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Netmonkey Weekly Report Issue 56
Netmonkey Weekly Report
Issue LVI
September 8th, 1999
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`Y$ [ n ] ETMONKEY [ W ] EEKLY [ R ] EPORT
Yes bitches, we know it's late. Nd hasn't been around and it's really
just not the same without him, but we've waited long enough. Most of the
staff is still with us and doing thier parts, but some are either in a
transition period or just fucking lazy. We will however, do our best to
get out the issue with fill-in reporters and people who are up to the job
until we can get a fulltime crew again. If this issue sucks, it' really
not my fault.. it's umm.. that other guys fault.
On a lighter note, ttol is doing our games report now and hopefully in
the near future we will have some sort of coded mag (been saying that for
a year) but this time it's a definite maybe! Bud was nice enough to give
us the missed reports from the past 3 weeks as well as the entire Bud's
Biased Report Archive, and we have a special photo of what sex is like
in the summer in Canada, a jess- pic with her best friend, and an
interview with the scene's most notorious person.. riches! Be sure to
check out the video of what we're going to do to ndetroit when he comes
back.. He deserves this..
We also need a few people to help out with scene news, rumors, and any
special comments or letters you want published here. Unless your just
incredibly lame or have nothing to say, we WILL publish your comments,
thoughts and ramblings in the mag. We also will have a Letters to the
Editor section hopefully starting next week as long as you write. You
don't have to kiss NWR's ass (but it helps) just have something to say
that concerns the scene or the mag. All submissions should be made to
nwr@netmonkey.org (If you want your name in NWR, this is your chance)
Schools back in, old sites are back, new sites are up, people are making
bail, and the scene is once again one big dysfunctional family..
- Ryche [Fill-In Editor]
Yes we are back, and so am I. It seems NWR can't function without me (at
least that's what I will go on believing to make myself feel special). Nd
has vanished and the rest of the staff has had other issues to maintain.
So Ryche and I have come back to bring you guys what you want. Which is
me. Or I mean NWR. We got alot of different people doing different jobs
and maybe they will be permanent and maybe not. Cedric steps in on the
courier report, Ttol on games and other ppl on other things.
- Lester [Head Writer/Co-Editor]
-----------[ index ]-----------
I.) Intro
a) Ryche
b) Lester
II.) Quotes of the Week
III.) Sites - Ndetroit's Weekly comments on sites
IV.) Stats - Tech and Sketch do the damage to the stats scene
V.) Cedric's Courier Report
VI.) Articles
a) Ttol's Slightly Biased Games Report
b) Bud's Biased Utils Report
c) Lester's Moview Reviews
d) Ryche's Really Biased VCD Group Report
e) Interview with Riches
f) Guest Comments/Editorial
VII.) Scene News - All the news that's fit to print
VIII.) Rumors!
IX.) Closing
---------------------[ Quotes of the Week! ]---------------------
<[Shinobi]> glen-: mossyoak is a quality trader.
[20:42] <casualsex> which is the issue with a tutorial about couriering?
[20:44] <casualsex> !nwr 24
[20:44] <casualsex> !nwr 25
[20:45] <casualsex> !nwr 26
[20:46] <casualsex> !nwr 27
[20:46] <casualsex> !nwr 28
<glen> get S^J to do the games report..
<glen> or someone elite
[19:26] <ze> you do a god job:)
[19:26] <RycheZzZz> thanks
[19:27] <ze> why don t you put warez adresses in mag or irc chanells?
[19:28] <RycheZzZz> what?
[19:28] <ze> places where we can find warez
[00:57] *** Quits: Bud_ (Lie, cheat & steal.)
[02:27] <[Snake]> be sure to include MCG seeks members
<glen-> my world record of times mentioned in nwr is 19
glen sucks, glen sucks, glen sucks, glen sucks, glen sucks, glen sucks
glen sucks, glen sucks, glen sucks, glen sucks, glen sucks, glen sucks
glen sucks, glen sucks, glen sucks, glen sucks, glen sucks, glen sucks
glen sucks, glen sucks.
20 ;)
-----------[ ndetroit's sites and stats section ]-----------
(Note: nd is being a gimp again.. the usual stats will return
when he pulls his head out of his ass)
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..
x3.0: FS STH ET FH
x2.0: E DLS HOG CAT EB
trader group FH STH DLS FS ET E HOG CAT EB - pts
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-1 jaydee DEV X X X X X - - X X 207.0
-2 faith AOD X X X X - X - X X 237.0
-3 sins AOD X X X - X X X X X 143.5
-4 godbless DEV X X - X X X - X X 142.5
-5 freakshow AOD - X - - - - X X X 139.0
-6 tc DEV - X X - X X - X - 96.0
-7 redman ViCE X X - X - X - X X 68.0
-8 nailz ViCE X X - - - X X X X 37.0
-9 silentjoe DEV - X - X - - - - - 67.5
-10 flavor RiSC X - - - X X - X X 39.5
------------[ 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
This week's special guest: Cedric_ of ANGELS ON DRUGS!
=------------=
Hello fellows, here's cedric to the rescue to deliver you this week's
courier report. I'm trying to make it unbiased, but if you feel it isn't,
well just skip it and go to the next section, I don't give a fuck ;>
By the way, english isn't my native language, so if I make mistakes,
bear with it...
AMNESiA : Well, umm..... what can i say there? idleness?
After losing their 3 active traders, there's no one left
to show on weektops. They got a good leadership
and resources, i'm sure they can get things going soon,
if they can get some good traders, which is, hmmmm,
pretty useful for a courier group :>
Btw, you also need to know that glen is very fat.
Overall: You'll do better next week ;D
Rating : 0/10
AOD : I'm trying to be unbiased here, but well, that's a fact,
the wrecked angels dominated the week by far. They made
#1 groupweek on most sites with a nice combination of
preing from sins & freakshow and mass trading from
Faith, sins & darkwolf, helped by gollie. As long as AOD
can keep things going that way, they won't have to worry.
Overall: Great work.
Rating : 9/10
DSC : I don't know much about that group, but all i can say is
that sax and prozax are doing a very good job on all sites
they're trading on. They need to get more good traders
added on euro sites to be able to face "the big ones".
Overall: Growing every week, good job guys.
Rating : 5/10
DEVOTiON : The usual things there, Jaydee prewhored his normal amount
of megs making him #1 on most sites, helped by silentjoe/tc
to complete the pre team. Trading wise, well only godbless
did his usual mass trading, but well, with jd/tc preing and
gb trading, DEV will remain one of the best groups out there.
Overall: Nice job as usual.
Rating : 8.5/10
EQUALiTY : Nothing to say here, everyone's idle.
Overall: ...
Rating : 0/10
ESPRiT : Didn't see anyone there on any weektop.
Overall: Idle....
Rating : 0/10
RiSC : Well, RiSC is not yet what it used to be, but their frog
team is doing a very good showing on top sites. If they can
get some more traders working along with Psed0 and Flavor,
RiSC could take back a dominant place in the courier scene.
Overall: Slow week, but no worries there.
Rating : 4/10
TFA : Slick, Slick, Slick, and, hmmm, otherwise, i don't see
anything else...
Overall: Get working!
Rating : 4/10
ViCE : Seems like ViCE is really emerging like a major force in
the actual courier scene, with a awesome trading team.
mrp, redman, citizen, gregk and nailz brought ViCE once again
in the top3. They just need some pre's to surpass AOD and DEV.
Overall: Excellent job, keep it up guys.
