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- WELCOME TO THE THIRTEENTH ISSUE OF -
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- -=>PHANTASY<=- -
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- A PUBLICATION AND NEWSLETTER OF -
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= INTERNATIONAL =
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- INFORMATION -
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= RETRIEVAL =
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- GUILD -
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- Hacking,Phreaking,Anarchy,Survivalism,Commentary -
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Volume Number Three,Issue Number Thirteen Dated 12/26/92
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Editor is Mercenary : mercenar@works.UUCP
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Article Submissions: The Mercenary/IIRG
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862 Farmington Avenue
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Suite 306
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Bristol,Ct 06010
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Phantasy Headquarters BBS: The Rune Stone
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14.4K HST
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Invitation Only
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All H/P/A, 2500+ Files
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(203)-PRI-VATE
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IIRG World Headquarters BBS: Dark Shadows
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19.2/9600 Baud HST
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1.2 Gigs Online
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(203)-PRI-VATE
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Table of Discontents:
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[1] Dark Shadows Information
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By: Mercenary
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[2] USR Information
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By: Knight Hack
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[3] [TDT VS SOD] Whats the Story ?
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[4] Fairlight Members Quit and Form Sinister
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[5] FOR THE PEOPLE
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Supplied By: Bulletin Boards Across the Country
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Edited by: Mercenary
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1. Blitzkrieg BBS Information
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2. Chaos Communication Congress 1992
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3. Steve Jackson Games 1993 Calendar
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[6] The Rumor Mill (Unconfirmed rumors from the Underground)
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Edited By: Mercenary
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1. CDC's 200th Phile Released
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2. Sub-Lamer Alert
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[7] PHANTASY TIDBITS: News and Views of Interest
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1. `Genius' Plagues Cable TV
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2. Is It Illegal to Defend Against Hackers
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3. The Secret Service Strikes Again
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4. Hacker is Charged with Espionage
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[8] Listing of IIRG Distribution Sites
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[9] Listing of PHANTASY Distribution Sites
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OFFICIAL DISLAIMER...
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All information in PHANTASY is from USER contributed material
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The Publishers and Editors of PHANTASY and THE IIRG disclaim
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any liability from any damages of any type that the reader or
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user of such information contained within this newsletter may encounter
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from the use of said information. All files are brought to you for
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entertainment purposes only! We also assume all information infringes
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no copyrights and hereby disclaim any liability.
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PHANTASY is (C) 1990 by The IIRG
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IIRG and INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION RETRIEVAL GUILD is (C) 1982
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Section [1]: Dark Shadows Information
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By: Mercenary
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The Dark Shadows BBS is currently down at this time.
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Anubis has had a slight disagreement with SNET, mainly he didnt pay his
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old account off and they cross referenced it to him at the BBS.
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He apologizes for any inconvenience this may have caused some of you, but
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such are the misfortunes of the underground.
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For some time now, Anubis has wanted to change the boards number and weed
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out some of the userbase. So for those of you wanting Access to Dark Shadows
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and the boards new phone Number, Please contact me via E-mail at,
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mercenar@works.UUCP
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There may be some delay in Dark Shadows going Back up, so after Jan 1rst
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the Rune Stone BBS will be accepting New Users and the Number will be posted
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hopefully in the next issue of Phantasy if all goes well.
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So if your dialing finger gets itchy and you cant find a H/P/A library
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large enuff to suit your tastes, drop me a note at My address above and
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I'll get The Rune Stones Public Line Number out to you as soon as its
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installed.
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Mercenary/IIRG
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Section [2] USR Information
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By: Knight Hack
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USR PRESS RELEASE
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"IMPORTANT WARNING TO BULLETIN BOARD USERS:"
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It has recently come to our attention that some bulletin board operators
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and other third parties have been improperly distributing copyrighted
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firmware that will add USR's proprietary "HST" protocol to USR "Sporster"
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modems without having to compensate USR for the conversion.
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Some of these persons have further been telling customers that if such a
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conversion is made, it will not adversely affect the customer's right to
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warranty service from USR.
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USR has not authorized the dissemination of this firmware. The company
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considers any such attempts to improperly incorporate copyrighted "HST"
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features into non-HST modemd to be a clear infringement of USR's rights
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under Federal Copyright Law.
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Persons contemplating such action should be aware that the Copyright Act
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of 1976 provides stiff remedies for acts of copyright infringement,
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including the impounding of all infringing copies,monetary damages,special
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statutory damages,costs,attorny fees,and even potential criminal liability.
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(17 U.S.C. Secs 502-506)
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USR will take whatever steps it deems necessary to protect its copyright
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rights. In addition, USR's warranty will not extend to products that have
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been tampered with in this manner.
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ALSO: Please note that it has aslo come to our attention that versions of
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this firmware being disseminated contain disguised code (Trojan Horse) that
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may inflict irreparable damage to the hard drive of the computer utilizing
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the programs.
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We regret the necessity of having to post this warning.
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Please Understand that USR has spent considerable time,effort,and money to
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research and develop the software embodied in its products.
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Like any manufacturer, we cannot simply sit back and tolerate attempts to
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misappropriate our copyrighted programs in this manner.
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U.S. ROBOTICS INC.
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IIRG NOTE:
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Here we see a company trying to cover its ass. They use the same mother
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board in 2 versions and disable some features in the ROM's.
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Now the word has gotten out and they're trying to make up for possible
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lost revenue. Too bad, what a shame.
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Isnt't it a coincidence they just cut the list price of the HST line
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By $200.00? Any sysop can get an HST for 449.00 the sporster runs about
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$290.00. Thats only a saving of $159.00
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The real piss-em off anyway is the modification of the 14.4 to 16.8
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anyway.
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I see Boardwatch magazine picked up this story too, so you might want
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to read their article. They do not have a clue about what USR means though.
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Ive seen copies of the complete EPROMS online, and they're talking about
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some share ware utility that just saves you some keystrokes.
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As for modifying the code, yes there IS a bad copy floating around that
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will trash your FAT. So just watch where you grab your code.
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L8r,
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Knight-Hack
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Section [3]:[TDT VS SOD] Whats the Story ?
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The Following files are Currently circulating amongst the Pirate Community
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Apparently the First File is a flame by SOD, and the Second is TDT's
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response.
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FED BUSTS -*- TDT TEMPORARLY DISBANDED
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This will not be written with grammer or anything in mind. This is
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Pepsi Man, The sysop of CARBON NATiON. CN [Carbon Nation] was a TDT
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Member Board, TRWS Member Board, Skid Row Site, and Genesis Project
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Site. Well things were going great with all the 0 day files coming
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in from the couriers. Even calls from Sweden were coming in. Well
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the trouble came up when I decided that 1.4 gigs weren't good enough.
