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   1  Introduction                    A  Hacker's Corner                
   2  Editorials                      B  "Warez-IQ" Warez Quiz!         
   3  Interviews                      C  Voting Booth/Results           
   4  Articles                        D  Reader Survey                  
   5  Reviews                         E  Secret Articles                
   6  Warez Lists                     F  Tyrian, the Game!              
   7  Top 10 Couriers                 G  Group NFOs, Couriers           
   8  Dear Road Rebel,                H  Group NFOs, Releases           
   9  Astrology                       I  RCN Information                
                                                                            
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   1  2 Disks of Playable Shit        Signed, Vulcan Officer              
   2  Dear Xenon,                     How do you...                       
   3  A Few of My Opinions            10000 Points!?                      
   4  Eraser Gets /kill'ed            IRC ops SUCK?                       
   5  Unix, eeeiiiiiwwwwww!           "man chmod"                         
   6  HBKid and His Boards            Long Distance These Days            
   7  Bass Extream Writes             In the Year 2000...                 
   8  Multiple Email                  Miscellaneous                       
   9  Return to Main Menu             Check Out Other Parts of RCN #21!   
                                                                            
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   1  Rom Racer of Razor 666?         "Prestige messed up... "            
   2  Bug Lord & Morphine of Epic     Napalm Cheats Again?                
   3  Charley of CB4                  Small Group+Big Ego=CB4?            
   4  Chaos, EfM Founder              We TAKE What We Want!               
   5  Samuraion, Legion Council       Bad+Bad=Good?                       
   6  Byron Zed of WWR                fATE Lacks Support?                 
   7  Judge Dredd of Dawn             Another Dead Merge?                 
   8  Ju-Jutsu, fTP Leader            Make Up Your Mind!                  
   9  Return to Main Menu             Check Out Other Parts of RCN #21!   
                                                                            
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   1  ROR is Dead?  I wish.           ROR Pulls ANOTHER Trick             
   2  Legion vs. Pinnacle             Legion Starts a Fight               
   3  Prestige Dumps Loyal HQ?        Log of Crazy Horse                  
   4  Temp Directories                Easy 1 Day Sites                    
   5  Xenon's Life in RCN             Xenon, the RCN Coder                
   6  Wart and his Warez School?      "I also want world peace."          
   7  The Stars Tell All!             Undinism Goes Single                
   8  Computer and TV Monitors        Roled in One?                       
   9  Return to Main Menu             Check Out Other Parts of RCN #21!   
                                                                            
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   1  Group Reviews : Games # 1       A  Group Reviews : Utils # 1      
   2  Group Reviews : Games # 2       B  Group Reviews : Utils # 2      
   3  Group Reviews : Games # 3       C  Group Reviews : Utils # 3      
   4  Group Reviews : Games # 4       D  Group Reviews : Utils # 4      
   5  Group Totals  : Games           E  Group Totals  : Utils          
                                        F  Go Back to Main Menu           
                                                                            
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   1  The Seven Listing #1            [06/06/96] --> [06/12/96]           
   2  The Seven Listing #2            [06/13/96] --> [06/19/96]           
   3  The Seven Listing #3            [06/20/96] --> [06/26/96]           
   4  The Seven Listing #4            [06/27/96] --> [07/03/96]           
   5  Global Warez Search             Search All Warez Lists!!            
   6  Return to Main Menu             Check Out Other Parts of RCN #21!   
                                                                            
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   1  Top Ten Couriers : BBS # 1      A  Top Ten Couriers : FTP # 1     
   2  Top Ten Couriers : BBS # 2      B  Top Ten Couriers : FTP # 2     
   3  Top Ten Couriers : BBS # 3      C  Top Ten Couriers : FTP # 3     
   4  Top Ten Couriers : BBS # 4      D  Top Ten Couriers : FTP # 4     
                                        E  Go Back to Main Menu           
                                                                            
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   1  Voting Results : Release # 1    A  Voting Results : Courier # 1   
   2  Voting Results : Release # 2    B  Voting Results : Courier # 2   
   3  Voting Results : Release # 3    C  Voting Results : Courier # 3   
   4  Voting Results : Release # 4    D  Voting Results : Courier # 4   
   5  Voting Booth                    E  Go Back to Main Menu           
                                                                            
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   1  Entropy Makes a Pass            Welcome to My Channel...            
   2  Blowing Up the World 9 Times    Crystaline Death's Top 10 List!     
   3  Mad-RCN Passwords!              Passwords to Issues #14 to #20      
   4  Return to Main Menu             Check Out Other Parts of RCN #21!   
                                                                            
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   1  Amnesia                         A  Mirage                         
   2  Angels of Death                 B  Motiv8                         
   3  Core                            C  New Vision Couriers            
   4  Damage                          D  No Fear                        
   5  Empire                          E  Power Trading Arsenal          
   6  Fast Action Trade Exchange      F  Rapier                         
   7  Genocide                        G  Request to Send                
   8  Lightning                       H  Rise in Superior Couriering    
   9  Malice                          I  Return to Main Menu            
                                                                            
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   1  Cellblock 4                     A  Prestige                       
   2  Drink or Die                    B  Razor 1911                     
   3  Epic                            C  Rebels                         
   4  Hybrid                          D  Reflux                         
   5  Legion                          E  Scum                           
   6  Mortality                       F  Sodom                          
   7  Napalm                          G  World Wide Releasing           
   8  Pinnacle                        H  X-Force                        
   9  Pirates with Attitudes          I  Return to Main Menu            
                                                                            
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   1  Group Information               RCN Member Listing                  
   2  The Official RCN T-Shirt        I want some more of it!             
   3  Application                     Here are my submissions!            
   4  RCN Bulletin Boards             I made me a RCN conference.         
   5  RCN Web Sites                   "Road Why Wab?" - Rebel's Mom       
   6  Credits                         Issue #21 Staff                     
   7  Return to the Main Menu         Check Out Other Parts of RCN #21!   
                                                                            
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     Author  : Road Rebel                                                    
     Subject : Introduction to RCN #21                                       
                                                                             
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       I am writing this to say a few words about RCN and how people treat   
   us.  First of all, when you see an article that rips on someone or a      
   group, and you don't like it.  Take it up with the author!!!  If it       
   isn't written by Rebel Chicken, Hitex or I then don't nag us about it!    
   Also, if you have a problem with something written about you or a group,  
   WRITE A REBUTTLE!  Don't sit there and bitch at us in the channel, it     
   doesn't do shit.  I came to #RCN today, and all I heard was bitching      
   because someone said something mean about a group.  WELL, if you are a    
   group member and your group gets made fun of, take it on the chin, be a   
   man.  We have and will make fun of A LOT of people, most of it is just    
   FUN and in MAD RCN, and people realize this and get over it.  If you      
   come in and bitch at us, it makes us want to rip you some more.  Ok       
   enough of this.                                                           
                                                                             
       Now, this is for the people that come in and say "SEND ME THE NEWEST  
   RCN!"  You don't have to beg!!!!  Before you nag people for it try this.  
   Look in the channel for someone named *dcc (anythingdcc).  If they exist  
   type this : "/MSG <nick> xdcc list"  If they list that they have it type  
   this : "/MSG <nick> xdcc send #<pack@>"                                   
                                                                             
       OK!!  NOW, if there isn't a DCC in the channel look at the topic.     
   It will usually have an FTP or Web page adrress!  If they aren't there,   
   then ask.  Please don't just come in and BEG. It is very unbecoming.      
                                                                             
       Also, for people that want to write for RCN, you don't have to ask    
   for an RCN app.  Just write something and send it to me.  If it is good   
   we use it, if not, well.. we don't.  However, our editors are very        
   patient and they will try to unscramble any submission, regardless of     
   your English skills.  Also, we readily accept submissions written in      
   French, Hebrew, Spanish, or Swedish.  Don't worry, we'll get it           
   translated!  (Of course, we still prefer English!)  If you can keep       
   submitting to RCN you will become a member.  But don't ask what the       
   topic should be, if we had all the topics we could write the whole        
   magazine, the topics are the hard part!                                   
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       I've been around for nearly three years now.  No, I have never been   
   "elite k-rad kick-ass d00d," but I did run a small warez board for        
   around 2 years.  I recently closed it so I could play games (har har      
   har).  The only good games I've played recently are of course, games      
   like Duke3D, Quake, etc.  But my best memories are with those games from  
   '93 and such.                                                             
                                                                             
       What is it with game programmers, these days?  They seem to enjoy     
   taking a camera, walking down the block, burning the film on a CD,        
   adding a keyboard handler, package.  Oh sure, I would probably do the     
   same thing if I wanted to make money.                                     
                                                                             
       And that's what you get: 50, 60 even over 70 disks.  Most of the      
   time, and I'm sure a lot of you will agree on this, there's no more than  
   2 disks of actual programming/playable shit.                              
                                                                             
       Really, the size is relevant of only one factor.  How good is the     
   intro?  How many times did you start a game, look at the intro for about  
   5 minutes while drooling all over your crotch to find out the game is a   
   VGA, 16 color piece of junk?                                              
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Spock                     
                                                                             
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   Dear Spock,                                                               
                                                                             
       After extensive research over a long period of time by a top-notch    
   team of scientists, we have come to the conclusion that, no, playing the  
   Space Invaders game under the influence of narcotics does NOT cause       
   breast cancer.                                                            
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Vulcan Officer Aboard     
                                                   USS Marijuana             
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Dear Xenon,                                                               
                                                                             
       Well, Xenon!  How are you?  I've been trying to reach you, but it     
   seems you are quite a busy dude.  So, I took the liberty to write in RCN  
   so that everyone may share the common good of knowledge.  As people may   
   well know, I am a currently a writer for RCN.  However, I am also a       
   coder.  It has taken me quite some time (about 1 and a half years) to     
   perfect some coding that is similar to Xenon's code.  I do not steal      
   your code, (how would I?) but I have created my own.  Anyways, I have a   
   smooth scroller just like yours, etc.  Basically, I can dish out          
   whatever you can except you do this RCN stuff in C++/ASM/Pascal and I     
   only code in pascal/ASM so far yet.                                       
                                                                             
       I am not writing this to brag.  I am writing this to find out how on  
   Earth do you keep your code clean, organized and functioning???  I        
   imagine with all these menus, text files, it is a bitch.  I know how to   
   make menus and scroll text files, and to tell you the truth, lightbar     
   menus (the ones you have) take me quite some time to make and the text    
   files take time to organize and to display in $b800.  After all, my code  
   isn't optimized, but it takes me a while to make and it is fairly a good  
   size.  I am confused.  Please share how you keep all this organized.      
   And one more thing, please, tell me how to display a VGA screen (a        
   picture like the one ending RCN) AND keeping the picture data inside the  
   code.  No, I do NOT want to attach the picture data to the end of the     
   exe but if that is the only way, tell me.  Again, thanks for the help     
   and thanks for inspiring me to become a coder.                            
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Crystaline Death          
                                                                             
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   Dear Crystaline Death,                                                    
                                                                             
       Go buy a book and take some classes.                                  
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Xenon                     
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       Just thought I'd write you guys to express a few of my opinions.      
   First, your mag rocks!  The music, code, the interface, they're the       
   best, but over the last few issues, RCN seems to be taking me longer,     
   and longer to read.  I found myself unzipping the file at 10:30 PM        
   tonight, and when I finihed reading the mag, it was 11:41 PM.  What I'm   
   trying to say is maybe you should go more for quality rather than         
   quantity.  I find a lot of your group interviews are more or less the     
   same in content, and I'll probably be skipping most of them in the        
   future.                                                                   
                                                                             
       Next, that fucking space invaders game.  I spent 10 minutes playing   
   it, and got 3000 points and I said screw this.  You really want me to     
   play for half an hour to get to 10000 points!?  Hehe, I guess I'll just   
   have to try and live without knowing what's in those secret articles, or  
   maybe someone will release another space invaders crack :-).              
                                                                             
       Last, what ever happened to Defacto?  It seems they couldn't handle   
   the pressure, or are they STILL waiting on this miracle interface?  I'd   
   say it's probably the first option!                                       
                                                                             
       Okay well that's about all from me, keep up the good work, and death  
   to all IRCOPS!!                                                           
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Darkman                   
                                                                             
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   Dear Darkman,                                                             
                                                                             
       We don't expect everybody to read the entire mag, just read the       
   parts that most interest you, and you will have a much more enjoyable     
   experience.  We understand that we can't please everybody, but in trying  
   to do so, there will always be something that others don't like.  So      
   read what interests you, there's a ton of stuff in the mag, read what     
   you're most interested in, and then, print out the entire mag and read    
   the parts that don't interest you as much while sitting on the toilet     
   taking a shit.  As for Defacto, they just released their "Goodbye         
   Defacto" issue, so I guess it's another one gone down the drain.  Oh      
   well.                                                                     
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Hitex/Rebel Chicken       
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       Hi, my name is Eraser.  Most of you people don't know me, probably    
   because I changed my nick and I am not in any groups anymore.  I am       
   writing an article about what odogg^2 wrote about.  IRC ops and their     
   power.  Personally, I have talked to a couple IRC ops that were kewl,     
   but some are just assholes, because they can play god on IRC.  Prae,      
   kern.com's owner has been an IRC op for 15 years.  Don't ya think he      
   should find something else to do besides playing on IRC for 15 years?     
   Anyways, the other day I loaded LL (link looker), which is the best tool  
   you can get publicly, and it's the best tool to get unless you're an IRC  
   op.  I had it loaded on kern.com, then it quit and I got klined.          
                                                                             
       5 minutes later, I was not klined anymore for some reason so I asked  
   Prae.  His response? "Link lookers are lame."  Well, I dont give a fuck   
   if they're lame!  It's all I got, you stupid faggot.  I don't invest my   
   life savings into fucking kern.com so I can play IRC ops with the other   
   big boys.  Like odogg^2 wrote, an IRC op has use for /kill, and he has    
   use for his 9 clones.  I have use for my clones and LL.  To this day,     
   Prae is still being a prick.  15 years of o-lines makes you a dipshit.    
   Too bad.                                                                  
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Eraser                    
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Dear Waynekerr,                                                           
                                                                             
       Waynekerr, I thought your info in RCN #19 on FTPing was VERY          
   interesting and helpful.  With the CHMOD 777 command it turns everything  
   on (writeable, readable, etc).  Is there a way to turn just each one on?  
   Also, is there a way to turn them off (writeable in particular)??  These  
   commands will be VERY helpful in my maintaining an ftp site (a            
   'borrowed' one, if you will).  Also, these commands will keep lamers      
   from deleting filez :). Thanks a BUNCH for any help, and be sure to       
   check out my web page (expanding soon) at                                 
   http://www.angelfire.com/pages9/warez/index.html.                         
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Anonymous                 
                                                                             
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   Dear Anonymous,                                                           
                                                                             
       At your UNIX prompt type "man chmod" -- that will load up the manual  
   to the CHMOD command.  There are too many options to list and it would    
   be much better for your comprehension of the chmod program to load up     
   the manual for it.  By the way, the "man" command can be initiated on     
   any other command to get information about it.  Hmm... wonder if you can  
   do "man man!" Off to check...                                             
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Waynekerr                 
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       When sysops join groups and want there board to be a distro/HQ and    
   they don't have telnet, what does that mean then?  Basically all it       
   means is that you get access to the FTP sites and have ops in the         
   channel.  Why don't bigger groups have more long distance couriers to     
   support the boards or have a few local members because being a boards     
   distro really doesn't mean as much like in the long distance days.        
                                                                             
       Before many new lame groups pop up everyday and die out, the bigger   
   more powerful groups used to support the system.  I don't mean they have  
   to upload 300 megs a week long distance but 50 megs or more would be      
   nice, just to show you care.  Releasing groups should just make it a      
   policy to upload there releases to the member boards and HQs.  Yea, I     
   know it is a bitch to upload to all boards that's why better standards    
   should be maintained by groups so even though more people will be upset   
   that they can't get in that is just to bad.  Because a group can have     
   everyone anyway so cut the slackers and lame boards out to make some      
   room and some more time for the more elite ones.                          
                                                                             
       The reason I am writing this is not to complain that much because I   
   am very much enjoying the scene and that is why I am here so long but to  
   get this idea out because I know many sysops that I deal with feel the    
   same way but don't know where to go to have this expressed where people   
   will actually read it.  But I know where to go RCN because anyone who is  
   anyone in the scene and can read will grab RCN so my view will finally    
   be expressed.                                                             
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   HBKid                     
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       It has been called to my attention, that the local boards that I      
   used to call were going under.  I know most of this it true due to the    
   fact that we now have 3 Internet service providers in our area local to   
   everyone.  I was told that before the Internet came around there were 30  
   boards local where I live.  Now there are 5.                              
                                                                             
       All the boards died within one year of when the Internet came to my   
   town.  Now, I know for some people that they used to like calling local   
   boards and playing Legend of the Red Dragon and other games like that     
   but now it's to the point it you want to have a decent board you need to  
   run it on the Internet to get calls.                                      
                                                                             
       I predict by the year 2000 the way it is going now there will be      
   very FEW local boards in your area, like I know mine.  I used to run      
   one.  I took it down and now am setup for the Internet I just need my     
   static IP connection.  And I am off on my journey to the great beyond of  
   the Internet.  And what do most people want when they telnet to a board?  
   Warez mostly.  I don't know too many people who don't run a board and     
   don't have them.  It's just an everyday occurrence now.                   
                                                                             
       With the major groups like DOD (Drink or Die) and PWA (Pirates with   
   Attitudes) releasing the AWSOME software they get, it's just too big.     
   But if you want to run a thriving board, you need a few things.           
   Internet, Warez, people who call, and cool ansi's from ACiD (Ansi         
   Creators in Demand) or another group like that.                           
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Bass Extream              
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       Your Space Invaders game is the best.  I play it when I'm bored.      
   RCN also gives me information on the warez scene and cool music.  I hope  
   you're making a new song because your Reality Check song isn't that       
   great.                                                                    
                                                                             
       The question I was asking, was how do you make the smooth scrolling   
   effect in RCN?  I don't want to know exactly just the method.  My other   
   question is, that japanese stuff that starts on RCN.  What does it mean   
   and where did it come from?                                               
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   CustomTIE                 
                                                                             
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   Dear CustomTIE,                                                           
                                                                             
       Read the article about Xenon to find out how he coded the smooth      
   scroller, and that text means "Sailor Moon is really gay" and comes from  
   the show.                                                                 
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Hitex/Rebel Chicken       
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       Just thought I'd write you guys to express a few of my opinions.      
   First, your mag rocks!  The music, code, the interface, they're the       
   best, but over the last few issues, RCN seems to be taking me longer,     
   and longer to read.  I found myself unzipping the file at 10:30 PM        
   tonight, and when I finihed reading the mag, it was 11:41 PM.  What I'm   
   trying to say is maybe you should go more for quality rather than         
   quantity.  I find a lot of your group interviews are more or less the     
   same in content, and I'll probably be skipping most of them in the        
   future.                                                                   
                                                                             
       Next, that fucking space invaders game.  I spent 10 minutes playing   
   it, and got 3000 points and I said screw this.  You really want me to     
   play for half an hour to get to 10000 points!?  Hehe, I guess I'll just   
   have to try and live without knowing what's in those secret articles, or  
   maybe someone will release another space invaders crack :-).              
                                                                             
       Last, what ever happened to Defacto?  It seems they couldn't handle   
   the pressure, or are they STILL waiting on this miracle interface?  I'd   
   say it's probably the first option!                                       
                                                                             
       Okay well that's about all from me, keep up the good work, and death  
   to all IRCOPS!!                                                           
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Darkman                   
                                                                             
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   Dear Darkman,                                                             
                                                                             
       We don't expect everybody to read the entire mag, just read the       
   parts that most interest you, and you will have a much more enjoyable     
   experience.  We understand that we can't please everybody, but in trying  
   to do so, there will always be something that others don't like.  So      
   read what interests you, there's a ton of stuff in the mag, read what     
   you're most interested in, and then, print out the entire mag and read    
   the parts that don't interest you as much while sitting on the toilet     
   taking a shit.  As for Defacto, they just released their "Goodbye         
   Defacto" issue, so I guess it's another one gone down the drain.  Oh      
   well.                                                                     
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Hitex/Rebel Chicken       
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       I've gotta say your mag is awesome.  Especially at the beginning.     
   The art is awesome too!  One of the little things your mag has that       
   others don't is smooth scrolling with keys.  Other mags have the          
   crappiest scrolling.  Your musical variety is also great and smooth!  I   
   like the space game the way it is, too.  I don't want to piss anyone off  
   but they shouldn't come whining in the channel when they can't get        
   10,000 points.  It's not THAT hard, just try it for at least 5 minutes    
   and you'll be surprised at how good you can be!                           
                                                                             
       I was reading Issue #20 about getting sodas from Coke machines for    
   free.  One of them said to get a train schedule and put those nickles     
   down on the tracks so they get smashed and turn into quarters.  Just a    
   few years back I did something similar, but this didn't require a train   
   <grin>.  Just get a heavy hammer and take a handfull of nickles out to a  
   hard flat surface (like a sidewalk).  Just hammer them away!  It might    
   take you a while at first but once you get the hang of it it gets real    
   easy.  You might want a real quarter handy, though.  They also work at    
   the arcades.  Well there's my smashed up 5 cents!                         
                                                                             
   *PS* Keep up the amazing work with the mag, and a big wahzup to           
   Darkwing!                                                                 
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Darkthorn                 
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       There is something new I noticed Napalm do.  They release the game,   
   and with it all kinds of addons.  Cinema addons, speech addons, and so    
   on.  I think this is a great idea, and I hope to see all groups start     
   doing this.  This lets me check the game first, and if I really like it,  
   I take all the addons and  burn them on a CD.  Then, I almost have the    
   original CD! For example, why couldn't RazorCD release their new          
   Baseball game in 2 parts?  One for the game itself and one for the        
   cinema addon.  That way they wouldn't have passed the 40 disk limit, and  
   you wouldn't have to download a 58 disk release just to find out the      
   game doesn't work.  By the way, GREAT MAGAZINE!  Keep it up.              
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   God-Ion                   
                                                                             
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   Dear God-Ion,                                                             
                                                                             
       The flispide of that is that now group will take it upon themselves   
   to release 40 disk releases that have no video and no sound in them.      
   Nobody wants to waste their time downloading something just to play it    
   without any sound for 40 disks.  Old 5-disk releases could come with      
   awesome sound, there's no reason to have to slack off now.                
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Hitex/Rebel Chicken       
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       I like the new page, but put back that wicked spinning JAVA logo!     
   That thing rocked!  I still like the nifty use of JAVA script             
   everywhere, but seriously, that logo ruled.  It made quite the effect on  
   this pages' previous version.  Oh by the way, the review is getting       
   better and better every week.  Quite the coder you have there (Xenon      
   rules), and cool articles.  Interface update though?  ;)  Kidding.  I     
   love the interface.  So fast on my system.  Keep it up guys.  Quite the   
   'thing' you have going here.  I hope and have a good feeling that people  
   won't let this e-mag die easily.                                          
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Oxygene                   
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       Hi!  My name is R7 and I'm from the new group The Emperor.  I just    
   want to say you're doing a great job with your mag.  Also, I want to      
   know the email address for XENON.  I want to talk to him.  So can you     
   please give me his email address?                                         
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   R7                        
                                                                             
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   Dear R7,                                                                  
                                                                             
       You can always email Xenon at the normal RCN email address.  All      
   mail is promptly forwarded to him.                                        
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Hitex/Rebel Chicken       
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       I know you probally hear this on a daily basis, but I'd just like to  
   take this time to give a 'hats off' to you and your staff at RCN.  Not    
   only is your mag the best I've seen, it also has loads of interesting     
   articles and information regarding the warez scene!                       
                                                                             
   *PS* Keep up the great work!                                              
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Scooby Doo                
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       Hi all people at RCN.  I'm writing just to tell you how great I       
   found your mag.  I'm from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Internet services    
   here are still a 'bit' lame, so I don't show up much in the scene, as     
   you name it.  But today I went to #M8leech and download the Issue #20 of  
   RCN.  Great coding, great sound, awful colors :). The game could be a     
   little more difficult.  It's not hard to get 10k points.  Well, that's    
   it for now!  Keep up the good work!                                       
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Thiago                    
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       Your e-mag is the best ever!  I've been keeping up with RCN all the   
   way back to Issue #1, but I was just wondering if you guys considered     
   making RCN Windows 95-compatible at all, or just through DOS/text???      
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Jagz                      
                                                                             
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   Dear Jagz,                                                                
                                                                             
       RCN is 100% compatible with a DOS prompt UNDER Windows 95, as         
   opposed to booting back to DOS.  However, no, we are not going to make    
   it a Windows 95 interface because let's face it, SVGA sucks!              
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Hitex/Rebel Chicken       
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : Rom Racer            
     Subject  : Razor 666?                Affiliation : RZR Coordinator      
                                                                             
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  RCN: Razor 1911 has been one of the top groups in the scene for many     
         years now, and many would consider it the best group of all time,   
         however, there are some that would say that Razor 1911 is a dying   
         group, and that Prestige is the new king of the hill, do you        
         believe that is true?                                               
                                                                             
  RZR: I would not say that Razor 1911 is dying, perhaps we are not in     
         our prime. But, we are certainly still alive.                       
                                                                             
  RCN: Do you believe that Prestige has taken Razor 1911's place in the    
         games scene as the #1 group?  Razor 1911 has definitely not         
         released as MANY games as Prestige, but the games that Razor 1911   
         has released, such as WarCraft 2 (14 Disks with the Expansion       
         Set), are usually better cracked and have a high chance of          
         working.  Do you believe that Prestige releases also have a high    
         rate of working?                                                    
                                                                             
  RZR: Razor 1911 has been known for many years to release quality         
         working titles.  Now, all groups come and go, but Razor 1911 will   
         always be around.  Prestige does not have the same long term        
         reputation as Razor 1911 does.  I cannot say how long Prestige      
         will be able to continue with their high volume of releases, in     
         most cases equal to Razor 1911 standards.  Then again, Prestige     
         has messed up a few recently, but that is expected from a new       
         group.                                                              
                                                                             
  RCN: What are these mess ups by Prestige that could have come about      
         because of their young age?                                         
                                                                             
  RZR: For example, Prestige's release of Frank Thomas Baseball did not    
         allow pitching.  Miscellaneous bugs as such in their releases,      
         which can really happen to anyone, unless you have the              
         organization and experience to have things tested properly, are     
         not necessarily due to their young age.  But because of their       
         young age, they most likely haven't had the time to setup a         
         clockwork-like system of getting their releases out smoothly.       
                                                                             
  RCN: What is this clockwork-like system that you are describing? And     
         how can other games groups learn from Razor 1911's experience?      
                                                                             
  RZR: Well for example, Razor 1911 has a good reputation for releases     
         working properly that are properly cracked.  However certain        
         groups (in some cases based out of 718), do not have such a good    
         reputation for things working properly, I am sure if the group in   
         question (I would rather not mention any names at this point),      
         would schedule in the time to test a release to make sure that the  
         crack is fully working, a lot of problems could have been avoided.  
         There is really nothing to be learned from Razor 1911's             
         experience.  Experience itself is the key.                          
                                                                             
  RCN: A good release is guaranteed to be spread to many people, but even  
         Razor 1911 has to release some games here and there that are just   
         not fun.  It's not Razor 1911's fault, it's just that some          
         companies can't program fun games.  And when that happens, how      
         does the courier section of Razor 1911 help spread its releases to  
         the masses even when the game just does not want to spread?         
                                                                             
  RZR: Obviously in a games group situation, priority goes to the boards.  
         Once a release has been put on our HQ boards, we then take it over  
         to the Internet by procedure.  Once a release is on all of the      
         main distribution points, there is really nothing we can do to      
         force the end user to download it.  It is not our responsibility    
         to market it.                                                       
                                                                             
  RCN: How do you take it over to the Internet by procedure?  What do you  
         mean by "procedure?"  Also, what are the requirements for a board   
         that wants to become affiliated with Razor 1911.  And when a board  
         does become affiliated, how does one become more than a member      
         board to become a HQ board?                                         
                                                                             
  RZR: By procedure, I mean it is how things are normally done, sort of    
         "by the book."  The requirements of a board that would like to      
         become a part of Razor 1911 are normally evaluated on an            
         individual basis.  We look for boards in which the sysop is able    
         to actively contribute to the group.  Generally, I would assume, I  
         have not been in Razor 1911 at the time an HQ board was appointed,  
         that a HQ board would be selected on the basis of hardware, nodes,  
         traffic, and of course the sysops level of contribution.            
                                                                             
  RCN: On the note of experience that you mentioned earlier, what          
         surprises me is that many of the Prestige leaders such as The       
         Renegade Chemist and Zeus, were former leaders of Razor 1911        
         during its peak.  Why wouldn't they be showing the experience that  
         they have acquired over the years in making sure that Prestige      
         releases work in a more timely fashion?                             
                                                                             
  RZR: In a new group environment, having established people, such as The  
         Renegade Chemist and Zeus is always a plus, but it cannot totally   
         evade the problems which arise in a new group.  You must keep in    
         mind that a group is a group, a team effort I should say.  You      
         cannot base a group on the merits of a few strong individuals.      
                                                                             
  RCN: I do find it interesting that many Razor 1911 couriers are also     
         couriers in Rapier.  Why is that so?  Is Rapier official couriers   
         for Razor 1911?  For example, on Street Spyders, the Razor 1911     
         WHQ which also happens to be one of the fastest boards in the       
         world, most of the top uploaders are usually members of Rapier and  
         Razor 1911.  Perhaps there is a team effort here?                   
                                                                             
  RZR: It is purely coincidence that many Rapier couriers are also Razor   
         1911 couriers.  Both Rapier and Razor 1911 only take the best,      
         therefore, it is likely that both groups will have a similar        
         member base.  It also happens to be that Street Spyders is the      
         Rapier US HQ and also being the Razor WHQ.  Rapier obviously wants  
         the best boards, and so does Razor 1911, therefore it is likely     
         that their choices would overlap.                                   
                                                                             
  RCN: I heard rumors that Rapier might have disbanded earlier this week,  
         or that perhaps many Rapier members left Rapier for Everlast        
         because you did not have enough time to run the group, is there     
         any truth to that?  Is Rapier still alive?                          
                                                                             
  RZR: I cannot comment on Rapiers current status.                         
                                                                             
  RCN: Ever since my friends brought me into the scene, I've always asked  
         myself, "What does the 1911 in Razor 1911 mean?"  Nobody has ever   
         been able to tell me, but I do hope that you will be able to        
         answer that question.  And please do, or I will have to kill you.   
                                                                             
  RZR: 777h.                                                               
                                                                             
  RCN: 777h?  What does that mean?  I will kill you if you don't tell me.  
         Is 1911 some kind of Satanic thing?  Like, you take 1911 and you    
         some how rearrange the numbers, and then you multiply and subtract  
         them in some strange fashion, and you get 666?  Like that Ozzy      
         Osbourne music video, where his forehead has a 9454 print, and      
         it's actually some sort of allusion to the printmark of the Beast   
         (Anti-Christ) found in the Bible?  See, I was bored, so I tossed    
         9454 in my head, and if you multiply 9 times 4, you get 36.  Now    
         if you add 5 plus 4, you get 9, so now you're left with 369.  So    
         if you take 3 from 9 and add that 3 to the first 3, you get 666.    
         This can be confusing, but you get the point.                       
                                                                             
  RZR: I suppose we will leave that as a mystery.                          
                                                                             
  RCN: Bummer.  Oh well, you can't win them all.                           
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : Bug Lord & Morphine  
     Subject  : Napalm Cheats Again?      Affiliation : Epic Leaders         
                                                                             
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  RCN: What kind of group is Epic?  It's fairly new, but I've seen its     
         releases around many fast sites this past week.  How did Epic       
         start?                                                              
                                                                             
  BUG: Well, it's a games releasing group.  It was started when Morphine   
         and I decided that when we were in ROR (Release on Rampage), our    
         work was being wasted.  Morphine's supplies were being done by      
         Prestige first, and my couriering was pointless for a release       
         group that did only did 1 game each month.                          
                                                                             
  RCN: What did you mean when you said that Morphine's supplies were       
         being done by Prestige first?  Was Morphine part of Prestige?  I    
         thought you said that both of you were members of ROR?              
                                                                             
