Buds Biased Utils Report, 12

Bud's Biased Utils Report #12 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ La la la la la-la-la la la .... I think I'll just skip any witty opening lines this week after I bored half of you to death last week. 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 02/21/99 to 02/27/99. 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.MGA.Base.Mapper.07.00.02.00-PWA [06 x 2.88MB] ViaDraw.2.0-PWA [07 x 5MB] Microsoft.Office.2000.RC0.Build.2605-PWA [56 x 5MB] Office_2000_RC0_CORE_OFFICE-PWA [02 x 5MB] Seagull.Bar.Tender.Pro.v5.41.Cracked-PWA [01 x 5MB] Woah cool.. ViaDraw. This is definately the highlight, placed next to another Intergraph app and MS beta's. Nice app, well rounded, professional. As for Office, I'll be more impressed when I see -FINAL next to it... and if someone doesn't cut it down to size then I'll be very dissappointed... I'd rather suffer a few addons and have a CHOICE than be forced to download 300megs of buggy MS software. from PWA. Total: 5/10 ▄───── ▄▄▄ ────────── ▄▄█▓▄ ─── ▄ ─ ▄▓▄ ░ ▀ ▄█████▓ ▄▄███▄ ▄▀▀████▌ ▄█████▄ ▀ ▓███▀ ▀▄██████▄▀█▌ ▐████▐▓▀ ▀███▓ ▓███▌ ▐▓█▀ ▀██▌▐▓ ▀ ▀▓▀▓▌ ▐███▌ ▐█████▄▄▀ ▀█▄ ▄▓█▓ █▓▄ █▌▀▄▄████▓ ▀██▓▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀ ■▄ ▐▓ ▀▀▓█▀ ■▄──────+ The Corporation +─ ▀▄ ─gas!─■ THE CORPORATION: Releases: Zapas.Character.Builder.And.Liquid.Characters.Bundle-CORP [04 x 2.88MB] JSB.Multiview.2000.Server.Edition.v.4.1-CORP [09 x 1.44MB] Energy.Conversion.A.DIZ.FIX-CORP [01 x 1.44MB] Energy.Conversion.A-CORP [08 x 1.44MB] Microsoft.FrontPage.98.patch.b.Win9x.NT-CORP [01 x 1.44MB] Uhh, FrontPage patch? No thanks... not really interested... dunno, perhaps someone wants it. Where'd you guys go this week? After the alliance with UCF, it seems CORP has taken most of the week of for organization or something... hope to see a much stronger week over the coming seven days. Total: 5/10 . )\_______)\__)\_______)\_______ . . __/ __ _/ _/ ____/ ___/ . . \__ / _\ \_____ \ ___/__ : . :/ \ \ / \ / \| : |\___/ /___/_____ /___ /| : | \_/_____/\____ /_____/___/_____/ | :...`---\_____\/----/_flr_/---/_p^D_/--' RISE: Releases: NETSCAPE.DIRECTORY.SERVER.v4.0.FINAL-RiSE [19 x 1.44MB] IAR.EMBEDDED.WORKBENCH.v2.2.FINAL.CRACKED-RiSE [16 x 1.44MB] WAVEFUNCTION.INC.PC.SPARTAN.PLUS.v1.52.FINAL.CRACKED-RiSE [06 x 1.44MB] PROGRESSIVE.SOFT.INC.XCAD.v4.2.FINAL.CRACKED-RiSE [09 x 1.44MB] Somehow NS Directory Server got nuked as free, but there actully is a retail copy of the app, and it's a few thousand bucks depending on the user license, so I'm giving RISE credit. The rest of the apps were fine, nothing turned me on (but then MOST software doesn't :P). Total: 06/10 ▄██▀███▀▀ ▀ ▄█ ┌- ▓██ ▀▀ ▀▀▀ ────-──-─-─ ▀▀▀ -──-──-──┐ : ▀▀▀██▄▀███▀▀▀▀▀██▄ ▄██▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀██▄ ░│ ▀▀███▓ ███ ███ ▓██ ███ ███ ▓██ ▓██ ███ ░: : ███ ███ ███ ███▀▀▀ ▓██ ███ ███▀▀▀ . │░ ███ ██▓ ██▓ ███ ██▓ ███ ███ ███ ▓███▀▀ : ▓██▄██▀▄███▄▀██▄███ ▀██▄███ ███ ███ : ▄ ▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ roy███ ███ ███ ─┘ ▀▄ ███ ███ ██▓ ▀▄ ███ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀██▓ ▀█ SIEGE: Releases: ADOBE.AFTER.EFFECTS.PRODUCTION.BUNDLE.V4.0-SiEGE [10 x 2.88MB] IBM.ADSTAR.DISTRIBUTED.STORAGE.MANAGER.FOR.WINNT.V3.1.1.3-SiEGE [24 x 2.88MB] METACREATIONS.HEADLINE.STUDIO.V1.0-SiEGE [03 x 1.44MB] Eagle.Point.Virtual.Simulator.v2.73-SiEGE [16 x 1.44MB] SMARTSPICE.V1.5.6-SiEGE [04 x 1.44MB] DIGIMATION.LIGHTNING.V1.1D-SiEGE [04 x 1.44MB] TANNER.MEMS.PRO.V1.50.ADDON-SiEGE [01 x 1.44MB] TANNER.MEMS.PRO.V1.5-SiEGE [10 x 1.44MB] PTC.PRO.DESKTOP.METRIC.V4.0-SiEGE [13 x 1.44MB] PTC.PRO.DESKTOP.USA.V4.0-SiEGE [13 x 1.44MB] TEKSOFT.PROCAM.V14.01-SiEGE [18 x 2.88MB] TANNER.TOOLS.PRO-SiEGE [09 x 1.44MB] EAGLEPOINT98.2ND.QUARTER.RELEASE-SiEGE [27 x 2.88MB] SUPERSCAPE.VRT.V5.6-SiEGE [28 x 2.88MB] Yawn... another week of releases, another week of Siege owning the art scene. Now I'm a big fan of Metacreations products such as Kai's Power Goo and Soap, so I decided to give Headline Studio a go, with high expectations. However, even keeping in mind that I'm nowhere near a decent artist, Headline Studio was a letdown from the beginning. I found a total lack of documentation in the program, from the absence of a normal help file in the help menu (only the about option was available) to each individual option on the icon bar. Most programs these days will have simple text boxes appear when your cursor hovers over them, but it seems they didn't bother to even go that far in HS. Controls were difficult, which is a pain if you want to create anything decent. I realize this is supposed to be aimed at a higher user level than Goo, for example, but still I was very dissappointed. No fault of SGE though, this bitch goes to Metacreations, and good job to SGE for releasing this (and perhaps saving some wasted dollars in the process). There are some excellent releases up there however, with Eaglepoint for Autocad (and other CAD apps) leading the way, along with IBM's Distributed Storage Manager, and Adobe After Effects Production Bundle 4 at the end of the week. Also Procam, given it's a bit old, but SGE has been known to release old apps on request before. Total: 8/10 ──────────────────────────────────[XX/XX]─ ▄██ ▄▄▄ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ █▓█ █▓█ ▒ ██▀ █▓█ █ █▓█ ██ █▓█ █ ███ ██ █▓ █▒█ █▒█ █░█ ▀▀ ▄█ █▒█ ██ █▒█ █ ▄▄▄ ██▄▄ ▄██▀██▄ ▀ █▒█▀▀▀ ██ █░█ ██ ▄▄█ █▓█ ██ ▄▄ █▒█ █▓█ ▓ █▓█ ░ █▓█ █░█ ██ ░ █▓█ █▒█ ██ █▓ ███ █▒█ ▒ ███ ▬▀█████▀▄██ ▒ ▀█████▀ ▀████ ─── ██▀ ░ ──────────────── ▓ ───── sikos ─ X-FORCE: Releases: AUTOCAD2000_PRE_RELEASE-XFORCE CYGNUS_SOURCE_NAVIGATOR_DEVELOPER_EDITION_V4.1_FOR_LINUX-XFORCE ULTIMATE_TOOLBOX_FOR_MFC_2ND_EDITION_FEB_1999-XFORCE Cad users will appreciate the early look at Autocad 2000 from Autodesk... other than that it's the usual Ultimate Toolkit for MFC, and a Linux app. Total: 4/10 /\______/| ___/\_ _/ ______ :|; . __/\ ____/\ __| // %%%\____ \ |__:_\__ \/ ~~ :\_ | __/%%%% iii_/ :| \\_ \ ;| \_ |____/ \iiiii :::\__ ; _/ | \\_ : // | \\_ | \\_::: \____/---|____/____/_______/-|____/kaz SHOCK: Releases: Undo.and.Recover.Toolbox.v2.0-SHOCK [01 x 1.44MB] T.A.G.Composer.v2.0-SHOCK [07 x 1.44MB] DBDiff.v1.0.for.Oracle-SHOCK [01 x 1.44MB] Standards.Master.v2.0-SHOCK [02 x 1.44MB] Enfish.Tracker.Pro.v1.12.303-SHOCK [12 x 1.44MB] Alarms.Plus.v1.0-SHOCK [02 x 1.44MB] Business.DataManager.v3.5-SHOCK [06 x 1.44MB] SITEFORUM.Communications.v2.0.for.Java-SHOCK [03 x 1.44MB] SITEFORUM.Communications.v2.0.for.Windows9xNT-SHOCK [04 x 1.44MB] Spell.Server.v1.0.Enterprise.Edition-SHOCK [02 x 1.44MB] Andromeda.Series.3.Screen.Filter.For.Photoshop-SHOCK [01 x 1.44MB] Nendo.v1.1.4-SHOCK [05 x 1.44MB] A fair amount of releases from SHOCK last week, nothing notable in the way of titles however. Hightlight was the recently released Siteforum series from SFS Software, and T.A.G. Composer from Digital Renessance. Total: 6/10 . ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ .▀████▀▀▀██▄ ████▀▀██▌▐██▀▀▀▀ --- .------. : ████ ███ ▐███ ███ . | ████ ▐███ ███▀ ███ : | ████ ███ ▐███ ▄███ ███▄ . : | ████▀▀▀▀▀ ██▓█ ▀███▄▄██▓▀ . .▄▓███▄ ▀███▌ ▀▀ PRESENTS : | : : [xx/xx]. '---.-------PENTIUM FORCE TEAM-- ---- - -' PENTIUM FORCE TEAM: Releases: AR.System.Oracle.Interface.v4.0-PFT [26 x 2.88MB] Action.Request.System.v4.0-PFT [32 x 2.88MB] SmartMart.Copy.Manager.4.2.125-PFT [10 x 1.44MB] Citect.5.20-PFT [14 x 2.88MB] Applix.TM1.v7.0.2.80-PFT [10 x 2.88MB] StarTeam.Virtual.Team.Server.3.02.SR1.CRACK.FIX-PFT [01 x 1.44MB] AtGuard.3.1-PFT [01 x 1.44MB] Installshield.Professional.5.52-PFT [34 x 2.88MB] Demoshield.6.0-PFT [16 x 2.88MB] NTI.Backup.NOW.1.0.85-PFT [06 x 1.44MB] WinDelete.5.0.3-PFT [21 x 1.44MB] Adaptive.Server.Anywhere.6.0.1-PFT [11 x 2.88MB] PFT was the group I had the hardest time scoring this week. They had some nice releases, a fix for last weeks StarTeam release, and one nuke that I saw. In the end I put them at a 7, they just didn't have the titles to justify more, although I should point out WinDelete and Demoshield 6 as excellent releases. Total: 7/10 ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▓▀▀ ▄ ▄▄█▀▀██▓▄ ▄▄▄█▀▀▓▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓▌ ▄▄▄▄ ▐█▓█ ▐▓██▌ ▐▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██ ▓▄ ▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██▌ ▐██▓▌ ▐██▓ ▐█▓▌▐██▓ ██▓▌▐███▓ ████▓ ▀▀▀▀ ███▓ ██▓ ▐█▓█ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▄██▓▀ mg ▀ ▀▀▀▀████▓▌ ▀▀ ██▓▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▓▀ ▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ :: <LEGENDS NEVER DiE> ::: <o4 * 2880> :: ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ LEGENDS NEVER DIE: Releases: HCL.EXCEED.3D.FOR.UNIGRAPHICS.15-LND UNIGRAPHICS_II_VERSION_15-LND CADKEY98_RELEASE1-LND INFORMIX_DYNAMIC_SERVER_DEVELOPER_EDITION_V_7_30_TC7-LND SOLIDCAM_99_RELEASE_4-LND LND accused of stealing?? Who would've have guessed! Well first off... because Siege has been guarded of their proof, I can't say for sure that I know the Unigraphics crack was stolen from them. However, if I'm forced to take two groups at their word, I'll take just about anyone over the current LND. It's really sad to see the reputation of a once great group tarnished like this. After going over the replies of Grad and Nightsky, I have to say it doesn't look so good for LND. Their story is full of holes... "we got this new flexlm cracker" (ok maybe) who cracked it... "oh wait the license was given to us" (umm... and you didn't bother to check into from where??)... "oh but that license was faulty, we did crack it but left out the same options as the one we were given"... whatever, I don't care, and if LND releases Win2K final, I'll go buy a copy. Looking at this week, once you remove Unigraphics (crack by Siege) and Informix Dynamic Server (serial by Shock) we're left with a two decent releases. If LND had stopped there, the week would have been a lot smoother (but I'd have less to write about!). Total: 4/10 .__________. [xx/xx/98] \_ ___ ) Da ToP oF Da LiNe! .___. ===/ _/ /=======================/ /===== .:/ _____/__./(___.____/\.