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Even though The Grim Reaper gave me some awesome deals on HD's before,
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I just couldn't get enough money together. I decided I would just
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card the Drive and thats all.. no more.. Eveyone would be happy.. So
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Well I called up the company.. [Western Digital] and ordered a 660
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Meg HD with a Card Number I got from The Grim Reaper. SO I went to
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pick it up at the post office, and everything was great.. I installed
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and was running off 2 Gigs. After making many conference calls between
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Myself, Grim Reaper, and Soultaker, we decided that we could really make
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some money of this.. Enough to double or releases by having constant
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cash flow to give to the suppliers. So I ordered 5 80 meg Maxtor HDs
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with this same Card. The Grim Reaper picked them up.. by this time the
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Feds are into the picture. THe fucking Feds figured out the Card was
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bad on teh first order when the company called to tell them that they
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suspect fraud when the owners of the card number I was using did not
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make any purchases regarding computer shit. So they got intouch with
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Western Digital and said to notify them next time an order came in with
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this card number. SO they did this and the call was traced back to my
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house. My phones have been tapped for a week or 2 now.. Hope no one
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important called.. I did not know about any of this fucking shit and
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when The Grim Reaper came to pick the drives up he was busted. The
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stupid fuck was so selfish he turned in all active members of TDT and
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gave them his accounts on many of teh largest BBS's across the known
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pirate world. Well after the Fedz logged on my BBS they checked it
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out and came to my house the next day.. full of warrants and all this
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fucking shit. Well my BBS has been down for about 4 days now. The
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Feds are logging on as me on many BBS's and checking them out. My phone
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is off the hook for my BBS. The fedz have my user list and the phone tap
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has about 2 weeks worth of calls logged on it. Now to everyone who knows
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me, you know I could give to shits. I am a minor still and don't think
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they will do shit but confinscate all my Computer shit and thats it.
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THe main reason I am saying this: DO NOT CALL EITHER OF MY BBS LINES!
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ALSO DO NOT CALL ME VOICE. EVERYTHING IS TAPPED AND BEING RECORDED.
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I have a feeling that many sysops will be receiving some voice calls.
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I encourage to quit the scene now. Not forever.. just till this shit
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clears up. THe Fedz have me on Piracy, Mail and Creidt Fraud, Phone
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fraud.. all this bullshit. Also Sysops: DELETE ME OFF YOUR BBS's. THE
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FEDS WILL LOGON AS ME AND FUCK YOU UP!
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Also I hope this will convince you guys: Get out now. Some of
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you guys have a wife and kids. Grim Reaper fucked us over big
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time. Take your BBS's down at least for a week or 2.. Don't be
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stupid. I admit getting the newest and hottest shit from the
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best Groups is awesome but its not worth prison. You gotta
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draw the fucking line somewhere. Well I've said my share..
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Hope you will heed my warning.. I speak from experience.
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Pepsi Man
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-*- THE DREAM TEAM -*-
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Well a Few Final Words:
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The Grim Reaper: Man you were an incredible supplier. Too bad
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you were too fucking lame to go down alone.
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You'll always be a fucking loozer.
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Lord Thinker: You were right man.. I guess I did have my
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Priorities fucked up. Good Luck in Razor.
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Looks like they will rule the scene now eh?
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Too bad we got fucked up in the end. I'm
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sorry about teh shit I pulled. Hope you
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accept the apology. Don't call voice. You
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don't need Fedz showing up at your door.
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Just know I am sorry.
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Soultaker: Thanks for all the shit you did for CN.
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I really appreciated it. THanks man. Call
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you when all this shit cools..
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Hard Core: You run an amazing group. Hope it can survive
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the shit Grim pulled on us. Good Luck in the
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future. Stay away form this though.. you got kidz.
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S.S: Get out of it man. You were a great friend who
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actually cared. I should have taken your warning.
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Sought After: Busts going on everywhere eh? You were cool to
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talk to.. Wish it could go on. Thanks for all.
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To all I forgot: I have no more time. I gotta run.. I hope you
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understand the problems. Stay outta the heavy
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shit. I really have no more time. I love you.
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You made it worth the risks. Thanks for the good
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times.
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To Sysops: DELETE MY ACCOUNTS OFF YOUR BBS'S. FEDS WILL BE
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UNDER THEM. I WARNED YOU.
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I'll write another file after we are arrained and tell you
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what the fuck is going on. I just hope it all goes well.
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Keep fucking pirating. TDT won't die.
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-Pepsi Man
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-Sysop: CARBON NATiON
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-TDT Member
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-TRWS Member
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-Genesis Project Site
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-Skid Row Dist. Site
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-Retiring Pirate - (Till the Fedz are off my case
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that is) :*)
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-------------------------- TDT WAS NOT BUSTED ----------------------------
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As you all know 708/312 has a gigantic problem with a group called SOD,
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Stormtroopers of Death. They are an anti-semetic group of hackers who prank,
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trash, crash, and destroy sysop's hd's and boards. They've been harassing
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people like Pepsi Man (Carbon Nation), Mr. Goodwrench (Mechanical Resistance),
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and Dray (The Slow Zone) for many weeks now. They have released many trojan
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fakes (like X-Wing). This time SOD seems to have hit very hard. Today
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at approx. 10:00 pm on Tuesday, the 22nd, a user named 'DOOMSDAY' uploaded a
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file named TDT-BUST.NFO
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The file was supposedly written by Pepsi Man about TDT getting busted.
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I personally found out about this when a Razor 1911 Member called me to check
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out whether or not it was true (thinking I would know before anyone else, since
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it seems I'm pretty friendly with Pepsi Man) He told me to call up The BoG
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and get the file, and look at it, so with him online I picked it up and
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read it. It was classically mispelled just like Bernard, but the notes to
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me didn't make much sense, priorities? It made no sense. Anyways.. a little
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later I get called back by the one razor member and he asked if I had talked
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to Pepsi. By then I had called the bog and Unlawful back and forth 4 times
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checking out the user Doomsday and whether or not he could have gotten the
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.nfo from there. I talked to Mr. Goodwrench, and after deleting everything
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off my HD (hehhehe) he mentioned SOD.. then it all made sense. SOD hated
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Pepsi as well as a few other people in the area code. I told the RAZOR
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member that it was bullshit, and then after pretending to hang up I was
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clicked into a conference (they had been running one behind my back). I
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listened to them for about 10 minutes then Pepsi called me up. I talked to
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him and he verified that it was bullshit. He said he talked to Grim and
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that Grim said it was Pyradical, which would make sense knowing Zelnik, but
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overall SOD is the obvious choice. SOD is the guilty party. They did it.
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The Leader of SOD called Pepsi's Qmodem about 10 minutes after I talked to
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him and Pepsi told him sarcastically, "Nice textfile asshole." Sargent
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Death thanked him, "yeah, I thought it was pretty k-RaD Elite myself.
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Merry Christmas Bernard, it's my Christmas present to you, I was kinda
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bored tonight.. had nothing better to do."
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-Lord Thinker/The Spindoctor
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-RAZOR 1911-
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Section [4]: Fairlight Members Quit and Form Sinister
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The Senior Members of Sinister have written their own accounts of what
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happened with Fairlight. Fairlight is spreading a lot of rumors about what
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happened so they felt they should provide some information.
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IIRG NOTE: This Information was provided to us by a third party, and not
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directly by Sinister.
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1. Shadow Angel's Story
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2. Con Artist's Story
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3. Silent Stalker's Story
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-- Shadow Angel's Story --
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Welp, it's been a few days now since Fairlight's massive reorganization,
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and a lot of people are hearing different stories from different people.
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I've gotten more phone calls than I can count from people asking me just what
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the heck happened. So, I've decided to answer everyone at once.
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First of all, I had hoped that when this whole thing came about,that there
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wouldn't have been any hard feelings between anyone in Fairlight and those of
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us that weren't in the group anymore. Guess that didn't happen. More on that
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later.
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Yes, I was kicked out of Fairlight,and yes Silent Stalker was kicked out as
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well. The reason was because we had talked about quitting Fairlight.
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See, I had been in Fairlight for almost a year and had been through some really
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good times, and through some really shitty times. I stuck it out, and never
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became a group jumper. I did a lot of work in and for Fairlight, as did a lot
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of other people. But ever since the major setback that happened with
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Mournblade/Grim Reaper situation, Fairlight hasn't been the same.
