Brutal Recall 11 ch12

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here's an article that i wanted to write
  already for a couple months,but for
  some reason,i never did it!!
  the mainsubject of this article is
  magazines...
  everybody is complaining about the big
  amount of magazines,but the chance to
  be in a group without a magazine is
  pretty low!!
  why are there so many magazines
  anyway? there are for sure some (good)
  reasons,but the main reason,i think,is
  that everybody can write text!!
  yep,it's true!!  i bet,you've also
  written letters to persons!!
  the only thing else you need more,is
  an outfit.  this aint a big problem
  either,as mostly every group has a
  coder and a painter!  well,there you
  are... another magazine!!
  now it's up to the writer to make it
  something special!!
  and this is were it mostly fucks up!!
  it is ofcourse required that the
  writer know his english very well!!
  but that's mostly not the problem...
  the real problem is that the writer
  does not know enough about the scene
  and the history of it!!!
  also lots of "newcomers" start mags!!
  this simply can't go right!
  if you start p.e. writing a bible but
  you don't know who jesus is,you miss
  alot!!  well,the same goes for the
  scene... newcomers have for sure not
  heard of "upfront" or "contex",but
  these groups were the best demogroups
  some years ago.  without knowing the
  history of the scene,you don't know
  who to respect and simply write shit
  about the groups,which you ought to
  respect!   but if you rag on an old
  legend,you're mag will be quite a
  disaster as everybody will be angry
  about it!!   also,lots of magazines
  got no original ideas,and if you got
  nothing original,you've got to write
  about subjects other people also write
  about!!  this way,you'll end up being
  a parrot,saying everything other guys
  said before you,and now your magazine
  will also flop!!  well,this is exactly
  what's happening for atleast a year!!
  and this is why people started to
  dislike magazines!!  there are simply
  too many mags without original things!
  i know it's hard to find original
  things to write about,but it's not
  impossible!!  script is doing very
  well,although not all the ideas are
  good,many are!! and script is a top
  magazine!!  but what makes a magazine
  even worst than lack of historical
  knowledge,is lack of what's happening
  today!!  you might wonder about this,
  but if we see in a chart in some mags
  the following...

             graphic-artists

              1 hein design
              2 hein holt
              3 di-art
              4 orc

  then i really think that the mag is
  giga lame!!!
  how can hein holt be on both the 1st,
  2nd and 3rd place!?!  and how can orc
  ever be on number 3 and 4?!?
  yep,hein holt=hein design=di-art.
  this is so fucking lame!!
  is it really that hard,to know atleast
  the people who're being voted for?!?
  i can understand if you don't know
  everybody in the scene,as i don't know
  them either,but atleast try to keep up
  with the 'elite'!
  so,before you start a magazine,keep in
  mind that you need knowledge of what
  has happened and on what is still
  happening!  respect those who deserve
  it!!  it's much better to start a mag
  with original ideas,than to start one
  that's just like any other mag!!
  if you've released the first issue,but
  it didn't get the attention you hoped
  for,then try to find out what's wrong!
  if people say it looks just like any
  other mag,better stop it,as it will
  only be negative and time-wasting for
  you to continue!!
  i hope you'll take good use of these
  little hints to make a successfull
  magazine.
  nuff said...
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