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   1  Introduction                    A  Hacker's Corner by Crack!      
   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  Rio & Ken of RZR/RPR/MTY        I'm blind, and you guys suck.       
   2  Cereal of 604                   My 3 Points                         
   3  Brab, Another Carter Victim     "They emaild me, sob."              
   4  YYC, 10000 Points?              Is RCN Broken?                      
   5  Anonymous Anti-racist           You NAZI!!!  Ugh.. me?              
   6  An Aspiring Coder               Dear Xenon,                         
   7  Netman                          "I couldn't disagree more."         
   8  Multiple Email                  Miscellaneous                       
   9  Return to Main Menu             Check Out Other Parts of RCN #20!   
                                                                            
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   1  The Midnight Gravedigger        Amnesia Falls!                      
   2  Tym, Blizzard Programmer        Blizzard Stopping Piracy?           
   3  Alice, Amnesia Coordinator      MGD Steals RiSC Sites?              
   4  The Man, Amnesia Member         Taking Over Lame ROR?               
   5  "FUCK RTS!" - Dark Evil         Hey, I didn't say that!!!           
   6  RATM, Damage President          Babysitting Damage...               
   7  Zima Man, Pinnacle President    Mortality Dupes Pinnacle!?          
   8  Kang, THC Senior                Couriers Releasing?                 
   9  Return to Main Menu             Check Out Other Parts of RCN #20!   
                                                                            
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   1  Chris Carter Follow-up          Nice try Daniel... but no cigar!    
   2  Napalm Cheats Prestige          Prophet, Napalm Leader Cheats       
   3  Coredump... Literally?          Releasing it Uncracked?  Sure.      
   4  Don't Type.. Talk!!!            Iphone4 and Iparty R00Ls...         
   5  12 Years Trading!?              Old vs. New                         
   6  Karen Writes Her Heart Out!     Being Female in a Male Internet     
   7  Heather's Fat Smelly Pervert    Help My Girlfriend!                 
   8  Protecting Software             The SPA's Plan!!!  Hehehe...        
   9  Return to Main Menu             Check Out Other Parts of RCN #19!   
                                                                            
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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       
   5  Group Totals  : Games           E  Group Totals  : Utils          
   6  Ionizer's Game Review           F  Nightcrawler's Utils Review    
                                        G  Go Back to Main Menu           
                                                                            
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   1  The Seven Listing #1            [05/30/96] --> [06/05/96]           
   2  The Seven Listing #2            [06/06/96] --> [06/12/96]           
   3  The Seven Listing #3            [06/13/96] --> [06/19/96]           
   4  The Seven Listing #4            [06/20/96] --> [06/26/96]           
   5  Upcoming Release Dates          June of 1996 --> July of 1997       
   6  Global Warez Search             Search All Warez Lists!!            
   7  Return to Main Menu             Check Out Other Parts of RCN #20!   
                                                                            
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   1  Top 10 Couriers : BBS #1        A  Top 10 Couriers : FTP #1       
   2  Top 10 Couriers : BBS #2        B  Top 10 Couriers : FTP #2       
   3  Top 10 Couriers : BBS #3        C  Top 10 Couriers : FTP #3       
   4  Top 10 Couriers : BBS #4        D  Top 10 Couriers : FTP #4       
                                        E  Go Back to Main Menu           
                                                                            
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   1  Voting Results : Release #1     A  Voting Results : Courier #1    
   2  Voting Results : Release #2     B  Voting Results : Courier #2    
   3  Voting Results : Release #3     C  Voting Results : Courier #3    
   4  Voting Booth                    D  Go Back to Main Menu           
                                                                            
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   1  Dark-Elf and Amy                "I'm not saying yes..." - Amy       
   2  Coredump's First Release        Proud to Present : NHL Powerplay!   
   3  Mad-RCN Passwords!              Passwords to Issues #14 to #19      
   4  Return to Main Menu             Check Out Other Parts of RCN #20!   
                                                                            
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   1  Amnesia                         A  Malice                         
   2  Angels of Death                 B  Motiv8                         
   3  Cartel                          C  New Vision Couriers            
   4  Core                            D  No Fear                        
   5  Damage                          E  Power Trading Arsenal          
   6  Empire                          F  Rapier                         
   7  Fast Action Trading Exchange    G  Request to Send                
   8  Genocide                        H  Rise in Superior Couriering    
   9  Lightning                       I  Return to Main Menu            
                                                                            
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   1  Demolition                      A  Prestige                       
   2  Drink or Die                    B  Razor 1911                     
   3  The Hardened Criminals          C  Rebels                         
   4  Hybrid                          D  Release on Rampage             
   5  Legion                          E  Scum                           
   6  Mortality                       F  Sodom                          
   7  Napalm                          G  United Cracking Force          
   8  Pinnacle                        H  X-Force                        
   9  Pirates with Attitudes          I  Return to Main Menu            
                                                                            
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   1  Group Information               RCN Member Listing                  
   2  The Official RCN T-Shirt        I want RCN all over me!             
   3  Application                     Here are my submissions!            
   4  RCN Bulletin Boards             I made me a RCN conference.         
   5  RCN Web Sites                   "Road Why Wab?" - Rebel's Mom.      
   6  Credits                         Issue #20 Staff                     
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     Author  : Road Rebel                                                    
     Subject : Introduction to RCN #20                                       
                                                                             
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       I am writing this to say a few words about RCN and how people treat   
   us.  First of all, when you see an article that rips on someone or a      
   group, and you don't like it.  Take it up with the author!!!  If it       
   isn't written by Rebel Chicken, Hitex or I then don't nag us about it!    
   Also, if you have a problem with something written about you or a group,  
   WRITE A REBUTTLE!  Don't sit there and bitch at us in the channel, it     
   doesn't do shit.  I came to #RCN today, and all I heard was bitching      
   because someone said something mean about a group.  WELL, if you are a    
   group member and your group gets made fun of, take it on the chin, be a   
   man.  We have and will make fun of A LOT of people, most of it is just    
   FUN and in MAD RCN, and people realize this and get over it.  If you      
   come in and bitch at us, it makes us want to rip you some more.  Ok       
   enough of this.                                                           
                                                                             
       Now, this is for the people that come in and say "SEND ME THE NEWEST  
   RCN!"  You don't have to beg!!!!  Before you nag people for it try this.  
   Look in the channel for someone named *dcc (anythingdcc).  If they exist  
   type this : "/MSG <nick> xdcc list"  If they list that they have it type  
   this : "/MSG <nick> xdcc send #<pack@>"                                   
                                                                             
       OK!!  NOW, if there isn't a DCC in the channel look at the topic.     
   It will usually have an FTP or Web page adrress!  If they aren't there,   
   then ask.  Please don't just come in and BEG. It is very unbecoming.      
                                                                             
       Also, for people that want to write for RCN, you don't have to ask    
   for an RCN app.  Just write something and send it to me.  If it is good   
   we use it, if not, well.. we don't.  However, our editors are very        
   patient and they will try to unscramble any submission, regardless of     
   your English skills.  Also, we readily accept submissions written in      
   French, Hebrew, Spanish, or Swedish.  Don't worry, we'll get it           
   translated!  (Of course, we still prefer English!)  If you can keep       
   submitting to RCN you will become a member.  But don't ask what the       
   topic should be, if we had all the topics we could write the whole        
   magazine, the topics are the hard part!                                   
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       I am Rio & Ken, this is the first time I'm writing to RCN, so let me  
   introduce myself.  I'm a bbs trader that has been around in the scene     
   for about 1.5 years now.  Right now I'm in Razor 1911, Rapier, Mortality  
   and that's all.  Now that you know who I am, I can speak.                 
                                                                             
       I wrote this letter to talk about your magazine, I really think it    
   sucks.  The thing is, I'm not the only one.  There are many reasons for   
   that, and well, I'll start explaining.                                    
                                                                             
       First, as I see it, your purpose in the scene (as a scene magazine)   
   is to help the scene in many ways and to supply scene-news/gossip to      
   scene-people weekly.  Now, that's cool and stuff, and you know, it's      
   thoughtful and caring and all.  But because of your blind eyes, you       
   don't see what you actually do.  Your magazine's publicity is starting    
   to be pretty huge, and the magazine is falling to a lot of men's          
   computers - now it may seem really cool from your side (having great      
   publicity), but I don't know if you are aware of the fact that all of     
   this actually REALLY ruins the scene because of the publicty the          
   magazine is getting to a lot of non-scene people, and even some           
   anti-scene people.                                                        
                                                                             
       As you know the magazine contains A LOT of information about the      
   scene, and some of it even secret shit that is illegal.  I'm writing      
   this to remind you that the scene is SUPPOSED to be UNDERGROUND.  Some    
   of the actions in it are illegal, and that's why publishing a magazine    
   like yours, is dangerous - for you, for me, and for the whole scene.      
   You know, the ONLY good thing I saw in your magazine was the revealing    
   of this lame Chris Carter, but as I'm thinking, I'm concluding that your  
   magazine is exactly like Chris Carter, you're a big source of             
   information about the scene and about its illegal actions.  The amazing   
   thing is that you even mention a lot of handles/names/email-addreses and  
   lots of more revealing stuff!!  I just can't understand how blind all of  
   you RCN-staff-people are and you just can't see how you ruin us all.  I   
   think it's already happend once with DRAPPER's site.  All I'm suggesting  
   is, if you want to continue running this lame-tragedy-magazine, sure, go  
   ahead, who'll stop you, just try doing it in a lot more quiet way and     
   don't reveal in your magazine so much, but just one thing, don't ever     
   say you're helping the scene, as I said, you all are doing exactly the    
   opposite!                                                                 
                                                                             
       So after explaining why your magazine is lame I wanted to ask you,    
   no no, to DEMAND from you that I not to see MY handle/name on your        
   magazine EVER in ANY of the issues in the future, that includes the TOP   
   10 COURIERS (even if I should be there), and I do that for my own         
   safety, because GOD knows what MORE you will publish about me except for  
   the handle, and by the way, I sugggest that all people that care for      
   themselves demand the same thing!  Again, if I'll ever see my name, I     
   will personally take it as my mission in the scene to take you all and    
   your magazine DOWN the drain.                                             
                                                                             
       Anyway dude, that's all, I put it all out of my heart, I hope you'll  
   pay good attnetion to what I wrote and will have the brain to fix         
   everything right.                                                         
                                                                             
   *PS* A few little hi's for some friends if I can :                        
                                                                             
   Schindler : Yo buddy, GENOCIDE RULED/RULE/WILL-RULE F-O-R-E-V-E-R! and    
               you will get HILIT, I promise.                                
                                                                             
   Amorphis : hey big guy, someday you'll talk russian too!                  
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Rio & Ken                 
                                                                             
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   Dear Rio & Ken,                                                           
                                                                             
       You are a victim of your own crime.  I often tell people in the       
   scene that they need to take responsibility for what they do.  However,   
   in your case, you need also take a closer look at your actions.  You      
   accuse me of being blind to my actions.  I am rarely blind to my          
   actions, but I will turn that accusation back on you.  Until I made it    
   to the end of your letter, I saw a respectable person that had mixed      
   emotions about our magazine and had more than enough disagreements with   
   our ways.  I also saw you as a person that was slightly misinformed as    
   to the ways of the FBI.  I will, in my reply to you, attempt to clarify   
   certain things about my magazine and how it could possibly effect         
   you/others in the future.                                                 
                                                                             
   I write this letter to talk about your magazine, I really think it        
   sucks.                                                                    
                                                                             
       Generally I stop right here and laugh, but I respect you for          
   providing me with the information of WHY you think it sucks.  It is only  
   through such explanation that we can get things done.                     
                                                                             
   and the thing is, I'm not the only one. there are many reasons for that,  
   and well, I'll start explaining.                                          
                                                                             
       Alright, stop right there.  I respect you for your opinions and       
   commend you on writing to us, but I will not accept your writing as a     
   general statement about your friends and others that may agree with you.  
   It is up to them to take the initiative and write in for themselves.      
   You all know that RCN can post e-mail anonymously as we do on most        
   occasions and if it is a safety issue within them, there's their          
   response.                                                                 
                                                                             
   may seem really cool from your side (having great publicity), but I       
   don't                                                                     
                                                                             
       We don't do it for the publicity.  We are smart people and if we      
   wanted publicity you would have heard of us in other places by now.       
                                                                             
   etc...), now as you know the magzine contains a lot of information about  
   the scene, and some of it (i just couldnt/cant understand how stupid you  
   are to publish all this) even secret shit that is illegal. I'm writing    
   this letter t REMIND you that the scene SUPPOSED to be UNDERGROUND,       
   about 90%                                                                 
                                                                             
       This is where my accusation to you of being blind applies.  I'm       
   sorry to break it to you, but the scene USED to be underground.  Perhaps  
   it is still supposed to be, but it isn't.  The Internet has completely    
   taken away any secretive aspect of the warez scene.  Anybody can log on,  
   and it doesn't take too much thinking to join #warez, and when that's     
   invite only, try Warez1, Warez2, and sooner or later make your way up to  
   a public channel.  The scene is anything BUT underground.                 
                                                                             
   of the actions in it is illegal, and that's why publishing magazine like  
   yours, is dangrous - for you, for me, for the whole scene. you know, the  
   ONLY                                                                      
                                                                             
       Again you are being blind.  Perhaps it is denial?  You may not know   
   it, but big brother IS watching you.  I'm sure 5% of most public warez    
   channels is made up of FBI agents and NARKS.  Did narks only come about   
   once RCN started publishing?  Hardly.  Narks have been around ever since  
   the scene began.  Do they read RCN to get information about people?       
   Perhaps you would like to think so, but that is a naive statement.        
                                                                             
   Carter, but as I'm thinking, I'm conclusing that your magazine is         
   exactly like Chris Carter, you're a big source of infomation              
                                                                             
       Though I don't doubt that the FBI computer division assigns           
   homework, and that reading RCN is definitely a part of it, I really       
   doubt that an organization that big needs help from a few teenagers.      
   Furthermore, if you're going to accuse RCN of providing publicity for     
   the "secret" and "totally underground" hangout spots on the Internet,     
   you will be accusing every group NFO file of doing the same.  DOD, PWA,   
   Razor, Prestige, they all publish their group channel in their warez.     
                                                                             
       I think its already happend once with DRAPPER's site (I cant accuse   
   you or any1 but you know you were involved and as I see it you have a     
   good chance of being the cause to all of this). all I'm suggesting is,    
   if you wanna                                                              
                                                                             
       I will not get into another argument about Drapper's site.  I will    
   only revamp the data in my defense and show you how absurd, and again,    
   naive, you must be, to think that RCN had any involvement in the busting  
   of Drapper's site, and furthermore, how Drapper really just used us as a  
   scapegoat.  Just to remind a few of us, Drapper accused RCN's publishing  
   of the NAME of his site and the University that it was running under, to  
   be the source of his bust.  Drapper got busted 30 minutes after the       
   publication of RCN, and at that time, it was 9:30 pm in his area.  This   
   means that the MIT staff would have gotten RCN immensely faster than      
   even boards like Park Central or Malevolence, read it, found the          
   Warez-IQ topic, gotten the question right, chased out of their hut, gone  
   to the City Hall, gotten a search warrant, meaning they assumed RCN to    
   be a REPUTABLE SOURCE, gotten in their cars, hopped back to Drapper's     
   dorm, and cuffed him, mind you all this at 9:30 pm, and last I checked,   
   City Hall doesn't stay open much past 6.                                  
                                                                             
   a tragedy and a crime. I persoanlly would like to nuke you all for this   
   bullshit u're doing. I'm in rapier, and I read the GODS-MEETING-LOG, and  
   as a matter of fact I really didnt care what they said there, the thing   
                                                                             
       Goes to show you how you should screen your members a little better,  
   doesn't it?                                                               
                                                                             
   execept this, you have shits like UNupdated .nfo's (that reminds me, I    
   found up one of your rcn-lamers looking for an updated rapier.nfo about   
   10 MINS BEFORE THE RELEASING OF RCN-19, can you belive it?  10 mins be4   
   releasing                                                                 
                                                                             
       10 minutes before release time.  Well more like about an hour but     
   whatever.  Yeah, goes to show you how we try to make our NFOs as recent   
   as possible.  Such good Samaritans we are.                                
                                                                             
   nono, to DEMAND from you not to see MY handle/name on YOUR magazine EVER  
   NEVER in ANY of the issues in the future, that includes the TOP 10        
   COURIERS (even if I should be there), and I do that for my own safety,    
                                                                             
       Again you're being blind.  Up top you published your name, now you    
   tell us not to publish it?  I think you're so confused that you don't     
   even know if you like RCN or not.  You want to get publicity, but you     
   think it might get you busted.  You REALLY need to take responsibility    
   for yourself, sir!                                                        
                                                                             
   little hi's for some friends if I can :                                   
                                                                             
       Wait wouldn't that be dangerous?  Because we're narks, right?  Gee    
   how thoughtful of you, I mean if everything you say about RCN is true,    
   you should run while you still can.  Or do you want to take some of your  
   friends down along with you?                                              
                                                                             
       Rio & Ken, you really need to rethink your position in your letter    
   to me.  I think you're just scared and confused.  The scene isn't what    
   it was a few years ago, it's not nearly as underground as it used to be.  
   Then, once you're done pondering that, think about this.  Did people not  
   get busted before RCN?  Of course they did.  So what's different?         
   People have always gotten busted, and they did then just as much as they  
   do now.  The only difference is that now you have someone to tell you     
   about it.  Let's see, Demaxxus, Anarchist, Endokuken, Dr. Jekyll,         
   Brawley, and several others.                                              
                                                                             
       How many of the people I mentioned do you know?  Because for every    
   one you didn't, it's one that would have gotten busted without RCN and    
   you would never have known it.  RCN reports on busts.  RCN reports on     
   groups.  RCN does't bust people, nor does it kill groups.                 
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Hitex/Rebel Chicken       
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       I just felt compelled to write you guys after going through RCN #19.  
   You guys did a great job!  Well, let's not make this into another         
   dumbass "great work" e-mail.  I have a few things to comment on, but      
   feel free to ignore me.                                                   
                                                                             
       This is my take on the current warez scene situation, from the point  
   of view of someone who hasn't been involved with it for a few years. I'm  
   what you guys would call an art scener.  I used to be into the local 604  
   (my home AC) warez scene, 2-3 years ago, but I moved into the art scene   
   about two years ago and never left :).  Just to give you a little         
   background on myself, I started out as a local art pack courier.          
   Pathetic, eh?  Somehow, that led me into drawing for a local art group    
   (Mistigris), where I developed my ANSI skills.  Since then, I've become   
   a pretty good artist (if I can actually say that modestly :), proficient  
   in a wide range of artistic media (ANSI, RIP, VGA, and a little ASCII)    
   and have gone through a series of small-to-large groups (Mistigris, WBT,  
   Integrity, Union, Flatline, mOp, iCE, and finally Fire, which I am now a  
   senior staffer in).                                                       
                                                                             
       As I progressed into the art scene, I became less and less involved   
   in the warez scene; of course, I picked up the odd Ware or two, but       
   never to the extent that a lot of guys are doing now.  I really lost      
   contact with my warez roots.                                              
                                                                             
       Within the last few weeks, I've gotten a little more involved in the  
   warez scene again.  It all started off when I was sitting peacefully on   
   #Fire, talking to my buds; in cruises a courier, asking for someone to    
   draw him a DIZ.  I volunteered.  Actually, I just graduated, so I was     
   looking for some warez to occupy my free time; I grabbed the opportunity  
   to get myself some :).  You see, a lot of us art scene guys are           
   warez-deprived.  We don't see many warez anymore, unless we're totally    
   into the warez scene.  So I asked the courier if we could wrangle a       
   trade for warez or something.  He sent me to his leader, a guy called     
   Druggy (whom I had never encountered before, but he seems to be somewhat  
   of a fixture in the warez scene :), who had just started up a new         
   courier group, The Cartel.                                                
                                                                             
       Well, I talked to him, and he asked me to show him some of my         
   artwork.  In a sense, you guys are art-deprived :).  I sent him over      
   some of my old junk, and he loved it.  Kept asking me to send him more,   
   actually.  That was pretty weird, since most of the art scene guys don't  
   ask anymore; my work is pretty readily available in art packs released    
   monthly, such as the ACiD Acquisition, the monthly iCEpack, and the Fire  
   Combustion.  Most packs release monthly, filled to the brim with artwork  
   like mine. He asked me to fill out an app to his group and to draw some   
   stuff for them.  I saw this as a great opportunity to fill my harddrive   
   up with crap, so I said "sure, what the hell."  Within minutes I was      
   opped on #Cartel, sitting there, chatting with warez guys I'd never met   
   before, many of them questioning me about what kind of artwork I did.     
   To make a long story short, I sent a bunch of them my old work, and they  
   got to know me a bit through my artwork :).  I drew up a nifty colour     
   member list, and got access on a few warez sites. I'm a happy camper      
   now; it doesn't take much to satisfy me, warez-wise :)                    
                                                                             
       Since then (this was about a week or two ago), I've gotten more       
   involved with the warez scene. Druggy kindly sent me Issue #17 of RCN,    
   telling me that I was insane never to have read it before. He seemed to   
   think RCN was the best mag ever released :).  I thought to myself "It's   
   a warez mag. It can't be that great."  Boy, was I wrong.  Again, great    
   effort guys.  It rocks.  RCN shines in comparison to most art scene       
   emags.  Three things shocked me the most about RCN.  Here they are, in    
   order :                                                                   
                                                                             
       1.) The fact that you guys release weekly.  This seems physically     
           impossible to me, an art scene lameass who never knew mags could  
           release any faster than monthly.  Art scene mags are all          
           under-staffed, and release monthly if they're _lucky_.  The fact  
           that you guys manage to release weekly, and actualy ON TIME blew  
           my mind.                                                          
                                                                             
       2.) The quantity of stuff you guys manage to collect on a regular     
           basis for inclusion into RCN.  It's scary that the warez scene    
           is so active :).  You guys manage to scrape up more articles,     
           interviews and editorials weekly than most art mags came come up  
           with in 2-3 months.  Jesus!                                       
                                                                             
       3.) The amount of following RCN has.  Last week, just before the      
           release of RCN #18, the guys on #Cartel were going nuts about     
           how long RCN had been delayed.  At the time, I had no idea you    
           guys released WEEKLY.  I thought to myself, based on my           
           knowledge of art scene mags, "what, they must be a coupla days    
           late, right?"  WRONG.  A bloody HOUR late, and everyone was       
           ranting and raving about how late you guys were.  Shut the hell   
           up, you whining freaks :).  You obviously haven't been in the     
           art scene before.  We have mags that release a MONTH late, and    
           no one really complains, due to the utter LACK of cooperation     
           from anyone.  An HOUR late?  You whiners should be ashamed of     
           yourselves.  I mean, it's already a major accomplishment, in my   
           eyes, that you managed to release weekly at all.  That's already  
           a BIG plus for RCN.  But whining because the mag was an HOUR      
           late in coming out? Gimme a break.                                
                                                                             
       Since then I've been faithfully reading each issue of RCN I find,     
   "cover-to-cover", so-to-speak.  I'm constantly impressed by the amount    
   of quality and humourous material you guys manage to scrape up; awesome   
   job, guys.  The coding is excellent, the intro and closing graphics are   
   great, and the content just plain rocks.  I myself run an art webzine,    
   called "netherwOrld", (which is temporarily down, because I can't find a  
   server to house it ;( ) but I strive to keep it updated as regularly as   
   you guys keep RCN updated.  Again, I'm REALLY impressed.  The fact that   
   your staff is so large and cooperative is a major plus, and that you      
   have your own web domain (haven't looked at it yet, but I will today) is  
   great too.  You must have a huge distribution.  The only thing I don't    
   like (yes, I actually don't like something in RCN!) about the mag is      
   your menuset.  Sorry to say, but for a mag as good as RCN, they really    
   bite!                                                                     
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Cereal                    
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       Last week my admin got a letter from the legendary Chris Carter, now  
   revealed to be Daniel Schlegel.  It was the generic letter that has been  
   posted in past issues of RCN.  My admin didn't care, I was lucky.  I was  
   being accused of offering files via DCC.  Chris Carter is so fucking      
   stupid, I never offer software overs DCC, I do that over FTP, and he      
   caught me during an anti-kill (nick collision protection).  I never hold  
   warez on the provider he e-mailed either because I use hacked shell       
   accounts for that.  So if yo ugot mail from this asshole don't worry,     
   he's lying.  That man is 14 and his information was posted in RCN #19.    
   Go fuck him up.                                                           
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Brab                      
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Dear Brab,                                                                
                                                                             
       I'm sorry to see you were made victim to him as well.  RCN hoped      
   that in revealing his information, he might get scared, but you guys      
   will all have to talk to him personally and have a little chit-chat with  
   Carter himself.                                                           
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Hitex/Rebel Chicken       
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       Hi, I don't wanna bitch, but the game didn't give me a password to    
   the secret articles when I got a score of 10025 points.  Anyways, if its  
   a bug, please have it fixed by next issue.  Oh, and good job doing a      
   great mag!                                                                
                                                                             
       Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that before people talk shit about       
   AOLers, they should look at themselves and see how they compare to some   
   of the ppl in the scene today that CAME from AOL, such as Nytemyst and    
   MGD.  Although MGD is a conceited fuck, he is still considered "elite"    
   because he has no life and is a little net-monkey who can't call boards   
   AND he sucks up to ppl who he thinks have status or can BENEFIT HIM.      
   Well that's my 2 cents.  Peace, keep up the good work on the mag.         
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   YYC                       
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Dear YYC,                                                                 
                                                                             
       The bug has been fixed, our genius coder does make mistakes           
   sometimes (geeze you should see him drive), and he had the variable       
   jumper set to "= 10000 points" forgetting that sometimes the score will   
   be higher than that and never actually hit 10000.  So now it's set to     
   "=> 10000 points" which works just a tad better.                          
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Hitex/Rebel Chicken       
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       How the hell could you guys enter a NAZI article into your cool mag?  
   I really don't understand it.  Your E-Mag should be about the Warez       
   Scene, the warez, but not about shit like this nazi article!  I'd really  
   like to hear why you put it in.                                           
                                                                             
       Anyway I think your mag is really good and the space invaiders game   
   is even better!  By the way, who did this game!?                          
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Anonymous                 
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Dear Anonymous,                                                           
                                                                             
       A NAZI article?  Two things you need clarified.  One, it was found    
   in the "Secret Articles" section, and these are a) comedy or b) shit we   
   don't take seriously.  In this case B applied.  Second, it was a log      
   file of two people in the warez scene, quite real at that, we didn't      
   make it up.  The point?  It goes to show you the stupidity of some        
   people in the scene.                                                      
                                                                             
       Don't even TRY telling us we're racist or anti-semetic.  I was born   
   in Israel, lived there for the first 6 years of my life, and Hebrew is    
   still the language of the house.  But I know when to take something       
   personally and when not to, and frankly, I never take ANY racism          
   personally because all it portrays is the ignorance of the person saying  
   it.                                                                       
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Hitex                     
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       I guess this question is for Xenon, one of the greatest coders I      
   have ever seen.  I am assuming that RCN switches the computer to          
   protected mode.  How do you do that and what type of software do you      
   use?  I am trying to find some libs, but they all say "register me" or    
   die after thirty days, and of course, I read your emag, so do you really  
   think I'd register anything?                                              
                                                                             
       Anyway, forward it to Xenon, and give me a reply.  Oh, by the way, I  
   wouldn't mind having the source for your game.  If I can't, I wouldn't    
   mind having chunks of it, like the animation part or the hit detection    
   part or the sound (I especially need sound).  If you are using some       
   prepacked library can you tell me the URLs or mail 'em to me.             
                                                                             
       By the way, I think your mag is one of the coolest codes I've ever    
   seen, and the articles are awesome.  I'm glad you're back after you took  
   off a few months ago.                                                     
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   An Aspiring Coder         
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Dear An Aspiring Coder,                                                   
                                                                             
       Unfortunately when we looked around for protected mode source all we  
   ever saw was "register me" or it would die in 30 days.  So we decided to  
   screw protected mode.  RCN runs off of a built-in overlay file.  The      
   overlays are stored within the main EXE so there is no need to have       
   extraneous outside data files.  The configuration is also stored in       
   several bytes within the main EXE.                                        
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Xenon                     
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       I would like to use this chance to reply to an editorial by a person  
   named Joker, posted in the 19th issue of RCN.  There he said something    
   about the games scene dying out, and that he personally thought that it   
   was no big loss, as the utils scene is more important.                    
                                                                             
       I couldn't disagree more.  The fact is that the reason why the        
   number of good games in the scene today always exceeds the amount of      
   good utilities by far is because it is much easier to come up with a new  
   concept in gaming than in utilities.                                      
                                                                             
       The thing is, after playing Doom and beating all the levels ten       
   times without loading game a single time, people are still willing to     
   play Doom 2.  But once you have already found the perfect communications  
   program, or the best Dos shell, you really don't care  about any new      
   comm proggies, or Dos shells that come out.                               
                                                                             
       So I think that if the CD releases were to kill the games scene       
   (which I doubt, as so much room in them is taken up by the movies and     
   voices that are so easy for our expert groups to rip out) whatever would  
   be left of it, would be pretty boring, and people will soon lose their    
   interest in it.                                                           
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Netman                    
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       For about a month now, all I've been hearing is how my friends keep   
   getting busted for doing jack, and quite frankly, I am sick of it!  Dr.   
   Jekyll was the first of whom was taken by them.  I valued his             
   companionship greatly due to the fact he was always the first one to      
   greet me when I logged on, and was always ready to help me find whatever  
   I needed, not to mention getting me honorary ops a few times :) Dr.       
   Jekyll.. if you ever read this, thank you for everything.                 
                                                                             
       Dr. Jekyll was busted, and I was feeling kinda down.  We all go       
   through it, but it passes, and I dismissed it as just something that      
   happened.  I myself stopped hacking a while ago, but I still felt         
   comfortable that if I ever wanted to return, I would be pretty safe.      
                                                                             
       Then, recently, OoZiE, another of my friends, was busted for using    
   *ONE* hacked aimnet.com account!  To this end I was strongly              
   disappointed.. For a full day, I sat at my terminal and wondered what     
   was going on, and seriously considered dropping out of the scene.  After  
   all, I have a future right now (for the most part) and don't want to      
   blow it just for some stupid games and apps, no matter how good they may  
   seem to be.                                                               
                                                                             
       After sitting there and contemplating, I went and played a game of    
   the Quake beta which just shot those preminitions away.  I'd like to      
   think I didn't waste that time, and I'm glad I'm writing to you.  We are  
   the future, and if we stick together, we cannot be contained.  I hate to  
   bitch about the profiteering made on the net, but fact is that there are  
   hundreds, perhaps thousands of corporate morons sitting there trying to   
   find ways to make MORE money for their corporations from the Internet,    
   and to them, an obstacle is the lack of control in CyberSpace.  I think   
   that everytime there is a bust, every H/P/A/C'er, and those in the warez  
   scene, should take note and pay them a moment of silence.  One day,       
   unless I'm careful, I will be taken down, fined, and probably jailed.     
   If you're not careful, the next one down might be you.                    
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Orange Sun                
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       I won't suck up to you like those other stupid fucks.  I'd just like  
   to say that warez groups suck.  They have no life what so ever.  Who      
   gives a fuck about 0 day and who can release this or that first.          
                                                                             
       All the warez groups care about is how fast they put their shit out.  
   They don't even test most of it.  I download a game or a util and it has  
   errors and other shit.  Gimme a break.  People in #Exceed don't give a    
   fuck about how fast it is, they just care about getting a good game or    
   util and having it work.  The only reason groups release shit is to get   
   "known."   But who the fuck cares besides other groups.  The only time    
   you're wasting is you're own.  I must say though that Razor 1911 and DOD  
   and a few others do put quality warez out although noone really gives a   
   fuck.  Probably all the couriers don't even try 1/100 of the games and    
   apps they curry.  Why should they, they need to go get some more -100     
   day warez.  I dunno about you but I don't really give a shit about 0      
   minute OS/2 porn.  FUCK YOU you lame ass couriering groups.               
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   C-Four                    
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       I just downloaded #19, that was my very first issue.  I thought that  
   RCN was a .txt file like other warez reviews.  Boy, was a DEAD wrong.     
   This is the BEST.  The music, Wow, what a touch.  The Space Invaders,     
   nice way to get the password.  Everything is good in RCN.                 
                                                                             
       I especially like the music, and the scene that plays when you start  
   it up.  Well, when I read the intro, it says I can submitt stuff.  Well,  
   I am right now. I was wondering if you could make a section in RCN, for   
   Anarchy Freaks. Like put Jolly Rogers Cook Book in it, and PeEll's PaC,   
   and mine :) It is CracK PacK.  I just can't get enough of the music and   
   the art, what a touch!  I'll send you Crack PacK (which is the one I      
   wrote) and PeEll's PaC (i didn't write it).  Make it so that it has 3     
   catergories: 1) JR's Cookbook 2) CracK PacK 3) PeEll's PaC.  Then when    
   they select one, it shows the index.txt.  Make the other txts links       
   within the index.txt in RCN.  That will get more people to read RCN.      
                                                                             
       You should make levels in the Space Invaders, and new guns, make a    
   CODE too, so you become invicible and in GOD mode.  OR make a whole NEW   
   game (maybe Doom-Like?).  Thanks for atleast listening to my thoughts.    
   I hope this makes the next issue!                                         
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Crack                     
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       You guys at RCN are doing an awesome job on the mag.  Keep up the     
   very good work.  Your June Issue is the first one that I have seen and I  
   liked all that 411 you guys put in the mag.  The sounds, music, and       
   graphics were also great.                                                 
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   DA                        
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       I am sick of everyone making fun of users from AOL.  Personnaly I     
   can not stand it, but most warez traders on AOL have fake accounts, so    
   they cannot be considered users of the service.  I wouldn't pay for AOL   
   but it is a good service because you can access the Internet through it   
   and it is much faster for distributing warez.  If I had local access to   
   an Internet provider I would get it, but until then I will get free       
   access via AOL's 800 number.                                              
                                                                             
       If you ever get a chance make a fake account on AOL and go to the     
   warez private rooms (currently PuPs) and see for yourselves how easy      
   warez can be to distribute.                                               
                                                                             
       I have only one thing to say to the warez traders, couriers, etc.     
   that call all the people connected to AOL lamers.  You must be the ones   
   that are lame not relizing that most people that connect to AOL are only  
   doing it because they have no local Internet provider so they have to     
   use fake accounts on AOL.  All the people who have local Internet         
   providers and still use AOL are still not lame because you can get over   
   400 megs of warez a day ready for download from Warez rooms on AOL so it  
   is much faster.                                                           
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Fly Mach 5                
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       Rcn Issue #19 was great!  I was wondering if you could answer this    
   question.  Why are all groups only for people who have connections?       
   Does that make them think that they are "elite?"  I came into the scene   
   about 6 months ago and nobody wanted to help a "lamer" learn the ropes.   
   I think groups should admit people as members so that they can learn by   
   experience.                                                               
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Anonymous                 
                                                                             
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   Dear Anonymous,                                                           
                                                                             
       You bring up a good point.  Unfortunately it's human nature to take   
   advantage of a good situation, and the scene differs in no way.           
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Hitex/Rebel Chicken       
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       I would like to know if you guys have a ftp site where I could get    
   RCN, since the WWW site never has updated mags.  Thanks.  I would also    
   like to say that this is the best mag I've ever read and seen!            
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Tristar                   
                                                                             
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   Dear Tristar,                                                             
                                                                             
       The FTP addresses often change, but you can always get new updates    
   at our newly updated WWW site.  I'm sorry that in the past it has not     
   been updated as often as it should be, but this should all be changing    
   now.  Also, you can always join #RCN on the IRC network and get it.       
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Hitex/Rebel Chicken       
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       You know what the funniest thing in the whole scene is?   Endeavours  
   ignorance.  I don't think he realizes that everything said to him in RCN  
   has been negative, and insulting towards him and his group.               
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Thastuff                  
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       Hey, what's up guys!  I'd just like to say RCN kicks ass!  There is   
   no other E-ZiNE that can even COMPETE with you guys.  Anyway, I'm         
   Infidel from the 613 area code.  I'd just like to congradulate PTA on     
   its hard work and effort.  You will ALWAYS see them IRC couriering.  I'm  
   good friends with the President (iM) and I'd just like to say good job!   
   He's brought this group through everything, and they've STILL managed to  
   stay alive.  Greets go out to iM, Locutous, [-wOoP-], Displaced, Renny,   
   Global, Japan6, OoZiE, pHiXx and the rest of the PTA members.  Good job   
   guys!                                                                     
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Infidel                   
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       Hey dudes.  I love your e-mags, they're the best!  The warez reviews  
   are also great.  I'd just like to say that it is good for peeps out       
   there, so watch the scene, and check if the warez work these days, most   
   of them are just junk releases done without double-checking their         
   quality!                                                                  
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Anonymous                 
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       My name is Jordy.  Every day I wake up, load up screen, and have      
   efnet sitting in one window in #warez while I work in the others.  Why    
   is this important?  Well, I'm trying to shrug off the damn notion that    
   "#warez is where I wanna be."  Every day we get a few new ones, the ones  
   that split in and think they are eleet because "they took #warez" [yeah,  
   that entire second].  I'm amazed, we're are a peaceful bunch that has     
   very little to do with the rest of the warez scene.  We all value our     
   privacy more than anything else.  Plus, the most fun we have all day is   
   picking random kicks for the people who split in.  It sparks our          
   creativity.                                                               
                                                                             
