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Netmonkey Weekly Report
Issue LI
June 26th, 1999

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Wow, this may be the latest we have ever been. You know what though?
I don't rightly give a fuck, we deserved a little break. This is issue #51,
one more and we can officially say it's been a year. Though we all know it's
been over a year since we never stick to our weekly releasing policy. Lot's of
cool stuff in this issue though and some more TDP journal, and by Issue 52 or 53
we should have a nice conclusion. Also around 55 or so I will chronicle the events
of ndetroit's trip to california! Enjoy!

-Lester [Co-Editor/Head Writer]

yeah, yeah, yeah... i know... whatever..

Ok.. we are finally out.... and its a good issue.. we got blitz's stuff,
(check out his pics of the rzr vs everyone release of TA:K), 2 weeks of
bud madness, and a nice graphic that sancti did of fmud..
My shit is here, and lester returns to the courier thing, for a while, anyway..

I am heading to california for a week after this, so next nwr will also be a week
late... sorry... i'm sure we'll come up with something to make it up to people.. ;p

heh..

While in cali, i'll prob hook up with lester and any other scener's interested..
we'll see what happens.. just so that you all know.. if nwr is late next week,
its cause lester turned out to be a nark, and i am busted, rotting in some cali
jail... ;p

We got a great pic of mrpumpkin this week called "pumpkin3.jpg"... i always knew it!

Check out everything else, and.. sorry if i forgot anything.. and sorry it was so
late..

Have a great weekend everyone... i know i will! ;D

ndetroit [Co-Editor/Head Fatass]

-----------[ index ]-----------

I.) Intro
a) Lester
b) ndetroit

II.) Quotes of the Week

III.) Stats - Ndetroit's Weekly Stats, and comments on Sites.
IV.) Lester's Biased Courier Report

V.) Articles
a) Blitz's Slightly Biased Games Report
b) Bud's Biased Utils Report
c) Lesters Moview Reviews
d) VCD Group and Movie Reviews
e) Tdpriest's journal: continued

VI.) Scene News - All the news that's fit to print

VII.) Rumors!

VIII.) Closing

---------------------[ Quotes of the Week! ]---------------------

-"Only someone who is very secure with a good dose of self-esteem can stand
up to the cries of fag and girlie-man. More likely you will find warez d00dz
with handles like: Doctor Death, Deranged Lunatic, Hellraiser, Mad Prince,
Dreamdevil, The Unknown, Renegade Chemist, Terminator, and Twin Turbo"
-gamespot.com 'expose' on the warez scene..

-"More likely, if you were given a sample of 100 people, the person whose handle
is Hellraiser is the last person you'd associate with the name."
-gamespot.com

-<bizzybone> don't take in guys, just for the sake of taking in guys
<Fain> hrm
<Lestah> I like to take on guys
<Lestah> er nm..:P

-<||Fire||> TRANSLATE PLEASE
<||Fire||> <Myolp> JAG KAN L�GGA UPP DIG �VER KN�T OCH GE DIG ETT KOK STRYK OM DU
INTE SLUTAR SKICKA MASSMESS TILL FOLK!
<||Fire||> myolp@apollo.rsn.hk-r.se
<gee_money> hahahahaha
<gee_money> HAHAHA
<gee_money> Means like
<||Fire||> WHAT HE SAY ? :D
<gee_money> I'am going to put you in my kne and give you some hot spank if you dont
stop to mass message ppl

-PS: Bud consider yourself lucky I am retired from mainstream scene, in the "old" days
I would have removed you from 20 sites. I did not earn my bitch title unjustly but
then again you do not earn your stuipidty title unjustly either.
-maggie (tca board)

-<SunDancer> Just like your sexlife Ice.. Single player..

-<DDemon> Does Class have a public channel?
<CYPHER^PI> no
<CYPHER^PI> wel its called #fairlight

-acidapple -> acidapple -> acidapple
and finally acidapple which i like best.

------------------
-acidapple (DEV/BLZ/PRM)
(tca board)

-<SiNs> if he wants to be like that
<Fain> well
<SiNs> he can suck my crotch
<SiNs> i'm going to eat diner

-----------[ ndetroit's sites and stats section ]-----------

Ok... what's going on out there?
TOS = back up... see a siteop for the new IP
EB = back up, and bigger.. talk to a siteop..

VDRLake went to RiSC this week, with its staff now all becoming members
in the group.. Maybe risc will want to support the site a bit better than
dms did... VDRLame is also the new WPN WHQ... thats terrific news.. i'll
bet there are a lot of traders out there that can't wait to get their hands
on some sweet.. .... ... .. WPN pre's... uhhh... yeah.

AF1 got UCF and FCN this week, to go with their SHOCK affil... man.. i
remember when that site used to kick ass... old ViCE site..
Blitz has a new canadian site up called "BMX" (binary matrix... hmmm..
aren't all matrices... ... .. never mind..) It is apparently kicking a lot
of ass already, and has picked up a few sweet affils, including SHOCK and
REBELS..

CrC (Corruptions Crew) has apparently "accidently" let one of their site
lists leak out.. Basically every good site that had a CrC trader on it was
listed in their text file, and it somehow made it very public.. Not good,
NOT good.. come on guys... think a little..

Some more sad news in the scene: Flash (FMUD) has been narked, and is gone
for good.. It will be sorely missed in the US scene, and was one of the more
"original" sites out there..

thats about all for now.. more next week...

Siteops!! send your weektops to: nwr@netmonkey.org, or give them to
_tech_... Thanks to all those that support us every week... ;)

=--------------------------------------------------------------------------=
Sites are rated on a 3X and 2X scale.. if you want to know why we
do it that way, read an old issue. Couriers get 10 points per site they get
#1 on, 9 points for 2nd place, 8 points for 3rd, etc, etc.
Sites are rated by us. If you don't like the ratings, then....
heh... fuck off and die..
=--------------------------------------------------------------------------=

The Top Ten sites for this week are:

x2.5 FS -*- STH -*- FH
x2.0 ET -*- CAT -*- DLS
x1.5 HOG -*- EB -*- TWH -*-

=--------------------------------=--------------------------------------=

trader group FS STH FH ET CAT DLS HOG TOS TWH K pts p
---------------------------------------------------------------------
tc DEV 3 1 6 2 1 1 - 1 1 - 145.5
godbless DEV 4 3 5 3 2 3 - 4 2 1 141.5
Garoto DEV 2 2 2 1 4 - - 2 - - 111
cedric AOD 5 6 3 4 5 4 - - - 3 103
darkwolf AOD 6 8 10 5 3 7 - - - - 63
jaydee DEV 1 - 1 - - - - - - - 50
Psychic_A AV - 7 8 6 8 - - - - 4 45.5
mrpumpkin DMS 8 9 7 8 7 8 - - - - 42.5
sketch THD - - 4 - - - 2 - 7 - 37
zarkof AOD 7 - - - 9 6 - - - 5 33

-----------[ Lester's Biased Courier Section ]-----------

Biased Courier Report

Well guys, I know I said final last time, and you were all so happy to see I
would be gone, but like the people who submitted ones weren't that good so
I am doing another one! So if you wanna get rid of me, then find a good person
to do this shit. Also, NWR owns WER god damnit novo:)

AOD: The #1 courier group this past week. Lots of contributions from
Zarkof/Cedric/Darkwolf and some others, with Tirre coming back towards the end
of the week. Zarkof was busted early this week and that will hurt them, but
Titus and Bohnz and some others seem to be picking up the slack, as long as
Devotion isn't pre'ing PFT all week long, AOD can take #1 pretty much every week.

Devotion: Not alot of pre's last week and not much output from some of the older
guys, so far this week PFT is back in force to retake the prevotion title again.
Will the demise of SGE leave some pre's off of Dev's totals? Maybe, but I'm sure
they will just take up Paragon's pre'ing services and PFT will keep releasing
things like Disability Guidelines(ya that wasn't for credits<g>) Jaydee keeps
making friends and Insanity is now the box whore for dev with Norse on a little
break. Dev is still going strong as long as the pre's hold up though.

Vice: Mrpumpkin went buckwild on the sites last week, with Blitz owning the US,
but other than that Vice has not had alot of output from all the other traders,
rumors of disorganization and shell problems make it seem like Vice is not the
paradise that was promised. Yet this week they are picking up a little bit with
Moonsabre and a few others showing up on weektops.

Amnesia: Well this is the first week that Amnesia made any real showing on sites,
with Fain, Sins and Psychic_A putting up some pretty big numbers, but they still
aren't producing on the level to rival AOD/DEV's output. They keep gaining alot
of members though so hopefully we will see more of those people showing up on
weektops.

EQL: Blinkity Blink is all that EQL has going for them, he weektopped something
like 20 sites this week according to another emag. That is up there with some
Prozac like numbers, but I doubt he was #1 on all of them like Proz used to
be<g> EQL needs to find someone to help Blink out before he explodes.

AV: Aint shit happening in this camp.

MNM: The MNM boys may have found themselves a trader? Ydevil was popping up on
alot of weektops this past week, we'll see if it was a fluke or a sign of life
from them.

Risc: With Brain trading hard, Risc is actually making a showing, a few other
Risc guys sporadically made weektops but Brain is the only real force they have
going for them right now.

Rage: Glen was like 14th on FS..uhm..not bad? :)

Ok guys, that'll do it for this week. Enjoy the mag

=----------------------------------=--------------------------------------=

-----------[ Articles ]-----------

=----------------------------------=--------------------------------------=

-----------[ Blitz's Slightly Biased Gaming Report]-----------

THE BLITZ REPORT FOR THE WEEK OF 06/06/99 - 06/13/99
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Summer slowdown has begun, and once again the week had far too few quality games for
release. The long-maligned Origin USA team comes back with a big fuck you for their
naysayers (myself included). We see two very big titles this week, but only one makes
the charts. Read on for the lowdown on this week's action in the game scene.