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Certain people thought they could do as good of a job, or better as Grim did,
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but let's face it, Grim is an incredible supplier. He works harder at it than
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anyone else I've ever known. And when he was no longer in the group, and we
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were short $2000 somehow or another, it put Fairlight in debt. Major debt. I
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think we could have gotten out of it if we played it smart, but continuous fuck
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ups in supply such as ordering games, and then turning them away, or the pickup
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person not showing up, or whatever, started to cost the group. There weren't
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any releases, our supplier fucked up continuously and it didn't seem like
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anyone cared. The Fairlight senior staff seemed to be more interested in
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consoles than they did their jobs in the PC world that they bestowed upon
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themselves.
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Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying I could have done their job better, and I
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know it's not an easy job, but there's no excuse for Fairlight to have missed
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everything it did.
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Another problem was the fact that certain senior staff members were doing
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things to the group without either getting the rest of the senior staff
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votes, or even telling the rest of senior staff. Things like adding members,
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adding dist sites, removing members and sites, etc.. It got pretty damn
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ridiculous. We had members that no on in the group even knew. Then it happened.
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All of the sudden one day, we all hear that Ford Perfect (The appointed FLT
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president) jumped back into the world and started kicking people out, lowering
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members, removing members, etc. He kicked out all but seven dist sites. Yes,
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that's right, seven distribution sites were all that was left. Then Silent
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Stalker found out (On accident no less) that he was being lowered out of
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senior staff. We're talking about one of the hardest working people left in
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Fairlight. And why? Because someone else said they wouldn't join the group
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unless Silent Stalker was dropped from senior staff. To me, that's bullshit.
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Silent Stalker had been in the group for awhile. And had done a LOT of work.
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He took the courier system, and along with Con Artist, made it work. So
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needless to say, SS started to seriously consider quitting.
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I on the other hand, was still unaffected by all the changes. But, I didn't
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like the way that Ford just 'popped' in and did all these sudden changes
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without consulting senior staff first. It was my belief that we ended the
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dictatorship when Grim Reaper left the group. Guess not.
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Anyway, while talking with Silent Stalker one night, we started to seriously
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consider starting another group. We hadn't decided to quit yet because Silent
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Stalker hadn't been told about being lowered yet. He wanted to make sure what
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he heard was true first. So we decided to wait, and find out.
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The next day there was a small conference call with Silent Stalker,
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Con Artist, Beach Bum, and I. It's my assumption that Silent Stalker found
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out for sure that he was being taken out of senior staff because Con Artist
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kept telling us to give Fairlight another two weeks to see if it would get
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better. Since Silent Stalker was such good friends with Con Artist, we agreed.
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Mistake. Apparently Ford Perfect was on someone's call waiting, and that
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someone kept clicking over and letting Ford know what was going on.
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I don't know for sure who it was, but I think I know. Anyway, later that day
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Ford kicked me and Silent Stalker out. He told us that we had been trying to go
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around getting people to quit Fairlight. Which wasn't true in any way. He also
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told Silent Stalker that Venom, Orion and Blade Runner told him that Silent
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Stalker started a conference to get him (Ford) kicked out of Fairlight.
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Another lie. I've talked with Orion, and he nor any of the other two people
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mentioned, said anything like that. Ford also lied to Con Artist.
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He told Con that Silent Stalker quit the group, which of course pissed Con
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Artist off. (Remember, Con was still under the impression that we were going
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to give Fairlight another two weeks) Anyway, so now that Con Artist found out
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the truth, he decided to quit Fairlight also. Another good Fairlight person,
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gone.
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So where does this leave Silent Stalker,Con Artist,Me and Fairlight? Well,
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Silent Stalker, Con Artist, and I have started a new group called Sinister.
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At first,we were worried about the response,but honestly it's been surprising.
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The number of Fairlight people that were unhappy and ready to quit, has been
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unbelievable. I'm not saying that they're all coming with us, but for a lot of
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them that aren't, they aren't staying with Fairlight either. The purpose of the
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new group will be to have fun. Not to rag on other groups, and not to stab
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our members in the back just to get something done. We're psyched about it,
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and hopefully, a lot of other people will be too. As for Fairlight, I don't
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know. Since the breakup, they've been harassing couriers that have come with
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us, and yelling at their parents. How mature. They've threatened others in
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Sinister as well. How macho. The amount of lies that Pete's told to everyone
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is incredible. And it's also incredible that anyone would believe him. On
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more than one occasion, we've proven them wrong, and will continue to do so
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in the future for anyone that really wants to know the truth. As for their
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future? Who knows. I don't know who's staying and who's not. I don't know how
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they're going to get the money to pay off their debts and still have money to
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release stuff. I hope they do, though. Even if I'm not in the group anymore,
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I still would like to see them become what they once were. They've got a lot
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of work to do if they want to do it, but then again, we have a lot of work to
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do if expect to be successful. But I wish both groups the best of luck,
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and hope that there's no hard feelings that won't go away.
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-- Final Words --
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I know this has been lengthy, and I'm sort of sorry. But I know that there's
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been a lot of curiosity about what's been going on in Fairlight ever since
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Grim lefty. I hope I've cleared everything up, and I hope I've been objective
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and not too one sided. The events above are as I've seen them from the member
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standpoint. I know there's things in the group that have happened that I don't'
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know about, and I know that the group didn't evolve around me. But I do think
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I've heard and been told enough to know what's been going on. I know that from
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this file, there's probably going to be a few people pissed off, and I'm sorry.
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I just told it like I believe it is. I had a lot of fun in Fairlight, and I
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hope I can have the same amount of fun in the new group I'm in.
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Peace to all.
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Greets:
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-------
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Silent Stalker - Grab that sax boyeee.. Let's jam!
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Orion - Congrats on the new senior staff position, I hope they utilize
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it better than they have in the past.
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Blade Runner - I appreciate what ya did for both me and Mike. It took guts.
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VenoM - Congrats on getting your position back. Shouldn't have left in
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the first place.
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Strider - Too little too late guy.
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Grim Reaper - For once, you could have been right.
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--Con Artist's Story--
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Ok the reason I am writing this text file is so that people will be
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informed what is going on and so there are no rumors floating around.
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It all started when Ford Perfect called me up and told me that he was
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thinking about booting Silent Stalker out of Senior Staff status. I did not
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agree with that decision because he had worked his ass off for 2-3 months on
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the couriers and the dist sites and many other things and as far as I know
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neither did another Senior Staffer Blade Runner. Ford Perfect then said he
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would not kick Silent Stalker out of Senior Member status for now.
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On the other side of the coin Silent Stalker finds out about this
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and thinks about just leaving and starting a new group with Shadow Angel and
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a group of other members. He had been thinking about just leaving the group
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because of the lack of releases and the no quality releases that was being put
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out from FLT. I convinced Silent Stalker to stay another 2 weeks to see if
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I could somehow help out and get the suppliers to start suppling so Silent
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Stalker would not quit. Silent Stalker agreed.
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The next day I come home from school to find a message on the VMB
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that Silent Stalker had quit FLT. Of course I was mad because he had given
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me his word that he would stay another 2 weeks and see what would go on. I
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call Gank Master and Beachbum the 2 people I talked to alot to find out what
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had happened. Neither knew what was going on so I called Ford Perfect and he
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told me that he had kicked out Shadow Angel and that Silent Stalker had an
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attitude and he was also kicked out of the group. Ford wanted my decision
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wether I was going with them or to stay with FLT. I chose FLT without talking
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to Silent Stalker to hear his side of the story.
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Couple hours later Silent Stalker calls me up and tells me that Ford
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had kicked out Shadow Angel and when he heard about it, he also quit. He
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said he called Ford Perfect to quit but before he could say that he got booted.
