Ymgve at 00:50, 30 June 2007

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two more interviews...

mamba: hye omg, how was your trip
to the united states ???

omg : well, it was a bit short, so
it appears to me as if it
never happened.

mamba: errr, aha!! thank you...

first interview with just ice, known
as a member of ikari..

now we have an interview with that old
timer just ice. we pulled him away
from his busy schedule to give us a
few words.

- : just ice < - mamba

<: tell us something about yourself?

-: i'm 22 years old and living in
england. i'm 2 metres high & weigh
14 stone (196 pounds) i am working
in insurance and contribute some
work to an amiga pd library.

<: tell us all about your computer
career? when you started cracking?
when you quit?

-: well, it mainly started in 1987. i
was cracking for my own group 'faze
7 crew!' my 1st crack was a game
called livingstone. in october '87
i joined ikari and rose to the top.
only to quit in september 1990.

<: from what you know of todays scene
what do you think has changed since
your days?

-: the main noticeable change is the
increase in groups! so many more
than my time.obviously the standard
of cracking has improved with the
use of techniques such as i.f.f.l.
etc.

<: tell us what you think of the u.s.
scene & just americans in general?

-: as i have aired my views in the
past. i wasn't a great admirer of
the americans, especially when they
would call you in the early part of
the morning and hassle you over the
phone to speed crack a game. it
just wasn't on! now i don't have
any contact with them. it's great!

<: did you ever get troubled by the
police?
-: the police were never that bad in
england, unless you sold software
openly. i never had any problems.

<: what do you do with your spare time
now the 64 is behind you?

-: well i don't spend an awful lot of
time on computers, not like the old
days. i still got a 64 and drive
but hardly ever use it. i collect
the good games on amiga together
with all the demos.

<: what are your favourites?

food: curry, chinese.
drink: beer, coke.
movie: terminator 1+2,all elm st's.
game: hover bovver, hero.
music: rap!, u2, techno etc.
tv show: the bill.

<: if you could start a group with
anybody alive/dead what would the
membership look like?

-: just ice, bod, mister zeropage,
jeff smart, janitor, mr pinge,
weetibix/ex.scg, mr cursor, m.o.n.,
mitch/esi, doc/legend.

<: who are/were your best friends and
contacts from the scene?
-: my best friends from the scene were

bod and xxx of talent.
nik, fletch, doc, excell, gandalf
all ex. ikari.
jeff smart, strider/flt, the guys
in commando frontier. tkay/triad,
beastie boys and dcs/scg.

<: what do you hope for in the future?

-: the future! well i want my own
place to live, still having enough
money to buy what i like. to see
southend united in the 1st division
and to see west ham utd win the
league title.
<: if you could change one thing in
this world what would it be?

-: i would make sure all the suffering
in the less fortunate third world
countries would cease.

<: tell me the first thing that comes
into your mind after hearing the
following words:-

ikari: the best group ever formed.

americans: ?!? slime! no? grrrr? at
least they speak english

amiga: great machine at the mo.
demos: best things ever created.

hussain: murdering facsist bastard.

talent: who? no, englands no.1

mamba: coolest mag i seen yet apart
from the old illegal.

england: there's no place like it.

<: if you were the only survivor of a
nuclear holocaust and you could
wish for 3 things what would they
be?

-: 1) to have the most beautiful girl
in the world.
2) fastest and most expensive car
in the world.
3) a chance for 3 more wishes!

<: any last words?

-: fuck ya all! no, keep cracking and
fuck up the software houses.

<: well mark,thanks for the interview.

the second interview was held with
sir cyro of nei...