Rating : 8.5/10
=----------------------------------------=-------------------------------------------=
---------------[ Articles ]---------------
=----------------------------------------=-------------------------------------------=
-----------[ TTOL's Slightly Biased Gaming Report]-----------
.----------------------------------.
|| The Tree of Life Point System .|
.----------------------------------.
|'Full Game |+ 5.0 |
| Addons |+ 2.0 |
| Fixes (from same group) |- 1.0 |
| Fixes (from other group) |+ 1.0 |
| Patch/Update |+ 2.0 |
| Trainer/Cheats |+ 2.0 |
`----------------------------------'
|-| |-|
.----------------------------------.
|| Rules/Penalties .|
.----------------------------------.
|'1. If a game is released, and is |
| found out to be a beta, the |
| group will be deducted all the |
| points they got, plus -1.0 for |
| releasing it in the at all. |
| |
[IIIII] | 2. A non-working trainer will |
)"""( | not be penalized, just their |
/ \ | points will be taken away. |
/ \ | Reason is that trainers are |
|`-...-'| | scene-created, and groups |
|asprin | | should not be afraid to put |
_ |`-...-'j _ | out things that the rest of us |
(\)`-.___.(I) _(/) | could use. |
(I) (/)(I)(\) | |
(I) | 3. A non-working patch/update |
| will be penalized 1.0 points, |
| that's on top of the fact that |
| the credit they got for the .|
| patch will be deducted. ..|
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|-| |-|
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|| 08-31-99 to 09-08-99 .|
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|| by ttol .|
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|| (c) 1999 .|
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|-|
.------------------------------------------------------------oOo-----o----oOo--.
|| T H E F A C T I O N M A N I F E S T O .|
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|' In lieu of recent events contributing to the breakdown of the now |
|defunct S.P.A. (Software Piracy Association), a private meeting between the |
|key contributing and contending groups was held. On October 15th, 1998 an |
|agreement and compromise was reached between the 3 attending parties, CLASS, |
|PARADIGM and RAZOR 1911. Let it be known that this type of compromise could |
|not be achieved under the S.P.A. environment; it took a clean break to |
|accomplish in a day what had previously gone unaccomplished in 2 months. |
|The end result being a new council whose sole purpose is to set standards |
|for the game-releasing subsector of the scene, to be adhered to by all |
|admitted parties. Represented members of this new council named THE |
|FACTION, have pledged to abide by the following set of rules created a) to |
|ensure a quality minded end result and b) to encourage fair play and a |
|productive competitive environment for involved groups. |
| |
| |
|The Faction 10 Point Program: |
| |
|1. The disk limit is as of now 50 x 2.88 megabytes or 2,915,328 bytes. |
| This equates to a total of 144 megabytes of compressed data or |
| 145,766,400 bytes. Using 2.88 megabyte archives enables us to keep the |
| standard 8 character filename with a 3 character extension. This will |
| also help contribute to the elimination of the 'missing disk' |
| phenomenon, plaguing end-users worldwide. Acceptable compression |
| formats at this time are ACE or RAR, followed by the traditional |
| PKZIPing. |
| |
|2. Every release under this limit will be a functionally and playably |
| complete game. This means that included will be every component |
| necessary for the successful completion of the game (every level, track, |
| course and other NECESSARY component). |
| |
|3. Sound effects WILL and MUST be included. |
| |
|4. Intros, Outros and Cut-Scenes should be removed if the size of the |
| release is 40 x 2.88 disks or more with them included. Intros should |
| NOT be iuncluded in a Movie Add-On, only Cut-Scenes and Outro (aka |
| End-Scene) should be included. Animation files, such as .SMKs, should |
| be "framed" and not blacked out. Re-indexing of large files, should |
| consist of an actual re-index instead of just creating a file full of |
| 0's, (which doesn't change the actual file size, but allows it to |
| compress to virtually nothing), thus promoting more quality minded rips |
| and cracks. |
| |
|5. Only 2 Add-Ons should be released per game. Each Add-On should be no |
| more than 25 x 2.88 megabyte archives. |
| |
|6. A brief outline of what has been stripped from the game should be |
| clearly stated in the game-release .NFO, as well as information as to |
| whether or not Add-Ons can be expected. |
| |
|7. Children's games (aka Kiddie games) and Edutainment software do not |
| qualify under THE FACTION's guidelines for acceptable releases. |
| |
|8. In regard to games distributed in the United States that are LATER |
| distributed in Europe or vice versa under the same or different name / |
| publisher. These games if released AFTER another group's release are |
| counted as DUPES unless it can be proven that there is a clearly |
| noticeable PLAYABLE difference in the latter release (eg. new levels, |
| enhanced graphics, or other new features). |
| |
|9. Fully cracked Update Patches and Trainers are highly regarded, though |
| they are not the responsibility of any group (including that of which |
| released the original game.) If 2 trainers from the same or different |
| groups are released for 1 game, this does NOT qualify as a dupe unless |
| the latter trainer provides no new features over the prior trainer. |
| |
|10. Admittance to THE FACTION is done on an invite / vote-in basis. The |
| group invitation must be proposed before ALL current FACTION member- |
| group representatives, and the corresponding vote must be undertaken by |
| ALL FACTION member-group representatives. This council operates in a |
| purely democratic manner and all parties therein have upon joining, |
| agreed to follow all stated guidelines of this Declaration of Scene |
| Independence. Today is not only a new dawn in the games scene, but our |
| Independence Day where differences are at least temporarily put aside |
| and our unity re-consolidated. |
| |
|This document was signed & approved on October 17th, 1998 by the following |
|individuals, representing their respective groups: |
| .|
| Mr.Skill - [CLASS] - ZEUS [PARADIGM] - The Punisher [RAZOR 1911] ..|
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| | / || |` `/ / / || | BE CAUTIOUS!
| || \\__/ (__/_/ || | STAY ALIVE!
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|16.0|
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Paradigm:
Release Title Disks Size Points
------------- ----- ---- ------
ACM_1918-PARADiGM [13] 37,168,329 + 5.0
ACM_1918_Plus3_Trainer-PARDiGM [01] 92,521 + 2.0
Madden_NFL_2000-PARADiGM [42] 125,348,012 + 5.0
Delta_Force_Update_Rev_E_Full_Cracked-PARADIGM [01] 2,789,537 + 2.0
Need_For_Speed_High_Stakes_v1.17_Update-PARADiGM [01] 889,376 + 2.0
Paradigm did an awesome week, and Super Kudos(tm) to them. Although they
released two games only, and the rest were small stuff, it's still good,
considering the recent busts of half their members. I'm glad that this group
is still in the game, and still swinging the bat. Let's just hope they don't
strike out when the ball comes whipping by....
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|36.0|
`----'
Class:
Release Title Disks Size Points
------------- ----- ---- ------
3D_Ultra_Lionel_TrainTown-CLS [28] 79,578,281 + 5.0
3D_Ultra_Radio_Control_Racers-CLS [31] 90,573,217 + 5.0
3D.Ultra.RC.Racers.Trainer-CLS [01] 16,494 + 2.0
KO_Boxing_All_Boxers_Cheat-CLS [01] 690,777 + 2.0
Tournament_of_Warriors-CLS [13] 37,459,143 + 5.0
Vegas_Fever_High_Roller_Edition-CLS [41] 117,983,911 + 5.0
Vegas_Fever_High_Roller_Edition_Speech_Addon-CLS [17] 49,301,605 + 2.0
Rayman_Collector-CLS [03] 7,468,967 + 5.0
Front_Office_Football_v2.0-CLS [02] 4,097,228 + 5.0
This has been a wonderful week for Class, as they had gotten out a ton of
releases this week. In some of their nfos, they state it's because the
"competition" is dead. Is this a reference to the busts? Maybe. Who
knows, at least what others lack, still others will followup and release.
Class get's a Super Duper Kudos(tm). Go Class!
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|04.0|
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Release Title Disks Size Points
------------- ----- ---- ------
Civilization.Call.To.Power.Update.v1.2-RAZOR [01] 2,176,606 + 2.0
Delta.Force.Revision.5-RAZOR [01] 2,813,321 + 2.0
Although Razor 1911 started the week looking promising with 2 patches,
they went a little dormant for the rest of the week. I hope with all the
releases due out in September, they will pick up their fair share of it.
Now that summer is over, everyone's back and in action. Let's hope Razor
1911 gets more releases!
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Jagged_Alliance_2_v1.04_Patch_Cracked_WORKING-ORIGIN [01] 4,111,561 + 2.0
What went wrong with Origin? They were rocking before, and now they're
just lying dormant. They must be tired, from all the releasing before.
Like Razor 1911, I hope they grab their share of this month's releases too.
There are a lot of them due out, so expect a ton soon :)
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Madden.NFL.2000.INTRO.ADDON-DVN [12] 34,042,441 + 2.0
Arcade.Legends.3D-DVN [08] 22,739,987 + 5.0
Carnival_Games-DVN [07] 18,726,188 + 5.0
Well Divine released a controversial addon..which I uhm..authorized..DOH!
