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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : <Undisclosed>        
     Subject  : Piracy                    Affiliation : Apogee               
                                                                             
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   RCN : Software companies had a hard time when games were released on      
         diskettes since diskettes can easily be copied.  However, most      
         companies currently release games on CD-Rom.  Since it is often     
         difficult to pirate a game that is 650 megabytes, do software       
         companies feel that CD-Rom has deterred piracy?                     
                                                                             
   APG : That depends on what is on the CD-Rom.  If a game is 20 megabytes,  
         and it's on a CD, it's just as easy to pirate it.  CD's are also    
         cheaper to produce and floppies, and last longer.  If someone is    
         going to steal a computer program, they'll steal it no matter what  
         format it's on.                                                     
                                                                             
   RCN : I assume Apogee knows that the final registered version of Duke     
         Nukem 3D will be released on the internet BEFORE it hits stores.    
         Ironically, it will most likely be uploaded to the internet and     
         given to a games pirate group by an Apogee insider.  Will Apogee    
         assume preventive measures in the future so that Apogee software    
         is not pirated?                                                     
                                                                             
   APG : As long as human beings are involved, there will always be people   
         who will want to steal a computer program.  It's human nature.  No  
         matter what you do, someone will steal your program.  Period.       
         There's ultimately nothing you can do if someone really wants to    
         steal your program.                                                 
                                                                             
   RCN : So you're saying that Apogee KNOWS people pirate their software     
         and is doing nothing to prevent it because Apogee feels that        
         stealing is human nature?                                           
                                                                             
   APG : I'm saying that every computer software programmer knows people     
         pirate their software.  There is no such thing as a method of       
         protection that can totally prevent your software from being        
         stolen.  I'm not saying that Apogee does nothing.  I'm saying that  
         you're naive to think you can totally protect your software.        
                                                                             
   RCN : Some companies DO find a way to make sure their software is         
         IMPOSSIBLE to pirate on the internet.  They make their games        
         ridiculously LARGE.  For example, Phantasmagoria was released on    
         seven CDs, will Apogee take that route in the future by making      
         games that often take up many CDs?                                  
                                                                             
   APG : I doubt that.                                                       
                                                                             
   RCN : For example, ALL games that include MacroMedia are IMPOSSIBLE to    
         pirate on the internet due to their extensive size, and are thus,   
         HARDLY ever pirated.  However, those games that are HARDLY pirated  
         do not sell as well as games that ARE pirated.  Why are software    
         companies turning to MacroMedia, a form of programming that         
         requires HALF the usual programming time and are nearly pirate      
         free?                                                               
                                                                             
   APG : If you are inferring that huge CD-Rom games are not pirated, then   
         you're wrong.  Haven't you heard of CD-Rom burners?  These things   
         are below $1000, and they'll go much lower soon.  The CD-Rom is     
         *NOT* protection from copying software anymore, and will be less    
         so in the future.                                                   
                                                                             
   RCN : You can copy a huge game from CD to CD, but you cannot upload or    
         download them from underground bulletin boards because it would     
         take a person about 1 week to download a game on a 33.6kb/s         
         US Robotics Modem.  Is that not true?                               
                                                                             
   APG : Yeah, but if you think that's the only avenue of piracy, you're     
         not seeing everything.                                              
                                                                             
   RCN : What is the main avenue of piracy?                                  
                                                                             
   APG : What do you think it is?                                            
                                                                             
   RCN : I go over my friend's house and we lend each other SNES games, and  
         sometimes PC games too.  I've only copied like 3 games, and I       
         guess a lot of my friends also do what I do, so it must add up.     
                                                                             
   APG : The internet is the main avenue of trading, and countries outside   
         of the United States pose a big problem too.                        
                                                                             
   RCN : The internet?  People pirate on the internet?  So... ya got any     
         cool sitez, d00d?                                                   
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : Method               
     Subject  : Couriers on Conquest      Affiliation : COC President        
                                                                             
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   RCN : What is Couriers on Conquest?  I assume it's a courier group, but   
         what will make it different from all the other courier groups that  
         pop up each week?                                                   
                                                                             
   MTD : Couriers on Conquest came up from a couple of places.  When DiC     
         decided to merge with some no name group, a lot of DiC members did  
         not like it so we decided to go run DiC ourselves, but the          
         President of DiC didn't like the idea.  Then, a couple local        
         friends of mine decided we wanted to run a local courier group for  
         the time being; and if it got a good response, then we would take   
         it to the NET.  I had a local sysop make up a quick application     
         generator and we had a good response of eager couriers,             
         programmers, artists, and distribution sites.  We then decided to   
         bring it to the NET and so far, we haven't had a bad response.  We  
         are different because we aren't out there to get the best name or   
         trade the fastest.  We just want to get out there and have some     
         fun trying to courier.                                              
                                                                             
   RCN : Have you experienced any trouble with past DiC members that merged  
         with that no name group?  Do any of them hold grudges against you   
         or COC?  If so, what have they done?                                
                                                                             
   MTD : Actually, a day later, the President took a lot of our advice and   
         pulled out of the merge, and then DiC fell apart, but now it's      
         back under new the new President, Blackened.  I hope they do        
         better.  I have never really had a problem with any of the past or  
         present DiC members.                                                
                                                                             
   RCN : What must one do to become a COC member?                            
                                                                             
   MTD : Couriers need to have internet accounts so they can access IRC      
         and FTP.  There are really no requirements for distribution sites.  
         We are really out to have fun.  If you apply, there's a 99% chance  
         you'll get in the group.                                            
                                                                             
   RCN : Many other groups have proven success by being very selective and   
         letting very FEW people in the group.  Why and how do you feel      
         that letting in 99% of all applicants will in turn benefit COC?     
                                                                             
   MTD : I believe in giving everyone a chance to prove themselves, in a     
         couple weeks I will cut whoever is slacking.                        
                                                                             
   RCN : Is COC planning to courier and release in the future since many     
         new courier groups do so?                                           
                                                                             
   MTD : We are currently strictly couriering, but may be, this is a big     
         may be, if we do succeed in the future, we might release as well    
         as courier.                                                         
                                                                             
   RCN : So you connect couriering power of a group with how well they can   
         release?  The big groups such as RiSC/RTS/MC never release warez.   
         Do you think that perhaps a courier group that DOES release might   
         not be as good as a courier group that does NOT?                    
                                                                             
   MTD : I see it as, a courier group that does release has more problems    
         and is more disorganized because the group needs to worry about     
         dupes and fakes.  I think that is why more courier groups go down,  
         but courier groups that don't release don't have to worry about     
         dupes and fakes and just have to stay organized and courier.  That  
         is why I feel that there is a higher chance of COC staying alive    
         if we don't release.                                                
                                                                             
   RCN : Where did you come up with the name COC?  It sounds like a person   
         sucking on a cock, isn't that a bad name for the group?             
                                                                             
   MTD : I know.  I have heard all the little names that COC could stand     
         for.  I really don't know.  I thought of conquest and put it all    
         together and didn't really think about the initials of the group    
         until someone pointed it out to me.  It doesn't really seem to be   
         bringing the group down, and I don't think it really matters what   
         the name of the group is, as long as we all stay together and well  
         organized.                                                          
                                                                             
   RCN : Are there any older courier groups that you model after?            
                                                                             
   MTD : Well, there are some courier groups that just go up to get warez    
         and then there are REAL courier groups that have made a impression  
         on everyone.  I personally like fATE, RiSC, MindCrash, and Legacy.  
                                                                             
   RCN : Legacy is a games group, but anyways, do you feel that your past    
         experience in DiC has proved beneficial in helping you run COC?     
                                                                             
   MTD : I saw in DiC that if you weren't organized, you wouldn't make it    
         anywhere in the scene.  DiC taught me to keep my group organized    
         and tight.                                                          
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : Cybernetic           
     Subject  : Distinct                  Affiliation : Ex-DTC Member        
                                                                             
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   RCN : What is your current position in Distinct?                          
                                                                             
   CYB : Since Distinct broke up, I'm not so sure.                           
                                                                             
   RCN : What happened on the night of January 29 in #Distinct?  Why did     
         Distinct break up, and why did it start up again so soon after it   
         died?                                                               
                                                                             
   CYB : It all started when Bullet Wound was kicked from Distinct.  Then,   
         after school today, I came home to find that our channel had been   
         taken over.  I got the channel back, and within 5 minutes, Violent  
         (Distinct High Council) came into #Distinct and changed the         
         channel topic to :                                                  
                                                                             
             'GET THE FUCK OUT, DISTINCT IS DEAD'                            
                                                                             
         Later this evening, Weed (Distinct Senior) came into #Distinct and  
         changed topic to :                                                  
                                                                             
             Distinct, Still Trading!                                        
                                                                             
         I'm not really sure if Weed wants to start it back up or not, but   
         I do belive that two seniors, Axxis and Mystic One left and that    
         Violent and Vertigox are gone.                                      
                                                                             
   RCN : There seems to be a power struggle between Weed and Vertigox.       
         While both Weed and Vertigox were still in Distinct back when it    
         was still officially running, did you feel that there were strong   
         conflicts between the two?                                          
                                                                             
   CYB : I didn't see a conflict, but it always seemed as if they weren't    
         so close and it seemed to me that Weed would rather he be in        
         charge.                                                             
                                                                             
   RCN : Do you feel that Weed plotted the death of Distinct so he could     
         run it after Vertigox and Violent left?                             
                                                                             
   CYB : No, i don't think it was Weed's idea to kill Distinct.              
                                                                             
   RCN : Do you feel that Distinct will be better off now that Vertigox and  
         Violent are NOT running the group?                                  
                                                                             
   CYB : Better, yes, in a way.  Wouldn't the government run better with a   
         Vice President that helped the President?  The question is, will    
         Distinct live on in order for that to happen.                       
                                                                             
   RCN : You stated earlier that the fall of Distinct first started when     
         Bullet Wound was kicked out of Distinct; why was he kicked out?     
                                                                             
   CYB : Vertigox mass deoped everyone, but since Bullet Wound's script      
         automatically kickbans anyone that tries to mass deop, Vertigox     
         got really pissed when he was kickbanned out of the channel.  In    
         turn, Vertigox kicked Bullet Wound out of Distinct.  Since Bullet   
         Wound was a senior courier, the group fell part and killed itself   
         in his absence.  Therefore, Vertigox and Violent decided to kill    
         Distinct before it drove itself right into the ground.  Vertigox    
         didn't want it to end like that, so he killed the group.  We could  
         have been a great competitive group.                                
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : god                  
     Subject  : fATE                      Affiliation : fATE VP              
                                                                             
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   RCN : You have kicked many people out of fATE in the recent weeks, and    
         they have in turn become very bitter toward you.  They make many    
         accusations saying that Anti Derivative and you are lazy, never     
         online to take care of problems, and kick people out of fATE just   
         for fun.  Do any of the accusations hold truth?                     
                                                                             
   GOD : People who are kicked out are kicked out for a reason.  It is       
         understandable they are bitter toward me and I feel bad for them;   
         but what am I to do?  Keep every lamer even if they are screwing    
         around just because I don't want to hurt their feelings???   As     
         far as lazy goes, I don't consider myself lazy.  I own a computer   
         store and work long hours.  All my free time is dedicated to the    
         scene.                                                              
                                                                             
   RCN : Why did you kick out Sucre?                                         
                                                                             
   GOD : Sucre was kicked at long last for a combination of reasons.  First  
         off, he had overstepped his limits on many occasions taking it      
         upon himself to call senior meetings when he wasn't even a senior.  
         He was only a member and site operator.  He was running around      
         like he owned the group.  His site was always down and too slow     
         for us to continue using.  Without his site, Sucre was basically    
         useless and he had caused far too much trouble for us to keep him   
         around.  It was just time for him to go.  I did help him out by     
         setting his site up for RoR.  There were other reasons but I am     
         not going to embarrass Sucre.  The other reasons why he was kicked  
         out are unreconcilable.  I'll leave it at that.                     
                                                                             
   RCN : Many people have accused you of always raging war with other        
         groups.  For example, Raistlindr, an ex-fATE member, informed me    
         that you have tried to take over #Malice, so in turn, MALiCE took   
         over #Fatefiles.  Does the accusation hold any truth?               
                                                                             
   GOD : When was this???  I have talked with Dorian voice and he seems      
         like a nice guy.  I have no problem with MALiCE other than          
         friendly competition.  I did not try to take over #Malice nor       
         would I try; and MALiCE did not take over #Fatefiles, nor did they  
         try.  People don't seem to understand that there is competition     
         between the groups.  I slam MALiCE, sure I do.  They slam me too,   
         it's all part of the game.  In the end, it doesn't matter.          
                                                                             
   RCN : Now don't tell me #Fatefiles has never been taken over.  Who are    
         the ones that DO took over #Fatefiles?                              
                                                                             
   GOD : I am not sure.  It was some small unknown group that took it one    
         night.  However, that was like Christmas weekend and all of our     
         good IRC guys were away on vacation.  On a regular day, there is    
         no one who could take #Fatefiles and hold it for any extended       
         period of time.  We have IRC Operators like Mikeysoft and his       
         friends constantly guarding the channel.                            
                                                                             
   RCN : The REAL Mikeysoft, or just a friend on his account.  I recall      
         that he was recently busted by Gail Thatcher.                       
                                                                             
   GOD : That is the real Mikeysoft.  He is not a narc and he is not a       
         lamer.  He is the original Mikeysoft who has been around for        
         years.  What happened to him is none of our business, it is         
         Mikeysoft's business.  Rest assured, he is and always will be       
         loyal to the scene.  I have nothing but respect for him and what    
         he has done.  He has earned his place.                              
                                                                             
   RCN : So Mikesoft is NOT a narc, but he did get busted and was charged    
         with computer crimes and got his computers confiscated?             
                                                                             
   GOD : He got his equipment back but I do not know all of the details,     
         nor do I care.  He is back and he is here to stay.  He is not a     
         narc.  If he were a narc or we had any indication that he was, he   
         would not be permitted to work in our channels.                     
                                                                             
   RCN : If you did find out he was a narc, how would you enforce that "he   
         would not be permitted to work in our channels"?                    
                                                                             
   GOD : I don't really have an answer, but it's not like that at all.       
         It's Mikeysoft, not some lame impersonator!  It's the real him and  
         he's not a narc, and I don't think he has even gone to court yet?   
                                                                             
   RCN : There are many people accusing fATE of having bad relations with    
         release groups.  For example, not too long ago, RoR dropped fATE    
         as their official couriers, why did that happen?                    
                                                                             
   GOD : RoR did not drop us, we dropped them, and hard.  We had our senior  
         discussion as to what should be done with the situation and we      
         came to the conclusion that our couriers didn't like spreading      
         non-working releases.  So seeing how RoR was a part of fATE, Anti   
         Derivative and I started that group, so we killed it, and shortly   
         there after, tKLP reformed it and that was that.                    
                                                                             
   RCN : Raistlindr accused Leodlion for being a stubborn senior that did    
         not listen to other people's suggestions whenever he was wrong.     
         Does the accusation hold truth?                                     
                                                                             
   GOD : I have been accused of the same thing.  People don't fully          
         understand how fATE is run.  Every major decision is not done in    
         the channel.  We do voice conferences between the seniors.          
         Leodlion does not kick anyone without consulting us first, vice     
         versa.  Once a decision is made, that person is removed from the    
         group swiftly.  We jump in the channel and voom that's it.  Mind    
         you we talk over every alternative until we are all convinced that  
         the person in question must be removed, then we remove them.        
                                                                             
   RCN : So fATE is actually much more organized than everyone gives it      
         credit for?  Why do people give fATE so LITTLE credit?              
                                                                             
   GOD : People tend to rag on us because we do not divulge the inner        
         workings of our group to every lamer that comes down the tracks as  
         any good group would.  People slam what they don't understand.      
         They get their own idea of how fATE is run, and 9 out of 10 times,  
         their idea is dead wrong.  fATE is much more than a little IRC      
         group.  We are world wide and are involved in many things aside     
         from just spreading warez on the internet.                          
                                                                             
   RCN : How do you think fATE compares in regards to RiSC?                  
                                                                             
   GOD : I have always liked RiSC.  They rock.  I hope some consider us on   
         or close to the same level as RiSC.                                 
                                                                             
   RCN : How do you think fATE compares in regards to MALiCE?                
                                                                             
   GOD : I think MALiCE rocks.  They are our #1 competition on the internet  
         and on boards.  MALiCE is made up of 70% ex-fATE members which      
         tells me that they have strong couriers.  I have talked to Dorian   
         voice on occasion and he is definitely not a little warez punk.  I  
         learned volumes about his personality, he is mature and well        
         suited to his position as a MALiCE leader.  I wish them well and    
         hope they stay cause they definitely keep us on our toes.           
                                                                             
   RCN : Do you feel that fATE is becoming a HTC since all the good fATE     
         couriers leave for other groups such as MALiCE, MindCrash, and      
         RiSC?                                                               
                                                                             
   GOD : Definitely not, HTC died!  Sure, we lose members, every group       
         loses members.  However, fATE members do not just leave unless      
         they are not getting along with other members.  Not everyone's      
         personalities clash well and sometimes they are better off in a     
         group that portrays their own attitudes.  fATE is not made for      
         everyone.  I have no problem with that.  As long as they keep       
         spreading warez, it helps the scene.  They are either with us or    
         the competition.  We need both of these to survive.  Very few are   
         accepted into our inner circle, and those people never leave fATE.  
         If we only had 10 couriers, we would still dominate as we are now.  
                                                                             
   RCN : MALiCE recently challenged fATE to an upload match.  Why did fATE   
         decline the challenge?                                              
                                                                             
   GOD : Declined???  What???                                                
                                                                             
   RCN : Dorian told me that fATE declined an upload match between MALiCE    
         and fATE.                                                           
                                                                             
   GOD : The channel turned into a screaming match.  I left the channel.     
         If we are to do a competition, I am happy to oblige.  As long as    
         the rules are set and it's on a neutral site.                       
                                                                             
   RCN : GREAT!  RCN will be MORE than happy to cover the matches.           
                                                                             
   GOD : I would be happy to let RCN cover it :).                            
                                                                             
   RCN : On matters of tagging, is it true that fATE is out tagging every    
         group 4:1?                                                          
                                                                             
   GOD : We slaughter groups one week, and then they slaughter us the next.  
         That's how it goes.  If I said we were out tagging other groups     
         4:1, then at that point in time it was fact.  Right now, by         
         comparing fATE and MALiCE sites, I can objectively say that we are  
         slightly ahead, around a 10:8 tag ratio.  However, MALiCE could     
         jump ahead with a few good tags, or vice versa.  fATE and MALiCE    
         are actually very close as far as over all performance.  There is   
         not another group in the scene that has been able to keep up with   
         either of our groups.                                               
                                                                             
   RCN : Reducing 10:8, I get 5:4.  Why did you pick your name "GOD"?        
         Many people say that you are egoistical and that you think you      
         created the scene in 6 days.  Is that true?                         
                                                                             
   GOD : Hahaha, not in the slightest.  My old nick back in the Commodore    
         days was Satan.  I had a little run with the law using that nick    
         and was away for a few years.  When I returned about a year ago, I  
         picked the exact oposite of my old nick.  It was not that I think   
         I am better than anyone although I am heh... joke :).               
                                                                             
   RCN : What kind of LITTLE run with the law resulting in a FEW years are   
         you speaking of?                                                    
                                                                             
   GOD : Blue boxing, lame... the Commodore days were good to me :).         
                                                                             
   RCN : Many people say that good courier groups should not release.  Why   
         does fATE release?                                                  
                                                                             
   GOD : I personally agree that courier groups should courier and release   
         groups should release.  However, from time to time, when something  
         big comes down the track, and the race is on, it ends up getting    
         thrown out as fATE.  I have changed the policy as of late.          
                                                                             
   RCN : As of late?  You mean this very second?  I just saw fATE release    
         a few hours ago.                                                    
                                                                             
   GOD : You should not be seeing that anymore.  I wanted to give that       
         release to one of our release groups but unfortunately, our coder   
         Leon was too fast for me to catch.  He cracked and ripped the damn  
         thing and got it on the net faster than I could say boo.            
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Entropy                   Interviewee : Mystic One           
     Subject  : Distinct                  Affiliation : Ex-DTC Senior        
                                                                             
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   RCN : Mystic One, what groups are you affiliated with?                    
                                                                             
   MTC : I am in Pantera, Dragon, Darius, Masque, and TnT.                   
                                                                             
   RCN : What was your position in the former Distinct?  Did you feel that   
         you were the core of the group?                                     
                                                                             
   MTC : I was a senior.  My responsibilities were mainly to courier to our  
         sites and to recruit good sites and couriers.  No, I did not feel   
         that I was the core of the group.  If a group is to survive, it is  
         because everyone, including the seniors, pulled his or her own      
         weight.                                                             
                                                                             
   RCN : What was your main reason for leaving Distinct?                     
                                                                             
   MTC : I presented several suggestions to the group, and recruited         
         several high caliber sites for the group.  We had an opportunity    
         to make the group into something special.  Unfortunately the        
         leadership was not interested in the growth and betterment of the   
         group.  A group must be made up of members working toward a common  
         goal.                                                               
                                                                             
   RCN : In what way was the leadership not interested in the growth and     
         betterment of Distinct?                                             
                                                                             
   MTC : At one point we were in negotiations to get a major site for the    
         group, and the leadership showed no interest. In fact when a        
         senior was told we lost the site, his words were "Who cares?"  The  
         leadership did not mind if the couriers couriered 2-3 day warez     
         even though we claimed to be a 0 day couriering team.  Axxis had    
         to fight for almost a week just to get the damn channel '+i'.  He   
         fought the high council on this point.  He has been around for a    
         long time and he knew that keeping the channel '-i' was a mistake.  
                                                                             
   RCN : You stated earlier that you were not the core of the group, but     
         when you left, Distinct immediately took a vote and decided to      
         close down.  Do you think that you were doing more while others     
         sat back and relaxed?  Do you feel that they died because the       
         group could not survive without you?                                
                                                                             
   MTC : I feel I was one of the more experienced members, and maybe some    
         of them looked up to me for leadership, but as I said before, one   
         member does not make or break a group.                              
                                                                             
   RCN : However, we have a log file showing quite the contrary.  It seems   
         that a member does make or break a group.  When Axxis and you left  
         the group, the log file shows that the general feeling of Distinct  
         was that they could not handle it.  What are your comments on       
         that?                                                               
                                                                             
   MTC : Well, they knew that we were the ones pushing for the betterment    
         of the group, and when we left some might have had second thoughts  
         about whether or not the group would get turned around.             
                                                                             
   RCN : Many courier groups often show strength by being affiliated with    
         good release groups.  However, Distinct was only affiliated with a  
         small PPE group, do you feel that LSPD hindered Distinct's growth?  
                                                                             
   MTC : No, I do not believe it hindered it at all, the problem was that    
         Distinct never recruited any other release groups.                  
                                                                             
   RCN : Why didn't Distinct try to recruit other release groups?  Was       
         Distinct rejected left and right or did it not try at all?          
                                                                             
   MTC : I do not feel they tried at all.  That too was something we         
         preached at the meetings but was never acted upon.                  
                                                                             
   RCN : Do you feel that a lack of communication and a lack of effort on    
         the part of the members and the council to discuss problems is      
         what ultimately led to the death of Distinct?                       
                                                                             
   MTC : Conversation took place.  Nothing ever transpired.  That was all    
         we did, we TALKED about things.                                     
                                                                             
   RCN : Where do you think ex-Distinct members will go now that Distinct    
         is officially dead, was there a plan or general consention to       
         merge into another group?                                           
                                                                             
   MTC : No. Axxis and I had been debating whether or not to start our own   
         group.  After leaving Distinct, we decided to move along with our   
         plan for TnT traders along with Ratz and Ratphour.  A few of the    
         good Distinct members have expressed an interest in joining.        
                                                                             
   RCN : What will make TnT better than the late Distinct?  What will you    
         do that Vertigox didn't?                                            
                                                                             
   MTC : All suggestions will be considered seriously.  Everyone in the      
         group will pull his or her weight, including the senior             
         leadership.  We wish to implement several ideas which we feel will  
         make this group unique.                                             
                                                                             
   RCN : What would you do if Distinct was revived and they invited you      
         back as a senior?  Would you accept?                                
                                                                             
   MTC : If Distinct was revived, that would be fine.  TnT is not out to     
         make enemies with anyone, however I would decline their offer       
         to rejoin because I intend to totally apply myself to TnT.          
                                                                             
   RCN : What will make TnT unique compared to all the other courier groups  
         that pop up each week?                                              
                                                                             
   MTC : First off, the founders have been in the scene for many years and   
         plan on being around for a long time. We are seasoned traders who   
         will share our combined experience, thus insuring the group gets    
         off on the right foot, and stays on track, outliving 'kiddie'       
         groups.                                                             
                                                                             
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   The following took place shortly after Axxis and Mystic One left          
   Distinct :                                                                
                                                                             
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   <VertigoX> To be fair, let's put this to a vote...                        
                                                                             
   <ReFLeX> I vote yes.                                                      
                                                                             
   <Ez`> You can't vote with only a few people :).                           
                                                                             
   <_Weed_> No.                                                              
                                                                             
   <ReFLeX> But any signs of slacking will be the downfall of this group.    
            Let's just say we'll be riding on a tightrope here.              
                                                                             
   <_Weed_> WAIT!  How are we going to do this vote?                         
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> I just had a brilliant idea, godlike in a way...               
                                                                             
   <Ez`> Maybe it is a good idea to close down DTC.                          
                                                                             
   <_Weed_> Remember, it was my idea for a democratic vote.                  
                                                                             
   <ReFLeX> I might have to agree with Ez now that i think about it.  Fuck   
            it, we retire.  What's done is done.                             
                                                                             
   <serenity> What for?  You guys have plenty going for you.  No group       
              should have to retire just because 2 people left.  Where is    
              your self-pride?  You guys should just move on without them.   
                                                                             
   <ReFLeX> Serenity, all good things must come to an end.                   
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> That's not the only thing...                                   
                                                                             
   <Ez`> Well, how much did DTC rely on Axxis and Mystic One?  That's what   
         everyone has got to about.  If that's the ONLY reason DTC is        
         going to die...                                                     
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> Fuck that would be awesome.                                    
                                                                             
