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Netmonkey Weekly Report Issue 52
Netmonkey Weekly Report
Issue LII
July 1st, 1999
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Oh my goodness. When Ndetroit is gone, NWR is actually done on time.
Time to stop waiting for his punk ass to release me thinks. Maybe the issue
will suck though, who knows, and when you get right down to it, who the
fuck cares. We got all our usual shit, and since I'm writing this on
Monday, I can't say whether or not we have any cool stuff or not cuz I
haven't read anyone elses shit. I will tell you my shit is nothing
special though <g> Anyways, Nd has yet to visit me here in Cali so
I can't make fun of him in this issue, next issue though I promise!
Intro update: ND never visited me as I couldn't stay up till
5am waiting to goto breakfast with him. So that sucks and I'll
just make up shit for the story about him<g>. We have no
utils report this week, Bud was working some OT at the strip
club. Ryche does a special report and doesn't review the VCD
scene. We also have a change of NWR policy, please read the
special letter from the editors and also a potential new
section that reviews the cracking scene by none other than
krakhed koka(english help from Sketch). <g> We also have the return
of one of the greatest steeds of trading to NWR! The jesspic is back!
-Lester [Co-Editor/Head Writer]
---------------------[ Quotes of the Week! ]---------------------
- No fucking quotes.
-----------[ ndetroit's sites and stats section ]-----------
Blah.
Ndetroit is on his way back to Canada so we have none of his
Usual idiotic rantings. Enjoy the rest of the mag!
Siteops!! send your weektops to: nwr@netmonkey.org... Thanks
to all those that support us every week... ;)
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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:
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2.5x XH - SXX
2.0x DXX - FX - XT
1.5x EX - XWX - XOL - TOX
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If you can't guess what sites are what, chances are you
Aren't on them. If you got ranked then you know what the
Fuck you weektopped anyways. No more posting site names
In NWR. Read editor's letter for further details.
trader group XH SXX DXX FX XT EX XWX XOL TOX - pts
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tc DEV 3 1 2 1 - - 1 - 1 - 166.0
tirre AOD 5 6 2 5 - - 3 - - 86.0
bizzybone AMN - 4 - 3 - - - 1 - - 81.0
tukkerp INS - - - - - 2 3 2 - - 52.0
faith AOD 2 8 - - 3 - - - - - 52.0
cedric AOD 10 2 - - - - - 7 - - 45.0
pyx AV - - - 5 7 - - 4 - - 45.0
evilmind THD - - - - - 1 4 6 - - 44.0
jaydee DEV 1 - - - - 4 - - - - 44.0
diamond RVL - - 3 - - - 2 - - - 38.0
Next week we will be adding alltime stats and group totals. NWR is
Going to expand the stats section!
=--------------------------------=--------------------------------------=
-----------[ Lester's Biased Courier Section ]-----------
Biased Courier Report
Well, it's me again guys. I am stuck in this god damn cycle.
AOD: Well with Tirre back and Faith pretty active, as well as the mass
pre'ing that is turning AOD into another Prevotion. AOD is giving Dev a real
run for their money, if TC and the pft mania die down, AOD is #1. And since
their people are actually trading as well as pre'ing, I still say they are
#1 right now. Heard some rumblings of unhappiness and shell trouble though,
so hopefully they can settle all that.
Devotion: Well TC pre'd like 1.4 gigs or something on his own last week, so Dev
defaults to #1 on most scorecards, Garoto and the ex-siege prewhores have
been pre'ing around PWA rlses to sites and continuing the trend of mass pre,
but no real trading of any kind from this crew with Godbless inactive.
Amnesia: Bizzybone came up with a huge week pulling down some big numbers,
and Psych/Sins did their pre'ing and trading, giving AMN a comfortable
#3 on most sites. They don't yet compete against aod/dev and the mass
pre'ing, but they keep picking up old school traders, if they ever trade
it should be interesting, picked up Devan from Risc, Smooth, and Zeus21.
Also HOX joined as CHQ. As well as E coming in as WHQ.
Vice: Well soon to be "Out of SerVICE" it seems, alot of complaints about
lack of shells and childish antics. They still have a decent team, but the
meggage is not there in europe without Mrp going full steam. The US team of
skimp/blitz is still a formiddable force, but all that does is piss off
Risc who thinks they own US..<g> This group is pretty much the same boat
DMS was before the split.
Risc: Brain seems to be really pushing back into activity and pushing to make
XDR a top notch site again, whether or not he can is yet to be seen. But the
effort is at least admirable. The loss of Devan doesn't help things much as
they aren't exactly overflowing with couriers, but at least they have 1 guy
pushing to make Risc do something in Brain.
EQL: Blink continues to try to give EQL some credibility on sites, and a few
other EQL peops are popping up here and there, will we finally see a little
stability from this group?
RTS: Wow, I don't think I ever reviewed these guys. (Hi Ord and Ninja!).
Kruzin moves over to RTS and so if he is trading and Krs-one is active they
will have some showings on sites, but RTS lacks any real euro resources at
the moment so they will compete against Vice on the US field it seems.
THD: Hi Sketchie poo:)
Welp folks, another week goes by and I'm still doing this shit. Enjoy !
=----------------------------------=--------------------------------------=
-----------[ Articles ]-----------
=----------------------------------=--------------------------------------=
---------- [ A letter from the Editor ] -------------
Well folks, this has been a long time coming, and I think it's time
we changed our policy around here with NWR. Couple major issues will be
changing, in the site rankings for the courier stats we will no longer be
listing the full site name or even the complete abbreviation. We feel that
if you don't know what the site is, you should not know what the site is.
NWR is here to offer information and entertainment to the scene, not to
be a source for the people we wish to stay away from. We are also removing
any and all web page endorsements, minus Prozac's page in respect for his
contribution past and present to NWR, and the porn advertisement, since
we all love porn. We advise and suggest that everyone avoid using the
message bases and overtly public methods of discussion on these webpages.
It is in no way meant as disrespect to the hosts of the pages that we were
supporting and many are our friends. It is simply becoming far too open and
dangerous to have every detail of the scene being displayed for anyone.
Now you might be saying, wasn't NWR working on a webpage? Yes we were, and
still are. Our webpage will still go up as planned, we will no longer have
a daily news section and if we have a webboard at all, it will be ipchecking
and user/pw enforced. Just like a BBS, if you deserve to be in there talking
about shit, then you will get in there. If you don't, then you won't. As
far as group moves and site changes and news. We will do our best to
abbreviate any and all site names in any important news that is addressed
to the scene. No siteops will be mentioned or addressed (please remember
that mistakes will happen). We do however allow Bud, Ryche and Blitz to
do their report as they see fit, any information in those reports are
entirely up to their judgement if they feel the entire scene should
read it. Obviously as the above statement shows, we will still be listing
who released what and the scores/etc of that. NWR is still going to be
bringing you the same things that we always did, we will simply be a little
more mindful of small things that are not necessary to the magazine and
simply offer more information than we would like to give. I would like to
thank everyone for reading NWR over the past year and for all the support
that has been given, we look forward to continuing to bring you NWR for as
long as you all like to read it. Ok, enjoy the magazine and look forward
to Issue 53 as the big retrospective and anniversary issue(yes I know it
should have been 52, but ND is out of town.)
- Lester
[ Co-Editor ]
=----------------------------------=--------------------------------------=
-----------[ Blitz's Slightly Biased Gaming Report]-----------
THE BLITZ REPORT FOR THE WEEK OF 06/14/99 - 06/21/99
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[NOTE FROM BLITZ - This was ready last week, and should have been
included, but as we all know our editors ndetroit and Lester are morons.]
Seems we can't just have a regular week of releasing without controversy.
This was certianly not the best week in history, but damn we had some huge
games come out. Origin USA (or so they say) continues to show off their
newfound skills, and want you all to know about it. Class might go the
way of Siege without China Blue. Lots of action, let's start the report
with our weekly roundup of releases.
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No dropoff from last week, Origin has their biggest week ever with four
games and a huge title in Dungeon Keeper 2. Summer isn't supposed to be
the best time of the year for games, but Bullfrog follows up their hit
from a few years ago with the sequal. This one looks like a sure-burn.
Two addons are probably musts for those of you without burners, a game
like this deserves to be played in full glory. The intro movie on the
ISO was worth it alone. Breakneck and Peacemaker are a pair of lesser
games, but still excellent titles that would have got more attention in
a slower week. Rich Diamond is crappy, but a game. Unzip it sometime in
the next month. Total Annihilation... man. Well first of all this one
came out 2 hours after the Razor version beat out TPC. Now, Origin claims
Razor raped this game. With a word like rape, you would expect there to
be some serious damage to the game. Well you can judge for yourself. I've
included copies of the before and after jpg's from the backgrounds.
There's a minimal difference. Even assuming that you don't agree with the
majority and feel Razor's rip is bad... Origin lost to TPC by 2 hours.
Either way Origin's late release was lame. What's lamer is cutting down
Beowulf in the nfo. Origin could have had a week to remember, now all
they will be remembered for is how bad they looked in their loss.
Points Release Title
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2.0 Rich_Diamond-ORIGIN (15.1M)
5.0 DUNGEON.KEEPER.2-ORIGIN (93.3M)
3.0 Breakneck-ORIGIN (134.9M)
3.0 Peacemaker-ORIGIN (57.6M)
-2.5 *NUKED*Total.Annihilation.Kingdoms-ORIGIN (208.4M)
1.0 DUNGEON.KEEPER.2-MUSIC.ADDON-ORIGIN (52.3M)
1.0 DUNGEON.KEEPER.2-SPEECH.ADDON-ORIGIN (67.1M)
-2.5 Dungeon.Keeper.2.High.Resolution.Fix-SHG
0.5 STARTREK_BIRTH_OF_THE_FEDERATION_CHEAT_CODES-ORIGIN (0.0M)
0.0 *NUKED*Total.Annihilation.Kingdoms.All.Releases.Fix-ORIGIN (0.9M)
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10.5
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Wham. Seems more and more games are getting ripped off the ISO now. Razor
ripped TA:K from a CIFE release, now class returns the favour finishing
what Razor gave up on with the Heavy Gear II rip, our third 5.0 title of
the week (a first since I've done this report). I wasn't crazy about this
one either, but it seems that as I get older I like fewer and fewer games.
I can still appreciate good work though. This one looks like it's going to
have a lot of fans. Tarzan got nuked on most sites as a kiddie game. When
I leeched it... it wasn't too bad. But the game is intended for ages under
10 years, and in my books that spells kiddie. Those are never legit
releases, and we're going to have to penalize CLS for it. Frankly, I just
can't see justification to take points on this one, however... even though
it is a kiddie game. I won't deduct any points. It was close enough. The
auxilliary team was damn busy. Four patches came out, as well as three
trainers. As per the new rules, only the Need for Speed trainer recieved
an award, being a 4.0 quality game.
Points Release Title
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
5.0 Heavy_Gear_2-CLS (112.8M)
0.0 Tarzan-CLS (41.8M)
0.5 DARK_VENGENCE_v1.20_UPDATE_CRACKED-CLS (2.9M)
0.5 Need_For_Speed_High_Stakes_Money_Cheat-CLS (0.1M)
0.5 STAR_WARS_ROGUE_SQUADRON_v1.00.01_UPDATE_CRACKED-CLS (1.1M)
0.5 F-22_Lightning_3_Update_Cracked-CLS (4F/9.4M/3d 21h)
0.5 Total_Annihilation_Kingdoms_Trainer-CLS (0.0M)
0.0 Militato_Cheat_Codes-CLS (0.0M)
0.0 America_Greatest_Arcade_Hits_3D_Trainer-CLS (0.0M)
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7.5
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Steady as she goes... Razor is consistently releasing now, unlike
the first three months when they were getting flack from across the
scene (read back in NWR for an ironic quote from me). This week we
see the legit rip of Total Annihilation Kingdoms. This game I'm a
little neutral on, but Beowulf wanted this one real bad. He got it,
the rip is supported by every group that didn't release a bastard
copy, so this one stands. The addon and two patches round out the
week. Topic in #Razor welcomed Genesis P'Orridge from Origin to
the group. Apparently he's had second thoughts about joining Razor,
but he's not in Origin either. A free agent? Sure to be a sought
after one at that, with Dungeon Keeper 2 and Descent 3 on his resume.
Points Release Title
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
5.0 TOTAL.ANNIHILATION.KINGDOMS-RAZOR (139.7M)
0.5 Descent.3.TRAiNER.PLUS.7-RAZOR (0.1M)
0.5 MIA_Missing_in_Action_v1.02_Update_Cracked-RAZOR (1.9M)
1.0 Total.Annihilation.Kingdoms.MUSIC.ADDON-RAZOR (48.0M)
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Hrm. Not a lot to say here. Militato sucks, and they repacked it.
The trainers were for bad games. kinda quiet from these guys,
they spent most of their time ragging TK4.
Points Release Title
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2.0 Militato-PARADiGM *NUKED*
-1.0 Militato_Repack-PARADiGM (24.4M)
0.0 Tarzan.Trainer.Plus.4-PARADiGM (0.0M)
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hits probably shoulda been a deduction, but I don't wanna discourage
anyone. The fix was kewl tho. Unfortunately fixes for nukes are still
nukes.
