space invaders game was a pain in the butt.  I had to play that      
   damn thing for an hour to get the password for the secret articles.  I    
   guess it would help it I actually sat down and played a game every once   
   in a while, but hey, who has the time to play games!? ;).  Anyways,       
   welcome back guys, and best wishes in the future.                         
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Pitbull (Razor 1911)      
                                                                             
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   Dear Pitbull,                                                             
                                                                             
       Thanks for the kind words!  As for the eye strain, I just got a       
   message saying that the new colors rule and are easier to read.  What     
   does that mean?  Does that mean you're wrong?  Hail naw!  Different       
   strokes for different folks!  Hey, you're entitled to your own likings.   
                                                                             
       New this issue is a BRIGHTNESS setting in the options menu (F1).      
   You can adjust the brightness of some of the darker colors in the mag.    
   Thanks for bringing up a great idea!  Now as for the space invaders       
   game, bahahaha <evil grin>.  You may have gotten your way the first       
   time, but you ain't gettin' it this time!  If it's really hard for you    
   to beat the game and you're just goin' nuts, join #RCN on IRC and if you  
   beg real hard someone will give it to you.  One tip: DO NOT try to play   
   it in a window under Windows.  It's just too hard!  Play it in            
   full-screen (alt-enter).  Oh, and join #RCN on IRC anyways!  We like to   
   chat up there!  Now just in case there are any of you out there that      
   still haven't gotten the passwords, I'll help you out here :              
                                                                             
       The password for Issue #14 was:  TKRP                                 
       The password for Issue #15 was:  HITAX                                
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Hitex/Rebel Chicken       
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       First, let me begin by explaining who I am.  I'm Shadow Master,       
   currently supplying for Prestige, formerly having done the same for       
   Legend, Genesis, TDU-JAM!, and Razor 1911.  I've been involved with the   
   scene and all its politics and such for 6 years, so I trust you'll all    
   understand that I know what I'm talking about when it comes to the        
   scene.  In all of my 6 years, I have never seen a more disgraceful,       
   uninformed, and downright idiotic assessment as Instant Rage's            
   commentary on Napalm.                                                     
                                                                             
       Instant Rage claims that Napalm has "speed" and it's this speed       
   which allows them to be so fast that they beat veteran groups.  Let me    
   clue everyone in.  Napalm's "speed," as evidenced by the incredible       
   number of problems found with every game, derives from the fact that      
   they blatantly ignore the established rules of fair play.  EVERY other    
   group, upon getting a release, takes the time and effort necessary to     
   release a working product, while Napalm has chosen to bastardize the      
   system.                                                                   
                                                                             
       Instant Rage claims that such idiocy is "perfecting the art of        
   releasing."  The established rules of the scene DEMAND that a release be  
   working before it is given to the general public.  Napalm has chosen to   
   ignore the rules as fairly established by the games groups in good        
   faith, simply because they would otherwise be slaughtered when it came    
   time for competition.                                                     
                                                                             
       Let me give you a metaphor to consider what Napalm is doing.  Let's   
   say you want to purchase a TV.  Which one would you be happier with, one  
   that you got that worked straight out of the box, or the one that was     
   broken, forcing you to call the mechanic to repair it.  Obviously you'd   
   want the first one, which is why games groups decided that a  release     
   must be working when put out.  One would think this is common sense.      
   Napalm's feeble efforts were mistakes, plain and simple, not some grand   
   new way of releasing.                                                     
                                                                             
       In the old days, when a release did not work, another group would     
   re-release it and slam on the group who put out the non working version   
   because the 1st group made a mistake.  The only reason other groups       
   haven't been doing that lately is that they made the mistake of trusting  
   Napalm to play fair, and not release the games until they were 100%       
   working.  The other groups assumed that Napalm was following the rules    
   of fair play, just as they were, and ceased trying to release their       
   version when the Napalm version was released.  I will swear right now     
   that if Napalm does this again, even if the game is 40 Disks, I will      
   re-release every single disk and have their release nuked off every       
   major board and Internet site, and I promise that it will happen,         
   because people know and respect the rules which Napalm has so blatantly   
   chosen to ignore.                                                         
                                                                             
       Don't get me wrong, if Napalm has a game far in advance of others     
   and puts it out, but it needs a fix, I won't release it all again.        
   Napalm has chosen to use this non-working strategy as a cheap way of      
   winning races with other groups when they know they are in danger of      
   being beaten.  So if a game's in the possession of several groups and     
   Napalm tries their dirty tricks again, I will be on their ass before      
   they can blink, seeing to it that they get what they deserve, which is    
   nothing more than the contempt of all respectable groups and the loss of  
   credits on boards and sites worldwide.                                    
                                                                             
       In conclusion, while Napalm may be trying to prove themselves, the    
   only thing they have proven is that they cannot win fairly and must       
   resort to using deceit to even attempt to compete with others.  If        
   Napalm wishes to regain any respectability, they must play by the rules   
   and beat the groups at their own game, as has been the custom for as      
   long as the scene has been established.  It's better to have not          
   released a game then to resort to trickery and attempt to pass it off as  
   victory.  Others may have chosen to write off Napalm's foolishness in     
   the past, but things will change.  To be the man, you've got to BEAT the  
   man.  Word up to  Napalm, the Master's watching, so you had better get    
   with the program, and get with it fast.                                   
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Shadow Master             
                                                                             
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   Dear Shadow Master,                                                       
                                                                             
       Ouch.. harsh words, what can I say?  Glad I'm not in Napalm...        
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Hitex/Rebel Chicken       
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       Well, I'm sure we've all once needed a program REALLY badly, and if   
   it's bad enough, you'll do ANYTHING to get it.  Well, that was my         
   situation on Thursday, May 23.                                            
                                                                             
       I was very desperate for a certain program, so I was joining the      
   #WarezX channels, trying to see if anyone had it, and also #Oldwarez.     
   Well, I'm not sure if it's just the fact that some (not all) of the       
   #WarezX and #Oldwarez ops are just assholes, or if they're all raging     
   fucking egomaniacs, but I got banned from 3 channels called               
   #Warez-Waldo, #Warez5, and #Oldwarez.                                     
                                                                             
       So here's my question.  If the #WarezX and #Oldwarez channels aren't  
   there for helping people out when they need a file, WHAT THE FUCK ARE     
   THEY FOR?!??!  And still, maybe a warning or something, you don't just    
   ban someone for asking for a file, it's just fucking lame.                
                                                                             
       So, for all you #WarezX and #Oldwarez ops out there, if you're gonna  
   ban someone, make sure you have a good reason.. oh, and another thing,    
   if you ban someone for asking for a file, that's called LAMENESS.  Get    
   off the fucking power trip, and if you ever hear yourself saying          
   "WOOHOO... I've got ops on a channel, I think I'll abuse it", un-op       
   yourself, the scene doesn't need assholes like you.                       
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Demaxxus                  
                                                                             
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   Dear Demaxxus,                                                            
                                                                             
       Hehe.. this is actually kind of funny.  When I first got into the     
   scene, one of my #Warez6 friends, whose name happens to slip my mind,     
   made me a channel op on #Warez6.  I was so excited that I would just      
   look for people who would do stupid things, so I could ban them.  I       
   would ban people if they would beg for files.  I can understand why       
   these channel ops might have been banning you since I felt very much the  
   same as they did when I first got ops.  They probably just had itchy      
   fingers and couldn't control using their new op power.  The good news     
   is, these ops will grow out of it, the bad news is, there will be plenty  
   more bad ops that come into the scene just as the old ops mature.  It's   
   a fact of life.. just accept it.. there will always be lame ops, and      
   there will always be cool ops.                                            
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Hitex/Rebel Chicken       
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       I just finished reading Defacto Issue #6, a week and a half late,     
   but that's alright, shit happens.  I don't know if you've read their      
   magazine, I don't know if you ever have, but they went completely off on  
   you guys.  I saw nothing wrong with them responding to your article       
   about Drapper in their mag, but when you're still a small mag like        
   Defacto, you look pretty stupid writing 3 articles about the opposing     
   mag, because 3 articles virtually IS their mag.  They spent like 3/4 of   
   their magazine talking about RCN.                                         
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Sonic                     
                                                                             
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   Dear Sonic,                                                               
                                                                             
       Yes, I do read Defacto, on a regular basis even.  I agree with you,   
   I thought it was pretty lame of them to post so much about RCN, but       
   they're entitled to do what they want to do, it's their mag.  However, I  
   don't think of Defacto as an "opposing" mag.  I think of them as          
   "another" mag.  They are here to do exactly what we are here to do,       
   inform the warez public about what's going on in the scene.               
                                                                             
       If there is one aspect of the scene that shouldn't have competition,  
   it's the E-Zine part of it.  Unfortunately, until Defacto gets it         
   through their heads that we are not here to compete with them, you will   
   be sure to find issues filled with talk about RCN from them.  I wouldn't  
   be surprised if Issue #7 will be a recreation and a response to this.     
   All I know is that if I had something to say to Defacto, I would do it    
   face to face, I'd email them directly.  They're still too young to        
   understand this, however, and still want to play games with us by         
   writing to us through their magazine.  It's all good, only game I wanna   
   go play is Space Invaders so I can get the password for Mad RCN :-).      
                                                                             
       Keep reading both mags, hopefully Defacto will soon grow out of       
   their current stage.  If they spent more time writing about the scene     
   and less time about RCN, they would have a great mag.  Good coding, good  
   writing, and just a little more work and they'll have it all going on.    
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Hitex/Rebel Chicken       
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       Defacto posts that Drapper's site was not really busted, and that it  
   is merely a figure of speech.  Don't you think they could be right?  Why  
   jump to conclusions so quickly?                                           
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Anonymous                 
                                                                             
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   Dear Anonymous,                                                           
                                                                             
       Baaahahahaha, I must have missed that part of Defacto!  Heheheh,      
   nice try guys.  Well sorry, but you're wrong.  Drapper specifically told  
   us in the channel that we got him busted and that the guys from MIT had   
   just left his dorm about 30 minutes before and took down his site.        
   Better luck next time, guys.  Oh, when you say that "You wrote about a    
   siteop whom I won't mention" and then five lines later say "Drapper's     
   site was..." you kinda give it away.                                      
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Hitex/Rebel Chicken       
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Yo RCN,                                                                   
                                                                             
       I noticed the first article in the secret articles section [We here   
   at RCN prefer to call it MAD RCN].  It was hilarious!  Do you know where  
   I can find the lady that is in the first picture?  I am going to attempt  
   to get in the Guiness Book of World Records for the WORLD'S LARGEST       
   TITTY TWIST!  Seriously, those secret articles are very funny, keep on    
   making them!  Also, your supplier of those twisted pics should be shot.   
   Just thought I should let you know!                                       
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Deathl0k                  
                                                                             
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   Yo Deathl0k,                                                              
                                                                             
       Hahaha, yeah, I think you have a future with that record.             
   Fortunately, I don't know where you could find the lady.  Nor do I want   
   to know.  I just hope she's doesn't live anywhere around me.  As far as   
   our supplier, it was Road Rebel.  However, he's not as sick as you        
   think!  He just logged onto the WWW and found them within two minutes.    
   Pretty sick, eh?                                                          
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Hitex/Rebel Chicken       
                                                                             
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       Dear RCN,                                                             
                                                                             
       Great to see you guys back!  The "Comeback" issue was a really nice   
   surprise, i.e. the Space game contained the password for "secret"         
   articles, etc. :-).  Keep up the good work and hpoefully you can          
   continue to release your brilliant E-Zine on a weekly basis.              
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Braindead                 
                                                                             
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   Dear Braindead,                                                           
                                                                             
       Yeah, ideas such as "Secret" articles are the type we think of when   
   pondering life in bed at night.  We're glad you liked it!                 
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Hitex/Rebel Chicken       
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : Prophet              
     Subject  : Napalm vs. Prestige       Affiliation : NPM Leader           
                                                                             
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   RCN : NPM (Napalm) was originally a SNES consoles group, but has in the   
         past few months switched to doing PC games, what caused this        
         switch from SNES to PC?                                             
                                                                             
   NPM : NPM was first started in the SNES consoles scene by Daviolator,     
         but then the SNES consoles scene died because Sony Playstation and  
         Sega Saturn took over.  Daviolator came to me and asked me to       
         start NPM PC.  It was started only for fun, we here at NPM don't    
         care about what people have to say about us.  We just do it for     
         fun.  We like to keep a nice relationship with everyone in the      
         scene if possible.  After Daviolator called me to start NPM PC, I   
         contacted Hannibal to start up NPM, but he was also contacted by    
         Cyber Angel to start up TRN (Tyranny), but somehow, I caught        
         Hannibal's attention and he joined NPM instead.  From there we      
         began NPM. At first, I recruited many RiSC couriers because I have  
         been in RiSC for a long time and I know many traders very well.     
                                                                             
   RCN : NPM has done extremely well in releasing games, and it beats many   
         other games groups such as RZR (Razor 1911) and HBD (Hybrid).  But  
         many people say that nearly all of NPM releases do *NOT* working,   
         and according to a RZR member, RZR has decided that they will       
         release a game even if NPM has already released it because RZR      
         assumes that anything from NPM will not work.                       
                                                                             
   NPM : Well it is true we had a few releases that did not work, but we     
         always fix our releases unlike RZR.  When they fuck up, they leave  
         it that way and tend to ignore their faults.  I admit we have had   
         many careless mistakes in our releases but this is only because we  
         are a new group.  We learn from our mistakes and as you can see     
         currently we are doing great with our releases and there are no     
         more fuck ups.                                                      
                                                                             
   RCN : Yes, that is true, NPM has not released any nonworking releases in  
         the past 2 weeks, but it also has not released period.  Why is      
         that so?  Is NPM merely in a slump, or is there something more      
         going on in there effecting the future of the group?                
                                                                             
   NPM : That is again true, we are in a slump.  I can say we have lost      
         many releases to PSG (Prestige), they seem to be a great group      
         with a lot of talent and a nice future ahead of them.  As always,   
         in NPM we only do this for fun, we don't worry much about who's     
         better and who's not.  We tend to not care what others think about  
         us.  We only do this for our own pleasure and we try as much        
         possible to support the scene.  We are currently we making some     
         changes in the group to help NPM's future making it stable and      
         alive for many years.                                               
                                                                             
   RCN : What are some of these changes being planned?  Perhaps NPM needs a  
         new council of leaders, or a fresh crew of suppliers?               
                                                                             
   NPM : Well, this is for me to know and for people to find out!  Like I    
         said, we like to keep this group up and running for many years but  
         I know that people tend to leave the scene for many reasons.  I     
         try make sure that there's always a replacement for positions in    
         case someone leaves for the scene.  NPM is a very young group, and  
         many people in NPM are currently still going to college and are in  
         their 20's although there are a few of us who are over the hill.    
                                                                             
   RCN : Would you consider the competition between PSG and NPM to be        
         completely friendly?  For example, PSG has a quote that says "If    
         you guys nuke our PSG Euro Edition, you guys should nuke NPM's      
         Tony Larusa 96 Edition".                                            
                                                                             
   NPM : This is what I really hate about the scene, one reason I tend to    
         just like to stay low profile and courier!  In the scene, there is  
         no friendly competition.  I can say for a fact that PSG is giving   
         us a hard time to release, there's no need to hide the truth.       
         Yes, I've noticed PSG's quote too and I don't like it one bit but   
         what can I do?  The whole scene tends to hate NPM for some reason.  
         They always have some bad reasons to blame things on us but we      
         don't bother to fight it because we simply don't care!              
                                                                             
   RCN : Both NPM and PSG released "Battle Arena : Toshinden".  However,     
         the cracks for both games are also identical, and there are         
         accusations from PSG that NPM *STOLE* the PSG crack, is that true?  
                                                                             
   NPM : Well, ever since NPM started releasing, there were always so many   
         people ragging on us from other groups.  They showed no respect to  
         a new group.  This is entirely understandable since I don't give    
         much respect to new groups either.  But groups have constantly put  
         the blame on NPM for everything.  Other groups always blame us for  
         things like stealing, and for things like how much NPM fucked up.   
         We simply don't care, we're here just to have fun.  We don't care   
         if nobody wants to download NPM releases or if nobody wants to      
         join NPM.                                                           
                                                                             
   RCN : You still didn't answer my question about the crack.  According to  
         PSG, the NPM and PSG crack for "Battle Arena : Toshinden" had the   
         exact same exact time stamp, and the NPM cracker that supposedly    
         cracked the game admitted that he didn't make the crack.            
                                                                             
   NPM : Well, Wolverine didn't crack the game but I can say that someone    
         else from NPM did crack the game but his name will not be revealed  
         because he chose not to be mentioned in the scene.  I have no       
         evidence of the fact that we cracked the game.  There is no way I   
         can prove myself to people that we actually cracked the game.       
                                                                             
   RCN : Many of the top games groups ask that their BBS sysops and some of  
         their members to pay the leaders money, so they could go out and    
         *BUY* releases.  Is that the way NPM works?  If so, how much money  
         does NPM spend a month *BUYING* releases, and how much money do     
         they spend paying their suppliers?                                  
                                                                             
   NPM : Yes, NPM has a big monthly budget like many other groups.  We are   
         doing this all out of our own pockets because again we are here     
         just to have fun.  I can't really say how much money we use         
         monthly but we are paying for every one of those releases.  We      
         never ask other people to pay us money, that is lame I think.  The  
         scene is not to make money but to have fun!  Well, we can't         
         explain the process of getting a release faster than other groups   
         since all the groups get the games at the same time!  Speed is      
         based on who works the fastest and who is able to get the game      
         cracked first, and test the release, then release it!  Everyone     
         was saying that NPM's main supplier was Fan Fan La Tulipe           
         (ex-TDU-JAM! Leader), but that is total bullshit because we don't   
         even know each other.                                               
                                                                             
   RCN : There are rumors that Daviolator works for Acclaim, and that is     
         why you guys release a lot of Acclaim titles, is that true?         
                                                                             
   NPM : Daviolator doesn't work for Acclaim, but he knows a guy in Acclaim  
         that gives us the games even before it hits mass production.        
                                                                             
   RCN : What was the best game NPM ever released?                           
                                                                             
   NPM : Well, I think our best release was "Descent 2" even though we       
         fucked up on it!  The thing is, many people think NPM put out 10    
         fixes but the thing is, we only put out 1 fix that fixed the sound  
         problem and the level 3 CD-ROM check.  People must understand that  
         we couldn't test out the whole game and play test it for every      
         level.  We only got so far as level 2.                              
                                                                             
   RCN : In your opinion, how would you rank the top games groups?           
                                                                             
   NPM : If you want the truth, nothing but the truth, then I must say that  
         PSG is #1, NPM is #2, HBD is #3, and RZR is #4, but keep in mind    
         EVERYTHING changes, it's the law of nature!  I think that there     
         are no real friends in the games scene even though I would really   
         want to have some friends with the groups out there.  We would      
         rather make friends and not enemies, but then again, it's hard to   
         trust someone in the scene.  I think the groups out there RAG on    
         NPM so much because they fear NPM.  At this moment it seems to me   
         that RZR has died off, and the only groups out there are HBD, PSG,  
         and NPM!  I repeat, RZR has died off!!                              
                                                                             
   RCN : What about the games group DNX (Dynamix) that released "Duke Nukem  
         3D" and the games group ROR (Release on Rampage) that released      
         argh.. a nonworking version of "Cyberia 2" and a lame "WarCraft     
         2/Command and Conquer toolkit"?                                     
                                                                             
   NPM : Well DNX is practically dead since all the memebers of DNX have     
         left to join PSG.  ROR was never really in the picture.  It seems   
         to me they put out all the beta releases of games.                  
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : Shadow Master        
     Subject  : Prestige vs. Napalm       Affiliation : PSG Leader           
                                                                             
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   RCN : PSG (Prestige) has done extremely well recently, and some           
         attribute it's success to the fact that nearly all of DNX           
         (Dynamix) supplier's have left DNX and joined PSG, is that          
         statement valid?                                                    
                                                                             
   PSG : PSG would be doing just fine on its own.  However, the DNX guys     
         have provided plenty of support.  While not wholy responsible for   
         the success, they are a great contributing factor.                  
                                                                             
   RCN : There's a quote by PSG that says "If you guys nuke our PSG Euro     
         Edition, you guys should nuke Napalm's Tony Larusa 1996 Edition",   
         to what does that refer to, and why was that quote directed at NPM  
         (Napalm)?                                                           
                                                                             
   PSG : I wrote that quote for people new to warez.  That was directed at   
         NPM because two of their traders, mainly Darkside and Shatter       
         Star, began nuking PSG's version of Sensible Soccer on FTP sites    
         saying it was a dupe of an earlier release from December.  This     
         was a brand new edition, sold separately, exactly like "Tony        
         Larussa 3 1996 Edition".  A version had come out before, but NPM    
         released the 1996 Edition which was sold separately and a brand     
         new release.  I was just pointing out that by their logic, "Tony    
         Larussa 3 1996 Edition" would deserve to be nuked as well.          
                                                                             
   RCN : There has also been a little upheaval about the release "Battle     
         Arena : Toshinden", what was that all about?                        
                                                                             
   PSG : PSG released "Battle Arena : Toshinden" and uploaded around 3       
         disks of the game on a RiSC FTP site called LA.  I then had to      
         reboot my computer and when I finally got back on and resumed my    
         upload only to see that there was a NPM version already on LA.      
         After winning a spreading war with NPM, The Speed Racer from RZR    
         (Razor 1911) called me and asked me why the NPM crack for "Battle   
         Arena : Toshinden" was the same as PSG's crack.  The crack in the   
         NPM and PSG releases were both named the same TSDCRK.ZIP and when   
         the cracked EXEs from both version were examined, they were found   
         to be the exact same, down to the time and date stamps.  We also    
         found out that the first person to leech the 3 disks off of LA was  
         Prophet, leader of NPM.  Grudge did not expect there to be a NPM    
         version of "Battle Arena : Toshinden" since he already saw the PSG  
         version on LA, and was shocked to see a NPM version on LA minutes   
         later.  Grudge informed me that that Wolverine, the cracker listed  
         in the NPM .NFO, would have had to have crack the game in about 1   
         minute.  The evidence was pretty clear as to what NPM did, and PSG  
         was far from pleased.                                               
                                                                             
   RCN : It is pretty clear then that NPM must have stole the crack from     
         PSG.  However, according to Prophet, he told me that he didn't do   
         it, and that a special anonymous cracker cracked the release, do    
         you believe Prophet?                                                
                                                                             
   PSG : Why would Prophet admit to stealing a crack, the uproar from the    
         rest of the scene would be incredible.  NPM would lose any respect  
         it had.  I do not believe Prophet at all.  Even his own members     
         speak differently.                                                  
                                                                             
   RCN : So basically, Prophet is trying to pull an O.J. Simpson?            
                                                                             
   PSG : Yes.                                                                
                                                                             
   RCN : Why has so many DNX suppliers flooded to join PSG?  What attracted  
         them over to PSG?                                                   
                                                                             
   PSG : I'm not quite sure what attracted them, so I'll make an attempt to  
         guess.  A merger was proposed at one point in time between DNX and  
         PSG, but it fell apart.  I believe that several DNX members, such   
         as Hemp Hoodlum, The Renegade Chemist, and Zeus became tired of     
         being the only ones to support DNX.  Hemp Hoodlum withdrew the DNX  
         and PSG merger apparently without telling The Renegade Chemist or   
         Zeus.  Several days later, The Renegade Chemist asked if PSG had    
         decided to merge, and when I mentioned that Hemp Hoodlum had        
         withdrawn the proposal, he got extremely pissed.  5 minutes later,  
         The Renegade Chemist, Zeus, and a few others DNX members joined     
         PSG.  About an hour later, it appeared that the rest of DNX didn't  
         think they could handle the group without the members who left, so  
         Hemp Hoodlum and several others joined PSG.                         
                                                                             
   RCN : How would you rate PSG compared to the games group RZR?             
                                                                             
   PSG : In regards to RZR, I believe that PSG is, at least for the moment,  
         in a much better position.  RZR's suppliers curerntly seem to lack  
         motivation, and their crackers never seem to be around.  The RZR    
         staff has assured me that things will change in June.  They have    
         the ability to beat PSG, whether or not they have the desire is     
         another question.                                                   
                                                                             
   RCN : How would you rate PSG compared to the games group HBD (Hybrid)?    
                                                                             
   PSG : HBD, on the other hand, while able to put up an extremely good      
         showing, lacks suppliers from the U.S., because of that, it is not  
         in a position to challenge PSG.  Should they gain suppliers from    
         the U.S., then they would be a force to be reckoned with.           
                                                                             
   RCN : What about other groups such as ROR ( Release on Rampage), who      
         brag about great releases such as "WarCraft 2/Command and Conquer   
         Toolkit" do you think they'll be in competing status with other     
         good games groups?                                                  
                                                                             
   PSG : While I must commend ROR and other groups of that type for their    
         dedication in continuing to provide new warez, they are not in any  
         position to compete with the more established games groups. As far  
         as I can see, they do not possess either the suppliers nor the      
         crackers needed in order to compete with the current top games      
         groups.                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : Shatter              
     Subject  : Shatter Star              Affiliation : DOD/NPM/RiSC         
                                                                             
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   RCN : Shatter, we all know that you are an integral part of groups such   
         as DOD (Drink or Die), NPM (Napalm), and RiSC (Rise in Superior     
         Couriering), but what's of most interest to people is your job as   
         a RiSC member, what do you do for that group?                       
                                                                             
   RSC : Well, being a member of RiSC would probably have to be the hardest  
         of my jobs, because it's a full-time job, unlike being in a         
         releasing group, when you're in a big-time couriering group like    
         RiSC, you have to spend a lot more time on it, and I have that      
         time because I don't have a job and I go to school.  But my main    
         role in the group is supposed to be a "coordinator" which           
         basically means that I manage one of our FTP sites and make sure    
         all the traders are active on there and the traders that need       
         accounts on those FTP sites get them.  What interests me and keeps  
         me a RiSC member is that it's all so fun.  I really enjoy working   
         with the members of RiSC.                                           
                                                                             
   RCN : Which FTP site do you manage "coordinate"?                          
                                                                             
   RSC : I manage and coordinate one of our FTP sites called "LA", most      
         people that are on it are familiar with its affiliations.  There    
         are also other methods of coordinating which I think I should keep  
         to myself.                                                          
                                                                             
   RCN : OH, so you threaten people with a GUN hey?  Anyways, you mentioned  
         that you make sure that all the traders are active, what happens    
         when a trader is not active?                                        
                                                                             
