Buds Biased Utils Report, 7

Bud's Biased Utils Report #7 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey! Yeah you... you weren't thinking of SKIPPPING my intro just to see what your group scored, now were you???? Naughty! =) Anyways after the huge week last week, I'm not sure if the utils scene can actually top themselves. But I'm hoping everyone at least gives it a shot. Now a lot of people are always telling me how crappy the utils scene is, and how only games really matter, and so on and so forth. (I'm bringing it up because I heard it again yesterday...). I'll admit, the utils scene can be tedious at times... a lot of junk gets released. So why review it? Well for one thing so people know who's to blame for that junk. ;) Mostly for the part that isn't junk, and for the people who might actually use some of the programs released. Of course the reports are just my opinion... but there are people who use what's released, a LOT of it. And something else I've noticed... the people who tell me how the utils scene sucks are always the ones I see asking for some app they can't find. 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 01/10/98 to 01/16/99. 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: DVB_Library_for_SystemView-PWA [01 x 1.44MB] CDMA-PCS_Library_for_SystemView-PWA [01 x 1.44MB] Gone back to the land of the idle to hibernate for a while. We saw a short glimmer of activity, but that was it. Total: 4/10 ▄───── ▄▄▄ ────────── ▄▄█▓▄ ─── ▄ ─ ▄▓▄ ░ ▀ ▄█████▓ ▄▄███▄ ▄▀▀████▌ ▄█████▄ ▀ ▓███▀ ▀▄██████▄▀█▌ ▐████▐▓▀ ▀███▓ ▓███▌ ▐▓█▀ ▀██▌▐▓ ▀ ▀▓▀▓▌ ▐███▌ ▐█████▄▄▀ ▀█▄ ▄▓█▓ █▓▄ █▌▀▄▄████▓ ▀██▓▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀ ■▄ ▐▓ ▀▀▓█▀ ■▄──────+ The Corporation +─ ▀▄ ─gas!─■ THE CORPORATION: Releases: Active.Words.Plus.v1.45-CORP [06 x 1.44MB] MWCS.Pathway.Pro.v2.2-CORP [02 x 1.44MB] IBM.WebSphere.Performance.Pack.v1.0.NT-CORP [23 x 1.44MB] Hitachi.TinyPEG.v02-10-CORP [02 x 1.44MB] Autometrix.SmSw.v.6.0-CORP [03 x 1.44MB] The.Economist.Diary.1999.v1.01-CORP [04 x 1.44MB] Sierra.Fashion.Trip.For.Designers-CORP Somebody, and I honestly don't remember who, passed on to me that the Asymetrix apps Corp put out last week were freeware. So I decided to check it out. Corp put out two, I looked at one due to time constraints. I chose Aymetrix Toolbox II Neuron 6.5 because I saw it first. Anyways, I decided to check Corps's NFO to see if any work had been done on the program. Nope, no crack according to them. I then downloaded two versions - one from Asymetrix's public FTP site and the CORP version. Both filenames identical, but Corp's was smaller by a wee bit. Installing them, I was given the exact same setup routine. No protection in either. Running them, no difference in usability, and no limits on the Asymetrix public copy. Exact same license agreement. The size I can give to the fact that the app was recently updated on the Asymetrix FTP site. But anyways, looks free to me. So -1 to Corp for that. This week saw IBM's WebSphere Performance Pack 1 for NT, which looks very nice (can't test it, don't run a server). Autometrix SmSw 6, despite its price tag, is only useful to those making sails. I don't even have a boat! And if I did I wouldn't be making my own sails, nor do I plan on working in that industry... oh well it is legit! Active Words = another voice recognition app that lets you load up programs and shit... is clicking the mouse that hard ya fucking lazy bastards?!? Ok it does more than just that. Cracked by UCF though? Hmmm... beats me, MFD cracked the last version. Sierra Fashion Trip for