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I was in a jam. Ford Perfect has been a great friend over the years starting
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when I was in INC. Silent Stalker also has been a great friend starting when
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I got into the VMB scene. So I decided just to drop the scene for an
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indefinite amount of time. So for 3-4 days I was outta a group and I started
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missing it, I guess after 8yrs of this you can't just let go of it. So I
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decided to come back. I looked at my options on which group to pick and I
|
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looked at FLT and said why would they take me back I had just quit the group.
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So I figured I had 2 other choices that being Razor or the "new group". I
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looked in Razor and I don't know any of those people there except Witch King.
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I looked at the "new group" and saw my old buddies over there having a good
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time. So I decided to join the "new group". They could've put me as a
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courier for all I cared, just as long as I was having fun. I became a senior
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staff member and I accepted the offer(who wouldn't?).
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The next day my phone doesn't stop ringing getting calls from people
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asking me if this was all was true, I said yes it was. They all got pretty
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mad at me for some reason. I had an intention of calling Ford Perfect myself
|
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to tell him but instead I was put into a FLT conference and they called Ford
|
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for me. They also got Silent Stalker on the line. So Ford came on and
|
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started saying I was an "asshole" and "backstabber". I did not really care
|
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what he said becuase I could some what understand why he was pissed. So I
|
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told him and everybody on the confernce from FLT, "You guys can hate me all
|
|
you want, you can rag on me, but I can't hate you back cuz you guys have not
|
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really done anything to me." So to me there was no hard feelings, to FLT
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there where.
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So later in the day I find out that Ford Perfect and couple more FLT
|
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people called up one of our couriers, Fugazi. They had rude remarks to his
|
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parents, both mom and dad. We have a tape of it and probably put it out to
|
|
show you what was said. I myself do not think that was a right thing to do.
|
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I can understand if Fugazi had answered the phone and they ragged on him, but
|
|
when they bring the parents into it then they go a little bit to far. I have
|
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not talked to anyone about this but have heard the tape and will hopefully
|
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talk to Ford Perfect about it.
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I am not here to bash on FLT, cuz as far as I know they're still my
|
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friends. I am here to have fun whether I be a courier or Senior Member it
|
|
does not matter. I am hear to support my new group called 'Sinister'(SIN).
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If I have to get couriers then I will try my best to get couriers to support
|
|
my group. People can say all they want about us not gonna release and all
|
|
that stuff, but I'll tell you now we may not be #1 in the group scene maybe
|
|
not even #2 or 3 but WE WILL BE HAVING FUN IN THE GROUP, COURIERS INCLUDED!
|
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So I end it here, I hope somethings have been cleared up. If you have any
|
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questions you can find me on quality boards around.
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Peace
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-Con Artist-
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Sinister Senior Staff
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THE DEATH OF FAIRLIGHT -/- THE BIRTH OF SINISTER
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Silent Stalker
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There has been a lot of rumors going around as to what happened with FLT
|
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so I'm going to tell the WHOLE story. I'm not going to lie because I don't
|
|
need to. I will try to make this short and leave out a lot of the bullshit
|
|
that has transpired over the last week.
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FRIDAY 12/11/92 Con Artist and I talked and both agreed it just wasn't
|
|
fun any more. FLT wasn't releasing anything and the group was dying. We
|
|
talked to Ford Perfect and discussed the group. During the conference we
|
|
found out that a game was released without anyone notifying CA or myself
|
|
which meant the couriers would not know about it. The packager read "THE
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|
HAWK" so we assumed he was responsible. The .nfo file was incorrect also,
|
|
which really pissed us off because CA told Hawk it was wrong and not to use
|
|
it. For a little background, Hawk hates Shadow Angel with a passion and
|
|
replaced SA's board with Body Count as the board to call to apply for FLT.
|
|
This also pissed us off for two reasons: Body Count was always busy and we
|
|
felt is was not fair for SA to have to war dial Body Count every day to see
|
|
if anyone applied for FLT. I and everyone else agreed Hawk should not make
|
|
any changes to the .nfo form. In fairness to Hawk, he did not package the
|
|
game (the real packager just left his handle there) but he did screw up the
|
|
.nfo file. Ford Perfect kicked Hawk out of Sr. Staff and left a paragraph
|
|
ragging on him. I do not recall if he kicked out VenoM that night or the
|
|
next, but that is irrelevant.
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SATURDAY 12/12/92 I learned Ford Perfect was going to remove me from Sr.
|
|
Staff also. I was offended that anyone would even consider removing me
|
|
because I did more work for FLT than anyone. When I say "I" I also mean Con
|
|
Artist because we almost always work together on everything. EVERY one of
|
|
the dist sites that paid FLT for December were sites that I made. I also
|
|
totally redesigned the courier system and for a first time the dist sites we
|
|
had were happy. I had also established several contacts for supply for FLT.
|
|
Anyway, I simply said if I was removed from FLT Sr. Staff I'd quit. Later
|
|
that evening I was read the Sr. Member list and my name was missing. To be
|
|
fair to Ford Perfect, he later claimed his laser printer just "didn't print
|
|
your name" for some reason. I was on a conference when this was read and I
|
|
thought about it. How could someone (it was not a Sr. Staff decision as was
|
|
supposed to be) dick me over so bad? I asked all of those on the conference
|
|
if they'd stay in FLT if I left or leave with me. Shadow Angel said he'd
|
|
leave with me. Nuclear War & Beach Bum said they didn't know. It was an
|
|
open question to anyone on the conference. I never secretly called people as
|
|
Ford claims.
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|
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|
SUNDAY 12/13/92 After everyone disagreed with Ford removing me from Sr.
|
|
Staff I found out he changed his mind. All was well and I agreed NOT to
|
|
leave FLT. Then someone told Ford I was going to leave with Shadow Angel.
|
|
Next thing I know SA called me up and told me Ford kicked him out. I told SA
|
|
if he was gone I was gone because it was my idea in the first place (even
|
|
though we were not going to leave) so I called Ford up to tell him I quit.
|
|
Ford said what's up and I said Keith just called me. He said he kicked us
|
|
both out of the group and accused me of trying to have him overthrown. Now
|
|
this is complete bullshit. Ford is the one who got me into the scene and
|
|
made me an INC member. My loyalty has always been to him. When he left INC
|
|
for FLT I was the first to go with him. I even organized the Cool Hand Coup
|
|
so Ford would come back to INC. I was the most loyal person to Ford there
|
|
was. He claims I "rode his shorts", while in reality I worked my ass off for
|
|
two months while he did absolutely nothing as president. I would NEVER even
|
|
think about kicking Ford out, I'd simply leave the group first. This is how
|
|
it happened.
|
|
|
|
THE LIES 12/14/92 Ford lied to various members of FLT, telling them I tried
|
|
to have him kicked out and that I was forming my own group. Ford even told
|
|
Hawk I tried to have him kicked out. The truth is when Ford removed Hawk
|
|
from the Sr. Staff I disagreed and called for a Sr. vote. It never happened.
|
|
The whole idea of organizing FLT with a Sr. Staff was so NO ONE person would
|
|
be in charge. If it were not for Ford & his president position we'd all be
|
|
in FLT right now. If Hawk had even asked the other people on the conference
|
|
like Con Artist, Dr. Bombay, Fourth Reich, & Always Dangerous he'd know the
|
|
truth and how I stuck up for him. I only wish I had it on tape. But if Hawk
|
|
is going to believe them over me then I guess he isn't the friend I thought
|
|
he was.
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|
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|
CA QUITS 12/15/92 After I told Con Artist the truth, he quit FLT so he
|
|
wouldn't be in the middle of it. We had both agreed months before that when
|
|
one of us quit we both would. We also agreed FLT would be our last group,
|
|
but neither of us saw this coming.
