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                       Mason's Ware Report May Edition                            

Welcome to another edition of my warereport. We should have got alot of games
to play. Instead we got alot of boring days without anything. Although alot
has happend on the charts this month.

Check out the rules before you check the list of releases:

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_   _/_  _\______/_/     |    \\_/ _   _//  \\_    _//____/_/_______    _\\_  
    \_____//     //___   |     //___          /__ _     _  //___  \\ _     /  
  _  Syk  \_______/   \_________/ _ \________/   \_________/   \__________/   
                                                                              
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  * The disklimit is 75 disks in 1.44MB size. If you go over that limit the
    game won't be validated. If we catch you cheating by making 1.6MB "disks"
    you get -2.0 points.

  * Updates will get you 1.0 point. A fix for an update gets -0.5 points.

  * Trainers will get you 1.0 point.

  * Games released from a less-known company will get at least 2.0 points and
    then the release can earn between 0.0-0.9 depending on the quality of the
    game.

  * Games released from a known company will get at least 4.0 points and then
    the release can earn between 0.0-0.9 depending on the quality of the
    game.

  * If a fix is needed for the game, the group has 12 hours to fix it and the
    group will get -2.0 points per fix. If another group fixes the game, the
    points will be transferred from the cracking group to the group who fixed
    it.

  * Dupe releases will get -5 points.

  * Addonpacks/Missionpacks for games will get 2.0 points plus the extra
    quality points from 0.0-0.9. If it's a stand-alone version it will
    at least earn 4.0 points.

  * Different addons for the game will get 2.0 points for releasing the
    addon. Lame addons and unnessecary addons will get -2.0 points instead.
    To give you an example of this: If you make a sound addon for a game you
    will get 2.0, but if you do an extra movie addon and the movies are just 
    unneeded movies, you will get -2.0 points.

  * The game must work 100% to get the points and must be packed correctly. If
    the game needs to be installed in a special way it must be described in
    the nfo or the game will counted as non-working.

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Date        Title                            Company            Points

08/05-98    Astrorock 2000                   Logicware            2.5
26/05-98    Commandos Trainer                Eidos                1.0
14/05-98    Extreme Tactics                  Pirahna              2.3
15/05-98    Extreme Tactics Trainer          Pirahna              1.0
16/05-98    Fifa 98 1.40 Update              EA                   1.0
15/05-98    Flesh Feast                      Segasoft             4.6
06/05-98    Jazz Jack Rabbit Trainer         Project 2            1.0
06/05-98    Microsoft Baseball 3D            Microsoft            4.7
01/05-98    Panzer Commander                 SSI                  4.6
14/05-98    Panzer Commander Trainer         SSI                  1.0
06/05-98    Redneck Rampage Rides Again      Interplay            4.7
21/05-98    Unreal                           GT                  -2.0
03/05-98    Warlords 3 v1.02 Update          Redorb               1.0
20/05-98    Xenocrazy                        Grolier              4.6

Total for May                                                    32.0


A dull month from Class this month, but they got a few good games. The best
one were Microsoft Baseball 3D and Redneck Rampage Rides Again. I gave -2.0
to Class for Unreal, which were over the 75 disk limit. Class also did alot
of trainers and updates.

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 / _/  _/    \/   /   /  / _/  _// / / / / /
/  \   \  /\ /   /\  /  /  \   \/ /\  / / /
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Date        Title                            Company            Points

05/05-98    Age of Empires v1.0b Update      Microsoft            1.0
21/05-98    Alain Prost Grandprix            Ocean                4.4
12/05-98    Armored Fist 2 v1.03 Update      Novalogic            1.0
09/05-98    Astrorock +18 Trainer            Logicware            1.0
15/05-98    Beastwars Update                 Hasbro               1.0
15/05-98    Burnout 1.20 Update              Bethesda             1.0
06/05-98    Deadlock 2 V1.20 Update          Accolade             1.0
21/05-98    Die by Sword 1.04 Update         Interplay            1.0
23/05-98    Game, Net & Match                Bluebyte             4.6
23/05-98    Game, Net & Match Speechaddon    Bluebyte             2.0
24/05-98    Game, Net & Match Trainer        Bluebyte             1.0
12/05-98    Hardball 6 Update                Accoalde             1.0
07/05-98    Highheat Baseball 1.2 Update     3DO                  1.0
07/05-98    Incubation Wilderness            Bluebyte             4.6
09/05-98    Incubation Wilderness Trainer    Bluebyte             1.0
09/05-98    Sanitarium                       Dreamforge           2.7
09/05-98    Sanitarium Videoaddon            Dreamforge           2.0
09/05-98    Sanitarium Musicaddon            Dreamforge           2.0
16/05-98    Sanitarium Trainer               Dreamforge           1.0
27/05-98    Sensible Soccer 98               GT                   4.6
06/05-98    Spec Ops 1.1 Update              Zombie               1.0
17/05-98    Spec Ops 1.2 Update              Zombie               1.0
27/05-98    Team Apache                      Mindscape           -2.0
27/05-98    Team Apache Speechaddon          Mindscape            2.0
19/05-98    Total Soccer                     Livemedia            2.4
19/05-98    Total Soccer Trainer             Livemedia            1.0
12/05-98    World Cup 98                     EA                   4.8
12/05-98    World Cup 98 Crashfix            EA                  -2.0
12/05-98    World Cup 98 PBP Addon           EA                   2.0
14/05-98    World Cup 98 Trainer             EA                   1.0
16/05-98    World League Soccer              Eidos                4.6
01/05-98    Zar Trainer                      Auric Vision         1.0

