r e a l i t y c h e c k n e t w o r k ! Introduction Find that Narc Contest Editorials "Warez-IQ" Warez Quiz! Interviews Voting Booth Articles Reader Survey Reviews Secret Articles Warez Lists Space Invaders Game Top 10 Couriers Group NFOs [Couriers] Dear Road Rebel, Group NFOs [Releases] Astrology RCN Information E-Mail by DOD vs. PWA E-Mail by Toast Razor 1911??? E-Mail by Black Bull Rebel Chicken and Sex E-Mail by Fujy T3 Connect... E-Mail by Zord Scotch #Warez5 Lamers? E-Mail by Skeelo Blow Iniquity, PCBoard, and Renegade E-Mail by Shadow of Death You Guys are Back!! Return to Main Menu Check Out Other Parts of RCN #15! THE Dr. Jekyl Stockade IV.. 400 GOOD Games!!! Desys Motiv8 Rumors, STOP Them Please?? Sailor Moon 5 Beautiful Models From Miami... Marbz Empire's Rise? Soon to End??? The Wicked One I'm BAAAAAAAACCKKK, BEEEEEAAACHH!!! Imperial PTA Who?? Power Trading What??? Incarnate I'm gay. Univers ME Scared?? FOOEY!!! Return to Main Menu Check Out Other Parts of RCN #15! *COVER* MALiCE Downfall Winterhawk, and Some Logs *PLUS!* Drapper *BUSTED* Drapper Busted Due to RCN Narcs??? Pirate Boot Camp Training, and More Training NAPALM FUCKS Up.. Bad? or REALLY Bad??? Macintosh Takeover??? "I will boot your ass.. fuck off." Tai Pan *BUSTED* $1000 Backbill from AT&T!!! DVD (Digital Video Discs) Changing the Scene.. FOREVER. Console Warez SNES & Lameboy, on a PC??? Return to Main Menu Check Out Other Parts of RCN #15! Group Reviews : Games #1 Group Reviews : Utils #1 Group Reviews : Games #2 Group Reviews : Utils #2 Group Reviews : Games #3 Group Reviews : Utils #3 Group Reviews : Games #4 Group Reviews : Utils #4 Group Totals : Games Group Totals : Utils Go Back to Main Menu The Seven Listing #1 [04/25/96] --> [05/01/96] The Seven Listing #2 [05/02/96] --> [05/08/96] The Seven Listing #3 [05/09/96] --> [05/15/96] The Seven Listing #4 [05/16/96] --> [05/22/96] Global Warez Search Search All Warez Lists!! Return to Main Menu Check Out Other Parts of RCN #15! Top 10 Couriers : BBS #1 Top 10 Couriers : FTP #1 Go Back to Main Menu Hitex-Watch Hitex's Awesome Love Life Hi, my name is Chicken, .. Rebel Chicken. People Call Me... 5 Minutes 5 Minutes of Rebel Chicken's Life Return to Main Menu Check Out Other Parts of RCN #15! Dear Reader : We're baaaaaaack!!! The editors of Reality Check Network took a short break about 3 months ago, but we've decided that the scene currently lacks a comprehensive magazine to inform the warez public of new things that occur. So, we're back, and better than ever!!! There are a number of new things in this issue. First of all, part of the coding has been redone, so RCN has a new look. Next, we now have a pop-up options menu that can be activated from anywhere in the magazine, so if you're in the middle of reading an article and want to change something (such as the music volume) you can do so without exiting the article first. This issue also contains a "secret article." Well no, it's not completely secret, but to read it, you'll need a password, and to get that password, you'll have to beat the built-in game! Good luck! As always, we value your opinion. Improvements are constantly being made as a direct result of user input. If you would like to participate in the further enhancement of RCN, or would like to send a letter to the editors (or to a writer in particular) please send e-mail to an385786@anon.penet.fi. Note that we are no longer accepting subscribers to the magazine. The reason is that the anon.penet.fi server will not let us send attached files over 100k in size unless we split them up, and that would be confusing for both us and the readers. To make up for that, we offer a WWW site accessible via the Internet. All issues will be promptly posted there. For more information, read on. In an effort to better interact with our readers, the editors of RCN have devised a reader survey, and would appreciate it if you would take the time to respond to it. After completion of the survey, you simply need to send it attached to the above e-mail address. Note that we prefer NOT getting messages encoded in MIME format. We also have a voting booth so the readers can give input on their favorite groups. New this issue are some little twirks that might sizzle your buns! For those of you that feel more confortable holding a mouse, we now have mouse support! Oh, and for those of you that want to take RCN with you wherever you go, you can now print articles and/or the entire mag (if you're really cray-zee). Oh, and if you hate that rotating music that we added last issue, you can turn it on and off in the Options menu. Note that it defaults to off. We also have a new music track care of Reality, the best Adlib composing team around! Don't forget to keep sending in your votes for the groups you feel are #1, and test your wits of the scene in our Warez-IQ questionnaire, 10 new questions in this issue! We still have an ASCII version of the mag for those of you running UNIX/Linux, or those of you that want to save credits on your boards and view the RCN-??.TXT file in a ZIP . RCN issues have now been made available to a wider audience thanks to our new WebSite courtesy of RATM. Please feel free to browse around - http://www.shu.edu/~importmi/rcn/. RCN ardently feels that our WebSite will satisfy our readers and is a welcome addition to our methods of distribution. Celestian, the RCN ANSi art coordinator, will no longer be accepting any requests for ANSi artwork outside of RCN. Between his artwork for RCN and DMN, he can longer find time to do any freelance artwork. He has been receiving requests nonstop and would like to have a little peace here and then. Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken RCN Editors r c n e d i t o r i a l ! Dear RCN, I see an obvious bias in the RCN reviews against DOD in favor of higher scores toward PWA, and it sickens me. I think your magazine is STUPID for doing this, and hope that you will soon understand how kick-ass DOD is and how shitty PWA is. Thank you. Signed, Dear RCN, Your ratings of PWA are waaay too low. You're not giving an awesome group credit for its awesome work. DOD, on the other hand, consistently gets a higher average per release when they only release once a month. That's complete bullshit and unfair to the guys in PWA. Signed, Dear Readers, Alright, this is the last time (until next time) that we're going to post any messages about us being biased. We intentionally dropped Legacy when we started up RCN again for the sole purpose of keeping an unbiased position when writing. We have absolutely no reason to be biased towards or against anybody, and any mail that you might send us regarding the matter will be used purely for the purpose of a good laugh. Now as for my opinions on PWA vs. DOD, I think DOD has better quality, and PWA has more releases. However, that is just a reflection of the past four weeks and is in NO WAY a consistent view of the groups. My opinion of the groups fluctuates weekly. One week, PWA does better, the next week DOD does better. Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken r c n e d i t o r i a l ! Dear RCN, I'm a member of Razor 1911 and I've been reading your E-Zine and I think it's great. LOTS of articles that keep you reading for a long time. Now, I have a gripe. In your Warez-IQ test, question #4 states, "What group is known for releasing FLOPPY games?" You only desired one answer, but Eclipse and Razor 1911 are the best candidates. Now I know you wanted people to choose Eclipse, but the thing is, Eclipse hasn't released a floppy in MONTHS! Razor 1911 on the other hand, has released a handful (probably two in the last week alone). Also, Tyranny is releasing floppy games as well, as they are one of the old school floppy game releasers (not saying the old Tyranny floppy releases were quality, but at least they were floppy). Signed, Toast Dear Toast, Thank you for your response! You make a good point in revealing that some CD-RIP game groups do a better job of releasing floppy games than some floppy-only game groups. However, our question desired a response regarding a games group that releases nothing but floppy games, no CD-RIPs whatsoever, and Eclipse is the only one on that list. Tyranny has recently moved to CD-RIPs as well, and Razor 1911 (I don't distinguish Razor 1911 from Razor-CD), though an awesome group, is also participating in the CD-RIP scene. Eclipse was the only choice in the list that releases only floppy games. Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken r c n e d i t o r i a l ! Dear RCN, I'm really mad at RCN for making that Space Invaders game, it was too hard to beat!!! Then, I found out that it was because I was in the stupid Windows 95 window, so I got into full screen DOS, and it was much easier. I'd like to say that Mad RCN was especially funny. Especially the article on tKRP and Winterhauk, that made me LAUGH for ages!!! Finally, I find someone that thinks Winterhauk is an annoying punk ass bitch that can't get none in real life. Tuxedo Mask, greets go out to you!!! That Winterhauk must sure be pissed, good job guys, and in the future, if you want any more ideas for RCN, I'd be happy to contribute. Also, is that Chicken-Watch article for real??? Dam that Rebel Chicken needs some help. What the hell is wrong with him? Does he like not have a dick or something? I can't believe he'd get Hitex to call that Morgan girl for him. That's just unbelievable, getting a friend to ask a girl out for him. That's just plain sad. Well, I don't want to sound all dickish. I'd like to wish Rebel Chicken good luck with the opposite sex. I'd also like to say to Rebel Chicken that he shouldn't worry so much about talking to girls, if you act natural, girls would be a lot more easy to come by. I used to be scared of girls like you, but not anymore, and now I get on girls all the time. Do as I say, and you'll have chicks all over you in no time (but not before school's over). *PS* Keep up the good work guys!!! RCN RULES!!! Signed, Black Bull Dear Black Bull, No comment. Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken r c n e d i t o r i a l ! Dear RCN, I was reading your excellent RCN issue #14 and noticed your section about where to get future issues of RCN. Well, I run a United Kingdonw web site on a T3 connection and I was going to ask if you would like a United Kingdowm server where Europeans can help spread the magazine. Signed, Fujy Dear Fujy, I have gotten a multitude of offers similar to yours this week, so I am really responding to all that wrote me. Our current WWW site is the only "official" RCN site. However, we will not dispute any other sites that people create for our benefit. RATM is doing a fantastic job coordinating our current site and we feel that he is doing as good a job as anyone else could do, if not far better. However, RATM is a busy man, and we don't want to overload him with other sites for him to update. So, I make the request of you : if you would like to put up a WWW site containing some or all of RCN's issues, we will welcome the offer. However, it will be up to you to update the site weekly, and keep it up to par. We will, in support of your site, advertise it in future issues of RCN (assuming you notify us of your work). Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken r c n e d i t o r i a l ! Dear RCN, I recently cruised into #Warez5 for a few hours and was suprised how many times the word 'LAMER' came up. People were kicked for every reason possible and labeled as a 'LAMER'. It's rather funny since most of the people in the warez channels are faggots who leech in channel #Fatefiles and talk about how ELITE they are. Lame people seem to use the term 'LAMER' to define anyone who they don't like. People who are more into the group scene usually define lamers as people who have a bad attitude or are lazy. It seems that the farther a person gets in the scene the less inclined he is to brand some one a 'LAMER'. They also view lameness as having a bad attitude or acting like an asshole to others without reason. The term 'LAMER' is way over used in the scene. Signed, Zord Scotch Dear Zord Scotch, Let's face it, the people that operate in #Warez5 are their own bait. I have absolutely nothing against the #WarezX channels. It just happens to be that they happen not to be my cup of tea, but whenever I do join the channels, I am often amused at how people get kicked left and right for being a 'LAMER', and all this by people who are lamers themselves. You are absolutely right in this matter. However, about #FateFiles, (#Exceed in case you didn't know it changed) the channel is there to be leeched from, and I encourage all people, whether one I would label as a 'LAMER' or not, to go there first when looking for recent files. Honestly, you get to leech and never get off IRC!!! Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken r c n e d i t o r i a l ! Dear RCN, I have noticed lately that PCBoard PPEs are all looking the same with only a few mods in the ansi's or strings. It's time for some of you BBS modders to go out and start making Renegade or Iniquity mods. PCBoard is getting old fast. It's file system is second to none (mostly due to Boom Lab), but its message system is weak. If there exists a new system that has the file system of PCBoard with the message bases of Renegade and Oblivion 2, can exist, modders should start to support it. Iniquity is a nice looking BBS system. Once it gets its bugs with blind uploads and networking/multinode out of the way it will be a kick ass system. PPE coders should start to look at other systems since just about every PPE that could possibly be done is already made. The reason that PCBoard is so popular is that there are so many mods for it out on the boards. Coders should start making new Renegade and Iniquity mods that take all the strengths of PCBoard and give it to those systems. Boards that use PCBoard are beginning to look all the same with all the same or similar mods. There is a need for Renegade and Ininuqity modders who can make quality mods. Some of you coders should start cranking them out. ACiD used to be the only group that had a Renegade and Iniquity support section. It would be cool if some warez groups started to recruit some artists and coders and put them to work making practical. Signed, Skeelo Blow Dear Skeelo Blow, I used to be a Renegade freak. I still think it's by far the most user-friendly BBS system, and I still don't know half of what PCBoard can do because it's so hard to figure out. I have the 4 commands I know and need to use to be able to get around, leech, upload, and read messages, and I don't think my knowledge of PCBoard will get much better any time soon. However, you're going to have a hard time arguing that any other system is superior. Why? Simple. Try running Renegade in multinode. 2 nodes? Cool. Try 3. Still alive? You're lucky. Try 16, like some of the larger boards in the scene (such as Park Central) and you'll qickly find a crash. PCB is the only system I know of that can do that so well (except for WildCat, but I don't think I need to waste my time commenting). Still, though, I agree that it would be nice if he Renegade modification groups came back around, many single node boards still run it. Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken r c n e d i t o r i a l ! Dear RCN, It's great to see you back! You did a great job with your past issues and you're doing an even better job now! I especially liked your reviews section. You told me anything and everything I'd ever wanted to know about the groups at hand. On a Wednesday a few months back, I joined #RCN on IRC and got your very first issue from RCN-XDCC. I giggled. What a piece of shit! Scary thing is that it was better than anything else that was out at the time. But just 4 weeks later, Issue #5, was just phenomenal, and now, I look at issue #14, and I really have to congratulate you. An amazing group of writers and reporters. You deserve a nobel prize. Signed, Shadow of Death Dear Shadow of Death, We spend many hours working on our magazine every week. It's excrutiating and time consuming, but it's comments like yours that keep us going. Yeah, I too read issue #1 a while ago, and, I too, share your feelings about it. And to think, we thought we were so pimp when we released that! Thanks for your support! And believe it or not, RCN improves with every issue! Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken r c n i n t e r v i e w s ! Reporter : Krypto Interviewee : Dr. Jekyl Subject : Stockade Affiliation : n/a RCN : What exactly is Stockade? DRJ : Stockade is the mother of all toad blowers. It's kind of my dedication to #Oldwarez. It's a big old bot, run from my own StockServ software, that contains at the time 479 of the best old games. RCN : What are your current and past affiliations? DRJ : I began with MiRAGE several years back (best run group I've ever been in - Thanks Kafka F. Kaska), it then merged and became GRiM. GRiM merged with iCE, so I joined a bunch of local groups (CHAOS, NARC, MoS), then BoA and after a while iCE. I quit iCE after 2-3 days of being in it because I realized that it was all bullshit, no sense in being in that kind of group. I had no affiliations for two years until fATE (Fast Action Trade Exchange) stalked me. I then joined 8088 which is now a defunct old warez release and courier group which fell apart. I quit fATE and that was it for me. I probably won't join any more groups. I never got into that kr4d 3l33t idea of affiliations anyways. I can survive on my handle alone. RCN : fATE stalked you, or did a persistent Krypto persuade you to join? DRJ : Thanks to some friends I made in #Hardwire from the "Under the Gate" project on CyberGate, (namely Krypto, Aristotle, and Devaste) I hung out in #Fate. Then, I saw the fATE's diz-tagger, and lauged. I coded a better diz-tagger and Anti Derivative let me into the group. Now my diz-tagger has been all hacked up and is used by a lot of courier groups (too bad they never got the latest version though). Then I couriered my sweet will heart out (10.5 gigs per day babee!). RCN : What made you decide to come up with Stockade? DRJ : I started to get interested in old warez back in December when I was with fATE. I began to offer them, and my offer list grew to the point of having 131 files on one XDCC List, I plisted in #Oldwarez every 45 minutes, until I thought of a better way which would be to automatically distribute automated text files with the file list/descriptions in them. Then I worked from there into what it is now. RCN : The newest warez are what people seem to want most and is the heart of the business. Have you seen a similar resurgence in old warez? DRJ : Not at all, in fact, I've seen more and more people cramming to get into #Oldwarez. The channel has only grown since I first joined it 18 months ago. People are fed up with 50 disk Doom clones that sometimes work, but only on a Pentium 166MHz with 16 megabytes of RAM. I think the smart people are the ones dealing with #Oldwarez. Then they're dealing with games that have been proven to work, games that are programmed well and games that have GAMEPLAY. I haven't played a game written in the past two years with any sense of gameplay in it. It's all shoot-em-up, bang'em out Doom clones and such. They're all mindless dribble to feed the masses I suppose. What happened to the good stuff such as Populous, Curse of the Azure Bonds, King's Quest IV, Dune II, etc.? I feel that the only game released in the past year or so with any decent quality is Command and Conquer, but then again, it only works well on a Pentium platform. RCN : How much old warez do you pile in every day? DRJ : I get around 40 to 60 megs of uploads per day. Some of the uploaded games are already online, some of the uploaded games suck, and some are just way too big or too new. But there's usually about 10-20 games I can pick out per day to add onto the bot. RCN : You were originally a member of fATE. What made you decide to leave fATE and was it your plan to leave fATE in order to further develop Stockade? DRJ : Yes, I was originally in fATE (which by the way, was a REAL hardcore rocking group, at least when I was in it). Besides being paranoid of my shell administrator, and being fed up with some of the really unfair shit going on in groups, I did for a large part leave so I could work on the old warez business. You can say that I finally "saw the light" and joined up with the #Oldwarez crew to work on Stockade, which was originally nothing more than an extremely long XDCC List called "OldJekyl". RCN : Are you glad you left fATE for the old warez scene? DRJ : I miss a lot of the old fATE crew, but those guys aren't even in fATE anymore anyways. I do miss the 5 am login to the sites, writing my DCC lists, and running my XDCC-HTML convertor to make the WWW for the slowbies. There was a sort of a "thrill" involved with new warez, an infatuation I suppose. Everyone wants to try the new warez, but in the end, old games are always more sought out after. I'm very glad I left the new shit alone. The old warez scene is more "homely" and down to earth. And when you get a game, you know that there's a 99% chance it's not a fake. Old warez, to put it short and sweet, blows the toad right outta any new warez any day of the week. Well, maybe Windows v1.03 isn't that attractive, but I'm referring to games :) RCN : How often is Stockade accessed every day? DRJ : Stockade transfers about 500-1000 games a day. RCN : Where do you get most of your files from for Stockade? DRJ : All the warez from Stockade come completely from donations. Stockade is Stockade IV right now, which means it's the 4th time it's started over from scratch. In old warez, if you offer, you can get mostly any game your heart desires. So I just called out for donations, and then gave those people who donated some leech benefits, and so on. RCN : Do you feel the old warez scene is overlooked and taken for granted? DRJ : Overlooked? Yes. It's overlooked by a mass populous of the "w4r3z-k1dd13s", which is good. #Oldwarez isn't a place for newbies who don't understand DOS or UNIX. It's meant for people who know what they're doing (for the most part anyways). I think it's advantageous that it's overlooked in that respect. We already have all the good people in it. I'm not sure how the old warez scene can be taken for granted though, every scene is. RCN : Stockade has been down 3 times prior. What problems can account for these 3 shutdowns? DRJ : I got shut down because of my stupidity. I used the ISP's "ghosted" FTP server as an uploads site. Once I found out that they found the warez, it was instant rm -R. Stockade II went down because of more paranoia. No biggy. Stockade III went down because I was stupid yet