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|
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|
NEW GROUP 12/16/92 I began assembling my new group. Since CA, SA & I added
|
|
every one of FLT's dist sites, they were eager to come with me to my group.
|
|
Lame releases on FLT's part over the past two months helped them make their
|
|
decision even more. Since I had made the courier system what it is now,
|
|
almost every courier came with me. When I say "I", I couldn't have done it
|
|
without Con Artist, and since he was not in FLT the couriers had no reason to
|
|
stay. So now I had a good friend since I joined FLT (Shadow Angel), a lot of
|
|
dist sites, and 3/4 of the courier system. Most of the people in FLT (sites
|
|
& couriers) had never talked to anyone in FLT besides CA, SA, or myself.
|
|
Thus we had "half" of FLT. The good half. Our friends were with us.
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|
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|
CA JOINS 12/18/92 Con Artist refrained from joining my group because he was
|
|
friends with Gank Master, Beach Bum, and Ford. After he saw for himself how
|
|
they were being dicks he decided he would join the group, which we then
|
|
called Sinister. Now I had all of my friends with me.
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|
|
|
Ok, now to discuss Fairlight. 1) For the past two months FLT hasn't
|
|
released anything of substance. Scrabble, Vanna White, Commander Keen, etc.
|
|
I can't remember a file over 1 meg that they've released. 2) FLT's dist
|
|
sites have been VERY unhappy. Most of them feel as if they've been ripped
|
|
off. I feel as if they have too. 3) They are severely in dept. Some of
|
|
their suppliers have quit supplying until they are paid off. With one or two
|
|
dist sites in January this is NOT going to happen. They owe Night Ranger UK
|
|
$250, Nuclear War $200, Flashback $500 minimum probably around $700. And
|
|
most important, they owe their dist sites 2 months worth of quality releases
|
|
that were promised. 4) They lost their reputation as a good group. Dist
|
|
sites are not going to pay to be a site any more. 5) They lost 90% of their
|
|
couriers. If they do get any sites, they're not going to get the releases in
|
|
a timely manner. And most important.. 6) They lost the two people who did
|
|
more for them than anyone else: Con Artist & Myself.
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|
|
|
This is not meant to rag, just to inform people as to what's really
|
|
going on. Everything I've written here can be confirmed by the couriers and
|
|
dist sites. If you have any doubts about what I'm saying, DON'T take my word
|
|
for it! Call a couple dist sites and ask them yourself. Dist sites are the
|
|
heart of the group. Without them, there is no group.
|
|
|
|
Now to discuss Sinister. Con Artist, Shadow Angel, and myself are the
|
|
three Sr. Members. We've all been friends for a while now and work great
|
|
together. We totally trust each other. We've vowed never to screw over
|
|
anyone in our group and we vowed Sinister is our last group. If it weren't
|
|
for the courier system CA & I made in FLT and all the time we put into it, I
|
|
would have just quit the scene. But I spent over 2 months of devoting hours
|
|
each day, every day to FLT. I just can't let it go to waste. Neither can
|
|
CA. We're going to do everything we can to make this group work. We've got
|
|
more accomplished in the past week than FLT has in the past month. The most
|
|
important thing is WE'VE BEEN HAVING FUN!!! I've had more fun this past week
|
|
than I've ever had since I got into the scene. CA told me something I
|
|
haven't heard him say in months, "That conference was fun!" Fun is our main
|
|
objective. I'm not going to let it become a job, like FLT was for the past
|
|
2 months. Our couriers have had fun. Our dist sites have had fun. And we
|
|
haven't even released one thing yet! We're not out to be number 1 right
|
|
away, that takes time. We just want to give our dist sites quality releases.
|
|
One thing we will NOT do is participate in rag wars. We're going to leave
|
|
that to the other groups. It's always been my dream to start a cracking
|
|
group, to be one of the original founders, and to see the group doing well
|
|
years later and say "I started that group!" Well the time has come.
|
|
Fairlight's motto was "When Dreams Come True" and mine sure have.
|
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|
Now you're probably wondering what we've got going, so let me briefly
|
|
mention some things. We have approximately 20 sites, including HQs & Member
|
|
boards. We have THE best courier system of any group, which can be
|
|
attributed to THE best couriers in the whole scene. After 2 months of 1 meg
|
|
releases from FLT, the couriers are eager to spread. Having more couriers
|
|
than sites will ensure every site getting our releases within 24 hours. Two
|
|
of the best crackers in the scene will be cracking for us, although they will
|
|
be independent. We are looking for a cracker that can dedicate himself to
|
|
the group. Now for the killer.. Supply. I have several connections at
|
|
several key companies, including some inside connections. For obvious
|
|
reasons I cannot list who our suppliers are. I will be honest, we are
|
|
working on setting up some more accounts and will continue to do so
|
|
throughout the rest of the year. By January we should be in good standing
|
|
and ready to officially start the group. FLT will say we do not have any
|
|
suppliers. If FLT had released much of anything then maybe it would be
|
|
credible, but they haven't. For now our list of members, couriers, and dist
|
|
sites will be kept private.
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|
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|
If you are interested in joining Sinister, please contact one of us on
|
|
a major board or you can call the Sinister vmb at 1-800-877-8055 *203. Leave
|
|
your info and we'll get back to you.
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|
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|
Everything I said was not meant to degrade Fairlight, but rather to
|
|
inform everyone. They have been lying about us and our group and we think
|
|
everyone should know the whole story. Everything I wrote was the truth and
|
|
can be confirmed by a number of people. I could have lied to make FLT sound
|
|
worse or Sinister sound better, but a group based on lies will fall apart
|
|
once those lies are discovered. Fairlight will realize this very soon, and
|
|
they will be in more trouble than they are now. This is my story, Shadow
|
|
Angel has already wrote his and Con Artist is working on writing his story
|
|
also. Although our stories will be from different views, I'm sure they'll
|
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have the same basic idea.
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To everyone who got in the middle of the whole thing - I'm sorry it had to be
|
|
this way. This is the last thing I wanted to happen, but I found out who my
|
|
true friends are.
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To the people who I thought were my friends, including those who I brought
|
|
into the scene and made members of Fairlight - I suppose I was too trusting
|
|
and too nice. It's in my personality, I can't help it.
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|
|
|
Someone in Fairlight said "When people leave the group, those who stay move
|
|
up in rank." Well for those who stayed just for this reason, a title after
|
|
your name doesn't mean shit any more. It's what you do for the group, and
|
|
what you do for your friends who got you there that counts.
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PEACE!
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- Silent Stalker
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Thank you for reading our stories. Since these stories were written,
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we've added even more suppliers to Sinister. We will be fully operational in
|
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January so watch out! Until then, enjoy the holidays and have a
|
|
Merry Christmas.
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Con Artist -=- Shadow Angel -=- Silent Stalker
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-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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Section [5]: FOR THE PEOPLE
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Supplied By: Bulletin Boards Across the Country
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Edited by: Mercenary
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Blitzkrieg BBS Information
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12/07/1992
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The current NUP is: SAMHAIN
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Please post this on the boards you call so we can get some
|
|
new callers and maybe some of the older ones back. Since
|
|
the FBI rumors some people have been scared away. I was not
|
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raided! Tell them it's safe.
