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Netmonkey Weekly Report Issue 61
Netmonkey Weekly Report
Issue LXI
October 12th, 1999
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`Y$ [ n ] ETMONKEY [ W ] EEKLY [ R ] EPORT
Well, Well, Well. Ryche promised me a "REAL" article for this week
to get back into the flow of things. BUT, he was MIA again as
usual. Now we have a staff change this week. Blitz has left us for
good and Devestato is the current and hopefully permanent replacement
for our good friend Blitz. Sorry to see you go old buddy. Also, the
iso charts I promised are MIA as Djay is a fag and never sent me them!
(DJAY msg me or call my ass and get me those reports:))
I have also decided to return to the courier report for awhile. Cedric is a good
replacement but he refuses to do it without stats and nobody
ever gives me weektops. :( PLEASE send your weektops to
nwr@netmonkey.org or contact me/nd on irc. Thankyou
-Lester [Co-Editor/Head Writer]
Well..
We lost Blitzkrieg this week, and in my mind, that signals the end
of an nwr era.
His report was *always* top quality - incisive, cutting, to the point,
and full of tremendous insider info that the average scene member
can only guess about.
Thanks for all your work here blitz..
(ps: private to blitz: no, seriously... it *is* coming back.. soon!
i'll call you when it does, so you can unretire!! ;D ... )
So we had a games vacancy for a period of a couple hours, but no
sooner did i find out that blitz was gone, when lester informed me
that we have a new guy now: Devastato of CLASS. Good luck to you,
Devestato!
I am slowly starting to work myself back into scene shape. I need
more leech accounts, please... Remember: the staff of nwr *can* be
bought. We're willing to whore more than our integrity!!!
Hmmm.. .... that might be a good new slogan.
Oh.. also: webpage is done.. I'll post the URL in the #nwr chan once
we have made sure that the box hosting it is 'secure' from all the
31337 h4x0rZ..
Ciao!
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) Devestato's Games Report
b) Bud's Biased Utils Report
c) Lester's Movie Reviews
d) Ryche's Heavily Biased VCD Review
e) Monthly Iso Charts
VI.) Scene News - All the news that's fit to print
VII.) Rumors!
VIII.) Closing
---------------------[ Quotes of the Week! ]---------------------
-<glen> today i had a adoctors appointment
<glen> cause of my kidney
<glen> and the fag doctor started to ask me about my penis
<glen> with my dad in the room
<glen> i think he wanted some action
<glen> fucking homo
<glen> he made me cough just for the hell of it too
<glen> it has nothing to dow tih my kidney
<glen> he just wanted to see my dick
-<glen> i have armani deodorant but its in aerosol can
<glen> and i sprayed itonce on my saq
<glen> omfg
<glen> alcohol and balls DO NOT MIX
<glen> thats a true story
<Lester> oh my god you are a circus freak
<glen> it was like last week
<glen> i fucking screamed like a girl
<glen> and i went in the shower with my shirt on
-<glen> yo when umm iw as 8.. some whore try to rape me.. and she said
to suck her penis but hulk hogan saved me from her after she
threw rocks at the cars, it was all on cops.. you have to
believe me honest.
-<MrPuMPkiN> stix lets cyber!
<Stixy> ill pass :P
-<ndetroit> http://www.atomfilms.com/movies/flash.asp?film=lemmings.swf
<ndetroit> so very very good.
-(your stupid comment here!)
And therefore never send to know
for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.
-----------[ ndetroit's sites and stats section ]-----------
Hey... sorry, i don't really have much to say this week.. ;/
No one has added me to TOS yet, and i am running out of credits
on HOG. I would appreciate those 2 situations being rectified by
next week's issue.
Thank you.
New site up on the hut: PD. Its 100mbit, rise, mission, and rebels.
Talk to xload if you wanna be hooked up.
STH is gone, but... who narked it?
Now that blitz has retired... will rfo be able to keep up its status
as the #1 site in canada, or will.. .. ... ... ALL THOSE OTHER... ..
good canadian sites ... take its place.
Ermmm... FFX is gone.. i just learned that this week..
So is mgoh.... ... where the hell is that guy?
Siteops!! send your weektops to: nwr@netmonkey.org... 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:
no stats again. PLEASE send us weektops.
---=NETMONKEY COURiER REPORT=---
* = no weektop this week.
