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Netmonkey Weekly Report Issue 57
Netmonkey Weekly Report
Issue LVII
September 14th, 1999
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Well, well, well. NWR is here again. Hey it's even fucking on time. All this without
the help of our wonderful co-editor, Ndetroit. I think a story of his disappearance may
be in order if he does show up soon. Ryche is away on business this week so it's just little
old me getting this ready. The issue is pretty stock with the usual items,
no stats this week and no vcd review obviously since Ryche is gone. If you want
to take over doing the stats for us, contact me or email us at nwr@netmonkey.org since
Tech is never around for us anymore!@# Blitz is also back, you can check out his report
in the usual spot, we'd like to thank Ttol for filling in and you can check out his report
included in the zip. In talking to some people this week, I noticed there are a shitload
of stat mags out there, and I ask myself, what the fuck for? They are all virtually the same,
only run by each different courier group to make their group just a LITTLE bit better.
Guys we really don't need all this <g>. We also have a new pic this week, sent to us by our
photographer Tdpriest, who caught 2 of Mrpumpkin's girlfriends fighting over him. Check it out.
Lester the MofuckinLester
-----------[ 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) The Blitz Report (Games)
b) Bud's Biased Utils Report
c) Lesters Moview Reviews
d) VCD Group and Movie Reviews
VI.) Scene News - All the news thats fit to print
VII.) Rumors!
VIII.) Closing
---------------------[ Quotes of the Week! ]---------------------
<_cedric> NO
<_cedric> I AM NOT INTO PRON
<nicki-> WTF
<_cedric> PRON SUXXX
<nicki-> HOW CAN U LIGHT UR PENIS ON FIRE
<nicki-> AND NOT BE INTO PORN
<nicki-> ?$#@
<_cedric> CAUSE I ONLY LIKE CHICKENS
<Lester> hrm should i release NWR now as is or should i try to make it good?:)
[19:34] <nicki-> NOW
[19:34] <nicki-> NOW
[19:34] <[STiX]> i dont remember NWR ever being good
[19:34] <nicki-> NOW$#@%^$
[19:34] <[STiX]> so just release it :D
[19:34] <BioHzard> hehe
[19:34] <nicki-> NWR FUCKING OWNS
[19:34] <nicki-> IT IS MY BIBLE
[19:34] <nicki-> ASK LESTER
[19:34] <nicki-> I ALMOST GAVE HIM MY GF IN EXCHANGE
[19:34] <nicki-> FOR NWR 46
[19:34] <nicki-> CAUSE THAT NIGRUX SAID IT WAS MY FAULT IT WAS DELAYED
[19:36] <nicki-> that was evil man
[19:36] <nicki-> when all those niggers
[19:36] <nicki-> were msging me saying
[19:36] <nicki-> 'YO Y DID U DELAY NWR MON?'
[19:36] <nicki-> i was like 'I WILL DELAY IT FOR 3 MONTHS IF YOU DONT FUCK OFF'
-----------[ ndetroit's sites and stats section ]-----------
Obviously since the gimp is MIA, there is no section from him!
=--------------------------------------------------------------------------=
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:
x3 XX -*- X -*- X -*- X
x2 X -*- X -*- X -*- X
---=NETMONKEY COURiER REPORT=---
No stats, check one of the other 800 mags.
-----------[ Lester's Biased Courier Section ]-----------
Hello fellows, here 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 : AMN recruited nail last week, who did a good work on many
sites, but he had no one to help him :/
Overall: Better than last week (i told you!)
Rating : 3/10
ANGELS ON DRUGS : AOD slowed down a bit this week, but still managed to get
consequent number of traders showing up, with sins, darkwolf
faith, moonsabre, gollie and fatshow weektopping here and there.
Overall: Good job, but can do better.
Rating : 8/10
DSC : I only saw prozax weektopping ?S, otherwise, nothing
Overall: More active traders wouldnt hurt.
Rating : 2/10
DEVOTiON : DEV has been pretty much idle this week, Jaydee didnt pre as
much as he used to do, helped by officedog, garoto pre'd PWA
on ?TH to get #1 on saturday, and that's about it, as godbless
took a break.
Overall: We could expect much better from DEV.
Rating : 6/10
EQUALiTY : Nothing to say here, everyone's idle.
Overall: ...
Rating : 0/10
ESPRiT : See EQL review.
Overall: ...
Rating : 0/10
iNSANiTY : I added INS this week, cause of dennison who upped a fair
amount of megs on the few good sites he's on.
