Buds Biased Utils Report, 10

Bud's Biased Utils Report #10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here we are back on track... a few changes to the field this week. ACE is now defunct and off the list, and I've decided to remove HTG simpliy because they don't have the releases to compete with the rest of the pack... I have nothing but good wishes for them however, and hopefully with some hard work they can make it back. Entity closed its doors this week, and many ENT members have gone to RISE, more on those happenings later. That said, some slots have opened up - expect to see Radium and FCN on the list, although not this week due to time constraints. Disclaimer: It's BIASED moron. My opinion. So don't send me a bunch of mail & messages bitching about this or that. If you don't like it... SCREW YOU =] Rankings: Groups get a score out of 10. Points are given for amount of releases, but QUALITY titles will give a group a much higher score. Nukes for duping, broken releases and just plain CRAP will lower a groups score. However on the occasion that a title is nuked which I don't feel should have been, MY OWN JUDGEMENT TAKES PRECEDENCE. Cuz I'm writing this. Groups can also get points for any other reason I see fit. Week: Week is based from 02/07/99 to 02/13/99. 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: Corel.Draw.v9.beta.2-PWA [14 x 15MB] Intergraph.Inroads.Comm-it.01.00.01.00-PWA [01 x 2.88MB] Intergraph.IACS.Specification.Manager.06.00.02.02-PWA [02 x 2.88MB] Intergraph.IACS.Report.Manager.06.00.02.02-PWA [01 x 2.88MB] Intergraph.IACS.Feature.Manager.06.00.02.02-PWA [01 x 2.88MB] Intergraph.Interplot.Server.09.00.01.07.for.NT-PWA [05 x 2.88MB] Intergraph.Inroads.Comm-it.01.00.01.00-PWA [01 x 2.88MB] Two helpings of PWA's standard fare this week. An oversized beta, and for desert, a helping of Integraph, one of PWA's old reliable sources for releasing. Intergraph I'm fine with, and I'm sure PWA will go on owning their titles for some time (along with MS ;)). The beta leaves me wondering... PWA is one of the few groups I believe when they say they release for the end user, so releasing CD9 at this size is questionable. They've excluded a large segment of the end users who are't going to want to download 200 or so megs... I'm sure something could have been worked out to avoid this, but it wasn't done. I just hope the final doesn't follow the same path. Total: 5/10 ▄───── ▄▄▄ ────────── ▄▄█▓▄ ─── ▄ ─ ▄▓▄ ░ ▀ ▄█████▓ ▄▄███▄ ▄▀▀████▌ ▄█████▄ ▀ ▓███▀ ▀▄██████▄▀█▌ ▐████▐▓▀ ▀███▓ ▓███▌ ▐▓█▀ ▀██▌▐▓ ▀ ▀▓▀▓▌ ▐███▌ ▐█████▄▄▀ ▀█▄ ▄▓█▓ █▓▄ █▌▀▄▄████▓ ▀██▓▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀ ■▄ ▐▓ ▀▀▓█▀ ■▄──────+ The Corporation +─ ▀▄ ─gas!─■ THE CORPORATION: Releases: Sierra.Print.Artist.Platinum.v4.5-CORP [28 x 2.88MB] Broderbund.3D.Home.Architect.Deluxe.v3.0-CORP [20 x 2.88MB] Sierra.Micrografx.SnapShot.SE-CORP [35 x 2.88MB] GraphicsCorp.Electronic.Card.Maker.v.1.0-CORP [01 x 1.44MB] A bunch of nice store titles for Corp this week, although none are exactly "anticipated", and a few have been out for a while. 