* = no weektop this week.
=--------------------------------=--------------------------------------=
-----------[ Lester's Biased Courier Section ]-----------
Biased Courier Report
Amnesia: AMN had a pretty dead week once again, not much of any action. Few guys
placing on certain sites, but they clean up the group a little bit with some kicks and add
a few resources from what inside sources say. We will see if anything pans out.
Still needs alot of work.
Overall: 1/10(Activity Needed)
AOD: Well as of yesterday AOD ran into some bad luck. Losing Creater, Grave, Thug,
Johnny, Yoda, Phenyx and some boxops. AOD has been in a bit of trouble as of late,
we will see over the next few weeks if they can hold it together. Already other traders
are looking at other groups to join. Would be a shame to see this group fall apart after
doing so well.
Overall: 4/10 (Rough waters but still maintain some good talent)
Ascension: Our newest addition to this little report. ASN is run by
Aeiou(you probably know him from any other courier group you've been in),
Thug(ex risc courier, and aod guy, hasn't moved a meg in years),
Grave(box recruiter type guy for AOD and aodiso co-leader?),
Dv(i forget where he comes from, but I know him), and Zeus21(Former AMN
and a few other groups, kicked from AMN shortly before ASN started for
idiotic behavior). They have a few decent traders like Ydevil and..uhm..well they
have ydevil I know, not sure who all else they have. So far things aren't looking
super bright, but they claim to have alot of great things, so we will see if they do or not.
Overall: XX/10 (No performance yet to rate)
Devotion: Godbless and more godbless.Officedog is also trading and Prozax has
begun to show up on more and more sites. So dev is starting to pick up a little more
momentum again.
Overall: 6/10
Risc: Not alot happening here, Flavor trades and Psedo trades as well.
They have no new blood and not a bunch of excitement, but they aren't
totally idle anymore.
Overall: 3/10
Vice: Mrpie and company continue to do their thing, but they aren't
blowing anybody away now that Nailz isn't super active and Redman is
still doing school. They seem to need a little new blood.
Overall: 4/10
Bla this report sucks ass
For those of you who remember my article in the early days of
NWR may remember that I used to be pretty much an asshole to
everybody. And after reading back, I think it was alot more fun
when I was an asshole and caused trouble. So now that I'm coming
back to this report. I will be heading back to my roots. The
"Weekly Happenings" will return to the report and Themed reviews
as well. If you don't like it, I don't really care and never did,
but it's more fun for me this way.
Lester [Still Retired, so don't msg me]
=----------------------------------=--------------------------------------=
-----------[ Articles ]-----------
=----------------------------------=--------------------------------------=
-----------[ The Devestator Report ]-----------
THE Devestator REPORT FOR THE WEEK OF 10/04/99 - 10/10/99
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This week sure was a slow week, with an awful lot of garbage releases.
Not much racing this week, CLS easily took the week with a boatload of
small games.
THE RULES
~~~~~~~~~
- Games are rated on a 0-5 scale. The average rating for a game will be 3.0.
Games are rated on how good the game is, and how anticipated the title is.
- Fixes are punished by deducting half the points for the game. If a
competing group fixes the release, they recieve those points. If a fix is
very minor in nature, or is embedded late in the game, a single or no
deduction is possible.
- Faction compliancy is NOT required to recieve points. If a faction
compliant rip is released at any time without having essential gameplay
components removed, it will supercede the previous attempt.
- Trainers for games that rate higher than 4.0 will be given a half point.
Only one trainer per group, per game can recieve points. This includes
level skippers and cheat codes, as well as editors and multiplayer cheats.
A truly remarkable trainer for a major game could recieve a full point.
- Patches are worth a half point. Major patches for important games could
recieve a full point.
- Addons for games are given a 1.0 addition provided the addon is not:
(a) a movie addon of any kind... or
(b) An essential component removed for faction compliance (3DFX)
(c) For a below average (under 3.0) game
Any group may release a game addon, regardless of the original release
group. Multiple addons packed within one release (a speech and music addon
for example) may be given two points.
______ /| ___ /\______ /\______
/ \/ | / _ \ / _____/ _____>
/ |_ / |/ | \\____ \ \____ \
< | < / | / | \/ | \
\ _____\_<____|___\_____ /\_____ /
+=\/======================\/=======\/==
Class released a shitload of stuff this week, but nothing really that great.