Overall: Lack of activity...
Rating : 2/10
RiSC : Flavor... He did an AWESOME week, making top3 on all damn
exisiting sites, but PsedO was idle, so he had no one to help
him & RiSC in grouptops.
Overall: Flavor is lonely...
Rating : 5/10
TFA : Dirtman, who made his comeback this week, along Slick who
weektopped most sites, brought TFA in the top3 groups of
the week.
Overall: Good job!
Rating : 7/10
ViCE : Not a big domination, but ViCE took the first spot this with
its efficient trading team: mrp, nailz, citizen & redman.
Nothing awesome, but still an excellent work this week.
Overall: Very good work, congrats.
Rating : 9/10
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-----------[ Articles ]-----------
=----------------------------------=--------------------------------------=
-----------[ The Blitz Report ]-----------
===============================================================================================
THE BLITZ REPORT FOR THE WEEK OF 09/05/99 - 09/12/99
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NWR is back baby and so is your favorite columnist, yours truly. Lucky for everyone
my Ultima Online shard is down so I actually have time to give a shit about the game scene
this week. Just kidding folks, I've kept up with the news. Last week we saw a good...
effort on the part of ttol to fill this space, and my sincere thanks to him and Ryche for
releasing without me (you cocksuckers). Little excerpt about my feelings on sharing this
space with the likes of my old friend The Tree of Life:
<ttol> so wha am i suppose to do with this 3/4 finished gaming report
<ttol> for nwr 57
<Blitz> stick it in yer ass?
Suffice to say I wasn't pleased to see my column taken over without talking to
me =P. Anyhow, enough of the bullshit on with the meat of the order. Where's Origin?
Patches 1911? Paradead? Read on for the whole story.
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Hrm nice week for Class. Ok starting at the top. Class release a game that they just
loved to scream lame about when I did a patch for 1.0. I did an (Origin) standalone patch
for 1.0 to 1.1 since the game is only 4mb anyway. Well CLS rightly pointed out that this
is a good game and people ask for it but they should shut up when other groups release good
games that might be small or otherwise not Quake 3. Okay Soul Reaver. As I said above,
Class won the rip race on this one, but the points go to PDM. I think the reasons are
pretty clear above. The PDM is made up of beta speech + "CLS exe" + parts of the
final. Well CLS exe is not gonna win an argument from me because it's been long established
that once a game gets released as an ISO, the crack is fair game. Total Annihilation comes to
mind here. Sorry CLS, I'm not picking on you guys I swear. Kinda sucks running a site with
two members from CLS as staff because they get to convince you that dung like
Star Trek The Game Show is a 3.0 game, but after playing it... *sigh* I guess it's not so
bad after all. I just feel like I'm giving in to SJ and Devestator's geekdom by even rating
this game. Three stars and to hang on SJ's parent's basement wall. The big prize for
CLS this week was Railroad Tycoon, and yup this game still rocks and there's a lot of
people who just can't get enough of it. I'm past the stage where I find this game
entertaining (I played the first version for a few months in oh... 1991?), but this kind
of classic strategy game always deserves an overhaul. A good rip here from CLS for a change
and the meat of their 9.5 week.
Points Release Title
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2.0 Front_Office_Football_v2.0-CLS (4.0M)
0.0 SOUL_REAVER-CLS *NUKED*
0.5 Prince.Of.Persia.3D.Trainer-CLS (0.0M)
0.0 Space.Bastards.Cheat.Enabler-CLS (0.0M)
3.0 Star_Trek_The_Game_Show-CLS (29.8M/1d 21h)
4.0 RailRoad_Tycoon_II_Gold_Edition-CLS (97.8M)
0.5 RailRoad_Tycoon_II_Gold_Edition_Cheat_Codes-CLS (0.0M)
---
9.5
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Looks like enough members of Paradigm managed to rat out on enough people to get the
group going again. Who is left? You won't hear it here, but PDM shows their depth by
continuing to release quality stuff even after assholes like Leno and Drizzt
(I thought you were cool Driz) turn states on their "friends". What do we have here.
Well Prince of Persia 3D is the best game this week I would say. It's a far cry from
the platform classic we all loved (except maybe you kids who grew up with 3DFX instead of
waiting for long-delayed Atari 2600 like me), but a seriously fun looking game.
From what I hear the game crashes after the third level, and CLS was very happy to provide
a savegame that proved their case (and coincidentily won them the week). Soul Reaver is
the question of the week isn't it? Well after some thought and compelling arguments
from CLASS, it goes to PDM. Reasons? Well, the PDM version is just better.