   RSC : When a trader is not active, I send them a little email asking      
         them why they haven't been active on that site.  BBS couriers are   
         given a little more slack, but if they are a regular Internet FTP   
         trader is expected to do 100-300 megs a week there, and for 2       
         weeks they don't even trade, you have to wonder why.  And if I      
         don't get a reply back, well, that hasn't happened yet and I'm not  
         exaclty sure what I would do at that point.  I would probably try   
         to contact him on the phone.                                        
                                                                             
   RCN : OKay, so they usually don't just get kicked out of the group?       
                                                                             
   RSC : RiSC isn't that strict, no usually not, but obviously if they say   
         "No, I don't want to courier anymore because you guys suck" or if   
         they refuse to do anything, then yeah, we kick them out.  But if    
         they have a valid reason for not couriering as much, it's           
         perfectly understandable.                                           
                                                                             
   RCN : I remember that NOT too long ago, Mikeysoft was one of the 3 RiSC   
         leaders, now there's only 2.  What happened to him? Did he refuse   
         to work? Did he say "you guys suck"?                                
                                                                             
   RSC : Ahh yes, Mikeysoft, I really didn't know him that good, nor did I   
         talk to him a lot, and I probably know as much as the common        
         person out there.  I don't think I got into RiSC until a little     
         after he was kicked out.  As far as I know, he didn't do anything   
         wrong, and I know he ran a board called Final Frontier.  I don't    
         hink he refused to work, or he told us we suck, I guess we kicked   
         him out for the saftey of the group and because he was just         
         sitting there.                                                      
                                                                             
   RCN : So Mikeysoft never did anything for the group RiSC?  He was just    
         sitting there?  Did he go raving mad when he found out he got       
         kicked out of RiSC even thought it was for RiSC's safety?           
                                                                             
   RSC : As far as I know, no.  Of course, I haven't been in the scene a     
         long time to know the whole story.  I don't think he reacted at     
         all.  No one really said anything after that about him being        
         kicked out.  And I think he knows why he was kicked out.            
                                                                             
   RCN : How would you rate RiSC compared to the other courier groups out    
         there, for example, against fATE (Fast Action Trade Exchange),      
         fATE has an awesome system of IRC couriering, but anybody who's     
         anybody knows that they're lacking in sites, and anybody who's      
         anybody knows RiSC does not have a #RiSCfiles, but that RiSC has    
         the best BBSes and FTP sites in the world, and can courier.         
                                                                             
   RSC : RiSC has been around the longest in the scene, RTS (Request to      
         Send) has been around quite awhile but I don't it's older than      
         RiSC.  I must admit that fATE spreads pirated software to more      
         people and more feds out there, but RiSC definitely has the         
         fastest warez on the FTP sites.  Since most of the uploading        
         occurs at the top FTP sites, groups with slower FTP sites get it a  
         bit slower.  Now, I'm not saying fATE get's warez 10 hours later,   
         but with today's speed and couriers, it's all a matter of minutes.  
         And that is what counts on the FTP sites.                           
                                                                             
   RCN : How important do you think it is for a courier group to have an     
         offering channel?                                                   
                                                                             
   RSC : RiSC doesn't have an offering channel, and I don't think we will    
         EVER have one.  I support the idea of getting the warez out to      
         everyone, but personally I think fATE has assumed that role.  RiSC  
         doesn't distribute files on IRC channels simply because we do not   
         want 100 people in the group, just offering all day.  We like to    
         have our group small, and as best as it can be.                     
                                                                             
   RCN : So you're saying that fATE is slow, or at least slower than RiSC?   
         Really?  That can't be..                                            
                                                                             
   RSC : I really think the majority of the files are spread on the top FTP  
         sites.  Like I said, it's all a matter of minutes.  If I put up a   
         10 disk release on a RiSC site.  Someone will at the same time      
         leech it at say 100kb.  They will have it on their shell in about   
         2 minutes.  Then he uploads it to another site which takes a        
         couple minutes, and then it's on the fATE sites.  You don't see a   
         lot of files coming from the less active sites do you??             
                                                                             
   RCN : I don't like getting on slow sites.  Since the gap between being    
         fast and slow is only a matter of minutes, how do you get it on     
         the RiSC FTP sites so fast?  You are considered one of the fastest  
         FTP traders around.                                                 
                                                                             
   RSC : Well I think I am fortunate to be on these FTP sites and to be in   
         RiSC of course.  I think people consider me one of the best         
         because I was taught by the best, Darkhosis.  The competition is    
         so hard these days, if you go out of your computer room to take a   
         piss, you might come back and see a 40 disk release on a site that  
         you wanted to trade on.                                             
                                                                             
   RCN : I take it you don't piss much then, or you must have a bottle in    
         front of you right now.  On the note of NPM, they haven't released  
         in about 2 weeks now, are there problems fostering in NPM?          
                                                                             
   RSC : Haha, no, but my bathroom is close to this room though.  Napalm     
         hasn't been releasing much because we are "testing" our members     
         loyalty in a way, to see who ditches the group when we are in a     
         slump.  I must admit PSG (Prestige) is kicking our NPM in the ass   
         right now with their releases, but I assure you NPM will be back.   
                                                                             
   RCN : Is there a chance that RiSC will ever TEST it's members loyalty by  
         not coureiring for a week and a half?                               
                                                                             
   RSC : If you look at that, it is kind of hard, I mean RiSC isn't going    
         to stop anyone from releasing, and the couriers DON'T want to stop  
         trading, believe me.                                                
                                                                             
   RCN : Ah, now, on the note of DOD, many ppl know that DOD is definitely   
         not doing as well as they used to, Quackers, an ex-DOD council,     
         and 3 of DOD's best suppliers recently left DOD to join PWA.        
         Rumors are that Jimmy Jamez hardly has control of the group         
         anymore, and that DOD is basically going downhill and it's a        
         matter of time before it dies, is that true?                        
                                                                             
   RSC : Tough question, I'm afraid to answer that because I have been in    
         DOD for maybe a week at the most.  But I have been hanging out in   
         #DOD since I have been in the scene and I am good friends with      
         Lester and Hellraiser, and the other DOD seniors.  But this all     
         happened before I joined so no one told me because it was to kept   
         between DOD seniors.  I really don't think DOD will die just        
         because of it gets so much respect from the scene and because       
         there are great people in the group.  Every group goes through      
         slumps, and it seems that all the releasing groups I am in right    
         now are in slumps.                                                  
                                                                             
   RCN : May be you bring bad luck?                                          
                                                                             
   RSC : I think I bring good luck since I am very fortunate to be in the    
         groups I am in.                                                     
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : Blitzkrieg           
     Subject  : Digital Traders           Affiliation : Digital Leader       
                                                                             
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   RCN : You are currently one of the leaders of the outstanding courier     
         group DGT (Digital Traders), how did you become a leader of DGT?    
         Were you one of the original founders?                              
                                                                             
   DGT : Yes, I'm currently a leader and a founder of DGT along with Silent  
         Mobius and Devast.                                                  
                                                                             
   RCN : What were your affiliations before you were a DGT leader?           
                                                                             
   DGT : I was the vice-president of MC (MindCrash).  After the downfall of  
         MC, I formed a group called IMP (Impulse) of which I was president  
         of.                                                                 
                                                                             
   RCN : How did the downfall of MC occur?  Some accuse you of being the     
         trigger of MC's downfall earlier this year, and that you            
         essentially killed MC so you could form IMP?                        
                                                                             
   DGT : The downfall of MC was imminent, but I was not at fault.  The       
         Wicked One, who was the President of MC, and whom I have the        
         deepest respect for, left MC all at a really bad time.  I admit     
         that I made some mistakes but they were in no way the cause of the  
         downfall of MC.  I didn't kill or have anything to do with killing  
         MC for the sole purpose of being able to create IMP.  The creation  
         of IMP came about after the eventual death of MC.                   
                                                                             
   RCN : The Wicked One said that you already had IMP in mind even before    
         you left MC, is that true?                                          
                                                                             
   DGT : Yes and no.  After The Wicked One "left", Avoozl came and took his  
         place as the leader of MC which caused a lot of problems.  It was   
         then that the IDEA was brought to my attention that I should start  
         my own courier group.  I didn't come up with the idea, I only       
         pursued it after MC was actually dead.                              
                                                                             
   RCN : Who brought you this IDEA?                                          
                                                                             
   DGT : Headbanger (MC Council) and Sinning Soul both felt it best to       
         leave the group.   Since I was a dedicated member, I asked them     
         not to, and I tried to keep MC alive.  However, my attempts were    
         futile and MC was quickly withering away.  I tried my best, but I   
         felt that it was time to bail out. I contacted Headbanger and       
         Sinning Soul voice on a telephone conference, and we decided to     
         create IMP.                                                         
                                                                             
   RCN : How did IMP die? I ask that since I sure don't see it around        
         anyomre, did it perhaps merge into another courier group?           
                                                                             
   DGT : Yes, IMP had surpassed my expectations in every possible way.  We   
         had over 50 members within one week, and had to support major       
         release groups such as ROR and Skull Control.  However, the         
         success of IMP was a bit too much for me to handle.  I didn't have  
         the time to do all the work, so I decided to enter a 3 way merge    
         between DGT, tNt Traders, and one other courier group.  I           
         contacted Silent Mobius and Devast to find out more about the       
         merge, but I then found out that the information concerning the     
         merge was completely incorrect.  Then, out of the blue clear sky,   
         came talks of another merger which I pursued.  After numerous days  
         of negotiations, this other merger between IMP and DGT took place.  
                                                                             
   RCN : There are some rumors that the only reason DGT wanted a merger      
         with IMP was because of Swamper.  DGT felt that Swamper was the     
         only courier from IMP that they felt were up to standards with      
         DGT, and that they highly sought after him.  Is that true?          
                                                                             
   DGT : NO!  That is not true at all.  They didn't even know Swamper's      
         kick ass courier ability until after the merge had already taken    
         place.  I have worked with Devast and Silent Mobius in MC before    
         and I knew that they are good leaders and that they are people I    
         could count if I were to be absent from the group.  I can count on  
         them to make sure that everything is kept under control             
                                                                             
   RCN : Devast, also a leader of DGT, was once kicked out of MC, do you     
         feel that his expulsion from MC effected the way you two work       
         together or on how you two view DMT (DarkMoon traders), the new     
         courier group that is run by The Wicked One, ex-MC President?       
         (RCN #15 - Bob)                                                     
                                                                             
   DGT : No, Devast was kicked out of MC shortly after I joined up with MC.  
         I don't have any animosity towards DMT or The Wicked One.  He has   
         earned my respect and he is still a good friend.  I wish DMT the    
         best of luck and if they ever want to have a courier competition,   
         DGT is up to the challenge!                                         
                                                                             
   RCN : How has the competition and eventual loss of the DGT vs. AMN        
         (Amnesia) courier competition effected DGT as a whole?              
         (RCN #14, #15 - Bob)                                                
                                                                             
   DGT : Honestly, it did us a world of good.  We showed the world that we   
         could hold our own with some of the best, and that gave us all      
         great desire to continue to excel.  Besides, we only lost by 27     
         megs, which if given 1 more hour, we could have easily beat AMN.    
                                                                             
   RCN : Many consider that DGT, at it's current level, has more than        
         surpassed MC's courier ability even at it's peak.  How has your     
         experience as vice-president of MC prepared you for being a leader  
         in DGT?                                                             
                                                                             
   DGT : I say that without MC, I wouldn't be where I am today.  I have      
         learned so much from being a leader of MC since I made my mistakes  
         with MC and have learned from them and in turn, I know what not to  
         do with DGT.                                                        
                                                                             
   RCN : What were these mistakes which you made?                            
                                                                             
   DGT : Well, I know about EGO now.  I was on my high horse and ordered     
         people around trying to get everything organized.  I have refined   
         my organizational skills intto an art form.                         
                                                                             
   RCN : Even though DGT only lost to AMN by a mere 27 megs in that one      
         week contest, do you consider DGT as a whole, a match for AMN?      
                                                                             
   DGT : Yes, I consider us a match for all the courier groups out there,    
         and if given 1 more hour, DGT would have won.  DGT led the contest  
         most of the time, and given the proper incentives we can do         
         wonders!                                                            
                                                                             
   RCN : All groups?  Do you feel that DGT is a match for groups such as     
         RiSC and EVR (EVERLAST)?                                            
                                                                             
   DGT : Yes and no.  Again, under the proper conditions, we can hold our    
         own, taking nothing away from RiSC or EVR, but if we can compete    
         with AMN, I feel we can compete with anybody.                       
                                                                             
   RCN : When you say that you're a match for all the courier groups out     
         there, how can you assume so?  DGT lost to AMN by a mere 27 megs,   
         and given one more hour, would have won, but that was only a FTP    
         site contest.  How do you know DGT would hold up in a courier race  
         against AMN, EVR, and RiSC on a BBS?                                
                                                                             
   DGT : Ok, under the proper conditions refers only to when DGT is tested   
         within its limits.  We clearly don't have the necessary members to  
         race RiSC on Park Central (RiSC WHQ), but on a FTP site contest,    
         we could hold our own.                                              
                                                                             
   RCN : So when you refer to DGT as being a top courier group, you only     
         refer to it in the sense of FTP sites, and not on BBSes?  Does      
         that mean that on BBSes, DGT is not a top courier group?            
                                                                             
   DGT : Yes, DGT has a good BBS crew, but not if you compare it RiSC's BBS  
         crew.  However, on FTP sites, DGT clearly excels over most courier  
         groups, and is a match for all.                                     
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : Manhunter            
     Subject  : RAPiER                    Affiliation : RAPiER Leader        
                                                                             
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   RCN : First off, rumors have it that RAP (Rapier) started as a result of  
         a split off of MAL (Malice) and AMN (Amneisa), how did that occur?  
         Is that even true?                                                  
                                                                             
   RAP : Well, that's true in one way.  It's correct that when I left MAL,   
         I started RAP the very next day, and a lot of people from the       
         European division of AMN came along.  I didn't like how things      
         were going in MAL, and in the end, a lot of my best friends in MAL  
         left for AMN, so it was no fun staying in MAL anymore.  I didn't    
         know many people in MAL in the end, since a lot of the old guys     
         left.                                                               
                                                                             
   RCN : Who did you start RAP with, or was it a one man venture?            
                                                                             
   RAP : Captain Blood, Fugitive, and I decided to form RAP, a group based   
         on a no bullshit principle, and here we are today.                  
                                                                             
   RCN : You said "I did not like hte way things were going in MAL" , what   
         was going on that you did not like, and is there a chance that      
         will that ever occur in RAP as well?                                
                                                                             
   RAP : Well, I think most people are familiar with the HUGE fights in MAL  
         in February this year, when Lester, Hellraiser, Resistance,         
         Captain Blood, and a few other guys got sick and tired of the       
         uncontrollable way the group was going.  There was no REAL          
         leadership, no one in the Council was informed properly in the      
         end.  The bomb finally exploded when Touch Tone, LeoDLion and a     
         bunch of fATE (Fast Action Trade Exchange) guys joined MAL and      
         some of them received senior positions.                             
                                                                             
   RCN : Do you believe that this was a smart move on the part of the MAL    
         leadership to bring in fATE members into MAL as seniors?            
                                                                             
   RAP : This wasnt a very smart move by the MAL leadership, what was even   
         worse was that a lot of people felt betrayed due to the fact that   
         these people had joined and received "high" positions without the   
         knowledge of the entire Council.  It later turned out that only a   
         few of the 6 man council found out about that these people were     
         joining.  In the view of the regular, hard working MAL courier,     
         this was just a slap in the face.  Guys from fATE came in and       
         received automatic senior status.  A lot of people got angry and    
         left.  This wouldn't have been a big deal if it wasnt for the fact  
         that no one in the council was notified about this action, and no   
         one had a chance to vote.  It was not the action itself that        
         pissed people off, it was how it was done.                          
                                                                             
   RCN : Who's decision was it to bring in these fATE people into MAL as     
         seniors?                                                            
                                                                             
   RAP : I believe Dorian Hawkmoon is a very good friend of LeoDLion and     
         Touch Tone.  He felt it was natural to bring them into MAL when     
         they decided to leave fATE.  Some of the MAL members were against   
         the action itself and didn't want to be part of a group with        
         ex-fATE members in it because they considered fATE to be too lame.  
                                                                             
   RCN : You also said that MAL was lacking leadership, what about Dorian    
         Hawkmoon and Jake the Snake, the leaders of MAL, did they lack?     
         What did the two of them do when they realized that they pissed     
         off half the MAL crew?                                              
                                                                             
   RAP : Well, Dorian got Hawkmoon was pissed when he heard that half the    
         council turned against him.  He told Lester that if he didn't like  
         it.. he could LEAVE!  So Lester and 50% of the group left. Aslan,   
         MasterHacker, Winterhawk, and I stayed, but it was hard to believe  
         that the group had been torned apart over a night due to something  
         that could have been prevented.  I didn't say that the LEADERS      
         were lacking leadership.. but it was really bad timing.  MAL was a  
         ticking bomb ready to explode, and this was what set it off.        
                                                                             
   RCN : From my point of view, when I was in channel #Malice just           
         chattting with Dorian Hawkmoon, I noticed that he was never fully   
         respected by many of his seniors, and that could have been a part   
         of MAL's downfall.  Dorian Hawkmoon never had members that fully    
         respected his leadership, do you think that could have been why     
         MAL was a ticking time bomb waiting to explode?                     
                                                                             
   RAP : Well, some of the members had a hard time respecting the            
         leadership.  There were many "loose cannons" in MAL, people who     
         really didnt care about who was in the top.  They did what they     
         felt like.  I believe that the lack of respect for the leadership   
         was one major reason why MAL fell apart.  I never had any problems  
         with Dorian Hawkmoon when we were in RTS (Request to Send)          
         together and I helped him revive MAL back in September of 1995.  I  
         think he was doing a good job as the leader of MAL, its not easy    
         to lead a 120+ member group.                                        
                                                                             
   RCN : Who were some of these "loose  cannons" and when they did blow,     
         what were some of the examples of things they'd do?                 
                                                                             
   RAP : I'd rather not comment that, but yes, these loose cannons           
         definitely sped up the downfall of MAL.  MAL was a time bomb that   
         was set to explode, it was just a question of time in the last few  
         weeks.  You could see constant fights in channel #Malice.  I        
         believe the major problem were some of the Internet people.         
                                                                             
   RCN : Were these "loose cannons" people who did nothing for the group,    
         or were these "loose cannons" hard working MAL members and          
         seniors?                                                            
                                                                             
   RAP : They were both, you will always come across people who likes to do  
         things THEIR way.                                                   
                                                                             
   RCN : It is safe to assume that from your point of view, MAL broke up     
         for the first time in February because LeoDLion and some fATE ppl   
         joined MAL as seniors.  However, even though Dorian Hawkmoon and    
         Leodlion were good friends, less than a week ago, LeoDLion left     
         MAL.  Do you believe, now that LeoDLion and the fATE people are no  
         longer in MAL, that MAL will once again regain it's former courier  
         prowess within the scene, or do you believe that MAL is a lost      
         cause with no potential under Dorian Hawkmoon and Jake's            
         leadership?                                                         
                                                                             
   RAP : I havent heard the details on that story.  I just heard something   
         briefly.  Well, MAL will always have potential under the            
         leadership of Dorian Hawkmoon and Jake the Snake.  MAL was the #1   
         courier group once, and will be so again.  It's just a matter of    
         hard work.  I don't think the people in charge makes the            
         difference.  There will always be new, hard working people.  NO     
         ONE makes a group of his own.  A group is based on team work.       
         However, the future of MAL does not look bright right now.          
                                                                             
   RCN : Were Captain Bood and Fugitive, the people you started RAP with,    
         also ex-MAL members.  If so, what were their former positions in    
         MAL?                                                                
                                                                             
   RAP : It was a very messed up period back then in February.  Well,        
         Captain Blood and Fugitive were both normal couriers for MAL.       
         Captain Blood then formed AMN together with Lester, Hellraiser,     
         and a few others.  Fugitive originally joined Amnesia.  I then      
         talked with them a few weeks later when I had left MAL myself, and  
         I was planning to start RAP up.  I asked them if they were          
         interested and one week later they both joined and we made RAP      
         official.  RAP had just been an experimental group until then and   
         it wasn't until we had the clearance from Captain Blood and         
         Fugitive that we made the group official.                           
                                                                             
   RCN : So 2 of the 3 leaders of RAP at that time were more than just       
         ex-MAL, they were also ex-AMN?   Correct.  It was a very mixed up   
         period back then, but the 3 of us formed RAP.                       
                                                                             
   RAP : What were their positions in AMN?  Captain Blood was a founder of   
         AMN correct?                                                        
                                                                             
   RCN : Correct.  Fugitive was setting up their European division so I      
         believe he was a senior member.                                     
                                                                             
   RAP : What happened to Captain Blood?  Where'd he disappear off to?  I    
         don't see him as a RAP leader anymore.                              
                                                                             
   RCN : Well, Captain Blood had some personal problems so he took a 2       
         month vacation from the scene.                                      
                                                                             
   RAP : What KIND of problems?  I heard some rumors that Egoistic Fate and  
         Lester narced on him, and they got his phonelines and electricty    
         cut off?  Is that true?                                             
                                                                             
   RCN : His phonelines were cut off, that's correct.  I rather not comment  
         that, you should ask Captain Blood, Egoistic Fate, and Lester       
         about that.  I don't know the details, and I rather not talk about  
         it.                                                                 
                                                                             
   RAP : Some consider RAP to be a European courier group, and that they     
         have no real status in the American courier scene, and therefore    
         cannot be compared to Amercian courier groups, what do you have to  
         say about that?                                                     
                                                                             
   RCN : Well, I'd say to say that is complete bullshit.  We've only been    
         around for 2 months and yet we've crushed the competition on many   
         U.S. boards.  We are still in the progress of building up the U.S.  
         division of the group.                                              
                                                                             
   RAP : Which boards in the U.S. has RAP crushed the competition on?        
                                                                             
   RCN : Just take a look at the RCN Top 10 Couriers section.  I believe we  
         finished #2 in that chart.  I must consider that good, since we've  
         only been around 2 months.  We are just warming up, wait til        
         Summer comes along.                                                 
                                                                             
   RAP : How would you compare RAP today with MAL at it's peak?  Do you      
         think that RAP is a more organized group, with a better couriering  
         potential?                                                          
                                                                             
   RCN : Let's put it this way, MAL had 120+ couriers, RAP only has 50+      
         couriers.  We're more organized and all the people in RAP are       
         LOYAL.  We have only lost *1* person who was in the .nfo in         
         2months, that only goes to show that our members are loyal.  I      
         wouldnt like to compare RAP towards MAL since I was a part of MAL.  
         RAP has already proven its potential.                               
                                                                             
   RAP : Who was that *1* person that left, and which courier group did he   
         join after he left RAP?                                             
                                                                             
   RCN : He was a U.S. trader.  He left after being in the group 1 day due   
         to personal problems with Captain Blood.  He couldn't be in the     
         same group as Captain Blood, he joined AMN.                         
                                                                             
   RAP : Is RAP better at BBS or Internet couriering?                        
                                                                             
   RCN : Why choose BBS or the Internet, when you can rock both???  Our      
         main goal is to be #1 on both BBSes and FTP sites.  We don't like   
         some other courier groups that just concentrate on one area.  RAP   
         is establishing a strong presence in all fields of couriering.      
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : Cryptic Pain         
     Subject  : Mortality                 Affiliation : Mortality Leader     
                                                                             
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   RCN : MTY (Mortality) has been doing extremely well lately, and some      
         attribute it's success due to g0d's help.  I've seen many releases  
         by MTY in which you gave all the credit to g0d, but god is          
         supposedly no longer in the scene ever since he was busted by the   
         RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police), is that true?                 
                                                                             
   MTY : Actually, the MTY releases are not supplied by g0d himself.  The    
         actual suppliers are friends of his who work for Microsoft and      
         various companies.  I have not heard anything about it him being    
         busted, but I have not talked to him in 2 days.                     
                                                                             
   RCN : The current MTY is not the same MTY I remember from a few months    
         back.  The old MTY died a few months back, but recently came back.  
         Why did it die off a few months ago, and why has it come back?      
                                                                             
   MTY : Well, I got very fed up with the scene.  MTY was going downhill     
         very fast, and I got bored of it but I decided lately that I would  
         come back and try starting it back up.  It has been fun so far but  
         we haven't reached our full potential yet.                          
                                                                             
   RCN : What is different about the scene NOW that makes you want to come   
         back?  How come you're not fed up with the scene going downhill     
         right now, or do you believe that the scene is no longer going      
         downhill, and if so, why?  Perhaps it was not the scene giong down  
         hill, but it was old MTY going downhill and you decided to quit     
         while ahead, is that so?                                            
                                                                             
   MTY : The scene has been going downhill for a few years now, and I bet a  
         lot of people would agree with me on that.  I came back because I   
         can run a successfull utils group and I want to help out the        
         scene.                                                              
                                                                             
   RCN : How would you rate MTY right now compared to the other utils        
         powerhouses such as PWA?                                            
                                                                             
   MTY : Well, we have only been back a month and cannot really compare      
         ourselves to PWA, but I can gurantee you that we will be competing  
         on that level very very very soon.  PWA has been in the scene a     
         very long time and I have a lot of respect for them.                
                                                                             
   RCN : What are you doing with MTY this time that is different from        
         before?  I remember that the old MTY was not really good, and       
         could even have been considered lame, but this NEW MTY is           
         definitely not to be reckoned with.  What are you doing different   
         this time around that is making MTY so much better than before?     
                                                                             
   MTY : Well this time around, we have a lot more inside contacts in        
         Microsoft and other companies, but haven't really been able to get  
         much out yet.  You can expect to see some big releases from MTY     
         this month.                                                         
                                                                             
   RCN : According to my sources, g0d, one of the people who has friends     
         that's helping you supply, was busted by the RCMP, but the          
         evidence leading to his bust was given to the RCMP by a Microsoft   
         employee, do you feel that there might be a chance that MTY is      
         under Microsoft surveillance, or that your group might be busted    
         in the near future?  If so, have you taken any precautions?         
                                                                             
   MTY : MTY has nothing to worry about since that Microsoft supplier is     
         totally out of the group and IRC channel.  We check EVERYONE out    
         that enters the IRC channel now.  We are not too worried.           
                                                                             