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======\___)===\__)============\___)=\/=======

Razor has emerged from their hype from last month when they landed the most major titles
we've seen this year from a single group. This month has been less spectacular, but the
return to idleness predicted by so many has not happened either. Razor looks to be back
in the swing of things, and can be counted on to compete if not win on most games. This
week we see another mediocre wargame from SSI in Fighting Steel. This one is for die-hards
only. MrMaxon has the starsiege patch lineup wired, he comes out with the latest (and
possibly final) update for this popular multiplayer game. Two versions were released, but
only one recieves points. A fairly major patch for a not-so-major game (Panzer Commander)
rounds out the week.

Points Release Title
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3.0 Fighting.Steel-RAZOR (119.7M)

0.5 STARSIEGE_TRIBES_v1.0_to_v1.5_PATCH-RAZOR (0.9M)
0.0 STARSIEGE_TRIBES_v1.41_to_v1.5_PATCH-RAZOR (0.6M)
0.5 PANZER_COMMANDER_v1.3_PATCH_CRACKED-RAZOR (9.0M)
---
4.0

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Yet another big title for Origin, following Aliens vs Predator and Expendable. Descent 3
is the long awaited sequal, and definately one of the biggest titles of the year. The USA
supply side for this group has really picked up of late, with AvP, and now this. There was
a minor problem with the crack. Seems the game did not work outside the USA due to some
kind of region check. Origin says they tested it on 3 computers before releasing, but all
were in the USA. An unlikely scenario, but let's give them the benefit of the doubt. The
fix is minor enough (and completely understandable), so no points deduction. Unfortunately,
multiplayer is also non working in this game, and that is definately not a minor problem.
The official fix repairs both problems, so kudos to them for fixing their mistake so quickly.
Hats off my my old friend Genesis P'Orridge for his first HUGE crack. Read more about this
talented cracker in this month's interview. However, the game as it is now is an over-the-limit
game needing a fix. In fact, had they taken the time to check RAR compression instead of ACE,
they would have found that the game fit nicely under the disk limit. Unfortunately for Origin,
this adds up to a dissapointing point total for such a major game.

Points Release Title
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

5.0 Descent.3-ORIGIN (146.7M)
1.0 Descent.3.Speech.Addon-ORIGIN (13.1M)
-2.5 Descent.3-FIX-ORIGIN (1.3M)
---
3.5

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This one is bound to cause some controversy. The Might and Magic rip is a wonderful
display of ripping talent. An argument could be made that this one rivals even Silver
in magnitude. However, this is not a ripping competition. The game is far too damaged
in the ripping process to be considered a quality release. One of the most respected
crackers in the scene who I asked about this said he would never consider releasing (or
playing) the game in the condition it was in. His sentiments were echoed by other senior
members of the cracking scene I asked about this title. I hate for the good work of
Hankman and Yazz to go for nothing, but there has to be a line, and this time it was
crossed. The game is fine with the software addon I suppose, but without it, the flat
world leaves the game a mere shell of the original. Therefore, this game cannot be
considered anything more than an exhibition of the ripping talent that lies in PDM.
Other than that, PDM didn't manage to land either Descent 3 or Fighting Steel, which
leaves no other games to be released. There were a handful of patches put out, as well
as a fix for a previous patch. The fix won't be penalized, and the rest of the patches
recieved a half point apiece.

Points Release Title
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
0.0 MiGHT_AND_MAGiC_7-PARADiGM (136.0M)
0.0 MiGHT_AND_MAGiC_7_DiRECT3D_3DFX_ADDON-PARADiGM (53.9M)
0.0 MiGHT_AND_MAGiC_7_SOFTWARE_ADDON-PARADiGM (45.9M)

0.0 Powerslide.v.104.Update.Fix-PARADiGM (0.4M)
0.5 PGA_Championship_Golf_99_Tournament_Fix-PARADiGM (0.0Mh)
0.5 High_Heat_Baseball_2000_v1.1_Cracked-PARADiGM (2.2M)
0.5 Starsiege_Update_v1.003-PARADiGM (1.2M)
0.5 Fighter_Squadron_Update_v1.5-PARADiGM (0.7M)
---
2.0

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Yes, Man of War 2 was from last week, but I forgot it, so we'll throw it in with this
week's games. I didn't much care for the game myself, Corsairs far better. Pick that one
up instead. This week we saw a few patches from the CLS team, but nothing in the way of
games. The Might and Magic 7 trainer is of course null and void due to PDM's version
being in the condition it was released. Class can hardly argue, they nuked M&M7 themselves...

Points Release Title
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(3.0) Man_of_War_2-CLS (54.3M)

0.5 Trophy_Buck_v1.07_Update_Cracked-CLS (1.2M)
0.0 Might_and_Magic_7_Plus_5_Trainer-CLS (0.0M)
0.5 Steel_Panthers_World_War_2_v2.0_Patched-CLS (0.5M)
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1.0

THE NWR GAME REPORT INTERVIEW
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The interview section is back this week, and my interview subject is one of the newer
lights on the game cracking scene, Genesis P'Orridge. Although his name might not be
as familiar as some of the other crackers around, this guy has talent. Expect to hear
more from him in the future.

<NWR> Hello Genesis, thank you for agreeing to do an NWR interview this week. Let's
start off by stating your full nick and your current and past affils.

<genesis^p> Genesis P'Orridge or Origin/TFA and misc util grps .. Prev. of Warrior, Liquid
Gravity and far too many web cracking groups

<NWR> Let's start with your nick... it's fairly unusual to say the least. How did you come
to be known by that handle?

<genesis^p> heh, I get that from alot of people, a few people recognize it as the name used
by a guy from Psychic TV/Throbbing Gristle .. I actually adopted the name years back on my
BBS when the name Hilter got continually mistaken for Hitler, which was annoying. So, while
drunk one night doing a user purge and listening to Pigface, I 'adopted' the name.

<NWR> I can see how being mistaken for Hitler might not be so desirable.

<NWR> In recent weeks, Origin has taken some real strides by putting out a couple of really
major USA games. This is something we haven't seen from Origin since SimCity. Is this the
same team that couldn't get it done before getting their shit together? Or are there new
members contributing that perhaps we don't know about?

<genesis^p> Im not really 100% sure on that, its basically the same 4 crackers that have
been in since I've joined with either ][ce, Cypher or Butcher kinda keeping us together
while we do our respecive jobs. I actually find it a big help to have some 'direct' the
process, otherwise my attention wanes at times .. Tho the 3am 'WAKE UP!!' phone calls
have got to stop =)

<NWR> How did you come to join Origin? Most people know that you were in Warrior for a
time. What did Origin see from you there that allowed you to make the jump?

<genesis^p> I met ][ce one day in #warrior, basically I was pretty pissed about something
a razor member said to me, and I was just venting .. so, there's ][ce sitting in the channel,
who was in rzr at the time, and he was like 'wtf?!' and we went at it. After some talking
and such, he invited me to #razor, and I kinda hung around there. A while after, Cypher,
Dajackal and ][ce we're in ogn fulltime, and since ][ce was really the only guy in #razor
I knew, I kinda moved myself into #origin. Not being the outgoing type kinda limits me to
packs/small groups of ppl.
So, a little while after, while still on a 28.8, and wanting to be in a group, and pretty
much getting lauched out of their respecive channels due to my 28.8, ][ce gave me a shot
at trainers and patches, and we went from there ..

<Blitz> I remember we worked together on the BFRIS fighter game, and that's where you proved
yourself to myself and The Renegade Chemist, but this week you put out Descent 3 for Origin.
Normally we would have seen DaJackal working on a game of that magnitude, but you were the
one who cracked it. From what I understand it wasn't easy, with a lot of reindexing to be
done. How did you come to get that assignment?

<genesis^p> hehe, BFRIS, I think, was my first REAL game I did for origin, was pretty
nervous over that, wanted to get a good crack in that, fortunatly TRC tested the hell out
of that one, and it was all good. DaJackal and Zip really do a great job, I too was
surprised when [D3] was dropped in my lap .. Its really a combination of me being here
at the time we got it, and being here for the group/earning the trust of the senior
members and doing the best I can. On D3 tho, Dj was a BIG help, might not have gotten
done with out the guy. The reindexing was a pain, so he lent a hand. [It] was a big job
tho, the nfo was hastily done 'cause I was dead tired, he should have gotten more credit
I think.

<NWR> Reindexing is something I don't understand at all, and I'm sure a lot of our
readers don't have a clue what it involves. Is there any way to explain this process
so that a layman might understand what exactly is required?

<genesis^p> Basically, a lot of games you see have these huge ass files, in them you
got all kinds of stuff, whatever the developer puts in, from .wav's to .bmp's to movies
and music at the top of these files theres a 'header' where it tells a little about the
contents and their locations, so the trick is, to code a util that will read the header,
and create the files .. not unlike unzipping something you could say. So, you end up with
a bunch of files, you do your ripping, and repack them into a new archive, slap that in
the game, and when it looks for say "600mb music.wav", it finds the file, but insted of
600 megs, we've cut it to a 0.00 second .wav, but the game dont know that. Basically
thats it. For those interested Beowulf of RAZOR has put out many utils that do just that.
Fallout 2 Unpacker, Lucas Arts Lab utils, etc .. good stuff =)

<NWR> Do you and other crackers use Beo's stuff sometimes? And if so, would you give
him credit in the nfo files?

<genesis^p> when we were looking at XWing Alliance (I think that was the game) I did
turn to his LAB utils =p .. And yeah, they're good utils, he deserves credit for their
use.. Personally I'd LOVE to see more game utils from the guy, from unpackers to editors
.. their cool little things Im sure MANY ppl (not for use in warzing) love .. its kinda
cool, say mak a Fallout2 Theme with material right out of the game or little things like
that .. I'd rls my stuff, but its kinda sloppy, im still in the learning stages for
unpackers and other utils.

<Blitz> You mention you are currently a member of The Flame Arrows. I think that's a unique
position for a cracker to be in, an active member of a courier group. Do you actually trade
still, or do you just idle?

