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Netmonkey Weekly Report Issue 53
Netmonkey Weekly Report
Issue LIII
July 15th, 1999
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-Lester [Co-Editor/Head Writer]
Hey.. this one has been a long time in coming.. sorry guys.
This issue has kind of a security theme to it.. Check out the "who
are those sexy guys" article to read about the included pics..
Lester had the issue off this week, he deserves it after all the
slacking i have been doing, so.. lets home he returns to action next
week.. ;)
We got a new section this week, a cracking section by KOKA.. not
sure how long it will last, but looks like he put a lot of hard work
into it, so.. kudos to him...
I have some other pics and articles and whatnot that other people
have sent me, but those are gonna have to wait until next week..
Our thoughts go out to those who were busted this week, and our respect
is with those who chose to continue on, and are now faced with running
razor, paradigm, and class. Good luck to all of you.
Have a safe week, kids.. Nwr will be out on tuesday sharp next week,
and as regularly as possible.
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) Who are those sexy guys?
d) Lesters Moview Reviews
e) VCD Group and Movie Reviews
f) Protect Yourself
VI.) Scene News - All the news that's fit to print
VII.) Rumors!
VIII.) Closing
---------------------[ Quotes of the Week! ]---------------------
-*** now talking in #zeraw
<DODGaL> Hi! DODGaL here! Would you like to see your name in a DOD or
Razor1911 nfo? If you can supply quality Utilz or Gamez, visit
www.GoExtreme.com/DOD for info. Consistent Suppliers will have a chance to
join one of these prestigious groups!
-<snakeoios> my penis resembles gonzo from the Muppet show.
-<fft> since the nwr issues are always late, i guess that www.netmonkey.org
will look exactly like www.gabocorp.com now
-WARNING! This analysis is blunt. *South Park* is another movie straight from the
smoking pits of Hell.
-nwr movie review section
-----------[ ndetroit's sites and stats section ]-----------
Ok... here i go with the new ? replacing letters scheme..
If you can't figure out wtf site i am talking about, then by all
means, please go fuck yourself..
Alright.. lets get started, shall we?
TO? is down sort of temp/perm with a few HD problems, and as a
sort of general precaution.. with all the busts and whatnot..
i? is down pretty much for good, after they lost their link.
Boxops are looking at moving the site somewhere, potentially euro..
We'll see what happens with that.
?OL is down.. temp/perm.. who knows.. ;/
C?T is down... not sure wtf that is..
?OG is down for .. ... well.. god only knows why its down this
week... ;p
P?L is down for good... but.. hell.. i've never heard of that
site before, so.. blah..
?E? is back up, and already kicking ass... i would put it at
top 5, i think.. still no sign of the "thread-lightly" daemon,
but... its apparently "coming"..
So... i guess that sort of alters our picture of the world's
topsites... i can basically only think of a couple of good US
sites... so.. don't even bother with a "top 10".. or even a
"top 5"..
The ones that you wanna worry about are T?, S?C, and ... ..
ermm.... thats kinda all i can think of right now..
I am assured that some phat ones are coming up soon to pick
up the slack tho, including the return of a legend or rwo.. ;)
More on that next issue..
Over onto the euro side of the pond, ?OG became CORP, dropping
LND..
?H became a CORP site, now that RiSE is officially dead..
I guess thats about it.. feel free to take wild guesses about
what the "?"'s are supposed to be...
My top 5 for this week have gotta be ?S, ST?, ?T, ?E?, and ?H..
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:
TECH! wake up!!
=--------------------------------=--------------------------------------=
-----------[ Lester's Biased Courier Section ]-----------
Note: Lester is taking a week/month/year off for a while, so we are gonna
have one or two "guest authors" every week from now on to fill in on the
courier report. Guest's are allowed to do the report in any style/format
that they want, with whatever ratings and graphics system that they deem
applicable.
Guests wishing to apply for the position should be an active trader in
one of the scene's top groups.. (ie: someone who knows wtf they are
talking about... .. heh.. although, that never stopped lester from
writing!!) <g>
-editors
=------------=
Caserd's Weekly Top 10 Courier Group Report
Send group headers to NWR email addy :)
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"AMNESiA"
Pickups: Boxops
Loses : Gee Money
Report : Sleepy, very tired this week showing little sign of action on the
sites. SiNs made a good effort for the group.
Rating : 2/10 the group's full potential this week.
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Pickups: MoonSabre
Loses :
Report : Definately #1 this week with the killer combo of Pres/Trading activity
Some stat makers for AOD this week: freakshow, tirre, faith, blaze, bohnz
Rating : 9/10 the group's full potential this week.
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"DEVOTiON"
Pickups:
Loses : IC
Report : Are these guys on vacation? Not as much sign of the usual heavy
amount of pres.. and where is godbless? Little sign of Garoto, these
guys are still competing, but not at their usual #1 status this week.
Rating : 4/10 the group's full potential this week.
"DSC"
Pickups:
Loses :
Report : The usual, tearing up the US scene and not much euro action, same
for DSC, they have to branch out to euro.
Rating : 6/10 the group's full potential this week.
"ESPRiT"
Pickups:
Loses :
Report : Showing up at some of the bottom of the gpwks..guy named Blackvel
showing up on the wkups
Rating : 5/10 the group's full potential this week.
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"RiSC"
Pickups:
Loses :
Report : Looks like RiSC is at an unsurprising standstill this week, Brain
is couriering a little bit, but other than that.. not much life
Rating : 2/10 the group's full potential this week.
"RTS"
Pickups: TWiLiGHT, elocin, Vylent, Beck, Hysteria
Loses :
Report : Did nicely on the US side picking up TWiLiGHT in a courier group
race.. beating out DSC, AMN, and M8 picked up some nice traders
shit looking up for RTS except only krs-one is showing up on non
US sites, for RTS to compete they will have to branch out to the
much tougher euro side.
Rating : 7/10 the group's full potential this week.
"TFA"
Pickups:
Loses :
Report : Blink still wkuping for TFA
Rating : 5/10 the group's full potential this week.
"THUNDER"
Pickups: Prosperity(pst)
Loses :
Report : Showing a little bit of presence on some sites this week.. and picking
up PST as their WHQ may be getting them pumped up.
Rating : 5/10 the group's full potential this week.
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"ViCE"
Pickups: Gee Money
Loses : Blitzkrieg, Moon Sabre
Report : Well done for this new group..finishes 2 for this week, redman seems
to be back fully again now that he's with ViCE and toadie is looking
to make his comeback as well. Citizen and Mrpumpkin are putting some
effort in also.
Rating : 9/10 the group's full potential this week.
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-----------[ Articles ]-----------
=----------------------------------=--------------------------------------=
-----------[ Blitz's Slightly Biased Gaming Report]-----------
THE BLITZ REPORT FOR THE WEEK OF 06/29/99 - 07/06/99
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Well, it had to happen sooner or later. Last week the game scene saw a lot of
the big players go down in one of the worst series of busts in the scene's
history. The leaders of the three USA based groups were taken out of comission,
and rumours of more on the way are rampant. Apparently there is a rat in the
chicken coop. All this is rumour and hearsay, but from what I understand, a
promient PDM member turned in everyone in exchange for lighter treatment. Nice.
Hopefully he'll get his due, I believe in Karma.
Life goes on, however... and even though each group seems to have lost some
of their best suppliers, the games still get released. In a way the scene is
a lot cleaner now. Most of those who went down sought to make profit from the
scene. Although there are still people who sell their cracker and supplier's
work, there are a few less of them.
This week we see some very good games released. Kingpin and Hidden and
Dangerous were both long-awaited games, and both got ripped.
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Class didn't land either Kingpin OR H&D, but they still managed to edge out
PDM for the week's top group. This is mostly due to their fix of the PDM game
Kingpin. I was a little sceptical about this one, but after playing multiplayer,
I did see the problem. It's a legit problem, but understandable. Had PDM
bothered to fix it instead of ignoring it I probably wouldn't have penalized
them, but on a major game such as this the rip has to be good. People are
going to be playing this one for a while, and they deserve a good rip. CLS
didn't really land any spectacular titles, bringing only Skydive and Mike
Stewart. Both are fairly minor titles, and scored as such. Trophy Bass 3D
had the 3D ripped. Now this is all good on major titles, but you know. I
don't want to see what is in effect a 200mb rip of a Bass fishing game. No
thanks guys, use your heads please. CLS did a lot of stuff that didn't get
points. The trainers were for minor games, and movie addons never get points.
They did put out the music for skydive, which does actually make the game a
lot more enjoyable. Other than that, they managed but one patch and the kingpin
fix. That rounds out the week. Solid releasing from Class.
Points Release Title
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3.0 SKYDIVE-CLS (113.4M)
2.0 Mike_Stewarts_Pro_Bodyboarding-CLS (55.0M)
0.0 Trophy_Bass_3D-CLS (142.9M)
2.5 KINGPIN_FIX-CLS (0.6M)
0.5 Fighting_Steel_v1.01_Update_Cracked-CLS (0.7M)
0.0 ATARI.Arcade.Hits.Vol.1.Trainer.Pack-CLS (0.1M)
0.0 Trophy_Bass_3D_Addon-CLS (42.8M)
0.0 Mike_Stewarts_Pro_Bodyboarding_All_Access_Cheat-CLS (0.1M)
0.0 SKYDIVE_MOVIE_ADDON-CLS (35.0M)
1.0 SKYDIVE_MUSIC_ADDON-CLS (31.7M)
0.5 Hidden.and.Dangerous.Trainer-CLS (0.0M)
0.0 Attack.of.The.Saucerman.Trainer-CLS (0.0M)
~~~
9.5
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Shades of Thrust, Twist and Turn. DVN wins a UK store title in Castrol
Honda Superbikes. This is a nice little motorcycle racing game, and the
best game to come out of DVN in recent memory. To that, they add a pair
of their normal games in Dragon's Challenge and Sportsman's Challenge.
Neither is very good, but they aren't horrible. Add to those releases a
patch and DVN has bragging rights for a while. Solar declined to be
interviewed for NWR this week, perhaps remembering the curse that followed
TPC after the Grind interview. TPC never did another game... perhaps Solar
knows something we don't.
Points Release Title
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1.0 Dragons_Challenge-DVN (7.8M)
2.0 Cabelas.Sportsmans.Challenge-DVN (40.0M)
0.5 TOCA2_TOURING_CARS_PATCH4.1-DVN (2.6M)
3.0 CASTROL.HONDA.SUPERBIKES.2000-DVN (24.2M)
~~~
6.5
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Wow. Paradigm outdid themselves, almost matching OGN's big week from last
month. PDM's quality control has really sucked ass lately though. BOTH
major titles needed fixes. The Hidden and Dangerous is completely unplayable
(at least on a Voodoo 3) without this addon, and definately deserves the
deduction. The Kingpin fix is less severe, and as I stated above would
not have gone against this group, except for the fact that they seemed
to ignore the need. Well the fix is needed, and the point gift they
sacrifice as a result tarnishes their great release. There's no excuse
for ignoring a fix that is obviously needed, albiet minor. As usual,
PDM owned patches again. The GTA patch was packed as an addon, but it's
a patch and scored as such.
Points Release Title
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
5.0 KingPin-PARADiGM (105.4M)
-2.5 KINGPIN_FIX-CLS (0.6M)
5.0 HIDDEN_AND_DANGEROUS-PARADiGM (82.4M)
-2.5 Hidden_and_Dangerous_GFX_Init_Error_Fix-WARRIOR
0.5 Outcast_Update_v2.0-PARADiGM (6.6M)
0.5 Grand_Theft_Auto_London_1961_Mission_Pack2_Add_On-PARADIGM (4.5M)
0.5 Delta_Force_Update_RevD-PARADIGM (2.7M)
0.5 Machines_Update_v1.15-PARADiGM (2.5M)
~~~
5.0
_ ______ ______ ____ _____ ____ _____
\// _ \ _ \_\__/ _ \_\__/_\_ \
/ / / / /. / / / / / /
\______/ \____|_/\___ /___/___/ /
--------|___|---------/____\------/____\-
][ce himself declared this a bad game, and I have to agree. It's from
Psygnosis, however so you have to at least respect it's developer. The
OGN patch team isn't doing much at all, which cost them in the standings
last month (Read PPGR for the most accurate monthly summary).
Points Release Title
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2.0 Attack.Of.The.SaucerMan-ORIGIN (100.2M)
~~~
2.0
_______ ______ ______________ _______
\ . \\_ \ \_ ___ /. \PoYZ . /
__\/ |\ \| \ \_:__|_/ / \ \_/ /| \/__
\_/ .|_) _)__|\ \ ____/: |\ \_ (_|. \_/
/ o|\ \|\____ \ \_| | |_) / /|o \
/____| \__ | \__\______| ___/__/ |____\
<*+=======|__|-RAZOR 1911-|__|===========+*>
Razor is back to idleness, but at least the patches are still coming.