       Most of us have been in the warez scene at one time or another, but   
   I think only a handful are still active in anything other than school     
   and work.  Well, put it this way, when you put out a 'leet list,' not     
   one person in #warez was on it :p.                                        
                                                                             
       Well, maybe one, I don't know, I don't follow too closely.  I just    
   wanted to make it a point of saying, yeah, we have a channel, its called  
   #warez, some of us are also in #warez on alternet, xnet, and dbn3.  What  
   do we talk about?  It's not warez ;p!                                     
                                                                             
       Another fact of #warez is, when I scanned your 'leet list' I think I  
   only recognized about 6 names or so, and of all those, not one has        
   talked to me in the past month, [hint, Ionizer, get off your lazy butt    
   and msg me one of these days].                                            
                                                                             
       So there you have it, #warez on efnet, a channel of about 45 at any   
   given time that talk about life more than computers, well, maybe not      
   more, possibly equal to, maybe a bit less ;p.  Oh yeah, one more thing,   
   our channel probably has more women than any other warez channel, heh,    
   we are blessed.                                                           
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Jordy                     
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       Do you think it's safe to play that Space Invaders game while under   
   the influence of narcotics?                                               
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Spock                     
                                                                             
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   Dear Spock,                                                               
                                                                             
       Hahaha no comment!                                                    
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Hitex/Rebel Chicken       
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       Could you add me to your mailing list?                                
                                                                             
       RCN rules!  Xenon's coding KICKS ASS!  If Xenon wishes to SHARE any   
   code with me then PLEASE email me.  I am in desperate need of awesome     
   coding like Xenon's.  Most importantly, I am looking for a MOD/MID/WAV    
   code that I can use in my games.                                          
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   DarkAdept                 
                                                                             
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   Dear DarkAdept,                                                           
                                                                             
       Again we don't give out any source code to RCN, nor do we have a      
   mailing list.  It's too hard to have a mailing list when the mag is       
   650kb in size because the anon.penet.fi won't allow it, and furthermore,  
   we want to respect their service to us and not flood their server with    
   50 megs of data on Sunday afternoons.                                     
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Hitex/Rebel Chicken       
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : MGD                  
     Subject  : Amnesia Falls!            Affiliation : ex-Amnesia Senior    
                                                                             
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   RCN : MGD (The Midnight Gravedigger), you were a senior of GODS (Guild    
         of Distributors) and when GODS switched its name to Amnesia, you    
         became an Amnesia senior, but you recently left Amnesia, why is     
         that so?                                                            
                                                                             
   MGD : I left Amnesia because there are many problems there now, I mean    
         like any one that wants to join they can join these days, Amnesia   
         standards have been lowered since before we went to GODS and then   
         pulled out.  Davan is about to retire and Frost went to Damage.     
         Prozac is gone, and Shafter is in Chicago for the summer, which     
         doesn't leave Amnesia with much these days, they got a few          
         newbies, who can't show respect to people that kept the group       
         alive before they were even on the Internet.                        
                                                                             
   RCN : But what about the council members such as Lester and David &       
         Goliath?  Are they not respectable enough to be able to keep the    
         group together?  Or are they too no longer capable of running       
         Amnesia as a decent group?                                          
                                                                             
   MGD : Lester is not around much, and David & Goliath is trying to run     
         Amnesia like its his utils group The Corporation.  Many others      
         (names willl not be revealed) and I have a great amount of respect  
         for Lester, he is one of the most powerful people on the Internet,  
         and he usuallly kept things in order when he was around, but he     
         comes on like 15 minutes every other day now, and with a group      
         like Amnesia that is certainly not enough.  As for David &          
         Goliath, no comment.                                                
                                                                             
   RCN : You mentioned that Frost left Amnesia for Damage?  What's his new   
         position in Damage?  Did he leave Amnesia for the same reasons you  
         too are leaving?  What part did Frost play in Amnesia's success?    
         In other words, is he THAT important?                               
                                                                             
   MGD : Frost is certainly in my mind a great rising star in the field of   
         Internet couriering.  He is getting better and better daily, he     
         left Amnesia for Damage basically because there are fights every    
         day in channel #Amnesia.  He he was a KEY FACTOR in AMNESiA's       
         sucess.                                                             
                                                                             
   RCN : History does repeat itself.  Amnesia first split off of Malice in   
         February because of fights, and now Damage is splitting away from   
         Amnesia.  Do you believe that my statement on how history repeats   
         itself is true?                                                     
                                                                             
   MGD : Damage split when Digital split into GODS, and Rapier split out of  
         Amnesia, which is correct.  Amnesia did split out of MALICE         
         because of fights.  Fights are what the splits start off of, and    
         when a figure in the group leaves, many others think of leaving     
         too.  Yes, your statement is true except for the part where Damage  
         split from Amnesia, it split from Digital.                          
                                                                             
   RCN : After Malice's fall in February, it has never been the same group   
         because it could not maintain its courier prowess.  Do you believe  
         that Amnesia has taken its fall as well, and is pretty much done    
         for, unless something short of a miracle comes and saves the        
         group?                                                              
                                                                             
   MGD : Well, I am not too sure about that one, you can look at Malice and  
         see from #1 to practically dead, it has happened to many groups,    
         and at this point almost nothing can save the group.  About         
         Amnesia, I really can't say because Amnesia still has some good     
         Internet couriers and only time will tell.                          
                                                                             
   RCN : You mentioned earlier that when figure heads leave a group, others  
         lose faith and want to leave as well.  Have any other Amnesia       
         couriers left Amnesia as a result of your departure?                
                                                                             
   MGD : Well on that I would call it as me and Frost left together, and     
         because of this nuisance, Davan might be retiring, I have gotten    
         messages from people still in AMNESiA telling me "you know another  
         group that will take me, I would leave AMNESiA but as of now I      
         don't have any where else to go."                                   
                                                                             
   RCN : We know that Frost left Amnesia to join Damage, but which courier   
         group will you be joining?                                          
                                                                             
   MGD : I really can't say yet, I have talked to Eagle 1 of RiSC (Rise in   
         Superior Couriering) and he told me to talk to him when he gets     
         back on Wednesday or Thursday after his upcoming buisness trip      
         that he has already left for.                                       
                                                                             
   RCN : I recall in that in RCN issue #18, a log file was shown where you   
         said that RiSC hates you?  And that you would never be able to      
         join that group?  Is that not true?                                 
                                                                             
   MGD : RiSC doesn't hate me, I had some actions in Amnesia towards RiSC    
         but that was only because of pride in Amnesia which I have totally  
         lost completely, as it is for RiSC sure I would join now, if I was  
         given the chance.                                                   
                                                                             
   RCN : What were these actions?  Did you try to steal sites from RiSC?     
         You said in RCN Issue #18, "I say we steal LA, Enigma, and Beyond   
         Akira from RiSC."                                                   
                                                                             
   MGD : That was just jibberish because I was still mad on how BBX of       
         Amnesia was taken by RiSC, yet that is long forgotten.              
                                                                             
   RCN : Oh, okay, it's long forgotten.  Two weeks is a long time.  Anyway,  
         what are your feelings toward Amnesia now that you are no longer a  
         part of it?                                                         
                                                                             
   MGD : I could care less about Amnesia, they don't know how to respect     
         people that kept the group alive when every one was inactive.  I    
         still have friends there that I care for, but much of the group is  
         deteriorating.                                                      
                                                                             
   RCN : How did they fail in giving you the respect you feel you deserve?   
         I assume the lack of respect was directed at you, correct?          
                                                                             
   MGD : Well a little while back before GODS, a little after that Amnesia   
         vs. Digital courier competition, I was the ONLY Internet trader     
         actually performing when the others were gone with their excuses,   
         so I was keeping Amnesia alive, I also trained and formed that      
         current Internet team they have with an exception of a few people,  
         and in my point of view that certainly should get me some respect.  
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Ante                      Interviewee : Tym                  
     Subject  : Blizzard on Piracy        Affiliation : Blizzard Programmer  
                                                                             
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   RCN : What does Blizzard do to prevent software piracy?                   
                                                                             
   BLZ : Well, there are a few different things.  The main thing is to       
         eliminate as many reasons to pirate the software as possible.       
         There's a lot of people out there who get pirated games because     
         they don't want to spend money on something they know nothing       
         about.  Besides the usual shareware, we also provide spawning       
         technology, that allows multiple people to play each other off one  
         copy.  A lot of people do that, get hooked on the game, and go out  
         and buy it for themselves so they can play single player.  We also  
         have some fairly innovative protection schemes to stop at least     
         the casual hackers.                                                 
                                                                             
   RCN : Such as?                                                            
                                                                             
   BLZ : I have not seen a fully working crack, most of them are             
         incomplete.  They don't work multi-player, you can't load save      
         games, certain scenarios aren't in, etc.                            
                                                                             
   RCN : Hybrid was first to release WarCraft 2.  However, their version     
         was not fully operational.  It took them three days to get out a    
         version with full network and scenario options.  In this time, do   
         you think they were getting rid of the "innovative protection       
         schemes?"                                                           
                                                                             
   BLZ : Well, first off we need to clarify something here.  We realize we   
         are never going to release an uncrackable game.  Our main goal is   
         to stop the casual copiers.                                         
                                                                             
   RCN : I personal have not used the Hybrid crack, yet some people claim    
         that it breaks up in Internet games or sometimes does not run at    
         all.  Could this be intent or merely coincidence?                   
                                                                             
   BLZ : It's our intent, I have yet to see a fully 100% crack of a cracked  
         copy of the game.  I've seen a 97.98%, maybe 99% functioning,       
         however, there are so many places in the code that would have to    
         be altered that it would probably only become with it to those      
         people that feel they're on a mission from God to crack games.      
                                                                             
   RCN : Recently, id Software's Quake Beta 3 was released by ROR (Release   
         on Rampage).  They claim to have members who are part of id         
         Software.  This version of Quake had included nearly everything     
         but id Software has yet to release it in stores.  Does Blizzard     
         have problems with such leeks?                                      
                                                                             
   BLZ : Well, as I understand it, ROR claims they released the full         
         version of Quake but it really only a beta-stage testing version    
         of Quake.  There are still a lot of bugs and there is no network    
         play.  When we were doing WarCraft 2, a pre-release (magazine       
         only) alpha was leaked to the Internet, and was all over the place  
         very quickly.  Since then, we've serialized all our alphas and      
         betas we have sent out and haven't had any similar problems.        
                                                                             
   RCN : The beta release of WarCraft 2 was all over the Internet very       
         quickly, and is nothing like the final version.  What is            
         Blizzard's feelings on the WarCraft 2 beta or unfinished products   
         in general.                                                         
                                                                             
   BLZ : Well, the alpha release (a beta release is something released for   
         actual testing, the alpha release was just to show off the game to  
         some magazines) was very incomplete and didn't give a very good     
         picture of the game at all.  Our main problem with them is that     
         people will get them, and get erroneous messages 50 to 90% of the   
         time.                                                               
                                                                             
   RCN : If and when Diablo and StarCraft hits the pirate scene, is          
         Blizzard going to do anything to prevent it?                        
                                                                             
   BLZ : We're never going to be able to completely prevent piracy.          
         However we can stem the tide, and make it so it's actually easier   
         to buy the game than it is to go threw all the hassle of pirating   
         it.                                                                 
                                                                             
   RCN : A new addition to Blizzard games "Battle.Net" will be implemented   
         in upcoming releases such as Diablo and StarCraft.  What is         
         "Battle.Net" going to have to protect from piracy?                  
                                                                             
   BLZ : Not all of that has been finalized, and some of it can't be         
         released to the public.  But, it will be transparent to legitimate  
         users.                                                              
                                                                             
   RCN : When is Diablo planned for release?                                 
                                                                             
   BLZ : Diablo will be out some time this summer.                           
                                                                             
   RCN : Thank you for your time and I hope to see more releases from        
         Blizzard in the future.                                             
                                                                             
   BLZ : You will.  Thank you.                                               
                                                                             
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       There is a 100% fully cracked version of WarCraft 2 available for     
   pirates.  This version included the WarCraft 2 Expansion Set and was      
   skillfully cracked and released by Razor 1911 in only 14 disks.  Thanks   
   go out to Razor 1911 for making the game piratable, and thanks go out to  
   Blizzard for making the game.. uh.. piratable.                            
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : Alice                
     Subject  : MGD Steals RiSC Sites?    Affiliation : Amnesia Coordinator  
                                                                             
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   RCN : You were a former coordinator in GODS (Guild of Distributors), but  
         GODS recently fell apart, what happened?                            
                                                                             
   AMN : Well, basically what happened was that there was a generation gap.  
         Quazimodem was a hard worker from the past and found it hard to     
         accept the hard workers in the scene today.  As you saw from the    
         first GODS nfo, Quazimodem was a founding member of GODS way back   
         and decided to come back.  Quazimodem found it hard to work with    
         the current staff so he left.  The rest of GODS didn't want to run  
         a group that they had no history with, so we reformed Amnesia.      
         There was no real fighting within the group other than the log      
         printed in RCN.  The Amnesia part of GODS were good friends with    
         each other and Digital were cool with Amnesia, so it was a natural  
         merge.                                                              
                                                                             
   RCN : So you're saying after Quazimodem left GODS, GODS renamed itself    
         to Amnesia?  When did Quazimodem leave GODS, and which courier      
         group is he with now, if any?                                       
                                                                             
   AMN : Exactlly, Quazimodem left and we decided that it would be wrong if  
         we continued as a group under the name GODS.                        
                                                                             
   RCN : There were many people such as Erupt who left GODS because of       
         Quazimodem, now that Quazimodem has left the group and GODS is now  
         known as Amneisa, has Erupt rejoined Amnesia as a coordinator?      
                                                                             
   AMN : Erupt left GODS but came back.  Then Quazimodem left and the        
         active people that were in GODS where invited to join Amnesia.      
         Erupt is now back as a coordiantor with Devast, Dealer, Studster,   
         and me.                                                             
                                                                             
   RCN : Studster is now a coordinator in Amnesia?  Last I checked, wasn't   
         he a part of the High Council?  Did Studster get demoted?           
                                                                             
   AMN : Studster is a coordinator in Amnesia.  To make it easy, we have     
         the High Council and then the coordinators.  Studster plays a big   
         part in the success of the Amnesia team and he does it well.  To    
         answer your question, he didn't get demoted.  Studster has the      
         respect of Amnesia and he does extremely well.  He could be a mere  
         courier and would still have a say in how the group operates.       
                                                                             
   RCN : What about The Resistance, he was also at one point in time, part   
         of the Amnesia High Council, but he is no longer warranted that     
         postion, what happened to him?                                      
                                                                             
   AMN : The Resistance basically quit.  I haven't seen him on the Internet  
         for quite some time and I think he decided not to be part of any    
         courier team.                                                       
                                                                             
   RCN : Hellraiser was also at one point in time part of the Amnesia High   
         Council, but he is no longer part of Amnesia.  Where has he         
         wandered off to?  I still see him on the Internet, so I know that   
         he didn't quit as The Resistance might have.  Has a large part of   
         the ex-Amnesia High Council lost faith in Amnesia as these two      
         seem to show?                                                       
                                                                             
   AMN : To my knowledge, Hellraiser is happy with just beeing in DOD        
         (Drink or Die) helping with the cracking and ripping.               
                                                                             
   RCN : So he's happy not being in Amnesia?                                 
                                                                             
   AMN : The thing is that when you have couriered as much as Hellraiser     
         has, then you don't find it exciting anymore, and you seek out new  
         challenges.                                                         
                                                                             
   RCN : Hellraiser can't be too busy in DOD cracking and ripping, there's   
         not much for him to crack and rip.                                  
                                                                             
   AMN : It's easy to forget that DOD released quality utils for almost 2    
         years.  And 1995 was without a doubt, the year of DOD.  Sure, DOD   
         might not be doing as well as they used to but when it comes to     
         quality, they are stil top 3 in the utils scene.                    
                                                                             
   RCN : Perhaps so, but this is 1996.  Anyway, in RCN issue #18, a log was  
         shown where MGD (Midnight Grave Digger), now a senior courier of    
         Amnesia, said that he was planning to steal sites from RiSC (Rise   
         in Superior Couriering), specifically LA, Enigma, and Beyond        
         Akira.  Is he still planning to steal these sites from RiSC for     
         Amnesia?                                                            
                                                                             
   AMN : You can't steal a site.                                             
                                                                             
   RCN : MGD was planning on recruiting those sites for Amnesia, the         
         siteops and sysops would then leave RiSC for Amnesia.  Would you    
         consider that stealing?  Or perhaps you have a better word for      
         what MGD is planning?                                               
                                                                             
   AMN : MGD meant that we should outdo RiSC on those sites and make them    
         choose Amnesia over RiSC.                                           
                                                                             
   RCN : So when MGD said, "I say we steal LA, Enigma, and Beyond Akira      
         from RiSC," he meant to say, "Let's outdo RiSC on LA, Enigma, and   
         Beyond Akira so they decide to leave RiSC for Amnesia," do you      
         really believe that is what he meant?                               
                                                                             
   AMN : I have no doubt that is what MGD really meant.                      
                                                                             
   RCN : Do you believe O.J. Simpson is guilty?                              
                                                                             
   AMN : Hell yeah.                                                          
                                                                             
   RCN : He didn't really mean to kill Nicole you know.  He meant to win     
         her heart over by making her choose him over Mr. Goldman.  Anyway,  
         do you believe that Amnesia is faster and better than either        
         Everlast or RiSC?  Or are you going to tell me that Amnesia is      
         still a young courier group, and thus, only time can tell?          
                                                                             
   AMN : Well, that depends on your definition of fast. In Europe, Amnesia   
         is much faster than both Everlast and RiSC.  Amnesia totally        
         crushes the competition on some of the best boards in the United    
         States, mainly Malevolence and Street Spyders.  Both Everlast and   
         RiSC are doing great overall.                                       
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : The Man              
     Subject  : Taking Over Lame ROR?     Affiliation : Amnesia Member       
                                                                             
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   RCN : There were some logs mentioning that *YOU*, took over channel #ROR  
         and declared that ROR (Release on Rampage) was officially retired.  
         You then said that ROR was dead because tKLP was being tKLP, why    
         did you do that, or did that not even happen at all?                
                                                                             
   MAN : I do admit that it was my idea to take over channel #ROR, I'm not   
         going to mention who helped me though, they can come forward if     
         they wish.  I did not declare ROR being dead however, I personally  
         don't have a problem with the group itself, except for their fake   
         release of Quake, I wanted to take over channel #ROR because of     
         the fact that on the previous night TKLP messed up Godsrock, the    
         channel bot for GODS (Guild of Distributors), and that pissed a     
         few people off.  We just wanted to get him back for it by taking    
         his channel over.  So we came, we saw, and we prevailed.            
                                                                             
   RCN : How did tKLP mess up Godsrock?  What did tKLP do?                   
                                                                             
   MAN : He got the user listing for it somehow and had all of our           
         passwords.  I am not entirly sure on how he did it, I wasn't on     
         IRC at the time.                                                    
                                                                             
   RCN : Even though tKLP had the capability to mess with Godsrock and       
         GODS, in your opionion, why would he want to do such a lame thing?  
         Did he have a previous vendetta with GODS or specific members of    
         GODS?                                                               
                                                                             
   MAN : Well, tKLP has proven himself to be lame time and time again.  I    
         know that he and MGD don't get along at all, and that might have    
         been his vendetta.  At the time of this happening though, GODS was  
         still new, so I don't imagine that it was against the group as a    
         whole.  But alot of people in GODS, now known as Amnesia, don't     
         like tKLP at all (myself included).  tKLP Stated in his interview   
         in RCN issue #19 that he thought that *I* was Gahn, but Gahn had    
         no part in this at all.                                             
                                                                             
   RCN : What I don't understand is that GODS justified taking over channel  
         #ROR because tKLP had been messing with Godsrock, a GODS channel    
         bot, but how could tKLP have been messing around with Godsrock?     
         He mentioned in his interview in RCN issue #19 that he was in New   
         York and New Jersey at the time of the incident and was no where    
         near a computer?  Perhaps someone is merely framing tKLP?  But      
         then again, he is the type that would want to do something lame     
         like that.                                                          
                                                                             
   MAN : As I mentioned before, I wasn't on IRC at the time.  It was the     
         topic of conversation when I joined IRC that day.  It's true that   
         maybe somebody was trying to frame tKLP, bUT it's possible that he  
         wasn't in New York at the time.  He could have just used it as an   
         allibi so to speak.  I guess we will never know, however, he is     
         known for shit like this so we acted on his reputation.             
                                                                             
   RCN : During the channel takeover of #ROR, the topic was set to "ROR is   
         Dead" by tKLP.  However, upon a further /whois, it turned out that  
         tKLP's account was not really his, but the account belonged to      
         Nytemyst of GODS?  Was Nytemyst a part in trying to kill ROR?  By   
         the way, I do have a log of someone using your handle and Internet  
         account in channel #ROR during the incident, so you must have been  
         on IRC at the time.                                                 
                                                                             
   MAN : I'm not sure about that, I had my own reason for grabbing #ROR, I   
         wasn't really paying attention to that, I was watching Flounder     
         make a fool of himself in the channel.  Because at this point,      
         Starwave was in the channel posting tKLP's personal information to  
         everyone in the channel.  I was moderating the channel.             
                                                                             
   RCN : tKLP said that Starwave was not posting the correct address         
         because Starwave could not have been able to get tKLP's address.    
         Starwave got tKLP's private information through tKLP's              
         ex-girlfriend, Jan, whom tKLP claims he has slept with several      
         times, but he also claims that his ex-girlfriend does not know      
         where he lives, so there is no way Jan could have given Starwave    
         tKLP's real address.  Do you believe that Starwave never posted     
         tKLP's real address?                                                
                                                                             
   MAN : I don't think Starwave posted tKLP's real information.  I just      
         thought that it was some lamer trying to get recognition.  I +m'ed  
         the channel after that, because even if it was tKLP's real          
         information, then I would actually feel sorry for tKLP because      
         that's going beyond boundaries.  The scene is getting out of        
         control with this.                                                  
                                                                             
   RCN : You also mentioned that GODS is now known as Amnesia?  Could you    
         comment on that?                                                    
                                                                             
   MAN : Things are still getting sorted out right now with it.  That's all  
         I really know right now.                                            
                                                                             
   RCN : Did GODS change its name to Amnesia, or did many members of GODS    
         leave GODS to join Amnesia?  Does GODS still exist?                 
                                                                             
   MAN : As I said before, things are still getting sorted out.  I'm not a   
         senior so I don't know all of the details of the situation.  I      
         don't know what's going on with GODS though, the channel is still   
         +i and I can't get in.                                              
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : Darkevil             
     Subject  : That Wasn't You?          Affiliation : RTS Senior Courier   
                                                                             
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   RCN : I was recently informed that the person Hitex interviewed last      
         week was not the REAL Darkevil, even though he had the same IP as   
         you, and he talked like you, but wasn't really you?  What's going   
         on?                                                                 
                                                                             
   RTS : Yes, this person is a guy from my area code 403 and has an account  
         at connect.ab.ca, he uses identd or an IP spoofer to fake           
         addresses and he copies my information.                             
                                                                             
   RCN : Why would he copy your address just so he could have an interview   
         with RCN disguised as you?  Why would someone go through the        
         trouble of pretending to be you?                                    
                                                                             
   RTS : He copied me either for 2 reasons, he really wants to be me, or he  
         has a real grudge on me and wants to ruin my reputation.  He would  
         go through the trouble so that he can make everyone think I am      
         really taking over channels and quitting groups and such, so that   
         he could ruin my reputation.                                        
                                                                             
   RCN : Do you believe that this spoofer has succeeded in ruining your      
         reputation?                                                         
                                                                             
   RTS : Somewhat, he almost did succeed, I had thought that this got me     
         kicked out of TMS (The Mod Squad), but I was wrong, my friends in   
         TMS figured that it wasn't me.  This spoofer is a pretty deadly     
         person.                                                             
                                                                             
   RCN : Who is this spoofer?  Is he part of any other courier groups?       
                                                                             
   RTS : I have no clue who this person is, we have some names, but I        
         cannot mention them.  I do believe he really likes fATE (Fast       
         Action Trade Exchange) because he seems to say they are the best    
         and all.                                                            
                                                                             
   RCN : How will you prevent yourself from being spoofed again?  When       
         Hitex interviewed the fake Darkevil, that fake Darkevil did seem    
         to push fATE up as a promising group even though the facts do not   
         show it, perhaps he is a member of fATE sent out by Anti            
         Derivative to hurt RTS' (Request to Send) good name?                
                                                                             
   RTS : I really doubt that, I think he may just be out to hurt me,         
         because I had talked to him in #Blind for about 15 minutes and he   
         seems to really want to destroy me.  I do not know how I will       
         prevent this, I have already informed all RTS members and my other  
         groups about the fake Darkevil and I have started the secret word   
         method.  I haven't seen him around lately, but he may pop up        
         sooner or later.                                                    
                                                                             
   RCN : You were also once a member of Malice, what was your position in    
         Malice?                                                             
                                                                             
   RTS : After I read my supposed interview in RCN issue #19, I was shocked  
         and mad.  Lots of people thought I really quit RTS, so some groups  
         like Empire and Malice offered me positions, I accepted the Malice  
         Internet Coordinator possition because I thought I should help      
         them and I thought my RTS reputation was over.  I quit Malice soon  
         to find out I could help RTS instead of helping Malice, and I       
         rejoined RTS again after coordinating Malice for 2 days.            
                                                                             
   RCN : Why did you leave Malice as an internet coordinator to rejoin RTS   
         as a senior courier?                                                
                                                                             
   RTS : Well, I was talked into coming back to RTS because I am loyal to    
         RTS, leaving RTS made me feel guilty because I was helping Malice   
         get better when I could have helped RTS.  I was the Internet        
         Coordinator for Malice, but now I may get the chance to advance     
         from RTS senior sourier to becoming a council member or a           
         coordinator soon after I help RTS get better.  I believe that       
         there must be trust, loyalty, brotherhood, and dedication in a      
         group in order for it to succeed.                                   
                                                                             
   RCN : Do you believe that perhaps the qualities of trust, loyalty,        
         brotherhood, and dedication could not be found in Malice?  After    
         all, that group does have a tendency of breaking up?                
                                                                             
   RTS : Yes, I do believe there is all those qualities within Malice, my 2  
         day experience with them was great.  I met lots of new people and   
         some familiar faces.  They may break up, but with the current       
         loyalty there they might not.  I was Loyal to RTS and I am good     
         friends with the members within.                                    
                                                                             
   RCN : Do you believe that RTS is making a strong come back?  As far as    
         most people are concerned, there really hasn't been much activity   
         from within RTS, is that true?                                      
                                                                             
   RTS : Well ever since summer hit, RTS hasn't been doing much.  Soon       
         after the work of the council and I start our re-organizing we      
         will be back in action.  RTS is a great group, with a great         
         Leader.  RTS is getting a few more sites up and more bbses soon.    
         We have lots coming to us.                                          
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : RATM                 
     Subject  : Babysitting Damage...     Affiliation : Damage President     
                                                                             
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   RCN : When and how did the courier group known as Damage start up?        
                                                                             
   DMG : Well, it began after the leaders of Digital and the majority of     
         the seniors decided to become part of GODS (Guild of                
         Distributors).  Shingen and I were invited to become GODS members,  
         but elected to stay behind, because we didn't want to leave 30 to   
         50 Digital guys hanging.                                            
                                                                             
   RCN : What is the status of Damage at this moment?  I was told that all   
         the good couriers from Digital left to join GODS, so Damage is a    
         courier group that doesn't have any good couriers, and thus,        
         cannot really compete, is that true?                                
                                                                             
   DMG : Well, all of the "big name" guys left but we still have             
         hardworkers that felt they were left out of Digital's operations.   
         We have excellent couriers, some who were brought in from           
         elsewhere, and some that have turned over a new leaf with Digital.  
         I would like to congratulate the crew for holding together now in   
         this time of limbo while we acquire new sites, especially my        
         council, Reap, Gatekeeper, Stranger, etc.                           
                                                                             
   RCN : What do you mean when you say "some that have turned over a new     
         leaf with Digital?"                                                 
                                                                             
   DMG : Well, others didn't do much because they weren't motivated, they    
         didn't like the leadership, or they didn't get accounts on sites    
         or whatever.  They recognized the new leadership and were willing   
         to become active again and give the new leadership a chance.  I     
         think it's working out well.  Shingen, Damage Vice-President, has   
         also been working very hard, keeping things together, and           
         recruiting us new sites.  I like the positive attitude shown by     
         everyone in the group, and with a little more time and patience we  
         can become one of the better courier teams on the scene.            
                                                                             
   RCN : You are also the RCN senior member in charge of the RCN www, has    
         becoming the President of Damage hurt your status in RCN since you  
         seem to be neglecting your RCN duties (hint, hint)?                 
                                                                             
   DMG : Well, no, I am working on an update to the RCN www, which           
         currently resides on my HD.  I have been working 70 hours a week,   
         and trying to manage Damage.  I've been doing all that while        
         trying to maintain adequate sleep and a social life.  When you see  
         the new RCN www, you will agree that I think I am balancing them    
         all quite nicely.                                                   
                                                                             
   RCN : Grin :)                                                             
                                                                             
   DMG : GRIN =))                                                            
                                                                             
   RCN : You are suddenly the President of Damage, a respectable courier     
         group, has that changed your status in the scene?  How did you      
         come to that position, and what were your previous leadership       
         experiences?                                                        
                                                                             
   DMG : Well, Silent Mobius and Devast decided to give the group to         
         Shingen and me, and Shingen in no way wanted to be the leader, so   
         I assumed the role.  As for leadership experiences, I have none     
         running a group on the Internet, but I have much experience         
         coordinating and running things in real life, so I believe I have   
         the raw skills necessary to do the job, they just need to be        
         molded a bit for leadership on the Internet.  I work best under     
         pressure, so I like that type of environment of trying to recover   
         a group build character.                                            
                                                                             
   RCN : Yes, you are more than capable of organizing many things,           
         especially RCN things.  You seem to be quite good at that.          
         Anyway, which ftp sites are part of Damage?                         
                                                                             
   DMG : Well, as far as ftp sites go, I'm not at liberty to say, but I can  
         tell you we are acquiring ftp sites at the rate of about one per    
         week.                                                               
                                                                             
   RCN : These are private sites right?  I'm not talking about fake anon     
         sites.                                                              
                                                                             
   DMG : Correct, we don't deal in ANON sites, they are lame, and a great    
         way to get busted.  I recommend ANON sites for those who want to    
         fuck up the rest of their lives.                                    
                                                                             
   RCN : Are you aware that when Digital split up to join GODS (now known    
         as Amnesia), Damage was created and referred to as GODS' little     
         brother group?  And that members of GODS were told to be nice to    
         Damage couriers, and to perhaps babysit after Damage couriers?      
         Don't you feel that the above statement limits the courier status   
         and abilities of Damage to being second rate at best?               
                                                                             
   DMG : I was and am fully aware of that.  It wasn't a FULL big brother     
         thing, it was more of a pseudo big brother thing, I guess that's    
         what you can call it.  The old Digital guys that left still wanted  
         to remain faithful to Damage, and to help us with releases, a site  
         or two, etc.  It wasn't a GODS thing, it was more of a former       
         Digital member thing.  I think we need it to get back on our feet,  
         and once we become self sufficient, we'll ask and need less and     
         less help.  I feel this nurtures our ablilites, enabling us to      
         grow and become good couriers and respected couriers.  I don't see  
         us as their baby group, or something like that.  We are all         
         friends from Digital, and we intend to remain that way.             
                                                                             
   RCN : Did you just say "releases?"  Damage releases too?                  
                                                                             
   DMG : Releases, meaning released stuff, getting it to Damage so we have   
         more to spread so we can get credits to get more files, etc.        
                                                                             
   RCN : What are your feelings on the fact that Digital split up to merge   
         into GODS, only to see that GODS died, and then later renamed       
         itself to Amnesia?                                                  
                                                                             
   DMG : Well, it's sort of ironic that they are now named a group that we   
         onced competed against, but its not the same Amnesia.  Key GODS     
         members such as Quazimodem left the group, so none of the original  
         GODS members remained.  So they felt it was stupid to remain as     
         GODS.                                                               
                                                                             
   RCN : Perhaps GODS died because you weren't a part of it?  They seem to   
         need someone who can orgazine the group.                            
                                                                             
   DMG : Well, not to say that I could've prevented it, but I believe        
         contributions from Shingen and I may have helped the group get      
         along better, but the past is the past and I yam where I yam, as    
         Popeye would say.                                                   
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : Zima Man             
     Subject  : MTY Dupes PNC!?           Affiliation : Pinnacle Senior      
                                                                             
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   RCN : A few months ago, Pinnacle was heralded by Jimmy Jamez, the         
         President of DOD (Drink or Die), as the #3 utils group in the       
         scene, do you believe that is still true at the present time?       
                                                                             
   PNC : No, I do not believe that is true at the moment.  Pinnacle is not   
         currently #3 in the utils scene, but I believe that we are either   
         #4 or #5 depending on how you look at it.                           
                                                                             
   RCN : Why do you believe that Pinnacle is no longer the #3 utils group    
         in the scene, if that is so, then which group has taken its place?  
                                                                             
   PNC : Well we had some internal problems in the group and the group has   
         declined in its releasing power.  As time passed we began slacking  
         off and practically became dead.  In my opinion the #3 utils group  
         right now is Mortality.                                             
                                                                             
   RCN : I was recently informed that Mortality, a well respected utils      
         group, duped Pinnacle on 3 releases in a short week, is that true?  
         If so, what happened?                                               
                                                                             
   PNC : A month ago, a guy applied to Pinnacle as a supplier and I told     
         him to show me some releases.  Some time passed and he offered      
         Xref, Netpak Proffesional, and Internet ToolPak, which are Visual   
         Basic tools by a company called Crescent, for Pinnacle.  I told     
         him that Pinnacle already released Xref and Netpak Professional, I  
         was the one who supplied it so I knew it better then anyone, and I  
         also told him that Internet Toolpak v1.0 was released by Pinnacle   
         and and that v2.0 was released by some small group just a week      
         before he offered it to me.  Apparently, the supplier thought I     
         was bullshiting and since I told him that Pinnacle is not           
         interested in these releases he decided to goto Mortality.  I have  
         all products done by Crescent and I released most of them with the  
         exception of a few.                                                 
                                                                             
   RCN : Do you believe that the supplier told Mortality that Pinnacle was   
         not interested because Pinnacle believed that those releases were   
         dupes?                                                              
                                                                             
   PNC : I guess Mortality was busy that week and didn't do a good job dupe  
         checking it.  He also released a Visual Basic tool called Enquiry   
         which he claimed to be 1 disk when in reality it's 3 disks and I    
         have it and I will release it when I fix my HD.  Mortality is a     
         kick ass group and I was very dissapointed to see them dupe and     
         release a broken copy of Enquiry.                                   
                                                                             
   RCN : You mentioned earlier that there were some internal problems in     
         Pinnacle that almost caused its death, what were these problems?    
         And what brought it back up after it almost died?                   
                                                                             
   PNC : Well, 2 of the seniors were really sick and spent a lot of time in  
         the hospital and Iron Steel had some family problems.  Back in      
         October of 1995, we also lost one of our founders, Bishop, who      
         went to PWA (Pirates with Attitudes) and our best suppliers said    
         farewell to the funky business of releasing.  Since the end of      
         November of 1995, we started to release less and less and we had    
         on average 4 releases per week and by January of 1996 we became     
         idle.  In my opinion, Pinnacle was never dead, we just took a       
         break so I kept it alive and we are back in business again.         
                                                                             