3D Home Architect was actually released earlier by RiSE but didn't work. Personally I prefer Print Artist out of this group, it's one of those titles where the store edition comes with a ton of clipart, which I have enough of already. It isn't the greatest desktop publishing suite, and pales in comparison to MS enteries into the field, but it's still decent. Overall a good clean week for Corp. Total: 8/10 . )\_______)\__)\_______)\_______ . . __/ __ _/ _/ ____/ ___/ . . \__ / _\ \_____ \ ___/__ : . :/ \ \ / \ / \| : |\___/ /___/_____ /___ /| : | \_/_____/\____ /_____/___/_____/ | :...`---\_____\/----/_flr_/---/_p^D_/--' RISE: Releases: IBM.CORP.SANFRANCISCO.v1.3.FINAL-RiSE [39 x 2.88MB] Internet_Scanner_V5.6-RiSE [05 x 2.88MB] It has been an *extremely* busy week for the RiSE crew. First off, more membership pickups, impressive ones at that. Lets look at the past while for the RISE family. They picked up Powertool (LND leader) as well as several LND members back in January, adding some supplying power. They saw Drizzit join, who is well known for store pickups. With the demise of Entity, they picked up several people, as Bones brought with him the majority of the active ENT members when he joined RISE. Lester parted ways with Siege, and he and Tdpriest joined the team, as did Cadman. Most recently, Bildo from LND and Knoweffx (DNG leader) joined as well. Expect great things from RiSE in the next while. They're a group that seems like they have a fucking magnet implanted in them <G>. The question is will RiSE be able to avoid major growing pains. Grind left RiSE at the end of the week citing unhappiness with the way changes were going, and IdyllWild was kicked... but so far from the rest of the crew I've spoken to, people seem very happy. On the release side of things, two titles, one looking especially interesting - IBM's Java Development app. IBM apps are kinda hit or miss in my experience, I generally love 'em or hate 'em. San Fran goes on the plus side, it looks like a very solid package, although I'm not sure how many of the components will actually be viable... well I only play with Java for fun anyways so in my case it doesn't matter, but serious developers should still definately check it out. Internet Scanner is middle of the road, but the releases this week should pave the way for the future, with RiSE doing more mainstream apps. Total: 7/10 ▄██▀███▀▀ ▀ ▄█ ┌- ▓██ ▀▀ ▀▀▀ ────-──-─-─ ▀▀▀ -──-──-──┐ : ▀▀▀██▄▀███▀▀▀▀▀██▄ ▄██▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀██▄ ░│ ▀▀███▓ ███ ███ ▓██ ███ ███ ▓██ ▓██ ███ ░: : ███ ███ ███ ███▀▀▀ ▓██ ███ ███▀▀▀ . │░ ███ ██▓ ██▓ ███ ██▓ ███ ███ ███ ▓███▀▀ : ▓██▄██▀▄███▄▀██▄███ ▀██▄███ ███ ███ : ▄ ▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ roy███ ███ ███ ─┘ ▀▄ ███ ███ ██▓ ▀▄ ███ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀██▓ ▀█ SIEGE: Releases: VIRTUS.CONCEPTCAD.V3.01-SiEGE [11 x 1.44MB] AXA.TEAM.2D.V4.51-SiEGE [03 x 1.44MB] QUICKVIEW.98.QUICKMAP.TECHNOLOGIES.INC-SiEGE [04 x 1.44MB] PRE.READER.V2.27-SiEGE [01 x 1.44MB] PIPELINE.PROVTR.V6.05-SiEGE [01 x 1.44MB] PANOPTICUM.FIRE.V1.1.FOR.ADOBE.PREMIERE.FIX-SiEGE [01 x 1.44MB] CARTOON.TELEVISION.PROGRAM.PRO.V1.1R11-SiEGE [12 x 1.44MB] MPRINT.DESIGNER.V2.5-SiEGE [02 x 1.44MB] Well.. how to start this off. I have to comment on the happenings over the past while, even though scene politics aren't my favorite subject. Lester and SGE have parted ways - and despite the fact that he may not have