  MOR: No, well all of the releases I obtained took ROR too long to get    
         out and they never got the releases it out it was getting on my     
         nerves so we decided to start up Epic so that we could make sure    
         that that crap didn't happen to me and other suppliers.  I don't    
         want to sound like I'm dissing ROR, but the records do show that    
         ROR released very FEW games.                                        
                                                                             
  RCN: Morphine, when you supplied for ROR, why did it take them so long   
         to release something?  Were they busy checking to make sure that    
         the game was fully cracked and working?  If so, then ROR's          
         precaution would actually be good for the scene.                    
                                                                             
  MOR: Well, it just seemed that the people that they needed were never    
         around to do their job to get the releases out.                     
                                                                             
  RCN: In a way then, Epic is a split off of ROR?  Now that Epic is here,  
         what distinguishes it from other release groups?  What makes it     
         special?  Why is it not just ANOTHER lame one week games group?     
                                                                             
  BUG: Well, only the leadership of Epic split off of ROR, and even then   
         we don't think of it like that.  ROR was simply the group that      
         both Morphine and I were in at one point in time.  We don't really  
         consider ourselves special, we just get the job done and will       
         continue to do so.  You should also know that Morphine and I were   
         away from the scene for a while before this, so we were only in     
         ROR a few weeks.  I'm not saying that ROR is bad, but we really     
         don't have anything to do with them anymore.                        
                                                                             
  RCN: Specify what you meant when you said, "We don't really consider     
         ourselves special, we just get the job done and will continue to    
         do so."  What are you guys doing that you will contine to do, but   
         that does not make Epic special?                                    
                                                                             
  MOR: Well, Epic is no different than any other games group which has     
         succeeded except that we are doing so in a smaller scale.  We get   
         our releases and we get them cracked and we get them out to the     
         sites.  That's how the scene is, you don't need to be special to    
         do that, you just need to be organized.                             
                                                                             
  RCN: While running Epic, have you encountered any problems?  I have      
         heard rumors that the release of Gender Wars was supposed to be     
         released by Epic, but the release was then stolen by Prophet, the   
         leader of Napalm, is that true?                                     
                                                                             
  BUG: Well, we like to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, and if     
         Prophet did it by accident, then we can forgive that, but there is  
         a little bit of doubt.  We had placed our release on the Internet   
         shell account of X-Factor, a Legion leader, while waiting for a     
         cracker to get it.  It seems that somehow Dark Force found the      
         release on the shell (it's also a Legion release site), and gave    
         it to Prophet.  Prophet then uploaded it to Pentium Domination.     
         It could be an innocent mistake.  We also got conflicting answers   
         by Prophet when he was questioned, and he never did admit to it.    
         But tracing the path of the spread clearly leads back to Pentium    
         Domination where it was uploaded by Prophet.  We missed the final   
         release of Gender Wars to Razor 1911 by only a few minutes, and if  
         now for this extreme distraction we would probably have had the     
         release.                                                            
                                                                             
  RCN: You lost the release to Razor 1911?  Did Napalm actually ever       
         release the Gender Wars stolen from Epic?  Prophet is known for     
         stealing cracks and releases from other games groups, but did he    
         actually do anything with the stolen release this time?             
                                                                             
  BUG: No, which points to the fact that it could have been an accident,   
         and they didn't know it was uncracked.  However, there is always    
         the possibility that Napalm WAS cracking the Epic release and       
         simply didn't do it in time.  The conflicting answers from Prophet  
         don't make it seem any more likely to be the first.                 
                                                                             
  RCN: On the note of another release, NHL PowerPlay, which was released   
         by Coredump, but unfortunately, the game was knowingly released     
         without a crack.  I later noticed that Epic released NHL PowerPlay  
         as well, is the Epic version any different from Coredump's          
         careless release, or was the Epic release of NHL PowerPlay also     
         uncracked?                                                          
                                                                             
  BUG: No, it was not a dupe.  It was one of the best possible releases    
         for a new group such as Epic.  Coredump knowing that it was not     
         cracked, released it uncracked, and it was nuked everywhere, which  
         led to the humiliating fact that many members of Coredump started   
         denying the fact that they were even in the group.  Razor 1911      
         declared that the game was uncrackable, and Holy Beast from         
         Prestige tried to crack it but failed.  However, Misha, the god of  
         cracking, cracked the game for Epic.  To help out the people who    
         can't follow directions from the NFO, you must do a CUSTOM install  
         and then you must do a select all.  That should keep the channel    
         #Epic free from being flooded by lamers, wait, calling stupid       
         people "lamers" is politically incorrect, I actually meant "people  
         with low intelligence" or rather, "the installationally             
         challenged."                                                        
                                                                             
  RCN: Has Coredump shown any resentment toward Epic?  After all, Epic     
         did make Coredump look really lame.  Yes, and I do call them lame.  
         I don't like being politically correct, so sue me.                  
                                                                             
  BUG: Well, Incarnate and Perfect Form have been the only ones to give    
         us any problems.  They tried to get NHL PowerPlay cracked like 5    
         days after we released our working version, but they still          
         couldn't get it cracked so they got really mad and started telling  
         every one how the Epic version of NHL PowerPlay didn't even work    
         when everyone who downloaded it would know that it does work.  I    
         think that most Epic members are still banned from channel #CD      
         (Coredump's IRC channel), and a few of Coredump members did try to  
         infiltrate Epic, rather pathetically too since we knew that the     
         Coredump spies were discussing "tricking Epic."  I believe there    
         were a couple threats, and tKLP informed us that Incarnate was      
         trying to steal our crack for their release.                        
                                                                             
  RCN: What do you mean when you said, "A few of their members tried to    
         infiltrate us?"                                                     
                                                                             
  BUG: Someone named Pioneer tried a "I really hate Coredump, I want to    
         join Epic," but we have our own spies in channel #CD and we were    
         totally aware of their pathetic attempts at infiltrating Epic.      
         Some other members of Coredump tried as well, but Pioneer was       
         their best actor.                                                   
                                                                             
  RCN: Dam, with spies and all, I'm surprised they're not Communist or     
         something.  They do the stupidest things, they HAVE to be           
         Communist, it just doesn't make sense.  Anyway, what are your       
         future plans for Epic?  If bigger games groups such as Prestige or  
         Razor 1911 asked you to have Epic merge into them, would you agree  
         to it?                                                              
                                                                             
  BUG: Actually a group called Precision asked us to merge into them       
         about 2 days ago but we were NOT interested.  Epic would not be     
         interested in merging into either Prestige or Razor 1911 because    
         we're looking to compete with them and to eventually replace them.  
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Crack                     Interviewee : Charley              
     Subject  : Small Group+Big Ego=CB4?  Affiliation : CB4 Leader           
                                                                             
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  RCN: What kind of group is CB4 (Cellblock 4)?                            
                                                                             
  CB4: First of all, I would like to tell you who I am.  Like 8 months     
         ago, my ex-boyfriend (and YES, I am a girl) introduced me to some   
         of the members of oG (The Original Gangsters Syndicate, a little    
         Swedish group).  I started supplying for them.  Later on, I         
         established contact with Ivanhoe (now one of the leaders of CB4)    
         and some of the other members of the old Rebels.  When they left    
         Rebels and started CB4, they convinced me to join them as a leader  
         of the group.  CB4 is a release group.  Our goal is to crack and    
         release all that we can get our hands on and to have FUN!!!         
                                                                             
  RCN: When you mentioned "the old Rebels," to what were you referring     
         to?                                                                 
                                                                             
  CB4: Some of the old members of Rebels left Rebels to help start CB4.    
         Leatherman, who was a former leader in Rebels, started CB4 near     
         the end of 1995 with only a few crackers.  In the beginning of      
         1996, 2 more Rebels members, Ivanhoe and Mercury, joined his        
         efforts.  In February, CB4 merged with oG, where some of my         
         seniors and I joined CB4, and that's when CB4 became a real group,  
         and not just one of the small groups.  Later on, Leatherman left    
         the group due to personal problems and after a short while,         
         Imposter joined CB4 as a leader.                                    
                                                                             
  RCN: Do you consider your group, CB4, a top notch releasing group?       
                                                                             
  CB4: Well, we want to stay a small group, with only 1 or 2 member sites  
         and no boards or couriers.  Sure, a small group can have problems   
         as well, but it's easier to keep the group together when everyone   
         knows each other.  That makes it easier to work together as a       
         team.  All our members are 100% loyal to the group, and you know,   
         you don't have to be big in size to be a great release group!       
         Sometimes, when things are going really well with the releasing     
         and stuff, it's easy to develop a big ego.  But in a small group    
         like ours, there is always someone there to pull you down from the  
         skies again.  To be honest with you, it is more important that our  
         members have the right personality, than that they can supply like  
         7 releases a week.  The most important thing for us is to have      
         fun, and we like the laid back attitude towards the scene.          
                                                                             
  RCN: Has CB4 ever released warez before other release groups?            
                                                                             
  CB4: Yes, we have released like 10 to 20 releases a week in the last     
         couple of weeks.                                                    
                                                                             
  RCN: Does CB4 specialize in releasing games, or utils, or both?          
                                                                             
  CB4: We only release utils.                                              
                                                                             
  RCN: Would you say that CB4 ranks up with other utils groups such as     
         Mortality?                                                          
                                                                             
  CB4: Yeah, sure, we are kicking the scene right now and we have lots     
         and lots of releases, but as I said before, the most important      
         thing for us is to have fun and we are not competing with anyone.   
                                                                             
  RCN: Please tell us what having fun in your group is like.               
                                                                             
  CB4: Well, we all do it because it's a nice way of breaking the law,     
         hehe, no.  It's fun to see how far you can go with a small group    
         like ours.  Many other BIG groups wants to merge with us, but we    
         want to keep the group small so that we don't HAVE to do things in  
         any other way but our own CB4 way.                                  
                                                                             
  RCN: How long has CB4 been around in the scene?                          
                                                                             
  CB4: Eh, Leatherman started the group in 1995 and we have been           
         releasing like 10 to 20 releases a week since February.             
                                                                             
  RCN: Where do you guys get so many releases?  How do CB4 suppliers       
         obtain their software?                                              
                                                                             
  CB4: No, now I'm lying to you.  In February and March, we had like       
         20-30 releases a month.  Hey, never tell anyone how our suppliers   
         get their hands on the software!  Rule #1!!!                        
                                                                             
  RCN: Let me take a wild guess, are they beta testers?                    
                                                                             
  CB4: Bwhahahhaha, I won't tell you!!!                                    
                                                                             
  RCN: You've made your point abundantly clear that CB4 is a small group,  
         but it is probably receiving plenty of applications each week.      
         For those who might be interested, how are applicants selected to   
         be given membership in CB4?                                         
                                                                             
  CB4: Like I said before, the most important thing for us when we look    
         at applicants is not whether or not they can supply thousands of    
         releases, but their personality.  We want to keep the group small,  
         so I guess it's hard to join us.                                    
                                                                             
  RCN: I have asked many people about CB4, it seems that no one has ever   
         heard of the group (including me), you said CB4 was very good and   
         that it released 10 to 20 releases a week, and yet, nobody knows    
         about the group, how can that be?                                   
                                                                             
  CB4: Well, perhaps they don't read RCN!?  Or perhaps you've been asking  
         the wrong people?  Nah, but we are a small group and we don't make  
         much noise.  Our releases are on all the big sites and you have     
         them in your weekly warez list, so I don't know why people haven't  
         heard about us.                                                     
                                                                             
  RCN: You mentioned earlier that some other groups wanted to merge with   
         CB4, can you name some?                                             
                                                                             
  CB4: No, I don't want to do that.  I don't know if the other groups      
         would like that, but I can tell you this, those groups that asked   
         us are the biggest in the scene.  :)                                
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : Chaos                
     Subject  : We TAKE What We Want!     Affiliation : EfM Founder          
                                                                             
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  RCN: I've been informed that tHA is one of the largest internet          
         takeover groups around, is its reputation warranted?  What does     
         tHA do that makes it so well known?                                 
                                                                             
  EfM: Well, to begin with tHA isnt the group name, it is tHA EfNet        
         Mafia, and the acronym is EfM, but we are a bunch of well known     
         people on the Internet that well, just takeover IRC channels as a   
         challenge and during our free time try to takeover those channels   
         to see if we can overcome the odds.                                 
                                                                             
  RCN: What does tHA stand for then?  I always thought that tHA was the    
         abbreviation of the group name, but if it's not, then what does it  
         stand for?                                                          
                                                                             
  EfM: No tHA, doesn't stand for anything.  I am not sure where that       
         might have come from.  It was just always the first name of our     
         group.                                                              
                                                                             
  RCN: So EfM only takes over channels that are deemed impossible to       
         takeover?  Which channels has EfM takenover in the recent weeks?    
                                                                             
  EfM: Recently, well, most likely the largest channel we have taken has   
         been channel #Exceed, but we lost it after a mere 10 minutes, and   
         smaller channels that we have taken over range from #MircScripts,   
         #Eggdrop, and many of the kid/teen/incest sex pics, #Femdom,        
         channels covering a large span of our taken channels.               
                                                                             
  RCN: Has EfM ever tried taking over channels such as #Twilight_Zone      
         where a lot of the only people that hang out there happen to be     
         IRC ops.  That would be a challenge, but it would also range on     
         the stupid side as well, right?                                     
                                                                             
  EfM: I personnaly cannot afford being k-lined off any more EfNet         
         servers, but it hasn't been tried for obvious reasons.  Some        
         members have been plotting for a channel on DalNet called           
         #Dragon_Realm with is the equivilant channel on DalNet.             
                                                                             
  RCN: Taking over channel #Exceed must piss off some fATE (Fast Action    
         Trade Exchange) members right?  I mean, don't you think it might    
         be working against the scene to takeover channels where people can  
         freely distribute warez?                                            
                                                                             
  EfM: No one in EfM is a so called "warez puppies" as deemed by EfM       
         members.  But definitley, especially MadCrew the people that        
         "guard" #Exceed for fATE.  Our members are mainly just serious      
         hackers and taking over channels is relaxing fun.  Also, channel    
         #exceed is not the only warez channel that we have taken,           
         #warez99, #warez69, #warez, #warez-weapon have all fallen victim    
         to us recently.                                                     
                                                                             
  RCN: What happens when a channel falls victim to EfM, do you guys try    
         to keep ops over a victimized channel permanently, or perhaps you   
         guys just close those channels down by making them +i?              
                                                                             
  EfM: In the past we have just done it for fun and only kept control for  
         24 hours (+/- a few hours) not much longer.  But recently, grudges  
         are forming between us and many channels, which may or may not      
         force us to hold or shut down the channel for a longer time.  Most  
         likley #Ansi has been the channel we have help for the longest      
         time, which was I think a day or two.  We really didn't have a      
         problem with #Ansi to begin with, just one of our members and one   
         of their ops kind of got into a grudge match, and it had to be      
         settled.                                                            
                                                                             
  RCN: But why settle a grudge betwee a channel #Ansi op and a EfM member  
         by fucking up #Ansi, and in the process, fucking up so many other   
         innocent bystanders?  There are a lot of people that like to chat   
         in #Ansi, and shutting it down really fucks things up needlessly.   
                                                                             
  EfM: It was a match between 2 people until the other person spoofed an   
         address and grabbed our channel, which makes our people pissed off  
         and then after we were done made their people pissed off.  It all   
         went hand in hand.  Also, who said we were nice.                    
                                                                             
  RCN: EfM has a channel?  Is it open to the public, if so, what's the     
         name of it?  I assume you won't be afraid to give out the name of   
         the channel EfM members hang out in, after all, I doubt the EfM     
         channel gets taken over much.                                       
                                                                             
  EfM: We can often be spotted in the many scripting channels.             
                                                                             
  RCN: Well, what's the EfM channel?  I don't want to know where I can     
         find EfM members.  I mean, EfM is a top notch channel takeover      
         group, you guys are more than able to protect your own channel, so  
         telling me what your channel is should not really matter right?     
                                                                             
  EfM: Honestly, taking over channels is much more simplistic than         
         protecting a channel, but we will soon be moving to #EfM and we     
         can all be found there.  We HAD a web page until the provider       
         found it to be "illegal" and is now being moved to a mirror         
         provider.  We do not have a Ascii NFO file or a loader.             
                                                                             
  RCN: To takeover channels, scripts can be very useful.  Are there any    
         EfM members that write private takeover scripts, or other private   
         scripts that help collide, etc?                                     
                                                                             
  EfM: All of the members have their own personal prefrences, we have and  
         EfM script which is 3/4 of the way done.  To deal with the scripts  
         we have, some of the MOST TALENTED and poplular scripters around    
         such as IceKitten, god (also President of EfM), Cyko, Chak, JFK,    
         Jester, and countless others which are all working together on      
         forming this members only script.                                   
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : Samuraion            
     Subject  : Bad+Bad=Good?             Affiliation : Legion Council       
                                                                             
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  RCN: Many know that Legion started a few weeks ago, and has shown its    
         presence in the utils scene as a group with a lot of potential.  I  
         am aware that Legion came about as a merge, but which groups        
         merged to form Legion?                                              
                                                                             
  LGN: Basically, Legion was a merge between Siva and Logistix, but 000    
         (former leader of Dawn/Fierce) also brought along some of their     
         members after it died, and so what Legion really is, is the best    
         of Dawn, Logistix, and Siva.                                        
                                                                             
  RCN: The best of Dawn, Logistix, and Siva?  From what I know, none of    
         the 3 groups had any real quality and reputation.  How has          
         bringing the best of the 3 groups formed a better and more          
         respectable group, Legion?                                          
                                                                             
  LGN: What we really did was cut a lot of members down.  We took all our  
         suppliers (respectively), and some other important members, and     
         created a new group with 3 times the suppliers, and we are all      
         very dedicated and working toward being a competition to the more   
         respectable utils releasing groups.  And we all treat each other    
         with respect, work together, and that is what really brings a good  
         group together.                                                     
                                                                             
  RCN: I am aware that Judge Dredd was the leader of Dawn, but I do not    
         see him as a part of Legion?  Was he taken out of Legion because    
         he was dead weight?  Or did Legion merely take the suppliers out    
         of Dawn and left all other members of Dawn to themselves?           
                                                                             
  LGN: Well, Dawn wasn't really considered a part of the merge I think.    
         This is because 000 came to Legion after Logistix and Siva had      
         already merged for a few days, but as for Judge Dredd, I haven't    
         seen him for a long time, and I think he's with a courier group     
         right now.                                                          
                                                                             
  RCN: Were there any problems that resulted when the merge did take       
         place?                                                              
                                                                             
  LGN: What we really needed was some organization at first, but after a   
         little while, everything went well, and we had our releases going.  
         However, since we had some top couriers in the group, they were     
         all arguing about who gets to spread the releases to which sites.   
         That was bothering us for a few days, but in the end, we got it     
         all settled down, and everything went smoothly from there on.       
                                                                             
  RCN: Which top couriers argued about where the releases should be        
         spread, and how did everything eventually settle down?  Did you     
         just tell all your couriers to stop arguing, or did you have to     
         threaten to kick them out of Legion before they would listen?       
                                                                             
  LGN: I would rather not reveal their names, but we have thought about    
         it for a while, and have asked a few of them to resign or upload    
         to another site.  But in the end, everything worked out alright,    
         no conflicts, nothing.                                              
                                                                             
  RCN: Many young utils groups, and by far, Legion is not an exception,    
         go through troubles when they first release.  Nearly all young      
         utils groups go through troubles of releasing utils that are        
         broken or are dupes.  How has Legion answered to those that accuse  
         it of releasing warez that are broken and on several occasions,     
         releases that are dupes?                                            
                                                                             
  LGN: I have no comment, but I do believe that we have not duped on any   
         release.                                                            
                                                                             
  RCN: Do you believe that there might be any egos within the group?  For  
         example, a few days ago, when I joined channel #Legion, I was       
         threatened of being banned from #Legion by X-Factor, Legion         
         Council, simply because I was joining the channel to look for a     
         friend, and when I couldn't find my friend, I left the channel.     
         He got extremely mad at me and started yelling at me because I      
         joined and then left the channel.  Do you believe that attitudes    
         as such might be hurting the group?  After all, nobody likes        
         working with stuckup egos.                                          
                                                                             
  LGN: Well, X-Factor is an exception. I've known him for a while, he's    
         special.  He just about pissed off everyone in the group,           
         including me, but he's a nice guy if you know him.  But as for the  
         egos, there have been no egos in the group, and if there ever will  
         be, it will be dealt with seriously.                                
                                                                             
  RCN: In your opinion, how does Legion stand among the better utils       
         groups such as PWA (Pirated with Attitudes) and Rebels?             
                                                                             
  LGN: We are still new at this, but our members all have experience, and  
         we are still in the process of organization, but once everything    
         is settled, we will be a competition to them.  We got all the       
         suppliers we need, and all we need now is time, time to build up    
         our name so we can stand up there with some of the other stronger   
         utils groups.                                                       
                                                                             
  RCN: You mentioned earlier that there were conflicts between different   
         top couriers within Legion.  Has that hindered Legion's ability in  
         seeking after an official courier group to courier Legion           
         releases?                                                           
                                                                             
  LGN: About official couriers, we had a lot of thought on that.  But we   
         do have a strong Internet team, and we are on all the top sites of  
         the world, so couriering shouldn't be a problem.  However, we did   
         consider Empire as our official couriers, but the                   
         negotiations/terms came out differently from what we discussed, so  
         we decided to go with Malice at the moment.                         
                                                                             
  RCN: What were these negotiations/terms that were not met by Empire?     
         Did Empire not live up to their word?  Or perhaps Legion was        
         simply more interested in being affiliated with Malice because it   
         is an older group and is more well known?                           
                                                                             
  LGN: Well, Empire did not meet the terms that one of their staff said,   
         because it seemed that their staff have different points of view.   
         We had a great offer from Empire, and after it was all settled,     
         another Empire staff gave us a different story.  And since a few    
         of the Legion Council are also members of Malice, and Malice is an  
         older group with a lot more experience, and had an even better      
         offer, it makes sense to have them spread our releases.             
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : Byron Zed            
     Subject  : fATE Lacks Support?       Affiliation : WWR High Membership  
                                                                             
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  RCN: WWR (World Wide Releasing) never ceases to amaze me.  It's one of   
         those small groups that have been around for a long time, but has   
         yet to change much.  How is that so?  And for those who don't know  
         much about WWR, what kind of release group is WWR?                  
                                                                             
  WWR: Well, WWR has gotten itself a big reputation on a local level, but  
         not so much on the Internet.  WWR is a releasing group, and it      
         releases utils.  I guess we didn't got the right people for doing   
         the right stuff.  We had fATE (Fast Action Trade Exchange)          
         couriering for us, but that didn't help much either.                
                                                                             
  RCN: Why has it gained respect only on a local level?                    
                                                                             
  WWR: As I said, we didn't had the right people to do the couriering      
         stuff, and localy it was more easier for our own couriers to move   
         WWR releases from board to board without calling long distance or   
         phreaking for it.                                                   
                                                                             
  RCN: Certainly, fATE could only help WWR spread warez in as much as WWR  
         can release, and in that, I have yet to see much, so the fault was  
         not with fATE, but with WWR.  What did you expect fATE to do for    
         WWR that would have helped the group?                               
                                                                             
  WWR: Well, first, fATE was coming to me with their offer, to courier     
         for WWR.  I of course said yes and told the other high membership   
         about it.  It wasn't what I expected it to be.  I thought they      
         would courier NOT only to their sites, but IRC offers and BBS       
         also, and I thought that they would support WWR's boards as well.   
         I guess I was wrong.                                                
                                                                             
  RCN: Most utils groups have seniors that are based in the U.S., but      
         I've been informed that most WWR seniors live in Europe, is that    
         true?                                                               
                                                                             
  WWR: Yes, we have two seniors that live in the U.S., and two that live   
         in Europe.                                                          
                                                                             
  RCN: What are some of WWR's quality releases in the recent weeks?        
                                                                             
  WWR: Some of WWR's best releases include Visual Basic v4.2, Delphi       
         v2.1, Romworks, Access Developer v7.0, and Paint Shop Pro v4.0.     
                                                                             
  RCN: After WWR left fATE, did WWR seek out for another courier group     
         that could satisfy its needs?                                       
                                                                             
  WWR: Well, that "leave" happened only 2 days ago, so for now, I don't    
         know where to go, there is Malice, RTS (Request to Send), RiSC      
         (Rise in Superior Couriering), and others.  I'm just waiting for    
         the right courier group to show up that will help WWR out in        
         couriering.                                                         
                                                                             
  RCN: What makes you think that any of the above mentioned courier        
         groups would want to be official couriers for WWR?  What would you  
         offer them?  You could offer them releases, and you named some      
         good ones just a few minutes ago, but many of them were dupes and   
         were thus nuked off all the major boards.                           
                                                                             
  WWR: ALL of them?  Well, I can't really tell now what I have to offer.   
         If they'll throw an offer or demand at me, I'll try to fulfill it   
         and go with it.                                                     
                                                                             
  RCN: What makes WWR different from other utils groups?  There are tons   
         out there and WWR might just be a dime a dozen.  What makes it      
         better than other utils groups, or perhaps, it's not?               
                                                                             
  WWR: Well, I didn't say we're better than anyone out there.  It's just   
         that there are TONS of utils coming out everyday in the stores,     
         and not all the groups can release those utils.  So I try to fill   
         in the missing spot of those utils and release them.                
                                                                             
  RCN: "... there are TONS of utils coming out everyday in the stores,     
         and not all the groups can release those utils," what do you mean   
         by that?  Why can't other utils groups release what WWR releases?   
         Are WWR releases of low quality, and thus, other utils groups       
         refuse to release them?                                             
                                                                             
  WWR: Well, some suppliers go to the store and bring whatever there is,   
         and sometimes they miss one or two things.  So here are two good    
         utils to worth releasing, and woops, no one got it.  So I try to    
         grab it, and release it.  I also forgot to mention that we don't    
         release any shitty util that comes out, we try to release only the  
         utils that people will ACTUALLY use for their needs.  We don't      
         release those shitty screen savers that people are juming just to   
         release it.  You saw some of the titles I said, and you saw those   
         are requested utils, so we release them.                            
                                                                             
  RCN: There is one problem though, I just went through a dupe check list  
         on BBX, a very fast RiSC site, and none of those files you          
         mentioned are on there released under WWR.  I also received word    
         that the WWR releases you mentioned are not on there because they   
         were nuked for being fakes or dupes, why is that?                   
                                                                             
  WWR: Dupes?  You saw any where else that someone released those?  And I  
         can't prove you that those were fakes.  The only thing that you     
         could do to check them, is to download them yourself and see for    
         yourself.  Maybe it's not on the sites because we've just started   
         then and we were local.  Maybe someone told the siteops to nuke     
         them because they were "dupes" and "fakes" and the siteops without  
         checking it, just nuked it.                                         
                                                                             
  RCN: That is very possible, how long has WWR been around on the          
         Internet?                                                           
                                                                             
  WWR: We've been on the internet for about 3 to 4 months, and we've been  
         around in the scene for about 7+ months total.                      
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : Judge Dredd          
     Subject  : Another Dead Merge?       Affiliation : Dawn President       
                                                                             
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  RCN: What was your position in the late Dawn, and what were your duties  
         for that group?                                                     
                                                                             
  DWN: I was the founder and the leader of Dawn team since October of      
         1995.                                                               
                                                                             
  RCN: I know that Dawn the games group died in 1995 when it tried to      
         merge into Legacy, another games group of which I was a part of,    
         but I also know that Dawn the utils group was later revived in      
         1996 and became quite prominent, yet once again, it has died, why   
         is that so?                                                         
                                                                             
  DWN: We started out as a game group back then, releasing some exellent   
         games, but then somewhere in the beginning of 1996 we decided to    
         release both games and utilities.  Then I decided to stay with      
         utils and when Tyranny came back I went to them and Dawn became a   
         utils only group.  We had released some pretty good stuff then,     
         and was offered a lot of merges, but I I had bad expierence with    
         merges, plus they were all in-merges meaning that Dawn was losing   
         its name, until Fierce team came along.                             
                                                                             
  RCN: What happened when to Dawn when the Fierce team came along?         
                                                                             
  DWN: They were releasing very legit utilities back then, and they        
         agreed to keep the name Dawn, and I thought to myself that in that  
         time things couldn't be better, Dawn in RCN's weekly utils review   
         in one of the weeks finished 2nd after PWA and now had more power,  
         but I was wrong.                                                    
                                                                             
  RCN: I do remember that Dawn finished 2nd in the utils review, and that  
         is very good for a new utils group.  Dawn had a very good week, so  
         it only seemed natural to show them off to the masses, but you      
         also mention, "but I was wrong."  How were you wrong, and when did  
         you realize that you were wrong?                                    
                                                                             
  DWN: When I had to take 2 week break because of personal reasons and I   
         left group for Ebola and Darkrage.  I am not going to blame either  
         fo them.  Ebola had recieved $1000 phone bill and Darkrage had      
         family problems, Anyway, when I return there was a complete mess,   
         the channel had about 50 people in fighting and bullshitting.  I    
         just couldn't take it.  I kicked everyone out and I decided to      
         keep all of the loyal Dawn members, most of which were also         
         suppliers.                                                          
                                                                             
  RCN: So you kicked everyone out of your group that couldn't supply, but  
         that still should not have killed Dawn.  As long as you had         
         suppliers, you should have been able to keep Dawn releasing.  Why   
         did Dawn eventually die then?                                       
                                                                             
  DWN: We did not die.  We were looking for a nice place to merge.  We     
         had the opportunities to merge into X-Force.  They're a great team  
         but somehow when my people voted, they voted not to join them.      
         Personally, I loved that opportunity, but I always consider the     
         opinions of our people.  They wanted to go with Mortality, and I    
         even sent Cryptic Pain a small release, but he just didn't seem     
         too trustful of me, nothing personal, but yesterday we found our    
         place where we want to be.                                          
                                                                             
  RCN: What place is this?  Where did Dawn merge into?                     
                                                                             
  DWN: As of yesterday all Dawn members are getting ready for a complete   
         team merging with Sodom and their great friendly team run by Tok    
         and Jecksom.  I had been friends with both of them, and I think we  
         can kick some real ass, they're already on top 5 no doubt!          
         Together we can really kick it.                                     
                                                                             
  RCN: What are you talking about?  There is no way Sodom is not one of    
         the top 5 utils groups.  It's not even in content, there are tons   
         of other groups that are in much better views than they are.  I     
         can easily find 5 other utils groups that easily outrank Sodom      
         both in release power and reputation.  For example, I'm sure that   
         DOD (Drink or Die) is better than Sodom.  I'm also sure that        
         Mortality, PWA, Rebels, and X-Force are all better than etter than  
         Sodom.  That makes 5 other utils groups.  Perhaps you merged Dawn   
         into Sodom for alterior motives?                                    
                                                                             
  DWN: No, I believe that Sodom has better potentials than anyone else     
         right now. Just watch them.  There was no other reason for Dawn to  
         merge into Sodom.                                                   
                                                                             
  RCN: Yes, they do have the potential, but unachieved potential is        
         useless.  Anyway, what position will you be taking once you are a   
         part of Sodom?                                                      
                                                                             
  DWN: We're about to discuss it when Tok returns home from Moscow, but    
         I'll have at least a council position.                              
                                                                             
  RCN: Why do you think Cryptic Pain, Mortality President, was so          
         cautious in having you supply him with releases.  Shouldn't he      
         have been grateful if those releases were of quality?  Do you have  
         any ideas why he would not trust you?                               
                                                                             
  DWN: Oh no, he was grateful, but I told him not to release it, because   
         in return for Dawn helping Mortality, he had to go with our         
         couriering group to help Dawn out.  After I sent him a release and  
         asked him if he's ready to go with our couriering group he said he  
         wasn't sure and I told him not to release util I gave him, I        
         didn't trust him enough.                                            
                                                                             
  RCN: What did you give him to release?  Was it a quality util?  If it    
         was, he would have jumped on the opportunity instead of jerking     
         around with you right?  Also, which courier group did you ask him   
         to go with?                                                         
                                                                             
  DWN: Oh, he wasn't jerking around.  It's just that he had another        
         promise to someone else.  No, that was not a quality release, but   
         it was very legit and useful 2 disk util.  Well, I don't think it   
         matters now.  Actually, there is a big story with that, but it's a  
         completely different story which has nothing to do with Cryptic     
         Pain ofcourse.  He's a good leader and he made Mortality one of     
         the best groups in the world in a short period of time, so          
         whatever I said about me trusting him, it has nothing to do with    
         his great abilities as a leader.                                    
                                                                             