Points Release Title
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1.0 Americas_Greatest_Arcade_Hits_3D-DVN (32.8M)
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They tried. This rip of Total Annihilation Kingdoms was the worst
of the three... basicly the ISO less movies and music. It was the first
one to hit sites, but the Razor pre team managed to beat them out.
Perhaps the fact that the rip was almost 250 megs slowed them down.
It's a nuke, but they would have walked away with it, were it not for
the work of Beowulf. A patch gives them their only points.
Points Release Title
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
0.0 *NUKED*TOTAL.ANNIHILATION.KINGDOMS-TPC
0.0 TARZAN.TRAINER.PLUS.1-TPC (0.1M)
0.5 LINKS.LS.99.PATCH.v1.21.CRACKED-TPC (7.9M)
I was going to work up a compilation of a certian cracker's series
of nukes, but I didn't really feel like spening the time. It would have
been amusing, but probably unfair to him. I can't crack, why should I
rag on someone who almost can? Origin is looking strong right now.
Not sure about the Origin USA label on Dungeon Keeper II though.
Sources tell me that was just another limey title. Still, the game
scene has really balanced out. Origin has picked up a few USA titles
to go with their UK dominance, which has elevated them past their
third group status. Razor is releasing again, and PDM/CLS have tailed
off noticibly. This trend rarely continues, we usually see members leaving
the groups on their way down in favor of the ones on their way up. This
time, however I don't know if that will be the case. Joining Origin is
generally considered to be about as desirable as a trade to the
LA Clippers, and their recent success has been tainted by the insane
posturing of their leaders. ][ce and Cypher seem to be lashing out at
anyone and everyone. Success has either gone to thier heads, or caused
them to go completely insane. Razor could make a move, but except for
the aborted move of Genesis from OGN to RZR, nobody has made the jump
as of yet. The scene seems to be waiting to see what happens with Class.
New leadership almost always comes with change, and there are a plethora
of skilled crackers to be found there. I'm sure all the groups have
their eyes on them, but for now, Class seems stable enough.
That's all for this week, I'll see you on the sites.
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THE BLITZ REPORT FOR THE WEEK OF 06/22/99 - 06/28/99
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wow, this report will only be one day late! Seems more often than not
by the time my report reaches you guys, it's old news. Hopefully that
will change sooner rather than later. Last week we saw the two dominant
groups from early this year strike back after a couple of weeks of taking
a backseat to the upstarts. Class hasn't missed a beat with Prozac taking
a real hands on approach to running this group. I even saw him pre a few
releases on sites... now THAT is attention to detail.
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"Rumours of my demise have been greatly exagerated". I can't remember
what movie that is from, or even if it's an exact quote, but it pretty
well sums up the week CLS had. Only one game from these guys, but it was
a good one. Sega Rally is a really nice improvement over the original.
I like the way you can slide sideways like a real rally car (much
improved over the previous, which felt like a video game). No fix for
this one either... CLS added the complete package: cheat, addon, and
update, milking this game for all it was worth. Western Battle Front
I did not try. It's an addon, getting two points. I didn't hear any
complaints about this one. Actually I didn't hear much of all about
this release. The patch and trainer team kept busy as well. A nice
all-around week from the CLS boys, they take down top spot.
Points Release Title
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4.0 SEGA_RALLY_2-CLS (42F/113.5M/2d 23h)
2.0 Western_Front_Battle_Pack_1-CLS (45F/117.4M/4d 5h)
0.5 Heavy_Gear_2_All_Missions_CHEAT-CLS (1F/0.0M/8d 2h)
0.0 Breakneck_Speed_Trainer-CLS (1F/0.0M/7d 1h)
0.0 PeaceMaker_All_Missions_Cheat-CLS (2F/0.0M/7d 1h)
0.5 Breakneck_Track_Fix-CLS (1F/1.6M/5d 18h)
0.5 Imperialism_2_v1.03_Update_Cracked-CLS (1F/1.4M/5d 3h)
1.0 Western_Front_Battle_Pack_1_Addon-CLS (7F/16.9M/3d 16h)
1.0 SEGA_RALLY_2_ADDON-CLS (11F/29.2M/2d 21h)
0.5 SEGA_RALLY_2_CHEAT-CLS (1F/0.3M/2d 4h)
0.5 SEGA_RALLY_2_UPDATE-CLS (1F/3.0M/1d 22h)
0.0 Atari_Arcade_Hits_Volume_1-CLS *NUKED*
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10.5
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Not to be outdone (well, only outdone by a hair), Paradigm also
had a solid week. There was lots of whining about outcast only being
playable in low-res. Well, the game don't look too bad in low-res,
but we're going to deduct a point from this 3.0 title. I don't like
this new GFX mode ripping that is going around, but all the groups
seem to be doing it. This one was a lot more extreme than just ripping
D3D or 3DFX too. Black moon chronicles from new supplier ResureXi0n is
a pretty vanilla RTS. I don't know who this new supplier with the K-Rad
nick is either, someone fill me in. PDM really dropped the ball on the
Unreal addon too. Blah, two fixes, please. No point for you on this one.
A couple of updates, a trainer, add that up and it's good enough for
second place in a week where Razor and Origin faltered.
Points Release Title
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3.0 Outcast-PARADiGM (48F/136.5M/7d 1h)
-1.0 Outcast_High_Resolution_Addon-PARADiGM (5F/14.0M/6d 19h)
3.0 Black_Moon_Chronicles-PARADiGM (50F/142.8M/4d 17h)
1.0 Black_Moon_Chronicles_ADDON-PARADiGM
2.0 Unreal_Return_to_Na_Pali-PARADiGM (48F/134.8M/3d 21h)
1.0 Unreal_Return_to_Na_Pali_Music_Addon-PARADiGM (10F/28.0M/3d 21h)
-1.0 Unreal_Return_to_Na_Pali_Fix-PARADiGM *NUKED*
0.5 Gangsters_US_Update_4-PARADIGM (1F/1.6M/3d 12h)
0.5 Cricket_World_Cup_99_Update_v1.0-PARADiGM (7F/19.3M/2d 21h)
-1.0 Unreal_Return_to_Na_Pali_Full_Fix-PARADiGM (1F/1.3M/2d 2h)
0.0 Black_Moon_Chronicles_Plus4_Trainer-PARADiGM (1F/0.1M/2d 2h)
---
7.0
_ ______ ______ ____ _____ ____ _____
\// _ \ _ \_\__/ _ \_\__/_\_ \
/ / / / /. / / / / / /
\______/ \____|_/\___ /___/___/ /
--------|___|---------/____\------/____\-
Maybe ][ce and Cypher were too busy taking on the world in #scenerags
to pick up any games, but Origin didn't do much at all. All quiet from
this group, too bad I couldn't say the same for its leaders. A trainer
for a marginal game and the god-I-hope-its-the-last update for Warzone.
