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Netmonkey Weekly Report Issue 38
Netmonkey Weekly Report
Issue XXXVIII
March 10th, 1999
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`Y$ [ n ] ETMONKEY [ W ] EEKLY [ R ] EPORT
Well well well! It is Tuesday night, and my partner is no where to be found. Do I sense a new story brewing over his disappearance?
It could be, anyways I have decided to plug on without him. Enlisting the efforts of The Dark Priest, our resident photographer and
undercover reporter, as well as former editor before I was more than just a lowly biased writer. Special thanks to Duranged for the
weektops and please checkout the article regarding CWS and the hiatus they will be taking. Thanks for being patient and if the issue
looks like shit. Well fuck you because it's not my job to edit this bitch! We also include a text file of Kenzo talking! Quyetone
with a reform on her Courier's Unite text from last week. The CWS farewell also. AND! A log of Machv admitting to using linfxp.
If the characters for your screen are too long then FUCKING DIE. Just turn on wordwrap!
- Lester [Fucking Solo Editor]
-----------[ 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) Prozac's Kinda Biased Games Report
b) Bud's Biased Utils Report
c) Lesters Moview Reviews
d) VCD Group and Movie Reviews
e) Blast From the Past!
VI.) Scene News - All the news thats fit to print
VII.) Rumors!
VIII.) Closing
---------------------[ Quotes of the Week! ]---------------------
[Ryche ] I feel like a real member of staff now, my reports late :D
[glen ] is it normal for guy to have a stuffed animal character from the lion king that brings him good luck ?
[glen ] hypothetically speaking ofcourse
<ndetroit> i want hot gay sizzling wkups with men pounding their hot cocks into them.. ;p (could be where he is?)
<|nitro|> some 1 invite bandido so i can kick him
<nutcase-> ok
<nutcase-> !invite bandido
<nutcase-> u have to kick him b4 i do
[mud-_ ] i respect grind more now that he released the very much needed Play by Email series
-----------[ ndetroit's sites and stats section ]-----------
Well bitches. What the fuck do I need to say. The title of this area is "ndetroit's sites and stats section"
Not Lester's half assed attempt to fill it. Tdpriest does the stats this week. If you disagree with the sites we picked,
then fucking die. Because I really did not want to include stats this week. Yes we usually do 10 sites, but that's alot of work now
isn't it? So 8 it is people. I also couldn't think of enough sites. Well shall I talk about site happenings like ND always does? Ok
then, Hades is no more. Going down for undisclosed reasons and never to return. BB4 is alive, this being the 4th incarnation
(hence the name), and run by the same staff. Good to see them back, affils are PDM and Rise so far. Fubar is up, dunno if ND
mentioned it before, affils are Risc, DOD, Class, ITR(wtf is itr?). Oh come on, do you guys really give that much of a shit?
Blackacid has probably already reported all of this.
Just check your ranks and look at the rest.
=--------------------------------------------------------------------------=
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 FS -*- STH -*- FH -*- HOE
x2 E -*- ET -*- MG -*- DLS
---=NETMONKEY COURiER REPORT=---
trader group FS STH ET E HOE FH MG DLS pts pos
----------------------------------------------------------------
cedric AoD 4 3 4 4 2 6 2 1 155 [1]
mrpumpkin DMS 2 5 9 5 8 1 1 4 143 [2]
tirre AoD 1 1 3 0 1 3 9 0 134 [3]
garoto DEV 3 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 116 [4]
godbless DEV 6 4 7 2 3 0 0 3 102 [4]
kruzin MNM 0 0 5 6 0 0 3 2 56 [6]
acidapple DEV 10 8 10 8 4 0 7 0 49 [7]
dirtman TFA 0 7 6 3 0 0 0 5 48 [8]
insanity EQL 0 0 0 0 5 10 5 7 45 [8]
morbid AoD 5 0 0 0 0 7 0 8 39 [10]
* Scores tallied by tdpriest... if I fucked up, I don't care, don't take it up
with me.. I just did this as a favor, cuz nd is a lazy whore or something.
Lester, Fuck you for making me do this ;P and HI ROCKZ!! (hope you're happy ;P)
-----------[ Lester's Biased Courier Section ]-----------
Well, I did not really trade this week, but I was poppin around on sites and pretending to trade now and again. I also have a ton of
fuckups to rag on people with! So enjoy the show.
Dimension: Pre's make the world go round. Mrpumpkin owned almost every site he wanted to with a barrage of pre's from OGN and MFD.
He also did some pretty good trading to boost the stats higher, we also saw Term and Novastorm and a few others poppin around.
So far this new week Geemoney is raping every site. So maybe DMS is back? They also picked up some EQL guys, Zeus21
and Stormwatcher. The loss of the WHQ HOE was not cool though.
Devotion: Not as much pre action as the week before, but still a solid amount. Wishmaster and even Garoto did some pretty heavy
trading last week. Keeping Dev among the tops of the pops.
AOD: Tirre was telling me how he was off school and would spend his entire week trading, and apparantly he did just that. Bitch was
everywhere, and true to his word, he is more or less nowhere this new week. Cedric was ownin as well. AOD still looked sharp, but
there's been a few grumblings from a member now and again about ppl who have joined. Is the new group smell wearing off? Time will tell.
I heard glen say that nobody in AOD restarts anymore..Well uh oops?
r--r-- d:0 cedric AOD 64240 Mar 06 01:24 tchex61c.ok.zip.bad(1)
Oh well 1 is not bad right?
-rw-r--r-- d:0 metalicx AOD 548960 Mar 06 01:27 tchex61c.ok.zip.bad(10)
-rw-r--r-- d:0 metalicx AOD 548960 Mar 06 01:24 tchex61c.ok.zip.bad(2)
-rw-r--r-- d:0 metalicx AOD 548960 Mar 06 01:24 tchex61c.ok.zip.bad(3)
-rw-r--r-- d:0 metalicx AOD 548960 Mar 06 01:25 tchex61c.ok.zip.bad(4)
10 kinda sucks though.
