Skyhigh 11 ch12 About Frenchflair
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about frenchflair/jam/wow
? frenchflair
! skyhigh
? yo french flair, you are the 1st dude
from france i've ever seen interviewed
so i decided that i/skyhigh would be
the first one to do that!
do feel welcomed...
but why not get down to biznezz right
away..
please start with a brief introduction
of yourself.
! hello bizzie, well you want me to give
a small introduction ?? ok here we go:
my name is sebastien, i'm 21 years old
and i live in a small town, guyancourt
(it's near paris).
i'm still going to school (lalalalala)
it's a technical university ... before
that i got my "bac" in electronic.
ok, i think it's all i've to say, i
dont see anything else ... ah, yes,
fuck the p.s.g, viva marseille !!
? france.... well you don't hear a lot
about the french scene today. is there
such a scene, or are you one of the
only active frenchmen?
if no then please mention a few..
! i'm sorry to tell that there's no c64
french scene. there are only few users
that are trying to keep there 64 alive
(masoko/extacy, lau/mayhem, jitty/trc)
now,all the computer freaks are on pc,
on amiga or on consoles.
? how did you get introduced to the c64
scene, and when did you enter?
! well, i got my 64 in 87 and i began to
collect games. then i stopped my 64
activities in 91 and gave my 64 to my
sister. in late 92, i restarted my 64
lame swap and i contacted few sceners.
in january 93, falcon/accuracy asked
me to join as graphixer, i said yes.
? in what groups have you been trough
the time?
! well, only 3: accuracy, wow and jam.
? i presume you have read my chapter in
issue #10 of this mag, concerning dou-
ble membership.
well you yourself is in 2 groups. do
you think this is ok? (well i guess ya
do, otherwise.....)
! it's true i'm still in wow and jam.
jam is a nice group that produce a mag
and some demos regulary. wow is a very
very slow group. i dont have lots of
graphix work to do then (it makes now
3 month i'm only working for jam).
? why not give yourself 100% to only one
group, and concentrate even more on
doing gfx?
(take a look on some of the greatest
gfx'ers in the scene : electric, joe,
earthquake, cruise and so on.. they're
only in one group!!)
! yes, you're right, i'm now concentring
my activities on graphics. i began to
drop most of my swap-contacts and keep
the more actives of them. i left wow
few days ago coz it was to unactive.
now i'm only in jam and i've more time
to do some graphix. concerning the top
graphixers, i think that only the work
and the skill make the difference.
? how did you get your handle ?
i presume it has got something to do
with your country, or am i wrong??
please tell us the story!
! it comes from rugby. english created
the word "frenchflair" because french
players had a spectacular way to play.
tell us about your faves!
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? what do you prefer to eat?
! french and italian food.
? and what do you like to drink?
! wine, sodas, water (sorry, no beer)
? to what music do you listen?
! mostly rock music (guns, nirvana ,etc)
? your favourite girl(s)?
! my girlfriend (lovely 'n with a brain)
? what movie was the coolest you ever
saw?
! alien i think, it's a really great one
? and your c64 favourites
demogroup : camelot
crackergr.: ikari (old time)
coder : depeh
magazine : revealed
composer : syndrom
grafixer : oxidy
cover des.: zapotek
sceneland : denmark 'n sweden equal
demo : dutch breeze
game : project firestar
? and last :
your favourite friend(s) in the scene
! humm ... met/mayhem, masoko/extacy,
lau/mayhem, tabasco/flt, iopop/jam,
azzaro/wow, dash/role, blackwidow/gd
and some others ...
? yeah a whole lot of things you liked.
but what about things you dislike!
is there any particulary phenomena or
mayby dudes you do not like in the
scene. give us the story!!
! there are things i dislike of course
(disk stealing, ripping, etc...)
but what can we do? it's impossible to
stop such things, it's individual acts
? what is your plans for the future ?
both in the scene and in private !
! in private, hum, very hard. i hope i
will have my exams and have a nice job
(it's hard nowadays).
in the scene, less swap and more grphx
from me. (wait and see).
? the c64 scene unfortunately can't live
forever !
when it dies (around year 2036!!!)
what will you then do?
jump to the (l)amiga or pc, or simply
quit the entire compy-scene?
! i think the c64 scene have now 2 or 3
cool years to live. after, i think it
will be harder (but i wont leave). i
already have a pc and an amiga.i think
i'll join the pc scene, it's the best
after the 64 one.
about your contacts
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? do ya have a lot of contacts ?
(how many - name a few.)
! i had around 50, now around 25. bizkid
/oxyron, bizzare/trance, tabasco/flt,
blackwidow/gd, happymaker/reflex, met
/mayhem, zapotek/rebels, etc ....
? do you prefer legal stuff or cracks
from your contacts.?
! legal coz there are no cool games on
the 64, i prefer games on amiga and pc
i think you understand why??
? do you use cheated stamps ?
! no
? why not?
! i was caught once, i said never twice.
? magazines! some people say there's too
many - some say there's not!!
what do you think?
! all the warez that can keep the scene
alive are welcome. so why not mags??
(but only a few are good ones). if
someone have a new idea or concept??
? they for one thing sure keep the scene
alive, but what about demos?
what do you think about the quality of
the demos produced nowadays?
! i think that now,it'll be hard to find
new code routines. the only thing that
have to be improved is the design.
it's the way to go.
? what is your advice to all the demo -
producing groups, concerning their
future productions?
! better designed demos, it's all i can
say.
? if you had the opportunity to build up
a new group - which persons would you
like to join ?
! coders : depeh, cruzer and raz
musicians : syndrom, pri and zyron
gfx'ers : electric, oxidy, ogami
swappers : tabasco, bizzare
modemtraders : dont know ...
others : zapotek (covers)
brainstorm!
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? what do you say when i say :
group : jam
coca cola : usa
friendship : cool
c-64 : great
amiga : games
girls : aaaaaaaarrrrgh (anne)
beers : beurk
magazines : skyhigh??
groupwars : beurk (bis)
sex : aaaaaaaarrrrgh (anne)
parties : nice
interviews : hard
and last 'skyhigh' : nice mag
? well french flair, you have joined up
with my anti-nazi demo movement. cool!
well first tell us what you have done
for the demo, and second why!!
! i've done a fli pic, i had a second 1
ready but lost it in a drive accident
(fucked 1541).why i joined? i feel sad
and revolted to see that nazism still
exist after all troubles that causes.
? do you have any words for the persons
who haven't joined up yet?
! we need the help of everyone. we can
all see what's happening in yugoslavia
i'm sure that it'll happend again coz
nazism, nationalism and intolerance're
in my opinion the main factor of wars.
this demo wont change anything but we
can prove everyone we are concerned.
? yo we are getting closer to the end
now.
i'll hereby give you the word to say
what's on your mind.
the word is free !
! yes, i'd like to say the whole scene
mags that have my addie to remove it.
i'd like to say to all the sceners
that i have enough contacts, so stop
contacting me, thanx a lot.
also a big hello to all my contacts.
(i wont name any of them coz i'll
surelly forget some, so ...)
? yeah that's it..
we reached the end of this interview.
i better let you of the hook for
now!
i'll end by thanking you for taking
the time to help me with this.
i hope you'll stick to this beautiful
scene for a long time!
have a cool time in the future.
thanx homeboy!!
! bye! bye! bizzie, wish a nice time to
all of you sceners.
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yep another chapter has reached it's end
you know what to do...
BIZ KID