Since this report tries to inject a little quality assesment into it's inevitibly
quantity-driven ratings, we're going to ignore the beta speech files on this one.
The game is better, and nobody outside the small circle of the rip elite give a
shit that CLS put it out first or the exe has FLT fingerprinting or any of that crap.
All the end user (hey that's me too) cares about is the best rip and here it is.
Three points. As stated before, a pool game is gonna need something special to
rank above a two. Looking at the points I guess a music addon is pretty special
because add it up and there's a three. Points ain't perfect, remember that. =\
Blitz considers making his trainer-must-be-for-4.0-or-better rule apply for game
addons as well. Consider it done starting next week.
Points Release Title
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
0.5 Need_For_Speed_High_Stakes_v1.17_Update-PARADiGM (0.9M)
4.0 Prince_Of_Persia_3D-PARADiGM (122.4M)
-2.0 Prince of Persia needs fix
2.0 3D_Ultra_Cool_Pool-PARADiGM (103.7M)
1.0 3D_Ultra_Cool_Pool_Music_Addon-PARADiGM (44.7M)
3.0 Soul_Reaver_PERFECT_RIP-PARADiGM (142.2M)
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8.5
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Typical. Origin don't release shit while I'm away, but as soon as the report
comes back I gotta say nice shit about these guys. Well I don't have to be too
nice because Space Bastards is budget (ten bucks webware), and Settlers 3
is just an addon. It's well ripped as usual though and they did manage to
jam the original and the last addon in there so that's pretty sweet. I
just don't see what the attraction to this game is though really.
The graphics are poor and if you want a TBS there are better ones, but an
average rating for the game.
Points Release Title
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1.0 Space.Bastards.Directors.Cut-ORIGIN (111.1M)
3.0 Settlers.3.Quest.of.the.Amazon-ORiGiN (131.7M)
---
4.0
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I think DVN has an extreme insider, because like either every other group
passes this shit or they have it LOCKED! Three guesses as to which one is the
attempt at humour. They all get ones, although DVN does do a service putting
out the games that the other groups feel they are above doing, so yes they do
fill a needed role in the game scene. And heck, every once in a while there will
be a Superbikes for these guys... but not this week.
Points Release Title
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1.0 Arcade.Legends.3D-DVN (22.2M)
1.0 Carnival_Games-DVN (20.9M)
1.0 Extreme_Rock_Climbing-DVN (50.9M)
---
3.0
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<*+=======|__|-RAZOR 1911-|__|===========+*>
Okay well jack fuck from Razor this week except a patch which is basicly a
map for DK2, which was a pretty good game. So hell half a point. What we missed
while I was not printing this report was my group stomping everyone with the release
y'all gonna remember in Tiberian Sun. Typical Razor, you guys fight over Star Trek
Trivia, we'll save our money for the good games =).
Points Release Title
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
0.5 Dungeon.Keeper.2.Bonus.Pack.3-RAZOR (0.0M)
Well well. The more shit changes the more it stays the same. What do we have?
PDM and CLS duking it out for first place. Origin not quite over the hump but
landing all the UK titles that A&D don't decide are huge, plus the odd USA courtesy
of their ISO friends. DVN releases the crap titles. And Razor waits for the next
blockbuster. WTF?!?! Where is the massive change we expected after the busts?
Well here's the scoop folks. PDM/CLS are made up of the die-hard win at all costs
guys who bleed the game scene and go balls to the wall for every game. Origin is
still the Rick and Dan show with a huge army of maybe's and wannabe's who deliver
the odd title. DVN is DVN, and Razor is the old semi retired guys who can't be
bothered unless it's for the big one. That's the game scene in black and white and you
know? I kinda like it. One last note. The Blitz report monthly is ready and in
a fucking SWEET coded format (MrNop is your god). We're working on interviews
and articles for the October 1 debut. See you all next week... unless I'm sharing
the game report with ttol this week, in which case it's...
HASTA LA VISTA MOTHERFUCKER and thanks for all the fish.
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-----------[ Bud's Biased Utils Section ]-----------
Bud's Biased Utils Report #33
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Bless the cable company... without them I wouldn't be able to sit home for
two straight days waiting for my cable modem to arrive... did I mention I'm
installing the f@$!ing thing myself, so they barely have to do anything in
the first place? I did manage to scam some free cable TV out of them though...
A bit of a slow week throughout the scene release wise... a few good apps,
a few good games, and a lot of people sitting around staring blankly at
their monitors bored out of their skulls.