I thought that was allowed, you know..with Warrior and NOViCE doing some
other group's game's addon releases. Well at least it was allowed on some
sites (no, other than the Divine affil'd ones). So I'm sorry if this
raised hell or whatever, but it didn't seem like the original group was
going to release that anytime soon. At least we tried to grab our share
with two WizardWorks games!
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Bud's Biased Utils Report #32
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A bit rushed and scaled down this week... seems NWR is back and waiting on
me. If you missed my little IND release of all my reports to date, it's
been included in this issue of NWR (that would be 56 if you're blind).
Missed a week again... moved... I hate boxes... I also hate moving.
Lets just get on with it, shall we?
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 08/31/99 to 08/06/99. 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:
Solas.Data.Fanuc.0m.Tutor-PWA
Solas.Data.Fanuc.0T.Tutor-PWA
MAZAK.C-Hook.for.MasterCAM.7.x.v7.1.05-PWA
Rebis.AutoPipe.v6.0-PWA
MathSoft.S-Plus2000-PWA
MiniCad.VectorWorks.v8.0.1-PWA
Arete.DNT.For.Softimage.v3.0-PWA
Imageware.Real-Time.Healer.For.Softimage.v1.2-PWA
Konshus.Alter.By.Curve.For.Softimage.v1.0.1-PWA
Konshus.Grabber.For.Softimage.3.8.x.v1.1-PWA
A fair week at the PWA camp, with several plugins for SoftImage,
followed by what could be PWA's best offering this week in
MiniCad Vectorworks. A decent showing, although the tutors
for Fanuc (Lathe and Mill) are basically bookware, so I won't
credit them.
Total: 6/10
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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
þÜÄÄÄÄÄÄ+ The Corporation +Ä ßÜ Ägas!Äþ
THE CORPORATION:
Releases:
JRUN.PRO.V2.33.FINAL.UNLIMITED.EDITION.FOR.WIN98-CORP
NADA.2000.v2.1-CORP
Hardware.Compatibility.Testing.and.Analysis.9.1.Device.Kits.Addon-CORP
Hardware.Compatibility.Testing.and.Analysis.9.1.Win98NT-CORP
Nothing much here... JRun Pro final for Win98... NADA sums it up. Well
it's not that bad but Corp could be doing much more.
Total: 5/10
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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:
SOFTIMAGE_SUMATRA_BETA1-XFORCE
GDPRO_V3.2.0.64-XFORCE
A minor version and a beta. I gave a point to each, but in the
end the early peek at Sumatra is probably the better deal.
Total: 2/10
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SHOCK:
Releases:
IBM.WebSphere.Performance.Pack.Cache.Manager.v2.0-SHOCK
Informed.Designer.v2.7-SHOCK
Informed.Filler.v2.7-SHOCK
Web.Plus.v4.1-SHOCK
Norton.AntiVirus.2000.v6.0.for.NT.Workstation-SHOCK
SecondChance.v2.0-SHOCK
XML.Authority.v1.0-SHOCK
Not a whole lot from SHOCK here, but they did manage to snag
Norton AV 2000 away from DOD, as well as getting the newest
PowerQuest app, SecondChance, and a little IBM title.
Everything here is half decent, nothing spectacular however.
Total: 7/10
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ÛßßßßßÛÜÜÜÜÛÜÜ ßÛÛÛÛÜÜÜ ßßßßßÛÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜ
Û ÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÜ ßßßÛ ÛÛ ßßßÛÛÛÛÛÜÜÜ ÛÛßßß Ü Û
Û ÛÛ ßßßßÛÛÛÛÜÜ ßß ÛÛÛÜ ßßÛ ÜÜÛß ÛÛÛÛ ßÛ
ÜÜÛ ÛÛ ÛÛÛÜ ÜÜÛÛÛÛß ß ÜÜÜÛÛÛÜ ß ÜÜÛÛÛÛßß Û
ÜÜ ÛÛ ß ÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÛßßÞÛÛÛßßßß ÜÜÜÛÛÛßßß ÜÜÜÛßß
Ü ßßÛÛÛÛÛßßßßß Ü ÛÛ ÜÜÜÛ ßßß Ü ÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ
ßÛÛ ÛÛ ÜÜÜÛßßßßß ßÛÛ ÜÜ ßßßßßßÛ ÛÛ ÛÛÛ °°°°
ÛÛ ßÛ ÛÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÛ ß ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ Û ÛÛÛ
ÜÛÛÛÜÜÜÛßßß ßßßßßßßßßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÛÛÛÛ
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PENTIUM FORCE TEAM:
Releases:
Flex.Motion.VIs.4.5-PFT
Precision.Map.2000.v3.3-PFT
SAP.Gateway.4.5b-PFT
CADdy.16.3d.Render-PFT
CADdy.16.Addon-PFT
CADdy.Electronic.Design.System.7.0-PFT
InterNetivity.dbProbe.4.11-PFT
VERITAS.WinINSTALL.6.5.1-PFT
Xsteel.5.4.WinNT-PFT
CADdy.16-PFT
CCC.Harvest.v4.1.Server.Client.FCP.Suite.FINAL-PFT
QuickWorks.8.1-PFT
QuickWorks.8.1.Missing.Crack.FIX-PFT
SAP.FrontEnd.4.5b-PFT
Autoware.s7000.2.0-PFT
A busy week from PFT, with some nice releases (CADdy 16 and company),
some of the usual PFT fare (QuickWorks, Veritas) and several other
decent tools. CADdy is my pick here... and apparently PFT enjoy
grabbing a CAD app away from LND, the supplier here is listed
as FuckyouLND - although this is a pretty common sentiment at
times... PFT also manages to tell off Corp in the same NFO, at
least they're all for equal oppurtunity.
Total: 8/10
Ü Ü Ü
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ÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜ ÞÛÛ²Ý ÜÜÜÜ ÞÛ²Û
Þ²ÛÛÝ Þ²ÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ² ²ÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ²
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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: N/A
Total: N/A
.__________. [xx/xx/98]
\_ ___ ) Da ToP oF Da LiNe! .___.
===/ _/ /=======================/ /=====
.:/ _____/__./(___.____/\.______./ /_____.
:/ /__/ . ) . )____ ) _ ) / __ )
/__/ / / / / // __ / /__/ / /___/:
.:/ /__/__/__/__/(______\____ /__/_____ /MO
=/__/========================\/========\/===
= THE PINNACLES OF RELEASING (C) PNC 95-98 =
PINNACLE:
Releases:
602.Pro.LAN.Suite.v2000-PNC
Clicknet.Veridate.v5.1-PNC
SOLO.Visual.Reports.v4.5.3-PNC
Few things from PNC over the past week, including the new LAN Suite
from Software 602. SOLO Visual Reports and Clicknet Veridate are decent
enough as well.
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:
BEA_WebLogic_Server_v4.5_Win32-DOD
Movie_Magic_Screenwriter_v3.61e_Win9xNT-DOD
Catalyst_SocketTools_v3.10_Enterprise_Edition_Win9xNT4-DOD
Sophos_AV_Win9x_v3.25-DOD
Sophos_AV_WinNT_Command.Line.Interface_v3.25-DOD
Sophos_AV_WinNT_Graphical.User.Interface_v3.25-DOD
Sophos_AV_Netware_v3.25-DOD
Wow, who would have expected AV stuff from DOD?!? Enough sarcasm,
a release is a release, although DOD doesn't exactly get a whole
lot of competition with this stuff (they did miss Norton AV 2000 for
NT, someone must have been asleep at the switch on that one).
Catalyst SocketTools showed up as Nuked by Request of DOD on some
sites, not sure what happened there, if it's anything important
I'll mention it next week, for now I just won't count it.
Total: 5/10
_______________________________[xx/xx]
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/ _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \
/ | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \
\___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \
====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS
>> RELEASING WITHOUT PERMISSION <<
REBELS:
Releases:
Accel-EDA.Version.15.0.cracked-RBS
Topocad.Version.3.2.CRACKED-RBS
ArchLine_Start_v4.0_Cracked-RBS
Not much from RBS this week, couple of major versions of apps
which won't effect most of you, as usual RBS does some decent
cracking though.
Total: 4/10
_____ ____________ ____ __________
/ __/_ ___/\_ \ ___\_/ __/\ ___\_
\ \ / _/ /_ /___ / \ ___ /
\___/\_____/___\ ____/______/_____/pn
\_/
VERSUS:
Releases:
VERSUS.Goodbye.Letter-VERSUS
Adios to one utils team I honestly like, not for any specific titles
or great domination in any field, but for the fact that they always seemed
to have a positive attitude. Somewhere in this issue of NWR you should
find the VRS goodbye letter. So long guys!