<genesis^p> Im pretty idle since ive been cracking, hell when TFA de-merged from Liquid
Gravity, I went with them becase thats where the majority of the friends i made went, so
that was really just a thing of chance .. TFA tho is a really cool group, built on supporting
eachother before status, definitly some of the coolest ppl ive met are from TFA .. they all
know that Im there for them when needed tho, so its all good =p

<NWR> Thanks a lot for speaking to NWR today Genesis. Any last words or greets?

<genesis^p> you might remember the last pack I did .. the one that got me the "Never allowed
to pack again" status =)

<NWR> Yes, I will be remembered for it forever =)

<genesis^p> guess thats about it.

<NWR> no greets?

<genesis^p> well, TFA, ORIGIN, daJackal, zip, beowulf, you ..theres alot of ppl that deserve it.

THE NWR GAME REPORT SURVEY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Seems I had a lot of spare time this week, so I decided to get some opinions on a couple of
issues that seem to be controversial in the game scene today. I asked these two questions
of several prominent people. The answers as you can see ran the spectrum.

1) Should the disk limit be raised?
2) Should games with 3DFX ripped be considered legitimate releases?

<CYPHER> 3dfx must stay in the main release
<CYPHER> and that includes sounds as well as .exes and dlls
<CYPHER> disc limit should be raised to 60 discs
<CYPHER> ORIGINs official reply :)

<Goaman> a) no b) was always like that

<Sun Dancer> Limit raised - yes 3DFX rip allowed - yes

<DaJackal> well for starters i dont think 3dfx should be ripped from games
<DaJackal> and as for the disk limit, i think it should only be raised when more than 20% of
releases cannot be ripped due to size

<toast-> Considering most games can easily fit under 50, No. (Descent 3 SHOULD have been
under 50 but some group managed to severly rush their title). As per faction rules there is
nothing stating that ripping 3d is a bad thing, although personally i feel it takes too much
away from the gamer. 3d is hard to live without.

<Thor> I couldn't care less.. The rip scene should just disband already

<markgoh> well most people have 3DFX these days...
<markgoh> as for disk limit maybe a little... not too much...

<Prozac-> No on the limit, and 3dfx only if there's no way around it.

<_Beowulf_> 1. No
<_Beowulf_> 2. Only if the 3D(FX) portion is completely seperate from the rest (not just a
different set of EXEs), and most importantly that is does not take away from the intended
feel of the game.

<Horde> disk limit perhaps to 60
<Horde> which would allow 3dfx to not be ripped

<MrPuppy3D> i think there should be no disk limit
<MrPuppy3D> it warrants a rape
<MrPuppy3D> and i think 3dfx should never be ripped
<MrPuppy3D> get with the program to any group who thinks that 3dfx should be ripped
<MrPuppy3D> because anyone who plays games seriously has one
<MrPuppy3D> and more people play games in 3dfx now than software render

<Devestator> Disk limit maybe to 55 or 60 disks (if people want 3dfx in and stuff) and I think
that 3dfx being ripped is fine
<Devestato> if the majority of the ppl want 3dfx, then raise the limit
<Devestato> although 3dfx won't be as standard
<Devestato> if anything
<Devestato> D3D should be left in
<Devestato> 3dfx should just be an addon imo

<z1p> 1) No, the disk limit doesn't need to be raised, the quality of scene crackers needs to
be improved if the disk limit is a problem. You should be able to rip apart a huge file and
take out music/movies. If you can't get some skillz :) If it just isn't doable under/near 50
then just ISO it.
<z1p> 2) Seeing as only 3/10 people have 3dfx I say make ripping it a standard, just like ripping
intro movies :) (greets to grudge for this idea :) [Editor's note: This is sarcasm apparently,
and no I didn't get it either]

<[BeeP]> no and no

<Lechucky> disk limit nah
<Lechucky> 3DFX ripped yeah, as long as the game is fully working

<OFD-> raising the disc limit
<OFD-> no way dude
<OFD-> 50 disks is already 144Mb PACKED That's often 300 mb unpacked
<OFD-> plus add on and stuff
<OFD-> certains rips will always be questionnable

<][cE> i aint taking part in nwr
<][cE> it black mouths me
<][cE> ogn
<][cE> and dvniso

Well that was the second week of June. The blockbuster titles have started to come out,
but fewer and fewer of them are being ripped well. This could be the beginning of the end
of the rip scene (or at least the 50 x 2.88 limit). Ripping of 3DFX has in effect raised
the disk limit anyhow, so perhaps it is time to make the change. A disk limit of 60 x 2.88
prohibiting the ripping of 3DFX would go a long way towards eliminating the "cheating" of
the disk limit that we are seeing now. The games with graphic drivers ripped are going to
be more and more prevelant as time goes on. Perhaps a new meeting of the Faction counsul
is in order. Origin should be brought into that body this time around anyway. Their constant
use of their non-membership to circumvent the rules of common sense has become an annoyance.
Surely their leaders can respect the idea that even an essentially illegal hobby such as ours
needs some guidelines to ensure fair play. Origin's use of the faction rules to denounce
other group's releases, and their use of their own non-membership to shield themselves from
criticism should not be allowed to continue.
In less important news, I've made a small change to the formula for the point scores. In
future, only trainers for games which ranked above average (4.0 - 5.0) will recieve an award.
There has been less and less of an emphesis on trainers for sub-standard games recently, and
this review will reflect that change. Also, I'd like to respond to everyone who has asked
for ISO reviews to be included in this report. Frankly I do not have the time to burn every
game that comes out. Testing all the weeks rips is in itself a huge task, and takes up far
too much time as it is. Therefore, there will not be any rip reviews done by myself. The
ISO scene has their own charts anyhow, and in any event an ISO review section would only
be a review of the game itself, as there are no rip decisions to be made. Until next week...
keep leeching.

=----------------------------------=--------------------------------------=

-----------[ Bud's Biased Utils Section ]-----------

Bud's Biased Utils Report #24
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I almost got lazy and idled this week... still listening to the new Tea Party
disc... but wtf, might as well do make use of my time. That and I don't
feel like doing any serious work. So here we go, with another lively week
in utils having passed. We have all the usual schlock, plus a little bit
of extra meat regarding VGC.

Disclaimer: It's BIASED moron. My opinion. So don't send me a bunch of mail
& messages bitching about this or that. If you don't like
it... SCREW YOU =]

Rankings: Groups get a score out of 10. Points are given for amount of
releases, but QUALITY titles will give a group a much higher score.
Nukes for duping, broken releases and just plain CRAP will lower
a groups score. However on the occasion that a title is nuked which
I don't feel should have been, MY OWN JUDGEMENT TAKES PRECEDENCE.
Cuz I'm writing this. Groups can also get points for any other
reason I see fit.

Week: Week is based from 06/08/99 to 06/14/99. I'm in the EST time zone so
dates/times run according to it.

Groups: (In no particular order)

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PIRATES WITH ATTITUDE:

Releases:

PcANYWHERE_v9.0_REALLY_TRULY_FINAL-PWA
Intergraph.SmartSketch.3-PWA
ASP.User.v1.0-PWA
ASP.Image.v1.84.Enterprise-PWA
ASP.Grid.v2.5.Enterprise-PWA
ASP.Email.v3.0.Source.Code-PWA
Extensis.PhotoFrame.v2.0.b1-PWA
Platinum.SQL.Compass.v1.5-PWA
Organic_Art_Deluxe-PWA
Macromedia.Shockwave.Multiuser.Server.10000users-PWA
Cyberlink.VCD.PowerPlayer.3.49-PWA

PWA really, truly lost the race on the REAL pcANYWHERE 9 final
to DOD, leaving them with SmartSketch 3, one of the better Intergraph
titles released of late, and a bunch of titles released later in the
week. A hard loss on the Symantec title however, considering the history
of releases that one app has created. Organic Art is well... I won't
say it. Platinum SQL Compass is a much better title, and the 10,000
user of Shockwave Server is a welcome edition... the earlier PNC
release's license only allowed up to 50 users.
Total: 6/10

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THE CORPORATION:

Releases:

Microsoft.Word.2000.Corporate.WORKING-CORP
Atomic.Software.Authorizer.v2.0-CORP
Dr.Solomons.Antivirus.Toolkit.v7.95.Win9X.WinNT-CORP
Realize.3D.Editor-CORP
Norton.AntiVirus.Corporate.Edition.v6.0-CORP
ICE.PPN.v1.1.Win32.to.UNIX-CORP
ARCserveIT.Advanced.Edition.v6.61.NT-CORP
Page.Charmer.Pro.v2.0-CORP
JSentry.Proxy.Server.v2.2-CORP
IASoft.ActiveForum.v2.0-CORP
Quik.Project.Management.Suite.QuikApps.v2.1-CORP
Strata.Systems.Punch.List.v2.0.Win9X.and.Palm.OS-CORP

Gah what a mess... most sites were up in the air as to whether or not
to keep Corp's recent MS releases. I'll stick to the affirmative only
because I know there are plenty of people out there who will eagerly
download anything made by MS. In related news, my frivilous lawsuit
against M$ will soon be heading to court, I'm claiming mental anguish
induced by poorly coded, buggy software.

Aside from the MS rel, Corp put out a few utils worth mentioning:

Norton AV Corporate 6 - A quick rip of the ISO... I haven't heard
a whole lot about the new version of the
client/server protection app out of the
symantec camp.

ARCserve IT 6.61 - Corp was quick on ripping this ISO, as with the
AV release. Some questions as to the quality of
the rip, a WORKING-IND copy was later released
but quickly nuked.