   <ReFLeX> Why don't you merge instead of dying off?                        
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> I thought about that, but who would we merge with?             
                                                                             
   <ReFLeX> Master... *GAG* ... try Malice...                                
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> I don't know Dorian at all...                                  
                                                                             
   <serenity> You guys have plenty of people in the .nfo other than Axxis    
              and Mystic One.  Malice would never accept a merger.           
                                                                             
   <ReFLeX> Try Mindcrash...                                                 
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!  Don't make me laugh.                       
                                                                             
   <_Weed_> There are good members in Master, so shut up.                    
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> All I have to say about Master is Lightning.                   
                                                                             
   <Ez`> I don't think The Wicked One from Mindcrash would accept a merger.  
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> I kind of took over #Mindcrash a couple times :).  I guess I   
              need some references again.                                    
                                                                             
   <ReFLeX> Anyways, we're dead people.  There isn't anyone here that's got  
            a problem with that is there?                                    
                                                                             
   <_Weed_> Come on, vote time!  Let's make the vote anonymous.              
                                                                             
   <ReFLeX> I vote our time has come.                                        
                                                                             
   <_Weed_> The only groups I think acceptable to merge with considering who 
            and what we are, I'm serious about this...                       
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> Don't say it.  Please don't.  I know what you're thinking.     
              Don't say it.  Don't even think of it.                         
                                                                             
   <_Weed_> Master or Digital.                                               
                                                                             
   <Ez`> Weed, tell me the ther reason behind closing this down?             
                                                                             
   <_Weed_> I'm not closing this down.  I was just suggesting that we vote.  
                                                                             
   <ReFLeX> I'd vote Master too, but that would cause ME to resign.          
                                                                             
   <serenity> Aww, I'm hurt, Reflex.                                         
                                                                             
   <_Weed_> If we stay as one, we should start hand picking individuals.     
            We should not have application forms or anything.  I think that  
            if we have chosen members only, and if we drop all useless       
            members right now, that might bring a wave back of action.  I    
            also know of an up and coming VERY good courier that could       
            almost could compete with me :) j/k, but he's real good and      
            would help DTC A LOT.                                            
                                                                             
   <ReFLeX> Master isn't a bad group, but I've been thrown off by them a     
            few times.                                                       
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> I've got an idea, but I'll need backing and I can't think I    
              can get it right now.  I'm going to do something that defies   
              all my principles.                                             
                                                                             
   <_Weed_> So wait, what do you think of my ideas?  It's risky.             
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> Oh shit, I almost died.  Damn, I got an idea... fucking        
              brilliant...                                                   
                                                                             
   <ReFLeX> Those who were good in this group should move on to Viper96.     
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> It could work better than anything ever conceived.  Viper96    
              r00lez.  Weed, be a senior with me and let's do it.  Get da    
              dope ass m0f0s, get da dope ass m0f0s.                         
                                                                             
   <_Weed_> Reflex, stop trying to steal our COURIERS!                       
                                                                             
   <ReFLeX> Weed, I'm not stealing anyone; and even if I was, there isn't    
            anything wrong with advice.                                      
                                                                             
   <_Weed_> VertigoX, you're a freak for trying this, but it can work.       
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> It's fucking crazy ain't it?  It's too big.                    
                                                                             
   <ReFLeX> Anyways, good luck to all of you, I'm out of here.               
                                                                             
   <[PForm]> So tell me, I hope DTC didn't die.                              
                                                                             
   <_Weed_> We're like planning and shit.                                    
                                                                             
   <[PForm]> SIGH, dTZ is BAK!                                               
                                                                             
   <_Weed_> VertigoX you ass!  What do you think?                            
                                                                             
   <[PForm]> HAHA                                                            
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> Ok guys, all will be settled tomorrow.  Why did this shit      
              have to go down on finals week.                                
                                                                             
   <[PForm]> Ah oh. I said something nasty.  Anyone alive?  It's only        
             10:41pm.  DTC be alive again =).                                
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> No.                                                            
                                                                             
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   VertigoX has changed the topic on channel #Distinct to "DTC IS DEAD."     
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : Raistlindr           
     Subject  : fATE                      Affiliation : Ex-fATE Member       
                                                                             
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   The following is a reinterview with Raistlindr made in order to clear     
   some misconceptions :                                                     
                                                                             
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   RCN : Why were you kicked out of fATE?                                    
                                                                             
   RST : I told Anti Derivative when I spoke with him that I was no longer   
         in fATE and I thought he understood that.                           
                                                                             
   RCN : Why did you tell him you were no longer in fATE?                    
                                                                             
   RST : For a few reasons, 1. The fact that Anti Derivative and god were    
         never online to take care of any problems.  2. LeoDLioN is one of   
         the most childish and infantile people I know on the net.  3. The   
         fact that most of the fATE people were not doing anything.  4. The  
         fact that if there was ever a problem, they would just try to kick  
         you out of the channel, and did not allow you to defend yourself.   
         Those are the main reasons.                                         
                                                                             
   RCN : If Anti Derivative and god were not online to take care of          
         problems, then who did to help accomplish things?                   
                                                                             
   RST : In theory, the other seniors did, and that was one of the main      
         problems, was the fact that much of it didn't get taken care of.    
                                                                             
   RCN : Why do you feel that LeoDLioN is childish and infantile?  He is     
         married and has kids.                                               
                                                                             
   RST : That does not matter and is not what I meant.  His attitude and     
         how he reacts to other people.  For instance, if he has a problem   
         with someone instead of speaking to them rationally or allowing     
         them to defend themselves he will just try and kick them out of     
         the channel anytime there has been a problem with him.              
                                                                             
   RCN : Has he ever done anything personally to you that would turn you     
         off?                                                                
                                                                             
   RST : And when I have stopped the escalation of the problem, he would     
         always start up again.  And, yes, he has done a lot to me.  When I  
         was still in fATE, he took me off the bots and banned me from       
         #fATE because he realized that I was correct and that he could not  
         defend his actions, so rather than admit he was wrong or try and    
         solve any problems, he just tried to ban me. As long as I was       
         still in fATE, as I was, I should not be taken off the bots, much   
         less banned from them.  That is just one example of how childish    
         he acts.  He did not like the fact that he felt he could question   
         what I stated and basically stated I was lying and did not like     
         the fact that when he did this, I would defend myself and           
         question his actions.                                               
                                                                             
   RCN : What did you state?                                                 
                                                                             
   RST : Well, I am a very good "warez-encyclopedia".  I know all the files  
         and what was out and when, and back then I was not currently in     
         DMN (Demolition) and a DMN senior came into the channel and asked   
         me directly a question about something DMN was planning on          
         releasing and I stated that the program in question was not out as  
         of yet.                                                             
                                                                             
   RCN : To dupe check?                                                      
                                                                             
   RST : Yes, to dupe check it.  Then LeoDLioN decided to insert himself in  
         the conversation and started ordering me to go log off the NET and  
         call Park Central for the files.  I had stated that was not         
         necessary as I knew it was not out.  I asked the DMN senior who     
         had asked me the question and he stated to me that my answer was    
         quite sufficient and the fact that I stated it was enough for him   
         to believe it.                                                      
                                                                             
   RCN : So do you belive that LeoDLioN, Anti Derivate, and god were bad     
         for fATE, because they either did nothing, or are immature?         
                                                                             
   RST : Well, I believe that LeoDLioN is bad for the group and that Anti    
         Derivative and god can't be good for it as they are not in enough   
         to take care of their duties.  I basically feel that LeoDLioN is    
         much too infantile and childish to be more of an asset to a group   
         than a hindrance.  For me at least, the main problem was that he    
         was very egotistical and felt that his opinions could not be        
         questioned, yet still felt that he could question others.  My main  
         problem with him was that he inserted himself in a conversation     
         that did not involve him and then proceeded to take offense when I  
         questioned what he stated because he questioned what I stated.  I   
         did not at the time harbor any bad feelings toward god or Anti      
         Derivative, but the fact that I tried for over 2 weeks to get in    
         touch with one of them to resolve this and neither of them were     
         ever in did not help my disposition towards fATE.                   
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Raw Toxic                 Interviewee : Majorr               
     Subject  : SODOM                     Affiliation : SDM Senior           
                                                                             
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   RCN : What is SODOM?                                                      
                                                                             
   MJR : SODOM is a warez group organized in Russia.                         
                                                                             
   RCN : Most of us have never heard of SODOM, how long has SODOM been in    
         existence?                                                          
                                                                             
   MJR : SODOM has been around for a year now, a little less or a little     
         more, give or take.                                                 
                                                                             
   RCN : Are warez a big thing in Russia as in comparsion to the United      
         States?                                                             
                                                                             
   MJR : The warez scene in Russia is about if not equal to the one in the   
         United States.                                                      
                                                                             
   RCN : What are some of SODOM's goals?                                     
                                                                             
   MJR : Our main goal is to monopolize the Russian warez market.            
                                                                             
   RCN : D0D's slogan is `Warez Bears from Russia'.  Is D0D competition for  
         SODOM?                                                              
                                                                             
   MJR : Actually D0D only has about 3 members who are actually from         
         Russia; so their slogan doesn't really fit the entire group.  D0D   
         is too large to be a Russian warez group.                           
                                                                             
   RCN : What is your opinion of the warez scene?                            
                                                                             
   MJR : There's too much worthless crap being released, half of it doesn't  
         work, the other half is just useless.  SODOM refuses to courier     
         such garbage.                                                       
                                                                             
   RCN : Has the KGB been cutting down on warez in Russia?                   
                                                                             
   MJR : No.  Microsoft has tried to grab some CD retailers, but it was a    
         one-time deal.  They failed against the Russian bears!  However,    
         there are some laws concerning copyrights in Russia, but they       
         don't work at all.                                                  
                                                                             
   RCN : Has SODOM experienced any internal problems?                        
                                                                             
   MJR : No, we don't have many problems for two reasons, we are all in      
         SODOM for a common goal, and half of us know each other on a        
         personal level.                                                     
                                                                             
   RCN : What do you see in SODOM's future?                                  
                                                                             
   MJR : I see that while we are expanding in Russia, we will also grow      
         outside of Russia.  We would like to keep more than half of our     
         group Russian though.                                               
                                                                             
   RCN : How does SODOM handle slackers?                                     
                                                                             
   MJR : We just kick them out of the group.  It's easy to do it, every      
         member in SODOM must contribute something useful.                   
                                                                             
   RCN : How is the Russian warez scene different from the American warez    
         scene?                                                              
                                                                             
   MJR : There really aren't any groups in Russia.  SODOM is the only        
         serious warez group in Russia.                                      
                                                                             
   RCN : Has the Russian scene grown considerably due to SODOM?              
                                                                             
   MJR : Of course not, we aren't the first group in the Russian scene,      
         there was DOD before SODOM.  We just want to be the greatest        
         Russian group ever.                                                 
                                                                             
   RCN : How are you going to make SODOM the greatest Russian group ever?    
                                                                             
   MJR : SODOM is going to unite all the guys in Russia who are able to do   
         something and we are going to work in that direction.  We have      
         many former D0D members joining SODOM so we have a good start.      
                                                                             
   RCN : When you mentioned formerr D0D members, did they give up D0D to     
         join SODOM?                                                         
                                                                             
   MJR : No, they were kicked out by Jimmy Jamez and SODOM was willing to    
         let them in.                                                        
                                                                             
   RCN : How do you say 'warez' in Russian?                                  
                                                                             
   MJR : Waresi                                                              
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : Super Hacker         
     Subject  : The Hardened Criminals    Affiliation : THC President        
                                                                             
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   RCN : What sets THC apart from other courier groups?                      
                                                                             
   SHK : Well, there are many things.  One is the name.  As you can see,     
         the name is not related nor does it sound like a couriering group.  
         It sounds more like bunch of criminals doing illegal activities.    
         GUESS WHAT, we are all doing this, and we are all criminals.  The   
         main reason why the group is different and set APART from other     
         couriering groups is that members in our group are dedicated.  We   
         all work in groups and we all have a common goal.  We are here to   
         have fun and to help out the warez scene to the best of our         
         abilities.  Like we say  "HERO'S COME AND GO, BUT CRIMINALS NEVER   
         DIE" SO BANNNNNNNNNG, we are here to stay.                          
                                                                             
   RCN : What are the minimum requirements for an accepted THC applicant?    
                                                                             
   SHK : THC looks for dedication, time, and leadership skills in new        
         applicants.  We are not like other groups in that we do not ask a   
         member to be on IRC 24 hours a day trading.  Everybody has a life   
         and we as a group want people to contribute whatever time they can  
         and expect only 100% dedication.  If the new member can only        
         contribute 5 hours a day trading, then that's cool as long as he    
         puts 100% in that 5 hours.                                          
                                                                             
   RCN : Do you feel that people might become lazy under that philosphy?     
         Is it working for THC so far?                                       
                                                                             
   SHK : THC has been working well under our current philosophy.  People     
         are not becoming lazy but are becoming more active.  People who     
         courier for 5 hours or so are now couriering 10 hours.  I don't     
         know how but they are.  They even come up with new ideas of making  
         the group more effective, so our philosophy is definitely working.  
         We also have members from other groups joining THC because they     
         say groups like fATE, RTS, and MOTiV8 require more time.  So the    
         facts and answers are right in front of us.                         
                                                                             
   RCN : Do you feel that THC's philosphy will make it one of the BEST       
         courier groups in the scene in the not too distant future?          
                                                                             
   SHK : Yes, I believe that the THC philosophy will make us one of the      
         best groups in the near future.  We have just started and we are    
         doing well.  I did not expect that but with hard work and           
         dedication we are doing really well.  One good thing I really       
         enjoyed is that other courier groups don't bug us or do the usual   
         CHANNEL TAKEOVERS.  I suppose those things only happen to release   
         groups.  Our future plans are not only to accept couriers but to    
         accept suppliers as well.                                           
                                                                             
   RCN : Since THC will be accepting suppliers, will it be releasing under   
         a separate name or under THC?                                       
                                                                             
   SHK : A branch of THC will release and the other good part will be that   
         we can spread our own releases.  Like I said before, we are here    
         to contribute toward the warez scene and are giving 100%.  If       
         members can supply us with warez, then why not supply and courier   
         together.  We can have the best of both worlds.                     
                                                                             
   RCN : THC sounds an awful lot like THG - The Humble Guys.  Did they in    
         any way inspire the name THC?  Do members of THC look up to THG as  
         models?  I remember memorizing it as an acronym so I could get on   
         some lame one node board.                                           
                                                                             
   SHK : Well, if you look at the letters THC, you would notice that if you  
         flip flop the "T" and the "H", you'd get the name HTC as well; and  
         like you said, it can also be flip flopped to form THG.  When I     
         first started out in the scene, we were called TGP (Tokyo Ghetto    
         Pussy).  We couriered and then changed our name to PWC (Pirate      
         Without Cause), but we didn't like it.  The Humble Guys in a way    
         did inspire us and so did other groups like PTW, DTC, and HTC.      
         We took all the concepts and good parts of all those groups and     
         formed THC.  We took all the good parts from each group and made a  
         new group with a new look and style.                                
                                                                             
   RCN : Is THC best at internet or board couriering?                        
                                                                             
   SHK : We are best at board couriering.  The reason for this is that we    
         have sysops from many areas.  We asked them to get us one of their  
         users from their board who can call internet and get warez off our  
         sites.  Using this method, we spread to our boards much faster.     
         The users ftp to the sites, they leech 0-1 hour warez and then      
         upload it to their assigned board.  The sysops can easily keep      
         track of that because the sysop of the boards are all members of    
         THC.                                                                
                                                                             
   RCN : What is THC's policy on double tagging?                             
                                                                             
   SHK : What is double tagging?                                             
                                                                             
   RCN : Do THC couriers tag files they help spread?                         
                                                                             
   SHK : Yes, we put our NFO file in it.                                     
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Throughout these past 11 issues, Reality Check Network has received a     
   great amount of user response.  The RCN staff has decided to publish      
   these comments, whether supportive or destructive.  We would like to      
   encourage our readers to continue to voice their opinions, and we would   
   like to thank all the readers that have done so up until now.             
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN/Trite,                                                           
                                                                             
       First of all, thank you for your kind words about MALiCE, however as  
   one of the leaders of MALiCE, I feel I have to address several issues     
   your article mentioned about the group.                                   
                                                                             
   Group Interfacing and Relations -                                         
                                                                             
       MALiCE has no quarrels with other couriering groups, be it RiSC,      
   Everlast, RTS, fATE, or any other.  May I re-iterate the policy of        
   MALiCE, which may I add is written in our constitution.                   
                                                                             
   - MALiCE will not or shall not tolerate its own members slating or        
     rubbishing other groups in public, on the boards, or on the net.  Such  
     behavior is completely inappropriate.  MALiCE was formed for fun and    
     certainly not for having egotrips or forms of bullshit.                 
                                                                             
       I do admit in the early days of MALiCE's reformation, we did have     
   problems with other groups, however such problems have been ironed out,   
   and we extend our respect equally to all other groups.                    
                                                                             
   - May I add the channel big-headedness is not "might just be a tad out    
     of date" but IT IS, by over 2 months.                                   
                                                                             
   - Your presentation of our channel policy is untrue and is not based on   
     true facts, but I would like to know where you received your            
     information concerning our channel policy.                              
                                                                             
       However I would like to present the real policy of MALiCE based on    
   facts.  MALiCE channel policy strictly states, people who get OPPED in    
   the channel must be a member of the MALiCE team, any other ops must be    
   approved by the leaders and this is only given out under SPECIAL          
   circumstances.  People outside the group, with the exception of PWA,      
   DARIUS, Rebels, AFL, Pinnacle, and/or friends of MALiCE may get invited,  
   will not have ops, but rather +v.  This provides a harmonious and         
   working relationship with the other groups, and may I add, the other      
   groups extend the same invitation to MALiCE members as they visit their   
   respective channels.                                                      
                                                                             
       Finally, people who wish to join MALiCE may be invited to the         
   channel but at the Council or Leader's discretion.  This is the MALiCE    
   channel policy, and as you can see it clearly shows your statement about  
   non-invitations to outsiders to be untrue and unfounded.                  
                                                                             
       Publicity?  Well, publicity is not one of our main objectives,        
   however, MALiCE's main objectives are :                                   
                                                                             
   - To have fun and a damn good time in what we do.                         
   - To support our boards and our sites well.                               
   - Spread the warez of the release groups (this extends to all groups be   
     it the ones we courier for or not), on the boards (MALiCE and NON       
     MALiCE included) and on the net sites (MALiCE and NON MALiCE included)  
     and provide the release groups that we courier for officially, support  
     on their major boards and sites.                                        
                                                                             
       MALiCE does welcome publicity for itself only by achieving its        
   defined objectives.  To gain publicity by inviting any John Doe on IRC    
   is not our way of working, I'm afraid.  Lastly, to gain publicity as an   
   individual objective is certainly not considered.                         
                                                                             
   "They do all recruiting by word-of-mouth which is not too bad, but not    
    too good practice for a long lasting courier group."                     
                                                - Trite (RCN #10, Articles)  
                                                                             
       May I ask you to justify your source for the above statement in your  
   article?  We certainly do not do our recruiting by word-of-mouth, I have  
   no idea where you got this notion from, but I will state it is untrue     
   and unfounded.  We do our recruiting based on these attributes :          
                                                                             
   - The applicant would benefit MALiCE in helping achieve our goals and     
     MALiCE can provide support for the applicant, to establish a two-way    
     working relationship.                                                   
                                                                             
   - The applicant has a proven track record on the boards and/or the net    
     and/or has been recommended to us by our other sources.                 
                                                                             
   Once council and/or leaders have ascertained the applicant is suitable    
   for membership we usually place the applicant on a two week trial         
   period, which allows the applicant and MALiCE to determine whether it is  
   the right choice for both respective parties.  Overall this policy has    
   provided us with loyal and hardworking members, occasionally it has not,  
   but it has been a tried and tested method, and we shall not be changing   
   our recruiting policy in the near future.                                 
                                                                             
                Aslan - MALiCE Leader / RAZOR 1911 / DARiUS / PiNNACLE       
                                                                             
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   Dear Aslan,                                                               
                                                                             
       I find that some of your comments are not as well founded as you      
   appear to think they are.  Trite said quite clearly that he joined        
   #MALiCE just to get thrown out a second later by Pericles.  This did not  
   involve OPs, it wasn't a question of Trite having +v in the channel,      
   surely he was not too well known in #MALiCE, but I don't believe he       
   expected to get +o, or even +v.  He was kicked out for the mere reason    
   of "And you are..."  I don't doubt that your constitution incorporates    
   everything that you have mentioned, but I seem to doubt some of your      
   methods of enforcement.                                                   
                                                                             
   I was invited to #MALiCE last night by Dorian, a MALiCE leader.  I had    
   never felt so uncomfortable as I had last night in the channel.  Members  
   such as Gahn and Lester were openly questioning my presence in the        
   channel.  From the above article, I can infer that they assumed I was a   
   John Doe.  The only thing that kept them from actually kicking me (as     
   opposed to just talking about it) was the fact that I was invited in by   
   Dorian himself.  I do not criticize MALiCE's ability to courier or its    
   presence in the scene, but the enforcement of its established             
   constitution is in question, and ridiculously far from being a reality.   
                                                                             
                              Rebel Chicken - Legacy President / RCN Editor  
                                                                             
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   Dear RCN,                                                                 
                                                                             
       Very cool idea with the rotating music, but I like doing my homework  
   to the songs in RCN, and that damn music rotator gets on my nerves.       
   It's nice when you're reading the mag, but when doing homework, it's      
   just a pain.  Could you fix that?                                         
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Dear Reader,                                                              
                                                                             
       Consider it done!  Music now defaults to "No rotate" and if you do    
   want the music to rotate, you can change it out of the options menu.      
   So from now on, you can do your homework the RIGHT way, RCN style :-).    
                                                                             
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   Last week Darkhosis e-mailed me about not having RiSC in the Net          
   Couriers list in the voting booth.                                        
                                                                             
   Dear Darkhosis,                                                           
                                                                             
       I truly apologize for my disheartening mistake.  I rarely see any     
   RiSC couriers offering on IRC, but I would never doubt your couriering,   
   and you are by far the most respected Net courier around, and.. duhhh,    
   what couriering group are you in?  RiSC.  Again, I apologize for the      
   terrible mistake, you're doing a great job couriering, keep it up, and    
   don't let my dumb ass insult you!                                         
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : <Undisclosed>        
     Subject  : Piracy                    Affiliation : Apogee               
                                                                             
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   RCN : Software companies had a hard time when games were released on      
         diskettes since diskettes can easily be copied.  However, most      
         companies currently release games on CD-Rom.  Since it is often     
         difficult to pirate a game that is 650 megabytes, do software       
         companies feel that CD-Rom has deterred piracy?                     
                                                                             
   APG : That depends on what is on the CD-Rom.  If a game is 20 megabytes,  
         and it's on a CD, it's just as easy to pirate it.  CD's are also    
         cheaper to produce and floppies, and last longer.  If someone is    
         going to steal a computer program, they'll steal it no matter what  
         format it's on.                                                     
                                                                             
   RCN : I assume Apogee knows that the final registered version of Duke     
         Nukem 3D will be released on the internet BEFORE it hits stores.    
         Ironically, it will most likely be uploaded to the internet and     
         given to a games pirate group by an Apogee insider.  Will Apogee    
         assume preventive measures in the future so that Apogee software    
         is not pirated?                                                     
                                                                             
   APG : As long as human beings are involved, there will always be people   
         who will want to steal a computer program.  It's human nature.  No  
         matter what you do, someone will steal your program.  Period.       
         There's ultimately nothing you can do if someone really wants to    
         steal your program.                                                 
                                                                             
   RCN : So you're saying that Apogee KNOWS people pirate their software     
         and is doing nothing to prevent it because Apogee feels that        
         stealing is human nature?                                           
                                                                             
   APG : I'm saying that every computer software programmer knows people     
         pirate their software.  There is no such thing as a method of       
         protection that can totally prevent your software from being        
         stolen.  I'm not saying that Apogee does nothing.  I'm saying that  
         you're naive to think you can totally protect your software.        
                                                                             
   RCN : Some companies DO find a way to make sure their software is         
         IMPOSSIBLE to pirate on the internet.  They make their games        
         ridiculously LARGE.  For example, Phantasmagoria was released on    
         seven CDs, will Apogee take that route in the future by making      
         games that often take up many CDs?                                  
                                                                             
   APG : I doubt that.                                                       
                                                                             
   RCN : For example, ALL games that include MacroMedia are IMPOSSIBLE to    
         pirate on the internet due to their extensive size, and are thus,   
         HARDLY ever pirated.  However, those games that are HARDLY pirated  
         do not sell as well as games that ARE pirated.  Why are software    
         companies turning to MacroMedia, a form of programming that         
         requires HALF the usual programming time and are nearly pirate      
         free?                                                               
                                                                             
   APG : If you are inferring that huge CD-Rom games are not pirated, then   
         you're wrong.  Haven't you heard of CD-Rom burners?  These things   
         are below $1000, and they'll go much lower soon.  The CD-Rom is     
         *NOT* protection from copying software anymore, and will be less    
         so in the future.                                                   
                                                                             
   RCN : You can copy a huge game from CD to CD, but you cannot upload or    
         download them from underground bulletin boards because it would     
         take a person about 1 week to download a game on a 33.6kb/s         
         US Robotics Modem.  Is that not true?                               
                                                                             
   APG : Yeah, but if you think that's the only avenue of piracy, you're     
         not seeing everything.                                              
                                                                             
   RCN : What is the main avenue of piracy?                                  
                                                                             
   APG : What do you think it is?                                            
                                                                             
   RCN : I go over my friend's house and we lend each other SNES games, and  
         sometimes PC games too.  I've only copied like 3 games, and I       
         guess a lot of my friends also do what I do, so it must add up.     
                                                                             
   APG : The internet is the main avenue of trading, and countries outside   
         of the United States pose a big problem too.                        
                                                                             
   RCN : The internet?  People pirate on the internet?  So... ya got any     
         cool sitez, d00d?                                                   
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : Method               
     Subject  : Couriers on Conquest      Affiliation : COC President        
                                                                             
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   RCN : What is Couriers on Conquest?  I assume it's a courier group, but   
         what will make it different from all the other courier groups that  
         pop up each week?                                                   
                                                                             
