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* Introducing *
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| ACTIVE |
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By Surfer + Riddler

Back in the good old days I (Surfer) was the leader of
CFO (Crack Force Omega). When the group was
activated once again by me and an original member
Stripe, he proved himself to be lame with a capital L.
and i had to get rid of him.
So, without any original members it was borderline
stupid to still go under the famous name of CFO.
So i was looking all over for a new name, BAD was
suggested, but we probably would have to take a lot
of rags for that name, so we dished it.
On the way back home with my parents we stopped at a
gas station and i was looking at some sunglasses and
saw this tag, it said Active Polarized, and at that
moment i thought that Active sounded rather good.
So back at my home i did a really ugly logo, put it in a
intro editor and sent it off to Dexter.
He wondered about the group and I asked him what he
thought about the name.
He said it was cool, and i told him it was my latest idea
for our name.
So we got the name Active and made it official on the
1st of May 1989.

Injun was the main cracker, under a different name.
Other original members were Banshee, Ziphoid (later in
Razor 1911 on Amiga), The Ultimate Warrior, Dexter and
Surfer.
In a time when every second group called themselves
"Germany's #1", "Sweden's #1" or whatever, Surfer
went against the mainstream and made fun of the
others stating that Active simply would be "The Girl's
#1", nothing more, nothing less!
This has been the active slogan since then..
During the following years things went on without any
big changes in the status, some were kicked, some
joined..
We kicked out a lot of high quality cracks during
1989-90, but things went slower in 1991.
The big change came in late 1991 when Trasher joined
as a cracker.
1992 was a good year with lots of cracks from
Trasher, Injun and Viper(the old Fairlight member).
Aswell as our 3 years anniversary demo coded by
Dexter. The strong activity continued in 1993 when we
also had our first few fixed first releases.
We also got our first member outside of Sweden, the
Hungarian coder Artlace.

In the start of 1994 Trasher had to go to the Army
where he stayed for 15 months and this meant a big
activity drop.
The scene also changed a lot during these years.
With the big titles and firms disappearing, much of the
fun of cracking disappeared aswell.
However, we're still at it, for the old thrill's sake.
When some of the elders like Dexter and Injun lost the
fun and time for the C64, we added up with some new
members among old friends.. people like Trident (ED:
his musics are in this issue!) Wolverine, Artlace,
Bordeaux.. we also managed to get back an old scener
from old Byterapers/The Zaints known as Foxy.
With these additions (and some more) we hope to
provide you with the old Active quality in the future
aswell,future plans include demos from both Trident
and Artlace. Maybe a one file magazine too, aswell as
cracks ofcourse!

For the C64 scene we'll be at it until the day we or it
die, we have always done this for fun, not as a full
time job as some, we don't mind being 2nd to some,
cause we have a life.

The Girl's number one, you know.

A list of Active members through time:
(Sweden)
Surfer - Leader, Trader. 1989 and on.
Dexter - Coder. 1989 and on.
Injun Inc - Cracker. 1989 and on.
Banshee - Graphician. 1989 - 1991.
The Ultimate Warrior - Swapper. 1989 - 1991.
Doctor X - Coder. 1990 - 1992.
Trasher - Cracker. 1991 and on.
Viper - Cracker. 1992 - 1993.
Riddler - Trader. 1992 and on.
Walker - Trader. 1993.
Shade - Cracker. 1993 - 1996.
Stash - Trader. 1993 - 1996.
Foxy - Coder. 1995 and on.
Wolverine - Coder. 1995 and on.
Trident - Coder, Musician. 1996 and on.

(Hungary)
Artlace - Coder. 1993 and on.

(Germany)
Shok'ray - Trader, Graphician. 1995.
Scare - Trader. 1996 and on.

(Switzerland)
Darkness - Trader. 1996.

(Holland)
Bordeaux - Cracker. 1997 and on.

Active Headquarters:
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Virtual Light
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Rash Refection
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Active Homepage
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Contact Addresses:
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Signed:
Surfer + Riddler
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