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Im blind, and you guys suck.
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My 3 Points
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They emaild me, sob.
YYC, 10000 Points?
Is RCN Broken?
Anonymous Anti-racist
You NAZI!!! Ugh.. me?
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I couldnt disagree more.
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Blizzard Stopping Piracy?
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The Man, Amnesia Member
Taking Over Lame ROR?
FUCK RTS! - Dark Evil
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Babysitting Damage...
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Being Female in a Male Internet
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r c n
i n t r o !
Author : Road Rebel
Subject : Introduction to RCN 20
I am writing this to say a few words about RCN and how people treat
us. First of all, when you see an article that rips on someone or a
group, and you dont like it. Take it up with the author!!! If it
isnt written by Rebel Chicken, Hitex or I then dont nag us about it!
Also, if you have a problem with something written about you or a group,
WRITE A REBUTTLE! Dont sit there and bitch at us in the channel, it
doesnt do shit. I came to RCN today, and all I heard was bitching
because someone said something mean about a group. WELL, if you are a
group member and your group gets made fun of, take it on the chin, be a
man. We have and will make fun of A LOT of people, most of it is just
FUN and in MAD RCN, and people realize this and get over it. If you
come in and bitch at us, it makes us want to rip you some more. Ok
enough of this.
Now, this is for the people that come in and say SEND ME THE NEWEST
RCN! You dont have to beg!!!! Before you nag people for it try this.
Look in the channel for someone named *dcc anythingdcc. If they exist
type this : /MSG nick xdcc list If they list that they have it type
this : /MSG nick xdcc send pack@
OK!! NOW, if there isnt a DCC in the channel look at the topic.
It will usually have an FTP or Web page adrress! If they arent there,
then ask. Please dont just come in and BEG. It is very unbecoming.
Also, for people that want to write for RCN, you dont have to ask
for an RCN app. Just write something and send it to me. If it is good
we use it, if not, well.. we dont. However, our editors are very
patient and they will try to unscramble any submission, regardless of
your English skills. Also, we readily accept submissions written in
French, Hebrew, Spanish, or Swedish. Dont worry, well get it
translated! Of course, we still prefer English! If you can keep
submitting to RCN you will become a member. But dont ask what the
topic should be, if we had all the topics we could write the whole
magazine, the topics are the hard part!
r c n
e d i t o r i a l !
Dear RCN,
I am Rio Ken, this is the first time Im writing to RCN, so let me
introduce myself. Im a bbs trader that has been around in the scene
for about 1.5 years now. Right now Im in Razor 1911, Rapier, Mortality
and thats all. Now that you know who I am, I can speak.
I wrote this letter to talk about your magazine, I really think it
sucks. The thing is, Im not the only one. There are many reasons for
that, and well, Ill start explaining.
First, as I see it, your purpose in the scene as a scene magazine
is to help the scene in many ways and to supply scene-news/gossip to
scene-people weekly. Now, thats cool and stuff, and you know, its
thoughtful and caring and all. But because of your blind eyes, you
dont see what you actually do. Your magazines publicity is starting
to be pretty huge, and the magazine is falling to a lot of mens
computers - now it may seem really cool from your side having great
publicity, but I dont know if you are aware of the fact that all of
this actually REALLY ruins the scene because of the publicty the
magazine is getting to a lot of non-scene people, and even some
anti-scene people.
As you know the magazine contains A LOT of information about the
scene, and some of it even secret shit that is illegal. Im writing
this to remind you that the scene is SUPPOSED to be UNDERGROUND. Some
of the actions in it are illegal, and thats why publishing a magazine
like yours, is dangerous - for you, for me, and for the whole scene.
You know, the ONLY good thing I saw in your magazine was the revealing
of this lame Chris Carter, but as Im thinking, Im concluding that your
magazine is exactly like Chris Carter, youre a big source of
information about the scene and about its illegal actions. The amazing
thing is that you even mention a lot of handles/names/email-addreses and
lots of more revealing stuff!! I just cant understand how blind all of
you RCN-staff-people are and you just cant see how you ruin us all. I
think its already happend once with DRAPPERs site. All Im suggesting
is, if you want to continue running this lame-tragedy-magazine, sure, go
ahead, wholl stop you, just try doing it in a lot more quiet way and
dont reveal in your magazine so much, but just one thing, dont ever
say youre helping the scene, as I said, you all are doing exactly the
opposite!
So after explaining why your magazine is lame I wanted to ask you,
no no, to DEMAND from you that I not to see MY handle/name on your
magazine EVER in ANY of the issues in the future, that includes the TOP
10 COURIERS even if I should be there, and I do that for my own
safety, because GOD knows what MORE you will publish about me except for
the handle, and by the way, I sugggest that all people that care for
themselves demand the same thing! Again, if Ill ever see my name, I
will personally take it as my mission in the scene to take you all and
your magazine DOWN the drain.
Anyway dude, thats all, I put it all out of my heart, I hope youll
pay good attnetion to what I wrote and will have the brain to fix
everything right.
*PS* A few little his for some friends if I can :
Schindler : Yo buddy, GENOCIDE RULED/RULE/WILL-RULE F-O-R-E-V-E-R! and
you will get HILIT, I promise.
Amorphis : hey big guy, someday youll talk russian too!
Signed,
Rio Ken
Dear Rio Ken,
You are a victim of your own crime. I often tell people in the
scene that they need to take responsibility for what they do. However,
in your case, you need also take a closer look at your actions. You
accuse me of being blind to my actions. I am rarely blind to my
actions, but I will turn that accusation back on you. Until I made it
to the end of your letter, I saw a respectable person that had mixed
emotions about our magazine and had more than enough disagreements with
our ways. I also saw you as a person that was slightly misinformed as
to the ways of the FBI. I will, in my reply to you, attempt to clarify
certain things about my magazine and how it could possibly effect
you/others in the future.
I write this letter to talk about your magazine, I really think it
sucks.
Generally I stop right here and laugh, but I respect you for
providing me with the information of WHY you think it sucks. It is only
through such explanation that we can get things done.
and the thing is, Im not the only one. there are many reasons for that,
and well, Ill start explaining.
Alright, stop right there. I respect you for your opinions and
commend you on writing to us, but I will not accept your writing as a
general statement about your friends and others that may agree with you.
It is up to them to take the initiative and write in for themselves.
You all know that RCN can post e-mail anonymously as we do on most
occasions and if it is a safety issue within them, theres their
response.
may seem really cool from your side having great publicity, but I
dont
We dont do it for the publicity. We are smart people and if we
wanted publicity you would have heard of us in other places by now.
etc..., now as you know the magzine contains a lot of information about
the scene, and some of it i just couldnt/cant understand how stupid you
are to publish all this even secret shit that is illegal. Im writing
this letter t REMIND you that the scene SUPPOSED to be UNDERGROUND,
about 90
This is where my accusation to you of being blind applies. Im
sorry to break it to you, but the scene USED to be underground. Perhaps
it is still supposed to be, but it isnt. The Internet has completely
taken away any secretive aspect of the warez scene. Anybody can log on,
and it doesnt take too much thinking to join warez, and when thats
invite only, try Warez1, Warez2, and sooner or later make your way up to
a public channel. The scene is anything BUT underground.
of the actions in it is illegal, and thats why publishing magazine like
yours, is dangrous - for you, for me, for the whole scene. you know, the
ONLY
Again you are being blind. Perhaps it is denial? You may not know
it, but big brother IS watching you. Im sure 5 of most public warez
channels is made up of FBI agents and NARKS. Did narks only come about
once RCN started publishing? Hardly. Narks have been around ever since
the scene began. Do they read RCN to get information about people?
Perhaps you would like to think so, but that is a naive statement.
Carter, but as Im thinking, Im conclusing that your magazine is
exactly like Chris Carter, youre a big source of infomation
Though I dont doubt that the FBI computer division assigns
homework, and that reading RCN is definitely a part of it, I really
doubt that an organization that big needs help from a few teenagers.
Furthermore, if youre going to accuse RCN of providing publicity for
the secret and totally underground hangout spots on the Internet,
you will be accusing every group NFO file of doing the same. DOD, PWA,
Razor, Prestige, they all publish their group channel in their warez.
I think its already happend once with DRAPPERs site I cant accuse
you or any1 but you know you were involved and as I see it you have a
good chance of being the cause to all of this. all Im suggesting is,
if you wanna
I will not get into another argument about Drappers site. I will
only revamp the data in my defense and show you how absurd, and again,
naive, you must be, to think that RCN had any involvement in the busting
of Drappers site, and furthermore, how Drapper really just used us as a
scapegoat. Just to remind a few of us, Drapper accused RCNs publishing
of the NAME of his site and the University that it was running under, to
be the source of his bust. Drapper got busted 30 minutes after the
publication of RCN, and at that time, it was 9:30 pm in his area. This
means that the MIT staff would have gotten RCN immensely faster than
even boards like Park Central or Malevolence, read it, found the
Warez-IQ topic, gotten the question right, chased out of their hut, gone
to the City Hall, gotten a search warrant, meaning they assumed RCN to
be a REPUTABLE SOURCE, gotten in their cars, hopped back to Drappers
dorm, and cuffed him, mind you all this at 9:30 pm, and last I checked,
City Hall doesnt stay open much past 6.
a tragedy and a crime. I persoanlly would like to nuke you all for this
bullshit ure doing. Im in rapier, and I read the GODS-MEETING-LOG, and
as a matter of fact I really didnt care what they said there, the thing
Goes to show you how you should screen your members a little better,
doesnt it?
execept this, you have shits like UNupdated .nfos that reminds me, I
found up one of your rcn-lamers looking for an updated rapier.nfo about
10 MINS BEFORE THE RELEASING OF RCN-19, can you belive it? 10 mins be4
releasing
10 minutes before release time. Well more like about an hour but
whatever. Yeah, goes to show you how we try to make our NFOs as recent
as possible. Such good Samaritans we are.
nono, to DEMAND from you not to see MY handle/name on YOUR magazine EVER
NEVER in ANY of the issues in the future, that includes the TOP 10
COURIERS even if I should be there, and I do that for my own safety,
Again youre being blind. Up top you published your name, now you
tell us not to publish it? I think youre so confused that you dont
even know if you like RCN or not. You want to get publicity, but you
think it might get you busted. You REALLY need to take responsibility
for yourself, sir!
little his for some friends if I can :
Wait wouldnt that be dangerous? Because were narks, right? Gee
how thoughtful of you, I mean if everything you say about RCN is true,
you should run while you still can. Or do you want to take some of your
friends down along with you?
Rio Ken, you really need to rethink your position in your letter
to me. I think youre just scared and confused. The scene isnt what
it was a few years ago, its not nearly as underground as it used to be.
Then, once youre done pondering that, think about this. Did people not
get busted before RCN? Of course they did. So whats different?
People have always gotten busted, and they did then just as much as they
do now. The only difference is that now you have someone to tell you
about it. Lets see, Demaxxus, Anarchist, Endokuken, Dr. Jekyll,
Brawley, and several others.
How many of the people I mentioned do you know? Because for every
one you didnt, its one that would have gotten busted without RCN and
you would never have known it. RCN reports on busts. RCN reports on
groups. RCN doest bust people, nor does it kill groups.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
r c n
e d i t o r i a l !
Dear RCN,
I just felt compelled to write you guys after going through RCN 19.
You guys did a great job! Well, lets not make this into another
dumbass great work e-mail. I have a few things to comment on, but
feel free to ignore me.
This is my take on the current warez scene situation, from the point
of view of someone who hasnt been involved with it for a few years. Im
what you guys would call an art scener. I used to be into the local 604
my home AC warez scene, 2-3 years ago, but I moved into the art scene
about two years ago and never left :. Just to give you a little
background on myself, I started out as a local art pack courier.
Pathetic, eh? Somehow, that led me into drawing for a local art group
Mistigris, where I developed my ANSI skills. Since then, Ive become
a pretty good artist if I can actually say that modestly :, proficient
in a wide range of artistic media ANSI, RIP, VGA, and a little ASCII
and have gone through a series of small-to-large groups Mistigris, WBT,
Integrity, Union, Flatline, mOp, iCE, and finally Fire, which I am now a
senior staffer in.
As I progressed into the art scene, I became less and less involved
in the warez scene of course, I picked up the odd Ware or two, but
never to the extent that a lot of guys are doing now. I really lost
contact with my warez roots.
Within the last few weeks, Ive gotten a little more involved in the
warez scene again. It all started off when I was sitting peacefully on
Fire, talking to my buds in cruises a courier, asking for someone to
draw him a DIZ. I volunteered. Actually, I just graduated, so I was
looking for some warez to occupy my free time I grabbed the opportunity
to get myself some :. You see, a lot of us art scene guys are
warez-deprived. We dont see many warez anymore, unless were totally
into the warez scene. So I asked the courier if we could wrangle a
trade for warez or something. He sent me to his leader, a guy called
Druggy whom I had never encountered before, but he seems to be somewhat
of a fixture in the warez scene :, who had just started up a new
courier group, The Cartel.
Well, I talked to him, and he asked me to show him some of my
artwork. In a sense, you guys are art-deprived :. I sent him over
some of my old junk, and he loved it. Kept asking me to send him more,
actually. That was pretty weird, since most of the art scene guys dont
ask anymore my work is pretty readily available in art packs released
monthly, such as the ACiD Acquisition, the monthly iCEpack, and the Fire
Combustion. Most packs release monthly, filled to the brim with artwork
like mine. He asked me to fill out an app to his group and to draw some
stuff for them. I saw this as a great opportunity to fill my harddrive
up with crap, so I said sure, what the hell. Within minutes I was
opped on Cartel, sitting there, chatting with warez guys Id never met
before, many of them questioning me about what kind of artwork I did.
To make a long story short, I sent a bunch of them my old work, and they
got to know me a bit through my artwork :. I drew up a nifty colour
member list, and got access on a few warez sites. Im a happy camper
now it doesnt take much to satisfy me, warez-wise :
Since then this was about a week or two ago, Ive gotten more
involved with the warez scene. Druggy kindly sent me Issue 17 of RCN,
telling me that I was insane never to have read it before. He seemed to
think RCN was the best mag ever released :. I thought to myself Its
a warez mag. It cant be that great. Boy, was I wrong. Again, great
effort guys. It rocks. RCN shines in comparison to most art scene
emags. Three things shocked me the most about RCN. Here they are, in
order :
1. The fact that you guys release weekly. This seems physically
impossible to me, an art scene lameass who never knew mags could
release any faster than monthly. Art scene mags are all
under-staffed, and release monthly if theyre lucky. The fact
that you guys manage to release weekly, and actualy ON TIME blew
my mind.
2. The quantity of stuff you guys manage to collect on a regular
basis for inclusion into RCN. Its scary that the warez scene
is so active :. You guys manage to scrape up more articles,
interviews and editorials weekly than most art mags came come up
with in 2-3 months. Jesus!
3. The amount of following RCN has. Last week, just before the
release of RCN 18, the guys on Cartel were going nuts about
how long RCN had been delayed. At the time, I had no idea you
guys released WEEKLY. I thought to myself, based on my
knowledge of art scene mags, what, they must be a coupla days
late, right? WRONG. A bloody HOUR late, and everyone was
ranting and raving about how late you guys were. Shut the hell
up, you whining freaks :. You obviously havent been in the
art scene before. We have mags that release a MONTH late, and
no one really complains, due to the utter LACK of cooperation
from anyone. An HOUR late? You whiners should be ashamed of
yourselves. I mean, its already a major accomplishment, in my
eyes, that you managed to release weekly at all. Thats already
a BIG plus for RCN. But whining because the mag was an HOUR
late in coming out? Gimme a break.
Since then Ive been faithfully reading each issue of RCN I find,
cover-to-cover, so-to-speak. Im constantly impressed by the amount
of quality and humourous material you guys manage to scrape up awesome
job, guys. The coding is excellent, the intro and closing graphics are
great, and the content just plain rocks. I myself run an art webzine,
called netherwOrld, which is temporarily down, because I cant find a
server to house it but I strive to keep it updated as regularly as
you guys keep RCN updated. Again, Im REALLY impressed. The fact that
your staff is so large and cooperative is a major plus, and that you
have your own web domain havent looked at it yet, but I will today is
great too. You must have a huge distribution. The only thing I dont
like yes, I actually dont like something in RCN! about the mag is
your menuset. Sorry to say, but for a mag as good as RCN, they really
bite!
Signed,
Cereal
r c n
e d i t o r i a l !
Dear RCN,
Last week my admin got a letter from the legendary Chris Carter, now
revealed to be Daniel Schlegel. It was the generic letter that has been
posted in past issues of RCN. My admin didnt care, I was lucky. I was
being accused of offering files via DCC. Chris Carter is so fucking
stupid, I never offer software overs DCC, I do that over FTP, and he
caught me during an anti-kill nick collision protection. I never hold
warez on the provider he e-mailed either because I use hacked shell
accounts for that. So if yo ugot mail from this asshole dont worry,
hes lying. That man is 14 and his information was posted in RCN 19.
Go fuck him up.
Signed,
Brab
Dear Brab,
Im sorry to see you were made victim to him as well. RCN hoped
that in revealing his information, he might get scared, but you guys
will all have to talk to him personally and have a little chit-chat with
Carter himself.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
r c n
e d i t o r i a l !
Dear RCN,
Hi, I dont wanna bitch, but the game didnt give me a password to
the secret articles when I got a score of 10025 points. Anyways, if its
a bug, please have it fixed by next issue. Oh, and good job doing a
great mag!
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that before people talk shit about
AOLers, they should look at themselves and see how they compare to some
of the ppl in the scene today that CAME from AOL, such as Nytemyst and
MGD. Although MGD is a conceited fuck, he is still considered elite
because he has no life and is a little net-monkey who cant call boards
AND he sucks up to ppl who he thinks have status or can BENEFIT HIM.
Well thats my 2 cents. Peace, keep up the good work on the mag.
Signed,
YYC
Dear YYC,
The bug has been fixed, our genius coder does make mistakes
sometimes geeze you should see him drive, and he had the variable
jumper set to 10000 points forgetting that sometimes the score will
be higher than that and never actually hit 10000. So now its set to
10000 points which works just a tad better.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
r c n
e d i t o r i a l !
Dear RCN,
How the hell could you guys enter a NAZI article into your cool mag?
I really dont understand it. Your E-Mag should be about the Warez
Scene, the warez, but not about shit like this nazi article! Id really
like to hear why you put it in.
Anyway I think your mag is really good and the space invaiders game
is even better! By the way, who did this game!?
Signed,
Anonymous
Dear Anonymous,
A NAZI article? Two things you need clarified. One, it was found
in the Secret Articles section, and these are a comedy or b shit we
dont take seriously. In this case B applied. Second, it was a log
file of two people in the warez scene, quite real at that, we didnt
make it up. The point? It goes to show you the stupidity of some
people in the scene.
Dont even TRY telling us were racist or anti-semetic. I was born
in Israel, lived there for the first 6 years of my life, and Hebrew is
still the language of the house. But I know when to take something
personally and when not to, and frankly, I never take ANY racism
personally because all it portrays is the ignorance of the person saying
it.
Signed,
Hitex
r c n
e d i t o r i a l !
Dear RCN,
I guess this question is for Xenon, one of the greatest coders I
have ever seen. I am assuming that RCN switches the computer to
protected mode. How do you do that and what type of software do you
use? I am trying to find some libs, but they all say register me or
die after thirty days, and of course, I read your emag, so do you really
think Id register anything?
Anyway, forward it to Xenon, and give me a reply. Oh, by the way, I
wouldnt mind having the source for your game. If I cant, I wouldnt
mind having chunks of it, like the animation part or the hit detection
part or the sound I especially need sound. If you are using some
prepacked library can you tell me the URLs or mail em to me.
By the way, I think your mag is one of the coolest codes Ive ever
seen, and the articles are awesome. Im glad youre back after you took
off a few months ago.
Signed,
An Aspiring Coder
Dear An Aspiring Coder,
Unfortunately when we looked around for protected mode source all we
ever saw was register me or it would die in 30 days. So we decided to
screw protected mode. RCN runs off of a built-in overlay file. The
overlays are stored within the main EXE so there is no need to have
extraneous outside data files. The configuration is also stored in
several bytes within the main EXE.
Signed,
Xenon
r c n
e d i t o r i a l !
Dear RCN,
I would like to use this chance to reply to an editorial by a person
named Joker, posted in the 19th issue of RCN. There he said something
about the games scene dying out, and that he personally thought that it
was no big loss, as the utils scene is more important.
I couldnt disagree more. The fact is that the reason why the
number of good games in the scene today always exceeds the amount of
good utilities by far is because it is much easier to come up with a new
concept in gaming than in utilities.
The thing is, after playing Doom and beating all the levels ten
times without loading game a single time, people are still willing to
play Doom 2. But once you have already found the perfect communications
program, or the best Dos shell, you really dont care about any new
comm proggies, or Dos shells that come out.
So I think that if the CD releases were to kill the games scene
which I doubt, as so much room in them is taken up by the movies and
voices that are so easy for our expert groups to rip out whatever would
be left of it, would be pretty boring, and people will soon lose their
interest in it.
Signed,
Netman
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Dear RCN,
For about a month now, all Ive been hearing is how my friends keep
getting busted for doing jack, and quite frankly, I am sick of it! Dr.
Jekyll was the first of whom was taken by them. I valued his
companionship greatly due to the fact he was always the first one to
greet me when I logged on, and was always ready to help me find whatever
I needed, not to mention getting me honorary ops a few times : Dr.
Jekyll.. if you ever read this, thank you for everything.
Dr. Jekyll was busted, and I was feeling kinda down. We all go
through it, but it passes, and I dismissed it as just something that
happened. I myself stopped hacking a while ago, but I still felt
comfortable that if I ever wanted to return, I would be pretty safe.
Then, recently, OoZiE, another of my friends, was busted for using
*ONE* hacked aimnet.com account! To this end I was strongly
disappointed.. For a full day, I sat at my terminal and wondered what
was going on, and seriously considered dropping out of the scene. After
all, I have a future right now for the most part and dont want to
blow it just for some stupid games and apps, no matter how good they may
seem to be.
After sitting there and contemplating, I went and played a game of
the Quake beta which just shot those preminitions away. Id like to
think I didnt waste that time, and Im glad Im writing to you. We are
the future, and if we stick together, we cannot be contained. I hate to
bitch about the profiteering made on the net, but fact is that there are
hundreds, perhaps thousands of corporate morons sitting there trying to
find ways to make MORE money for their corporations from the Internet,
and to them, an obstacle is the lack of control in CyberSpace. I think
that everytime there is a bust, every H/P/A/Cer, and those in the warez
scene, should take note and pay them a moment of silence. One day,
unless Im careful, I will be taken down, fined, and probably jailed.
If youre not careful, the next one down might be you.
Signed,
Orange Sun
Dear RCN,
I wont suck up to you like those other stupid fucks. Id just like
to say that warez groups suck. They have no life what so ever. Who
gives a fuck about 0 day and who can release this or that first.
All the warez groups care about is how fast they put their shit out.
They dont even test most of it. I download a game or a util and it has
errors and other shit. Gimme a break. People in Exceed dont give a
fuck about how fast it is, they just care about getting a good game or
util and having it work. The only reason groups release shit is to get
known. But who the fuck cares besides other groups. The only time
youre wasting is youre own. I must say though that Razor 1911 and DOD
and a few others do put quality warez out although noone really gives a
fuck. Probably all the couriers dont even try 1/100 of the games and
apps they curry. Why should they, they need to go get some more -100
day warez. I dunno about you but I dont really give a shit about 0
minute OS/2 porn. FUCK YOU you lame ass couriering groups.
Signed,
C-Four
Dear RCN,
I just downloaded 19, that was my very first issue. I thought that
RCN was a .txt file like other warez reviews. Boy, was a DEAD wrong.
This is the BEST. The music, Wow, what a touch. The Space Invaders,
nice way to get the password. Everything is good in RCN.
I especially like the music, and the scene that plays when you start
it up. Well, when I read the intro, it says I can submitt stuff. Well,
I am right now. I was wondering if you could make a section in RCN, for
Anarchy Freaks. Like put Jolly Rogers Cook Book in it, and PeElls PaC,
and mine : It is CracK PacK. I just cant get enough of the music and
the art, what a touch! Ill send you Crack PacK which is the one I
wrote and PeElls PaC i didnt write it. Make it so that it has 3
catergories: 1 JRs Cookbook 2 CracK PacK 3 PeElls PaC. Then when
they select one, it shows the index.txt. Make the other txts links
within the index.txt in RCN. That will get more people to read RCN.
You should make levels in the Space Invaders, and new guns, make a
CODE too, so you become invicible and in GOD mode. OR make a whole NEW
game maybe Doom-Like?. Thanks for atleast listening to my thoughts.
I hope this makes the next issue!
Signed,
Crack
Dear RCN,
You guys at RCN are doing an awesome job on the mag. Keep up the
very good work. Your June Issue is the first one that I have seen and I
liked all that 411 you guys put in the mag. The sounds, music, and
graphics were also great.
Signed,
DA
Dear RCN,
I am sick of everyone making fun of users from AOL. Personnaly I
can not stand it, but most warez traders on AOL have fake accounts, so
they cannot be considered users of the service. I wouldnt pay for AOL
but it is a good service because you can access the Internet through it
and it is much faster for distributing warez. If I had local access to
an Internet provider I would get it, but until then I will get free
access via AOLs 800 number.
If you ever get a chance make a fake account on AOL and go to the
warez private rooms currently PuPs and see for yourselves how easy
warez can be to distribute.
I have only one thing to say to the warez traders, couriers, etc.
that call all the people connected to AOL lamers. You must be the ones
that are lame not relizing that most people that connect to AOL are only
doing it because they have no local Internet provider so they have to
use fake accounts on AOL. All the people who have local Internet
providers and still use AOL are still not lame because you can get over
400 megs of warez a day ready for download from Warez rooms on AOL so it
is much faster.
Signed,
Fly Mach 5
Dear RCN,
Rcn Issue 19 was great! I was wondering if you could answer this
question. Why are all groups only for people who have connections?
Does that make them think that they are elite? I came into the scene
about 6 months ago and nobody wanted to help a lamer learn the ropes.
I think groups should admit people as members so that they can learn by
experience.
Signed,
Anonymous
Dear Anonymous,
You bring up a good point. Unfortunately its human nature to take
advantage of a good situation, and the scene differs in no way.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
Dear RCN,
I would like to know if you guys have a ftp site where I could get
RCN, since the WWW site never has updated mags. Thanks. I would also
like to say that this is the best mag Ive ever read and seen!
Signed,
Tristar
Dear Tristar,
The FTP addresses often change, but you can always get new updates
at our newly updated WWW site. Im sorry that in the past it has not
been updated as often as it should be, but this should all be changing
now. Also, you can always join RCN on the IRC network and get it.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
Dear RCN,
You know what the funniest thing in the whole scene is? Endeavours
ignorance. I dont think he realizes that everything said to him in RCN
has been negative, and insulting towards him and his group.
Signed,
Thastuff
Dear RCN,
Hey, whats up guys! Id just like to say RCN kicks ass! There is
no other E-ZiNE that can even COMPETE with you guys. Anyway, Im
Infidel from the 613 area code. Id just like to congradulate PTA on
its hard work and effort. You will ALWAYS see them IRC couriering. Im
good friends with the President iM and Id just like to say good job!
Hes brought this group through everything, and theyve STILL managed to
stay alive. Greets go out to iM, Locutous, -wOoP-, Displaced, Renny,
Global, Japan6, OoZiE, pHiXx and the rest of the PTA members. Good job
guys!
Signed,
Infidel
Dear RCN,
Hey dudes. I love your e-mags, theyre the best! The warez reviews
are also great. Id just like to say that it is good for peeps out
there, so watch the scene, and check if the warez work these days, most
of them are just junk releases done without double-checking their
quality!
Signed,
Anonymous
Dear RCN,
My name is Jordy. Every day I wake up, load up screen, and have
efnet sitting in one window in warez while I work in the others. Why
is this important? Well, Im trying to shrug off the damn notion that
warez is where I wanna be. Every day we get a few new ones, the ones
that split in and think they are eleet because they took warez yeah,
that entire second. Im amazed, were are a peaceful bunch that has
very little to do with the rest of the warez scene. We all value our
privacy more than anything else. Plus, the most fun we have all day is
picking random kicks for the people who split in. It sparks our
creativity.
Most of us have been in the warez scene at one time or another, but
I think only a handful are still active in anything other than school
and work. Well, put it this way, when you put out a leet list, not
one person in warez was on it :p.
Well, maybe one, I dont know, I dont follow too closely. I just
wanted to make it a point of saying, yeah, we have a channel, its called
warez, some of us are also in warez on alternet, xnet, and dbn3. What
do we talk about? Its not warez p!
Another fact of warez is, when I scanned your leet list I think I
only recognized about 6 names or so, and of all those, not one has
talked to me in the past month, hint, Ionizer, get off your lazy butt
and msg me one of these days.
So there you have it, warez on efnet, a channel of about 45 at any
given time that talk about life more than computers, well, maybe not
more, possibly equal to, maybe a bit less p. Oh yeah, one more thing,
our channel probably has more women than any other warez channel, heh,
we are blessed.