   MTD : Couriers on Conquest came up from a couple of places.  When DiC     
         decided to merge with some no name group, a lot of DiC members did  
         not like it so we decided to go run DiC ourselves, but the          
         President of DiC didn't like the idea.  Then, a couple local        
         friends of mine decided we wanted to run a local courier group for  
         the time being; and if it got a good response, then we would take   
         it to the NET.  I had a local sysop make up a quick application     
         generator and we had a good response of eager couriers,             
         programmers, artists, and distribution sites.  We then decided to   
         bring it to the NET and so far, we haven't had a bad response.  We  
         are different because we aren't out there to get the best name or   
         trade the fastest.  We just want to get out there and have some     
         fun trying to courier.                                              
                                                                             
   RCN : Have you experienced any trouble with past DiC members that merged  
         with that no name group?  Do any of them hold grudges against you   
         or COC?  If so, what have they done?                                
                                                                             
   MTD : Actually, a day later, the President took a lot of our advice and   
         pulled out of the merge, and then DiC fell apart, but now it's      
         back under new the new President, Blackened.  I hope they do        
         better.  I have never really had a problem with any of the past or  
         present DiC members.                                                
                                                                             
   RCN : What must one do to become a COC member?                            
                                                                             
   MTD : Couriers need to have internet accounts so they can access IRC      
         and FTP.  There are really no requirements for distribution sites.  
         We are really out to have fun.  If you apply, there's a 99% chance  
         you'll get in the group.                                            
                                                                             
   RCN : Many other groups have proven success by being very selective and   
         letting very FEW people in the group.  Why and how do you feel      
         that letting in 99% of all applicants will in turn benefit COC?     
                                                                             
   MTD : I believe in giving everyone a chance to prove themselves, in a     
         couple weeks I will cut whoever is slacking.                        
                                                                             
   RCN : Is COC planning to courier and release in the future since many     
         new courier groups do so?                                           
                                                                             
   MTD : We are currently strictly couriering, but may be, this is a big     
         may be, if we do succeed in the future, we might release as well    
         as courier.                                                         
                                                                             
   RCN : So you connect couriering power of a group with how well they can   
         release?  The big groups such as RiSC/RTS/MC never release warez.   
         Do you think that perhaps a courier group that DOES release might   
         not be as good as a courier group that does NOT?                    
                                                                             
   MTD : I see it as, a courier group that does release has more problems    
         and is more disorganized because the group needs to worry about     
         dupes and fakes.  I think that is why more courier groups go down,  
         but courier groups that don't release don't have to worry about     
         dupes and fakes and just have to stay organized and courier.  That  
         is why I feel that there is a higher chance of COC staying alive    
         if we don't release.                                                
                                                                             
   RCN : Where did you come up with the name COC?  It sounds like a person   
         sucking on a cock, isn't that a bad name for the group?             
                                                                             
   MTD : I know.  I have heard all the little names that COC could stand     
         for.  I really don't know.  I thought of conquest and put it all    
         together and didn't really think about the initials of the group    
         until someone pointed it out to me.  It doesn't really seem to be   
         bringing the group down, and I don't think it really matters what   
         the name of the group is, as long as we all stay together and well  
         organized.                                                          
                                                                             
   RCN : Are there any older courier groups that you model after?            
                                                                             
   MTD : Well, there are some courier groups that just go up to get warez    
         and then there are REAL courier groups that have made a impression  
         on everyone.  I personally like fATE, RiSC, MindCrash, and Legacy.  
                                                                             
   RCN : Legacy is a games group, but anyways, do you feel that your past    
         experience in DiC has proved beneficial in helping you run COC?     
                                                                             
   MTD : I saw in DiC that if you weren't organized, you wouldn't make it    
         anywhere in the scene.  DiC taught me to keep my group organized    
         and tight.                                                          
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : Cybernetic           
     Subject  : Distinct                  Affiliation : Ex-DTC Member        
                                                                             
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   RCN : What is your current position in Distinct?                          
                                                                             
   CYB : Since Distinct broke up, I'm not so sure.                           
                                                                             
   RCN : What happened on the night of January 29 in #Distinct?  Why did     
         Distinct break up, and why did it start up again so soon after it   
         died?                                                               
                                                                             
   CYB : It all started when Bullet Wound was kicked from Distinct.  Then,   
         after school today, I came home to find that our channel had been   
         taken over.  I got the channel back, and within 5 minutes, Violent  
         (Distinct High Council) came into #Distinct and changed the         
         channel topic to :                                                  
                                                                             
             'GET THE FUCK OUT, DISTINCT IS DEAD'                            
                                                                             
         Later this evening, Weed (Distinct Senior) came into #Distinct and  
         changed topic to :                                                  
                                                                             
             Distinct, Still Trading!                                        
                                                                             
         I'm not really sure if Weed wants to start it back up or not, but   
         I do belive that two seniors, Axxis and Mystic One left and that    
         Violent and Vertigox are gone.                                      
                                                                             
   RCN : There seems to be a power struggle between Weed and Vertigox.       
         While both Weed and Vertigox were still in Distinct back when it    
         was still officially running, did you feel that there were strong   
         conflicts between the two?                                          
                                                                             
   CYB : I didn't see a conflict, but it always seemed as if they weren't    
         so close and it seemed to me that Weed would rather he be in        
         charge.                                                             
                                                                             
   RCN : Do you feel that Weed plotted the death of Distinct so he could     
         run it after Vertigox and Violent left?                             
                                                                             
   CYB : No, i don't think it was Weed's idea to kill Distinct.              
                                                                             
   RCN : Do you feel that Distinct will be better off now that Vertigox and  
         Violent are NOT running the group?                                  
                                                                             
   CYB : Better, yes, in a way.  Wouldn't the government run better with a   
         Vice President that helped the President?  The question is, will    
         Distinct live on in order for that to happen.                       
                                                                             
   RCN : You stated earlier that the fall of Distinct first started when     
         Bullet Wound was kicked out of Distinct; why was he kicked out?     
                                                                             
   CYB : Vertigox mass deoped everyone, but since Bullet Wound's script      
         automatically kickbans anyone that tries to mass deop, Vertigox     
         got really pissed when he was kickbanned out of the channel.  In    
         turn, Vertigox kicked Bullet Wound out of Distinct.  Since Bullet   
         Wound was a senior courier, the group fell part and killed itself   
         in his absence.  Therefore, Vertigox and Violent decided to kill    
         Distinct before it drove itself right into the ground.  Vertigox    
         didn't want it to end like that, so he killed the group.  We could  
         have been a great competitive group.                                
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : god                  
     Subject  : fATE                      Affiliation : fATE VP              
                                                                             
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   RCN : You have kicked many people out of fATE in the recent weeks, and    
         they have in turn become very bitter toward you.  They make many    
         accusations saying that Anti Derivative and you are lazy, never     
         online to take care of problems, and kick people out of fATE just   
         for fun.  Do any of the accusations hold truth?                     
                                                                             
   GOD : People who are kicked out are kicked out for a reason.  It is       
         understandable they are bitter toward me and I feel bad for them;   
         but what am I to do?  Keep every lamer even if they are screwing    
         around just because I don't want to hurt their feelings???   As     
         far as lazy goes, I don't consider myself lazy.  I own a computer   
         store and work long hours.  All my free time is dedicated to the    
         scene.                                                              
                                                                             
   RCN : Why did you kick out Sucre?                                         
                                                                             
   GOD : Sucre was kicked at long last for a combination of reasons.  First  
         off, he had overstepped his limits on many occasions taking it      
         upon himself to call senior meetings when he wasn't even a senior.  
         He was only a member and site operator.  He was running around      
         like he owned the group.  His site was always down and too slow     
         for us to continue using.  Without his site, Sucre was basically    
         useless and he had caused far too much trouble for us to keep him   
         around.  It was just time for him to go.  I did help him out by     
         setting his site up for RoR.  There were other reasons but I am     
         not going to embarrass Sucre.  The other reasons why he was kicked  
         out are unreconcilable.  I'll leave it at that.                     
                                                                             
   RCN : Many people have accused you of always raging war with other        
         groups.  For example, Raistlindr, an ex-fATE member, informed me    
         that you have tried to take over #Malice, so in turn, MALiCE took   
         over #Fatefiles.  Does the accusation hold any truth?               
                                                                             
   GOD : When was this???  I have talked with Dorian voice and he seems      
         like a nice guy.  I have no problem with MALiCE other than          
         friendly competition.  I did not try to take over #Malice nor       
         would I try; and MALiCE did not take over #Fatefiles, nor did they  
         try.  People don't seem to understand that there is competition     
         between the groups.  I slam MALiCE, sure I do.  They slam me too,   
         it's all part of the game.  In the end, it doesn't matter.          
                                                                             
   RCN : Now don't tell me #Fatefiles has never been taken over.  Who are    
         the ones that DO took over #Fatefiles?                              
                                                                             
   GOD : I am not sure.  It was some small unknown group that took it one    
         night.  However, that was like Christmas weekend and all of our     
         good IRC guys were away on vacation.  On a regular day, there is    
         no one who could take #Fatefiles and hold it for any extended       
         period of time.  We have IRC Operators like Mikeysoft and his       
         friends constantly guarding the channel.                            
                                                                             
   RCN : The REAL Mikeysoft, or just a friend on his account.  I recall      
         that he was recently busted by Gail Thatcher.                       
                                                                             
   GOD : That is the real Mikeysoft.  He is not a narc and he is not a       
         lamer.  He is the original Mikeysoft who has been around for        
         years.  What happened to him is none of our business, it is         
         Mikeysoft's business.  Rest assured, he is and always will be       
         loyal to the scene.  I have nothing but respect for him and what    
         he has done.  He has earned his place.                              
                                                                             
   RCN : So Mikesoft is NOT a narc, but he did get busted and was charged    
         with computer crimes and got his computers confiscated?             
                                                                             
   GOD : He got his equipment back but I do not know all of the details,     
         nor do I care.  He is back and he is here to stay.  He is not a     
         narc.  If he were a narc or we had any indication that he was, he   
         would not be permitted to work in our channels.                     
                                                                             
   RCN : If you did find out he was a narc, how would you enforce that "he   
         would not be permitted to work in our channels"?                    
                                                                             
   GOD : I don't really have an answer, but it's not like that at all.       
         It's Mikeysoft, not some lame impersonator!  It's the real him and  
         he's not a narc, and I don't think he has even gone to court yet?   
                                                                             
   RCN : There are many people accusing fATE of having bad relations with    
         release groups.  For example, not too long ago, RoR dropped fATE    
         as their official couriers, why did that happen?                    
                                                                             
   GOD : RoR did not drop us, we dropped them, and hard.  We had our senior  
         discussion as to what should be done with the situation and we      
         came to the conclusion that our couriers didn't like spreading      
         non-working releases.  So seeing how RoR was a part of fATE, Anti   
         Derivative and I started that group, so we killed it, and shortly   
         there after, tKLP reformed it and that was that.                    
                                                                             
   RCN : Raistlindr accused Leodlion for being a stubborn senior that did    
         not listen to other people's suggestions whenever he was wrong.     
         Does the accusation hold truth?                                     
                                                                             
   GOD : I have been accused of the same thing.  People don't fully          
         understand how fATE is run.  Every major decision is not done in    
         the channel.  We do voice conferences between the seniors.          
         Leodlion does not kick anyone without consulting us first, vice     
         versa.  Once a decision is made, that person is removed from the    
         group swiftly.  We jump in the channel and voom that's it.  Mind    
         you we talk over every alternative until we are all convinced that  
         the person in question must be removed, then we remove them.        
                                                                             
   RCN : So fATE is actually much more organized than everyone gives it      
         credit for?  Why do people give fATE so LITTLE credit?              
                                                                             
   GOD : People tend to rag on us because we do not divulge the inner        
         workings of our group to every lamer that comes down the tracks as  
         any good group would.  People slam what they don't understand.      
         They get their own idea of how fATE is run, and 9 out of 10 times,  
         their idea is dead wrong.  fATE is much more than a little IRC      
         group.  We are world wide and are involved in many things aside     
         from just spreading warez on the internet.                          
                                                                             
   RCN : How do you think fATE compares in regards to RiSC?                  
                                                                             
   GOD : I have always liked RiSC.  They rock.  I hope some consider us on   
         or close to the same level as RiSC.                                 
                                                                             
   RCN : How do you think fATE compares in regards to MALiCE?                
                                                                             
   GOD : I think MALiCE rocks.  They are our #1 competition on the internet  
         and on boards.  MALiCE is made up of 70% ex-fATE members which      
         tells me that they have strong couriers.  I have talked to Dorian   
         voice on occasion and he is definitely not a little warez punk.  I  
         learned volumes about his personality, he is mature and well        
         suited to his position as a MALiCE leader.  I wish them well and    
         hope they stay cause they definitely keep us on our toes.           
                                                                             
   RCN : Do you feel that fATE is becoming a HTC since all the good fATE     
         couriers leave for other groups such as MALiCE, MindCrash, and      
         RiSC?                                                               
                                                                             
   GOD : Definitely not, HTC died!  Sure, we lose members, every group       
         loses members.  However, fATE members do not just leave unless      
         they are not getting along with other members.  Not everyone's      
         personalities clash well and sometimes they are better off in a     
         group that portrays their own attitudes.  fATE is not made for      
         everyone.  I have no problem with that.  As long as they keep       
         spreading warez, it helps the scene.  They are either with us or    
         the competition.  We need both of these to survive.  Very few are   
         accepted into our inner circle, and those people never leave fATE.  
         If we only had 10 couriers, we would still dominate as we are now.  
                                                                             
   RCN : MALiCE recently challenged fATE to an upload match.  Why did fATE   
         decline the challenge?                                              
                                                                             
   GOD : Declined???  What???                                                
                                                                             
   RCN : Dorian told me that fATE declined an upload match between MALiCE    
         and fATE.                                                           
                                                                             
   GOD : The channel turned into a screaming match.  I left the channel.     
         If we are to do a competition, I am happy to oblige.  As long as    
         the rules are set and it's on a neutral site.                       
                                                                             
   RCN : GREAT!  RCN will be MORE than happy to cover the matches.           
                                                                             
   GOD : I would be happy to let RCN cover it :).                            
                                                                             
   RCN : On matters of tagging, is it true that fATE is out tagging every    
         group 4:1?                                                          
                                                                             
   GOD : We slaughter groups one week, and then they slaughter us the next.  
         That's how it goes.  If I said we were out tagging other groups     
         4:1, then at that point in time it was fact.  Right now, by         
         comparing fATE and MALiCE sites, I can objectively say that we are  
         slightly ahead, around a 10:8 tag ratio.  However, MALiCE could     
         jump ahead with a few good tags, or vice versa.  fATE and MALiCE    
         are actually very close as far as over all performance.  There is   
         not another group in the scene that has been able to keep up with   
         either of our groups.                                               
                                                                             
   RCN : Reducing 10:8, I get 5:4.  Why did you pick your name "GOD"?        
         Many people say that you are egoistical and that you think you      
         created the scene in 6 days.  Is that true?                         
                                                                             
   GOD : Hahaha, not in the slightest.  My old nick back in the Commodore    
         days was Satan.  I had a little run with the law using that nick    
         and was away for a few years.  When I returned about a year ago, I  
         picked the exact oposite of my old nick.  It was not that I think   
         I am better than anyone although I am heh... joke :).               
                                                                             
   RCN : What kind of LITTLE run with the law resulting in a FEW years are   
         you speaking of?                                                    
                                                                             
   GOD : Blue boxing, lame... the Commodore days were good to me :).         
                                                                             
   RCN : Many people say that good courier groups should not release.  Why   
         does fATE release?                                                  
                                                                             
   GOD : I personally agree that courier groups should courier and release   
         groups should release.  However, from time to time, when something  
         big comes down the track, and the race is on, it ends up getting    
         thrown out as fATE.  I have changed the policy as of late.          
                                                                             
   RCN : As of late?  You mean this very second?  I just saw fATE release    
         a few hours ago.                                                    
                                                                             
   GOD : You should not be seeing that anymore.  I wanted to give that       
         release to one of our release groups but unfortunately, our coder   
         Leon was too fast for me to catch.  He cracked and ripped the damn  
         thing and got it on the net faster than I could say boo.            
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Entropy                   Interviewee : Mystic One           
     Subject  : Distinct                  Affiliation : Ex-DTC Senior        
                                                                             
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   RCN : Mystic One, what groups are you affiliated with?                    
                                                                             
   MTC : I am in Pantera, Dragon, Darius, Masque, and TnT.                   
                                                                             
   RCN : What was your position in the former Distinct?  Did you feel that   
         you were the core of the group?                                     
                                                                             
   MTC : I was a senior.  My responsibilities were mainly to courier to our  
         sites and to recruit good sites and couriers.  No, I did not feel   
         that I was the core of the group.  If a group is to survive, it is  
         because everyone, including the seniors, pulled his or her own      
         weight.                                                             
                                                                             
   RCN : What was your main reason for leaving Distinct?                     
                                                                             
   MTC : I presented several suggestions to the group, and recruited         
         several high caliber sites for the group.  We had an opportunity    
         to make the group into something special.  Unfortunately the        
         leadership was not interested in the growth and betterment of the   
         group.  A group must be made up of members working toward a common  
         goal.                                                               
                                                                             
   RCN : In what way was the leadership not interested in the growth and     
         betterment of Distinct?                                             
                                                                             
   MTC : At one point we were in negotiations to get a major site for the    
         group, and the leadership showed no interest. In fact when a        
         senior was told we lost the site, his words were "Who cares?"  The  
         leadership did not mind if the couriers couriered 2-3 day warez     
         even though we claimed to be a 0 day couriering team.  Axxis had    
         to fight for almost a week just to get the damn channel '+i'.  He   
         fought the high council on this point.  He has been around for a    
         long time and he knew that keeping the channel '-i' was a mistake.  
                                                                             
   RCN : You stated earlier that you were not the core of the group, but     
         when you left, Distinct immediately took a vote and decided to      
         close down.  Do you think that you were doing more while others     
         sat back and relaxed?  Do you feel that they died because the       
         group could not survive without you?                                
                                                                             
   MTC : I feel I was one of the more experienced members, and maybe some    
         of them looked up to me for leadership, but as I said before, one   
         member does not make or break a group.                              
                                                                             
   RCN : However, we have a log file showing quite the contrary.  It seems   
         that a member does make or break a group.  When Axxis and you left  
         the group, the log file shows that the general feeling of Distinct  
         was that they could not handle it.  What are your comments on       
         that?                                                               
                                                                             
   MTC : Well, they knew that we were the ones pushing for the betterment    
         of the group, and when we left some might have had second thoughts  
         about whether or not the group would get turned around.             
                                                                             
   RCN : Many courier groups often show strength by being affiliated with    
         good release groups.  However, Distinct was only affiliated with a  
         small PPE group, do you feel that LSPD hindered Distinct's growth?  
                                                                             
   MTC : No, I do not believe it hindered it at all, the problem was that    
         Distinct never recruited any other release groups.                  
                                                                             
   RCN : Why didn't Distinct try to recruit other release groups?  Was       
         Distinct rejected left and right or did it not try at all?          
                                                                             
   MTC : I do not feel they tried at all.  That too was something we         
         preached at the meetings but was never acted upon.                  
                                                                             
   RCN : Do you feel that a lack of communication and a lack of effort on    
         the part of the members and the council to discuss problems is      
         what ultimately led to the death of Distinct?                       
                                                                             
   MTC : Conversation took place.  Nothing ever transpired.  That was all    
         we did, we TALKED about things.                                     
                                                                             
   RCN : Where do you think ex-Distinct members will go now that Distinct    
         is officially dead, was there a plan or general consention to       
         merge into another group?                                           
                                                                             
   MTC : No. Axxis and I had been debating whether or not to start our own   
         group.  After leaving Distinct, we decided to move along with our   
         plan for TnT traders along with Ratz and Ratphour.  A few of the    
         good Distinct members have expressed an interest in joining.        
                                                                             
   RCN : What will make TnT better than the late Distinct?  What will you    
         do that Vertigox didn't?                                            
                                                                             
   MTC : All suggestions will be considered seriously.  Everyone in the      
         group will pull his or her weight, including the senior             
         leadership.  We wish to implement several ideas which we feel will  
         make this group unique.                                             
                                                                             
   RCN : What would you do if Distinct was revived and they invited you      
         back as a senior?  Would you accept?                                
                                                                             
   MTC : If Distinct was revived, that would be fine.  TnT is not out to     
         make enemies with anyone, however I would decline their offer       
         to rejoin because I intend to totally apply myself to TnT.          
                                                                             
   RCN : What will make TnT unique compared to all the other courier groups  
         that pop up each week?                                              
                                                                             
   MTC : First off, the founders have been in the scene for many years and   
         plan on being around for a long time. We are seasoned traders who   
         will share our combined experience, thus insuring the group gets    
         off on the right foot, and stays on track, outliving 'kiddie'       
         groups.                                                             
                                                                             
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   The following took place shortly after Axxis and Mystic One left          
   Distinct :                                                                
                                                                             
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   <VertigoX> To be fair, let's put this to a vote...                        
                                                                             
   <ReFLeX> I vote yes.                                                      
                                                                             
   <Ez`> You can't vote with only a few people :).                           
                                                                             
   <_Weed_> No.                                                              
                                                                             
   <ReFLeX> But any signs of slacking will be the downfall of this group.    
            Let's just say we'll be riding on a tightrope here.              
                                                                             
   <_Weed_> WAIT!  How are we going to do this vote?                         
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> I just had a brilliant idea, godlike in a way...               
                                                                             
   <Ez`> Maybe it is a good idea to close down DTC.                          
                                                                             
   <_Weed_> Remember, it was my idea for a democratic vote.                  
                                                                             
   <ReFLeX> I might have to agree with Ez now that i think about it.  Fuck   
            it, we retire.  What's done is done.                             
                                                                             
   <serenity> What for?  You guys have plenty going for you.  No group       
              should have to retire just because 2 people left.  Where is    
              your self-pride?  You guys should just move on without them.   
                                                                             
   <ReFLeX> Serenity, all good things must come to an end.                   
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> That's not the only thing...                                   
                                                                             
   <Ez`> Well, how much did DTC rely on Axxis and Mystic One?  That's what   
         everyone has got to about.  If that's the ONLY reason DTC is        
         going to die...                                                     
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> Fuck that would be awesome.                                    
                                                                             
   <ReFLeX> Why don't you merge instead of dying off?                        
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> I thought about that, but who would we merge with?             
                                                                             
   <ReFLeX> Master... *GAG* ... try Malice...                                
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> I don't know Dorian at all...                                  
                                                                             
   <serenity> You guys have plenty of people in the .nfo other than Axxis    
              and Mystic One.  Malice would never accept a merger.           
                                                                             
   <ReFLeX> Try Mindcrash...                                                 
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!  Don't make me laugh.                       
                                                                             
   <_Weed_> There are good members in Master, so shut up.                    
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> All I have to say about Master is Lightning.                   
                                                                             
   <Ez`> I don't think The Wicked One from Mindcrash would accept a merger.  
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> I kind of took over #Mindcrash a couple times :).  I guess I   
              need some references again.                                    
                                                                             
   <ReFLeX> Anyways, we're dead people.  There isn't anyone here that's got  
            a problem with that is there?                                    
                                                                             
   <_Weed_> Come on, vote time!  Let's make the vote anonymous.              
                                                                             
   <ReFLeX> I vote our time has come.                                        
                                                                             
   <_Weed_> The only groups I think acceptable to merge with considering who 
            and what we are, I'm serious about this...                       
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> Don't say it.  Please don't.  I know what you're thinking.     
              Don't say it.  Don't even think of it.                         
                                                                             
   <_Weed_> Master or Digital.                                               
                                                                             
   <Ez`> Weed, tell me the ther reason behind closing this down?             
                                                                             
   <_Weed_> I'm not closing this down.  I was just suggesting that we vote.  
                                                                             
   <ReFLeX> I'd vote Master too, but that would cause ME to resign.          
                                                                             
   <serenity> Aww, I'm hurt, Reflex.                                         
                                                                             
   <_Weed_> If we stay as one, we should start hand picking individuals.     
            We should not have application forms or anything.  I think that  
            if we have chosen members only, and if we drop all useless       
            members right now, that might bring a wave back of action.  I    
            also know of an up and coming VERY good courier that could       
            almost could compete with me :) j/k, but he's real good and      
            would help DTC A LOT.                                            
                                                                             
   <ReFLeX> Master isn't a bad group, but I've been thrown off by them a     
            few times.                                                       
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> I've got an idea, but I'll need backing and I can't think I    
              can get it right now.  I'm going to do something that defies   
              all my principles.                                             
                                                                             
   <_Weed_> So wait, what do you think of my ideas?  It's risky.             
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> Oh shit, I almost died.  Damn, I got an idea... fucking        
              brilliant...                                                   
                                                                             
   <ReFLeX> Those who were good in this group should move on to Viper96.     
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> It could work better than anything ever conceived.  Viper96    
              r00lez.  Weed, be a senior with me and let's do it.  Get da    
              dope ass m0f0s, get da dope ass m0f0s.                         
                                                                             
   <_Weed_> Reflex, stop trying to steal our COURIERS!                       
                                                                             
   <ReFLeX> Weed, I'm not stealing anyone; and even if I was, there isn't    
            anything wrong with advice.                                      
                                                                             
   <_Weed_> VertigoX, you're a freak for trying this, but it can work.       
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> It's fucking crazy ain't it?  It's too big.                    
                                                                             
   <ReFLeX> Anyways, good luck to all of you, I'm out of here.               
                                                                             
   <[PForm]> So tell me, I hope DTC didn't die.                              
                                                                             
   <_Weed_> We're like planning and shit.                                    
                                                                             
   <[PForm]> SIGH, dTZ is BAK!                                               
                                                                             
   <_Weed_> VertigoX you ass!  What do you think?                            
                                                                             
   <[PForm]> HAHA                                                            
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> Ok guys, all will be settled tomorrow.  Why did this shit      
              have to go down on finals week.                                
                                                                             
   <[PForm]> Ah oh. I said something nasty.  Anyone alive?  It's only        
             10:41pm.  DTC be alive again =).                                
                                                                             
   <VertigoX> No.                                                            
                                                                             
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   VertigoX has changed the topic on channel #Distinct to "DTC IS DEAD."     
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : Raistlindr           
     Subject  : fATE                      Affiliation : Ex-fATE Member       
                                                                             