again. Since my ISP is pretty much abandoned, and no one but me really IRCs from it, I decided to make the source code world-writable so I could access it from all my accounts. BIG BOOBOO! One of the ISP dorks, who used to be the cosysop of a big warez board in 305 ironically, felt that he did not like the fact that I was using up the ISP's resources. So he planted a small backdoor into the code so that whenever I updated the .NFO/WWW/.DCC data files, it would email the root, "I am the hacker." The root didn't like that. RCN : Way before you started Stockade, and even before fATE, you were involved in a warez operation called "The Gate." What was that? DRJ : "The Gate" or "Under the Gate" was my experiment in bourne shell coding on CyberGate. I stumbled upon a group of piraters on gate.net which had pooled their quota's together so they could get warez from each other. So I then made "The Gate" a BBS-type atmosphere (complete with file areas, graffiti walls, etc.), and got a few hacked accounts together to create what you could say was a 0-day BBS which offered 200 megs of 0-day warez, all run from CyberGate. Unfortunately, one of the system administrators noticed that there were lots of users accessing a certain directory (even with all my encryption ploys) and managed to bust all the hacked accounts along with a few legitimate ones. Ironically, I talked to that system administrator a month ago and he suggested that I restart CyberGate. Unfortunatley I'm moving to Sweden soon. RCN : Many people had to log onto BBSes to retrieve old warez, was the Stockade created as an alternative to this hassle? DRJ : Stockade was created as a "BBS over IRC" type deal. Many BBSes do not offer old warez anymore. Stockade is an intelligent tool that helps to distribute and increase the variety of old warez in #Oldwarez. I got rather bored of the same old warez being offered day in and day out. I think Stockade has been rather successful. RCN : Why is Stockade consisted of only games? DRJ : I used to run a new utils bot as well called [Spatula], but I found it was a lot easier to find new utils than old games. It's like looking for today's newspaper, as opposed to trying to find the New York times from April, 1947. I didn't want to offer old utils, because they're useless. I find it more of a joke than anything else. I deleted [Spatula] eventually because I wanted to have the hard disk space to further expand the library of games found on Stockade. RCN : I've noticed the offer bot's online handle changes ever so frequently. Why is this done? DRJ : The handle changes quite frequently due to the evils of word of mouth. While I do like the fact that many people are using Stockade, I don't want many of the WRONG people using Stockade. This prevents people from channels other than #Oldwarez from using Stockade, and so mean old nasty NARC's don't find it... RCN : Is Stockade run off a custom sript or is it based on other offering scripts? DRJ : The "HEART" of Stockade is StockServ v2.1, which is my own 100% original design, coded in 100% bourne shell (bourne shell is 100% compatible on EVERY ISP) which automatically creates the DCC datafile, NFO file, and the optional WWW. StockServ interacts with IRC via a frontend, which is your standard every day IRC script tweaked to support StockServ. It comes in two flavors right now, VeNoM and Atlantis, and eventually there will be Fluff Phoenix and mIRC (via a DOS version of StockServ due out soon). The brilliant part of StockServ is that there's NO compiling required (for those hard-assed administrators who don't allow it), and that you can actually IRC your bot as if it were a normal IRC script. RCN : All files on Stockade are free, correct? DRJ : Stockade is 100% free with no minimum transfer speeds. I would never operate any differently. The only restriction is the number of slots, which is 3 for non-donators, and unlimited for donators. #Oldwarez is about free unrestricted old warez. Therefore, so is Stockade. RCN : Stockade was once available via the WWW. What happened to this option? DRJ : StockServ does automatically program the WWW interface, but the reason why Stockade no longer has a WWW site is that there are no longer any fast anonymous FTP's for me to use. So alas, it's only IRC this time. RCN : Where can people go for more information on Stockade? DRJ : To begin with, don't bother the people in #Oldwarez about it. They get annoyed about it and they won't crack either. You can message me, I'll probably be away though, if I like you, I might reply. But the best way to get on Stockade would be to get involved with #Oldwarez, just hang out with the crew. Lamers need not bother. RCN : Where should people send their donations? DRJ : Just DCC them over to me. If they're old, and not too insanely huge, I'll add it to the Stockade. By the way, a Stockade CD is in the works. r c n i n t e r v i e w s ! Reporter : Krypto Interviewee : Desys Subject : Motiv8 Affiliation : Motiv8 Council RCN : What is your current position in Motiv8? DES : I am Motiv8 Council. I basically watch over the group, find fast couriers, and fast FTP sites, etc. I also protect the channel. I make sure the group doesn't die like the rumors say it's going to happen. RCN : How was M8 founded? DES : Well, I am not fimilar with all the history. I know that MASON founded it. He's still with us. It had some people that left and quit. Igor was a council member along with Davan when I merged tNt with M8 but they quit within a week. So I had to take the place of Davan/Igor by watching the group and Davan's job "couriering". I do a little couriering to some of our FTP sites. I also do what Igor was supposed to do which was to watch the group make sure it never dies, etc. RCN : In recent news, Davan and Igor left M8. How can you account for him leaving? DES : Well I think they both left for perfectly good reasons. Davan didn't almost kill the group the night he left. Igor almost did though because obviously he did most of the work for months, which shouldn't happen in a group. It's very hard running a 1 man group and some couriers. Igor always loved M8 but MASON just wasn't showing up so Igor quit for MALiCE and Davan quit for Amnesia, both of which are top groups and I don't blame them. I just wished they'd give it another week. Oh well, but like I said, Igor left for a reason and I agree with his actions. RCN : How has Igor's absence effected M8? DES : Well Igor had a FTP site that he was co-site operator on. One of the best in the world. We lost it when he went to MALiCE. He made sure everyone was cool and just hearing the fact that Igor left made couple top people quit for other groups. Oh well, I've got the group doing a lot better. I got FTP sites and couriers. Unlike other groups I have a real easy time finding FTP sites. I find us 2 a week usually, we currently got quite a few. That's what's keeping us alive, our FTP sites and site operators. RCN : For what reasons do you feel Davan left M8? DES : Davan quit for the same reason. Davan was just a courier in most people's opinions. He did good, but he made the couriering part for us great along with Igor. Davan was offered to go to Amnesia and they are mostly winning everywhere along with RiSC, DGT, MALiCE, RTS, or whatever you think. When he left, it didn't really hurt us but his couriering hurt us. When Igor quit, THAT almost killed us. Most of the members knew that Igor ran the group for the most part. He merged M8 with tNt so M8 wouldn't die after he left. RCN : Approximately how many people have left M8 since the tNt merger? DES : About 5 people have left, but these people were like Davan, Igor, Caserd, and a couple others. That is ok, I thought it'd be a lot more but I've replaced them all besides Igor, cause you can't replace him. He basically kept the group alive then. RCN : Could you explain to us why there was a merger between M8 and tNt to begin with? DES : Well tnt noticed M8 offered quite a few FTP sites which tNt was losing on through the summer. I wanted a lot more top couriers, also we had 2 or 3 GREAT couriers. Now we have a lot of people that are capable and I am accepting people who can courier like a gig if that much is released each week. RCN : What effect has the merger brought about? DES : Well, we're twice as powerful with M8 and we are doing better with all these FTP sites. RCN : No regrets in merging with tNt? DES : None. RCN : It's well known of M8's strength in FTP sites. Considering most FTP sites are college based, many of them will go down this summer. How do you feel this will effect M8? DES : Actually, I have managed to find us TONS of FTP sites that are up in the summer, which most groups can't do. Well that's a strength and I blocked the hole that made us lose all these FTP sites. Yes, we have lost a few but oh well... RCN : Aside from the SMALL breakup in M8, what other problems has M8 faced in the past? DES : Well, just these rumors and other couriering groups stealing our FTP sites and couriers. I have tried to get them back and that's about it. RCN : Since the #Fatefiles days, #M8Leech was not rather successful. But in recent days, #M8Leech is now comparable to today's #Exceed (#Exceed was previously known as #Fatefiles). How do you account for this recent success? DES : Well basically, I ignore #M8Leech for reasons most people do. FTP sites are fine with me. I'll let the IRC division run that which I usually don't touch. Another problem is that we have to find bots and people to get the channel back which is a big hassle. #Exceed is loaded with people you never want to meet, if you catch my drift. #M8Leech is turning just as bad. So I tell the IRC division to just have fun since I really don't care :) RCN : Which groups does M8 courier for? DES : We recently lost SODOM.. BIG DEAL. We gained SiVA and we're still couriering for UCF. But all around we'll courier for anyone at a moment's notice. RCN : What are M8's current goals and plans for the future? DES : We're trying to make a strong FTP trading team by getting LOADS of FTP sites with our couriers. I also want M8 to be one of top 5 courier groups in most people's opinion and to let me senior a little less and courier a little more. If I can work on organization and get more FTP sites, that'll make it all fun. Also, I just want us to HAVE FUN. RCN : In all honesty, should you have to rank M8 amongst the other courier groups, where would you place yourselves? DES : Well, M8's about fifth or sixth. RiSC is #1, DGT and AMN is #2 and #3, RTS is #4, and we're about equal with Empire. RCN : Which do you feel is stronger, your Internet division or BBS spreading division? DES : That's the easy question. INTERNET!!! BBSes are getting too old and outdated. RCN : What do you feel are M8's strengths? DES : M8's best at FTP and IRC couriering. RCN : What do you feel are M8's weaknesses? DES : Uhhh... we have to get more organized. RCN : Do you in any way feel M8 hasn't been getting the respect it deserves or is underrated? DES : Yes, I don't think people should get greedy and steal FTP sites and couriers, but that's life. These little lamers in some group last week said they could beat the whole M8 team with their 2400 baud modems which.. NO NAMES... RCN : What are some prospects you feel about the scene? DES : Well the scene's summer is gonna be lagged a bit due to FTP sites down people, me getting a life, etc. Unless you want kill your summer, the scene's summer will be slow. r c n i n t e r v i e w s ! Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Sailor Moon Subject : Moon Prism.. Power!!! Affiliation : Sailor Moon RCN : What kind of group is Sailor Moon and how did it start up? SMO : Well, we're five models from Miami, Florida. We all work in the same modeling studio and so we decided to rent an apartment between the five of us. The studio sent us a computer along with some Internet software to work with, I don't know why they sent us one, we're models, we don't really have a need for computers. All we have to do is look good in front of the camera. Anyways, Sailor Venus started messing around on IRC and we stumbled upon warez. Sailor Venus' boytoy (men are just toys meant for beautiful women to abuse) is a district manager of Egghead. So Sailor Venus started teaching him about the Internet, and soon, got us all hooked on it. We realized that Sailor Venus' boytoy could help us supply with some new warez, we decided to help out the scene, and thus, we formed Sailor Moon. RCN : Why did you name your group after yourself? SMO : I didn't. We're all big fans of the Japanese Animation "Sailor Moon : Pretty Soldier" (the North American version translated by DIC is horrible compared to the original Japanese series). Anyways, we realized that we wanted to name our group after something we liked, and I came up with the idea to start the group, so I named myself Sailor Moon, and gave my 4 roommates handles as well. RCN : I've been seeing a lot of warez released lately by your group, Sailor Moon, some of them were useless PUD files (aka WarCraft II Expansion Set : Beyond the Dark Portal), and the rest were basically kids software. SMO : We really don't care about that quality and quantity bullshit. When Sailor Venus' boyfriend gets us a release, we attach the diz/nfo and we send it via our T1. We don't have time to worry about any other bullshit. If you were living with us, you'd understand what being a model is like; we have hectic schedules everyday and we can only find time for releasing on weekends. You can look at us as a very relaxed group, we don't even have a public IRC channel. We all live together, if we want something done, I just talk to my friends. RCN : You only have one supplier I assume? Do you feel that is enough to sustain your group? What is the handle of your supplier? SMO : We haven't given him a handle yet, and we aren't planning to. You see, Sailor Moon is a girls group only. We're not looking for any more suppliers, and we're not looking for any more members. If we like someone and we think they can help the group, I'll just approach them face to face. Our modeling studio is my recruiting ground. If you're not a model, don't even bother applying. RCN : How old are the members of Sailor Moon? SMO : I'm 23, Sailor Mercury is 22, Sailor Venus is 21, Sailor Mars is 23, and Sailor Jupiter is 22. RCN : Since you didn't mention Sailor Venus' boyfriend as a member, I assume he isn't one? SMO : You're correct, we don't consider him a member, he's just a friend of ours. RCN : How have you spread your warez in the past? You have not accepted any courier applications I assume, or any applications at all? SMO : We have covert contacts with couriers from RiSC, Amnesia, and fATE. We just dcc it to them and they take care of the spreading for us. RCN : Is Sailor Moon planning on having official couriers? SMO : That bullshit? Yeah.. sure.. we don't even have time to mess with an IRC channel and you think we'll want to have official couriers? RCN : Argh.. sorry for asking. SMO : It's ok. I talked to her on the phone later that day, but could not convince her to tell me which magazines she's been in, or to send me one of her photo shoots in gif or jpg format. She sounded like a really nice person over the phone, but she sounded awfully bitchy over IRC (kind of reminds me of Winterhawk, but Winterhawk is not exactly a model). She's a model, I guess it's natural for her to act that way. r c n i n t e r v i e w s ! Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Marbz Subject : Empire Affiliation : Empire President RCN : A few months ago, you were the President of a jumpstart courier group called dCS (Designated Courier Specialists). It didnt' surprise me much that it died within a week. It lacked leadership, talent, and enthusiasm, along with many other things found in a good courier group. However, right after dCS died, I saw that you immediately became the President of another new courier group, Empire. Empire has not only outlived the one week group stage, but it's survived for months now and is showing its presence in the scene. How'd you do it Marbz? MAR : dCS was more of a learning experience for me and for most of my members, from that experience I met some good traders and got more insight on how to run shit. Then I decided to do it right this second time with Empire and now here I am. RCN : So one day, you were running dCS, and then you said to yourself, "I'm not doing this right", and the very next day, you came up with.. Empire? That's how your groups evolved? It must have been more than a one day thing. MAR : Haha.. no it took me a few weeks to realize dCS was going downhill. I just thought some things over and tried to work some shit out. But when it came down to it, I really didnt have the members nor the leadership I needed to keep it together. So I talked to some of the guys I thought were doing a good job and who knew what they were doing, and we decided to form Empire. RCN : So not everyone from dCS made it to Empire, you had to do some "CUTTING" hey? You felt that dCS was going downhill and that you didn't have the leadership? So you LACKED leadership qualities while you were the President of dCS, how then, did you suddenly develop your skills, or did you start Empire with a friend, and he provided the needed leadership, and thus, deserves the real credit for making Empire what it is today, a very strong upcoming courier group. MAR : Not everyone from dCS made it to Empire. In fact only a few did. The mistake I made with dCS was that I was too easy in letting members in. I didn't check up on them. I didn't even put them on trial. The other major thing that didn't happen was my seniors. They were just plain lazy and never helped out. So I just started talking to some other leaders and shit and picked up pointers here and there. RCN : Yes, I can tell you've improved a lot just by looking at your Empire NFO, I can see some very big names. Our readers, some of who will some day run their own groups, would like to know, how you recruited such big names. For example, how'd you recruit "Arch Magi", who runs a 13 node ISDN board (ex-Razor 1911 Courier HQ, ex-Legacy World HQ). Also, how'd you recruit "Mike and Dave" one of the BEST long distance bluebox couriers from Holland? MAR : Well, mainly just by being in the scene and meeting new people. That's all you can really do in order to start getting familiar with the scene and how it works. RCN : How would you rate Empire compared to the big groups such as RiSC, Amnesia, Digital, and fATE? A lot of people are starting to consider Empire one of the top courier groups? How has Empire been successful in the scene compared to the other groups? MAR : I don't feel that Empire is ready to compete to its full potential. RiSC has been in the scene for some time and their leaders know what they are doing and have the experience. Empire isn't mature enought YET. They've been around the block and they know what they are doing. I don't really know a lot about Amnesia but they look to me like they know what the fuck they are doing. In this point in time I don't feel that Empire has the experience to compete against them but in the long run, we'll make it up to their status. RCN : Well, at least you're being honest, but you forgot to mention about fATE and Digital? MAR : I'd rather not please. RCN : How many private FTP sites do Empire members have access to? MAR : We currently have 4 private FTP sites. RCN : Many courier groups have sites which are run through connections through their college. And thus, many courier groups take a big hit when summer time rolls along and all the college linked sites go down, will summer time have a big effect for Empire? MAR : Yes, Empire will be losing 2 sites because of it and those 2 sites are run by some of our best members. Yes, it will definitely effect us. RCN : Is Empire official couriers for any release groups? MAR : We have had oppurtunites to become official for some very large groups but have not taken up on the offer. RCN : Which groups? MAR : I cannot say. RCN : Why did you not take up their offers? MAR : Well, for one thing they weren't very organised. They could release, but I could tell that they were not as active as they were a few years back. RCN : Since Empire is not officials for anyone, do you find it hard to find stuff to tag? Do you guys tag at all, double tag, or strip tag? MAR : We will NEVER double or strip tag because theres no point in doing that. But yes, we do tag if we find a new warez that's not been tagged. Since most of our traders are in other release groups we can get a release the minute it's released. RCN : Do you courier warez that's been tagged by Empire? or do you guys still courier anything and everything regardless of who tagged it? MAR : Yes, we trade all warez. If they are tagged we don't tag them. We just kindly pass the warez along. r c n i n t e r v i e w s ! Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : The Wicked One Subject : MindCrash??? Uh... Affiliation : DMT President RCN : A few months ago, you were once the president of top-notch courier group known as MC (MindCrash). However, it died mysteriously and many are not aware of your new ventures. But before we get to your new group, let's go through how MC died? TWO : MC got to be so big and out of hand that trouble was erupting everywhere. I had to leave the scene for a period due to having to get other things straightened out. When I left, I put Avoozl in charge (Avoozl had left the group before due to outside problems). Many people thought my vice-president, Blitzkrieg should have been put in charge, and the only reason I did not leave him in charge was that I could talk to Avoozl voice every day and in that way, still semi-run the group. People started saying that maybe Blitzkrieg should start his own group, which he did, called IMP (Impulse). RCN : Did you know beforehand that Blitzkrieg was planning to start his own courier group? TWO : Yes. Knowing beforehand what was going to happen, Avoozl and I decided to just abandon the MC name altogether and start fresh with something new. Blitzkrieg's group quickly merged into DGT (Digital). We took the main ideal of quality and offered MC's best couriers a spot in the new group. RCN : What is the name of your new group? TWO : We call ourselves DMT (DarkMoon Traders). RCN : How many members are there in DMT? TWO : DMT is currently consisted of about 20 members. Of the 20 members, 7 are site operators. RCN : When your new group started up, did you invite all your old MC members, or only some? If you invited only some, did you invite Blitzkrieg and Devast into DMT? Blitzkrieg and Devast are currently DGT leaders, who were both ex-MC. TWO : I only invited the top members of MC. Only 3 of the people who were invited did not come with me. I did not invite Blitzkrieg because he was heavy into making his new group. Devast was kicked out of MC a long time ago and he has never forgotten it, so I did not think it would be a good idea to make him a part of DMT. RCN : Who were the 3 people who rejected your proposal? TWO : The 3 people who rejected my proposal were, Swamper who is now in Digital, Tutt who is now in.. I have no clue, and Chrome who is now in Motiv8. RCN : You mentioned to me earlier that your group works underground, why have you kept DMT's presence underground? Will it not make it harder for good couriers and site operators to apply for the group? TWO : Yes, it is very hard to get in touch with DMT. If they're good enough, they'll find us. The reason we decided to keep it underground is that it keeps our members hidden from federal agents. It gives an added element of security. Besides, we aren't into egos and we're all past that bullshit. We don't need people to TELL us we're good, we KNOW we're good. RCN : So you guys don't even have an NFO? TWO : Our NFO file only has an email address where you can reach us, and a little information about the group at the bottom. RCN : Since DMT is so underground, how would someone apply? TWO : To get in touch with DMT, just email changj@webe.hooked.net. RCN : If you look at DMT in it's current status, do you think it's reached the level MC reached during its peak a few months back? Do you believe you'll be able to repeat the magic twice? TWO : DMT lacks the numbers of MC, but the quality of the couriers is much better overall. There is no question as to what everyone's purpose is in the group, and with time DMT will easily become better than MC ever was. I don't know if I can repeat magic, but I'm still the same person, I just work a little more efficiently, and have more top-notch couriers to work with. RCN : Even though DMT is underground, have you guys attempted to recruit official release groups to courier for? TWO : We attempted to recruit Fierce at one time, but Fierce chose DGT. RCN : Have you encountered any problems with old MC members while starting DMT? TWO : There have hardly been any problems at all. It's been an easy transition, our members are so dedicated I must give all credit to them. RCN : There are groups such as Everlast that have gone underground and many consider that they're at least as good as RiSC if not better, which only goes to show that an underground group is by far NOT handicapped because it is underground. Do you feel that DMT will be considered in competition in the same manner as Everlast is to the rest of the scene? TWO : Everlast is made up of guys who stick together and are a team much like DMT. They let the work they do speak for themselves, as do we. r c n i n t e r v i e w s ! Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Imperial Subject : PTA Beeeaaaach!!! Affiliation : PTA President RCN : PTA (Power Trading Arsenal) Couriers have been around for a few weeks now, and has started to show its presence in the couriering scene, where did it spawn from? Why did you decide to create PTA? IMP : I started by joining DiC (Domination In Couriering). I became a small BBS Courier for them. Then Blackened (President of DiC) killed DiC and joined fATE, I was left with no group to courier for. I then heard that one of the vice-presidents of DiC was in the process of creating a new courier group called FCC (First Class Couriering). I became the art coordinator for FCC and soon became FCC's general coordinator. FCC then changed its name to SMC (Smooth Moving Couriers). One day, the President of FCC told me that he no longer had the time to run the group, so I took over the group, and within a week, I changed its name to PTA since SMC was already in use. RCN : There are already tons of couriering groups out there, what makes PTA different? How wil it stand out from the rest? IMP : We will stand out from the rest because all our couriers are dedicated. We have worked EXTREMELY hard to get to where we are at. We don't double or strip tag, and our group is made up of a circle of friends. We have come to trust one another. We are all dedicated to our job immensely. RCN : Through that trust, have you encountred any problems running the group or in getting people to improve in their couriering abilities? What happens when someone slacks off and gets lazy? Will you kick a FRIEND out of your group, or is he allowed to take leave when needed? IMP : Well, if a member gets lazy, which a few have, we will give them time to make a comeback. If they don't put in any effort, I will personally talk with the member, find out the problems and we will make an agreement. Either they agree to go down a position or work harder. RCN : That is a very good method. How many members are there in PTA? IMP : We have approximately 35 members. RCN : How many Private FTP sites are run by PTA? IMP : We currently have access to 2 private FTP sites. RCN : Many courier groups enter a slump during the summer because they're site operators who have to leave their college during the summer break, will that have an effect on any of PTA's sites? IMP : It may have an effect on 1 site, but we will most likely have a new one soon so we will always have the same ammount of stable sites until school is back, then we will have all 3 together once more. RCN : You are a very new leader since you have not had anyone to learn leadership skills from. You were in a group called DiC which died in a matter of weeks, do you feel that PTA might turn out to be a group with no potential as the weeks roll by? What are your future plans for PTA? IMP : I've always been a good leader. I run a really successfull art group that does work for 613/819 area. We are the dominating artists of that area. I feel that we have a lot of potential. I try not to make any bad mistakes, and I haven't made any bad mistakes so far. I think before I act, and I'm a nice guy. I don't get pissed off at people for nothing. I am friends with a lot of presidents around the scene. My plans for PTA is to become feared by other courier groups. I want PTA to become widely known. I want newbies to look up to PTA like how many look up to RiSC and fATE. RCN : Great, so your main goal in the scene is to become well known, do you feel that as your group does gain it's deserved respect, that your group trust might fall apart since members might be striving toward selfishness and ego trips? IMP : I don't think many other courier groups respect us yet. The trust won't fall apart because were all friends. Anyone that's gets off on an ego trip will be approached, and given a little reality check (no pun intended). If they don't realize what they're doing, then the other seniors and I talk it over with them. I work with each and every member personally, some presidents I know don't even know half his members. I want total control over my group. I want to keep it on track. RCN : Is there a central message that you'd like to inform the scene concerning PTA? IMP : I'd like to say that PTA is not a group of '3L1T3 Pricks'. I'd also like to thank Locutous. He's been one of the best members I've ever worked with. He's helped the group a lot and is greatly appreciated. r c n i n t e r v i e w s ! Reporter : Super Hacker Interviewee : Incarnate Subject : RCN/Road Rebel Affiliation : Ex-ROR Senior RCN : What is your opinion of RCN as an E-Zine group? INC : Well, I think it has done well in the past. But, it's reputation was basically ruined because of the incident. RCN : "The Incident"? Can you explain what you mean by the incident? INC : To make a long story short. Wave Rider had a disagreement with Road Rebel over the supply of a certain program to Legacy Entertainment, and RoadRebel called up a beta tester for that company and "Narqed" on WaveRider, and well, The rest is history. RCN : Do you feel RCN has potential as an E-Zine group? INC : Not now, RCN will only have potential if it drops Road Rebel immediately and in turn recruits someone more productive such as Entropy. RCN : Do you have anything personal against Road Rebel? INC : Yes, I do. Wave Rider is a friend of mine and he suffered just because Road Rebel wanted to be an ASSHOLE, he took it WAY TOO FAR. RCN : What trouble did Wave Rider get into? INC : No comment. RCN : Would you read RCN magazine even though Road Rebel is still in the group? INC : No, I would not. And I'm going to spread the word as far as possible to tell people not to spread it on any boards or on any FTP sites. RCN : If Road Rebel wasn't a part of RCN, would you be a regular reader of RCN? INC : Probably. People such as Road Rebel should be dragged out into the street and shot. This damn box in front of me is supposed to used for FUN. It wasn't made so some asshole could get you in deep trouble. Dear Incarnate, Not only are you not aware of the whole story of which you so self-righteously call "The Incident", you also take it upon yourself to rack on a very special friend of mine, ROAD REBEL. Neither I nor Hitex would give a care in the world whether or not Road Rebel's membership does effect RCN's reputation. Road Rebel is a part of RCN, and he's staying a part of RCN, whether you like it or not... - Rebel Chicken [RCN Editor] *PS* The whole story behind "The Incident" will be carefully reviewed in next week's issue. r c n i n t e r v i e w s ! Reporter : Super Hacker Interviewee : Univers Subject : ME Scared?? FOOEY!!! Affiliation : n/a RCN : Who are you and how long have you being in the scene? UNI : I was the President of AOF (Arsenists on Fire). I was also a member of DMN (Demolition), ROR (Release on Rampage), and MTY (Mortality). I've been in the scene for about 2 years now but I was kicked in November of 1995. RCN : I see you were the President of a group that actually lasted longer than 2 months, a group that actually released a few worth while games and utils. Why did you leave AOF? UNI : I didn't actually want to leave AOF, I was "forced" to resign. RCN : Why were you forced to resign and by whom? UNI : Well, I was forced to leave because Tha Stuff, Demon, and Skyscraper said that I was an immature President and that I can't run a group. AOF was a releasing group, we released a few releases and a release that DOD duped. We had a lot of really talented suppliers, a few from Borland and Microsoft. Skyscraper said that I could stay and supply for them, but I thought about it, from being a President to being a supplier, it was not a good deal. A month after my forced resignation, I saw that it had merged into COPS, BLAH! RCN : What is your current opinion on COPS? There are serveral members stating that "COPS is lame and they have to get their shit together." UNI : I think that COPS can be "okay" if they put their shit together, like you said, and I don't think that they are very organized, especially not if they release shit like BLAKE STONE, a program from 1993 with an engine similar to Wolfenstine 3D. RCN : When you were forced to resign as President of AOF, did you just leave? After all, you were the President, you should have at least had some power in the way things got done. Was there a lack of leadership from your part, or were there power struggles between seniors and members, or was there just a lot of the same old ego bullshit? UNI : Well, I didn't feel like having a fight with Tha Stuff, I thought he deserved a little bit more power, so I made him vice-president, I think he got a little carried away with "power". RCN : Do you regret leaving AOF? UNI : I don't regret leaving AOF, I think that I learned a lot from leaving. RCN : What groups are you currently affiliated with? UNI : I am not affiliated as of yet. RCN : "As of yet"? I see that you are getting back into the scene soon then? What are your future plans? UNI : I think I might try to join a highly respected releasing group, or maybe getting a FTP site and then joining PWA or DOD. RCN : Are you comfortable coming back into the scene? Do you feel that Tha Stuff, Demon, or Skyscraper might bug you or harass you in any way? UNI : Hehehe, I ain't scared SHIT of Tha Stuff, Demon, Skyscraper, or anyone else. Just one little extra comment, Revolution-X should merge into COPS, that way, both groups can be lame together. r c n a r t i c l e s ! Author : Tuxedo Mask Subject : MALiCE Downfall The following is a logfile of the happenings in channel #Malice shortly after the group suffered it's greatest lost this year : Session Start : Thu May 23 15:54:03 1996 Why did Winterhawk kick me??? Winterhawk, LeoDLion, High Lander, and Cyberian Tiger quit MAliCE. What??? I guess its a plus they left the group, now I am getting credits on on LA and BBX. You lamers... I am dissing Bluewater on this upload! Woohoo!!! Digital Vampire, send it to me so I can upload too. Wait, I am not on IRC with my shell account, I'm on BBX with my shell account. I *WOULD* be couriering to MALiCE FTP sites, but I'm not on ANY :) Can someone send me the IPs LA, CRC, and Enigma so I can check if Winterhawk put me on those FTP sites. Haha Frost!!! Yeah right, if anyone gives out the IPs to those sites without permission gets deleted and nuked. I will not give out the IPs to my mother. Who the hell should I ask now that Winterhawk is gone? Pray to God and cross your fingers... Tell me Digital Vampire, who the hell would want to join a group that only has one FTP site? It's not about FTP sites. It's about trading. Welcome to independence boys and girls. We just lost half our council. Only half? Ranik shut up!!! Digital Vampire, NO. Things ain't looking good... If all of you gave one fucking shit about the group, give me a week to fix things. Where the hell is everyone? Deathwind, the group is split and fucked up. They all quit. Now I see Digital Vampire trying to take over and run MALiCE. Ranik, I kindly asked that you give me a week. Head Hunter, that's correct. Haaaaa!!! Head Hunter just wants the group to die! What a fucking asshole!!! I try to do something and the punk ass bitches kick me. I don't want the group to die. I want Dorian Hawkmoon and Jake the Snake to fix things. I fucking GIVE UP. *** DigiVamp (digi-v@L82.borg.com) has left channel #Malice Good, he should have left the group sooner, then this wouldn't have happened. Anything good happen today? Digital Vampire quit, that's the only good I saw. *** DigiVamp (digi-v@L82.borg.com) has joined channel #Malice Mr. "Give me a week to fix things" is back. Fuck you Head Hunter!!! You're a fucking asshole!!! What the fuck happend to this group! Nothing has happend to the group. Some decided it best to move on. Iron Steel, wake up! With out Winterhawk, LeoDLion, High Lander, and Cyberian Tiger, this group is shit! I've given up trying to help MALiCE. I can't do anything with pessimists like Head Hunter. *** Wintrhwk (madonia@madonia.inlink.com) has joined channel #Malice Look, no particular person has made me quit. Look, you can all move forward. It would be a shame to loose a group over FTP sites. Digital Vampire, it's attitude. Digital Vampire, no one gives a shit about you and your raggy ass. You piece of shit, go find a different group to try and take over. Another group, as in Pirates with Attitudes? Head Hunter, you are just mad because I want to make something of MALiCE and you want to see it die. I dont want to take over the group, I NEVER said that nor would I ever do that. I'm mad because I know what kind of shit you really are. I am willing to do my part to HELP. I have wanted to leave for quite a bit, I have been unhappy in general. LeoDLion and I are constantly fighting for an entire group and the strain has become unbearable. Dorian, Jake the Snake and Master Hacker are still running this group. LeoDLion and I are independent right now, but that does not mean we will stay independent. I am not againint MALiCE nor anyone here. I would help any of you in the future however I can, but LeoDLion and I deserved a lot more respect than what we were getting. Agreed. People leave groups. MALiCE survived a big break up in February. It will survive once more. Good luck to you all. You guys just LOST 4 of the hardest working people and most loyal people and it doesn't seem like anyone of you realize that yet. We lost them because they left. I'm not in here to suck dick so people decide to stay. Iron Steel, you lost them cause they were the only ones doing shit for the group. I love Maggie, Winterhawk, like a sister. I don't know the rest of the people who left very well. Neither you nor I could have kept them from leaving... Head Hunter has a point Iron Steel. Hey I run a BBS and do my part moving files in the 407 area code. Don't give me that shit. They put in 16 hours a day for MALiCE. Face it MALiCE fucked up. Anyways, like I give a shit. I just wanted to voice my opinions, something I'm great at doing. They didn't leave just because of today. They left because they were tired of busting their asses for MALiCE and people where just bitching at them all the time. Well some can be leaders, and some can't. What can I say Master Hacker? This is all supposed to be fun. BULLSHIT Iron Steel, they worked their asses off and got no credit for it. Master Hacker, I hope you saw Digital Vampire's attempt to take over the group. Iron Steel get this straight, they were MALiCE, and without them, the group is now nothing. This shit is really starting to suck. I don't know shit about running a group, and I don't really give a fuck, but I sure know that there's been enough fighting in this fucking channel today, so why can't you guys just shut up for a while? I wish we could just somehow fix things. I don't like this at all. Session Close : Thu May 23 16:39:18 1996 he group has gone through a lot of troubles in the past, but by far, this is the biggest hurdle it has yet faced. As mentioned in the log by Winterhawk, Dorian Hawkmoon and Jake the Snake, the leaders of MALiCE are still with the group, and still in charge. However, the majority of the group does not share in her optimism. r c n a r t i c l e s ! Author : Tuxedo Mask Subject : Drapper *BUSTED* On Sunday, May 19th, RCN issue #14 was released on channel #RCN at approximately 9 pm Eastern Standard Time. Included in every issue of RCN is a Warez-IQ test, and on this particular test, there included a question as follows : Drapper runs a FTP site from this well known college/university : [ ] A. University of California Berkeley [ ] B. Diablo Valley College [ ] C. Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges [ ] D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology The correct answer to the above question is "D". Drapper informed RCN at 1:30 am of the next day that his FTP site called "The Temple" was *BUSTED* by MIT personnel as a result of RCN's quiz question. In theory, if what Drapper said was true, then it is safe to say that within a timespan of 4 hours, the MIT personnel downloaded RCN issue #14, read the Warez-IQ Questions, and in shock, got a warrant to *BUST* Drapper's FTP site. It is also safe to assume that if Drapper's story was true, then the MIT personnel considers the information found in RCN to be quite accurate, and accurate enough that they would bust someone without consulting other possible references. Not only that, the MIT personnel would have to had bust Drapper sometime between 9pm and 1:30am on a Sunday night. In reality, none of what Drapper said occurred. He was not busted, and if his FTP site, "The Temple", was not operative during the week, it's only because he took it down of his onw accord in a pathetic attempt of winning people's sympathy. Fortunately, people are smart enough not to believe in his recently concocted story. The following is a log file where Drapper is seen in channel #RCN threatening to libel against RCN's reputation : Session Start : Mon May 20 01:30:55 1996 I am going to post everywhere that the RCN editors, Hitex and Rebel Chicken, are narcs. And I am sure that people are more inclined to trust a FTP site operator that has just been busted rather than two lame RCN editors. Drapper, from what I've heard, you had other FTP site bust problems even before RCN released issue #14. The fact that I had deleted both Hitex and Rebel Chicken from my FTP site must have pissed them off and driven them to narc on me. Drapper, let's just say this much, if you do start posting those messages, then you're just going to end up looking stupid. Some people are gullible, but most are not insane enough to believe your story. Drapper, so MIT went over to your dorm at 12am in the morning because they read RCN? If you just got busted, what are you doing here chatting with me? Wouldn't they arrest you or something? Road Rebel, everyone will learn that the RCN editors are narcs. Hahhaha.. That's all I have to say. Coolness! I guess MIT respects the Warez-IQ section of RCN so much that they consider it evidence to bust their students who run pirate FTP sites. Drapper, I don't even care about getting on FTP sites. I'm glad MIT security is so fast at getting RCN, it must have spread really fast then, hey? I wonder how the MIT guys did at the quiz? Yes, there must be a MIT "read warez magazine to get information" security officer awake 24 hours a day on alert for information they could use to bust their students. Wow, an RCN quiz is as good as evidence or a warrant. Maybe I should write an article saying OJ Simpson is guilty. You think they'll put him on trial again? They can't, double jeopardy prevents being tried for the crime twice. Hahaha... Not only that, there are 3 other sites on MIT, why would they look after you first? They would have to be quite witty at that. *** Drapper (uknown@MILLY.MIT.EDU) has left #RCN Drapper, if your FTP site went down, it's because you were a sloppy FTP site operator, not because of the Warez-IQ question found in RCN issue #14. Drapper, you also told me once a few months back that you got busted when you just didn't want me on your FTP site. Your FTP site was quite up, but let's assume that you were telling the truth, and that it WAS busted a few months prior, you've obviously fucked up before. Guys, Drapper left. Drapper, not to mention that if they did catch you again today, that it would be a second offense, which means that you'll most likely be expelled from MIT. Oh :-) Session Close : Mon May 20 01:40:47 1996 Let's assume for a minute that Drapper did get busted in such a short period of time. According to Hitex, this would have been his SECOND offence, and as a result, he would unequivocably be expelled from MIT. Since Drapper is not a U.S. citizen and is only living in the U.S. through a student visa, it would not be far fetched to assume that he has most likely also been deported out of the U.S. and back to Greece, where he went to high school before attending MIT as a freshman. Since he won't be living in the U.S. anymore, if you do happen to bump into him on IRC, he will no longer be running a FTP site, and his email address would no longer look anything like this : *** Drapper (uknown@MILLY.MIT.EDU) has left #USA bust instead, it should read something like this : *** Drapper (ex-MIT@greece.GR) has joined #Greece Let's all take a minute to give Drapper a farewell goodbye. RCN apologizes for causing the bust of his FTP site "The Temple". Hope you like it in Greece buddy!!! See ya!!! r c n a r t i c l e s ! Author : Defender Zeta Subject : Pirate Boot Camp This article is for all the newbie traders out there who would like to jump to the next level in the scene but don't know what to do once they get into a group. Thise article was written to help beginners learn some of the tricks that more experienced couriers know. Most traders learn this stuff from trial and error or with the help of an older trader who acts as a tutor. I have to take the time now to thank Ratz Blood and Ratphour for teaching me the ins and outs of the scene. I would still be a #Fatefiles whore if it were not for them. Let's begin :) BBS (Bulletin Board Service) Way back when the scene was not on the Internet, couriers were the people who couriered warez from a HQ BBS to the distro sites. Some phreaked the long distance, others carded the long distance. I don't encourage carding since it is not only dangerous, but it could easily get a newbie busted. Phreaking is no longer used. The best strategy for a courier who wishes to mark his or her place in the scene would be to get a local distro site for some courier group to sponsor you into the group. Have the system operator bitch out a senior until he gives you a chance. Get access to the leech sites and start and downloading and and uploading. It's pretty simple. BBS couriers on big BBSes where the competition is stiff usually get a big hard drive quota on their shell account. Don't PPP download, FTP site operators hate it, plus there's always the problem of having the FTP site going down for a few minutes right before your transfer is finished. A quota of about 80 - 130 megs will do you fine if you're expecting some competition on the BBS. When you download from your shell (using the 'sz' command at your prompt... 