Total: N/A
..._______________________.___ ____.____...
::/ _______/ ____/ | \/ | \::
_/\____ \/ /___/ | \ \:
\ > \ \ \/ \ \
:\__________/\________/_________/|_____|___/
::.. .:[ SCUM ]:. .:[SCUM]:. .:[SCUM]:. ..::
````````````````````````````````````````````
SCUM:
Releases:
TimeSheet.Professional.v6.52-SCuM
ERGO.v4.1.WinNT-SCuM
ERGO.v4.1.Win9x-SCuM
Altair.Hyperworks.v3.1-SCuM
Rational.SoDa.With.Frame.v3.02.Rev.B-SCuM
If nothing else Scum is consistant... as usual a small handful of decent
releases, can't ask for much more.
Total: 6/10
_______________________ ____________
__\ _______/ ______/______/__ /
\ __/ / / \/ / /
/_______\ /______________\____ /________\
-------------------------------\/-----------
(*) F a t i g u e - Couriers Network (*)
___________________________________________.
________________________________________wK!.
FATIGUED COURIERS NETWORK:
Releases:
Inprise.Borland.TeamSource.For.Delphi5.Fixed-FCN
AUTOMATE_ENTERPRISE_SERVER_v4.0-FCN
WinPlus_v3.93-FCN
1stClass_v1.01_For_Delphi_5-FCN
GP-VERSION_SERVER_v5.0.8.8_FINAL-FCN
GP-VERSION_v5.0.8.8_FINAL-FCN
Report_Builder_v4.11_For_Delphi_5-FCN
Socket_Tools_v3.10.3128_Enterprise_Edition-FCN
Socket_Tools_v3.10.3128_Visual_Edition-FCN
GridWiz.3.7a.Professional-FCN
INPRISE.BORLAND.DELPHI.v5.0.ENTERPRISE-FCN
DG_NUKED_IO_ActiveX_Communications_Module-FCN
You know they wanted it, badly. And they got it, although we haven't
seen an ISO yet, which is nagging at me. Still, we see Delphi 5 Enterprise
from the group that pretty much single handly dominates the Delphi
development niche, and if anyone deserves it, it's FCN. Nice to see
they went straight to the Enterprise level edition and skipped the lesser
versions, which sometime (especially in the case of Inprise) seem to
be dragged out over multiple releases... FCN was also quick to cash
in on a new crop of development tools supporting Delphi 5, expect
many more in the weeks to come.
Total: 9/10
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RADIUM:
Releases:
FruityLoops.Pro.v1.76.TS404-Radium
Sound.Forge.v4.5c.final-Radium
Fruity Loops again? Where's that bloody Tucan... Nice to see a
new release of Sound Forge, I actually plan on using it, and I may
give a full review on it next week, assuming my cable is installed
in time... (yes I'm making that bold step into the realm of the
cable modem!).
Total: 4/10
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__________/\________/\______/\_______/\
\ __ / __ / __ \ _____/
/ /__/ / /__/ / /__/ /\___ \
/ _____/ ____/ / )
/____/ /___\ \\________/_________/
-s8RO-- -the.\_____\.professionals-- -
____________________________________________
THE PROFESSIONALS:
Releases:
Plan.A.Business.PlanWorks.v8.0-PROS
Data.Becker.MP3.Wizard.V1.01-PROS
What to say here... PROS has a very strong store team, backed
by PHXiSO... however, the cracking team here is virtually non-existant,
so what we end up with is whatever is in shops that doesn't need much
in the way of cracking. Two apps this time around, ummm hey, didn't
Data Becker make that KO Boxing game Razor released?
Total: 3/10
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HARVEST:
Releases:
SOFTMAN.V3.8.BETA10.FOR.SOFTIMAGE.3.8NT-HARVEST
ALIAS.WAVEFRONT.MAYA.V2.0B.UPDATE-HARVEST
DAVINCI3D.V1.5.FOR.3DSMAX2.X-HARVEST
DICOM.ACCESS.V1.0.FOR.PHOTOSHOP-HARVEST
DIGIMATION.SHAG.HAIR.CODEGENERATOR.UPDATE-HARVEST
NUGRAF.V2.2K-HARVEST
POLYTRANS.V2.2K-HARVEST
SATORI.FILMFX.V3.10-HARVEST
SATORI.PAINTFX.V1.0.FOR.PHOTOSHOP-HARVEST
DIGIMATION.PARTICLE.STUDIO.V1.06D.FOR.3DSMAX2.X-HARVEST
DIGIMATION.SHAG.HAIR.V1.0.FINAL.FOR.3DSMAX2.X-HARVEST
DIGIMATION.SPRAYMASTER.V1.01D.FOR.3DSMAX2.X-HARVEST
AFTERBURN.V2.0.FOR.3DSMAX3.FIX-HARVEST
AFTERBURN.V2.0.FOR.3DSMAX3.FIX.REPACK-HARVEST
DEI.TOOLS.V2.01.FIX-HARVEST
DEI.TOOLS.V2.01.FIX.REPACK-HARVEST
AFTERBURN_V2.0_FOR_3DSMAX3-HARVEST
SPEED.RAZOR.MACH.4.7.ALL.VERSIONS-HARVEST
Undoubtably one of the busiest groups this week, Harvest pumped out some
great tools for the art/design community, most notably with the popular video
editing tool Speed Razor from In-Sync. They also put out a slew of decent
3DSMAX plugins, and were the only group this week other than PWA to
release anything for SoftImage. With XF possibly getting the odd tool in,
it looks like the real story in the art scene in the coming months will
be between Harvest and PWA. Sloopy job on DEI Tools 2.01 however, having
to repack the working version after the original was broken doesn't look
so great - if you screw up the first time, AT LEAST take the time to make
sure you get it right the second time around. Aside from that, a nice
looking week from the crew at Harvest.
Total: 8/10
New this week: N/A
Idle this week: LND
Quote(s) of the Week: Modern_Aircraft_Series-CORPSUX
^^^ Has PRMSUX reformed under a new monikor, or does Corp
have an entirely new fanclub? <g>
<nicki-> d00d
<nicki-> jess is my mom
<nicki-> and jaydee is my dad
<nicki-> :/
<Caserd> hehe
<Caserd> and Garoto is my step brother
Give it to FCN for the obvious reason, a great release in Delphi 5, much
anticipated. Also kudos go out to Harvest, as well as PFT for strong
weeks.
I yanked PRM off the list this week, they're pretty much dead now... Versus,
a group I really liked, called it quits this week, which means they'll be gone
as well. Not planning on adding anyone currently however.
Maybe some suprises next week... maybe not... maybe NWR will be released on time
next week... probably not...
- Bud
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=---------[ Lester's Movie Reviews ]----------=
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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..
Runaway Bride
Starring: Julia Roberts, Richard Gere
Rating: 3 1/2 out of 4 Stars
Well, Julia and Richard make their triumphant reunion, grossing something like 38
million dollars on their opening weekend. I went and saw this with my girlfriend,
which is essentially what all of you males ought to do, and the movie is actually
pretty damn good. It's got some good comedy in it and it's all romantic and sweet
and shit like that. So you come out the sensitive type guy and next week you
can make them go see Blair Witch Project or something like that. But in all
honesty I really liked the movie, it's better than Notting Hill anyways. Julia and
Richard pair up really well and Joan Cusack and some of the other supporting cast
add a little spice to it as well. So I recommend it to everyone as a date film or if
you go into those romantic comedies solo, well by all means go for it. <g>
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Deep Blue Sea
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, LL Cool J and other people
Rating: 2 out of 4 Stars(i feel generous)
Well basically like I had thought this movie might be kind of cool, watching
people get ripped up by sharks and shit, and sure enough when people die it's
pretty fucking cool, but I probably watched half the movie and slept the
other half. It has it's moments and LL is cool in it, but this movie is a dud,
it's got basically no story and the character development is shit. You'd
expect some depth from a Sam Jackson character but he had really nowhere to
go with this guy. So if you wanna watch the VCD, be prepared for alot of
peoples heads in the movie, but I wouldn't suggest shelling out any cash for
this. Go rent any of the Jaws films and you'll feel much better.