   RCN : What role did you play in the creation of Pinnacle?  Your role as   
         the current leader of Pinnacle is undisputed, but how did you       
         become its leader?  Were you also one of the original founders of   
         Pinnacle?                                                           
                                                                             
   PNC : Believe it or not, I was not one of the founders of Pinnacle.  My   
         career in Pinnacle began in October of 1995 when I got the          
         position as the member coordinator.  From there, I rose up to what  
         I am today.  The original founders of Pinnacle were Count Zero,     
         Blazen, and Bishop.  Bishop is currently with PWA, Count Zero with  
         a small group called Dark*Star, and Blazen has moved to AOL.        
                                                                             
   RCN : Why did Bishop leave Pinnacle for PWA?  PWA is a much larger group  
         and is considered the #1 utils group in the scene, but that should  
         be no reason why Bishop would want to leave the group he was a      
         founder of, to join another group he was unfamiliar with?  Did he   
         have no loyalty towards the group he helped create?                 
                                                                             
   PNC : I have no clue why he abandoned us because he left a few days       
         before I joined Pinnacle.  I don't think that he wasn't loyal, he   
         had his own reasons to leave.                                       
                                                                             
   RCN : How does Pinnacle get its releases?  Do most Pinnacle suppliers do  
         store pick up, or are there Pinnacle suppliers that have            
         connections within companies?                                       
                                                                             
   PNC : All of us do it differently.  Some work in stores, some work in     
         places that buy software, but only a few have actual company        
         contacts.                                                           
                                                                             
   RCN : At one point in time, Pinnacle was a utils only group, but          
         recently, I have to say that I am surprised or sad to see that      
         Pinnacle has released a few games, why is that so?  Pinnacle is a   
         quality utils group and some must wonder why it is starting to      
         release games.  Has Pinnacle's quality of standard dropped in the   
         recent months?                                                      
                                                                             
   PNC : Actually we have released games almost since the birth of the       
         group but not that many.  When our suppliers had games and we       
         didn't have enough time to trade the game we released them.  But    
         it didn't happen a lot and we released only a few good              
         games/addons but as of last month, Pinnacle is utils only.          
                                                                             
   RCN : How many releases would you say Pinnacle releases each week         
         nowadays?                                                           
                                                                             
   PNC : I would have to say about 5 releases a week if you count all the    
         things we released in the last month.  Last week and this week, we  
         are doing very poorly because me and one more supplier are having   
         hardware problems and are unable to release anything.  I usually    
         download the release before releasing it and test it and I am       
         unable to do it since I get CRC errors in every fucking zip I       
         download as well as for every zip I zip myself.  So when my HD      
         gets fixed (hopefully this weekend) then you will see a lot more    
         releases from us.                                                   
                                                                             
   RCN : Perhaps you have a virus?  Many people do complain that some        
         Pinnacle releases do not work, what do you have to say to people    
         that complain about Pinnacle's broken releases?                     
                                                                             
   PNC : I don't have a virus I just have to change the mode of my HD to     
         LBA and format it.  Can you tell me specifically which releases     
         were claimed as broken?                                             
                                                                             
   RCN : People have come up to me claiming that your 19 disk release of     
         Land Designer 3D v4.0 are missing some files and won't even         
         install.  Is that true?  I personally would have no need for        
         landscaping software, nor would I download copyrighted material.    
                                                                             
   PNC : Yes, that is absolutely true and I want to apologize to all those   
         people who spent time downloading it.  The problem with this        
         release was that the supplier didn't know how to rip it and test    
         it and I had to help him.  He did a good job ripping it and         
         testing it but he forget to take out the original cd out of his cd  
         drive and he had no problems installing it from HD.  It was his     
         first rip and he made a mistake and everyone makes mistakes once    
         in a while.  Other than that there were no broken releases.         
                                                                             
   RCN : Yes, we all make mistakes, and it's what we do after we make the    
         mistakes that separates the good from the bad.  Was a fix or a      
         fixed version of the program ever released by Pinnacle?             
                                                                             
   PNC : No, at least not yet. The guy who supplied it asked the legendary   
         Misha to do a crack for him but I don't know what's going on with   
         it.                                                                 
                                                                             
   RCN : But it's been almost a week since it was originally released?       
         Wouldn't another utils group jump on that release by now?           
                                                                             
   PNC : Yes and he asked him right after we found out that its broken.      
         That just shows that not every group is capable of getting some     
         stuff that we get while others are.                                 
                                                                             
   RCN : You said earlier that Pinnacle released about 5 releases each       
         week, that is a very impressive number, but does that number        
         include releases such PPEs which are freeware mods for PCBoard?     
                                                                             
   PNC : No, we haven't released PPEs in a long time.                        
                                                                             
   RCN : What do you see happening to Pinnacle in the future?  Do you see    
         it becoming the pinnacle of utils release groups, or do you         
         believe that it would once again reach a low point and even         
         perhaps die off?                                                    
                                                                             
   PNC : I don't think Pinnacle will die, at least not as long as I'm in     
         it.  Time will only show what will happen to us but I believe we    
         will become stronger.                                               
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : Kang                 
     Subject  : Couriers Releasing?       Affiliation : THC Senior           
                                                                             
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   RCN : Could you start by telling me your current affiliations.            
                                                                             
   THC : My main affiliation is THC (The Hardened Criminals) right now.  I   
         am involved with other groups, but I'm not as dedicated with other  
         groups as I am with THC.  I am really trying to focus on THC        
         because of all the new changes that have been implemented.          
                                                                             
   RCN : What are these changes within THC that would require your           
         attention?                                                          
                                                                             
   THC : For those who don't already know, THC has moved to becoming a       
         release group, we used to courier and release, but we only release  
         now.                                                                
                                                                             
   RCN : A courier group has gone to release?  How did all this happen?      
                                                                             
   THC : Well, we have dropped a lot of couriers and idlers.  The old        
         couriers were moved to other big courier groups like fATE (Fast     
         Action Trade Exchange), Motiv8, and RiSC (Rise in Superior          
         Couriering).  The slow couriers that weren't doing anything were    
         just cut.  BBS couriers were kept because we will still need them.  
                                                                             
   RCN : I know fATE, Motiv8, and RiSC well enough to know that they just    
         don't accept any couriers, you have to be good.  How did you guys   
         get them in there?                                                  
                                                                             
   THC : Well, remember we only sent over the good couriers.  Super Hacker   
         knows some people in there, and setup some deals with them.         
                                                                             
   RCN : So by dropping a few couriers, THC moved over from couriering to    
         releasing?  That couldn't have been the only step, what else was    
         involved in the transition?                                         
                                                                             
   THC : Oh no.  We have also added some suppliers, and are making projects  
         to raise some money for THC, and therefore get some releases.  We   
         have also been talking with people that work for some big           
         companies to also supply for us.                                    
                                                                             
   RCN : You guys are raising money to BUY releases!?  Anyway, is THC a      
         games group, a utils group, or will THC be releasing both games     
         and utils?                                                          
                                                                             
   THC : We are releasing both.  I know it may sound like a bad idea, but    
         we can easily get the job done and kick a lot of other release      
         groups asses!  We've already released several builds of NT and we   
         are good at getting software that's by Microsoft.                   
                                                                             
   RCN : How would you rate THC against other release groups in the scene    
         that are already well established?                                  
                                                                             
   THC : I can't say that we are above them right now, but we have only      
         been a release group for about 2 days and already have had          
         working, fully cracked releases.  That already puts THC above       
         other groups that can't crack, groups like.. Napalm.                
                                                                             
   RCN : Did you guys keep your courier division to courier your releases?   
                                                                             
   THC : No, we kept some couriers, so that they could send THC releases to  
         our official couriers and boards.                                   
                                                                             
   RCN : If you did drop your courier division, then which courier is the    
         official courier group for THC, or is there none?                   
                                                                             
   THC : Our official couriers are fATE.  We wanted the best and fastest,    
         so we got them.                                                     
                                                                             
   RCN : Eeeeiiiwww.. you think fATE is the best?  Okay, well, everyone is   
         entitled to an opinion.  Thanks a lot for your time, hope all goes  
         well.                                                               
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Hitex                                                         
     Subject : Chris Carter Follow-up                                        
                                                                             
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       Soon after RCN posted the information to the REAL Chris Carter, i.e.  
   Daniel Schlegel, Daniel went off and wrote a file about why it's not      
   really him and how RCN had made a grave mistake.  He frantically tried    
   to courier the file around on IRC and since I don't think he did a very   
   good job, I'll publish it here to joggle your memory.  Then, I will       
   explain to you why Daniel is full of it here.                             
                                                                             
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   The truth about the "Carter" incident, from someone caught in the         
   middle, by Sargon.                                                        
                                                                             
       When RCN #19 was released, the most important issue was the one on    
   Carter's "info."  The info given out by RCN was completely wrong.  This   
   was not in any way RCN's fault.  Apparently some local to Daniel, who     
   was an enemy of his, started spreading Daniel's info around to a few      
   people, saying it was Carter's.  Eventually, a bunch of these sources     
   got to RCN and gave them the info.  This is where they got the "many      
   sources" thing.                                                           
                                                                             
       Sorry, but you're wrong.  RCN's many sources were mainly victims of   
   Carter's that sent us the screen captures of the letters.  It was mostly  
   useful because we got information regarding where you were sending mail   
   from.  The information about you directly was given by one source and     
   one source alone, and that source will be kept anonymous unless desiring  
   not to in the future.                                                     
                                                                             
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       RCN then called Daniel, and talked to him, pretending to be from      
   some piracy organization.  Daniel then started cracking up at the name    
   Chris Carter.                                                             
                                                                             
       Well you could say that.  It sounded more like a cry being passed     
   off as a laugh to me, he really took a double take on that name.  He was  
   scared, and I don't think normal people get randomly scared at that       
   name.  Besides, I had named funnier names than Chris Carter before that,  
   I said "Michael Jackson" and Chris Carter would have been dull            
   comparatively.                                                            
                                                                             
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       I happen to know that Daniel was stoned out of his mind that night,   
   explaining the "laughing fits" RCN described.  He found it funny because  
   Chris Carter happens to be the producer of the X-Files, a show he         
   obsessively watches.                                                      
                                                                             
       Are you trying to plead insanity?  If he were stoned, he would have   
   laughed when I told him I was calling from a software piracy              
   organization.                                                             
                                                                             
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       As for him acting paranoid, wouldn't you, if someone from a "piracy   
   organization" called you at 3 in the morning harassing you?  I also       
   happen to know he IS a newbie, because I introduced him to the Internet,  
   and he knows jack shit.                                                   
                                                                             
       Excuse me, but a guy that's new to the Internet doesn't know all      
   that much about warez and frankly generally doesn't know IRC, much less   
   be able to spot out commands to me like "/whois" over the phone and say   
   "EOF From client" without reading it off of a piece of paper.  This guy   
   definitely knows what he's doing.  Not to mention he also named, without  
   my help, channels such as #fATEfiles, #Warez950, and #m8leech.  Just      
   knowing #fATEfiles shows he's been around longer than he said on the      
   phone (he said 7 days) because #fATEfiles changed its name to #Exceed a   
   long time ago.                                                            
                                                                             
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       He hangs out on #Sexpics all day trading PORN.  He is a lamer,        
   simple as that.                                                           
                                                                             
       I don't care how embarassed a guy would be to admit that he hangs     
   out in #Sexpics, if this guy were half as afraid as you describe him to   
   be, he would have quickly said that to refute ever having traded warez.   
                                                                             
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       As for the "evil hacker warez pup nig" or whatever, that's where I    
   fit in.  I DO have his password, and I do have his account.  When Daniel  
   kept going "hmm, uhmm.." after he was asked a question, he was being      
   SARCASTIC people.  If you can't tell the difference between sarcastic     
   and real, you should go to the doctor.                                    
                                                                             
       Haha that's a funnier excuse than the drugs one!  Look first you      
   tell me he was scared and then you're telling me he felt comfortable      
   enough to be sarcastic?  I think you yourself are more gullible than      
   your description of RCN.                                                  
                                                                             
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       Symantec is believed to be a Carter account because there is a lame   
   leech bot that comes from Symantec, suspected to be Carter's.  None of    
   his parents work for Symantec, and he doesn't either.  He's 14 years      
   old.                                                                      
                                                                             
       Daniel, next time you get accused of something you're guilty of and   
   you try to publish a file acting like an evil friend try doing a better   
   job of reading the text you're arguing against.  Symantec was merely a    
   return address that Chris was spotted on a few times.                     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
       He happens to be a Christian (lame :>), who makes good grades and     
   all that goody goody shit.  He is not a LOSER that sits on the Internet   
   all day trying to scare warez pups half to deat, and getting people such  
   as Dr. Jekyll in trouble.  Yes, there are people with better things to    
   do.  I know Daniel personally, and know that he is a LAMER, and wasn't    
   even around when Carter was in his prime.  He was still calling local     
   BBSs on his Macintosh.  I talked on the phone with Rebel Chicken and      
   Daniel, and Rebel Chicken even admitted himself that he didn't believe    
   Carter was Daniel.                                                        
                                                                             
       Hahaha Chris Carter wasn't on drugs when I called him but I really    
   think you were when you wrote this!  What do you think we're stupid or    
   something?  I called Rebel Chicken, in extreme awe, and of course he      
   told me he never spoke with you voice.  Come on man, if you're going to   
   lie, do it in a less obvious manner!                                      
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
       He is simply a victim of an evil prank.  How would you react to       
   having your info posted as IRC's most hated person?                       
                                                                             
       Do you really want to know?  I'd be on IRC cussing everybody out and  
   doing a hell of a lot more than Daniel has been doing.  I think Daniel    
   thought for a change and figured out he'd be better off staying quiet     
   and just writing this one file hoping people would just forget about it.  
                                                                             
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       Daniel does not deserve this shit, he is some lame innocent newbie    
   whose purpose to get on the net is to get porn.  The ironic thing is, I   
   happen to know someone who has Carter's REAL info.  We 3-way'ed him       
   about a month back, here is basically how the conversation went :         
                                                                             
   <Carter> Hello?                                                           
                                                                             
   <Sargon> Is this Carter?                                                  
                                                                             
   <Carter> Who are you?                                                     
                                                                             
   <Sargon> It doesn't matter                                                
                                                                             
   <Carter> How did you get my info??                                        
                                                                             
   <Friend> Hey mother fucker                                                
                                                                             
   <Carter> Oh.. it's you!  If my info gets out, I will have you busted.     
                                                                             
       Hahaha now I'm really laughing.  Alright let me explain something to  
   you.  Daniel told me that he is currently not allowed to use his          
   computer because his parents locked it up in a room due to his grades     
   falling.  Do grades fall because a guy is online trading porno?  I don't  
   think so.  We all know that grades fall because of warez, in fact RCN     
   published an article about it a while back.  Daniel slipped up too many   
   times to come back with any excuses right now.  First he said he'd been   
   on the Internet for about 7 days, then he said his grades dropped.        
   What, he got a report card so soon?  That's amazing.                      
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
       Carter sounded about 18 years old, medium pitched voice.  Not 14,     
   with a high squeaky voice, like Daniel.  If you doubt my credibility, I   
   have been on IRC for 2+ years, I am an op on #Oldwarez, and everyone I    
   know is aware of the fact that I would not lie about something like       
   this.  I share the account, why the hell would I share an account with    
   Carter? =)  To summarize, this whole thing was just some lame prank,      
   that was taken too seriously by everyone.  The source started at one      
   person, then spread, eventually got to RCN, and now is everywhere.  Just  
   goes to show you what one prankster can do.                               
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   sargon (Intrepid/Covin)   
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
       Alright now my turn.  To summarize.  Upon calling Daniel, at 3 am     
   his time, he was sleeping and was just waking up to my call as I talked   
   him into waking up.  As soon as I mention warez he tries to use his       
   "friend" as an excuse, and then he majorly slips up.  He said that he     
   was actually on the phone with his friend when I called and he switched   
   over with call waiting.  Then somehow the excuse turned into a 3-way      
   conversation at the end when I notified him that my "research department  
   was working on tracing the other conversation."  Daniel did what your     
   average guy would do while denying involvement.  Unfortunately, he        
   didn't think fast enough at this late time of the night and each new      
   excuse ran over the last.                                                 
                                                                             
       Furthermore, soon after publishing RCN #19, a guy came into the       
   channel saying we had the wrong guy.  I was scared, of course, because I  
   didn't want to make such a grave mistake.  Of course, after doing a bit   
   more searching, I found out that this guy in the channel was actually     
   Chris Carter/Daniel Schlegel on another account.                          
                                                                             
       Oh by the way Daniel, smart move in changing your answering machine   
   message from "Hi this is Daniel, etc." to the generic "Please leave a     
   message at the tone" computer voice.  First smart thing you've done in    
   the whole incident.                                                       
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Tuxedo Mask                                                   
     Subject : Napalm Cheats Prestige                                        
                                                                             
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       The following is a log file between a cracker from Prestige, Lost     
   Soul, and one of the leaders of Napalm, Prophet :                         
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   <LostSoul> I made a mistake by trusting you, you have 2 days to give me   
              a VERY GOOD EXPLANATION about it.  I'm not trying to threaten  
              you, but if I'm not getting good explanations, I'll do my      
              best to get other crackers away from helping from Napalm.      
                                                                             
   <Prophet> Well guy, you just gave me the LB.EXE and I thought I could     
             use it.  I didn't know you don't want me to use it.  What do    
             you want me to do now?                                          
                                                                             
   <LostSoul> You promised me that it was for personal use, don't lie to     
              me.  You tricked me.                                           
                                                                             
   <Prophet> Yes, I know I said that, but I didn't know you would mind that  
             I use it.  I'm very sorry for this man.                         
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
       You might be confused as to what the above log meant.  According to   
   Lost Soul, Prophet came up to him to have a game cracked.  At first,      
   Lost Soul was not willing to crack the game for Prophet because Prophet   
   could have released the crack for a game for Napalm.  Lost Soul is a      
   Prestige cracker and is thus, not allowed to crack games for other games  
   groups such as Napalm.                                                    
                                                                             
       Prophet then saw that he had no choice but to lie to Lost Soul.       
   Prophet said that the game Lost Soul would be cracking would not be used  
   in a release by Napalm, but was merely for his own personal use.          
   Innocently, Lost Soul agrees and cracks the game for Prophet, only to     
   find that his crack was later released by Napalm.                         
                                                                             
       Napalm couldn't get a game cracked, so they had to trick an innocent  
   Prestige cracker into cracking it for them.  Since Napalm doesn't seem    
   to have any crackers, and none seem to want to join Napalm, if you do     
   happen to be a cracker, beware, don't be surprised if Prophet comes up    
   to you and tries to trick you in the same manner he tricked Lost Soul.    
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Hitex                                                         
     Subject : Coredump... Literally?                                        
                                                                             
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       Coredump is a new group run by Incarnate.  Generally new groups       
   start to fix the old.  The old of course being ROR (Release on Rampage).  
   However, this may not be the case with Coredump.  Here, read on, see the  
   Coredump philosophy during one of their first releases, NHL Powerplay,    
   even when it was not yet cracked.                                         
                                                                             
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   <Incarnate> Fuck is it already uploaded?                                  
                                                                             
   <PForm> Incarnate, there is no point in releasing it now.  We lost.       
                                                                             
   <Incarnate> NO, IS IT UPLOADED?                                           
                                                                             
   <PForm> Ionizer said yes.                                                 
                                                                             
   <[MMan]> We need to crack it.                                             
                                                                             
   <PForm> Incarnate, Eck is still uploading it.  Eck still needs to crack   
           it.                                                               
                                                                             
   <Dealer> I'd crack it later if I were you.                                
                                                                             
   <Incarnate> We can throw the damn cracked EXE in the ZIP.  It's already   
               uploaded.                                                     
                                                                             
   <PForm> Then what the fuck are you waiting for?  GO UPLOAD IT TO          
           SITES!!!                                                          
                                                                             
   <Wicked> Are you guys sure they cracked it?  They might be just           
            uploading without the crack.                                     
                                                                             
   <Incarnate> WE DON'T HAVE THE CRACKED EXE.                                
                                                                             
   <Skatman> Oh my god!!!                                                    
                                                                             
   <PForm> I heard it's a bitch to crack.                                    
                                                                             
   <Incarnate> It IS a bitch.                                                
                                                                             
   <MMan> They could be uploading BULLSHIT!                                  
                                                                             
   <Incarnate> I feel sorry for Eck.                                         
                                                                             
   <PForm> <Trix> NHL Powerplay is being uploaded as we speak.               
                                                                             
   <PForm> More games to play?  It's not cracked.                            
                                                                             
   <MMan> Ahhaha, then crack the mother and we can repack it no sweat.       
                                                                             
   <Incarnate> IT ISN'T???  WE STILL HAVE TIME?                              
                                                                             
   <PForm> <dks> Guys get ready to release the crack then since it's         
           probably not cracked.                                             
                                                                             
   <Dealer> Wait!                                                            
                                                                             
   <Incarnate> Holy hit!  Let's get working!                                 
                                                                             
   <MMan> We've gotta make a decision.                                       
                                                                             
   <PForm> GO SPREAD IT!!!  GIVE IT TO DEALER!!                              
                                                                             
   <Skatman> SPREAD IT!                                                      
                                                                             
   <Dealer> Someone give it to me!                                           
                                                                             
   <MMan> We still need to crack it!                                         
                                                                             
   <Dealer> I gotta upload it to Beyond Akira!                               
                                                                             
   <PForm> We will release the crack later, we don't care.  GET IT ON        
           BEYOND AKIRA!                                                     
                                                                             
   <Dealer> DON'T SPREAD IT ON SITES!                                        
                                                                             
   <PForm> GIVE IT TO DEALER!                                                
                                                                             
   <MMan> Fine.  Someone give it to Dealer.                                  
                                                                             
   <Dealer> It has to be on Beyond Akira first.  Fuck the crack.  I will     
            ISDN it to Beyond Akira.                                         
                                                                             
   <Cpt_Blood> We will release the crack later.  We DON'T care.              
                                                                             
   <PForm> Release the crack later.                                          
                                                                             
   <Bdeath> Fuck the crack!                                                  
                                                                             
   <Skatman> GIVE IT TO DEALER!!!                                            
                                                                             
   <Bdeath> COREDUMP IS SUPPOSED TO BE QUALITY DUDES, WE DON'T WANT TO BE    
            NAPALM!                                                          
                                                                             
   <PForm> This game will rock!                                              
                                                                             
   <Dealer> BDeath, we will release a crack.                                 
                                                                             
   <Incarnat3> Ok, so what the fuck are we going to do?                      
                                                                             
   <MMan> Crack it first I think.                                            
                                                                             
   <PForm> Incarnate, just give it to Dealer.                                
                                                                             
   <Incarnat3> It's not in zips yet.                                         
                                                                             
   <Bdeath> Well, the fucking crack better be spread right after the         
            release.                                                         
                                                                             
   <MMan> Include the crack in the LAST disk.                                
                                                                             
   <Skatman> We are releasing it.                                            
                                                                             
   <MMan> Yeah man, that's the way to go.  Upload every disk except for the  
          last one.  And that will buy us some time.  When Eck has it        
          cracked, we will put the crack in the last disk okee?              
                                                                             
   <Dealer> Good idea, I'll leave the last disk out.                         
                                                                             
   <MMan> Ok, Dealer, upload the first what, 36 disks?                       
                                                                             
   <Skatman> No, 22.                                                         
                                                                             
   <Dealer> The last disk will have the crack                                
                                                                             
   <Bdeath> I say we need to put the crack in the last disk.                 
                                                                             
   <MMan> Let's rock :>                                                      
                                                                             
   <Bdeath> Ok, what is the release?                                         
                                                                             
   <MMan> NHL Powerplay.                                                     
                                                                             
   <Bdeath> Ok, upload it all except the last disk.                          
                                                                             
   <PForm> Give the release to Dealer!                                       
                                                                             
   *** MMan changes topic to "[CD] CoreDump '96 - Let's Rock [CD]"           
                                                                             
   *** PForm changes topic to "[CD] GIVE TO DEALER NOW [CD]"                 
                                                                             
   <Skatman> Dealer has it.                                                  
                                                                             
   <Dealer> I need to package it guys.                                       
                                                                             
   <MMan> We need a NFO and DIZ then.  I hope Incarnate's workin on it.      
                                                                             
   <Dealer> If we win on Beyond Akira, we win the Internet.                  
                                                                             
   <MMan> Basically.                                                         
                                                                             
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       What can I say?  MMan is the only guy with half a brain on your       
   team.  The only thing I can say is that if you're uploading ISDN and      
   your cracker is as disorganized as the rest of the group, you stand no    
   chance cracking an entire game and testing it if it's only 22 disks.  On  
   ISDN that'll buy you a whole 30 minutes :-).  Good luck in the future     
   guys.                                                                     
                                                                             
   Note : Coredump is in no way affiliated to the courier group Core.        
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Oxygen                                                        
     Subject : Don't Type.. TALK!!!                                          
                                                                             
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       The past few days, I've been reflecting on something.  New            
   communications packages and breakthroughs are popping up, and in my       
   opinion, can be used to our advantage.  By using voice technology and     
   new file transfer tools, the warez scene as we know it can take a big     
   leap as far as trading is concerned, and provide both group and trader    
   to trader interaction with a new, exciting, and easy to use medium.  Two  
   programs that I have tried and feel meet these requirements are Internet  
   Phone Release 4, by VocalTec and Internet Party Line by Intel.            
                                                                             
       Internet Phone Release 4 is a valuable tool.  It provides several     
   features, with an easy to learn interface.  Hidden under all the pretty   
   cartoons and modern buttons, lies a great multimedia communications       
   package, just waiting to be used.  Over the past few days, I've been      
   using the software, trying out the different tools such as file           
   transfers (zip, txt, jpg, you name it), the whiteboard, text chat, voice  
   mail and of course the main focus of the program, voice capabilities.     
   Iphone4 lets users create their own channels, and allows other people     
   who have the same interests to easily find and join these channels.       
                                                                             
       Some channels that would probably be of interest to the average       
   elite are Warez, Warez Sites, #Warez666, and even RCN has a channel open  
   for people to gather, named RCN of course, and new channels pop up        
   daily.  Through the RCN channel, myself, RoadRebel, and a few others      
   have gotten together and found out it can be both fun, and valuable to    
   utilize Iphone to conduct small private meetings.  I can show Road Rebel  
   an article I am working on, and talk about it on the spot, we can         
   transfer files easily, and many other features make it just a great       
   tool.                                                                     
                                                                             
       Internet Party Line lets more then one person get together to have    
   voice meetings.  Also available is a text chat window, for people who     
   need it.  What the program lacks in interface it makes up for in how it   
   brings several people together for one purpose.  Groups can use this to   
   conduct their meetings in a new way, or they can use it just to chat      
   with friends.  I think Internet Party Line is decent, but it pales in     
   comparison to the Internet Phone.                                         
                                                                             
       I hope this gives you some insight on how you can use these tools to  
   help bring your group together, transfer files, talk, and show each       
   other information on Iphone's whiteboard, and basically have fun.  And    
   if you ever need help, I'm Oxygen in the Internet Phone Directory, look   
   for me in RCN, see ya!                                                    
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Gorilla                                                       
     Subject : Old vs. New or My Time Was Better than Yours                  
                                                                             
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       This is a comment spurred by Hitex/RC's reply to Bollox in RCN-19.    
   Bollox stated "how severely messed up the scene is today" and H/RC        
   replied "... I won't believe it that the scene was ever any better. ...   
   couldn't have been too excited when you downloaded Pong... "              
                                                                             
       I am a long time trader, well known locally to any long-time pirate   
   in 516.  I have been BBSing and moving files for over 12 yrs.  I started  
   with the Commie, went to a TI 99/4A followed by the TI Professional, and  
   then various IBM clones. I have been, and no doubt will again, be a BBS   
   sysop running Telegard, Celerity, and PCB.  I have been IRCing for less   
   than a year now.                                                          
                                                                             
       Let me assure H/RC I was THRILLED when I got my first C64 program     
   off of The Gull many years ago.                                           
                                                                             
       Everyone suffers from the "my time was better than yours" syndrome.   
   Ask your parents and their parents.  Everyone feels their time was the    
   best.  The great thing about memories is that they are changeable by the  
   one remembering them.  As time passes, that which sucked when we were     
   young either becomes a positive or fades from active recollection.        
                                                                             
       So the concept that at any one time, and the scene encompassed by     
   it, is any "better" than another is a waste of effort.  It is             
   comparisons that matter not hard truths.  The scene not all that long     
   ago (since I'm 41 it doesn't seem long) was quite different.  That's      
   about all you can say about it.                                           
                                                                             
       When I started "elite" meant just that; you had to know someone who   
   knew someone who knew someone to even get a BBS number to call for        
   files.  As a sysop, I had tons of new members who would call my BBS and   
   seem to be under the impression that they were "elite" simply because     
   they had a modem and enough sense (and even that wasn't always true) to   
   use it.                                                                   
                                                                             
       Their qualifications for accessing my BBS and their definition of     
   "eleet" (and how I DO hate this butchering of the English Language) did   
   not in any sense compare with mine.  My definition was longevity,         
   computer knowledge, innate intelligence, their reputation, desire,        
   politeness and contacts, i.e. who do you know that I know?                
                                                                             
       Theirs was "I am on IRC and get 0-day warez."  Theirs was "I'm in     
   XXX."  Theirs was "I'm kewL."  Theirs was "I've been trading for 2        
   months and my bud, who vouches for me has been in the scene almost a      
   month longer!"  Theirs was "Hey, you need me more Fo0L than I need you."  
                                                                             
       As far as being on IRC goes, so what?  Is like IRC selective or       
   something?  All you need is a channel name, a 2kps or better connection   
   and don't prove yourself to be a TOTAL asshole and you can get all the    
   0-day you want.  It's not hard and it tells me nothing about "you."       
                                                                             
       And your warez group, so what?  Many (if not most) of these groups    
   suck.  It used to be if you got a file, it would work cause the group     
   had a rep to maintain.  Now, groups & their members come and go like      
   farts in the wind.  Pride and personal reputation is a rapidly vanishing  
   concept.                                                                  
                                                                             
       You're "kewL?"  What do you mean by that?  You do drugs? Hell, a      
   pussy from 1972 did more drugs in a week than you'll do in a lifetime.    
   You mean you get files?  What files?  Useful working ones?  You're        
   "kewL" because you know what all those group initials mean?  So does      
   anyone who can download a text file.                                      
                                                                             
       You've been in the scene 2 months?  Wow!  And your friend has been    
   in 3????  I'm impressed!                                                  
                                                                             
       And "I need you more than you need me?"  Even if true (and it never   
   has been), that isn't a very smart thing to say to me, is it?  At best,   
   it is rude.  Your momma may still be wiping your ass when you take a      
   shit but don't expect me to.                                              
                                                                             
       The Internet has made things more democratic which is good.  I am     
   elite but I never wanted to be an elitist.  But, like all changes, that   
   silver cloud comes complete with a dark lining.                           
                                                                             
       BBSing "way back when" was not solely about files.  Files were small  
   so it left you enough time to leech and still do other stuff.  BBSing     
   was about "community."  It was a shared secret.  A BBS was a place were   
   people could communicate with others who shared that secret.              
                                                                             
       With the size of files nowadays, and the spread of those huge files   
   over the Internet, who "talks" anymore?  How much talk goes on in the     
   channels and if there is any, how much of it is even worth reading?       
   And, assuming you BBS, how many elite boards even get any quality posts   
   any more?                                                                 
                                                                             
       The death of BBSing (and I personally doubt it will ever die unlike   
   some) can be traced to large files and the "impersonality" of the         
   Internet, where a person "surfs" but never gets wet.  They do not, and    
   can not, immerse themselves in what was, at one time, more than a hobby,  
   it was an avocation.  You BELIEVED in it.                                 
                                                                             
       Who believes in anything any more?                                    
                                                                             
       So let's not compare "my" days in the scene with "yours."  I made     
   friends, you know nicks.  Your files are often much better but mine had   
   "playability."  Your files are easier to get but mine always worked.      
   You get stuff faster, but my stuff stayed around longer.                  
                                                                             
       So, be happy with what you have.  If you stay in the scene for more   
   than a year or two, the new kids coming up are going to consider you a    
   dinosaur too.  They will argue and laugh at you when you are tempted in   
   years to come to tell them, "Things were better when I first got into     
   the scene."                                                               
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Karen                                                         
     Subject : Being Female in a Male Internet                               
                                                                             
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       What's life like on the Internet for a female?  Well, I'll attempt    
   to fill you in on the little things that will probably make many of you   
   go "Hmm".                                                                 
                                                                             
       I started out on the Internet many, many moons ago.  I had a          
   particular friend who was into BBS'ing as much as me at the time, who     
   wanted to show me this thing called the Internet.  "How much better than  
   BBS'ing can it be?" I asked myself.  Well, I don't think I've even come   
   close to being as elated as I was that day.  What I saw was his hard      
   drive overflowing with warez.  Immediatley, I wanted to have a piece of   
   it - I needed it - it needed me.  I was hooked by the time I walked out   
   his door and drove home.                                                  
                                                                             
       Later that day, I had my own Internet account.  My own account on     
   the Internet!  Wow, this was really cool!  OK, time to start doing what   
   many of us do best.                                                       
                                                                             
       CLANG!                                                                
                                                                             
       Wait a minute.  All these people on here are males!  "What!? You      
   don't believe I'm female?! Aww, come on give me a break!"  Needless to    
   say, I found it very difficult on the Internet at first until I started   
   making some friends.  Having a female nick on IRC can have it's           
   disadvantages, but I decided to stay with it - come what may.  I guess    
   being female has it's advantages too, as I started to meet some pretty    
   influential people within the warez scene.  Within a few months I had     
   become a respected Op on many of the #WarezX channels, and started to     
   have an influence on what happened within the politics of each.           
                                                                             
       About two years after my introduction to the Internet, I decided to   
   get a permanent connection.  I was a true Net-head(ess).  I would leave   
   all of my sessions running, even IRC.  I remember coming home from work   
   to find 30+ messages per day asking for Netsex and the like.  Daily, I    
   would get mass invited to many #Sex type channels, and quickly realized   
   that I needed to learn as much as possible about revenge on IRC.  Enter   
   my experience with Killer Gold (An mIRC script) which gave me the         
   ammunition that I needed to combat the day-to-day nasties that I          
   encountered.                                                              
                                                                             
       I now work with a mojor ISP in Australia, which allows me privileges  
   that I would not normally get as a mere user (plus my permanent           
   connection is free now!).  I get to chat with the administrators of       
   other ISPs, and request that any users that give me an exeptionally hard  
   time have their accounts revoked, etc.                                    
                                                                             
       I live on the Internet and like anyone else, I can see most bad       
   situations before they approach me.  Experience counts for everything.    
   When the situation warrants it, I call in the services of my friends.     
   They've always been there for me since the start, and they will always    
   be there.  They are true friends. We all have true friends, and we all    
   know who they are.  I thank all my true friends.  I would do anything     
   for them in return.  Life deals us many hands, and we have to learn how   
   to react.                                                                 
                                                                             
       Being a female in a male dominated area is hard to get used to at     
   first, but when you meet the right people, it just clicks.  We are all    
   friends.                                                                  
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Darkwing                                                      
     Subject : Heather's Fat Smelly Pervert                                  
                                                                             
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       I've been a member of RCN for about a month now.  I have to say it's  
   great to see how a bunch of cool guys Rebel Chicken, Road Rebel, and      
   Hitex can make an idea like a warez e-zine work.  It's also nice to see   
   all the support people show them for their work.  RCN wouldn't exist      
   without its readers, nor without the people who stop by in channel #RCN   
   for a chat every now and then.  Despite all the support and effort that   
   goes into this piece of work, I have to be honest when I say that I have  
   never encountered something that attracts more immaturity and whining     
   than RCN.  THREE times last week, I had to take back channel #RCN.        
                                                                             
       People say things that piss off someone else in interviews, or maybe  
   one of the writers calls the wrong group of people a "lamer."  I mean     
   come on guys, if you have a beef with RCN, write to us, or talk to one    
   of us in the channel.  Don't go attacking it.  In the last two weeks      
   I've squelched collisions, mass-flooding, takeovers, ICMP floods, and     
   probably everything you can imagine.                                      
                                                                             
       At this point I would like to take the opportunity to thank           
   Mikeysoft, who made me laugh quite hysterically at the mass killings      
   scrolling by my screen when some people from Netcom came in with about    
   100 floodbots or so.                                                      
                                                                             