Facts are these days an average game just isn't worth playing. CLS also
threw in their usual assortment of below-average fare, including B-Hunter,
Scooby Doo, and a snowmobile racing game game. Throw in yet another Hoyle
game and you get 15.5 points worth of crap.
Points Release Title
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
0.5 Warhammer_40K_Rites_Of_War_v1.1_Update_Cracked-CLS
3.0 TANKTICS-CLS
2.0 B-HUNTER-CLS
0.5 Descent_Freespace_2_v1.01_Patch_Cracked-CLS
0.0 Armored_Fist_3_Mission_Cheat-CLS
2.0 Scooby_Doo_The_Mystery_Of_The_Fun_Park_Phantom-CLS
0.0 B-Hunter_All_Missions_Cheat-CLS
2.0 Snowmobile_Racing_Championship_2000-CLS
0.5 Shadowman_Patch_1_Cracked-CLS
3.0 Creatures_Adventures-CLS
2.0 Hoyle_Word_Games-CLS
---
15.5
_ ______ ______ ____ _____ ____ _____
\// _ \ _ \_\__/ _ \_\__/_\_ \
/ / / / /. / / / / / /
\______/ \____|_/\___ /___/___/ /
--------|___|---------/____\------/____\-
Origin was pretty quiet this week, just a trainer for Freespcae 2, which
according to our rules earns them 0 points because CLS did the cheat
codes last week.
Points Release Title
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
0.0 Descent.Freespace.2.Plus.5-ORiGiN
---
0.0
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ÞÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÝÛÛÜßÛßÛÛÜßÛÛÜÞÛßÞÛ²ÝÜ ÞÛßÛÛÜßÜÛÛÜ
ÞÛÛÝÜÛÛß Þ²ÛÝÝ ÛÛ² ÞÛÛÝÝ ÞÛÛÝÛÛ Ý ÞÛÛÝÛ ÛÛÝ
ÞÛÛÝ ÜÛÛßÜÛÛÝÝ ÜÜÜßÜÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÝÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÝÛ ÞÛÛ
ÞÛÛÝÞÛÛÝ ÞÛ²ÝÝÞÛÛÝ ÞÛ²ÝÝ ÞÛ²ÝÛ²ÝÝ ÞÛ²ÝÛ ÞÛ²
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Paradigm has been pretty quiet ever since the mag stuff, yet another
released ISO title for them, and a movie addon which gets them no
points, gives them a whopping 3 points this week. But hey, it's enough
to give them second place for the week.
Points Release Title
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3.0 Extreme_500-PARADiGM
0.0 Extreme_500_Movie_Addon-PARADiGM
0.0 Corum_III_Plus_4_Trainer-PARADiGM
---
3.0
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³ ÜÛÜÛÛÛ ßßß ÛÛÛ ±²Û ßßß ²±° ÛÛÛ °±² ²ÛÛ³
³ÛÛÛ ²ÛÛ ²±° ÛÛ² ²ÛÛ °±² Û²± ²ÛÛ ±²Ûßßß ³
:ÛÛ² ±²Û Û²± ÛÛ² ÛÛÛ ±²Û ÛÛ² ²ÛÛ ²ÛÛ °±²:
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Not much here. Two fuckups for a patch for C&C2, you'd figure they would
give up after a while. :)
Points Release Title
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-0.5 Command.And.Conquer.Tiberian.Sun.v1.13.Update-DVN
-0.5 Command.And.Conquer.Tiberian.Sun.v1.13.Update.CRACKED.FOR.RIP.ONLY-DVN
0.5 Command.And.Conquer.Tiberian.Sun.v1.13.Update.CRACKED.FOR.RIP.ONLY.
REPACKED-DVN
---
-0.5
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\_/ .|_) _)__|\ \ ____/: |\ \_ (_|. \_/
/ o|\ \|\____ \ \_| | |_) / /|o \
/____| \__ | \__\______| ___/__/ |____\
<*+=======|__|-RAZOR 1911-|__|===========+*>
With just two updates the good old blade won't be ablt to win any weeks at
all. They get 1 point for the descent 3 patch, since it is such a popular
title.