Designers??? This kinda freaked me out... reading the NFO it says video's were "reduced" 30% by Corp... blah who wants fashion video's?? Corp NFO states: "If you love style, you'll love this revolutionary, interactive, personalized fashion consultant." Sorry, I don't love style. And anybody who needs the advice of a computer program for style tips is just... fuck do I even need to explain??? I don't need to try on "Over 30 brands worth of outfits and accessories." And I thought warez was a fantasy world... Anyways I'll stop bashing Corp now... they did do some decent apps this week, and they are a good group. Personally MWCS Pathway appealed to me the most. Not what I expected from Corp though - the week just really paled compared to last. The lost point hurt them. Total: 6/10 . )\_______)\__)\_______)\_______ . . __/ __ _/ _/ ____/ ___/ . . \__ / _\ \_____ \ ___/__ : . :/ \ \ / \ / \| : |\___/ /___/_____ /___ /| : | \_/_____/\____ /_____/___/_____/ | :...`---\_____\/----/_flr_/---/_p^D_/--' RISE: Releases: DRAGON.SYSTEMS.INC.DRAGON.POINT.AND.SPEAK.v3.01-RiSE [20 x 1.44MB] BENTLEY.CORP.MICROSTATION.J.ENTERPRISE.EDITION.V7.00.01.11.CRACK[77 x 1.44MB] BENTLEY.CORP.MICROSTATION.GEOGRAPHICS.J.v7.0.FINAL.CRACKED-RiSE [04 x 1.44MB] BENTLEY.CORP.MICROSTATION.TRIFORMA.J.EDITION.FINAL.CRACKED-RiSE [25 x 1.44MB] INTUIT.QUICKBOOKS.PRO.EDITION.99.KEYGEN.FIX-RiSE [01 x 1.44MB] As usual, RiSE owned the Bentley products, so we get to see the crackers at work. Nice suprise with a new Dragon Point and Speak version, an actually GOOD voice recognition program... but the NFO says it all. Type..........: Lazy Typing Prog - exactly. ;) They finished off with a keymaker for QuickBooks Pro 99 that PFT/RiSCiSO released earlier... apparently the PFT release won't support large amounts of users (ie 10+ PC's on a network). Dunno since I haven't tested it, but a good week for RiSE - and a nice bonus for Quickbooks users stuck with the limitation. Total: 8/10 ▄██▀███▀▀ ▀ ▄█ ┌- ▓██ ▀▀ ▀▀▀ ────-──-─-─ ▀▀▀ -──-──-──┐ : ▀▀▀██▄▀███▀▀▀▀▀██▄ ▄██▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀██▄ ░│ ▀▀███▓ ███ ███ ▓██ ███ ███ ▓██ ▓██ ███ ░: : ███ ███ ███ ███▀▀▀ ▓██ ███ ███▀▀▀ . │░ ███ ██▓ ██▓ ███ ██▓ ███ ███ ███ ▓███▀▀ : ▓██▄██▀▄███▄▀██▄███ ▀██▄███ ███ ███ : ▄ ▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ roy███ ███ ███ ─┘ ▀▄ ███ ███ ██▓ ▀▄ ███ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀██▓ ▀█ SIEGE: Releases: WAVEFILTER.TOOLS.V1.28-SiEGE [03 x 1.44MB] EDLMAX.PRO.V7.00.1-SiEGE [01 x 1.44MB] ACCPAC.SYSTEM.MANAGER.V3.A-SiEGE [25 x 2.88MB] ACCPAC.SYSTEM.MANAGER.ADDONS-SiEGE [10 x 2.88MB] NEWTEK.AURA.V1.0C.UPDATE-SiEGE [02 x 1.44MB] I missed out on mentioning SGE's IronCAD release last week, simply due to the fact that I had already handed in the report by the time I checked it out. Blame it on Ndetroit, he said there was no time for any additions. ;P But it's a great app (if you're involved with CAD that is). As for this week, kind of slow for the normally busy Siege team. First release of EDLMAX, and WaveFilter Tools, a suite with several components that LightWave users will likely enjoy. Also on the plus side, Accpac looks like a decent financial management app, although its not my area - no experience with running finances for large companies (warez groups do not count!). Still there's a fairly wide audience for this, and corp's are usually the ones hit with nasty licensing fees on this type of app. Total: 7/10 ──────────────────────────────────[XX/XX]─ ▄██ ▄▄▄ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄ █▓█ █▓█ ▒ ██▀ █▓█ █ █▓█ ██ █▓█ █ ███ ██ █▓ █▒█ █▒█ █░█ ▀▀ ▄█ █▒█ ██ █▒█ █ ▄▄▄ ██▄▄ ▄██▀██▄ ▀ █▒█▀▀▀ ██ █░█ ██ ▄▄█ █▓█ ██ ▄▄ █▒█ █▓█ ▓ █▓█ ░ █▓█ █░█ ██ ░ █▓█ █▒█ ██ █▓ ███ █▒█ ▒ ███ ▬▀█████▀▄██ ▒ ▀█████▀ ▀████ ─── ██▀ ░ ──────────────── ▓ ───── sikos ─ X-FORCE: Releases: ANSYS_V5.5.1_COMPLETE_SUITE-XFORCE [48 x 2.88MB] Someone get these guys into the ER quick! They need a blood transfusion ASAP! Life signs are fading... they did release Ansys, which is a nice enough corporate app, but it was a tad large... enough sites kept it though. I'll give it to them. Total: 4/10 /\______/| ___/\_ _/ ______ :|; . __/\ ____/\ __| // %%%\____ \ |__:_\__ \/ ~~ :\_ | __/%%%% iii_/ :| \\_ \ ;| \_ |____/ \iiiii :::\__ ; _/ | \\_ : // | \\_ | \\_::: \____/---|____/____/_______/-|____/kaz SHOCK: Releases: Scala.iPlay.Studio.Release.A-SHOCK [07 x 1.44MB] WinWay.Resume.v6.0-SHOCK [27 x 1.44MB] Sax.Setup.98.1237-SHOCK [04 x 1.44MB] IBM.e-Business.Startup.v1.0.Win9xNT-SHOCK [28 x 1.44MB] Bill.Power.Plus.v6.0-SHOCK [03 x 1.44MB] Capture.Professional.v4.06e-SHOCK [01 x 1.44MB] Lariat.Stats.v2.1.for.WindowsNT-SHOCK [02 x 1.44MB] Quicken.Business.Law.Partner.v4.0-SHOCK [05 x 1.44MB] Indius.Grid.for.IFC-SHOCK [01 x 1.44MB] Indius.Base.for.IFC-SHOCK [01 x 1.44MB] Arcsoft.Photo.Fantasy.v2.0-SHOCK [08 x 1.44MB] Biz.Shipperz.v4.0v1-SHOCK [04 x 1.44MB] Biz.Purchasing.v4.0v1-SHOCK [04 x 1.44MB] Biz.Projects.v4.0v1-SHOCK [02 x 1.44MB] Biz.Contactz.v4.0v2-SHOCK [05 x 1.44MB] Good week for SHOCK, with a few pretty good apps and the usual assortment of average titles in between. They took WinWay Resume 6, which had been out for a little while, as well as Arcsoft's Photo Fantasy 2, and an overpriced (imo) IBM app. This week was the first in a while where SHOCK put out a large number of titles like the old days of the group... hmmm nothing else outstanding so I'll end it there. Total: 7/10 _ ___________ _ ________ ___________ __ _ ____________ \_________ \_________ \____ _ _/_ / _ __/ / ____/ / _ __/ / ______//_ / /_ /_____/ _//_ _ \_ / /_ / \_______/ _ _//__/ _ _// _ _//mG(CiA) =[ENT]===/______/==/_______/_____/=====[ENT]= ENTITY: Releases: CLOUDSCAPE.DEVELOPER-ENTiTY [12 x 1.44MB] I get the feeling ENT is really on its last legs. I kinda hope I'm wrong, since I really like Entity as a group. Like I said January was gonna prove if Entity still had it in them, and so far they've been mostly unproductive. It's one thing to be this idle when you've been around for a few years, it's another for a relatively young group. On the bright side, Bones gives the follow statement: <Bones> btw bud, no ent releases this week but next week im busting out Total: 4/10 . ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ .▀████▀▀▀██▄ ████▀▀██▌▐██▀▀▀▀ --- .------. : ████ ███ ▐███ ███ . | ████ ▐███ ███▀ ███ : | ████ ███ ▐███ ▄███ ███▄ . : | ████▀▀▀▀▀ ██▓█ ▀███▄▄██▓▀ . .▄▓███▄ ▀███▌ ▀▀ PRESENTS : | : : [xx/xx]. '---.-------PENTIUM FORCE TEAM-- ---- - -' PENTIUM FORCE TEAM: Releases: OnTime.Enterprise.4.64-PFT [28 x 2.88MB] Seagate.Client.Exec.1.01-PFT [07 x 1.44MB] Shiva.Net.Manager.5.42-PFT [06 x 1.44MB] Storage.Exec.5.11.WinNT-PFT [09 x 2.88MB] Viewsoft.Internet.3.2.1522-PFT [11 x 2.88MB] Wise.Installbuilder.7.0-PFT [34 x 1.44MB] ARCServeIT.Enterprise.Edition.6.6.WinNT-PFT [24 x 2.88MB] Cognet.v3.03.for.Win9xNT-PFT [12 x 1.44MB] POET.Content.Management.Suite-PFT [14 x 1.44MB] spyWorks.6.0.Pro-PFT [06 x 1.44MB] Cognos.Impromptu.Administrator.Edition.v5.0.213.51-PFT [11 x 2.88MB] WinRunner.Professional.5.01-PFT [17 x 2.88MB] PFT raced SCUM on OnTime Enterprise (see the SCUM review for info on that). Pretty much up to the