Netmonkey Weekly Report Issue XLIX June 3rd, 1999 g#S$ d. ____ ascii by garflozzy ____ $$$: -- ,$b ----- $$$ ___ $$$$$s __ :$$l $',$$$$.`$$ :$$$._l$$: ,s#S$$$$: $$$"È$$b.`È$i $$$ ',$$'À$$,`$ l$$$T$$$$._ --------- l$$$$$$$$ :$$l b,`Y$$,`l l$$.d$P . À$$,` $$l" $$$ýT$S#g._ ----------- °°°°°°°°° :$$$$$$$l l$$: $$b.`Y$$, :$$$$' d$b À$$,d$$: :$$l ,.`"ýT$S# °°°°°°°°° $$$$$$$: $$$ :$$$$. Y$$.s$$$' d$$$b '$$$$l l$$: l$'.d$$' $$$$$$$. $$$ l$$$$$. $$$Sl$' d$$$$$b '$$$: :$$l .'.d$$' $$$$$$l :$$l $$$$$$l l$$::P :$$$$$$$b.`$l l$$: ~~~~~~~ ------------------ l$$: ------- :$$l.' ---------- `: ;$$l --------------------- $$$ °°°°°°° .l$$ :: ~~~~ ³ $$S#s,$$$ ::: ``^"ýY$$$ `Y$ [ n ] ETMONKEY [ W ] EEKLY [ R ] EPORT God damnit, we are still late again. I swear we are the biggest bunch slackers I know. Because of hectic work, the Tdpriest Journal is not yet completed, but it's near finished so next week I promise. (again) Seems we have a new webpage designer who actually will put up his page after designing it. So that is always a plus. Anyhow, we are late and it's goin on 2:30am. So just read the damn mag. -Lester [Co-Editor/Head Writer] Hey hey hey.... its faaaaaaaattttt ndetroiiiiiittt.... I got rolled by a bunch of bitch phillipino gangstas this weekend, while i was playin' ball... so no offense, but if you are in a phillino gang in the greater vancouver area, i am probably going to own you within the next 2 weeks... fair warning... we'll keep score here in NWR... the "How-Many-Bitches-NDT-Has-Beaten-Up-This-Week" Top... It will be leet.. ... you can play along at home, too, if you like, but only if you live in the vancouver area... Blitz is back, and his home will now permanently be called "Blitz's slightly biased games report"... welcome to blitz, hope you enjoy the nwr family.. (read: you have no choice, like it or i will beat YOU up too...) ... HAHAHAHAH Got a new jesspic this week... pretty much speaks for itself.. jesspic11.jpg is the title.. Prozac's ppgr #5 is included in the zip.. pretty cool.. read the interview with blitz.. is somewhat interesting.. Ryche is back doing his shit.. bud's got 2 for the price of 1.. and lester and i got our regular crap going on.. sorry no stats again this week.. but i am quite tired, and didn't get enough wkups, and blah, blah blah, blah.. Have a safe week, kiddies... ;p ndetroit [Co-Editor/Head Fatass] -----------[ index ]----------- I.) Intro a) Lester b) ndetroit II.) Quotes of the Week III.) Stats - Ndetroit's Weekly Stats, and comments on Sites. IV.) Lester's Biased Courier Report V.) Articles a) Blitz's Slightly Biased Games Report b) Bud's Biased Utils Report c) Lesters Moview Reviews d) VCD Group and Movie Reviews e) RiSE Recap VI.) Scene News - All the news that's fit to print VII.) Rumors! VIII.) Closing ---------------------[ Quotes of the Week! ]--------------------- - I feel like a courier now. I'm scared to take a shit because maybe some huge util will come out. - my new trading client is PHAT! linux$ ./resftp REStart FTP version 0.23 by ndetroit Connecting to ...1..2..3..4..5..6..7..8..9..10 sites BaDiSk Manufacturer Module Enabled resftp> -<_bwound> i'm not nice <_bwound> =/ <_bwound> someoen gimme a shell <_bwound> now - do not doubt your sexual prowess... I have to fight to contain myself from jumping your bones everytime I see you it's quite a struggle, let me tell ya 200- | 02 tc [PFT] Pres For Tc [PFT] 421.411.840 212K/s 200- | 03 cedric TROOPS OF PENIS 35 359.395 megs 210.90 | 200- | 04 tirre sup 52 334.558 megs 3460.47 | 200- | 05 redman maybe its maybelline 7 283.912 megs 227.66 | 06 mrpumpkin working w/o pres, bugger it 222.713.856 138K/s 08 glen m00 tANG cLAN fO' LiFE 147.795.968 86K/s - my dad is better than me in quake3 demo =/ - SJ wanna do some multiplayer of nsf4? i need a game pad nah i suck and i gotta hold meeting in 30 min ;-) bah play with ][ce he drives on the wrong side of the road I hate driving with him.. ;p -*** jroger is now known as gayroger *** _nutcase is now known as gaycase <|K-BOT|> good ur ass ^^ - I'm setting up Sound / Lighting for the Britney Spears Concert at the Corel Centre next weekend ;) -(from ppgr) People like to read about themselves - hey moon u cercumcised ? i was stabbed 2 weeks ago dumbass :P in your dick!"?!?!?!?! holy crap dude man u gotta piss sitin down or somethin hu ? - i think my jeans are going from blue -> pure white - im a damn male ;| but i can be a shemale for you -<[trite]> anyone know of any chicks willing to be porn stars? im starting a porn prod company.. already bought a $12000 camera -----------[ ndetroit's sites and stats section ]----------- Blah. Heh.. I read that "USCR" report the other day.. nice work guys.. They ranked "EVL" as the 3rd best site in the US... very cute.. except for the fact that EVL will probably go down in a week, and will be just another series of wasted credits.. beautiful.. *Sigh*.. thats what you get when you leave the rankings to the kiddies.. How about we leave things to the pro's... shall we? ;p Contrary to popular belief, ATX was not narked, or otherwise.. The site was temporarily down due to bouncer problems, but that was not the reason for its death TOS also has to be looking good.. at least giving ATX a run for its money in the US site division.. Did you guys know that FUBAR was CLS and not RZR??.. wtf??... man.. they should have stuck with RiSC/RZR/DOD, like the old days.. at least with DOD they would get some decent AV utils, as opposed to that ass-fuck utils affil they have now.. ;p No, *I'M* Ken Griffey Jr.... Woooo... what the heck happened to VDR?.. ;p does anyone support their any more?.. now that dms (and all of its 2 active traders) has fled the coup, the site is being grouptopped by CrC and iND... *sigh* If i see another siege/dev/cls site, i am going to start winnuking jaydee... ;p ATX is down and out for good.. What a bummer.. what a huge bummer.. argueably the best site in the US at the time of its death.. VGC WHQ, OGN WHQ, PHASE WHQ, KAC WHQ.. a nice set of affils.. Had decent curry support too, even without an curry affil. Site went down after "the dvniso pricks tried to run the show", and basically abused the shit out of it.. lame stuff.. Another yo-yo effect us site... good luck to mgoh, blitz, and the rest of the ATX staff. Siteops!! send your weektops to: nwr@netmonkey.org... Thanks to all those that support us every week... ;) =--------------------------------------------------------------------------= Sites are rated on a 3X and 2X scale.. if you want to know why we do it that way, read an old issue. Couriers get 10 points per site they get #1 on, 9 points for 2nd place, 8 points for 3rd, etc, etc. Sites are rated by us. If you don't like the ratings, then.... heh... fuck off and die.. =--------------------------------------------------------------------------= The Top Ten sites for this week are: x3 FS -*- STH -*- ET -*- FH -*- CAT x2 DLS -*- HOG -*- TOS -*- DF3 -*- BB4 Sorry.. will have rankings next week.. =--------------------------------=--------------------------------------= -----------[ Lester's Biased Courier Section ]----------- Biased Courier Report Shit, I am not prepared for such a task! AOD: Well, AOD has been damn busy this week. First the EQL box coord decides to drop EQL and bring all their boxes to AOD, then Hawkeye and the VGN boys, just 3 weeks after merging with Ambition, decide to head over to AOD, citing they "couldn't handle that prick Marbz as leader". So an interesting situation is that West23 and Darkwolf are now in the same group, for those of you who remember the log we included of Darkwolf trying to threaten West23 if he didn't join VGN. Should be interesting for a little while to see how all the egos collide in AOD. But as of now, they are lookin pretty sharp. AV: Heh, well we all knew this wasn't gonna last right? DEV: I heard Norseman retired from box recruiting, well gee I guess Dev will just have to live with the 35 boxes or whatever ridiculous amount they have now. Least maybe now we won't have to putup with Norse joining every channel when he gets a new fucking box. Otherwise, Dev is still riding the Pre train along to #1. DMS: Not alot happening here. With the additions of Citizen, Bud and Nailz some expected a resurgence in DMS, but so far this has not been the case. Although they have taken a Risc-esque turn in that they are owning their US sites. Grumblings of internal conflict and disorganization seem to keep this group bubbling around #3. Risc: Hmm, so instead of ThePep abusing the DOD/Risc relationship, we now have Bandido doing it. Mossyoak tries to lend a hand and give a box to DOD, only to have Bandido steal it off to Risc from the SUPERIOR MNM. So Mossy having been in DOD for years and doing very little there, left them. I don't know when Risc is going to learn that they are extinct. Well shit, who else do I report on still? Oh ya..rumor is that EQL & MNM are discussing a merger. I guess since they saw how successful Amb+VGN combined to form a semi-idle group out of 2 idle ass groups..they figure they should try it? Peace out kids =----------------------------------=--------------------------------------= -----------[ Articles ]----------- =----------------------------------=--------------------------------------= -----------[ Blitz's Slightly Biased Gaming Report]----------- THE BLITZ REPORT FOR THE WEEK OF 05/23/99 - 05/30/99 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The final week of May was a time of big titles and controversy. With all four groups within striking distance of group-of-the-month honors, competition was fierce for every game, patch, and trainer. Game of the week is a tossup between Aliens vs Predator and Mechwarrior. I think the nod here goes to Mechwarrior, but it's really too close to call. Star Trek was a huge dissapointment. I'm a real TBS guy, and this one was supposed to be Master of Orion 3 set in the Star Trek universe. A clunky interface and some poor game mechanics aren't saved by the excellent combat simulator. Read on for all the dirt. ÜÛÛßÛÛÜ ÞÛÜ ÛÜ ÞÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÝ ß ßß ßß ßßßßÞ۲ݲÛßßß ßßß ß ß ÞÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÝÛÛÜßÛßÛÛÜßÛÛÜÞÛßÞÛ²ÝÜ ÞÛßÛÛÜßÜÛÛÜ ÞÛÛÝÜÛÛß Þ²ÛÝÝ ÛÛ² ÞÛÛÝÝ ÞÛÛÝÛÛ Ý ÞÛÛÝÛ ÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÝ ÜÛÛßÜÛÛÝÝ ÜÜÜßÜÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÝÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÝÛ ÞÛÛ ÞÛÛÝÞÛÛÝ ÞÛ²ÝÝÞÛÛÝ ÞÛ²ÝÝ ÞÛ²ÝÛ²ÝÝ ÞÛ²ÝÛ ÞÛ² ÞÛÛÝ ßÛÛÜÛßÛÝÛÜßÛÛÜÛßÛÝÛÜÛÛßÜÛÛÝÛÜÞÛ²Ýß ÛÛ² ==============================ÜÜÜ=ÞÛÛÝ===== ßÛÛÛÜÛÛÛ ßßßßß After last week's rest, Paradigm got back down to the business of winning with another big week. Star Trek is a 4.0 game, but I've decided to split the points between CLS and PDM, since this one was really too close to call. There were good arguments on all sides. The CLS release was definately out first, but the PDM release made it to more sites. Game groups locate their best sites in Europe, but the end users get the games from the trickledown from the USHQ's. The PDM release dominated on the USA sites, and won on all WHQ's except FS. PDM claims their release was in the predir on ET long before Class put theirs out, but I doubt that .nfo file was intentionally made that way. What probably happened is that snap had all the disks except the first out, and they were waiting on the nfo file. Seems snap quickly saw the CLS release out and saved the day with a quick pre. Nice work, you stole a draw for your group. CLS's version being out first definately deserves them no less than a draw, but the PDM release made it further. Nascar Road Racing, Curse You Red Baron, and PGA Championship Golf are all mediocre titles for true fans of their respective gametypes. Each recieved average rankings. The need for speed trainer/patch contained features already included in a CLS trainer, and was thus docked half a point. Nice week all around from the PDM team. Points Release Title ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2.0 Star_Trek_Birth_Of_The_Federation-PARADiGM (140.7M) 0.5 Aliens.Vs.Predator.Plus.4.Trainer-PARADiGM (0.1M) 3.0 Nascar_Road_Racing-PARADiGM (53.0M) 3.0 Curse_You_Red_Baron-PARADiGM (44.6M) 3.0 PGA_Championship_Golf_99-PARADiGM (140.4M) 1.0 PGA_Championship_Golf_99_In_Game_Analysis_Speech_Addon-PARADiGM (48.9M) 0.0 Official_Formula_One_Racing_Storecopy_Final-PARADiGM (73.1M) -0.5 [NUKED]Need_For_Speed_High_Stakes_ALL_CARS_ALL_TRACKS_PATCH-PARADIGM --- 11.0 __ ______ ______ ____ _____ ____ _____ \// _ \ _ \_\__/ _ \_\__/_\_ \ / / / / /. / / / / / / \______/ \____|_/\___ /___/___/ / --------|___|---------/____\------/____\- Origin finally wins on a big USA title with Aliens vs Predator. Class once again got this one out first, but their release was so poorly ripped that there's really no question who wins this title. Origin has always done their best to rip properly, not racing a sloppy release like so many other groups. Ripping sound when there are movies to cut just isn't acceptable. The Origin release was smaller to boot. Sorry Class, no soup for you. The other two games of the week were pretty soft. The Rubiks is ok, but Kotobuki is pure budget. Barely english, I don't know why they bothered with this one. A pair of patches round out the week for this group. Origin seems to be hitting their stride now, the team looks better than ever. Apologies to the OGN team for forgetting Evil Core last week. It was a 3.0 title. Points Release Title ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5.0 Alien.vs.Predator.FINAL-ORIGIN 0.0 Alien.Vs.Predator.Movie.Addon.FOR.OGN.RELEASE-ORIGIN 1.0 Kotobuki-ORIGIN (91.1M) 0.5 Battle.Of.Britain.V.1.02.Patch.Cracked-ORIGIN (1.0M) 2.0 Rubiks.Games-ORIGIN (98.9M) 0.5 Sports.Car.GT.V.1.551.Patch.Cracked-ORIGIN (2.4M) --- 9.0 /\______ /\______ ____/\______ __ \____ \/ \__ \/ _ \____ \ __/ \____ / _/ _/ \/ / / / _/ _// / / / / / / \ \ /\ / /\ / / \ \/ /\ / / / \__/\ \/ \______\___/\__/\ \/ / /_/_/ ======\___)===\__)============\___)=\/======= My own group came through again with the long-anticipated Mechwarrior 3. Now I'm not really a fan of the Mechwarrior series, but I did enjoy this one for a few minutes. It's definately a major title, one worth checking out. Jeff Gordon is not bad, but I'm still playing Midtown Madness... no room for another racing game yet. RZR fixed their botched trainer for TPM, putting out an update and a final? The trainer does work, get the final version. No points for these, just the half point deduction from last week. Points Release Title ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5.0 MECHWARRIOR_3-RAZOR (113.6M) 3.0 JEFF_GORDON_XS_RACING-RAZOR (22.3M) 0.0 Star.Wars.The.Phantom.Menace.UPDATED.TRAINER.PLUS.4-RAZOR (0.1M) 0.0 Star.Wars.The.Phantom.Menace.FINAL.TRAINER.PLUS.4-RAZOR (0.1M) --- 8.0 ______ /| ___ /\______ /\______ / \/ | / _ \ / _____/ _____> / |_ / |/ | \\____ \ \____ \ < | < / | / | \/ | \ \ _____\_<____|___\_____ /\_____ / +=\/======================\/=======\/==+ Class had some bad luck this week. They really should have won, but a few mistakes and some bad luck left them bringing up the rear. They say they had Star Trek from one of their own suppliers, and that they didn't rip the ISO. Now, it really does not matter where they got the game, but I have to wonder why it took them so long to rip it if that is the case. Seems everyone except Origin was ripping this one off the ISO (<][ce> What ISO?). See the PDM section for my reasons behind splitting the points. I'd like to know who in Class decided to rip sound effects and leave in movies in Aliens vs Predator. This is obviously unacceptable, and their release of AVP is void. Need for Speed was another big title for the week, but in addition to a fix, we saw a repacked speech addon. Laughable quality control from a major release group. Points Release Title ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2.0 Star_Trek_Birth_of_the_Federation-CLS 0.5 StarTrek.Birth.of.the.Federation.Trainer-CLS (0.1M) 4.0 Need_For_Speed_High_Stakes-CLS =Empty= -2.0 Need_For_Speed_High_Stakes_Quick_Fix-CLS (0.0M) 0.0 [NUKED]Aliens_VS_Predator-CLS (47F/127.8M/8d 0h) 0.0 [NUKED]Need_For_Speed_High_Stakes_SPEECH_ADDON-CLS 0.0 [NUKED]Need_For_Speed_High_Stakes_MOVIES_ADDON-CLS 0.0 Need_For_Speed_High_Stakes_SPEECH_ADDON_Repack-CLS (33.6M) 0.5 Jeff_Gordon_XS_Racing_ALL_CARS_AND_TRACKS-CLS (0.0M) 0.5 Jeff_Gordon_XS_Racing_CHEAT_CODES-CLS (0.0M) --- 5.5 =----------------------------------=--------------------------------------= -----------[ Bud's Biased Utils Section ]----------- Bud's Biased Utils Report #21 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here we go again! A bit about this weeks NWR, and about last weeks, and what you're going to be reading here (assuming you aren't skipping this). Last week was a double issue of NWR... sort of. It had two weeks worth of games reports, some extra news... basically we were lazy. But hey, laziness is a virtue - just not a very good one. My report in that issue (#48) was not a double report - it covered only the week in utils ending on Monday May 17th. Which means I missed a week, since NWR was delayed a week and released as a double issue. No big deal I figured, I've missed a few weeks in the past, and usually I just let them go. However, Loke pointed something out to me recently... and that is in missing a week I tend to make groups who were idle the week I reviewed but active as hell the week I missed look bad. Last week it was 2KAD, as well as a few others... so I've decided to make up for lost time and do a review for last week (18th to the 24th) which I missed. So after you read this report, you can go on to report #22... assuming I haven't bored you to death after this one. And if you still aren't bored to death of me... something is really wrong with you, get a life! Now for some fun stuff... this report, #21, marks 20 weeks of points for groups which have been alive and reviewed since my very first issue. For those groups who've been alive and kicking since my first report I'll give a total score score for all 20 weeks reviewed (Keep in mind I've missed a few weeks, and one week with guest writers wasn't scored). And I'll give a short blurb as to my feelings on a given groups overall performance. Other groups will just get the usual weekly rating with no grand total. Ok. There. I've put half of you into a coma... those still with me, read on. Disclaimer: It's BIASED moron. My opinion. So don't send me a bunch of mail & messages bitching about this or that. If you don't like it... SCREW YOU =] Rankings: Groups get a score out of 10. Points are given for amount of releases, but QUALITY titles will give a group a much higher score. Nukes for duping, broken releases and just plain CRAP will lower a groups score. However on the occasion that a title is nuked which I don't feel should have been, MY OWN JUDGEMENT TAKES PRECEDENCE. Cuz I'm writing this. Groups can also get points for any other reason I see fit. Week: Week is based from 05/18/99 to 05/24/99. I'm in the EST time zone so dates/times run according to it. Groups: (In no particular order) Ü ßßÛÛÜ Ü Ü Ü ßÛÜ ßÛÝßÛÜ Þ ÜÛß ÜÜÛÛÝ A Group ÞÛÝ ÞÝ ÞÛ ÛÝÞÛÝ ÜÛß Û That Gives ÜÛÛÝÜß ÜÛÛÝßÛÛÝ ÛÛ ÞÝ Slightly ßÛÛÛ ßÛÛÛ ßÛ ÞÛÛÛÜÜ Û Less Than ÞÛÝ ÞÛÝ ÞÝ ßÛÛß ßÜ A Fuck. ß ß ß ß -XeN PIRATES WITH ATTITUDE: Releases: ACT_2000_Beta_2-PWA Imagebook.Pro.2.5-PWA PcAnywhere_v9.0-PWA Sirenet.1.6.cracked-PWA StarAcoustics.5.23.32.Keygen.Only-PWA StarAcoustics.v5.23.32.cracked-PWA Not a whisper out of PWA until the 23rd, when we saw six apps go out. A mixed bag, with some highs (kudos on pcANYWHERE 9), lows (Keygen only? come on, leave that to TNO/CORE and the other cracking groups), and in betweens (Sirenet, Act 2000 beta). Act 2000 is a beta some people will actually want... which is why nuking all betas bothers me... but I won't get into it. As I said, good work on Symantec's pcANYWHERE 9.0, one of the best connectivity/remote access apps out there, and probably the most popular for the average user. I won't get into keygens, other than to mention that I come from BBS times when hundreds of these things didn't clutter the upload conferences... yeh whatever I also haven't updated my wardrobe in six years. I am going to count the KeygenOnly/KeygenIncl as one release though... I'm not giving points twice for the same work. Total: 6/10 Total to Date: 106/200 Some major titles brought PWA's total score up, and a few weeks of decent work of late helped out. Still, if not for the MS ownage, which is being really challenged for the first time in a while of late, we would see a very different picture. ÜÄÄÄÄÄ ÜÜÜ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÜÜÛ²Ü ÄÄÄ Ü Ä Ü²Ü ° ß ÜÛÛÛÛÛ² ÜÜÛÛÛÜ ÜßßÛÛÛÛÝ ÜÛÛÛÛÛÜ ß ²ÛÛÛß ßÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÜßÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÞ²ß ßÛÛÛ² ²ÛÛÛÝ Þ²Ûß ßÛÛÝÞ² ß ß²ß²Ý ÞÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÜÜß ßÛÜ Ü²Û² Û²Ü ÛÝßÜÜÛÛÛÛ² ßÛÛ²ßß ß ßßßß ß þÜ Þ² ßß²Ûß þÜÄÄÄÄÄÄ+ The Corporation +Ä ßÜ Ägas!