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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;pre&gt; about the syndrom<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> this time i trapped one of very good<br /> friends and forced him to answer a lot<br /> of questions. he he!!<br /> i proudly present one of the best music-<br /> composers in the scene : the syndrom<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> + skyhigh<br /> <br /> - the syndrom<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> + handle &amp;amp; group ?<br /> <br /> - the syndrom/crest + tia<br /> <br /> <br /> + real name ?<br /> <br /> - matthias hartung<br /> <br /> <br /> + give us a small introduction of your-<br /> self! (age, country, personal facts,<br /> sparetime, other interests and so on)<br /> <br /> - well, i was born on 12.11.1973, that<br /> means, that i'm 19 years old. i live<br /> in the biggest scene-city, called<br /> dresden (there live about 15 sceners<br /> here!) situated in east-germany.<br /> i'm 1.92 m tall and i have brown eyes<br /> and brown hair aswell. my weight is<br /> 78 kg.<br /> i like to read books (karl may),<br /> watch cool movies, play football and<br /> ofcourse deal with c64 a lot...<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> + how did it all start?<br /> <br /> - i got my c64 together with a datasette<br /> on 24.04.1988, which is the date of my<br /> confirmation...<br /> <br /> + when did you enter the scene, and in<br /> which groups have ya been ?<br /> <br /> - i entered the &quot;scene&quot; around 1989,<br /> when i met gaston and donald at my<br /> school. we decided to form a group,<br /> and so the ecc was born. there we<br /> made 4 demos, which were more or less<br /> lame. when the german border was<br /> opened, we turned legal and formed<br /> tia, we produced 4 demos, too.<br /> later the members became to lazy, and<br /> (as you all might know) we transformed<br /> into a musiclabel, which is still (and<br /> well always be) in existance...<br /> all members joined 2nd groups, i<br /> joined sunrise first, but due to some<br /> misunderstandings roman, narrow,franky<br /> and finally i left for padua...<br /> but padua was (and still is?) quite<br /> lazy and finally i joined my alltime<br /> favourite group; CREST.<br /> <br /> <br /> + what is your memberstatus and job in<br /> your current group ?<br /> <br /> - crest-memberstatus (without jobs, as<br /> to many are allrounders):<br /> <br /> crossbow,vision,maduplec,fgth,xayne,<br /> msk,deek,drax,vip,slice,mac,megabyte,<br /> bizzmo,tiger,goldrush,deekay,syndrom.<br /> <br /> i'm allrounder, too.<br /> <br /> <br /> + how did you get your handle ?<br /> please tell us the story!<br /> <br /> - there is no real story. when we formed<br /> tia, we all had to find a handle, and<br /> when i was walking over dresdens most<br /> famous bridge, called &quot;blaues wunder&quot;,<br /> i remembered a game-title called<br /> &quot;alien syndrom&quot;, and i thought,<br /> syndrom would be good, and it is,<br /> isn't it? (hehe)<br /> <br /> <br /> tell us about your faves!<br /> -------------------------<br /> <br /> <br /> + favourite food?<br /> <br /> - pizza, spaghetti, baguettes, chocolate<br /> <br /> + favourite drink(s)?<br /> <br /> - coke, fanta, sprite<br /> <br /> + favourite music?<br /> <br /> - hardrock, independent, demo<br /> <br /> + favourite girl(s)?<br /> <br /> - %<br /> <br /> + favourite movie ?<br /> <br /> - all from zucker br.,monty python<br /> <br /> + favourite demo ?<br /> <br /> - dutch breeze<br /> <br /> + favourite mag?<br /> <br /> - remark, network, addybook<br /> <br /> + favourite game?<br /> <br /> - revs, davids midnight magic<br /> <br /> + and last :<br /> favourite friend(s) in the scene<br /> <br /> - only to name a few: starlight, acid-<br /> child, calypso, franco, romulus, xayne<br /> crossbow, deekay, jeff, brian, nitro<br /> and a lot more<br /> <br /> + well that was the faves, and among 'em<br /> was favourite friends.<br /> what about dudes you hate/dislike in<br /> the scene. ?<br /> if you got some please tell us who -<br /> and why you don't like them !<br /> <br /> - no, i don't really hate someone, i<br /> just try to be friendly to everybody.<br /> i'm just a bit angry about composers,<br /> who rip instruments...<br /> <br /> + what is your plans for the future ?<br /> both in the scene and in private !<br /> <br /> - i will stay in the scene until it's<br /> end, and have a (ruling) time in<br /> crest (watch out for our next demo).<br /> and private life i just started my<br /> civil service, which will last for<br /> 15 months, later i'll continue<br /> studying...<br /> <br /> + when the c64 dies(hopefully many years<br /> from now !!!!) what will you do then ?