Buds Biased Utils Report, 22

Bud's Biased Utils Report #22 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Still alive and at least half awake? Lets get going then... This week saw a lot of releases in the utils field, and with summer fast approaching, the younger segment of the scene will soon find some more free time on their hands. So perhaps some more activity will follow. With TK4 back in Corp they're making a move at challenging SGE with a ton of releases, meanwhile it seems no one is going to make an attempt at challenging LND in the niche CAD/CAM market, at least not for the time being. 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 05/25/99 to 05/31/99. 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: Digital.Atmosphere.2.2-PWA Pretty much absent after a fair week last time around. Total: 2/10 ▄───── ▄▄▄ ────────── ▄▄█▓▄ ─── ▄ ─ ▄▓▄ ░ ▀ ▄█████▓ ▄▄███▄ ▄▀▀████▌ ▄█████▄ ▀ ▓███▀ ▀▄██████▄▀█▌ ▐████▐▓▀ ▀███▓ ▓███▌ ▐▓█▀ ▀██▌▐▓ ▀ ▀▓▀▓▌ ▐███▌ ▐█████▄▄▀ ▀█▄ ▄▓█▓ █▓▄ █▌▀▄▄████▓ ▀██▓▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀ ■▄ ▐▓ ▀▀▓█▀ ■▄──────+ The Corporation +─ ▀▄ ─gas!─■ THE CORPORATION: Releases: AutoDesk.QuickCAD.Millenium.Edition-CORP InterSpace.VR.Community.Builder.v2.41-CORP Netscape.Client.Customization.Kit.for.Nav.and.Comm.v4.5-CORP Visio.Accident.Reporting.v5.0-CORP DesignCAD.LT.200-CORP Ostream.Migrator.v.1.5-CORP Visio.Professional.Shapes.and.Addons.v.5.0-CORP Visio.Technical.Shapes.and.Addons.v.5.0-CORP ViZfx.GA.Pro.v1.0.Win9xNT-CORP Vorton.Techs.Financial.Tools.v1.0-CORP JP.Systems.BeamLink.v2.0-CORP Modaka.Desktop.Integrated.Browsing.System-CORP Accute-Date.Year.2000.Fix-CORP Axtive.JCertify-CORP Encomium.Data.International.Pro.v4.0-CORP ROAD.BeanBox.v2.0-CORP SearchPad.AI.v1.2-CORP VisualSoft.WebProject.WinNT.v1.0-CORP Visio.Technical.Plus.v5.0-CORP This weeks activity from Corp was a result of a lot of enthusiasm - a bit too much at times. Three releases of the above won't gain points here as they're all nukes (only two actually got nuked from what I see). Incredible sloppiness on the part of Beck in releasing QuickCAD Millenium, a dupe of LND from a few months back. Credit to Beck, he owned up on it, no excuses. More sloppy work in Vorton Financial Tools 1.0 - this is actually v2.0, and a dupe of Shock from a few days back. Finally, DesignCAD LT 2000 isn't really valid - the Pro version gives users 2D/3D capabilities, and was released quite a while ago, where as the LT version gives only the 2D capabilities found in the Pro edition - so why bother with it? Even with all that, there's an awful lot of decent titles here, and some excellent ones. The Visio Plus releases, for example, as well as ViZfx GA Pro. Corp seems to really want to focus on the mass releasing of late, hopefully they'll be a tad more careful with quality control in the weeks to come. A good week marred by some sloppy research, which cost them a few points. Total: 7/10 . )\_______)\__)\_______)\_______ . . __/ __ _/ _/ ____/ ___/ . . \__ / _\ \_____ \ ___/__ : . :/ \ \ / \ / \| : |\___/ /___/_____ /___ /| : | \_/_____/\____ /_____/___/_____/ | :...