______./ /_____. :/ /__/ . ) . )____ ) _ ) / __ ) /__/ / / / / // __ / /__/ / /___/: .:/ /__/__/__/__/(______\____ /__/_____ /MO =/__/========================\/========\/=== = THE PINNACLES OF RELEASING (C) PNC 95-98 = PINNACLE: Releases: Ulead.Cool.360.v1.0-PNC [06 x 1.44MB] Cadence.TimeServices.v3.1-PNC [04 x 1.44MB] PragmaSys.InterAccess.Suite.v4.0-PNC [08 x 1.44MB] PlanWriter.BusinessEdition.v4.02-PNC [03 x 1.44MB] PlantWriter.ExpertEdition.v4.02-PNC [03 x 1.44MB] PlanWriter.MarketingEdition.v3.9-PNC [03 x 1.44MB] Quick.Insight.v1.22-PNC [02 x 1.44MB] Business.Insight.v5.0-PNC [06 x 1.44MB] Oracle.RepAgent.For.OracleLite.v3.5x-PNC [15 x 1.44MB] Oracle.ODBC.And.JDBC.Extensions.For.Oracle8x-PNC [03 x 1.44MB] Actuate.WebAgent.v3.2-PNC [16 x 1.44MB] Visto.BriefCase.Assistant.4.6-PNC [05 x 1.44MB] IBM.Network.Station.Manager.v3.02-PNC [28 x 2.88MB] I generally test stuff at random (or not so random, as I tend to lean towards top titles when they come out), as it's next to impossible to test everything that's released in a week. This week, I saw PNC release a bunch of apps that I wasn't familiar with, so I decided to try some out. First on my list was PlanWriter Expert Edition, a business plan creation package that uses a wizard interface to allow the user to create business plans. I can't say it did much to impress me, I found a real lack of professionalism, something which should not be in a business orientated application. The second app I tried was Quick Insight, from the same developers (BRS Inc.), and it went along the same basic formula - and of course I found the same basic problems. The app lacked flexibility which is essential to any business user. Biz apps are a dime a dozen, and unless a given app offers something really unique to the field, it's dead in the water. As is the case with the BRS line. The last thing I tried was Visto BriefCase Assistant. I had no clue as to what this was, but the NFO mentioned something about free webspace from the Visto service, which I found rather odd. I decided to check this out, and found that Visto gives out 15 megs of free space, free email, and offers this app to sync between the users home PC and their Visto account - free of charge. Now someone at PNC really should have caught this... just the fact that it's an app for use with a free web service is bad enough, but since the app is free of charge.... anyways I'm docking a point for that, and I hope PNC is more careful in future. On the upside this week were two apps I feel are worth mentioning, a new Ulead tool in the digital photo editing/enhancement area, and IBM Network Station Manager... they say Ulead is final despite some text saying it's beta... i guess wait and see... for now I'll put it on the plus side as no one has disputed the release. Total: 6/10 ─ ▄▄ ── ▄▄▄ ─────────░──────────── ─── ── ─ ░▀ ▀█▄ ▀▀ ▀▌ ▀ ■ ▐▄ ■ ▄ ▀ ■ ▀ ▀ ▄▄▄ ▀ █ ▐█▌█ ▀ █▄▀▄ █▀█▄▀██ █ █▄▀▄ ▀▀ ▄▌ █▄▀▄ ▐█▌▄█▀▐█▌ ▐█▌▄ ▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▄ █ ▐▀▀▐█▌▄ ▀▓▓ ▀▓▓ ▀▓▓ ▄▀▓▓ ▀ ▓▀ ▀▓▄▀▓█ ▄▐▓▌ ▀▓▓ ▄ ── ▀ ─── ▀ ─ ▀▀ ── ▀ ▀ ──── ▀ ▀▀ ▄▀▀ ─░─ ▀▀ PREMiERE 1998 RELEASES WITH STYLE [xx/xx/98] ──────────────────────────────────────────── PREMIERE: Releases: Junk.Drawer.v2.1-PREMiERE InstallWiz.Professional.Edition.v1.13-PREMiERE [09 x 1.44MB] WebTrends.for.Lotus.Domino.v2.0b-PREMiERE [06 x 1.44MB] WebTrends.Enterprise.Suite.v3.0b-PREMiERE [08 x 1.44MB] WebTrends.Log.Analyzer.v4.5b-PREMiERE [05 x 1.44MB] Graphic.Workshop.Professional.v2.0a.P8-PREMiERE [08 x 1.44MB] VINTRACK.v2.11-PREMiERE [02 x 1.44MB] BeJeanie.v2.02.REPACK-PREMiERE [10 x 1.44MB] Genitor.v4.01.23-PREMiERE [09 x 1.44MB] HotDog.Pro.Webmaster.Suite.v5.5-PREMiERE [06 x 1.44MB] ICUII.v2.51-PREMiERE [02 x 1.44MB] InstallAnywhere.v2.52.Standard.Edition-PREMiERE [13 x 1.44MB] Resort.Kitchen.v1.420-PREMiERE [10 x 1.44MB] E-Mail.Magnet.v4.32.For.Win9X-PREMiERE [09 x 1.44MB] Faxwarehouse.v5.00.134-PREMiERE [08 x 1.44MB] Active.Office.v1.0.For.Win9xNT-PREMiERE [01 x 1.44MB] DESIGN.II.v8.17-PREMiERE [11 x 1.44MB] CDH.Image.Explorer.Pro.v3.6-PREMIERE [07 x 1.44MB] Cognet.v3.1.03-PREMiERE [11 x 1.44MB] CD-Runner.SL.v3.01-PREMiERE [03 x 1.44MB] MedModel.v4.1-PREMiERE [13 x 1.44MB] A nuke for Junk Drawer (dupe) and a repack were the only blemishes in an otherwise fine week for PRM. They beat TRPS to FaxWarehouse (yay!). Minor versions of some good apps including Genitor and some WebTrends products, and HotDog Pro Webmaster Suite 5.5 will be popular. Overall a good week for PRM, I downloaded ICUII but wasn't all that impressed, get HotDog though if your looking for something in that vein. Total: 7/10 _______________ ____________ ____________ \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ _/ 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: N/A Total: N/A ___ _ __________ ____________ ____ _____ ___ \__\\_\_______ \__ _ ______/___ \_ __//__/ ;;;;;;; / \/ \\ ____/ / \\ mg/SAC -)--- _/ / \_ \_/ -/ \_ --(- ;;;;; \____/_ _ _//_ /______ _ _// ;;;; [xx/xx/98]/________/==\/====/________//[MfD] =[X]==][= MANiFEST DESTiNY RELEASE =][==[X]= MANIFEST DESTINY: Releases: N/A All quiet on the utils front, just a few cracked apps from the cracking crew (Yes cracks are in the utils category, but I don't review them). Total: N/A _______________________________[xx/xx] \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS >> RELEASING WITHOUT PERMISSION << REBELS: Releases: MICROWAVE.OFFICE.V2.5-RBS [10 x 1.44MB] ALL.Alesis.Quadrasynth.Editors-RBS [02 x 1.44MB] Microwave Office instructions: Insert MS Office (or other buggy MS product) into microwave. Set timer for 5 mins and run on the highest setting. Let stand for several minutes. Serve with a chilled white wine. Oops, nope wrong product... This Microwave Office is a suite of microwave design tools which I have absolutly no use for but I'm sure someone will. Points to both apps, but a dull week in general. Total: 3/10 █▄▓▄■▀░▄ Teknorage and Pirasoft Present: ▄░▀■▄░▄█ █ ▐▄ ▌ █ █▓▀cH/SAC ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄█▄▄ [xx\xx] ▀▓█ ▀ ▄▄█▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄██▌▐████▓ ▄▄█▓█████▓▀ ▄█▄▄████▄ ▀ ▄▄████▓ ▄▄▄ ▀████▌█████▌▐████▐████▌▐████▐█████▌ ▐██████▌▐█████▄ ▓███▀█████ ████ ▀████ ███▌▐██████ ██████ ███████▌▐███ ▐████▌▐███▌▄████▌ ▀█▄ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▐████▌▐███████ ████▄████▀ ▄████████▀ ▄▄ ▐█████▄ ▄▓███▓▄▓██████▌▐████▌▀▓█▄ ▀███▓▀▀ ▄████▌▓██████▌ ▀▀██████▀ ▀████▀ ▀▀▄ ▀█▀ ▀██▀▀██████▀ █▄▄▄▓▄▄▄ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▄█ ▀▀▀ ░▒▓█▄ xx/xx/98 ······ Ratzhole WHQ ▀ ▀▓▀▀▀ Teknorage & Pirasoft: Releases: MediaCleaner.Pro.4.0b1-TRPS [06 x 1.44MB] SyGate.3.0.Beta.1-TRPS [03 x 1.44MB] Fax.WareHouse.v5.00.134.Regged-TRPS [ ] WinJammer.v5.06-TRPS [03 x 1.44MB] System.Information.v1.8.1-TRPS [08 x 1.44MB] Wow two groups went after a class c version of Fax Warehouse... PRM got it first I guess, at least on my sites, TRPS got nuked.. wasn't around for it and honestly.. I don't care <g>. Looking at this list gave me one big impression... boy TRPS sure have slowed. Now releasing isn't based on quantity (or shouldn't be but in reality...). Still, this is a group who normally thrives off the mass releasing of both small cracks and full quality apps. Only a couple releases from either side though. Anyways, a dupe, two beta's and two regular releases. Total: 4/10 _____ ____________ ____ __________ / __/_ ___/\_ \ ___\_/ __/\ ___\_ \ \ / _/ /_ /___ / \ ___ / \___/\_____/___\ ____/______/_____/pn \_/ VERSUS: Releases: Extensis.Portfolio.Server.v4.02-VERSUS [02 x 1.44MB] Extensis.Portfolio.v4.02-VERSUS [05 x 1.44MB] 602pro.OFFICE.SERVER.v3.32a.999.user.license-VERSUS [08 x 1.44MB] CuneiForm99.OCR.V5.00.REPACKED-VERSUS [05 x 1.44MB] EleetFtp.v1.1-VERSUS [02 x 1.44MB] DJ.Vuer.v1.4.Win9xNT-VERSUS [02 x 1.44MB] Emulive.Starter.Kit.v3.6-VERSUS [14 x 1.44MB] PowerBuilder.Code.Analyzer.v2.1b-VERSUS [04 x 1.44MB] VideoLibrary.v2.0-VERSUS [03 x 1.44MB] PC.Lock.98.v3.10-VERSUS [03 x 1.44MB] Another decent week from a group that, while not a powerhouse by any measure, continually puts out some decent apps, in this case, the new Portfolio release from Extensis. Nothing else really stands out, but no problems here (cept a repack, oh well). Total: 6/10 ..._______________________.___ ____.____... ::/ _______/ ____/ | \/ | \:: _/\____ \/ /___/ | \ \: \ > \ \ \/ \ \ :\__________/\________/_________/|_____|___/ ::.. .:[ SCUM ]:. .:[SCUM]:. .:[SCUM]:. ..:: ```````````````````````````````````````````` SCUM: Releases: ABS.Staff.Files.v2.0-SCuM [06 x 1.44MB] Solid.View.v3.2-SCuM [06 x 1.44MB] The two comeback attempts from the start of '99 seem to be fading a lot over the past while. Scum is hanging on with a couple of decent releases this week, although loosing FH won't help. Meanwhile the other comeback group, Sodom, seems to have faded completely. Total: 4/10 [========================================] [========================================] ______)\______)\_____)\______)\______)\ \ ____)_____ )____ \_____ )_____ \ _\____ \ ;_/ \ ;__\ \ ;_/ \ \__; \ \_____ )____.__)____. )___.__)___\_. \ \____/ xx/xx/99 \____/-/=SodOM=\-\____/ [========================================] Back For You in 1999 ! [XX/03] [========================================] SODOM Releases: N/A Total: N/A Only one more byte to crack before... ____._____ ____ _____ _____ _ _____ __ ._____ :::_|_ / _ \/ _ \/ _ \__\_ \___| / ::/ __/_ / / / / / / _ / _ /: :/ / / / / / / / / / / / /:: :\_______\___/\____/\____/\______/________\:: : \\\\\\\ \\\\ \\\\\ \\\\\ \\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\ -----------------------------------------wk!- 2000AD Releases: Oracle.Web.Express.Server.v5.0.3.for.Windows.NT-2000AD [13 x 1.44MB] Focus.Nutcracker.3.2b.For.WindowsNT-2000AD [67 x 1.44MB] Security.Explorer.3.09.For.WindowsNT-2000AD [03 x 1.44MB] Objective.Voice.Email.6.0.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD [02 x 1.44MB] ImageCast.Server.IC3.v3.03.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD [10 x 1.44MB] JClass.LiveTable.Bytecode.v3.6j-2000AD [04 x 1.44MB] JClass.Field.Bytecode.v3.6j-2000AD [03 x 1.44MB] JClass.Chart.Bytecode.v3.6j-2000AD [05 x 1.44MB] Ztree.Win.1.46b.