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Netmonkey Weekly Report Issue 36
Netmonkey Weekly Report
Issue XXXVI
February 22nd, 1999
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Support NWR and CWS, and email your weektops to:
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Thank you!
Well seeing as how I worked far too many hours for a mortal man to do.
I watched 0 vcd's and saw only one movie in the theater. And I also
guess that my secret is out. I am not Gene Siskel, as he has passed
away and I am still here. So I will assume the identity of Mike Clark,
although he cannot review a movie for shit. It's the only name I can
think of right now. Anyways, the NWR survey is going well, but you people
need to stop cheating to get your group rated higher!#@!@#!)@*(#
You also need to stop voting for RCN and vote for NWR god damnit.
http://tca.ramwar.com to vote! The biased courier report is handled by
someone else again this week until I am fully functional again.
Anyways, hopefully ND will get off his ass one of these weeks and get
us coded, huh?
-Lester [Co-Editor/Head Writer]
Umm....
Does Kirk_Hamm know the difference between couriering and releasing
groups? Find out in this issue, as he does the biased courier report,
giving lester the week off...
Bud did his utils thing, and prozac is still MIA, but hopefully he'll
be back soon. I wrote an article on ftp daemons, so read it if you
are interested in that sort of shit, and glen gave us a pretty funny
log.
Tdpriest was on vacation this week, but that didn't stop him from
emailing us some GREAT nature pics. The first in tdp's nature series
appears in the issue as "td-sqrrl.jpg". Good job tdpriest, i think that
you have a real talent for this!
We also have a wacky cartoon drawn by the scene's very own S^J... SJ
is a budding cartoonist, and has shared one of this drawings "scooby.jpg"
with us. Certainly showing promise.
Check out blackacid's page, http://tca.ramwar.com/1024x768.html, or
RHQ at union.jaded.net for all the crazyness that is going on. Blackacid
has a leeto msgboard that lets me waste a lot of idle time at work, so,
if i get fired, thanks bacid!! :D
I guess thats all for now. Kind of a small issue, i know, but we'll be
back next week with a few things we've been saving..
take care, and have a good week, everyone..
ndetroit [Co-Editor/Head Fatass]
-----------[ index ]-----------
I.) Intro
a) Lester
b) ndetroit
II.) Quotes of the Week
III.) Stats - Ndetroit's Weekly Stats, and comments on Sites.
IV.) Lester's Biased Courier Report
V.) Articles
a) Prozac's Kinda Biased Games Report
b) Bud's Biased Utils Report
c) Lesters Moview Reviews
d) VCD Group and Movie Reviews
e) Which ftpd is Right for You?
f) A funny thing happened on the way to risc...
VI.) Scene News - All the news thats fit to print
VII.) Rumors!
VIII.) Closing
---------------------[ Quotes of the Week! ]---------------------
-<Grade> cuz we're da #1 cad/cam/cae group
<Grade> that's why
<Lester> cough
<Prozac-> can you make me a 3d model of a dildo
<Prozac-> i wanna shove one up your ass
-<plush> heya jaydee why don't you guys pre those releases to a couple
of sites next time, I couldn't find a site to get from <g>
-<beck-> can I fuck you in the butt?
<beck-> WHOA
<beck-> WRONG WINDOW
-<StynkFist> Anyone ever hear of a site called the Gateway? Supposedly run
by some guy named Hecks... I think RiSC WHQ?
-<[JD]> I just picked up a book called "Glue in Many Lands" and I can't
put it down.
-<HDS`D3V1L> The question is: Where in the body is the tiniest human muscle?
<ndetro1t> pf ear
<Lethal-> pf ear
<Lethal-> pf eye
<^Jman> pf penis
-<Grade> i'd even join risc if they got me 3-4 shirts
-<X-Frog> i am gonna narq myself see what happens
-<Pixel-> i think mgd is plotting to take over the scene
<Pixel-> or something evil
<Pixel-> he is very quiet lately
-<Lethal-> DOD FOR LIFE
<Lethal-> DVN FOR LIFE
<glen> RiSK 4 NEVER
<Lethal-> RISC FOR A WHILE
-<[RZ3]> bizzybone: Yeah, i do sex everyday, today i raped my right hand :D
-<tV-GAOo> New on TV: 0219 / 153.195.49.187 by: ( boring [PSY] psycho traders )
<[TG]> [The Gateway] -0219- (boring/PSY/psycho traders) 153.195.49.187
<clopy> [DL] -games- (boring/CRYSTAL) 153.195.49.187
*cough*, the dir wasn't announced on a sitebot, only made on one site.. ;p
and NO, thats not the actually IP... ;p
-<HDS`D3V1L> The question is: Who was the youngest courier to own the scene?
<Pixel-> heheheh
<mgd> pf mgd
<blahrg> pf mgd
<HDS-DEViL> Here's the result of this round:
<HDS-DEViL> The correct answer was: mgd
<HDS-DEViL> Found by mgd -=team 2 is going down=-
<Lethal-> GIVE ME TELNET QUESTIONS NOW!
-<HADES`> [NewUtil] HOE (silentjoe - CLS) JAYDEE.SINGING.ON.IPARTY.LIVE-JDCLUB
<[JD]> OMG
<[JD]> DONT FUCKING DO THAT
<S^J> sound forge
<S^J> records anything
<S^J> i encoded it in mp3 format
<novocane> !nwr 31
<novocane> !nwr 32
<novocane> !nwr 33
<novocane> !nwr 23
<novocane> !nwr 24
<novocane> !nwr 25
<novocane> !nwr 26
<novocane> !nwr 27
<Kirk_Hamm> u got problems nigga
<Kirk_Hamm> go read a book or something
<Kirk_Hamm> shit
<novocane> im just gettin all the jesspics =P
-----------[ ndetroit's sites and stats section ]-----------
An old site has come back, and it will probably be in the top10
before long. It is called "TDR", and is Ambition(amb!wow!), SCUM, TRPS,
and ???. The staff promises a leet games affil very soon.
I guess AF1 dropped KAC, not sure what that was all about, but they
did pick up SHOCK as a utils affil.
PRM apparently also dropped MSV after their merger with massive.
A little correction from last week: NGZ is actually not EURO, its
a US site, sorry for the confusion.
FUBAR is apparently back, will be interesting to see what happens with
it. Was a top razor site in its day..
FH did not become TPC WHQ after all, *cough*noreleases*cough*. FH is
still looking for a games affil, but rumors are leaning toward razor..
TRX is more than likely down permanently. The hierarchy of where it was
hosted found out about it, and so it had to be removed.
Major Malfunction (MM), became an MnM site... That is cool, except that
I could never get more than 6k/s to MM, so .... leet 2mb link.
I couldn't find the VDR weektop this week, since everyone claims "not
to trade there any more".. So i just stuck in TOS+IC, since i have been
waffling between which is better for some time.. TOS has a better link,
and nice archives, but IC has better affils (radium is leet), and a little
better support at times, it seems... So.. it was a tossup... But sooner
or later we'll figure out which is better, and axe the other one..
*cough*exactsameaffils*cough*.
Some last minute news out that came in as i was finishing this up:
NGZ is down (possibly perm), as a result of a nark threat, so its too
bad to see that site go.
