Domination 08 Interview 4
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* Interview: Walker/F4cg *
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Welcome back reader to this already mammoth
interview section this edition.
This time it features no coder, graphician or musician,
but a mail trader from the past who still remains with
us today.
I'm sure many of you know him for his deeds in groups
like Oneway, Light, Active, G*P and more recently, F4cg
Proudly i present a personal friend and a really nice
guy!
WALKER of F4CG
D - Domination
W - Walker/F4cg
D)
Hello Jonas and welcome to the magazine. You are quite
well known already in the scene, but some may still be
unfamiliar with you.
So, please introduce yourself to the audience..
W)
Hi David! Well, well. Where shall i start.
Male. Born in Sweden on 26th June, 1976. Blond, fair
hair and blue eyes. I like being with friends, beers,
cider and i got a big passion for women.
D)
How does it feel to have finished with the army and
return to normal scene activities? Does the army
change people in any sense?
W)
I am in the Airforce, not the army. However, as i will
continue my military training next year it will be great
to have some months being a "civilian".
I will either go to Bosnia as an Un/ifor-soldier or i
will become an officer in the Swedish Airforce.
I can't really say that people change after their
military training.
Some might, especially if you are a ranger. Afterall, i
don't know. I have changed for the bad, but for the
good.
D)
I've known you for a few years myself, but i'm quite
sure you've been around longer than that. Could you
give the readers a history on when you joined the C64
scene, what groups you've been in, and any highlights
in your scene career.
W)
In Spring 1989 i got my C64. It was the old dustbin with
a tape recorder and some tapes. A friend of mine had
already a disk drive and i enjoyed more being at his
place playing games from disks.
In the Summer i bought my own disk drive, and i started
to collect everything i got my hands on.
That Autumn i started to get mags and demos from
another neighbour who bought disks from a guy in the
"yellow pages".
We started calling around some Swedish people, asking
them to swap with us. At that time we built our first
group, PUBLIC ENEMY.
Some of my first contacts was Richard/FLT,
Questor/ONEWAY and Waco/LIGHT. All of them elite guys
but somehow tired of lamers calling them all the time.
I got another contact, Slice/FUTURE DESIGN (became
Antic later on), and he told me that there already
existed a P.E., so we changed our name to STRATO.
I got more and more contacts and suddenly one day in
January 1990, Questor/Oneway asked me to join them
and so i did.
I was in their group for a while, never got any wares
or so and got kicked out two weeks after the Horizon
party.
Tried to join several groups, but ended up in the
Swedish demo group WARRANT.
Had a really good time there with some group meetings
and so on. When i was in Oneway, i advertised in
Sex'n'Crime after contacts. So in the August 1990,
after i had came home from my vacation, i had over 150
sendings laying on my bed. That was the jolly times.
After some months in WRT some troubles came up,
Oneway accused me for stealing their music player and
their packers.
As the WRT guys was close friends with Oneway, they
believed them. So without letting the Warrant leader
know it, they kicked me out.
I called up Hellraiser/PARAGON and suddenly i was in
there.
Poison/Warrant, the leader of WRT, came home from
vacation and called me up and begged on his knees for
me to rejoin them. The time in PARAGON was just great.
Lots of cracks and even some demos.
When Sham/ZONE 45 joined them we got a mag,
Smooth Criminal! But all good things must come to an end
When Sham joined LIGHT i followed him.
Hellraiser got really upset, because he got an offer
from CENSOR DESIGN some months earlier, and
refused. He refered to group loyalty.
The time in LIGHT was somehow different. Being in
group which is already highly established is just too
easy. Its just to spread their wares, but afterall
isn't it too nice to be forgotten in the memberstatus,
which Sham and i was in Brutal III demo.
In Light i had some quarrals with some members,
especially Spirou. So for some months i also was
Partyman/Tristar and i also was a member of Deicide,
ofcourse not at the same time.
Light got more and more inactive and i got an offer
from ACTIVE and i joined them.
Was in there for a while just spreading their cracks.
One day Newscopy and Jucke of Genesis Project
called me up and asked me to join, and so i did.
The time in G*P was just great, we had lots of good
times at our meetings and at parties around
Scandinavia.
At January 1st G*P died and most of us joined F4CG,
and thats it, my scene career.
I must say that looking at over 150 sendings and
joining G*P are the true highlights but getting a modem
rules too!
D)
What are your jobs in F4cg? and what have been your
past duties? have you ever coded, painted or done
music?
W)
Well, i guss i am the only C64 guy who are still truely in
classic mail swapping. I also get originals and do
modeming, if you call that duties. I will also get an
Internet account in December.
To be honest, i have tried everything. But due to no
skills everything failed and i got bored of it,
mail trading rules!
D)
What is your opinion on the decline in megaswapping
lately and have you ever yourself had problems with
the post?
W)
Well, people grow up. Get real jobs or study at
University so i can understand that people got no time
for it. However was it times when people like RCS,
ASLIVE, DEATHSTALKER, DENSE, BAZE and NIGHTSHADE
was around.
After i had got those 150 sendings, i had no money to
send at all. So i cheated all stamps and put less stamps
on the letters. The post took them all and i had to get
the disks at the Police office.
When i joined G*P i was about to do a mega send,
cheated all stamps and they never dried enough, the
post took them all, but i got them back two days later,
the first took four months.