The Total Annihilations patch was almost 1.0 quality, but not quite.
Points Release Title
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
0.5 Total.Annihilation.Kingdoms.v1.0BO.Update-RAZOR (8.9M)
0.5 Railroad_Tycoon_2_The_Second_Century_v1.53_Update-RAZOR (0.6M)
~~~
1.0
This week, I've gone to my own group for the NWR game interview, talking
to Toast from Razor 1911. One of the oldest members of the scene's oldest
group, he gives insight on the recent busts and a reply to Sundancer's PPGR
tirade.
<NWR> Hello Toast, and thank you for agreeing to do the NWR game report
interview this week. Let's start off by getting your full nick and your
past and current affils.
<Toast> Full Nick: Toast. AKA: Burnt Bread (sometimes).
affils: 9000c/narc/exile/tra/mennen/scum/razor/risc/prophecy/cartel/gnx/dod/
amnesia/trg/apoc/dimension/ (chronological order too) , and umm current:
Razor 1911, Amnesia, Trg.
<NWR> This hasn't been the best month por so for the game scene. First we
see the French busts, and now comes word of problems hitting closer to home.
Do you see this as a new action against our hobby, or was it just "time" to
shake us up again?
<Toast> Well honestly i think it's a bit of both. It's been over 2 years
since the last large US-based bust (the ones that hit the hardest) and it
has been anticipated for quite a while. But it IS also an action against
our hobby. The internet is STILL bringing large numbers of people to the
warez scene, and with the advent of easily reachable warez news pages,
message boards, other means to get information, companies are also more
aware of what we do and how we do it. This is what has helped put more
money into the anti-piracy efforts and led to what we have seen here.
(which is unprecendented, BTW, most busts have been boards or sites,
now: it seems tactics have changed)
<NWR> I think it's safe to say that all games will be ripped and cracked,
regardless of these busts. What then do you feel is the government's
motivation for going after pirates?
<Toast> Well as you can see, it's not just the government, it's also the
companies themselves who are feeding money into anti-piracy (this should
be obvious). They are after the people responsable for getting it out,
and those are the major game groups and/or other release groups (read
this util groups: you are not exempt, don't count yourself as perfectly
safe). But really, part of busts is propoganda. Companies want their
shareholders to know they are against piracy and for profits. Governments
and politicians want the public to know that cybercrime is also being
fought with, and thus they can pick on an easy snag, the software pirate.
Further, with joe-ibuygames reading news pages and seeing latest news on
a bust, he willl incur on his brain subcouncious links where piracy=bad
and thus when he goes to search yahoo for warez, he'll decide "i can't do
this, it'll get busted!" (subnote: i tnink everyone has thought at some
point or another, that copying a game or warezing one game can get you
in jail)
<NWR> How do you see the forced departure of so many long-time standouts
affecting the big picture? DVN pulled down second place on the week charts
this week, could that be related?
<Toast> Well it is real sad. Many of those affected are legends to even
ME, and it will, no doubt, change the face of our scene. As for divine,
i suggest you let the big picture show itself instead of jumping to a
conclusion so quick. It's too early to tell.
<NWR> A lot of people don't seem to give you much credit when it comes
to your supplying skills, but they are forgetting titles such as starcraft.
What other big games have you landed for Razor in your many years with
your group?
<Toast> Well perhaps they are correct? I've only supplied: Hexen (c)
Raven/ID (disk version), Starcraft (c) Blizzard, and Co Supplierd with
Big Boss on Star Wars: Episode One, and Star Wars EP1: Pod Racer.
<Toast> remember disk based games? heh. 7 floppies.
<NWR> Very fondly =)
<Toast> sigh. =)
<NWR> Razor has always been competitive on the early releases, but it seems
that your store team lacks the same polish as those of PDM and CLS. Is Razor
going to be able to compete on the store titles again any time soon?
<Toast> Of course.
<NWR> All three of the old groups now seem to have voids at the top, with
the possible exception of CLS, who have just recently named P????? overlord.
Is Razor going to have a new leader, or will the gruop be run by commitee?
<Toast> As beowulf said in PPGR, Razor 1911 is a brotherhood. It's more
than just a leader and it's peons. Our fearless 'leader' did retire a while
ago if you remember correctly, so has there ever been a void at the top?
who knows.
<NWR> Well that about wraps it up. I'd like to thank you Toast for doing
this interview, and wish you the best in the future. Any final words or greets
for our readers?
<Toast> A bit of a response to sun dancer in PPGR...
<Toast> Of course i can't run a group, i'm not the leader of a group. I'm
just a dude who's had over *4* CONSECUTIVE years in RAZOR 1911, and with
these experiences i bring a unique amount and variance of skills and knowledge
to the Brotherhood. Yes, i've seen a lot of things happen in Razor, perhaps
you missed the RazorCD split off in '96? What about the split in early '95? i
WAS there, just a very shy newbie courier. Regardless, i dont' jump from ship
to ship, as you won't gain much from doing that. I'm part of the Brotherhood,
and again over 4+ years of which speaks for itself. Those who have been here
most of those years surely appreciate what i've done As well as i appreciate
what they, and every other single member (no matter how small) has done, even
those who aren't in Razor 1911 anymore.
<Toast> In Summary: I sure can't run a group, but in the time i've been in
Razor 1911: You quit Razor, dissapeared for a year or two, Came back to Razor,
Left for Paradigm, Left PDM for Class, and Retired shortly after. Next time
your in a group for a few years, you may appreciate or undrestand what people
like myself do. (i'm not alone BTW) =)~
<Toast> Greets: To all those who were recently hit, you know who you are.
We are here for you guys, and wish you the best of luck in whatever your
future has in store for you.. Keep in touch with us, and rest assured, we
will carry on, we always do.
=----------------------------------=--------------------------------------=
-----------[ Bud's Biased Utils Section ]-----------
Bud's Biased Utils Report #26
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Our first full post-SGE week. Most of SGE has gone in two directions, with
many to Harvest, and others to PWA. Rumors have been abundant as always,
and there's still plenty of them regarding who will go where... but
who cares, lets check out the releases!
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 06/22/99 to 06/28/99. I'm in the EST time zone so
dates/times run according to it.
Groups: (In no particular order)
Ü ßßÛÛÜ Ü Ü Ü
ßÛÜ ßÛÝßÛÜ Þ ÜÛß ÜÜÛÛÝ A Group
ÞÛÝ ÞÝ ÞÛ ÛÝÞÛÝ ÜÛß Û That Gives
ÜÛÛÝÜß ÜÛÛÝßÛÛÝ ÛÛ ÞÝ Slightly
ßÛÛÛ ßÛÛÛ ßÛ ÞÛÛÛÜÜ Û Less Than
ÞÛÝ ÞÛÝ ÞÝ ßÛÛß ßÜ A Fuck.
ß ß ß ß -XeN
PIRATES WITH ATTITUDE:
Releases:
Breeze.Way.Cal3qhc.v1.0-PWA
Altiris.RapidInstall.v1.0-PWA
Autocad.Architectural.Desktop.Pre-Release.R2-PWA
Autocad.2000.Express.Tools.Volume1-6-PWA
Canon.WebRecord.2.1.Pro-PWA
Goback.v2.1-PWA
Password.Administrator.v1.01.REGGED-EViL
DigiSHOW.Scripted.Video.Player.1.26.REV.A-PWA
NTI.Backup.Now.v1.1-PWA
Oncenter.Quick.Bid.99-PWA
DIGISHOW.Virtual.Laser.Disk.v1.26.REV.A-PWA
Ixla.Web.Easy.v.1.4-PWA
ArcLogistics.Route.1.0-PWA
Extensis.Portfolio.v4.1-PWA
EZ_Legal.Corporate.Secretary.4.3-PWA
Norton.For.Your.Eyes.Only.v4.12-PWA
So could this be the summer that PWA comes back with an attitude? With
several top SGE members moving to the old favorites, the results are already
showing, with PWA having a ton of activity. Not everything is great,
and a couple of betas (good ones however) as usual make an appearence...
PWA has stated that it will not focus on any one niche in particular,
a wise move given the influx of talent and potential... expect increased
output in the next few weeks.
Total: 8/10
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° ß ÜÛÛÛÛÛ² ÜÜÛÛÛÜ ÜßßÛÛÛÛÝ ÜÛÛÛÛÛÜ ß
²ÛÛÛß ßÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÜßÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÞ²ß ßÛÛÛ²
²ÛÛÛÝ Þ²Ûß ßÛÛÝÞ² ß ß²ß²Ý ÞÛÛÛÝ
ÞÛÛÛÛÛÜÜß ßÛÜ Ü²Û² Û²Ü ÛÝßÜÜÛÛÛÛ²
ßÛÛ²ßß ß ßßßß ß þÜ Þ² ßß²Ûß
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THE CORPORATION:
Releases:
MS.Visual.Basic.for.Applications.v6.0.SDK-CORP
Only the VB6 software development kit this week, very quiet here again as TK4
does some more group hopping and winds up in DOD.
Total: 2/10
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RISE:
Releases:
METACREATIONS.INC.OFFICE.ADVANTAGE.V1.02-RiSE
DECAFE.SOFTWARE.DECAFE.PRO.V3.4.CRACKED-RiSE
Members seem to be streaming out of Rise now, although they did get one good
app out in the newest edition of Office Advantage from Metacreations. Remaining
members are grumbling about the lack of crackers left in the group (read: no
active crackers).
Total: 4/10
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ÜÛÛ ÜÜÜ ° ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ
Û²Û Û²Û ± ÛÛß Û²Û Û Û²Û ÛÛ Û²Û Û ÛÛÛ ÛÛ Û²
Û±Û Û±Û Û°Û ßß ÜÛ Û±Û ÛÛ Û±Û Û ÜÜÜ ÛÛÜÜ
ÜÛÛßÛÛÜ ß Û±Ûßßß ÛÛ Û°Û ÛÛ ÜÜÛ Û²Û ÛÛ ÜÜ
Û±Û Û²Û ² Û²Û ° Û²Û Û°Û ÛÛ ° Û²Û Û±Û ÛÛ Û²
ÛÛÛ Û±Û ± ÛÛÛ ßÛÛÛÛÛßÜÛÛ ± ßÛÛÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛ
ÄÄÄ ÛÛß ° ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ² ÄÄÄÄÄ sikos Ä
X-FORCE:
Releases:
C_FORGE_V1.2-6_LINUX-XFORCE
SNIFF_PLUS_CROSS_V3.1-XFORCE
AQUA-PACK_FOR_LIGHTWAVE-XFORCE
DIRTY-UP_FOR_LIGHTWAVE-XFORCE
IFW_LW_INSPIRE_SHADERS-XFORCE
On top of three Lightwave plugins, XF puts out Sniff+ 3.1, not a bad
app off the web for Source Code Engineering. And a linux app... kinda
of a user survey here, I'm curious to know what you feelings are on
linux/unix releases. I'll leave an email at the end of the report,
feel free to send any ideas regarding this. "Should I score them?"
if you want a formal question to consider.
Total: 4/10
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\____/---|____/____/_______/-|____/kaz
SHOCK:
Releases:
Internal.Web.v2.3.for.Java-SHOCK
Internal.Web.v2.3.for.Win9xNT-SHOCK
Medical.Drug.Reference.v4.3-SHOCK
SITEFORUM.Communications.v2.5.for.Java-SHOCK
SITEFORUM.Communications.v2.5.for.Win9xNT-SHOCK
Chart.FX.98.v4.0-SHOCK
SourceOffSite.Professional.Export.v2.0-SHOCK
CGI.Expert.Professional.v4.6.1-SHOCK
Black.and.Decker.Everyday.Home.Repair.v1.0c-SHOCK
DBDiff.v4.0-SHOCK
DBScripter.v4.0-SHOCK
DBSearch.v3.0-SHOCK
IRIS.Antivirus.Plus.v22.21-SHOCK
A kind of ho-hum week from Shock, with only one CD rip, a budget title
(Home Repair), although there are a few decent web apps. And DOD missed
another AV release <g>.
Total: 6/10
. ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ
.ßÛÛÛÛßßßÛÛÜ ÛÛÛÛßßÛÛÝÞÛÛßßßß --- .------.
: ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ .
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| ÛÛÛÛßßßßß ÛÛ²Û ßÛÛÛÜÜÛÛ²ß .
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: [xx/xx].