   RCN : Where do you see MTY, 3 months from now?  Do you see MTY dead, or   
         possibly, something more than dead?                                 
                                                                             
   MTY : MTY will be anything but dead 3 months from now.  We have some      
         major stuff about to happen.                                        
                                                                             
   RCN : What do you mean by "major stuff"?                                  
                                                                             
   MTY : Well, some of the stuff cannot be discussed yet, but I can say      
         that we already have some major releases planned.  We have an edge  
         on some of the new utils coming out.                                
                                                                             
   RCN : Since MTY is a utils release group, what happens when MTY           
         suppliers get their hands on a game?  Do you guys release it under  
         a different name, or is it traded to say.. a games group?           
                                                                             
   MTY : Currently it is traded to different games groups.  We have given    
         away a few different games.  We usaully get a few utils in return.  
         We usaully trade to game groups that can offer us the best quality  
         in utils. whoever do we give them the game and they give us utils   
         in return.                                                          
                                                                             
   RCN : How has Park Central, the BEST BBS in the world, helped MTY since   
         it has become MTY's WHQ?                                            
                                                                             
   MTY : It has helped us spread our files much better.  We have also        
         supported it very well.  Last week, Park Central's top 5 uploaders  
         were MTY members.  Park Central is a very good BBS, and has been    
         in the scene a long time.                                           
                                                                             
   RCN : You said earlier that PWA was good because it has been in the       
         scene a long time, and now you say that Park Central is good        
         because it too has been in the scene for a long time.  So           
         basically, in your point of view, anything that's been in the       
         scene for a long time is good?                                      
                                                                             
   MTY : No, not true.  There have been many BBSes that have been in the     
         scene many years and have not been any good at all.  Groups pick    
         up experience and respect when they have been in the scene a        
         while.                                                              
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : The Quiet Riot       
     Subject  : NFS/STN                   Affiliation : STN President        
                                                                             
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   RCN : First off, why did you kill off NFS (Need for Speed) recently?  It  
         has grown quite a name throughout these past months, and many       
         would consider it decent among the smaller groups.                  
                                                                             
   STN : Yes.                                                                
                                                                             
   RCN : Could you go into a little more detail?                             
                                                                             
   STN : A lot of people thought we were good, and I thought we were doing   
         good also.  We seemed to have many different "projects" going on    
         that would have made our group stand out as one of the best.  We    
         put a lot of effort into these "projects", but nothing was done,    
         we found some bugs in the group and dumped it along with other      
         stuff.                                                              
                                                                             
   RCN : You mention that NFS tried these "projects" that would make it      
         stand out from the rest.  What were these projects that so          
         distracted it's members?                                            
                                                                             
   STN : Well, Shifter, our best supplier, left without telling me, and      
         later came back to say his life had other stuff going on, but he    
         was back, and then he disappeared again.  Some of my projects       
         included getting some stuff for our suppliers, setting up domains,  
         and other stuff.  Nothing came in, no one seemed to tell the        
         truth, and most of the members that I had accepted didn't even do   
         what they told me they were going to do.                            
                                                                             
   RCN : Most group leaders put new members on "trial", and if they don't    
         live up to their promises, they get kicked out of the group.  Why   
         did you let in so many members that did nothing for the group?      
         And when you did find out, through trial and error, that some       
         members did nothing for the group, why did you not kick them out?   
                                                                             
   STN : Well, I had some trial members, and after a while I had many        
         trials members.  I decided to let some in, but I told them that I   
         want stuff.  We had gotten way out of hand, and then I could not    
         keep track of it, so I decided to end it.                           
                                                                             
   RCN : Were most of these trial members trial suppliers?  What do you      
         mean by "that I want stuff"?                                        
                                                                             
   STN : Well, a couple were account suppliers and a couple were trial       
         suppliers, yes.  Well, I wanted stuff, like what they promised,     
         accounts, sites, whatever they had told me originally.              
                                                                             
   RCN : Now that you are no longer the President of NFS, what are your      
         future plans in the scene, are you planning to start another warez  
         release group?  Perhaps a second try would be an improvement on     
         the first?                                                          
                                                                             
   STN : Yes, I noticed NFS was getting a bad reputation because of the      
         name and because of the people that were in it.  I am making a new  
         release group called STN (Stoned).  STN will definitely be an       
         improvement because this time around, I am getting bigger people    
         from better groups.  We are going to do this group right.           
                                                                             
   RCN : What kind of group will STN be?  Will it specialize in any area of  
         releasing?                                                          
                                                                             
   STN : It will be games only, and we will trade all the utils we get to    
         better our name.                                                    
                                                                             
   RCN : You mentioned that you will make sure that STN is run correctly     
         this time, what will you do differently besides getting "bigger     
         names", and what do you mean by gettting "bigger names"?            
                                                                             
   STN : Well, we have recruited Brutus, (ex-Legacy Senior), Genocide,       
         Viper, and maybe Violator from DMN (Demolition).  I am asking       
         almost anyone that I have known for a while to help out.            
                                                                             
   RCN : So you suppose that having members who were in big groups, such as  
         Brutus who was a senior in Legacy, will help STN out considerably?  
         Will those "big names" help supply?  I can tell you from personal   
         experience, some of the "big names" you're mentioning really don't  
         do much in those groups you consider big.                           
                                                                             
   STN : Yes, some will help supply and some will help coordinate, I need    
         some good suppliers and I also need guys who know a lot about how   
         to recruit people.                                                  
                                                                             
   RCN : What about your best supplier Shifter?  He was the core of NFS,     
         and when he left NFS, NFS died, will Shifter come back to help out  
         STN?                                                                
                                                                             
   STN : Well, I'm not sure, he was not the FULL core of NFS, but he         
         definitely helped.  I am not sure, with summer coming, hopefully    
         he will hit the Internet again, or maybe he will read RCN since     
         he's still on a lot of local BBSes, but I have 2-3 of his possible  
         phone numbers, and I of his 5 email addresses.  I have contacting   
         him through the information I have, many times at that.  It seems   
         he must've given me the wrong information, or something.            
                                                                             
   RCN : May be he's ditching you like a bad date?  What do you mean by,     
         "seems he must've given me the wrong information"?                  
                                                                             
   STN : I tried contacting him many times, but all I get is a "No, sorry    
         you must have the wrong phone number."                              
                                                                             
   RCN : You mentioned that you'll be trading your utils with other utils    
         groups in return for games, which group will you be trading utils   
         for games with?                                                     
                                                                             
   STN : Yes.                                                                
                                                                             
   RCN : Could you go into a little more detail?                             
                                                                             
   STN : MTY seems to be promising, but any group that has the highest bids  
         or acts the fastest will get utils.  We aren't going to say         
         "you're our sister group" and then give utils and get nothing.  We  
         won't have a sister group that is just all talk, I'm tired of it.   
                                                                             
   RCN : You say you're tired of just "talk", have you in the past, agreed   
         to be sisters with a group, and received just "talk" and nothing    
         more?                                                               
                                                                             
   STN : We have received talk before, but I noticed that, and this time     
         we're doing it right.                                               
                                                                             
   RCN : Which groups have you received just "talk" with?                    
                                                                             
   STN : Well, we were going to do this with DMN, and maybe others, but      
         then again we never did get games back.  We traded 1-2 utils and    
         then decided to go with this group called "Deep", a stupid group    
         that lasted for 3 days led by Forseer.                              
                                                                             
   RCN : What kind of people is STN looking for as members?                  
                                                                             
   STN : STN is only accepting FTP site operators, administrators with       
         ISDN+, suppliers, and crackers.  We will start releasing as soon    
         as our domain goes up.                                              
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : tKLP                 
     Subject  : Release on Rampage        Affiliation : ROR President        
                                                                             
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   RCN : ROR (Release on Rampage) started out as a games and utils group,    
         but has recently become a games only group, why did you decide      
         suddenly specialize ROR in one field of releasing?                  
                                                                             
   ROR : Naturally, the average pirate, including myself, is interested      
         more in games rather than utils.  Games are more of a challenge to  
         release and crack.  True, ROR has had a very good reputation for    
         releasing quality utils such as Pagemaker 6, Fractal Painter 4,     
         etc, but I decided groups get rated better and more respect when    
         they specialize in one field.  g0d and I started a seperate utils   
         group called ERA, but a week later, g0d got busted and I merged it  
         into The Corporation.  Then, the Corporation died and I joined      
         Mortality and that's where I stand today.                           
         (RCN #4 - BOB)                                                      
                                                                             
   RCN : What do you mean by, "that's where we stand today"?                 
                                                                             
   ROR : MTY (Mortality) is an old school utils group that have recently     
         made a comeback to the scene.  It is headed by Cryptic Pain and     
         Dorian.                                                             
                                                                             
   RCN : So I assume that ROR gives all of its utils to MTY and MTY gives    
         all of its games to ROR?                                            
                                                                             
   ROR : Yes, and so far, both groups are very satisfied with each other     
         since MTY has given ROR a couple of quality games, and ROR has      
         given MTY a hand full of great utils.                               
                                                                             
   RCN : What might be some of these great utils?  I interviewed Cryptic     
         Pain earlier, and he admitted to me that MTY has not yet released   
         any great utils.                                                    
                                                                             
   ROR : Well the supplier who has been doing the NT BETAS for MTY came      
         from ROR.  So for one, the NT FINAL betas MTY has been releasing    
         was because of ROR.  ROR has also given them some OEM utils, OEM    
         Service packs, and other small titles such as Turbo Browser.        
         Those are the utils that I know off hand, many other utils have     
         come from ROR seniors, and ROR has given them a decent amount of    
         utils of which I have not kept track of.                            
                                                                             
   RCN : What has MTY given ROR that can be considered a quality game?       
         Since you package ROR releases, I assume you must at least have     
         recollection of ROR releases?                                       
                                                                             
   ROR : MTY has given ROR 2 quality games.  The first quality game given    
         by MTY is "WarCraft 2/Command & Conquer Toolkit" which we released  
         3 weeks ago.  The other quality game is still being cracked at      
         this very moment, and thus, I cannot give out the name.             
                                                                             
   RCN : A few months back, I recall that ROR's official courier group was   
         RiSC, and the only reason ROR wanted RiSC as its official courier   
         group was because so many RiSC boards had blacklisted "ROR*.ZIP"    
         and ROR wanted to get unblacklisted.  Now that ROR has achieved     
         its goal, and its files are no longer blacklisted on RiSC boards,   
         is ROR still affiliated with RiSC?                                  
                                                                             
   ROR : I was personally working with Crackpot, the leader of RiSC, but     
         then RTS (Request to Send) asked to become ROR's official           
         couriers.  RTS offered ROR a handful of suppliers, so I told RiSC   
         that I had decided to work with RTS instead. Crackpot was working   
         too much with Hybrid anyhow.  Crackpot did confirm that RiSC was    
         official couriers for ROR, but only for a couple of days before we  
         called it off.                                                      
                                                                             
   RCN : On the note of g0d, you said that you two started a utils group     
         together called "ERA", and once g0d got busted, you moved over to   
         MTY.  However, my sources inform me that after g0d got busted, he   
         TOO moved to MTY and is currently a supplier for them, is that      
         true?                                                               
                                                                             
   ROR : Yes, g0d is back and he is also a senior in ROR.  g0d is a          
         supplier for MTY that came from ROR.  I talk to g0d every day of    
         the week on the phone with Piston who is also a new ROR supplier    
         and senior.  We are sort of a triad doing most of the public        
         relations work and supplying for ROR.                               
                                                                             
   RCN : You also mentioned that you were busted, to what were you           
         referring to?                                                       
                                                                             
   ROR : Well, it all started when Wave Rider came to ROR and left LGC       
         (Legacy).  Since Wave Rider left Road Rebel's group, LGC, Road      
         Rebel narced on him, and when Wave Rider had to blame it on         
         someone else in court, he blamed it on me.  He did call and tell    
         me, as we WERE good friends.  Then the sheriff of my town called    
         and delivered the summit.  I don't have it right now, it's at my    
         desk but it starts off like this "Upon Information And Belief"      
         stating I distributed it, when I did not, I had it on my shell and  
         just deleted it.  So we are just going to appeal the case from      
         QStudios so it doesnt goto court.  They are sueing me for $4500.    
                                                                             
   RCN : What did you release that would make QStudios so unhappy? did you   
         release one of their games, or something more?                      
                                                                             
   ROR : Are you trying to get me to incriminate myself?  I didn't release   
         crap.  Duane Pemberton (Waverider) packaged and distributed the     
         source code to Blood Alpha and the Alpha itself.  ROR released      
         Blood Alpha Source.                                                 
                                                                             
   RCN : So the truth is, you are getting sued, but you did not get BUSTED?  
         After all, if you did get busted, why would you still be chatting   
         with me, and why would your 4 node BBS still be up?                 
                                                                             
   ROR : Well AT&T also fragged me, and I did have the U.S. MARSHALL at my   
         house.  They had a warrant for me, but for the last name so they    
         couldn't take anything.  We contacted the company so they would     
         not come back again.  All my shit is intact though, yes.            
                                                                             
   RCN : What do you mean by "but for the last name so"?                     
                                                                             
   ROR : I was referring to my last name.                                    
                                                                             
   RCN : I know that, but what about your last name made it so the U.S.      
         Marshalls couldn't use the warrant against you?                     
                                                                             
   ROR : If the warrant they have is for a person that doesn't exist, they   
         cannot do anything.  My mother and I have different last names,     
         and my name does not fully match the name on the warrant, so I got  
         off for a while.                                                    
                                                                             
   RCN : So basically, AT&T and the U.S. Marshall came to your house, but    
         it so happened that they had a typo in the warrant, and then they   
         couldn't do anything to you.  Why did AT&T come to your house in    
         the first place?                                                    
                                                                             
   ROR : AT&T has nothing to do with the QStudios case.  AT&T busted me for  
         using extrapolated credit cards on long distance phone calls.       
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : g0d                                                           
     Subject : Zieg Passes Away                                              
                                                                             
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       This letter is my way of paying respect to Markus Zoepel, also known  
   as "Zieg".  Many of you out there in the scene were probably good         
   friends with Zieg.  He was a great guy who gave more than he expected to  
   receive.  He was a long time member of the scene and loved his days with  
   the couriering group fATE, Fast Action Trade Exchange.  I ask that he     
   not be forgotten as so many people who come and go in the scene are.      
   Markus deserves to be remembered for his many great achievements both on  
   the Internet and off.  In life, he leaves behind a loving wife and two    
   beautiful children ages 10 and 2.                                         
                                                                             
       Markus was system administrator and part owner of ISYS Technologies   
   an ISP (Internet Service Provider) located in Canada.  He had taken this  
   ISP from a mere 8 node system to the becoming the largest ISP in Ontario  
   over a period of 8 short months.  He was simply a genius with the         
   Internet and was always willing to offer a helping hand to anyone who     
   needed it.                                                                
                                                                             
       Markus was one of few people whom I consider a close friend and I     
   will not allow him to simply be forgotten.  There is a web page going up  
   in his memory at "www.isys.ca" and any email you wish to send to pay      
   your repects may be directed to "staff@isys.ca".  I will personally make  
   sure that this mail reaches his wife, or to whomever it is addressed.     
                                                                             
       Markus would have wanted to tell all of you whom he knew how much he  
   enjoyed hanging out on IRC with you all.  It was really a big part of     
   his life and he loved every minute of it.  I don't think he would have    
   traded one minute of it for anything.  Markus was a true Internet junky   
   as a lot of us are.  Even if you didn't know him, but would like to pay   
   respect to a fellow Internet junky, please do so.  All letters will be    
   set up on a web page which will always stand in memory of Zieg.  In a     
   world so fast paced and unforgiving, let's try to at least give support   
   to those whom he loved and those who loved him back.  It is the least we  
   can do.                                                                   
                                                                             
       Markus died of a brain anurism.  The doctor said that there was       
   nothing that could have been done to either detect or to prevent this     
   from ever happening.  Right up until the moment it happened, Markus was   
   fine.  And then, all of a sudden, out of the blue, with no warning, he    
   simply passed away.  The loss of a friend is always rough, but in this    
   case it is probably the hardest loss I have ever had to deal with.        
   Markus, if you're out there somewhere, take it easy bro, we will meet     
   again.. some day.. and I promise I will bring you that day's new          
   release.  You will be missed old friend.  And in my case, you will never  
   be forgotten.  Save a spot at a half decent terminal up there for me bro  
   :)...                                                                     
                                                                             
       Life is such a fragile thing.  We all take it for granted, but this   
   goes to show you, make every minute count because your next minute, may   
   be your last...                                                           
                                                                             
                                                Sincerely,                   
                                                           g0d               
                                                                             
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   ZOEPEL, Markus Lefebvre                                                   
                                                                             
       In loving memory of Markus Lefebvre-Zoepel who died Thursday          
   evening, May 30th 1996, at the Sudbury General Hospital at the age of     
   29.  He married Roxann Corston in Sudbury in 1993.  He was dedicated,     
   noble and extremely loyal to his family, friends and business.  He knew   
   his calling in life and was a genius at it.  He thoroughly enjoyed        
   fishing, motor biking, canoeing, all outdoor activities, and especially   
   computers and the Internet.  His children and family were his life.       
                                                                             
       John 1 1:25, Jesus said, "I am the resurrection and the life, he who  
   believes in me will live, even though he dies, and he who lives and       
   believes in me will never die."                                           
                                                                             
       Beloved husband of Roxann (Corston) Zoepel of Sudbury.  Loving        
   father of "His Jewels," Madison and Zachariah.  Loving son of Carole      
   (predeceased) (Husband Gilles Lefebvre) and Manfred Zoepel.  Dear         
   grandson of Alice Koski of North Bay and Therese Lefebvre of              
   Kapuskasing.  Dear brother of Linda (Husband John Aho), Sharon and Eric   
   all of Sudbury, Laura (Husband Ron Nyssen) of lively, April (Fiancee      
   Alian Claveau) of Timmins and Gil of Thunder Bay.  Sadly Missed by many   
   nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, his "Brothers", "Sisters" and    
   fellow "Musketeers" resting at the Jackson and Barnard Funeral Home 233   
   Larch St. Sudbury, Monday June 3rd 1996 at 11:30 am Cremation in the      
   Park Lawn Crematorium.  Donations to the Madison and Zachariah Trust      
   Fund would be appreciated in lieu of flowers (Friends may call 7-9 pm     
   Saturday, 6-9 pm Sunday or after 11 am Monday).                           
                                                                             
   *PS* If you're a religious person, please say a prayer for Markus...      
                                                                             
        "I'll Miss ya bro.. :("                                              
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Rebel Chicken                                                 
     Subject : The Renegade Chemist                                          
                                                                             
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   The following is a logfile of a conversation between Rebel Chicken and    
   The Renegade Chemist :                                                    
                                                                             
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   Session Start : Sat Jun 1 10:28:33 1996                                   
                                                                             
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   <RblChickn> The Regade Chemist?                                           
                                                                             
   <TRC> That would be me.  Your mag sucks.                                  
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> Gee.. thanks!                                                 
                                                                             
   <TRC> Why do you always have interviews with total idiots in your         
         magazine?                                                           
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> So you're saying all the people we've interviewed are lame?   
                                                                             
   <TRC> People like the guy that praised NPM (Napalm) for their speed in    
         picking up games at stores, releasing them uncracked, and then      
         putting out fixes later are total idiots.  People like that guy     
         don't deserve to live                                               
                                                                             
   <woodstock> Why do you say RCN sucks?                                     
                                                                             
   <TRC> RCN sucks because it interviews people that are totally not         
         important.                                                          
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> Issue 16 will feature an interview Speed Master, he's one of  
               the leaders of PSG (Prestige), a group you're active in.      
                                                                             
   <TRC> Fine, dcc me issue 16.                                              
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> It won't be out until this Sunday.  TRC, since you assume     
               that you're so fucking important, I'll talk a lot about you   
               this week okay?                                               
                                                                             
   <woodstock> hehehe..                                                      
                                                                             
   <TRC> Get your head out of your ass.                                      
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> What the fuck is your problem anyways, I try to be nice to    
               you and you come on me like I fucking raped your mother.      
                                                                             
   <TRC> I didn't say I was important.                                       
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> Then don't act like you are.  And don't fucking come up to    
               me like you're fucking god demanding shit from me.  If you    
               don't like RCN, write us a letter stating that, and we'll be  
               more than happy to publish it.                                
                                                                             
   <TRC> But I am a god!                                                     
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> Fuck you, you're no god.                                      
                                                                             
   <TRC> Think about it.. without people like me, you'd have nothing to      
         write about!                                                        
                                                                             
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   <TRC> Without me, PSG wouldn't be as good as it is, that's for sure.      
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> Without you, there wouldn't be pompous asses in the scene     
               either.  What the hell is your problem anyways.. thinking     
               you're a god?                                                 
                                                                             
   <TRC> You people have no understanding of what the scene is supposed to   
         be like and what it used to be like.  You people only know how to   
         put out your shit mag that glorifies lamers like NPM.               
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> You're labelling me as "you people"?                          
                                                                             
   <TRC> Yes, I am labeling you as "you people".  I'm also labelling you     
         among all the other Internet lamers who feed off of the major       
         groups.                                                             
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> Fuck you TRC, you're just pissed because someone submitted    
               an article praising NPM.                                      
                                                                             
   <TRC> You're right, if you praised PSG, I wouldn't complain, because PSG  
         has something that NPM doesn't have.  PSG is a real group, while    
         NPM is a bunch of store pickup Internet monkeys.  Look at this      
         last month, there's NOTHING good that came out of NPM.  All they    
         do is go to stores, pick up the games, and steal cracks, nothing    
         any idiot couldn't do.                                              
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> We are covering the story of NPM stealing cracks from PSG     
               this upcoming issue.                                          
                                                                             
   <TRC> PSG on the other hand, we're putting out stuff before it hits the   
         stores, BEFORE its even released sometimes.  It's always the        
         losers like NPM that get your attention.                            
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> You're getting my attention right now, a lot of it.  You      
               must be a loser then.                                         
                                                                             
   <TRC> You people have no idea what the scene is really like.              
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> I'm not the fucking lamer you think I am.  This should        
               interest you some, I interviewed Prophet, the President of    
               NPM, for this upcoming issue on the conflicts between NPM     
               and PSG.                                                      
                                                                             
   <TRC> PROPHET IS A LAMER!!!                                               
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> He's not a lamer, he doens't think he's a god.                
                                                                             
   <TRC> Nobody should respect a shit group like NPM.                        
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> Don't start telling me who or what I should or should not     
               respect.                                                      
                                                                             
   <TRC> I'll tell you what you should respect if I so desire.               
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> Don't expect to me listen to your fucking desires.  At least  
               NPM doesn't have shitheads like you in their group.           
                                                                             
   <TRC> Oh yeah?  Prophet's a shithead.                                     
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> He's not, and I would very much defend him if asked.          
                                                                             
   <TRC> You're a stupid fool.                                               
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> And you think you're a fucking god.                           
                                                                             
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     Author  : Bababoey                                                      
     Subject : Bluewater and Razor Sharp                                     
                                                                             
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       The following are messages received by Bababoey while on the FTP      
   site known as Enigma and on IRC :                                         
                                                                             
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   Bababoey receives messages on Enigma :                                    
                                                                             
   bababoey:                                                                 
   Bluewater, you really should keep one window open in IRC so I can chat    
   with you easier.  It's a lot more fun that way.                           
                                                                             
   Message from bwater                                                       
   I do keep a window in IRC, you just can't find me.                        
                                                                             
   bababoey:                                                                 
   Bluewater, what do you mean?                                              
                                                                             
   Message from bwater                                                       
   bwater=rzrsharp :)                                                        
                                                                             
   bababoey:                                                                 
   Do you know what the story with RiSC is?                                  
                                                                             
   Bababoey immediately gets on IRC :                                        
                                                                             
   <bababoey> You there?  Is this Bluewater?                                 
                                                                             
   <rzrsharp> Hello?  What.                                                  
                                                                             
   <bababoey> Is this Bluewater?                                             
                                                                             
   <rzrsharp> Didn't you get the messages I sent you on Enigma?              
                                                                             
   <bababoey> Yah, I did, just just making sure :)                           
                                                                             
   <rzrsharp> Yes.                                                           
                                                                             
   <bababoey> So you are rzrsharp on Dymentia?  Why not bwater?              
                                                                             
   <rzrsharp> Ya, but I am not on Dymentia.  I think BBX is one of the       
              hardest FTP sites to get warez up to, that just leaves LA.     
                                                                             
   <bababoey> Yah, BBX is definitely the fastest FTP site at the moment.     
                                                                             
   <rzrsharp> Okay, I am on Dymentia.                                        
                                                                             
   <bababoey> Why don't you use the handle bwater on Dymentia?               
                                                                             
   <rzrsharp> Okay, here is the long story you are about the last to find    
              this out.  What happened aroud Christmas was that Bluewater,   
              Bob, leader of DNX (Dynamix) got big phone bills.  He lost     
              one of his phone lines.  I have been couriering for DNX up     
              until this point.  I was supporting the Canadian HQ, Robin's   
              First Orgasm.  In the process, he gave me the use of his       
              shell account to help out.  Since he had the connections, I    
              started building up these accounts on the Internet.  He        
              wanted me to continue this.  Then, came the breaking up of     
              DNX and I, Razor Sharp, couldn't upload new PSG (Prestige)     
              releases under a DNX leader's account so I went and got my     
              own accounts.  Now, I still have to get on the top uploaders   
              and have massive credits under the other account.              
                                                                             
   <bababoey> Damn.. I just got lagged to shit.. ok now.                     
                                                                             
   <rzrsharp> One other thing, about 4 months ago, Bluewater lost his other  
              line and thus I kept him up to date with mail and the warez    
              for his enjoyment.  Basically, for the last 6 months, I have   
              been Bluewater.                                                
                                                                             
   <bababoey> How weird, this is the first I have heard of this.  Do any of  
              the other leaders of RiSC know about this?                     
                                                                             
   <rzrsharp> That's why bwater really hasn't been able to run DNX and you   
              saw a dry spell I think in April until Crackpot took over the  
              responsibilites.                                               
                                                                             
   <bababoey> So, is it ok if I tell people what the deal is?                
                                                                             
   <rzrsharp> Actually, since Crackpot is one of the leaders of DNX and      
              RiSC, then you could say they know.  Who are you planning on   
              telling?                                                       
                                                                             
   <bababoey> I don't know.  I was just wondering if you wanted to hide the  
              fact that rzrsharp=bwater still.                               
                                                                             
   <rzrsharp> Well, it doesn't bother me I guess.                            
                                                                             
   <bababoey> Well, if it makes you feel better, you are a much better FTP   
              trader than Bluewater ever was.  I thought something was       
              weird since you were NEVER on IRC, and how you suddenly        
              turned into a major netmonkey.                                 
                                                                             
   <rzrsharp> True, all he was in RiSC is for the account not the trading.   
              To tell you the truth, running the ground meant he had no      
              time for trading!                                              
                                                                             
   <bababoey> Yah, I know, he did his part in the group, no doubt about      
              that.  You have turned into a pretty good netmonkey though.    
              In your opinion, what do YOU think RiSC should do about this   
              whole bwater handle thing?                                     
                                                                             
   <rzrsharp> Leave it the way it is.  All I use Razor Sharp for is to       
              trade the PSG releases.  The thing is though, all my credits   
              and statistics are under one account.  Also, I am sure that    
              if Bluewater ever does come back he wouldn't mind having his   
              accounts intact.                                               
                                                                             
   <bababoey> I think you should choose a single handle to use on every FTP  
              site.                                                          
                                                                             
   <rzrsharp> Well, Dymentia is going down so that's not important.  I       
              think the way it is is fine.                                   
                                                                             
   <bababoey> I'll talk to Shatter Star and the rest of RiSC and get back    
              to you on what RiSC is going to do, if anything.  You have     
              definitely proven yourself as a good FTP trader, one of the    
              best in the world.                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Rebel Chicken                                                 
     Subject : Crackpot Ditches the Scene                                    
                                                                             
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       The following letter by Crackpot was sent to all users on Park        
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       Until further notice, I will be taking a vacation from the scene and  
   will not be readily available to help out on Park Central.  In my         
   opinion, at this point, there just isn't much that's fun about being in   
   the scene and this is the main reason I will be exiting from it           
   indefinitely.                                                             
                                                                             
       If anybody needs to contact me for any reason you can do so via       
   email.  Those who know me should know my email address.                   
                                                                             
       Farewell and good luck to the rest of the staff!                      
                                                                             
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       From the above, one can conclude that Crackpot has left the scene.    
   He was a leader of the courier group RiSC (Rise in Superior Couriering)   
   and the games group DNX (Dynamix).  It seems that he lost faith in his    
   games group DNX when nearly all of DNX's members left DNX to join a       
   rival group known as PSG (Prestige).                                      
                                                                             
       Crackpot also lost faith in his BBS, Park Central.  I only say so     
   because he was always complaining to me about how Park Central was        
   slowing down.  One can deduce that other BBSes were speeding up as Park   
   Central was slowing down, and perhaps that scared the shit out of         
   Crackpot.  Perhaps he could not deal with how his status in the scene     
   was changing so fast.  The very thought that Park Central might no        
   longer be #1 in the scene definitely shook him a bit.  We will never      
   really know why Crackpot chose to leave the scene, but I know this, he    
   will be back.. he's one of us...                                          
                                                                             
                                                                             
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                 Interviewer(s) : Entropy                                  
                                                                           
                 Interviewie(s) : TSA                                      
                                                                           
                        Subject : Amnesia vs. Digital Traders. The TRUTH   
                                                                           
               Date Interviewed : May 20th, 1996                           
                                                                           
   
 

       Frost : Truth?  Hahaha, I thought I covered the TRUTH..  Silly me.

