Buds Biased Utils Report, 24

Bud's Biased Utils Report #24 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I almost got lazy and idled this week... still listening to the new Tea Party disc... but wtf, might as well do make use of my time. That and I don't feel like doing any serious work. So here we go, with another lively week in utils having passed. We have all the usual schlock, plus a little bit of extra meat regarding VGC. 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 06/08/99 to 06/14/99. 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: PcANYWHERE_v9.0_REALLY_TRULY_FINAL-PWA Intergraph.SmartSketch.3-PWA ASP.User.v1.0-PWA ASP.Image.v1.84.Enterprise-PWA ASP.Grid.v2.5.Enterprise-PWA ASP.Email.v3.0.Source.Code-PWA Extensis.PhotoFrame.v2.0.b1-PWA Platinum.SQL.Compass.v1.5-PWA Organic_Art_Deluxe-PWA Macromedia.Shockwave.Multiuser.Server.10000users-PWA Cyberlink.VCD.PowerPlayer.3.49-PWA PWA really, truly lost the race on the REAL pcANYWHERE 9 final to DOD, leaving them with SmartSketch 3, one of the better Intergraph titles released of late, and a bunch of titles released later in the week. A hard loss on the Symantec title however, considering the history of releases that one app has created. Organic Art is well... I won't say it. Platinum SQL Compass is a much better title, and the 10,000 user of Shockwave Server is a welcome edition... the earlier PNC release's license only allowed up to 50 users. Total: 6/10 ▄───── ▄▄▄ ────────── ▄▄█▓▄ ─── ▄ ─ ▄▓▄ ░ ▀ ▄█████▓ ▄▄███▄ ▄▀▀████▌ ▄█████▄ ▀ ▓███▀ ▀▄██████▄▀█▌ ▐████▐▓▀ ▀███▓ ▓███▌ ▐▓█▀ ▀██▌▐▓ ▀ ▀▓▀▓▌ ▐███▌ ▐█████▄▄▀ ▀█▄ ▄▓█▓ █▓▄ █▌▀▄▄████▓ ▀██▓▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀ ■▄ ▐▓ ▀▀▓█▀ ■▄──────+ The Corporation +─ ▀▄ ─gas!─■ THE CORPORATION: Releases: Microsoft.Word.2000.Corporate.WORKING-CORP Atomic.Software.Authorizer.v2.0-CORP Dr.Solomons.Antivirus.Toolkit.v7.95.Win9X.WinNT-CORP Realize.3D.Editor-CORP Norton.AntiVirus.Corporate.Edition.v6.0-CORP ICE.PPN.v1.1.Win32.to.UNIX-CORP ARCserveIT.Advanced.Edition.v6.61.NT-CORP Page.Charmer.Pro.v2.0-CORP JSentry.Proxy.Server.v2.2-CORP IASoft.ActiveForum.v2.0-CORP Quik.Project.Management.Suite.QuikApps.v2.1-CORP Strata.Systems.Punch.List.v2.0.Win9X.and.Palm.OS-CORP Gah what a mess... most sites were up in the air as to whether or not to keep Corp's recent MS releases. I'll stick to the affirmative only because I know there are plenty of people out there who will eagerly download anything made by MS. In related news, my frivilous lawsuit against M$ will soon be heading to court, I'm claiming mental anguish induced by poorly coded, buggy software. Aside from the MS rel, Corp put out a few utils worth mentioning: Norton AV Corporate 6 - A quick rip of the ISO... I haven't heard a whole lot about the new version of the client/server protection app out of the symantec camp. ARCserve IT 6.61 - Corp was quick on ripping this ISO, as with the AV release. Some questions as to the quality of the rip, a WORKING-IND copy was later released but quickly nuked. Page Charmer Pro is alright, as is JSentry Proxy Server... a decent mix of CD rips and net apps, but with a few of those CD rips coming from ISO releases, you have to wonder why the Corp store team wasn't more active, as plenty of titles are out there. Total: 8/10 . )\_______)\__)\_______)\_______ . . __/ __ _/ _/ ____/ ___/ . . \__ / _\ \_____ \ ___/__ : . :/ \ \ / \ / \| : |\___/ /___/_____ /___ /| : | \_/_____/\____ /_____/___/_____/ | :...