  RCN: Also, you mentioned earlier, "... pretty good stuff then, and was   
         offered a lot of merges, but I I had bad expierence with merges,    
         plus they were all in-merges meaning that Dawn was losing its       
         name."  Isn't Dawn's current merge into Sodom an in-merge?  Why     
         aren't you more cautious of Sodom, I thought you said that you had  
         bad experiences with merges?                                        
                                                                             
  DWN: Yes, but this time I am not aiming to run a group.  I am going to   
         meaning that earlier when there was a merge I consider myself       
         being of the leader, but now I stayed in the warez scene but I'm    
         also join tradinng scene - a scene of a real challange and risc,    
         not just sitting and packaging releases.  Therefore you're now      
         interviewing Dredd & Impact.  I now officially change my name from  
         Judge Dredd to Dredd & Impact.  As for Sodom, I'll be doing         
         everything I can to get it on top.                                  
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : Ju-Jutsu             
     Subject  : Make Up Your Mind!        Affiliation : fTP Leader           
                                                                             
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  RCN: What kind of courier group is fTP (Full Throttle Pirates)?          
                                                                             
  fTP: Our intention was to courier mainly to sites belonging to fTP and   
         some IRC couriering too.  We might start releasing as soon as we    
         get us some suppliers.                                              
                                                                             
  RCN: It is my understanding that your group is based in Finland, is      
         that true?  If so, has that hindered fTP's ability in competing     
         with American based courier groups?                                 
                                                                             
  fTP: Well, I am from Finland and some of our members are from Finland    
         too, but that doesn't mean that we couldn't compete with American   
         groups.                                                             
                                                                             
  RCN: What makes your courier group fTP different from any other courier  
         group?  There are tons out there and many people might think that   
         fTP is just another lame courier group, is that true?               
                                                                             
  fTP: We aren't new to the scene, like some lame courier groups that      
         were started by newbies.  We know what we are doing.                
                                                                             
  RCN: How long have you been in the scene and what previous experience    
         do you have with running courier groups?                            
                                                                             
  fTP: I've been in the scene for over 4 years or so, and I've couriered   
         for many good and lame courier groups.                              
                                                                             
  RCN: Which courier groups might those be?  Which of them do you          
         consider good, and which of them do you consider lame?              
                                                                             
  fTP: Yes.                                                                
                                                                             
  RCN: Could you be more specific?                                         
                                                                             
  fTP: There were many.  Most of them were lame.                           
                                                                             
  RCN: Five minutes ago, you said "I've couriered for many good and lame   
         courier groups."  Which good courier groups have you couriered      
         for?  Let me rephrase my question, which good courier groups have   
         you been in?                                                        
                                                                             
  fTP: I've couriered for Insanity and Malice.                             
                                                                             
  RCN: Why did you leave Malice?  It certainly does have a better          
         reputation than fTP.  Did you leave Malice to pursue your own       
         goals of running your own courier group?  It seems like everyone    
         says they've been a part of Malice these days, I'll have to check   
         with Dorian Hawkmoon.                                               
                                                                             
  fTP: It was a long time ago, besides I wanted to put up my own group.    
                                                                             
  RCN: Many courier groups enjoy being official couriers for release       
         groups.  Is fTP official couriers for any release groups?           
                                                                             
  fTP: Yes.  We are official couriers for the NEW Legacy.                  
                                                                             
  RCN: Has this NEW Legacy given fTP lots to courier?  Last I checked,     
         they have yet to release anything.                                  
                                                                             
  fTP: The new Legacy gave us nothing to courier so far.  Well, we are     
         new and so is Legacy.  Or it's lame, I don't know.                  
                                                                             
  RCN: What are your future plans for fTP?  How do you suppose to make it  
         a better group than it is now?                                      
                                                                             
  fTP: Of course!  We just started.  Our future plans are to start         
         releasing as soon as we get some more suppliers.                    
                                                                             
  RCN: So you plan to make fTP a release group?  I thought fTP was a       
         courier group?                                                      
                                                                             
  fTP: Yes.  Clone is the other leader.  We already got some suppliers.    
                                                                             
  RCN: Wait, if fTP is a release group, then why is fTP official couriers  
         for Legacy?  You guys really ought to make up your minds.           
                                                                             
  fTP: We started out as couriers, and our future plans are to become a    
         releasing group.                                                    
                                                                             
  RCN: Do you guys plan on releasing games and utils, or do you plan on    
         specializing fTP releases to either games or utils?                 
                                                                             
  fTP: I have decided that we will be releasing both games and utils, but  
         we have not yet decided.                                            
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Rebel Chicken                                                 
     Subject : ROR is Dead?  I wish.                                         
                                                                             
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       Here's a little log file of what happened in channel #Reflux.  I was  
   about to celebrate when I found out that ROR (Release on Rampage) was     
   finally dead, I mean, after all, don't we all hate downloading fake       
   releases?  I'm tired of downloading something to find that the filedates  
   to the games have been rigged so it wouldn't get nuked, and I'm tired of  
   downloading beta games that have been hex edited to say that they're the  
   final version of something they're not.  You might be confused as to why  
   ROR and RLX (Reflux) might have something in common, but hopefully, the   
   log file will help clear things up.                                       
                                                                             
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   <Crack> Tklp, is ROR dead?  Is Reflux the new ROR?                        
                                                                             
   <Tklp> Yes!!  Duh!!!  ROR is now Reflux, but keep it quiet until we       
          debut.                                                             
                                                                             
   <Crack> Tklp, when are you going to tell everyone?                        
                                                                             
   <Tklp> When we do our first release.  Warhammer, make us a file_id.diz    
          and give me the script.  I thought you wanted to join.             
                                                                             
   <Warhammer> Fucking hell man, when you want something, you gotta have     
               it.  Ok, hold on, I'll do one right now.                      
                                                                             
   <Tklp> Remember to keep it quiet, don't tell anyone because when we do    
          come in, we are coming in with a BANG!                             
                                                                             
   *** [RI-X] has left channel #Reflux                                       
                                                                             
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       Some of you might be asking yourselves, why would ROR change its      
   name to Reflux?  After all, ROR has been around for about 10 months now,  
   and that does give it a reputation as being a stable group (even though   
   that might not be the case).  Tklp has worked very hard in giving ROR a   
   good name, he's very good at what he does.  I have to give credit where   
   it's due, he was a pro at making the Quake Beta look like the Quake       
   Final.  He even fooled me until Jay Wilbur from iD Software told me that  
   ROR's release was not the final version.  Not every lamer can pull lame   
   tricks like that, only really special lamers are stupid enough to do      
   something like that.                                                      
                                                                             
       When word (thanks to RCN) got around that ROR's release of Quake was  
   an intentional fake, many of the major bulletin boards and ftp sites      
   decided to pool together and blacklist all ROR releases.  That made Tklp  
   shit a brick, a real big brick, or rather, a small house.  Nobody would   
   let him upload his fake releases anymore, because ROR*.* was blacklisted  
   on so many popular boards.  Tklp then decided that it was time to change  
   his group name from ROR to RLX.                                           
                                                                             
       Siteops and sysops, if you were smart enough to ban ROR*.*, well,     
   you might as well change ban RLX*.* too.  There's really no difference    
   between ROR and RLX except for the name.  I'll even show you the old ROR  
   nfo and the new RLX nfo, and you can tell that RLX is still led by Tklp,  
   and that many of the same ROR members are also RLX members.               
                                                                             
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                     - RELEASE ON RAMPAGE 1996 PRESENTS -                  
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     Supplier....:                      OS..........:                      
     Cracker.....:                      Released....:                      
     Packager....:                      Game Type...:                      
     Stripper....:                      Rating......: [          ]         
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    Requirements:                                                          
      
        
                                                                             
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                            - Release Notes -                              
      
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
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                 - Release On Rampage 1996 Membership -                    
      
                           The Krazy Little Punk                           
                                                                           
                 Alchemist - G0D - JdA - Manic - Piston                    
                                                                           
      Alice - Blaksmith - Butcher - Conan - Crypt - Cryptic Pain - Dj      
      Eanksiin - Jecksom - Lysergic - Mentat - Narcotic - Ph - Pseudo      
         Sandstorm - Scain - Slicer - Slizer - Tiger Claw - Tinox          
                                                                           
                                                                           
              And.. [BooST] !! The Female Love Of Team ROR ;)              
                                                                           
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                  - The Release On Rampage Trading Team -                  
      
                                                                           
                       Billy Bishop - Frog Snatcher                        
                                                                           
           Autopsy - Dawg - DataFluxx - Decap - Demon - Enigma             
         Grimmy - Indigo - Ionizer - Loloc - Minotaur - Savager            
                                                                           
               * Note - Sysops are considered full members.                
                                                                           
   Ŀ   
                - Infamous ROR WorldWide Bulletin Boards -                 
      
     Board Name             Position       A/C   Nodes  Sysop              
          
     - NEEDED - ....... ... World HQ ..... ??? ... 6+.. MAYBE YOU?         
     Pirates Hideout ...... Sweden HQ .... +46 ... 7 .. Blaksmith/ALICE    
     Demon's Domain ....... Eastern HQ ... 847 ... 4 .. Demon/TClaw        
     Dark Spirits ......... Belgium HQ ... +XX ... 2 .. Speedman           
     Nexus 7 .............. England HQ ... +44 ... 7 .. DJ/SShifter        
     MalHavoc ............. Canada HQ .... XXX ... 5 .. Autopsy/DCreed     
     Lap Of The Gods ...... Distro Site .. 805 ... 3 .. Conan              
     The Vault ][ ......... Affiliate .... 503 ... 4 .. Technician         
   Ŀ   
                     - The ROR Affiliated FTP Sites -                      
      
      Site Name               Position           IP             SiteOp     
          
     Txx Axxxxxxxx Rxxx.NET    WORLD HQ     xxx.x.xxx.x xx      Px         
     Rxxx Txx Axxxxxxxx        USA   HQ     xxx.x.xxx.xxx       Sxxxxx     
     Sxxxxx Ox Sxxxx           EURO  HQ     xxx.x.x.xx          Pxxxx      
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                              - Group News -                               
      
      - Release On Rampage is working in cooperation with our brother      
      group Mortality.  We have done quite a bit of cleaning up. With      
      some slammin new members,  A newly revised SS, and alot of work      
      ROR is here to bring  you the best in the latest quality games.      
      So if you can crack, supply, courier  LD, or code, get in touch      
      with a member  of our senior staff on IRC in  #ROR, or catch us      
      on some quality boards.                                              
                                                                           
     - ROR  is  currently  looking  for  a  new  NFO header and a new      
       file_id.diz.  We  prefere  the "blocky"  style on both. If you      
       think you can help us out get in touch w/us.                        
     - WE NEED A NEW WHQ -                                                 
                                                 - piston/tklp             
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                              - Salutions -                                
      
                                                                           
        Crackpot, Egoistic Fate, White Cracker, Prozac, Tiger Claw,        
     DJ, Tklp, Piston, Alchemist, G0D, JdA, ZEUS, Night Vision, Hmphood    
      Mad Turnip, Hoson, FireFly, Manic, TSR, dARKfORCE, And The Rest.     
                                                                           
         Special thanks goes out to Conan from all of TEAM ROR for         
         dedication  outstanding group effort and performance, and         
         continued support!                                                
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                              - Disclaimer -                               
      
      Release on Rampage is a profit free group, dedicated to bringing     
       the latest in software to the public.  If you really like this      
          software, go out and buy it from the people who made it!         
   Ŀ   
          - NFO Layout By Piston - Last Updated 06/21/96 By Tklp -         
      
        
                                                                             
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                  ...::[                           ]::...                  
       
    Supplier....:                         OS..........:                    
    Cracker.....:                         Released....:   /  /1996         
    Packager....:                         Game.Type...:                    
    Stripper....:                         Rating......: [----------]       
                                                                           
       
    Requirements:                                                          
     
                                                                   
     
                         ...::[ Release Notes ]::...                       
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                      - GROUP AND PERSONAL SALUTES -                       
                                                                           
        MORTALITY, SODOM, PWA, EPIC, HYBRID, RISC, EVERLAST, MALICE.       
                                                                           
       Crackpot, Darkforce, The Punisher, Zeus, g0d, Jazz, Jestah,         
     Pest, White Cracker, Mad Turnip, Hoson, Immortal, Cryptic Pain.       
                                                                           
     
                                                                   
     
                   ...::[ The Reflux 1996 Membership ]::...                
                                                                           
                          - The Krazy Little Punk -                        
                                                                           
           - Alchemist - Angel Of Death - JdA - Lucid - Manic -            
                                                                           
     - Butcher - Crack - Cray - Conan - Darklord - Drizzt - Jecksom -      
    - Djay - Lax - Namanth - Narcotic - [Ph] - Slicer - Syrup - Tinox -    
                          - T0k - Warhammer -                              
                                                                           
     
                                                                   
     
                  ...::[ The Reflux 1996 Trading Team ]::...               
                                                                           
                      - Billy Bishop - Lucifer's Fear -                    
                                                                           
   - Autopsy - Demon - Flounder - Ionizer - Platform - Savager - Turin -   
                                                                           
                 * Note - Sysops are considerd full members.               
                                                                           
     
                                                                   
     
            ...::[ The Reflux 1996 Bulletin Board Systems ]::...           
                                                                           
    Board Name             Position                                        
       
    * Needed * ........... World HQ ..... ??? ... 8+ . Maybe You? ......   
    Demon's Domain ....... Eastern HQ ... 847 ... 4 .. Demon ...........   
    Dark Spirits ......... Belgium HQ ... +XX ... 2 .. Speedman ........   
    Nexus 7 .............. England HQ ... +44 ... 7 .. DJ/SShifter .....   
    MalHavoc ............. Canada HQ .... XXX ... 5 .. Autopsy/DCreed ..   
    Lap Of The Gods ...... Distro Site .. 805 ... 3 .. Conan ...........   
    The Vault ][ ......... Affiliate .... 503 ... 4 .. Technician ......   
     
                                                                   
     
                 ...::[ The Reflux Affild Net Sites ]::...                 
                                                                           
    Site name                 Position                           SiteOp    
       
    The Adrenalin Rush ...... WORLD HQ ... xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  .... Ph/Tklp   
    RoadKill ................ USA HQ ..... xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ..... Weblord   
    BackStage ............... EURO HQ .... xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ..... Crypt     
     
                                                                   
     
                          ...::[ Group News ]::...                         
                                                                           
    The Reflux is a new games group that can guarantee you nice, new,      
    quality working games for the general public. You may see some         
    familiar faces from ROR, and some new faces from other places.         
    You can be on the look out for more games coming from Reflux in        
    the near future. We are on the look for Dedicated net and long         
    distance traders, game suppliers, crackers, and high calibre boards    
    and sites. Contact us in #Reflux-App, or msg Tklp or a senior          
    on the IRC and talk to us.                                             
                                                                           
                                                                           
         - REFLUX -   THE BEGINNING OF A ETERNITY   - REFLUX -             
                                                                           
     
                                                                   
     
                                                                   
     
                          ...::[ Disclaimer ]::...                         
                                                                           
          The Reflux is a profit free group, dedicated to bringing         
     the latest in software to the public. If you really like this ware    
          Pirate it some more so the whole world can enjoy it! ;)          
                                                                           
     
       NFO Layout By Platform - Last Updated 07/07/96 By Tklp      
     
                                                                             
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       It's easy to see that many of the members of ROR are also in RLX,     
   and that RLX is still led by Tklp.  So if you had a blacklist on ROR      
   games, you might as well ban RLX games too, they're bound to be lame.     
   Also, here's the file_id.diz you should watch out for just in case Tklp   
   grows a brain and decides not to name RLX releases RLX*.*, hey, everyone  
   learns.                                                                   
                                                                             
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   -/- FAKE -/- FAKE -/- FAKE -/- FAKE -/-                                   
                                                                             
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     Author  : Tuxedo Mask                                                   
     Subject : Legion vs. Pinnacle                                           
                                                                             
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       The following is a log file where Acidplain from Legion starts a      
   little brawl with some Pinnacle members.  I should warn you that some of  
   the content might not be too revealing for some people, but nonetheless,  
   the true nature of Legion leaders must be told.                           
                                                                             
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   *** Acidplain (ministry@netcom.com) has joined channel #Pinnacle          
                                                                             
   <Acidplain> Zima Man...                                                   
                                                                             
   <Zima_Man> Acidplain, you don't have a life.                              
                                                                             
   <Acidplain> I don't have a life.  What's Pinnacle releasing today?        
                                                                             
   <Zima_Man> Since I have been in Pinnacle, we never had a dupe.  We        
              released 4 times today and we have 2 more to go.  And one      
              release that I was supposed to release was released today by   
              some other group.  Acidplain, my releases are $500 each.       
                                                                             
   <Acidplain> Zima Man, like you pay for them.                              
                                                                             
   <Zima_Man> Of course not, I never pay.                                    
                                                                             
   <Acidplain> Me neither.                                                   
                                                                             
   <Zima_Man> I have connections in a company and I'm getting one more in    
              another company.                                               
                                                                             
   <Acidplain> I have a phone.  That's it, this place died.                  
                                                                             
   <Zima_Man> I get all the Visaul Basic shit.  Oh yea, a mad good release   
              from Pinnacle in the next 3 days, First Aid 95 Deluxe NETWORK  
              EDITION with a 10 user license.  That shit is mad expensive.   
                                                                             
   <Acidplain> I'm going to tell you something, on that web web you gave me  
               last night, v1.1b is there, you need to crack it, expires in  
               30 days, registration shit.  So get to work.                  
                                                                             
   <Zima_Man> We can crack it.                                               
                                                                             
   <Acidplain> Go for it                                                     
                                                                             
   <Zima_Man> My insider is supposed to give me Powerbuilder v5.0, big       
              licence worth $5000.                                           
                                                                             
   *** Acidplain has left channel #Pinnacle                                  
                                                                             
   *** Blaze (qubert@netcom22.netcom.com) has joined channel #Pinnacle       
                                                                             
   <Zima_Man> Blaze, you're a moronic simpleton.                             
                                                                             
   <Blaze> Zima Man, you're a moron and a retard.                            
                                                                             
   *** X_Factor (XFACTOR@pool042.ALTER.NET) has joined channel #Pinnacle     
   *** X_Factor has left channel #Pinnacle                                   
                                                                             
   <Zima_Man> Okay, I'm going to go do the nfo and diz for a 2 disker.  3D   
              kitchen was released in 95. I'm gonna get back to one of you.  
                                                                             
   *** X_Factor (XFACTOR@pool042.ALTER.NET) has joined channel #Pinnacle     
   *** X_Factor has left channel #Pinnacle                                   
                                                                             
   <Zima_Man> Legion just asked me to merge.                                 
                                                                             
   <Zoltrix> NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!            
                                                                             
   <Zima_Man> <X_Factor> Legion is kicking Pinnacle's ass.  You have to be   
              retarted not to want to merge.                                 
                                                                             
   <Blaze> HHAHAHAHAHAAHAH!!!  Legion sucks!                                 
                                                                             
   <Zima_Man> Blaze got banned from channel #Legion.                         
                                                                             
   <Blaze> They suck.                                                        
                                                                             
   *** Acidplain (ministry@netcom.com) has joined channel #Pinnacle          
   *** Acidplain has left channel #Pinnacle                                  
                                                                             
   <Zoltrix> Acidplain sucks!  That lamer tries to steal members.            
                                                                             
   *** Acidplain (ministry@netcom.com) has joined channel #Pinnacle          
                                                                             
   <Acidplain> Zima Man, I thought you said Pinnacle releases quality.       
               That 4 disker Pinnacle just released bites.                   
                                                                             
   <Zima_Man> No, it doesn't. <Acidplain> It's my opionion though.  It       
               doesn't matter, it's a release.  Good job.                    
                                                                             
   *** Acidplain has left channel #Pinnacle                                  
                                                                             
   <Zima_Man> It's a land buyer's program.  Damn, he is is a stupid mother   
              fucker.                                                        
                                                                             
   <Zoltrix> He is waiting til I am not online and he's going to try to      
             steal suppliers.                                                
                                                                             
   <Zima_Man> He tells me that the program we released looks ugly.           
                                                                             
   <Zoltrix> Legion must be in trouble if they are trying to steal           
             suppliers!  Well, fuck him man.  Logistix files are BANNED on   
             some board in my area code because Logistix is lame!            
                                                                             
   <Zima_Man> First Acidplain comes in saying we dupe, then he apologizes    
              and wants to merge.  Now he says more shit.                    
                                                                             
   <Zoltrix> Logistix kicked me out saying that I did nothing.  But but      
             that is shit.  I supplied, ran bots, offer bots, headed the     
             art department.  And I spend more than 200 hours per month      
             here.  Acidplain is a lamer.  Trust me, I looked in the         
             dictionary under LAMER and his picture was there!!              
                                                                             
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   <Acidplain> Zoltrix, how's it going?                                      
                                                                             
   <Acidplain> Zoltrix thinks he runs things saying I stole suppliers.       
                                                                             
   <Acidplain> You got to get me on all 7 accounts, fucker.                  
                                                                             
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   <acip13> Wow, don't kick me.                                              
                                                                             
   <Zoltrix> Oh, why do you have to beg to not be kicked??                   
                                                                             
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   <Zoltrix> everytime you change it, i will see it!                         
                                                                             
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   <acid6> Zima Man, I'm sorry about this lamer Zoltrix, he thinks he's      
           god.                                                              
                                                                             
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   <acidppp> He thinks he's god.                                             
                                                                             
   <Zima_Man> ACIDPLAIN, YOU ARE JUST SHOWING YOUR LAMENESS THAT'S ALL I     
              HAVE TO SAY.  ALL OF US ARE MORE MATURE THAN YOU ARE.          
                                                                             
   <acidppp> Wow, permanent ban, too bad no ops.  It's all Zoltrix's fault.  
                                                                             
   <Zima_Man> And what did Zoltrix do to you?  Hey, I don't care if you do   
              shit about me.                                                 
                                                                             
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     Author  : Rebel Chicken                                                 
     Subject : Prestige Dumps Loyal Courier HQ?                              
                                                                             
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       The following is a log file of my conversation with Crazy Horse       
   while I was chatting with him on his 10 node board called Purgatory,      
   former Courier HQ for Prestige.  And I do emphasize on FORMER.            
                                                                             
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   <CrzyHorse> Oh, Nueromage and I are not in Prestige anymore.              
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> Ouch, what happened?  Prestige dumped you guys or did you     
               guys dumped Prestige?  Dont' worry, you shouldn't feel        
               embarrassed.  You can tell the truth.                         
                                                                             
   <CrzyHorse> Haha, I don't know if I should say anything yet.  It just     
               happened yesterday, but I guess I can tell you.               
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> I was informed that there was fighting in channel #Prestige,  
               some Prestige members logged it for me.  I just haven't time  
               to check on it yet.                                           
                                                                             
   <CrzyHorse> I didn't think it was in the channel though.                  
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> Then that must have been something else.  What happened with  
               you then?                                                     
                                                                             
   <CrzyHorse> There is a board in my area code that the sysops here and     
               the sysops there are friends.  A long time ago, we said that  
               we would not take each others affiliations.  We made an       
               agreement and also would not be in the same groups.  We felt  
               it was better for the area code to have a lot of              
               affiliations rather than just 2 or 3.  So, the sysops of      
               that board learned how to supply games and are doing so for   
               Razor 1911.                                                   
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> Ah.. so this is a competition for suppliers between Prestige  
               and Razor 1911?                                               
                                                                             
   <CrzyHorse> Prestige made it seem like they were going to offer the       
               sysops of that board membership in Prestige as member         
               boards, but because of the agreement that we made, the        
               sysops would have been unable to accept the Prestige offer.   
               They would not have accepted anyway, even if Prestige asked,  
               they have ALWAYS wanted to be in Razor 1911 and would not     
               leave.  But because of the agreement, Prestige didn't want    
               to be tied up so they said that they didn't want our board    
               anymore.  Then, they rethought it and offered our board as a  
               member board but not as a Courier HQ anymore.  We declined.   
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> I see.                                                        
                                                                             
   <CrzyHorse> So that is the story.  And I think it is total political      
               group bullshit.  They didn't even ask the sysops of the       
               board.  They were thinking.  If the original agreement        
               between the sysops was not there, we could have gotten the    
               Razor 1911 suppliers in Prestige.  But the truth is, if the   
               Razor 1911 sysops REALLY wanted in the Prestige, they would   
               have come to Prestige and said, "Look, we want in Prestige,"  
               and then we would have worked something out.                  
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> Who's the sysop of this Razor 1911 board?                     
                                                                             
   <CrzyHorse> You figure it out.                                            
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> Ah, come on, don't be a bad sport.  How am I supposed to      
               know who's who?                                               
                                                                             
   <CrzyHorse> Look in the Razor 1911 nfo.  You'll figure it out I am sure.  
               I can't tell you everything, no fun in that.                  
                                                                             
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       I never did find the time to investigate on that matter, but the      
   names aren't really important.  This log file shows that games group      
   politics all revolve around one thing, if you can supply games, you're    
   important.  If you can't, then you're just another Crazy Horse, you       
   might run a 10 node board, you might have helped the group in the past    
   by being their Courier HQ, and you might even be as loyal to the group    
   as a son is to a father, but in the end, none of that matters.            
                                                                             
       I'm just glad I don't have to worry about supplying the latest        
   releases out for a games group.  And if you're a supplier, find a group   
   that likes you for YOU, and not because you can supply, you'll be         
   happier that way.                                                         
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Hitex                                                         
     Subject : Temp Directories                                              
                                                                             
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       About a year and a half ago, the Internet swept over the warez scene  
   and introduced to it a new form of transporting files.  It boasted a new  
   speed at which software could be distributed.  Everybody would log onto   
   a UNIX shell account and transfer files at speeds exceeding 100k/s.       
   Then the WWW came about and people all switched over to SLIP/PPP          
   accounts.  And where did these "super fast speeds" all go?  Straight      
   down the drain.  Now 85% of the users on the Internet are logged on to    
   accounts that can push no more than 3k/s, and their end users are still   
   boasting speeds of 100k/s, and I sit here confused.  These accounts are   
   as gay as AOL accounts, slow!                                             
                                                                             
       But there are still a select few of us that do use the traditional    
   UNIX shell account.  Admittedly, it's a little harder to use than the     
   PPP account, and it takes a few tries to get to know, but once one gets   
   a shell account to work well and knows how to use it to perfection, the   
   Internet is just a toy to be played with.  One of the great toys is the   
   infamous temp directory.  A temp directory is a location on a UNIX shell  
   provider on which big files can be stored for temporary use.  All         
   providers have the directory, but it becomes useful beyond practicality   
   on the really big ones.  Most UNIX shell accounts include a 5 MB disk     
   quota.  This generally means that the average meggage of the files        
   stored in the directory at a certain calculation time for the month       
   cannot exceed 5 megabytes.  Some more stingy providers restrict shell     
   accounts to 5 megabytes of quota at any given time, meaning that any      
   file transfer exceeding 5 megabytes in size will be cancelled upon        
   reaching this size limit.  These accounts are what I would refer to as    
   "piles of crap" accounts.                                                 
                                                                             
       We all know, however, that sometimes a HUGE release (size-wise) is    
   released and we want to download it overnight, but don't want it to get   
   added onto our quota size average.  In this case, the temp drive may be   
   put to use.  On most providers, this directory is /temp but that is       
   often a link to a directory such as /hack2/tmp.  Either one works.  Any   
   user desiring a place to store some files for a temporary amount of time  
   can resort to using this directory.  Many providers allocate a hard       
   drive just for this directory, which is why it can also be referred to    
   as a temp drive.  The user can copy his/her files to this directory and   
   proceed to download them, quota-free.                                     
                                                                             
       Still, some of us just want MORE from our temp drives!  The big       
   providers, the ones with members from around the country, the ones with   
   many warez-affiliated members, are the ones that can give us that extra   
   knack.  Some of the big providers don't care about warez on their         
   drives, or are just not aware of their existence.  Some just choose not   
   to interfere in the activity of their users, as that would imply          
   censorship.  These providers tend to have temp drives filled to the top   
   with the latest warez.  Of course, if you're quiet, you might even be     
   able to snaggle some of these warez for yourself!  You can copy them to   
   your home directory (cd ~) for download, you can copy them to another     
   temp drive directory that only you have user rights to (man chmod for     
   help on how to accomplish this), or, as courtesy would have it, you       
   could just leech the warez directly from the directory in which they      
   exist.  This is often the best thing to do as far as netiquette goes,     
   because you won't be filling up the provider's drive with duplicate       
   files.                                                                    
                                                                             
       Anyway, a cheery hello to all of you out there that still use shell   
   accounts, we know they're the best (hehe), and check out your temp        
   drive, if you're lucky, you'll find more than you expected!               
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Hitex                                                         
     Subject : Xenon's Life in RCN                                           
                                                                             
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       The past month has been filled with a multitude of emails inquiring   
   about Xenon, the RCN coder.  The extremists expressed religious           
   attachments to Xenon, "Xenon is my God!!!"  Others expressed more subtle  
   desires, "Xenon is one of the best coders I've seen in the scene!"  Some  
   expressed a concern for the real-life Xenon, "So what's he like in real   
   life?!"  And others just wanted something in return, "Can you like send   
   me the RCN source code?  Uhuh uhuh uhuhuhuh.."  So I present to you, the  
   life of a coder.                                                          
                                                                             
       Xenon is 16 years old, yet his programming skills greatly exceed      
   those of many third year college students.  His first programming         
   experience was on an old Timex Sinclair 1000 computer at the age of just  
   5 years.  When I found this out, my face was of pure astonishment.  When  
   I was busy blowing soap bubbles into the wind, he was writing a program   
   to blow up the world.  Xenon explained, however, that at 5, he never      
   really made his own programs, but rather "modified the work of others."   
   He said this quite nonchalantly and apparently didn't think anything of   
   it.  Xenon then moved on to the Commodore 64 when he was 7, and by now,   
   became quite an experienced coder.  He once even coded a game much like   
   Pacman, from scratch.  He explained to me that he was a proud 7 year old  
   when he found out how to use sprites for smoother scrolling and better    
   looking graphics.  I was perplexed.  At 9, Xenon acquired a super dooper  
   Apple IIe.  WOW.  His BASIC skills were now running at a MILLION hertz,   
   but with a new and improved interface... or not.  He was still cookin'    
   at a million hertz, but as unlike the Commodore 64, the graphics were     
   easier to implement.                                                      
                                                                             
       In 6th grade, at 11 years of age, Xenon discovered the awesome        
   capabilities of the IBM/PC XT.  This baby was pushing da bitz at 4.77     
   Megahertz.  So much for color graphics, but 720x348 was a resolution      
   previously unheard of.  He darted to school to let the rest of his        
   classmates know about his new discovery, but for some reason, they        
   seemed disinterested.  They were more concerned in the upcoming Sex-ed    
   class.  The bell rang, and it was time to go home... or better yet, to    
   jet down to the garage to see if he could scrounge up some of his dad's   
   old "Compute!" magazines.  Then, back to his room so he could type in     
   some of the included programs and see what they did.  If I haven't made   
   it obvious enough, Xenon was a happy child.  Xenon's brother, who, by     
   now was about to graduate from high school, had acquired a version of     
   this totally k-rad new programming language called Turbo Pascal.  He      
   wasn't so thrilled about learning a new language, but then he noticed     
   one of his brother's programs, and found out about a new word to add to   
   his now 11 year old vocabulary, COMPILE!  Long as it may have seemed, it  
   would turn out to be a key word in his life.                              
                                                                             
       Turbo Pascal was faster, and could really take advantage of his 4.77  
   Mhz XT.  It was now easier to perform more complex tasks (well, as        
   complex as an 11 year old mind can do).  This was cool.  A new thing to   
   do in his spare time.  He could draw lines, make boxes, fill them in,     
   make patterns, and even use fonts!  He was now in 8th grade, and again    
   he went to class to report of his new findings.  But once more, his       
   classmates were not interested.  When they were thinking about boobs, he  
   was thinking about booleans.  When they were talking about girls, he was  
   talking aboug GotoXY's.                                                   
                                                                             