'---.-------PENTIUM FORCE TEAM-- ---- - -'
PENTIUM FORCE TEAM:
Releases:
Action.Request.System.v4.0.1-PFT
Informix.Visionary.v1.1-PFT
SureCast.v1.5.for.Win9xNT-PFT
BridgeVIEW.Development.System.2.0-PFT
HP.NetMetrix.Site.Manager.A01.02-PFT
JTest.3.0-PFT
Advantage.Concepts.Inc.Official.Disability.Guidelines-PFT
Applix.Enterprise.Client.7.4-PFT
Applix.Enterprise.Server.7.4-PFT
EDA.Client.4.21-PFT
EDA.Servers.4.21-PFT
Virtual.Bench.2.51.WORKING-PFT
PFT were a little more active this week, although they died off towards the
end. A working copy of Virtual Bench, a new Informix app, and the Applix titles
stand out. As usual PFT remains dependent on the web.
Total: 7/10
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ÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜ ÞÛÛ²Ý ÜÜÜÜ ÞÛ²Û
Þ²ÛÛÝ Þ²ÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ² ²ÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ²
²ÛÛ ²Ü ²ÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ² ²ÛÛÝ ÞÛÛ²Ý
ÞÛÛ² ÞÛ²ÝÞÛÛ² ÛÛ²ÝÞÛÛÛ² ÛÛÛÛ²
ßßßß ÛÛÛ² ÛÛ² ÞÛ²Û ßßßßß ÜÛÛ²ß mg
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:: <LEGENDS NEVER DiE> ::: <o4 * 2880> ::
Ü ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ Ü
LEGENDS NEVER DIE:
Releases:
SOLIDVIEW_V3.21-LND
PTC_PRO_ENGINEER_2000i_WIN9X-LND
PTC_PRO_ENGINEER_2000i_WINNT-LND
ME10_REVISION_9.0-LND
MSC_WORKING_MODEL_V5.0-LND
MSC_WORKING_MODEL_V5.0_DIZFIX-LND
PRIMAVERA_EXPEDITION_V6.3-LND
PTC_CADDS5_REVISION_9.1-LND
Could this perhaps be the first week LND actually deserves its self-titled
utils scene dominance? They send out some excellent CAD/CAM apps which,
in comparison to other apps this week, remain at the top. Specifically,
PTC Pro Engineer 2000i, which boasts an improved interface, Working Model 5,
and Soldview 3.21 give LND a strong week. However, Scum releasing SolidView
3.3 soon after took some of the shine off. Expect to FINALLY see them recieve
some competition, from PWA/SCUM, in the near future. I didn't deduct for the
DIZ fix... too minor a problem.
Total: 8/10
.__________. [xx/xx/98]
\_ ___ ) Da ToP oF Da LiNe! .___.
===/ _/ /=======================/ /=====
.:/ _____/__./(___.____/\.______./ /_____.
:/ /__/ . ) . )____ ) _ ) / __ )
/__/ / / / / // __ / /__/ / /___/:
.:/ /__/__/__/__/(______\____ /__/_____ /MO
=/__/========================\/========\/===
= THE PINNACLES OF RELEASING (C) PNC 95-98 =
PINNACLE:
Releases:
Digital_Dj_Music_System_v1.6.8-PNC
Wintegrate98.v4.0.3-PNC
Synopsys.FPGA.Express.v3.2-PNC
Not a whole lot to talk about, no major titles. I'm not
into these DJ programs either so... :P
Total: 5/10
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°ß ßÛÜ ßß ßÝ ß þ ÞÜ þ Ü ß þ ß ß ÜÜÜ ß
Û ÞÛÝÛ ß ÛÜßÜ ÛßÛÜßÛÛ Û ÛÜßÜ ßß ÜÝ ÛÜßÜ
ÞÛÝÜÛßÞÛÝ ÞÛÝÜ ÞÛÝÞÛÝÞÛÝÞÛÝÞÛÝÜ Û ÞßßÞÛÝÜ
ß²² ß²² ß²² Üß²² ß ²ß ß²Üß²Û ÜÞ²Ý ß²² Ü
ÄÄ ß ÄÄÄ ß Ä ßß ÄÄ ß ß ÄÄÄÄ ß ßß Üßß Ä°Ä ßß
PREMiERE 1998 RELEASES WITH STYLE [xx/xx/98]
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PREMIERE:
Releases:
Cost.Xpert.v2.05.547-PREMiERE
eShopper.v2.0.CRACK-PREMiERE
Impulse.v4.21-PREMiERE
EShopper.v2.0-PREMiERE
Pluckit3.v4.1-PREMiERE
Will PRM ever escape this hole? They did manage a crack this week, nice
of them since they forgot to include it in the original release! I dropped
a point for the obvious error.
Total: 4/10
_______________ ____________ ____________
\_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_
_/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
\______ / / / /____ / /|
======\________/\__________/[om]\________/==
d(*)d D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 8 d(*)d
===================== [ DOD * xx-xxx-98 ] ==
DRINK OR DIE:
Releases:
Link_View_Pro_v6.1_WinNT4_with_Examine_Distributed_Collision.Expert_and_Token.Ring_License-DOD
Hard.Info.Pro.v1.5-DOD
Norton_2000_v2.0_Win9x_NT_RETAIL_EDITION-DOD
JSB_SurfCONTROL_For_MS_Proxy_Server_v2.6_WinNT4-DOD
Sophos_AntiVirus_3.22_DOS-DOD
Sophos_AntiVirus_3.22_NetWare-DOD
Sophos_AntiVirus_3.22_Win9x-DOD
Sophos_AntiVirus_3.22_WinNT-DOD
EmuLive_Producer99_v1.1_Win9xNT-DOD
Norton_2000_Corporate_Edition_v2.0_Win9xNT-DOD
Norton_System_Center_v3.11_WinNT-DOD
Norton_System_Center_v3.11_WinNT_Ooops_DIZFIX-DOD
DOD is making a bit of a comeback, and picks up TK4 from... well
a lot of groups of late. Should he stay put, he's a nice pickup.
Still, it's mostly Symantec apps and antiviral tools, although they
prove they can do something more with Hard Info Pro and Emulive Producer,
plus a few more. Expect this to continue next week.
Total: 7/10
_______________________________[xx/xx]
\_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/
/ _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \
/ | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \
\___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \
====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS
>> RELEASING WITHOUT PERMISSION <<
REBELS:
Releases:
Predator.CNC.Editor.v5.0.REGGED-RBS
Predator.Virtual.CNC.v3.02.Beta-RBS
Excosoft_Documentor_2.1.2_SGML_XML-RBS
Mediahouse.Enterprise.Monitor.5.0.NT.Regged-RBS
DST.TESTPRO.FOR.NETWORK.v2.1.REGGED-RBS
Package_For_The_Web_2.05_registered-RBS
MyEureka.Report.Designer.v6.1.310-RBS
NetTools.Network.Informant.v3.0-RBS
Webtrends.Enterprise.Suite.3.6.4327-RBS
TRADOS.Translators.Workbench.v2.2_and_TRADOS.Tageditor.v1.0.Build78-RBS
CADint.PCB.v3.12.CRACKED-RBS
FuzzyTech.Version.5.12.Professional.cracked-RBS
Marketing.Plan.Pro.v3-RBS
Another fairly active week from RBS, although a few too many minor titles
for my taste. A build of Web Trends (which is released what, every week it seems?)
and a build of MyEureka Report Designer (same deal). MediaHouse Enterprise
Monitor is a nice little tool though. Overall, not too bad, but could have
been better.
Total: 6/10
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ß ÜÜÛÜÜÜÜ Ü ÜÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛ² ÜÜÛ²ÛÛÛÛÛ²ß ÜÛÜÜÛÛÛÛÜ ß
ÜÜÛÛÛÛ² ÜÜÜ ßÛÛÛÛÝÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÞÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÞÛÛÛÛÛÝ
ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÛÜ ²ÛÛÛßÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ßÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÛÛ
ÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÝÜÛÛÛÛÝ ßÛÜ ßßßßß
ÞÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÛÛß ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÜÜ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÜ
ܲÛÛ۲ܲÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÝß²ÛÜ ßÛÛÛ²ßß ÜÛÛÛÛݲÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ
ßßÛÛÛÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛß ßßÜ ßÛß ßÛÛßßÛÛÛÛÛÛß
ÛÜÜܲÜÜÜ ßßß ß ß ßßß ÜÛ
ßßß °±²ÛÜ xx/xx/98 úúúúúú Ratzhole WHQ ß ß²ßßß
Teknorage & Pirasoft:
Releases:
WinHack.v2.00-TRPS
Advanced.Ident.v1.1-TRPS
JSB.SurfCONTROL.v2.6.RC1.for.MS.Proxy.Server-TRPS
Intelligent.SMTP.Gateway.v5.1.0.5.b-TRPS
Voodoo.Movie.v1.4-TRPS
TScaleForm.Component.v1.0.For.Delphi4-TRPS
Advanced Ident and SurfCONTROL were nuked (SurfCONTROL only for being
a release candidate however), Voodoo Movie is my favorite app here, and
TRPS needs to get their act together.
Total: 3/10
_____ ____________ ____ __________
/ __/_ ___/\_ \ ___\_/ __/\ ___\_
\ \ / _/ /_ /___ / \ ___ /
\___/\_____/___\ ____/______/_____/pn
\_/
VERSUS:
Releases:
Macromedia.Flash.SWF-Unprotect-VERSUS
3M.Post-it.Software.Notes.v2.0.2-VERSUS
CCS.Mini.Phone.Book.v4.99.0617.Incl.Keygen-VERSUS
Visual.Dataflex.v5.1-VERSUS
Some action out of Versus finally... although Post-It Software Notes
is the ugliest looking reminder app I've ever seen... I'd rather just
put an actual yellow fucking sticky note on my monitor...
Mini Phone Book wasn't really worth it either, very minor...
Macromedia users check out the work on Flash they've provided. The SWF
Unprotect tool allows users to capture protected SWF files from the
web and load them into Flash... great job keeping the end users in
mind!
Total: 6/10
..._______________________.___ ____.____...
::/ _______/ ____/ | \/ | \::
_/\____ \/ /___/ | \ \:
\ > \ \ \/ \ \
:\__________/\________/_________/|_____|___/
::.. .:[ SCUM ]:. .:[SCUM]:. .:[SCUM]:. ..::
````````````````````````````````````````````
SCUM:
Releases:
Solid.View.v3.3-SCuM
Segue.Silk.Performer.v3.0-SCuM
Bluestone.XML.Server.v1.1-SCuM
Scum beats out LND on the new Solid View, and raids intraware.com for the Segue
and Bluestone apps... but good work on all three. Some users have complained about
Solid View, others say it runs fine... so we'll have to wait and see, but for
now full points.
Total: 6/10
Only one more byte to crack before...
____._____ ____ _____ _____ _ _____ __ ._____
:::_|_ / _ \/ _ \/ _ \__\_ \___| /
::/ __/_ / / / / / / _ / _ /:
:/ / / / / / / / / / / / /::
:\_______\___/\____/\____/\______/________\::
: \\\\\\\ \\\\ \\\\\ \\\\\ \\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\
-----------------------------------------wk!-
2000AD:
Releases:
GETRIGHT.4.0.B2.FOR.WINDOWS9X-NT-2000AD
TimeReporter.2000.Edition.3.10.00.3002.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD
DiskJockey.Slim.2.0.2.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD
PerfectDisk.2.3.For.WindowsNT-2000AD
DNSBoss.1.7.For.WindowsNT-2000AD
Windows.Media.OnDemand.Producer.4.00.72.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD
Double.Take.3.0.4.For.WindowsNT-2000AD
Velocis.Database.Server.2.1.361.For.WindowsNT-2000AD
No comment... really. Something like 4 or 5 of the 2KAD titles this
week were nuked for various reasons... hope they shape up soon, they're
becoming to much of a dumping ground for what other groups pass over.
Total: 3/10
_______________________ ____________
__\ _______/ ______/______/__ /
\ __/ / / \/ / /
/_______\ /______________\____ /________\
-------------------------------\/-----------
(*) F a t i g u e - Couriers Network (*)
___________________________________________.
________________________________________wK!.
FATIGUED COURIERS NETWORK:
Releases:
CHANT_SPEECHKIT_SUITE_v2.1-FCN
Game_Commander-FCN
This is about as idle as I've ever seen FCN. Nothing to mention really
so lets move on.
Total: 2/10
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RADIUM
Releases:
Fhg.Radium.MP3.codec.v1.263-Radium
Radium.External.Codec.Converter.v1.50-Radium
Ok I know I said I'd be doing an in-depth review of some RDM releases,
but seeing as how they didn't do much this week I figured I'd delay that
a bit.
