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    Well everybody, its unfortunitly time to bid Defacto goodbye.            
                                                                             
    I will not go into detail on why we all have decided to do this instead  
    I think it would be better to touch on something better. Also please     
    before I continue do not come into #Defacto asking us why we have        
    decided to do it. I would like to take this time to thank all of the     
    people who have helped us with Defacto (In no peticular order).          
                                                                             
    Incarnate    -  More then you will ever know man                         
                                                                             
    Hurt         -  Okay Folks. Lemme just say one thing. If you are ever    
                    and I meen EVER in need of VGA art work done this guy    
                    is your man. He is INCREDIBLE. Thank you for all of      
                    your help.                                               
                                                                             
    Mad Phantom  -  Alot of those VGA title screens where brilliant.         
                                                                             
    Dee          -  Thank you for the time you put in.                       
                                                                             
    Kooper       -  Your warez listing kept us all upto date on what was     
                    released and when. Thank you very much man.              
                                                                             
    oDogg^17     -  See! We can get your name correct every once in          
                    awhile! =)                                               
                                                                             
    AntiDope     -  Wish you would have gotten here sooner!                  
                                                                             
    NRunner      -  Hey this was originally your idea.                       
                                                                             
    T0k          -  You got us started out. You spent alot of time and       
                    effort on this magazine. Even after you left, you kept   
                    those interviews rolling in.                             
                                                                             
    187          -  Offering those early issues when all our bots all        
                    K-Lined :)                                               
                                                                             
    CptPower     -  You coded a shell in a very short time. And keep on      
                    upgrading it. Sure it didn't work to well in             
                    Windows 95 but neither do alot of other DOS programs :)  
                                                                             
    Internal                                                                 
    Flames       -  Excellent ANSI. You would be one of the best in          
                    Eastern Europe.                                          
                                                                             
    Sun          -  Thanks for keeping the FTP site going.                   
                                                                             
    Partizan     -  Thankd for managing the WWW page and the odd bot.        
                                                                             
                                                                             
    And to everybody else who in some way helped us out with what we where   
    doing.                                                                   
                                                                             
                                                                             
    Well folks thats it. We thank you all for reading us and enjoying the    
    work that we put out. We know it may not have been the easiest mag to    
    read English wise but who gives a damn. We brought you the best news     
    on the net that actually delt with something with the scene. Now also    
    before you all go off and just exit this remmember to read the           
    interviews that we do have!                                              
                                                                             
      - QuaziModem Talks about what happened and how he thinks things        
        turned out and why.                                                  
                                                                             
      - Dizzident has a talk with Stone about many things including          
        Stealth, Masque and Motiv8.                                          
                                                                             
      - Find out the truth about Quake from Piston. An Ex-RoR Senior         
        who was still with RoR at the time of the quake release.             
                                                                             
      - etc...                                                               
                                                                             
     Well thats it guys. Again thank you very Much and c-ya sooner then      
     you might think!                                                        
                                                                             
                                                     Entropy                 
                                                     Ipggi                   
                                                     Defacto Staff           
                                                                             
   
 

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                 Interviewer(s) : Entropy                                  
                                                                           
                 Interviewie(s) : QuaziModem                               
                                                                           
                        Subject : GODS, RCN Logs, What Really Happened.    
                                                                           
               Date Interviewed : June 25th, 1996                          
                                                                           
   
 
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       Defacto :  Quazi about 2 weeks ago you decided to come back to        
                  the scene after a break of about 1 1/2 Years or so.        
                  Can you please tell me some of your reasons why you        
                  decided to rejoin the scene after such a long time of      
                  more or less just watching over it?                        
                                                                             
    QuaziModem :  I really never had any intention to come back to the       
                  scene... Actually, I was trying to hop group channels      
                  in hopes to "chit chat" with some old friends to see       
                  what's been goin' on the scene lately.  Came across        
                  some ppl, half of 'em I didn't even recognize. :)          
                  Although, my interests in coming back to the scene was     
                  sparked by David&Goliath and Prophet.  They actually       
                  found me :)  Two of the last ppl, I've got to know         
                  before I "quit" the scene...                               
                                                                             
       Defacto :  Did they try and convinve you to start Gods back up or     
                  something else? What sparked the idea to re-instate        
                  gods into the Scene?                                       
                                                                             
