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1999 December 19
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Bud's Biased Utils Report #3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Back again! Last weeks report was a bit rough due to exams on my part. My
editing sucked in that edition, this week it's much cleaner. And more biased!
Starting with this issue I'll be listing the weeks releases from each group,
instead of droning on about each of them... and perhaps some other changes
as well. I'm also displaying the DIZ of each group reviewed now since they
look so pretty. ;)
For those of you wondering why this report differs so greatly from the one
found in CWS, well, I feel that any ranking of releases should be based on
quality - not quantity. I also tend to differentiate between cracks, regged
shareware and utils - there is no fair way to compare a 10$ system
monitor program to an app like Director 7, for example.
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 12/13/98 to 12/19/98. I'm in the EST time zone so
dates/times run according to it.
Groups: (In no particular order)
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▀█▄ ▀█▌▀█▄ ▐ ▄█▀ ▄▄██▌ A Group
▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐█ █▌▐█▌ ▄█▀ █ That Gives
▄██▌▄▀ ▄██▌▀██▌ ██ ▐▌ Slightly
▀███ ▀███ ▀█ ▐███▄▄ █ Less Than
▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐▌ ▀██▀ ▀▄ A Fuck.
▀ ▀ ▀ ▀ -XeN
PIRATES WITH ATTITUDE:
Releases:
Microsoft.Windows.2000.Professional.Beta3-RC0.build.1946-PWA [31 x 10MB]
Well Windows 2000 Professional is the new name for NT Workstation 5...
but enough with the Win beta shit already! Do we really need more buggy
software from Microsoft??? Some people will enjoy this... personally my
system is fucked up enough from Win95. Oh and it was WAY over the limit. Some
sites nuked, some approved, so I'll still give some points for it.
Total: 4/10
▄───── ▄▄▄ ────────── ▄▄█▓▄ ─── ▄ ─ ▄▓▄
░ ▀ ▄█████▓ ▄▄███▄ ▄▀▀████▌ ▄█████▄ ▀
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▀██▓▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀ ■▄ ▐▓ ▀▀▓█▀
■▄──────+ The Corporation +─ ▀▄ ─gas!─■
THE CORPORATION:
Releases:
Cognos.PowerPlay.v6.0.199.4.User.Edition-CORP [14 x 2.88MB]
Disneys.A.Bugs.Life.Print.Studio-CORP [30 x 2.88MB]
Datametrics.Viewpoint.v4.2.Win9xNT.FINAL-CORP [05 x 1.44MB]
McAffee.Office.Suite.v.1.0-CORP [30 x 2.88MB]
After the loss of points for D7 beta last week, Corp gets a fresh start...
I thought A Bug's Life Studio was a joke when I first saw it - unfortunately
it wasn't. Maybe your kids will enjoy it for Xmas. They released McAffee
Suite v1.0, proudly stating none of the programs in the suite could be
downloaded from McAffee's FTP - too bad every single program in the suite
has already been released seperately. Seems quality problems are still abound.
Corp picked up DL this week on the site side of things, and dropped RAY after
some problems with Easy, who was then removed as a siteop... hrmm now wasn't
he involved in the Entity/MDK thing? Sheesh. And has the parting of Semaj
taken its toll? Corp certainly isn't releasing as much. Be sure to check out
the Semaj/CORP logs on TCA though =)
Total: 5/10
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. __/ __ _/ _/ ____/ ___/ .
