Contributions

My thanks to this issue's contributors:
Simon Avery, Belisana, The Bitmap Kid, Brian Burke,
David Charnley, Janice Charnley, Steve Clay, Graham Cluley,
Bill Commons, Laurence Creighton, Phil Darke, Joan Dunn,
Julian Gregory, The Grue!, Richard Hewison, Richard Hunt,
James Jillians, Paul Johnson, James Judge, Alex van Kaam,
Greg Lord, Tom Lorimer, Alex McEwan, Steve McLaren,
Mongoose, John Moore, Nigel Parker, Simon Poxon,
Ron Rainbird, Phil Richmond, Roy Sims, Mary Scott-Parker,
Neil Shipman, George Smith, Andy Stenhouse, Dave Stone,
and Bev Truter.

The points-for-prizes system for readers' contributions is
still running.  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 (which, this time, is Issue 36 - next
issue!), 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        422.3
Neil Shipman         210.1
Phil Darke           196.7
James Judge          178.4
James Jillians       174.0
Piotr Tyminski       148.5
Simon Avery/Grimwold 147.9
Jean Childs          146.3
Graham Cluley        142.3
Ron Rainbird         130.1
Richard Hewison      126.7
Jim Johnston         115.7
Alex McEwan          111.8
Roy Sims              92.3
The Bitmap Kid        90.9
Janice Charnley       86.0
Steve McLaren         78.0
Mark Bradshaw         74.0
Brian Burke           71.8
Tom Lorimer           70.8
Bev Truter            67.5
Mary Scott-Parker     65.1
Matthew Pegg          58.8
The Grue              57.6
John Moore            53.1
Andy Stenhouse        51.9
Julian Gregory        51.5
Maureen Barton        51.3
MerC                  45.6
Kev Phillips          43.1
Ian Taylor            42.2
Hazel Bradshaw        41.0
Graham Wheeler        40.1
Alan Beer             39.5
Bill Commons          38.1
Henry Rushing         37.9
John R Barnsley       37.0
Linda Turnham         30.7
Dave Malmberg         29.4
Richard Hunt          28.8
George Smith          26.4
David Froude          25.8
Phil Richmond         24.8
Nigel Parker          24.5
High Voltage          23.3
Tony Woolcock         22.6
Belisana              20.9
Claire Dyard          20.8
The Rochdale Balrog   20.4
Mongoose              20.2
Kjell Robertsen       20.1
John Carter           19.5
Michael J Roberts     19.0
The Wayfarer          17.7
Dave Stone            17.6
John Betteridge       17.1
Steven Fleischaker    16.3
Paul Vincent          16.0
Joel Finch            15.2
Steve McGuire         14.6
Patrick Farley        13.7
Frederick Darlington  12.3
Pete Phillips         12.2
Peter Hague           12.0
Shebo                 11.2
Steve Clay            11.1
Paul Johnson          11.1
Steve Cook            10.9
Dave Barker           10.6
Greg Lord             10.6
Mark Darlison          9.8
Anna Bradshaw          9.5
Ivan Broad             9.4
Paul Cardin            9.0
Terry Brawls           8.0
Clive Wilson           7.9
Sox                    7.0
STormbringer           6.9
Nogwidget              6.1
Theo Clarke            6.1
Ray and Jo Green       6.0
Jack Lockerby          5.9
Stalker                5.9
Dave Leary             5.8
Tim Kemp               5.6
William McCole         5.4
Neil Currie            5.3
Rusty Dowling          5.2
The Unknown Adventur   4.8
Laurence Creighton     4.5
Jay Blank              4.5
David Charnley         3.7
Paul Brunyee           3.0
Steve Frost            2.5
Carl Dove              2.4
Paul Cooper            2.3
Danny Pearman          2.2
David Stocks           1.3
Simon Poxon            1.0
Richard Batey          1.0
Norman Allan           0.9
Martyn Westwood        0.7

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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