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53 of 79 files the net monkey weekly report

1999 July 27

Lesters farewell from NWR.
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  • Blitz, Bud, Koka, writer credits
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Netmonkey Weekly Report Issue LIV July 27th, 1999 g#S$ d. ____ ascii by garflozzy ____ $$$: -- ,$b ----- $$$ ___ $$$$$s __ :$$l $',$$$$.`$$ :$$$._l$$: ,s#S$$$$: $$$"╚$$b.`╚$i $$$ ',$$'└$$,`$ l$$$T$$$$._ --------- l$$$$$$$$ :$$l b,`Y$$,`l l$$.d$P . └$$,` $$l" $$$▓T$S#g._ ----------- ░░░░░░░░░ :$$$$$$$l l$$: $$b.`Y$$, :$$$$' d$b └$$,d$$: :$$l ,.`"▓T$S# ░░░░░░░░░ $$$$$$$: $$$ :$$$$. Y$$.s$$$' d$$$b '$$$$l l$$: l$'.d$$' $$$$$$$. $$$ l$$$$$. $$$Sl$' d$$$$$b '$$$: :$$l .'.d$$' $$$$$$l :$$l $$$$$$l l$$::P :$$$$$$$b.`$l l$$: ~~~~~~~ ------------------ l$$: ------- :$$l.' ---------- `: ;$$l --------------------- $$$ ░░░░░░░ .l$$ :: ~~~~ │ $$S#s,$$$ ::: ``^"▓Y$$$ `Y$ [ n ] ETMONKEY [ W ] EEKLY [ R ] EPORT For over a year, Lester and Ndetroit brought you the definative scene report. What started as a simple courier mag is now the most widely read scene publication out there. Unfortunately times change, and with Lester and Ndetroit taking less and less time for the scene, the mag has been coming out late or not at all. Lester has officially retired from NWR, although he will be back doing guest articles from time to time. Ndetroit is on a lot, but he can't be expected to do it alone. Not much is going to change, we still have all the same columnists as before. Ryche brings you his VCD report. Bud's mammoth utils report is still here. The one thing that will change is our release day, which will from now on be on Mondays. This week we're coming out on Tuesday because these reports take time. So without further ado, here's Lester. - Blitz Well kids, it's been one fun ride. This will be my last intro (hopefully), as co-editor of NWR. I am retiring from everything, even NWR. Nd wants me to do movie reviews and the occassional scene parody shit, so I'll be writing still, but the courier report is now in whoever's hands and will remain that way. Ryche and Blitz will be stepping up to make sure NWR continues to come out on time and at the same level you all know and love. I don't like retirement letters or any of that bullshit. But I thought I'd write my intro and say it's been fun and thanks to everyone who I have known and everyone who has read and hopefully will continue to read NWR in the future. Thanks for making it fun for me anyways. <g> - Lester -----------[ index ]----------- I.) Intro a) Welcome from Blitz b) Lester's farewell from NWR c) Hopefully something from Ndetroit II.) Quotes of the Week III.) The Site and Courier Report a) The Euro Report i) Last week ii) This week b) The North American Report IV.) Articles a) The Blitz Report i) Last week ii) This week b) Bud's Biased Utils Report c) Koka's Wacky Cracking Section e) VCD Group and Movie Reviews V.) Closing ---------------------[ Quotes of the Week! ]--------------------- <xxxxX> [H2H] (mrpumpkin/ViCE) Nethergate-OGNSUX in 0727 <Slick--> you can put for group moves <Slick--> slick to ogn <Slick--> =) <Slick--> give me my first mention ever in the rag <VrbalKint> The only entertainment gained from Paradigm is JLennon's stupidity. -----------[ Sites and Stats ]----------- This is ndetroit's baby, so I hope he'll be happy with this part. Instead of doing a combined USA/EURO rankings, we've split the two spheres into two sections. The top ten euro and top six USA sites will be ranked here. Hopefully we'll see more USA sites worthy of this report in the future, but for now there are only a handful of true top sites out there. Thanks to Sketch and all of CWS for weektop compilation. Commentary here will be from SJ (euro), and Prozax (USA) this week. - FH dropped RISE, picking up CORP who have learned to pre. - RH upgraded it's link and the top traders have started to notice this site. RZR/DOD/TRPS affils could be better, but DOD is making a comeback it seems. - TD to DEV - TD moves from RAZOR to CLS - Wia to DEV - Cyrez to VICE - SBC picks up RAZOR - QC is back up, triple affils on utils and cracking (adding HARVEST) - RT grabs DSI =--------------------------------------------------------------------------= Europe: *** Week from: 07-11 to 07-17 The Top Ten sites for this week are: ---------------------------------------- x2.5 FH STH FS x2.0 CAT DLS EB ET FFX x1.5 HOG VDR ----------------------------------------- pos trader group FH STH FS CAT DLS EB ET FX HOG VDR - pts -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. snakeeyes DEV 3 4 4 - 1 2 2 - 2 2 138 2. faith AOD 5 2 1 1 - 4 1 - - 1 131.5 3. sins AMN 1 3 - 4 2 3 3 5 - - 121 4. MoonSabre AOD 9 10 6 3 3 10 4 8 - 10 75.5 5. freakshow AOD 4 5 - - - 1 - 2 - - 70.5 6. nailz VICE 7 - 2 - - 5 - 3 6 - 66.5 7. mrpumpkin VICE 8 9 3 2 - - 5 - - - 62.5 8. evilmind THD - - - - - 7 - 1 1 5 52 9. bohnz AOD - 1 5 - 9 - - - - 7 50 10. pyx AMB 10 7 - 8 7 - 10 7 - 4 47 11. flavor RISC - 8 - 7 - - 7 - - 3 35.5 12. citizen VICE - - - - 5 7 - 6 - - 32 13. fain AMN - - - - - 8 - 4 4 - 30.5 14. elocin - 2 - - - - - - - - - 22.5 15. redman VICE - 6 - - - - - - - - 22.5 =----------------------------------=---------------------------------------= pos group FH STH FS CAT DLS EB ET FX HOG VDR - pts -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Aod 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 - 1 186 2. Vice 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 1 5 - 161 3. Amnesia 3 3 4 3 4 3 5 4 4 - 140 4. Devotion 2 4 3 - 3 4 2 - 3 2 133.5 5. Thunder - - - - - 5 - 2 1 3 57 6. Ambition - 5 - 4 - - - 5 - - 41 7. Insanity 5 - - - - - - - 2 5 37.5 8. Risc - - - 5 - - 4 - - 4 35.5 9. Equality - - - - 5 - - - - - 12 =----------------------------------=---------------------------------------= AMNESIA - Well amnesia is amnesia.. Like most groups runned by lester/caserd there is always controversy about them... i had 3-4 amn traders tell me that they are unhappy there and the 'family' is wrong concept, everyone is selfish and such. Enough of my BS . Overall they had a decent week with few ppl being active such as sins, fain (comeback $ER^%$^% ??). Am sure they can do much better after they get over thier BS and start trading for real.. Maybe caserd /mgd/lester need to comeback to show thier real power? DEVOTiON - Devotion is devotion = friends ahead of anything! Although group been kinda idle lately with few exceptions. That can be tend to famous dev bbq (i wish i was there #$%@#%) where most dev and other guys got drunk and exchanged their trading skills (now u know how group dominates for 3 years) Snake owned most sites (WTF HE IS BACK #@%#@#@$#@$%#@$%) and yes he had no pre and old skills coming back .. maybe next we'll seee comwood/trix/nine/ fate and few other comeback from retirement??? (hopes) pft and thier kid groups did not have lot of pre's that week not tc and other not ranked as high as usual .. Overall decent. AOD - tcd !@$$@!@!#!#$$ Yes they are most 'kewl' ppl around AFTER DEVOTION (hi gollie sexy). They have this dude 'thedealer' he seem to be some kind of weird ass motivator. It works though! They are #1 overall group with faith (old skewl dude!!! from atmx) moonsaber and few other owning. Special mention goes to Freakshow and his so called harry99 rlses. I spend 2 hrs of my valuable time to dl last 3 big rlses he put out... Am like wtf installer etc only 20 megs but rls is 100?? . Well there was this file size aprox 40 megs with some wierd extension .. so am like lets ren if to *.exe.. and what do u know its a ms voice sdk which can be dled for free .. Few other files were something else as well as other rlses contained crap . Together 3 rlss = 300 megs and can be done as 3 rlses = 50 megs <g> VICE - well nailz had a decent week and mrp as usual top if he has time that week.. citizen kinda came back into the light... another good mention is redman therefore decent week. No bs about vice i dunno them well so dont care much :o RISC - flavor only good guy left there. He needs to go somewhere else so i can say risc = nothing THUNDER - evilmind is kewl and sketch owns me as usual (where are my ascii #%$#@%^@#^%#@$) Thunder always had class and been around for while , u guys are kewl AMBITION - pyx baby!!! thats all! No more wasting time on other groups! Rumors are devotion will be back 10x stronger with godbless coming active and few other key ppl. Gollie needs to gimme me more sex and morbie vodka and thats about it. Mooooooooooooooooooooooooooo =--------------------------------------------------------------------------= *** Week from: 07-18 to 07-24 The Top Ten sites for this week are: ---------------------------------------- x2.5 STH FH x2.0 CAT DLS E ET FX x1.5 HOG PST EB ----------------------------------------- pos trader group FH STH CAT E DLS EB ET FX HOG PST - pts -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. mrpumpkin VICE 2 1 1 2 - 9 9 - 1 2 121 2. sins AMN 4 7 6 5 2 2 7 - 2 - 102.5 3. citizen VICE 3 - 5 7 1 3 - 7 - 1 95 4. faith AOD 6 4 3 4 - 5 3 - - 5 94 5. tc DEV - 3 8 6 3 - 4 2 - - 84 6. freakshow AOD 1 10 - - - 1 - 1 5 - 71.5 7. bizzybone AMN 7 - 2 3 - - 6 - 3 - 66 8. insanity DEV - 8 9 - 4 - 1 10 6 - 55 9. darkman AMB - 2 - - - - 8 5 - - 40.5 10. redman VICE 9 9 - 1 - 7 - - - - 36 11. nailz VICE 8 - 10 9 - 8 - 3 - - 34 12. bougz EQL - - - - 6 4 - - 4 - 31 13. Garoto DEV - 5 - - - - - 6 - - 25 14. rz3 THD - - 4 - - - - - - 4 24.5 15. gabbah THD - - - 10 - 6 - - - 3 21.5 =----------------------------------=---------------------------------------= pos group FH STH CAT DLS E EB ET FX HOG PST - pts -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Vice 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 3 2 2 179.5 2. Amnesia 3 5 2 4 3 4 2 5 1 4 151 3. Devotion 5 1 4 3 4 - 1 1 - - 124 4. Aod 2 3 5 - 2 2 - 4 5 - 107 5. Thunder 4 - 3 - 5 3 - 2 3 1 102.5 6. Tfa - - - 5 - - 3 - - - 28 7. Equality - - - 2 - 5 - - - - 27 8. Esprit - - - - - - - - 4 3 22.5 9. Ambition - 4 - - - - - - - - 17.5 10. Insanity - - - - - - - - - 5 9 =----------------------------------=---------------------------------------= AOD - pretty slow week , rumors are gollie and morbid were out most week on dev bbq (no u not getting pics @$#@##%@$%).. anyway we can expect aod