been contributing as much as some people would have liked, you have to question any group that would drop him. Considering what he's done in the past, keeping groups like LND and DOD alive during tough times in their history, it makes you wonder what group wouldn't do anything to keep him. But things change, and it isn't really what happened that bugs me... Lester was asked to leave SGE for everyones interest, and agreed... so I think it's in poor taste when I see SGE members boasting that they kicked Lester. It's simply disrespectful, no matter what their current relationship is. And for those of you messaging me, no I don't, and never will, give points for the Alpha platform - CB was mistaken, look back to reports 5 and 6 and you'll see that I gave points only to the Intel editions of the RISE titles she was commenting on. The loss of a few players isn't going to cause SGE to slump, they still have plenty of talent. They will own the graphics apps as always. Still I find it hard to believe that there isn't a wee bit of doubt in the minds of some members.. but who knows. For the titles, what actually count, I can only label the week as fair, some nice titles, but they don't stand out the way some of the other titles of the previous seen days did. They were also forced to release a fix for their earlier Panopticum release, but since points weren't given the week the original came out, I won't dock them. Total: 7/10 ──────────────────────────────────[XX/XX]─ ▄██ ▄▄▄ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ █▓█ █▓█ ▒ ██▀ █▓█ █ █▓█ ██ █▓█ █ ███ ██ █▓ █▒█ █▒█ █░█ ▀▀ ▄█ █▒█ ██ █▒█ █ ▄▄▄ ██▄▄ ▄██▀██▄ ▀ █▒█▀▀▀ ██ █░█ ██ ▄▄█ █▓█ ██ ▄▄ █▒█ █▓█ ▓ █▓█ ░ █▓█ █░█ ██ ░ █▓█ █▒█ ██ █▓ ███ █▒█ ▒ ███ ▬▀█████▀▄██ ▒ ▀█████▀ ▀████ ─── ██▀ ░ ──────────────── ▓ ───── sikos ─ X-FORCE: Releases: N/A Another sluggish week for XF. Nothing happening... with the amount of titles coming out, these guys should be able to do SOMETHING, but they're not. And don't tell me that they're waiting for a quality app to come around, since when they have released recently, it hasn't been anything close to spectacular. Total: N/A /\______/| ___/\_ _/ ______ :|; . __/\ ____/\ __| // %%%\____ \ |__:_\__ \/ ~~ :\_ | __/%%%% iii_/ :| \\_ \ ;| \_ |____/ \iiiii :::\__ ; _/ | \\_ : // | \\_ | \\_::: \____/---|____/____/_______/-|____/kaz SHOCK: Releases: DBTools.h.Plus.Plus.v3.1.1-SHOCK [08 x 1.44MB] Informix.Access.Library.v3.1.1.for.DBTools.h.Plus.Plus-SHOCK [01 x 1.44MB] DB2.Access.Library.v3.1.1.for.DBTools.h.Plus.Plus-SHOCK [01 x 1.44MB] ODBC.Access.Library.v3.1.1.for.DBTools.h.Plus.Plus-SHOCK [01 x 1.44MB] Sybase.CT-Library.Access.Library.v3.1.1.for.DBTools.h.Plus.Plus[01 x 1.44MB] Sybase.DB-Library.Access.Library.v3.1.1.for.DBTools.h.Plus.Plus[01 x 1.44MB] MS.SQL.Server.Access.Library.v3.1.1.for.DBTools.h.Plus.Plus-SHO[01 x 1.44MB] Money.h.Plus.Plus.v2.0-SHOCK [04 x 1.44MB] LAPACK.h.Plus.Plus.v2.0.5-SHOCK [09 x 1.44MB] Omni-NFS-X.Enterprise.v3.1-SHOCK [06 x 1.44MB] Digital.Loca.Lite.v1.0E-SHOCK [08 x 1.44MB] Webster.Pro.v2.6-SHOCK [03 x 1.44MB] Advantage.Report.Manager.v4.0-SHOCK [05 x 1.44MB] FaxMan.v3.00-SHOCK [03 x 1.44MB] Project.Plan.2000.Enterprise.Edition-SHOCK [06 x 1.44MB] Web.v2.0.Frames.Edition-SHOCK [07 x 1.44MB] Planix.Home.Design.3D.Classic.Edition.Deluxe.v3.1a-SHOCK [25 x 1.44MB] Realize.Voice.v2.2.for.ACT-SHOCK [06 x 1.44MB] IMail.Server.for.NT.v5.Unlimited.Users-SHOCK [05 x 1.44MB] Chili.Reports.v2.0-SHOCK [05 x 1.44MB] Visual.UML.Professional.v1.1-SHOCK [08 x 1.44MB] ISOCOR.MetaConnect.Management.Server.for.WinNT-SHOCK [22 x 1.44MB] Real.Blocks.v2.5-SHOCK [02 x 1.44MB] JSee.v1.0-SHOCK [05 x 1.44MB] Bill.Power.Plus.v6.0.99-SHOCK [03 x 1.44MB] We saw the usual bunch of characters from SHK this week, more RogueWave apps, a company which they completey OWN, with the exception of the StingRay division which XF/FCN have taken most of recently. Hightlight of the week goes to IPSwitch's IMail Server 5, although they also put out a rare (for SHK) design app in Autocad's Planix Home Design 3D... but it was a minor version. All in all a decent week, and with the excellent site pickups and member editions recently, expect them to keep up the pace. (How's THAT for bias!) Total: 7/10 . ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ .▀████▀▀▀██▄ ████▀▀██▌▐██▀▀▀▀ --- .------. : ████ ███ ▐███ ███ . | ████ ▐███ ███▀ ███ : | ████ ███ ▐███ ▄███ ███▄ . : | ████▀▀▀▀▀ ██▓█ ▀███▄▄██▓▀ . .▄▓███▄ ▀███▌ ▀▀ PRESENTS : | : : [xx/xx]. '---.-------PENTIUM FORCE TEAM-- ---- - -' PENTIUM FORCE TEAM: Releases: Micropath.2001.version.2.16.1.Upgrade.from.2.16.0-PFT [01 x 1.44MB] Micropath.2001.version.2.16.0-PFT [08 x 1.44MB] Networker.Remote.v1.0.for.WinNT-PFT [20 x 1.44MB] CoolTools.Chiller.Module.v1.0-PFT [12 x 1.44MB] Tahoe.DecisionSuite.v6.0-PFT [10 x 1.44MB] Reflection.for.AS.400.7.00.Win9xNT-PFT [09 x 2.88MB] Reflection.for.IBM.Telnet.Edition.7.0.Win9xNT-PFT [11 x 1.44MB] Talus.1.0-PFT [06 x 1.44MB] ColdFusion.Server.Enterprise.4.01.Beta.2-PFT [13 x 2.88MB] EXTRA.Personal.Client.6.5-PFT [09 x 2.88MB] LabVIEW.5.1c5-PFT [22 x 2.88MB] OmniPage.Web.v1.0.for.Win9xNT-PFT [17 x 2.88MB] Ummm... AS400 ? Sorry, but I won't be giving any points for that... I also have to question PFT for releasing an upgrade patch for Micropath 2001 right after releasing the main app... why not include it... make a WITH.UPGRADE dir or something... its no big deal except now someone has to track it down seperately if they want it. Whatever, I'm just too picky <g>. Something that did impress me was the lack of class c versions and such for the most part... PFT are great at mass releasing, but I often see too many relatively unecessary minor versions... so a nice change this week. OmniPage Web is the best of the selection here. Total: 7/10 ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▓▀▀ ▄ ▄▄█▀▀██▓▄ ▄▄▄█▀▀▓▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓▌ ▄▄▄▄ ▐█▓█ ▐▓██▌ ▐▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██ ▓▄ ▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██▌ ▐██▓▌ ▐██▓ ▐█▓▌▐██▓ ██▓▌▐███▓ ████▓ ▀▀▀▀ ███▓ ██▓ ▐█▓█ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▄██▓▀ mg ▀ ▀▀▀▀████▓▌ ▀▀ ██▓▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▓▀ ▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ :: <LEGENDS NEVER DiE> ::: <o4 * 2880> :: ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ LEGENDS NEVER DIE: Releases: ANSYS.INC.DESIGNSPACE.v4.11.ENTERPRISE.FOR.MECHANICAL.DESKTOP.v[25 x 2.88MB] PTC_PRO_PLASTIC_ADVISOR_R2.01-LND [06 x 2.88MB] LND may have more fake