Mamba 18 ch04 The Interviews

  interviews
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  again this month we present you with
  two more interviews, the first is
  with mc sprite and mc lord of cosmos
  designs.

  the second was held with crumbsucker/
  ex. fantasy.





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  the first interview was held with
  mc sprite and mc lord, both cosmos
  designs...


  > ^ mamba

  h ^ hannes sommer
  k ^ karli (mc lord)





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  > : could you please introduce your-
      selves !?

  h : my name is hannes sommer, i'm
      1,82 meters tall, my weight is
      about 75kg...and this is brother
      karli, who's...

  k : hey, i can say this on my own!

  h : so go ahead !

  k : i'm karli, 186 meters tall, my
      weight is 73kg and i'm 2 years
      younger than hannes.


  > : so what's your age ?

  h : sorry, i'll celebrate my 18th
      birthday in one month and karli
      is just 16, and he can say this
      on his own!

  > : tell us something about cosmos
      designs !

  h : after ssd left, there was no
      power in cosmos anymore! arny and
      i were working on our first game
      called 'd.i.s.c.', and while
      antitrack never gave up and tried


      to keep the good old times, we
      founded cosmos designs.
      'designs' was just the sign for
      legality.

  > : how did your group become famous,
      what is your favourite coder,
      musician ?

  h : our first mega-demo, which was
      released at the radwar v4 party,
      included lots of new routines and
      did show parts full of new
      effects...this was our breakthru
      i think. favourite coders ?


      hmm... times ago i admired olav
      morkrid (ed. omega supreme) and
      his 'pimples' - now i'm my own
      idol...

  k : big mouth, brother! my favourite
      composer is maybe thomas mogensen
      (who is in the fine situation to
      use the jch-player, which is
      probably the best around(hi jens!
      got it ? maybe you can send me
      the editor some time...?! ))

  > : can you give us a short
      description of the games you are
      doing ?

  k : we've finished 3 games and two
      more are actually in progress...

  > : why do you code demos/make music?

  h : why do you read books...watch tv,
      play soccer...go dancing...???

  k : i enjoy it, it's fun to try my
      best on a machine using only 3
      voices, 8 bit, low memory !

  > : do you have any hobbies besides
      computing ?



  k : mainly playing guitar and
      training my body in the fitness-
      center...

  h : which body ?

  k : this body i'll use soon to punch
      you down!

  h : no hard words boy! i'm still 1cm
      taller than you...

  k : a knock on your head would change
      it!



  > : ok, hannes, what's about your
      hobbies ?

  h : hockey, billiard and snooker...
      ...giving interviews...(ahem)

  > : who are your friends/enemies in
      the scene ?

  h : hello to arny, panther, hermes,
      jch, att, georg bo-sky, thunder..

  k : i only know my own folks in cd
      and some buddies from radwar v5,
      but i'm sure we've got no enemies


  h : noone would dare to open his
      mouth against us, because karli
      would knock him down !

  k : right so!

  > : are you angry or do you feel
      offened, because your demo
      'cosmail' got a bad valuation
      in the mamba< demo-reviews ?

  h : hmmm, i did some of my best code,
      so it was a bit frustating, maybe
      it was also blackmail's fault ?!



  k : there's no reason to feel
      offended, musics got over 80% !

  > : could you give us a short survey
      about the scene in austria ?

  h : there's no real cracking-scene...
      but we've got lots of good coders
      here. what i miss are graphic-
      and music-groups.

  > : have you been in other groups
      beside cosmos ?

  h : before i joined cosmos i lamed
      around for two years...

  k : i'm only for 10 months in the
      scene...

  > : your favourites, please !

  h :        hannes       karli

      food : toast        wiener schni.
      drink: water        juice
      movie:'die jogger'  tango & cash
      book : 64'er intern ???
      demo : pimple squ.6 ???
      game : armalyte     def. of/crown
      music: europe       pink floyd
      girl : gudrun       nadine


  k : i'm really glad i haven't got the
      same taste for girls...

  h : ...better to have a girl friend
      like nadine living in germany,
      so that you meet her once a year,
      or what ???