    QuaziModem :  Well, D&G was the one that approached me about that.       
                  He, and I believe some others possibly, had already        
                  started getting things rollin' for the revival of GODS.    
                  Everything sounding very exciting :)  Hehe... I wanted     
                  in.  Figured, what the hell, it probably would be a        
                  good chance to figure out what has changed the past        
                  couple of years in the scene.                              
                                                                             
       Defacto :  So God was something that sounded fun to you so you        
                  decided to just do it? Where you serious into the group    
                  or more just something to kill the time and find out       
                  what has changed in a couple of years?                     
                                                                             
    QuaziModem :  Well I WAS serious about it.... but I wasn't about         
                  ready to go 100% into it.  I worked for a living. :)       
                  And depending on how much I'm needed... I was going to     
                  allocate my time acordingly.  I just ran into D&G about    
                  a little less than a week before GODS was gonna make       
                  it's presence in the scene again.  And I didn't have       
                  the opportunity to really get clued in on what's been      
                  going on... the set up of the group... etc.  I was         
                  really in the dark... a ...my attitude was a bit on        
                  the "lighter side". :)  I mean, my head was already        
                  spinning with all the new and old ppl that I was           
                  trying to keep up with and make friends with...! :)        
                                                                             
       Defacto :  Recently RCN published a log file from what looked like    
                  your first meeting log. Now knowing what RCN does to       
                  log files can you tell me exactly (Without going into      
                  everything) what happened in your first meeting? Do you    
                  consider it a succes and a good step in the right          
                  direction so to speak?                                     
                                                                             
    QuaziModem :  Well... first of all, I think it was really lame to        
                  have something like that published.  That should have      
                  never gotten out in the first place. It was a PRIVATE      
                  meeting for GODS members only!  I mean, hell, it'd be      
                  like someone recording a "company" meeting or something    
                  and have it broadcasted on TV or the papers! Totally       
                  unethical! Alot of ppl in the GODS council were pretty     
                  PO'ed about that. As far as the progress of the            
                  meeting... I would hafta say that only 5% of the ppl       
                  in that meeting, I knew before.  The majority I didn't     
                  have a clue who they were and what they did.  I was a      
                  bit of a "zoo"... :)  I was frustratrated a bit            
                  about the progress of the meeting... But I felt I wasn't   
                  in any position to say/do much about it. I didn't          
                  realize how much of a force GODS would've been after       
                  learning (later) who these ppl were and what they did.     
                  If we had just had more time to organize this alot         
                  better.                                                    
                                                                             
       Defacto :  Yet again in another RCN release they displayed yet        
                  another LOG file dealing with Gods. This one showed you    
                  more or less kicking somebody out of the channel and       
                  then a fight erupting so to speak. Now seeing as           
                  this was only part of what was going on can you tell me    
                  what exactly happened that night to clear some things      
                  up?                                                        
                                                                             
    QuaziModem :  Manowar was msging me about stuff in general... then       
                  had told me that he had a problem with someone in GODS     
                  putting him down and saying that he didn't belong in       
                  the group.  He was referring to gaHn. I was fuckin'        
                  around that day... :)  Just popping my head in to          
                  see what was new... So I in the channel I typed...         
                  "hey gaHn, are you being a dumbass??? :)" notice the       
                  ":)" after my sentence... as I was saying.. I was just     
                  screwing around... I guess... and I'll admit to this..     
                  playing with "power"  But my intentions was NOT to fuck    
                  with anyone.. just trying to make sure everyone got        
                  along.  Oh how wrong I was .. :) gahn msged me on the      
                  channel saying...                                          
                  "Quazimodem, why are you asking me that???  What do you    
                  mean "am I being a dumbass"???". See.. this is where       
                  things were fucked up. He was repeating that               
                  statement several times and my script "interprets" that    
                  as a channel flood and it kicked him out. I was going      
                  to msg him in private about that.. but I didn't get        
                  the chance to. Then chaos happened...                      
                  During this time, slain was talking to me.  Slain told     
                  ppl that he was going to quit gods.  And in our chat       
                  together he gave me the reason.  Although, AGAIN, ppl      
                  mistook it the wrong way and I was accused of screwing     
                  over gahn AND Erupt and being the cause for Slain          
                  leaving GODS.  A ridiculous mess. :) Erupt msged me        
                  saying "Quazimodem, I don't give a fuck who you are,       
                  don't fuckin' kick gahn" My reaction to that was           
                   1) I didn't blatently kick him out...                     
                   2) I reacted (ego-trip here) and replied back, to         
                      Erupt saying "and I don't give a fuck who YOU are"     
                      hehe...                                                
                  Like I said, I didn't really have any intentions to        
                  fuck with ppl. I just reacted to something that I felt     
                  I didn't intentionally cause.                              
                                                                             