dirs created in their "honor" than any other group in history... that aside, LND did release one very nice title in DesignSpace Enterprise. But... *NOTE* If the release does not work. Contact us. We did not find any kind of protection. That kinda makes me wonder, but sure... so long as it works, although if they tested it fully, there shouldn't be any question. Then we come to Plastic Advisor... ummm.. my advice is don't inhale the fumes while burning plastic. :P Whatever... PTC Pro Engineer is a great release, but this addon is extremely limited. Total: 6/10 .__________. [xx/xx/98] \_ ___ ) Da ToP oF Da LiNe! .___. ===/ _/ /=======================/ /===== .:/ _____/__./(___.____/\.______./ /_____. :/ /__/ . ) . )____ ) _ ) / __ ) /__/ / / / / // __ / /__/ / /___/: .:/ /__/__/__/__/(______\____ /__/_____ /MO =/__/========================\/========\/=== = THE PINNACLES OF RELEASING (C) PNC 95-98 = PINNACLE: Releases: VSI.Fax.Gold.v3.5.WinNT-PNC [24 x 1.44MB] Oracle.Lite.v3.5.01-PNC [46 x 1.44MB] Platinum.SQL.Compass.v1.0-PNC [09 x 1.44MB] SNMPc.v5.0.3.WorkGroup.Edition.WinNT-PNC [08 x 1.44MB] Synopsys.FPGA.Express.v3.0-PNC [23 x 1.44MB] K3.v2.0-PNC [02 x 1.44MB] Reflection.X.v7.6-PNC [49 x 1.44MB] Baan.NetWorker.Tools.v1.0-PNC [07 x 1.44MB] Mirage.v3.3.For.MediaForge-PNC [02 x 1.44MB] HotFax.Share.v4.1-PNC [07 x 1.44MB] IBM.DataJoiner.Replication.Admin.v2.1.1-PNC [06 x 1.44MB] Impact.Fax.On.Demand.v3.12-PNC [10 x 1.44MB] Solid.Server.v2.3.38.for.WindowsNT-PNC [03 x 1.44MB] Solid.Server.v2.3.38.for.Windows9x-PNC [03 x 1.44MB] What a difference a month or two makes. In December I honestly didn't think these guys would make it to summer... but things certainly have changed. With Kirk Hammit at the helm, PNC have made the first official comeback of the year. Definately one of the top groups of the past week. There was some contreversy started up about PNC stealing a release from some group I've never heard of... FTD. Anyways the leader of said group retracted his accusation, and I can further put it to rest. FTD said something about recieving VSI Fax before its release date - "this app isn't available to the public and was supplied to us pre-release." This is a joke - perhaps they thought they got it early, but VSI Fax products can be easily obtained via the VSI ftp site, are publically available. They just just need a crack - and the v3.5 series has been there since the end of december. Kudos to PNC for a very solid performance this past week. Total: 7/10 ─ ▄▄ ── ▄▄▄ ─────────░──────────── ─── ── ─ ░▀ ▀█▄ ▀▀ ▀▌ ▀ ■ ▐▄ ■ ▄ ▀ ■ ▀ ▀ ▄▄▄ ▀ █ ▐█▌█ ▀ █▄▀▄ █▀█▄▀██ █ █▄▀▄ ▀▀ ▄▌ █▄▀▄ ▐█▌▄█▀▐█▌ ▐█▌▄ ▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▄ █ ▐▀▀▐█▌▄ ▀▓▓ ▀▓▓ ▀▓▓ ▄▀▓▓ ▀ ▓▀ ▀▓▄▀▓█ ▄▐▓▌ ▀▓▓ ▄ ── ▀ ─── ▀ ─ ▀▀ ── ▀ ▀ ──── ▀ ▀▀ ▄▀▀ ─░─ ▀▀ PREMiERE 1998 RELEASES WITH STYLE [xx/xx/98] ──────────────────────────────────────────── PREMIERE: Releases: J-Perk.v5.0-PREMiERE [03 x 1.44MB] SmartDraw.Professional.v4.04-PREMiERE [06 x 1.44MB] ExpressGrid.v1.3-PREMiERE [04 x 1.44MB] ExpressBars.v1.0-PREMiERE [04 x 1.44MB] The.Binary.News.Assistant.v2.0.FINAL-PREMiERE [05 x 1.44MB] HelpXtender.v1.0-PREMiERE [07 x 1.44MB] CATraxx.98.v3.10.03-PREMiERE [05 x 1.44MB] GIS.Key.v2.3b.for.WinNT-PREMiERE [12 x 1.44MB] PowerAIM.v1.3.14-PREMiERE [02 x 