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Reactions As everybody should have realized by now, then this particulary chapter was left out in the previous issue. Why, well actually there were 2 reasons: 1, There only were 2 or 3 reactions (short ones), and 2, there wasn't enough disk space for the chapter. This time there should be enough free space, so I really can't find any excuse to exclude it. No, seriously... I am proud to present, again, the re- action chapter in Skyhigh. - This time my man Cupid has got the privilige to answer aswell. So you should expect a little of this, and a little of that, this time. But why wasting more of this valuable diskspace with craptalk. Time to get it of the road.. Lights..... camera.... aaaaaaaaand ACTION. Yo Bizzie, Here's Hornet(ex Viper)/Agony Design. Again I have the opportunity to write a reaction to such an ama- zing mag like Skyhigh (no asslicking!). Well, seven month passed since I left the stupid polish army, and seven months is enough to take a closer look at the the scene and to chose one's own faves... But I have other words to write. My reaction,that was publish- ed in the last issue seemed a bit strange, even to me although I wrote it. Now, I TRY to correct my views. Generally, I do not have any problem with Skyhigh as a bunch bits'n'bytes (I mean outfit). Everything looks nice and works perfectly. The colours have been choosen correctly, point 4 it! Only the musics irrita- ted me a bit, they should be more catching to fit to the rest of the mag. Also 3-4 tracks per issue are too less, how about 8-10? That's been all about the outfit, now let me express my feelings about the texts. Perfection from BK and Mad, great work from The Mistress (as always-I agree with her 100%), nice article from Shuze, only the charts by Caprice De- sign look suspicious to me, err,or let's say done in a hurry. Of course, I am not going to tell you,that they were cheated (or? joke!), but they were a real big mess. For example are you 100% sure, that Astaroth is in Asphyxia? Not in Agony? Wanna more? The charts claimed, that Shaman of Taboo belongs to ASX (again) and that's again a mistake! Owen left Triad ages ago, he's also in Agony now. Next one: Compyx (roolz!) had a go in FACES? Pleez, Caprice, I know that you call yourself a god, but anyway, try to be more precise and compare the info in your head with reality. That's the one and only thing, that makes me sick, the rest is great! The nostalgic part of my soul told me,that Oldie-charts are needed in the Skyhigh. I am sure that people start voting for Rob Hubbard, Matt Gray, Manfred Trenz, Red, Sarge... if they only do have a place on the sheet to write down their favourites from the 80's... What do you think about this idea? Enough about that... I'm a bit older than you write in the Birthday chapter, my birthday is 23.08.1973 and not in '75! Please,correct it next time! Despite of the reaction, I want to tell the readers, that I was surprised by Bizzie, who gave me a help- ing hand in the last issue, even though he didn't know me personally! The scene can't die with such a person like Biz Kid/CML... That's all what I wanted to say... Miro (Hornet) Hiho Hornet, as that pierced dude next to me allowed me to give my share, too, I (Cupid) will tell something about your reaction, also. Bizzie will tell you about most of the stuff, I just wanted to say something a- bout the oldie-charts thingy. I think it's quite a nice idea,as a lot of people are really strange enough to vote for the mentioned guys in real charts, and that spoils a lot. But,the problem with it may be how to define an oldie-scener? Should it be someone,who officially left the scene,or just someone, who has been inactive for aeons? Tricky,right? And a perso- nal thing: Don't just say your english is lame,you do have some nice metaphors in there,just keep track of the language,and you could be a good writer in- deed! Ah,cut it... Yours,Cupid/Avt Well thank you Cupid. Maybe I could have my go now? Thank you... Yep, your last letter was a bit strange, so that is even greater to recieve another letter from you. 1st of all: the scene will not die with a person like me... Well I think it is quite exaggerated, but sure it was a nice gesture from you. All I did was to bring your let ter.. This is what Skyhigh is all about. Just take a closer look at the new started chapter by Cupid and see that he cares just as much. Being realistic we know that the C64 scene will have to live on, via the newcommers and the fanatics.. Ok back to your letter. You mention the tunes, or rather the amount of tunes, once again. Lately there has been quite an discussion going concerning the a- mount of tunes in Skyhigh. People have moaned about 3 (or actually 4!!) is too less. Well I say : BULLSHIT. 