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The Sixth Sense
Starring: Bruce Willis
Rating: 3 1/3 out of 4 stars
I wasn't entirely sure how good this movie would be, seeing as how it is a Bruce
Willis movie and all, but surprisingly he isn't bad in it and the movie is very
good. The kid can actually act which is a refreshing change from Mr. Anakin
Skywalker. Story goes like this, Mr. Willis is a child psychologist and this kid
sees dead people. Willis has to try to help the kid and doesn't know whats wrong
with him and doesn't know how to help him, etc..etc.. It has some good scary spots
and a little bit of comedy in it, but it's just an overall good film.
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The Astronaut's Wife
Starring: Charlize Theron, Johnny Depp
Rating: 2 1/2 Stars out of 4
Well, even though the workprint came out some 6 months ago, I waited for it to hit
theaters before checking this out, I was kind of skeptical about the whole thing,
but I figured with Theron and Depp it had to be somewhat good to land both of them
in it. Theron is excellent in this movie, and Depp delivers a lukewarm performance,
but the movie itself is not exactly original persay but it has some twists and
surprises that makes it interesting to watch. Theron's character more or less carries
the movie though. The plot is that Depp goes up into space with his buddy and
something happens, when he comes back he's not quite the same, and Theron begins to
suspect that he's not her husband anymore. So I'd suggest seeing it either on
video/matinee/vcd but not for 8.50 or whatever the fuck it costs now.
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The 13th Warrior
Starring: Antonio Banderas
Rating: 3 out of 4 Stars
I thought this movie looked pretty cool in the trailers, but I also saw that
Banderas was the main star and that wasn't exactly a good thing. <g>. I did enjoy
this movie and it isnt' like your everday movie. Hollywood doesn't make alot of
midievel movies and magic/knights/dragons type shit anymore. Generally this is
because they don't know how to make them without making it stupid. Hence Dragonheart,
but occassionally they do good, hence Braveheart. Now 13th warrior is definately not
Braveheart, but it isn't Dragonheart either. It's about 12 warriors and 1 poet
(Banderas) who go North to fight demons who are ravaging a village. The fight scenes
are cool and it has some jokes and whatnot in it. I enjoy this type of movie though
so maybe it's not as good as I thought it was <g>
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Mystery Men
Starring: Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Hank Azaria, William H. Macy,
Geoffrey Rush, Pee-Wee, Greg Kinear.
Rating: 2 out of 4 Stars
Well, it's basically a Batman spoof kind of movie. Kinear plays the superhero who
is a sellout with endorsements on his uniform and shit. Stiller leads a gang of
rag-tag superheros who are trying to get some of the publicity that Capt. Amazing
(Kinear) has. The movie more or less drags until Garofalo and the rest of the
superheroes enter. A few of the arguments and witty exchanges within are pretty
good, but basically other than Garofalo, this movie is pretty weak. I almost
enjoyed Orgazmo more<g>
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Now, I know that the VCD review is Ryche's area, but I'd like to take a moment to
discuss Lost Souls released by KING-VCD. It is labeled as the new Winona Ryder film
which has yet to be released in theaters, so I was like wow good job guys. I go and
watch this movie and find it to be a *TV* movie called Lost Souls which is basically
a Haunting for TV. The movie isn't that bad I guess for a tv movie, but the simple
point is they led me to believe it was the new movie and it wasn't. So you are now
in the NWR Hall of Shame for life. Thank you and good nite.
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=-------------[ VCD Group and Movie Reviews ]--------------=
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VCD Group and Movie Review
We would like to begin by explaining some of the common terms used in VCD
releasing. These formats are:
CAM - A cam is usually a handheld camera snuck into a full theatre. The base
is shaky, the audio is poor, you can hear people laughing and talking. A cam
is distinguishable by usually having a combination of all three or more of
these flaws. Most sites nuke cams for their general poor quality.
Workprint - An early release of a movie. These are usually stolen or leaked
copies of movies that have made their way onto VCD from VHS or a variety of
other sources. These will usually contain running time codes as well as other
identifying marks used in movie production. The quality on these can vary
from bad to very good depending on the quality of the source material used to
encode the VCD. Note: This category is also used for very bad screeners or
copies of movies that just didn't fit into any of the other categories due to
defects or problems with the quality of the VCD's audio/video image.
Telesync - Basically a very good Cam. A steady base such as a tripod is used,
the theatre is empty or very close to empty, and the audio and video are up
to par. Although, you can usually detect some flaw with a TS. You may see a
random head pop up, the screen edges are noticable, or the audio isn't always
crystal clear. While not perfect, the quality in general of a telesync ranges
from good to very good and is usually the first type of VCD made of a new
movie.
Screeners - These are the top quality VCDs. They can be in either widescreen
(letterbox) or in full-screen (pan and scan) with excellent audio and video.
These are made from video distributors demo tapes, reviewers copies, insider
copies of the film or from any number of sources. Most screeners will contain
"1-800-NO-COPIES" or "Property of.." messages somewhere in the film, but it's
not a requirement to fit into the screener category. These most closely
resemble a VHS or LaserDisc copy of the movie. They're easily identifiable by
their top quality.
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Ryche's Really Biased VCD Group Report #20
Bleh.. I edited this whole fucking issue and Im freaking tired. If you think
I'm going to do a VCD Report too your an idiot.. Wasn't anything good put out
anyway really.. Naked Man from EViLISO is hillarious, done by the same guys
who did Big Lebowski.. cartoon from VCD-Europe, Iron Giant.. and some crap as
usual from the other groups.. Group of the week is whatever group I'm in.. =)
One thing I do want to address is subtitles though. I think they suck, they
should be nuked and always were until lately. It's not the fact that there
AREN'T versions without subs, it's just that groups are too lazy to get them
and are in a hurry. They're also cheaper and more abundant than to hunt down
the ones WITHOUT subs.. its group laziness.. and people trying to win. Fuck
em..
See Lester's above comments for the KingVCD fuckup..
Time for a TV Party..
- Ryche -
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------------[ The Riches Interview [------------
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Riches/Mray/Metaray is a well-known person in the scene. Although the situations
mentioned in the article are all in the past, we at NWR thought you'd like to hear
his thoughts and opinions on alot of the rumors and news from the past year. After
all he has been in about 50% of them..
<NWR> Ok, to get things started.. tell us who you are, what you do, what kinda
experience you have in and with the scene, and any groups or organizations
your are or were a part of.. the usual opening question..
<metaray> I've been in the scene since early 97/late 96, started out couriering for
DST (the group which was in RCN for ruining some 50gb site or something :P),
moved on to ATOMIC/MNM for 1 day :P /EMPIRE/DMS. I've been in a few util
groups, the best one would probably be PNC
<metaray>
also been a part of that group known as TAW :> which is really not what
everyone thinks =))
<metaray> oh ya, and I cracked for DNG/MTY/CORP/GPF
<metaray> oh ya another past affil is NWR :P people never believe me .. but I was an
original founder with novo/tdp :P
<NWR> Im glad you brought up TAW which is probably what everyone wants to hear about
but we'll get into that in a minute..
<NWR> Alot of people think you as a person are anti-scene.. and from your list of
ex-affils and your past history, that doesnt appear to be true.. would you care
to address and maybe clarify that?
<metaray> I'm not anti-scene, I never was.. my early time in the scene, I was a LOWLY
courier, I kissed ass to get PRES/get on sites/I was the biggest ass
kisser ;) I basically just stopped kissing peoples asses =] but the reason
they think im anti-scene is because it all started with some idiot no talent
moron named koyote, he was leader of risciso at the time.
<metaray> I founded a channel called #releases and he was opt in it, at the time, we
didn't hate eachother ;) but back then.. I was NOT security conscious...
<metaray> koyote/risc members deleted my drive, to this day I don't know what/how
(backorrifice and all these other gay windows trojans weren't out then :P)
but it was most likely some stupid trojan that I ran, cuz like
most people I trusted didn't ever think of security.
<NWR> Do you know who the other members were who did it?
<metaray> Yes, one of them was Inebriate from what Koyote said. I heard they all
had a good laugh in the risc channel about it =) well, I had some good
laughs over eagle_1's usc box too =))
<metaray> anyways, it was because of that incident that I started leaarning about
Security
<NWR> eagle_1's USC box?