Signed,
Jordy
Dear RCN,
Do you think its safe to play that Space Invaders game while under
the influence of narcotics?
Signed,
Spock
Dear Spock,
Hahaha no comment!
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
Dear RCN,
Could you add me to your mailing list?
RCN rules! Xenons coding KICKS ASS! If Xenon wishes to SHARE any
code with me then PLEASE email me. I am in desperate need of awesome
coding like Xenons. Most importantly, I am looking for a MOD/MID/WAV
code that I can use in my games.
Signed,
DarkAdept
Dear DarkAdept,
Again we dont give out any source code to RCN, nor do we have a
mailing list. Its too hard to have a mailing list when the mag is
650kb in size because the anon.penet.fi wont allow it, and furthermore,
we want to respect their service to us and not flood their server with
50 megs of data on Sunday afternoons.
Signed,
Hitex/Rebel Chicken
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Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : MGD
Subject : Amnesia Falls! Affiliation : ex-Amnesia Senior
RCN : MGD The Midnight Gravedigger, you were a senior of GODS Guild
of Distributors and when GODS switched its name to Amnesia, you
became an Amnesia senior, but you recently left Amnesia, why is
that so?
MGD : I left Amnesia because there are many problems there now, I mean
like any one that wants to join they can join these days, Amnesia
standards have been lowered since before we went to GODS and then
pulled out. Davan is about to retire and Frost went to Damage.
Prozac is gone, and Shafter is in Chicago for the summer, which
doesnt leave Amnesia with much these days, they got a few
newbies, who cant show respect to people that kept the group
alive before they were even on the Internet.
RCN : But what about the council members such as Lester and David
Goliath? Are they not respectable enough to be able to keep the
group together? Or are they too no longer capable of running
Amnesia as a decent group?
MGD : Lester is not around much, and David Goliath is trying to run
Amnesia like its his utils group The Corporation. Many others
names willl not be revealed and I have a great amount of respect
for Lester, he is one of the most powerful people on the Internet,
and he usuallly kept things in order when he was around, but he
comes on like 15 minutes every other day now, and with a group
like Amnesia that is certainly not enough. As for David
Goliath, no comment.
RCN : You mentioned that Frost left Amnesia for Damage? Whats his new
position in Damage? Did he leave Amnesia for the same reasons you
too are leaving? What part did Frost play in Amnesias success?
In other words, is he THAT important?
MGD : Frost is certainly in my mind a great rising star in the field of
Internet couriering. He is getting better and better daily, he
left Amnesia for Damage basically because there are fights every
day in channel Amnesia. He he was a KEY FACTOR in AMNESiAs
sucess.
RCN : History does repeat itself. Amnesia first split off of Malice in
February because of fights, and now Damage is splitting away from
Amnesia. Do you believe that my statement on how history repeats
itself is true?
MGD : Damage split when Digital split into GODS, and Rapier split out of
Amnesia, which is correct. Amnesia did split out of MALICE
because of fights. Fights are what the splits start off of, and
when a figure in the group leaves, many others think of leaving
too. Yes, your statement is true except for the part where Damage
split from Amnesia, it split from Digital.
RCN : After Malices fall in February, it has never been the same group
because it could not maintain its courier prowess. Do you believe
that Amnesia has taken its fall as well, and is pretty much done
for, unless something short of a miracle comes and saves the
group?
MGD : Well, I am not too sure about that one, you can look at Malice and
see from 1 to practically dead, it has happened to many groups,
and at this point almost nothing can save the group. About
Amnesia, I really cant say because Amnesia still has some good
Internet couriers and only time will tell.
RCN : You mentioned earlier that when figure heads leave a group, others
lose faith and want to leave as well. Have any other Amnesia
couriers left Amnesia as a result of your departure?
MGD : Well on that I would call it as me and Frost left together, and
because of this nuisance, Davan might be retiring, I have gotten
messages from people still in AMNESiA telling me you know another
group that will take me, I would leave AMNESiA but as of now I
dont have any where else to go.
RCN : We know that Frost left Amnesia to join Damage, but which courier
group will you be joining?
MGD : I really cant say yet, I have talked to Eagle 1 of RiSC Rise in
Superior Couriering and he told me to talk to him when he gets
back on Wednesday or Thursday after his upcoming buisness trip
that he has already left for.
RCN : I recall in that in RCN issue 18, a log file was shown where you
said that RiSC hates you? And that you would never be able to
join that group? Is that not true?
MGD : RiSC doesnt hate me, I had some actions in Amnesia towards RiSC
but that was only because of pride in Amnesia which I have totally
lost completely, as it is for RiSC sure I would join now, if I was
given the chance.
RCN : What were these actions? Did you try to steal sites from RiSC?
You said in RCN Issue 18, I say we steal LA, Enigma, and Beyond
Akira from RiSC.
MGD : That was just jibberish because I was still mad on how BBX of
Amnesia was taken by RiSC, yet that is long forgotten.
RCN : Oh, okay, its long forgotten. Two weeks is a long time. Anyway,
what are your feelings toward Amnesia now that you are no longer a
part of it?
MGD : I could care less about Amnesia, they dont know how to respect
people that kept the group alive when every one was inactive. I
still have friends there that I care for, but much of the group is
deteriorating.
RCN : How did they fail in giving you the respect you feel you deserve?
I assume the lack of respect was directed at you, correct?
MGD : Well a little while back before GODS, a little after that Amnesia
vs. Digital courier competition, I was the ONLY Internet trader
actually performing when the others were gone with their excuses,
so I was keeping Amnesia alive, I also trained and formed that
current Internet team they have with an exception of a few people,
and in my point of view that certainly should get me some respect.
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Reporter : Ante Interviewee : Tym
Subject : Blizzard on Piracy Affiliation : Blizzard Programmer
RCN : What does Blizzard do to prevent software piracy?
BLZ : Well, there are a few different things. The main thing is to
eliminate as many reasons to pirate the software as possible.
Theres a lot of people out there who get pirated games because
they dont want to spend money on something they know nothing
about. Besides the usual shareware, we also provide spawning
technology, that allows multiple people to play each other off one
copy. A lot of people do that, get hooked on the game, and go out
and buy it for themselves so they can play single player. We also
have some fairly innovative protection schemes to stop at least
the casual hackers.
RCN : Such as?
BLZ : I have not seen a fully working crack, most of them are
incomplete. They dont work multi-player, you cant load save
games, certain scenarios arent in, etc.
RCN : Hybrid was first to release WarCraft 2. However, their version
was not fully operational. It took them three days to get out a
version with full network and scenario options. In this time, do
you think they were getting rid of the innovative protection
schemes?
BLZ : Well, first off we need to clarify something here. We realize we
are never going to release an uncrackable game. Our main goal is
to stop the casual copiers.
RCN : I personal have not used the Hybrid crack, yet some people claim
that it breaks up in Internet games or sometimes does not run at
all. Could this be intent or merely coincidence?
BLZ : Its our intent, I have yet to see a fully 100 crack of a cracked
copy of the game. Ive seen a 97.98, maybe 99 functioning,
however, there are so many places in the code that would have to
be altered that it would probably only become with it to those
people that feel theyre on a mission from God to crack games.
RCN : Recently, id Softwares Quake Beta 3 was released by ROR Release
on Rampage. They claim to have members who are part of id
Software. This version of Quake had included nearly everything
but id Software has yet to release it in stores. Does Blizzard
have problems with such leeks?
BLZ : Well, as I understand it, ROR claims they released the full
version of Quake but it really only a beta-stage testing version
of Quake. There are still a lot of bugs and there is no network
play. When we were doing WarCraft 2, a pre-release magazine
only alpha was leaked to the Internet, and was all over the place
very quickly. Since then, weve serialized all our alphas and
betas we have sent out and havent had any similar problems.
RCN : The beta release of WarCraft 2 was all over the Internet very
quickly, and is nothing like the final version. What is
Blizzards feelings on the WarCraft 2 beta or unfinished products
in general.
BLZ : Well, the alpha release a beta release is something released for
actual testing, the alpha release was just to show off the game to
some magazines was very incomplete and didnt give a very good
picture of the game at all. Our main problem with them is that
people will get them, and get erroneous messages 50 to 90 of the
time.
RCN : If and when Diablo and StarCraft hits the pirate scene, is
Blizzard going to do anything to prevent it?
BLZ : Were never going to be able to completely prevent piracy.
However we can stem the tide, and make it so its actually easier
to buy the game than it is to go threw all the hassle of pirating
it.
RCN : A new addition to Blizzard games Battle.Net will be implemented
in upcoming releases such as Diablo and StarCraft. What is
Battle.Net going to have to protect from piracy?
BLZ : Not all of that has been finalized, and some of it cant be
released to the public. But, it will be transparent to legitimate
users.
RCN : When is Diablo planned for release?
BLZ : Diablo will be out some time this summer.
RCN : Thank you for your time and I hope to see more releases from
Blizzard in the future.
BLZ : You will. Thank you.
There is a 100 fully cracked version of WarCraft 2 available for
pirates. This version included the WarCraft 2 Expansion Set and was
skillfully cracked and released by Razor 1911 in only 14 disks. Thanks
go out to Razor 1911 for making the game piratable, and thanks go out to
Blizzard for making the game.. uh.. piratable.
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Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Alice
Subject : MGD Steals RiSC Sites? Affiliation : Amnesia Coordinator
RCN : You were a former coordinator in GODS Guild of Distributors, but
GODS recently fell apart, what happened?
AMN : Well, basically what happened was that there was a generation gap.
Quazimodem was a hard worker from the past and found it hard to
accept the hard workers in the scene today. As you saw from the
first GODS nfo, Quazimodem was a founding member of GODS way back
and decided to come back. Quazimodem found it hard to work with
the current staff so he left. The rest of GODS didnt want to run
a group that they had no history with, so we reformed Amnesia.
There was no real fighting within the group other than the log
printed in RCN. The Amnesia part of GODS were good friends with
each other and Digital were cool with Amnesia, so it was a natural
merge.
RCN : So youre saying after Quazimodem left GODS, GODS renamed itself
to Amnesia? When did Quazimodem leave GODS, and which courier
group is he with now, if any?
AMN : Exactlly, Quazimodem left and we decided that it would be wrong if
we continued as a group under the name GODS.
RCN : There were many people such as Erupt who left GODS because of
Quazimodem, now that Quazimodem has left the group and GODS is now
known as Amneisa, has Erupt rejoined Amnesia as a coordinator?
AMN : Erupt left GODS but came back. Then Quazimodem left and the
active people that were in GODS where invited to join Amnesia.
Erupt is now back as a coordiantor with Devast, Dealer, Studster,
and me.
RCN : Studster is now a coordinator in Amnesia? Last I checked, wasnt
he a part of the High Council? Did Studster get demoted?
AMN : Studster is a coordinator in Amnesia. To make it easy, we have
the High Council and then the coordinators. Studster plays a big
part in the success of the Amnesia team and he does it well. To
answer your question, he didnt get demoted. Studster has the
respect of Amnesia and he does extremely well. He could be a mere
courier and would still have a say in how the group operates.
RCN : What about The Resistance, he was also at one point in time, part
of the Amnesia High Council, but he is no longer warranted that
postion, what happened to him?
AMN : The Resistance basically quit. I havent seen him on the Internet
for quite some time and I think he decided not to be part of any
courier team.
RCN : Hellraiser was also at one point in time part of the Amnesia High
Council, but he is no longer part of Amnesia. Where has he
wandered off to? I still see him on the Internet, so I know that
he didnt quit as The Resistance might have. Has a large part of
the ex-Amnesia High Council lost faith in Amnesia as these two
seem to show?
AMN : To my knowledge, Hellraiser is happy with just beeing in DOD
Drink or Die helping with the cracking and ripping.
RCN : So hes happy not being in Amnesia?
AMN : The thing is that when you have couriered as much as Hellraiser
has, then you dont find it exciting anymore, and you seek out new
challenges.
RCN : Hellraiser cant be too busy in DOD cracking and ripping, theres
not much for him to crack and rip.
AMN : Its easy to forget that DOD released quality utils for almost 2
years. And 1995 was without a doubt, the year of DOD. Sure, DOD
might not be doing as well as they used to but when it comes to
quality, they are stil top 3 in the utils scene.
RCN : Perhaps so, but this is 1996. Anyway, in RCN issue 18, a log was
shown where MGD Midnight Grave Digger, now a senior courier of
Amnesia, said that he was planning to steal sites from RiSC Rise
in Superior Couriering, specifically LA, Enigma, and Beyond
Akira. Is he still planning to steal these sites from RiSC for
Amnesia?
AMN : You cant steal a site.
RCN : MGD was planning on recruiting those sites for Amnesia, the
siteops and sysops would then leave RiSC for Amnesia. Would you
consider that stealing? Or perhaps you have a better word for
what MGD is planning?
AMN : MGD meant that we should outdo RiSC on those sites and make them
choose Amnesia over RiSC.
RCN : So when MGD said, I say we steal LA, Enigma, and Beyond Akira
from RiSC, he meant to say, Lets outdo RiSC on LA, Enigma, and
Beyond Akira so they decide to leave RiSC for Amnesia, do you
really believe that is what he meant?
AMN : I have no doubt that is what MGD really meant.
RCN : Do you believe O.J. Simpson is guilty?
AMN : Hell yeah.
RCN : He didnt really mean to kill Nicole you know. He meant to win
her heart over by making her choose him over Mr. Goldman. Anyway,
do you believe that Amnesia is faster and better than either
Everlast or RiSC? Or are you going to tell me that Amnesia is
still a young courier group, and thus, only time can tell?
AMN : Well, that depends on your definition of fast. In Europe, Amnesia
is much faster than both Everlast and RiSC. Amnesia totally
crushes the competition on some of the best boards in the United
States, mainly Malevolence and Street Spyders. Both Everlast and
RiSC are doing great overall.
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Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : The Man
Subject : Taking Over Lame ROR? Affiliation : Amnesia Member
RCN : There were some logs mentioning that *YOU*, took over channel ROR
and declared that ROR Release on Rampage was officially retired.
You then said that ROR was dead because tKLP was being tKLP, why
did you do that, or did that not even happen at all?
MAN : I do admit that it was my idea to take over channel ROR, Im not
going to mention who helped me though, they can come forward if
they wish. I did not declare ROR being dead however, I personally
dont have a problem with the group itself, except for their fake
release of Quake, I wanted to take over channel ROR because of
the fact that on the previous night TKLP messed up Godsrock, the
channel bot for GODS Guild of Distributors, and that pissed a
few people off. We just wanted to get him back for it by taking
his channel over. So we came, we saw, and we prevailed.
RCN : How did tKLP mess up Godsrock? What did tKLP do?
MAN : He got the user listing for it somehow and had all of our
passwords. I am not entirly sure on how he did it, I wasnt on
IRC at the time.
RCN : Even though tKLP had the capability to mess with Godsrock and
GODS, in your opionion, why would he want to do such a lame thing?
Did he have a previous vendetta with GODS or specific members of
GODS?
MAN : Well, tKLP has proven himself to be lame time and time again. I
know that he and MGD dont get along at all, and that might have
been his vendetta. At the time of this happening though, GODS was
still new, so I dont imagine that it was against the group as a
whole. But alot of people in GODS, now known as Amnesia, dont
like tKLP at all myself included. tKLP Stated in his interview
in RCN issue 19 that he thought that *I* was Gahn, but Gahn had
no part in this at all.
RCN : What I dont understand is that GODS justified taking over channel
ROR because tKLP had been messing with Godsrock, a GODS channel
bot, but how could tKLP have been messing around with Godsrock?
He mentioned in his interview in RCN issue 19 that he was in New
York and New Jersey at the time of the incident and was no where
near a computer? Perhaps someone is merely framing tKLP? But
then again, he is the type that would want to do something lame
like that.
MAN : As I mentioned before, I wasnt on IRC at the time. It was the
topic of conversation when I joined IRC that day. Its true that
maybe somebody was trying to frame tKLP, bUT its possible that he
wasnt in New York at the time. He could have just used it as an
allibi so to speak. I guess we will never know, however, he is
known for shit like this so we acted on his reputation.
RCN : During the channel takeover of ROR, the topic was set to ROR is
Dead by tKLP. However, upon a further /whois, it turned out that
tKLPs account was not really his, but the account belonged to
Nytemyst of GODS? Was Nytemyst a part in trying to kill ROR? By
the way, I do have a log of someone using your handle and Internet
account in channel ROR during the incident, so you must have been
on IRC at the time.
MAN : Im not sure about that, I had my own reason for grabbing ROR, I
wasnt really paying attention to that, I was watching Flounder
make a fool of himself in the channel. Because at this point,
Starwave was in the channel posting tKLPs personal information to
everyone in the channel. I was moderating the channel.
RCN : tKLP said that Starwave was not posting the correct address
because Starwave could not have been able to get tKLPs address.
Starwave got tKLPs private information through tKLPs
ex-girlfriend, Jan, whom tKLP claims he has slept with several
times, but he also claims that his ex-girlfriend does not know
where he lives, so there is no way Jan could have given Starwave
tKLPs real address. Do you believe that Starwave never posted
tKLPs real address?
MAN : I dont think Starwave posted tKLPs real information. I just
thought that it was some lamer trying to get recognition. I +med
the channel after that, because even if it was tKLPs real
information, then I would actually feel sorry for tKLP because
thats going beyond boundaries. The scene is getting out of
control with this.
RCN : You also mentioned that GODS is now known as Amnesia? Could you
comment on that?
MAN : Things are still getting sorted out right now with it. Thats all
I really know right now.
RCN : Did GODS change its name to Amnesia, or did many members of GODS
leave GODS to join Amnesia? Does GODS still exist?
MAN : As I said before, things are still getting sorted out. Im not a
senior so I dont know all of the details of the situation. I
dont know whats going on with GODS though, the channel is still
+i and I cant get in.
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Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Darkevil
Subject : That Wasnt You? Affiliation : RTS Senior Courier
RCN : I was recently informed that the person Hitex interviewed last
week was not the REAL Darkevil, even though he had the same IP as
you, and he talked like you, but wasnt really you? Whats going
on?
RTS : Yes, this person is a guy from my area code 403 and has an account
at connect.ab.ca, he uses identd or an IP spoofer to fake
addresses and he copies my information.
RCN : Why would he copy your address just so he could have an interview
with RCN disguised as you? Why would someone go through the
trouble of pretending to be you?
RTS : He copied me either for 2 reasons, he really wants to be me, or he
has a real grudge on me and wants to ruin my reputation. He would
go through the trouble so that he can make everyone think I am
really taking over channels and quitting groups and such, so that
he could ruin my reputation.
RCN : Do you believe that this spoofer has succeeded in ruining your
reputation?
RTS : Somewhat, he almost did succeed, I had thought that this got me
kicked out of TMS The Mod Squad, but I was wrong, my friends in
TMS figured that it wasnt me. This spoofer is a pretty deadly
person.
RCN : Who is this spoofer? Is he part of any other courier groups?
RTS : I have no clue who this person is, we have some names, but I
cannot mention them. I do believe he really likes fATE Fast
Action Trade Exchange because he seems to say they are the best
and all.
RCN : How will you prevent yourself from being spoofed again? When
Hitex interviewed the fake Darkevil, that fake Darkevil did seem
to push fATE up as a promising group even though the facts do not
show it, perhaps he is a member of fATE sent out by Anti
Derivative to hurt RTS Request to Send good name?
RTS : I really doubt that, I think he may just be out to hurt me,
because I had talked to him in Blind for about 15 minutes and he
seems to really want to destroy me. I do not know how I will
prevent this, I have already informed all RTS members and my other
groups about the fake Darkevil and I have started the secret word
method. I havent seen him around lately, but he may pop up
sooner or later.
RCN : You were also once a member of Malice, what was your position in
Malice?
RTS : After I read my supposed interview in RCN issue 19, I was shocked
and mad. Lots of people thought I really quit RTS, so some groups
like Empire and Malice offered me positions, I accepted the Malice
Internet Coordinator possition because I thought I should help
them and I thought my RTS reputation was over. I quit Malice soon
to find out I could help RTS instead of helping Malice, and I
rejoined RTS again after coordinating Malice for 2 days.
RCN : Why did you leave Malice as an internet coordinator to rejoin RTS
as a senior courier?
RTS : Well, I was talked into coming back to RTS because I am loyal to
RTS, leaving RTS made me feel guilty because I was helping Malice
get better when I could have helped RTS. I was the Internet
Coordinator for Malice, but now I may get the chance to advance
from RTS senior sourier to becoming a council member or a
coordinator soon after I help RTS get better. I believe that
there must be trust, loyalty, brotherhood, and dedication in a
group in order for it to succeed.
RCN : Do you believe that perhaps the qualities of trust, loyalty,
brotherhood, and dedication could not be found in Malice? After
all, that group does have a tendency of breaking up?
RTS : Yes, I do believe there is all those qualities within Malice, my 2
day experience with them was great. I met lots of new people and
some familiar faces. They may break up, but with the current
loyalty there they might not. I was Loyal to RTS and I am good
friends with the members within.
RCN : Do you believe that RTS is making a strong come back? As far as
most people are concerned, there really hasnt been much activity
from within RTS, is that true?
RTS : Well ever since summer hit, RTS hasnt been doing much. Soon
after the work of the council and I start our re-organizing we
will be back in action. RTS is a great group, with a great
Leader. RTS is getting a few more sites up and more bbses soon.
We have lots coming to us.
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Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : RATM
Subject : Babysitting Damage... Affiliation : Damage President
RCN : When and how did the courier group known as Damage start up?
DMG : Well, it began after the leaders of Digital and the majority of
the seniors decided to become part of GODS Guild of
Distributors. Shingen and I were invited to become GODS members,
but elected to stay behind, because we didnt want to leave 30 to
50 Digital guys hanging.
RCN : What is the status of Damage at this moment? I was told that all
the good couriers from Digital left to join GODS, so Damage is a
courier group that doesnt have any good couriers, and thus,
cannot really compete, is that true?
DMG : Well, all of the big name guys left but we still have
hardworkers that felt they were left out of Digitals operations.
We have excellent couriers, some who were brought in from
elsewhere, and some that have turned over a new leaf with Digital.
I would like to congratulate the crew for holding together now in
this time of limbo while we acquire new sites, especially my
council, Reap, Gatekeeper, Stranger, etc.
RCN : What do you mean when you say some that have turned over a new
leaf with Digital?
DMG : Well, others didnt do much because they werent motivated, they
didnt like the leadership, or they didnt get accounts on sites
or whatever. They recognized the new leadership and were willing
to become active again and give the new leadership a chance. I
think its working out well. Shingen, Damage Vice-President, has
also been working very hard, keeping things together, and
recruiting us new sites. I like the positive attitude shown by
everyone in the group, and with a little more time and patience we
can become one of the better courier teams on the scene.
RCN : You are also the RCN senior member in charge of the RCN www, has
becoming the President of Damage hurt your status in RCN since you
seem to be neglecting your RCN duties hint, hint?
DMG : Well, no, I am working on an update to the RCN www, which
currently resides on my HD. I have been working 70 hours a week,
and trying to manage Damage. Ive been doing all that while
trying to maintain adequate sleep and a social life. When you see
the new RCN www, you will agree that I think I am balancing them
all quite nicely.
RCN : Grin :
DMG : GRIN
RCN : You are suddenly the President of Damage, a respectable courier
group, has that changed your status in the scene? How did you
come to that position, and what were your previous leadership
experiences?
DMG : Well, Silent Mobius and Devast decided to give the group to
Shingen and me, and Shingen in no way wanted to be the leader, so
I assumed the role. As for leadership experiences, I have none
running a group on the Internet, but I have much experience
coordinating and running things in real life, so I believe I have
the raw skills necessary to do the job, they just need to be
molded a bit for leadership on the Internet. I work best under
pressure, so I like that type of environment of trying to recover
a group build character.
RCN : Yes, you are more than capable of organizing many things,
especially RCN things. You seem to be quite good at that.
Anyway, which ftp sites are part of Damage?
DMG : Well, as far as ftp sites go, Im not at liberty to say, but I can
tell you we are acquiring ftp sites at the rate of about one per
week.
RCN : These are private sites right? Im not talking about fake anon
sites.
DMG : Correct, we dont deal in ANON sites, they are lame, and a great
way to get busted. I recommend ANON sites for those who want to
fuck up the rest of their lives.
RCN : Are you aware that when Digital split up to join GODS now known
as Amnesia, Damage was created and referred to as GODS little
brother group? And that members of GODS were told to be nice to
Damage couriers, and to perhaps babysit after Damage couriers?
Dont you feel that the above statement limits the courier status
and abilities of Damage to being second rate at best?
DMG : I was and am fully aware of that. It wasnt a FULL big brother
thing, it was more of a pseudo big brother thing, I guess thats
what you can call it. The old Digital guys that left still wanted
to remain faithful to Damage, and to help us with releases, a site
or two, etc. It wasnt a GODS thing, it was more of a former
Digital member thing. I think we need it to get back on our feet,
and once we become self sufficient, well ask and need less and
less help. I feel this nurtures our ablilites, enabling us to
grow and become good couriers and respected couriers. I dont see
us as their baby group, or something like that. We are all
friends from Digital, and we intend to remain that way.
RCN : Did you just say releases? Damage releases too?
DMG : Releases, meaning released stuff, getting it to Damage so we have
more to spread so we can get credits to get more files, etc.
RCN : What are your feelings on the fact that Digital split up to merge
into GODS, only to see that GODS died, and then later renamed
itself to Amnesia?
DMG : Well, its sort of ironic that they are now named a group that we
onced competed against, but its not the same Amnesia. Key GODS
members such as Quazimodem left the group, so none of the original
GODS members remained. So they felt it was stupid to remain as
GODS.
RCN : Perhaps GODS died because you werent a part of it? They seem to
need someone who can orgazine the group.
DMG : Well, not to say that I couldve prevented it, but I believe
contributions from Shingen and I may have helped the group get
along better, but the past is the past and I yam where I yam, as
Popeye would say.
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Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Zima Man
Subject : MTY Dupes PNC!? Affiliation : Pinnacle Senior
RCN : A few months ago, Pinnacle was heralded by Jimmy Jamez, the
President of DOD Drink or Die, as the 3 utils group in the
scene, do you believe that is still true at the present time?
PNC : No, I do not believe that is true at the moment. Pinnacle is not
currently 3 in the utils scene, but I believe that we are either
4 or 5 depending on how you look at it.
RCN : Why do you believe that Pinnacle is no longer the 3 utils group
in the scene, if that is so, then which group has taken its place?
PNC : Well we had some internal problems in the group and the group has
declined in its releasing power. As time passed we began slacking
off and practically became dead. In my opinion the 3 utils group
right now is Mortality.
RCN : I was recently informed that Mortality, a well respected utils
group, duped Pinnacle on 3 releases in a short week, is that true?
If so, what happened?
PNC : A month ago, a guy applied to Pinnacle as a supplier and I told
him to show me some releases. Some time passed and he offered
Xref, Netpak Proffesional, and Internet ToolPak, which are Visual
Basic tools by a company called Crescent, for Pinnacle. I told
him that Pinnacle already released Xref and Netpak Professional, I
was the one who supplied it so I knew it better then anyone, and I
also told him that Internet Toolpak v1.0 was released by Pinnacle
and and that v2.0 was released by some small group just a week
before he offered it to me. Apparently, the supplier thought I
was bullshiting and since I told him that Pinnacle is not
interested in these releases he decided to goto Mortality. I have
all products done by Crescent and I released most of them with the
exception of a few.
RCN : Do you believe that the supplier told Mortality that Pinnacle was
not interested because Pinnacle believed that those releases were
dupes?
PNC : I guess Mortality was busy that week and didnt do a good job dupe
checking it. He also released a Visual Basic tool called Enquiry
which he claimed to be 1 disk when in reality its 3 disks and I
have it and I will release it when I fix my HD. Mortality is a
kick ass group and I was very dissapointed to see them dupe and
release a broken copy of Enquiry.
RCN : You mentioned earlier that there were some internal problems in
Pinnacle that almost caused its death, what were these problems?
And what brought it back up after it almost died?
PNC : Well, 2 of the seniors were really sick and spent a lot of time in
the hospital and Iron Steel had some family problems. Back in
October of 1995, we also lost one of our founders, Bishop, who
went to PWA Pirates with Attitudes and our best suppliers said
farewell to the funky business of releasing. Since the end of
November of 1995, we started to release less and less and we had
on average 4 releases per week and by January of 1996 we became
idle. In my opinion, Pinnacle was never dead, we just took a
break so I kept it alive and we are back in business again.
RCN : What role did you play in the creation of Pinnacle? Your role as
the current leader of Pinnacle is undisputed, but how did you
become its leader? Were you also one of the original founders of
Pinnacle?
PNC : Believe it or not, I was not one of the founders of Pinnacle. My
career in Pinnacle began in October of 1995 when I got the
position as the member coordinator. From there, I rose up to what
I am today. The original founders of Pinnacle were Count Zero,
Blazen, and Bishop. Bishop is currently with PWA, Count Zero with
a small group called Dark*Star, and Blazen has moved to AOL.