Points Release Title
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
0.0 PeaceMaker_PLUS_2_TRAINER-ORIGIN (1F/0.1M/8d 1h)
0.0 Warzone.2100.V.1.05.Final.Patch-ORIGIN (1F/1.3M/5d 9h)
_______ ______ ______________ _______
\ . \\_ \ \_ ___ /. \PoYZ . /
__\/ |\ \| \ \_:__|_/ / \ \_/ /| \/__
\_/ .|_) _)__|\ \ ____/: |\ \_ (_|. \_/
/ o|\ \|\____ \ \_| | |_) / /|o \
/____| \__ | \__\______| ___/__/ |____\
<*+=======|__|-RAZOR 1911-|__|===========+*>
Oops. Read back a few issues and you can quote me as saying that a
non-working dupe is about the worst thing you could do in the scene.
Well here's Razor with a non-working dupe of a bad game. A two point
loss is not offset by a nice little patch from Beowulf, and a sweet
trainer for Dungeon Keeper. Even with the minor patch for Asghan
thrown in the mix, Razor ends the week worse off than they started
it. Maybe there just weren't enough big games this week for Razor
to bother, who knows. Not a week to remember for my own group.
Points Release Title
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
0.5 Total.Annihilation.Kingdoms.v1.0BM.Update-RAZOR (3F/7.6M/7d 4h)
0.5 Asghan_Update_Patch-RAZOR (1F/1.5M/6d 3h)
-2.0 AFTER_DARK_ARCADE_GAMES-RAZOR *NUKED*
0.5 DUNGEON.KEEPER.2.COMPLETE.TRAiNER.PLUS.4-RAZOR (3F/0.2M/4d 8h)
---
-0.5
The game scene these days is far too hostile to be a fun place to
hang out. The constant whining from groups who lose on games gets
old after a while, and although all groups are guilty of it, it's
coming more from a certian group of individuals. How long I wonder
until these people learn to co-exist with their competitors, and
even give props for major releases? I can't remember the last time
Origin actually complimented another group on a release. It's a
sign of not being secure enough in their own right that they can't
recognize the good work of others.
In other news, TPC has folded their rip division and decided to
delve into the less-competitive realm of ISO releasing. A few months
ago this move might have paid off, but I don't see TPC being any
more competitive in that realm than in their former. The ISO groups
have gotten a lot faster on their store titles, although they still
seem to rely on the larger groups for their insider releasing.
Since it's hard to remember the last insider game that TPC landed,
I can only fear the worst for TPC. CIFE and FLT are owning the
ISO scene right now, and their store teams are just as fast as
any game group's.
That's the week in review. See you all next week for another look
at the game scene.
===========================================================================
=----------------------------------=--------------------------------------=
-----------[ Bud's Biased Utils Section ]-----------
A lot of shit that no one used came out this week. Bud will tell you the same next week in more detail!
=----------------------------------=-------------------------------------=
-----------[ Koka's Biased(duh!) Cracking report #1 ]-----------
Koka's Biased(duh!) Cracking Report #1
Here we go, I am gonna try to make the scene people pay a bit more
more attention into the cracking scene, so here comes my report. I will be
rating each group and it's releases, with a ranking of them all on the end
of the report, based on my rating and the points I gave,. I am only going
to report the top 10 cracking groups of the week, but if you (REALLY
REALLY) want your group to be reviewed, bug me on irc and I will think
about it :P
If you have any suggestions, msg me on irc. Thanks :)
Kudos to Sketch/THD for helping me out with my english. Thanx bro!
Week is based from 20/06 to 26/06.
* - Keygens are highly rewarded for the pointing system.
Groups:
ÕÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÄÄÄÄÄÄú
³ ÜßßßßßßÜßßßÜÜßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßÜ
³ Û ßßßßÜ Û ÛÛ ß ßßßÛ ßßßÛ ßßßÜ ßßßÜ ßßßÜ Û
³ Û ÛßßßÛÜ Û ßß Û Üßß Üßß ÛßßÛ ßßßÜ Û Û Û
³ Û ÛÛÜÜÜß ßÜÛÛ ÛÝÛÜÛÛ ÛÜÛÛ Û ÛÛ Û ÛÛ ÛÛÜß Û
³ ßÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜß
³ úúúúþþ d r e s s e d t o k i l l þþúúúú
ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÄÄÄÄÄÄú
úreleased: 00/00/00 Disk [xx/00]ú
ÔÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ3/4
[- BLIZZARD -]
.------------.
Releases:
TechScheduler.v2.60.Win9xNT.Incl.Keymaker [02]
FlashJester.Creator.v1.0.win9XNT.registered [01]
Infodex.Pro.v4.00.Cracked [04]
MHS.ANSI.Editor.v1.1.Build.A.German.Regged [01]
Autobahn.Raser.Update.v1.40.german.cracked [01]
Compute!.2.4.Regged [01]
HGS-Grand-Prix.v3.5.Win9xNT.german.regged [01]
HGS-Marken-Archiv.v3.5.Win9xNT.german.regged [01]
MusicTeacher.Win9xNT.german.keyfile [01]
Schnapsen.v1.3.Win9xNT.german.regged [01]
Weltzeit.v2.3.Win9xNT.german.cracked [01]
Imagenation.v5.13.Spider.Co.win9XNT.cracked [04]
Install-US.v.3.56.German.Win9xNT [01]
Inworld.PandaShop.v2.32.Regged [01]
Units.Of.Measure.v1.2.for.Win9xNT.inkl.keygen [01]
Hobby.Box.v3.0.German.Cracked [01]
Wemidoda.v1.54.German.Regged [01]
Winamp.Skin.Maker.v1.01.Regged [01]
WinRescue.98.v4.05.regged [01]
Abirnet.Sessionwall.v3.1.4.28.Cracked [10]
Crazy.Atoms.v3.1.Win9xNT.regged [01]
Crazy.Grab.v1.0.Win9xNT.regged [01]
Crazy.Gyro.v1.1.Win9xNT.regged [01]
Crazy.Rotary.v1.3.Win9xNT.regged [01]
Crazy.Sets.v1.2.Win9xNT.german.regged [01]
FME.Professional.Edition.v3.0.build.333 [05]
Magic.Notes.v2.6b.win9XNT.registered [01]
Multi.Desktop.v1.3.Cracked [01]
PromoWare.1.0.0.6.Multilanguage.Regged [01]
RoboForm.v1.2.Win9x.Cracked [01]
Silver.Dragon.Seer.v1.1.Regged [01]
DeBoard.v1.6.1.981.Regged [01]
ACDSee32.v2.41.German.Cracked [01]
Apps.Traka.v2.01.Regged [01]
Eric.Hris.v6.75.Cracked [10]
HGS-Sammeln.v3.8.Win9xNT.german.regged [01]
Internet.Intercom.v3.5.for.win9xNT.cracked [01]
JR.Ware.Documentor.v1.1.Cracked [02]
Serpik.Graphs.v1.2a.Cracked [01]
System.Mechanic.v3.0a.Regged [01]
Talk.To.Me.v2.4.Cracked [06]
Url.Organizer.v2.2.3.Cracked [01]
Winamp.Skin.Maker.v1.0.incl.Keygen [01]
Winamp.Skin.Maker.v1.0.Working.Serial.Only [01]
Wow, 41 releases total, though many of them being german ( Twelve!!),
which takes a few points from this group. 0 nukes, one fix and a build.