       More recently, namely in his Junior year, Xenon met Rebel Chicken,    
   and Hitex and Rebel Chicken found a more useful way of using Xenon's      
   talents.  Instead of having him code random programs "just for fun,"  we  
   used it for extensive work with graphics and sound.  So now, you are      
   running a program taking advantage of all of his skills.  Let me          
   continue by explaining a few things about the coding in RCN.  I am doing  
   this in response to the many letters to the editors that I have received  
   in this past week.  Many of you have requested to know how RCN is coded.  
   What the backbone of it is, and, most importantly, to see its source      
   code.  I will try to answer all of your questions here, except, of        
   course, the last one <grin>.                                              
                                                                             
       RCN is coded in Turbo Pascal v7.0 for DOS.  Many rumors have erupted  
   that we code it completely in Assembly (ASM).  Those are completely       
   untrue, and there's a very good reason for why they are.  It would be     
   stupid to.  Coding in 100% ASM takes an extremely long amount of time     
   and there are no known benefits to doing so for something such as RCN.    
   Turbo Pascal v7.0 does a wonderful job of implementing inline assembly    
   (ASM code within the Pascal code), and there is no reason to dispute      
   that.  The bulk of the interface is coded in Pascal, with the single      
   exception of the text scroller.  That involves changing the vertical      
   offset of the text screen, a process called "panning."  Nifty, eh?  We    
   use the BIN format for storing the text screens, simply because it is     
   easier to implement into the code, and is one less thing to worry about.  
   Well, sort of.  It then poses the problem of dealing with files           
   exceeding 64k (in the extracted EXE, BIN files compress extremely well).  
   Memory is accessed in 64k blocks, and Xenon has implemented impressive    
   swapping algorithms that barely cause any delay when viewing the          
   magazine.                                                                 
                                                                             
       The 3D design at the beginning of RCN is probably one of the more     
   complicated parts of Reality Check Network.  It may look simple, but it   
   involves the manipulation of polygons on 3 axis, all the while updating   
   light shadowing from different angles.  The color palette is constantly   
   updating to accommodate a wide array of colors while displaying           
   different shades of each in the spinning of a mere 3 letters.  Groovy,    
   isn't it?  The RCN ending is the displaying of a 320x200 (we tried        
   640x480 last week, but it made the EXE too big) graphic while doing real  
   time rendering of a graphic effect superimposed on it.  But by far the    
   most complex part of the ending is what to call it.  I insist it's a      
   magnifying glass, but Rebel Chicken argues that if it were a magnifying   
   glass, it would have a stick to hold it by.  A friend once suggested      
   that it is an elipse of which only one side is displayed but that didn't  
   go over too well with Xenon, so we here at RCN studios just refer to it   
   as "the thing."                                                           
                                                                             
       The most impressive part of RCN is, of course, the game.  Many        
   suggest that we have stolen Tyrian, but I beg to differ.  It never took   
   you 30 minutes to beat one level of Tyrian.  The game engine is coded     
   purely in ASM, merely because Xenon has yet to learn how to code a good   
   game in Pascal and how to optimize his code so it doesn't require a       
   Pentium Pro to run on.  The hard part is the randomizing of enemies       
   while calculating the position of your ship and its relation to other     
   ships and their bullets.  Without the use of ASM, all this crawled on a   
   Pentium 100.  With all this to worry about, we decided Epic Megagames     
   wouldn't be too discouraged if we merely "borrowed" their graphics for a  
   few weeks.  And anyway, it's free advertising.  Moreover, the game takes  
   a mere 30k zipped, where Tyrian takes 3 disks zipped.                     
                                                                             
       RCN is, still, probably most amazing in its behind-the-scenes work.   
   In RCN's Issue #12, we had 8 articles and 8 interviews, but that was      
   about where the content ended.  All the content, of course, edited and    
   looked over by Hitex or Rebel Chicken to insure quality in context as     
   well as in content.  However, in RCN #14, we added reviews and charts to  
   our to-do list, and that lead to an extreme work overload.  We decided    
   to put Xenon to work (we don't like to see him sitting around, it makes   
   us feel guilty).  Now, we just do all our work in a regular DOS Edit      
   window and never worry about formatting it into a nice looking layout.    
   We leave that up to Xenon's "RCN Helper."  Hah, and you thought we        
   actually slaved over an Acid Draw screen for hours on end.  Hell no, DOS  
   Edit is much better <grin>.                                               
                                                                             
       It seems that technology has always just barely kept up with the      
   need of today's software, and the same can be said about RCN.  Our        
   coding has always just barely kept up with our needs.  Using the old      
   system of publication, RCN would never make it out the door in one week.  
   Using Xenon's latest coding, however, we have the resources needed to     
   keep up with the influx of submitted articles and interviews.             
                                                                             
       Xenon is definitely one of the scene's greatest, we all know that     
   without his great coding, RCN would just be an oversized version of       
   Inquisition (available on WWW.RCN.ORG), and none of us would want that!   
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Wart                                                          
     Subject : A Warez School?                                               
                                                                             
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       The most common way people get started in the warez scene is not for  
   prestige or privilge.  It is for a couple of applications or games that   
   they're after and wish to grab without having to pay for them.  When      
   they first go into warez rooms on IRC and start trading they suddenly     
   feel an immense surge of power from a forbidden well.  When they see      
   what's on offer, regardless of how big, whether they actually need it or  
   not, indeed if they will ever use it after downloading it.  They just     
   download it anyway, just another bargaining chip to bring to the channel  
   for the games or utils they want.  It's become the rudimentry currency    
   of the internet underground.  The months most publicised releases always  
   being the most sought after.  Then after this introductory phase when     
   they have all the software they want they still frequent the channels     
   semi-serving to the new traders, a cry of, "What do you want?" will       
   always respond with, "What have you got?" when they are at this phase.    
                                                                             
       Once they tire of this level of interaction on the warez scene they   
   move onto trying to provide services for others.  Serv-u ftp sites over   
   28.8 are a common sight as well as mIRC fserves.  What with all the       
   obvious channel names taken they create a new one and invite people onto  
   it in the hope it will gain popularity and will become a permanent        
   fixture on the IRC landscape.  However with their inexperience in         
   scrpiting and creating a bot these channels tend to blossom and fold      
   with the founder's appearences on the network.  More determined           
   providers find suppliers outside of IRC and setup small warez groups      
   releasing or couriering.  These groups don't last very long but with      
   perserverence they will get offered a place in a medium sized group and   
   start in the scene proper.                                                
                                                                             
       After a while playing in these leagues watching all the bigger,       
   better groups beat you to releasing and couriering because all the        
   members who have something to offer are already working for these         
   groups.  If you're lucky you'll catch a break and pull of something       
   special which will grab the attention of some of the bigger groups then   
   you'll get pulled into the big leagues and swap in and out of groups for  
   a while until settling in to a group where some of the people they knew   
   before in the little leagues have settled as well then it pretty much     
   ends there until they quit the scene.                                     
                                                                             
       The above bears resemblence to the average life of a warez trader.    
   There are some variations, such as moving into the realms of emags based  
   on the scene.  A sort of niche in the market, if you will.  This fine     
   magazine bears proof to it.  In my opinion, a lot of time could be saved  
   if the scene was better organised at the basic level.  Letting these      
   warez pups (not my choice of term, BTW) run riot in the channels without  
   any guidance means they will mature into the scene with anarchistic       
   tendancies which lead to immature behavior such as channel takeovers,     
   and other things such as narking and all kinds of things which            
   ultimately sully the scene.  I realize that the very nature of the        
   Internet is that of anarchy, however with a little self-restraint we      
   might end up with better traders, couriers, and suppliers whose           
   decisions are made with sober judgement and experience, not with          
   immature emotion and threating behavior.  I know it may never happen,     
   however I'd like to propose an idea to the scene as whole with I believe  
   would lead to an enrichment of the scene while still retaining that       
   wild, forbbiden side that entices many to it.  Heres what I suggest...    
                                                                             
       I realize that many of the scene leaders may have grievences against  
   each other, and that this may be a reason why this idea would never be    
   taken up as it requires an agreement between a large number of groups of  
   a standard.  The thing is you'd never know what someone was capable of    
   until you've given them the chance to prove themselves.  The elitist      
   nature of the majority of scene members counteract this.  Their pride     
   won't allow them to accept that there is anyone better than them.  I      
   suggest that an independent body be created to handle the training of     
   these warez pups (again, not my choice of term) and their progress and    
   abilities monitored, and at the end of their training some sort of award  
   or recognition that they are in some way qualified to do a particular     
   job in a warez group.  Of course for something like this to be taken      
   seriously a lot of groups would have to agree to liason with this         
   independent body in order for an appraisal of the applicant or maybe      
   indeed groups would solicit this independent body for likely candidates   
   whenever an opening in their group became available.  If a few groups     
   would agree to recognise the recognition this independent body bestowed   
   on them the scene would be better organized as this training could        
   encompass a wide range of things from FTP methods to general behavior in  
   a warez group.  I realize of course that this is a dream that will never  
   happen due to the already choactic nature of the scene, however if        
   enough respected and determined people got together it could happen       
   groups could even begin to submit required techniques to the independent  
   body for inclusion in their training.  How are these pups ever going to   
   make it up the ladder without some sort of start that anyone with a bit   
   of determination and skill could get.  You could count on the fingers of  
   one hand the number of groups that provide internal training facilities.  
                                                                             
       The only way to implement this would be to have it set up with all    
   senior members and advisors independent of any other group to insure a    
   degree of fair play, then the liason members of the groups that would     
   recognise any of the qualifications handed out.  Then of course the       
   students themselves who would see it as a road into a warez group with a  
   solid reputation.  It would take some time for the standard to become     
   accepted practise.  However if more people were trained up at the         
   begginer we wouldn't see any of this lamer crap that the elitist types    
   come out with.  Just because they've been in the scene longer and know    
   all their stuff doesn't mean that in three months down the line, this     
   supposed lamer wouldn't be running a kick ass warez group and the         
   original so-called elite come knocking on his door.                       
                                                                             
       Everybody came from the bottom rung, only those lucky enough to       
   catch a break and get or become a good suppiler let their heads swell     
   and prat around being k-rad elite.  Never forget where you came from,     
   you were there once, they are there now, go on.  Give them a helping      
   hand, you won't regret it.                                                
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Undinism                                                      
     Subject : The Stars Tell All!                                           
                                                                             
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       Well, here comes a letter from one of its members, not very active    
   lately due to personal shit going on. I was very surprised how two of     
   your star signs applied directly in an abstract warez <> real life way    
   to me and my present situation.                                           
                                                                             
       I am an Aries and the part regarding now comes a close to the         
   sexiest part of my life seems to sum up how I feel at the moment.  My     
   ex-girlfriend is a Taurus and she broke up with me on last Tuesday.  So   
   that's the issue being more easily resolved shit over.  I guess the star  
   signs were one week late but the days were right.  I am writing as I      
   feel the warez/pc life had a major part in the breaking up.  It all       
   dated back to some months when I decided to courier my ass off for NBC.   
   I was dcc'ing 15+ gig PER day with 3-5 dcc's kicking non-stop.  After     
   that I spent nearly 50-70% of my time on the PC (as most people will      
   know).  I did have a VERY good looking girlfriend who did love me and     
   all that shit.  But it all came to a head as she missed spending time     
   with me and decided to wait and see if i would stop.                      
                                                                             
       Well, of course without her telling me to spend more time with her    
   besides sex (guess us males cant read minds like we're supposed to), I    
   stayed on the PC and couriered more and more.  IRC was also taking a lot  
   of time.  Anyway to get to the point, yes its fun to courier, chat, and   
   dcc on the net but don't let it interfere with your real/love life.       
                                                                             
       Well, I am now single again and don't feel like spending too much     
   time on IRC or FTP sites.  I guess moderation is the key and realise      
   this even though you're saving $$$$$ by download warez, are you actually  
   saving $$ as would you have brought that lame game or util that took 5    
   hours to download because of size and shit.  Anway here's to the warez    
   scene and I hope it thrives (as more males in the scene = more females    
   not getting sex).  Thats my 2 cents for once.                             
                                                                             
   *PS* A LONG serving RCN member and not even senior, hehe...               
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Tuxedo Mask                                                   
     Subject : Computer and Television Monitors, Roled into One?             
                                                                             
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       Most of the parts in my main desktop PC get replaced every year or    
   two by something newer and cooler, but I've been staring at the same 17"  
   Nanao video monitor since I started chatting on IRC back in 1993.  Only   
   the case, the keyboard and the floppy drives have survived longer.  Good  
   monitors aren't cheap, but if recent history is any guide, that might be  
   the one part of your computer that you can think of as a long term        
   investment.  VGA and SVGA monitors have used the same cables and          
   connectors for a decade now, and a top notch monitor from the early       
   90's, with a .28mm dot pitch and a 64kHz maximum horizontal scan rate,    
   still looks great by today's standards.                                   
                                                                             
       About those numbers, we all know that computer images are composed    
   of small blocks known as "pixels," but the screen of a color monitor is   
   also a composite.  It's made up of many small red, green, and blue        
   phospor dots, and the distance from dot to dot is known as the "dot       
   pitch," usually measured in millimeters.  Hey, when I first got my PC, I  
   didn't know what these meant.  So I was just about as lost as any lamer   
   who found himself stuck in a #WarezX channel not knowing what "xdcc       
   list" meant.                                                              
                                                                             
       Most PCs are set up to display about 80 to 90 pixels per inch.  If    
   you're handy with the metric system, you'll see that each pixel covers a  
   bit more than a quarter of a milimeter, which is equal to a dot pitch of  
   .25mm.  That dot pitch is found on some monitors, but .28mm is            
   considered acceptable.  The smaller and more closely spaced the dots      
   are, the sharper the picture will be, and the more the monitor will       
   cost.                                                                     
                                                                             
       Like movies and television, computer video is drawn a sequence of     
   frames, one after another.  The number of frames drawn each second is     
   the vertical scan rate.  The horizontal scan rate counts rows of pixels   
   or "scan lines," per second.  These scan rates are controlled by the      
   computer's video card, but the monitor still has to be able to keep up    
   with the signal it receives.  A monitor's scan rates are listed as upper  
   and lower limits.  If it's fed video outside of this range, the monitor   
   won't be able to stay in sync, and the picture will appear to rool on     
   the screen.                                                               
                                                                             
       The vertical scanning rate is rarely a problem.  Video cards usually  
   operate between 60 and 75Hz, well within the range of most monitors.      
   But that frame rate also affects the horizontal scan rate, which you can  
   compute by multiplying the number of frames per second by the virtual     
   resolution, adding in about 30 invisible lines scanned between video      
   frames.  If a program runs at 1,204x768 resolution, the video card is     
   feeding the monitor 768 lines of video per frame.  At a frame rate of     
   72Hz, that means the monitor has to scan more than 57,000 lines per       
   second, or 57kHz.  High resolution monitors usually have maximum          
   horizontal rates of 64kHz or more.                                        
                                                                             
       A few features are found on newer monitors which didn't exist at the  
   beginning of the decade.  Most support VESA's Display Data Channel        
   (DDC), which lets the PC tell the monitor to enter a low power, energy    
   saving sleep mode.  The latest designs are also Plug-n-PLay compatible,   
   allowing the operating system to detect the type of monitor that's        
   connected.  The biggest change we've seen in monitors has been in         
   prices, particularly in the larger sized tubes.  A big monitor's extra    
   display area really helps when you're displaying 800x600 pixels or more   
   on the screen.  Microsoft Windows has made it easier to use a video       
   card's high resolution display modes, making larger monitors much more    
   popular.  Economy of scale has pushed prices down to the point where 17"  
   monitors now start in the low $600's.                                     
                                                                             
       That's not bad, but it isn't exactly cheap either, especially when    
   you can get a name brand 25" television set for less than $250.  But      
   there are a couple of reasons why televisions cost so much less, so many  
   of them are built, and so little is expected of them.  No matter how big  
   a TV screen is, it only has to display a standard 525 line, 60 frames     
   per second video signal.  PC monitor designers assume that you'll want    
   90 or so pixels per inch resolution on any monitor, so a bigger screen    
   means more pixels.                                                        
                                                                             
       The typical 21" monitor has to support resolutions as high as         
   1,600x1,280 pixels, which boosts the horizontal scanning frequency up to  
   around 90kHz.  The markets that need a monitor like that, CAD,            
   publishing, and professional graphics, are very small compared to the PC  
   market in general, it isn't so surprising that 21" monitors sell for      
   close to $2,000.                                                          
                                                                             
       But there are some signs that we might be seeing large monitors in    
   the future that aren't targeted toward such narrow markets.  Toshiba      
   offers a 20" television that also functions as a SVGA monitor for around  
   $700.  Its maximum resolution of 640x480 pixels isn't much of a problem   
   for game playing, but it could be limiting for general use.  Also,        
   Gateway 2000 has announced it plans to offer a VCR-sized system called    
   Destination, complete with a 31" monitor and a built-in TV tuner.         
   Expect to pay about $4,000 late this fall.                                
                                                                             
       And then there's High Definition Telivision.  The Digital HDTV Grand  
   Alliance proposal, recommended by the FCC's Advisory Committee on         
   Advanced Television Service last November, still awaits final approval    
   by the FCC.  But the system's highest resolution is 1920x1080, with a     
   cinematic 16:9 width to height ratio instead of the now standard 4:3.     
   If HDTV catches on, we'll all have television sets that put most current  
   PC video monitors to shame.  By the most optimistic estimates, HDTV       
   should really take off sometime early in the next century.  Maybe then    
   I'll be able to put this old monitor out to pasture.                      
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Rebel Chicken                                                 
     Subject : Group Reviews : Games                                         
                                                                             
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       Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review!   
   Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene.    
   Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!      
   It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you     
   will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity.  Let's      
   review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases.  The following    
   is the scoring basis I'll be using :                                      
                                                                             
   Points :                                                                  
   --------                                                                  
                                                                             
   [-3] The game didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72      
        hours.  The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack  
        or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.                                
                                                                             
   [ 1] The game was a dupe or freeware,                                     
                                                                             
   [ 2] Unsatisfactory,                                                      
                                                                             
   [ 3] Average,                                                             
                                                                             
   [ 4] Above Average, and                                                   
                                                                             
   [ 5] Excellent!                                                           
                                                                             
       A group may lose points the following week and have their releases    
   labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points).  If the    
   group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit   
   accordingly.  If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the        
   game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the   
   3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned.  If a group    
   releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3  
   points back, but get no more.  Betas may receive no more than 3 points.   
                                                                             
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               Dates of Games Reviewed : 06/06/96 -> 06/12/96              
     
                                                                             
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   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|___|::::::.\___/.:.\___\:::::::::                                   
                                                                             
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   Filename : --                  Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : --                  Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
            /\.                                     Previous Total : 0       
    . ____ /  >______.  . _____.____ ____:.         Release Score  : 0       
   .: \   \  /_\___. \__::>   /:\   Y   /'96:.      Running Total  : 0       
   :: / .   /  \|  __/  \:/  /__/       \ .:                                 
    ./  \__/ "  \  >  "  <______>  \_/___>:                                  
   `<  /:<___\___>/___\___>.  <_____>:.  :.                                  
     \/  .:.    |/:. .:.mr!  .:. .::  .                                      
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Filename : PSGDIN01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-06-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 0       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 4       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 4       
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
      Dinotopis (c) Turner Interactive 01/13                                 
                                                                             
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   Filename : SAVAGE01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-07-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 4       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 2       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 6       
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
      Savage (c) Discovery Channel 01/30                                     
                                                                             
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   Filename : PSGBHB01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-08-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 6       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 5       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 11      
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
   FRANK THOMAS' BIG HURT BASEBALL       [01/36]                             
                                                                             
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   Filename : PSGB2B01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-09-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 11      
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 4       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 15      
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
     Back to Baghdad (c) Military Sim. 01/23                                 
                                                                             
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   Filename : --                  Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : --                  Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
                                                    Previous Total : 0       
   _ ________________________  _____ ________ _     Release Score  : 0       
    \\_____  \_____  \_____  \/  .  \\_____  \\     Running Total  : 0       
   dZG/\   __//  _   |/  ____/.  |   \/\   __/                               
    _/  \   \/   /_ _/   /_   |  !  _/  \   \                                
    \____\   \______\_________|_____\____\   \_                              
   =======\___/===1911CDDIVISION======\___/                              
                                                                             
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   Filename : --                  Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : --                  Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
                                                    Previous Total : 0       
   _____________________________________________    Release Score  : 0       
   \__   - ________        ./__   - ________    Running Total  : 0       
   __/         \\__/     -   \\ /         \\__/                              
   \__     |    \\__          \\__    |    \\__                              
     /_____|      ./_____________./___|      ./                              
   [=======|______/===================|______/=]                             
   [================================[  /  /96]=]                             
                                                                             
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                             Score Chart : Games                             
                                                                             
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    HBD   3 Points                                                 
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    NPM   0                                                             
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    PSG   15 Points                        
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    RZR   0                                                             
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    ROR   0                                                             
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                          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                                         
                                                                             
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 ͻ
                                                                             
       Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review!   
   Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene.    
   Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!      
   It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you     
   will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity.  Let's      
   review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases.  The following    
   is the scoring basis I'll be using :                                      
                                                                             
   Points :                                                                  
   --------                                                                  
                                                                             
   [-3] The game didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72      
        hours.  The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack  
        or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.                                
                                                                             
   [ 1] The game was a dupe or freeware,                                     
                                                                             
   [ 2] Unsatisfactory,                                                      
                                                                             
   [ 3] Average,                                                             
                                                                             
   [ 4] Above Average, and                                                   
                                                                             
   [ 5] Excellent!                                                           
                                                                             
       A group may lose points the following week and have their releases    
   labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points).  If the    
   group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit   
   accordingly.  If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the        
   game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the   
   3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned.  If a group    
   releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3  
   points back, but get no more.  Betas may receive no more than 3 points.   
                                                                             
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   Ŀ  
               Dates of Games Reviewed : 06/13/96 -> 06/19/96              
     
                                                                             
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   Filename : --                  Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : --                  Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
                                                    Previous Total : 0       
   _____ _____  ____ _____  ________________        Release Score  : 0       
   \_   | \   \/   / _   /__\_   \_/   _    \       Running Total  : 0       
    |   _  \_  \ _/  \   \ __/___/ |   /    /                                
    |___|   |____|___/   /_\   \___|_______/                                 
     ::d|___|::::::.\___/.:.\___\:::::::::                                   
                                                                             
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   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]                                     
                                                                             
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   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]                                   
                                                                             
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   Filename : PSGCAT01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-14-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 0       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 4       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 4       
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
     CATFIGHT (c) Atlantean Interactive 01/20                                
                                                                             
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   Filename : HSOLPSG1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-15-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 4       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 2       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 6       
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
    Hoyle Solitaire (c) Sierra Online    [1/7]                               
   +------------------------------------------+                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PSG-AC1.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-17-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    ________________________/ |__/| ___________     Previous Total : 6       
    \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_    Release Score  : 4       
    |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /    Running Total  : 10      
    |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                             
    +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                             
     American CivilWar (c)Interactive Magic 1/26                             
                                                                             
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   Filename : TBFFPSG1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-18-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 10      
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 2       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 12      
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
    Terry Bradshaw Fantasy Football   [1/2]                                  
   +------------------------------------------+                              
                                                                             
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   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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 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : SU27RZR1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-14-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
      SU-27 FLANKER FOR DOS (c) SSI  [01/04]        Previous Total : 5       
   _ ________________________  _____ ________ _     Release Score  : 4       
    \\_____  \_____  \_____  \/  .  \\_____  \\     Running Total  : 9       
   dZG/\   __//  _   |/  ____/.  |   \/\   __/                               
    _/  \   \/   /_ _/   /_   |  !  _/  \   \                                
    \____\   \______\_________|_____\____\   \_                              
    ======\___/===1911CDDIVISION======\___/                                  
                                                                             
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   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]=]                             
                                                                             
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                             Score Chart : Games                             
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
        ͻ   
    HBD   0                                                             
        ͹   
    NPM   6 Points                                           
        ͹   
    PSG   12 Points                              
        ͹   
    RZR   9 Points                                     
        ͹   
    ROR   4 Points                                               
        ͼ   
     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
                          Average Score Per Release :                        
                          ---------------------------                        
                                                                             
                              Razor 1911 - [4.5]                             
                           Release on Rampage [4.0]                          
                                Napalm - [3.0]                               
                               Prestige - [3.0]                              
                                Hybrid - [0.0]                               
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Rebel Chicken                                                 
     Subject : Group Reviews : Games                                         
                                                                             
 ͼ

 ͻ
                                                                             
       Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review!   
   Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene.    
   Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!      
   It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you     
   will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity.  Let's      
   review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases.  The following    
   is the scoring basis I'll be using :                                      
                                                                             
   Points :                                                                  
   --------                                                                  
                                                                             
   [-3] The game didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72      
        hours.  The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack  
        or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.                                
                                                                             
   [ 1] The game was a dupe or freeware,                                     
                                                                             
   [ 2] Unsatisfactory,                                                      
                                                                             
   [ 3] Average,                                                             
                                                                             
   [ 4] Above Average, and                                                   
                                                                             
   [ 5] Excellent!                                                           
                                                                             
       A group may lose points the following week and have their releases    
   labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points).  If the    
   group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit   
   accordingly.  If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the        
   game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the   
   3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned.  If a group    
   releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3  
   points back, but get no more.  Betas may receive no more than 3 points.   
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
               Dates of Games Reviewed : 06/20/96 -> 06/26/96              
     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : HBD-COS1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-21-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Complete Onside Soccer (C) Telstar [1/12]        Previous Total : 0       
   _____ _____  ____ _____  ________________        Release Score  : 4       
   \_   | \   \/   / _   /__\_   \_/   _    \       Running Total  : 4       
    |   _  \_  \ _/  \   \ __/___/ |   /    /                                
    |___|   |____|___/   /_\   \___|_______/                                 
     ::d|___|::::::.\___/.:.\___\:::::::::                                   
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : HBDCCEVE.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-26-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
      Command Companion: Eve of Domination          Previous Total : 4       
               (c) Actura Software                  Release Score  : 3       
        *** REQ'S COMMAND & CONQUER ***             Running Total  : 7       
   _____ _____  ____ _____  ________________                                 
   \_   | \   \/   / _   /__\_   \_/   _    \                                
    |   _  \_  \ _/  \   \ __/___/ |   /    /                                
    |___|   |____|___/   /_\   \___|_______/                                 
     ::d|___|::::::.\___/.:.\___\:::::::::                                   
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : --                  Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : --                  Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
             /\.                                    Previous Total : 0       
    . ____ /  >______.  . _____.____ ____:.         Release Score  : 0       
   .: \   \  /_\___. \__::>   /:\   Y   /'96:.      Running Total  : 0       
   :: / .   /  \|  __/  \:/  /__/       \ .:                                 
    ./  \__/ "  \  >  "  <______>  \_/___>:                                  
   `<  /:<___\___>/___\___>.  <_____>:.  :.                                  
     \/  .:.    |/:. .:.mr!  .:. .::  .                                      
                                                                             
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : --                  Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : --                  Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    ________________________/|__/| ___________     Previous Total : 0       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 0       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 0       
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
                                                                             
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : --                  Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : --                  Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
                                                    Previous Total : 0       
   _ ________________________  _____ ________ _     Release Score  : 0       
    \\_____  \_____  \_____  \/  .  \\_____  \\     Running Total  : 0       
   dZG/\   __//  _   |/  ____/.  |   \/\   __/                               
    _/  \   \/   /_ _/   /_   |  !  _/  \   \                                
    \____\   \______\_________|_____\____\   \_                              
   =======\___/===1911CDDIVISION======\___/                              
                                                                             
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   Filename : ROR-QK01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-24-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     QUAKE *FINAL* (c) ID SOFTWARE  [01/15]         Previous Total : 0       
   _____________________________________________    Release Score  : -3      
   \__   - ________        ./__   - ________    Running Total  : -3      
   __/         \\__/     -   \\ /         \\__/                              
   \__     |    \\__          \\__    |    \\__                              
     /_____|      ./_____________./___|      ./                              
   [=======|______/===================|______/=]                             
   [================================[06/21/96]=]                             
   -/- FAKE -/- FAKE -/- FAKE -/- FAKE -/-                                   
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
                             Score Chart : Games                             
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
        ͻ   
    HBD   7 Points                                         
        ͹   
    NPM   0                                                             
        ͹   
    PSG   0                                                             
        ͹   
    RZR   0                                                             
        ͹   
    ROR   -3                                                            
        ͼ   
     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
                          Average Score Per Release :                        
                          ---------------------------                        
                                                                             
                                Hybrid - [3.5]                               
                                Napalm - [0.0]                               
                               Prestige - [0.0]                              
                              Razor 1911 - [0.0]                             
                           Release on Rampage [0.0]                          
                                                                             
                                                                             
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                     ۰        
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                               ߰ܰ
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                                              r e v i e w s !

