Contributions

My thanks to this issue's contributors:
John R Barnsley, The Bitmap Kid, Ivan Broad, Brian Burke,
Phil Darke, Joan Dunn, The Grue!, Richard Hewison,
James Johnston, James Judge, "Kedenan", Tim Kemp,
Tom Lorimer, Alex McEwan, Steve McLaren, Alan Medley,
Ron Rainbird, Mike Roberts, Kjell Robertsen, Neil Shipman,
Roy Sims, Andy Stenhouse, Ian Taylor 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 (next issue!), 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. Issue 23 will be a bumper one to use up all
contributions!

Here is the current points list, from 2pts upwards:

Brian Burke        137.0
"Kedenan"          110.1
The Grue!           96.4
Roy Sims            88.8
John Barnsley       71.0
Ron Rainbird        63.9
Richard Hewison     58.9
Matthew Pegg        58.8
Neil Shipman        57.1
Phil Darke          42.7
Alan Beer           39.5
Henry Rushing       37.9
Ian Taylor          37.4
Alex McEwan         34.6
Kev Phillips        26.6
Graham Wheeler      25.8
Tom Lorimer         24.4
The Bitmap Kid      23.4
High Voltage        23.3
Graham Cluley       22.8
Tony Woolcock       22.6
The Rochdale Balrog 20.4
John Carter         19.5
Steve McLaren       19.4
Kjell Robertsen     17.7
The Wayfarer        17.7
Andy Stenhouse      17.0
Steven Fleischaker  16.3
Claire Dyard        12.6
George Smith        12.3
Steve Cook          10.9
Dave Barker         10.6
James Judge         10.4
Alex van Kaam        9.2
Paul Cardin          9.0
STormbringer         6.9
Michael J Roberts    6.7
Ray and Jo Green     6.0
Jack Lockerby        5.9
Stalker              5.9
Bill Commons         5.8
Tim Kemp             5.6
Theo Clarke          4.9
Jay Blank            4.5
Ivan Broad           3.1
Paul Brunyee         3.0
Jean Childs          2.7
Carl Dove            2.4
Paul Cooper          2.3
Danny Pearman        2.2
Jim Johnston         2.1

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 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.  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.