r e a l i t y c h e c k n e t w o r k ! Introduction Find that Narc Contest Editorials "Warez-IQ" Warez Quiz! Interviews Voting Booth/Results Articles Reader Survey Reviews Secret Articles Warez Lists Space Invaders Game Top 10 Couriers Group NFOs [Couriers] Dear Road Rebel, Group NFOs [Releases] Astrology RCN Information The Truth of Road Rebel? Pest and Razor 1911 Defender Zeta Leaves Sailor Moon Dark Elf and AOD Stockade IV DCCing Files? The Quiet Riot is Lame More Couriers? Xanthos on FTP Sites Thrasher and Dr. Jekyll Miscellaneous Email DVD Drive.. 17 Gigs??? Return to Main Menu I Narq You. Champagne Supernova in... COVER : Dr. Jekyll BUSTed Florida Department Law Enforcement PLUS! : Demaxxus BUSTed 7:30am What Happened to DOD? Who? What? REALLY??? Prestige Good Job Guys! Crackers, the Brains... Living the Good Life! Cable Modems How Fast is Fast? Warez in My Mailbox? 300,000 Very Happy People Groups.. Time Consuming? Digitex Speaks Return to Main Menu Check Out Other Parts of RCN #17! 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 Ionizer's Game Review Hitex's DIZ Review Go Back to Main Menu The Seven Listing #1 [05/09/96] --> [05/15/96] The Seven Listing #2 [05/16/96] --> [05/22/96] The Seven Listing #3 [05/23/96] --> [05/29/96] The Seven Listing #4 [05/30/96] --> [06/05/96] Upcoming Release Dates June of 1996 --> July of 1997 Global Warez Search Search All Warez Lists!! Return to Main Menu Check Out Other Parts of RCN #17! Top 10 Couriers : BBS #1 Top 10 Couriers : FTP #1 Top 10 Couriers : BBS #2 Top 10 Couriers : FTP #2 Top 10 Couriers : BBS #3 Top 10 Couriers : FTP #3 Go Back to Main Menu Voting Results : Release Voting Results : Courier Voting Booth Go Back to Main Menu Chicken Watch : Part Deux The Chance of a Lifetime... Return to Main Menu Check Out Other Parts of RCN #17! Amnesia Less than Zero Angels of Death Next Generation Traders Cartel Malice Damage Motiv8 Digital Power Trading Arsenal Empire Rapier Fast Action Trading Exchange Request to Send The Hardened Criminals Rise in Superior Couriering Internet Relay Network Return to Main Menu Couriers of Pirated Software Razor 1911 Dawn Rebels Demolition Release on Rampage Drink or Die Sailor Moon Mortality Scum Napalm Sodom Pinnacle United Cracking Force Prestige X-Force Pirates with Attitudes Return to Main Menu Group Information Credits Go Back to Main Menu r c n e d i t o r i a l ! Dear RCN, Okay, I am writing this to bring out the truth about some shit I did like 5 months ago. Brutus and I were running Legacy around January or February. Entropy set us up with a guy named Waverider who said he had the game of the year and all the usual bull shit. No problem. He tells us he has the full Alpha version of the game and wants us to release it. Soo, we decided not to release the source and have a programmer work on it and make patches for things like modem play. All was fine, Waverider promised no one else would get the source code, and everyone was happy; except Waverider. He couldn't understand that because he could supply only one release, he wasn't a full member. That was just the Legacy policy at the time. He was only supposed to get credit for that release and any patches that might proceed it, and this was worked out with him and Stormside (I think) from Motiv8. M8 wanted to courier it. So 2 days after we release this game, ROR releases the source code to it. Kind of amazing seeing as no one was supposed to have it. TKLP did some nice ass kissing (that is of course the job of every group leader) and got it. I went to the Motiv8 leaders and talked to them about kicking him from M8 or punishing him in some way for breaking his word to another group, and M8's word along with it. I tried for 2 days to get something done, they kept saying they would take some sort of disciplinary measure, but nothing was happening. As a result of this, I e-mailed the company that programmed this. All I gave them was Waverider's IRC handle. The next thing I knew, they were raiding his house. Yes, I am a dick, but I thought it was funny. A few days later I got attacked by a ton of people that know nothing of what they were talking about. It died a bit after that, but Waverider, in court, narqed saying that TKLP was the releaser of the source. This is confirmed in Issue #16 of RCN by TKLP himself in an interview. Now, 4 months later, I have assholes that think they know something starting shit, I have a lamer sending out fake logs saying all kinds of shit that was never said, and another magazine printed distorted facts. By the way, I like the other magazines, just one of their head people is jealous of RCN or something and wants to start shit. So this is the story of what REALLY happened. I have no reason to lie, this shit is old news, but some people have a hard time letting go of the past. In short, we made a deal, he fucked me, I tried to resolve it on IRC with his leaders, they stalled, I took care of it. It's a very simple thing, the scene has its limits, and those boundaries should not be crossed. I had a reason behind my telling Wave not to release the source. I am a responsible person and I knew we would only release a compiled version, but they didn't think that way. Releasing the source code of an ALPHA version of a program is like saying a fat "FUCK YOU" to the company, as this was uncopyrighted material. Any Joe Blow could have taken that and copyrighted it. It is one thing to release pirated software. The company can write that off as a loss. It's another thing, however, to release material that that company has spent countless hours on and ruin it all for them. Oh, and in closing, if anyone thinks they can narq on me, I keep NO WAREZ at my house or on my system, I don't card, and I don't phreak. So have fun trying! :-) Signed, RoadRebel Dear RoadRebel, You've covered it all there. Thanks for clearing things up. Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken r c n e d i t o r i a l ! Dear RCN, This is Defender Zeta of Rapier, Logistix, Alliance, and Mortality writing to let you know that I am retiring. Im quitting the scene as of now. As I've gone from a lamer with no clue to a lamer with a clue I've come to the decision that the scene has become a waste of time. I have put in 7-10 hours a day after school for about 17 months now. I'm totally burned out, my girlfriend dumped me , and it seems that most of my friends are in the scene. I'm quitting becuase the scene isn't what i thought it would be. It's been fun and quite educational . The scene interferes with jobs, lifes, famlies, and is generally a waste of time. I thought it over. If my biggest thrill is to get #1 on a board or a site i need a fucking life. I've stayed awake for days at a time to increase my place in the scene. I have made friends and enemies. It's been an interesting experience. I started out as a lamer with a 14.4 and no clue and now I'm leaving as a lamer with a 14.4 and no life. The scene is addictive as hell. Don't even bother to deny it. Almost every trader I know has said at some point or another 'I'm quitting.. this shit is messing up my life'. Most come back in a month or so... I should know... I've quit 5 times now.. and each time something happens to drag me back. I'd like to take this occasion to tell lesser traders that as you get farther into the scene you will be dragged into alot of political crap. It's annoying and it will take up about 80% of your time. Finding out who's the shit and who's not takes up about 60% of your trading time and iRC itself take about 80% of your time. I would encourage traders who are on the local scale and who havent gotten into the group scene yet to quit while your ahead.. just stay in #Exceed and rape the DCC lamers.. its almost the best way to do it and stay independent. I'd encourage most of the traders out there to quit now. The Feds will find a legal loop hole in our legal system that will allow them to trace you and arrest you. Currently, the scene in the USA exists on its scale because the law cannot touch us. We are invincible. We are in vast numbers and our legions grow daily. On the flip side we are ultra competitive, quite often have misplaced priorities which are focused on the scene. The scene is a colossial waste of time. In all my moving about gigs of crap I have only downloaded and unzipped about 12 games. The scene is full of crap that no one bothers to leech and unzip. It gets expensive after a while. The scene starts out fun by pretending we are the best board traders on earth. It ends with us being the best board and site traders on earth but with no life. Fan Fan la Tulipe said it best when he said the entire scene was a dream and a fantasy. It's based on the idea that one day you will become ELiTE enuff to have your name be known forever in the scene. This is crap, if a person quits the scene he is forgotten in maybe 6 months to a year tops if he was a super trader. Look at Captain Blood , he was the shit. He was a major member of Razor, DOD, and a ton of other groups. In one day (ONE) he was kicked off every major board and site and he was the object of ridicule and jokes. Don't imagine that the scene itself gives a fuck about you. You will make friends and they will miss you but they will make new friends and forget about you when your a hasbin. The scene is impersonal and it doesnt care about you. Your friends will miss you but like I said.. in time they will forget about you. My advice is to chill and get a girlfriend . Greets : TSA : For being my best friend on the Net and helping me when it counted... you're one of the best people in the scene. Erupt : For being cool and doing his part to destroy egos in the scene. NyteMyst : For being a cool guy and showing me that board trading can be fun =) Egoistic Fate : For giving me good advice when I needed it most. Fortune : For helping me get started in the group scene. Ratz Bloodd : Thanks for giving a lamer a chance and a opportunity to become big. Ratphour : For showing faith that I can do the job of a senior. And for giving me good solid advice. Forseer : You'er doing good bro.. don't give up.. your well on your way to the top. Apoc : I hope you'll get to the top.. your ambition is high and your a good trader.. good luck bro! Blackened : Sorry for destroying your FTP site and group so long ago.. I still feel bad about it. Dxfer : You rule and your the best board trader on earth. Some say it's Suspicious Image.. but all the locals bow to you, you showed me that it's time to get a Reality Check and quit this crap. Wild Child : You're a tight companion and a good friend. You're one of the best sysops on earth. Later Bro! BleachBoy : Your site has gone to gay fATE site to a radical site really fast. Your a good friend and you always treated me fairly. I hope that your site becomes #1 and blows LA away hard! Good luck Bro! Rebel Chicken : Hiya bro.. you rule.. it's been a blast! The entire RCN staff : You guys rule! Fuckoffs : Scorpian and Sub-Zero : Your ego is bigger than what any 10 real traders can handle. I suggest you go back to coding PPEs and shut the hell up you little egotistical bastard. I hope you choke on your own bloody cum next time you masturbate to your own Midnight Grave Digger : You used to be cool.. then you got a ego. Correct it before you make too many more enemies or you're dead meat. Your digging your own grave Doobie : You fucking fATE lAMER. I hope you and your lame ass group die in their own gayness. You claim to be #1 but your ENTIRE group is too chicken shit to compete with a real group because you know that your queer iRC traders would get blown off the Signed, Defender Zeta Dear Defender Zeta, You were a great person and the scene will truly miss you. I wish I had a girlfriend.. or may be not. Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken r c n e d i t o r i a l ! Dear RCN, I am not new to the scene, I have been around for quite a while now. My IRC nick is DarK-Elf. I saw RCN-16.ZIP and said to myself "Cool, let me go take a look at this." I downloaded it and as soon as I went into RCN-16.EXE, I thought it was awesome. The sound, coding, everything was the best that I have ever seen. After reading the entire magazine I then went and downloaded all the past issues of the RCN magazine. RCN is a really good magazine and I think that you guys are getting bigger and more popular. On Sundays, people in almost every channel are talking about RCN's. Now as for warez groups and the scene. I wish people would just stop arguing and grow up a little. People who do nothing for the scene except leech and stay in their group's channel. Those people should be banned from every warez channel on IRC. I think if every member in every group worked then the scene would be a whole lot better. Unfortunately, the majority of the scene is made up of leeches and idling people. I think if people concencentrated on one group instead of joining 1 thousand groups and doing nothing, this place could be a better one. People should stick to one group and focus on it. I started by focusing on a group called AOD and look at me now, I'm a senior of a great group that I like a lot. Signed, Dark Elf Dear Dark Elf, Thanks for the great compliments! As far as groups go, you're quite right, and I think you bring up a good point. AOD isn't the most k-rad 10x #1 group, but it's a group, and if you enjoy being in it, that's all that matters. AOD, by your writing, doesn't sound like a group that ever has to worry about egos. Good job guys! Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken r c n e d i t o r i a l ! Dear RCN, After reading your Issue #16, I decided to throw in my 2 cents on an issue that has been bothering me. First of all, the issue of trading and talent. Please let it be known that it takes NO talent whatsoever to be a courier. People base respect and popularity on "talent." It takes absolutely no talent whatsoever to sit and type on a keyboard for a few hours and move files. It does, however, take knowhow and contacts to get the job doe right. People say that DCC couriers are lame and have no talent, but this is far from the truth. The truth of the matter is that it takes no talent to do any bit of couriering or releasing. If you think it does, then you're a fool. My little brother could do what any of you do, if I were to sit down and teach him how. We all have special talent in certain areas of our life, but playing in the warez world is not one of them by any means. How fucking hard is it to sit there and DCC a file or download it off of a BBS and move it around? Your average bum could do that, but yes, it does take time and contacts to be able to get that. All that entails, however, is meeting the right people and moving the proper meggage. Now most people will find this offensive but I don't give a shit. The people in RiSC and Amnesia and Digital and fATE and all of them for that matter, the ones who people consider "gods of warez" really are no better than the guys in #warez5 or #lamewarez or whatever. They just have more time on their hands (which tells you what? They have no outside life) because I can sit and move for hours and hours a day tons of megs of files and be considered a "talented kick-ass trader." Meanwhile I have no real outside life, so that says in real life most of these so called "warez gods" are probably a bunch of weirdos with no friends or no girlfriend or job. They can just sit around forever and move files, something you people need to think about next time you go kissing ass with the top courier or next time you call your average Joe Blow a lamer. That lamer probably has a job and a girlfriend and friends and something real to do with his time! Now on to the next issue. The word "lame" or "lamer." I am so sick to death of this word. It is so overused and over-rated. When you deam someone lame you are deaming yourself better than them. Again, that says in the scene that in order for you to deam someone lame, that you must be better than them. How? Well, by moving more files or releasing more stuff or sucking dick with bigger people (status-wise), but when you step back and come to reality, that lamer probably has a life and does more with his time than type on a keyboard, so now in retrospect who is lame? The guy going to a bar with his friends or getting laid on Saturday night, or the guy who sits at home in front of his PC typing "mput *.zip" (wow, that takes LOTS of talent!). None of you are better than anybody else. None of you have any talent when it comes to warez, because it takes no talent. So next time you go to call someone lame think about yourself and why you are doing that, but most of the people who do that are so wrapped up in the scene that they don't know the difference between reality and the scene, and THAT, my friend, is lame! Signed, Anonymous Dear Anonymous, What can I say? You've covered it all! I will, still, agree with you about the word "Lamer." It is often the lamest the use it. Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken r c n e d i t o r i a l ! Dear RCN, I've often tried to describe to my friends who are not educated in the ways of the elite just how the scene operates. The best analogy I could ever come up with is one of a pyramid. The best (and the few at the top), the semi-talented (a medium amount of these) in the middle, and the unskilled at the bottom (thousands of these). The hardcore traders and top sites are probably at the top, mediocre groups in the middle, and DCC couriers/Anon Sites/#WarezX channels at the bottom. Knowing this, we can accurately decide the DCC courier's place. When used in moderation, DCC-ing can be an effective and efficient way of moving files around. Distributing group NFOs, applications, group taggers/dizzers. DCC-ing is probably the best way to move some files to a large target audience. FTP sites, however fast, can get bogged down with large amounts of people, but a DCC process can facilitate many people at the same time. The reason why DCC couriers are regarded as "The epitome of the lame Pericles" is probably because it doesn't take much talent to offer something and set the /ptime to 10 mins or so. There is little or no competition, no one can really tell who is the fastest, and the demanded software can be days to weeks old. The reason people get into DCC trading can be anywhere from laziness to the "hands-on" feel of DCC couriering. A friend of mine once told me that it was gratifying watching all the numbers to the processes go, and that when people would leech his files, they would thank him and it made the whole process worthwhile. I can safely say that DCC couriering may be a fun and effective medium by which one can courier, if used in conjunction with FTP trading. I myself have done both FTP and DCC couriering, and have mixed emotions of both worlds. FTP is definitely more competitive, a lot of work, and at the same time very gratifying when you beat the shit out of someone. DCC is something I don't think I'll ever do again, save offering the latest RCN when it comes out. There is no more motivation for me to risk being caught by some FBI/Chris Carter person just to offer files to people I'll probably never know. I believe that if you're at the top, or near the top, your files will make it to almost all the DCC traders there are out there. Therefore, the pyramid shape leads me to believe, in order to effectively affect the most amount of people, you must climb higher on it. Signed, Anonymous Dear Anonymous, I agree with you to a certain extent. However, I don't believe that DCC trading is nearly as useless as you describe it. It is, however, a job that is well employed, and I don't believe we need any more IRC traders in the scene today. Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken r c n e d i t o r i a l ! Dear RCN, Ever since Dr. Jekyll and I have known each other, which was back in the HWC (HardWire Couriers) days, we have always stayed in contact. Most people will recognize him from #Oldwarez, and his FTP site, Stockade (an oldwarez site). It has always been fun talking with him, he was always cool and giving. If I ever needed anything, he would try his best to get it for me. He always had enough time for everyone, and never blew people off. Dr. Jekyll was in many groups throughout his career, but gave up warez about a year ago. He then came back and started Stockade, and his bots, which always offered the best old warez. I would just like to give him my best wishes, in my opinion, he was the best courier I ever knew. Although I never knew that he hacked, it didn't suprise me after I read the article since he knew almost everything about computers. *PS* This just shows us that maybe we should be more careful with what we do. Take your time, and make sure you do it right. Signed, Thrasher Dear Thrasher, It's a shame to see one of the best elites go... Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken r c n e d i t o r i a l ! Dear RCN, First, I'd just like to say I've enjoyed your e-mag thus far. It makes for some interesting reading to hear the thoughts of other people in the scene that I wouldn't hear otherwise. In response to Tuxedo Mask's article on DVD-ROMs, I don't understand how he could conclude the advent of DVD technology could be good for the scene. It's obvious that CD-ROM titles have hurt the warez scene. More often than not, CD-RIPs don't work, aren't worth the time to download considering the enjoyment (for games) or usefulness (for utils) received, and have some critical feature of the program cut out for space reasons. Not to mention the fact that some titles simply are not released because of their size. The reason for all of this is clear. Mass storage technologies are increasing at an exponential rate, while data transmission technologies are increasing only geometrically. In the last couple of years, we have seen the common communications tool double in speed (the modem from 14.4kbps to 28.8kbps), but the average game has increased by 500 to 800 percent. I don't know how closely Tuxedo Mask follows technicial matters, but he neglected to mention that DVD-ROM technology allows not only for double sided media, but also for double layered media. This is accomplished by having two rows of pits at different depths and switching the focus of the laser. Using these techniques, data capacities could be quadrupled to 17 gigabyte. Doubt software manufacturer's will find use for that much space? Would you have believed when CD-ROMs first came out that software would not only fill them, but grow to the point where some (horridly bad) games ship on 10 platters? Considering the damage that CD-ROMs have done thus far, and the plausible explosive popularity of the DVD-ROM format looming on the horizon (due in part because DVD-ROM will be introduced in parallel as the new video & audio storage standard), DVD-ROMs will most definitely hurt the scene. I think the DVD-ROM issue raises some important questions on the future of the scenes "technological feasibility". *PS* Just my thoughts of course... Signed, Necromancer Dear Necromancer, Tuxedo Mask was merely stating two possibilities of how the DVD-ROM could effect the scene. He didn't fail to mention how the DVD-ROM could be the next scene "killer" finishing off the job that the CD-ROM started, but he might have over emphasized on how the DVD-ROM could help regular pirates. He mentioned that a tool such as the upcoming DVD-ROM, all of which are recordable, would be a great asset to anyone who wishes to start their own warez library of games. You mentioned that one DVD-ROM could potentially hold up to 17 gigs, however, that data is no longer up to date with the latest in news. The latest estimates show that the original designers miscalculated the potentials of the DVD-ROM, and it seems more likely now, that the DVD-ROM will be only be one sided, due to production costs, and thus, will only be able to hold up approximately 4 gigs, and not 17 gigs. Personally, I am more than excited to hear that DVD-ROM drives will be coming to home computers within the next year or two. It could potentially kill the scene, but there are a million ways in which it could make things more convenient for life outside the scene. For example, one will be able to put hours worth of quality music on just one DVD, and one will soon be able to purchase DVD movies (they'll be higher quality than current Laser-Discs, and cheaper too). And if the cost of having these conveniences is the death of the scene, so be it. *PS* Your thoughts are appreciated... Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken r c n e d i t o r i a l ! Dear RCN, I've noticed recently that a bunch of groups bashing upon other groups by members of groups that are supposedly mature. Now, I don't quite understand how those groups are mature if they don't have mature members. I've also heard about people narqing each other in over one single release, over other such TRIVIAL matters as that. I'd just like to emphasize that what we are doing in the scene is only for fun, as I'm sure thousands of people have already said before, and not to get people, not even your ENEMIES, into any trouble. It's supposed to be friendly competition, what's wrong with that? This also goes for people like Chris Carter, and I'm sure you're aware of his nice little reputation as a narq. I also heard from a few people in Revolution X about Brawley being busted over some source code for some game or another, though I haven't seen any articles in any emags about it. Why can't those people just calm down and wait a while so they can out do each other? They would certainly get back at their opposition just as well if they made them look foolish or slow, in a friendly way, rather than putting them behind bars, in a very UNfriendly way. Hell, you might as well just go over to the person's house and shoot them! Their families wouldn't be hurt any more or less by that! In fact, you wouldn't absolutely destroy their reputation if you went over and killed them, rather than turning them in. Again, the scene is for fun, it's not as if we're getting a salary for releasing warez in an illegal manner or anything. Why do people get so pissed off about a stupid file? Now, if they killed one of your relatives, I can see a reason for turning them in, but only a file?! Come on, people, get it together and make the scene more fun, instead of a constant battle to the death against your competition. Signed, Digitex Dear Digitex, Some people take the scene a little too personally, and some people don't. Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken r c n e d i t o r i a l ! Dear RCN, There are a lot of groups now a days. I haven't been in the scene for that long, but I have heard stories about how it used to be. I know that a long time ago, there weren't all these power trips going on within groups. There was never any attempt at taking over a group (at least from what I've heard). I've been in the scene for a few years now, and what I see I don't really like. I've been in a couple of groups. I was in a local group, and I started as just a member (SysOp). I moved up from being just a member to becoming the group's vice-president. We were doing pretty good. At first, we were kind of slow, but we moved up and had a few releases. But then we were like any normal new group which didn't have many releases, and so we died. It was a hard seven months, but we put every minute of our free time into the group. The point I'm trying to make here is that, even though there are many groups in the scene which are supplying the warez, it doesn't mean they're all going to survive. Even though they do die out, they still deserve some credit. We put in hours and hours a day trying to make a small group a good one. But we don't give credit where it is due. We always end up bypassing a small group and going towards the bigger ones due to reputation. It doesn't matter how long a group has been in the scene, or by how many releases they've had, but what does matter is how good their releases are. The saying "Quality over Quantity" is taken for granted. Many groups in the scene say that they release all quality warez. How about the releases that are all a bunch of shit? It's not how good a group does in releasing, it's how good their releases are, and on how much they try to make the scene better. *PS* Join Channel #Oasis96 Today! Signed, Glycerine, Dear Glycerine I agree with you completely on the note of quality warez. However, I disagree with your assumption of "how it used to be". It's a general misconception that the scene of long past is somehow better than the one today. Even back in the Commodore 64 days, there were groups, and they bickered and fought amongst themselves. To ignore that fact and to say that it never happened is ludicrous. I also have some other advice for you, this might sound kind of stupid, but to tell you the truth, one of these days, you'll probably merge your small group into a big group just for the "reputation". It sounds hypocritical, but I've seen it a dozen times already just in the past year. Take care, and remember, if it's not fun.. don't do it. Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken r c n e d i t o r i a l ! Dear RCN, My handle is Pest and I am in Razor 1911 and a few other groups. I was reading RCN #16 and was shocked at a few things. First on Napalm's assertion that Napalm is the #2 release group in the scene! This is absolutely STUPID. Prophet rates the groups in this order (Prestige, Napalm, Hybrid, and Razor 1911). Now granted Prestige did kick ass this month, Napalm is not even in the same ball park as a well established group like Razor 1911. In fact Napalm Console had to merge into Sneakers in shame cuz they were getting their ass kicked, so Napalm decided to start its PC section. And in the PC section they have been riddled with problems (I am sure you have all heard about them). All Napalm can do is make store pick ups and get their Acclaim releases, that is it! They have no diversity and no real talent! Since January, they haven't beaten Razor 1911 or Hybrid in a single month. Look at this month, what did they release? Chaos Overlords and Tony Larussa, that is it! Ohhh yeah, their other releases Virtua Soccer was a DUPE and on Battle Arena : Toshinden, I think everyone knows that they stole the crack. In fact in every warez rating this month they scored consistently lower than both Razor 1911 and Hybrid. Napalm has lost all of its crackers to Prestige so in reality they are fucked! We will see how Napalm is going to do in June. They are already dead, just not buried! Signed, Pest (Razor 1911) Dear Pest, You make your argument clearly and you back it up with good data. However, I will keep unbiased as to my feelings about Napalm in previous months or my feelings as to how I feel Napalm will be doing in the future. All I can comment on is Napalm's current standing, and I would currently rate Prestige as #1, followed by Razor 1911, Napalm, and then Hybrid. However, those are only my current feelings as to the groups' present performance, and these feelings can be changed easily. Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken r c n e d i t o r i a l ! Dear RCN, I enjoyed reading RCN #14, it was my first encounter with RCN, and Rebel Chicken's Sailor Moon interview had my interest particularly piqued right off the bat : RCN : What kind of group is Sailor Moon and how did it start up? SMO : Well, we're five models from Miami, Florida.. Whoa! As I read on, I realized this is not your typical group of testosterone infused "W4r3Z-h3dZ." FIVE *CHICK* models all living together and releasing shit? Dang, I leeched their Warcraft 2 expansion pack just a few weeks ago, but only now do I feel REALLY COOL as a result. What a trip! I guess my real point in writing, though, is to point out one rather glaring omission my Collegiate-Class editing skills picked up. Rebel Chicken, you are forever one smooth dude for landing that interview in the first place, but the following exchange left us all hanging : RCN : How old are the members of Sailor Moon? SMO : I'm 23, Sailor Mercury is 22, Sailor Venus is 21, Sailor Mars is 23, and Sailor Jupiter is 22.. I think we all know what should rightfully have come next : RCN : Uhhhh . . uh-huh-huh . . . like, uhhhh, uh-huh-huh, could you tell us some of your, like, measurements? Or something? Dude, we are all just so disappointed that it didn't turn out that way!!! Signed, Dear , I won't comment on the latter part, hihi, but I will say that Rebel Chicken would be doing good if he were half as smooth in real life as he is on the Internet ;-). Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken r c n e d i t o r i a l ! Dear RCN, In your interview with Dr. Jekyl in RCN #15, he said that there weren't any games released in the last 2 years with any sense of gameplay. How can this be true if you are a fan of Doom? You had to admit Duke 3D was much better, faster, and more fun to play. Also, if you played Earth Siege II, you would have to consider it a very good game as well. Duke Nukem was only 11 disks and Earth Siege II was 20. Also, I have a 486 DX2/66 with 16 megs of RAM and both ran fine. Another game that came out more recently is Strife, and it's different from Doom, Duke Nukem, etc., because it has a big role playing element in it. It's not just a who can aim best contest. Thanks for listening! Signed, Anonymous Dear Anonymous, Duke 3D is indeed a much better version of Doom, and it's only 11 disks, so I doubt that should be considered "large in size". However, a game such as Earth Siege II that's 20 disks would probably be far too large for Dr. Jekyl's tastes. All I'll say is that I think Dr. Jekyl had other reasons for saying that. Get on the Stockade IV by doing exactly what he said, and you might find out for yourself. By the way, I thought Earth Siege II required a Pentium CPU to run. Anyways, that game sucks cock.. what the hell do you see in it that game you can remotely call fun? It's even been recalled from all the commercial software stores because it sucked so bad. Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken r c n e d i t o r i a l ! Dear RCN, You know, since day one, there have been many many groups/BBS's and other piracy related groups that dupe shit or release fakes. Yes, Daggerfall, was couriered by the courier group Oasis, and supposedly cracked by CES (what a stupid fuckup name) this past week. Guess what?! It was a fucking demo that was dated back in January of 1996. I am not picking on the couriers that did this, (in this instance, it's Oasis) but I am flaming CES and all the fucking elite-wanna be idiots who dupe shit and stuff. Aren't you pissed? I am, oh well. Releasing groups should check out all their wares before they release it to the public. Makes sense doesn't it? Since I only usually download games and shit, I will only be talking about game releasing groups. For instance, there were a few lame groups back a few months such as TiCK, NFS, and COPS. These groups? Pretty lame and pathetic. Anyways, I congratulate Prestige, Razor, and Napalm for excellent fast speed quality warez. The other groups like Release on Rampage and Hybrid, well, what can I say? I haven't seen you guys release much as the other groups (sorry to say...we always need new games to keep ourselves busy). On to the new subject! NFS.. run by TQR (The Quiet Riot) has been dead for a short period of time (according to some people I talked to). GUESS WHAT! TQR created a new group called STONED. They asked me not to tell anyone about this new group, and I decided not to at the beginning, but after the way I was treated and the way they were organized, I couldn't help myself. First off, I was invited to this "new" group by a few members of STONED. They apparently liked my demo for SINFUL COURIERS so much that they had to invite me :). Anyways, once I got there, I saw that the group so confused and so disorganized. Some people said they were suppliers, and some said they were couriers. Other people also yelled that they were the senior council and others were just members and vice-versa. It was totally nuts. TQR will bomb this STONED group too. Like everyone says, "If you fail the first time, don't try again because you will bomb again just like the first time." Guess TQR thinks he can do better. Oh well. Good luck! Signed, Crystaline Death Dear Crystaline Death, Give TQR a break, at least he's trying. I remember when I was the President of FSW (Fucking Sweet Warez), a lame ass group that was almost as bad as NFS. I killed FSW and then I started VND (Vendetta), which turned out to be another lame group, and then I started up LGC (Legacy), which turned out not to be as lame. After all the trial and error, making and breaking groups, Hitex and I finally came up with RCN, and I believe that people in the scene decided to give us a chance and forgive us for all the stupid mistakes we made in the past and will make in the future. Even though TQR might be failing pathetically as you so blatantly put it, but at least he's trying to start somewhat of a decent organization. I'd like to see you go out and make your own group, and see how far you get... Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken r c n e d i t o r i a l ! Dear RCN, Groups today seem to be getting an ever crappier and crappier attitude. They get a few couriers and maybe a tiny bit of name recognition and suddenly they think they're really hot stuff and get major elitist attitudes. I have a simple question for those faggots, who the heck do they think they're impressing? In order to help out a few of these pathetic wannabes, I'm writing this neat little letter with a couple suggestions. First off, you might thinking - who the heck is this guy?! Good question! You've probably seen one of my bots at one time or another (XanthDCC), which I've been told are usually the top bots online whenever I put one up, mainly because they're packed with about 250 megs each and operate over a T3 and I actually know what I'm doing, unlike most people who type /plist. Oh, there was this little thing I did for a while as head courier/coordinator for Impulse a while back, which was MindCrash, but then it merged into Digital Traders while I was gone and I quit, but that's a really long and boring story. Let's start with a few of my suggestions on channel modes. My general feeling is that +i channels suck. When I was doing anything with Impulse, I always tried to keep it -i, because without doing that, you don't see a lot of new faces. AND, when it's +i, a day with netsplits or a broken bot can be terrible for your members. A recent example of such would be how none of PTA (Power Trading Arsenal) couriers seem to be able to get into the channel because their bots suck. Anyone with half a brain can tell that they DON'T want this to happen to them under *ANY* circumstances. Keep your channel -i if you're a new group and rapidly expanding. If you're an established group, keeping the channel that follows your group name (i.e. If your group is LEET COURIERS, the channel would be #LEET) -i is a good idea. Keeping a public relations person in the channel at all times is a definite plus. Of course, a +i channel that only members know of and have access to would also be a great idea. With all the new groups popping up, undoubtedly, almost all of them lack some organization skills. Weeeeeeeeee! Use a spreadsheet or something like it to help organize things. I learned this little tip from Headbanger, and it was a good idea, except for the fact that I didn't use Windows. Having the sheet on the same computer you courier from is a good idea. Multitasking is a MUST for any courier. Organize this in whichever manner *YOU* feel most comfortable with, and you'll be able to remove bad or or idle members with relative ease. Having the *SECURE* email addresses of ALL members is also necessary. Put them in your address book if the need arises. If there's a handle and realname slot, put their position in the real name slot and handle in the handle slot. This makes things a HECK of a lot easier for you. Send out frequent mailers just to give some support, rules updates (read on for more on rules), or other important info (new FTP sites, couriers, bots, etc.) This is something that a lot of people don't do, but I would like to see done a lot more, it's just something that bugs me to death. Get a copy of phoenix and add your group name to the top. It helps give your group a much more "polished" look. Onto the subject of IRC Couriers, IRC is a great method to spread a lot of files to a lot of people really fast, albeit you usually can't move a whole lot. First off, people always seem to be addicted to this great auto-plist feature. I personally think it's irritating as heck, and altogether useless. If you have something good, load up TWO bots, one with it on and one with it off. When you PLIST, your queue will jam up immediately, etc. A few other notes, set your Auto-Ptime way high, to about 20 minutes or so. If you're offering a bunch of 10 meg files, plist'ing just to tell people all your slots are full and the queue is jammed up every 5 minutes is stupid. Also, make SURE you have a MINSPEED! But, make sure that your provider can push your minspeed, if it's 3 and you can't get more than a 2.5 because there's no bandwidth, it does no one any good. Finally, set your queue down to about 5 if you're offering large files. A 2 hour wait in a queue of 10 or 20 just results in false queue's (a ghosted queue - offline people in your queue) and a lot of frustration. If you leave your bot up for a long time, XDCC SAVE and restart frequently, when IRC splits occur, phoenix screwes up and you'll get queues of like 11/5. Yuck. Make sure you detach your session! (If you don't know how to do this - DON'T IRC OFFER). IRC is extremely inefficient. When the PCPU and JCPU times get up to like 8:12, and everyone else is at 57, your ISP administrator knows something is up. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, hit "w". That shows the CPU percentage that you are taking up. PCPU is present usage, and JCPU is peak usage. IRC typically doesn't relinquish anything on the PCPU when you get it up there. 6 slots on a crappy machine with a T1 is enough to get this through the stratosphere. FTP couriering is not nearly as conspicuous as IRC, because your CPU usage is much lower. But, diskspace fluctuations are much greater, so hope that your provider has a fast SCSI disk. =) I've erased and written in excess of a gig a day when I was still into couriering a lot, without blinking an eye. First off, *ALWAYS* use NcFTP v2.3.0 (I think that's the most recent). This version stores your logins and passwords, and has lots of nifty features. If you *MUST* use FTP, NEVER EVER EVER do a "ftp my.site.name.here.com", you just showed everyone on your provider what the name of the FTP site you're going to is! Duh! With FTP, just make sure to dupe check well, and upload an NFO file. That should be about it. FTP is really quite simple from a technical standpoint, from the couriering standpoint, it's tough with fast FTP sites. This one is my favorite topic, and I'm hoping this inspires a few groups to do something! Anonymous FTP. While it's typically disregarded as being lame and crappy by a lot of groups, in reality that is totally wrong. Since most couriers use hacked accounts, FTP site busts aren't really an immediated danger to you. You don't compete on an anonymous FTP site! It's easy, when you get a file, unzip it, grap a DIZ and NFO, login to the FTP site, and upload! No competition, no "need for speed", just pure plain couriering fun. Here's how you can create an anonymous FTP site. First off, you must find a writable directory. Something not found in the /incoming is preferable. Now, make a directory. Like, "mkdir tmp" or something. Now, erase it ("rmdir tmp"). This is a test for mkdir and rmdir permissions. Making a directory with a SPACE in it is always an EXCELLENT idea, to check filename acceptance. If you can remove the dir, continue on. If you can't, find another FTP site. That one is NO GOOD. Now, remake the dir and upload a file. Check the speed you got, make sure it's high. Erase the file, if you can't - forget about this FTP site. If you can, download the file to be sure the FTP site allows downloads. If all is good, upload 200 megs worth of GARBAGE, make sure *ALL* of it uploads, then erase it. This sounds stupid, but it's a disk space check, and is essential. If it fills the disk, forget that FTP site. If it doesn't, you just found an anonymous FTP site! Making directories is the fun part! NEVER use the words "warez", "appz", "userz", "gamez", "sitez", or "talkz". These are DEAD GIVEAWAYS to FTPSearch or Archie users. Something like "gaming", and "applications" are best. "G_mez", "A_pz", etc. also work quite nicely. High ASCII root directories are great for security, but work poorly for many reasons. A blank space directory is much preferable, or a "" is nice. Your FTP site is now ready! Upload only good files, as this isn't a competitive thing. Keep the disk usage to about 400 megs or less, and erase files frequently. So you followed all my guidlines and still no one cares about your group? Just keep at it, people will start to listen up soon. Recruit new couriers and FTP site operators, people will trickle in. Put applications in *ONE* slot at the end of a DCC offer list that's PACKED with fast good warez, and put them on your anonymous FTP site. Make sure to have an auto-responder to your public channel. Keep knowledgeable and helpful people on hand at all times to talk to people who are interested. You could even recruit a few good couriers from other groups to help out. If you can get someone in a more established group to put a few files on your FTP site, that will always help. Hang out in as many release group channels as you can, and have members apply to release groups. Having your members inside a release group equates to more tags for you and faster files. But, above all, have fun. Warez are not all your life, they're a hobby. Have fun and best of luck! Signed, Xanthos Dear Xanthos, Thanks for telling us all about how to start a courier group and how we can all make good anonymous FTP sites. I'm sure that it is all very informative, and if I ever feel like starting a courier group, I'll be sure to send you a Christmas card :) Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken r c n e d i t o r i a l ! Dear RCN, RCN is really a fucking cool e-mag and it was about time for someone to take care of the warez public. In so much mess with moving files over the net or BBSs, some of us haven't gotten the time to ask people what is happening in the scene. RCN informs us with a professional approach and cool texts, hot interviews, unlike ones that we've had to read in other e-mags. Since RCN returned from its 3-month holiday, I can say that it is getting better by the week, collecting new writers. From the first amateur number we now have a pro e-zine which rules over them all. Also, I would like to congradulte the editors for putting texts with lots of humor in it, despite the fact that they have nothing to do with warez. It shouldn't be just strictly a warez mag because that would be boring. Reading a few last articles (Especially TKRP's love adventure, I laughed my ass off!) that are funny is good! Keep up the good work! Signed, Brab Dear Brab, Along with 50 other reasons for returning, a significant one was that we felt that the warez public was not being properly informed about the events that encircled it. Other e-mags just weren't giving the scene all that it deserved. However, like you said, having a little fun never hurts. Once we feel that we have accomplished our task of informing the public about the events of the week in a more than adequate manner, we see nothing wrong with adding a little dash of humor here, and another there. It's what sets us apart. Nevertheless, not all people perceive our "Mad RCN" articles as humor. I will take this opportunity to apologize to all those that were "exploited" and didn't think it was funny. You people need a life. And to the people that were published and thought it was amusing, that's what we think too. So finally, remember, it's all for fun and is in good humor. Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken Dear RCN, Hey dudes, your fucking E-Zine is better than ever! I just finished reading issue #15. Man, is it FUNNY! The Sailor Moon article had me laughing, as did the astrology shit. You guys rock, keep up the good work. Signed, Spyhunter Dear Spyhunter, Heh, yeah, I liked that article as well. The astrology didn't hold any good news for my future, though ;-(. Thanks for the support! Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken Dear RCN, I just wanted to let you all know that I am glad you are doing the E-Zine once again. I can tell that the RCN staff must spend many hours that must be spent doing this and it is much appreciated. Signed, Gate Keeper Dear Gate Keeper, Yeah, you're right about the many hours stuff, but letters like yours make it worthwhile ;-). Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken Dear RCN, I must say that I really enjoyed that RCN E-Zine. Thanx for making the scene a better place to be in. Hmm, just a stupid question. What should I do if I want to get an account at x@anon.penet.fi? I know that it is an email server for anonymous email, etc. Regards. Signed, Dear , Thanks! As far as getting your anonymous email address, you actually already have one, you just don't know it! When you send in mail to an anonymous email address, you are automatically assigned an address for the account you are using. So you now have an email address to send anonymous email with! If you want information about the anonymous email service, email help@anon.penet.fi. Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken Dear RCN, Since you guys were doing some interviews about people getting busted, I was wondering if you would know anything about minors. I'm 16. If someone narqed on my BBS, would the penalties be much less harsh? Signed, Overkill Dear Overkill, You don't want to get busted, small penalties or not. It's just not a fun thing. If you're over 18, generally you'll be fined off your ass and have all your equipment seized for good. You might also have to spend some time in jail, not to mention your record will not be wiped. Being that you're 16, I would say that you wouldn't be spending any time in jail, and if they did seize your equipment, it would probably only be temporary. However, a common act that the FBI (or whoever it is that got you) will do is go to your school. That's not fun. I knew this one guy that got busted and the FBI ended up going to his school with him and made him give a speech to every class in the school stating what he did, why it was wrong, and why copyright infringement isn't cool. Of course, if you don't want to do that, you could always just pay them a few thousand dollars. Take your pick. Not to mention, your parents will probably have your head on a stick within a matter of minutes. Ultimately, you don't want to get busted. But you're in the scene and not only that, you have a BBS. You need to take responsibility for yourself and know that there is always a chance that you will get busted. By keeping your BBS up, you are accepting that fact and accepting the fact that you could get busted at any time. You should know that laws are different depending on the state in which you are in. To find out more, you could call your city hall and find out about their policies. You could also GOPHER into the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS on the Internet for more information. Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken Dear RCN, I just got the latest issue and as always, it was aw-som! Fresh interesting articles and I really dropped when those pixx of ... can't remember whose girlfriends they're supposed to be, well, anyway, pixx of those two fat cunts came on my screen :). Where did you get 'em!? So now I await the next issue. By the way, where's the game review section?! Signed, BRD Dear BRD, They were my girlfriends thank you very much and I'm quite proud of them, so if you have any negative opinions about them, you can just keep them to yourself! Heh, j/k ;-). Just to show you how sick the WWW is today, we found those pixx after surfing for no more than 5 minutes. As far as the game review section goes, we keep back logs of the game reviews every week, so the game review #1, #2, and #3 are back issues, and #4 is the new one every week. It is found in the "Reviews" menu. Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken Buenos Dias RCN, Soy de espa a y quiero saber si puedes mandarme una lista de CD'S de juegos y de utilidades. Quiero comprar CD's, por favor dime el precio y la forma de envio a espa a. Un Saludo, Dear RCN, I come from Spain and I want to know if you could send me a list of CD's of games and utilities. I would like to buy CD's, please give me the price and form of transport for sending to Spain. Signed, Dear Anonymous, You have the wrong number. Please hang up and try your call again. We don't cell CD's here, that would be illegal. Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken Buenos Dias Anonymous, No tiene Ud. el numero correcto. Por favor, cuelgue y trate su llamada otra vez. Nosotros no vendamos los CD's aqu , ese ser a ilegal. Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken Dear RCN, Just wanted to drop a line letting you know how much I dig the zine. Great shit. I would also like to respond to a letter in RCN #16 by a guy named Demaxxus. He was the guy who didn't like some of the lame-assed ops in some of the '#warez' channels. Id' just like to take this chance to agree with him. First of all, I am an op in a few channels (namely #warez, etc.) and have been on IRC for far too many years. When I first logged on to IRC, I found two warez channels : #warez and #warez2. I quickly learned that most of the guys around were cool and this 'new found' warez tool was invaluable to everyone. When a ware was released, it was quickly put up for XDCC and was quickly spread by everyone. Now, with the growth that the Internet has seen in the past year, it is easy to see why he is experiencing these problems; a million people on IRC. When he asks 'WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY FOR?' Well, I can answer this : To allow little 15-year old fuck heads to think they're big shit. That's it. With the exception of the first #warez channels, this is what it's always been for. This was way before my time. Now, not even #warez has warez. We talk about OJ's genital warts and stuff. Maybe that's what they're for. Well, I know I'm rambling and shit. I just want to let Demaxxus know that there are a few of us remaining that don't care about who you are, just that you want to keep the scene alive. Thanks for the ranting space, and once again, keep up the good work, guys. Signed, Mr. Phallus Dear Mr. Phallus, I hate to break it to you, but unfortunately, Demaxxus was busted last week. I won't name anything else because I don't want to effect the case, but I will say this much : He is in desparate need of things to do, stuff to read, being he hasn't much else to do now that his computer is gone, so a good friend of his has graciously offered to get him a copy of RCN every week. I'm sure he'll be glad to see this. Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken Dear RCN, As always you guys are #1. But I didn't write this to complain or anything. You guys really need to do something about that floating 'RCN' logo at the beginning of the e-mag, though. I mean I was mezmorized by it. This may sound dumb, but I was sitting there watching it float round and around for 40 minutes. No life you say? But of course not! Anyway, whoa! My doggie just got a blackbird from the backyard, the birds are attacking him, baahahahaha. L8r... Signed, Illusion Dear Illusion, The next meeting of RLVA (RCN Logo Victims Anonymous) will be meeting next Wednesday in channel #RLVA on the EfNet IRC Network. Join us for an hour of relaxing therapy. Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken Dear RCN, I just wanted to thank you for the memorial of Zieg in RCN. It was truly wonderful. Zieg was a fellow op on #warez666 on the Undernet. I only knew him for about three months, but he was a great guy to hang with. Thanks again for your touching words. Signed, Lycanthrope Dear Lycanthrope, We are privileged to have the resource of RCN as a memorial for Zieg. We are all sorry to have lost a friend, and wish his family and friends the best. Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken Dear RCN, First, I'd like to say that I really enjoy your mag, and am really glad that it is back. Second, in relation to your Chris Carter article. I too received an e-mail from this person months ago (actually, my admin got it but he just forwarded it to me). This was similar to the first letter you posted, except it claimed I was offering files in one of the #Warez channels. He wasn't using a cris.com account at the time, and he wasn't as detailed with his report of my alleged actions. But anyways, just wanted to let you know of another incident of his harassment. Signed, Mad Monk Dear Mad Monk, Thanks for helping us track down this lil' bastard. We'll get him, don't worry. :-) Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken Dear RCN, What can I say? It rocks, plain and simple. This magazine is one of the best mags on the net and I hope it stays that way. Everything is setup so that you can always find what you are looking for. It's just really good. But I aws wondering if you guys would add a section that got reactions from different people about the groups that are out there. It would give the groups that read RCN a better understanding of what people out there think about them, and how they can change to please their followers. Otherwise, keep up the good work, I'll be waiting for the next issue. Signed, Cannon Dear Cannon, Thank you for the compliments! As far as reader comments, we post all reader comments in the "editorials" section, and any other feelings about groups should be sent in along with a survey. However, if a comment is to be directed to a specific group, I don't feel it necessary to exploit it in front of the entire scene in the E-Mag. Instead, I think it would be more appropriate for that person to e-mail the group leaders directly. Signed, Hitex/Rebel Chicken r c n i n t e r v i e w s ! Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Daviolator Subject : Napalm DEAD??? Affiliation : Napalm Leader RCN : The general consensus of the scene toward Napalm is that it is no longer doing as well as it did in the past. One can even go so far as to say that Napalm is dead because it is no longer releasing on a regular basis. Do you believe that Napalm is dead, or is dying? NPM : No, that is absolutely not true. As you can see, besides Prestige, every other games group in the scene is also suffering from a release slump. Prestige is the games releasing force at the moment, but I think Napalm will be able to take some quality releases from Prestige here and there. RCN : Less than 2 weeks ago, both Napalm and Prestige released Battle Arena : Toshinden, but both groups happened to release an identical crack. Not only has Prestige accused Napalm of stealing the crack for Battle Arena : Toshinden, Prestige has backed it with evidence (RCN #16). I want to see *YOU*, the leader of Napalm, explain why the cracks for Battle Arena : Toshinden from both groups are exactly the identical, even down to the time stamps. Did Napalm steal the Prestige crack, or did it not? NPM : Well, I really can't answer question. It's not that I don't want to answer the question, but I really don't know the whole story. I have been taking it easy as of late and I only know as much as the average person. RCN : There are a few indicators and pointers here and there that inform the leader that their group is not doing too well. For release groups, one can say that a group is doing horribly if it doesn't release in a long period of time. Napalm hasn't released in almost 3 weeks, and I consider that a long period of time. Also, when members of a group flood out to join other groups, I too consider that to be a bad sign. Many of Napalm's crackers have left Napalm to join Prestige, one such cracker is Lost Soul. How has his absence and the absence of other former Napalm members effected the group as a whole? NPM : Loyalty. If there is no loyalty in a group, then the group can never do well. When Napalm was doing well, everyone was asking to join, but once Prestige started releasing, everyone wanted to be a Prestige member. I feel that flooding back and forth between groups is extremely lame. Napalm still has many loyal members, and I thank those who are loyal for sticking with the group through the tough times. Napalm may no longer be the #1 games group, but we surely do like to think of ourselves as the #2 games group. As for the fact that Napalm has not released yet, people need not worry, the releases will be coming shortly. RCN : In last week's interview with Shatter Star, I asked him why Napalm was not releasing, and he said that it was not releasing because Napalm was apparently testing the "LOYALTY" of the members. When he said that, I assumed that Shatter Star was taking the role of a loyal Napalm member, but not even a week has passed, and he's already ditched Napalm for Prestige. It seems to me that he no longer believes that Napalm is refusing to release because it wishes to test its members. What are your feelings on his resignation, and what are your feelings toward him? Has his resignation effected the standing of the group? NPM : Like I said, people tend to hop from one group to another because they want to be in group that is releasing a lot. What can I say? Napalm is not doing well at the moment, so all the unloyal members jump ship. You can't put a choke on them, it's their decision to do whatever they want. Personally, this is just more about having fun then anything else. Why should I get stressed out over these things? RCN : There is a parallel between the old Napalm Consoles and the current Napalm PC, both groups were at one point in time, a very strong releasing force, but both started to release less as time passed. When Napalm Consoles could no longer release, you merged Napalm Consoles into another consoles group called Sneakers, and then you headed off to try your luck at running a successful games group on another platform, the PC, and thus Napalm PC was created. Now that Napalm PC is close to dying, will you merge it into Prestige, and then perhaps move on to releasing games on another platform? You should try your luck starting Napalm MAC, there's a lot less competition in releasing Macintosh games... NPM : Hehe, that is kind of funny to hear. Napalm Consoles wasn't even close to dying when I merged it into Sneakers. The reason why I merged Napalm Consoles into Sneakers was because the other Napalm leaders and I were too busy to run things, so I decided to merge Napalm into a consoles group that was no longer releasing as well as it used to, but still had a good reputation. I really hope that Napalm PC will not need to merge into another games group. RCN : Well, you were looking for a consoles group that was slowing down, but had a good reputation? Razor 1911 is a perfect counterpart to Sneakers. Razor 1911 is a games group that is slowing down, but they have a great reputation, is Napalm considering a merge with Razor 1911, or is a merge out of question? NPM : Napalm Consoles didn't have a problem with merging into Sneakers because most members of both groups were good friends. I highly doubt that Napalm PC will merge into Razor 1911, there isn't much love between the two groups. But then again, you never know, who would have ever thought Nexus would merge into Razor 1911, or that Dynamix would merge into Prestige? RCN : How does Napalm get most of their releases? I've heard rumors that Napalm is a group that specializes in getting releases through store pick ups. Suppliers who do store pick ups can be very effective, but most groups that only have suppliers that do store pick ups usually suffer from a bad reputation, an example of such would be ROR (Release on Rampage). Is that also the case with Napalm? NPM : I would say that store pick ups is one of Napalm's most effective ways in getting releases. However, now that my buddy Shadow Master is doing store pick ups for Prestige, it's made Napalm's job a lot tougher. Shadow Master, you're the best man! RCN : Was Shadow Master ever a member of Napalm, or any groups you've been affiliated with? NPM : I was with Shadow Master in Phoenix. He was also in Napalm Consoles ever since it started, but then he left to start up SWAT Consoles (Special Warez Acquisition Team) with his friend Cyber Christ. RCN : Wow, I remember Cyber Christ, Digital Messiah (my friend who taught me about the scene) told me that Cyber Christ was "Cool and Elite", back before I even had a chance to start memorizing group acronyms. Anyway, when you started Napalm PC, was Shadow Master in any PC games groups? If not, why did you not ask him to come work with you in Napalm? And if you did ask, I assume that he must have rejected your offer, and if so, why? NPM : Shadow Master was not in any PC groups at the time Napalm PC started because he was too busy with SWAT Consoles. I did ask Shadow Master to join Napalm PC, but he said that he had no interest in the lame CD-Ripping scene. He said the PC scene is not the same as the good old floppy days. Next thing I know, he joins Razor 1911. RCN : May be Shadow Master changed his mind? Anyway, I joined #Napalm a few minutes ago, and on the channel topic, it said : *** Topic for #napalm: THIS WEEK WILL BE NAPALM'S COME BACK WEEK! *** Topic for #napalm set by Prophet_ on Jun 4 16:28:39 NPM : What is Napalm planning to do differently this week that will make it "come back"? RCN : We plan to release one game more than we have for the last 3 weeks. I would say that releasing is a positive thing, wouldn't you agree? NPM : Releasing will do Napalm a ton of good, and that is positive for the group, assuming the release is not a dupe and is fully functional. However, the core of Napalm's cracking force has left Napalm to join Prestige. If/when Napalm does get a release, how will it get cracked? Napalm wouldn't happen to be planning to release a game that is not cracked properly, would it? RCN : Well, we still have some kick ass crackers in Napalm such as Wolverine, and others whom we cannot name because they do not wish to be revealed. If you have noticed our past couple of releases, there weren't any fuck ups. We were so confident that we started fixing other groups releases such as Hybrid's release of Lemmings Paintball for Windows 95. r c n i n t e r v i e w s ! Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Jester King Subject : Razor 1911 Takes ROR!!! Affiliation : Razor God RCN : I've just been informed that Rom Racer from Razor 1911 was banned from IRC channel #ROR by members of ROR (Release on Rampage), is that true? JKG : Yes, Rom Racer was wondering why the mean ROR members had banned him under the evil leadership of tKLP. Rom Racer has always been a great loyal honest man, why would anyone feel that they should ban someone such as him? RCN : What did you do when you found out that Rom Racer was banned from channel #ROR? JKG : I was interested about what happend and since I'm a considerate guy to my niggaz, I decided to go check thing's out. I asked my man E-Dogg to invite me over to channel #ROR. RCN : What did you find when you joined channel #ROR? JKG : Ok, the scene of the crime was hot. I first wanted to see if I had any backup to help handle the tough situation. E-Dogg wuz in there so that's all the juice I needed for now. I said excuse me ROR members, do you MIND!! I think Rom Racer should be unbanned he's a nice guy. RCN : What did they say after you asked to have Rom Racer unbanned? JKG : Their reply was, "FUCK YOU RAZOR LAMER", we don't want him here. I took a deep breath and said to myself, that's mad fucked up, now time to DIE!!! RCN : Time to "DIE!!!"??? JKG : Both of E-Dogg and I are master minded professionals and it was recognized that we could handle this baby in no time. I told E-Dogg that banning Rom Racer from channel #ROR was wrong, and no decent man should be disrespected like that! RCN : What did E-Dogg say? I'm friends with him and I know that he's a real cool guy. JKG : E-Dogg was like, yeah man! We gotta do something about this.. "HMMMMM.. TAKE OVER THE CHANNEL".. yeah that should be a suitable lesson to teach these guys some manners. RCN : So you guys then decided to takeover channel #ROR? JKG : Ok, the kickban assault began, kick ban after kick ban. I had a major long day and I didn't want to take this bullshit. These guys better learn their lesson. In a matter of minutes, the entire channel was wipped out. Members begged to be back in their long lost channel. The whole point of this takeover was to make ROR members realise that when the mighty The Blade strikes, we mean business. We only think that all people deserve respect, and if respect is not given, a lesson will have to be learned! RCN : Who planned the takeover of channel channel #ROR? JKG : This sinister plot was masterminded by E-Dogg and I, and coordinated by E-Dogg, because he is by far a much more knowledgable man concerning the Internet than I. I'm still learning. This takeover wouldn't have been successful without the support from Rezurecta who constantly sacrificed his Internet account putting it on the line to hold off hordes of ROR members. He did want me to add that he'd much rather go down there with 2 cups of blood and a gat and bust caps! RCN : Isn't it immature to see a well established games group such as Razor 1911 takeover a channel of a lame games group, and is this case, channel #ROR? JKG : Razor 1911 is not responsible for this takeover, and has nothing to do with it, but the fine quality morals of Razor 1911 members is found within all that make up The Blade, and we stand by those no matter what!. ROR will have their channel back soon! We are not meanie's (like you) =). Also, ROR is attempting to takeover #Razor, but to no avail. r c n i n t e r v i e w s ! Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Frost Subject : Digital Traders DEAD!!! Affiliation : Digital Council RCN : Digital is an awesome courier group in the recent months, but I've been informed by some personal friends of the network that Digital have retired, is that rumor true? DGT : Yes, it is true. RCN : It was doing extremely well as a courier group, and was gaining respectability within the scene by leaps and bounds? Why did Digital retire? DGT : The presidents of Digital, Devast and Silent Mobius decided to retire from the group. As to the reason why, I myself am not sure, we have yet to inform the group. RCN : What about Blitzkrieg, is he not also a founder and leader of Digital? Are you telling me he does not have faith in himself to keep the group alive and kicking? DGT : Blitzkrieg is a great leader, the only problem with Blitzkrieg is that he is not online too often. If there is a new group formed as a result of this, you may well see some Digital seniors leading it. RCN : Would it be possible that Digital might merge into another courier group? Perhaps Digital might merge into RiSC (Rise in Superior Couriering), or perhaps Digital might merge into Amnesia? DGT : I think it is very possible, we have a lot of talent in our ranks. I am 100% sure that each of our traders is competent enough to join smaller trading groups and a handful have a shot at groups like Amnesia and RiSC. RCN : Why is Silent Mobius and Devast leaving the scene? I just talked to them earlier today and they showed no signs of despising the scene, or anything to that extent. Do you care to comment? DGT : I don't believe they are leaving the scene, I'm sure they'll still be in it, but as to their agenda's I am not sure. RCN : Most FTP sites are only operational during the school year because most FTP sites are based on college campuses. Might Digital have died because many of its FTP sites might have gone down? DGT : I highly doubt that, our sites are the awesome, and they will still be up this summer. RCN : What does Amnesia have to say about the death of Digital? After all, the courier contest between Amnesia vs. Digital might have harbored some harsh feelings which could lead to conflicts down the road. DGT : I wouldn't say that Amnesia is the arch-enemy of Digital, most of the members of Amnesia and Digital are good friends. Digital merely competed with Amnesia. As for what Amnesia says about the death of Digital, that's not for me to say. RCN : I consider you a coordinator in Digital, after all, you were the one that helped update the nfos. Where will you be going now that Digital is dead, which courier group are you seeking after? DGT : I'm pretty open to things right now, I think that Silent Mobius and Devast may have some plans for the group, we are not the type that would leave our members lying around, we will probably start a small group for our traders and move on from there. Right now, I am not thinking about where I might go, but I am thinking about how I should get my traders into a new courier group. r c n i n t e r v i e w s ! Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Tok Subject : Defacto/Sodom Affiliation : Sodom Leader RCN : Sodom has been showing its releasing potential in the recent weeks by releasing tons of software, and some may even consider that Sodom is now one of the top 5 utils groups. Do you feel that this is true? TOK : Yes, of course it's true. We have been working hard 10 to 14 hours a day since we formed the group on July 11, 1995. We know the scene well now and many people know us. We have worked hard and long for our reputation, and that is part of the reason for our success. Of course, we've had conflicts with other groups, but they've left already, and we've been preserved. RCN : I know that Sodom is a Russian group, and that DOD (Drink or Die) is also a Russian group that advertises itself as the "Russian Warez Bears". Do you believe that Sodom is the true Russian Warez Bears, and it has conquered that section of Europe indefinitely? TOK : Hmm... this is a really long story, Sodom and DOD that is. What can I say, we have somewhat of a competition in Russia that stemmed when Sodom and DOD were formed, and, now we're winning, so DOD is really going down hill. RCN : What competition was there between Sodom and DOD when Sodom first started, and what do you mean when you say that DOD is really going down hill? TOK : Actually, when we were first formed, there was no competition, because it was in 1995, and back then, DOD was really famous. It think it was the best in the scene when it came to utils. So, we can't really talk about competition in 1995, but then, after all organization questions and communication conflicts were worked out, we moved to IRC, and began to work work work. As I said, we worked from 10-14 hours a day. Internet in Russia is really bad, the connection speeds are extremely slow, especially with people that are still on 9600s, so uploading is difficult. RCN : Why did Jimmy Jamez leave the scene? TOK : Why? Well, Jimmy Jamez, the leader of DOD, left the scene about 80% of the way. He got work in Moscow, and he didn't care about DOD any more, maybe some old seniors, but not Jimmy Jamez, and some suppliers, joined other release groups, and so half the people in the current DOD.NFO are actually NOT IN DOD. As you can see, DOD's releases of the past two months haven't been working ones. RCN : Many people know you as the leader of Sodom, but many also know that you were an editor of Defacto, and I use the word "were" in the past tense, why did you leave Defacto? Earlier, you informed me that it was because of the Sodom Project. What is the Sodom Project? TOK : This really sucks, but Sodom was forced to drop the Sodom Project. 3 or 4 council members from Defacto didn't want to be in the Sodom Project, and it became like the U.S. Revolution. I was the main organizer of Defacto, and after this decision, I downgraded myself to writer, but RCN came back, and I think we gave you a chance to monopolize all the warez e-mags in the scene, and I think you did, and that's why Defacto #8 will be the future of e-mags! I think I will upgrade my position back one day, but not yet, this is a hard time for me, I have exams in the university, and Sodom is taking up much of my time. RCN : So you will one day become the Sodom editor again? What exactly was the Sodom Project? And why do you feel that Defacto #8 will be the future of e-mags? What about Defacto #8 will make it so revolutionary? TOK : Heh, okay, well, if you don't already know, Defacto was originally started by Sodom, so the founders were NetRunner, IPggi, and me. All the people who write or do anything for Defacto are in Sodom, so that's why it was called the Sodom Project. RCN : When will you be returning to Defacto? TOK : Yes, very soon, after my exams are over, I think I will be able to return to Defacto as a *SECRET*, but anyway, #8 will be revolutionary. And do you want to know why? Well, because it will have good coding, SVGA graphics, and many features. Anyway, I like this competition between RCN and Defacto, but nearly everyone thinks that RCN is ruling the e-mag scene, and we are some small shit, but remember, we are only on issue #8! RCN : I'm glad to see that Defacto is doing something to improve its image. However, the idea of an SVGA e-mag is by no means a new one, the Demo and Art scene has been implementing it for years now. What makes you think that the public will perceive it as such a revolutionary change? TOK : Hmm.. well, first I'm not the coder, our coder is Captain Power, he built this in C++, Assembly, and a little Pascal source. Second, our e-mag will be much better with compression, not 2.X MB like RCN. We also have a good VGA artist. Many new writers applied for Defacto last week. RCN : RCN's size is a direct result of the many articles it presents to the scene every week. Coding and art is but an iota of the entire EXE size. Will this not be the opposite in Defacto? Defacto has just a fraction of the articles that RCN does, and, assuming all goes well, Defacto will be spending much more space on mere coding and SVGA art, right? TOK : Hehehe, naw man, Defacto is COMPRESSED!!! EVERYTHING IS!!! r c n i n t e r v i e w s ! Reporter : Xenon Interviewee : Flexor Subject : Legacy Revival Affiliation : Legacy President RCN : Many of us know that the games group known as Legacy died a few months ago when its leaders left the scene to pursue other interests. However, there are some rumors that Legacy is coming back up, is that true? LGC : Yes, that's true, Legacy is coming back up. RCN : So are you telling me that the former leaders of Legacy have come back from the retirement to restart Legacy? LGC : No, the former leaders of Legacy have left the warez scene and I am merely restarting the group with new members. RCN : Who were the former leaders of Legacy? LGC : The original founders of Legacy was Rebel Chicken and Hitex. I'm not sure if they have left the scene completely, but I know that they are currently editors of a warez e-mag called Reality Check Network. RCN : Do you have permission from Rebel Chicken and Hitex to start a group using the Legacy name? Wouldn't they be upset with the fact that someone else is taking advantage of the Legacy name in order to promote a new group that had nothing to do with the old? LGC : Yes, I asked Rebel Chicken and Hitex about using the Legacy name, and they did not seem upset with it at all. They only showed apathy and indifference toward the fact that I was starting a group called Legacy. RCN : Are any of the former Legacy suppliers a part of this new Legacy? LGC : No, but they are welcome to join if they wish to do so. I need all the suppliers I can get my hands on. RCN : Are any of the former Legacy members a part of this new Legacy? LGC : No, and I think that's just too bad. I think that none of the old Legacy members have joined the new Legacy because they have yet to hear that the group is coming back up. RCN : As is common knowledge, Legacy died off under the leadership of Rebel Chicken and Hitex because they left the scene, what will you do differently this time that will make Legacy survive and do better than it did before? LGC : I will try to make sure that the members of the group stays informed with all the group happenings. I will try to be a good leader. I have no thoughts. RCN : Will Legacy be releasing only games, or only utils, or both games and utils? LGC : I have discussed that with the group and we've come to the conclusion that we will stick to releasing only games because it's too much of a hassle to release both games and utils. RCN : Some might consider it EASIER to release both games and utils because crappy utils are easier to find and release. Wouldn't it be easier for you if you made Legacy a utils only group, or a group that released both games and utils? LGC : The utils scene is currently monopolized by groups such as PWA (Pirates with Attitudes) and DOD (Drink or Die). The best games release group at the moment is Prestige. I don't know why I want to make Legacy a games only group, but I just have a feeling that starting a games group would be good for now. I have already tried doing utils before, but to no avail. RCN : You mentioned earlier that NONE of the original Legacy members have joined the new Legacy. I can then infer that none of the former Legacy crackers and coders are not with you either, will your new Legacy have the same quality of coding found in the late Legacy? LGC : Well, if the old crackers and coders come back to Legacy, then we will have the same quality as before. They were really good at it, and it would be very hard to go back to their level. RCN : In Mortality's latest release, Omnipage Pro v7.0 for Windows 95, I found that according to the nfo file included in the release, the supplier of release was named Legacy. Also included in the release is a legacy.nfo, do you have any information concerning this matter? LGC : No, actually I didn't know about this until you informed me now. Thanks for telling me.. :). RCN : Where are most of the members of this new Legacy located at? Will this new Legacy be a US group, or a European group? LGC : I Live in Sweden, but we have many members that live in the US, so you can say that our group is very spread out. r c n i n t e r v i e w s ! Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Met Subject : Rebels Affiliation : Rebels Council RCN : Where do you see Rebels today, compared to other utils groups in the scene such as DOD (Drink or Die) and PWA (Pirates with Attitudes)? RBS : Well, PWA has almost always been the biggest utils group in the scene, and still are. DOD has been going down hill lately, but DOD is still made up of many good members. Rebels is a very strong group, but we are not yet as big as PWA. RCN : Why do you feel that Rebels is not as good as PWA? What makes PWA better than Rebels? RBS : Well, I feel that Rebels is comparable to PWA at this moment, however, PWA has been very big for several years now and Rebels has not been as big for as long a time. In my opinion, that makes PWA the better group since I believe that experience is very important. RCN : How will Rebels go about gaining such experience, do you merely get this experience by being the older group? As far as I know, isn't Rebels OLDER than PWA? RBS : Yes, Rebels is a very old group and is even older that Razor 1911. Rebels has been around ever since 1984 when it was a group specialized in the Amiga scene. Right after I first bought my PC, Omnibuz and I decided to start Rebels PC as a demo group. We've been releasing PC utils for almost 2 years now, but the first year of releasing was really bad. Many of the members in Rebels are former members of groups such as Nexus, Razor 1911, and TRSi. We feel ready to rock DOD and PWA. The scene should really watch out for us now that Pantera has merged into Rebels. RCN : Why did Rebels switch from coding demos to releasing PC utils? RBS : Well, you really get sick of coding demos if you have been in the demo scene for 10 years doing the same thing. RCN : Rebels is a group that is based in Sweden, does that hinder Rebels effectiveness in releasing utils? After all, European countries are supposed to receive computer software a few weeks after the United States, or is that not true? RBS : Rebels is no longer based in Sweden since the merge with Pantera, over half the group is now based in the US. Doson and Racjam are doing a hell of a job over there. Comptuer software arrives in Europe as fast as it does in the US, so being in Europe does not effect the standing of the group. RCN : Does Doson and Racjam help supply for the group, or do they do work as the US coordinators of Rebels? RBS : They have a position that is equal in standing to Omnibuz and I. The 4 of us are in charge of Rebels and we all do our bit to help the group. RCN : Now that Rebels also has a strong force in the US as well as Europe, what do you see for the future of Rebels? RBS : Well, we are all doing this for fun and we are all good friends in Rebels. Lots of the members in Europe are going to the US this Autumn. Since we are such good friends, I guess we will all stick together and Rebels will grow bigger and bigger. RCN : You mentioned earlier that DOD was going down hill, why do you say that is so? RBS : Well they are not going down hill, it's just that they have not released as much in the past weeks as they used to, but every group hits a slump every now and then. r c n i n t e r v i e w s ! Reporter : Darkwing Interviewee : Multiple Subject : Random in Jail!!! Affiliation : Multiple I thought it was pretty cool the day RblChickn walked into #Sailormoon and we decided to trade ops, as it were. I became a member of RCN, in charge of channel security, and he got to sit in my channel looking cool all night. While chatting in #RCN one evening, Druggy popped in complaining that #Sin had no ops. After getting ops back for the channel twice, we got to talking and I became a member. About a week passed, and things were pretty cool. I liked working with Druggy, and the people in #Sin were real nice. Soon, however, all hell broke loose for a couple of days when Druggy up and went. He wrote us all, saying that he had "lost faith and Sin". Druggy currently is a part of the Motiv8 council, where his fate is being decided. This interview consists of Druggy, the ex-president of Sin (Sinful Traders), and Wildd, the new president. I apologize in advance for the poor quality of my interview with Druggy. During the said interview, both of Motiv8's channels were taken over by a friend of mine, no doubt. While talking to my friend I also received a call from my mother, and upon finding out that she was just in a car accident I had to leave immediately to pick her up. Please note that I am not taking sides at all. The following conversation was made between Druggy and I : RCN : When did you first learn about Sin? DRG : I frist learned about Sin shortly after I left Violation about one and a half months ago. RCN : And you were with it the whole time? DRG : Yes. RCN : Not to suck up or anything, but when I joined, you were a great leader of Sin. You were always busy, always workin hard to keep the group going. You seemed to like it, but then why did you start to "lose faith in Sin"? DRG : Well, it goes like this, back in the days of Violation, I worked my ass of for the group along with Double E, who later becomes the vice president of Sin. Doublee busted his ass off for the group by kicking ass with the uploads, and I would take care of organizing and managing the group. We left Violation mainly because everyone was fucking around, and leeching away and so we started Sinful Traders. We were awesome when we were small, but when we started to become well known, more people joined, and at my fault, I did not put any of the applicants on trial. RCN : But big groups can make it, you did kick out like 3/4th of them, but they all seemed to keep coming back. DRG : Yeah, it was a fucking pain, no one took them off the channel bots, and they all still had my email. Two particular fucks, Blankman and Demon of BaC leeched our sites for the good of the other group, which really got me pissed. RCN : I made the mistake there. Nobody had master access on my bots except you, Double E, and Wildd. They couldn't take people off, so they kickbanned them until I fixed it. So basically, you decided to just start somewhere else, or did you decide to take some of your friends with you to join Motiv8? DRG : Yes, I talked to Mason, and tried to get on one or two of their FTP sites so Sin could prosper, so I made him an account on the Sin WHQ, and Mason was impressed, so he brought up the idea of a merger. I figured, if I went to Motiv8, I could help them out as a council member, I could help organize the group, and I could recruit some very dedicated couriers, and I could set up some very fast FTP sites. RCN : Ahhh.. so you decided to leave Sin to join