And MSV is also down perm after a nark threat... I don't believe it,
and we will leave it at that.. more on that next issue, possibly..
I promise not to write this drunk next week.
=--------------------------------------------------------------------------=
Sites are rated on a 3X and 2X scale.. if you want to know why we
do it that way, read an old issue. Couriers get 10 points per site they get
#1 on, 9 points for 2nd place, 8 points for 3rd, etc, etc.
Sites are rated by us. If you don't like the ratings, then....
heh... fuck off and die..
=--------------------------------------------------------------------------=
The Top Ten sites for this week are:
x3 FS -*- STH -*- ET -*- E -*- HOE
x2 FH -*- VDR -*- TV -*- DLS -*- TOS
---=NETMONKEY COURiER REPORT=---
trader group FS STH ET E HOE FH TV DLS TOS IC pts pos
---------------------------------------------------------------------
glen AoD 3 4 4 2 5 8 0 7 9 0 129 [1]
cedric AoD 5 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 6 119 [2]
garoto DEV 0 6 3 6 0 9 0 0 2 0 94 [3]
jman RiSC 10 7 6 1 8 4 0 6 0 0 93 [4]
acidapple DEV 8 5 8 0 4 5 0 0 4 0 83 [4]
pixel DMS 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 81 [6]
jaydee DEV 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 78 [7]
tc VGN 0 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 68 [8]
grad IND 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 63 [9]
nutcase EQL 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 52 [10]
* = no weektop this week.
=--------------------------------=--------------------------------------=
-----------[ Lester's Biased Courier Section ]-----------
Well since Lester's masterbation sessions extended through another week. ND
asked me to do this courier report shit (dont know why, he was probably
smokin crack.) But if you thought that last weeks report was bad then you
havent seen nothing yet. I dont know shit about trading or traders. All's
I know is that there are to many of you guys, maybe the lame ones should o
i dunno...do something like hacky sack or even go as far are trying to kill
yourself's that might help. I wanted to do a utils report but I guess this
is the closest I will come so here we go...
Devotion - If you look up PreWhore in the dictionary, youll see a picture of
a little swede named JayDee! I think jd should right a novel on how to be a
prewhore. It would be on the best sellers list, Glen would sure as hell buy
it! Nice work from AcidApple and Garoto. All in all some nice releases, few
nukes and minor updates but in the end they did pretty well.
Dimension - I dunno, maybe they suck every week?!? All I see is Pixel
weektoping on a few sitez. He must have picked up some stuff from editing
JD's book about prewhoring. But aside from that nothing special few ppl
weektoping on one site each. Lots of crap this week from them
nukes/fixes/webcrap/minorupdates...
AOD - Busted out wif da phat releases dis week! Puttin out some major titles
and some phat ass shit. Cant fuck with AOD this week. They rocked my world!
Risc - just one comment...<Kirk_Hamm> who's jman? <ndetroit> jman = risc
<ndetroit> he is a good trader.. <ndetroit> and seems like a pretty nice
guy. Thats all I have to say. Jman owned this week, putting and otherwise
lame RiSC in a nice spot.
VGN - Um....cracking group?
=----------------------------------=--------------------------------------=
-----------[ Articles ]-----------
=----------------------------------=--------------------------------------=
-----------[ Prozac's Kinda Biased Gaming Report]-----------
Prozac is away again this week, and we wish him a speedy return, as he
straightens out the shit in his personal life... Word on the street is
that he will be back for next week..
=----------------------------------=--------------------------------------=
-----------[ Bud's Biased Utils Section ]-----------
Bud's Biased Utils Report #11
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Damnit. I'm running late. Again. I used to be so good at this, everything
was typed up way ahead of time. Hell I was one of the FEW things in NWR
actually done before the very last second possible.
Let me give you some advice. And trust me on this. Call your parents. Call
them often. At least once a week, maybe twice. Talk to them. I know it's
going to hurt, but if you don't they're going to complain. They're going to
complain you never call. They're going to complain they never hear from
you. And then the inevidable will happen - they're going to want to see
you. And then you'll be stuck - no simple phone call will get you out of it.
You're going to have to sit down and spend time with them. Experience the
joy of listening to rambling stories that don't seem to have any point to
them. And unlike the telephone, you can't just feign some interest and
ignore most of it.
Yeah, I know what you're thinking, and YES I have a point. Because I'm
stuck visiting my folks, and thats why this is late. I'm also stuck on my
old 486, which doesn't even have enough room to run Word. So anyways I'm
kind of fustrated (I love my parents but they are damn ANNOYING at times),
and the math you see below is last minute math from an Arts student... so
if I fucked anything up my apologies in advance.
Alright. My rambling is over with. Fifty percent of you probably skipped it
anyways.. for the rest... HAHA! <g>. Anyhow it's report #11 for me, which
means all groups which I've reviewed since report #1 have a score out of one
hundred, once you discount Report #9 which was guest authors. So we're going
to take a look back and see how each group has faired over the past few
months since I started doing this report. I'll total it out of 100, give my
views, etc. This weeks score is included in that total btw.
NOTE: I've left out groups who have been added since the start of the
report. That means quite a few - TRPS, SCUM, VRS, MFD, SDM, etc won't
be one here. Entity is now defunct so it's missing as well. Premiere
is missing as their comeback added them to the report late.
Disclaimer: It's BIASED moron. My opinion. So don't send me a bunch of mail
& messages bitching about this or that. If you don't like
it... SCREW YOU =]
Rankings: Groups get a score out of 10. Points are given for amount of
releases, but QUALITY titles will give a group a much higher score.
Nukes for duping, broken releases and just plain CRAP will lower
a groups score. However on the occasion that a title is nuked which
I don't feel should have been, MY OWN JUDGEMENT TAKES PRECEDENCE.
Cuz I'm writing this. Groups can also get points for any other
reason I see fit.
Week: Week is based from 02/14/99 to 02/20/99. I'm in the EST time zone so
dates/times run according to it.
Groups: (In no particular order)
Ü ßßÛÛÜ Ü Ü Ü
ßÛÜ ßÛÝßÛÜ Þ ÜÛß ÜÜÛÛÝ A Group
ÞÛÝ ÞÝ ÞÛ ÛÝÞÛÝ ÜÛß Û That Gives
ÜÛÛÝÜß ÜÛÛÝßÛÛÝ ÛÛ ÞÝ Slightly
ßÛÛÛ ßÛÛÛ ßÛ ÞÛÛÛÜÜ Û Less Than
ÞÛÝ ÞÛÝ ÞÝ ßÛÛß ßÜ A Fuck.
ß ß ß ß -XeN
PIRATES WITH ATTITUDE:
Releases:
CodeSoft_4_10_B_CRACKED-PWA
Intergraph.Geomedia.WebMap.02.00.05.00-PWA
Intergraph.Geomedia.WebMap.02.00.05.00-PWA
Intergraph.InRoads.Survey.07.01.03.00-PWA
Intergraph.InterPlot.Digital.Print.Room.09.00.01.07.for.NT-PWA
Intergraph.Image.Scape.Edit.02.00.00.00-PWA
CheckPoint_firewall_V4.0_Win9x_NT-PWA
Intergraph.InterPlot.Client.09.00.01.07.for.NT.9x-PWA
More activity via intergraph releases this week, also a dongle crack
in CodeSoft. CheckPoint Firewall is a top-notch app.. hmm not much else
to say, I don't actually use any of this stuff. Their total score suprised
me, and it isn't reflective of their quality... idle periods hurt their
total. But remember that these totals don't mean all that much.