be back with more freakshow crap!!!!!! nothing much, will see how they rebound! DEVOTiON - bbq in all its best i wish i was fucken there though! tc came alive (we all know how) insaniy did a nice job ... still though 1/2 the speed .. just wait til the power comes back! (i heard that, get off my case YES ITS FUCKEN BIASED!) AMNESIA much better week for them.. sins i HEARD pure pftp! nice job to bizzybone and guys (lester where the fuck are u!) VICE as i said in last report when mrp got time they usually very good nice to see citizen back to earlier form like may/june . they are #1 group this week so kudoes to them. THUNDER u guys rule! few guys show up on horizon but nothing spectacular ..let hope they continue in the same way. AMBITION - darkman is the man! (msg me on irc) RISC = shit well i had to write 2 reviews same week so this 1 kinda small (fuck u and die if u dont like it) ndt is my bitch and we dont know where the fuck he is ... mail us all the latest bs rumors etc lates Moooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo =--------------------------------------------------------------------------= North America: *** Week from: 07-18 to 07-24 The Top Five US sites and one random Canadian for this week are: ---------------------------------------- x2.5 TD RFO XX x2.0 DST RH RT ----------------------------------------- Site #3 you don't get no help on. If yer on it you can figure it out from the weektop. pos trader group TD RFO XX DST RH RT - pts ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. blitz ICC 5 2 3 2 2 - 93 2. siward MSN 3 1 1 1 - - 90 3. shendo ICC 8 6 2 - - - 42.5 4. faith AOD 9 - 4 4 - - 36.5 5. vulcan DSC 10 3 6 - - - 35 6. alphazip MSN - 4 - - 3 - 33.5 7. runn3r RISC - 7 9 6 9 - 29 8. djmp3 ICC - 5 - 5 - - 27 9. arcx IND - - - - 7 2 26 10. jeeps DEV 1 - - - - - 25 11. freakshow AOD 2 - - - - - 22.5 12. whoopass M8 - - - - 6 5 22 13. sax DSC 6 - 8 - - - 20 14. jm3 DSN - - - - 1 - 20 15. gregk VICE - - - - - 1 20 =----------------------------------=---------------------------------------= pos trader TD RFO XX DST RH RT - pts ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Moonshine 2 1 3 1 4 7 105.5 2. Icc 3 2 2 2 7 5 98.5 3. Motiv8 6 5 - 5 1 2 77.5 4. Risc 7 6 5 7 3 9 62.5 5. Dsc 5 4 4 6 - - 56.5 6. Vice - 3 7 - - 1 48 7. Aod 4 - 6 8 - - 33.5 8. Enterprise - - - - 5 3 28 9. Devotion 1 - - - - - 25 10. Phase - 8 - 3 - - 23.5 11. Tfa - - 1 - - - 20 12. Rts 8 - 8 - - 8 19.5 13. Lts - - - 4 9 - 18 14. Desynch - - - - 2 - 18 15. Phoenix - 7 - 9 - - 14 16. Ddc - - - - - 3 14 ProzaX's US Scene Review ======================== Alright i'm a bit rushed for this since I just found out tonight so don't expect to much from me in this issue. Well last week we seen ICC make it's way one step closer to the top which they claim they will be, we'll have to wait and see if these guys can last though, they are still fairly new and Blitz seems to be carrying most of the weight for the group. Also we seen TD rise to the top as the #1 site in the US it seems TD is taking over where TOS left off, not only in warez speed but the same affils as TOS almost(CLS, DEV, PGC), lets wait and see if TD will drop CORP and pickup PWA. Not much else to say for this week, but next week I should have a full site and group review when i have a little more time! -ProzaX [PGC/DSC] =----------------------------------=---------------------------------------= -----------[ The Blitz Report ]----------- Slow. That's how stuff has been. Changes are taking place with new leadership at the helm of the three older groups. Origin leadership is nowhere to be seen, raising speculation about their fate. Lots of rumours, no facts at all. The scene rolls on, however. Been that way forever. ▄██▀██▄ ▐█▄ █▄ ▐██▌ ▐██▌ ▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▐█▓▌▓█▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▐██▌ ▐██▌██▄▀█▀██▄▀██▄▐█▀▐█▓▌▄ ▐█▀██▄▀▄██▄ ▐██▌▄██▀ ▐▓█▌▌ ██▓ ▐██▌▌ ▐██▌██ ▌ ▐██▌█ ██▌ ▐██▌ ▄██▀▄██▌▌ ▄▄▄▀▄██▌ ▐██▌██▌ ▐██▌█ ▐██ ▐██▌▐██▌ ▐█▓▌▌▐██▌ ▐█▓▌▌ ▐█▓▌█▓▌▌ ▐█▓▌█ ▐█▓ ▐██▌ ▀██▄█▀█▌█▄▀██▄█▀█▌█▄██▀▄██▌█▄▐█▓▌▀ ██▓ ==============================▄▄▄=▐██▌===== ▀███▄███ ▀▀▀▀▀ Paradigm seemed unphased by the loss of their leadership, probably since most of their members are able to work without supervision. They roll out three games this week. Respect INC. is the game of the week, and it's not bad at all. Things are slow, this one is worth checking out. We see the real final of Pizza Syndicate and a fairly good tennis game. Patch team lost some points to other groups this week, but still managed two. The nuked Mechwarrior 3 release came on a race with Razor. No doubt about this one, it was 15 minutes late. Points Release Title ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3.0 Pizza_Syndicate_WORKING-PARADiGM (137.8M) 4.0 Respect_Inc-PARADiGM (35.3M) 3.0 Roland_Garros_Championship_Tennis_99-PARADiGM (36.4M) -0.0 Mechwarrior_3_Update_v1.1-PARADiGM *NUKED* 0.5 Star_Wars_Rogue_Squadron_3D_Update_v1.2-PARADiGM (2.2M) 0.5 Respect_Inc_Plus4_Trainer-PARADiGM (0.1M) --- 11.0 ┌─── ███ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ░▒▓ ▄▄▄ ▀▀▀▀██▄ ▀▀▀▀██▄┐ │ ▄█▄███ ▀▀▀ ███ ▒▓█ ▀▀▀ ▓▒░ ███ ░▒▓ ▓██│ │███ ▓██ ▓▒░ ██▓ ▓██ ░▒▓ █▓▒ ▓██ ▒▓█▀▀▀ │ :██▓ ▒▓█ █▓▒ ██▓ ███ ▒▓█ ██▓ ▓██ ▓██ ░▒▓: │██▓ ░▒▓ ██▓ ███ ███ ▓██ ███ ▓██ ███ ▒▓█│ │▀██▄▄▄▄▄███ ▀█▄█▀ ███ ███ ███ ███▄▓█▀│ Divine had the least to lose and the most to gain I guess, because they are releasing fairly frequently these days. The siteops seem to have taken notice, as they are picking up some good sites these days. Both of these games are kinda iffy for a bigger group, but DVN needs releases, and they certianly aren't as bad as a lot of the shit we see from the larger groups now and then. They take second place for the second week this month. Points Release Title ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2.0 AMERZONE-DVN (148.4M) 1.0 Polaris_Rebellion-DVN (11.6M) 0.0 AmerZone.Intro.Addon-DVN (17.8M) -1.0 AMERZONE.SFX.FIX-DVN (0.6M) 0.5 Duck.Hunter.Pro.v1.10.Update.CRACKED-DVN (3.1M) --- 2.5 ______ /| ___ /\______ /\______ / \/ | / _ \ / _____/ _____> / |_ / |/ | \\____ \ \____ \ < | < / | / | \/ | \ \ _____\_<____|___\_____ /\_____ / +=\/======================\/=======\/== <Lamer One> Class released a game today <Lamer Two> Who did the fix? Old joke, ok sorry. Seems whoever is at the helm of this team they just can't escape the scourge of the fix. Check Sundancer's comments in (the last?) PPGR for what seems to be the feeling around CLS regarding fixes. Points loss drops them to third. Points Release Title ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3.0 MAYDAY-CLS (62.2M) -1.5 MAYDAY_FIX-CLS (0.4M) --- 1.5 _______ ______ ______________ _______ \ . \\_ \ \_ ___ /. \PoYZ . / __\/ |\ \| \ \_:__|_/ / \ \_/ /| \/__ \_/ .|_) _)__|\ \ ____/: |\ \_ (_|. \_/ / o|\ \|\____ \ \_| | |_) / /|o \ /____| \__ | \__\______| ___/__/ |____\ <*+=======|__|-RAZOR 1911-|__|===========+*> Where are the games? More patches from the Razor team, but still no sign of supplies. They drop the ball badly on the Tomb Raider update. It's a dupe of an addon for a very old game. Razor needs to think more before they release. Points Release Title ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -0.5 Tomb_Raider_2_Gold_Upgrade_CRACKED-RAZOR *NUKED* 0.5 MECHWARRIOR.III.v1.1-RAZOR (2.9M) 0.5 DUNGEON.KEEPER.2.OLYMPIA.LEVEL.ADDON-RAZOR (0.0M) --- 0.5 _ ______ ______ ____ _____ ____ _____ \// _ \ _ \_\__/ _ \_\__/_\_ \ / / / / /. / / / / / / \______/ \____|_/\___ /___/___/ / --------|___|---------/____\------/____\- Origin is waiting for spokesmodel ice to return from his vacation. Apparently rumours of a bust in the UK are NOT true, and little ice is in fact vacationing with mom and dad. Whatever the reason, this group is nothing without Cypher and ice. Proof is in their releases from the last few weeks. Points Release Title ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Idle this week. This week TD dropped Razor 1911 from their affils. The reason they gave for this was "We'd rather be Class's only site than one of many Razor sites. Razor never missed a pre while TD was USCHQ, and did not ask for excessive amounts of leechers. In fact the week before, TD came to me and asked that Razor not pick up SBC as an affiliate. Now they leave Razor to join CLS in order to please their new courier affil. TD's reputation suffers from this shameless snubbing of a loyal affiliate. TOS will be back at some point, and TD cannot compete with that link. They will be pushed back into the role IC held in TOS's shadow. At least IC had CORE... TD even has the same cracking affil. All this to get Devotion to be able to pre more. Sour grapes? I think not. This was simply a matter of a site that never deserved the honor of being selected for Razor 1911. I for one, am glad they left. =----------------------------------=--------------------------------------= -----------[ The Blitz Report ]----------- Woo, double issue. A little controversy this week, once again involving my own group. This is one of the few reports in this magazine that claim to be unbiased, so I do my best. Now I admit, I probably would not have gone to all the effort I am to defend another group's release, but if anyone out there has editorials to add to this in defense of your OWN group's controversial game, I'll be happy to use it. ▄██▀██▄ ▐█▄ █▄ ▐██▌ ▐██▌ ▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▐█▓▌▓█▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▐██▌ ▐██▌██▄▀█▀██▄▀██▄▐█▀▐█▓▌▄ ▐█▀██▄▀▄██▄ ▐██▌▄██▀ ▐▓█▌▌ ██▓ ▐██▌▌ ▐██▌██ ▌ ▐██▌█ ██▌ ▐██▌ ▄██▀▄██▌▌ ▄▄▄▀▄██▌ ▐██▌██▌ ▐██▌█ ▐██ ▐██▌▐██▌ ▐█▓▌▌▐██▌ ▐█▓▌▌ ▐█▓▌█▓▌▌ ▐█▓▌█ ▐█▓ ▐██▌ ▀██▄█▀█▌█▄▀██▄█▀█▌█▄██▀▄██▌█▄▐█▓▌▀ ██▓ ==============================▄▄▄=▐██▌===== ▀███▄███ ▀▀▀▀▀ Paradigm wins on Braveheart, another long-anticipated game. Unlike a lot of games that do not live up to their licensing, this one was in production long before the movie came out. Once Braveheart became a box office smash, the developers were able to negotiate a deal where they would use the Braveheart name on their planned simulation. I haven't been able to get into this one much (blame Origin for JA2), but from what I can tell it looks like a burn. Paradigm rip into Origin pretty good in their fix for Jagged. They