. \__ / _\ \_____ \ ___/__ :
. :/ \ \ / \ / \|
: |\___/ /___/_____ /___ /|
: | \_/_____/\____ /_____/___/_____/ |
:...`---\_____\/----/_flr_/---/_p^D_/--'
RISE:
Releases:
TAILORMADE.FLATOUT.v4.1.FINAL.CRACKED-RiSE [01 x 1.44MB]
TAILORMADE.CAD.SERVER.HPGL.v2.0-RiSE [01 x 1.44MB]
TAILORMADE.HP2DESIGN.v6.03.FINAL.CRACKED-RISE [01 x 1.44MB]
COMPUTER.ASSOCIATES.INC.UNICENTER.TNG.FRAMEWORK.v2.20.FINAL-RISE [36 x 3MB]
MAGIX.CORP.MUSIC.STUDIO.v2000.DELUXE.EDITION.CRACKED-RiSE [12 x 1.44MB]
This week saw RISE releasing once again - wow! Since RISE is one of my personl
fav's it's great to see that excellent cracking team at work. Again, I'd love
to see some big name mainstream apps out from RISE. What else.. well these
guys have more sites then I can fuckin' believe, and they picked up BHZ as
AHQ. And RAY. And CO (which has announced no other affils besides SHK/RISE).
Then BHZ went to CORP, and after a brief stay from CORP to ENT. I'm soooooo
confused with that fucking site. Oh well. I just hope we don't see any RISE
MEGA HQ's reminiscent of XF. This week also saw Drizzit & Bunter join
the group!
Total: 6/10
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┌- ▓██ ▀▀ ▀▀▀ ────-──-─-─ ▀▀▀ -──-──-──┐
: ▀▀▀██▄▀███▀▀▀▀▀██▄ ▄██▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀██▄ ░│
▀▀███▓ ███ ███ ▓██ ███ ███ ▓██ ▓██ ███ ░:
: ███ ███ ███ ███▀▀▀ ▓██ ███ ███▀▀▀ .
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: ▓██▄██▀▄███▄▀██▄███ ▀██▄███ ███ ███ :
▄ ▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ roy███ ███ ███ ─┘
▀▄ ███ ███ ██▓
▀▄ ███ ▀▀▀▀▀▀
▀██▓
▀█
SIEGE:
Releases:
WISEVIEW.1.6-SiEGE (Get the Virus-Free repack) [12 x 1.44MB]
WISEMDS.1.1-SiEGE [04 x 1.44MB]
CLUB.HOLLYWOOD.TRANSITIONS.FOR.HOLLYWOOD.FX.DECEMBER.98-SiEGE [05 x 1.44MB]
CAYMAN.POWER.CG.PLUS.V4.0E.STANDALONE-SiEGE [04 x .144MB]
CAYMAN.POWER.CG.PLUS.V4.0E.FOR.ADOBE.PREMIERE-SiEGE [06 x 1.44MB]
CAYMAN.POWER.CG.PLUS.V4.0E.FOR.FAST.VM-SiEGE [08 x 1.44MB]
CAYMAN.POWER.CG.PLUS.V4.0E.FOR.SPEED.RAZOR-SiEGE [06 x 1.44MB]
SGE has taken top spot two weeks straight, and took the two best utils of
last week - but it's doubtful they could have matched their previous
performance this week. Still they're one of the most powerful groups
around, and that's not going to change anytime soon. Ewww.. a virus!
Oh well... I think every group's done this at least once. A good week
overall.
Total: 7/10
──────────────────────────────────[XX/XX]─
▄██ ▄▄▄ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄
█▓█ █▓█ ▒ ██▀ █▓█ █ █▓█ ██ █▓█ █ ███ ██ █▓
█▒█ █▒█ █░█ ▀▀ ▄█ █▒█ ██ █▒█ █ ▄▄▄ ██▄▄
▄██▀██▄ ▀ █▒█▀▀▀ ██ █░█ ██ ▄▄█ █▓█ ██ ▄▄
█▒█ █▓█ ▓ █▓█ ░ █▓█ █░█ ██ ░ █▓█ █▒█ ██ █▓
███ █▒█ ▒ ███ ▬▀█████▀▄██ ▒ ▀█████▀ ▀████
─── ██▀ ░ ──────────────── ▓ ───── sikos ─
X-FORCE:
Releases:
SHAKE_VERSION_2.0-XFORCE [08 x 1.44MB]
Can we say fallen dynasty?