Motiv8. What influenced your decision on who you should take along with you to Motiv8? DRG : Well, quite simply, people who had their own source of warez. Most of the group relied on these few, to get the "stuff" to distribute. RCN : How did Random end up in jail? DRG : Random is in jail because someone narqed on him. My guess is that someone from Sin who whas furious that I abandoned them. I gave Sin a week trial, they didn't shape up, so I left. RCN : Wildd wasn't so sure that Random was narqed on. He said that when his site got all the uploads from Motiv8, the disk space was filled and his administrator found the warez. DRG : That's a fucking lie. It was never a MOTIV8 site! Random was working on it! And some mother fucking ROOT from Canada got his ass. This was Random's second bust within a year. The following conversation was made between Wildd and I : RCN : How long were you with Sin? WLD : I've been in Sin since its beginning. I think it has been 2 months now. RCN : You were a senior right? WLD : Yes. Up until now, I was a senior member, but I did more work than the job called for. RCN : Did you foresee Druggy leaving the group? WLD : He talked about merging all of Sin into Motiv8, but I had no idea that he himself would split. RCN : He said that in the last 3 weeks or so, too many people joined Sin, and it is what screwed up the group. Do you agree that this is one of the reasons the group was having problems? WLD : Well, I don't think the group was ever screwed, other than the fact that Druggy started to pay less and less attention to the happenings around Sin itself. RCN : Did Druggy invite you to go along to Motiv8 with him? WLD : Druggy tried to get me into Motiv8, but I had already expressed my strong dislike for Motiv8's workings to many Motiv8 council members. RCN : How'd he start to pay less and less attention to Sin? When I joined the group, he was always working hard for us, despite his finals. WLD : He was there, but he put more and more of a work load on seniors, and did less and less himself. RCN : Ahh.. well, since I was not a senior, I wouldn't have noticed. I got my fair share of tasks but it wasn't too much in return for all I was given. So you decided you'd want to run Sin? WLD : Ya, I have been with Sin from the beginning, and I looked at it as something that I helped shape. I didn't want to give up on it, especially not now, when it needed me most. RCN : Do you think Sin was hurt badly by Druggy leaving? WLD : I think Sin was crippled by Druggy leaving, but we were, with the dedication of several people (you know who you are), able to regroup and come back, stronger than ever. RCN : So you don't foresee any problems with Sin in the future? WLD : The only problem I foresee with Sin in the future is that we need more FTP sites to fill. The couriers are filling hard drive EVERY day and they are doing one hell of a job. I've already had to have several of my couriers cut back on their uploading! RCN : So Sin is stronger than ever? WLD : I think it is. We went through what should have been a devastating time, and came out even better. I foresee things only getting better. RCN : I'm trying to decide if I should join Druggy and a few of the others in Motiv8 or stay in Sin.. any advice? WLD : Well.. I think Motiv8 has troubles in the future. As you saw.. they are getting hectic there with takeovers and tons of idlers/leechers. There's never any work that gets done in the shitty council. RCN : Did Sin lose a lot of members to Motiv8 or other groups? And what is going on with Manta's desire to merge Sin with IRC? WLD : Sin lost some people, but none that I miss too much. We did lose many FTP sites. RCN : Yeah, I noticed the loss of FTP sites in the last FTP site list I got. WLD : Do you know anything about Random being in jail? RCN : Druggy mentioned that. I need to talk to him about it. Manta is a traitor. He came into Sin, and said that I announced we were merging with IRC when I was away. Fortunately, because of a few people's quick work, I was able to keep ALL members from leaving for IRC. WLD : Yeah, I was there. He said that you would be OK with it, but did not say that you would agree. I was talking to Crash and a few others and they all said that you would give a flat out "NO" to the merge. RCN : Random was put in jail because this was the second time he got caught. It was not that anyone neccesarily narqed, but that the system administrators caught on when the increased Motiv8 uploading kicked in, and the space dwindled. WLD : Yeah, Druggy said that Random's boss emailed him and told him to fuck off. RCN : Ya. WLD : Motiv8 has lost a lot of FTP sites it seems. RCN : Despite the desires of Manta, Sin will merge with no one. The dedication of our people have made the Sin name as big as ever, and they deserve to keep that name. I won't let anyone take it over. r c n i n t e r v i e w s ! Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Endeavour Subject : COPS Doing Shareware??? Affiliation : COPS Founder RCN : I've seen COPS (Couriers of Pirated Software) release both games and utils here and there, why has COPS not taken the move to specialize in one field of releasing, or has it already done so? END : COPS now specializes in utils only. RCN : Why have you decided to do so? END : Well, I feel that if a group releases anything that it can get its hands on, it's really not a very professional group. But if you release within a certain specialized area, such as utils, then it makes the group seem more "professional". Another advantage of only releasing utils is that I will be able to trade games for utils with other groups, which would help make for good relations with the rest of the scene. RCN : So COPS trades it's games with other games groups? Has COPS traded games for utils with other games groups yet? END : Well COPS hasn't exactly traded ANY games yet with any groups, but we plan on trading games with other groups in the future if we get a hold of some hot game releases. I plan to trade games for utils with groups such as ROR (Release on Rampage) and Napalm. RCN : Just a few weeks ago, I saw that COPS released Blake Stone : Aliens of Gold, the files dated back to 1993, about the same time Wolfenstein was first released to the public, why would groups such as ROR and Napalm want to trade their utils with games by COPS which have a reputation of low quality? Anyhow, ROR has already promised to trade its utils and games strictly with Mortality and not with COPS? END : Yes, I remember that release of Blake Stone : Aliens of Gold. That was a BAD release and COPS apologizes for that, but we don't intend to release anything like that in the future. It was a bad call on my part. Well, if ROR has already made a decision on trading utils for games only with Mortality, then that's fine. I will find another group such as Napalm, and if COPS can't find any other groups, then fATE (Fast Action Trade Exchange) will be our next candidate. RCN : Most Napalm suppliers are also in grousp such as DOD (Drink or Die) and PWA (Pirates with Attitudes), and thus have to supply for those groups, so saying that Napalm will help supply utils for COPS is definitely out of the question. On the note of fATE, why would you trade releases with fATE? fATE is a courier group, is it not? END : Like I said, I will find some other groups to trade releases with after consulting with my council. Those just happened to be the 2 groups that I could name off the top of my head. fATE is official couriers for COPS, and fATE does have a releasing section. RCN : What are some of COPS best releases in the recent weeks? END : COPS has released great software such as Visual Object COBOL for Windows 95/NT Beta 3 and WebManager for Win95 Beta v.1.1.3. RCN : Why are those releases all beta, would it be that COPS has suppliers that work for those companies? END : You can say that. RCN : As an editor of RCN, I try to keep an unbiased opinion toward groups. However, wherever I go, it seems to me that there is a general consensus among to scene to look upon COPS as a really "lame" group. The scene accuses COPS of releasing nothing but dupes and shareware, why do you think that is so? END : Haha, well, as I learned from the latest issue of RCN (and I whole heartedly agree), is that if you call someone "lame", that person who call people lame is the person that is really lame. But, to tell you the truth, we have only released 1 dupe and we have yet to anything that can be considered shareware. I don't know where they would get the idea that we release in those two categories, because every group has their share of "dupes" but COPS has had only 1, and the scene should give us credit on that. RCN : So you're saying that COPS has never released any shareware or freeware, and that COPS has only duped once in its entire existence? END : Yes, COPS has only duped once, and COPS has never released shareware or freeware. RCN : Do you lie often? Anyway, COPS is very fortunate to have fATE as its official couriers, how did you acquire such a good standing and respectable courier group to become officials with COPS? END : Well, MALiCE used to be official couriers for COPS, but then MALiCE kicked COPS out, but before that happened, Doobie from fATE was in close contact with me, and when MALiCE kicked COPS out, I jumped on the chance to get fATE in as COPS' official couriers. fATE has been doing a lot more than some of the courier groups around, especially MALiCE, which I think is DEAD now. RCN : Why did MALiCE kick COPS out as official couriers? END : The reason MALiCE kicked out COPS was because the council members in MALiCE were REALLY poor with their members. There were fights within the group all the time. I had repeatedly asked them to support the COPS FTP sites, they merely ignored me. I got sick of MALiCE and the MALiCE members got sick of the council and left. RCN : What do you see for the future of COPS? Do you see it becoming one of the strong utils groups in the future? There's a quote found in the COPS NFO, which goes as follows "Keep an eye on us, cuz we are coming very strong, VERY strong, and we are ready to tear it up and take all." Do you believe that COPS is indeed becoming very strong, VERY strong? END : Yes, I think so. I think that COPS will become VERY strong. It may take a couple of years, but I think that sooner or later, we will be as good as groups such as DOD and PWA. RCN : Don't you think that aspiring to be as good as DOD and PWA might be impossible for a group such as COPS? After all, most people in the scene are very stubborn, and most already have their heart set to believing that COPS is very lame and only releases freeware and shareware even when that might not be the case. Perhaps, it would be easier for you to just kill COPS, and start a totally new group? END : Hehe, like how you did to Legacy? I doubt it. Maybe it will be impossible, but I am sure that we will have "some" impact on the scene. When people COPS releases in the future, I am sure they will come to change their minds. But then again, you never know what will happen in the future. RCN : Yes, that is true, but history does repeat itself. Anyway, according to my sources, you also ran an e-mag called Horizons, what happened to it? END : Yes, we were, but a lot of our Horizon writers weren't committed enough and soon, the group died off. I see no reason to publish an e-mag if RCN is in the scene. I think that you guys are the best and that there should be no other e-mag. RCN : I must admire your tenacity in running COPS, if I were running COPS, I would have killed it off long ago, but you seem to be a hard worker, what's your secret? END : COPS may not be the best group around, but we are sure as hell trying to contribute whatever we can to the scene. And even though we may not have the "best" people in our group, or "known" people, there are a lot of new prospective members out their that are willing to commit time and energy into a group, even if that group may not be as good as DOD or PWA. When you come into our IRC channel #C.O.P.S., you would hardly recognize anyone there. That's because these members are the NEW batch of people coming into the scene. r c n a r t i c l e s ! Author : Chuck McGinnes Subject : Teen Charged With Hacking FAU computer BOCA RATON - a recently graduated high school senior has been charged with breaking into the computer system at Florida Atlantic State University's College of Science and Engineering, destroying a professor's electronic mail and transferring files to the internet. Thomas Robert Stromberg, 18, who just graduted from Olympic Heights High School, was arrested Thursday at his home west of Boca Raton. He was charged with two felonies - offenses against intellectual property and offenses against computer users. Investigators from the FDLE (Florida Department of Law Enforcement) and FAU seized a computer and related equipment and material from Stromberg's home at 9596 Lancaster Place. FDLE agents also seized computers from other homes in the Boca Raton area. Additional arrests are expected, FAU Detective Carl "Chuck" Aurin said. The investigation began in February after Elise Angiollilo, FAU's director of tele-communications, discovered someone had gained access to the computers in the science and engineering department. The hackers apparently used the account of a former FAU student to get into the unversity's computer system. Once they had access, they twice tried to crash the computer system and wiped out the electronic mail system of Mahesh Neelakanta, the department's computer system coordinator. Information and copyrighted software from the computer files were transferred to the Internet, where the data could be copied by anyone using the Internet. FAU officials would not say what was in the files. "The university has very significant information in the computer. The equipment is used by the state for a specific purpose : education and research," said Tom Horton, a computer science and engineering professor. Neelakanta found and FAU computer account that was being used to request information from an outside computer system. The outside system asked for personal information and the individual using the account entered Stromberg's name, according to an arrest report. Stromberg told the police he used a program to crack password files that allowed him into several user accounts where he stored pirated software. This is not the first time hackers have broken into the computer system of a government agency in Palm Beach County. In 1992, a 15-year-old Jupiter boy allegedely tinkered his way into a South Florida Water Management District computer system. Sheryl Woodm a district attorney, said she could not recall if criminal charges were filed against the boy, but she remembered seeing a letter of apology from the youth. Investigators said most hackers break into computer systems for the bragging rights. They usually write bulletin boards and share the information they obtain with other hackers. Stromberg, who was a member of his school's computer club, went by the name Dr. Jekyll. He is being held at the county jail on $1,000 bail. r c n a r t i c l e s ! Author : Kysr Soze Subject : Demaxxus *BUSTED*!!! I'm a close personal friend of Demaxxus, and this morning (Monday, June 3rd), I called him at about 8:50am, like I usually do (to make sure he's awake), but this time our call was a little bit different. There was no, "Oh ya, I'm on my way, I'll meet you there." Instead, his reply was "No, I'm not going to school today, and mabe not for a while." On monday, June 3rd, at approximately 7:30am, the house of Demaxxus, Nabiki Tendo, was raided. The RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) was looking for miscellaneous computer peripherals and accessories that were shoplifted from stores such as Future Shop, Business Depot, and Walmart. They were also searching for computer components that were apparently missing from the school in which he attended. The RCMP didn't find what they were looking for (like Demaxxus would be dumb enough to keep stolen stuff around), but they did confiscate an IBM Thinkpad, two 486 Dx/66s, hundreds of disks, numberous modems (ranging from 14.4 to 28.8), along with a bunch of other computer equipment. Also, along with the thefts, they revealed that they were watching him for some time now and had been tracing his calls. They realized that he had been using stolen calling/credit cards to call long distance and order computer accessories. I personally think that it's really shitty that he got busted, because over the past few months, besides occasionally giving a release to a group, he had been trying to give up the illigal shit. He left such groups as as ROR (Release on Rampage), Pantera, KTF, Demoltion, and started joining groups like FSW, Punc, and ACiDiC, so he could code instead of supplying warez. Well, for all of you out there that knew Demaxxus, write a few words for him, and send them to RCN, or email them to him. Or if you see me on IRC, I'm online as Kysr_Soze, send them to me, he's gonna be kinda bored now, and he'll need something to read. Oh ya, and if you were expecting an ascii or a ppe from him, i hope there's no hurry... *PS* Yeah! He gave me his Internet account :). Sorry, had to be done, needed something to un-depress myself. Dear Greg, Well it was nice working with you and also having you around. I'll never forget the good times when we ran ANGuiSh for a couple months or the time when we teamed up to take Anarchist down by making a fake release called quake.zip which had a install.bat that deltree'd c:\pcb and then the idiot actually fell for it. You were an excellent leader and member for any group you were in, at least you have the guts to go out to stores like Business Depot and actually be able to do it non-stop with nice releases for groups starting from ROR (Release on Rampage), KTF, Panetar, The Corporation, and Rebels as far as I can remember. You also made the PPE scene come back to life by releasing innovative PPEs for ANGuiSh, FSW (Fucking Sweet Warez) and after that, you made your way up to ACiDiC. I know it`s not fair about the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) tapping your phone but give all the thanks to Anarchist, Satanic Thirst and Iceman who all helped the RCMP in this case by giving all user information and activities of them. It's been a pleasure working with you Greg, when you read this, remember all the times I've helped you out so if you can, have your friend from school give me some releases you still have left. And last but not least, I wish things go well for you in court and that you have learned your lesson since you are 18 years old now. Remember this also, I swear you could run your own, argh, blah, I`m outie =) Signed, r c n a r t i c l e s ! Author : Marb0l Subject : What Happened to DOD? My name is Marb0l and I am writing due to the fact that many people don't really know what happend to DOD (Drink or Die). I want to clear things up. First off, let me say where I stand in this issue. I am currently NOT part of DOD and never was. I'm just a good friend of a couple of DOD members who I have acquired meeting logs from. Anyways, this is basically what led to the DOD downfall. Around 6 months ago, a PWA (Pirates with Attitudes) and Razor 1911 supplier we will call BILL was intending on moving to DOD from PWA, but as you all know, DOD and PWA have good relations, so the DOD council objected. Then BILL approached The Speed Racer which is good buds with Jimmy Jamez regarding this matter. Jimmy Jamez finally accepted BILL into DOD. As soon as PWA heard about this, they went into a craze and started to confront DOD and at this point, Jimmy Jamez was already out of the scene so it was all up to the council to direct. Things really heated up when the DOD council said they had no clue what was going on. PWA didn't believe them so they raged against DOD. After a couple of days, the council notified Quackers (DOD Council, good ties with PWA). He came and after some time, cleared things up. Months passed and a certain DOD member was kicked from the group. He believed that he was kicked for a childish reason so he went to talk to some DOD and PWA suppliers to steal them and create his own group. Believe it or not, some agreed and then eventually DOD found out. They contacted PWA and decided to talk to Quackers to come again and clear things up. In Quacker's eyes, he was pissed and did kind of get things settled but then he came up with the idea to merge DOD and PWA into one group, keeping the name PWA. DOD, of course, was not too happy with this because Quackers announced it in the meeting that he had told some suppliers not to do anything for personal reasons and also that PWA was not giving DOD a fair deal. Still, he wanted things to happen but DOD decided against it and so Quackers LEFT DOD. He also took DOD's top 3 suppliers with him. From there, DOD lost others as we know now such as Egoistic Fate, their WHQ, suppliers, and also Analog Kid. In my view, this showed that Quackers screwed DOD and wanted to totally get away from this. After this, I really don't think DOD will be the same unless Quackers decides to give the suppliers back which I don't think will ever happen. r c n a r t i c l e s ! Author : Hitex Subject : Good Job Prestige! A few months ago, the scene was presented with a new group, Prestige. It started out just like any other group, kind of like COPS is right now, a bit lame, but they tried, and they tried hard, and something great became of their work. I remember when they released Virtual Pool for Windows 3.1 on the same day that Napalm released the Windows 95 version. That didn't work too well for them. Little things like that made us think of Prestige as "just another group". However, their perseverance has pulled them through those hard times and now they have pushed their way to being the #1 games group in the scene. Somewhat unbelievable, and a bit mind boggling, that even when it was small, Prestige managed to get many Hybrid, Dynamix, and Razor 1911 members to join it. Within a week of their unification into Prestige, these members watched it go up in ranking. Battle Arena : Toshinden, Settlers II, Total Mayhem, and Strife are just a number of this group's recent releases, and quality shines through their names. It is a true challenge to create a group that releases with such great quality. The pressures of the scene today make it hard to pass any release. It is then an even harder challenge to release quality before some other group like Razor 1911 or Hybrid gets to it. Then, the challenge toughens even more when the group is expected to do this on a regular basis (3-5 releases a week!). Of course, with such greatness come a few mistakes, especially in a young group like Prestige. A recent example of this would be Earthworm Jim II, in which they left out DOS4GW.EXE (another group promptly released a fix). I don't expect to see too many more blunt mistakes such as this one in the future, though, Prestige will undoubtedly learn from its mistakes. I am still confused as to how Prestige managed to gather so many of the scene's greats into a relatively young group. Perhaps they just needed a change of mood. When one joins a new group, he generally gets a feeling of motivation to make that group the greatest, and I would assume that it is for this reason that they all joined. Either that, or the Prestige leaders have REALLY high charisma! Prestige has a big future ahead of it, and I have no doubt in my mind that they will achieve their highest goals in due time. However, there is something they must remember. In the scene, you get nowhere with a big ego. As we saw last week in RCN #16, The Renegade Chemist, a Prestige member, thought he was "a god". Such feelings will get you and your group nowhere, and it would be a shame for such a great group to end up crumbling because of things like this. The Renegade Chemist originally left Razor 1911 due to a conflict involving his ego between him and The Speed Racer. He then joined Hybrid, and ultimately left that as well due to the same problem. Finally, he joined Dynamix, and yes, you guessed it, left that due to a problem with his ego as well. Is this a flashing yellow light? Does this mean something about what is to come? Perhaps, perhaps not, but it has been proven that his ego hasn't helped him any, and it would be a shame if it struck again. Assuming that his ego problem does effect his standing in the Prestige, he might leave it too. So the competition that Razor 1911 and Hybrid desired is here, and, well, you've got to wonder if they didn't like it better before, when they could manage to get more than 2 releases a week! Great work Prestige, you guys are doing an awesome job, keep up the good work! And a word for Razor 1911 and Hybrid, you're the greatest, you can make it through this! Push your weight around a bit, show Prestige what you're really made of! r c n a r t i c l e s ! Author : Lost Soul Subject : Crackers, the Brains of the Scene Hi everybody, I'm Lost Soul, a cracker. Many of you have probably noticed some games and utilities that I have cracked. I cracked Napalm's recent release of Tony La Russa 3 Baseball 1996 Edition. In this article, I'll talk about cracking in general and about a cracker's life. My article is directed to the warez scene, the one which deals with the Internet and IRC as it's main field of activity. A work as crackers isn't a matter of trickery or agility of hands, we are the most quality force of the scene. We deserve RESPECT, our work is the hardest work in the scene, the fact the most of us can crack anything within 10 minutes doesn't make cracking easier. Cracking is an intellectual challenge, cracking takes a lot of reasoning and research work, every crack is different from one another. Not all the dongles are the same, neither are the cd-checks, a working keymaker might take up to 2 hours, 2 boring hours that you sit in front of the computer in text mode and try to understand something that you're not supposed to understand, then, you have to break through it... WITHOUT CRACKERS, MOST GROUPS WOULD DIE OR THEY WOULD ONLY BE RELEASING NONWORKING SHIT. Some words about benefits, YEZ! Cracking is also the easiest way to get leech account on great sites, if you're a good cracker that can handle all kinds of protection and can also make a fully-working-crack fast, then you'll find your place in a quality group that have quality sites, very soon (2 to 6 months). EVERY LAMER CAN BE COURIER, BUT YOU CANNOT REPLACE A CRACKER. No more need to do the boring job of uploading and downloading to and from BBSes, and/or FTP sites, there's no need to type 'ls' on an FTP site prompt every 180 seconds. There's no need to open multiple FTP windows at once, nor is there any more need to leech utilities and games that you'll never use. Once you have your FTP site in your hand, you're free to leech away as much as you need. More than it, you can sell your FTP sites to people (that you know and trust) and even earn money!!! WITHOUT PAYING A CRACKER WITH LEECH ACCOUNTS, A CRACKER WILL SIMPLY QUIT FOR ANOTHER GROUP THAT OFFERS MORE. Some words about fame, crackers always win some fame. If you crack for utilities group such as UCF (United Cracking Force, for those of you who live too deep in the scene) every damn lamer around the world will remember your name. Everybody uses UCF's wonderful keymakers and cracks such as Terminate, Bluewave, CU See-Me, WebEdit, hot dog, etc. Once you're good enough to join UCF (UCF isn't accepting new members), your name shall remain a legend, no one actually remembers who cracked DOD or PWA's latest quality $10,000 ware that needs a 586-120Mhz + 32 MB RAM, but everyone will remember the cracker of A USEFUL PROGRAM. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH , THE GOOD LIFE OF BEING A CRACKER??? Life in utilities groups are the best, you hardly crack there, you crack maximum 2 programs per 3 weeks, most of the time you can sit in amenity and enjoy your leech accounts, this time, you don't have to upload to ANYONE. If you crack for groups such as DOD or PWA, you'll win a lot of respect from the end of the user to the end of the leaders, you'll get 1-3 offers every week to leave your current group for another. A lot of leaders will attempt to steal you from your current group into their group, they'll promise you better/more sites and calling cards and as much as you need! LIFE IN GAMES GROUPS If you join a games group, you'll always be in tension, you'll have to face some of the most weird protection you've ever seen. Utilities that you usually use to crack programs wont work, you'll have to be more brilliant for it (BPINT in win / 4GW cracking) you'll crack 1-4 games every week, most have weird protection as mentioned above you'll get voice phone calls in the middle of the night. SOOOOOOOOOO, I WANT TO LIVE THE GOOD LIFE, HOW DO I BECOME A CRACKER? Don't assume that anyone can be a cracker, on your way climbing to the top, you'll face many difficulties, as mentioned before, "cracking takes a lot of reasoning and research work". If you're not good in math or have low IQ, there's a high possibility that you simply don't match this job, so don't even bother to try. A few of the crackers I know are gifted. To become a cracker, you must first get yourself a book on assembly, and you must then know it inside out. Then, you must get yourself the needed tools (Soft-Ice DOS/WIN/WIN95 and Hacker's View). Then, you must get yourself shareware utilities to crack to gain more experience. If you did all this, you should be smart enough to know all the rest. *PS* Never stick to the NOP crack, this one is the safest way to become a lame cracker. r c n a r t i c l e s ! Author : Warez Man Subject : Cable Modems Most serious couriers or suppliers have probably heard about cable modem technology by now, and a select few might even know some details about them. A very fortunate bunch are even using them as I speak. Cable modems are devices that modulate data into RF frequencies that may be transmitted over coaxial cable (RG-6 1GHz for you info maniacs). The signal is then converted at the curb to light impulses which travel over fiber optic cable to the headend (usually cable company's headquarters). Then it is fed into a frequency translator ($2995, owned by the cable company), which serves as the focal point of the system by routing data traffic from the reverse channel (anywhere from 11.75 to 541.25 MHz) to the forward channel (at least 10 KHz away from input frequency) for broadcast to the network devices. The common cable modem, the Zenith Network Device, is currently : Zenith HOMEWorks 500 Kilo Bits/Second $395 Zenith HOMEWorks 4 Mega Bits/Second $395 The previous 2 use an included ISA Ethernet card (this card is provided by Zenith, and is proprietary, it can not be exchanged with any other card). Zenith HOMEWorks Universal 500 Kilo Bits/Second $495 Zenith HOMEWorks Universal 4 Mega Bits/Second $495 The Universals all have conversion hardware built in (which accounts for the increased size) and have a RJ-45 (10-Base-T) port which will connect to any Ethernet card with 10-Base-T, allowing it to work on any OS that supports networking. They are available in dual Ethernet port models for $550. Zenith ChannelMizer/SNMP 500 Kilo Bits/Second $995 Zenith ChannelMizer/SNMP 4 Mega Bits/Second $995 The ChannelMizers provide Ethernet service connectivity. Including 2 AUI (DTE) connectors and 1 AUI (DCE) connection, these are suited for connection to a hub for distribution to an entire network. The computer applications of the future (i.e. real-time video) will require multiple ultra-high-speed delivery channels to support the anticipated demand. These channels will deliver data at rates at or near 40 Mbps using VBS (or QAM) modulation. With this type of architecture, a high-speed data communications link is provided for a variety of applications including Internet access, distance learning, work-at-home, healthcare, business to business and community services. This technology, combined with low pricing ($25 to $50 per month for 500K) will allow people in the warez scene to have high speed connections at home, not just at the office. I believe that this and DVD technology (covered in Issue #15 of RCN) will drastically change our scene's productivity. Being able to get one CD or even many CDs in the time it would currently take to download a normal 10 disk release, and then putting it on an 4.7 gig data cartridge will definitely surpass the old analog clunkiness of 28.8's and hard drives. Actually having modems that are faster than our hard drives will definitely be a thing to put a smile on your face. We've all had to sit through long downloads, just to find that the release doesn't work. However, cable modem technology will cause much confusion as soon as it is first introduced. The reason for this is that the Internet backbone is not currently capable of pushing 500+ kbps to each and every user that is online at any given modem. But as always, the Internet backbone is constantly being upgraded, and some time in the future, we can all expect to be able to download a disk every 3 seconds. This technology is one that can only improve the standing of the scene and the way in which it works. r c n a r t i c l e s ! Author : Conway Subject : 300,000 Very Happy People As many of you already know, there is such a thing called AOL. Yeah, you say, it's the lamest collection of 5 million people imaginable! Well, let's look at this from a fresh standpoint. Out of AOL's 5 million members, 4.7 million are your average Joe who just think it's "cool" that someone can "e-mail" them, and that they are on the "Information Superhighway", (God, I hate that term!) but what about the other 300,000 people? What about the ones that hang out in AOL's "warez" chat rooms? This can be broken down like this : 85% are total lamers who can't get into the shittiest pirate board, 15% are people who don't have time to call regular pirate boards and don't have high-speed Internet connections. Even with these seemingly unfavorable percentages, the "elite" of AOL have managed to courier huge amounts of warez and distribute them to many more people than plausible via FTP or DCC. This is because getting warez from one place to another using the AOL mailing system does not require the actual transfer of data. Only the references to the files are assigned to users. Therefore, it makes it possible to transfer gigabytes in minutes (i.e. average size of a file attached to an e-mail is 10-20 megs, massmail of 100 messages takes about 3 minutes - 1 gig). On the base of this relatively high speed infrastructure, it is much easier to courier warez. Considering this ease-of-transfer, and relative ease-of-use of AOL in general, dozens of groups form and die in months on AOL. Most of them are victims of the mile-high egos of their leaders and members, or just plain laziness. But some of them survive, and deliver quality releases from groups like Hybrid, Napalm, Razor 1911, and more. One example is UPS - the frontier group on AOL. The "couriering" nature of AOL makes it a bad base for releasing groups, so the only groups found on AOL are ones that courier. Since the idea of the scene is to make good software accessible to all for evaluation, AOL could be said to provide a good extension of the scene and its purpose. r c n a r t i c l e s ! Author : Digitex Subject : Groups.. Time Consuming? Many have, in the past, asked me what it takes to start a release group. Unfortunately, most asked me before I had ever considered starting one. I would always just say "I have no idea, it's too time consuming", or something to that effect. But in truth, I have found that it has several advantages over starting a courier group. Here's a general tutorial as to how to one can get a release group going and also how to keep it going, provided you eventually learn what you're doing and keep that up. First, you must be ready to sit around sometimes doing all-nighters working on a release. You must be able to stay on IRC all night chatting about one particular release if it is required that you do so. You must also be very perceptive if you are the one checking the releases, to make sure that the release has no bugs or such things like copy protection or cd checks that might have been overlooked by the cracker. You could do what Hybrid and probably a few other groups do and just decompile the code and add your own special little effects, or you could just crack it plain and simple. Whatever you do, though, make sure you have more than one person check the program. Nobody's perfect, especially not after having been on IRC all night. Next, you have to either be a very good negotiator or you just have to know a lot of different people. You're not going to be able to do everything by yourself, even if you think you can. There's a lot of individual work that needs to be done to get a release group going. You have to have a cracker, packager, and supplier just to get one release out. You should have more than one of all of those, in case one of them isn't around to help, so you can get the release out as quickly as possible, without compromising quality. It is important to have a lot of quantity in your releases, but it is equally important to have quality, if not more so. If you release 15 games a month and none of them work, nobody is going to want to have anything to do with you and then even if you do start releasing working programs, your reputation will be so bad that nobody will download anything of yours. That's one main reason you want to have more than one person look at the release before it gets out onto the Internet, and then around the world. You definitely don't want to turn into an early Napalm, releasing the program and THEN a fix for it! Make sure you can get an official courier group, or have internal couriers to spread the warez for you, but preferably an official courier, because you don't want to have so many members that you forget who is in the group. Still, you don't want so few people that everybody has to work their ass off for every single release. They probably have a life too, unless they happen to be Endeavour of COPS (Couriers of Pirated Software) or tKLP of ROR (Release on Rampage). You might try a PPE division, but I haven't really seen many groups actually release any QUALITY PPEs. Most are just recompiled versions of old PPEs. Try splitting the group into many divisions, getting one or two people dedicated to monitoring what's going on in their area, things will go much smoother that way. If some area seems to be lacking things to do, and another area has many people doing nothing, get those idling people into the other area, perhaps they will actually help. And you don't necessarily have to have mercy on slackers, they don't deserve to be in your group if they can't contribute. Another important factor to a group is its BBSes. You could either have them or just disregard the idea of having BBSes all together. BBSes aren't entirely useful, since the whole scene operates on the Internet these days, but maybe you want to have them just to give your couriers something else to do, to get rid of the tension of the Internet, and it also gives an extra section to add to your NFO! Art? Who cares about art?! Maybe somebody does. If your NFO file looks like it should be titled "Revenge of TheDraw Fonts", you probably won't have such a great impression on people. This goes for your DIZ as well. You might also want to setup a web page one of these days, and if you have all kinds of neat pictures for them to look at, it's going to be more interesting and catch people's attention more easily. You should try and get everything going as soon as possible, and see that the members of your group are as dedicated as possible. Many groups do not allow their members to be in another group, but many do to give their members experience. Try to get as many experienced members as possible, but you don't want to have an experienced member who is in 38 different groups. He probably won't be able to give his most to all the groups, and definitely will give most of his releases to other groups, and that may not do much other than add another name to your NFO. r c n r e v i e w s ! Author : Rebel Chicken Subject : Group Reviews : Games Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene. Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following is the scoring basis I'll be using : Points : -------- [-3] The game didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. [ 1] The game was a dupe or freeware, [ 2] Unsatisfactory, [ 3] Average, [ 4] Above Average, and [ 5] Excellent! A group may lose points the following week and have their releases labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. Dates of Games Reviewed : 05/16/96 -> 05/22/96 Filename : RFIRE-1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-22-96 Filedate : -- Return Fire (c) Time Warner Int. - [1/6] Previous Total : 0 ___ Release Score : 5 ______ / /_______________________ Running Total : 5 /___ // / \___ \____ \______ \ \_/ _ \__ / _ __// _ __/ \/ / /\ / / / / / / \ / / \/ / / / / /__/ /____/_____//__/ /__/_____/ / \_/__/\____\\____\\_/__/\__\_____\/ -----\__\/-------------\__\/(-hoson-)----- Filename : -- Fix name : -- Filedate : -- Filedate : -- /\. Previous Total : 0 . ____ / >______. . _____.____ ____:. Release Score : 0 .: \ \ /_\___. \__::> /:\ Y /'96:. Running Total : 0 :: / . / \| __/ \:/ /__/ \ .: ./ \__/ " \ > " <______> \_/___>: `< /:<___\___>/___\___>. <_____>:. :. \/ .:. |/:. .:.mr! .:. .:: . Filename : PSG-NOM1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 0 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 4 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 4 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ NORMALITY (c) GREMLIN INTERACTIVE [01/22] Filename : PSG-TOSH.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 4 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 5 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 9 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ BATTLE ARENA: TOSHINDEN (c) Playmates [01/09] Filename : PSG-MAY01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-18-96 Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 9 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 5 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 14 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ TOTAL MAYHEM (c) Domark/Formgen! [01/22] Filename : PSG-SE01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-20-96 Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 14 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 3 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 17 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ SENSIBLE WORLD OFF SOCCER EURO 96 EDIT [1/6] Filename : PSG-TKB1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-21-96 Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 17 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 4 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 21 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ Total Knockout Championship Female Boxing [1/11] Filename : MM2TT01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- Micro Machines 2 Tournament Edition [01/10] Previous Total : 0 _ ________________________ _____ ________ _ Release Score : 4 \\_____ \_____ \_____ \/ . \\_____ \\ Running Total : 4 dZG/\ __// _ |/ ____/. | \/\ __/ _/ \ \/ /_ _/ /_ | ! _/ \ \ \____\ \______\_________|_____\____\ \_ =======\___/=== 1911 DIVISION ======\___/ Filename : -- Fix name : -- Filedate : -- Filedate : -- Previous Total : 0 _____________________________________________ Release Score : 0 \__ - ________ ./__ - ________ Running Total : 0 __/ \\__/ - \\ / \\__/ \__ | \\__ \\__ | \\__ /_____| ./_____________./___| ./ [=======|______/===================|______/=] [================================[ / /96]=] Score Chart : Games HBD 5 NPM 0 PSG 21 RZR 4 ROR 0 Average Score Per Release : --------------------------- Hybrid - [5.0] Prestige - [4.2] Razor 1911 - [4.0] Napalm - [0.0] Release on Rampage [0.0] r c n r e v i e w s ! Author : Rebel Chicken Subject : Group Reviews : Games Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene. Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following is the scoring basis I'll be using : Points : -------- [-3] The game didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. [ 1] The game was a dupe or freeware, [ 2] Unsatisfactory, [ 3] Average, [ 4] Above Average, and [ 5] Excellent! A group may lose points the following week and have their releases labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. Dates of Games Reviewed : 05/16/96 -> 05/22/96 Filename : RFIRE-1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-22-96 Filedate : -- Return Fire (c) Time Warner Int. - [1/6] Previous Total : 0 ___ Release Score : 5 ______ / /_______________________ Running Total : 5 /___ // / \___ \____ \______ \ \_/ _ \__ / _ __// _ __/ \/ / /\ / / / / / / \ / / \/ / / / / /__/ /____/_____//__/ /__/_____/ / \_/__/\____\\____\\_/__/\__\_____\/ -----\__\/-------------\__\/(-hoson-)----- Filename : -- Fix name : -- Filedate : -- Filedate : -- /\. Previous Total : 0 . ____ / >______. . _____.____ ____:. Release Score : 0 .: \ \ /_\___. \__::> /:\ Y /'96:. Running Total : 0 :: / . / \| __/ \:/ /__/ \ .: ./ \__/ " \ > " <______> \_/___>: `< /:<___\___>/___\___>. <_____>:. :. \/ .:. |/:. .:.mr! .:. .:: . Filename : PSG-NOM1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 0 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 4 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 4 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ NORMALITY (c) GREMLIN INTERACTIVE [01/22] Filename : PSG-TOSH.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 4 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 5 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 9 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ BATTLE ARENA: TOSHINDEN (c) Playmates [01/09] Filename : PSG-MAY01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-18-96 Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 9 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 5 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 14 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ TOTAL MAYHEM (c) Domark/Formgen! [01/22] Filename : PSG-SE01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-20-96 Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 14 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 3 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 17 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ SENSIBLE WORLD OFF SOCCER EURO 96 EDIT [1/6] Filename : PSG-TKB1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-21-96 Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 17 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 4 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 21 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ Total Knockout Championship Female Boxing [1/11] Filename : MM2TT01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- Micro Machines 2 Tournament Edition [01/10] Previous Total : 0 _ ________________________ _____ ________ _ Release Score : 4 \\_____ \_____ \_____ \/ . \\_____ \\ Running Total : 4 dZG/\ __// _ |/ ____/. | \/\ __/ _/ \ \/ /_ _/ /_ | ! _/ \ \ \____\ \______\_________|_____\____\ \_ =======\___/=== 1911 DIVISION ======\___/ Filename : -- Fix name : -- Filedate : -- Filedate : -- Previous Total : 0 _____________________________________________ Release Score : 0 \__ - ________ ./__ - ________ Running Total : 0 __/ \\__/ - \\ / \\__/ \__ | \\__ \\__ | \\__ /_____| ./_____________./___| ./ [=======|______/===================|______/=] [================================[ / /96]=] Score Chart : Games HBD 5 NPM 0 PSG 21 RZR 4 ROR 0 Average Score Per Release : --------------------------- Hybrid - [5.0] Prestige - [4.2] Razor 1911 - [4.0] Napalm - [0.0] Release on Rampage [0.0] r c n r e v i e w s ! Author : Rebel Chicken Subject : Group Reviews : Games Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene. Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following is the scoring basis I'll be using : Points : -------- [-3] The game didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. [ 1] The game was a dupe or freeware, [ 2] Unsatisfactory, [ 3] Average, [ 4] Above Average, and [ 5] Excellent! A group may lose points the following week and have their releases labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. Dates of Games Reviewed : 05/23/96 -> 05/29/96 Filename : -- Fix name : -- Filedate : -- Filedate : -- Previous Total : 0 ___ Release Score : 0 ______ / /_______________________ Running Total : 0 /___ // / \___ \____ \______ \ \_/ _ \__ / _ __// _ __/ \/ / /\ / / / / / / \ / / \/ / / / / /__/ /____/_____//__/ /__/_____/ / \_/__/\____\\____\\_/__/\__\_____\/ -----\__\/-------------\__\/(-hoson-)----- Filename : -- Fix name : -- Filedate : -- Filedate : -- /\. Previous Total : 0 . ____ / >______. . _____.____ ____:. Release Score : 0 .: \ \ /_\___. \__::> /:\ Y /'96:. Running Total : 0 :: / . / \| __/ \:/ /__/ \ .: ./ \__/ " \ > " <______> \_/___>: `< /:<___\___>/___\___>. <_____>:. :. \/ .:. |/:. .:.mr! .:. .:: . Filename : PSGBGW01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-23-96 Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 0 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 5 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 5 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ Battleground III: Waterloo (c)TalonSoft 01/36 +------------------------------------------+ Filename : PSG-PTO1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-24-96 Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 5 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 3 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 8 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ Pacific Theater of Operations 2 for Win 01/04 +------------------------------------------+ Filename : PSGWIZ01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-25-96 Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 8 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 4 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 12 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ Wizardry GOLD (c) Sir-Tech [01/14] +------------------------------------------+ Filename : PSGEJD1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-27-96 Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 12 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 3 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 15 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ Earth Worm Jim 1 for DOS [1/6] +------------------------------------------+ Filename : JPRDY01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-24-96 Filedate : -- Jeopardy: Platinum Edition [01/08] Previous Total : 0 _ ________________________ _____ ________ _ Release Score : 3 \\_____ \_____ \_____ \/ . \\_____ \\ Running Total : 3 dZG/\ __// _ |/ ____/. | \/\ __/ _/ \ \/ /_ _/ /_ | ! _/ \ \ \____\ \______\_________|_____\____\ \_ =======\___/=== 1911 DIVISION ======\___/ Filename : MOREWAR.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-29-96 Filedate : -- MORE WAR - THE RETURN OF THE HORDE [01/01] Previous Total : 3 _ ________________________ _____ ________ _ Release Score : 3 \\_____ \_____ \_____ \/ . \\_____ \\ Running Total : 6 dZG/\ __// _ |/ ____/. | \/\ __/ _/ \ \/ /_ _/ /_ | ! _/ \ \ \____\ \______\_________|_____\____\ \_ =======\___/=== 1911 DIVISION ======\___/ Filename : -- Fix name : -- Filedate : -- Filedate : -- Previous Total : 0 _____________________________________________ Release Score : 0 \__ - ________ ./__ - ________ Running Total : 0 __/ \\__/ - \\ / \\__/ \__ | \\__ \\__ | \\__ /_____| ./_____________./___| ./ [=======|______/===================|______/=] [================================[ / /96]=] Score Chart : Games HBD 0 NPM 0 PSG 15 RZR 6 ROR 0 Average Score Per Release : --------------------------- Prestige - [3.8] Razor 1911 - [3.0] Hybrid - [0.0] Napalm - [0.0] Release on Rampage [0.0] r c n r e v i e w s ! Author : Rebel Chicken Subject : Group Reviews : Games Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene. Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following is the scoring basis I'll be using : Points : -------- [-3] The game didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. [ 1] The game was a dupe or freeware, [ 2] Unsatisfactory, [ 3] Average, [ 4] Above Average, and [ 5] Excellent! A group may lose points the following week and have their releases labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. Dates of Games Reviewed : 05/30/96 -> 06/05/96 Filename : -- Fix name : -- Filedate : -- Filedate : -- Previous Total : 0 ___ Release Score : 0 ______ / /_______________________ Running Total : 0 /___ // / \___ \____ \______ \ \_/ _ \__ / _ __// _ __/ \/ / /\ / / / / / / \ / / \/ / / / / /__/ /____/_____//__/ /__/_____/ / \_/__/\____\\____\\_/__/\__\_____\/ -----\__\/-------------\__\/(-hoson-)----- Filename : -- Fix name : -- Filedate : -- Filedate : -- /\. Previous Total : 0 . ____ / >______. . _____.____ ____:. Release Score : 0 .: \ \ /_\___. \__::> /:\ Y /'96:. Running Total : 0 :: / . / \| __/ \:/ /__/ \ .: ./ \__/ " \ > " <______> \_/___>: `< /:<___\___>/___\___>. <_____>:. :. \/ .:. |/:. .:.mr! .:. .:: . Filename : PSG-SET1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-30-96 Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 0 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 5 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 5 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ The Settlers II (English) (c) Blue Byte 1/7 Filename : PSG-DK01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-31-96 Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 5 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 4 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 9 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ DEATHKEEP (c) SSI [01/34] Filename : PSG-JOS1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 6-01-96 Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 9 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 2 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 11 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ JOSEPHINE (c) Media Age Software [01/10] Filename : PSG-SS01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 6-01-96 Filedate : -- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ Previous Total : 11 \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ Release Score : 5 | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / Running Total : 16 |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ SHELL SHOCK FINAL (C) CORE DESIGN 01/15 Filename : BSTORM01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : -- Brainstorm (c) Simon & Schuster [01/39] Previous Total : 0 _ ________________________ _____ ________ _ Release Score : 3 \\_____ \_____ \_____ \/ . \\_____ \\ Running Total : 3 dZG/\ __// _ |/ ____/. | \/\ __/ _/ \ \/ /_ _/ /_ | ! _/ \ \ \____\ \______\_________|_____\____\ \_ =======\___/=== 1911 DIVISION ======\___/ Filename : RORC2UP1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-30-96 Filedate : -- CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER 2 *UPDATED DELUXE* Previous Total : 0 (c) DOMARK [01/02] Release Score : 2 _____________________________________________ Running Total : 2 \__ - ________ ./__ - ________ __/ \\__/ - \\ / \\__/ \__ | \\__ \\__ | \\__ /_____| ./_____________./___| ./ [=======|______/===================|______/=] [================================[05/30/96]=] Filename : ROR-H2O1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 6-03-96 Filedate : -- H2O (c) WEBFOOT TECHNOLOGIES [1/4] Previous Total : 2 _____________________________________________ Release Score : 3 \__ - ________ ./__ - ________ Running Total : 5 __/ \\__/ - \\ / \\__/ \__ | \\__ \\__ | \\__ /_____| ./_____________./___| ./ [=======|______/===================|______/=] [================================[05/31/96]=] Filename : RORTRNC1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 6-03-96 Filedate : -- TRONIC (c) ILK GAMES [01/02] Previous Total : 5 _____________________________________________ Release Score : 2 \__ - ________ ./__ - ________ Running Total : 7 __/ \\__/ - \\ / \\__/ \__ | \\__ \\__ | \\__ /_____| ./_____________./___| ./ [=======|______/===================|______/=] [================================[05/31/96]=] Score Chart : Games HBD 0 NPM 0 PSG 16 RZR 3 ROR 7 Average Score Per Release : --------------------------- Prestige - [4.0] Razor 1911 - [3.0] Release on Rampage [2.3] Hybrid - [0.0] Napalm - [0.0] r c n r e v i e w s ! Author : Rebel Chicken Subject : Group Reviews : Games The following is a chart combining the total points of the top 5 games groups within the past 4 weeks : MAY MAY MAY JUN Total HBD 3/1 5/1 0/0 0/0 8/2 0.0 0.0 0.0 NPM 4/2 0/0 0/0 0/0 4/2 0.0 0.0 0.0 PSG 14/3 21/5 15/4 16/4 66/16 3.8 4.0 +0.2 RZR 12/3 4/1 6/2 3/1 25/7 3.0 3.0 0.0 ROR 0/0 0/0 0/0 7/3 7/3 0.0 2.3 +2.3 # of Releases Last Week's Yield # of Points This Week's Yield Change in Yield Yield = # of Points / # of Releases Change in Yield = Current Week's Yield - Previous Week's Yield r c n r e v i e w s ! Author : Rebel Chicken Subject : Group Reviews : Utils Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene. Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following is the scoring basis I'll be using : Points : -------- [-3] The util didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. [ 1] The util was a dupe or freeware, [ 2] Unsatisfactory, [ 3] Average, [ 4] Above Average, and [ 5] Excellent! A group may lose points the following week and have their releases labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. Dates of Utils Reviewed : 05/09/96 -> 05/15/96 Filename : DODWMEE1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : -- Watermark Enterprise Edition v2.1 [1/7] Previous Total : 0 _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 3 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 3 _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 11-May-96 ] == Filename : DODCORE1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-13-96 Filedate : -- COSESSION REMOTE v7.0 (c) INSYNC [01/03] Previous Total : 3 _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 4 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 7 _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 13-May-96 ] == Filename : DODQFPL1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-13-96 Filedate : -- QUICKEN FINANCIAL PLANNER v2.0 FOR WIN [1/5] Previous Total : 7 _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 5 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 12 _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 13-May-96 ] == Filename : DOD3MAX1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : -- 3D STUDIO MAX FINAL RELEASE [1/9] Previous Total : 12 _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 5 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 17 _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 15-MAY-96 ] == Filename : DODCWP01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- COREL WORDPERFECT OFFICE SUITE 95 [01/29] Previous Total : 17 _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 5 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 22 _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 15-May-96 ] == Filename : OEMB2-01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-10-96 Filedate : -- OEM SERVICE PACK RELEASE2 BETA2 FINAL [01/30] Previous Total : 0 ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 3 \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 3 / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ Released: [05-10-96] Mortality 96! Filename : MTYTWK01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : -- ToonWorks (c) MicroForum [01/14] Previous Total : 3 ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 3 \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 6 / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ Released: [05-11-96] Mortality 96! Filename : MTYWE231.