Contributions

My thanks to this issue's contributors:
The Rochdale Balrog, Dave Barker, John Barnsley, Jay Blank,
John Carter, Bill Commons, Steve Cook, Phil Darke,
Joan Dunn, "Kedenan", Alan Medley, Ron Rainbird,
Neil Shipman, George Smith, Ian Taylor, Graham Wheeler
and to everyone who has been in touch since the last issue.

As an added incentive to contributors, a points system is
running from Issue 12 for contributions at a rate of 1 point
per published K of information (reviews, solutions, hints,
articles etc). At the end of a year (ie next issue, 17), prizes
will be awarded to the five individuals who have contributed the
most information. The winners' points will be zeroed and everyone
else's points will be carried forward for the next year. Prizes
will be on the lines of SynTax subs, software and PD disks.

I've been asked to include a more detailed full points list from
now on, so here it is, from 5pts upwards:

Dave Barker         82.5
Graham Wheeler      80.6
Neil Shipman        79.2
Colin Campbell      70.5
Henry Rushing       37.9
Ian Taylor          32.2
Ron Rainbird        28.0
Marion Taylor       26.8
Tony Woolcock       22.6
John Carter         19.5
The Wayfarer        17.7
The Grue!           13.3
Claire Dyard        12.6
George Smith        12.3
The Rochdale Balrog 10.4
"Kedenan"            9.9
Paul Cardin          9.0
Joan Dunn            9.0
Matthew Pegg         8.8
High Voltage         7.7
Alan Beer            7.5
STormbringer         6.9
Phil Darke           6.0
Andrew Stenhouse     6.0
Jack Lockerby        5.9
Bill Commons         5.8
Steve Cook           5.4

So, if you have any contributions for future issues of SynTax,
please send them in. They can be for old or new games and of
virtually any length. You can send hints, solutions, reviews,
maps, articles - anything! Ideally they should arrive before the
15th of the month before the disk is produced to be sure of being
included in the next issue.

Second opinions of adventures are always welcome  - especially
if you disagree with the original review. Hints for games are
also needed, even after the solution has been published, as
some people prefer hints.

Ideally, I'd like all ST and PC contributions in ASCII form on disk
and, if you send on disk, I'll replace it with the PD disk of your
choice. If you'd prefer a shareware disk, you'll have to send
œ1.00 as well to cover the author's fee. As I haven't got an
Amiga, contributions from Amiga owners should be sent as printouts,
hand-written or on disk by using ST Writer and the emulator. If
you're sending hints, the "3-in-1" format would be preferred, with
a maximum of 63 characters/line. Maps can be sent in any form you
like so long as they are clear.