Mamba 19 ch04 The Interviews
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yup dudes! and once again we spent
some hours on the phone to please you
with 2 extraordinary interviews.
very special guests are this time:
1.sauron of enigma
-interviewed by frank of enigma!
2.the last dragon of empire
-interviewed by frank of enigma!
let's start with sauron...
s: sauron
m: mamba
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m:yup ole! tell us something about
your person.
s:well, my real name is ole, i'm 20
years old and come from norway.
further i'm 180m tall, my weight is
about 75kg and i go to a college
of engineering.
m:what's your favourite food, drink,
movie and magazine?
s:i like italian food very much. my
favourite drinks are san francisco
and beer and i enjoy reading mamba
(ed.thanx!).
m:how did you get into illusion?
s:i started ils in summer 1989
together with garfield and redhead.
then rocky fist and hero joined.
richie and reble mc joined in the
beginning of 1990. the rest joined
recently. before i started ils i've
been in groups like last science
and future...
m:how many members are in ils right
now and who are they?
s:we are 9 members actually and they
are: richie, pyle, frank, deff,
fist, rocky, hero, pudwerx and me.
m:what's your task in illusion?
s:hmm, i'm the main cracker and i
also wrote some utilities.
m:how did you get your handle?
s:well, there is a very famous
fantasy book called 'lord of the
rings' and sauron is the evil guy
in that book, so i chose that
handle.
m:how did you proceed to get known
or even famous?
pluuuuuuuuuuuuus!
s:i think i got quite known when i
started ils, coz i cracked lots of
games until now. i always tried to
do fast versions of high standard.
speed + quality is what made me
known, maybe famous.
m:when did you get your first c64?
s:hmm, that was about 7 years ago in
1984 or so.
m:where did you get your originals
from?
s:a friend of mine worked in a...
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s:...softwareshop, so i borrowed the
originals from him and cracked
them. i brought them back the other
day. nowadays richie gets all the
originals i crack.
m:who's the best cracker and cracker-
group at the moment?
s:it's difficult to say who is the
best cracker, as many guys can
crack, levelpack, iffl link etc.,
but i think it's antitrack. i+t
is the best group at the moment.
m:who are your best friends?
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s:fist, richie, pudwerx, gene, rocky,
garfield,redhead(ex-ils),fletch,
excell and the good old executioner
m:which is the best group ever?
s:it's ikari!
m:what is your opinion about the
current scene?
s:hmm, i think there should be more
quality versions, not a quick one
for the states and then another
one! speed and quality is the way
to go...
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m:what's your opinion about demos?
s:i like to watch demos to see what
is possible. i prefer demos with
cool effects and nice graphics in-
stead of breaking records which
often doesn't look very good. i
like demos from blackmail, omega
supreme (pimplesqueezers) and
cosmos designs for instance.
m:what do you think about crackers?
s:i dislike crackers who are arrogant
and complain about every crack,
like goldfish for example.
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s:i hate those guys saying he's the
best and the rest sux!
m:did you ever get trouble with cops?
s:no, i didn't, although there is
also a copyright law in norway. i
got some trouble with the post
office some time ago (for stamps
cheating). as far as i know noone
has been caught here in norway....
m:why do you use your computer for
illegal activities?
s:well, i like computer as a hobby...
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s:...and as i'm not a good coder it
is quite funny to use my commie
for illegal activities. cracking
games makes more fun than coding
demos.
m:what are your future plans. do you
want to quit in the near future?
s:sometimes i would like to quit.
especially when there are so many
games to crack and i have to work
under a pressure. i'll never go
amiga, as i would have to learn so
much. i will stop in about 1 year
when i have to go to army.
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m:what do you think about americans
and euros?
s:there are many more cool euros
than americans. most amis just want
games from you and there is no real
friendship. there are only 3
americans i really like: pudwerx,
warewolf and the executioner (from
those i know...).
m:if you could change the scene,
what would you change?
s:i don't know really, but maybe i
would avoid that people always...
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s:...rag on eachother. noone is per-
fect and it should be a hobby.
m:are there still any aims yo want
to reach?
s:get rich, but nothing on computer!
i've had my fun. i used to be on
top, had quite some fans! that's
it!
m:did you ever regret your years of
computing?
s:sometimes when i get high
phonebills or americans keep on...
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s:...asking me for games. sometimes
when there are too many games to
crack i want to take a break.
m:do you ever want to become legal?
s:nope! never!
m:describe a lamer (no names!)!
s:people pretending to have certain
abilities they don't have. simply
people with a big mouth who fail.
m:do you want to send out some greets
to your friends?
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s:yep! hi jason, richie, fist, brian,
marius(redhead) ,rocky and the
mamba staff
m:what are you doing in your spare
time?
s:i study a lot, go to discos with
some friends, watch videos, play
football. i sometimes do something
to stay fit (weight lifting,jogging
ect.) and i work sometimes to earn
some money.
m:what was the biggest disappointment
in your life ?
s:no answer! personal things...
m:ok! what was the greatest thing
ever happened to you?
s:i beat the smartest guy in school
in a maths contest. another great
thing was when a local radio sta-
tion played some mixes from me and
my brother.
m:what's your biggest wish?
s:to get rich and to get a nice girl
and a nice job! and as we hiphop
freax say: peace!
