Propaganda 21 ch04
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+----+ |ONSLAUGHT .. |ONSLAUGHT -- +----+ ________________________________________ ONSLAUGHT has been headlining not only PROPAGANDA, but also other magazines throughout 1995. They have been rocket- ing the charts for proving a competitive waresgroup, and widely debated for their appearance throughout the market. Today the spark has faded slightly. Intensity is quite not as obvious as before and releases have failed to appear. It may very be a temporary phase, since JAZZ- CAT says "a lot can be expected from ONSLAUGHT during 1996". We look at their future, and hope for the noisemaking artillery to continue. S O SILENCE IN ONSLAUGHT RIGHT NOW ________________________________________ It is clear ONSLAUGHT is lacking cards, and have not quite been up to the job stateside just recently. It became cru- cial at one point, where BIZARRE as re- porter for the popular magazine VANDA- LISM NEWS as well as runner for ON- SLAUGHT was busted for a very incautious move. Having called with a national PBX, problems were not far away. Today he is facing fees of some 2O.OOO dollars. Editor of VANDALISM NEWS, VENGEANCE has not been spotted in public either, but JAZZCAT has promised the awaited issue of the VANDALISM NEWS to be out fairly soon. +-------------------------------+ |"VENGEANCE WILL BE MOVING IN AT| | MY HOUSE, AND WILL BE MORE | | ACTIVE THEN." | +-------------------------------+ I INCREASED LEGAL ACTIVITIES ________________________________________ Hoping to do more impact on the legal scene, 0NSLAUGHT announce they will show great interest in their demosec- tion. Their much rumoured demo is being developed by J0LZ, while names like DEEKAY and SHADES are involved on a smaller level. The demo has been very delayed, mainly caused by a lack of graphics, but JAZZCAT promises "expect the unexpected!", and leaves room for both suspicion and curisotity. D DOMINATION, DELAYED BUT EXPANDING ________________________________________ A big problem for JAZZCAT'S independant production DOMINATION has been getting out the magazine on a regular basis. Editing the magazine singlehandedly, there are many hours of hard work put in behind each issue. JAZZCAT estimates he will be expanding his staff, that can specialize on various fields to phase the problem out. Maintaining the objectivity, is not a problem says JAZZ- CAT as comments 1996 to PROPAGANDA. E EXPANDING STAFF AGAIN ________________________________________ To make the staff more competitve, some recruitments have been made. UNHOLY, who still will remain in the inactive fixing group DEMONIX teamed up stateside, and will occassionally be seen working on fixes. However, having put his more active years into the 64, UNHOLY is clearly focusing on his company, selling consoles and belonging equipment on the American market. KINLEY from the un- known PARADOX was reinforced to expand the crackinga and supplying era, while GRAFEE indeed may be interesting, a Polish supplier who also coded the intro for INGENIOUS BRAIN. Recruiting staff in Poland, ONSLAUGHT are also con- sidered as a threat, among the many other groups, who have realized the value of the East-european market. W I S WEAK INTERNET-SUPPORT. SO FAR AT LEAST. ________________________________________ Netwise, ONSLAUGHT is to be considered one of the weakest groups. Support is very vague, and presence on the FTPs as well as the IRC is as good as none. How- ever, JAZZCAT claims activities will increase immensly during 1996. Following other groups comes natuarlly, where all competetive groups urging for releases have to take part of the new race. In general, getting accounts for many of the members is the first step towards the net-society, but an FTP should not be an impossibility for a group like ONSLAUGHT. 