Äþ THE CORPORATION: Releases: FastCopy.Desktop.Win.NT.V2.0-CORP Remedy.Link.For.SAP.R3.V2.0-CORP Chem.Office.Pro.Suite.2000-CORP Morph.Master.V2.2-CORP Symantec.Norton.HelpDesk.Assistant.V1.0-CORP Namo.Webeditor.v.3.0.faq-CORP Namo.Webeditor.v.3.0.Final-CORP Humminbird.HostExplorer.V.6.1.1.Win9X-CORP Coming off an excellent week, The Corporation slowed a bit but still showed a decent effort. While I'm not sure why they didn't just include the FAQ for Namo with the original release (might as well get all the explanations out of the way in the first place, or pull a TRPS and put "PLS.DONT.NUKE.OH.PLS" in the dir name ), it's still a nice little package. Morph Master is pretty nice, and they collected on the most recent Symantec offering. Total: 7/10 Total to Date: 137/200 Consistancy and good, middle of the road releases - and a fair amount of them. They realize that you can't be a release group if you don't release - something a few other groups should keep in mind. Quality control has become something of a concern of late however. . )\_______)\__)\_______)\_______ . . __/ __ _/ _/ ____/ ___/ . . \__ / _\ \_____ \ ___/__ : . :/ \ \ / \ / \| : |\___/ /___/_____ /___ /| : | \_/_____/\____ /_____/___/_____/ | :...`---\_____\/----/_flr_/---/_p^D_/--' RISE: Releases: JOBBOSS.SOFTWARE.JOBBOSS.V4.1.FINAL.CRACK.FIX-RiSE SEAGATE.SOFTWARE.BACKUP.EXEC.V2.0I.FINAL.ENGLISH-RiSE SILVERLAKE.COMMUNICATIONS.AIRSOURCE.PRO.V2.1-RiSE SPECIALIZED.SOLUTIONS.INC.A.PLUS.TRAINING.EXAM-RiSE JOBBOSS.SOFTWARE.JOBBOSS.V4.1.FINAL.CRACKED-RiSE ASCEND.NAVIS.ACCESS.v.4.2.CRACKED-RiSE Rough week for RiSE... first of all, the Adobe Go Live 4 RiSE release was not approved by RiSE, CORP's is the real deal. I have no idea why Ascend Navis Access was nuked and couldn't find Toth for a comment, so I left it in there... then we come to Jobboss 4.1 - if you read NWR last week you know the story, so I won't repeat it... if you didn't, go read it. Basically, RiSE seems to be in a bit of trouble these days, although they did get a few good rels out. Total: 5/10 Total to Date: 106/200 A quality group that's in a bit of hot water these days. They've definately hit a snag, and it seems the future of RiSE could be in jeopardy - but I'm hoping they pull through. ÜÛÛßÛÛÛßß ß ÜÛ Ú- ²ÛÛ ßß ßßß ÄÄÄÄ-ÄÄ-Ä-Ä ßßß -ÄÄ-ÄÄ-ÄÄ¿ : ßßßÛÛÜßÛÛÛßßßßßÛÛÜ ÜÛÛßßßßßßßßßÛÛÜ °³ ßßÛÛÛ² ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ²ÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ²ÛÛ ²ÛÛ ÛÛÛ °: : ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛßßß ²ÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛßßß . ³° ÛÛÛ ÛÛ² ÛÛ² ÛÛÛ ÛÛ² ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ²ÛÛÛßß : ²ÛÛÜÛÛßÜÛÛÛÜßÛÛÜÛÛÛ ßÛÛÜÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ : Ü ÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ royÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÄÙ ßÜ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛ² ßÜ ÛÛÛ ßßßßßß ßÛÛ² ßÛ SIEGE: Releases: LOTUS.DOMINO.5.0A.SOLARIS.X86-SiEGE 3DSMAX.R3.0.PRE-RELEASE-SiEGE ESPRINT-W.V3.1-SiEGE NEWTEKS.AURA.V1.0D.WORKING-SiEGE IBM.VIAVOICE.V5.3-SiEGE LOTUS.NOTES.DOMINO.DESIGNER.AND.ADMINISTRATOR.V5A-SiEGE Another week of name titles from SGE... total Lotus domination, and they threw in the Solaris edition of Domino, which I've heard is one of the most popular platforms as far as Lotus sales for Domino go. ViaVoice is a great release as always... also the 3DSMAX 3 Pre-release will give an early look at the much anticipated final package. SGE would have scored higher except the discounted Solaris app and the fact that I never give full points to betas. Total: 6/10 Total to Date: 149/200 Well, what can I say. Quality, anticipated releases on a steady basis for almost all of the twenty weeks I've reviewed them. A model for other groups, at least in they're releasing. One of if not the top cracking crew in the utils scene doesn't hurt, and combined with excellent suppliers... ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ[XX/XX]Ä ÜÛÛ ÜÜÜ ° ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ Û²Û Û²Û ± ÛÛß Û²Û Û Û²Û ÛÛ Û²Û Û ÛÛÛ ÛÛ Û² Û±Û Û±Û Û°Û ßß ÜÛ Û±Û ÛÛ Û±Û Û ÜÜÜ ÛÛÜÜ ÜÛÛßÛÛÜ ß Û±Ûßßß ÛÛ Û°Û ÛÛ ÜÜÛ Û²Û ÛÛ ÜÜ Û±Û Û²Û ² Û²Û ° Û²Û Û°Û ÛÛ ° Û²Û Û±Û ÛÛ Û² ÛÛÛ Û±Û ± ÛÛÛ ßÛÛÛÛÛßÜÛÛ ± ßÛÛÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛ ÄÄÄ ÛÛß ° ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ² ÄÄÄÄÄ sikos Ä X-FORCE: Releases: INCITE_V2.0_CRACKED-XFORCE METROWERKS_CODEWARRIOR_PRO_V4_LINUX-XFORCE KAYDARA_FILMBOX_V1.5_SP1-XFORCE NUMEGA_DRIVERSTUDIO_RC3_INCL_SOFTICE_4-XFORCE C-FORGE_V1.2-3_COMMERCIAL_FOR_LINUX-XFORCE XF continues to pretend to be alive by putting out some Linux titles mixed in with a few other apps... XF has been fairly consistant with Numega titles, and they once again win on Filmbox. Discounting the Linux titles, my pick here is Incite, simply for being the only major version update XF got for the Windows platform this week. Total: 4/10 Total to Date: 86/200 A decieving score... many releases for non-win operating systems were not counted, but many will enjoy them. If you're running a *nix system you'll likely appreciate X-FORCE a hell of a lot more than I do. /\______/| ___/\_ _/ ______ :|; . __/\ ____/\ __| // %%%\____ \ |__:_\__ \/ ~~ :\_ | __/%%%% iii_/ :| \\_ \ ;| \_ |____/ \iiiii :::\__ ; _/ | \\_ : // | \\_ | \\_::: \____/---|____/____/_______/-|____/kaz SHOCK: Releases: Sonic.Foundry.ACID.Style.v1.0.build71-SHOCK SYSTAT.Standard.v8.0.3-SHOCK Bill.Power.Plus.v6.1.107-SHOCK SITEFORUM.Communications.v2.4.for.Win9xNT-SHOCK SITEFORUM.Communications.v2.4.for.Java-SHOCK Internal.Web.v2.1.for.Java-SHOCK The mass releasing domination of Shock has slipped quite a bit in the past while... at the beginning of the year they had a huge output and looked kinda like the SHK of old in the mass category. Of late they've slowed considerably, although they've made a bit of a presence in store apps and shown some new cracking talent... not bad for a group who mainly had a carding reputation in past years. This week was a mixed bag, with two apps off the shelf (ACID Style and SYSTAT 8), a raiding of SFS Software's new editions of SITEFORUM Communications and Internal Web, and the often released Bill Power Plus. The SFS stuff is decent, and SHK benifited from the idleness of PRM in not having to race them for those titles, but without a doubt the only app really worth mentioning here is Systat 8.0.3 Standard. Something tells me (perhaps the fact that I'm writing this so late) that next week will be better. Total: 5/10 Total to Date: 130/200 Another example of consistancy. While not leading in quality/anticipated titles, releases on a regular basis has helped their cause. By throwing in the odd top title they keep in the public eye. Although they've actually dropped a few points in the last ten weeks, a recent focus on store apps should benefit them greatly. . ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ .ßÛÛÛÛßßßÛÛÜ ÛÛÛÛßßÛÛÝÞÛÛßßßß --- .------. : ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ . | ÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛ ÛÛÛß ÛÛÛ : | ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛ ÜÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÜ . : | ÛÛÛÛßßßßß ÛÛ²Û ßÛÛÛÜÜÛÛ²ß . .ܲÛÛÛÜ ßÛÛÛÝ ßß PRESENTS : | : : [xx/xx]. '---.-------PENTIUM FORCE TEAM-- ---- - -' PENTIUM FORCE TEAM: Releases: Internet.Scanner.5.8-PFT QARun.4.6.271.100.Percent.Real.and.Cracked.Unlike.TRPS-PFT WebFOCUS.4.2.WinNT-PFT InstallShield.Java.Edition.v2.51-PFT Paradigm.Vega.v3.2-PFT WebLogic.Server.4.0.2-PFT Lawdesk.5.1.Suite-PFT PRE-EFF-TTT!! :) So I said I wouldn't rag on groups for issues not directly releated to the utils they release... so what?!? :) PFT does it's usual splurge of releases within a few days. As usual what we get is made up of average to good web apps, the best of which include Installshield, Internet Scanner, and Web Logic server. PFT also put out a working version of QARun from Segue, stating that the earlier TRPS release was unworking. QARun is a nice rel in any case, although a minor update (v4.6.2 could be found in SHK's earlier Quality Works 4.6.2 release), and will appeal to those developing client/server applications. Total: 7/10 Total to Date: 123/200 Another groups that's dropped a few points in the last ten weeks, this time due to lack of consistancy. With their pre-whore tactics they may actually be scaring some potential members away, who may question the groups commitment to releasing for quality as opposed to quantity. A strong presence in the web app area, however their store team is lacking greatly. Ü Ü Ü Ü Üܲßß Ü ÜÜÛßßÛÛ²Ü ÜÜÜÛßß²ÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜ ÞÛÛ²Ý ÜÜÜÜ ÞÛ²Û Þ²ÛÛÝ Þ²ÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ² ²ÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ² ²ÛÛ ²Ü ²ÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ² ²ÛÛÝ ÞÛÛ²Ý ÞÛÛ² ÞÛ²ÝÞÛÛ² ÛÛ²ÝÞÛÛÛ² ÛÛÛÛ² ßßßß ÛÛÛ² ÛÛ² ÞÛ²Û ßßßßß ÜÛÛ²ß mg ß ßßßßÛÛÛÛ²Ý ßß ÛÛ²ß ß ßßßßßß ß ßßßßßßß ßß²ß ß ßß ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß ß :: ::: :: Ü ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ Ü LEGENDS NEVER DIE: Releases: MASTERCAM.v7.2B.FULL-LND ArchiSITE.v5.6.Cracked-LND HYPERMILL_V4.5.1_FOR_MECHANICAL_DESKTOP-LND Another week, three excellent releases... LND seems to have MasterCAM all locked up, now putting out the full package of v7.2b shortly after releasing the upgrade edition. If your're a CAD/CAM user (and might I add CAE/FEA/FEM) LND is your horse, otherwise... Total: 6/10 Total to Date: 123/200 One of the most improved groups of recent months. They've gone from the group everyone loved to hate to the position of total domination in the CAD/CAM field. Appealing to a small niche market which has in the past been neglected aside from a few high profile releases, they've almost completely rebuilt their reputation, with the exception of the usual verbal jarring with some old "friends". .__________. [xx/xx/98] \_ ___ ) Da ToP oF Da LiNe! .___. ===/ _/ /=======================/ /===== .:/ _____/__./(___.____/\.