RCN : Why did Bishop leave Pinnacle for PWA? PWA is a much larger group
and is considered the 1 utils group in the scene, but that should
be no reason why Bishop would want to leave the group he was a
founder of, to join another group he was unfamiliar with? Did he
have no loyalty towards the group he helped create?
PNC : I have no clue why he abandoned us because he left a few days
before I joined Pinnacle. I dont think that he wasnt loyal, he
had his own reasons to leave.
RCN : How does Pinnacle get its releases? Do most Pinnacle suppliers do
store pick up, or are there Pinnacle suppliers that have
connections within companies?
PNC : All of us do it differently. Some work in stores, some work in
places that buy software, but only a few have actual company
contacts.
RCN : At one point in time, Pinnacle was a utils only group, but
recently, I have to say that I am surprised or sad to see that
Pinnacle has released a few games, why is that so? Pinnacle is a
quality utils group and some must wonder why it is starting to
release games. Has Pinnacles quality of standard dropped in the
recent months?
PNC : Actually we have released games almost since the birth of the
group but not that many. When our suppliers had games and we
didnt have enough time to trade the game we released them. But
it didnt happen a lot and we released only a few good
games/addons but as of last month, Pinnacle is utils only.
RCN : How many releases would you say Pinnacle releases each week
nowadays?
PNC : I would have to say about 5 releases a week if you count all the
things we released in the last month. Last week and this week, we
are doing very poorly because me and one more supplier are having
hardware problems and are unable to release anything. I usually
download the release before releasing it and test it and I am
unable to do it since I get CRC errors in every fucking zip I
download as well as for every zip I zip myself. So when my HD
gets fixed hopefully this weekend then you will see a lot more
releases from us.
RCN : Perhaps you have a virus? Many people do complain that some
Pinnacle releases do not work, what do you have to say to people
that complain about Pinnacles broken releases?
PNC : I dont have a virus I just have to change the mode of my HD to
LBA and format it. Can you tell me specifically which releases
were claimed as broken?
RCN : People have come up to me claiming that your 19 disk release of
Land Designer 3D v4.0 are missing some files and wont even
install. Is that true? I personally would have no need for
landscaping software, nor would I download copyrighted material.
PNC : Yes, that is absolutely true and I want to apologize to all those
people who spent time downloading it. The problem with this
release was that the supplier didnt know how to rip it and test
it and I had to help him. He did a good job ripping it and
testing it but he forget to take out the original cd out of his cd
drive and he had no problems installing it from HD. It was his
first rip and he made a mistake and everyone makes mistakes once
in a while. Other than that there were no broken releases.
RCN : Yes, we all make mistakes, and its what we do after we make the
mistakes that separates the good from the bad. Was a fix or a
fixed version of the program ever released by Pinnacle?
PNC : No, at least not yet. The guy who supplied it asked the legendary
Misha to do a crack for him but I dont know whats going on with
it.
RCN : But its been almost a week since it was originally released?
Wouldnt another utils group jump on that release by now?
PNC : Yes and he asked him right after we found out that its broken.
That just shows that not every group is capable of getting some
stuff that we get while others are.
RCN : You said earlier that Pinnacle released about 5 releases each
week, that is a very impressive number, but does that number
include releases such PPEs which are freeware mods for PCBoard?
PNC : No, we havent released PPEs in a long time.
RCN : What do you see happening to Pinnacle in the future? Do you see
it becoming the pinnacle of utils release groups, or do you
believe that it would once again reach a low point and even
perhaps die off?
PNC : I dont think Pinnacle will die, at least not as long as Im in
it. Time will only show what will happen to us but I believe we
will become stronger.
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Reporter : Rebel Chicken Interviewee : Kang
Subject : Couriers Releasing? Affiliation : THC Senior
RCN : Could you start by telling me your current affiliations.
THC : My main affiliation is THC The Hardened Criminals right now. I
am involved with other groups, but Im not as dedicated with other
groups as I am with THC. I am really trying to focus on THC
because of all the new changes that have been implemented.
RCN : What are these changes within THC that would require your
attention?
THC : For those who dont already know, THC has moved to becoming a
release group, we used to courier and release, but we only release
now.
RCN : A courier group has gone to release? How did all this happen?
THC : Well, we have dropped a lot of couriers and idlers. The old
couriers were moved to other big courier groups like fATE Fast
Action Trade Exchange, Motiv8, and RiSC Rise in Superior
Couriering. The slow couriers that werent doing anything were
just cut. BBS couriers were kept because we will still need them.
RCN : I know fATE, Motiv8, and RiSC well enough to know that they just
dont accept any couriers, you have to be good. How did you guys
get them in there?
THC : Well, remember we only sent over the good couriers. Super Hacker
knows some people in there, and setup some deals with them.
RCN : So by dropping a few couriers, THC moved over from couriering to
releasing? That couldnt have been the only step, what else was
involved in the transition?
THC : Oh no. We have also added some suppliers, and are making projects
to raise some money for THC, and therefore get some releases. We
have also been talking with people that work for some big
companies to also supply for us.
RCN : You guys are raising money to BUY releases!? Anyway, is THC a
games group, a utils group, or will THC be releasing both games
and utils?
THC : We are releasing both. I know it may sound like a bad idea, but
we can easily get the job done and kick a lot of other release
groups asses! Weve already released several builds of NT and we
are good at getting software thats by Microsoft.
RCN : How would you rate THC against other release groups in the scene
that are already well established?
THC : I cant say that we are above them right now, but we have only
been a release group for about 2 days and already have had
working, fully cracked releases. That already puts THC above
other groups that cant crack, groups like.. Napalm.
RCN : Did you guys keep your courier division to courier your releases?
THC : No, we kept some couriers, so that they could send THC releases to
our official couriers and boards.
RCN : If you did drop your courier division, then which courier is the
official courier group for THC, or is there none?
THC : Our official couriers are fATE. We wanted the best and fastest,
so we got them.
RCN : Eeeeiiiwww.. you think fATE is the best? Okay, well, everyone is
entitled to an opinion. Thanks a lot for your time, hope all goes
well.
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Author : Hitex
Subject : Chris Carter Follow-up
Soon after RCN posted the information to the REAL Chris Carter, i.e.
Daniel Schlegel, Daniel went off and wrote a file about why its not
really him and how RCN had made a grave mistake. He frantically tried
to courier the file around on IRC and since I dont think he did a very
good job, Ill publish it here to joggle your memory. Then, I will
explain to you why Daniel is full of it here.
The truth about the Carter incident, from someone caught in the
middle, by Sargon.
When RCN 19 was released, the most important issue was the one on
Carters info. The info given out by RCN was completely wrong. This
was not in any way RCNs fault. Apparently some local to Daniel, who
was an enemy of his, started spreading Daniels info around to a few
people, saying it was Carters. Eventually, a bunch of these sources
got to RCN and gave them the info. This is where they got the many
sources thing.
Sorry, but youre wrong. RCNs many sources were mainly victims of
Carters that sent us the screen captures of the letters. It was mostly
useful because we got information regarding where you were sending mail
from. The information about you directly was given by one source and
one source alone, and that source will be kept anonymous unless desiring
not to in the future.
RCN then called Daniel, and talked to him, pretending to be from
some piracy organization. Daniel then started cracking up at the name
Chris Carter.
Well you could say that. It sounded more like a cry being passed
off as a laugh to me, he really took a double take on that name. He was
scared, and I dont think normal people get randomly scared at that
name. Besides, I had named funnier names than Chris Carter before that,
I said Michael Jackson and Chris Carter would have been dull
comparatively.
I happen to know that Daniel was stoned out of his mind that night,
explaining the laughing fits RCN described. He found it funny because
Chris Carter happens to be the producer of the X-Files, a show he
obsessively watches.
Are you trying to plead insanity? If he were stoned, he would have
laughed when I told him I was calling from a software piracy
organization.
As for him acting paranoid, wouldnt you, if someone from a piracy
organization called you at 3 in the morning harassing you? I also
happen to know he IS a newbie, because I introduced him to the Internet,
and he knows jack shit.
Excuse me, but a guy thats new to the Internet doesnt know all
that much about warez and frankly generally doesnt know IRC, much less
be able to spot out commands to me like /whois over the phone and say
EOF From client without reading it off of a piece of paper. This guy
definitely knows what hes doing. Not to mention he also named, without
my help, channels such as fATEfiles, Warez950, and m8leech. Just
knowing fATEfiles shows hes been around longer than he said on the
phone he said 7 days because fATEfiles changed its name to Exceed a
long time ago.
He hangs out on Sexpics all day trading PORN. He is a lamer,
simple as that.
I dont care how embarassed a guy would be to admit that he hangs
out in Sexpics, if this guy were half as afraid as you describe him to
be, he would have quickly said that to refute ever having traded warez.
As for the evil hacker warez pup nig or whatever, thats where I
fit in. I DO have his password, and I do have his account. When Daniel
kept going hmm, uhmm.. after he was asked a question, he was being
SARCASTIC people. If you cant tell the difference between sarcastic
and real, you should go to the doctor.
Haha thats a funnier excuse than the drugs one! Look first you
tell me he was scared and then youre telling me he felt comfortable
enough to be sarcastic? I think you yourself are more gullible than
your description of RCN.
Symantec is believed to be a Carter account because there is a lame
leech bot that comes from Symantec, suspected to be Carters. None of
his parents work for Symantec, and he doesnt either. Hes 14 years
old.
Daniel, next time you get accused of something youre guilty of and
you try to publish a file acting like an evil friend try doing a better
job of reading the text youre arguing against. Symantec was merely a
return address that Chris was spotted on a few times.
He happens to be a Christian lame :, who makes good grades and
all that goody goody shit. He is not a LOSER that sits on the Internet
all day trying to scare warez pups half to deat, and getting people such
as Dr. Jekyll in trouble. Yes, there are people with better things to
do. I know Daniel personally, and know that he is a LAMER, and wasnt
even around when Carter was in his prime. He was still calling local
BBSs on his Macintosh. I talked on the phone with Rebel Chicken and
Daniel, and Rebel Chicken even admitted himself that he didnt believe
Carter was Daniel.
Hahaha Chris Carter wasnt on drugs when I called him but I really
think you were when you wrote this! What do you think were stupid or
something? I called Rebel Chicken, in extreme awe, and of course he
told me he never spoke with you voice. Come on man, if youre going to
lie, do it in a less obvious manner!
He is simply a victim of an evil prank. How would you react to
having your info posted as IRCs most hated person?
Do you really want to know? Id be on IRC cussing everybody out and
doing a hell of a lot more than Daniel has been doing. I think Daniel
thought for a change and figured out hed be better off staying quiet
and just writing this one file hoping people would just forget about it.
Daniel does not deserve this shit, he is some lame innocent newbie
whose purpose to get on the net is to get porn. The ironic thing is, I
happen to know someone who has Carters REAL info. We 3-wayed him
about a month back, here is basically how the conversation went :
Carter Hello?
Sargon Is this Carter?
Carter Who are you?
Sargon It doesnt matter
Carter How did you get my info??
Friend Hey mother fucker
Carter Oh.. its you! If my info gets out, I will have you busted.
Hahaha now Im really laughing. Alright let me explain something to
you. Daniel told me that he is currently not allowed to use his
computer because his parents locked it up in a room due to his grades
falling. Do grades fall because a guy is online trading porno? I dont
think so. We all know that grades fall because of warez, in fact RCN
published an article about it a while back. Daniel slipped up too many
times to come back with any excuses right now. First he said hed been
on the Internet for about 7 days, then he said his grades dropped.
What, he got a report card so soon? Thats amazing.
Carter sounded about 18 years old, medium pitched voice. Not 14,
with a high squeaky voice, like Daniel. If you doubt my credibility, I
have been on IRC for 2+ years, I am an op on Oldwarez, and everyone I
know is aware of the fact that I would not lie about something like
this. I share the account, why the hell would I share an account with
Carter? To summarize, this whole thing was just some lame prank,
that was taken too seriously by everyone. The source started at one
person, then spread, eventually got to RCN, and now is everywhere. Just
goes to show you what one prankster can do.
Signed,
sargon Intrepid/Covin
Alright now my turn. To summarize. Upon calling Daniel, at 3 am
his time, he was sleeping and was just waking up to my call as I talked
him into waking up. As soon as I mention warez he tries to use his
friend as an excuse, and then he majorly slips up. He said that he
was actually on the phone with his friend when I called and he switched
over with call waiting. Then somehow the excuse turned into a 3-way
conversation at the end when I notified him that my research department
was working on tracing the other conversation. Daniel did what your
average guy would do while denying involvement. Unfortunately, he
didnt think fast enough at this late time of the night and each new
excuse ran over the last.
Furthermore, soon after publishing RCN 19, a guy came into the
channel saying we had the wrong guy. I was scared, of course, because I
didnt want to make such a grave mistake. Of course, after doing a bit
more searching, I found out that this guy in the channel was actually
Chris Carter/Daniel Schlegel on another account.
Oh by the way Daniel, smart move in changing your answering machine
message from Hi this is Daniel, etc. to the generic Please leave a
message at the tone computer voice. First smart thing youve done in
the whole incident.
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Author : Tuxedo Mask
Subject : Napalm Cheats Prestige
The following is a log file between a cracker from Prestige, Lost
Soul, and one of the leaders of Napalm, Prophet :
LostSoul I made a mistake by trusting you, you have 2 days to give me
a VERY GOOD EXPLANATION about it. Im not trying to threaten
you, but if Im not getting good explanations, Ill do my
best to get other crackers away from helping from Napalm.
Prophet Well guy, you just gave me the LB.EXE and I thought I could
use it. I didnt know you dont want me to use it. What do
you want me to do now?
LostSoul You promised me that it was for personal use, dont lie to
me. You tricked me.
Prophet Yes, I know I said that, but I didnt know you would mind that
I use it. Im very sorry for this man.
You might be confused as to what the above log meant. According to
Lost Soul, Prophet came up to him to have a game cracked. At first,
Lost Soul was not willing to crack the game for Prophet because Prophet
could have released the crack for a game for Napalm. Lost Soul is a
Prestige cracker and is thus, not allowed to crack games for other games
groups such as Napalm.
Prophet then saw that he had no choice but to lie to Lost Soul.
Prophet said that the game Lost Soul would be cracking would not be used
in a release by Napalm, but was merely for his own personal use.
Innocently, Lost Soul agrees and cracks the game for Prophet, only to
find that his crack was later released by Napalm.
Napalm couldnt get a game cracked, so they had to trick an innocent
Prestige cracker into cracking it for them. Since Napalm doesnt seem
to have any crackers, and none seem to want to join Napalm, if you do
happen to be a cracker, beware, dont be surprised if Prophet comes up
to you and tries to trick you in the same manner he tricked Lost Soul.
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Author : Hitex
Subject : Coredump... Literally?
Coredump is a new group run by Incarnate. Generally new groups
start to fix the old. The old of course being ROR Release on Rampage.
However, this may not be the case with Coredump. Here, read on, see the
Coredump philosophy during one of their first releases, NHL Powerplay,
even when it was not yet cracked.
Incarnate Fuck is it already uploaded?
PForm Incarnate, there is no point in releasing it now. We lost.
Incarnate NO, IS IT UPLOADED?
PForm Ionizer said yes.
MMan We need to crack it.
PForm Incarnate, Eck is still uploading it. Eck still needs to crack
it.
Dealer Id crack it later if I were you.
Incarnate We can throw the damn cracked EXE in the ZIP. Its already
uploaded.
PForm Then what the fuck are you waiting for? GO UPLOAD IT TO
SITES!!!
Wicked Are you guys sure they cracked it? They might be just
uploading without the crack.
Incarnate WE DONT HAVE THE CRACKED EXE.
Skatman Oh my god!!!
PForm I heard its a bitch to crack.
Incarnate It IS a bitch.
MMan They could be uploading BULLSHIT!
Incarnate I feel sorry for Eck.
PForm Trix NHL Powerplay is being uploaded as we speak.
PForm More games to play? Its not cracked.
MMan Ahhaha, then crack the mother and we can repack it no sweat.
Incarnate IT ISNT??? WE STILL HAVE TIME?
PForm dks Guys get ready to release the crack then since its
probably not cracked.
Dealer Wait!
Incarnate Holy hit! Lets get working!
MMan Weve gotta make a decision.
PForm GO SPREAD IT!!! GIVE IT TO DEALER!!
Skatman SPREAD IT!
Dealer Someone give it to me!
MMan We still need to crack it!
Dealer I gotta upload it to Beyond Akira!
PForm We will release the crack later, we dont care. GET IT ON
BEYOND AKIRA!
Dealer DONT SPREAD IT ON SITES!
PForm GIVE IT TO DEALER!
MMan Fine. Someone give it to Dealer.
Dealer It has to be on Beyond Akira first. Fuck the crack. I will
ISDN it to Beyond Akira.
CptBlood We will release the crack later. We DONT care.
PForm Release the crack later.
Bdeath Fuck the crack!
Skatman GIVE IT TO DEALER!!!
Bdeath COREDUMP IS SUPPOSED TO BE QUALITY DUDES, WE DONT WANT TO BE
NAPALM!
PForm This game will rock!
Dealer BDeath, we will release a crack.
Incarnat3 Ok, so what the fuck are we going to do?
MMan Crack it first I think.
PForm Incarnate, just give it to Dealer.
Incarnat3 Its not in zips yet.
Bdeath Well, the fucking crack better be spread right after the
release.
MMan Include the crack in the LAST disk.
Skatman We are releasing it.
MMan Yeah man, thats the way to go. Upload every disk except for the
last one. And that will buy us some time. When Eck has it
cracked, we will put the crack in the last disk okee?
Dealer Good idea, Ill leave the last disk out.
MMan Ok, Dealer, upload the first what, 36 disks?
Skatman No, 22.
Dealer The last disk will have the crack
Bdeath I say we need to put the crack in the last disk.
MMan Lets rock :
Bdeath Ok, what is the release?
MMan NHL Powerplay.
Bdeath Ok, upload it all except the last disk.
PForm Give the release to Dealer!
*** MMan changes topic to CD CoreDump 96 - Lets Rock CD
*** PForm changes topic to CD GIVE TO DEALER NOW CD
Skatman Dealer has it.
Dealer I need to package it guys.
MMan We need a NFO and DIZ then. I hope Incarnates workin on it.
Dealer If we win on Beyond Akira, we win the Internet.
MMan Basically.
What can I say? MMan is the only guy with half a brain on your
team. The only thing I can say is that if youre uploading ISDN and
your cracker is as disorganized as the rest of the group, you stand no
chance cracking an entire game and testing it if its only 22 disks. On
ISDN thatll buy you a whole 30 minutes :-. Good luck in the future
guys.
Note : Coredump is in no way affiliated to the courier group Core.
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Author : Oxygen
Subject : Dont Type.. TALK!!!
The past few days, Ive been reflecting on something. New
communications packages and breakthroughs are popping up, and in my
opinion, can be used to our advantage. By using voice technology and
new file transfer tools, the warez scene as we know it can take a big
leap as far as trading is concerned, and provide both group and trader
to trader interaction with a new, exciting, and easy to use medium. Two
programs that I have tried and feel meet these requirements are Internet
Phone Release 4, by VocalTec and Internet Party Line by Intel.
Internet Phone Release 4 is a valuable tool. It provides several
features, with an easy to learn interface. Hidden under all the pretty
cartoons and modern buttons, lies a great multimedia communications
package, just waiting to be used. Over the past few days, Ive been
using the software, trying out the different tools such as file
transfers zip, txt, jpg, you name it, the whiteboard, text chat, voice
mail and of course the main focus of the program, voice capabilities.
Iphone4 lets users create their own channels, and allows other people
who have the same interests to easily find and join these channels.
Some channels that would probably be of interest to the average
elite are Warez, Warez Sites, Warez666, and even RCN has a channel open
for people to gather, named RCN of course, and new channels pop up
daily. Through the RCN channel, myself, RoadRebel, and a few others
have gotten together and found out it can be both fun, and valuable to
utilize Iphone to conduct small private meetings. I can show Road Rebel
an article I am working on, and talk about it on the spot, we can
transfer files easily, and many other features make it just a great
tool.
Internet Party Line lets more then one person get together to have
voice meetings. Also available is a text chat window, for people who
need it. What the program lacks in interface it makes up for in how it
brings several people together for one purpose. Groups can use this to
conduct their meetings in a new way, or they can use it just to chat
with friends. I think Internet Party Line is decent, but it pales in
comparison to the Internet Phone.
I hope this gives you some insight on how you can use these tools to
help bring your group together, transfer files, talk, and show each
other information on Iphones whiteboard, and basically have fun. And
if you ever need help, Im Oxygen in the Internet Phone Directory, look
for me in RCN, see ya!
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Author : Gorilla
Subject : Old vs. New or My Time Was Better than Yours
This is a comment spurred by Hitex/RCs reply to Bollox in RCN-19.
Bollox stated how severely messed up the scene is today and H/RC
replied ... I wont believe it that the scene was ever any better. ...
couldnt have been too excited when you downloaded Pong...
I am a long time trader, well known locally to any long-time pirate
in 516. I have been BBSing and moving files for over 12 yrs. I started
with the Commie, went to a TI 99/4A followed by the TI Professional, and
then various IBM clones. I have been, and no doubt will again, be a BBS
sysop running Telegard, Celerity, and PCB. I have been IRCing for less
than a year now.
Let me assure H/RC I was THRILLED when I got my first C64 program
off of The Gull many years ago.
Everyone suffers from the my time was better than yours syndrome.
Ask your parents and their parents. Everyone feels their time was the
best. The great thing about memories is that they are changeable by the
one remembering them. As time passes, that which sucked when we were
young either becomes a positive or fades from active recollection.
So the concept that at any one time, and the scene encompassed by
it, is any better than another is a waste of effort. It is
comparisons that matter not hard truths. The scene not all that long
ago since Im 41 it doesnt seem long was quite different. Thats
about all you can say about it.
When I started elite meant just that you had to know someone who
knew someone who knew someone to even get a BBS number to call for
files. As a sysop, I had tons of new members who would call my BBS and
seem to be under the impression that they were elite simply because
they had a modem and enough sense and even that wasnt always true to
use it.
Their qualifications for accessing my BBS and their definition of
eleet and how I DO hate this butchering of the English Language did
not in any sense compare with mine. My definition was longevity,
computer knowledge, innate intelligence, their reputation, desire,
politeness and contacts, i.e. who do you know that I know?
Theirs was I am on IRC and get 0-day warez. Theirs was Im in
XXX. Theirs was Im kewL. Theirs was Ive been trading for 2
months and my bud, who vouches for me has been in the scene almost a
month longer! Theirs was Hey, you need me more Fo0L than I need you.
As far as being on IRC goes, so what? Is like IRC selective or
something? All you need is a channel name, a 2kps or better connection
and dont prove yourself to be a TOTAL asshole and you can get all the
0-day you want. Its not hard and it tells me nothing about you.
And your warez group, so what? Many if not most of these groups
suck. It used to be if you got a file, it would work cause the group
had a rep to maintain. Now, groups their members come and go like
farts in the wind. Pride and personal reputation is a rapidly vanishing
concept.
Youre kewL? What do you mean by that? You do drugs? Hell, a
pussy from 1972 did more drugs in a week than youll do in a lifetime.
You mean you get files? What files? Useful working ones? Youre
kewL because you know what all those group initials mean? So does
anyone who can download a text file.
Youve been in the scene 2 months? Wow! And your friend has been
in 3???? Im impressed!
And I need you more than you need me? Even if true and it never
has been, that isnt a very smart thing to say to me, is it? At best,
it is rude. Your momma may still be wiping your ass when you take a
shit but dont expect me to.
The Internet has made things more democratic which is good. I am
elite but I never wanted to be an elitist. But, like all changes, that
silver cloud comes complete with a dark lining.
BBSing way back when was not solely about files. Files were small
so it left you enough time to leech and still do other stuff. BBSing
was about community. It was a shared secret. A BBS was a place were
people could communicate with others who shared that secret.
With the size of files nowadays, and the spread of those huge files
over the Internet, who talks anymore? How much talk goes on in the
channels and if there is any, how much of it is even worth reading?
And, assuming you BBS, how many elite boards even get any quality posts
any more?
The death of BBSing and I personally doubt it will ever die unlike
some can be traced to large files and the impersonality of the
Internet, where a person surfs but never gets wet. They do not, and
can not, immerse themselves in what was, at one time, more than a hobby,
it was an avocation. You BELIEVED in it.
Who believes in anything any more?
So lets not compare my days in the scene with yours. I made
friends, you know nicks. Your files are often much better but mine had
playability. Your files are easier to get but mine always worked.
You get stuff faster, but my stuff stayed around longer.
So, be happy with what you have. If you stay in the scene for more
than a year or two, the new kids coming up are going to consider you a
dinosaur too. They will argue and laugh at you when you are tempted in
years to come to tell them, Things were better when I first got into
the scene.
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Author : Karen
Subject : Being Female in a Male Internet
Whats life like on the Internet for a female? Well, Ill attempt
to fill you in on the little things that will probably make many of you
go Hmm.
I started out on the Internet many, many moons ago. I had a
particular friend who was into BBSing as much as me at the time, who
wanted to show me this thing called the Internet. How much better than
BBSing can it be? I asked myself. Well, I dont think Ive even come
close to being as elated as I was that day. What I saw was his hard
drive overflowing with warez. Immediatley, I wanted to have a piece of
it - I needed it - it needed me. I was hooked by the time I walked out
his door and drove home.
Later that day, I had my own Internet account. My own account on
the Internet! Wow, this was really cool! OK, time to start doing what
many of us do best.
CLANG!
Wait a minute. All these people on here are males! What!? You
dont believe Im female?! Aww, come on give me a break! Needless to
say, I found it very difficult on the Internet at first until I started
making some friends. Having a female nick on IRC can have its
disadvantages, but I decided to stay with it - come what may. I guess
being female has its advantages too, as I started to meet some pretty
influential people within the warez scene. Within a few months I had
become a respected Op on many of the WarezX channels, and started to
have an influence on what happened within the politics of each.
About two years after my introduction to the Internet, I decided to
get a permanent connection. I was a true Net-headess. I would leave
all of my sessions running, even IRC. I remember coming home from work
to find 30+ messages per day asking for Netsex and the like. Daily, I
would get mass invited to many Sex type channels, and quickly realized
that I needed to learn as much as possible about revenge on IRC. Enter
my experience with Killer Gold An mIRC script which gave me the
ammunition that I needed to combat the day-to-day nasties that I
encountered.
I now work with a mojor ISP in Australia, which allows me privileges
that I would not normally get as a mere user plus my permanent
connection is free now!. I get to chat with the administrators of
other ISPs, and request that any users that give me an exeptionally hard
time have their accounts revoked, etc.
I live on the Internet and like anyone else, I can see most bad
situations before they approach me. Experience counts for everything.
When the situation warrants it, I call in the services of my friends.
Theyve always been there for me since the start, and they will always
be there. They are true friends. We all have true friends, and we all
know who they are. I thank all my true friends. I would do anything
for them in return. Life deals us many hands, and we have to learn how
to react.
Being a female in a male dominated area is hard to get used to at
first, but when you meet the right people, it just clicks. We are all
friends.
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Author : Darkwing
Subject : Heathers Fat Smelly Pervert
Ive been a member of RCN for about a month now. I have to say its
great to see how a bunch of cool guys Rebel Chicken, Road Rebel, and
Hitex can make an idea like a warez e-zine work. Its also nice to see
all the support people show them for their work. RCN wouldnt exist
without its readers, nor without the people who stop by in channel RCN
for a chat every now and then. Despite all the support and effort that
goes into this piece of work, I have to be honest when I say that I have
never encountered something that attracts more immaturity and whining
than RCN. THREE times last week, I had to take back channel RCN.
People say things that piss off someone else in interviews, or maybe
one of the writers calls the wrong group of people a lamer. I mean
come on guys, if you have a beef with RCN, write to us, or talk to one
of us in the channel. Dont go attacking it. In the last two weeks
Ive squelched collisions, mass-flooding, takeovers, ICMP floods, and
probably everything you can imagine.
At this point I would like to take the opportunity to thank
Mikeysoft, who made me laugh quite hysterically at the mass killings
scrolling by my screen when some people from Netcom came in with about
100 floodbots or so.
Please try and remember that this is NEWS, and we are COMPLETELY
unbiased. I also ask the writers to remember this. As a news team it
is our job to find the truth and to get all sides of the story. We may
not always do the right thing, but we try and even if we do screw up
there is no reason to punish us over it. We do our best and if you
dont like it, tell us! I dont think Ive ever seen anyone kick banned
or ignored for coming in and saying they didnt agree with something.
Just try and remember that we are all volunteers, bringing a small bit
of entertainment to the scene every week. We probably work harder than
any courier, and just as hard as any cracker. We may not hook you up
with the latest releases, but we deserve the same treatment as everyone
else. One last thing, PLEASE remember that channel RCN is NOT a warez
channel. Do NOT join up and ask us for warez, you wont get any.
