Reality Check Network
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Reality Check Network was a diskmag warez
magazine that existed from November 18, 1995 to Summer 1997 with two breaks in Spring 1996 and Winter 1996/1997.
With origins as a promotional magazine for the Legacy group, it evolved into a general magazine describing various aspects of the warez scene. It contained interviews with key group leaders and described gossip and fights in the warez world. They would list each period's various releases, FTP
and BBS
courier MB totals, and up-to-date NFO
files for each group. This was during a period when private Internet accounts were becoming widespread in the United States and increasingly in Europe
and the Internet-based warez scene was expanding rapidly. They also had an open IRC channel #rcn where people would gossip about the activities of various groups under the watch of the magazine's chief editor Rebel Chicken.
Its front-end and graphical design were considered excellent and based on efficient assembly code. The magazine also sometimes embedded small games like space shooters into the code. As the magazine became more sophisticated in its graphics, its size in kilobytes grew, but until close to its end fit onto a single floppy disk.
It was controversial for its frank discussion of government busts and its indirect involvement in various feuds. Although it was frequently criticized for this and other various reasons, most groups interacted with it because of its popularity.
Reality Check Network is also a Managed Hosting Provider that was started in 2004. It has data center space in California, New York and Amsterdam, Holland. Reality Check Network provides support for Operating Systems (primarily Linux), Applications, and general troubleshooting that goes beyond what typical hosting providers can deliver. With a dedicated team of technical support engineers working 24x7 your web sites and servers are always online, working and responsive.
Company Website: Managed Dedicated Servers and Hosting
Warez
Warez refers primarily to copyrighted works distributed without fees or royalties, and may be traded, in general violation of copyright law. The term generally refers to unauthorized releases by organized groups, as opposed to file sharing between friends or large groups of people with similar...
magazine that existed from November 18, 1995 to Summer 1997 with two breaks in Spring 1996 and Winter 1996/1997.
With origins as a promotional magazine for the Legacy group, it evolved into a general magazine describing various aspects of the warez scene. It contained interviews with key group leaders and described gossip and fights in the warez world. They would list each period's various releases, FTP
File Transfer Protocol
File Transfer Protocol is a standard network protocol used to transfer files from one host to another host over a TCP-based network, such as the Internet. FTP is built on a client-server architecture and utilizes separate control and data connections between the client and server...
and BBS
Bulletin board system
A Bulletin Board System, or BBS, is a computer system running software that allows users to connect and log in to the system using a terminal program. Once logged in, a user can perform functions such as uploading and downloading software and data, reading news and bulletins, and exchanging...
courier MB totals, and up-to-date NFO
.nfo
.nfo is a commonly used three-letter filename extension of ASCII or extended ASCII text files that accompany other files and contain information about them. Such NFO files can be viewed with text editors or dedicated NFO viewers...
files for each group. This was during a period when private Internet accounts were becoming widespread in the United States and increasingly in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and the Internet-based warez scene was expanding rapidly. They also had an open IRC channel #rcn where people would gossip about the activities of various groups under the watch of the magazine's chief editor Rebel Chicken.
Its front-end and graphical design were considered excellent and based on efficient assembly code. The magazine also sometimes embedded small games like space shooters into the code. As the magazine became more sophisticated in its graphics, its size in kilobytes grew, but until close to its end fit onto a single floppy disk.
It was controversial for its frank discussion of government busts and its indirect involvement in various feuds. Although it was frequently criticized for this and other various reasons, most groups interacted with it because of its popularity.
Issues
- RCN 1 - "MindCrash Who?" - 18 November 1995
- 2 - "Malice #1?" - 25 November 1995
- 3 - "Fake Releases" - 02 December 1995
- 4 - "TDU-Jam Retires" - 09 December 1995
- 5 - "Hybrid's WarCraft 2" - 15 December 1995
- 6 - "Drink or DieDrinkOrDieDrinkOrDie was an underground software piracy group and warez trading network during the 1990s. On December 11, 2001, a major law enforcement raid - known as Operation Buccaneer - forced it to close under criminal charges of infringement. DoD, as a rule, received no financial profit for their...
vs Demolition" - 22 December 1995 - 7 - "Best of 1995" - 31 December 1995
- 8 - "Exclusive FBI Interview" - 07 January 1996
- 9 - "Hybrid Leaders on the Warpath" - 14 January 1996
- 10 - "Passing Of Spyder-X" - 21 January 1996
- 11 - "Anarchist Bust" - 28 January 1996
- 12 - "Apogee/Distinct" - 04 February 1996
- 13 - "Farewell" - 11 February 1996
- 14 - "James Makes His Visit" - 19 May 1996
- 15 - "Malice Downfall" - 26 May 1996
- 16 - "Passing of Zieg" - 02 June 1996
- 17 - "Dr Jekyll Busted" - 07 June 1996
- 18 - "GODS Meeting Logs" - 16 June 1996
- 19 - "Chris Carter Revealed" - 23 June 1996
- 20 - "Amnesia Falls" - 30 June 1996
- 21 - "ROR Dead? I wish" - 07 July 1996
- Reality Check Network Theme Pack - "Designed for Windows 95" - 07 July 1996
- 22 - "United Cracking Force" - 14 July 1996
- 23 - "Amnesia's Catch 22?" - 21 July 1996
- 24 - "AMN vs. RISC" - 04 August 1996
- 25 - "DOD vs. MTY" - 18 August 1996
- 26 - "Group Trickery?" - 01 September 1996
- 27 - "Rebel Chicken No More?" - 20 October 1996
- 28 - "Rebel Chicken No More?" - 20 October 1996
- 29 - "Orion's New PWAPirates With AttitudePirates With Attitude was a major international warez release group between 1992 and 2000. The group was established by two former International Network of Crackers members known by the pseudonyms Orion and BarManager...
!" - 26 October 1996 - 30 - "RazorRazor 1911Razor 1911 is a warez and demo group.-History:The group was originally founded as Razor 2992 by Doctor No, Insane TTM and Sector9 in Norway in October 1985 as a Commodore 64 software cracking group...
Busts Supplier" - 11 November 1996 - 30 - "Art Edition" - 13 November 1996
- 31 - "One Year Anniversary" - 24 November 1996
- 32 - "The End of a Chapter" - 08 December 1996
- 33 - "We're Back" - 06 April 1997
- 34 - "The Kings of the Scene" - 20 April 1997
- 35 - "The Death of Reflux" - 04 May 1997
- 35 - "Art Edition" - 11 May 1997
- 36 - "X-Force versus GLOW" - 18 May 1997
- 36 - "Art Edition" - 25 May 1997
- 37 - "Lester Removed From DOD" - 25 June 1997
- 37 - "Art Edition" - 29 June 1997
- 38 - "Another Chapter Ends" - 13 July 1997
- 38 - "Art Edition" - 31 August 1997
External links
- Defacto2 archive of RCN magazines and another FTP archive
Reality Check Network is also a Managed Hosting Provider that was started in 2004. It has data center space in California, New York and Amsterdam, Holland. Reality Check Network provides support for Operating Systems (primarily Linux), Applications, and general troubleshooting that goes beyond what typical hosting providers can deliver. With a dedicated team of technical support engineers working 24x7 your web sites and servers are always online, working and responsive.
Company Website: Managed Dedicated Servers and Hosting