Total: 5/10
/\______/| ___/\_
_/ ______ :|; . __/\ ____/\ __| //
%%%\____ \ |__:_\__ \/ ~~ :\_ | __/%%%%
iii_/ :| \\_ \ ;| \_ |____/ \iiiii
:::\__ ; _/ | \\_ : // | \\_ | \\_:::
\____/---|____/____/_______/-|____/kaz
SHOCK:
Releases:
Web.Meta.Power.v1.0-SHOCK [03 x 1.44MB]
Kiplingers.Small.Business.Attorney.99-SHOCK [03 x 1.44MB]
ICaR.Expert.System.and.ActiveX.Component.v3.0.Personal.Edt-SHOCK [05 x 1.44MB]
Speed.Surfer.v4.0-SHOCK [03 x 1.44MB]
DragonScan.v3.0-SHOCK [06 x 1.44MB]
Medical.Drug.Reference.v4.2-SHOCK [03 x 1.44MB]
HyperACCESS.v8.2a-SHOCK [08 x 1.44MB]
Small.Office.Scan.Tools.v1.01-SHOCK [10 x 1.44MB]
The SHK crew released over 300 Megs last week, with no nukes or dupes
and some good quality programs. This week saw a nice clean week of
releasing, although nowhere near as many megs.
Total: 7/10
_ ___________ _ ________ ___________ __ _
____________ \_________ \_________ \____
_ _/_ / _ __/ / ____/ / _ __/
/ ______//_ / /_ /_____/
_//_ _ \_ / /_ /
\_______/ _ _//__/ _ _// _ _//mG(CiA)
=[ENT]===/______/==/_______/_____/=====[ENT]=
ENTITY:
Releases:
NOVELL.GROUPWISE.v5.5-ENTiTY [38 x 1.44MB]
Despite the fact the some sites nuke all Novell software, Groupwise is still
a nice title, and a lot of people have been waiting for it. Bones seems to be
doing a good job holding the group together, so for all the recent problems,
Entity has shown it's still in the game. The new site BHZ joined on as AHQ,
and they also picked up Alkivar from TRPS. Alkivar was at odds with TRPS
since he (then a TRPS member) nuked their 1000th release (See the log in
NWR27). Oh and Warlord joined. Problem this week was in getting the releases
out - they stalled after groupwise, due to finals week for Bones..
Total: 5/10
. ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄
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: ████ ███ ▐███ ███ .
| ████ ▐███ ███▀ ███ :
| ████ ███ ▐███ ▄███ ███▄ . :
| ████▀▀▀▀▀ ██▓█ ▀███▄▄██▓▀ .
.▄▓███▄ ▀███▌ ▀▀ PRESENTS :
| :
: [xx/xx].
'---.-------PENTIUM FORCE TEAM-- ---- - -'
PENTIUM FORCE TEAM:
Releases:
OnTime.Enterprise.4.63-PFT [25 x 2.88MB]
GlobalLink.Power.Translator.Pro.v6.41.FULL.CD-PFT [24 x 1.44MB]
Where the fuck did PFT go this week?
Well the week for PFT started with Maudib leaving to return to
Premiere. Bah, thats not going to hurt PFT much. Two nice titles...
slow week compared to last week, but it's been slow all around.
Total: 6/10
________ ________
| |_________________________|__ |
| | _ \ ___/ |
| | / \ \ |
|________|_______/ [xx/xx]/\________________|
----------------/________/>bds!------------
LEGENDS NEVER DIE:
Releases:
LOTUS.CCMAIL.MOBILE.6.3.02-LND [18 x 1.44MB]
LOTUS.CCMAIL.DESKTOP.6.3.02-LND [16 x 1.44MB]
Can LND overcome the horrible reputation its had of late? Do you
really care!? I rag on LND an awful lot... so this week I'm
going to let their releases do the talking.
Total: 5/10
.__________. [xx/xx/98]
\_ ___ ) Da ToP oF Da LiNe! .___.
===/ _/ /=======================/ /=====
.:/ _____/__./(___.____/\.______./ /_____.