<br /> jump to the (l)amiga or pc. ?<br /> or simply quit the whole compy-scene?<br /> <br /> - i'll don't know exactly, but i think,<br /> i'll leave completely. but why should<br /> c64 die ? we are already living beyond<br /> death, as most companies stopped<br /> producing games, and scene is still<br /> active, what do we want more ?<br /> <br /> + please tell me what a lamer is in your<br /> opinion ?<br /> <br /> - hmm, difficult to give a clear de-<br /> scription. i could tell you, which<br /> things are lame, but what a lamer is?<br /> well, a lamer is just doing lame<br /> things (hehe)<br /> <br /> + what do you think about the -<br /> 'elite contra lame' thing ?<br /> <br /> is there anything we can do about it?<br /> <br /> - well, nearly every scene-newcomer is<br /> confronted with this thing, because<br /> he is already lame, if he starts...<br /> it's up to him, to improve his abili-<br /> ties and start producing something...<br /> if he's good, he will be soon belong<br /> to the 'elite' (whatever this is).<br /> so, the 'elite' just should not be to<br /> hard with these beginners...<br /> <br /> + about your contacts<br /> -------------------<br /> <br /> + do ya have a lot of contacts ?<br /> (how many - name a few.)<br /> <br /> - i have about 75 contacts, i won't name<br /> any here (sorry). just let me tell you<br /> that i've contacts in nearly all<br /> producing (demo)groups.<br /> <br /> + do you prefer legal stuff or cracks<br /> or mayby both from your contacts.<br /> <br /> - legal, ofcourse. if somebody contacts<br /> me with illegal, he won't get some-<br /> thing back...<br /> <br /> + do you use cheated stamps ?<br /> <br /> - no<br /> <br /> + why/why not?<br /> <br /> - because i'm legal (as i said). i never<br /> want to get in troubles with the law<br /> and/or the police...<br /> <br /> + about demos : do ya like 'em ?<br /> are there to many or to few ?<br /> <br /> - yes, i like demos. Why I Like Demos ?<br /> weil es ein clausthaler ist (hehe).<br /> no, i really like all good demos with<br /> good grafix, music and coding, just to<br /> say 'design'.<br /> <br /> + and the same for mags ?<br /> <br /> - there are surely to many mags, but i<br /> enjoy reading most of them, except<br /> for australian mags...<br /> <br /> + if you had the opportunity to build up<br /> a new group - which persons would you<br /> like to join ?<br /> <br /> - crossbow, walt, drax, deek, hein holt,<br /> bizzmo, carrion, brush, goldrush,<br /> acidchild...<br /> <br /> <br /> brainstorm!<br /> -----------<br /> <br /> <br /> + what do you say when i say :<br /> <br /> + group :<br /> <br /> - crest rulez !<br /> <br /> + coca cola :<br /> <br /> - rulez too!<br /> <br /> + friendship :<br /> <br /> - what's the world without it ?<br /> <br /> + c-64 :<br /> <br /> - the legend!<br /> <br /> + girls :<br /> <br /> - yes!<br /> <br /> + lameness :<br /> <br /> - no names here...<br /> <br /> + beers :<br /> <br /> - i never drink beer...<br /> <br /> + magazines :<br /> <br /> - nice.<br /> <br /> + groupwars :<br /> <br /> - stupid<br /> <br /> + demos :<br /> <br /> - cool fun<br /> <br /> + parties :<br /> <br /> - even more fun<br /> <br /> + interviews :<br /> <br /> - gaehn...<br /> <br /> + and last ' skyhigh ' :<br /> <br /> - nice mag, but improve outfit a bit...<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> + ok we are close to the end now.<br /> <br /> so now you got the opportunity to say<br /> what's on your mind.<br /> the word is free !<br /> <br /> - well, if somebody of you thinks about<br /> leaving c64, DON'T DO IT.<br /> if all stay on it, it will never die.<br /> those game-lamers may go for saege-<br /> mekker-drive anyway, if they don't<br /> like c64-games, atleast, i do.<br /> if you want to contact me, then write<br /> to:<br /> XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX<br /> XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX<br /> XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX<br /> XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> + is there some guys ya wanna greet or<br /> tell something then better do it now .<br /> <br /> - greetings to all my contacts and<br /> friends...(to many to list them here)<br /> <br /> + allright dude.that's it.<br /> we reached the end of this interview.<br /> <br /> i want to thanx you a lot for taking<br /> the time to help me with this.<br /> <br /> thanx a lot homie !!!!<br /> <br /> - well, thanx for interviewing me, al-<br /> though it's the 7th time filling an<br /> interview...<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> now load the next one!!<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;</div>

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