Splash 19 ch06 What Syco Said
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what syco said.........by digahole e
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splash staff is back with a superb
interview done with syco/chromance
from holland.those who do not know
who he is,bleed.
^ DIGAHOLE/ACCURACY
< SYC0/CHROMANCE
one question to all... why,god,why
do those stupid mosqito come and
die on my studying desk when i put
the toxic gas on them.i hate it!!
:)8);):)8);):)8);):)8);):)8);):)8)
^ HELLO,JOOST.LET'S START WITH A
VERY ORIGINAL QUESTION.COULD YOU
PLEASE INTRODUCE YERSELF BRIEFLY
TO THE READERS ?
< well,to give you an original
answer... my name is joost
martens.i am almost 17 years old
(23rd of june) and a member of
the scene since the end of '92.
i look like this:
blue eyes,blond hair(never heard
a dutch guy with dark hair!-ed2)
1.86 metres,and 73 kilos.
i have been in the <c* for more
than a year now,and won't leave
it for another! my jobs are mail
trading(quite lazy at the mom.),
and original supplying.
i will have my exams next year
and that's it.
(as you see,joost's way of brief
explaination is unusual !? -ed2)
^ YOU USED TO BE IN ANOTHER COOL
GROUP,PROXYON(HI,FRANK!)BUT THEY
ARE DEAD NOW.WHY DON'T YOU TELL
US THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THAT
GROUP AND CHROMANCE ?
< i think the frienship in proxyon
was closer,but that's very
logical as we lived close
together and had a lot of meet-
ings/calls.in proxyon,i knew all
members very good,in <c*,i only
know some very good.a real good
thing is that zar/ex-proxyon
also joined chromance last year.
old times are reliving,he,he.
chromance is better organised i
think.in proxyon,we only planned
things(a megademo).in (c),things
also get carried out.look at
'fantasy' by zar/<c*.
a last difference is that <c*
has a much better fame than pxn
did.
< AS MR.WAX,THE BRAIN OF CHROMANCE
HAS DECREASED HIS ACTIVITIES,
WHAT ARE YOUR OPINIONS ABOUT THE
FUTURE AND JOINING ANOTHA GROUP?
^ mr.wax is still quite active.he
only dropped most of his contax
till he gets released by the
army.the future is hot.hungary
will be one of the leaders in
the game producing business.that
is very good of course,but it's
also strange that some of the
concurrents are <c* members,too.
(right,stake ?) there's no other
group for me than chromance if
for one dark reason,that <c*will
die.then i am a gonner.the rest
of the groups don't really
appeal to me anyway(yes,we rule)
^ SO NO ONE SHOULD BE SHOCKED TO
SEE YOU IN YOUR ROOM KNEELING
BEFORE A CHROMANCE SIGN AND PRAY
ING,HIH,HOH.
WELL,CHROMANCE IS A CRACKING
GROUP;DO YOU THINK THE GAMES ON
THIS MACHINE (NEW ONES) ARE
WORTH THE TIME ?
< some are.for example,"sword of
honour","long life",and more...
these are hungarian games,and
like i have said before,hungary
has the future for the fullprice
games.but i must admit poland is
improving,too.commodore format
is the lamest i have ever seen.
in 90/91,i used to buy the mag,
and it was great.100 pages full
of reviews and quite cool cover-
tapes...now when i see it in the
shop,it is 20 pages,no real re-
views and the cover tape is
major lame.on the other hand,
ebes tries 2 release some decent
games,but i don't give them much
chance.strange is that i think
the "magic disk/game on" games
are slightly improving.of course
i must say most games are pure
crap.so i think most games are
not worth the time.
^ NOW I BET U EVEN HIDE HUNGARIAN
FLAGS ALL AROUND IN YOUR ROOM!!
ERM,NO LAMER CAN IGNORE THE GUYS
FROM POLAND WHO HAVE RELEASED
THE PREVIEW "ZONE OF DARKNESS."
THERE'S ALSO SOME ACTION IN THE
OZZIE GAME SCENE.CHECK OUT FOR
"MISFORTUNE." PROMISING,INDEED.
TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT
THOSE NEW GROUPS WHO COME UP
WITH ONLY A MAG,AND THE IDEA OF
HAVING A MAG AS A MUST ?
< i do not care if they want to
produce something lame,which no-
body reads anyway.i think we
should let them.of course you
can say they can better produce
demos instead,but keep in mind
that most of those mag producing
groups simply do not have the
abilities for that.
a mag,a must ? certainly not!
before starting a mag,one should
first think twice.(rating his
own abilities,enogh time,etc.)
before releasing one issue and
then quit again.