Total: 2/10
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ÛÛ²Û ÛÛÛß ÜÛ ° Û²Û Û²ÛÛ ° ÛÛÛÛ
s ÛÛ²Û ÞÛß ÜÛÛÛ Û²Û Û²ÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ
q ÛÛÛÛßßß ßßßßßßßÛÛÛ ßßßßßÛÛÛÛÛÛ
zÜÜÜÜÜÜÛßßß ÛÛÛÛ ° ÛÛÛ ßßßÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ
ÛÛÛÛ ° ÛÛÛ
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VENGEANCE:
Releases:
Cyrious.POS.v6.0-VGC
VGC is no more, he group which many had high expectations for
bit the dust after loosing several key members. Hope all the members
meet success where ever they may go.
Total: 2/10
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MUTINY:
Releases: N/A
After some disputes regarding the group's monikor, Mutiny has
renamed itself to PROS, and I will start reviewing them as of
next week.
Total: N/A
New this week: N/A
Idle this week: N/A
Quote(s) of the Week:
"Poultry producer Cruddy Intl. has today announced a $1 Million drop in first
quarter profits" <--- perhaps it has something to do with naming their
chicken company "Cruddy"!
Since this is a double issue (of sorts, report #27 will follow this one
immediately if you're reading this in NWR... and where else would you be!),
I'll leave most of my thoughts till later. For this week I gave it to LND
and PWA... LND were dominate in the usual areas, and PWA well... PWA has
benifited more than any other group from the disbanding of SGE, several
key members have gone there, and it shows, with a wide variety of quality
titles. Expect them to show some real releasing power in the weeks to
come.
Next week, I'll start reviewing Harvest, home to some other ex-SGE members.
Some interesting art apps could head our way from them, and they should
be decent competition for PWA.
More and more it seems that the more mature groups still hold the power,
while newer challengers aren't making the cut... how many decent utils
groups are less than 3 years old? Just blabbing here... but with
the resurgance of PWA and possibly DOD, you have to wonder <g>.
- Bud
=--------------=
Bud's Biased Utils Report #27
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Bla bla bla bla yak yak yak yak... I'm lazy, just skip this paragraph.
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 06/29/99 to 07/05/99. I'm in the EST time zone so
dates/times run according to it.
Groups: (In no particular order)
Ü ßßÛÛÜ Ü Ü Ü
ßÛÜ ßÛÝßÛÜ Þ ÜÛß ÜÜÛÛÝ A Group
ÞÛÝ ÞÝ ÞÛ ÛÝÞÛÝ ÜÛß Û That Gives
ÜÛÛÝÜß ÜÛÛÝßÛÛÝ ÛÛ ÞÝ Slightly
ßÛÛÛ ßÛÛÛ ßÛ ÞÛÛÛÜÜ Û Less Than
ÞÛÝ ÞÛÝ ÞÝ ßÛÛß ßÜ A Fuck.
ß ß ß ß -XeN
PIRATES WITH ATTITUDE:
Releases:
Mind.iPhonEX.v3.10.022-PWA
SPSS.Answertree.2.01-PWA
TakeStock.Typeadelic.for.PhotoShop-PWA
AutoPlay.Menu.Studio.v2.04.Pro.Edition-PWA
Cni.Goelan.v4.4-PWA
Tanner.L-Edit.Pro.v8.0.2-PWA
OctaMed.Sound.Studio.v1.0-PWA
Microsoft_Windows_2000_Professional_RC1_Build_2072.1-PWA
LOTUS.DOMINO.WORKFLOW.2.0.FINAL-PWA
MetaCreations.Poser.4.Final-PWA
Metacreations.Ray.Dream.Studio.Final.v5.5-PWA
Microsoft_Windows_2000_Server_RC1_Build_2072.1-PWA
For a second week PWA shows the benefits of a new member influx, and
shows the scene how good they can be. Aside from the usual MS domination,
they put out a pair of apps from Metacreations, Poser 4 final and Ray
Dream Studio 5.5, which several other groups had their hopes set on,
and are excellent titles for the art community. Also Domino Workflow
2 from Lotus, and SPSS Answertree. PWA now shows diversity that SGE
lacked, and I'll stop with the mindless comparisons between the two
groups now. :)
Total: 8/10
ÜÄÄÄÄÄ ÜÜÜ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÜÜÛ²Ü ÄÄÄ Ü Ä Ü²Ü
° ß ÜÛÛÛÛÛ² ÜÜÛÛÛÜ ÜßßÛÛÛÛÝ ÜÛÛÛÛÛÜ ß
²ÛÛÛß ßÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÜßÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÞ²ß ßÛÛÛ²
²ÛÛÛÝ Þ²Ûß ßÛÛÝÞ² ß ß²ß²Ý ÞÛÛÛÝ
ÞÛÛÛÛÛÜÜß ßÛÜ Ü²Û² Û²Ü ÛÝßÜÜÛÛÛÛ²
ßÛÛ²ßß ß ßßßß ß þÜ Þ² ßß²Ûß
þÜÄÄÄÄÄÄ+ The Corporation +Ä ßÜ Ägas!Äþ
THE CORPORATION:
Releases:
Repository.SDK.v2.1.Edition.99-CORP
Systems.Modeling.Tempo.V.10-CORP
Microsoft.Small.Business.Server.v4.5-CORP
Microsoft.Small.Business.Server.v4.5.Admin.Kit.Addon-CORP
DoubleIT.V1.06.Workgroup.Edition-CORP
Visually.Safe.v1.0-CORP
Extensis.Portfolio.v4.1.REAL.FINAL-CORP
MS.Windows.CE.Toolkit.3.0.for.Visual.C.Plus.Plus.6-CORP
Corp gets MS Small Business Server, and fucks up Extensis Portfolio -
the earleir PWA version is the same as Corp's minus some PDF's
apparently. Not sure if this is the fault of Corp or Extensis,
Extensis has a habit of playing around with their install files...
finals usually show up a few days on the Extensis FTP site before
being announced, and occasionally get repackaged before being
publically distributed... well most of you are reading that
as "blah blah blah" I'm sure <g> A few other decent titles.
Corp's improved from last week but is still lacking. The loss
of Twizted has hurt them.
Total: 7/10
. )\_______)\__)\_______)\_______ .
. __/ __ _/ _/ ____/ ___/ .
. \__ / _\ \_____ \ ___/__ :
. :/ \ \ / \ / \|
: |\___/ /___/_____ /___ /|
: | \_/_____/\____ /_____/___/_____/ |
:...`---\_____\/----/_flr_/---/_p^D_/--'
RISE:
Releases:
COMPU.WORKS.BUSINESS.CARDS.N.CERTIFICATES.DELUXE-RiSE
Encryption.Software.Top.Secret.Messenger.for.ICQ-RiSE
Well, the end is near for Rise from the look of things. Toth, Flounder
and a few others have moved over to PWA... the RiSE cracking team is
basically non-existant... to put it in perspective, even two months
back you likely wouldn't have seen an addon for ICQ released by Rise.
Business Cards N' Cerificates is a cheap store title, but at least
it's something... Rise was a good group at its peak, and I think
maybe the remaining Rise members should make some serious decisions
as to the future of the group.
Total: 3/10
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ[XX/XX]Ä
ÜÛÛ ÜÜÜ ° ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ
Û²Û Û²Û ± ÛÛß Û²Û Û Û²Û ÛÛ Û²Û Û ÛÛÛ ÛÛ Û²
Û±Û Û±Û Û°Û ßß ÜÛ Û±Û ÛÛ Û±Û Û ÜÜÜ ÛÛÜÜ
ÜÛÛßÛÛÜ ß Û±Ûßßß ÛÛ Û°Û ÛÛ ÜÜÛ Û²Û ÛÛ ÜÜ
Û±Û Û²Û ² Û²Û ° Û²Û Û°Û ÛÛ ° Û²Û Û±Û ÛÛ Û²
ÛÛÛ Û±Û ± ÛÛÛ ßÛÛÛÛÛßÜÛÛ ± ßÛÛÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛ
ÄÄÄ ÛÛß ° ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ² ÄÄÄÄÄ sikos Ä
X-FORCE:
Releases:
LOTUS_DOMINO_CONNECTORS_FOR_SAP_V1.0-XFORCE
Wow someone else got a Lotus release! <g>
Total: 2/10
/\______/| ___/\_
_/ ______ :|; . __/\ ____/\ __| //
%%%\____ \ |__:_\__ \/ ~~ :\_ | __/%%%%
iii_/ :| \\_ \ ;| \_ |____/ \iiiii
:::\__ ; _/ | \\_ : // | \\_ | \\_:::
\____/---|____/____/_______/-|____/kaz
SHOCK:
Releases:
Expert.Antivirus.Guard.v6.0-SHOCK
Informix.Client.SDK.v2.30.TC1-1.for.WIN9X-SHOCK
Informix.Client.SDK.v2.30.TC1-1.for.WINNT-SHOCK
Sierra.Web.Studio.Express.v1.0-SHOCK
PDF.Embedder.for.Adobe.Acrobat-SHOCK
SilverTone.v1.5.for.Adobe.PhotoShop-SHOCK
This week saw a pair of cd rips from Shock, both budget, in Expert
Antivirus Guard, a decent antiviral package, but nothing compared
to Norton AV, and Sierra Web Studio, a quickie web site development
package geared more towards novice HTML users. Informix SDK is only
going to appeal to Informix Dynamic Server users, leaving a couple
of Adobe plugins. PDF Embedder allows the user to embed any file
in a PDF document, and Silvertone is a decent pre-press tool.
Total: 6/10
. ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ
.ßÛÛÛÛßßßÛÛÜ ÛÛÛÛßßÛÛÝÞÛÛßßßß --- .------.
: ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ .
| ÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛ ÛÛÛß ÛÛÛ :
| ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛ ÜÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÜ . :
| ÛÛÛÛßßßßß ÛÛ²Û ßÛÛÛÜÜÛÛ²ß .
.ܲÛÛÛÜ ßÛÛÛÝ ßß PRESENTS :
| :
: [xx/xx].
'---.-------PENTIUM FORCE TEAM-- ---- - -'
PENTIUM FORCE TEAM:
Releases: N/A
Total: N/A
Ü Ü Ü
Ü Üܲßß Ü ÜÜÛßßÛÛ²Ü ÜÜÜÛßß²ÜÜ
ÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜ ÞÛÛ²Ý ÜÜÜÜ ÞÛ²Û
Þ²ÛÛÝ Þ²ÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ² ²ÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ²
²ÛÛ ²Ü ²ÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ² ²ÛÛÝ ÞÛÛ²Ý
ÞÛÛ² ÞÛ²ÝÞÛÛ² ÛÛ²ÝÞÛÛÛ² ÛÛÛÛ²
ßßßß ÛÛÛ² ÛÛ² ÞÛ²Û ßßßßß ÜÛÛ²ß mg
ß ßßßßÛÛÛÛ²Ý ßß ÛÛ²ß ß ßßßßßß
ß ßßßßßßß ßß²ß ß ßß ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß ß
:: <LEGENDS NEVER DiE> ::: <o4 * 2880> ::
Ü ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ Ü
LEGENDS NEVER DIE:
Releases:
MARC_K7_FIX_FOR_SCUM_RELEASE-LND
A fix for the Scum release... read more about it later.
Total: 1/10
.__________. [xx/xx/98]
\_ ___ ) Da ToP oF Da LiNe! .___.
===/ _/ /=======================/ /=====
.:/ _____/__./(___.____/\.______./ /_____.
:/ /__/ . ) . )____ ) _ ) / __ )
/__/ / / / / // __ / /__/ / /___/:
.:/ /__/__/__/__/(______\____ /__/_____ /MO
=/__/========================\/========\/===
= THE PINNACLES OF RELEASING (C) PNC 95-98 =
PINNACLE:
Releases:
StarTeam.v4.1-PNC
Trix.Raster.Server.v3.09-PNC
Trix.Drawing.Center.v3.07-PNC
TracTrix.2000.v3.0.1-PNC
OfficeExpress.2000-PNC
A few nice apps... best is probably StarTeam 4.1 from StarBase,
a team orientated SCM app. However, PNC would have been better off
releasing the components (Client, Server, 3RD Party addons, StarDisk)
seperately, as they are provided by StarBase, to give the end users
a few more choices...