       Please try and remember that this is NEWS, and we are COMPLETELY      
   unbiased.  I also ask the writers to remember this.  As a news team it    
   is our job to find the truth and to get all sides of the story.  We may   
   not always do the right thing, but we try and even if we do screw up      
   there is no reason to punish us over it.  We do our best and if you       
   don't like it, tell us!  I don't think I've ever seen anyone kick banned  
   or ignored for coming in and saying they didn't agree with something.     
   Just try and remember that we are all volunteers, bringing a small bit    
   of entertainment to the scene every week.  We probably work harder than   
   any courier, and just as hard as any cracker.  We may not hook you up     
   with the latest releases, but we deserve the same treatment as everyone   
   else.  One last thing, PLEASE remember that channel #RCN is NOT a warez   
   channel.  Do NOT join up and ask us for warez, you won't get any. ;)      
                                                                             
       Well, if any of you have noticed me being pissy or non-sociable       
   since I joined.. there is a reason for it.  One which I won't go into     
   detail, but let's just say I lost someone very important to me. However,  
   I have been cheered up immensely by my new girlfriend, Heather.  I'm      
   mentioning her in here just to impress her and maybe to make Rebel        
   Chicken jealous. ;)  She is 15, (I'm 17 so it's not sick ;) ), a          
   professional singer, a professional cheerleader, smart, talented, and     
   CUTE!!!  However, there is a small problem in her life.. someone she met  
   on IRC has been harassing her.  This guy thinks that she is in love with  
   him.  He has yet to acknowledge Heather and mine's relationship for more  
   than 24 hours, and he is a complete pervert.  This 19 year old has asked  
   her for cyber, real sex, what color her pubic hair is, what her chest     
   size is, if they can take a bath together, AND he even went so far as to  
   ask her if she ever masturbates.  Not only that, whenever he actually     
   got her to go somewhere with him he stared at her ALL the time, threw     
   her down on a bench and tried to force her to kiss him, and always had    
   to be touching her in one way or another.  She's tried telling himshe     
   never loved him, that she loves me, AND even to "fuck off" but he just    
   won't listen.                                                             
                                                                             
       So, faithful readers of RCN, I have a little idea.  What say we       
   further hammer the idea into his head that she does NOT love him?  I      
   propose a little hatemail contest.  You can find him on IRC under the     
   nickname of Draygon.  He hangs usually in channel #Sailorscout and his    
   own little channel #Draygon's-Kingdom.  His email address is              
   osika@pipeline.com.                                                       
                                                                             
       Here's the deal, write him a good hard hatemail, telling him what     
   you think of his perverse child loving and attempted grand theft cradle,  
   and send a blind carbon copy (i.e. so he can't see it was sent to me) of  
   the letter to me, at darkwing@foothill.net.  I will read them all, and    
   the top 3 letters will get posted in the next issue of RCN (so you only   
   have a week).  Kindly help Heather and I out here, as we are growing      
   quite tired of him.  He tried to tell her yesterday that she is in love   
   with him and will break up with me soon.  What a joke.  I hope to get a   
   lot of responses, so just go over to your mailer real quick and type      
   something up.  Help rid the sweetest girl in the world of this fat,       
   smelly pervert.                                                           
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Software Piracy Association                                   
     Subject : Protecting Software in a CD-Recordable World                  
                                                                             
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       The following is an excerpt from the SPA's information file           
   concerning their stance on software piracy and what they intend to do to  
   prevent piracy :                                                          
                                                                             
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   The Threat                                                                
                                                                             
       Piracy has been a major problem in the diskette-based software        
   market since the introduction of commercial software.  SPA (Software      
   Piracy Association) did not collect piracy figures for the total          
   software industry until 1993, due to a lack of data on the extent of      
   consumer piracy.  However, a glance at the data for business              
   applications tells the conservative story.  In 1989, the total business   
   applications market in the U.S. was $3.1 billion, with a 48% piracy rate  
   which is equal to $2.3 billion in lost revenues for software publishers.  
                                                                             
       By 1994, the piracy rate in the U.S. market had dropped to 25%, or    
   $1.05 billion in losses for the $4.2 billion market.  The consumer        
   market reached $1.3 billion that year.  While we do not know the true     
   size of consumer piracy, we can safely assume that it constitutes a       
   large and expanding portion of the total software industry losses.  In    
   the SPA's 1995 Consumer Survey, 20% of respondents admitted to openly     
   copying software.  While the piracy rate in the U.S. has steadily         
   declined since 1989, in international markets piracy has increasingly     
   become a vexing problem.  In 1994, SPA estimated that the piracy rate     
   internationally was 49%.                                                  
                                                                             
       While CD-ROM software has, until now, been relatively protected from  
   the threat of end-user piracy by the expense of CD-recordable             
   technology, the threat to software publishers is threefold :              
                                                                             
       1.) As the cost of CD recorders (CD-Rs) rapidly decreases, the        
           threat of CD-ROM piracy among end-users dramatically increases.   
                                                                             
       2.) The software market which is now an international market, faces   
           jurisdictional differences, wherein pirated software is           
           considered low priority.                                          
                                                                             
       3.) Counterfeit software from offshore is being shipped into the      
           U.S. for rapid sale.                                              
                                                                             
       In light of this increased threat to CD-ROM software, SPA has begun   
   an investigation into potential solutions. Potential solutions cover the  
   range from software and hardware solutions, to legal and legislative      
   remedies.  What follows is a critical assessment of all available         
   options.  The goal of this report is to identify the option that          
   maximizes protection from unauthorized duplication, while retaining the   
   autonomy of each software publisher.                                      
                                                                             
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   Potential Solutions                                                       
                                                                             
       By using complex algorithms, software applications can be encoded to  
   ensure protection.  Encryption is primarily used to protect data that is  
   being transferred via electronic distribution and on-line services.       
   Encryption can also be used to protect software applications.             
   Publishers could encrypt their software applications thereby making it    
   impossible for an end-user to use a copy of the application unless they   
   have the software 'key' to decrypt the software code and turn it into a   
   usable format.  The end-user would be required to register the product    
   (either on-line or through a 1-800 number), in order to decrypt the       
   software. It is possible to create a unique encryption key for each       
   end-user. Additionally, if a publisher is opposed to forced               
   registration, encryption keys can be shipped with software applications.  
   However, by shipping encryption keys you allow the end-user to make a     
   copy of the application and the key.  Encryption has great potential      
   because it can protect software that is being transmitted via electronic  
   distribution methods as well as CD-ROMs.                                  
                                                                             
       Protection built into the software application itself.  Software can  
   be configured in a variety of ways in order to ensure protection.         
   Software protection can be configured to restrict the number of           
   executions prior to registration, allow only network installation or      
   single PC installation, and to restrict the amount of time in which an    
   application can be used prior to registration.  Software applications     
   can be configured, once installation is complete to take a footprint of   
   the resident hard drive.  Once a footprint has been taken, the software   
   application can only be used in conjunction with that hard drive, this    
   prevents users from making additional copies and passing them along to    
   friends.  Depending upon the type of software protection used, an         
   on-line or 1-800 registration may have to be set up by the publisher for  
   authorized users.  Software protection also allows for distribution       
   across multiple media.  The benefit to the software publisher would be    
   that the same form of software protection could be used for CD-ROMS,      
   diskettes, and for electronic distribution.                               
                                                                             
       Dongles are hardware keys which allow applications to be run on       
   personal computers and file servers.  Dongles are a separate piece of     
   hardware that can either be provided with the product or purchased        
   separately.  Software must be configured to ensure that it cannot be run  
   without the appropriate dongle.  Publishers that select this option will  
   probably need to manufacture several different dongles.  Most likely      
   there would have to be a dongle for each version of the software and      
   different configurations (PC and network).  On-line and electronic        
   distribution of software applications is possible with dongles, but both  
   the software application and the dongle itself are required for the user  
   to execute the application.  Currently, dongles are used for high end     
   vertical applications as well as high cost applications such as CAD       
   software applications.  One of the major drawbacks to this option is      
   cost.  The cost of a single dongle (approximately $30) can conceivably    
   double the cost of a consumer application.                                
                                                                             
       Software protection can be used as an additional measure to protect   
   software using encryption technology.  Decrypted applications can be      
   configured in a variety of different ways through use of software         
   protection in order to prevent unauthorized duplication.  Encryption's    
   strength lies in its ability to protect software applications via         
   electronic distribution while software protection is most successful in   
   preventing end user piracy.  When used together, software protection and  
   encryption provide the best line of defense against software piracy.      
                                                                             
       The motion picture and recording industries have faced similar        
   threats as those posed by CD-R technology to software publishers.  A      
   review of the Betamax and DAT issues and their respective industry        
   responses will be useful in the development of a software industry        
   response to CD-Rs.                                                        
                                                                             
       The issue of copyright infringement and electronic recording          
   technology was first raised with the introduction of the Betamax VCR.     
   Universal Studios and Walt Disney Productions sued Sony Corporation for   
   contributory copyright infringement (Sony Corporation of America vs.      
   Universal City Studios). Universal argued that "time-shifting " of        
   copyrighted programs broadcast over television constituted copyright      
   infringement and Sony, as producer of the technology that enabled         
   "time-shifting" was a contributory infringer to any acts of this nature.  
   In 1984, the Supreme Court ruled that non-commercial "time-shifting" of   
   copyrighted programs does not impair the value of the copyrighted work,   
   and therefore may be considered fair use.                                 
                                                                             
       The introduction of home digital audio recording products in the      
   late 1980's raised the recording industry's interest in potential         
   copyright infringement due to the ability of digital recorders to         
   produce identical copies of sound recordings.  In 1987 the hardware for   
   a digital audio tape (DAT) first became available in Japan and Europe.    
   Electronics manufacturers and the recording industry each had an          
   interest in resolving the issue prior to the introduction of DAT          
   technology in the U.S.  The electronics industry feared the threat of     
   vicarious copyright infringement lawsuits by record producers and         
   composers and the recording industry had fought for a royalty scheme to   
   benefit copyright producers from home audio taping since the              
   introduction of audio cassette recorders in 1963.                         
                                                                             
       In 1989, the International Recording Industry and the Consumer        
   Electronics Industry reached a compromise during their meeting in         
   Athens, Greece.  This agreement stipulated that manufacturers of DAT      
   machines were to insert Serial Copy Management Systems (SCMS) into all    
   consumer DAT recorders.  SCMS prevents users from making digital          
   recordings of first generation copies, but allows unlimited copying from  
   an original source recording.  In 1990, Samuel Cahn and four music        
   publishing companies forestalled the implementation of this compromise    
   by filing a class action infringement suit against Sony Corporation       
   (Cahn vs. Sony) in an attempt to bar DAT technology from the United       
   States.  This case was settled out of court in 1991.  The Sony-Cahn       
   settlement was codified by Congress in the Audio Home Recording Act of    
   1992 (AHRA).                                                              
                                                                             
       The AHRA has three significant provisions : 6                         
                                                                             
       1.) Mandatory implementation of SCMS or some similar serial copy      
           protection on all digital audio recording equipment.              
                                                                             
       2.) Mandatory royalty scheme on recording media and equipment         
                                                                             
       3.) Prohibition of copyright infringement actions based on home       
           copying                                                           
                                                                             
       SCMS implementation has allayed many recording industry fears that    
   unauthorized digital audio taping would become a cottage industry.        
   Additionally, the implementation of a royalty scheme has allowed US       
   producers to take advantage of reciprocity with international royalty     
   programs.  While the SCMS implementation and royalty scheme have been     
   beneficial to the recording industry, they also have drawbacks.  As       
   mentioned earlier, SCMS does not prevent unauthorized copying from an     
   original source, therefore as long as an original source is purchased by  
   the consumer, the consumer is free to make copies from that source.       
                                                                             
       The royalty scheme developed under AHRA has been largely              
   unsuccessful.  This is because the royalties are based upon a percentage  
   value of the recording equipment and media.  Since 1992, the cost of      
   these recorders and their media has dropped significantly.  As such,      
   royalties are now only a fraction of what they were when the Act was      
   passed.  The largest drawback of the AHRA is the provision prohibiting    
   the filing of copyright infringement litigation action based on home      
   copying.  This provision is essentially an erosion of the rights granted  
   by the Copyright Act of 1976.  By including this provision, AHRA removes  
   the question of whether home taping constitutes fair use by making home   
   taping a non-infringing activity.                                         
                                                                             
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   Recommendation                                                            
                                                                             
       The motion picture and sound recording industries have used           
   litigation and legislation, respectively, to control new reproduction     
   technologies, but these efforts have been either unsuccessful or          
   unprofitable.  Rather than follow in their footsteps, SPA staff           
   recommends that SPA members endorse the incorporation of encryption and   
   software protection into titles and applications distributed in CD-ROM    
   format, as the best means for SPA to fight software piracy by end-users   
   and other "middle men" using CD-Rs.  SPA will seek legislation and        
   regulatory changes in the US, Canada, and other countries that will make  
   effective and reliable encryption available to software publishers.  SPA  
   will also pursue legislation that will prohibit the manufacture and sale  
   of devices or services intended primarily to defeat anti-copying          
   technology.  By opting for the protection offered by encryption and       
   software protection, publishers will retain their right to protect their  
   software applications from unauthorized duplication and will not          
   sacrifice any of the remedies available under the Copyright Act once      
   infringement is discovered.                                               
                                                                             
       In order to facilitate discussion on this critical issue to SPA       
   members, the SPA will host a round table discussion on the CD-R issue     
   and encryption and software protection solutions for all SPA members at   
   the Spring Symposium in San Francisco.  The purpose of this round table   
   will be to bring together publishers and SPA members involved in the      
   production of encryption and software protection technologies in order    
   to give publishers the chance to express their needs to the developers    
   that will supply this technology in the future.                           
                                                                             
       Several SPA Member Companies (protection providers) participated in   
   an interactive session with CD-ROM publishers at the Spring Symposium.    
   The discussion focused on the types of technology available to help       
   prevent duplication of CD-ROMs.  There are a wide variety of protections  
   available depending upon the cost that the publisher is willing to        
   undertake and the level of involvement that the publisher is willing to   
   pass on to the end-user.  The take home message from this discussion, is  
   that there will be no free lunch.  Technologies that are highly secure    
   such as footprinting, hardware keys and encryption are high in cost and   
   will increase the amount of steps an end-user will have to undertake      
   before being able to use a product.  Lower level security products and    
   techniques such as flash screen warnings and forced registrations will    
   be low in cost, but will be easier to circumvent.                         
                                                                             
                                                                             
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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 : 05/30/96 -> 06/05/96              
     
                                                                             
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   Filename : --                  Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : --                  Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
                                                    Previous Total : 0       
               ___                                  Release Score  : 0       
       ______ /  /_______________________           Running Total  : 0       
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      \_/ _  \__   / _ __// _ __/ \/  /  /\                                  
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      /__/  /____/_____//__/  /__/_____/ /                                   
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   Filename : --                  Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : --                  Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
            /\.                                     Previous Total : 0       
    . ____ /  >______.  . _____.____ ____:.         Release Score  : 0       
   .: \   \  /_\___. \__::>   /:\   Y   /'96:.      Running Total  : 0       
   :: / .   /  \|  __/  \:/  /__/       \ .:                                 
    ./  \__/ "  \  >  "  <______>  \_/___>:                                  
   `<  /:<___\___>/___\___>.  <_____>:.  :.                                  
     \/  .:.    |/:. .:.mr!  .:. .::  .                                      
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Filename : PSG-SET1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-30-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 0       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 5       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 5       
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
   The Settlers II (English) (c) Blue Byte 1/7                               
                                                                             
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   Filename : PSG-DK01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-31-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 5       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 4       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 9       
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
   DEATHKEEP (c) SSI                     [01/34]                             
                                                                             
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   Filename : PSG-JOS1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-01-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 9       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 2       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 11      
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
   JOSEPHINE (c) Media Age Software [01/10]                                  
                                                                             
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   Filename : PSG-SS01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-01-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 11      
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 5       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 16      
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
    SHELL SHOCK FINAL (C) CORE DESIGN  01/15                                 
                                                                             
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   Filename : BSTORM01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-05-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Brainstorm (c) Simon & Schuster      [01/39]     Previous Total : 0       
   _ ________________________  _____ ________ _     Release Score  : 3       
    \\_____  \_____  \_____  \/  .  \\_____  \\     Running Total  : 3       
   dZG/\   __//  _   |/  ____/.  |   \/\   __/                               
    _/  \   \/   /_ _/   /_   |  !  _/  \   \                                
    \____\   \______\_________|_____\____\   \_                              
   =======\___/===1911CDDIVISION======\___/                              
                                                                             
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   Filename : RORC2UP1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-30-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
      CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER 2 *UPDATED DELUXE*       Previous Total : 0       
                 (c) DOMARK            [01/02]      Release Score  : 2       
   _____________________________________________    Running Total  : 2       
   \__   - ________        ./__   - ________                             
   __/         \\__/     -   \\ /         \\__/                              
   \__     |    \\__          \\__    |    \\__                              
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   Filename : ROR-H2O1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-03-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
         H2O (c) WEBFOOT TECHNOLOGIES  [1/4]        Previous Total : 2       
   _____________________________________________    Release Score  : 3       
   \__   - ________        ./__   - ________    Running Total  : 5       
   __/         \\__/     -   \\ /         \\__/                              
   \__     |    \\__          \\__    |    \\__                              
     /_____|      ./_____________./___|      ./                              
   [=======|______/===================|______/=]                             
   [================================[05/31/96]=]                             
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : RORTRNC1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-03-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
           TRONIC (c) ILK GAMES        [01/02]      Previous Total : 5       
   _____________________________________________    Release Score  : 2       
   \__   - ________        ./__   - ________    Running Total  : 7       
   __/         \\__/     -   \\ /         \\__/                              
   \__     |    \\__          \\__    |    \\__                              
     /_____|      ./_____________./___|      ./                              
   [=======|______/===================|______/=]                             
   [================================[05/31/96]=]                             
                                                                             
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                             Score Chart : Games                             
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
        ͻ   
    HBD   0                                                             
        ͹   
    NPM   0                                                             
        ͹   
    PSG   16 Points                      
        ͹   
    RZR   3 Points                                                 
        ͹   
    ROR   7 Points                                         
        ͼ   
     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
                          Average Score Per Release :                        
                          ---------------------------                        
                                                                             
                               Prestige - [4.0]                              
                              Razor 1911 - [3.0]                             
                           Release on Rampage [2.3]                          
                                Hybrid - [0.0]                               
                                Napalm - [0.0]                               
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     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 : 06/06/96 -> 06/12/96              
     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : HBD-KO01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-07-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
         Kick Off 96 (C) Anco [01/10]               Previous Total : 0       
   _____ _____  ____ _____  ________________        Release Score  : 3       
   \_   | \   \/   / _   /__\_   \_/   _    \       Running Total  : 3       
    |   _  \_  \ _/  \   \ __/___/ |   /    /                                
    |___|   |____|___/   /_\   \___|_______/                                 
     ::d|___|::::::.\___/.:.\___\:::::::::                                   
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : --                  Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : --                  Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
            /\.                                     Previous Total : 0       
    . ____ /  >______.  . _____.____ ____:.         Release Score  : 0       
   .: \   \  /_\___. \__::>   /:\   Y   /'96:.      Running Total  : 0       
   :: / .   /  \|  __/  \:/  /__/       \ .:                                 
    ./  \__/ "  \  >  "  <______>  \_/___>:                                  
   `<  /:<___\___>/___\___>.  <_____>:.  :.                                  
     \/  .:.    |/:. .:.mr!  .:. .::  .                                      
                                                                             
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : PSGDIN01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-06-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 0       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 4       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 4       
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
      Dinotopis (c) Turner Interactive 01/13                                 
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : SAVAGE01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-07-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 4       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 2       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 6       
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
      Savage (c) Discovery Channel 01/30                                     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PSGBHB01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-08-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 6       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 5       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 11      
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
   FRANK THOMAS' BIG HURT BASEBALL       [01/36]                             
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PSGB2B01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-09-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 11      
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 4       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 15      
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
     Back to Baghdad (c) Military Sim. 01/23                                 
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : --                  Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : --                  Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
                                                    Previous Total : 0       
   _ ________________________  _____ ________ _     Release Score  : 0       
    \\_____  \_____  \_____  \/  .  \\_____  \\     Running Total  : 0       
   dZG/\   __//  _   |/  ____/.  |   \/\   __/                               
    _/  \   \/   /_ _/   /_   |  !  _/  \   \                                
    \____\   \______\_________|_____\____\   \_                              
   =======\___/===1911CDDIVISION======\___/                              
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : --                  Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : --                  Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
                                                    Previous Total : 0       
   _____________________________________________    Release Score  : 0       
   \__   - ________        ./__   - ________    Running Total  : 0       
   __/         \\__/     -   \\ /         \\__/                              
   \__     |    \\__          \\__    |    \\__                              
     /_____|      ./_____________./___|      ./                              
   [=======|______/===================|______/=]                             
   [================================[  /  /96]=]                             
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
                             Score Chart : Games                             
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
        ͻ   
    HBD   3 Points                                                 
        ͹   
    NPM   0                                                             
        ͹   
    PSG   15 Points                        
        ͹   
    RZR   0                                                             
        ͹   
    ROR   0                                                             
        ͼ   
     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
                          Average Score Per Release :                        
                          ---------------------------                        
                                                                             
                               Prestige - [3.8]                              
                                Hybrid - [3.0]                               
                                Napalm - [0.0]                               
                              Razor 1911 - [0.0]                             
                           Release on Rampage [0.0]                          
                                                                             
                                                                             
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      r c n                        
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 ݰ    ߰ ް   ݰ     
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                               ߰ܰ
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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 : 06/13/96 -> 06/19/96              
     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : --                  Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : --                  Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
                                                    Previous Total : 0       
   _____ _____  ____ _____  ________________        Release Score  : 0       
   \_   | \   \/   / _   /__\_   \_/   _    \       Running Total  : 0       
    |   _  \_  \ _/  \   \ __/___/ |   /    /                                
    |___|   |____|___/   /_\   \___|_______/                                 
     ::d|___|::::::.\___/.:.\___\:::::::::                                   
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : NPMLB-01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-16-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
             /\.                                    Previous Total : 0       
     . ____ /  >______.  . _____.____ ____:.        Release Score  : 4       
    .: \   \  /_\___. \__::>   /:\   Y   /'96:.     Running Total  : 4       
    :: / .   /  \|  __/  \:/  /__/       \ .:                                
     ./  \__/ "  \  >  "  <______>  \_/___>:                                 
    `<  /:<___\___>/___\___>.  <_____>:.  :.                                 
      \/  .:.    |/:. .:.mr!  .:. .::  .                                     
       AH-64D LONGBOW (c) ORIGIN [01/46]                                     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : NPMLBSP1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-16-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
             /\.                                    Previous Total : 4       
     . ____ /  >______.  . _____.____ ____:.        Release Score  : 2       
    .: \   \  /_\___. \__::>   /:\   Y   /'96:.     Running Total  : 6       
    :: / .   /  \|  __/  \:/  /__/       \ .:                                
     ./  \__/ "  \  >  "  <______>  \_/___>:                                 
    `<  /:<___\___>/___\___>.  <_____>:.  :.                                 
      \/  .:.    |/:. .:.mr!  .:. .::  .                                     
        AH-64D LONGBOW *SPEECH PACK* [1/4]                                   
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : PSGCAT01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-14-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 0       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 4       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 4       
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
     CATFIGHT (c) Atlantean Interactive 01/20                                
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : HSOLPSG1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-15-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 4       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 2       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 6       
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
    Hoyle Solitaire (c) Sierra Online    [1/7]                               
   +------------------------------------------+                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PSG-AC1.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-17-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    ________________________/ |__/| ___________     Previous Total : 6       
    \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_    Release Score  : 4       
    |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /    Running Total  : 10      
    |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                             
    +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                             
     American CivilWar (c)Interactive Magic 1/26                             
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : TBFFPSG1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-18-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 10      
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 2       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 12      
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
    Terry Bradshaw Fantasy Football   [1/2]                                  
   +------------------------------------------+                              
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : PANZER01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-13-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
           Panzer General (c) SSi      [01/21]      Previous Total : 0       
   _ ________________________  _____ ________ _     Release Score  : 5       
    \\_____  \_____  \_____  \/  .  \\_____  \\     Running Total  : 5       
   dZG/\   __//  _   |/  ____/.  |   \/\   __/                               
    _/  \   \/   /_ _/   /_   |  !  _/  \   \                                
    \____\   \______\_________|_____\____\   \_                              
   =======\___/===1911CDDIVISION======\___/                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : SU27RZR1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-14-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
      SU-27 FLANKER FOR DOS (c) SSI  [01/04]        Previous Total : 5       
   _ ________________________  _____ ________ _     Release Score  : 4       
    \\_____  \_____  \_____  \/  .  \\_____  \\     Running Total  : 9       
   dZG/\   __//  _   |/  ____/.  |   \/\   __/                               
    _/  \   \/   /_ _/   /_   |  !  _/  \   \                                
    \____\   \______\_________|_____\____\   \_                              
    ======\___/===1911CDDIVISION======\___/                                  
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : ROR-NM01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-16-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    MECH 2: NET MECH *FULL RETAIL/STORE VERSION*    Previous Total : 0       
               (c) ACTIVISION     [01/25]           Release Score  : 4       
   _____________________________________________    Running Total  : 4       
   \__   - ________        ./__   - ________                             
   __/         \\__/     -   \\ /         \\__/                              
   \__     |    \\__          \\__    |    \\__                              
     /_____|      ./_____________./___|      ./                              
   [=======|______/===================|______/=]                             
   [================================[06/15/96]=]                             
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
                             Score Chart : Games                             
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
        ͻ   
    HBD   0                                                             
        ͹   
    NPM   6 Points                                           
        ͹   
    PSG   12 Points                              
        ͹   
    RZR   9 Points                                     
        ͹   
    ROR   4 Points                                               
        ͼ   
     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
                          Average Score Per Release :                        
                          ---------------------------                        
                                                                             
                              Razor 1911 - [4.5]                             
                           Release on Rampage [4.0]                          
                                Napalm - [3.0]                               
                               Prestige - [3.0]                              
                                Hybrid - [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 : 06/20/96 -> 06/26/96              
     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : HBD-COS1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-21-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Complete Onside Soccer (C) Telstar [1/12]        Previous Total : 0       
   _____ _____  ____ _____  ________________        Release Score  : 4       
   \_   | \   \/   / _   /__\_   \_/   _    \       Running Total  : 4       
    |   _  \_  \ _/  \   \ __/___/ |   /    /                                
    |___|   |____|___/   /_\   \___|_______/                                 
     ::d|___|::::::.\___/.:.\___\:::::::::                                   
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : HBDCCEVE.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-26-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
      Command Companion: Eve of Domination          Previous Total : 4       
               (c) Actura Software                  Release Score  : 3       
        *** REQ'S COMMAND & CONQUER ***             Running Total  : 7       
   _____ _____  ____ _____  ________________                                 
   \_   | \   \/   / _   /__\_   \_/   _    \                                
    |   _  \_  \ _/  \   \ __/___/ |   /    /                                
    |___|   |____|___/   /_\   \___|_______/                                 
     ::d|___|::::::.\___/.:.\___\:::::::::                                   
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : --                  Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : --                  Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
             /\.                                    Previous Total : 0       
    . ____ /  >______.  . _____.____ ____:.         Release Score  : 0       
   .: \   \  /_\___. \__::>   /:\   Y   /'96:.      Running Total  : 0       
   :: / .   /  \|  __/  \:/  /__/       \ .:                                 
    ./  \__/ "  \  >  "  <______>  \_/___>:                                  
   `<  /:<___\___>/___\___>.  <_____>:.  :.                                  
     \/  .:.    |/:. .:.mr!  .:. .::  .                                      
                                                                             
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : --                  Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : --                  Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    ________________________/|__/| ___________     Previous Total : 0       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 0       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 0       
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
                                                                             
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : --                  Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : --                  Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
                                                    Previous Total : 0       
   _ ________________________  _____ ________ _     Release Score  : 0       
    \\_____  \_____  \_____  \/  .  \\_____  \\     Running Total  : 0       
   dZG/\   __//  _   |/  ____/.  |   \/\   __/                               
    _/  \   \/   /_ _/   /_   |  !  _/  \   \                                
    \____\   \______\_________|_____\____\   \_                              
   =======\___/===1911CDDIVISION======\___/                              
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : ROR-QK01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-24-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     QUAKE *FINAL* (c) ID SOFTWARE  [01/15]         Previous Total : 0       
   _____________________________________________    Release Score  : -3      
   \__   - ________        ./__   - ________    Running Total  : -3      
   __/         \\__/     -   \\ /         \\__/                              
   \__     |    \\__          \\__    |    \\__                              
     /_____|      ./_____________./___|      ./                              
   [=======|______/===================|______/=]                             
   [================================[06/21/96]=]                             
   -/- FAKE -/- FAKE -/- FAKE -/- FAKE -/-                                   
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
                             Score Chart : Games                             
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
        ͻ   
    HBD   7 Points                                         
        ͹   
    NPM   0                                                             
        ͹   
    PSG   0                                                             
        ͹   
    RZR   0                                                             
        ͹   
    ROR   -3                                                            
        ͼ   
     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
                          Average Score Per Release :                        
                          ---------------------------                        
                                                                             
                                Hybrid - [3.5]                               
                                Napalm - [0.0]                               
                               Prestige - [0.0]                              
                              Razor 1911 - [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  
            MAY     JUN     JUN     JUN     Total                          
         ͻ    
     HBD   0/0    3/1    0/0    7/2    10/3    0.0  3.5  +3.5     
         ͹    
     NPM   0/0    0/0    6/2    0/0     6/2    3.0  0.0  -3.0     
         ͹    
     PSG  16/4   15/4   12/4    0/0    43/12   3.0  0.0  -3.0     
         ͹    
     RZR   3/1    0/0    9/2    0/0    12/3    4.5  0.0  -4.5     
         ͹    
     ROR   7/3    0/0    4/1   -3/1     8/5    4.0  0.0  -4.0     
         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 : 05/30/96 -> 06/05/96              
     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : DODALG21.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-02-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   MULTIMEDIA ALGEBRA 2 v3.4 FOR WINDOWS [1/6]      Previous Total : 0       
    _______________ ____________ ____________       Release Score  : 4       
    \_    ___      \_  ___      \   ___      \_     Running Total  : 4       
   _/      l/       /  l/       /    l/       /                              
   \______ /       /   /       /____ /       /|                              
   ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/==                              
   (*) D r i n k   O r   D i e  1 9 9 6 (*)                              
   ==================== [ DOD * O2-June-96 ] ==                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : DODCDVW.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-03-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   CD-VIEW 2.02D FOR DOS/NETWARE        [1/1]       Previous Total : 4       
    _______________ ____________ ____________       Release Score  : 3       
    \_    ___      \_  ___      \   ___      \_     Running Total  : 7       
   _/      l/       /  l/       /    l/       /                              
   \______ /       /   /       /____ /       /|                              
   ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/==                              
   (*) D r i n k   O r   D i e  1 9 9 6 (*)                              
   ===================== [ DOD * 02-JUN-96 ] ==                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : DOD-QP16.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-04-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   QUERY PERFECT 1.0 16-BIT             [1/1]       Previous Total : 7       
    _______________ ____________ ____________       Release Score  : 2       
    \_    ___      \_  ___      \   ___      \_     Running Total  : 10      
   _/      l/       /  l/       /    l/       /                              
   \______ /       /   /       /____ /       /|                              
   ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/==                              
   (*) D r i n k   O r   D i e  1 9 9 6 (*)                              
   ===================== [ DOD * 04-JUN-96 ] ==                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : DOD-QP32.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-04-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   QUERY PERFECT 1.0 32-BIT             [1/1]       Previous Total : 10      
    _______________ ____________ ____________       Release Score  : 2       
    \_    ___      \_  ___      \   ___      \_     Running Total  : 12      
   _/      l/       /  l/       /    l/       /                              
   \______ /       /   /       /____ /       /|                              
   ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/==                              
   (*) D r i n k   O r   D i e  1 9 9 6 (*)                              
   ===================== [ DOD * 04-JUN-96 ] ==                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : DOD-LEX1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-05-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   TRA LexiCAT For Windows             [1/2]        Previous Total : 12      
    _______________ ____________ ____________       Release Score  : 3       
    \_    ___      \_  ___      \   ___      \_     Running Total  : 15      
   _/      l/       /  l/       /    l/       /                              
   \______ /       /   /       /____ /       /|                              
   ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/==                              
   (*) D r i n k   O r   D i e  1 9 9 6 (*)                              
   ===================== [ DOD * 05-JUN-96 ] ==                              
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : MTYTREE.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-30-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
      MCEN Tree Factory (c) MCEN Graphics           Previous Total : 0       
   ___________________________    _____________     Release Score  : 2       
   \_  |  _/  \  _ \____/  \  \  / \___ ___/ / \    Running Total  : 2       
    /     \  \ \   /_/\_ `  \ /_/   \_/ \_/  __/                             
    \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\                             
    Released: [05-30-96]   Mortality 96!                                     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : MTYQAPP1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-31-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
      QuickApp v.3.00 (c) AttachMate                Previous Total : 2       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 3       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 5       
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/02]\_____\_______>[05/31/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : MTYTLIS1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-03-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
      TLIST 3 /PRO OCX EDITION ENHANCED             Previous Total : 5       
              OUTLINE CONTROL                       Release Score  : 2       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Running Total  : 7       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \                                     
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/30/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : MTY-TS01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-05-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
         TriSpectives CDRIP for Win95               Previous Total : 7       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 4       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 11      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/31]\_____\_______>[06/04/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : MTYCADT1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-05-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
      CADET v3.0 (c) ATTACHMATE CORP.               Previous Total : 11      
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 2       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 13      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/03]\_____\_______>[06/03/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : MTYGRPH1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-05-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    GRAPHICALLY!! v1.01A for ACE Audit              Previous Total : 13      
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 2       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 15      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/04]\_____\_______>[06/04/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : MTYOMNI1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-05-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   OMNI PAGE PRO 7.0 WIN 95(c) CAERE CORP.          Previous Total : 15      
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : -3      
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 12      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/05]\_____\_______>[06/05/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : LSNTPWA1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 5-31-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   LightSpeed Term Emulation NT Server              Previous Total : 0       
                       [1/2]               Release Score  : 3       
           A Group                Running Total  : 3       
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeNf                                        
     .DIZ date: 05.30.96  .NFO date 05.30.96                                 
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : ON32B2-1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-03-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   FTP OnNet32 International Beta 2.0               Previous Total : 3       
   for Win95 and Win NT 4.0  [1/13]                 Release Score  : 2       
                                           Running Total  : 5       
           A Group                                         
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeN                                         
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : ON32B2U1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-03-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   FTP OnNet32 US CD Version Beta 2.0               Previous Total : 5       
   for Win95 and Win NT 4.0  [1/12]                 Release Score  : 2       
                                           Running Total  : 7       
           A Group                                         
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeN                                         
                                                                             
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   Filename : RBS-WBIT.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-03-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     Web-it! Pro for Windows v1.2                   Previous Total : 0       
     ________________________________[01/01]        Release Score  : 4       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 4       
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : RBS-ZI10.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-04-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     Zipit! v1.0 for Windows 95                     Previous Total : 4       
     ________________________________[01/01]        Release Score  : 3       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 7       
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : RBSMBA01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-04-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    Micro House Tech Lib v296 CD-RIP                Previous Total : 7       
    Main Boards Section A                           Release Score  : 2       
     ________________________________[01/27]        Running Total  : 9       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/                                   
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : RBSMBB01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-04-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    Micro House Tech Lib v296 CD-RIP                Previous Total : 9       
    Main Boards Section B                           Release Score  : 2       
     ________________________________[01/48]        Running Total  : 11      
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/                                   
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : RBSMHM01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-04-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    Micro House Tech Lib v296 CD-RIP                Previous Total : 11      
    Main Section with 100% Crack                    Release Score  : 2       
     ________________________________[01/41]        Running Total  : 13      
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/                                   
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : RBS-DANA.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-05-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     Dana v1.04 for Windows 95                      Previous Total : 13      
     ________________________________[01/01]        Release Score  : 3       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 16      
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : RBS-LIQA.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-05-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Liquid Motion, Great JAVA Creation Program       Previous Total : 16      
     ________________________________[01/02]        Release Score  : 4       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 20      
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : --                  Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : --                  Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
                                                    Previous Total : 0       
   [  /  ]       Release Score  : 0       
                     Running Total  : 0       
   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   17 Points                                     
        ͹   
    MTY   12 Points                                          
        ͹   
    PWA   7 Points                                                
        ͹   
    RBS   20 Points                                  
        ͹   
    X-F   0                                                             
        ͼ   
     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
                          Average Score Per Release :                        
                          ---------------------------                        
                                                                             
