Ymgve at 00:00, 29 June 2007

2007-06-29T00:00:42Z

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this month we didn't get any party-
report as no interesting party was
held. the monthly venlo-meeting is
always the same anyway.
the party-report from the horizon(?)-
party sent to us by aaron/flt came
too late !

instead of that we have announces for
2 parties held in the following weeks

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the shadows/megastyle/science 451/
full force/contex amiga/boa & mfi
party will be held from the
29th of june to the 1st july in the
afternoon/evening.

the party-place is : bergen hallen
in bergen/norway

the party is exclusively for the
c64, the amiga and the archimedes.
the party takes place in an icehockey
hall, so there will be no space-
problems.

some catchwords about the party :

-24 hours restaurant/snack bar

-guards in the hall to avoid stealing

-3*4 metres video-screen

-a democompetition with many prices
sponsored by a company

-lots of toilets/showers and even a
sauna

-a huge hall only for sleeping
(no beds!)

another note on the invitation :

'please remember that this is a
legal party, and that illegal
copying is a crime' (ed.who cares ?)

for any kind of questions call one
of these dudes :

omega supreme - XXXXXXXXXXX
master jam - XXXXXXXXXXX
price - XXXXXXXXXXX
icj - XXXXXXXXXXX

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another party will be held in the
eastern part of europe,in yugoslavia.

party-address is :

XXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXX

no invitation is needed !

the party will be organized by
transcom.

some facts about/around the party :

- time : saturday 4th to monday 13th
in august '90

- standart of living is twice as
cheaper than in eec.

- party will take place in a big
house nearby a lake.

- piracy isn't prohibited by the
yugoslavian law.

now i will give you a little view
into the amiga-scene...

i am sure many of you already have
an amiga or are even in a group.
therefor i won't list all the groups
etc.
there are only some groups which
releases about 80% of all the games
first, these groups are quartex,
paranoimia and vision factory.
vf lost a little bit of his former
strength as the cologne members quit.
other good cracker-groups are oracle,
paradox,mad and some others !
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but the main topic of this article
isn't the question of the best or
worst, but the question for the
sense of this scene.

it's mainly money which stamps this
scene as it's a question of money to
get the games fast and to release
first.
so most of the groups invest a lot of
money to get the games first, not
only buying them in the shops, but
they try to get them before the
official release-date.
but they don't need the money only

for that reason, but also a lot of
other things have to be paid, for
example the crackers :
the best crackers earn a lot of
money for a crack or monthly, so it's
nothing special when a cracker
doesn't really belong to a group,
but to the group who is just paying
for the work.

another point is that many first
versions doesn't work! if you get a
first version from a bbs it often
doesn't work, because it's 'cracked'
miserable. sometimes, when it depends

on only some hours if it's a first-
release, the group uploads the game
without removing the protection,
and, the not working game stays on
the bbs, as long as anybody takes
this version and crackes it !
in my opinion many guys aren't in
that scene for fun, but for getting
a lot of money as some guys of famous
groups make up to 6000 dollars a
month by selling stuff !

i know many people who quit the amiga
scene because of these reasons and
some of them returned to the c64!

from my point of view there's really
nothing attractive in the amiga-
scene and although i like to play
amiga-games i wouldn't join this
'broken' scene...

if you have any kind of reports
for us, send them to

mamba staff
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