______./ /_____. :/ /__/ . ) . )____ ) _ ) / __ ) /__/ / / / / // __ / /__/ / /___/: .:/ /__/__/__/__/(______\____ /__/_____ /MO =/__/========================\/========\/=== = THE PINNACLES OF RELEASING (C) PNC 95-98 = PINNACLE: Releases: CamRunner.v1.02-PNC Lex.Polaris.v2.36.REPACK-PNC WebWhacker.2000.v4.0.0.34-PNC Metacreations.Canoma.v1.0-PNC Compress.Mail.Enterprise.Edition.for.WinNT-PNC CompressMail.Enterprise.Edition.for.MS.Exchange.WindowsNT-PNC Satori.PhotoXL.v3.02-PNC PNC continues to suprise many simply by staying alive... seems they can pull a rabbit out of a hat when needed. They beat several groups to MetaCreations' new app, Canoma, one of the top releases this week. They also put forth some decent offerings from the web, with PhotoXL, CamRunner, and others. Total: 6/10 Total to Date: 81/200 Making me very sea-sick is the consistancy of PNC (I'm talking in backwards Yoda-talk here), or lack of it. PNC looks like a yo-yo... currently on an up stretch, but it's been a long time since they've been able to run a stable ship. Ä ÜÜ ÄÄ ÜÜÜ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ°ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄ ÄÄ Ä °ß ßÛÜ ßß ßÝ ß þ ÞÜ þ Ü ß þ ß ß ÜÜÜ ß Û ÞÛÝÛ ß ÛÜßÜ ÛßÛÜßÛÛ Û ÛÜßÜ ßß ÜÝ ÛÜßÜ ÞÛÝÜÛßÞÛÝ ÞÛÝÜ ÞÛÝÞÛÝÞÛÝÞÛÝÞÛÝÜ Û ÞßßÞÛÝÜ ß²² ß²² ß²² Üß²² ß ²ß ß²Üß²Û ÜÞ²Ý ß²² Ü ÄÄ ß ÄÄÄ ß Ä ßß ÄÄ ß ß ÄÄÄÄ ß ßß Üßß Ä°Ä ßß PREMiERE 1998 RELEASES WITH STYLE [xx/xx/98] ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ PREMIERE: Releases: N/A Total: N/A _______________ ____________ ____________ \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[om]\________/== d(*)d D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 8 d(*)d ===================== [ DOD * xx-xxx-98 ] == DRINK OR DIE: Releases: Acii.EDGAR.Port.4.0.Win9xNT-DOD Acii.WordPort.v8.0.Win9xNT-DOD A pair of releases shows that DOD is still alive, if not much more. Total: 3/10 Total to Date: 61/200 Total lack of consistancy and an very high number of completely idle weeks puts DOD is dead last. I hate to do it but... _______________________________[xx/xx] \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS >> RELEASING WITHOUT PERMISSION << REBELS: Releases: HI-TECH.PIC-C.Compiler.Version.7.83-RBS MAXSOFT_PRO_v7.11_CRACKED-RBS MaxStat_Session_Viewer_v2.86a-RBS SearchGen.v1.6-RBS MyEureka_Report_Designer_v6.1.302_Cracked-RBS Dial.Up.Magic.1.9.0-RBS Electronics_Workbench_V5.12_Registered-RBS Imageman.ActiveX_Suite.v6.02-RBS Stingray_Objective_Views_v6.1-RBS LP.Ripper.v2.2-RBS Seagull.Bartender.Pro.v5.42.295.cracked-RBS RS_Logix_500_Cracked-RBS RBS released a wide variety of tools this week, with apps like Electronics Workbench, Imageman ActiveX Suite, and Stingray's Objective View 6.02, which is the best in the above selection. After a long period of being fairly silent, the RBS cracking and release teams have begun to pick up. Total: 6/10 Total to Date: 102/200 Is the party starting again? A few recent weeks on the up-swing... They lack the name titles to really put them up at the top, and will likely have to make some additions before they get them. ÛܲÜþß°Ü Teknorage and Pirasoft Present: Ü°ßþÜ°ÜÛ Û ÞÜ Ý Û Û²ßcH/SAC ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÛÜÜ [xx\xx] ß²Û ß ÜÜÛÜÜÜÜ Ü ÜÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛ² ÜÜÛ²ÛÛÛÛÛ²ß ÜÛÜÜÛÛÛÛÜ ß ÜÜÛÛÛÛ² ÜÜÜ ßÛÛÛÛÝÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÞÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÞÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÛÜ ²ÛÛÛßÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ßÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÝÜÛÛÛÛÝ ßÛÜ ßßßßß ÞÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÛÛß ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÜÜ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÜ Ü²ÛÛ۲ܲÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÝß²ÛÜ ßÛÛÛ²ßß ÜÛÛÛÛݲÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ßßÛÛÛÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛß ßßÜ ßÛß ßÛÛßßÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÜÜܲÜÜÜ ßßß ß ß ßßß ÜÛ ßßß °±²ÛÜ xx/xx/98 úúúúúú Ratzhole WHQ ß ß²ßßß Teknorage & Pirasoft: Releases: Netmosphere.Project.Home.Page.v2.0.Action.Plan.v3.2.EnterpriseEdition-TRPS IConnect.IDT.v5.0.0.2-TRPS IConnect.iSMTP.5.0.1.47-TRPS Intelligent.SMTP.Gateway.v5.0.1.89-TRPS Intelligent.Sync.for.VINES.v5.0.30.0-TRPS Migration.Director.v2.0.0.148-TRPS Netmosphere.Project.Home.Page.v2.0.Action.Plan.v3.2.WorkGroupEdition-TRPS Adaptec.Easy.CD.Creator.Deluxe.v3.5c-TRPS QA.Run.v4.6.274-TRPS Living.Trust.Maker.v2.0-TRPS DNS.Commanderv2.0.0.52.WINNT-TRPS IP.Commander.2.0.0.51.WINNT-TRPS Proxy.Report.v1.0.WINNT-TRPS DynamicAccess.Mobile.Connection.Manager.v1.1-TRPS IntelliFIX.2000.Pro-TRPS Coming off a DREADFULL stretch of releasing, TRPS gets it together and gets to releasing real apps. They did hit a few bumps along the path however... QARun was not cracked properly... while they won on the Netmosphere product line, they could have released those apps seperately and given users some choice as to wether or not they wanted both apps. It also seems they're releasing German apps now (I didn't list it above). Still some decent, if minor, titles here, and a somewhat major app in the Netmosphere titles. I haven't checked out the Workgroup Edition so if you want to know the difference in features check out the release for yourself. IntelliFIX 2000 is also worth noting. I knocked off a point for the QARun incident. Total: 6/20 _____ ____________ ____ __________ / __/_ ___/\_ \ ___\_/ __/\ ___\_ \ \ / _/ /_ /___ / \ ___ / \___/\_____/___\ ____/______/_____/pn \_/ VERSUS: Releases: Clicknet.Veridate.v5.0-VERSUS Where have VRS gone the past two weeks? Once nice release... but not much else to be said. Total: 2/10 ..._______________________.___ ____.____... ::/ _______/ ____/ | \/ | \:: _/\____ \/ /___/ | \ \: \ > \ \ \/ \ \ :\__________/\________/_________/|_____|___/ ::.. .:[ SCUM ]:. .:[SCUM]:. .:[SCUM]:. ..:: ```````````````````````````````````````````` SCUM: Releases: Xbase.Plus.Plus.v1.20.178.REPACK-SCuM Scholars.Aid.99.Library.v2.1.0.0-SCuM PeopleSoft.PeopleTools.v7.54-SCuM Excellent work on XBase++, even if it did require a repack, and two lesser releases to go with it this week. Scum seems poised to step up and really compete... they have good quality, but are lacking the consistancy to really make it as a top group - lets hope this changes with time. Total: 5/10 Only one more byte to crack before... ____._____ ____ _____ _____ _ _____ __ ._____ :::_|_ / _ \/ _ \/ _ \__\_ \___| / ::/ __/_ / / / / / / _ / _ /: :/ / / / / / / / / / / / /:: :\_______\___/\____/\____/\______/________\:: : \\\\\\\ \\\\ \\\\\ \\\\\ \\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\ -----------------------------------------wk!- 2000AD: Releases: V-Communciations.Autosave.Beta.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD e-POP.2.0.beta2.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD BytesBak.1.16c.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD Planet.Iridium.v0.97.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD VEGA_v3.2_FOR_WINNT-2000AD LOTUS.ADMINISTRATOR.AND.DESIGNER.40.BIT-2000AD Animation.Master.99.v7.1.Beta20.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD Hyena.2.0D.For.WindowsNT-2000AD LOTUS.DOMINO.5.0A.40.BIT.NT-2000AD LOTUS.NOTES.5.0A.40.BIT.WIN9XNT-2000AD OCAD.7.0.Final.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD PC-Duo.4.14.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD ShipIT.Enterprise.Edition.2.0.Addon.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD ShipIT.Enterprise.Edition.2.0.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD 2KAD was busy this week after just one release in the previous report week. Some good stuff here, with store apps in ShipIT and OCAD, plus they picked up the 40Bit versions of some Lotus releases which SGE declined to release. Throw in their usual mix of betas and minor apps and you get a pretty good week. Total: 7/10 _______________________ ____________ __\ _______/ ______/______/__ / \ __/ / / \/ / / /_______\ /______________\____ /________\ -------------------------------\/----------- (*) F a t i g u e - Couriers Network (*) ___________________________________________. ________________________________________wK!. FATIGUED COURIERS NETWORK: Releases: ActiveC_Server_v2.3_Unlimited-FCN AdRock_Software_Date_Time_Suite_99_For_Delphi-FCN CodeBase_Components_II_v2.53-FCN NWLib_v4.5_Vcl-FCN Wise_For_Windows_Installer_v1.0_FINAL-FCN Dbi-Tech_Component_Toolbox_OCX_v4.0_Final-FCN Titan_Btrieve_v4.08F_For_Delphi_and_Cpp-FCN Varian_Led_Studio_For_Delphi-FCN FCN this got some nice little releases out... they won on Wise Solutions new Wise for Windows Installer final, which supports Windows 2000. They also got out a new version of BTrieve, and NWLib 4.5 VCL. And the usual selection of other good development apps. With no black marks and some nice work they come off the week looking very good. Total: 7/10 _____nnn_____ <$$$$$$$$$$$$$b ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯)$$ |$$$$$$$$$$$$$' |$$T```X$f''' |$$$ '$$$L |$$! '9$$$i. |$$ `'$$$$> r a d i u m ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ RADIUM Releases: Steinberg.ReCycle.v1.71.working-Radium Audioactive.MP3.Production.Studio.PRO.v1.55b-Radium DSP-FX.v6.110-Radium Making.Waves.v1.90-Radium Vaz.Modular.v2.0-Radium VS-Transfer.v1.025-Radium Well DSP FX and MP3 Production Studio Pro are my choices here (since I'm actually somewhat familar with them). More active than last week, but Radium has missed some oppurtunities by choosing not to release titles under a certain price ceiling. And the Radium ceiling is higher than most (I believe 80$ or there abouts) - creating a large window of oppurtunity for other groups to pick up on lower cost audio tools, some of which are in very high demand. Total: 6/10 .--------------------------------. | | | ÜÛ [xx/xx] ÜÛ | ` ÜÛÛÛ --------------- ÜÛÛÛ -----' ßÛÛ²Û Ü ßßÛÛßßÛÛÛÛßÛÛÛÛßßÛÛÛÛÜ ÛÛ²Û ÛÛÛÜÜÜ Û²Û Û²ÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ²Û ÞÛÛÛÛß ° Û²Û Û²ÛÛ ° ßßßß ÛÛ²Û ÛÛÛß ÜÛ ° Û²Û Û²ÛÛ ° ÛÛÛÛ s ÛÛ²Û ÞÛß ÜÛÛÛ Û²Û Û²ÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ q ÛÛÛÛßßß ßßßßßßßÛÛÛ ßßßßßÛÛÛÛÛÛ zÜÜÜÜÜÜÛßßß ÛÛÛÛ ° ÛÛÛ ßßßÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÛÛÛÛ ° ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛßßßßßßß VENGEANCE: Releases: Replic.Action.v5.1.3.For.LotusNotes.NT-VGC NTP.QuotaManager.Enterprise.Edition.v4.0-VGC Virtus.OpenSpace.3D.Author.v.1.0-VGC Asna.Acceler8DB.r4.6.v5.332-VGC EMAP.v1.0-VGC IBM.NetWork.Station.Manager.v3.06-VGC Inscriber.CG.Xtreme.v3.4-VGC PowerQuest.Savant.v6.0.Suite-VGC Site.Director.v4.2.For.NT-VGC Global.Directory.Server.v.2.31r3.WinNT-VGC CheckPoint.Account.Management.v1.1-VGC Xerox.DocuShare.v2.0-VGC Yeah yeah so I droned on and on about VGC. Well, while they aren't exactly owning the scene, and they've lost a few races to LND, but they are still a respectable group, and one to watch out for. In only a month they've matched the output of most of the best groups, and while the quality isn't at par with some others (due only to a lack of top-notch big-name yada yada tiles) they're still a force to watch out for. Speaking of force, I FINALLY SAW STAR WARS!!!