`---\_____\/----/_flr_/---/_p^D_/--' RISE: Releases: COREL.PHOTO.PAINT.v9.0.RETAIL.FINAL-RiSE BITJAZZ.PHOTOJAZZ.v1.0.6.FOR.PHOTOSHOP-RiSE RiSE did a retail final of Photo Paint 9, which was nuked on some sites as a dupe... still a good release imo. Aside from that they have only a PhotoShop plugin to show for their efforts. their efforts. Total: 4/10 ▄██▀███▀▀ ▀ ▄█ ┌- ▓██ ▀▀ ▀▀▀ ────-──-─-─ ▀▀▀ -──-──-──┐ : ▀▀▀██▄▀███▀▀▀▀▀██▄ ▄██▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀██▄ ░│ ▀▀███▓ ███ ███ ▓██ ███ ███ ▓██ ▓██ ███ ░: : ███ ███ ███ ███▀▀▀ ▓██ ███ ███▀▀▀ . │░ ███ ██▓ ██▓ ███ ██▓ ███ ███ ███ ▓███▀▀ : ▓██▄██▀▄███▄▀██▄███ ▀██▄███ ███ ███ : ▄ ▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ roy███ ███ ███ ─┘ ▀▄ ███ ███ ██▓ ▀▄ ███ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀██▓ ▀█ SIEGE: Releases: SPEEDRENDER.V2.002-SiEGE AVID.MARQUEE.V1.0-SiEGE CLOTHREYES.V3.0-SiEGE METAREYES.V5.0-SiEGE ON-SCREEN.TAKEOFF.V1.6-SiEGE SERIF.3D.PLUS.V1.0-SiEGE VIRTUAL.GIBBS.V5.06-SiEGE LOTUS.ORGANIZER.V5.01-SiEGE ESPRIT.W.V3.1.MISSING.CRACK-SiEGE PTY.STRUC.PLUS.V14.01.FOR.AUTOCAD.V14-SiEGE KINETIX.3DSMAXR3.PRE-RELEASE.CODE.GENERATOR.V2-SiEGE ULTIMATTE.V2.21.FOR.ADOBE.AFTER.EFFECT-SiEGE SGE get back to their releasing basics this week, controling the art/design scene. They also continue their healthy assault on Lutus products. New version of Virtual Gibbs, SpeedRender stand out. Total: 7/10 ──────────────────────────────────[XX/XX]─ ▄██ ▄▄▄ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ █▓█ █▓█ ▒ ██▀ █▓█ █ █▓█ ██ █▓█ █ ███ ██ █▓ █▒█ █▒█ █░█ ▀▀ ▄█ █▒█ ██ █▒█ █ ▄▄▄ ██▄▄ ▄██▀██▄ ▀ █▒█▀▀▀ ██ █░█ ██ ▄▄█ █▓█ ██ ▄▄ █▒█ █▓█ ▓ █▓█ ░ █▓█ █░█ ██ ░ █▓█ █▒█ ██ █▓ ███ █▒█ ▒ ███ ▬▀█████▀▄██ ▒ ▀█████▀ ▀████ ─── ██▀ ░ ──────────────── ▓ ───── sikos ─ X-FORCE: Releases: COOL_JEX_SUITE_V1.0-XFORCE DISCREET_LOGIC_EDIT_V4.513-XFORCE NUANCE_V6.1-XFORCE C-FORGE_V1.2-5_COMMERCIAL_FOR_LINUX-XFORCE CHARACTER_STUDIO_2.2.11RC_FOR_SHIVA-XFORCE ULTIMATE_TOOLBOX_FOR_MFC_3RD_EDITION_MAY_1999-XFORCE ALIAS_WAVEFRONT_MAYA_UNLIMITED_V2.0_RC-XFORCE C-FORGE_V1.2-4_COMMERCIAL_FOR_LINUX-XFORCE Two versions of C-Forge that close together? Even if i gave points for Linux I wouldn't score for both of those. WaveFront Maya Release Candidate gets half the points a final would, good job on it however. Same goes for any RC, Beta, Pre-Release, etc. (I thought I should clear that up, it's not JUST betas I do half points for). Ultimate Toolbox 3RD Edition... yeesh. Character Studio, which is an RC again, although another decent one. Nuance, Discreet Logic Edit, and Cool Jex Suite are the only releases here to get full points. Total: 5/10 /\______/| ___/\_ _/ ______ :|; . __/\ ____/\ __| // %%%\____ \ |__:_\__ \/ ~~ :\_ | __/%%%% iii_/ :| \\_ \ ;| \_ |____/ \iiiii :::\__ ; _/ | \\_ : // | \\_ | \\_::: \____/---|____/____/_______/-|____/kaz SHOCK: Releases: Dynacom.Accounting.2000.Basic.Edition.v3.0.2-SHOCK VersaCheck.Pro.v2.42.REPACK-SHOCK VersaCheck.Web.Commerce.Deluxe.v3.0-SHOCK Primecom.Quicksite.Gold.Edition-SHOCK NetworkCharter.PRO.v3.0.116.WORKING-SHOCK Farpoint.Input.Pro.v3.0-SHOCK IGrafx.Professional.2000-SHOCK Office.Timesheet.2000-SHOCK PageKeeper.Pro.v3.0.FINAL-SHOCK ScriptEase.Desktop.Win32.v4.10c-SHOCK Vorton.Financial.Tools.v2.0-SHOCK Vorton.Soft.Karaoke.Lite.v3.1-SHOCK IRIS.Antivirus.v22.20-SHOCK The store crew was extremely busy this week, with 9 cd-rips as a result. They won