Risc: Bizzyscript in action on the Risc sites. Making some couriers who actually still trade to Risc sites mad. Actually 1 courier, Glen.
Other than that, Risc hasn't been much of a force.
Kenzo is still out and about, and apparantly is a real person! See logs of him actually talking!#@
But youthx is dedicated!
| 21346 | youthx | RiSC | 1d 1h | Idling For 1m 1s |
Way to go bud.
VGN: Nothing last week, so far this new week Manioc is pre'ing for LND and Jess/Darkwolf are doing some trading. Maybe a comeback?
Doubt it, but looks good this week anyways.
Esprit: Hehe I include you simply to mock you.
200- | zerox | ESPRiT | - --+ESPRiT+-- - | NLST -la
Oops?!
EQL: Well you lost 2 ppl, but you also made a nice move in Sharkie.
[APC] -NUKE 1x- Visual.WebGrid.v.3.5.b5-DEMiSE (Nuker: ben Nukee(s): dasker (5.2MB), geemoney (2.9MB), Kruzin (1.5MB) Reason: BETA)
2 seconds later.
[APC] -0304- (sharkie/EQUALITY) Visual.WebGrid.v.3.5.b5-DEMiSE
very nice bud!
That does it for this week kiddies!
=----------------------------------=--------------------------------------=
-----------[ Articles ]-----------
=----------------------------------=--------------------------------------=
-----------[ Prozac's Kinda Biased Gaming Report]-----------
I couldn't find Prozac this week, but he is still busy with his personal life. He will be back next week I am sure!
=----------------------------------=--------------------------------------=
-----------[ Bud's Biased Utils Section ]-----------
Bud's Biased Utils Report #13
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wow lots of goodies this week! Well actually only one, an interview with
Uncle John of Corp, my very first interview ever! Anyways I'll be doing
interviews now and then with various people from the utils scene. And now
back to our regularly scheduled report.
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 02/28/99 to 03/06/99. I'm in the EST time zone so
dates/times run according to it.
Groups: (In no particular order)
Ü ßßÛÛÜ Ü Ü Ü
ßÛÜ ßÛÝßÛÜ Þ ÜÛß ÜÜÛÛÝ A Group
ÞÛÝ ÞÝ ÞÛ ÛÝÞÛÝ ÜÛß Û That Gives
ÜÛÛÝÜß ÜÛÛÝßÛÛÝ ÛÛ ÞÝ Slightly
ßÛÛÛ ßÛÛÛ ßÛ ÞÛÛÛÜÜ Û Less Than
ÞÛÝ ÞÛÝ ÞÝ ßÛÛß ßÜ A Fuck.
ß ß ß ß -XeN
PIRATES WITH ATTITUDE:
Releases:
Parasoft.Webking.for.HTML.v1.0.bld30-PWA [04 x 5MB]
Parasoft.Insure.plus.plus.v4.1.P2-PWA [04 x 5MB]
Parasoft.Code.Wizard.for.Java.v1.1.P1-PWA [01 x 5MB]
Parasoft.JTest.v2.11-PWA [04 x 5MB]
Parasoft.Code.Wizard.for.C.plus.plus.v2.01.P1-PWA [01 x 5MB]
Nothing wrong with the releases, but Commander Cody of PWA needs to learn
how to write a good descriptive NFO.
Release Notes: C++ Code Analysis Tool
Gee great.
Total: 5/10
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:
PC.Life.2000.v3.00.2.FIXED-CORP [02 x 1.44MB]
Alarm.Plus.Plus.v5.12-CORP [01 x 1.44MB]
DOORS.v4.1-CORP [06 x 1.44MB]
Pantograms.ProLine.Designer.v5.5.2.Win9x-CORP [07 x 2.88MB]
HummingBird.Exceed.XDK.v6.1.Win9X-CORP [21 x 2.88MB]
Yesler.Alive.v1.0-CORP [12 x 1.44MB]
BEA.WebLogic.Tengah.Server.v.3.1.6-CORP [13 x 1.44MB]
HBOC.Desktop.Security.Manager.v3.00.0082-CORP [06 x 1.44MB]
Nice work with HummingBird Exceed XDK, I saw a lot of happy developers
commenting this on that release after it went out. Unfortunately The
Corporation found themselves nuked three times this week, once for PC
Life 2000, which they fixed, and also for Conference Room (they released
a version that didn't exist as of yet). Final nuke was for Antiviral
Toolkit Pro, and I never caught the reason. Not much else to say, ProLine
Designer is nice, Yesler Alive has been available for a while but I never
got to doing it myself, my loss Corp's gain... I'm still expecting to
see a bit more activity, mainly in the way of name titles... last few
weeks have been a bit slow compared to Corp's previous work.
Total: 7/10
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RISE:
Releases:
GRAYTECH.GTWORKS.14.1-RiSE [30 x 1.44MB]
Only one release, but as usual with RISE it's a nice one, GTWorks is a high
end CAD/CAM tool. For anyone wondering about the -LND release of this,
there was none, the dir was just a joke. Anyways good work to RISE on
a good crack and a good release.
Total: 4/10
ÜÛÛßÛÛÛßß ß ÜÛ
Ú- ²ÛÛ ßß ßßß ÄÄÄÄ-ÄÄ-Ä-Ä ßßß -ÄÄ-ÄÄ-ÄÄ¿
: ßßßÛÛÜßÛÛÛßßßßßÛÛÜ ÜÛÛßßßßßßßßßÛÛÜ °³
ßßÛÛÛ² ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ²ÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ²ÛÛ ²ÛÛ ÛÛÛ °:
: ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛßßß ²ÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛßßß .
³° ÛÛÛ ÛÛ² ÛÛ² ÛÛÛ ÛÛ² ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ²ÛÛÛßß
: ²ÛÛÜÛÛßÜÛÛÛÜßÛÛÜÛÛÛ ßÛÛÜÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ :
Ü ÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ royÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÄÙ
ßÜ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛ²
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SIEGE:
Releases:
PRIMATTE.V1.0.FOR.ADOBE.AFTER.EFFECTS-SiEGE [05 x 1.44MB]
ULTIMATTE.V2.2.FOR.ADOBE.AFTER.EFFECTS-SiEGE [01 x 1.44MB]
TRU-V.V1.5.FOR.LIGHTWAVE.AND.MAX-SiEGE [03 x 1.44MB]
PANOPTICUM.FIRE.V1.1.FOR.ADOBE.AFTER.EFFECTS-SiEGE [01 x 1.44MB]
DISCREET.LOGIC.PAINT.V2.1.1.OPTION.2-SiEGE [05 x 1.44MB]
DISCREET.LOGIC.EFFECT.V2.1.1.OPTION.2-SiEGE [04 x 1.44MB]
TELEFFECT.V1.0-SiEGE [01 x 1.44MB]
WORLD.CONSTRUCTION.SET.V4.55.UPGRADE.ONLY-SiEGE [05 x 1.44MB]
SPEED.RENDERER.V1.2.4.1.FOR.SOFTIMAGE.3.8-SiEGE [02 x 1.44MB]
CREDO.LIFE.FORMS.STUDIO.ADDONS.V3.0.2-SiEGE [10 x 2.88MB]
CREDO.LIFE.FORMS.STUDIO.V3.0.2-SiEGE [24 x 2.88MB]
This week the scoring looks to be pretty interesting. Corp has a decent
week, but nothing spectacular. Rise has one excellent title, but that's it
for them. LND/SHK both have some excellent, highly requested titles. So how
will Siege's week shape up? As usual it's all art tools. Life Forms Studio
is the highlight for me, but they also but out some new stuff from the
popular Discreet Logic line, amongst other things. A nice week, all though
they don't have the dominance of earlier months. Still, I don't feel it
compares to some of the other efforts over the past seven days.
Total: 7/10
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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:
ELRON_INTERNET_MANAGER_4.7.1-XFORCE [07 x 1.44MB]
SYMANTEC_VISUAL_CAFE_PRO_EDITION_V3.0a-XFORCE [40 x 2.88MB]
HOTJAVA_HTML_COMPONENT_V1.1.2-XFORCE [01 x 1.44MB]
EOS_FTP_BEAN_V1.2-XFORCE [01 x 1.44MB]
It was attempted comeback week over in the XF camp, without much success,
and comeback in this case means something other than Ultimate Toolkit for
MFC. So instead, XF puts out a blatant dupe... there was obviously NO
dupechecking of Sun Microsystem's HotJava HTML Component, which was released
in August of 1998 by Manifest Destiny. XF also brings a minor update of
Visual Cafe Pro to the table, which several other groups passed on. We're
left with two decent releases, still nothing impressive, and if you haven't
caught on, XF is in deep trouble these days.
Total: 3/10
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\____/---|____/____/_______/-|____/kaz
SHOCK:
Releases:
Borland.C.Plus.Plus.Builder.v4.0.Enterprise.Edition-SHOCK [43 x 2.88MB]
Borland.JBuilder.Pro.v2.01-SHOCK [20 x 2.88MB]
Bill.Power.Plus.v6.1.1-SHOCK [03 x 1.44MB]
Informix.SDK.v2.20.TC1-1.for.WinNT4-SHOCK [10 x 1.44MB]
SLMailNT.Email.Server.v3.2.for.WinNT-SHOCK [03 x 1.44MB]
Nendo.v1.1.5-SHOCK [05 x 1.44MB]
LAPACK.h.Plus.Plus.v2.0.6-SHOCK [09 x 1.44MB]
Money.h.Plus.Plus.v2.0.1-SHOCK [05 x 1.44MB]
Active.Delivery.v1.20.04-SHOCK [04 x 1.44MB]
VisiBroker.for.C.Plus.Plus.v3.3.2.Full.Working-SHOCK [14 x 1.44MB]
Quality.Works.v4.6.2-SHOCK [19 x 1.44MB]
Informix.Dynamic.Server.Universal.Data.Option.v9.14.TC1-1.for.W[36 x 1.44MB]
Informix.Web.Integration.Option.v1.2-1.for.WinNT4-SHOCK [27 x 1.44MB]
Spell.Text.v2.0.ActiveX-SHOCK [02 x 1.44MB]
Saltmine.Kiosk.v2.0-SHOCK [02 x 1.44MB]
Code.Present.Hoss.v1.0.30-SHOCK [03 x 1.44MB]
How many people did SHK suprise by winning on the Enterprise edition of
C++ Builder 4... they got the rip and ISO done just a short while after the
pro went out. Anyways the Enterprise offers a more comprehensive set of
features than the earlier edition, and VisiBroker and JBuilder will appeal
to the same user base. Some other nice titles as well, Segue's quality
assurance suite, Quality Works, some Informix titles, and a few RogueWave
tools, mixed in with some middle of the road apps. This is probably the
strongest week Shock's had in a while.
Total: 8/10
. ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ
.ßÛÛÛÛßßßÛÛÜ ÛÛÛÛßßÛÛÝÞÛÛßßßß --- .------.
: ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ .
| ÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛ ÛÛÛß ÛÛÛ :
| ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛ ÜÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÜ . :
| ÛÛÛÛßßßßß ÛÛ²Û ßÛÛÛÜÜÛÛ²ß .
