💾 Archived View for clemat.is › saccophore › library › ezines › textfiles › ezines › DEFACTO2 › df2-… captured on 2021-12-03 at 14:04:38.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-
____ ___ _______ _______ ________ ________ ___ ____________ | |__| | ____| | _____| ____ | \/ | _____| | | | | __|__ | | | | | ___|_ |___ | |____ |___ |___ |___ | |___|| |___ | |_____/ |____/ |_____| |_____| |______| |___/ |____/ __ __| |__ _____ |_ ____ _ | | | | | | |___ | | |__| |____/ ___ __ ____ _______ ________ ____ ________ |__ ______ __ | | ___| | ____| _____| \ | ____/ __| ___ | | || | | __ | ____|_ ___| | \| | |__ | | | || | | | |____ |____ |_____ \__ |__ |___ | | ||__| |_______/ |____/ |__/ |____/ |____/ \__| |____/ |__| -+ JANUARY +- Hello everyone, --------------- Let me introduce myself, my handle is Saint Tok (use to be Tok). Well, I want to say few words about this new emag(1). De facto was started in the middle of 1996, and after 9 issues(2), we decide to shut it down. It contained nice coding, articles and I'm sure you all saw it a while ago. De facto was weekly emag, and every week we brought you new articles and so on. Defacto 2 will be a little bit different. Let me explain. First of all, it's warez magazine. We will tell you what is going on in the scene and we will voice our opinions about stuff. DF2(3) will be released every month, so there will be a lot of material for you to read. There is a totally new interface(4) for DF2, but it's still run by some the original De facto members including Ipggi and myself. As you all know RCN died not so long ago, and to be honest, I'm glad to see that is it dead. No, not because we are restarting our magazine, it's because I'm sick, of lies, lots of lies, about people and groups. One thing about DF2, all material will be 100% pure TRUTH. Saint Tok. Welcome to the new Defacto. --------------------------- What can I say, after collecting all the interviews for this issue I realized that this issue is just plain brilliant. Which magazine gives you interviews with Hoson, Shadow Master, The Punisher, The Krazy Little Punk, Lester Ramierz, Marbz, Orion, Mason, Winterhawk, Hawkeye and M:et all in their first issue, Defacto2 does. Lets get into Defacto2, if you remember the old De facto we where a magazine that target the mass warez market, including all the lamers, kids, and people with no clue. Defacto2 has changed, we are not here for fame or popularity like Reality Check Network was, we are here to bring you the best quality electronic magazine for the scene, not for the kids, lamers, clueless, but for the people who truly contribute to the scene. If you want a magazine where you don't have to go through pages of articles about people with no clue, unknown kid groups, irc offer channels, and high school stories you are reading the right magazine, if you want to read about these things go and read Affinity or Anemia. Defacto2 in the future will be available to read using three different mediums. - There will be a coded PC version supporting SVGA graphics, digital music and all that other jazz. - A plain ascii / text version for all you unix users or people who feel the coded edition is too big to download. - And finally each issue will be viewable on our web page at www.defacto2.com. Unfortunately for this issue their is no coded version available due to unforeseen difficulties. Every month we will hope to release a issue, exactly when during the month we will release will not be decided until we have enough quality content to warrant a release. Each issue will be released on the day of release on most major ftp sites and on the web page. We don't have and are not planing on having an irc channel, irc offer bots or anonymous ftp sites. Well I hope you enjoy this issue and watch out for us in the future. If just two people can do all this, think what we can do once we are a lot most established. If you wish to contact Defacto2 please email us at defacto@defacto2.com (1) Emag is a abbreviation of "electronic magazine". (2) These issues can be downloaded from http://www.defacto2.com (3) DF2 is the abbreviated term for Defacto 2. (4) Coding will be implemented in next months issue. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ____ _________ __________ ____________\___|_______ ______________ | _____/ ___ | | | _____/ | _____| _____/ ____/ | | | | | | | | ___|_ |____ | |___ |___ | |___ |___ |___ |____ |___ |___ | |____/ |_____/ |_____/ |___/ |____/ |____/ |___/ |____/ -+ OF 1996 +- I'll start off with 1996 as a whole. There where many new faces this year, lots of new budding couriers ready to take on the best sites in the world and they did. But there was also a lot of group jumping with these new faces, people felt they could get what they wanted by joining a bigger name group. But 1996 also saw many new groups forming and many of these same groups dying or merging with in a matter of weeks. There was the final transition from BBS to Internet which by the end of the year, left BBS's a thing of the past. And how could we not talk about 1996 without mentioning #fatefiles. A channel that single handily helped turn a excellent group into a quiet kiddy group. In January of 1996 Rise in Superior Couriering, Malice, Fate and Request 2 Send where the top groups, by the end of the year two of these groups would vanish, one of these groups would turn into a kiddy group and the other would end up being number one through out the year. So what happened to Malice? Well Malice had some internal conflicts and after some in-house fighting, half the group would end up leaving to a new group called Amnesia, a group that would end up dominating the early and middle parts of the year (Rapier also found it's beginnings because of this split). Malice never recovered from that split and eventually died while Amnesia and Digital merged to reformed Guild of Distributors (Digital being a once successful group that was formed by some ex-MindCrash members). GODS shortly afterwards changed their name to Amnesia and the leftovers ended up forming Damaged, a group that ended up having very little success. Why did GODS die before it really got off the ground? My theory is that they had to many leaders, and these leaders had different ideas and opinions that let to a lot of in-house fighting and caused disorganization within the group. Fate after engulfing some great groups such as Hardwire earned it's self an excellent reputation during 1995. But in 1996 that reputation faded and now it's non existent. Where did they go wrong? I think Fate made it's self too public, especially with #fatefiles a channel where any Joe, Dick or Harry could come in an download 0-1 day software for nothing. Of cause now days with no major groups supporting IRC couriers anymore so these channel offer significantly less software which usually arrives a lot slower. But because of #fatefiles a lot of people with no clue applied to join Fate, and Fate accepted them with open arms. With Fate continually growing a lot of good members had enough and left from more reputable groups. Will Fate ever re-live their 1995 success? I truly doubt it. Amnesia.. Est. 1996.. �� ��� �� � ���������� ���� � �� � ����� � ������������� ۲�� � ���� �۲���� ��� ����� � ������ ܲ� ��������� ���� ۲� ۲�� ������ ���� ����� �۲� � ۲���۲� ������� � � ���� ��� ۲� ۱� ���� ��� ��� ���� ��� �۱� �������������� ��� � ۲�� ������� ۱� �۲� ۲� ���� �۲� � � �۲� ���� ���� ۲�� ���� ��� ��� �� �۲�� �۱� ۱� � ��� �۱� ��� � ���� ��۲�� ��� ��� � ������������� ��� �۰� ۰� � �����۰������ �� � ����� �۲������������� ۱�� � ���� � � �۱� ۱� � ���� ۱� � ���� � ��� �۱� ۱�� � ���� � ۲�� �۲���� � �۲� ۲� �۲���۲� ��� � ���� ۲�� ۰� ۲�� �۲�� �� ����� ۲�� �� �۲�� ���� ��� ۲�� ���� ����� �۲� � �۲� ۱� ����� ۲�� � � ����� ���� ���� ��� ������ �� ����� ��� � ۲��� ��� � ���� ۲������ ���� �� �� ��� �� � ��� �� � �� ��� ��� � � ��� ������������ ������������ ��� �� � �Ŀ �� � ������ � ���� � ���� � � � ��������������������������������� � ���������� � See us in action and you'll FORGET the "competition"! ��� � Amnesia started with a big bang! This group really did well during the summer(1) and I was really impressed with the internal feeling of the group. This group at the time had the best organization and ended up being a very, very happy group. But why has Amnesia fallen from grace? My theory is Amnesia started accepting some bad couriers. Bad not in their courier ability but people with bad personalities and egos. Eventual these people where kicked but the damaged