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   The following is a reinterview with Raistlindr made in order to clear     
   some misconceptions :                                                     
                                                                             
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   RCN : Why were you kicked out of fATE?                                    
                                                                             
   RST : I told Anti Derivative when I spoke with him that I was no longer   
         in fATE and I thought he understood that.                           
                                                                             
   RCN : Why did you tell him you were no longer in fATE?                    
                                                                             
   RST : For a few reasons, 1. The fact that Anti Derivative and god were    
         never online to take care of any problems.  2. LeoDLioN is one of   
         the most childish and infantile people I know on the net.  3. The   
         fact that most of the fATE people were not doing anything.  4. The  
         fact that if there was ever a problem, they would just try to kick  
         you out of the channel, and did not allow you to defend yourself.   
         Those are the main reasons.                                         
                                                                             
   RCN : If Anti Derivative and god were not online to take care of          
         problems, then who did to help accomplish things?                   
                                                                             
   RST : In theory, the other seniors did, and that was one of the main      
         problems, was the fact that much of it didn't get taken care of.    
                                                                             
   RCN : Why do you feel that LeoDLioN is childish and infantile?  He is     
         married and has kids.                                               
                                                                             
   RST : That does not matter and is not what I meant.  His attitude and     
         how he reacts to other people.  For instance, if he has a problem   
         with someone instead of speaking to them rationally or allowing     
         them to defend themselves he will just try and kick them out of     
         the channel anytime there has been a problem with him.              
                                                                             
   RCN : Has he ever done anything personally to you that would turn you     
         off?                                                                
                                                                             
   RST : And when I have stopped the escalation of the problem, he would     
         always start up again.  And, yes, he has done a lot to me.  When I  
         was still in fATE, he took me off the bots and banned me from       
         #fATE because he realized that I was correct and that he could not  
         defend his actions, so rather than admit he was wrong or try and    
         solve any problems, he just tried to ban me. As long as I was       
         still in fATE, as I was, I should not be taken off the bots, much   
         less banned from them.  That is just one example of how childish    
         he acts.  He did not like the fact that he felt he could question   
         what I stated and basically stated I was lying and did not like     
         the fact that when he did this, I would defend myself and           
         question his actions.                                               
                                                                             
   RCN : What did you state?                                                 
                                                                             
   RST : Well, I am a very good "warez-encyclopedia".  I know all the files  
         and what was out and when, and back then I was not currently in     
         DMN (Demolition) and a DMN senior came into the channel and asked   
         me directly a question about something DMN was planning on          
         releasing and I stated that the program in question was not out as  
         of yet.                                                             
                                                                             
   RCN : To dupe check?                                                      
                                                                             
   RST : Yes, to dupe check it.  Then LeoDLioN decided to insert himself in  
         the conversation and started ordering me to go log off the NET and  
         call Park Central for the files.  I had stated that was not         
         necessary as I knew it was not out.  I asked the DMN senior who     
         had asked me the question and he stated to me that my answer was    
         quite sufficient and the fact that I stated it was enough for him   
         to believe it.                                                      
                                                                             
   RCN : So do you belive that LeoDLioN, Anti Derivate, and god were bad     
         for fATE, because they either did nothing, or are immature?         
                                                                             
   RST : Well, I believe that LeoDLioN is bad for the group and that Anti    
         Derivative and god can't be good for it as they are not in enough   
         to take care of their duties.  I basically feel that LeoDLioN is    
         much too infantile and childish to be more of an asset to a group   
         than a hindrance.  For me at least, the main problem was that he    
         was very egotistical and felt that his opinions could not be        
         questioned, yet still felt that he could question others.  My main  
         problem with him was that he inserted himself in a conversation     
         that did not involve him and then proceeded to take offense when I  
         questioned what he stated because he questioned what I stated.  I   
         did not at the time harbor any bad feelings toward god or Anti      
         Derivative, but the fact that I tried for over 2 weeks to get in    
         touch with one of them to resolve this and neither of them were     
         ever in did not help my disposition towards fATE.                   
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Raw Toxic                 Interviewee : Majorr               
     Subject  : SODOM                     Affiliation : SDM Senior           
                                                                             
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   RCN : What is SODOM?                                                      
                                                                             
   MJR : SODOM is a warez group organized in Russia.                         
                                                                             
   RCN : Most of us have never heard of SODOM, how long has SODOM been in    
         existence?                                                          
                                                                             
   MJR : SODOM has been around for a year now, a little less or a little     
         more, give or take.                                                 
                                                                             
   RCN : Are warez a big thing in Russia as in comparsion to the United      
         States?                                                             
                                                                             
   MJR : The warez scene in Russia is about if not equal to the one in the   
         United States.                                                      
                                                                             
   RCN : What are some of SODOM's goals?                                     
                                                                             
   MJR : Our main goal is to monopolize the Russian warez market.            
                                                                             
   RCN : D0D's slogan is `Warez Bears from Russia'.  Is D0D competition for  
         SODOM?                                                              
                                                                             
   MJR : Actually D0D only has about 3 members who are actually from         
         Russia; so their slogan doesn't really fit the entire group.  D0D   
         is too large to be a Russian warez group.                           
                                                                             
   RCN : What is your opinion of the warez scene?                            
                                                                             
   MJR : There's too much worthless crap being released, half of it doesn't  
         work, the other half is just useless.  SODOM refuses to courier     
         such garbage.                                                       
                                                                             
   RCN : Has the KGB been cutting down on warez in Russia?                   
                                                                             
   MJR : No.  Microsoft has tried to grab some CD retailers, but it was a    
         one-time deal.  They failed against the Russian bears!  However,    
         there are some laws concerning copyrights in Russia, but they       
         don't work at all.                                                  
                                                                             
   RCN : Has SODOM experienced any internal problems?                        
                                                                             
   MJR : No, we don't have many problems for two reasons, we are all in      
         SODOM for a common goal, and half of us know each other on a        
         personal level.                                                     
                                                                             
   RCN : What do you see in SODOM's future?                                  
                                                                             
   MJR : I see that while we are expanding in Russia, we will also grow      
         outside of Russia.  We would like to keep more than half of our     
         group Russian though.                                               
                                                                             
   RCN : How does SODOM handle slackers?                                     
                                                                             
   MJR : We just kick them out of the group.  It's easy to do it, every      
         member in SODOM must contribute something useful.                   
                                                                             
   RCN : How is the Russian warez scene different from the American warez    
         scene?                                                              
                                                                             
   MJR : There really aren't any groups in Russia.  SODOM is the only        
         serious warez group in Russia.                                      
                                                                             
   RCN : Has the Russian scene grown considerably due to SODOM?              
                                                                             
   MJR : Of course not, we aren't the first group in the Russian scene,      
         there was DOD before SODOM.  We just want to be the greatest        
         Russian group ever.                                                 
                                                                             
   RCN : How are you going to make SODOM the greatest Russian group ever?    
                                                                             
   MJR : SODOM is going to unite all the guys in Russia who are able to do   
         something and we are going to work in that direction.  We have      
         many former D0D members joining SODOM so we have a good start.      
                                                                             
   RCN : When you mentioned formerr D0D members, did they give up D0D to     
         join SODOM?                                                         
                                                                             
   MJR : No, they were kicked out by Jimmy Jamez and SODOM was willing to    
         let them in.                                                        
                                                                             
   RCN : How do you say 'warez' in Russian?                                  
                                                                             
   MJR : Waresi                                                              
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Reporter : Rebel Chicken             Interviewee : Super Hacker         
     Subject  : The Hardened Criminals    Affiliation : THC President        
                                                                             
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   RCN : What sets THC apart from other courier groups?                      
                                                                             
   SHK : Well, there are many things.  One is the name.  As you can see,     
         the name is not related nor does it sound like a couriering group.  
         It sounds more like bunch of criminals doing illegal activities.    
         GUESS WHAT, we are all doing this, and we are all criminals.  The   
         main reason why the group is different and set APART from other     
         couriering groups is that members in our group are dedicated.  We   
         all work in groups and we all have a common goal.  We are here to   
         have fun and to help out the warez scene to the best of our         
         abilities.  Like we say  "HERO'S COME AND GO, BUT CRIMINALS NEVER   
         DIE" SO BANNNNNNNNNG, we are here to stay.                          
                                                                             
   RCN : What are the minimum requirements for an accepted THC applicant?    
                                                                             
   SHK : THC looks for dedication, time, and leadership skills in new        
         applicants.  We are not like other groups in that we do not ask a   
         member to be on IRC 24 hours a day trading.  Everybody has a life   
         and we as a group want people to contribute whatever time they can  
         and expect only 100% dedication.  If the new member can only        
         contribute 5 hours a day trading, then that's cool as long as he    
         puts 100% in that 5 hours.                                          
                                                                             
   RCN : Do you feel that people might become lazy under that philosphy?     
         Is it working for THC so far?                                       
                                                                             
   SHK : THC has been working well under our current philosophy.  People     
         are not becoming lazy but are becoming more active.  People who     
         courier for 5 hours or so are now couriering 10 hours.  I don't     
         know how but they are.  They even come up with new ideas of making  
         the group more effective, so our philosophy is definitely working.  
         We also have members from other groups joining THC because they     
         say groups like fATE, RTS, and MOTiV8 require more time.  So the    
         facts and answers are right in front of us.                         
                                                                             
   RCN : Do you feel that THC's philosphy will make it one of the BEST       
         courier groups in the scene in the not too distant future?          
                                                                             
   SHK : Yes, I believe that the THC philosophy will make us one of the      
         best groups in the near future.  We have just started and we are    
         doing well.  I did not expect that but with hard work and           
         dedication we are doing really well.  One good thing I really       
         enjoyed is that other courier groups don't bug us or do the usual   
         CHANNEL TAKEOVERS.  I suppose those things only happen to release   
         groups.  Our future plans are not only to accept couriers but to    
         accept suppliers as well.                                           
                                                                             
   RCN : Since THC will be accepting suppliers, will it be releasing under   
         a separate name or under THC?                                       
                                                                             
   SHK : A branch of THC will release and the other good part will be that   
         we can spread our own releases.  Like I said before, we are here    
         to contribute toward the warez scene and are giving 100%.  If       
         members can supply us with warez, then why not supply and courier   
         together.  We can have the best of both worlds.                     
                                                                             
   RCN : THC sounds an awful lot like THG - The Humble Guys.  Did they in    
         any way inspire the name THC?  Do members of THC look up to THG as  
         models?  I remember memorizing it as an acronym so I could get on   
         some lame one node board.                                           
                                                                             
   SHK : Well, if you look at the letters THC, you would notice that if you  
         flip flop the "T" and the "H", you'd get the name HTC as well; and  
         like you said, it can also be flip flopped to form THG.  When I     
         first started out in the scene, we were called TGP (Tokyo Ghetto    
         Pussy).  We couriered and then changed our name to PWC (Pirate      
         Without Cause), but we didn't like it.  The Humble Guys in a way    
         did inspire us and so did other groups like PTW, DTC, and HTC.      
         We took all the concepts and good parts of all those groups and     
         formed THC.  We took all the good parts from each group and made a  
         new group with a new look and style.                                
                                                                             
   RCN : Is THC best at internet or board couriering?                        
                                                                             
   SHK : We are best at board couriering.  The reason for this is that we    
         have sysops from many areas.  We asked them to get us one of their  
         users from their board who can call internet and get warez off our  
         sites.  Using this method, we spread to our boards much faster.     
         The users ftp to the sites, they leech 0-1 hour warez and then      
         upload it to their assigned board.  The sysops can easily keep      
         track of that because the sysop of the boards are all members of    
         THC.                                                                
                                                                             
   RCN : What is THC's policy on double tagging?                             
                                                                             
   SHK : What is double tagging?                                             
                                                                             
   RCN : Do THC couriers tag files they help spread?                         
                                                                             
   SHK : Yes, we put our NFO file in it.                                     
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Demaxxus                                                      
     Subject : Anarchist Part Deux                                           
                                                                             
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   Tuesday, January 23, 1996                                                 
                                                                             
       On the morning of Tuesday, January 23, 1996, the house of the         
   Anarchist (LGC/DMN), was raided.  2 computers were confiscated,           
   thousands of dollars in software, and other miscellaneous computer        
   hardware.  The Anarchist is facing 5-10 years in jail, a civil suit by    
   Microsoft, and possession, distribution, and selling of child             
   pornography.                                                              
                                                                             
       So far, it has taken the police almost a week, and they're still not  
   finished going through all his files.  It's also kinda funny, cause       
   the police don't have any idea what they're talking about.  Here's a      
   quote for you : "We believe it's Microsoft software that he has been      
   pir8ing."  Now, I personally wanted to kick that police officer in the    
   balls, cause he's a stupid asshole.  The only thing that was on his       
   H.D. of Microsoft (pir8'd), was MS Office.  Don't you love when cops      
   PRETEND they know what they're talking about.                             
                                                                             
   Monday, January 29, 1996                                                  
                                                                             
       In relation to the incident which happened on Brown St. early last    
   week, Microsoft and Novell are putting together a task force to come to   
   town and investigate.  They will thoroughly search the Anarchist's H.D.   
   They will also go through his user log and personally contact all         
   members of his BBS (The Shadowlands).  So, if you've called there, and    
   used yer real info, beware.                                               
                                                                             
   Tuesday, January 30, 1996                                                 
                                                                             
   The following is quoted DIRECTLY from The Thunder Bay POST, Vol. 6,       
   No. 11 :                                                                  
                                                                             
   Do you know what your child is doing while he or she is accessing their   
   computer?                                                                 
                                                                             
   It's a question a lot of moms and dads are asking right now, after the    
   RCMP seized child pornography from a home on Brown Street last week.      
                                                                             
   The pornographic material, according to the RCMP, was just a phone call   
   away for thousands of computer users, not only in Thunder Bay, but just   
   just about anyone who has a computer and modem.                           
                                                                             
   Where it came from, just what exactly has been seized, and what will      
   happen to the operator of a local computer bulletin board is still not    
   clear.                                                                    
                                                                             
   Suffice to say the RCMP have a lot of work to do, because so much         
   material was seized from the operator of the bulletin board, and 18 year  
   old local youth.                                                          
                                                                             
   "This material involves young children in sexual situations," says RCMP   
   Constable Tom James.  "There are other things we can't reveal because of  
   the sensitivity of the investigation.  We don't want to compromise our    
   work."                                                                    
                                                                             
   What's known so far is that the RCMP executed a search warrant at the     
   youth's home last week.  Apparently the parents had no idea what was      
   going on and were stunned to learn about the seizure.                     
                                                                             
   James says none of the material involved local children, and RCMP         
   doubt that this material was a small portion of a local "kiddie porn"     
   ring.                                                                     
                                                                             
   Yet over the last few days, police have received phone calls reporting    
   other illegal material that's floating about the city on other local      
   computer bulletin boards.  That's prompted RCMP to pass along advice to   
   parents.                                                                  
                                                                             
   "For those parents who are in doubt, move your child's computer to a      
   more open part of the house -- somewhere where parents can keep an eye    
   on what their child is doing.  If that's not an option, disconnect the    
   modem until you can supervise the on-line session."                       
                                                                             
   In the meantime, James says, the RCMP is continuing its investigation.    
   Apparently a transmission log, showing exactly who downloaded the         
   material, will also be examined.                                          
                                                                             
   At this point, it's still too early to say if charges will be laid.  If   
   enough concrete information is received about other child porn or         
   illegal material, police will take action.                                
                                                                             
   Miscellaneous Notes                                                       
                                                                             
       I personally know the Anarchist, and I know for a fact that the only  
   reason he had pornography was to get people in our AC to pay for leech    
   (they're all porn freaks), and he would therefore be able to make some    
   money on the side.  Well.. the Anarchist went too far.                    
                                                                             
       Although I kinda feel sorry for the guy, after all, he's only 18,     
   and his whole life is screwed now, and for his family, I don't even want  
   to talk about it, he kinda brought this on himself.  It would be ok to    
   offer pornography to people 18+ years of age, but, that's not what he     
   was doing.  He was offering it to ANYONE that wanted it, and, he was      
   offering child pornography, which is VERY illegal, and is the thing that  
   is getting him in the most shit.                                          
                                                                             
       So Anarchist, if you are somehow reading this, you shouldn't have     
   gone so far, but, we're still all behind ya, and good luck.  Latz.        
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Format                                                        
     Subject : Bots and Channels                                             
                                                                             
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   Keeping your IRC channel in control.                                      
                                                                             
       Since I have seen a lot of channel take overs lately, I have decided  
   to write this piece on how to keep your channel safe from lame asses who  
   are convinced they are hackers simply because they have a copy of         
   LinkLooker.  This is aimed toward group channels.                         
                                                                             
   Channel Modes                                                             
                                                                             
       All channels should have the modes '+nst'.  You may want to have a    
   bot enforce your chosen channel modes.                                    
                                                                             
   Invite only ('+i')                                                        
                                                                             
       You may want to have the channel invite only ('+i') as well, but      
   this presents a few problems although it can be very beneficial.          
   Members, friends, or other people allowed in the channel won't be able    
   to get in the channel unless someone in the channel invites them.  This   
   can become very frustrating.  However, this problem can be solved by      
   putting up a bot that has an invite function.  An alternative to a bot    
   is to have a user logged on IRC running a script with functions such as   
   '/ctcp <nick> invite'.                                                    
                                                                             
   Moderated ('+m')                                                          
                                                                             
       While '+m' is implimented, only channel operators, or users who have  
   been set with +v can talk in the channel.  This is useful if you want to  
   protect the channel from a lot of flooding.                               
                                                                             
   Channel Key ('+k <keyname>')                                              
                                                                             
       If the channel has a channel key set, no one can join the channel     
   unless they know the key. eg, the key is 'warez', they have to type       
   '/join #chan warez'.  Channel keys are not often used as they are a       
   pain.                                                                     
                                                                             
   Channel Limits ('+l <userlimit>')                                         
                                                                             
       Set this only if you want a limited number of people in the channel   
   at anyone given time.  This is often used on #WarezX because 300 people   
   want to be in it at once.                                                 
                                                                             
   Setting up someone to keep watch.                                         
                                                                             
       Ideally, there should be a maximum of two bots in any channel.  To    
   ensure complete protection I suggest running two eggdrops compiled with   
   TCL.  The bots should share a common userbase to avoid conflicts.  They   
   should have 2 separate server lists too.  This brings me to my next       
   point.                                                                    
                                                                             
   Hiding your IRC sentinel from IRC Operators who don't like bots on their  
   servers.                                                                  
                                                                             
       IRC Operators have every right to k-line/ban bots they find, so       
   don't complain when your bot is killed by an IRC Operator.  There are     
   some tricks however to hide your bot.  It mainly involves changing the    
   response from the bot.                                                    
                                                                             
   In your eggdrop bot config file add these lines :                         
                                                                             
       # response for CTCP VERSION                                           
       set ctcp-version "ircII 2.8.2 Linux 1.2.8 :***LiCe(v1.3pl2pre25)      
                       By=:SrFrog:=(ircii 2.8: almost there...)"             
                                                                             
       # response for CTCP FINGER                                            
       set ctcp-finger "$botnick (${username}@hyper), idle 3 seconds"        
                                                                             
       # response for CTCP USERINFO                                          
       set ctcp-userinfo ""                                                  
                                                                             
                                                                             
       1.  Do NOT give ops to someone unless you are 101% sure they will     
           not abuse it.                                                     
                                                                             
       2.  When banning someone, make sure you are doing it on the right     
           terms and don't just ban their nick, ban their whole address as   
           well!                                                             
                                                                             
       3.  Do NOT be rude to IRC Operators.  They are there to help you.     
                                                                             
       4.  Make SURE you revoke anyone's ops if they seem to be abusing it.  
                                                                             
       5.  Do NOT develop enemies!  These are the people that will attempt   
           to cause chaos.                                                   
                                                                             
       6.  Respect other groups, make peace not WAR.                         
                                                                             
       I will gladly offer my services and create bots.  All I ask is that   
   you supply me with an account to run it from.                             
                                                                             
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   Please send comments to aussie@zonk.geko.net.au.                          
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : ICP                                                           
     Subject : Cyrix vs. Intel                                               
                                                                             
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       Since the progressive move to the (X)86 series, Intel has maintained  
   a stronghold on the CPU market.  After inventing the (X)86 series, Intel  
   began moving the market away from the XT/AT shit-o-ramma series.          
   However, I have personally felt that Intel's performance has lagged       
   recently.  We all remember the wonderful Pentium error the press picked   
   up on and widely debated in 1995.  Despite the fact that the error        
   wouldn't effect MOST of the computer users, it still troubled me that     
   any respectable company would bother to release products without proper   
   channels of beta testing.  Such carelessness led me to researching the    
   alternative brand extensively.  It seems to be a re-occuring theme for    
   respected, profitable, inventive companies to take advantage of their     
   fame and fortune by releasing medium quality products at outrageous       
   prices.                                                                   
                                                                             
       One such example, aside from Intel, is US Robotics.  They master      
   minded the 14.4 Modem series.  They gained a reputation of being the      
   best.  Then what did they do?  They released the USR Sportster 28.8       
   v.Everything, one of the most shit-filled modems in the history of        
   telecommunications.  Their first few shipments had defective errors,      
   crippling its capabilities to even communicate with other modems.  Then,  
   as if that wasn't bad enough, several of their latter shipments (when     
   the problem was supposed to have been corrected) needed updated software  
   to accompany them in order to make the bastards run at 100%.  It is       
   these kinds of mistakes that lead me to say, "Well, there goes another    
   company...  They're so big now they can make shit products and still      
   coherse most people into buying them."  So, I started researching the     
   alternatives.  now that I have pissed off several USR lovers out there,   
   and believe me, I know the majority of you probably are, let me get back  
   to the Intel debate.                                                      
                                                                             
       When I went to get a new processor to replace my 486AMD (yes, I went  
   against Intel as quickly as I could), I wanted to be really careful.  I   
   had heard lots rumors about the competition against the Pentium, namely   
   there there really wasn't any.  I think that the general problem is that  
   most people just don't know that there is SERIOUS competition to the      
   pathetic Intel Pentium chips, namely that of Cyrix.  I looked into AMD    
   as well, but their research and moves towards greater products has been   
   stagnant in comparison to Cyrix (something very untrue in 486 land).      
                                                                             
       Cyrix actually demonstrated the industry's FASTEST Desktop            
   processor, the 120 Mhz version of the 6x860 processor family at a trade   
   show in Nevada back in November, 1995.  The performance, according to     
   desktop PC testing, is expected to rival that of the 166 Mhz Pentium      
   processor.  In specified Windows 95 tests, the 120 Mhz Cyrix chip         
   conquered all other processors on the CPUMark32 benchmark, which is       
   developed to gauge the performance of 32-bit applications under Windows   
   95.                                                                       
                                                                             
       The amazing features of the Cyrix 6x86 boggle my mind.  Little        
   additions such as a 50% die shrink by using all five metal layers of the  
   IBM manufacturing process increased production capacity, lowered costs,   
   and achieved higher clock speeds.  more complex, important modifications  
   of only a few I can FULLY understand account for the wonderful            
   performance the rival Pentium CPUs unleash on Intel.                      
                                                                             
       Cyrix claims that the chip is as compatible as the Pentium with       
   operating systems and applications.  Apparently the only difference       
   between the Intel Pentium and the Cyrix 6x86 CPUs are:                    
                                                                             
       1.  Intel CPUs are more expensive                                     
       2.  Intel CPUs are slower when compared to similar Mhz ratings        
       3.  Cyrix CPUs are more technologically advanced                      
                                                                             
       This rivalry could very well have a lot to do with Intel FINALLY      
   making dramatic price cuts on the Pentium prices.  Naturally, they        
   screwed us as long as they could, but now that Cyrix has begun MASS       
   production of their TESTED (unlike Intel) CPUs, Intel has good reason to  
   worry that the millions of LAMERS might notice the severe price           
   difference of products.  The Cyrix 6x86-100 Mhz CPU cost $450/ea in       
   stocks of 1,000, while the rival Intel Pentium 133 Mhz CPU is a much      
   higher $520/ea in stocks of 1,000.                                        
                                                                             
       Cyrix has pushed their efforts to create a superior CPU ahead of the  
   Pentium age.  I believe they have succeeded.  It's time that people rely  
   more on their own research when they purchase products such as CPUs and   
   other computer related products.  It's important to know how your         
   computer functions, but more important to know it functions at its        
   highest capabilities for your hard earned dollar.                         
                                                                             
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     Author  : ICP                                                           
     Subject : fATE's Ancestry                                               
                                                                             
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       First off, let me say that this magazine kicks ASS in many respects.  
   I'm always busy with couriering, or something of a "warez-e" nature, and  
   your production helps me keep up with a lot of the daily politics I miss  
   out on in between uploads.  It has especially been of crucial importance  
   lately for my main I-Net account was busted and I've had to lay low a     
   while...  Busy searching out new servers and the likewise.                
                                                                             
       My first concern is with RCN's Review of Courier Teams (RCN #10,      
   Articles, Trite).  I happen to be a long-standing fATE member, courier,   
   and original co-founder with Calculus, although I openly admit he did     
   pull most of the weight in getting the group started.  I believe I have   
   held just about every position imaginable as a fATE affiliate at one      
   time or another.  iLA (Internet Leeches Anonymous), as it was then        
   called, just started my PC scene stay (moving up from stone aged          
   C64/128).  Calculus must have seen my integrity and willingness to work,  
   for he graciously took me under his wing as a co-head with him and        
   SpinDoc.  Since that time I have been President, Senior Council, I-Net    
   Head, Site Manager, I-Net Member, and I-Net courier.  most of my          
   positional changes came from the unstable management period of fATE       
   mixed with my entrance into college.  This is where I would like to get   
   into the body of my discussion.  I have laid all this information out,    
   NOT TO BRAG, but to present my crudentials within fATE before I spew out  
   what input I have to offer.  Anti-Derivative and myself are the only two  
   original iLA/fATE members who still exist.  The merger of iLA and TiC     
   after all was implemented by Calculus, and in my opinion, saved TiC in a  
   way.  At the time, TiC had great board and net support, but lacked the    
   effective quality of membership such responsibilities designated.  The    
   mix of the two groups is a real strong point in fATE's history.  I        
   believe that without the merger, both groups stood an excellent chance    
   of withering away into the massive numbers of dead groups.                
                                                                             
