Contributions / All About SynTax -------------------------------- Contributions My thanks to this issue's contributors: Richard Batey, Belisana, Arnie Bludengutz, Brian Burke, Phil Darke, Darkside of the Moon, Alison Dunbar, David Froude, Julian Gregory, Diana Griffiths, The Grue!, Vic Horsley, James Judge, Tom Lorimer, Philip Morgan, Philip Reynolds, Philip Richmond, Sue Roseblade, Neil Shipman, David Stocks, Dave Stone, Bev Truter and John Whatty To recap the points system 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. At the end of a year (which will be issue 48) 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. The current points list is: Bev Truter 219.2 Phil Darke 173.7 The Grue 161.5 Simon Avery/Grimwold 156.7 Ron Rainbird 155.7 Brian Burke 151.7 Julian Gregory 151.7 Piotr Tyminski 148.5 Hazel Bradshaw 144.6 The Bitmap Kid 137.5 James Judge 125.0 Jim Johnston 121.7 Bill Commons 117.2 Phil Richmond 112.1 Alex McEwan 111.8 Janice Charnley 98.9 Tom Lorimer 96.1 John Moore/Arnie 95.4 Darkside of the Moon 91.9 Andy Stenhouse 90.9 Belisana 89.8 Steve McLaren 88.8 Richard Hunt 77.7 Mark Bradshaw 75.2 Mary Scott-Parker 71.6 David Froude 69.7 MerC 65.2 Matthew Pegg 58.8 George Smith 54.6 Maureen Barton 51.3 Diana Griffiths 48.9 Neil Shipman 48.0 Dave Stone 46.8 Ian Taylor 45.1 John R Barnsley 44.8 Steve Clay 44.1 Kev Phillips 43.1 Mongoose 41.4 Richard Batey 41.3 Graham Wheeler 40.1 Alan Beer 39.5 Shebo 38.8 Henry Rushing 37.9 Alison Dunbar 35.6 Terry Brawls 34.0 Linda Turnham 31.1 Marion Taylor 31.0 John Betteridge 30.2 Dave Malmberg 29.4 James Jillians 28.1 Philip Reynolds 27.8 Nigel Parker 27.4 Steve McGuire 26.3 Michael J Roberts 25.6 High Voltage 23.3 Tony Woolcock 22.6 Kjell Robertsen 21.9 John Wilson/Balrog 21.6 Claire Dyard 20.8 John Carter 19.5 Colin Campbell 18.8 The Wayfarer 17.7 John Whatty 17.3 Steven Fleischaker 16.3 Paul Vincent 16.0 Paul Johnson 15.3 Joel Finch 15.2 Niall Dowling 15.0 Barbara Gibb 15.0 Greg Lord 14.6 Theo Clarke 14.3 Patrick Farley 13.7 Sox 13.2 Neil Currie 12.4 Frederick Darlington 12.3 Pete Phillips 12.2 Peter Hague 12.0 Richard Hewison 11.8 Vicky Campbell 11.1 Steve Cook 10.9 Keith Adam 10.8 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 Graham Cluley 5.9 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 John Nicholls 4.2 Adrian Sill 3.8 David Charnley 3.7 Jean Childs 3.5 Paul Brunyee 3.0 David Stocks 2.6 Steve Frost 2.5 Vic Horsley 2.5 Carl Dove 2.4 Paul Cooper 2.3 Danny Pearman 2.2 Amanda Oliver 2.0 Philip Morgan 1.4 David Lacey 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 Sue Roseblade 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 is on the next page ... ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -