Contributions

My thanks to this issue's contributors:
Simon Avery, Belisana, John Betteridge, The Bitmap Kid,
Hazel Bradshaw, Terry Brawls, Brian Burke, Colin Campbell,
Vicky Campbell, Janice Charnley, Jean Childs, Steve Clay,
Graham Cluley, Bill Commons, Phil Darke, Alison Dunbar,
Joan Dunn, David Froude, Barbara Gibb, Julian Gregory,
The Grue!, John Gurd, Richard Hunt, James Jillians, 
James Judge, Alex van Kaam, Tom Lorimer, Steve McGuire, 
Steve McLaren, Mongoose, Ron Rainbird, Phil Richmond, 
Shebo, Neil Shipman, Roy Sims, George Smith, 
Andy Stenhouse, Dave Stone, Bev Truter and Linda Turnham

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.

At the end of a year (which will be Issue 42) 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:

Simon Avery/Grimwold 156.7
Jean Childs          154.1
Piotr Tyminski       148.5
Graham Cluley        147.1
Richard Hewison      140.6
Ron Rainbird         140.1
Jim Johnston         115.7
Alex McEwan          111.8
The Bitmap Kid       110.0
Roy Sims             106.4
Brian Burke          104.9
Janice Charnley       92.9
The Grue              87.9
Bev Truter            82.8
Tom Lorimer           80.3
Steve McLaren         78.6
Julian Gregory        75.3
Mark Bradshaw         74.0
Mary Scott-Parker     71.6
Andy Stenhouse        71.3
Hazel Bradshaw        61.0
Matthew Pegg          58.8
John Moore            53.1
MerC                  52.8
Maureen Barton        51.3
David Froude          48.9
Alex van Kaam         47.0
Bill Commons          46.1
Phil Richmond         43.8
Kev Phillips          43.1
Ian Taylor            42.2
Mongoose              41.4
Graham Wheeler        40.1
Alan Beer             39.5
Henry Rushing         37.9
John R Barnsley       37.0
Belisana              35.9
George Smith          34.6
Richard Hunt          33.6
Linda Turnham         31.1
John Betteridge       30.1
Dave Malmberg         29.4
James Judge           29.1
Nigel Parker          27.4
Terry Brawls          27.0
Steve Clay            26.2
Michael J Roberts     25.6
Dave Stone            24.2
High Voltage          23.3
Tony Woolcock         22.6
Steve McGuire         22.1
Claire Dyard          20.8
The Rochdale Balrog   20.4
Kjell Robertsen       20.1
John Carter           19.5
The Wayfarer          17.7
Steven Fleischaker    16.3
Paul Vincent          16.0
Paul Johnson          15.3
Joel Finch            15.2
Colin Campbell        14.0
Patrick Farley        13.7
Shebo                 13.2
Frederick Darlington  12.3
Pete Phillips         12.2
Peter Hague           12.0
Steve Cook            10.9
Greg Lord             10.6
Dave Barker           10.6
Mark Darlison          9.8
Anna Bradshaw          9.5
Ivan Broad             9.4
Neil Currie            9.3
Paul Cardin            9.0
Barbara Gibb           9.0
Clive Wilson           7.9
Rusty Dowling          7.2
James Jillians         7.0
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
Neil Shipman           5.5
William McCole         5.4
Alison Dunbar          5.2
Phil Darke             5.0
The Unknown Adventurer 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
John Gurd              0.6
Jim O'Keefe            0.6
Bill Hoggett           0.4
Vicky Campbell         0.3

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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