Points Release Title
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
0.5 Heroes_of_Might_and_Magic_3_v1.2_Update_and_Generic_Crack-RAZOR
1.0 Descent_3_v1.2_Patch_Cracked-RAZOR
---
1.5
Well seeing as this is my first week taking over for Blitz, you might see a
few point system changes and look for some great upcoming interviews with
some members of the gaming scene! Lets hope we can get some fresh blood
in the scene to give Class a little competition, maybe grind should restart
TPC. =)
=----------------------------------=--------------------------------------=
-----------[ Bud's Biased Utils Section ]-----------
Bud's Biased Utils Report #37
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I'm not going to even try to write an intro after all the blabbing I did
last week.
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 10/05/99 to 10/11/99. 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:
Project.Launcher.v1.0-PWA
Spectrum.Element.Manager.v2.2-PWA
Microsoft_Photodraw_2000_Version_2_Final-PWA
When the breakup of SGE took place, we all saw PWA gain a ton of
potential power. What we witnessed was the strongest incarnation
of the group in what was probably years. Last week, it seems much
of that newfound support left the fold and moved over to SCUM. That's
about all the hyping I'll do on the issue... but the question remains:
Is PWA back to Winbetas and the occasional good release?
This week, well, suprise, suprise we see an oversized PWA app, which
I'll pretend I didn't see and tell you all to get the ISO, should one
be released. Aside from that, two standard apps, nothing compared to
the quality and output of several weeks back however. For now at least
things aren't looking great for PWA.
Total: 4/10
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:
HARLEQUIN.WATSON.V4.1-CORP
LT3D.COMMERCIAL-CORP
Another group hurt my member movement, and basically the
same result. Two standard apps, nothing notable.
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_V1.3-3_LINUX-XFORCE
Well due to the fact that most people felt it wasn't necessary to
score *nix applications, I'm still not counting them, and thus XF
gets a donut... mmmmm... sprinkles...
Total: 0/10
/\______/| ___/\_
_/ ______ :|; . __/\ ____/\ __| //
%%%\____ \ |__:_\__ \/ ~~ :\_ | __/%%%%
iii_/ :| \\_ \ ;| \_ |____/ \iiiii
:::\__ ; _/ | \\_ : // | \\_ | \\_:::
\____/---|____/____/_______/-|____/kaz
SHOCK:
Releases:
Output.Enabled.Mjuice.Plugin.v2.0.1.1.for.Winamp.v2.5e-SHOCK
DBInstaller.v1.1.Oracle.Edition-SHOCK
Shadow.IP.Central.v1.06-SHOCK
Shadow.IP.Central.v1.06.Missing.Crack-SHOCK
Progress.IPQoS.v2.0.54-SHOCK
NetOctopus.v3.5-SHOCK
Web.Server.4D.e-Commerce.v3.1.1-SHOCK
A few decent cracks this week, including the final build of Progress
Software's IPQoS 2 (it's scored as full here since it's a) the Final
build and b) hasn't been released since v1.0.xxx). For WinAmp users,
the Mjuice plugin has been cracked allowing you to decode mjf to wav
files.
Total: 6/10
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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
ßÄÄ pENTIUM fORCE tEAM ÄÄÄÄÄßßßßßßb1Û
PENTIUM FORCE TEAM:
Releases:
Cognos.PowerPlay.v6.5.Enterprise.Server.REPACK-PFT
Cognos.Powerplay.v6.5.Excel.Client-PFT
Cognos.PowerPlay.v6.5.Personal.Server-PFT
Cognos.PowerPlay.v6.5.Windows.Client-PFT
Cognos.Transformer.v6.5.for.WinNT-PFT
Excalibur.RetrievalWare.v6.71.DIZ.FIX-PFT
Excalibur.RetrievalWare.v6.71.for.WinNT-PFT
Netscape.Application.Server.v4.0.for.WinNT-PFT
PFT nail a bunch of nice apps, taking Cognos's PowerPlay
6.5, Netscape Application Server 4, and the latest Excalibur
RetrievelWare, which all add up to one of the better weeks for PFT
of late.
Total: 7/10
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: N/A
Total: N/A
.__________. [xx/xx/98]
\_ ___ ) Da ToP oF Da LiNe! .___.
===/ _/ /=======================/ /=====
.:/ _____/__./(___.____/\.______./ /_____.
