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* News and Rumours *<br />
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Dear Reader;<br />
Welcome back once again to the news section.<br />
This edition because of magazine delay and the sheer<br />
amount of news i have gathered, i've been forced to<br />
divide the news into two sections.<br />
<br />
If you have interests in the happenings of Anarchy,<br />
The Usa Scene or the Commercial scene, load these<br />
chapters for more news and updates on their fields.<br />
Thank you to the groups, sysops, mail traders and<br />
such who have helped me in compiling this chapter.<br />
Due to the misunderstandings or incorrect statements<br />
from group representatives, there maybe some non<br />
correct texts over the following pages.<br />
If in any case, something is wrong, merely leave some<br />
feedback for the problem to be rectified.<br />
General Editor<br />
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MOTIV8 (Den,Usa,Ger)<br />
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The very active Danish group have made more changes<br />
since last issue in their line-up.<br />
Firstly Lyon/Feniks joined Motiv8 as a coder and will<br />
remain in Feniks as his second group. He will be also<br />
responsible for some tools that are to be released.<br />
After the mess up with Galactus, Motiv8 gained another<br />
Usa board, Sphere/Style joined in as 2nd group and<br />
to sysop with LIQUID PALACE.<br />
<br />
Not too long after this occurred, La*Style/Ex-[O]<br />
joined in with his new bbs THE HIDDEN. This rather nice<br />
german bbs later changed number and also became a<br />
support board for Acrise and Excess.<br />
However, unlike written on the boards, La * Style did<br />
NOT join Acrise&Excess, but merely allowed them to<br />
make use of his bbs.<br />
<br />
<br />
Mhd/M8/Feniks left Acrise & Excess officially to<br />
concentrate his activities in Motiv8 and the Polish demo<br />
group Feniks.<br />
<br />
Everything seem to be okay until Sphere had some<br />
problems with his modem and had to take LIQUID PALACE<br />
down for a while, since the problem has been fixed, but<br />
users now have to re-apply for new applications<br />
because of the crash.<br />
<br />
Spider quit the scene, placing Mhd in lead of the Polish<br />
section.<br />
Motiv8 have been steadily working on building up their<br />
demo section, which will be lead by Greenfrog.<br />
This section also, will probably be responsible for the<br />
delayed Motiv8 magazine, 'Earthshake' which will be<br />
edited by former Bronx member, Bird.<br />
As with normal releases, they have shown an intense<br />
release rate with cracks, a small music collection from<br />
Mhd and various other releases.<br />
<br />
Official Member Status (according to Crossfire)<br />
Binjinx,Bird,Crossfire,Clive,Eddie,Fresh Prince,<br />
Greenfrog,Grego,Ibanez,Iceball,La*Style,Larry,Lyon,<br />
Mason,Mhd,Merlin,Nuke,Sphere,Stone and Tmg.<br />
<br />
Official boards worldwide<br />
The Liquid Palace - XXXXXXXXXXXXX<br />
In Living Color - XXXXXXXXXXXXX<br />
Mount Olympus - XXXXXXXXXXXXX<br />
The Hidden - XXXXXXXXXXXXX (new number)<br />
<br />
Internet:<br />
Interpark - XXXXXXXXXXXXX<br />
Mount Tokay - XXXXXXXXXXXXX<br />
WorldWide Web - XXXXXXXXXXXXX<br />
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Success * Trc (Hol,Ger,Usa,Czech)<br />
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The ruling cooperation have been advancing at a<br />
steady rate after their new years clean up.<br />
The X-96 party was an obvious success and a more<br />
indepth look at it can be read in the X-96 report<br />
chapter.<br />
However, after the party some bad news.<br />
Burglar was taken to hospital and was paralyzed on<br />
half of his body. It was believed to be caused by a<br />
minor brain infection. But everything is alright now as<br />
he recovered from this set back and is now quite fine.<br />
(ed: well done Enno! 8))<br />
<br />
American scener Tristan/Empire returned to the<br />
scene and joined them, pushing Empire back to his<br />
2nd group. He will serve with his hacking*phreaking<br />
abilities.<br />
<br />
There last Polish member, Titanic, decided to quit the<br />
scene and thus no Scs*Trc Polish section is in<br />
existance.<br />
H-Bloxx decided to leave them in order to concentrate<br />
his efforts in Acrise & Excess and to work for the<br />
Nitro magazine.<br />
<br />
Their relationship with Hitmen became stronger with<br />