 ͻ
                                                                             
     Author  : Rebel Chicken                                                 
     Subject : Group Reviews : Games                                         
                                                                             
 ͼ

 ͻ
                                                                             
       Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review!   
   Here I will be reviewing the 5 best games release groups in the scene.    
   Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!      
   It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you     
   will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity.  Let's      
   review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases.  The following    
   is the scoring basis I'll be using :                                      
                                                                             
   Points :                                                                  
   --------                                                                  
                                                                             
   [-3] The game didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72      
        hours.  The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack  
        or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.                                
                                                                             
   [ 1] The game was a dupe or freeware,                                     
                                                                             
   [ 2] Unsatisfactory,                                                      
                                                                             
   [ 3] Average,                                                             
                                                                             
   [ 4] Above Average, and                                                   
                                                                             
   [ 5] Excellent!                                                           
                                                                             
       A group may lose points the following week and have their releases    
   labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points).  If the    
   group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit   
   accordingly.  If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the        
   game will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the   
   3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned.  If a group    
   releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3  
   points back, but get no more.  Betas may receive no more than 3 points.   
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
               Dates of Games Reviewed : 06/27/96 -> 07/03/96              
     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : --                  Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : --                  Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
                                                    Previous Total : 0       
   _____ _____  ____ _____  ________________        Release Score  : 0       
   \_   | \   \/   / _   /__\_   \_/   _    \       Running Total  : 0       
    |   _  \_  \ _/  \   \ __/___/ |   /    /                                
    |___|   |____|___/   /_\   \___|_______/                                 
     ::d|___|::::::.\___/.:.\___\:::::::::                                   
                                                                             
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   Filename : NPMFF-01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-28-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
             /\.                                    Previous Total : 0       
     . ____ /  >______.  . _____.____ ____:.        Release Score  : 5       
    .: \   \  /_\___. \__::>   /:\   Y   /'96:.     Running Total  : 5       
    :: / .   /  \|  __/  \:/  /__/       \ .:                                
     ./  \__/ "  \  >  "  <______>  \_/___>:                                 
    `<  /:<___\___>/___\___>.  <_____>:.  :.                                 
      \/  .:.    |/:. .:.mr!  .:. .::  .                                     
     FIRE FIGHT (c) ELECTRONIC ARTS [01/28]                                  
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : CJADD01.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-29-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
             /\.                                    Previous Total : 5       
     . ____ /  >______.  . _____.____ ____:.        Release Score  : 2       
    .: \   \  /_\___. \__::>   /:\   Y   /'96:.     Running Total  : 7       
    :: / .   /  \|  __/  \:/  /__/       \ .:                                
     ./  \__/ "  \  >  "  <______>  \_/___>:                                 
    `<  /:<___\___>/___\___>.  <_____>:.  :.                                 
      \/  .:.    |/:. .:.mr!  .:. .::  .                                     
     CYBERJUDAS: MOVIES & MISC ADDONS [01/26]                                
     .DIZ date: 06.28.96  .NFO date NONE                                     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : NPMCJ-01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-29-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
             /\.                                    Previous Total : 7       
     . ____ /  >______.  . _____.____ ____:.        Release Score  : 4       
    .: \   \  /_\___. \__::>   /:\   Y   /'96:.     Running Total  : 11      
    :: / .   /  \|  __/  \:/  /__/       \ .:                                
     ./  \__/ "  \  >  "  <______>  \_/___>:                                 
    `<  /:<___\___>/___\___>.  <_____>:.  :.                                 
      \/  .:.    |/:. .:.mr!  .:. .::  .                                     
      CYBERJUDAS (c) MERIT STUDIOS [01/58]                                   
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : SH2CIN01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-30-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
             /\.                                    Previous Total : 11      
     . ____ /  >______.  . _____.____ ____:.        Release Score  : 2       
    .: \   \  /_\___. \__::>   /:\   Y   /'96:.     Running Total  : 13      
    :: / .   /  \|  __/  \:/  /__/       \ .:                                
     ./  \__/ "  \  >  "  <______>  \_/___>:                                 
    `<  /:<___\___>/___\___>.  <_____>:.  :.                                 
      \/  .:.    |/:. .:.mr!  .:. .::  .                                     
      SPACE HULK 2 *CINEMA ADDON* [01/28]                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : SH2SPE01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-30-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
             /\.                                    Previous Total : 13      
     . ____ /  >______.  . _____.____ ____:.        Release Score  : 2       
    .: \   \  /_\___. \__::>   /:\   Y   /'96:.     Running Total  : 15      
    :: / .   /  \|  __/  \:/  /__/       \ .:                                
     ./  \__/ "  \  >  "  <______>  \_/___>:                                 
    `<  /:<___\___>/___\___>.  <_____>:.  :.                                 
      \/  .:.    |/:. .:.mr!  .:. .::  .                                     
      SPACE HULK 2 *SPEECH ADDON* [01/43]                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : SHULK201.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-30-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
             /\.                                    Previous Total : 15      
     . ____ /  >______.  . _____.____ ____:.        Release Score  : 5       
    .: \   \  /_\___. \__::>   /:\   Y   /'96:.     Running Total  : 20      
    :: / .   /  \|  __/  \:/  /__/       \ .:                                
     ./  \__/ "  \  >  "  <______>  \_/___>:                                 
    `<  /:<___\___>/___\___>.  <_____>:.  :.                                 
      \/  .:.    |/:. .:.mr!  .:. .::  .                                     
    SPACE HULK 2: VENGEANCE OF THE BLOOD ANGELS                              
           (c) ELECTRONIC ARTS [01/38]                                       
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : NFSSE01.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 7-02-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
             /\.                                    Previous Total : 20      
     . ____ /  >______.  . _____.____ ____:.        Release Score  : 4       
    .: \   \  /_\___. \__::>   /:\   Y   /'96:.     Running Total  : 24      
    :: / .   /  \|  __/  \:/  /__/       \ .:                                
     ./  \__/ "  \  >  "  <______>  \_/___>:                                 
    `<  /:<___\___>/___\___>.  <_____>:.  :.                                 
      \/  .:.    |/:. .:.mr!  .:. .::  .                                     
     THE NEED FOR SPEED SPECIAL EDITION FOR                                  
       WINDOWS (c) ELECTRONIC ARTS [01/56]                                   
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : PSG-FD01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-27-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/ |__/| ___________      Previous Total : 0       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 1       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 1       
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
    Final Doom (c) Id Soft. Dos/Win95 01/29                                  
   -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/-                                   
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PSG-UD01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-27-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/ |__/| ___________      Previous Total : 1       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 4       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 5       
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
    Ultimate Doom (c) Id Soft. Dos/Win95 01/21                               
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PSGTRC01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-27-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/ |__/| ___________      Previous Total : 5       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 3       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 8       
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
    Tracer for Win95 (c) 7th Level 01/21                                     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : INDY2W01.ZIP        Fix name : INDY2FIX.ZIP                    
   Filedate : 6-28-96             Filedate : 7-03-96                         
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 8       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : -3      
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 5       
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
   INDY CAR RACING 2 for Win '95        [01/14]                              
   -/- FIX ME -/- FIX ME -/- FIX ME -/-                                      
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PSG-DW01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-28-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/ |__/| ___________      Previous Total : 5       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 4       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 9       
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
    Doom 2 (c) Id Software for Windows95  01/22                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : AC95PSG1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-29-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 9       
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 3       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 12      
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
   Williams Arcade Classics Win95 (c) GT  [1/7]                              
   +------------------------------------------+                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PSGFPB01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-29-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ________________________/|__/| ___________      Previous Total : 12      
   \___  \ __   /  __/  __/    / |/ ____/  __/_     Release Score  : 4       
   |   __/ _/ _/  _| \__  \  \/  /  )  /  _|  /     Running Total  : 16      
   |___|\__\   \________  /___\__\__   \______\                              
   +--------\___/e/aL!\/--------/_____\-----+                              
   FPS BASEBALL 96 (WORKING/WITHIN LIMIT) 01/31                              
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : FDOOM01.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-27-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
         Final Doom (c) GT Interactive  [01/30]     Previous Total : 0       
   _ ________________________  _____ ________ _     Release Score  : 4       
    \\_____  \_____  \_____  \/  .  \\_____  \\     Running Total  : 4       
   dZG/\   __//  _   |/  ____/.  |   \/\   __/                               
    _/  \   \/   /_ _/   /_   |  !  _/  \   \                                
    \____\   \______\_________|_____\____\   \_                              
   =======\___/===1911CDDIVISION======\___/                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : RZR-BP01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-27-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     Front Page Sports BaseBall '96 [01/56]         Previous Total : 4       
   _ ________________________  _____ ________ _     Release Score  : 4       
    \\_____  \_____  \_____  \/  .  \\_____  \\     Running Total  : 8       
   dZG/\   __//  _   |/  ____/.  |   \/\   __/                               
    _/  \   \/   /_ _/   /_   |  !  _/  \   \                                
    \____\   \______\_________|_____\____\   \_                              
   =======\___/===1911CDDIVISION======\___/                                  
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : GNDWAR01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 7-02-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     GENDER WARS (c) GT INTERACTIVE  [01/14]        Previous Total : 8       
   _ ________________________  _____ ________ _     Release Score  : 4       
    \\_____  \_____  \_____  \/  .  \\_____  \\     Running Total  : 12      
   dZG/\   __//  _   |/  ____/.  |   \/\   __/                               
    _/  \   \/   /_ _/   /_   |  !  _/  \   \                                
    \____\   \______\_________|_____\____\   \_                              
   =======\___/===1911CDDIVISION======\___/                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : DEADLN01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 7-03-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    DEADLINE (c) MILLENNIUM/PSYGNOSIS  [01/31]      Previous Total : 12      
   _ ________________________  _____ ________ _     Release Score  : 5       
    \\_____  \_____  \_____  \/  .  \\_____  \\     Running Total  : 17      
   dZG/\   __//  _   |/  ____/.  |   \/\   __/                               
    _/  \   \/   /_ _/   /_   |  !  _/  \   \                                
    \____\   \______\_________|_____\____\   \_                              
   =======\___/===1911CDDIVISION======\___/                              
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : --                  Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : --                  Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
                                                    Previous Total : 0       
   _____________________________________________    Release Score  : 0       
   \__   - ________        ./__   - ________    Running Total  : 0       
   __/         \\__/     -   \\ /         \\__/                              
   \__     |    \\__          \\__    |    \\__                              
     /_____|      ./_____________./___|      ./                              
   [=======|______/===================|______/=]                             
   [================================[  /  /96]=]                             
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
                             Score Chart : Games                             
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
        ͻ   
    HBD   0                                                             
        ͹   
    NPM   24 Points                              
        ͹   
    PSG   16 Points                                      
        ͹   
    RZR   17 Points                                     
        ͹   
    ROR   0                                                             
        ͼ   
     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
                          Average Score Per Release :                        
                          ---------------------------                        
                                                                             
                              Razor 1911 - [4.3]                             
                                Napalm - [3.4]                               
                               Prestige - [2.3]                              
                                Hybrid - [0.0]                               
                           Release on Rampage [0.0]                          
                                                                             
                                                                             
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 ͻ
                                                                             
     Author  : Rebel Chicken                                                 
     Subject : Group Reviews : Games                                         
                                                                             
 ͼ
 ͻ
                                                                             
       The following is a chart combining the total points of the top 5      
   games groups within the past 4 weeks :                                    
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
                                4 Week Summary                               
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
            JUN     JUN     JUN     JUN     Total                          
         ͻ    
     HBD   3/1    0/0    7/2    0/0    10/3    3.5  0.0  -3.5     
         ͹    
     NPM   0/0    6/2    0/0   24/7    30/9    0.0  3.4  +3.4     
         ͹    
     PSG  15/4   12/4    0/0   16/7    43/15   0.0  2.3  +2.3     
         ͹    
     RZR   0/0    9/2    0/0   17/4    26/6    0.0  4.3  +4.3     
         ͹    
     ROR   0/0    4/1   -3/1    0/0     1/2    0.0  0.0   0.0     
         ͼ    
                                                                      
               # of Releases      Last Week's Yield                   
             # of Points                 This Week's Yield              
                                                   Change in Yield        
     
     Yield             = # of Points / # of Releases                         
     Change in Yield   = Current Week's Yield - Previous Week's Yield        
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
                               All Time Summary                              
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
           RHP   RLP   RHY   RLY   TWI   LPI     Total     ATY   HCY       
         ͻ    
     HBD    7   -3    2    1    4    2    20/8     2.5  -3.5     
         ͹    
     NPM   24    3    7    1    5    4    81/23    3.5           
         ͹    
     PSG   21   12    7    3    1    2   109/33    3.3           
         ͹    
     RZR   17    3    4    1    4    3    54/14    3.9           
         ͹    
     ROR    7   -3    3    1    6    1     9/7     1.3           
         ͼ    
   Ĵ  
                                                                           
     RHP/RLP = Record High/Low Points for Releases                         
                                                                           
     RHY/RLY = Record High/Low Number of Releases                          
                                                                           
     TWI/LPI = Total Weeks Inactive/Longest Period of Weeks Inactive       
                                                                           
     ATY/HCY = Average of Total Yield/Highest Change in Yield              
                                                                           
     
                                                                             
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 ͻ
                                                                             
     Author  : Rebel Chicken                                                 
     Subject : Group Reviews : Utils                                         
                                                                             
 ͼ

 ͻ
                                                                             
       Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review!   
   Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene.    
   Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!      
   It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you     
   will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity.  Let's      
   review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases.  The following    
   is the scoring basis I'll be using :                                      
                                                                             
   Points :                                                                  
   --------                                                                  
                                                                             
   [-3] The util didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72      
        hours.  The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack  
        or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.                                
                                                                             
   [ 1] The util was a dupe or freeware,                                     
                                                                             
   [ 2] Unsatisfactory,                                                      
                                                                             
   [ 3] Average,                                                             
                                                                             
   [ 4] Above Average, and                                                   
                                                                             
   [ 5] Excellent!                                                           
                                                                             
       A group may lose points the following week and have their releases    
   labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points).  If the    
   group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit   
   accordingly.  If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the        
   util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the   
   3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned.  If a group    
   releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3  
   points back, but get no more.  Betas may receive no more than 3 points.   
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
               Dates of Utils Reviewed : 06/06/96 -> 06/12/96              
     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : DOD-SE11.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-11-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   SOFTSCAPE EXPLORER PLUS V1.0       [01/05]       Previous Total : 0       
    \_    ___      \_  ___      \   ___      \_     Release Score  : 4       
   _/      l/       /  l/       /    l/       /     Running Total  : 4       
   \______ /       /   /       /____ /       /|                              
   ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/==                               
   (*) D r i n k   O r   D i e  1 9 9 6 (*)                                  
   ===================== [ DOD * 11-Jun-96 ] ==                              
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Filename : MTYJDKL1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-06-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
       Java Delopers Kit v1.0 for LNX               Previous Total : 0       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 4       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 4       
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/03]\_____\_______>[06/06/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : MTY-INT.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-09-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Internet ToolPak v2.0    Crescent Software      Previous Total : 4       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 3       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 7       
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[06/09/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : MTY-NET.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-09-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   NetPak Professional    Crescent Software        Previous Total : 7       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 3       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 10      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[06/09/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : MTY-XREF.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-09-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     XRef VB Add-On    Crescent Software           Previous Total : 10      
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 3       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 13      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[06/09/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : MTYAPIV1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-09-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
              API Vision 1.5                        Previous Total : 13      
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 3       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 16      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/02]\_____\_______>[06/09/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : MTYEVB4.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-11-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
        Enquiry For Visual Basic v4.0               Previous Total : 16      
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 3       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 19      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[06/11/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : MTYNET01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-11-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Net Commander '95/3.1 v1.0 (c) Luckman           Previous Total : 19      
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 4       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 23      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/18]\_____\_______>[06/11/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : MTYWCD01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-11-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     Web Commander '95 v1.0 (c) Luckman             Previous Total : 23      
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 4       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 27      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/42]\_____\_______>[06/11/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   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                                        
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   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                                        
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   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                                         
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   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                                         
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   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.                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : RBS-FIT.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-07-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     Frame-It v1.10 for Windows 95                  Previous Total : 4       
     ________________________________[01/01]        Release Score  : 3       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 7       
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : RBS-MIML.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-07-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     Mi'Mail for Windows                            Previous Total : 7       
     ________________________________[01/01]        Release Score  : 3       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 10      
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   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.                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   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       
   ۲ ۲   ۲  ۲  ۲    ۲                                
   ۱ ۱   ۰   ۱  ۱                                    
     ۱  ۰     ۲                                  
   ۱ ۲  ۲  ۲ ۰   ۲ ۱  ۲                                
    ۱                                        
         sikos                                 
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : XF-BO21.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-11-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
          MICROSOFT BACKOFFICE SDK V2.0             Previous Total : 3       
        Windows NT 3.51/4.0 Beta 2 and W95          Release Score  : 3       
   [01/20]       Running Total  : 6       
                                              
   ۲ ۲   ۲  ۲  ۲    ۲                                
   ۱ ۱   ۰   ۱  ۱                                    
     ۱  ۰     ۲                                  
   ۱ ۲  ۲  ۲ ۰   ۲ ۱  ۲                                
    ۱                                        
         sikos                                 
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
                             Score Chart : Utils                             
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
        ͻ   
    DOD   4 Points                                                   
        ͹   
    MTY   27 Points                           
        ͹   
    PWA   13 Points                                         
        ͹   
    RBS   18 Points                                    
        ͹   
    X-F   6 Points                                                 
        ͼ   
     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
                          Average Score Per Release :                        
                          ---------------------------                        
                                                                             
                             Drink or Die - [4.0]                            
                                Rebels - [3.6]                               
                               Mortality - [3.4]                             
                                X-Force - [3.0]                              
                        Pirates with Attitudes - [2.6]                       
                                                                             
                                                                             
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      r c n                       
                     ۰        
 ݰ    ߰ ް   ݰ     
  ܰ                         
                               ߰ܰ
                        ߰                        ߰
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 ͻ
                                                                             
     Author  : Rebel Chicken                                                 
     Subject : Group Reviews : Utils                                         
                                                                             
 ͼ

 ͻ
                                                                             
       Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review!   
   Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene.    
   Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!      
   It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you     
   will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity.  Let's      
   review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases.  The following    
   is the scoring basis I'll be using :                                      
                                                                             
   Points :                                                                  
   --------                                                                  
                                                                             
   [-3] The util didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72      
        hours.  The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack  
        or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.                                
                                                                             
   [ 1] The util was a dupe or freeware,                                     
                                                                             
   [ 2] Unsatisfactory,                                                      
                                                                             
   [ 3] Average,                                                             
                                                                             
   [ 4] Above Average, and                                                   
                                                                             
   [ 5] Excellent!                                                           
                                                                             
       A group may lose points the following week and have their releases    
   labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points).  If the    
   group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit   
   accordingly.  If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the        
   util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the   
   3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned.  If a group    
   releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3  
   points back, but get no more.  Betas may receive no more than 3 points.   
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
               Dates of Utils Reviewed : 06/13/96 -> 06/19/96              
     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   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 ] ==                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   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 ] ==                              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   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                                      
   (==[01/02]\_____\_______>[06/13/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : MTYXING.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-13-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
       XING MPEG Player v3.0b For Win95             Previous Total : 2       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 1       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 3       
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[06/13/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : MTYDISC1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-16-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     Microtest DiscPort (c) Microtest               Previous Total : 3       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 2       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 5       
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/07]\_____\_______>[06/16/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYSTS01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-16-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
           Symptoms (c) Healthsoft                  Previous Total : 5       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 3       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 8       
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   Filename : NMBIPWA1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-13-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Network MCI Buisness InternetMCI                 Previous Total : 0       
   version 1.22               [1/3]                 Release Score  : 2       
                                           Running Total  : 2       
           A Group                                         
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeN                                         
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWAACL01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-14-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Autocad Lite R3 Win 95/NT  [01/15]               Previous Total : 2       
                                           Release Score  : 4       
           A Group                Running Total  : 6       
            That Gives                                       
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            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeN                                         
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWA-BR01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-15-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   BRender v1.1.2  [01/07]                          Previous Total : 6       
                                           Release Score  : 4       
          A Group                 Running Total  : 10      
           That Gives                                        
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           Less Than                                        
                A Fuck.                                        
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   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                                          
                                                                             
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   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                                         
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            Less Than                                       
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   Filename : E32PWA01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-17-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   EXTRA! Personal Client 6.1 [01/27]               Previous Total : 14      
         32bit full release                         Release Score  : 2       
                                           Running Total  : 16      
           A Group                                         
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeN                                         
                                                                             
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   Filename : RBS14-01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-15-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    OS/2 Merlin build 14 aka OS/2 Warp v4.0         Previous Total : 0       
     _____________________________ __[01/43]        Release Score  : 3       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 3       
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : XFLWVP01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-13-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
          VIEWPOINTS DARALAB MODELS                 Previous Total : 0       
              FOR LIGHTWAVE 5.0                     Release Score  : 3       
   [01/11]       Running Total  : 3       
                                              
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   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       
                                              
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   Filename : XFALPH01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-19-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
      DEC Altavista Firewall Network ALPHA          Previous Total : 4       
        - Beta1.1 -  for Win NT  (c) DEC            Release Score  : 3       
   [01/15]       Running Total  : 7       
                                              
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   Filename : XFTCP4-A.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-19-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    TCP/IP v4.0 for OS/2 Warp and Merlin            Previous Total : 7       
         Pre-Release         (c) IBM                Release Score  : 2       
   [01/14]       Running Total  : 9       
                                              
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                             Score Chart : Utils                             
                                                                             
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    DOD   8 Points                                               
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    MTY   8 Points                                               
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    PWA   16 Points                                      
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    RBS   3 Points                                                    
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    X-F   9 Points                                              
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                          Average Score Per Release :                        
                          ---------------------------                        
                                                                             
                                Rebels - [3.0]                               
                             Drink or Die - [2.7]                            
                        Pirates with Attitudes - [2.7]                       
                                X-Force - [2.3]                              
                               Mortality - [2.0]                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
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                                              r e v i e w s !

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     Author  : Rebel Chicken                                                 
     Subject : Group Reviews : Utils                                         
                                                                             
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       Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review!   
   Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene.    
   Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!      
   It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you     
   will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity.  Let's      
   review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases.  The following    
   is the scoring basis I'll be using :                                      
                                                                             
   Points :                                                                  
   --------                                                                  
                                                                             
   [-3] The util didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72      
        hours.  The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack  
        or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.                                
                                                                             
   [ 1] The util was a dupe or freeware,                                     
                                                                             
   [ 2] Unsatisfactory,                                                      
                                                                             
   [ 3] Average,                                                             
                                                                             
   [ 4] Above Average, and                                                   
                                                                             
   [ 5] Excellent!                                                           
                                                                             
       A group may lose points the following week and have their releases    
   labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points).  If the    
   group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit   
   accordingly.  If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the        
   util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the   
   3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned.  If a group    
   releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3  
   points back, but get no more.  Betas may receive no more than 3 points.   
                                                                             
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               Dates of Utils Reviewed : 06/20/96 -> 06/26/96              
     
                                                                             
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   Filename : DODCAFE1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-20-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    SYMANTEC CAFE 1.2 FOR WIN95/NT        [1/9]     Previous Total : 0       
    _______________ ____________ ____________       Release Score  : 5       
    \_    ___      \_  ___      \   ___      \_     Running Total  : 5       
   _/      l/       /  l/       /    l/       /                              
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   ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/==                              
   (*) D r i n k   O r   D i e  1 9 9 6 (*)                              
   ===================== [ DOD * 20-Jun-96 ] ==                              
                                                                             
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   Filename : DODDLD01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-21-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    LANTASTIC DEDICATED SERVER 1.1      [01/14]     Previous Total : 5       
                  ENGLISH DOCS                      Release Score  : 2       
    _______________ ____________ ____________       Running Total  : 7       
    \_    ___      \_  ___      \   ___      \_                              
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   \______ /       /   /       /____ /       /|                              
   ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/==                              
   (*) D r i n k   O r   D i e  1 9 9 6 (*)                              
   ===================== [ DOD * 21-Jun-96 ] ==                              
                                                                             
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   Filename : DODDLT01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-21-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    LANTASTIC DEDICATED SERVER 1.1      [01/44]     Previous Total : 7       
    _______________ ____________ ____________       Release Score  : 3       
    \_    ___      \_  ___      \   ___      \_     Running Total  : 10      
   _/      l/       /  l/       /    l/       /                              
   \______ /       /   /       /____ /       /|                              
   ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/==                              
   (*) D r i n k   O r   D i e  1 9 9 6 (*)                              
   ===================== [ DOD * 21-Jun-96 ] ==                              
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYNC951.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-22-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    _______________________________________         Previous Total : 0       
    \      \   \   \_  _/   \ \  \_  _/ / /         Release Score  : 5       
    /  / / / / / `_/  /   ` / /_ /  /_\  /          Running Total  : 5       
    \_/_/_/\__/_/_/__/__/__/___//__/____/                                    
       -  M  O  R  T  A  L  I  T  Y  -                                       
    ==[06/22/96]===============[1/2]========                                 
    [Norton Commander v1.01 for Win95 FINAL]                                 
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYPART1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-23-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
          Print Artist 1500 (c) Sierra              Previous Total : 5       
    _______________________________________         Release Score  : 4       
    \      \   \   \_  _/   \ \  \_  _/ / /         Running Total  : 9       
    /  / / / / / `_/  /   ` / /_ /  /_\  /                                   
    \_/_/_/\__/_/_/__/__/__/___//__/____/                                    
       -  M  O  R  T  A  L  I  T  Y  -                                       
    ==[06/23/96]===============[1/6]========                                 
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYKFM1.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-24-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
      Keller Fleet Maintence (c) Keller             Previous Total : 9       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 3       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 12      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
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   (==[01/04]\_____\_______>[06/24/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYPP212.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-25-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     Wanderlink v2.12 with Proxy v1.6               Previous Total : 12      
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 3       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 15      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
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   (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[06/25/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYZHPM1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-25-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
      Zip! Host Print Manager v1.01                 Previous Total : 15      
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 3       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 18      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/02]\_____\_______>[06/25/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYHOT31.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-26-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
       HOTDOCS v3.0B (c) CAPSOFT INC.               Previous Total : 18      
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 4       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 22      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[02/02]\_____\_______>[06/26/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYUNIN1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-26-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
          UNINet (c) Attachmate                     Previous Total : 22      
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 3       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 25      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/05]\_____\_______>[06/26/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWA-TBP1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-20-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Turbo Publisher Build 3.03a Win [1/8]            Previous Total : 0       
                                           Release Score  : 3       
           A Group                Running Total  : 3       
            That Gives                                       
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            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeNf                                        
                                                                             
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   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                                                                  
                                                                    
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   Filename : PWACDX31.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-21-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   DiskExtender 3.00 for Win/NT [1/7]               Previous Total : 6       
                                           Release Score  : 3       
           A Group                Running Total  : 9       
            That Gives                                       
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            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeNf                                        
                                                                             
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   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      
                                                                    
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            That Gives                                       
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            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeNf                                        
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWAVOX01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-21-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Voice for Windows95 [1/6]                        Previous Total : 13      
                                           Release Score  : 4       
           A Group                Running Total  : 17      
            That Gives                                       
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            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
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   Filename : PWALCB21.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-22-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Lotus Components Beta2  [01/06]                  Previous Total : 17      
                                           Release Score  : 3       
           A Group                Running Total  : 20      
            That Gives                                       
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            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeNf                                        
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWALVN11.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-22-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Lotus VideoNotes v1.2  [01/03]                   Previous Total : 20      
                                           Release Score  : 4       
           A Group                Running Total  : 24      
            That Gives                                       
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            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
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   Filename : PWAVW101.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-25-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ParcPlace VisualWave v1.0A [01/12]               Previous Total : 24      
   The object-oriented development                  Release Score  : 4       
   environment for creating live                    Running Total  : 28      
   Web applications.                                                         
                                                                    
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   Filename : PWA-FTM1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-26-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   FAMILY TREEMAKER 3.1 for WIN 95 [1/5]            Previous Total : 28      
                                           Release Score  : 4       
           A Group                Running Total  : 32      
            That Gives                                       
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            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
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   Filename : RBS-ICCD.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-20-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     ICCD v3.2 for Windows 95                       Previous Total : 0       
     ________________________________[01/01]        Release Score  : 3       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 3       
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : RBS-WRAR.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-21-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     RAR v2.00 for Windows 95/32s                   Previous Total : 3       
     ________________________________[01/01]        Release Score  : 3       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 6       
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : RBSB1801.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-22-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    OS/2 Warp v4.0 aka OS/2 Merlin Build 18         Previous Total : 6       
     ________________________________[01/49]        Release Score  : 3       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 9       
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : RBS-METL.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-23-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     Metz Lock v4.0 for Windows                     Previous Total : 9       
     ________________________________[01/01]        Release Score  : 3       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 12      
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : RBS-HTNT.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-24-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     HTML Notepad v2.0 for Windows 95               Previous Total : 12      
     ________________________________[01/01]        Release Score  : 3       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 15      
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : RBS-MHZI.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-24-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
      MicroHouse Zip                                Previous Total : 15      
     _____________________________ __[01/01]        Release Score  : 3       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 18      
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : RBS-QBR1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-25-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     Quickbooks  UPDATE: To Version 4.0r11          Previous Total : 18      
     ________________________________[01/01]        Release Score  : 1       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 19      
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : XF-OBJ01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-20-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
      OBJECT STORE 4.0.1 FOR WINDOWS NT/95          Previous Total : 0       
              (c) OBJECT DESIGN                     Release Score  : 4       
   [01/16]       Running Total  : 4       
                                              
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    ۱                                        
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   Filename : XFFX32R1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-20-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
         INTEL 32-BIT to ALPHA 32-BIT               Previous Total : 4       
             Release Candidate 1  (c) DEC           Release Score  : 3       
   [01/05]       Running Total  : 7       
                                              
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    ۱                                        
         sikos                                 
                                                                             
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   Filename : XFLW5C01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-24-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   LIGHTWAVE 5.0 -FINAL RELEASE- (REVISION C)       Previous Total : 7       
       CD-RIP 100% CRACKED  (c) NEWTEK              Release Score  : 4       
   [01/22]       Running Total  : 11      
                                              
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         sikos                                 
                                                                             
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   Filename : XFICET95.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-25-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
              ICE TCP 95 TRIALWARE                  Previous Total : 11      
                  -CRACKED-                         Release Score  : 3       
   [01/01]       Running Total  : 14      
                                                  
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         sikos                                 
                                                                             
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   Filename : XFEXCD01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-26-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
           MICROSOFT EXCHANGE SERVER                Previous Total : 14      
               FULL DOCUMENTATION                   Release Score  : 2       
   [01/15]       Running Total  : 16      
                                              
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         sikos                                 
                                                                             
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   Filename : XFSDK201.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-26-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
       MICROSOFT SDK FOR WINDOWS NT / 95            Previous Total : 16      
                   CD-RIP                           Release Score  : 5       
   [01/69]       Running Total  : 21      
                                              
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         sikos                                 
                                                                             
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                             Score Chart : Utils                             
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
        ͻ   
    DOD   10 Points                                            
        ͹   
    MTY   25 Points                             
        ͹   
    PWA   32 Points                      
        ͹   
    RBS   19 Points                                   
        ͹   
    X-F   21 Points                                 
        ͼ   
     
                                                                             
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                          Average Score Per Release :                        
                          ---------------------------                        
                                                                             
                               Mortality - [3.6]                             
                        Pirates with Attitudes - [3.6]                       
                                X-Force - [3.5]                              
                             Drink or Die - [3.3]                            
                                Rebels - [2.7]                               
                                                                             
                                                                             
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                                              r e v i e w s !

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     Author  : Rebel Chicken                                                 
     Subject : Group Reviews : Utils                                         
                                                                             
 ͼ

 ͻ
                                                                             
       Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review!   
   Here I will be reviewing the 5 best utils release groups in the scene.    
   Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will be!      
   It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but you     
   will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity.  Let's      
   review the criteria I'll be using for judging releases.  The following    
   is the scoring basis I'll be using :                                      
                                                                             
   Points :                                                                  
   --------                                                                  
                                                                             
   [-3] The util didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72      
        hours.  The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack  
        or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.                                
                                                                             
   [ 1] The util was a dupe or freeware,                                     
                                                                             
   [ 2] Unsatisfactory,                                                      
                                                                             
   [ 3] Average,                                                             
                                                                             
   [ 4] Above Average, and                                                   
                                                                             
   [ 5] Excellent!                                                           
                                                                             
       A group may lose points the following week and have their releases    
   labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amout of points).  If the    
   group has released a fix between the two issues, we'll give them credit   
   accordingly.  If a group releases a fix within a 3 day period, the        
   util will be rated as if it worked in the first place, thus getting the   
   3 points it lost back and any points it would have earned.  If a group    
   releases a fix after the 3 day period has expired, it will receive its 3  
   points back, but get no more.  Betas may receive no more than 3 points.   
                                                                             
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   Ŀ  
               Dates of Utils Reviewed : 06/26/96 -> 07/03/96              
     
                                                                             
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   Filename : --                  Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : --                  Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    _______________ ____________ ____________       Previous Total : 0       
   \_    ___      \_  ___      \   ___      \_      Release Score  : 0       
   _/      l/       /  l/       /    l/       /     Running Total  : 0       
   \______ /       /   /       /____ /       /|                              
   ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/==                              
   (*) D r i n k   O r   D i e  1 9 9 6 (*)                              
   ===================== [ DOD *        96 ] ==                              
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYDSK01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-27-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
            Kid Desk /f Windows '95                 Previous Total : 0       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 2       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 2       
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/21]\_____\_______>[06/27/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYWC421.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-30-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
      WILDCAT v4.20 FOR DOS (c) MUSTANG             Previous Total : 2       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 1       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 3       
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/04]\_____\_______>[06/30/96]==)                                    
   -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/- DUPE -/-                                   
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYCAD01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 7-01-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     Drafix QuickCAD v4.0 Win'95/Win NT             Previous Total : 3       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 4       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 7       
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/14]\_____\_______>[07/01/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYNCUP1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 7-01-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
      Norton Commander 95 Comm. Update              Previous Total : 7       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 1       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 8       
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/02]\_____\_______>[07/01/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : EX20MTY2.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 7-02-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    Extra! X v2.0 F/Win95 (c) AttachMate            Previous Total : 8       
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 2       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \              Running Total  : 10      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                        
   (==[01/08]\_____\_______>[07/02/96]=)                                     
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYDRG01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 7-02-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
      Drugs (c) Healthsoft /f Windows               Previous Total : 10      
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 2       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 12      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/12]\_____\_______>[07/02/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYIDRV1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 7-02-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   InterDrive v4.12 (c) FTP Software Inc.           Previous Total : 12      
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 3       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 15      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/02]\_____\_______>[07/02/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : MTYTN327.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 7-02-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
        FTP TN3270/TN5250 Build 2021                Previous Total : 15      
       ______.______._____._____._____              Release Score  : 2       
     <      >    __/     \__   <     \            Running Total  : 17      
    __/           \__     __/__     ___>                                     
   \______\____/  _/     \ _      \pn                                      
   (==[01/01]\_____\_______>[07/02/96]==)                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWANTRC1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-27-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Win/NT 4.0 Release Candidate 1 [1/9]             Previous Total : 0       
                                           Release Score  : 3       
           A Group                Running Total  : 3       
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeNf                                        
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWALM601.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-29-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Lotus cc:Mail 6.0 Client RELEASE [01/57]         Previous Total : 3       
                                           Release Score  : 3       
              A Group             Running Total  : 6       
               That Gives                                    
              Slightly                                     
               Less Than                                    
                    A Fuck.                                    
                               -XeNf                                     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PWANTS01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-30-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Win/NT 4.0 Server - RC-1     [01/23]             Previous Total : 6       
                                           Release Score  : 3       
           A Group                Running Total  : 9       
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeNf                                        
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PWAOPT01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 7-02-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Optima++ 1.0 Developer Ed.     [01/25]           Previous Total : 9       
                                           Release Score  : 3       
           A Group                Running Total  : 12      
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeNf                                        
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWAPCNE1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 7-02-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   pcAnywhere 7.5   32 bit       [1/4]              Previous Total : 12      
                                           Release Score  : 5       
           A Group                Running Total  : 17      
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeNf                                        
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : PWARC-01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 7-02-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Win/NT 4.0 Release Candidate 1 [01/19]           Previous Total : 17      
                                           Release Score  : 3       
           A Group                Running Total  : 20      
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeNf                                        
                                                                             
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   Filename : RBSPB1A.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-27-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
      Packard Bell CBT April 96                     Previous Total : 0       
     ________________________________[01/07]        Release Score  : 2       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 2       
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
                                                                             
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   Filename : RBSPB2A.ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-27-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     Packard Bell CBT April 96 Part 2               Previous Total : 2       
     ________________________________[01/20]        Release Score  : 2       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 4       
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
                                                                             
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   Filename : RBSSCA01.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-29-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    Scala 4.10 for Windows 95 +Clients              Previous Total : 4       
     _____________________________ __[01/20]        Release Score  : 4       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 8       
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Filename : RBSCATP1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 7-03-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     Catapult Server Beta 3 (c) Microsoft           Previous Total : 8       
     ________________________________[01/07]        Release Score  : 3       
     \_ _  \_ ____/_ _  \_ ____/ |_\  ___/          Running Total  : 11      
     /    _/  ___)/    _/  ___)  | \___  \                                   
    /   |  \_ |  \   |  \  |  \  :  \  :  \                                  
    \___|   /___  \____  \___  \___  \___  \                                 
    ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/                                 
     REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS.                                    
                                                                             
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   Filename : XFALTMS1.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filedate : 6-28-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
        DEC ALTAVISTA POP3 MAIL SERVER              Previous Total : 0       
               FOR WINDOWS NT                       Release Score  : 3       
   [01/02]       Running Total  : 3       
                                              
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    ۱                                        
         sikos                                 
                                                                             
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                             Score Chart : Utils                             
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
        ͻ   
    DOD   0                                                             
        ͹   
    MTY   17 Points                                     
        ͹   
    PWA   20 Points                                  
        ͹   
    RBS   11 Points                                           
        ͹   
    X-F   3 Points                                                    
        ͼ   
     
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
                          Average Score Per Release :                        
                          ---------------------------                        
                                                                             
                        Pirates with Attitudes - [3.3]                       
                                X-Force - [3.0]                              
                                Rebels - [2.8]                               
                               Mortality - [2.1]                             
                             Drink or Die - [0.0]                            
                                                                             
                                                                             
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      r c n                       
                     ۰        
 ݰ    ߰ ް   ݰ     
  ܰ                         
                               ߰ܰ
                        ߰                        ߰
                                              r e v i e w s !

