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