But still, a very good week overall.
Total:
37 Releases - Cracked/Regged
03 Releases - Included Keygen
01 Release - Serial Fix
Points: 8.5/10
._______/\__________/\_______/\___________.
/ _____\_ ___ \_____ \ _____/
/ \ \ _\ / / /__ __\___
\____________/__________\___\____ \________/
+-ds-----------+ C.O.R.E..9.9 +- \_/ -------+
[- CORE -]
.--------.
Releases:
SiteFTP.v1.15.Win9x.Keymaker.Only [01]
TechScheduler.v2.60.Win9xNT.Incl.Keymaker [02]
Power.Strip.v.2.51.Win9xNT.Keymaker.Only [01]
AVP.v3.0.Build.131.RC.FIXED.Win9xNT.Keymaker.Only [01]--NUKED
Flash.FXP.v1.2.Build.289.Win9xNT.Incl.Keymaker [01]--NUKED
JPadPro.v3.7.305.Win9xNT.incl.Keymaker [01]
AVP.v3.0.Build.131.RC.Win9xNT.Incl.Keymaker [01]--NUKED
FiLister.v2.0.GERMAN.Win9xNT.incl.Keymaker [01]
FiLister.v2.0.Win9xNT.incl.Keymaker [01]
Platypus.Animator.v4.1.Win9xNT.Keymaker.Only [01]
Apex.True.DBGrid.Pro.v6.0c.Win9xNT.Incl.Keymaker [03]
Gelit.Win32.v2.04.001.Win9xNT.Incl.Keymaker [02]
Internet.Designer.Pro.v1.9.3.German.Inc.Keymaker [03]
MDIExtender.ActiveX.v1.0.Win9xNT.Incl.Keymaker [01]
MeasureUp.Comptia.A.Plus.CORE.Windows.DOS.Cert.Regged [01]
SiteFTP.v1.1.Win9x.Keymaker.Only [01]
Time.Synchronization.v1.2.25.WinNT.Incl.Keymaker [01]
17 releases total, 3 nukes. 99,9% of them being keygen, which will bring
lots of points to this group.. Rocking the cracking scene as usual. The
group is well-established, and everything is going on fine. An average
of two releases everyday, with most of them being keygens.
Total:
11 Releases - Included Keygens
05 Releases - Keygens Only
01 Releases - Regged
Points: 08/10
|_____,---\_|___|^'\____ _/|________ _____|\___|\____ |
|\__ \___ _ || \____. ____|: __/, `\_ \Ex0 |
| || |______/'| |_ |/ ||____ \\ || _ || |99.|
| | | | | ,---\ | | | | | |_ |___|
| \______|____|// `\ ,----'`---.__/___|___|-._ /'_____/|
| :) Crystal file.id. \| Date [06/26/99] .. \/ Crystal|
[- CRYSTAL -]
.-----------.
Releases:
Address.Finder.v9.06.01 [02]
Header.Translator.v1.0.Keygen.Only [01]
Zmud.v5.54.WORKING.PATCH.ONLY [01]
ClipQuik.v2.1 [01]
Hurricane.Watch.99.v1.2.1 [01]
Medinsure.Magic.v3.5 [01]
ThumbNailer.v5.6.0.1 [01]
WordZap.v4.37 [01]
AY.Mail.v1.7 [01]
EQPro.v1.5 [01]
10 releases, 0 nukes. This Group seems to be busy, but didn't manage to do
more than one release per day in average, and only one keygen was done.
This is not a much from a group that's been well-established in the scene.
Total:
09 Releases - Cracked/Regged
01 Release - Keygen Only
Points: 06/10
ßÛÛÛÛÛ ²
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ÜÜÜÜÜ ÛÛÛÛÛ Ü²ÜÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß Ûß Ü²Ûßßßßß
ÜÛ²ÛÛß ßßÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÝ ßßß ßß ÜÜÜÜÜÛÛ
ÞÛ²ÛÛÝ Ü² ÛÛÛÛÛ ßßßßßßßßßÛÛÛÛÛ²ÜÜ ßÛÛÛÛ
ÛÛÛÛÛ ßßß ÛÛÛÛ ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛ ² ÞÛÛÛÛÛ²ÛÛ ÞÛÛÛ
sQzßßßßßßßßßßßß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ßßß
ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßÛÜÜÜÜ ßßßßßßßßß ÜÜÜÜÜÜÛßßßßß
ßßßßßßßßßßßßß
[- DSI -]
.-----------.
Releases:
Meeja.v.1.3.regged [01]
Randypap.v1.3 [01]
Bloch.reversi.3.0.3.incl.keymaker [01]
WeatherXpress.v.1.8.4.keymaker.only [01]
WinRescue.95.v.9.05.regged [01]
Le.franglophile.v2.1.0 [01]
My.math.sheets.v1.2.keygen.only [01]
07 releases, 0 nukes.. DSi still there, showing that their group is
still alive and keeping stuff going, but not much work coming from them
this week. Let's hope they can have a better result next week.
Totals:
04 - Regged/Cracked
01 - Included Keygen
02 - Keygens Only
Points: 06/10
______._____.___._( ).______._______.______.
/ __/ / / / __ / ___/_ __/
( __) ( (__ \ ____)____ ) __)
\ \ \ \ \ \ / \
\_____\_____\_____\___\_____\______/_______\
/srT8/ . ..E.C.L.i.P.S.E.. .
[- ECLIPSE -]
.-----------.