4 tunes is an okay amount to me; and untill I see a very good, and convincing, reason you shouldn't ex- pect any changes.Sorry, but I am very stubborn when it comes to that!! About the charts. Hmm, yeah we have had some com- plaints about this before. I myself am very bad in this area too, so I can't do it better. But another of my coeditors probably can. So I have taken the con- sequence and replaced Caprice Design with Shuze. So in the future all the work will be done in England. All I can say is, wait and see my friend. About your addy; ooops my mistake.. But it'll be taken care of. Ok my friend, I hope that this answer is satisfactory for you. If not, then don't hesitate to write another letter to me. -Ok, best of luck to you in the future. BIZ KID BIZ KID Another one from the man,who's handle is somehow familiar to me :) Skyhigh #18 was great. A real huge amount of text, and, fortunately it's closer and closer to the old times. I mean, the mood, and the way of editing this great mag. I've read Skyhigh since the 5th issue, and the first was the best, it was funny, friendly, and really interesting. From the 10th or 11th issue on,it started being "not-that-interesting-it's-like-other- mags",you know... There were only a few chapters to read, "only" interviews, news, addies,etc... I sensed a decline of quality, that fortunately (or due to your hard work) stopped and SH is the best again. Maybe Revealed is a competitor. Skyhigh is like a drug for me, I am waiting for the next issue... Hmm,nice words from you,but I disagree,that Reveal- ed is a true competitor, as you cannot compare it to one of those "normal" mags like Skyhigh,as it deals with totally different subjects,despite the fact,that it's not been released for ages,and a new issue is not in sight :(... Whatever,over to the danish cookie... Cupid Yeah, I agree 100% with Cupid. Revealed is not, and never has been an competitor to this magazine. The magazine by Kring has written it's own orbituary by stuffing it with cyber-shit!! Yep, I am being direct now but it hurts to see how Kring destroyed Revealed like that. It started out very good. Nice objective chapters, great interviews with very known, and fa- mous people. But then something happended. But hey why do we discuss Revealed here???? Skip that! I know you Gabor since a loong time!! I know you have been following me and Skyhigh for quite some time now. so it makes me happy to know that you say that the magazine is on its way back on the right tracks. Whether Skyhigh had a decline in quality or not, I don't know. But I do know that inspiration has kicked back big time. So I can promise you a real kicker in the future. So keep on following me and my mag.. Respect... BIZ KID BIZ KID As always, Skyhigh kixx, so it's impossible to write a cool reaction. Keep on fighting,Biz... Druid/Agony/Avt He will,and he does not fight alone :) -Cupid Yes I really feel the unity blowing around, between me and my co-editors now.. You too deserve a piece of the cake. You certainly reached out a helping hand with your killer intro; and promises of more.. So I think that all there is to say about it is, thank you, and nice to have you on our side. Stay cool my friend! BIZ KID BIZ KID Hi staff! Some reactions here from Greatrix/ex-Couple Editor: Ok Bizmix: I like it Cupid: Good Mad on: Good Shuze&Socks: Very good Interviews: TDJ-mega interesting, Morris-good. Demos: Useless Games: Useless Vision: OK to read, but noone will code that. Dow Jones: OK News: Make them in a logical order (Groups?) Charts: OK Birthdays: Useless,keep just happy birthday to: Boardnumbers: Useless for me X-95: Finally I know something about,cool! Addies: Delete them all and start again Spread word: Must be. I like it. Reactions: Must be, I like it. Scene vs.Girls: Good. ASM 95: Good. Thanx to: OK. Other comments: -If you reenter the same chapter again by pressing the * the $ sign will appear in the info line,why? -Why is it still a camelot mag? Greatrix,15.07.95 Reaction: Really organized. Well,you surely were right,noone coded it :(,that's why it was dropped (the vision chapter,that is). I hope,that you'll be satisfied with the addie chapter now,as it was