Contributions

My thanks to this issue's contributors:
John Barnsley, Alan Beer, Terry Brawls, Paul Brunyee,
Brian Burke, Theo Clarke, Phil Darke, The Grue!,
Richard Hewison, High Voltage Software, Alex van Kaam, "Kedenan",
Tom Lorimer, Alex McEwan, Steve McLaren, Kev Phillips,
Ron Rainbird, Neil Shipman, Roy Sims, Graham Wheeler
and John Wilson.

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        124.2
"Kedenan"          105.6
The Grue!           89.8
Roy Sims            65.2
Ron Rainbird        60.4
Matthew Pegg        58.8
John Barnsley       57.4
Neil Shipman        52.2
Richard Hewison     47.0
Alan Beer           39.5
Henry Rushing       37.9
Ian Taylor          32.2
Alex McEwan         30.7
Kev Phillips        26.7
High Voltage        23.3
Phil Darke          23.1
Graham Cluley       22.8
Tony Woolcock       22.6
The Rochdale Balrog 20.4
John Carter         19.5
The Wayfarer        17.7
Steven Fleischaker  16.3
Andy Stenhouse      15.9
Steve McLaren       13.2
Kjell Robertsen     12.8
Claire Dyard        12.6
George Smith        12.3
Graham Wheeler      12.0
Steve Cook          10.9
Dave Barker         10.6
Tom Lorimer         10.3
Alex van Kaam        9.2
Paul Cardin          9.0
The Bitmap Kid       7.7
STormbringer         6.9
Ray and Jo Green     6.0
Jack Lockerby        5.9
Stalker              5.9
Bill Commons         5.8
Theo Clarke          4.9
Jay Blank            4.5
Paul Brunyee         3.0

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.