Scs*Trc board THE DUNGEON also becoming a Hitmen<br />
bbs.<br />
In similar fashion Hitmen board MYSTICAL PARADISE, is<br />
now also shared by Success * Trc.<br />
Lately graphician Sliver left them to see his work used<br />
more in the ranks of Swedish group Triad.<br />
<br />
Some members have had minor hassles with other<br />
groups, namely Nightshade debating with Deff/Avt<br />
over the release of the game ON ICE.<br />
Then CountZero with the entire Onslaught crew and<br />
other individual sceners over many various matters.<br />
However all is not gloomy with many releases promised<br />
from the group. However Cba will be venturing to<br />
Denmark for a month this summer and Nightshade will<br />
travel all the way to Australia to also visit with Jazzcat<br />
Vengeance and other Australian Onslaught members.<br />
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Official Member Status<br />
Allitaice,Alchemist,Arrogance,Bacillus,Burglar,Cba,<br />
Coolhand,Credo,Countzero,Lord Crucifer,Micron,<br />
Moren,Nightshade,Spectator,Stake,Splatterhead,<br />
Trax and Tristan.<br />
<br />
Official boards worldwide<br />
The Dungeon - XXXXXXXXXXXXX (new number)<br />
Mystical Paradise - XXXXXXXXXXXXX<br />
<br />
Internet<br />
The Digital Dungeon - XXXXXXXXXXXXX<br />
Mount Tokay - XXXXXXXXXXXXX<br />
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Avantgarde (Ger,Usa,Swit,Pol,Den)<br />
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Former leading cracking group as gone further into<br />
decline with rumours saying that it will soon die and<br />
maybe members will join F4cg.<br />
However this hasn't been either confirmed nor denied<br />
so it cannot be taken seriously at this stage.<br />
<br />
Both Derbyshire Ram and Intruder completely slowed<br />
down their activities in the mail scene leaving Avt<br />
crippled in the mail market.<br />
Their board DreamPark has gone down, and maybe<br />
forever, apparently sysop Cyborg closed it down<br />
because the hard drive was full and it is unknown<br />
if the board will be online again.<br />
<br />
Their main cracker and very active member, Jack Alien<br />
slowed down activities due to his school.<br />
However on a positive note, Danish member Metal will<br />
release a music collection of unreleased tunes under<br />
the Avantgarde lable.<br />
In comparison with the groups death rumour, they<br />
are also apparently releasing a good bye demo soon.<br />
Only time will tell.<br />
<br />
Official Member Status (according to Deff)<br />
Astaroth/Agony,Cupid,Cyborg/F4cg,Deff,Derbyshire<br />
Ram,Dodger,Druid/Agony,Freestyle,Intruder,Jack<br />
Alien,Jack Daniels,Metal/Cml/Vibrants,Renegade,<br />
Skywolf,Thorn and Trimone.<br />
<br />
Official boards worldwide<br />
Dream Park - XXXXXXXXXXXXX (down)<br />
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Hitmen (Ger,Usa,Swe)<br />
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The comeback of this group as scene by all is an<br />
extremely good one with much activity taking place<br />
since last edition.<br />
Apart from releasing their demo 'Cucumber Juice'<br />
(reviewed this issue) they also managed to release<br />
two lo-res graphics collections from Tyron.<br />
<br />
On a different note, Dr Doom left the scene, due to<br />
lack of motivation.<br />
Moby and Arrogance kicked out due to inactivity.<br />
But all was not last as they signed on Stan/X-rated<br />
who joined as a swapper, Luke/Ex-Rebels as a<br />
coder and cracker and Swedish trader Motion who<br />
left Chromance to join their forces.<br />
Zore/Hardcore joined as a graphician along with<br />
Polish graphicians Banshee and Balance.<br />
Unfortunately Lawnmower Man left them due to<br />
problems with the behaviour of some of the members.<br />
Their board Mystical Paradise became also Success<br />
and Trc's european headquarters and in return<br />
Scs*Trc board The Dungeon is now shared with them<br />
as their new whq.<br />
Mystical Paradise went through further changes by<br />
changing from Crossfire Mod to Cyborg Mod to the<br />
dissatisfaction of some and the pleasure of others.<br />
Flt bbs WARES AQUARIUM also became a hq of theirs.<br />
Hitmen, although not entirely active on the cracking<br />
scene as far as first releases go have built up to<br />
become one of todays strongest groups.<br />
Apparently they will also help organize the X-97 party<br />
with Scs*Trc, thus showing further good relationship<br />