1.44MB] Submission.Wizard.v4.3b-PREMiERE [04 x 1.44MB] WanXplorer.Server.v2.0-PREMiERE [32 x 1.44MB] WebView.v1.0-PREMiERE [11 x 1.44MB] iavaZIP.v2.03-PREMiERE [02 x 1.44MB] WinBatch.99c-PREMiERE [02 x 1.44MB] CD-Runner.v9.0-PREMiERE [03 x 1.44MB] Romanian.AntiVirus.Proffesional.v6.55-PREMiERE [01 x 1.44MB] Quota.Manager.v4.0.for.WinNT-PREMiERE [05 x 2.88MB] WebConvert.Pro.v2.02.07.REPACK-PREMiERE [11 x 1.44MB] Shell.Control.Pack.v1.3g.Inc.Source.Code.WORKING-PREMiERE [01 x 1.44MB] Lotus.Domino.Go.Webserver.v4.6.2.5.1.for.WinNT-PREMiERE [16 x 1.44MB] CD-Runner.SL.v3.0-PREMiERE [03 x 1.44MB] OfficeScan.for.Microsoft.Small.Business.Server.v2.1-PREMiERE [06 x 1.44MB] ScanMail.for.Microsoft.Exchange.Server.v2.51.WORKING.REPACK-PRE[12 x 1.44MB] Well, it's the first week since PRM's return since they've REALLY mass released like the groups earlier incarnations. And like the group of old we saw several fuckups.. but the difference is, this time round they FIXED what was wrong. I have to dock a point for Kali's nuke as well as several fucked up packs and another broken app, but overall they picked up after themselves and put out a large number of titles, even if they weren't all top quality. Mass doesn't make up for quality titles however, so even with all the releases, minus that point they're only in the middle of the field. Total: 6/10 _______________ ____________ ____________ \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ _/ 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: Command.Software.Antivirus.v4.54.sp1.For.Win95-DOD [04 x 1.44MB] Command.Software.Antivirus.v4.54.sp1.For.NT-DOD [05 x 1.44MB] Command.Software.Antivirus.v4.54.sp1.For.NetWorks-DOD [02 x 1.44MB] Coming off of a very impressive week to start Febuary, DOD slowed somewhat and went back to the AV releases we all know and love. ;) I'm hoping for some more active periods in the weeks to come. Total: 5/10 ___ _ __________ ____________ ____ _____ ___ \__\\_\_______ \__ _ ______/___ \_ __//__/ ;;;;;;; / \/ \\ ____/ / \\ mg/SAC -)--- _/ / \_ \_/ -/ \_ --(- ;;;;; \____/_ _ _//_ /______ _ _// ;;;; [xx/xx/98]/________/==\/====/________//[MfD] =[X]==][= MANiFEST DESTiNY RELEASE =][==[X]= MANIFEST DESTINY: Releases: UltraFTP99-MANiFEST [01 x 1.44MB] Visible.Analyst.v7.0.Win9xNT-MFD [04 x 1.44MB] Amapi.3D.PLUGIN.for.3DS.MAX-MANiFEST [01 x 1.44MB] Not a good streatch for the utils side of MFD, only one release, Ultra FTP 99, and lets face it, the majority of users will stick to the proven candidates when it comes to FTP client software. Besides, whats to make them switch to UltraFTP? Well, it offers the astounding ability to upload AND download files... gee and I thought you needed a seperate program to do each. ;P On the up side, the cracking section of MFD got Visible Analyst done, it fits into the utils category fairly well, and while it's been available for some time, the protection on it was fairly difficult. Only other MFD title worth mentioning was a dupe of SHK's IMail Server 5... anyways a dissappointing week from this crew. Total: 4/10 _______________________________[xx/xx] \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS >> RELEASING WITHOUT PERMISSION << REBELS: Releases: 2020.Design.v.5.1-RBS [49 x 2.88MB] 3D_Image_Factory_V1.5_Crack_Fix-RBS [01 x 1.44MB] GameSpy.v2.08_FINAL-RBS [01 x 1.44MB] ACCEL.EDA.V14.01.03.UPGRADE.ONLY-RBS [02 x 1.44MB] CAD-UL_C_plus_plus_Compiler_v3.10Y-RBS [03 x 2.88MB] SourceTec.Applet.SlidingMenu.Wizard_1.0-RBS [04 x 1.44MB] GameLaunch.3D.v1.06.0112-RBS [01 x 1.44MB] Invoice.Tracker.v1.11.SERIAL-RBS [01 x 1.44MB] There seems to be a trend in poor oversized rips this week, and RBS (and its users) are the victims this time round. 