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    Defacto :  OKay TSA can you tell our readers who you are?                
                                                                             
        TSA :  I am in Napalm, AMNESIA, PWA, ATA                             
                                                                             
      Frost :  Hi, I'm Frost.  I thought the question was "who you are",     
               not, "what are your affils?"                                  
                                                                             
    Defacto :  About a Week or so ago Amnesia and DGT (Digital Traders)      
               held a Courering Competition. Can you tell us a little        
               about that? (NOTE the interview date - Editor)                
                                                                             
        TSA :  Yeah, first, DGT and AMNESiA started to 'fight' (not          
               fight, but u know what I mean..) in #AMNESIA about know       
                                                                             
               I'm astounded by all these "facts" TSA brings up.  Actually,  
               he is wrong (big surprise),  two Amnesia couriers that        
               shall remain nameless started chatting in #TNT that they      
               could take down DGT themselves, which prompted                
               an argument.                                                  
                                                                             
               who is the best courier group. Then Som1 in AMN or DGT        
               (Not sure) thought about a Couriering Contest. AMN was        
                                                                             
               <smile> Oh.. so you mean someone thought about HAVING a       
               courier contest...                                            
                                                                             
               sure to win, so AMN decided to take only 6 of our             
               couriers against 16 DGT couriers, to be more fair. Then       
               the contest started.                                          
                                                                             
               <smile> Most of this is true, AMN was thought to have been    
               better than DGT before the competition.  BTW, the contest     
               was OFFICIALLY 6 AMN couriers vs. 15 DGT couriers, not        
               6 AMN VS 16 DGT.  TSA, are you sure you're even qualified to  
               make this statement?  <key words> I mean, you weren't even    
               in the competition.  Were you even in AMN during the          
               competition?  Ask Lester, the leader of AMN, he will verify   
               that the competition was between 6 AMN couriers vs. 15 DGT    
               couriers.  I merely stated that about 7-9 DGT couriers        
               actually uploaded due to the fact that the FTP site BBX       
               could not support 21 slots (BBX had 11-15 slots for the       
               majority of the contest, but there were many non-DGT and      
               non-AMN traders on BBX taking up the available slots).        
                                                                             
    Defacto :  OKay so where was this Supposed to be held? On a Nuteral      
               Site or on Amnesia Site or DGT?                               
                                                                             
        TSA :  Its was on a AMN site, but for the contest, you can           
               considere it as a neutral site. All the DGT member got        
               access, and its a fast site.. Both agreed for the choice      
               of that site. It was BBX.                                     
                                                                             
               I agree with ya there tiger!  BBX = AMN's US INET HQ.         
                                                                             
    Defacto :  Was it going to be timed or did you set a limit? Like         
               the first group to 1 Gig won? Or whoever pushed the most      
               in 2 days won? How was the contest suposed to be              
               ran/judged?                                                   
                                                                             
        TSA :  Yeah, It was timed. The group with the more megs              
               accumulated in a 1 week period would win.                     
                                                                             
               Let me field this one TSA, you didn't do a very good job.     
               The contest was timed for exactly 7 days, down to the         
               minutes.  Also, I have the exact dates for which the contest  
               took place in my article in RCN #14.                          
                                                                             
    Defacto :  During the Competition would you say that everything          
               ran smoothly? Any cheating or any problems between the        
               Site Op and the group?                                        
                                                                             
               Most of the trouble occurred in the first day Entropy.        
               Yeah, we had a lot of bickering, trash talking, frustration,  
               and name calling, you know the works.  I'd have to say the    
               dude that kept his cool during the whole contest was Prozac.  
               He never participated in the name calling junk.  Cheating,    
               that's a big question, lots of rumors and stuff, but I won't  
               elaborate.  The site operator is a cool dude, he was really   
               nice to me during the whole contest.                          
                                                                             
        TSA :  Ok. Here's the truth, about the result of the contest.        
                                                                             
               The TRUTH. BAHAHA ... AHAHAHAHAH.                             
                                                                             
               The contest ended like 30+ megs for AMN, But in fact,         
                                                                             
               27 megs to be exact, 729 AMN 702 DGT.                         
                                                                             
               we won by over than 600 megs.  Here's why I say that:         
                                                                             
               WOAH!  I never knew this!!  I thought you said 30 megs TSA?   
               PLEASE.. tell me how you managed a 570 meg gain?! :)          
                                                                             
               A guy called Darke did all the job for DGT, he was the        
                                                                             
               All the job?  No no no, I think TSA means all the WORK.       
                                                                             
               top uploader during all of the contest, and ended the         
                                                                             
               Yes he was!  Woop woop :)                                     
                                                                             
               top with like 600+ megs, but in fact, this guy isnt           
                                                                             
               The actual number was about 350.  See the article in RCN      
               #14, and you can check the logs with the people in AMN and    
               DGT.                                                          
                                                                             
               the Darke of DGT, its Shatter Star (Risc's best courier)      
               and Suspicious Image (One of the best Risc courier too)       
                                                                             
               Holy Moly! wow! I didn't know that!!.. and I suppose you're   
               going to say "Frost is Pericles in disguise!"  Anyhow, there  
               has been much speculation about this, and if Shatter          
               Star Says he did it, he did it. but most of this is just      
               finger pointing right now.                                    
                                                                             
               Because Darke is a local guy to Shatter Star, and he's        
               in fact a board courier.                                      
                                                                             
               Don't understand what this segment means, Darkse is not even  
               his full handle by the way (tisk tisk TSA).  Dark Eclipse is  
               his full handle. and I'm not too sure what you're trying to   
               say here.  He's local to shatter star, and he's a board       
               courier?  Uuhm, ok, if you say so.                            
                                                                             
    Defacto :  So you are saying that they had somebody from OUTSIDE of      
               the group helping them?                                       
                                                                             
               I'll field this one TSA.  I think TSA is making hasty         
               generalizations, proving to be false themselves.  Next thing  
               you know, he'll be saying your mom plays lead bass for        
               Metallica.  The call of Ktulu!  Hey Entropy, get me some      
               autographs from Jamez and Lars and the rest.                  
                                                                             
        TSA :  Shatter Star decided to help him for the contest and with     
               his friend Suspicious Image, they uploaded for him on         
               BBX. In fact DGT uploaded like 100 megs and Shatter           
                                                                             
               More bullshit?  This guy makes Richard Nixon look like        
               honest John!  By the way, his math calculations are all       
               because of he blundered on Dark'es initial 600 meg estimate.  
                                                                             
               Star / SImage uploaded 600+ megs FOR DGT. And How can you     
                                                                             
               That's pretty damn funny since I can't see them both          
               uploading more than 300 megs each per week.  Oh, but how      
               would you know, you weren't even in the competition!          
                                                                             
               explain that a BOARD COURIER who isn't in ANY good sites,     
                                                                             
               Dark Eclipse should receive all the credit.  Swamper          
               supplied Dark Eclipse with most of his shit.  I know because  
               I was quite pissed when I was left out of all the 20-30       
               disk tubs warez.  If you check the warez that was pumped      
               by Dark Eclipse and Swamper, you will find that it has some   
               nfo and tags that trace back to the tubs area.  By the way,   
               tubs is a cool board that has lots of cool warez, but TSA     
               probably wouldn't know about that, he wasn't even in the      
               competition and he insists that he knows everything about     
               it :)                                                         
                                                                             
               who only leeches on the sites for uploads to the boards       
               he is assigned to, can BEAT ALL THE AMN couriers,             
                                                                             
               You know TSA, that's how RiSC beats AMN couriers now adays,   
               it doesn't take a grade A genius to figure that out.  If      
               you didn't know that, I don't know what kind of courier you   
               are.  DGT has been practicing this techinique for a while     
               thanks to Swamper.                                            
                                                                             
               and even all the DGT courier on the site during a contest     
               Why this guy doesn't courier anymore? Why isnt he in RISC?    
                                                                             
               Very simple TSA, he came back for the contest, and notice he  
               didn't courier before the contest.  He helped found DGT and   
               was retired and I think he still is.  Why isn't Prozac in     
               RiSC, why isn't MGD in RiSC, why isn't Swamper in RiSC?       
               It's called group loyalty.. and the fact that Dark Eclipse    
               is retired.                                                   
                                                                             
               In fact, think about it and you'll understand that its        
               impossible that Darke was from DGT. Plus, Shatter Star        
                                                                             
               Then why is your story full of holes?  Your main source of    
               evidence comes from people in AMN and you did not even        
               participate in the contest, and yet you make your fictitious  
               arguements into facts.  The amout onf errors in your          
               "revelation/interview" is astronomical.. just shooting the    
               shit huh TSA?                                                 
                                                                             
               and Suspicious Image, two of my good friends told me and      
               Lester/MGD/... that its was true. They told us                
                                                                             
               MGD is a cool cat, so is Lester, funny thing is, they're      
               both in Amnesia.  I remember MGD pestering me about           
               "confessing to this".  I told him exactly what I told you     
               (TSA had a habit of pestering me about this fiasco he         
               calls the truth), that I thought you guys were "completely    
               nuts", and "wacky" (in the nicest way possible).              
                                                                             
               that they did it, and that they upped for Darke kuz he        
               was a friend of Shatter. The truth is that we won by          
               over than 600 megs. But this bunch of liars, like Frost,      
                                                                             
               The truth is, you've been drinking too much anti-freeze.      
                                                                             
               said in our fACE and in the RCN that they where going         
               to win and they know that wasn't true.                        
                                                                             
               I'm a liar, and yet I can back up my arguments with FACT,     
               and not mere speculation and haphazard bullshit.  Refer to    
               RCN #14 for the truth, I guarantee that it's less biased      
               than this bullshit they call an interview.  It has more       
               more details of the contest from someone who was in the       
               contest.                                                      
                                                                             
    Defacto :  I also heard that a lot of the files uploaded to BBX were     
               tagged by RiSc. Is there any truth in that, that you          
               know of?                                                      
                                                                             
               TSA let me handle this one.  Darkside did help us by          
               stuff to our Inet WHQ, some releases were leeched from there  
               there to little avail, Darkside wanted credits on BBX as      
               well.  Even if it was the great Shatter Star himself          
               uploading, anyone will tell you, most of the great traders    
               do NOT tag.  It wastes time.                                  
                                                                             
        TSA :  Yeah its true.  Like I said, it was Shatter Star / SImage     
               and DGT against AMN, and we won BTW. We dont see Darke        
                                                                             
               Covered this already.                                         
                                                                             
               on anymore sites ,and he was never on any good site,          
               its impossible that a DGT board couriers could beat the net   
               couriers of AMN.                                              
                                                                             
               Impossible?  I think you're trying to start another fight     
               between AMN and DGT.  I've made my peace with AMN, I've       
               accepted that we lost by 27 megs.  I can say that MGD and I   
               along well and we don't have many arguments anymore.  So if   
               you got any arguements get your ass on a site and beat me,    
               cause I haven't seen you on a top ten anywhere.               
                                                                             
    Defacto :  Well TSA thank you for your time. Is there anything else      
               that you would like to add before I let you go?               
                                                                             
               Thanks for a good laugh!                                      
                                                                             
        TSA :  Hehe yeah, about DGT: Guyz, at least say sorry for all        
               the shit you said about AMN, kuz you know that you cheated    
                                                                             
               I'm sorry, sorry to see you living in a dream world, don't    
               speak so soon.                                                
                                                                             
               and that we won by over than 600 megs, at less do it. For     
                                                                             
               You're downright delusional.                                  
                                                                             
               the rest of the net ;) : Happy Couriering, Leeching,          
               whatever! Have fun and.. That about it :) Amnesia, watch      
               us in action and you'll forget the "competition"              
                                                                             
               I have a comment as well, "Hey to all the AMN folks, and a    
               greet to Swamper, MGD, Darkside, Pericles, Prozac, Devast,    
               S_Mobius, Cyberjack, all those wacko's in DGT, and all the    
               siteops that make it all possible"                            
                                                                             
   
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         I like Defacto a lot because they have great ppl/articles and       
       because we can read it under desk View :) haha you are the only       
       mag that we do it, so I read more of Defacto than all of the other    
       mags... Good job guyz and continue!                                   
                                                   - TSA                     
                                                                             
       I like RCN a lot because we usually print articles that poke fun of   
       people being stupid.                                                  
                                                    -Frost                   
 
  No more!
  The crap rolls out your mouth again
  haven't changed you're brain's still gelatin
  Little Whispers circle around your head
  why don't you worry about yourself instead?
  Before you judge me take a look at you
  Can't you find something better to do?
  point the finger, slow to understand
  arrogance and ignorace go hand in hand
  It's not who you are it's who you know
  Other's lives are the basis of your own
  burn your bridges, build them back with wealth
  Judge not lest ye be judged yourself.
  Metallica
  Holier than Thou
  Metallica


                         
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     Author  : Kilmer                                                        
     Subject : In Defense of DCC                                             
                                                                             
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       There is this notion within many quarters of the scene, that DCC      
   couriering is not "real" couriering; that only the FTP/BBS world consist  
   of the "true" couriers.  This concept is bolstered by the fact of a good  
   number of generic start-up offer channels and the like.  But to toss out  
   the whole area of xDCC, because a few people trade lame is extremely      
   far-reaching.  And those who say "DCC is lame" are often hypocritial, as  
   numerous times, for fast distro, a new release is loaded as a pack and    
   sent to the FTP/BBS people in the channel.  Is DCC trading lame then?  I  
   think not.                                                                
                                                                             
       One of the biggest complaints against DCC'ing is that the couriers    
   can become "lazy" - i.e. loading a 5 pack and offering it for 3 weeks or  
   something.  But DCC couriering does not exist within a vacuum.  In order  
   for a real functional offer channel to survive, there needs to be some    
   sort of institutional backing.  The "do-it-for-kicks" style, coupled      
   with chit-chat, just doesn't cut it anymore because human nature tends    
   to wind that down.  As a result, in order to have a lasting offer         
   channel, one needs a "full-force" DCC team.                               
                                                                             
       The various procsses that a DCC'er has to go through to load a        
   simple 10 pack are rather extensive.  For example, sniffing out new runs  
   in various channels or grabbing the 0 day stuff from the FTPs,            
   downloading it, patching different releases from various sites,           
   re-zipping it in a manageable form, tagging, and then loading it va one   
   of the irc scripts is hard work.  And usually one offer bot/IRC process   
   is not enough.. and they must repeat it again the very next day.  And to  
   then be told that "DCC"ing is lame", that would make anyone's blood       
   boil.                                                                     
                                                                             
       And how does one really define couriering?  Is couriering simply the  
   fact of moving various files from one site or board to another?  Or can   
   one define couriering as the distribution of warez to the widest amount   
   of people?  What exactly is the gauge?  Given this formula, the trader's  
   DCC statistics during good release week can run a gig or more a day.. a   
   sum total for the week, as defined by the widest amount of people, can    
   easily rival any FTP upload statistics.  But these numbers are static,    
   and therefore one cannot easily quantify the "DCC spread", but            
   nonetheless, it is a major thrust, as evidenced by the popularity of the  
   major offer channels.                                                     
                                                                             
       The scene should not look on DCC or any other avenue as somehow       
   "less in value".  As a FTPer, I never yakked abou the BBS guys, when the  
   switch was turned on to the Internet, the fast ether of the FTP world     
   seemingly made trading by BBS "lame", but such is not the case, for as    
   we all know, the boards still have that certain element that a FTP        
   cannot give you.  And I don't care if a BBS gets telnet or not, it's      
   still a viable function; even 1 to 3 node local boards have their place.  
   And using the same logic, DCC's have that certain element that FTP's      
   cannot give you.                                                          
                                                                             
       XDCC'ing is but one avenue of trading.  The BBSes are for a gauge     
   guide on dupe checks and release runs; the FTP sites are for fast         
   sends/gets and the DCC's are for widespread distribution.  Each has its   
   place, and each has its function.                                         
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Thastuff                                                      
     Subject : Univers, Get it Straight..                                    
                                                                             
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       I am writing this shortly after I read the interview that was done    
   with Univers.  In that interview there were accusations made concerning   
   Skyscraper, Demon, and mostly me.  I would like to explain why we did     
   such a drastic thing to Univers, defend myself, and the other two, as     
   well as explain the merger with AOF (Arsenists on Fire) and COPS          
   (Couriers of Proven Software).                                            
                                                                             
       When I first came to AOF, I was as a coordinator between them and     
   fATE.  I was the one who got them hooked up with having fATE as their     
   official couriers.  At that time, AOF was in a really bad slump, but I    
   knew that if they had the backing of a courier group, that would insure   
   that AOF would be noticed and ulitmately survive.                         
                                                                             
       I was only a senior with AOF, but as time progressed I was doing a    
   lot of the work that other seniors, and vp's (yes it was so disorganised  
   that AOF had multiple vp's).  Univers noticed that and gave me a          
   promotion to being a vp.  No, I did not go on some power trip, I never    
   once controlled the group, I was just doing all the administrative work.  
   Meanwhile, Univers would stop by now and then, I guess just to boost his  
   ego.                                                                      
                                                                             
       During that time (I am not taking all the credit, the group had       
   GREAT members, but they just needed a good leader) the group had become   
   more skilled and was on it's way to become a contender with the other     
   larger groups.  This is where I would like to explain Univ's statement    
   about DOD duping us.  DOD did not dupe us, but we were accused of duping  
   them (Borland C++ v5.0 Febuary Beta).  But shortly after, the suppliers   
   went into a slump, and the leader did not his job.                        
                                                                             
       After consulting with Skyscraper, we decided (as two                  
   vice-presidents), that we needed full control of the group to make it     
   survive.  We had planned it for a couple weeks before it actually         
   happened, and during that time Demon was brought into it for additional   
   senior support.  Basically the seniors who did work, wanted to get rid    
   of those who didn't.                                                      
                                                                             
       Then came the magic day.  We had a program to release, but shortly    
   before I was done packaging it, some no-name group released it.           
   Obviously I stopped packaging it as there was no use releasing a dupe,    
   and told Univers I stopped packaging it.  He told me to keep packaging,   
   and I told him it would be a dupe (He knew that someone already released  
   it).  I simply stated that "I refuse to release it", and that's when he   
   said "You're fired!".                                                     
                                                                             
       Before I lost my place in the group I knew that the takeover had to   
   be done right then and there.  It was about an hour after the arguments   
   that Univers said, and I quote "thastuff, you can have AOF...  AND SHOVE  
   IT UP YOU ASS!", he left, and I think immediatly joined MTY as a senior   
   or something.                                                             
                                                                             
       Skyscrape, Demon, and I became the leaders of AOF, there weren't any  
   other vp's or seniors, and this made AOF much more politics free, and     
   easier to manage.  We made more releases, and for a couple weeks were     
   quite content.  But then real life stepped in, no matter how bad timing   
   it was, forced me to leave the scene for nearly a month.  I had less      
   then a week to do something with AOF so it didn't just die as a result    
   of all my actions.                                                        
                                                                             
       I had been approched by Endeavour (For the record, I have always      
   felt COPS was lame), to merge with COPS.  This was the best thing I       
   could do for the remaining AOF members.  I made the merge happen, got     
   all the AOF members a spot in COPS, and felt satisfied that I didn't do   
   the selfish thing and just leave.  That is when I resigned from COPS as   
   a senior, and dealt with life.                                            
                                                                             
       Now that this is all over, I would like to ask everyone who reads     
   interviews and articles that they are completely onesided.  Please don't  
   believe the first thing you read, but listen to both sides, and judge     
   for yourself what is right.  Everyone that knows me knows that I am far   
   from having an ego, and I have no need to go on power trips as Univers    
   described for you.  I don't want any wars with Univers, as it would be a  
   complete waste of time since he has no real place in the scene.  I got    
   him his place in the scene, and yes, with power, I took it away.          
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Tuxedo Mask                                                   
     Subject : Windows 95                                                    
                                                                             
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       The major hurdle to gaming on the PC has always been ease of use.     
   Installing DOS games has traditionally been even more difficult than      
   installing other PC software.  With multiple standards for video cards,   
   memory hassles created by DOS' 640kb basic memory limit, and the general  
   user-unfriendliness of the system, getting games to actually work is      
   sometimes more of a challenge than the games themselves.  Some DOS games  
   suffer a 35% or greater return rate to software stores simply because     
   they cannot be successfully installed on the user's hardware.             
                                                                             
       Developing games for a DOS-based PC results in similar nightmares,    
   as game programmers have to write routines for every single video card,   
   sound card, and possible system set-up in advance.  It's no surprise      
   that they often failed to cover all possible combinations.  And it's      
   similarly unsurprising that this has generally left PC games the strict   
   domain of hard-core gamers and computer enthusiasts.                      
                                                                             
       With Windows 95, Microsoft seeks to change all this.  Not only does   
   Windows 95 make installation easier, it also makes game development       
   easier, thanks to a series of developer APIs (Application Programming     
   Interface) and libraries known as the Game SDK (Software Development      
   Kit).  To get the Game SDK, developers must simply join the Microsoft     
   Developer's Network, which costs around $500 per year - about the cost    
   of goods of the CDs and manuals the average developer receives in that    
   time.  Microsoft then supplies these software libraries to game           
   developers, making the process of developing a game designed to wirk      
   within Windows 95 a whole lot easier.  The major component of the SDK is  
   the series of APIs known as DirectX.                                      
                                                                             
       The main complaint about developing for Windows is that, as a         
   program that puts a layer of software between the hardware and the user,  
   it simply cannot provde the performance needed for a high-speed game.     
   To get a game to run faster under Windows, developers generally have to   
   break all sorts of rules - resulting in the same basic headaches that     
   occur under DOS.  DirectX, by providing a set of standard APIs, fixes     
   some of this.  Microsoft has "broken the rules" of standard Windows       
   development to gain speed (such as DirectDraw's ability to write          
   straight to VRAM in a window).  And as long as developers stick to the    
   "broken rules" Microsoft has developed for the DirectX APIs (written in   
   extremely low-level code), everything will run fine.  The advance of      
   Moore's Law (which, pared down, says that hardware keeps getting faster   
   and cheaper) also has helped lessen complaints about performance under    
   Windows.                                                                  
                                                                             
       By writing to the DirectX specifications, developers can be sure      
   that their software will run on any PC running Windows 95.  Microsoft     
   takes care of the irritating task of developing drivers for all the       
   different types of hardware that the game might be played on, not to      
   mention doing extensive compatibility testing.  The time and effort       
   saved by being able to write to one spec also decreases development time  
   and cost.                                                                 
                                                                             
       More importantly than just making it easier to develop and play       
   games on a PC, the Direct X APIs make practical for the first time        
   something that has always been possible on PCs - Plugn 'n' Play, or       
   widespread support for a variety of novel hardware.  This is the          
   single-most exciting aspect of Windows 95 as a gaming platform, and it    
   is not an understatement to say that this could be the single-most        
   important advance in PC gaming technology in the last decade.             
                                                                             
       Until now, if a hardware developer created or implemented a new       
   technology, like 2D or 3D graphics acceleration, a new input device, a    
   new sound card, or anything that took the PC past the stock "vanilla"     
   stage, they would find that they had created an orphan technology, at     
   least as far as game developers are concerned.  Until the device gained   
   enough acceptance in the marketplace (until it sold enough units), few    
   companies would go through the trouble of writing the drivers to support  
   it.  Without the games, few upgrades would be sold, and few new           
   technologies were adopted.  For example, despite the fact that            
   practically every graphics card sold since the introduction of the 486    
   has had 2D graphics acceleration, few PC games have ever taken advantage  
   of it.                                                                    
                                                                             
