Reality Check Network was a software-based warez magazine that existed from November 18, 1995 to Summer 1997 with two breaks in Spring 1996 and Winter 1996/1997. A street vendor packing up his display of counterfeit CDs after being photographed. ... November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years), with 43 remaining. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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 wide-spread 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. FTP may refer to: File Transfer Protocol Foiled Twisted Pair This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title. ... A bulletin board system or BBS is a computer system running software that allows users to dial into the system over a phone line and, using a terminal program, perform functions such as downloading software and data, uploading data, playing games, reading news, and exchanging messages with other users. ... This page is about the filename extension. ... A satellite composite image of Europe // Etymology Picture of Europa, carried away by bull-shaped Zeus. ... Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of instant communication over the Internet. ...
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 Die vs Demolition" - 22 December 1995
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External links
Defacto2 archive of RCN magazines and another FTP archive
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