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1998 October 1

Origin talk about the SPA and the disk limit prior to the SPA split. They also happen to rag out fellow SPA member, Paradigm who ironically they would later merge with to create Myth PC.
  • Text / NFO file or scene release
  • Cypher, writer credits
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Protection : FFC Level │ │ │ │ Requirements: W9x, Pentium½ 133, 16Mb RAM, and DIRECT-seX 5.x. │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ■ RELEASE INFORMATION ■ │ ├─────═══════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │ │ OI UPDATE <<< NEW: │ │ Before we go into the game notes, remember to read the SCENE NOTES after │ │ as this explains all the confusion on DISC limits ;) │ │ │ │ Game Notes: │ │ In the World of Tonantzin an epidemic is consuming the City of Calli, one │ │ of the two main cities of the planet. The authorities have decided that │ │ the only hope for the city is to use the magic powers of the green pearl. │ │ Nobody remembers the origins of the green pearl, but its beneficial powers │ │ have been known for many centuries. │ │ In order to bring the pearl quickly to Calli, an expedition is organized │ │ to be lead by Captain Lamat, a man of great experience and strength. Due │ │ to the danger of this mission, for the land to be chartered is unknown, │ │ four people are carefully chosen for their special abilities to crew │ │ Captain Lamat's ship the Nautiflyius. │ │ On its way to Calli, the Nautiflyius is pulled down by a strange force │ │ and crashes on the top of a tower in an area known only as the Forbidden │ │ Zone. While most of the crew is left behind to repair the craft, the │ │ Captain appoints one member to explore the tower and find fuel for the │ │ craft. │ │ Where are they? Can they fix the craft and get on with their mission? │ │ And what are those strange noises coming from the tower? │ │ │ │ Game Features: │ │ ODT is a 3rd person perspective 3D action adventure. The player has the │ │ opportunity of choosing one of four different characters to play in the │ │ game. Each character has its own special abilities (weapon control, magic │ │ ability, physical strength, fighting experience) and thus will react to │ │ the challenges that face him/her differently. │ │ The tower to be explored has 8 levels each consisting of many sectors. │ │ Each level of the tower has its own ambience and dangers (weather effects, │ │ sounds, environment [water, machinery, vegetation], and enemies). │ │ Gameplay is a perfect combination of action, exploration and puzzle │ │ solving. High intensity action is assured with the option of hand-to │ │ hand combat, weapon power or magic spells. │ │ A manipulable environment makes the exploration realistic and involving. │ │ Limeys'R Us │ │ │ │ Ripped (not Raped): The Videos were given a BREAK. The foriegn files were │ │ sent to a FUSION of OBLIVION. │ │ │ │ Scene Notes: │ │ People lets be clear on one thing, SPA membership is comprised of the │ │ following groups: │ │ │ │ CLASS │ │ RAZOR │ │ PARADIGM │ │ ORIGIN │ │ REFLUX │ │ DIVINE │ │ HYBRID │ │ │ │ All of these groups are FULL members of the SPA and have EQUAL vote. │ │ Some of these groups are new groups that comprise OLD SCHOOL members like │ │ Origin for example. Where CYPHER and RAKIM have been around since BEFORE │ │ the Amiga days. Where as other groups like PARADIGM seem old but comprise │ │ newbies like ZEUS who has only ever been on PC. │ │ │ │ For the lamers out there the SPA has not, I repeat NOT had a FINAL vote │ │ on the DISC limit, thus the limit is still 75 and no greater. For those │ │ people who think different or wish to try and force a higher limit upon │ │ SPA members, guess what? No chance FUCKERS! Some people say who is SPA │ │ to say what the limits are? Why do we need order ??? Why do need limits ?? │ │ 90 is needed ??? │ │ Well SPA is made of the groups whos games you download time and time again.│ │ Game like this MAJOR title. If we have decided to set up a commmitie to │ │ discuss scene matters when we the groups make up the majority of pirate │ │ GAME releases, where that majority is +90% then you should at least │ │ repect our wishes as a UNITED SPA on these issues. We need order/rules │ │ of some kind in the scene to stop lameness. Lameness such as BETAS, RAPES, │ │ UNCRACKED games, BREAKS, DUPES, KIDDIEWARE and basiclly SHIT. Its about │ │ bringing quality to our scene so, that its worth while. After all why │ │ bother with pirate warez if its not worth it. Thus some sort of standards │ │ has been developed to avoid the CRAP. │ │ Disc limits are needed for various reasons. One of the biggest reasons is │ │ the fact that not everyone has fast lines. And people do not want to leech │ │ hundreds of megs to find out its a load of crap. Others would argue that │ │ if they do not have fast lines then they are lamers. Well there are two │ │ points that provbe this wrong. One is that if you have a fast link then │ │ you can leech the ISO anyway and warez should mean jack all to you anyway. │ │ The second is many elite people who contribute to the scene are still on │ │ 28.8k and have done more for the scene than your lamo site or trader group.