:/ /__/ . ) . )____ ) _ ) / __ )
/__/ / / / / // __ / /__/ / /___/:
.:/ /__/__/__/__/(______\____ /__/_____ /MO
=/__/========================\/========\/===
= THE PINNACLES OF RELEASING (C) PNC 95-98 =
PINNACLE:
Releases:
Inovie.TeamCenter.v1.2.2a-PNC [06 x 1.44MB]
Cybercop.Scanner.v2.5.WinNT-PNC [05 x 1.44MB]
Media.Pallete.Plus.v1.5-PNC [05 x 1.44MB]
DocuShare.v1.5.For.WinNT-PNC [10 x 1.44MB]
OMG PNC released! After being completely idle last week, they finally
put something out!
Well it's nice to see Pinnacle releasing, but to be honest I'm not
sure what kind of a future the group has left. Even when they are
releasing, the titles aren't close to the quality of old. DocShare is
ok, but MFD released the PRO version of Media Palatte 1.5 a day before
PNC did the PLUS edition, and the PRO contains more features. Still,
for the most part PNC has managed to avoid fuckups/dupes/broken releases,
which has hampered other struggling groups such as HTG - but it's hard
to fuck up a release when you don't have any. The rebirth of SCUM saw
PNC take another blow as they lost members to the reformation.
Total: 6/10
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░▀ ▀█▄ ▀▀ ▀▌ ▀ ■ ▐▄ ■ ▄ ▀ ■ ▀ ▀ ▄▄▄ ▀
█ ▐█▌█ ▀ █▄▀▄ █▀█▄▀██ █ █▄▀▄ ▀▀ ▄▌ █▄▀▄
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▀▓▓ ▀▓▓ ▀▓▓ ▄▀▓▓ ▀ ▓▀ ▀▓▄▀▓█ ▄▐▓▌ ▀▓▓ ▄
── ▀ ─── ▀ ─ ▀▀ ── ▀ ▀ ──── ▀ ▀▀ ▄▀▀ ─░─ ▀▀
PREMiERE 1998 RELEASES WITH STYLE [xx/xx/98]
────────────────────────────────────────────
Premiere:
Releases:
Oasis.V6.0.Final.For.Win9x.NT-PREMiERE [08 x 3MB]
Software.Remover.Plus.v3.0-PREMiERE [04 x 1.44MB]
Family.Origins.v7.0-PREMiERE [03 x 1.44MB]
ScanMail.for.Lotus.Notes.v1.8.for.WinNT-PREMiERE [05 x 1.44MB]
Sound.Forge.XP.v4.5.57-PREMiERE [04 x 1.44MB]
RealServer.Plus.G2.v6.0-PREMiERE [06 x 1.44MB]
"They're Baaaccckkk!!!" (Think Poltergiest). PRM makes its return
this week, with Fusion once again at the helm, and many of its former
members have returned to it. Despite its rocky history PRM certainly
has some releasing power, and this incarnation starts out with a clean
slate.
Oasis 6 was the "premiere" release for the reborn PRM, although I'm not
sure it's one I would have chosen as a debut. OASIS stands for
Operater Assisted Sewer Information System, and I'm not sure how
many people would be interested in that, since most of us don't operate
our own sewer system. Yes that's right, there was no typo - OASIS is an
addon for MS Access which is for use with "wastewater collection systems."
Bad news for PRM though.. shortly after the OASIS release, several people
began complaining it was uncracked. I decided to test it myself, and
during installation was given a message saying "You are installing the
demo version of OASIS." The program reports that when you purchase you
will be given an unlocking code... only no unlocking code was provided.
Fusion and the other leaders acknowledged the mistake, and there's no
doubt they'll make up for it. Releases such as Software Remover Plus
3 are much nicer, and should have been considered for the initial release...
In any case they're back, they're releasing, and they had a decent week
if you look beyond the bumpy start. They would have scored a 7 but the
nuke cost them a point.
As for other news.. MDK needs a utils afill... PRM returns... hrmmm.
Could be something to that.