                                                                             
       Defacto :  Do you feal that by posting the logs in RCN it made        
                  things worse off for Gods and yourself? Or at that         
                  point had Gods already pretty much disbanded?              
                                                                             
    QuaziModem :  The publication of the GODS group meeting in RCN was a     
                  blow to the group no doubt about it.  I dunno what their   
                  deal was but they could have had more respect for          
                  themselves and the scene for posting that. It really       
                  discouraged me to see all that.  Didn't give a good        
                  "image" of GODS to see such "organization" for our         
                  first "group" meeting. It pissed me off to see crap like   
                  that about me published... I felt like I was victimized    
                  a bit :) Seemed to me that RCN was very biased and very    
                  unprofessional anyway.  You can see that in how they       
                  asked their questions. They didn't even bother to ask      
                  for my input in that mess. Anyway, I'd hafta say, after    
                  that day, things were going downhill for GODS.             
                                                                             
       Defacto :  Can you tell us a bit about what is happening now?         
                  Understand that Amnesia has again reformed because of      
                  this. Infact they have even said that they where           
                  planning to split away anyway. But none the less. Can      
                  you tell us a bit about what happened after this?          
                                                                             
    QuaziModem :  Well... personally, I felt GODS was too big.... and        
                  there was no control.  I know I didn't help much.          
                  People were demoted and were unhappy about it... there     
                  obviously was alot of "fighting" going on... so that       
                  didn't help much.  I guess they'd figured that they'd      
                  be better off in Amnesia.... Again... all this was very    
                  vague to me so what I'm telling you now was what *I* was   
                  told.                                                      
                  --> QuaziModm shrugs shoulders....                         
                  go figure..                                                
                                                                             
       Defacto :  Well Quazi after this can you tell me any of your plans    
                  for the future?                                            
                                                                             
    QuaziModem :  Well, I'm definately going to stick around and see         
                  what options I have out there.  And work to see how I      
                  can help some friends a bit.                               
                                                                             
       Defacto :  Well Thank you very much for your time. Is there           
                  anything else you would like to say before we part?        
                                                                             
    QuaziModem :  I just want to give up props to those ppl to whom I may    
                  have offended... I just wish things could have been        
                  different.                                                 
                                                                             
   
 

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                 Interviewer(s) : Ipggi                                    
                                                                           
                 Interviewie(s) : Piston                                   
                                                                           
                        Subject : The Fake Quake                           
                                                                           
               Date Interviewed : June 22nd, 1996                          
                                                                           
   
 
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     Defacto : Welcome Piston, can you tell the readers what positions       
               and affils you currently hold ?                               
                                                                             
     Piston  : As of right now I am with Mortality & Rapier. I am            
               currently err.. "working" my way into a new games             
               group :) In mortality I supply various things &               
               courier. Same With Rapier                                     
                                                                             
     Defacto : You were not so long ago in RoR, where you not? And           
               once held a fairly high posistion in the group. Can you       
               tell us why you are no longer associated with RoR?            
                                                                             
     Piston  : Well. Basically what happened is a while ago I had too        
               choose between two game groups. I had known tklp for a        
               while then. Althuogh the other gaming group obviosuly         
               had more "respect" in the scene, I decided to go with         
               ROR and see if I could help them out. So tklp gave me a       
               senior staff position. (I had known him long before that)     
               So. obviously ROR's rep was not the best it could have        
               been. So we made a connetion at ID software. (that was        
               why tklp was saying he would have quake before every one      
               else) We were expecting to get quake from them, but the       
               other day some supplier came along claiming he had quake      
               final. So tklp downloded it and tested it out. He found       
               it it had all the levels. BUT it was NOT the final            
               release. So he packaged it up and gave it to a cracker        
               to clean it up, take out every thing that says beta, all      
               the GFX that say beta etc and anything else. Aside from       
               that some other things in the past combined w/it just         
               ticked me off and so I just resigned.                         
                                                                             