steal half points for that. A little much in the nfo I thought, but Origin is pissing everyone off pretty good these days. Winning a few USA games has made the normally laughable antics of ice simply intolerable. Look for groups to both raid this group for talent and the reverse ragging to continue. Nothing else besides Braveheart. A few patches and trainers, nothing special. Points Release Title ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 0.5 Respect_Inc_Plus4_Trainer-PARADiGM (0.1M) 5.0 Braveheart-PARADiGM (68.4M) 2.5 Jagged_Alliance_2_lame_OGN-rip_FIX-PARADiGM (1.3M) 0.5 Kingpin_Life_of_Crime_v1.1_Cracked-PARADiGM (1.3M) 0.0 Street_Wars_Trainer_plus_4_Fixed-PARADiGM (0.0M) 0.5 Official_Formula_1_Racing_Update_2_Cracked-PARADiGM (0.7M) --- 9.0 ______ /| ___ /\______ /\______ / \/ | / _ \ / _____/ _____> / |_ / |/ | \\____ \ \____ \ < | < / | / | \/ | \ \ _____\_<____|___\_____ /\_____ / +=\/======================\/=======\/== Warhammer ROW was anticipated by a lot of TBS enthusiasts such as myself, but I was seriously dissapointed by this title. Nothing wrong with what CLS did, but what looked like a great game turned out to be simply average. The addon for this game was a mixed speech/music addon. Since if they were packaged seperately they would recieve a point apiece, we'll give them 2 points. International Cricket Captain is not as good as some of the other cricket games we've seen and is scored as such. Mig Alley is a pass except for die hards of the genre. Nothing special from CLS, but lots of quantity. On to Rage of Mages 2. This is pretty simple really. Class says the USA final that they released is the first and only release of Rage of Mages 2. They say the Razor version is a beta and that it wasn't even complete when we released it. Under faction rules (which both groups agree on), this game is a dupe and nuke. Class, however disputes the existance of the other final, claiming that this game was released for the first time in the USA. I direct you all to the website http://www.nival.ru/index_e.htm for the proof and the final word on Class's dupe. Moscow - 9 July, 1999 - Nival Interactive announced today that Rage of Mages 2: Necromancer has been released by German software powerhouse CDV in Germany on 18 June, 1999. Rage of Mages 2: Necromancer is a new game to be published by Nival <http://www.nival.com> and Monolith Productions <http://www.lith.com> in 2Q99. This game was published in Russia by Nival <http://www.nival.com> and 1C <http://www.1c.ru> under the name of Allods 2: Necromancer on April 15, 1999. April 15th 1999. That was a while ago. A full month before the Razor release came out (051099). Since the Class version contains no playable difference, it's a nuke and a 3.0 point deduction for dupe of Razor. We told you so. Class's supplier refused to comment, ssaying only that he was told the game was not done yet when Razor released it. Points Release Title ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 0.0 The.Avengers.Pinball.Trainer-CLS (0.1M) 0.0 Roswell.Pinball.Trainer-CLS (0.1M) 3.0 Warhammer_40K_Rites_of_War-CLS (180.3M) 2.0 WarHammer_40K_Music_And_Speech_Addon-CLS (51.9M) 2.0 International_Cricket_Captain_2-CLS (100.8M) 0.0 Warhammer_40k_Rites_of_War_Trainer-CLS (0.0M/) 0.5 Hidden.and.Dangerous.v.1.1.Trainer-CLS (0.0M) 0.5 Jagged.Alliance.2.Trainer-CLS (0.0M) 3.0 Mig_Alley-CLS (116.1M) 3.0 Rage_of_Mages_2_FINAL-CLS (77.1M) --- 7.0 ______ ______ ____ _____ ____ _____ \// _ \ _ \_\__/ _ \_\__/_\_ \ / / / / /. / / / / / / \______/ \____|_/\___ /___/___/ / --------|___|---------/____\------/____\- Much to my dismay, Origin lands what for me was the biggest catch of the year thus far. I can't really comment on the ripping or crack of the game, because I only played it until the ISO came out a few hours later. If I gave sixes, this would be one. Unfortunately, the PDM fix is needed. I ran into the problem described right away. When I went back to get a savegame so Razor could start working on it, it didn't happen again. From what I can tell, however the bug is legit. I don't know about PDM going apeshit on Origin on this one, but I guess someone over there was pissed off about something or another. DaJackal should keep doing the nfo's for Origin. He cut me down pretty good in the nfo, but unlike the usual Origin shit, this one was kept short and sweet. I really did want this title, unfortunate that it was released in Europe before Canada. Aside from that, OGN didn't do a lot. I didn't even bother testing the chess game because I was busy playing Jagged and didn't have time. I'm guessing it's a two. That's about standard for chess games. Despite their lower ranking this week, and the fix... I'm giving Origin the week because Jagged kicks ass. Even if once again they needed a fix. Points Release Title ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 0.5 Hidden.and.Dangerous1.1.Update.Patch-ORIGIN (4.6M) 5.0 Jagged.Alliance.2-ORiGiN (159.5M) -2.5 Jagged_Alliance_2_lame_OGN-rip_FIX-PARADiGM 0.0 Jagged.Alliance.2.Movie.Addon-ORiGiN (84.7M) 2.0 HiArcs.Chess.7-ORIGIN (66.1M) --- 5.0 ┌─── ███ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ░▒▓ ▄▄▄ ▀▀▀▀██▄ ▀▀▀▀██▄┐ │ ▄█▄███ ▀▀▀ ███ ▒▓█ ▀▀▀ ▓▒░ ███ ░▒▓ ▓██│ │███ ▓██ ▓▒░ ██▓ ▓██ ░▒▓ █▓▒ ▓██ ▒▓█▀▀▀ │ :██▓ ▒▓█ █▓▒ ██▓ ███ ▒▓█ ██▓ ▓██ ▓██ ░▒▓: │██▓ ░▒▓ ██▓ ███ ███ ▓██ ███ ▓██ ███ ▒▓█│ │▀██▄▄▄▄▄███ ▀█▄█▀ ███ ███ ███ ███▄▓█▀│ Well, it's official. For whatever reason, Divine is back from the dead. Darkstone is a long awaited RPG, and although I'm not a fan of the genre, DVN beat out a couple of groups to release this one. Money trainers ain't shit. You guys will have to do better than that. The AD&D thing was passed by all groups (Razor decided to do the ISO for the hell of it). It's not a legitimate game, it probably qualifies as a util. It was nuked almost everywhere as either "bookware" or on my site as "geekware" =P. Regardless, the geeks of the world love DVN this week. A RPG and a D&D util for those of you who live in your parent's basement. Points Release Title ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 0.0 POLARiS.REBELLiON.PLUS3.TRAINER-DVN (0.0M) 0.0 Jagged_Alliance_2_Money_Trainer-DVN (0.0M) 0.0 WarHammer.40k.Money.Trainer-DVN (0.0M) 0.0 MAYDAY.PLUS2.TRAINER-DVN (0.0M) 4.0 DARKSTONE-DVN (97.1M) -2.0 AD_D_CORE_RULES_2.0_EXPANSION-DVN *NUKED* 0.5 DarkStone.Trainer.Plus.3-DVN (0.0M) --- 3.5 _______ ______ ______________ _______ \ . \\_ \ \_ ___ /. \PoYZ . / __\/ |\ \| \ \_:__|_/ / \ \_/ /| \/__ \_/ .|_) _)__|\ \ ____/: |\ \_ (_|. \_/ / o|\ \|\____ \ \_| | |_) / /|o \ /____| \__ | \__\______| ___/__/ |____\ <*+=======|__|-RAZOR 1911-|__|===========+*> Well the cracking team certianly is keeping up their end of the bargain, but the supply side is certianly not. Eight patches this week from these guys. The kingpin patches were released within two hours of each other (the first was released before the 1.13b came out). Only one will get points. Once again, the new Starsiege Tribes patch is a Razor release. Points Release Title ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 0.5 International_Cricket_Captain_2_v1.1_Patch_Cracked-RAZOR (0.6M) 0.5 Tomb_Raider_3_Patch_2_Cracked-RAZOR (0.4M) 0.5 STARSIEGE_TRIBES_v1.0_to_v1.6_PATCH-RAZOR (0.9M) 0.0 STARSIEGE_TRIBES_v1.5_to_v1.6_PATCH-RAZOR (0.7M) 0.5 International_Cricket_Captain_2_v1.12_Patch_Cracked-RAZOR (0.6M) 0.5 Total.Annihilation.Kingdoms.v1.1BA.Update-RAZOR (10.4M) 0.0 KingPin_v1.12b_Patch_Cracked-RAZOR (0.6M) 0.5 KingPin_v1.13b_Patch_Cracked-RAZOR (0.6M) --- 3.0 I was accused of releasing a game called Jungle Legend by a few prominent members of Origin. Apparently I'm the only person who has a slight dislike for this rag tag group of limeys and Canadian crackers. For the record I didn't have anything to do with this release, it came from Class. The nfo file rang true enough to repost here. I didn't write it, but I wish I had. OGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUX OGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUX OGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUXOGNSUX Release Name: Jungle Legend Company: Flair Disks: 6 * 2.88M Compression: RAR Box hype: 3-D Action-Adventure games featuring forgotten ruins, lost temples, & deadly beasts! What I think: This game, just like about everyone in Origin, sucks royally. It's made with the Twilight 3D Engine, and makes CARnivrous look like game of the year. One crappy first person game. So what does OGN SUX?: Because OGN is run by two highly egotistical numbskulls, one who would sell his mum for a couple pounds, the other who constantly sucks the other leaders dick, as he thinks sucking on cum will give him white pearly teeth. One is a scrawny, pastey white-skined short midget, and is taunted and laughed at in real life, gets beat up by local punks for pub money, and sells games just so he can pay girls to tell people they like him. The other bumrush any moving object with a wee-wee attached to it. Both have over-inflated egos who will never admit to defeat or making a mistake. They have no respect with any of the true elite in the scene expect within their own members who they brainwash to believe the shit they pulloff is just fine. They even went as far to burn bridges of the people WHO helped shape the scene. Hey, clueless fucks, RESPECT THOSE who deserve it. So please, do the scene some justice. Admit you guys have no lives, have small penises and are socially enept. The ego shit only fucking buries you deeper down to being the two biggest dumbshits that helped kill the scene. To Origin, as one popular comedian says on the tube, "KISS MY ASS!" This release is dedicated to the fallen people taken out by THE MAN because they're only out to line there pockets for the rich. Keep fighting, we're behind you guys. To play: Just unrar into any directory, and run JUNGLE FEVER.EXE What would the NWR game report be without a little Origin ragging? That's all for this time. See you all in a week. =----------------------------------=--------------------------------------= -----------[ Bud's Biased Utils Report #28 ]----------- Well it's been a while since I picked up my "pen" and went to work on the report. I debated what to do about the weeks missed... and laziness and schedule conflicts resolved the issue for me. So it's