`---\_____\/----/_flr_/---/_p^D_/--' RISE: Releases: N/A Total: N/A ▄██▀███▀▀ ▀ ▄█ ┌- ▓██ ▀▀ ▀▀▀ ────-──-─-─ ▀▀▀ -──-──-──┐ : ▀▀▀██▄▀███▀▀▀▀▀██▄ ▄██▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀██▄ ░│ ▀▀███▓ ███ ███ ▓██ ███ ███ ▓██ ▓██ ███ ░: : ███ ███ ███ ███▀▀▀ ▓██ ███ ███▀▀▀ . │░ ███ ██▓ ██▓ ███ ██▓ ███ ███ ███ ▓███▀▀ : ▓██▄██▀▄███▄▀██▄███ ▀██▄███ ███ ███ : ▄ ▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ roy███ ███ ███ ─┘ ▀▄ ███ ███ ██▓ ▀▄ ███ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀██▓ ▀█ SIEGE: Releases: ESSENTIAL.TEXTURES.FOR.3DS.MAX-SiEGE CULT.EFFECTS.VOL1.FOR.ADOBE.AFTER.EFFECTS-SiEGE NIMICHEN.MIRAI.FINAL.V1.0-SiEGE Not exactly the busiest week SGE has ever had. There best release was Nichimen (not Nimichen) Graphic's Mirai 1.0 final, a professional real-time computer graphics/animation suite. Unfortunately it was just a "tad" large at 62 x 2.88MB, and is probably best left as an ISO - so grab the TFL release if you want this one. Aside from that, some art textures stuff, yawn. Total: 4/10 ──────────────────────────────────[XX/XX]─ ▄██ ▄▄▄ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ █▓█ █▓█ ▒ ██▀ █▓█ █ █▓█ ██ █▓█ █ ███ ██ █▓ █▒█ █▒█ █░█ ▀▀ ▄█ █▒█ ██ █▒█ █ ▄▄▄ ██▄▄ ▄██▀██▄ ▀ █▒█▀▀▀ ██ █░█ ██ ▄▄█ █▓█ ██ ▄▄ █▒█ █▓█ ▓ █▓█ ░ █▓█ █░█ ██ ░ █▓█ █▒█ ██ █▓ ███ █▒█ ▒ ███ ▬▀█████▀▄██ ▒ ▀█████▀ ▀████ ─── ██▀ ░ ──────────────── ▓ ───── sikos ─ X-FORCE: Releases: ULTIMATE_TOOLBOX_FOR_MFC_1ST_EDITION_JUNE_1999-XFORCE NUANCE_V6.2_FINAL-XFORCE XF followed up their excellent release of JBuilder Pro 3 from last week with... Ultimate Toolbox for MFC. Yay. (Sorry if I'm offending any actual users of the program, but seeing it go out twice monthly gets annoying after a while - and I need something to poke fun at, damnit!). They also released Nuance 6.2 at 58 x 2.88MB ... not as bad as Mirai, although Mirai is the better app in my eyes. Total: 3/10 /\______/| ___/\_ _/ ______ :|; . __/\ ____/\ __| // %%%\____ \ |__:_\__ \/ ~~ :\_ | __/%%%% iii_/ :| \\_ \ ;| \_ |____/ \iiiii :::\__ ; _/ | \\_ : // | \\_ | \\_::: \____/---|____/____/_______/-|____/kaz SHOCK: Releases: Autodesk.Planix.Landscape.Deluxe.v3.0-SHOCK Autodesk.Planix.Landscape.Deluxe.v3.0.Missing.Archive-SHOCK FlowCUT.v3.1-SHOCK FlowPATH.v3.0-SHOCK IBM.ViaVoice.Online.Companion.v5.2.for.VV98.Home-SHOCK IBM.ViaVoice.Online.Companion.v5.2.for.VV98.Executive-SHOCK PrintMaster.Platinum.v8.0-SHOCK Punch.Super.Home.Suite.V3.0-SHOCK Continuing with some decent store titles this week, they take the desktop publishing app PrintMaster 8, which is aimed at the lower price tier of the market, and is basically a cheaper alternative to say, MS Publisher and similar tools. We also see