^ YES,TELL'EM JOOST.KICK THEIR
LAME ASSES.YEAH.(A GOOD EXAMPLE
FOR AN EDITOR WITHOUT A BRAIN,
THAT'S WHY WE LET MR.BRAIN TO
EDIT THE MAG. -ED2)
HOW DO YOU SPEND A NORMAL DAY
AND DO YOU THINK YOU SPARE MORE
TIME FOR YOUR COMPY THAN YOU
SHOULD ?
< i still go to school,so that's
what my day starts with.i come
home at +/- 15:00 hours and then
check my mail.this can take 10
minutes up to 2 hours (if i get
some good mags).after that i do
my homework- sometimes! (come
on,you bloody nerd! -ed2)
at 18:00 hours,my mummie yells
me for dinner and then i mostly
go to my friends,play soccer
(yes,soccer rules-ed2),watch tv,
prepare sendings or something
else.and when i am tired,i go to
bed and the next day it starts
all over again and again and...
in the weekends,i go to the
disco in the evenings.
i don't think i spend too much
time in front of my 64,as i
always do what i like doing most
at the moment.if that is playing
on my computer,i don't think i'm
wasting my time.i can say,i
spent too much time on my compy
in the past,but then again at
that time,i found it cool.so it
was the best thing for me to do.
(at that time)
^ THAT PROBABLY GOES FOR THE MOST
OF THE SCENERS.I ALSO SPENT A
LOT OF TIME PLAYING GAMES.AND I
STILL DO PLAY KICK OFF 2 ON MY
AMIGA AND NO ONE ON EARTH CAN
BEAT ME AT THAT! AND ON SENSIBLE
SOCCER,TOO.
DO YOU AGREE WITH THE IDEA THAT
90% OF THE SCENERS ARE THIS WAY
OR THE OTHER PROBLEMED GUYS...
LIKE DIVORCED PARENTS,UGLY FACE,
BIG STOMACH,LONG DICK,NO
FRIENDS,ETC. ?
< 90% might be a little too much,
i think,but it comes into the
right direction.but i don't
really care as i don't see them
in real life anyway.(not that i
don't wanna see them) actually,
i think it's quite ok as i must
say most sceners i met at the
parties (computer parties that
is) are dudes i would never have
talked while i would be at
school or so.it enlarges my
living world half(huh?-ed2)
but is having a long dick a
problem?(not for me,ha,ha)
^ A LONG DICK MIGHT MEAN DEATH TO
TO THE WHORE YOU'RE FUCKING,HEH.
OR IT COULD TURN YOUR CHEEKS
INTO RED IN A SITUATION OF UN -
EXPECTED ERRECTION,RIGHT ? NAH.
ANYWAY,TELL ME THREE THINGS YOU
WOULD NOT TAKE WITH YOU TO THAT
FAMOUS DESERTED ISLAND IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN ?
< eh,my computers,my little
brother,and nastiness inc.(you
know,the smell!)
^ I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT SMELL,
BUT I KNOW THERE'S A KNOCKING
AROMA COMING FROM INSIDE MY
SHORTS.(CHORUS:OEARGH!)
OKAY,IF YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO
MEET THREE SCENERS YOU HAD NOT
MET BEFORE,WHO WOULD THEY BE ?
(ME!ME!PLEASE! -ED2)
< my first choice would be mr.wax
of chromance.but as i will visit
him this summer,anyway,i won't
count him.i think i would pick
three legendary sceners who
quitted already.names ?
sledgehammer/hotline,
powerplant/legend,and
goblin/genesis.
but there are more of course.
from nowadays,i would really
like to meet mr.brain(so i can
visit you,too.he,he!cheaper.)
lord red/creators and chromance
hungary.
^ ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH BEING A
SWAPPER OR WOULD YOU WISH TO BE
A CODER,GRAPHICIAN,OR MUSICIAN?
AND WHY?
< yes,i am satisfied with being a
swapper for the simple reason
that i like it.mailtrading is
said to be the dirty job of the
scene,but i don't care as long
as i have fun doing it.(well,it
is quite dirty to lick those
envelopes! hih,hah. -ed2)
to be a cracker,one who can do
it all and then write kick ass
scroll texts,and of course being
real high in the charts (also
after years of inactivity)
^ HAVE YOU EVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS
WITH YOUR GIRL ABOUT THE COMPY?
< i don't talk about my computers
in my real life to my girlfriend
or friends.they know i have one,
(well,even two)but they don't
know about the scene and stuff
like that.so you can say i have
never had any problems with that
and most likely will never have.
^ DO YOU THINK SOCCER IS THE BEST
SPORTS OF THE CENTURY ? (YEAH)
AND TELL US YER FAVOURITE TEAMS.