'sz *.zip') go and have a life. Keep keep track of when the download should be done. When you upload to a popular BBS you can expect that some of the files you leeched will already be on the BBS. The key to getting on the top ten is for you to upload a lot of crap. Upload anything any everything you can get your hands on. Most system operators don't even bother to look at whats being uploaded (I've uploaded a Crayola Coloring Book once, blah, nuff said). If your Internet provider is a bit expensive there is a second trick to getting files. Just get a plain account at your ISP and PPP telnet to another server using a hacked account with a huge quota (Netcom seems to be the most popular) and fill up that shell. Then PPP leech it at your convience. The transfer rates are a bit slower, but it's a lot cheaper. I don't encourage this, but it works. BBS couriers usually have one advantage that FTP couriers don't have. They get a ratio. After about 6 months of uploading, you should have about 5 gigs of credit. With that, you can just sit back and leech for eternity. BBS couriering is a low stress and high profile job (depending on the BBS) that allows you to leech some fast stuff. This is a good place for many couriers with a fast 33.6 modem and 200+ megs free on their HD to start at. If you can't figure out how to find a person to apply for a group, your best bet would be to talk to the system operator of the BBS you're planning to courier for, or you could sit on IRC and beg for invites into a channel. IRC (Internet Relay Chat) Go into #Exceed, #M8leech, #THCfiles, or any of a zillion offer channel where you see those Lame-DCC and 31337-DCC guys. Offering on IRC takes no talent and I do not even consider it real couriering. However, as IRC becomes more important to the scene and people flood onto IRC. It might well become the new battle ground for groups when t3 PPP connects become available in your own home 20 years from now. A lot of groups have their IRC couriers spreading the group name and their presence among other lesser groups. The better groups don't usually bother with offering since they focus on boards and sites. DCC offering is a snap. At your IRC prompt type '/xdcc offer' and hit enter. Then give the file names you wanna offer and then put in a description. When you want the channel to see your harvest of goodies type '/plist'. I recommend the Venom.IRC and Phoenix.IRC scripts for offering. Some people have been using the aDCC commands of LiCE script lately. Use whatever script looks nice to you. Set your minimum speed that you want to transfer at with '/xdcc minspeed'. This way you can avoid some PPP whore leeching from you for hours at slow rates. A minimum speed of 2 to 3 kbs should be enough to keep the PPP and slow shell people out. The only danger to IRC couriering is Chris Carter. He is Narq extraordinaire. He likes to hang out in #Exceed and the #WarezX channels. Don't be surprised if you ISP admin tells you that the FBI is after you or something. Chris Carter makes himself out to be a agent of some law organization, but in reality he is only a lamer who sits down at his computer and masturbates off of shareware. Tell your IRC administrator that the man who mailed them is not an agent, he has no jurisdiction, and that as a paying customer you would appreciate some privacy. Most administrators give you a slap on the wrist and don't care. One of my former administrators actually gave me a higher quota cause he knew I was a trader (you'd be suprised how many ISPs have a secret warez drive). Chris Carter has no power and he cannot do anything to you. To avoid him you can use cracked shell accounts and offer from those. I've been Chris Cartered about 7 times in my career and only one administrator freaked out. If your administrator is actually suprised that pirates are the ones with the big HD quota, it's probabally time to find a new ISP. IRC offering is an easy and simple way for small groups without FTP sites to move tagged files to the public. It's not hard, and thus, has little glory in it. I would like to thank Method Man who taught me everything about scripts I know. He's such a freak that he even runs his own client. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) If you enjoy instant satisfaction and like having something about 5 minutes before the rest of the scene, then FTP couriering is for you. FTP couriering is either easy or hard depending on the sites you have access to. If you put RiSC against fATE it would be a slaughter because RiSC has a better FTP team and has some of the best sites on the planet. I would suggest that a FTP courier gain access to at least 2 to 3 super fast FTP sites and maybe 2 to 4 slower FTP sites where you can dominate. The trick is to get on as many FTP sites as you can at first and then work on getting onto the quality FTP sites. For maximum output, you should have about 6 screens going at once and idling on the better sites. Type 'ls' every minute so you don't time out. Some FTP Couriers have scripts that do it automatically. FTP couriering on fast sites can be stressful after sitting at your terminal for about 5 hours and looking at FTP sites to see if anything has come in the last few minutes. A FTP courier must be on IRC and aware of group releases by paying attention to the sites all the time. You have a window of about 5 minutes or less before it hits the super fast FTP sites. It takes about 20 minutes for it hits the slower sites. After about 2 to 3 hours it's releasedd all over IRC and is offered in #exceed. Software pirates have one of the greatist non-profit orginizations on the planet. We can release something and it hits the whole world within 3 hours. FTP couriers usually use ncftp. Type 'ncftp' at your unix prompt. Type 'open -u -p xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx xxxx' the -u means that it is not an anonymous login and the -p means that there is a port (if there isn't one, don't type -p). Once you get onto a FTP site, you will see that the directories are listed according to date. If today was 11/06/95, I'd go to the 1106 dir. Inside that directory I would see a ton of warez. Each release is in its own directory that either looks like 'lotus.notes.for.crap.blah'. You will usually see the full title or at least enough so you could figgure out what it is. Some groups like fATE do lame junk like adding their groups name to the dir name 'fate-lamers.on.parade.full.cd.rip'. I don't encourage this since better FTP couriers frown on it as a form of lame bragging. Most don't care what groups you are in. They are only interested in the files. To get the files onto your shell you type 'mget *.zip'. To upload your new goodies type 'mput filename*' to put multiple files from your shell to the FTP site. Remeber to use ncftp, the mput and mget commands will not work if you type 'ftp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx' in your shell. When lamers type 'what' in the shell they can see the site numbers when you 'ftp xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx' and they might try to hack you. When running ncftp, all they will see is that little 'ncftp' flag. FTP couriering is a quick way to get some warez and glory for your group. Board couriers are a dime a dozen, a few good FTP couriers can make or break a group. I would like to thank Ratz Blood and Weed who helped me when I was a little baby FTP courier. Telnet There are a few telnet boards now adays, but this might change in the future. Only traders with experience and who are known usually get access to the good telnet boards. The basic tool for telnet couriering is Ztel. It allows you to upload using Zmodem. To compile ztel.c on linux and/or Sun/OS, type 'gcc -o ztel ztel.c'. If you have any problems just ask your ISP administrator (Ztel is is freeware). Once your Ztel is compiled type '/home/path/ztel xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx xxxx'. To upload, go through the normal upload procedure and wait for the Zmodem string. Type 'control-a' then let go, then tap 'u'. It will ask for file names or processes. Type '*.zip' or whatever you want to upload. Ztel will download automatically if you want to leech some SNES games from Euro boards. Here's where it gets a bit tricky. To use screen and ztel together (screen allows you to multitask in your shell) you must type this when you initialize your screen 'screen -e ^Tt'. I would like to thank Superior Force and Fortune for helping me learn how to use Ztel and screen together. r c n a r t i c l e s ! Author : Instant Rage Subject : Napalm FUCKS Up.. Lately, it seems that Napalm is dominating the games scene, with their pure abundance of releases, not to mention the speed at which they release them. There is one problem though, and we see it almost every time there is a Napalm release. Napalm can't release a single thing without some kind of problem with the game. We all know about Napalm's little problem, and we have all complained about it at one time or another, but this article is not to complain about Napalm, it's to congratulate them. Napalm has gotten so good at fixing problems, it seems that there is a seperate 'fix' for every game they release. Napalm is such an EXTREMELY FAST releasing group, they almost always miss a problem with the game the first time round. I criticized them for this before, and now they have perfected the art of releasing. In other words, they still release the game fast, and THEN they fix it, once everyone has it. It's a great strategy, and because of it, you see Napalm outrunning vetran groups such as Razor 1911 and Hybrid through sheer SPEED. What's more, it seems that lately, Napalm has gotten good at covering ass, big time. You see, in the not so long ago release of Lemmings Paintball, which was released by Hybrid, there was a CD check that for some reason Hybrid failed to find. The most surprising part though, was that Napalm almost instantly released a fix for Hybrid's mess, just like they do for their own releases. If you ask me, Napalm is trying to prove themselves, and they are doing a VERY good job, don't you think? r c n a r t i c l e s ! Author : Kang Subject : Macintosh Takeover??? On Wednesday, May 22, channel #Warez666 was taken over. It looked like a pretty nice takeover from what I could see. The takeover was planned beforehand with extreme care. The people who took over the channel setup bots which changed handles every 5 seconds, in order to avoid being flooded. What made it even more strange was that these people who took over the channel have never before been seen in the warez scene. Beware, if you run a channel for a group or for private use, you might be the next one to feel their takeover wrath. The following is a series of log files from the scene of the takeover : Session Start : Wed May 22 22:18:20 1996 Who are you? I'm the new owner of #Warez666. Where are you guys from? We are Macintosh users that hate channels run from Windows. Are you kidding? Why would I lie? Actually, the channel bots ran under Unix. Can I have ops? No, I know you are cool with the old owners of #Warez666. I am surprised your Macintosh hasn't frozen yet. Watch your ass. You know, the old owners WILL get the channel back. My bet is that it will be very soon. Shut up now, or I will boot your ass and ban you. So fuck off. Go ahead, the old owners will have the channel back in no time. Session Close: Wed May 22 22:45:00 1996 Session Start: Wed May 22 22:45:29 1996 If I had time I would get the channel back. How did the takeover occur? They spoofed Pickels' IP who was a #Warez666 operator. Where are these takeover freaks from? I have no idea. Session Close : Wed May 22 22:58:19 1996 Session Start : Wed May 22 22:27:10 1996 I used to be a #Warez666 channel operator, but we got taken over. We didn't hold the channel that long for nothing. We'll be back. Are you guys going to relocate to a different channel? I don't think so. We are powerful. We'll take the channel back. Are you guys secretly planning a takeover and retaliation? No. Why not? How are you guys going to get the channel back? I don't know. Session Close: Wed May 22 22:58:20 1996 I spoke with Spawn666 who is a fellow THC (The Hardened Criminals) member and a #Warez666 operator. I was informed that the old #Warez666 operators were not planning to take back the channel. They were just idling, waiting for the new operators to make a mistake. An hour after the take over, the new operators started to ping timeout one after the other. The new operators kicked nearly everyone out of the channel and set it to +i. When the bot ping timed out, the old operators flooded the others off and took the channel. It was only a matter of hours before the channel was taken back. You might say, "Who cares? It's like a fly on an elephants ass." But the point is that no matter how elite you may be, everyone screws up sometimes. None of the #Warez666 ops wanted to talk after the fact. The Trader, from fATE (Fast Action Trade Exchange), informed me later that day that the takeover was due to Pickels having been spoofed by a Macintosh user. #Warez666 is a good channel once more, owned by IBM elites. r c n a r t i c l e s ! Author : Tuxedo Mask Subject : Tai Pan *BUSTED* The following is an excerpt from the letter spread by the late Tai Pan on May 19, 1996 : As of today my role as a courier for ROR (Release on Rampage), RTS (Request to Send), and MTY (Mortality) has been cut short. Since February, I have been making long distance calls using extrapolated credit card numbers (fake). In May, AT&T finally caught on and backbilled me for about $1000. My parents were not too pleased with this and since it was the second time I was caught, decided to revoke my online access. My data line, Internet provider, CompuServe account, and shell account have all been cancelled and my modem will be taken out of my computer in 3 hours. The moral of this story is DON'T CARD! Since everyone knows that option is ridiculous at least be careful. But seriously, try and trade (like Stingray6) from your office. They pick up the bill and it's LEGAL. It has been fun everyone! I'll be around on TAR, PC, and 666-KILL for those who want to leave me a message. However, I won't trade anymore unless I can find a way to do it outside my house. I shall return to the scene in about a year when I'm in college. So until then, keep on trading and keep the scene alive! Signed, Tai Pan What can I say? Tai Pan, the scene will miss you.. your tenacity is admired by us all.. you just keep coming back bust after bust like a pirate energizer bunny. See you next year! r c n a r t i c l e s ! Author : Tuxedo Mask Subject : DVD (Digital Video Discs) DVD players will make their debuts as movie playback machines and recordable DVD-ROM drives for PCs. A technology as new as DVD is typically too expensive to be of interest to console manufacturers such as Nintendo and Sega, but all the major PC manufacturers are watching DVD's approach with varying degrees of interest. Support for DVD from the dedicated game machine manufacturers, however, is not entirely enthusiastic, and is sure to change the warez scene in the future. Shortly after the DVD movie player hits the market, the first DVD-ROM drives will ship for the PC. Initially, these drives are expected to retail for somewhere between $400 and $600. With a storage capacity of 4.7 gigabytes (versus CD-ROMs which hold 0.65 gigabytes) and vastly increased data transfer rates, the DVD-ROM will offer developers the chance to produce titles with broadcast-quality video and surround-sound audio. In addition to the more immersive sound and video, the increased storage capacity will enable the developers to place more levels and/or more complex databases in their titles. As titles released onto the market use the DVD as a standard format, we will be sure to see meggage of the releases by warez groups increase in size. Instead of 30 disk releases, we might be in wait for 300 disk releases. However, we need not fear, as technology for storage capacities increase, so will the technology for fiber optic connections, thus increasing transfer speeds. Like CD-ROM and CD-dependent game machines, there will be no real difference in the physical make-up between the DVD-ROM drives available for the PCs, and DVD-ROM drives will eventually become part of dedicated game machines. When will DVD game machines appear? In general, it seems that the gaming manufacturers are content to wait on the sidelines for now and to let the folks on the PC side struggle with early compatibility and pricing issues. As DVD-ROM drives become available to a larger audience, we are sure to see DVD-ROM pirate libraries that would be able to hold close to a 500 to 800 games. Last, but not least, is the possibility of a DVD audio disc. The majority of current audio CDs, like many games on CD, do not use the entire space on their current media, and so the demand for DVD audio discs is almost nonexistent. The opportunity exists, however, to do more with audio DVD, especially if it is compatible with the recordable DVD-ROM drive. If those capabilities come to fruition, people will be able to record hours of digital audio onto a disc at their discretion. In that sense, the DVD audio and DVD-ROM would elevate the disc medium to a place that the CD never evolved to en masse : serving as mass storage medium. So far, the only DVD spec that has been released is one general and vague outline for both the DVD movie player and DVD-ROM drive. Although it is somewhat vague, the spec does revel the basic parameters and technologies of DVD. It's 4.7 gigabytes storage capacity is certainly a considerable improvement over the 0.65 of CD-ROMS, as is its 4.69 megabits-per-second average transfer rate (a single speed CD-ROM player reads datat at a rate of just 0.15 megabits-per-second). This improvement in performance, however, will require additional processing muscle in the host machine to handle all the data. Consumer DVD movie players will need to include MPEG2 and AC3 audio decoding solutions, and it is anticipated that nothing short of a Pentium 166 MHz will make full use of a DVD-ROM player for a PC. Perhaps DVD's main advantage will be in the fact that the option exists to make the discs recordable. Some companies have said that they are working to make their first DVD-ROM drives off the production line recordable. And erasable DVD-ROMs, if they aren't shipped initially, are expected to ship on an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacture) basis soon after. Another issue to be ironed out is whether or not the discs will be able to store data on just one side or both sides of the disc. In the original specs, the discs were planned to be two sided. However, the two-sided configuration was being considered only as "possible". Of course, the whole issue of price is perhaps the major hurdle still to be negotiated by those wishing to rush DVD to the market. And once it does hit the market, we can see that BBSes with the DVD technology will be able to offer a far greater library of downloads than the BBSes which do not yet have DVD. Whatever the price, DVD is guaranteed to change the face of the warez scene. Whatever the specs of the DVD, no one really knows whether it will be the warez scene killer, or a new device that will revolutionize the warez scene. r c n a r t i c l e s ! Author : Instant Rage Subject : Console Warez For many years, PC users have strived to run software on their computer that wasn't ever meant to be run; software from other platforms. You may have seen several of these "emulators", in which you can play your favorite Super NES game in a little window on your desktop. Because you are running something foreign on your computer, many things must be given up, such as sound effects, music, and your favorite joypad. Why do we want to play them then? Maybe we just miss a favorite game we had, or maybe we just want to prove that it can be done, but it seems kind of stupid when you think about it, doesn't it? Even though the emulators that run console warez is fairly new, the history of console warez is a long one. You see, a long time ago, if you wanted to run a copied Super NES, or Gameboy game, you needed an actual console to run them (hence the name), and a "cartridge drive" that accepted Super NES or Gameboy cartridges. At one point in time, this was such a popular thing, there were actually groups devoted to bringing in console warez, just as there are groups that bring in new PC software everyday. Even still, you have to wonder why they did all this. After all, we all have a PC, and there are great games released everyday that make some Super NES games blow mega farts. Now, with emulators that actually work, the fad to play them is even greater, and you can pick up a 'game pack' just about every month. For those of you who love to piss with emulators, here is some information to get you going. The only working Super NES emulator for PC is for Windows 95, and it was originally released in Japanese or some other funky language, but there are numerous versions that have been translated so that they are understandable. The version that works supports only the .SFC extension (Super FamiCom). Beware that there are very many other types of Super NES image files (for the console drives), and that if you come across one (SMC, SNS, etc.) you should find yourself a program called CTOOL that will convert the file to the one you need. If you ever encounter a Super NES game broken down like this 'kinstnct.1, kinstnct.2, etc.', CTOOL will also combine these files so that they will become one 'kinstnct.sfc'. There is a Gameboy emulator for both Windows 95 and DOS, both of which work quite well (much more stable then the Super NES emulator), and they both support the only extension I know of (.GB). So you should have no problem playing Wario Land in black and white.. or should you? You still won't get any sound, and chances are, your game will freeze in the middle, right when you are just getting into it. It doesn't seem worth it, but it doesn't stop you from trying. Let's all play Lameboy games on a $3000 computer! Hooray! r c n r e v i e w s ! Author : Rebel Chicken Subject : Group Reviews : Games Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! Here I will be reviewing the six best games release groups in the scene. Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following is the scoring basis I'll be using : Points : -------- [-3] The game didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. [ 1] The game was a dupe or freeware, [ 2] Unsatisfactory, [ 3] Average, [ 4] Above Average, and [ 5] Excellent! A group may lose points the following week and have their releases labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. Dates of Games Reviewed : 04/25/96 -> 05/01/96 Filename : -- Fix name : -- Filedate : -- Filedate : -- _____ /\._____ |\_. _ ____ /\___.__.___ Previous Total : 0 \.__.\/ | _ \| | /.\\__ \/ _:__: | / Release Score : 0 | | \__. | : |/ | \| \ / | |\ / Running Total : 0 | : \ | | \ | _ \ \/ | |/ : \ |_____/ : :__|\__| |__/__||__|__/ |__RD +-------\___/------\___|- Presents -\__|----+ +-------------------------------------------+ Filename : CNWCRACK.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 4-29-96 Filedate : -- Conquest of the New World CRACK Previous Total : 0 (If you don't have a CD-Rom or if you Release Score : 1 don't wanna load your CD-Rom drivers) Running Total : 1 ___ ______ / /_______________________ /___ // / \___ \____ \______ \ \_/ _ \__ / _ __// _ __/ \/ / /\ / / / / / / \ / / \/ / / / / /__/ /____/_____//__/ /__/_____/ / \_/__/\____\\____\\_/__/\__\_____\/ -----\__\/-------------\__\/(-hoson-)----- Filename : NPMVRSC1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 4-30-96 Filedate : -- /\. Previous Total : 0 . ____ / >______. . _____.____ ____:. Release Score : 3 .: \ \ /_\___. \__::> /:\ Y /'96:. Running Total : 3 :: / . / \| __/ \:/ /__/ \ .: ./ \__/ " \ > " <______> \_/___>: `< /:<___\___>/___\___>. <_____>:. :. \/ .:. |/:. .:.mr! .:. .:: . VR Soccer '96 (c) Interplay [1/8] Filename : -- Fix name : -- Filedate : -- Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 0 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 0 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 0 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ Filename : -- Fix name : -- Filedate : -- Filedate : -- Previous Total : 0 _ ________________________ _____ ________ _ Release Score : 0 \\_____ \_____ \_____ \/ . \\_____ \\ Running Total : 0 dZG/\ __// _ |/ ____/. | \/\ __/ _/ \ \/ /_ _/ /_ | ! _/ \ \ \____\ \______\_________|_____\____\ \_ =======\___/=== 1911 DIVISION ======\___/ Filename : -- Fix name : -- Filedate : -- Filedate : -- Previous Total : 0 _____________________________________________ Release Score : 0 \__ - ________ ./__ - ________ Running Total : 0 __/ \\__/ - \\ / \\__/ \__ | \\__ \\__ | \\__ /_____| ./_____________./___| ./ [=======|______/===================|______/=] [================================[ / /96]=] Score Chart : Games DNX 0 HBD 1 NPM 3 PSG 0 RZR 0 ROR 0 Average Score Per Release : --------------------------- Napalm - [3.0] Hybrid - [1.0] Dynamix [0.0] Prestige - [0.0] Razor 1911 - [0.0] Release on Rampage [0.0] r c n r e v i e w s ! Author : Rebel Chicken Subject : Group Reviews : Games Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! Here I will be reviewing the six best games release groups in the scene. Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following is the scoring basis I'll be using : Points : -------- [-3] The game didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. [ 1] The game was a dupe or freeware, [ 2] Unsatisfactory, [ 3] Average, [ 4] Above Average, and [ 5] Excellent! A group may lose points the following week and have their releases labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. Dates of Games Reviewed : 05/02/96 -> 05/08/96 Filename : DUKE3D01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-03-96 Filedate : -- _____ /\._____ |\_. _ ____ /\___.__.___ Previous Total : 0 \.__.\/ | _ \| | /.\\__ \/ _:__: | / Release Score : 5 | | \__. | : |/ | \| \ / | |\ / Running Total : 5 | : \ | | \ | _ \ \/ | |/ : \ |_____/ : :__|\__| |__/__||__|__/ |__RD +-------\___/------\___|- Presents -\__|----+ DUKE NUKEM 3D * 3D REALMS [01/11] +-------------------------------------------+ Filename : SHAKII01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-08-96 Filedate : -- _____ /\._____ |\_. _ ____ /\___.__.___ Previous Total : 5 \.__.\/ | _ \| | /.\\__ \/ _:__: | / Release Score : 4 | | \__. | : |/ | \| \ / | |\ / Running Total : 9 | : \ | | \ | _ \ \/ | |/ : \ |_____/ : :__|\__| |__/__||__|__/ |__RD +-------\___/------\___|- Presents -\__|----+ SHAKII THE WOLF (c) MICROFORUM [1/5] +-------------------------------------------+ Filename : PAINTB-1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : -- Lemmings Paintball for Windows 95 Previous Total : 0 (c) Psygnosis - [1/3] Release Score : -3 ___ Running Total : -3 ______ / /_______________________ /___ // / \___ \____ \______ \ \_/ _ \__ / _ __// _ __/ \/ / /\ / / / / / / \ / / \/ / / / / /__/ /____/_____//__/ /__/_____/ / \_/__/\____\\____\\_/__/\__\_____\/ -----\__\/-------------\__\/(-hoson-)----- Filename : LBALLCRK.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-03-96 Filedate : -- /\. Previous Total : 0 . ____ / >______. . _____.____ ____:. Release Score : 3 .: \ \ /_\___. \__::> /:\ Y /'96:. Running Total : 3 :: / . / \| __/ \:/ /__/ \ .: ./ \__/ " \ > " <______> \_/___>: `< /:<___\___>/___\___>. <_____>:. :. \/ .:. |/:. .:.mr! .:. .:: . Lemmings Paintball For Win95 CRACK Filename : NPMCHAO1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-08-96 Filedate : -- /\. Previous Total : 3 . ____ / >______. . _____.____ ____:. Release Score : 4 .: \ \ /_\___. \__::> /:\ Y /'96:. Running Total : 7 :: / . / \| __/ \:/ /__/ \ .: ./ \__/ " \ > " <______> \_/___>: `< /:<___\___>/___\___>. <_____>:. :. \/ .:. |/:. .:.mr! .:. .:: . CHAOS OVERLORDS FOR WINDOWS '95 (c) NEW WORLD COMPUTING [1/5] Filename : -- Fix name : -- Filedate : -- Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 0 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 0 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 0 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ Filename : -- Fix name : -- Filedate : -- Filedate : -- Previous Total : 0 _ ________________________ _____ ________ _ Release Score : 0 \\_____ \_____ \_____ \/ . \\_____ \\ Running Total : 0 dZG/\ __// _ |/ ____/. | \/\ __/ _/ \ \/ /_ _/ /_ | ! _/ \ \ \____\ \______\_________|_____\____\ \_ =======\___/=== 1911 DIVISION ======\___/ Filename : RORCCW21.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-02-96 Filedate : -- COMMAND & CONQUER/WARCRAFT 2 TOOLKIT [1/7] Previous Total : 0 (c) WALNUT CREEK Release Score : 2 _____________________________________________ Running Total : 2 \__ - ________ ./__ - ________ __/ \\__/ - \\ / \\__/ \__ | \\__ \\__ | \\__ /_____| ./_____________./___| ./ [=======|______/===================|______/=] [================================[05/02/96]=] Filename : RORPTG1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : -- POWER: THE GAME (c) IBM [1/6] Previous Total : 2 _____________________________________________ Release Score : 3 \__ - ________ ./__ - ________ Running Total : 5 __/ \\__/ - \\ / \\__/ \__ | \\__ \\__ | \\__ /_____| ./_____________./___| ./ [=======|______/===================|______/=] [================================[05/04/96]=] Filename : RORCY201.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-05-96 Filedate : -- CYBERIA 2: RESURRECTION (c) VIRGIN [01/33] Previous Total : 5 _____________________________________________ Release Score : -3 \__ - ________ ./__ - ________ Running Total : 2 __/ \\__/ - \\ / \\__/ \__ | \\__ \\__ | \\__ /_____| ./_____________./___| ./ [=======|______/===================|______/=] [================================[05/05/96]=] Score Chart : Games DNX 9 HBD -3 NPM 7 PSG 0 RZR 0 ROR 2 Average Score Per Release : --------------------------- Dynamix [4.5] Napalm - [3.5] Release on Rampage [0.7] Hybrid - [0.0] Prestige [0.0] Razor 1911 - [0.0] r c n r e v i e w s ! Author : Rebel Chicken Subject : Group Reviews : Games Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! Here I will be reviewing the six best games release groups in the scene. Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following is the scoring basis I'll be using : Points : -------- [-3] The game didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. [ 1] The game was a dupe or freeware, [ 2] Unsatisfactory, [ 3] Average, [ 4] Above Average, and [ 5] Excellent! A group may lose points the following week and have their releases labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. Dates of Games Reviewed : 05/09/96 -> 05/15/96 Filename : SMRTG01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-09-96 Filedate : -- _____ /\._____ |\_. _ ____ /\___.__.___ Previous Total : 0 \.__.\/ | _ \| | /.\\__ \/ _:__: | / Release Score : 3 | | \__. | : |/ | \| \ / | |\ / Running Total : 3 | : \ | | \ | _ \ \/ | |/ : \ |_____/ : :__|\__| |__/__||__|__/ |__RD +-------\___/------\___|- Presents -\__|----+ [ Smart Games Windows (c) RandomSoft [01/06] +-------------------------------------------+ Filename : DEADL-01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : -- _____ /\._____ |\_. _ ____ /\___.__.___ Previous Total : 3 \.__.\/ | _ \| | /.\\__ \/ _:__: | / Release Score : 4 | | \__. | : |/ | \| \ / | |\ / Running Total : 7 | : \ | | \ | _ \ \/ | |/ : \ |_____/ : :__|\__| |__/__||__|__/ |__RD +-------\___/------\___|- Presents -\__|----+ DEADLINE (c) NOVA SPRING [01/16] +-------------------------------------------+ Filename : POY-1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : -- Player of the Year (c) Krisalis - [1/4] Previous Total : 0 ___ Release Score : 3 ______ / /_______________________ Running Total : 3 /___ // / \___ \____ \______ \ \_/ _ \__ / _ __// _ __/ \/ / /\ / / / / / / \ / / \/ / / / / /__/ /____/_____//__/ /__/_____/ / \_/__/\____\\____\\_/__/\__\_____\/ -----\__\/-------------\__\/(-hoson-)----- Filename : NPMT9601.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : -- /\. Previous Total : 0 . ____ / >______. . _____.____ ____:. Release Score : 2 .: \ \ /_\___. \__::> /:\ Y /'96:. Running Total : 2 :: / . / \| __/ \:/ /__/ \ .: ./ \__/ " \ > " <______> \_/___>: `< /:<___\___>/___\___>. <_____>:. :. \/ .:. |/:. .:.mr! .:. .:: . TONY LA RUSSA BASEBALL 3: 1996 EDITION (c) STORMFRONT STUDIOS [01/35] Filename : NPMTSP01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-13-96 Filedate : -- /\. Previous Total : 2 . ____ / >______. . _____.____ ____:. Release Score : 2 .: \ \ /_\___. \__::> /:\ Y /'96:. Running Total : 4 :: / . / \| __/ \:/ /__/ \ .: ./ \__/ " \ > " <______> \_/___>: `< /:<___\___>/___\___>. <_____>:. :. \/ .:. |/:. .:.mr! .:. .:: . TONY LA RUSSA BASEBALL 3: 1996 EDITION *OPTIONAL SPEECH PACK* [01/44] Filename : PSG-EWJ1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-09-96 Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 0 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 5 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 5 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ EARTH WORM JIM II (c) RAINBOW ARTS [01/05] Filename : PSG-ST01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-09-96 Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 5 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 4 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 9 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ STRIFE (c) Velocity [1/27] Filename : PSGWAR01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-13-96 Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 9 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 5 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 14 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ THE WAR COLLEGE (c) GameTek! [01/30] Filename : BI222W01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-09-96 Filedate : -- Battle Isle 2220 (c) BlueByte [01/30] Previous Total : 0 _ ________________________ _____ ________ _ Release Score : 4 \\_____ \_____ \_____ \/ . \\_____ \\ Running Total : 4 dZG/\ __// _ |/ ____/. | \/\ __/ _/ \ \/ /_ _/ /_ | ! _/ \ \ \____\ \______\_________|_____\____\ \_ =======\___/=== 1911 DIVISION ======\___/ Filename : WC2EXP01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-10-96 Filedate : -- Warcraft II: Beyond The Dark Portal [01/14] Previous Total : 4 _ ________________________ _____ ________ _ Release Score : 5 \\_____ \_____ \_____ \/ . \\_____ \\ Running Total : 9 dZG/\ __// _ |/ ____/. | \/\ __/ _/ \ \/ /_ _/ /_ | ! _/ \ \ \____\ \______\_________|_____\____\ \_ =======\___/=== 1911 DIVISION ======\___/ Filename : TYRIAN1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : -- Tyrian (c) EPIC Mega Games [01/04] Previous Total : 9 _ ________________________ _____ ________ _ Release Score : 3 \\_____ \_____ \_____ \/ . \\_____ \\ Running Total : 12 dZG/\ __// _ |/ ____/. | \/\ __/ _/ \ \/ /_ _/ /_ | ! _/ \ \ \____\ \______\_________|_____\____\ \_ =======\___/=== 1911 DIVISION ======\___/ Filename : -- Fix name : -- Filedate : -- Filedate : -- Previous Total : 0 _____________________________________________ Release Score : 0 \__ - ________ ./__ - ________ Running Total : 0 __/ \\__/ - \\ / \\__/ \__ | \\__ \\__ | \\__ /_____| ./_____________./___| ./ [=======|______/===================|______/=] [================================[ / /96]=] Score Chart : Games DNX 7 HBD 3 NPM 4 PSG 14 RZR 12 ROR 0 Average Score Per Release : --------------------------- Prestige - [4.7] Razor 1911 - [4.0] Dynamix [3.5] Hybrid - [3.0] Napalm - [1.0] Release on Rampage [0.0] r c n r e v i e w s ! Author : Rebel Chicken Subject : Group Reviews : Games Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! Here I will be reviewing the six best games release groups in the scene. Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following is the scoring basis I'll be using : Points : -------- [-3] The game didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. [ 1] The game was a dupe or freeware, [ 2] Unsatisfactory, [ 3] Average, [ 4] Above Average, and [ 5] Excellent! A group may lose points the following week and have their releases labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. Dates of Games Reviewed : 05/16/96 -> 05/22/96 Filename : -- Fix name : -- Filedate : -- Filedate : -- _____ /\._____ |\_. _ ____ /\___.__.___ Previous Total : 0 \.__.\/ | _ \| | /.\\__ \/ _:__: | / Release Score : 0 | | \__. | : |/ | \| \ / | |\ / Running Total : 0 | : \ | | \ | _ \ \/ | |/ : \ |_____/ : :__|\__| |__/__||__|__/ |__RD +-------\___/------\___|- Presents -\__|----+ +-------------------------------------------+ Filename : RFIRE-1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-22-96 Filedate : -- Return Fire (c) Time Warner Int. - [1/6] Previous Total : 0 ___ Release Score : 5 ______ / /_______________________ Running Total : 5 /___ // / \___ \____ \______ \ \_/ _ \__ / _ __// _ __/ \/ / /\ / / / / / / \ / / \/ / / / / /__/ /____/_____//__/ /__/_____/ / \_/__/\____\\____\\_/__/\__\_____\/ -----\__\/-------------\__\/(-hoson-)----- Filename : -- Fix name : -- Filedate : -- Filedate : -- /\. Previous Total : 0 . ____ / >______. . _____.____ ____:. Release Score : 0 .: \ \ /_\___. \__::> /:\ Y /'96:. Running Total : 0 :: / . / \| __/ \:/ /__/ \ .: ./ \__/ " \ > " <______> \_/___>: `< /:<___\___>/___\___>. <_____>:. :. \/ .:. |/:. .:.mr! .:. .:: . Filename : PSG-NOM1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 0 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 4 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 4 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ NORMALITY (c) GREMLIN INTERACTIVE [01/22] Filename : PSG-TOSH.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 4 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 5 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 9 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ BATTLE ARENA: TOSHINDEN (c) Playmates [01/09] Filename : PSG-MAY01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-18-96 Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 9 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 5 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 14 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ TOTAL MAYHEM (c) Domark/Formgen! [01/22] Filename : PSG-SE01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-20-96 Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 14 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 3 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 17 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ SENSIBLE WORLD OFF SOCCER EURO 96 EDIT [1/6] Filename : PSG-TKB1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-21-96 Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 17 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 4 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 21 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ Total Knockout Championship Female Boxing [1/11] Filename : MM2TT01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- Micro Machines 2 Tournament Edition [01/10] Previous Total : 0 _ ________________________ _____ ________ _ Release Score : 4 \\_____ \_____ \_____ \/ . \\_____ \\ Running Total : 4 dZG/\ __// _ |/ ____/. | \/\ __/ _/ \ \/ /_ _/ /_ | ! _/ \ \ \____\ \______\_________|_____\____\ \_ =======\___/=== 1911 DIVISION ======\___/ Filename : -- Fix name : -- Filedate : -- Filedate : -- Previous Total : 0 _____________________________________________ Release Score : 0 \__ - ________ ./__ - ________ Running Total : 0 __/ \\__/ - \\ / \\__/ \__ | \\__ \\__ | \\__ /_____| ./_____________./___| ./ [=======|______/===================|______/=] [================================[ / /96]=] Score Chart : Games DNX 0 HBD 5 NPM 0 PSG 21 RZR 4 ROR 0 Average Score Per Release : --------------------------- Hybrid - [5.0] Prestige - [4.2] Razor 1911 - [4.0] Dynamix [0.0] Napalm - [0.0] Release on Rampage [0.0] r c n r e v i e w s ! Author : Rebel Chicken Subject : Group Reviews : Games The following is a chart combining the total points of the top 6 games groups within the past 4 weeks : APR MAY MAY MAY Total DNX 0/0 9/2 7/2 0/0 16/4 3.5 0.0 -3.5 HBD 1/1 -3/1 3/1 5/1 6/3 3.0 5.0 +2.0 NPM 3/1 7/2 4/2 0/0 14/5 2.0 0.0 -2.0 PSG 0/0 0/0 14/3 21/5 35/8 4.7 4.2 -0.5 RZR 0/0 0/0 12/3 4/1 16/4 4.0 4.0 0.0 ROR 0/0 2/3 0/0 0/0 2/3 0.0 0.0 0.0 # of Releases Last Week's Yield # of Points This Week's Yield Change in Yield Yield = # of Points / # of Releases Change in Yield = Current Week's Yield - Previous Week's Yield r c n r e v i e w s ! Author : Rebel Chicken Subject : Group Reviews : Utils Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! Here I will be reviewing the six best utils release groups in the scene. Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following is the scoring basis I'll be using : Points : -------- [-3] The util didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. [ 1] The util was a dupe or freeware, [ 2] Unsatisfactory, [ 3] Average, [ 4] Above Average, and [ 5] Excellent! A group may lose points the following week and have their releases labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. Dates of Utils Reviewed : 04/25/96 -> 05/01/96 Filename : -- Fix name : -- Filedate : -- Filedate : -- Previous Total : 0 -- --- Release Score : 0 Running Total : 0 -- --- --- dawn'96 present acii/tal0n -- --- Filename : DODLWP01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 4-28-96 Filedate : -- LAN WORKPLACE 5.1 DOS/WIN [01/15] Previous Total : 0 _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 3 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 3 _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 28-apr-96 ] == Filename : MTY-ATS1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 4-28-96 Filedate : -- AutoSketch r2.1 for Windows 3.1/Win95 Previous Total : 0 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 4 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 4 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/05]\_____\_______>[04/28/96]==) Filename : MTYDDR01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 4-29-96 Filedate : -- Digital Dressing Room Pre-Beta 1.00 [1/3] Previous Total : 4 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 2 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 6 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/03]\_____\_______>[04/29/96]==) Filename : MTYFIRES.