siteops which they want to keep. For the rest, as usual they got a mass amount of megs out. A few Seagate apps, Desaware's spyWorks 6, and a new version of WinRunner stand out. They got a bit sloppy on Wise InstallBuilder 7, as FCN's InstallMaster 7.01 release was a higher edition that contained InstallBuilder's features. Aside from that an ok week, although nothing we haven't seen from PFT before. Still a nice week overall. Grrr I'm repetitive. Total: 7/10 ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▓▀▀ ▄ ▄▄█▀▀██▓▄ ▄▄▄█▀▀▓▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓▌ ▄▄▄▄ ▐█▓█ ▐▓██▌ ▐▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██ ▓▄ ▓██▌ ███▓ ▓██▌ ▐██▓▌ ▐██▓ ▐█▓▌▐██▓ ██▓▌▐███▓ ████▓ ▀▀▀▀ ███▓ ██▓ ▐█▓█ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▄██▓▀ mg ▀ ▀▀▀▀████▓▌ ▀▀ ██▓▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▓▀ ▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ :: <LEGENDS NEVER DiE> ::: <o4 * 2880> :: ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ LEGENDS NEVER DIE: Releases: STORAGE_RESOURCE_MANAGER_ENTERPRISE_EDITION_V3.0-LND [08 x 2.88MB] STORAGE_RESOURCE_MANAGER_NETWORK_EDITION_V2.1-LND [07 x 2.88MB] CIMATRON_IT_9.041-LND [24 x 2.88MB] CIMATRON_IT_V9.041_KEYCODE_CORRECTION-LND [01 x 1.44MB] ARCserveIT_V6.6_WE_OpenFileSupport-LND [22 x 2.88MB] ARCserve_IT_V6.6_WE_OPENFILE_MISSING_CRACK-LND [01 x 1.44MB] ASCEND_NAVIS_CONNECT_V1.1_BETA-LND [04 x 2.88MB] LOTUS_SMARTSUITE_9.1_FINAL-LND [29 x 2.88MB] LOTUS.DOMINO.DOC.IMAGING.CLIENT.V2.1.BETA1-LND [20 x 1.44MB] Autodesk_Mapguide_Author_v4.0-LND [04 x 2.88MB] LOTUS_DOMINO_AND_NOTES_4.6.3_SOLARIS_INTEL-LND [26 x 2.88MB] Note to LND: Please include cracks with your releases. They work better that way. =) For the releases, we see a minor update of the minor update of Cimatron It that LND released last month. And another copy of ARCServe IT. This one allows open file backup support, and it is indeed a seperate product from the last ARCServe IT release. Hightlight of the week is Lotus's SmartSuite 9.1 final - which is LND's own work (wow!), and they got the ISO out as well. So I can't knock em for it. Autodesk Mapguide Author isn't too shabby either. Dare I say LND's improving? Well they still aren't the LND of old... and PowerTool, one of the few LND members I really respected, stepped down this week and went to RiSE. He commented on the change: <Powahtool> Got tired of all of Grade's bitching <Powahtool> Easy and Grad should marry Many people are still at odds with the use of other groups cracks/serials, myself included. But this is BIASED, remember! That about wraps it up on the LND front. No points for the Solaris app since I can't run it (holds true for all groups). Betas don't get full points.. still not too bad. Total: 8/10 .__________. [xx/xx/98] \_ ___ ) Da ToP oF Da LiNe! .___. ===/ _/ /=======================/ /===== .:/ _____/__./(___.____/\.______./ /_____. :/ /__/ . ) . )____ ) _ ) / __ ) /__/ / / / / // __ / /__/ / /___/: .:/ /__/__/__/__/(______\____ /__/_____ /MO =/__/========================\/========\/=== = THE PINNACLES OF RELEASING (C) PNC 95-98 = PINNACLE: Releases: Presto.Copier.v2.1-PNC [02 x 1.44MB] WorldView.For.Developers.v2.1-PNC [04 x 1.44MB] Extensis.PhotoGraphics.v1.0.FINAL-PNC [03 x 1.44MB] CGI.Expert.Professional.v4.5.3-PNC [01 x 1.44MB] SiteManager.Developer.v4.5-PNC [05 x 1.44MB] SiteManager.Server.v4.5-PNC [05 x 1.44MB] 4D.Server.v6.0.6-PNC [07 x 1.44MB] (Get Repack) Lantronix.EZWebCon.v1.1.6-PNC [01 x 1.44MB] TimeSlips.v9.0.0.52-PNC [21 x 1.44MB] Smart.Meeting.Pro.v1.0-PNC [03 x 