with the Dutch based cooperation.<br />
<br />
Stan may also open his own board in the summer of this<br />
year, adding another to their list.<br />
But on a bad note a federation against Swedish member<br />
Tranziie was formed by Swedish members, mainly those<br />
in the group 'Alter'. The group being called simply FAT<br />
(Federation Against Tranziie) have already released<br />
some anti demos against him.<br />
<br />
Official Member Status (according to Tyron)<br />
Alchemist,Balance,Banshee,Curlin,Groepaz,Hi Lite,<br />
Jayce,Jinx,Jihad,Luke,Marcus,Motion,Peacemaker,<br />
Racoon,Raze,Sabotage,Stan,Tranziie,Tyron,Vortex<br />
and Zore.<br />
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Official boards worldwide<br />
The Dungeon - XXXXXXXXXXXXX (new number)<br />
Mystical Paradise - XXXXXXXXXXXXX<br />
Wares Aquarium - XXXXXXXXXXXXX<br />
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F4cg (Bel,Swe,Ger,Pol,Ita)<br />
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International sensation F4cg had some minor changes<br />
in their line up this issue.<br />
Firstly Decoder and King were kicked due to inactivity.<br />
Swedish musician and long time Antic member Zyron<br />
left them and joined F4cg to greater use his musical<br />
abilities.<br />
<br />
Newscopy announced TRIBUTE 2 which will be held some<br />
time this year in Gotheburg/Sweden.<br />
It will be announced through an official flier and also<br />
on disk. But since this announcement, no further<br />
details have been given.<br />
<br />
Two members returned from inactivity to their forces<br />
firstly Solar returned from his venture to the United<br />
States to boost in the organization on the C64 and SNES<br />
Also former member Scorpie returned to the scene<br />
and the group to serve as a graphician.<br />
Leader of the demo division, Draz, should have<br />
released the sequel to WOIIFTD at the X-96 party, but<br />
it looks like the release date shall now be either the<br />
soon coming Assembly'96 or Tribute 2, it is uncertain.<br />
Hopefully however the Propaganda sister magazine<br />
called Propaganda Music will see the light of day soon<br />
with the main editor being Sixx.<br />
<br />
F4cg have lately made it clear that they wouldn't be<br />
making any first releases from company Cherrysoft.<br />
In a public note called 'Cherry vs Scene' they stated<br />
that once the games are made available, they will be<br />
evenly distributed to any cracker group that wants<br />
them and all will recieve them at the same time.<br />
This has been done in an attempt to bring back former<br />
first release time pressure as was seen with other<br />
game companies such as Ocean, System 3 etc..<br />
<br />
They have been focusing on the internet and public<br />
relations quite intensively and have even been<br />
negotiating with Censor for intros and other joint<br />
productions, which all looks very promising.<br />
Unfortunately their world hq Dreampark went down<br />
as written earlier in the Avt section.<br />
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Official Member Status:<br />
Antitrack,Aristo,Bitman,Chash,Cybersurfer,Cyborg,<br />
Draz,Devil,Fen 1,Hain,Morris,Maja,Motley,Mr Alpha,<br />
Newscopy,Neotec,Playboy,Smasher,Sixx,Solar,Sneaper<br />
Scorpie,Walker and Zyron.<br />
<br />
Official boards worldwide<br />
Dream Park - XXXXXXXXXXXXX (down)<br />
<br />
Internet<br />
Interpark - XXXXXXXXXXXXX<br />
Worldwide web - XXXXXXXXXXXXX<br />
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Onslaught (Aus,Ger,Hun,Pol,Swe)<br />
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Australian based group have been quite active since<br />
last year despite early statements saying the group<br />
was going to die.<br />
Firstly Macx/Ambush/Eqx joined in as modem trader<br />
megaswapper, supply and to co-edit Vandalism News.<br />
To incorporate this he dropped activities for The<br />
Pulse magazine.<br />
They gained more valuable members, McByte of<br />
Chromance left them in order to joined as modem<br />
trader and supplier.<br />
Nebula/Hardcore joined as coder,supplier,musician<br />
and modem trader, even though he had quite a few<br />
offers at the X-96 party.<br />
B-wyze and Communist of Hardcore joined in to make<br />
the German section quite strong and also to replace<br />
Code 18, who was put on the inactive list.<br />
<br />
<br />
Deekay became more active after getting the excellent<br />
Crest demo out of the way and has been working<br />