       Not until recently, with the leadership of Anti-Derivate and g0d,     
   has fATE seen a solid state of management.  Your review was correct in    
   commenting that fATE has (past tense) been having organizational          
   problems.  It went through a time period where too many leaders cycled    
   in and out of the system.  As a result, they brought in too many friends  
   that had no business holding high positions.  But, in reference to the    
   present, based on a veteranship I feel I have formed with the term        
   "fATE," those days are over for now.  Ever since Anti-Derivative took     
   the head position from Red Dog (which I must admit worried me a bit in    
   the beginning), and brought g0d in to help out, fATE has been relatively  
   well established.                                                         
                                                                             
       Going into detail on the BLURY conditions the review mentioned        
   regarding the absence of Red Dog from fATE... I would like to let you in  
   on what really happened as I saw it.  When TiC and iLA merged, Calculus   
   and Red DoG sort of shared a top position, above an appointed senior      
   council consisting of high members from both groups.  Calculus became     
   extremely busy with school and work, so he graciously gave up his reign   
   to Red Dog.  This was a very crucial move, and displayed the upmost of    
   maturity.  Red Dog's leave from fATE was much the same.  It was           
   voluntary, and mature!  He appointed Anti-Derivative to the position,     
   dropped himself down in rank, and eventually submerged from the group     
   completely.                                                               
                                                                             
       On the top of Issue #10, I have read a few interviews of ex-fATE      
   members that I found a bit odd.  Ex-members of fATE always complain       
   about accessibility of the Senior Members through mail and IRC.  Little   
   do they sometimes realize how much time these individuals spend working   
   on details they know nothing about.  They aren't on IRC or in fATE's      
   respective channels all the time because they take care of a lot of shit  
   outside the net.  These guys must spend half their lives going voice to   
   people.  It's my humble opinion that many of these ex-fATE members just   
   like to gripe, as does most of the scene.  Just ask yourself how many     
   negative comments you hear as compared to positive ones out of            
   designated "elite" mouths?  If your ratio is at all like the ones I have  
   compiled in the past, you'll understand what I am mentioning.             
                                                                             
       Now I'd like to touch up on a bit of the garbage fATE takes from      
   other respected members of the scene.  I say respected, because I do      
   know many of these individuals from past scene relationships, or just     
   because I have dealt with them.  I feel no animosity towards such         
   comments, or the people they come from, but I question the judgements     
   used in making such remarks.  Yes, there was a time when I would have     
   said that fATE was poorly organized, poorly managed, had a lot of         
   members that didn't contribute, and needed to be purged, cleaned up, and  
   overhauled, but all of those conditions have since been met with          
   filtering process after filtering process.  I believe it has left fATE    
   as a decent, respectable team of couriers.  I don't doubt that we still   
   have our weaknesses, and there is always room for improvement, but that   
   is true about every successful group.  I just wish the false accusations  
   that still spread throughout channels would halt, or at least be more     
   realistic to the truth.  fATE is definitely not the fATE it was two       
   months ago, and in no way resembles either iLA or TiC.  I, better than    
   most anyone else, have seen the massive changes.  By being dedicated,     
   and sticking with fATE (something most people can't figure out, loyalty   
   that is) through the good times and down right horrible ones, have seen   
   a disasterous, damaged group rise to the couriering level of the best.    
                                                                             
       I feel many objectionable comments about fATE are justified in        
   many respects, but most of the slandering I hear is still based upon a    
   version of fATE that died out a long time ago.  I don't feel anyone       
   except for Anti-D and myself has any clue as to what really happened to   
   fATE in its entirety.  The scene is full of too much spite, rumors, and   
   immature infants trying to gain power through takeovers, abuse, and the   
   likewise.  I see fATE members accused of this sort of treachory all the   
   time, yet, more times than not, I never see, nor hear any proof of        
   evidence, just the usual worthless hearsay.                               
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Atomic                                                        
     Subject : #M8Leech, a THREAT to #Fatefiles?                             
                                                                             
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       Your average IRC user probably hasn't noticed that Motiv8 couriers    
   have not setup a new channel on IRC called #M8Leech.  It's supposed to    
   be something like #fATEFiles, a channel that is +m (Moderated) and where  
   you only offer and leech files, the offered files maybe be no more than   
   3 days old.  When you join #M8Leech, though, there aren't half as many    
   people as there are in #fATEFiles.  Let's give #M8Leech a chance, though  
   because it's just getting started.                                        
                                                                             
       I don't know if the idea is to try to divide and conquer (Wasn't it   
   Napoleon who said that?!) fATE by beating them on the Internet as well    
   as on the boards, maybe that's Motiv8's method of becoming the supreme    
   couriering group.  Maybe Motiv8 couriers are trying to become the         
   masters of boards AND IRC.  I'm sure that soon enough we will find out    
   if Motiv8 is trying to offer something to the scene by providing it with  
   a better place to trade in, or if it's trying to use #M8Leech as a        
   trick to get bigger than fATE.  Either way, #M8Leech is here now, and it  
   looks like it's here to stay.                                             
                                                                             
       I was quite happy when I saw Motiv8 starting another channel like     
   #fATEFiles because these channels are revolutionizing IRC, making it      
   a safe place to spread files fast and easily around the world.  If you    
   place a courier in #M8Leech or #fATEFiles and have him offer, you can     
   practically be sure that your release will get couriered.  For those of   
   us that don't have time to leech off of boards and pump warez to other    
   boards, it's very simple just to scan the file offering channels to look  
   for anything of interest.  Just beware that to download files from these  
   channels, you should be on a ISDN, T1, or better connection to the net    
   (or have a provider that has one) because people offering usually set a   
   minimum speed that will prevent your average 28.8 from downloading.       
                                                                             
       Problems arise in these channels when there aren't enough people      
   offering and the load of leeches is too high so that so many people want  
   to download a specific program that slots fill up and even queues can     
   take hours to get through.  I do, however, think that more and more of    
   these offer channels will arise, so queues will get smaller and slots     
   open slots will be easier to find.                                        
                                                                             
       I think the idea of setting up fast offer channels like this one is   
   a good one.  On the #WarezX channels, the +m flag is not enforced, so     
   the channel is more flooded and that results in higher lag.  Also, the    
   files offered in the #WarezX channels are much older than those of        
   #fATEFiles and #M8Leech.  Due to the lag in #WarezX, being on more than   
   one channel at a time is virtually impossible because so much CRAP is     
   coming in from that one channel.                                          
                                                                             
       I expect to see many new fast-offer channels like the ones we         
   already see, these channels (assuming a speedy connection to the 'net)    
   will make IRC THE place to leech from, so look out for these channels     
   in the future, they will make IRC a better place for the scene.           
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Akira 7                                                       
     Subject : Game Platforms vs. PC                                         
                                                                             
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       The year of 1995 was the year of the video game.  With the launch of  
   gaming platforms such as the Sega Saturn and Sony Playstation, the        
   quality of home gaming systems has improved by leaps and bounds.  The PC  
   may still be the most popular gaming system, but how long will this       
   last?  Many critics suggest that the PC will not be the gaming leader     
   for much longer.                                                          
                                                                             
       Sega was the first company to introduce a successfull 32 bit gaming   
   system to the market of the United States.  Their system, the Sega        
   Saturn, is a very high quality piece of machinery.  With dual CPUs        
   running at a total of 28 MHz, the Saturn barely falls short of the Sony   
   Playstation in number-crunching power.  The Saturn's graphical engine     
   is also slightly inferior to that of the Playstation, but will not make   
   a noticable difference.  Sega's main asset is the AM2 design team.        
   This game design team is responsible for some of the best arcade hits     
   in the country.  Some examples are Daytona USA and Virtua Fighter 2.      
                                                                             
       Shortly after the Saturn was introduced to the market, Sony dropped   
   it's bomb.  The Sony Playstation is perhaps the most technologically      
   advanced system on the market today, but their success does not come      
   from the 33 MHz CPU.  Sony has experienced incredible 3rd party support   
   for their system, and has a large number of games available for it.       
   Then number and quality of the games available for the Playstation is     
   the main reason for it's success.  With great games like Tekken and       
   Destruction Derby, Sony is the leader of today's gaming industry.         
                                                                             
       Nintendo of America has dominated the market with every new system    
   they introduce to the market.  Nintendo's upcoming Ultra 64 will be no    
   exception.  When information about the U64 first leaked out in summer     
   of 1995, it was rumored to be the "ultimate gaming system."  I couldn't   
   have said it better myself.  The Ultra 64 is going to be a true 64 bit    
   gaming platform, unlike the Saturn and Playstation which are 32 bit.      
   Furthermore, the U64 will have a 128 bit graphics capability, due to      
   their custom graphics chip which was engineered by Silicon Graphics       
   Inc.  Silicon Graphics is the most well known producer of high end        
   graphic workstations in the industry.  The main CPU of the U64 will run   
   at a screaming 93.75 MHz (Compared to Sony's 33, this is light speed.)    
   and the Rambus system will be running at 500+ MHz.  With upcoming titles  
   such as Mario 64 and Killer Instinct, the Ultra 64 will most likely       
   dominate the gaming market.                                               
                                                                             
      And this brings us to the PC.  Where will the PC be in the middle      
   of all this activity?  Right where it is now, with interactive CD-ROMs.   
   Many critics believe that the PC is getting pushed out of the gaming      
   market by systems that are built for gaming, but this is not              
   necessarily true.  With new operating sysems such as Windows 95 running   
   in 32 bit mode, a higher level of gaming is possible.  Will we be stuck   
   hauling around 500mb console-ripped games?  I think not... In the         
   future, we will see many more 32 bit games for Win 95 that will be        
   comparable to that of the Sony Playstation.  Why, some Playstation        
   titles are already for the PC, such as Destruction Derby.  The            
   introduction of the P6 chip to the industry will only further the power   
   of the 32 bit operating systems of today.                                 
                                                                             
      Systems like the Saturn and Playstation can generate faster, smoother  
   graphics because their components work together much better than in a     
   PC.  Some questions to ponder :  Will the introduction of the Ultra 64    
   blow away all of the competition?  Will the PC drown in an industry that  
   seems to travel too fast for it?  Will Matsushita make powerful PC        
   peripherals from his newly bought M2 chip? (Bought from Trip Hawkins for  
   $100 million.)  Only the year of 1996 contains the answers.               
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Krypto                                                        
     Subject : School and Warez                                              
                                                                             
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       Can School and Warez work together?  For many people in the scene,    
   the the answer to this question is "NO."  It is understood that in order  
   to achieve greatness at any particular task, one must spend time          
   dedicated to it.  This is relevant in both school work and for work       
   involved for the scene.  This is where the conflict comes to play.  At    
   times, someone may spend hours upon hours couriering warez while not      
   spending any attention on their school work.  This usually leads to a     
   noticeable drop in school grades.  Even I, myself had to take a leave of  
   absence from IRC and the scene in order to bring my grades up.  The drop  
   was from a 3.6 to a 1.9 GPA.  This is an all too familiar story for       
   many.  One particular example was Superior Force, who in his resignation  
   letter complained about how many younger people surpassed him in grades   
   and in course level as a direct result of his excessive time spent on     
   IRC and in the scene.  He claimed that he had to resign due to a lack of  
   good grades.  Others too, such as Rebel Chicken and Manic have stated     
   that the scene had dropped their GPA substantially.                       
                                                                             
                                                                             
                            GPA BEFORE IRC and Warez :                       
                            --------------------------                       
                              Rebel Chicken - [4.0]                          
                                  Hitex - [3.8]                              
                                 Krypto - [3.6]                              
                                                                             
                            GPA AFTER IRC and Warez :                        
                            -------------------------                        
                                  Hitex - [4.4]                              
                              Rebel Chicken - [3.5]                          
                                 Krypto - [1.9]                              
                                                                             
                                                                             
       At this point, we must ask ourselves, "Is there a way to get good     
   grades and still be elite?"  This truly is a hard question and            
   eventually leads us to efficient time management.  Time management is     
   knowing the appropriate time to do things and setting priorities on       
   them.  I would recommend to those who are in a similar situations, to do  
   their homework and stufies first, then do whatever it is they do in the   
   scene later.  The scene will always be here, and USUALLY will not lead    
   you to a productive & meaningful education.  Without such education you   
   can still do many things such as :                                        
                                                                             
       1.  Live in a box for the rest of your life (this means you'd         
           probably have to give up your computer eventually).               
                                                                             
       2.  Go on welfare (you might be able to still retain your computer,   
           if you have enough food stamps to sell for some money to pay      
           for the electricity bill).                                        
                                                                             
       3.  Become a proud member of the local McDonalds staff (seems like a  
           fun life, you get all the McNuggets you'd ever want).             
                                                                             
       4.  Leech off your parents (when they die, you get to collect the     
           life insurance money).                                            
                                                                             
       The point is, DO your homework, study, get good grades, and be        
   happy.  Then you can spend all the time you want couriering, supplying,   
   or doing whatever else you want.  This all leads us to the next           
   question, "When are you going to find time to have sex with your partner  
   (this is another topic)?"  Through effective time management, you can     
   get good grades and still be elite like me!  And for those of you who     
   are getting good grades and have no time management whatsoever, good for  
   you!  I'd like to hear how you can do it.                                 
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Drapper                                                       
     Subject : Running a Site                                                
                                                                             
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       Well, Elmo found me and asked me to write an article about running a  
   site.  Since I am a siteop myself, I thought it would be a good idea.     
   The first thing that one should consider when starting a site is the      
   operating system on which he will run.  If the user has a big hard drive  
   (that is, around 4 gigs) then my choice would be to install both a UNIX   
   varient and Windows 95.  If the space is smaller then it depends on the   
   user.  If he is going to have the machine as a site, and only a site,     
   then UNIX is the way to go.  Otherwise, if he thinks he is going to use   
   it for his own needs and to test things he gets every day, I would go     
   with Windows 95.                                                          
                                                                             
       Some might think that Windows 95 sucks big time, is very unstable,    
   and does not run a good FTP server.  Windows 95, on a 486-100 with 16     
   megs and a 1 gig hard drive makes a perfect site!  Just plug in SkyNet    
   (CJM's verion of ServU FTP) and you'll have a site up and running in      
   less than an hour, while Linux needs a shitload of time and patching.     
   Just remember to have a UNIX hacker handy to patch your site or else      
   you'll be screwed.  The only advantage I find in Linux is that it has     
   better multitasking (but don't forget, no apps to multitask on!) and of   
   course the best FTP daemons around that will make a site rock.            
                                                                             
       There are, however, some scripts that are around even for Windows     
   95.  There is a SkyNet combo that can have counts of uploads/downloads    
   and analytic stats about each user.  The things still missing from        
   Windows 95 such as the whois online command, automatic ratios, ZIP        
   testing, and stability (you will have a lot of crashes under Windows 95,  
   and by the way, anybody that runs Win95 with the Nashville addon should   
   remove bwcc.dll from the skynet/servu dir, it causes crashes).            
                                                                             
       After one decides which OS he will put on, he has to find couriers!   
   Yeah, a site actually needs couriers and not lamers from #warez5099 to    
   upload stuff.  The choices are as follows :  either put as many couriers  
   from different groups on and stay a neutral site, or put on couriers      
   from one group that will support the site.  The choice is a hard one to   
   make and the best is to have both (which is twice as hard of course).     
   Finding good couriers and convincing them to support you is the hardest   
   part.  this will take much time.  The best thing is to start with a       
   small group (but not really lame groups that appear and disappear in      
   one or two days!).  Then the group will have some other sites as well     
   and will get connections to bigger and bigger sites, and bigger and       
   bigger couriers, and will bring them to your site accordingly.            
                                                                             
       The next step is to get informed about which couriers do a better     
   job and are cool people (personal opinion : good couriers with much ego   
   = big pile of crap, I bet someone knows who I mean :).  Eventually after  
   much time on IRC and many weeks of waiting, the siteop will have found    
   at least 1 good courier that will offer good support.                     
                                                                             
       There are some general hints on improving a site.  Since I run        
   Windows 95, I won't talk about Linux here.  The first thing one should    
   do is invoke ratios and start a stats file.  Even though there aren't     
   automatic ratio programs for Windows 95, there are some ul/dl counting    
   programs that will state ratios as well, so if you are lucky and find     
   one of those, you're all set.  Otherwise, you have to do everything by    
   hand which is boring, hard, tiring, time consuming, and really stupid.    
   With this higher competitive spirit, you'll want to start competitions,   
   so the #1 uploader of the week or month gets something (something useful  
   in real life, not just for fame which really isn't that useful).          
                                                                             
       Finally, a SiteOp should remember the following :                     
                                                                             
       1.  There is always a site that is faster than yours!  That's true    
       for everyone and every site.  Even if a site is #1 for a while, soon  
       enough someone else will take that position.                          
                                                                             
       2.  The site is meant for trading, it's not solely for uploading      
       (I like that better), it's for leeching too!  If the siteop thinks    
       that he should only have people uploading and not trading as well,    
       then he will not be a siteop for very long.                           
                                                                             
       Don't use ridiculous ratios like 1:1!  A good start is 1:4 and if     
   you see everything is going fine, move to 1:6.  Sites are up for traders  
   to do their job.  One needs to upload and another needs to download.      
   There is no problem with that, the site serves people to trade and get    
   releases spread.  Also, as a siteop, you should always take care of your  
   top 5 couriers.  There might be some time when a courier needs some rest  
   or is on vacation, or anything.  That doesn't mean he quit the scene!     
   Being inactive for a small period isn't anything bad, so don't nuke       
   people hat you know you need!  Leeches need handling as well.  Make sure  
   the site has a good ratio of leeches:uploaders (most of the time the      
   leeches will be greater, of course).  If you see that leeching goes too   
   far then make some warnings and after that start nuking people!           
                                                                             
       Well, that's it folks!  Oh, by the way, running a site ain't as fun   
   as it may seem.  After 4 months of running my own site, I'm really bored  
   (that doesn't mean my site will go down!).                                
                                                                             
       Oh, and as a final word, I'd just like to greet some cool dudes out   
   there :                                                                   
                                                                             
    Prozac  Ionizer  Phrozen Ghost  Night Hawk  Darwin  MaSon  Venix   
                                    HaRy                                   
                                                                             
        I'd like to diss all couriers who think they're #1 because they're   
   moving shit around cables, and who really suck in real life.              
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Hitex                                                         
     Subject : Group Reviews : Games                                         
                                                                             
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       Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review!   
   Here I will be reviewing the three best game release groups in the scene  
   today.  Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will  
   be!  It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but    
   you will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity.  Let    
   me present to you the methods by which I will be reviewing the groups,    
   but first, let me name off the groups that will compete in this division  
   and state a short reason for why I selected these specific groups to be   
   analyzed.                                                                 
                                                                             
   1. Hybrid - Hybrid has done a great job getting to its ranking in the     
               scene today, a relatively short time period in relation to    
               its main competition, Razor 1911.  Hybrid pumps awesome       
               quality with extreme speed on a regular basis.                
                                                                             
   2. Legacy - A newcomer in the game releasing scene, though it has shown   
               where it can get in so little time.  Quality hasn't always    
               been quite the best, but Legacy tries hard, and doesn't seem  
               to be the next one-week group.                                
                                                                             
   3. Razor 1911 - They're the grandfathers of the games scene.  They've     
               had good moments.  They've had bad moments.  They've always   
               stuck around, though, and their dedication to the scene is    
               definitely something to be proud of.  Oh, and it doesn't      
               seem to be the next one-week group <grin>.                    
                                                                             
       Now you know who our contestants will be, lets review the criteria    
   I will be using for judging releases.  The following is the scoring       
   basis I'll be using:                                                      
                                                                             
   Points :                                                                  
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   -3 - The game didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72      
        hours.  The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack  
        or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.                                
                                                                             
    1 - The game worked, but it was a dupe.                                  
                                                                             
    2 - The game worked, but it sucked so bad that nobody would think of     
        downloading it.  A proper example would be Legacy's "Bass Fishing    
        Classics."                                                           
                                                                             
    3 - Your average release.  Most games will be getting this score.        
                                                                             
    4 - Nice release, not budget, many will download and enjoy.              
                                                                             
    5 - Damn that was a sweet release!  (I hope Legacy released it, heheh)   
                                                                             
       Since we don't play the full game and later find out that something   
   didn't work properly, a group may lose points the following week and      
   have their release labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amount    
   of points).  If the group has released a fix between the two issues,      
   we'll give them credit accordingly.  If a group releases a fix within a   
   3 day period, the program will be rated as if it worked in the first      
   place, thus getting the 3 points it lost back and any points it would     
   have earned.  If a group releases a fix after the 3 day period has        
   expired, it will receive its 3 points back, but get no more.              
                                                                             
       RCN will not grant over 3 points to games over 40 disks.  A 40 disk   
   release can and will get 5 points if it so deserves, but a 41 disk game,  
   I don't care if it's Warcraft III or the Revenge of the Doughnut Boys,    
   will not get over 3 points.  Betas may receive no more than 3 points.     
   If the same program is released under different platforms, it will be     
   counted as a single release.                                              
                                                                             
       Oh, and you might be asking "How does this differ from Ionizer's      
   'The Games Review'?"  Ionizer reviews games for the purpose of            
   indicating to us which releases are worth downloading.  We review         
   release groups in the only way possible, through their releases.          
                                                                             
   So.... MAY THE GAMES BEGIN!                                               
                                                                             
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               Dates of Games Reviewed : 01/25/96 -> 01/31/96              
     
                                                                             
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   Filename : SOLWIN0 .ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filesize : 2597 kb             Filesize : --                              
   Filedate : 1-26-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
      Solitaire Deluxe for Windows 95 [1/2]         Previous Total : 0       
                  (c) Interplay                     Release Score  : 3       
            _____ ____________  ______              Running Total  : 3       
   .      /|  \  V  / . \  _  \(__\   \     .                                
   _/\  _/ :  |\_ _/    /\//  /|  |\/: \_/\                                  
     .\//     |Z/ \|  |  \ \  \|  |  |  \. \/                                
        \__|__|!\_/|_____/__\__\__|_____/                                    
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Filename : L-ICEF  .ZIP        Fix name : L-ICEFIX.ZIP                    
   Filesize : 2621 kb             Filesize : 385 kb                          
   Filedate : 1-28-96             Filedate : 1-29-96                         
                                                                             
     ICE AND FIRE WIN 95 (C) ZOMBIE [01/18]         Previous Total : 0       
   ------.---------------       Release Score  : 4       
   -----.-----------       Running Total  : 4       
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   Filename : L-CGAME .ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filesize : 3045 kb             Filesize : --                              
   Filedate : 1-30-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   CARD GAME CLASSICS WIN'95 (C) EXPERT [1/2]       Previous Total : 4       
   ------.---------------       Release Score  : 2       
   -----.-----------       Running Total  : 6       
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   Filename : TEMPEST.ZIP         Fix name : T2000.ZIP                       
   Filesize : 529 kb              Filesize : 530 kb                          
   Filedate : 1-20-96             Filedate : 1-21-96                         
                                                                             
    Tempest 2000 (c) Atari Interactive [01/01]      Previous Total : 0       
   _ ________________________  _____ ________ _     Release Score  : 2       
    \\_____  \_____  \_____  \/  .  \\_____  \\     Running Total  : 2       
   dZG/\   __//  _   |/  ____/.  |   \/\   __/                               
    _/  \   \/   /_ _/   /_   |  !  _/  \   \                                
    \____\   \______\_________|_____\____\   \_                              
   =======\___/===1911CDDIVISION======\___/                              
                                                                             
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   Filename : ESPNEXT .ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filesize : 1225 kb             Filesize : --                              
   Filedate : 1-27-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   ESPN Extreme Games (c) Sony Interactive [1/9]    Previous Total : 2       
   _ ________________________  _____ ________ _     Release Score  : 4       
    \\_____  \_____  \_____  \/  .  \\_____  \\     Running Total  : 6       
   dZG/\   __//  _   |/  ____/.  |   \/\   __/                               
    _/  \   \/   /_ _/   /_   |  !  _/  \   \                                
    \____\   \______\_________|_____\____\   \_                              
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                             Score Chart : Games                             
                                                                             
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            9 ĳ         
                                                                           
            8 ĳ         
                                                                           
            7 ĳ         
                                       6                6                  
            6 ĿĿĳ         
                                                   
            5 ĳĳĳ         
                                                   
            4 ĳĳĳ         
                      3                            
            3 Ŀĳĳĳ         
                                       
            2 ĳĳĳĳ         
                                       
            1 ĳĳĳĳ         
                                       
            0 ĳĳĳĳ         
                                       
                    Hybrid           Legacy         Razor 1911             
                                                                           
                   
                                                                             
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                          Average Score Per Release :                        
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                                Hybrid - [3.0]                               
                                Legacy - [3.0]                               
                              Razor 1911 - [3.0]                             
                                                                             
       Damn, that was hard!  Well, overall good quality in the gaming scene  
   this week, let's hope for more quantity next week!                        
                                                                             
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     Author  : Hitex                                                         
     Subject : Group Reviews : Utils                                         
                                                                             
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       Hello, and welcome to Reality Check Network's all new group review!   
   Here I will be reviewing the three best util release groups in the scene  
   today.  Well, actually, *I* won't be the one reviewing them, *THEY* will  
   be!  It's all up to the groups, this is where quantity DOES count, but    
   you will soon enough find that quality by far outweighs quantity.  Let    
   me present to you the methods by which I will be reviewing the groups,    
   but first, let me name off the groups that will compete in this division  
   and state a short reason for why I selected these specific groups to be   
   analyzed.                                                                 
                                                                             
   1. Corporation - They have only been around for a few months, but they    
               have definitely shown the scene what they can do.  They have  
               pushed through releases at the same speed and quantity as     
               other respected groups such as DOD or PWA, and it doesn't     
               appear that they're about to stop any time soon.              
                                                                             
   2. Drink or Die - Just as their NFO says, these guys really are the       
               warez bears from Russia and beyond.  These guys have been     
               around for quite a while now and their quality hasn't         
               diminished, nor has their quantity.                           
                                                                             
   3. Pirates with Attitudes - Grandfathers of the Utils scene.  They        
               definitely know what they're doing.  Orion's departure        
               was a blow to the internal workings of the group, but on the  
               outside, they're just as good as they've ever been.  Just as  
               any group, they've had their slumps, but their dedication     
               has always been one of their biggest assets.                  
                                                                             