       The only real advantage to emerge on the PC since the days of         
   Creative Labs' Sound Blaster card was the pathetic MPC (Multimedia PC),   
   a Windows-based standard developed at the dawn of the multimedia age.     
   With an MPC compliant PC, all you could really be sure of was that your   
   machine could run the latest and greatest encyclopedia CD-ROM, but        
   that's about it.  Snore.  Now that's all different.  With Microsoft       
   developing (or more correctly, having hardware manufacturers develop)     
   drivers for every hardware device conceivable, developers can now         
   blithely write to the spec and not worry about supporting various         
   hardware elements.  If additional hardware is there, DirectX will sense   
   and use it.  If not, the CPU will emulate the missing hardware, when      
   possible.  If you have no sound card, there's not much the DirectSound    
   is goiong to be able to do with a stock PC speaker.                       
                                                                             
       Not every developer, however, is totally thrilled with the Game SDK.  
   It's also important to note that because DirectX's features are present   
   in software, fairly powerful machines are needed to be able to take       
   advantage of DirectX in any practical way.  It's clear that with the      
   introduction and continued support of the DirectX APIs (which were        
   developed with strong input from leading PC game companies), Microsoft    
   is making an intense effort to support Windows 95 as a game platform.     
   In the short term, the reason why is equally clear.  Despite what people  
   say to themselves to justify the purchase of an expensive home PC, games  
   are the most popular home application, by far.  To ensure that Windows    
   95 is accepted as an OS in the home, then, there must be a game presence  
   in it.  Especially considering that first-tiem buyers of home PCs are     
   far less likely to withstand rigors of installing a DOS game.  As this    
   all passes, the PC market is guaranteed to see more game titles released  
   native to Windows 95, and as a result, more games released by the top     
   games groups will also be native to Windows 95.                           
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Rebel Chicken                                                 
     Subject : Group Reviews : Games                                         
                                                                             
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       Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review!   
   Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene.    
   Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!      
   It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you     
   will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity.  Let's      
   review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases.  The following    
   is the scoring basis I'll be using :                                      
                                                                             
   Points :                                                                  
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   [-3] The game didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72      
        hours.  The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack  
        or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.                                
                                                                             
   [ 1] The game was a dupe or freeware,                                     
                                                                             
   [ 2] Unsatisfactory,                                                      
                                                                             
   [ 3] Average,                                                             
                                                                             
   [ 4] Above Average, and                                                   
                                                                             
   [ 5] Excellent!                                                           
                                                                             
       A group may lose points the following week and have their releases    
   labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points).  If the    
   group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit   
   accordingly.  If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the        
   game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the   
   3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned.  If a group    
   releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3  
   points back, but get no more.  Betas may receive no more than 3 points.   
                                                                             
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               Dates of Games Reviewed : 05/02/96 -> 05/08/96              
     
                                                                             
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   Filename : PAINTB-1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-04-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
         Lemmings Paintball for Windows 95          Previous Total : 0       
               (c) Psygnosis - [1/3]                Release Score  : -3      
               ___                                  Running Total  : -3      
       ______ /  /_______________________                                    
      /___  //  /  \___  \____  \______  \                                   
      \_/ _  \__   / _ __// _ __/ \/  /  /\                                  
       /  /  / /  /  / \ /  / \/  /  /  / /                                  
      /__/  /____/_____//__/  /__/_____/ /                                   
      \_/__/\____\\____\\_/__/\__\_____\/                                    
   -----\__\/-------------\__\/(-hoson-)-----                                
                                                                             
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   Filename : LBALLCRK.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-03-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
             /\.                                    Previous Total : 0       
     . ____ /  >______.  . _____.____ ____:.        Release Score  : 3       
    .: \   \  /_\___. \__::>   /:\   Y   /'96:.     Running Total  : 3       
    :: / .   /  \|  __/  \:/  /__/       \ .:                                
     ./  \__/ "  \  >  "  <______>  \_/___>:                                 
    `<  /:<___\___>/___\___>.  <_____>:.  :.                                 
      \/  .:.    |/:. .:.mr!  .:. .::  .                                     
       Lemmings Paintball For Win95 CRACK                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : NPMCHAO1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-08-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
             /\.                                    Previous Total : 3       
     . ____ /  >______.  . _____.____ ____:.        Release Score  : 4       
    .: \   \  /_\___. \__::>   /:\   Y   /'96:.     Running Total  : 7       
    :: / .   /  \|  __/  \:/  /__/       \ .:                                
     ./  \__/ "  \  >  "  <______>  \_/___>:                                 
    `<  /:<___\___>/___\___>.  <_____>:.  :.                                 
      \/  .:.    |/:. .:.mr!  .:. .::  .                                     
        CHAOS OVERLORDS FOR WINDOWS '95                                      
         (c) NEW WORLD COMPUTING [1/5]                                       
                                                                             
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   Filename : --                  Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : --                  Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 0       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 0       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 0       
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Filename : --                  Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : --                  Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
                                                    Previous Total : 0       
   _ ________________________  _____ ________ _     Release Score  : 0       
    \\_____  \_____  \_____  \/  .  \\_____  \\     Running Total  : 0       
   dZG/\   __//  _   |/  ____/.  |   \/\   __/                               
    _/  \   \/   /_ _/   /_   |  !  _/  \   \                                
    \____\   \______\_________|_____\____\   \_                              
   =======\___/===1911CDDIVISION======\___/                              
                                                                             
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   Filename : RORCCW21.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-02-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    COMMAND & CONQUER/WARCRAFT 2 TOOLKIT [1/7]      Previous Total : 0       
               (c) WALNUT CREEK                     Release Score  : 2       
   _____________________________________________    Running Total  : 2       
   \__   - ________        ./__   - ________                             
   __/         \\__/     -   \\ /         \\__/                              
   \__     |    \\__          \\__    |    \\__                              
     /_____|      ./_____________./___|      ./                              
   [=======|______/===================|______/=]                             
   [================================[05/02/96]=]                             
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   Filename : RORPTG1.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-04-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
          POWER: THE GAME (c) IBM [1/6]             Previous Total : 2       
   _____________________________________________    Release Score  : 3       
   \__   - ________        ./__   - ________    Running Total  : 5       
   __/         \\__/     -   \\ /         \\__/                              
   \__     |    \\__          \\__    |    \\__                              
     /_____|      ./_____________./___|      ./                              
   [=======|______/===================|______/=]                             
   [================================[05/04/96]=]                             
                                                                             
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   Filename : RORCY201.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-05-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     CYBERIA 2: RESURRECTION (c) VIRGIN [01/33]     Previous Total : 5       
   _____________________________________________    Release Score  : -3      
   \__   - ________        ./__   - ________    Running Total  : 2       
   __/         \\__/     -   \\ /         \\__/                              
   \__     |    \\__          \\__    |    \\__                              
     /_____|      ./_____________./___|      ./                              
   [=======|______/===================|______/=]                             
   [================================[05/05/96]=]                             
                                                                             
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                             Score Chart : Games                             
                                                                             
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    HBD   -3                                                            
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    NPM   7                                                
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    PSG   0                                                             
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    RZR   0                                                             
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    ROR   2                                                          
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                          Average Score Per Release :                        
                          ---------------------------                        
                                                                             
                                Napalm - [3.5]                               
                           Release on Rampage [0.7]                          
                                Hybrid - [0.0]                               
                                Prestige [0.0]                               
                              Razor 1911 - [0.0]                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Rebel Chicken                                                 
     Subject : Group Reviews : Games                                         
                                                                             
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 ͻ
                                                                             
       Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review!   
   Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene.    
   Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!      
   It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you     
   will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity.  Let's      
   review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases.  The following    
   is the scoring basis I'll be using :                                      
                                                                             
   Points :                                                                  
   --------                                                                  
                                                                             
   [-3] The game didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72      
        hours.  The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack  
        or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.                                
                                                                             
   [ 1] The game was a dupe or freeware,                                     
                                                                             
   [ 2] Unsatisfactory,                                                      
                                                                             
   [ 3] Average,                                                             
                                                                             
   [ 4] Above Average, and                                                   
                                                                             
   [ 5] Excellent!                                                           
                                                                             
       A group may lose points the following week and have their releases    
   labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points).  If the    
   group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit   
   accordingly.  If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the        
   game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the   
   3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned.  If a group    
   releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3  
   points back, but get no more.  Betas may receive no more than 3 points.   
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
               Dates of Games Reviewed : 05/09/96 -> 05/15/96              
     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : POY-1.ZIP           Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-11-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     Player of the Year (c) Krisalis - [1/4]        Previous Total : 0       
               ___                                  Release Score  : 3       
       ______ /  /_______________________           Running Total  : 3       
      /___  //  /  \___  \____  \______  \                                   
      \_/ _  \__   / _ __// _ __/ \/  /  /\                                  
       /  /  / /  /  / \ /  / \/  /  /  / /                                  
      /__/  /____/_____//__/  /__/_____/ /                                   
      \_/__/\____\\____\\_/__/\__\_____\/                                    
   -----\__\/-------------\__\/(-hoson-)-----                                
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : NPMT9601.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-11-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
             /\.                                    Previous Total : 0       
     . ____ /  >______.  . _____.____ ____:.        Release Score  : 2       
    .: \   \  /_\___. \__::>   /:\   Y   /'96:.     Running Total  : 2       
    :: / .   /  \|  __/  \:/  /__/       \ .:                                
     ./  \__/ "  \  >  "  <______>  \_/___>:                                 
    `<  /:<___\___>/___\___>.  <_____>:.  :.                                 
      \/  .:.    |/:. .:.mr!  .:. .::  .                                     
     TONY LA RUSSA BASEBALL 3: 1996 EDITION                                  
        (c) STORMFRONT STUDIOS [01/35]                                       
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : NPMTSP01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-13-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
             /\.                                    Previous Total : 2       
     . ____ /  >______.  . _____.____ ____:.        Release Score  : 2       
    .: \   \  /_\___. \__::>   /:\   Y   /'96:.     Running Total  : 4       
    :: / .   /  \|  __/  \:/  /__/       \ .:                                
     ./  \__/ "  \  >  "  <______>  \_/___>:                                 
    `<  /:<___\___>/___\___>.  <_____>:.  :.                                 
      \/  .:.    |/:. .:.mr!  .:. .::  .                                     
     TONY LA RUSSA BASEBALL 3: 1996 EDITION                                  
        *OPTIONAL SPEECH PACK* [01/44]                                       
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
                                                                             
   Filename : PSG-EWJ1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-09-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 0       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 5       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 5       
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
    EARTH WORM JIM II (c) RAINBOW ARTS  [01/05]                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PSG-ST01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-09-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 5       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 4       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 9       
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
              STRIFE (c) Velocity         [1/27]                             
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PSGWAR01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-13-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 9       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 5       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 14      
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
   THE WAR COLLEGE (c) GameTek!          [01/30]                             
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : BI222W01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-09-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
      Battle Isle 2220 (c) BlueByte   [01/30]       Previous Total : 0       
   _ ________________________  _____ ________ _     Release Score  : 4       
    \\_____  \_____  \_____  \/  .  \\_____  \\     Running Total  : 4       
   dZG/\   __//  _   |/  ____/.  |   \/\   __/                               
    _/  \   \/   /_ _/   /_   |  !  _/  \   \                                
    \____\   \______\_________|_____\____\   \_                              
   =======\___/===1911CDDIVISION======\___/                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : WC2EXP01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-10-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Warcraft II: Beyond The Dark Portal  [01/14]     Previous Total : 4       
   _ ________________________  _____ ________ _     Release Score  : 5       
    \\_____  \_____  \_____  \/  .  \\_____  \\     Running Total  : 9       
   dZG/\   __//  _   |/  ____/.  |   \/\   __/                               
    _/  \   \/   /_ _/   /_   |  !  _/  \   \                                
    \____\   \______\_________|_____\____\   \_                              
   =======\___/===1911CDDIVISION======\___/                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : TYRIAN1.ZIP        Fix name : --                               
   Filedate : 5-11-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
        Tyrian (c) EPIC Mega Games  [01/04]         Previous Total : 9       
   _ ________________________  _____ ________ _     Release Score  : 3       
    \\_____  \_____  \_____  \/  .  \\_____  \\     Running Total  : 12      
   dZG/\   __//  _   |/  ____/.  |   \/\   __/                               
    _/  \   \/   /_ _/   /_   |  !  _/  \   \                                
    \____\   \______\_________|_____\____\   \_                              
   =======\___/===1911CDDIVISION======\___/                              
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : --                  Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : --                  Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
                                                    Previous Total : 0       
   _____________________________________________    Release Score  : 0       
   \__   - ________        ./__   - ________    Running Total  : 0       
   __/         \\__/     -   \\ /         \\__/                              
   \__     |    \\__          \\__    |    \\__                              
     /_____|      ./_____________./___|      ./                              
   [=======|______/===================|______/=]                             
   [================================[  /  /96]=]                             
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
                             Score Chart : Games                             
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
        ͻ   
    HBD   3                                                        
        ͹   
    NPM   4                                                      
        ͹   
    PSG   14                                 
        ͹   
    RZR   12                                     
        ͹   
    ROR   0                                                             
        ͼ   
     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
                          Average Score Per Release :                        
                          ---------------------------                        
                                                                             
                               Prestige - [4.7]                              
                              Razor 1911 - [4.0]                             
                                Hybrid - [3.0]                               
                                Napalm - [1.0]                               
                           Release on Rampage [0.0]                          
                                                                             
                                                                             
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      r c n                        
                     ۰        
 ݰ    ߰ ް   ݰ     
  ܰ                         
                               ߰ܰ
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                                              r e v i e w s !

 ͻ
                                                                             
     Author  : Rebel Chicken                                                 
     Subject : Group Reviews : Games                                         
                                                                             
 ͼ

 ͻ
                                                                             
       Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review!   
   Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene.    
   Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!      
   It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you     
   will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity.  Let's      
   review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases.  The following    
   is the scoring basis I'll be using :                                      
                                                                             
   Points :                                                                  
   --------                                                                  
                                                                             
   [-3] The game didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72      
        hours.  The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack  
        or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.                                
                                                                             
   [ 1] The game was a dupe or freeware,                                     
                                                                             
   [ 2] Unsatisfactory,                                                      
                                                                             
   [ 3] Average,                                                             
                                                                             
   [ 4] Above Average, and                                                   
                                                                             
   [ 5] Excellent!                                                           
                                                                             
       A group may lose points the following week and have their releases    
   labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points).  If the    
   group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit   
   accordingly.  If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the        
   game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the   
   3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned.  If a group    
   releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3  
   points back, but get no more.  Betas may receive no more than 3 points.   
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
               Dates of Games Reviewed : 05/16/96 -> 05/22/96              
     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : RFIRE-1.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-22-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    Return Fire (c) Time Warner Int. - [1/6]        Previous Total : 0       
               ___                                  Release Score  : 5       
       ______ /  /_______________________           Running Total  : 5       
      /___  //  /  \___  \____  \______  \                                   
      \_/ _  \__   / _ __// _ __/ \/  /  /\                                  
       /  /  / /  /  / \ /  / \/  /  /  / /                                  
      /__/  /____/_____//__/  /__/_____/ /                                   
      \_/__/\____\\____\\_/__/\__\_____\/                                    
   -----\__\/-------------\__\/(-hoson-)-----                                
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : --                  Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : --                  Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
             /\.                                    Previous Total : 0       
     . ____ /  >______.  . _____.____ ____:.        Release Score  : 0       
    .: \   \  /_\___. \__::>   /:\   Y   /'96:.     Running Total  : 0       
    :: / .   /  \|  __/  \:/  /__/       \ .:                                
     ./  \__/ "  \  >  "  <______>  \_/___>:                                 
    `<  /:<___\___>/___\___>.  <_____>:.  :.                                 
      \/  .:.    |/:. .:.mr!  .:. .::  .                                     
                                                                             
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : PSG-NOM1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-16-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 0       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 4       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 4       
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
    NORMALITY (c) GREMLIN INTERACTIVE  [01/22]                               
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PSG-TOSH.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-17-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 4       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 5       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 9       
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
   BATTLE ARENA: TOSHINDEN (c) Playmates [01/09]                             
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PSG-MAY01.ZIP       Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-18-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 9       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 5       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 14      
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
   TOTAL MAYHEM (c) Domark/Formgen!      [01/22]                             
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PSG-SE01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-20-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 14      
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 3       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 17      
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
   SENSIBLE WORLD OFF SOCCER EURO 96 EDIT  [1/6]                             
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PSG-TKB1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-21-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 17      
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 4       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 21      
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
   Total Knockout Championship Female Boxing [1/11]                          
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : MM2TT01.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-19-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Micro Machines 2 Tournament Edition  [01/10]     Previous Total : 0       
   _ ________________________  _____ ________ _     Release Score  : 4       
    \\_____  \_____  \_____  \/  .  \\_____  \\     Running Total  : 4       
   dZG/\   __//  _   |/  ____/.  |   \/\   __/                               
    _/  \   \/   /_ _/   /_   |  !  _/  \   \                                
    \____\   \______\_________|_____\____\   \_                              
   =======\___/===1911CDDIVISION======\___/                              
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : --                  Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : --                  Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
                                                    Previous Total : 0       
   _____________________________________________    Release Score  : 0       
   \__   - ________        ./__   - ________    Running Total  : 0       
   __/         \\__/     -   \\ /         \\__/                              
   \__     |    \\__          \\__    |    \\__                              
     /_____|      ./_____________./___|      ./                              
   [=======|______/===================|______/=]                             
   [================================[  /  /96]=]                             
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
                             Score Chart : Games                             
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
        ͻ   
    HBD   5                                                    
        ͹   
    NPM   0                                                             
        ͹   
    PSG   21                   
        ͹   
    RZR   4                                                      
        ͹   
    ROR   0                                                             
        ͼ   
     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
                          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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      ܰ                      ߰            
      r c n                        
                     ۰        
 ݰ    ߰ ް   ݰ     
  ܰ                         
                               ߰ܰ
                        ߰                        ߰
                                              r e v i e w s !

 ͻ
                                                                             
     Author  : Rebel Chicken                                                 
     Subject : Group Reviews : Games                                         
                                                                             
 ͼ

 ͻ
                                                                             
       Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review!   
   Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene.    
   Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!      
   It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you     
   will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity.  Let's      
   review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases.  The following    
   is the scoring basis I'll be using :                                      
                                                                             
   Points :                                                                  
   --------                                                                  
                                                                             
   [-3] The game didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72      
        hours.  The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack  
        or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.                                
                                                                             
   [ 1] The game was a dupe or freeware,                                     
                                                                             
   [ 2] Unsatisfactory,                                                      
                                                                             
   [ 3] Average,                                                             
                                                                             
   [ 4] Above Average, and                                                   
                                                                             
   [ 5] Excellent!                                                           
                                                                             
       A group may lose points the following week and have their releases    
   labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points).  If the    
   group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit   
   accordingly.  If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the        
   game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the   
   3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned.  If a group    
   releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3  
   points back, but get no more.  Betas may receive no more than 3 points.   
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
               Dates of Games Reviewed : 05/23/96 -> 05/29/96              
     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : --                  Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : --                  Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
                                                    Previous Total : 0       
               ___                                  Release Score  : 0       
       ______ /  /_______________________           Running Total  : 0       
      /___  //  /  \___  \____  \______  \                                   
      \_/ _  \__   / _ __// _ __/ \/  /  /\                                  
       /  /  / /  /  / \ /  / \/  /  /  / /                                  
      /__/  /____/_____//__/  /__/_____/ /                                   
      \_/__/\____\\____\\_/__/\__\_____\/                                    
   -----\__\/-------------\__\/(-hoson-)-----                                
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : --                  Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : --                  Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
            /\.                                     Previous Total : 0       
    . ____ /  >______.  . _____.____ ____:.         Release Score  : 0       
   .: \   \  /_\___. \__::>   /:\   Y   /'96:.      Running Total  : 0       
   :: / .   /  \|  __/  \:/  /__/       \ .:                                 
    ./  \__/ "  \  >  "  <______>  \_/___>:                                  
   `<  /:<___\___>/___\___>.  <_____>:.  :.                                  
     \/  .:.    |/:. .:.mr!  .:. .::  .                                      
                                                                             
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : PSGBGW01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-23-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 0       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 5       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 5       
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
   Battleground III: Waterloo (c)TalonSoft 01/36                             
   +------------------------------------------+                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PSG-PTO1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-24-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 5       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 3       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 8       
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
   Pacific Theater of Operations 2 for Win 01/04                             
   +------------------------------------------+                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PSGWIZ01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-25-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 8       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 4       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 12      
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
   Wizardry GOLD (c) Sir-Tech           [01/14]                              
   +------------------------------------------+                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PSGEJD1.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-27-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 12      
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 3       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 15      
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
           Earth Worm Jim 1 for DOS       [1/6]                              
   +------------------------------------------+                              
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : JPRDY01.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-24-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
          Jeopardy: Platinum Edition   [01/08]      Previous Total : 0       
   _ ________________________  _____ ________ _     Release Score  : 3       
    \\_____  \_____  \_____  \/  .  \\_____  \\     Running Total  : 3       
   dZG/\   __//  _   |/  ____/.  |   \/\   __/                               
    _/  \   \/   /_ _/   /_   |  !  _/  \   \                                
    \____\   \______\_________|_____\____\   \_                              
   =======\___/===1911CDDIVISION======\___/                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   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/\   __//  _   |/  ____/.  |   \/\   __/                               
    _/  \   \/   /_ _/   /_   |  !  _/  \   \                                
    \____\   \______\_________|_____\____\   \_                              
   =======\___/===1911CDDIVISION======\___/                              
                                                                             
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   Filename : --                  Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : --                  Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
                                                    Previous Total : 0       
   _____________________________________________    Release Score  : 0       
   \__   - ________        ./__   - ________    Running Total  : 0       
   __/         \\__/     -   \\ /         \\__/                              
   \__     |    \\__          \\__    |    \\__                              
     /_____|      ./_____________./___|      ./                              
   [=======|______/===================|______/=]                             
   [================================[  /  /96]=]                             
                                                                             
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                             Score Chart : Games                             
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
        ͻ   
    HBD   0                                                             
        ͹   
    NPM   0                                                             
        ͹   
    PSG   15                               
        ͹   
    RZR   6                                                  
        ͹   
    ROR   0                                                             
        ͼ   
     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
                          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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 ͻ
                                                                             
     Author  : Rebel Chicken                                                 
     Subject : Group Reviews : Games                                         
                                                                             
 ͼ
 ͻ
                                                                             
       The following is a chart combining the total points of the top 5      
   games groups within the past 4 weeks :                                    
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
            APR     MAY     MAY     MAY     Total                          
         ͻ    
     HBD  -3/1    3/1    5/1    0/0     5/3    5.0  0.0  -5.0     
         ͹    
     NPM   7/2    4/2    0/0    0/0    11/4    0.0  0.0   0.0     
         ͹    
     PSG   0/0   14/3   21/5   15/4    50/12   4.2  3.8  -0.4     
         ͹    
     RZR   0/0   12/3    4/1    6/2    22/6    4.0  3.0  -1.0     
         ͹    
     ROR   2/3    0/0    0/0    0/0     2/3    0.0  0.0   0.0     
         ͼ    
                                                                      
               # of Releases      Last Week's Yield                   
             # of Points                 This Week's Yield              
                                                   Change in Yield        
     
     Yield             = # of Points / # of Releases                         
     Change in Yield   = Current Week's Yield - Previous Week's Yield        
                                                                             
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 ͻ
                                                                             
     Author  : Rebel Chicken                                                 
     Subject : Group Reviews : Utils                                         
                                                                             
 ͼ

 ͻ
                                                                             
       Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review!   
   Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene.    
   Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!      
   It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you     
   will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity.  Let's      
   review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases.  The following    
   is the scoring basis I'll be using :                                      
                                                                             
   Points :                                                                  
   --------                                                                  
                                                                             
   [-3] The util didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72      
        hours.  The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack  
        or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.                                
                                                                             
   [ 1] The util was a dupe or freeware,                                     
                                                                             
   [ 2] Unsatisfactory,                                                      
                                                                             
   [ 3] Average,                                                             
                                                                             
   [ 4] Above Average, and                                                   
                                                                             
   [ 5] Excellent!                                                           
                                                                             
       A group may lose points the following week and have their releases    
   labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points).  If the    
   group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit   
   accordingly.  If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the        
   util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the   
   3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned.  If a group    
   releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3  
   points back, but get no more.  Betas may receive no more than 3 points.   
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
               Dates of Utils Reviewed : 05/02/96 -> 05/08/96              
     
