Corruption 07 ch03 Interview
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INTERVIEW
this month we did a very cool
and long interview with
MARKUS FUNK/
MASTERS DESIGN GROUP
sorry for the spelling mistakes
in the interview,it was held in
german.it took me nearly two
hours to finish the interview
(i'm afraid of our phone-bill!)
MF stands for markus funk/mdg
JD stands for jack daniels/atg
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JD - hi markus,tell our readers
something about your
person.
MF - hello,as already said my
name is markus funk and i
am a member of the masters
design group.i'm 19 years
old,1.83m tall,my weight's
not important,i've got
blue eyes and dark blond
hair.
JD - how can people recognize
you,in venlo for example ?
MF - i'm always wearing black
cowboy shoes.
JD - do you still go to school?
MF - no,i'm already working as
a technical drawer.
JD - when did you start this
job and when have you
finished your apprentice-
ship ?
MF - i started about 2 years
ago and i still have to go
for nearly 1 year.
JD - what are you doing in your
spare-time,except hanging
infront of your computer ?
MF - i like to go to the DISCO,
until they close the doors
i also like everything
that has to do with music
and graphics (not only
computers).watching good
films is also cool.
JD - have you got a girlie ???
MF - no.
JD - what kind of music do you
prefer ?
MF - i listen to nearly all
kinds of music.
JD - what do your parents think
about your computer
activities ?
MF - puh,that's very different.
ofcourse they are happy
when i get some orders
from sofware-firms,so that
i can earn some money.but
they can't understand the
sense of demos or the
venlo-meetings.they are
also glad when they see
some nice graphics from me
JD - what impressed you in the
last month,in general and
in the computer scene ?
MF - in general :
that GORBATSCHOW wants to
install the open market in
the soviet union.
in the scene :
i'm a bit disappointed of
the scene..nothing special
happened in the last weeks
it was really boring,the
only cool thing was the
new CORRUPTIOM outfit.
congratulations,you did a
great job.
JD - thanks.are you afraid of
anything or anyone ?
MF - normally not,but in the
moment i am a bit afraid
of SADDAM HUSSEIN.i am
scared that he does some-
thing before using his
brain and a lot of people
die in the persian gulf.
JD - are you interested in
politics ?
MF - i think it's not very
interesting.
JD - which three things would
you take with you onto a
lonely island ?
MF - my hifi-center,my computer
and a lovely girl.
JD - if you could be a person
of your choice for just
one day,who would it be ?
MF - GOETZ GEORGE because i
like this actor,or JAMES
DEAN if he still would be
alive.
JD - let's get busy with some
questions about computers.
when and how did you enter
the scene ?
MF - i got my c-64 in 1984 and
entered the scene in the
same year.in my holidays
in 1984 i met some
crackers and some weeks
later they have sent me a
disc where a file from
DIGITAL MARKETING was on
it.they were looking for
coders and so on,so i sent
them some lame musics from
me and so i entered the
scene.the guys of digital
marketing are still good
friends of mine,we often
work together.
JD - in which groups have you
been ?
MF - MAGIC SOFT,CRYPT,MAGNETIX,
GIANT and finally MDG,
where i'm still in.but i
left mdg for about 28
hours,because i thought
they were just waiting for
a fault of me to kick me.
in mdg there's only one
rule:when you do a demo
you are not allowed to use
musics which were not made
by mdg or composed for us.
i thought in the beginning
that it's not normal that
they don't tell you what
to do and when,but it was
just a misunderstanding.
one day later,we had a
meeting and then every-
thing was cleared.
JD - your jobs in mdg ?
MF - i'm a MUSICAN,GRAPHICIAN
and something like a PR-
MANAGER.i have to look
for new members and to
test if they are qualified
to join or not.i also do
some legal swapping to see
what the other groups are
doing.
JD - no mdg demos anymore ?
MF - oliver stiller and alex
kirsch don't produce demos
anymore.but every new
member should do a new
demo and we will get two
new members soon and so
you don't have to live
without our demos.maybe
you will see a music and
graphic demo from me this
time in venlo.
JD - tell us something more
about the masters design
group !
MF - mainly we produce games
and sometimes also tools.
(like the enc-paint)we
want to produce games
where you have to use your
brain and not htose silly
shoot'em up games.we are 3
members in mdg :
OLIVER STILLER
ALEXANDER KIRSCH and
MARKUS FUNK of course.but
we also have some guys who
work sometimes for us like
MARKUS SCHNEIDER or TLR-
DESIGN of density.in the
near future we will get 2
new qualified coders.look
out.
JD - who's your favourite
musican and graphician ?
MF - from the commercials it's
the legendary ROB HUBBARD.
in the scene there are
several good ones like
MARKUS SCHNEIDER or
JEROEN TEL.the best
graphician would normally
be BOB STEVENSON if he
would be cool on the amiga
but he isn't !!! in my
opinion a painter has to
be good on all machines !
i think no one will ever
beat the old PEGASUS.
JD - for which games did you do
the sound or the graphics?
MF - i did the title picture
for our game take'em in 5
hours.but in the future
you will see more from me,
as for example the game
CYBERBLOCKS (i do 5
pictures and gotcha/crazy
does so,too.)this game
will be released in the
end of 1990.i also did the
graphics for VINCENT,but
then i had an accident and
had to go to hospital and
as i returned home GOTCHA
had already done the
graphics,although i had
already finished them.HEY
GOTCHA try to get other
contracts and groups to
work for.i hate it when
someone steals my orders.
i also want to earn my
money.
i will also do the graphic
for the games of our new
members.then i will paint
and compose the music for
an amiga jump+run game and
for two more space-games
and one strategy game on
the 64.i also got asked
to do a picture for the
20th issue of SEX'N'CRIME.
JD - why not for us,hehe.which
demo-groups do you like ?
MF - ORIGO are just cheaters,
BEYOND FORCE and FLASH INC
are really cool.if mdg
would not exist i would
try to join one of these 2
JD - who are your best friends
in the scene ?
MF - rudi stember,oliver
stiller/mdg,rick/fresh,
jack daniels+3dk/atg and
markus widderstein of
digital marketing.
JD - what do you think of the
amiga ?
MF - i own one,but i think it's
used in the totally wrong
way.it's the perfect music
and graphic computer.
JD - what do you think when
someone cracks a game
where you did for example
the graphics ?
MF - if the game is already on
the market,then it's the
crackers job to do it.but
i get mad when i see those
lamers who release a
preview of a game and
steal the programmers the
chance to earn money with
it.for example the preview
of cyberblocks which was
released by class,there
was no music in it and
just one picture drawn by
bob stevenson.
JD - your future plans with mdg
MF - i want to improve my
graphics,i'm a guy who
really wants to improve
and improve everytime.we
want to do much games with
new ideas and effects.my
personal wish is to do the
graphics for a cool advem-
ture.
JD - and your private wishes ??
MF - i want to change my
profession,i'd like to
work in a music-shop but
there the problem is,that
you don't earn much money.
my dream would be to do
graphic animations for the
tv.i want to find a real
partner for me and i want
to build up a small family
peace on earth would also
be great without all this
atom,chemical & bioloical
weapons.and i want to
reach a good living
standart.
JD - some last words to our
readers ?
MF - 1) ...hey frank ewald if
you think you still belong
to us then call us.
2)i hate those crackers
who release previews.
3)..hey demo-coders try to
be original and not always
a new record in dycps or
multiplexers !!!
4)i hope that CORRUPTION
will always survive.it is
a great mag.and you
learned from your faults !
JD - thanx a lot for this cool
interview,markus !!