.ܲÛÛÛÜ ßÛÛÛÝ ßß PRESENTS :
| :
: [xx/xx].
'---.-------PENTIUM FORCE TEAM-- ---- - -'
PENTIUM FORCE TEAM:
Releases:
OnWeb.Host.v3.0.for.Win9xNT-PFT [15 x 2.88MB]
Lost.And.Found.1.00.Serial.Fix-PFT [01 x 1.44MB]
A few issues back I gave PFT credit for releasing Lost & Found, an
excellent recovery tool with some nasty protection for a little app.
Unfortunately, since I have my own copy, I didn't test PFT's right
off the bat, and it turns out their release was broken (serves me right
I guess). So there's a serial fix... except the release still doesn't
work for me... it was done via WinImage, except after I created
installation disks, the program says Unauthorized Copy and doesn't
even get to the serial part of the install (it also says this if you
do a normal copy of original disks, which REALLY sucks because I wanted
to make a backup of my copy... gee thanks PowerQuest, and if my disks
get physically damaged, I'm out 80$ due to you greedy bastards). Anyways
if anyone got this to work let me know, because the only way to backup
my store copy is to download the program off PowerQuest onto original
disks, which is no good if they get damaged. Oh well my rant is over...
not much of a week for PFT.
Total: 2/10
Ü Ü Ü
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ÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜ ÞÛÛ²Ý ÜÜÜÜ ÞÛ²Û
Þ²ÛÛÝ Þ²ÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ² ²ÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ²
²ÛÛ ²Ü ²ÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ² ²ÛÛÝ ÞÛÛ²Ý
ÞÛÛ² ÞÛ²ÝÞÛÛ² ÛÛ²ÝÞÛÛÛ² ÛÛÛÛ²
ßßßß ÛÛÛ² ÛÛ² ÞÛ²Û ßßßßß ÜÛÛ²ß mg
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:
PTC_PRO_DESKTOP_V4.0.417-LND [13 x 2.88MB]
DELCAM.POWERMILL.V2.475-LND [06 x 2.88MB]
MULTI-DNC_V3.98-LND [03 x 2.88MB]
MINICAD.VECTORWORKS.V.8.0.0-LND [09 x 1.44MB]
MECHWORKS.NCWORKS.98-LND [05 x 1.44MB]
COSMOS.M.DESIGNER.II.RELEASE.0598-LND [10 x 1.44MB]
COSMOS.WORKS.v4.155-LND [10 x 1.44MB]
NCEDIT32_V2.0-LND [02 x 1.44MB]
MGI.PHOTOSHOP.II.V.1.02.0293-LND [31 x 2.88MB]
TEKSOFT_PROCAM_98_V15.0-LND [16 x 1.44MB]
Well, LND didn't fuck up this week. What's a writer to do? I also have to
give them credit, Grad came through on his word and released Procam 15
less than a week after SGE released an old version of it. And aside from
the fact that the MGI Photoshop II release is VERY minor (looks like a
build to me...), LND had a very strong week. In a brief chat with Grad,
I was also told that a full Unigraphics key may be released by LND to
the public soon (they were supposedly keeping it internal). So love
'em or hate 'em, they get high marks for the past seven days.
Total: 8/10
.__________. [xx/xx/98]
\_ ___ ) Da ToP oF Da LiNe! .___.
===/ _/ /=======================/ /=====
.:/ _____/__./(___.____/\.______./ /_____.
:/ /__/ . ) . )____ ) _ ) / __ )
/__/ / / / / // __ / /__/ / /___/:
.:/ /__/__/__/__/(______\____ /__/_____ /MO
=/__/========================\/========\/===
= THE PINNACLES OF RELEASING (C) PNC 95-98 =
PINNACLE:
Releases: N/A
Total: N/A
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PREMIERE:
Releases:
DBArtisan.v5.0-PREMiERE [12 x 1.44MB]
ITrack.Enterprise.v1.3f-PREMiERE [07 x 1.44MB]
JForge.v2.6-PREMiERE [02 x 1.44MB]
VVSPlayer.Revolution.v1.5-PREMiERE [03 x 1.44MB]
LingoMAIL.v1.0.19-PREMiERE [02 x 1.44MB]
DocuCount.for.WordPerfect.6.7.8.v1.2-PREMiERE [02 x 1.44MB]
DocuCount.for.Word.97.v1.2-PREMiERE [02 x 1.44MB]
Diary.Companion.1999.v1.02-PREMiERE [06 x 1.44MB]
NET.Toolbox.v1.0.71-PREMiERE [03 x 1.44MB]
MailSite.v2.17-PREMiERE [03 x 1.44MB]
Auto.Analyst.v3.0-PREMiERE [06 x 1.44MB]
Merchant.Helper.v2.1-PREMiERE [04 x 1.44MB]
Research.Systems.ION.v.1.1-PREMiERE [16 x 1.44MB]
WebGIZMO.v3.14-PREMiERE [04 x 1.44MB]
Workflow.Plus.v2.01-PREMiERE [12 x 1.44MB]
Right off the bat, good work on DBArtisan 5 from Embacadreo (gah I hate
that, I probably spelt that wrong... it's THE most confusing company
name when it comes to pronounciation). It looks as if the Massive merge
is really paying off for PRM, and while I'm not sure how much I'll enjoy
Diary Companion, I likely would have released it as well. A steady, if
not spectacular week.
Total: 7/10
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DRINK OR DIE:
Releases:
Autodesk_Genius_LT_98-DOD
I had thought the Russian Bears were going back into hibernation there
for a minute, but they brought out a very nice program at the beginning
of the week with Autodesk's Genius LT 98. So kudos to them for it,
and hey DOD, I want a free t-shirt!!!