on some Vorton Tech titles, got Caere's new Pro edition of PageKeeper 3 done, and threw in the excellent new iGrafx Pro from Micrografx. Dynacom Accounting 2000 is a decent package, and they also released a working, cracked version of Network Charter Pro (neither the ISO release nor the Harry99 ISO rip was working). Mixed in were some lesser web apps, most notably Office TimeSheet 2000. This has been Shock's strongest week of May, and only the need for a repack of Mips Dataline's VersaCheck Pro daunted them. Total: 7/10 . ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ .▀████▀▀▀██▄ ████▀▀██▌▐██▀▀▀▀ --- .------. : ████ ███ ▐███ ███ . | ████ ▐███ ███▀ ███ : | ████ ███ ▐███ ▄███ ███▄ . : | ████▀▀▀▀▀ ██▓█ ▀███▄▄██▓▀ . .▄▓███▄ ▀███▌ ▀▀ PRESENTS : | : : [xx/xx]. '---.-------PENTIUM FORCE TEAM-- ---- - -' PENTIUM FORCE TEAM: Releases: CATIA.CADAM.DRAFTING.v4.2.1-PFT Demoshield.6.00.009.ESD.Edition-PFT ERWin.3.5.2.436.SP2-PFT FOCUS.Desktop.v4.2.1.for.Win9xNT-PFT BPWin.2.5.SP2.Fixed-PFT StarTeam.Enterprise.Suite.4.00.451-PFT PFT again not quite releasing the mass we've come to expect. Still, some nice titles. Good job on StarTeam Enterprise Suite, since the earlier ST Server 4 was botched (some unknown group, I've forgotten), and no one even bothered with the client. The PFT crew also gets out a new version of Cadam Drafting, which is a fairly popular package. While some of the releases are fairly minor, it's a decent showing - although far from PFT's best. Total: 5/10 ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▓▀▀ ▄ ▄▄█▀▀██▓▄ ▄▄▄█▀▀▓▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓▌ ▄▄▄▄ ▐█▓█ ▐▓██▌ ▐▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██ ▓▄ ▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██▌ ▐██▓▌ ▐██▓ ▐█▓▌▐██▓ ██▓▌▐███▓ ████▓ ▀▀▀▀ ███▓ ██▓ ▐█▓█ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▄██▓▀ mg ▀ ▀▀▀▀████▓▌ ▀▀ ██▓▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▓▀ ▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ :: <LEGENDS NEVER DiE> ::: <o4 * 2880> :: ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ LEGENDS NEVER DIE: Releases: DP.TECHNOLOGY.ESPRIT.98-LND UNIGRAPHICS.V15.02.UPGRADE-LND FLO_PLUS_PLUS_V2.30-LND I saw Grad compare LND to Radium this week, in comparison to the total domination of each in their given field. Well, I don't fully agree, but LND has the CAD/CAM market in a stranglehold of sorts. Now on to the releases. They pick up the most recent upgrade of Unigraphics, release Espirit 98, and Flo++ (which I'm not familar with). Total: 6/10 .__________. [xx/xx/98] \_ ___ ) Da ToP oF Da LiNe! .___. ===/ _/ /=======================/ /===== .:/ _____/__./(___.____/\.______./ /_____. :/ /__/ . ) . )____ ) _ ) / __ ) /__/ / / / / // __ / /__/ / /___/: .:/ /__/__/__/__/(______\____ /__/_____ /MO =/__/========================\/========\/=== = THE PINNACLES OF RELEASING (C) PNC 95-98 = PINNACLE: Releases: Instant.Converter.v1.2.for.Java-PNC Instant.Installer.v1.3.for.Java-PNC SoftCD.v2.02-PNC SurveyEase.v3.2.01-PNC A few Java apps, SoftCD, and SurveyEase make up a basically unimpressive week for PNC, but a release is a release when you get right down to it, and they got them out. Total: 4/10 ─ ▄▄ ── ▄▄▄ ─────────░──────────── ─── ── ─ ░▀ ▀█▄ ▀▀ ▀▌ ▀ ■ ▐▄ ■ ▄ ▀ ■ ▀ ▀ ▄▄▄ ▀ █ ▐█▌█ ▀ █▄▀▄ █▀█▄▀██ █ █▄▀▄ ▀▀ ▄▌ █▄▀▄ ▐█▌▄█▀▐█▌ ▐█▌▄ ▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▄ █ ▐▀▀▐█▌▄ ▀▓▓ ▀▓▓ ▀▓▓ ▄▀▓▓ ▀ ▓▀ ▀▓▄▀▓█ ▄▐▓▌ ▀▓▓ ▄ ── ▀ ─── ▀ ─ ▀▀ ── ▀ ▀ ──── ▀ ▀▀ ▄▀▀ ─░─ ▀▀ PREMiERE 1998 RELEASES WITH STYLE [xx/xx/98] ──────────────────────────────────────────── PREMIERE: Releases: HiDoctor.98.v6.0.38-PREMiERE QuikLink.Explorer.v4.0.92.Gold-PREMiERE Speak.Lite.v1.04-PREMiERE Submission.Wizard.v5.1-PREMiERE After twenty days of idleness PRM put these four apps out. All are titles we've seen before from Premiere, all are web apps. If I had to pick the best... well I probably couldn't. Nothing impressive, and PRM has once again gone idle. Total: 3/10 _______________ ____________ ____________ \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ _/ 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: Novell_NetWare_v5.0_Unlimited_Connection_Licenses-DOD NTP_Software_File_Archivist.v.2.0_WinNT-DOD Norton_Antivirus_1.52_Microsoft_Exchange-DOD Norton_AntiVirus_5.02_NT_Workstation-DOD Norton_AntiVirus_v1.04_For_Firewalls-DOD Norton_AntiVirus_v5.02_Win9x-DOD Norton_AntiVirus_v5.02_WinNTServer-DOD DOD comes alive with a new release of Norton AV... seems that's about it for DOD these days, a few Symantec apps are the best things they've seen in some time. If AOD wasn't taken i'd say DOD should rechristian itself AOD (antivirus or die <g>). Kudos, however, for the unlimited licenses for Netware, and nice to see groups ignoring the Novell ban, a ban which half the scene doesn't even understand. Total: 5/10 _______________________________[xx/xx] \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS >> RELEASING WITHOUT PERMISSION << REBELS: Releases: MyEureka.Report.Designer.v6.1.305.Cracked-RBS Minisoft_92_v5.2.12-RBS Addsoft_v2.30_REGGED-RBS Max_Surf_HullSpeed_Professional_V2.15_Cracked-RBS Max_Surf_HydroMax_Professional_V7.15_Cracked_REPACK-RBS Max_Surf_HydroMax_S_Professional_V7.15_Cracked-RBS Max_Surf_Plus_V7.15_Cracked-RBS Max_Surf_S_V7.15_Cracked-RBS Max_Surf_T_V7.15_Cracked-RBS Max_Surf_WorkShop_Professional_V2.15_CRACKED-RBS Max_Surf_Work_Shop_S_V2.15_cracked-RBS Neoform.v2.15.CRACKED-RBS Prefit.v7.15.CRACKED-RBS Span.Professional.v7.15.CRACKED-RBS Installshield_Install_From_The_Web_v3.0.14.0-RBS HydroMax.Professional.v7.12-RBS Stingray_Objective_Grid_v7.01-RBS Stingray_Objective_Toolkit_Pro_Addon_v6.02-RBS Stingray_Objective_Toolkit_v6.02-RBS RBS's cracking crew was busy again this week. Ok negative bitches first. MyEureka Report Designer 6.1.302 was released last week, so I'm not giving full points to 6.1.305 this week. A repack on Hydromax, Pro, plus two versions in the same week :P On the positive side, they get a crack in at XF by taking Objective Toolkit, XF generally dominates Stingray's (a division of Roguewave) product line. While some stuff is minor, they prove they're still in the hunt... somewhat. (Ever notice how much I flip-flop on these issues? <g>). Total: 6/10 █▄▓▄■▀░▄ Teknorage and Pirasoft Present: ▄░▀■▄░▄█ █ ▐▄ ▌ █ █▓▀cH/SAC ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄█▄▄ [xx\xx] ▀▓█ ▀ ▄▄█▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄██▌▐████▓ ▄▄█▓█████▓▀ ▄█▄▄████▄ ▀ ▄▄████▓ ▄▄▄ ▀████▌█████▌▐████▐████▌▐████▐█████▌ ▐██████▌▐█████▄ ▓███▀█████ ████ ▀████ ███▌▐██████ ██████ ███████▌▐███ ▐████▌▐███▌▄████▌ ▀█▄ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▐████▌▐███████ ████▄████▀ ▄████████▀ ▄▄ ▐█████▄ ▄▓███▓▄▓██████▌▐████▌▀▓█▄ ▀███▓▀▀ ▄████▌▓██████▌ ▀▀██████▀ ▀████▀ ▀▀▄ ▀█▀ ▀██▀▀██████▀ █▄▄▄▓▄▄▄ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▄█ ▀▀▀ ░▒▓█▄ xx/xx/98 ······ Ratzhole WHQ ▀ ▀▓▀▀▀ Teknorage & Pirasoft: Releases: Dataflow.v2.14.1-TRPS UltraEdit.32.v6.10b-TRPS PolyView.v3.30.3-TRPS Millennium.v4.12-TRPS Nice.Label.Suite.v2.1-TRPS Application.Scanner.v1.1-TRPS Cactus3.v6.40C-TRPS NetSwitcher.v2.98-TRPS Greenfield.OK2000-TRPS Linear.PolyTherm.PolyCAD.2.0.Serial.FiX-TRPS PolyView's been released what, 349 times this year? UltraEdit is a nice little Hex Editor which actually does a lot more. Most of these apps fit more into the cracking side, but it seems TRPS has decided to drop the unnecessary CRACKED/REGGED/etc tags it's dir names (when I leech a program I expect it to be full, how doesn't really matter). Total: 6/10 _____ ____________ ____ __________ / __/_ ___/\_ \ ___\_/ __/\ ___\_ \ \ / _/ /_ /___ / \ ___ / \___/\_____/___\ ____/______/_____/pn \_/ VERSUS: Releases: Inspiration_V5.0c-VERSUS Second week of just one rel from the normally busy VRS... come on guys, release when I actually report! :) Total: 1/10 ..._______________________.___ ____.____... ::/ _______/ ____/ | \/ | \:: _/\____ \/ /___/ | \ \: \ > \ \ \/ \ \ :\__________/\________/_________/|_____|___/ ::.. .:[ SCUM ]:. .:[SCUM]:. .:[SCUM]:. ..:: ```````````````````````````````````````````` SCUM: Releases: Mentor.Graphics.Renoir.v99.1-SCuM Only one release, but Renoir is pretty sweet so I'm satisfied :) Total: 2/10 Only one more byte to crack before... ____._____ ____ _____ _____ _ _____ __ ._____ :::_|_ / _ \/ _ \/ _ \__\_ \___| / ::/ __/_ / / / / / / _ / _ /: :/ / / / / / / / / / / / /:: :\_______\___/\____/\____/\______/________\:: : \\\\\\\ \\\\ \\\\\ \\\\\ \\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\ -----------------------------------------wk!- 2000AD: Releases: TeamWARE.Dolphin.2.0.1.Server.For.WindowsNT-2000AD Visual.Setup.0.0.2.83.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD Vpop.1.3.2.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD TeamVizor.Developer.1.0b.For.WindowsNT-2000AD Timbuktu.Pro.32.v2.0.650.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD Slowing from last week, 2KAD's top app here is TeamWARE Dolphin Server. They put out the most recent version of Timbuktu Pro (Farallon's remote connectivity app), but it's extremely minor. Total: 3/10 _______________________ ____________ __\ _______/ ______/______/__ / \ __/ / / \/ / / /_______\ /______________\____ /________\ -------------------------------\/----------- (*) F a t i g u e - Couriers Network (*) ___________________________________________. ________________________________________wK!. FATIGUED COURIERS NETWORK: Releases: Creature_Creator_v1.5_For_3DSMAX-FCN Thtml_v7.02_For_Delphi_N_C-FCN VideoSoft_ActiveX_Suite-FCN Youseful_v4.0h_For_Delphi_C-FCN DAO.Components.v2.8.for.Delphi.and.CPPBuilder.With.Full.Src-FCN ImagN.v4.00.For.Windows.32-Bit-FCN Two releases here that really appeal to me, Creature Creator for 3DSMAX and ImagN 4, both