Well, if any of you have noticed me being pissy or non-sociable
since I joined.. there is a reason for it. One which I wont go into
detail, but lets just say I lost someone very important to me. However,
I have been cheered up immensely by my new girlfriend, Heather. Im
mentioning her in here just to impress her and maybe to make Rebel
Chicken jealous. She is 15, Im 17 so its not sick , a
professional singer, a professional cheerleader, smart, talented, and
CUTE!!! However, there is a small problem in her life.. someone she met
on IRC has been harassing her. This guy thinks that she is in love with
him. He has yet to acknowledge Heather and mines relationship for more
than 24 hours, and he is a complete pervert. This 19 year old has asked
her for cyber, real sex, what color her pubic hair is, what her chest
size is, if they can take a bath together, AND he even went so far as to
ask her if she ever masturbates. Not only that, whenever he actually
got her to go somewhere with him he stared at her ALL the time, threw
her down on a bench and tried to force her to kiss him, and always had
to be touching her in one way or another. Shes tried telling himshe
never loved him, that she loves me, AND even to fuck off but he just
wont listen.
So, faithful readers of RCN, I have a little idea. What say we
further hammer the idea into his head that she does NOT love him? I
propose a little hatemail contest. You can find him on IRC under the
nickname of Draygon. He hangs usually in channel Sailorscout and his
own little channel Draygons-Kingdom. His email address is
osika@pipeline.com.
Heres the deal, write him a good hard hatemail, telling him what
you think of his perverse child loving and attempted grand theft cradle,
and send a blind carbon copy i.e. so he cant see it was sent to me of
the letter to me, at darkwing@foothill.net. I will read them all, and
the top 3 letters will get posted in the next issue of RCN so you only
have a week. Kindly help Heather and I out here, as we are growing
quite tired of him. He tried to tell her yesterday that she is in love
with him and will break up with me soon. What a joke. I hope to get a
lot of responses, so just go over to your mailer real quick and type
something up. Help rid the sweetest girl in the world of this fat,
smelly pervert.
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Author : Software Piracy Association
Subject : Protecting Software in a CD-Recordable World
The following is an excerpt from the SPAs information file
concerning their stance on software piracy and what they intend to do to
prevent piracy :
The Threat
Piracy has been a major problem in the diskette-based software
market since the introduction of commercial software. SPA Software
Piracy Association did not collect piracy figures for the total
software industry until 1993, due to a lack of data on the extent of
consumer piracy. However, a glance at the data for business
applications tells the conservative story. In 1989, the total business
applications market in the U.S. was 3.1 billion, with a 48 piracy rate
which is equal to 2.3 billion in lost revenues for software publishers.
By 1994, the piracy rate in the U.S. market had dropped to 25, or
1.05 billion in losses for the 4.2 billion market. The consumer
market reached 1.3 billion that year. While we do not know the true
size of consumer piracy, we can safely assume that it constitutes a
large and expanding portion of the total software industry losses. In
the SPAs 1995 Consumer Survey, 20 of respondents admitted to openly
copying software. While the piracy rate in the U.S. has steadily
declined since 1989, in international markets piracy has increasingly
become a vexing problem. In 1994, SPA estimated that the piracy rate
internationally was 49.
While CD-ROM software has, until now, been relatively protected from
the threat of end-user piracy by the expense of CD-recordable
technology, the threat to software publishers is threefold :
1. As the cost of CD recorders CD-Rs rapidly decreases, the
threat of CD-ROM piracy among end-users dramatically increases.
2. The software market which is now an international market, faces
jurisdictional differences, wherein pirated software is
considered low priority.
3. Counterfeit software from offshore is being shipped into the
U.S. for rapid sale.
In light of this increased threat to CD-ROM software, SPA has begun
an investigation into potential solutions. Potential solutions cover the
range from software and hardware solutions, to legal and legislative
remedies. What follows is a critical assessment of all available
options. The goal of this report is to identify the option that
maximizes protection from unauthorized duplication, while retaining the
autonomy of each software publisher.
Potential Solutions
By using complex algorithms, software applications can be encoded to
ensure protection. Encryption is primarily used to protect data that is
being transferred via electronic distribution and on-line services.
Encryption can also be used to protect software applications.
Publishers could encrypt their software applications thereby making it
impossible for an end-user to use a copy of the application unless they
have the software key to decrypt the software code and turn it into a
usable format. The end-user would be required to register the product
either on-line or through a 1-800 number, in order to decrypt the
software. It is possible to create a unique encryption key for each
end-user. Additionally, if a publisher is opposed to forced
registration, encryption keys can be shipped with software applications.
However, by shipping encryption keys you allow the end-user to make a
copy of the application and the key. Encryption has great potential
because it can protect software that is being transmitted via electronic
distribution methods as well as CD-ROMs.
Protection built into the software application itself. Software can
be configured in a variety of ways in order to ensure protection.
Software protection can be configured to restrict the number of
executions prior to registration, allow only network installation or
single PC installation, and to restrict the amount of time in which an
application can be used prior to registration. Software applications
can be configured, once installation is complete to take a footprint of
the resident hard drive. Once a footprint has been taken, the software
application can only be used in conjunction with that hard drive, this
prevents users from making additional copies and passing them along to
friends. Depending upon the type of software protection used, an
on-line or 1-800 registration may have to be set up by the publisher for
authorized users. Software protection also allows for distribution
across multiple media. The benefit to the software publisher would be
that the same form of software protection could be used for CD-ROMS,
diskettes, and for electronic distribution.
Dongles are hardware keys which allow applications to be run on
personal computers and file servers. Dongles are a separate piece of
hardware that can either be provided with the product or purchased
separately. Software must be configured to ensure that it cannot be run
without the appropriate dongle. Publishers that select this option will
probably need to manufacture several different dongles. Most likely
there would have to be a dongle for each version of the software and
different configurations PC and network. On-line and electronic
distribution of software applications is possible with dongles, but both
the software application and the dongle itself are required for the user
to execute the application. Currently, dongles are used for high end
vertical applications as well as high cost applications such as CAD
software applications. One of the major drawbacks to this option is
cost. The cost of a single dongle approximately 30 can conceivably
double the cost of a consumer application.
Software protection can be used as an additional measure to protect
software using encryption technology. Decrypted applications can be
configured in a variety of different ways through use of software
protection in order to prevent unauthorized duplication. Encryptions
strength lies in its ability to protect software applications via
electronic distribution while software protection is most successful in
preventing end user piracy. When used together, software protection and
encryption provide the best line of defense against software piracy.
The motion picture and recording industries have faced similar
threats as those posed by CD-R technology to software publishers. A
review of the Betamax and DAT issues and their respective industry
responses will be useful in the development of a software industry
response to CD-Rs.
The issue of copyright infringement and electronic recording
technology was first raised with the introduction of the Betamax VCR.
Universal Studios and Walt Disney Productions sued Sony Corporation for
contributory copyright infringement Sony Corporation of America vs.
Universal City Studios. Universal argued that time-shifting of
copyrighted programs broadcast over television constituted copyright
infringement and Sony, as producer of the technology that enabled
time-shifting was a contributory infringer to any acts of this nature.
In 1984, the Supreme Court ruled that non-commercial time-shifting of
copyrighted programs does not impair the value of the copyrighted work,
and therefore may be considered fair use.
The introduction of home digital audio recording products in the
late 1980s raised the recording industrys interest in potential
copyright infringement due to the ability of digital recorders to
produce identical copies of sound recordings. In 1987 the hardware for
a digital audio tape DAT first became available in Japan and Europe.
Electronics manufacturers and the recording industry each had an
interest in resolving the issue prior to the introduction of DAT
technology in the U.S. The electronics industry feared the threat of
vicarious copyright infringement lawsuits by record producers and
composers and the recording industry had fought for a royalty scheme to
benefit copyright producers from home audio taping since the
introduction of audio cassette recorders in 1963.
In 1989, the International Recording Industry and the Consumer
Electronics Industry reached a compromise during their meeting in
Athens, Greece. This agreement stipulated that manufacturers of DAT
machines were to insert Serial Copy Management Systems SCMS into all
consumer DAT recorders. SCMS prevents users from making digital
recordings of first generation copies, but allows unlimited copying from
an original source recording. In 1990, Samuel Cahn and four music
publishing companies forestalled the implementation of this compromise
by filing a class action infringement suit against Sony Corporation
Cahn vs. Sony in an attempt to bar DAT technology from the United
States. This case was settled out of court in 1991. The Sony-Cahn
settlement was codified by Congress in the Audio Home Recording Act of
1992 AHRA.
The AHRA has three significant provisions : 6
1. Mandatory implementation of SCMS or some similar serial copy
protection on all digital audio recording equipment.
2. Mandatory royalty scheme on recording media and equipment
3. Prohibition of copyright infringement actions based on home
copying
SCMS implementation has allayed many recording industry fears that
unauthorized digital audio taping would become a cottage industry.
Additionally, the implementation of a royalty scheme has allowed US
producers to take advantage of reciprocity with international royalty
programs. While the SCMS implementation and royalty scheme have been
beneficial to the recording industry, they also have drawbacks. As
mentioned earlier, SCMS does not prevent unauthorized copying from an
original source, therefore as long as an original source is purchased by
the consumer, the consumer is free to make copies from that source.
The royalty scheme developed under AHRA has been largely
unsuccessful. This is because the royalties are based upon a percentage
value of the recording equipment and media. Since 1992, the cost of
these recorders and their media has dropped significantly. As such,
royalties are now only a fraction of what they were when the Act was
passed. The largest drawback of the AHRA is the provision prohibiting
the filing of copyright infringement litigation action based on home
copying. This provision is essentially an erosion of the rights granted
by the Copyright Act of 1976. By including this provision, AHRA removes
the question of whether home taping constitutes fair use by making home
taping a non-infringing activity.
Recommendation
The motion picture and sound recording industries have used
litigation and legislation, respectively, to control new reproduction
technologies, but these efforts have been either unsuccessful or
unprofitable. Rather than follow in their footsteps, SPA staff
recommends that SPA members endorse the incorporation of encryption and
software protection into titles and applications distributed in CD-ROM
format, as the best means for SPA to fight software piracy by end-users
and other middle men using CD-Rs. SPA will seek legislation and
regulatory changes in the US, Canada, and other countries that will make
effective and reliable encryption available to software publishers. SPA
will also pursue legislation that will prohibit the manufacture and sale
of devices or services intended primarily to defeat anti-copying
technology. By opting for the protection offered by encryption and
software protection, publishers will retain their right to protect their
software applications from unauthorized duplication and will not
sacrifice any of the remedies available under the Copyright Act once
infringement is discovered.
In order to facilitate discussion on this critical issue to SPA
members, the SPA will host a round table discussion on the CD-R issue
and encryption and software protection solutions for all SPA members at
the Spring Symposium in San Francisco. The purpose of this round table
will be to bring together publishers and SPA members involved in the
production of encryption and software protection technologies in order
to give publishers the chance to express their needs to the developers
that will supply this technology in the future.
Several SPA Member Companies protection providers participated in
an interactive session with CD-ROM publishers at the Spring Symposium.
The discussion focused on the types of technology available to help
prevent duplication of CD-ROMs. There are a wide variety of protections
available depending upon the cost that the publisher is willing to
undertake and the level of involvement that the publisher is willing to
pass on to the end-user. The take home message from this discussion, is
that there will be no free lunch. Technologies that are highly secure
such as footprinting, hardware keys and encryption are high in cost and
will increase the amount of steps an end-user will have to undertake
before being able to use a product. Lower level security products and
techniques such as flash screen warnings and forced registrations will
be low in cost, but will be easier to circumvent.
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Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Games
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The game didnt work and a crack/fix was not released within 72
hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack
or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.
1 The game was a dupe or freeware,
2 Unsatisfactory,
3 Average,
4 Above Average, and
5 Excellent!
A group may lose points the following week and have their releases
labeled as broken thus receiving the proper amout of points. If the
group has released a fix between the two issues, well give them credit
accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the
game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the
3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group
releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3
points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points.
Dates of Games Reviewed : 05/30/96 - 06/05/96
Filename : -- Fix name : --
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Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 0
/ / Running Total : 0
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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/ // / /. / /
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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 Points
RZR
3 Points
ROR
7 Points
Average Score Per Release :
Prestige - 4.0
Razor 1911 - 3.0
Release on Rampage 2.3
Hybrid - 0.0
Napalm - 0.0
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Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Games
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The game didnt work and a crack/fix was not released within 72
hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack
or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.
1 The game was a dupe or freeware,
2 Unsatisfactory,
3 Average,
4 Above Average, and
5 Excellent!
A group may lose points the following week and have their releases
labeled as broken thus receiving the proper amout of points. If the
group has released a fix between the two issues, well give them credit
accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the
game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the
3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group
releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3
points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points.
Dates of Games Reviewed : 06/06/96 - 06/12/96
Filename : HBD-KO01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-07-96 Filedate : --
Kick Off 96 C Anco 01/10 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 3
/ / / / Running Total : 3
::d::::::./.:.:::::::::
Filename : -- Fix name : --
Filedate : -- Filedate : --
/. Previous Total : 0
. / . . . :. Release Score : 0
.: /. :: /: Y /96:. Running Total : 0
/ .:. /:. .:.mr! .:. .:: .
Filename : PSGDIN01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-06-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 0
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 4
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 4
/aL!/--------/-----+
Dinotopis c Turner Interactive 01/13
Filename : SAVAGE01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-07-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 4
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 2
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 6
/aL!/--------/-----+
Savage c Discovery Channel 01/30
Filename : PSGBHB01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-08-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 6
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 5
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 11
/aL!/--------/-----+
FRANK THOMAS BIG HURT BASEBALL 01/36
Filename : PSGB2B01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-09-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 11
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 4
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 15
/aL!/--------/-----+
Back to Baghdad c Military Sim. 01/23
Filename : -- Fix name : --
Filedate : -- Filedate : --
Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 0
/ . Running Total : 0
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Filename : -- Fix name : --
Filedate : -- Filedate : --
Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 0
Running Total : 0
/ /96
Score Chart : Games
HBD
3 Points
NPM
0
PSG
15 Points
RZR
0
ROR
0
Average Score Per Release :
Prestige - 3.8
Hybrid - 3.0
Napalm - 0.0
Razor 1911 - 0.0
Release on Rampage 0.0
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Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Games
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The game didnt work and a crack/fix was not released within 72
hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack
or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.
1 The game was a dupe or freeware,
2 Unsatisfactory,
3 Average,
4 Above Average, and
5 Excellent!
A group may lose points the following week and have their releases
labeled as broken thus receiving the proper amout of points. If the
group has released a fix between the two issues, well give them credit
accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the
game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the
3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group
releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3
points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points.
Dates of Games Reviewed : 06/13/96 - 06/19/96
Filename : -- Fix name : --
Filedate : -- Filedate : --
Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 0
/ / / / Running Total : 0
::d::::::./.:.:::::::::
Filename : NPMLB-01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-16-96 Filedate : --
/. Previous Total : 0
. / . . . :. Release Score : 4
.: /. :: /: Y /96:. Running Total : 4
/ .:. /:. .:.mr! .:. .:: .
AH-64D LONGBOW c ORIGIN 01/46
Filename : NPMLBSP1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-16-96 Filedate : --
/. Previous Total : 4
. / . . . :. Release Score : 2
.: /. :: /: Y /96:. Running Total : 6
/ .:. /:. .:.mr! .:. .:: .
AH-64D LONGBOW *SPEECH PACK* 1/4
Filename : PSGCAT01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-14-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 0
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 4
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 4
/aL!/--------/-----+
CATFIGHT c Atlantean Interactive 01/20
Filename : HSOLPSG1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-15-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 4
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 2
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 6
/aL!/--------/-----+
Hoyle Solitaire c Sierra Online 1/7
Filename : PSG-AC1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-17-96 Filedate : --
/ / Previous Total : 6
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 4
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 10
/aL!/--------/-----+
American CivilWar cInteractive Magic 1/26
Filename : TBFFPSG1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-18-96 Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 10
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 2
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 12
/aL!/--------/-----+
Terry Bradshaw Fantasy Football 1/2
Filename : PANZER01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-13-96 Filedate : --
Panzer General c SSi 01/21 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 5
/ . Running Total : 5
dZG/ // / /. / /
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DIVISION
Filename : SU27RZR1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-14-96 Filedate : --
SU-27 FLANKER FOR DOS c SSI 01/04 Previous Total : 5
Release Score : 4
/ . Running Total : 9
dZG/ // / /. / /
/1911CDDIVISION/
Filename : ROR-NM01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-16-96 Filedate : --
MECH 2: NET MECH *FULL RETAIL/STORE VERSION* Previous Total : 0
c ACTIVISION 01/25 Release Score : 4
Running Total : 4
06/15/96
Score Chart : Games
HBD
0
NPM
6 Points
PSG
12 Points
RZR
9 Points
ROR
4 Points
Average Score Per Release :
Razor 1911 - 4.5
Release on Rampage 4.0
Napalm - 3.0
Prestige - 3.0
Hybrid - 0.0
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r e v i e w s !
Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Games
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The game didnt work and a crack/fix was not released within 72
hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack
or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.
1 The game was a dupe or freeware,
2 Unsatisfactory,
3 Average,
4 Above Average, and
5 Excellent!
A group may lose points the following week and have their releases
labeled as broken thus receiving the proper amout of points. If the
group has released a fix between the two issues, well give them credit
accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the
game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the
3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group
releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3
points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points.
Dates of Games Reviewed : 06/20/96 - 06/26/96
Filename : HBD-COS1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-21-96 Filedate : --
Complete Onside Soccer C Telstar 1/12 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 4
/ / / / Running Total : 4
::d::::::./.:.:::::::::
Filename : HBDCCEVE.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-26-96 Filedate : --
Command Companion: Eve of Domination Previous Total : 4
c Actura Software Release Score : 3
*** REQS COMMAND CONQUER *** Running Total : 7
::d::::::./.:.:::::::::
Filename : -- Fix name : --
Filedate : -- Filedate : --
/. Previous Total : 0
. / . . . :. Release Score : 0
.: /. :: /: Y /96:. Running Total : 0
/ .:. /:. .:.mr! .:. .:: .
Filename : -- Fix name : --
Filedate : -- Filedate : --
/ Previous Total : 0
/ / / / / / / Release Score : 0
/ / / / / / / Running Total : 0
/aL!/--------/-----+
Filename : -- Fix name : --
Filedate : -- Filedate : --
Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 0
/ . Running Total : 0
dZG/ // / /. / /
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DIVISION
Filename : ROR-QK01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-24-96 Filedate : --
QUAKE *FINAL* c ID SOFTWARE 01/15 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : -3
Running Total : -3
06/21/96
-/- FAKE -/- FAKE -/- FAKE -/- FAKE -/-
Score Chart : Games
HBD
7 Points
NPM
0
PSG
0
RZR
0
ROR
-3
Average Score Per Release :
Hybrid - 3.5
Napalm - 0.0
Prestige - 0.0
Razor 1911 - 0.0
Release on Rampage 0.0
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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 JUN JUN JUN Total
HBD
0/0
3/1
0/0
7/2
10/3
0.0
3.5
+3.5
NPM
0/0
0/0
6/2
0/0
6/2
3.0
0.0
-3.0
PSG
16/4
15/4
12/4
0/0
43/12
3.0
0.0
-3.0
RZR
3/1
0/0
9/2
0/0
12/3
4.5
0.0
-4.5
ROR
7/3
0/0
4/1
-3/1
8/5
4.0
0.0
-4.0
of Releases Last Weeks Yield
of Points This Weeks Yield
Change in Yield
Yield of Points / of Releases
Change in Yield Current Weeks Yield - Previous Weeks Yield
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Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Utils
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The util didnt work and a crack/fix was not released within 72
hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack
or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.
1 The util was a dupe or freeware,
2 Unsatisfactory,
3 Average,
4 Above Average, and
5 Excellent!
A group may lose points the following week and have their releases
labeled as broken thus receiving the proper amout of points. If the
group has released a fix between the two issues, well give them credit
accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the
util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the
3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group
releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3
points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points.
Dates of Utils Reviewed : 05/30/96 - 06/05/96
Filename : DODALG21.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-02-96 Filedate : --
MULTIMEDIA ALGEBRA 2 v3.4 FOR WINDOWS 1/6 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 4
Running Total : 4
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * O2-June-96
Filename : DODCDVW.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-03-96 Filedate : --
CD-VIEW 2.02D FOR DOS/NETWARE 1/1 Previous Total : 4
Release Score : 3
Running Total : 7
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 02-JUN-96
Filename : DOD-QP16.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-04-96 Filedate : --
QUERY PERFECT 1.0 16-BIT 1/1 Previous Total : 7
Release Score : 2
Running Total : 10
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 04-JUN-96
Filename : DOD-QP32.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-04-96 Filedate : --
QUERY PERFECT 1.0 32-BIT 1/1 Previous Total : 10
Release Score : 2
Running Total : 12
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 04-JUN-96
Filename : DOD-LEX1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : --
TRA LexiCAT For Windows 1/2 Previous Total : 12
Release Score : 3
Running Total : 15
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 05-JUN-96
Filename : MTYTREE.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-30-96 Filedate : --
MCEN Tree Factory c MCEN Graphics Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 2
/ / / / / Running Total : 2
Released: 05-30-96 Mortality 96!
Filename : MTYQAPP1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-31-96 Filedate : --
QuickApp v.3.00 c AttachMate Previous Total : 2
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 5
pn
01/0205/31/96
Filename : MTYTLIS1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-03-96 Filedate : --
TLIST 3 /PRO OCX EDITION ENHANCED Previous Total : 5
OUTLINE CONTROL Release Score : 2
.... Running Total : 7
pn
01/0105/30/96
Filename : MTY-TS01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : --
TriSpectives CDRIP for Win95 Previous Total : 7
.... Release Score : 4
Running Total : 11
pn
01/3106/04/96
Filename : MTYCADT1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : --
CADET v3.0 c ATTACHMATE CORP. Previous Total : 11
.... Release Score : 2
Running Total : 13
pn
01/0306/03/96
Filename : MTYGRPH1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : --
GRAPHICALLY!! v1.01A for ACE Audit Previous Total : 13
.... Release Score : 2
Running Total : 15
pn
01/0406/04/96
Filename : MTYOMNI1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : --
OMNI PAGE PRO 7.0 WIN 95c CAERE CORP. Previous Total : 15
.... Release Score : -3
Running Total : 12
pn
01/0506/05/96
Filename : LSNTPWA1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 5-31-96 Filedate : --
LightSpeed Term Emulation NT Server Previous Total : 0
1/2 Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 3
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeNf
.DIZ date: 05.30.96 .NFO date 05.30.96
Filename : ON32B2-1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-03-96 Filedate : --
FTP OnNet32 International Beta 2.0 Previous Total : 3
for Win95 and Win NT 4.0 1/13 Release Score : 2
Running Total : 5
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : ON32B2U1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-03-96 Filedate : --
FTP OnNet32 US CD Version Beta 2.0 Previous Total : 5
for Win95 and Win NT 4.0 1/12 Release Score : 2
Running Total : 7
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : RBS-WBIT.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-03-96 Filedate : --
Web-it! Pro for Windows v1.2 Previous Total : 0
01/01 Release Score : 4
/ / / Running Total : 4
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-ZI10.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-04-96 Filedate : --
Zipit! v1.0 for Windows 95 Previous Total : 4
01/01 Release Score : 3
/ / / Running Total : 7
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBSMBA01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-04-96 Filedate : --
Micro House Tech Lib v296 CD-RIP Previous Total : 7
Main Boards Section A Release Score : 2
01/27 Running Total : 9
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBSMBB01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-04-96 Filedate : --
Micro House Tech Lib v296 CD-RIP Previous Total : 9
Main Boards Section B Release Score : 2
01/48 Running Total : 11
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBSMHM01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-04-96 Filedate : --
Micro House Tech Lib v296 CD-RIP Previous Total : 11
Main Section with 100 Crack Release Score : 2
01/41 Running Total : 13
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-DANA.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : --
Dana v1.04 for Windows 95 Previous Total : 13
01/01 Release Score : 3
/ / / Running Total : 16
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-LIQA.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-05-96 Filedate : --
Liquid Motion, Great JAVA Creation Program Previous Total : 16
01/02 Release Score : 4
/ / / Running Total : 20
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : -- Fix name : --
Filedate : -- Filedate : --
Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 0
Running Total : 0
sikos
Score Chart : Utils
DOD
17 Points
MTY
12 Points
PWA
7 Points
RBS
20 Points
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
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The util didnt work and a crack/fix was not released within 72
hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack
or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.
1 The util was a dupe or freeware,
2 Unsatisfactory,
3 Average,
4 Above Average, and
5 Excellent!
A group may lose points the following week and have their releases
labeled as broken thus receiving the proper amout of points. If the
group has released a fix between the two issues, well give them credit
accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the
util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the
3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group
releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3
points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points.
Dates of Utils Reviewed : 06/06/96 - 06/12/96
Filename : DOD-SE11.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-11-96 Filedate : --
SOFTSCAPE EXPLORER PLUS V1.0 01/05 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 4
/ l/ / l/ / l/ / Running Total : 4
//m/
* D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6 *
DOD * 11-Jun-96
Filename : MTYJDKL1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-06-96 Filedate : --
Java Delopers Kit v1.0 for LNX Previous Total : 0
.... Release Score : 4
Running Total : 4
pn
01/0306/06/96
Filename : MTY-INT.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-09-96 Filedate : --
Internet ToolPak v2.0
Crescent Software Previous Total : 4
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 7
pn
01/0106/09/96
Filename : MTY-NET.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-09-96 Filedate : --
NetPak Professional
Crescent Software Previous Total : 7
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 10
pn
01/0106/09/96
Filename : MTY-XREF.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-09-96 Filedate : --
XRef VB Add-On
Crescent Software Previous Total : 10
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 13
pn
01/0106/09/96
Filename : MTYAPIV1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-09-96 Filedate : --
API Vision 1.5 Previous Total : 13
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 16
pn
01/0206/09/96
Filename : MTYEVB4.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-11-96 Filedate : --
Enquiry For Visual Basic v4.0 Previous Total : 16
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 19
pn
01/0106/11/96
Filename : MTYNET01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-11-96 Filedate : --
Net Commander 95/3.1 v1.0 c Luckman Previous Total : 19
.... Release Score : 4
Running Total : 23
pn
01/1806/11/96
Filename : MTYWCD01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-11-96 Filedate : --
Web Commander 95 v1.0 c Luckman Previous Total : 23
.... Release Score : 4
Running Total : 27
pn
01/4206/11/96
Filename : PWAPOWB.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-07-96 Filedate : --
PowerBasic Compiler 01/01 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 3
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeNf
Filename : PWASDB01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-09-96 Filedate : --
MR. SCANNER - DATABASES 01/15 Previous Total : 3
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 6
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeNf
Filename : PWAT351.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-11-96 Filedate : --
Telix 3.51 Dos Registered 1/1 Previous Total : 6
Release Score : 2
A Group Running Total : 8
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
DK -XeN
Filename : ASLPWA01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-12-96 Filedate : --
Access Super Libray CD-Rip 01/49 Previous Total : 8
Release Score : 2
A Group Running Total : 10
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
DK -XeN
Filename : PWA13321.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-12-96 Filedate : --
Previous Total : 10
A Group Release Score : 3
That Gives Running Total : 13
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeNf
Windows NT Server build 1332 01/30
Filename : RBS-RECH.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-06-96 Filedate : --
ReachOut v5.05 for Win95/3.xx Previous Total : 0
01/01 Release Score : 4
/ / / Running Total : 4
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-FIT.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-07-96 Filedate : --
Frame-It v1.10 for Windows 95 Previous Total : 4
01/01 Release Score : 3
/ / / Running Total : 7
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-MIML.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-07-96 Filedate : --
MiMail for Windows Previous Total : 7
01/01 Release Score : 3
/ / / Running Total : 10
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-MORF.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-07-96 Filedate : --
Morpher v1.2 for Windows 95 Previous Total : 10
01/01 Release Score : 4
/ / / Running Total : 14
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-WPC.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-07-96 Filedate : --
Web Page Creator v4.5 for Windows 95 Previous Total : 14
01/01 Release Score : 4
/ / / Running Total : 18
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : FMSA1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-10-96* Filedate : --
MS ClipArt Office cd-rip c MS Previous Total : 0
01/04
Release Score : 3
Running Total : 3
sikos
Filename : XF-BO21.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-11-96 Filedate : --
MICROSOFT BACKOFFICE SDK V2.0 Previous Total : 3
Windows NT 3.51/4.0 Beta 2 and W95 Release Score : 3
01/20
Running Total : 6
sikos
Score Chart : Utils
DOD
4 Points
MTY
27 Points
PWA
13 Points
RBS
18 Points
X-F
6 Points
Average Score Per Release :
Drink or Die - 4.0
Rebels - 3.6
Mortality - 3.4
X-Force - 3.0
Pirates with Attitudes - 2.6
r c n
r e v i e w s !
Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Utils
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The util didnt work and a crack/fix was not released within 72
hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack
or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.
1 The util was a dupe or freeware,
2 Unsatisfactory,
3 Average,
4 Above Average, and
5 Excellent!
A group may lose points the following week and have their releases
labeled as broken thus receiving the proper amout of points. If the
group has released a fix between the two issues, well give them credit
accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the
util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the
3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group
releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3
points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points.