@&*!%#&@!%@&%&%#@&!@%!&!!!! I just had to add that in, since I waited almost two weeks due to a hectic schedule. This week they actually pick up the quality a fair bit, with apps from PowerQuest, CheckPoint, IBM, and Xerox. Thry also did ISOCOR's Global Directory Server, and a nice app in EMap. Total: 7/10 New this week: None Idle this week: PRM Quote(s) of the Week: LEAFS OWN U! damnit ;/ SGE dominates the last twenty weeks, and I'll mention LND as my pick for most improved group. RiSE hits a speed bump or two... a lot of good efforts this week, nothing really stellar sticks out so it's kind of hard to choose. The Corporation or Vengeance for mainstream (well fairly mainstream) releases, FCN should get noted (as always) for work in the programming/development field. - Bud =-------=-------= Bud's Biased Utils Report #22 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Still alive and at least half awake? Lets get going then... This week saw a lot of releases in the utils field, and with summer fast approaching, the younger segment of the scene will soon find some more free time on their hands. So perhaps some more activity will follow. With TK4 back in Corp they're making a move at challenging SGE with a ton of releases, meanwhile it seems no one is going to make an attempt at challenging LND in the niche CAD/CAM market, at least not for the time being. Disclaimer: It's BIASED moron. My opinion. So don't send me a bunch of mail & messages bitching about this or that. If you don't like it... SCREW YOU =] Rankings: Groups get a score out of 10. Points are given for amount of releases, but QUALITY titles will give a group a much higher score. Nukes for duping, broken releases and just plain CRAP will lower a groups score. However on the occasion that a title is nuked which I don't feel should have been, MY OWN JUDGEMENT TAKES PRECEDENCE. Cuz I'm writing this. Groups can also get points for any other reason I see fit. Week: Week is based from 05/25/99 to 05/31/99. I'm in the EST time zone so dates/times run according to it. Groups: (In no particular order) Ü ßßÛÛÜ Ü Ü Ü ßÛÜ ßÛÝßÛÜ Þ ÜÛß ÜÜÛÛÝ A Group ÞÛÝ ÞÝ ÞÛ ÛÝÞÛÝ ÜÛß Û That Gives ÜÛÛÝÜß ÜÛÛÝßÛÛÝ ÛÛ ÞÝ Slightly ßÛÛÛ ßÛÛÛ ßÛ ÞÛÛÛÜÜ Û Less Than ÞÛÝ ÞÛÝ ÞÝ ßÛÛß ßÜ A Fuck. ß ß ß ß -XeN PIRATES WITH ATTITUDE: Releases: Digital.Atmosphere.2.2-PWA Pretty much absent after a fair week last time around. Total: 2/10 ÜÄÄÄÄÄ ÜÜÜ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÜÜÛ²Ü ÄÄÄ Ü Ä Ü²Ü ° ß ÜÛÛÛÛÛ² ÜÜÛÛÛÜ ÜßßÛÛÛÛÝ ÜÛÛÛÛÛÜ ß ²ÛÛÛß ßÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÜßÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÞ²ß ßÛÛÛ² ²ÛÛÛÝ Þ²Ûß ßÛÛÝÞ² ß ß²ß²Ý ÞÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÜÜß ßÛÜ Ü²Û² Û²Ü ÛÝßÜÜÛÛÛÛ² ßÛÛ²ßß ß ßßßß ß þÜ Þ² ßß²Ûß þÜÄÄÄÄÄÄ+ The Corporation +Ä ßÜ Ägas!Äþ THE CORPORATION: Releases: AutoDesk.QuickCAD.Millenium.Edition-CORP InterSpace.VR.Community.Builder.v2.41-CORP Netscape.Client.Customization.Kit.for.Nav.and.Comm.v4.5-CORP Visio.Accident.Reporting.v5.0-CORP DesignCAD.LT.200-CORP Ostream.Migrator.v.1.5-CORP Visio.Professional.Shapes.and.Addons.v.5.0-CORP Visio.Technical.Shapes.and.Addons.v.5.0-CORP ViZfx.GA.Pro.v1.0.Win9xNT-CORP Vorton.Techs.Financial.Tools.v1.0-CORP JP.Systems.BeamLink.v2.0-CORP Modaka.Desktop.Integrated.Browsing.System-CORP Accute-Date.Year.2000.Fix-CORP Axtive.JCertify-CORP Encomium.Data.International.Pro.v4.0-CORP ROAD.BeanBox.v2.0-CORP SearchPad.AI.v1.2-CORP VisualSoft.WebProject.WinNT.v1.0-CORP Visio.Technical.Plus.v5.0-CORP This weeks activity from Corp was a result of a lot of enthusiasm - a bit too much at times. Three releases of the above won't gain points here as they're all nukes (only two actually got nuked from what I see). Incredible sloppiness on the part of Beck in releasing QuickCAD Millenium, a dupe of LND from a few months back. Credit to Beck, he owned up on it, no excuses. More sloppy work in Vorton Financial Tools 1.0 - this is actually v2.0, and a dupe of Shock from a few days back. Finally, DesignCAD LT 2000 isn't really valid - the Pro version gives users 2D/3D capabilities, and was released quite a while ago, where as the LT version gives only the 2D capabilities found in the Pro edition - so why bother with it? Even with all that, there's an awful lot of decent titles here, and some excellent ones. The Visio Plus releases, for example, as well as ViZfx GA Pro. Corp seems to really want to focus on the mass releasing of late, hopefully they'll be a tad more careful with quality control in the weeks to come. A good week marred by some sloppy research, which cost them a few points. Total: 7/10 . )\_______)\__)\_______)\_______ . . __/ __ _/ _/ ____/ ___/ . . \__ / _\ \_____ \ ___/__ : . :/ \ \ / \ / \| : |\___/ /___/_____ /___ /| : | \_/_____/\____ /_____/___/_____/ | :...`---\_____\/----/_flr_/---/_p^D_/--' RISE: Releases: COREL.PHOTO.PAINT.v9.0.RETAIL.FINAL-RiSE BITJAZZ.PHOTOJAZZ.v1.0.6.FOR.PHOTOSHOP-RiSE RiSE did a retail final of Photo Paint 9, which was nuked on some sites as a dupe... still a good release imo. Aside from that they have only a PhotoShop plugin to show for their efforts. their efforts. Total: 4/10 ÜÛÛßÛÛÛßß ß ÜÛ Ú- ²ÛÛ ßß ßßß ÄÄÄÄ-ÄÄ-Ä-Ä ßßß -ÄÄ-ÄÄ-ÄÄ¿ : ßßßÛÛÜßÛÛÛßßßßßÛÛÜ ÜÛÛßßßßßßßßßÛÛÜ °³ ßßÛÛÛ² ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ²ÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ²ÛÛ ²ÛÛ ÛÛÛ °: : ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛßßß ²ÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛßßß . ³° ÛÛÛ ÛÛ² ÛÛ² ÛÛÛ ÛÛ² ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ²ÛÛÛßß : ²ÛÛÜÛÛßÜÛÛÛÜßÛÛÜÛÛÛ ßÛÛÜÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ : Ü ÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ royÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÄÙ ßÜ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛ² ßÜ ÛÛÛ ßßßßßß ßÛÛ² ßÛ SIEGE: Releases: SPEEDRENDER.V2.002-SiEGE AVID.MARQUEE.V1.0-SiEGE CLOTHREYES.V3.0-SiEGE METAREYES.V5.0-SiEGE ON-SCREEN.TAKEOFF.V1.6-SiEGE SERIF.3D.PLUS.V1.0-SiEGE VIRTUAL.GIBBS.V5.06-SiEGE LOTUS.ORGANIZER.V5.01-SiEGE ESPRIT.W.V3.1.MISSING.CRACK-SiEGE PTY.STRUC.PLUS.V14.01.FOR.AUTOCAD.V14-SiEGE KINETIX.3DSMAXR3.PRE-RELEASE.CODE.GENERATOR.V2-SiEGE ULTIMATTE.V2.21.FOR.ADOBE.AFTER.EFFECT-SiEGE SGE get back to their releasing basics this week, controling the art/design scene. They also continue their healthy assault on Lutus products. New version of Virtual Gibbs, SpeedRender stand out. Total: 7/10 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ[XX/XX]Ä ÜÛÛ ÜÜÜ ° ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ Û²Û Û²Û ± ÛÛß Û²Û Û Û²Û ÛÛ Û²Û Û ÛÛÛ ÛÛ Û² Û±Û Û±Û Û°Û ßß ÜÛ Û±Û ÛÛ Û±Û Û ÜÜÜ ÛÛÜÜ ÜÛÛßÛÛÜ ß Û±Ûßßß ÛÛ Û°Û ÛÛ ÜÜÛ Û²Û ÛÛ ÜÜ Û±Û Û²Û ² Û²Û ° Û²Û Û°Û ÛÛ ° Û²Û Û±Û ÛÛ Û² ÛÛÛ Û±Û ± ÛÛÛ ßÛÛÛÛÛßÜÛÛ ± ßÛÛÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛ ÄÄÄ ÛÛß ° ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ² ÄÄÄÄÄ sikos Ä X-FORCE: Releases: COOL_JEX_SUITE_V1.0-XFORCE DISCREET_LOGIC_EDIT_V4.513-XFORCE NUANCE_V6.1-XFORCE C-FORGE_V1.2-5_COMMERCIAL_FOR_LINUX-XFORCE CHARACTER_STUDIO_2.2.11RC_FOR_SHIVA-XFORCE ULTIMATE_TOOLBOX_FOR_MFC_3RD_EDITION_MAY_1999-XFORCE ALIAS_WAVEFRONT_MAYA_UNLIMITED_V2.0_RC-XFORCE C-FORGE_V1.2-4_COMMERCIAL_FOR_LINUX-XFORCE Two versions of C-Forge that close together? Even if i gave points for Linux I wouldn't score for both of those. WaveFront Maya Release Candidate gets half the points a final would, good job on it however. Same goes for any RC, Beta, Pre-Release, etc. (I thought I should clear that up, it's not JUST betas I do half points for). Ultimate Toolbox 3RD Edition... yeesh. Character Studio, which is an RC again, although another decent one. Nuance, Discreet Logic Edit, and Cool Jex Suite are the only releases here to get full points. Total: 5/10 /\______/| ___/\_ _/ ______ :|; . __/\ ____/\ __| // %%%\____ \ |__:_\__ \/ ~~ :\_ | __/%%%% iii_/ :| \\_ \ ;| \_ |____/ \iiiii :::\__ ; _/ | \\_ : // | \\_ | \\_::: \____/---|____/____/_______/-|____/kaz SHOCK: Releases: Dynacom.Accounting.2000.Basic.Edition.v3.0.2-SHOCK VersaCheck.Pro.v2.42.REPACK-SHOCK VersaCheck.Web.Commerce.Deluxe.v3.0-SHOCK Primecom.Quicksite.Gold.Edition-SHOCK NetworkCharter.PRO.v3.0.116.WORKING-SHOCK Farpoint.Input.Pro.v3.0-SHOCK IGrafx.Professional.2000-SHOCK Office.Timesheet.2000-SHOCK PageKeeper.Pro.v3.0.FINAL-SHOCK ScriptEase.Desktop.Win32.v4.10c-SHOCK Vorton.Financial.Tools.v2.0-SHOCK Vorton.Soft.Karaoke.Lite.v3.1-SHOCK IRIS.Antivirus.v22.20-SHOCK The store crew was extremely busy this week, with 9 cd-rips as a result. They won on some Vorton Tech titles, got Caere's new Pro edition of PageKeeper 3 done, and threw in the excellent new iGrafx Pro from Micrografx. Dynacom Accounting 2000 is a decent package, and they also released a working, cracked version of Network Charter Pro (neither the ISO release nor the Harry99 ISO rip was working). Mixed in were some lesser web apps, most notably Office TimeSheet 2000. This has been Shock's strongest week of May, and only the need for a repack of Mips Dataline's VersaCheck Pro daunted them. Total: 7/10 . ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ .ßÛÛÛÛßßßÛÛÜ ÛÛÛÛßßÛÛÝÞÛÛßßßß --- .------. : ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ . | ÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛ ÛÛÛß ÛÛÛ : | ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛ ÜÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÜ . : | ÛÛÛÛßßßßß ÛÛ²Û ßÛÛÛÜÜÛÛ²ß . .ܲÛÛÛÜ ßÛÛÛÝ ßß PRESENTS : | : : [xx/xx]. '---.-------PENTIUM FORCE TEAM-- ---- - -' PENTIUM FORCE TEAM: Releases: CATIA.CADAM.DRAFTING.v4.2.1-PFT Demoshield.6.00.009.ESD.Edition-PFT ERWin.3.5.2.436.SP2-PFT FOCUS.Desktop.v4.2.1.for.Win9xNT-PFT BPWin.2.5.SP2.Fixed-PFT StarTeam.Enterprise.Suite.4.00.451-PFT PFT again not quite releasing the mass we've come to expect. Still, some nice titles. Good job on StarTeam Enterprise Suite, since the earlier ST Server 4 was botched (some unknown group, I've forgotten), and no one even bothered with the client. The PFT crew also gets out a new version of Cadam Drafting, which is a fairly popular package. While some of the releases are fairly minor, it's a decent showing - although far from PFT's best. Total: 5/10 Ü Ü Ü Ü Üܲßß Ü ÜÜÛßßÛÛ²Ü ÜÜÜÛßß²ÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜ ÞÛÛ²Ý ÜÜÜÜ ÞÛ²Û Þ²ÛÛÝ Þ²ÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ² ²ÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ² ²ÛÛ ²Ü ²ÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ² ²ÛÛÝ ÞÛÛ²Ý ÞÛÛ² ÞÛ²ÝÞÛÛ² ÛÛ²ÝÞÛÛÛ² ÛÛÛÛ² ßßßß ÛÛÛ² ÛÛ² ÞÛ²Û ßßßßß ÜÛÛ²ß mg ß ßßßßÛÛÛÛ²Ý ßß ÛÛ²ß ß ßßßßßß ß ßßßßßßß ßß²ß ß ßß ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß ß :: ::: :: Ü ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ Ü LEGENDS NEVER DIE: Releases: DP.TECHNOLOGY.ESPRIT.98-LND UNIGRAPHICS.V15.02.UPGRADE-LND FLO_PLUS_PLUS_V2.30-LND I saw Grad compare LND to Radium this week, in comparison to the total domination of each in their given field. Well, I don't fully agree, but LND has the CAD/CAM market in a stranglehold of sorts. Now on to the releases. They pick up the most recent upgrade of Unigraphics, release Espirit 98, and Flo++ (which I'm not familar with). Total: 6/10 .