Contributions

My thanks to this issue's contributors:
Bitmap Kid, Brian Burke, Janice Charnley, Graham Cluley,
Bill Commons, Phil Darke, Mark Darlison, Joan Dunn,
Patrick Farley, Joel Finch, Grimwold, Peter Hague,
James Jillians, Jim Johnston, James Judge, Alex van Kaam,
Tom Lorimer, Nigel Parker, Ron Rainbird, 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:

James Judge        211.9
Brian Burke        206.1
Piotr Tyminski     148.5
Neil Shipman       135.1
Ron Rainbird        94.4
James Jillians      87.4
The Bitmap Kid      82.6
Richard Hewison     78.5
Phil Darke          74.7
Jim Johnston        72.0
Alex McEwan         68.0
Roy Sims            63.9
Tom Lorimer         62.6
Mark Bradshaw       59.9
Steve McLaren       59.3
Matthew Pegg        58.8
Graham Cluley       54.8
Jean Childs         44.4
Kev Phillips        43.1
Ian Taylor          42.2
Alex van Kaam       40.2
Graham Wheeler      40.1
Alan Beer           39.5
Henry Rushing       37.9
Janice Charnley     37.7
Maureen Barton      31.6
The Grue            27.2
Bill Commons        24.3
John R Barnsley     24.1
High Voltage        23.3
Tony Woolcock       22.6
The Rochdale Balrog 20.4
Kjell Robertsen     19.5
John Carter         19.5
Andy Stenhouse      19.1
Michael J Roberts   19.0
The Wayfarer        17.7
Steven Fleischaker  16.3
Mongoose            15.4
Nigel Parker        14.5
Patrick Farley      13.7
Claire Dyard        12.6
Grimwold            12.4
George Smith        12.3
Pete Phillips       12.2
Peter Hague         12.0
John Moore          11.6
Steve Cook          10.9
Dave Barker         10.6
Mark Darlison        9.8
Ivan Broad           9.4
Paul Cardin          9.0
John Betteridge      7.5
STormbringer         6.9
Linda Turnham        6.4
Ray and Jo Green     6.0
Terry Brawls         5.9
Jack Lockerby        5.9
Stalker              5.9
Tim Kemp             5.6
Theo Clarke          4.9
Jay Blank            4.5
Joel Finch           4.3
Paul Brunyee         3.0
Shebo                2.9
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.