Contributions

My thanks to this issue's contributors:
John Barnsley, Alan Beer, The Bitmap Kid, Brian Burke,
The Grue, Alex van Kaam, "Kedenan", Tom Lorimer,
Alex McEwan, Steve McLaren, Matthew Pegg, Kev Phillips,
Ron Rainbird, Neil Shipman, Roy Sims, Stalker,
Andy Stenhouse and Graham Wheeler.

The points-for-prizes system introduced some time ago as an
incentive for contributions has proved to be very successful. To
recap, points are awarded at the rate of 1 point per published K
of information in the form of reviews, solutions, hints, maps,
letters and articles. At the end of a year (Issue 23 this time),
the top five contributors will be awarded prizes in the form of
Myth and Magic figures of various sizes, the first prize being
presented on a wooden base with a specially engraved plaque. The
first prize winner will also get a year's free sub to SynTax, five
free issues to the second prize and so forth. Those five
individuals' points are then zeroed and everyone else's carried
forward for the next year, giving everyone a chance to win a prize
if he or she keeps contributing steadily.

Here is the new points list, from 3pts upwards:

Brian Burke        106.5
"Kedenan"           85.7
The Grue!           82.6
Matthew Pegg        58.8
Ron Rainbird        56.3
John Barnsley       45.4
Henry Rushing       37.9
Neil Shipman        35.4
Ian Taylor          32.2
Alan Beer           27.3
Richard Hewison     25.6
Alex McEwan         24.6
Roy Sims            23.5
Graham Cluley       22.8
Tony Woolcock       22.6
John Carter         19.5
The Rochdale Balrog 19.4
The Wayfarer        17.7
Phil Darke          16.8
Steven Fleischaker  16.3
Andy Stenhouse      15.9
Kev Phillips        14.9
Kjell Robertsen     12.8
Claire Dyard        12.6
George Smith        12.3
Steve Cook          10.9
Dave Barker         10.6
Paul Cardin          9.0
The Bitmap Kid       7.7
High Voltage         7.7
Graham Wheeler       7.3
STormbringer         6.9
Steve McLaren        6.9
Tom Lorimer          6.4
Ray and Jo Green     6.0
Jack Lockerby        5.9
Stalker              5.9
Bill Commons         5.8
Jay Blank            4.5
Alex van Kaam        3.7

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.

Ideally I'd like ST, PC and Amiga contributions in ASCII form on
disk and, if you send on disk, I'll replace it with the PD disk of
your choice.  Otherwise they can be sent as printouts, typed or
hand-written. 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.