 ͻ
                                                                             
     Author  : Rebel Chicken                                                 
     Subject : Group Reviews : Utils                                         
                                                                             
 ͼ
 ͻ
                                                                             
       The following is a chart combining the total points of the top 5      
   utils groups within the past 4 weeks :                                    
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
                                4 Week Summary                               
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
            JUN     JUN     JUN     JUN     Total                          
         ͻ    
     DOD   4/1    8/3   10/3    0/0    22/7    3.3  0.0  -3.3     
         ͹    
     MTY  27/8    8/4   25/7   17/8    77/27   3.6  2.1  -1.5     
         ͹    
     PWA  13/5   16/6   32/9   20/6    81/26   3.6  3.3  -0.3     
         ͹    
     RBS  18/5    3/1   19/7   11/4    51/17   2.7  2.8  +0.1     
         ͹    
     X-F   6/2    9/4   21/6    3/1    39/13   3.5  3.0  -0.5     
         ͼ    
                                                                      
               # of Releases      Last Week's Yield                   
             # of Points                 This Week's Yield              
                                                   Change in Yield        
     
     Yield             = # of Points / # of Releases                         
     Change in Yield   = Current Week's Yield - Previous Week's Yield        
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
                               All Time Summary                              
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
           RHP   RLP   RHY   RLY   TWI   LPI     Total     ATY   HCY       
         ͻ    
     DOD   22    3    5    1    2    1    97/27    3.6  -3.5     
         ͹    
     MTY   36    3   17    1    0    0   158/60    2.6           
         ͹    
     PWA   40    7   15    3    0    0   231/72    3.2           
         ͹    
     RBS   26    3   10    1    0    0   130/43    3.0           
         ͹    
     X-F   24    3   10    1    1    1   105/36    2.9           
         ͼ    
   Ĵ  
                                                                           
     RHP/RLP = Record High/Low Points for Releases                         
                                                                           
     RHY/RLY = Record High/Low Number of Releases                          
                                                                           
     TWI/LPI = Total Weeks Inactive/Longest Period of Weeks Inactive       
                                                                           
     ATY/HCY = Average of Total Yield/Highest Change in Yield              
                                                                           
     
                                                                             
 ͼ

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 THURSDAY۳JUNE6۳
 
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 FILENAME۳D#۳O/S۳DESCRIPTION۳
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  CB4BOFC3.ZIP   3  W95  Microsoft's Business Office                      
  DDT-RA20.ZIP   1  W95  RealAudio v2.0                                   
  DNS-OE19.ZIP  19  DOS  Offensive                                        
  DOD-LEX2.ZIP   2  WIN  TRA LexiCat                                      
  GAMERUN3.ZIP   3  W95  GameRunner v3.0                                  
  LES-SMC4.ZIP   4  WIN  Scooters Magic Castle                            
  MTYJDKL3.ZIP   3  WIN  Java Delopers Kit v1.0                           
  MTYOMNI5.ZIP   5  W95  Omni Page Pro v7.0                               
  PNC-FEZ.ZIP    1  DOS  FormEZ v9.6b                                     
  PNCDAOB.ZIP    1  DOS  Data Access Objects v3.1                         
  PSGDIN13.ZIP  13  DOS  Dinotopis                                        
  RBS-RNSS.ZIP   1  WIN  RANMA 1/2 SS                                     
  RTN-GC09.ZIP   9  DOS  Galaxy Commando                                  
  S-XP5NT5.ZIP   9  WNT  HCL Exceed v5.01                                 
  SCSRZ-27.ZIP  27  DOS  Sync Speed RAZOR Mach 3                          
  SDM-ARM5.ZIP   5  WIN  Terminal Net Remote v6.0                         
  SDMSTK02.ZIP   2  W95  Stock Market v1.1                                
  SEA12CCK.ZIP   1  DOS  SEA v1.2c                                        
  SMR-ESAV.ZIP   1  W95  Euro 96 SS                                       
  SMR-RVM3.ZIP   3  DOS  RealView v3.7                                    
  STSVGAD.ZIP    1  DOS  SciTech SVGA Developer Kit                       
  THCMAX11.ZIP  11  WIN  Web Max                                          
  VG-AC32.ZIP   32  DOS  Alley Cats                                       
 

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 FRIDAY۳JUNE7۳
 
 Ŀ
 FILENAME۳D#۳O/S۳DESCRIPTION۳
 Ĵ
  ACAD13EE.ZIP  25  W95  AutoCAD Release 13                               
  ACSFCD01.ZIP  12  W95  Access v7.0                                      
  BB31UPE.ZIP   35  W95  Star Office v3.1                                 
  DNS-PCP2.ZIP   2  W95  PC PACK SS                                       
  DNS-SURV.ZIP   1  DOS  Survival                                         
  HBD-KO10.ZIP  10  W95  Kick Off 96                                      
  MTSTWB06.ZIP   6  DOS  Tim McCarver's : The Way Baseball Works          
  MTYQEXA4.ZIP   4  W95  Quicken Expense v2.0                             
  PNC-HGSS.ZIP   1  WIN  Hawaii Girls SS v1.1                             
  PNCVBPP2.ZIP   2  W95  VB4 Plus Pak v1.0                                
  PST-ZPSW.ZIP   1  W95  ZD`S Password Pro                                
  R66-PA95.ZIP   1  W95  Microsoft Games                                  
  RAMDUBLR.ZIP   1  W95  Ram Doubler v1.0.2                               
  RBS-FIT.ZIP    1  W95  Frame-It v1.10                                   
  RBS-MIML.ZIP   1  WIN  Mi'Mail                                          
  RBS-MORF.ZIP   1  W95  Morpher v1.2                                     
  RBS-WPC.ZIP    1  W95  Web Page Creator v4.5                            
  RTN-CP04.ZIP   4  W95  Pioneer v1.0                                     
  RTN-FL05.ZIP   5  DOS  Front Lines                                      
  S-SAPCDA.ZIP  11  WIN  Smart Addresser Postal Code Database             
  S-SS50W2.ZIP   2  WIN  Smart Sort v5.0                                  
  S-SSSDD2.ZIP   2  DOS  Smart Sort Sortation Database                    
  S-SSSDW2.ZIP   2  WIN  Smart Sort Sortation Database                    
  SDM-EXMT.ZIP   1  WIN  Microsoft Exchange Server Migration Tools        
  SDMFXSDK.ZIP   1  WIN  Microsoft Fax SDK                                
  SDMWDOC2.ZIP   2  WIN  WorldDoc v1.0                                    
  SM-PWAR2.ZIP   2  DOS  The Pickle Wars Trilgoy                          
  SMR-ACCS.ZIP   1  W95  Adobe Acrobat Plug-In                            
  SMR-ACR4.ZIP   4  W95  Adobe Acrobat                                    
  SX501NTY.ZIP  35  WNT  HCL Exceed v5.01                                 
  TBS!LT35.ZIP   1  WIN  LevelText v3.5a                                  
  TBS!MMSA.ZIP   2  WIN  Magix Musik Studio                               
  TBS!SW11.ZIP   1  DOS  ShellWizard v1.01                                
  TRD-SP41.ZIP  41  WIN  Euro 96 Music Addon                              
  UCFMIDIG.ZIP   1  WIN  MidiGate                                         
  WAR-SDS4.ZIP   4  DOS  Scenario Decoder : System 3                      
 

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 SATURDAY۳JUNE8۳
 
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 FILENAME۳D#۳O/S۳DESCRIPTION۳
 Ĵ
  BLHF1M15.ZIP  15  DOS  F1 Manager 96                                    
  DGN-CP1.ZIP    1  WIN  Cross Poker                                      
  DSDX2F23.ZIP  24  DOS  Direct 3D                                        
  FBICS96A.ZIP   2  W95  CleanSweep 96                                    
  FBIE301A.ZIP   2  W95  Explorer v3.01b                                  
  HBD-KO07.ZIP  10  DOS  Kick Off 96                                      
  JELLY.ZIP      1  WIN  Jelly Fish Backgammon Tutor                      
  LSK-NAVJ.ZIP   1  WIN  Animated 3D SS                                   
  NOVWHO13.ZIP  13  W95  Win95 MultyMedia Help Office                     
  NRG-F502.ZIP  10  WIN  Frame Maker v5.0                                 
  NRG-SMG7.ZIP   7  DOS  Secret Mission                                   
  PSG-SS15.ZIP  15  DOS  Shell Shock                                      
  RTN-PSG5.ZIP   5  WIN  Pro Student                                      
  RTNWMAN2.ZIP   2  WIN  Wman                                             
  SDM-UE01.ZIP   1  DOS  UltraEdit v4.0b                                  
  TACMSNE3.ZIP   3  W95  MicroSoft NetMeeting                             
  UCF-SFTP.ZIP   1  DOS  ACDSee 95 v1.0                                   
  XADII201.ZIP   1  DOS  InstallIt v2.01                                  
 

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 SUNDAY۳JUNE9۳
 
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 FILENAME۳D#۳O/S۳DESCRIPTION۳
 Ĵ
  3DNS32.ZIP     1  W95  Netscape 3D Live                                 
  COPSACT.ZIP    1  W95  Certificates and Awards                          
  EXIT4WKS.ZIP   1  WIN  Exitilus Backup                                  
  FBIX11N.ZIP   10  WIN  X11 SS v2.4                                      
  HCO3OS21.ZIP  21  OS2  HCO v3.0 Beta                                    
  LGX-FCS2.ZIP   2  WIN  Fast Track Office                                
  LGX-STS1.ZIP   2  W95  Stationary Sets                                  
  LL-DK09.ZIP    9  DOS  Deathkeep                                        
  MDC-AW08.ZIP   8  WIN  Autoware v3.0                                    
  MTY-INT.ZIP    1  WIN  Internet ToolPak v2.0                            
  MTY-NET.ZIP    1  WIN  NetPak Professional                              
  MTY-XREF.ZIP   1  WIN  XRef Visual Basic Addon                          
  MTYAPIV2.ZIP   1  WIN  API Vision v1.5                                  
  NOR-SP06.ZIP   7  W95  Species                                          
  PIE-HD32.ZIP   1  W95  HotDog32 Personal Edition                        
  PIE-RAC5.ZIP   5  W95  Network Q RAC Rally v1.1                         
  PSGB2B23.ZIP  23  DOS  Back to Baghdad                                  
  PWAPOWB.ZIP    1  W95  PowerBasic Compiler                              
  RVX-RAS.ZIP    1  W95  RealAudio Personal Server                        
  TRD-TM30.ZIP  30  DOS  T-Mek                                            
  UCFCDQ95.ZIP   1  W95  CD-Quick                                         
 

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 MONDAY۳JUNE10۳
 
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 FILENAME۳D#۳O/S۳DESCRIPTION۳
 Ĵ
  ARTMAN3.ZIP    3  W95  Art Manager                                      
  BMAKER2.ZIP    1  WIN  Button Maker Pro                                 
  DGN-EG4.ZIP    8  DOS  Evil Gate                                        
  DOD-SE14.ZIP   5  WIN  SoftScape Exploerr Plus v1.0                     
  FBI-PS8.ZIP    8  WIN  Microsim Pspice v6.2                             
  MSQICU.ZIP     1  W95  Wildcat5! Internet Upgrade                       
  MSQWC5U.ZIP    1  W95  Wildcat5! BBS Upgrade                            
  MTYEVB4.ZIP    1  WIN  Enquiry                                          
  PCWMATH1.ZIP   5  W95  Math Blaster 2                                   
  PNCMNAV6.ZIP   6  W95  Metro Navigator Engine                           
  PST-FYFC.ZIP   1  OS2  FindYourFiles v1.2                               
  PST-MAGN.ZIP   1  OS2  Magnum BBS v9.00d2                               
  PST-SI4U.ZIP   1  WIN  SiteMeter v4.0+ Update                           
  PWASDB15.ZIP  15  WIN  Mr. Scanner                                      
  RBSPMW61.ZIP  61  W95  Print Master Gold Interactive MultiMedia         
  RTNG4EX8.ZIP   1  DOS  Gin4Ex                                           
  RVX-HPF.ZIP    1  W95  Hewlett Packard Family Font Pack                 
  SXN-S2SE.ZIP   1  DOS  Settlers 2 Campaign Selector                     
  TCL_R115.ZIP   1  W95  Ras Plus Beta 4 Build 115                        
  UCF-NOCL.ZIP   1  W95  NoClip v4.0                                      
  UCFIPW13.ZIP   1  WIN  Image-Pro v1.3                                   
  UCFMST19.ZIP   1  WIN  ModemSta v1.9                                    
  UCFTUN13.ZIP   1  WIN  Tune!It v1.30                                    
  XFMSA4.ZIP     1  W95  MS ClipArt Office                                
 

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 TUESDAY۳JUNE11۳
 
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 FILENAME۳D#۳O/S۳DESCRIPTION۳
 Ĵ
  CB4-APLY.ZIP   1  WIN  Amaplay                                          
  CB4-ARB4.ZIP   1  WIN  Ariadna v1.0 Beta 4                              
  CB4-AT04.ZIP   1  WIN  Alis Tango v1.0c                                 
  CB4-ATS2.ZIP   1  WIN  Authenticate Server v1.4b                        
  CFIX20-2.ZIP   1  W95  Chameleon Host Connectivity                      
  DMNAMOR5.ZIP   5  W95  Amortizer96                                      
  MTYNET18.ZIP   1  W95  Net Commander 95 v3.1                            
  MTYWCD42.ZIP   1  W95  Web Commander 95 v1.0                            
  PNCMNL41.ZIP  41  W95  Metro Navigator Los Angeles Pack                 
  PSGBHB36.ZIP  36  DOS  Frank Thomas' Big Hurt Baseball                  
  RBSMDB47.ZIP  47  W95  Micro House Tech Library v2.96                   
  RFFDBLIB.ZIP   1  WIN  SQL DB-Library                                   
  RS-K951.ZIP    4  W95  Key View 95                                      
  RTN-DP11.ZIP  11  WIN  All Dream                                        
  RVXHP6C3.ZIP   1  W95  Hewlett Packard Deskjet 600C                     
  SDMWC04.ZIP    4  WIN  Cakewalk v4.01                                   
  SMR-NP23.ZIP  23  WIN  National Parks of America                        
 

 Ŀ
 WEDNESDAY۳JUNE12۳
 
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 FILENAME۳D#۳O/S۳DESCRIPTION۳
 Ĵ
  CB4-CLP4.ZIP   4  WIN  Caligari Pioner v1.0                             
  LEG-CGS.ZIP    1  DOS  Cover Girl Strip Poker                           
  NOVPSP24.ZIP  24  WIN  Passport v2.12                                   
  PRMSIN20.ZIP  20  WIN  Primus Interactive                               
  PST-PALM.ZIP   1  OS2  PalmScan/2 v2.02 f                               
  PWAT351.ZIP    1  DOS  Telix v3.51                                      
  SACCT4-2.ZIP   4  WIN  Simply Accounting v4.0                           
  SCUMIJ31.ZIP   1  WIN  Cisco Internet Junction v1.2.1                   
  SCUMIJ95.ZIP   1  W95  Cisco Internet Junction v1.2.1                   
  SCUMIJNT.ZIP   1  WNT  Cisco Internet Junction v1.2.1                   
  SCUMPB42.ZIP  42  W95  MS Publisher 97 Beta 1 Build 184                 
  SMR-UE21.ZIP  21  WIN  SoftKey UFO Explorer                             
  TR-LAI7.ZIP    7  W95  LAN Inventory v3.20                              
  WATOUTW.ZIP    1  WIN  Watch Out Willi                                  
 

 Ŀ
 THURSDAY۳JUNE13۳
 
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 FILENAME۳D#۳O/S۳DESCRIPTION۳
 Ĵ
  ABI-MB.ZIP     1  DOS  MetaBalls IPAS                                   
  ABI-MGC.ZIP    1  DOS  Magic IPAS                                       
  BKZ-FPPW.ZIP   1  DOS  Publishing Wizard v1.1                           
  CB4-APOL.ZIP   1  DOS  Apollo v1.0                                      
  CB4-DSCP.ZIP   1  DOS  DiscPlay                                         
  CB4-EC12.ZIP   1  WIN  Easy CD v1.02                                    
  CB4-FAWP.ZIP   1  DOS  Fusion Application Wizard v1.5 Pro               
  CB4QMW2.ZIP    1  WIN  Quality management Tool v6.01                    
  MTYXING.ZIP    1  W95  Xing MPeg Player v3.0b                           
  PANZER21.ZIP  21  WIN  Panzer General                                   
  RBS-RECH.ZIP   1  W95  ReachOut v5.05                                   
  RTN-R415.ZIP   1  DOS  Rance v4.1                                       
  RTNTSL33.ZIP   1  DOS  Three Sisters                                    
  S-M51NT8.ZIP   8  WNT  Maestro v5.1                                     
  SVOICE2.ZIP    1  DOS  Pacific Images Communications Super Voice        
  XF-BO29.ZIP    1  WIN  Microsoft BackOffice SDK v2.0                    
 

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 FRIDAY۳JUNE14۳
 
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 FILENAME۳D#۳O/S۳DESCRIPTION۳
 Ĵ
  ABI-BNS.ZIP    1  DOS  Bones IPAS                                       
  ABI-DRP.ZIP    1  DOS  Drape IPAS                                       
  AX-VFR04.ZIP   4  W95  Virtua Fighter Remix Demo                        
  DOD-M302.ZIP   2  W95  MinuteMan v3.0                                   
  DODWSFTP.ZIP   1  WIN  WS FTP Pro                                       
  MTYCMPU2.ZIP   1  WIN  CompuView Navigator                              
  PSGCAT08.ZIP  20  DOS  CatFight                                         
  SU27RZR4.ZIP   4  DOS  SU-27 Flanker                                    
 

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 SATURDAY۳JUNE15۳
 
 Ŀ
 FILENAME۳D#۳O/S۳DESCRIPTION۳
 Ĵ
  AUTOWN19.ZIP   1  WIN  AutoWinNet Winsock Client Application            
  FAGENT10.ZIP   1  DOS  Forte Free Agent v1.0                            
  HSOLPSG7.ZIP   7  DOS  Hoyle Solitaire                                  
  LGX-OS2.ZIP    1  OS2  Virus Scan v2.2.11                               
  MTSFDX02.ZIP   1  W95  Flight Unlimited                                 
  NX10B3.ZIP     1  DOS  News Xpress v1.0 Beta 3                          
  PWAACL15.ZIP  15  W95  Autocad Lite R3                                  
  RBS14-43.ZIP   1  OS2  OS/2 Merlin Build 14                             
  ROR-NM21.ZIP  25  DOS  Mechwarrior 2 : Netmech                          
  S-VFX419.ZIP  22  WIN  Microsoft Visual FoxPro v4.0 Beta 1              
  WV169907.ZIP   1  WIN  WinVN                                            
 

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 SUNDAY۳JUNE16۳
 
 Ŀ
 FILENAME۳D#۳O/S۳DESCRIPTION۳
 Ĵ
  M8RRF-06.ZIP   6  DOS  Rebel Runner                                     
  MTYSTS21.ZIP  21  WIN  Symptoms                                         
  RFFMSIA.ZIP    1  WIN  Internet Assistant v2.0                          
  STORM-28.ZIP  31  WIN  S.T.O.R.M.                                       
  TRDPGV16.ZIP  16  WIN  Panzer General Voice Addons                      
  UCFWSFIN.ZIP   1  WIN  WSFinger                                         
  VMAP20-4.ZIP   4  WIN  Visual Map BCN v2.0                              
 

 Ŀ
 MONDAY۳JUNE17۳
 
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 FILENAME۳D#۳O/S۳DESCRIPTION۳
 Ĵ
  CELAWB22.ZIP   1  W95  CelAnimator Beta 2                               
  DOX-HPS4.ZIP   4  WIN  HP SureStore Backup Software                     
  INTUC21A.ZIP   1  DOS  VideoSoft VSView VBX                             
  KV41B310.ZIP  10  W95  Keyview 4.1 Beta 3                               
  M8SBOK35.ZIP  35  DOS  Spacebucks                                       
  MTYDISC7.ZIP   7  WIN  Microtest DiscPort                               
  PWA-BR07.ZIP   7  WIN  BRender v1.1.2                                   
 

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 TUESDAY۳JUNE18۳
 
 Ŀ
 FILENAME۳D#۳O/S۳DESCRIPTION۳
 Ĵ
  CB4-GWSP.ZIP   1  W95  Graphical Workshop Pro                           
  CREATIX7.ZIP   7  WIN  Creatix Online 3.12                              
  DMNCDESK.ZIP   1  WIN  Mail Desktop                                     
  E32PWA27.ZIP  27  WIN  EXTRA! Personal Client v6.1                      
  HIP-TCPA.ZIP  10  WIN  PC/TCP v4.0                                      
  PSG-AC2.ZIP   26  WIN  American CivilWar                                
  RFFC2I3.ZIP    3  W95  Connect 2 Internet                               
  S-TLKSW3.ZIP   3  WIN  Talk Show v3.1                                   
  SDM-A357.ZIP   7  DOS  AuthorWare v3.5 Beta 7                           
  UCFOMNI7.ZIP   1  W95  OmniPage Pro v7.0                                
  XF-WB962.ZIP   2  W95  WinBench 96                                      
 

 Ŀ
 WEDNESDAY۳JUNE19۳
 
 Ŀ
 FILENAME۳D#۳O/S۳DESCRIPTION۳
 Ĵ
  ABI-CATX.ZIP  33  DOS  AlleyCats                                        
  CB4-JWS3.ZIP   3  WIN  Java Work Show                                   
  CB4ENFRU.ZIP   1  WIN  Windows Enforcer v2.1                            
  CGNT20B1.ZIP   1  W95  CyberAgent Beta                                  
  CSTONE9.ZIP    9  WIN  CornerStone                                      
  DMNC9B1A.ZIP  10  W95  cc:Mail Release 7 v2.1                           
  DMNCCP15.ZIP   5  WIN  cc:Mail PostOffice Release 6 v2.1                
  DMNDOC95.ZIP   1  W95  Smart Doctor 95                                  
  E16PWA12.ZIP  41  WIN  Extra! Personal Client                           
  MSQ760D2.ZIP   2  DOS  Dr. Solomon Anti-Virus v7.60                     
  MSQW420D.ZIP   4  DOS  Wildcat v4.20                                    
  PCWYEO03.ZIP   3  W95  Your Eyes Only Beta v5.0                         
  PILSHP28.ZIP  28  DOS  Pilots Shop for Flight Simulator v5.0            
  PNCCS2B3.ZIP   1  WIN  CyberSearch v2.0 Beta 3                          
  PWA-VVBX.ZIP   1  DOS  VideoSoft VSView VBX                             
  SDM-PCN2.ZIP   2  WIN  Point Cast Network Beta 4                        
  WBDESIGN.ZIP   1  WIN  Avenge Corel Web Designer                        
  XFLWVP11.ZIP  11  DOS  ViewPoints DaraLab Models                        
 

 Ŀ
 THURSDAY۳JUNE20۳
 
 Ŀ
 FILENAME۳D#۳O/S۳DESCRIPTION۳
 Ĵ
  ALIFDOS1.ZIP   2  DOS  Afterlife DOS Upgrade                            
  ALIFE-40.ZIP  40  W95  Afterlife                                        
  DODCAFE9.ZIP   9  W95  Symantec Cafe v1.2                               
  DODCHSTB.ZIP   1  W95  Character Studio Max Plugin Beta                 
  LGX-WBC5.ZIP   5  W95  Web Construction Kit v2.0                        
  MSQ76W53.ZIP   3  W95  Dr. Solomon's Anti-virus v7.60                   
  PCWBTLTS.ZIP   1  DOS  Battle Tetris                                    
  PST-SSED.ZIP   1  DOS  Settlers II +61 Save Game Editor                 
  SCUMXRB3.ZIP   3  W95  NetXRay v1.2.94 Beta                             
  SVA-ET5.ZIP    5  WNT  EarthTime                                        
  SVA3DHD7.ZIP   7  WIN  Planix 3D Home Architect                         
  TBFFPSG2.ZIP   2  DOS  Terry Bradshaw Fantasy Football                  
  THCV9524.ZIP   1  W95  VirusScan v2.04                                  
  UCF-WS32.ZIP   1  WIN  Eric's WSock v2.01                               
  WCNAV508.ZIP   8  W95  WildCat v5.0 Navigator                           
  XFFX32R5.ZIP   5  W95  Intel 32-BIT to Alpha 32-BIT                     
 

 Ŀ
 FRIDAY۳JUNE21۳
 
 Ŀ
 FILENAME۳D#۳O/S۳DESCRIPTION۳
 Ĵ
  BZRCRAYA.ZIP  11  WIN  Crayola Art v1.3                                 
  CB4-CCL8.ZIP   8  WIN  Cyber Passage Conductor Libraries                
  CGNT20B4.ZIP  20  W95  CyberAgent Beta                                  
  COPSCAR.ZIP    1  WIN  Carley's Car Care Guide                          
  HBD-COSC.ZIP  12  DOS  Complete Onside Soccer                           
  LGX-TPP4.ZIP   1  WIN  Teach Yourself Power Point 4                     
  NRG-NF15.ZIP  15  OS2  NetFinity v3.05                                  
  PCC95DS1.ZIP   2  W95  PC-Cillin 95                                     
  PWA-TBP8.ZIP   8  W95  Turbo Publisher Build v3.03a                     
  PWANTBC5.ZIP   1  W95  BoundsChecker Professional                       
  PWASINT.ZIP    1  WNT  SoftIce                                          
  PWAVOX06.ZIP   1  W95  Voice                                            
  SADO-CD6.ZIP   6  W95  CorelDRAW Program Dir                            
  SDMGN32B.ZIP   2  W95  GrabNet v2.1                                     
  TDDXCP13.ZIP   1  DOS  X-Copy Professional v1.30                        
  THCIE405.ZIP   5  WIN  MS Internet Explorer v4.0                        
  THCJAVA3.ZIP  21  WIN  Web Site Programming Using Java                  
  VG-LREF2.ZIP   1  DOS  AH-64D Longbow Keyboard Commands                 
  XFTCP4-N.ZIP  14  OS2  TCP/IP v4.0                                      
 

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 SATURDAY۳JUNE22۳
 
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 FILENAME۳D#۳O/S۳DESCRIPTION۳
 Ĵ
  CB4-CW6B.ZIP   1  WIN  Clear Web v0.6b                                  
  DFR_PCT5.ZIP   6  W95  PC Tools                                         
  DODDLD14.ZIP  14  WNT  Lantastic Dedicated Server v1.1 Documents        
  DODDLT44.ZIP  44  WNT  Lantastic Dedicated Server v1.1                  
  ICREAT_1.ZIP   4  WIN  Internet Creative                                
  LGN-GRE2.ZIP   1  W95  Greetings v2.0                                   
  LGN-SP3.ZIP    1  W95  Schedule Plus v7.0                               
  MSQVP32.ZIP    1  W95  VuePrint Pro v4.6                                
  PCWNNAV3.ZIP   3  W95  Norton Navigator                                 
  PWALCB25.ZIP   6  W95  Lotus Components Beta 2                          
  RBS-ICCD.ZIP   1  W95  ICCD v3.2                                        
  RBSB1849.ZIP   1  OS2  OS/2 Warp v4.0                                   
  RQS_CD.ZIP     1  WIN  Audio CD Player                                  
  RTN-DRA2.ZIP   1  DOS  Hidden Dragon                                    
  THCNT20.ZIP   33  WNT  MS NT Server Build 1345                          
  THCRAM.ZIP     1  WIN  RamExam                                          
  UCFHEDIT.ZIP   1  DOS  HEdit v2.0                                       
  XF-OBJ16.ZIP  16  W95  Object Store v4.0.1                              
  XOLCATZ1.ZIP   5  WIN  Catz, Your Computer Petz                         
  XPLFR100.ZIP   1  WIN  Speed FileSreVerse v1.0                          
 

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 SUNDAY۳JUNE23۳
 
 Ŀ
 FILENAME۳D#۳O/S۳DESCRIPTION۳
 Ĵ
  DMNINO22.ZIP   2  OS2  InterNotes WEB Publisher v4.0                    
  INP!HM01.ZIP  16  DOS  Heroes of Might and Magic                        
  LGN-FC3.ZIP    3  WIN  FastCode 96                                      
  MIRAGB32.ZIP  32  WIN  Mirage Beta 3                                    
  MTYNC951.ZIP   2  W95  Norton Commander v1.01                           
  MTYPART6.ZIP   6  W95  Print Artist 1500                                
  PIXAR4.ZIP     4  W95  Pixar Typestry v2.0                              
  PWACDX37.ZIP   7  WNT  DiskExtender v3.00                               
  PWALCB26.ZIP   6  WIN  Lotus Components Beta 2                          
  RBS-METL.ZIP   1  WIN  Metz Lock v4.0                                   
  RBS-WRAR.ZIP   1  W95  RAR v2.00                                        
  SDPAWIN2.ZIP   2  WIN  S-Designor v5.0 Process Analyst                  
  STC-MANT.ZIP   1  WNT  McAffee Anti-virus                               
  TDDPD3CR.ZIP   1  DOS  Power Dolls v1.3 Crack                           
  UCFMAILA.ZIP   1  WIN  Mail Alert v1.0.8                                
  ULP2_221.ZIP   1  OS2  UpLoadProcessor/2 v2.21                          
  ULPU_220.ZIP   1  OS2  UpLoadProcessor v2.20 Update                     
  ULP_221.ZIP    1  OS2  UpLoadProcessor v2.21 Update                     
  UNT-P117.ZIP   1  DOS  Panthers in the Shadow v1.17 Update              
  UNT-T201.ZIP   1  DOS  Tigers on the Prowl v2.01 Update                 
 