__________. [xx/xx/98] \_ ___ ) Da ToP oF Da LiNe! .___. ===/ _/ /=======================/ /===== .:/ _____/__./(___.____/\.______./ /_____. :/ /__/ . ) . )____ ) _ ) / __ ) /__/ / / / / // __ / /__/ / /___/: .:/ /__/__/__/__/(______\____ /__/_____ /MO =/__/========================\/========\/=== = THE PINNACLES OF RELEASING (C) PNC 95-98 = PINNACLE: Releases: Instant.Converter.v1.2.for.Java-PNC Instant.Installer.v1.3.for.Java-PNC SoftCD.v2.02-PNC SurveyEase.v3.2.01-PNC A few Java apps, SoftCD, and SurveyEase make up a basically unimpressive week for PNC, but a release is a release when you get right down to it, and they got them out. Total: 4/10 Ä ÜÜ ÄÄ ÜÜÜ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ°ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄ ÄÄ Ä °ß ßÛÜ ßß ßÝ ß þ ÞÜ þ Ü ß þ ß ß ÜÜÜ ß Û ÞÛÝÛ ß ÛÜßÜ ÛßÛÜßÛÛ Û ÛÜßÜ ßß ÜÝ ÛÜßÜ ÞÛÝÜÛßÞÛÝ ÞÛÝÜ ÞÛÝÞÛÝÞÛÝÞÛÝÞÛÝÜ Û ÞßßÞÛÝÜ ß²² ß²² ß²² Üß²² ß ²ß ß²Üß²Û ÜÞ²Ý ß²² Ü ÄÄ ß ÄÄÄ ß Ä ßß ÄÄ ß ß ÄÄÄÄ ß ßß Üßß Ä°Ä ßß PREMiERE 1998 RELEASES WITH STYLE [xx/xx/98] ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ PREMIERE: Releases: HiDoctor.98.v6.0.38-PREMiERE QuikLink.Explorer.v4.0.92.Gold-PREMiERE Speak.Lite.v1.04-PREMiERE Submission.Wizard.v5.1-PREMiERE After twenty days of idleness PRM put these four apps out. All are titles we've seen before from Premiere, all are web apps. If I had to pick the best... well I probably couldn't. Nothing impressive, and PRM has once again gone idle. Total: 3/10 _______________ ____________ ____________ \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[om]\________/== d(*)d D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 8 d(*)d ===================== [ DOD * xx-xxx-98 ] == DRINK OR DIE: Releases: Novell_NetWare_v5.0_Unlimited_Connection_Licenses-DOD NTP_Software_File_Archivist.v.2.0_WinNT-DOD Norton_Antivirus_1.52_Microsoft_Exchange-DOD Norton_AntiVirus_5.02_NT_Workstation-DOD Norton_AntiVirus_v1.04_For_Firewalls-DOD Norton_AntiVirus_v5.02_Win9x-DOD Norton_AntiVirus_v5.02_WinNTServer-DOD DOD comes alive with a new release of Norton AV... seems that's about it for DOD these days, a few Symantec apps are the best things they've seen in some time. If AOD wasn't taken i'd say DOD should rechristian itself AOD (antivirus or die ). Kudos, however, for the unlimited licenses for Netware, and nice to see groups ignoring the Novell ban, a ban which half the scene doesn't even understand. Total: 5/10 _______________________________[xx/xx] \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS >> RELEASING WITHOUT PERMISSION << REBELS: Releases: MyEureka.Report.Designer.v6.1.305.Cracked-RBS Minisoft_92_v5.2.12-RBS Addsoft_v2.30_REGGED-RBS Max_Surf_HullSpeed_Professional_V2.15_Cracked-RBS Max_Surf_HydroMax_Professional_V7.15_Cracked_REPACK-RBS Max_Surf_HydroMax_S_Professional_V7.15_Cracked-RBS Max_Surf_Plus_V7.15_Cracked-RBS Max_Surf_S_V7.15_Cracked-RBS Max_Surf_T_V7.15_Cracked-RBS Max_Surf_WorkShop_Professional_V2.15_CRACKED-RBS Max_Surf_Work_Shop_S_V2.15_cracked-RBS Neoform.v2.15.CRACKED-RBS Prefit.v7.15.CRACKED-RBS Span.Professional.v7.15.CRACKED-RBS Installshield_Install_From_The_Web_v3.0.14.0-RBS HydroMax.Professional.v7.12-RBS Stingray_Objective_Grid_v7.01-RBS Stingray_Objective_Toolkit_Pro_Addon_v6.02-RBS Stingray_Objective_Toolkit_v6.02-RBS RBS's cracking crew was busy again this week. Ok negative bitches first. MyEureka Report Designer 6.1.302 was released last week, so I'm not giving full points to 6.1.305 this week. A repack on Hydromax, Pro, plus two versions in the same week :P On the positive side, they get a crack in at XF by taking Objective Toolkit, XF generally dominates Stingray's (a division of Roguewave) product line. While some stuff is minor, they prove they're still in the hunt... somewhat. (Ever notice how much I flip-flop on these issues? ). Total: 6/10 ÛܲÜþß°Ü Teknorage and Pirasoft Present: Ü°ßþÜ°ÜÛ Û ÞÜ Ý Û Û²ßcH/SAC ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÛÜÜ [xx\xx] ß²Û ß ÜÜÛÜÜÜÜ Ü ÜÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛ² ÜÜÛ²ÛÛÛÛÛ²ß ÜÛÜÜÛÛÛÛÜ ß ÜÜÛÛÛÛ² ÜÜÜ ßÛÛÛÛÝÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÞÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÞÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÛÜ ²ÛÛÛßÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ßÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÝÜÛÛÛÛÝ ßÛÜ ßßßßß ÞÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÛÛß ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÜÜ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÜ Ü²ÛÛ۲ܲÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÝß²ÛÜ ßÛÛÛ²ßß ÜÛÛÛÛݲÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ßßÛÛÛÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛß ßßÜ ßÛß ßÛÛßßÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÜÜܲÜÜÜ ßßß ß ß ßßß ÜÛ ßßß °±²ÛÜ xx/xx/98 úúúúúú Ratzhole WHQ ß ß²ßßß Teknorage & Pirasoft: Releases: Dataflow.v2.14.1-TRPS UltraEdit.32.v6.10b-TRPS PolyView.v3.30.3-TRPS Millennium.v4.12-TRPS Nice.Label.Suite.v2.1-TRPS Application.Scanner.v1.1-TRPS Cactus3.v6.40C-TRPS NetSwitcher.v2.98-TRPS Greenfield.OK2000-TRPS Linear.PolyTherm.PolyCAD.2.0.Serial.FiX-TRPS PolyView's been released what, 349 times this year? UltraEdit is a nice little Hex Editor which actually does a lot more. Most of these apps fit more into the cracking side, but it seems TRPS has decided to drop the unnecessary CRACKED/REGGED/etc tags it's dir names (when I leech a program I expect it to be full, how doesn't really matter). Total: 6/10 _____ ____________ ____ __________ / __/_ ___/\_ \ ___\_/ __/\ ___\_ \ \ / _/ /_ /___ / \ ___ / \___/\_____/___\ ____/______/_____/pn \_/ VERSUS: Releases: Inspiration_V5.0c-VERSUS Second week of just one rel from the normally busy VRS... come on guys, release when I actually report! :) Total: 1/10 ..._______________________.___ ____.____... ::/ _______/ ____/ | \/ | \:: _/\____ \/ /___/ | \ \: \ > \ \ \/ \ \ :\__________/\________/_________/|_____|___/ ::.. .:[ SCUM ]:. .:[SCUM]:. .:[SCUM]:. ..:: ```````````````````````````````````````````` SCUM: Releases: Mentor.Graphics.Renoir.v99.1-SCuM Only one release, but Renoir is pretty sweet so I'm satisfied :) Total: 2/10 Only one more byte to crack before... ____._____ ____ _____ _____ _ _____ __ ._____ :::_|_ / _ \/ _ \/ _ \__\_ \___| / ::/ __/_ / / / / / / _ / _ /: :/ / / / / / / / / / / / /:: :\_______\___/\____/\____/\______/________\:: : \\\\\\\ \\\\ \\\\\ \\\\\ \\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\ -----------------------------------------wk!- 2000AD: Releases: TeamWARE.Dolphin.2.0.1.Server.For.WindowsNT-2000AD Visual.Setup.0.0.2.83.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD Vpop.1.3.2.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD TeamVizor.Developer.1.0b.For.WindowsNT-2000AD Timbuktu.Pro.32.v2.0.650.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD Slowing from last week, 2KAD's top app here is TeamWARE Dolphin Server. They put out the most recent version of Timbuktu Pro (Farallon's remote connectivity app), but it's extremely minor. Total: 3/10 _______________________ ____________ __\ _______/ ______/______/__ / \ __/ / / \/ / / /_______\ /______________\____ /________\ -------------------------------\/----------- (*) F a t i g u e - Couriers Network (*) ___________________________________________. ________________________________________wK!. FATIGUED COURIERS NETWORK: Releases: Creature_Creator_v1.5_For_3DSMAX-FCN Thtml_v7.02_For_Delphi_N_C-FCN VideoSoft_ActiveX_Suite-FCN Youseful_v4.0h_For_Delphi_C-FCN DAO.Components.v2.8.for.Delphi.and.CPPBuilder.With.Full.Src-FCN ImagN.v4.00.For.Windows.32-Bit-FCN Two releases here that really appeal to me, Creature Creator for 3DSMAX and ImagN 4, both nice pickups for FCN, as is VideoSoft's ActiveX Suite. They also do yet another DAO Components release. Total: 5/10 _____nnn_____ <$$$$$$$$$$$$$b ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯)$$ |$$$$$$$$$$$$$' |$$T```X$f''' |$$$ '$$$L |$$! '9$$$i. |$$ `'$$$$> r a d i u m ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ RADIUM Releases: Samplitude.2496.v5.20-Radium Samplitude.2496.v5.20.addons-Radium T-Racks.v1.10-Radium Ummm.... someone get me Xing Mpeg... oh yes the apps ;) Nothing I'd use but I'm sure some will... jeez I get repetitive. Next week I promise I'll test every app I can from Radium and give a full report on em, since I seem to skim over so many of these audio tools. Total: 4/10 .