the current week I'll be reviewing, and the rest are lost... Except for a few things I think are worth noting. First, RBS released one of the most useful generic protection scheme cracks in their FlexLM license generator, and showed a lot of class in allowing other groups to use it (when credit is given to RBS anyways, but give credit where credit is due). Also earlier this month, LND lost a bunch of top CAD/CAM titles... Cimatron IT 10, which went to PWA, congrats to them on an excellent crack... also the Solid View series (newest versions) to Scum, which they win for the second month in a row. On a sad note, Rise has basically died... still a few members idling, but Toth left for PWA, and other members jumped ship as well. Sad to see a great group go. Gza announced the group was officially disbanded, changed his mind and decided to wait for Kiterith... the premiere of Paragon (another offspring of SGE) was a non-event... and on an upswing we have DOD, putting out its first REAL challenge in some time. Lots of other stuff, plenty of other good apps but.... :P 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 07/20/99 to 07/26/99. I'm in the EST time zone so dates/times run according to it. Groups: (In no particular order) ▄ ▀▀██▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives ▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly ▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck. ▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ -XeN PIRATES WITH ATTITUDE: Releases: Autodesk.AutoCAD.Architectural.Desktop.v2.0-PWA AV.Stumpfl.Wings.Pro.4.0-PWA Lotus.CC.Mail.Mobile.6.23-PWA Lotus.Domino.Server.WinNT.5.0.1-PWA Lotus.Notes.Designer.And.Administrator.5.0.1.Win9x.NT-PWA Avery.Media.Software.v1.14-PWA CAYMAN.POWER.CG.RFS.V4.1.PLUG-INS-REPACK-PWA Envox.CT.Studio.3.0.2-PWA Funeral.Management.9000.v2.2-PWA Lotus.Notes.Client.5.0.1-PWA DM.Stars.Field.Effect.v1.0.Xtra.for.Macromedia.Director-PWA DM.Transition.Pack.1.v1.3.5.Xtra.for.Macromedia.Director-PWA DM.Transition.Pack.2.v1.3.5.Xtra.for.Macromedia.Director-PWA DM.Waves.Effects.v1.0.Xtra.for.Micromedia.Director-PWA DM.XTreme.Transitions.v1.0.Xtra.for.Micromedia.Director-PWA Lotus.cc.Mail.Administrative.Utilities.Release.8.5-PWA Lotus.cc.Mail.V8.41-PWA Lotus.Domino.Doc.2.5.Final-PWA CAYMAN.POWER.CG.PLUS.V4.1.STANDALONE.VERSION-PWA SatSpy.v3.02-PWA Cayman.Power.Cg.Rfs.V4.1.Standalone-PWA ENERCALC.STRUCTURAL.ENGINEERING.LIBRARY.v5.1.2-PWA MultiSimplex.2.0-PWA XAOS.TOOLS.SEGMATION.V1.0.FOR.PHOTOSHOP-PWA PWA continues to be the strongest group in the pack, benefiting from all the earlier member pickups. It's great to see an incredible team of old infused with some new blood and once again slaughtering the competition. Definately the top group of July. A few other groups picked up the top titles of the week, but for all around quality and consistancy it was PWA... what a change from a few months ago. Total: 9/10 ▄───── ▄▄▄ ────────── ▄▄█▓▄ ─── ▄ ─ ▄▓▄ ░ ▀ ▄█████▓ ▄▄███▄ ▄▀▀████▌ ▄█████▄ ▀ ▓███▀ ▀▄██████▄▀█▌ ▐████▐▓▀ ▀███▓ ▓███▌ ▐▓█▀ ▀██▌▐▓ ▀ ▀▓▀▓▌ ▐███▌ ▐█████▄▄▀ ▀█▄ ▄▓█▓ █▓▄ █▌▀▄▄████▓ ▀██▓▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀ ■▄ ▐▓ ▀▀▓█▀ ■▄──────+ The Corporation +─ ▀▄ ─gas!─■ THE CORPORATION: Releases: Dragon.Naturally.Speaking.Professional.v3.52-CORP MICROSOFT.BACKOFFICE.SERVER.V4.5.DEV.EDITION.CLIENTS.ADDON-CORP MICROSOFT.BACKOFFICE.SERVER.V4.5.DEVELOPER.EDITION-CORP Object.Studio.V6.2-CORP MICROSOFT.PLATFORM.SDK.WIN2K.2000.RC1.EDITION.ADDON-CORP MICROSOFT.PLATFORM.SDK.WINDOWS.2000.RC1.EDITION.FINAL-CORP Yosemite.Technologies.TapeWare.V.6.1.Universal.Edition-CORP Metacreations.KPT.Gel.V1.0.Final.for.Photoshop-CORP Netdive.CallSite.Studio.MultiUser.V3.0.Win9x.NT-CORP Netdive.EZChat.MultiUser.V2.0.Win9x.NT-CORP Obsydian.V3.0.Final.Unlimited.User.License-CORP Corp continues to move along, not quite as strong as past weeks, but some good releases anyways. Backoffice Dev. Edition sticks out... as does the new Metacreations plugin, KPT GEL, for Photoshop. They ended the week with a nice releasein Naturally Speaking Pro. Total: 8/10 . )\_______)\__)\_______)\_______ . . __/ __ _/ _/ ____/ ___/ . . \__ / _\ \_____ \ ___/__ : . :/ \ \ / \ / \| : |\___/ /___/_____ /___ /| : | \_/_____/\____ /_____/___/_____/ | :...`---\_____\/----/_flr_/---/_p^D_/--' RISE: Releases: N/A Total: N/A ──────────────────────────────────[XX/XX]─ ▄██ ▄▄▄ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ █▓█ █▓█ ▒ ██▀ █▓█ █ █▓█ ██ █▓█ █ ███ ██ █▓ █▒█ █▒█ █░█ ▀▀ ▄█ █▒█ ██ █▒█ █ ▄▄▄ ██▄▄ ▄██▀██▄ ▀ █▒█▀▀▀ ██ █░█ ██ ▄▄█ █▓█ ██ ▄▄ █▒█ █▓█ ▓ █▓█ ░ █▓█ █░█ ██ ░ █▓█ █▒█ ██ █▓ ███ █▒█ ▒ ███ ▬▀█████▀▄██ ▒ ▀█████▀ ▀████ ─── ██▀ ░ ──────────────── ▓ ───── sikos ─ X-FORCE: Releases: METROWERKS_CODEWARRIOR_PRO_R5_ADDON-XFORCE BETTERSTATE_V5.1.1.-XFORCE METROWERKS_CODEWARRIOR_PRO_R5-XFORCE STATECAD_V5.01_STATEBENCH_V1.01-XFORCE LOGISCOPE-XFORCE MATRIXX_V6.1-3-XFORCE REALVIZ_MATCHMOVERFULL_V1.0-XFORCE SIDEFX_HOUDINI_V3.1-XFORCE NEMETSCHEK_ALLPLAN_ALLPLOT_FT_V15.1-XFORCE A couple of notables from XF this week. CodeWarrior Pro 5, without a doubt XF's best of the week, and also Houdini 3.1, a decent art/design app. Finally, Allplan/Allplot 15.1, which they ISO'd as well (consider the full package if your on a high speed connection). Total: 7/10 /\______/| ___/\_ _/ ______ :|; . __/\ ____/\ __| // %%%\____ \ |__:_\__ \/ ~~ :\_ | __/%%%% iii_/ :| \\_ \ ;| \_ |____/ \iiiii :::\__ ; _/ | \\_ : // | \\_ | \\_::: \____/---|____/____/_______/-|____/kaz SHOCK: Releases: Ulead.Plug-in.Madness.II.for.Cool.3D.2X-SHOCK HABERDASH.v2.1.0-SHOCK Embarcadero.ER.Studio.v3.5.RC-SHOCK Illuminatus.v4.50.RETAIL-SHOCK SiteEater.v2.31.for.Java-SHOCK SiteEater.v2.31.for.Windows9xNT-SHOCK Pretty quiet here this week... one notable in Illuminatus, and now for some explanations... two groups released the program, 2KAD and SHOCK. The 2KAD release came first, and was a crack of the demo, while SHOCK's was a CD rip of the full retail version. While 2KAD's release came first, they don't really get credit, for while they removed the time limit on the demo, it was missing features present only in the full retail version... a crippled program with the time trial removed is still basically a demo. Total: 6/10 . ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ .▀████▀▀▀██▄ ████▀▀██▌▐██▀▀▀▀ --- .------. : ████ ███ ▐███ ███ . | ████ ▐███ ███▀ ███ : | ████ ███ ▐███ ▄███ ███▄ . : | ████▀▀▀▀▀ ██▓█ ▀███▄▄██▓▀ . .▄▓███▄ ▀███▌ ▀▀ PRESENTS : | : : [xx/xx]. '---.-------PENTIUM FORCE TEAM-- ---- - -' PENTIUM FORCE TEAM: Releases: FRx.Financial.Reporting.v5.50-PFT Remedy.HelpDesk.v4.0.for.WinNT-PFT Cactus.WorkBench.v3.82.for.Win9xNT-PFT Excalibur.RetrievalWare.v6.7.for.WinNT-PFT LoadRunner.Analysis.v7.0-PFT Peregrine.AssetCenter.v3.01.for.Win9xNT-PFT Solomon.IV.Tools.For.VB.v4.20-PFT Solomon.IV.v4.20.for.Win9xNT-PFT SpeechWorks.5.0.for.WinNT-PFT PFT continue to stick to high end web apps, notable this week is Excalibur RetrievalWare. Ok that's it, I'm lazy as usual. Total: 7/10 ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▓▀▀ ▄ ▄▄█▀▀██▓▄ ▄▄▄█▀▀▓▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓▌ ▄▄▄▄ ▐█▓█ ▐▓██▌ ▐▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██ ▓▄ ▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██▌ ▐██▓▌ ▐██▓ ▐█▓▌▐██▓ ██▓▌▐███▓ ████▓ ▀▀▀▀ ███▓ ██▓ ▐█▓█ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▄██▓▀ mg ▀ ▀▀▀▀████▓▌ ▀▀ ██▓▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▓▀ ▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ :: <LEGENDS NEVER DiE> ::: <o4 * 2880> :: ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ LEGENDS NEVER DIE: Releases: SMARTCAM_V11.5-LND One app from LND over the past seven days, possibly feeling the heat of increased competition from PWA/SCUM. Still they pick up a high end, good quality title in SmartCAM. Total: 4/10 .__________. [xx/xx/98] \_ ___ ) Da ToP oF Da LiNe! .___. ===/ _/ /=======================/ /===== .:/ _____/__./(___.____/\.______./ /_____. :/ /__/ . ) . )____ ) _ ) / __ ) /__/ / / / / // __ / /__/ / /___/: .:/ /__/__/__/__/(______\____ /__/_____ /MO =/__/========================\/========\/=== = THE PINNACLES OF RELEASING (C) PNC 95-98 = PINNACLE: Releases: ReSet2000.v3.0-PNC Remote.Worx.v3.0-PNC Timeclock.99.v4.42.Plus-PNC Compaq.Commerce.Court.Professional.v3.2-PNC Summit.Pro.2000-PNC Onmark.2000.Assess.v4.0-PNC PNC are in a grove of sorts, lack of store titles and commercial software is hurting their chances of really pulling in a great title, but they continue to get some decent web stuff out. Not quite as decent as PFT at times... Compaq Commerce Court is a so-so ecommerce site design package, not exactly a favorite of mine due to a poor interface (imo). Total: 6/10 ─ ▄▄ ── ▄▄▄ ─────────░──────────── ─── ── ─ ░▀ ▀█▄ ▀▀ ▀▌ ▀ ■ ▐▄ ■ ▄ ▀ ■ ▀ ▀ ▄▄▄ ▀ █ ▐█▌█ ▀ █▄▀▄ █▀█▄▀██ █ █▄▀▄ ▀▀ ▄▌ █▄▀▄ ▐█▌▄█▀▐█▌ ▐█▌▄ ▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▄ █ ▐▀▀▐█▌▄ ▀▓▓ ▀▓▓ ▀▓▓ ▄▀▓▓ ▀ ▓▀ ▀▓▄▀▓█ ▄▐▓▌ ▀▓▓ ▄ ── ▀ ─── ▀ ─ ▀▀ ── ▀ ▀ ──── ▀ ▀▀ ▄▀▀ ─░─ ▀▀ PREMiERE 1998 RELEASES WITH STYLE [xx/xx/98] ──────────────────────────────────────────── PREMIERE: Releases: CyberSpyder.Link.Test.v2.16-PREMiERE These guys are still alive? Wow! Total: 1/10 _______________ ____________ ____________ \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ _/ l/ / l/ / l/ / \______ / / / /____ / /| ======\________/\__________/[om]\________/== 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: 3D_Studio_MAX_R3_Full_Addons-DOD ATI_DVD_Player_v3.10_Win9x-DOD Character_Studio_for_3DS_MAX_R3_FINAL-DOD 3DS_MAX_R3_Win9xNT_REAL_FINAL-DOD Command_Antivirus_v4.57c1_for_Networks-DOD Command_Antivirus_v4.57c1_for_NTws-DOD Command_Antivirus_v4.57c1_for_Win9x-DOD Command_Antivirus_v4.57c1_for_Win31-DOD Last week it was Vet AV, this week it's Command AV... hurah! If you expected 3DSMAX 3 from XF or PWA, think again... DOD picks up the top release of the week after SGM releases something kind of fucked up... however DOD's release needed a fix as well, thoughtfully provided by Harvest. On top, the addon package is over 100 megs, a pain for analog users. Still, no one can deny the importance of this tool in the animation field. Keep in mind this program is a H-O-G on system resources, low-end systems don't have a prayer. Total: 8/10 _______________________________[xx/xx] \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS >> RELEASING WITHOUT PERMISSION << REBELS: Releases: NetTools_Sniffer_Pro_v3.0-RBS Shiva_Access_Manager_v4.5p1_Cracked-RBS BCL_Magellan_v4.1_for_Acrobat_4-RBS ABEL_PLD_DESIGNER_V7.0_LICENSED-RBS Graphics_Workshop_Pro_V2.0a_P11_Keymaker-RBS HotDocs.Professional.v5.1.RC3-RBS Swift_View_V4.2.4_Licensed-RBS SYNARIO_BOARD_DESIGNER_V4.11_LICENSED-RBS VANTIS_DESIGN_DIRECT_CPLD_V1.1_LICENSED-RBS HotDocs.v5.1.RC3-RBS Talking.NT.SQL.Online.Credit.Card.Module-RBS Mathematica.v4.0-RBS Mathematica.v4.0.DIZFIX-RBS NAT32.v6.4.5.Build.1066-RBS RBS finally gets a good titles in Mathematica 4, in a step away from obscure niche apps... they also put out the latest Release Candidate of HotDocs and HotDocs Pro. BCL's Magellan is a decent plugin for Acrobat from the makers of Freebird and Jade. Total: 7/10 _____ ____________ ____ __________ / __/_ ___/\_ \ ___\_/ __/\ ___\_ \ \ / _/ /_ /___ / \ ___ / \___/\_____/___\ ____/______/_____/pn \_/ VERSUS: Releases: JDESIGNER.PRO.V3.5.ENTEPRISE.EDITION-VERSUS Alexsys.Team.98.v6.0-VERSUS Two decent releases from VRS, who have been extremely quiet this month... hope to see more action out of them soon. Total: 3/10 ..._______________________.