Splash 09 ch10 Swap Importance
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so welcome to the article of this month which was written by me (ofcoz falcon).here we go for it: who is the most important member in a group? i am sure that most of the guys will answer like a coder or a cracker or a graphican when they read the title.ofcourse the owners of these answers are right in the- ir words.but i want to discuss this subject from another point. in some magazines i read some words like:'...who are the voters? they are mostly swappers(lamers). they only send votings in order to publish their addy in the magazine they don't know about the groups that deserve to be voted...' well,i must say that i am completely opposite to these words first of all swappers have a great importance for a group to survive and rise.why? its answer is very simple.coders and graphicians spend their mostly time for a ni- ce routine,demo part,logo,picture or whatever it is in front of the- ir screens.for a cool product they work very hard.also crackers spend their hours for a cool version of a game.at the end all of these guys produce something under the name of their group.and the job of a swapper starts here.the stuff that was produced after all those hard works must be spreaded all around and to all the scene coun- tries.otherwise producing all tho- se stuff is nothing more than spending time.if it not spreaded then nobody or very limited per- sons will see the product. you will say me that producti- ons can be spreaded by boards.but i want to ask you that how many people in the scene can call the boards and get some stuff.it won't be a great amount. i think now you will have a time break for thinking about the importance of swappers.also inclu- de the facts like that.swappers have a hard life because of all the time,time pressure.he always wait for the stuff and when it comes he starts to copying it.then another hardworking starts;making packages.i personally hate this part of swapping. he buys his stamps and sometimes he spends ti- me on cheating them.i forgot to talk about the letters.a nice part of swapping is writing personal letters to include them in the sendings.after all of these,the swappers run to the post to mail the packages.there are always risks for a swapper.first of all, if he cheats the stamps and the post understands that then you can think about what will happen.prob- lems,problems...also if the mostly illegal stuff in the discs is no- ticed then also you will be in trouble with the police sometimes. completely different from this side,there are some more difficul- ties for a swapper.they don't have much time for the normal life like girls,non-computer parties etc.you can see its proof in all the maga- zines that published up to this time.in the interviews of all the- se magazines,most swappers answe- red this question like this: -:do you have a girlfriend? +:no i don't,no time for this. or like this: +:once i had but we splitted because of my computer hobby. in nearly 90% of the answers were like that.it is another example of time pressure that a swapper had. also a swapper has got a very limited money for his normal life after sending all of the packages. it is not easy to go on swapping. after all these words,if you were a thinker of swapper is a la- mer,i think that you must look yo- ur thoughts one more time.as you see swapping is not very easy. also how can be a swapper al- so be a lame voter? swappers are all the time inside the real scene they always have the chance of getting the latest stuff and see that who is producing much,who is producing in a high-speed.they can see the world records in the de- mos.i can say that they see all the stuff that was produced. then ofcourse they had the i- dea of who is ruling? so they made up their decisions and they vote. am i wrong? i think its better for me,to end this article here.i will be glad if i erase the swapper is a lamer image.i don't say that swap- per is the most important.i only try to show the position of a swapper.i hope you agree that swapping is a needed and also hard working job.if you are opposite to me (i don't think so) then write to us and send me some reasons. signed:falcon