Dates of Utils Reviewed : 06/13/96 - 06/19/96
Filename : DODWSFTP.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-13-96 Filedate : --
WS FTP PROFESSIONAL FOR WINDOWS 1/1 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 2
Running Total : 2
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 13-Jun-96
Filename : DOD-M301.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-14-96 Filedate : --
MINUTEMAN V3.0 FOR WIN3.1/95 01/02 Previous Total : 2
Release Score : 4
Running Total : 6
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 14-Jun-96
Filename : DODCHSTB.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-16-96 Filedate : --
CHARACTER STUDIO MAX PLUGIN BETA 1/1 Previous Total : 6
Release Score : 2
Running Total : 8
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 16-JUN-96
Filename : MTYCMPU1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-13-96 Filedate : --
COMPUVIEW NAVIGATOR FOR WINDOWS Previous Total : 0
.... Release Score : 2
Running Total : 2
pn
01/0206/13/96
Filename : MTYXING.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-13-96 Filedate : --
XING MPEG Player v3.0b For Win95 Previous Total : 2
.... Release Score : 1
Running Total : 3
pn
01/0106/13/96
Filename : MTYDISC1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-16-96 Filedate : --
Microtest DiscPort c Microtest Previous Total : 3
.... Release Score : 2
Running Total : 5
pn
01/0706/16/96
Filename : MTYSTS01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-16-96 Filedate : --
Symptoms c Healthsoft Previous Total : 5
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 8
pn
01/2106/16/96
Filename : NMBIPWA1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-13-96 Filedate : --
Network MCI Buisness InternetMCI Previous Total : 0
version 1.22 1/3 Release Score : 2
Running Total : 2
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWAACL01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-14-96 Filedate : --
Autocad Lite R3 Win 95/NT 01/15 Previous Total : 2
Release Score : 4
A Group Running Total : 6
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWA-BR01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-15-96 Filedate : --
BRender v1.1.2 01/07 Previous Total : 6
Release Score : 4
A Group Running Total : 10
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWA-VVBX.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-16-96 Filedate : --
VideoSoft VSView VBX 01/01 Previous Total : 10
Release Score : 2
A Group Running Total : 12
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : E16PWA01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-17-96 Filedate : --
Extra! Personal Client 16bit 01/41 Previous Total : 12
Version 6.1 full Release Release Score : 2
Running Total : 14
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : E32PWA01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-17-96 Filedate : --
EXTRA! Personal Client 6.1 01/27 Previous Total : 14
32bit full release Release Score : 2
Running Total : 16
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : RBS14-01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-15-96 Filedate : --
OS/2 Merlin build 14 aka OS/2 Warp v4.0 Previous Total : 0
01/43 Release Score : 3
/ / / Running Total : 3
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : XFLWVP01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-13-96 Filedate : --
VIEWPOINTS DARALAB MODELS Previous Total : 0
FOR LIGHTWAVE 5.0 Release Score : 3
01/11
Running Total : 3
sikos
Filename : XF-WB961.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-16-96 Filedate : --
WINBENCH 96 Previous Total : 3
c Ziff Davis Release Score : 1
01/02
Running Total : 4
sikos
Filename : XFALPH01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-19-96 Filedate : --
DEC Altavista Firewall Network ALPHA Previous Total : 4
- Beta1.1 - for Win NT c DEC Release Score : 3
01/15
Running Total : 7
sikos
Filename : XFTCP4-A.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-19-96 Filedate : --
TCP/IP v4.0 for OS/2 Warp and Merlin Previous Total : 7
Pre-Release c IBM Release Score : 2
01/14
Running Total : 9
amachine
Score Chart : Utils
DOD
8 Points
MTY
8 Points
PWA
16 Points
RBS
3 Points
X-F
9 Points
Average Score Per Release :
Rebels - 3.0
Drink or Die - 2.7
Pirates with Attitudes - 2.7
X-Force - 2.3
Mortality - 2.0
r c n
r e v i e w s !
Author : Rebel Chicken
Subject : Group Reviews : Utils
Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Networks all new group review!
Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene.
Well, actually, *I* wont be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!
Its all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you
will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity. Lets
review the criteria Ill be using for judging releases. The following
is the scoring basis Ill be using :
Points :
-3 The util didnt work and a crack/fix was not released within 72
hours. The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack
or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.
1 The util was a dupe or freeware,
2 Unsatisfactory,
3 Average,
4 Above Average, and
5 Excellent!
A group may lose points the following week and have their releases
labeled as broken thus receiving the proper amout of points. If the
group has released a fix between the two issues, well give them credit
accordingly. If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the
util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the
3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned. If a group
releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3
points back, but get no more. Betas may receive no more than 3 points.
Dates of Utils Reviewed : 06/20/96 - 06/26/96
Filename : DODCAFE1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-20-96 Filedate : --
SYMANTEC CAFE 1.2 FOR WIN95/NT 1/9 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 5
Running Total : 5
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 20-Jun-96
Filename : DODDLD01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-21-96 Filedate : --
LANTASTIC DEDICATED SERVER 1.1 01/14 Previous Total : 5
ENGLISH DOCS Release Score : 2
Running Total : 7
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 21-Jun-96
Filename : DODDLT01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-21-96 Filedate : --
LANTASTIC DEDICATED SERVER 1.1 01/44 Previous Total : 7
Release Score : 3
Running Total : 10
/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
m/
D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 6
DOD * 21-Jun-96
Filename : MTYNC951.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-22-96 Filedate : --
Previous Total : 0
/ / / / Release Score : 5
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / Running Total : 5
- M O R T A L I T Y -
06/22/961/2
Norton Commander v1.01 for Win95 FINAL
Filename : MTYPART1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-23-96 Filedate : --
Print Artist 1500 c Sierra Previous Total : 5
Release Score : 4
/ / / / Running Total : 9
- M O R T A L I T Y -
06/23/961/6
Filename : MTYKFM1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-24-96 Filedate : --
Keller Fleet Maintence c Keller Previous Total : 9
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 12
pn
01/0406/24/96
Filename : MTYPP212.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-25-96 Filedate : --
Wanderlink v2.12 with Proxy v1.6 Previous Total : 12
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 15
pn
01/0106/25/96
Filename : MTYZHPM1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-25-96 Filedate : --
Zip! Host Print Manager v1.01 Previous Total : 15
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 18
pn
01/0206/25/96
Filename : MTYHOT31.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-26-96 Filedate : --
HOTDOCS v3.0B c CAPSOFT INC. Previous Total : 18
.... Release Score : 4
Running Total : 22
pn
02/0206/26/96
Filename : MTYUNIN1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-26-96 Filedate : --
UNINet c Attachmate Previous Total : 22
.... Release Score : 3
Running Total : 25
pn
01/0506/26/96
Filename : PWA-TBP1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-20-96 Filedate : --
Turbo Publisher Build 3.03a Win 1/8 Previous Total : 0
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 3
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeNf
Filename : PWANTBC1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-20-96 Filedate : --
BoundsChecker Professional Edition Previous Total : 3
for Windows-NT Version 4.00.193 Release Score : 3
S/N 3000-9147F5-77 Running Total : 6
Disk 5/5
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeNf
Filename : PWACDX31.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-21-96 Filedate : --
DiskExtender 3.00 for Win/NT 1/7 Previous Total : 6
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 9
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeNf
Filename : PWASINT.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-21-96 Filedate : --
SoftIce/NT from NuMega Previous Total : 9
Version 1.0 Release Score : 4
S/N 3000-9147F5-77 Running Total : 13
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeNf
Filename : PWAVOX01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-21-96 Filedate : --
Voice for Windows95 1/6 Previous Total : 13
Release Score : 4
A Group Running Total : 17
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeNf
Filename : PWALCB21.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-22-96 Filedate : --
Lotus Components Beta2 01/06 Previous Total : 17
Release Score : 3
A Group Running Total : 20
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeNf
Filename : PWALVN11.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-22-96 Filedate : --
Lotus VideoNotes v1.2 01/03 Previous Total : 20
Release Score : 4
A Group Running Total : 24
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeNf
Filename : PWAVW101.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-25-96 Filedate : --
ParcPlace VisualWave v1.0A 01/12 Previous Total : 24
The object-oriented development Release Score : 4
environment for creating live Running Total : 28
Web applications.
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : PWA-FTM1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-26-96 Filedate : --
FAMILY TREEMAKER 3.1 for WIN 95 1/5 Previous Total : 28
Release Score : 4
A Group Running Total : 32
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Filename : RBS-ICCD.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-20-96 Filedate : --
ICCD v3.2 for Windows 95 Previous Total : 0
01/01 Release Score : 3
/ / / Running Total : 3
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-WRAR.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-21-96 Filedate : --
RAR v2.00 for Windows 95/32s Previous Total : 3
01/01 Release Score : 3
/ / / Running Total : 6
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBSB1801.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-22-96 Filedate : --
OS/2 Warp v4.0 aka OS/2 Merlin Build 18 Previous Total : 6
01/49 Release Score : 3
/ / / Running Total : 9
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-METL.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-23-96 Filedate : --
Metz Lock v4.0 for Windows Previous Total : 9
01/01 Release Score : 3
/ / / Running Total : 12
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-HTNT.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-24-96 Filedate : --
HTML Notepad v2.0 for Windows 95 Previous Total : 12
01/01 Release Score : 3
/ / / Running Total : 15
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-MHZI.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-24-96 Filedate : --
MicroHouse Zip Previous Total : 15
01/01 Release Score : 3
/ / / Running Total : 18
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : RBS-QBR1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-25-96 Filedate : --
Quickbooks UPDATE: To Version 4.0r11 Previous Total : 18
01/01 Release Score : 1
/ / / Running Total : 19
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.
Filename : XF-OBJ01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-20-96 Filedate : --
OBJECT STORE 4.0.1 FOR WINDOWS NT/95 Previous Total : 0
c OBJECT DESIGN Release Score : 4
01/16
Running Total : 4
sikos
Filename : XFFX32R1.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-20-96 Filedate : --
INTEL 32-BIT to ALPHA 32-BIT Previous Total : 4
Release Candidate 1 c DEC Release Score : 3
01/05
Running Total : 7
sikos
Filename : XFLW5C01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-24-96 Filedate : --
LIGHTWAVE 5.0 -FINAL RELEASE- REVISION C Previous Total : 7
CD-RIP 100 CRACKED c NEWTEK Release Score : 4
01/22
Running Total : 11
sikos
Filename : XFICET95.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-25-96 Filedate : --
ICE TCP 95 TRIALWARE Previous Total : 11
-CRACKED- Release Score : 3
01/01
Running Total : 14
sikos
Filename : XFEXCD01.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-26-96 Filedate : --
MICROSOFT EXCHANGE SERVER Previous Total : 14
FULL DOCUMENTATION Release Score : 2
01/15
Running Total : 16
sikos
Filename : XFSDK201.ZIP Fix name : --
Filedate : 6-26-96 Filedate : --
MICROSOFT SDK FOR WINDOWS NT / 95 Previous Total : 16
CD-RIP Release Score : 5
01/69
Running Total : 21
sikos
Score Chart : Utils
DOD
10 Points
MTY
25 Points
PWA
32 Points
RBS
19 Points
X-F
21 Points
Average Score Per Release :
Mortality - 3.6
Pirates with Attitudes - 3.6
X-Force - 3.5
Drink or Die - 3.3
Rebels - 2.7
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 JUN JUN JUN Total
DOD
15/5
4/1
8/3
10/3
37/12
2.7
3.3
+0.6
MTY
12/7
27/8
8/4
25/7
72/20
2.0
3.6
+1.6
PWA
7/3
13/5
16/6
32/9
68/23
2.7
3.6
+0.1
RBS
20/7
18/5
3/1
19/7
60/20
3.0
2.7
-0.3
X-F
0/0
6/2
9/4
21/6
36/12
2.3
3.5
+1.2
of Releases Last Weeks Yield
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News Updates Sometimes the news can be funny...ok well maybe never,
but it is now, ok?
Some of you have been wondering how do I manage to get all the games
released each week and have time to play them and review them. Well,
its simple! I own this magic wand called the Game-o-rizer. What it
does, is it magically downloads shit at 100 MB/S and then it
automatically follows the directions in the NFOs and installs them, plays
them, and then writes about them. See, I dont actually do anything,
its all my Game-o-rizer magic wand. And now for a limited time only,
you too can purchase a Game-o-rizer magic wand for the low price of only
1,999. A steal at this low price, it comes in the following colors :
Green, Red, Blue, White Cum, and Yellow Vaginal Yeast Infection. To
order, send chicks or babes to Game-o-rizer, 11 Bullshit Dr., Smokey-
Air, Los Angeles, California, 90210. Shipping and handling only 50.
Please allow 2-4 centuries for delivery, as it will be shipped through
UPS.
And now from the home office in So-SueMe City, Iowa, its time for
Ionizers Top Five List. I couldnt afford all 10 so I got the half-
price deal. Please take this section with a laugh and dont be
offended, its just a joke. REPEAT: this is merely a joke, its not
true, and is meant just for a laugh.
****TOP FIVE SIGNS TO TELL WHO RELEASED THE GAME YOU DOWNLOADED****
5. Its registered Shareware...............................Razor
4. Baseball?, sure! Pitch? NO!............................Prestige
3. Its a soccer game......................................Hybrid
2. It claims to be something its not......................RoR
1. It doesnt work.........................................Napalm
WHERE and WHEN can I GET The Game Review? The Game Review C Ionizer
will be released every SUNDAY, and can be obtained by
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http://ns2.clever.net/ionizer Note : Contains all issues and is
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GAME REVIEWS, RATINGS, UN-BIASED OPINIONS, HELP/TIPS FOR INSTALLING GAMES!
Rating scale :
0-19/100 In a nutshell, it sucked!
20-39/100 Still crap but slightly better.
40-49/100 Possibly worth downloading.
50-69/100 Pretty decent game. Might want to check it out.
70-79/100 Worth the download if you like that type.
80-89/100 Very good, 9 outta 10 its worth the download.
90-99/100 Excellent game, a MUST download.
100/100 HOLY SHIT IVE NEVER SEEN A BETTER GAME!
RATINGS are based on the game idea, graphics, sound, playability,
ingenuity, versatility, and a lot of other words ending in ity. These
games are based on what happens on MY COMPUTER ONLY, unless stated
otherwise. I always first follow NFO directions, and if those dont
work or are not available, I then try other ways. So just b/c it
doesnt work for me, doesnt mean it wont work for you.
-** THE GAME REVIEW **-
A New Duke3D Dukematch Level
This is a deathmatch only level.
Small to medium in size. 7 megs.
Just a bunch of .map files to addon to DN3D. Nothing special, a
nice collection to have for games against other people. Some are really
shitty, some are really good. Thats about it.
RATING : 30/100 most do suck
HACKERS UNDER WORLD CD-RIP 32/32
PcW
P C W A R E Z 9 6
-----warden96-----06/24/96-----
This is a lameass collection of hacking, phreaking and virii shit.
Its basically 180 megs of .txt shit. You must have a lot of free time,
be an extremely bored person, or extremely desperate for hardware type
person if you actually read all this. Its all crap from ages ago, so
half the info. is most likely outdated, There is a new high-tech thing
out, called a cellular phone and you can steal the codes!. Ya know,
shit like that Dont waste your time. Its barely even helpful to
newbie hackers.
RATING : 26/100
/ war!
Atmos Fear CD-RIP Install Fix 0625
----------------01/01
Uhhh, fantastic, they included the files that were missing, but the
game still wont run because it needs the cd, and fakecd, no matter what
way I used it, would not make it run.
RATING : NA/100
/aL!/--------/-----+
Tigers on the Prowl 2 c HPS 1/1
The graphics and the sound on this one makes PacMan look like its
the bomb. Lame war game, ugly dot-ish graphics, ugly maps and colors,
leeto pc speaker sound. Dont bother, even if you do like wargames.
RATING : 11/100
Virtual Victor XXX GAMEZ xX/o4
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ASiAN BOYZ iNSANE
Knowing the leader of this group, I thought that this might be a
bunch of gay games with naked guys, especially since it was Victor.
But, I soon found out it was more like Virtual Vallery, but you see the
robot like guy, Victor, fucking some chick. You can blow her, fuck her
from behind, on top, or be on the bottom. Its practically just like
Vallery, you need to gain stamina, by talking to her, fucking her, etc,
and then you can goo all over her. Graphics pretty good, sound, uhh
well its a lot of uhhh ohh ahh etc.
RATING : 43/100
Final Doom c GT Interactive 30/30
dZG/ // / /. / /
1911
DIVISION
/aL!/--------/-----+
Final Doom c Id Soft. Dos/Win95 x/29
Wow, what is this Doom thing...its really revolutionary, Ive
never seen anything like it, pff. What is this really? Its really
just doom with some new .wads levels. They are pretty good wads, but
the game engine and design is still the same. Same monsters, same
weapons, same shit. It seriously just isnt fun anymore. Unless ya get
a kick out of beating any new level that comes out, you really dont
need to waste your time. Also, there is no .exe or anything that will
allow you to play in dos, you have to go into the subdirectories
plutonia and tnt and install those seperately, which is the same thing
as the two releases by Mantis. So if youre just using dos, youre
better off getting the Mantis releases. Oh, and both releases RZR
PSG are the same exact thing, so I dont give a shit which one you get.
RATING : 46/100 Come on were sick of it
/aL!/--------/-----+
Ultimate Doom c Id Soft. Dos/Win95 xx/21
Yaaaawnnn... oh excuse me. Yes, still more doom. Its just a bunch
of new levels once again. Nothing you couldnt just d/l off some lame
ass SW board and get a million .wads, why pay 50 bucks for it? Again,
nothing new engine wise, and you really shouldnt bother to get it
unless your a doom freak.
RATING : 50/100 More newer levels than Final Doom
+06/06PresenTs/+
Final Doom - Plutonia DOS Ver
c Id Software
+01/06PresenTs/+
Final Doom - Evilution DOS Ver
c Id Software
Ok now Im sleeping. Not only am I playing the same game, but Im
playing the same levels. However for you dos users, I suggest you just
get these two for final doom, because this contains all you need and
nothing more. For more details about it not like I need to describe
Doom to you check out the articles on RZR PSGs Final Doom.
RATING : 46/100
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CYBERJUDAS c MERIT STUDIOS XX/58
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CYBERJUDAS: MOVIES MISC ADDONS XX/26
A huge war game, and when I say huge, I mean 220+ megs with the
addon. Once again Napalm ignores the disk limit, it seems like
everyones doing it, so what the fuck. This is a detailed war game.
War, as in future war types, between nations. It has a nice collection
of maps of the world :. Tons of shit to do in this one, but its not
really worth it, unless you like war games and plan to burn this one to
cd. Its a good quality game though.
RATING : 61/100
Ok, Ok, I know it was released late, but listen to me, I HAVE BEEN
DOWNLOADING 24 HOURS A DAY SINCE 06/27 when groups started dumping games
every half hour and there was a total of 1/2 a gig released in 2 days!
Because of this, and the always favorite aborted downloads, I was unable
to review a few games and still get this ou on time. Once again, sorry,
but they will of course be in next weeks issue. I know this ironic
considering the first thing in the news article, but just shutup and go
along with it!
-** THE GAME REVIEW **-
There is no GOTW because of the missed games, this weeks will be
posted in next weeks GOTW, which will thus have two.
*OTHER RELEASES*
- Command and Conquer Expansion Pack
- Onside Soccer Animation Pack German, Spanish, Portuguese, Alaskanian,
Puerto Rican, South Africanian, Ethiopian, A million other language
packs.
- Chaos Overlords Win95 and Dupe
- Tracer Prestige, Win95
- Doom 2 for Win95 Prestige, Win95
- FPS Baseball 96 Razor CD, Win95, non-working, Over disk limit, 56
disks
- FPS Baseball 96 Prestige, Win95, Working, Within Disk Limit, 31 Disks
- Indy Car Racing 2 Prestige, Win95
- NHL Power Play Coredump, Win95, and not cracked
- NHL Power Play Epic, Win95, and crasked by Misha, that Kickass cracker
- Williams Arcade Classics Prestige, Win95
- Space Dude Epic, Dupe of Hybrid from January, Refer Issue 11
*UPCOMING RELEASE DATES*
All projected dates are as of June 28th 1996, 8:30 AM EST and based on
store release dates. The information in this section is updated when
available.
Key to system types:
DCD DOS CD WCD Windows CD MCD Mac. CD
W95CD Win 95 CD M3 Mac. Disk W3 Windows Disk
W953 Win 95 Disk D3 DOS Disk HCD Mac./Windows CD
Date Name of Game / OS Company
96/06/27 NEED SPEED SE DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS
96/06/27 DRAGONLAIR2 DCD READY SOFT
96/06/27 GENDERWARS DCD GT SOFTWARE
96/06/28 LST ADV LEGND DCD RANDOMSOFT
96/06/28 SPACEHULK 2 DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS
96/06/28 MECH 2 NET DCD ACTIVISION
96/06/28 MECH2 EXPAN DCD ACTIVISION
96/06/28 WARHAMMR 40K DCD MINDSCAPE
96/06/28 FIREFIGHT DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS
96/06/28 BULL FROG PK DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS
96/06/28 MEGA RACE 2 DCD MINDSCAPE
96/06/30 TOTL KNCKOUT DCD ROCKET SCIENCE GAMES
96/06/30 FLIGHT ZONE DCD WIZARD WORKS
96/07/01 PELICAN HILL DCD ACCESS SOFTWARE
96/07/01 PINEHURST DCD ACCESS SOFTWARE
96/07/01 CAS CHMP2PKR DCD INTRACORP,INC.
96/07/01 OVER REICH DCD AVALON HILL
96/07/01 WZONE DCD WIZARD WORKS
96/07/01 RETURN FIRE DCD GT SOFTWARE
96/07/01 PANDORA SAMP DCD ACCESS SOFTWARE
96/07/02 SYNNERGIST DCD 21ST CENTURY
96/07/05 LINKS LS DCD ACCESS SOFTWARE
96/07/05 TMEK DCD GT SOFTWARE
96/07/08 NUKE IT DCD MICROSTAR
96/07/08 CIV WAR MED DCD ENTERACTIVE INTERNAT
96/07/09 KNIGHTS CHSE DCD INTERPLAY PRODUCTION
96/07/09 MANIC KARTS DCD VIRGIN GAMES
96/07/10 DEADLINE DCD VIC TOKAI
96/07/12 COMMANCHE2.0 DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS
96/07/12 SHELLSHOCK DCD U.S. GOLD INC.
96/07/20 ADDCORERULESDCD TSR
96/07/23 GRAND PRIX 2 DCD SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE
96/07/28 QUAKE SHWR DCD ID SOFTWARE
96/07/30 NORMALITY DCD INTERPLAY PRODUCTION
96/07/31 HIND DCD INTERACTIVE MAGIC
96/08/01 HARVESTER IBCD MERIT SOFTWARE
96/08/01 JETFIGHTR III IBCD INTERPLAY PRODUCTION
96/08/01 WARHAWK DCD SONY ELECTRONIC PUBL
96/08/01 TWISTD METAL DCD SONY ELECTRONIC PUBL
96/08/01 METAL LORDS DCD NEW WORLD COMPUTING
96/08/01 DUNGON KEEPR DCD ELECTRONIC ARTS
96/08/01 LOST ADMRL II DCD AMERICAN LASER GAMES
96/08/01 PANDORA DCD ACCESS SOFTWARE
96/08/15 DEADLOCK DCD WEA VIDEO
96/08/15 BTLCRSR 3000 DCD TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE
96/08/20 BEDLAM DCD GT SOFTWARE
96/09/01 VR BASEBALL DCD INTERPLAY PRODUCTION
96/09/01 GOLF NICK P DCD GT SOFTWARE
96/09/01 HIST WORLD DCD AVALON HILL
96/09/01 POWERSLAVE DCD PLAYMATES INTERACTIV
96/09/05 ALIEN TRIL DCD DIGITAL PICTURES
96/09/15 MAST/ORION 2 DCD SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE
96/09/15 MAGIC GATHER DCD SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE
96/09/30 BLOOD/MAGIC DCD INTERPLAY PRODUCTION
97/01/01 DEADLY SKIES DCD JVC COMPANY OF AMERI
96/06/28 ELK MOON 1 HCD ACTIVISION
96/06/28 SHANGHAI 2 HCD ACTIVISION
96/07/25 QIN:TOMB/KING WCD WEA VIDEO
96/08/20 CHESSMATES TCD INTERPLAY PRODUCTION
96/03/11 HOYLES CLASS MCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC
96/06/25 TOPTEN MCPK2 MCD ELECTRONIC ARTS
96/06/27 GAB KNIGHT 2 MCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC
96/06/28 MECHWARR 2 MCD ACTIVISION
96/06/28 ZORK NEMESIS MCD ACTIVISION
96/06/28 DESCENT II MCD INTERPLAY PRODUCTION
96/06/28 PRISONER ICE MCD INTERPLAY PRODUCTION
96/07/01 PELICAN HILL MCD ACCESS SOFTWARE
96/07/01 PINEHURST MCD ACCESS SOFTWARE
96/07/05 SIM ISLE MCD MAXIS
96/08/01 MUPPETS TRSR MCD ACTIVISION
96/08/01 EMPIRE II MCD NEW WORLD COMPUTING
96/08/01 HERO MHT MGC MCD NEW WORLD COMPUTING
96/08/08 KINGDOM/MAGC MCD GT SOFTWARE
96/08/23 9 MCD GT SOFTWARE
96/08/27 MUMMY MCD INTERPLAY PRODUCTION
96/09/01 MORT KMBT 3 MCD GT SOFTWARE
96/09/01 LOST EDEN MCD VIRGIN GAMES
97/01/01 BLOOD/MAGIC MCD INTERPLAY PRODUCTION
96/03/05 DRUMBEAT M3 DEADLY GAMES
96/06/27 HOYLE-BLKJAK WCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC
96/06/28 SHATTRD PRV DCD INTERPLAY PRODUCTION
96/07/01 BTLGRD4 SHILH WCD ENTERACTIVE INTERNAT
96/07/01 CIVIL WAR:LEE WCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC
96/07/01 WOOD SHIP MEN WCD AVALON HILL
96/07/01 MCKENZ/FRNDS WCD AMERICAN LASER GAMES
96/07/03 SCIFI TRIVIA WCD SIMON SCHUSTER
96/07/08 LIGHTHOUSE TCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC
96/07/15 URBAN RUNNER WCD SIERRA-ON-LINE INC
96/07/16 VOYEUR II WCD PHILIPS INTERACTIVE
96/07/23 SHADOAN WCD INTERPLAY PRODUCTION
96/08/01 DAGGERFALL DCD BETHESDA
96/08/01 MUPPETS TRSR WCD ACTIVISION
96/08/23 9 WCD GT SOFTWARE
96/08/27 MUMMY WCD INTERPLAY PRODUCTION
96/09/15 NOIR WCD CYBERDREAMS
96/06/28 SIM 2000 NET W5C MAXIS
96/07/01 TRIP PLAY 97 W5C ELECTRONIC ARTS
96/07/01 REAL TROUBLE W5C U.S. GOLD INC.
96/07/01 MARATHON 2 W5C BUNGIE SOFTWARE
96/07/05 SIMISLE W5C MAXIS
96/07/08 CLOSE CMBT W5C MICROSOFT
96/07/10 DIABLO W5C DAVIDSON
96/07/12 OLYMPIC SOCC W5C U.S. GOLD INC.
96/07/15 STAR CONTR 3 W5C WEA VIDEO
96/08/01 HEXEN W5C GT SOFTWARE
96/08/15 MORT KOMBT 3 W5C GT SOFTWARE
96/09/01 MORTIFICATOR W5C PLAYMATES INTERACTIV
96/09/01 DEATHTRP DNG W5C U.S. GOLD INC.
96/09/01 TERRACIDE W5C U.S. GOLD INC.
96/09/15 REVERENCE W5C CYBERDREAMS
96/09/20 ENCARTA 97 STD W5C MICROSOFT
96/10/01 STR TRK GEN W5C SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE
97/01/01 MINDWARP W5C MAXIS
*UPCOMING RELEASE DATES*
None.
*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 GAMES. IF YOU LIKE
HOW THE REVIEW OF A GAME SOUNDS THEN BY ALL MEANS PURCHASE IT AND SUPPORT
THE SOFTWARE COMPANY.
ANY AND ALL MAGAZINE GROUPS HAVE PERMISSION TO USE THIS IN THEIR MAG AS
LONG AS IT HAS NOT BEEN EDITED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, AND YOU HAVE
OBTAINED MY WRITTEN E-MAIL PERMISSION.
*LEGAL MUMBO JUMBO*
Thats it for this week, hope it was of help. Id like to thank the
hundreds of you who wrote in about the fact that you agreed with my
review of QUAKE. Not one single e-mail complained about it. The group
Rise 2 Power explained the reason for their non-working release of Grand
Pris 2, in one of their other releases. Here it is thanks Nohand.