1996 will tell. ONSLAUGHT MEMBERSTATUS +------------------------------------+ | ASV, BIZARRE, CODE18, DOOM | | DIGAHOLE, DONAR, GOP, GRAFEE, | |HARDSEQUENCER, HEAVEYHEAD, HOMEBOY, | | JAZZCAT, JOLZ, KINLEY, MEFF, MORBID| | MORISSEY, MR.BRAIN, RAP, SHADES, | | SHARP, TMM, TROUBLE AND WITTY. | +------------------------------------+ ONSLAUGHT HEADQUARTERS +------------------------------------+ | DOWN BY LAW | | DOWN BY LAW | | XXXXXXXXXXXX | | DEAD ZONE | | DEAD ZONE | | XXXXXXXXXXXX | +------------------------------------+ +---+ |SCS|TRC .. |SCS*TRC -- +---+ ________________________________________ The Dutchbased cooperation is in clear focus for the entire market, keeping in mind that the most awaited party of the year, X96 is closing in. Releasewise, however, the group has not quite been living up to old merits, and at times presence has been fairly vague. A new section from the Czech Republic kicked of the new year, a new Hungarian FTP and a new, strict organization still leaves hope high. With THE DUNGEON com- ing back up in the not too far distant, one can only hope glory days will shine again. F FIRST GROUP OUT IN NEW MARKET ________________________________________ As the first of established groups, TRC and SCS gained members in the Czech Rep- ublic. BACILLUS and NECROMANTIC who both come from CITADEL will be representing the section. With a new market, it is clear many other groups will follow. Pioneering on the field, TRC*SCS has established a valuable source to get hold of interesting new software, as well as opened new doors. "WE NEED SOME NEW BLOOD IN THE GROUP TO MAKE THINGS GO FURTHER", says a very pleased CBA and takes his time to point out how active and productive the new section is when PROPAGANDA confronts him. TRC SCS TRC*SCS NETS FURTHER ________________________________________ Since STAKE decided to leave ONSLAUGHT behind, his effort for TRC*SCS has grown quickly. Netwise, he is now re- sponsible for the new FTP MOUNT TOKAY in Hungary. TRC*SCS who already main- tain the dominating FTP DIGITAL DUNGEON further strengthen their situation on the net, and decide to share MOUNT TOKAY with MOTIV8. O ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES ________________________________________ Following the big structual movement earlier this year, TRC*SCS has been working hard to get the organization slim. "ONCE OUR ORGANIZATION IS 100% PERFECT AS I WANT IT TO BE, THEN YOU CAN EXPECT A LOT OF GOOD THINGS COMING YOUR WAY.", says CBA as the group says farewell to inactive CASE, CAVRON, CRUZE, DANNIE, GUZZLER, JITY, JRC, MR.DISK and MISTRY. T F THE REVENGE AGAINST F4CG ________________________________________ One interesting incident has also been taking place concerning releases. Early this year F4CG released the firstrelease of BOMBEL together with AVANTGARDE. Supplied by MAJA, the game was a normal disk-filler while SPLATTERHEAD, one of the many suppliers behind TRC*SCS was furious at the fact. Jumping NEWSCOPY in public on the IRC, he accused F4CG for backstabbing TRC*SCS and the pro- ducers of the game using the serious CHERRY SOFTWARE. The story is particul- ary interesting since the authour of the game provided MAJA with the game, with a clear sign that releasing was ok. Neither NEWSCOPY or CHERRY SOFTWARE were ever approached concerning the game. TRC*SCS were quick to respond, doing so by releasing ON ICE from NEMESIS PRO- DUCTIONS. Being the budgetcompany of CHERRY SOFTWARE, the game was still not sold or paid for. Groups like F4CG, HITMEN and AVANTGARDE sat startled, who were all sitting on the game waiting for sales to go through. TRC*SCS were clear in their focus, and claimed it was nothing but revenge against NEWSCOPY for putting out BOMBEL - a game he had no interest or knowledge in, whatsoever. One of the salescontracts was closed because of the incident. F FINALLY BACK ONLINE ________________________________________ THE DUNGEON-episode is an ongoing head- line in all magazines currently. The popular board is finally going back on- line within the next 2 weeks. THE ALCH- EMIST should have solved all problems and paid his bills. THE DUNGEON will as before be running for both TRC*SCS and HITMEN, just like THE MYSTICAL PARADISE, that just recently followed the the American, and apperently successful concept. TRC*SCS MEMBERSTATUS +------------------------------------+ | ARROGANCE, ALCHEMIST, ALLITAICE, | |BACIULLUS, BURGLAR, CBA, COUNT ZERO,| | CREDO, COOLHAND, H-BLOXX, | | LORD CRUCIFIER, MOREN, MICRON, | | NIGHTSHADE, SLIVER, SPECTATOR, | | STAKE, SPLATTERHEAD, TITANIC, | | TRAX AND TRISTAN | +------------------------------------+ TRC*SCS HEADQUARTERS +--------------------------------------+ | THE DUNGEON | | THE DUNGEON | | XXX...... | | DIGITAL DUNGEON | | XXXXXXXXXXXX | | MOUNT TOKAY | | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX | +--------------------------------------+