Page Charmer Pro is alright, as is JSentry Proxy Server... a decent
mix of CD rips and net apps, but with a few of those CD rips coming
from ISO releases, you have to wonder why the Corp store team wasn't
more active, as plenty of titles are out there.
Total: 8/10

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Releases: N/A
Total: N/A

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Releases:

ESSENTIAL.TEXTURES.FOR.3DS.MAX-SiEGE
CULT.EFFECTS.VOL1.FOR.ADOBE.AFTER.EFFECTS-SiEGE
NIMICHEN.MIRAI.FINAL.V1.0-SiEGE

Not exactly the busiest week SGE has ever had. There best release
was Nichimen (not Nimichen) Graphic's Mirai 1.0 final, a professional
real-time computer graphics/animation suite. Unfortunately it was just
a "tad" large at 62 x 2.88MB, and is probably best left as an ISO - so
grab the TFL release if you want this one. Aside from that, some art textures
stuff, yawn.
Total: 4/10

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X-FORCE:

Releases:

ULTIMATE_TOOLBOX_FOR_MFC_1ST_EDITION_JUNE_1999-XFORCE
NUANCE_V6.2_FINAL-XFORCE

XF followed up their excellent release of JBuilder Pro 3 from last
week with... Ultimate Toolbox for MFC. Yay. (Sorry if I'm offending
any actual users of the program, but seeing it go out twice monthly
gets annoying after a while - and I need something to poke fun at,
damnit!). They also released Nuance 6.2 at 58 x 2.88MB ... not as
bad as Mirai, although Mirai is the better app in my eyes.
Total: 3/10

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SHOCK:

Releases:

Autodesk.Planix.Landscape.Deluxe.v3.0-SHOCK
Autodesk.Planix.Landscape.Deluxe.v3.0.Missing.Archive-SHOCK
FlowCUT.v3.1-SHOCK
FlowPATH.v3.0-SHOCK
IBM.ViaVoice.Online.Companion.v5.2.for.VV98.Home-SHOCK
IBM.ViaVoice.Online.Companion.v5.2.for.VV98.Executive-SHOCK
PrintMaster.Platinum.v8.0-SHOCK
Punch.Super.Home.Suite.V3.0-SHOCK

Continuing with some decent store titles this week, they
take the desktop publishing app PrintMaster 8, which is
aimed at the lower price tier of the market, and is basically a
cheaper alternative to say, MS Publisher and similar tools. We also
see Autodesk's Planix Landscape Deluxe, which is not up to par with
some of Autodesk's other tools - Sierra's landscaping titles are a better
bet if you're looking for this type of app. Still, good enough. When paired
with IBM's Online Companion for ViaVoice, which allows ViaVoice98 users
work directly in internet chat clients, web browsers, and other online
connectivity applications (Yes, it supports AOL!), you get a solid week.
SHK took a page out of the PFT manual and released about 400 megs worth of
apps in one night.
Total: 7/10

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Releases:

Shock took their place in releasing sprees this week, and PFT
was basically nowhere to be found.
Total: N/A

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LEGENDS NEVER DIE:

Releases:

PATHTRACE.EDGECAM.V4.0.WITH.MDT-LND

Just one app from LND over the past week, but a killer from the CAM
field, PathTrace's EdgeCAM, complete with the Mechanical Desktop
Interface... good work there in the CAD/CAM etc field as usual.
Total: 4/10

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PINNACLE:

Releases:

Telox.Persuader.v1.0.for.ACT.WORKING-PNC
English.PRO-PNC
AirNav.v3.10-PNC
4th.Dimension.v6.5-PNC
Visual.Analyst.v1.0-PNC
Billing.Time.Win9xNT-PNC

An alright week in releasing for PNC... they at least got a few
titles out, although none of them are really notable. They got
out a working version of Persuader, which something called Creative
fucked up.
Total: 5/10

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PREMIERE:

Releases:

Schedule.v3.2.12c-PREMiERE
SmartServer3.v3.51-PREMiERE

PRM did something. Not much else to say. It seems that
if they don't already have a working serial for it in their
portfolio, they aren't able to release it - not a good sign.
Total: 2/10

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DRINK OR DIE:

Releases:

Symantec_pcANYWHERE_v9.0_Win9xNT_Gold.Final-DOD
Time_Navigator_v3.0.15_All.WinOS-DOD

Yet another really real final of pcANYWHERE 9, this one really is
final, really. Honestly. Blah... Becre8tiv did a really excellent
job of explaining all the different pcANYWHERE 9 releases over
on BA's message board at TCA, so I suggest you check that out if
you want to know whats up. As for this, assuming it IS the final
(and this time it seems so), I'll carry over DOD's points from
last week - meaning they don't gain any new points, since their
last release was mislabeled - but they still deserve credit.
Total: 2/10 + 2 (carried over from last week)

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REBELS:

Releases:

N-Track_Studio_v1.3.1-RBS
OmniMark_Developer_IDE_v1.0-RBS
Ontime_Enterprise_v4.70_FINAL-RBS
Multiframe_2D_v5.16_CRACKED-RBS
Multiframe_3D_v5.16_CRACKED-RBS
Multiframe_4D_v5.16_CRACKED-RBS
Multiframe_Section_Maker_v5.16_CRACKED-RBS
Multiframe_Steel_Designer_v5.16_Cracked-RBS
RSLogix_5_r3.2.00_CRACKED-RBS
3d_Designs_All_Products_Keygen-RBS
ARCPLAN.DYNASIGHT.INSIGHT.V2.40-RBS
ARCPLAN.DYNASIGHT.SERVER.WINNT.v1.04.17-RBS
Cool_Modeler_Lightwave_Plugin_with_keygen-RBS
Virtual.Bench.v2.51-RBS
P2C-Pascal-compiler.for.PIC.and.Scenix.Version.1.12e.for.Windows-RBS
C2G.Code.Generator.for.PIC.Version.1.1.for.Windows-RBS
C2C-pro.C-compiler.for.PIC.and.Scenix.Version.3.12e.for.Windows-RBS
Eagleware.Genesys.V6.5b.cracked-RBS
Rideway.v2.10-RBS

Busy, busy, busy... I haven't seen RBS this active in a LONG time,
and while there's a real lack of mainstream apps from Rebels these days,
titles from Arcplan never hurt, and getting out a good copy of OnTime Enterprise
is an added bonus. We also see plenty of cracking skill from the RBS team...
store side definately needs to beef up though.
Total: 7/10

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Teknorage & Pirasoft:

Releases:

AbsoluteFTP.v1.6.b6-TRPS
Ultimate.Bulletin.Board.v5.37-TRPS
JETUnACE.v2.0.for.Delphi4-TRPS
JETUnRAR.v1.0.for.Delphi4-TRPS
IP.Commander.v2.0.0.58-TRPS
Surf.Control.for.Microsoft.Proxy.Server.v2.51b-TRPS

Well lets hope Surf Control works this time round... rest of this
is minor, the JetUnACE/UnRAR for Delphi is prolly the best once
you consider Surf Control is minor as well, with 2.51a coming
just the week before 2.51b...
Total: 4/10

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Releases: N/A
Total: N/A

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SCUM:

Releases:

Sybase.Adaptive.Enterprise.PC.Client.v.11.9.2-SCuM

One rel this week, the client for an app they released earlier.
Total: 2/10

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Releases:

CRT.2.4.b3.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD
Secure.CRT.2.4.b3.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD
AniTa.Terminal.Emulator.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD
Super.Office.4.5.0.20.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD

Two beats, a minor, and a terminal emulator... sorry guys but all i can
say is "blah" :P
Total: 3/10

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FATIGUED COURIERS NETWORK:

Releases:

Ensemble_Rose_Delphi_Link_v3.2.990528-FCN
Ensemble_Rose_Jbuilder_Link_v3.2.990514-FCN
Ensemble_Rose_Visual_Cafe_Link_v2.0.990309-FCN
Extensis_BeyondPress_v4.01_For_QuarkXPress-FCN
DAO_Components_v2.8.1_For_Delphi_and_CPPBuilder_With_Full_Src-FCN
Dependencies_For_Objects_v1.1-FCN
Ensemble_Rose_Word_Link_v5.0990304-FCN
NeMo_Dev_v1.0-FCN
Polar_Draw_ActiveX_Control_v1.00-FCN
SeaScape_v1.0_Beta3_For_3DSMAX-FCN

Beyond Press 4.01 turned out to be identical to PWA's 4.0 release from a while
back, either because PWA mislabled their release (this coming from a group
who usually has no qualms about releasing App v2.20.19.227.18), Extensis
fucked up, or Delphic is a gimp. Since I know I'll be hearing about that
last quip, I'll end off by saying on top of the Extensis mishap, FCN
had a good week with some nice components, and a beta plugin for 3DSMAX.

About the Ensemble Rose titles. A few sites nuked them, as minor builds.
FCN wasn't too happy, and rightfully so - the program has never been released
before, so it's not to be considered a minor update, since it's the first
version users can get (well, unless they pay for it of course). Secondly,
v3.2.990528 - 990528 is the date of the build, and not some really lame
version number - it reads to 05/28/99 for any gimps who missed that.
Same shit, different date for the other Rose titles.
Total: 6/10

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Releases:

Sonic.Foundry.MP3.encoder.v1.0d-Radium
Sonic.Foundry.ACID.Pro.v1.0d.final-Radium

Two apps from the Sonic Foundry line... pretty quiet from this camp
of late.
Total: 2/10

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Releases:

Reel.Time.v.2.5.NT-VGC

Reel trouble from the VGC camp. With the split of DMS, and MrPumpkin
taking part of that group to form Vice, it was a safe bet he was no longer
welcome in VGC, and soon found himself booted from the group. With Evel
also heading to the Vice faction, it seems that the well of titles
originating from MFD members has dried up, and Evel and Baseclaw are
both gone from VGC, as is leftist. All these moves help to explain
the lack of activity from VGC this week... all this on top of TK4's
earlier departure... could the group that looked like the dream team
be in danger of blowing it all?
Total: 2/10

New this week: N/A

Idle this week: RiSE, VRS.

Quote(s) of the Week: "He's the Diet Coke of evil!"