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 09/07/99 to 09/13/99. 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:
Lotus.Domino.Designer.And.Admin.5.0.1a-PWA
Lotus.Domino.Extended.Search.v2.0-PWA
Lotus.Domino.Instant.Host.v1.2-PWA
Lotus.Domino.v5.0.1a-PWA
Lotus.Notes.v.5.0.1a-PWA
Lotus.Quickplace.v1.0.1-PWA
Lotus.SameTime.Client.Server.v1.5-PWA
Means.Cost.Works.99-PWA
CsiEDA.Pro.Complete.Suite.v3.52-PWA
ENLIGHTMENT.V1.20.FOR.NEWTEK.AURA-PWA
EW.View.v3.08-PWA
Franklin.Planner.for.Microsoft.Outlook-PWA
P-LAB.3D.V1.00.FOR.NEWTEK.AURA-PWA
SHOWALPHA.V1.83.FOR.NEWTEK.AURA-PWA
Mastercam.v7.2b.to.v7.2c.Upgrade.Only-PWA
PWA got so busy with Lotus titles they lost on an Intergraph app!
(See PFT). They did own the Lotus stuff, no suprise, also grabbed
several tools for Aura and the latest Mastercam update... basically
a bunch of titles PWA wouldn't have seen 3 months ago.
Total: 8/10
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° ß ÜÛÛÛÛÛ² ÜÜÛÛÛÜ ÜßßÛÛÛÛÝ ÜÛÛÛÛÛÜ ß
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THE CORPORATION:
Releases:
StudioTyme.Professional.V1.0-CORP
TALLY.SYSTEMS.CENTAMETER.V.2.91-CORP
FabriCAD.3.0-CORP
FabriCAD3.0.Missing.Crack.Fix-CORP
A slow week for Corp... the FabriCAD 3 fix came fast enough so I won't
dock them any point for it. Still pretty dull here though.
Total: 4/10
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Û±Û Û²Û ² Û²Û ° Û²Û Û°Û ÛÛ ° Û²Û Û±Û ÛÛ Û²
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ÄÄÄ ÛÛß ° ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ² ÄÄÄÄÄ sikos Ä
X-FORCE:
Releases:
DEEP_PAINT_3D_V1.0_PLUGINS_CRACK-XFORCE
POINTLINE_CAD_PRO_V15.5-XFORCE
RIGHT_HEMISPHERE_DEEP_PAINT_3D_V1.0-XFORCE
SOFTIMAGE_3D_V3.8_SP2-XFORCE
STOREFRONT_2000_FOR_FRONTPAGE_2000-XFORCE
XF grabs PointLine CAD Pro, and a decent looking addition to
FrontPage 2K. The SoftImage 3D release required a fixed license,
released by Harvest, so half the points I gave to it go to them.
Total: 6/10
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SHOCK:
Releases:
HotFax.Message.Center.v4.0-SHOCK
TFTP.Server.2000-SHOCK
Informix.Dynamic.Server.Workgroup.Edition.v7.30.TC9-SHOCK
Apparently Corp wasn't the only group having a very slow week. The usually
busy Shock hits a lull, most notable title here is Smith Micro's HotFax
Message Center 4.
Total: 4/10
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PENTIUM FORCE TEAM:
Releases:
BaanPricer.99.2-PFT
Eicon.Aviva.For.Java.2.0.Win9xNT2K.Linux-PFT
Intergraph.Aim.Redline.and.Aim.View.v2.04.02-PFT
VERITAS.Replication.Exec.1.5.1-PFT
VERITAS.Common.Reporting.for.WinLAND.4.5.and.WinSMART.3.5-PFT
VERITAS.WinLAND.4.5-PFT
VERITAS.WinSMART.3.5-PFT
Calibration.Executive.2.0-PFT
Xsteel.5.4.CRACK.FIX-PFT
Owning Veritas as usual, PFT also steals an Intergraph release away
from PWA, and adds yet another Baan title to their resume. Also
Eicon Aviva for Java... umm since Java runs on virtually any platform,
there's no much point adding Win9xNT2K.Linux to that directory name
guys...
Total: 7/10
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LEGENDS NEVER DIE:
Releases:
DELCAM.ARTCAM.PRO.V4.0-LND
One nice release from the recently silent LND. ArtCAM Pro
allows users to create 3D renderings from 2D bitmaps and
so forth... a pretty decent package, marketed at a wide
range of potential users... if you're pissed at LND's lack
of a discription in the NFO check out www.delcam.com for
more info.