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 4-30-96 Filedate : -- FIRESOFT Q&A: OFFICER! [1/1] Previous Total : 6 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 2 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 8 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[04/30/96]==) Filename : PWAFTPG1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 4-26-96 Filedate : -- MS Frontpage v1.1 FINAL [1/6] Previous Total : 0 Release Score : 4 A Group Running Total : 4 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWAWTLK1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 4-26-96 Filedate : -- Talking Windows v3.0 Build 47 [01/03] Previous Total : 4 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 7 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. DK -XeN Filename : PWASPW1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 4-27-96 Filedate : -- ASAP WORDPOWER for Windows 31/95/NT [01/03] Previous Total : 7 (SPC Software Publishing) Release Score : 3 Running Total : 10 A Group That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. [DL] -XeN Filename : PWAOAG-1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 4-28-96 Filedate : -- Official Airline Guide Win [1/4] Previous Total : 10 Release Score : 2 A Group Running Total : 12 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN (May thur June 1996) Filename : PWAOP601.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 4-29-96 Filedate : -- Bay Networks Optivity 6.0 SNMP manager Previous Total : 12 Disk [1/30] Release Score : 3 Running Total : 15 A Group That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeNf Filename : PWASPPSN.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-01-96 Filedate : -- Serif PagePlus Home/Office Edition Previous Total : 15 for Win95/NT CD-Rip Serial Number [o1/o1] Release Score : 3 Running Total : 18 A Group That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. DK -XeN Filename : RBSCO701.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 4-27-96 Filedate : -- Corel Office 7 BETA 3 Previous Total : 0 _____________________________ __[01/60] Release Score : 3 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 3 / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : XFBIRD01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 4-28-96 Filedate : -- Microsoft Blackbird Viewer for Win95 Previous Total : 0 [01/03] Release Score : 3 Running Total : 3 sikos Score Chart : Utils DWN 0 DOD 3 MTY 8 PWA 18 RBS 3 X-F 3 Average Score Per Release : --------------------------- Drink or Die - [3.0] Rebels - [3.0] Pirates with Attitudes - [3.0] X-Force - [3.0] Mortality - [2.7] Dawn - [0.0] r c n r e v i e w s ! Author : Rebel Chicken Subject : Group Reviews : Utils Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! Here I will be reviewing the six best utils release groups in the scene. Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following is the scoring basis I'll be using : Points : -------- [-3] The util didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. [ 1] The util was a dupe or freeware, [ 2] Unsatisfactory, [ 3] Average, [ 4] Above Average, and [ 5] Excellent! A group may lose points the following week and have their releases labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. Dates of Utils Reviewed : 05/02/96 -> 05/08/96 Filename : DWNGRD01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-06-96 Filedate : -- GARDEN ARCHITECT FOR WINDOWS 95 Previous Total : 0 (c) COSMI SOFTWARE Release Score : 3 -- --- Running Total : 3 -- --- --- dawn'96 present acii/tal0n -- --- Filename : DWNMVD01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-07-96 Filedate : -- MICROSOFT VIDEO 1.1 UPDATE [01/02] Previous Total : 3 -- --- Release Score : 1 Running Total : 4 -- --- --- dawn'96 present acii/tal0n -- --- Filename : DWNW32S1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-07-96 Filedate : -- MICROSOFT WIN32S UPDATE VERSiON [01/02] Previous Total : 4 -- --- Release Score : 1 Running Total : 5 -- --- --- dawn'96 present acii/tal0n -- --- Filename : DODALIB1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 4-23-96 Filedate : -- ALIBABA 2.0 WEB SERVER FOR WIN95/NT [01/04] Previous Total : 0 _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 3 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 3 _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 03-May-96 ] == Filename : DODQLAW1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-03-96 Filedate : -- QUICKEN FAMILY LAWYER (c) QUICKEN [01/02] Previous Total : 5 _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 5 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 10 _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 03-May-96 ] == Filename : DODSPROM.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-03-96 Filedate : -- SPEEDYROM v1.0 WIN'95 (c) QUARTERDECK [1/1] Previous Total : 10 _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 5 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 15 _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 03-May-96 ] == Filename : DOD16PI1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-06-96 Filedate : -- PRIMASOFT I-NET ORGANIZER FOR WIN31 [01/03] Previous Total : 15 _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 3 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 18 _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 06-Mar-96 ] == Filename : DOD32PI1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-06-96 Filedate : -- PRIMASOFT I-NET ORGANIZER FOR WIN95 [01/03] Previous Total : 18 _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 3 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 21 _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 06-Mar-96 ] == Filename : MTYMWA01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-02-96 Filedate : -- Toolworks Multimedia World Atlas Previous Total : 0 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 3 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 3 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/11]\_____\_______>[05/02/96]==) Filename : MTYPCSUN.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-02-96 Filedate : -- Perl-CCI for SunBSD 4.1.3 Previous Total : 3 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 3 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 6 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/02/96]==) Filename : MTYNT289.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : -- NetTerm 2.8.9 Release 3 Previous Total : 6 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 2 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 8 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/04/96]==) Filename : MTYCRTB5.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-05-96 Filedate : -- CRT 1.1 Beta Release 5 Previous Total : 8 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 3 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 11 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/05/96]==) Filename : MTYKCD1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-06-96 Filedate : -- Key Calendar Designer For Windows [1/4] Previous Total : 11 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 3 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 14 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/04]\_____\_______>[05/06/96]==) Filename : MTYNT29A.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-07-96 Filedate : -- Net Term 2.9.0 16 Bit Previous Total : 14 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 2 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 16 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/07/96]==) Filename : MTYNT29B.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-07-96 Filedate : -- Net Term 2.9.0 32 Bit Previous Total : 16 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 2 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 18 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/07/96]==) Filename : PWAEMP01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : -- Empower Ver. 1.4.16 Win 3.1 [1/8] Previous Total : 0 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 3 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWASOFTC.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : -- SoftCode For PowerBasic 3.2 [01/01] Previous Total : 3 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 6 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeNf Filename : PWASOFTD.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : -- SoftDemo For PowerBasic 3.2 [01/01] Previous Total : 6 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 9 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeNf Filename : PWASPSCR.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : -- SpeedScreen For PowerBasic 3.2 [01/01] Previous Total : 9 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 12 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeNf Filename : PWAFRCST.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-05-96 Filedate : -- FourCast v96.1 for Win3.1/Win95/WinNT Previous Total : 12 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 15 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. DK -XeN Filename : WFF3PWA1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-05-96 Filedate : -- WorkFlo Fax 3.0 Beta 1 [01/22] Previous Total : 15 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 18 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. DK -XeN Filename : PWADCS01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-06-96 Filedate : -- Delrina CommSuite 95 7.0.2 [01/25] Previous Total : 18 Release Score : 5 A Group Running Total : 23 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWAITF01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-06-96 Filedate : -- Imagineer Technical v1.0 FINAL [01/73] Previous Total : 23 Win95/NT Technical Drawing Software Release Score : 4 Running Total : 27 A Group That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. [DL] -XeN Filename : PWAMW71D.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-06-96 Filedate : -- MultiEdit v7.10d for Win/Win95 [1/1] Previous Total : 27 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 30 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. [DL] -XeN Filename : PWAWEBTR.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-08-96 Filedate : -- WebTrends 1.04 cracked for 3.1/95/NT Previous Total : 30 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 33 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeNf Filename : RBS-ADM.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-02-96 Filedate : -- IBM AntiVirus for OS/2 Admin. v2.5 b2 Previous Total : 0 _____________________________ __[1/1] Release Score : 2 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 2 / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : RBS-AVB.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-02-96 Filedate : -- IBM Antivirus v2.5 beta 2 for OS/2 Warp Previous Total : 2 _____________________________ __[01/01] Release Score : 2 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 4 / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : RBS-BS01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-03-96 Filedate : -- MacroMedia Backstage Pre-Release FULL CD Previous Total : 4 ________________________________[01/55] Release Score : 5 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 9 / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : RBS-TCP4.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-03-96 Filedate : -- OS/2 TCP/IP Stack Version 4.0 Beta Previous Total : 9 _____________________________ __[01/01] Release Score : 3 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 12 / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : RBS-ADNT.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : -- IBM ANTIVIRUS 2.5 BETA 2 for Win NT Admin Previous Total : 12 _____________________________ __[01/01] Release Score : 2 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 14 / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : RBS-AV95.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : -- IBM AntiVirus v2.5 beta 2 for Win95 Previous Total : 14 _____________________________ __[01/01] Release Score : 2 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 16 / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : RBS-AVNT.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : -- IBM AntiVirus v2.5 beta 2 for WinNT Previous Total : 16 _____________________________ __[01/01] Release Score : 2 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 18 / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : RBS-ADW1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-07-96 Filedate : -- IBM AntiVirus v2.5 b2 for DOS/Win 3.x Previous Total : 18 _____________________________ __[01/02] Release Score : 2 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 20 / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : RBS-AV1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-07-96 Filedate : -- Dr Solomons AntiVirus 7.58 *WIN95* Previous Total : 20 _____________________________ __[01/03] Release Score : 3 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 23 / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : RBS-SMT1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-08-96 Filedate : -- SmarTerm 470 V 4.0B (C) Persoft Previous Total : 23 _____________________________ __[01/04] Release Score : 3 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 26 / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : XF-LW50.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-03-96 Filedate : -- LIGHTWAVE 3D V5.0B FROM NEWTEK INC. Previous Total : 0 [01/01] Release Score : 5 Running Total : 5 sikos Filename : XF-FWB1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : -- DEC Altavista Firewall -Beta- Previous Total : 5 [01/21] Release Score : 3 Running Total : 8 sikos Filename : XF-INTER.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : -- Interchange 3D v3.0A - 3D OBJECT CONVERTER Previous Total : 8 [01/01] Release Score : 3 Running Total : 11 sikos Filename : XF-POSER.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-04-96 Filedate : -- Fractal Design Poser v1.03 Update [.EXE] Previous Total : 11 [01/01] Release Score : 1 Running Total : 12 sikos Filename : XF-CSCFC.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-06-96 Filedate : -- CSC FASTCACHE SCSI BACKUP V1.00 F/WIN95 Previous Total : 12 [01/01] Release Score : 3 Running Total : 15 sikos Filename : XF-QFX01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-07-96 Filedate : -- QFX v5.21 Digital Imaging Package [32-bit] Previous Total : 15 [01/03] Release Score : 4 Running Total : 19 sikos Score Chart : Utils DWN 5 DOD 21 MTY 18 PWA 33 RBS 26 X-F 19 Average Score Per Release : --------------------------- Drink or Die - [4.2] Pirates with Attitudes - [3.3] X-Force - [3.2] Mortality - [2.6] Rebels - [2.6] Dawn - [1.7] r c n r e v i e w s ! Author : Rebel Chicken Subject : Group Reviews : Utils Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! Here I will be reviewing the six best utils release groups in the scene. Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following is the scoring basis I'll be using : Points : -------- [-3] The util didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. [ 1] The util was a dupe or freeware, [ 2] Unsatisfactory, [ 3] Average, [ 4] Above Average, and [ 5] Excellent! A group may lose points the following week and have their releases labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. Dates of Utils Reviewed : 05/09/96 -> 05/15/96 Filename : -- Fix name : -- Filedate : -- Filedate : -- Previous Total : 0 -- --- Release Score : 0 Running Total : 0 -- --- --- dawn'96 present acii/tal0n -- --- Filename : DODWMEE1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : -- Watermark Enterprise Edition v2.1 [1/7] Previous Total : 0 _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 3 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 3 _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 11-May-96 ] == Filename : DODCORE1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-13-96 Filedate : -- COSESSION REMOTE v7.0 (c) INSYNC [01/03] Previous Total : 3 _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 4 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 7 _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 13-May-96 ] == Filename : DODQFPL1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-13-96 Filedate : -- QUICKEN FINANCIAL PLANNER v2.0 FOR WIN [1/5] Previous Total : 7 _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 5 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 12 _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 13-May-96 ] == Filename : DOD3MAX1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : -- 3D STUDIO MAX FINAL RELEASE [1/9] Previous Total : 12 _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 5 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 17 _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 15-MAY-96 ] == Filename : DODCWP01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- COREL WORDPERFECT OFFICE SUITE 95 [01/29] Previous Total : 17 _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 5 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 22 _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 15-May-96 ] == Filename : OEMB2-01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-10-96 Filedate : -- OEM SERVICE PACK RELEASE2 BETA2 FINAL [01/30] Previous Total : 0 ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 3 \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 3 / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ Released: [05-10-96] Mortality 96! Filename : MTYTWK01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : -- ToonWorks (c) MicroForum [01/14] Previous Total : 3 ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 3 \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 6 / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ Released: [05-11-96] Mortality 96! Filename : MTYWE231.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : -- Web Edit Pro 2.0 Beta 3 Previous Total : 6 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 3 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 9 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/02]\_____\_______>[05/11/96]==) Filename : MTYWM3-1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : -- WebMedia Publisher Pro [1/3] Previous Total : 9 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 3 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 12 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/03]\_____\_______>[05/11/96]==) Filename : MTYWMUP1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : -- WebMedia Publisher Pro 3.0 Release Update 1 Previous Total : 12 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 1 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 13 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/11/96]==) Filename : MTY-SD01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-12-96 Filedate : -- SoftDesk S7 Super Productivity CD Previous Total : 13 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 3 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 16 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/45]\_____\_______>[05/12/96]==) Filename : MTY-SPB1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : -- Sax Basic Engine Professional [1/2] Previous Total : 16 ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 2 \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 18 / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ Released: [05-14-96] Mortality 96! Filename : MTYSAXCM.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : -- Sax Comm Objects Professional [1/1] Previous Total : 18 ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 2 \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 20 / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ Released: [05-14-96] Mortality 96! Filename : MTYSAXST.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : -- Sax Setup Wizard v2.0 [1/1] Previous Total : 20 ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 2 \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 22 / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ Released: [05-14-96] Mortality 96! Filename : MTYWEB16.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : -- Sax Webster Control 16 Bit [1/1] Previous Total : 22 ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 2 \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 24 / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ Released: [05-14-96] Mortality 96! Filename : MTYWEB32.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : -- Sax Webster Control 32 Bit [1/1] Previous Total : 24 ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 2 \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 26 / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ Released: [05-14-96] Mortality 96! Filename : MTY-CYBS.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : -- CyberSitter v2.01 [1/1] Previous Total : 26 ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 3 \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 29 / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ Released: [05-15-96] Mortality 96! Filename : MTY-TV16.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : -- TeleVox 1.0 beta for Win3.1 [1/1] Previous Total : 29 ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 2 \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 31 / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ Released: [05-15-96] Mortality 96! Filename : MTY-TV32.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : -- TeleVox 1.0 beta for Win95 [1/1] Previous Total : 31 ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 2 \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 33 / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ Released: [05-15-96] Mortality 96! Filename : MTYGWEB.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : -- G Web (c) Virtual Presence [1/1] Previous Total : 33 ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 2 \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 35 / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ Released: [05-15-96] Mortality 96! Filename : MTYGWIN.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : -- Genesis World Buildier (c) Virtual Prescene Previous Total : 35 ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 2 \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 37 / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ Released: [05-15-96] Mortality 96! Filename : PWAB2S01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-10-96 Filedate : -- Windows NT 4.0 Server [01/42] Previous Total : 0 Beta 2 Release Score : 3 Running Total : 3 A Group That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWAB2W01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-10-96 Filedate : -- Windows NT 4.0 Workstation [01/40] Previous Total : 3 Beta 2 Release Score : 3 Running Total : 6 A Group That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWAFOC01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : -- Focal Point [01/13] Previous Total : 6 Release Score : 4 A Group Running Total : 10 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWAINOC1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : -- Inoculan Anti-Virus for WinNT [1/9] Previous Total : 10 version 1.01 Release Score : 5 Running Total : 15 A Group That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWASAL01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : -- Salsa For The Desktop 1.02a [01/12] Previous Total : 15 Release Score : 5 A Group Running Total : 20 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWAMNG01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : -- Intel ManageWise 2.1 [01/26] Previous Total : 20 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 23 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : OL3DPWA.