Mamba 21 ch04 The Interviews
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interview with tristan/empire
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>:tristan
?:mamba
?: hi tristan tell me your real name,
your weight, height, age, etc.
>: my first name is scott, i weigh
about 130 pounds, i am about 5
feet 8 inches, (kinda short, eh?)
i got blond hair and blue eyes.
i am 16 by now and turn 17 in
september. i live in virginia/usa.
?:in which groups have you been all
the time you were around?
>: well, as far as the wares scene
goes i have been in and out of the
scene alot. i started calling out
in 86/87 and joined twgi (the
world greatest importers) for
about 3 weeks in 87. after that i
hung around solo until 89 when i
joined rot (reign of terror), that
was with the real group with task
master/evil, executioner/exodus
and swan song. in december 89 till
february 90 i was in fantasy. then
i quit and in march 90 empire was
formed and i joined them. i work
for empire now as a hacker and
an importer.
(+)
?: so you retired at least once. what
would you say is the scene today
like, compared to former times.
is it lame?!
>: well, i would not say that i often
quit or changed groups because
alot of groups never had their
shit together to stay around and
be productive.
and as far as comparing the old
days of the scene to now, i would
say it was much better then. there
has always been competition for
a release, but nowadays there is
so much competition that groups
hate each other just because...
>: ...of a point. back a few years i
had friends in many groups i had
competition with...
and all the newcomers have no
respect for the guys who have seen
the scene evolve.
?: hm, sure. but we don't have much
competition these days,... (erhm,
never mind.) would you change
anything if you would have magical
power on the scene,..?
>: as a matter of fact i would. i
would go hokus pokus and have the
software firms support the 64 like
in the past.
?: mh, yeah good answer. that would
also solve the problems you talked
about, i guess. so, facing the
scene nowadays, what would you say
are your favorites...
>: cracking group:(all time:) ucf
cracker:(all time:) jj the breaker
importing group: rad
demogroup:(nowadays:) plague
...as far as the american guys
goes.
?: do you own an amiga?
>: no, but someday i will. but, i
will never neglect the old 64!!!!!
?: yo! what are your hobbies besides
computing, tristan?!
>: my hobbies consist of skate
boarding, learning cyber space/
virtual reality and drinking!!
and i'm definately a music lover.
?: yeah, quite exciting hobbies,...
did you ever regret from the
scene, scott ?!
(+)
>: not to this day. i have enjoyed
the sorta 'small time power trip'
on the scene. when you have 1000s
of people who get the wares what-
ever way they can and see your
name in all those releases, they
sorta idiolize you and try to
think of themselves in our
positions. it's fans man!
?: hm, alright. so you are used to
drink, what do you drink...?
>: beer man, imported beer is much
better than the american pussy
weak beer.
?: yeah, that's an argument, although
i never tasted any american beer,
...hehehe. well what other favour-
ites do you have?!
>: movie: jacob's ladder + excalibur
music: stuff like rush, janes
addiction and front 242
sport: football
game : krackout on the 64
girl : blonde chicks man! and
great lews of course!
foot : pizza with ramen noodles!
soda : coke
book : neuromancer
arcade game: ghost'n'goblins
?: ok after asking what you really
like and someone could make you
happy with, tell us, what really
pisses you off, i mean what makes
you breaking walls ?!
>: a phonebill over $500
?: did you ever had one over $500 ?
>: put it this way, 3 of my walls are
currently.
?: where did you get your handle
from?
>: from the websters dictionary, no
just kidding. my handle was in-
spired from the authurian legend,
a story during the medievil times.
?: are you still in school, tristan?
>: yeah, bummer eh?!
?: nono, just, will you go on,
college or whatever?
>: yea i will! but will you go and
become a news reporter ?!
?: i thought i would take the
questions...
?: scott! tell me what do you do when
it is hot like these days ?! don't
tell me you're sitting infront of
your computer and answer stupid
questions...
>: yea, that's lame, but even lamer
is someone asking questions on a
hot day! hehehe!
?: i got already night, but you, hehe
do you phreak and hack for fun?!
or do you wanna start out becoming
a good fixer or even coder ?!
i mean there isn't any money to
earn with your 64, is it?!
>: well, i used to do industrial
espionage! but i would rather
remain my place at #1 importer/
hacker!
?: oha! hehe. mh, so how do you
usually hack?!
>: don't ask dario. you've seen
products of my social manipulation
don't you ?!
?: mh, can't think of more questions,
lemme see,argh the last interviews
belong to the biggest rubbish i've
seen... but this should be a good
point to ask you about your...
?: ...thoughts towards mamba, can it
still compete with shock ?!
>: ya! sure, as long as it is infor-
mative to the max, and is totally
fair and keeps up on everything
correctly in the american scene it
would be great. you really need an
american guy to do the american
scene or to help at least.
?: would you be a man for this job?!
>: hmm,.. yeah, i like to deal in
such great colaborations as mamba.
?: mh, you know you make enemies with
a mag. you can also make friends,
if you know what i mean, but i'd
rather like to warn you, hahaha,
ok, what would you change along
with disc-mags ?
>: well, but the guys i hang around
with now in the scene are pretty
good friends like you said, when
you run a magazine you have a lot
of little crybabies getting mad at
the editors cuz they think they
fucked up on something.
?: and what do you think about other
magazines ?
?: why would you say,do people create
such a magazine ?
>: like wares it's just a hobby. i
look at it to help you dealing
with people in the real world.
that is about the only asses you
can gain from this wonderful
hobbie.
?: what are your future plans inside
and outside the scene ?!
>: well, in the scene i will keep on
hacking. later maybe programming.
outside of the scene: finish
school, visit s0me of my...
>: ...friends all over the globe.
and i wanna work with virtual
reality.
?: wanna greet some friends at this
point ?!
>: yea! first off all the guys in
empire, for staying active and
never being lazy. stay active
forever! greets to some more
friends like: sequencer, the guys
in plague, joe cool, richie, the
yo yo's, fist, edwin van santen,
...argh there are too many i know.
if i greet them all, the whole mag
would be 'tristan, my hellos!'
?: ok, last question. you admire the
demo scene. is there anything that
disturbs you about the actual one,
or do you just say, that's the
scene that makes this computer
stay alive ?!
>: mh, the demo groups are better
than the software firms in
america.
?: yes sure, but it's the same over
here. the software firms always
steal ideas from other genius
coders in the scene. what do you
think ?
>: hmm, yea no doubt. those guys
doing shit that was never thought
to be possible on the 64 before.
hell, the programmers/demo makers
rule the commodore.
they should own it !!!
?: quite good final sentence...
i gotta go, thank you for the
interview, tristan. we see you
around...
ok, only one interview this month,
check out 'personalities' for further
infos...
-return