Total: 4/10
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= THE PINNACLES OF RELEASING (C) PNC 95-99 =
PINNACLE:
Releases:
CyberLink.MediaShow.v1.0-PNC
DataPro.InfinityPower.Accounting.v4.6-PNC
Ladybug2000.Player-PNC
Mercury.Mobile.v1.01-PNC
Amigo.2000.v1.0-PNC
Clicknet.Professional.v5.0-PNC
Clicknet.Professional.v5.0.Remote.Control.Component.Addon-PNC
Clicknet.Professional.v5.0.Software.Distribution.Component.Addon-PNC
Livepage.Enterprise.v2.0-PNC
Onmark2000.Workbench.for.Unix.Shell.Scripts.v2.1-PNC
Onmark.2000.Workbench.for.C.and.Cpp.v2.1-PNC
Onmark.2000.Workbench.for.Powerbuilder.v2.1-PNC
Onmark.2000.Workbench.for.Visual.Basic.v2.1-PNC
Busy week for Pinnacle, their best in a while. Highlights include
Clicknet Pro 5 (plus addons) and a nice little package that's been around
for some time, LadyBug.
Total: 7/10
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DRINK OR DIE:
Releases:
CORBAplus_ActiveX_Bridge_v.2.3.2_Win9xNT4-DOD
CORBAplus_For_Cplusplus_v.2.3.2_Win9xNT4-DOD
Cratermatic.v3.1.Keymaker-DOD
Norton_Ghost_v6.0_FINAL_Win9xNT-DOD
SiriusTeam_Surveyor_Manager_v_1.1.1_Win9xNT4-DOD
AbirNet_SessionWall_3_v1.4.1.4_Win9xNT_WORKING_CRACK-DOD
Cincom_Object_Studio_V6.2_TEAM_Edition-DOD
A bit more in the way of variety from DOD this time around.
Yes there's another Symantec app, but also some development apps
(CORBAplus, an ORB for class distributed object applications),
even a keymaker in there. While most of this stuff follows the old
"If you don't know what it is you don't need it" rule, it's nice to
see DOD branching out a bit more.
Total: 6/10
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REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS
>> RELEASING WITHOUT PERMISSION <<
REBELS:
Releases:
ArcLogistics.Route.v1.1-RBS
Not much sign of activity from RBS this week...
Total: 2/10
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SCUM:
Releases:
MODELSIM.v5.3.Elite.Edition-SCuM
Metris.Base.v4.11-SCuM
Inscriber.CG.Supreme.v3.51.WinNT.NFOFIX-SCuM
Inscriber.CG.Xtreme.v3.5.WinNT.NFOFIX-SCuM
Inscriber.CG.Supreme.v3.51.WinNT-SCuM
Inscriber.CG.Xtreme.v3.5.WinNT-SCuM
Solid.View.IGES.v3.33-SCuM
Solid.View.RPMaster.v3.33-SCuM
Solid.View.v3.33-SCuM
Excellent week for Scum, where they again get the latest
versions of the Solid View hiearchy, as well as the Inscriber
series. Good work will ModelSim as well. Scum, with PWA, continues
to be the only real challenge to LND's CAD/CAM dominance.
Total: 7/10
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FATIGUED COURIERS NETWORK:
Releases:
SEAGATE_CRYSTAL_REPORTS_PRO_v7.01_ADDON-FCN
ACCOUNTING_FOR_DELPHI_SEP_99-FCN
ACE_REPORTER_v1.22_FOR_DELPHI_N_C-FCN
ASTA_v1.94_FOR_DELPHI_5-FCN
CodeBase_Components_II_v2.54-FCN
HUMMING_BIRD_EXCEED_v6.1.1_FOR_WINNT-FCN
NGL_PieChart_2.0_ActiveX-FCN
NGL_Text_v2.0_ActiveX-FCN
Pegasus_Video_Codec_v2.0-FCN
RAIZE_v2.1_FOR_DELPHI_5-FCN
Seagate_Crystal_Reports_Pro_v7.01-FCN
Code_Site_v1.12_Updated_For_Delphi5-FCN
INFO_POWER_2000_PRO_FOR_DELPHI_5-FCN
GM_Components_v3.21_Inc_Source_Code-FCN
ReportPrinter_Pro_v3.0G_For_Delphi-FCN
Continuing with the Delphi 5 components as predicted, FCN
also grabs the latest release of SeaGate's Crystal Reports Pro,
and also released a vague addon pack that found itself nuked on
many sites. Still a nice release, and one of the few products
Seagate is still developing internally after selling off
several of their traditional products.