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : -- OnLive 3D internet graphic adventure Previous Total : 23 for win95 1.0b12.1 1/1 Release Score : 2 Running Total : 25 A Group That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeNf Filename : PWABCR01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : -- Borland C++ 5.0 Developer's Suite Previous Total : 25 Resource Kit [01/37] Release Score : 5 Running Total : 30 A Group That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : RBSWMAP1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- Windows Map v2.2 (c) Microsoft [1/8] Previous Total : 0 _____________ _____ _________ _______ Release Score : 5 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 5 / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : XF-HBD01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-12-96 Filedate : -- HORIZON DIGITAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY Previous Total : 0 [01/29] Release Score : 3 Running Total : 3 sikos Filename : XF-DLS1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : -- DOS LAN SERVICE CLIENT OS/2 Previous Total : 3 WARP SERVER ADVANCED (c) IBM Release Score : 5 -[1/4] Running Total : 8 sikos Filename : XFINFO01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- CRYSTAL INFO V4.5 5 USER PILOT PAK Previous Total : 8 Windows 3.1 / 95 / NT -FULL CD- Release Score : 3 [01/38] Running Total : 11 sikos Score Chart : Utils DWN 0 DOD 22 MTY 37 PWA 30 RBS 5 X-F 11 Average Score Per Release : --------------------------- Rebels - [5.0] Drink or Die - [4.4] Pirates with Attitudes - [3.8] X-Force - [3.7] Mortality - [2.3] Dawn - [0.0] r c n r e v i e w s ! Author : Rebel Chicken Subject : Group Reviews : Utils Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! Here I will be reviewing the six best utils release groups in the scene. Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following is the scoring basis I'll be using : Points : -------- [-3] The util didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. [ 1] The util was a dupe or freeware, [ 2] Unsatisfactory, [ 3] Average, [ 4] Above Average, and [ 5] Excellent! A group may lose points the following week and have their releases labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. Dates of Utils Reviewed : 05/16/96 -> 05/22/96 Filename : DWNMCBP1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-18-96 Filedate : -- COBOL SYSTEM1 VER 3.2.30 [01/07] Previous Total : 0 (c) MICRO FOCUS COBOL PRODUCTS Release Score : 5 -- --- Running Total : 5 -- --- --- dawn'96 present acii/tal0n -- --- Filename : DWNERPCS.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- EARLY RELEASE COMPONENTS SETUP [01/01] Previous Total : 5 (c) MICRO FOCUS COBOL PRODUCTS Release Score : 3 -- --- Running Total : 8 -- --- --- dawn'96 present acii/tal0n -- --- Filename : DWNRB01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-20-96 Filedate : -- WORKBENCH SYSTEM2 [01/05] Previous Total : 8 (c) MICRO FOCUS COBOL PRODUCTS Release Score : 3 -- --- Running Total : 11 -- --- --- dawn'96 present acii/tal0n -- --- Filename : DWNTLS01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-20-96 Filedate : -- TOOLSET SYSTEM3 [01/05] Previous Total : 11 (c) MICRO FOCUS COBOL PRODUCTS Release Score : 3 -- --- Running Total : 14 -- --- --- dawn'96 present acii/tal0n -- --- Filename : DWNIPN32.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-21-96 Filedate : -- IPHONE V.3.2 Full Upgrade Build 21 [01/01] Previous Total : 14 (c) VocalTec Release Score : 3 -- --- Running Total : 17 --- --- dawn'96 present acii/tal0n -- --- Filename : DWNCPUP1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-22-96 Filedate : -- COBOL/TOOLSET/WORKBENCH/EARLY RELEASE/OSXR Previous Total : 17 UPDATE PACAGE (c) MICRO FOCUS PRDC [01/02] Release Score : 3 -- --- Running Total : 20 -- --- --- dawn'96 present acii/tal0n -- --- Filename : DWNVPLB1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-22-96 Filedate : -- VIRTUAL PLACES *MSDOS* 1.0 (c) GNN [01/01] Previous Total : 20 -- --- Release Score : 4 Running Total : 24 -- --- --- dawn'96 present acii/tal0n -- --- Filename : DODWEB01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-18-96 Filedate : -- WEB TRANSLATOR V1.0 BY GLOBALINK [01/30] Previous Total : 0 _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 3 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 3 _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 18-May-96 ] == Filename : DOD-AVN1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-21-96 Filedate : -- DR. SOLOMANS ANTIVIRUS TOOLKIT 7.58 [01/03] Previous Total : 3 FOR NETWARE 3.1X AND 4.X Release Score : 4 _______________ ____________ ____________ Running Total : 7 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 21-May-96 ] == Filename : DODPGOO1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-22-96 Filedate : -- Kai`s Power GOO 1.0 (c) MetaTools [01/02] Previous Total : 7 _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 4 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 11 _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 22-May-96 ] == Filename : GENLITE.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- Genesis World Builder Lite Previous Total : 0 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 1 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 1 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/16/96]==) Filename : GWEBLTE.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- GWeb Lite (c) Virtual Presence, Ltd. Previous Total : 1 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 1 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 2 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/16/96]==) Filename : MTYCRTB6.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-18-96 Filedate : -- CRT 1.1 Beta 6 (c) Van Dyke Previous Total : 2 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 3 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 5 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/18/96]==) Filename : MTY-IJ1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-21-96 Filedate : -- Internet Junction for Novell Netware [01/02] Previous Total : 5 ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 3 \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 8 / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ Released: [05-21-96] Mortality 96! Filename : N1326-01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-22-96 Filedate : -- WINDOWS NT WORKSTATION v4.0 BUILD 1326 Previous Total : 8 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 3 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 11 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[xX/68]\_____\_______>[05/22/96]==) Filename : PWAGPP01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- Graph Pad Prism 2.01 For Win [1/2] Previous Total : 0 Release Score : 4 A Group Running Total : 4 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWAHF301.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- Hot Forms 3.0b For Win 95/NT [1/2] Previous Total : 4 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 7 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWAAV951.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : -- IBM AntiVirus 2.5 beta 2 [01/01] Previous Total : 7 Release Score : 1 A Group Running Total : 8 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- Filename : PWAAVNT1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : -- IBM AntiVirus for Windows NT [1/1] Previous Total : 8 Version 2.5 Beta 2 Release Score : 1 Running Total : 9 A Group That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- Filename : PWABCR01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : -- Borland C++ 5.0 Developer's Suite Previous Total : 9 Resource Kit [01/37] Release Score : 5 Running Total : 14 A Group That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWAEXD01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : -- eXceed 5.0.1 for Windows 95 [01/10] Previous Total : 14 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 17 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWAFLSH1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : -- FlashCards CNE3 Update WFW/95 [1/1] Previous Total : 17 Release Score : 1 A Group Running Total : 18 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWAONET1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-18-96 Filedate : -- OnNet V2.1 [01/31] Previous Total : 18 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 21 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. [DL] -XeN Filename : PWAVDS01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-18-96 Filedate : -- Visual Developers Suite Deal [01/24] Previous Total : 21 Spring 1996 Version For Win 3.1/95 Release Score : 5 Running Total : 26 A Group That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWA-M951.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- Multi Active Maximizer for Win NT/95 [1/5] Previous Total : 26 Release Score : 2 A Group Running Total : 28 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. [DL] -XeN Filename : PWA-MMW1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- Multi Active Maximizer for Win 3.11 [1/4] Previous Total : 28 Release Score : 2 A Group Running Total : 30 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. [DL] -XeN Filename : PWAID95.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- InterDrive(R) 95 Version 2.0 Previous Total : 30 Release Score : 2 A Group Running Total : 32 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. [DL] -XeN Filename : PWAIDNT.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- InterDrive(R) NT Version 2.0 Previous Total : 32 Release Score : 2 A Group Running Total : 34 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. [DL] -XeN Filename : PWAWL1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- WanderLink Release 2.2 BETA [1/2] Previous Total : 34 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 37 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. [DL] -XeN Filename : PWAD3D01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-20-96 Filedate : -- Dir 3D 1.0 For Windows [01/02] Previous Total : 37 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 40 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : RBSWMAP1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- Windows Map v2.2 (c) Microsoft [1/8] Previous Total : 0 _____________ _____ _________ _______ Release Score : 3 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 3 / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : RBS-HYSP.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-20-96 Filedate : -- HyperSnap for Windows 95 v2.65 Previous Total : 3 ________________________________[01/01] Release Score : 3 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 6 / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : XF-JF101.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- JFACTORY V1.0.1 FOR WINDOWS 95 / NT Previous Total : 0 (c) ROGUE WAVE Release Score : 3 [01/01] Running Total : 3 sikos Filename : XF-WPS1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- CC:MAIL FOR OS/2 WORKPLACE SHELL V1.03d Previous Total : 3 [01/02] Release Score : 3 Running Total : 6 sikos Score Chart : Utils DWN 24 DOD 11 MTY 11 PWA 40 RBS 6 X-F 6 Average Score Per Release : --------------------------- Drink or Die - [3.7] Dawn - [3.4] Rebels - [3.0] X-Force - [3.0] Pirates with Attitudes - [2.7] Mortality - [2.2] r c n r e v i e w s ! Author : Rebel Chicken Subject : Group Reviews : Utils The following is a chart combining the total points of the top 6 utils groups within the past 4 weeks : APR MAY MAY MAY Total DWN 0/0 5/3 0/0 24/7 29/10 0.0 3.4 +3.4 DOD 3/1 21/5 22/5 11/3 57/14 4.4 3.7 -0.7 MTY 8/3 18/7 37/16 11/5 74/31 2.3 2.2 -0.1 PWA 18/6 33/10 30/8 40/15 121/39 3.8 2.7 -1.1 RBS 3/1 26/10 5/1 6/2 40/14 5.0 3.0 -2.0 X-F 3/1 19/6 11/3 6/2 39/12 3.7 3.0 -0.7 # 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 SATURDAY APRIL 25 FILENAME D# O/S DESCRIPTION CH463-8.ZIP 8 W95 Netmanage Chameleon v4.6.3 COPSVMS.ZIP 1 WIN Voice E-Mail v.3.0 DA-BP44P.ZIP 1 DOS Bitware Plus v4.04 Patch DA-CNV13.ZIP 1 W95 Riada Convert v1.3 DA-FG50.ZIP 1 WIN Formula Graphics v5.0 DFTFBSE3.ZIP 3 WIN FirstBase v3.12 DFTNLOAD.ZIP 1 WIN NetLoad v1.0k FTP Client NET2ADD5.ZIP 1 W95 Netscape v2.0 AddOns QNT-PI23.ZIP 23 WIN Private Investigator RBSCO727.ZIP 60 W95 Corel Office 7 BETA 3 STRIP28.ZIP 28 WIN Strip Poker Pro VIS4033.ZIP 33 W95 Visio 4.0 International STUDIO39.ZIP 1 WIN Gold Desk StudioM XFBBR08.ZIP 8 W95 MS Blackbird Designer v11.0.5.0206 XFBIRD03.ZIP 3 W95 Microsoft Blackbird Viewer SUNDAY APRIL 26 FILENAME D# O/S DESCRIPTION COPSALG.ZIP 1 WIN Algebra 1-4 v1.01 COPSCE10.ZIP 1 WIN Computer Ease v1.0 COPSMNE.ZIP 1 WIN The Money Controller DCS_QRD.ZIP 1 W95 QRead v2.0 File Viewer FBI!BS16.ZIP 18 WIN Bermuda Syndrome FBI!NSP2.ZIP 2 WIN Netscape Powerpack v2.0 HZN-FTPU.ZIP 1 WIN Reflection FTP Utilities L0D$LM16.ZIP 1 WIN LiveMarkup 16 PNCXREF2.ZIP 1 DOS XRef v2.0 STRIPD5.ZIP 6 DOS Strip Poker TC-WSK03.ZIP 3 W95 Web Starter Kit TRD-SD40.ZIP 40 DOS Super Stardust 96 Animations MONDAY APRIL 27 FILENAME D# O/S DESCRIPTION CAD-COM.ZIP 2 OS2 Control-Alt-Delete Commander CHIPCHT2.ZIP 2 OS2 ChipChat Wireless Communicator CNWCRACK.ZIP 1 DOS Conquest of the New World Crack COPSATZ.ZIP 1 WIN At The Zoo v3.1 COPYSHOP.ZIP 1 OS2 CopyShop/2 PWAFTPG6.ZIP 6 WIN MS Frontpage v1.1 PWASPW3.ZIP 3 W95 ASAP WordPower PWAWTLK3.ZIP 3 WIN Talking Windows v3.0 Build 47 SDMTM53.ZIP 3 DOS TASM v5.0 for Borland C++ 5.0 SSD96CRK.ZIP 1 DOS Super Star Dust 96 Crack TAC-AS69.ZIP 9 WNT ARCServeR v6.0 TACASD66.ZIP 6 W95 ARCServeR v6.0 UCF-CBAR.ZIP 1 DOS ClysBar UCF-TD43.ZIP 1 WIN TrayDay v4.3 UCFISY11.ZIP 1 WIN IniSpy v1.1 UCFMUSCP.ZIP 1 WIN Music Plus v3.4 UCFTIMEC.ZIP 1 WIN Time & Chaos v3.1b Pro TUESDAY APRIL 28 FILENAME D# O/S DESCRIPTION DFTEMLA2.ZIP 2 W95 E-Mail Assistant DOX-GMM.ZIP 1 W95 Gear Multimedia DOX-UPS7.ZIP 7 WIN LanSafe 3 and FailSafe 3 DOXGDOC5.ZIP 5 W95 Gear Mastering Manuals DSCG4512.ZIP 27 W95 Borland CodeGuard v4.0 HST-LMQW.ZIP 1 WIN Quarterdeck Location Manager HST-MV1E.ZIP 1 WIN Microsoft Video HSTMCAP3.ZIP 3 WIN Magic Cap MTY-ATS5.ZIP 5 W95 AutoSketch OS7-33.ZIP 33 DOS Oracle Server v7.2.2 PHX!BLP2.ZIP 2 WIN Businessware Legal Point PMPN250R.ZIP 1 OS2 PM PostNotes v2.50a PNC-IT1.ZIP 1 WIN Internet ToolPak v1.0 PNCAGENT.ZIP 1 DOS Agent v.99d AddOns PWAOAG-4.ZIP 4 WIN Official Airline Guide UCF-RASP.ZIP 1 DOS RAS Professional v0.41 UCF-WARJ.ZIP 1 W95 WinArj v2.20 UCFAWEBK.ZIP 1 DOS AWE32 Bank Manager v1.20 UCFHTMNP.ZIP 1 W95 HTML Noepad v1.19 WEDNESDAY APRIL 29 FILENAME D# O/S DESCRIPTION 4OS2_252.ZIP 1 OS2 4OS2 v2.52 BZR-WF13.ZIP 13 DOS Welcome to the Future DODLWP15.ZIP 15 D/W Lan Workplace v5.1 DSCG4527.ZIP 27 W95 Borland CodeGuard v4.5 EX_Q1644.ZIP 44 W95 Quick Expense v1.6 FBINSP2.ZIP 2 WIN Netscape Powerpack v2.0 FRC-FF1.ZIP 1 DOS Form Filler v4.0 GNX32FH2.ZIP 1 W95 FontHandler v2.0 KUDO22.ZIP 29 DOS Kudo CD Publisher MDC-BCS7.ZIP 7 DOS Betacam SX MSQS190.ZIP 1 WIN Shez v1.09 MTYDDR03.ZIP 3 WIN Digital Dressing Room Beta v1.00 NF-FW022.ZIP 22 DOS Fire Wind PWAOP608.ZIP 30 WIN Bay Networks Optivity v6.0 QINTS213.ZIP 3 WIN Quarterdeck Internet Suit v2.10 SCALER13.ZIP 1 DOS Scaler v1.30 SMS-OILC.ZIP 1 W95 OilCap v1.0 Pro SPUDA-20.ZIP 21 DOS Spud 1 T96TVD35.ZIP 36 W95 Trillium Visual Designer TC-DSKPR.ZIP 1 WNT Diskeeper THURSDAY APRIL 30 FILENAME D# O/S DESCRIPTION A95UN-09.ZIP 32 WIN Access 95 Unleashed BREND-25.ZIP 25 WIN BRender SDK v1.2 COPSB03.ZIP 3 WIN FutureTense Texture Editor BETA v9.0 DA-758S1.ZIP 3 W95 Dr. Solomon'S Anti-Virus v7.58 DA-BR21.ZIP 1 WIN MVP Bridge V2.1 DFTFTEXT.ZIP 1 WIN FlexText v2.2 DFTWEBS2.ZIP 2 WIN WebStor v1.01 DSG-CCMD.ZIP 9 DOS Command & Conquer Mission Pack 1 FRC-MC2.ZIP 2 DOS Micro Cookbook v4.0c FS-GP21.ZIP 37 DOS Genotropin Marketing Service Bank HPBMOM.ZIP 1 W95 Hewlett Packard Backup KALI12U.ZIP 1 DOS Kali v1.2u MADK-01.ZIP 65 W95 Microsoft Active-X Developer's Kit MTYFIRES.ZIP 1 DOS FireSoft Q&A : Officer! 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D# O/S DESCRIPTION ATLS325.ZIP 5 W95 Netscape v3.0 Atlas CB4AWWW1.ZIP 3 W95 Alis WWW-browser v1.2.c CB4PBDN7.ZIP 7 WNT Palindrome Backup Director v4.0 FBIHPWIZ.ZIP 1 WIN Home Page Wizzard GALL33.ZIP 38 W95 Lotus Gallery MTY-IJ2.ZIP 2 W95 Internet Junction MTYATM6.ZIP 6 W95 Adobe Type Manager Deluxe Beta 8 PCLW5W01.ZIP 45 DOS LightWave 5 PSG-SE06.ZIP 6 DOS Sensible World Of Soccer Euro 96 Edit PSG-TKBA.ZIP 11 DOS Total Knockout Championship Female Boxing SDM-MO2.ZIP 2 W95 MAC Opener SDMWP7S2.ZIP 2 W95 WordPerfect 7 SDK SDM_WNS3.ZIP 3 WIN AT&T WorldNet Services TTTENAM.ZIP 1 W95 Encarta 96 Yearbook Builder XFFEZDB.ZIP 1 WIN FormEZ WEDNESDAY MAY 22 FILENAME D# O/S DESCRIPTION CB4CYBD6.ZIP 1 W95 CyberSuite Desktop CB4ITK-2.ZIP 1 WIN NetManage Intranet Toolkit v5.1 Beta DOD-AVN3.ZIP 3 W95 Dr. Solomon's Antivirus Toolkit v7.58 DODPGOO2.ZIP 2 W95 Kai`s Power GOO v1.0 DWNIPN32.ZIP 1 W95 IPhone v.3.2 Full Upgrade Build 21 EVR-AM36.ZIP 27 W95 MS ActiveMovie SDK Beta 3 EVR-VT2H.ZIP 8 W95 VTune v2.0 FBIWAWY3.ZIP 9 DOS Worlds Away ICSOSB4.ZIP 1 W95 IBM Internet Connection Server v4.1 ICSSOSB4.ZIP 1 W95 IBM Internet Connection Secure Server v4.1 N1326-66.ZIP 68 O/S Windows NT Workstation v4.0 Build 1326 N1630B4.ZIP 1 WIN Netscape v3.0 Beta 4 PHOTIM15.ZIP 1 W95 Ulead's PhotoImpact v3.0 WEBX11B.ZIP 1 W95 IBM Secure WebExplorer v1.1 Beta r c n t o p 1 o This chart was compiled by adding the number of bytes uploaded to the 3 fastest BBSes in the WORLD. The following is a chart of the RCN top 10 couriers : Dates of Upload Count : 05/19/96 -> 05/25/96 User Handle/Alias Affiliation Upload Bytes #1 The Blue Adept EVERLAST 583,257,792 #2 Luck n/a 423,798,143 #3 T-Bone n/a 373,567,889 #4 Xwing AMNESiA 310,236,865 #5 Darkside RiSC 296,265,734 #6 Suspicious Image RiSC 210,275,569 #7 Amorphis RAPiER 162,982,124 #8 Gremlin fATE 159,465,789 #9 Shatter Star RiSC 157,961,753 #10 Tiger Claw RTS 127,181,116 Score Chart : BBS Uploads AMN 310 MB DGT 0 EVR 583 MB fATE 159 MB MAL 0 RPR 162 MB RiSC 663 MB RTS 127 Average Uploads Per Courier : ----------------------------- EVERLAST - [583 MB] AMNESiA - [310 MB] Rise in Superior Couriering - [221 MB] RAPiER - [162 MB] Fast Action Trade Exchange - [159 MB] Request to Send - [127 MB] Digital - [ 0 MB] MALiCE - [ 0 MB] r c n t o p 1 o This chart was compiled by adding the number of bytes uploaded to dhe 3 fastest FTP sites in the WORLD. The following is a chart of the RCN top 10 couriers : Dates of Upload Count : 05/19/96 -> 05/25/96 User Handle/Alias Affiliation Upload Bytes #1 The Midnight Grave Digger AMNESiA 389,463,793 #2 Slate MALiCE 242,235,123 #3 Apollo MALiCE 215,124,866 #4 Shatter Star RiSC 198,863,025 #5 Bababoey RiSC 165,098,256 #6 Demon Hunter AMNESiA 127,857,235 #7 Frost Digital 117,578,980 #8 Bluewater RiSC 114,079,255 #9 Cyber Phreak EVERLAST 111,457,478 #10 Caserd AMNESiA 107,792,165 Score Chart : FTP Uploads AMN 623 MB DGT 117 MB EVR 111 MB fATE 0 MB MAL 457 MB RPR 0 MB RiSC 477 MB RTS 0 MB Average Uploads Per Courier : ----------------------------- MALiCE - [228 MB] AMNESiA - [208 MB] Rise in Superior Couriering - [159 MB] Digital - [117 MB] EVERLAST - [111 MB] Fast Action Trade Exchange - [ 0 MB] Rapier - [ 0 MB] Request to Send - [ 0 MB] r c n d e a r r o a d r e b e l ! Welcome to Dear Road Rebel! This is going to be YOUR column that is a cross between Dear Abby and Dave Berry. The most important part of this is YOUR participation. If you have ever had a question about the scene or just a comment, here's the place! Have you ever wanted to know why some people do this or that? ASK! I would love to take it to the extreme for you and we will be happy to research it! I hope you have as much fun with this as I will! Remember, this is YOUR column! Dear Road Rebel, The BBS scene pimped on the Internet scene. It was so much more interesting to be in! I mean getting stuff around in 0-2 day was HARD! It took skilled couriers. I think the Internet ruined everything. Signed, Koon Dog Dear Koon Dog, I think you're very right, the BBS scene involved much more skill. People would spend countless hours logging onto boards around the world to get new releases so they could put everything around the world and get all the releases out. But why do you think the Internet ruined EVERYTHING? I think it raised the competition that much higher. Now people really have to try hard to get places before others do. When the Internet wasn't around, the competition was not to get stuff around faster than anybody else, but to get stuff around at all. Now, we have so many great couriers and they all try to push the same stuff to the same place, and people lose by mere seconds. I think that makes things that much harder. But of course, "it is not who does it first, it's who does it right," and it could quite easily be said that much of today's scene is filled with bad releases that don't work. Signed, Road Rebel Dear Road Rebel, The Internet has fixed some things and fucked up other things. Couriers are having a ball now trying to do things before others. However, like you say, there are some new problems. Many boards are getting partial releases and that doesn't help anybody. It makes the courier look bad and then makes the group look stupid. Ultimately, it lowers the quality of the board. Signed, Zero Prime Dear Reader, I think you bring out an interesting point. The scene is currently in a transition regarding the Internet and the BBS scene. The Internet, I think, will end up prevailing, but while we're making this transition from BBS to Internet, the two are clashing. We're going from one resource that can push a meg per second, to a resource that pushes no more than 3k per second. That's a huge bottleneck, and one that will be resolved as soon as we start getting BBSs running on private T1's and Cable modems. Until then, the bottleneck will still slow us down. As soon as the transition is complete, the scene will breathe a fresher air. Signed, Road Rebel Topic For Next Week : Week Old Group As always, we