___ ____.____... ::/ _______/ ____/ | \/ | \:: _/\____ \/ /___/ | \ \: \ > \ \ \/ \ \ :\__________/\________/_________/|_____|___/ ::.. .:[ SCUM ]:. .:[SCUM]:. .:[SCUM]:. ..:: ```````````````````````````````````````````` SCUM: Releases: NoEsys.Plus.IDL.v.2.0-SCuM TurboCAD.Professional.v6.2.38.1-SCuM Silk.Test.v5.0-SCuM DataStage.Client.Server.v3.5r2-SCuM Solid.View.IGES.v3.31-SCuM Solid.View.RP.Master.v3.31-SCuM Solid.View.v3.31-SCuM Scum takes Solid View again this month,as well as Segue's Silk Test 5, and a minor build of IMSI's TurboCAD Pro, one of the weaker CAD packages out there (although it is aimed at a more mainstream userbase). Total: 7/10 Only one more byte to crack before... ____._____ ____ _____ _____ _ _____ __ ._____ :::_|_ / _ \/ _ \/ _ \__\_ \___| / ::/ __/_ / / / / / / _ / _ /: :/ / / / / / / / / / / / /:: :\_______\___/\____/\____/\______/________\:: : \\\\\\\ \\\\ \\\\\ \\\\\ \\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\ -----------------------------------------wk!- 2000AD: Releases: Deerfield.Relayfax.2.0.For.Windows9x-2000AD Deerfield.Relayfax.2.0.For.WindowsNT-2000AD ISS.Telephoney.Scanner.1.0.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD NewsGrabber.3.0.b1.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD Spector.2.0.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD Illuminatus.4.5.Final.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD SLICK.5.2.006.FOR.WINDOWS9X-NT-2000AD GETRIGHT.4.0.B3.FOR.WINDOWS9X-NT-2000AD Can't give 2KAD points for Illuminatus as their version was missing features, and aside from that there's no standout app this week... hope to see some quality out of them soon, otherwise... well read on later. Total: 4/10 _______________________ ____________ __\ _______/ ______/______/__ / \ __/ / / \/ / / /_______\ /______________\____ /________\ -------------------------------\/----------- (*) F a t i g u e - Couriers Network (*) ___________________________________________. ________________________________________wK!. FATIGUED COURIERS NETWORK: Releases: TITAN_ACCESS_DEVELOPER_JULY_99_VERSION-FCN TITAN_BTRIEVE_DEVELOPER_JULY_99_VERSION-FCN TITAN_SQLANYWHERE_DEVELOPER_JULY_99_VERSION-FCN LMD_TOOLS_v4.51-FCN Paradigm_Entertainment_VisKit_Font_System_v1.0-FCN Paradigm_Entertainment_Viskit_v1.2.6-FCN Report_Builder_v4.11_For_Delphi4-FCN Rubicon_v2.05_For_Delphi-FCN VisionTools_OCX_v1.0-FCN A bunch of releases to start the week, then after a few days the FCN camp went quiet. Lots of Delphi support, and some DB design apps as well, with Titan Developer. Total: 6/10 _____nnn_____ <$$$$$$$$$$$$$b »»»»»»»»»»»)$$ |$$$$$$$$$$$$$' |$$T```X$f''' |$$$ '$$$L |$$! '9$$$i. |$$ `'$$$$> r a d i u m »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» RADIUM: Releases: CD.Architect.v4.0f.july-Radium Cubase.VST.v3.70-Radium Cubase.VST.v3.70.addons-Radium Making.Waves.v1.95-Radium Quartz.DX.Plugin.Pack.1-Radium Quartz.DX.Plugin.Pack.2-Radium Quartz.DX.Plugin.Pack.3-Radium StageResearch.SFX.Pro.v5.40a-Radium Tsunami.Pro32.v1.4d-Radium Ultrafunk.Sonitus.FX.pack.v1.0-Radium Well since I continually have promised to do an indepth review of some RDM releases and haven't, I'll just say this... it will happen, when I get time and see some that catch my interest. CD Architect is actually one of those, but I've used it in the past and I'd rather check out some stuff I haven't tried before. Total: 6/10 ____________________________________________ __________/\________/\______/\_______/\ \ __ / __ / __ \ _____/ / /__/ / /__/ / /__/ /\___ \ / _____/ ____/ / ) /____/ /___\ \\________/_________/ -s8RO-- -the.\_____\.professionals-- - ____________________________________________ THE PROFESSIONALS: Releases: Artisoft.BizFax.v1.1.038.Retail-PROS After a decent start, PROS seems to be fading... one minor title... Total: 1/10 HARVEST: Releases: 54.UNRELEASED.REM.INFOGRAFICA.MAX.MODELS-HARVEST KINETIX.3DMAX.3.0.FIX-HARVEST PARADIGM.MULTIGEN.CREATOR.V.2.2.1-HARVEST DIGITAL.FUSION.POST.V2.52.UPDATE-HARVEST SISYPHUS.DRUID.V.1.0.FOR.3DSMAX2.x-HARVEST Harvest showed a lot of class in releasing a fix for DOD's 3DSMAX without a fuss or an ego trip... unlike certain other individuals ragging on DOD for the required fix... considering the amount of fixes required over in the games camp at times, I'd say we're pretty lucky, and on large apps that require so much testing... quit yer whining. Total: 6/10 New this week: N/A Idle this week: RiSE (RIP???) TRPS is gone from the list, at least until they show they can release some utils that aren't crap, minor versions, etc... 2KAD may follow... time to trim the fat, what can I say, I'm lazy and there's too many groups on the list! Next week I'll be a tad more in-depth, Blitz and those other punks were impatient this time 'round <g>. - Bud =----------------------------------=--------------------------------------= =---------[ Koka's Wacky Cracking Section ]----------= Here we go, I am gonna try to make the scene people pay a bit more more attention into the cracking scene, so here comes my report. I will be rating each group and it's releases, with a ranking of them all on the end of the report, based on my rating and the points I gave,. I am only going to report the top 10 cracking groups of the week, but if you (REALLY REALLY) want your group to be reviewed, bug me on irc and I will think about it :P If you have any suggestions, msg me on irc. Thanks :) Kudos to Sketch/THD for helping me out with my english. Thanx bro! Special Thanks to Bladey/DSi, for helping me with some stuff here. :) Week is based from 18/07 to 24/07. * - Keygens are highly rewarded for the pointing system. Groups: ╒════════════════════════════════════──────· │ ▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▄▀▀▀▄▄▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ │ █ ▀▀▀▀▄ █ ██ ▀ ▀▀▀█ ▀▀▀█ ▀▀▀▄ ▀▀▀▄ ▀▀▀▄ █ │ █ █▀▀▀█▄ █ ▀▀ █ ▄▀▀ ▄▀▀ █▀▀█ ▀▀▀▄ █ █ █ │ █ ██▄▄▄▀ ▀▄██ █▌█▄██ █▄██ █ ██ █ ██ ██▄▀ █ │ ▀▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▀ │ ····■■ d r e s s e d t o k i l l ■■···· ╘════════════════════════════════════──────· ·released: 00/00/00 Disk [xx/00]· ╘══════════════════════════════════════════╛ [- BLIZZARD -] .------------. Releases: 072499 MP3.List.Maker.3.2b.registered 01 072499 See.Mail.v3.5.win9xNT 01 072399 ESafe.Protect.v2.1.16.keygen.fix 01 072399 ConnectPal.Professional.v6.40.keygen.only 01 072399 Electrical.Calculations.v2.22.Cracked 01 072199 Mp3.CD.Maker.v1.12 (NUKED) 072099 AllerSoft.FloatSaver.v2.61.power.edition.reg (NUKED) 072099 Internet.Shop.Maker.v1.8.regged 03 071999 Search.Replace.v7.3.Cracked 01 071999 Autoinsult.v3.31.Cracked 01 071999 Urly.Bird.v1.09.incl.keygen 01 071899 Kyodai.Mahjongg.Real.v9.21.incl.Keygen 01 071899 WinRescue.95.v9.07.Regged 01 071899 Proxy.Checker.v1.02.win9xNT.registered 01 071899 CLR.Tabs.To.Spaces.v1.11.cracked 01 071899 Amazin.Spispopd.v1.4.Hamumu.Software.registered 01 16 releases, 2 nukes. BLZ slowing and slowing every week, probably gone to summer. Most regged releases, with not many keygens. From the list, I pick up WinRescue and Electrictal Calculator as their two best releases this week. Total: 08 Releases - Cracked/Regged 02 Releases - Included Keygen 01 Releases - Keygen Only 02 Releases - Nuked Points: 7.5/10 ._______/\__________/\_______/\___________. / _____\_ ___ \_____ \ _____/ / \ \ _\ / / /__ __\___ \____________/__________\___\____ \________/ +-ds-----------+ C.O.R.E..9.9 +- \_/ -------+ [- CORE -] .--------. Releases: 072499 Quick.Dialer.v3.02.Win9xNT.Keymaker.Only 01 072399 Trains.99.v1.6.Win9xNT.Incl.Keymaker 02 072399 NJStar.Communicator.v2.1.FIXED.Win9xNT.Keymaker.Only 01 072199 WinBowl.Tenpin.League.Manager.v1.8.4.Win9xNT.Regged 01 072199 Communicate.Pro.v2.0.886.Win9xNT.Incl.Keymaker 05 072199 Crossword.Construction.Kit.98.v3.1a.Win9xNT.Regged 01 072199 Word.Search.Construction.Kit.98.v3.0f.Win9xNT.Regged 01 072199 Macro.Express.99.v1.6i.Win9xNT.Keyfile.Regged 01 072199 ShortKeys.98.v1.6b.Win9xNT.Keyfile.Regged 01 072199 NT.Mail.v4.30a.With.JUCE.Virus.Scanner.WinNT.Keymaker 01 072099 MailAlert.v2.20.45.REPACK.Win9xNT.Keymaker.Only 01 071999 MailAlert.v2.20.45.Win9xNT.Incl.Keymaker 01 12 releases total, 0 nukes. CORE still putting out their keygens, with the majority of the releases being keygens. I pick up ShortKeys and Macro Express as the best two releases. Come on guys, lets do a bit harder, we know you can :) Total: 05 Releases - Regged/Cracked 03 Releases - Included Keygen 04 Releases - Keygens Only 00 Releases - Nuked Points: 7.5/10 |_____,---\_|___|^'\____ _/|________ _____|\___|\____ | |\__ \___ _ || \____. ____|: __/, `\_ \Ex0 | | || |______/'| |_ |/ ||____ \\ || _ || |99.| | | | | | ,---\ | | | | | |_ |___| | \______|____|// `\ ,----'`---.__/___|___|-._ /'_____/| | :) Crystal file.id. \| Date [00/00/00] .. \/ Crystal| [- CRYSTAL -] .