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : -- Web Edit Pro 2.0 Beta 3 Previous Total : 6 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 3 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 9 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/02]\_____\_______>[05/11/96]==) Filename : MTYWM3-1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : -- WebMedia Publisher Pro [1/3] Previous Total : 9 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 3 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 12 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/03]\_____\_______>[05/11/96]==) Filename : MTYWMUP1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : -- WebMedia Publisher Pro 3.0 Release Update 1 Previous Total : 12 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 1 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 13 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/11/96]==) Filename : MTY-SD01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-12-96 Filedate : -- SoftDesk S7 Super Productivity CD Previous Total : 13 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 3 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 16 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/45]\_____\_______>[05/12/96]==) Filename : MTY-SPB1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : -- Sax Basic Engine Professional [1/2] Previous Total : 16 ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 2 \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 18 / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ Released: [05-14-96] Mortality 96! Filename : MTYSAXCM.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : -- Sax Comm Objects Professional [1/1] Previous Total : 18 ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 2 \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 20 / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ Released: [05-14-96] Mortality 96! Filename : MTYSAXST.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : -- Sax Setup Wizard v2.0 [1/1] Previous Total : 20 ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 2 \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 22 / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ Released: [05-14-96] Mortality 96! Filename : MTYWEB16.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : -- Sax Webster Control 16 Bit [1/1] Previous Total : 22 ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 2 \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 24 / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ Released: [05-14-96] Mortality 96! Filename : MTYWEB32.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : -- Sax Webster Control 32 Bit [1/1] Previous Total : 24 ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 2 \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 26 / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ Released: [05-14-96] Mortality 96! Filename : MTY-CYBS.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : -- CyberSitter v2.01 [1/1] Previous Total : 26 ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 3 \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 29 / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ Released: [05-15-96] Mortality 96! Filename : MTY-TV16.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : -- TeleVox 1.0 beta for Win3.1 [1/1] Previous Total : 29 ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 2 \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 31 / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ Released: [05-15-96] Mortality 96! Filename : MTY-TV32.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : -- TeleVox 1.0 beta for Win95 [1/1] Previous Total : 31 ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 2 \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 33 / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ Released: [05-15-96] Mortality 96! Filename : MTYGWEB.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : -- G Web (c) Virtual Presence [1/1] Previous Total : 33 ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 2 \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 35 / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ Released: [05-15-96] Mortality 96! Filename : MTYGWIN.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : -- Genesis World Buildier (c) Virtual Prescene Previous Total : 35 ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 2 \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 37 / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ Released: [05-15-96] Mortality 96! Filename : PWAB2S01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-10-96 Filedate : -- Windows NT 4.0 Server [01/42] Previous Total : 0 Beta 2 Release Score : 3 Running Total : 3 A Group That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWAB2W01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-10-96 Filedate : -- Windows NT 4.0 Workstation [01/40] Previous Total : 3 Beta 2 Release Score : 3 Running Total : 6 A Group That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWAFOC01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : -- Focal Point [01/13] Previous Total : 6 Release Score : 4 A Group Running Total : 10 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWAINOC1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : -- Inoculan Anti-Virus for WinNT [1/9] Previous Total : 10 version 1.01 Release Score : 5 Running Total : 15 A Group That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWASAL01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-11-96 Filedate : -- Salsa For The Desktop 1.02a [01/12] Previous Total : 15 Release Score : 5 A Group Running Total : 20 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWAMNG01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : -- Intel ManageWise 2.1 [01/26] Previous Total : 20 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 23 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : OL3DPWA.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-15-96 Filedate : -- OnLive 3D internet graphic adventure Previous Total : 23 for win95 1.0b12.1 1/1 Release Score : 2 Running Total : 25 A Group That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeNf Filename : PWABCR01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : -- Borland C++ 5.0 Developer's Suite Previous Total : 25 Resource Kit [01/37] Release Score : 5 Running Total : 30 A Group That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : RBSWMAP1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- Windows Map v2.2 (c) Microsoft [1/8] Previous Total : 0 _____________ _____ _________ _______ Release Score : 5 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 5 / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : XF-HBD01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-12-96 Filedate : -- HORIZON DIGITAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY Previous Total : 0 [01/29] Release Score : 3 Running Total : 3 sikos Filename : XF-DLS1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-14-96 Filedate : -- DOS LAN SERVICE CLIENT OS/2 Previous Total : 3 WARP SERVER ADVANCED (c) IBM Release Score : 5 -[1/4] Running Total : 8 sikos Filename : XFINFO01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- CRYSTAL INFO V4.5 5 USER PILOT PAK Previous Total : 8 Windows 3.1 / 95 / NT -FULL CD- Release Score : 3 [01/38] Running Total : 11 sikos Score Chart : Utils DOD 22 MTY 37 PWA 30 RBS 5 X-F 11 Average Score Per Release : --------------------------- Rebels - [5.0] Drink or Die - [4.4] Pirates with Attitudes - [3.8] X-Force - [3.7] Mortality - [2.3] r c n r e v i e w s ! Author : Rebel Chicken Subject : Group Reviews : Utils Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene. Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following is the scoring basis I'll be using : Points : -------- [-3] The util didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. [ 1] The util was a dupe or freeware, [ 2] Unsatisfactory, [ 3] Average, [ 4] Above Average, and [ 5] Excellent! A group may lose points the following week and have their releases labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. Dates of Utils Reviewed : 05/16/96 -> 05/22/96 Filename : DODWEB01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-18-96 Filedate : -- WEB TRANSLATOR V1.0 BY GLOBALINK [01/30] Previous Total : 0 _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 3 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 3 _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 18-May-96 ] == Filename : DOD-AVN1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-21-96 Filedate : -- DR. SOLOMANS ANTIVIRUS TOOLKIT 7.58 [01/03] Previous Total : 3 FOR NETWARE 3.1X AND 4.X Release Score : 4 _______________ ____________ ____________ Running Total : 7 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 21-May-96 ] == Filename : DODPGOO1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-22-96 Filedate : -- Kai`s Power GOO 1.0 (c) MetaTools [01/02] Previous Total : 7 _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 4 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 11 _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 22-May-96 ] == Filename : GENLITE.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- Genesis World Builder Lite Previous Total : 0 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 1 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 1 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/16/96]==) Filename : GWEBLTE.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- GWeb Lite (c) Virtual Presence, Ltd. Previous Total : 1 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 1 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 2 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/16/96]==) Filename : MTYCRTB6.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-18-96 Filedate : -- CRT 1.1 Beta 6 (c) Van Dyke Previous Total : 2 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 3 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 5 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/18/96]==) Filename : MTY-IJ1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-21-96 Filedate : -- Internet Junction for Novell Netware [01/02] Previous Total : 5 ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 3 \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 8 / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ Released: [05-21-96] Mortality 96! Filename : N1326-01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-22-96 Filedate : -- WINDOWS NT WORKSTATION v4.0 BUILD 1326 Previous Total : 8 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 3 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 11 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[xX/68]\_____\_______>[05/22/96]==) Filename : PWAGPP01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- Graph Pad Prism 2.01 For Win [1/2] Previous Total : 0 Release Score : 4 A Group Running Total : 4 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWAHF301.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- Hot Forms 3.0b For Win 95/NT [1/2] Previous Total : 4 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 7 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWAAV951.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : -- IBM AntiVirus 2.5 beta 2 [01/01] Previous Total : 7 Release Score : 1 A Group Running Total : 8 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- Filename : PWAAVNT1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : -- IBM AntiVirus for Windows NT [1/1] Previous Total : 8 Version 2.5 Beta 2 Release Score : 1 Running Total : 9 A Group That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- Filename : PWABCR01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : -- Borland C++ 5.0 Developer's Suite Previous Total : 9 Resource Kit [01/37] Release Score : 5 Running Total : 14 A Group That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWAEXD01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : -- eXceed 5.0.1 for Windows 95 [01/10] Previous Total : 14 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 17 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWAFLSH1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-17-96 Filedate : -- FlashCards CNE3 Update WFW/95 [1/1] Previous Total : 17 Release Score : 1 A Group Running Total : 18 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWAONET1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-18-96 Filedate : -- OnNet V2.1 [01/31] Previous Total : 18 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 21 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. [DL] -XeN Filename : PWAVDS01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-18-96 Filedate : -- Visual Developers Suite Deal [01/24] Previous Total : 21 Spring 1996 Version For Win 3.1/95 Release Score : 5 Running Total : 26 A Group That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWA-M951.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- Multi Active Maximizer for Win NT/95 [1/5] Previous Total : 26 Release Score : 2 A Group Running Total : 28 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. [DL] -XeN Filename : PWA-MMW1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- Multi Active Maximizer for Win 3.11 [1/4] Previous Total : 28 Release Score : 2 A Group Running Total : 30 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. [DL] -XeN Filename : PWAID95.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- InterDrive(R) 95 Version 2.0 Previous Total : 30 Release Score : 2 A Group Running Total : 32 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. [DL] -XeN Filename : PWAIDNT.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- InterDrive(R) NT Version 2.0 Previous Total : 32 Release Score : 2 A Group Running Total : 34 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. [DL] -XeN Filename : PWAWL1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- WanderLink Release 2.2 BETA [1/2] Previous Total : 34 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 37 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. [DL] -XeN Filename : PWAD3D01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-20-96 Filedate : -- Dir 3D 1.0 For Windows [01/02] Previous Total : 37 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 40 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : RBSWMAP1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-16-96 Filedate : -- Windows Map v2.2 (c) Microsoft [1/8] Previous Total : 0 _____________ _____ _________ _______ Release Score : 3 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 3 / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : RBS-HYSP.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-20-96 Filedate : -- HyperSnap for Windows 95 v2.65 Previous Total : 3 ________________________________[01/01] Release Score : 3 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 6 / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : XF-JF101.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- JFACTORY V1.0.1 FOR WINDOWS 95 / NT Previous Total : 0 (c) ROGUE WAVE Release Score : 3 [01/01] Running Total : 3 sikos Filename : XF-WPS1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-19-96 Filedate : -- CC:MAIL FOR OS/2 WORKPLACE SHELL V1.03d Previous Total : 3 [01/02] Release Score : 3 Running Total : 6 sikos Score Chart : Utils DOD 11 MTY 11 PWA 40 RBS 6 X-F 6 Average Score Per Release : --------------------------- Drink or Die - [3.7] Rebels - [3.0] X-Force - [3.0] Pirates with Attitudes - [2.7] Mortality - [2.2] r c n r e v i e w s ! Author : Rebel Chicken Subject : Group Reviews : Utils Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene. Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following is the scoring basis I'll be using : Points : -------- [-3] The util didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. [ 1] The util was a dupe or freeware, [ 2] Unsatisfactory, [ 3] Average, [ 4] Above Average, and [ 5] Excellent! A group may lose points the following week and have their releases labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. Dates of Utils Reviewed : 05/23/96 -> 05/29/96 Filename : -- Fix name : -- Filedate : -- Filedate : -- Previous Total : 0 _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 0 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 0 _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 96 ] == Filename : MTYVISI1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-23-96 Filedate : -- VISUAL RELEASE WITH INSTALIT v7.0 Previous Total : 0 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 3 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 3 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/07]\_____\_______>[05/23/96]==) Filename : PWA-JETC.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-23-96 Filedate : -- JetCommander, V2.01 powerful NC-Clone Previous Total : 0 for WIN95,DOS and OS/2. Full long filenames Release Score : 3 support under WINDOWS95 + OS/2 Running Total : 3 A Group That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. [DL] -XeN Filename : PWAMNG01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-25-96 Filedate : -- Intel ManageWise 2.1 [01/26] Previous Total : 3 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 6 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : PWAUC31.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-25-96 Filedate : -- Caps User 3.1 For Windows [1/1] Previous Total : 6 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 9 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : WRSPWA1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-27-96 Filedate : -- ViewOffice PowerSuite CD-Rip [01/13] Previous Total : 9 Release Score : 4 A Group Running Total : 13 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. DK -XeN Filename : PWAPRG01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-28-96 Filedate : -- Progress 8.0a for Windows 95 [01/40] Previous Total : 13 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 16 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : RFAXPWA1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-29-96 Filedate : -- Right Fax - Fax Server for Win/NT [1/8] Previous Total : 16 Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 19 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeNf Filename : RBS-EST.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-24-96 Filedate : -- Estimator Pro v1.0 for Windows 3.+ Previous Total : 0 ________________________________[01/01] Release Score : 3 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 3 / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : RBS-JOT.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-25-96 Filedate : -- Net Scantools 32 Bit Jot v1.2 for Windows Previous Total : 3 ________________________________[01/01] Release Score : 3 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 6 / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : RBS-OL1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-25-96 Filedate : -- Office logic - Version 2.10 Previous Total : 6 ________________________________[01/02] Release Score : 4 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 10 / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : RBS-LS01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-27-96 Filedate : -- Fax/Win/Ras Port from LanSource 6.0 *CD* Previous Total : 10 _____________________________ __[01/30] Release Score : 3 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 13 / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : RBSXMPEG.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-28-96 Filedate : -- XingMPEG Player v1.30 for Win 3.+ Previous Total : 13 _______________________________[01/01] Release Score : 4 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 17 / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : RBS-PM01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-29-96 Filedate : -- Print Master Gold Interactive Multimedia CD Previous Total : 17 ________________________________[01/55] Release Score : 4 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 21 / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : XF-MPFX.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-25-96 Filedate : -- MIND PATH PRESENTATION F/X PRO Previous Total : 0 V1.0 FOR WINDOWS Release Score : 3 [01/01] Running Total : 3 sikos Filename : XFSMS121.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-29-96 Filedate : -- Visual Age for Cobol V1.0 OS/2 Previous Total : 3 (c) IBM Release Score : 3 [01/49] Running Total : 6 sikos Score Chart : Utils DOD 0 MTY 3 PWA 19 RBS 21 X-F 6 Average Score Per Release : --------------------------- Rebels - [3.5] Pirates with Attitudes - [3.2] Mortality - [3.0] X-Force - [3.0] Drink or Die - [0.0] r c n r e v i e w s ! Author : Rebel Chicken Subject : Group Reviews : Utils Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review! Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene. Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be! It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Let's review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases. The following is the scoring basis I'll be using : Points : -------- [-3] The util didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72 hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack or fix, even beyond the 3 day period. [ 1] The util was a dupe or freeware, [ 2] Unsatisfactory, [ 3] Average, [ 4] Above Average, and [ 5] Excellent! A group may lose points the following week and have their releases labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points). If the group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the 3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3 points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points. Dates of Utils Reviewed : 05/30/96 -> 06/05/96 Filename : DODALG21.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 6-02-96 Filedate : -- MULTIMEDIA ALGEBRA 2 v3.4 FOR WINDOWS [1/6] Previous Total : 0 _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 4 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 4 _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ==================== [ DOD * O2-June-96 ] == Filename : DODCDVW.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 6-03-96 Filedate : -- CD-VIEW 2.02D FOR DOS/NETWARE [1/1] Previous Total : 4 _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 3 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 7 _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 02-JUN-96 ] == Filename : DOD-QP16.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 6-04-96 Filedate : -- QUERY PERFECT 1.0 16-BIT [1/1] Previous Total : 7 _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 2 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 10 _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 04-JUN-96 ] == Filename : DOD-QP32.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 6-04-96 Filedate : -- QUERY PERFECT 1.0 32-BIT [1/1] Previous Total : 10 _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 2 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 12 _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 04-JUN-96 ] == Filename : DOD-LEX1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : -- TRA LexiCAT For Windows [1/2] Previous Total : 12 _______________ ____________ ____________ Release Score : 3 \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ Running Total : 15 _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[ m]\________/== D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 ===================== [ DOD * 05-JUN-96 ] == Filename : MTYTREE.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-30-96 Filedate : -- MCEN Tree Factory (c) MCEN Graphics Previous Total : 0 ___________________________ _____________ Release Score : 2 \_ | _/ \ _ \____/ \ \ / \___ ___/ / \ Running Total : 2 / \ \ \ /_/\_ ` \ /_/ \_/ \_/ __/ \_|_|_/\___/_|__/__/_|__/___/___/\___/\____\ Released: [05-30-96] Mortality 96! Filename : MTYQAPP1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-31-96 Filedate : -- QuickApp v.3.00 (c) AttachMate Previous Total : 2 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 3 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 5 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/02]\_____\_______>[05/31/96]==) Filename : MTYTLIS1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 6-03-96 Filedate : -- TLIST 3 /PRO OCX EDITION ENHANCED Previous Total : 5 OUTLINE CONTROL Release Score : 2 ______.______._____._____._____ Running Total : 7 < > __/ \__ < \ __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[05/30/96]==) Filename : MTY-TS01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : -- TriSpectives CDRIP for Win95 Previous Total : 7 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 4 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 11 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/31]\_____\_______>[06/04/96]==) Filename : MTYCADT1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : -- CADET v3.0 (c) ATTACHMATE CORP. Previous Total : 11 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 2 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 13 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/03]\_____\_______>[06/03/96]==) Filename : MTYGRPH1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : -- GRAPHICALLY!! v1.01A for ACE Audit Previous Total : 13 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : 2 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 15 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/04]\_____\_______>[06/04/96]==) Filename : MTYOMNI1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : -- OMNI PAGE PRO 7.0 WIN 95(c) CAERE CORP. Previous Total : 15 ______.______._____._____._____ Release Score : -3 < > __/ \__ < \ Running Total : 12 __/ \__ __/__ ___> \______\____/ _/ \ _ \pn (==[01/05]\_____\_______>[06/05/96]==) Filename : LSNTPWA1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 5-31-96 Filedate : -- LightSpeed Term Emulation NT Server Previous Total : 0 [1/2] Release Score : 3 A Group Running Total : 3 That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeNf .DIZ date: 05.30.96 .NFO date 05.30.96 Filename : ON32B2-1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 6-03-96 Filedate : -- FTP OnNet32 International Beta 2.0 Previous Total : 3 for Win95 and Win NT 4.0 [1/13] Release Score : 2 Running Total : 5 A Group That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : ON32B2U1.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 6-03-96 Filedate : -- FTP OnNet32 US CD Version Beta 2.0 Previous Total : 5 for Win95 and Win NT 4.0 [1/12] Release Score : 2 Running Total : 7 A Group That Gives Slightly Less Than A Fuck. -XeN Filename : RBS-WBIT.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 6-03-96 Filedate : -- Web-it! Pro for Windows v1.2 Previous Total : 0 ________________________________[01/01] Release Score : 4 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 4 / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : RBS-ZI10.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 6-04-96 Filedate : -- Zipit! v1.0 for Windows 95 Previous Total : 4 ________________________________[01/01] Release Score : 3 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 7 / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : RBSMBA01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 6-04-96 Filedate : -- Micro House Tech Lib v296 CD-RIP Previous Total : 7 Main Boards Section A Release Score : 2 ________________________________[01/27] Running Total : 9 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : RBSMBB01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 6-04-96 Filedate : -- Micro House Tech Lib v296 CD-RIP Previous Total : 9 Main Boards Section B Release Score : 2 ________________________________[01/48] Running Total : 11 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : RBSMHM01.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 6-04-96 Filedate : -- Micro House Tech Lib v296 CD-RIP Previous Total : 11 Main Section with 100% Crack Release Score : 2 ________________________________[01/41] Running Total : 13 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : RBS-DANA.