<metaray> yea, that comes much later :P
<metaray> when I got into "hacking" (though I was 90% scriptkid) which I admit ;)
<NWR> How did you start learning? scripts, webpages, friends? or just pure
determination?
<metaray> well, I was good friends with helter aka blank
<metaray> and he was really into linux/coding/hacking
<metaray> he is the one who helped me learn eeverything i know ..
<metaray> he's like, really elite =]
<NWR> About what time period was this?
<metaray> hrm.. this is like a month or so after my drive getting deleted
<metaray> thats when all the takeovers started
<metaray> all the "lame" takeovers I call it
<metaray> because how I tookover most of those chans was by getting someones bot
password
<metaray> just because warez groups don't care (atleast then they didn't) about
security..
<metaray> you could take a bots nick and do like /notice some member "you don't have a
password set"
<metaray> that was the early times :P
<metaray> I took like #ascent, #releases..
<metaray> #releases was mine though but sparc/koyote had like taken over control heh
<metaray> TAW still wasn't formed then.
<metaray> I met an old friend BARNIL, he was the one who hacked MS/ET (sites) and
distributed all those passwords
<metaray> he also is the one who hacked the UTWENTE news server and posted ET's
information in the topic
<metaray> something like, WELCOME ET AS UTWENTE'S WHQ
<metaray> but no ip or anything, and it was only for a few seconds so the siteop could
see it, then comes that SKANK chinablue
<metaray> she gave barnil hardware to stop fucking with ET
<metaray> =)
<metaray> thats how I met that whore.
<NWR> So they didnt REALLY narc it, but put a good scare into them?
<metaray> ya
<metaray> never put an ip or anything, just the name "ET" on the news server
<metaray> ya, I can tell you lots of stuff.. now that I'm out of "hacking" or rather,
breaking into boxes :P I don't really care.
<metaray> and I can tell you the TRUTH about TAW... its really not what people think =]
<NWR> Ok, lets get into that.. tell us about TAW, how it started, what it stands for..
and what it's REAL purpose is..
<metaray> ok, well I don't know WHO gave us the name taw..but it wasn't us, it
originated from one of those news sites TCA/JADED
<metaray> it all started because me and (Barnil) had really got into hacking and we
were taking like every warez channel there was.. but every time we took a
channel, we would give it back..
<metaray> me barnil and thug actually
<metaray> but thug like dropped out/went back to trading, *yawn*
<metaray> ;]
<metaray> most of the times when we would give the chans back it would be because
chinablue asked us too
<metaray> and barnil like kissed her ass because of the hardware she gave him before
<metaray> anyways, she came to us with her offer of hardware when we took
#CIFE/#CLASS/#ISOSITES
<metaray> one day she told me
<metaray> "I got a christmas present for you"
<metaray> "I got you blankie bwound and banil all 8.4gb hds"
<metaray> "and I have an offer for you to stop taking all these channels"
<metaray> she told us to make a list of what we wanted
<metaray> ME/BLANK/BWOUND/BEN/MASTER1 (got a little, he was never really in TAW or
anything ..just a friend)
<metaray> the only reason blank/bwound got any is cuz me and ben took all the chans
<metaray> and we like hung out with them in #nigglets
<metaray> TAW's channel :P
<metaray> TAW was actually comprised of me and barnil
<metaray> we did it all..bwound/blank were just are friends..
<metaray> blank was skilled though but bwound is a no talent piece of trash ;)
<metaray> everyone for some reason or another, believes in this myth, the bwound myth
that he is some sort of hacker
<NWR> You and bwound are still friends?
<metaray> no.
<metaray> cuz I don't kiss his ass like everyone else in #nigglets
<metaray> he can't code, he never even was a scriptkid.. he's lame as shit
<metaray> he's a lackey, nothing more.
<metaray> ok about this time I met z1p
<metaray> z1p is extremely elite, he cracks for origin
<metaray> z1p got into hacking too .. so now it was me/z1p/ben
<metaray> and bw/blank were always in the backround there too
<metaray> also with that, we had lots of people who idled in #nigglets
<metaray> like TOTH, RiSE leader
<metaray> and like emplate, pyros, moomoo
<metaray> who would always post on message boards
<metaray> and always ended it with like "TAW 4 life"
<metaray> like, what a joke;) none of them ever did anything =)
<NWR> TAW groupies?
<metaray> yea, thats a good name for them.. though they were friends
<metaray> I'm just trying to say, TAW is not what everyone thinks.. someone got it right
<metaray> when they said it was a bunch of warez scene rejects
<metaray> for the most part, it is. But you have people like z1p and blank
<metaray> who are soooooooooooo elite
<metaray> heh
<metaray> you can't classify them as warez scene rejects :D
<NWR> It was more like people who wanted to do something else?
<metaray> well ya, I could get in most util groups :P i just didnt want too..
<NWR> So TAW maybe outlaws but they were'nt ANTI-warez..
<metaray> :P
<metaray> and NO, it wasn't antiwarez;)
<metaray> look at the people in our chan
<metaray> toth = RiSE leader
<metaray> r0sc0 OGN/CORP
<metaray> z1p cracker for OGN
<metaray> hrm, we had others too
<metaray> I forget, I haven't been in the chan for a while cuz bwound is such a dork
<NWR> So what made you and Ben decide to start taking #CLASS and #CIFE and the like
to begin with? Boredom or just for a challenge?
<metaray> Ya, it was for fun... it was just fun, something to do.. most of the chans
it was because we wanted to piss off either TEMP or RISCISO/EAGLE1
<metaray> and cause of the fun ;p it was just channels, it was fun
<metaray> in like every case, within a few days/hours usually, we gave it back
<NWR> And you looked at it like.. no blood, no foul?
<metaray> yes.
<metaray> except for #risciso
<metaray> we kept them longer:D
<metaray> it started to not be fun anymore though, risc would just change channels
<metaray> hehe
<metaray> like we took #ascent
<metaray> they moved to #mint
<metaray> we took #mint
<metaray> they moved to #risc99
<metaray> or something like that
<metaray> its not fun when they don't whine/try and get it back ! =p
<NWR> Why is/was RiSCiSO always so easy to take?
<metaray> they were all easy, we just took them more cuz we hate them
<metaray> a lot of the channels were taken
<metaray> because
<metaray> we were sniffing
<metaray> some ISO site
<metaray> its down now, I forget which site
<metaray> but like everyone on the site, we had their passwords
<metaray> eagle_1 = !RiSCiSO!
<metaray> what a joke =]
<metaray> and most people use the same password for everything, so we would just ident
on the bots
<metaray> the last time we took #risciso, me and z1p owned some usc box eagle_1 was on
<metaray> z1p owned it, and I hijacked eagle_1
<metaray> and made him op me and bwound
<metaray> eagle_1 was like
<metaray> "let this be a lesson guys, don't ever trust 14 years old and don't irc from
an unsecure box/screen"
<metaray> he thought i just resumed his screen, funny thing was he wasn't running screen
<metaray> we've also been on aludra.usc.edu
<metaray> thats the box he's always on now
<metaray> Ive also been on that wayne.edu box
<metaray> i sniffed it from korea
<metaray> hah
<metaray> some korean in RiSCiSO
<metaray> was logging into a .kr box to/from wayne.edu box in RiSCiSO
<metaray> I had like a whole log of me looking around the box
<metaray> looking in pussheads directory..
<metaray> seeing their stupid bot with dumnb ass ident binded to like letmein
<NWR> You've also been known to have a running fued with Karl (the RiSCiSO botmaster)
is that all true or just someone you like irritate when you deop his bots?
<metaray> he is such a dumb twit..
<metaray> he's like
<metaray> "risciso security"
<metaray> which is a total joke
<metaray> one of the quotes on #nigglets bots is of karl asking how to prevent someone
from smurfing him
<metaray> we have like tons of quotes of that stupid kid
<metaray> he's a noone, he's just really dumb/annoying ..
<metaray> sort of like a Jr. Eagle_1
<NWR> Ok, now one thing I want to get into..
<NWR> Is that you were accused of narcing, posting ips, and all that..
<metaray> ya
<NWR> And you've also accused eagle_1 of being a narc, and all those rumors..
<NWR> You wanna talk about all that? set the record straight from your side?
<NWR> The chinablue is a narc posts come to mind too..