DDMM Group Notes MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMDD
3 3
: All groups make mistakes, and we made a big one by jumping the :
: gun on releasing GP2. This release was an alpha, so we really :
: couldnt have fixed it. Ohh yeah, and all you fargin lamers :
: that pop in and out of our channel, fuck you. You wouldnt :
: have given 1/2 a shit if a well known group such as Prestige :
: made a mistake like this. Just because R2P is a new group, :
: doesnt mean were going to crumble from your idiotic pleas. :
: R2P is here to stay. R2P does all this for pure fun, the :
: scene is not a full time job for us. We are no longer going :
: to listen your pathetic crying. Go sit in a corner. :
: ------ Shit Happens! ------ :
DDMM Group Notes MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMDD
First off, I agree with most of what they said, but it is TOTALLY not
true that people wouldnt give a shit if a more well known group made a
mistake. People get on anyones ass if they want to, they dont care
who it is. REMINDER : win95 reviews still wanted and accepted!
-Ionizer The Game Reviewer
Comments/Complaints send to ionizer@ns2.clever.net NO GAME REQUESTS
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Copyright 1996 Ionizer Inc. 167A939
-*:RCNS UTILSS Rating Magazine By Nightcrawler:*-
This review is done exclusively for REALITY CHECK NETWORK! This file
is not to be released by anybody. It is only to be used by the editors
of RCN.
-*: The Ratings :*-
01-10100 This Sucks, Not Worth HD Space!
11-20100 Still Shitty But Getting There.
21-30100 Could Be Better.
31-40100 Hey Ya Might Like It.
41-50100 Decent, Go And Check This Out.
51-60100 Might Wanna Take Time To DL This.
61-70100 Very Good, And Helpful.
71-80100 Ya Know I Might Use This Myself.
81-90100 Excellent. Download This Shit!
91-99100 GET This Shit While Its HOT!
PERFECT100 WHATTA FUCKING RELEASE!!!!!!!!
NA100 Couldnt Get The Damn Thing To WORK!
-*: The Methods :*-
The ratings listed above are judged in many categories. 1
Originality. It has to be an idea unlike anyother. 2 Effectiveness.
Is this a util that is helpful or just sits on a corner of your drive
collecting dust? 3 Looks. Lets face it, if it looks like shit, it
probably is shit. And last but not least, 4 Requirements. I for one
have a boring P100 with 16 MB RAM, I dont want to have to run out to
CompUSA to get my ass RAM or a freaking DVD drive just to run a program
Im not going to use more than once!
-*: Reviewing The UTILS :*-
PCBoard 15.x - 15.30 Upgrade X/2
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
DK -XeN
Pp!
Ok these files are complete and utter bullshit that some lame ass
released under PWAS name. If You have run this program already I guess
you know youre fucked. What this shit does is it completely DELTREES
the hard drive you tell it to install to. I bet this is probably the
mastermind of some 14 year old kid who learned QBASIC and said to
himself lets FUCK some OPS over. And he did just that with this
release. Most of the sysops should have realized though because of the
shitty text install program. Anything from clark development has to at
least look decent for them to release. Well all I can say is watch out
for this one, itll screw ya ROAYALLY! Hey and if youre looking for a
good deleting program I reccomend this!
RATING : -51/100
Print Artist 1500 c Sierra
- M O R T A L I T Y -
6/24/961/6
For me, this shit was a blast. Its great for doing all that shit
that print Shop does, and its smaller, looks nice and runs nice. You
can make banners, posters, or your kids if ya got em can make shit to
put on the frig. Well it doesnt require much just a 386/25/4RAM,
single speed CD-Rom, and Windows. I reccomend you download this for
office use, for flyers to put under windshield wipers in parking lots,
and many other things. This is worth downloading!
RATING : 72/100
Smartcam Advanced 3D Machining V4.40x/3
roy
Ok could someone explain to me what exactly this does?? I think it
has something to do with drilling and machining holes, which I
personnaly have no use for and Im sure many of you dont either. But
if youre interested in that or need this program for your business go
ahead and download it, its kind of technical so if youre a machiner
and a dumbass all in one dont bother. I found a couple of errors in
the program. When I went through the icons on the tool car I came up
with this error when hitting the first icon. cannot find
..iconname.bar It did this for all the icons until I clicked off
that first main icon. Hmm maybe something was left out or just too damn
big to add. Who knows, but the main part or the program seemed to work
and so did the crack.
RATING : 51/100
For Your Eyes Only for Win95 X/3
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeNf
Well this could be a pain in the ass if you dont have a P100 or
better. This totally encrypts system files and selected files. All
files are decrypted when a logon password is entered correctly, but
because of shared files shit this program makes your machine run like a
386! This slows down your computer and makes you wnat to fling the
thing out a window, but otherwise if you make the recommended system
requirements by all means you might want to invest in this if you have a
snooping little bastard in your house who cant keep his hands off of
things. Otherwise, dont bother.
RATING : 35/100
Turbo Publisher Build 3.03a Win X/8
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeNf
This is a very nice, well put together desktop publishing program
which I highly recommend using if you need a publishing program. It
doesnt require much and it doesnt take up space so I guess this makes
this user friendly. Check out this great program.
RATING : 77/100
Cyber Passage Conductor Libraries
s x/8
e . / / / /
a :/ / . .
This is sonys own VRML Browser, works with Netscape or the
Microsoft Web Browser. From what I have seen it works great and if
youre into web pages and other WWW applications then this is for you,
but keep in mind this is only a beta, so if you like this it might be
released soon, who knows?
RATING : 69/100
FAMILY TREEMAKER 3.1 for WIN 95 X/5
A Group
That Gives
Slightly
Less Than
A Fuck.
-XeN
Dont know about you but I couldnt get this shit to work, it said 3
things : 1 Not Enough Hard Drive Space, 2 Not Enough Memory, 3
Registry Is Corrupted. Now I know all of that is bullshit. If my
registry was corrupted windows would not start. I Have over 900 Megs
Free, and I Have 16 Megs of RAM, so theres no way a family tree maker
could use more than 8!
RATING : NA/100
.CheckIT Diagnostic Kit 05/05.
:...---/----/flr/---/pD/--
Holy shit I HIGHLY recommend donwloading this shit if youve got WIN
95. This is The Ultimate diagnostic tool, this covers everything.
Memory, Bios, IRQs, Modems, Sound Cards, Drives, shit the list goes on
forever. I cant stress this enough to go out and buy this program
because it KICKS ASS!!!!
RATING : 92/100
-*:Release Of The Week:*-
The UTIL of the week goes to CHECK IT DIAGNOSTIC from Rise. Its
easy to see why, the program was well thought out and compact, and does
just about everything that a diagnostics program should do. It runs
circles around Norton Utilities and any other diagnostics program. Shit
this gets 2 thumbs up by me. So as you can see this was a clearly made
decision! The runner up was PRINT ARTIST 1500 from Mortality.
-*:Discalaimer:*-
THIS REVIEW DOES NOT CONDONE THE STEALING, TRADING, OR PIRATING OF ANY
COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL. THE EDITORS OF THIS REVIEW ARE ALSO NOT
RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ACTIONS TAKEN AFTER READING THIS MAGAZINE. I HAVE
USED NO ILLEGAL MEANS TO GAIN INFORMATION ON THESE PROGRAMS. IN FINAL,
IF YOU LIKE THE PROGRAMS RATINGS, GO OUT AND BUY IT. SUPPORT THE
SOFTWARE COMPANIES, THEY SPEND HARD TIME AND MONEY IN DEVELOPING THESE
PRODUCTS FOR THE CONSUMER, SO AT LESAT GO OUT AND BUY THE DAMN THING
AND STOP BEING SO DAMNED CHEAP!
NightcrawlerWKD96/RCN
-*:Greets:*-
Group Greets: Mortality - Drink or Die - Pirates With Attitudes -
X-Force - Pinnacle - Razor - Napalm - Prestige - If I
missed your group Im sorry
Personal Greets: Ones Wally, Egoistic Fate, The Speed Racer, Scorpian
Sub-Zero, and to all Traders that I missed.
-*:Last but not Least:*-
Sorry for not reviewing much this week, I had a late start and just
reviewed what I could get my hands on at the moment. Oh and one more
thing, Im looking for a person to help me review OS/2 programs. If you
think you can do the job on a weekly basis and have a lot of writing
skills just drop me a line at my E-mail address or catch me in RCN on
IRC.
If you have suggestions, complaints, questions, or you just want to
drop in your 2 cents on a subject, I can be reached at these 2
addresses. LAO@ESCAPE.COM or NIGHTCRAWLER@VOICES.ORG. Ill answer your
question at my earliest convenience in the order in which the mail was
recieved. Have a nice week!
NightcrawlerWKD96/RCN
-*:RCN Rated the 1 Magazine cNightcrawlerRCN/WKD96:*-
THURSDAY
MAY 30
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
CFOSWIN.ZIP
1
WIN
CFos
CIABLK-2.ZIP
2
DOS
Black knight
CTLKN112.ZIP
2
WIN
Koan Pro Disk Ver 1.11 - c SSeyo XX/02
DFTNT22F.ZIP
1
WNT
VirusScan v2.03
DFTW2031.ZIP
1
W95
VirusScan v2.03
DFTWSCN4.ZIP
1
W95
WebScan v1.04
DNS-E312.ZIP
1
W95
Encrypt-It v3.12
DOD-QP16.ZIP
1
WIN
Query Perfect v1.0
DOD-QP32.ZIP
1
W95
Query Perfect v1.0
DWNPOWW1.ZIP
1
WIN
PowWow v2.1
GNNWEB12.ZIP
12
WNT
GNN Press Webserver
LW50F52.ZIP
52
DOS
Lightwave v5.0
MTYWA04.ZIP
4
W95
WebAnchor
NOVMSWP3.ZIP
3
W95
MacroMedia Shockwave Plug-Ins
NOVRAMG.ZIP
1
DOS
Ramgate Pro
PWRSPWAD.ZIP
13
WIN
ViewOffice PowerSuite
RFAXPWA8.ZIP
8
WNT
Right Fax
SDM-INNO.ZIP
1
W95
InterNOTES!
SHKCMP01.ZIP
3
W95
Compel v2.0
SMR-AAR.ZIP
1
W95
Adobe Autoreader v2.50
TACCPAV2.ZIP
1
W95
Central Point Anti-Virus v2.2
TDDPPR-3.ZIP
3
WIN
PrismPrint Color Calibration v3.23
UCFPRS27.ZIP
1
W95
Print Screen 95 v2.7
XADITC32.ZIP
1
W95
Take Command v1.02a
FRIDAY
MAY 31
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
CB4AGSI.ZIP
1
WIN
AGSI v1.1.4
CB4CDW43.ZIP
1
W95
CD Wizard v4.03
COPSHB30.ZIP
30
DOS
HyperBlade 3D
FIFOBQ12.ZIP
2
WIN
Brain Quest
LSNTPWA2.ZIP
2
WNT
LightSpeed Term Emulation NT Server
MTYQAPP2.ZIP
2
WIN
QuickApp v3.00
PNC-A99E.ZIP
1
WIN
Agent v.99e
PNCAHELP.ZIP
1
W95
Agent v.99e
PNCQP41C.ZIP
3
WIN
QuickPak Pro v4.10
PSG-DK34.ZIP
34
DOS
Deathkeep
RBS-PM55.ZIP
55
W95
Print Master Gold Interactive Multimedia
RTN-WP28.ZIP
28
WIN
Winning Post 2 Plus
TACXYW-4.ZIP
4
W95
XyWrite v4.12
UCFSDD5K.ZIP
1
DOS
Univbe v5.2
SATURDAY
JUNE 1
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
AGENT95.ZIP
1
W95
Agent95
ANMSPR6.ZIP
6
W95
32 Bit Sprite Animation
DA-HE15C.ZIP
1
W95
HTML v1.5c
DISASTER.ZIP
1
W95
Disasters Theme
FBI-VF02.ZIP
14
W95
MS Visual FoxPro v3.0
OX-BUS9.ZIP
9
WIN
Business Quotes
PSG-JOS1.ZIP
10
DOS
Josephine
PSG-SS01.ZIP
15
DOS
Shell Shock
PSY-LS2.ZIP
2
DOS
Laser Quad
PTPZL-39.ZIP
39
WIN
Photopuzzle
PUBDESI1.ZIP
2
W95
MS Publisher Design Pack
RBSMHM01.ZIP
1
WIN
Micro House Tech Library v2.96
UCFPTOOL.ZIP
1
DOS
Power Tools v1.0
SUNDAY
JUNE 2
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
CD6PWA54.ZIP
54
W95
Corel Draw v6.0
CLB-SG13.ZIP
13
W95
SMART GAMES 1 c RANDOMSOFT 13/13
CPIC-MCC.ZIP
1
WIN
COMPUPIC v1.20 b 17 c PHOTODEX CORP.
LGX-SBP.ZIP
1
WIN
Legal Pro
MPATH14.ZIP
14
W95
Mplayer
MTYTLIS3.ZIP
1
DOS
TList 3 Pro
ON32B2UC.ZIP
1
UNX
FTP OnNet32 v2.0 Beta
RTN-NEC6.ZIP
6
DOS
Necronomican
RTN-RSD5.ZIP
5
DOS
Rising Dragon
SDM-CUP3.ZIP
1
W95
CUP386 v3.0b
MONDAY
JUNE 3
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
CY-AMB04.ZIP
4
W95
Ambiente V2.0
CY-CC05.ZIP
5
WIN
Color Copy v1.4
DB21-9.ZIP
1
OS2
DB2 v2.1.1 Update
DDT-6F32.ZIP
1
DOS
ACDSee v1.06b6
DGNGB30.ZIP
30
DOS
Heroic Holy War
DMNLAW2.ZIP
2
W95
Do-It-Yourself Lawyer
DNS-WRF4.ZIP
4
DOS
World Rally Fever
DODALG26.ZIP
6
WIN
Multimedia Algebra 2 v3.4
DODCDVW.ZIP
1
DOS
CD-View v2.02d
EXCHWIN7.ZIP
7
W95
MS Exchange SP Build 6546
PHOTOC07.ZIP
7
WIN
PhotoMorph v2.7a
RBS-WBIT.ZIP
1
WIN
Web-It! Pro v1.2
ROR-H2O4.ZIP
4
DOS
H2O
RORTRNC2.ZIP
2
DOS
Tronic
TRDEWJ25.ZIP
5
DOS
Earth Worm Jim 2
WEB11MCC.ZIP
1
W95
Web-It! v1.1
WU202MCC.ZIP
1
W95
WinU v2.02
TUESDAY
JUNE 4
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
CB4EXPOS.ZIP
1
WIN
Expose v2.00
CB4WSEC.ZIP
1
WIN
Secure It v1.00
DA-SWO6D.ZIP
1
WIN
Sophos Sweep June
DMNCHKF2.ZIP
2
W95
CheckFree Manager v2.0
DNS-OG19.ZIP
19
DOS
Offensive
F!BT260.ZIP
1
OS2
Binkley Term v2.6
MSTA-MCC.ZIP
1
W95
ModemSta v1.90
NORMAN22.ZIP
22
DOS
Greg Norman Ultimate Golf 2
NS!-F055.ZIP
1
DOS
Flag v0.55 Beta 2
RBS-DANA.ZIP
1
W95
Dana v1.04
RBS-ZI10.ZIP
1
W95
Zipit! v1.0
RTNN2SP2.ZIP
1
DOS
Nanpa 2
SA110MCC.ZIP
1
W95
Secret Agent v1.10
SAVAGE30.ZIP
30
DOS
Savage
SDM-JAV7.ZIP
7
W95
Java Developers Kit v1.0.1
SDMPO95A.ZIP
10
W95
Personal Oracle7
SDMWEB24.ZIP
24
WNT
WebServer
SU-LUNA5.ZIP
5
DOS
Lunatic Dawn 2
TBS!DANA.ZIP
1
DOS
Advanced Dana v1.04
WEDNESDAY
JUNE 5
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
BSTORM39.ZIP
39
DOS
Brainstorm
CARNAGE3.ZIP
3
DOS
Operation Carnage
COPSNAVD.ZIP
1
W95
Norton Antivirus June Update
COPSSAM.ZIP
1
W95
Sales Marketing Templates
COPSWEB.ZIP
1
W95
WebManager for v1.1.3 Beta
CY-ART02.ZIP
2
WIN
Typeart v2.0
DMNPWM1.ZIP
1
DOS
Password Master v2.0.5e
FBI-RDD4.ZIP
4
DOS
Ray Dream Designer v3.13
LGX-QC28.ZIP
28
W95
QuickCards Limited
MARAUD12.ZIP
1
WIN
Internet Marauder
MTY-TS03.ZIP
1
W95
TriSpectives
MTYCADT3.ZIP
1
WIN
Cadet v3.0
MTYGRPH4.ZIP
1
W95
Graphically v1.01a
PNCAPSS.ZIP
1
WIN
American Pride SS
RBS-LIQB.ZIP
1
W95
Liquid Motion
RVXIRCS.ZIP
1
W95
WIRCSrv v1.15 Beta
SIVADET2.ZIP
2
WIN
Ditto Easy Tools
SQLSRV09.ZIP
9
W95
MS SQL Server v6.5
THURSDAY
JUNE 6
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
CB4BOFC3.ZIP
3
W95
Microsofts Business Office
DDT-RA20.ZIP
1
W95
RealAudio v2.0
DNS-OE19.ZIP
19
DOS
Offensive
DOD-LEX2.ZIP
2
WIN
TRA LexiCat
GAMERUN3.ZIP
3
W95
GameRunner v3.0
LES-SMC4.ZIP
4
WIN
Scooters Magic Castle
MTYJDKL3.ZIP
3
WIN
Java Delopers Kit v1.0
MTYOMNI5.ZIP
5
W95
Omni Page Pro v7.0
PNC-FEZ.ZIP
1
DOS
FormEZ v9.6b
PNCDAOB.ZIP
1
DOS
Data Access Objects v3.1
PSGDIN13.ZIP
13
DOS
Dinotopis
RBS-RNSS.ZIP
1
WIN
RANMA 1/2 SS
RTN-GC09.ZIP
9
DOS
Galaxy Commando
S-XP5NT5.ZIP
9
WNT
HCL Exceed v5.01
SCSRZ-27.ZIP
27
DOS
Sync Speed RAZOR Mach 3
SDM-ARM5.ZIP
5
WIN
Terminal Net Remote v6.0
SDMSTK02.ZIP
2
W95
Stock Market v1.1
SEA12CCK.ZIP
1
DOS
SEA v1.2c
SMR-ESAV.ZIP
1
W95
Euro 96 SS
SMR-RVM3.ZIP
3
DOS
RealView v3.7
STSVGAD.ZIP
1
DOS
SciTech SVGA Developer Kit
THCMAX11.ZIP
11
WIN
Web Max
VG-AC32.ZIP
32
DOS
Alley Cats
FRIDAY
JUNE 7
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
ACAD13EE.ZIP
25
W95
AutoCAD Release 13
ACSFCD01.ZIP
12
W95
Access v7.0
BB31UPE.ZIP
35
W95
Star Office v3.1
DNS-PCP2.ZIP
2
W95
PC PACK SS
DNS-SURV.ZIP
1
DOS
Survival
HBD-KO10.ZIP
10
W95
Kick Off 96
MTSTWB06.ZIP
6
DOS
Tim McCarvers : The Way Baseball Works
MTYQEXA4.ZIP
4
W95
Quicken Expense v2.0
PNC-HGSS.ZIP
1
WIN
Hawaii Girls SS v1.1
PNCVBPP2.ZIP
2
W95
VB4 Plus Pak v1.0
PST-ZPSW.ZIP
1
W95
ZDS Password Pro
R66-PA95.ZIP
1
W95
Microsoft Games
RAMDUBLR.ZIP
1
W95
Ram Doubler v1.0.2
RBS-FIT.ZIP
1
W95
Frame-It v1.10
RBS-MIML.ZIP
1
WIN
MiMail
RBS-MORF.ZIP
1
W95
Morpher v1.2
RBS-WPC.ZIP
1
W95
Web Page Creator v4.5
RTN-CP04.ZIP
4
W95
Pioneer v1.0
RTN-FL05.ZIP
5
DOS
Front Lines
S-SAPCDA.ZIP
11
WIN
Smart Addresser Postal Code Database
S-SS50W2.ZIP
2
WIN
Smart Sort v5.0
S-SSSDD2.ZIP
2
DOS
Smart Sort Sortation Database
S-SSSDW2.ZIP
2
WIN
Smart Sort Sortation Database
SDM-EXMT.ZIP
1
WIN
Microsoft Exchange Server Migration Tools
SDMFXSDK.ZIP
1
WIN
Microsoft Fax SDK
SDMWDOC2.ZIP
2
WIN
WorldDoc v1.0
SM-PWAR2.ZIP
2
DOS
The Pickle Wars Trilgoy
SMR-ACCS.ZIP
1
W95
Adobe Acrobat Plug-In
SMR-ACR4.ZIP
4
W95
Adobe Acrobat
SX501NTY.ZIP
35
WNT
HCL Exceed v5.01
TBS!LT35.ZIP
1
WIN
LevelText v3.5a
TBS!MMSA.ZIP
2
WIN
Magix Musik Studio
TBS!SW11.ZIP
1
DOS
ShellWizard v1.01
TRD-SP41.ZIP
41
WIN
Euro 96 Music Addon
UCFMIDIG.ZIP
1
WIN
MidiGate
WAR-SDS4.ZIP
4
DOS
Scenario Decoder : System 3
SATURDAY
JUNE 8
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
BLHF1M15.ZIP
15
DOS
F1 Manager 96
DGN-CP1.ZIP
1
WIN
Cross Poker
DSDX2F23.ZIP
24
DOS
Direct 3D
FBICS96A.ZIP
2
W95
CleanSweep 96
FBIE301A.ZIP
2
W95
Explorer v3.01b
HBD-KO07.ZIP
10
DOS
Kick Off 96
JELLY.ZIP
1
WIN
Jelly Fish Backgammon Tutor
LSK-NAVJ.ZIP
1
WIN
Animated 3D SS
NOVWHO13.ZIP
13
W95
Win95 MultyMedia Help Office
NRG-F502.ZIP
10
WIN
Frame Maker v5.0
NRG-SMG7.ZIP
7
DOS
Secret Mission
PSG-SS15.ZIP
15
DOS
Shell Shock
RTN-PSG5.ZIP
5
WIN
Pro Student
RTNWMAN2.ZIP
2
WIN
Wman
SDM-UE01.ZIP
1
DOS
UltraEdit v4.0b
TACMSNE3.ZIP
3
W95
MicroSoft NetMeeting
UCF-SFTP.ZIP
1
DOS
ACDSee 95 v1.0
XADII201.ZIP
1
DOS
InstallIt v2.01
SUNDAY
JUNE 9
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
3DNS32.ZIP
1
W95
Netscape 3D Live
COPSACT.ZIP
1
W95
Certificates and Awards
EXIT4WKS.ZIP
1
WIN
Exitilus Backup
FBIX11N.ZIP
10
WIN
X11 SS v2.4
HCO3OS21.ZIP
21
OS2
HCO v3.0 Beta
LGX-FCS2.ZIP
2
WIN
Fast Track Office
LGX-STS1.ZIP
2
W95
Stationary Sets
LL-DK09.ZIP
9
DOS
Deathkeep
MDC-AW08.ZIP
8
WIN
Autoware v3.0
MTY-INT.ZIP
1
WIN
Internet ToolPak v2.0
MTY-NET.ZIP
1
WIN
NetPak Professional
MTY-XREF.ZIP
1
WIN
XRef Visual Basic Addon
MTYAPIV2.ZIP
1
WIN
API Vision v1.5
NOR-SP06.ZIP
7
W95
Species
PIE-HD32.ZIP
1
W95
HotDog32 Personal Edition
PIE-RAC5.ZIP
5
W95
Network Q RAC Rally v1.1
PSGB2B23.ZIP
23
DOS
Back to Baghdad
PWAPOWB.ZIP
1
W95
PowerBasic Compiler
RVX-RAS.ZIP
1
W95
RealAudio Personal Server
TRD-TM30.ZIP
30
DOS
T-Mek
UCFCDQ95.ZIP
1
W95
CD-Quick
MONDAY
JUNE 10
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
ARTMAN3.ZIP
3
W95
Art Manager
BMAKER2.ZIP
1
WIN
Button Maker Pro
DGN-EG4.ZIP
8
DOS
Evil Gate
DOD-SE14.ZIP
5
WIN
SoftScape Exploerr Plus v1.0
FBI-PS8.ZIP
8
WIN
Microsim Pspice v6.2
MSQICU.ZIP
1
W95
Wildcat5! Internet Upgrade
MSQWC5U.ZIP
1
W95
Wildcat5! BBS Upgrade
MTYEVB4.ZIP
1
WIN
Enquiry
PCWMATH1.ZIP
5
W95
Math Blaster 2
PNCMNAV6.ZIP
6
W95
Metro Navigator Engine
PST-FYFC.ZIP
1
OS2
FindYourFiles v1.2
PST-MAGN.ZIP
1
OS2
Magnum BBS v9.00d2
PST-SI4U.ZIP
1
WIN
SiteMeter v4.0+ Update
PWASDB15.ZIP
15
WIN
Mr. Scanner
RBSPMW61.ZIP
61
W95
Print Master Gold Interactive MultiMedia
RTNG4EX8.ZIP
1
DOS
Gin4Ex
RVX-HPF.ZIP
1
W95
Hewlett Packard Family Font Pack
SXN-S2SE.ZIP
1
DOS
Settlers 2 Campaign Selector
TCLR115.ZIP
1
W95
Ras Plus Beta 4 Build 115
UCF-NOCL.ZIP
1
W95
NoClip v4.0
UCFIPW13.ZIP
1
WIN
Image-Pro v1.3
UCFMST19.ZIP
1
WIN
ModemSta v1.9
UCFTUN13.ZIP
1
WIN
Tune!It v1.30
XFMSA4.ZIP
1
W95
MS ClipArt Office
TUESDAY
JUNE 11
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
CB4-APLY.ZIP
1
WIN
Amaplay
CB4-ARB4.ZIP
1
WIN
Ariadna v1.0 Beta 4
CB4-AT04.ZIP
1
WIN
Alis Tango v1.0c
CB4-ATS2.ZIP
1
WIN
Authenticate Server v1.4b
CFIX20-2.ZIP
1
W95
Chameleon Host Connectivity
DMNAMOR5.ZIP
5
W95
Amortizer96
MTYNET18.ZIP
1
W95
Net Commander 95 v3.1
MTYWCD42.ZIP
1
W95
Web Commander 95 v1.0
PNCMNL41.ZIP
41
W95
Metro Navigator Los Angeles Pack
PSGBHB36.ZIP
36
DOS
Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball
RBSMDB47.ZIP
47
W95
Micro House Tech Library v2.96
RFFDBLIB.ZIP
1
WIN
SQL DB-Library
RS-K951.ZIP
4
W95
Key View 95
RTN-DP11.ZIP
11
WIN
All Dream
RVXHP6C3.ZIP
1
W95
Hewlett Packard Deskjet 600C
SDMWC04.ZIP
4
WIN
Cakewalk v4.01
SMR-NP23.ZIP
23
WIN
National Parks of America
WEDNESDAY
JUNE 12
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
CB4-CLP4.ZIP
4
WIN
Caligari Pioner v1.0
LEG-CGS.ZIP
1
DOS
Cover Girl Strip Poker
NOVPSP24.ZIP
24
WIN
Passport v2.12
PRMSIN20.ZIP
20
WIN
Primus Interactive
PST-PALM.ZIP
1
OS2
PalmScan/2 v2.02 f
PWAT351.ZIP
1
DOS
Telix v3.51
SACCT4-2.ZIP
4
WIN
Simply Accounting v4.0
SCUMIJ31.ZIP
1
WIN
Cisco Internet Junction v1.2.1
SCUMIJ95.ZIP
1
W95
Cisco Internet Junction v1.2.1
SCUMIJNT.ZIP
1
WNT
Cisco Internet Junction v1.2.1
SCUMPB42.ZIP
42
W95
MS Publisher 97 Beta 1 Build 184
SMR-UE21.ZIP
21
WIN
SoftKey UFO Explorer
TR-LAI7.ZIP
7
W95
LAN Inventory v3.20
WATOUTW.ZIP
1
WIN
Watch Out Willi
THURSDAY
JUNE 13
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
ABI-MB.ZIP
1
DOS
MetaBalls IPAS
ABI-MGC.ZIP
1
DOS
Magic IPAS
BKZ-FPPW.ZIP
1
DOS
Publishing Wizard v1.1
CB4-APOL.ZIP
1
DOS
Apollo v1.0
CB4-DSCP.ZIP
1
DOS
DiscPlay
CB4-EC12.ZIP
1
WIN
Easy CD v1.02
CB4-FAWP.ZIP
1
DOS
Fusion Application Wizard v1.5 Pro
CB4QMW2.ZIP
1
WIN
Quality management Tool v6.01
MTYXING.ZIP
1
W95
Xing MPeg Player v3.0b
PANZER21.ZIP
21
WIN
Panzer General
RBS-RECH.ZIP
1
W95
ReachOut v5.05
RTN-R415.ZIP
1
DOS
Rance v4.1
RTNTSL33.ZIP
1
DOS
Three Sisters
S-M51NT8.ZIP
8
WNT
Maestro v5.1
SVOICE2.ZIP
1
DOS
Pacific Images Communications Super Voice
XF-BO29.ZIP
1
WIN
Microsoft BackOffice SDK v2.0
FRIDAY
JUNE 14
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
ABI-BNS.ZIP
1
DOS
Bones IPAS
ABI-DRP.ZIP
1
DOS
Drape IPAS
AX-VFR04.ZIP
4
W95
Virtua Fighter Remix Demo
DOD-M302.ZIP
2
W95
MinuteMan v3.0
DODWSFTP.ZIP
1
WIN
WS FTP Pro
MTYCMPU2.ZIP
1
WIN
CompuView Navigator
PSGCAT08.ZIP
20
DOS
CatFight
SU27RZR4.ZIP
4
DOS
SU-27 Flanker
SATURDAY
JUNE 15
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
AUTOWN19.ZIP
1
WIN
AutoWinNet Winsock Client Application
FAGENT10.ZIP
1
DOS
Forte Free Agent v1.0
HSOLPSG7.ZIP
7
DOS
Hoyle Solitaire
LGX-OS2.ZIP
1
OS2
Virus Scan v2.2.11
MTSFDX02.ZIP
1
W95
Flight Unlimited
NX10B3.ZIP
1
DOS
News Xpress v1.0 Beta 3
PWAACL15.ZIP
15
W95
Autocad Lite R3
RBS14-43.ZIP
1
OS2
OS/2 Merlin Build 14
ROR-NM21.ZIP
25
DOS
Mechwarrior 2 : Netmech
S-VFX419.ZIP
22
WIN
Microsoft Visual FoxPro v4.0 Beta 1
WV169907.ZIP
1
WIN
WinVN
SUNDAY
JUNE 16
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
M8RRF-06.ZIP
6
DOS
Rebel Runner
MTYSTS21.ZIP
21
WIN
Symptoms
RFFMSIA.ZIP
1
WIN
Internet Assistant v2.0
STORM-28.ZIP
31
WIN
S.T.O.R.M.