<ndetroit> wtf? FSecure.Antivirus?... man.. i can't believe someone beat DOD on an
AV release... ;p

"now chthonic life has set its sights on making me a slave to its ways"

<Detoch--> xavier is made of iron
<Ir0nY> no, but of latex

TCA Forum:
Topic: "Oh great now we have two lame groups" -Grad
Topic: "Oh great we still have a lame utils group" -cablegod

<Johhny> anyone of you all know how to train games?
<NytShadow> i just slap em around till they work right myself

Assuming Lester and NDTrout get off their respective asses (or out of each others),
you may actually be reading this on time. I think we at least came close last week.

Corp sort of won this week by default... I would have given Shock higher except
for a missing RAR that had to be released seperately in Planix Landscape...
LND put out a great title but that was it, kudos to Hirop/Denada for that however.
Rebels also had a decent week but lacked any major apps. PWA would have had a shot
if not for loosing on pcANYWHERE.

In the past week, we said goodbye to the group Demon. I thought I'd make note of
their passing, as Demon was probably one of the most under-rated groups in the
scene. In their two year history they put out some decent apps, existed pretty
much without contreversy - quite a feat - and went out without a fuss. Check
out http://www.dmn.org for a farewell note, and best of luck to these guys.

That's all for now... see ya!

- Bud

Bud's Biased Utils Report #25
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ARGH! Just when I thougt I was out, they pull me back in!!! Well, so much
for taking a week off like I had planned. Certain people had to go and make
what started out to be a DULL week for utils one of the most interesting
we've seen in months. I'll skip the rest of my planned intro banter and
get to work.

Disclaimer: It's BIASED moron. My opinion. So don't send me a bunch of mail
& messages bitching about this or that. If you don't like
it... SCREW YOU =]

Week: Week is based from 06/15/99 to 06/21/99. I'm in the EST time zone so
dates/times run according to it.

Groups: (In no particular order)

PIRATES WITH ATTITUDE:

Releases:

Adabtec.Take.Two.1.01.Beta.Build.129-PWA
Ambiente.PolyMap.Database.Edition.v1.21-PWA
Ambiente.PolyMap.Standard.Edition.v1.17-PWA
Cyberlink.CDWizard.3.0-PWA
Cypress.Enable.4.0-PWA
NetVue.2.1-PWA
Elron_Internet_Manager_v4.7.4-PWA
Polymedia.SDK.v2.2.Professional-PWA
SPSS.v.9.0-PWA
Inovie.TeamCenter.v2.5.0-PWA
Netpresenter.3.1-PWA
SPSS.Data.Entry.v1.0-PWA

Someone complained on the TCA forum this week about PWA's tendency
to use 10MB and 15MB disks when releasing large rips. It was Cablegod
I believe. Well of course he was cut to shreds with flames from PWA
members and supporters, who point out that PWA is one of the greatest
utils groups of all time. And you'll see no arguement from me about that.
However, Cablegod did make a good point... packagers, don't be lazy,
use standard disk sizes. Even 5MB isn't bad. But when you switch to 10
or 15MB, you fuck over analog users, who make up a large portion of the
end user population. Large disks make sense for the ISO scene, where most
users are on cable or better connections. But in the rip scene, it's not
needed... it's a pain to have to restart disks if your download gets
killed, and an even bigger pain to discover restarting corrupted the disk.

So that's my bitch for the week... well my first one anyways. PWA showed
one of their best weeks of late, things continue to pick up for them.
Excellent work on the tough crack for SPSS 9, as well as SPSS Data Entry.
Some other decent releases here, good job all around.
Total: 8/10

THE CORPORATION:

Releases:

Portola.Coronado.v1.0-CORP
Microsoft.Network.Monitor.v2.0.SMS.Edition-CORP
Cosmi.Print.Perfect-CORP
Remedy.Asset.Management.V1.0-CORP
IASoft.ActiveForum.v2.0-CORP

So there was a bit of a MUTINY in the scene this week, in regards to
two groups... Machv (SHK) and Twizted (CORP leader) leave their respective
groups to form a new utils group, Mutiny. I'll get more into that later...
for now, lets just say Twizted was a large part of Corp, and I'm sure he
will be missed, but one man (errr sorry, person, must be politaclly correct)
doesn't make a group.

In the releases, we don't see much of note, an M$ title, which I could
care less about (I shudder at the sight of MS these days), a so-so store
title on Cosmi Print Perfect (ripped down from a rather large original
package, haven't tried it however so I'm not sure what remains), and a
handful of other titles. A slow week, and next week will be an important one,
I'm sure Corp will want the scene to know they're still a strong group.
Total: 6/10

RISE:

Releases:

Day.Trader.Internet.Edition.v7.0.10-RiSE
Oracle.Designer.2000.v2.1.2-RiSE

Someone claimed Oracle Designer 2000 to be freeware.... no names, they know
who they are... and well, someone's on crack. Perhaps I should give a lesson
in the difference between programs the have trial versions available, and
programs that are FREE (hence the term "Freeware"). Perhaps not... I don't
wanna waste my time. Anyways, it's not free, it's a decent app, and RiSE
isn't going down without a fight... lets hope they hang in there.
Total: 4/10

Releases:

LOTUS.SCREENCAM.WIN95.MARCH.1999.UPDATE-SiEGE
LOTUS.SCREENCAM.WINNT.MARCH.1999.UPDATE-SiEGE
LOTUS.FAX.FOR.DOMINO.ENTERPRISE.SERVER.4.1-SiEGE

The biggest news this week, without a doubt, came from Siege. As of June
19th, 1999, Siege has officially disbanded, retiring their name, and leaving
the scene as the top utils group around. They also leave a gaping hole in
the area of art/graphics design tools. I remember the early days of Siege,
and I got to watch them go through the growing process, and develop into the
dominate group they went out as, so I feel pretty lucky in that regard.
Still, I can't really describe it... they were never my favorite group, nor
do I regard them as the best ever... but they dominate the art scene,
overcoming groups such as ClipForce... err XForce, LND, DOD, etc, as well
as many smaller challengers. That's enough of me blabbing... here's the text
from the Final SGE farewell release to the scene:

-----------------------

This is indeed one of the hardest things I have ever had to do, but it is in
the best interests of many. Our NFO Group News always read:

"SiEGE is dedicated to bringing you the best in PC utilities and
applications, while building upon the foundations of comradery and
good sportsmanship that our predecessors have laid down."

This is something that we have been very proud of since 1995, when the group
was founded by my mentor, the famous Hemp Hoodlum. The time has come, where
we feel we have reached our peak, and have provided you with a great service
for quite some time now. It is time for us to call it a career, while still
on top (in most peoples' minds and ours). Rather than lingering around like
so many other groups have in the past and continue to do, failing to produce
much at all, we have decided to retire the Siege name. It has indeed been a
great run, and many many people have had a helping hand in this run. It
would not really be fair to mention only a few names here, so I would just
like to thank each and every Siege member, past and present. Without you,
we would never have the recognition and status that we hold today.

Thank you.

Sincerely yours,

David & Goliath
(Honorary SiEGE BoSS!)"

-----------------------

Kudos to all of Siege for making it a great run.

My quick blurb on releases, well they finished up on releases, wonder
who was responsible for those <g>.

Total: 6/10 - for the week in releases
Total: 9/10 - my overall for their career (hey - I never give 10/10 anyways <g>).

They also go out with the best overall average on the report.

X-FORCE:

Releases:

AQUA-PACK_FOR_LIGHTWAVE-XFORCE
DIRTY-UP_FOR_LIGHTWAVE-XFORCE
IFW_LW_INSPIRE_SHADERS-XFORCE
ARTISAN_REAL-TIME_STUDIO_PRO_V2.2-XFORCE
SOFTIMAGE_TWISTER_2.5_BETA-XFORCE
INPRISE_JBUILDER_3_ENTERPRISE-XFORCE

A group that probably should have retired a while back... but I still
love 'em. Honestly, I do like XF as a group... they're just sometimes an
easy target =)

This week they do JBuilder 3 Enterprise from InPrise, just a few weeks after
the Pro... InPrise has a habit of seperating the release dates for the
different levels in a given product family, which is probably why you didn't see this
earlier. Good work with that, as well as Real Time Studio Pro, some LightWave
plugins mixed in, bake for 5 minutes, let cool and serve... oh wait that's
my recipe for homemade apple pie.
Total: 6/10

SHOCK:

Releases:

Bill.Power.Plus.v6.2.109-SHOCK
Informed.Designer.v2.6.3-SHOCK
Informed.Filler.v2.6.3-SHOCK
PowerPlugs.Transitions.v1.52.Vol1-SHOCK
PowerPlugs.Transitions.v1.52.Vol2-SHOCK
Ulead.Face.Factory.V1.0-SHOCK
Surf.Scrapbook.v1.0-SHOCK
Web.Server.4D.e-Commerce.v3.0-SHOCK
Office.Builder-SHOCK
Adobe.PhotoDeluxe.Business.Edition.v1.1-SHOCK
Pagis.Pro.v3.0-SHOCK

The second group involved in the MUTINY this week... Machv
leaves Shock to form Mutiny with Twizted. A fair blow to Shock
as Machv was fairly active, but don't expect the store titles
to dry up. As for the week, Shock had a well balanced diet, with
some nice apps from Scansoft (Pagis Pro 3), and Ulead (Face Factory
1), as well as the newest release of the Informed series from Shana
and a few things from CrystalGraphics.
Total: 7/10

PENTIUM FORCE TEAM:

Releases:

Ascent.Storage.4.11.Client.Server.Suite-PFT
FLEXR.GT.Lite.1.5.1-PFT
Insure.Plus.Plus.v5.0.P1-PFT
OMNIS.Studio.2.1.Win9x-PFT
OMNIS.Studio.2.1.WinNT-PFT
SiteDirector.4.2.Full.WinNT-PFT
Isual.Financial.Reporting.Advanced.5.5-PFT
Visual.Financial.Reporting.Advanced.5.5-PFT
WordFlow.Professional.2.0-PFT

PFT came back pretty strong this week after last week's absence,
releasing some decent titles in the process. Highlights are WordFlow
Pro 2, OMNIS Studio 2.1, and Ascent Storage 4.11 - look for PFT to
do fairly well next week as well (clairvoyance... of sorts - one of
the benefits of writing this late <g>).
Total: 7/10

LEGENDS NEVER DIE:

Releases:

ARCINFO_V7.2.1-LND
DOC-TO-HELP_2000_FINAL-LND
IMAGEWARE_SURFACER_V9.0-LND
HP_HIGH_FREQUENCY_STRUCTURE_SIMULATOR_V5.3-LND

What would a week be without Grad inflating his ego (and
attempting to bat people around with it...)? With the retirement
of SGE, Grad pops up to claim he has succeeded in bringing
the group down... but I doubt he's even fooling himself with
that one.