Total: 7/10
Total to date: 43/100
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° ß ÜÛÛÛÛÛ² ÜÜÛÛÛÜ ÜßßÛÛÛÛÝ ÜÛÛÛÛÛÜ ß
²ÛÛÛß ßÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÜßÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÞ²ß ßÛÛÛ²
²ÛÛÛÝ Þ²Ûß ßÛÛÝÞ² ß ß²ß²Ý ÞÛÛÛÝ
ÞÛÛÛÛÛÜÜß ßÛÜ Ü²Û² Û²Ü ÛÝßÜÜÛÛÛÛ²
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þÜÄÄÄÄÄÄ+ The Corporation +Ä ßÜ Ägas!Äþ
THE CORPORATION:
Releases:
Dialogic.T1.Spy.for.CT.Media.Server-CORP
TreeViewX.v3.0-CORP
MyrmecoX.v2.0-CORP
WinX.Component.Library-CORP
Meeting.Room.Manager.98-CORP
Sybase.PowerDesigner.v.6.1.WarehouseArchitect-CORP
Sybase.PowerDesigner.v.6.1.ProcessAnalyst-CORP
Dialogic.BoardWatch.SNMP.v2.0.NT-CORP
Dialogic.System.Software.and.SDK.v2.0.NT-CORP
Pantone.Colordrive.v.1.5-CORP
Another fairly impressive week for CORP. Argue if you want that a lot of
their releases come off the web, the end user doesn't give a shit, and
neither do I. Good work with the Protoview and Dialogic stuff. Big news for
CORP this week is an alliance between them and UCF. Even if UCF is not as
strong as it's former self, this can only help CORP, taking the pressure
off its own crackers. Should equal more releases, we shall see.
Total: 8/10
Total to date: 72/100
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RISE:
Releases:
VIRTUAL.GIBBS.V5.05.FINAL.CRACKED-RiSE
KODAK.PICTURE.EASY.v3.1-RiSE
Two good releases from RISE this week, although with all their recent
additions I was hoping for a bit more. Still, nice titles, Picture Easy
is more to my taste.... as for the total to date, again with RISE some
idle periods hurt, but that doesn't reflect the overall quality of the
group, which is one of the best in the scene.
Total: 7/10
Total to date: 59/100
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Ú- ²ÛÛ ßß ßßß ÄÄÄÄ-ÄÄ-Ä-Ä ßßß -ÄÄ-ÄÄ-ÄÄ¿
: ßßßÛÛÜßÛÛÛßßßßßÛÛÜ ÜÛÛßßßßßßßßßÛÛÜ °³
ßßÛÛÛ² ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ²ÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ²ÛÛ ²ÛÛ ÛÛÛ °:
: ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛßßß ²ÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛßßß .
³° ÛÛÛ ÛÛ² ÛÛ² ÛÛÛ ÛÛ² ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ²ÛÛÛßß
: ²ÛÛÜÛÛßÜÛÛÛÜßÛÛÜÛÛÛ ßÛÛÜÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ :
Ü ÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ royÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÄÙ
ßÜ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÛÛ²
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SIEGE:
Releases:
PANOPTICUM.FIRE.V1.0.FOR.ADOBE.PHOTOSHOP-SiEGE
BENTLEY.SELECT.SERVER.V07.00.00.19-SiEGE
BENTLEY.MODEL.SERVER.PUBLISHER.VIEWER.APPLETS.V01.00.01.11-SiEGE
WEB.TRENDS.PRO.SUITE.V3.0A-SiEGE
DIGIMATION.GROW.V1.30D.FOR.3DSMAX.FIX-SiEGE
AUTODESK.SURVEY.FOR.LAND.DEVELOPMENT.DESKTOP-SiEGE
AUTODESK.CIVIL.DESIGN.FOR.LAND.DEVELOPMENT.DESKTOP-SiEGE
AUTODESK.AUTOCAD.LAND.DEVELOPMENT.DESKTOP-SiEGE
ARCHER.ANIMATION.PRODUCTION.SYSTEM.V1.0-SiEGE
VIDEO.FINESSE.V1.01.FOR.ADOBE.PREMIERE-SiEGE
DIGIMATION.DIGIPEOPLE.V1.01D.CRACK.FIX-SiEGE
Another week with SGE dominating the arts applications. Two fixes for
Weapon rel's of Digimation stuff will solve headaches for some people. It
is nice to see something other than art this week, including some CAD titles
from Autodesk (SGE has always excelled at CAD apps), Bentley titles, and
Webtrends Pro Suite. With the movements of RISE and CORP recently, SGE is
definately going to need to step up competition with these sorts of apps to
remain dominant, and this week they've suceeded.
Total: 8/10
Total to date: 76/100
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ÜÛÛ ÜÜÜ ° ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ
Û²Û Û²Û ± ÛÛß Û²Û Û Û²Û ÛÛ Û²Û Û ÛÛÛ ÛÛ Û²
Û±Û Û±Û Û°Û ßß ÜÛ Û±Û ÛÛ Û±Û Û ÜÜÜ ÛÛÜÜ
ÜÛÛßÛÛÜ ß Û±Ûßßß ÛÛ Û°Û ÛÛ ÜÜÛ Û²Û ÛÛ ÜÜ
Û±Û Û²Û ² Û²Û ° Û²Û Û°Û ÛÛ ° Û²Û Û±Û ÛÛ Û²
ÛÛÛ Û±Û ± ÛÛÛ ßÛÛÛÛÛßÜÛÛ ± ßÛÛÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛ
ÄÄÄ ÛÛß ° ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ² ÄÄÄÄÄ sikos Ä
X-FORCE:
Releases:
C-FORGE_V1.1-12_COMMERCIAL_FOR_LINUX-XFORCE
ORACLE_WEBDB_BETA2-XFORCE
Linux... well I can't test it so no points, I do realize many scene
members (and most sites, at least those worth mentioning) run it...
and a beta. Yay.
What else can I say but fallen dynasty? Despite my jokes about ClipForce
and such, many of us remember a time when XF dominated the art scene, and
much of the utils scene in general. Alas, that is no more. They've passed
the art torch over to SGE, and are now pretty much stuck on life support.
Don't expect to see a resurgance any time soon, save some kind of miracle.
