Buds Biased Utils Report, 20

Bud's Biased Utils Report #20 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wow, the big 2-0! And only two weeks late to match! Well I never expected to still be writing this report in may... but I'm still having fun with it so why not. My apologies for missing the last two weeks, I was in the middle of a habitational relocation (aka getting the fuck outta dodge), and it took a little longer than I expected... but hey I'm back. No interview this week, I'm just getting back on my feet. Last issue I missed listing a few releases from some groups, I only missed in the listing, scores are still ok, with the exception of VRS, who I'm awarding an extra point. I may not list releases at all in the future, or just list a few of each groups best (or worst <g>), it gets tedious after a while. The two weeks I'm counting as lost and gone as far as this report goes, so when I tally up scores next issue for groups here since the beginning of my report (as well as others who have been here over 10 reviews now) they won't be taken into account. So what did I miss... some Grad retirement letter on TCA... he's an admitted publicity hound, so if you wanna see what's up, look there... VGC have been preforming pretty well it seems... PNC actually RELEASED this week... some other stuff... more MS finals, supposed finals, and shit between CORE/PWA... I have to side with PWA on any M$ issues, Bill Gates has paid me on behalf of the group and is the true PWA insider.. I mean... oops... nevermind. 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 05/11/99 to 05/17/99. 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: Intergraph.InRoads.Bridge.07.02.00.00-PWA Intergraph.Map.Publisher.06.01.00.11-PWA ChartViewer.PRO.v2.1.with.Keygen-PWA Adobe.Type.Manager.Deluxe.4.1.Beta.1-PWA Intergraph.InRoads.Construction.07.02.00.00-PWA Intergraph.Geomedia.3.0-PWA The PWA team FINALLY does a major Intergraph release in with all the small stuff, with GeoMedia 3... they also show off their cracking skills with a Keygen Incl release - my personal feelings is that anything released should be fully working, be it cracked, carded, no protection, or whatever, so there's no need to say this or that is included in the dir name, so long as it works - but that's just me. Total: 6/10 ▄───── ▄▄▄ ────────── ▄▄█▓▄ ─── ▄ ─ ▄▓▄ ░ ▀ ▄█████▓ ▄▄███▄ ▄▀▀████▌ ▄█████▄ ▀ ▓███▀ ▀▄██████▄▀█▌ ▐████▐▓▀ ▀███▓ ▓███▌ ▐▓█▀ ▀██▌▐▓ ▀ ▀▓▀▓▌ ▐███▌ ▐█████▄▄▀ ▀█▄ ▄▓█▓ █▓▄ █▌▀▄▄████▓ ▀██▓▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀ ■▄ ▐▓ ▀▀▓█▀ ■▄──────+ The Corporation +─ ▀▄ ─gas!─■ THE CORPORATION: Releases: Terminus.DX-Creator.v1.4-CORP MSMQ-MQ.Series.Bridge.99.for.SNA.4.0.SP2-CORP Materialize.3D.v2.1.Final-CORP New.Rider.MCP.Trainning.Guide.2nd.Edition.Network-CORP Knowledge2000.v2.1-CORP IBM.C.for.AIX.v4.4-CORP New.Rider.MCP.Trainning.Guide.2nd.Edition.TCP.IP.70-059-CORP SNA.GateWay.V3R5.For.WinNT-CORP TelAlert.v4.07-CORP Symantec.Mobile.Essentials.v2.0-CORP Thrustmaster.Talk.N.Play-CORP Professor.Franklins.Instant.Photo.Artist-CORP Caiman.v5.0-CORP Onset.ThruFax.v1.0-CORP Companion.Link.Professional.v1.0M.Win9xNT-CORP Adobe.Go.Live.v4.0.Win98.NT-CORP The Corporation was a real force over the past seven days, both in quality releases and in quantity. Some of these titles are a bit iffy - IBM C for AIX (released only because it's IBM), and the New Rider MCP Training Guide stuff... but you can't deny the quality of titles such as Adobe Go live 4 (which several groups went after), and Symantec Mobile Essentials 2 (seems DOD was nowhere to be found). Total: 8/10 . )\_______)\__)\_______)\_______ . . __/ __ _/ _/ ____/ ___/ . . \__ / _\ \_____ \ ___/__ : . :/ \ \ / \ / \| : |\___/ /___/_____ /___ /| : | \_/_____/\____ /_____/___/_____/ | :...