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : -- Dana v1.04 for Windows 95 Previous Total : 13 ________________________________[01/01] Release Score : 3 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 16 / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : RBS-LIQA.ZIP Fix name : -- Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : -- Liquid Motion, Great JAVA Creation Program Previous Total : 16 ________________________________[01/02] Release Score : 4 \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ Running Total : 20 / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS. Filename : -- Fix name : -- Filedate : -- Filedate : -- Previous Total : 0 [ / ] Release Score : 0 Running Total : 0 sikos Score Chart : Utils DOD 17 MTY 12 PWA 7 RBS 20 X-F 0 Average Score Per Release : --------------------------- Drink or Die - [3.0] Rebels - [2.9] Pirates with Attitudes - [2.3] Mortality - [1.7] X-Force - [0.0] r c n r e v i e w s ! Author : Rebel Chicken Subject : Group Reviews : Utils The following is a chart combining the total points of the top 5 utils groups within the past 4 weeks : MAY MAY MAY JUN Total DOD 22/5 11/3 0/0 15/5 48/13 0.0 3.0 +3.0 MTY 37/16 11/5 3/1 12/7 63/29 3.0 1.7 -1.3 PWA 30/8 40/15 19/6 7/3 96/32 3.2 2.3 -0.9 RBS 5/1 6/2 21/6 20/7 52/16 3.5 2.9 -0.6 X-F 11/3 6/2 6/2 0/0 23/7 3.0 0.0 -3.0 # of Releases Last 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 .x#$$#x. `:$$$$:' The Game Review! .x%#$$$$$$#%x. .x#$$$$#x. .x#$$$#x. `""""$$$$""""' .S$$$$$$$$S.$$$$$$$$$Ss $$$$.sS$Ss.$$$$ $$$$$`$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$',$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$ """"`$$$$ $$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$ sS$Ss."$$$ $$$$$$ pn `-------------- $$$$$$$$$$$ ------------' $$$$$$$$'` ~VOTED #1 WAREZ MAG/REVIEW BY INTERNET USERS~ ~TGR IS PROUD TO BE THE LONGEST RUNNING WEEKLY WAREZ MAG/REVIEW, EVER!~ .a$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$&$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$&$$$$$a. $$' . `$$' `$$ ' `$$' s `$$' s `$$ $' $ $$ $ $$ a a $$ $ $$ $ $$ ISSUE #26 $ $ssss$$ $ $$ $ $ $$ $ $$ $ssss$$ $ o o$ $$ $ $ $$ sssss$$ssss. $$ 06/09/96 $. $ $$ $ $$ $ $ $$ $ $$ $ $$ $$. $ ,$$ $ $$ $ $ $$. $ ,$$. $ ,$$ `$&@%o%@&$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$&@%o%@&$$$$&@%o%@&hd' "All the games that are fit to print." 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[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] -Rating scale: (0-19)/100 = In a nutshell, it sucked! (20-39)/100 = Still crap but slightly better. (40-49)/100 = Possibly worth downloading. (50-69)/100 = Pretty decent game. Might want to check it out. (70-79)/100 = Worth the download if you like that type. (80-89)/100 = Very good, 9 outta 10 its worth the download. (90-99)/100 = Excellent game, a MUST download. 100/100 = HOLY SHIT I'VE NEVER SEEN A BETTER GAME! RATINGS are based on the game idea, graphics, sound, playability, ingenuity, versatility, and a lot of other words ending in `ity'. These games are based on what happens on MY COMPUTER ONLY, unless stated otherwise. I always first follow nfo directions, and if those don't work or are not available, I then try other ways. So just because it doesn't work for me, doesn't mean it won't work for you. -<*><*> THE GAME REVIEW <*><*>- ________________________/ |__/| ___________ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ WIN 95 REVIEW | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / COURTESY OF: |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ LUNATIC +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ DEATHKEEP (c) SSI [xx/34] I had a bit of a problem getting this to install, kept getting 'script error in line 197'. If anyone else has this problem, go into the install dir, edit dk.inf, and find the line 'Directory [SOURCE DIR] := DK'. Change DK to "." then save it, and it should install fine. When playing, it keeps coming up with some sound error, if someone works out how to stop this, please let me (_lunatic on IRC) know. You have a choice of three pre-generated characters, which pissed me off (how hard would it have been to let you create your own character?), but you do get a nice animated intro once you've chosen one. The game itself looks quite nice, til you start moving. Damn thing moves far too fast, turns too fast, and generally makes it damn hard to play. Playing the dwarf, I found an axe and chainmail right near the start, but couldn't work out how to put the chainmail on for ages. The inventory screen shows up with a transparent background, so you can still see your surroundings, but this makes it very difficult to see the lines leading from the body to the armor column on the right, you have to put body armor in the middle slot. Stupid flaws, movement problems, and an annoying delay between pushing the map button and actually getting the map (due to it changing resolution I think), combine to seriously lower this games score, it could've been great. The movement problems are especially pronounced when trying to fight something (combat is realtime), you'll die easily. Get it if you're a rabid rpg fan, if not don't bother. RATING : 58/100 SNL Goes Political (c)Berkley Systems [xx.xx] .,y@Q$$"' - .s sS,' .$$$$s.$s$$"'`,yy$$$$$$" .,@Q$Q@. `$$sY$ $S$bs$$$%%$$;%$$."$$$"'$$$$' i$$$$ `$$$y.`$s$ $THE%ALLIANCE$$$Ss," ,$$$$; $$$$$YsY$$$$,`$$ $Y$SS$$$$8`$$%$$$$$$$ i$$$$. $$$$$"$tAL0N$ $$ ' $$%$$`$' `$$$'`$%%$$."$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$$' $' -`Y' -`$'--`Y$$"` -`"$ $4$' "$Y' - ` $' ` Disk 11 of this release was badly packaged and had crc errors in the arj. All copies found were like this, but the game still works, because the error is in a .mov file and has little effect if any. This rip is basically a total waste of time. The cd is mainly comprised of .mov from various decades in SNL. There are four games included that deal with SNL. One is where you are that fat dude who looks like Newt Gingrich and you sit there slamming bills that come by on your desk as fast asa possible. Another is pacman, but with Bill Clinton and hamburgers. Yet another is a puzzle game, and the last one is a weird board type game where you try to get votes by moving the pieces a certain way. It's not worth 22 disks for just those four games. RATING : 42/100 ________________________/ |__/| ___________ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / REVIEW |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ COURTESY +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ OF LUNATIC The Settlers II (English) (c) Blue Byte 1/7 A word about installation : make sure the path you change in the setup.ini points to the s2 subdir, and not the settlers2 dir, else it won't work. I haven't had a long look at this, but it appears to be Settlers 1 (also known as Serf City) with nicer graphics, and more easily available information. Everything was represented pictorially in the first one, which meant much rereading of the manual to figure out what the hell was going on. The interface is very similar, so anyone who's played the 1st one will have no problems getting right into this. It apears to support multi-player options, network at least (One scenario had 7 players). Settlers2 supports a variety of resolutions, from 640x480 up to 1024x768, and looks very nice. For people who haven't got a clue what it is, Settlers2 is a strategy game where you tell your people what to build, where to build it, and provide them with roads to get there, presented in a 3/4 sort of view. Provided you have the necessary raw materials, you'll get a little guy who goes out and flattens the area, then an engineer comes out and waits for the building materials, then people transport the materials to him and you watch as he constructs the building. You have lumberjacks to cut down trees, foresters to plant more trees, little guys who quarry stone, miners, surveyors (so you know where to build mines), and all sorts of other cool shit. Eventually, you tell your knights to bash the enemy, and watch the little guys sword-fighting (very cool), and hopefully bash the enemy and take over their territory. A cool game if u like strategy games, and very nicely presented. RATING : 87/100 EARTH WORM JIM II - DOS *WORKING* [5/5] _____ ___ _____ ________ ______ ________ \_ \ __|_/ _/ ____ \\/ / \ _/\_ \ _/ __/ _/ _\ \ _/_/ __/ /| / |_/ __/ \___\__________/____\___\___/____/___|\___\ ===============[ ]================ Well finnaly, a version for all of non-macint...I mean win95 users. EWJ2 is everything you could expect it to be based on the first one. Totally new ideas, from making sure puppy's land safely across to using old grandma's special chair to go up the stairs to picking up cows and getting them to milk. This one is exactly the same in engine as the first one is, you do however have new weapons. Now you have this bogger thingi instead of using the whip to go across you can use this, plus there are a ton of new gun types. And instead of that off and on helicopter'ish thing on his head, you have a snot parachute. The game is great if you like platform games. It is challenging, but not overly challenging to the point where you get frustrated. Worth checking out if you haven't gotten one to work. Just follow the nfo! RATING : 85/100 ________________________/ |__/| ___________ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ Savage (c) Discovery Channel 30/30 Well I was able to get it running, but as soon as it scrolled the first level information back down, I got a windows error (Ignore/Cancel). From what I could tell, you are some lion or cub or something, and you develop skills to live in the wild. That's about all I can tell you. RATING : NA/100 Operation Carnage (c) Beaucomm [o3/o3] _ ________________________ _____ ________ _ \\_____ \_____ \_____ \/ . \\_____ \\ dZG/\ __// _ |/ ____/. | \/\ __/ _/ \ \/ /_ _/ /_ | ! _/ \ \ \____\ \______\_________|_____\____\ \_ =======\___/=== 1911 DIVISION ======\___/ Like the nfo says, even though it says it's for Micro Machines, well it's not, this game is practically the same thing as Smash TV, the arcade game. You go from room to room blasting your weapons at the enemy. It'll keep you busy for a while, but as with all games like this you'll become easily bored eventually. The game is pretty good, nice sound to it, and the graphics are fine. It'll make ya sweat if you get into it. There are sectors with all different rooms and they lead to the end boss guy, you defeat him and go on to the next sector. I did notice a few bug'ish problems, the first one is if you put it on easy, and when it's past the second sector, it's supposed to automatically adjust it to the harder settings, but it says it is going to do it, but in actuality locks up. Another bug is when you enter your high score in, it won't let you leave the screen, unless it's some special combo of keys. If you're looking for some quick action here's your solution, but don't expect to play it too long. RATING : 70/100 ========================================= EURO 96 - ENGLAND (c) Gremlin Interactive ========================================= Hybrid [xx/10] ----------------------------------------- This is a generiz diz, because Hybrid didn't put one for some reason. I was really pissed off by this one. When I loaded it without my mouse it would go in fine and everything, but you can't navigate the menu's without a mouse. So when I loaded my mouse, the second I moved it I got a divide overflow error. I think this is one of the rare times where it just might be my puter as the cause for it not working, but then again who knows. If it is, sorry, about as much as I can tell you is it's a soccer game, from the mfg. of Actua Soccer. A 41 disk music & commentary addon was also put out for this game. RATING : NA/100 _____ /\. _ __ ._/|______|\___. \__ \/ | /_\ | \| _ __/ _ | | _ _ |/ | \| : | | | |__| | \/ | _ \ \ | | |___ | |__||__|__|__/__|\__|__|__| ____| +--=[XX/22]========PresenTs=\/===--+ | Greg Norman Ultimate Golf II | | (c) Grolier Interactive | +--==============================--+ WHORE! Er, no, that's not it...hmm...oh yeah, FORE! This is probably the best golf game out there. It's got everything you could ask for, the gfx are excellent and detailed. If you're looking for the golf game that has it all then look no further, unless you can look further into the future or something. It's not that good that you'll enjoy it if you don't like golf, but for those who do, you'll find this will satisfy your golfing desires. RATING : 78/100 Alley Cats (c) Atlantean Interactive Alley Cats Movie Addon CD-RIP ] [06/04/96] [xX/32] [ ] [06/04/96] [xX/34] [ Oh man, you just know I have to make fun of this one. This is a bowling game sorta like in the sense of strip poker, but it's bowling. "0o0o baby look at the size of those 8lb balls of yours, and your pin is standing so erect." This game is hilarious, not only are the wanna-be-models incredibly stupid and bad actors, but I JUST KNOW this game was made by some 20 sumtin year old NERD who can't get any. So the dude makes this thinkin' he'll get some from the models. Well the dude who probably made this, put himself in the game as the "sleazeball" owner of the bowling alley. It's so funny to listen to this dork talk to you, trying to be an actor, with his speech impediment. If you don't get this game just for the fun of it, get it so you can have a good laugh AT IT. The simple object to the game is to go on the bowling alley, bowl a game, do good, get points, go to the Pro Shop and pay to see them strip, which in actuality is dumb, b/c you can just go view the .mov files yourself. I only found upper nudity in this one, so it sucks for that too. But if ya got some free time download this one just for a good laugh. RATING : 53/100 Brainstorm (c) Simon & Schuster [xx/39] _ ________________________ _____ ________ _ \\_____ \_____ \_____ \/ . \\_____ \\ dZG/\ __// _ |/ ____/. | \/\ __/ _/ \ \/ /_ _/ /_ | ! _/ \ \ \____\ \______\_________|_____\____\ \_ =======\___/=== 1911 DIVISION ======\___/ This is a detailed study of the brain and a ton of questions that involve thinking. Since it is the weekened, I have no interest whatsoever in thinking, and who would blame me? It has parts that explore the brain, the IQ test, mindbenders, etc. It's basically for those parents with the 7 year old Harvard Graduate, as he'd be the only dork to actually buy this. This isn't really a `game', but more of a quiz, and we all get plenty of those in school. It is put together very well, and it's of high quality. RATING : 56/100 ________________________/ |__/| ___________ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ Dinotopis (c) Turner Interactive 13/13 This is one boring game. You start off at the end of some island. You walk around and you're supposed to talk to people and pick up shit. However since there is absolutely no sound or music in this, it's impossible to tell what they are saying to you. Anyway it's still boring, you walk around an island inhabited by humans and dinosaurs. RATING : 41/100 T-MEK *BETA* (c) Time-Warner Inter. [30/30] _____ ___ _____ ________ ______ ________ \_ \ __|_/ _/ ____ \\/ / \ _/\_ \ _/ __/ _/ _\ \ _/_/ __/ /| / |_/ __/ \___\__________/____\___\___/____/___|\___\ ===============[ ]================ This is an excellent Mechwarrior type game. The game is smooth no matter what you run it on. You're given 6 different choices of type of ships and enough arenas and stuff to last you a long time. You go from qualifying levels to harder and harder levels. The sound is not much, but the graphics are nicely done for this type of game. Plenty of options, and two different styles of game to try out, one with cheating, one w/o, enough options to make it the way you want it. A good mech game, and probably great for network play. Although still a beta, I didn't notice any bugs. RATING : 73/100 Pray for Death - Playable Preview [01/08] _____ ___ _____ ________ ______ ________ \_ \ __|_/ _/ ____ \\/ / \ _/\_ \ _/ __/ _/ _\ \ _/_/ __/ /| / |_/ __/ \___\__________/____\___\___/____/___|\___\ ===============[ ]================ First off, let me just quote the nfo on this one, it's kinda outta the blue : "Release note: Pray for Death? - At first I thought this was a game about ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Napalm members? - But turns it turns out to be a fighting game." Kinda cruel eh? I thought so. Anyway, , well anyway , this is another in the line of fighting games, like MK, MK1, MK2, SF, SSF, SSF2, SSF2 TURBO, Killer Instinct, Primal Rage, shall I go on? You can only try out two of the characters, but you can tell this will turn out to be a pretty good game. Excellent graphics, but there is no sound. Nice interactive backgrounds, but the characters are a bit too big for the screen. Hope you have the cpu to handle this one too, or it'll be way to slow. The game has potential, we'll see if it lives up to it. RATING : 61/100 _____ /\. _ __ ._/|______|\___. \__ \/ | /_\ | \| _ __/ _ | | _ _ |/ | \| : | | | |__| | \/ | _ \ \ | | |___ | |__||__|__|__/__|\__|__|__| ____| +--=[xX/37]========PresenTs=\/===--+ | Tim McCarver's | | The Way Baseball Works Simulator | | (c) Simon & Schuster InterActive | +--==============================--+ In case you just couldn't guess at this one, it's a thing that explains every tiny bit of detail associated with baseball. It gives you hints for hitting, pitching, etc. It lets you make your own field. You can practice batting. The graphics are good, but there is no sound, at least I couldn't find any. The only people who should get this are the ones who watch every single baseball game, know every single detail, and although they are fat ass coutch potatoes, think they might one day be in the Major Leagues. Although it's not fun it is educational, at least sport's wise. RATING : 62/100 Kick Off 96 (C) Anco [xx/10] _____ _____ ____ _____ ________________ \_ | \ \/ / _ /__\_ \_/ _ \ | _ \_ \ _/ \ \ __/___/ | / / |___| |____|___/ /_\ \___|_______/ ::d|___|::::::.\___/.:.\___\::::::::: At first, you would think Hybrid underestimated this game in their comments about it in the nfo. But after playing it and not being able to get any sound from this one too, you soon realize it sucks cock. It's got a touch of Actua Soccer'ness with a little bit of arcade'ness. The players do a lot of repetitive boring things that take a while, like waiting for the referee to go to his position after a goal, don't know if that's just the way it was programmed or my computer, but don't be quick to judge asshole. Anyway, as the nfo states: "Another soccer game to add to your collection - not too much to say about this one. RATING : 47/100 The Pickle Wars Trilgoy [2/2] (C) Crystal Vision [06/07/96] B.Y.O.RAR (Bring your own rar.exe) because the one packaged with this has the Burlgar virus. Then I tried "rar x pickle.001" and it said unknown method. I removed the virus from their rar.exe, but it then didn't run. This just wasn't meant to uncompress. RATING : NA/100 Jelly Fish Backgammon Tutor (Windows) (c) Effect Software _____ _____ ____ _____ ________________ \_ | \ \/ / _ /__\_ \_/ _ \ | _ \_ \ _/ \ \ __/___/ | / / |___| |____|___/ /_\ \___|_______/ ::d|___|::::::.\___/.:.\___\::::::::: Ummm, ok, I just might have a clue as how to play backgammon. This is some tutor game and it can't be too good cuz I didn't learn a fucking thing. I'm sure no one else is even going to download this and try it out, so who really cares? There aren't too many backgammon tutoring games, so I guess that makes this the #1 out there eh? Hah...just shutup. RATING : 36/100 ________________________/ |__/| ___________ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ FRANK THOMAS' BIG HURT BASEBALL [xx/36] ________________________/ |__/| ___________ \___ \ __ / __/ __/ / |/ ____/ __/_ | __/ _/ _/ _| \__ \ \/ / ) / _| / |___|\__\ \________ /___\__\__ \______\ +--------\___/ /aL!\/--------/_____\-----+ F. T. B. H. BASEBALL FULL CRACK If you don't have a joystick, in order to get into the game you need to hit your pause/break key like as soon as the jostick calibration menu comes up or it will kick your ass into dos. However as my limited explorations into the game have found, you won't be able to play the game with the keyboard anyway b/c the keys they have set for it don't fucking work! And of course in all the detailed programming that went into this, they couldn't add one more thing so you could make your own working keys. The problem comes when you try to pitch the ball, it well, just doesn't pitch. The k/b keys are just majorly whack. The game however looks great, you have all the fields, all the real players, and an excellent game engine that brings back the feeling of good arcade like baseball games rather than simulation types. If only I could actually play a full game. Some other really cool things that happen are: (1) The computer doesn't pitch to you, it likes having a starig contest w/ the batter I guess (2) When ya hit pause/break for the menu in the game and you choose leave game and put it on yes, it just doesn't leave, that's pretty cool. Don't get it unless ya got a joystick. RATING : 32/100 RATING : 88/100 - Where's Waldo? Exploring Geo... - Net Warez, Inc. [6\39] Poorly packaged, they fucked up with the arj. Even if you do just re-arj # 37 over again, it's still missing .wav files that you need in order to get it running properly. It's only for little kiddies anyhow. RATING : NA/100 [ EarthWorm Jim 1&2 cheat pack. ] . .+ , . +. , : : `$%,. ` ,$; ,s , `$%,. ' .,sQ' . . l$$` $$l l$; ;$; l$$' `$$l % %% ;$$ $$ ;$$ `" , `" $ `$; %%% ;$' %% % ;$$ `" ;$$;`Q%s `Q%, .`$. ,$' pnk . :. . l$$ `" ' ` ' `+ ` *' . . .: " ""' m - - -- - [- foGO's crACKiNG diViSiON fuLL spEEd! -] - -- -- - - - This is a very helpfull cheat for EWJ. It gives ya hints on what to do on some levels and includes .tbl files for Game Wizard Pro to allow you to cheat. If you're stuck in EWJ then you might wanna get this. RATING : CHEAT/100 <*>THE GAME OF THE WEEK<*> Wow what a week, filled with huge ass 40 disk'ers. To pick one GOTW would be impossible, and therefore we have several. PRESTIGE get's two of this week's GOTW with THE SETTLERS 2 and FRANK THOMAS: BIG HURT BASEBALL . The other GOTW goes to MANTIS for GREG NORMAN ULTIMATE GOLF 2. And right behind those 3 releases in a close bid for GOTW was R-DOGS for the beta release of T-MEK. Would also like to thank R-DOGS for re-releasing EWJ2 for us dos users. <*>OTHER RELEASES<*> DeathKeep Species, The Game <*>UPCOMING RELEASE DATES<*> All projected dates are as of MAY 31ST 1996, 8am (EST) and based on store release dates. The information in this section is updated WHEN AVAILABLE. Key to system types: DCD = DOS CD WCD = Windows CD MCD = Mac. CD W95CD = Win 95 CD M3 = Mac. Disk W3 = Windows Disk W953 = Win 95 Disk D3 = DOS Disk HCD = Mac./Windows CD Date Name of Game Company 96/06/04 DRAGONLAIR2 DCD READY SOFT 96/06/04 SHELLSHOCK DCD U.S. GOLD INC. 96/06/04 DEATHKEEP DCD STRATEGIC SIMULATION 96/06/04 AH-64D LNGBW DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS 96/06/04 GENDERWARS DCD GT SOFTWARE 96/06/04 SETTLERS 2 DCD BLUE BYTE 96/06/05 DEADLINE DCD VIC TOKAI 96/06/06 BIG HURT DCD ACCLAIM 96/06/07 PGA96:SAWGRS DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS 96/06/07 MORTIMER DCD LUCAS ARTS 96/06/07 FINAL DOOM DCD GT SOFTWARE 96/06/10 WING COMM IV DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS 96/06/12 LINKS LS DCD ACCESS SOFTWARE 96/06/14 RENEGD:JACOB DCD MINDSCAPE 96/06/15 HIND DCD INTERACTIVE MAGIC 96/06/15 CIV WAR MED DCD ENTERACTIVE INTER 96/06/15 ALIEN TRIL DCD DIGITAL PICTURES 96/06/15 BTLCRSR 3000 DCD TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE 96/06/15 MAGIC GATHER DCD SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE 96/06/15 CAS CHMP2PKR DCD INTRACORP,INC. 96/06/18 AFTER LIFE DCD LUCAS ARTS 96/06/19 PRO PINBL:WEB DCD ENTERACTIVE INTER 96/06/19 MEGA RACE 2 DCD MINDSCAPE 96/06/21 HARVESTER IBCD MERIT SOFTWARE 96/06/21 DUNGON KEEPR DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS 96/06/21 KINGDOM MGC DCD GT SOFTWARE 96/06/22 BULL FROG PK DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS 96/06/24 MECH 2 NET DCD ACTIVISION 96/06/25 FIREFIGHT DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS 96/06/28 LST ADV LEGND DCD RANDOMSOFT 96/06/28 SPACEHULK 2 DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS 96/07/01 PELICAN HILL DCD ACCESS SOFTWARE 96/07/01 GRAND PRIX 2 DCD SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE 96/07/01 PINEHURST DCD ACCESS SOFTWARE 96/07/01 OVER REICH DCD AVALON HILL 96/07/20 AD&DCORERULESDCD TSR 96/07/28 QUAKE SHWR DCD ID SOFTWARE 96/08/01 JETFIGHTR III IBCD INTERPLAY PROD 96/08/01 WARHAWK DCD SONY ELECT PUBLISH 96/08/01 TWISTD METAL DCD SONY ELECT PUBLISH 96/08/01 MAST/ORION 2 DCD SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE 96/08/01 METAL LORDS DCD NEW WORLD COMP INC. 96/08/01 LOST ADMRL II DCD AMERICAN LASER GAMES 96/08/20 NEED SPEED SE DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS 96/09/01 VR BASEBALL DCD INTERPLAY PRODUCTIONS 96/09/01 GOLF NICK P DCD GT SOFTWARE 96/09/01 HIST WORLD DCD AVALON HILL 96/09/01 POWERSLAVE DCD PLAYMATES INTER ENT 96/11/15 RAW PURSUIT DCD JVC COMPANY OF AMERICA 97/01/01 DEADLY SKIES DCD JVC COMPANY OF AMERICA 96/06/15 FTSY FBALL96 HCD ENTERACTIVE INTER 96/06/24 ELK MOON #1 HCD ACTIVISION 96/06/07 MORTIMER MCD LUCAS ARTS 96/06/18 AFTER LIFE MCD LUCAS ARTS 96/06/24 MUPPETS TRSR MCD ACTIVISION 96/06/30 GAB KNIGHT 2 MCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC 96/07/01 TORIN'S PASS MCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC 96/07/01 PELICAN HILL MCD ACCESS SOFTWARE 96/07/01 PINEHURST MCD ACCESS SOFTWARE 96/08/01 EMPIRE II MCD NEW WORLD COMP INC. 96/08/01 HERO MHT MGC MCD NEW WORLD COMP INC. 96/08/23 9 MCD GT SOFTWARE 96/09/01 MORT KMBT 3 MCD GT SOFTWARE 96/06/21 NETSCAPE NAV MAC VENTANA PRESS 96/06/01 GREGNORM GLF2WCD GROLIER ELECT PUB. IN 96/06/04 JEWEL BUND WCD MICROFORUM 96/06/04 CATZ WCD VIRGIN GAMES 96/06/05 MCKENZ/FRNDS WCD AMERICAN LASER GAMES 96/06/10 WARHAMMR 40K MINDSCAPE 96/06/10 VOYEUR II WCD PHILIPS INTER MEDIA 96/06/12 SCIFI TRIVIA WCD SIMON & SCHUSTER 96/06/15 QST.GLORYCOLL.WCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC 96/06/15 HOYLE-BLKJAK WCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC 96/06/15 HOYLE-SOLITREWCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC 96/06/15 WOOD SHIP MEN WCD AVALON HILL 96/06/19 MARLOW WCD SIMON & SCHUSTER 96/06/20 STORM WCD AMERICAN SOFT CORP. 96/06/24 CIVIL WAR:LEE WCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC 96/06/24 MUPPETS TRSR WCD ACTIVISION 96/06/30 FPS BASEBAL96WCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC 96/06/30 LIGHTHOUSE TCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC 96/06/30 INDY CAR 2 HCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC 96/06/30 URBAN RUNNER WCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC 96/07/01 SHAKII WOLF WCD MICROFORUM 96/07/01 BTLGRD4 SHILH WCD ENTERACTIVE INTER 96/08/01 DAGGERFALL DCD BETHESDA 96/08/23 9 WCD GT SOFTWARE 96/06/05 DUKE SCNSVR W3 FORMGEN 96/05/30 CRL WP 7.0U W5C COREL SYSTEMS 96/05/30 ARCADE CLS W5C GT SOFTWARE 96/05/31 AMER CIVLWAR W5C INTERACTIVE MAGIC 96/06/04 FLIGHT UNLMT W5C VIRGIN GAMES 96/06/05 SIMISLE W5C MAXIS 96/06/10 ULT DOOM W95CD GT SOFTWARE 96/06/10 DOOM II W5C GT SOFTWARE 96/06/20 TRIP PLAY 97 W5C ELECTRONIC ARTS 96/06/24 MISSION FORC W5C SIERRA-ON-LINE INC 96/06/25 CLOSE CMBT W5C MICROSOFT 96/07/10 DIABLO W5C DAVIDSON 96/07/15 STAR CONTR 3 W5C WEA VIDEO 96/08/01 HEXEN W5C GT SOFTWARE 96/08/15 MORT KOMBT 3 W5C GT SOFTWARE 96/09/01 MORTIFICATOR W5C PLAYMATES INTER ENT 96/10/01 STR TRK GEN W5C SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE 97/01/01 MINDWARP W5C MAXIS <*>CORRECTIONS<*> I forgot to mention that the fakecd.exe included with the Dynasty release of Offensive has the Burglar virus in it. Just use your own fakecd, or you can get their crack which doesn't need fakecd. <*>LEGAL MUMBO JUMBO<*> THIS MAGAZINE IN NO WAY WHATSOEVER, CONDONES THE PIRATING, STEALING, OR ANY OTHER ILLEGAL MEANS OF OBTAINING SOFTWARE. I AM IN NO WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS AS A RESULT OF READING THIS MAGAZINE, NOR HAVE I DONE ANYTHING ILLEGAL TO OBTAIN THE REVIEWED GAIMES. IF YOU LIKE HOW THE REVIEW OF A GAME SOUNDS THEN BY ALL MEANS PURCHASE IT AND SUPPORT THE SOFTWARE COMPANY. ANY AND ALL MAGAZINE GROUPS HAVE PERMISSION TO USE THIS IN THEIR MAGAZINE, AS LONG AS IT HAS NOT BEEN EDITED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, AND YOU HAVE OBTAINED MY WRITTEN E-MAIL PERMISSION. <*>CLOSINGS<*> - Big shout outs to Bleachboy and Poobis! - I'd like to thank Lunatic for his 2 reviews. - Here are the codes for Operation Carnage, released by Razor MORDOR TEACUP MEMORY DYNAMIC MATRIX HELPME CRYSTAL DOOMED MAJICA SUNFIRE SOLO STATIC NEURON MIDNIGHT RAMA WARFIRE THUNDER GRAFIX CITY FOUNDER MYTH QUEST XENON ULTIMATUM WATCHER ADVANCE PROPHET WEAVE - That's it for this week, hope it was of help. -Ionizer (The Game Reviewer) Comments/Complaints send to ionizer@ns2.clever.net (NO QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS) .a$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$a. $$' . `$$' `$$ ' `$$' s `$$ $' $ $$ $ $$ a a $$ $ $$ $ $ssss$$ $ $$ $ $ $$ $ $$ $ o $$ $$ $ $ $$ sssss$$ $. $ $$ $ $$ $ $ $$ $ $$ $$. $ ,$$ $ $$ $ $ $$. $ ,$$ $$&@%o%@&$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$&@%o%@&$$$ $$' o '$$$ $ $$' s `$$ `$$$$$ $$ $ $$$ $ $$ $ $$ $o $$$$$ $$ $ $$$ $ $$ $ $$ ~' o$$$$$ $$ $ $$$ $ $$ sssss$$ %. ^$$$$$ $$ $ $$$s s$$ $ $$ $$ $$$$$ $$. $ ,$$$$@. .@$$$. $ ,$$ $$ $$$$$ `$$&@%o%@&$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$&@%o%@&$$$$$$$$$$$$$$hd' Copyright 1996 Ionizer Inc. #167A939 r c n a r t i c l e s ! Author : Hitex Subject : Top 5 / Bottom 5 DIZs I remember back in the days of Legacy when people would always complain about our DIZ saying "It's just a generic TheDraw font!!!" "Sure," I would respond, "but what's wrong with that!?" I never managed to grasp the reasoning behind spending so much time on a great DIZ. I actually liked our DIZ, it was legible, eye-pleasing, yet didn't go out of its way to get your attention. Nevertheless, people have always had a thing for a good DIZ. So I Rebel Chicken and I decided to go capture a bunch of DIZ's and see which we thought were the most extravagantly beautiful, and which we thought were the most putridly ugly. Both Rebel and I scored on a scale of 0-5, 0 being "Damn, that's the ugliest thing I's ever seen!" and 5 being "Goddamn whatta DIZ!" We added the scores together to make a final score based on a scale of 0-10, 10 being the best. Following are the 10 (5 Best followed by 5 Beastliest) DIZ's out of our pile of 42 that we thought were the most Heavenly/Hideous, the most Dazzling/Disgusting, the most Gorgeous/Gastly. Simply the Best : First Place : /\. . ____ / >______. . _____.