<metaray> ya, sure
<metaray> I have NEVER narced anyone
<metaray> I have threatened too
<metaray> i threatened EVERY risciso site
<metaray> because they had called up my isp
<metaray> and got my last name an stuff, they were making up bullshit to get the
information.
<metaray> I don't care if they do that..
<metaray> just the fact that if they keep making up shit
<metaray> my isp will start to actually log me or something
<metaray> and then they will see shit a lot worse.. heh or atleast, back then they
would of.
<metaray> So I told them, I pasted them all the info, and told them if they keep doing
that shit, I'll email everyone of the sites/schools to spa
<NWR> So they drew fist blood by calling your isp?
<metaray> ya.
<metaray> and chinablue
<metaray> I never narced her..
<metaray> she tried to narc me
<metaray> or rather, atleast scare me
<metaray> she doesn't have my full info
<metaray> she has a last name/city though
<metaray> she looked up all the last names "------" (my last name :]) in my city
<metaray> called some girl my dad works with, but she's of no relation
<metaray> saying that I hacked into her company in florida
<metaray> and that the cops would be contacting me
<metaray> heh
<metaray> that girl told my dad, he asked me about it
<metaray> and I was like.. "hacked into some company in florida?! maybe"
<metaray> hah =]
<metaray> I knew it was chinablue
<metaray> and my dad doesn't know what hacked/hacking some company means
<NWR> She just got lucky by calling all the people with your last name? Were there
alot of them?
<NWR> Chinablue is a bit of a social engineer eh?
<metaray> ya, there's a few
<metaray> my number isn't listed though
<metaray> i know for a fact it was her
<metaray> because the day before on irc
<metaray> she tried to threaten me
<metaray> saying she had my info
<metaray> my aunt "donna" hah,
<metaray> funny thing is
<metaray> I do have an aunt donna
<metaray> but its on my moms side
<metaray> ie: different last name
<metaray> :P
<metaray> it didn't hit me at the time
<metaray> so I was like "fuck.. wtf?@#$"
<metaray> the next day, my dad tells me about it
<NWR> Did this put a damper on things for you? or scare you a bit?
<metaray> the next day, my dad tells me about it
<metaray> scared me a bit i guess, she kept going on about her mafia connections,
hahahahahahhahaha (this kind of took away the scare and made me laugh
at the little wh0re)
<metaray> and if people don't believe me, there has been like
<metaray> 5+ people on TCA who have said the same thing about her
<NWR> Weren't they all TAW or ex-TAW members though?
<metaray> nope
<metaray> former crackers in SIEGE even said it
<metaray> that she threatened them if they were to quit siege
<metaray> which is why it is believable
<NWR> Care to name some names?
<metaray> CrackZ
<metaray> I hope he doesnt get mad at me:>
<metaray> :P
<metaray> crackz is really respected in the scene.. so ;)
<metaray> there was others too
<metaray> but i forget the nicks
<metaray> they were all on TCA board
<metaray> noone else from TAW..
<metaray> everyone in taw still kisses her ass like bwound, to get more hardware
<NWR> Didn't you also take #PARADiGM at one time? Or was bwound?
<metaray> ya, I took PMD a few times.. but always gave it back within hours
<metaray> bwound never took anything, he simply got opt by us when we took a channel
<NWR> Any particular reason or just to irritate Mason?
<metaray> nah, I like mason...
<metaray> PDM has a lot of people with huge egos
<metaray> like utopia/goaman
<metaray> and again, Temp gets opt there
<metaray> so it was always fun :P
<NWR> That brings up an interesting question..
<NWR> Alot of people don't know what kind of power an IRC opper actually has..
<NWR> What can/can't someone like Temp do?
<metaray> not much really ....
<metaray> not much heh, K-line us?@# so what, we spoof another host/bring on another
hacked box/go on another server
<metaray> but someone like Temp has a bit more, because he has an oline on like
almost every server
<metaray> but still, ever since efnet took away the
<metaray> "no mass kills allowed"
<metaray> or rather, brought that rule back
<metaray> they can't really do much at all..
<metaray> and if they do we would packet the server and hold it down
<metaray> which is pretty pathetic, now that I look back ;)
<metaray> pathetic on his part too, he shouldn't care so much about a channel
<metaray> when he knows we're gonna be stupid and packet the server
<metaray> but he never cared
<metaray> nor did we
<metaray> ;>
<NWR> So how do you feel about all the recent legal issues and problems that have
popped up in the scene?
<NWR> Paradigm, the hacks on the govt. webpages, LucasArts/EA/Sony taking a stand..
<metaray> well, from what I've personally heard, it's all because of one greedy
idiot.. jlennon, but of course mine could be wrong ..
<metaray> gH is another group .. people probably think
<metaray> "WOW THESE GUYS ARE MAJORLY SKILLED"
<metaray> people in TAW like z1p/blank are 100x more skilled the people in gH
<metaray> gH is full of scriptkids
<metaray> hacking a governement server isn't hard
<metaray> you scan *.gov for the latest krad exploit
<metaray> and you're bound to find a few boxes
<metaray> then you setup a sniffer
<metaray> sniff some more
<metaray> pretty soon, you can deface a page a week and be kRAD
<metaray> its a joke =]
<NWR> Have you faced any kind of legal retribution from some of the stuff you have done
or been accused of doing?
<NWR> Like the "riches got busted" rumors..
<metaray> nope...no legal retribution
<metaray> all the rumors were fake..
<NWR> So do you have any advice for the "scene" on security?
<metaray> ahh
<metaray> well, I think the scene has come along way :P they're a lot more secure now,
atleast, they no longer have the defaul op/ident binded to just ident/op
<metaray> heh
<metaray> they never really had to be secure
<metaray> they shouldn't have to, in a perfect world i gues s:P but of course you're
gonna have dickheads like us (TAW) HEH
<metaray> but really, i don't know... all someone has to do is hack some *.se box
<metaray> and ask to join as a shell box
<metaray> give them some shells
<metaray> and get added to the bots/sites
<metaray> they just have to watch who they trust mostly, they can secure their
boxes/channels/botpacks/etc.. they just have to watch who the trust
the most :))
<NWR> Ok, since I got you here.. one thing thats been rumored lately
<NWR> Is how easy it would be for feds to setup an efnet server and monitor our
channels, conversations, etc
<NWR> Is this possible.. and could you give me a scenario on how this could be done?
<metaray> they do
<metaray> irc.arpa.com
<metaray> from what i heard, arpa.com is a "fed server"
<metaray> I really believe it..i don't know if you're familiar with antionline?
<metaray> and their "hacker list"
<metaray> they were all idiots from irc, that list was mostly conf kids, they all
were on irc/people i hung around with
<metaray> on irc.. it was all NICKS/CHANNELS
<metaray> from irc..and i had heard rumors that arpa.com was being monitored
<metaray> for a while..
<metaray> that just made me believe it more..
<metaray> how can it be done?
<metaray> very easy...... just setup a sniffer
<metaray> monitor all the traffic
<metaray> search for keywords like "illegal" "hack" etc
<NWR> Even private channels?
<metaray> ya of course
<metaray> when you set a sniffer
<metaray> it will record ALL data being sent over the server
<metaray> it doesn't matter if the channel
<metaray> is +i :P
<metaray> hehe
<metaray> or +p or whatever
<metaray> get PURENOISE (www.purenoise.com)
<metaray> thats elite
<metaray> IRC encryption
<metaray> but it only works with other users who have it.. that should be like a standard
<NWR> It only works on private chats also.. not channels
<metaray> ya
<metaray> still... better than nothing
<metaray> but i wouldn't worry of getting busted because of something i said on irc
<metaray> I would just be worried that if they are already looking into me.. then by
saying stupid stuff on irc.. they could just amass more and more evidence
<metaray> or, say you did some high profile hack
<metaray> like whitehouse.gov
<metaray> coming on irc and saying you hacked it.. would be stupid
<metaray> it doesn't give them the evidence they need to prosecute
<metaray> but it gives them a reason to look further..
<metaray> heh
<metaray> but against little stuff, like I always said all the boxes I hacked and
stuff over IRC
<metaray> cuz they dont care about some universities really .. :P
<metaray> they're not gonna open an investigation into it heh
<metaray> its really up to the universities to catch them, atleast its what i always
thought/seen it as...