Total: 7/10
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°ß ßÛÜ ßß ßÝ ß þ ÞÜ þ Ü ß þ ß ß ÜÜÜ ß
Û ÞÛÝÛ ß ÛÜßÜ ÛßÛÜßÛÛ Û ÛÜßÜ ßß ÜÝ ÛÜßÜ
ÞÛÝÜÛßÞÛÝ ÞÛÝÜ ÞÛÝÞÛÝÞÛÝÞÛÝÞÛÝÜ Û ÞßßÞÛÝÜ
ß²² ß²² ß²² Üß²² ß ²ß ß²Üß²Û ÜÞ²Ý ß²² Ü
ÄÄ ß ÄÄÄ ß Ä ßß ÄÄ ß ß ÄÄÄÄ ß ßß Üßß Ä°Ä ßß
PREMiERE 1998 RELEASES WITH STYLE [xx/xx/98]
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
PREMIERE:
Releases: N/A
Total: N/A
_______________ ____________ ____________
\_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_
_/ l/ / l/ / l/ /
\______ / / / /____ / /|
======\________/\__________/[om]\________/==
d(*)d D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 8 d(*)d
===================== [ DOD * xx-xxx-98 ] ==
DRINK OR DIE:
Releases:
Softlocx_v2.for.Win9xNT-DOD
Advance_V_1_30A_Win9xNT4-DOD
TCAM_TWINCAD_PRO_V_3_1_058_Win9X-DOD
SendMail_v2.6_WinNT_Unlimited_Mailboxes-DOD
TRUECAD_V3.10M_Win9xNT4-DOD
CaseMap_v2.5_Win9xNT-DOD
CaseMap_v2.5_Win9xNT_Dizfix-DOD
RFTP_Pro_v2.5_Win9xNT4-DOD
Smartstore_Archive_v3_WinNT-DOD
Xcam_Desktop_Win9xNT4-DOD
Continuing a rise in quality, and releases period, DOD puts out
some nice titles, including the newest version of MetaInfo/CheckPoint's
SendMail, as well as CaseMap 2.5, and SmartStore Archive 3. They also
get into the CAD/CAM game with TrueCAD and TwinCAD.
Total: 7/10
_______________________________[xx/xx]
\_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/
/ _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \
/ | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \
\___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \
====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS
>> RELEASING WITHOUT PERMISSION <<
REBELS:
Releases:
Exemplar.Leonardo.Spectrum.v1999_Licensed-RBS
Thumb.Print.Pro.v3.031-RBS
Thumb.Print.Pro.v3.031_NFODIZFIX-RBS
Aldec.Active.HDL.V3.5.0437-RBS
DAI.SignalScan.TX.V6.2-RBS
DemoShield.ESD.Edition.v6.01.006-RBS
Dr.Hardware.99.v3.0e-RBS
Fastflo.v2.1-RBS
GameSpy_v2.12-RBS
Ivex.WinDraft.3.01.06-29-1999.Edition-RBS
PowerTweak.v1.05_incl.1.05b.update-RBS
RSLogix.5.r3.21.00.CRACKED-RBS
Synopsys_FPGA_Express_and_FPGA_Compiler_II_V3.2_FULL_WORKING-RBS
Telephony.Experts.Talking.NT.SQL.Update.Plus.Int13s.Bonus-RBS
Dr.Hardware.for.DOS.v5.5e-RBS
WindowBlinds.v0.93.5.REGGED-RBS
Lack of major titles are versions are about all that's hurting RBS these
days... would love to see them really put their talent to work. Nice to
see a little DOS app, remember this is the PC scene, not the Windows Scene,
and some of the best hardware related apps (and recovery tools for that
matter) are DOS based.
Total: 7/10
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TEKNORAGE & PIRASOFT:
Releases:
DNS.Commander.v2.0.0.66.NT-TRPS
Surf.Control.Super.Scout.v2.6L-TRPS
Norton.Utilities.v4.5.b1-TRPS
Faxcom.for.NT.v3.04-TRPS
Uni.Development.Kit.v3.0-TRPS
Faxcom again... another Surf Control app... a very minor version
of DNS Commander... best release is actually the Symantec beta,
just to sneak a peek at the next Norton Utilities release.
Total: 4/10
_____ ____________ ____ __________
/ __/_ ___/\_ \ ___\_/ __/\ ___\_
\ \ / _/ /_ /___ / \ ___ /
\___/\_____/___\ ____/______/_____/pn
\_/
VERSUS:
Releases:
AtGuard.v3.2-VERSUS
Vervet.Logic.Xml.Pro.v2.0-VERSUS
Trumpet.Winsock.v5.0a-VERSUS
Macromedia.Flash.SWF-Unprotect.v2.0-VERSUS
Transit.HTML.Editor.v4.0-VERSUS
A new edition of VRS's SWF unprotect for Flash... haven't checked out
what's new in it, it was released shortly after the initial release.
AtGuard 3.2, Transit HTML Editor 4.0, and Xml Pro 2 are all worthwhile
releases. I haven't used Trumpet Winsock in years... so I have no
clue if it's gotten any better =).
Total: 6/10
..._______________________.___ ____.____...
::/ _______/ ____/ | \/ | \::
_/\____ \/ /___/ | \ \:
\ > \ \ \/ \ \
:\__________/\________/_________/|_____|___/
::.. .:[ SCUM ]:. .:[SCUM]:. .:[SCUM]:. ..::
````````````````````````````````````````````
SCUM:
Releases:
Bluestone.Visual.XML.v1.0-SCuM
Vision.JADE.Developer.Studio.v4.1-SCuM
Intel.Landesk.Client.Manager.v3.32-SCuM
Macro.MI.Tools.v1.0-SCuM
MARC.K7.32-SCuM
Solid.View.IGES.v3.3-SCuM
Solid.View.v3.3.RP.Master-SCuM
Well, several groups talked about it, but Scum did it. Marc K -
a top FEA app. Protected by Flexlm, as most high end CAD/CAM
apps are these days, the Scum-provided license missed a few features,
thus grab the LND fix. The point I gave to LND is removed from
Scum, but still, congrats to them... while Grad may wish to go
on about LND's dominance, there will without a doubt be more
challenges in the coming while... good to see Scum providing one
here. They also get some more from the Solid View line, with IGES
being another title from the LND wish list appearing in various
LND NFO's. Also honerable mention to Intel Landesk Client Manager.
Total: 7/10
Only one more byte to crack before...
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:::_|_ / _ \/ _ \/ _ \__\_ \___| /
::/ __/_ / / / / / / _ / _ /:
:/ / / / / / / / / / / / /::
:\_______\___/\____/\____/\______/________\::
: \\\\\\\ \\\\ \\\\\ \\\\\ \\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\
-----------------------------------------wk!-
2000AD:
Releases: N/A
Total: N/A
_______________________ ____________
__\ _______/ ______/______/__ /
\ __/ / / \/ / /
/_______\ /______________\____ /________\
-------------------------------\/-----------
(*) F a t i g u e - Couriers Network (*)
___________________________________________.
________________________________________wK!.
FATIGUED COURIERS NETWORK:
Releases:
Cell_Control_v3.21-FCN
Report_Builder_v4.10_For_Delphi4-FCN
UBackPRO_v6.20_For_Delphi-FCN
LSMTP_v1.1B_FINAL-FCN
THIRDWISH_MAGPIE_PRO_v1.01-FCN
GerbTool_v9.0_R5-FCN
Topaz_v7_Full_Src_Code_Version-FCN
WPTools_for_Delphi4_2.25_cracked-FCN
FCN concentrated mostly on components this week, dominated Delphi components
as always, and had a good week for releases, even if it was pretty standard
for them.
Total: 6/10
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RADIUM:
Releases:
Digital.1000SL.v3.31-Radium
Digital.Orchestrator.Pro.v3.02.05-Radium
Quartz.AudioMaster.2000.v4.15-Radium
Quartz.AudioPro.v4.05-Radium
This week RDM puts forth Voyetra's Digital Orchestrator Pro, a fairly
popular MIDI sequencer, and although a minor update, still a pretty
sweet one. Again, although I promised an in-depth review of some
RDM audio tools as a special feature, I'll wait for a week with some
more variety, and if that doesn't happen soon, I'll just combine a
few weeks into a special segment.
Total: 5/10
____________________________________________
__________/\________/\______/\_______/\
\ __ / __ / __ \ _____/
/ /__/ / /__/ / /__/ /\___ \
/ _____/ ____/ / )
/____/ /___\ \\________/_________/
-s8RO-- -the.\_____\.professionals-- -
____________________________________________
THE PROFESSIONALS:
Releases:
Cortext.Business.Plan.Deluxe.v3.03-PROS
AuroraDS.Report.GUI.v4.0.51-PROS
AuroraDS.Report.Windows.v3.4.2-PROS
FlipAlbum.v3.0-PROS
Micrografx.iGrafx.Designer.Suite.v8.0-PROS
Smart.Business.Plan.v8.0-PROS
MicroVision.SureThing.CD.Labeler.v2.00.04-PROS
Total.Access.Memo.v8.01-PROS
AuroraDS.Report.Server.v7.0.NT-PROS
Mips.DataScan.v1.0-PROS
Smart.Attorney.v8.0-PROS
ThrustMaster.WeCanTalk.iConference.REPACK-PROS
Dillobits.Insync.v2.1-PROS
Privacy.FILE.Lite.v1.4.3-PROS
One of two groups new to the report this week. Pros is run by Machv and
Twizted, you remember Mutiny from last week, well after some contreversy
regarding the monikor they decided to switch names.
Pros looks to have a fair backing of store titles, supported by a variety
of web apps. Which means a decent supply team, backed by the ever improving
PHXiSO. They lack on the cracking side, however, and will likely be stumped
by tougher protection schemes.
This week we see some good business/legal apps from AIFR in Smart Attorney
and Smart Business Plan Pro, as well as one of the titles from Micrografx's
recent iGrafx series, iGrafx Developer. Good overall, next few weeks should
set the tone for them.
Total: 7/10
HARVEST:
Releases:
PSUNAMI.V.1.0.FOR.AE4-HARVEST
BORIS.AE.V3.0-HARVEST
PUFFINDESIGNS.COMMOTION.V2.1.NT-HARVEST
SPEEDRENDER.V2.02-HARVEST
ALIAS.WAVEFRONT.MAYA.V2.0.FINAL.NT-HARVEST
That "other" new group... yeah you know, from parts of SGE...
Well that's how many people will look at them for some time, and
comparisons will be made, especially with a strong graphics/design
background. Don't expect to hear much about this group "politically"
in the scene.
Some good apps here as expected... and their debut was Boris FX 4,
which isn't listed since it's actually from next week, but I thought
I'd point it out... definately a good title to debut with.
No DIZ ascii from them... so none here... if they get one I'll paste it.
Total: 7/10
New this week: PROS, HARVEST.
Idle this week: 2KAD, PRM, PFT.
Quote(s) of the Week: <aeiou> just found out im lame
<aeiou> =[
<Caserd> damn
<Caserd> that sucks
<Caserd> i found out a while ago
<Caserd> i'm over it
PWA easily takes the week, but honorable mention to Scum, who would have tied
save for the incomplete license on Marc K, and to DOD as well, who look REALLY
active for the first time in... (days/months/years <--- please make your selection
<g>).
Well my eyes are going fuzzy again... so it's time to get outta here!
- Bud
=----------------------------------=-------------------------------------=
=---------[ Koka's Wacky Cracking Section ]----------=
(with english help from sketch!)
------[ Koka's Biased(duh!) Cracking report #1 ]-----------
Koka's Biased(duh!) Cracking Report #1
Here we go, I am gonna try to make the scene people pay a bit more
more attention into the cracking scene, so here comes my report. I will be
rating each group and it's releases, with a ranking of them all on the end
of the report, based on my rating and the points I gave,. I am only going
to report the top 10 cracking groups of the week, but if you (REALLY
REALLY) want your group to be reviewed, bug me on irc and I will think
about it :P
If you have any suggestions, msg me on irc. Thanks :)
Kudos to Sketch/THD for helping me out with my english. Thanx bro!
Week is based from 27/07 to 03/07.
* - Keygens are highly rewarded for the pointing system.
Groups:
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³ Û ÛÛÜÜÜß ßÜÛÛ ÛÝÛÜÛÛ ÛÜÛÛ Û ÛÛ Û ÛÛ ÛÛÜß Û
³ ßÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜß
³ úúúúþþ d r e s s e d t o k i l l þþúúúú
ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÄÄÄÄÄÄú
úreleased: 00/00/00 Disk [xx/00]ú
ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ;
[- BLIZZARD -]
.------------.