Releases:
COMplete.v2.6 [06]
CYBER-INFO.E-MAIL.NOTIFY.v4.0.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only [01]
CyD.GiF.Studio.v2.51.Win9xNT.Cracked [01]
Kyodai.Mahjongg.9.0.B3.Keygen.Only [01]
Lake.Clear.Animato.v1.0c.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [01]
Lake.Clear.Animato.v1.0c.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only.REPACK [01]
SiTEFTP.v1.15.Win9xNT.Regged [01]
Tickerpage.v2.00024.Win9xNT.REGGED [01]
Vocitrainer.v1.5.1e.Win9x.Incl.Keygen [01]
Alter.Jig.v3.5.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [01]
Bloch.Wallpaper.Changer.v1.4.Regged [01]
Famtree.v4.00i.Win9x.Incl.KeyFile [01]
FontFinder.32.v5.0.Win9xNT.Cracked [01]
PC.Spy.v2.0.Win9xNT.Cracked.REPACK [01]--NUKED
Perfect.Companion.v3.102.Incl.Keygen [01]
PKZIP.v2.70.Win9xNT.Cracked [01]
Magicpen.v1.0.Win9xNT.Cracked [01]
Media.Packer.v1.0.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only [01]
NeuroTalker.Ocr.v3.4044.Win9xNT.Regged [04]
WeatherXpress.v1.8.4.Win9xNT.Regged [04]
Y3K.SCrypt.2000.v1.0.1.7.Win9xNT.Cracked [01]
ECTool.v5.02.Win9xNT.Regged [01]
Multi.Namer.v2.1.Win9xNT.Regged [01]
The.Journal.v2.11.Win9xNT.KeyFile.Only [01]
Font.Impressions.v2.0.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [01]
Gift.Maid.v3.02.Win9xNT.Cracked [01]
Personite.v1.0.Win9xNT.Serial.Only [01]
SlideShow.v1.2.Win9xNT.Regged [01]
Vocabulizer.v1.1.Win9xNT.Serial.Fix [01]
01W.Sound.Editor.v6.0.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only [01]
DM168RC.Sound.Editor.v2.40.Keygen.Only [01]
FileName.Extractor.v2.00.Win9xNT.Regged [01]
INF.Tools.v5.0.Win9xNT.Cracked [01]
MWaveEdit.v2.30.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only [01]
NanoSynth.Sound.Editor.v3.5.0.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only [01]
PCB.Designer.v1.0.Win9xNT.Cracked [01]
QuadraSynth.Sound.Editor.v5.03.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only [01]
RRocket.v2.02.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [01]
38 releases, 1 nuke. Wow, I would say, almost a Perfect week! This
group is doing better and better every week. Since Blink merged into
them, they seem to be doing better everyday, with madly releasing. An
average of 5 releases per day, with 10 keygens on the whole week. A fix
and a nuke takes them out of getting 10/10 (heh)..:]
Total:
02 Releases - Repacks
10 Releases - Keygens Only
01 Release - Serial Fix
07 Releases - Included Keygen
18 Releases - Cracked/Regged
Points: 9.5/10
ÜÜÜÜÜÛßßßßßßßÛ ÜÜÜÜÜÛßßßßßßßÛ
ÜÜÛßßß ÜÜÜÜܲ²²ÛÛ ßßßÛÜÜÛßßß ÜÜÜÜܲ²²ÛÛ Û
Û ÜܲÛÛÛßß Ü²²ÛÛÝÞÛÛ ÛÛ ÜÜÛÛÛÛßß ²²ÛÛÝ Û
ÛÜ ²²ÛÛÝ° Þ²²ÛÛÛ ²ÛÝ ° ²²ÛÛ ° °Þ²²ÛÛ ÞÝ
ÞÝÞ²²ÛÛÜÜÜ ÜÜÛÛ ßßÛÛÝ° ²²ÛÛÝ Û
Û ²²ÛÛ ° Þ²²ÛÝ ²²ÛÛÛÝÞÛÛ °Þ²²ÛÛ ÞÝ
ÞÝÞ²ÛÛÝ ° ° ²²ÛÛ °°Þ²²ÛÛÛ ßÛÝ ²²ÛÛÝ Û
Û ²²ÛÛ Þ²ÛÛÝ ÜÜÛÛÛÛßß ÛÛ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÛ
ÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÛÛ ²²ÛÛÛßßßßß ÜÜÜÛÜÜÜÜÛ rb!
ÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛßßßßß
(00/00/00) F A L L E N ' 9 9
[- FALLEN -]
.-----------.
Releases:
RRocket.v2.02.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [01]
MapEdit.v2.59.Win9xNT.Regged [01]--NUKED
Internet.Audio.Mix.v1.2.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only [01]
AutoCorrect.Plus.v1.6a.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [01]
SSS.ConvertAble.v2.01.06.Regged [01]
WinHex.v8.5.Win9xNT.Incl.Keymaker [01]
SMS.Web.Engine.v1.6.Win9xNT.Regged [01]
MadTracker.v2.0.4.Win9xNT.incl.keymaker [01]
Woo, FLN is still alive! 08 releases, one nuke. A good week overall to
this group, which still around and doing a good work in the cracking
scene. Not as good as it could be, but still enough to grab some points.
Total:
02 Releases - Regged
04 Releases - Included Keygen
01 Release - Keygen Only
Points: 06/10
___ _ __________ ____________ ____ _____ ___
\__\\_\_______ \__ _ ______/___ \_ __//__/
;;;;;;; / \/ \\ ____/ / \\ mg/SAC
-)--- _/ / \_ \_/ -/ \_ --(-
;;;;; \____/_ _ _//_ /______ _ _// ;;;;
[00/00/00]/________/==\/====/________//[MFD]
=[X]==][= MANiFEST DESTiNY RELEASE =][==[X]=
[- MFD -]
.-----------.
Releases:
Network.Inventory.Manager.v2.32 [07]
PC.Inventory.Manager.v2.32 [05]
ChessBD.v2.6m [01]
Midisoft.Desktop.Sheet.Music.v2.05 [06]
Midisoft.Studio.v6.05 [07]
Pro-DG.For.PSX.v1.0.0.4 [04]
Sax.Basic.Engine.v5.2.6.Pro.Enterprise [06]
Teleport.Pro.v1.29.1025 [01]
Morgan.M-Jpeg.Codec.v1.0 [01]
The.Collective.v2.0.6 [03]
Centric.Solo.v.2b [05]
Impact.Fax.Server.v3.00.WinNT [01]
MedPro.v3.1a [04]
Visible.Advantage.v7.2.1.103 [04]
AceFTP.v1.23b [01]
Aelita.Virtuosity.v3.17 [06]
C2C.C.Compiler.v3.12e [01]
C2G.Code.Generator.v1.1 [01]
Help.Magician.Pro.v4.51.025 [05]
P2C.Pascal.Compiler.v1.12e [01]
Smart.Architect.v1.00 [17]
21 releases, 0 nukes. MFD still doing some utils's cracking, which leads it
to some bigger meggage not usual on cracking group's releases. A good week
overall, though Sensi (one of their leaders) retired from the scene after
that french incident, and that may hurt them in the future. We'll see..
Totals:
21 Releases - Cracked/Regged
Points: 7.5/10
-+-[.x.] Pirates Gone Crazy [.x.]-+-
Com.Socks.v2.64.Cracked-PGC
| (00.00.00) -/\- (xx/00) |
: _______/\___________________ :
. \___ \\ // // .
sL / - \ ___// |_____/_
. // \____/ | \\ | // .