       Now you know who our contestants will be, lets review the criteria    
   I will be using for judging releases.  The following is the scoring       
   basis I'll be using :                                                     
                                                                             
   Points :                                                                  
   --------                                                                  
                                                                             
   -3 - The util didn't work and a crack/fix was not released within 72      
        hours.  The group may regain the 3 lost points by releasing a crack  
        or fix, even beyond the 3 day period.                                
                                                                             
    1 - The util worked, but it was a dupe.                                  
                                                                             
    2 - The util worked, but it sucked so bad that nobody would think of     
        downloading it.                                                      
                                                                             
    3 - Your average release.  Most utils will be getting this score.        
                                                                             
    4 - Nice release, not budget, many will download and enjoy.              
                                                                             
    5 - Damn that was a sweet release!                                       
                                                                             
       Since we don't use the entire util and later find out that something  
   didn't work properly, a group may lose points the following week and      
   have their release labeled as broken (thus receiving the proper amount    
   of points).  If the group has released a fix between the two issues,      
   we'll give them credit accordingly.  If a group releases a fix within a   
   3 day period, the program will be rated as if it worked in the first      
   place, thus getting the 3 points it lost back and any points it would     
   have earned.  If a group releases a fix after the 3 day period has        
   expired, it will receive its 3 points back, but get no more.  Betas       
   may receive no more than 3 points.  If the same program is released       
   under different platforms, it will be counted as a single release.        
                                                                             
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               Dates of Utils Reviewed : 01/25/96 -> 01/31/96              
     
                                                                             
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   Filename : TC-DIR  .ZIP        S/N name : TC-DIRS.ZIP                     
   Filesize : 66932 kb            Filesize : 1 kb                            
   Filedate : 1-21-96             Filedate : 1-28-96                         
                                                                             
    DIRECTOR ACADEMIC v4.0 FOR WINDOWS              Previous Total : 0       
    CD-RIP (C) MACROMEDIA          [01/47]          Release Score  : -3+3    
      ۲    ܲ          Running Total  : 0       
     ۲                                         
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        ޲  ޲  ߲߲                                       
       ܲ۲ ۲    ۲                                    
     ۲            ޲  ߲                                     
   + The Corporation +  gas!                                   
                                                                             
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   Filename : TC-ZIPTL.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filesize : 1036 kb             Filesize : --                              
   Filedate : 1-25-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   IOMEGA ZIPTOOLS FOR WIN 95 4.01 [01/01]          Previous Total : 0       
      ۲    ܲ          Release Score  : 2       
     ۲                Running Total  : 2       
         ޲ ۲                                     
        ޲  ޲  ߲߲                                       
       ܲ۲ ۲    ۲                                    
     ۲            ޲  ߲                                     
   + The Corporation +  gas!                                   
                                                                             
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   Filename : TC-NBK0 .ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filesize : 2276 kb             Filesize : --                              
   Filedate : 1-26-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    NOVABACK FOR WINDOWS 95 v4.50 RETAIL            Previous Total : 2       
    (c) NOVASTOR CORPORATION    [01/02]             Release Score  : 2       
      ۲    ܲ          Running Total  : 4       
     ۲                                         
         ޲ ۲                                     
        ޲  ޲  ߲߲                                       
       ܲ۲ ۲    ۲                                    
     ۲            ޲  ߲                                     
   + The Corporation +  gas!                                   
                                                                             
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   Filename : TC-NFSM .ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filesize : 7086 kb             Filesize : --                              
   Filedate : 1-26-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
     NFS Maestro for Microsoft TCP/IP               Previous Total : 4       
     Client                       [1/6]             Release Score  : 3       
      ۲    ܲ          Running Total  : 7       
     ۲                                         
         ޲ ۲                                     
        ޲  ޲  ߲߲                                       
       ܲ۲ ۲    ۲                                    
     ۲            ޲  ߲                                     
   + The Corporation +  gas!                                   
                                                                             
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   Filename : TC-X5XW .ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filesize : 16713 kb            Filesize : --                              
   Filedate : 1-26-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
    Exceed/Xpress 5 for Windows  [01/13]            Previous Total : 7       
      ۲    ܲ          Release Score  : 3       
     ۲                Running Total  : 10      
         ޲ ۲                                     
        ޲  ޲  ߲߲                                       
       ܲ۲ ۲    ۲                                    
     ۲            ޲  ߲                                     
   + The Corporation +  gas!                                   
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Filename : DODAC4  .ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filesize : 35828 kb            Filesize : --                              
   Filedate : 1-21-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   AUTOCAD C4 WIN95-NT-3.11 FINAL BETA  [01/28]     Previous Total : 0       
    _______________ ____________ ____________       Release Score  : 3       
    \_    ___      \_  ___      \   ___      \_     Running Total  : 3       
   _/      l/       /  l/       /    l/       /                              
   \______ /       /   /       /____ /       /|                              
   ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/==                              
   (*) D r i n k   O r   D i e  1 9 9 5 (*)                              
   ===================== [ DOD * 21-Jan-96 ] ==                              
                                                                             
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   Filename : DODTTPS .ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filesize : 21144 kb            Filesize : --                              
   Filedate : 1-26-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   TURBOTAX PROSERIES/1040 FOR DOS 95.00A [1/4]     Previous Total : 3       
    _______________ ____________ ____________       Release Score  : 4       
    \_    ___      \_  ___      \   ___      \_     Running Total  : 7       
   _/      l/       /  l/       /    l/       /                              
   \______ /       /   /       /____ /       /|                              
   ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/==                              
   (*) D r i n k   O r   D i e  1 9 9 6 (*)                              
   ===================== [ DOD * 26-Jan-96 ] ==                              
                                                                             
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   Filename : DOD-WC  .ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filesize : 21144 kb            Filesize : --                              
   Filedate : 1-27-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   INTERACTIVE WINE CELLAR CD-RIP       [01/15]     Previous Total : 7       
    _______________ ____________ ____________       Release Score  : 3       
    \_    ___      \_  ___      \   ___      \_     Running Total  : 10      
   _/      l/       /  l/       /    l/       /                              
   \______ /       /   /       /____ /       /|                              
   ======\________/\__________/[m]\________/==                              
   (*) D r i n k   O r   D i e  1 9 9 6 (*)                              
   ===================== [ DOD * 27-Jan-96 ] ==                              
                                                                             
                                                                             
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   Filename : PM2PWA .ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filesize : 4019 kb             Filesize : --                              
   Filedate : 1-21-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Paper Master 2.0  Win/Win95 - [1/3]              Previous Total : 0       
                                           Release Score  : 3       
           A Group                Running Total  : 3       
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                   DK       -XeN                                         
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWAPTEF .ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filesize : 10474 kb            Filesize : --                              
   Filedate : 1-21-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Personal Tax Edge 95 Final Filling               Previous Total : 3       
   Edition CD for Win/Win95   [01/08]               Release Score  : 3       
                                           Running Total  : 6       
           A Group                                         
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                   DK       -XeN                                         
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWASDE  .ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filesize : 69120 kb            Filesize : --                              
   Filedate : 1-21-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Solid Edge Release Candidate 3 [01/48]           Previous Total : 6       
                                           Release Score  : 3       
           A Group                Running Total  : 9       
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeN                                         
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWA27S  .ZIP / PWA27W  .ZIP                                    
   Filesize : 49132 kb     / 49261 kb                                        
   Filedate : 1-26-96      / 1-27-96                                         
                                                                             
   Fix name : --                                                             
   Filesize : --                                                             
   Filedate : --                                                             
                                                                             
   Windows-NT 4.0 Server Build 1227                 Previous Total : 9       
   Windows-NT 4.0 Workstation Build 1227            Release Score  : 3       
   Disk 1/34                                        Running Total  : 12      
                                                                    
           A Group                                         
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeN                                         
                                                                             
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   Filename : CBTWT- .ZIP         Fix name : --                              
   Filesize : 3210 kb             Filesize : --                              
   Filedate : 1-26-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Computer Based Training Win Tracs [1/3]          Previous Total : 12      
                                           Release Score  : 2       
           A Group                Running Total  : 14      
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeN                                         
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWACWP95.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filesize : 1151 kb             Filesize : --                              
   Filedate : 1-27-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   CardWizard Pro v 1.10.02 for Win95 - [1/1]       Previous Total : 14      
                                           Release Score  : 3       
           A Group                Running Total  : 17      
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                   DK       -XeN                                         
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWATELNT.ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filesize : 604 kb              Filesize : --                              
   Filedate : 1-27-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Pragma Systems InterAccess                       Previous Total : 17      
   Telnet Daemon for Windows NT                     Release Score  : 2       
                                           Running Total  : 19      
           A Group                                         
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeN                                         
                                                                             
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   Filename : PCW3PWA .ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filesize : 15006 kb            Filesize : --                              
   Filedate : 1-28-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Procomm for Windows 3.0 Beta4  [01/11]           Previous Total : 19      
                                           Release Score  : 3       
           A Group                Running Total  : 22      
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeN                                         
                                                                             
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   Filename : PWAMRC1 .ZIP        Fix name : --                              
   Filesize : 27246 kb            Filesize : --                              
   Filedate : 1-28-96             Filedate : --                              
                                                                             
   Microstation CAD for Win32 (NT&95)               Previous Total : 22      
   Release Candidate 1 - Cracked [01/19]            Release Score  : 3       
                                           Running Total  : 25      
           A Group                                         
            That Gives                                       
           Slightly                                        
            Less Than                                       
                 A Fuck.                                       
                            -XeN                                         
                                                                             
                                                                             
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                             Score Chart : Utils                             
                                                                             
          Ŀ         
                                                                           
           45 ĳ         
                                                                           
           40 ĳ         
                                                                           
           35 ĳ         
                                                                           
           30 ĳ         
                                                        25                 
           25 Ŀĳ         
                                                               
           20 ĳĳ         
                                                               
           15 ĳĳ         
                      10               10                      
           10 ĿĿĳĳ         
                                       
            5 ĳĳĳĳ         
                                       
            0 ĳĳĳĳ         
                                       
                 Corporation      Drink or Die     Pirates With            
                                                    Attitudes              
                   
                                                                             
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       Need I say anything?  All I'll blurt is that, as I said, quantity is  
   important (as PWA showed us) but quality can make the difference.  The    
   Corporation had 5 releases this week, where DOD had a mere 3, but DOD's   
   quality helped it tie with The Corporation who had some bad fortune on    
   their first release of the week (Director Academic v4.0) which required   
   a serial number that was released over 3 days past the original release   
   date.  If not for that one happening, The Corporation could have beaten   
   DOD.  Let's look at the average score per release for each group :        
                                                                             
                          Average Score Per Release :                        
                          ---------------------------                        
                             Drink or Die - [3.3]                            
                        Pirates with Attitudes - [2.8]                       
                            The Corporation - [2.0]                          
                                                                             
                                                                             
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     Author  : Ionizer                                                       
     Subject : The Games Review : Issue #13  02/04/96                        
                                                                             
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         .a$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$&$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$&$$$$$a.       
         $$'  .   `$$'       `$$   '         `$$'   s   `$$'   s   `$$       
         $'   $    $$    $    $$    a    a    $$    $    $$    $    $$       
         $    $ssss$$    $    $$    $    $    $$    $    $$    $ssss$$       
         $    o    o$         $$    $    $    $$    sssss$$ssss.    $$       
         $.   $    $$    $    $$    $    $    $$    $    $$    $    $$       
         $$.  $   ,$$    $    $$    $    $    $$.   $   ,$$.   $   ,$$       
         `$&@%o%@&$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$&@%o%@&$$$$&@%o%@&hd'       
                                                                             
                    "All the games that are fit to print."                   
                                                                             
   Un-Realistic : "I have never played a game I didn't like."                
                                                           - Stu Pid Fewl    
   Realistic    : "This game sucks."  - Ionizer                              
                                                                             
                              !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!                            
      *** EXTREMELY IMPORTANT !!!!PLEASE READ!!!! EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ***    
                              !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!                            
                                                                             
   - After much thought and planning a decision of TGR's future was made.    
     This is the last TGR.... to appear alone!  (No, calm down, you'll       
     still be able to ge the scene's most reliable source for true,          
     unbiased, honest reviews)  It's just going to be found somewhere        
     different.  Reality Check Network, now up to their 12th issue, will     
     now be the new home for TGR.  Every Sunday, including this one, TGR     
     will be found in its own section of RCN (Reviews).  So now, along with  
     the best game review, you'll get a packed filled issue of the latest    
     group news, interviews, polls  and so much more!  Please don't write    
     to me asking what happened to INQ.  INQ is not dead, but due to the     
     fact that it is MOST LIKELY that they won't release on a weekly basis,  
     TGR would have no appropriate place in their mag.  I wish INQ the best  
     of luck in the future, & thank them for carrying TGR in the past.       
     (Ok, you're done reading, you can go read the reviews now!)             
                                                                             
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   * For the most part most of you liked the new way of displaying the info  
     about the games (with the DIZs.  So unless I get an overwhelming        
     amount of complaints about the format, it will stay this way!           
                                                                             
                 ============================================                
                 HOW TO GET THIS MAGAZINE ON A REGULAR BASIS:                
                 --------------------------------------------                
                                                                             
  ("WHERE and WHEN can I GET The Game Review?" The Game Review (c) Ionizer,) 
    (will be released every SUNDAY, in RCN Reality Check Network, and can)   
    (be obtained by /m iondcc xdcc list or /m ionizer xdcc list on Sunday)   
                                                                             
         (TGR, which will now be incorporated into a section of RCN,)        
         (is available on the web @ http://www.shu.edu/~importmi/rcn)        
                                                                             
               (You can now also The Game Review via the WWW @)              
                   (   http://www.aych-dee.com/tgr.html   )                  
                                                                             
                  NOTE: THERE IS NO MAILING LIST OF ANY KIND!                
                    I don't run the www sites and I am not                   
                      responsible for them being updated.                    
                                                                             
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  GAME REVIEWS, RATINGS, UN-BIASED OPINIONS, HELP/TIPS FOR INSTALLING GAMES! 
  [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 
                                                                             
   - Rating Scale :                                                          
               (0-19)/100 = In a nutshell, it sucked!                        
              (20-39)/100 = Still crap but slightly better.                  
              (40-49)/100 = Possibly worth downloading.                      
              (50-69)/100 = Pretty decent game. Might want to check it out.  
              (70-79)/100 = Worth the download if you like that type.        
              (80-89)/100 = Very good, 9 outta 10 its worth the download.    
              (90-99)/100 = Excellent game, a MUST download.                 
                  100/100 = HOLY SHIT I'VE NEVER SEEN A BETTER GAME!         
                                                                             
   RATINGS are based on the game idea, graphics, sound, playability,         
   ingenuity, versatility, and a lot of other words ending in 'ity'.         
                                                                             
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                       -<*><*> THE GAME REVIEW <*><*>-                     
     
                                                                             
            NoNo Japanese Adult Game                                         
          (c) Japanese         [XX/06]                                       
        ________________________________                                     
   (====\________  \_____    \_________/====)  The NFO says you need Win/V   
    ::::::/  ___/   /    \____/      \::::::   to run this, but it ran fine  
    :::::/  /__   _/|     \eB/  _     \:::::   in regular winblows.          
    ::::/____;    \ |______\/____\     \::::   However, I don't speak        
    :::::::::|_____\:[REVOLUTiON]:______\:::   Japanese except for sushi,    
   (==[RTN]========[01/28/96]========[RTN]==)  honda, and habachi, so it     
   makes it kind of hard to play an adventure game based mostly on dialect.  
   But don't worry, you aren't missing much from the looks of the game.      
                                                                             
                                RATING : NA/100                              
                                                                             
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   A _TEC_ exlusive!          They only WISH this platform game could        
   Johnny Bazookatone         compare to Rayman, as state it could in the    
   From ARC/US Gold           NFO.  It's your typical platform game with     
   A Stryper/Nogroup release  your guy with a gun.  He runs, he shoots, but  
   he doesn't score.  You're Johnny Bazookamotherfucka, you got this weird   
   bazooka gun, that you can play like a guitar sometimes, & then it emits   
   a huge blast.  The bad thing is, in order to get this to work crash-free  
   you need to turn off all the sounds (music and fx).  So in setup, put no  
   soundcard, and then when you load the game up, make sure it's on no       
   sound again.  the graphics are ok, but we've seen better, and this game   
   just isn't put together very well.                                        
                                                                             
                                RATING : 44/100                              
                                                                             
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    - DUKE NUKEM 3D v1.0 -- Shareware - ۲  We already told you about  
    ---  by 3D Realms Entertainment --- ۲  this one last week.        
   "It makes every PC game we've seen, DOOM       Apogee released the        
   included, look dull. Honestly!"  PC Gamer.    official SW version with   
   Duke blows away everything you know about 3D   a few additions, such as   
   action games. Blow thru walls, jetpack over    counting how many times    
   buildings, fight underwater--all in a truly    you played (might be a     
   interactive game like you have *never* seen.   limit), and lots of        
   Supports SVGA modes, multiplay, most game      little things.  Here's     
   contollers.  Music by Bobby (DOOM) Prince.     the review from last week  
   Now, go kick-butt in futurustic Los Angeles!   in case you missed it :    
       "WOW!  Move over doom, move over quake, make way for the classic.     
   Although just a beta <and sw> this game KICKS ASS.  If you have the       
   computer to put in SVGA and a good graphics mode you'll love this.        
   Pretty soon you'll be saying "Doom?, what's that?"  Perhaps it's the      
   fact that the game <1st episode, takes place in a real life area, rather  
   than those boring and stupid catacombs we've been drowned with.  You're   
   in the city, but the one bad thing is that Apogee is still using          
   monsters, I mean why couldn't they make it all different types of         
   gangstars or something?  When's the last time you saw a monster in the    
   city (no, that big fat lard was stlil human).  Anyway, you can take a     
   piss, watch a porn flick, and blow up motherfuckers and watch their       
   blood splatter on the walls.  This game appears to have it all.  Now if   
   you will excuse me, I need to go find some dramamine.                     
                                                                             
                  RATING : 83/100  "(Yes, even though it's SW)"              
                                                                             
       Some other cool things I noticed was when you get to the level with   
   the bar, there's a lot of cool stuff to see and do.  You can pay the      
   bitches to shake their tits at the nudie bar.  You can watch the OJ       
   bronco chase on the TV in the for corner in the bar <as long as you       
   don't blow it out first>.  Also, you can easily replenish your health by  
   blowing up a toilet, or fire hydrant and then simply using the open door  
   button to drink the water.                                                
                                                                             
   EXTRA! : Cheat Codes, courtesy of LSPD, and edited.  To get the cheat     
            code prompt you type DM.. then                                   
                                                                             
            GODLY: GOD MODE ON                                               
            UNGODLY: GOD MODE OFF                                            
            WARP<episode><level>: WARPING                                    
            AMMO: all ammo full                                              
            VIEW: "follow" mode.. catch duke from a few feet behind          
            WEAPONS: all available weapons (1-6)                             
            UNLOCK: unlocks a locked door in front of you                    
            ITEMS: keys... items.. etc.                                      
            RATE: 2 numbers on top left of screen?                           
            SKILL<skill level 1-5>  Re-start level with skill #              
            CLIP: walk-through-walls                                         
            HYPER: steroids!                                                 
            ENDING: end's the episode                                        
            UNCONFIRMED: CASHMAN: ?, MONSTERS: ?                             
                                                                             
   Note : In the official SW version I couldn't get them to work, why, I     
          dunno.                                                             
                                                                             
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   ///INT!!!INT!!!INT!!!INT!!!INT\\\  This contains AVI's of the following:  
   . BEAVIS & BUTTHEAD INTRO ADDON .  That old dude saying "Beavis and       
   . [FOR THE LGC REL]:   [xx/09]  .  Butthead are not rolemodels, they're   
   \\\INT!!!INT!!!INT!!!INT!!!INT///  not even human...," The opening part   
   where they are in the circles, and a quicky episode at the Mcwhatever     
   place they work at, where Todd comes in and kicks their ass.  This group  
   says they plan on releasing the .WAVs which would be nice, and make for   
   a complete game.                                                          
                                                                             
                                                                             
                              RATING : .AVI/100 <G>                          
                                                                             
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   ARCADE AMERICA (7th Level) [00/61]         Yup, a whopping 61 disks, 125  
     - Full CD - demos have been RIPped!      megs once installed.  Is it    
     - Plays off your hard drive.             worth it?  Depends, if you     
     - Humorous Action/Platform game.         like this type of game, but    
     - 10,000+ frames of movie quality anim.  personally I can't picture     
     - View the NFO file within for details!  anyone over the age of 12      
     - A Chowdery independent release.        wanting to play this.  You're  
   an animated character on your quest to find someone or get somewhere,     
   one of those, and you have to do little games and puzzles in which you    
   avoid characters and other boring stuff.  It's not exactly go shoot guys  
   and stuff.  Each time you get past the level you move up to some other    
   kind of puzzle or something of the sort.  Nothing special, but very       
   nicely done with the humor (if ya got half a brain to get the jokes) and  
   graphics.  If you got a little brother and sister and 125 megs free       
   doing nothing, then you might want to be nice and get them this.  It is   
   a little hard and sometimes frustrating though.  Also make sure you get   
   the 5.9 meg fix that includes a file which was missing b/c they           
   incorrectly numbered the ARJ files in the zips <missed 45>.               
                                                                             
                                RATING : 53/100                              
                                                                             
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    *PC*  TOSHINDEN *PC*             [03/03]      Not only did the intro go  
                     slow as hell, but          
             ۲       picking the player moved   
   ۲  ۲  ۲  ۲  ۲       slow as hell too.  Then    
   ۱  ۱  ۱  ۱ ۱     when I tried to play it,   
   ۰  ۰  ۰  ۰  ۰        it was missing some        
                 texture file.              
                                                                  
                          ROY                                   
                               <SAC>                                  
                                                                           
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                 RATING : NA/100                             
                                                                             
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     _________  __ _______   __ ____   _______                               
     \_____  -\/ -\\___  -| / -\|  |__|      -|   Well the first version to  
      //  /   /    \|  |  |/    \  |  |  | |  |   get on the net had plenty  
     /   /   /  /\ \\_ ___/  /\ \\_|  || |_|  |   of ARJ errors to last you  
    /___/   /_____\  /_| /_____\  /___|__| |__|   a lifetime.  But this one  
    -+/____\-+-+-+\/-+PRoUDLY+-\/-+PReSeNTs+-   works fine.  An extremely  
   NFL QuarterBack Club '96 *REPACKAGED* [XX/25]  good football game if you  
   have the computer to handle it.  The normal 320 graphics modes on a 486   
   makes the game JUST playable, so I'd recommend a pentium/90 for it to     
   look anywhere near decent and playable at the same time.  It's got the    
   usual football seasons, and an addition of a simulation of classic/       
   historical games.  It's got touchdown dancing, in your face sacking,      
   audibles, and anything else you could want from a football game.  If you  
   got the computer (above 486/66), it is worth it, but if you don't, it     
   might not be worth the effort.                                            
                                                                             
                                RATING : 84/100                              
                                                                             
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      Top Gun (c) Spectrum Holobyte [11/11]      I couldn't figure out most  
   _ ________________________  _____ ________ _  of the controls because     
    \\_____  \_____  \_____  \/  .  \\_____  \\  there's nothing to config   
   dZG/\   __//  _   |/  ____/.  |   \/\   __/   your keyboard with.  So     
    _/  \   \/   /_ _/   /_   |  !  _/  \   \    rather than trying to get   
    \____\   \______\_________|_____\____\   \_  my plane off the ground, I  
   =======\___/===1911CDDIVISION======\___/  picked the quick action.    
   It looks like any other normal flight sim, the gfx are nothing great,     
   the sound is way below average.  It's not too good, but it might satisfy  
   you if you love sims.                                                     
                                                                             
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   Sonic the Hedgehog for Win95       [xx/15]  It said my sisters'           
   ---  computer's video card was     
    ۲   not "DCI" compliant, and      
     ۲  ۲  that I couldn't play it.      
   ۲  ۲ ۲  Shrug, it's those new 3D      
   ۲  ۲ ۲    Diamond Cards, beats me.      
      ۲                                  
   ---                                
                                                                             
                                RATING : NA/100                              
                                                                             
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                           <*>GAME OF THE WEEK<*>                          
     
                                                                             
   The lack of choice automatically grants NAPALM'S release of NFL           
   QUARTERBACK CLUB '96 as the winner.  With the proper equipment this is    
   an excellent football game.  Not much else to say about it, it's got      
   everything you could hop for, except modem or network play ;).            
                                                                             
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                        <*>UPCOMING RELEASE DATES<*>                       
     
                                                                             
   - It's back and updated!  All projected dates are as of January 30th,     
     1996 and are based on projected date it will arrive in stores.          
                                                                             
                             Key to system types :                           
                                                                             
     DCD   = DOS CD           WCD = Windows CD      MCD = Mac. CD            
     W95CD = Win 95 CD        M3  = Mac. Disk       W3  = Windows Disk       
     W953  = Win 95 Disk      D3  = DOS Disk        HCD = Mac./Windows CD    
                                                                             
