Contributions

My thanks to this issue's contributors:
John Barnsley, John Betteridge, The Bitmap Kid, Ivan Broad,
Brian Burke, Jean Childs, Phil Darke, Joan Dunn,
The Grue!, James Jillians, Jim Johnston, James Judge,
Tom Lorimer, Alex McEwan, Steve McLaren, Kev Phillips,
Ron Rainbird, Neil Shipman, Roy Sims, Andy Stenhouse,
Ian Taylor and Graham Wheeler.

As you know, 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 1992/93 year (Issues 18-23) is now up
and prizes have been awarded to the five individuals who have
contributed the most information.

The winners were:

1st - Brian Burke with 156.3K of info,
2nd - Roy Sims with 152.3K of info,
3rd - The Grue! with 117K of info,
4th - John Barnsley with 84.6K of info,
5th - The Bitmap Kid with 70.3K of info.
As you know, "Kedenan" was a regular and enthusiastic contributor
to SynTax until his unexpected death in December and would have
come in fourth place.

So Brian has been awarded a year's free sub to SynTax, Roy 5 free
issues, The Grue 4, John 3 and The Bitmap Kid 2. All five of them
will each be receiving a 3" Myth and Magic figure from the series
produced by Tudor Mint, Brian's figure coming with a wooden base
and specially engraved 'SynTax Contributor of the Year 1992-93'
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 29, the next lot
of winners will be announced. Thanks to everyone who has
contributed over the last year - don't stop sending!

So here is the new points list, from 2pts upwards:

Ron Rainbird        65.1
Neil Shipman        63.1
Richard Hewison     58.9
Matthew Pegg        58.8
Phil Darke          58.1
Alex McEwan         51.2
James Judge         47.2
Kev Phillips        43.1
Ian Taylor          42.2
Graham Wheeler      40.1
Alan Beer           39.5
Henry Rushing       37.9
Tom Lorimer         34.0
Steve McLaren       32.2
High Voltage        23.3
Graham Cluley       22.8
Tony Woolcock       22.6
The Rochdale Balrog 20.4
John Carter         19.5
Andy Stenhouse      19.1
Kjell Robertsen     17.7
The Wayfarer        17.7
Steven Fleischaker  16.3
Jim Johnston        14.2
Claire Dyard        12.6
George Smith        12.3
Steve Cook          10.9
Dave Barker         10.6
Jean Childs         10.5
Ivan Broad           9.4
Alex van Kaam        9.2
Paul Cardin          9.0
James Jillians       8.3
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
Paul Brunyee         3.0
John Betteridge      2.4
Carl Dove            2.4
Paul Cooper          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 (or third) 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.