               BTW: we still have that connection at ID. And i think he      
               is still taking advantage of it trying to get the *REAL*      
               final.                                                        
                                                                             
     Defacto : So tklp deliberatly faked and duped a big release like        
               Quake. Surely this is an extremily stupid thing to do         
               especially when you are trying to increase the                
               reputation of a group, no to stuff it up totally. So now      
               that you have left, who has the connection to ID,             
               yourself or tklp?                                             
                                                                             
     Piston  : Well, he did not deliberatley fake & dupe it. He had no       
               knowledge about the current beta 3 floating around. As        
               far as the connection to ID. It was my idea on how to get     
               it, I told him how to make it work, but he did all the        
               dirty work, ect.                                              
                                                                             
     Defacto : But he still, i quote "So he packaged it up and gave it       
               to a cracked to clean it up. take out every thing that        
               says beta, all the GFX that say beta. and anything else."     
               then released it as QUAKE *FINAL*.                            
                                                                             
     Piston  : Yes.                                                          
                                                                             
     Defacto : Then he must have knew there where beta's floating around     
               that where the same as his release?                           
                                                                             
     Piston  : No, he had no knowledge of it, he thought the only            
               version out was the SW version. So he figured he could        
               get a way with souping up the "full level" beta.              
                                                                             
     Defacto : Do you think this was right of him ? I mean he still          
               technically knew he was releasing a fake.                     
                                                                             
     Piston  : Well, you have to look at it from 2 different views ...       
               On one. Theres the fact hey, what a lamer, he is              
               releasing a 100% dupe. On the other. Cool! Quake! All 4       
               levels of it available to the public :) So.. in my            
               personal opinion, no I don't think it was right. I think      
               it was lame and I don't see how in the world he thought       
               he could have gotten away with it.                            
                                                                             
     Defacto : Can you tell us anything about this 'new games group' you     
               where hinting to before ?                                     
                                                                             
     Piston  : Ermm.. Well, most people who know the groups I was            
               deciding between before will know, it was obviously not       
               RoR :)                                                        
                                                                             
     Piston  : So. It had to be the other one.                               
                                                                             
     Defacto : Do you have any grudges against tklp or RoR ?                 
                                                                             
     Piston  : No. not really, I don't hold grudges. Unless its something    
               MAJOR that personally effected me.                            
                                                                             
     Defacto : Any final words or greets before we go ?                      
                                                                             
     Piston  : Ermm... just one ... Look at it this way, if RoR cleaned      
               up its act, and had the same rep as a prestigious group       
               like .. razor, then they could probly go some where           
               because they do have some decent suppliers, and a nice        
               cracking team. Unfortunatley , their suppliers have not       
               been too active lateley :)                                    
                                                                             
     Defacto : Ok thanks for your time and the best of luck.                 
                                                                             
     Piston  : NP. Thanks.                                                   
                                                                             
   
 

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                 Interviewer(s) : Dizzident                                
                                                                           
                 Interviewie(s) : Stone                                    
                                                                           
                        Subject : Stealth, Masque, and Motiv8.             
                                                                           
               Date Interviewed : June 18th, 1996                          
                                                                           
   
 
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     Defacto :  Can you tell our readers what groups you are in ?            
                                                                             
                                                                             
       Stone :  I'm a courier for Stealth and I co-founded  Masque with      
                Winterhawk, tpct and spindoc. The later two partially        
                left the scene, so I run masque with winterhawk now...       
                                                                             
     Defacto :  How is Masque doing lately ?                                 
                                                                             
       Stone :  Masque is always doing ups and downs, depending on when      
                we have the time to put in the hours it takes. During        
                the past week we had 5 releases so right now pretty          
                good.. :)                                                    
                                                                             
     Defacto :  Great, love to hear that.. So you say that MSQ is a fun      
                based group, when you all have the time, you release ?       
                                                                             
       Stone :  Very true. MSQ is based purely on friendship, releasing      
                is like a side bonus..                                       
                                                                             
