Contributions

My thanks to this issue's contributors:
Simon Avery, Richard Batey, Belisana, The Bitmap Kid,
Hazel Bradshaw, Brian Burke, Janice Charnley, Jean Childs,
Graham Cluley, Phil Darke, Fred Darlington, Joel Finch,
Steve Frost, David Froude, Julian Gregory, Grimwold,
Grue!, Richard Hewison, Richard Hunt, James Jillians,
Paul Johnson, Jim Johnston, James Judge, Alex van Kaam,
Tom Lorimer, Alex McEwan, Steve McGuire, Steve McLaren,
MerC, John Moore, Nogwidget, Ron Rainbird,
Phil Richmond, Kjell Robertsen, Mary Scott-Parker, Neil Shipman,
Roy Sims, George Smith, Sox, Andy Stenhouse,
Dave Stone, Bev Truter and Linda Turnham.

The points-for-prizes system for readers' contributions is
underway again.  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.  The points are
added when the data is published, not when it is sent in. Files
are published as soon as possible but maintaining the balance of
the magazine is also a high priority.

At the end of a year (next time, issue 36), 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:

Alex van Kaam        275.8
Neil Shipman         203.7
James Jillians       148.9
Piotr Tyminski       148.5
Jean Childs          146.3
Graham Cluley        133.6
Simon Avery/Grimwold 129.8
Phil Darke           126.1
James Judge          122.1
Ron Rainbird         116.8
Jim Johnston         115.7
Richard Hewison      113.3
Alex McEwan           94.7
Janice Charnley       78.8
The Bitmap Kid        76.6
Mark Bradshaw         74.0
Steve McLaren         70.4
Roy Sims              70.1
Tom Lorimer           65.7
Matthew Pegg          58.8
The Grue              52.6
Maureen Barton        51.3
John Moore            51.1
Brian Burke           50.7
Kev Phillips          43.1
Ian Taylor            42.2
Hazel Bradshaw        41.0
Graham Wheeler        40.1
MerC                  40.0
Alan Beer             39.5
Bev Truter            38.1
Henry Rushing         37.9
John R Barnsley       37.0
Julian Gregory        35.9
Andy Stenhouse        33.3
Linda Turnham         30.7
Bill Commons          30.4
Dave Malmberg         29.4
Mary Scott-Parker     25.0
High Voltage          23.3
Tony Woolcock         22.6
David Froude          21.1
Claire Dyard          20.8
George Smith          20.7
The Rochdale Balrog   20.4
Kjell Robertsen       20.1
Richard Hunt          20.1
John Carter           19.5
Michael J Roberts     19.0
Mongoose              18.9
Nigel Parker          17.8
The Wayfarer          17.7
John Betteridge       17.1
Steven Fleischaker    16.3
Paul Vincent          16.0
Joel Finch            15.2
Patrick Farley        13.7
Pete Phillips         12.2
Steve McGuire         12.0
Peter Hague           12.0
Shebo                 11.2
Steve Cook            10.9
Frederick Darlington  10.7
Dave Barker           10.6
Dave Stone            10.5
Mark Darlison          9.8
Anna Bradshaw          9.5
Ivan Broad             9.4
Paul Cardin            9.0
Belisana               8.5
Terry Brawls           8.0
Clive Wilson           7.9
Paul Johnson           7.7
Sox                    7.0
STormbringer           6.9
Nogwidget              6.1
Theo Clarke            6.1
Ray and Jo Green       6.0
Stalker                5.9
Jack Lockerby          5.9
Tim Kemp               5.6
Neil Currie            5.3
Rusty Dowling          5.2
The Unknown Adventurer 4.8
Jay Blank              4.5
Phil Richmond          4.2
Steve Clay             3.1
Paul Brunyee           3.0
Steve Frost            2.5
Carl Dove              2.4
Paul Cooper            2.3
Danny Pearman          2.2
David Charnley         2.0
David Stocks           1.3
Greg Lord              1.1
Richard Batey          1.0
Norman Allan           0.9
Martyn Westwood        0.7
Dave Leary             0.6

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 have a chance
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. If no choice is
given, a blank disk will be returned to you.  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.











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