:/ /__/ . ) . )____ ) _ ) / __ )
/__/ / / / / // __ / /__/ / /___/:
.:/ /__/__/__/__/(______\____ /__/_____ /MO
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= THE PINNACLES OF RELEASING (C) PNC 95-99 =
PINNACLE:
Releases:
ES.Monitor.v1.2.1-PNC
MD.Solids.v1.7-PNC
Request.Tracker.v2.0-PNC
SoftCD.v3.0-PNC
Batmaster.v1.0-PNC
Filehunter.v1.05-PNC
Pinnacle put out their usual batch of unknown middle of the road
type apps... if I had to pick one... I'd probably guess :P
Total: 6/10
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DRINK OR DIE:
Releases:
Jtools_v1.2_Win9x-DOD
*cough* dusty around here *cough*
Total: 1/10
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REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS
>> RELEASING WITHOUT PERMISSION <<
REBELS:
Releases:
Excosoft_Documentor_v2.2.3-RBS
FlexGen.Version.2000.1-RBS
Read_Japanese_v1.3-RBS
Synplicity.Synplify.V5.2.2.LICENSED-RBS
ZBrush_v1.0_CRACKED-DISKFIX-RBS
Mentor.packaged.Power.Elite.V2.1.LICENSED-RBS
Bom.Explorer.v3.1.22.CRACKED-RBS
Mentor_Graphics_Renoir_v99.2-RBS
Modelsim_V5.3_FlexLM_License_fix-RBS
OnTime.Enterprise.4.75.Cracked-RBS
ZBrush_v1.0-RBS
Exemplar.Leonardo.v1999.1e.build6.62.licensed-RBS
I think we covered FlexLM enough last week, don't you?
OnTime Enterprise was nuked on certain sites as "Bad"... note to
nukers, broken means broken, dupe means dupe, bad means your dog
pissed on the rug. Mentor Power Elite got killed as being a collection
of dupes. RBS fixes the ModelSim license, both the SCUM and SLT
releases had problems due do a dongle on top of the FlexLM protection.
Best release here is Renoir 99.2 in the end. A strong week discounting
the nukes.
Total: 7/10
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SCUM:
Releases:
ADOBE.PHOTODELUXE.HOME.EDITION.V3.1-SCuM
METACREATIONS.PAINTER.V6.0-SCuM
STAR.OFFICE.V5.1A-SCuM
AUTODESK.AUTOCAD.EXPRESS.TOOLSS.VOLUME.7-SCuM
Not too much too show for the PWA influx yet, but Painter 6
is a very nice pickup for SCUM. StarOffice was nuked as free
however, although at least SCUM realized their mistake and requested
the nuke. AutoDesk Express Tools and PhotoDeluxe Home 3.1 are
both strong titles, but SCUM has thwe potential for more, and
it's time they stepped up in the release department.
Total: 7/10
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(*) F a t i g u e - Couriers Network (*)
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FATIGUED COURIERS NETWORK:
Releases:
CUESoft.CUEXml.ActiveX.v2.0-FCN
CUESoft.CUEXml.Delphi.v2.0-FCN
CUESoft.CUEXsl.ActiveX.v1.0-FCN
CUESoft.CUEXsl.Delphi.v1.0-FCN
Classic_Component_Set_v2.20_For_Delphi-FCN
Envision.Image.Library.v1.03.For.Delphi.And.CPPBuilder.With.Full.Source-FCN
RT.Registration.Control.DLL.v2.13-FCN
RT.Registration.Control.for.Wise.v2.13-FCN
RT.Registration.Control.OCX.v2.10-FCN
RT.Registration.Control.VCL.v2.16-FCN
Signum.DX1100.v2.3-FCN
Several controls released at the start of the week, followed by... nothing.
Simply marketing towards developers this week. FCN went silent after the
first few days, hope to see more next week.
Total: 6/10
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RADIUM:
Releases:
Finale.2000.working-Radium
Sonic.Foundry.ACID.pro.v2.0.60-Radium
Reaktor.v2.05-Radium
Two decent tools in Reaktor and Acid Pro (even if it is a bit
minor)... Finale 2000 was ripped from an ISO a while back, no
idea, but over a megs-minded courier ripping for credits and
Radium, there's really no question in which to take.