Total: 1/10
Total to date: 40/100
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%%%\____ \ |__:_\__ \/ ~~ :\_ | __/%%%%
iii_/ :| \\_ \ ;| \_ |____/ \iiiii
:::\__ ; _/ | \\_ : // | \\_ | \\_:::
\____/---|____/____/_______/-|____/kaz
SHOCK:
Releases:
IRIS.Antivirus.Plus.v22.17-SHOCK
Scan.Shop.v1.1.6-SHOCK
Report.Shop.v1.1.6-SHOCK
Math.h.Plus.Plus.v6.1.6-SHOCK
Internet.Design.Shop.98.Gold.v4.20-SHOCK
IRIS.Macro.Defender.v1.0-SHOCK
Form.Shop.v1.1.6-SHOCK
XBuilder.v2.0-SHOCK
Genuine.Fractals.v2.0-SHOCK
Genuine.Fractals.PrintPro.v1.0-SHOCK
Vertigo.QuickSpace.v1.3.1.for.PhotoShop-SHOCK
Day.Timer.Organizer.2000.v4.0.04.Network.Edition-SHOCK
ClearFax.Universal.v1.3-SHOCK
BullsEye.Pro.v1.5b-SHOCK
ACE.Structural.Max.Pack.v1.98.for.AutoCAD-SHOCK
ACE.Industrial.Max.Pack.v1.98.for.FastCAD-SHOCK
ACE.Hatch.Plus.v1.98.for.FelixCAD-SHOCK
ACE.House.Exteriors.v1.98.for.DynaCADD.REPACK-SHOCK
ACE.Details.Galore.v1.98.for.Visio.IntelliCAD-SHOCK
Palladio.X.v2.2-SHOCK
DynaCADD.98-SHOCK
SHK gets into a few areas they aren't normally active in this past week.
They put out some entries into the CAD field with Ditek's DynaCADD, as
well as Palladio X, and some little plugins from cADD-ONs Inc. Only
DynaCADD really stands out amongst their CAD enteries... we also saw a bit
of stuff for Photoshop, a little less suprising but still not normally a
strong point for this team... could be some more of this stuff in the
future.
Total: 7/10
Total to date: 69/100
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.ßÛÛÛÛßßßÛÛÜ ÛÛÛÛßßÛÛÝÞÛÛßßßß --- .------.
: ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ .
| ÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛ ÛÛÛß ÛÛÛ :
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| ÛÛÛÛßßßßß ÛÛ²Û ßÛÛÛÜÜÛÛ²ß .
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'---.-------PENTIUM FORCE TEAM-- ---- - -'
PENTIUM FORCE TEAM:
Releases:
Micropath.2000.v5.0.18.Beta-PFT
DBA.Advantage.1.30-PFT
Word.Magic.Tools.Professional.1.15-PFT
StarTeam.Virtual.Team.Server.3.02.SR1-PFT
StarTeam.Professional.3.02.SR1-PFT
Actuate.Report.Server.v3.2.2.for.WinNT-PFT
Actuate.Developers.Workbench.v3.2.2-PFT
ColdFusion.Server.Enterprise.4.01.Beta.3-PFT
Loadrunner.5.01-PFT
Industrial.Automation.Servers.1.1.with.OPC.2.1-PFT
ProClarity.1.0.v4.0-PFT
DataSocket.2.1.ActiveX.Control.1.0-PFT
Asymetrix.Librarian.6.1.WinNT-PFT
OnTime.Enterprise_4.66.WinNT-PFT
Ascent.Storage.4.11.017.WinNT-PFT
Lookout.3.8-PFT
HiQ.4.1-PFT
Virtual.Bench.Suite.2.1.2-PFT
Robo.Help.HTML.Edition.7.0-PFT
Network.Informant.2.1-PFT
Service.IT.4.31.Workgroup.Edition.Fix-PFT
Service.IT.4.31.Workgroup.Edition-PFT
AimIT.3.0.Workgroup.Edition-PFT
ControlIT.4.5.Workgrop.Edition-PFT
Another big release megs wise, so-so release wise. A few Starbase apps,
more beta software from Allaire, not bad. ServieIT, AimIT and ControlIT
are nice titles, they've been available retail for a little while now...
Due to my "vacation" of sorts I didn't get to check out as much as I
would have liked, but what I did look over gave a good impression.
Total: 8/10
Total to date: 71/100
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LEGENDS NEVER DIE:
Releases:
BORLAND.C.PLUS.PLUS.BUILDER.v4.0.PROFESSIONAL-LND
INFORMIX_DYNAMIC_SERVER_7.30_TC7_WORKGROUP-LND
MECHSOFT_PROFI_V6.2_AUTOCAD_R14-LND
INFORMIX_DYNAMIC_SERVER_7.30_TC7_STANDARD-LND
AUTODESK_MAPGUIDE_SERVER_4.0-LND
PTC_PRO_3DPAINT_RELEASE_20-LND
PTC_PRO_PLASTIC_ADVISOR_CRACKFIX-LND
ARCHICAD_V6.0_TEAMWORK_EDITION_RELEASE_2-LND
PTC_PRO_FLY-THROUGH_RELEASE_20-LND
VOICE.XPRESS.ADVANCED.V2.0-LND
DEPTH.OF.FIELD.PRO.V1.20.3DSMAX.PLUGIN-LND
MICROSOFT.MONEY.99.PERSONAL.AND.BUSINESS-LND
ZEMAX_OPTICAL_DESIGN_V7.2-LND
Here's where I have my fun. Right off the bat, I have to say
good work on CPP Builder 4. There's no denying that it's a great title,
and several groups were going after it. Some other nice stuff as well...
Autodesk MapGuide server being one.
Now on the down side... a FIX for PLASTIC ADVISOR?!? You couldn't even
make that crap work in the first place??? What WERE you thinking!!??
This week also saw the usual selection of of ripped ISO's and borrowed
work from LND... now I don't really care about stolen serials anymore,
simply because I don't really care about LND as a group anymore... no one
really takes them seriously, Grad doesn't even seem to. So the Informix
titles.. yer wolcome guys. :) The best thing here is Voice Xpress
Advanced 2.0, which they ripped from RBSiSO - now if you remember, LND also
released Voice Xpress Pro 2.02, which was also ripped from an ISO. If LND
had of bothered researching these titles they would have noticed ADVANCED
is the same as PRO, only PRO has MORE FEATURES! So way to go LND, you
basically just duped yourselves. The quality here is just amazing! <G>
Even not giving points for the usual amount of CRAP with an -LND tag
on it, they still had a good week. Grad's had some idea about going
ISO only, so who knows where the group will go in the future... but if
they go ISO only, we'll miss all those ISO rips!! Noooo!! ;)
Total: 7/10
Total to date: 59/100
.__________. [xx/xx/98]
\_ ___ ) Da ToP oF Da LiNe! .___.
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.:/ _____/__./(___.____/\.______./ /_____.
:/ /__/ . ) . )____ ) _ ) / __ )
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= THE PINNACLES OF RELEASING (C) PNC 95-98 =
PINNACLE:
Releases:
ConfigSafe.v2.0.NetWork.Edition-PNC
RingCentral.Fax.v4.4-PNC
RoboHelp.Office.7.00.139-PNC
Vantive.Client.v1.0-PNC
Actuate.Administrator.Desktop.v3.2.1-PNC
Crosstie.v2.02.02-PNC
Oracle.RDB.WebAgent.v3.0.WinNT-PNC
ETABS.v6.22.5.Suite-PNC
Impact.Fax.Broadcast.v2.10-PNC
Impact.Fax.Pro.v3.16-PNC
Hmmm time to get me a new PNC diz, since it's 99 now. ;P
Well PNC has gone from nearly dead to a steady releasing team,
with Kirk Hammit currently at the helm while Zima Man gets some shit
together or something like that. This week saw some more of Black
Ice's Impact Fax series (which I personally think sucks), a minor
version of RoboHelp Office... nicest thing here is ConfigSafe
2, which is on my waiting list under stuff to test... but
I'll give them the benefit of the doubt on it till I get the chance.