     Defacto :  Well.. with what motivation you started masque ? I mean,     
                you where tired of the way motiv8 was lead by Mason, so      
                you and winterhawk wanted to start a Courier/Release         
                group yourself ?                                             
                                                                             
       Stone :  Well.. we we're not in agreement with mason on how to        
                run Motiv8. So me and Winterhawk decieded that it would      
                be better for Motiv8 and us if we went our seperate          
                ways. We picked up spindoc and tpct and together the         
                four of us we founded masque as a courier and release        
                group. We stopped couriering pretty fast though.             
                                                                             
     Defacto :  Why ? There are alot of great couriers in Msq.               
                                                                             
       Stone :  We wanted to focus on releasing, and the many excellent      
                couriers we were/are was tied up in a lot of different       
                courier groups. Risc, malice, dgt, master, tct. You name     
                a courier group that has been large with in the last         
                year, chances are that atleast one of their members has      
                been masque too..                                            
                                                                             
     Defacto :  Well. I am alot on #masque, and when i am, i always          
                see the same ppl, it seems like one big family, i like       
                that. What kinda qualities must one have to apply for        
                masque ?                                                     
                                                                             
       Stone :  We are a big happy family :).. And the single most           
                important quality we check before accepting an apply         
                to our group is weather the applying person fits into        
                our family. Secondary is the usual criteria of               
                courier/supply/crack/whatever capabillity.                   
                                                                             
     Defacto :  Well, you are along time involved in the so called           
                scene, what you think has changed alot in the time you       
                are in it ?                                                  
                                                                             
       Stone :  Well.. most things have changed, the speed, from mail        
                to 300 bps to isdn and now internet. The size - there        
                are *MANY* ppl. in the scene nowadays. The releases          
                them selves, from a few releases per disk up to 100          
                disks. One thing that remains - unfortunately - is           
                oversized egos. I guess they are the one thing about         
                the scene that will never change!                            
                                                                             
     Defacto :  I agree yes, another thing i see, is that the people         
                arent loyal anymore, i really hate that, leave a group       
                that made you big, i see it alot, what you think about       
                it ?                                                         
                                                                             
       Stone :  Well.. i guess you really hate my manners then... I left     
                the group that made me somebody (giving me access to         
                sites so i had somewhere to start). I always viewed          
                it like this: groups are made of ppl. i'm loyal to ppl.      
                not to whatever name they deciede to gather under.           
                But you're right loyalty is in short stock, but it has       
                always been, the net and the higher pace here made it        
                worse though.                                                
                                                                             
     Defacto :  Nah, you left M8, cause you didnt agree with mason           
                policy's.. Thats a good reason i think..But another          
                thing, Stealth is supposed to be a real fine group,          
                what you think so far ?                                      
                                                                             
       Stone :  Stealth is a real fine group, real friendly ppl. making      
                it a pleasant group to be in. And we're really doing         
                fine.. I think we got plenty of potential for doing even     
                better than we already are, and i'm sure we'll make use      
                of it!                                                       
                                                                             
     Defacto :  Glad to hear that.. What competition will stealth have       
                now, since so many groups are doing real bad ?               
                                                                             
       Stone :  Well.. there is plenty of competition from other             
                couriers, gods, Risc,everlast has some rather good           
                crews.. Many smaller groups will also try to compete         
                as always..                                                  
                                                                             
     Defacto :  Dont you think there are way to many courier groups ? It     
                looks like that each week a new courier group is             
                founded..                                                    
                                                                             
       Stone :  Well.. yes and no.. I don't see the great number of          
                courier groups as a problem most of them just hang           
                around minding their own business. However the rate          
                wich old groups dies and new groups form is alarming it      
                makes the scene an even more unstable environment that       
                it already is. You learn what the old groups stand for,      
                but you never get a clear picture of the new groups -        
                they simply die to fast!                                     
                                                                             
     Defacto :  I agree.. Thats why I remain in the groups that i am in,     
                I am not saying that it is the best to do.. but hell..       
                Now something about you, what do you do in Masque ?          
                                                                             
       Stone :  I do a little of everything in masque, courier a little,     
                I supply, I crack and spend sometime on management..         
                Only thing i don't do is channel and site management         
                                                                             
