Mamba 08 ch03 Reports

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  this month we didn't get any party-
  report as no interesting party was
  held. the monthly venlo-meeting is
  always the same anyway.
  the party-report from the horizon(?)-
  party sent to us by aaron/flt came
  too late !

  instead of that we have announces for
  2 parties held in the following weeks


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  the shadows/megastyle/science 451/
      full force/contex amiga/boa & mfi
      party will be held from the
  29th of june to the 1st july in the
  afternoon/evening.

  the party-place is : bergen hallen
                       in bergen/norway

  the party is exclusively for the
  c64, the amiga and the archimedes.
  the party takes place in an icehockey
  hall, so there will be no space-
  problems.



  some catchwords about the party :

  -24 hours restaurant/snack bar

  -guards in the hall to avoid stealing

  -3*4 metres video-screen

  -a democompetition with many prices
   sponsored by a company

  -lots of toilets/showers and even a
   sauna

  -a huge hall only for sleeping
   (no beds!)

  another note on the invitation :

  'please remember that this is a
   legal party, and that illegal
   copying is a crime' (ed.who cares ?)

  for any kind of questions call one
  of these dudes :

  omega supreme - XXXXXXXXXXX
  master jam    - XXXXXXXXXXX
  price         - XXXXXXXXXXX
  icj           - XXXXXXXXXXX


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  another party will be held in the
  eastern part of europe,in yugoslavia.

  party-address is :

  XXXXXXXXXXX
  XXXXXXXXXXX
  XXXXXXXXXXX
  XXXXXXXXXXX

  no invitation is needed !

  the party will be organized by
  transcom.



  some facts about/around the party :

  - time : saturday 4th to monday 13th
           in august '90

  - standart of living is twice as
    cheaper than in eec.

  - party will take place in a big
    house nearby a lake.

  - piracy isn't prohibited by the
    yugoslavian law.




  now i will give you a little view
  into the amiga-scene...

  i am sure many of you already have
  an amiga or are even in a group.
  therefor i won't list all the groups
  etc.
  there are only some groups which
  releases about 80% of all the games
  first, these groups are quartex,
  paranoimia and vision factory.
  vf lost a little bit of his former
  strength as the cologne members quit.
  other good cracker-groups are oracle,
  paradox,mad and some others !
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  but the main topic of this article
  isn't the question of the best or
  worst, but the question for the
  sense of this scene.

  it's mainly money which stamps this
  scene as it's a question of money to
  get the games fast and to release
  first.
  so most of the groups invest a lot of
  money to get the games first, not
  only buying them in the shops, but
  they try to get them before the
  official release-date.
  but they don't need the money only


  for that reason, but also a lot of
  other things have to be paid, for
  example the crackers :
  the best crackers earn a lot of
  money for a crack or monthly, so it's
  nothing special when a cracker
  doesn't really belong to a group,
  but to the group who is just paying
  for the work.

  another point is that many first
  versions doesn't work! if you get a
  first version from a bbs it often
  doesn't work, because it's 'cracked'
  miserable. sometimes, when it depends


  on only some hours if it's a first-
  release, the group uploads the game
  without removing the protection,
  and, the not working game stays on
  the bbs, as long as anybody takes
  this version and crackes it !
  in my opinion many guys aren't in
  that scene for fun, but for getting
  a lot of money as some guys of famous
  groups make up to 6000 dollars a
  month by selling stuff !

  i know many people who quit the amiga
  scene because of these reasons and
  some of them returned to the c64!


  from my point of view there's really
  nothing attractive in the amiga-
  scene and although i like to play
  amiga-games i wouldn't join this
  'broken' scene...


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   for us, send them to

       mamba staff
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