INTERVIEW - AUSSIE ALLIANCE!


 Interview by: Felon/Devious.


    RR: RoaDRuNNa
    JM: J/\ger/\/\eister



 1)   First  off  could  ya  tell us a
 little  about the alliance and how it
 came to be ???

 RR:   Going right back to March-April
 1994    there    was   some   initial
 discussion  about  setting up a group
 of  boards to get some friendship and
 serious   trading  happening  on  the
 Australian  scene.   The  boards that
 were  to  be  involved  were  Burning
 Crime    in   Sydney,   Meltdown   in
 Newcastle  and  Hollywood Vampires in
 Adelaide.   Nothing  eventuated  from
 this  discussion and the idea was all
 but  forgotten  for  some  time.   In
 early   May   ThoRN   the   sysop  of
 Hollywood   Vampires   and  myself  (
 RoaDRuNNa  )  talked  about  the idea
 again  and  decided  if we didn't get
 off our arses and do sumthing nothing
 would  eventuate.   So  we  called in
 J/\ger/\/\eister  and  had  a  3  way
 conference  to try and get this thing
 off  the  ground.   We  started going
 through some names that would reflect
 what  we  were  out to achieve.  Some
 really   bizarre  names  were  tossed
 around but finally the 3 of us agreed
 on  "  The  Illegal  Alliance  " That
 evening we informed Incubus the sysop
 of  Meltdown  that  we'd got the ball
 rolling  and  asked  if  he was still
 interested  in the idea.  Incubus was
 as enthusiastic as the rest of us and
 so  from  that night the Alliance was
 born.  As things progressed and after
 Sheedy  the sysop of Uninvited joined
 the  group we started making plans on
 getting  an  Alliance  board in every
 state  of Australia.  We also decided
 that the " Illegal Alliance " was not
 suitable anymore and thus changed our
 name to " The Aussie Alliance "

 2)   Who  else  was  a  member of the
 Alliance ?


    Boards                    State
    -------------------------------
    Burning Crime         WHQ   NSW
    Meltdown            NSWHQ   NSW
    Hollywood Vampires   SAHQ    SA
    Uninvited           VICHQ   VIC 
    The Star             WAHQ    WA
    Dee Vee 8            WAHQ    WA
    Baptised in Blood    SAHQ    SA
    Downtown             SAHQ    SA
    Midnite             QLDHQ   QLD

    Co-ordinator: RoaDRuNNa

    Sysops:       J/\ger/\/\eister
                  InCuBus
                  THoRN
                  SHeeDY
                  THe DuDe
                  X-CeLL
                  oNSLauGHT
                  DaTaLiNe
                  CouNT ZeRo

    Traders:      NoDDY
                  TiJuaNa
                  STyLeMaSTeR Dj


 3)   When the AA ViC HQ Uninvited was
 busted  was there any indication that
 somebody had dobbed in the BBS ?

 RR:   As  with any bust there's gonna
 be   suspicion   on  whether  or  not
 someone  NARCed.   One event that led
 us to beleive that there was indeed a
 NARC  was the fact that when the FEDS
 raided  Sheedy's  house  they covered
 the  monitor  with their hands whilst
 they  logged  into the BBS.  Although
 after being interviewed Sheedy is now
 doubtful that a NARC was involved but
 then again who really knows...

 4)   Also  tell us a little bit about
 the informal letter that the AA SA HQ
 Hollywood Vampires recieved.

 RR:   Well  after  getting  a warning
 from  Incubus  that someone had it in
 for  Thorn  and  his  board  Hollwood
 Vampires  and telling me to be on the
 lookout   for  any  text  files  both
 myself    and    Thorn   were   quite
 concerned.   Sure enough a week later
 a  text  file  appeared  on Hollywood
 Vampires  telling  him to shutdown or
 he  will be shutdown !!!  To this day
 Incubus  still  refuses  to  tell  us
 where he got his information from and
 even  more  surprising  was  the fact
 that the text file was written, spelt
 and  set out in the exact same way as
 some  text files that were written by
 Incubus...