                                                                             
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   Filename : DODALIB1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 4-23-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    ALIBABA 2.0 WEB SERVER FOR WIN95/NT [01/04]     Previous Total : 0       
    _______________ ____________ ____________       Release Score  : 3       
    \_    ___      \_  ___      \   ___      \_     Running Total  : 3       
   _/      l/       /  l/       /    l/       /                              
   \______ /       /   /       /____ /       /|                              
   ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/==                              
   (*) D r i n k   O r   D i e  1 9 9 6 (*)                              
   ===================== [ DOD * 03-May-96 ] ==                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : DODQLAW1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-03-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   QUICKEN FAMILY LAWYER (c) QUICKEN    [01/02]     Previous Total : 5       
    _______________ ____________ ____________       Release Score  : 5       
    \_    ___      \_  ___      \   ___      \_     Running Total  : 10      
   _/      l/       /  l/       /    l/       /                              
   \______ /       /   /       /____ /       /|                              
   ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/==                              
   (*) D r i n k   O r   D i e  1 9 9 6 (*)                              
   ===================== [ DOD * 03-May-96 ] ==                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : DODSPROM.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-03-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   SPEEDYROM v1.0 WIN'95 (c) QUARTERDECK  [1/1]     Previous Total : 10      
    _______________ ____________ ____________       Release Score  : 5       
    \_    ___      \_  ___      \   ___      \_     Running Total  : 15      
   _/      l/       /  l/       /    l/       /                              
   \______ /       /   /       /____ /       /|                              
   ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/==                              
   (*) D r i n k   O r   D i e  1 9 9 6 (*)                              
   ===================== [ DOD * 03-May-96 ] ==                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : DOD16PI1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-06-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    PRIMASOFT I-NET ORGANIZER FOR WIN31 [01/03]     Previous Total : 15      
    _______________ ____________ ____________       Release Score  : 3       
    \_    ___      \_  ___      \   ___      \_     Running Total  : 18      
   _/      l/       /  l/       /    l/       /                              
   \______ /       /   /       /____ /       /|                              
   ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/==                              
   (*) D r i n k   O r   D i e  1 9 9 6 (*)                              
   ===================== [ DOD * 06-Mar-96 ] ==                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : DOD32PI1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-06-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    PRIMASOFT I-NET ORGANIZER FOR WIN95 [01/03]     Previous Total : 18      
    _______________ ____________ ____________       Release Score  : 3       
    \_    ___      \_  ___      \   ___      \_     Running Total  : 21      
   _/      l/       /  l/       /    l/       /                              
   \______ /       /   /       /____ /       /|                              
   ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/==                              
   (*) D r i n k   O r   D i e  1 9 9 6 (*)                              
   ===================== [ DOD * 06-Mar-96 ] ==                              
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYMWA01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-02-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
      Toolworks Multimedia World Atlas              Previous Total : 0       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 3       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 3       
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/11]\_____\_______>[05/02/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYPCSUN.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-02-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
          Perl-CCI for SunBSD 4.1.3                 Previous Total : 3       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 3       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 6       
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/02/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYNT289.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-04-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
          NetTerm 2.8.9 Release 3                   Previous Total : 6       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 2       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 8       
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/04/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYCRTB5.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-05-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
           CRT 1.1 Beta Release 5                   Previous Total : 8       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 3       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 11      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/05/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYKCD1.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-06-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Key Calendar Designer For Windows  [1/4]         Previous Total : 11      
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 3       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 14      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/04]\_____\_______>[05/06/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYNT29A.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-07-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
           Net Term 2.9.0 16 Bit                    Previous Total : 14      
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 2       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 16      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/07/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYNT29B.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-07-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
           Net Term 2.9.0 32 Bit                    Previous Total : 16      
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 2       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 18      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/07/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWAEMP01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-04-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Empower Ver. 1.4.16 Win 3.1 [1/8]                Previous Total : 0       
                                           Release Score  : 3       
           A Group                Running Total  : 3       
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeN                                         
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PWASOFTC.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-04-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   SoftCode For PowerBasic 3.2 [01/01]              Previous Total : 3       
                                           Release Score  : 3       
           A Group                Running Total  : 6       
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeNf                                        
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PWASOFTD.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-04-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   SoftDemo For PowerBasic 3.2 [01/01]              Previous Total : 6       
                                           Release Score  : 3       
           A Group                Running Total  : 9       
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeNf                                        
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PWASPSCR.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-04-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   SpeedScreen For PowerBasic 3.2 [01/01]           Previous Total : 9       
                                           Release Score  : 3       
           A Group                Running Total  : 12      
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeNf                                        
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWAFRCST.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-05-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   FourCast v96.1 for Win3.1/Win95/WinNT            Previous Total : 12      
                                           Release Score  : 3       
           A Group                Running Total  : 15      
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                   DK       -XeN                                         
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : WFF3PWA1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-05-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   WorkFlo Fax 3.0 Beta 1       [01/22]             Previous Total : 15      
                                           Release Score  : 3       
           A Group                Running Total  : 18      
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                   DK       -XeN                                         
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PWADCS01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-06-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Delrina CommSuite 95 7.0.2 [01/25]               Previous Total : 18      
                                           Release Score  : 5       
           A Group                Running Total  : 23      
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeN                                         
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PWAITF01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-06-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Imagineer Technical v1.0 FINAL  [01/73]          Previous Total : 23      
   Win95/NT Technical Drawing Software              Release Score  : 4       
                                           Running Total  : 27      
           A Group                                         
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                    [DL]    -XeN                                         
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PWAMW71D.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-06-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   MultiEdit v7.10d for Win/Win95  [1/1]            Previous Total : 27      
                                           Release Score  : 3       
           A Group                Running Total  : 30      
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                    [DL]    -XeN                                         
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PWAWEBTR.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-08-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   WebTrends 1.04 cracked for 3.1/95/NT             Previous Total : 30      
                                           Release Score  : 3       
           A Group                Running Total  : 33      
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeNf                                        
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : RBS-ADM.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-02-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    IBM AntiVirus for OS/2 Admin. v2.5 b2           Previous Total : 0       
     _____________________________ __[1/1]          Release Score  : 2       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 2       
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : RBS-AVB.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-02-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    IBM Antivirus v2.5 beta 2 for OS/2 Warp         Previous Total : 2       
     _____________________________ __[01/01]        Release Score  : 2       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 4       
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : RBS-BS01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-03-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   MacroMedia Backstage Pre-Release FULL CD         Previous Total : 4       
     ________________________________[01/55]        Release Score  : 5       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 9       
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : RBS-TCP4.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-03-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     OS/2 TCP/IP Stack Version 4.0 Beta             Previous Total : 9       
     _____________________________ __[01/01]        Release Score  : 3       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 12      
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : RBS-ADNT.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-04-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   IBM ANTIVIRUS 2.5 BETA 2 for Win NT Admin        Previous Total : 12      
     _____________________________ __[01/01]        Release Score  : 2       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 14      
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : RBS-AV95.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-04-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     IBM AntiVirus v2.5 beta 2 for Win95            Previous Total : 14      
     _____________________________ __[01/01]        Release Score  : 2       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 16      
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : RBS-AVNT.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-04-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     IBM AntiVirus v2.5 beta 2 for WinNT            Previous Total : 16      
     _____________________________ __[01/01]        Release Score  : 2       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 18      
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : RBS-ADW1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-07-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     IBM AntiVirus v2.5 b2 for DOS/Win 3.x          Previous Total : 18      
     _____________________________ __[01/02]        Release Score  : 2       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 20      
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : RBS-AV1.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-07-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    Dr Solomons AntiVirus 7.58 *WIN95*              Previous Total : 20      
     _____________________________ __[01/03]        Release Score  : 3       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 23      
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : RBS-SMT1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-08-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    SmarTerm 470 V 4.0B (C) Persoft                 Previous Total : 23      
     _____________________________ __[01/04]        Release Score  : 3       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 26      
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : XF-LW50.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-03-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
       LIGHTWAVE 3D V5.0B FROM NEWTEK INC.          Previous Total : 0       
   [01/01]       Release Score  : 5       
                     Running Total  : 5       
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   Filedate : 5-04-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
         DEC Altavista Firewall -Beta-              Previous Total : 5       
   [01/21]       Release Score  : 3       
                     Running Total  : 8       
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   Filename : XF-INTER.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-04-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Interchange 3D v3.0A - 3D OBJECT CONVERTER       Previous Total : 8       
   [01/01]       Release Score  : 3       
                     Running Total  : 11      
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   Filename : XF-POSER.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-04-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    Fractal Design Poser v1.03 Update [.EXE]        Previous Total : 11      
   [01/01]       Release Score  : 1       
                     Running Total  : 12      
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   Filedate : 5-06-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   CSC FASTCACHE SCSI BACKUP V1.00 F/WIN95          Previous Total : 12      
   [01/01]       Release Score  : 3       
                     Running Total  : 15      
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   QFX v5.21 Digital Imaging Package [32-bit]       Previous Total : 15      
   [01/03]       Release Score  : 4       
                     Running Total  : 19      
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                             Score Chart : Utils                             
                                                                             
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    DOD   21                                        
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    MTY   18                                           
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    PWA   33                            
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    RBS   26                                   
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    X-F   19                                          
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                          Average Score Per Release :                        
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                             Drink or Die - [4.2]                            
                        Pirates with Attitudes - [3.3]                       
                                X-Force - [3.2]                              
                               Mortality - [2.6]                             
                                Rebels - [2.6]                               
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Rebel Chicken                                                 
     Subject : Group Reviews : Utils                                         
                                                                             
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       Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review!   
   Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene.    
   Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!      
   It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you     
   will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity.  Let's      
   review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases.  The following    
   is the scoring basis I'll be using :                                      
                                                                             
   Points :                                                                  
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   [-3] The util didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72      
        hours.  The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack  
        or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.                                
                                                                             
   [ 1] The util was a dupe or freeware,                                     
                                                                             
   [ 2] Unsatisfactory,                                                      
                                                                             
   [ 3] Average,                                                             
                                                                             
   [ 4] Above Average, and                                                   
                                                                             
   [ 5] Excellent!                                                           
                                                                             
       A group may lose points the following week and have their releases    
   labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points).  If the    
   group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit   
   accordingly.  If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the        
   util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the   
   3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned.  If a group    
   releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3  
   points back, but get no more.  Betas may receive no more than 3 points.   
                                                                             
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               Dates of Utils Reviewed : 05/09/96 -> 05/15/96              
     
                                                                             
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   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       
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   ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/==                              
   (*) D r i n k   O r   D i e  1 9 9 6 (*)                              
   ===================== [ DOD * 11-May-96 ] ==                              
                                                                             
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   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 ] ==                              
                                                                             
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   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 ] ==                              
                                                                             
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   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      
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   ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/==                              
   (*) D r i n k   O r   D i e  1 9 9 6 (*)                              
   ===================== [ DOD * 15-MAY-96 ] ==                              
                                                                             
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   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      
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   ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/==                              
   (*) D r i n k   O r   D i e  1 9 9 6 (*)                              
   ===================== [ DOD * 15-May-96 ] ==                              
                                                                             
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   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       
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    \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\                             
       Released: [05-10-96]   Mortality 96!                                  
                                                                             
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   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!                                  
                                                                             
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   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       
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   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
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   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      
      __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                   
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   Filename : MTYWMUP1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-11-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   WebMedia Publisher Pro 3.0 Release Update 1      Previous Total : 12      
         ______.______._____._____._____            Release Score  : 1       
       <      >    __/     \__   <     \          Running Total  : 13      
      __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                   
     \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                    
     (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/11/96]==)                                  
                                                                             
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   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      
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   (==[01/45]\_____\_______>[05/12/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   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      
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    \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\                             
       Released: [05-14-96]   Mortality 96!                                  
                                                                             
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   Filedate : 5-14-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
       Sax Comm Objects Professional  [1/1]         Previous Total : 18      
   ___________________________    _____________     Release Score  : 2       
   \_  |  _/  \  _ \____/  \  \  / \___ ___/ / \    Running Total  : 20      
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    \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\                             
       Released: [05-14-96]   Mortality 96!                                  
                                                                             
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   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!                                  
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYWEB16.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-14-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
        Sax Webster Control 16 Bit  [1/1]           Previous Total : 22      
   ___________________________    _____________     Release Score  : 2       
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       Released: [05-14-96]   Mortality 96!                                  
                                                                             
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   Filedate : 5-14-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
        Sax Webster Control 32 Bit  [1/1]           Previous Total : 24      
   ___________________________    _____________     Release Score  : 2       
   \_  |  _/  \  _ \____/  \  \  / \___ ___/ / \    Running Total  : 26      
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       Released: [05-14-96]   Mortality 96!                                  
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTY-CYBS.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-15-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    CyberSitter v2.01    [1/1]                      Previous Total : 26      
   ___________________________    _____________     Release Score  : 3       
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    \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\                             
    Released: [05-15-96]   Mortality 96!                                     
                                                                             
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   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!                                     
                                                                             
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   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      
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    \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\                             
    Released: [05-15-96]   Mortality 96!                                     
                                                                             
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   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!                                     
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYGWIN.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-15-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    Genesis World Buildier (c) Virtual Prescene     Previous Total : 35      
   ___________________________    _____________     Release Score  : 2       
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    /     \  \ \   /_/\_ `  \ /_/   \_/ \_/  __/                             
    \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\                             
    Released: [05-15-96]   Mortality 96!                                     
                                                                             
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   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                                       
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            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeN                                         
                                                                             
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   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       
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            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeN                                         
                                                                             
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   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                                       
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            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeN                                         
                                                                             
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   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                                         
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                            -XeN                                         
                                                                             
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   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                                       
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            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeN                                         
                                                                             
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   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                                       
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            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeN                                         
                                                                             
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   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      
                                                                    
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                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeNf                                        
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWABCR01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-17-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Borland C++ 5.0 Developer's Suite                Previous Total : 25      
   Resource Kit              [01/37]                Release Score  : 5       
                                           Running Total  : 30      
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   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.                                    
                                                                             
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   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       
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    ۱                                        
         sikos                                 
                                                                             
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   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       
                                              
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    ۱                                        
         sikos                                 
                                                                             
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   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      
                                              
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    ۱                                        
         sikos                                 
                                                                             
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                             Score Chart : Utils                             
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
        ͻ   
    DOD   22                                       
        ͹   
    MTY   37                        
        ͹   
    PWA   30                               
        ͹   
    RBS   5                                                         
        ͹   
    X-F   11                                                  
        ͼ   
     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
                          Average Score Per Release :                        
                          ---------------------------                        
                                                                             
                                Rebels - [5.0]                               
                             Drink or Die - [4.4]                            
                        Pirates with Attitudes - [3.8]                       
                                X-Force - [3.7]                              
                               Mortality - [2.3]                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Rebel Chicken                                                 
     Subject : Group Reviews : Utils                                         
                                                                             
 ͼ

 ͻ
                                                                             
       Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review!   
   Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene.    
   Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!      
   It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you     
   will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity.  Let's      
   review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases.  The following    
   is the scoring basis I'll be using :                                      
                                                                             
   Points :                                                                  
   --------                                                                  
                                                                             
   [-3] The util didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72      
        hours.  The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack  
        or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.                                
                                                                             
   [ 1] The util was a dupe or freeware,                                     
                                                                             
   [ 2] Unsatisfactory,                                                      
                                                                             
   [ 3] Average,                                                             
                                                                             
   [ 4] Above Average, and                                                   
                                                                             
   [ 5] Excellent!                                                           
                                                                             
       A group may lose points the following week and have their releases    
   labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points).  If the    
   group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit   
   accordingly.  If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the        
   util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the   
   3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned.  If a group    
   releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3  
   points back, but get no more.  Betas may receive no more than 3 points.   
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
               Dates of Utils Reviewed : 05/16/96 -> 05/22/96              
     
                                                                             
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   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 ] ==                              
                                                                             
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   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 ] ==                              
                                                                             
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   Filename : DODPGOO1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-22-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Kai`s Power GOO 1.0 (c) MetaTools    [01/02]     Previous Total : 7       
    _______________ ____________ ____________       Release Score  : 4       
    \_    ___      \_  ___      \   ___      \_     Running Total  : 11      
   _/      l/       /  l/       /    l/       /                              
   \______ /       /   /       /____ /       /|                              
   ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/==                              
   (*) D r i n k   O r   D i e  1 9 9 6 (*)                              
   ===================== [ DOD * 22-May-96 ] ==                              
                                                                             
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   Filename : GENLITE.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-16-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
         Genesis World Builder Lite                 Previous Total : 0       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 1       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 1       
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/16/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : GWEBLTE.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-16-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    GWeb Lite (c) Virtual Presence, Ltd.            Previous Total : 1       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 1       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 2       
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/16/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYCRTB6.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-18-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
        CRT 1.1 Beta 6 (c) Van Dyke                 Previous Total : 2       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 3       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 5       
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/18/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   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!                                  
                                                                             
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   Filename : N1326-01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-22-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   WINDOWS NT WORKSTATION v4.0 BUILD 1326           Previous Total : 8       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 3       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 11      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[xX/68]\_____\_______>[05/22/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   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                                         
                                                                             
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   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                                         
                                                                             
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   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 -/-                                   
                                                                             
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   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 -/-                                   
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWABCR01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-17-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Borland C++ 5.0 Developer's Suite                Previous Total : 9       
   Resource Kit              [01/37]                Release Score  : 5       
                                           Running Total  : 14      
           A Group                                         
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeN                                         
                                                                             
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   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                                         
                                                                             
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   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                                         
                                                                             
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   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                                         
                                                                             
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   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                                         
                                                                             
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   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                                         
                                                                             
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   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                                         
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWAID95.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-19-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   InterDrive(R) 95 Version 2.0                     Previous Total : 30      
                                           Release Score  : 2       
           A Group                Running Total  : 32      
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                    [DL]    -XeN                                         
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWAIDNT.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-19-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   InterDrive(R) NT Version 2.0                     Previous Total : 32      
                                           Release Score  : 2       
           A Group                Running Total  : 34      
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                    [DL]    -XeN                                         
                                                                             
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   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                                         
                                                                             
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   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                                         
                                                                             
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   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.                                    
                                                                             
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   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.                                    
                                                                             
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   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       
                                              
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   ۱ ۱   ۰   ۱  ۱                                    
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    ۱                                        
         sikos                                 
                                                                             
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   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       
   ۲ ۲   ۲  ۲  ۲    ۲                                
   ۱ ۱   ۰   ۱  ۱                                    
     ۱  ۰     ۲                                  
   ۱ ۲  ۲  ۲ ۰   ۲ ۱  ۲                                
    ۱                                        
         sikos                                 
                                                                             
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                             Score Chart : Utils                             
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
        ͻ   
    DOD   11                                                  
        ͹   
    MTY   11                                                  
        ͹   
    PWA   40                     
        ͹   
    RBS   6                                                        
        ͹   
    X-F   6                                                        
        ͼ   
     
                                                                             
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                          Average Score Per Release :                        
                          ---------------------------                        
                                                                             
                             Drink or Die - [3.7]                            
                                Rebels - [3.0]                               
                                X-Force - [3.0]                              
                        Pirates with Attitudes - [2.7]                       
                               Mortality - [2.2]                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
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      ܰ                      ߰            
      r c n                        
                     ۰        
 ݰ    ߰ ް   ݰ     
  ܰ                         
                               ߰ܰ
                        ߰                        ߰
                                              r e v i e w s !

 ͻ
                                                                             
     Author  : Rebel Chicken                                                 
     Subject : Group Reviews : Utils                                         
                                                                             
 ͼ

 ͻ
                                                                             
       Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review!   
   Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene.    
   Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!      
   It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you     
   will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity.  Let's      
   review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases.  The following    
   is the scoring basis I'll be using :                                      
                                                                             
   Points :                                                                  
   --------                                                                  
                                                                             
   [-3] The util didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72      
        hours.  The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack  
        or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.                                
                                                                             
   [ 1] The util was a dupe or freeware,                                     
                                                                             
   [ 2] Unsatisfactory,                                                      
                                                                             
   [ 3] Average,                                                             
                                                                             
   [ 4] Above Average, and                                                   
                                                                             
   [ 5] Excellent!                                                           
                                                                             
       A group may lose points the following week and have their releases    
   labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points).  If the    
   group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit   
   accordingly.  If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the        
   util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the   
   3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned.  If a group    
   releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3  
   points back, but get no more.  Betas may receive no more than 3 points.   
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
               Dates of Utils Reviewed : 05/23/96 -> 05/29/96              
     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   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 ] ==                              
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYVISI1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-23-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     VISUAL RELEASE WITH INSTALIT v7.0              Previous Total : 0       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 3       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 3       
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/07]\_____\_______>[05/23/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : PWA-JETC.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-23-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   JetCommander, V2.01 powerful NC-Clone            Previous Total : 0       
   for WIN95,DOS and OS/2. Full long filenames      Release Score  : 3       
   support under WINDOWS95 + OS/2                   Running Total  : 3       
                                                                    
           A Group                                         
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                    [DL]    -XeN                                         
                                                                             
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   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                                         
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWAUC31.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-25-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Caps User 3.1 For Windows   [1/1]                Previous Total : 6       
                                           Release Score  : 9       
           A Group                Running Total  : 12      
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeN                                         
                                                                             
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   Filename : WRSPWA1.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-27-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ViewOffice PowerSuite CD-Rip [01/13]             Previous Total : 12      
                                           Release Score  : 4       
           A Group                Running Total  : 16      
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                   DK       -XeN                                         
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PWAPRG01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-28-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Progress 8.0a for Windows 95 [01/40]             Previous Total : 16      
                                           Release Score  : 3       
           A Group                Running Total  : 19      
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeN                                         
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : RFAXPWA1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-29-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Right Fax - Fax Server for Win/NT [1/8]          Previous Total : 19      
                                           Release Score  : 3       
           A Group                Running Total  : 22      
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeNf                                        
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : RBS-EST.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-24-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     Estimator Pro v1.0 for Windows 3.+             Previous Total : 0       
     ________________________________[01/01]        Release Score  : 3       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 3       
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   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.                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   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.                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   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.                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   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.                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   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       
                                              
   ۲ ۲   ۲  ۲  ۲    ۲                                
   ۱ ۱   ۰   ۱  ۱                                    
     ۱  ۰     ۲                                  
   ۱ ۲  ۲  ۲ ۰   ۲ ۱  ۲                                
    ۱                                        
         sikos                                 
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   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       
                                              
   ۲ ۲   ۲  ۲  ۲    ۲                                
   ۱ ۱   ۰   ۱  ۱                                    
     ۱  ۰     ۲                                  
   ۱ ۲  ۲  ۲ ۰   ۲ ۱  ۲                                
    ۱                                        
         sikos                                 
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
                             Score Chart : Utils                             
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
        ͻ   
    DOD   0                                                             
        ͹   
    MTY   3                                                           
        ͹   
    PWA   22                                       
        ͹   
    RBS   21                                        
        ͹   
    X-F   6                                                        
        ͼ   
     
                                                                             
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                          Average Score Per Release :                        
                          ---------------------------                        
                                                                             
                        Pirates with Attitudes - [3.7]                       
                                Rebels - [3.5]                               
                               Mortality - [3.0]                             
                                X-Force - [3.0]                              
                             Drink or Die - [0.0]                            
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Rebel Chicken                                                 
     Subject : Group Reviews : Utils                                         
                                                                             
 ͼ
 ͻ
                                                                             
       The following is a chart combining the total points of the top 5      
   utils groups within the past 4 weeks :                                    
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
            APR     MAY     MAY     MAY     Total                          
         ͻ    
     DOD  21/5   22/5   11/3    0/0    54/13   3.7  0.0  -3.7     
         ͹    
     MTY  18/7   37/16  11/5    3/1    69/29   2.2  3.0  +0.8     
         ͹    
     PWA  33/10  30/8   40/15  22/6   125/39   2.7  3.7  +1.0     
         ͹    
     RBS  26/10   5/1    6/2   21/6    58/19   3.0  3.5  +0.5     
         ͹    
     X-F  19/6   11/3    6/2    6/2    43/13   3.0  3.0   0.0     
         ͼ    
                                                                      
               # of Releases      Last Week's Yield                   
             # of Points                 This Week's Yield              
                                                   Change in Yield        
     
     Yield             = # of Points / # of Releases                         
     Change in Yield   = Current Week's Yield - Previous Week's Yield        
                                                                             
 ͼ

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  FRIDAY        MAY 2                                                       
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
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  AMM-FF21.ZIP   1  WIN  FontFolder vv2.1                                 
  ATAAB3AW.ZIP   1  W95  Address Book v3.0a                               
  ATAFO41W.ZIP   1  WIN  Family Origins v4.1                              
  ATAPHJ1W.ZIP   1  WIN  Personal Health Journal v1.0                     
  BB-IPP05.ZIP   5  W95  Microsoft Internet Assistant                     
  CB495-9.ZIP    9  W95  Xoftware v4.0                                    
  CB4ARCH3.ZIP   3  WIN  Archnid 95 Pre-Release v2.0                      
  CB4CBP-2.ZIP   2  WIN  CyberPilot v1.0 Pro                              
  CB4CML95.ZIP   1  W95  CMail Server Lite v1.3                           
  CB4CMLNT.ZIP   1  WNT  CMail Server Lite v1.3                           
  CB4GRABS.ZIP   1  WIN  Grab a Site v2.0.2                               
  CB4NT-4.ZIP    9  WNT  Xoftware v4.0                                    
  CIGARS.ZIP     1  W95  Cigar Cursors                                    
  DA-SWD05.ZIP   1  DOS  Sophos Sweep                                     
  DA-SWW05.ZIP   1  W95  Sophos Sweep                                     
  DFPV240.ZIP    1  W95  PolyView v2.4                                    
  DFTQLNK2.ZIP   2  WIN  QuickLink Explorer v2.05                         
  FLPRFB10.ZIP   1  DOS  FoolProof Security Beta v1.0                     
  LL-FW09.ZIP    9  WIN  Fire Wind                                        
  MADK-04.ZIP   65  WIN  Microsoft Active-X Developer's Kit               
  MTYMWA11.ZIP  11  WIN  Toolworks Multimedia World Atlas                 
  MTYPCSUN.ZIP   1  SUN  Perl-CCI for SunBSD v4.1.3                       
  NETPK30.ZIP   46  W95  CServe Internet Pack                             
  NRG-SAT2.ZIP   2  W95  One on One with the SAT                          
  OD15-2.ZIP     2  OS2  Object Desktop v1.5                              
  PSBLTYW2.ZIP   2  WIN  Possibility                                      
  RBS-ADM.ZIP    1  OS2  IBM AntiVirus v2.5 Beta 2                        
  RBS-AVB.ZIP    1  DOS  IBM Antivirus v2.5 Beta 2                        
  RORCCW27.ZIP   7  DOS  Command & Conquer/WarCraft 2 Toolkit             
  SVA-ECW5.ZIP   5  W95  Enterprise Client                                
  SX-4GL.ZIP     1  XWN  4GL With ESQLC                                   
  TRSIS20.ZIP   20  WIN  Microsoft Internet Information Server            
 

