REGARDING THE TWO COPIES OF NOVA 9 ON LEXICON AE (AND ELSEWHERE):

Apparently $yndicate knowingly double released USA on Nova 9 by over 5 hours.
In Canseco's own words, "We paid for this, we're releasing it, if it's double,
then FUCK OFF!"  He goes on to say:

"Notes: Well I picked this one up from my supplier, I had to pay cash!
So I had to release it! Forget chivalry we need a kickstart! Our 1st big
release in a long time!"

I ask you, what kind of lame-ass attitude is this?  It's obvious this little
buttfuck Canseco knew he was double releasing us when you read all the
bullshit in his nfo about how he paid for it and so he felt obligated to
release it no matter what; and how his group "needs a kickstart".  What his
lame-ass group needs is a kick in the fucking head.

Normally, a double release by some nobody, nowhere, no talent, shitty group
like $yndicate wouldn't bother us at all.  But what pisses us off about this
is the fact that not only did they KNOWINGLY double release us; they also,
in a blatant endeavor to make their double release get better distribution,
described it as the "FULL RELEASE VERSION".  They're right, it is the full
release version - But so is USA's.  The reason their copy is 6 disks and ours
is 4, is because they put out the 720k version and we put out the 1.2 meg
version.  Add the size of the disks up and compare, the totals are the same.
I guess Canseco takes us all for a bunch of morons who can't add.

Why do we have such a problem with this?

You see, if USA/FLT is distributing Nova 9 with a mere description of "Nova 9 -
USA/FLT", and $yndicate is going around reuploading their own copy with a
description of "Nova 9 - FULL RELEASE VERSION - [$YN]", what do you think will
happen?  Yep, that's right, people will start thinking our version is somehow
incomplete, and download $yndicate's version instead.  Canseco must think he's
a clever little bastard... But he's an idiot who is fooling no one but himself.

Why should any average pirate give a shit about any of this?

Granted, the average pirate doesn't give a fuck about who released what, when,
where, why or how.  They just want to download free games and play them.  But,
in the situation that $yndicate created with Nova 9, you have one 4 disk game
described Nova 9, then one 6 disk game described Nova 9 - FULL RELEASE.  The
average pirate might not stop to add up and compare disk sizes.  The avarge
pirate who probably downloaded the USA Nova 9 during the 5 or 6 hours before
$yndicate released theirs will probably think he needs to get $yndicates
"FULL RELEASE", and then proceed to redownload the exact same 3 meg game
which is merely in a different disk format.  I don't know about you, but
I'd feel pretty duped if I downloaded an extra 3 megs for NO REASON.  I'd
be pretty pissed off, in fact - and so should you.

What should SysOps do if they have a $yndicate copy of Nova 9 on their board?

If you're a SysOp, and some lamer uploads the $yndicate version of Nova 9 to
your board AFTER the USA version was uploaded, do yourself a favor, save
yourself some hard drive space, and delete $yndicate's double release.

Canseco --- I won't lie, this really pisses us off, and although we'd love
to sit here and call you a bunch of names, that won't accomplish
shit except making you mad, too.  So instead, we'll try to
explain this to you rationally:

You have every right to try and make your group popular and make
your mark in this world.  But going around KNOWINGLY double
releasing other groups and trying to fool the pirate world is
not the way to do it.  You just come off looking like a shithead.
Have a little respect for your fellow pirates and for competing
groups, it will get you a long way.  There have been many times
when our group has PAID for wares and not released them because
another group had beaten us to the release by as little as 1/2
hour.  Sometimes you just have to take a loss out of respect for
your competitors, and in order to retain a little respect and
dignity for your own group.  Take this mistake and learn from it,
and hopefully in the future you will think twice before pulling
shit like this again on us, or any other group.

- USA/FLT Senior Staff Presidents, Genesis, Silencer, TNSH Babe