Releases:
LanTalk.v0.8.Incl.KeyGen [01]--NUKED]
Awave.v5.2.Cracked [01]
Food.Storage.Planner.v2.03.Regged [01]
NetContact32.v6.5.Win9x.NT.REPACK [05]
Urly.Bird.v1.06.incl.keygen [01]
X.Squeeze.Me.v3.04.incl.keygen [02]
NetContact32.v6.5.Win9x.NT [06]--NUKED
Lex.Polaris.v2.54.by.Lucigenic.Inc-cracked [06]
Office.Talk.98.International.v2.01.Incl.Keygen [09]
Windream.v1.01.win9x.eng.ger.cracked [08]
Med.Song.v3.56.Regged [05]
Kyodai.Mahjongg.9.0.final.incl.Keygen [01]
Page.Genie.2000.Pro.v9903.31 [04]
Transcribe.1.11 [01]
BVS.Solitaire.Collection.v2.3.Regged [01]--NUKED
PhotoSlider.1.1.incl.Keygen [01]
The.Curse.Of.Ra.v1.0.Win9xNT.regfile [01]
WinDac.v1.49.regged [01]
Air.Messenger.Lan.Server.v1.6.1.inl.keygen [02]
Air.Messenger.Pro.v2.0.incl.keygen [02]
X.Squeeze.Me.v3.02.incl.keygen [02]
They seems to have slowed down.. 44 releases last week and 22 releases
this week, with 3 being nukes, so they still had 08 (with keygens)
fine releases. If you want to download something from BLZ, get
WinDac and NetContact, both are very good programs. On the bad side, Two
X-Squeeze's in one week. Its kinda gay, no? :)
Total:
11 Releases - Cracked/Regged
08 Releases - Included Keygen
03 Releases - Nuked
Points: 8/10
._______/\__________/\_______/\___________.
/ _____\_ ___ \_____ \ _____/
/ \ \ _\ / / /__ __\___
\____________/__________\___\____ \________/
+-ds-----------+ C.O.R.E..9.9 +- \_/ -------+
[- CORE -]
.--------.
Releases:
Nero.Burning.ROM.v4.0.3.4.Win9xNT.Incl.Keymaker [01]
UltraBac.v.5.03.Win9xNT.Keymaker.Only [01]
ASPack.v1.08.03.FIXED.Win9xNT.Keymaker.Only [01]
Bullet.Proof.FTP.v1.13.Win9xNT.Incl.Keymaker [01]
Sheridan.ActiveToolBars.Plus.v2.0.Win9xNT.Incl.Key [01]
CS.Splitter.v1.04.Win9xNT.Incl.Keymaker [01]
Maruo.Editor.v3.01.Win9xNT.Regged [01]
ASPack.v1.08.03.Win9xNT.Cracked [01]
Power.Strip.v.2.51.Win9xNT.100rue.Keymaker.Only [01]
SiteFTP.v1.15.Win9x.Keymaker.Only [01]
TechScheduler.v2.60.Win9xNT.Incl.Keymaker [01]
12 releases total, 0 nukes. Much slower than last week, but still ok,
keeping the releasing alive for this week. Anyway, Bullet Proof FTP 1.13
is the best thing here. I heard a rumour they slowed down because of the .fr busts,
which made some members scared about it, so that may be the reason why
they didn't do much.
Total:
06 Releases - Included Keygens
04 Releases - Keygens Only
02 Releases - Cracked/Regged
Points: 7/10
|_____,---\_|___|^'\____ _/|________ _____|\___|\____ |
|\__ \___ _ || \____. ____|: __/, `\_ \Ex0 |
| || |______/'| |_ |/ ||____ \\ || _ || |99.|
| | | | | ,---\ | | | | | |_ |___|
| \______|____|// `\ ,----'`---.__/___|___|-._ /'_____/|
| :) Crystal file.id. \| Date [00/00/00] .. \/ Crystal|
[- CRYSTAL -]
.-----------.
Releases:
AppKiller.v1.0 [02]
Automata.for.Art.v3.14 [02]
Emissary.v3.0 [01]
Zmud.v5.55 [02]
Multi.Clipboard.v9.07.01 [01]
Skinner.v1.01 [01]
Wallsaver.v1.0 [02]
PrEditor.v1.0 [01]
Ominiquad Detective 1.0d [01]
Universe.v1.62 [01]
WebSpeed.Optimizer.v1.01 [01]
Reform.v6.47.Keygen.Only [01]
Simplicity.v4.0 [01]
Visual.Cyberadio.v2.02 [03]
13 releases, 0 nukes. WebSpeed Optimizer is a good release. Zmud is also
pretty cool, lots of people requested it, and it had a lot of server
checks to be cracked. WebSpeed Optimizer is also a quality release. ZLA
joined recently as another Crystal HQ. Overall, not good, just keeping
alive. They can do better than that.
Total:
12 Releases - Cracked/Regged
01 Release - Keygen Only
Points: 7/10
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ÜÜÜÜÜ ÛÛÛÛÛ Ü²ÜÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß Ûß Ü²Ûßßßßß
ÜÛ²ÛÛß ßßÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÝ ßßß ßß ÜÜÜÜÜÛÛ
ÞÛ²ÛÛÝ Ü² ÛÛÛÛÛ ßßßßßßßßßÛÛÛÛÛ²ÜÜ ßÛÛÛÛ
ÛÛÛÛÛ ßßß ÛÛÛÛ ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛ ² ÞÛÛÛÛÛ²ÛÛ ÞÛÛÛ
sQzßßßßßßßßßßßß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ßßß
ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßÛÜÜÜÜ ßßßßßßßßß ÜÜÜÜÜÜÛßßßßß
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[- DSI -]
.-----------.
Releases:
The.Loan.Wizard.v.3.0 [01]
Vintra.Systems.Mail.Server.Pro.v.2.58.REPACK [03]
Bloch.Reversi.3.0.4.keymaker.only [01]
A Repack, A keygen and a normal release. 3 Releases this week. DSi is
lacking crackers lately, and recently Ivan and Sting retired, which leads
to a total lack of motivation in the group. To make it worse, one of their
crackers was french and disappeared because of the .fr bust. Well, we
hope DSI gets it all fixed and do a better next week :]
Total:
02 - Regged/Cracked
00 - Included Keygen
01 - Keygens Only
Points: 02/10
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/ __/ / / / __ / ___/_ __/
( __) ( (__ \ ____)____ ) __)
\ \ \ \ \ \ / \
\_____\_____\_____\___\_____\______/_______\
/srT8/ . ..E.C.L.i.P.S.E.. .
[- ECLIPSE -]
.-----------.
Releases:
PC.Recipe.Box.v5.03.Win9xNT [01]
SUBMiT.WOLF.PRO.v4.01.008.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [01]
Turbo.Write.v1.0.Win9xNT [01]
Cyber-Info.WebMail.Notify.v2.75b.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [01]
Movie.Review.Magic.v2.0.Win9xNT [01]
AFile.Attribute.Manager.v3.0.Win9xNT.Cracked [01]
Anywhere.2000.v4.0.Win9xNT.Serial.Only [01]
AxMan.v3.01.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [01]
FamilyCAM.v2.0.Win9xNT.Cracked [01]
SD.Capture.v3.2.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [01]
Synapsa.VisiTrax.v1.13.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [01]
Video.Stabilizer.v2.1.Win9xNT [01]
Web.Resume.Writer.v2.0.20.Win9xNT [05]
ICU.v2.14.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [01]
ELLIPSE.ClickSearch.v1.0.Win9xNT.Regged [01]
Crazy.Eights.Expert.v1.0.Win9xNT.Incl.KeyFile [01]
ScholarSoft.Packager.v1.0.Pre.Release.1.1.Incl.Keygen [01]
At.Home-BrowseGate.Proxy.Server.and.Firewall.v1.46 [01]
At.Work-BrowseGate.Proxy.Server.and.Firewall.v1.46 [01]
IHCOPY.v1.4.Win9xNT.Cracked [01]
19 releases, 0 nukes. Still good, like last week, same keygens,
same cracks. The best thing here is the AT Work BrowseGate,
so if you want download something from ECL, There you go.
Total:
01 Release - Serial Only
07 Releases - Included Keygen
11 Releases - Cracked/Regged
Points: 8.5/10
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ÜÜÛßßß ÜÜÜÜܲ²²ÛÛ ßßßÛÜÜÛßßß ÜÜÜÜܲ²²ÛÛ Û
Û ÜܲÛÛÛßß Ü²²ÛÛÝÞÛÛ ÛÛ ÜÜÛÛÛÛßß ²²ÛÛÝ Û
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ÞÝÞ²ÛÛÝ ° ° ²²ÛÛ °°Þ²²ÛÛÛ ßÛÝ ²²ÛÛÝ Û
Û ²²ÛÛ Þ²ÛÛÝ ÜÜÛÛÛÛßß ÛÛ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÛ
ÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÛÛ ²²ÛÛÛßßßßß ÜÜÜÛÜÜÜÜÛ rb!
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(00/00/00) F A L L E N ' 9 9
[- FALLEN -]
.-----------.
Releases:
RRocket.v2.02.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [01]
HasteCK.ReverseMe.v1.0.FINAL [01]
Multiscope.v1.0.Incl.Keymaker [01]
Bark.HTML.Image.v1.1.Registered [01]
Search.Replace.v7.2.0.Incl.Keymaker [01]
Visual.Multitool.v3.3.Win9xNT.Regged [01]
FairShare.v1.0.Professional.Edition.Incl.Keymaker [01]
FairShare.v1.0.Standard.Edition.Incl.Keymaker [01]
HTML.File.Merge.v2.1.1.Incl.Keymaker [01]
MAGIX.Dance.Maker.v1.01.Win9xNT.Cracked [01]
Friendly.Address.Book.v1.0.Win9xNT.Regged [01]
Time.Trigger.v1.3.Incl.Keymaker [01]
11 releases, no nukes. A good week overall again from this group which
still around doing a good work in the cracking scene. Same keygens as
last week. Visual Multitool is the a good thing, being the most quality
software here in my opinion.
Total:
04 Releases - Regged
07 Releases - Included Keygen
Points: 7/10
[- HARLEM -]
.-----------.
Releases:
ProtectZ.v.1.15.CRACKED [01]
Flex.Timer.v1.1.CRACKED [01]
Winzap.v.1.0.CRACKED [01]
Chanstat.v3.1.CRACKED [01]
WBStego99.v.3.1.CRACKED [01]
Dragftp.v.1.0.CRACKED [01]
Delphi.Documentor.v4.0.14.CRACKED [01]
Easy.CD-DA.Extractor.v.3.0.7.1276.REGGED [01]
Sync-It.with.Atom.v.1.1.REGGED [01]--NUKED
Scrollable.Container.OCX.v.1.01.CRACKED [01]
Build.Master.v4.05.CRACKED [01]
Loop.Recorder.v1.1.CRACKED [01]
After being bugged by senator (heh), here is a Harlem review. :]
First of all i suggest taking off these dirs "CRACKED,REGGED
SUCKED". Anyway, they have been doing well since SOD merged into them.
Easy CD Da is the best proggie here. Loop Record and DragFTP are good
releases as well. Sync it With Atom is a dupe from CST :(
Good week, but we hope they'll do better next week :)
Total:
11 Releases - Cracked/Regged
01 Release - Nuked
Points: 6.5/10
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[00/00/00]/________/==\/====/________//[MFD]
=[X]==][= MANiFEST DESTiNY RELEASE =][==[X]=
[- MFD -]
.-----------.
Releases:
Network.Inventory.Manager.v2.32 [07]
Api.Spy.v2.4 [01]
IBM.Bean.Validator.v1.2 [01]
IBM.BeanInfoMaker.v1.0.For.JDK.v1.1x [01]
IBM.Datepicker.Bean.v1.2.AWT.Edition [01]
IBM.MultiColumnListbox.Bean.v3.1.1.AWT.Edition [01]
NovaBack.Plus.For.NT.Server.Limited.Edition.v6.03 [03]
SQL-Optimizer.For.ORACLE.v1.2.3e [01]
Sweet.Little.Piano.v1.7 [01]
Sweet.MIDI.Arpeggiator.v1.9.7 [01]
Sweet.MIDI.Harmony.Maker.v1.16 [01]
Sweet.MIDI.Player.v1.18 [01]
Sweet.Sixteen.MIDI.Sequencer.v3.12 [01]
Easy.CD-DA.Extractor.v3.0.7.1276.Keygen.Only [01]
ForKeeps.v3.94 [01]
GetBot.v1.057.Inc.Keygen [01]
Password.Generator.v1.0b [01]
Texturizer.v1.45 [01]
XEvil.v2.01 [01]
MathSoft.Axum.v6.0 [35]
Ninja.Switcher.v2.53 [01]
Panda.Antivirus.Platinum.v6.07.00.Incl.Keygen [07]
Sync.it.with.atom.v1.1.0.36 [01]
PhotoTile.v1.0.0.5 [01]
WebTrends.Suite.For.Lotus.Domino.v3.0.4059 [04]
DocServer.v1.2.0.0.Incl.Keygen [01]
Email.Confirmation.v1.13 [01]
FASTview.v1.13.1.Incl.Keygen [01]
Flash32.v1.55 [01]
MIDIwave.v1.0.01.Incl.Keygen [01]
Panasonic.MPEG.Encoder.Plugin.v.2.03 [01]
Panasonic.MPEG.Encoder.Standalone.v2.21 [01]
Recall-Pro.v1.1 [01]
TSubclass32.v2.1 [01]
VCRadio.v1.2a [01]
WebTrends.Log.Analyzer.v4.52.4126 [06]
WebTrends.Professional.Suite.v3.1.4063 [06]
PSYQ.SDevTC.Developers.Toolkit.For.PSX.v4.5 [01]
25 releases, 0 nukes. The Util's cracking as usual, making some big
meggage for the group. (Hi Evel!!).. But some keygens as well (4). Panda
Antivirus is a quality release, as well as Inventory Manager. Nice week
for MFD, almost perfect (heh, i never say Perfect :]
Total:
20 Releases - Cracked/Regged
04 Releases - Included Keygen
01 Release - Keygen Only
Points: 9/10
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[- PGC -]
.-----------.
