Mamba 15 ch01 News and Rumours alt1

             news & rumours
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  uff, many interesting things occured
  this month...

  ...but see for yourself...


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  * crazy is not dead !!!
    pyle and deff left and joined
    illusion, gotcha and peter joined
    talent. weasel and dj(lotus) joined
    crest.
    the remaining members did not
    decide what to do yet, but crazy
    will certainly not die.

  * alphaflight is dead.
    mark quit, sys is searching for a
    new group, max joined crazy.

  * transcom and x-ray built a coop-
    eration.


  * excell left ikari+talent for some
    internal disagreements with bod.

  * 3dk and jack daniels were asked by
    omg (who is not in gp, i know) to
    join genesis, so they did and left
    paramount. corruption will wear a
    genesis label.


  * technique (x-fan) joined nei,
    grim reaper left exodus to rejoin
    his old group nec/nei.
    exodus is presumed dead.



  * gene (x-illusion), ninja (x-gp) and
    pet (x-nato) joined the dominators.

  * cure left random on account of
    private reasons, illusionist left
    destiny and joined random.
    and so did thor who recently re-
    joined the scene.

  * the sex'n'crime won't be produced
    anylonger, as the editor (omg)
    doesn't have too much time for that
    stuff anymore. further he gives the
    great amount of other magazines as
    reason. (rip)


  * spitfire of action plans to release
    his magazine 'scene-press' again.
    the first issue is annoumced to be
    released at the february venlo-
    meeting.

  * headlines, the magazine produced
    by illusion, random, crumbsucker
    and many more people and groups
    won't be produced any longer.
    only one issue has been released.

  * paramount got 3 new members in the
    states : skandle, speed demon and
    cybernight, who is also sysop of
    the paramount hq wares domine.

  * a new us importer group hit the
    scene. substance was built by
    pathfinder (x-survivors).
    however, pathfinder, problem child,
    left to reinforce atc, together
    with nightwriter, iman and hitman.

  * the bbs 'for play' is now crusade
    headquarter.

  * dys (x-occult) rejoined the scene
    after paying the fine for phreaking

  * dynamix kicked out 10 members, only
    6 germans are left.


  * on december, the 31st, a store
    called 'great escapes' went out of
    business.
    it was the store which supplied
    originals for the american scene
    all the years. groups getting their
    originals there were eagle soft,
    ucf, wgo, nfi and also nec.
    the last first release given by
    this shop was 'amazing spiderman'.

  * the monthly venlo meeting had a
    one week's delay.

  * extasy and paramount are trading
    with random.

  * heatseeker was kicked out, lawyer
    left crest, both joined x-ray.
    other new x-ray members are bonk
    and major x, who rejoined.

  * a new coder-group in switzerland
    will mainly write games for ubi-
    soft. members are smasher (x-crazy)
    krush (crusade) and some more.

  * vision is dead. the legal part
    joined light.

  * problem child (atc) is also in
    illusion.


  * skater and mirage left culture and
    joined censor, their papermagazine
    shock will also be released under
    the culture label.

  * paralax of paramount will release
    wares under his original name sting

  * excellence, who was also an un-en
    known member of brainbombs, quit
    with the beginning of the new year.
    b-wyze/dynamix was also in brain-
    bombs.

  * genesis is now trading with random.