Contributions

My thanks to this issue's contributors:
Steve Chapman, Peter Clark, Nick Edmunds, David Froude,
Stefan Herber, Vic Horsley and Bev Truter

Thanks also to Tally Ho, Witchen and Jack 'Bullions' Leung
for letting me use their solutions from the Internet.

Other files have been taken from the public domain, either via the
Internet or from CDs. The original authors of these are given
credit if known. Only SynTax subscribers are eligible for an
award.

The new SynTax Contributor of the Year 2002/3 is Vic Horsley with
317.2 points!  Congratulations, Vic. He will receive a fantasy
figure on a wooden base with a plaque and 6 issues of SynTax.
Second place goes to Bev with 308.2 points who will also get a
figure and 5 issues while third place goes to Peter Clark, 253.9
points, who won last year. He will get a figure and 4 issues. Well
done to all three winners. I hope you enjoy your issues and
prizes. If it wasn't for readers' contributions, SynTax wouldn't
survive. So thank you all for your help.

The next SynTax Contributor of the Year award will be made in
Issue 90, May 2004. To recap the points system, 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 such as screendumps and photos.
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 prizes
are fantasy figures plus free issues for the top three
contributors, the winner's also coming on a base with an engraved
plaque.

From now on I will remove names of anyone whose SynTax sub has
lapsed after their second reminder.

The new points list is:
Neil Shipman         182.8
Stefan Herber        176.9
Nick Edmunds         176.4
Paul Hardy           172.9
Jim Johnston         164.3
Steve Chapman        146.8
Dave Booth           118.0
Keeks                 91.6
William McCole        91.4
John Ferris           90.9
David Froude          90.6
Richard Hewison       89.4
Phil Darke            74.9
Alison Dunbar         70.5
Karen Tyers           69.2
Julian Gregory        66.5
Richard Batey         65.6
John Betteridge       60.1
Jill Nott             59.2
Bill Commons          45.3
Jean Childs           35.6
Linda Turnham         34.3
Brian Burke           28.4
Jenny Perry           28.0
Alex van Kaam         25.4
Bill Jenkins          24.1
Claire Dyard          21.5
Barbara Gibb          15.0
Robbies Dog           14.1
Steve Provost         13.4
Frederick Darlington  12.3
Lol Oakes             13.4
Dave Barker           11.5
Sue Roseblade         11.5
Marianne Jones         6.0
Carolyn Brown          5.9
Dog Solitude           5.5
Fernando Poo           4.6
David Stocks           4.2
Thommo                 4.1
Trevor Jones           1.0
Doreen Bardon          0.9
Jim O'Keeffe           0.6
George Rawson          0.1
Alex Ainslie           0.1

Contributions are always welcome 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 contributions on disk or by email. But you can also send
printouts, typed or hand-written contributions.






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