Total: 4/10
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MANIFEST DESTINY:
Releases:
ViviGraphics.for.Java.v1.03-MANiFEST [06 x 1.44MB]
Music.Label.99.v5.03-MANiFEST [06 x 1.44MB]
CSM.Proxy.Server.Plus.v4.2.05.Win95-MANiFEST [09 x 1.44MB]
CSM.Proxy.Server.Enterprise.v4.2.05.WinNT-MANiFEST [08 x 1.44MB]
Janus.GridEX.v1.6a-MANiFEST [04 x 1.44MB]
HyCD.Play.and.Record.v1.3.0226-MANiFEST [05 x 1.44MB]
Macromedia.Fireworks.v2.0-MANiFEST [08 x 1.44MB]
OmniHTTPd.Professional.v2.02-MANiFEST [01 x 1.44MB]
SCSI.Mechanic.2.10e-MANiFEST [02 x 1.44MB]
ViZfx.MSP.v1.02-MANiFEST [04 x 1.44MB]
ViZfx.VS.Pro.v1.0-MANiFEST [04 x 1.44MB]
Norton.AntiVirus.v5.01.01.Win9x-MANiFEST [ ]
Visual_Cafe_3.0a_Database_Edition-MANiFEST [63 x 1.44MB]
Zero.Administration.Client.2001.v1.01-MANiFEST [22 x 1.44MB]
Manifest does trainers?!? Well it's not listed above but they did do one...
I'm not scoring it (if you care it was for Premier Manager 99, the game
of 100 addons... or at least it seems like that). Norton AV was nuked,
I believe it was the exact same as DOD's 5.01 release, only DOD didn't
put the extra .01 on theirs... Macromedia Fireworks 2 was a somewhat
anticipated release, aside from that nothing special... DB edition of
the minor Visual Cafe release wasn't much, Vizfx releases are decent though.
Total: 6/10
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REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS
>> RELEASING WITHOUT PERMISSION <<
REBELS:
Releases:
Diamond.Shotgun.v1.2.17.dual.modem.util-RBS [01 x 1.44MB]
Symantec.Norton.Utilities_v.4.0_SHRINKWRAP-RBS [07 x 5MB]
Restorator.V2.01.277-RBS [01 x 1.44MB]
DejaVu.Interactive.2.2.41-RBS [10 x 1.44MB]
Visual.HDL.v3.2.2-RBS [11 x 1.44MB]
Distributed.Sniffer.Pro.v2.5-RBS [21 x 1.44MB]
I haven't seen a release tagged Shrinkwarapped in quite a while... I did
hear from one Blizzard member that the BLZ release of Utilities was, as
RBS claims, a beta. So give RBS credit, although I have no clue what the
TeamX release of NU4 turned out to be. A good week for RBS all around.
Total: 7/10
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ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÛÜ ²ÛÛÛßÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ßÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÛÛ
ÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÝÜÛÛÛÛÝ ßÛÜ ßßßßß
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Teknorage & Pirasoft:
Releases:
Quicken.Quick.Wealth.Planner-TRPS [06 x 1.44MB]
Quicken.Quick.Tax.99.Basic-TRPS [01 x 1.44MB]
PDFCount.v1.01-TRPS [02 x 1.44MB]
INSTAbase.v4.0c.Web.Ready-TRPS [04 x 1.44MB]
A few nice Intuit things here, although not amazing. As tax season bears
down apon us, I'm already desperately trying to hide my earnings... what
we really need is a Quicken.ScamTax.99.Advanced release.
Total: 6/10
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VERSUS:
Releases:
AutoMate.Pro.v4.2-VERSUS [05 x 1.44MB]
602pro.WEB.FORUM.5.1g.unlimited.user.license-VERSUS [04 x 1.44MB]
The usually busy VRS went into remission last week... not much to say,
ok releases, but more activity next week I hope.
Total: 3/10
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SCUM:
Releases:
Oracle.Migration.Workbench.v1.0.3-SCuM [10 x 1.44MB]
AutoCLIENT.v4.0-SCuM [17 x 1.44MB]
ACD.ChemFolder.v3.6-SCuM [08 x 1.44MB]
Scum could go on like this for quite a while, putting out a couple
decent releases each week... the question is will they ever make a run
for the top? A lot of people had some high hopes for the Scum "reunion"
(although it's not really the same group), but they haven't been
realized. Three decent titles, I'll let them speak for themselves.
Total: 5/10
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Back For You in 1999 ! [XX/03]
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SODOM
Releases: N/A
Total: N/A
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2000AD
Releases:
LeadTools.ClassLIB.10.0e.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD [07 x 1.44MB]
LeadTools.10.0e.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD [19 x 1.44MB]
NT_GUARDIAN_v3.0-2000AD [09 x 2.88MB]
HomeSite.v4.0.1.Beta3-2000AD [09 x 1.44MB]
Seagate.Backup.Exec.Enterprise.7.25.For.WindowsNT-2000AD [57 x 1.44MB]
Lotus.Enterprise.Integrator.v3.0.Beta.2.WINNT-2000AD [06 x 1.44MB]
ICAST.BROADCASTER.v2.2-2000AD [07 x 1.44MB]
Serengeti.3770.Link.3.0.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD [01 x 1.44MB]
Serengeti.3780.Link.3.0.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD [02 x 1.44MB]
PrimalScript.1.0.197.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD [03 x 1.44MB]
I don't know what that LeadTools stuff is, ClassLib isn't listed as a
LeadTools product, although they do have some new releases out. As for
LT 10.0e, well 10.0e what? LeadTools doesn't have a product called just
LeadTools, there's LeadTools Imaging, LeadTools Medical Express, etc.
Pack better next time guys... Some ok stuff here, Icast Broadcaster is
alright, Allaire betas are no suprise... nice job on Backup Exec Enterprise.
Total: 7/10
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FATIGUED COURIERS NETWORK:
Releases:
UBackPRO_v6.00_For_Delphi-FCN [01 x 1.44MB]
TDX_Library_v1.0_For_BCB-FCN [01 x 1.44MB]
StLib_v1.50_For_Delphi-FCN [01 x 1.44MB]
ImageLib_Corporate_Suite_v4.025_For_C_Plus_Plus_4-FCN [03 x 2.88MB]
Database_Design_Studio_v1.07-FCN [02 x 2.88MB]
Report_Builder_Pro_v4.04-FCN [05 x 2.88MB]
Memory_Sleuth_v1.56_For_Delphi-FCN [01 x 1.44MB]
I don't think FCN's releases this week were completely up to par with
their last, but any Delphi developers should be pleased, as usual FCN
owned the Delphi tools release area this week. I sometimes wonder why other
groups don't focus in on this area... is FCN that dominant in coding/dev
apps?
Total: 6/10
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RADIUM
Releases:
Cubase.VST24.v3.650.addons-Radium [04 x 4MB]
Cubase.VST24.v3.650.full-Radium [06 x 4MB]
Radiums first week on the list sees the Audio focused group put out
Cubase VST24, a midi and audio sequencer with realtime editing.
Cubase is extremely popular in its field, so a lot of people
should be happy with this.
Total: 4/10
New this week: Radium
Idle this week: PNC, SDM
Quote(s) of the Week:
gollie UNNUKED 0 1x Cedric_have_small_penis yes_it_is
<[eXiLe]> how is offering you the opportunity to suck some guys dick a
good thing ?
<Caserd> e1 has a biggun
I gave the week to LND and SHK in a split, putting aside any personal
biases I have (I love one and am appaled by the other, you figure out which
is which), and looking only at the titles. Oh wait this is a biased report
though... blah whatever. RISE and DOD earned high marks on one release
each, SGE and PRM both had strong offerings as well. Radium put out
a killer app in Cubase VST24 in their first week here.
Other happenings... Hades is gone... again... for good... which leaves
RISE with an open WHQ slot. Shock beefed up it's site repitoire with a
site that cannot be mentioned, 2000AD dropped that same site. For the
future... what will happen with Scum? Is Sodom dead? Is Grad really a
Transvestite Albino Stripper? Can my jokes get any worse?
An Interview with Uncle John
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Here's a little something different, hopefully you'll enjoy it. I've
decided to interview various individuals from the utils scene, leaders,
seniors, suppliers, whatever the case may be. This week my victim was
Uncle John of The Corporation. - I should point out that this was my first
time interviewing anyone, so if it gets boring, blame me. I'd also like to
thank SJ for suggesting the idea. I'm not sure how many more interviews
I'll do (don't expect one every week), but there will be others. And
without further adieu...
<Bud-> For the record (and so I don't fuck anything up), what are your
current affils, and what groups have you been a part of in the past?
<UncleJohn> My current affils are CORP and Vengeance
<UncleJohn> groups that i've been a part of in the past include DOD /
PROPHECY / VENGEANCE (Old Utils Group Not Curry) / RiSC /
SCUM / SIEGE / GENESIS
<UncleJohn> i believe thats it i might have missed a couple
<UncleJohn> hehe
<Bud-> Impressive. I remember that old Vengeance.. just barely <g>.
<Bud-> Corp is arguably one of the top utils groups today, and has had
quite a history in the scene.
<Bud-> How did it come to be, and how did you come to be a part of it?
<UncleJohn> Well back in hmm i'd say 94 i believe it was David & Goliath
came to me with the idea of starting a new utils group, He had
released a few things under The Corporation Banner, so i figured
what the heck, i always like a new project so i decided to join
up, i was immediatly moved to a leadership spot, and we started
rockin
<UncleJohn> next :)
<Bud-> I remember a lot of great releases from those days, Corp earned an
excellent reputation. What do you think were the main factors for
your success back then?
<Bud-> And as a side note, would you consider the formation of the original
Corp an "easy birth"?
<UncleJohn> Hmm, what were the main factors to our succes...I'd have to say
it was when i noticed a little group named TiTAN floating around
the scene releasin utils, They were led by hemp hoodlum, and had
some major names in the group. In a gutsy move i talked to hemp
hoodlum and asked him if he'd be interested in merging titan
into Corp. In a huge suprise to me, he said yes. After that
move, the ball started rollin and we were on top for quite a
while, we had the top bb
<UncleJohn> and we were releasing many releases daily
<UncleJohn> Would i consider the formation of the original corp an easy
birth, i'd have to say no, we did have many good people, but we
all had to work our asses off to prove ourselves to get taken
seriously
<UncleJohn> next
<UncleJohn> ;)
<Bud-> That's certainly true of most groups. Releases daily back then was
quite impressive as well.
<UncleJohn> Yup quite true
<Bud-> Now Corp remained dominant for a while, and then came to an "end"...
can you give some background as to what happened?
<UncleJohn> heh, well i'll explain all of the times corp has gone away so
people will better understand the history
<Bud-> Hehe don't mention all of them or we'll have a book on our hands :)
<UncleJohn> haha
<UncleJohn> i can make it short
<Bud-> ok, go for it :)
<UncleJohn> The ORIGINAL Corp merged into scum which at the time was the
top group, The second time we merged into PWA (A Decision i had
no part in since my computer was broken) and the Third time we
went into SiEGE
<UncleJohn> next
<UncleJohn> ;)
<Bud-> What makes the current edition of CORP a success? You've had several
rebirths to varying degrees of success (I was even in a brief 96
incarnation that eventually merged into SHOCK, where I am today), but
this one seems to posses something the others didn't...