1.44MB] Uncle.Bill.Accounting.v1.5-PNC [08 x 1.44MB] Damn I can't make fun of these guys being idle anymore. This week wasn't up to par with their last though. WorldView Developer's Edition 2.1 has been out for quite some time, I had planned on releasing it a few months ago but never got around to it. It is a nice VRML development app, and I'm a big fan of the WorldView Plugin for Netscape (I never thought much of Cosmo), but I figured it was too old (april98) to release... guess PNC didn't. Presto Copier is a middle of the road type app as far as scan software goes, it's a nice enough package but nothing special. I really wanted to comment on PhotoGraphics from Extensis, makers of many a fine PhotoShop plugin. PNC got this nice and early - however, I later learnt that PNC's serial didn't work, so grab the HTG release instead. Rest of the week was decent, some decent web tools. Hopefully next week will be smoother. Total: 6/10 ─ ▄▄ ── ▄▄▄ ─────────░──────────── ─── ── ─ ░▀ ▀█▄ ▀▀ ▀▌ ▀ ■ ▐▄ ■ ▄ ▀ ■ ▀ ▀ ▄▄▄ ▀ █ ▐█▌█ ▀ █▄▀▄ █▀█▄▀██ █ █▄▀▄ ▀▀ ▄▌ █▄▀▄ ▐█▌▄█▀▐█▌ ▐█▌▄ ▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▐█▌▄ █ ▐▀▀▐█▌▄ ▀▓▓ ▀▓▓ ▀▓▓ ▄▀▓▓ ▀ ▓▀ ▀▓▄▀▓█ ▄▐▓▌ ▀▓▓ ▄ ── ▀ ─── ▀ ─ ▀▀ ── ▀ ▀ ──── ▀ ▀▀ ▄▀▀ ─░─ ▀▀ PREMiERE 1998 RELEASES WITH STYLE [xx/xx/98] ──────────────────────────────────────────── PREMIERE: Releases: VVSPlayer.Revolution.v1.4-PREMiERE [02 x 1.44MB] Explore.CIS.C.Plus.Plus.API.v3.6.0.3-PREMiERE [11 x 1.44MB] Shiva.Accountant.v4.0-PREMiERE [13 x 1.44MB] I missed out on something last week which I should have caught. PRM's Presto Photo Album 1.57 was included in the TRPS release of Mr. Photo v2.0, so technically it's a dupe. I really should have caught it since I reviewed Mr. Photo in edition #3 of the report. Not sure I can blame PRM too much as they would have to be familiar with Mr. Photo to know what was included. Moving on to the current week, first thing that caught my attention was the lack of PRM's usual mass releasing. Sure, they haven't been releasing as much as the prior group since the start of this comeback, but even so I expected a little more. Still, what they did put out was decent. 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: Software_Artisans_FileUp_v.2.21-DOD [03 x 1.44MB] SafeBoot_Corporate_Database_v.3.2-DOD [07 x 1.44MB] Alchemy_v.6.0-DOD [14 x 2.88MB] Looks like Lester's DOD prediction may come true (gee suprised? ;)). They certainly are doing better in the first few weeks of 1999 than they did in the last few months of 98. Still, after day one this week, it was all quiet on the Eastern front. My prediction is things will pick up for them next week, but as anyone who's seen my test scores knows, I'm frequently wrong. ;) Total: 6/10 ___ _ __________ ____________ ____ _____ ___ \__\\_\_______ \__ _ ______/___ \_ __//__/ ;;;;;;; / \/ \\ ____/ / \\ mg/SAC -)--- _/ / \_ \_/ -/ \_ --(- ;;;;; \____/_ _ _//_ /______ _ _// ;;;; [xx/xx/98]/________/==\/====/________//[MfD] =[X]==][= MANiFEST DESTiNY RELEASE =][==[X]= MANIFEST DESTINY: Releases: All.Media.Library.v7.0-MFD [05 x 1.44MB] Wave.Surgeon.v2.56.Advanced-MFD [01 x 1.44MB] JRun.Pro.v2.2.1-MANiFEST [07 x 1.44MB] JRun.Scripting.Toolkit.1.0.1-MANiFEST [01 x 2.88MB] Sheridan.Component.Suite.v2.0-MANiFEST [18 x 1.44MB] Ulead.GIF-X.Plugin.v1.0-MANiFEST [01 x 1.44MB] Macon.MapKit.v1.5-MANiFEST [11 x 1.44MB] Visual.UML.v1.03-MANiFEST [08 x 1.44MB] WN.Help.Desk.Pro.v4.3-MANiFEST [10 x 1.44MB] As usual, MFD's utils division, which isn't their main focus, upstages many other groups this week. So congrats to them - it shows their real talent. Hightlights here are Ulead's Gif-X, Sheridan's Component Suite 2 (Sheridan anything will be popular with developers), and another development app, Visual UML. Total: 7/10 .