│ │ But by far the biggest reason and never answered reason is how does one │ │ tell the difference between ISO and WAREZ? Where is the line drawn?. The │ │ answer is with a DISC limit. And to keep that limit as small as possible │ │ in order to greater distinguish the differences between WAREZ and ISO. │ │ The surggested 90 limit also seems to be another bone of contention. For │ │ the record the limit is still 75 DISCS of 1.44 MEG size and no larger. │ │ Should this be increased? Well this is still be discussed by the SPA. But │ │ the whole reason this came up was not actually becuase its XMAS and loads │ │ of sizable games are comming, but becuase of another issue. │ │ This issue was RAPES. A RAPE is where a game has been stripped down from │ │ the CD but yet not all of the game is their within the release to make it │ │ playable. For example a game with no sound or the game is missing the 3DFX │ │ or normal GFX files. One group was doing this and refused to believe its │ │ releases were RAPES. Even though they had more addons than a Lego set. │ │ Thus the discussion on the disc limit was raised and still argued about. │ │ Origin have yet to vote on the DISC limit as we would like a VOTE on RAPES │ │ with surggested all group agreement on what is a RAPE so, they can be │ │ banned and NUKED. Needless to say the group who started this all suddenly │ │ refused to accept thispoint of view and then tried to move onto DISC │ │ raising to escape the flak they received over RAPES. We don't mind this │ │ except that we kind of get the idea that this group would eventually │ │ start RAPING again even when the limit is 90. You see when you take away │ │ their RAPES, DUPES, UN-CRACKED, BETAS and BREAKS. This group does not have │ │ many good release like this one. The group that has caused all this shit │ │ is PARADIGM. I know that you maybe think that PDM stand for quality and in │ │ the past they used too. But they have let it slip and its slipped badly. │ │ │ │ The Rise and Fall of PARADIGM: │ │ PDM was started by newbies like Zeus, who before this group had never │ │ started or ran his own group, unless you count group ZEUS. But enough said │ │ about that lameness the better. PDM when they started, were out to be the │ │ most quality group on the scene. They even laid down some GREAT standards │ │ for others to follow. As we shall see they themselevs have failed to follow│ │ those same high standards.At the start PDM laid out 5 goals that they would│ │ archive and contine to follow. Whilst they did indeed archive these most │ │ noble standards as will be seen they failed to live upto them all the time.│ │ These texts are taken from an NFO on the PDM website: │ │ │ │ │ │ PDM GOALS: │ │ To help illustrate this point, here are the goals we intend to │ │ fulfill in our release process: │ │ 1.) No CD-RAPES │ │ ~~~~~~~~~~~ │ │ Some games are best left unripped and we don't intend on │ │ raping games just for the sake of a release. We feel that │ │ if a game can't be stripped down to an enjoyable version, │ │ its not worth releasing. │ │ NOTE: PDM's original primary goal is what they seem to break the most. │ │ F15 had no sound, MotorCross needed a level RAPED out as an addon │ │ by them. Ultimate Race Pro had how many addons ??? Might & Magic 6│ │ another blatent RAPE. And the list goes on. RAPING is what PDM │ │ do best and it also happens to be against their own original │ │ number 1 standard. │ │ │ │ 2.) No KIDDY games │ │ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ │ │ At Paradigm, we feel kiddy games should be best left to │ │ groups that specialize in those games, since they typically │ │ do not appeal to any real fans of the game scene. │ │ NOTE: To be fair to PDM I have not seen a kiddie game from them. │ │ │ │ 3.) No BUDGET titles │ │ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ │ │ You may be asking yourself why certain game release groups │ │ must resort to releasing below-standard, and sometimes │ │ just plain cheezy games. Many of these games can be found │ │ in the $10 game basket at your local CompUSA or OfficeDepot. │ │ We feel this problem stems from a serious lack of │ │ professionalism, and Paradigm will refrain from releasing │ │ those types of titles, and instead leave them for lesser │ │ groups to gobble up. │ │ NOTE: hmmm never seen a budget ware from PDM as well. │ │ │ │ 4.) No RE-releases │ │ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ │ │ If a game has been put out and its v1.0 or newer, that's │ │ a good indication that it's a final and working version. │ │ As we have stated before, we are not desperate for │ │ releases. We will always release final versions of games │ │ we get, and don't intend to "finalize" any release just │ │ because we are angry that we lost on the original release. │ │ NOTE: Just when you thought PDM were only breaking one of their own rule│ │ They ignore another. Two DUPES they have released that I know of │ │ are the infamous MACHINE HUNTER and PROJECT AIROS. Zeus claimed │ │ MACHINE HUNTER wasn't final in the NFO. Well it was, just badly │ │ cracked. He then claimed later that it was final but not cracked │ │ properly. Well then they should have done it as a fix and not a │ │ release. Also even if that was true, if you read above closely │ │ PDM state they will not finalise any other groups release anyway. │ │ So, you see Zeus is talking shit on that release anyway. PROJECT │ │ AIROS was of course proven to be another game and that was just │ │ its euro name. Mistakes happen they would say. But what about │ │ when you dupe on purpose becuase you feel like it? They would say │ │ they never do that. But they did! Ultra Violent Worlds was a DUPE │ │ of the DIVINE release. They even say so in the NFO: │ │ │ │ "While i was working DVN beat us but i still put it out - maybe you │ │ like it more on 2 disks instead of 18 :) - its the same game. " │ │ │ │ While 2 discs is nice, as the NFO says "its the same game." clearly │ │ breaking PDM's own standards. │ │ │ │ 5.) No NON-WORKING releases │ │ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ │ │ Unworking releases are the single most irritating thing │ │ people in the scene have to deal with. Allowing this to │ │ happen at a constant rate is a disgrace to the scene, and │ │ should not be tolerated by any major game release group │ │ out there. Many of the bad rips and botched cracks by the │ │ groups in the early days of the CD scene could at least be │ │ attributed to not having prior experience with this new │ │ media. But seeing this still happen on a regular basis by │ │ today's CD release groups can only be the product of sheer │ │ laziness and just not caring enough about the quality of │ │ a release. Paradigm intends to break this trend, and by │ │ doing so, guarantee a level of integrity to all of our │ │ releases, so that people out there don't have to be afraid │ │ of grabbing the latest and greatest release for fear that │ │ it won't work. │ │ NOTE: PDM used to be quite good at this in the past. Unfortnatly its │ │ all gone to shit recently. V2000 SAVE fix, many fixes for Might │ │ & Magic. The list goes on. Their Monaco release will also only │ │ work on some peoples machines as its badly cracked. │ │ │ │ CONCLUSION: │ │ Its not very impressive when you set out 5 clear goals and then fail │ │ to keep to these standards with success being only obtained with 2 out │ │ the 5. Before you start a slagging match with anyone from ORIGIN. │ │ Remember these are PDM's standards not anyone elses. This is what PDM │ │ belives to be elite! Yet they fail to meet these so called great goals │ │ of theirs. Therefore by their own definition they are LAME! They used to │ │ have a good repuatation, but now its all gone down the shitter.The cracks│ │ are more like the old fuck ups FFC used to do. Some poeple have even said│ │ FFC cracks for PDM as the amount of fixes are about the same level! But │ │ we belive this to be false, as not even FFC needed as many fixes as PDM │ │ PDM claim no one is running the group and its open. Yet we all know ZEUS │ │ is a stalinist dictator and runs the group with a kulak style operation. │ │ Hes even black mailed people from other groups into rejoining PDM after │ │ they have left or he would NARC them. And has stolen money from poor │ │ Russians who need software to sell for bread. Yes ZEUS sells! Its all │ │ one big corprate biz from ZEUS INC. That one good HARDWARE supplier he │ │ keeps advertising for is actually number 3-4 now. And the selling of │ │ DAT tapes must bring in a few thousand dollors! Thats why ZEUS needs to │ │ raise the limit, to keep the releases going now that they have lost the │ │ quality. So, the business can keep selling. And he can rake the profits │ │ in. Yes not