     Defacto :  What do you think about the quality of some of the releases  
                spread by various groups ?                                   
                                                                             
       Stone :  It has never been lower.. font packages and clip art is      
                getting released and spread, templates to winword,           
                ancient shit, chinese and other foreign stuff (I don't       
                mind releasing foreign stuff, but why do we have to          
                courier german stuff in e.g. canada?). Unfortunately         
                there is not much to do about it, except nuke the crap on    
                the sites. Infact it's gone way overboard when groups        
                that repeatedly released the worst kinda crap get's a        
                fairly respected courier group as official couriers.         
                Damnit ppl. wake up and thing about what you're              
                releasing!!! Not to mention thing about what you're          
                couriering...                                                
                                                                             
     Defacto :  I know what you mean, I had 3 viruses in 1 zip file..        
                                                                             
       Stone :  Ouch.. I found a board-add that contains virii..             
                image every file that goes thru that board is                
                automatically infected. Virii is a major problem - it        
                takes only a few minutes to mod a virii so that no           
                virusscanner will find it. And only a few hours to make      
                one from rock-bottom. Unfortunately we cannot do much        
                about it - i guess most the virii you find in releases       
                are not put there with a malicious intent, but thru          
                the misfortune of the packer.                                
                                                                             
     Defacto :  I dont know alot of packaging a file, but cant they do       
                it, and then check the file for any infected files ?         
                                                                             
       Stone :  Well that is of course an option - and some do. But it's     
                not *THE* solution to the virii problem. Many of the         
                virii out there are unknown to scanners, so are hiding       
                in packaged .exe's and scanning takes times. The last        
                part is a major obstacle since most ppl. in the scene are    
                lazy :>                                                      
                                                                             
     Defacto :  I think the scene is more rushed now also.. I mean, it       
                seems sometimes a release group even can't take his time     
                to release a program, mostly it results in a update the      
                next day.. Like Grand Prix 2.. still havent heard anyone     
                that actualy get the game to work, i think that is very      
                bad, especialy when it is released by a 'new' group..        
                Dont you agree ?                                             
                                                                             
       Stone :  It's definately more rushed! Ppl. hurry to release shit      
                and never stops to test it. Especially with cd-rips          
                this results in major fuckups. It's better not to release    
                that to make a fuckup. Of coz it's not always easy to get    
                a rip to work 100% a file might be missing half way thru     
                the game, you might remove something that will make it       
                unable to run on certain graphics adaptors and so on.        
                Problems that will not show up in a test. All too often      
                it happens that a game or a util is not tested at all.       
                But I don't think it's worse when a new group fucks up.      
                Actually i think it's worse when a established group         
                that is famous for it's quality fuckups. All we got as       
                a guide when we choose to download is the groups             
                previous history of releases, therefore we're likely         
                to choose old established groups releases to download        
                because the are usually more dependable that a small         
                bunch of lamers hitting the jackpot with a game or util.     
                So when they fuck up it does more damage then when           
                LamersInc. fucks up.                                         
                                                                             
     Defacto :  Well, we can talk about this for many more hours.. I like    
                to thank you for this interview, is there anything you       
                would like to say, or tell our readers ?                     
                                                                             
       Stone :  Remember to have fun - fun is the way of the scene!          
                                                                             
   
 

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                             Software Previews                               
                                                                             
                  X-COM: Apocalypse . Microprose . Late 1996                 
                                                                             
        Well i've been waiting for this one for a long time now but          
        yet it has been delayed again. The two prequals where some of        
        my all time favorate games and this 3rd installment in the           
        series should be brilliant. The player now can select weather        
        you want the traditional turn base movement or for you brainless     
        trigger-happy arcade freaks there is a Syndicate like real-time      
        mode. Your mission like the ones before is to save humankind         
        from the lastest alien threat. Weather this will be the final        
        installment in the series is yet to be seen, but if previous         
        X-COM *cough* sales are anything to go by this wont be the last.     
                                                                             