Autodesk's Planix Landscape Deluxe, which is not up to par with some of Autodesk's other tools - Sierra's landscaping titles are a better bet if you're looking for this type of app. Still, good enough. When paired with IBM's Online Companion for ViaVoice, which allows ViaVoice98 users work directly in internet chat clients, web browsers, and other online connectivity applications (Yes, it supports AOL!), you get a solid week. SHK took a page out of the PFT manual and released about 400 megs worth of apps in one night. Total: 7/10 . ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ .▀████▀▀▀██▄ ████▀▀██▌▐██▀▀▀▀ --- .------. : ████ ███ ▐███ ███ . | ████ ▐███ ███▀ ███ : | ████ ███ ▐███ ▄███ ███▄ . : | ████▀▀▀▀▀ ██▓█ ▀███▄▄██▓▀ . .▄▓███▄ ▀███▌ ▀▀ PRESENTS : | : : [xx/xx]. '---.-------PENTIUM FORCE TEAM-- ---- - -' PENTIUM FORCE TEAM: Releases: Shock took their place in releasing sprees this week, and PFT was basically nowhere to be found. Total: N/A ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▓▀▀ ▄ ▄▄█▀▀██▓▄ ▄▄▄█▀▀▓▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓▌ ▄▄▄▄ ▐█▓█ ▐▓██▌ ▐▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██ ▓▄ ▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██▌ ▐██▓▌ ▐██▓ ▐█▓▌▐██▓ ██▓▌▐███▓ ████▓ ▀▀▀▀ ███▓ ██▓ ▐█▓█ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▄██▓▀ mg ▀ ▀▀▀▀████▓▌ ▀▀ ██▓▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▓▀ ▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ :: <LEGENDS NEVER DiE> ::: <o4 * 2880> :: ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ LEGENDS NEVER DIE: Releases: PATHTRACE.EDGECAM.V4.0.WITH.MDT-LND Just one app from LND over the past week, but a killer from the CAM field, PathTrace's EdgeCAM, complete with the Mechanical Desktop Interface... good work there in the CAD/CAM etc field as usual. Total: 4/10 .__________. [xx/xx/98] \_ ___ ) Da ToP oF Da LiNe! .___. ===/ _/ /=======================/ /===== .:/ _____/__./(___.____/\.______./ /_____. :/ /__/ . ) . )____ ) _ ) / __ ) /__/ / / / / // __ / /__/ / /___/: .:/ /__/__/__/__/(______\____ /__/_____ /MO =/__/========================\/========\/=== = THE PINNACLES OF RELEASING (C) PNC 95-98 = PINNACLE: Releases: Telox.Persuader.v1.0.for.ACT.WORKING-PNC English.PRO-PNC AirNav.v3.10-PNC 4th.Dimension.v6.5-PNC Visual.Analyst.v1.0-PNC Billing.Time.Win9xNT-PNC An alright week in releasing for PNC... they at least got a few titles out, although none of them are really notable. They got out a working version of Persuader, which something called Creative fucked up. Total: 5/10 ─ ▄▄ ── ▄▄▄ ─────────░──────────── ─── ── ─ ░▀ ▀█▄ ▀▀ ▀▌ ▀ ■ ▐▄ ■ ▄ ▀ ■ ▀ ▀ ▄▄▄ ▀ █ ▐█▌█ ▀ █▄▀▄ █▀█▄▀██ █ █▄▀▄ ▀▀ ▄▌ █▄▀▄ ▐█▌▄█▀▐█▌ ▐█▌▄ ▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▄ █ ▐▀▀▐█▌▄ ▀▓▓ ▀▓▓ ▀▓▓ ▄▀▓▓ ▀ ▓▀ ▀▓▄▀▓█ ▄▐▓▌ ▀▓▓ ▄ ── ▀ ─── ▀ ─ ▀▀ ── ▀ ▀ ──── ▀ ▀▀ ▄▀▀ ─░─ ▀▀ PREMiERE 1998 RELEASES WITH STYLE [xx/xx/98] ──────────────────────────────────────────── PREMIERE: Releases: Schedule.v3.2.12c-PREMiERE SmartServer3.v3.51-PREMiERE PRM did something. Not much else to say. It seems that if they