 Ŀ
 MONDAY۳JUNE24۳
 
 Ŀ
 FILENAME۳D#۳O/S۳DESCRIPTION۳
 Ĵ
  ADVAN3D3.ZIP   3  W95  Smartcam Advanced 3D Machining v4.40             
  ADVFAB3.ZIP    3  W95  Advanced Fabrication v4.00                       
  CAMCON.ZIP     3  WIN  Smartcam Camera Connections                      
  CB4-MWC3.ZIP   3  WIN  Mindwire Internet Client v2.01                   
  COPNET4.ZIP    1  WNT  Open Post-It v4.0 Network                        
  DA-S76-2.ZIP   2  WNT  Dr. Solomon's Toolkit v7.60                      
  DMNRS123.ZIP   1  W95  RAS Plus/32 Beta 4 Build 123                     
  EPCC-14.ZIP   15  DOS  Command and Conquer Expansion Pack               
  ERA-AM16.ZIP   1  WIN  AMEOL v3.0                                       
  ERA-AMNT.ZIP   1  WNT  AMEOL v3.0                                       
  ERA-TXC2.ZIP   2  WIN  TaxCalc 96                                       
  ERA4DMSA.ZIP   4  WIN  Dr Schueler's Medical Advisor                    
  HSYTC322.ZIP   2  W95  Time & Chaos                                     
  MPTS.ZIP       1  OS2  MPTN                                             
  MTYKFM4.ZIP    1  WIN  Keller Fleet Maintence                           
  NGT-MTG2.ZIP   1  WIN  Movies to Go! v2.8                               
  PWALVN13.ZIP   3  W95  Lotus VideoNotes v1.2                            
  QEDE.ZIP       1  DOS  Starwars v0.12                                   
  R2PVTL11.ZIP   1  WIN  Virtus VRML Toolkit                              
  RBS-HTNT.ZIP   1  W95  HTML Notepad v2.0                                
  RBS-MHZI.ZIP   1  WIN  MicroHouse Zip                                   
  THC-FL03.ZIP   3  WIN  FotoLook v2.09 Beta                              
  THCHLP01.ZIP   2  WIN  Windows Help File Maker                          
  THCMDG11.ZIP  11  W95  MS Game Developers Kit                           
  TRD-OS25.ZIP  25  DOS  Onside Soccer Animation Addons                   
  TRD-OSF4.ZIP   4  DOS  Onside Soccer French Addons                      
  UCF-CDQR.ZIP   1  W95  CD-Quick v1.10                                   
  UCFCDQKM.ZIP   1  DOS  CD-Quick v1.30                                   
 

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 TUESDAY۳JUNE25۳
 
 Ŀ
 FILENAME۳D#۳O/S۳DESCRIPTION۳
 Ĵ
  DGN-IF23.ZIP   3  WIN  Invitations from Fantastic Stories               
  DMNCCP11.ZIP   5  W95  Mail PostOffice                                  
  DMNDOMIN.ZIP   1  W95  Domino WWW Server                                
  GNX95FPE.ZIP   1  W95  Focal Point 95 Communication Suite v5.01a        
  HPST16-A.ZIP   4  WIN  HP SureStore Backup Software,                    
  MTYPP212.ZIP   1  WIN  Wanderlink v2.12 with Proxy v1.6                 
  MTYZHPM2.ZIP   1  WIN  Zip!  Host Print Manager v1.01                   
  RBS-QBR1.ZIP   1  W95  Quickbooks v4.0 Update                           
  RTN-RCD4.ZIP   4  WIN  Ribbon                                           
  SDMNT302.ZIP   1  WIN  NetTerm v3.0.2                                   
  SDMTEM04.ZIP   1  WIN  Transcend Enterprise Manager v4.1                
  SDMTSVT5.ZIP   5  WIN  Transcend Status Tools                           
  VTOOLSD5.ZIP   1  W95  VtoolsD v2.01                                    
  XFICET95.ZIP   1  W95  Ice TCP 95                                       
  XFLW5C22.ZIP  22  W95  LightWave v5.0                                   
 

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

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  DSWPW01.ZIP    1  W95  Microsoft Web Publishing Wizard                  
  ERA-MSR.ZIP   18  WIN  Myst SS                                          
  F!MSE704.ZIP   4  W95  MS Excel v7.0 German Addons                      
  F!MSW703.ZIP   9  W95  MS Word v7.0 German Addons                       
  FDOOM30.ZIP   30  DOS  Final Doom                                       
  HBDCCEVE.ZIP   1  WIN  Command Companion : Eve of Domination            
  HXNOWS11.ZIP  13  WIN  Oracle Web Server for Solaris                    
  PWA-FTM5.ZIP   5  W95  Family TreeMaker v3.1                            
  RBSPB1F.ZIP    7  WIN  Packard Bell CBT April 96                        
  RTN-MEI3.ZIP   3  DOS  Lost in the City                                 
  UCF-NPFX.ZIP   1  WIN  Netscape Provider Maintenance v1.20              
  W4B18C20.ZIP  29  OS2  OS/2 Merlin Beta Build 18                        
  WIN95-17.ZIP  17  W95  MS Windows 95 Spanish                            
  XFEXCD15.ZIP  15  W95  MS Exchange Server                               
 

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  ERAMOK42.ZIP  42  WIN  Mind of a Killer                                 
  PSG-DW20.ZIP  22  W95  Doom 2                                           
  PSG-FD22.ZIP  29  W95  Final Doom                                       
  RBSSCA20.ZIP  20  W95  Scala v4.10                                      
  RS-CIDK5.ZIP   5  WIN  CheckIt Diagnostic Kit                           
  RZR-BP56.ZIP  56  DOS  Front Page Sports BaseBall 96                    
  SDM-ES11.ZIP  11  W95  Espresso v2.1.58                                 
  SDM-GWB2.ZIP   2  WNT  Gweb VRML Editor                                 
  THCNYEO2.ZIP   3  W95  Norton Your Eyes Only                            
  XFALTMS2.ZIP   2  WIN  DEC AltaVista Pop3 Mail Server                   
 

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  GIFCON01.ZIP   1  WIN  Gif Construction V2.0                            
  NJC-UR8.ZIP    8  WIN  Urban Runner Demo                                
  PAINT02.ZIP    2  WIN  Paint Shop Pro v4.0                              
  PRM-AE10.ZIP  10  WIN  Accent Express v2.0                              
  PSGFPB18.ZIP  31  DOS  Front Page Sports BaseBall 96                    
  PWAPCNE4.ZIP   4  W95  PCAnywhere v7.5                                  
  RGCLEN01.ZIP   1  W95  RegClean                                         
  RGSRCH01.ZIP   1  W95  Registry Search & Replace v1.00                  
  TGA-ACC7.ZIP   7  WIN  AccentDuo with Translation                       
  TGA-DAD5.ZIP   5  WIN  Davi-Address v5.1                                
 

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  INDY2W01.ZIP  14  W95  Indy Car Racing 2                                
  LL-LEN09.ZIP   9  WIN  Lenny's Musictoons                               
  MTYDRG12.ZIP  12  WIN  Drugs                                            
  MTYDSK21.ZIP  21  W95  Kid Desk                                         
  NOV5TH38.ZIP  38  WIN  5th Symphony Multimedia Experience v1.1          
  NOVSLW38.ZIP  38  WIN  Saber Lan Workstation v6.0                       
  PWALM656.ZIP  57  WIN  Lotus Mail v6.0 Client Release                   
  PWANTRC9.ZIP   9  WNT  Win NT v4.0 Release Candidate 1                  
  RTLLW5PI.ZIP   1  WIN  LightWave 5c PlugIn                              
  SIO155.ZIP     1  OS2  Ray Gwinn's Comm Drivers v1.55                   
 

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  DA-T702D.ZIP   1  DOS  Thunderbyte Antivirus v7.02                      
  GNS-FMP6.ZIP   6  WIN  FrameMaker Pro                                   
  MMBET07.ZIP    7  WIN  Manufacturing Manager v1.0 BETA                  
  MTYCAD14.ZIP  14  W95  Drafix QuickCAD v4.0                             
  MTYWC424.ZIP   4  DOS  WildCat v4.20                                    
  PPLUS5.ZIP     5  W95  Microsoft Plus!                                  
  PWAOPT25.ZIP  25  WIN  Optima+ v1.0 Developers Edition                  
  SEA10.ZIP     13  WIN  Second Degree Murder                             
  SILVER-1.ZIP   5  W95  Silverrun                                        
 

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  BURGER10.ZIP  10  WIN  Orion Burger                                     
  GNDWAR14.ZIP  14  WIN  Gender Wars                                      
  MMBET07.ZIP    7  WIN  Manufacturing Manager v1.0 BETA                  
  MTYCAD14.ZIP  14  W95  Drafix QuickCAD v4.0                             
  MTYWC424.ZIP   4  DOS  WildCat v4.20                                    
  NHLP23.ZIP    23  DOS  NHL PowerPlay                                    
  PSG-UD18.ZIP  21  W95  Ultimate Doom                                    
  RBSCATP7.ZIP   7  WIN  Catapult Server Beta 3                           
  RSE-MAC1.ZIP   2  W95  MacOpener                                        
 

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  CB4SAD24.ZIP  24  WIN  SuperTCP Suit 96 v1.2                            
  CB4WFR-9.ZIP   9  WIN  WinFrame v1.6 Service Pack 4                     
  COPSNDEF.ZIP   1  WIN  Norton Antivirus July                            
  DBDWBW22.ZIP  22  DOS  The Way Baseball Works Simulator v1.2            
  DKEEP03.ZIP    5  WIN  Disk Keeper v1.07                                
  EX20MTY8.ZIP   8  W95  Extra! X v2.0                                    
  MTYIDRV2.ZIP   2  WIN  InterDrive v4.12 (c) FTP Software Inc.           
  MTYNCUP2.ZIP   2  DOS  Norton Commander 95 Update                       
  RBSCATP7.ZIP   7  WIN  Catapult Server Beta 3                           
  XFLW5C20.ZIP  20  WIN  LightWave v5.0                                   
  XOLNM2-9.ZIP  11  WIN  NetMech Eight Player Pack                        
 


                                  
                                      
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       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 :                                                         
                                                                             
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   Ŀ  
                Dates of Upload Count : 06/10/96 -> 06/16/96               
     
                                                                             
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   Ŀ  
            User Handle/Alias          Affiliation     Upload Bytes        
         ͻ    
     #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      
         ͼ    
     
                                                                             
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       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 :                                                         
                                                                             
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   Ŀ  
                Dates of Upload Count : 06/17/96 -> 06/23/96               
     
                                                                             
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            User Handle/Alias          Affiliation     Upload Bytes        
         ͻ    
     #1    Xwing                     AMNESiA          600,110,475      
         ͹    
     #2    Nytemyst                  AMNESiA          567,103,220      
         ͹    
     #3    Maverick                  RiSC             468,919,979      
         ͹    
     #4    Erupt                     n/a              464,893,051      
         ͹    
     #5    LoLo                      RiSC             335,084,628      
         ͹    
     #6    Eci                       RiSC             322,391,271      
         ͹    
     #7    Phalycide                 n/a              301,339,503      
         ͹    
     #8    DarkwaVe                  AMNESiA          286,737,953      
         ͹    
     #9    Apocalypse                Empire           276,130,111      
         ͹    
     #10   Local Yocal               MALiCE           188,504,077      
         ͼ    
     
                                                                             
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       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 :                                                         
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
                Dates of Upload Count : 06/24/96 -> 06/30/96               
     
                                                                             
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   Ŀ  
            User Handle/Alias          Affiliation     Upload Bytes        
         ͻ    
     #1    Maverick                  RiSC             725,542,212      
         ͹    
     #2    Nytemyst                  AMNESiA          577,662,069      
         ͹    
     #3    Lunatic Genius            RiSC             491,461,354      
         ͹    
     #4    Erupt                     AMNESiA          402,247,291      
         ͹    
     #5    Xwing                     AMNESiA          395,430,900      
         ͹    
     #6    Phalycide                 AMNESiA          336,486,427      
         ͹    
     #7    Gremlin                   RiSC             323,258,564      
         ͹    
     #8    Suspicious Image          RiSC             258,175,360      
         ͹    
     #9    The Blue Adept            EVERLAST         230,545,552      
         ͹    
     #10   Asmodeus                  EVERLAST         214,934,479      
         ͼ    
     
                                                                             
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       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 :                                                         
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
                Dates of Upload Count : 07/01/96 -> 07/07/96               
     
                                                                             
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   Ŀ  
            User Handle/Alias          Affiliation     Upload Bytes        
         ͻ    
     #1    Nytemyst                  AMNESiA          532,207,830      
         ͹    
     #2    Mogens                    AMNESiA          522,567,354      
         ͹    
     #3    Stingray 6                RiSC             460,635,857      
         ͹    
     #4    Phalycide                 AMNESiA          476,457,303      
         ͹    
     #5    Zenith                    n/a              377,069,505      
         ͹    
     #6    Iron Man                  RAPiER           245,815,638      
         ͹    
     #7    Asmodeus                  EVERLAST         288,178,643      
         ͹    
     #8    Gremlin                   RiSC             275,605,935      
         ͹    
     #9    Suspicious Image          RiSC             248,245,525      
         ͹    
     #10   Over Drive                Stealth          232,308,632      
         ͼ    
     
                                                                             
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       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 :                                                     
                                                                             
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   Ŀ  
                Dates of Upload Count : 06/10/96 -> 06/16/96               
     
                                                                             
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   Ŀ  
            User Handle/Alias          Affiliation     Upload Bytes        
         ͻ    
     #1    Arch-Vile                 RiSC           1,158,386,113      
         ͹    
     #2    Bizzy                     fATE             400,002,392      
         ͹    
     #3    Razor Sharp               RiSC             399,417,148      
         ͹    
     #4    Lunatic Genius            RiSC             375,136,969      
         ͹    
     #5    Midnight Grave Digger     GODS             285,582,123      
         ͹    
     #6    Shatter Star              EVERLAST         280,922,376      
         ͹    
     #7    Zima Man                  Empire           202,606,980      
         ͹    
     #8    Darkside                  RiSC             197,357,754      
         ͹    
     #9    Apollo                    Stealth          188,450,378      
         ͹    
     #10   Rainbow                   RAPiER           171,789,123      
         ͼ    
     
                                                                             
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       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 :                                                     
                                                                             
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   Ŀ  
                Dates of Upload Count : 06/17/96 -> 06/23/96               
     
                                                                             
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   Ŀ  
            User Handle/Alias          Affiliation     Upload Bytes        
         ͻ    
     #1    Razor Sharp               RiSC             741,331,170      
         ͹    
     #2    Cyberjack                 RiSC             520,500,824      
         ͹    
     #3    Apollo                    Stealth          460,309,619      
         ͹    
     #4    Frost                     AMNESiA          383,240,794      
         ͹    
     #5    Bizzy                     fATE             356,347,571      
         ͹    
     #6    Darkside                  RiSC             255,365,537      
         ͹    
     #7    Davan                     AMNESiA          218,473,574      
         ͹    
     #8    Midnight Grave Digger     AMNESiA          205,292,034      
         ͹    
     #9    Skybum                    RiSC             166,427,164      
         ͹    
     #10   Crazy                     AMNESiA          105,706,825      
         ͼ    
     
                                                                             
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       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 :                                                     
                                                                             
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   Ŀ  
                Dates of Upload Count : 06/24/96 -> 06/30/96               
     
                                                                             
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   Ŀ  
            User Handle/Alias          Affiliation     Upload Bytes        
         ͻ    
     #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      
         ͼ    
     
                                                                             
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   dhe 3 fastest FTP sites in the WORLD.  The following is a chart of the    
   RCN top 10 couriers :                                                     
                                                                             
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   Ŀ  
                Dates of Upload Count : 07/01/96 -> 07/07/96               
     
                                                                             
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   Ŀ  
            User Handle/Alias          Affiliation     Upload Bytes        
         ͻ    
     #1    Bizzy                     fATE             977,697,892      
         ͹    
     #2    Frost                     Damage           667,814,417      
         ͹    
     #3    The Secret Agent          AMNESiA          575,287,722      
         ͹    
     #4    Cyberjack                 RiSC             467,665,370      
         ͹    
     #5    Cryptic Pain              AMNESiA          448,295,963      
         ͹    
     #6    Arch-Vile                 RiSC             430,861,481      
         ͹    
     #7    Ivanhoe                   RAPiER           161,964,849      
         ͹    
     #8    Prophet                   RiSC             147,729,752      
         ͹    
     #9    Lucifers Fear             RTS              118,023,175      
         ͹    
     #10   Rainbow                   RAPiER           117,967,290      
         ͼ    
     
                                                                             
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                                  d e a r   r o a d  r e b e l ! ߰

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       Welcome to Dear Road Rebel!  This is going to be YOUR column that is  
   a cross between Dear Abby and Dave Berry.  The most important part of     
   this is YOUR participation.  If you have ever had a question about the    
   scene or just a comment, here's the place!  Have you ever wanted to know  
   why some people do this or that?  ASK!  I would love to take it to the    
   extreme for you and we will be happy to research it!  I hope you have as  
   much fun with this as I will!  Remember, this is YOUR column!             
                                                                             
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   Dear RoadRebel,                                                           
                                                                             
       About the disk size/number of disks limit, here are my feelings.  It  
   is getting to where the 40 disk limit is hard to match.  Game sizes keep  
   growing, as do utils sizes, we can't keep the limit so low.  It would be  
   like saying my foot is growing, but I can only buy size 10 shoes.  There  
   are many utils coming out now that are very large, especially some of     
   the operating systems, you don't want only part of an operating system,   
   you want the whole thing.  I think the size of disks should stay small    
   enough to fit on 1 normal 1.44 meg floppy.  There should be a group of    
   one or 2 leaders from each games and utils group, that have a monthly     
   meeting on IRC, for each of their type of releases.  They could discuss   
   things like this, I personally think the current limit for games should   
   be 50, and utils 60.                                                      
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Manic                     
                                                                             
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   Dear Manic,                                                               
                                                                             
       50 disks for a game is fine, if the game is worth it, but when they   
   go higher it better be a GOOD game.  But I think that this 1.4 meg stuff  
   is shit.  There is really no point to it anymore, no one uses disks.      
   BUT, we need to come up with a new standard for relasing that all groups  
   can agree with.  I personally think thaty switching to 3 meg disks would  
   be the best, BUT it won't happen anytime soon of course.                  
                                                                             
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   Dear Road Rebel,                                                          
                                                                             
       I'm sure you have probably read about this topic in a computer game   
   magazine, but I'm telling you straight out, from warez kid, to warez      
   kid.  Many Groups like to release the games that are big, and are over    
   at least 30 megs.  That is how it seems to be to me.  I myself solely     
   judge a game on how long I play it, which sooner or later leads to        
   "gameplay."  If companies such as Origin keep releasing such big games,   
   like Wing Commander 4 (6 cd's), who is going to want to rip that, and     
   release that?  Exactly, no one.  My point is, I understand it is not the  
   releasing groups faults releasing big games, like Vikings, and Front      
   Page Sports Baseball 96 by Razor 1911.  I like to courier warez, for DSC  
   (Dark Side Couriers) and for PTA (Power Trading Arsenal) but aside from   
   all the couriering, I also like to play the games.  I don't think I am    
   the only one either.                                                      
                                                                             
       As a tip for releasing groups, look for games that you can play,      
   instead of watching, because most of the big games are packed with        
   boring, full motion video.  Don't get me wrong, full motion video was     
   awesome, when it first came out.  But now that FMV is overplayed, and is  
   found in most games, it is more boring than exciting.  Also, I have seen  
   a couple games where FMV has been perfectly filled in, to occupy ONE cd,  
   and an occasional TWO cds, but when you get to 4,5, and 6 cds, what the   
   hell?  To be totally honest with you, I had more fun playing the game     
   packed in the RCN E-Mags, than I did playing Wing Commander III.  If      
   more games were released that you could play, more people would play      
   them.                                                                     
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Retix                     
                                                                             
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   Dear Retix,                                                               
                                                                             
       I agree somewhat, BUT, I have played some larger games that I think   
   were ripped perfect.  A good case is Afterlife by Lucas Arts, the game    
   was 40 disks which made most people avoid it, BUT, I leeched it and it    
   was WELL worth the time, the only thing really ripped was the scenarios.  
   I asked Prestige to release them seperate, but of course I have leeched   
   huge shit that sucked.  As for FMV, most of it BLOWS!  Rip that shit      
   outa there!                                                               
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Road Rebel                
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Dear RoadRebel,                                                           
                                                                             
       In concern to the file size of many programs, I feel that it is a     
   waste to release programs more than like 20 disks because on my BBS I     
   noticed if I put a file online that is bigger than 12 disks, it rarely    
   gets downloaded unless the hype is so good for instance like Duke Nukem.  
   Why would someone waste their time downloading something for maybe 3 to   
   4 days and then have it needing a fix or not working all together.        
                                                                             
       Most people that I deal with on my system don't even have the         
   greatest computers with hard drives of like 800 megs.  Why are they       
   going to want something taking up like 200 megs???  I think it is good    
   to make some CD-rips but do them in parts like some groups are beginning  
   to do like make it a mininum CD-rip then for all those who have the time  
   and space make a sound addon then a graphics addon so that everyone who   
   wants to enjoy the game can have a chance to.                             
                                                                             
       For instance, people on my BBS want a Need for Speed SE minimum       
   CD-Rip because 56 disks is just way too many to download.  I think        
   bigger releases are good though for Internet traders with shells because  
   they have the ability to grab the files a lot quicker.                    
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   HBKid                     
                                                                             
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   Dear HBKid,                                                               
                                                                             
       Well, I will leech anything off a bbs if I have the time, BUT, when   
   I was a sysop, I know that some people wouldn't go over like 10 disks so  
   I know what you are saying.  I also think Need for Speed SE was a waste   
   of time, I mean come on.  I think we would feel better about these huge   
   games if the release groups would use their minds and look at what they   
   are releasing first.                                                      
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Road Rebel                
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Dear Road Rebel,                                                          
                                                                             
       There has been a lot of crap said about IRC operators in RCN lately,  
   and a lot more said about them in channel #RCN.  I'd like to begin by     
   saying that IRC ops are NOT our enemies.  Sure, we've all ran into them,  
   and we've all sworn revenge at one point or another, but if you know how  
   to deal with them, it isn't that big of a deal.  Let me offer a few       
   suggestions.                                                              
                                                                             
       IRC ops do NOT take out personal vendettas.  When they /kill you,     
   they are doing their job.  Only once was I mistakenly /killed and not     
   apologized too.  They have a rather difficult job to do.  You've got to   
   remember that not everyone uses mass cloning to flood people and stuff.   
   People don't know anything about it, and those people shouldn't have to   
   put up with it.  IRC ops are trying to keep IRC up and running for        
   beginners.  Back in the day EfNet was created, it was just that.          
   However with the adding of more servers and the attraction IRC had too    
   good coders/hackers, people found ways to take advantages of bugs in      
   servers.                                                                  
                                                                             
       DO NOT RUN CLONES.  It's that freaking simple.  If you are so lame    
   you can't take out a channel with a time stamp collider, foreign          
   servers, or some ICMP flooding, then don't bother coming in to harass     
   people with your clones.  There are so many people who think crap like    
   textbox and smoke are the coolest things around, but think about it, if   
   they were, why would they be freely distributed?                          
                                                                             
       Understand that IRC ops are just doing their job.  If they /kill      
   you, apologize, show you don't hold it against them.  They don't sit      
   there /kill'ing people going "hehehHEEHEHEhehehehheh yeah cool cool die   
   die heehehaehHEHEHE."  No, they are simply trying to keep EfNet free of   
   lamers.  Most of them don't give a crap about it, just wait until they    
   go away and do it again.                                                  
                                                                             
       I have made a LOT of IRC op friends.  They are pretty damn fun to     
   talk to, if you just give them a chance.  They've helped/saved my ass on  
   more than one occasion.  I know for a fact almost every major IRC op      
   knows I run a crapload of bots, but they don't go around k-lining me      
   because it isn't a big deal.  And I'm nice about it.  I've been told      
   before by various IRC ops that another IRC op or them doesn't like my     
   bot on their server.  So I take it off, no big deal at all.  Don't argue  
   with individuals.  It's their machine, they can do whatever they want.    
   One time, an oper from epix.net said I was "famous."  Heh, I did a        
   little digging and found out I have been talked about sometimes.  The     
   point is this, we're all bad ass IRC hackers, yeah, we know.              
                                                                             
       Try and remember, just for a second, back to your first time on IRC.  
   Yeah, you're sitting there on your Netcom shell account, loaded ircII     
   and wondering how the HELL you talk to people.  After spending about 2    
   hours in the help files for ircII you figure it's time to type            
   /channelsor whatever it was and join the first thing that caught your     
   eye.  So you join up#!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!3yearoldsexpicswithrblchickn  
   and expect to find some rather interesting discussion, only instead to    
   find the channel taken over and you suddenly quit irc with "Excess        
   Flood."  Well, you would have had NO idea how to defend yourself.  This   
   is what IRC ops are for, to help the new guys.  Everytime an IRC op       
   steps in to make me give back a channel I've taken over, he always says   
   "Just let things cool down and take it back later tonight, I got a job    
   to do here."  Or something like that.  And don't go knocking Moogle,      
   he's killed my bots a couple times, but he saved #Sailormoon twice last   
   week.                                                                     
                                                                             
       The point I'm trying to make here guys, is show a little              
   understanding and cooperation.  You might make a rather powerful friend.  
   And even if you don't, you always got someone who won't hesitate to       
   answer a question or help you out when you are having problems.  It's     
   what they are for, they aren't all fascist dictators, nor are they all    
   Communists, so don't sweat it.  The last thing to remember is, NEVER      
   flood an IRC op.  If you're that stupid, you deserve whatever you get.    
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Lightwing                 
                                                                             
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   Dear Lightwing,                                                           
                                                                             
       I don't think we said that all IRC ops are dicks, BUT, I would        
   venture say say at least 50% are power hungry pricks that like to push    
   people around.  But, I have also learned you can get a lot done just      
   talking to IRC ops and not bitching at them.  As far as not ragging,      
   Moogle goes.  I think an IRC op that make a statement "I can kill people  
   for no reason if I want to" should be screwed with and pissed off as      
   much as possible.  That is like a cop saying, "I can shoot people for no  
   reason."  And you forgot to say, IRC ops all seem to know each other,     
   and they all talk.  I am banned off servers I have never been on, and     
   some I have never done anything wrong on!                                 
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Road Rebel                
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Next Week's Topic : Too Addicted?                                         
                                                                             
       How do you know when you spend too much time online?  How much is     
   too much?                                                                 
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Please email all responses to an385786@anon.penet.fi.                     
                                                                             
                                                                             
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        ݰ ݰ     
                 ܰ       
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                         a s t r o l o g y ! 

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       The following details your forecasts depending on your astrological   
   sign.  Each sign designates your personal lucky numbers of the week.      
   The following specific areas of focus include those of love and warez :   
                                                                             
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   Forecast of the week : Positive planetary movement when Jupiter is        
   linked to Mercury will bring a new upward hill toward all goals.  Things  
   may seem though, but your labor will prove worthwhile if you stuck with   
   it!                                                                       
                                                                             
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   <Aquarius> (January 21 to February 19) : Your consideration of a          
              leadership position in a prominent warez group would benefit   
              from a second opinion, so try to keep an open mind.  A         
              long-term decision made later in the week will reap rewards    
              at the end of the month.  Trust your intuition.                
                                                                             
   <Pisces> (February 20 to March 20) : A romantic, creative or group        
            objective is well within your grasp as long as you have the      
            courage and commitment to pursue it.  The Sun and Mercury in     
            your fellow water sign of Cancer are focusing on the sunny side  
            of life.  This is your week, enjoy it!                           
                                                                             
   <Aries> (March 21 to April 20) : Friendly persuasion will serve you       
           better than strongarm tactics this week.  Pay close attention to  
           particulars that hang with you in group IRC channels, and avoid   
           being excessively ambitious.  Thursday's Sun-Mercury liaison      
           will help you resolve a conflict you may have with some friends   
           in a group IRC channel, but you must first be willing to let      
           others have their say.                                            
                                                                             
   <Taurus> (April 21 to May 21) : An offer or opportunity may sound better  
            than it really is, but it is still worth exploring.  With        
            Mercury and Jupiter united early in the week, you may be         
            tempted to state your terms a little too forcefully.  Listen to  
            those who know more than you do.                                 
                                                                             
   <Gemini> (May 22 to June 21) : With your ruler Mercury linked to both     
            Jupiter and the Sun, you can put the finishing touches on        
            relationships as long as you recognize the risks involved.       
            Don't allow yourself to be sidetracked by people who have more   
            time but less good sense than you.                               
                                                                             
   <Cancer> (June 22 to July 23) : Positive planetary activity in the        
            partnership angel of your solar chart will enhance an existing   
            relationship or pave the way for a new one.  Plans made toward   
            the end of the week should reach fruition around the Full Moon   
            on the 30th.                                                     
                                                                             
   <Leo> (July 24 to August 23) : You must determine whether to follow your  
         gut feelings or take the logical approach regarding admission to a  
         group this week.  Stick with your instincts and you won't go far    
         wrong.  The Sun, your ruler, aligned with Mercury on Thursday will  
         bring good advice from an unexpected direction.                     
                                                                             
   <Virgo> (August 24 to September 23) : Money or worries about a position   
           in a prominent warez group may be causing you to neglect other    
           responsibilities, but with your ruler Mercury positively linked   
           to Jupiter and the Sun this week, you are wonderfully placed to   
           decide how best to satisfy your personal needs.  Don't be afraid  
           to spend time and money on yourself.  You deserve it!             
                                                                             
   <Libra> (September 24 to October 23 ) : No matter how disruptive the      
           events of the past 12 months have been, your life now appears to  
           be on an upward curve.  In fact, this week's stimulating          
           celestial influences should make you realize just how close you   
           are to reaching a certain goal.  Just be careful not to overlook  
           an important detail.                                              
                                                                             
   <Scorpio> (October 24 to November 22) : Something that seems like a       
             brilliant scheme may turn out to be no more than a routine      
             idea when inventive Mercury joins forces with optimistic        
             Jupiter early in the week.  Go ahead by all means, but be sure  
             you appreciate the plan's true nature before committing to it.  
                                                                             
   <Sagittarius> (November 23 to December 21) : Matters of group status and  
                 affiliation are once again on the agenda, but now it        
                 appears that you have a very real shot at improving your    
                 circumstances.  Your ruler, Jupiter, linked to Mercury,     
                 may provide you with a sensible solution as long as there   
                 are not too many strings attached.                          
                                                                             
   <Capricorn> (December 22 to January 20) : Someone close is about to put   
               forward a proposal or suggestion that could have lasting      
               implications.  Knowing exactly what you want from the         
               relationship will offer the best chance of achieving it.      
               Don't be influenced by other's advice, your own judgment is   
               sound.                                                        
                                                                             
                                                                             
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                          ߰   ܰ
                 ܰ  
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                                              ߰
                        h a c k e r z   c o r n e r !