was all ready done. Then when some of the council left the group and other members followed, Amnesia was hurt. With no organization, the lost of that 'friendly feeling' and the lack of any leaders to steer the group into the right direction leaves me little hope for this group in 1997. I would love for this group to come back again, I have a lot of fond memories from this group and it's a shame they are not the same group we once new and respected. Rapier.. ���ܰ ܲ���۲� � � ���������۲ � � ���������� � �� ����� ����� �� ������۲ �������� ���������������ܲ��� � ��������� � ����� ������������ ܲ� ������� ����۲ ��� �� ���ܰ ������� ������� �� ���ܲ ����۲ ���۲�� ܲ�����ܲ�۲�ܲ��۲�������۲�ܲ��۲�����߲����ܲ��۲�������� �������߲�� ������� ����� ������ ���������������� ���������� ����� �������� �۲���۲� ����� ������ ����۲��������۲�����������۲ ���۲ ܲ���߲���� ��������� ����۲������ ����۲ ����۲����� ߲��������� ��������������������������������۲�� ��۲�����������������۲�� � ۲������ �� ��۲�������� �߲������ � �� �߰ � ���� �� �� � ��� ph<aCid!> ������ �� ������� ��ܲ���� � �� � � Rapier in the first half of 1996 was an excellent group, an excellent BBS courier group. In the middle of 1996 Rapier disbanded and by September they reformed. This new Rapier was a far cry from the old Rapier we knew and respected, at the time I thought that this group would have little or no success in if they continue with their poor attitude and never bother to try and compete with the best. They told me that they are all okay and that they where working on their BBS division and are trying to move themselves onto the Internet. Now in the last few months I've seen some good changes, a lot of lamers have been kicked and been replaced by excellent couriers from Amnesia, Motiv8 and Empire. Now Rapier competes on the sites and are earning their old reputation back. Unfortunately though it is still too early to say weather they will be successful in 1997. They are still a new but pretty good group, remember this new Rapier are only four months old. After they are half a year old I think then we will be able to decided how good they really are. Devotion.. . | � � ���������-<�>������� � ��� � ��������������< � >����������� � � ������������ ������������ ۲� ����������������� � � ������ �������� ����������۳������������ ���۳���������������������� �������۳��������� ������� ����۳��� ����۲� ��۲۳۲� ��۲� ��۲� � ��� ܲ� ��۲۳۲� ��۲� ��� �۲� ��۲۳۲� ����۱� ��۱۳۱� ��۱� ��۱� � ��ܳ۱� ��۱۳۱� ��۱� ����۱� ��۱۳۱��� ��۰� ��۰۳۰� ��۰� ��۰� ��۲۳۰� ��۰۳۰� ��۰� ��� ����۰� ��۰۳۰� ��۰� ��۰۳۰� ��۰� ��۰� ��۱۳۰� ��۰۳۰� ��۰� ��� ����۰� ��۰۳۰� ����۱� ��۱۳۱� ��۱� ��۱� ��۰۳۱� ��۱۳۱� ��۱� ��� ����۱� ��۱۳۱� ����۲� ��۲۳۲� ��۲� ��۲� ��۱۳۲� ��۲۳۲� ��۲� ROY ����۲� ��۲۳۲� ��� ��� ����߳��� ����� ����� ��۲۳��� ����۳��� �����<SAC> ������������۳�������� ������� ���������� ���������������������۳۲� ۳��� ��� ��� �������� � �������� ��� ��� ������� ������������� ������� ��� � ��� ��� � � ������� ������������ �� ������������������� ����������� �� ��� � � � � When Devotion was started seven months ago, they showed everyone from the start that they where not going to tolerate fighting, wars and rubbish. As a result Devotion are one of the most peaceful groups in the scene and also one of the best courier groups. When Devotion formed they had a few rules that some people would say has limited their growth and potential. The first being that Devotion would only courier to and from Internet sites and the second being that Devotion would only accept European couriers. Well seven months later Devotion now accepts the odd American courier, but fortunately they still and most likely never will have a BBS division. The fact that most members of Devotion are from Europe is probably a key reason for their success. As most of the best sites happen to be located in Europe and the fact that Devotion has access to the fastest links around on that continent is a clear advantage when it comes to getting on the top 10 lists on the best sites in the world. Devotion would be one of the few groups that could boost that they have had members leaving Rise In Superior Courier to join Devotion. Now with all this going for them it would not take much for Devotion to be the number one in 1997. Empire.. s ,g'^ ^'g ,g$Qg ,g, g ,g