Releases:
Auction.Watch.v2.1.2.Cracked [03]
AccuChef.v5.03.Incl.KeygenPatch [01]
Kyodai.Mahjongg.v9.0.FINAL.Incl.Keygen [01]--NUKED
1st.Choice.Browse.2000.v5.20.incl.KeyGen [01]
CopyGenie.v1.1.0.196.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [01]
Dameware.Active.Components.v1.0.17.Incl.KeyFile [01]
Dameware.Local.Group.v1.4.1.5.Incl.KeyFile [01]
Dameware.Property.List.v1.4.5.8.Incl.KeyFile [01]
Euro.Converter.v1.2.incl.KeyGen [01]
Assist.Bar.99.v2.3 [01]
Brain.Wave.Generate.v2.08.Keygen.Only [01]
Find.It.Now.v1.28 [01]
Puffer.v3.0c [01]
Thumbs.Up.v2.0.Incl.Keygen [01]
1st.Contact.v2.0.0.4.incl.Keygen [01]
Beacon.v5.2.7.235 [01]
Cahce.X.for.Netscape.v2.00.incl.Keygen [01]
Examine.32.v3.02 [01]
JSoft.Mail.v2.0.03.incl.Keygen [01]
Magic.Wall.Paper.Diary.v1.1.CRACK.FIX [01]
Notepads.Plus.v2.0.0.3.incl.Keygen [01]
Short.Cut.Doctor.v2.6 [01]
Weather1.v1.40.7.5.Keygen.Only [01]
21 releases, 1 nukes. They did much better this week, 21 releases,
while last week they only had 11. They also showed they are more into
Keygens now, which is good. But the cracks were still around. Anyway,
If you are from Europe, grab Euro Converter.:P Find It Now is also a
good program. Nice week for PGC, almost as good as MFD.
Total:
08 Releases - Cracked/Regged
10 Releases - Included Keygen
02 Releases - Keygen Only
01 Release - Crack Fix
Points: 8.5/10
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[- TNO -]
.-----------.
Releases:
Deletor.v2.21.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [01]
Stock.Tray.v1.01.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [01]
ExpPrint.v1.4.1.6.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [01]
LinkBot.Pro.v4.1b.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [04]
Metabot.Pro.v1.0b.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [03]
WinDac.v1.49.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only [04]
Wisebot.Pro.v4.1b.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [04]
WindowBlinds.v0.93.5.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only [01]--NUKED
Moony.v2.02.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [02]
Sync-It.with.Atom.v1.1.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only [01]
Yonc.v1.03.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [01]
CFA.Installer32.v3.20.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [03]
Direct.Beeper.3.v3.07.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [03]
X-Win32.v4.1.2.3.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [03]
14 releases, one nuke. All keygenned. This is the group of keygens at
the moment. No Doubt :) Get from TNO, WinDac Keygen Only and Metabot Pro.
They were 2 good releases, keygens for Quality programs as well.
Total:
13 Releases - Keygens Only
01 Release - Nuked
Points: 8.5/10
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[- UCF -]
.-----------.
Releases:
Axon.Engineer.Pro.v2.11e.Cracked [01]
Folder.Guard.v4.11.Win9x.Regged [01]
2 releases, 0 nuke. Idle Idle and more idle. Though both cracks
are very good. Folder Guard had a lot of protections+packers.
Kudos to them for cracking it :]
Total:
02 Releases - Serials/Regged
Points: 02/10
[- WEEKLY RANKING -]
.--------------------.
1. MFD 9.0
2. TNO 8.5
3. PGC 8.5
4. ECLIPSE 8.5
5. BLIZZARD 8.0
6. CORE 7.0
7. FALLEN 7.0
8. CRYSTAL 7.0
9. HARLEM 6.5
10. DSI 2.0
This week goes to TNO and MFD. Congrats to both MFD and TNO.
TNO is the keygenner group of the moment no doubt and MFD is doing
their cracks well, but many releases *cough*QUANTITY*cough*.
The group slowed a bit this week but still pretty well, enough for
being #1. PGC and ECLIPSE were close to TNO, though the mainly-keygens
philosophy makes TNO the #2.. DARKSTAR seems to be dead, we see no signal
of life from them. :[
NEW this week is HARLEM
NEXT week: dF and ORiON.
-/- Koka
=----------------------------------=-------------------------------------=
=---------[ Who Are Those Sexy Guys? ]----------=
Well, seeing as how this issue has a sort of general security theme, we here
at nwr thought we'd fly in the face of convention, and do a sort of "fuck the
man!" type of theme, to show that the freedom of the press must live on.
Therefore, we have decided to include pictures of ourselves for this issue.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH MAN!!!!
There is nothing illegal about publishing an emag.. And we firmly believe that.
Here is a breakdown of the included pics....
nwrstaff1.jpg: The illustrious man behind the curtain, this dashing fellow
is the leader of Eviliso, and a powerfull man in the VCD empire.
His weekly column saves thousands of young lamers from needlessly
downloading shitty movies... he is Ryche!
nwrstaff2.jpg: this older gentleman has been providing bot and protection
services to nwr almost since the start. He is the botmaster
of Netmonkey and Impotent, and can often be found kicking
people from the #nwr channel with the slogan of "It will be
out when its fucking out!"..
It is of course "NotZeus"!
nwrstaff3.jpg: the tough writer of nwr's non-nonsense games report, this oldschool
member of razor1911 has been known to kick a few asses when
the need arises. He is the crazy Blitzkrieg!
nwrstaff4.jpg: longtime member of the utils scene, he is also one of the oldest
people still active in SHOCK. His games report really takes a lot
out of him each week, so its no wonder he looks a little worn out.
We thank him for all his hard work each week, as we salute: Bud!
(ladies: did you know that he's only 27?)
nwrstaff5.jpg: editor and head fatass, he writes the stuff about the sites, and
throws it all together to make it look real pretty.. If nwr is
late, chances are its his fault.. But with a face as cute as that,
i'm sure that you will forgive: ndetroit!
nwrstaff6.jpg: the evil genius behind all of nwr, head of a ton of former groups,
and a scene resume way too long to list. He is currently taking it
easy enjoying time with his new girl.. (she's a lucky one!).. The
man that needs no introduction can be none other than... Lester!
=-------=
we would like to thank clan gimp for allowing us to rip off their awesome page, at:
http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Node/5679/pics.html
=----------------------------------=-------------------------------------=
=---------[ 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..
Lester saw a bunch of movies apparently, this week, but did not feel
like writing a review about any of them, so i will write "Lester-style"
reviews about some of the flicks that i went to see... ;p
Wild Wild West - ** of out 4
Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek
Holy fucking jesus CHRIST in a handbasket... Salma Hayek is HOT HOT HOT HOT.
CRAP!! ... .... A lot of people have really been ragging on this movie,
calling it the worst movie they have seen since Godzilla... I didn't think
it was that bad, and payed the tuesday admission price to check it out.
Basically the whole deal takes place in post-emancipation America, with
Will Smith playing the tough-ass cowboy who likes to shoot things, and Kevin
Kline playing his wacky (wacky!) sidekick who likes to.. .. .. invent things,
and dress up as a woman.. .. Yeah, ok, maybe it was the worst movie since
Godzilla, but Salma Hayek's ass more than makes up for the lack of such
insignificant things as "plot", and "characterization".. This movie gets
two **'s, on the strength of Ms. Hayek's show-saving performance.
-ndetroit
=-----------=
And now, a special treat for all of you... The newest NWR Movie Reviewer, the
"ChildCare Action Project: Christian Analysis of American Culture (CAP)".
They will be providing NWR with reviews on a weekly basis from now on, and we
are glad to have them!
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999), R
CAP Score: 29
CAP Influence Density: 10.65
Thomas A. Carder
CAP President
SUMMARY / COMMENTARY:
*South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut* (R) -- WARNING! This analysis is blunt. *South Park*
is another movie straight from the smoking pits of Hell.
*South Park* is an *incredibly dangerous* movie for those who do not understand or are
developing an understanding of the Gospel .......INCREDIBLY dangerous.
Satan is portrayed as the homosexual lover of Saddam Hussein and is portrayed as a
sensitive, loving and caring being. Hussein waves his disembodied male member around.
And it was not a cardboard drawing like most other images of the movie -- it was of
photographic resolution. The most foul of the foul words was clearly spoken *by the
children* at least 131 times and many other times in a muffled or garbled way. The
three/four letter word vocabulary was used at least 119 times. God's name in vain was
used 11 times without the four letter expletive and 6 times with it. And many times the
child characters were saying things like "What's the big deal" (about the foul language).
"Suck my --", "Let's ([homo]sexual intercourse)", and repeated questions about a female
private organ were but a very few of the vulgar expressions used by the kids.
Angels were portrayed as females - nude, very nude. God was called many vulgar and
hateful names. Satan was glorified. Jesus was equated with sexual anatomy. A child
was graphically incinerated by igniting his anal wind, then another kid tried to beat
out the flames with a stick and was concerned about the stick catching fire. Body
parts dripping with blood were ripped from a child by a surgeon who expressed shallow
concern. The dead child was then seen with an exploded chest. The dead child, after
being rejected from Heaven (by nude female angels) and cast into Hell, was then presented
as a ghost trying to influence the other kids. An all-male chorus line wore pink bikini
briefs. Homosexual acts were described. Decomposing burned bodies were cast as live
occupants of Hell. "Big brother" electronic shock control of a child was used to prevent
his use of foul language (each time he cussed he was shocked -- he used this shock later
to defeat Hussein by shouting every known and several unknown foul words). A man
committed suicide by jumping out of a window. And throughout the movie was script to
promote licentious belittlement of wholesome life and entertainment: rationale to
lessen even further the threshold of acceptance.
These are but a very few of the examples of ignominy in this celluloid developed in the
fiery pits of Hell. And the kids in the audience loved it, almost as much as the adults
with them. May God have mercy on us.
That is all I will say about the content this extraordinarily vulgar, vile, and repugnant
movie. Other examples are just too vulgar and vile to even try to describe without being
as vulgar and vile. Please note that the final score of 29 is not the lowest of scores
earned by the movies we have analyzed, but this movie has earned the most severe CAP
Influence Density (ID) of almost 200 movies: a CAP ID of 10.65! *Natural Born Killers* (R)
earned a CAP Influence Density of 7.46! Most R-rated movies earn CAP IDs between 1.00
and 3.00. A child cannot escape being influenced by this useless.......
http://www.capalert.com/capreports/southpark.htm
=----------------------------------=-------------------------------------=
=---------[ 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.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
No ryche this week!!!
Go home and cry about it!
=----------------------------------=-------------------------------------=
-----------[Protect Yourself]-----------
We all know that there are going to be more busts, just around the corner.
Each of us has lived with the fact, for as long as we've been in this scene
that eventually there was a good chance we were going to be busted.. either
by the cops/fbi in a federal case, or by our network admins, our employer,
you name it...
The interesting thing about the most recent series of criminal proceedings
is that for the first time, someone other than siteops were caught..
This time, it was crackers, suppliers, group leaders, and (shocking!)
couriers, as well. Let me drill this into you: YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING ILLEGAL
IF YOU ARE "just a" COURIER.
I hope that most of you are aware of the sad case of kevin mitnick..
(www.freekevin.com). Yes, he did do some illegal shit. He stole some source to
some cell codes. He stole some source to some Sun OS's (which they GIVE away
to students on their webpage for a small $100 fee..), and he did a small
bit of hacking..
