Contributions / All About SynTax -------------------------------- Contributions My thanks to this issue's contributors: Keith W Adam, Arnie, Belisana, John Betteridge, Hazel Bradshaw, Brian Burke, Vicky Campbell, Graham Cluley, Bill Commons, Phil Darke, Laura Duncan, David Froude, Julian Gregory, Diana Griffiths, The Grue!, Richard Hewison, Richard Hunt, James Judge, Alex van Kaam, Tom Lorimer, MerC, Ron Rainbird, Philip Reynolds, Philip Richmond, Neil Shipman, George Smith, Marion Taylor, Bev Truter and John Wilson The maps in the Screenshots section (SynWin HDD only) were provided by Hazel Bradshaw. This issue is that time of the year when the SynTax Contributor of the Year is announced and for 1995/96 it is ... Richard Hewison. Congratulations, Richard! James Judge came second (as he did last year, he won the year before that), Alex (who won last year) third, Jean Childs (aka Nogwidget) fourth and Graham Cluley (who programmed the PC version of SynTax) came fifth. Their points were: Richard Hewison 393.7 James Judge 377.9 Alex van Kaam 261.4 Jean Childs 203.2 Graham Cluley 185.2 Richard wins a year's sub to SynTax, James 5 free issues, Alex 4, Jean 3 and Graham 2. Each has also been sent a Myth and Magic figure and Richard's is on a wooden base with a specially engraved plaque detailing his 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 48. 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. Points are NOT awarded for graphic files used in the PC 3.5" HD version. 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. The new points list is: Bev Truter 166.8 Simon Avery/Grimwold 156.7 Ron Rainbird 155.7 Piotr Tyminski 148.5 Hazel Bradshaw 144.6 The Bitmap Kid 137.5 Brian Burke 132.7 Julian Gregory 131.7 The Grue 129.8 Jim Johnston 121.7 Alex McEwan 111.8 Bill Commons 111.0 Phil Darke 108.0 Phil Richmond 99.7 Janice Charnley 98.9 Andy Stenhouse 90.9 Tom Lorimer 90.8 Steve McLaren 85.2 John Moore/Arnie 78.3 Mark Bradshaw 75.2 Belisana 72.9 Richard Hunt 71.7 Mary Scott-Parker 71.6 MerC 65.2 Matthew Pegg 58.8 David Froude 55.5 George Smith 54.6 Maureen Barton 51.3 Ian Taylor 45.1 John R Barnsley 44.8 Steve Clay 44.1 Dave Stone 43.9 Kev Phillips 43.1 Mongoose 41.4 Graham Wheeler 40.1 Alan Beer 39.5 Henry Rushing 37.9 Shebo 35.5 Terry Brawls 34.0 Diana Griffiths 33.4 Linda Turnham 31.1 John Betteridge 30.2 Dave Malmberg 29.4 James Jillians 28.1 Nigel Parker 27.4 Steve McGuire 26.3 Michael J Roberts 25.6 High Voltage 23.3 Tony Woolcock 22.6 Neil Shipman 22.1 Kjell Robertsen 21.9 John Wilson/Balrog 21.6 Claire Dyard 20.8 Marion Taylor 20.0 John Carter 19.5 Colin Campbell 18.8 The Wayfarer 17.7 Steven Fleischaker 16.3 Paul Vincent 16.0 Paul Johnson 15.3 Joel Finch 15.2 Niall Dowling 15.0 Barbara Gibb 15.0 Theo Clarke 14.3 Richard Batey 13.7 Patrick Farley 13.7 Sox 13.2 Neil Currie 12.4 Frederick Darlington 12.3 Pete Phillips 12.2 Peter Hague 12.0 Steve Cook 10.9 Keith Adam 10.8 Greg Lord 10.6 Dave Barker 10.6 Mark Darlison 9.8 Anna Bradshaw 9.5 Ivan Broad 9.4 Paul Cardin 9.0 Bill Hoggett 8.9 Clive Wilson 7.9 Rusty Dowling 7.2 STormbringer 6.9 Laura Duncan 6.7 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 Alison Dunbar 5.2 The Unknown Adventurer 4.8 Laurence Creighton 4.5 Jay Blank 4.5 John Nicholls 4.2 Adrian Sill 3.8 David Charnley 3.7 Philip Reynolds 3.0 Paul Brunyee 3.0 Steve Frost 2.5 Carl Dove 2.4 Paul Cooper 2.3 Danny Pearman 2.2 Amanda Oliver 2.0 Vicky Campbell 1.5 David Stocks 1.3 Simon Poxon 1.0 Norman Allan 0.9 Keith Green 0.9 Martyn Westwood 0.7 John Gurd 0.6 Jim O'Keefe 0.6 Paul Coppins 0.6 Geoff Knight 0.5 So, if you have any contributions for future issues of SynTax, please send them in. They can be for old or new games, 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, Otherwise you can send printouts, typed or hand-written contributions. ----------------------------------------------------------------- All about SynTax SynTax is a bimonthly colour magazine for the ST, Amiga and PC which is published in the middle of July, September, November, January, March and May. The first issue was produced in July 1989. The magazine costs œ3.50 including post and packing anywhere in the world. A year's subscription of 6 issues is œ20.00. See "Back Numbers" for details of a special offer for the early disks. SynTax is NOT PD so please DO NOT distribute it in any way. SynTax can be contacted by post at the following address: Sue Medley SynTax 9 Warwick Road Sidcup, Kent, DA14 6LJ If you require a reply, please remember to include an SAE to keep down the costs! You can also contact me by telephone or FAX on 0181-302 6598 at any reasonable time. Copyright --------- All contributions in the form of articles, hints, solutions or reviews are the property of the writer so he or she is free to use them elsewhere. Unless contributors object, any contributions may be reused in PC Mart magazine or on library disks etc. Full credit will be given for any contributions reused in this way. All views expressed in reviews and articles are the personal view of the author and not necessarily those of the editor of SynTax. All adverts and entries of software for sale etc are placed in good faith by the editor of SynTax and no responsibility can be taken for their credentials. - o -