<UncleJohn> I can account this success to the leadership. The way i formed
this current edition of corp was so i wouldn't have to be online
24/7 to babysit the group. First i'd like to mention beck,
without whom this group wouldn't be at the point it is now. I'm
sure lots of people dont like him or whatever, but he is one of
the hardest workers out there. Second i'd like to mention
Twizted and Oasis, a couple guys i'm sure lots of people are
familure with, their contribut
<UncleJohn> i've seen in years
<UncleJohn> them along with a council of people with much experience make
this group work better than any other edition
<Bud-> Nice to hear... and it's definately nice to be able to leave a group
for a while and not need to worry that it will fall apart, I can
certainly relate to that.
<UncleJohn> Yup! ;)
<Bud-> What is your current role in Corp then? Do you have a hands on
approach, or do you leave things to the council for the most part?
<UncleJohn> Recently i've been taking a hands on approach, there were times
in the past couple months when i was just overlooking, but that
was when i was busy looking for a job and such, so now i'm back
to the active leader role with beck and twizted
<Bud-> Corp recently formed an alliance of sorts with the renowned cracking
group UCF, which for as long as I can remember was THE cracking
group, when it came to quality, reputation, releases...
<Bud-> Despite the fact that of late they've slowed a bit, I can see this
definately helping Corp
<Bud-> although I'm not sure of the effect it will have on UCF, as it brings
additional work
<Bud-> How did this alliance come to be?
<UncleJohn> Well the idea was first brought to me by TK4, i figured it could
do nothing but help so i had him work it out
<UncleJohn> And so its been good so far, they're eager to get crackin and
we're eager to let them start crackin
<Bud-> I'm yet to see a group complain they have too many crackers <g>
<Bud-> In it's releases, does Corp try to focus on any specific area, cater
to a certain user base?
<Bud-> As Siege leans towards art/design stuff, FCN to programming/
development, and as LND claims to with cam/cad titles
<UncleJohn> Well we dont really focus on one specific area, We just want to
get things out to the end user. Whatever it may be, if its good
then put it out i say. I keep the standerds at this, i ask
myself, would i or anybody that i know use this? if the answer
is a no then its a no go :)
<Bud-> A good rule of thumb to go by.... I guess to wrap things up, what
defines The Corporation as a group, if you had to select just one
thing?
<UncleJohn> next
<UncleJohn> ;0
<UncleJohn> hmm lemme think
<Bud-> (You can cheat here if you really want, but try to narrow it down).
<UncleJohn> I'd say that the thing that defines corp as a group is
experience. We know what we're doing, most of us have been doing
this for many many years.
<Bud-> Alright, well I guess that wraps it up.. thanks a bunch for putting
up with this, and all the best with CORP! :)
<UncleJohn> thanks alot
<UncleJohn> can i throw out some greets?
<UncleJohn> :)
<Bud-> :) .. well... we survived it ;)
<Bud-> yeah, sure
<UncleJohn> I want to put out a big greet out to David & Goliath, he was my
mentor and i wouldn't be where i am without him...And hello's to
hemp hoodlum and Nutcase
Well that wraps up a hell of a long issue this week... if you survived all
that, great! Thanks especially to Uncle John for putting up with my
dull chatter, and SJ for the idea, and all of the NWR crew for including
all this, which will prolly make up half the damn mag!
-Bud
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=---------[ 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..
Cruel Intentions
Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon
Rating: 3 Stars
This is a new twist on the classic Dangerous Liasons. Set in the 90's and in the age of teenagers, the cruelest of all humans. Gellar
plays Katheryn, satan in heels. Phillippe is Sebastian, the step-brother of Satan and no saint himself. He takes pictures of young
girls he seduces and destroys their lives. (nice family). Reese is the virgin saint that Sebastian bets Katheryn that he can fuck. The
bet is his nice car for her nice body. Fair enough in my opinion. Most people saw this movie on the hot chicks or hot dude if you go
that way. Which was to be honest my original reason for going (the hot chicks in case your wondering), But the movie is actually
pretty good. Some nice funny parts and a moral ending and shit like that. I'd check it out, hopefully EViLiSO will release it soon.
They seem to be running a pattern of putting out every movie a week after it releases. <g>
Analyze This
Starring: Billy Crystal and Robert DeNiro
Rating: 3 1/2 Stars
Well, personally I am a big fan of The Sopranos on HBO. Which is essentially the same thing as this movie, the plot is that DeNiro is a
mob boss who has psychological problems and so he enlists Crystal to help him through it. What follows is some nice comedy and
Crystal/DeNiro are pretty good together. It's a funny movie, but personally if you have HBO, watch Sopranos and wait for VCD or Video
of this one.
=----------------------------------=-------------------------------------=
=---------[ 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:
Telesync/TS: Telesync is a procam on a tripod in an empty theater with a
separate audio source. If there's an audience, you hear people coughing,
camera is shaky, etc. It's a CAM. CAM = banned. If you want a movie
extremely early, Telesync is the way it will be.
Workprint: Workprint is a pre-release copy of a movie, stolen copy, etc.
that usually has the film running time on the screen.
Screener: Screener is usually the BEST quality, an actual vcd of the movie,
made from a reviewers copy, etc. Screener's are generally released after
movies have left the theaters.
Special Thanks to Ryche of EViLiSO for the education in VCD terms, and to
come.to/vcddupe for keeping us up to date on the new titles.
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Ryche's Really Biased VCD Group Report #6
A few of the groups seem to think that Im just a teensy weensy little bit too harsh on
them sometimes, so this week I present to you the "kindler, gentler" version of my report.
Releases from 2/28/99 - 3/6/99
022899 - Home Fries - Screener - VCD-EUROPE
030199 - Savior - Workprint - VCD-EUROPE
030199 - Blast from the Past - Telesync - EViLISO
030299 - Message in a Bottle - Telesync - EViLISO
030399 - What Dreams May Come - Screener - CENTROPY
030499 - Safe Men - Screener - CENTROPY
030499 - Bravo Two Zero - Telesync - SERENiTY
030499 - The New Swiss Family Robinson - SERENiTY
030599 - The Corruptor - Telesync - VHS
030599 - 8MM -Widescreen Screener - EViLISO
- VCD-Europe -
Wow! Home Fries and Savior! A Drew Barrymore love flick and umm... something else. The
Workprint of Savior is screener quality with the running time but its good quality I hear.