TRDPGV16.ZIP
16
WIN
Panzer General Voice Addons
UCFWSFIN.ZIP
1
WIN
WSFinger
VMAP20-4.ZIP
4
WIN
Visual Map BCN v2.0
MONDAY
JUNE 17
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
CELAWB22.ZIP
1
W95
CelAnimator Beta 2
DOX-HPS4.ZIP
4
WIN
HP SureStore Backup Software
INTUC21A.ZIP
1
DOS
VideoSoft VSView VBX
KV41B310.ZIP
10
W95
Keyview 4.1 Beta 3
M8SBOK35.ZIP
35
DOS
Spacebucks
MTYDISC7.ZIP
7
WIN
Microtest DiscPort
PWA-BR07.ZIP
7
WIN
BRender v1.1.2
TUESDAY
JUNE 18
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
CB4-GWSP.ZIP
1
W95
Graphical Workshop Pro
CREATIX7.ZIP
7
WIN
Creatix Online 3.12
DMNCDESK.ZIP
1
WIN
Mail Desktop
E32PWA27.ZIP
27
WIN
EXTRA! Personal Client v6.1
HIP-TCPA.ZIP
10
WIN
PC/TCP v4.0
PSG-AC2.ZIP
26
WIN
American CivilWar
RFFC2I3.ZIP
3
W95
Connect 2 Internet
S-TLKSW3.ZIP
3
WIN
Talk Show v3.1
SDM-A357.ZIP
7
DOS
AuthorWare v3.5 Beta 7
UCFOMNI7.ZIP
1
W95
OmniPage Pro v7.0
XF-WB962.ZIP
2
W95
WinBench 96
WEDNESDAY
JUNE 19
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
ABI-CATX.ZIP
33
DOS
AlleyCats
CB4-JWS3.ZIP
3
WIN
Java Work Show
CB4ENFRU.ZIP
1
WIN
Windows Enforcer v2.1
CGNT20B1.ZIP
1
W95
CyberAgent Beta
CSTONE9.ZIP
9
WIN
CornerStone
DMNC9B1A.ZIP
10
W95
cc:Mail Release 7 v2.1
DMNCCP15.ZIP
5
WIN
cc:Mail PostOffice Release 6 v2.1
DMNDOC95.ZIP
1
W95
Smart Doctor 95
E16PWA12.ZIP
41
WIN
Extra! Personal Client
MSQ760D2.ZIP
2
DOS
Dr. Solomon Anti-Virus v7.60
MSQW420D.ZIP
4
DOS
Wildcat v4.20
PCWYEO03.ZIP
3
W95
Your Eyes Only Beta v5.0
PILSHP28.ZIP
28
DOS
Pilots Shop for Flight Simulator v5.0
PNCCS2B3.ZIP
1
WIN
CyberSearch v2.0 Beta 3
PWA-VVBX.ZIP
1
DOS
VideoSoft VSView VBX
SDM-PCN2.ZIP
2
WIN
Point Cast Network Beta 4
WBDESIGN.ZIP
1
WIN
Avenge Corel Web Designer
XFLWVP11.ZIP
11
DOS
ViewPoints DaraLab Models
THURSDAY
JUNE 20
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
ALIFDOS1.ZIP
2
DOS
Afterlife DOS Upgrade
ALIFE-40.ZIP
40
W95
Afterlife
DODCAFE9.ZIP
9
W95
Symantec Cafe v1.2
DODCHSTB.ZIP
1
W95
Character Studio Max Plugin Beta
LGX-WBC5.ZIP
5
W95
Web Construction Kit v2.0
MSQ76W53.ZIP
3
W95
Dr. Solomons Anti-virus v7.60
PCWBTLTS.ZIP
1
DOS
Battle Tetris
PST-SSED.ZIP
1
DOS
Settlers II +61 Save Game Editor
SCUMXRB3.ZIP
3
W95
NetXRay v1.2.94 Beta
SVA-ET5.ZIP
5
WNT
EarthTime
SVA3DHD7.ZIP
7
WIN
Planix 3D Home Architect
TBFFPSG2.ZIP
2
DOS
Terry Bradshaw Fantasy Football
THCV9524.ZIP
1
W95
VirusScan v2.04
UCF-WS32.ZIP
1
WIN
Erics WSock v2.01
WCNAV508.ZIP
8
W95
WildCat v5.0 Navigator
XFFX32R5.ZIP
5
W95
Intel 32-BIT to Alpha 32-BIT
FRIDAY
JUNE 21
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
BZRCRAYA.ZIP
11
WIN
Crayola Art v1.3
CB4-CCL8.ZIP
8
WIN
Cyber Passage Conductor Libraries
CGNT20B4.ZIP
20
W95
CyberAgent Beta
COPSCAR.ZIP
1
WIN
Carleys Car Care Guide
HBD-COSC.ZIP
12
DOS
Complete Onside Soccer
LGX-TPP4.ZIP
1
WIN
Teach Yourself Power Point 4
NRG-NF15.ZIP
15
OS2
NetFinity v3.05
PCC95DS1.ZIP
2
W95
PC-Cillin 95
PWA-TBP8.ZIP
8
W95
Turbo Publisher Build v3.03a
PWANTBC5.ZIP
1
W95
BoundsChecker Professional
PWASINT.ZIP
1
WNT
SoftIce
PWAVOX06.ZIP
1
W95
Voice
SADO-CD6.ZIP
6
W95
CorelDRAW Program Dir
SDMGN32B.ZIP
2
W95
GrabNet v2.1
TDDXCP13.ZIP
1
DOS
X-Copy Professional v1.30
THCIE405.ZIP
5
WIN
MS Internet Explorer v4.0
THCJAVA3.ZIP
21
WIN
Web Site Programming Using Java
VG-LREF2.ZIP
1
DOS
AH-64D Longbow Keyboard Commands
XFTCP4-N.ZIP
14
OS2
TCP/IP v4.0
SATURDAY
JUNE 22
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
CB4-CW6B.ZIP
1
WIN
Clear Web v0.6b
DFRPCT5.ZIP
6
W95
PC Tools
DODDLD14.ZIP
14
WNT
Lantastic Dedicated Server v1.1 Documents
DODDLT44.ZIP
44
WNT
Lantastic Dedicated Server v1.1
ICREAT1.ZIP
4
WIN
Internet Creative
LGN-GRE2.ZIP
1
W95
Greetings v2.0
LGN-SP3.ZIP
1
W95
Schedule Plus v7.0
MSQVP32.ZIP
1
W95
VuePrint Pro v4.6
PCWNNAV3.ZIP
3
W95
Norton Navigator
PWALCB25.ZIP
6
W95
Lotus Components Beta 2
RBS-ICCD.ZIP
1
W95
ICCD v3.2
RBSB1849.ZIP
1
OS2
OS/2 Warp v4.0
RQSCD.ZIP
1
WIN
Audio CD Player
RTN-DRA2.ZIP
1
DOS
Hidden Dragon
THCNT20.ZIP
33
WNT
MS NT Server Build 1345
THCRAM.ZIP
1
WIN
RamExam
UCFHEDIT.ZIP
1
DOS
HEdit v2.0
XF-OBJ16.ZIP
16
W95
Object Store v4.0.1
XOLCATZ1.ZIP
5
WIN
Catz, Your Computer Petz
XPLFR100.ZIP
1
WIN
Speed FileSreVerse v1.0
SUNDAY
JUNE 23
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
DMNINO22.ZIP
2
OS2
InterNotes WEB Publisher v4.0
INP!HM01.ZIP
16
DOS
Heroes of Might and Magic
LGN-FC3.ZIP
3
WIN
FastCode 96
MIRAGB32.ZIP
32
WIN
Mirage Beta 3
MTYNC951.ZIP
2
W95
Norton Commander v1.01
MTYPART6.ZIP
6
W95
Print Artist 1500
PIXAR4.ZIP
4
W95
Pixar Typestry v2.0
PWACDX37.ZIP
7
WNT
DiskExtender v3.00
PWALCB26.ZIP
6
WIN
Lotus Components Beta 2
RBS-METL.ZIP
1
WIN
Metz Lock v4.0
RBS-WRAR.ZIP
1
W95
RAR v2.00
SDPAWIN2.ZIP
2
WIN
S-Designor v5.0 Process Analyst
STC-MANT.ZIP
1
WNT
McAffee Anti-virus
TDDPD3CR.ZIP
1
DOS
Power Dolls v1.3 Crack
UCFMAILA.ZIP
1
WIN
Mail Alert v1.0.8
ULP2221.ZIP
1
OS2
UpLoadProcessor/2 v2.21
ULPU220.ZIP
1
OS2
UpLoadProcessor v2.20 Update
ULP221.ZIP
1
OS2
UpLoadProcessor v2.21 Update
UNT-P117.ZIP
1
DOS
Panthers in the Shadow v1.17 Update
UNT-T201.ZIP
1
DOS
Tigers on the Prowl v2.01 Update
MONDAY
JUNE 24
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
ADVAN3D3.ZIP
3
W95
Smartcam Advanced 3D Machining v4.40
ADVFAB3.ZIP
3
W95
Advanced Fabrication v4.00
CAMCON.ZIP
3
WIN
Smartcam Camera Connections
CB4-MWC3.ZIP
3
WIN
Mindwire Internet Client v2.01
COPNET4.ZIP
1
WNT
Open Post-It v4.0 Network
DA-S76-2.ZIP
2
WNT
Dr. Solomons Toolkit v7.60
DMNRS123.ZIP
1
W95
RAS Plus/32 Beta 4 Build 123
EPCC-14.ZIP
15
DOS
Command and Conquer Expansion Pack
ERA-AM16.ZIP
1
WIN
AMEOL v3.0
ERA-AMNT.ZIP
1
WNT
AMEOL v3.0
ERA-TXC2.ZIP
2
WIN
TaxCalc 96
ERA4DMSA.ZIP
4
WIN
Dr Schuelers Medical Advisor
HSYTC322.ZIP
2
W95
Time Chaos
MPTS.ZIP
1
OS2
MPTN
MTYKFM4.ZIP
1
WIN
Keller Fleet Maintence
NGT-MTG2.ZIP
1
WIN
Movies to Go! v2.8
PWALVN13.ZIP
3
W95
Lotus VideoNotes v1.2
QEDE.ZIP
1
DOS
Starwars v0.12
R2PVTL11.ZIP
1
WIN
Virtus VRML Toolkit
RBS-HTNT.ZIP
1
W95
HTML Notepad v2.0
RBS-MHZI.ZIP
1
WIN
MicroHouse Zip
THC-FL03.ZIP
3
WIN
FotoLook v2.09 Beta
THCHLP01.ZIP
2
WIN
Windows Help File Maker
THCMDG11.ZIP
11
W95
MS Game Developers Kit
TRD-OS25.ZIP
25
DOS
Onside Soccer Animation Addons
TRD-OSF4.ZIP
4
DOS
Onside Soccer French Addons
UCF-CDQR.ZIP
1
W95
CD-Quick v1.10
UCFCDQKM.ZIP
1
DOS
CD-Quick v1.30
TUESDAY
JUNE 25
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
DGN-IF23.ZIP
3
WIN
Invitations from Fantastic Stories
DMNCCP11.ZIP
5
W95
Mail PostOffice
DMNDOMIN.ZIP
1
W95
Domino WWW Server
GNX95FPE.ZIP
1
W95
Focal Point 95 Communication Suite v5.01a
HPST16-A.ZIP
4
WIN
HP SureStore Backup Software,
MTYPP212.ZIP
1
WIN
Wanderlink v2.12 with Proxy v1.6
MTYZHPM2.ZIP
1
WIN
Zip! Host Print Manager v1.01
RBS-QBR1.ZIP
1
W95
Quickbooks v4.0 Update
RTN-RCD4.ZIP
4
WIN
Ribbon
SDMNT302.ZIP
1
WIN
NetTerm v3.0.2
SDMTEM04.ZIP
1
WIN
Transcend Enterprise Manager v4.1
SDMTSVT5.ZIP
5
WIN
Transcend Status Tools
VTOOLSD5.ZIP
1
W95
VtoolsD v2.01
XFICET95.ZIP
1
W95
Ice TCP 95
XFLW5C22.ZIP
22
W95
LightWave v5.0
WEDNESDAY
JUNE 26
FILENAME
D
O/S
DESCRIPTION
23BR30.ZIP
30
WIN
Blender v2.3
ATMOSFIX.ZIP
1
DOS
Atmos Fear Fix
BKZCOL14.ZIP
15
DOS
Chaos Overlords
BS-LDTA2.ZIP
3
DOS
Aus Dem Leben Eines
DNS-EMP6.ZIP
6
DOS
UEFA Euro 96 German Addons
MTYHOT32.ZIP
3
W95
HotDocs v3.0b
MTYUNIN5.ZIP
5
W95
UNInet
O7OS2B26.ZIP
26
OS2
Oracle 7 Server for OS/2 v7.2 Beta
PCWHUW01.ZIP
32
DOS
Hackers Under World
PNC-FIC.ZIP
1
WIN
FTP Icon Connection v2.2
PWAVW112.ZIP
12
WIN
ParcPlace VisualWave v1.0a
SDMTEM17.ZIP
17
WIN
Transcend Enterprise Manager v4.1
THCDRPRO.ZIP
1
W95
Drive Pro
XFEXCD04.ZIP
4
W95
MS Exchange Server
XFSDK268.ZIP
69
W95
MS SDK
SYSTEM
CD EDUCATION
RELEASE DATE
TITLE
Pre-Release
Thinkin Things Coll 3
Pre-Release
Millies Math House
Pre-Release
Baileys Book House
Pre-Release
Thinkin Things Coll 1
Pre-Release
Triple Play Plus Japanese
06/10/96
Alices Adventures in Wonderland
06/17/96
Reading Dev Library 4
06/24/96
Interactive Math Journey
SYSTEM
CD ENTERTAINMENT
RELEASE DATE
TITLE
Pre-Release
Elder Scrolls : Arena-Deluxe
Pre-Release
Virtual Chess
06/11/96
PGA Tour Course : TPC at Sawgrass
06/12/96
Links Arnold Palmer Latrobe
06/14/96
Gender Wars
06/17/96
Hoyle BlackJack
06/17/96
Hoyle Solitaire
06/17/96
Terry Bradshaw Fantasy Football
06/17/96
Xenophage
06/17/96
Space Dude
06/19/96
MegaRace II
06/21/96
Kingdom OMagic
06/24/96
Triple Play Baseball 97
06/24/96
MechWarrior 2 NetMech
06/24/96
Shadoan
06/25/96
NHL Powerplay 96
06/28/96
Huygens Disclosure
06/28/96
Offensive
06/28/96
Bullfrog Pack HiOct/ThPark/Mag
06/28/96
Dungeon Keeper Bullfrog
06/28/96
Need for Speed SE
06/28/96
Dragons Lair II
06/28/96
Grand Prix II MPC
July
Indy Car Racing II
July
Lighthouse
July
Urban Runner CD-MPC
July
Robert E Lee/Civil War
July
Nascar I w/Track Pack
July
Baseball 96 Front page sports
July
Mission Force : Cyber Storm
July
Pro Pinball : The Web
07/10/96
Battleground 4 : Shiloh
07/23/96
Normality
07/31/96
Hind
07/31/96
Magic : The Gathering
August
Elder Scrolls 2 : DaggerFall
August
Jagged Alliance : Deadly Games
August
Into The Void
August
Battlecruiser 3000 AD
August
Gene Wars
August
Golden Nugget
08/06/96
Qin : Tomb of Middle Kingdom
08/15/96
Realms 3 : Shadow Over Riva
08/15/96
Third Reich
08/27/96
Deadlock
08/29/96
ADD Core Rules
09/16/96
Master of Orion II : Battle
09/17/96
Assassin - 2015
09/24/96
Creatures
09/24/96
Star Control 3
09/26/96
Nemesis The Wizardry Adventure
10/08/96
Safecracker
10/15/96
Test Drive : Off-road
10/15/96
NCAA Championship Basketball
11/12/96
Eradicator
July
Mindwarp
SYSTEM
CD PRODUCTIVITY
RELEASE DATE
TITLE
Pre-Release
Savage
Pre-Release
2 Million Canadian Business
Pre-Release
Gospels Holy Scriptures Art
Pre-Release
FormTool Small Busines v2.0
Pre-Release
Graphics Converter Gold
SYSTEM
CD REFERENCE
RELEASE DATE
TITLE
Pre-Release
Spinal Tap
Pre-Release
Poetry In Motion
Pre-Release
Lost Treasures of the World
Pre-Release
Organizer
Pre-Release
Adams Jobbank
Pre-Release
Lesson Tee
Pre-Release
Business Planner
Pre-Release
Gardeners Companion
Pre-Release
Micro Kitchen Companion
Pre-Release
Best of Breed
Pre-Release
MacMillan Digital World Atlas
Pre-Release
Planet Earth : Worlds Within
Pre-Release
Visual Dictionary
Pre-Release
Renaissance of Florence
Pre-Release
Voyage in Egypt
Pre-Release
Chilean Affair
Pre-Release
Dr. Ts Around the World
Pre-Release
Lost Treasures of the World
Pre-Release
Lirgua Match
Pre-Release
Dr. Ts Kids Classics
Pre-Release
3003 Home Designs Multimedia
SYSTEM
JEWEL CASE
RELEASE DATE
TITLE
Pre-Release
US History/Geography
Pre-Release
Pax Imperia
Pre-Release
Word Attack 3
Pre-Release
Kid Keys
Pre-Release
Kid Works
SYSTEM
WINDOWS 95 EDUCATION
RELEASE DATE
TITLE
06/04/96
Carmen Advantage Library
06/04/96
Creative Advantage Library
06/05/96
Learning Advantage Library 2
06/06/96
Amazing writing machine
06/06/96
Kid Pix Studio
06/06/96
Learning Advantage Library 1
06/06/96
Three for me Vol I
SYSTEM
WINDOWS 95 EDUCATION
RELEASE DATE
TITLE
06/14/96
Doom II Win95
06/14/96
Ultimate Doom Win95
06/18/96
Afterlife
06/21/96
Final Doom
06/24/96
Space Hulk : Vengeance
06/25/96
Monty Python : Holy Grail
06/28/96
Firefight
06/28/96
Tracer
July
Chessmaster 5000 10th Anniversary Edition
07/15/96
Collision
07/18/96
MS Close Combat
August
Knights Chase
August
Dominion
August
Command Conquer
August
Destiny
August
Powerslave
08/05/96
Time Commando
08/15/96
Mortal Kombat 3
08/19/96
Hyperblade
09/09/96
Diablo
09/09/96
Mech Mercenaries
10/21/96
Interstate 76
11/11/96
Sacred Ground
03/03/97
Mortificator
r c n
t o p 1 o
This chart was compiled by adding the number of bytes uploaded to
the 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
the 5 fastest BBSes in the WORLD. The following is a chart of the RCN
top 10 couriers :
Dates of Upload Count : 06/10/96 - 06/16/96
User Handle/Alias Affiliation Upload Bytes
1
NyteMyst
GODS
876,312,672
2
The Blue Adept
EVERLAST
773,095,594
3
Rom Racer
RAPiER
636,822,072
4
Erupt
GODS
600,786,098
5
Stingray 6
RiSC
555,454,673
6
Over Drive
Stealth
400,254,097
7
Tiger Claw
GODS
354,789,908
8
Luck
RAPiER
323,166,579
9
Iron Eagle
RAPiER
272,786,544
10
Rio Ken
RAPiER
267,132,789
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 : 06/17/96 - 06/23/96
User Handle/Alias Affiliation Upload Bytes
1
Xwing
AMNESiA
600,110,475
2
Nytemyst
AMNESiA
567,103,220
3
Maverick
RiSC
468,919,979
4
Erupt
n/a
464,893,051
5
LoLo
RiSC
335,084,628
6
Eci
RiSC
322,391,271
7
Phalycide
n/a
301,339,503
8
DarkwaVe
AMNESiA
286,737,953
9
Apocalypse
Empire
276,130,111
10
Local Yocal
MALiCE
188,504,077
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 : 06/24/96 - 06/30/96
User Handle/Alias Affiliation Upload Bytes
1
Maverick
RiSC
725,542,212
2
Nytemyst
AMNESiA
577,662,069
3
Lunatic Genius
RiSC
491,461,354
4
Erupt
AMNESiA
402,247,291
5
Xwing
AMNESiA
395,430,900
6
Phalycide
AMNESiA
336,486,427
7
Gremlin
RiSC
323,258,564
8
Suspicious Image
RiSC
258,175,360
9
The Blue Adept
EVERLAST
230,545,552
10
Asmodeus
EVERLAST
214,934,479
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
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 : 06/10/96 - 06/16/96
User Handle/Alias Affiliation Upload Bytes
1
Arch-Vile
RiSC
1,158,386,113
2
Bizzy
fATE
400,002,392
3
Razor Sharp
RiSC
399,417,148
4
Lunatic Genius
RiSC
375,136,969
5
Midnight Grave Digger
GODS
285,582,123
6
Shatter Star
EVERLAST
280,922,376
7
Zima Man
Empire
202,606,980
8
Darkside
RiSC
197,357,754
9
Apollo
Stealth
188,450,378
10
Rainbow
RAPiER
171,789,123
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 : 06/10/96 - 06/16/96
User Handle/Alias Affiliation Upload Bytes
1
Arch-Vile
RiSC
1,158,386,113
2
Bizzy
fATE
400,002,392
3
Razor Sharp
RiSC
399,417,148
4
Lunatic Genius
RiSC
375,136,969
5
Midnight Grave Digger
GODS
285,582,123
6
Shatter Star
EVERLAST
280,922,376
7
Zima Man
Empire
202,606,980
8
Darkside
RiSC
197,357,754
9
Apollo
Stealth
188,450,378
10
Rainbow
RAPiER
171,789,123
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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 : 06/24/96 - 06/30/96
User Handle/Alias Affiliation Upload Bytes
1
Razor Sharp
RiSC
760,264,017
2
Arch-Vile
RiSC
395,811,314
3
Apollo
Stealth
360,543,646
4
Bizzy
fATE
359,197,034
5
Cyberjack
RiSC
349,467,766
6
Darkside
RiSC
265,209,705
7
Cryptic Pain
AMNESiA
170,934,505
8
Stingray 6
RiSC
130,114,002
9
Prophet
RiSC
124,108,786
10
Piston
AMNESiA
116,448,706
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d e a r r o a d r e b e l !
Welcome to Dear Road Rebel! This is going to be YOUR column that is
a cross between Dear Abby and Dave Berry. The most important part of
this is YOUR participation. If you have ever had a question about the
scene or just a comment, heres the place! Have you ever wanted to know
why some people do this or that? ASK! I would love to take it to the
extreme for you and we will be happy to research it! I hope you have as
much fun with this as I will! Remember, this is YOUR column!
Dear Road Rebel,
First some background, I by nature hate IRCops, period, sure they
got a job to do, but so do me and my 10 clones. Anyway, I enjoy and use
smokes clones whenever I feel it is necessary. I am as careful as
possible when cloning, making sure to span as many servers as possible,
and to change nicks, etc.
Anyway, there I was on a normal day, and some guy decides he can
insult me, well I didnt have any transfers going on so I decided, hell
lets load up the clones. I load up each one by one, looking for a
server Im not k-lined on each time, Im able to only have 1 clone on
every server except irc.kern.com. There, I was in my tempClone channel
watching over them and doing my work, when in pops this dude named
Moogle, he says Clones are bad, we no like. I was like get away, and
kicked him promptly, he pops back in then I whois him noticing he is an
IRCop, I say fuck off, and he K-lines 2 of my clones, the ones on
Kern.
Now I was pissed, what an ass, so I take my 7 remaining clones,
start an all out attack, go get my 2 k-lined clones on different
servers, and have them dcc bomb him. And of course he went down, there
I was laughing it off, then Boom like a gun shot me and each of my 9
clones were instantly killed with the message Dont flood me fucker or
something to that effect.
Now I was furious, just cause he managed to type /kill he thinks he
is hot shit, so I msg him asking what the fuck is up. He starts being a
total ass, so I start telling him off threatening him. Then all of a
sudden this happens:
*** oDogg2 has quit IRC Killed by Moogle, Threaten me some more,
fucker
Now, MAYBE he was warranted to kill K-line my clones, maybe to kill
them, but killing some one for threatening them sounds an awful lot like
a WarezX Channel. Then I try to load up my clones and there are
k-lines ALL over the place! W ith MSGs like: oDogg2 You are banned
from this server :
badbadbadserverstuff. Now what gives an IRCop
the power to k-line ppl on multiple servers just for threatening, or
just an isolated as far as he knows cloning incident!
Signed,
Odogg
Dear Stupid Odoggy Dog,
Well, I have a few things to say about this, first, in the past few
months I have made it my job to watch IRCops for bad kills, and try to
get logs to publish and send to their admins. AND in this time I have
made some opers VERY pissed. Right now, I can only log onto 3 servers,
I logged on yesterday and found I was k-lined on anarchy for clones????
I never ran clones there! The opers do talk, and if you fuck with one
expect to get fucked all over IRC.
BUT you can do other things to ops to annoy the shit outa them.
When you see an OP kill someone for clones, message them and tell them
what a nice kill that was, and how they must feel like a big man now,
say like WOW, you typed /KILL Nick, you must feel SOO POWERFUL. This
will almost ALWAYS piss a IRCop off BAD. BUT they have NO RIGHT to kill
you for this, that wasnt a threat. And you werent doing ANYTHING
wrong. If they kill you for that write it up and send it to me.
I once read one of the truest things ever when I started on the
Internet. I went to the MIRC Homepage and in BIG TYPE it said, STAY
AWAY FROM OPS THEY ARE THE SCUM OF THE IRC, AND ARE JUST KIDS WITH
POWER. And I have seen this proven true for about 95 of IRCops.
Signed,
Road Rebel
Dear Road Rebel,
IRC, channel operators, and the warez scene. It goes hand in hand,
yet they clash horribly at times. IRC is obviously great for warez in
some ways. I would probably never be involved without it, since there
are none of those k-rad elite boards out here. But shit, IRC brings
out the lamest in some people, and most ops dont help it at all. Im
just kinda writing a list of things that bug me, and why they do. So
here it is :
WaReZd0oD I want Command Conquer, and Warcraft II, and MS Office
95!!!
Fro Yeah, I got Command Conquer, 12 disks, wanna trade?
WaReZd0oD Sure!! Do you want a site list??
Fro No, but do you have .A03, A07, and .A16 of Dark Forces?
WaReZd0oD Whats an .A03 file?
Fro Woops! Gotta go!!
This is an extreme example obviously, but still, Ive seen stuff
like this happen. Its more often new guys, who are looking for good
stuff to trade, but still, take that site list you have, open your damn
cute FTP, and search through the list. Find one small thing on each
site you like, and download it. Upload your list, or whatever you
downloaded from the last site. Share the warez!!
Its really nice when you go out for a pop and you leave a timer in
your home channel telling everyone that, but when some schmuch types
/timer 999 60 /me wants Virtual Valerie!! Then the ass leaves his
computer and goes to sleep. By the time he wakes up, most of the people
who messaged him will be gone, so hes wasted his time, our time,
bandwidth, and generally made an ass of himself.