: // \\ | \\ / :
| /_______\__________\ ____/abs |
: \/ :
-+-[.x.] Keep it kicking!!! [.x.]-+-
: :
[- PGC -]
.-----------.
Releases:
Auction.Watch.v2.1.2.Cracked [03]
Com.Socks.v2.64.Cracked [01]
Dameware.Active.Components.Pack.1.v1.017.Incl.KeyFile [01]
Dameware.Active.Components.Pack.2.v1.017.Incl.KeyFile [01]
Dameware.Active.Components.Pack.3.v1.017.Incl.KeyFile [01]
Dameware.Active.Components.Pack.5.v1.017.Incl.KeyFile [01]
Dameware.Shares.v1.4.1.6.Incl.Keyfile [01]
Hotline.Server.v1.5.5.Incl.Keygen [01]
Roll.Call.v2.20.Cracked [01]
DiscMaid.v2.92.Cracked [01]
Dameware.Dial.1.048.Incl.KeyFile [01]
11 releases, 0 nukes. Good sites, lots of members and lots of idlers. But
they still show some work around, with 11 releases this week, enough to
grab some points in here.
Totals:
04 Releases - Cracked/Regged
07 Releases - Included Keygen
Points: 07/10
Ú<A!B>ÄÄ ° ÄÄÄ Ü ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ° ÄÄÄÄÄ[00/00]¿
þßÛÛ²ßÛÛÛ²ßÛÛ²ßÛÛ²Ü Ü²Û² ß²ÛÛ²ßÛÛÛ²ß ³
³ ß° ÛÛÛ² Û° ÛÛÛß²Ü ÛÛÛ² ÛÛÛ² ÛÛÛ² ³
³ °ÛÛÛ² °ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ² °ÛÛÛ² ÛÛÛ² ³
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[- TNO -]
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Releases:
Media.Changer.Deluxe.v5.1.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only [01]
Teleport.Pro.v1.29.1025.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only [01]
AutoShutdown.v2.9a.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only [01]
FastStats.v2.6.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only [01]
Crazy.Atoms.v3.1.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only [01]
Crazy.Convert.v1.1.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only [01]
Crazy.Flood.v2.1.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [01]
Crazy.Grab.v1.0.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only [01]
Crazy.Gyro.v1.1.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only [01]
Crazy.King.v1.3.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [02]
Crazy.Nine.v2.1.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only [01]
Crazy.Parcels.v2.1.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [02]
Crazy.Patterns.v2.1.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [02]
Crazy.Rotary.v1.3.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only [01]
Crazy.Slid.v1.0.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only [01]
Crazy.Strada.v2.0.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only [01]
DASYLab.v5.01.10.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [06]--NUKED
AceFTP.v1.23b.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only [01]
AutoFTP.Pro.v2.0.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [01]
DeBoard.v1.6.1.981.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only [01]
Icon.Collector.Graphics.Editor.v3.00.09A.Incl.Keygen [01]
Magic.Notes.v2.6b.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only [01]
Perl2Exe.for.ActivePerl.v3.09-AP5xx.Incl.Keygen [01]
QACP.v1.2.4.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen [01]
Tomasello.WinCron.v1.1.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only [01]
Goodsol.Solitaire.Plus.v1.03.Keygen.Only [01]
26 releases, one nuke. Oh no, they were quite good this week! But what
the fuck are all those "Crazy" releases? :P Bad news is that This group
recently lost their site FMUD, which went dead due to a narc. But they
still were one of the best groups on this past week. :]
Totals:
17 Releases - Keygens Only
09 Releases - Included Keygen
Points: 9.5/10
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[- UCF -]
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Releases:
Clarion.5.Web.Edition.Working.Serial.for.LND.rls01]
InterPICS.v1.62.Regged [01]
Lotus.Screen.Cam.97.Keymaker.Only [01]
ZUMBACH.DDE.Server.v1.6.Dongle.Cracked [01]
4 releases, 0 nuke. Not many as in quantity, but they still doing some
quality job in here. A working serial for a LND release, a dongle crack,
a keygen and a regged release. Overall, Good because of the quality, but
bad for not having much of those.
Totals:
02 - Serials/Regged
01 - Keygen Only
01 - Dongle
Points: 04/10
[- WEEKLY RANKING -]
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1. ECLIPSE 9.5
2. TNO 9.5
3. BLIZZARD 8.5
4. CORE 8.0
5. MFD 7.5
6. PGC 7.0
7. FALLEN 6.0
8. DSI 6.0
9. CRYSTAL 6.0
10. UCF 4.0
This week goes to Eclipse. Both Eclipse and TNO were very close to each
other, but even having the same points, Eclipse wins the week by having
more releases overall. Congrats to both Eclipse and TNO.
A very good week overall for the cracking scene as in releasing.. Let's
hope next week will be good as this one. :]
-/- Koka
=---------[ 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..
Wild Wild West
Starring: BIG WILLIE STYLE, Salma Hayek, Kevin Kline and Kenneth Branagh.
Rating: 3 Stars /4
Well Big Will is back again on his patented 4th of July big show. This is
another remake of some old tv show that I never saw, but apparently the
guy wasn't black back then. So a few things have changed. What hasn't
changed is the basic same style of a Will Smith film, you've seen the
other films so you know what to expect. Salma Hayek looks way hot and
there's some cool effects and then just the general comedy and action
that comes with a Will Smith film, you either like him or you don't.
Enjoy the show.
=----------------------------------=-------------------------------------=
=---------[ VCD Group and Movie Reviews ]----------=
VCD Group and Movie Review
We would like to begin by explaining some of the common terms used in VCD
releasing. These formats are:
CAM - A cam is usually a handheld camera snuck into a full theatre. The base
is shaky, the audio is poor, you can hear people laughing and talking. A cam
is distinguishable by usually having a combination of all three or more of
these flaws. Most sites nuke cams for their general poor quality.
Workprint - An early release of a movie. These are usually stolen or leaked
copies of movies that have made their way onto VCD from VHS or a variety of
other sources. These will usually contain running time codes as well as other
identifying marks used in movie production. The quality on these can vary
from bad to very good depending on the quality of the source material used to
encode the VCD. Note: This category is also used for very bad screeners or
copies of movies that just didn't fit into any of the other categories due to
defects or problems with the quality of the VCD's audio/video image.
Telesync - Basically a very good Cam. A steady base such as a tripod is used,
the theatre is empty or very close to empty, and the audio and video are up
to par. Although, you can usually detect some flaw with a TS. You may see a
random head pop up, the screen edges are noticable, or the audio isn't always
crystal clear. While not perfect, the quality in general of a telesync ranges
from good to very good and is usually the first type of VCD made of a new
movie.
