Ymgve at 16:21, 29 November 2007

2007-11-29T16:21:01Z

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Well, the issue's footwear section begins!

Hardly though, as it is summer, and as we all know,
as soon as it hits summer, everyone decides to spend
their time down at the beach rather than in front of
the C64, and who can blame us?

I am getting some strange comments from my parents
simply because it is about 28'C outside, and I am in
my room, typing away.....

So, inactivity rules, eh?

But what is inactivity? Who can we call inactive? Is
it possible to say that someone is not at all active,
although they claim to still be on the scene?

Look at, for example, Antitrack. He is inactive as
is possible, but yet he is still on the scene, and will
apparantly crack any games needing cracking, but
do we see anything like that? No. So, we say he is
inactive.

But hold on, what about someone like Mr Sex of
Byterapers? After World of Code 3, we saw very
little from him, yet he was not called inactive (but it
must be remembered, he is visually active now, with
his writing for The Pulse). Its hard to tell whether
someone is inactive or active.

Anyone who does not see anything that I do (i.e.
people I don't swap with, or people who don't see
any of my mail stuff) may believe I was inactive,
while that is very far from the truth. The opposite
applies with people who call the boards only, or
supply calling cards. People do not see them on the
mail scene, so they do not get votes in the mail
magazines (for example this one, or The Tribune) but
they do in The Relax and The Pulse, as they have a
board chart.

Who is active,e who is inactive? What a problem!
What can you do to decide who is active and who is
active? Simply enough, there is nothing you can
really do, besides have a good look at what people
have done. Like why does Powerplant STILL get
voted for?!?!?!? And I saw a magazine the other day
that said it was good that Rob Hubbard was still
getting voted for (as a musician, obviously!). Why is
that good? All it means is that the charts are full
of shit, as people aren't voting for active sceners,
only the good ons of old. How long before we see
Eaglesoft back at the top of the charts if the idea
is given that the best of all time should be voted
for?

I have always thought that the charts need a good
firm hand in sorting them out, that votes for people
like Powerplant should be most definitely removed,
and when magazines like The Pulse compile their
charts, they should make a point of it that they will
not take charts from magazines which do not check
their votes. It really is time. Magazines already
check the group and magazine charts, and remove
dead or inactive ones. Surely it is time that inactive
sceners get removed too.

Of course, it is difficult to judge, as I recently
found out. I have voted Alias Medron/Chromance as
one of my top artists, as he is a truly great artist,
for a few months, since I first saw his work, but then
I heard that he had quit the scene, so thought I
should not carry on voting for him, obviously. Then,
he came back to the scene.

So, then, we find the problem that if he had been
removed from the charts, by the time the news had
filtered through that he had returned to the scene,
he would have been removed from all charts, even
though he would actually be active!

But I do believe that it is high time that inactive
people were removed from the charts, and that as
well as a "self-voters" list, an "oldies voters" list
should be included, so that people still voting for
people like Powerplant should be suitably
embarrassed for voting so thoughtlessly. Just think
how some people feel when they see they are ranked
lower than someone who quit the scene well over a
year ago! BTW, I'm not talking about me there, as I
personally don't care about charts (although I must
admit, I have some serious gloating to do after
reading the charts in The Tribune 52! 8-)

But think about it. Don't just write. Maybe spend 5
minutes one day thinking about who you will vote for,
and write your votes down, pin them up on a wall,
then always copy them. Its time some fairness was
seen in the charts!

WHY!!!!

(Subject change here ladies and gents!)

Why do people do it? Why?

Why do people deliberately lable themselves with a
handle that is bad for them!

I'm not just talking about a bad handle here, you
know, like "Shuze" or anything, and it must be said,
that is pretty damned bad, but I mean a really bad
handle.

As an example, we start with the name "Asswipe".
There is a scener out there at the moment called
"Asswipe", who is a good musician, but he is called
ASSWIPE for goodness sake! Where is the need?

Can you imagine if you gave yourself the handle
"LAMER", or "FUCKWIT"? Would you bother? What is
the point? With a handle like that, I really can't
imagine anyone getting anywhere! On the other hand,
something with a real ring to it, like "Jack Alien",
"Burglar", "Antitrack", "TTS", "The Syndrom" or the
ever so classic "Biz Kid" (hehehe, he's Biz Kid, I'm the
Kissing Up Kid) will always get somewhere! At least
people will think to themeselves, that's a really
good handle, I like that.

And what would happen if someone wrote your handle
on the envelope? Can you imagine it?

FUCKWIT
BILL SOMEBODY
SOMEWHERESVILLE
SOMEWHERE

Its not exactly the best thing to see on an envelope
is it?

Oh well, I guess there's always some people....

Recently, quite a few people have had a good old
moan at me for being English. They have said things
along the lines of "I am sick of English being the
standard scene language, its not as if there are
many sceners in the UK, is it?"

The people in question then went on about how
Polish should be the standard language.

I guess its a fair point, as nowadays there is no
need for everyone to understand English, as if
there were no English sceners, everyone could
speak, erm, well, damn... What other language is
taught in all countries (except for a few). There
would be no talking between countries. Each group
would end up taking on interpreters before coders!

Can you imagine it? You would need an interpreter
who knew Polish, German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish and
more! Its not as if Polish is taught anywhere except
for in Poland, and the same applies for Dutch,
Swedish and Danish! The only standard languages
in the world are English and French, then German and
Spanish come next.

So, why not think next time when making a demo, why
write everything in German or Polish if you can find
someone to translate it for you? You really should,
as other wise all Polish guys alienate guys outside
of Poland, the Germans alienate the others, but
when a demo is in English, 95% of people can read it!

Aha, we English do provide something to the world,
but I guess that is cancelled out by us making
Eastenders and Coronation Street.....

Just speaking of countries, did you know that during
the 1994 world cup finals, the Americans asked a lot
of people who their favourite Irish person was, and
about 90% apparantly said Jack Charlton? That's
fine I guess, except he is probably one of the most
English people you could ever find....

Well, I'll leave you this time with a joke supplied to
me by Dancin' Homer/Moe's Tavern:

Why don't women need umbrellas?
It doesn't rain in the bedroom or kitchen!

That one's for you Elvira.... Hehehe....

Later!

Shuze/Afl'70

Skyhigh 18 Shuze and socks - Revision history

Ymgve at 16:21, 29 November 2007