Boys and gals.. what he did is NOTHING compared to what your average scene
person does in a WEEK.. ... $100 worth of source code??? HAHAHAHA.. thats
practically fucking WEBWARE... how many times has RiSE released a big fat
$20,000 app?.. heh... now.. consider.. thats $20,000 x a thousand shitty
sites. If you had a hand in supplying/ripping/cracking/packing/preing/couriering
that util, then you are partially liable.
The US govt has left this kevin mitnick kid in jail for 4 YEARS without a trial.
Hate to break it to ya, but thats how the system works.. You think you got rights???
You don't got shit.. i hate to get all political on ya'll here, but.. If the
government wants to take you down, sorry.. you're gone.. its just that simple.
So where does that leave us?... fucked, thats where.. thats why we ALL have to
take some steps to protect ourselves.
When your big day finally comes.. what should you do to maximize your chance
of getting off without incident, and minimize your chance of a rooming with
Bubba for the next 20 years?...... ....
Here we go.
1.) Logging
A large majority of the most "leet" people that i have talked with over the years
have always told me "if you do one thing, make sure you LOG EVERYTHING.. you never
know when its gonna come in handy".. Good advice, however, in this day and age,
its simply no longer practical. Sorry kids, you're just gonna have to rely on your
memory from here on in. True, logs cannot be used as evidence in a court case,
but the FBI/RCMP/whatever WILL make good use of your logs, that is a virtual
guarantee. Don't give a shit about whether or not someone else gets busted using
your logs? Fine. Expect them to be more than happy to further incriminate you.
The bottom line: don't log. ever. If you have 3 gigs worth of logs that simply
cannot bear to lose, then back them up somewhere, and shove them in a safe/secure
hiding place. A safety deposite box, a (non-scene) friend's house, etc. Don't
leave 3 gigs of potential evidence simply sitting on your HD.
2.) Personal Info
Now i *know* that sometimes its unavoidable, and in order to get things done, we
have to call each other, or mail each other shit. Thats how it works, here in the
big leagues, but remember: each person you trust with your personal shit increases
your chances of getting caught by 1000% percent. Now, no one out there goes out
randomly giving out his phone # in the channel, but people still are not careful
enough with personal info.
People think that just because XxxxxxxX has been in the scene for 2 years as a
game supplier, then he MUST be trustworthy, cause no FED would spend 2 WHOLE
YEARS in an undercover sting... .... uhhhh.. yeah... i saw Donny Brasco too,
fellas.. which bring me to the next point:
3.) Trust
We all wanna get what we need to do accomplished, and in order to get shit
done, we gotta trust one another, and in order to trust one another, certain
small bits of info/time/resources/etc need to be shared.. If you know what
a "sting" is, then you know how much bullshit it is to say that "the feds can't
supply games", or "the feds can't trade, that would be illegal!"..
Well, let me put it to you this way: if *I* was the CEO of EA, and i knew that
i was gonna lose half my profits (a lie!) on NBA LIVE 2000 to some damn
pirates, then i sure as hell would bite the bullet, and supply an advance copy
to Joe Fed, to aid his investigation.
I mean, by now they KNOW that the shit is gonna get released eventually anyway,
so why not help themselves out a bit, and give up the goods to the boys in blue?
Does this mean that every game supplier is a fed, and every courier is a nark?
Of course not. But remember, you can never fully trust anyone.. ANYONE.
4.) Bounces
More and more people are getting ADSL or cable modem connections, and the nice
thing about these wonderful services are the static IP addresses that they afford you.
Now instead of logging into a site, mget'ing shit to you shell, logging into your
shell, and downloading it to your home, you can now just FTP right to the site, and
grab your ISO, or whatever.. Saves a hell of a lot of time and effort.
But its bullshit.
Consider your IP address as being as important as your home phone # and house address.
The wonderful thing about static IP addresses on the @home/adsl network is that
there is one central office located somewhere that knows who the subscriber is
that owns xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx IP address, and where he lives. As an additional bonus,
if you are an @home network subscriber, you will be have the wonderful "feature"
of having everything you download cached..
IE: if you are downloading Backstreet.Boys.mp3, they will know, cause they are caching
it!!! ... and your IP will be flagged as downloading "illegal" mp3's... Hooray!!!
Lucky you!
Can anyone see how important having a bounce suddenly becomes?
Lets say JoELeEt has had a dialup connection his whole life, and so has had the
relative freedom of security that a national ISP provides him. Suddenly he comes
online, and joins all his regular channels, and appears as:
joe@pr666135-a.rct1.on.wave.home.com
Well.. Now i know that JoELeEt lives in ontario, canada, and he is a happy
subscriber to the @home system. Good for you, joe!
But unfortunately, since i am a federal agent, i am going to be paying a visit to
joe and his family, and i'm going to take joe away for a long time... ;/
Bad for you, joe!
People, i can't stress how important is is that you GET A BOUNCE. it doesn't have to
be an eleet riches style spoof, (mray@i.own.you), it just has to be something that
is NOT your home IP.
DON'T get your home IP added on sites.. DO NOT LEECH from now... how many of you
100% know who has adduser access on EVERY SINGLE site that you are on? all it takes
is "site user ndetroit", and anyone with staff access on all my sites will get to
see the IP of my shells and my home connection.
What if just 1 of those people was a fed, who was trying to bust ndetroit?
Heh... well... i guess today was his lucky day, wasn't it?
5.) Scene Info
This one is a bit contraversial right now, and i don't think that i need to spell
it out for you, but i will list a few things that we all need to think about.
Scene pages: messageboards, group moves, sites up and down, who the siteops are,
what the link is, how big it is, whether or not sites have mp3/iso/vcd/
porn/PSX.. all of those are flags that will spark the interest of whoever
it is that we don't want interested. YES, the scene has to have a way
of spreading information (that's what we're all about, isn't it??!!),
but NO, a lot of that shit just isn't necessary...
NFO's: Yeah, i know.. Its an ego thing, and credit should be given where credit
is due. It also lets people get in contact with your group a LOT easier,
but..... .. but nothing, don't list names in nfo's. its that simple.
NWR: We're just as bad as, if not worse than, everyone else out there... but
we're tryin' REAL damn hard to change.
6.) Group Members
Who are the 5 most recent people that have been added to your group? Did you know
them all quite well before they became members? Did they have a good reputation
in the scene as honest, contributing, legitamite people? I can't think of many
groups these days that can honestly say "yes, we carefully screen each member
before we allow them to join, and we simply will NOT take someone who we don't
trust".. The groups that i *can* think of are DOD, PWA, and maybe RBS.. the games
groups used to be good about it, but not so much any more.. I mean, if rzr1911
allowed k****n and g***d into the group, they are in need of some. ... restructering.
RiSC used to be a group that was *impossible* to get into without an invite back
in the day.. and the only way that you were invited would be if you had proved
yourself over a long period of time.. We all know its not like that anymore, but
if anyone cares about security, they should sure start to look into it...
I don't wanna get preachy, but these days its pretty damn easy to join any group
in the scene, so long as your ident looks something like: blah@fast.hut.fi...
Who's gonna turn that person down for group membership? ... start thinking twice.
7.) Profit
Hmmm... Well, i guess the busts this week pretty much said it all: if you are making
a profit on the scene, you're gonna go down.
That's not to say that if you *aren't* profitting then you are SAFE.. It just seems
that the way things are for now, you are gonna be caught sooner if you are making
money of the scene... That includes selling CD's, VCD's, access to sites, CC's,
HW, and all the other shit out there........ last i checked, it wasn't illegal to
sell t-shirts.. (but that may change.. <g>)
Be careful.
Now.. we all know that the scene can't be $$$ free.. the competition in the games
scene is such that... ... well... anyways... Better to be lean and mean, and not
pocketting the excess, right guys?
8.) Have a kill button
Most good hackers that i know (and quite a few scene ppl) have a magic file called
"fun.exe" or something to that effect that will erase all the files that they
specify within a matter of minutes. You should get a program like this, and you
should TEST it.. better to know that it works.
The file should erase the data, and then overwrite it 7 times, or whatever the
lastest DOD standard is.. (no, the OTHER dod).
In addition, if your program is supposed to erase c:\sceneshit, then for fuck's sake,
don't deviate from that directory, and start to store shit on your desktop.. ;p
While we are on the subject, please dont' leave VCD's/ISO's/burned CD's lying
around... store them somewhere non-obvious. It might be a bitch to have to go
fish a CD out of the lampshape every time you need it, but.. in the long right you'll
be better off.. ;p
9.) Shut the fuck up
When you get busted, you are read your rights for a reason. Anything that you say
can, and WILL be used against you in a court of law. It WILL... many times the
police will arrest someone, and then IMPLY that if that person co-operates NOW,
then things will be a lot easier on them in the long run. That's bullshit.
You don't have to co-operate. In fact, you don't have to say a damn thing, except
"I would like to call my lawyer now, please".
For god sakes, don't start yelling "this is a conspiracy by THE MAN to take me down!!
Well.. the scene will live on, man!!!! fuck you, i won't do what you tell me!!
Razor1911 forevah!!!"... ... that would be stupid.
Don't say a damn thing without your lawyer present. If the cops wanna cut a deal with
you, (ie: "Give us the names of the leaders, suppliers, and crackers of the scene's
big 3 groups, and we'll knock a couple years off your sentence, Mr. Lennon") then
by all means cut a deal with them, AFTER your lawyer has shown up to preside
over the whole business.
I guess thats about it.. I hope i've given you all something to think about. Try your
best to take some of these steps if you feel that you have any glaring security holes
in your personal scene life... If you don't feel that way, then maybe you'd better
change your outlook on things, cause brothas and sistas.. they're coming for you.
I can promise you that.
-ndetroit
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-----------[The Scene News]-----------
All the news thats fit to print...
and then some...
-Well... We still haven't officially decided on what news we are going to
print, and what we are going to smokescreen.. sorry guys.. So i guess i'm
gonna err on the side of caution, cause i don't want any of you cocksuckers
fingering me as the brotha who ratted ya'll out..
-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.. ;)
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!
-group moves: gee left amn for vice, moon left vice for aod, beck+vylent to rts,
blitz left vice for iCC (wtf??), and thats about it for all.. ppl joined and
left games groups (including rzr picking up someone whose reputation is...
questionable.. to say the least), but fuck it.. if you are in games group,
then you know wtf i am talking about anyway.. ;p
-the old classic site Q? has come back.. i remember the good old days, when it
was one of the top sites in the US, with that LEET-ASS mad daemon.. *sigh*.
-brain is trading again?... wtf?
-snakeeyes is trading again.... ...??.... WTF??
-RiSE is dead... no matter how you slice it.. what a bummer... first RiSE, then SiEGE..
But on the upswing, DOD and PWA look like they are startin' to kick a little more ass
all of a suddent... phat!
-TPC it seems is dead and forgotten, which isn't really a big loss, but.. whatever.. at
least they tried..
-bacid.. make that damn board of your private.. ;p
-So no one has managed to crack CuteFTP 3.x, as of writing this, tho a hell of a lot
of people have sure tried.. The makers of CuteFTP were even kind enough to keep score
for us: http://www.cuteftp.com/support/cracks2.html... thanks guys!
Now, i personally downloaded the ESI version, and it sucked a bit of ass... thanks for
fucking up, you dumb shits..
But just to counter the Globalscape FUD, i didn't find any virii in it.. ;p
I respect a company that is willing to go to all that work just to fuck with the
crax0rs out there... On the other hand.. i respect a cracker that can step up to bat
and go deep against the Big Man..
Two scoops of phat raisens to the first group that can release a *real* working CuteFTP
3.x crack... go to it, boys!
-so i'm sure you all know who it was who squealed like a stuffed pig to the feds,
in order to lighten his own sentence. In doing so, he's managed to screw the life
of some of the biggest players in all of the major groups. People, you know that
there are gonna be more busts, and soon, too. Do what you have to to protect yourself..
Read that article we got about wtf to do... and then DO IT.
-Full issue of news next week.. nwr will be out on tuesdays from now on, i'm
told.. so.. you'll have to wait until then..
-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 bud's penis has FALLEN OFF!!
-rumor has it that lester is debating a long vacation..
-rumor has it that the first wave of busts was nothing compared to the 2nd
wave.. ;(
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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!....
Greets fly out to: jaydee, mgd, stix, tdp, hr, eci, jamili, raptor, skill,
mandrake, zeus, speedy, subzero, superfly@okcomputer, wu-dave, dee, sj, bud,
prozac, bernis, paledeth, duranged, tech+his crew, Kusa, ssava, CRC 97,
acidapple, and all the rest of you that we love...
Find us on IRC in #nwr, (channel commands: !nwr, !nwr 23 or whatever issue
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Thank you!
take care..
peace.
-ndetroit + lester.
NWR 7/15/99