                             Drink or Die - [3.0]                            
                                Rebels - [2.9]                               
                        Pirates with Attitudes - [2.3]                       
                               Mortality - [1.7]                             
                                X-Force - [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 : 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 : 06/06/96 -> 06/12/96              
     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : DOD-SE11.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-11-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   SOFTSCAPE EXPLORER PLUS V1.0       [01/05]       Previous Total : 0       
    \_    ___      \_  ___      \   ___      \_     Release Score  : 4       
   _/      l/       /  l/       /    l/       /     Running Total  : 4       
   \______ /       /   /       /____ /       /|                              
   ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/==                               
   (*) D r i n k   O r   D i e  1 9 9 6 (*)                                  
   ===================== [ DOD * 11-Jun-96 ] ==                              
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : MTYJDKL1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-06-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
       Java Delopers Kit v1.0 for LNX               Previous Total : 0       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 4       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 4       
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/03]\_____\_______>[06/06/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : MTY-INT.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-09-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Internet ToolPak v2.0    Crescent Software      Previous Total : 4       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 3       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 7       
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[06/09/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : MTY-NET.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-09-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   NetPak Professional    Crescent Software        Previous Total : 7       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 3       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 10      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[06/09/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : MTY-XREF.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-09-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     XRef VB Add-On    Crescent Software           Previous Total : 10      
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 3       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 13      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[06/09/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYAPIV1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-09-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
              API Vision 1.5                        Previous Total : 13      
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 3       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 16      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/02]\_____\_______>[06/09/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYEVB4.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-11-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
        Enquiry For Visual Basic v4.0               Previous Total : 16      
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 3       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 19      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[06/11/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYNET01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-11-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Net Commander '95/3.1 v1.0 (c) Luckman           Previous Total : 19      
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 4       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 23      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/18]\_____\_______>[06/11/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYWCD01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-11-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     Web Commander '95 v1.0 (c) Luckman             Previous Total : 23      
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 4       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 27      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/42]\_____\_______>[06/11/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWAPOWB.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-07-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   PowerBasic Compiler [01/01]                      Previous Total : 0       
                                           Release Score  : 3       
           A Group                Running Total  : 3       
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeNf                                        
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWASDB01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-09-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   MR. SCANNER - DATABASES     [01/15]              Previous Total : 3       
                                           Release Score  : 3       
           A Group                Running Total  : 6       
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeNf                                        
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWAT351.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-11-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Telix 3.51 Dos [Registered]   [1/1]              Previous Total : 6       
                                           Release Score  : 2       
           A Group                Running Total  : 8       
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                   DK       -XeN                                         
                                                                             
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   Filename : ASLPWA01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-12-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Access Super Libray CD-Rip  [01/49]              Previous Total : 8       
                                           Release Score  : 2       
           A Group                Running Total  : 10      
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                   DK       -XeN                                         
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWA13321.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-12-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
                                           Previous Total : 10      
           A Group                Release Score  : 3       
            That Gives              Running Total  : 13      
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeNf                                        
   Windows NT Server build 1332 [01/30]                                      
                                                                             
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   Filename : RBS-RECH.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-06-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     ReachOut v5.05 for Win95/3.xx                  Previous Total : 0       
     _____________________________ __[01/01]        Release Score  : 4       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 4       
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : RBS-FIT.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-07-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     Frame-It v1.10 for Windows 95                  Previous Total : 4       
     ________________________________[01/01]        Release Score  : 3       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 7       
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : RBS-MIML.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-07-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     Mi'Mail for Windows                            Previous Total : 7       
     ________________________________[01/01]        Release Score  : 3       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 10      
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : RBS-MORF.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-07-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     Morpher v1.2 for Windows 95                    Previous Total : 10      
     ________________________________[01/01]        Release Score  : 4       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 14      
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : RBS-WPC.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-07-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     Web Page Creator v4.5 for Windows 95           Previous Total : 14      
     ________________________________[01/01]        Release Score  : 4       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 18      
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : FMSA1.ZIP           Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-10-96*            Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
      MS ClipArt Office cd-rip  (c) MS              Previous Total : 0       
   [01/04]       Release Score  : 3       
                     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                                 
                                                                             
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   Filename : XF-BO21.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-11-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
          MICROSOFT BACKOFFICE SDK V2.0             Previous Total : 3       
        Windows NT 3.51/4.0 Beta 2 and W95          Release Score  : 3       
   [01/20]       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   4 Points                                                   
        ͹   
    MTY   27 Points                           
        ͹   
    PWA   13 Points                                         
        ͹   
    RBS   18 Points                                    
        ͹   
    X-F   6 Points                                                 
        ͼ   
     
                                                                             
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                          Average Score Per Release :                        
                          ---------------------------                        
                                                                             
                             Drink or Die - [4.0]                            
                                Rebels - [3.6]                               
                               Mortality - [3.4]                             
                                X-Force - [3.0]                              
                        Pirates with Attitudes - [2.6]                       
                                                                             
                                                                             
 ͼ


                                     
      ܰ                      ߰            
      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 : 06/13/96 -> 06/19/96              
     
                                                                             
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   Filename : DODWSFTP.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-13-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    WS FTP PROFESSIONAL FOR WINDOWS       [1/1]     Previous Total : 0       
    _______________ ____________ ____________       Release Score  : 2       
    \_    ___      \_  ___      \   ___      \_     Running Total  : 2       
   _/      l/       /  l/       /    l/       /                              
   \______ /       /   /       /____ /       /|                              
   ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/==                              
   (*) D r i n k   O r   D i e  1 9 9 6 (*)                              
   ===================== [ DOD * 13-Jun-96 ] ==                              
                                                                             
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   Filename : DOD-M301.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-14-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   MINUTEMAN V3.0 FOR WIN3.1/95       [01/02]       Previous Total : 2       
    _______________ ____________ ____________       Release Score  : 4       
    \_    ___      \_  ___      \   ___      \_     Running Total  : 6       
   _/      l/       /  l/       /    l/       /                              
   \______ /       /   /       /____ /       /|                              
   ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/==                              
   (*) D r i n k   O r   D i e  1 9 9 6 (*)                              
   ===================== [ DOD * 14-Jun-96 ] ==                              
                                                                             
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   Filename : DODCHSTB.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-16-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    CHARACTER STUDIO MAX PLUGIN BETA     [1/1]      Previous Total : 6       
    _______________ ____________ ____________       Release Score  : 2       
    \_    ___      \_  ___      \   ___      \_     Running Total  : 8       
   _/      l/       /  l/       /    l/       /                              
   \______ /       /   /       /____ /       /|                              
   ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/==                              
   (*) D r i n k   O r   D i e  1 9 9 6 (*)                              
   ===================== [ DOD * 16-JUN-96 ] ==                              
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYCMPU1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-13-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
      COMPUVIEW NAVIGATOR FOR WINDOWS               Previous Total : 0       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 2       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 2       
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/02]\_____\_______>[06/13/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYXING.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-13-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
       XING MPEG Player v3.0b For Win95             Previous Total : 2       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 1       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 3       
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[06/13/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYDISC1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-16-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     Microtest DiscPort (c) Microtest               Previous Total : 3       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 2       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 5       
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/07]\_____\_______>[06/16/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYSTS01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-16-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
           Symptoms (c) Healthsoft                  Previous Total : 5       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 3       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 8       
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/21]\_____\_______>[06/16/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : NMBIPWA1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-13-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Network MCI Buisness InternetMCI                 Previous Total : 0       
   version 1.22               [1/3]                 Release Score  : 2       
                                           Running Total  : 2       
           A Group                                         
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeN                                         
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWAACL01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-14-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Autocad Lite R3 Win 95/NT  [01/15]               Previous Total : 2       
                                           Release Score  : 4       
           A Group                Running Total  : 6       
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeN                                         
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWA-BR01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-15-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   BRender v1.1.2  [01/07]                          Previous Total : 6       
                                           Release Score  : 4       
          A Group                 Running Total  : 10      
           That Gives                                        
          Slightly                                         
           Less Than                                        
                A Fuck.                                        
                           -XeN                                          
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PWA-VVBX.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-16-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
      VideoSoft VSView VBX [01/01]                  Previous Total : 10      
                                           Release Score  : 2       
          A Group                 Running Total  : 12      
           That Gives                                        
          Slightly                                         
           Less Than                                        
                A Fuck.                                        
                           -XeN                                          
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : E16PWA01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-17-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Extra! Personal Client 16bit [01/41]             Previous Total : 12      
       Version 6.1 full Release                     Release Score  : 2       
                                           Running Total  : 14      
           A Group                                         
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeN                                         
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : E32PWA01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-17-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   EXTRA! Personal Client 6.1 [01/27]               Previous Total : 14      
         32bit full release                         Release Score  : 2       
                                           Running Total  : 16      
           A Group                                         
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeN                                         
                                                                             
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   Filename : RBS14-01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-15-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    OS/2 Merlin build 14 aka OS/2 Warp v4.0         Previous Total : 0       
     _____________________________ __[01/43]        Release Score  : 3       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 3       
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : XFLWVP01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-13-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
          VIEWPOINTS DARALAB MODELS                 Previous Total : 0       
              FOR LIGHTWAVE 5.0                     Release Score  : 3       
   [01/11]       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 : XF-WB961.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-16-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
                WINBENCH 96                         Previous Total : 3       
               (c) Ziff Davis                       Release Score  : 1       
   [01/02]       Running Total  : 4       
                                              
   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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   Filename : XFALPH01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-19-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
      DEC Altavista Firewall Network ALPHA          Previous Total : 4       
        - Beta1.1 -  for Win NT  (c) DEC            Release Score  : 3       
   [01/15]       Running Total  : 7       
                                              
   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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   Filename : XFTCP4-A.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-19-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    TCP/IP v4.0 for OS/2 Warp and Merlin            Previous Total : 7       
         Pre-Release         (c) IBM                Release Score  : 2       
   [01/14]       Running Total  : 9       
                                              
   ۲ ۲   ۲  ۲  ۲    ۲                                
   ۱ ۱   ۰   ۱  ۱                                    
     ۱  ۰     ۲                                  
   ۱ ۲  ۲  ۲ ۰   ۲ ۱  ۲                                
    ۱                                        
        amachine                                
                                                                             
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                             Score Chart : Utils                             
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
        ͻ   
    DOD   8 Points                                               
        ͹   
    MTY   8 Points                                               
        ͹   
    PWA   16 Points                                      
        ͹   
    RBS   3 Points                                                    
        ͹   
    X-F   9 Points                                              
        ͼ   
     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
                          Average Score Per Release :                        
                          ---------------------------                        
                                                                             
                                Rebels - [3.0]                               
                             Drink or Die - [2.7]                            
                        Pirates with Attitudes - [2.7]                       
                                X-Force - [2.3]                              
                               Mortality - [2.0]                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
 ͼ


                                     
      ܰ                      ߰            
      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.   
                                                                             
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   Ŀ  
               Dates of Utils Reviewed : 06/20/96 -> 06/26/96              
     
                                                                             
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   Filename : DODCAFE1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-20-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    SYMANTEC CAFE 1.2 FOR WIN95/NT        [1/9]     Previous Total : 0       
    _______________ ____________ ____________       Release Score  : 5       
    \_    ___      \_  ___      \   ___      \_     Running Total  : 5       
   _/      l/       /  l/       /    l/       /                              
   \______ /       /   /       /____ /       /|                              
   ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/==                              
   (*) D r i n k   O r   D i e  1 9 9 6 (*)                              
   ===================== [ DOD * 20-Jun-96 ] ==                              
                                                                             
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   Filename : DODDLD01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-21-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    LANTASTIC DEDICATED SERVER 1.1      [01/14]     Previous Total : 5       
                  ENGLISH DOCS                      Release Score  : 2       
    _______________ ____________ ____________       Running Total  : 7       
    \_    ___      \_  ___      \   ___      \_                              
   _/      l/       /  l/       /    l/       /                              
   \______ /       /   /       /____ /       /|                              
   ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/==                              
   (*) D r i n k   O r   D i e  1 9 9 6 (*)                              
   ===================== [ DOD * 21-Jun-96 ] ==                              
                                                                             
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   Filename : DODDLT01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-21-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    LANTASTIC DEDICATED SERVER 1.1      [01/44]     Previous Total : 7       
    _______________ ____________ ____________       Release Score  : 3       
    \_    ___      \_  ___      \   ___      \_     Running Total  : 10      
   _/      l/       /  l/       /    l/       /                              
   \______ /       /   /       /____ /       /|                              
   ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/==                              
   (*) D r i n k   O r   D i e  1 9 9 6 (*)                              
   ===================== [ DOD * 21-Jun-96 ] ==                              
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYNC951.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-22-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    _______________________________________         Previous Total : 0       
    \      \   \   \_  _/   \ \  \_  _/ / /         Release Score  : 5       
    /  / / / / / `_/  /   ` / /_ /  /_\  /          Running Total  : 5       
    \_/_/_/\__/_/_/__/__/__/___//__/____/                                    
       -  M  O  R  T  A  L  I  T  Y  -                                       
    ==[06/22/96]===============[1/2]========                                 
    [Norton Commander v1.01 for Win95 FINAL]                                 
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYPART1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-23-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
          Print Artist 1500 (c) Sierra              Previous Total : 5       
    _______________________________________         Release Score  : 4       
    \      \   \   \_  _/   \ \  \_  _/ / /         Running Total  : 9       
    /  / / / / / `_/  /   ` / /_ /  /_\  /                                   
    \_/_/_/\__/_/_/__/__/__/___//__/____/                                    
       -  M  O  R  T  A  L  I  T  Y  -                                       
    ==[06/23/96]===============[1/6]========                                 
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYKFM1.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-24-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
      Keller Fleet Maintence (c) Keller             Previous Total : 9       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 3       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 12      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/04]\_____\_______>[06/24/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYPP212.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-25-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     Wanderlink v2.12 with Proxy v1.6               Previous Total : 12      
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 3       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 15      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[06/25/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYZHPM1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-25-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
      Zip! Host Print Manager v1.01                 Previous Total : 15      
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 3       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 18      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/02]\_____\_______>[06/25/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYHOT31.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-26-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
       HOTDOCS v3.0B (c) CAPSOFT INC.               Previous Total : 18      
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 4       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 22      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[02/02]\_____\_______>[06/26/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYUNIN1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-26-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
          UNINet (c) Attachmate                     Previous Total : 22      
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 3       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 25      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/05]\_____\_______>[06/26/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWA-TBP1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-20-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Turbo Publisher Build 3.03a Win [1/8]            Previous Total : 0       
                                           Release Score  : 3       
           A Group                Running Total  : 3       
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeNf                                        
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PWANTBC1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-20-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   BoundsChecker Professional Edition               Previous Total : 3       
   for Windows-NT Version 4.00.193                  Release Score  : 3       
   S/N 3000-9147F5-77                               Running Total  : 6       
   Disk 5/5                                                                  
                                                                    
           A Group                                         
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeNf                                        
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWACDX31.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-21-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   DiskExtender 3.00 for Win/NT [1/7]               Previous Total : 6       
                                           Release Score  : 3       
           A Group                Running Total  : 9       
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeNf                                        
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PWASINT.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-21-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   SoftIce/NT from NuMega                           Previous Total : 9       
   Version 1.0                                      Release Score  : 4       
   S/N 3000-9147F5-77                               Running Total  : 13      
                                                                    
           A Group                                         
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeNf                                        
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWAVOX01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-21-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Voice for Windows95 [1/6]                        Previous Total : 13      
                                           Release Score  : 4       
           A Group                Running Total  : 17      
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeNf                                        
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWALCB21.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-22-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Lotus Components Beta2  [01/06]                  Previous Total : 17      
                                           Release Score  : 3       
           A Group                Running Total  : 20      
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeNf                                        
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWALVN11.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-22-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Lotus VideoNotes v1.2  [01/03]                   Previous Total : 20      
                                           Release Score  : 4       
           A Group                Running Total  : 24      
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeNf                                        
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWAVW101.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-25-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ParcPlace VisualWave v1.0A [01/12]               Previous Total : 24      
   The object-oriented development                  Release Score  : 4       
   environment for creating live                    Running Total  : 28      
   Web applications.                                                         
                                                                    
          A Group                                          
           That Gives                                        
          Slightly                                         
           Less Than                                        
                A Fuck.                                        
                           -XeN                                          
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWA-FTM1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-26-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   FAMILY TREEMAKER 3.1 for WIN 95 [1/5]            Previous Total : 28      
                                           Release Score  : 4       
           A Group                Running Total  : 32      
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeN                                         
                                                                             
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   Filename : RBS-ICCD.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-20-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     ICCD v3.2 for Windows 95                       Previous Total : 0       
     ________________________________[01/01]        Release Score  : 3       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 3       
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : RBS-WRAR.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-21-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     RAR v2.00 for Windows 95/32s                   Previous Total : 3       
     ________________________________[01/01]        Release Score  : 3       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 6       
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : RBSB1801.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-22-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    OS/2 Warp v4.0 aka OS/2 Merlin Build 18         Previous Total : 6       
     ________________________________[01/49]        Release Score  : 3       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 9       
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : RBS-METL.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-23-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     Metz Lock v4.0 for Windows                     Previous Total : 9       
     ________________________________[01/01]        Release Score  : 3       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 12      
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : RBS-HTNT.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-24-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     HTML Notepad v2.0 for Windows 95               Previous Total : 12      
     ________________________________[01/01]        Release Score  : 3       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 15      
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : RBS-MHZI.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-24-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
      MicroHouse Zip                                Previous Total : 15      
     _____________________________ __[01/01]        Release Score  : 3       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 18      
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : RBS-QBR1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-25-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     Quickbooks  UPDATE: To Version 4.0r11          Previous Total : 18      
     ________________________________[01/01]        Release Score  : 1       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 19      
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : XF-OBJ01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-20-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
      OBJECT STORE 4.0.1 FOR WINDOWS NT/95          Previous Total : 0       
              (c) OBJECT DESIGN                     Release Score  : 4       
   [01/16]       Running Total  : 4       
                                              
   ۲ ۲   ۲  ۲  ۲    ۲                                
   ۱ ۱   ۰   ۱  ۱                                    
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   ۱ ۲  ۲  ۲ ۰   ۲ ۱  ۲                                
    ۱                                        
         sikos                                 
                                                                             
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   Filename : XFFX32R1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-20-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
         INTEL 32-BIT to ALPHA 32-BIT               Previous Total : 4       
             Release Candidate 1  (c) DEC           Release Score  : 3       
   [01/05]       Running Total  : 7       
                                              
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   ۱ ۱   ۰   ۱  ۱                                    
     ۱  ۰     ۲                                  
   ۱ ۲  ۲  ۲ ۰   ۲ ۱  ۲                                
    ۱                                        
         sikos                                 
                                                                             
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   Filename : XFLW5C01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-24-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   LIGHTWAVE 5.0 -FINAL RELEASE- (REVISION C)       Previous Total : 7       
       CD-RIP 100% CRACKED  (c) NEWTEK              Release Score  : 4       
   [01/22]       Running Total  : 11      
                                              
   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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   Filename : XFICET95.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-25-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
              ICE TCP 95 TRIALWARE                  Previous Total : 11      
                  -CRACKED-                         Release Score  : 3       
   [01/01]       Running Total  : 14      
                                                  
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   ۱ ۲  ۲  ۲ ۰   ۲ ۱  ۲                                
    ۱                                        
         sikos                                 
                                                                             
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   Filename : XFEXCD01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-26-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
           MICROSOFT EXCHANGE SERVER                Previous Total : 14      
               FULL DOCUMENTATION                   Release Score  : 2       
   [01/15]       Running Total  : 16      
                                              
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     ۱  ۰     ۲                                  
   ۱ ۲  ۲  ۲ ۰   ۲ ۱  ۲                                
    ۱                                        
         sikos                                 
                                                                             
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   Filename : XFSDK201.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-26-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
       MICROSOFT SDK FOR WINDOWS NT / 95            Previous Total : 16      
                   CD-RIP                           Release Score  : 5       
   [01/69]       Running Total  : 21      
                                              
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    ۱                                        
         sikos                                 
                                                                             
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                             Score Chart : Utils                             
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
        ͻ   
    DOD   10 Points                                            
        ͹   
    MTY   25 Points                             
        ͹   
    PWA   32 Points                      
        ͹   
    RBS   19 Points                                   
        ͹   
    X-F   21 Points                                 
        ͼ   
     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
                          Average Score Per Release :                        
                          ---------------------------                        
                                                                             
                               Mortality - [3.6]                             
                        Pirates with Attitudes - [3.6]                       
                                X-Force - [3.5]                              
                             Drink or Die - [3.3]                            
                                Rebels - [2.7]                               
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Rebel Chicken                                                 
     Subject : Group Reviews : Utils                                         
                                                                             
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 ͻ
                                                                             
       The following is a chart combining the total points of the top 5      
   utils groups within the past 4 weeks :                                    
                                                                             
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   Ŀ  
            MAY     JUN     JUN     JUN     Total                          
         ͻ    
     DOD  15/5    4/1    8/3   10/3    37/12   2.7  3.3  +0.6     
         ͹    
     MTY  12/7   27/8    8/4   25/7    72/20   2.0  3.6  +1.6     
         ͹    
     PWA   7/3   13/5   16/6   32/9    68/23   2.7  3.6  +0.1     
         ͹    
     RBS  20/7   18/5    3/1   19/7    60/20   3.0  2.7  -0.3     
         ͹    
     X-F   0/0    6/2    9/4   21/6    36/12   2.3  3.5  +1.2     
         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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    News Updates  (Sometimes the news can be funny...ok well maybe never,)   
    ============  (but it is now, ok?)                                       
                                                                             
       Some of you have been wondering how do I manage to get all the games  
   released each week and have time to play them and review them.  Well,     
   it's simple!  I own this magic wand called the "Game-o-rizer."  What it   
   does, is it magically downloads shit at 100 MB/S and then it              
   automatically follows the directions in the NFOs and installs them, plays 
   them, and then writes about them.  See, I don't actually do anything,     
   it's all my Game-o-rizer magic wand.  And now for a limited time only,    
   you too can purchase a Game-o-rizer magic wand for the low price of only  
   $1,999.  A steal at this low price, it comes in the following colors :    
   Green, Red, Blue, White Cum, and Yellow Vaginal Yeast Infection.  To      
   order, send chicks or babes to "Game-o-rizer," 11 Bullshit Dr., Smokey-   
   Air, Los Angeles, California, 90210.  Shipping and handling only $50.     
   Please allow 2-4 centuries for delivery, as it will be shipped through    
   UPS.                                                                      
                                                                             
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       And now from the home office in So-Sue_Me City, Iowa, it's time for   
   Ionizer's Top Five List.  (I couldn't afford all 10 so I got the half-    
   price deal).  Please take this section with a laugh and don't be          
   offended, it's just a joke.  REPEAT: this is merely a joke, it's not      
   true, and is meant just for a laugh.                                      
                                                                             
      ****TOP FIVE SIGNS TO TELL WHO RELEASED THE GAME YOU DOWNLOADED****    
                                                                             
    5.   It's registered Shareware...............................Razor       
    4.   Baseball?, sure!  Pitch? NO!............................Prestige    
    3.   It's a soccer game......................................Hybrid      
    2.   It claims to be something it's not......................RoR         
    1.   It doesn't work.........................................Napalm      
                                                                             
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   (WHERE and WHEN can I GET The Game Review?  The Game Review (C) Ionizer)  
            (will be released every SUNDAY, and can be obtained by)          
                           (/m ionizer XDCC send #1)                         
                                                                             
   #1 My home page (Thanks to Agile & Ent for their help)                    
      http://ns2.clever.net/~ionizer (Note : Contains all issues and is      
                                             always up to date.)             
                                                                             
   #2 E-Mail Auto Responder (Thanks to Malk and Mael)                        
      Just write mail to tgr@inforelay.com <that's all, DOESN'T need to      
      include any special message or anything, you'll get a response back    
      within a few seconds>.  (Note : Only for the NEWEST TGR out.)          
                                                                             
   #3 Other magazines are free to use TGR in their mags.  Simply notify me   
      about it first.  Currently RCN contaings TGR!                          
                                                                             
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                 NOTE: THERE IS NO MAILING LIST OF ANY KIND!                 
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  GAME REVIEWS, RATINGS, UN-BIASED OPINIONS, HELP/TIPS FOR INSTALLING GAMES! 
  [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 
                                                                             
   Rating scale :                                                            
                                                                             
                                                                             
            (0-19)/100 = In a nutshell, it sucked!                           
           (20-39)/100 = Still crap but slightly better.                     
           (40-49)/100 = Possibly worth downloading.                         
           (50-69)/100 = Pretty decent game. Might want to check it out.     
           (70-79)/100 = Worth the download if you like that type.           
           (80-89)/100 = Very good, 9 outta 10 its worth the download.       
           (90-99)/100 = Excellent game, a MUST download.                    
               100/100 = HOLY SHIT I'VE NEVER SEEN A BETTER GAME!            
                                                                             
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       RATINGS are based on the game idea, graphics, sound, playability,     
   ingenuity, versatility, and a lot of other words ending in 'ity.'  These  
   games are based on what happens on MY COMPUTER ONLY, unless stated        
   otherwise.  I always first follow NFO directions, and if those don't      
   work or are not available, I then try other ways.  So just b/c it         
   doesn't work for me, doesn't mean it won't work for you.                  
                                                                             
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                        -<*><*> THE GAME REVIEW <*><*>-                      
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   A New Duke3D Dukematch Level                                              
   ================================                                          
   This is a deathmatch only level.                                          
   Small to medium in size. 7 megs.                                          
   ================================                                          
                                                                             
       Just a bunch of .map files to addon to DN3D.  Nothing special, a      
   nice collection to have for games against other people.  Some are really  
   shitty, some are really good.  That's about it.                           
                                                                             
                        RATING : 30/100 <most do suck>                       
                                                                             
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      [HACKERS UNDER WORLD CD-RIP] [32/32]                                   
    __ _ __________ ________ _____ ______ __  _                              
   _  __\\_____   ~\_      \_   /_\   _//_ __                               
          >   ______/  \_____/  /   >  <                                     
   _ __ _//        \        %\         \\ __ _                               
    __ _\_____;    \__;     >\__;      \_ __ _                             
       =[PcW]|______/=|_______/=|________/                                 
       ;    [] P C W A R E Z ' 9 6 []    ;                                 
       -----[warden96]-----[06/24/96]-----                                 
                                                                             
       This is a lameass collection of hacking, phreaking and virii shit.    
   It's basically 180 megs of .txt shit.  You must have a lot of free time,  
   be an extremely bored person, or extremely desperate for hardware type    
   person if you actually read all this.  It's all crap from ages ago, so    
   half the info. is most likely outdated, "There is a new high-tech thing   
   out, called a cellular phone and you can steal the codes!".  Ya know,     
   shit like that ;)  Don't waste your time.  It's barely even helpful to    
   newbie hackers.                                                           
                                                                             
                                RATING : 26/100                              
                                                                             
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      _______/\____________/\___________                                     
     /______    ____         __         \                                    
      /    |     \   ___\____/_     _____\                                   
     /     |      \   \__    \|      \war!                                   
     \_____|       \____/     \___    \_                                     
   [=-=-=-=|________/-|_______/-|______/=-=]                                 
     Atmos Fear CD-RIP Install Fix [0625]                                    
   [=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=[01/01]                                 
                                                                             
       Uhhh, fantastic, they included the files that were missing, but the   
   game still won't run because it needs the cd, and fakecd, no matter what  
   way I used it, would not make it run.                                     
                                                                             
                                RATING : NA/100                              
                                                                             
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   ________________________/|__/| ___________                               
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_                              
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /                              
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
     Tigers on the Prowl 2 (c) HPS    [1/1]                                  
   +------------------------------------------+                              
                                                                             
       The graphics and the sound on this one makes PacMan look like it's    
   the bomb. Lame war game, ugly dot-ish graphics, ugly maps and colors,     
   leeto pc speaker sound.  Don't bother, even if you do like wargames.      
                                                                             
                                RATING : 11/100                              
                                                                             
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   Virtual Victor XXX GAMEZ [xX/o4]                                          
       ______  _____________                                                 
      (      \(_      \     \                                                
      \   _|  \|   >   \     \                                               
       \ (__   \        \     \                                              
       /   |    \   >    \     \                                             
      /____|     \_______/ABi__/                                             
    :------|      \-----:-------:                                            
     ASiAN |_______) BOYZ iNSANE                                             
    :---------------------------:                                            
                                                                             
       Knowing the leader of this group, I thought that this might be a      
   bunch of gay games with naked guys, especially since it was "Victor".     
   But, I soon found out it was more like Virtual Vallery, but you see the   
   robot like guy, Victor, fucking some chick.  You can blow her, fuck her   
   from behind, on top, or be on the bottom.  It's practically just like     
   Vallery, you need to gain stamina, by talking to her, fucking her, etc,   
   and then you can goo all over her.  Graphics pretty good, sound, uhh      
   well it's a lot of "uhhh ohh ahh" etc.                                    
                                                                             
                                RATING : 43/100                              
                                                                             
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   Final Doom (c) GT Interactive [30/30]                                     
   _ ________________________  _____ ________ _                              
   \\_____  \_____  \_____  \/  .  \\_____  \\                               
   dZG/\   __//  _   |/  ____/.  |   \/\   __/                               
   _/  \   \/   /_ _/   /_   |  !  _/  \   \                                 
   \____\   \______\_________|_____\____\   \_                               
   =======\___/===1911CDDIVISION======\___/                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________                               
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_                              
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /                              
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
     Final Doom (c) Id Soft. Dos/Win95 x/29                                  
   +------------------------------------------+                              
                                                                             
       Wow, what is this "Doom" thing...it's really revolutionary, I've      
   never seen anything like it, pff.  What is this really?  It's really      
   just doom with some new .wads (levels).  They are pretty good wads, but   
   the game engine and design is still the same.  Same monsters, same        
   weapons, same shit.  It seriously just isn't fun anymore.  Unless ya get  
   a kick out of beating any new level that comes out, you really don't      
   need to waste your time.  Also, there is no ".exe" or anything that will  
   allow you to play in dos, you have to go into the subdirectories          
   plutonia and tnt and install those seperately, which is the same thing    
   as the two releases by Mantis.  So if you're just using dos, you're       
   better off getting the Mantis releases.  Oh, and both releases (RZR &     
   PSG) are the same exact thing, so I don't give a shit which one you get.  
                                                                             
                  RATING : 46/100 (Come on we're sick of it)                 
                                                                             
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   ________________________/ |__/| ___________                               
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_                              
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /                              
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
    Ultimate Doom (c) Id Soft. Dos/Win95 xx/21                               
                                                                             
       Yaaaawnnn... oh excuse me.  Yes, still more doom.  It's just a bunch  
   of new levels once again.  Nothing you couldn't just d/l off some lame    
   ass SW board and get a million .wads, why pay 50 bucks for it?  Again,    
   nothing new engine wise, and you really shouldn't bother to get it        
   unless your a doom freak.                                                 
                                                                             
              RATING : 50/100 (More newer levels than Final Doom)            
                                                                             
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   _____  /\.  _   __ ._/|______|\___.                                       
    \__ \/  | /_\ |  \|  _   __/  _  |                                       
     | _  _ |/ | \|   :  |  |  |  |__|                                       
     |  \/  |  _  \  \   |  |  |___  |                                       
     |__||__|__|__/__|\__|__|__| ____|                                       
   +===[06/06]========PresenTs=\/=====+                                      
   |  Final Doom - Plutonia DOS Ver   |                                      
   |         (c) Id Software          |                                      
   +==================================+                                      
                                                                             
   _____  /\.  _   __ ._/|______|\___.                                       
    \__ \/  | /_\ |  \|  _   __/  _  |                                       
     | _  _ |/ | \|   :  |  |  |  |__|                                       
     |  \/  |  _  \  \   |  |  |___  |                                       
     |__||__|__|__/__|\__|__|__| ____|                                       
   +===[01/06]========PresenTs=\/=====+                                      
   |  Final Doom - Evilution DOS Ver  |                                      
   |         (c) Id Software          |                                      
   +==================================+                                      
                                                                             
       Ok now I'm sleeping.  Not only am I playing the same game, but I'm    
   playing the same levels.  However for you dos users, I suggest you just   
   get these two for final doom, because this contains all you need and      
   nothing more.  For more details about it (not like I need to describe     
   Doom to you) check out the articles on RZR & PSG's Final Doom.            
                                                                             
                                RATING : 46/100                              
                                                                             
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    . ____ /  >______.  . _____.____ ____:..                                 
   .: \   \  /_\___. \__::>   /:\   Y   /'96                                 
   :: / .   /  \|  __/  \:/  /__/       \ .:                                 
    ./  \__/ "  \  >  "  <______>  \_/___>:.                                 
   `<  /:<___\___>/___\___>.  <_____>:.  :.                                  
     \/  .:.    |/:. .:.mr!  .:. .::  .                                      
     CYBERJUDAS (c) MERIT STUDIOS [XX/58]                                    
                                                                             
            /\.                                                              
    . ____ /  >______.  . _____.____ ____:..                                 
   .: \   \  /_\___. \__::>   /:\   Y   /'96                                 
   :: / .   /  \|  __/  \:/  /__/       \ .:                                 
    ./  \__/ "  \  >  "  <______>  \_/___>:.                                 
   `<  /:<___\___>/___\___>.  <_____>:.  :.                                  
     \/  .:.    |/:. .:.mr!  .:. .::  .                                      
    CYBERJUDAS: MOVIES & MISC ADDONS [XX/26]                                 
                                                                             
       A huge war game, and when I say huge, I mean 220+ megs with the       
   addon.  Once again Napalm ignores the disk limit, it seems like           
   everyone's doing it, so what the fuck.  This is a detailed war game.      
   War, as in future war types, between nations.  It has a nice collection   
   of maps of the world :).  Tons of shit to do in this one, but it's not    
   really worth it, unless you like war games and plan to burn this one to   
   cd.  It's a good quality game though.                                     
                                                                             
                                RATING : 61/100                              
                                                                             
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       Ok, Ok, I know it was released late, but listen to me, I HAVE BEEN    
   DOWNLOADING 24 HOURS A DAY SINCE 06/27 when groups started dumping games  
   every half hour and there was a total of 1/2 a gig released in 2 days!    
   Because of this, and the always favorite aborted downloads, I was unable  
   to review a few games and still get this ou on time.  Once again, sorry,  
   but they will of course be in next week's issue.  I know this ironic      
   considering the first thing in the news article, but just shutup and go   
   along with it!                                                            
                                                                             
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                        -<*><*> THE GAME REVIEW <*><*>-                      
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       There is no GOTW because of the missed games, this week's will be     
   posted in next week's GOTW, which will thus have two.                     
                                                                             
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                             <*>OTHER RELEASES<*>                            
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  - Command and Conquer Expansion Pack                                       
  - Onside Soccer Animation Pack & German, Spanish, Portuguese, Alaskanian,  
    Puerto Rican, South Africanian, Ethiopian, & A million other language    
    packs.                                                                   
  - Chaos Overlords (Win95 and Dupe)                                         
  - Tracer (Prestige, Win95)                                                 
  - Doom 2 for Win95 (Prestige, Win95)                                       
  - FPS Baseball 96 (Razor CD, Win95, non-working, Over disk limit, 56       
                     disks)                                                  
  - FPS Baseball 96 (Prestige, Win95, Working, Within Disk Limit, 31 Disks)  
                                                                             
  - Indy Car Racing 2 (Prestige, Win95)                                      
  - NHL Power Play (Coredump, Win95, and not cracked)                        
  - NHL Power Play (Epic, Win95, and crasked by Misha, that Kickass cracker) 
  - Williams Arcade Classics (Prestige, Win95)                               
  - Space Dude (Epic, Dupe of Hybrid from January, Refer Issue #11)          
                                                                             
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                         <*>UPCOMING RELEASE DATES<*>                        
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   All projected dates are as of June 28th 1996, 8:30 AM (EST) and based on  
   store release dates.  The information in this section is updated when     
   available.                                                                
                                                                             
                             Key to system types:                            
                                                                             
    DCD   = DOS CD           WCD = Windows CD      MCD = Mac. CD             
    W95CD = Win 95 CD        M3  = Mac. Disk       W3  = Windows Disk        
    W953  = Win 95 Disk      D3  = DOS Disk        HCD = Mac./Windows CD     
                                                                             