Total: 5/10
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THE PROFESSIONALS:
Releases: N/A
Total: N/A
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HARVEST:
Releases:
DIGIMATION.BONES.PRO.V2.0e.UPDATE.FOR.3DSMAX3-HARVEST
DIGIMATION.FRACTAL.FLOW.V1.6e.UPDATE.FOR.3DSMAX3-HARVEST
DIGIMATION.SHAG.HAIR.V1.02e.UPDATE.FOR.3DSMAX3-HARVEST
DIGIMATION.TILING.TOOLS.V3.00E.UPDATE.FOR.3DSMAX3-HARVEST
5D.CYCLONES.V2.1.FOR.SOFTIMAGE.3.8.SP2-HARVEST
INCITE.V2.5.FINAL-HARVEST
Premier app here is Incite, taking 2.5 away from XF, who had
bagged v2.0. Aside from that, plugin heaven, mainly Digimation
stuff. In case you couldn't read that yourself.
Total: 6/10
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Really Into Spreading Elite:
Releases:
DELCAM.POWERMILL.V2.495.FINAL.ADDON-RiSE
DELCAM.POWERMILL.V2.495.FINAL.CRACKED-RiSE
FORMZ.RENDERZONE.RADIOZITY.V3.1.3.ADDON-RiSE
EDS.UNIGRAPHICS.MOLDWIZARD.FOR.UNIGRAPHICS.15.02-RiSE
FORMZ.RENDERZONE.RADIOZITY.V3.13.FINAL.CRACKED-RiSE
STEEL.CAD.DETAILING.SYSTEM.6.114.DAMAGED.ZIP.FIX-RiSE
EDS.CORPORATION.UNIGRAPHICS.V15.03.UPDATE.FINAL-RiSE
Now we get interesting. I over-hyped RiSE last week, but they
are a good group. However, several days after the end of last week
several of the Rise releases I listed turned up to have problems.
It doesn't help much that NO ONE bothered to nuke them, so again
we see what a major problem nuking (or lack thereof) has become in
the scene. In those supposedly broken releases were Staad Pro Design
Studio 3.1 and Steel CAD Detailing System 2 v6.114 for WinNT. Now
Steel CAD I can't vouch for, but I've tested out Staad Pro Design
Studio and it *seems* to be working fine for me. However, given
the complexity of CAD apps, and this app in general, there could be
bugs anywhere, so I won't discount the complaints (sorry but I've only
had a couple of hours to play with it, and given my schedule I won't
get many more any time soon). If anyone can email me (bud@shocking.net)
with a bug that I can replicate or /Msg me on IRC, it would help, so if
you use this app feel free to do so. Not sure if a fix from RiSE is pending
on these or not... for now the points issue is mute, as there's too many
iffy factors here.
For this week we see and update for Unigraphics, as well as an addon
(MoldWizard) for the previous version... not sure if it will work with
the 15.03 update. Steel CAD Detailing system got a damaged zip fix,
but that doesn't answer the functionality questions that have been
floating around. Best of the week for RiSE was the newest Delcam Powermill
release.
Total: 7/10
New this week:
Idle this week:
Quote(s) of the Week: <_n> i release gay vcds
<SPaZZ`> whos ugly?
<SPaZZ`> i know im not ugly
<SPaZZ`> rumor has it elo ugly be :~
<^Maz> my whole fucking system crashed yesterday...
<^Maz> so have been hellofalong night..
<^Maz> well..
<^Maz> i pushed the litte red button that says NOOOOOOOOOOOOO on
<^Maz> :)
<^Maz> lost almost 36 gb
<^Maz> sooo...
<^Maz> lazy I am.. yes.
<dnl> poison on my car it says "P i M P i N" on the back window so
recognize when i'm here
<hell-> if i was bill gates ide buy redhat and all the rights to the
name of linux
Elo ugly be? Lazy I am?? Does everyone think they're Yoda these days?!?
(*editors note: no bud... not YODA... K-B0T!!*)
Seems no one got an 8/10 this week... 7 turns out to be a hard earned
score. Why? RBS and SCUM faced nukes, RISE was forced to fix some mistakes
and didn't really come up with anything major, and PFT really didn't do
as much as it seemed. Looking at the four I give the advantage to PFT
however, while the Cognos stuff is really one package split up, it's still
a nice catch (grrr my free 30-day trail CD was in the mail :P).
An Interview with Poison of SCUM:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
An interview with scum?!? Yeeeckkk! J/K. Well I finally followed through on
a promise, and this week present you with an interview with Poison,
a driving force behind the success of Scum.