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d(*)d D r i n k O r D i e 1 9 9 8 d(*)d
===================== [ DOD * xx-xxx-98 ] ==
DRINK OR DIE:
Releases:
BestCrypt.v6.06-DOD
DOD is one of my favorite groups, I've said that over and over... they
are kinda idle here, but thats alright. There's a big difference between
DOD idle, and say, XF idle. When DOD releases, it's still good quality
mainstream apps. And while I recognize the importance of specialization,
my own personal bias drives my preferences, and that seems to frequently
bring me to titles DOD have put out. Still, a couple weeks of no releasing
hurt DOD, as they scored no points for two consecutive weeks.
Total: 2/10
Total to date: 44/100
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REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS
>> RELEASING WITHOUT PERMISSION <<
REBELS:
Releases:
Turbo.Tourney.4.0-RBS
Wedding.Magic.v3.0.7-RBS
Sniffer.Pro.v2.5.FINAL-RBS
WhereIsIt.v2.00.B2.CRACKED-RBS
Adobe.Acrobat.Exchange_4.0.BETA4-RBS
OMNICRACK_RELEASE_22-RBS
Electronic_Assistant_Pro_v2.5-RBS
Here we are, the final group who has been on the list since the very
beginning. This is more the type of week I expect from RBS, although
I could have done without the Wedding app. Still a nice week, some good
titles... what more can ya want? :)
Total: 7/10
Total to date: 54/100
Quote of the Week: <[grind]> i will rape myself
Jeez Grind is just FULL of great quotes :)
Oh yeah no disk count on titles since I got lazy (lazier).
Now for my breakdown on the scores. For the week, PFT and SGE took top
marks, but other groups were missing, such as PRM, TRPS, MFD, etc, in
order to keep the workload down, as well as to keep some continuity.
The Total to date scores should be taken with a grain of salt. There's
no doubt however that the over 70 category represents three of the top
groups in the utils scene today. They got high marks through consistancy
and good quality. Still, groups such as RISE and DOD wind up with lower
scores even though there's no doubt that they are just as formidable.
Being a weekly report, and seeing that only 10 weeks of scoring are compiled
here, results in some variance as to what groups are actually worth...
besides which, scores don't mean all that much if a few weeks from now
someone does Win2k Final or something... let the releases speak for
themselves. But have fun!
Next week some new groups may find themselves on the list. Not too sure.
Whatever... I'm done here for this week. On a final note, ripping Dennis
Leary, cuz I just had this conversation online a few minutes ago....
why the FUCK can't I get a cup of coffee flavoured coffee anymore?
And what the FUCK is "Royal Blend" flavour... to the assholes at
Second Cup Canada... FUCK YOU! Bring back normal coffee, and sell
some normal fucking donuts.
- Bud
=----------------------------------=-------------------------------------=
=---------[ Lester's Movie Reviews ]----------=
Sure he's a prominent scene member, leader of the #1 courier
group, and former "Miss Scene 1995".. But did you also know that
in real life, Lester's real name is "Roger", and he hosts a popular
syndicated television show, where he plays a big fatass who has
nothing better to do with his time than go to every single movie
ever released? Well.. now you know..
Jawbreaker
Starring: Rose Mcgowan, Rebecca Gayheart, Pam Grier AND MARILYN MANSON!#@*)
Rating: 1 1/2 Stars
Well, I finally decided to give this a low rating after much deliberation.
I will suggest any normal guy go see this, simply for the mass hottie
action. But the movie itself, pretty well sucks. It goes along the lines
of a female Very Bad Things. Rose is fucking hot..it goes without saying.
Story is, the 3 most popular and hot chicks in school kidnap their 4th
hottie and gag her with a jawbreaker. She ends up choking on it and dying
so they try to cover it up. Ie, female very bad things. But hopefully it
will ge t VCD'ed, because then it is worth it.
=----------------------------------=-------------------------------------=
=---------[ VCD Group and Movie Reviews ]----------=
VCD Group and Movie Review
We would like to begin by explaining some of the common terms used in VCD
releasing. These formats are:
Telesync/TS: Telesync is a procam on a tripod in an empty theater with a
separate audio source. If there's an audience, you hear people coughing,
camera is shaky, etc. It's a CAM. CAM = banned. If you want a movie
extremely early, Telesync is the way it will be.
Workprint: Workprint is a pre-release copy of a movie, stolen copy, etc.
that usually has the film running time on the screen.
Screener: Screener is usually the BEST quality, an actual vcd of the movie,
made from a reviewers copy, etc. Screener's are generally released after
movies have left the theaters.
Special Thanks to Ryche of EViLiSO for the education in VCD terms, and to
come.to/vcddupe for keeping us up to date on the new titles.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ryche's Really Biased VCD Group Report #4
[22:22] <|EspeN|> btw, we found out the SCRIPT was from 1997
[22:22] <|EspeN|> not the movie as u worte in NWR 35
[22:24] <|EspeN|> that 1 u said we released
[22:24] <|EspeN|> from 1997
[22:24] <|EspeN|> u know
[22:24] <|EspeN|> sites UNUKED it
[22:24] <|EspeN|> after we send them the URL
[22:24] <|EspeN|> to prove it
<Ryche> whats the url?
[22:24] <|EspeN|> no idea
What a week.. more direct-to-video-no-one-has-ever-heard-of-this-shit-what-
the-fuck-is-it releases and a couple box office bombs. The three highlight
movies this week though are Rushmore, A Simple Plan, and HurlyBurly which
all made one or more critics best of lists. Not alot of releases in sheer
ammount this week, but Ill try to slander as many people as possible so you
have something to read. :)
Releases For The Week of 2/14/99 to 2/20/99
021599 - Too Hard To Die - Workprint - VCD-EUROPE
021599 - Traitor's Heart - Screener - CENTROPY
021699 - Gloria - Workprint - HIGHSPEED
021799 - Rushmore - Workprint - IGN
021899 - No Code of Conduct - Screener - CENTROPY
021899 - A Simple Plan - Telesync - EViLISO
021999 - Hurlyburly - Screener - FiZ
[NUKED] - Hi-Life - Screener - VCD-EUROPE
- VCD-Europe -
The frenchies <g> kicked off the week with Too Hard to Die Workprint and
finished up the week with Hi-Life Screener. Too Hard to Die is an unknown,
this title comes up nowhere. Not the imdb, not the in-production warehouse,
NOWHERE. So its either one that slipped through the cracks or its on video
or going to be on video and its been renamed without anyone
noting it. Hi-Life is on video at Blockbuster.
Note: I get alot of these europenises crying that its not out on video yet
in Europe so its a valid release. No. The film industry is not centered in
Botswana or Yugoslovia. Its in Hollywood and last time I checked, that was
in the U.S. If we can rent a tape for $3 week dont want it on the sites.
