Contributions

My thanks to this issue's contributors:
Simon Avery, Belisana, John Betteridge, Bitmap Kid,
Brian Burke, Colin Campbell, Steve Clay, Bill Commons,
Neil Currie, Phil Darke, Joan Dunn, David Froude,
Barbara Gibb, Julian Gregory, The Grue!, Richard Hewison,
Bill Hoggett, James Jillians, Paul Johnson, James Judge,
Alex van Kaam, Jim O'Keefe, Tom Lorimer, MerC,
Mongoose, Nigel Parker, Ron Rainbird, Phil Richmond,
Mike Roberts, Rusty, Mary Scott-Parker, Neil Shipman,
Roy Sims, George Smith, Andy Stenhouse and Bev Truter

This issue, the SynTax Contributor of the Year 1994/95 was
announced to be Alex van Kaam. Well done, Alex! In second place
was James Judge (who won last year), third place went to Neil
Shipman (who won the very first year we did this), fourth to Phil
Darke and fifth to James Jillians. Their points were:
Alex van Kaam        483.0
James Judge          251.4
Neil Shipman         212.1
Phil Darke           201.7
James Jillians       194.4

Alex wins a year's sub to SynTax, James Judge 5 free issues, Neil
4, Phil 3 and James Jillians 2. Each has also been sent a Myth and
Magic figure and Alex's came with a wooden base with a specially
engraved plaque detailing the award.

Congratulations to all of them and thanks to everyone who has
contributed over the year.  The five winners have had their points
zeroed and everyone else's have been carried forward to next year.
The next award will be made in a year's time, in Issue 42.

To recap the rules for the award for any new readers, 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.

Here is the new points list:

Simon Avery/Grimwold 153.9
Piotr Tyminski       148.5
Jean Childs          146.3
Graham Cluley        142.3
Richard Hewison      140.6
Ron Rainbird         135.7
Jim Johnston         115.7
Alex McEwan          111.8
The Bitmap Kid       105.6
Roy Sims              99.0
Janice Charnley       86.0
Brian Burke           85.2
Steve McLaren         78.0
Bev Truter            77.7
Tom Lorimer           74.5
Mark Bradshaw         74.0
Mary Scott-Parker     71.6
The Grue              67.3
Andy Stenhouse        65.7
Julian Gregory        60.8
Matthew Pegg          58.8
John Moore            53.1
MerC                  52.8
Maureen Barton        51.3
Kev Phillips          43.1
Ian Taylor            42.2
Hazel Bradshaw        41.0
Graham Wheeler        40.1
Alan Beer             39.5
Bill Commons          39.4
Henry Rushing         37.9
John R Barnsley       37.0
Phil Richmond         36.1
David Froude          32.6
Linda Turnham         30.7
George Smith          29.8
Dave Malmberg         29.4
Richard Hunt          28.8
Nigel Parker          27.4
Belisana              27.4
Michael J Roberts     25.6
Mongoose              24.7
High Voltage          23.3
Tony Woolcock         22.6
Claire Dyard          20.8
The Rochdale Balrog   20.4
Kjell Robertsen       20.1
John Carter           19.5
John Betteridge       18.1
The Wayfarer          17.7
Dave Stone            17.6
Steven Fleischaker    16.3
Steve Clay            16.0
Paul Vincent          16.0
Paul Johnson          15.3
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 Cook            10.9
Dave Barker           10.6
Greg Lord             10.6
Mark Darlison          9.8
Anna Bradshaw          9.5
Ivan Broad             9.4
Neil Currie            9.3
Paul Cardin            9.0
Terry Brawls           8.0
Colin Campbell         7.9
Clive Wilson           7.9
Rusty Dowling          7.2
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
Dave Leary             5.8
Tim Kemp               5.6
William McCole         5.4
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
Barbara Gibb           1.9
David Stocks           1.3
Simon Poxon            1.0
Richard Batey          1.0
Norman Allan           0.9
Martyn Westwood        0.7
Jim O'Keefe            0.6
Bill Hoggett           0.4

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. Amiga text files can
also be sent on PC disk using Cross-Dos.  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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