Contributions

My thanks to this issue's contributors:
John R Barnsley, John Betteridge, The Bitmap Kid, Mark Bradshaw,
Brian Burke, Janice Charnley, Bill Commons, Jean Childs,
Richard Hewison, James Jillians, Jim Johnston, James Judge,
Alex van Kaam, Tom Lorimer, Alex McEwan, Steve McLaren,
John Moore, Nigel Parker, Pete Phillips, Ron Rainbird,
Michael J Roberts, Neil Shipman, Roy Sims and Piotr Tyminski.

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 29), the top
five contributors will be awarded prizes in the form of Myth and
Magic figures, 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 winner 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 current points list, from 1pt upwards:

Neil Shipman        82.6
James Judge         71.4
Ron Rainbird        71.3
Richard Hewison     67.3
Matthew Pegg        58.8
Phil Darke          58.1
Alex McEwan         52.0
Piotr Tyminski      46.1
Tom Lorimer         44.2
Kev Phillips        43.1
Ian Taylor          42.2
Steve McLaren       41.3
Graham Wheeler      40.1
Alan Beer           39.5
Henry Rushing       37.9
Brian Burke         35.9
The Bitmap Kid      32.7
James Jillians      30.4
High Voltage        23.3
Graham Cluley       22.8
Tony Woolcock       22.6
Jim Johnston        21.0
The Rochdale Balrog 20.4
John Carter         19.5
Andy Stenhouse      19.1
Michael J Roberts   19.0
Kjell Robertsen     17.7
The Wayfarer        17.7
Steven Fleischaker  16.3
Janice Charnley     15.9
Alex van Kaam       14.3
John R Barnsley     13.2
Jean Childs         12.9
Claire Dyard        12.6
George Smith        12.3
John Moore          11.6
Steve Cook          10.9
Dave Barker         10.6
Roy Sims            10.0
Bill Commons         9.7
Ivan Broad           9.4
Mark Bradshaw        9.0
Paul Cardin          9.0
John Betteridge      7.5
STormbringer         6.9
Ray and Jo Green     6.0
Jack Lockerby        5.9
Stalker              5.9
Tim Kemp             5.6
Theo Clarke          4.9
Jay Blank            4.5
Paul Brunyee         3.0
Carl Dove            2.4
Paul Cooper          2.3
Danny Pearman        2.2
Pete Phillips        1.2

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.