only are PDM lame, but they are moeny lamers as well.And they│ │ do it at the expense of the good scene people. BAN PDM WAREZ now! │ │ After all, its over the limit and a load of uncracked raped duped shit │ │ anyway. And when it isn't, its BETA! │ │ Do not put up with newbie ZEUS lameness anymore, BAN PDM warez NOW! │ │ │ │ CYPHER │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ■ INSTALL INFORMATION ■ │ ├─────═════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │ │ Unzip it, then unace it (e.g. xace.exe ODT.ACE <YOUR DIR>) │ │ you must know the routine by now :). Then run SETUP.EXE to setup the reg │ │ entries then run LAUNCHER.EXE to play.... It's not that hard... honest :P │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ■ GREETINGS AND NEWS ■ │ ├─────════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │ │ │ │ ************************************************************************** │ │ NOTE: Origin will >>PAY<< back the full retail costs of any original │ │ supplied to us within a reasonable amount of time, of course :) │ │ ************************************************************************** │ │ │ │ Please feel free to contact us about any new PATCHES or ORIGINALS │ │ or ADDONS. But make sure they are very NEW. And the only ADDONS we │ │ like are the ones that are made by the same company that made the │ │ original game or that are officially licensed. CONTACT US NOW! │ │ │ │ │ │ Do you want to be a part of the Origin team? │ │ ════════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ We are ALWAYS looking for talented PEOPLE to be a part of Origin. │ │ Are you able to help in any of following areas: │ │ │ │ Do you work for a software house, store/shop, distributor, or publisher? │ │ Can you supply un-released games, utilities, or even some hardware? │ │ Are you working for a fast ISP, or other supplier of shell accounts, etc? │ │ Can you donate something else of value to the group? │ │ │ │ Do you want your site/board to be part of the Origin team? │ │ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ If you run a site/board and are ready to contribute to the success │ │ of the only OPEN cracking group on the PC, get in touch with us. All │ │ our siteops must actively participate in the success of the group, so │ │ if you plan to just only sit there and run a board/site, forget it. │ │ │ │ Group Greetings: │ │ HYBRID - REFLUX - WARRIOR - AMBITION - OBLIVION - CORE - DIVINE - FUSION │ │ │ │ People Greetings: │ │ AgentEx, Snoop-Maverick, Red Leader, Ultimate, G-Rom, Hankman, Leno, │ │ Beowulf, Angwee, Brainski, Trainman, Smokey, Bluewater, Sektiod, Cyric, │ │ Devil, The Blue Adept, Animal & Dogfriend, ATM, Pale Horse, Temp, Zoldan, │ │ Teacher, OFD, Sakic, Beck, Grudge, Sentinel, Beep, Rotox, Moonsabre, │ │ Magnetic King, Jaydee, Jammer, Speed Master, Fallen Angel, Rosco, Beep, │ │ Wolverine, Sensi, X-Con, Miramax, Tklp, Thor, Manhunter and Hoson. │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ORIGIN MEMBERS & NET DIVISION ■ │ ├─═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │ │ MEMBERS: │ │ Avoolz. Axen. Beck. Cypher. DaJackal. Dark Rebellion. Darkman. Deathrow. │ │ Delta. Dread. Dvst8. Gogolie. ][ce. Jode. Marbitoz. Morph. Mr Nop. Nitr8. │ │ Optimus Prime. Possible. Rakim. Recoil. Rosco. The Krazy Nomad. Toe Jam. │ │ Zamu. Zima Man. │ │ │ │ TRADERS: │ │ Mr Pumpkin. (Do not ask for trial, we choose the trialists). │ │ │ │ ORIGIN HEADQUARTERS: │ │ WHQ POSITION OPEN │ │ EHQ POSITION OPEN │ │ IHQ TRX XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX T3 Unlisted │ │ NZHQ ENTROPY XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX T3 Unlisted │ │ UKHQ TFR2 XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX T3 Unlisted │ │ UKHQ DL XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX T3 Unlisted │ │ UKHQ PR XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX T3 Unlisted │ │ │ │ NOTE: If a site is not listed above, then that site is NOT in Origin. │ │ Beware fake Origin members! Anyone not listed is NOT in Origin! │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ HOW TO REACH AND CONTACT US: │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │ │ Origin IRC Chat Channel │ │ ════════════════════════ │ │ Connect to an Efnet IRC │ │ server. Then join our │ │ channel /join #ORIGIN │ │ │ │ Origin Retro Supply Mail │ │ ════════════════════════ │ │ (No Name) │ │ PO Box 907 │ │ London │ │ SW11 6TL │ │ United Kingdom │ │ │ │ Origin Supply E-Mail │ │ ═════════════════════ │ │ [email protected] │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ "Honest, Quality and Excellence!"
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