see about three new groups a week, and about three more die every week. However, none of these groups grow beyond 2 or 3 releases. Every once in a while, if we're lucky, the group ends up releasing on a regular basis. Sounds like a winner, right? Wrong. Most often, the group's releases don't work, are uncracked, or even incomplete. One would think, in theory, that new groups can't hurt anything. Sure, there could be too many of them, and they take up time, but if they release, they're helping the scene. However, this is hardly the case. The situation has become so bad that now, when one finds a release that he wants, he must check twice to see what group released it. Often, if the group is not a megafigure such as DOD or PWA, Razor or Dynamix, he won't even download it, for fear of wasting an hour of his time just to find that what he downloaded doesn't even work. So, what's the alternative for the hopefuls to get big in the scene? What do you think these small groups are doing to the scene as a whole? Do you think they benefit it, or inhibit its success? Do you think their releases, even though small in number, are worth downloading? Do you trust them? Write back and tell us what you think! Please E-Mail all responses to an385786@anon.penet.fi. r c n a s t r o l o g y ! The following details your forecasts depending on your astrological sign. Each sign designates your personal lucky numbers of the week. The following specific areas of focus include those of love and warez : Visiting a few different IRC channels is stimulating. Your mind is working fast and you are ready to join some big groups. Being with a variety of people is exhilarating. You may be going over your budget on computer software to determine whether or not you are extravagant. Pirate more. You might be trying to save your money for a major purchase such as a new ISDN modem. It could be difficult week to stay focused. If you are a courier on short errands, make a list to keep you've couriered and fortune will be nearby. You will find a partner of the same sex on IRC that will entertain you sexually. Each of you is in a mood for lively IRC chat. Your art of conversation will a strategic plus in attacing a lot of faggots. You feel like a LION, your nerves are jumping out of your skin. This is not a good time to quit groups. Too much thinking will give you a big headache. Uploading without downloading is going to exhaust you. Go get some rest. You might be excited about going out on a date with someone you recently met. Don't be, this person is not interested in talking to you. You could be hoping to get a raise in position within a warez group. When you don't get good news, it may be time to join another group. Your mind is imagining a wonder escape to a faraway place. Prolonged periods of time on channel #Gaysex could be a valuable learning experience and a fun-filled adventure. You can enjoy going to a group channel that is usually +i. Have fun creating a romantic atmosphere in that channel, and you might pass along some of your good feeling energy. Lucky news can come at a time when you need it most. Don't act undeserving, or ask too many questions why god things should be happening to you. Enjoy it! Don't be defensive if you make a mistake on IRC. Nobody cares. Stay focused on getting it done right. Nobody is perfect, not even guys from Napalm. Well, Napalm is a little more less perfect than most, but if Napalm can learn, so can you! Getting into better physical shape is a possible desire. Finding discipline is the challenge. Get off your computer and go excercise (masturbation is not considered exercise), go jog a mile! r c n c o n t e s t ! RCN would like to announce a new contest! The first person who sends in correct information leading to Chris Carter's RCN exposure will win access to a 130 meg file bot. RCN is in search of information concerning Chris Carter, such as his home and business addresses, home and business phone numbers, and/or any embarrassing information you can dig up (like, if he's a queer or something). Information concerning Chris Carter will only be published in this E-Zine if proven true. Any information on this person will be greatly appreciated. Let the narc hunt begin!!! Please email all responses to 'an385786@anon.penet.fi.'. The following is a short summary of what Chris Carter is all about : Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 01:02:01 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Carter To: x@x.x.x Cc: postmaster@x.x, piracy1@SPA.ORG, software@BSA.ORG Subject: Software Piracy from x@x.x.x Dear John Doe: I have found a user in your Internet domain who plays a large role in the distribution of copyrighted software on the Internet. This user uses the nickname "Ordinance," and uses the account "x@x.x.x.". He/she is a member of an underground group called "RTS." This group is dedicated to the transfer of illegal commercial software to a large audience of users on the Internet. They use the most efficient and fastest methods possible. The user was seen on IRC at exactly: Sun Apr 28 02:04:41 1996 EDT. In an effort to stop software piracy on the Internet, I have been monitoring various groups of users on the Internet Relay Chat network. This medium of communication has become very popular with "warez" pirates who exchange commercial software illegally. On the IRC network, groups of people come together to use sophisticated methods to distribute commercial software to literally thousands of users. With such large scale distribution methods, the software industry is losing millions of dollars. I have no direct evidence to show you that this user is participating in illegal activities. But I can direct you to where evidence can be found. If you are permitted to do so, I suggest that you take a brief scan of the user's home-directory and check for any suspicious files. If you cannot do this, I recommend that you keep a close eye on this user and watch for any unusual activities. Please take whatever action is appropriate in dealing with these matters as stated in your organization's Internet Policy Agreement or Network Etiquette Policy. Thank you for taking the time to read through this message. And thank you for any assistance you can give to help resolve this matter. Your time and help is greatly appreciated and I give you my full gratitude. Thanks again, Chris Carter International Internet Association chrisc@free.org From jeppe Tue Apr 9 14:03:06 1996 Subject: Software Piracy from x@x.x.fi (fwd) To: x (Mr. X) Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 14:03:05 +0000 (EET DST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Status: RO X-Status: I have found a user in your Internet domain who plays a large role in the distribution of copyrighted software on the Internet. This user uses the nickname "BN" and uses the account "x@x.x.fi.". He/she is a member of an underground group called "Rapier." This group is dedicated to the transfer of illegal commerical software to a large audience of users on the Internet. They use the most efficient and fastest methods possible. Thanks again, Chris Carter International Internet Association chrisc@free.org I believe this user, Chris Carter, is violating numerous laws, to include guidelines set forth by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). His means of monitoring are clearly illegal in the United States. He is known to use hacked accounts, send false mail, hide his address, monitor channels in "IRC" through stealth modes - his presence not visible to users of the channels. He is also making great accusations with no evidence causing undue harassment and libel. Undue conflict between user and administrator and possibly resulting in the loss of accounts, if not involvement by state/local/federal authorities. Chris Carter's tactics seem to be strategic and premeditative in nature, a direct attack on the reputation of whomever he chooses to harass. It is encouraged that the unethical and unlawful behavior of Chris Carter be stopped, to protect privacy, freedom of speech, reputations of the innocent and prevent him from abusing any other computer systems through subversive and/or illegal "hacking" methods. Chris Carter certainly gets around. Upon mention of his name, many people have spoken out in outrage at his actions and methods. This e-mail is a collective result of concerned citizens in both the United States and abroad. To my knowledge, there are seven other instances of such accusations sent via e-mail with no support. Upon contact, a system administrator from the first provider has stated that they have checked the files of the user in question, permissible by a written legal form signed by the account purchaser, and have not found a single thing of illegal nature. Why is this violation of privacy necessary due to the likes of Mr. Carter, who does not seem to respect the rights of innocent people? One must wonder whether Carter's basis for these accusing messages has anything to do with the reason of "software piracy" as Carter states. If so, his observations are error-prone. The second provider involved has not commented. Thank you for your time and, hopefully, support. Chris Carter is a criminal by any standards and must be dealt with by legal means before spreading more harm among the Internet community. r c n w a r e i q t e s t Test your knowledge of the WAREZ SCENE! The following are TEN mind boggling "YOU DON'T KNOW NOTHIN'" questions! Enter all your answers in, and when you feel you're happy with them, press F10 and the computer will tally up your score and spit it out at you. For every question you missed, the computer will indicate the correct answer. Oh, and if you feel like "You Don't Know Nothin'" midway through the quiz and don't want to embarrass yourself with an incredibly low score, press ESC and you'll be back on the bright side of RCN, the awesome music will calm you down, and all will be well again.. enjoy! *PS* All answers are found in issues of RCN! Xenon is proficient in this computer programming language : [ ] A. ASM [ ] B. C++ [ ] C. PAS [ ] D. All of the Above This Rapier leader was once a part of Amnesia : [ ] A. Captain Blood [ ] B. Gamma Dots [ ] C. Screen Man [ ] D. Zombie Fighter Pharaoh is the system operator of this Canadian board : [ ] A. Beyond Akira [ ] B. Citadel of Chaos [ ] C. Park Central [ ] D. The Rock Jimmy Jamez, the President of DOD, is a : [ ] A. Canadian Citizen [ ] B. Communist [ ] C. Russian Citizen [ ] D. More than Two of the Above are Correct Park Central is located in the following area code : [ ] A. 617 [ ] B. 717 [ ] C. 818 [ ] D. None of the Above Marbz was once the President of this courier group before he left it to pursue other interests as the President of Empire : [ ] A. Angels of Death [ ] B. Designated Couriering Specialists [ ] C. Digital [ ] D. Motiv8 PPP stands for : [ ] A. Point-to-Point Protocol [ ] B. Protocol Processing Parameter [ ] C. Protocol Processed Parameter [ ] D. None of the Above The following utils group is made up of a small band of friends centralized in Sweden : [ ] A. Fast Action Trade Exchange [ ] B. Pirates with Attitudes [ ] C. Request to Send [ ] D. Rebels ALL of the following are games groups EXCEPT : [ ] A. Dawn [ ] B. Hybrid [ ] C. Napalm [ ] D. Razor 1911 ALL of the following are utils groups EXCEPT : [ ] A. Drink or Die [ ] B. Napalm [ ] C. Pirates with Attitudes [ ] D. X-Force r c n v o t i n g ! The following is a short survey on the popularity of the major scene groups. Please take the time to fill it out and return it to the following address : Which GAMES group is #1? [ ] Dynamix [ ] Hybrid [ ] Napalm [ ] Prestige [ ] Razor 1911 [ ] Release on Rampage Which UTILS group is #1? [ ] Above the Absolute [ ] Dawn [ ] Drink or Die [ ] Mortality [ ] Pirates with Attitudes [ ] Rebels [ ] Scum [ ] X-Force Which TRADE group is #1 in the field of NET couriering? [ ] Amnesia [ ] Digital [ ] Empire [ ] Everlast [ ] Fast Action Trading Exchange [ ] The Hardened Criminals [ ] Malice [ ] Motiv8 [ ] Request to Send [ ] Rise in Superior Couriering Which TRADE group is #1 in the field of BBS couriering? [ ] Amnesia [ ] Digital [ ] Empire [ ] Everlast [ ] Fast Action Trading Exchange [ ] The Hardened Criminals [ ] Malice [ ] Motiv8 [ ] Request to Send [ ] Rise in Superior Couriering Please E-Mail all responses to an385786@anon.penet.fi. r c n s u r v e y ! The following is a short readership survey. All information obtained from the survey will be used to help improve RCN in future issues. Please take the time to fill it out and return it to the following address : Age : [ ] 13-18 Years Old [ ] 19-21 Years Old [ ] 22-35 Years Old [ ] 36+65 Years Old [ ] 66+ Years Old Highest level of education completed : [ ] High School [ ] College [ ] Masters Degree [ ] Doctoral Degree Are you a SysOp? [ ] Yes [ ] No Are you affiliated with any scene groups? [ ] Yes [ ] No Do you download RCN regularly? [ ] Yes [ ] No Do you save back issues of RCN? [ ] Yes [ ] No Magazine coding influences me to download one magazine over another __% of the time : [ ] 100 [ ] 80 [ ] 50 [ ] 30 [ ] 0 Amount of time spent reading RCN each week? [ ] 15-30 Minutes [ ] 31-45 Minutes [ ] 46-60 Minutes [ ] 60+ Minutes Please E-Mail all responses to an385786@anon.penet.fi. r c n m a d r c n ! Author : Rebel Chicken (With Permission from Hitex) Subject : Hitex-Watch .. and I score again!!! Dammit Hitex, how do you do this? You got to teach me some of your tricks man. How do you get all these girls to go out with you? I'm fairly desperate these days, I only have 2 weeks left of school now and I haven't even scored yet. You're only a junior and you've already scored with TONS... I scored big time last night, it was with a SENIOR.. WOW!!! No way, dam you're good bro!!! What was she like? I don't think you'll like her though Rebel Chicken, remember, everyone has different tastes. Well, I still haven't had too much to taste, I'd do anything to taste some right about now. Hey, how far did you go with this senior chick? ALL the way, the whole 9 yards.. Spare me no details! I don't think it would be wise, I'd rather not dwell in the details of my private life. Suffice to say, I got a handful, and it lasted til dawn. Awww.. come on.. not even for me? Do you have a picture of her anywhere? Can you send me over a picture of her, or maybe I could just go over to your school next week, whichever is easier for you. I think sending you a picture of the girl will be easier. I'm not sure if I could get a guest pass in such a short notice, but I'll try. It'll be hard getting you a guest pass though since my Principal rarely gives out guest passes. I'll try. Anyways, I always keep pictures of girls I've gone all the way with. I can send you the GIF of this senior chick, it's from the year book from last year when she was a junior. I'll also send you the chick I went all the way with last year... You never told me you went all the way more than once! Dam Hitex! What have you been hiding from me.. you've probably buffed more than 2 and you're just trying not to brag. You think it'll make me feel bad so you're trying not to hurt my feelings.. tell me more, send me the GIFs!!! Okay... *** DCC SEND gfriend1.gif (203.70.129.7) I am autogetting from Hitex. *** DCC GET:/user/rblchickn/gfriend1.gif completed 25.94 kb/sec *** DCC SEND gfriend2.gif (203.70.129.7) I am autogetting from Hitex. *** DCC GET:/user/rblchickn/gfriend2.gif completed 28.17 kb/sec Gfriend1.gif is the chick from last year, and gfriend2.gif is the one I scored on last night. Allrightee, I'm shelling... r c n m a d r c n ! Author : Instant Rage Subject : M'name is Chicken, Rebel Chicken. People call me... The other day, I was sitting in the can of a public restroom, and among the scribbles on the wall, I noticed something that meant something to me. Somebody had etched the words "PiL 96 !!" on the wall with a black marker while taking a shit. I sat there and thought, and thought.. then I wondered if these were actually the scribbles of a member of Pirates in Legion, the present but forgotten utils group. Or I suppose it could have been a VERY happy fan, but who knows. All that thinking encouraged me to stay on the can and think some more. All this thinking led me to think about the importance of group names. When thoughts come about a group like fATE, do you think of the meaning behind it? Somebody put a lot of thought into that name (maybe they were on the can like me), and it brings importance to the group. The word fATE alone can make you think about alot of things, but the underlying meaning is still "Fast Action Trade Exchange". Other names that we know of, such as PWA, or even COPS, makes one laugh when we think of the meaning. I know I'm not the only one who thinks Pirates with Attitudes is just a little cheezzzy, let alone Couriers of Pirated Software. But we look and we laugh, after all, we can't let the scene get too serious now, can we? A few more minutes of shitting led me to think about the importance of handles. There are some funny names of groups out there, and I realzied that could extend outside the spectrum of mere group names. Many handles of the people in the scene are equally ridiculous. For example, if you can recall the handle of Fan Fan La Tulipe, the late President of TDU-JAM!, or our very own RCN editor, Rebel Chicken. Both these names are extremely ridiculous, but none the less, it's not the name that really matters, it's what's backed by it. You could call yourself ABC or 123 if you really wanted to, and it wouldn't make a difference, it's not your handle that's important, the important matter is the substance that backs it up. And the same can be said for groups, you could start a group called RWN, Raisins with Nuts, but if that group releases consistent quality or couriers in a fashion revolutionizing to the scene, then that group will receive the recognition and respect it deserves regardless of its cheezzzy name. r c n m a d r c n ! Author : Rebel Chicken Subject : 5 Minutes The bell rings. I am faster than the bell, I had packed my bag 20 seconds prior. As I was walking toward my next class, I couldn't help but notice that to my left was Emily, I think of her as this really stupid blonde girl, and Hitex thinks of her as "pimple face". Oh God, please tell me Emily doesn't see me, I don't feel like talking to anyone right now, especially not her. May be I can just mingle to the right of the hallway and hide behind some freshman. The day is not going well. The stupid blonde girl greets me and starts small talk. I am extremely agitated and I wish that she'd just leave me alone. I can see that she starts her conversations the same way every single time, no matter who she's talking to. In fact, everyone from my high school talks the same. Everyone says the same thing, the same way, and by far, I am as guilty of that as anyone else. I can read their minds and I perceive that what they say and what they feel are as different as night and day. I show interest in what she says. I smile. I nod my head. I smile again, and I wish to myself that she would shut up. Now I'm really in trouble, our conversation has superseded the usual "How are you doing" and the "I'm doing great" bullshit, and she's going out of her routine small talk. She asks me a question. Even though I have no idea what her question is, I try my best to reply. I give her the no fuss answer, "Wow, that's cool." I see her lips move up and down again, but I have no idea what the hell she's saying. She pauses and smiles. I see her smile and so I smile back, and I assume that it is time for me to reply, so I say to her, "Wow, that is REALLY REALLY cool." Suddenly, I grow very confused. I start asking myself questions I have never even thought of before. I know that these questions I am asking myself have always been part of me, but it is only now that I am allowing them to surface. I ponder. Why can't she just be herself? I know she is not very fond of me. Why is she acting like she's my friend. I don't even know her that well; the only reason link I have to her is that I sit next to her in my English IV class, I hardly doubt that's a basis for friendship. Is she acting nice because it's othe cool thing to do?" And, why can't she stop talking, she is becoming very annoying. She asks me another question, this time, I don't know what to do. To think that I used to want to go out with her, yuck.. what the hell was I thinking? A part of me speaks, the part of me that stems from archaic roots takes over. I will have to sacrifice dearly, but today, I will let my dark side take over. In a matter of 20 seconds, I will destroy the "nice guy" image I had worked so hard building up these last 4 years. I was good at deceiving people, I got them all to think that I was a "nice guy". Not this time though, I don't really care anymore. I choose to come out of the closet, so to speak, I'm going to just be myself. I say to her in my own tone, without smiling, "What the fuck is wrong with you? Can't you tell that I have absolutely no fucking interest in what you're saying to me?" I said it really loud, and nearly everyone in the hallway stops to look at me. I feel very embarrassed, but I don't care, I am having fun. Unfortunately, one of the people who hears me yell at the stupid blonde girl, was the Principal. The Principal rushes to me and puts his hand on my back. He asks me why I was acting so agitated, and asks me whether or not I needed to go to the nurse's office. The Principal must think I'm mentally unstable. Well, I'm NOT crazy, I'm just elite. I tell him that I am not crazy, and that I was merely acting natural, I couldn't take it anymore. The bitch was too annoying, I only did that which was necessary to prevent mental collapse. I haven't been myself for nearly 4 years now. I don't want to fall into that trap again, like before, I didn't want to end my conversation without showing her who I really was. I don't regret any of what I did. The Principal slaps on my back a pink sheet. On that pink sheet, I read, "Two hours detention." I shrug and I start walking back toward my next class, I feel free, free again, free at last, and once again, I here a voice saying, "I don't regret any of what I did." Hitex : Editor Rebel Chicken : Editor Xenon : ASM/MOD Celestian : ANSi RATM : VGA/WWW Marbz : NFOs Darkwing : IRC Offer Bot Undinism : IRC Offer Bot Velocity : IRC Offer Bot Joker : FTP Site Everclear : Top 10 : BBS Shatter : Top 10 : FTP Defender Zeta : Writer Frost : Writer Instant Rage : Writer Kahn : Writer Krypto : Writer Lucifers Fear : Writer Road Rebel : Writer/Internet Coordinator Super Hacker : Writer/Courier Coordinator Tuxedo Mask : Writer FTP Site : 167.206.212.37 Web Site : http://www.shu.edu/~importmi/rcn E-Mail : AN385786@ANON.PENET.FI