         Date    |     Name of Game / OS   |  Company                        
         -----------------------------------------------------------         
         96/06/27   NEED SPEED SE DCD         ELECTRONIC ARTS                
         96/06/27   DRAGONLAIR2 DCD           READY SOFT                     
         96/06/27   GENDERWARS DCD            GT SOFTWARE                    
         96/06/28   LST ADV LEGND DCD         RANDOMSOFT                     
         96/06/28   SPACEHULK 2 DCD           ELECTRONIC ARTS                
         96/06/28   MECH 2 NET DCD            ACTIVISION                     
         96/06/28   MECH2 EXPAN DCD           ACTIVISION                     
         96/06/28   WARHAMMR 40K DCD          MINDSCAPE                      
         96/06/28   FIREFIGHT DCD             ELECTRONIC ARTS                
         96/06/28   BULL FROG PK DCD          ELECTRONIC ARTS                
         96/06/28   MEGA RACE 2 DCD           MINDSCAPE                      
         96/06/30   TOTL KNCKOUT DCD          ROCKET SCIENCE GAMES           
         96/06/30   FLIGHT ZONE DCD           WIZARD WORKS                   
         96/07/01   PELICAN HILL DCD          ACCESS SOFTWARE                
         96/07/01   PINEHURST DCD             ACCESS SOFTWARE                
         96/07/01   CAS CHMP2PKR DCD          INTRACORP,INC.                 
         96/07/01   OVER REICH DCD            AVALON HILL                    
         96/07/01   WZONE DCD                 WIZARD WORKS                   
         96/07/01   RETURN FIRE DCD           GT SOFTWARE                    
         96/07/01   PANDORA SAMP DCD          ACCESS SOFTWARE                
         96/07/02   SYNNERGIST DCD            21ST CENTURY                   
         96/07/05   LINKS LS DCD              ACCESS SOFTWARE                
         96/07/05   TMEK DCD                  GT SOFTWARE                    
         96/07/08   NUKE IT DCD               MICROSTAR                      
         96/07/08   CIV WAR MED DCD           ENTERACTIVE INTERNAT           
         96/07/09   KNIGHTS CHSE DCD          INTERPLAY PRODUCTION           
         96/07/09   MANIC KARTS DCD           VIRGIN GAMES                   
         96/07/10   DEADLINE DCD              VIC TOKAI                      
         96/07/12   COMMANCHE2.0 DCD          ELECTRONIC ARTS                
         96/07/12   SHELLSHOCK DCD            U.S. GOLD INC.                 
         96/07/20   AD&DCORERULESDCD          TSR                            
         96/07/23   GRAND PRIX 2 DCD          SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE              
         96/07/28   QUAKE SHWR DCD            ID SOFTWARE                    
         96/07/30   NORMALITY DCD             INTERPLAY PRODUCTION           
         96/07/31   HIND DCD                  INTERACTIVE MAGIC              
         96/08/01   HARVESTER IBCD            MERIT SOFTWARE                 
         96/08/01   JETFIGHTR III IBCD        INTERPLAY PRODUCTION           
         96/08/01   WARHAWK DCD               SONY ELECTRONIC PUBL           
         96/08/01   TWISTD METAL DCD          SONY ELECTRONIC PUBL           
         96/08/01   METAL LORDS DCD           NEW WORLD COMPUTING            
         96/08/01   DUNGON KEEPR DCD          ELECTRONIC ARTS                
         96/08/01   LOST ADMRL II DCD         AMERICAN LASER GAMES           
         96/08/01   PANDORA DCD               ACCESS SOFTWARE                
         96/08/15   DEADLOCK DCD              WEA VIDEO                      
         96/08/15   BTLCRSR 3000 DCD          TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE             
         96/08/20   BEDLAM DCD                GT SOFTWARE                    
         96/09/01   VR BASEBALL DCD           INTERPLAY PRODUCTION           
         96/09/01   GOLF NICK P DCD           GT SOFTWARE                    
         96/09/01   HIST WORLD DCD            AVALON HILL                    
         96/09/01   POWERSLAVE DCD            PLAYMATES INTERACTIV           
         96/09/05   ALIEN TRIL DCD            DIGITAL PICTURES               
         96/09/15   MAST/ORION 2 DCD          SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE              
         96/09/15   MAGIC GATHER DCD          SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE              
         96/09/30   BLOOD/MAGIC DCD           INTERPLAY PRODUCTION           
         97/01/01   DEADLY SKIES DCD          JVC COMPANY OF AMERI           
         96/06/28   ELK MOON #1 HCD           ACTIVISION                     
         96/06/28   SHANGHAI 2 HCD            ACTIVISION                     
         96/07/25   QIN:TOMB/KING WCD         WEA VIDEO                      
         96/08/20   CHESSMATES TCD            INTERPLAY PRODUCTION           
         96/03/11   HOYLES CLASS MCD          SIERRA-ON-LINE INC             
         96/06/25   TOPTEN MCPK2 MCD          ELECTRONIC ARTS                
         96/06/27   GAB KNIGHT 2 MCD          SIERRA-ON-LINE INC             
         96/06/28   MECHWARR 2 MCD            ACTIVISION                     
         96/06/28   ZORK NEMESIS MCD          ACTIVISION                     
         96/06/28   DESCENT II MCD            INTERPLAY PRODUCTION           
         96/06/28   PRISONER ICE MCD          INTERPLAY PRODUCTION           
         96/07/01   PELICAN HILL MCD          ACCESS SOFTWARE                
         96/07/01   PINEHURST MCD             ACCESS SOFTWARE                
         96/07/05   SIM ISLE MCD              MAXIS                          
         96/08/01   MUPPETS TRSR MCD          ACTIVISION                     
         96/08/01   EMPIRE II MCD             NEW WORLD COMPUTING            
         96/08/01   HERO MHT MGC MCD          NEW WORLD COMPUTING            
         96/08/08   KINGDOM/MAGC MCD          GT SOFTWARE                    
         96/08/23   9 MCD                     GT SOFTWARE                    
         96/08/27   MUMMY MCD                 INTERPLAY PRODUCTION           
         96/09/01   MORT KMBT 3 MCD           GT SOFTWARE                    
         96/09/01   LOST EDEN MCD             VIRGIN GAMES                   
         97/01/01   BLOOD/MAGIC MCD           INTERPLAY PRODUCTION           
         96/03/05   DRUMBEAT M3               DEADLY GAMES                   
         96/06/27   HOYLE-BLKJAK WCD          SIERRA-ON-LINE INC             
         96/06/28   SHATTRD PRV DCD           INTERPLAY PRODUCTION           
         96/07/01   BTLGRD4 SHILH WCD         ENTERACTIVE INTERNAT           
         96/07/01   CIVIL WAR:LEE WCD         SIERRA-ON-LINE INC             
         96/07/01   WOOD SHIP MEN WCD         AVALON HILL                    
         96/07/01   MCKENZ/FRNDS WCD          AMERICAN LASER GAMES           
         96/07/03   SCIFI TRIVIA WCD          SIMON & SCHUSTER               
         96/07/08   LIGHTHOUSE TCD            SIERRA-ON-LINE INC             
         96/07/15   URBAN RUNNER WCD          SIERRA-ON-LINE INC             
         96/07/16   VOYEUR II WCD             PHILIPS INTERACTIVE            
         96/07/23   SHADOAN WCD               INTERPLAY PRODUCTION           
         96/08/01   DAGGERFALL DCD            BETHESDA                       
         96/08/01   MUPPETS TRSR WCD          ACTIVISION                     
         96/08/23   9 WCD                     GT SOFTWARE                    
         96/08/27   MUMMY WCD                 INTERPLAY PRODUCTION           
         96/09/15   NOIR WCD                  CYBERDREAMS                    
         96/06/28   SIM 2000 NET W5C          MAXIS                          
         96/07/01   TRIP PLAY 97 W5C          ELECTRONIC ARTS                
         96/07/01   REAL TROUBLE W5C          U.S. GOLD INC.                 
         96/07/01   MARATHON 2 W5C            BUNGIE SOFTWARE                
         96/07/05   SIMISLE W5C               MAXIS                          
         96/07/08   CLOSE CMBT W5C            MICROSOFT                      
         96/07/10   DIABLO W5C                DAVIDSON                       
         96/07/12   OLYMPIC SOCC W5C          U.S. GOLD INC.                 
         96/07/15   STAR CONTR 3 W5C          WEA VIDEO                      
         96/08/01   HEXEN W5C                 GT SOFTWARE                    
         96/08/15   MORT KOMBT 3 W5C          GT SOFTWARE                    
         96/09/01   MORTIFICATOR W5C          PLAYMATES INTERACTIV           
         96/09/01   DEATHTRP DNG W5C          U.S. GOLD INC.                 
         96/09/01   TERRACIDE W5C             U.S. GOLD INC.                 
         96/09/15   REVERENCE W5C             CYBERDREAMS                    
         96/09/20   ENCARTA 97 STD W5C        MICROSOFT                      
         96/10/01   STR TRK GEN W5C           SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE              
         97/01/01   MINDWARP W5C              MAXIS                          
                                                                             
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                         <*>UPCOMING RELEASE DATES<*>                        
 Ķ
                                                                             
                                     None.                                   
                                                                             
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                            <*>LEGAL MUMBO JUMBO<*>                          
 Ķ
                                                                             
   THIS MAGAZINE IN NO WAY WHATSOEVER, CONDONES THE PIRATING, STEALING, OR   
   ANY OTHER ILLEGAL MEANS OF OBTAINING SOFTWARE.  I AM IN NO WAY            
   RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS AS A RESULT OF READING THIS MAGAZINE, NOR    
   HAVE I DONE ANYTHING ILLEGAL TO OBTAIN THE REVIEWED GAMES.  IF YOU LIKE   
   HOW THE REVIEW OF A GAME SOUNDS THEN BY ALL MEANS PURCHASE IT AND SUPPORT 
   THE SOFTWARE COMPANY.                                                     
                                                                             
   ANY AND ALL MAGAZINE GROUPS HAVE PERMISSION TO USE THIS IN THEIR MAG AS   
   LONG AS IT HAS NOT BEEN EDITED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, AND YOU HAVE   
   OBTAINED MY WRITTEN E-MAIL PERMISSION.                                    
                                                                             
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                            <*>LEGAL MUMBO JUMBO<*>                          
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   That's it for this week, hope it was of help.  I'd like to thank the      
   hundreds of you who wrote in about the fact that you agreed with my       
   review of QUAKE.  Not one single e-mail complained about it.  The group   
   Rise 2 Power explained the reason for their non-working release of Grand  
   Pris 2, in one of their other releases.  Here it is (thanks Nohand).      
                                                                             
   "DDMM[ Group Notes ]MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMDD    
    3                                                                   3    
    :    All groups make mistakes, and we made a big one by jumping the :    
    :    gun on releasing GP2.  This release was an alpha, so we really :    
    :    couldn't have fixed it.  Ohh yeah, and all you fargin lamers   :    
    :    that pop in and out of our channel, fuck you.  You wouldn't    :    
    :    have given 1/2 a shit if a well known group such as Prestige   :    
    :    made a mistake like this.  Just because R2P is a new group,    :    
    :    doesn't mean we're going to crumble from your idiotic pleas.   :    
    :    R2P is here to stay.  R2P does all this for pure fun, the      :    
    :    scene is not a full time job for us.  We are no longer going   :    
    :    to listen your pathetic crying.  Go sit in a corner.           :    
    :                                                                   :    
    :             ------>      Shit Happens!      <------               :    
    :                                                                   :    
    DDMM[ Group Notes ]MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMDD"   
                                                                             
       First off, I agree with most of what they said, but it is TOTALLY not 
   true that "people wouldn't give a shit if a more well known group made a  
   mistake."  People get on anyone's ass if they want to, they don't care    
   who it is.  REMINDER : win95 reviews still wanted and accepted!           
                                                                             
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                          -Ionizer (The Game Reviewer)
      Comments/Complaints send to ionizer@ns2.clever.net (NO GAME REQUESTS)

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            -=*:>RCN'S UTILS'S Rating Magazine By Nightcrawler<:*=-          
 Ķ
                                                                             
      This review is done exclusively for REALITY CHECK NETWORK!  This file  
   is not to be released by anybody.  It is only to be used by the editors   
   of RCN.                                                                   
                                                                             
 Ķ
                            -=*:> The Ratings <:*=-                          
 Ķ
                                                                             
                 [01-10]~100 > This Sucks, Not Worth HD Space!               
                 [11-20]~100 > Still Shitty But Getting There.               
                 [21-30]~100 > Could Be Better.                              
                 [31-40]~100 > Hey Ya Might Like It.                         
                 [41-50]~100 > Decent, Go And Check This Out.                
                 [51-60]~100 > Might Wanna Take Time To DL This.             
                 [61-70]~100 > Very Good, And Helpful.                       
                 [71-80]~100 > Ya Know I Might Use This Myself.              
                 [81-90]~100 > Excellent. Download This Shit!                
                 [91-99]~100 > GET This Shit While Its HOT!                  
                 PERFECT~100 > WHATTA FUCKING RELEASE!!!!!!!!                
                      NA~100 > Couldnt Get The Damn Thing To WORK!           
                                                                             
 Ķ
                            -=*:> The Methods <:*=-                          
 Ķ
                                                                             
      The ratings listed above are judged in many categories.  1)            
   Originality.  It has to be an idea unlike anyother.  2) Effectiveness.    
   Is this a util that is helpful or just sits on a corner of your drive     
   collecting dust?  3) Looks.  Let's face it, if it looks like shit, it     
   probably is shit.  And last but not least, 4) Requirements.  I for one    
   have a boring P100 with 16 MB RAM, I don't want to have to run out to     
   CompUSA to get my ass RAM or a freaking DVD drive just to run a program   
   I'm not going to use more than once!                                      
                                                                             
 Ķ
                        -=*:> Reviewing The UTILS <:*=-                      
 Ķ
                                                                             
   PCBoard 15.x -> 15.30 Upgrade [X/2]                                       
                                                                    
           A Group                                         
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                   DK       -XeN                                         
                 [Pp!]                                                      
                                                                             
       Ok these files are complete and utter bullshit that some lame ass     
   released under PWA'S name.  If You have run this program already I guess  
   you know you're fucked.  What this shit does is it completely DELTREE'S   
   the hard drive you tell it to install to.  I bet this is probably the     
   mastermind of some 14 year old kid who learned QBASIC and said to         
   himself let's FUCK some OPS over.  And he did just that with this         
   release.  Most of the sysops should have realized though because of the   
   shitty text install program.  Anything from clark development has to at   
   least look decent for them to release.  Well all I can say is watch out   
   for this one, it'll screw ya ROAYALLY!  Hey and if you're looking for a   
   good deleting program I reccomend this!                                   
                                                                             
                               RATING : -51/100                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
          Print Artist 1500 (c) Sierra                                       
    _______________________________________                                  
    \      \   \   \_  _/   \ \  \_  _/ / /                                  
    /  / / / / / `_/  /   ` / /_ /  /_\  /                                   
    \_/_/_/\__/_/_/__/__/__/___//__/____/                                    
       -  M  O  R  T  A  L  I  T  Y  -                                       
    ==[6/24/96]================[1/6]=======                                  
                                                                             
       For me, this shit was a blast.  It's great for doing all that shit    
   that print Shop does, and it's smaller, looks nice and runs nice.  You    
   can make banners, posters, or your kids (if ya got em) can make shit to   
   put on the frig.  Well it doesn't require much just a 386/25/4RAM,        
   single speed CD-Rom, and Windows.  I reccomend you download this for      
   office use, for flyers to put under windshield wipers in parking lots,    
   and many other things.  This is worth downloading!                        
                                                                             
                                RATING : 72/100                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Smartcam Advanced 3D Machining V4.40[x/3]                                 
                                                                 
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   :       :                                 
       roy                                    
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       Ok could someone explain to me what exactly this does?? I think it    
   has something to do with drilling and machining holes, which I            
   personnaly have no use for and I'm sure many of you don't either.  But    
   if you're interested in that or need this program for your business go    
   ahead and download it, it's kind of technical so if you're a machiner     
   and a dumbass all in one don't bother.  I found a couple of errors in     
   the program.  When I went through the icons on the tool car I came up     
   with this error when hitting the first icon.  "cannot find                
   ..\icon\name.bar"  It did this for all the icons until I clicked off      
   that first main icon.  Hmm maybe something was left out or just too damn  
   big to add.  Who knows, but the main part or the program seemed to work   
   and so did the crack.                                                     
                                                                             
                                RATING : 51/100                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   For Your Eyes Only for Win95 [X/3]                                        
                                                                    
           A Group                                         
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeNf                                        
                                                                             
       Well this could be a pain in the ass if you don't have a P100 or      
   better.  This totally encrypts system files and selected files.  All      
   files are decrypted when a logon password is entered correctly, but       
   because of shared files shit this program makes your machine run like a   
   386!  This slows down your computer and makes you wnat to fling the       
   thing out a window, but otherwise if you make the recommended system      
   requirements by all means you might want to invest in this if you have a  
   snooping little bastard in your house who can't keep his hands off of     
   things.  Otherwise, don't bother.                                         
                                                                             
                                RATING : 35/100                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Turbo Publisher Build 3.03a Win [X/8]                                     
                                                                    
           A Group                                         
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeNf                                        
                                                                             
       This is a very nice, well put together desktop publishing program     
   which I highly recommend using if you need a publishing program.  It      
   doesn't require much and it doesn't take up space so I guess this makes   
   this user friendly.  Check out this great program.                        
                                                                             
                                RATING : 77/100                              
                                                                             
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        Cyber Passage Conductor Libraries                                    
       ______________    ______________                                      
   s   \____         \_  \____         \_ x/8                                
   e .  /   \_________/   /   \____|____/                                    
   a  :/       _|______  /             \ . .                                 
   ! :.\ \     \       \_\ \       |    \_:.                                 
   .:::.\______     __/ / \_____     __/ /.:.                                
   ===========|_______/========|_______/====                               
   | CELLBLOCK FOUR 1996 |                               
   =========================================                               
                                                                             
       This is sony's own VRML Browser, works with Netscape or the           
   Microsoft Web Browser.  From what I have seen it works great and if       
   you're into web pages and other WWW applications then this is for you,    
   but keep in mind this is only a beta, so if you like this it might be     
   released soon, who knows?                                                 
                                                                             
                                RATING : 69/100                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   FAMILY TREEMAKER 3.1 for WIN 95 [X/5]                                     
                                                                    
           A Group                                         
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeN                                         
                                                                             
       Don't know about you but I couldn't get this shit to work, it said 3  
   things : 1) Not Enough Hard Drive Space, 2) Not Enough Memory, 3)         
   Registry Is Corrupted.  Now I know all of that is bullshit.  If my        
   registry was corrupted windows would not start.  I Have over 900 Megs     
   Free, and I Have 16 Megs of RAM, so there's no way a family tree maker    
   could use more than 8!                                                    
                                                                             
                                RATING : NA/100                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   .CheckIT Diagnostic Kit           05/05.                                  
       .  )\_______)\__)\_______)\_______ .                                  
   .   __/   __  _/  _/    ____/     ___/ .                                  
   .   \__    / _\   \_____   \    ___/__ :                                  
   .   :/         \   \   /    \   /     \|                                  
   :   |\___/     /___/_____   /___      /|                                  
   :   | \_/_____/\____ /_____/___/_____/ |                                  
   :...`---\_____\/----/_flr_/---/_p^D_/--'                                  
                                                                             
       Holy shit I HIGHLY recommend donwloading this shit if you've got WIN  
   95.  This is The Ultimate diagnostic tool, this covers everything.        
   Memory, Bios, IRQ's, Modems, Sound Cards, Drives, shit the list goes on   
   forever.  I can't stress this enough to go out and buy this program       
   because it KICKS ASS!!!!                                                  
                                                                             
                                RATING : 92/100                              
                                                                             
                                                                             
 Ķ
                         -=*:>Release Of The Week<:*=-                       
 Ķ
                                                                             
       The UTIL of the week goes to CHECK IT DIAGNOSTIC from Rise.  It's     
   easy to see why, the program was well thought out and compact, and does   
   just about everything that a diagnostics program should do.  It runs      
   circles around Norton Utilities and any other diagnostics program.  Shit  
   this gets 2 thumbs up by me.  So as you can see this was a clearly made   
   decision!  The runner up was PRINT ARTIST 1500 from Mortality.            
                                                                             
 Ķ
                             -=*:>Discalaimer<:*=-                           
 Ķ
                                                                             
   THIS REVIEW DOES NOT CONDONE THE STEALING, TRADING, OR PIRATING OF ANY    
   COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL.  THE EDITORS OF THIS REVIEW ARE ALSO NOT            
   RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ACTIONS TAKEN AFTER READING THIS MAGAZINE.  I HAVE    
   USED NO ILLEGAL MEANS TO GAIN INFORMATION ON THESE PROGRAMS.  IN FINAL,   
   IF YOU LIKE THE PROGRAM'S RATINGS, GO OUT AND BUY IT.  SUPPORT THE        
   SOFTWARE COMPANIES, THEY SPEND HARD TIME AND MONEY IN DEVELOPING THESE    
   PRODUCTS FOR THE CONSUMER, SO AT LESAT GO OUT AND  BUY THE DAMN THING     
   AND STOP BEING SO DAMNED CHEAP!                                           
                                                                             
                                       Nightcrawler[WKD'96/RCN]              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                               -=*:>Greets<:*=-                              
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Group Greets: Mortality - Drink or Die - Pirates With Attitudes -         
                 X-Force - Pinnacle - Razor - Napalm - Prestige - If I       
                 missed your group I'm sorry                                 
                                                                             
   Personal Greets: Ones Wally, Egoistic Fate, The Speed Racer, Scorpian &   
                    Sub-Zero, and to all Traders that I missed.              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                         -=*:>Last but not Least<:*=-                        
 Ķ
                                                                             
       Sorry for not reviewing much this week, I had a late start and just   
   reviewed what I could get my hands on at the moment.  Oh and one more     
   thing, I'm looking for a person to help me review OS/2 programs.  If you  
   think you can do the job on a weekly basis and have a lot of writing      
   skills just drop me a line at my E-mail address or catch me in #RCN on    
   IRC.                                                                      
                                                                             
      If you have suggestions, complaints, questions, or you just want to    
   drop in your 2 cents on a subject, I can be reached at these 2            
   addresses.  LAO@ESCAPE.COM or NIGHTCRAWLER@VOICES.ORG.  I'll answer your  
   question at my earliest convenience in the order in which the mail was    
   recieved.  Have a nice week!                                              
                                                                             
                                       Nightcrawler[WKD'96/RCN]              
                                                                             
 ͼ

         -=*:>RCN Rated the #1 Magazine (c)Nightcrawler[RCN/WKD'96]<:*=-

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  MTYCADT3.ZIP   1  WIN  Cadet v3.0                                       
  MTYGRPH4.ZIP   1  W95  Graphically v1.01a                               
  PNCAPSS.ZIP    1  WIN  American Pride SS                                
  RBS-LIQB.ZIP   1  W95  Liquid Motion                                    
  RVXIRCS.ZIP    1  W95  WIRCSrv v1.15 Beta                               
  SIVADET2.ZIP   2  WIN  Ditto Easy Tools                                 
  SQLSRV09.ZIP   9  W95  MS SQL Server v6.5                               
 

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  THURSDAY      JUNE 6                                                      
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  CB4BOFC3.ZIP   3  W95  Microsoft's Business Office                      
  DDT-RA20.ZIP   1  W95  RealAudio v2.0                                   
  DNS-OE19.ZIP  19  DOS  Offensive                                        
  DOD-LEX2.ZIP   2  WIN  TRA LexiCat                                      
  GAMERUN3.ZIP   3  W95  GameRunner v3.0                                  
  LES-SMC4.ZIP   4  WIN  Scooters Magic Castle                            
  MTYJDKL3.ZIP   3  WIN  Java Delopers Kit v1.0                           
  MTYOMNI5.ZIP   5  W95  Omni Page Pro v7.0                               
  PNC-FEZ.ZIP    1  DOS  FormEZ v9.6b                                     
  PNCDAOB.ZIP    1  DOS  Data Access Objects v3.1                         
  PSGDIN13.ZIP  13  DOS  Dinotopis                                        
  RBS-RNSS.ZIP   1  WIN  RANMA 1/2 SS                                     
  RTN-GC09.ZIP   9  DOS  Galaxy Commando                                  
  S-XP5NT5.ZIP   9  WNT  HCL Exceed v5.01                                 
  SCSRZ-27.ZIP  27  DOS  Sync Speed RAZOR Mach 3                          
  SDM-ARM5.ZIP   5  WIN  Terminal Net Remote v6.0                         
  SDMSTK02.ZIP   2  W95  Stock Market v1.1                                
  SEA12CCK.ZIP   1  DOS  SEA v1.2c                                        
  SMR-ESAV.ZIP   1  W95  Euro 96 SS                                       
  SMR-RVM3.ZIP   3  DOS  RealView v3.7                                    
  STSVGAD.ZIP    1  DOS  SciTech SVGA Developer Kit                       
  THCMAX11.ZIP  11  WIN  Web Max                                          
  VG-AC32.ZIP   32  DOS  Alley Cats                                       
 

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  FRIDAY        JUNE 7                                                      
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  ACAD13EE.ZIP  25  W95  AutoCAD Release 13                               
  ACSFCD01.ZIP  12  W95  Access v7.0                                      
  BB31UPE.ZIP   35  W95  Star Office v3.1                                 
  DNS-PCP2.ZIP   2  W95  PC PACK SS                                       
  DNS-SURV.ZIP   1  DOS  Survival                                         
  HBD-KO10.ZIP  10  W95  Kick Off 96                                      
  MTSTWB06.ZIP   6  DOS  Tim McCarver's : The Way Baseball Works          
  MTYQEXA4.ZIP   4  W95  Quicken Expense v2.0                             
  PNC-HGSS.ZIP   1  WIN  Hawaii Girls SS v1.1                             
  PNCVBPP2.ZIP   2  W95  VB4 Plus Pak v1.0                                
  PST-ZPSW.ZIP   1  W95  ZD`S Password Pro                                
  R66-PA95.ZIP   1  W95  Microsoft Games                                  
  RAMDUBLR.ZIP   1  W95  Ram Doubler v1.0.2                               
  RBS-FIT.ZIP    1  W95  Frame-It v1.10                                   
  RBS-MIML.ZIP   1  WIN  Mi'Mail                                          
  RBS-MORF.ZIP   1  W95  Morpher v1.2                                     
  RBS-WPC.ZIP    1  W95  Web Page Creator v4.5                            
  RTN-CP04.ZIP   4  W95  Pioneer v1.0                                     
  RTN-FL05.ZIP   5  DOS  Front Lines                                      
  S-SAPCDA.ZIP  11  WIN  Smart Addresser Postal Code Database             
  S-SS50W2.ZIP   2  WIN  Smart Sort v5.0                                  
  S-SSSDD2.ZIP   2  DOS  Smart Sort Sortation Database                    
  S-SSSDW2.ZIP   2  WIN  Smart Sort Sortation Database                    
  SDM-EXMT.ZIP   1  WIN  Microsoft Exchange Server Migration Tools        
  SDMFXSDK.ZIP   1  WIN  Microsoft Fax SDK                                
  SDMWDOC2.ZIP   2  WIN  WorldDoc v1.0                                    
  SM-PWAR2.ZIP   2  DOS  The Pickle Wars Trilgoy                          
  SMR-ACCS.ZIP   1  W95  Adobe Acrobat Plug-In                            
  SMR-ACR4.ZIP   4  W95  Adobe Acrobat                                    
  SX501NTY.ZIP  35  WNT  HCL Exceed v5.01                                 
  TBS!LT35.ZIP   1  WIN  LevelText v3.5a                                  
  TBS!MMSA.ZIP   2  WIN  Magix Musik Studio                               
  TBS!SW11.ZIP   1  DOS  ShellWizard v1.01                                
  TRD-SP41.ZIP  41  WIN  Euro 96 Music Addon                              
  UCFMIDIG.ZIP   1  WIN  MidiGate                                         
  WAR-SDS4.ZIP   4  DOS  Scenario Decoder : System 3                      
 

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  SATURDAY      JUNE 8                                                      
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  BLHF1M15.ZIP  15  DOS  F1 Manager 96                                    
  DGN-CP1.ZIP    1  WIN  Cross Poker                                      
  DSDX2F23.ZIP  24  DOS  Direct 3D                                        
  FBICS96A.ZIP   2  W95  CleanSweep 96                                    
  FBIE301A.ZIP   2  W95  Explorer v3.01b                                  
  HBD-KO07.ZIP  10  DOS  Kick Off 96                                      
  JELLY.ZIP      1  WIN  Jelly Fish Backgammon Tutor                      
  LSK-NAVJ.ZIP   1  WIN  Animated 3D SS                                   
  NOVWHO13.ZIP  13  W95  Win95 MultyMedia Help Office                     
  NRG-F502.ZIP  10  WIN  Frame Maker v5.0                                 
  NRG-SMG7.ZIP   7  DOS  Secret Mission                                   
  PSG-SS15.ZIP  15  DOS  Shell Shock                                      
  RTN-PSG5.ZIP   5  WIN  Pro Student                                      
  RTNWMAN2.ZIP   2  WIN  Wman                                             
  SDM-UE01.ZIP   1  DOS  UltraEdit v4.0b                                  
  TACMSNE3.ZIP   3  W95  MicroSoft NetMeeting                             
  UCF-SFTP.ZIP   1  DOS  ACDSee 95 v1.0                                   
  XADII201.ZIP   1  DOS  InstallIt v2.01                                  
 

 Ŀ
  SUNDAY        JUNE 9                                                      
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  3DNS32.ZIP     1  W95  Netscape 3D Live                                 
  COPSACT.ZIP    1  W95  Certificates and Awards                          
  EXIT4WKS.ZIP   1  WIN  Exitilus Backup                                  
  FBIX11N.ZIP   10  WIN  X11 SS v2.4                                      
  HCO3OS21.ZIP  21  OS2  HCO v3.0 Beta                                    
  LGX-FCS2.ZIP   2  WIN  Fast Track Office                                
  LGX-STS1.ZIP   2  W95  Stationary Sets                                  
  LL-DK09.ZIP    9  DOS  Deathkeep                                        
  MDC-AW08.ZIP   8  WIN  Autoware v3.0                                    
  MTY-INT.ZIP    1  WIN  Internet ToolPak v2.0                            
  MTY-NET.ZIP    1  WIN  NetPak Professional                              
  MTY-XREF.ZIP   1  WIN  XRef Visual Basic Addon                          
  MTYAPIV2.ZIP   1  WIN  API Vision v1.5                                  
  NOR-SP06.ZIP   7  W95  Species                                          
  PIE-HD32.ZIP   1  W95  HotDog32 Personal Edition                        
  PIE-RAC5.ZIP   5  W95  Network Q RAC Rally v1.1                         
  PSGB2B23.ZIP  23  DOS  Back to Baghdad                                  
  PWAPOWB.ZIP    1  W95  PowerBasic Compiler                              
  RVX-RAS.ZIP    1  W95  RealAudio Personal Server                        
  TRD-TM30.ZIP  30  DOS  T-Mek                                            
  UCFCDQ95.ZIP   1  W95  CD-Quick                                         
 

 Ŀ
  MONDAY        JUNE 10                                                     
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  ARTMAN3.ZIP    3  W95  Art Manager                                      
  BMAKER2.ZIP    1  WIN  Button Maker Pro                                 
  DGN-EG4.ZIP    8  DOS  Evil Gate                                        
  DOD-SE14.ZIP   5  WIN  SoftScape Exploerr Plus v1.0                     
  FBI-PS8.ZIP    8  WIN  Microsim Pspice v6.2                             
  MSQICU.ZIP     1  W95  Wildcat5! Internet Upgrade                       
  MSQWC5U.ZIP    1  W95  Wildcat5! BBS Upgrade                            
  MTYEVB4.ZIP    1  WIN  Enquiry                                          
  PCWMATH1.ZIP   5  W95  Math Blaster 2                                   
  PNCMNAV6.ZIP   6  W95  Metro Navigator Engine                           
  PST-FYFC.ZIP   1  OS2  FindYourFiles v1.2                               
  PST-MAGN.ZIP   1  OS2  Magnum BBS v9.00d2                               
  PST-SI4U.ZIP   1  WIN  SiteMeter v4.0+ Update                           
  PWASDB15.ZIP  15  WIN  Mr. Scanner                                      
  RBSPMW61.ZIP  61  W95  Print Master Gold Interactive MultiMedia         
  RTNG4EX8.ZIP   1  DOS  Gin4Ex                                           
  RVX-HPF.ZIP    1  W95  Hewlett Packard Family Font Pack                 
  SXN-S2SE.ZIP   1  DOS  Settlers 2 Campaign Selector                     
  TCL_R115.ZIP   1  W95  Ras Plus Beta 4 Build 115                        
  UCF-NOCL.ZIP   1  W95  NoClip v4.0                                      
  UCFIPW13.ZIP   1  WIN  Image-Pro v1.3                                   
  UCFMST19.ZIP   1  WIN  ModemSta v1.9                                    
  UCFTUN13.ZIP   1  WIN  Tune!It v1.30                                    
  XFMSA4.ZIP     1  W95  MS ClipArt Office                                
 

 Ŀ
  TUESDAY       JUNE 11                                                     
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  CB4-APLY.ZIP   1  WIN  Amaplay                                          
  CB4-ARB4.ZIP   1  WIN  Ariadna v1.0 Beta 4                              
  CB4-AT04.ZIP   1  WIN  Alis Tango v1.0c                                 
  CB4-ATS2.ZIP   1  WIN  Authenticate Server v1.4b                        
  CFIX20-2.ZIP   1  W95  Chameleon Host Connectivity                      
  DMNAMOR5.ZIP   5  W95  Amortizer96                                      
  MTYNET18.ZIP   1  W95  Net Commander 95 v3.1                            
  MTYWCD42.ZIP   1  W95  Web Commander 95 v1.0                            
  PNCMNL41.ZIP  41  W95  Metro Navigator Los Angeles Pack                 
  PSGBHB36.ZIP  36  DOS  Frank Thomas' Big Hurt Baseball                  
  RBSMDB47.ZIP  47  W95  Micro House Tech Library v2.96                   
  RFFDBLIB.ZIP   1  WIN  SQL DB-Library                                   
  RS-K951.ZIP    4  W95  Key View 95                                      
  RTN-DP11.ZIP  11  WIN  All Dream                                        
  RVXHP6C3.ZIP   1  W95  Hewlett Packard Deskjet 600C                     
  SDMWC04.ZIP    4  WIN  Cakewalk v4.01                                   
  SMR-NP23.ZIP  23  WIN  National Parks of America                        
 

 Ŀ
  WEDNESDAY     JUNE 12                                                     
 
 Ŀ
  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  CB4-CLP4.ZIP   4  WIN  Caligari Pioner v1.0                             
  LEG-CGS.ZIP    1  DOS  Cover Girl Strip Poker                           
  NOVPSP24.ZIP  24  WIN  Passport v2.12                                   
  PRMSIN20.ZIP  20  WIN  Primus Interactive                               
  PST-PALM.ZIP   1  OS2  PalmScan/2 v2.02 f                               
  PWAT351.ZIP    1  DOS  Telix v3.51                                      
  SACCT4-2.ZIP   4  WIN  Simply Accounting v4.0                           
  SCUMIJ31.ZIP   1  WIN  Cisco Internet Junction v1.2.1                   
  SCUMIJ95.ZIP   1  W95  Cisco Internet Junction v1.2.1                   
  SCUMIJNT.ZIP   1  WNT  Cisco Internet Junction v1.2.1                   
  SCUMPB42.ZIP  42  W95  MS Publisher 97 Beta 1 Build 184                 
  SMR-UE21.ZIP  21  WIN  SoftKey UFO Explorer                             
  TR-LAI7.ZIP    7  W95  LAN Inventory v3.20                              
  WATOUTW.ZIP    1  WIN  Watch Out Willi                                  
 

 Ŀ
  THURSDAY      JUNE 13                                                     
 
 Ŀ
  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  ABI-MB.ZIP     1  DOS  MetaBalls IPAS                                   
  ABI-MGC.ZIP    1  DOS  Magic IPAS                                       
  BKZ-FPPW.ZIP   1  DOS  Publishing Wizard v1.1                           
  CB4-APOL.ZIP   1  DOS  Apollo v1.0                                      
  CB4-DSCP.ZIP   1  DOS  DiscPlay                                         
  CB4-EC12.ZIP   1  WIN  Easy CD v1.02                                    
  CB4-FAWP.ZIP   1  DOS  Fusion Application Wizard v1.5 Pro               
  CB4QMW2.ZIP    1  WIN  Quality management Tool v6.01                    
  MTYXING.ZIP    1  W95  Xing MPeg Player v3.0b                           
  PANZER21.ZIP  21  WIN  Panzer General                                   
  RBS-RECH.ZIP   1  W95  ReachOut v5.05                                   
  RTN-R415.ZIP   1  DOS  Rance v4.1                                       
  RTNTSL33.ZIP   1  DOS  Three Sisters                                    
  S-M51NT8.ZIP   8  WNT  Maestro v5.1                                     
  SVOICE2.ZIP    1  DOS  Pacific Images Communications Super Voice        
  XF-BO29.ZIP    1  WIN  Microsoft BackOffice SDK v2.0                    
 