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     Author  : Trip                                                          
     Subject : Phreaking for the Absolute Beginner                           
                                                                             
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       First off, you need to know that phone phreaking is ILLEGAL, and you  
   can get in trouble for it.  But let's not worry about that yet.  For the  
   beginner phreaker, I would suggest beige-boxing.  Beige-boxing let's you  
   use somebody elses' phone line to make calls.  Calls that THEY have to    
   pay for.  Here is what you are going to need :                            
                                                                             
       1.) A regular old touch-tone phone                                    
       2.) A regular phone cord                                              
       3.) Wire strippers                                                    
       4.) 2 alligator clips                                                 
       5.) Screwdriver                                                       
       6.) Electrical tape                                                   
       7.) Some 900 numbers to have fun with                                 
                                                                             
       All right, so you have all this stuff and now you need to know what   
   to do with it.  First off, you will need to cut one end of your phone     
   cord off.  Now strip the outside covering off about 4-5 inches.  You      
   should see a red, green, yellow and a black wire.  You will not be        
   needing the yellow or the black one, so you can either cut them both off  
   or leave them there.  Now you need to strip the covering off the red and  
   the green wires.  This normally can't be done with regular                
   wire-strippers, so I just use a knife.                                    
                                                                             
       After you have the RED and the GREEN wires stripped, you need to      
   attach the green one to a green alligator clip (preferrably) and the red  
   one to a red alligator clip.  It makes it a lot easier to match the wire  
   colors to the color of the alligator clips (the color thing isn't         
   important now, but it will be after you become more advanced.  Now you    
   need to cover up this connection between the alligator clips and the      
   wires by wrapping it with electrical tape.                                
                                                                             
       Now, you are ready to find a house or a phone box to phreak.  It is   
   a LOT easier and safer beige-boxing off somebody elses' house that is to  
   beige-box a bell phone box (phone boxes are what you see in front of      
   your house, and on the side of the street, etc.).  To find a house to     
   phreak, you will need to take a look around your neighborhood.  It is     
   safest to do it on some old ladies' house who lives close to you.  And    
   only do this at night, after 11 pm is always good.  The house should be   
   somewhat close to your house, because you don't want to have to walk      
   through a big neighborhood late at night, especially if you are under     
   18, because the cops will stop you and ask you what you are doing, and    
   ask you what's in your back pack.  It would really suck to have to open   
   your bag and pull out a beige-box for the cop.  And they get pissed and   
   tell you to go home.                                                      
                                                                             
       Once you have found a house, be aware of your surroundings.  Be sure  
   there are not people, feds, and pac-bell workers around.  Now you will    
   need to go to the side of the house, where the utilities are.  The        
   utilities consist of the fuse box, television, and TELEPHONE!.  You       
   should see two panels, one labeled "television", and one labeled          
   "telephone" with a little bell logo on it.  As I hope you already have    
   figured out, we will be using the one that says "telephone."  Using a     
   flathead screwdriver, take off the panel, and you should see a grey       
   rubber covering.  Take the rubber covering off, and you will see a small  
   black box with 4 screws sticking out or you might see 4 bolts sticking    
   out.  Now take your alligator clips and clip them both onto 2 of the 4    
   screws.  Now plug the phone cord into the phone, pick up the phone, and   
   you should now have a dial tone!                                          
                                                                             
       If you do not have a dial tone, you may not have connected the phone  
   cord wires to the alligator clips correctly, or you may need to           
   re-adjust the alligator clips onto the screw, or try the other 2 screws.  
   You can now call wherever you want and it doesn't cost you a penny.  To   
   find out the number that you are calling from, call 1-800-MY-ANI-IS.      
                                                                             
       When you are done, make SURE that you cover up your tracks, so        
   suspision of your presence does not arouse.  I ususally crank-call        
   people in New York (I am in California by the way) and fuck with them.    
   Another cool thing to do is call up some 900 numbers.  Boy those numbers  
   really get expensive.  I've seen $7.50 per MINUTE.  But who gives a       
   fuck, you don't have to pay for it.  Harrassing the operator is also      
   fun.  Have fun my fellow phreaks.                                         
                                                                             
                                                                             
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                                    ް   
      ߰ ݰݰ    ߰ ܰ  ݰ   ݰ
               ۰ ܰ             
             ߰                          ۰
                       ߰                          ߰      
                        w a r e   i q   t e s t                            

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       Test your knowledge of the WAREZ SCENE!  The following are TEN mind   
   boggling "YOU DON'T KNOW NOTHIN'" questions!  Enter all your answers in,  
   and when you feel you're happy with them, press F10 and the computer      
   will tally up your score and spit it out at you.  For every question you  
   missed, the computer will indicate the correct answer.  Oh, and if you    
   feel like "You Don't Know Nothin'" midway through the quiz and don't      
   want to embarrass yourself with an incredibly low score, press ESC and    
   you'll be back on the bright side of RCN, the awesome music will calm     
   you down, and all will be well again.. enjoy!                             
                                                                             
   *PS* All answers are found in issues of RCN!                              
                                                                             
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    1 Celestian frequents one of the following IRC channels :              
                                                                             
    [ ] A. #Lesbian                                                          
    [ ] B. #Lesbiansex                                                       
    [] C. #Lespics                                                          
    [ ] D. #Winterhawk                                                       
                                                                             
    2 FTP stands for :                                                     
                                                                             
    [ ] A. File Transfer Production                                          
    [ ] B. File Transfer Protocol                                            
    [ ] C. Full Throttle Pirates                                             
    [] D. Two of the Above                                                  
                                                                             
    3 Mikeysoft was once a leader of this courier group :                  
                                                                             
    [ ] A. Malice                                                            
    [ ] B. Nokturnal Trading Alliance                                        
    [ ] C. Request to Send                                                   
    [] D. Rise in Superior Couriering                                       
                                                                             
    4 Sonic, the first op of channel #Warez666, was once a senior member   
        of all of the following groups EXCEPT :                              
                                                                             
    [ ] A. Foundation                                                        
    [] B. Fucking Sweet Warez                                               
    [ ] C. Second Foundation                                                 
    [ ] D. None of the Above                                                 
                                                                             
    5 The acronym of the AOL courier group UPS is short for :              
                                                                             
    [ ] A. Fast Action Trade Exchange                                        
    [ ] B. Rise in Superior Couriering                                       
    [ ] C. United Pirating Spreaders                                         
    [] D. None of the Above                                                 
                                                                             
    6 Rebel Chicken enjoys being an op in this channel :                   
                                                                             
    [ ] A. #Gaysex                                                           
    [ ] B. #Lesbian                                                          
    [ ] C. #Rapesex                                                          
    [] D. #Sailormoon                                                       
                                                                             
    7 Members of this group released NHL Powerplay with the knowledge      
        that the game was not cracked :                                      
                                                                             
    [] A. Coredump                                                          
    [ ] B. Napalm                                                            
    [ ] C. Prestige                                                          
    [ ] D. Tyranny                                                           
                                                                             
    8 This person is not part of Request to Send's Council :               
                                                                             
    [ ] A. Cryptic Pain                                                      
    [] B. Ordnance                                                          
    [ ] C. Ninja                                                             
    [ ] D. The Krazy Little Punk                                             
                                                                             
    9 The Rebels WHQ is located in this country :                          
                                                                             
    [ ] A. Japan                                                             
    [ ] B. Sweden                                                            
    [ ] C. United States                                                     
    [] D. None of the Above                                                 
                                                                             
    10 This person is the President of Rapier :                            
                                                                             
    [ ] A. Fugitive                                                          
    [ ] B. Manhunter                                                         
    [ ] C. Rom Racer                                                         
    [] D. None of the Above                                                 
                                                                             
                                                                             
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                      ܰ   ߰
              r c n                    
                             ܰ ۰   
    ݰ  ۰      ݰݰ ݰ 
                            ۰        
                   ܰ   ް        
                               ߰     
                       v o t i n g !        

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       If you didn't vote, don't complain!  The following is a chart         
   summarizing reader votes regarding release groups :                       
                                                                             
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                   Votes Sent From : 06/10/96 -> 06/16/96                  
     
                                                                             
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                            Voting Results : Games                           
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
         ͻ   
    HBD    29 Votes                         
         ͹   
    NPM    17 Votes                                     
         ͹   
    PSG    45 Votes         
         ͹   
    RZR    34 Votes                    
         ͹   
    ROR    18 Votes                                    
         ͼ   
   Ĵ  
    Total Votes : 143                                                      
     
                                                                             
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                            Voting Results : Utils                           
                                                                             
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         ͻ   
    DMN    5 Votes                                                  
         ͹   
    DOD    15 Votes                                       
         ͹   
    LGX   n/a                                                            
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    MTY    22 Votes                                
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    PNC    8 Votes                                               
         ͹   
    PWA    31 Votes                       
         ͹   
    RBS    30 Votes                        
         ͹   
    SCUM   15 Votes                                       
         ͹   
    SDM    5 Votes                                                  
         ͹   
    X-F    22 Votes                                
         ͼ   
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    Total Votes : 150                                                      
     
                                                                             
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              r c n                    
                             ܰ ۰   
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                            ۰        
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                               ߰     
                       v o t i n g !        

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       If you didn't vote, don't complain!  The following is a chart         
   summarizing reader votes regarding release groups :                       
                                                                             
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                   Votes Sent From : 06/17/96 -> 06/23/96                  
     
                                                                             
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                            Voting Results : Games                           
                                                                             
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         ͻ   
    HBD    18 Votes                                    
         ͹   
    NPM    15 Votes                                       
         ͹   
    PSG     43 Votes          
         ͹   
    RZR    39 Votes               
         ͹   
    ROR    13 Votes                                         
         ͼ   
   Ĵ  
    Total Votes : 128                                                      
     
                                                                             
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                            Voting Results : Utils                           
                                                                             
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         ͻ   
    DMN    3 Votes                                                    
         ͹   
    DOD    10 Votes                                            
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    LGX    3 Votes                                                    
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    MTY    15 Votes                                       
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    PNC     5 Votes                                                 
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    PWA    35 Votes                   
         ͹   
    RBS    33 Votes                        
         ͹   
    SCUM   9 Votes                                              
         ͹   
    SDM    2 Votes                                                     
         ͹   
    X-F    15 Votes                                       
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    Total Votes : 130                                                      
     
                                                                             
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              r c n                    
                             ܰ ۰   
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                            ۰        
                   ܰ   ް        
                               ߰     
                       v o t i n g !        

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       If you didn't vote, don't complain!  The following is a chart         
   summarizing reader votes regarding release groups :                       
                                                                             
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                   Votes Sent From : 06/24/96 -> 06/30/96                  
     
                                                                             
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                            Voting Results : Games                           
                                                                             
   Ŀ  
         ͻ   
    HBD    28 Votes                                        
         ͹   
    NPM    19 Votes                                            
         ͹   
    PSG    53 Votes                           
         ͹   
    RZR    44 Votes                                
         ͹   
    ROR    6 Votes                                                    
         ͼ   
   Ĵ  
    Total Votes : 150                                                      
     
                                                                             
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                            Voting Results : Utils                           
                                                                             
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         ͻ   
    DMN    4 Votes                                                   
         ͹   
    DOD    11 Votes                                           
         ͹   
    LGX   n/a                                                            
         ͹   
    MTY    25 Votes                             
         ͹   
    PNC    7 Votes                                                
         ͹   
    PWA    37 Votes                 
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    RBS    30 Votes                           
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    SCUM   9 Votes                                              
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    SDM    6 Votes                                                 
         ͹   
    X-F    21 Votes                                 
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    Total Votes : 150                                                      
     
                                                                             
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              r c n                    
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    HBD    20 Votes                                            
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    NPM    33 Votes                                     
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    PSG    59 Votes                        
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    RZR    35 Votes                                    
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    ROR    2 Votes                                                      
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    Total Votes : 149                                                      
     
                                                                             
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    DOD    14 Votes                                        
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    LGN    4 Votes                                                   
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    MTY    26 Votes                            
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    PNC    14 Votes                                        
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    PWA    28 Votes                          
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    RBS    27 Votes                           
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    SCUM   7 Votes                                                
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    SDM    3 Votes                                                    
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    X-F    21 Votes                                 
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    Total Votes : 148                                                      
     
                                                                             
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       The following is a short survey on the popularity of the major scene  
   groups.  Please take the time to fill it out and return it to the         
   following address :                                                       
                                                                             
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    Which GAMES group is #1?                                                 
                                                                             
    [ ] Hybrid                                                               
    [ ] Napalm                                                               
    [ ] Prestige                                                             
    [ ] Razor 1911                                                           
    [ ] Release on Rampage                                                   
                                                                             
    Which UTILS group is #1?                                                 
                                                                             
    [ ] Demolition                                                           
    [ ] Drink or Die                                                         
    [ ] Legion                                                               
    [ ] Mortality                                                            
    [ ] Pinnacle                                                             
    [ ] Pirates with Attitudes                                               
    [ ] Rebels                                                               
    [ ] Scum                                                                 
    [ ] Sodom                                                                
    [ ] X-Force                                                              
                                                                             
    Which TRADE group is #1 in the field of NET couriering?                  
                                                                             
    [ ] Amnesia                                                              
    [ ] Damage                                                               
    [ ] Empire                                                               
    [ ] Everlast                                                             
    [ ] Fast Action Trading Exchange                                         
    [ ] Malice                                                               
    [ ] Motiv8                                                               
    [ ] Power Trading Arsenal                                                
    [ ] 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                                                               
    [ ] Power Trading Arsenal                                                
    [ ] Request to Send                                                      
    [ ] Rise in Superior Couriering                                          
                                                                             
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   Please email all responses to an385786@anon.penet.fi.                     
                                                                             
                                                                             
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    TAC    5 Votes                                                  
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    EMP    7 Votes                                                
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    EVR    30 Votes                        
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    fATE   15 Votes                                       
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    GODS  n/a                                                            
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    MAL    12 Votes                                          
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    M8     10 Votes                                            
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    RTS    8 Votes                                               
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    RiSC   32 Votes                      
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    SIN    3 Votes                                                    
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    Total Votes : 122                                                      
     
                                                                             
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    TAC    5 Votes                                                  
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    EMP    3 Votes                                                    
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    EVR    15 Votes                                       
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    fATE   30 Votes                        
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    GODS  n/a                                                            
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    MAL    15 Votes                                       
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    M8     9 Votes                                              
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    RTS    13 Votes                                         
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    RiSC   35 Votes                   
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    SIN    5 Votes                                                  
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    Total Votes : 130                                                      
     
                                                                             
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    EMP    12 Votes                                          
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    EVR    28 Votes                          
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    fATE   22 Votes                                
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    GODS   3 Votes                                                    
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    MAL    5 Votes                                                  
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    M8     12 Votes                                          
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    RPR    15 Votes                                       
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    RTS    6 Votes                                                 
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    RiSC   34 Votes                    
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    SIN    2 Votes                                                     
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    Total Votes : 139                                                      
     
                                                                             
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    EMP    12 Votes                                          
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    EVR    25 Votes                             
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    fATE   15 Votes                                       
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    GODS   11 Votes                                           
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    MAL    2 Votes                                                     
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    M8     18 Votes                                    
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    RPR    9 Votes                                              
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    RTS    8 Votes                                               
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    RiSC   40 Votes              
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    SIN    4 Votes                                                   
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    Total Votes : 144                                                      
     
                                                                             
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                   Votes Sent From : 06/24/96 -> 06/30/96                  
     
                                                                             
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    AMN    15 Votes                                       
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    DGT   n/a                                                            
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    EMP    22 Votes                                
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    EVR    30 Votes                        
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    fATE   16 Votes                                      
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    MAL    9 Votes                                              
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    M8     8 Votes                                               
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    RPR    13 Votes                                          
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    RTS    2 Votes                                                     
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    RiSC   39 Votes               
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    Total Votes : 154                                                      
     
                                                                             
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    AMN    22 Votes                                
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    DGT   n/a                                                            
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    AMN    17 Votes                                     
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    EVR    12 Votes                                          
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    fATE   20 Votes                                  
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    MAL    8 Votes                                               
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    M8     16 Votes                                      
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    RPR    11 Votes                                           
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    RTS    2 Votes                                                     
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    RiSC   42 Votes            
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                   Votes Sent From : 07/01/96 -> 07/06/96                  
     
                                                                             
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    AMN    31 Votes                       
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    DMG    4 Votes                                                   
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    EMP    24 Votes                              
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    EVR    34 Votes                    
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    fATE   12 Votes                                          
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    MAL    1 Votes                                                      
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    RPR   n/a                                                            
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    RTS    3 Votes                                                    
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    RiSC   35 Votes                   
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    AMN    26 Votes                            
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    DMG    17 Votes                                     
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    EMP    21 Votes                                 
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    EVR    16 Votes                                      
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    fATE   24 Votes                              
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    MAL    3 Votes                                                    
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    M8     1 Votes                                                      
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    RPR   n/a                                                            
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    RTS    2 Votes                                                     
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    RiSC   30 Votes                        
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        ߰                       
                    ߰߰           ߰           
                                s u r v e y !                ߰

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       The following is a short readership survey.  All information          
   obtained from the survey will be used to help improve RCN in future       
   issues.   Please take the time to fill it out and return it to the        
   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                                                        
                                                                             
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 ߰       m a d   r c n !                    
                              

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     Author  : Tuxedo Mask                                                   
     Subject : Entropy Makes a Pass                                          
                                                                             
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       No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons, and/or   
   institutions in this magazine with those of any living or dead person or  
   institution is intended, and any such similarity which may exist is       
   purely coincidental.                                                      
                                                                             
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   *** RblChickn (rblchickn@westworld.com) has joined channel #Gaysex        
                                                                             
   *** Topic for #Gaysex : We are Coredump!  We are gay!                     
   *** Topic for #Gaysex set by Entropy on July 7 16:14:46                   
                                                                             
   *** Users on #Gaysex : RblChickn @Entropy @Samurai @X-Factor @Venom       
                          @PForm @DarkSoul @Lester @Romen @Arcturus @Raptor  
                          @Talon @H_Penguin                                  
                                                                             
   -Habanero- Welcome to #Gaysex, RblChickn.  I'm Habanero, an eggdrop bot.  
   -Habanero- If you plan to become a regular on #Gaysex,                    
   -Habanero-  '/msg Habanero fuckme' and I'll add you to the userlist!      
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> Entropy, why the hell did you invite me here?  You know I'm   
               not gay.  I don't even like being in channels like this.      
                                                                             
   <Entropy> I heard rumors that you were desperate for a relationship.  I   
             heard you weren't having much success with girls, so may be     
             you should give up on the opposite sex and start looking for    
             relationships with gay men like me.                             
                                                                             
   * Entropy kisses Rebel Chicken.  Let's do more.  I'm free for tonight.    
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> Eeeeiiiiiwwwww... what the hell... get away from me.  I'd     
               rather fuck a cow than fuck a man.                            
                                                                             
   <Entropy> A cow rather than me?  That hurts.                              
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> Yea, that's right, I'd rather fuck a cow like Winterhauk      
               than you.                                                     
                                                                             
   <Entropy> Hey, I'm only doing this to you as favor.  I thought you'd be   
             lonely.  My friend Incarnate told me that you're Asian, and I   
             dig little Asian boys.  They're so fun to play with.  :)        
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> Yes, I'm Asian, but I'm not a little boy, and I'm not a toy   
               for you to play with.  Why the hell do you like little Asian  
               boys anyway?                                                  
                                                                             
   <Entropy> I gather great pleasure from fucking little boys, especially    
             Asian ones.  Little Asian boys have tight anuses, it's more     
             fun when it's nice and tight.  You should try it.  :)           
                                                                             
   * Entropy gives RblChickn more kisses and a BIG perverted smile.  :)      
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> Dam, I never knew you were gay.  I used to respect you.  You  
               used to be smart, and you used to be straight.  How did all   
               this happen?  Who did this to you?  Who made you turn gay?    
                                                                             
   <Entropy> Nobody made me gay.  And don't call me gay, I'd rather call     
             myself a chick with a dick.  But there's no use hiding any      
             longer, I've been gay all my life.  I've just been living a     
             lie, and if you ever hear me say that I'm not gay, then it's    
             only because I'm in a state of denial.  When I'm telling the    
             truth, I can easily come out and tell people that I like being  
             fruity.  I'm a faggot, and I like anuses.                       
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> You've been gay all your life and you've just been hiding     
               it?  I pity you then.  Some of us are just more fortunate     
               than others, I have little drive to go out and cruise for     
               chicks, but you've just been born with some kind of penis     
               defect or something.  None of us were born perfect, but       
               you... you're a freak of nature.                              
                                                                             
   <Entropy> I guess so.  Well, my friend Incarnate, he's gay too.  He was   
             the one who taught me how to fuck anuses.  I guess I started    
             hanging around Incarnate too much.  Some of Incarnate must      
             have rubbed off on me, or maybe he just rubbed me too hard one  
             night or something.                                             
                                                                             
   *** Incarnate (inc6@max1.37.westworld.com) has joined channel #Gaysex     
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> Speaking of the devil...                                      
                                                                             
   <Entropy> Hi honey!                                                       
                                                                             
   <RblChickn> Fuck this, I don't want to start hanging around you guys too  
               much, you guys might try to pirate my anus or something.      
               I'm outta here...                                             
                                                                             
   *** RblChickn has left channel #Gaysex                                    
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Crystaline Death                                              
     Subject : Blowing Up the World 9 Times?                                 
                                                                             
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 ͻ
                                                                             
       Why did I write this?  I thought RCN may need a relief breaker from   
   all of the usual stuff.  Do not take the following list too seriously.    
   Heheheh... I just thought of this stuff up.  And by the way.  The Quiet   
   Riot, go take that lame group NFS (Need for Speed) and shove it up your   
   ass.  That so called ripped install.exe was used by a group!  So go       
   fucking steal a life.                                                     
                                                                             
       As we know, the world has enough nuclear missles to blow up the       
   world exactly 9 times.  The following are the top ten reasons why we      
   can't blow up the world 9 times :                                         
                                                                             
   THE TOP TEN LIST!                                                         
   -----------------                                                         
                                                                             
       10.) If the world blew up, where would we get hot dogs?               
                                                                             
       9.)  Because I want to live!                                          
                                                                             
       8.)  Rebel Chicken is still a virgin!                                 
                                                                             
       7.)  We can't find the key to unlock the failsafes on the missles.    
                                                                             
       6.)  We got alien invaders in my backyard stealing all the            
            plutonium!                                                       
                                                                             
       5.)  We have to wait until July 4th.  I want to see the movie         
            Independance Day.                                                
                                                                             
       4.)  Your mother is so fat that she would shield part of the world    
            from the explosion.                                              
                                                                             
       3.)  Once you blow up the world once, you can't blow it up again!     
                                                                             
       2.)  Damned President Clinton already sold all of our nuclear         
            weapons to the Communist Soviets.                                
                                                                             
   And the number 1 reason is :                                              
                                                                             
       1.)  There wouldn't be any more RCNs made! ;)                         
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   ߰         ߰                    ߰             
 ߰       m a d   r c n !                    
                              

 ͻ
                                                                             
       For those of you who are physically unable to beat the RCN game       
   found in past issues of RCN, you can have the passwords here for FREE.    
   There's no need to go out of your way to crack RCN, here are the          
   passwords for issues 14 to 20.  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                                              
       RCN Issue #20 : COREFART                                              
                                                                             
   *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

 [RELEASEINFORMATION]͸
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    Supplied By  : RCN Staff            Packaged By  : RCN Staff            
    Release Type : PC E-Zine            Release Date : July 7, 1996         
                                                                            
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    Requirements : IBM 386, 2MB RAM, VGA, DOS 3.3+                           
 Ķ
                                                                             
    REALITY Presents : REALITY CHECK NETWORK #21 (C) RCN!!!                  
                                                                             
    This is the 21st 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!!!                  
                                                                             
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 [GROUPNEWS/QUOTES]͸
 ͻ
                                                                             
    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 :        
                                                                             
                   The Insane Sicilian, Sargon, and Zima Man.                
                                                                             
    " 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                                               
                   We'll make the world                                      
                   A better place for all people! - Sailor Moon              
                                                                             
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 [GROUPINFORMATION]͸
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   Editors .........    Hitex, Rebel Chicken,                               
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   Coordinators ....    Darkwing, Road Rebel,                               
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   Senior Members ..    Celestian, Lucifers Fear, RATM, Xenon,              
 Ķ
   Members .........    Alfalfa, Ante, Crack, Crystaline, Dark-Elf, Frost,  
                        Glock, Kahn, Kang, Kang, Krimson Wrane, Krypto,     
                        The Insane Sicilian, Law & Order, Mike & Dave,      
                        Nightcrawler, Oxygen, Pandemonium, Pharaoh,         
                        Sam Vision, Sargon, Stealth, Tuxedo Mask,           
                        Underground King, Undinism, Universal Soldier,      
                        Velocity, Waynekerr, Xanthos, Zima Man, Mr. Zog,    
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   Traders .........    Arch-Vile, and Shatter Star.                        
                                                                            
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 [RCNMEMBERBOARDS]͸
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   Malevolence ..........   n/a   Egoistic Fate ....    8   WORLD HQ ..  
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   Beyond Akira .........   n/a   Pharaoh ..........   13   CANADIAN HQ  
   The Lower Level ......   n/a   Underground King .   10   USA HQ ....  
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   DropZone .............   n/a   Mike & Dave ......    5   DUTCH HQ ..  
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   Warhammer 2000 .......   718   Law & Order ......    3   MEMBER ....  
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   Area 51 ..............   514   Red Demon ........    2   AFFILIATE .  
   Black Sabbath ........   +44   The Unknown ......    4   AFFILIATE .  
   Bozack ...............   847   Oriole ...........    1   AFFILIATE .  
   Illegal Injections ...   613   Pagan ............    1   AFFILIATE .  
   Insider ..............   514   Killerboy ........    1   AFFILIATE .  
   Phreak Zone ..........   305   The Joker ........    3   AFFILIATE .  
   Zero Tolerance .......   905   Glycerine ........    2   AFFILIATE .  
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                   Hybrid  Napalm  Prestige  Razor 1911                  
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    a quality e-mag group.  If you would like to join REALITY, please feel   
    free to fill out an application and send it attached, via email to       
    an385786@anon.penet.fi.  We welcome all applicants and encourage the     
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       RCN is proud to present to the scene the official RCN t-shirt.  We    
   tried to keep the price as low as we could so that everyone can enjoy     
   these goodies.  Keeping with RCN's volunteerish spirit to help the scene, 
   Road Rebel has decided to take it upon himself to make the RCN t-shirts   
   available to the masses.  This is a non-profit venture and we hope that   
   in many ways, RCN continues to benefit the scene.. even when we are not   
   near our computers.                                                       
                                                                             
        The RCN logo is approximately 8"x6" printed on the back of a        
         HEAVY-duty Fruit of the Loom white t-shirt, the front is plain.     
                                                                             
        A preview of the shirt can viewed upon pressing escape.             
                                                                             
        Special orders take up to 4 weeks for shipping.                     
                                                                             
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      Yes, I want my official RCN t-shirt!                                 
                                                                           
      [ ]  Enclosed is $12 for my official LARGE   RCN t-shirt.            
                                                                           
      [ ]  Enclosed is $12 for my official X-LARGE RCN t-shirt.            
                                                                           
      [ ]  Enclosed is $3  for shipping and handling.                      
                                                                           
      [ ]  Enclosed is an additional $2 for delivery outside the U.S.      
                                                                           
      Total Enclosed : $______                                             
                                                                           
      My Mailing Address : ____________________________________________    
                                                                           
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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 :                   
                                                                           
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   RCN-20.ZIP     837710  06-30-96  RCN Issue #20, 06-30-96                  
                                  | COVER : Amnesia Falls!                   
                                  | PLUS! : Blizzard on Pirates!             
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   RCN-19.ZIP     666126  06-23-96  RCN Issue #19, 06-23-96                  
                                  | COVER : Chris Carter Revealed!           
                                  | PLUS! : iD Software Interview!           
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   RCN-18.ZIP     624589  06-16-96  RCN Issue #18, 06-16-96                  
                                  | COVER : GODS Meeting Log                 
                                  | PLUS! : RCN BUSTED!                      
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
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   RCN-17.ZIP     626333  06-09-96  RCN Issue #17, 06-09-96                  
                                  | COVER : DR. JEKYLL BUSTED                
                                  | PLUS! : DEMAXXUS BUSTED                  
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   RCN-16.ZIP     599493  06-02-96  RCN Issue #16, 06-02-96                  
                                  | COVER : PASSING OF ZIEG                  
                                  | PLUS! : THE RENEGADE CHEMIST             
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   RCN-15.ZIP     493410  05-26-96  RCN Issue #15, 05-26-96                  
                                  | COVER : MALICE DOWNFALL                  
                                  | PLUS! : DRAPPER *BUSTED*                 
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   RCN-14.ZIP     444746  05-19-96  RCN Issue #14, 05-19-96                  
                                  | COVER : JAMES MAKES HIS VISIT            
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   RCN-13.ZIP     252896  02-11-96  RCN Issue #13, 02-11-96                  
                                  | COVER : FAREWELL                         
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   RCN-12.ZIP     367432  02-04-96  RCN Issue #12, 02-04-96                  
                                  | COVER : APOGEE/DISTINCT                  
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   RCN-11.ZIP     460550  01-28-96  RCN Issue #11, 01-28-96                  
                                  | COVER : ANARCHIST BUST                   
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   RCN-10.ZIP     410697  01-21-96  RCN Issue #10, 01-21-96                  
                                  | COVER : PASSING OF SPYDER-X              
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   RCN-09.ZIP     428257  01-14-96  RCN Issue #09, 01-14-96                  
                                  | COVER : GAHN LOG FILE                    
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   RCN-08.ZIP     300782  01-07-96  RCN Issue #08, 01-07-96                  
                                  | COVER : EXCLUSIVE FBI Interview!         
                                  | Uploaded By : RCN Staff                  
                                                                             
   RCN-07.ZIP     244801  12-31-95  RCN Issue #07, 12-31-95                  
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   RCN-06.ZIP     205681  12-22-95  RCN Issue #06, 12-22-95                  
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   RCN-05.ZIP     212702  12-15-95  RCN Issue #05, 12-15-95                  
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   RCN-04.ZIP      40634  12-09-95  RCN Issue #04, 12-09-95                  
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   RCN-03.ZIP      41076  12-02-95  RCN Issue #03, 12-02-95                  
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   RCN-02.ZIP      32331  11-25-95  RCN Issue #02, 11-25-95                  
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   RCN-01.ZIP      27947  11-18-95  RCN Issue #01, 11-18-95                  
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                                  |            7 JULY 1996                 
                                  |     COVER : ROR Dead?  I wish.         
                                  |    PLUS! : Legion vs. Pinnacle!        
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   1.) All RCN issues must be online and available for FREE download.  The   
       current issue and back issues must be located in separate file        
       directories.  The FULL file_id.diz for the current issue must be      
       shown.                                                                
                                                                             
   2.) A "Reality Check Network" conference must be set up.  The "rcn        
       affiliate board" ansi must be shown somewhere in the login process    
       or somewhere in the conference join.                                  
                                                                             
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       specific mass email, of the new issues available for free download.   
                                                                             
                                                                             
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       The new update to the Reality Check Network World Wide Web Site,      
   http://www.rcn.org/, adds many new features :                             
                                                                             
        Speed Optimization : RCN.org is now speed optimized, which means    
         you spend less time waiting and more time browsing.                 
                                                                             
        Better Back Issue Access : It's now quick and easy to scan through  
         RCN's back issues, each one has its full description online, to     
         make searching for the desired issue that much easier.              
                                                                             
        Better Interface : v2.0 brings an end to the confusing              
         conglomeration of pages that previously had existed.  Now speed     
         through the icon driven interface to scan back issues of RCN and    
         other emags, send comments, read credits, and check out             
         merchandise and free files.                                         
                                                                             
        Text or JAVA Version : Whatever browser you use can now access the  
         RCN.org pages.  Before only Netscape was allowed, but now LYNX and  
         other text base users can now access the pages.                     
                                                                             
        New Look Graphics : The new graphics style are a nice change of     
         pace from the hard-edged style of before.                           
                                                                             
       To become a file mirror, contact us in #RCN on IRC, you must be able  
   to store all back issues in a publically accessible directory from the    
   WWW.  A link will be created from RCN.org to your site, so users can      
   acquire issues from there if the main site becomes overloaded.            
                                                                             
       RCN WWW Site       : http://www.rcn.org/                              
                                                                             
       RCN Mirror Site #1 : http://www.halcyon.com/sbecker                   
                                                                             
                                                                             
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                       Hitex          :  Editor                              
                       Rebel Chicken  :  Editor                              
                                                                             
                      *Xenon          :  ASM/MOD                             
                                                                             
                      *Celestian      :  VGA/ANSI                            
                       RATM           :  VGA/WWW                             
                       Pandemonium    :  VGA                                 
                                                                             
                       Darkwing       :  IRC Security                        
                       Undinism       :  IRC Maintenance                     
                                                                             
                       Savage         :  FTP Site                            
                                                                             
                       Ante           :  Writer                              
                       Crack          :  Writer                              
                       Dark-Elf       :  Writer                              
                       Darkwing       :  Writer                              
                       Gorilla        :  Writer                              
                       Karen          :  Writer                              
                       Oxygen         :  Writer                              
                       Waynekerr      :  Writer                              
                                                                             
                       FTP Site       :  143.113.170.41                      
                                         login    : rcn                      
                                         password : rcn                      
                                                                             
                       Web Site       :  http://www.rcn.org/                 
                       Email          :  AN385786@ANON.PENET.FI              
                                                                             
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