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ATTENTION GROUP MEMBERS:
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As you may or may not be aware, a new review/scoring electronic magazine
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has come into existence over the past five months. Pirates Analyze Warez
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(PAW) published three issues in the latter stages of 1992 and is looking
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towards bigger and better things in 1993.
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The magazine will be published every second Sunday of 1993 beginning
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with January 24th and is designed to review and score each and every
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release in the period since the last release. These scores, based upon
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aspects of quality, size, completeness, etc, will then be used to rank the
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various releasing groups as the Warez Report once attempted but in a more
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complete and unbiased manner.
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One aspect of the scoring system is to decide with group came first with a
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multiple release game (such as Comanche: Maximum Overkill) and, after much
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deliberation, we are asking for support from the various groups in this
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regard. However, rather than subscribe to the self-centered approach of
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requiring releases to appear on a designated board (as the Warez Report did
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and as we, admittedly, previously required), we have developed a more
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amiable system which should work out to the benefit of all.
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Quite simply we ask that a designated member of each and every releasing
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group be appointed to track ALL of the official group releases, their
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EXACT date/time of release, the boards on which they were first uploaded
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and the courier or member that uploaded it. Such a list can then be
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forwarded to the PAW WHQ by a designated courier on Saturday if each week.
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In the case of a dispute (ie - two groups claiming release), PAW couriers
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will be assigned to contact the boards in question and request evidence
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(most likely in the form of the usage log) to settle the dispute. If the
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logs still do not provide a clear winned, the release will be scored as
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a tie.
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It is our opinion that this system will allow groups to function pretty
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much as they normally would. The compilation of such a list and the periodic
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delivery of such will unsure that releases are scored accurately to benefit
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both the releasor and our magazine. We ask that the group member assigned
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to the task (as small as it is) be reliable and in a high enough position
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so as to know what got out when and to try and meet deadlines in submitting
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the list to us.
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If this system recieves encouraging support, it will provide the pirate
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community with an accurate, unbiased ranking of releases complete based on
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quality complete with reviews of the releases every two weeks.
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Replies to this request can be submitted in the form of a message to the
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PAW WHQ, A.T.B. at [416] 527-8852. Simply log on, apply for access and
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leave the reply as a file attached to the new user application.
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Thank you for your attention.
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- Newton P. Forgery
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01/20/93
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Copies of this request are intended for: DRG
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FAIRLIGHT
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