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  SATURDAY      MAY 3                                                       
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  05NAV96.ZIP    1  W95  Norton Antivirus May Definitions                 
  CB4311-9.ZIP   9  WIN  Xoftware v4.0                                    
  CB4NT-9.ZIP    9  WNT  Xoftware v4.0                                    
  DFTAMTE6.ZIP   6  W95  AutoMate v2.34                                   
  DFTMADD1.ZIP   8  WIN  Money Pro AddOns                                 
  DFTVZPRO.ZIP   1  W95  VisualZip v1.5 Pro                               
  DODKHLA3.ZIP   3  W95  Home Legal Advisor                               
  DODQLAW2.ZIP   2  W95  Quicken Family Lawyer                            
  DODSPROM.ZIP   1  W95  SPEEDYROM v1.0                                   
  DUKE3D11.ZIP  11  DOS  Duke Nukem 3D                                    
  FRCMOO51.ZIP  57  W95  Moody's International Data 95                    
  RBS-TCP4.ZIP   1  OS2  OS/2 TCP/IP Stack v4.0 Beta                      
  RSH-EX34.ZIP   4  W95  ExTrans v3.0                                     
  SX-MBED.ZIP   11  W95  MBed                                             
  SX-SED32.ZIP   1  W95  Sizzler Editor                                   
  SX-SIZ16.ZIP   1  WIN  Sizzler                                          
  SX-SIZ32.ZIP   1  W95  Sizzler                                          
  SX-SS3D.ZIP    1  W95  Superscape 3D                                    
  T96ITV09.ZIP   9  W95  Inside The Vatican                               
  UCF-NBEL.ZIP   1  WIN  NewBel v1.01                                     
  UCFLADYB.ZIP   1  WIN  LadyBird v1.8                                    
  UCFMEDIT.ZIP   1  W95  MapEdit 95/NT v2.23                              
  UCFQV302.ZIP   1  W95  Quick View Plus v.3.0.2                          
  UCFTABIT.ZIP   1  WIN  TabIt v1.00                                      
  VELMUP11.ZIP  11  W95  Muppet Beginning to Read                         
 

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  SUNDAY        MAY 4                                                       
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                  
 Ĵ
  BB-AUT01.ZIP   4  W95  Microsoft Access 95 Upsizing                 
  COPSAL3.ZIP    3  DOS  Blake Stone : Aliens of Gold                 
  COPSFBS.ZIP    1  DOS  Forbes Thoughts on Business Life             
  DFTDTACC.ZIP   1  WIN  DataRamp Clear Client                        
  DNS-S211.ZIP   1  WIN  Smooth Editor v2.11                          
  FRC-PB13.ZIP  13  W95  PowerBuilder Desktop Edition v4.0.03         
  MGEUC237.ZIP   1  WIN  UltraCompressor Beta v2.37                   
  NOVASIST.ZIP   1  W95  Microsoft Support Assistant                  
  NOVMGR04.ZIP   4  W95  Microsoft Mini Manager v1.00.014             
  NRG-FHE5.ZIP   5  DOS  MacroMedia Freehand v5.0                     
  OS2TOOL.ZIP    1  OS2  OS/2 System Tools v4.1                       
  PAINTB-3.ZIP   3  W95  Lemmings Paintball                           
  PWAEMP08.ZIP   8  WIN  Empower v1.4.16                              
  PWASOFTC.ZIP   1  W95  SoftCode v3.2                                
  PWASOFTD.ZIP   1  W95  SoftDemo v3.2                                
  PWASPSCR.ZIP   1  W95  SpeedScreen v3.2                             
  RSH-FW01.ZIP   3  WIN  File Works v1.2                              
  S-WCOS2P.ZIP  25  OS2  Watcom C/C++ v10.6                           
  SVA-EE1.ZIP    6  DOS  Envelope Engine v.1.2.2                      
  UCF-FKEY.ZIP   1  WIN  FastKey v1.20                                
  UCF-KALI.ZIP   1  W95  Kali 95 v0.9b                                
  UCFCTALK.ZIP   1  WIN  Clock Talk 32                                
  UCFGIFKT.ZIP   1  W95  GIF Construction Kit v1.0                    
  UCFHSNPK.ZIP   1  W95  HyperSnap Keymaker                           
  UCFMANGL.ZIP   1  W95  MicroAngelo v2.0                             
  UCFRASPK.ZIP   1  DOS  RAS Pro                                      
  UCFSHW17.ZIP   1  WIN  ShellWizard v1.7                             
  XF-FWB9.ZIP   21  W95  DEC Altavista Firewall BETA                  
 

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  MONDAY        MAY 5                                                       
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  AXSWRPY3.ZIP   3  WIN  WirePlay                                         
  CS-04.ZIP     27  WIN  Comedy Store                                     
  D3DLVEDT.ZIP   1  DOS  Duke Nukem 3D Level Editor                       
  DSO_22.ZIP    22  WIN  Dark Sun On-Line Beta Client                     
  DUKESCR.ZIP    1  W95  Duke Nukem 3D Screen Saver                       
  FRC-HOJ6.ZIP   6  WIN  Hooked on Java Developer's Kit                   
  MTYCRTB5.ZIP   1  WIN  CRT v1.1 Beta Release 5                          
  NRG-T106.ZIP   6  DOS  Micro House v6.1.5                               
  PDOX7-7.ZIP    7  W95  Paradox v7.0                                     
  PWAFRCST.ZIP   1  W95  FourCast v96.1                                   
  RBS-ADNT.ZIP   1  WNT  IBM Antivirus v2.5 BETA 2                        
  RORCY233.ZIP  33  DOS  Cyberia 2 : Resurrection                         
  RORPTG6.ZIP    6  DOS  Power : The Game                                 
  S-WCDW53.ZIP  53  WIN  Watcom C/C++ v10.6                               
  S-WCNT56.ZIP  56  W95  Watcom C/C++ v10.6                               
  SVA-KV4.ZIP    4  WIN  Key View v5.0                                    
  WFF3PWAM.ZIP  22  W95  WorkFlo Fax v3.0 Beta 1                          
 

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  TUESDAY       MAY 6                                                       
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  AMRHSTA5.ZIP   5  WIN  American History Atlas v1.0c                     
  BTOMCY06.ZIP  11  DOS  Motor City v1.2                                  
  COPSTCD.ZIP    1  WIN  TC-Director v.2.1                                
  DA-A114E.ZIP   1  DOS  AGSI v1.1.4                                      
  DFG2-MCC.ZIP   1  WIN  Drag and File Gold v2.03d                        
  DFTADPR2.ZIP   2  W95  Address Database Professional v4.0.10            
  DFTBPAC8.ZIP   8  W95  Business Suite Pack                              
  DFTPYRL2.ZIP   2  DOS  Payroll Plus v1.3                                
  DMN-FD34.ZIP   4  W95  First Aid 95 Deluxe 3                            
  HTTPDW32.ZIP   1  WIN  IBM Internet Connection Server                   
  IC-GM95B.ZIP   3  W95  Goldmine                                         
  ICS.ZIP        1  OS2  IBM Internet Connection Server                   
  ICSNTB1.ZIP    1  WNT  IBM Internet Connection Server                   
  JBZVRSS6.ZIP   6  DOS  VR Soccer 96 Sound AddOns                        
  MSC-TMTR.ZIP   1  W95  TimeTree v1.0b                                   
  MTYKCD4.ZIP    4  WIN  Key Calendar Designer                            
  NFSDIET1.ZIP   1  W95  Health And Diet Pro                              
  NOVIOLE4.ZIP   4  W95  OLE 2                                            
  NRG-C117.ZIP  17  DOS  Micro House v6.5.1.0K Controller Library         
  NRG-D112.ZIP  12  DOS  Micro House v6.5.1.0K Harddrive Library          
  NRG-N104.ZIP  15  DOS  Micro House v6.5.1.0K NetworkCard Library        
  NRG-V127.ZIP  27  DOS  Micro House v6.5.1.0K IO-Card Library            
  PCA96-4.ZIP    4  WIN  PC Anywhere 32 v2.0 Beta 1                       
  PNC-MPP.ZIP    1  DOS  Mind Path Presentation F/X v1.3                  
  PTSTTMB2.ZIP   2  DOS  TopicTeam v1.0 Beta                              
  PWADCS25.ZIP  25  WIN  Delrina CommSuite 95 v7.0.2                      
  PWAITF72.ZIP  73  DOS  Imagineer Technical v1.0                         
  PWAMW71D.ZIP   1  W95  MultiEdit v7.10d                                 
  S-LLCRCK.ZIP   1  WIN  Crack for LazaLabl v2.6                          
  S-WCH39.ZIP   39  WIN  Watcom C/C++ v10.6 Help Files                    
  UCF-NPOP.ZIP   1  WIN  Net Popup 95 v2.11                               
  UCFFFF52.ZIP   1  W95  FileFinder v5.2                                  
  UCFSTKMA.ZIP   1  WIN  Stocktrack 32 v1.0                               
  XF-CSCFC.ZIP   1  W95  CSC FastCache SCSI Backup v1.0                   
 

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  WEDNESDAY     MAY 7                                                       
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
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  ATA-RIR2.ZIP   2  DOS  Readiris                                         
  ATAPGMN2.ZIP   2  DOS  Presto! Page Manager v1.2                        
  ATAPRST3.ZIP   3  WIN  Presto! v1.43                                    
  DOD16PI3.ZIP   3  WIN  PrimaSoft Internet Organizer                     
  KALI12UC.ZIP   1  DOS  Kali 1.2u                                        
  M8SGOLF2.ZIP   2  DOS  Sensible Golf                                    
  M8SURV-9.ZIP   9  DOS  Survival                                         
  MSQ-MV09.ZIP   9  W95  Microsoft Mediaview v1.4.1                       
  MSQ-MVA7.ZIP   7  DOS  Microsoft Mediaview Author v1.0                  
  MTYNT29A.ZIP   1  WIN  Net Term v2.9.0                                  
  MTYNT29B.ZIP   1  W95  Net Term v2.9.0                                  
  NRG-G3EO.ZIP   1  OS2  Gear MM v3.3                                     
  NRG-G40B.ZIP   2  W95  Gear MM v4.0                                     
  NRG-MHPC.ZIP  12  DOS  Micro Home v3.0 Pro                              
  PWAITF-6.ZIP  73  DOS  Imagineer Technical v1.0                         
  QNT-DS7.ZIP    7  WIN  Descent 2 3D-Edge                                
  RBS-ADW2.ZIP   2  DOS  IBM AntiVirus v2.5 Beta 2                        
  SVA-UI11.ZIP  13  WNT  Unigraphics NT                                   
  SWIOPNT4.ZIP   4  WNT  OpenNT                                           
  T96PWR03.ZIP   3  DOS  Power Slave                                      
  UCFHD32C.ZIP   1  W95  HotDog Webeditor                                 
  XF-QFX03.ZIP   3  WIN  QFX v5.21 Digital Imaging Package                
 

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  THURSDAY      MAY 8                                                       
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
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  ADR_WSI1.ZIP   1  W95  Win-Secure-It v1.00                              
  AOD-TS_4.ZIP   4  W95  Toy Story SS v2.1                                
  BTE-IMAG.ZIP   1  W95  Image Folio Pro                                  
  CB4RMP-2.ZIP   2  W95  Remotely Possible 32 v2.0e                       
  CSUP9510.ZIP  38  W95  Close Up 95 v7.0                                 
  DMN-QB.ZIP     1  W95  QuickButton v2.6                                 
  DMN-XFP.ZIP    1  WIN  XFerPro v1.1                                     
  DRS-IB09.ZIP  43  DOS  InfoBase Server Edition                          
  FBI!DB2.ZIP    2  W95  DashBoard                                        
  IFTP-MCC.ZIP   1  WIN  IFTP v3.0                                        
  M8-FWCRK.ZIP   1  DOS  Fire Wind Crack                                  
  MDC-ALE5.ZIP   5  W95  Arts & Letters Express v5.0                      
  NPMCHAO5.ZIP   5  W95  Chaos Overlords                                  
  PST-P26R.ZIP   1  DOS  PVE v2.60                                        
  PST-SWM3.ZIP   3  DOS  StarWars 3DS Meshes                              
  PST-TP1.ZIP    1  WIN  Tiny Prot v1.0d                                  
  PWAWEBTR.ZIP   1  WIN  WebTrends v1.04                                  
  RBS-SMT4.ZIP   4  WIN  SmarTerm 470 v4.0B                               
  SHAKII05.ZIP   5  DOS  Shakii the Wolf                                  
  STN-HRM2.ZIP   8  W95  Herman                                           
  THCSR2BC.ZIP   1  W95  Microsoft OEM SR2 Beta 1                         
  TO-CNA36.ZIP  47  W95  Connection Assistant v2.1a                       
  VGCWA11.ZIP   30  DOS  Conquest of the New Worlds AddOns                
  ZTB155R.ZIP    1  OS2  ZTreeBold v1.55                                  
 

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  THURSDAY      MAY 9                                                       
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
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  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                       
 

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  FRIDAY        MAY 10                                                      
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
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  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                       
 

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  SATURDAY      MAY 11                                                      
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
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  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  Ivan's 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              
 

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  SUNDAY        MAY 12                                                      
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  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 Zick's MilkCaps v3.0b                      
 

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  MONDAY        MAY 13                                                      
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  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                    
 

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  TUESDAY       MAY 14                                                      
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  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                                          
 

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  WEDNESDAY     MAY 15                                                      
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  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                           
 

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  THURSDAY      MAY 16                                                      
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  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            
 

 Ŀ
  FRIDAY        MAY 17                                                      
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  ATACNT34.ZIP  34  WIN  3D-Atlas Countries Addon                         
  CIAHIT38.ZIP  41  DOS  Hit Fight                                        
  DESIGN04.ZIP   4  W95  HTML Designer Theme Pack                         
  DFTWBBN4.ZIP   4  WNT  WebBundle                                        
  DMN3DM31.ZIP  31  DOS  3D Studio Max Addon                              
  EP302-5.ZIP    5  W95  Netmanage ECCO Pro v3.02                         
  FBI-AW7.ZIP    7  DOS  Air Warrior v2.04f                               
  FBI-MC68.ZIP   8  W95  Mathcad v6.0 Plus                                
  FRC-CB3.ZIP    3  W95  CodeBase 95 v5.01                                
  GENLITE.ZIP    1  W95  Genesis World Builder Lite                       
  GNXNSPE3.ZIP   3  W95  Netscape Navigator v2.02                         
  GWEBLTE.ZIP    1  W95  GWeb Lite                                        
  M8-D3DED.ZIP   1  DOS  Duke Nukem 3D Full Level & Wad Editors           
  NFC-VET9.ZIP   1  W95  VET v9.0                                         
  NOVFLW08.ZIP  20  WIN  Multimedia Flowers Gallery                       
  PSGMAY22.ZIP  22  DOS  Total Mayhem                                     
  PWABCR34.ZIP  37  W95  Borland C++ v5.0 Developer's Suite               
  PWAEXD06.ZIP  10  W95  Exceed v5.0.1                                    
  PWAFLSH1.ZIP   1  WIN  FlashCards CNE3 Update                           
  RL-VSCP2.ZIP   2  WIN  Viscape                                          
  SMR-HPX2.ZIP   2  WIN  SoftKey Holopix                                  
  UCFWGATE.ZIP   1  W95  WinGate v1.3.11                                  
 

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  SATURDAY      MAY 18                                                      
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  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                                        
 

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  SUNDAY        MAY 19                                                      
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
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  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                           
 

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  MONDAY        MAY 20                                                      
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  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                                   
 

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  TUESDAY       MAY 21                                                      
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  ATLS325.ZIP    5  W95  Netscape v3.0 Atlas                              
  CB4AWWW1.ZIP   3  W95  Alis WWW-browser v1.2.c                          
  CB4PBDN7.ZIP   7  WNT  Palindrome Backup Director v4.0                  
  FBIHPWIZ.ZIP   1  WIN  Home Page Wizzard                                
  GALL33.ZIP    38  W95  Lotus Gallery                                    
  MTY-IJ2.ZIP    2  W95  Internet Junction                                
  MTYATM6.ZIP    6  W95  Adobe Type Manager Deluxe Beta 8                 
  PCLW5W01.ZIP  45  DOS  LightWave 5                                      
  PSG-SE06.ZIP   6  DOS  Sensible World Of Soccer Euro 96 Edit            
  PSG-TKBA.ZIP  11  DOS  Total Knockout Championship Female Boxing        
  SDM-MO2.ZIP    2  W95  MAC Opener                                       
  SDMWP7S2.ZIP   2  W95  WordPerfect 7 SDK                                
  SDM_WNS3.ZIP   3  WIN  AT&T WorldNet Services                           
  TTTENAM.ZIP    1  W95  Encarta 96 Yearbook Builder                      
  XFFEZDB.ZIP    1  WIN  FormEZ                                           
 

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  WEDNESDAY     MAY 22                                                      
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  CB4CYBD6.ZIP   1  W95  CyberSuite Desktop                               
  CB4ITK-2.ZIP   1  WIN  NetManage Intranet Toolkit v5.1 Beta             
  DOD-AVN3.ZIP   3  W95  Dr. Solomon's Antivirus Toolkit v7.58            
  DODPGOO2.ZIP   2  W95  Kai`s Power GOO v1.0                             
  DWNIPN32.ZIP   1  W95  IPhone v.3.2 Full Upgrade Build 21               
  EVR-AM36.ZIP  27  W95  MS ActiveMovie SDK Beta 3                        
  EVR-VT2H.ZIP   8  W95  VTune v2.0                                       
  FBIWAWY3.ZIP   9  DOS  Worlds Away                                      
  ICSOSB4.ZIP    1  W95  IBM Internet Connection Server v4.1              
  ICSSOSB4.ZIP   1  W95  IBM Internet Connection Secure Server v4.1       
  N1326-66.ZIP  68  O/S  Windows NT Workstation v4.0 Build 1326           
  N1630B4.ZIP    1  WIN  Netscape v3.0 Beta 4                             
  PHOTIM15.ZIP   1  W95  Ulead's PhotoImpact v3.0                         
  WEBX11B.ZIP    1  W95  IBM Secure WebExplorer v1.1 Beta                 
 

 Ŀ
  THURSDAY      MAY 23                                                      
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  CB4WEBE2.ZIP   1  WIN  WebEdit v2.0 Standard Beta 3                     
  CIAFLN04.ZIP  14  DOS  Funtasy land                                     
  CLKBK205.ZIP   1  W95  ClickBook v2.05                                  
  DOMSWOS8.ZIP   8  DOS  Sensible World of Soccer                         
  EVR-AM3K.ZIP  27  W95  MS ActiveMovie SDK Beta 3                        
  FBIWAWY9.ZIP   9  DOS  Worlds Away                                      
  MTYVISI7.ZIP   1  WIN  Visual InstalIt v7.0                             
  PHOTIM35.ZIP  35  W95  Ulead's PhotoImpact v3.0                         
  PSGBGW36.ZIP  36  DOS  Battleground III : Waterloo                      
  RFIRE-6.ZIP    6  DOS  Return Fire                                      
 

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  FRIDAY        MAY 24                                                      
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  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               
 

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  SATURDAY      MAY 25                                                      
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
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  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                               
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       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 :                                                         
                                                                             
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                Dates of Upload Count : 05/19/96 -> 05/25/96               
     
                                                                             
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            User Handle/Alias            Affiliation    Upload Bytes       
         ͻ    
     #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      
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                          Score Chart : BBS Uploads                          
                                                                             
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    AMN    310 MB                                        
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    DGT    0                                                            
         ͹   
    EMP    0                                                            
         ͹   
    EVR    583 MB                           
         ͹   
    fATE   159 MB                                                
         ͹   
    MAL    0                                                            
         ͹   
    M8     0                                                            
         ͹   
    RPR    585 MB                           
         ͹   
    RTS    127                                                     
         ͹   
    RiSC   663 MB                       
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                         Average Uploads Per Courier :                       
                         -----------------------------                       
                                                                             
                              EVERLAST - [583 MB]                            
                              AMNESiA - [310 MB]                             
                               RAPiER - [243 MB]                             
                    Rise in Superior Couriering - [221 MB]                   
                     Fast Action Trade Exchange - [159 MB]                   
                          Request to Send - [127 MB]                         
                              Digital - [  0 MB]                             
                               EMPIRE - [  0 MB]                             
                               MALiCE - [  0 MB]                             
                               Motiv8 - [  0 MB]                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
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       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 :                                                         
                                                                             
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                Dates of Upload Count : 05/26/96 -> 06/02/96               
     
                                                                             
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            User Handle/Alias          Affiliation     Upload Bytes        
         ͻ    
     #1    Immortal                  RiSC           1,283,263,734      
         ͹    
     #2    Ellisdee                  EVERLAST         563,165,465      
         ͹    
     #3    Mr.Skill                  EVERLAST         446,574,920      
         ͹    
     #4    The Blue Adept            EVERLAST         438,297,918      
         ͹    
     #5    Everclear                 RiSC             402,235,051      
         ͹    
     #6    Swamp Thing               Digital          305,765,786      
         ͹    
     #7    Shatter Star              RiSC             452,265,343      
         ͹    
     #8    Iron Eagle                RAPiER           256,927,114      
         ͹    
     #9    Asmodeus                  EVERLAST         198,433,309      
         ͹    
     #10   Luck                      RAPiER           186,022,783      
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                          Score Chart : BBS Uploads                          
                                                                             
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    AMN    0                                                            
         ͹   
    DGT    306 MB                                                  
         ͹   
    EMP    0                                                            
         ͹   
    EVR    1647 MB                      
         ͹   
    fATE   0                                                            
         ͹   
    MAL    0                                                            
         ͹   
    M8     0                                                            
         ͹   
    RPR    443 MB                                               
         ͹   
    RTS    0                                                            
         ͹   
    RiSC   2137 MB            
         ͼ   
     
                                                                             
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                         Average Uploads Per Courier :                       
                         -----------------------------                       
                                                                             
                    Rise in Superior Couriering - [772 MB]                   
                              EVERLAST - [412 MB]                            
                              Digital - [306 MB]                             
                               RAPiER - [222 MB]                             
                              AMNESiA - [  0 MB]                             
                               EMPIRE - [  0 MB]                             
                     Fast Action Trade Exchange - [  0 MB]                   
                               MALiCE - [  0 MB]                             
                               Motiv8 - [  0 MB]                             
                          Request to Send - [  0 MB]                         
                                                                             
                                                                             
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       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 :                                                     
                                                                             
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                Dates of Upload Count : 05/19/96 -> 05/25/96               
     
                                                                             
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            User Handle/Alias            Affiliation    Upload Bytes       
         ͻ    
     #1    The Midnight Grave Digger   AMNESiA        389,463,793      
         ͹    
     #2    Slate                       MALiCE         242,235,123      
         ͹    
     #3    Apollo                      MALiCE         215,124,866      
         ͹    
     #4    Shatter Star                RiSC           198,863,025      
         ͹    
     #5    Bababoey                    RiSC           165,098,256      
         ͹    
     #6    Demon Hunter                AMNESiA        127,857,235      
         ͹    
     #7    Frost                       Digital        117,578,980      
         ͹    
     #8    Bluewater                   RiSC           114,079,255      
         ͹    
     #9    Cyber Phreak                EVERLAST       111,457,478      
         ͹    
     #10   Caserd                      AMNESiA        107,792,165      
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                          Score Chart : FTP Uploads                          
                                                                             
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    AMN    623 MB                         
         ͹   
    DGT    117 MB                                                  
         ͹   
    EMP    0 MB                                                         
         ͹   
    EVR    111 MB                                                  
         ͹   
    fATE   0 MB                                                         
         ͹   
    MAL    457 MB                                 
         ͹   
    M8     0 MB                                                         
         ͹   
    RPR    0 MB                                                         
         ͹   
    RTS    0 MB                                                         
         ͹   
    RiSC   477 MB                                
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                         Average Uploads Per Courier :                       
                         -----------------------------                       
                                                                             
                               MALiCE - [228 MB]                             
                              AMNESiA - [208 MB]                             
                    Rise in Superior Couriering - [159 MB]                   
                              Digital - [117 MB]                             
                              EVERLAST - [111 MB]                            
                               EMPIRE - [  0 MB]                             
                     Fast Action Trade Exchange - [  0 MB]                   
                              Motiv 8 - [  0 MB]                             
                               Rapier - [  0 MB]                             
                          Request to Send - [  0 MB]                         
                                                                             
                                                                             
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       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 :                                                     
                                                                             
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                Dates of Upload Count : 05/26/96 -> 06/02/96               
     
                                                                             
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            User Handle/Alias          Affiliation     Upload Bytes        
         ͻ    
     #1    Shatter Star              RiSC             975,945,123      
         ͹    
     #2    Midnight Grave Digger     AMNESiA          740,641,325      
         ͹    
     #3    Cyberjack                 RiSC             648,674,366      
         ͹    
     #4    Bababoey                  RiSC             379,235,264      
         ͹    
     #5    Stingray 6                RiSC             321,756,824      
         ͹    
     #6    Cyber Phreak              EVERLAST         300,862,453      
         ͹    
     #7    Beast                     AMNESiA          280,026,635      
         ͹    
     #8    Apollo                    MALiCE           263,463,724      
         ͹    
     #9    Gumby                     n/a              233,265,345      
         ͹    
     #10   Arch-Vile                 RiSC             204,253,232      
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                          Score Chart : FTP Uploads                          
                                                                             
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    AMN    1020 MB                                   
         ͹   
    DGT    0 MB                                                         
         ͹   
    EMP    0 MB                                                         
         ͹   
    EVR    301 MB                                                  
         ͹   
    fATE   0 MB                                                         
         ͹   
    MAL    263 MB                                                   
         ͹   
    M8     0 MB                                                         
         ͹   
    RPR    0 MB                                                         
         ͹   
    RTS    0 MB                                                         
         ͹   
    RiSC   2529 MB    
         ͼ   
     
                                                                             
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                         Average Uploads Per Courier :                       
                         -----------------------------                       
                                                                             
                              AMNESiA - [510 MB]                             
                               MALiCE - [228 MB]                             
                    Rise in Superior Couriering - [159 MB]                   
                              EVERLAST - [111 MB]                            
                              Digital - [  0 MB]                             
                               EMPIRE - [  0 MB]                             
                     Fast Action Trade Exchange - [  0 MB]                   
                               Motiv8 - [  0 MB]                             
                               RAPiER - [  0 MB]                             
                          Request to Send - [  0 MB]                         
                                                                             
                                                                             
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                                  d e a r   r o a d  r e b e l ! ߰

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       Welcome to Dear Road Rebel!  This is going to be YOUR column that is  
   a cross between Dear Abby and Dave Berry.  The most important part of     
   this is YOUR participation.  If you have ever had a question about the    
   scene or just a comment, here's the place!  Have you ever wanted to know  
   why some people do this or that?  ASK!  I would love to take it to the    
   extreme for you and we will be happy to research it!  I hope you have as  
   much fun with this as I will!  Remember, this is YOUR column!             
                                                                             
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   Dear Road Rebel,                                                          
                                                                             
       The BBS scene pimped on the Internet scene.  It was so much more      
   interesting to be in!  I mean getting stuff around in 0-2 day was HARD!   
   It took skilled couriers.  I think the Internet ruined everything.        
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Koon Dog                  
                                                                             
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   Dear Koon Dog,                                                            
                                                                             
       I think you're very right, the BBS scene involved much more skill.    
   People would spend countless hours logging onto boards around the world   
   to get new releases so they could put everything around the world and     
   get all the releases out.  But why do you think the Internet ruined       
   EVERYTHING?  I think it raised the competition that much higher.  Now     
   people really have to try hard to get places before others do.  When the  
   Internet wasn't around, the competition was not to get stuff around       
   faster than anybody else, but to get stuff around at all.  Now, we have   
   so many great couriers and they all try to push the same stuff to the     
   same place, and people lose by mere seconds.  I think that makes things   
   that much harder.  But of course, "it is not who does it first, it's who  
   does it right," and it could quite easily be said that much of today's    
   scene is filled with bad releases that don't work.                        
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Road Rebel                
                                                                             
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   Dear Road Rebel,                                                          
                                                                             
           The Internet has fixed some things and fucked up other things.    
   Couriers are having a ball now trying to do things before others.         
   However, like you say, there are some new problems.  Many boards are      
   getting partial releases and that doesn't help anybody.  It makes the     
   courier look bad and then makes the group look stupid.  Ultimately, it    
   lowers the quality of the board.                                          
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Zero Prime                
                                                                             
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   Dear Reader,                                                              
                                                                             
       I think you bring out an interesting point.  The scene is currently   
   in a transition regarding the Internet and the BBS scene.  The Internet,  
   I think, will end up prevailing, but while we're making this transition   
   from BBS to Internet, the two are clashing.  We're going from one         
   resource that can push a meg per second, to a resource that pushes no     
   more than 3k per second.  That's a huge bottleneck, and one that will be  
   resolved as soon as we start getting BBSs running on private T1's and     
   Cable modems.  Until then, the bottleneck will still slow us down.  As    
   soon as the transition is complete, the scene will breathe a fresher      
   air.                                                                      
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Road Rebel                
                                                                             
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   Topic For Next Week : Week Old Group                                      
                                                                             
           As always, we see about three new groups a week, and about three  
   more die every week.  However, none of these groups grow beyond 2 or 3    
   releases.  Every once in a while, if we're lucky, the group ends up       
   releasing on a regular basis.  Sounds like a winner, right?  Wrong.       
   Most often, the group's releases don't work, are uncracked, or even       
   incomplete.  One would think, in theory, that new groups can't hurt       
   anything.  Sure, there could be too many of them, and they take up time,  
   but if they release, they're helping the scene.  However, this is hardly  
   the case.                                                                 
                                                                             
       The situation has become so bad that now, when one finds a release    
   that he wants, he must check twice to see what group released it.         
   Often, if the group is not a megafigure such as DOD or PWA, Razor or      
   Dynamix, he won't even download it, for fear of wasting an hour of his    
   time just to find that what he downloaded doesn't even work.  So, what's  
   the alternative for the hopefuls to get big in the scene?  What do you    
   think these small groups are doing to the scene as a whole?  Do you       
   think they benefit it, or inhibit its success?  Do you think their        
   releases, even though small in number, are worth downloading?  Do you     
   trust them?  Write back and tell us what you think!                       
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Please E-Mail all responses to an385786@anon.penet.fi.                    
                                                                             
                                                                             
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                         a s t r o l o g y ! 