  > : do you regret anything concerning
      computer, do you think you'll
      retire from the scene ? what will
      your future look like ?

  h : i don't regret anything and i
      hope that cosmos-designs will


      produce the hottest game-smashers
      in the future...

  k : 'think the same.

  > : a last word ?

  h : come to austria and visit
      klagenfurt...

  k : let the good times rock !

  >...thank you guys...



 now is an interview with crumbsucker
 of ex.fantasy. interviewed by bod.
 m: mamba       c: crumbsucker
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 m: tell us something about yourself?

 c: my name is stan.i am 155 pounds,
    around 5ft 11 tall and 21 years old
    i was born in russia and we moved
    to the usa in 1979. i got my c64
    in 1986 and got into the elite
    scene in 1988. i am presently going
    to college and i am majoring in
    international marketing.

 m: how did you get started in the
    scene?
 c: i started off calling local boards
    at 300 baud. i got onto one elite
    local board and found out about
    phreaking. with some help from
    mangar (ex.nec) i started calling
    other elite out of state boards.

 m: tell me a bit about 'channel zero'
    your old bbs?

 c: i put the board up in the fall of
    1989 and it was called "darkside
    bbs" and i was the headquarters for
    falcon. then after falcon changed
    there names to culture i was there
    hq. i became friends with technique
    and he asked me to be fantasy hq.
 c: i agreed and renamed the board to
    "channel zero." after i had some
    disagreements with culture i moved
    over to action and was fantasy and
    action hq.

 m: what do you think about the scene
    today compared to the scene of a
    year or so ago?

 c: well, it is really different. there
    are to many lamers getting access
    on the good boards. there are to
    few good american's left and the
    ones that are around really have to
    big ego's.

 m: if you could change something in
    the scene what would it be and why?

 c: i would provably try to get more
    good americans calling boards and
    actually doing things like fixing
    and coding. most of the good ones
    went amiga or quit.

 m: do you own an amiga yourself?

 c: no i don't and i probably never
    will get one. it would be a waste
    of money as everything i would use
    the amiga for i already can do on
    the 64. i never have times to play
    games.
 m: where did you get your handle?

 c: well, when i first got my modem
    one of my friends stayed over to
    show me how to use it. he called
    and applied on a local bbs and
    asked me what handle to use. i was
    half asleep and just said
    crumbsucker (after the hard core
    band.)

 m: tell me some of your favourites?

 c: movies: evil dead 2, jacobs ladder
            and monty pythongs holy
            grail.

 c: music: hard core/puck and rap.
    food: chinese.
    drink: jolt (a high caffeine drink)
    sport: baseball.

 m: have you any regrets about your
    years on the c64?

 c: yes i do. running a board i had to
    put up with a lot of lamers who
    would wardial my bbs line a lot.
    and dealing with certain people
    like technique.

 m: what do you do in your spare time?

 c: i am in a band so i spend a lot of
 c: time rehearsing. i go out and watch
    movies and hang out with my
    girlfriend.

 m: what are your plans for the future?

 c: to graduate from college. maybe
    i'll put my bbs back up, if there's
    a demand. but, i will be calling
    out as long as the c64 is alive.

 m: tell me some things you dislike?

 c: i mainly dislike people who claim
    to bethings they are not. i hate
    hangovers, girls who play hard to
    get and especially lamers.
 m: tell us your definition of a lamer?

 c: someone who is 15 and under. who
    talks a lot of shit about things
    they no nothing about and has no
    life away from the c64. and people
    who keep talking about how great
    esi were 3/4 years after they died.

 m: is there anything you would like to
    say before we finish?

 c: i think more people should start to
    think and act for themselves. there
    are to many people here in the
    states who continue to talk real
    big on the boards and when you get
 c: to speak to them voice it's obvious
    in real life they are nothing like
    they claimed.

 m: is there anyone you want to greet?

 c: greetings to everybody who ever
    called my board.

 m: ok thanks for your time stan.

 c: thank you.




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