I have on ONE occasion used a timer, it was in warez666 on
UnderNet, and it was set at 5 minutes. Everyone who joins the channel
will likely see that once, and once theyve seen it once and said to
themselves Nope, I dont have that for him, they just want to get on
with their trading, not see your request every minute.
There are times you REALLY need some software, or a crack, or
whatever. But dont put a timer on. Check the fileservers, the XDCC
lists, and the sites. Then ask, but damn, dont put a timer on! With
mIRC, just hit the damn up arrow to repeat your last command, and do it
every couple of minutes randomly. That way, you can make sure your
message gets out when there is less scrolling text obscuring it.
Ops that dont follow their own rules really bother me. When an op
starts to flood, repeat, and any of that shit, they dont deserve ops.
One example last week was an op flooding the channel with his request.
Ok, so I can put up with that for a few seconds, but he went on and on.
And his request was fucking for shareware!! Finally, I sent it to him,
and got a thanks, which was really appreaciated. If you are going to
make a rule, be prepared to follow it! Same goes to non-ops, follow the
unwritten channel rules and you will get along just fine.
Im by no means Elite, nor do I claim to be. Im an ordinary warez
leech who passes between 5-15 megs through his computer a day, and is
sick of all the bullshit that is ruining the scene. When I started
about 6 months ago, it was bad, but not this bad. Enough bitching,
great mag!
Signed,
Fro
Dear Fro,
Ok, good letter, and good points, BUT.. if you read last weeks
topic for Dear Road Rebel, you would know that topic was on IRC OPERS
not channel operatoers. You know, IRC OPERATORS, the cops of IRC, most
of them are total cocks with nothing better to do than kill your one
clone for offering, BUT wont bother to help get a channel back for you.
ALTHOUGH there are exceptions, and some ops have been actually cool,
this is RARE though. Everyone knows a dickhead op or two, one that
stands out is a guy named VILE. This prick killed me off winternet.com
shitty server anyway for being a clone. I had NO CLONES LOADED, I
dont even run clones anymore. I messaged him about five times to ask
what his fucking problem is, the cocksmoker never answered. That is a
prick!
Next Weeks Topic : FILESIZE!!!
What do you think the limit should be on a game or util? And will
you leech the larger files?
Please email all responses to an385786@anon.penet.fi.
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a s t r o l o g y !
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 :
Forecast of the week : Mondays Full Moon marks the end of the old and
the beginning of the new! Try your hand at another warez group or
warez channel. Make some new friends and you may find that the warez
scene is not so bad after all!
Aquarius January 21 to February 19 : Not everyone can see things as
clearly as you can, so if you consider holding back from
releasing a game because it is not cracked, follow your heart
and do the right thing. People named Incarnate might tell
you to do otherwise, but following your own heart is the only
way you will find true happiness in the scene.
Pisces February 20 to March 20 : Dont let your determination weaken
over something that could pay big dividends in the future. A
Venus-Mars liaison on Saturday is urging you to give the
benefit of the doubt to a relative or other intimate.
Concessions now will be repaid later. Take the time to
sacrifice now, and you will enjoy the fruits of your labor in
the future.
Aries March 21 to April 20 : Much of what you chat about in Teensex
is very useful in real life. Mondays Full Moon marks the
climax of the sexiest chapter in your life. Now its time to
begin writing the next one.
Taurus April 21 to May 21 : You have reached a crossroads and must
decide which way to travel. Two opposing courier groups are
going to try to recruit you. Opportunities, adjustments and
challenges all loom on the celestial horizon, so choose wisely.
After Venus, your ruler, reverses direction on Tuesday, a
dilemma will be more easily resolved.
Gemini May 22 to June 21 : Someone appears to be looking at a money
or business matter from a completely different perspective.
Even so, your ruler, Mercury, shifts signs on Tuesday youll be
better equipped to move on to the next stage of negotiations.
Hold on to our aces, you may need them later.
Cancer June 22 to July 23 : Something important is about to happen
that will impact a close relationship. Mondays Full Moon in
your partnership sign of Capricorn will end a period of
confusion and desperation. Join channel gaysex and you find
that your true friends are gay too.
Leo July 24 to August 23 : You know instinctively how to handle a
career or health matter, and though there may be no simple answers
to this problem, you must do what you feel is right. With the
Sun, your ruler, and Jupiter on your side later in this week, you
are in a winning position.
Virgo August 24 to September 23 : With so much nonsexual activity in
your solar chart this week, you should be feeling confident and
optimistic, particularly about your situation in finding a good
solid group to join. However, avoid rushing into any group that
seems too flashy or k3-rad1cal.
Libra September 24 to October 23 : A personal goal or professional
ambition can now be successfully pursued, all you need is the
will power and staying power to fulfill it. A weekend alliance
between your ruler, Venus, and Mars indicates a romantic
encounter with someone from a different background.
Scorpio October 24 to November 22 : You are where you are for a
reason, so think carefully before embarking upon a change of
job in a warez group, direction or surroundings. Mondays
Full Moon marks a turning point, and the next move is up to
you. An open heart and mind will take you further at the
moment than any fixed ideas.
Sagittarius November 23 to December 21 : You can accomplish anything
you want this week if you take the trouble to understand
your depper needs as well as those of a loved one. With
the Sun linked to your positive, Jupiter, on Thursday,
your self-esteem should be soaring. Dont be tempted to
spend more than you can afford.
Capricorn December 22 to January 20 : Mondays Full Moon in your
birth sign marks a crucial time in your life. A major
decision has to be made and you are the only one who can
make it. Even though a certain someone still needs your
support, its time you set some realistic limits.
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h a c k e r z c o r n e r !
Author : Crack
Subject : Hackers Corner 1
I will tell you how to get FREE Cokes. I know its nothing big, but
still, its FREE. This trick only works on COCA COLA machines. It has
something to do with the validator on the machines. Take a
dollar bill as crisp as possible and lay it george-side-up with our
dear first prez. Face it left as if you were going to stick it in the
machine. Now take some scotch tape and make 2 strips as long as the
dollar. Now take those pieces of tape and attach them to the white edge
of the dollar facing you just the one edge. Your dollar should look
like this now.
- - ---Tape
---Dollar
Now take scotch tape and make bars across the two pieces of tape
already connected to your dollar sort of like a ladder overlapping
each one just a little. Get down to the bottom and turn the bill over
and do the same thing on the other side just the ladder rungs. Now
take a pair of scissors and trim the tape to make it all even and
square. Now take something hard and run it over the tape a few times to
ensure that it wont come off Remember kindergarten? Put the glue on
and press down hard while you count to 10?. Now youre ready. Take
your new and improved currency to the nearest coke machine with a dollar
bill vindicator and insert your dollar. You have to let the bill go in
almost until you cant hold the tape anymore, its important to let the
bill get in far enough for the scanner to read the dollar, and then whip
it back out.
You should hear the click of the machine and your change drop out.
Make your selection and voila! Now the cool thing is when you find a
machine that only takes 50 cents. Cause you get your coke and 50 cents.
I made 300 dollars one time doing that.
Another Way :
Take two dollar bills, one facing george-side-up, and the other
facing george-side-down. Take a piece of CLEAR tape, and tape them
together. Make sure NO space is between the two bills. Now go to the
nearest machine, and insert the bills. It should go in enough to read
the first bill. Then when it reads the second bill, thinking you want
two cokes, it rejects the bill since the second bill is
george-side-down. When it rejects, the first dollar comes with it. You
get your coke, and maybe some change.
Another Way :
This method is probably the easiest because it requires no
preparation! Go to a vending machine and pretend you are putting in a
dollar bill, push the button of the coke you want, keep pressing it.
Then yell out a swear, go to the store manager, and tell them the
machine ate your money, they get a coke for you, you thank them, they
apologize, you go away to another store, and you do the same thing. If
you want the money, then follow the procedures, and when it comes to the
store manager, tell them the machine ate your money, and when they say
theyll get you a new one, say no, I have to go, I want my money back.
Then you get money.
A combination of the two is good too. Go to one store, tell them
you want a coke, because it ate your money, then go to another store,
tell them you want money back, then go to another store, you want coke,
another, money, etc. This way, you get coke, and money to get more coke
or other things like jewelry for your girlfriend or computer stuff.
Another Way :
If the machine only accepts coins, then youre in luck, have I got a
ripping job for you! Get a train schedule, go to the rail road tracks 5
minutes before the train comes. Bring loads of nickels, put them on the
rail road track. Wait until the train runs them over. You should now
see a flat piece of metal in the place of the nickel. Notice how its
the same size has a quarter? Now use it. Get 1 can of coke for 15
cents, instead of 75 cents. Oh yeah, if youre not careful, the train
might run over you legs, OUCH! So, do becareful out there.
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w a r e i q t e s t
Test your knowledge of the WAREZ SCENE! The following are TEN mind
boggling YOU DONT KNOW NOTHIN questions! Enter all your answers in,
and when you feel youre happy with them, press F10 and the computer
will tally up your score and spit it out at you. For every question you
missed, the computer will indicate the correct answer. Oh, and if you
feel like You Dont Know Nothin midway through the quiz and dont
want to embarrass yourself with an incredibly low score, press ESC and
youll be back on the bright side of RCN, the awesome music will calm
you down, and all will be well again.. enjoy!
*PS* All answers are found in issues of RCN!
The AUSCert Australian Computer Emergency Response Team thought
that this man hacked into a U.S. missile base :
A. Mikeysoft
B. Tsunami
C. Undinism
D. Winterhawk
PHATfiles is a public offering channel that belongs to the
following courier group :
A. Core
B. Motiv8
C. Fast Action Trade Exchange
D. Winterhawk
In RCN issue 18, a log file was shown where MGD says :
A. Im gay and I like it!
B. I hate being Indian!
C. I hate being 12 years old!
D. I say we steal LA, Enigma, and Beyond Akira from RiSC.
The following courier is an ex-Malice senior courier :
A. Crackpot
B. Dorian Hawkmoon
C. Jake the Snake
D. Winterhawk
At one point in time, PForm stood for :
A. Perfect Form and Physical Form
B. Pitbull Form and Professional Form
C. Sean Green
D. None of the Above
Hitex frequents all of the following channels EXCEPT :
A. France
B. Rapesex
C. RCN
D. RiSC
Anti Derivative is the President of the following courier group :
A. Amnesia
B. Everlast
C. Fast Action Trade Exchange
D. Motiv8
All of the following are leaders of X-Force EXCEPT :
A. Bishop
B. Mach One
C. Ones Wally
D. The Unforgiven
All of the following groups are inactive EXCEPT for :
A. Defacto
B. Generation-X
C. Legacy
D. Tyranny
This person is now the President of Damage :
A. Frost
B. RATM
C. Silent Mobius
D. None of the Above
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v o t i n g !
If you didnt vote, dont complain! The following is a chart
summarizing reader votes regarding release groups :
Votes Sent From : 06/10/96 - 06/16/96
Voting Results : Games
HBD
29 Votes
NPM
17 Votes
PSG
45 Votes
RZR
34 Votes
ROR
18 Votes
Total Votes : 143
Voting Results : Utils
DMN
5 Votes
DOD
15 Votes
LGX
n/a
MTY
22 Votes
PNC
8 Votes
PWA
31 Votes
RBS
30 Votes
SCUM
15 Votes
SDM
5 Votes
X-F
22 Votes
Total Votes : 150
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v o t i n g !
If you didnt vote, dont complain! The following is a chart
summarizing reader votes regarding release groups :
Votes Sent From : 06/17/96 - 06/23/96
Voting Results : Games
HBD
18 Votes
NPM
15 Votes
PSG
43 Votes
RZR
39 Votes
ROR
13 Votes
Total Votes : 128
Voting Results : Utils
DMN
3 Votes
DOD
10 Votes
LGX
3 Votes
MTY
15 Votes
PNC
5 Votes
PWA
35 Votes
RBS
33 Votes
SCUM
9 Votes
SDM
2 Votes
X-F
15 Votes
Total Votes : 130
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v o t i n g !
If you didnt vote, dont complain! The following is a chart
summarizing reader votes regarding release groups :
Votes Sent From : 06/24/96 - 06/30/96
Voting Results : Games
HBD
28 Votes
NPM
19 Votes
PSG
53 Votes
RZR
44 Votes
ROR
6 Votes
Total Votes : 150
Voting Results : Utils
DMN
4 Votes
DOD
11 Votes
LGX
n/a
MTY
25 Votes
PNC
7 Votes
PWA
37 Votes
RBS
30 Votes
SCUM
9 Votes
SDM
6 Votes
X-F
21 Votes
Total Votes : 150
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v o t i n g !
If you didnt vote, dont complain! The following is a chart
summarizing reader votes regarding courier groups :
Votes Sent From : 06/10/96 - 06/16/96
Voting Chart : BBS
TAC
5 Votes
EMP
7 Votes
EVR
30 Votes
fATE
15 Votes
GODS
n/a
MAL
12 Votes
M8
10 Votes
RTS
8 Votes
RiSC
32 Votes
SIN
3 Votes
Total Votes : 122
Voting Chart : NET
TAC
5 Votes
EMP
3 Votes
EVR
15 Votes
fATE
30 Votes
GODS
n/a
MAL
15 Votes
M8
9 Votes
RTS
13 Votes
RiSC
35 Votes
SIN
5 Votes
Total Votes : 130
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v o t i n g !
If you didnt vote, dont complain! The following is a chart
summarizing reader votes regarding courier groups :
Votes Sent From : 06/17/96 - 06/23/96
Voting Chart : BBS
EMP
12 Votes
EVR
28 Votes
fATE
22 Votes
GODS
3 Votes
MAL
5 Votes
M8
12 Votes
RPR
15 Votes
RTS
6 Votes
RiSC
34 Votes
SIN
2 Votes
Total Votes : 139
Voting Chart : NET
EMP
12 Votes
EVR
25 Votes
fATE
15 Votes
GODS
11 Votes
MAL
2 Votes
M8
18 Votes
RPR
9 Votes
RTS
8 Votes
RiSC
40 Votes
SIN
4 Votes
Total Votes : 144
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v o t i n g !
If you didnt vote, dont complain! The following is a chart
summarizing reader votes regarding courier groups :
Votes Sent From : 06/24/96 - 06/30/96
Voting Chart : BBS
AMN
15 Votes
DGT
n/a
EMP
22 Votes
EVR
30 Votes
fATE
16 Votes
MAL
9 Votes
M8
8 Votes
RPR
13 Votes
RTS
2 Votes
RiSC
39 Votes
Total Votes : 154
Voting Chart : NET
AMN
22 Votes
DGT
n/a
AMN
17 Votes
EVR
12 Votes
fATE
20 Votes
MAL
8 Votes
M8
16 Votes
RPR
11 Votes
RTS
2 Votes
RiSC
42 Votes
Total Votes : 150
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v o t i n g !
The following is a short survey on the popularity of the major scene
groups. Please take the time to fill it out and return it to the
following address :
Which GAMES group is 1?
Hybrid
Napalm
Prestige
Razor 1911
Release on Rampage
Which UTILS group is 1?
Demolition
Drink or Die
Legion
Mortality
Pinnacle
Pirates with Attitudes
Rebels
Scum
Sodom
X-Force
Which TRADE group is 1 in the field of NET couriering?
Amnesia
Damage
Empire
Everlast
Fast Action Trading Exchange
Malice
Motiv8
Rapier
Request to Send
Rise in Superior Couriering
Which TRADE group is 1 in the field of BBS couriering?
Amnesia
Damage
Empire
Everlast
Fast Action Trading Exchange
Malice
Motiv8
Rapier
Request to Send
Rise in Superior Couriering
Please email all responses to an385786@anon.penet.fi.
r c n
s u r v e y !
The following is a short readership survey. All information
obtained from the survey will be used to help improve RCN in future
issues. Please take the time to fill it out and return it to the
following address :
Age :
13-18 Years Old
19-21 Years Old
22-35 Years Old
36+65 Years Old
66+ Years Old
Highest level of education completed :
High School
College
Masters Degree
Doctoral Degree
Are you a SysOp?
Yes
No
Are you affiliated with any scene groups?
Yes
No
Do you download RCN regularly?
Yes
No
Do you save back issues of RCN?
Yes
No
Magazine coding influences me to download one magazine over another
of the time :
100
80
50
30
0
Amount of time spent reading RCN each week?
15-30 Minutes
31-45 Minutes
46-60 Minutes
60+ Minutes
Please E-Mail all responses to an385786@anon.penet.fi.
r c n
m a d r c n !
Author : Hitex
Subject : Dark-Elf and Amy, Amy Replies!!!
So apparently Rebel Chickens letter to Emily inspired other young
chickens or Elves as the case may be to write letters via email to
THEIR girls, or girls-to-be. Recently on IRC I had Dark-Elf online and
he said he had just e-mailed this girl he really liked. Well, thats
legit. Then, he asked me to publish it in RCN because he wanted to show
his girl how famous he is. Fair enough. So here it is, the unedited,
unabridged version. Enjoy.
Dear Amy,
Hows your summer so far? Mine has been good. How has yours been
so far? Getting a tad repetitive here Dark!? Do you like school? Or
do you like going to school? I like going to school because thats
where all my friends are. I liked being around you in school. I miss
being around you. Golly gee how sweet! Well so far this summer. I
went to the movies a couple times with my best friend, Stephen. I
went to ultra-zone a lot. I am a role-player at ultra-zone I am proud
well sure Dark, I would be too!. Role-players are the best people at
ultra-zone. I have some good places. We are going on vacation on July,
4 1996. We will be gone for 2 weeks to Florida. Maybe we can go to the
movies sometime. We could just like meet there at the movie theatre.
If you do not want to then dont. Dont say yes because you cant say
no Dark, one thing you will find about women, is that they NEVER say
Yes when they mean No!. Say yes if you mean it. If you know what I
mean. If you have a boyfriend now I shall understand. Lifes like a
box of choclates pffffft!!!. You never know what youre going to get.
Well this is a little guess into a box of choclates. As to if you would
like to spend some time with me not original but kinda cute I guess!.
If you dont wanna go to movies. We can go to ultra-zone. I shall
protect you there BUAAAAAAHAHAHAHA!!!. It will be alot of fun for me
wherever we go. If you feel you are in commitment with that farmer guy
ooh, that may have cost you the medal right there!? Then dont go out
with me. Especially a person I don not even know. This letter was
semi-hard to write, because I did not know the out come of the
readerYou. I tried to give it to you in school but I could not cuz
Im a whimp. All these mixed emotions! Its hard being a TeenAge boy
HAHAHAHAAH!!!. Please dont show this letter to anyone hmm.. now Im
confused. If you ask me if you can show it to them then I shall give
ya an answer. If PJ wants to read it she can she is your best friend.
She really does not like me as a friend though. I just think me and PJ
think differently. Just wanted her know that. Remember. You mean Yes
or You mean No. Gimme an answer thats in your heart for there is an
answer to any question in the universe. roo!?
The time is 1:43am 6-20-96.
I write things real late because thats when all my feelings come
out. I usually go to sleep earlier though. Hope you feel the same way
I do about you as you do me see comments below!. If you dont then
say now. It will be ok. If you do please tell me.
Love,
Dark-Elf
My my my... MYYYYY my my. MYYYYYYYYYYY my my my! Well Dark-Elf, I
really hope for the best. Hope being the key word in that sentence. So
I have a few things to say. First of all, how the FUCK are you going to
protect Amy at ultra-zone!? Second, what IS ultra-zone!? Third, next
time you write a girl a letter, run it through one of the RCN Editors
first, well fix all the grammar -. And lastly, let me just comment
on the sentence Hope you feel the same way I do about you as you do
me. Theres a very important thing when writing a letter to a girl for
the first time. You HAVE to make sure that the romantic part of the
letter says exactly what you meant for it to say. The small-talk
doesnt matter too much, it just burns space on the paper, its the
leading action, but your climax cant say something you didnt mean for
it to. Let me first explain what that sentence means, in reality. It
means that you hope she feels the same things you feel for her as she
does your or, as your average girl would understand, as she has sex
with you. My my my, on a first letter, this is NOT what you want to
say! So next time, write something more to the effect of I hope you
feel the same way about me as I feel about you. Anyway, good luck, and
remember, our thoughts are with you. Uh oh.
A week has passed and heres Amys reply!
Dear Paul Dark-Elf,
Im doing fine. I have to tell you I was quite surprised when I
read you letter. Thank you for being so completely honest with me. It
makes things much easier so I owe it to you to be completely honest. I
dont really have a commitment with farmer Michael. The way we left
things it was unsaid. I dont have a boyfriend right now. Paul, I like
you a lot as a friend. I know you hate hearing that. I think youre
funny, sweet, and cute, but not just that way. I would, however, like
to hang out with you sometime. Going to the movies would be fun. Im
not saying yes because I cant say no and Im giving you the answer that
is in my heart. I think it is equally hard being a teenage girl. I do
love the way you write letters. You are very funny in a good way. I
really had no idea you felt that way. Please write me back and tell me
your feelings on all of this.
Love,
Amy
Dark-Elf.. my my my!! Well what can I say? Youve expected the
unexpected and it happened! So shes not in love with you but she wants
to go out. Now do you have the balls to ask her?! Hey, thats a better
reply than what Rebel Chicken got when he wrote Emily!
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m a d r c n !
For those of you who are physically unable to beat the RCN game
found in past issues of RCN, you can have the passwords here for FREE.
Theres no need to go out of your way to crack RCN, here are the
passwords for issues 14 to 19. Enjoy.
RCN Issue 14 : TKRP
RCN Issue 15 : HITAX
RCN Issue 16 : DEFACTOE
RCN Issue 17 : DEXTROMETHORPHAN
RCN Issue 18 : EMILY
RCN Issue 19 : 504-3066
*PS* Learn to take a joke...
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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 30, 1996
Requirements : IBM 386, 2MB RAM, VGA, DOS 3.3+
REALITY Presents : REALITY CHECK NETWORK 20 C RCN!!!
This is the 20th 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 :
Alfalfa, Ante, Crack, Law Order, Nightcrawler,
Pandemonium, and Pharaoh.
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
a freaked out leet
Sitting in the dark,
the imagination starts to work.
All those dark and hideous thoughts begin to appear.
They show their grotesque faces in two forms.
One is pure hatred, the other is love.
You scream into the dark but no one can hear you.
You try to scream again, but no sounds comes out.
You look around, but cannot see a thing,
for everyone and everything has gone and left you.
Alone. - Nevesis
On behalf of the moon, I shall sing to
Right wrongs and triumph over evil
With my friends Sailor Venus, Jupiter, Mars,
and Mercury
Well make the world
A better place for all people! - Sailor Moon
GROUP INFORMATION
Editors .........
Hitex, Rebel Chicken,
Coordinators ....
Darkwing, Road Rebel,
Senior Members ..
Celestian, Lucifers Fear, RATM, Xenon,
Members .........
Alfalfa, Ante, Crack, Crystaline, Dark-Elf,
Defender Zeta, Frost, Glock, Hound, Joker, Kahn,
Kang, Krimson Wrane, Krypto, Law Order,
Mike Dave, Nightcrawler, Oxygen, Pandemonium,
Pharaoh, Sam Vision, Stealth, Super Hacker,
Tuxedo Mask, Underground King, Undinism,
Universal Soldier, Velocity, Waynekerr, Xanthos,
Mr. Zog,
Traders .........
Arch-Vile, and Shatter Star.
RCN MEMBER BOARDS
BULLETIN BOARD
AREA CODE/SYSOP
NODES/POSITION
Malevolence ..........
n/a
Egoistic Fate ....
8
WORLD HQ ..
Beyond Akira .........
n/a
Pharaoh ..........
13
CANADIAN HQ
The Lower Level ......
n/a
Underground King .
10
USA HQ ....
DropZone .............
n/a
Mike Dave ......
5
DUTCH HQ ..
The Mailbox ..........
954
Defender Zeta ....
1
MEMBER ....
Warhammer 2000 .......
718
Law Order ......
3
MEMBER ....
Area 51 ..............
514
Red Demon ........
2
AFFILIATE .
Black Sabbath ........
+44
The Unknown ......
4
AFFILIATE .
Bozack ...............
847
Oriole ...........
1
AFFILIATE .
Insider ..............
514
Killerboy ........
1
AFFILIATE .
Phreak Zone ..........
305
The Joker ........
3
AFFILIATE .
Zero Tolerance .......
905
Glycerine ........
2
AFFILIATE .
KISSES
DISSES
* KISSES :
Drink or Die
Mortality
Pirates with Attitudes
Rebels
X-Force
Hybrid
Napalm
Prestige
Razor 1911
Release on Rampage
Fast Action Trade Exchange
Guild of Distributors
Rapier
Request to Send
Rise in Superior Couriering
* DISSES :
Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide
Michael Jackson
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free to fill out an application and send it attached, via email to
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t - s h i r t s !
RCN is proud to present to the scene the official RCN t-shirt. We
tried to keep the price as low as we could so that everyone can enjoy
these goodies. Keeping with RCNs volunteerish spirit to help the scene,
Road Rebel has decided to take it upon himself to make the RCN t-shirts
available to the masses. This is a non-profit venture and we hope that
in many ways, RCN continues to benefit the scene.. even when we are not
near our computers.
The RCN logo is approximately 8x6 printed on the back of a
HEAVY-duty Fruit of the Loom white t-shirt, the front is plain.
A preview of the shirt can viewed upon pressing escape.
Special orders take up to 4 weeks for shipping.
Yes, I want my official RCN t-shirt!
Enclosed is 15 for my official LARGE RCN t-shirt.
Enclosed is 15 for my official X-LARGE RCN t-shirt.
Enclosed is 3 for shipping and handling.
Enclosed is an additional 2 for delivery outside the U.S.
Total Enclosed :
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Please send payments in cash U.S. funds only, or money orders
made out to cash NO CHECKS will be accepted to :
RCN
P.O. Box 3914
Centerline, MI
48015-0914
Personal
Data
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Location State, Email Address
Male Female
Age Area Code
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SysOp Gigs Nodes Callers
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How will your admission further the goals of RCN?
Please include samples of your work along with the
application. Minimum Length : 50 Words
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affiliate board, simply view the following log of Hitex logging onto
Rebel Chickens bulletin board, and modify your bulletin board
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COVER : Chris Carter Revealed!
PLUS! : iD Software Interview!
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RCN-18.ZIP 624589 06-16-96 RCN Issue 18, 06-16-96
COVER : GODS Meeting Log
PLUS! : RCN BUSTED!
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RCN-17.ZIP 626333 06-09-96 RCN Issue 17, 06-09-96
COVER : DR. JEKYLL BUSTED
PLUS! : DEMAXXUS BUSTED
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COVER : PASSING OF ZIEG
PLUS! : THE RENEGADE CHEMIST
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COVER : MALICE DOWNFALL
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COVER : JAMES MAKES HIS VISIT
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RCN-13.ZIP 252896 02-11-96 RCN Issue 13, 02-11-96
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COVER : ANARCHIST BUST
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COVER : PASSING OF SPYDER-X
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COVER : GAHN LOG FILE
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RCN-08.ZIP 300782 01-07-96 RCN Issue 08, 01-07-96
COVER : EXCLUSIVE FBI Interview!
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REALITY CHECK NETWORK 20
30 JUNE 1996
COVER : Amnesia Falls!
PLUS! : Blizzard on Pirates!
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Summary :
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current issue and back issues must be located in separate file
directories. The FULL fileid.diz for the current issue must be
shown.
2. A Reality Check Network conference must be set up. The rcn
affiliate board ansi must be shown somewhere in the login process
or somewhere in the conference join.
3. Sysops must notify all bulletin board users, via nonconference
specific mass email, of the new issues available for free download.
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w w w !
The new update to the Reality Check Network World Wide Web Site,
http://www.rcn.org/, adds many new features :
Speed Optimization : RCN.org is now speed optimized, which means
you spend less time waiting and more time browsing.
Better Back Issue Access : Its now quick and easy to scan through
RCNs back issues, each one has its full description online, to
make searching for the desired issue that much easier.
Better Interface : v2.0 brings an end to the confusing
conglomeration of pages that previously had existed. Now speed
through the icon driven interface to scan back issues of RCN and
other emags, send comments, read credits, and check out
merchandise and free files.
Text or JAVA Version : Whatever browser you use can now access the
RCN.org pages. Before only Netscape was allowed, but now LYNX and
other text base users can now access the pages.
New Look Graphics : The new graphics style are a nice change of
pace from the hard-edged style of before.
To become a file mirror, contact us in RCN on IRC, you must be able
to store all back issues in a publically accessible directory from the
WWW. A link will be created from RCN.org to your site, so users can
acquire issues from there if the main site becomes overloaded.
RCN WWW Site : http://www.rcn.org/
RCN Mirror Site 1 : http://www.halcyon.com/sbecker
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c r e d i t s !
Hitex : Editor
Rebel Chicken : Editor
Xenon : ASM/MOD
Celestian : VGA/ANSI
RATM : VGA/WWW
Pandemonium : VGA
Darkwing : IRC Security
Undinism : IRC Maintenance
Joker : FTP Site
Ante : Writer
Dark-Elf : Writer
Darkwing : Writer
Gorilla : Writer
Karen : Writer
Oxygen : Writer
Waynekerr : Writer
FTP Site : 167.206.212.37
Web Site : http://www.rcn.org/
Email : AN385786@ANON.PENET.FI