nice pickups for FCN, as is VideoSoft's ActiveX Suite. They also do yet another DAO Components release. Total: 5/10 _____nnn_____ <$$$$$$$$$$$$$b »»»»»»»»»»»)$$ |$$$$$$$$$$$$$' |$$T```X$f''' |$$$ '$$$L |$$! '9$$$i. |$$ `'$$$$> r a d i u m »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» RADIUM Releases: Samplitude.2496.v5.20-Radium Samplitude.2496.v5.20.addons-Radium T-Racks.v1.10-Radium Ummm.... someone get me Xing Mpeg... oh yes the apps ;) Nothing I'd use but I'm sure some will... jeez I get repetitive. Next week I promise I'll test every app I can from Radium and give a full report on em, since I seem to skim over so many of these audio tools. Total: 4/10 .--------------------------------. | | | ▄█ [xx/xx] ▄█ | ` ▄███ --------------- ▄███ -----' ▀██▓█ ▄ ▀▀██▀▀████▀████▀▀████▄ ██▓█ ███▄▄▄ █▓█ █▓██ ████ ██▓█ ▐████▀ ░ █▓█ █▓██ ░ ▀▀▀▀ ██▓█ ███▀ ▄█ ░ █▓█ █▓██ ░ ████ s ██▓█ ▐█▀ ▄███ █▓█ █▓██ ████ q ████▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀███ ▀▀▀▀▀██████ z▄▄▄▄▄▄█▀▀▀ ████ ░ ███ ▀▀▀█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ████ ░ ███ ████ ███ ████▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ VENGEANCE: Releases: Extreme.DNC.v4.0-VGC Neon.Wizard.4.1-VGC Sign.Estimator.1.3-VGC Replic.Action.v5.1.3.For.LotusNotes.NT-VGC Some trouble for VGC this week.. not much of a showing period, and Sign Estimator was nuked for being from 1997... I haven't checked it out, going by my sites here, but ummm... yeesh type "dir" in DOS and fucking look, or use Win Explorer, or type ls -als ... this type of thing should never be missed. Extreme DNC was nuked on some sites, I missed why, and Replic Action was nuked as well. Total: 3/10 New this week: Idle this week: Quote(s) of the Week: <Solar> i want it badly ... <DuMbSLuT> and hey bud tell dms to lick my ass k? :) <data-> oh man i got like some bad ass cramps right now <[Sketch]> hehe <data-> it herts big time Blah I deleted my logs so I have no good quotes... :P SGE and SHK both had good weeks. Corp had a stellar week for mass releasing but blew it with some sloppiness. LND did a few good things... I checked out Grad's monthly utils report today (check it out on the TCA forum)... I'm all for competition, and you should read it, if just to get a second opinion. Since I don't do a monthly tally, I'll give my comments on what I feel a top group is. Any group that can be truely considered a top ranked group should have the ability to not only dominate in their own preferred field, but in all areas. While they don't need to win every title and release mass amounts every day, they should have some consistancey, and be able to win on races and anticipated titles when required to. Which is why groups such as FCN, LND, Radium, etc, don't always appear to be in the top ranks even though they are decent groups - they appeal to niche markets, and simply appealing to a small segment of the user base lessens the competition they face. This isn't true 100% of the time of course... but I just thought I'd mention it, as we seem to throw the "Top Groups" term around frequently without thinking of what makes an excellent release group. Ok, that's it... I haven't had to write this in months, and boy are my wrists tired... from the writing I mean!! - Bud