Have I told you guys lately how much I admire the fact you continually release? Probably
not, since most of you are momo's but Ill say it here for this report. You constantly
release even if some of it isnt to my (or most of the worlds) liking. So like way to go
and stuff..
Total - 2 Points
- Centropy -
Well you did good this week too I see.. Two Screeners, one of em a good movie that needed
to be released in screener even if by the time you read this, you can rent it in the US.
Safe Men is a comedy and got rave reviews, so maybe you released something worthwhile and
didnt even know it. See.. I couldn't pick on you this week even if I wasn't being nice
cuz you didnt release the usual shit like you usually do. Good job guys.
Total - 3 Points
- EViLISO -
Ok, admittedly Im biased towards this group but Ill give them the criticism they deserve.
You guys suck! You release all the good movies when theyre new! I hate you fuckers..
Split into two groups and give yourself some competition or something. Blast From the Past,
Message In A Bottle, and 8MM. Three of the top 10 movies in the theatre right now, including
number 1. Sigh..
Total - 4 Points
- VHS -
The Corruptor doesnt even start til March 12 in theatres, so good work in getting this one
out. Other groups were going for it too, but when they saw how shitty a picture it was, they
decided to wait. You guys didnt. We especially appreciate the chinese subtitles for all
your Cantonese fans out there.
Total - 1 Point
- SERENiTY -
Apparently a few members of VCD-Europe had a falling out with the others and formed a new
group called SERENiTY. VCD-Europe refused to release certain movies because they thought
they were crap (if you can believe that). So we welcome them to the report for thier
weekly dosage of abuse. This group roared onto the scene taking the sites by storm with
Bravo Two Zero, a BBC flick (UK TV for the uneducated) and the hit Disney Special, The
New Swiss Family Robinson. There's something in thier nfo about "Bringing Joy to the VCD
Scene" or something, and I cant tell you how overjoyed I was at seeing these two nuked on
some sites. Thanks guys!
Total - 1 Point
Yes goddammit, that was as nice as I can be. So stop bugging me about being so harsh on
people. Group of the week: EViLISO by a landslide. Couple of other notable mentions were
the releases by Centropy, both of which are good movies even if one is a little old. The
rest.. well, tune in next week..
To The Batcave..
Ryche
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-----------[Blast From the Past!]-----------
This week we include a little snippet from Inquisition Issue #11. It was in response to some criticism to an uprising mag called
RCN. I include it this week since RCN was chosen as the #1 Emag favorite in the poll. <g>
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You Might Be A Lamer If..
I'm sure you all have your definitions of what a lamer is.
But, I felt I would tell you why you MIGHT be a lamer.
Webster's defines lame as: 1. crippled.
2. stiff and painful.
3. poor and inefectual.
But, in Lester's Dictionary you might be a lamer if:
You might be a lamer if you think DOOM 2 is a new ware.
You might be a lamer if you start 4 groups in the span of 6 months.
You might be a lamer if someone in #warez950 tells you they are Roland of The Wall, and you believe him.
You might be a lamer if you run a courier/release/cracking/coding/ppe group.
You might be a lamer if you run a 1 node 14.4 board.
You might be a lamer if you run a 10 node PD front warez board.
You might be a lamer if you had to change your handle to make yourself look cool.
You might be a lamer if you think FATE is the best couriering group.
You might be a lamer if you hang out in #fatefiles.
You might be a lamer if you are an AOL Pirate out for equal warez.
You might be a lamer if you pay for a netcom account.
You might be a lamer if you have a shareware releasing group.
You might be a lamer if you have been interviewed in RCN.
and the final reason you might be a lamer is!
If you think RCN is a good magazine!
And in closing, I'd like to define to you what Reality Check Network means
in Webster's opinion.
- Reality: The quality or fact of being real.
- Check: a sudden stop.
- Network: Radio, TV, a chain of transmitting stations.
Now, in my dictionary Reality Check Network means:
A bunch of people who jumped on the bandwagon of warez mags, but are complete
and total lamers(see above to find out for sure), and provide no real service
or information that is important to the scene. The things they print are
meaningless and have no real story to them. So!
- Reality: a lamers view of the scene.
- Check: a sudden stop.
- Network: a chain of lamers transmitting worthless information.
-Lester [DOD/MALICE/RAZOR/INQ]
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-----------[The Scene News]-----------
All the news thats fit to print...
and then some...
Sky Masterson has taken the week to recuperate from a weeklong cocaine and heroin binge. We hope that he will return next week to
grace us with the news.
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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!
Rumor has it that Jaydee is the most hated person of 1998. <g>
Rumor has it that all the other emags are giving in to NWR. <eg>
Rumor has it that Ndetroit is engrossed in the coding of NWR and that is why he couldn't be online for this issue.
Rumor has it that the NWR page will be up within weeks!
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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!....
You can also find us on:
http://tca.ramwar.com
http://ppgr.webjump.com
http://union.jaded.net
Greets fly out to: jaydee, mgd, stix, tdp, hr, eci, jamili, raptor, skill, mandrake, zeus, speedy, subzero, superfly@okcomputer,
wu-dave, dee, sj, bud, prozac, bernis, paledeth, duranged, tech+his crew, Kusa, ssava, CRC 97, acidapple, and all the rest of you
that we love...
But definately NOT UNION.
Find us on IRC in #nwr, (channel commands: !nwr, !nwr 23 or whatever issue
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