2020 Designer 5.1 (aka 2020 Advanced Designer's Kit) is professional kitchen design software. So big deal? Well, this is the package Home Depot uses to design kitchens, and while I'm not sure I'd want them to design mine, it is a very nice package. The thing here is that it did not need to be 136 megs, there was no reason it couldn't have been ripped down to a respectable size. The rest of the week was average from RBS, nothing else appeals to me so I'll leave it to that. Total: 5/10 █▄▓▄■▀░▄ Teknorage and Pirasoft Present: ▄░▀■▄░▄█ █ ▐▄ ▌ █ █▓▀cH/SAC ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄█▄▄ [xx\xx] ▀▓█ ▀ ▄▄█▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄██▌▐████▓ ▄▄█▓█████▓▀ ▄█▄▄████▄ ▀ ▄▄████▓ ▄▄▄ ▀████▌█████▌▐████▐████▌▐████▐█████▌ ▐██████▌▐█████▄ ▓███▀█████ ████ ▀████ ███▌▐██████ ██████ ███████▌▐███ ▐████▌▐███▌▄████▌ ▀█▄ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▐████▌▐███████ ████▄████▀ ▄████████▀ ▄▄ ▐█████▄ ▄▓███▓▄▓██████▌▐████▌▀▓█▄ ▀███▓▀▀ ▄████▌▓██████▌ ▀▀██████▀ ▀████▀ ▀▀▄ ▀█▀ ▀██▀▀██████▀ █▄▄▄▓▄▄▄ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▄█ ▀▀▀ ░▒▓█▄ xx/xx/98 ······ Ratzhole WHQ ▀ ▀▓▀▀▀ Teknorage & Pirasoft: Releases: IPSentry.v4.0.215.Registered-TRPS [04 x 1.44MB] Funnel.Web.Professional.v3.0.WIN9XNT-TRPS [03 x 1.44MB] NetSwitcher.v2.97p-TRPS [01 x 1.44MB] A fairly poor week for TRPS in my eyes, they did ok on the cracking side of things, but as far as actual mainstream utils go, they didn't have much of a showing. I also have to point something else out (after all I have to keep this edition interesting!) Easy.CD-DA.Extractor.v3.04.912.Dissin.To.a.Lamer.Like.BaMa-TRPS Now it's bad enough that certain games groups feel the need to write 20 page manifesto's and personal bashing in their NFO's, but it's starting to get really sad... over a minor version of an app like Easy CD-DA, and to even bring the dir name into it... Now TRPS isn't the only offender here, but they got picked as my example... anyways enough of shit like this, keep the NFO's about the damn program you're releasing... and if you're releasing a FINAL after someone fucked up and Beta'd, or anything like that, explain it that way, there's no need for personal flamings. (I should note that TRPS's long NFO bitch was in response to some other NFO bitching done by MFD, and in both cases all I have to save is "Who gives a fuck"). Total: _____ ____________ ____ __________ / __/_ ___/\_ \ ___\_/ __/\ ___\_ \ \ / _/ /_ /___ / \ ___ / \___/\_____/___\ ____/______/_____/pn \_/ VERSUS: Releases: Engenius1.Professional.Edition.v2.06-VERSUS Comic.Book.Organizer.Plus.v1.0-VERSUS House.Hold.Inventory.v2.0-VERSUS Savings.Bond.Tracker.v2.0.Win9xNT.FIX-VERSUS Savings.Bond.Tracker.v2.0.Win9xNT-VERSUS Monthly.Bill.Manager99.Beta1-VERSUS Realize.Voice.v2.2-VERSUS Let.It.Ride.v3.4.1.1.Incl.Keymaker-VERSUS Neural.Lab.v2.1-VERSUS