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  FRIDAY        JUNE 14                                                     
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  ABI-BNS.ZIP    1  DOS  Bones IPAS                                       
  ABI-DRP.ZIP    1  DOS  Drape IPAS                                       
  AX-VFR04.ZIP   4  W95  Virtua Fighter Remix Demo                        
  DOD-M302.ZIP   2  W95  MinuteMan v3.0                                   
  DODWSFTP.ZIP   1  WIN  WS FTP Pro                                       
  MTYCMPU2.ZIP   1  WIN  CompuView Navigator                              
  PSGCAT08.ZIP  20  DOS  CatFight                                         
  SU27RZR4.ZIP   4  DOS  SU-27 Flanker                                    
 

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  SATURDAY      JUNE 15                                                     
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  AUTOWN19.ZIP   1  WIN  AutoWinNet Winsock Client Application            
  FAGENT10.ZIP   1  DOS  Forte Free Agent v1.0                            
  HSOLPSG7.ZIP   7  DOS  Hoyle Solitaire                                  
  LGX-OS2.ZIP    1  OS2  Virus Scan v2.2.11                               
  MTSFDX02.ZIP   1  W95  Flight Unlimited                                 
  NX10B3.ZIP     1  DOS  News Xpress v1.0 Beta 3                          
  PWAACL15.ZIP  15  W95  Autocad Lite R3                                  
  RBS14-43.ZIP   1  OS2  OS/2 Merlin Build 14                             
  ROR-NM21.ZIP  25  DOS  Mechwarrior 2 : Netmech                          
  S-VFX419.ZIP  22  WIN  Microsoft Visual FoxPro v4.0 Beta 1              
  WV169907.ZIP   1  WIN  WinVN                                            
 

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  SUNDAY        JUNE 16                                                     
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  M8RRF-06.ZIP   6  DOS  Rebel Runner                                     
  MTYSTS21.ZIP  21  WIN  Symptoms                                         
  RFFMSIA.ZIP    1  WIN  Internet Assistant v2.0                          
  STORM-28.ZIP  31  WIN  S.T.O.R.M.                                       
  TRDPGV16.ZIP  16  WIN  Panzer General Voice Addons                      
  UCFWSFIN.ZIP   1  WIN  WSFinger                                         
  VMAP20-4.ZIP   4  WIN  Visual Map BCN v2.0                              
 

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  MONDAY        JUNE 17                                                     
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  CELAWB22.ZIP   1  W95  CelAnimator Beta 2                               
  DOX-HPS4.ZIP   4  WIN  HP SureStore Backup Software                     
  INTUC21A.ZIP   1  DOS  VideoSoft VSView VBX                             
  KV41B310.ZIP  10  W95  Keyview 4.1 Beta 3                               
  M8SBOK35.ZIP  35  DOS  Spacebucks                                       
  MTYDISC7.ZIP   7  WIN  Microtest DiscPort                               
  PWA-BR07.ZIP   7  WIN  BRender v1.1.2                                   
 

 Ŀ
  TUESDAY       JUNE 18                                                     
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  CB4-GWSP.ZIP   1  W95  Graphical Workshop Pro                           
  CREATIX7.ZIP   7  WIN  Creatix Online 3.12                              
  DMNCDESK.ZIP   1  WIN  Mail Desktop                                     
  E32PWA27.ZIP  27  WIN  EXTRA! Personal Client v6.1                      
  HIP-TCPA.ZIP  10  WIN  PC/TCP v4.0                                      
  PSG-AC2.ZIP   26  WIN  American CivilWar                                
  RFFC2I3.ZIP    3  W95  Connect 2 Internet                               
  S-TLKSW3.ZIP   3  WIN  Talk Show v3.1                                   
  SDM-A357.ZIP   7  DOS  AuthorWare v3.5 Beta 7                           
  UCFOMNI7.ZIP   1  W95  OmniPage Pro v7.0                                
  XF-WB962.ZIP   2  W95  WinBench 96                                      
 

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  WEDNESDAY     JUNE 19                                                     
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  ABI-CATX.ZIP  33  DOS  AlleyCats                                        
  CB4-JWS3.ZIP   3  WIN  Java Work Show                                   
  CB4ENFRU.ZIP   1  WIN  Windows Enforcer v2.1                            
  CGNT20B1.ZIP   1  W95  CyberAgent Beta                                  
  CSTONE9.ZIP    9  WIN  CornerStone                                      
  DMNC9B1A.ZIP  10  W95  cc:Mail Release 7 v2.1                           
  DMNCCP15.ZIP   5  WIN  cc:Mail PostOffice Release 6 v2.1                
  DMNDOC95.ZIP   1  W95  Smart Doctor 95                                  
  E16PWA12.ZIP  41  WIN  Extra! Personal Client                           
  MSQ760D2.ZIP   2  DOS  Dr. Solomon Anti-Virus v7.60                     
  MSQW420D.ZIP   4  DOS  Wildcat v4.20                                    
  PCWYEO03.ZIP   3  W95  Your Eyes Only Beta v5.0                         
  PILSHP28.ZIP  28  DOS  Pilots Shop for Flight Simulator v5.0            
  PNCCS2B3.ZIP   1  WIN  CyberSearch v2.0 Beta 3                          
  PWA-VVBX.ZIP   1  DOS  VideoSoft VSView VBX                             
  SDM-PCN2.ZIP   2  WIN  Point Cast Network Beta 4                        
  WBDESIGN.ZIP   1  WIN  Avenge Corel Web Designer                        
  XFLWVP11.ZIP  11  DOS  ViewPoints DaraLab Models                        
 

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  THURSDAY      JUNE 20                                                     
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  ALIFDOS1.ZIP   2  DOS  Afterlife DOS Upgrade                            
  ALIFE-40.ZIP  40  W95  Afterlife                                        
  DODCAFE9.ZIP   9  W95  Symantec Cafe v1.2                               
  DODCHSTB.ZIP   1  W95  Character Studio Max Plugin Beta                 
  LGX-WBC5.ZIP   5  W95  Web Construction Kit v2.0                        
  MSQ76W53.ZIP   3  W95  Dr. Solomon's Anti-virus v7.60                   
  PCWBTLTS.ZIP   1  DOS  Battle Tetris                                    
  PST-SSED.ZIP   1  DOS  Settlers II +61 Save Game Editor                 
  SCUMXRB3.ZIP   3  W95  NetXRay v1.2.94 Beta                             
  SVA-ET5.ZIP    5  WNT  EarthTime                                        
  SVA3DHD7.ZIP   7  WIN  Planix 3D Home Architect                         
  TBFFPSG2.ZIP   2  DOS  Terry Bradshaw Fantasy Football                  
  THCV9524.ZIP   1  W95  VirusScan v2.04                                  
  UCF-WS32.ZIP   1  WIN  Eric's WSock v2.01                               
  WCNAV508.ZIP   8  W95  WildCat v5.0 Navigator                           
  XFFX32R5.ZIP   5  W95  Intel 32-BIT to Alpha 32-BIT                     
 

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  FRIDAY        JUNE 21                                                     
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  BZRCRAYA.ZIP  11  WIN  Crayola Art v1.3                                 
  CB4-CCL8.ZIP   8  WIN  Cyber Passage Conductor Libraries                
  CGNT20B4.ZIP  20  W95  CyberAgent Beta                                  
  COPSCAR.ZIP    1  WIN  Carley's Car Care Guide                          
  HBD-COSC.ZIP  12  DOS  Complete Onside Soccer                           
  LGX-TPP4.ZIP   1  WIN  Teach Yourself Power Point 4                     
  NRG-NF15.ZIP  15  OS2  NetFinity v3.05                                  
  PCC95DS1.ZIP   2  W95  PC-Cillin 95                                     
  PWA-TBP8.ZIP   8  W95  Turbo Publisher Build v3.03a                     
  PWANTBC5.ZIP   1  W95  BoundsChecker Professional                       
  PWASINT.ZIP    1  WNT  SoftIce                                          
  PWAVOX06.ZIP   1  W95  Voice                                            
  SADO-CD6.ZIP   6  W95  CorelDRAW Program Dir                            
  SDMGN32B.ZIP   2  W95  GrabNet v2.1                                     
  TDDXCP13.ZIP   1  DOS  X-Copy Professional v1.30                        
  THCIE405.ZIP   5  WIN  MS Internet Explorer v4.0                        
  THCJAVA3.ZIP  21  WIN  Web Site Programming Using Java                  
  VG-LREF2.ZIP   1  DOS  AH-64D Longbow Keyboard Commands                 
  XFTCP4-N.ZIP  14  OS2  TCP/IP v4.0                                      
 

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  SATURDAY      JUNE 22                                                     
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  CB4-CW6B.ZIP   1  WIN  Clear Web v0.6b                                  
  DFR_PCT5.ZIP   6  W95  PC Tools                                         
  DODDLD14.ZIP  14  WNT  Lantastic Dedicated Server v1.1 Documents        
  DODDLT44.ZIP  44  WNT  Lantastic Dedicated Server v1.1                  
  ICREAT_1.ZIP   4  WIN  Internet Creative                                
  LGN-GRE2.ZIP   1  W95  Greetings v2.0                                   
  LGN-SP3.ZIP    1  W95  Schedule Plus v7.0                               
  MSQVP32.ZIP    1  W95  VuePrint Pro v4.6                                
  PCWNNAV3.ZIP   3  W95  Norton Navigator                                 
  PWALCB25.ZIP   6  W95  Lotus Components Beta 2                          
  RBS-ICCD.ZIP   1  W95  ICCD v3.2                                        
  RBSB1849.ZIP   1  OS2  OS/2 Warp v4.0                                   
  RQS_CD.ZIP     1  WIN  Audio CD Player                                  
  RTN-DRA2.ZIP   1  DOS  Hidden Dragon                                    
  THCNT20.ZIP   33  WNT  MS NT Server Build 1345                          
  THCRAM.ZIP     1  WIN  RamExam                                          
  UCFHEDIT.ZIP   1  DOS  HEdit v2.0                                       
  XF-OBJ16.ZIP  16  W95  Object Store v4.0.1                              
  XOLCATZ1.ZIP   5  WIN  Catz, Your Computer Petz                         
  XPLFR100.ZIP   1  WIN  Speed FileSreVerse v1.0                          
 

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  SUNDAY        JUNE 23                                                     
 
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  FILENAME      D#  O/S  DESCRIPTION                                      
 Ĵ
  DMNINO22.ZIP   2  OS2  InterNotes WEB Publisher v4.0                    
  INP!HM01.ZIP  16  DOS  Heroes of Might and Magic                        
  LGN-FC3.ZIP    3  WIN  FastCode 96                                      
  MIRAGB32.ZIP  32  WIN  Mirage Beta 3                                    
  MTYNC951.ZIP   2  W95  Norton Commander v1.01                           
  MTYPART6.ZIP   6  W95  Print Artist 1500                                
  PIXAR4.ZIP     4  W95  Pixar Typestry v2.0                              
  PWACDX37.ZIP   7  WNT  DiskExtender v3.00                               
  PWALCB26.ZIP   6  WIN  Lotus Components Beta 2                          
  RBS-METL.ZIP   1  WIN  Metz Lock v4.0                                   
  RBS-WRAR.ZIP   1  W95  RAR v2.00                                        
  SDPAWIN2.ZIP   2  WIN  S-Designor v5.0 Process Analyst                  
  STC-MANT.ZIP   1  WNT  McAffee Anti-virus                               
  TDDPD3CR.ZIP   1  DOS  Power Dolls v1.3 Crack                           
  UCFMAILA.ZIP   1  WIN  Mail Alert v1.0.8                                
  ULP2_221.ZIP   1  OS2  UpLoadProcessor/2 v2.21                          
  ULPU_220.ZIP   1  OS2  UpLoadProcessor v2.20 Update                     
  ULP_221.ZIP    1  OS2  UpLoadProcessor v2.21 Update                     
  UNT-P117.ZIP   1  DOS  Panthers in the Shadow v1.17 Update              
  UNT-T201.ZIP   1  DOS  Tigers on the Prowl v2.01 Update                 
 

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  ADVAN3D3.ZIP   3  W95  Smartcam Advanced 3D Machining v4.40             
  ADVFAB3.ZIP    3  W95  Advanced Fabrication v4.00                       
  CAMCON.ZIP     3  WIN  Smartcam Camera Connections                      
  CB4-MWC3.ZIP   3  WIN  Mindwire Internet Client v2.01                   
  COPNET4.ZIP    1  WNT  Open Post-It v4.0 Network                        
  DA-S76-2.ZIP   2  WNT  Dr. Solomon's Toolkit v7.60                      
  DMNRS123.ZIP   1  W95  RAS Plus/32 Beta 4 Build 123                     
  EPCC-14.ZIP   15  DOS  Command and Conquer Expansion Pack               
  ERA-AM16.ZIP   1  WIN  AMEOL v3.0                                       
  ERA-AMNT.ZIP   1  WNT  AMEOL v3.0                                       
  ERA-TXC2.ZIP   2  WIN  TaxCalc 96                                       
  ERA4DMSA.ZIP   4  WIN  Dr Schueler's Medical Advisor                    
  HSYTC322.ZIP   2  W95  Time & Chaos                                     
  MPTS.ZIP       1  OS2  MPTN                                             
  MTYKFM4.ZIP    1  WIN  Keller Fleet Maintence                           
  NGT-MTG2.ZIP   1  WIN  Movies to Go! v2.8                               
  PWALVN13.ZIP   3  W95  Lotus VideoNotes v1.2                            
  QEDE.ZIP       1  DOS  Starwars v0.12                                   
  R2PVTL11.ZIP   1  WIN  Virtus VRML Toolkit                              
  RBS-HTNT.ZIP   1  W95  HTML Notepad v2.0                                
  RBS-MHZI.ZIP   1  WIN  MicroHouse Zip                                   
  THC-FL03.ZIP   3  WIN  FotoLook v2.09 Beta                              
  THCHLP01.ZIP   2  WIN  Windows Help File Maker                          
  THCMDG11.ZIP  11  W95  MS Game Developers Kit                           
  TRD-OS25.ZIP  25  DOS  Onside Soccer Animation Addons                   
  TRD-OSF4.ZIP   4  DOS  Onside Soccer French Addons                      
  UCF-CDQR.ZIP   1  W95  CD-Quick v1.10                                   
  UCFCDQKM.ZIP   1  DOS  CD-Quick v1.30                                   
 

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  TUESDAY       JUNE 25                                                     
 
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  DGN-IF23.ZIP   3  WIN  Invitations from Fantastic Stories               
  DMNCCP11.ZIP   5  W95  Mail PostOffice                                  
  DMNDOMIN.ZIP   1  W95  Domino WWW Server                                
  GNX95FPE.ZIP   1  W95  Focal Point 95 Communication Suite v5.01a        
  HPST16-A.ZIP   4  WIN  HP SureStore Backup Software,                    
  MTYPP212.ZIP   1  WIN  Wanderlink v2.12 with Proxy v1.6                 
  MTYZHPM2.ZIP   1  WIN  Zip!  Host Print Manager v1.01                   
  RBS-QBR1.ZIP   1  W95  Quickbooks v4.0 Update                           
  RTN-RCD4.ZIP   4  WIN  Ribbon                                           
  SDMNT302.ZIP   1  WIN  NetTerm v3.0.2                                   
  SDMTEM04.ZIP   1  WIN  Transcend Enterprise Manager v4.1                
  SDMTSVT5.ZIP   5  WIN  Transcend Status Tools                           
  VTOOLSD5.ZIP   1  W95  VtoolsD v2.01                                    
  XFICET95.ZIP   1  W95  Ice TCP 95                                       
  XFLW5C22.ZIP  22  W95  LightWave v5.0                                   
 

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  23BR30.ZIP    30  WIN  Blender v2.3                                     
  ATMOSFIX.ZIP   1  DOS  Atmos Fear Fix                                   
  BKZCOL14.ZIP  15  DOS  Chaos Overlords                                  
  BS-LDTA2.ZIP   3  DOS  Aus Dem Leben Eines                              
  DNS-EMP6.ZIP   6  DOS  UEFA Euro 96 German Addons                       
  MTYHOT32.ZIP   3  W95  HotDocs v3.0b                                    
  MTYUNIN5.ZIP   5  W95  UNInet                                           
  O7OS2B26.ZIP  26  OS2  Oracle 7 Server for OS/2 v7.2 Beta               
  PCWHUW01.ZIP  32  DOS  Hackers Under World                              
  PNC-FIC.ZIP    1  WIN  FTP Icon Connection v2.2                         
  PWAVW112.ZIP  12  WIN  ParcPlace VisualWave v1.0a                       
  SDMTEM17.ZIP  17  WIN  Transcend Enterprise Manager v4.1                
  THCDRPRO.ZIP   1  W95  Drive Pro                                        
  XFEXCD04.ZIP   4  W95  MS Exchange Server                               
  XFSDK268.ZIP  69  W95  MS SDK                                           
 

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  SYSTEM        CD EDUCATION                                                
 
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  RELEASE DATE  TITLE                                                       
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  Pre-Release   Thinkin' Things Coll 3                                      
  Pre-Release   Millie's Math House                                         
  Pre-Release   Bailey's Book House                                         
  Pre-Release   Thinkin' Things Coll 1                                      
  Pre-Release   Triple Play Plus Japanese                                   
  06/10/96      Alice's Adventures in Wonderland                            
  06/17/96      Reading Dev Library 4                                       
  06/24/96      Interactive Math Journey                                    
 

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  SYSTEM        CD ENTERTAINMENT                                            
 
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  RELEASE DATE  TITLE                                                       
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  Pre-Release   Elder Scrolls : Arena-Deluxe                                
  Pre-Release   Virtual Chess                                               
  06/11/96      PGA Tour Course : TPC at Sawgrass                           
  06/12/96      Links Arnold Palmer Latrobe                                 
  06/14/96      Gender Wars                                                 
  06/17/96      Hoyle BlackJack                                             
  06/17/96      Hoyle Solitaire                                             
  06/17/96      Terry Bradshaw Fantasy Football                             
  06/17/96      Xenophage                                                   
  06/17/96      Space Dude                                                  
  06/19/96      MegaRace II                                                 
  06/21/96      Kingdom O'Magic                                             
  06/24/96      Triple Play Baseball '97                                    
  06/24/96      MechWarrior 2 NetMech                                       
  06/24/96      Shadoan                                                     
  06/25/96      NHL Powerplay 96                                            
  06/28/96      Huygen's Disclosure                                         
  06/28/96      Offensive                                                   
  06/28/96      Bullfrog Pack HiOct/ThPark/Mag                              
  06/28/96      Dungeon Keeper (Bullfrog)                                   
  06/28/96      Need for Speed SE                                           
  06/28/96      Dragon's Lair II                                            
  06/28/96      Grand Prix II (MPC)                                         
  July          Indy Car Racing II                                          
  July          Lighthouse                                                  
  July          Urban Runner (CD-MPC)                                       
  July          Robert E Lee/Civil War                                      
  July          Nascar I w/Track Pack                                       
  July          Baseball '96' Front page sports                             
  July          Mission Force : Cyber Storm                                 
  July          Pro Pinball : The Web                                       
  07/10/96      Battleground 4 : Shiloh                                     
  07/23/96      Normality                                                   
  07/31/96      Hind                                                        
  07/31/96      Magic : The Gathering                                       
  August        Elder Scrolls 2 : DaggerFall                                
  August        Jagged Alliance : Deadly Games                              
  August        Into The Void                                               
  August        Battlecruiser 3000 AD                                       
  August        Gene Wars                                                   
  August        Golden Nugget                                               
  08/06/96      Qin : Tomb of Middle Kingdom                                
  08/15/96      Realms 3 : Shadow Over Riva                                 
  08/15/96      Third Reich                                                 
  08/27/96      Deadlock                                                    
  08/29/96      AD&D Core Rules                                             
  09/16/96      Master of Orion II : Battle                                 
  09/17/96      Assassin - 2015                                             
  09/24/96      Creatures                                                   
  09/24/96      Star Control 3                                              
  09/26/96      Nemesis The Wizardry Adventure                              
  10/08/96      Safecracker                                                 
  10/15/96      Test Drive : Off-road                                       
  10/15/96      NCAA Championship Basketball                                
  11/12/96      Eradicator                                                  
  July          Mindwarp                                                    
 

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  SYSTEM        CD PRODUCTIVITY                                             
 
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  RELEASE DATE  TITLE                                                       
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  Pre-Release   Savage                                                      
  Pre-Release   2 Million Canadian Business                                 
  Pre-Release   Gospels Holy Scriptures Art                                 
  Pre-Release   FormTool Small Busines v2.0                                 
  Pre-Release   Graphics Converter Gold                                     
 

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  SYSTEM        CD REFERENCE                                                
 
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  RELEASE DATE  TITLE                                                       
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  Pre-Release   Spinal Tap                                                  
  Pre-Release   Poetry In Motion                                            
  Pre-Release   Lost Treasures of the World                                 
  Pre-Release   Organizer                                                   
  Pre-Release   Adams Jobbank                                               
  Pre-Release   Lesson Tee                                                  
  Pre-Release   Business Planner                                            
  Pre-Release   Gardener's Companion                                        
  Pre-Release   Micro Kitchen Companion                                     
  Pre-Release   Best of Breed                                               
  Pre-Release   MacMillan Digital World Atlas                               
  Pre-Release   Planet Earth : Worlds Within                                
  Pre-Release   Visual Dictionary                                           
  Pre-Release   Renaissance of Florence                                     
  Pre-Release   Voyage in Egypt                                             
  Pre-Release   Chilean Affair                                              
  Pre-Release   Dr. T's Around the World                                    
  Pre-Release   Lost Treasures of the World                                 
  Pre-Release   Lirgua Match                                                
  Pre-Release   Dr. T's Kids Classics                                       
  Pre-Release   3003 Home Designs Multimedia                                
 

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  SYSTEM        JEWEL CASE                                                  
 
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  RELEASE DATE  TITLE                                                       
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  Pre-Release   US History/Geography                                        
  Pre-Release   Pax Imperia                                                 
  Pre-Release   Word Attack 3                                               
  Pre-Release   Kid Keys                                                    
  Pre-Release   Kid Works                                                   
 

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  SYSTEM        WINDOWS 95 EDUCATION                                        
 
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  RELEASE DATE  TITLE                                                       
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  06/04/96      Carmen Advantage Library                                    
  06/04/96      Creative Advantage Library                                  
  06/05/96      Learning Advantage Library 2                                
  06/06/96      Amazing writing machine                                     
  06/06/96      Kid Pix Studio                                              
  06/06/96      Learning Advantage Library 1                                
  06/06/96      Three for me Vol I                                          
 

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  SYSTEM        WINDOWS 95 EDUCATION                                        
 
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  RELEASE DATE  TITLE                                                       
 Ĵ
  06/14/96      Doom II Win95                                               
  06/14/96      Ultimate Doom Win95                                         
  06/18/96      Afterlife                                                   
  06/21/96      Final Doom                                                  
  06/24/96      Space Hulk : Vengeance                                      
  06/25/96      Monty Python : Holy Grail                                   
  06/28/96      Firefight                                                   
  06/28/96      Tracer                                                      
  July          Chessmaster 5000 10th Anniversary Edition                   
  07/15/96      Collision                                                   
  07/18/96      MS Close Combat                                             
  August        Knight's Chase                                              
  August        Dominion                                                    
  August        Command & Conquer                                           
  August        Destiny                                                     
  August        Powerslave                                                  
  08/05/96      Time Commando                                               
  08/15/96      Mortal Kombat 3                                             
  08/19/96      Hyperblade                                                  
  09/09/96      Diablo                                                      
  09/09/96      Mech Mercenaries                                            
  10/21/96      Interstate 76                                               
  11/11/96      Sacred Ground                                               
  03/03/97      Mortificator                                                
 


                                  
                                        
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   the 5 fastest BBSes in the WORLD.  The following is a chart of the RCN    
   top 10 couriers :                                                         
                                                                             
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            User Handle/Alias          Affiliation     Upload Bytes        
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     #1    Nytemyst                  AMNESiA          773,978,234      
         ͹    
     #2    The Blue Adept            EVERLAST         504,307,963      
         ͹    
     #3    Mr.Skill                  EVERLAST         429,423,043      
         ͹    
     #4    ECI                       RiSC             411,965,211      
         ͹    
     #5    Suspicious Image          RiSC             391,752,021      
         ͹    
     #6    Rio & Ken                 RAPiER           321,735,002      
         ͹    
     #7    Maverick                  RiSC             298,414,123      
         ͹    
     #8    Deathlok                  AMNESiA          297,247,099      
         ͹    
     #9    Immortal                  EVERLAST         295,987,263      
         ͹    
     #10   Luck                      RAPiER           236,855,524      
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   top 10 couriers :                                                         
                                                                             
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            User Handle/Alias          Affiliation     Upload Bytes        
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     #1    NyteMyst                  GODS             876,312,672      
         ͹    
     #2    The Blue Adept            EVERLAST         773,095,594      
         ͹    
     #3    Rom Racer                 RAPiER           636,822,072      
         ͹    
     #4    Erupt                     GODS             600,786,098      
         ͹    
     #5    Stingray 6                RiSC             555,454,673      
         ͹    
     #6    Over Drive                Stealth          400,254,097      
         ͹    
     #7    Tiger Claw                GODS             354,789,908      
         ͹    
     #8    Luck                      RAPiER           323,166,579      
         ͹    
     #9    Iron Eagle                RAPiER           272,786,544      
         ͹    
     #10   Rio & Ken                 RAPiER           267,132,789      
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   top 10 couriers :                                                         
                                                                             
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            User Handle/Alias          Affiliation     Upload Bytes        
         ͻ    
     #1    Xwing                     AMNESiA          600,110,475      
         ͹    
     #2    Nytemyst                  AMNESiA          567,103,220      
         ͹    
     #3    Maverick                  RiSC             468,919,979      
         ͹    
     #4    Erupt                     n/a              464,893,051      
         ͹    
     #5    LoLo                      RiSC             335,084,628      
         ͹    
     #6    Eci                       RiSC             322,391,271      
         ͹    
     #7    Phalycide                 n/a              301,339,503      
         ͹    
     #8    DarkwaVe                  AMNESiA          286,737,953      
         ͹    
     #9    Apocalypse                Empire           276,130,111      
         ͹    
     #10   Local Yocal               MALiCE           188,504,077      
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   top 10 couriers :                                                         
                                                                             
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                Dates of Upload Count : 06/24/96 -> 06/30/96               
     
                                                                             
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            User Handle/Alias          Affiliation     Upload Bytes        
         ͻ    
     #1    Maverick                  RiSC             725,542,212      
         ͹    
     #2    Nytemyst                  AMNESiA          577,662,069      
         ͹    
     #3    Lunatic Genius            RiSC             491,461,354      
         ͹    
     #4    Erupt                     AMNESiA          402,247,291      
         ͹    
     #5    Xwing                     AMNESiA          395,430,900      
         ͹    
     #6    Phalycide                 AMNESiA          336,486,427      
         ͹    
     #7    Gremlin                   RiSC             323,258,564      
         ͹    
     #8    Suspicious Image          RiSC             258,175,360      
         ͹    
     #9    The Blue Adept            EVERLAST         230,545,552      
         ͹    
     #10   Asmodeus                  EVERLAST         214,934,479      
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   RCN top 10 couriers :                                                     
                                                                             
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            User Handle/Alias          Affiliation     Upload Bytes        
         ͻ    
     #1    Shatter Star              EVERLAST         592,325,530      
         ͹    
     #2    Suspicious Image          RiSC             305,978,902      
         ͹    
     #3    Nightwriter               n/a              302,756,453      
         ͹    
     #4    Demon Hunter              AMNESiA          256,592,781      
         ͹    
     #5    Apollo                    Stealth          244,033,639      
         ͹    
     #6    Digital Vampire           RiSC             224,123,389      
         ͹    
     #7    Immortal                  EVERLAST         218,198,951      
         ͹    
     #8    Arch-Vile                 RiSC             181,140,730      
         ͹    
     #9    The Dark Knight           n/a              165,297,418      
         ͹    
     #10   ECI                       RiSC             122,137,152      
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            User Handle/Alias          Affiliation     Upload Bytes        
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     #1    Arch-Vile                 RiSC           1,158,386,113      
         ͹    
     #2    Bizzy                     fATE             400,002,392      
         ͹    
     #3    Razor Sharp               RiSC             399,417,148      
         ͹    
     #4    Lunatic Genius            RiSC             375,136,969      
         ͹    
     #5    Midnight Grave Digger     GODS             285,582,123      
         ͹    
     #6    Shatter Star              EVERLAST         280,922,376      
         ͹    
     #7    Zima Man                  Empire           202,606,980      
         ͹    
     #8    Darkside                  RiSC             197,357,754      
         ͹    
     #9    Apollo                    Stealth          188,450,378      
         ͹    
     #10   Rainbow                   RAPiER           171,789,123      
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            User Handle/Alias          Affiliation     Upload Bytes        
         ͻ    
     #1    Arch-Vile                 RiSC           1,158,386,113      
         ͹    
     #2    Bizzy                     fATE             400,002,392      
         ͹    
     #3    Razor Sharp               RiSC             399,417,148      
         ͹    
     #4    Lunatic Genius            RiSC             375,136,969      
         ͹    
     #5    Midnight Grave Digger     GODS             285,582,123      
         ͹    
     #6    Shatter Star              EVERLAST         280,922,376      
         ͹    
     #7    Zima Man                  Empire           202,606,980      
         ͹    
     #8    Darkside                  RiSC             197,357,754      
         ͹    
     #9    Apollo                    Stealth          188,450,378      
         ͹    
     #10   Rainbow                   RAPiER           171,789,123      
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            User Handle/Alias          Affiliation     Upload Bytes        
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     #1    Razor Sharp               RiSC             760,264,017      
         ͹    
     #2    Arch-Vile                 RiSC             395,811,314      
         ͹    
     #3    Apollo                    Stealth          360,543,646      
         ͹    
     #4    Bizzy                     fATE             359,197,034      
         ͹    
     #5    Cyberjack                 RiSC             349,467,766      
         ͹    
     #6    Darkside                  RiSC             265,209,705      
         ͹    
     #7    Cryptic Pain              AMNESiA          170,934,505      
         ͹    
     #8    Stingray 6                RiSC             130,114,002      
         ͹    
     #9    Prophet                   RiSC             124,108,786      
         ͹    
     #10   Piston                    AMNESiA          116,448,706      
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       Welcome to Dear Road Rebel!  This is going to be YOUR column that is  
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   got a job to do, but so do me and my 10 clones.  Anyway, I enjoy and use  
   smoke's clones whenever I feel it is necessary.  I am as careful as       
   possible when cloning, making sure to span as many servers as possible,   
   and to change nicks, etc.                                                 
                                                                             
       Anyway, there I was on a normal day, and some guy decides he can      
   insult me, well I didn't have any transfers going on so I decided, hell   
   let's load up the clones.  I load up each one by one, looking for a       
   server I'm not k-lined on each time, I'm able to only have 1 clone on     
   every server except irc.kern.com.  There, I was in my tempClone channel   
   watching over them and doing my work, when in pops this dude named        
   Moogle, he says "Clones are bad, we no like."  I was like get away, and   
   kicked him promptly, he pops back in then I whois him noticing he is an   
   IRCop, I say fuck off, and he K-lines 2 of my clones, (the ones on        
   Kern).                                                                    
                                                                             
       Now I was pissed, what an ass, so I take my 7 remaining clones,       
   start an all out attack, go get my 2 k-lined clones on different          
   servers, and have them dcc bomb him.  And of course he went down, there   
   I was laughing it off, then Boom like a gun shot me and each of my 9      
   clones were instantly killed with the message "Don't flood me fucker" or  
   something to that effect.                                                 
                                                                             
       Now I was furious, just cause he managed to type /kill he thinks he   
   is hot shit, so I msg him asking what the fuck is up.  He starts being a  
   total ass, so I start telling him off threatening him.  Then all of a     
   sudden this happens:                                                      
                                                                             
   *** oDogg^2 has quit IRC (Killed by Moogle, Threaten me some more,        
   fucker)                                                                   
                                                                             
       Now, MAYBE he was warranted to kill K-line my clones, maybe to kill   
   them, but killing some one for threatening them sounds an awful lot like  
   a #WarezX Channel.  Then I try to load up my clones and there are         
   k-lines ALL over the place! W ith MSG's like: oDogg^2 You are banned      
   from this server : bad_bad_bad_server_stuff.  Now what gives an IRCop    
   the power to k-line ppl on multiple servers just for threatening, or      
   just an isolated (as far as he knows) cloning incident!                   
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Odogg                     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Dear Stupid Odoggy Dog,                                                   
                                                                             
       Well, I have a few things to say about this, first, in the past few   
   months I have made it my job to watch IRCops for bad kills, and try to    
   get logs to publish and send to their admins.  AND in this time I have    
   made some opers VERY pissed.  Right now, I can only log onto 3 servers,   
   I logged on yesterday and found I was k-lined on anarchy for clones????   
   I never ran clones there!  The opers do talk, and if you fuck with one    
   expect to get fucked all over IRC.                                        
                                                                             
       BUT you can do other things to ops to annoy the shit outa them.       
   When you see an OP kill someone for clones, message them and tell them    
   what a nice kill that was, and how they must feel like a big man now,     
   say like "WOW, you typed /KILL <Nick>, you must feel SOO POWERFUL.  This  
   will almost ALWAYS piss a IRCop off BAD.  BUT they have NO RIGHT to kill  
   you for this, that wasn't a threat.  And you weren't doing ANYTHING       
   wrong.  If they kill you for that write it up and send it to me.          
                                                                             
       I once read one of the truest things ever when I started on the       
   Internet.  I went to the MIRC Homepage and in BIG TYPE it said, STAY      
   AWAY FROM OPS THEY ARE THE SCUM OF THE IRC, AND ARE JUST KIDS WITH        
   POWER.  And I have seen this proven true for about %95 of IRCops.         
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Road Rebel                
                                                                             
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   Dear Road Rebel,                                                          
                                                                             
       IRC, channel operators, and the warez scene.  It goes hand in hand,   
   yet they clash horribly at times.  IRC is obviously great for warez in    
   some ways.  I would probably never be involved without it, since there    
   are none of those 'k-rad elite boards' out here.  But shit, IRC brings    
   out the lamest in some people, and most ops don't help it at all.  I'm    
   just kinda writing a list of things that bug me, and why they do.  So     
   here it is :                                                              
                                                                             
   <WaReZd0oD> I want Command & Conquer, and Warcraft II, and MS Office      
               95!!!                                                         
                                                                             
   <Fro> Yeah, I got Command & Conquer, 12 disks, wanna trade?               
                                                                             
   <WaReZd0oD> Sure!!  Do you want a site list??                             
                                                                             
   <Fro> No, but do you have .A03, A07, and .A16 of Dark Forces?             
                                                                             
   <WaReZd0oD> What's an .A03 file?                                          
                                                                             
   <Fro> Woops!  Gotta go!!                                                  
                                                                             
       This is an extreme example obviously, but still, I've seen stuff      
   like this happen.  It's more often new guys, who are looking for good     
   stuff to trade, but still, take that site list you have, open your damn   
   cute FTP, and search through the list.  Find one small thing on each      
   site you like, and download it.  Upload your list, or whatever you        
   downloaded from the last site.  Share the warez!!                         
                                                                             
       It's really nice when you go out for a pop and you leave a timer in   
   your home channel telling everyone that, but when some schmuch types      
   /timer 999 60 /me wants Virtual Valerie!!  Then the ass leaves his        
   computer and goes to sleep.  By the time he wakes up, most of the people  
   who messaged him will be gone, so he's wasted his time, our time,         
   bandwidth, and generally made an ass of himself.                          
                                                                             
       I have on ONE occasion used a timer, it was in #warez666 on           
   UnderNet, and it was set at 5 minutes.  Everyone who joins the channel    
   will likely see that once, and once they've seen it once and said to      
   themselves "Nope, I don't have that for him," they just want to get on    
   with their trading, not see your request every minute.                    
                                                                             