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|
If anyone would like to help TAP get rolling again in 93 and
|
|
you have access to a lazer printer we are in need of cover
|
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art and space fillers. Anything relating to computers, phones,
|
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electronics, etc, or maybe some original stuff. I could also
|
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use some borders on the edges of a paper and fill the insides
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with an article. Those who send in something that is used will
|
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receive a free issue and their handle will be included in the
|
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credits if you want it there. Also if you have some articles
|
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you want to see in print start sending them in. Those who have
|
|
already subscribed will get an extension for the free issue.
|
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Those who have subscribed and never gotten anything if you have
|
|
moved please mail in your NEW address. Do not leave it in
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|
feedback. I hope to have TAP going strong once again and i'm
|
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sorry for such a long delay... shit happens.
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Blitzkrieg Bbs, Post Office Box 20264, Louisville Kentucky, 40250-0264
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Chaos Communication Congress 1992
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"Es liegt was in der Luft"
|
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"There is something in the air"
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|
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From December 27 to December 29 1992 the Chaos Computer Club organizes
|
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the 9th Chaos Communication Congress.
|
|
In parallel to the old features of the Congress ("Hack-Centre",Workshops)
|
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there will be some new topics.
|
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One of these new features is about cellular networks and other
|
|
topics of cordless telecommunication....
|
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This topic is going to be more important in the future. Cellular networks
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get bigger and bigger, the frequency range is rising up to gigahertz range.
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Do we get contamined by these high frequency networks ?
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How do these networks operate? What will happen if they crash or get hacked ?
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Should it be allowed to tap this networks (not allowed in the FRG now),
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If not, why not ?
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To these and other questions there will be diskussed answers and alternative
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possibilities of the old style to answer to these questions.
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Since two years ago there rised a scene of computer-freaks
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which have the possibility to use the international phonelines
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without payin' the bill. This possibility appears - not only to us -
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as a commitment to all people all over this planet (for now).
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There will be discussions on how to realize this civil-right,
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and if it's too hard to realize now, how to realize it in the future.
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Other topics at the Chaos Communication Congress 1992 are:
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Feminine computer usage - WOMEN ONLY !
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How to use networks - Beginners
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How to live with Networks - Semi-Professionals
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How to live in Networks - Maniacs
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Chip-Cards - Could you eat them ?
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What happened if you eat them with acid blobs ?
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What happened if you smoke them?
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Prices: All three days: 36 DM (Members 26 DM)
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One day each: 15DM (Members 10DM)
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Contact:
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Chaos Computer Club e.V.e
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Schwenckestr. 85
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2000 Hamburg 20
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Tel.: +49-40-4903757
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Tue. &. Thu. 16.00 - 22.00 Uhr, Otherwise VMB
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To get information about where to sleep if you come to visit
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the CCC 92, please contact:
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sleep@drdhh.hanse.de (Internet Mail)
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or call +49 40 490 37 57 (Voice-Box System)
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Steve Jackson Games 1993 Calendar
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Convention / Trade Show / Business Trip
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updated 12/4/92
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.............................................................................
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CHRISTMAS Dec. 25 PAID HOLIDAY
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HOLIDAY Dec. 28-31 OFFICE CLOSED
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NEW YEARS DAY Jan. 1, 1993 PAID HOLIDAY
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OFFICE OPEN AGAIN Jan. 4, 1993
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HIA (CRAFTS) Jan. 16-20, 1993 Dallas, TX JC, DB
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TNNA (CRAFTS) Jan. 22-26, 1993 Anaheim, CA JC, DB
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WARCON Feb. 5-7, 1993 College Station, TX LB=SpecG
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GAMA March 8-11, 1993 Las Vegas, NV SJ,LB,DB,JC
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CALCON 8 March 19-21, 1993 Alberta, Canada SJ=GOH
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DEFCON V April 16-18, 1993 Somerset, NJ SJ=GOH
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WIZARD'S CHLLNGE XI Apl. 30-May 2, 93 Saskatchewan, CANADA LB=GOH
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BRAZIL (?) May 20-30, 1993 Brazil SJ
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CAP CITY OPEN HOUSE May 1-5, 1993 Madison, WI DB
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DIAMOND COMIC-CON June 4-9, 1993 Atlanta, GA DB
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ORIGINS '93 July 1-4, 1993 Fort Worth, TX SJ,LB,DB
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JC,JK,CM
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DRAGONCON July 16-18, 1993 Atlanta, GA SJ=SpecG
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DB?
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SEYG (CRAFTS) July 28-Aug.1, 93 Charlotte, NC JC,DB
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GENCON Aug. 17-23, 1993 Milwaukee, WI SJ,LB,JC
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DB,JK,DP
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CONTRAPTION September 1996 ENGLAND SJ=GOH
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............................................................................
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GOH = Guest of Honor
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SpecG = Special Guest
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SJ=Steve Jackson LB=Loyd Blankenship
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JC=Jill Cunningham DB=Dana Blankenship
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JK=Jeff Koke CM=Chris McCubbin
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DP=Derek Pearcy
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Section [6]: The Rumor Mill (Unconfirmed rumors from the Underground)
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Edited By: Mercenary
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_ _ _ _
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((___)) ((___))
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[ x x ] cDc communications [ x x ]
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\ / presents... \ /
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(' ') (' ')
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(U) (U)
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The cDc #200 Higgledy-Piggledy-Big-Fat-Henacious-Mega-Mackadocious
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You-Can't-Even-Come-Close-So-Jump-Back-K-B00MIDY-B00MIDY-B00M File
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by Swamp Ratte'
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In April of 1989, cDc communications became the first telecom group to release
|
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one hundred files. Since then, cDc has become the longest-lasting group in
|
|
telecom, in addition to the most prolific. Now cDc brings you its 200th
|
|
release, another first in the computer underground. By far cDc's most eagerly
|
|
awaited work, this mega-file is packed with so much flavor your brain is sure
|
|
to explode. If not, read it again.
|
|
|
|
MR. T says: "Hey, fool! If I were you, I'd grab cDc's #200 B00MIDY file
|
|
right now! You just can't get a better file!
|
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Take it from me - Mr. T!"
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Be Sure to grab it from your Favorite H/P BBS Today!
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SUB-LAMER ALERT
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From: PARACHUTING LLAMA
|
|
Subj: WARNING
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Here's a big time l00zer for ya.
|
|
Anybody have a "Mickey Mouse", or A. Albano on their board?
|
|
He goes with the following stats:
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Handle: Mickey Mouse
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Name: A. Albano
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|
Address: [EDITED]
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City, State: Mahopac, NY
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Age: 23
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His REAL age is about 15 or 16,
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|
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He has already been locked out of several boards in my area.
|
|
He usually calls in the 914 area code. If he calls your board, LOCK HIM
|
|
OUT!! he is persistantly annoying, and does things like: renaming files
|
|
and uploading them over and over again, leeches files at the slightest
|
|
chance, persistantly tries to hack other people's passwords, and many
|
|
other things. This is a just a simple warning!
|
|
He will also threaten to have Law-Enforcement visit you.