-----------. Releases: 072499 Taskmaster98.Pro.v1.6.3 06 072499 A2Z.Hangman.v3.20 01 072499 Let.Me.Type.v1.73.Keygen.Only 01 072399 Speaking.Calendar.v1.3.6 03 072399 URL.Starter.v1.00 05 072199 WindowShares.v1.1 02 072199 CompU.Lock.v3.25 04 072199 Code.Co-op.v2.1 01 072199 Simple.Loan.Calculator.v2.1.1 02 072099 Bitmap.Shrinker.1.02.Keygen.Only 01 072099 Smart.Text.Finder.v3.1 03 071999 Letter.Chase.Typing.Tutor.v3.5 02 071899 Complete.Cleanup.v4.15 01 071899 URL.Spider.Pro.v1.74 01 071899 GN.Midfmt.v1.0 01 071899 Pyrotech.Mediabuilder.v1.0.Keygen.Only 01 071899 GN.Know.v1.01 01 071899 Descramble.Pal.v1.2 01 071899 Eyes.and.Ears.v1.4.8 02 19 releases, 0 nukes. Not an impressive week, and not many keygens as well, but they're still around showing some work. Smart text finder was a nice title. Not many news around them as well, except that their WHQ is back in full force. Total: 16 Releases - Regged/Cracked 00 Releases - Included Keygen 03 Releases - Keygens Only 00 Releases - Nuked Points: 8.0/10 ▀█████ ▓ █████ ▓ ▄▄▄▄ ▓ ▓▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ █████ ▄▓▄▄████████▀ █▀ ▄▓█▀▀▀▀▀ ▄█▓██▀ ▀▀█████ ███▌ ▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▄▄▄▄▄██ ▐█▓██▌ ▄▓ █████ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█████▓▄▄ ▀████ █████ ▀▀▀ ████ ▄██████ ▓ ▐█████▓██ ▐███ sQz▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ██████▌ ▀ █████████▌ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█▄▄▄▄ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▄▄▄▄▄▄█▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ [- DSI -] .-----------. Releases: 072499 Slow.Speed.CD.Transcriber.v1.18b 01 072499 Inet.Stat.v1.2.Incl.Keygen 01 072499 Personal.Listserver.v1.12 01 072499 Telmek_Heat_System_v1.0 (NUKED) 072399 Backup.Plus.v.5.3.Win9xNT 01 072399 Visual.Methodos.v.1.1 01 072299 OBasic97_v97.034 01 072299 Night.Vision.v2.01 01 072199 Pintar.VirtuaLab.Electricity.v.1.2 01 072199 Pintar.VirtuaLab.Electronics.v.1.0 01 072199 Pintar.VirtuaLab.Mechanics.v.1.0 01 072199 Pintar.VirtuaLab.Molecules.v.1.0 01 072199 The.Fast.PC.Linker.III.v3.59 01 072199 Create.Install.v3.38.read.nfo 01 072099 AbsoluteFTP.1.6 01 072099 Alot.Nanny.1.0.licences.only 01 072099 My.Math.Sheets.v1.5.incl.keygen 01 072099 Water.Wall.v.3.0.5 01 071999 Matcom.4.5.Final.for.Visual.C.PLUS.PLUS 01 071999 Matcom.4.5.Final.for.Borland.C.Plus.Plus 01 071999 CD.Spectrum.PRO.v3.5.3501.regged 01 071999 RadioSim.4.0 01 071999 AI.Picture.Utility.v3.5.22.incl.keygen 01 23 releases, 0 nuke. I gotta say Sorry to Bladey, because I couldnt do the report last week, and that was just when DSi released madly.. sorry. ;] Those Matcom stuff are great. They are worth 3000$.. We dont see those price ranges everyday on the cracking scene, eheheh.. Radiosim is a great title as well.. The news for them is that they recently picked up Sick, GenesisP and Xavier.. Also, HOG dropped them to pick up HLM.. and DSI got NF/RT, which are two good sites. Bladey and rase, keep the work going. Total: 18 Releases - Regged/Cracked 03 Releases - Included Keygen 00 Releases - Keygens Only 01 Releases - Nuked Points: 8.0/10 ______._____.___._( ).______._______.______. / __/ / / / __ / ___/_ __/ ( __) ( (__ \ ____)____ ) __) \ \ \ \ \ \ / \ \_____\_____\_____\___\_____\______/_______\ /srT8/ . ..E.C.L.i.P.S.E.. . [- ECLIPSE -] .-----------. Releases: 071999 AI.Picture.Utility.v3.5.22.incl.keygen 01 072499 Synapsa.VisiTrax.v1.23.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen 01 072499 Gallery.Maker.v1.0.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only 01 072499 Windows.Security.Officer.v3.7.4.1.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen 01 072499 Lingua.v2.0.Win9xNT.REGGED 01 072399 COMplete.v2.7.Win9xNT.REGGED 04 072399 Teach2000.v2000.2.Win9xNT.REGGED 01 072399 Screen.Lock.v5.6.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only 01 072399 Page.Porthole.32-bit.1.0.Cracked 01 072399 EasyCom.v2.10.Win9xNT.Cracked 01 072299 Polysoft.Cryptedit.v2.12.SR2.Win9XNT.Incl.KeyGen 01 072199 Polysoft.Cryptedit.v2.12.SR2.Win9XNT.Incl.KeyGen 01 072199 KClock.v1.0.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen 01 072199 Horse.Racing.v2.5.Win9xNT.REGGED 01 072199 Synapsa.VisiTrax.v1.22.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen 01 072199 EuroPlus.v1.0.1.Win9xNT.REGGED 01 072199 NewsPro.v1.7.0.5.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only 01 072199 WeatherXpress.v1.8.9.Win9xNT.REGGED 04 072199 Familar.v1.2D.Win9xNT.CRACKED 01 072099 Hiled.v2.1.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only 01 072099 Logmine.v1.0.r18.Win9xNT.REGGED 01 20 releases, 0 nukes. With lots of keygens, They are still releasing well, but not as madly as on the past weeks. Though the group seems to be getting established and organizated right now. Recently, Flu[X] (Former CORE/TNO and DNG)joined them, and i believe it will improve their team a lot. Screenlock and Europlus are their two best titles. Total: 10 Releases - Regged/Cracked 07 Releases - Included Keygen 04 Releases - Keygens Only 00 Releases - Nuked Points: 8.5/10 ▄▄▄▄▄█▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ ▄▄▄▄▄█▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ ▄▄█▀▀▀ ▄▄▄▄▄▓▓▓██ ▀▀▀█▄▄█▀▀▀ ▄▄▄▄▄▓▓▓██ █ █ ▄▄▓███▀▀ ▄▓▓██▌▐██ ██ ▄▄████▀▀ ▓▓██▌ █ █▄ ▓▓██▌░ ▐▓▓███ ▓█▌ ░ ▓▓██ ░ ░▐▓▓██ ▐▌ ▐▌▐▓▓██▄▄▄ ▄▄██ ▀▀██▌░ ▓▓██▌ █ █ ▓▓██ ░ ▐▓▓█▌ ▓▓███▌▐██ ░▐▓▓██ ▐▌ ▐▌▐▓██▌ ░ ░ ▓▓██ ░░▐▓▓███ ▀█▌ ▓▓██▌ █ █ ▓▓██ ▐▓██▌ ▄▄████▀▀ ██ ▄▄▄▄▄▄█ █▄▄▄▄▄▄██ ▓▓███▀▀▀▀▀ ▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄█ rb! █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▀▀▀▀▀ (00/00/00) F A L L E N ' 9 9 [- FALLEN -] .-----------. Releases: 072399 WinChime.v2.5.Win9xNT.Incl.Keymaker (NUKED) 072499 AfterHours.v2.01.Win9xNT.Incl.Keymaker 01 072299 Bootmanager.Bootstar.v5.02.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen 01 072499 Chart.Your.Speedwork.v1.02.Win9xNT.Incl.Keymaker 01 072499 HRM.Analyzer.v1.0.Win9xNT.Incl.Keymaker 01 072299 Infotree32.v3.5.5.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen 01 072299 Infotree32.XT.v1.4.Win9XNT.Incl.Keygen 02 072399 MouSing.v2.3.Win9xNT.Keymaker.Only 01 072499 My.Biorhythms.1.0.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only 01 072399 PCL.WinPaper.v1.4c.Win9xNT.Incl.Keymaker 01 072399 RecAll.PRO.v1.1.Win9xNT.Keymaker.Only 01 072499 Reclip.2000.v2.0.Regged 01 072299 Screen.Lock.v5.6.Win9xNT.Regged 01 072399 ShortCut.v5.0.Win9xNT.Incl.Keymaker 01 072399 TelSrv.v1.5.Win9xNT.Regged 01 072499 The.Training.Diary.v3.02.Win9xNT.Incl.Keymaker 03 072499 The.Triathlon.Diary.v3.02.Win9xNT.Incl.Keymaker 03 072399 VCRadio.v1.2a.Win9xNT.Keymaker.Only 01 072399 WaveSong.v2.4.Win9xNT.Keymaker.Only 01 072399 WeatherXpress.v1.8.9.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only 01 20 releases, no nukes. 80% being keygens.. That was nice, the nicest week of Fallen I would say. Lets keep that up, guys.. I Stick with InfoTree, VCRadio, and WaveSong as their best titles. Bad news is that FLN might slow down a bit from now on since Slask isnt home anymore. Total: 03 Releases - Regged/Cracked 10 Releases - Included Keygen 06 Releases - Keygens Only 01 Releases - Nuked Points: 9.0/10 [- HARLEM -] .-----------. Releases: 072399 WeatherXpress.v1.8.9.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only 01 072499 MailBell.v1.12.Cracked (NUKED) 072499 Zymotic.Pong.v2.0.incl.Keygen 01 072399 TalkMail.Messaging.Server.v3.5.01.Cracked 05 072399 SierraChart.v3.12.Cracked 01 072399 LetMeType.v1.73.Cracked 01 072299 DiskVision.v1.1.Cracked 01 072299 DameWare.Active.Component.Pack.8.v1.0.1.8.incl.Keymaker 01 072299 DameWare.Active.Component.Pack.5.v1.0.1.8.incl.Keymaker 01 072299 DameWare.Active.Component.Pack.7.v1.0.1.8.incl.Keymaker 01 072299 DameWare.Active.Component.Pack.6.v1.0.1.8.incl.Keymaker 01 072299 DameWare.Active.Component.Pack.4.v1.0.1.8.incl.Keymaker 01 072299 DameWare.Active.Component.Pack.2.v1.0.1.8.incl.Keymaker 01 072299 Dialog-Medien.ACM.ActiveX.v1.3.Regged 01 072299 Dialog-Medien.ACD.Write.activeX.v1.1.Regged 01 072199 AON.v7.81.Cracked 01 072199 Pagoo.v4.2.Cracked 01 072199 ShowDep.v3.0.Cracked 01 072199 123.Passwords.98.v.1.0.cracked 01 072099 PhotoActive.FX.II.v1.0 16 072099 PhotoActive.FX.I.v1.2 16 072099 Plus.Pack.95.98.v1.0 09 072099 G-tune.v1.2.Cracked 01 072099 Sweep.Tree.v1.0.Cracked 01 072099 Dialog.Medien.ACD.ActiveX.v1.31.Regged 01 071999 Pentano.v1.0.Regged 01 071999 JPEG.Wizard.v1.2.Regged 02 071999 Webpage.Creator.For.Dummies.v1.15.1.Cracked 01 071999 WebSpeak.v1.0.2.REGGED.REPACK 02 071999 DiskState.v.1.14c.Cracked 01 071999 NetMailshar.v2.5.Cracked 01 071999 Hesperus.v1.4.Cracked 02 071899 DiskLock.v2.0.Cracked 01 071899 UniCompare.v1.0.Cracked 01 071899 Going.Postal.v1.0.Cracked 01 071899 Genius.v2.7.Cracked 01 071899 AnswerChase.v1.2.Regged 03 36 releases, 01 nukes. Some keygens, but not the majority. Though HLM is having their best days i believe. 36 releases is more than 5 releases per day, which is considered a lot, even on cracking groups. They recently picked Darkie, former DARKSTAR, and the site HOG as their new WHQ. Keep the job up with HLM, senator.. From their releases, I Suggest WebSpeak and G-Tune. They're good stuff. Total: 28 Releases - Regged/Cracked 07 Releases - Included Keygen 00 Releases - Keygens Only 01 Releases - Nuked Points: 9.0/10 ___ _ __________ ____________ ____ _____ ___ \__\\_\_______ \__ _ ______/___ \_ __//__/ ;;;;;;; / \/ \\ ____/ / \\ mg/SAC -)--- _/ / \_ \_/ -/ \_ --(- ;;;;; \____/_ _ _//_ /______ _ _// ;;;; [00/00/00]/________/==\/====/________//[MFD] =[X]==][= MANiFEST DESTiNY RELEASE =][==[X]= [- MFD -] .-----------. Releases: 072399 SmartStart.2.0.b1 01 072299 PC.Remote.v1.0 01 072299 More.Space.99.v3.0d 01 072299 Jet.Color.v1.20 01 072199 Pfafinder.v1.5 01 072199 Visible.Advantage.v7.2.105 05 072199 Help.Magician.Pro.v4.51.029 03 072099 Visible.Advantage.v7.2.109 01 072099 Help.Magician.Pro.v4.51.029 01 072099 WebTrends.Security.Analyzer.v2.1b.8101 08 072099 Cotton.Calander.v1.0 01 072099 Super.Text.Search.2.1 01 072099 FontLook.v3.4 01 072099 Directory.Snoop.v3.0 01 072099 Directory.Compare.v1.3 01 071999 Ability.Office98.v1.0.37 12 071999 Mastak.Bookmarker.v1.1.27 01 071999 Impact.Fax.On.Demand.And.From.The.Web.Multiport.v3.70 10 071999 Comm-DRV.LIB.v17.0 01 071999 Zip-n-Send.v1.1.Incl.Keygen 01 071999 PhotoGIF.v1.0 01 071999 Virtual.Vault.v1.0 01 071899 Human.Resource.Suite.v6.0 08 071899 UNRAVEL.2000.For.C.And.C.Plus.Plus.v2.1.37 10 071899 Vivatexte.Multipage.Browser.SDK.v2.1 01 071899 Small.Office.Scan.Tools.v1.20 16 071899 Art-Copy.v5.20 05 071899 DrDOC.v1.02 01 071899 WebAndSee.v1.10 01 071899 HappyIcon.v1.04 01 071899 Proxy.Checker.v1.02 (NUKED) 071899 Chord.Wizard.v1.5a 01 071899 Meta.Builder.v4.1.0 01 071899 TextBridge.Pro.Business.Edition.v9.04 18 34 releases, 1 nuke. Only one keygen, and a bunch of utils, besides the normal cracking. Lots of good titles though, like Ability Office98, Unravel 2000, etc.. Bad news is that Jog recently left for Dsi. Total: 32 Releases - Regged/Cracked 01 Releases - Included Keygen 00 Releases - Keygens Only 01 Releases - Nuked Points: 8.5/10 [- PHASE -] .