steadily on graphics for Vandalism News and the soon<br />
coming Onslaught Design demo.<br />
Bizarre made a great comeback after being busted<br />
for vmb hacking, he obtained a computer/modem<br />
and other equipment and once again can be seen on<br />
most boards. Moses/Pandora joined with SANITARIUM<br />
which became the new [O]+V.News & Domination Ehq.<br />
Their Danish board WestPoint changed number,<br />
because of its old number being blacklisted for<br />
phreakers. But because sysop Heavyhead joined the<br />
army, he was placed on the inactive list.<br />
On the other hand, their world hq Down By Law, finally<br />
got it's harddrive problem fixed and is now 100% online.<br />
<br />
Lately Quasar/Ambush joined as a graphician and<br />
Zakk/Ambush joined as a coder, making their Swedish<br />
section strong once more, and also making their<br />
demo division one with some very talented profiles.<br />
<br />
Onslaught have since been doing great in the first<br />
release scene and fixing scene and after the new<br />
vandalism News was released with new outfit, coder<br />
cracker and fixer Jolz became more recognized.<br />
<br />
They are soon, as promised by leading members,<br />
going to launch their debut demo which after the much<br />
awarded Vandalism News #27, is awaited by many.<br />
<br />
Official Member Status<br />
Bizarre,Bwyze,Communist,Donar,Digahole,Deekay,<br />
Doom,Gop,Grafee,Homeboy,Hardsequencer,Jazzcat,<br />
Jolz,Macx,Moses,Mcbyte,MrBrain,Meff,Nebula,Quasar,<br />
Ramirez,Shocker,Tmm,The Unholy,Trouble,Vengeance,<br />
Witty and Zakk.<br />
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Official boards worldwide<br />
Down By Law - XXXXXXXXXXXXX<br />
The Deadzone - XXXXXXXXXXXXX<br />
Sanitarium - XXXXXXXXXXXXX<br />
WestPoint - XXXXXXXXXXXXX (new number)<br />
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Chromance (Hun,Usa,Can,Pol,Ger)<br />
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Hungarian based old fame Chromance are still going<br />
through a somewhat inactive period compared to<br />
former times.<br />
They gained a ftp site on the Internet which will be<br />
maintained by Lion/C/Resource and Mr Wax/C<br />
and will be an illegal and legal site shared with<br />
Hungarian demo group Resource.<br />
<br />
Eager to have an American board again after delays in<br />
the rebirth of New Jersey board EDGE OF MIDNIGHT,<br />
Scratcher joined in with his board THE BASS PLANET<br />
which soon become the new Chromance world hq after<br />
the demise of their Canadian bbs FINAL GENOCIDE.<br />
However good news is that even though sysop Deviant<br />
earlier stated that the board would never go on line<br />
again, he recently posted it would return in some<br />
months.<br />
<br />
Skull was removed from the group due to inactivity<br />
and Mc Byte left in order to join the Onslaught crew.<br />
<br />
Dutch megaswapper Syco will be back in activity after<br />
finishing his exams around June.<br />
Zar has been rumoured to have finished a demo, which<br />
was meant for release at the X-96, but will now be<br />
released at a later date, it will be in similar fashion to<br />
their earlier demo called 'Fantasy'<br />
<br />
Motion left them in order to join up with Hitmen, but he<br />
was soon replaced by Mephisto/Ex-Pandora.<br />
<br />
Chromance will hopefully soon return to former<br />
activities, but one feels this will not take place until<br />
leading profiles Mr Wax and Jazzy D are back in full<br />
effect.<br />
They still have managed to get some releases onto the<br />
boards, but without their usual experienced callers<br />
have been subdued to some re-releases. Things should<br />
pick up once again in the near future though.<br />
Official Member Status (according to MrWax)<br />
Amc,Alias Medron,B0lee,Deviant,Fusion,Griff,Hedgehog<br />
Immortal,Jazzy D,Janee,Jaydee,Lotus,Lion,MrWax,<br />
Pete,Sage,Syco,Spermbird,Skud,Scratcher,Techno,<br />
Vector,Wozio,Xxl,Zar and Zeyex.<br />
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Official boards worldwide<br />
The Bass Planet - XXXXXXXXXXXXX<br />
Overdose - XXXXXXXXXXXXX<br />
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Internet<br />
Gangsta's Paradise - XXXXXXXXXXXXX<br />
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Now please load the second news section for further<br />
of the latest happenings.<br />
<br />
Jazzcat/ONSLAUGHT<br />
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