Pathetic tabloid headline grabber or not, Grad and the LND crew
had a good week, with Surfacer 9 leading the pack. Still no challenge
to their niche market dominace in the CAD/CAM and related areas.
Is their room for another group in the field? Will anyone try?
Have I bored you yet?
Total: 7/10

PINNACLE:

Releases:

Business.Analyst.PRO.v4.0-PNC
Email.Inchorus.v3.0-PNC
Email.Voicelink.v3.0-PNC
COAST.Webmaster.Pro.v4.1-PNC
E.2000-PNC

COAST Webmaster Pro is a decent tool... rest of this I'm not really
into... a kind of ho-hum week, better than some, worse than others.
Total: 5/10

PREMIERE:

Releases:

Personal.Receptionist.v1.10-PREMiERE
VoiceAction.v1.2.5-PREMiERE
InstallAnywhere.v2.55.Standard.Edition-PREMiERE
Property.Wizard.2000.v1.0.0.7-PREMiERE
Schedule.v3.2.13c-PREMiERE
Speak.Lite.v1.06-PREMiERE
VVSPlayer.Revolution.v1.5.3-PREMiERE

Wow... PRM is still alive. Kicking out a few web apps, PRM cheats
death for another week... but things are certainly not well with the
once mighty group. InstallAnywhere is the best tool here (at least
for those requiring a setup/installation routine for your app),
otherwise... ummm... the best would be... fuck you choose.
Total: 5/10

DRINK OR DIE:

Releases:

Symantec_Mobile_Essentials_Corporate_v2.0_Win9xNT_REAL_FINAL-DOD
AllStor_Drive_Manager_v3.11_WinNT4-DOD
OTG_DiskXtender_v4.1_WinNT4-DOD

Another Symantec final sticks out as the best of the week for DOD.
If it weren't for their Symantec hookups they'd be in real hot water,
if they aren't already. When you think of DOD you think of past
glory - maybe they can build the dynasty again, but right now
there's a long road to travel. Not much else coming from this
camp.
Total: 5/10

REBELS:

Releases:

AVG.V6.0.registered-RBS
MainLine.v1.72.cracked-RBS
PROTEL99.SERVICE.PACK1.CRACKED-RBS
Applix_TM1_7.1_Incl_Keygen-RBS
IVEX.WINDRAFT.V3.01.SERIAL-RBS
Specctra.v8.06-REPACK-RBS
Telephony_Experts_SQL_Enterprise_Telecom_Switch_CRACKED-RBS
Winstock.Pro.2.4.2.Registered-RBS
Accolade.PeakVHDL.Version.5.11a-RBS
Accolade.PeakVHDL.Version.5.11a.CRACK.FIX-RBS
HI-TECH.PIC.C.Compiler.Version.7.84-RBS
Thumb.Print.Pro.3.03-RBS

Yeesh Pic-C's been around forever... I remember using that years ago...
anyways releases from all ends of the spectrum as per usual for RBS, with
some nice apps like Specctra, a service pack for Protel 99, and
Telecom Switch... some lower end titles like Thumb Print Pro... good work
overall.
Total: 7/10

Teknorage & Pirasoft:

Releases:

Correct.Bearing.Capacity.V4.5.1-TRPS
Audio.Tester.v1.4b-TRPS
DOCS.Fusion.v3.0-TRPS
Mr.Photo.v2.1-TRPS
Task.Minder.v2.5-TRPS
Xara3d.v3.04.Fix.for.DNG.release-TRPS
Evgesoft.ExtraPack.v1.0.for.Delphi4-TRPS

A delphi tool... how'd FCN miss that one? :) They fix up DNG's
Xara3D release... Mr. Photo... I've been over that one before
in past issues, same shit, different version. Not a whole lot
happening here.
Total: 5/10

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VERSUS:

Releases:

CASEMaker.LegacyAid.Workbench.v3.1-VERSUS
Disk.Clean.Deluxe.v1.0-VERSUS
Peoplesoft.Peopletools.v7.55-VERSUS

Yay... VRS is back! They rip PeopleTools from the newly troubled
Peoplesoft... the "warm, friendly" software developer is downsizing
considerably... also Disk Clean Delxue... only three titles, but
decent, and they're active again.
Total: 5/10

Releases: N/A
Total: N/A

2000AD:

Releases:

Nettracker.4.0.Enterprise.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD
Nettracker.4.0.Pro.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD
SolSuite.2000.v4.2.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD
Pragmasys.Interaccess.TelnetD.Basic.b3.For.Windows9x-2000AD
Pragmasys.Interaccess.TelnetD.Deluxe.b3.For.Windows9x-2000AD
Pragmasys.Interaccess.TelnetD.Pro.b3.For.Windows9x-2000AD
Pragmasys.Companion.4.0.0610.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD
Pragmasys.Inetd4.0.0610.For.WindowsNT-2000AD
Pragmasys.TelnetD.4.0.06.10.For.WindowsNT-2000AD
Pragmasys.TerminalServer.4.0.06.10.For.WindowsNT-2000AD
Tinyterm.plus.edition.3.03.0455.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD
Tinyterm.thin.client.edition.3.03.0455.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD
Tinyterm.webserver.edition.3.03.0455.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD
GetRight.4.0.b1.For.Windows9x-Nt-2000AD
HyCD.Print.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD

A lot of betas, a lot of minor versions... nothing impressive, and
was a Deluxe AND a Basic edition of a beta3 necessary??? I don't
agree with nuking betas, but just the Deluxe would have been fine.
Total: 5/10

________________________________________wK!.

FATIGUED COURIERS NETWORK:

Releases:

AnyShape_Transparentform_Components_For_Delphi-FCN
Creature_Creator_v1.50_For_Lightwave-FCN
Creature_Creator_v1.51_For_3DSMAX-FCN
Creature_Creator_v1.51_For_TrueSpace-FCN
LMD_TOOLS_v4.5_FINAL_FOR_DELPHI_N_C-FCN
DAMEWARE_NTFS_SECURITY_v1.5.0.3_ACTIVEX-FCN
Intact_Integrity_Checker_For_NT-FCN
LEADTOOLS_IMAGING_PRO_v11.0-FCN
The_Express_Inspector_For_Delphi_N_C-FCN
TrueSpace_v4.2_RETAIL_CDROM_FULL_AND_FULLY_WORKING-FCN
Varian_Led_Studio_For_Delphi_v3.1.1-FCN

FCN went beyond their niche market this week, again showing
they can release a wide variety of apps, but choose to do so
only if the title is right. They put out Calgari's (SP?) TrueSpace
4.2, working properly... I believe past editions were just 4.0
with the upgrade patch, which is tiresome... so thanks to FCN
for the rel. They also jumped on LeadTools Imaging Pro 11 moments
after it was announced... by the time I got my email from Leadtools
regarding the new version, the FCN release was already cooling.
Through in the popular Creature Creator plugin for a selection
of ani/graphics tools and the usual host of Delphi components
and you get a nice rounded week.
Total: 7/10

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Releases:

FruityLoops.Pro.v1.65.TS404-Radium
Making.Waves.v1.91-Radium
Mayah.EditPro.MP3.v2.2-Radium
Qdesign.realtime.MP2.Codec.v1.01-Radium
SAW.Aux.SendReturn.32bit.v1.3-Radium
SAW.Avi.Viewer.32bit.v1.6-Radium
SAW.Meter.Bridge.32bit.v1.6-Radium
SAW.Pro.v1.7-Radium
SAW.Reverberator.32bit.v1.8-Radium

A slew of tools in just one day, including a bunch of plugins for SAW...
they're promising a lot of MP3 tools in the coming while so keep an
eye open.
Total: 5/10

VENGEANCE:

Releases:

World.Group.Server.v3.20.FIX-VGC
World.Group.Server.v3.20-VGC

Not much of a showing, still not showing many signs of life... groups
is in need of some active crackers, or so I hear. Two for the title minus
one for the fix.
Total: 1/10

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MUTINY:

Releases:

Corel.Paradox.v.9.0-MUTiNY
DataScope.v.2.0-MUTiNY
Hold.Ware.v2.1-MUTiNY
Disney.Tarzan.Print.Studio-MUTiNY
Tufans.Mail.Relayer.v3.0-MUTiNY

And now we hit the newest group... Mutiny. Formed by Twizted and Machv
(ex-Corp and Shock), it has some promise. Both played large roles in their
former groups, and with their resources, plus that of PHXiSO, which they
lead, they could become a real challenger. The Mutiny moniker has been
done before however, in several incarnations. So aside from a ghetto .DIZ,
where does that leave us?

Already there are some signs of group trouble... Mutiny may not get the
full support of PHXiSO behind it, and it seems several people have taken
a dislike to the group... at press time #mutiny was taken over. It's
releases so far have been of mixed quality, with the kiddie Tarzan Print
Studio not recieved very well (Disney games are one thing, Disney apps...
ummm, no). Paradox 9 was a dupe, included in another release of CD (by PWA
if I remember). Which leaves three middle of the road apps. Not bad...
if they can overcome some early problems they have some potential, but be
vary of the quality control issue.
Total: 5/10

New this week: Mutiny

Idle this week: Scum

Quote(s) of the Week: <htw-> i'm a porn star just like elocin:)

<bizzybone> Garoto will retire on NWR-80.TXT "Garoto has died... R.I.P.
in the old folks home... according to police officials, the
last thing they saw on his computer screen were the words
'pftp suckas!!!!!!'"