> : tell us something about yourself!

j : my name is john. i am about 6'1".
i weigh about 200 pounds. i have a
strange haircut. it used to be long,
but then i got it cut. like a skater-
haircut. it is shaved all the way
around except for the very top, where
it is long. i usually have it in a
pony but when it's out, it just hangs
down and you cannot tell my head is
shaved! hahaha

> : tell us about your computer career

j : i started out 4 or so years ago as
a local lamer, as most people
probably do. the first board i ever
called was garden of eden hq. the
first group i got in was called mod.
then after that, i joined verdict for
a while. but i sucked at getting
cards, so i left verdict. then i got
more into the american hack & phreak
scene and put up a board called the
soul pit. after it was up for about
a year it became attacker hq, and i
was in attacker. it also became the

the #1 h/p board in the country.
(or in the world..)

but then i gave my board to a local
friend and attacker broke up. so i
concentrated on finding a group for
south of heaven. (x-verdict hq) that
is when i ran across murdock and
grim reaper. they picked up south of
heaven as nei hq and i joined nei as
the card hacker. and now, attacker
has reformed with hurricane, space
ace, and i. so i am also in attacker.
i am thinking of putting up a board
again.

> : tell what you think the
significant changes in the scene
have been over the past year ?

j : in the past year, i think the most
significant changes have been
1) the huge reformation of talent.
2) nei letting me in their group!
now their worries are over! ahahaha

> : have you ever been in trouble with
the police ?

j : yep, i have been arrested before
for possession of a deadly weapon,
assault, and attempted murder!
i got mad at someone before because
he beat me up. (he was a football
player and two times my size!) so i
tried to kill the fucker!

> : what do you do in your spare time?

j : well, as of 2/4/92 i have been
fired from my job. i didn't have much
spare time until now! but i hate
being unemployed. so i will get
another job and have no spare time
again.

but right now, i work with a heavy-
metal-band, soul pit (which the bbs
is named after). i manage them,
setting up shows, and the like !!

> : what do you think of europeans
compared to americans ?

j : europeans are at&t grubbing idiots
ahah just kidding. i think that
without the europeans, the american
scene would probably be strictly
hack/phreak. that is because american
releases are so scarce, it is
sickening. all major software

companies, that used to produce c64
games have abandoned it. companies
like epyx, ssi and microprose etc!
it is a shame. americans seem to be
more hack/phreak orientated nowadays
except for the handfull left in
importing groups like nei, and tsm.

> : what are your favourites ?

j : food: pizza and french fries
drink: budweiser (ed. with 'ei'!)
movie: terminator i
game: supercars and 4th & inches
music: thrash, death metal etc
woman: cindy crawford, traci lords

> : using only three words, how would
you describe yourself ?

j : three descriptive words ?
psychotic, temperamental and
obnoxious! your mother's dream
boy friend for her daughter.

> : who are your best friends/contacts
in the scene ?

j : i would say my best friends/cont.
are: grim reaper, horizon, razor
blade, apocalypse (an amiga dude),
bod, skater, druid, narc and that
guy sodapop! haha

> : do you have any enemies in the
scene ?

j : yes, i would consider my enemies
thor and roy.

> : what do you hope for in the future

j : i really can't elaborate on what
i hope for the future for everyone.
all i can think about is what i hope
for myself. all i want for the future
is to have a pleasant good paying
job and a nice girl on my side.

oh, and a nice guitar to fuck with.
(ed. and what for are you having the
girl then ?)

> : if you could change one thing in
this world, what would that be ?

j : i will sound like a sap and say
that if i could change anything, i
would change the hunger and
starvation in the world. but i would
not want to become deeply involved.
i would just want it changed.

> : if you could start a new group
with anybody you want, alive or
dead, what would the member status
of your group look like ?

j : hmmm that is a good question. i
would like to start a group with:
flatliner, illusionist, grim reaper,
horizon, streetkiller and gotcha.
that group would have the best game-
intros with the best graphics, as
well as have the best fixes! and with
flatliner and illusionist and i, it
would never run out of at&t's!

> : you are the only survivor of the
nuclear holocoust and you have
been granted three wishes, what
would they be ?

j: my three wishes would most likely
be:
1) that the nuclear war would have
and would never happen.
2) that after the first wish, i win
the lottery for $200 million.
3) that i again win the lottery for
$ 500 million, if you have that much
money, you need no more wishes.

> : any last words to the readers ?

j : well, my last words are that i
would like to greet all the nei guys,
bod, skater, krs, druid, sodapop,
psycho, pudwerx and razor. i would
also like to see less warring and
bitching going on. but i guess that
is what makes the commodore scene
what is is!

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Mamba 25 ch05 The Interviews - Revision history

Ymgve at 00:50, 30 June 2007