Screeners - These are the top quality VCDs. They can be in either widescreen
(letterbox) or in full-screen (pan and scan) with excellent audio and video.
These are made from video distributors demo tapes, reviewers copies, insider
copies of the film or from any number of sources. Most screeners will contain
"1-800-NO-COPIES" or "Property of.." messages somewhere in the film, but it's
not a requirement to fit into the screener category. These most closely
resemble a VHS or LaserDisc copy of the movie. They're easily identifiable by
their top quality.
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Ryche's Scene Rant Volume 1
There will not be a VCD report this week. Why? Well, I've had some thoughts
and wanted to share them with you this week. You may find this interesting,
you may not. If you don't, Fuck you.
Let me preface this by saying this: I am as loyal to the scene as they
come as are most of my friends and associates. I do this for fun, for
the cutthroat competition, and for the free stuff. Pretty much the same
reason all the true people do it. While I do this, my close friends and
I laugh, we argue, and we have fun. Nothing more, nothing less. With that
said, let me also add that these are my opinions, and my opinions alone.
I am as much to blame for the current state of the scene as anyone. Some
would say more, some would say less, and some would say I'm the root of
all that is evil and should be burned at the stake.
The entire scene is in trouble, and no one is safe. Warez, MP3, ISO,
and lately especially VCD has been in the media over and over again.
Some would point at VCD's and say it's all because of Star Wars. You
can put the blame wherever you want, but it's everyone's fault.
Including mine. Movies would have eventually been pirated. Everything
is pirated. It just so happened the VCD scene was coming into its own
as one of the most popular scenes at the same time as the most hyped
movie ever was. If its media, whether is music, software, movies or
even books for that matter it's pirated. There are more people on the
internet, and the pipes are getting bigger. We are now at the center
of attention for technology, and if you ask anyone who makes money from
it, we are a menace. Now anyone involved with the scene internally knows
this is not true, but it is how we are seen and probably always will be.
MP3 is slowly being accepted into mainstream. Instead of trying to
stop it, they want to know how to make money off of it. They are afraid
of VCD's. They know the infrastructure isn't there to make money off of
internet broadcast movies. Streaming video sucks and it always will
until we all have megabit connections at home. Even then, it could be
sketchy.
As a scene, we have been far too open with what we do for far too long.
Once again, I blame myself as much as anyone. I think back to when I
first got into warez. See if this sounds familiar. There were no places
that told me everything I needed to know. I had to learn. I had to FIND
out what IRC was. I had to listen for months. I had to meet people, make
friends (some of who are still my friends today), and it took me a long
time. I still don't know it all. I never will. But it is much, much easier
if your starting out today.
If you read any of the scene pages, you can find out about anything you
need to know. The larger groups have open channels. Questions are answered
freely about groups and group leadership. We brag too fucking much. Our
message boards aren't private. We talk to people openly about what we do.
We are all targets for arrest, and yet we say anything and everything
publicly. We are criminals in the eyes of the law. No more, no less.
I know Im not the only one who feels this way, as I'm sure most of you
reading this who are really true to the game probably feel the same way.
I've talked with many of you about it. Many of you have talked to me
about it. I'm not preaching. I don't give a fuck normally. As I sit here
and read the LA Weekly online and see my groups name pasted all through
the article, as well as hear reports of people from the scene doing
interviews with the New York Times and major wire services, it becomes
crystal clear. We are idiots. All of us. If you are in a major group, or
even in a minor group that releases. THEY know who you are. I'm not
paranoid, I don't smoke crack, but they're coming to get us. You can just
feel it. In the past two months, we have been the subject of over 10 news
articles, one of them on CNN and in the Associated Press, and at least 2
Television reports. If there is a public outcry, and the authorities
consider a news report a public outcry, they will take action. There is
too much money involved. This is piracy, and they know they can't stop
IT. But they can stop US.
What can we do? We can do what is best for the scene. Public message
boards, and the warez papparazi must go. Im sorry, I love some of those
pages as much as the next person and many of the webmasters are my
friends, but it is THE most public part of our scene. Anyone can read
them, you don't need to know the channel, the key, the ip, or the password.
All you need is to follow a link on CNN.com or follow a link through
one of the articles that listed the url of our scene pages. I don't
want to single out any one page, it's not fair, but you know what I'm
talking about. Get off of Efnet. Ask anyone where all the groups are..
they're on Efnet. Public channels are not for private groups.
100 people in a channel, I know 10 of them, 4 or 5 more are talking.
Who are the other 85 people and what are they doing here? A NFO should
not have anything more than info about the release. No one needs to
know who supplied it, or who is in your group, or what your sites
are called. Know everyone on your sites. Use whatever tricks you can
to hide your IP. No site on the planet needs 200 users. If Im not on
your site, I shouldn't even know about it now should I?
I realize all of this is extreme, and it will probably never happen.
Nothing may change. But if I don't say it, maybe no one will.
Everyone at the top thinks it. I know. We've talked about it since
#thematrix had over 500 people begging for the VCD. It's too big,
and we're too open about what we do. If it doesn't change, I hope
my friends and I are in the same prison. We
have alot of fun when we're around each other.
- Ryche -
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-----------[The Scene News]-----------
All the news thats fit to print...
and then some...
-Pleased to meet you..... hope you guessed my name....
-Some sites you can check out:
ppgr.webjump.com : Prozac's page!!!! a lot of good gear... many of today's
popular reports, and an NWR archive that is practically
0 second.. ;)
www.xxxparadiso.com : uhh.... heh...heh... uhh... heh... free porn... mgd and
tc run the site.... heh... free porn... i like to look
at naked girls.. they have nice boobies.
-group moves: NWR will no longer be covering the scene moves and group changes. It's
not as if you don't hear about it if you really need to know.
-sky masterson
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--------[Stories from the Watercooler]----------
Ahh yes, rumors. We all love them, even though we love to say how much we
hate them when they are about us- and these are some of the better ones
circulating around this week. Email us or find us on irc if you have a
good rumor you'd like entered, (your name will not be included), and we
do not add rumors like "Tdpriest is having anal sex with Fusion" because
we know that Fusion is only having sex with Xtremist and therefore there
is no hard evidence of that rumor. So, if you have real rumors, let us
know. Let's begin!
-Rumor has it that a lot of people are going down in the new Cyberstrike that
will be coming round anytime now.
=-------------------------------------=--------------------------------------=
Well friends.. Thats about it. If you've read this far, we sincerely 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, acidapple,
and all the rest of you that we love...
Find us on IRC in #nwr, (channel commands: !nwr, !nwr 23 or whatever issue
you want. www.netmonkey.org
Support NWR and email your weektops to:
nwr@netmonkey.org
Thank you!
take care..
peace.
-ndetroit + lester.
NWR 7/1/99