don't already have a working serial for it in their portfolio, they aren't able to release it - not a good sign. Total: 2/10 _______________ ____________ ____________ \_ ___ \_ ___ \ ___ \_ _/ 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: Symantec_pcANYWHERE_v9.0_Win9xNT_Gold.Final-DOD Time_Navigator_v3.0.15_All.WinOS-DOD Yet another really real final of pcANYWHERE 9, this one really is final, really. Honestly. Blah... Becre8tiv did a really excellent job of explaining all the different pcANYWHERE 9 releases over on BA's message board at TCA, so I suggest you check that out if you want to know whats up. As for this, assuming it IS the final (and this time it seems so), I'll carry over DOD's points from last week - meaning they don't gain any new points, since their last release was mislabeled - but they still deserve credit. Total: 2/10 + 2 (carried over from last week) _______________________________[xx/xx] \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS >> RELEASING WITHOUT PERMISSION << REBELS: Releases: N-Track_Studio_v1.3.1-RBS OmniMark_Developer_IDE_v1.0-RBS Ontime_Enterprise_v4.70_FINAL-RBS Multiframe_2D_v5.16_CRACKED-RBS Multiframe_3D_v5.16_CRACKED-RBS Multiframe_4D_v5.16_CRACKED-RBS Multiframe_Section_Maker_v5.16_CRACKED-RBS Multiframe_Steel_Designer_v5.16_Cracked-RBS RSLogix_5_r3.2.00_CRACKED-RBS 3d_Designs_All_Products_Keygen-RBS ARCPLAN.DYNASIGHT.INSIGHT.V2.40-RBS ARCPLAN.DYNASIGHT.SERVER.WINNT.v1.04.17-RBS Cool_Modeler_Lightwave_Plugin_with_keygen-RBS Virtual.Bench.v2.51-RBS P2C-Pascal-compiler.for.PIC.and.Scenix.Version.1.12e.for.Windows-RBS C2G.Code.Generator.for.PIC.Version.1.1.for.Windows-RBS C2C-pro.C-compiler.for.PIC.and.Scenix.Version.3.12e.for.Windows-RBS Eagleware.Genesys.V6.5b.cracked-RBS Rideway.v2.10-RBS Busy, busy, busy... I haven't seen RBS this active in a LONG time, and while there's a real lack of mainstream apps from Rebels these days, titles from Arcplan never hurt, and getting out a good copy of OnTime Enterprise is an added bonus. We also see plenty of cracking skill from the RBS team... store side definately needs to beef up though. Total: 7/10 █▄▓▄■▀░▄ Teknorage and Pirasoft Present: ▄░▀■▄░▄█ █ ▐▄ ▌ █ █▓▀cH/SAC ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄█▄▄ [xx\xx] ▀▓█ ▀ ▄▄█▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄██▌▐████▓ ▄▄█▓█████▓▀ ▄█▄▄████▄ ▀ ▄▄████▓ ▄▄▄ ▀████▌█████▌▐████▐████▌▐████▐█████▌ ▐██████▌▐█████▄ ▓███▀█████ ████ ▀████ ███▌▐██████ ██████ ███████▌▐███ ▐████▌▐███▌▄████▌ ▀█▄ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▐████▌▐███████ ████▄████▀ ▄████████▀ ▄▄ ▐█████▄ ▄▓███▓▄▓██████▌▐████▌▀▓█▄ ▀███▓▀▀ ▄████▌▓██████▌ ▀▀██████▀ ▀████▀ ▀▀▄ ▀█▀ ▀██▀▀██████▀ █▄▄▄▓▄▄▄ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▄█ ▀▀▀ ░▒▓█▄ xx/xx/98 ······ Ratzhole WHQ ▀ ▀▓▀▀▀ Teknorage & Pirasoft: Releases: AbsoluteFTP.v1.6.b6-TRPS Ultimate.Bulletin.Board.v5.37-TRPS JETUnACE.v2.0.for.Delphi4-TRPS JETUnRAR.v1.0.for.Delphi4-TRPS IP.Commander.v2.0.0.58-TRPS Surf.Control.for.Microsoft.Proxy.Server.v2.51b-TRPS Well lets hope Surf Control works this time round... rest of this is minor, the JetUnACE/UnRAR for Delphi is prolly the best once you consider Surf Control is minor as well, with 2.51a coming just the week before 2.51b... Total: 4/10 _____ ____________ ____ __________ / __/_ ___/\_ \ ___\_/ __/\ ___\_ \ \ / _/ /_ /___ / \ ___ / \___/\_____/___\ ____/______/_____/pn \_/ VERSUS: Releases: N/A Total: N/A ..._______________________.