       There are times you REALLY need some software, or a crack, or         
   whatever.  But don't put a timer on.  Check the fileservers, the XDCC     
   lists, and the sites.  Then ask, but damn, don't put a timer on!  With    
   mIRC, just hit the damn up arrow to repeat your last command, and do it   
   every couple of minutes randomly.  That way, you can make sure your       
   message gets out when there is less scrolling text obscuring it.          
                                                                             
       Ops that don't follow their own rules really bother me.  When an op   
   starts to flood, repeat, and any of that shit, they don't deserve ops.    
   One example last week was an op flooding the channel with his request.    
   Ok, so I can put up with that for a few seconds, but he went on and on.   
   And his request was fucking for shareware!!  Finally, I sent it to him,   
   and got a thanks, which was really appreaciated.  If you are going to     
   make a rule, be prepared to follow it!  Same goes to non-ops, follow the  
   unwritten channel rules and you will get along just fine.                 
                                                                             
       I'm by no means Elite, nor do I claim to be.  I'm an ordinary warez   
   leech who passes between 5-15 megs through his computer a day, and is     
   sick of all the bullshit that is ruining the scene.  When I started       
   about 6 months ago, it was bad, but not this bad.  Enough bitching,       
   great mag!                                                                
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Fro                       
                                                                             
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   Dear Fro,                                                                 
                                                                             
       Ok, good letter, and good points, BUT.. if you read last week's       
   topic for Dear Road Rebel, you would know that topic was on "IRC OPERS"   
   not channel operatoers.  You know, IRC OPERATORS, the cops of IRC, most   
   of them are total cocks with nothing better to do than kill your one      
   clone for offering, BUT won't bother to help get a channel back for you.  
                                                                             
       ALTHOUGH there are exceptions, and some ops have been actually cool,  
   this is RARE though.  Everyone knows a dickhead op or two, one that       
   stands out is a guy named VILE.  This prick killed me off winternet.com   
   (shitty server anyway) for being a clone.  I had NO CLONES LOADED, I      
   don't even run clones anymore.  I messaged him about five times to ask    
   what his fucking problem is, the cocksmoker never answered.  That is a    
   prick!                                                                    
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Next Week's Topic : FILESIZE!!!                                           
                                                                             
       What do you think the limit should be on a game or util?  And will    
   you leech the larger files?                                               
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Please email 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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   Forecast of the week : Monday's Full Moon marks the end of the old and    
   the beginning of the new!  Try your hand at another warez group or        
   warez channel.  Make some new friends and you may find that the warez     
   scene is not so bad after all!                                            
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   <Aquarius> (January 21 to February 19) : Not everyone can see things as   
              clearly as you can, so if you consider holding back from       
              releasing a game because it is not cracked, follow your heart  
              and do the right thing.  People named Incarnate might tell     
              you to do otherwise, but following your own heart is the only  
              way you will find true happiness in the scene.                 
                                                                             
   <Pisces> (February 20 to March 20) : Don't let your determination weaken  
            over something that could pay big dividends in the future.  A    
            Venus-Mars liaison on Saturday is urging you to give the         
            benefit of the doubt to a relative or other intimate.            
            Concessions now will be repaid later.  Take the time to          
            sacrifice now, and you will enjoy the fruits of your labor in    
            the future.                                                      
                                                                             
   <Aries> (March 21 to April 20) : Much of what you chat about in #Teensex  
           is very useful in real life.  Monday's Full Moon marks the        
           climax of the sexiest chapter in your life.  Now it's time to     
           begin writing the next one.                                       
                                                                             
   <Taurus> (April 21 to May 21) : You have reached a crossroads and must    
            decide which way to travel.  Two opposing courier groups are     
            going to try to recruit you.  Opportunities, adjustments and     
            challenges all loom on the celestial horizon, so choose wisely.  
            After Venus, your ruler, reverses direction on Tuesday, a        
            dilemma will be more easily resolved.                            
                                                                             
   <Gemini> (May 22 to June 21) : Someone appears to be looking at a money   
            or business matter from a completely different perspective.      
            Even so, your ruler, Mercury, shifts signs on Tuesday you'll be  
            better equipped to move on to the next stage of negotiations.    
            Hold on to our aces, you may need them later.                    
                                                                             
   <Cancer> (June 22 to July 23) : Something important is about to happen    
            that will impact a close relationship.  Monday's Full Moon in    
            your partnership sign of Capricorn will end a period of          
            confusion and desperation.  Join channel #gaysex and you find    
            that your true friends are gay too.                              
                                                                             
   <Leo> (July 24 to August 23) : You know instinctively how to handle a     
         career or health matter, and though there may be no simple answers  
         to this problem, you must do what you feel is right.  With the      
         Sun, your ruler, and Jupiter on your side later in this week, you   
         are in a winning position.                                          
                                                                             
   <Virgo> (August 24 to September 23) : With so much nonsexual activity in  
           your solar chart this week, you should be feeling confident and   
           optimistic, particularly about your situation in finding a good   
           solid group to join.  However, avoid rushing into any group that  
           seems too flashy or k3-rad1cal.                                   
                                                                             
   <Libra> (September 24 to October 23 ) : A personal goal or professional   
           ambition can now be successfully pursued, all you need is the     
           will power and staying power to fulfill it.  A weekend alliance   
           between your ruler, Venus, and Mars indicates a romantic          
           encounter with someone from a different background.               
                                                                             
   <Scorpio> (October 24 to November 22) : You are where you are for a       
             reason, so think carefully before embarking upon a change of    
             job in a warez group, direction or surroundings.  Monday's      
             Full Moon marks a turning point, and the next move is up to     
             you.  An open heart and mind will take you further at the       
             moment than any fixed ideas.                                    
                                                                             
   <Sagittarius> (November 23 to December 21) : You can accomplish anything  
                 you want this week if you take the trouble to understand    
                 your depper needs as well as those of a loved one.  With    
                 the Sun linked to your positive, Jupiter, on Thursday,      
                 your self-esteem should be soaring.  Don't be tempted to    
                 spend more than you can afford.                             
                                                                             
   <Capricorn> (December 22 to January 20) : Monday's Full Moon in your      
               birth sign marks a crucial time in your life.  A major        
               decision has to be made and you are the only one who can      
               make it.  Even though a certain someone still needs your      
               support, it's time you set some realistic limits.             
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Crack                                                         
     Subject : Hacker's Corner #1                                            
                                                                             
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       I will tell you how to get FREE Cokes.  I know it's nothing big, but  
   still, it's FREE.  This trick only works on COCA COLA machines.  It has   
   something to do with the validator on the machines. 										 Take a     
   dollar bill (as crisp as possible) and lay it george-side-up with our     
   dear first prez.  Face it left as if you were going to stick it in the    
   machine.  Now take some scotch tape and make 2 strips as long as the      
   dollar.  Now take those pieces of tape and attach them to the white edge  
   of the dollar facing you (just the one edge).  Your dollar should look    
   like this now.                                                            
                                                                             
                             --------                                        
                             -      -                                        
                             -      - <=---Tape                              
                             -      -                                        
                             -      -                                        
                             +------+                                        
                             |      |                                        
                             |      | <=---Dollar                            
                             |      |                                        
                             |      |                                        
                                                                             
       Now take scotch tape and make bars across the two pieces of tape      
   already connected to your dollar (sort of like a ladder) overlapping      
   each one just a little.  Get down to the bottom and turn the bill over    
   and do the same thing on the other side (just the ladder rungs).  Now     
   take a pair of scissors and trim the tape to make it all even and         
   square.  Now take something hard and run it over the tape a few times to  
   ensure that it won't come off (Remember kindergarten?  Put the glue on    
   and press down hard while you count to 10?).  Now you're ready.  Take     
   your new and improved currency to the nearest coke machine with a dollar  
   bill vindicator and insert your dollar.  You have to let the bill go in   
   almost until you cant hold the tape anymore, it's important to let the    
   bill get in far enough for the scanner to read the dollar, and then whip  
   it back out.                                                              
                                                                             
       You should hear the click of the machine and your change drop out.    
   Make your selection and voila!  Now the cool thing is when you find a     
   machine that only takes 50 cents.  Cause you get your coke and 50 cents.  
   I made 300 dollars one time doing that.                                   
                                                                             
   Another Way :                                                             
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       Take two dollar bills, one facing george-side-up, and the other       
   facing george-side-down.  Take a piece of CLEAR tape, and tape them       
   together.  Make sure NO space is between the two bills.  Now go to the    
   nearest machine, and insert the bills.  It should go in enough to read    
   the first bill.  Then when it reads the second bill, thinking you want    
   two cokes, it rejects the bill since the second bill is                   
   george-side-down.  When it rejects, the first dollar comes with it.  You  
   get your coke, and maybe some change.                                     
                                                                             
   Another Way :                                                             
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       This method is probably the easiest because it requires no            
   preparation!  Go to a vending machine and pretend you are putting in a    
   dollar bill, push the button of the coke you want, keep pressing it.      
   Then yell out a swear, go to the store manager, and tell them the         
   machine ate your money, they get a coke for you, you thank them, they     
   apologize, you go away to another store, and you do the same thing.  If   
   you want the money, then follow the procedures, and when it comes to the  
   store manager, tell them the machine ate your money, and when they say    
   they'll get you a new one, say no, I have to go, I want my money back.    
   Then you get money.                                                       
                                                                             
       A combination of the two is good too.  Go to one store, tell them     
   you want a coke, because it ate your money, then go to another store,     
   tell them you want money back, then go to another store, you want coke,   
   another, money, etc.  This way, you get coke, and money to get more coke  
   or other things like jewelry for your girlfriend or computer stuff.       
                                                                             
   Another Way :                                                             
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       If the machine only accepts coins, then you're in luck, have I got a  
   ripping job for you!  Get a train schedule, go to the rail road tracks 5  
   minutes before the train comes.  Bring loads of nickels, put them on the  
   rail road track.  Wait until the train runs them over. You should now     
   see a flat piece of metal in the place of the nickel.  Notice how its     
   the same size has a quarter?  Now use it.  Get 1 can of coke for 15       
   cents, instead of 75 cents.  Oh yeah, if you're not careful, the train    
   might run over you legs, OUCH!  So, do becareful out there.               
                                                                             
                                                                             
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                        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!                              
                                                                             
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    1 The AUSCert (Australian Computer Emergency Response Team) thought    
        that this man hacked into a U.S. missile base :                      
                                                                             
    [ ] A. Mikeysoft                                                         
    [] B. Tsunami                                                           
    [ ] C. Undinism                                                          
    [ ] D. Winterhawk                                                        
                                                                             
    2 #PHATfiles is a public offering channel that belongs to the          
        following courier group :                                            
                                                                             
    [] A. Core                                                              
    [ ] B. Motiv8                                                            
    [ ] C. Fast Action Trade Exchange                                        
    [ ] D. Winterhawk                                                        
                                                                             
    3 In RCN issue #18, a log file was shown where MGD says :              
                                                                             
    [ ] A. "I'm gay and I like it!"                                          
    [ ] B. "I hate being Indian!"                                            
    [ ] C. "I hate being 12 years old!"                                      
    [] D. "I say we steal LA, Enigma, and Beyond Akira from RiSC."          
                                                                             
    4 The following courier is an ex-Malice senior courier :               
                                                                             
    [ ] A. Crackpot                                                          
    [ ] B. Dorian Hawkmoon                                                   
    [ ] C. Jake the Snake                                                    
    [] D. Winterhawk                                                        
                                                                             
    5 At one point in time, PForm stood for :                              
                                                                             
    [] A. Perfect Form and Physical Form                                    
    [ ] B. Pitbull Form and Professional Form                                
    [ ] C. Sean Green                                                        
    [ ] D. None of the Above                                                 
                                                                             
    6 Hitex frequents all of the following channels EXCEPT :               
                                                                             
    [ ] A. #France                                                           
    [ ] B. #Rapesex                                                          
    [ ] C. #RCN                                                              
    [] D. #RiSC                                                             
                                                                             
    7 Anti Derivative is the President of the following courier group :    
                                                                             
    [ ] A. Amnesia                                                           
    [ ] B. Everlast                                                          
    [] C. Fast Action Trade Exchange                                        
    [ ] D. Motiv8                                                            
                                                                             
    8 All of the following are leaders of X-Force EXCEPT :                 
                                                                             
    [] A. Bishop                                                            
    [ ] B. Mach One                                                          
    [ ] C. Ones Wally                                                        
    [ ] D. The Unforgiven                                                    
                                                                             
    9 All of the following groups are inactive EXCEPT for :                
                                                                             
    [ ] A. Defacto                                                           
    [] B. Generation-X                                                      
    [ ] C. Legacy                                                            
    [ ] D. Tyranny                                                           
                                                                             
    10 This person is now the President of Damage :                        
                                                                             
    [ ] A. Frost                                                             
    [] B. RATM                                                              
    [ ] C. Silent Mobius                                                     
    [ ] D. None of the Above                                                 
                                                                             
                                                                             
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                       v o t i n g !        

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       If you didn't vote, don't complain!  The following is a chart         
   summarizing reader votes regarding release groups :                       
                                                                             
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                   Votes Sent From : 06/10/96 -> 06/16/96                  
     
                                                                             
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                            Voting Results : Games                           
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
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    HBD   29 Votes                          
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    NPM   17 Votes                                      
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    PSG   45 Votes          
        ͹   
    RZR   34 Votes                     
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    ROR   18 Votes                                     
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    Total Votes : 143                                                      
     
                                                                             
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                            Voting Results : Utils                           
                                                                             
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    DMN    5 Votes                                                  
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    DOD    15 Votes                                       
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    LGX   n/a                                                            
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    MTY    22 Votes                                
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    PNC    8 Votes                                               
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    PWA    31 Votes                       
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    RBS    30 Votes                        
         ͹   
    SCUM   15 Votes                                       
         ͹   
    SDM    5 Votes                                                  
         ͹   
    X-F    22 Votes                                
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    Total Votes : 150                                                      
     
                                                                             
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                       v o t i n g !        

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       If you didn't vote, don't complain!  The following is a chart         
   summarizing reader votes regarding release groups :                       
                                                                             
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                   Votes Sent From : 06/17/96 -> 06/23/96                  
     
                                                                             
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                            Voting Results : Games                           
                                                                             
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    HBD   18 Votes                                     
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    NPM   15 Votes                                        
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    PSG    43 Votes           
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    RZR   39 Votes                
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    ROR   13 Votes                                          
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    Total Votes : 128                                                      
     
                                                                             
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    DMN    3 Votes                                                    
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    DOD    10 Votes                                            
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    LGX    3 Votes                                                    
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    MTY    15 Votes                                       
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    PNC     5 Votes                                                 
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    PWA    35 Votes                   
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    RBS    33 Votes                        
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    SCUM   9 Votes                                              
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    SDM    2 Votes                                                     
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    X-F    15 Votes                                       
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    Total Votes : 130                                                      
     
                                                                             
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                       v o t i n g !        

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       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         
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    Which GAMES group is #1?                                                 
                                                                             
    [ ] Hybrid                                                               
    [ ] Napalm                                                               
    [ ] Prestige                                                             
    [ ] Razor 1911                                                           
    [ ] Release on Rampage                                                   
                                                                             
    Which UTILS group is #1?                                                 
                                                                             
    [ ] Demolition                                                           
    [ ] Drink or Die                                                         
    [ ] Legion                                                               
    [ ] Mortality                                                            
    [ ] Pinnacle                                                             
    [ ] Pirates with Attitudes                                               
    [ ] Rebels                                                               
    [ ] Scum                                                                 
    [ ] Sodom                                                                
    [ ] X-Force                                                              
                                                                             
    Which TRADE group is #1 in the field of NET couriering?                  
                                                                             
    [ ] Amnesia                                                              
    [ ] Damage                                                               
    [ ] Empire                                                               
    [ ] Everlast                                                             
    [ ] Fast Action Trading Exchange                                         
    [ ] Malice                                                               
    [ ] Motiv8                                                               
    [ ] Rapier                                                               
    [ ] Request to Send                                                      
    [ ] Rise in Superior Couriering                                          
                                                                             
    Which TRADE group is #1 in the field of BBS couriering?                  
                                                                             
    [ ] Amnesia                                                              
    [ ] Damage                                                               
    [ ] Empire                                                               
    [ ] Everlast                                                             
    [ ] Fast Action Trading Exchange                                         
    [ ] Malice                                                               
    [ ] Motiv8                                                               
    [ ] Rapier                                                               
    [ ] Request to Send                                                      
    [ ] Rise in Superior Couriering                                          
                                                                             
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       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        
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    Age :                                                                    
                                                                             
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    [ ] Yes                                                                  
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    Do you download RCN regularly?                                           
                                                                             
    [ ] Yes                                                                  
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    Do you save back issues of RCN?                                          
                                                                             
    [ ] Yes                                                                  
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    Magazine coding influences me to download one magazine over another __%  
    of the time :                                                            
                                                                             
    [ ] 100                                                                  
    [ ] 80                                                                   
    [ ] 50                                                                   
    [ ] 30                                                                   
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    Amount of time spent reading RCN each week?                              
                                                                             
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     Author  : Hitex                                                         
     Subject : Dark-Elf and Amy, Amy Replies!!!                              
                                                                             
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       So apparently Rebel Chicken's letter to Emily inspired other young    
   chickens (or Elves as the case may be) to write letters via email to      
   THEIR girls, or girls-to-be.  Recently on IRC I had Dark-Elf online and   
   he said he had just e-mailed this girl he really liked.  Well, that's     
   legit.  Then, he asked me to publish it in RCN because he wanted to show  
   his girl how famous he is.  Fair enough.  So here it is, the unedited,    
   unabridged version. Enjoy.                                                
                                                                             
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   Dear Amy,                                                                 
                                                                             
       How's your summer so far?  Mine has been good.  How has yours been    
   so far? [Getting a tad repetitive here Dark!?]  Do you like school?  Or   
   do you like going to school?  I like going to school because that's       
   where all my friends are.  I liked being around you in school.  I miss    
   being around you.  [Golly gee how sweet!]  Well so far this summer.  I    
   went to the movies a couple times with my best friend, (Stephen).  I      
   went to ultra-zone a lot.  I am a role-player at ultra-zone (I am proud)  
   [well sure Dark, I would be too!].  Role-players are the best people at   
   ultra-zone.  I have some good places.  We are going on vacation on July,  
   4 1996.  We will be gone for 2 weeks to Florida.  Maybe we can go to the  
   movies sometime.  We could just like meet there at the movie theatre.     
   If you do not want to then don't.  Don't say yes because you can't say    
   no [Dark, one thing you will find about women, is that they NEVER say     
   Yes when they mean No!].  Say yes if you mean it.  If you know what I     
   mean.  If you have a boyfriend now I shall understand.  Life's like a     
   box of choclates [pffffft!!!].  You never know what you're going to get.  
   Well this is a little guess into a box of choclates.  As to if you would  
   like to spend some time with me [not original but kinda cute I guess!].   
   If you don't wanna go to movies.  We can go to ultra-zone.  I shall       
   protect you there [BUAAAAAAHAHAHAHA!!!].  It will be alot of fun for me   
   wherever we go.  If you feel you are in commitment with that farmer guy   
   [ooh, that may have cost you the medal right there!]?  Then don't go out  
   with me. Especially a person I don not even know.  This letter was        
   semi-hard to write, because I did not know the out come of the            
   reader(You).  I tried to give it to you in school but I could not [cuz    
   I'm a whimp].  All these mixed emotions!  It's hard being a TeenAge boy   
   [HAHAHAHAAH!!!].  Please don't show this letter to anyone [hmm.. now I'm  
   confused].  If you ask me if you can show it to them then I shall give    
   ya an answer.  If PJ wants to read it she can (she is your best friend).  
   She really does not like me as a friend though.  I just think me and PJ   
   think differently.  Just wanted her know that.  Remember.  You mean Yes   
   or You mean No.  Gimme an answer tha'ts in your heart for there is an     
   answer to any question in the universe. [roo!?]                           
                                                                             
   The time is 1:43am 6-20-96.                                               
                                                                             
       I write things real late because tha'ts when all my feelings come     
   out.  I usually go to sleep earlier though.  Hope you feel the same way   
   I do about you as you do me [see comments below!].  If you don't then     
   say now.  It will be ok.  If you do please tell me.                       
                                                                             
                                                Love,                        
                                                   Dark-Elf                  
                                                                             
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       My my my... MYYYYY my my.  MYYYYYYYYYYY my my my!  Well Dark-Elf, I   
   really hope for the best.  Hope being the key word in that sentence.  So  
   I have a few things to say.  First of all, how the FUCK are you going to  
   "protect" Amy at ultra-zone!?  Second, what IS ultra-zone!?  Third, next  
   time you write a girl a letter, run it through one of the RCN Editors     
   first, we'll fix all the grammar ;-).  And lastly, let me just comment    
   on the sentence "Hope you feel the same way I do about you as you do      
   me."  There's a very important thing when writing a letter to a girl for  
   the first time.  You HAVE to make sure that the romantic part of the      
   letter says exactly what you meant for it to say.  The small-talk         
   doesn't matter too much, it just burns space on the paper, it's the       
   leading action, but your climax can't say something you didn't mean for   
   it to.  Let me first explain what that sentence means, in reality.  It    
   means that you hope she feels the same things you feel for her as she     
   "does" your or, as your average girl would understand, as she has sex     
   with you.  My my my, on a first letter, this is NOT what you want to      
   say!  So next time, write something more to the effect of "I hope you     
   feel the same way about me as I feel about you."  Anyway, good luck, and  
   remember, our thoughts are with you.  Uh oh.                              
                                                                             
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   A week has passed and here's Amy's reply!                                 
                                                                             
   Dear Paul (Dark-Elf),                                                     
                                                                             
       I'm doing fine.  I have to tell you I was quite surprised when I      
   read you letter.  Thank you for being so completely honest with me.  It   
   makes things much easier; so I owe it to you to be completely honest.  I  
   don't really have a commitment with farmer Michael.  The way we left      
   things it was unsaid.  I don't have a boyfriend right now.  Paul, I like  
   you a lot as a friend.  I know you hate hearing that.  I think you're     
   funny, sweet, and cute, but not just that way.  I would, however, like    
   to hang out with you sometime.  Going to the movies would be fun. I'm     
   not saying yes because I can't say no and I'm giving you the answer that  
   is in my heart.  I think it is equally hard being a teenage girl.  I do   
   love the way you write letters.  You are very funny (in a good way).  I   
   really had no idea you felt that way.  Please write me back and tell me   
   your feelings on all of this.                                             
                                                                             
                                                Love,                        
                                                   Amy                       
                                                                             
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       Dark-Elf.. my my my!!  Well what can I say?  You've expected the      
   unexpected and it happened!  So she's not in love with you but she wants  
   to go out.  Now do you have the balls to ask her?!  Hey, that's a better  
   reply than what Rebel Chicken got when he wrote Emily!                    
                                                                             
                                                                             
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       For those of you who are physically unable to beat the RCN game       
   found in past issues of RCN, you can have the passwords here for FREE.    
   There's no need to go out of your way to crack RCN, here are the          
   passwords for issues 14 to 19.  Enjoy.                                    
                                                                             
       RCN Issue #14 : TKRP                                                  
       RCN Issue #15 : HITAX                                                 
       RCN Issue #16 : DEFACTOE                                              
       RCN Issue #17 : DEXTROMETHORPHAN                                      
       RCN Issue #18 : EMILY                                                 
       RCN Issue #19 : 504-3066                                              
                                                                             
   *PS* Learn to take a joke...                                              
                                                                             
                                                                             
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    REALITY Presents : REALITY CHECK NETWORK #20 (C) RCN!!!                  
                                                                             
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                  'a freaked out leet'                                      
                                                                             
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                    Rebels  X-Force                                         
                                                                             
                   Hybrid  Napalm  Prestige  Razor 1911                  
                    Release on Rampage                                       
                                                                             
                   Fast Action Trade Exchange  Guild of Distributors       
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       RCN is proud to present to the scene the official RCN t-shirt.  We    
   tried to keep the price as low as we could so that everyone can enjoy     
   these goodies.  Keeping with RCN's volunteerish spirit to help the scene, 
   Road Rebel has decided to take it upon himself to make the RCN t-shirts   
   available to the masses.  This is a non-profit venture and we hope that   
   in many ways, RCN continues to benefit the scene.. even when we are not   
   near our computers.                                                       
                                                                             
        The RCN logo is approximately 8"x6" printed on the back of a        
         HEAVY-duty Fruit of the Loom white t-shirt, the front is plain.     
                                                                             
        A preview of the shirt can viewed upon pressing escape.             
                                                                             
        Special orders take up to 4 weeks for shipping.                     
                                                                             
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      Yes, I want my official RCN t-shirt!                                 
                                                                           
      [ ]  Enclosed is $15 for my official LARGE   RCN t-shirt.            
                                                                           
      [ ]  Enclosed is $15 for my official X-LARGE RCN t-shirt.            
                                                                           
      [ ]  Enclosed is $3  for shipping and handling.                      
                                                                           
      [ ]  Enclosed is an additional $2 for delivery outside the U.S.      
                                                                           
      Total Enclosed : $______                                             
                                                                           
      My Mailing Address : ____________________________________________    
                                                                           
                           ____________________________________________    
                                                                           
                           ____________________________________________    
                                                                           
      Please send payments in cash (U.S. funds only), or money orders      
      made out to cash (NO CHECKS will be accepted) to :                   
                                                                           
                               RCN                                         
                               P.O. Box 3914                               
                               Centerline, MI                              
                               48015-0914                                  
                                                                           
                                                                           
     
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                   (  ) Age       (   )  Area Code
                 
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                   [ ] Artist   [ ] Ansi      [ ] Ascii    [ ] VGA
                   [ ] Coder    [ ] ASM       [ ] C++      [ ] PAS
                   [ ] Courier  [ ] Local     [ ] LD       [ ] FTP/IRC
                   [ ] SiteOp   [ ] T1        [ ] ISDN     [ ] Other
                   [ ] Writer   [ ] Articles  [ ] Columns  [ ] Other
                   [ ] SysOp    (  ) Gigs     (  ) Nodes   (   ) Callers
                 
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                   Current Affiliations (Name, Position, Since Date - )
                 
                 
                   
                   Past Affiliations (Name, Position, From Date - To Date)
                 
                 
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                   How will your admission further the goals of RCN?
                   Please include samples of your work along with the
                   application.  (Minimum Length : 50 Words)
                 
                   
                 
                 
                 
                                                                           
                 
                 


                                                      
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       If you would like your bulletin board to be an official RCN           
   affiliate board, simply view the following log of Hitex logging onto      
   Rebel Chicken's bulletin board, and modify your bulletin board            
   accordingly.                                                              
                                                                             
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    Sysop : Rebel Chicken, 16 Nodes, 18 Gigs   
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    [J]Join Conference  [R]Read Message  [B]View Bulletins   
    [A]Leave Conference  [Q]Quick Msg Scan  [V]View Settings   
    [C]Leave Feedback  [Y]View Your Mail  [W]Write Settings   
    [O]Page SysOp  [E]Enter a Message  [M]Toggle Graphics   
    [L]Locate Files  [F]List Files [P]Page Length   
    [N]Newscan Files  [U]Upload Files  [X]Expert Toggle   
    [Z]Zippy Search  [D]Download Files  [G]Goodbye (Logoff)   
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   ][ Crystal Tokyo BBS ][ Command? c                                      
                                                                             
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                                 CONFERENCES                               
     
                                                                             
     Num     Name/Description              Bltn  Files Msgs   HiMsg  Read    
      0      Main Board                    Yes   Yes   Yes    341    330     
      1      IBM/PC Warez                  Yes   Yes   Yes    1272   1272    
      2      Reality Check Network         Yes   Yes   Yes    271    130     
      3      Requests                      Yes   Yes   Yes    23     23      
                                                                             
     
   [A/] Up [/Z] Down [PGUP/PGDWN] Page [ENTER] Select [M] Manual [Q] Quit  
                                                                             
   Conference # to join [ENTER]=None? 2                                      
                                                                             
   Reality Check Network (2) Conference Joined                               
                                                                             
                                                            
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   [Ctrl-K] or [Ctrl-X] Aborts, [Ctrl-S] Suspends.                           
                                                                             
   Conference                                                    To   Total  
     #   Name                                                    You  Found  
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       2 Reality Check Network                                      0   271  
                                                                             
   Press [ENTER] to Continue?                                                
                                                                             
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    Sysop : Rebel Chicken, 16 Nodes, 18 Gigs   
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    [J]Join Conference  [R]Read Message  [B]View Bulletins   
    [A]Leave Conference  [Q]Quick Msg Scan  [V]View Settings   
    [C]Leave Feedback  [Y]View Your Mail  [W]Write Settings   
    [O]Page SysOp  [E]Enter a Message  [M]Toggle Graphics   
    [L]Locate Files  [F]List Files [P]Page Length   
    [N]Newscan Files  [U]Upload Files  [X]Expert Toggle   
    [Z]Zippy Search  [D]Download Files  [G]Goodbye (Logoff)   
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   ][ Crystal Tokyo BBS ][ Command? f                                      
                                                                             
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     ###   Description                      Files           Bytes          
       
     001   Current Issue                         1           670,161    
     002   Back Issues                          19         6,480,483    
     003   Uploads                               0                 0    
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
     Totals for Reality Check Network            3         7,150,644    
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   [A/] Up [/Z] Down [PGUP/PGDWN] Page [ENTER] Select [M] Manual [Q] Quit  
                                                                             
   [H]elp, [1-3], File List Command? 2                                       
                                                                             
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   Filename      Size       Date    Description of File Contents             
   =========== =========  ========  =======================================  
   RCN-19.ZIP     666126  06-23-96  RCN Issue #19, 06-23-96                  
                                  | COVER : Chris Carter Revealed!           
                                  | PLUS! : iD Software Interview!           
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   RCN-18.ZIP     624589  06-16-96  RCN Issue #18, 06-16-96                  
                                  | COVER : GODS Meeting Log                 
                                  | PLUS! : RCN BUSTED!                      
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   RCN-17.ZIP     626333  06-09-96  RCN Issue #17, 06-09-96                  
                                  | COVER : DR. JEKYLL BUSTED                
                                  | PLUS! : DEMAXXUS BUSTED                  
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   [120] Minutes Left, [F]lag, [V]iew, [NS]=Nonstop, [SPACE]=Mark? ns        
                                                                             
   RCN-16.ZIP     599493  06-02-96  RCN Issue #16, 06-02-96                  
                                  | COVER : PASSING OF ZIEG                  
                                  | PLUS! : THE RENEGADE CHEMIST             
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   RCN-15.ZIP     493410  05-26-96  RCN Issue #15, 05-26-96                  
                                  | COVER : MALICE DOWNFALL                  
                                  | PLUS! : DRAPPER *BUSTED*                 
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   RCN-14.ZIP     444746  05-19-96  RCN Issue #14, 05-19-96                  
                                  | COVER : JAMES MAKES HIS VISIT            
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   RCN-13.ZIP     252896  02-11-96  RCN Issue #13, 02-11-96                  
                                  | COVER : FAREWELL                         
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   RCN-12.ZIP     367432  02-04-96  RCN Issue #12, 02-04-96                  
                                  | COVER : APOGEE/DISTINCT                  
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   RCN-11.ZIP     460550  01-28-96  RCN Issue #11, 01-28-96                  
                                  | COVER : ANARCHIST BUST                   
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   RCN-10.ZIP     410697  01-21-96  RCN Issue #10, 01-21-96                  
                                  | COVER : PASSING OF SPYDER-X              
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   RCN-09.ZIP     428257  01-14-96  RCN Issue #09, 01-14-96                  
                                  | COVER : GAHN LOG FILE                    
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   RCN-08.ZIP     300782  01-07-96  RCN Issue #08, 01-07-96                  
                                  | COVER : EXCLUSIVE FBI Interview!         
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   RCN-07.ZIP     244801  12-31-95  RCN Issue #07, 12-31-95                  
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   RCN-06.ZIP     205681  12-22-95  RCN Issue #06, 12-22-95                  
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   RCN-05.ZIP     212702  12-15-95  RCN Issue #05, 12-15-95                  
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   RCN-04.ZIP      40634  12-09-95  RCN Issue #04, 12-09-95                  
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   RCN-03.ZIP      41076  12-02-95  RCN Issue #03, 12-02-95                  
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   RCN-02.ZIP      32331  11-25-95  RCN Issue #02, 11-25-95                  
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   RCN-01.ZIP      27947  11-18-95  RCN Issue #01, 11-18-95                  
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   [H]elp, [1-3], File List Command?                                         
                                                                             
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     ###   Description                      Files           Bytes          
       
     001   Current Issue                         1           670,161    
     002   Back Issues                          19         6,480,483    
     003   Uploads                               0                 0    
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
     Totals for Reality Check Network            3        7,150,644     
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   [H]elp, [1-3], File List Command? 1                                       
                                                                             
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   Filename      Size       Date    Description of File Contents             
   =========== =========  ========  =======================================  
   RCN-20.ZIP     666126  06-30-96         
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                                      REALITY CHECK NETWORK [20]       
                                  |          
                                  |            30 JUNE 1996                
                                  |       COVER : Amnesia Falls!           
                                  |    PLUS! : Blizzard on Pirates!        
                                  |      
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   [120] Minutes Left, [F]lag, [V]iew, [NS]=Nonstop, [SPACE]=Mark? f         
                                                                             
   Enter the Filename to Flag for Download [ENTER]=None? rcn-20.zip          
                                                                             
   Your Current Download:Upload File Ratio is  : 2:0                         
   Your Download:Upload Ratio Must Remain Below: 2:1                         
   Downloading RCN-20.ZIP is FREE!!!                                         
                                                                             
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   Summary :                                                                 
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   1.) All RCN issues must be online and available for FREE download.  The   
       current issue and back issues must be located in separate file        
       directories.  The FULL file_id.diz for the current issue must be      
       shown.                                                                
                                                                             
   2.) A "Reality Check Network" conference must be set up.  The "rcn        
       affiliate board" ansi must be shown somewhere in the login process    
       or somewhere in the conference join.                                  
                                                                             
   3.) Sysops must notify all bulletin board users, via nonconference        
       specific mass email, of the new issues available for free download.   
                                                                             
                                                                             
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       The new update to the Reality Check Network World Wide Web Site,      
   http://www.rcn.org/, adds many new features :                             
                                                                             
        Speed Optimization : RCN.org is now speed optimized, which means    
         you spend less time waiting and more time browsing.                 
                                                                             
        Better Back Issue Access : It's now quick and easy to scan through  
         RCN's back issues, each one has its full description online, to     
         make searching for the desired issue that much easier.              
                                                                             
        Better Interface : v2.0 brings an end to the confusing              
         conglomeration of pages that previously had existed.  Now speed     
         through the icon driven interface to scan back issues of RCN and    
         other emags, send comments, read credits, and check out             
         merchandise and free files.                                         
                                                                             
        Text or JAVA Version : Whatever browser you use can now access the  
         RCN.org pages.  Before only Netscape was allowed, but now LYNX and  
         other text base users can now access the pages.                     
                                                                             
        New Look Graphics : The new graphics style are a nice change of     
         pace from the hard-edged style of before.                           
                                                                             
       To become a file mirror, contact us in #RCN on IRC, you must be able  
   to store all back issues in a publically accessible directory from the    
   WWW.  A link will be created from RCN.org to your site, so users can      
   acquire issues from there if the main site becomes overloaded.            
                                                                             
       RCN WWW Site       : http://www.rcn.org/                              
                                                                             
       RCN Mirror Site #1 : http://www.halcyon.com/sbecker                   
                                                                             
                                                                             
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                       Hitex          :  Editor                              
                       Rebel Chicken  :  Editor                              
                                                                             
                       Xenon          :  ASM/MOD                             
                                                                             
                       Celestian      :  VGA/ANSI                            
                       RATM           :  VGA/WWW                             
                       Pandemonium    :  VGA                                 
                                                                             
                       Darkwing       :  IRC Security                        
                       Undinism       :  IRC Maintenance                     
                                                                             
                       Joker          :  FTP Site                            
                                                                             
                       Ante           :  Writer                              
                       Dark-Elf       :  Writer                              
                       Darkwing       :  Writer                              
                       Gorilla        :  Writer                              
                       Karen          :  Writer                              
                       Oxygen         :  Writer                              
                       Waynekerr      :  Writer                              
                                                                             
                       FTP Site       :  167.206.212.37                      
                       Web Site       :  http://www.rcn.org/                 
                       Email          :  AN385786@ANON.PENET.FI              
                                                                             
                                                                             
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