           OS      Name of Game        Company   Store Release            
                      
           D3       Pelican Hill          ACCESS          02/26/96           
           DCD      Psychc Detcv          EA              12/28/95           
           DCD      Sensible Soccer       WEA             01/20/96           
           DCD      NFL Qback Club        ACCLAIM         01/25/96           
           DCD      PGA 96 Spanish Bay    EA              01/29/96           
           DCD      Falcon 3.0 Clssc      SPECTRUM        01/30/96           
           DCD      Shadows Over Riva     SIR TECH        02/01/96           
           DCD      Harvester             MERIT           02/01/96           
           DCD      Starship              MERIT           02/01/96           
           DCD      Angel Devoid          MINDSCAPE       02/01/96           
           DCD      Cyberjudas            MERIT           02/01/96           
           DCD      Pinball World         21ST CENTRY     02/02/96           
           DCD      AH3 Thunderstrike     JVC             02/05/96           
           DCD      Sport Hits 2          WEA             02/06/96           
           DCD      Nicklaus@Muirfield    WEA             02/06/96           
           DCD      Kyrandia Trilogy      VIRGIN          02/06/96           
           DCD      Chronomaster          INTRACORP       02/07/96           
           DCD      Pro Pinball:Web       ENT INTRNTL     02/08/96           
           DCD      NBA Live 96           EA              02/08/96           
           DCD      Wing Commander 4      EA              02/09/96           
           DCD      Cmmd&Cnqr:Missions    VIRGIN          02/10/96           
           DCD      Ganster Bundle        AM LASER        02/10/96           
           DCD      Top Gun               SPECTRUM        02/12/96           
           DCD      Fast Attack           SIERRA          02/12/96           
           DCD      H! Zone               WIZARD WRKS     02/15/96           
           DCD      Silent Hunter         MINDSCAPE       02/15/96           
           DCD      Net Mech              ACTIVISION      02/15/96           
           DCD      Racing's Greatest     ROCKET SCIENCE  02/15/96           
           DCD      Battlcrsr 3000        TAKE 2          02/20/96           
           DCD      Whiplash              INTERPLAY       02/21/96           
           DCD      Big Red Racing        SPECTRUM        02/22/96           
           DCD      Pelican Hill          ACCESS          02/26/96           
           DCD      Spycraft              ACTIVISION      02/26/96           
           DCD      Pinhurst #2           ACCESS          02/26/96           
           DCD      Maximum Roadkill      TAKE 2          02/26/96           
           DCD      Dungeon Keeper        EA              02/27/96           
           DCD      Cyberia 2             VIRGIN          02/27/96           
           DCD      Deep Space Nine       SSI             02/29/96           
           DCD      Dragon's Lair II      READYSOFT       03/01/96           
           DCD      Promised Land         VIRGIN          03/01/96           
           DCD      Jagged H2H            SIR TECH        03/01/96           
           DCD      Ripper                TAKE 2          03/01/96           
           DCD      Madden NFL 96         EA              03/01/96           
           DCD      Ripper                TAKE 2          03/01/96           
           DCD      Terra Nova            VIRGIN          03/01/96           
           DCD      Deadly Skies          JVC             03/01/96           
           DCD      Alien Alliance        VIRGIN          03/01/96           
           DCD      Rivers of Dawn        VIRGIN          03/01/96           
           DCD      Madden NFL 96         EA              03/01/96           
           DCD      Lost Admiral II       AM LASER        03/01/96           
           DCD      Desktop Toys 2        EA              03/05/96           
           DCD      RBI '96               WEA             03/05/96           
           DCD      Grand Prix 2          SPECTRUM        03/10/96           
           DCD      The id Anthology      GT              03/12/96           
           DCD      Hacking DM,2,Hrtc&Hxn SSI             03/13/96           
           DCD      Descent 2             INTERPLAY       03/13/96           
           DCD      Track Attack          SPECTRUM        03/15/96           
           DCD      Crystal Skull         INTRACORP       03/18/96           
           DCD      Adv Tact Fghtr        EA              03/20/96           
           DCD      Wooden Ships&Iron Men AVALON HILL     03/20/96           
           DCD      Adv Tact Fghtr        EA              03/20/96           
           DCD      PGA Euopean Tour      EA              03/22/96           
           DCD      AH-64D Longbow        EA              03/23/96           
           DCD      Zork:Nemesis          ACTIVISION      03/25/96           
           DCD      Space Hulk 2          EA              03/25/96           
           DCD      Witchaven II          INTRACORP       03/27/96           
           DCD      VR Baseball           INTERPLAY       03/27/96           
           DCD      Master of Orion 2     SPECTRUM        03/30/96           
           DCD      Magic/Gathering       SPECTRUM        03/30/96           
           DCD      Total Mayhem          SPECTRUM        03/31/96           
           DCD      Deathtrap Dungeon     SPECTRUM        03/31/96           
           DCD      Amrcn Civil War       INTRCTV MGC     04/01/96           
           DCD      Klingon               SSI             04/01/96           
           DCD      Mortimer              LUCAS ARTS      04/01/96           
           DCD      Pax Imperia           DAVIDSON        04/01/96           
           DCD      Pinball Classics      GT              04/01/96           
           DCD      Klingon               SSI             04/01/96           
           DCD      Mortimer              LUCAS ARTS      04/01/96           
           DCD      Hind                  INTRCTV MGC     04/01/96           
           DCD      NFL Football/Aikman   GT              04/10/96           
           DCD      VR Soccer             INTERPLAY       04/16/96           
           DCD      Sherlock Holmes 2     EA              04/20/96           
           DCD      Conquest/New World    INTERPLAY       04/24/96           
           DCD      Terracide             SPECTRUM        04/30/96           
           DCD      PTO II                KOEI            05/01/96           
           DCD      Realms/Arkania 3      SIR TECH        05/01/96           
           DCD      Confirmed Kill        SPECTRUM        05/01/96           
           DCD      Escalation            GAMETEK         05/01/96           
           DCD      Raw Pursuit           JVC             05/01/96           
           DCD      Flying Nightmares     SPECTRUM        05/01/96           
           DCD      Realms/Arkania 3      SIR TECH        05/01/96           
           DCD      Super Heroes          SPECTRUM        05/01/96           
           DCD      Citzns:Blckwtr Affrs  SPECTRUM        05/01/96           
           DCD      Colonization Gold     SPECTRUM        05/01/96           
           DCD      Decathalon            INTRCTV MGC     05/01/96           
           DCD      Daggerfall            BETHESDA        05/01/96           
           DCD      Star Control 3        WEA             05/14/96           
           DCD      Jggd All-Deadly Gms   SIR TECH        05/15/96           
           DCD      Air Warrior 2         INTRCTV MGC     06/01/96           
           DCD      Vision of Glory       AM LASER        06/01/96           
           DCD      Bioforge +            EA              06/01/96           
           DCD      Adams Pinball         GT              06/01/96           
           DCD      Bioforge +            EA              06/01/96           
           DCD      Northlands            AM LASER        06/01/96           
           DCD      Over the Reich        AVALON HILL     06/01/96           
           DCD      Hammer Slammer        INTRACORP       06/19/96           
           DCD      Third Reich           AVALON HILL     06/30/96           
           DCD      Jetfighter III        INTERPLAY       07/01/96           
           DCD      F-16 Fighting Falcon  INTRCTV MGC     08/01/96           
           DCD      MetalLords            NEW WORLD       08/01/96           
           DCD      Nemesis               SIR TECH        09/01/96           
           DCD      Sensory Overload      TAKE 2          10/01/96           
                                                                             
           HCD      Wizardry Gold         SIR TECH        02/26/96           
           HCD      Full Tilt             MAXIS           03/01/96           
                                                                             
           MCD      X-Wing Collector      LUCAS ARTS      01/16/96           
           MCD      Space Quest 6         SIERRA          02/07/96           
           MCD      Pelican Hill          ACCESS          02/26/96           
           MCD      The Dig               LUCAS ARTS      02/28/96           
           MCD      Phantasmagoria        SIERRA          02/29/96           
           MCD      Gabriel Knight 2      SIERRA          03/01/96           
           MCD      Transport Tycoon      SPECTRUM        03/01/96           
           MCD      Torin's Passage       SIERRA          03/01/96           
           MCD      Apache                INTRCTV MGC     03/01/96           
           MCD      Shivers               SIERRA          08/01/96           
           MCD      Hoyles Classic        SIERRA          03/01/96           
           MCD      Police Quest 5        SIERRA          03/01/96           
           MCD      11th Hour             VIRGIN          03/01/96           
           MCD      Heroes M&M            NEW WORLD       03/04/96           
           MCD      Empire II             NEW WORLD       03/11/96           
           MCD      Elk Moon #1           ACTIVISION      03/18/96           
           MCD      Hexen                 GT              03/19/96           
           MCD      Chaos Overlords       NEW WORLD       03/20/96           
           MCD      Aikman Football       GT              04/01/96           
           MCD      Ripper                TAKE 2          04/01/96           
           MCD      Toy Story Strybk      DISNEY          04/24/96           
           MCD      Tank Commander        SPECTRUM        05/01/96           
           MCD      Chessmates            INTERPLAY       06/01/96           
                                                                             
           W3       TTAX95 FDFN           INTUIT          01/09/96           
           W3       TTAX95 FN CA          INTUIT          01/17/96           
                                                                             
           W95      Indy Jones & Adv      LUCAS ARTS      02/28/96           
           W95      Ult Doom: Flesh       GT              02/28/96           
                                                                             
           W95CD    Warhmmr:Horned Rat    MINDSCAPE       12/29/95           
           W95CD    Solitaire Deluxe      INTERPLAY       01/19/96           
           W95CD    Empire II             NEW WORLD       02/01/96           
           W95CD    Empire II             NEW WORLD       02/01/96           
           W95CD    Family Card Games     NEW WORLD       02/06/96           
           W95CD    Daedalus Encounter    VIRGIN          02/10/96           
           W95CD    Heroes M&M            NEW WORLD       02/15/96           
           W95CD    MT:Earthsiege 2       SIERRA          02/26/96           
           W95CD    A10-2:Silent Thunder  SIERRA          02/26/96           
           W95CD    Ult Doom: Flesh       GT              02/28/96           
           W95CD    Doom II               GT              02/28/96           
           W95CD    D                     ACCLAIM         03/01/96           
           W95CD    Flight Unlimited      VIRGIN          03/01/96           
           W95CD    Destiny               INTRCTV MGC     03/01/96           
           W95CD    Civilization 2        SPECTRUM        03/07/96           
           W95CD    Hexen                 GT              03/11/96           
           W95CD    Mortal Kombat 3       GT              03/18/96           
           W95CD    Mission Force:CyberstoSIERRA          03/19/96           
           W95CD    Chaos Overlords       NEW WORLD       03/20/96           
           W95CD    Cry.Sys               SIERRA          04/01/96           
           W95CD    St Trk Generations    SPECTRUM        05/01/96           
           W95CD    Vegas Games 95        NEW WORLD       05/01/96           
           W95CD    Spaceward Ho! IV      NEW WORLD       05/15/96           
           W95CD    Subterrane            NEW WORLD       06/01/96           
                                                                             
           WCD      TTAX 95 FDFN DLX      INTUIT          01/15/96           
           WCD      T-Mek                 WEA             02/01/96           
           WCD      Space Bucks           SIERRA          02/05/96           
           WCD      Dinotopia             TURNER          02/09/96           
           WCD      Sim City Clssc W95    MAXIS           02/16/96           
           WCD      Warhammer 40K         MINDSCAPE       02/29/96           
           WCD      Muppet Trsr Islnd     ACTIVISION      03/01/96           
           WCD      Tommy                 INTERPLAY       03/04/96           
           WCD      Urban Runner          SIERRA          03/15/96           
           WCD      Elk Moon              ACTIVISION      03/18/96           
           WCD      Wizardry Gold         SIR TECH        03/28/96           
           WCD      Rise&Rule/Anc Emp     SIERRA          03/29/96           
           WCD      New Order             EA              03/29/96           
           WCD      Klingon               SSI             04/10/96           
           WCD      Syndicate Wars        EA              04/20/96           
           WCD      Toy Story Strybk      DISNEY          04/24/96           
           WCD      Spr Bubsy/WIN95       WEA             05/28/96           
           WCD      Dragon Dice           INTERPLAY       08/01/96           
                                                                             
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                              <*>CORRECTIONS<*>                            
     
                                                                             
   - Damn, I'm perfect once again.                                           
                                                                             
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   Ŀ  
                           <*>LEGAL MUMBO JUMBO<*>                         
     
                                                                             
   THIS MAGAZINE IN NO WAY WHATSOEVER, CONDONES THE PIRATING, STEALING, OR   
   ANY OTHER ILLEGAL MEANS OF OBTAINING SOFTWARE.  I AM IN NO WAY            
   RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS AS A RESULT OF READING THIS MAGAZINE, NOR    
   HAVE I DONE ANYTHING ILLEGAL TO OBTAIN THE REVIEWED GAMES.  IF YOU LIKE   
   HOW THE REVIEW OF A GAME SOUNDS THEN BY ALL MEANS PURCHASE IT AND         
   SUPPORT THE SOFTWARE COMPANY.                                             
                                                                             
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   Ŀ  
                               <*>CLOSINGS<*>                              
     
                                                                             
   - That's it for this week, hope it was of help.                           
   - Don't forget to continue getting RCN every Sunday if you wish to read   
     TGR plus many other great articles and information.                     
   - This week's list is a little short, and I realize there are still some  
     Win95 games I have yet to review.  Trust me, I'm getting to them, and   
     as soon as I get my network up & running, they will be reviewed the     
     week of their release.                                                  
                                                                             
                          - Ionizer (Game Reviewer/MALiCE & Razor Courier)   
                                                                             
                                                                             
   Comments/Complaints - send to ionizer@ns2.clever.net (NO QUESTIONS OR     
                         REQUESTS)                                           
                                                                             
                                                                             
 ͼ

                                        Copyright 1996 Ionizer Inc. #167A939


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       The following are the results from last week's survey on the best     
   warez groups.  We thank all that took the time to vote, and please        
   continue to do so in the future.                                          
                                                                             
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                              Vote Chart : Games                             
                                                                             
          Ŀ         
                                                                           
          120 ĳ         
                                                                           
          110 ĳ         
                                                                           
          100 ĳ         
                                                                           
           90 ĳ         
                                                                           
           80  73 ĳ         
                                                   Ŀ            
           70  67 ĳĳ         
                 Ŀ                                  
           60 ĳĳĳ         
                                                   
           50 ĳĳĳ         
                                                   
           40 ĳĳĳ         
                                                   
           30 ĳ 25 ĳĳ         
                      Ŀ                 
           20 ĳĳĳĳ         
                                       
           10 ĳĳĳĳ         
                                       
            0 ĳĳĳĳ         
                                       
                    Hybrid           Legacy         Razor 1911             
                                                                           
                   
                                                                             
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                              Vote Chart : Utils                             
                                                                             
          Ŀ         
                                                                           
          120 ĳ         
                                                       109                 
          110 Ŀĳ         
                                                               
          100 ĳĳ         
                                                               
           90 ĳĳ         
                                                               
           80 ĳĳ         
                                                               
           70 ĳĳ         
                                                               
           60 ĳĳ         
                                                               
           50  43 ĳĳ         
                                  Ŀ                 
           40 ĳĳĳ         
                                                   
           30 ĳĳĳ         
                                                   
           20  13 ĳĳĳ         
                 Ŀ                      
           10 ĳĳĳĳ         
                                       
            0 ĳĳĳĳ         
                                       
                 Corporation      Drink or Die     Pirates With            
                                                    Attitudes              
                   
                                                                             
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                          Vote Chart : NET Couriering                        
                                                                             
          Ŀ         
                                                                           
          120 ĳ         
                                                                           
          110 ĳ         
                                                                           
          100 ĳ         
                                                                           
           90 ĳ         
                                                                           
           80 ĳ         
                                                                           
           70 ĳ         
                                                                           
           60  55 ĳ         
                           Ŀ                                           
           50 ĳĳ         
                                                       40             
           40 ĳĿĳ         
                                  31                             
           30  26 ĳĿĳĳ         
                Ŀ                                       
           20 ĳĳĳ 13 ĳĳ         
                                  Ŀ                
           10 ĳĳĳĳĳĳ         
                                                  
            0 ĳĳĳĳĳĳ         
                                                  
                fATE       MALiCE   MindCrash   Motiv8      RTS            
                                                                           
                   
                                                                             
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                         Vote Chart : Board Couriering                       
                                                                             
          Ŀ         
                                                                           
          120 ĳ         
                                                                           
          110 ĳ         
                                                                           
          100 ĳ         
                                                                           
           90 ĳ         
                                                                           
           80 ĳ         
                                                                           
           70 ĳ         
                                                                           
           60 ĳ         
                            49                                             
           50 Ŀĳ         
                                                       42             
           40 ĳĿĳ         
                 29                                              
           30 Ŀĳ 25 ĳĳ         
                             20        Ŀ                
           20 ĳĳĿĳĳĳ         
                                                  
           10 ĳĳĳĳĳĳ         
                                                  
            0 ĳĳĳĳĳĳ         
                                                  
                fATE       MALiCE   MindCrash    RTS       RiSC            
                                                                           
                   
                                                                             
                                                                             
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 ͻ
                                                                             
       Welcome to Dear Entropy!  This is going to be YOUR column that is a   
   cross between Dear Abby and Dave Berry.  The most important part of this  
   is YOUR participation.  If you have ever had a question about the scene,  
   or just a comment, here's the place!  Have you ever wanted to know why    
   some people do this or that?  ASK!  We would love to take it to the       
   extreme for you and we will be happy to research it!  I hope you have as  
   much fun with this as I will!  Remember, this is YOUR column!             
                                                                             
 ͼ

 ͻ
                                                                             
   Dear Entropy,                                                             
                                                                             
        Here's some information about the AOL warez scene and why I used to  
   trade warez on AOL :                                                      
                                                                             
        The sheer ease and size of couriering : AOL has long been the        
   easiest and fastest way to move warez to a lot of people without a T1 or  
   ISDN connections.  Within 5 minutes and a mere 14.4 k baud modem, one     
   can mass mail hundreds of 30 meg warez utils and games by simply          
   forwarding you warez to 300 or 400 people.  Back when I was on both IRC   
   and AOL, I found it much easier to obtain any game or util on AOL than I  
   I did on any FTP site or IRC channel.                                     
                                                                             
        Except for a few people, no one on AOL has a huge ego trip.  I used  
   to be in a warez group on AOL called NmE and END, but the leader, Dawg,   
   was one of the fastest dudes I have met.  He uploaded more warez on AOL   
   than most couriers in a life time, and was the nicest dude I ever met.    
   In fact, find many of the same traits in the AOL warez scene as you do    
   in the IRC scene.  There is movement on AOL just as there is on IRC to    
   merge the couriering groups and to stop acting like assholes.             
   Everything mass mailed or sent on AOL is meant to be free.                
                                                                             
       AOLers ain't as dumb as you think.  Recently AOL has taken steps to   
   shut down the warez scene on AOL.  Most people have no comprehension of   
   the size of the scene.  AOL loses approximately 2-3 million a year due    
   AOL piraters.  AOL had implemented a CC number check so that fake CC      
   numbers could be used to creat accounts.  Within 5 hours, several         
   Windows programers came out with a new hack program which makes accounts  
   based on checking, bank and transit members.  Within 2 weeks, AOL         
   implemented a procedure that shut down the checking portion of the sign   
   up procedures.  Within 1 day, AOLers then proceeded to rely on phishes    
   to make sub-accounts from the paying accounts of users.  These accounts   
   last until the real user gets his bill <g>.  Now AOLers rely on phishes   
   and another proceeder which uses CC number prefixes to get pass the CC    
   cc number check.  Recently, the "kewlest" AOLers use OH accounts, which   
   give users certain special powers.  Several AOLers have been known to go  
   through warez chat rooms and cancel hacked accounts for fun.              
                                                                             
       Storage of warez on AOL, a lot of people on IRC, more than you would  
   expect, store warez on AOL.  AOL has a maximum of 550 mails.  Each mail   
   usually contains about 10 megs of space, I have seen 30 megs.  That's at  
   least 5,500 megs of warez.  You will find enourmous "banks" of warez on   
   AOL.  Some "banks" are available to the public and some are for private   
   use.  This is due to the size of couriering and mass mailing and also     
   due to the fact that many people don't have the resources for their own   
   personal FTP site.                                                        
                                                                             
       All right, too much said already about this shit.  Dang, writing      
   this much about AOL is making me feel stupid already =]                   
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Ex-AOLer                  
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Ex-AOLer,                                                                 
                                                                             
      I agree with you completely. AOL is a very powerfull way to reach      
    a multitude of user who are to scared or whatever to veture into IRC.    
    You are also right that many people that I have met from AOL seem to     
    be 100x better then the people on IRC as they seem to now have the       
    EGO problem that a lot of us here have to deal with.                     
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Entropy                   
                                                                             
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Dear Entropy,                                                             
                                                                             
       I am writing about the responses about AOL in RCN #11.  I agree with  
   both people that responded about AOL.  I've been on AOL for about 1 year  
   now.  I know it's not the Internet, but it is THE BEST online service.    
   It also has it's advantages to the Internet.  Couriering files are so     
   much easier since AOL warez isn't couriered by FTPs ,BBSs, or IRC.  It's  
   couriered over attached mail since AOL has no meg limit on their mail     
   boxes which makes it simple to get a newly uploaded ware to about 100     
   people by just clicking a button.  AOL has a few good warez groups that   
   courier warez faster than some internet groups out there.  These groups   
   are dedicated to their group and can move files just a few hours after    
   their release.  I am in one of those groups, Mystic, and we fill boxes    
   up with 0-day ware every day nonstop.  AOL has some more advantages,      
   it's cheap, fake accounts are simple to make, killing a lamers account    
   is pretty easy, and AOL is made up of 75% idiots (think about what you    
   can do with 3 million idiots with CC#'s).   I'm not saying that AOL       
   doesn't have it's lamers because that would be bullshit.  I'm just        
   sayin that not all AOLers are lame.  There are many former AOLers that    
   are in major interne groups such as Razor, Legacy, D0D, and Malice.       
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Smokey Bebee              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
                                                                             
   Smokey Bebee,                                                             
                                                                             
       I agree, and as I have said before, AOL is just a goldmine of         
   opportunities that we on IRC just need to realize.  People like to point  
   and click their way through anything that they possibly can.  Of course,  
   the die hard IRC'ers and Linux lovers will never admit to Windows or      
   almost any GUI program, we all seem to use them and even take advantage   
   of some of the perks that it comes with.                                  
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Entropy                   
                                                                             
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Dear Entropy,                                                             
                                                                             
       Recently on IRC, someone was supposed to be opped on IRC              
   automatically by a bot.  When he was not opped he started begging for     
   someone to op him.  He kept begging til someone got so fed up that he     
   had to op him to shut him up.  This was really unreasonable for someone   
   to go to that length just to get a little @ netx to his nick.  I mean,    
   what does ops do for you that you can't already do?  Some people show     
   that you have power, and most of the people that think that way end up    
   kicking, and banning everyone that THEY hate from the channel.  Some      
   people think it is a symbol of eliteness, and if someone doesn't have a   
   @ by their nick, they're lame.  This little @ shouldn't make you elite    
   or lame.  I have been in the net-scene for about 3 to 4 years and I       
   don't get @ on all the channels I join.  I know I'm not lame and I        
   probably know more about the net-scene than a lot of the ops in the       
   channels who kick and ban people.  I know all the people that are just    
   starting out in the net-scene and the people that DON'T NEED ops to feel  
   eleet will appreciate it if you don't abuse your ops if you do have it.   
   My final saying is, please don't beg for ops, because it's annoying, and  
   people will get really pissed.                                            
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Shroomie                  
                                                                             
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   Dear Shroomie,                                                            
                                                                             
       I agree with you.  Ops in this IRC world has become a huge power      
   struggle.  One in which so many people would spend 10 minutes of their    
   time begging for a @ symbol in wich they can say they have ops on         
   #lamers.  Some day people will get over it, but as with many things,      
   humans are very stubborn and persistent.                                  
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Entropy                   
                                                                             
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Dear Entropy,                                                             
                                                                             
       I totally agree with you.  Honestly, when I started out to pirate, I  
   started out from those warez channels.  This is because you can get       
   valuable information about how to pirate when talking to people it.       
   Those warez channels are simply, the place for pirate wanna-be's to       
   learn.  So, let's just suport those warez channels and help all those     
   new pirates out there! :)                                                 
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   The Magician              
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   The Magician,                                                             
                                                                             
       I agree with you.  The warez channels are like a teaching room to a   
   lot of people just getting into the scene.  Being able to go into a warez 
   channel and use it as a classroom to just watch and observe how people    
   work in this society.  Most of the time we kick people who are just       
   sitting there or people who are asking questions, but we always seem to   
   forget where we all came from a couple of months ago.  Nobody started     
   out knowing everything and even if they did they would not have stuck     
   with it as if you know everything, then what would be the fun of doing    
   it?                                                                       
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Entropy                   
                                                                             
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Dear Entropy,                                                             
                                                                             
       The warez channels, they are where most people start.  I would have   
   to say the majority of the people are here, whether the top elite on the  
   net or the worst of lamerz.  Most of them started on the net, the other   
   minority start through friends in groups.  Everyone says that the warez   
   channels are lame, in some cases that is true.  I know a lot of people    
   now hang out in the file trading forums, like #fATEFILES or #M8LEECH.  A  
   lot of what goes on in the warez channel is just a lot of talk, not much  
   trading, where as in the channels above, all there is ...is trading.      
   Not much discussion is ever seen in there.  I would say that not          
   EVERYONE in the warez channels are lame, but some are.  Most people use   
   them, whether they are couriers or not.  If it weren't for some of these  
   warez channels, files would not get spread around to the "majority"       
   ...because the majority spends there time in the warez channels, whether  
   it is warez - warez??? ...everyone has used them once in a while.         
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Dark Soul                 
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Dark Soul,                                                                
                                                                             
       I agree.  I think a lot of what goes on in some of the warez          
   channels is just talk.  Infact a lot of what goes on in the elite group   
   channels is just talk.  Hell, we are on the Internet Relay *CHAT*         
   Network.  We better damn well be talking, but I think what most people    
   do is separate there ELITE or what/who they deem to be elite by checking  
   the ones that they associate with.  We all do it in the real world.  I    
   personally don't hang out with a group of people because of the way they  
   dress or what not.  It all happens.  I think that what a lot of people    
   have lost in trading is the fun aspect that the scene used to carry.      
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Entropy                   
                                                                             
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Dear Entropy,                                                             
                                                                             
      These warez channels in my opinion are good.  When I first found out   
   about IRC, I joined these #WarezX to meet people and got too know many    
   friends over the many months.  For people in groups like fATE and         
   MALiCE, I know of some that used to frequent the channel I was opped in.  
   Dr Jekyl would offer and chat in #WarezX a lot during his career as a     
   fATE courier.  Cray from HTC is now in RTS and he also comes to hang out  
   in #WarezX.  I think these channels are good because it gives you a       
   chance to relax from the "stressful" environment of a group.  As far as   
   offering goes, I think it's a chance for the couriers to spread their     
   warez over a greater "distance" and to help people get their warez        
   faster.  As far as why #Warez is better than #Warez1, etc, it is          
   probably because the "elite" people, those who have done this for many    
   years and have had a great impact on the scene and what not, most of      
   these channels probably serve as a relax pit for their "elite" and their  
   friends.  However, other channels are very friendly and you can just      
   chat about any thing you want when you are bored or if you are a new      
   person to the NET and IRC.  It's a wonderful place to start out and to    
   make some pals while having fun trading warez.  It's just a plain good    
   time.                                                                     
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Merlin23                  
                                                                             