The VCD scene is for movies you cant own yet legally, and anyone from Europe
can order from Blockbuster or Amazon.com or wherever. If you allow movies
that are on video already soon you wont have room for the new movies because
lame groups have filled your HDD with stuff on video. Stop crying and check
what you release first..
Total - 1 Point -
- HighSpeed -
This week HighSpeed released Gloria, the Sharon Stone protects a kid from the
mob and has motherly urges movie. They called it a screener but it was
quickly found out to be a workprint since it contained the running time
for editing. Siteops were nice enough to rename it for them. Awww.. how
sweet..
Total - 2 Points -
- IGN -
IGN decided to release this month and they popped up with a good one,
Rushmore. Havent seen the quality, etc (not my job) but theres alot of
good word about the movie itself. There does seem to be ONE problem though.
They released it in .mpg format. Now alot of you who download these movies
think "Great, I can watch it without having to burn it!" But, this is not a
good thing. VCD has its own .mpg format. Its called "whitebook" standard and
has its own special framerate, bitrate, etc. so that it will burn into a
REAL VCD which can be played on VCD players and VCD capable DVD Players
which alot of us have now. Rushmore apparently is NOT a "whitebook" standard
.mpg so it will not burn into a proper VCD. Thats the reason bin/cue is the
accepted standard, because you get a full image of the VCD with the right
bit/framerate and the menu structure.
Total - 2.5 Points -
- FiZ -
Ok, everyone has asked me wtf is HurlyBurly? Its about these completely and
totally fucked up Hollywood Producers and actors who live in thier own
little world of drug use and abuse and the problems it causes. Sounds
shitty right? Wrong. Starring: Kevin Spacey, Sean Penn, Chazz Palmenteri,
Gary Shandling, and Meg Ryan.
Total - 3 Points -
- EViLISO -
Only one Telesync this week (although some of the Scr/WP's may turn out to
be shit) and its a good one. A Simple Plan is the Billy Bob Thornton/Bill
Paxton suspense/mystery about guys who find money and turn on each other.
Its directed by Sam Raimi (Evil Dead!!) and its on critic's pick lists. It
was also released as a Workprint before its theatrical release by IGN but
it was such a bad copy no one could watch it, so Im glad someone finally
released a watchable copy.
Total - 2 Points -
- Centropy -
You ever walk into the video store and all 30 copies of the movies you want
to see are gone but theres always those 2 copies of the movies with the
sweaty guys on the cover and the exploding train, bus, car, building
behind them? Thats the kind of movies Centropy seem to release. Both of
their movies this week are wtf specialties in that you dont know wtf they
are.
Total - 2 Points -
A rather ho-hum week, with a few gems hidden in there if you know what to
look for (and thanks to NWR now you do). Ill give the nod this week to FiZ
for HurlyBurly over Rushmore because its a) Screener b) Quality Movie
c) IN THE RIGHT FUCKING FORMAT. Gloria from HighSpeed is also a notable
release and other than the running time, its a screener so I will give note
to that. Releasing-wise all the groups did a semi-decent job in a rather
dull week overall..
Touch it.. it's real
Ryche
=----------------------------------=-------------------------------------=
=---------[ Which ftpd is Right for You? ]----------=
Every site is faced with the choice at one point or another: what ftp daemon
should we run? The link is important, affils are good, and staff is critical,
but one often-overlooked key to every site's success is its daemon.
A daemon has to be reliable, easy to use, packed with features, easy to setup,
secure, aesthetically appealing, and most of all, FAST, FAST, FAST!
This is a topic that I like to think i know quite a bit about, as i have run
pretty much every scene daemon at one point or another.. So here it is, a
breakdown of the major public daemons out there, and a few of the notable
private ones..
I will try to examine the daemons' strong and weak points, as well as give
some history, and reasons for running them..
--------------
PUBLIC DAEMONS
--------------
--xftpd----
This is probably the first major wide-scale scene daemon that every site
ran for years. A lot of the private daemons out there are based on a mod of
this daemon, or borrow VERY heavily from it. Coded by ???, it dominated the
scene until the arrival of bleachboy, who would, of course, change things up
quite a bit.. ;) Xftpd could be referred to as "the grandmother of today's
sites".
PROS: FAST! Can be made to do a lot of different things, provided you are
willing to code the shit out of it. Works on muliple platforms
CONS: Hard to set up, very little support. Many of the older addons are no
longer available, or VERY hard to get.
OVERALL: Still run by a few sites out there, in some modded form or another.
Not a lot of built in support for pretty much anything, but that hasn't
stopped ppl from coding things like bot .tcls and remote nuking for it.
--bftpd----
If there is a daemon that could be called "the grandfather of today's sites",
it would have to be this one. Coded by bleachboy, and used on Bleachbox(BBX),
this daemon would revolutionize the way the scene viewed ftp sites. The first
"warez-only" daemon, it included built in support for groupop, weektops stats,
and a messageboard.. This daemon successfully merged the dying BBS scene with
the fledgeling FTP scene, and is a large part of the reason why we are where
we are today.
PROS: Coded for warez, by someone who knew what he was doing.
CONS: Not really a public daemon, source code was "released" to the world by
trite, but don't expect any support or addons for it. Developement has ceased.
Difficult to set up.
OVERALL: The daemon that changed the way we do things is a bit dated by todays
standards. I don't know of any site currently running it.
--rftpd----
The R stands for Reanimator, the primary coder of this very good daemon. About
a year ago, this daemon held the spot now occupied by glftpd, as the scenes
defacto standard. Nearly every site that didn't have a custom daemon used
rftpd. Built in support for weektops, groupop, flags, nuking, and a bot .tcl
made this THE daemon of choice for everyone.
PROS: Coded for warez, chock full of features. Developement is still ongoing,
tho not as heavily as in past months. Everyone knows how to use it, and what
to expect from it. Artists like to work with it, as its template-style makes
ascii easy to adapt.
CONS: More difficult to set up than others. SLOWER than pretty much all the
other daemons. Couriers don't seem to like trading to it as much.
OVERALL: Still a good choice, and run by a few good sites. IC runs this
daemon, and does a very good job with it. Glftpd would be a better choice
for a newbie siteop with no experience.
--ftp4all----
Coded by various people under the GPL, this is a public-domain daemon that
has come a long way since it originally started out running on the old TRM,
(The Raging Monkey). At the time TRM went down, many people considered its
HEAVILY-modded ftp4all daemon to be one of the best in the scene. I personally
run this daemon, and love it, tho it has many undocumented "features" that
would make me hesitant to recommend it to all but the most experienced siteops
and coders.
PROS: The best daemon for "tinkering" and tweaking. Many addon scripts are
available, and anyone with a basic knowledge of PERL or C can do pretty much
anything they can imagine with it. Still being updated, and well supported
by its authors and user-community.
CONS: Many features are not built-in to the daemon, and must either be coded,
or installed as an addon. Difficult to set up. Daemon has bugs that include
(but are not limited to) intermittent lock-ups, 0-byting of files, and
general "finickyness".
OVERALL: This daemon has potential to be the best, but only if you are
willing to spend MASSIVE amounts of time getting it to do what you want.