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD [01 x 1.44MB] TeamWARE.Knowledge.Browser.1.0.1-2000AD [01 x 1.44MB] Making it's debut in the report this week is 2000AD. This crew has quite a history in the scene, and has been around for some time in various incarnations. The PC division of 2KAD has had it's ups and downs, they've had some good cracking work, and 97 was a very strong year for them in the PC scene, but in the recent past they've lacked major titles. They also have a tendency towards releasing beta's and minor versions, which while legit aren't necessarily the signs of a strong group. Of late, this crew seems to be picking up some, after a generally unimpressive 1998. This week saw nothing major from them, but a lot of the releases will be familar to most of you, and they managed to avoid too many beta's <g>. Total: 7/10 _______________________ ____________ __\ _______/ ______/______/__ / \ __/ / / \/ / / /_______\ /______________\____ /________\ -------------------------------\/----------- (*) F a t i g u e - Couriers Network (*) ___________________________________________. ________________________________________wK!. FATIGUED COURIERS NETWORK: Releases: Protoview_ActiveX_Component_Suite_v6.0-FCN [03 x 1.44MB] SysTools_v2.02-FCN [02 x 1.44MB] TurboDXF_OCX-FCN [01 x 1.44MB] Orpheus_v3.02-FCN [07 x 1.44MB] DXF-IN_OCX_v3.0-FCN [02 x 1.44MB] Aebacus_Popup_Controls_v1.01.194_For_ActiveX-FCN [01 x 1.44MB] StLib_Component_Library_v1.44-FCN [01 x 1.44MB] Another new group on the list this week, by popular demand, FCN. This group must seem like an answered prayer to the programmers/developers in the scene, as they cater to this group almost exclusively. This week saw them release v6 extremely popular Protoview Component Suite. Orpheus is the only other title here familiar to me (man reviewing this group is gonna be a bitch), but overall, great job! Total: 7/10 New this week: 2000AD, FCN. Idle this week: DOD, MFD, SDM. Quote(s) of the Week: <tree-> grad is going thru personal problems.... its called his life <TraderX> "Intel Corp. today outlined its vision of a billion Internet-connected PCs and millions of servers generating one trillion dollars of annual e-commerce revenues within the next few years." <Bud-> "Bud Corp. today outlined its vision of Bud beating the SHIT out of Intel executives until they give him a new P3 system free of charge within the next few days." You know it's a slow week for quotes when I have to quote myself. Give the week to SGE, and what the fuck is LND doing? (I find myself asking this a lot). After doing some great titles on their own, they go right back to their usual shady tactics. I've given up on them as a group, they've lost all my respect (I'm sure they don't care), but I'll continue to review them, since they are part of the utils scene. FCN and 2KAD are added this week, due to popular demand. I'm not sure how well FCN will fit into my formula, but they certainly deserve mention. I've said for a while that both FCN and Radium would be added, but Radium didn't release this week so I figured I'd wait, no point in reviewing nothing. I was probably a bit easy on both of them this week (I just read what I wrote back there), but hey it's their first week here. Ok, that's it, thanks to Grind of 2KAD and Delphic of FCN for sending me their DIZ's as I was too damn lagged and lazy to log into a site and get them myself. - Bud