With SGE gone, there's a whole lot of free agents on the market. And given
the rewards they recieved from Siege, expect a high asking price. Already,
many core members have formed a new group, Paragon, be on the lookout for
them. Expect to see them reviewed here next week given they begin releasing.

In regards to this week, I gave it to PWA, more for SPSS 9 than anything
else, they did a good job there... honerable mention to LND for its niche
work as well as FCN for stepping out of its niche for a while.

A few promises for next week:

An interview - not sure with who yet ;)
An in-depth review of some audio tools - simply because I all to often
skim over Radium's apps, as I don't use many audio tools. This one
will depend on what comes out in the coming seven days.

Well that's it for a busy week... if they were all like this the scene
would be a lot more interesting... or I'd go insane... or both!

- Bud
=----------------------------------=-------------------------------------=

=---------[ Lester's Movie Reviews ]----------=

Sure he's a prominent scene member, leader of the #1 courier
group, and former "Miss Scene 1995".. But did you also know that
in real life, Lester's real name is "Roger", and he hosts a popular
syndicated television show, where he plays a big fatass who has
nothing better to do with his time than go to every single movie
ever released? Well.. now you know..

Movie Reviews

Austin Powers 2 : The Spy Who Shagged Me
Starring: Michael Myers, Heather Graham
Rating: 4 Stars out of 4

The second most anticipated movie of this year, and much like that other film
everyone wanted to see, it does not disappoint. Actually, this sequel almost
surpasses the original in comedy, but not quite. There isn't much to say, if
you didn't get to this movie by now then something is wrong with you. Michael
Myers is the top comic in the business right now. And Heather Graham, my god
is she ever hot. Mini-Me is also the shit, there's just nothing bad about this
movie. I will take a moment to do the vcd review too. VCD-Europe released a TS
of the movie 1 week after release, so mad props for that. BUT, though the picture
quality is quite good, the sound is terrible, alot of hissing and pops and cracks.
It's really bad at times. So I'd wait and beg for a better version

=----------------------------------=-------------------------------------=

=---------[ VCD Group and Movie Reviews ]----------=

VCD Group and Movie Review

We would like to begin by explaining some of the common terms used in VCD
releasing. These formats are:

CAM - A cam is usually a handheld camera snuck into a full theatre. The base
is shaky, the audio is poor, you can hear people laughing and talking. A cam
is distinguishable by usually having a combination of all three or more of
these flaws. Most sites nuke cams for their general poor quality.

Workprint - An early release of a movie. These are usually stolen or leaked
copies of movies that have made their way onto VCD from VHS or a variety of
other sources. These will usually contain running time codes as well as other
identifying marks used in movie production. The quality on these can vary
from bad to very good depending on the quality of the source material used to
encode the VCD. Note: This category is also used for very bad screeners or
copies of movies that just didn't fit into any of the other categories due to
defects or problems with the quality of the VCD's audio/video image.

Telesync - Basically a very good Cam. A steady base such as a tripod is used,
the theatre is empty or very close to empty, and the audio and video are up
to par. Although, you can usually detect some flaw with a TS. You may see a
random head pop up, the screen edges are noticable, or the audio isn't always
crystal clear. While not perfect, the quality in general of a telesync ranges
from good to very good and is usually the first type of VCD made of a new
movie.

Screeners - These are the top quality VCDs. They can be in either widescreen
(letterbox) or in full-screen (pan and scan) with excellent audio and video.
These are made from video distributors demo tapes, reviewers copies, insider
copies of the film or from any number of sources. Most screeners will contain
"1-800-NO-COPIES" or "Property of.." messages somewhere in the film, but it's
not a requirement to fit into the screener category. These most closely
resemble a VHS or LaserDisc copy of the movie. They're easily identifiable by
their top quality.

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Ryche's Really Biased VCD Group Report #17

<tommy_> will VCD's play in my car cd player?

Hi kids, do you like violence? Well I do and I wanna rip off nd's head and
shit down his neck for making us wait for NWR. I trashed last weeks report
and just did the past weeks releases because I was so mad (Ok, Im lying,
I didnt write one last week). VCD scene has picked up a bit lately, and Im
here to ring your bell with the skinny, the lowdown, the 411, the straight
dope about who's hot, who's not, and who I like to make fun of. So,
without further ado..

Releases for the week of June 15th, 1999 to June 21st, 1999

06161999 The Other Sister - Screener - VCD-Europe
06171999 Payback - Screener - VCD-Europe
06171999 Election - Telesync - EViLISO
06171999 Austin Powers 2 The Spy Who Shagged Me - Telesync - VCD-Europe
[NUKED] Analyze This - Screener - VCD-Europe
[NUKED] 8MM Pan and Scan - Screener - PMTVCD

- PMTVCD -

Kinda quiet from the usually loud mouths over at PMTVCD. They did manage to
release another screener of 8MM, this time in pan and scan instead of
widescreen. Most sites nuked it for dupe. We dont need widescreen and
fullscreen screener versions on sites, takes up too much space. Guess
they forgot that.

Total - 0 Points

- EViLISO -

Kinda quiet from these guys over the summer too. Only release was an
Election telesync, which at least is watchable which is more than I can say
for the workprint I saw of it a few weeks back.

Total - 2 Points

- VCD-Europe -

Did excellent this week, too bad they released a few fuckups along the way.
Lets begin with an indepth analysis of Analyze This Screener, which I
personally was looking forward to. Good picture, good sound, good chinese
words across the bottom.. WTF?! Subtitles?! Umm no eurolamers, we dont
accept those. No sites outside of China do. Stop. Cease and Desist.
The Other Sister is the retard chick falls in love story, is it just me
or is the color washed out on this one? Another fuckup or just bad judgement?
Austin Powers 2 was good, cept for the sound distorts, watchable though.
Payback Screener has a timecode on it, kind of annoying but a killer movie.

Total - 3 Points

Ahh yes, another wonderful week of VCD's and screw ups to report on. Even
though theyre our group of the week, VCD-Europe really helped us out.
We wouldnt have anything to report on if they hadn't fucked up a few.
Thanks guys.. Love ya..

Lambs To The Slaughter..
- Ryche -

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----------------[Tdp Journal: Continuation]-------------------

Editors note: Here is the 2nd part of the famous tdp journal.. its been a long
time coming, so you may want to go back and read the previous installment!

Tdpriest's Journal Part 2

Well last night was quite interesting, I can see why Scan was so into that girl. Too bad he
is home jerkin his gherkin to the thought of bangin her when I actually was. But hey that's
his problem, the girl was also quite chatty about the Risc boys and where they usually hang
out. Though she was a nice girl, I wasn't looking for a steady relationship out here in god
damn Arizona, so I got my shit together and headed out early before she woke up.

When I got downstairs my new '99 Suburban was waiting for me. Inside was amazingly MORE weapons
and a little note that said. "Things could be getting a little hotter for you than you might
like." Now, I'm not a suspicious person, but there was definately a little something more than
a photo shoot going on around here. I don't care how ugly the model is, I do not need the
National Guard's weapon arsenal to handle it. But the car was pretty fucking cool so I jumped
in and headed back out to good old Wickenburg. And since no trip to Wickenburg is complete
without a Wickenburger, I pulled in to pick up some munchies for the trip. While sippin my
soda and wondering how it was possible for one place to be so fucking hot, a group of thugs
walked up behind me and tapped my shoulder.

"So we hear you been askin' questions about Risc. You ought not stick your nose where it
don't belong boy."

Well clearly from the way they articulated, I knew it was a Risc crew sent to direct me back
to good old Tucson. But what is the fun in that?

"Well who might you fine young folks be? I'm just out doing a nature shoot for my boss. You
guys are interesting looking, lemme get my camera from the truck."

Figuring I should grab some weapons I headed to the truck to get my camera. I also picked up
a glock and a 9MM that I stuffed in my jacket. (Yes a jacket in this heat.)

"So, what are you guys names and are you all from Risc?" I asked while snapping a few pictures
to keep up the charade.

The apparant leader of this little ragtag mob was called Coolio, and his 3 stooges went by
the names of Brain, Bandido, and Dual. Coolio was a guy in his mid 20's, he did not seem to
fit the role of thug leader, but the other 3 clearly weren't the type either. Looking at
this crew of thugs, I am reminded of the horrors of inbreeding and drug abuse during pregnancy.
Though I pretended they were great for the photos to keep their interest up and their fists
away from my face. Coolio did the introductions and I could see the idea of being in some
magazine was appealing and they actually believed they might meet Rebecca Romijn if they kept
this up. Well of course these photos were either going into a medical journal or the trashcan,
but I am a good actor and they didn't suspect shit. I kept prodding for information and got a
little. Some pretty decent directions of where RM was and the general layout of the place. I
had exhausted 3 rolls of film and these gimps though and felt it was time to pack up shop.
Now, I had assumed they would just be glad if I gave them my card and said we'd be in touch,
but these boys weren't having it. Brain, the stumpy dwarf of the group with something of a
third eye in his forehead, grabbed my jacket and spun me back and said "Hey boy, you aint
goin nowhere, we want to be modelin some more damnit. How about some nude shots? Get us in
that there Playgirl mag."

Now, as I said a while back, I'm not a violent person, and I didn't intend to do things
the Lester way, but the mental picture of these four mutant freaks naked in seductive poses,
was just not something I could handle. I wrenched my jacket loose of Brain's arm, reached
into my jacked and drew the 9MM silencer. With a quick spin I shot Coolio and Dual through
the eyes. Bandido screamed like a woman and was on his way into the desert, so I decided
I could catch up with him later and needed to deal with the little dwarf boy who was
chewing on my leg like a rabid dog. I grabbed him by the hair and lifted him up to eye
level, putting the muzzle against his third eye and said, "Here, free plastic surgery
bud, I'll get rid of that birth defect real quick", and with that I shot the back of
his head off, which I must say was not the wisest thing considering i was holding him
by the hair, which left me with the top and back portion of his head still in my hand
while his body slumped to the ground. Now you talk about appetite killers, I had to
throw away the rest of my WickenBurger, and if you have heard me talking, you know
this was no easy task!