-----
<Bud> Near the beginning of 1999, SCUM made it's return to the utils scene.
So the readers can have some background info, kindly tell us about
yourself, and your past affils/positions in the scene.
<Poison> well.. ive been in both versus and pinnacle before, jroger pretty
much brought me in with pnc (been in other groups, but ill stick to
the utils ones ;>) .. since we were about the only ones working in
pnc at that time we decided to split and reform jr's old utilgroup
scum where he was a ppe coder back then
<Poison> now i am in scum / tfl / ambition
<Bud> Where there any other reasons in bringing back Scum at that time, aside
from the lack of activity in PNC? Also, what was your role in making
the comeback a success?
<Poison> well.. the reason was that we both were interested by the utils
scene, and both already familiar with it for some time helped that
we didnt just quit utils, but wanted our own group. we basically
were (and still are) a good team together, and jroger still had
contact with his buddies from the old scum so it was more like a
natural decission for him and i gladly joined it with him. making
it a success was a combination of dedicating a lot of time, and
bringing in the right skilled & hardworking people.
<Poison> besides that i think we did right by keeping the group small
<Poison> most groups expand too much too soon and what ive basically seen
before is that a crew cant get used to eachoter and gets a lot of
misunderstandings.
<Bud> Scum perhaps suprised quite a few people by putting out a steady, if
small, amount of quality apps... one never heard many complaints with
cracks/broken releases from Scum. To what do you attribute your success
in this area, and what if any pressures were added in trying to live
up to the reputation of the earlier incarnation of SCUM?
<Poison> well, sounds like a cliche but we always prefered quality over
quantity, so we always make sure that an app is 100% by letting it
get tested by one or 2 skilled people, i personally never felt too
much pressure in what we're doing
<Bud> Sounds something like a certain slogan from a certain utils group....
Quality Over Quantity... hmm who could that be <g>
<Poison> hehe.. i wouldnt know.. shoot me :)
<Bud> In the first few months of Scum's return, we saw some decent
networking apps, developments apps, etc... then this past spring we
saw you make a move into the CAD/CAM/Related field, coming up with
some apps like Solid View, ModelSim, etc.
<Bud> Was this a calculated step towards the CAD/CAM field, or more of an
accidental occurance?
<Poison> well it was a natural move towards it, while we were going more
good crackers teamed up with us able to crack hard licenses and
dongles, so we were able to get harder protected programs out,
and cad/cam/cae/fea stuff is often harder protected. Ofcourse we
also gained new suppliers who worked more in cad related fields
of supplying which helped :) ..
it wasnt planned completely but the stuff we do now interests
<Poison> me more then the stuff we did in the first few months
<Poison> for various reasons
<Bud> At the time Scum moved into the field, LND was dominating CAD/CAM
titles, to a certain degree anyways, and seemed extremely sure of
themselves. Aside from the odd release by SGE, and a decent showing
by RiSE, SCUM was the first real competition that LND recieved. With
the retirement of SGE, and the slowing then retirement of RiSE, PWA
gained some CAD/CAM power and managed to get some titles (such as
Cimatron IT 10) out, making it a player in the field.
<Bud> So at any given time there's been three main groups competiting over
a fairly small niche market...
<Bud> With the recent idleness of LND, and the loss of several PWA members
to SCUM, do you feel SCUM has a real oppurtunity to dominate the
CAD/CAM field?
<Poison> up to a certain level i do think we can be dominant in that way yes,
a recent proof of that was today since we released 7 apps all
$40-50k titles in that area. tho.. were not a 100% cad/cam group..
since we like to release apps in diffrent areas aswell, which u can
see from other recent releases.
basically aslong as it is quality, and we like it, we will give it
a go if time available :>
<Bud> So as opposed to what may be LND's fatal mistake, you continue to branch
out into other areas.
<Bud> Who do you feel is your main competition at this point?
<Poison> at this point im not sure yet, lnd seems dying due recent events..
and the restart as rise i dont see as a real competition yet (which
might change i dunno) .. also pwa i dunno how they will turn out
now. so its hard to tell..
<Bud> Where do you see Scum at in the new year?
<Poison> as i see it now, i see scum dominating the utils scene (with an
expection of the highend gfx stuff by harvest) for a long time.