Total: 7/10
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RADIUM:
Releases:
Reaktor.v2.04-Radium
Reaktor.v2.04.addon.pack-Radium
Radium grabs Reaktor and nothing else, but it is a nice synthesis/sampling
package from Native Instruments, and I'll have more on it next issue.
Total: 3/10
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THE PROFESSIONALS:
Releases:
Copernic_99_Plus_v3.02_Retail-PROS
Web_Ferret_PRO_v3.0_Power_Pack-PROS
Harvard.Graphics.Harvard.3D.v1.0-PROS
Harvard.Graphics.Instant.Charts.v1.0-PROS
Harvard.Graphics.HomePage-PROS
Voice.Pilot.Hear.Say-PROS
More evidence of a good store team, and more evidence of a weak
cracking team. Harvard titles are pretty decent pickups.
Total: 6/10
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HARVEST:
Releases:
COMMOTION.V2.11.UPDATE-HARVEST
CREATURE.CREATOR.V1.51.FOR.3DMAX3.UPDATE-HARVEST
DIGIMATION.THE.ESSENTIAL.TEXTURES.V1.0.FOR.3DSMAX3.UPDATE-HARVEST
SISYPHUS.MAXTRAX.V2.0.FOR.3DSMAX3-HARVEST
SOFTIMAGE.3D.V3.8.SP2.WORKING-HARVEST
Straight plugins and a fix... the fix gains them half the points
XF got for SoftImage 3D SP2... well fall is Harvest time, hope to
see more work from these guys next week (alright someone had to pull
that lame joke eventually...).
Total: 5/10
New this week:
Idle this week:
Quote(s) of the Week: <kev> does this weeks issue have a sponsor
<Ryche> yes
<Ryche> the number 4 and 7 and the letter K
<glen-> Im gonna call my next group Ryche
<glen-> so people can go around saying Ryche sucks, and i can laugh
<Ryche> dont say it..
<Ryche> you stole that from me :P
<Ryche> I was gonna call my next group Lester
<Ryche> I did my best on this issue and tried to get enough good stuff so it wouldnt suck
<glen-> nice to see your starting a new trend
<glen-> having it not suck <G>
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| 05 | lester | I have a penis
Week goes to PWA, who managed a bit more on the quality end than PNC and PFT,
who came close. Also, great work done by Scum over the past seven days.
Now that the cable is here, there will be some spotlights on certain
niches of the utils scene, and on the groups that dominate them. I keep
promising Radium and that will come... anyways that's all for now.
- 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..
Stigmata
Starring: Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne
Rating: 3 1/2 out of 4 Stars
Stigmata is a fuckin great film. If you like disturbing religious type shit,
then go see it. I am too rushed to do a good review!:P
=----------------------------------=-------------------------------------=
=---------[ 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 is on vacation this week and will be back next week with a damn report !@#
=----------------------------------=-------------------------------------=
-----------[The Scene News]-----------
All the news thats fit to print...
and then some...
Prozax joins up with Dev. How stupid is that?
NF is in AOD. Who knew it even existed?:) (Well ppl who pay attention to the scene probably:))
Hey, uhm there's not alot of news to talk about.
Did you all know that the scene is truly boring these days? Start some more fights or something.
I believe it is that FF8 and some other huge games have come out and so everyone is spending
their time playing games instead of being whores.
--------[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, but we
do not add rumors like that say "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!
Have you noticed our little rumor intro is the same since the very beginning of
NWR doing rumors? They really are not nearly as funny as they were back then <g>.
Rumor has it NWR will change the rumor intro!
Rumor has it Ryche is an idiot for thinking NWR would be late this week.
Rumor has it that Cedric is actually a unicorn.
Rumor has it that Bud, our own utils reviewer is actualy David Faustino who played
"Bud Bundy" on Married with Children!
Rumor has it that Ndetroit is being anally raped by large numbers of mongeese.
Rumor has it that Elocin spelled backwards is actually NICOLE. Which leads NWR's
crack team of investigators to believe that Elocin is really a girl named
Nicole who likes to be spanked.
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Well friends.. Thats about it. If you've read this far, we sincerly thank you.
We like to know this thing gets read, so if you get the time, drop one of us
a quick msg, and tell us what you think, give us suggestions, tell us it sucks,
or just say "hi" to us!....
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tech+his crew, Kusa, ssava, CRC 97, acidapple, and all the rest of you that we love...
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