`---\_____\/----/_flr_/---/_p^D_/--' RISE: Releases: MICROIMAGES.CORP.TNT.6.0.FINAL.CRACKED.FOR.WINNT-RiSE SOLUTIONSOFT.HELP.BREEZE.v2.0-RiSE RIGHT.HEMISPHERE.LTD.DEEP.PAINT.v1.0b.ADOBE.PHOTOSHOP.PLUGIN-RiSE I've always said I don't make a difference between web apps and store stuff... but I was suprised tosee RiSE do two web apps in one week... Help Breeze is also pretty old... Deep paint is new and decent, but without a doubt the best app here is TNT 6. Total: 5/10 ▄██▀███▀▀ ▀ ▄█ ┌- ▓██ ▀▀ ▀▀▀ ────-──-─-─ ▀▀▀ -──-──-──┐ : ▀▀▀██▄▀███▀▀▀▀▀██▄ ▄██▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀██▄ ░│ ▀▀███▓ ███ ███ ▓██ ███ ███ ▓██ ▓██ ███ ░: : ███ ███ ███ ███▀▀▀ ▓██ ███ ███▀▀▀ . │░ ███ ██▓ ██▓ ███ ██▓ ███ ███ ███ ▓███▀▀ : ▓██▄██▀▄███▄▀██▄███ ▀██▄███ ███ ███ : ▄ ▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ roy███ ███ ███ ─┘ ▀▄ ███ ███ ██▓ ▀▄ ███ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀██▓ ▀█ SIEGE: Releases: LOTUS.CC.MAIL.V8.4-SiEGE CHROMACOLOUR.X-SHEET.95-SiEGE SURFACEWORKS.V2.0.FOR.SOLIDWORKS98.PLUS-SiEGE LOTUS.COMPONENTS.V1.3-SiEGE GRAPHITECH.CIMAGRAFI.V5.07-SiEGE LOTUS.NOTES.V5.0A-SiEGE LOTUS.DOMINO.V5.0A-SiEGE Where to start this week... no suprise with Lotus domination, some decent stuff. It's been a long time since Lotus Components 1.2, so this new release is a welcome edition. SGE also put out a decent addition for SolidWorks, as well as a new version of Cinmagrafi. Not the most active group this week but a selection of notable titles. Total: 8/10 ──────────────────────────────────[XX/XX]─ ▄██ ▄▄▄ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ █▓█ █▓█ ▒ ██▀ █▓█ █ █▓█ ██ █▓█ █ ███ ██ █▓ █▒█ █▒█ █░█ ▀▀ ▄█ █▒█ ██ █▒█ █ ▄▄▄ ██▄▄ ▄██▀██▄ ▀ █▒█▀▀▀ ██ █░█ ██ ▄▄█ █▓█ ██ ▄▄ █▒█ █▓█ ▓ █▓█ ░ █▓█ █░█ ██ ░ █▓█ █▒█ ██ █▓ ███ █▒█ ▒ ███ ▬▀█████▀▄██ ▒ ▀█████▀ ▀████ ─── ██▀ ░ ──────────────── ▓ ───── sikos ─ X-FORCE: Releases: ORACLE_CHANGE_MANAGEMENT_PACK_V204-XFORCE ORACLE_DIAGNOSTICS_PACK_V204-XFORCE ORACLE_ENTERPRISE_MANAGER_V204-XFORCE ORACLE_TUNING_PACK_V204-XFORCE ULTIMATE_TOOLBOX_FOR_MFC_2ND_EDITION_MAY_1999-XFORCE PROMOTION_V1.4.30_FOR_3DSMAX-XFORCE DIGITAL_NATURE_TOOLS_V2.04_FOR_MAYANT_1.0-XFORCE Might as well give Maya and all components to XF... does anyone else even try?? Some good Oracle stuff here, most notable is Enterprise Manager, take the others as bonuses... this old horse still has some kick. Total: 7/10 /\______/| ___/\_ _/ ______ :|; . __/\ ____/\ __| // %%%\____ \ |__:_\__ \/ ~~ :\_ | __/%%%% iii_/ :| \\_ \ ;| \_ |____/ \iiiii :::\__ ; _/ | \\_ : // | \\_ | \\_::: \____/---|____/____/_______/-|____/kaz SHOCK: Releases: Family.Time.v2.0.0-SHOCK SignSoft.VisIt.v1.2.Source-SHOCK Hanes.T-ShirtMaker.Premier.v1.0-SHOCK HABERDASH.v2.0.1-SHOCK Sax.Basic.Engine.v5.2.Pro.Enterprise.FINAL-SHOCK Emblaze.VideoPro.v2.0.plus.Audio.v1.01.and.Components.for.NOF.v1.0-SHOCK Internal.Web.v2.1-SHOCK Well Shock has slowed over the past few weeks... no idea as to why <g>. They still manage a few store apps, although nothing noteworthy, as well as some decent web stuff. They beat MFD to the final of Sax Basic Engine 5.2, proving they're active enough to win what counts... good to see a final after so many minor builds. HaberDash, Emblaze, and Internal Web are all decent apps as well, if nothing fancy. Total: 6/10 . ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ .▀████▀▀▀██▄ ████▀▀██▌▐██▀▀▀▀ --- .------. : ████ ███ ▐███ ███ . | ████ ▐███ ███▀ ███ : | ████ ███ ▐███ ▄███ ███▄ . : | ████▀▀▀▀▀ ██▓█ ▀███▄▄██▓▀ . .▄▓███▄ ▀███▌ ▀▀ PRESENTS : | : : [xx/xx]. '---.-------PENTIUM FORCE TEAM-- ---- - -' PENTIUM FORCE TEAM: Releases: Netstudio_2000_v1.5.0.200-PFT MyEureka.Report.Designer.v6.1.300-PFT Elite.For.Windows.2.5d.1-PFT Visual.Test.6.0-PFT I didn't pay much attention to PFT at all this week... guess they're saving for when the weektops reset again :P Total: 6/10 ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▓▀▀ ▄ ▄▄█▀▀██▓▄ ▄▄▄█▀▀▓▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓▌ ▄▄▄▄ ▐█▓█ ▐▓██▌ ▐▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██ ▓▄ ▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██▌ ▐██▓▌ ▐██▓ ▐█▓▌▐██▓ ██▓▌▐███▓ ████▓ ▀▀▀▀ ███▓ ██▓ ▐█▓█ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▄██▓▀ mg ▀ ▀▀▀▀████▓▌ ▀▀ ██▓▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▓▀ ▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ :: <LEGENDS NEVER DiE> ::: <o4 * 2880> :: ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ LEGENDS NEVER DIE: Releases: MASTERCAM.v7.2B.UPDATE.CRACKED-LND MODELSIM_V5.2E.ELITE.EDITION.FULL.LICENSE-LND GRAPHISOFT.ARCHICAD.FOR.TEAMWORK.V6.0.R4.INTL-LND HYPERMILL_V4.5.1_FOR_MECHANICAL_DESKTOP-LND ArchiSITE.v5.6.Cracked-LND Hopefully Matercam 7.2B update is cracked right on the first try... Hmmm I'm gone two weeks and no real changes, LND still dominates the CAD/CAM field. I haven't tested any of these so I won't get into the apps specifically... I am considering a few in depth reviews of specific apps each week however, time permitting. Total: 7/10 .__________. [xx/xx/98] \_ ___ ) Da ToP oF Da LiNe! .___. ===/ _/ /=======================/ /===== .:/ _____/__./(___.____/\.______./ /_____. :/ /__/ . ) . )____ ) _ ) / __ ) /__/ / / / / // __ / /__/ / /___/: .:/ /__/__/__/__/(______\____ /__/_____ /MO =/__/========================\/========\/=== = THE PINNACLES OF RELEASING (C) PNC 95-98 = PINNACLE: Releases: Macromedia.Shockwave.Multiuser.Server.v1.0.2-PNC StanConvert.v2.0.for.AutoCAD-PNC DataBOSS.vII.6-PNC Satori.PhotoXL.v3.02-PNC CompressMail.Enterprise.Edition.for.MS.Exchange.WindowsNT-PNC Compress.Mail.Enterprise.Edition.for.WinNT-PNC Hum along to "Staying Alive" - actually no, fuck the BeeGees ;P Still I'm suprised at the amount and quality of stuff here.... years of experience if nothing else are keeping PNC alive. Total: 5/10 ─ ▄▄ ── ▄▄▄ ─────────░──────────── ─── ── ─ ░▀ ▀█▄ ▀▀ ▀▌ ▀ ■ ▐▄ ■ ▄ ▀ ■ ▀ ▀ ▄▄▄ ▀ █ ▐█▌█ ▀ █▄▀▄ █▀█▄▀██ █ █▄▀▄ ▀▀ ▄▌ █▄▀▄ ▐█▌▄█▀▐█▌ ▐█▌▄ ▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▄ █ ▐▀▀▐█▌▄ ▀▓▓ ▀▓▓ ▀▓▓ ▄▀▓▓ ▀ ▓▀ ▀▓▄▀▓█ ▄▐▓▌ ▀▓▓ ▄ ── ▀ ─── ▀ ─ ▀▀ ── ▀ ▀ ──── ▀ ▀▀ ▄▀▀ ─░─ ▀▀ PREMiERE 1998 RELEASES WITH STYLE [xx/xx/98] ──────────────────────────────────────────── PREMIERE: Releases: N/A Total: N/A _______________ ____________ ____________ \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ _/ 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: N/A Total: N/A _______________________________[xx/xx] \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS >> RELEASING WITHOUT PERMISSION << REBELS: Releases: InfoTRIEVE_IDsPLUS_1.3.0-RBS OmniMark_v4.0.1_NT-W9X-RBS Aldec_Active_VHDL_V3.3_READ_NFO-RBS OmniMark stands out obviously, mixed in with two other apps I can't say I care about... and I didn't read that NFO so there! :) Total: 4/10 █▄▓▄■▀░▄ Teknorage and Pirasoft Present: ▄░▀■▄░▄█ █ ▐▄ ▌ █ █▓▀cH/SAC ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄█▄▄ [xx\xx] ▀▓█ ▀ ▄▄█▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄██▌▐████▓ ▄▄█▓█████▓▀ ▄█▄▄████▄ ▀ ▄▄████▓ ▄▄▄ ▀████▌█████▌▐████▐████▌▐████▐█████▌ ▐██████▌▐█████▄ ▓███▀█████ ████ ▀████ ███▌▐██████ ██████ ███████▌▐███ ▐████▌▐███▌▄████▌ ▀█▄ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▐████▌▐███████ ████▄████▀ ▄████████▀ ▄▄ ▐█████▄ ▄▓███▓▄▓██████▌▐████▌▀▓█▄ ▀███▓▀▀ ▄████▌▓██████▌ ▀▀██████▀ ▀████▀ ▀▀▄ ▀█▀ ▀██▀▀██████▀ █▄▄▄▓▄▄▄ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▄█ ▀▀▀ ░▒▓█▄ xx/xx/98 ······ Ratzhole WHQ ▀ ▀▓▀▀▀ Teknorage & Pirasoft: Releases: IXLA.EXPLORER.v3.0-TRPS SyGate.v3.0.520-TRPS I almost took these guys off the list this week, until I saw IXLA's Explorer 3, which while nothing special is at least a decent title... TRPS did lots more but nothing worth mentioning here so I didn't list them... all minor builds/cracked shareware which fits more into a cracking group. Total: 2/10 _____ ____________ ____ __________ / __/_ ___/\_ \ ___\_/ __/\ ___\_ \ \ / _/ /_ /___ / \ ___ / \___/\_____/___\ ____/______/_____/pn \_/ VERSUS: Releases: Emulive.Producer99.v1.0-VERSUS I really hope I didn't miss another VRS release this week ;P Total: 2/10 ..._______________________.___ ____.____... ::/ _______/ ____/ | \/ | \:: _/\____ \/ /___/ | \ \: \ > \ \ \/ \ \ :\__________/\________/_________/|_____|___/ ::.. .:[ SCUM ]:. .:[SCUM]:. .:[SCUM]:. ..:: ```````````````````````````````````````````` SCUM: Releases: Envi.v3.1-SCuM ClickNet.Y2K.v6.0-SCuM Solid.View.v3.2.RP.Master-SCuM Norton.Commander.v2.01.For.Windows-SCuM Helix.Design.System.v4r3m0-SCuM Paradigm.Plus.Enterprise.v3.6-SCuM Paradigm.Publisher.v1.2.5-SCuM This week again Scum showed that while they aren't a dominate group week in and week out, they do show signs of brilliance. While Envi was nuked, the other apps are all decent titles and worthy of any group. Total: 7/10 Only one more byte to crack before... ____._____ ____ _____ _____ _ _____ __ ._____ :::_|_ / _ \/ _ \/ _ \__\_ \___| / ::/ __/_ / / / / / / _ / _ /: :/ / / / / / / / / / / / /:: :\_______\___/\____/\____/\______/________\:: : \\\\\\\ \\\\ \\\\\ \\\\\ \\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\ -----------------------------------------wk!