If you are inclined to code+tweak+code+tweak, then this daemon could be
something special for you. Currently the only site running it is TMS,
and the daemon looks very very nice there.
www.ftp4all.de
--glftpd----
GL stands for greyline, the daemon's principal coder and support system.
This daemon has taken over from rftpd as the scene's standard. Quick, easy
to use, and fast make it the best choice for many sites. Loaded with features
out the ass, its difficult to go wrong with it.
PROS: Fast, easy to setup, easy to use, many many features, well supported,
very few bugs. Frequently updated.
CONS: Userfile from previous versions are not always compatable with newer
versions. Nearly _every_ site uses it, so your site will have to have some
other reason reason to stand out, as it will look JUST LIKE every other
site out there. Not as easy to customize as others.
OVERALL: This is the daemon if you want the best, but can't code your own.
Top sites currently running it include: TV, TOS, and MG.
www.glftpd.org, #glftpd on efnet
---------------
PRIVATE DAEMONS
---------------
In addition to all the public daemons available to the scene, several sites
run their own custom-coded private daemons. A few of them are listed here:
--eftpd----
Its creaky, its old (5 years now!), and it doesn't have nearly as many
features as you'd think it would, but Eftpd stands the test of time as one
of the scene's best. A private daemon, run exclusively on E, this engine
has endeared itself to many members of the scene, and is a beloved favorite.
Best features include "enigma cookies", and an "anti-restarters" feature
that will make restarting progressively more and more difficult.
--eqlftpd----
Run exclusively on EQUALITY-affilled sites, this great daemon does something
that few others can: load-distributed processing. One eqlftpd site shares
its cpu and HD load seamlessly across 7 different machines. Equality, the
group whose members invented the client "pftp" has a winner with eqlfpd.
All the bells and whistles of most daemons, but eqlfptd sites invariably
all look "sparse", and in need of more art, or better help. This daemon
is VERY closely guarded by eql, and its unlikely it will ever become public.
--hftpd----
Probably my personal favorite, HADES FTPD is one of the best-looking
daemons i have ever seen. More features available than any other site I have
seen, and quite a few features i have never seen anywhere before. Currently
coded by exile, the daemon supports everything most glftpd sites do, and
a few other wacky options. Daemon has the ability to break down releases by
groupname and disk-size, providing up-to-the-minute release stats for every
single group in the scene. Little features, like "site wkup 30" also contribute
to the overall thoughtfullness of this beast. If i had to come up with
something negative to say about it, it would be the daemon's poor
documentation. It took me half an hour to find out how to get last weeks
weektop.. ;p Apparently the daemons is also IMPOSSIBLE to set up. That is
probably more of an advantage than a detriment however, as it keeps the daemon
firmly in the hands of the HADES staff.
The criticisms are few and far between, however. HFTPD certainly has to be
considered the daemon-to-beat for all those would-be coders out there looking
for a project...
------------
That wraps up our look at some of the options available to siteops out
there. It should be noted that we certainly have not covered all the
options, and indeed have purposefully ignored some, for reasons of privacy,
unfamiliarity, or just plain mediocrity. Good luck with your site hunting,
and .... exile, can i borrow your source code? <g>
=----------------------------------=-------------------------------------=
-----------[A funny thing happened on the way to risc....]-----------
This is a pretty hilarous log that we recieved in which glen and morbid
tried to convince puffy that they were the leaders of RiSC, and were trying
to recruit him..
glen buffer saved on Mon Feb 22 22:16:38 1999
[03:45] <Puffy-> do u anybody that can added me 2 ic
[03:45] <Puffy-> or hol
[03:45] <Puffy-> or any good site
[03:45] <Puffy-> heh
<glen-> no
<glen-> you have to be good to get on good sites
<glen-> its kind of the rule
[22:59] <Puffy-> can i get some credist on ray
[22:59] <Puffy-> hehe
<glen> no
<glen> LEARN HOWTO TRADE
<glen> AND STOP MSGING ME
<glen> FOR CREDITS ON EVERY FUCKING SITE
[22:59] <Puffy-> fine
[23:00] <Puffy-> be like that
[23:14] <Puffy-> hey sup whois is the staff of ray
<glen-> you dont have permission to talk to me, go away
[23:15] <Puffy-> common nigga anser me i didnt do nothing bad 2 u
[23:15] <Puffy-> sheesh
[18:14] <Puffy-> ye
<glen-> NIGGA
<glen-> sup
<glen> <glen-> do u WaNt do join RISC?
[18:14] <Puffy-> hehe
[18:14] <Puffy-> u ling
[18:14] <Puffy-> right
<glen-> nO
<glen-> i seeN u on good site like TD
<glen-> u R gooD
[18:15] <Puffy-> um
<glen-> i Cna get U in
[18:15] <Puffy-> k
<glen-> bRO
[18:16] <Puffy-> ye
<glen-> dO u want o join for REAL??
[18:16] <Puffy-> btw why are u so nice to me
[18:16] <Puffy-> ye
<glen-> do
<glen-> msg GOLLIE he is president
[18:16] <Puffy-> and
[18:16] <Puffy-> wat should i say
[18:16] *** lechucky` (yosh@usr100-oxf.cableinet.co.uk) invites you to
join #risc
<glen-> say
<glen-> hi im puffy
[18:16] <Puffy-> hehe
<glen-> and
<glen-> that glen said
<glen-> u R recruiTed
[18:31] <Puffy-> hey
<glen-> msg gollie, he had to reBooT
<glen-> he is diggin though
[18:31] <Puffy-> lo
[18:32] <Puffy-> me 2
[18:32] <Puffy-> i had 2 reboot
[18:35] <Puffy-> hehe
Session Ident: Puffy- (sexypuffy@*.da.uu.net)
[00:09] <Puffy-> hey bro sup
<glen-> yuOu nigga
[00:10] <Puffy-> yoyo
[00:10] <Puffy-> so did gollie decide and shit
<glen-> he still think in yo
[00:11] <Puffy-> k
[00:11] <Puffy-> nbtw i thought u in aod
<glen-> i quit riSc is #1 brotha
[15:38] <Puffy-> DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
<glen> nigga what? diD u aMake it Int RiSc?
[15:50] <Puffy-> fuck u nigga go to hell
[15:50] <Puffy-> baitch
<glen> wat tHa fuck niggA?
<glen> wat tHa fuck niggA?
[15:51] <Puffy-> heh
[15:51] <Puffy-> fuck you
[15:51] <Puffy-> nutcase
<glen> i thought wE wuz cool ya diggin ??
[15:51] <Puffy-> haha
[15:51] <Puffy-> u said u were from risc
[15:51] <Puffy-> but u and gollie are from oa
[15:51] <Puffy-> dbitch
[15:51] <Puffy-> aod
<glen> i aM founDer of RiSC
[15:51] <Puffy-> haha
[15:51] <Puffy-> no u aint
[15:51] <Puffy-> so how come on ur taglines say aod
[15:52] <Puffy-> nigga
<glen> wat TagliNe nigga ?