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       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 :   
                                                                             
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   <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.     
              Don't appear to bein too much of a hurry, and drink a lot of   
              prune juice.                                                   
                                                                             
   <Pisces> (February 20 to March 20): You can't afford to sit on IRC all    
            day when your future happiness and security are at risk.         
            Indeed, you'd be well advised to make your intentions known.     
            If you are gay, or your name so happens to be Incarante, do not  
            be afraid to come out of the closet, with Mercury resuming its   
            normal direction over the Moon this coming week, this would be   
            a perfect time.                                                  
                                                                             
   <Aries> (March 21 to April 20) : Don't be put off by someone's lack of    
           faith in your abilities to join a warez group.  You ruler Mars,   
           strongly supported by Jupiter, is opening the right doors.  All   
           you have to do is send some applications to warez groups, and     
           you're bound to be accepted with open arms.                       
                                                                             
   <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, don't 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.  You'll get what you want even sooner than you     
            expected.  If your name so happens to be Winterhawk, utilizing   
            more than one dildo at a time will satisfy your needs.           
                                                                             
   <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 you're 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, it's time    
           for you to plan a change.  Come up with a new handle, and you     
           will receive good luck.  There are those who many try to impede   
           your progress, but you know more than they do.  The more idiotic  
           your new handle, the more you stand to gain.                      
                                                                             
   <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) : It's time to show a certain       
             person that you're not kidding around, and that you're not      
             prepared to stay on the sidelines for a minute longer than      
             necessary.  There have been rumblings among the IRC channels    
             you frequent, and only you can quiet the situation.             
                                                                             
   <Sagittarius> (November 23 to December 21) : The Sun in your opposite     
                 sign of Gemini is highlighting a union, it seems that you   
                 should try to be a little less self-centered.  Since you    
                 are in a position to provide tremendous help for someone    
                 close, it would be churlish not to.                         
                                                                             
   <Capricorn> (December 22 to January 20) : A creative or romantic liaison  
               is brilliantly aspected thanks to Mars and Jupiter, and you   
               many never better your chance at finding an IRC boyfriend or  
               girlfriend this week.  But, first, you must be sure that you  
               have full support of someone whose opinion you value.         
                                                                             
                                                                             
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                r c n         ߰                   ߰ 
       ܰ           ܰ           ܰ
                ۰         ۰    
         ݰ     ݰ
                  ߰                
                   ߰   
                             ߰                                   
                                              c o n t e s t !            

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       RCN would like to announce a new contest!  The first person who       
   sends in correct information leading to Chris Carter's RCN exposure will  
   win access to a 130 meg file bot.  RCN is in search of information        
   concerning Chris Carter, such as his home and business addresses, home    
   and business phone numbers, and/or any embarrassing information you can   
   dig up (like, if he's a queer or something).  Information concerning      
   Chris Carter will only be published in this E-Zine if proven true.  Any   
   information on this person will be greatly appreciated.  Let the narc     
   hunt begin!!!                                                             
                                                                             
       Please email all responses to 'an385786@anon.penet.fi.'.  The         
   following is a short summary of what Chris Carter is all about :          
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 01:02:01 -0500 (CDT)                               
   From: Chris Carter <chrisc@lubricant.free.org>                            
   To: x@x.x.x                                                               
   Cc: postmaster@x.x, piracy1@SPA.ORG, software@BSA.ORG                     
   Subject: Software Piracy from x@x.x.x                                     
                                                                             
   Dear John Doe:                                                            
                                                                             
       I have found a user in your Internet domain who plays a large role    
   in the distribution of copyrighted software on the Internet.  This user   
   uses the nickname "Ordinance," and uses the account "x@x.x.x.".  He/she   
   is a member of an underground group called "RTS."  This group is          
   dedicated to the transfer of illegal commercial software to a large       
   audience of users on the Internet.  They use the most efficient and       
   fastest methods possible.                                                 
                                                                             
       The user was seen on IRC at exactly: Sun Apr 28 02:04:41 1996 EDT.    
                                                                             
       In an effort to stop software piracy on the Internet, I have been     
   monitoring various groups of users on the Internet Relay Chat network.    
   This medium of communication has become very popular with "warez"         
   pirates who exchange commercial software illegally.  On the IRC network,  
   groups of people come together to use sophisticated methods to            
   distribute commercial software to literally thousands of users.  With     
   such large scale distribution methods, the software industry is losing    
   millions of dollars.                                                      
                                                                             
       I have no direct evidence to show you that this user is               
   participating in illegal activities.  But I can direct you to where       
   evidence can be found.  If you are permitted to do so, I suggest that     
   you take a brief scan of the user's home-directory and check for any      
   suspicious files.  If you cannot do this, I recommend that you keep a     
   close eye on this user and watch for any unusual activities.  Please      
   take whatever action is appropriate in dealing with these matters as      
   stated in your organization's Internet Policy Agreement or Network        
   Etiquette Policy.                                                         
                                                                             
       Thank you for taking the time to read through this message.  And      
   thank you for any assistance you can give to help resolve this matter.    
   Your time and help is greatly appreciated and I give you my full          
   gratitude.                                                                
                                                                             
                                         Thanks again,                       
                                         Chris Carter                        
                                         International Internet Association  
                                         chrisc@free.org                     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   From jeppe Tue Apr  9 14:03:06 1996                                       
   Subject: Software Piracy from x@x.x.fi (fwd)                              
   To: x (Mr. X)                                                             
   Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 14:03:05 +0000 (EET DST)                            
   X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23]                                          
   MIME-Version: 1.0                                                         
   Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1                              
   Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit                                           
   Status: RO                                                                
   X-Status:                                                                 
                                                                             
       I have found a user in your Internet domain who plays a large role    
   in the distribution of copyrighted software on the Internet.  This user   
   uses the nickname "BN" and uses the account "x@x.x.fi.".  He/she is a     
   member of an underground group called "Rapier."  This group is dedicated  
   to the transfer of illegal commerical software to a large audience of     
   users on the Internet.  They use the most efficient and fastest methods   
   possible.                                                                 
                                         Thanks again,                       
                                         Chris Carter                        
                                         International Internet Association  
                                         chrisc@free.org                     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
       I believe this user, Chris Carter, is violating numerous laws, to     
   include guidelines set forth by the Electronic Frontier Foundation        
   (EFF).  His means of monitoring are clearly illegal in the United         
   States.  He is known to use hacked accounts, send false mail, hide his    
   address, monitor channels in "IRC" through stealth modes - his presence   
   not visible to users of the channels.  He is also making great            
   accusations with no evidence causing undue harassment and libel.  Undue   
   conflict between user and administrator and possibly resulting in the     
   loss of accounts, if not involvement by state/local/federal authorities.  
   Chris Carter's tactics seem to be strategic and premeditative in nature,  
   a direct attack on the reputation of whomever he chooses to harass.       
                                                                             
       It is encouraged that the unethical and unlawful behavior of Chris    
   Carter be stopped, to protect privacy, freedom of speech, reputations of  
   the innocent and prevent him from abusing any other computer systems      
   through subversive and/or illegal "hacking" methods.                      
                                                                             
       Chris Carter certainly gets around.  Upon mention of his name, many   
   people have spoken out in outrage at his actions and methods. This        
   e-mail is a collective result of concerned citizens in both the United    
   States and abroad.  To my knowledge, there are seven other instances of   
   such accusations sent via e-mail with no support.                         
                                                                             
       Upon contact, a system administrator from the first provider has      
   stated that they have checked the files of the user in question,          
   permissible by a written legal form signed by the account purchaser, and  
   have not found a single thing of illegal nature.  Why is this violation   
   of privacy necessary due to the likes of Mr. Carter, who does not seem    
   to respect the rights of innocent people?  One must wonder whether        
   Carter's basis for these accusing messages has anything to do with the    
   reason of "software piracy" as Carter states.  If so, his observations    
   are error-prone.                                                          
                                                                             
       The second provider involved has not commented.                       
                                                                             
       Thank you for your time and, hopefully, support.  Chris Carter is a   
   criminal by any standards and must be dealt with by legal means before    
   spreading more harm among the Internet community.                         
                                                                             
                                                                             
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 ߰                ߰ r c n ܰ                  
                                           
                                    ް   
      ߰ ݰݰ    ߰ ܰ  ݰ   ݰ
               ߰ ܰ             
             ߰                          ۰
                       ߰                          ߰      
                        w a r e   i q   t e s t                            

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       Test your knowledge of the WAREZ SCENE!  The following are TEN mind   
   boggling "YOU DON'T KNOW NOTHIN'" questions!  Enter all your answers in,  
   and when you feel you're happy with them, press F10 and the computer      
   will tally up your score and spit it out at you.  For every question you  
   missed, the computer will indicate the correct answer.  Oh, and if you    
   feel like "You Don't Know Nothin'" midway through the quiz and don't      
   want to embarrass yourself with an incredibly low score, press ESC and    
   you'll be back on the bright side of RCN, the awesome music will calm     
   you down, and all will be well again.. enjoy!                             
                                                                             
   *PS* All answers are found in issues of RCN!                              
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
    1 This person was one of the original founders of Razor 1911 :         
                                                                             
    [ ] A. Jimmy Jamez                                                       
    [ ] B. Mikeysoft                                                         
    [ ] C. Orion                                                             
    [ ] D. None of the Above                                                 
                                                                             
    2 RWN is the abbreviation for this imaginary group :                   
                                                                             
    [ ] A. Rainbow With Nexus                                                
    [ ] B. Raisins With Nuts                                                 
    [ ] C. Reality With Nipples                                              
    [ ] D. None of the Above                                                 
                                                                             
    3 The following person has yet to kiss a girl other than his mother :  
                                                                             
    [ ] A. Hitex                                                             
    [ ] B. LeoDLion                                                          
    [ ] C. Rebel Chicken                                                     
    [ ] D. None of the Above                                                 
                                                                             
    4 The following person is gay :                                        
                                                                             
    [ ] A. Entropy                                                           
    [ ] B. Incarnate                                                         
    [ ] C. Rebel Chicken                                                     
    [ ] D. None of the Above                                                 
                                                                             
    5 Wave Rider is also known as :                                        
                                                                             
    [ ] A. Duane Pemberton                                                   
    [ ] B. Nate Lo                                                           
    [ ] C. Robert Gebelli                                                    
    [ ] D. Sean Green                                                        
                                                                             
    6 This person states that in the courier contest between Amnesia and   
        Digital, Amnesia allegedly beat Digital by over 600 megs :           
                                                                             
    [ ] A. Blitzkrieg                                                        
    [ ] B. Frost                                                             
    [ ] C. Lester                                                            
    [ ] D. TSA                                                               
                                                                             
    7 TSA stands for :                                                     
                                                                             
    [ ] A. The Secret Agent                                                  
    [ ] B. The Secret Amos                                                   
    [ ] C. The Secret Asian                                                  
    [ ] D. None of the Above                                                 
                                                                             
    8 The Renegade Chemist was once a leader in this group in early 1995   
        before he decided to ditch it to form Eclipse :                      
                                                                             
    [ ] A. Dynamix                                                           
    [ ] B. Hybrid                                                            
    [ ] C. Prestige                                                          
    [ ] D. Razor 1911                                                        
                                                                             
    9 The following were leaders of RiSC (Rise in Superior Courierning)    
        at one point in time EXCEPT :                                        
                                                                             
    [ ] A. Crackpot                                                          
    [ ] B. Mikeysoft                                                         
    [ ] C. Shatter Star                                                      
    [ ] D. None of the Above                                                 
                                                                             
    10 ALL of the following are frequented IRC channels EXCEPT :           
                                                                             
    [ ] A. #DOD                                                              
    [ ] B. #PWA                                                              
    [ ] C. #RiSC                                                             
    [ ] D. #ROR                                                              
                                                                             
                                                                             
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                      ܰ   ߰
              r c n                    
                             ܰ ۰   
    ݰ  ܰ      ݰݰ ݰ 
                            ߰        
                   ܰ   ް        
                               ߰     
                       v o t i n g !        

 ͻ
                                                                             
       If you didn't vote, don't complain!  The following is a chart         
   summarizing last week's reader votes regarding release groups :           
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
                            Voting Results : Games                           
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
        ͻ   
    DNX   28 Votes                           
        ͹   
    HBD   10 Votes                                             
        ͹   
    NPM        20 Votes                              
        ͹   
    PSG   32 Votes                       
        ͹   
    RZR   25 Votes                              
        ͹   
    ROR    5 Votes                                                  
        ͼ   
   Ĵ  
    Total Votes : 120                                                      
     
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
                            Voting Results : Utils                           
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
         ͻ   
    ATA    3 Votes                                                    
         ͹   
    DWN    5 Votes                                                  
         ͹   
    DOD    20 Votes                                  
         ͹   
    MTY    26 Votes                            
         ͹   
    PWA    37 Votes                 
         ͹   
    RBS    13 Votes                                         
         ͹   
    SCUM   5  Votes                                                 
         ͹   
    X-F    15 Votes                                       
         ͼ   
   Ĵ  
    Total Votes : 124                                                      
     
                                                                             
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                      ܰ   ߰
              r c n                    
                             ܰ ۰   
    ݰ  ܰ      ݰݰ ݰ 
                            ߰        
                   ܰ   ް        
                               ߰     
                       v o t i n g !        

 ͻ
                                                                             
       If you didn't vote, don't complain!  The following is a chart         
   summarizing last week's reader votes regarding courier groups :           
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
                              Voting Chart : BBS                             
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
         ͻ   
    AMN    16 Votes                                      
         ͹   
    DGT    12 Votes                                          
         ͹   
    EMP    5 Votes                                                  
         ͹   
    EVR    26 Votes                            
         ͹   
    fATE   8 Votes                                               
         ͹   
    THC    6 Votes                                                 
         ͹   
    MAL    3 Votes                                                    
         ͹   
    M8     10 Votes                                            
         ͹   
    RTS    12 Votes                                          
         ͹   
    RiSC   35 Votes                   
         ͼ   
   Ĵ  
    Total Votes : 133                                                      
     
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
                              Voting Chart : NET                             
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
         ͻ   
    AMN    26 Votes                            
         ͹   
    DGT    10 Votes                                            
         ͹   
    EMP    5 Votes                                                  
         ͹   
    EVR    3 Votes                                                    
         ͹   
    fATE   20 Votes                                  
         ͹   
    THC    6 Votes                                                 
         ͹   
    MAL    3 Votes                                                    
         ͹   
    M8     4 Votes                                                   
         ͹   
    RTS    8 Votes                                               
         ͹   
    RiSC   45 Votes         
         ͼ   
   Ĵ  
    Total Votes : 130                                                      
     
                                                                             
 ͼ


                                     
                      ܰ   ߰
              r c n                    
                             ܰ ۰   
    ݰ  ܰ      ݰݰ ݰ 
                            ߰        
                   ܰ   ް        
                               ߰     
                       v o t i n g !        

 ͻ
                                                                             
       The following is a short survey on the popularity of the major scene  
   groups.  Please take the time to fill it out and return it to the         
   following address :                                                       
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
    Which GAMES group is #1?                                                 
                                                                             
    [ ] Hybrid                                                               
    [ ] Napalm                                                               
    [ ] Prestige                                                             
    [ ] Razor 1911                                                           
    [ ] Release on Rampage                                                   
                                                                             
    Which UTILS group is #1?                                                 
                                                                             
    [ ] Dawn                                                                 
    [ ] Demolition                                                           
    [ ] Drink or Die                                                         
    [ ] Mortality                                                            
    [ ] Pirates with Attitudes                                               
    [ ] Pinnacle                                                             
    [ ] Rebels                                                               
    [ ] Scum                                                                 
    [ ] Sodom                                                                
    [ ] X-Force                                                              
                                                                             
    Which TRADE group is #1 in the field of NET couriering?                  
                                                                             
    [ ] The Age of Creation                                                  
    [ ] Amnesia                                                              
    [ ] Digital                                                              
    [ ] Empire                                                               
    [ ] Everlast                                                             
    [ ] Fast Action Trading Exchange                                         
    [ ] The Hardened Criminals                                               
    [ ] Malice                                                               
    [ ] Motiv8                                                               
    [ ] Power Trading Arsenal                                                
    [ ] Rapier                                                               
    [ ] Request to Send                                                      
    [ ] Rise in Superior Couriering                                          
    [ ] Sinful Traders                                                       
    [ ] Total Kaos                                                           
                                                                             
    Which TRADE group is #1 in the field of BBS couriering?                  
                                                                             
    [ ] The Age of Creation                                                  
    [ ] Amnesia                                                              
    [ ] Digital                                                              
    [ ] Empire                                                               
    [ ] Everlast                                                             
    [ ] Fast Action Trading Exchange                                         
    [ ] The Hardened Criminals                                               
    [ ] Malice                                                               
    [ ] Motiv8                                                               
    [ ] Power Trading Arsenal                                                
    [ ] Rapier                                                               
    [ ] Request to Send                                                      
    [ ] Rise in Superior Couriering                                          
    [ ] Sinful Traders                                                       
    [ ] Total Kaos                                                           
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Please email all responses to an385786@anon.penet.fi.                     
                                                                             
                                                                             
 ͼ


           ߰                ܰ                    
                                        ߰
                            r c n 
          ݰ     ۰   ݰ  
                ܰ        ݰ
        ߰                       
                    ߰߰           ߰           
                                s u r v e y !                ߰

 ͻ
                                                                             
       The following is a short readership survey.  All information          
   obtained from the survey will be used to help improve RCN in future       
   issues.   Please take the time to fill it out and return it to the        
   following address :                                                       
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
    Age :                                                                    
                                                                             
    [ ] 13-18 Years Old                                                      
    [ ] 19-21 Years Old                                                      
    [ ] 22-35 Years Old                                                      
    [ ] 36+65 Years Old                                                      
    [ ] 66+   Years Old                                                      
                                                                             
    Highest level of education completed :                                   
                                                                             
    [ ] High School                                                          
    [ ] College                                                              
    [ ] Masters Degree                                                       
    [ ] Doctoral Degree                                                      
                                                                             
    Are you a SysOp?                                                         
                                                                             
    [ ] Yes                                                                  
    [ ] No                                                                   
                                                                             
    Are you affiliated with any scene groups?                                
                                                                             
    [ ] Yes                                                                  
    [ ] No                                                                   
                                                                             
    Do you download RCN regularly?                                           
                                                                             
    [ ] Yes                                                                  
    [ ] No                                                                   
                                                                             
    Do you save back issues of RCN?                                          
                                                                             
    [ ] Yes                                                                  
    [ ] No                                                                   
                                                                             
    Magazine coding influences me to download one magazine over another __%  
    of the time :                                                            
                                                                             
    [ ] 100                                                                  
    [ ] 80                                                                   
    [ ] 50                                                                   
    [ ] 30                                                                   
    [ ] 0                                                                    
                                                                             
    Amount of time spent reading RCN each week?                              
                                                                             
    [ ] 15-30 Minutes                                                        
    [ ] 31-45 Minutes                                                        
    [ ] 46-60 Minutes                                                        
    [ ] 60+   Minutes                                                        
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Please E-Mail all responses to an385786@anon.penet.fi.                    
                                                                             
                                                                             
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  ߰                         r c n   
                                          
ݰ  ݰ ݰ      ݰ    ܰ   ݰ
        ߰     ߰  ܰ                     ߰
                                 
   ߰         ߰                    ߰             
 ߰       m a d   r c n !                    
                              

 ͻ
                                                                             
     Author  : Tuxedo Mask                                                   
     Subject : Rebel Chicken and Wintrhauk.. Sitting on a Tree..             
                                                                             
 ͼ
 ͻ
                                                                             
   *** RblChickn (chicken@terra.igcom.net) joins channel #Date               
                                                                             
   <Wintrhauk> Hi!  What's up?                                               
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> Not much.  Why'd you invite me to this channel?               
                                                                             
   <Wintrhauk> Well, I was reading RCN, and I see that you're pretty         
               desperate for a girlfriend.  Do you have a girlfriend yet?    
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> No, not yet.. why do you want to know?                        
                                                                             
   <Wintrhauk> Well, I thought about my love life for a while, analyzing     
               all the perks and stuff.  I figure, I'm almost going over     
               the hill now, and I need a boyfriend badly.  My old           
               boyfriend, MikeyBob is in jail now, he got caught             
               masturbating in public.  He said he had this urge, and        
               couldn't stop.                                                
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> You invited me to this channel to tell me that your old       
               boyfriend is in jail?  That's why you invited me?             
                                                                             
   <Wintrhauk> No, I wanted to tell you that I'm almost over the hill        
               now...                                                        
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> I already know that.                                          
                                                                             
   <Wintrhauk> Let me finish, I'm almost over the hill now, and you're       
               almost graduating from high school, and we both need the      
               same thing.                                                   
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> Argh.. what do I need?                                        
                                                                             
   <Wintrhauk> You need a girlfriend.                                        
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> I know that, but how would you be able to help me get a       
               girlfriend?                                                   
                                                                             
   <Wintrhauk> If you don't mind, I could be your girlfriend.                
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> You're kidding right?                                         
                                                                             
   <Wintrhauk> No, I'm not kidding.. why would I kid about a serious matter  
               such as a relationship?                                       
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> I must be having a fucking nightmare.  Hey bitch, I'm         
               desperate, but not stupid.  I only like GIRLS.. not farm      
               animals.                                                      
                                                                             
   <Wintrhauk> Ah.. come on.. we both need the same thing, and we can        
               fulfill that need if we have each other.                      
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> Eeeeeeeewww.. I don't want to fulfill anything with you.. go  
               away.. you're scaring me.                                     
                                                                             
   <Wintrhauk> Are you rejecting me?  If you are, then you'll pay for this.  
               Nobody on the Internet has ever rejected me before.  I am a   
               woman, and I have what you need, I'll ask you one more time.  
               Do you want to me to be your girlfriend?  If you say "NO",    
               I'm going to kill you and blacklist you off every FTP site    
               and BBS in the world.  I'm powerful, I can do that.           
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> YES, I really want to you to be my girlfriend.. but..         
                                                                             
   <Wintrhauk> But WHAT?                                                     
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> But I'm uh.. GAY!  That's it!  I'm gay.  I only like little   
               boys.  I have to go now.. my phone is ringing.. that must be  
               my uh.. boyfriend!  So I have to go, bye.                     
                                                                             
   *** Signoff: RblChickn (Eeeeeeeewww.. )                                   
                                                                             
                                                                             
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                       Hitex          :  Editor                              
                       Rebel Chicken  :  Editor                              
                                                                             
                       Xenon          :  ASM/MOD                             
                                                                             
                       Celestian      :  VGA/ANSI                            
                       RATM           :  VGA/WWW                             
                       Marbz          :  NFOs                                
                                                                             
                       Darkwing       :  IRC Security                        
                       Undinism       :  IRC Offer Bot                       
                                                                             
                       Joker          :  FTP Site                            
                                                                             
                       Defender Zeta  :  Writer                              
                       Frost          :  Writer                              
                       Kahn           :  Writer                              
                       Krypto         :  Writer                              
                       Lucifers Fear  :  Writer                              
                       Road Rebel     :  Writer/Internet Coordinator         
                       Super Hacker   :  Writer/Courier Coordinator          
                       Tuxedo Mask    :  Writer                              
                                                                             
                       FTP Site       :  167.206.212.37                      
                       Web Site       :  http://www.shu.edu/~importmi/rcn    
                       E-Mail         :  AN385786@ANON.PENET.FI              
                                                                             
                                                                             
 