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m:a last word you wanna say?
s:not really, except if people got
cool house/dance music or remixes
they should contact mamba staff as
i don't want to publish my address!
m:thanx for that cool interview ole!
s:no problem! bye!
this interview has been made when we
both were still in illusion!
plus it to grab the other interview!
m:mamba
t:the last dragon
pluuuuuuuuuuuuus!
m:yo tim! tell us some general
things concerning your person!
t:i work as a proffesional dj for an
upcoming rap group from my city,
and have even worked with various
other rap groups on the west coast!
i have been computering for 6 years
now, and i'm a member of empire!
i turned 19 in april and i also
work as an engineer in a recording
studio. i'm about 6 feet tall (ca.
182 centimeters), my weight is 160
pounds. i had a girlfriend for over
a year now, which is a long time!
(ed.a fuckin' long time...)
kick iiiit!
m:describe your career in brief!
t:ok, the first group i had ever
joined was hotline (around 5 years
ago) because i was good friends
with will and arjan...after that i
joined a group called s.i.n.(steady
importing network), which was
trading with triad and the first to
take fbr's no.1 importing place...
after that died out, i joined
another group. time league...soon
after i joined they broke up, and
i went on to the avengers... we had
a few months of good importing, and
then our contact died...after that
i spent some time coding... (+)
t:...demos , and so on and was asked
to join abyss...we had a lot of
importing, fixing and demos..after
most abyss members had gone amiga,
we decided to kill the group!then
i was in sphinx and left again to
join fbr. now i'm a member of
empire!
m:you took a break from the scene in
late '88 and returned 2 years after
that. why did you take that break
and what are your future plans?
t:hmm. the law enforcement gave me a
visit one day. they wanted me to
help bust a major... (+)
t:...hacking/fraud ring...unfortuna-
tely they wanted me to restify, in
court, against one of my good
friends..0they then threatened me
that they could bust me and so on,
if i didn't cooperate...and i still
said no, so they left only saying
watch yourself! scared of beeing
busted, i packed the c64 away, and
there it stayed for the next two
years! over that 2 years period, i
became very serious with dj'ing and
doing proffesional music, and now
all of that is paying off for me.
m:you are heavy into music. are you
willing 2 give us further deatails?
t:sure! since i'm in the last year of
high school, and going to college,
i have had little time to work on a
debut album...since i am producing
a majority of the songs on that
album, it has been slow...now as my
schooling is coming to an end, i
will have more time to devote to
finishing the album, and rounding
off and the rough edges, if you
know what i mean...after that i
will be working on a project which
is a sort of hip-house mix between
dee-lite and bbd/jonny gill...i am
really looking forward to that! my
ultimate goal in music is to own an
own record label, and produce...(+)
t:r&b/rap artists. the dj'ing is just
a fun hobby...
m:really interesting! now tell us
your favourites tim!
t:music:r&b/rap (say bbd, nwa, public
enemy ect.ect.ect.)
food:beef jerky and inihan beef,
which is filopino food...
drink:it would have to be vodka! i
also drink st.ides a lot...
movie:anyone by steven segal... i
like violence. and silence of
the lambs!
tv show:in living color, i suppose!
pluuuuuuuus!
t:actor: 91 pacino (scarface 1983
remake)
car:1991 honda ac cord se-i...
64 game:creatures
amiga games:gods
demo groups:crest, bonzai and crazy
(rip)
m:ok tim! what are your best friends
in the scene?
t:yup! all empire members, simply coz
they are cool, and can talk about
more than computer, joeren tell,
jch, deek, drax...they are the
people i talk to most...other greez
must go to wolfgang and you, frank!
m:what is your task in empire and
what are your abilities?
t:my main job is back-up fixing, when
we get a large amount of stuff, and
coding...i am planning to code an
empire demo when i have the time...
i am able to code almost everything
you see these days. i am shitty
with vectors though, but they suck
on c64 anyway! i have too many
vector demos on amiga to even
bother with them on c64.
m:are there any people you really
appreciate? tell us who they are
and the reason why you... (+)
m:...wppreciate them!
t:ok...first joeren tell for beeing a
good friend for almost 5 years
now. jch and all vibrants members,
for having a huge amount of trust
in me, and their abilities!
wolfgang, for helping me get back
into the scene, and all empire
members who still remember me...i
would like to thank you for inter-
viewing an old timer, like myself!
m:no problem dude! now tell us what
you are doing besides computing!
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t:well, during the summer months i go
to california to surf...and in the
winter, i do a lot of snow skiing
and snowballfights...any other time
i usually play (american) football
or basketball...i just like to be
in the sun, so whereever the sun
goes, i will follow! basically i
like a lot of sports...swimming
and so on...i also go all over the
place with my girlfriend!
m:is there anything else you want to
say?
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wonder anybody still
if is here ?!
t:hmm...i would like to give a big
round of applause to the mamba
staff for making my favourite disk
magazine (ed.thanx pal!)...a
special 'i can't wait till ya get
here' to joeren tell...and thanx to
all my friends who still remembered
me...
m:ok dude! thanks for that cool
interview...
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