-----------. Releases: 072499 Lingua.v2.0.Win9xNT.Keymaker.Only 01 072399 Firehand.Ember.Pro.v3.9.5.Win9x.NT.Cracked 01 072399 LFNit.v3.3.Win9x.NT.Cracked 01 072299 Stickies.v3.2.Win9x.NT.Incl.Keygen 01 072099 PINGnPAGE.v1.1.Win9x.NT.Regged 01 072099 Tweaki.for.Power.Users.v2.2.Win9x.NT.Incl.Keygen 01 071999 SecondU.v1.06.Win9x.NT.Regged 01 071899 Internet.Anywhere.Mail.Server.v2.3.1.Win9x.NT.Cracked (NUKED) NEW Group in report, phase didnt have a very good week. Only 3 keygens and 8 releases with one nuke :[.. Firehand is a very popular release, Lets hope they will improve a bit next week. Total: 04 Releases - Regged/Cracked 02 Releases - Included Keygen 01 Releases - Keygens Only 01 Releases - Nuked Points: 6.5/10 [- PROPHECY -] .-----------. Releases: 072499 ScholarSoft.Pack.It.v1.3.Official.Release.Incl.Keymaker 01 072499 ScholarSoft.Biblio2.v1.3.Official.Release.Incl.Keymaker 02 072499 CFA.Installer32.v3.34.Keymaker.Only 01 072499 ScholarSoft.Flash.v1.3.Official.Release.Incl.Keymaker 01 072499 ScholarSoft.ScholarSuite.2000.v1.3.Keymaker.Only 01 072499 Laser.Trace.v2.91.Keymaker.Only 01 072399 UK.Speaking.Clock.v4.2.0.Keymaker.Only 01 072399 Cyber-Info.Webmail.Notify.v3.2a.Keymaker.Only 01 072399 FunMemo.v1.2.Keymaker.Only 01 072299 Cyber-Info.Webmail.Notify.v3.2.Keymaker.Only 01 072299 Multi.Clipboard.v9.08.01.Keymaker.Only 01 072299 32Bit.FTP.v9.08.01.Keymaker.Only 01 072299 MetaMaximizer.v2.0.Keymaker.Only 01 072299 OVAL.Notes.v1.4.Keymaker.Only 01 072299 Alot.Nanny.v1.0.Keymaker.Only 01 072199 Cyber-Info.Webmail.Notify.v3.1.Keymaker.Only 01 072199 CFA.Installer32.v3.32.Keymaker.Only 01 072099 BestFTP.Explorer.v2000.0.incl.Serial (NUKED) 072099 CPUCool.v2.2.8.Keymaker.Only 01 071999 Schedule.v3.2.13c.Keymaker.Only 01 071899 Thesaurus.Magic.v3.0.1.Incl.Keymaker 01 071899 YTS.Words.Suite.v3.0.1.Incl.Keymaker 05 071899 Spell.Magic.v3.0.1.Incl.Keymaker 01 071899 SunRav.TestOffice.v1.10.Keymaker.Only 01 Another addition this week, the group specialized in keygens.. They did 23 keygens!! Thats very good! Probably one of the top groups of the moment. Keep up the good work guys. For the titles, I pick up Those ScholarSoft ones. Total: 00 Releases - Regged/Cracked 06 Releases - Included Keygen 17 Releases - Keygens Only 01 Releases - Nuked Points: 9.0/10 [- ORION -] .------------. Releases: 071899 AnswerChase.v1.2.Regged 03 072499 Top.Dog.v5.2.0.2816.Win9xNT 01 072399 Zoom.tools.16bit.v1.3 (NUKED) 072399 FreeON.v4.23.Win9xNT 01 072399 AI.Picture.Explorer.v2.6.54.Win9xNT 01 072299 FreeON.v4.23.Win9xNT (NUKED) 072299 DLL.Explorer.v2.2.1.Win9xNT 01 072199 Penny.Pincher.v2.0.Win9xNT 01 072099 WinVrs.v3.20.4 08 072099 FreeON.v4.21.Win9xNT 01 071999 Musician.Cd.Player.v1.67 01 071899 Serpik.Graphs.Graphing.v1.21 01 Not a very good week from Orion, but they are still there. Musician CD Player and WinVRS are the best from their releases. The group seems to be idling a bit, but we understand, it's summer. :P Their recently lost their WCHQ which went down for good, and Sixbones has joined their team. Total: 09 Releases - Regged/Cracked 00 Releases - Included Keygen 00 Releases - Keygens Only 02 Releases - Nuked Points: 6.0/10 -+-[.x.] Pirates Gone Crazy [.x.]-+- | (00.00.00) -/\- (xx/00) | : _______/\___________________ : . \___ \\ // // . sL / - \ ___// |_____/_ . // \____/ | \\ | // . : // \\ | \\ / : | /_______\__________\ ____/abs | : \/ : -+-[.x.] Keep it kicking!!! [.x.]-+- : : [- PGC -] .-----------. Releases: 072399 Audio.Tools.v2.5.Keygen.Only 01 072399 BMP.To.Ico.v3.1.1.Incl.Keygen 01 072399 CHAIN.LINK.v1.2.3.Incl.Keygen 01 072399 Ultra.Lott.v5.2.Cracked 01 072399 Audiotools.v2.5.Cracked 01 072399 ICO.EDIT.v1.51.Incl.Keygen 01 072299 Time.On.Line.v3.6.1.Incl.Keygen 01 072199 Image.Eye.v4.1.CRACKED 01 072199 Pentango.v1.1.Keygen.Only 01 072099 Anti-Bo.v1.5b.Incl.Keygen (NUKED) 072099 JPEG.Wizard.v1.2.Incl.KeygenPatch 01 071999 Desktop.Forecast.v1.23.Regged 01 071999 Visual.Database.Designer.v1.0.Cracked 01 071999 ABix.v3.01.Regged 01 071999 Dameware.Ping.1.4.1.8.Incl.KeyFile 01 071999 Dameware.NTFS.Security.v1.5.0.8.Cracked 01 071899 XReminder.Pro.v2.6.Cracked 01 071899 WinSafe.98.v2.7.01.REGGED 01 18 releases, 1 nuke. The Group still doing pretty well, but arent they into keygens anymore? :\ They still got 7 though.. WinSafe and AudioTools are good stuff. They also lost their WCHQ (the site used to dual with ORN (!!!!)), which went down for good. Keep the group going, Lith2 :] Total: 10 Releases - Regged/Cracked 05 Releases - Included Keygen 02 Releases - Keygens Only 01 Releases - Nuked Points: 8.0/10 ┌<A!B>── ░ ─── ▄ ─────── ░ ─────[00/00]┐ ■▀██▓▀███▓▀██▓▀██▓▄ ▄▓█▓ ▀▓██▓▀███▓▀ │ │ ▀░ ███▓ █░ ███▀▓▄ ███▓ ███▓ ███▓ │ │ ░███▓ ░███ █████▓ ░███▓ ███▓ │ ▄▓███▓▄ ▄▓███▓▄ ▀▓██▓▄▓███▓▄▓██▓▄ │ └────────────────────── ▀▓ ────────────┘ [- TNO -] .-----------. Releases: 072499 Speak.Lite.v1.0.15.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only 01 072399 Talisman.v1.3b.Full.Install.READ.NFO.Win9xNT.incl.Keygen 01 072399 CyberMatrix.Meeting.Manager.v1.43.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only 01 072199 WindowBlinds.v0.96.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only 01 072199 FastStats.v2.65.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only 01 072199 Simple.DNS.Plus.v1.04.03.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only 01 072199 CamSnap.v6.3.0.1.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen 01 072199 AbsoluteFTP.v1.6.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only 01 071899 Hotline.Server.v1.5.5r3.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only 01 071899 BBFinder.v3.10.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen 01 071899 Find.It.Now.v1.28.Win9xNT.Keygen.Only 01 071899 NetTalk.v2.31.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen 01 071899 FinePrint.v3.60.Enterprise.Edition.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen 01 071899 Briefcase.Plus.v1.2.02.Win9xNT.Incl.Keygen.Read.NFO 01 071899 FinePrint.v3.60.WinNT.Incl.Keygen 01 071899 FinePrint.v3.60.Win9x.Incl.Keygen 01 16 releases, 0 nukes. All of them being keygens.. Thats Nice! They released a new BriefCase, and it seems that the CiA rls of some time ago was fake. FastStats and CamSnap are also good releases. Total: 00 Releases - Regged/Cracked 08 Releases - Included Keygen 08 Releases - Keygens Only 00 Releases - Nuked Points: 8.5/10 @X0B @X0C────────────| <Quantico> |────────────── @X09 ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ @X09 ███ ███ ███ ███▄▄▄ @X09 ███▄ ███ ███▄ ███ @X09 ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ @X0E───────────────────────────────────────── @X0B u N I T E D c R ’ C K I N G f O R C E @X0E[wIN95/98/NT]─────────────────[jUNE 1999] [- UCF -] .-----------. Releases: 072199 4DiskClean.V1.3.KEYGEN_ONLY 01 072099 File.Compare.ALL.VERSiON.KEYGEN 01 072099 SnagIt.32.V4.3.4.INCL.KEYGEN 01 072099 Debugger.Pro.V1.0.KEYGEN 01 4 releases, 0 nuke. Yeah UCF back active. Er, not that Active. :\ SnagIt was their best title.. But if you are cracker check this keygen for Debugger Pro, it's well-done. Lets hope they can do better next week and not idle like they did this one. :] Total: 00 Releases - Regged/Cracked 01 Releases - Included Keygen 03 Releases - Keygens Only 00 Releases - Nuked Points: 05/10 [- WEEKLY RANKING -] .--------------------. 1. PROPHECY 9.0 2. FALLEN 9.0 3. HARLEM 9.0 4. ECLIPSE 8.5 5. TNO 8.5 6. MFD 8.5 7. DSI 8.0 8. PGC 8.0 9. CRYSTAL 8.0 10. BLIZZARD 7.5 11. CORE 7.5 12. PHASE 6.5 13. ORION 6.0 14. UCF 5.0 NEW this week: PHASE & PROPHECY IDLE this week: None This week goes to PROPHECY! Yeah, Fallen and Harlem also had the same points quantity, though Prophecy owned by having the more quantity of keygens (23!), which gives them more Points.. Lets hope the competition will stay like this, and I will see you again next week. Bye! -/- Koka =----------------------------------=-------------------------------------= =---------[ 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: CAM - A cam is usually a handheld camera snuck into a full theatre. The base is shaky, the audio is poor, you can hear people laughing and talking. A cam is distinguishable by usually having a combination of all three or more of these flaws. Most sites nuke cams for their general poor quality. Workprint - An early release of a movie. These are usually stolen or leaked copies of movies that have made their way onto VCD from VHS or a variety of other sources. These will usually contain running time codes as well as other identifying marks used in movie production. The quality on these can vary from bad to very good depending on the quality of the source material used to encode the VCD. Note: This category is also used for very bad screeners or copies of movies that just didn't fit into any of the other categories due to defects or problems with the quality of the VCD's audio/video image. Telesync - Basically a very good Cam. A steady base such as a tripod is used, the theatre is empty or very close to empty, and the audio and video are up to par. Although, you can usually detect some flaw with a TS. You may see a random head pop up, the screen edges are noticable, or the audio isn't always crystal clear. While not perfect, the quality in general of a telesync ranges from good to very good and is usually the first type of VCD made of a new movie. Screeners - These are the top quality VCDs. They can be in either widescreen (letterbox) or in full-screen (pan and scan) with excellent audio and video. These are made from video distributors demo tapes, reviewers copies, insider copies of the film or from any number of sources. Most screeners will contain "1-800-NO-COPIES" or "Property of.." messages