                                                                             
           X-Wing vs TIE Fighter . LucasArts . Late 1996/Early 1997          
                                                                             
        This is the first I have heard of this one but it was previewed      
        at the E3 LA expo last month. It seems LucasArts will be cashing     
        in on the StarWars RE-Releases coming in in early 1997 (watch        
        Independance Day for a trailer). Well finally we get the             
        opertunity to fight for either the Rebels or the Empire. You can     
        fly any ship from a large range of starfighters from both sides.     
        The most important improvement I feel though is now at long last     
        Multiplayer mode is now supported. Upto 8 people networked can       
        have head to head battles or all fly on the same squadron.           
        But don't dispair because you people with no friends can still       
        have some fun. Single-player mode offers a few Rebel and Empire      
        missions that can also be used for the multiplayer games. This       
        should be the ultimate StarWars yet. Now all we need is an           
        official Virtual Real. Star Wars :)                                  
                                                                             
                                                                             
            Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 . Lucas Arts . Early 1997             
                                                                             
        Well another Star Wars release from the famous LucasArts crew.       
        This time it's Doom/Quake/Duke (whatever) crossed with Star          
        Wars. Alot of people where not too happy with the original,          
        some didn't like the fact there where no mutliplayer support,        
        others wanted lightsabers (you freaks) and others didn't like        
        how you couldn't "use the force" (you freakier freaks). Well         
        your preys have been answered. Jedi Knight supports                  
        multiplayer mode, lets you embrace the force and yes you can         
        battle the empire with your glow stick. Infact LucasArts are         
        claiming you can do everything Luke Skywalker did in the movies.     
        Star Wars meets Quake ? I hope not. Star Wars meets Duke 3D ?        
        Now that would be cool.                                              
                                                                             
                                                                             
                       QAD . Philips Media . Late 1996                       
                                                                             
        QAD or Quintessential Art of Destruction, it's complete title        
        is 1996 (or 1997 if it's delayed) version of Defender. That          
        once very popular arcade shoot-em'up that only old farts will        
        remember :) Well anyway this uses a real-time 3D fractual            
        engine to creat a stunning and brilliant virtual world.              
        QAD features 3D sprites, power-ups, fuel, booby-traps and            
        plenty of aliens .. How very 16bit consoled ?? Well this could       
        become something special .. then again maybe not.                    
                                                                             
    
 

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            The Economics of Developing & Manufacturing Software             
                                                                             
                                                                             
                              By Seven                                       
                                                                             
                                                                             
 

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  Ahh yes, the age old pirating question.  Why do we pirate?                 
  Is it because of greedy corporations raising up prices to such a           
  phenomenal level that we cannot afford it or just for the fun of it?       
                                                                             
  Many people use the former as an excuse to pirate.  Hell, if you           
  think about it, the cost of labor and manufacturing the final product is   
  quite cheap when it comes to software.  It may only cost $5 in parts       
  and labor to create a CD-ROM software title, so why the bloated price-tag? 
                                                                             
  Well you have to look at the economics of developing the software.         
  Take Windows Network (NT) for example.  If you were to factor in research  
  costs, the production of the first copy of Windows NT might cost around    
  $100 million dollars, while each copy made after that is essentially free. 
                                                                             
  Old-fashioned economics state that companies ONLY charge for a             
  product exactly what it costed to manufacture the last unit.  But rather   
  with modern technology, research and such costs must be taken into         
  consideration in order for that company to turn a profit.                  
                                                                             
  If Microsoft sold each copy of Windows NT for the exact price it           
  cost to manufacture the last unit, the company would turn no profit in     
  any way, shape or form.  Such industries as software, which have huge      
  research budjets and low production costs must charge more for their goods 
  than it cost to produce the last unit.                                     
                                                                             
  As economist Paul Romer put it, "If you forced anyone in the world         
  of ideas (ie: software) to sell their product at the cost of producing the 
  last unit, they'd go bankrupt."                                            
                                                                             
  As we Americans (assuming that most of Defactos readers ARE                
  American, or living in a modern 1st world country) live in capitalist      
  society's, such 'monopolies' as Microsoft are needed for the economy due   
  to such large research costs.  A small mom-and-pop business would not have 
  the funding for market entry, thus monopolies are needed.                  
                                                                             
  So the next time you argue about the ethics of pirating software,          
  remember that the costs are only set in relation to the researching funds, 
  and that you do this for the FUN of it.  Remember: we are all criminals,   
  despite what you may think or say, none of us are "Robin Hood's" out to    
  steal from the rich and give to the poor.                                  
                                                                             
    
 

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