____ ____:. .: \ \ /_\___. \__::> /:\ Y /'96:. Score : 10/10 :: / . / \| __/ \:/ /__/ \ .: ./ \__/ " \ > " <______> \_/___>: `< /:<___\___>/___\___>. <_____>:. :. \/ .:. |/:. .:.mr! .:. .:: . Second/Third Place : -- ---- -- --- Score : 09/10 .. .. ------ --- --- aS! Second/Third Place : [ / ] Score : 09/10 sikos First Runner Up Tie : D Score : 08/10 S / / EOD VORTEX DYTEC First Runner Up Tie : '96 Score : 08/10 sz! [ / / ] [ / ] - TOTALiNG THE COMPETiTiON - Simply the Worst : First Place : /(_________________________________________)\ -\ ___________ / / -/ / / / /______/\_ /____ Score : 00/10 /_______ /_________/_______/_________ /-dd Second Place : .----[ Easy CD Backup v3.00 (c) InCat ]-----. | The supplement to Easy CD Pro, This | | makes your CD-R work as a tape backup | Score : 01/10 | works great with any CD-R and is fast!! | | ._____.______ .__. /\.__ - OuTLaW | |-/ ___/ ___/ \| | ___/ | \------------| |/ /_. \ ._>_ \ |/__/\_ | _/GENERATiON-X| |\ | \ | \ \ | / _ \ 1996 | |-\___ /___ /_|\__|----\__| /------------| `-----\/evl-\/---[o6.o2.96]--\/-----[o1/o1]-' Third/First Runner Up/Second Runner Up : Score : 02/10 Third/First Runner Up/Second Runner Up : ,gd$$$$$$""""$7 ""` Y$$7' '" Y$$7 """" Y$bg d$$$7 : $ ,db, `Y' ,db, $' : $ `$$ $$$' $ $ ` "g,g$g,g" ' $, $yyyy$$ Score : 02/10 $$$ $ $ : ,d b, : $$bgg, ` Y$$ $$$ $ $ .d$P' , , `Y$b, $ $ Y$ $$$, $ : $ ` ' ,d$b, ` ' $, : d$ $$$$Sbggdbyyyydbg,. `" "' .,gd$$bg,. .,gd$! b Norton Anti Virus for Win95 v2.0 Beta 2 ` [XX/04] Third/First Runner Up/Second Runner Up : ___________________________ / ________/ \/ |_____ \ |___. \ / | |/ | Score : 02/10 | | \/ \ / | | | |________/\____| |___| | S-MARK PRESENTS|____| |____| THURSDAY MAY 9 FILENAME D# O/S DESCRIPTION 3DLAND11.ZIP 19 W95 3D Landscape Books BI222W30.ZIP 30 DOS Battle Isle 2220 BTE-VS1.ZIP 2 W95 VistaScan Version v2.24 CB4-CB4.ZIP 4 DOS CBuilder v1.51 Build 4 DMN-CM4A.ZIP 10 W95 Chameleon 95 DNS-R200.ZIP 1 DOS RAR v2.00 FBI!FNTP.ZIP 1 W95 Font Pack Truetype FRC-PMU4.ZIP 4 W95 PageMaker v6.01 Upgrade HHGEXTC3.ZIP 1 W95 Extracad III HST-3D12.ZIP 12 W95 3D Deck Backyard Construction IMAGNT39.ZIP 39 WNT Imagitech Design Workshop OCT-IBM4.ZIP 4 WIN IBM LAN Client v2.0 Update PNC-PDQ2.ZIP 2 WIN PDQComm v3.1 PNCISC13.ZIP 13 DOS Inside Sports Swimsuit Calander PSG-EWJ5.ZIP 5 DOS Earth Worm Jim 2 PSG-ST27.ZIP 27 DOS Strife PST-WB2C.ZIP 3 WIN IVEX WinBoard v2.1 PST-WD2B.ZIP 2 WIN IVEX WinBoard v2.1 RBS-BS51.ZIP 55 DOS MacroMedia Backstage Pre-Release SMRTG02.ZIP 6 DOS Smart Games SVA-ED3.ZIP 3 DOS EDiary 96 TKSOLVER.ZIP 1 WIN TK Solver : Machine Design FRIDAY MAY 10 FILENAME D# O/S DESCRIPTION DEADL-16.ZIP 16 DOS Deadline DJWIN51B.ZIP 4 WIN Data Junction v5.1 DMNN3113.ZIP 13 WIN Lotus Notes v4.1 DMNN9515.ZIP 16 W95 Lotus Notes v4.1 DMNNO223.ZIP 23 OS2 Lotus Notes v4.1( DWNGRD3.ZIP 3 W95 Garden Architect DWNMVD2.ZIP 2 W95 Microsoft Video v1.1 Update EVR-E61I.ZIP 10 W95 EXTRA! 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The following is a chart of the RCN top 10 couriers : Dates of Upload Count : 05/19/96 -> 05/25/96 User Handle/Alias Affiliation Upload Bytes #1 The Blue Adept EVERLAST 583,257,792 #2 Luck RAPiER 423,798,143 #3 T-Bone n/a 373,567,889 #4 Xwing AMNESiA 310,236,865 #5 Darkside RiSC 296,265,734 #6 Suspicious Image RiSC 210,275,569 #7 Amorphis RAPiER 162,982,124 #8 Gremlin fATE 159,465,789 #9 Shatter Star RiSC 157,961,753 #10 Tiger Claw RTS 127,181,116 r c n t o p 1 o This chart was compiled by adding the number of bytes uploaded to the 5 fastest BBSes in the WORLD. The following is a chart of the RCN top 10 couriers : Dates of Upload Count : 05/26/96 -> 06/02/96 User Handle/Alias Affiliation Upload Bytes #1 Immortal RiSC 1,283,263,734 #2 Ellisdee EVERLAST 563,165,465 #3 Shatter Star RiSC 452,265,343 #4 Mr.Skill EVERLAST 446,574,920 #5 The Blue Adept EVERLAST 438,297,918 #6 Everclear RiSC 402,235,051 #7 Swamp Thing Digital 305,765,786 #8 Iron Eagle RAPiER 256,927,114 #9 Asmodeus EVERLAST 198,433,309 #10 Luck RAPiER 186,022,783 r c n t o p 1 o This chart was compiled by adding the number of bytes uploaded to the 5 fastest BBSes in the WORLD. The following is a chart of the RCN top 10 couriers : Dates of Upload Count : 06/03/96 -> 06/09/96 User Handle/Alias Affiliation Upload Bytes #1 Nytemyst AMNESiA 773,978,234 #2 The Blue Adept EVERLAST 504,307,963 #3 Mr.Skill EVERLAST 429,423,043 #4 ECI RiSC 411,965,211 #5 Suspicious Image RiSC 391,752,021 #6 Rio & Ken RAPiER 321,735,002 #7 Maverick RiSC 298,414,123 #8 Deathlok AMNESiA 297,247,099 #9 Immortal EVERLAST 295,987,263 #10 Luck RAPiER 236,855,524 r c n t o p 1 o This chart was compiled by adding the number of bytes uploaded to dhe 3 fastest FTP sites in the WORLD. The following is a chart of the RCN top 10 couriers : Dates of Upload Count : 05/19/96 -> 05/25/96 User Handle/Alias Affiliation Upload Bytes #1 The Midnight Grave Digger AMNESiA 389,463,793 #2 Slate MALiCE 242,235,123 #3 Apollo Stealth 215,124,866 #4 Shatter Star RiSC 198,863,025 #5 Bababoey RiSC 165,098,256 #6 Demon Hunter AMNESiA 127,857,235 #7 Frost Digital 117,578,980 #8 Bluewater RiSC 114,079,255 #9 Cyber Phreak EVERLAST 111,457,478 #10 Caserd AMNESiA 107,792,165 r c n t o p 1 o This chart was compiled by adding the number of bytes uploaded to dhe 3 fastest FTP sites in the WORLD. The following is a chart of the RCN top 10 couriers : Dates of Upload Count : 05/26/96 -> 06/02/96 User Handle/Alias Affiliation Upload Bytes #1 Shatter Star RiSC 975,945,123 #2 Midnight Grave Digger AMNESiA 740,641,325 #3 Cyberjack RiSC 648,674,366 #4 Bababoey RiSC 379,235,264 #5 Stingray 6 RiSC 321,756,824 #6 Cyber Phreak EVERLAST 300,862,453 #7 Beast AMNESiA 280,026,635 #8 Apollo Stealth 263,463,724 #9 Gumby n/a 233,265,345 #10 Arch-Vile RiSC 204,253,232 r c n t o p 1 o This chart was compiled by adding the number of bytes uploaded to dhe 3 fastest FTP sites in the WORLD. The following is a chart of the RCN top 10 couriers : Dates of Upload Count : 06/03/96 -> 06/09/96 User Handle/Alias Affiliation Upload Bytes #1 Shatter Star EVERLAST 592,325,530 #2 Suspicious Image RiSC 305,978,902 #3 Nightwriter n/a 302,756,453 #4 Demon Hunter AMNESiA 256,592,781 #5 Apollo Stealth 244,033,639 #6 Digital Vampire RiSC 224,123,389 #7 Immortal EVERLAST 218,198,951 #8 Arch-Vile RiSC 181,140,730 #9 The Dark Knight n/a 165,297,418 #10 ECI RiSC 122,137,152 r c n d e a r r o a d r e b e l ! Welcome to Dear Road Rebel! This is going to be YOUR column that is a cross between Dear Abby and Dave Berry. The most important part of this is YOUR participation. If you have ever had a question about the scene or just a comment, 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, I "collect" NFO files, not very serious, but whenever I see an NFO file I don't have, I keep it for fun. This week's topic seemed kinda interesting because I have over 120 different NFO files from this year only, that's 5 new NFO groups each week, and there are plenty that I've missed. I know some of these groups have merged into others to form a new group and so on, but 120 different groups since January 1st is a lot. A lot of these groups are courier groups, most of them just a bunch of wannabe couriers who think it's cool to make a group with some fancy name. They have lots of members, and they disappear quick, either merged into another group, where the good ones stay and the rest get kicked (and probably start another group). Then we have the release groups, lots of my NFO's says : "We are a new group totally dedicated to releasing quality warez and to have fun," they might release 2-3 things that the "elite" groups wouldn't touch if they got paid and then you never hear from'em again, but sometimes they have a new supplier that actually does supply quality stuff, but he/she(?) probably gets snatched by another group that is a little more experienced. Then we have the groups that come from some local scene, Israel, Spain, Finland, Denmark, some area in the US or whatever, that unfortunately thinks it's a good idea to go worldwide, they have hardly any luck making it big internationally but they do provide something for the local scene, pushing warez to the national small 1 node BBSes. These "easy come, easy go" groups doesn't do much for the whole scene in my view, but they do provide a starting point for the newbie who has the talent. A newbie would never be able to join RiSC or PWA first day in the scene so it's a good way for them to prove themselves to the scene. If they're good they'll be noticed and picked up by some elite group. I usually download every piece of software I find, even if it's from some unknown group, they deserve a chance, but if I find Quake or Windows NT v4.0 released by KRADiCAL iNTERNET RELEASE KRiMiNALZ or something, I skip it, but if it sounds genuine I give it a chance. I would never download some "Necrophilias Guide To Cooking v2.1 BETA" though, but then I'm not necrophilic either. It is up to the one that finds it to download it, but their releases seldom has mass appeal, it's usually some unknown utility/game that not many will benefit from, but they don't hurt the scene when releasing, after all it's what the scene is about. Signed, Aquistic Dear Aquistic, Well, one reason I believe that people start these one week groups is, some people have a big thing with taglines, when they enter a room they have to have a 40 character tagline to feel important. They don't seem to realize how much work goes into running even a small group and actually try to do something with it. The one week groups don't exactly hurt anything, but they don't really help anything. This morning I had someone message me about his 1 day old group and how they did 3 releases today alone. When people say this to me i ask, what have you released that was good? I usually get silence, or am told I am not eleet enough to know good from bad. It is rare for these little groups to release something of high quality, BUT it does happen, just not enough :). As for one week courier groups, WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU GONNA COURIER FOR??? All the big groups have had the same couriers for A LONG TIME, and there are so many courier groups out now that it doesn't make any sense to start another. If you think you are good enough to make your own group run that good, join Motiv8 or Malice, they already have the affiliations. I just watched a new courier group die. I was told how they have these great FTP sites, and all this shit, BUT, there is nothing to courier! Now, I know I will catch shit from some of the small groups, BUT, we will wait a month and if you are still around good.. If not, well...see ya! By the way, I always try to help the small new release groups all I can. They usually have REAL nice members, and are still having fun at this. Some of the older groups' members turn into dicks, and think they are all WAY ELEET, and don't have the time to deal with real people. Join a new group's channel and it is usually pretty laid back and happy. Next Week's Topic : Gay Homosexual Elites??? Next week's topic is not going to be about warez, but rather something that is always being made fun of and fought about. I want EVERYONE's opinion about faggots on IRC (yes, I said faggots, I'm not politically correct). The reason I chose this topic is, I have seen people become VERY upset if they think someone is gay. I would just like to know what you think about this. Please email all responses to an385786@anon.penet.fi. r c n a s t r o l o g y ! The following details your forecasts depending on your astrological sign. Each sign designates your personal lucky numbers of the week. The following specific areas of focus include those of love and warez : (January 21 to February 19) : A wonderful alignment of the Sun and your ruler Uranus suggests that an unforeseen event such as constipation will be sure to be within your reach. Don't appear to bein too much of a hurry, and drink a lot of prune juice. (February 20 to March 20): You can't afford to sit on IRC all day when your future happiness and security are at risk. Indeed, you'd be well advised to make your intentions known. If you are gay, or your name so happens to be Incarante, do not be afraid to come out of the closet, with Mercury resuming its normal direction over the Moon this coming week, this would be a perfect time. (March 21 to April 20) : Don't be put off by someone's lack of faith in your abilities to join a warez group. You ruler Mars, strongly supported by Jupiter, is opening the right doors. All you have to do is send some applications to warez groups, and you're bound to be accepted with open arms. (April 21 to May 21) : This is not the moment to sacrifice an ambition or ignore a professional opportunity. In fact, you could hardly pick a better week to start your very own Internet warez group. However, if you do start an Internet warez group this week, don't fool yourself in believing that your group will last more than a few days. (May 22 to June 21) : Finish what you start this week, or you could end up losing out to someone who lacks your style, talent and knowledge. After your ruler Mercury alters its course to the Moon, there will be nothing to stop you from pulling off a potentially major coup. If your name so happens to be Digital Vampire, this is a perfect time to name yourself the new leader of the dead courier group MALiCE, you are sure to succeed. (June 22 to July 23) : Positive planetary activity in your opposing sing of Capricorn suggest that you no longer have to toe the line regarding an especially intense Internet relationship. You'll get what you want even sooner than you expected. If your name so happens to be Winterhawk, utilizing more than one dildo at a time will satisfy your needs. (July 24 to August 23) : Your ruler, the Sun, in conjunction with Uranus, planet of the unexpected, suggests that a sudden turn in events is about to upstage a partnership issue on a FTP site or on a BBS. Since you're able to turn the tide in your favor, you should do so, even if it means upsetting others. (August 24 to September 23) : With your communicative ruler Mercury resuming its regular projectory to the Moon, it's time for you to plan a change. Come up with a new handle, and you will receive good luck. There are those who many try to impede your progress, but you know more than they do. The more idiotic your new handle, the more you stand to gain. (September 24 to October 23) : The combined influence of assertive Mars and confident Jupiter will encourage you to pursue whatever action it takes regarding your cybersex life. There are those who will call you names, ignore their words, and you will find true happiness. (October 24 to November 22) : It's time to show a certain person that you're not kidding around, and that you're not prepared to stay on the sidelines for a minute longer than necessary. There have been rumblings among the IRC channels you frequent, and only you can quiet the situation. (November 23 to December 21) : The Sun in your opposite sign of Gemini is highlighting a union, it seems that you should try to be a little less self-centered. Since you are in a position to provide tremendous help for someone close, it would be churlish not to. (December 22 to January 20) : A creative or romantic liaison is brilliantly aspected thanks to Mars and Jupiter, and you many never better your chance at finding an IRC boyfriend or girlfriend this week. But, first, you must be sure that you have full support of someone whose opinion you value. r c n c o n t e s t ! RCN would like to announce a new contest! The first person who sends in correct information leading to Chris Carter's RCN exposure will win access to a 130 meg file bot. RCN is in search of information concerning Chris Carter, such as his home and business addresses, home and business phone numbers, and/or any embarrassing information you can dig up (like, if he's a queer or something). Information concerning Chris Carter will only be published in this E-Zine if proven true. Any information on this person will be greatly appreciated. Let the narc hunt begin!!! Please email all responses to 'an385786@anon.penet.fi.'. The following is a short summary of what Chris Carter is all about : Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 01:02:01 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Carter To: x@x.x.x Cc: postmaster@x.x, piracy1@SPA.ORG, software@BSA.ORG Subject: Software Piracy from x@x.x.x Dear John Doe: I have found a user in your Internet domain who plays a large role in the distribution of copyrighted software on the Internet. This user uses the nickname "Ordinance," and uses the account "x@x.x.x.". He/she is a member of an underground group called "RTS." This group is dedicated to the transfer of illegal commercial software to a large audience of users on the Internet. They use the most efficient and fastest methods possible. The user was seen on IRC at exactly: Sun Apr 28 02:04:41 1996 EDT. In an effort to stop software piracy on the Internet, I have been monitoring various groups of users on the Internet Relay Chat network. This medium of communication has become very popular with "warez" pirates who exchange commercial software illegally. On the IRC network, groups of people come together to use sophisticated methods to distribute commercial software to literally thousands of users. With such large scale distribution methods, the software industry is losing millions of dollars. I have no direct evidence to show you that this user is participating in illegal activities. But I can direct you to where evidence can be found. If you are permitted to do so, I suggest that you take a brief scan of the user's home-directory and check for any suspicious files. If you cannot do this, I recommend that you keep a close eye on this user and watch for any unusual activities. Please take whatever action is appropriate in dealing with these matters as stated in your organization's Internet Policy Agreement or Network Etiquette Policy. Thank you for taking the time to read through this message. And thank you for any assistance you can give to help resolve this matter. Your time and help is greatly appreciated and I give you my full gratitude. Thanks again, Chris Carter International Internet Association chrisc@free.org From jeppe Tue Apr 9 14:03:06 1996 Subject: Software Piracy from x@x.x.fi (fwd) To: x (Mr. X) Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 14:03:05 +0000 (EET DST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Status: RO X-Status: I have found a user in your Internet domain who plays a large role in the distribution of copyrighted software on the Internet. This user uses the nickname "BN" and uses the account "x@x.x.fi.". He/she is a member of an underground group called "Rapier." This group is dedicated to the transfer of illegal commerical software to a large audience of users on the Internet. They use the most efficient and fastest methods possible. Thanks again, Chris Carter International Internet Association chrisc@free.org I believe this user, Chris Carter, is violating numerous laws, to include guidelines set forth by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). His means of monitoring are clearly illegal in the United States. He is known to use hacked accounts, send false mail, hide his address, monitor channels in "IRC" through stealth modes - his presence not visible to users of the channels. He is also making great accusations with no evidence causing undue harassment and libel. Undue conflict between user and administrator and possibly resulting in the loss of accounts, if not involvement by state/local/federal authorities. Chris Carter's tactics seem to be strategic and premeditative in nature, a direct attack on the reputation of whomever he chooses to harass. It is encouraged that the unethical and unlawful behavior of Chris Carter be stopped, to protect privacy, freedom of speech, reputations of the innocent and prevent him from abusing any other computer systems through subversive and/or illegal "hacking" methods. Chris Carter certainly gets around. Upon mention of his name, many people have spoken out in outrage at his actions and methods. This e-mail is a collective result of concerned citizens in both the United States and abroad. To my knowledge, there are seven other instances of such accusations sent via e-mail with no support. Upon contact, a system administrator from the first provider has stated that they have checked the files of the user in question, permissible by a written legal form signed by the account purchaser, and have not found a single thing of illegal nature. Why is this violation of privacy necessary due to the likes of Mr. Carter, who does not seem to respect the rights of innocent people? One must wonder whether Carter's basis for these accusing messages has anything to do with the reason of "software piracy" as Carter states. If so, his observations are error-prone. The second provider involved has not commented. Thank you for your time and, hopefully, support. Chris Carter is a criminal by any standards and must be dealt with by legal means before spreading more harm among the Internet community. r c n w a r e i q t e s t Test your knowledge of the WAREZ SCENE! The following are TEN mind boggling "YOU DON'T KNOW NOTHIN'" questions! Enter all your answers in, and when you feel you're happy with them, press F10 and the computer will tally up your score and spit it out at you. For every question you missed, the computer will indicate the correct answer. Oh, and if you feel like "You Don't Know Nothin'" midway through the quiz and don't want to embarrass yourself with an incredibly low score, press ESC and you'll be back on the bright side of RCN, the awesome music will calm you down, and all will be well again.. enjoy! *PS* All answers are found in issues of RCN! The following is a courier group that disbanded 2 years ago : [ ] A. ACiD (ANSi Creators in Demand) [ ] B. GODS (The Guild of Distributors) [ ] C. SWAT (Special Warez Acquisition Team) [ ] D. None of the Above The following person is proven to be Communist : [ ] A. Entropy [ ] B. Jimmy Jamez [ ] C. Tok [ ] D. None of the Above The following group specializes in cracking : [ ] A. Fast Action Trade Exchange [ ] B. Request to Send [ ] C. Rise in Superior Couriering [ ] D. United Cracking Force What does HTML stand for : [ ] A. Hyper-Text Markup Language [ ] B. Hyper-Text Master Language [ ] C. Hyper-Text Motion Language [ ] D. None of the Above Frost is also known as : [ ] A. Eric Gebelli [ ] B. Nate Low [ ] C. Sean Green [ ] D. None of the Above The following 2 courier groups had a recent FTP upload competition on the FTP site known as Bleachbox : [ ] A. Amnesia and Digital [ ] B. Amnesia and Empire [ ] C. Amnesia and Malice [ ] D. None of the Above TRC stands for : [ ] A. The Renegade Chemist [ ] B. The Renegade Channel [ ] C. The Renegade Crotch [ ] D. None of the Above The Speed Racer is currently the leader of this group that was first founded in 1984 : [ ] A. Dynamix [ ] B. Hybrid [ ] C. Prestige [ ] D. Razor 1911 The Blade is a special term for members of this following group : [ ] A. Dynamix [ ] B. Hybrid [ ] C. Prestige [ ] D. Razor 1911 ALL of the following are frequented IRC channels EXCEPT : [ ] A. #DOD [ ] B. #EMP [ ] C. #RAZOR [ ] D. #ROR 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 : Hitex Subject : Chicken-Watch : Part Deux I sort of gave up on our Chicken for a few weeks, I figured it was hopeless. I was right. So I came over to spend the night last night because we were going to work on RCN #17. We also brought Xenon over so he could code some stuff for us. I got in my sleeping bag, we were going to talk a bit about the articles for the upcoming issue, talk about the cover story, and I noticed something weird happening in he bunk above me. No, he wasn't jacking off, it was worse. No, he wasn't playing footsie with Xenon, it was worse than that too. Apparently our Chicken has come up with a new habit. He had a puppet of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Michelangelo in his arms. I lay their, confused for a bit, and proceeded to question him "Ummm, Rebel, what the fuck is a ninja turtle doing in your arms?" He looked at me and replied "Um, it's my turtle." I, still confused, lay there wondering what the reason for this awkwardness could be. A 17-year old guy sleeping with a stuffed turtle. Seemed kinda twisted to me. So after much pondering, I have come to a conclusion as to what the problem could be. He's still chickless and desperate. Maybe he thought it would work if he replaced the girls with dolls. I'm running out of options. I've seen some rejects before, I've gotten them out of messes, but this, this is like trying to dig a hole to China. He often reassures me that it won't be like this in College (just 2 months away!) and that he'll be better then, but I see no way for a guy to ask a girl out in College if you've never done it before. A couple of weeks ago I thought I saw the light at the end of this long tunnel. Some girl asked our Rebel to a 50's dance. Furthermore, it was a girl that he LIKED! I began to frantically kiss the floor and sing halleluyah, but then common sense kicked in and reminded me that he didn't necessarily say he would go. So of course I find out that this was his chance of a lifetime and he said no. What an idiot. And what's worse is that his excuse to me was that he was too busy that night, he had to work on RCN. Judging by the amount of people that message RblChickn "have you scored yet?" upon his logging on to IRC, I feel comfortable saying that the scene as a whole wouldn't mind RCN a day late if the Chicken were to go out on a date. So now I've completely given up on him. I couldn't get him to go out with a chick when he had to be the one to ask, I couldn't when I had to be the one to ask, and I can't even when the girl asks. Rebel, good luck in college, you'll sure be needing it ;-). r c n r e a l i t y c h e c k n e t w o r k [ RELEASE INFORMATION ] Supplied By : RCN Staff Packaged By : RCN Staff Release Type : PC E-Zine Release Date : June 9, 1996 Requirements : IBM 386, 2MB RAM, VGA, DOS 3.3+ REALITY Presents : REALITY CHECK NETWORK #16 (C) RCN!!! This is the 16th issue of Reality Check Network. Our goal is to bring the most interesting news to the public in a way revolutionizing the scene each and every week!!! Look to us for the latest in scene news, articles, interviews, and loads of fun, EVERY Sunday!!! [ GROUP NEWS/QUOTES ] NEW MEMBERS We thank the new members for showing interest and faith in our group. We celebrate at being given the chance to work with our new friends as we help each other improve the reputation and news coverage of our group. Please extend cheerful welcomes to the following : Darkwing, Egoistic Fate, Kahn, Mike & Dave, and Mr. Zog. " QUOTES! " The results of our hard work, often loss and pain, are certainly outweighed by the greatness experienced along the way. Certainly, the chance to be great, is worth fighting for and worth the pain that so often accompanies it. - Anonymous On behalf of the moon, I shall sing to Right wrongs and triumph over evil With my friends Sailor Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury We'll make the world A better place for all people! - Sailor Moon [ GROUP INFORMATION ] [ EDITORS ] Hitex, Rebel Chicken, [ MEMBERS ] Celestian, Crystaline, Darkwing, Defender Zeta, Frost, Hound, Ionizer, Joker, Kahn, Krypto, Lucifers Fear, RATM, Mike & Dave, Road Rebel, Sam Vision, Super Hacker, Tuxedo Mask, Underground King, Undinism, Velocity, Xanthos, Xenon, Mr. Zog, [ TRADERS ] Bababoey, Everclear, Immortal, and Shatter Star. [ RCN MEMBER BOARDS ] < BOARD NAME > < AREA CODE/SYSOP > < NODES/POSITION > Malevolence ........... n/a Egoistic Fate .... 8 WORLD HQ ....................... ... .................. .. CANADIAN HQ ....................... ... .................. .. USA HQ DropZone .............. +... Mike & Dave ...... 5 DUTCH HQ .. Acheron ............... ... Bababoey ......... 3 MEMBER .... The Lower Level ....... ... Underground King . 8 MEMBER .... ....................... ... .................. .. AFFILIATE . [ KISSES DISSES ] [*] KISSES : Drink or Die Mortality Pirates with Attitudes Rebels X-Force Hybrid Napalm Prestige Razor 1911 Release on Rampage Amnesia Digital Fast Action Trade Exchange Rapier Rise in Superior Couriering [*] DISSES : Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide Michael Jackson [ APPLICATION NOTES ] REALITY is made up of loyal members who are dedicated to the growth of a quality E-Zine group. If you would like to join REALITY, please feel free to fill out an application and send it attached, via E-Mail to an385786@anon.penet.fi. We welcome all applicants and encourage the best of the best to participate! [*] For the BEST in Scene News : Expect Team REALITY! [*] Hitex : Editor Rebel Chicken : Editor Xenon : ASM/MOD Celestian : VGA/ANSI RATM : VGA/WWW Hound : NFOs Darkwing : IRC Security Undinism : IRC Maintenance Joker : FTP Site Ionizer : The Games Review Chuck McGinnes : Writer Conway : Writer Digitex : Writer Kysr Soze : Writer Marbol : Writer Warez Man : Writer Road Rebel : Writer/Internet Coordinator Super Hacker : Writer/Courier Coordinator Tuxedo Mask : Writer FTP Site : 167.206.212.37 Web Site : http://www.rcn.org/index.html E-Mail : AN385786@ANON.PENET.FI