somewhere in the film, but it's not a requirement to fit into the screener category. These most closely resemble a VHS or LaserDisc copy of the movie. They're easily identifiable by their top quality. =----------------------------------=-------------------------------------= Ryche's Really Biased VCD Group Report #18 We're back hippies! The NWR staff finally got off its ass and put out an issue and I'm right there with them with my Woodstock edition of the VCD Group report. Burn, baby. Burn. The report will be a little thin lately, with the VCD pack thinning out and VCD-Europe and EViLISO doing the majority of the releases. Guess the other groups just either didn't survive, couldn't keep up, or basically sucked the big one to begin with. Ce'st la vie. In case your a new reader, we don't list DVD-Rips or the crap Cams because they're nuked to eliminate thier distribution. Why? Well.. that's a good question. And I'm here with the answers. A DVD-Rip is a sneaky dupe of a screener released after the movie has already reached commercial distribution on VHS/DVD. DVD is MPEG2, VCD is MPEG1. When you encode a DVD to VCD format, you are just making a screener that has already been released. Screeners are originally sourced from VHS, Laserdisc, and even DVD anyway. Just because it says DVD-RIP doesn't mean superior quality. Most of the groups doing DVD-Rips are using shit capture cards they bought for under $400 dollars and your letting this crap stay on your sites. I pity stupid siteops and nukers. Cams, not to much to say there. Bad audio, Bad sound, nuke 'em. Thank you and drive thru. Releases for the week of July 20, 1999 to July 26, 1999 072199 - Cookie's Fortune - Screener - VCD-Europe [NUKED] -072199 - Luminous Vision - Screener - DVNVCD 072199 - Playing By Heart - Screener EViLISO 072299 - My Favorite Martain - Telesync - VCD-Europe 072399 - Muppets From Space - Telesync - EViLISO 072499 - Eyes Wide Shut - Telesync - VCD-Europe 072499 - EdTV No Subtitles - Screener - EViLISO 072599 - Lady of the Lake - Screener - EViLISO 072699 - Analyze This No Subtitles - Screener - TWCiSO Special Mention: 072499 - Woodstock.99.KORN.ROCKS-DVNVCD VCD-Europe The europeans are doing well lately. Thier release output has increased and so have thier egos. I guess it just comes with the territory. Cookie's Fortune, has Liv Tyler, that's a plus. Got good reviews, uh huh. It's comedy/mystery about a crime that happens (or didn't happen) in a small town with interesting characters. Robert Altman directed. My Favorite Martian is my candidate for one of the worst movies of the year. Eyes Wide Shut was the hottest title of the week, but in my opinion it's a HORRIBLE movie. Sure it's got naked chicks, and a little Nicole Kidman flesh, but the movie drags and the story is boring. One thing a few people have pointed out to me about the Telesync though, is that they claim there are missing minutes. Lelee Sheboski is nowhere to be seen (chick who looks like the young Mad About You chick) and that the total running time for the movie is supposed to be 153 minutes for the US version which would not fit on 2 CD's no matter how hard you tried. I haven't seen the theatrical version so I cant confim WHICH scenes are missing but the VCD is not complete apparently. Total Points - 3.5 Points EViLISO Playing By Heart is a movie about romance and these people in Los Angeles who are all connected in some way. Has Angelina Jolie (the Hackers chick) though. Muppets From Space, is full of so much sexual imagery that it should've been rated NC-17. I was shocked and appaled to see all those hand puppets only half dressed. Ms. Piggy is a hottie by the way. EdTV, this time without subtitles. Thank god. WTF is Lady of the Lake? I've been asked this a million times. It's a cheap horror movie put out by Fangoria magazine about a guy who inherits a house with a lake haunted by a gypsy chick. If it weren't for My Favorite Martian, this would've been the worst movie of the weeek. Total Points - 4 Points DVNVCD No, these aren't the Deviance people. They're the VCD arm of Divine and they specialize in crap. Luminous Visions is an animated movie, and it's on video. Go rent it for a dollar if you want to see it. They did HOWEVER, release the one thing that may have garnered them a little of respect, even if most sites did nuke it for being a music video. The Korn performance from Woodstock was just about the main highlight (besides MTV running scared when people tried to set them on fire) of the entire weekend. Grab it if you can find it. Total - 1 Point TWCiSO This group seems to be trying to break into the real VCD scene, but just isn't going to make it releasing the stuff that they do. After the Midsummer Night's Dream fiasco last week (they released the old version), they've gone about hopefully fixing the mistakes that have been made. The Analyze This with no subtitles is a good release, but I find it very hard to take it seriously from a group who has released about 90% of thier releases with subtitles. Total - 1 Point Total points tallied (even though the majority of the quality of movies is questionable) and EViLISO edges out VCD-Europe simply because of the one extra release. If I was a member of the leech scene, I'd probably go for the Eyes Wide Shut to see some sex action, the Muppets From Space because Fozzie and Gonzo remind me of Ndetroit and Lester, and definitely the Korn so I can mosh around the apartment and break shit. Peace and Love, man. Burn in Hell, bitch! - Ryche - =----------------------------------=-------------------------------------= NWR Movie Sneak Preview Volume 1 Occasionaly (not very often, feds stay away) we get the chance to read the script, or see a new movie coming out that hasn't been released yet. This week, we present to you to the first edition of the NWR Sneak Preview. WARNING: While trying not to give away the ending or any surprise elements, it is sometimes necessary to reveal things about the movie while describing it. If you don't want to know anything more than what the trailer shows you, don't continue to read. Fight Club Starring: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, MeatLoaf (the singer, not the food) Directed by: David Fincher US Theatrical Release Date: October 19, 1999 This week, the postman brought around the script for Fight Club which is based on the book (thing with paper, you read) by Chuck Palanhiuk. I've seen the preview trailer where they stand around and say "The first rule of Fight Club is, you don't talk about Fight Club" and it looks like it's a some Street Fighter clone with good actors. It's not. It is something amazingly, wonderfully, much much more. The main character is Jack, an accident investigator who analyzes his boring, mundane life and all the things around it, and suffers from incurable insomnia. Jack finds that he can let go and relieve his stress by going to strange support groups and watching how much pain and suffering other people are going through. This makes him feel better about himself. Along the way, Jack meets Tyler Durden, played by Brad Pitt. At first he seems like a modern day philospher who befriends Jack with his strange wisdom. Well, Jack's condo blows up suddenly and now he has nowhere to go, so he asks to move in with Tyler, who lives in an abadonned house. While they're out d drinking, they fight, and they enjoy it. Soon, fighting becomes a club, with Tyler Durden running the show. Fight Club becomes a phenomenon, with everyday working people gathering to fight at night in dark places unkown to the rest of the world. Jack, who was just a regular boring person, now feels alive and in control. Everyone around the city joins fight club. Bankers, waiters, average everyday people start showing up with mysterious bruises, broken noses and the like. They beat the SHIT out of each other. Tyler becomes a hero and a leader to these people. They do anything he says. The problem? Tyler is crazy. He wants to bring down society and start again with people getting back to thier caveman instincts, living off the land, and doing away with our commerical lives. His followers from Fight Club start a secret society and start on thier reign of terror and mischief to destroy everyday society. If the movie is shot exactly like the script is, your going to see something sort of like A Clockwork Orange. There are alot of scenes where crazy shit happens and you see how the madness starts and how much control Tyler has over Jack (and everyone else) who realizes he is in way too deep and no way to stop it. The main love interest is Marla who is a crazy chick that we meet at the support groups who does the same thing Jack does. She just goes to see other people suffering. She's fucked up, insane and she gets involved with Tyler in a crazy psycho-sexual relationship that drives Jack nuts. The ending I CANNOT give away because it isn't your average Jack vs. Tyler, winner gets the girl ending. It's not like that. It is a SHOCKER! Tyler has an army of insane followers who blow up things and are about to blow up buildings all around the country, Jack, in the throws of madness, learns that Tyler isn't who or what we thought he was, and the entire movie shifts into overdrive. With Edward Norton (The skinhead in American History X) and Brad Pitt playing Tyler this movie is a definite winner (I hope). It is being directed by David Fincher who did Seven. Brad Pitt has already shown us he can play the crazy in 12 Monkeys, so I'm sure this performance will rival that. I wish I could just give away what happens, but I've already told you too much. Go see this when it comes out if you like excitement, action, crazy people and a shocking ending. =----------------------------------=-------------------------------------= The first issue without either Lester or Ndetroit comes to a close. Ndetroit, Don't be mad, I tried to call you 45 times this week =(. 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, acidapple, and all the rest of you that we love... Find us on IRC in #nwr, (channel commands: !nwr, !nwr 23 or whatever issue you want. www.netmonkey.org Support NWR and email your weektops to: [email protected] Thank you! take care.. peace. -ndetroit + lester. NWR 7/27/99
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