--------------------------------. | | | ÜÛ [xx/xx] ÜÛ | ` ÜÛÛÛ --------------- ÜÛÛÛ -----' ßÛÛ²Û Ü ßßÛÛßßÛÛÛÛßÛÛÛÛßßÛÛÛÛÜ ÛÛ²Û ÛÛÛÜÜÜ Û²Û Û²ÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ²Û ÞÛÛÛÛß ° Û²Û Û²ÛÛ ° ßßßß ÛÛ²Û ÛÛÛß ÜÛ ° Û²Û Û²ÛÛ ° ÛÛÛÛ s ÛÛ²Û ÞÛß ÜÛÛÛ Û²Û Û²ÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ q ÛÛÛÛßßß ßßßßßßßÛÛÛ ßßßßßÛÛÛÛÛÛ zÜÜÜÜÜÜÛßßß ÛÛÛÛ ° ÛÛÛ ßßßÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÛÛÛÛ ° ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛßßßßßßß VENGEANCE: Releases: Extreme.DNC.v4.0-VGC Neon.Wizard.4.1-VGC Sign.Estimator.1.3-VGC Replic.Action.v5.1.3.For.LotusNotes.NT-VGC Some trouble for VGC this week.. not much of a showing period, and Sign Estimator was nuked for being from 1997... I haven't checked it out, going by my sites here, but ummm... yeesh type "dir" in DOS and fucking look, or use Win Explorer, or type ls -als ... this type of thing should never be missed. Extreme DNC was nuked on some sites, I missed why, and Replic Action was nuked as well. Total: 3/10 New this week: Idle this week: Quote(s) of the Week: i want it badly ... and hey bud tell dms to lick my ass k? :) oh man i got like some bad ass cramps right now <[Sketch]> hehe it herts big time Blah I deleted my logs so I have no good quotes... :P SGE and SHK both had good weeks. Corp had a stellar week for mass releasing but blew it with some sloppiness. LND did a few good things... I checked out Grad's monthly utils report today (check it out on the TCA forum)... I'm all for competition, and you should read it, if just to get a second opinion. Since I don't do a monthly tally, I'll give my comments on what I feel a top group is. Any group that can be truely considered a top ranked group should have the ability to not only dominate in their own preferred field, but in all areas. While they don't need to win every title and release mass amounts every day, they should have some consistancey, and be able to win on races and anticipated titles when required to. Which is why groups such as FCN, LND, Radium, etc, don't always appear to be in the top ranks even though they are decent groups - they appeal to niche markets, and simply appealing to a small segment of the user base lessens the competition they face. This isn't true 100% of the time of course... but I just thought I'd mention it, as we seem to throw the "Top Groups" term around frequently without thinking of what makes an excellent release group. Ok, that's it... I haven't had to write this in months, and boy are my wrists tired... from the writing I mean!! - Bud =----------------------------------=-------------------------------------= =---------[ Lester's Movie Reviews ]----------= Sure he's a prominent scene member, leader of the #1 courier group, and former "Miss Scene 1995".. But did you also know that in real life, Lester's real name is "Roger", and he hosts a popular syndicated television show, where he plays a big fatass who has nothing better to do with his time than go to every single movie ever released? Well.. now you know.. God damn the pickins are pretty slim out there guys. Notting Hill Starring: Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant Rating: 3 Stars Well, I thought this might be a kind of cheesy romantic comedy type flick to take a girl to. But in all actuality, the movie IS funny, and so it's not a horrendous chick flick, but you still get points for taking her since it is a romantic film. Bonus! I'd suggest seeing it though, the movie is actually quite good. American Pie Starring: A shitload of young kids Rating: 3 1/2 Stars NOTE: This movie is not in theatres, only in WP by EViLiSO. I am reviewing this movie because it is simply the funniest movie I have seen since probably Something about Mary. 4 seniors in high school are trying to score before they go off to college and the stuff that happens is hilarious. I don't want to go into much detail because it would take away from the moments. But for a workprint, this is pretty good quality and easily watchable. It's well worth it, as I hear some parts will be cut for the official theater release. =----------------------------------=-------------------------------------= =---------[ VCD Group and Movie Reviews ]----------= VCD Group and Movie Review We would like to begin by explaining some of the common terms used in VCD releasing. These formats are: CAM - A cam is usually a handheld camera snuck into a full theatre. The base is shaky, the audio is poor, you can hear people laughing and talking. A cam is distinguishable by usually having a combination of all three or more of these flaws. Most sites nuke cams for their general poor quality. Workprint - An early release of a movie. These are usually stolen or leaked copies of movies that have made their way onto VCD from VHS or a variety of other sources. These will usually contain running time codes as well as other identifying marks used in movie production. The quality on these can vary from bad to very good depending on the quality of the source material used to encode the VCD. Note: This category is also used for very bad screeners or copies of movies that just didn't fit into any of the other categories due to defects or problems with the quality of the VCD's audio/video image. Telesync - Basically a very good Cam. A steady base such as a tripod is used, the theatre is empty or very close to empty, and the audio and video are up to par. Although, you can usually detect some flaw with a TS. You may see a random head pop up, the screen edges are noticable, or the audio isn't always crystal clear. While not perfect, the quality in general of a telesync ranges from good to very good and is usually the first type of VCD made of a new movie. Screeners - These are the top quality VCDs. They can be in either widescreen (letterbox) or in full-screen (pan and scan) with excellent audio and video. These are made from video distributors demo tapes, reviewers copies, insider copies of the film or from any number of sources. Most screeners will contain "1-800-NO-COPIES" or "Property of.." messages somewhere in the film, but it's not a requirement to fit into the screener category. These most closely resemble a VHS or LaserDisc copy of the movie. They're easily identifiable by their top quality. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ryche's Really Biased VCD Group Report #15 Has it been 15 issues already? And Im still not getting paid for this?! ARRGGHH. Extremely slow week this week with not much to report but you love me and since your dying to hear my words of wisdom, here they are. Releases for the Week of May 25th, 1999 to May 31st, 1999 05261999 - Razor Blade Smile - Screener - CENTROPY 05261999 - The Astronaut's Wife - Workprint - EVILISO 05281999 - American Pie - Workprint - EVILISO 05291999 - True Heart - Screener - Kraven [NUKED] Entrapment - Telesync - PR-EMPIRE [NUKED] In Dreams - Screener - HighSpeed (I tried to warn ya, it was a pathetic week) - CENTROPY - Sticking to thier strict regimen of one title a week, this time they ring in with Razor Blade Smile. Its one of those naked chicks kill other naked chicks flicks that we all know and love. Total - 1 Point - Kraven - Oh theyre still alive? Wow. They released True Heart which has one of the Tool Time kids in the woods with a Bear and a chick. Disney type crap, on video June 15th if you dont want to download it. Total - 1 Point - EViLISO - Kind of a letdown week after last weeks dominance, but the workprints are notable because theyre not in theatres yet. Astronauts Wife has Charlize Theron and Johnny Depp as an astronaut who comes back infected with an alien presence. Slated for theatres in July. The other workprint is a movie I DEMAND you go see. If you like sick, perverted humor then you will LOVE American Pie. 4 Teenage horndogs make a pact to lose thier virginity before graduation. Youll love it. Hits theatres in July or August.. not sure exact date. Total - 3 Points - VHS - (Note: I missed a release last week by VHS and didnt give them any points for it, and I felt so bad, Im giving it to them this week) Total - 1 Late Point All the other stuff released this week were dupes or on video already so theyre not getting any kind of mention here. Group of the week goes to EViLISO for releasing some movies that we can see before anyone else. Thats a good thing this week due to the total absence of the other groups and any great releases. Mesa wanna get paid - Ryche - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quickie VCD Reviews - By Prozac While I'm not exactly involved in the VCD Scene, I'm a big fan of movies, and I'll watch just about any movie that sounds interesting to me. I just prefer that I watch it for free, or it only cost me some CD-R media. I don't bother writing out long extensive reviews. I get straight to the point, and let you know if you should see it, or if you should pass it up. Here are the VCD's I saw lately: Entrapment - Someone needs to freeze frame the scene of Zeta-Jones doing the tightropes through the laser.. MMmmm.. Oh sorry.. Anyway, so-so movie, but Conary & Jones make a good team. Only worth it to see Zeta-Jones butt. Blood, Guts, Bullets & Octane - This movie is like a seriously FUCKED up version of Resovoir Dogs & Pulp Fiction put together. This movie has a FUCKLOAD of shootings in it. Gets good & bad at the same time, and the ending is frigging WEIRD. Still worthy of taking a look. Knotting Hill (Not VCD'd yet, seen in theaters) - Take Pretty Woman, swap the roles, set it in the UK, and you have this movie. Predictable, but still funny. It's a good date movie. The Mummy - Yeah, yeah.. I heard, but I had to see it. Cool special effects, but a movie script about as processed as Velvetta Cheese. See it for the special effects. Lost & Found - Funny at short times, but sappy and boring during most of this film. David Spade, he's not that good alone, but this did have its moments. Worth to see for a few laughs, but that's about it. Psycho - I never saw the original slasher, but if this film is suppose to be exactly like the original, I'll be damn. I was bored through most of the film, and actually laughed during one scene. Uhm, not really worth seeing unless you like bad remakes of slashers. =----------------------------------=-------------------------------------= -----------[RiSE Recap]----------- So RiSE kicked elocin last week, as they rightly should have, after the stunt that he pulled (see: nwr 48). Good work to them. It's nice to see a group with a shred of integrity in this day and age... in fact, its very refreshing.. I hope they don't let him back in the group, but.. we'll see what happens I guess... To all you who wrote hatemail to lester last week, calling him a traitor and bastard, let me first apologize for forgetting to tag my name to the end of the article (ndetroit).. The log was lester's, but to be fair to him, he showed me the log, and my opinions were entirely my own.. (and nwr's).. The fact that RiSE put out a release at the potential cost of a supplier's personal life is ABSOLUTELY INEXCUSABLE.. BUT.. the fact that RiSE had the GUTS to kick their only active cracker because it was "the right thing to do" says a lot about the integrity of the leaders of one of the scene's oldest utils group.. Nice work. For his part, elocin has admitted his mistake, and apologizes for his actions. Hopefully he has learned something from all this... ;/ *cough*.. nwr is getting so preachy, isn't it? *cough*.. hrmmm... .... ... Fuck The Man. =----------------------------------=-------------------------------------= -----------[Why NWR was Late (this week)/a Concert Review]----------- Ok.. so... NWR was late this week.. what else is new?.. but check out all the shit that conspired together to prevent the netmonkies from doing their thing... ;p So my buddy calls me up last night and says "hey.. i got guest-listed to a SWEET concert tomorrow