· [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: Software.Companion.v1.0.Win9x-Heritage [02 x 1.44MB] Archivista.v1.0.Win9x-Heritage [05 x 1.44MB] Extensis.PhotoGrpahics.v1.0-Heritage [03 x 1.44MB] AnzioLite.v12.0j-Heritage [01 x 1.44MB] Heritage improves a little this week, and it's really the first week that they seem to fit in with the other groups in the field. PNC released Extensis PhotoGraphics first, but after chatting with Kirk Hammet the other night I discovered the serial included by PNC wasn't working. Since they still haven't put one out, HTG gets credit for the crack. On the minus side, AnzioLite was a dupe of some cracking group (my memory fails me as to which), but thats not all bad because personally I think Anzio sucks. I'm not familiar with the other two apps so lets move on. =) Total: 5/10 _______________________________[xx/xx] \_ _ \_ ____/_ _ \_ ____/ |_\ ___/ / _/ ___)/ _/ ___) | \___ \ / | \_ | \ | \ | \ : \ : \ \___| /___ \____ \___ \___ \___ \ ====|__/===\__/===\__/==\__/==\__/==\__/ REBELS: WE MAKE ALL DAYS PARTY DAYS >> RELEASING WITHOUT PERMISSION << REBELS: Releases: TopSpice_V5.71_Cracked-RBS [01 x 2.88MB] PCAD_MASTER_DESIGNER_V8.5-RBS [06 x 2.88MB] Imagix_V3.30_V4.27_V5.0_Cracked-RBS [07 x 1.44MB] GameSpy.v2.07.-.110.percent-RBS [01 x 2.88MB] Grrr.. Imagix was nuked for something or other... filenames maybe, I forget now. Come on you guys, release! Anyways RBS will always be one of the best (and most open, friendly) groups in my mind. But I can't give them much for this week. Total: 5/10 █▄▓▄■▀░▄ Teknorage and Pirasoft Present: ▄░▀■▄░▄█ █ ▐▄ ▌ █ █▓▀cH/SAC ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄█▄▄ [xx\xx] ▀▓█ ▀ ▄▄█▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄██▌▐████▓ ▄▄█▓█████▓▀ ▄█▄▄████▄ ▀ ▄▄████▓ ▄▄▄ ▀████▌█████▌▐████▐████▌▐████▐█████▌ ▐██████▌▐█████▄ ▓███▀█████ ████ ▀████ ███▌▐██████ ██████ ███████▌▐███ ▐████▌▐███▌▄████▌ ▀█▄ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▐████▌▐███████ ████▄████▀ ▄████████▀ ▄▄ ▐█████▄ ▄▓███▓▄▓██████▌▐████▌▀▓█▄ ▀███▓▀▀ ▄████▌▓██████▌ ▀▀██████▀ ▀████▀ ▀▀▄ ▀█▀ ▀██▀▀██████▀ █▄▄▄▓▄▄▄ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▄█ ▀▀▀ ░▒▓█▄ xx/xx/98 ······ Ratzhole WHQ ▀ ▀▓▀▀▀ Teknorage & Pirasoft: Releases: Crescent.Internet.Toolpak.v4.1.Win9xNT-TRPS [03 x 1.44MB] 1998.Amtax.Tax.Prep.Software-TRPS [03 x 1.44MB] Hometax98.Deluxe-TRPS [02 x 1.44MB] Constructor99.v3.Cracked.WIN9XNT-TRPS [03 x 1.44MB] Intelligent.SMTP.Gateway.v4.25.325.0.Win9xNT-TRPS [08 x 1.44MB] Maplex.v3.3B.Win9xNT-TRPS [10 x 1.44MB] Sterling.Workstation.v5.1.1.WIN9XNT-TRPS [13 x 1.44MB] Vision.Jade.v4.0a.Win9xNT.Cracked-TRPS [17 x 2.88MB] The.Automated.Shift.Scheduler.v1.6.0.Win9xNT-TRPS [09 x 1.44MB] ShowSize.v2.6.5.Win9xNT-TRPS [01 x 1.44MB] Self.Extracting.Archive.Utility.v2.4.Win9xNT-TRPS [01 x 2.88MB] Pro.Desktop.v4.0.380.Win9xNT-TRPS [24 x 1.44MB] Romanian.AntiVirus.V6.53.Retail.Windows-TRPS [03 x 1.44MB] Netobjects.Fusion.4.0.Retail.100.percent.Working-TRPS [24 x 1.44MB] Netobjects.Fusion.v4.0.Serial.Fix-TRPS [01 x 1.44MB] The first thing from TRPS that really caught my attention this week was Crescent's Inet Tookpak, which is a nice little package. Intelligent SMTP gateway looks like a crappy minor version until you notice that the last release of it was in 97, and it's not half bad either. On the downside, two Tax apps... a lot of sites nuke them. (I count them but will never score them high, as they're