Contributions

My thanks to this issue's contributors:
John Barnsley, Maureen Barton, Bitmap Kid, Mark Bradshaw,
Terry Brawls, Brian Burke, Janice Charnley, Jean Childs,
Graham Cluley, Bill Commons, Joan Dunn, The Grue,
James Jillians, Jim Johnston, James Judge, Tom Lorimer,
Alex McEwan, Steve McLaren, Mongoose, Nigel Parker,
Pete Phillips, Ron Rainbird, Kjell Robertsen, Shebo,
Neil Shipman, Roy Sims, 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:

James Judge        105.7
Piotr Tyminski     102.8
Neil Shipman        95.1
Ron Rainbird        76.2
Brian Burke         67.7
Richard Hewison     67.3
Alex McEwan         63.8
Matthew Pegg        58.8
Phil Darke          58.1
The Bitmap Kid      53.9
James Jillians      51.8
Tom Lorimer         51.7
Steve McLaren       49.8
Jim Johnston        47.4
Kev Phillips        43.1
Ian Taylor          42.2
Graham Wheeler      40.1
Alan Beer           39.5
Henry Rushing       37.9
Mark Bradshaw       37.4
Janice Charnley     34.6
High Voltage        23.3
Graham Cluley       24.2
John R Barnsley     24.1
Tony Woolcock       22.6
Maureen Barton      22.0
Roy Sims            21.0
The Rochdale Balrog 20.4
John Carter         19.5
Andy Stenhouse      19.1
Michael J Roberts   19.0
Jean Childs         18.8
Kjell Robertsen     18.6
The Wayfarer        17.7
Steven Fleischaker  16.3
Mongoose            15.4
Alex van Kaam       14.3
Bill Commons        14.2
Claire Dyard        12.6
George Smith        12.3
Pete Phillips       12.2
John Moore          11.6
Steve Cook          10.9
Dave Barker         10.6
Ivan Broad           9.4
Paul Cardin          9.0
John Betteridge      7.5
Nigel Parker         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
Shebo                2.9
The Grue             2.7
Carl Dove            2.4
Paul Cooper          2.3
Danny Pearman        2.2
Terry Brawls         1.8

(In case anyone wondered why Joan Dunn's points aren't included in
the contributions, it's because she's my Mum!)

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.