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    Rule #1: First WORKING  version wins, period.  If there is a  race between
             multiple groups, the group  that loses will not  receive negative
             points.  However, if  a few  months  later  a  group  decides  to 
             release the same game, they will receive negative points.

    Rule #2: The  disk limit is  set at 75.  This was set  by the SPA  back in 
             the Summer  of  1997.  A  release  over this  pre-set limit  will
             receive negative points.

    Rule #3: There has always been a  controversy surrounding game addons.  If 
             the company that releases the addon is the same company that made
             the game  it is  considered  legit.  Some addons are  Authorized, 
             while others  are Official.  Authorized is not the same as  being
             Official, and in the end that is what it comes down to.

    Rule #4: The point system is as follows:
  
             Games receive  points based on  their rating.  This report  gives
             them the rating based on how good of a game it is.  The score TRG
             gave  them from their review is next to  our score, but does  not
             factor in.  It is there for the reader to see how our score ranks
             against theirs.  The points will be between 2.0 and 10.0  No game 
             will receive less then 2 points.  Deductions are made if the game
             requires a fix, or if it is proven to be Beta.

             Official Addons receive between +1.0 and +4.0 points depending on
             the addon itself.  The better  the addon, the more points it will 
             get.   Unofficial  Addons   receive  -2.0  points.  Addons   were
             discussed in Rule #3.

             Sound/Movie/Music  Addons  receive  0.5 points.  No more  then  2
             addons  will receive points per game.  If a third addon  for that 
             game comes out, it will  receive 0 points.  Also,  addons must be
             released  no later  then 3 days  after  the game is  released  to 
             receive points.  

             Patches and  Trainers also  receive +0.5  points.  Hopefully more 
             groups will start doing patches, so  the end user can  upgrade to
             the most  current, bug free  version of their  favorite game  and
             not be hassaled with a CD check.  

             Fixes, ones  that are necessary, will  receive -1.0 points if the
             group that released the game puts it out.  If another  group puts
             out a  fix before then, that group  receives +1.0 points and  the 
             other group will  also receive -1.0 points.  An un-necessary  fix
             would be one that isn't needed to  play the game and will receive 
             -1.0 points as well.   
             
             Dupes, as discussed in Rule #1, will receive -2.0 points.

             Betas are only  considered to be  beta when the final  version is
             released.  The deduction  for this is -2.0  points AND the amount
             the  game scored IF  it isn't  proven to  be beta until  the next
             month.  If it  is proven beta by the  end of the month, the group
             that released the beta will  just receive the -2.0 points.  There
             is no  bonus points for  releasing a final  version, it  is still
             scored the same as any other game.