Deciding that the poor Wickenburg locals had experienced quite enough fun and excitement
for one day, I decided I better track down old Bandido before it was too late and the
alarm had been spread. I hopped into the Suburban and headed in the direction he had gone.
Before long I came upon him sitting on the edge of the road crying and sweating like
crazy. I pulled over and got out, taking the 9MM with me, but holding it down, since it
appeared I might be able to get some use out of this one. When I came around the side of
the car and got a better look at old Bandido, I realized why he had screamed like a woman,
to all outside appearances, he was a woman, and yet with a clearly present adam's apple
and a deep voice to rival James Earl Jones, he had to be a man baby! I looked at shim
with pity and mild disgust, and yet one part of me was thinking, "If I had let them do
their nude shoot, what exactly would I have seen down there?", quickly flushing this
thought I shot shim through the head and got back into the car feeling a little dirty.
I put the car in gear and turned down the access road that was supposed to take me to
RiscMain. After about an hour of rough driving I came across a structure, much like a
large aircraft hangar. It did not appear to be in use, and yet there were fresh tracks
leading in and out of the place, suggesting that the run down exterior was just a
security measure, and yet they think nothing of clearing away the dirt that exposes
hundreds of tracks belying any amount of camoflouge they lay. Yes, this is an operation
with a true genius behind it.

Heading back to the car I decided to bulk up on my weapons arsenal since I was no longer
doubting the need for more firepower, popping the hatchback and opening the two suitcases
I had a large amount of weaponry to choose from. I selected what would give me light
weight and easy action. I put on a dual shoulder holster with two glocks, a belt of
magazines for the glocks. Adding a 9mm with silencer attachment to an ankle holster. I
picked up two semi-automatic uzis with extended carbines, these I clipped around the
back of the jacket(think Matrix when Keanu Reeves pulls those uzi's out of his ass.)
I grabbed a dual action 12 guage pump shotgun for those hard to reach places, stocked up
on extra shells and a gnarly ass hunting knife(Like Rambo only cooler). There were alot
of other goodies and I snagged some grenades, a few of those tiny throwing knives and
then of course my camera and some extra lenses.
Now that I had fully digressed into Lester, I wondered why the fuck he didn't just go on
his own and ask to borrow my fucking camera? This is just not my style. Really fat and
ugly chicks getting banged by large black studs, that I can handle. There has got to be a
clause in my contract that forbids the use of deadly force to get a shot. But then again,
these weapons are really fucking cool and I can go kill a bunch of people and not worry
about repercussions. What would you do? You play all those video games, who wouldn't want
to go kill everyone in some underground structure for the good of humanity? Hell it's my
civic duty god damnit.

Well after another 15 minutes of convincing myself that I was the only man for the job
and by god my country needed me to go down there and whoop some ass. I closed the truck
up and headed for the warehouse.

Walking in, it looks like a normal abandoned warehouse, and yet behind some brush and
trash piled up, is a shiny ass silver door that says No Admittance. Now again, I may
not be an evil genius, but what the fuck? Let's go for a little secrecy here boys. Take
over the world for beginners 101. Don't advertise the hideout!

I walked up to the door and realized that no matter how stupid these people are, I clearly
could not just walk in through the front door unnoticed right? I mean nobody would believe
that. Well, I regret that I cannot give a more stirring story of how I broke into the super
security of this place other than I pushed on the door and it opened into a corridor that
was mildly lighted, with no security cameras or men guarding the door. Either this is one
clever scheme and I am walking into a massive trap or by god these fuckers are stupid.
Anyways, I headed down the corridor in search of some good stuff to shoot(I mean with the
camera. Really I do) and then get the hell out.

.... ..... to be concluded!

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-----------[The Scene News]-----------

All the news thats fit to print...
and then some...

-News, news, news.... straight from the mouth of the horse..

-Siege is dead.. i know you have all heard it, and i wanna step up and acknowledge
the fact that *i* personally don't give an ass-fuck what everyone else things of
the politics behind the group, they put out some DAMN GOOD shit.. Now.. i don't
know shit-all about high-end graphics, but fuck man... i am gonna miss that group.
The rest of you that are gonna try and pick up the slack: you dumb shits better not
fuck that shit up, or i'm gonna be pissed!

-A lot of the old siegers went to PWA, including hemp hoodlum, and D&G (no... not the
italian designer.. die!) among others... Chinablu and SJ might be on the way, tho
both have been heavily recruited (believe it.... ... or not!) by most of the major
utils players in the scene... KFlex is now a senior there..

-*yawn*... big fucking pseudo-war over box's between amn and dev and vice and aod and
whoever else... blah... whatever... Yeah.. cause dev has NEVER EVER stolen any boxes..
heh.. of course, i'm sure some of the amn peeps have done their share too..
And ViCE... well.. vice doesn't have any boxes anyway, so the only way for them to go
is up, i guess... heh... *cough*
Of course, between thedealer and x-frog, aod has a recruiting team the likes of which
has not been seen since a young norseman recruited his first 2 dozen boxes......
ahhh.... ..... those were the days.........

-kruzin has been picked up by yet ANOTHER group, going to RTS... blah..

-Some sites you can check out:
ppgr.webjump.com : Prozac's page!!!! a lot of good gear... many of today's
popular reports, and an NWR archive that is practically
0 second.. ;)
tca.phatchicks.com : Thank god he finally updated his page, so i have some-
where to steal news from... ;p
union.jaded.net : unions's goddamn page.. used to be good.. now it sucks,
never fucking updated..
www.defacto2.net : fucking AMAZING archives maintained by the founders of
the old defacto mags.. an *almost* perfect archive..
almost, i said... you know what they're missing.. ;p
www.socalsys.com : need shells, bounces, vhosts, web space?... these dudes
are scene-friendly, and got some decent deals... only
reason why i mention is cause the dude was fat enough
to hook up nd up with some action... *cough*... HAHAHAH!
www.isonews.com : wtf do i know about ISO's?... this guy has a nice page
with a decent layout... check that shit out...
www.xxxparadiso.com : uhh.... heh...heh... uhh... heh... free porn... mgd and
tc run the site.... heh... free porn... i like to look
at naked girls.. they have nice boobies.

-group moves: dthangel to dev, everyone leaves siege, kruzin to rts, aenima to amn,
ndetroit to amn, psychic_a to amn, penstar to amn, aslan to amn, genesis^p to rzr,
sins + klu + aeiou (i'd like to buy a ... consonent?) all go to amn, kflex+hh+d&g
all to pwa, mrskill retires from cls (!), zeus21 joins cls,

-Well... i don't know who is correct, but according to my sources, aslan *IS* a member
of amn, contrary to the reports on bacid's page stating otherwise.. some kind of mix
up there. i guess someone is losing their memory... ;p

-ok... glen has... or has not... started a new group up called "RAGE"... who the fuck
knows any more... betcha kruzin joins eventually tho... ;p\

-machv has mananaged to stab yet ANOTHER group in the back, when he quit corp, stole a
few releases, and then deleted their entire dump! heh... corp should have changed the
dump pw when he quit, i guess.. ;/ very classy guy... very classy..

-man... rzr1911 has been kicking some ass... wtf is going on over there? they are my group
of the month.. nice work to them..

-This week the French scene was busted by the "sefti", basically France's internet crime
police.. Cocksucking frog police busted a shitload of guys, including zarkof, and a lot
of the members of DS.. Check out bacid's web board for the full details..
But perhaps the most interesting thing about the whole affair was the first text that floated
around immediately after the busts.. it is translated on bacid's web board, and even with
my weak french skillz, its still pretty fucking fishy to me..

Something just doesn't jibe with it... check out the post "BUST" on tca.phatchicks.com...
Now... if *you* were in the "sefti", and were about to bust a bunch of ppl, wouldn't this
be the type of letter that you would write, to try and convince the ppl out there to spill
the beans when you bust them? Its sure as hell what i would do...

I would release that letter... wait a few hours.. let all the frenchies read it, get scared
all to fuck, and THEN go bust them.. by the time i got there, they'd be BEGGING to tell
everything they know..

Maybe thats just a conspiracy theory... who knows... fuck it... ... fight on, french
brothers... viva la france!!

-ndetroit is going to disneyland... heh... about time.. ;p

-Kathleens.Diet.Planner.v5.2-Regged-BLIZZARD
Leet!!!

sooooo leet!!!

-sky masterson
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--------[Stories from the Watercooler]----------

Ahh yes, rumors. We all love them, even though we love to say how much we
hate them when they are about us- and these are some of the better ones
circulating around this week. Email us or find us on irc if you have a
good rumor you'd like entered, (your name will not be included), and we
do not add rumors like "Tdpriest is having anal sex with Fusion" because
we know that Fusion is only having sex with Xtremist and therefore there
is no hard evidence of that rumor. So, if you have real rumors, let us
know. Let's begin!

-Rumor has it that siege is dead, and class is soon to follow... where does
this leave the mighty DEV/CLS/SiEGE triumvirate?

-Rumor has it that clubber has a team of half a dozen coders working a secret
new daemon called "thread lightly"... No word on when his site is coming back
yet, but beta versions of the daemon have already proved to be unlike anything
ever seen......

-Rumor has it that ndetroit and lester are gonna have a little scene conn
this week.. for the first time ever, nwr will be a real-life collaboration..
heh... i'll bet its late again... <g>

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Well friends.. Thats about it. If you've read this far, we sincerly thank you.
We like to know this thing gets read, so if you get the time, drop one of us
a quick msg, and tell us what you think, give us suggestions, tell us it sucks,
or just say "hi" to us!....

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'd' Music, Mercury, Fuhrley, HR, Caserd, Glen, Elocin, Golden, Mandrake,
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take care..

peace.

-ndetroit + lester.

NWR 6/26/99