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.------------------------------------------------------------oOo-----o----oOo--.
|| T H E F A C T I O N M A N I F E S T O .|
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|' In lieu of recent events contributing to the breakdown of the now |
|defunct S.P.A. (Software Piracy Association), a private meeting between the |
|key contributing and contending groups was held. On October 15th, 1998 an |
|agreement and compromise was reached between the 3 attending parties, CLASS, |
|PARADIGM and RAZOR 1911. Let it be known that this type of compromise could |
|not be achieved under the S.P.A. environment; it took a clean break to |
|accomplish in a day what had previously gone unaccomplished in 2 months. |
|The end result being a new council whose sole purpose is to set standards |
|for the game-releasing subsector of the scene, to be adhered to by all |
|admitted parties. Represented members of this new council named THE |
|FACTION, have pledged to abide by the following set of rules created a) to |
|ensure a quality minded end result and b) to encourage fair play and a |
|productive competitive environment for involved groups. |
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| |
|The Faction 10 Point Program: |
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|1. The disk limit is as of now 50 x 2.88 megabytes or 2,915,328 bytes. |
| This equates to a total of 144 megabytes of compressed data or |
| 145,766,400 bytes. Using 2.88 megabyte archives enables us to keep the |
| standard 8 character filename with a 3 character extension. This will |
| also help contribute to the elimination of the 'missing disk' |
| phenomenon, plaguing end-users worldwide. Acceptable compression |
| formats at this time are ACE or RAR, followed by the traditional |
| PKZIPing. |
| |
|2. Every release under this limit will be a functionally and playably |
| complete game. This means that included will be every component |
| necessary for the successful completion of the game (every level, track, |
| course and other NECESSARY component). |
| |
|3. Sound effects WILL and MUST be included. |
| |
|4. Intros, Outros and Cut-Scenes should be removed if the size of the |
| release is 40 x 2.88 disks or more with them included. Intros should |
| NOT be iuncluded in a Movie Add-On, only Cut-Scenes and Outro (aka |
| End-Scene) should be included. Animation files, such as .SMKs, should |
| be "framed" and not blacked out. Re-indexing of large files, should |
| consist of an actual re-index instead of just creating a file full of |
| 0's, (which doesn't change the actual file size, but allows it to |
| compress to virtually nothing), thus promoting more quality minded rips |
| and cracks. |
| |
|5. Only 2 Add-Ons should be released per game. Each Add-On should be no |
| more than 25 x 2.88 megabyte archives. |
| |
|6. A brief outline of what has been stripped from the game should be |
| clearly stated in the game-release .NFO, as well as information as to |
| whether or not Add-Ons can be expected. |
| |
|7. Children's games (aka Kiddie games) and Edutainment software do not |
| qualify under THE FACTION's guidelines for acceptable releases. |
| |
|8. In regard to games distributed in the United States that are LATER |
| distributed in Europe or vice versa under the same or different name / |
| publisher. These games if released AFTER another group's release are |
| counted as DUPES unless it can be proven that there is a clearly |
| noticeable PLAYABLE difference in the latter release (eg. new levels, |
| enhanced graphics, or other new features). |
| |
|9. Fully cracked Update Patches and Trainers are highly regarded, though |
| they are not the responsibility of any group (including that of which |
| released the original game.) If 2 trainers from the same or different |
| groups are released for 1 game, this does NOT qualify as a dupe unless |
| the latter trainer provides no new features over the prior trainer. |
| |
|10. Admittance to THE FACTION is done on an invite / vote-in basis. The |
| group invitation must be proposed before ALL current FACTION member- |
| group representatives, and the corresponding vote must be undertaken by |
| ALL FACTION member-group representatives. This council operates in a |
| purely democratic manner and all parties therein have upon joining, |
| agreed to follow all stated guidelines of this Declaration of Scene |
| Independence. Today is not only a new dawn in the games scene, but our |
| Independence Day where differences are at least temporarily put aside |
| and our unity re-consolidated. |
| |
|This document was signed & approved on October 17th, 1998 by the following |
|individuals, representing their respective groups: |
| .|
| Mr.Skill - [CLASS] - ZEUS [PARADIGM] - The Punisher [RAZOR 1911] ..|
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