< everybody should answer "yes"
here!are there any other sports?
my favourite is ajax amsterdam
(europe's #01) but i also like
a2'67 a lot.this team was the
dutch champion in 80/81,but they
now play in the second league
(snif!)
as my little brother happens to
play in a2's youth (he has my
talent,ha,ha!) we always get
free tickets for the matches,so
you can find me there quite
often.a2 will promote next year
and will win the dutch cup.(i
hope)
^ WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT THE RUMOUR
THAT ONCE STORMED AROUND SAYING
POWERPLANT OF LEGEND WAS THREE
GUYS ?
< it's a bit of a dated matter,and
actually i don't really pay
attention to these rumours.i
think it is nonsense,but if i
would be powerplant,i would be
flattered.
anyway,powerplant,atleast,is a
decent cracker who does not drag
when he overtrains an easy multi
file game.
^ THOSE OF YOU OUT THERE:CHECK
THIS QUESTION OUT.GREAT ONE!!!
DO YOU AGREE ON "VOTING FOR
LEGEND AND BLACKMAIL TODAY" IS
AS LAME AS FUCKING A DEAD HORSE?
< if people think legend and
blackmail are the rulers of
today's scene,they really should
vote for them.only,by doing this
they show a lack of knowledge
into today's scene.there are
enuff lamers still around voting
for such groups though...
^ WHAT WOULD YOU FIRST SAY HAD
YOUR MOTHER CAUGHT YOU JERKING
IN THE TOILET ? (SYC0! -ED2)
< she won't ! (now you don't
expect us to believe that,do
you?ha,ha. -ed2)
^ LET'S HEAD FOR A VERY CLASSIC
QUESTION.SH0CK US BY TELLING YER
FAVOURITE DEMO GROUP,GRAPHICIAN,
CODER,AND MUSICIAN.
< demo group : fairlight
graphician : cruise (yeah!-ed2)
coder : tron
musician : drax
^ WHICH CHAPTERS DO YOU READ FIRST
IN A DISK MAG ? WHY ?
(NOW,WE'RE NOT GOING TO SCREAM
AND SHOUT IF HE SAYS CHARTS,OK?-
ED2)
< first the charts (chorus:aaa!),
to check out <c*'s position and
if it is lower than the #03,
ignore it.then the news to check
out things i already know for
some weeks(when it's a good mag)
and worths when it is a bad mag!
(chorus:whaaat?huh?)
i also check out for our member
status to have a laugh,as it is
always incorrect.
at last,in some mags,i check the
release list just to see which
games came out and which i
missed(not that they are worth
getting anyway) (come on!-ed2)
and after all that,i check some
other chapters of which the
titles appeal to me.
^ SO YOU WOULDN'T READ THIS INTER-
VIEW,THEORICLY,RIGHT ? BAH.
TELL ME,WHAT IS YOUR COMMENT ON
THIS NEVERENDING CONFLICT
BETWEEN THE ELITE AND BEGINNERS.
EXPLAIN,PLEAAASEE.(HOW EDITORS
SHOW THEY'RE GETTIN' BORED OF
TYPING THE CURRENT TEXT!? -ED2)
< what conflict ? (good,now he
takes his turn and interviews
me. -ed2) i think there is not
a (big) conflict anymore,as
beginners and elites are trading
with eachother like hell(look at
the contacts of swappers like
splatterhead,intruder,calypso,
and even me!)and it's so fuckin'
easy to become an elite swapper
nowadays.(right.-ed2)
^ MORE MAGAZINE RELATED QUESTIONS:
DO YOU THINK A MAG SHOULD HAVE
NON-SCENE-RELATED CHAPTERS?WHY?
< no,i can read those stuff in
normal magazines anyway.
^ THE BEST ONE IS YET TO COME...
YOU'LL LOVE THIS QUESTION!
JOOST,WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF
CLAUDIA SCHIFFER WANTED TO
SPEND THE NIGHT WITH YOU AND
YOU HAD NO VASOLINE ? AND WHY?
< do it without vasoline! (yeah,
that's my man!fuck!fuck!-ed2)
it's not me who has the pains
anyway (how rude!) he,he.
^ OK,THANX FOR THIS INTERVIEW.
< thank you,too.and greetz to all
my contax in this rotten scene.
(even you,digahole,and don't ask
me why!!)and keep the #01 and
oldest scene mag alive! i hope
you will do this in time,pal!
off to dig a hole.... syco/<c*
NOW YOU KNOW WHAT SYCO/CHROMANCE
WOULD DO IF HE HAD NO VASOLINE.BYE