<glen> i am 100% RiSC FO LiFE
[15:52] <Puffy-> haha
[15:53] <Puffy-> 200- | Created: 10-08-98
[15:53] <Puffy-> 200- | Groups: AOD
[15:53] <Puffy-> 200- | Priv Groups:
[15:53] <Puffy-> wtf is that
<glen> thIs sHit is false nigga
[15:53] <Puffy-> 200- | Username: glen
[15:53] <Puffy-> 200- | User Unfo: ANGELS ON DRUGS
[15:53] <Puffy-> 200- | Flags:
[15:53] <Puffy-> haha
<glen> WhO site is this ?? THIS IS WRONG
<glen> <glen> who did THIs?
[15:53] <Puffy-> redux
<glen> fuc nigga i havent us this site iN m
<glen> wHen i finD out who dat bitch is he is DeD nigga
<glen> ya diggin ?
<glen> -
<glen> Puffy- is SexyPuffy@*.uu.net * BiTe Me
<glen> --------this is where we made him think he could jion aod instead------
[18:50] <PuffY-> man go away
<glen> nigga j00 want to join AOD i can get u in, Thug is just fucking around
[18:50] <PuffY-> ye
[18:50] <PuffY-> so wtf are u banning me and shit
[18:51] <PuffY-> just fucking stop with risc and shit
[18:51] <PuffY-> u now me since qsr
<glen> yeh nigga that shit was mad bak in the dayz
[18:51] <PuffY-> ye
[18:52] <PuffY-> u gotta respect me
[18:52] <PuffY-> hehe
[18:52] <PuffY-> not fucking ban me
[18:52] <PuffY-> or kick me
<glen> no nigga
<glen> that wuz smth
<glen> some1 controlled my client
<glen> with BO virus
<glen> and maked me nigga
[18:52] <PuffY-> heh right
<glen> im gonna NUKe them
[18:52] <PuffY-> heheh
<glen> ok so
<glen> what site Do j00 weektop?
[18:53] <PuffY-> rdx
[18:57] <PuffY-> ye tygruss
<glen> nigga u know me from waaaay bak
<glen> i woulNdt shit y0h
[18:58] <PuffY-> ye i now
[18:58] <PuffY-> ill brb gotta masturbate
[18:58] <PuffY-> heh
<glen> done yet?
[19:00] <PuffY-> ye
<glen> sorry all of AOD masturbates much longer, u r not accepted
[19:00] <PuffY-> omg
[19:00] <PuffY-> hehehe
[19:00] <PuffY-> fine glen
<glen> ?
[19:01] <PuffY-> fuck no i aint join aod
[19:01] <PuffY-> fuck you
[19:01] <PuffY-> its getting me lag everytime u kick me
Session Close: Mon Feb 15 19:04:01 1999
<glen> nigga we'r homiez
<glen> 4 life
[00:51] <PuffY-> ye sure
[00:51] <PuffY-> heh
[00:51] <PuffY-> teach me how to courier
[00:51] <PuffY-> pweeze
<glen> i cant
<glen> im not good
[00:52] <PuffY-> ill give u head
Heh.. and then the log got WEIRD.... we'll leave it there, i think...
=----------------------------------=-------------------------------------=
-----------[The Scene News]-----------
All the news thats fit to print...
and then some...
-Hey kiddies... i got news for ya:
-Massive and all its members (and one of its sites?) merged into premiere.
This should strengthen the PRM team a little, as fusion has been
increasingly absent the past few weeks.
-Ok.. so i was wrong for the 2nd (*cough*) week in a row. Turns out
acidapple did not join TPC.. He simply joined the channel, and was
surprised to see the topic change to "Welcome Acidapple to TPC"...
I stole that news from bacid's page anyways, so.... ;p
-Another big merger story that nd got from wolfcast and told me to piece
together at the last minute: (its long, so, here we go)
The group TWMC (remember, they released photoshop 5?) merged together with
eCG. The new group will be called INTEGRiTY (ITR), and will be led
by wolfcast and bubblegun. They have already pumped out 140mb of releases
in their first day of existance, so good work to them. Apparently tho, it
doesn't stop there.. Gza, the former leader of ECG was not included in
the merger, because "he is lazy and no-one likes him" (good enough reason
for me). Gza is like.. the only one left in ECG now.. HAHAHAHAHAHA
Anyways.. thats all that, more on it next week, when things become a
little more official, and nd has time to sift through all the logs, or smth.
-ReleaseHQ made the 50,000 hit mark this past week, so good work to them.
-Apparently DMS has started up an ISO division, appropriately named "DMSISO".
-NGZ went down, due to nark threats.. good luck to its siteops.
-Who is the kenzo/risc guy that i keep seeing on sites? Nice to see risc
with a spark of hope there, but... why do i never see him idle in channels?
Does he even exist?
-group moves: tirre quits ogn, cablegod leaves dng/risc, acidapple not
in TPC, garflozzy to PNC, arsonic to PNC, garflozzy to DMS, xtremist
went back to VGN (not sure why), and nutcase also joined up with the
vengeance crew.
-Hey... i'm sure i haven't mentioned it before, so let me take the
opportunity now: Karl is a useless twit, and dumber than a sack of
ball-peen hammers.. Someone please give that man a free castration,
courtesy of me.. ;p
-And finally, as it was pointed out by glen:
990201 Pixshow.v6.0.0.2.win9xnt.incl.keygen-tno 817KB
990205 PixShow.v6.1.0.1.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen-TNO 808KB
990210 PixShow.v6.3.1.2.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen-TNO 816KB
"Do we really need this program that badly?"
-sky masterson
=----------------------------------=----------------------------------------=
--------[Stories from the Watercooler]----------
Ahh yes, rumors, we all love them even though we love to say how much we
hate them when they are about us. And these are some of the better ones
circulating around this week. Email us or find us on irc if you have a
good rumor you'd like entered, your name will not be included, but we
do not add rumors like that say "Tdpriest is having anal sex with Fusion"
because we know that Fusion is only having sex with Xtremist and therefore
there is no hard evidence of that rumor, so if you have real rumors, let us
know. Let's begin!
-Rumor has it that Grad(e) has quit AoD, after g+m failed to deliver upon
the promise of supplying him with one AoD T-Shirt(100% Cotton, XXL, some
shrinkage after initial washing). Grad(e) is now promising to trade/prewhore
for whatever group can "supply him with 3-4 t-shirts".
-Rumor has it that we were dead on last week about our utils merger, and
there is ANOTHER merger set to happen, even BIGGER than this one. This
merger however is not of the utils group nature, but something entirely
different.. It is set to go, and will be announced shortly
-Rumor has it that mgd + ndetroit will be away from the scene for the
next week or so, to participate in the Jeopardy Tournament of Champions,
after their huge success in the HADES Trivia Game.
=-------------------------------------=--------------------------------------=
Well friends.. Thats about it. If you've read this far, we sincerly thank you.
We like to know this thing gets read, so if you get the time, drop one of us
a quick msg, and tell us what you think, give us suggestions, tell us it sucks,
or just say "hi" to us!....
Greets fly out to: jaydee, mgd, stix, tdp, hr, eci, jamili, raptor, skill,
mandrake, zeus, speedy, subzero, superfly@okcomputer, wu-dave, dee, sj, bud,
prozac, bernis, paledeth, duranged, tech+his crew, Kusa, ssava, CRC 97,
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Thank you!
take care..
peace.
-ndetroit + lester.
NWR 2/22/98