localized). The biggest TRPS "incident" this week was their release of NetObjects Fusion 4, which they claim to be retail. Now if you recall, Premiere released this recently, with a crack of questionable origin. Nonetheless, it worked, and was accepted. PRM apologized, gave UCF credit for the crack, and all was well. But. TRPS decided to release a copy. Retail + Working they said. Some sites nuked it, seeing as how the PRM version worked. TRPS members then went ballistic over the nuke, saying that their "retail" copy had more features. What features, nukers asked? TRPS says that PRM's inserts "made with trial of net objects fusion" on pages it creates, and says trial on several screens. Nukers felt that saying trial didn't mean shit since limitations were removed, and the message in the HTML could simply be deleted. A nice angry log can be found on union.jaded.net (ReleaseHQ) in the features section. It shows what NOT to do when you release something questionable. Nukers pointed out that TRPS's release was essentially the same as the PRM, only TRPS included the manuals which could be download free anyways. They also asked TRPS members what features their release had that the PRM was missing - possibly giving TRPS a chance to have it unnuked. But TRPS REFUSED to give any proof, instead bitching at the siteops - like I said, what NOT to do. Anyways check the log. I agree with the siteops, and especially Sanctuari, who handled it quite well. Total: 6/10 -/ ACE /- ▄▄ [??/??] ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▓███▓▌ ▄▄▄▄ ▄▄█████▓▌ ▄▄███▀▀▀▐██▓▓ ▄▄██████▓▌ ███▀▐██▓▓ ▄███▓▀ ███▓▌ ██▀ ███▓▓ ▐█▓ ██▓▓▌ ▐▓███ ▐██▓▓ ▐█▌ ▐███▓▌ ██▌ ▐█▓▓▀▀ - ▓▓██▌──── ███▓▌ █▓ ─ ███▓▓ ▐██ ▀▀ ──-- - ▐▓███▀▀ ▐██▓▓ ▐█▌ ▐██▓▓▌ ██▌ Strick9 ▄ ▓▓██▌ ███▓▌ ██ ▀▀▀▀▀ ▐███▀▀ ▄▄ ▐▌▐▓▓██ ▐██▓▓ ▐██▌ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▌▄▄███▓▓ ▄ █ ▀▓███▌ ███▓▌ ████▄ ▐██▓▓▌ █████▀▀██▓▌▐▌ ▀█▄▄▄ ▀▀▐██▓▓▀ ▀▓███▄▄███▓▓ ▐▀▀ ▄▄▄▄ ▀▀ █ ▀▀█ ▀▀ ▄▄▄██▄▄▄ ▀▀▀▐███▓▌ ▄█▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀█▄▄▄ ▀▀ █▀ [0x/??] ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ACE: Releases: Together.C.Plus.Plus.2.2-ACE [04 x 1.44MB] Picture.This.1.0-ACE [24 x 1.44MB] ACE did Together J++ last week, and release C++ right after it - however it was after Midnight on Saturday, so it didn't make the report. Here it is though, I didn't forget it. Picture This is a decent app... been on shelves a little while, ACE did a nice job of getting it done. Unfortunately that's all we saw this week from ACE. Total: 5/10 _____ ____________ ____ __________ / __/_ ___/\_ \ ___\_/ __/\ ___\_ \ \ / _/ /_ /___ / \ ___ / \___/\_____/___\ ____/______/_____/pn \_/ VERSUS: Releases: WinVRS.99.v2.0-VERSUS [13 x 1.44MB] WN.Help.Desk.Web.v1.3-VERSUS [01 x 1.44MB] ImageAXS.v4.0.Pro-VERSUS [06 x 1.44MB] Speak.v1.8.7-VERSUS [04 x 1.44MB] TradeLogic.Financial.Suite.v4.1.Cracked-VERSUS [08 x 1.44MB] AtGuard_3.0-VERSUS [01 x 1.44MB] SpeakMail.v1.9.6-VERSUS [05 x 1.44MB] WN.Help.Desk.Web.v1.4-VERSUS [01 x 1.44MB] CD.RUNNER.SL.v2.31-VERSUS [03 x 1.44MB] First of all I REFUSE to give points to both versions of WN Help Desk, not that it's worth much anyways. But two in one week? Crap. Good job on getting ImageAXS Pro 4 done though. The rest was pretty basic. Total: 6/10 ..._______________________.___ ____.