 Ķ
                                                                             
   Dear Merlin23,                                                            
                                                                             
       Wow. I just think you stated it all right there. I have to agree      
   with you 110%.                                                            
                                                                             
                                                Signed,                      
                                                   Entropy                   
                                                                             
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Topic For Next Week : Group Monopolies.                                   
                                                                             
       Should groups such as RiSC and MALiCE control where and how           
   couriering is headed today?  Is there any way we can even control how     
   well they are doing?  From what I would say, the last couple of years     
   have been RiSC and just that, a rise in superior couriering.  One that    
   has dominated the BBS couriering section and will not let anybody else    
   enter.  Is this fair?  Should we be allowing smaller groups to try and    
   have a chance at couriering?  MALiCE, MindCrash, and fATE have dominated  
   NET couriering for almost the past 6 months.  They are on all of the      
   best sites and allow nothing to slip through their fingers.  They have    
   people on IRC spreading their name to more and more places each day,      
   keeping a strong foothold on NET couriering; but do they dominate in      
   that they do not give other groups a chance to enter the elite world      
   that we live in?  Or should they continue to dominate it and have the     
   smaller groups keep working and praying that one day MALiCE will turn     
   into TDU-JAM! and quit at their peek?  Some would say that all groups     
   work for everything that they attain and I would have to agree with       
   them; but would we not work better by working together?  Or does this     
   competition really help the scene?  Some people I have talked to think    
   that too many people are thinking more about getting the file there       
   faster than anybody else but are not being concerned more with if they    
   get there 100% error free.  Could the scene better by groups working      
   together in taking regions and making sure that everybody has the files   
   that the release groups work so hard in releasing?  Is it going so far    
   we have threats that some of the biggest and most respected people are    
   actually cutting off people from their uploads to be in better spirits    
   with the group of their choice?  What do you think?                       
                                                                             
 ͹
                                                                             
   Please E-Mail all responses to an385786@anon.penet.fi.                    
                                                                             
                                                                             
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 Ĵ
  AT-IMKS3.ZIP   3  W95:CDR  Immortal Klowns                              
  M-FCOLR2.ZIP   2  W95:DSK  Flying Colors                                
  MPCN3206.ZIP   6  WFW:CDR  MicroSoft Mail PC Networks v3.2              
  PWAIE116.ZIP   1  WFW:DSK  InterEcho v1.16                              
  TI'7MOD3.ZIP   3  WFW:DSK  CNE Quizer                                   
  ULC-CK41.ZIP   4  WFW:DSK  CheckIt v4.0                                 
 

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  WEDNESDAY     JANUARY 17                                                  
 
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  FILENAME      D#  OS:TYPE  DESCRIPTION                                  
 Ĵ
  ACE-PT17.ZIP  17  W95:CDR  PeachTree Accounting v3.5                    
  ARC-SA15.ZIP  15  WFW:CDR  Arcade America Scenario Add-On               
  CCG-MSG7.ZIP   7  WFW:CDR  Microsoft Golf                               
  DN_DTO03.ZIP   3  WFW:DSK  Day Time Organizer                           
  DODHF31D.ZIP   4  WFW:DSK  HotFax                                       
  DODHF95E.ZIP   5  WNT:DSK  HotFax                                       
  DODZPIT2.ZIP   2  W95:DSK  Vertisoft Zip-It!                            
  ETC_CC24.ZIP   4  WFW:CDR  Corel CD Creator v2.0                        
  L-PB4000.ZIP   1  DOS:CDR  Pinball 4000                                 
  LANDIST8.ZIP   8  OS2:CDR  Lan Distance                                 
  RBSBOF5.ZIP    5  WFW:DSK  Behavior-Outcome Feedback v2.03              
  RBSHSW3.ZIP    3  WFW:DSK  HelpStar v3.2                                
  RORTMG01.ZIP  15  WFW:CDR  Timegate : Knight's Chase                    
  SPDUDE-4.ZIP   4  DOS:CDR  Space Dude                                   
  TO-DAOS5.ZIP   5  WFW:CDR  Microsoft Data Access Objects                
  TUB-ABS6.ZIP   6  WFW:CDR  AirBorne Express Shipping Software           
  VIA-BK02.ZIP   2  WFW:DSK  Brother's Keeper v5.2                        
  WBS101E4.ZIP   4  WFW:CDR  McAfee's Web Scan 101x2                      
 

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  THURSDAY      JANUARY 18                                                  
 
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  FILENAME      D#  OS:TYPE  DESCRIPTION                                  
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  DABB2-04.ZIP  10  W95:CDR  Dabbler v2.0                                 
  DODOMNI5.ZIP   5  W95:CDR  OmniForm v2.0                                
  DOMCM2I5.ZIP   5  WFW:CDR  Championship Manager 2 : Italian League      
  ECD75W95.ZIP   1  W95:DSK  ESS-Code v7.4                                
  EISPAK11.ZIP   1  WFW:DSK  MicroSoft Excel EIS Builder v1.1             
  INST803.ZIP    1  W95:DSK  HD Program Installer v8.03                   
  M-VCPSK3.ZIP   3  WFW:DSK  Visual C++ Starter Kit                       
  NFS-TD01.ZIP  39  W95:CDR  Total Distortion                             
  NFSMDW-9.ZIP   9  DOS:CDR  NFS Maestro TCP/IP                           
  NFSMW956.ZIP   8  W95:CDR  NFS Maestro                                  
  OG-VPPS3.ZIP   3  WFW:DSK  Visioneer Paperport Software v3.0            
  PWA-QGR3.ZIP   3  DOS:DSK  GameRunner 3                                 
  TO-CRVC9.ZIP   9  WFW:CDR  Crystal Reports                              
  TO-SS405.ZIP   5  WFW:CDR  Source Safe v4.0                             
  TUB-WET.ZIP    1  WFW:DSK  Windows Emphasis Tool                        
  UCLW3211.ZIP  11  WFW:CDR  Microsoft Win32 Toolset                      
  VIA-AW03.ZIP   3  WFW:DSK  Author Work Model                            
  XFNVNT20.ZIP  20  WNT:CDR  DEC NETview v3.02                            
 

 Ŀ
  FRIDAY        JANUARY 19                                                  
 
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  FILENAME      D#  OS:TYPE  DESCRIPTION                                  
 Ĵ
  BROKEEP.ZIP    1  DOS:DSK  Brother's Keeper                             
  CC96-4.ZIP     4  WFW:DSK  Card Collector '96                           
  CNAMOV34.ZIP  34  DOS:CDR  The Ladies Club : Poker Night Movies         
  CORALRSS.ZIP   1  WFW:DSK  Coral Reef SS                                
  ICU143.ZIP     1  DOS:DSK  ICU v1.43                                    
  IMG10PWA.ZIP   1  W95:DSK  Imaging v1.00.00                             
  INETAP10.ZIP  10  W95:CDR  Internet Applications                        
  L-SIDEL7.ZIP   7  DOS:CDR  Sideline Sports                              
  M-QWEB13.ZIP  13  WFW:CDR  WebCompass                                   
  RBSDUPE.ZIP    1  DOS:DSK  Duplicate Filefinder v2.0                    
  RBSLOCKT.ZIP   1  WFW:DSK  LOCKtite v2.3                                
  SPOS2-17.ZIP  18  OS2:CDR  IBM Smalltalk Professional                   
  SPW-21.ZIP    21  WFW:CDR  IBM Smalltalk Professional                   
  X5NTXDKG.ZIP  16  WFW:CDR  Exceed 5                                     
 

 Ŀ
  SATURDAY      JANUARY 20                                                  
 
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  FILENAME      D#  OS:TYPE  DESCRIPTION                                  
 Ĵ
  ABI-3DP2.ZIP   2  WFW:DSK  3D Swimsuit Paradise SS                      
  BBNASD5.ZIP    5  W95:CDR  Nascar 3D Racing                             
  CDS30-47.ZIP  47  WFW:CDR  Client Data System v3.0                      
  CEMAHT16.ZIP  26  W95:CDR  CEMA Guide to Home Theater                   
  DABB2-08.ZIP  10  W95:CDR  Dabbler v2.0                                 
  FINGD100.ZIP   1  WFW:DSK  Finger Daemon Server v1.0                    
  FTE-WCH3.ZIP   3  WFW:CDR  Worlds Chat v8d                              
  HHG-AD02.ZIP   4  WFW:CDR  After Dark Complete Collection               
  HTMLAUTH.ZIP   1  WFW:DSK  HTML Author Ver v4.4                         
  LKCCHK43.ZIP   1  WFW:DSK  CHECK v4.3 Virus Protection                  
  MYSTERY3.ZIP   3  DOS:CDR  Mystery at the Museums                       
  NFS_DEV5.ZIP   5  DOS:CDR  Media Developer OCX                          
  OG-VPPV.ZIP    1  WFW:DSK  Visioneer Paperport Viewer v2.0              
  RBSEDITP.ZIP   1  WFW:DSK  EditPartner v1.0                             
  RBSIFA40.ZIP   1  WFW:DSK  Instant File Access v4.00                    
  RBSINTER.ZIP   1  DOS:DSK  Internet LogMeter v2.01d                     
  RBSMCD.ZIP     1  WFW:DSK  Music CD v3.0                                
  RBSMULOG.ZIP   1  WFW:DSK  MULog v1.0                                   
  SNCODBT2.ZIP   2  WFW:DSK  ODBTalk For Visual Age v2.5                  
  TEMPEST.ZIP    1  DOS:DSK  Tempest 2000                                 
  TO-DAE43.ZIP   3  WFW:CDR  Data Access Explorer                         
  VIA-H02.ZIP    2  DOS:CDR  SVGA Harrier                                 
  VIA-PB03.ZIP   3  WFW:DSK  Power BBS v5.3                               
  XF-SEMI4.ZIP   4  WFW:CDR  Lotus Gold Seminar                           
  ZOTH3.ZIP      3  WFW:CDR  Zone of Thunder v1.98                        
 

 Ŀ
  SUNDAY        JANUARY 21                                                  
 
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  FILENAME      D#  OS:TYPE  DESCRIPTION                                  
 Ĵ
  ACE-SS4.ZIP    4  WFW:CDR  Stationary Store v1.5                        
  AIR5.ZIP       5  DOS:CDR  Airforce Commander                           
  BILL-28.ZIP   28  DOS:CDR  Bill English Lessons                         
  FRIENDS.ZIP    1  W95:DSK  FRIENDS SS                                   
  MSQ-WCS.ZIP   28  OS2:CDR  Watcom C++ v10.5                             
  MSQREL27.ZIP  27  WFW:CDR  Reflection Suite v5.5                        
  PM2PWA3.ZIP    3  W95:DSK  Paper Master v2.0                            
  RAD-GD34.ZIP   4  DOS:DSK  NAT v3.01                                    
  RBS-BIT2.ZIP   2  W95:DSK  Cheyenne BitWare                             
  SOS2301P.ZIP  16  WFW:CDR  Star Office v3.01a                           
  TC-DIR47.ZIP  47  WFW:CDR  Director Academic v4.0                       
  THCNCPE3.ZIP   3  W95:CDR  NetScape Navigator                           
  TNGTHEME.ZIP   1  W95:DSK  Star Trek : TNG Theme Pack                   
  UCFA16NT.ZIP   1  WNT:DSK  Ataman TCP Remote Login Services             
  WARPTK10.ZIP  18  OS2:CDR  OS/2 Warp Developers                         
 

 Ŀ
  MONDAY        JANUARY 22                                                  
 
 Ŀ
  FILENAME      D#  OS:TYPE  DESCRIPTION                                  
 Ĵ
  AWPRO_3.ZIP    3  WFW:DSK  Autorware Professional v2.01                 
  CEMAHT26.ZIP  26  W95:CDR  CEMA Guide to Home Theater                   
  MSFCLT23.ZIP  32  WFW:CDR  Microsoft Foundation Class Library           
  PWA-PB04.ZIP   4  WFW:DSK  PowerBroker v3.5 Extended C++                
  PWATERM2.ZIP   2  WFW:DSK  Pro One Windows Term Paper                   
  RBSALCH.ZIP    1  WFW:DSK  Soft Alchemy v1.5                            
  RBSCATM2.ZIP   2  WFW:DSK  Catalog Maker v1.6                           
  RBSDDATA.ZIP   1  WFW:DSK  Diskplayer Music DataBase v1.6               
  RBSFWEB7.ZIP   7  WFW:CDR  Front Page WWW Server v1.0.2                 
  RBSPAPE2.ZIP   2  WFW:DSK  Flying Things                                
  RED!YW13.ZIP  13  WFW:CDR  Internet Yellow Pages                        
  RLX-AIV3.ZIP   3  WFW:DSK  Alien Invasion                               
  RORMSK45.ZIP  45  DOS:CDR  The Mask : The Origin                        
  TC-IMP06.ZIP   6  WFW:CDR  Impressionists Calendar                      
 

 Ŀ
  TUESDAY       JANUARY 23                                                  
 
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  FILENAME      D#  OS:TYPE  DESCRIPTION                                  
 Ĵ
  CSW-PWA.ZIP    1  WFW:DSK  Collector's Showcase                         
  DICWALP.ZIP    1  WFW:DSK  Wallpaper Graphics                           
  DID-AS10.ZIP  10  DOS:CDR  Expert Astrology                             
  DOD31SI3.ZIP   3  WFW:DSK  Schedule It! v3.0                            
  DOD95SI3.ZIP   3  W95:DSK  Schedule It! v3.0                            
  FPABC29.ZIP   29  WFW:CDR  Fisher Price ABC Complete                    
  PWA-PTSW.ZIP   1  W95:DSK  Personal Timesheet v1.0                      
  PWA-TTD2.ZIP   2  DOS:DSK  Turbo Tax '95                                
  RBSFBLD4.ZIP   4  DOS:DSK  Intel FLASHBuilder v3.0                      
  SCL-PBP4.ZIP   4  DOS:DSK  Picture BlackJack                            
  SPSOS206.ZIP  10  OS2:CDR  IBM Smalltalk Pro Server                     
  WB31WPWA.ZIP   1  WFW:DSK  WineBase v3.1                                
  XGLOBAL9.ZIP   9  WFW:CDR  X-GLOBAL v1.0                                
 

 Ŀ
  WEDNESDAY     JANUARY 24                                                  
 
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  FILENAME      D#  OS:TYPE  DESCRIPTION                                  
 Ĵ
  CF-MS95F.ZIP  19  DOS:CDR  MicroStation 95 v5.5.1                       
  DODGCGL2.ZIP   2  W95:DSK  Graphics Converter Gold                      
  NTRK-05.ZIP   26  WNT:CDR  WinNT Dev Resource Kit                       
  PST-NB42.ZIP   2  W95:DSK  NovaBack v4.01                               
  RCYCLE-6.ZIP   6  DOS:CDR  Ring Cycle                                   
  REALDEA4.ZIP   4  DOS:DSK  Real Deal                                    
  RLX-MBG2.ZIP   2  WFW:DSK  MVP Backgammon                               
  RWW32.ZIP      1  WFW:DSK  Revol Web Maker                              
  TC-APM16.ZIP  16  WFW:DSK  Adobe Pagemaker v6.0                         
  TUB-WD14.ZIP  14  WFW:CDR  Webster's New World Dictionary               
  VEE-SWP2.ZIP   2  W95:DSK  PC-Sweep 32 v3.51                            
  XFPS51K.ZIP   11  WNT:CDR  Printing Services                            
 

 Ŀ
  THURSDAY      JANUARY 25                                                  
 
 Ŀ
  FILENAME      D#  OS:TYPE  DESCRIPTION                                  
 Ĵ
  CBTWT-3.ZIP    3  DOS:CDR  Computer Based Training Win Tracs            
  DRS-SMS.ZIP    1  DOS:DSK  Storage Management Services SDK v2.1         
  EVILAND5.ZIP   5  DOS:CDR  Evil Land                                    
  EZSCSI4G.ZIP   7  WFW:CDR  Adaptec EZ-SCSI v4.0                         
  FN-SPN08.ZIP  53  WFW:CDR  Spanish-Now! v4.0                            
  MSQ-AMT.ZIP    1  DOS:DSK  AM-TAX Federal Returns'95                    
  RBSWEBSR.ZIP   1  WFW:DSK  Internet on a Disk                           
  SOL-DMST.ZIP   1  OS2:DSK  DirMaster v2.22                              
  T96-KNGW.ZIP  32  WFW:CDR  Long Live The King                           
  TC-ZIPTL.ZIP   1  W95:DSK  Iomega Ziptools v4.01                        
  TCIBM01.ZIP   37  WFW:CDR  TCP/IP Client Applications Server            
  VIA-CC20.ZIP  20  DOS:CDR  Chaos Control                                
 

 Ŀ
  FRIDAY        JANUARY 26                                                  
 
 Ŀ
  FILENAME      D#  OS:TYPE  DESCRIPTION                                  
 Ĵ
  ARCUSA60.ZIP  62  DOS:CDR  Arcade America                               
  DMN-MMF3.ZIP   3  WFW:CDR  MultiMedia French                            
  DODTTPS4.ZIP   4  DOS:CDR  TurboTax ProSeries/1040                      
  PNT-NSR4.ZIP   4  WFW:CDR  NS/Router v5.01                              
  PNT-QAE3.ZIP   3  DOS:DSK  Quick & Easy Federal Jobs Kit                
  PNTLWCT4.ZIP   4  WFW:CDR  LabWindows/CVI SQL Toolkit                   
  RBSSCYT.ZIP    1  DOS:DSK  Scytale v1.2                                 
  RBSSURFC.ZIP   1  DOS:DSK  Surfer Central v1.20                         
  SDM-AIDS.ZIP   1  WFW:DSK  AIDS Test 1381                               
  SDM-DWEB.ZIP   1  DOS:DSK  DR. Web v3.08                                
  SOLWIN02.ZIP   2  W95:CDR  Solitaire Deluxe                             
  TC-NBK01.ZIP   2  W95:DSK  NovaBack v4.50                               
  TC-NFSM6.ZIP   6  WFW:CDR  NFS Maestro for Microsoft TCP/IP             
  TC-X5XWD.ZIP  13  WFW:CDR  Exceed/Xpress 5                              
  UCFTWH00.ZIP   1  DOS:DSK  NewView v1.1                                 
 

 Ŀ
  SATURDAY      JANUARY 27                                                  
 
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  FILENAME      D#  OS:TYPE  DESCRIPTION                                  
 Ĵ
  DOD-WC15.ZIP  15  WFW:CDR  Interactive Wine Cellar                      
  ESPNEXT9.ZIP   9  DOS:CDR  ESPN Extreme Games                           
  FN-MTL42.ZIP  42  WFW:CDR  Mathematics Library                          
  FN-PRNB6.ZIP   6  WFW:CDR  Winn L. Rosch's Printer Bible                
  PWACWP95.ZIP   1  W95:DSK  CardWizard Pro v1.10.02                      
  PWATELNT.ZIP   1  WFW:DSK  Pragma Systems InterAccess                   
  RADIX06.ZIP    6  DOS:CDR  Radix                                        
  RBS-MPT1.ZIP   3  WFW:DSK  IBM Multi Transport Protocol Services        
  RBS-PER1.ZIP   8  OS2:DSK  IBM Peer to Peer v1.00                       
  RBSVIDLA.ZIP   1  WFW:DSK  Video Launch Pad v2.3                        
  RTHVISD2.ZIP   2  DOS:CDR  Visualizer Development v1.2                  
  VFN-MAN3.ZIP   3  W95:DSK  Hangman                                      
  VIA-QC02.ZIP   2  WFW:CDR  Quatra Command                               
  VRT7.ZIP       7  WFW:CDR  Super Scape                                  
 

 Ŀ
  SUNDAY        JANUARY 28                                                  
 
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  FILENAME      D#  OS:TYPE  DESCRIPTION                                  
 Ĵ
  CRAYST27.ZIP  27  WFW:CDR  Crayola Art                                  
  DMN-EXDS.ZIP   1  DOS:DSK  Exchange Server                              
  FIFONETT.ZIP   1  WFW:DSK  NetTerm v2.8.3                               
  L-ICEF18.ZIP  18  W95:CDR  Ice and Fire                                 
  PNT-NC02.ZIP   2  WFW:DSK  Neural Connection v1.0                       
  PWAMRC1A.ZIP  19  WFW:CDR  Microstation CAD                             
  RBS-LW95.ZIP   1  DOS:DSK  Lan Services                                 
  RBSMTW1.ZIP    4  WFW:DSK  Message Tracker v1.0                         
  RT-PSD01.ZIP  56  W95:CDR  Printshop Deluxe Ensemble II                 
  SDMDN142.ZIP   1  DOS:DSK  Navigator II v1.42                           
  TC-DIRS.ZIP    1  WFW:DSK  Director Academic v4.0                       
  TI-AD106.ZIP   1  OS2:DSK  AdeptX BBS v1.06                             
  VIA-DR13.ZIP  13  WFW:CDR  Director v4.0                                
  VIA-SP02.ZIP   2  WFW:DSK  SoftTerm Plus                                
  XF-DAEN4.ZIP   4  WFW:CDR  IBM VisualAge C++ Dist. App. DevKit          
 

 Ŀ
  MONDAY        JANUARY 29                                                  
 
 Ŀ
  FILENAME      D#  OS:TYPE  DESCRIPTION                                  
 Ĵ
  DMN-EXW8.ZIP   8  WFW:CDR  Exchange v4.0                                
  DMNPRNTO.ZIP   1  WFW:DSK  Pronto TCP/IP mail connection v1.05          
  DMNRFTP2.ZIP   2  WFW:DSK  Reflection FTP Client v5.01                  
  DODSTM23.ZIP  23  WFW:CDR  Studiom/M v1.0                               
  DOD_FPP2.ZIP   2  DOS:DSK  F-PROT Professional v2.21.3                  
  MNC-HWH1.ZIP   2  WFW:DSK  Homework Helper v1.1                         
  NBT-TWS.ZIP    1  WFW:DSK  Tommorow's World SS                          
  PNT-ATVP.ZIP  17  WFW:CDR  ActivAda Personal Edition                    
 

 Ŀ
  TUESDAY       JANUARY 30                                                  
 
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  FILENAME      D#  OS:TYPE  DESCRIPTION                                  
 Ĵ
  BGFAX155.ZIP   1  DOS:DSK  BGFax v1.55                                  
  COPSBPW.ZIP    1  DOS:DSK  Business Pro                                 
  JOHNNY.ZIP     1  DOS:DSK  Johnny Bazookatone                           
  L-CGAME2.ZIP   2  WFW:CDR  Card Game Classics                           
  MSQPAR4.ZIP    4  WFW:DSK  Partition Magic Pro v2.01                    
  NFSAHD01.ZIP  12  W95:CDR  American Heritage Dictionary                 
  SAWPLUS.ZIP    1  WFW:DSK  Software Audio Workshop Plus v2.0            
  SONIC01.ZIP   15  W95:CDR  Sonic the Hedgehog                           
  TXBDOD39.ZIP  39  WFW:CDR  TurboTax 1995 Business Edition               
  ULCMWS19.ZIP  34  WFW:CDR  Math-Workshop                                
 

 Ŀ
  WEDNESDAY     JANUARY 31                                                  
 
 Ŀ
  FILENAME      D#  OS:TYPE  DESCRIPTION                                  
 Ĵ
  CSTAR2-9.ZIP  12  W95:CDR  C Star v2.0                                  
  DMN-E953.ZIP   3  W95:CDR  Exchange                                     
  DMN-ENT7.ZIP   7  WNT:CDR  Exchange                                     
  DMN_EXDS.ZIP   1  DOS:DSK  Exchange Server                              
  DRC-LFS1.ZIP   2  WFW:DSK  LifeForm                                     
  HHGPTGW8.ZIP   8  WFW:DSK  Power Translator                             
  HOPE-FA9.ZIP  48  W95:CDR  Frankenstein II                              
  PNT-WWR2.ZIP   2  WFW:CDR  WinWay Resume v3.0                           
  RWEB10-8.ZIP   8  WNT:CDR  Microrim's R : Web v1.0                      
  SCUML16M.ZIP  13  WIN:CDR  Lotus Notes v4.0                             
  SCUMLN4O.ZIP  15  WFW:CDR  Lotus Notes v4.0                             
  TC-VAS2R.ZIP  27  OS2:CDR  IBM VisualAge for Smalltalk                  
  TC-VASWT.ZIP  29  WFW:CDR  IBM VisualAge for Smalltalk                  
 

                                   
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       The following is just a short survey on warez groups.  Please take    
   the time to fill it out and return it to the following address :          
                                                                             
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    Which GAMES group is #1?                                                 
                                                                             
    [ ] Hybrid                                                               
    [ ] Legacy                                                               
    [ ] Napalm                                                               
    [ ] Razor 1911                                                           
                                                                             
    Which UTILS group is #1?                                                 
                                                                             
    [ ] Corporation                                                          
    [ ] Drink or Die                                                         
    [ ] Pantera                                                              
    [ ] Pirates with Attitudes                                               
    [ ] Rebels                                                               
    [ ] X-Force                                                              
                                                                             
    Which BI group is #1?                                                    
                                                                             
    [ ] Demolition                                                           
    [ ] Need for Speed                                                       
    [ ] Pinnacle                                                             
    [ ] Release on Rampage                                                   
                                                                             
    Which TRADE group is #1 in the field of NET couriering?                  
                                                                             
    [ ] Everlast                                                             
    [ ] Fast Action Trading Exchange                                         
    [ ] Malice                                                               
    [ ] Mindcrash                                                            
    [ ] Motiv8                                                               
    [ ] Request to Send                                                      
    [ ] Rise in Superior Couriering                                          
                                                                             
    Which TRADE group is #1 in the field of BBS couriering?                  
                                                                             
    [ ] Everlast                                                             
    [ ] Fast Action Trading Exchange                                         
    [ ] Malice                                                               
    [ ] Mindcrash                                                            
    [ ] Motiv8                                                               
    [ ] Request to Send                                                      
    [ ] Rise in Superior Couriering                                          
                                                                             
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   Please E-Mail all responses to an385786@anon.penet.fi.                    
                                                                             
                                                                             
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