- 2000AD: Releases: StorActive_SRS_Beta_2-2000AD Hello??? Total: 1/10 _______________________ ____________ __\ _______/ ______/______/__ / \ __/ / / \/ / / /_______\ /______________\____ /________\ -------------------------------\/----------- (*) F a t i g u e - Couriers Network (*) ___________________________________________. ________________________________________wK!. FATIGUED COURIERS NETWORK: Releases: 1stClass_v1.00_Final_For_Delphi_n_C-FCN VU_Meters_v1.00_DirectX_Plugin-FCN UBackPRO_v6.10_For_Delphi-FCN MULTILIZER_VCL_Edition_v4.1.10_For_Delphi-FCN MULTILIZER_VCL_Edition_v4.1.10_For_C_Plus_Plus-FCN Direct_Oracle_Access_v3.30_For_Delphi-FCN CoolMenus_MM_Edition_v1.07_For_Delphi-FCN Buglink_v1.1.2_Client_Server-FCN WithStyle.Expert.v1.0.For.Delphi.and.CPPBuilder-FCN DAO.Components.v2.7.9.for.Delphi.and.CPPBuilder.With.Full.Src-FCN Should FCN ever die they'll probably still own Delphi components from beyond the grave... FCN is a developer's dream, and for the most part a mainstream user's nightmare... I can honestly say I have no clue what UBackPRO is... they did win on 1st Class from Woll2Woll software, beating out Shock and MFD. DAO Components is pretty popular, and I'd go for it expect I erased CPP Builder :P Total: 6/10 _____nnn_____ <$$$$$$$$$$$$$b »»»»»»»»»»»)$$ |$$$$$$$$$$$$$' |$$T```X$f''' |$$$ '$$$L |$$! '9$$$i. |$$ `'$$$$> r a d i u m »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» RADIUM Releases: FruityLoops.Pro.v1.523.TS-404-Radium Not much action this week.... ok that's it, I'm lazy :) Total: 1/10 .--------------------------------. | | | ▄█ [xx/xx] ▄█ | ` ▄███ --------------- ▄███ -----' ▀██▓█ ▄ ▀▀██▀▀████▀████▀▀████▄ ██▓█ ███▄▄▄ █▓█ █▓██ ████ ██▓█ ▐████▀ ░ █▓█ █▓██ ░ ▀▀▀▀ ██▓█ ███▀ ▄█ ░ █▓█ █▓██ ░ ████ s ██▓█ ▐█▀ ▄███ █▓█ █▓██ ████ q ████▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀███ ▀▀▀▀▀██████ z▄▄▄▄▄▄█▀▀▀ ████ ░ ███ ▀▀▀█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ████ ░ ███ ████ ███ ████▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ VENGEANCE: Releases: Faxcom.for.Exchange.v6.05-VGC VideoCarte.v3.5-VGC Q.E.Database.Editor.v8.0.1-VGC Inscriber.RTX.v2.5-VCG HotDocs.Pro.v5.0a-VGC PC-DMIS3.V.2.305-VGC Cisco.ConfigMaker.v2.3-VGC Xerox.DocuShare.v2.0-VGC CheckPoint.Account.Management.v1.1-VGC So I missed a few weeks of VGC rels... Lester don't kill me!!! ;) Honestly looking back I didn't miss too much. VGC is consistantly putting out some nice apps, but nothing special, and I honestly can't say they're giving a real challenge to any of the current top groups... although really this week I can easily say VGC is in the top three utils release groups. The real test will come with the racing of a few anticipated titles... so far VGC lost on MasterCAM... I'd like to see how they fare on a more mainstream app in tough competition (if there is such a thing left as competition left in the scene, seems to be weaker and weaker these days). This week again we see some nice middle of the road stuff with HotDocs Pro, Cisco ConfigMaker, CheckPoint Account Management... Total: 8/10 New this week: N/A Idle this week: DOD, PRM. Quote(s) of the Week: Corp stood out in my mind this week, along with VGC, Siege... honerable mention to XF, Scum, and PNC (hey why not, they're active!). Next report I'll be tallying up scores for those groups who have had 20 reviews and I'll give an average... that's hoping I have it done for next week. I decided to remove MFD for now, as the top apps from that group are going through VGC now, and MFD is sticking to minor releases and cracking. - Bud