night... trust me, you'll like it".. This dude knows his music, so i figured i might as well go along and check the shit out... It was either that, or go drinking with blitz ($2 highballs!), but we all know i am an alcoholic anyway, so i figured it was probably safer to hit the concert... I get there early, in case there was a lineup, and notice an odd and creepy fact... Everyone in line is female... Ack!.. Its a "Robbie Williams" concert!!.. Robbie Williams, former singer in brit boytoy group "Take That"... oh my god.. what have i gotten myself into?? I resign myself to an evening of Take That hits, like "i want you back (for good)"... (i can't think of any others... ), all the while ruing my choice not to hit the biker-bar with blitz0r.... *sigh* My buddy shows up.. and we line up.. and the line grows.. and grows... and grows.. To make a long story short.... the robbie williams was simply the best concert i have ever seen in my life... I expected gay little pop-ballads like "Millenium" (the only song of his i know), but man.. the dude was fucking out of control.. I have never been to a better rock and roll concert in my life.. ever.. I've seen smashing pumpkins, beasties, aphex twin, crystal method, tragically hip, rem, u2, oasis, chem bros, and just about everyone else out there that is worth seeing... Robbie Williams just goddamn rolled over them all.. He starts out with some VICIOUS hard-rocking tune, and the place just goes nuts. I have never seen a more hyped crowd.. So the first number is over, and he starts talking to the crowd, blah, blah, blah... some funny shit.. and then all of a sudden, for no reason at all.. he busts out a metal version of "my name is (slim shady)".. was very sweet.. Sounds lame.. but... i guess you had to be there... ;p So anyway.. I'd never heard of the dude really, but apparently he is the #1 selling artist of the year in europe, and all you fucking limeys know the dude. He sold out a 2000 person club here... but.. in europe, he headlines over metallica, pumpkins, etc, etc.. so.. go figure... Anyways.. the point is.. go goddamn see Robbie Williams when he comes to your town.. You don't need to tell your friends.. just take some chick with you, cause chicks worship this guy anyway... But do yourself and favor and go fucking see him live... This dude is the elvis/neal diamond/tom jones of our generation.. A loud loud loud fucking show.. Blah... So anyways.. he ends the show with "Millenium", and a SWEET cover of blur's "Song 2".. and i am on my way out.. and this ridiculously cute girl comes up to me and says "hey!.. do you work for a games company?"... And i'm like... "uhhh... what the fuck?".... (drunken haze) and then i realize i am wearing an oldschool "Atari" t-shirt.. and she says to me "i love your shirt.. i host this nationally syndicated TV show called "electronic alley"... (i think thats what she said).. anyways, i like the shirt... so oldschool.." (big smile).. and i'm like "uhhh.. (drunken haze persists).. thanks... the console scene rules, man!" (i was drunk.. do you expect a witty response from me?) ;p and she comes back with "yeah... nolan bushell forever!!!!" was very very bizaare... hey.. crazy cute girl... if you read NWR.. sorry i was such a dope... you are my dream girl, i worship you, so... uhhhh.. yeah... (drunken haze slowly wears off... note to self: submit story to lester for editting tomorrow) Anyways.. thats why nwr was late.. go see robbie williams... and remember.. any girl that is cool enough to say "nolan bushell forever" is a keeper... don't let her get away... ;p *Editor who is not full of shit Note* - I warned ND about the person he was going to see, and in my opinion any person who goes out in public with an "Atari" shirt on, clearly is not the king of taste here. Millenium is a damn gay song, so I don't think I'll be shellin out much cash to see him when he comes our way. I do suggest Ben Folds Five and Kroq's Weenie Roast if your a cali person. I'll be at one of them. Anyways, this is just further proof that Nd is gay. 3 key points are exposed here. 1: Atari shirt in public(like wearing your DOD or Razor shirt on a date) 2: Robbie Williams concert(best he's ever seen?!) 3: Hot chick somehow finds his Atari shirt cool, and he does not act on it at all. Conclusion? Nd went home and shoved the Atari joystick up his ass for awhile. =----------------------------------=-------------------------------------= -----------[The Scene News]----------- All the news thats fit to print... and then some... -Pleased to meet you..... hope you guessed my name.... -Well.. Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior (www.jesusisback.com) was in action this week, kicking ass early, but shell problems cost him weektops on a couple of good sites, including FS, and STH.. Jesus is current trading as iND, and is looking for a good affil with some decent .fi and .se shells. -Some sites you can check out: ppgr.webjump.com : Prozac's page!!!! a lot of good gear... many of today's popular reports, and an NWR archive that is practically 0 second.. ;) tca.phatchicks.com : Thank god he finally updated his page, so i have some- where to steal news from... ;p union.jaded.net : unions's goddamn page.. used to be good.. now it sucks, never fucking updated.. www.defacto2.net : fucking AMAZING archives maintained by the founders of the old defacto mags.. an *almost* perfect archive.. almost, i said... you know what they're missing.. ;p www.socalsys.com : need shells, bounces, vhosts, web space?... these dudes are scene-friendly, and got some decent deals... only reason why i mention is cause the dude was fat enough to hook up nd up with some action... *cough*... HAHAHAH! www.isonews.com : wtf do i know about ISO's?... this guy has a nice page with a decent layout... check that shit out... www.xxxparadiso.com : uhh.... heh...heh... uhh... heh... free porn... mgd and tc run the site.... heh... free porn... i like to look at naked girls.. they have nice boobies. -group moves: phoney to dms, elocin kicked from rise, mrpumpkin to MFD, glen quits mfd(*cough*), darkwolf to AOD, rocketeer to AOD, hawkeye to AOD, machv to corp(?), t0x1c retires from RiSC, psychica to AV, and thats about all.. -All my life, i wanted to be... the korean nolan ryan..... (Chan Ho Park, pitcher, career home runs: 0)...now i want to be... the korean... godbless.. (NWR: ... just do it...) -Is beowulf the greatest cracker in the history of the scene???... is anyone gonna argue with me if i say yes???... that guy is a god. *Side note*: Beo is a god, but you gotta give some props out there to the old Wayward master. -ndetroit is an alcoholic and blitz likes young girls.. well.. i mean... we _all_ like young girls... so... nothing wrong there... get off the sauce, nd!!! -For all you who haven't been paying attention, it seems as tho "manifest" is dead, with MFD doing the lion's share of the cracking, and the phat utils going to Vengeance... nice setup.. -What in the FUCK is up with razor1911?? aren't they supposed to be dead or something?? Jesus.. they scored those 2 star wars releases, and Mechwarrior 3, which is MY game of the month.. man.. mw2 was like a religion to my little brother, so.... nice.. ... Class did nfs: high stakes (another awesome title), and thats about all that matters to me... origin and pdm, you guys need to wake up... -hmmmm... after reading that story.. all i gotta say is, i am gonna maybe see robbie williams.. and... ndt you are either a liar, or a complete moron.. what you _should_ have said to that girl was "oh.. you work on a video game show...? cool... wanna learn how to supply?"... heh.. dumbass.. ;) -rocketeer, the shell co-ord for EPT left the group, and took a good whack boxes with him to AOD.. ouch... EPT ain't too happy about it, (as expected), and there's a lot of bad blood out there.. is Esprit on it last legs?.. Does anyone care any more? -Speaking of mass defections to AOD, hawkeye and darkwolf quit AV, and took THEIR boxes with them to les angeles.... and to rub a little deadly salt in that wound, AV lost their WHQ, STH this week, when STH dropped AV to become _IND_.. my god... can you believe it? -But what's puzzling you is the.... nature of my game..... -sky masterson =----------------------------------=----------------------------------------= --------[Stories from the Watercooler]---------- Ahh yes, rumors. We all love them, even though we love to say how much we hate them when they are about us- and these are some of the better ones circulating around this week. Email us or find us on irc if you have a good rumor you'd like entered, (your name will not be included), and we do not add rumors like "Tdpriest is having anal sex with Fusion" because we know that Fusion is only having sex with Xtremist and therefore there is no hard evidence of that rumor. So, if you have real rumors, let us know. Let's begin! -Rumor has it that "tha blade" is soon to go on a little rampage... back in action, after all these years.... ... or maybe they never left.... ;p -Rumor has it that the quixotical old US site, TMS, is coming back on a 100mbit link, with 100+ gigs of storage... Same crazy staff.. same wacky daemon.. leechers, start your engines!! -Rumor has it that Grad is being courted by RiSE for a possible LND/RiSE merger, for almost COMPLETE domination of the CAD/CAM scene... Grad will then have the option of stealing his own cracks to put out a release... ... Phat. -Rumor has it that glen's mom's penile reduction surgery didn't go so well after all.. msg him your condolences... "Glen" or "glen-" on efnet... -Rumor has it that CAT is being recruited to join AOD. -Rumor has it that Class will be broken up and dead within 2 months... you heard it here first! =-------------------------------------=--------------------------------------= Well friends.. Thats about it. If you've read this far, we sincerly thank you. We like to know this thing gets read, so if you get the time, drop one of us a quick msg, and tell us what you think, give us suggestions, tell us it sucks, or just say "hi" to us!.... Greets fly out to: jaydee, mgd, stix, tdp, hr, eci, jamili, raptor, skill, mandrake, zeus, speedy, subzero, superfly@okcomputer, wu-dave, dee, sj, bud, prozac, bernis, paledeth, duranged, tech+his crew, Kusa, ssava, CRC 97, acidapple, and all the rest of you that we love... Find us on IRC in #nwr, (channel commands: !nwr, !nwr 23 or whatever issue you want. www.netmonkey.org Support NWR and email your weektops to: nwr@netmonkey.org Thank you! take care.. peace. -ndetroit + lester. NWR 6/3/98