a fucking hard work to take out all crappy addies. Well,I also hope,that you'll keep in mind,that "Useless" is a real subjective thing,and could be "Fucking important" for the next scener! About that dollar sign,why do you do such things like reentering the same chapter? To be fair,we told this nasty sign not to appear where it's not suppo- sed to a 100 times,but it won't hear,maybe it just feels "useless" anywhere else? Cupid Damn you found that hidden bug. SHIT!!! Well you can't hide anything these days can you? Ok, I think we will have to reward you for bringing the answer to the yet not released competition in Skyhigh : FIND THE DOLLAR BUG FIND THE DOLLAR BUG Oh shit, I forgot. We have skipped that competition, because it was useless he he!! About your other things; well some of the things have been, or will be, changed. So why not wait a mi- nute and see for yourself. Later on it would be great to get another reaction from you. - And finally, why is Skyhigh still a Camelot mag? Hmm, it could be that the reason is that I am still in Camelot?? Ok l8r BIZ KID BIZ KID Now,nice,that there are still people,who do not wa- ste any more ink,than needed: MAG IS OK. KSIN/??? Thanx. Cupid Thanx from me too.. Biz kid What to say? As always good quality of texts,inter- esting chapters and regularily releases. So,Skyhigh is the #1 in the scene. What about more exclusively tunes and more chapters about commercial scene, for example charts and news! That's all McValach/React Err,it surely won't be a big thing to bring commer- cial news,but how to do charts? Best gameproducing crew? Best clone? Biggest rip-off? Tricky... Cupid Very nice mag,great tunes,gfx and chapters. May the charts be with you! I love the extras chapter... Phobos/Dle/Pwa ...And may my thanks reach you... Cupid Yo,Jesper! Here I am, Rap, with a little reaction. Number 18 was an issue with resembles funny&sunny beaches all over the world, most of the articles started with descriptions of the current weather,cool! I hope, that the weather won't hae too much influence on the quality of the text (we all know,winter comes soon!). What do I virtually want to say? Number 18 was too short! I read it in only 1.5 hours (without any adresses and so on...). But anyway,the nice "summer" chapters by you, Shuze and Cupid (Covers don't, sorry CHAOTIC) let me forget about my troubles. Nice work guys! I'd like to see some more and updated articles by MAD! Do you think about adding some more tunes in in the future? You should! That's all, Rave in Peace, yours, RAP/Jabole Well,yes,winter is approaching,but I guess,we do have enough booze at home,so that we still will be able to type in some lines without freezing to death, maybe this will have a slight effect on the quality, but there's a bit of loss in everything, right? No,se- riously, I bet you won't be complaining about THIS issue being too short, will you? I'll hand the mic to the Bizman once again... Cupid Reaction from THRONE/Panic: Hi Dudes, and Congratulations for your ruling mag! The text quality is very good and so is the outfit! I didn't like the new logo,though... The extras are a fine addition to the text chapters. The old demos come in handy for the newcomers (maybe). Anyway, keep it up (Of course you will)! Hiho, Janne,of course, we will continue, how about premonition? Cupid Yeah, thanx for the nice words from you up north. It is always nice to get a pad on the shoulder. Enjoy this issue as well, and tell me if you still like it! Biz Kid -------------------------------------------- Ok there we go for this time. A lot of nice reactions from you out there. As mentioned then I hope to get tons of feedback from you on this issue. A lot of changes has taken place, and it is quite large. This is most definetely a thing some people will nag about, I am sure. But hey, before killing me for using too much disk space, then better remember that it is only a one-timer. So come on, don't rate this too hard. I would rather like to know what you think of the im- provements, that being menu, text, gfx or whatever you can think of. Send me whatever you feel like, con cerning Skyhigh issue #20. I would prefer if you would write your reaction in an 40 chars upscroll editor or in a facenoter. But if you would rather like to send me your reaction on paper then it is fine with me (as long as I can read it!!!!!) And the addy: SKYHIGH HQ SKYHIGH HQ XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Ok, I am outta here, PEACE!!! BIZ KID