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-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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Section [7]: PHANTASY TIDBITS: News and Views of Interest
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* * *
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`GENIUS' PLAGUES CABLE TV
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|
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[ Industry back to drawing board as Winnipeg pirate breaks code ]
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|
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by Paul Wiecek, Police Reporter
|
|
|
|
Cable industry officials in the U.S. have gone back to the drawing
|
|
board after a local man described as an "electronics genius" cracked
|
|
the sophisticated computer code that scrambles pay-TV signals.
|
|
Police believe the man cracked the code some time in the past year and
|
|
then produced more than 1,100 home-made descramblers that he sold in
|
|
local bars and as far away as Vancouver for $220 each.
|
|
Crime Insp. ron Dawon said the man's basement factory is believed to be
|
|
the largest of its kind ever uncovered by police. It has forced
|
|
industry officials to rethink the technology cable companies use to
|
|
protect their pay-TV signals.
|
|
Sgt. Arnie Wolochatiuk -- one of the two officers who worked on the
|
|
complex six-month investigation -- said the man's arrest last summer
|
|
had reverberations as far away as Chicago.
|
|
Wolochatiuk said an official from Zenith, which manufactures
|
|
descramblers for Winnipeg's two cable companies, flew to Winnipeg
|
|
after the man was arrested to "marvel" at his craftsmanship and try to
|
|
figure out what went wrong.
|
|
"He's got to be some sort of electronics genius to dream up this
|
|
scheme," said Const. Mike Kuzma, Wolochatiuk's partner in the case.
|
|
Local cable companies charge $15-$18 a month for the channels the man's
|
|
descramblers were picking up for free.
|
|
"It's very discouraging," said Hans Schmidt, general manager of
|
|
Greater Winnipeg Cablevision, noting the current descrambling
|
|
technology was supposed to be almost foolproof.
|
|
Schmidt said Zenith officials are now looking at new designs for their
|
|
descramblers.
|
|
Police making a routine call to a Springfield Road house last June
|
|
noticed some high-tech electronics equipment in the basement along
|
|
with a large number of television converters, and passed the
|
|
information to District 4 detectives., 'q' to quit.]
|
|
Kuzma said the man was arrested and 44 of the illegal converters were
|
|
seized over the summer. The rest are unaccounted for.
|
|
James Ernest Millar, 31, who has since moved to Vancouver, is facing a
|
|
variety of charges under the telecommunications provisions of the
|
|
Criminal Code.
|
|
Kuzma said the man somehow managed to replicate the computer boards
|
|
that make up the descramblers and had them mass-produced by a company.
|
|
He then assembled them with the necessary computer chips and installed
|
|
them in ordinary television converters.
|
|
Operations manager Charron Kerr said Videon has already taken steps
|
|
that make the descramblers useless for par-per-view stations and the
|
|
movie channel.
|
|
She said the remaining channels in the pay-TV package will be
|
|
reprogrammed in the coming months.
|
|
|
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* * *
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|
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IS IT ILLEGAL TO DEFEND AGAINST HACKERS
|
|
|
|
The following excerpt from CERT Advisory CA-92:19 suggests that it
|
|
may be a federal crime in the U.S. for computer system administrators
|
|
to take certain actions to defend their systems against a hacker.
|
|
|
|
The risk described here is not entirely about computing: it is mostly
|
|
a legal risk created, I think, by legislators and administrators that
|
|
are insufficiently aware of computing technologies and practises. A cynic
|
|
might suggest other reasons for these kinds of legal opinions.
|
|
are insufficiently aware of computing technologies and practises. A cynic
|
|
might suggest other reasons for these kinds of legal opinions.
|
|
|
|
Lines marked with > are direct quotes; see two other comments by me later.
|
|
|
|
John A Lloyd (enough to distinguish me from others, I hope!)
|
|
Supervisor, Technical Support
|
|
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd Richmond BC Canada
|
|
jal@mda.ca
|
|
|
|
>
|
|
>CA-92:19 CERT Advisory
|
|
> December 7, 1992
|
|
> Keystroke Logging Banner
|
|
>
|
|
>The CERT Coordination Center has received information from the United States
|
|
>Department of Justice, General Litigation and Legal Advice Section, Criminal
|
|
>Division, regarding keystroke monitoring by computer systems administrators,
|
|
>as a method of protecting computer systems from unauthorized access.
|
|
>
|
|
>The information that follows is based on the Justice Department's advice
|
|
>to all federal agencies. CERT strongly suggests adding a notice banner
|
|
>The information that follows is based on the Justice Department's advice
|
|
>to all federal agencies. CERT strongly suggests adding a notice banner
|
|
>such as the one included below to all systems. Sites not covered by U.S.
|
|
>law should consult their legal counsel.
|
|
>
|
|
> The legality of such monitoring is governed by 18 U.S.C. section 2510
|
|
> et seq. That statute was last amended in 1986, years before the words
|
|
> "virus" and "worm" became part of our everyday vocabulary. Therefore,
|
|
> not surprisingly, the statute does not directly address the propriety
|
|
> of keystroke monitoring by system administrators.
|
|
>
|
|
> Attorneys for the Department have engaged in a review of the statute
|
|
> and its legislative history. We believe that such keystroke monitoring
|
|
> of intruders may be defensible under the statute. However, the statute
|
|
> does not expressly authorize such monitoring. Moreover, no court has
|
|
> yet had an opportunity to rule on this issue. If the courts were to
|
|
> decide that such monitoring is improper, it would potentially give rise
|
|
> to both criminal and civil liability for system administrators.
|
|
> Therefore, absent clear guidance from the courts, we believe it is
|
|
> advisable for system administrators who will be engaged in such
|
|
> monitoring to give notice to those who would be subject to monitoring
|
|
> that, by using the system, they are expressly consenting to such
|
|
> monitoring. Since it is important that unauthorized intruders be given
|
|
> that, by using the system, they are expressly consenting to such
|
|
> monitoring. Since it is important that unauthorized intruders be given
|
|
> notice, some form of banner notice at the time of signing on to the
|
|
> system is required. Simply providing written notice in advance to only
|
|
> authorized users will not be sufficient to place outside hackers on
|
|
> notice.
|
|
|
|
In other words, you must "give notice" lest you be convicted of snooping (and,
|
|
of course being a victim of unauthorized monitoring your attacker will go
|
|
free.) How do you ensure that snoops, crackers and disgruntled employees are
|
|
guaranteed to view a message when you can't guarantee they are prevented from
|
|
logging in in the first place? Catch-22, eh?
|
|
|
|
> An agency's banner should give clear and unequivocal notice to
|
|
> intruders that by signing onto the system they are expressly consenting
|
|
> to such monitoring. The banner should also indicate to authorized
|
|
> users that they may be monitored during the effort to monitor the
|
|
> intruder (e.g., if a hacker is downloading a user's file, keystroke
|
|
> monitoring will intercept both the hacker's download command and the
|
|
> authorized user's file). We also understand that system administrators
|
|
> may in some cases monitor authorized users in the course of routine
|
|
> system maintenance. If this is the case, the banner should indicate
|
|
> this fact. An example of an appropriate banner might be as follows:
|
|
> system maintenance. If this is the case, the banner should indicate
|
|
> this fact. An example of an appropriate banner might be as follows:
|
|
>
|
|
> This system is for the use of authorized users only.
|
|
> Individuals using this computer system without authority, or in
|
|
> excess of their authority, are subject to having all of their
|
|
> activities on this system monitored and recorded by system
|
|
> personnel.
|
|
>
|
|
> In the course of monitoring individuals improperly using this
|
|
> system, or in the course of system maintenance, the activities
|
|
> of authorized users may also be monitored.
|
|
>
|
|
> Anyone using this system expressly consents to such monitoring
|
|
> and is advised that if such monitoring reveals possible
|
|
> evidence of criminal activity, system personnel may provide the
|
|
> evidence of such monitoring to law enforcement officials.
|
|
>
|
|
>Each site using this suggested banner should tailor it to their precise
|
|
>needs. Any questions should be directed to your organization's legal
|
|
>counsel.
|
|
|
|
Given that notices that appear on the outside of shrink-wrap software boxes
|
|
|
|
Given that notices that appear on the outside of shrink-wrap software boxes
|
|
have been held not to constitute a contract; nor that system demands for
|
|
"passwords" and "identification" are considered insufficient evidence that
|
|
authorized secure access is intended, I find it unlikely that any mere textual
|
|
bulletin supplied AFTER logging in would be considered sufficient notice to
|
|
unauthorized users. Most systems let you interrupt such displays anyway. And
|
|
are you sure that your cracker can read at 9600 baud?
