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- Some personal thoughts by Daffy Duck/TSN. In no way are these the
- official thoughts of TSN or other group members.
-
- I think they ARE the thought's of a LARGE % of UK traders/sysops
- (excluding those in TRD though!!).
-
-
- TRADERS DREAM?
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- Ok some facts.
-
- Let's start with today's "release" from TRD (or is it TDR as someone
- in the group seems unsure!).
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- Powerdrive AGA/HD Version by Rebel.
- -----------------------------------
-
- The info file that was spread with it (no need for it as it could have
- been in the LHA archive) says that the game is AGA. TSN never claimed
- this and it is NOT in any way an AGA release. Please get your facts
- right! The file is a 1.3Mb LHA file - Oh good say the TRD traders but
- not really. In reality there are only 5 files needed on top of the TSN
- disk release - HD_RALLY, POWERDRIVE, POWERDRIVE.info, INSTALL-Instruct
- and RMENUS.RNC (changed from the TSN disk version).
-
- There was absolutely ZERO reason to release a 1.3Mb LHA when a 89k LHA
- would have done just as well. The ONLY reason is so that TRD can say
- that they have released a few more Mb this week.
-
- Coverdisks
- ----------
-
- Well, some groups do and some don't release coverdisks. TRD do, and in
- a big way. It's a matter of opinion but a helluva lot of sysops nuke
- coverdisks and I personally agree. Please TRD, why not SAY so and save
- the sysops the wasted time in unDMSing this month's AF/AP/CU or whatever
- coverdisk U release.
-
- CD32/AGA
- --------
-
- Well, fuck me but someone in TRD has a wierd AGA machine if they thought
- that Xenon 2 CD32/AGA has ANY AGA GFX in it. Maybe it is the same dude
- who claimed TSN's Powerdrive is AGA! Ummmm I think it might also help if
- someone told TRD that they have managed so far to release two (or more?)
- CDTV titles from some years back claiming they are CD32/AGA titles.
-
- Do Xenon 2 and Sim City ring any bells? Sure, Charon is a great supplier
- but I think these went to TRD cos no-one else wanted to release 2 year
- old CDTV titles where someone has just changed a file date or stamped
- CD32 compatible on a new label.
-
- The Future
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-
- I would not say TRD are a waste of space (although it has been mentioned to
- me by one UK sysop of a well known BBS that some other sysop friends and he
- were about to introduce a ban on TRD releases as they were ALL shit).
-
- Rebel is capable and active and at the risk of saying something positive I
- can respect some of his releases, the HD versions mainly.
-
- Please TRD, don't just release any old shit to say that your group have
- released something. Remember the old maxim "Quality not Quantity" ???
-
- This brings me onto the next subject....
-
- HOODLAME?
- ^^^^^^^^^
-
- Once a great group and now shit. Or so it may seem. Someone in HLM come
- back to me on this.
-
- There is a version of Powerdrive doing the rounds from HLM (or so it says).
- HLM never had this title and basically just took the TSN release and re-did
- it claiming they had done it. It's not hard on a DOS disk to add some text
- or an intro. We in TSN did NOT have text or an intro, just the DMS text
- and FILE_ID.DIZ.
-
- HLM can crack - Black Cat is experienced. If you cannot get your own
- releases don't bother. Whoever did that "release", and I find it hard
- to believe it was a HLM member, just made HLM look lame.
-
- Hi to Dream Warrior/HLM - I am sure you had bugger all to do with this m8.
-
- In order to assist those who are confused as to who really released Power-
- drive (not AGA!!!)... here is a silly little intro to put on the disk. Just
- edit S/STARTUP-SEQUENCE to include TSN-Intro as line 1 and copy the file
- onto disk 1. Or ask an alleged "Hoodlum Member" to assist!!
-
- GREETZ?
- ^^^^^^^
-
- Must I you all moan. Nope.
-
- Just a quick hello to Felon/PDY - it would be nice if your trainer for
- Jetstrike acknowledged TSN UK's crack. I'll give U the benefit of the
- doubt and assume you saw the HLM version and got confused. Well, we will
- put some more stuff out soon for U to train. If you can call the UK
- get it off Entity BBS. We'd like to see you there.
-
- A final hi to Axen/TSN - Ok, you got a fucking greet even if it was in a
- slag file.
-
-
- Now roll the adds or whatever.... bet this LHA file ends up 100k bigger
- with bloody adds!
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- Daffy Duck/Tension
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