___ ____.____... ::/ _______/ ____/ | \/ | \:: _/\____ \/ /___/ | \ \: \ > \ \ \/ \ \ :\__________/\________/_________/|_____|___/ ::.. .:[ SCUM ]:. .:[SCUM]:. .:[SCUM]:. ..:: ```````````````````````````````````````````` SCUM: Releases: Sybase.Adaptive.Enterprise.PC.Client.v.11.9.2-SCuM One rel this week, the client for an app they released earlier. Total: 2/10 Only one more byte to crack before... ____._____ ____ _____ _____ _ _____ __ ._____ :::_|_ / _ \/ _ \/ _ \__\_ \___| / ::/ __/_ / / / / / / _ / _ /: :/ / / / / / / / / / / / /:: :\_______\___/\____/\____/\______/________\:: : \\\\\\\ \\\\ \\\\\ \\\\\ \\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\ -----------------------------------------wk!- 2000AD: Releases: CRT.2.4.b3.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD Secure.CRT.2.4.b3.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD AniTa.Terminal.Emulator.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD Super.Office.4.5.0.20.For.Windows9x-NT-2000AD Two beats, a minor, and a terminal emulator... sorry guys but all i can say is "blah" :P Total: 3/10 _______________________ ____________ __\ _______/ ______/______/__ / \ __/ / / \/ / / /_______\ /______________\____ /________\ -------------------------------\/----------- (*) F a t i g u e - Couriers Network (*) ___________________________________________. ________________________________________wK!. FATIGUED COURIERS NETWORK: Releases: Ensemble_Rose_Delphi_Link_v3.2.990528-FCN Ensemble_Rose_Jbuilder_Link_v3.2.990514-FCN Ensemble_Rose_Visual_Cafe_Link_v2.0.990309-FCN Extensis_BeyondPress_v4.01_For_QuarkXPress-FCN DAO_Components_v2.8.1_For_Delphi_and_CPPBuilder_With_Full_Src-FCN Dependencies_For_Objects_v1.1-FCN Ensemble_Rose_Word_Link_v5.0990304-FCN NeMo_Dev_v1.0-FCN Polar_Draw_ActiveX_Control_v1.00-FCN SeaScape_v1.0_Beta3_For_3DSMAX-FCN Beyond Press 4.01 turned out to be identical to PWA's 4.0 release from a while back, either because PWA mislabled their release (this coming from a group who usually has no qualms about releasing App v2.20.19.227.18), Extensis fucked up, or Delphic is a gimp. Since I know I'll be hearing about that last quip, I'll end off by saying on top of the Extensis mishap, FCN had a good week with some nice components, and a beta plugin for 3DSMAX. About the Ensemble Rose titles. A few sites nuked them, as minor builds. FCN wasn't too happy, and rightfully so - the program has never been released before, so it's not to be considered a minor update, since it's the first version users can get (well, unless they pay for it of course). Secondly, v3.2.990528 - 990528 is the date of the build, and not some really lame version number - it reads to 05/28/99 for any gimps who missed that. Same shit, different date for the other Rose titles. Total: 6/10 _____nnn_____ <$$$$$$$$$$$$$b »»»»»»»»»»»)$$ |$$$$$$$$$$$$$' |$$T```X$f''' |$$$ '$$$L |$$! '9$$$i. |$$ `'$$$$> r a d i u m »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» RADIUM Releases: Sonic.Foundry.MP3.encoder.v1.0d-Radium Sonic.Foundry.ACID.Pro.v1.0d.final-Radium Two apps from the Sonic Foundry line... pretty quiet from this camp of late. Total: 2/10 .