Contributions

My thanks to this issue's contributors:
The Rochdale Balrog, John Barnsley, Graham Cluley, Joan Dunn,
Steven Fleischaker, The Grue!, Alex van Kaam, "Kedenan",
Matthew Pegg, Ron Rainbird, Neil Shipman, Graham Wheeler.
Special thanks to Michael J. Roberts for this issue's interview.

As an added incentive to contributors, a points system has been
running from Issue 12 for contributions at a rate of 1 point per
published K of information (reviews, solutions, hints, articles
etc). The year is now up and prizes have been awarded to the five
individuals who have contributed the most information.

The winners were:
1st - Neil Shipman with 104.6K of info,
2nd - Graham Wheeler with 98K of info,
3rd - Dave Barker with 82.5K of info,
4th - Colin Campbell with 70.5K of info,
5th - Alex van Kaam with 44.3K of info.
Neil has been awarded a year's free sub to SynTax, Graham 5 free
issues, Dave 4, Colin 3 and Alex 2. Neil, Graham and Dave also
each won a 3" Myth and Magic figure from the series produced by
Tudor Mint and Colin and Alex each got a miniature figure in the
same range. Neil's figure came with a wooden base and specially
engraved 'SynTax Contributor of the Year 1991-92' plaque.
Congratulations to all of you.

The winners' points have been zeroed and everyone else's points
carried forward for the next year.  So in Issue 23, the next lot
of winners will be announced. Thanks to everyone who has
contributed over the last year and made the production of SynTax
possible - you're ALL winners and I'm just sorry the SynTax coffers
can't afford to give all of you prizes. At least with this system,
everyone has the chance to reach the top of the list if they keep
contributing on a regular basis.

So here is the new points list, from 2pts upwards:
Henry Rushing       37.9
Ron Rainbird        37.8
Ian Taylor          32.2
Tony Woolcock       22.6
"Kedenan"           19.5
John Carter         19.5
The Wayfarer        17.7
Matthew Pegg        17.6
The Grue!           17.2
Steven Fleischaker  16.3
The Rochdale Balrog 15.0
Claire Dyard        12.6
George Smith        12.3
Paul Cardin          9.0
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
Roy Sims             2.7
Graham Cluley        2.3
Danny Pearman        2.2
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.

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.  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.