|
|
|
|
>The CERT Coordination Center wishes to thank Robert S. Mueller, III,
|
|
>Scott Charney and Marty Stansell-Gamm from the United States Department
|
|
>of Justice for their help in preparing this Advisory.
|
|
>
|
|
>If you believe that your system has been compromised, contact the CERT
|
|
>Coordination Center or your representative in FIRST (Forum of Incident
|
|
>Response and Security Teams).
|
|
>
|
|
>Internet E-mail: cert@cert.org
|
|
>Telephone: 412-268-7090 (24-hour hotline)
|
|
> CERT personnel answer 7:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. EST(GMT-5)/EDT(GMT-4),
|
|
> on call for emergencies during other hours.
|
|
>
|
|
>CERT Coordination Center
|
|
>If you believe that your system has been compromised, contact the CERT
|
|
>Coordination Center or your representative in FIRST (Forum of Incident
|
|
>Response and Security Teams).
|
|
>
|
|
>Internet E-mail: cert@cert.org
|
|
>Telephone: 412-268-7090 (24-hour hotline)
|
|
> CERT personnel answer 7:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. EST(GMT-5)/EDT(GMT-4),
|
|
> on call for emergencies during other hours.
|
|
>
|
|
>CERT Coordination Center
|
|
>Software Engineering Institute
|
|
>Carnegie Mellon University
|
|
>Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
|
|
>
|
|
>Past advisories, information about FIRST representatives, and other
|
|
>information related to computer security are available for anonymous FTP
|
|
>from cert.org (192.88.209.5).
|
|
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
THE SECRET SERVICE STRIKES AGAIN
|
|
|
|
From the 11/20/92 Boston Globe, p.21
|
|
(attributed by the Globe to the Orlando Sentinel.)
|
|
|
|
Secret Service vetoes a target
|
|
------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Orlando, Fla. -- A right-wing Young Republican group, bowing to
|
|
pressure from the US Secret Service, yesterday backed off plans to
|
|
use enlarged photos of President-elect Bill Clinton as targets for
|
|
a weekend turkey shoot.
|
|
|
|
"They came down hard on us, saying we threatened the President,
|
|
things like that," said David Abrami, vice president of the Central
|
|
Florida Young Republican Club. "So we canceled it."
|
|
|
|
When Abrami heard the Secret Service was investigating, he was
|
|
worried. Yesterday morning, he spoke with the Secret Service, then
|
|
decided to cancel the event.
|
|
|
|
"We just figured he's head of the Democratic Party right now,
|
|
and we're Republicans," said Abrami. "We thought it would be a
|
|
nice parody. We didn't mean any ill will by it."
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
HACKER IS CHARGED WITH ESPIONAGE
|
|
--------------------------------
|
|
Belleville News Democrat 12/11/92
|
|
Sec."A" Pg.13
|
|
|
|
San Jose Calif-(AP)
|
|
-------------------
|
|
A 28-year old computer whiz who reportedly once tested Departement of
|
|
Defense computer security proceedures has become the first alleged computer
|
|
hacker to be charged with espionage.
|
|
The government says that Kevin Lee Poulson stole classified military secrets
|
|
should go to prison.But his lawyer calls him,"an intellectually curious
|
|
computer nerd.".
|
|
Poulsen of Menlo Park,Calif.,worked in the mid-1980's as a consultant
|
|
testiing pentegon computer security.Beacuse of prosecution delays,he was held
|
|
without bail in a San Jose jail for 20 months before being charged this week.
|
|
His attorney,Paul Metzer,said Thursday that Poulson did not knowingly
|
|
possess classified information.The military information had been declassified
|
|
by the time prosocuters by the time Poulson obtained it,Meltzer said.
|
|
Poulson was arrested in 1988 on lesser,but related,hacking charges.He
|
|
disappeared before he was indicted and was re-arrested in Los Angeles is
|
|
April 1991.Under an amended indictment,he was charged will illigal possession
|
|
of classified documents.
|
|
|
|
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
|
|
|
|
Section [8]: IIRG Distribution Sites
|
|
(or Gateways to Oblivion)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
////// ////// /////// ////////
|
|
// // // // //
|
|
// // /////// // ////
|
|
// // // // // //
|
|
////// * ////// * // // * /////////
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
IIRG World HQ: Dark Shadows
|
|
19.2/9600 Baud HST
|
|
24 Hours a Day
|
|
1.2 Gigs Online
|
|
Sysop: Anubis
|
|
2 Nodes
|
|
(203)-PRI-VATE
|
|
|
|
|
|
IIRG Distribution Site 1: Wired World BBS
|
|
INC Europe
|
|
TPC Courier (WHQ)
|
|
THP
|
|
IIRG Distribution Site
|
|
Sysop: Digital Justice
|
|
+39-89-254138
|
|
|
|
IIRG Distribution Site 2: Cyberdyne Network Germany
|
|
United Forces
|
|
Sysop: E605
|
|
+49-5341-59004
|
|
+49-5341-54052
|
|
|
|
|
|
IIRG Distribution Site 3: The Sanitarium
|
|
Sysops: Morbid Angel [INC/ACID]
|
|
Spectral Illusion [ACID/RAZOR]
|
|
IIRG Distribution Site
|
|
ACID Member Board
|
|
INC Courier Board
|
|
RAZOR 1911 Courier Board
|
|
VISA World Headquarters
|
|
(817)PRI-VATE
|
|
|
|
IIRG Distribution Site 4: The WareHouse
|
|
(203)-231-8589 14.4
|
|
(203)-231-8588 9600
|
|
OVER A GIG ONLINE
|
|
Sysop: Ionizer
|
|
|
|
IIRG Distribution Site 5: The Rune Stone BBS
|
|
14.4k HST
|
|
Phantasys Home Board
|
|
Complete IIRG Archives
|
|
Invitation Only
|
|
(203)-PRI-VATE
|
|
|
|
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
|
|
|
|
Section [9]: Phantasy Distribution Sites
|
|
|
|
Phantasy's Distribution Site's are continually growing,we apologize if you
|
|
called a board and didn't find the Mag. Network Distribution Sites will
|
|
have the Issues first, we suggest calling one of them if a problem does
|
|
arise.
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. Lightning Systems
|
|
(414) 363-4282
|
|
Sixty Million Bytes OnLine
|
|
USRobotics Dual Standard HST/V.32bis
|
|
2400 thru 14.4k v.32bis/HST
|
|
|
|
2. Sycamore Elite
|
|
19,200-1200 Baud HST, 24 Hours a day
|
|
(815) 895-5573
|
|
|
|
3. The Works BBS
|
|
(617-861-8976)
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Large Text Files BBS, 3500+ text files online.
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2400-300 Baud, 24 Hours a day
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4. Pipers Pit BBS
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19,200-9600 HST ONLY!!
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24 Hours a Day
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THG Distro Site 1300 Megs
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(203)PRI-VATE [2 Nodes]
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5. Blitzkrieg BBS Blitzkrieg Bbs
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(502)-499-8933 Post Office Box 20264
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The current NUP is: SAMHAIN Louisville Kentucky
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40250-0264
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6. The Dickinson Nightlight
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(713)-337-1452
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Der WeltanSchauung Distro Site (World View Magazine)
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Phantasy Distro Site
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PHANTASY is also available on:
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1. RIPCO BBS (312)528-5020
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PHANTASY(C) IIRG 1991,1992,1993
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May Odin Guide Your Way!
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Merry Christmas From All of Us at The IIRG
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