<metaray> the fbi wont make it a priority.. I'm sure they have more important stuff :P
<metaray> like catching that bin laden h0m0
<metaray> :P
<NWR> This has been a pretty long interview and we need to wrap it up, but I wanna
give you the chance to say hi or fuck you to whoever you want.. and any other
comments you want people to know.
<NWR> This is your chance to tell the scene whatever you want
<metaray> ok one thing I wanted to get through here was that BWOUND IS NOT A BIG BAD
HACKER STOP KISSING HIS ASS ;) and TAW...was nothing special :P Greets to
z1p/blank/xtr and jess :> and toddle.. Im in his cracking group but I forgot
the name :/ and haven't been on recently... toddle msg me @## :>
<NWR> No hugs and kisses for eagle and cb?
<metaray> Nah, they don't even deserve a fuck you
<NWR> Thanks riches! Keep doing whatever it is you do.. just please dont do it to my
channel.
---------------[ Guest Comments/Editorial ]------------------
Stop the hunt for Software Piracy Rings.
*The real world of Software Piracy constitutes a diverse group of people. Stop
the investigation and criminalization of software distribution groups and focus
on people who make money by selling this material*
The recent 'victories' and 'important milestones' in the fight against Internet
Software Piracy big software companies EA and Sony have been clamoring all over
the world news might turn just a little bleaker if you see things from another
point of view.
The war on (mostly teen) software traders is misdirected. These youths are
being criminalized for minor offences motivated by circumstances brought on by
these software companies themselves, the real threat is obviously ignored in
what seems to be only a publicity stunt to let the shareholders and the public
know that the companies are doing something about this 'obvious problem.'
Sadly the methods used are hurting the wrong people.
The people targeted by this campaign are generally young male teenagers who
make it a sport to get a piece of software fast, give it to friends (thereby
proving that they got it first), test it out to be able to talk about it with
those friends, and nothing more.
Also obviously overlooked by the Anti-Piracy divisions of the software
companies is that these teens do not have the money to buy these games, even if
they wanted to. Add to that the staggering amount of software that comes out
each week and it is obvious why this kind of software copying is going on.
Remember: a lot of games aren't even WORTH buying, so a lot of these people
just get the illegal version, try it out, and if they actually like the game,
maybe even buy it and reap the benefits: Ability to play online, Nice manual
and the warm feeling of having rewarded the people who made something good.
The real threat to software companies are other companies that structurally use
pirated software in office surroundings, and software pirates who own huge CD
copying plants that are able to churn out thousands of illegal CDs every day.
The problem that some of these software pirate rings have 'insiders' in gaming
companies is completely irrelevant. Obviously companies are free to try to weed
out these people, but the difference in profit loss between a game that has been
sent to the software rings one day before or one day after the game was
officially released is completely negligable. Bulk illegal cd's are manufactured
months after the release date anyway, and these manufacturers get their data
either by buying the originals (to be able to color-copy the manuals and
cdlabels as well) or by being way down the software distribution ladder,
receiving the software via-via-via, long after these internet piracy rings had
their hands on it, so procecuting people high up this ladder simply doesnt work.
At all.
If the companies think they can banish software piracy completely they are
living in a dream world. If they think they can destroy the lives of a few
unimportant individuals, they are right.
Last but not least, it is a well-known fact that the _actual_ owners of the
intellectual property, being the programmers, betatesters, artists and so forth
are only receiving a minute part of the huge profits these companies make.
Where are the extra rewards for having produced top-games? Why do all the beta
testers get minumum wage? These questions no one will answer.
We more than pad these companies' pockets, so why not send some of that money
back to the programmers and game testers if you really value 'intellectual
property.' Or, make the software (programs and music albums alike) cheaper,
so more people will be able to just buy something they actually like.
-The Rodent.
(The Rodent is an anonymous spokesperson for the 'Evil Internet Software Piracy
Rings', who actually call themselves trade and releasegroup guys, get the facts
straight)
---------------[The Scene News]----------------
All the news thats fit to print...
and then some...
-Ah shit.. Now I have to work again, we missed alot of stuff and I damn sure as hell
haven't kept up with what's been going on.. so off the top of my head..
-www.screnewreview.com was taken down by a TV/Web show.. Not only is this the truth,
ttol confirmed it for us, but now you can watch it on the web. The recording of the
particular show can be found at: (This shows www.scenereview.com being attacked LIVE
while they were ON THE AIR!!)
http://www.pseudo.com/links/archiveplay.asp?archid=7026&archtype=vid
You WILL need Real Player G2 to view it.. (www.real.com)
While ON THE AIR at www.allgames.com (6pm everynight) not only did they call the
webhost of scenereview they also attempted to contact Westwood studios.. apparently
they're a slight bit ANTI-piracy and enjoy picking on warezers. Scenereview then
decided that it would be best to remain offline for a while, keeping thier good
image and fans safe.. Be sure and call the show, contact them, and humiliate them in
return..
-Versus is dead.. Life support no longer continued to work.
-Krazey retired while we were idle.. read his retirement letter to the scene
included in this issue.. he will be err.. missed ;>
-RAGE, whoever they are, were, or were gonna be.. merged with AMNESiA making that
the largest group of idlers in the scene.. Congrats!
-Here's some news I stole off the web but it made me laugh..
"StarPlay has accused GT Interactive of pilfering a copy of its Alley 19
Bowling game then marketing and distributing the game throughout Europe
under a different name through GT Interactive's German division, GT Value."
Yeah, but can they crack and what sites do they have?!
-Newsreports all week say the NSA has a key to windows.. what a surprise..*cough*
-HF has become OGN Archive HQ.. now they need something to put in it..
-Anyone that lives in the Toronto .CA area and would be intrested in coming to a
scene Lan/Keg Party msg axi0n` on IRC. Get fucked up and pick on canadian geeks..
Sounds like fun to me!
-We're 99% sure that ndetroit is still alive.. reports are pouring in about him like
Elvis sightings.. I just hope they spell his name right on his tombstone when we kill
him..
-Ahh, now here's a bit of new news.. a certain ex-number one US site has come back..
Same staff.. same link.. same affils (as every other site).. and a nice little archive
of the old SiEGE stuff.. go bug them for it. :>
-And the hottest news of the week.. bizzy lost his #1 alup on LA.. ehehhehehe
-Some sites you can check out:
ppgr.webjump.com : Prozac's old page!!!! a lot of good gear.. many of the older
popular reports, and an NWR archive!
www.socalsys.com : these guys rock.. scene-friendly, cheap shells, eggables,
and most importantly.. bounces! #socalsys is thier chan and
if you stop by and say NWR sent you, you get a 0% discount!
-sky masterson
=----------------------------------------=------------------------------------------=
------------[Stories from the Watercooler]--------------
Ahh yes, rumors. We all love them, even though we love to say how much we
hate them when they are about us- and these are some of the better ones
circulating around this week. Email us or find us on irc if you have a
good rumor you'd like entered, (your name will not be included), and we
do not add rumors like "Tdpriest is having anal sex with Fusion" because
we know that Fusion is only having sex with Xtremist and therefore there
is no hard evidence of that rumor. So, if you have real rumors, let us
know. Let's begin!
-Rumor has it that TNO releases fake updates and older versions as new ones..
(With keygens!)
-Rumor has it a certain previously mentioned site is making a big campaign
to be number one in the US and there's not much competition to stop it..
Beg for those pre's boys!
-Rumor has it that PARADiGM is running on fumes..
-Rumor has it that ORiGIN will fold..
-Rumor has it that several large groups are talking about setting up "scene-
servers" and abandoning efnet..
-Rumor has it that NWR will be late next week.
-TRUE FACT: Male sperm (Y) swims faster and die sooner than female sperm (X),
because female sperm contain heavier genetic material, which slows
them down but allows them to live longer.
THEREFORE: Males with longer penises tend to produce more male
offspring because they deposit the sperm closer to the egg and Y
sperm cells win the "sprint". Males with shorter penises tend to
have more female offspring because sperm is deposited further from
the egg, Y sperm die off thus allowing X sperm to win the "marathon".
CONCLUSION: Look at your family. This tells you whether or not your
father had a big cock.
=-------------------------------------=--------------------------------------=
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, blitz, prozac, ryche and all the rest of you that we love...
Find us on IRC in #nwr, (channel commands: !nwr, !nwr 23 or whatever issue you
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Thank you!
take care..
peace.
-ndetroit + lester.
and me =)
NWR 9/9/99