D)
In your absense from the scene, SIXX/F4CG took over
your contacts.
Rumours say that you didn't like the way he dealt with
your mail friends, or that some people disliked SIXX for
some unknown reasons.
What is the truth in this? Just hype or...?
W)
Then the rumour is wrong! Sixx wanted to start
mailswapping and then we saw the perfect time to start
was when i was about to join the Airforce.
He got my contacts and made it his way, the Amiga way.
I can also understand that some people might dislike
his way. No Letters, no notes, just the lastest wares
on one disk.
D)
Magazines come and go, but in the last two years the
quality has improved. What are your favourite
magazines these days and why?
W)
Propaganda, Driven, Domination, Relax and Vandalism!
Are there any other?
D)
What do you think is the most enjoyable section of the
scene? Mail, Board, or Internet? Should the boards
be kept for tradition or should the Internet take over
in hope of some old sceners returning?
W)
From my point of view, i must say mail. I have always
mail traded and will always do until the day when i put
my C64 in the basement.
The boards are nice, the problem is how to find ways
to call out.
Things to call oncome and the phone companies are
getting safer and safer. The board scene will
decrease while the Internet will get BIG!
The net is the future.
D)
Some members of F4CG and ONSLAUGHT have been in
disagreement with each other for some months now.
The media battles on, involving conflicts between this
mag, Propaganda and Vandalism News.
What do you have to say on this subject, is it right to
keep the battle going? or do you think it should be
settled? or is there another way?
W)
Silly question, i think its just crap, and i see no point
being involved in it.
D)
If you had a choice in choosing any scener, any mag,
or any bbs for the ULTIMATE group (todays scene)
who would they be and what would you call the group?
W)
First, i will divide the group into three sections,
crack, demo and mag sections.
Crack Section:
Suppliers: Newscopy and Splatterhead.
Crackers: Ignorance, Jack Alien, The Burglar and Ream
Fixers: Crackers mentioned above and Jolz.
Board: WHQ The Dungeon, EHQ Wares Aquarium.
Sysops: The Alchemist and Sledge.
Demo Section:
Coders: Crossbow, Druid, MrSex, Graham,Goz,Devil,Kf
Gfx'ers: Deekay, Cruise, Carrion, Owen and Draz.
Musicians: Mitch, Dane and Zyron.
Mag Section:
The mag would be a mix between The Pulse, Driven,
Propaganda,Domination,Corruption,Mamba and
Vandalism.
Editors: Duke, Elwix, Newscopy, Jazzcat, Jack Daniels,
Peter, Vengeance and so on...
The group would be called THE KINGS!
D)
Your all tim-favourites of the following:
Crack groups: Ikari+Talent,Dominators,Legend,Triad,
Fairlight and lots more.
Crackers: Tri-Dos,Strider,Powerplant,Macronit,3d,
Rockstar and more.
Demo groups: Triad, Censor Design, Scoop Design,
Ian+Mic, Ash+Dave, 2000AD, Ikari, Nato,Life/Riffs,
Crest, Tat and lots more.
Coders: Bob,Swallow,Crossbow,Maduplec,Kingfisher,
Daw,Spikes and more.
Graphicians: The Sarge, Dragon, Sensei, Di-Art and
Electric.
Musicians: Jch,Drax,Rob Hubbard,Matt+Fred Gray.
Magazines: Sex'n'Crime, Corruption.
Demos: Wonderland series.
Bbs: Wares Aquarium and The Dungeon.
Sexual position: Up her ass!
Music group: Kiss,Danzig,Laibach,Type-o-Negative,
old hardrock.
Woman: Blond, big breasts, long legs.
Food: Steaks, Pizza, Hamburgers.
Drink: Beer, Cider and Fanta.
D)
What do you think is the best hope for scene
rejuvination? Polish/Czech appearance? Legal
fanzine increase? more games?
W)
I have no idea. Maybe a mix of all?!?
D)
What are your goals in real life and in the scene? Tell
us what you hope to achieve..
W)
Real life, become and officer in the Swedish Airforce.
Continue doing what i do, getting a FAST Pentium and
maybe a Nintendo 64.
D)
I'm sure you have quite a few people you wish to say
hello to, feel free to do so.
W)
Sure, hello! to: Newscopy, Motley, Sixx, Riddler,
Trasher, Motion, Twoflower, Jayce, Marcus, Aktie,
Tranziie, Draz, Devil, Zyron, Jucke, Taper, Surder,
Gerwin, Sledge, Enduro, Tomcat, Ice, Sodapop, Tronic,
Total Chaos, Sham, Hellraiser, Zator, Dirty C, Ra,
Master Jam, Morpheus, Creeper, Violator, Satan, Ray,
Baze, R.c.s., Duke, Neotec, Splatterhead, Spectator,
Lord Crucifer, Styx, Sdi, Nightshade, Cba, Poison,
White Lion, Smiley, Dense, Brego, X-Raffi, Jazzcat,
Vengeance and lots, lots more..
D)
Thanks for your time Walker, i hope you enjoy this
edition. Any last words to leave a final impression on
the audience?
W)
Nope. Bye!
This interview was conducted via snailmail, hope you
enjoyed it!
Best Regards;
Jazzcat/Onslaught