Reflection.EnterView.v1.0-VERSUS EsMonitor_V1.019-VERSUS Nothing special here, Monthly Bill Manager is released far too frequently, I guess now we get to put up with a billion or so 99 editions. Savings Bond Tracker needed a fix, and I cashed in all my bonds anyways. ;P I've also outgrown comic books, but I guess in a scene with such a large amount of youngsters... well I'm being to hard on VRS here, despite the fact that they didn't release anything great, they stayed out of shit, which is more than I can say for a lot of the groups this week. Total: 5/10 ..._______________________.___ ____.____... ::/ _______/ ____/ | \/ | \:: _/\____ \/ /___/ | \ \: \ > \ \ \/ \ \ :\__________/\________/_________/|_____|___/ ::.. .:[ SCUM ]:. .:[SCUM]:. .:[SCUM]:. ..:: ```````````````````````````````````````````` SCUM: Releases: DtSearch.Web.v5.1-SCuM [11 x 1.44MB] Just one SCUM release this week, the web version of a title thats been out for quite a while... ummm... blah. Total: 2/10 [========================================] [========================================] ______)\______)\_____)\______)\______)\ \ ____)_____ )____ \_____ )_____ \ _\____ \ ;_/ \ ;__\ \ ;_/ \ \__; \ \_____ )____.__)____. )___.__)___\_. \ \____/ xx/xx/99 \____/-/=SodOM=\-\____/ [========================================] Back For You in 1999 ! [XX/03] [========================================] SODOM Releases: N/A Total: N/A New this week: N/A Idle this week: A fond farewell to Entity and Ace, and to HTG, who I will return to the list when they pick things up a bit. SDM and XF were idle. Quote of the Week: <[grind]> whats nwr? The ultimate quote of the week goes to fuckup Mortin, who's currently holding Game Over's domain for ransom. His reponse to realizing anyone could get his info by doing a whois on game-over.net: <mortin> my mother is a lawyer for the united states government <mortin> if you call my house <mortin> we can get a tap on it so quick, it will make your head spin By the way I'm the tooth fairy, and all you punks owe me about 10 billion in change.... it's time to collect. Those were LOANS!! Give it to Corp. Special mention to PFT and PNC for strong weeks. Thats really all I have to say about performances this week, other than I was dissappointed by a few usually excellent groups.. and a last note about RISE, who never fail to impress me. With so many people flocking to RiSE it's hard to imagine that they won't stir things up in the near future (ok guys having said that you BETTER fucking kick some ass or I'll make myself look like a BIGGER idiot ;)). So watch for them in the next while. Next week I'll have my review as normal, with a little something extra. It will be Report #11, which, and with next weeks scores, it means all groups now have a total out of 100. (Issue 9 was guest authors and had none). So I'll be listing each groups performance to date... but keep in mind that it won't be a real indicator of a groups quality, since a group that releases an amazing title and then goes dormant for 3 weeks is generally preferable to a group consistantly scoring 5/10 - but I'll get into that next week. For now, kick back, grab a beer (anything but Coors!), relax, and, if yer in my position.... ENJOY YER WEEK OFF FROM FUCKING CLASSES!!! YEAH!!! - Bud