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:
Trados_translator_v2.01-DOD [04 x 1.44MB]
Command.Antivirus.v4.54.NTws-DOD [05 x 1.44MB]
Command.Antivirus.v4.54.NTws-DIZ_FIX-DOD [01 x 1.44MB]
Cubase_v.3.6_Win9X-DOD [15 x 1.44MB]
Cubase_v.3.6_Docs-DOD [31 x 1.44MB]
I wasn't sure what to expect from DOD this week, after being
fairly idle recently. Despite the fact that I personally feel they're
a great group, I didn't think they'd do much of anything. Everyone
was surprised to see Cubase 3.6 (tough dongle crack) from them (and a 31
Disk DOCS addon :P). Unfortunatly, the excitement was short-lived, as Cubase
was broken (bad CRC in the rars), and there's been no fix as of yet. That
leaves them with another Command Antivirus and Trados Translator.
Total: 5/10
___ _ __________ ____________ ____ _____ ___
\__\\_\_______ \__ _ ______/___ \_ __//__/
;;;;;;; / \/ \\ ____/ / \\ mg/SAC
-)--- _/ / \_ \_/ -/ \_ --(-
;;;;; \____/_ _ _//_ /______ _ _// ;;;;
[xx/xx/98]/________/==\/====/________//[MfD]
=[X]==][= MANiFEST DESTiNY RELEASE =][==[X]=
MANIFEST DESTINY:
Releases:
Nuts.And.Bolts.98.v2.01-MFD [11 x 1.44MB]
Media.Pallette.Pro.v1.5-MFD [06 x 1.44MB]
G1-98.v2.0.6-MFD [09 x 1.44MB]
Kiplingers.Taming.the.Paper.Tiger.v1.0-MFD [07 x 1.44MB]
Dr.Solomons.VirusScan.v4.0.2.Corporate-MFD [06 x 1.44MB]
C-More.v1.21-MFD [12 x 1.44MB]
BullsEye.Pro.v1.0-MFD [05 x 1.44MB]
Kiplinger.TaxCut.1998.2.Federal.Filing.Edition-MFD [05 x 1.44MB]
MobileChoice.WinBEEP32.v3.0-MFD [05 x 1.44MB]
PanHandler32.for.SAW.v3.2-MFD [01 x 1.44MB]
PanHandler.v2.0.for.Cool.Edit.Pro-MFD [01 x 1.44MB]
PanHandler.v2.0.for.Adobe.Premiere.v5.1-MFD [01 x 1.44MB]
PanHandler.DX.Plugin.v1.4-MFD [01 x 1.44MB]
WellCAD.v2.33.Win95-MFD [19 x 1.44MB]
Nino.Contacts.v2.7-MFD [08 x 1.44MB]
Ok MFD did quite a few decent utils along with some minor regged programs
and cracks... good job on those but perhaps they need to choose a direction?
As usual I'm not listing the cracks etc. Still, in an extremely slow week,
they were one of the few bright spots.
Total: 8/10
.· [xX/Xx]·.
: [xx/xx/98] :
: .__ .____ :
|__l \._____.___\__/___ /^\__ /\___ .____ |
l | \ _ l \__/ l__ \ \l _ \|
l : | __/.:__| \ __/ | \ -- | __/l
l _. | \ | | | \/\ _ | . | \
l__: |____/__\|___|_ /_:__|--: |\____/
||||___/:::::::········\_/···:/_____/|[war]|
|:·|-| HERiTAGE 1998 PROUDLY PRESENTS |-|·:|
|||||||::::::::··············::::::::|||||||
[HTG] Looking for a WHQ [HTG]
HERITAGE:
Releases: N/A
Total: N/A
_______________________________[xx/xx]
\_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/
/ _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \
/ | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \
\___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \
====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/
REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS
>> RELEASING WITHOUT PERMISSION <<
REBELS:
Releases:
Microwave_Office_v2.12_cracked-RBS [03 x 2.88MB]
ViewPort.plus.7.0.FINAL-RBS [09 x 2.88MB]
EJay.Special.Edition-RBS [27 x 2.88MB]
Good week for RBS compared to last, no problems, some nice utils.