Total for May                                                    55.7


A good month for Razor. They did the most important game this month - it's
World Cup 98. They also did alot of updates and trainers, but alot of the big
game were faulty. Paradigm fixed Team Apache and the points got transfered.
I have heard people talking about Sensible Soccer 98, World League Soccer and
Game, Net and Match shouldnt work. I had problems with World League Soccer
myself - it has some wierd slowdowns.


                   
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Date        Title                            Company            Points

05/05-98    Castrol Honda Superbike          Intense              2.6
02/05-98    Cyberstorm 2: Corporate Wars     Dynamix              4.6
02/05-98    Cyberstorm 2 Video addon         Dynamix              2.0
03/05-98    F1 Racing Simulator 1.09         Ubisoft              1.0
14/05-98    Sanitarium Spacersaver           Dreamforge           1.0
28/05-98    Team Apache Fix                  Mindscape            4.6

Total for May                                                    15.8


A very dull month for Paradigm. They only released 2 good games which was
Cyberstorm 2 and Castrol Honda Superbike. Then they did an update and fixed
one game. It's a little bit special about the Sanitarium Patch - I don't have
any rule for it. In January edition I gave 2.0 to Razor for a same type of
patch, but they also included some extra files for the game. To make it fair
I gave Paradigm 1.0 for the spacesaver.

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Date        Title                            Company            Points

06/05-98    Jazz Jack Rabbit 2               Project 2            4.6
28/05-98    Quake 2 Missionpack 1            Activision           2.7
28/05-98    Quake 2 Missionpack 1 Videoaddon Activision           2.0
01/05-98    Red Baron 2 v1.05 Update         Sierra               1.0


Total for May                                                    10.3


2 good titles from Divine in one month. Jazz Jack Rabbit 2 got released in a
final version. The beta version were released by IND, so we don't have to
remove points from some other group. They did one of the most awaited addon
packs for a while - The Quake 2 Missionpack 1, but Divine only gets 2.x for
the game as they didnt do it as a standalone.

      
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Date        Title                            Company            Points

24/04-98    Commandos                        Edios                4.7

Total for May                                                     4.7


The usual single released from Backlash is here. It's even a fullpricer. I
wish Backlash would remove that annoying CD Check screen where you have to
hit cancel to continue.

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Date        Title                            Company            Points

13/05-98    Three Lions                      Take 2               4.6

Total for May                                                     4.6


A single released from Hybrid this month. Another football game - nothing
much to say.
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_/  \    /  |   \/   |    |    \__  ____/__  _   |    |  |_____   \_ MONTHLY  
\    \  /                 |               /  |        |       \    /  CHART   
\___ \/    ____     ____ |   _____      ____|   ____     ___     /
    \______/   \____/   \_|__/    \_____/  \____/   \____/  \____/Syk         


Razor                                                            55.7
Class                                                            32.0
Paradigm                                                         15.8
Divine                                                           10.3
Backlash                                                          4.7
Hybrid                                                            4.6


After a long time on top, Class is number 2 this month, but I'm sure Class
will be back in old shape soon. All groups are known for a quiet month
like Hybrid and Paradigm just had.
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  \____ \   \_  |  \   \_  ___/_   \____  \   \_____ \   \_   /__   \_   /__  
_/  \_/  \_/    |   \_/   --'   \_/   \___/__/   _ \  \_/    /   \_/    /   \_
\____     /_____     /_____      /____/     /____      /____      /____      /
    \____/Syk  \____/     \_____/     \____/    \_____/    \_____/    \_____/ 
                                                                              
                                            O V E R A L L   C H A R T         

Class                                                           218.8
Razor                                                           195.7
Paradigm                                                        120.5
Divine                                                           32.9
Hybrid                                                           29.7
Backlash                                                         19.2


The charts didnt change much in the top. Razor got a little bit closer to
Class. Divine got on place 4 infront of Hybrid, but Hybrid only been alive in
2 months, so its hard to compare.

Razor won the month where nothing much got released. Theres one funny thing
about Razor winning the month. The 2 people who usually go around in the game
group channels and tell that Razor is the best didn't do much releases.

Hopefully more will happend in june. The end of the month has been really
dull.

I wanna say thanks to Dragon Master (aka DragonM from efnet #warez) for
reading through the whole report to remove bad grammar and spelling
errors.  Without the help from DragonM this report would have been
unreadable.

Come back next month to read the charts. Even our webpage should work soon. 

                                                         Mason
                                                 Ex. Motiv8 President
                                                www.cracking.net/mason
