[ P r e s e n t s ]                   AB!DF2^SAC

Half-Life (c) Sierra Studios

Cracker    : Miramax                 :  Released   : November 13th, 1998
Supplier   : Red Leader              :  Protection : CD Key
Stripper   : Red Leader              :  Game Type  : First Person Shooter
Packager   : ahu                     :  # of Disks : 59 x 2.88 MB

Pentium 133, 24 MB RAM, 350 MB HD, 16bit Color Video, DirectX 5+
Supports: Direct3D, Open-GL (3dfx Voodoo/Voodoo2)

[ G a m e   N o t e s ]

For those of you wanting to jump right into the game, the CD-Key is:

1911-11111-1115 (single player only)

Or you can use the included key generator in disk 1, to make your own
random key (hlkeygen.exe).

Note that you will need a unique and valid key for multiplayer!

Game info:

Half-Life combines the visceral  action of  legendary action  games like
Doom with great storytelling in the tradition of Stephen King. Half-Life
blends action, drama, and adventure with stunning technology to create a
frighteningly realistic world where players need to  think smart to sur-
vive.

Throughout the game, both friends and foes behave in  sophisticated and
unpredictable ways, as a result of Half-Life's powerful  and innovative
artificial intelligence. The  intensity of the  game also  reflects the
strong storyline, created by novelist Marc  Laidlaw. Of course  there's
also a variety of  exciting multiplayer  scenarios, and an  easy-to-use
interface that  will have you  connected to the game of your  choice in
just seconds.

Storyline:

Deep  in the bowels  of the Black  Mesa Federal  Research  Facility, a
decommissioned missle base, a top secret project is underway. A portal
has been opened to another dimension, and human science has never seen
anything like the world on the other side.

You  are  Gordon Freeman, a  young research  associate in the Anomalous
Materials  Laboratory. You have limited security  clearance and no real
idea of just how  dangerous your job has become, until the  morning you
are sent alone  into the Test Chamber to analyze a strange  crystalline
specimen. A routine analysis, they tell you. Until something goes wrong.

Is it  sabotage? An Accident? Or is it  something you did? All you hear
is screaming; all  you see is spacetime shattering. The  next thing you
know, the entire Black Mesa  Facility is a nightmare zone,  with sirens
wailing  and scientists  fleeing in  terror from  the things  their co-
workers have become.

As Gordon Freeman, you must enlist the help of  traumatized  scientists
and trigger-happy  security guards  to get through high-security zones,
sneaking and  fighting your way  through ruined missle  silos and  Cold
War cafeterias, through darkened airducts  and  subterranean  railways.
When you finally  come in sight of the surface, you realize the inhuman
monsters  aren't  your only  enemies-for  the  government  has  sent in
ruthless troops  and stealthy assassins.  Their orders  seem to be that
when it comes  to the Black Mesa, nothing  gets out alive... especially
not you.

When even your own  species turns  against you, maybe you'll be glad to
see another portal beckoning. But then  again, on Earth you have allies
while on the far side of the portal, nothing at all is familliar except
the sense of danger.

Save the Earth? Well, maybe. But that's a pretty low priority compared
to saving your own skin.

Features:

* Half-Life monsters are remarkably - even terrifyingly intelligent.
Our proprietary AI has them running in packs, assessing threats and
showing a marked distaste for suicide runs. You'd better think as
fast as they do.

* The Rendering Technologies developed, allow all the features that
were previously only visible with special hardware accelerators to
be visible for users with only 16-bit color video. They are an
integral part of the gameplay and not just eye candy. Of course
if you do have Open-GL, Direct3D or MMX hardware, things will
look mind-boggingly cool.

* The Skeletal Animation System lets us create monsters that are more
spectacularly menacing than ever before. Half-Life monsters have the
highest polygon count, and the most fluid and complex motion ever
seen in an action game.

* Joining a multiplayer game is no fast and easy, thanks to Half-Life's
powerful interface. Find your friends, choose the type of game you
prefer and let our master server do the rest. Choose from a variety
of multuplayer gameplay scenarios, and use our decal technology to
mark your territory with a personal or clan logo.

* Hazard Course training area for practicing movements, special
maneuvers, and weapons use.

* Seamless level transitions

* A variety of real-world, experimental and alien-world weaponry

* 32 player internet/LAN support.

* Worldcraft 2.0 level editor support

What was ripped? An intro video, some previews and the cd-audio were
sent to Goaman's house.

We are well aware of the packaged  size of this game and we are aware
that  it is in  violation of guideline #1 of  the agreed-upon FACTION
10 point program, but we recognize a major title  when we see one and
there is no better way to deliver a title of this stature than in its
most  complete form. Some groups  would motion to  remove multiplayer
levels  or whatnot, in  order to  make it a  legitimate  release that
could be counted in  charts etc. Fortunately  for the  end-user, that
is not OUR  priority, and  we sincerly  believe that gamers out there
who  have been  waiting  for this  game are  willing to get it at the
expense  of a few  hours and or a $50 dollar phone bill in Europe.
There is NO better way to bring this game down in size while main-
taining the utmost level of playability, functionality and enjoya-
bility that this game deserves. So as far as credit in the game-charts
goes, we say fuck-it. Nuke this game if you'd rather not see it on
your respective sites. The rest of us will enjoy this long-awaited,
stellar title. Noone can deny that this is what common sense dictates.
Enjoy the game and expect more from your dependable friends who have
brought you some of the greatest FPS games of all time, including
QUAKE 2 and UNREAL... CLASS PC.

Greets to: China Blue, Mr.Skill, Hemp Hoodlum, Prozac, aTm, Devil, Xoanon,
CATMAN, Juice, Grudge, TrainMan, TheCa, Animal & Dogfriend, ZeC,
John Lennon, Fallen Angel, OfD, Smokey, Miramax, Mr. Sandman,
Moeb, Spectral Illusion, MGD, Buller, LeChucky, Magnetic King,
Byte, Jaydee, D-Unknown, GG, TX, AlBaby, Jammer, ECI and Horde!

[ I n s t a l l   N o t e s ]

UnZIP then run INSTALL.EXE or UnACE to a directory of your choice. If
you UnACED manually, then be sure to import hl.reg into your registry.
Run HL.EXE to play. Enjoy!

[ G r o u p   N e w s ]

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.

The Faction 10 Point Program:

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]

[ A p p l i c a t i o n   I n f o ]

Interested in joining?  We are looking  for talented new members to  help us
fill  the ranks!  If you fall  within any of  the following  categories, you
might just be what we're looking for:

* If you work for a software developer, distributor, or publisher!
* If you can supply unreleased games, utilities, or even hardware!
* If you work for an ISP, or other provider of shell accounts, etc!
* If you feel that you have anything else that might be of value to us!

NOTE: WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING COURIERS AT THIS CURRENT POINT IN TIME.

[ C o n t a c t i n g   C L A S S ]

Should you wish to  make contact with our members, we can  easily be reached
via e-mail at: support@class101.com

NOTE: WE DO NOT MAIL/FTP MISSING DISKS OF OUR RELEASES, SO DO NOT ASK.

"The most sensical games group around..."