____... ::/ _______/ ____/ | \/ | \:: _/\____ \/ /___/ | \ \: \ > \ \ \/ \ \ :\__________/\________/_________/|_____|___/ ::.. .:[ SCUM ]:. .:[SCUM]:. .:[SCUM]:. ..:: ```````````````````````````````````````````` SCUM: Releases: Livelink.Ontime.Enterprise.v4.64.WinNT-SCuM [27 x 2.88MB] Sniff.Plus.Java.v3.0.2-SCuM [32 x 1.44MB] Sniff.Plus.Java.v3.0.2.FIX-SCuM [01 x 1.44MB] Teamware.i-Flow.v3.0-SCuM [19 x 1.44MB] Well one of the most talked about comebacks in the past year finally happened, and made OnTime Enterprise their first release. Not too shabby a title, either. Only one problem. PFT released it as well... after SCUM had started it, but PFT finished first on a lot of sites. Then it got a bit confusing. Some sites nuked the SCUM release saying PFT had won... then about an hour later I saw SCUM unnuked on some of these sites, and PFT nuked instead. Others decided to keep both. I'm not sure if it really matters... SCUM's is a disk smaller, but the two releases finished at almost the same time. The whole point is: SCUM is back. The second release for SCUM came into some problems as well... it needed a fix, just a forgotten reg file though. So my thoughts on SCUM? Well they aren't the SCUM of old, but then they aren't pretending to be. Despite the problems, the titles so far have been decent. Will they dominate as in the past? I doubt it - but expect some good work from them. Total: 6/10 [========================================] [========================================] ______)\______)\_____)\______)\______)\ \ ____)_____ )____ \_____ )_____ \ _\____ \ ;_/ \ ;__\ \ ;_/ \ \__; \ \_____ )____.__)____. )___.__)___\_. \ \____/ xx/xx/99 \____/-/=SodOM=\-\____/ [========================================] Back For You in 1999 ! [XX/03] [========================================] SODOM Releases: BayNetworks.FrameSwitch.Managment.Software.v1.3.3-SODOM [03 x 1.44MB] BayNetworks.Centillion.ATM.Switching.Software.v3.2-SODOM [03 x 1.44MB] Woah, hey what the?!? Well Sodom returns out of nowhere with a few releases. Didn't really expect this, but then I've been out of it the past few days. Dizzident, Cyber Wolf, Sbarro and some others, more to be announced... The first few releases aren't astounding, and out of the two comebacks this week I'd give it to Scum, but the point is they're releasing. Total: 5/10 New this week: SCUM, SODOM. Idle this week: Quote(s) of the Week: [QuadCon] -NUKE 1x- MetaProducs.Offline.Explorer_v1.0-IND (Nuker: himie Nukee(s): pyro403 (0.7M) Reason: nodiz) [QuadCon] -NUKE 1x- MetaProducs.Offline.Explorer_v1.0_incl.diz-IND (Nuker: himie Nukee(s): target (0.7M) Reason: still.no.diz) [QuadCon] -NUKE 1x- Creative.Quotes.to.Inspire.Thinking.v1.0-GLoW (Nuker: GaL Nukee(s): dlgr (1.0M) Reason: Didn't Inspire me) <[eX]> HADES ON EARTH - UP WITHIN NEXT 12 HOURS <Bud-> and down within 7 <mandrake> Bud-: haha thats cold ;) <[eX]> site deluser bud <[eX]> oops <loke> bonking cows & sheep makes us fertile.. I gave the week to RiSE for Dragon & Bently crack jobs (Dragon being the only speech rec I like, and that anyone would find all that useful), also for fixing up Quickbooks, and to (gasp) LND for Lotus SmartSuite and some other half decent apps, although talent wise I don't consider LND anywhere close to RiSE. Siege came close behind - but I don't feel they made the same presence. PFT/SHK also had decent weeks. Alright so the last seven days didn't live up to the previous week. Oh well, some decent work as usual, nothing really special... I've kinda been out of it this week since the school semester started up again, and the Sodom comeback suprised me. Two groups of old coming back with debut releases this week... pretty cool, especially since they both have a lot of potential. Of course it's going to be tough to live up to past reputations. Alright, that does it... screw you guys, I'm goin' home. =) - Bud