Hotshot 09 ch05 The Interview

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 an interview with ANO of PADUA
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please tell me your real name?
- my real name is FRANK MICHLICK

...and your actual age is?
- i'm 17 years old. i'm going to
  celebrate my 18th birthday at
  HZ's party this easter.

what's your job in PADUA?
- i'm a coder, a swapper and i'm
  also trying to do some kind of
  organizating in our group.

i presume that you've not only
been in PADUA during your time
in the scene, so please tell us
about the other groups you've
been in.
- i've been in 5 groups before
  we formed padua. first of all,
  i started in NPS, a very lame
  group, where i and two friends
  of mine did all the work and
  the others were playing games,
  but that was a long time ago.
  we got angry about this and
  formed TMI. after being around
  for some time, we were asked
  to join CALTEX of BEASTIE BOYS
  (in their good times!) and so
  we did. but a week later,
  X-RATED was formed and me and
  my friends joined them. after
  some time we left them again
  and formed ELECT. after some
  changes we re-joined x-rated
  but we could not get happy in
  that group so we formed PADUA.

i wonder, how many members are
there in PADUA?
- we are six members at this
  very moment, but this might
  change. member status: lubber,
  roman, salem, steve, tomahawk
  and me, ANO.

so tell me, when did you bought
your commodore 64?
- about 4-7 years ago.

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k_:?_ am i famous? we had our
  first small success with our
  first demo at HZ's 1990, but
  that demo was not spread good
  enough. then we released
  TORTURE, which was spread a
  lot and most people seemed to
  like it! then we released our
  tool disk. that's not so many
  releases, but we always try to
  do some special kind of style
  and design.

what's your plans for the near
future, then?
- to get on a high place at HZ's
  1991 (that's what we hope, but
  it's gonna be very hard). we
  try to get our demo for that
  party finished in time. it'll
  be called simply, 'TORTURE II'
  and we are also coding some
  small things to make money.
  maybe work on a conversation
  for digital marketing.

which is your absolutley BEST
pals in the scene?
- all members of PADUA
  effy of the guardian angels
  bazooka & leonardo of creation
  cycleburner of megastyle inc
  odin of science 451
  greyrat & pumpkin of lower lvl
  and some of my contacts...

many dudes complain about the
charts, and i agree that they
can be really shitty. so i want
you to pick out THE BEST of
these three categories: coder,
musican and a graphixer.
- I TRIED HARD to find someone
  to name, but everytime i got a
  name in my mind, i'm thinking
  of another one. i'm sorry, but
  that means i'm not able to
  mention anyone here.

exactly, how many hours do you
spent infront of your computer?
- PHEW, that's quite different.
  from 0 hours to 7 hours, but
  normally 3.

what do you think about the
actual scene then?
- i really don't like it that
  much. some people are still
  coding demos, which looks like
  demos from 1987. i also don't
  like that there are TOO MANY
  magazines, 'cause only a few
  mags are able to get enough
  votes to do fair charts. i
  don't like LAMERS, who just
  copy the charts of a mag and
  send it in to a magazine just
  to get their address printed
  in there. theres also too much
  boasting, some groups should
  just prove their abilities
  insted of boasting. and i dont
  like all those wars going on.

what do you think about the
illegal scene, about cracking?
- cracking is FUN, if you get
  good orginals. but a lot of
  those games, which been
  released novadays, are not
  worth being cracked because no
  one wants to play those stupid
  games! cracking those games
  seems like time-wasting to me
  and that's why we in PADUA
  won't crack anymore. anyway i
  wonder why some people are
  thinking that cracking just
  means to put an intro infront
  of a game. what about level-
  packing, level-linking and a
  useful trainer? ofcourse there
  are still some good cracking-
  groups around, but there are
  also a lot who just call
  themselves 'CRACKER' without
  having any abilities to crack.

we all know that the c64 rules,
but what about the AMIGA then?
- i like the amiga and i'll
  probably start coding on it,
  as soon as i get it back from
  the police. but ofcourse i'll
  stay on the 64 as long as it's
  alive, because i think the
  amiga-scene is much lamer than
  the 64-scene.

magazines seems to me populair
these days. are you guys gonna
release one too?
- we decided to do some kind of
  a mag, but it will not include
  any charts or news. it'll be
  called GOSSIP and it will
  contain our personal opinion
  to the actual themes in the
  computer and real life. but it
  won't be so serious everytime.
  subjects will be changed alot.
  just wait and see and remember
  this will not be a mag, this
  will be PADUA-GOSSIP!

when were talking about mags, i
wonder which is your favourite
one?
- that's very difficult. in
  design i like mamba. but in
  text i like for example BILD
  ZEITUNG more. i think i cannot
  decide for one mag here!

so, what about HOTSHOT then?
- i also like hotshot very much,
  it sure belongs to one of the
  best mags! (gee thanks! ed.)

please describe a lamer.
- that's very difficult, because
  everyone got their own
  definition for the word LAMER.
  for me lamer is someone who
  ripp, recracks, releases/sends
  very old things from other
  groups, someone who is
  boasting all the time. etc etc

do you often visit these very
famous copy parties?
- until now i've only been to
  VENLO(once), to the HZ's 1990
  and to some small meetings.
  it's very expensive to go
  somewhere from here where i
  live, because it's always a
  big distance. but we'll show
  up on some more parties, as
  soon as ROMAN get's his
  driving licence.

do you have any idols or someone
you look up to in the scene?
- no, i don't have any special.
  i just admire people who are
  able to do vector-stuff, but
  i'm also working on that. i
  also admire people who are
  able to keep 200 contacts
  without getting bored, because
  i would not have any fun in
  copying discs all the time.

is there really something you
would like to change in the
scene these days?
- i would like to stop all WARS,
  some MAGS and some GROUPS!

now some questions about your
private life. first, what are
you doing in you spare time?
- flying model-airplanes, going
  to 'normal' parties, playing
  the piano or just loitering
  around with some of my friends
  and in winter-time i'm also
  doing some ice-skating and
  sometimes skiing aswell.

do you have a GIRLFRIEND?
- unfortunatetly not at the
  present moment(snif!).

what's your favourite:
food: PIZZA
movie: can't decide
country: all scandinavian ones
animal: DOGS
magazine: can't decide
game: TETRIS and adventures
music: can't decide
sport: table-tennis and cycling

what makes you really happy and
really angry?
HAPPY: - being with friends
       - finishing a new product
         on the computer
       - earning money with
         computer-programs
       - phoning for hours
       - reading a good book

ANGRY: - wars(all kinds)
       - the cops
       - the politicians
       - high phonebills
       - stupid teachers
       - the speed of the post
       - people contacting me
         by sending old stuff
       - people without humour
       - and those who take
         scrolltexts too serious

great! now please tell us the
three things you would like to
bring with you on a desert
island in the MEDITERRANEAN?
- my computer equipment, some
  friends and a helicopter.

and at last, would you like to
say something to the public?
- yes. i hope to meet all my
  freinds at the HORIZON party!
  may there be no more stupid
  wars! PEACE! and do not take
  computer-life to serious cause
  you might loose the connection
  to reality. and at last i
  would like to say thanks to
  morpheus for making this
  interview, because it was fun
  to answer and it made me think
  about some interesting things!

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  we thank ANO for this really
  cool interview! you WILL meet
  me at HZ's. that's for sure!

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