Propaganda 12 ch06
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________________________________________ FEEDBACK FEEDBACK ________________________________________ Feedback this month does not only in- clude comments and critics about the magazine itself, but events that have proved to be pretty hilarious, ending up in a lot of hot air. The event under consideration has turned out to a fight, where the case on its counterpart lost ground, forcing them to use personal slags and rags to prove their innocence. ________________________________________ D Dear Hackers, We are not stupid. We know our past, what we've been doing, what others have been doing. Or do we really? A while back the group VISION was re- built. At that point it was REBUILT. At that point, none of the Danish members were aware that the Swedish coders ICON and HOUBBA were having their own little VISION, basically not doing anything though. People on the scene reacted, and righteously, as this was not an original creation, but a brave attempt to breath air into a project that ended ages ago. VISION got pissed and claimed the opp- osite. Many of the members had in fact been in the original VISION when it was around last time. SATAN, RAY, X-RADICAL and the lot of others. I can only giggle as you claim so. - Now let's get things very STRAIGHT here. VISION was built up in Holland over 5 years ago. These Dutch people still run VISION on the Amiga, as they went Amiga at a pretty early stage. Among others, HEIN DESIGN was in. VISION, however, kept going on the 8-bit scene, thanks to CURLIN who had entered VISION in the early days as well. Now, everybody with a slight sense of scenehistory also knows that VISION was rebuilt a few times. A success- ful demopumper back in the late 8O's and early 9O's. A decent crack/code group later on. At all these stages CURLIN was in, guarding his legacy. Now don't get me wrong here. I was in VISION as well, along with JUCKE and A LOT of people. In 1992, the talented Danes (SATAN+RAY) entered, and gradually their power was in- creased, finally letting SATAN take take charge of the Danish section as I was managing the rest with JUCKE, but a while later I felt a sudden urge to leave the group. Why? CURLIN had left his project, leaving it for a destiny, and without any particular original root, I felt we did the right thing leaving VISION, as it was not really our group. Many others, however, remained, while we formed CALADAN with some others, later on ending up in GENESIS. It's all fair and easy to say there are plenty of 'original'-members since the last VISION at this point, but from the original one? The answer is simple and straight; No. Undisputable facts. That's why I consider the group to be a fake. ________________________________________ Furthermore, you go on about 'having your rights to build it'. Sure you do. Who can stop you at this point? But people will react. You laugh at me and say 'you even left VSN before SATAN and RAY'. - Yes I did, and have explained why above. I consider it fairly obvious why as well. In the note made by WOLF, you do not only dispute the facts made by history itself, but tend to personally insult and invent lies in order to make me appear unreliable. God you are pathetic trying to gain dignity for your group that way! You do not imply. No, you claim the reason for my opinions about your group rests beneath one only thing; * SATAN + RAY both being GENESIS members, being heavy talents in our cracking-division leaving us for the new VISION. Furthermore, you quote and mark my words as I saluted them when they teamed up in GENESIS a couple of months back, as I talked warmly of them as 'new talents', 'the new breed' etc. Mark my words. What we are talking about, are two terribly gifted crackers, and they still are, no matter what group they are in. If I was to take revenge for somebody leaving GENESIS I'd prob- ably be a crackpot, and a goddamn childish one. The loss of SATAN and RAY was a setback for us, but still we never experienced them having the devotion for GENESIS that the rest of us share. So maybe their choice was the wisest of them all, as VISION seems to claim a certain position in their hearts. I hope they finally found a home, because they deserve something where they can give and take. I consider both of them being very cheerful and aimable friends, and will probably cheer thru a beer with them, when in Denmark, but seeing a mindless little twart like WOLF claiming I more or less bribed them with a modem in order to make them GENESIS-members makes me want to laugh, and by golly I do. What you do not know, you shall shut up about. - But for the nosy ones, I can gladly claim my rights. I offered SATAN a modem. Not because I wanted him to join, but because it would ease up communication in a 1OO% modem-based group. I also promised a lot more, but at this point, JUCKE was caught by the Swedish Telecom, and we experienced somewhat of a setback that took some time to get thru. Only late this summer, things got back to normal. Only then, we realized how little GENESIS was for our Danish members. ________________________________________ I never said YOUR members were lame, as I know they're not. You claim I did. I know you have a strong crew, a creative crew with great abilities. I was never talking about the members - I was talking about the group. So far I've seen a few cracks, and all of them have seemed jolly good, so there is no way I doubt your abilities, qualitywise that is. But the more I think of it, the more I come to realize the simple truth: The note edited by WOLF was in my eyes some what ridiculous. Claiming I wanted revenge says it all. And furthermore, turning the whole affair into personal insults, instead of keeping up the war commenting whether I considered them to be good crackers 6 months back or not. God, listen to it. But, come to think of it, I would be offended as well, dear WOLF. If somebody with respect and dignity, was threatening me, and I was having the feeling I was losing it, I would probably desperately struggle to gain my rights. If somebody with a lot more importance and possibilities to affect was to do that, I would act childishly and naive as well. Probably not spending a thought about the come of age. I would probably claim my enemy was 'a highly unreliable person' as well, not knowing a single penny about anything. Performing personal insults is very hazardous, and incredibly pathetic. I'm laughing, and so are a million others. Slightly bending my head backwards, trying to figure out what your reaction will be like. We can go over things again, the quick way. If somebody decided to reform THE ROLLING STONES in 1O years, you'd probably claim it was a fake if the original members were not in. You'd probably even consider them something else, if only Mick Jagger was missing. Why? Because he was the frontman, and their obvious member. It is exactly the same way I look at it, and many many others. If I wasn't to talk to ANTICHRIST and DEBBIE a couple of times a week, letting them in on our actions and listening to his advice I'd leave his legacy at the itch of a second. I do not create enemies. I do not intend to fight wars with people, at these late years of the 64. But I would sincerly appreciate if you thought twice about your behaviour towards me. If you thought twice about the way you've handled things and the way a group should be run. I know I would. But then again, I'm not a member of VISION, and I'm glad for it. There are still some important matters that I will focus on. 1. SATAN was taken into VISION as a result of decision through me, JUCKE, STATUS and CURLIN. WE TOOK you into the group, WE, after some time, let you take charge of the Danish section, in order to ease things up for all of us. 2. We never bribe or offer things in order to get people into GENESIS. We have a share of people willing to pay to join. And by far, many of them could be doing a decent job cracking as well..So there. 3. X-RADICAL'S unfortunate appearance in GENESIS was a mistake caused by confusion. He promised a lot and behaved highly unlikely. He intended to publish a diskmagazine (though we had PROPAGANDA), of course not letting us know, then it appears he has a European board, going for G*P without us knowing. (and by far not having intentions of supporting in any way) and finally behaving badly against our dear fellow partners in SUCCESS, with whom we GLADLY shared the best board in the world, DIVINE ULTIMATUM. As a result of this, it was an obvious sack. 4. Caesar, your American member, was even booted from DOWN BY LAW, today the leading board in the scene, for his behaviour. He has a board, and we all laugh about it. Look at it any way you want. There are a million people considering your att- empt a load of laughs, but then again there are probably people behind your backs as well. Whatever you decide to do, I'm leaving it be from here. Yours Sincerly, Newscopy/Genesis*Project