<Bud> Hard to live up to, but possible nonetheless
<Poison> well the will is there along with the skills, so it is possible :>
<Bud> That's about all I can think of right now, so I just want to thank you
for taking the time for this interview. :)
<Poison> yea sure.. np ;>
<Bud> hehe I better write this thing now or NWR will be late again :P
<Poison> hehehe.. well what else is new =)
Ok... done... with a few hours to spare for once. No promises for next week,
if I do an interview, well, then we're lucky. For now I just want to watch
the shifts in power in the utils scene play out... or meddle a bit and
actually do something... whatever... <G>.
- Bud
=----------------------------------=-------------------------------------=
=---------[ Lester's Movie Reviews ]----------=
Sure he's a prominent scene member, leader of the #1 courier
group, and former "Miss Scene 1995".. But did you also know that
in real life, Lester's real name is "Roger", and he hosts a popular
syndicated television show, where he plays a big fatass who has
nothing better to do with his time than go to every single movie
ever released? Well.. now you know..
Nothing worthwhile came out this week. I have nothing to review.
Though I did see a vcd.
Double Jeopardy
Starring: Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones
Telesync
Video Quality: 3 - Nothing special and nothing terrible, few glips and
slips and a few head shots but with the shittiness of recent
TS's I've seen, this one was top notch. The groups need to go
back to a little more quality control.
Audio Quality: 4 1/2 - Good solid sound, no problems here.
Movie Quality: 2 1/2 - This is an even movie. It's not really good and
it's not really bad. I didn't exactly find it all that believable,
but it was something to do for an hour or 2. Judd goes sailing
with her hubby and wakes up to find blood everywhere and him missing.
The cops arrest her and she is convicted of murder. She gives up
custody of her boy to her best friend who is actually fucking her
husband and they run off with the boy. In prison she finds out that
she can't be convicted of the same crime twice so when she gets out
she decides to hunt down her husband who is actually not dead and find
her child. Tommy Lee Jones plays her parole officer. (he seems stuck
in that Fugitive role)
Peace
ratings are 1 for worst, 5 for best
=----------------------------------=-------------------------------------=
=---------[ VCD Group and Movie Reviews ]----------=
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
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-----------[Your Article Could Go Here!]-----------
=----------------------------------=-------------------------------------=
-----------[The Scene News]-----------
All the news thats fit to print...
and then some...
-Blitz is gone, but his legend lives on...
-Hey! Check our fucking shit out on the best scene-site on the whole
goddamn world-wide-waste-of-time: www.defacto2.net. These SOB's have got
every fucking NWR ever!... jesus!! ... thats more than we have!!!
http://www.defacto2.net/scene-archive/mags-nwr.html
Ipggi = owns.
-
-group moves: zeus21 kicked from amn, thug leaves aod for ASN, ydevil joins
ASN, dv joins ASN, blitz retires from the scene (razor1911, RFO)
-*yawn*... for all you dipshits that messaged me asking who 'Lester' was,
and why he narked STH... . .. .... uhhh... .... ...
.. .... uhhh.. ..... .. turns out it was garoto... so there.
-Also: turns out garoto was not narked, as we reported last week.. he was
simply 'arrested'. Could it be possible that the FBI actually arrested
someone without having a disenfranchised scene member draw them a map?
Blah.. doubt it... .... good luck, garoto.
-
-Please check out:
http://www.atomfilms.com/movies/flash.asp?film=lemmings.swf
Help control the lemming population.
Excellent...
-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 Lester narked STH.
-Rumor has it that AOD will be broken up within the week. Not only will
ASN be a splinter group, but a second splinter group will soon form.
-Rumor has it that Garoto narked STH.
-Rumor has it that eternal is going to make a comeback, and lead RiSC
out of 'its darkest hour' (like rodimus prime).
-Rumor has it that Chinablu is carrying riches's baby.
-Rumor has it that riches narked STH.
-Rumor has it that loke will be returning to the trading scene soon, to
trade for AMN.
-Rumor has it that Fusion narked STH.
-Rumor has it that Cedric and Lester are staging a duel to the death.
More details as they become available.
-Rumor has it that Sins is really an acronym for
: Supremely Idiotic Naieve Shithead
Bla, it started off good, N and S was tough. Sorry, I suck.
=-------------------------------------=--------------------------------------=
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
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