Ymgve at 20:02, 5 July 2007

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<pre> now we present to our readers the long
awaited interview with xxx of talent!
enjoy the interview. m:mamba.. x=xxx!
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m:hi paul, tell all the readers a bit
about yourself?

x:well, i am 21 years old! don't work
with computers! i work as a timber
machinist and i am fast at getting
originals!

m:how long have you been in the scene?
and how did your career start?

x:i've been in the scene about 5/6 yrs
first of all me and a local lamer
x:airborne started a small group
called the nfl(not ths usa group?)
we started trading with honey/1001
and sledgehammer/hotline and a local
group to me called bcs! after a
while trading sledgehammer asked us
to join hotline. i was doing all the
cracking and airborne did not do
anything. bod joined hotline a while
after us. i bought myself a 1670
from sledgehamme. to cut a long
story short after a while of things
going ok we had a big argument with
sledgehammer over who we traded in
the usa! it was after cracking the
game aaargh! sledge wanted us to
trade with asterix but me and darren
x:wanted to stay with inc. the next
day we got the game xybots! then we
decided to quit hotline and form
talent. sledgehammer found out about
us quiting after seeing our first
release 'xybots' we then started to
crack/release a lot more wares. then
hotline disintegrated from a good
group to nothing. this was around
september 1989. then around xmas 89
ikari wanted to come back to the
scene and thats where the legendary
co-op was started! we were trading
with inc. then when they decided to
stop importing we moved between a
few usa groups until we found tsm!
that's where we are today!
m:tell us where you got your handle
from?

x:well it started a long time ago. one
day when i was playing space invader
and i got the hi-score. i decided to
just place 3 xxx's in there! and it
has stuck ever since.

m:what do you think about the scene
today compared to the scene a year
or so back?

x:well, i think it is slowing down
quite a bit. but since the carts are
coming out. there is hope for the 64
there used to be loads of games
x:released and now there is hardly
anything. all the programmers have
gone onto 16bit machine and consoles
most of the people left coding games
now are ex-crackers.

m:have you any regrets about your
years on the 64?

x:not really, it is enjoyable and
challenging to get the cracks out
first. especially now that the
cartridges have arrived.

m:what do you do in your spare time?

x:i spend most of my time working.
x:i play a lot of snooker and sleep.
i also watch quite a few movies.

m:what are your favourites?
music:j.m.jarre,hip hop.
food :it's gotta be pizza.
drink:pepsi (bleerrrrggghhhh!)
sport:soccer and snooker.
game :lemmings and lotus turbo espirit
on amiga. welltris on 64.
movie:home alone, kindergarten cop,
total recall.

m:now tell me some of the things that
you dislike?

x:i dislike getting up early in the
x:morning, i hate the poll tax.

m:anyone you would like to greet at
this point?

x:all the guys in ikari and talent
(especially bod), tsm, excell.

m:any last words?

x:i must thank mamba for the interview
and goodbye.

m:thanx for the interview.

ok, the other interview partner is
deff of illusion, this interview was
send to me by faxing...we were all
in a great hurry (again)...

m : mamba
> : deff

m : hi deff, tell us something about
yourself !

> : yihoo! my name is mario, i'm half
italian and half german, i'm 18
years old and i live in a lame
town called hennef in west(!)-
germany. i still go to business-
school and beside this i'm doing
my civil-service.hfuck the army!)
i don't believe in god and i hate
fascism.

m : what's about your computer
career ?

> : well, i got my first c64 back in
1985. the first real group i was
in was powerrun (grmpff!). later
on i got asked to join a new
group called 'huge' and so i did.
but after some days i got pissed
odf this group and formed my own
one called alabama. on the 16th
of june 1989 i was asked to join
crazy where i remained one year
and 7 months. on the 2nd of jan.
i finally joined illusion.

m : what's your job in illusion ?

> : i'm the eain swapper in illusion,
axd i do some work for mamba and
shock. i also have a modem
(hopefully it'll be repaired very
soon!). besides i do some
phreaking.

m : did you ever have troubles with
the cops ?

> : geez, i got busted for three(!)
times by now, but nothing
serious happened. once i also got
busted for stamp-cheating.

m : do you have a girl-friend ?

> : certainly i do hade a girlfriend,
her lovely name is beate. up to
now we're together for 15 months.
i really love her and i want to
marry her some day.

m : describe a lamer !

> : a lamer is a guy who spells
girl with a 'b' and who wastes
ahl his time in front of his
computer ! ie. doing a fucking
lame disc-mag!

m : did you ever regret computing ?

> : yes! each time i got busted by
the cops!

m : what's your opiniin about the
scene in general ?

> : if you don't give a shit about
the lamers and the childish wars
then it's ok! i would rather like
to see some guys selling their
computers! one thing that makes
no sense to me are all the sub-
groups like wicked, spalters,

gkg, bad taste etc... why the
hell do they release these
balow-budget games ? nobody wants
them!

m : ok, what are your favourites ?

> : hobby: computing, (yes, it's my
hobby! don't let aomputer rule
your life!) skiing and basketball

music: mainly rap eg. lika 2 live
crew, pe, jungle brothers, nwh
etc. but i also like to listen to
new model army, the who, blues

brothers, bap and a local group
of my friends called: sowett
sogot! dee-lite with 'groove is
in my heart' kicks some ass too!

fiod: pizza, spaghetti, fricadel
special (yo jack daniels!)

m : do you waht to greet someone?

> : y0 to beate, all in illusion,
family schaefer (@hanks for
everything!), peter+razy+fletch/
i+t, gotcha, weasel+zoolook+
goldrush/crest, magic manh derby

ram+anm/dom, twist, orc, sucker,
mumbo jumbo, carsten s., qkater,
scorpie, maduplec, and mario van
zeist. respect to: karl xii/
groovy bits!

m : ok, thanx for this interview !
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