--------------------------------. | | | ▄█ [xx/xx] ▄█ | ` ▄███ --------------- ▄███ -----' ▀██▓█ ▄ ▀▀██▀▀████▀████▀▀████▄ ██▓█ ███▄▄▄ █▓█ █▓██ ████ ██▓█ ▐████▀ ░ █▓█ █▓██ ░ ▀▀▀▀ ██▓█ ███▀ ▄█ ░ █▓█ █▓██ ░ ████ s ██▓█ ▐█▀ ▄███ █▓█ █▓██ ████ q ████▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀███ ▀▀▀▀▀██████ z▄▄▄▄▄▄█▀▀▀ ████ ░ ███ ▀▀▀█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ████ ░ ███ ████ ███ ████▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ VENGEANCE: Releases: Reel.Time.v.2.5.NT-VGC Reel trouble from the VGC camp. With the split of DMS, and MrPumpkin taking part of that group to form Vice, it was a safe bet he was no longer welcome in VGC, and soon found himself booted from the group. With Evel also heading to the Vice faction, it seems that the well of titles originating from MFD members has dried up, and Evel and Baseclaw are both gone from VGC, as is leftist. All these moves help to explain the lack of activity from VGC this week... all this on top of TK4's earlier departure... could the group that looked like the dream team be in danger of blowing it all? Total: 2/10 New this week: N/A Idle this week: RiSE, VRS. Quote(s) of the Week: "He's the Diet Coke of evil!" <ndetroit> wtf? FSecure.Antivirus?... man.. i can't believe someone beat DOD on an AV release... ;p "now chthonic life has set its sights on making me a slave to its ways" <Detoch--> xavier is made of iron <Ir0nY> no, but of latex TCA Forum: Topic: "Oh great now we have two lame groups" -Grad Topic: "Oh great we still have a lame utils group" -cablegod <Johhny> anyone of you all know how to train games? <NytShadow> i just slap em around till they work right myself Assuming Lester and NDTrout get off their respective asses (or out of each others), you may actually be reading this on time. I think we at least came close last week. Corp sort of won this week by default... I would have given Shock higher except for a missing RAR that had to be released seperately in Planix Landscape... LND put out a great title but that was it, kudos to Hirop/Denada for that however. Rebels also had a decent week but lacked any major apps. PWA would have had a shot if not for loosing on pcANYWHERE. In the past week, we said goodbye to the group Demon. I thought I'd make note of their passing, as Demon was probably one of the most under-rated groups in the scene. In their two year history they put out some decent apps, existed pretty much without contreversy - quite a feat - and went out without a fuss. Check out http://www.dmn.org for a farewell note, and best of luck to these guys. That's all for now... see ya! - Bud