 JM:   Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ...  The
 indications are that threats received
 were virtually identical in style and
 grammar  to  other text files created
 and  distributed by an individual ...
 These    text    files   were   being
 created/spread   on  a  very  regular
 basis  by  that  individual, and thus
 were very easy to compare/etc ...

 5)  Is it fact that Incubus ex AA and
 sysop  of  Meltdown  lagged in the AA
 WHQ Burning Crime ?

 JM:  It appears to be so ...  Threats
 (again  in  text  files)  were  being
 made,  promises  of  forthcoming doom
 were  made, etc etc ...  An interview
 was setup by Incubus with a so called
 journo   with  the  ABC,  which  I  (
 J/\ger/\/\eister  )  attended...  And
 that  convo  went  again and again to
 discussion   of  Hacking,  Phreaking,
 Piracy  etc  etc.   When the original
 concept   was  intended  as:   A  BBS
 community  -  The  other side of this
 often misunderstood hobby ...

 Captures   taken  by  the  FEDS  were
 checked  for  dates  and corresponded
 with  Incubus  calling  times  (Alias
 used  was  AmiCRON  by  Incubus as he
 didn't   want  to  be  recognised  as
 becoming  one  of the top 10 leechers
 on BC, and doing so VERY FAST ...

 Incubus mentioned he no longer wanted
 to  call  the BBS after the New Year.
 The  Search  Warrant  clearly stated,
 the  BBS  was  being watched from the
 1/1/95   till  19/1/95  ...   Incubus
 called  3  times  during those times,
 and  those lined up with the dates on
 the captures ...

 RR:  Beyond reasonable doubt !!!

 6)   What  was the official date that
 the AA ended ?

 JM:   It hasn't ended !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 BC  was  one  of the cogs, and we are
 sure  when  the hardware is returned,
 AA  will  rise  again  from it's much
 needed resting place ...

 RR:   The  Alliance  is definately at
 its  lowest point at the moment and I
 think  now  is a good time for a well
 earned  rest  for  all  involved.  If
 indeed  BC does go back up and morale
 picks up again we may get back to the
 way we were.

 7)   Briefly  can  u tell us a little
 about Burning Crime and the bust ?

 JM:   The  FEDS  arrived  23/01/95 at
 7:10am,  spent  some time videotaping
 the  BBS  in  action  (Main /X Server
 window only) ...  Interviewed myself,
 the   Telecom   representative  spent
 about  1  1/2  hours  trying to get a
 supposed   Telecom   test  number  to
 actually  ring  BC  ...   It  finally
 worked  ...  Now i wonder why it took
 that long to work ???  Who is setting
 up who ???

 Took  ALL computer equipment - A1200,
 A2000,  A3000  - 6 modems, 3 gig H/Ds
 250meg Archive, 2.1gig DAT, Monitors,
 Mobile  Phone,  Personal  and Private
 mail  and  100's of floppy discs, etc
 etc ...

 8)   Now  that theres no more AA what
 will become of yourself and what will
 u be doing in the future ?

 RR:   Well  for  the  time being I am
 concentrating    on    getting   more
 involved  on  the  Internet and doing
 some  more  coding.   I will still be
 keeping in touch with all AA guyz and
 expect  to be working on a revival in
 the not too distant future.

 JM:  AA is having a much needed break
 (  current  lack of warez circulation
 shows  just  how much hard work/trade
 was  done by AA ) ...  AA will have a
 rethink of strategy, restructure it's
 "alliances and friendships", and then
 get back into it ...

 I  (J/\ger/\/\eister)  will be around
 on  either Industrial Accident and/or
 Tombstone.

 9)  Lastly what would you like to say
 to Incubus/Meltdown BBS ?

 JM:   There  is  nothing  to  be said
 except change your medication ...

 RR:  Yeah change it to cyanide ya low
 life !!!

 NOTE:    Aussie   Alliance   is   now
 Officially    Dead!   RoadRunna   has
 now joined Devious Dezigns!