Propaganda 17 ch07

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_____ AVANTGARDE ___________________'o'_
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  Most Valuable Group

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        FOR MAINTAINING QUALITY
            AND PRINCIPLES.


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There was a moment of silence at the
scene, utter silence where the public
wondered whether there really was a
future for Avantgarde. It may sound
ridiculous, at one point, but having
stated their position clearly earlier

last year, it was unusual see them
leaning back a bit in the background
for some short time. The involvment
in the successful Tributeparty took


its share of hard work, and awaiting
possibilities to fix their games since
the departure of PUDWERX, they saw
no reason to release games for European
standards only. Just that single, firm
principle is worth a bow itself. And
with Avantgarde fixing again, they have
contributed the scene with their
delicious balance of quality and sub-
tility, stating they do indeed belong
at the most intense platform. Still.


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___THE LAUNCH OF SHOUT ____________ ><__

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  Most Invaluable Event

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    THE MOST HYPED RELEASE THIS YEAR
        DELIVERED WITH A FIASCO.


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Few magazines have attracted such high
interest before its launch. When it was
clear REFORMATION from FAIRLIGHT was to
merge with INGENIOUS BRAIN, people fol-
lowed the event with curious eyes. This
could very well have been the new brand

covering all markets, not only focusing
on either mail or boards.

Swedish boards were interesting spots
during these hectic months of impatient
discussions. The talk of the town, one
might say. And the hype faced no limits.
During this time, the staff, who I must
still point out is very competent,
announced 12 different releasedates.
None of them accurate to reality, of
course. But still, we were to regard
this as the new breed for FAIRLIGHT,
who have had some problems to establish
a fine rhythm in their work lately.

The much talked about release still
didn't appear. Not until the very day,
some swappers in Germany got hands on
the issue in advance spreading it with

the wind to everybody. Still, FAIRLIGHT
didn't have it. It was even spotted on
the SCS*TRC Ftp-site, and somewhere out
in Europe, there was one edition of the
magazine being spread with a TRSI-intro
in front of it.

FAIRLIGHT still didn't have it.

ENDURO, main editor had it, but it is
still a mystery to us, why he never
bothered to upload it to the Swedish
board running under the FAIRLIGHT flag.
Still, this was something that he'd
been indoctrinating us with the past
3 months.

Eventually the people in FAIRLIGHT found
it slightly hard hiding their emotions
in public, and instead of keeping the

discussion at a rather discrete level,
it came out in the open.

At one point, ENDURO was even spotted
calling saying 'Ok, ok, social life
blew it this time..', to cover the
fiasco that was now nothing but a fact.

But the storm was not over quite yet.
Through reliable sources, it had come
to our knowledge, that the new hype and
pride from FAIRLIGHT; SHOUT was going
to become an independent magazine. A
deal closed by ENDURO and the edit-
ors in Germany. The case was taken out
in public by PROPAGANDSTAFF, and we
could hear the jaws dropping to the
floor at various FAIRLIGHThomes, not
slightest idea about the future of THEIR
magazine. Confusion was at hand, and

we can only hope the turbulence will
settle.

You'd offer a lot to see the buffers
from the discussions about SHOUT in
the FAIRLIGHT private area at WARE'S
AQUARIUM. But on the other hand, it
wouldn't be appropriate journalism from
us at PROPAGANDA showing them to you.













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________ MOTIV 8 ___________________'o'_
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  Most Admirable Effort I

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      FOR TAKING PUBLIC RELATIONS
         TO THE HIGHER GROUND.


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I have to admit it. I have been sceptic
and reluctant about the progress with
Internet. But, I did get that account,
and despite the hype, I found myself
quite pleased with what it could offer
me. It has taken quite some time, but

today, we, the people from the 64 are
in masses on the net, and the scene
DOES in fact face some new territories
to explore. We have FTP-sites, a channel
at IRC and a wide net of users, each
one with the same interest.

MOTIV8, a group that has had a hard
time to establish a reliable concept
through their time, have somewhat
pioneered lately. Taking advantage of
the new possibilities through the net,
they have developed a customerfriendly
marketing stunt, that is nothing but
a high class service.

Through a big userlist, the group
communicates with all the people at
the scene who attend the net. In reality
this means, that everybody gets every

release MOTIV8 does, automatically,
take it or not. What could be more
comfortable, just logging on finding
a new file, without having to dabble
with anything?

The very same userlist functions as
a channel where the group distributes
pressreleases; news and happenings in
MOTIV 8, members, boards and more. Not
that it will interest everybody, but
it is public relations/marketing as
good as you can do it on the 64. It is
my firm belief, that Internet can thrive
the scene further, and with more people
following MOTIV8's example, we'd take
one big step further.

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_ TRC, SUCCESS and FOCUS ___________'o'_
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   Most Admirable Effort II

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         FOR THE AN EVENT THAT
      KNOCKED SOCKS OFF THE GIANT
         ARRANGMENTS IN EUROPE.


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The Dutch merge dared to oppose the
hectic market of arranging meetings and
parties. Not that they ever attempted
on getting close sizewise to the
counterparts in Denmark. X'95 stood

in no way close to such an arrangement.

Focusing on a cozy atmosphere, with
support from the right people and groups
(some execptions made) you come up with
quite a winner of a get-together. Again,
the people from the 64 could thrive from
the mere fact that we attend for joy and
laughs, unlike our compagnions on var-
ious formats.

SUCCESS, TRC and FOCUS can quite proudly
take on a hat and rise for the occassion
because this vitaminpill came to the
rescue during a fairly dull spring, and
with that in mind, we can only hope for
it becoming an annual tradition.


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__ AWARDS TO LOOK OUT FOR __________'o'_
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  ASSEMBLY'95

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 May very well be one of the most
 interesting events this year with
 high hopes for BYTERAPERS, BEYOND
 FORCE and other groups to release
 their awaited productions.

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    ECTS'95

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 The London shows have always attracted

 diehard 64-sceners from Europe, and
 with last year in mind, we're bound
 for another success.

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    BOD'S CD

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 Long lost veteran from TALENT has com-
 piled a CD boasting massive amounts
 of Software, Demos and Utilities for
 the Commodore 64. We will cover more
 about this release next issue.

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   TRIBUTE II

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 It has been rumoured for some time now,
 and may very well see light of day.

 With more time ahead to gather people,
 and a smaller partyplace, it may very
 well become the 64-event of the year.

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   THE PULSE

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 Will it come back or not? Unfortunately
 much speaks of it not doing so, having
 problems gathering staff. However, the
 interesting project may very well come
 out with pompous fanfares.

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                        PROPAGANDASTAFF