Hmm Rebels is cool and I'll just leave it at that.
Total: 7/10
█▄▓▄■▀░▄ Teknorage and Pirasoft Present: ▄░▀■▄░▄█
█ ▐▄ ▌ █
█▓▀cH/SAC ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄█▄▄ [xx\xx] ▀▓█
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▄▄████▓ ▄▄▄ ▀████▌█████▌▐████▐████▌▐████▐█████▌
▐██████▌▐█████▄ ▓███▀█████ ████ ▀████ ███▌▐██████
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▐████▌▐███████ ████▄████▀ ▄████████▀ ▄▄ ▐█████▄
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█▄▄▄▓▄▄▄ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▄█
▀▀▀ ░▒▓█▄ xx/xx/98 ······ Ratzhole WHQ ▀ ▀▓▀▀▀
TRPS:
Releases:
Mr.Photo.v2.0.Win9xNT.GOLD-TRPS [13 x 1.44MB]
SmartCD_RomMaker_v5.11_for_Win9x-NT-TRPS [04 x 1.44MB]
Salvo_Server_4.00.228_Win98NT-TRPS [16 x 1.44MB]
SmartCD_Recording_API_2.6.0_WinNT-TRPS [03 x 1.44MB]
SmartCD_Recording_API_2.6.0_Win9x-TRPS [03 x 1.44MB]
Minitab.12.v4.12.Data.Financial.and.Economics.Analysis.Win9xNT-TRP[09 x 1.44MB]
NetG.Developer.v1.16.Win9x-TRPS [19 x 1.44MB]
Crescent.QuickPak.v1.1.for.VB.J.PLUS.PLUS-TRPS [02 x 1.44MB]
Distinct.Visual.Internet.Toolkit.v4.01.Win9xNT.Cracked-TRPS [21 x 2.88MB]
Tiny.Term.Professional.Suite.WORKING.WIN9XNT-TRPS [08 x 1.44MB]
Attachmate.RLN.v5.1.1.Win9xNT-TRPS [04 x 1.44MB]
Tekno Rage & Pirasoft are back for the second week in a row. As usual
I'm going to discount the cracks/regs of shareware/useless junk and
judge only the releases that fit into the Utils category, since this
is a utils report. TRPS saw Alkivar leave this week, taking his
shellbox with him. Apparently he's given them a few days to find a
new box before he removes their accounts, which is more than a lot
of people would have done.
I haven't tested Mr Photo yet, but I've had earlier versions and
decided not to release them - the program is horrible! Perhaps
there's been some improvements in v2.0 - lets hope so anyways. The
GOLD edition contains some other apps - Presto! Photo Album & Presto!
Photo Designer.
On top of the cracks and other releases that I don't feel fit into
the utils category, I decided not to consider WebHub Developer
v1.683, as 1.670 was released the week before by TRPS, and I'm not
going to give points everytime the group releases an extremely minor
update. But TRPS still had a strong week.
Total: 8/10
New this week: Premiere makes their return.
Idle this week: Heritage
Quote of the Week: <Toth> is idle: PRM is back.. toth ponders suicide =)
Well the underdogs took top slot this week, MFD & TRPS sharing the
lead with 8 points each. Most of the powerhouse release groups were
hurt by inactivity, nukes or both.
It was a pretty tame week as far as releases were concerned... SGE/CORP had
an NFO war and then ended it, with Freakshow from CORP making a public
post on TCA's message board apologizing for CORP's recent quality
problems. Premiere makes its return with a shakey debut, but quickly makes
up for it with some strong releases. A new group has arrived this week, IUC
(Intelligent Underground Connections), and says it will be focusing on
enterprise level applications. Not a good showing for them though, their
first release was nuked for no DIZ. Plus there's the SCUM revival, so
expect to see titles from them soon. They're yet another entry into a
crowded field... at least one group will bow out soon. BHZ switched
so many affils this past week that I lost count, so my apologies if
anything is fucked up in that regard.
- Bud