Inteview with Mr. King

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\!x@   Interview with MR. KING (BEYOND)
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      ST = SceneTalk's questions
        MK = Mr. King's answers

\!y@ST: Please, introduce yourself to  our
    readers, give us  some  info about
    yourself and your cool work on the
    Amiga scene.

\!0@MK: My real name is Joerg and  my han-
    dle is Mr.King.I'm now a member of
    Beyond. I am 19 year  old  and  my
    birthday is in the  end of August.
    I drive a very old VW Passat,which
    mainly doesn't work !! My task  in
    Beyond is to swap and  spread  the
    own Productions (???). I will soon
    release a pack, called Low Spirit.
    Sometimes when I have time  enough
    and when I'm in the right  mood  I
    code a little bit. 

\!y@ST: Tell some more as  the  well-known
    information about your  crew. What
    do you think about  the  organisa-
    tion of your group ? Could  it  be
    better or is it allright ?

\!0@MK: We are now 16 members in Beyond.We
    have an own board(so call, dudes).
    All in all I think that Beyond  is
    good organised group. Better  than
    the ones I have been in before! In
    the future  Beyond will  release a
    nice demo and a sounddisk.

\!y@ST: What do you plan  for the future ?
    Tell some information  about  your
    work in the  near future  and soon
    outcoming productions.

\!0@MK: Maybe I will open an own board,but
    that isnt sure yet !

\!y@ST: Ok, tell us  something about  your
    Amiga history ,e.g. in what groups
    have  you been  before  and  which
    jobs  have  you  done before ? How
    long have  you  been  in  computer
    scene?

\!0@MK: I got my C 64 in the year 1982 . I
    was just playing some stupid games
    till I joined Kodiak in 1987.After
    a member of  Kodiak was  busted by
    the cops KODIAK broke  apart. Then
    some of  our town formed  VICTORY.
    After some month I stopped all C64
    activities and went over  to AMIGA
    ( I bought my Amiga  in 1988 ) . I
    builtup the Amiga section of  VIC-
    TORY. In 1992 Victory stopped  all
    activities and I joined  VIOLENCE.
    But because Violence was not  very
    good  organised  I  joined  BEYOND
    after three  weeks. Now  I  am  in
    BEYOND for about 6 weeks.

\!y@ST: What  computers have you owned be-
    fore the Amiga? What is your opin-
    ion about the good  old C-64 scene
    when you  compare  it with our be-
    loved Amiga scene ? Point  out the
    advantages and  disadvantages.  In
    which directions do you think will
    the Amiga scene (in Germany) deve-
    lope? Many elite crews  formed PC-
    sections. What do you think  about
    it ? Is  this  the  right  way  to
    survive?

\!0@MK: The good old C64 scene is not bad.
    In  the C 64  scene  you  can  get
    easily to the top,coz almost every
    group has 2 or more Mags.  That is
    stupid. They  should  bring  out a
    mag with  more  interesting  arti-
    cles,  like on the  Amiga. Most of
    the  mags  have not  more  than 10
    chapters. Some even  less. I Think
    the Amiga scene is much better,coz
    not every lame  newcommer  can get
    into the REAL scene,  but he first
    has  to  prove first  that  he  is
    worth to be in the amiga scene.  I
    think the Amiga scene will stay as
    it is nowadays.

\!y@ST: What extra  hardware  do  you own?

\!0@MK: I have now 2 external drives (a  5
    1G4 and a 3 1G2), one megabyte, an
    Action  Replay - Module, printer ,
    Synchro Express II, a joystick,  a
    mousepad.
    
\!y@ST: Have you any plans for buying more
    hardware (better equipment) in the
    future?

\!0@MK: Yeahh, I wanna  buy a  fast  Modem
    (so that I can open my own board ,
    with my pal TFD). For that board I
    need a Harddrive,another AMIGA and
    that is all. 

\!y@ST: What's your opinon about PD-compa-
    nies? Some of them sold demos  for
    much money and do not ask the pro-
    ducers for a permission ? Have you
    made some experiences with PD-com-
    panies? Tell, a short story  about
    your worst experience  with  them.

\!0@MK: I think PD companies are allright.
    I think it is not bad if they sell
    demos for  a  low  price , because
    some people  can  only  get  demos
    from such PD-companies.But if they
    make really  money  with  them , I
    think they should get a permission
    from the producers. I never had  a
    bad  experience  with  them, coz I
    never ordered something from them.

\!y@ST: What  is  your  opinion  about the
    mail-swapping scene on Amiga,  are
    you planning to  become  a  modem-
    trader?What do you think generally
    about modems and the fast changing
    scene nowadays?

\!0@MK: Mailswapping is very good, also if
    you cannot get such a new stuff as
    with a modem,but the friendship is
    much better. I like  letters  very
    much. I don't think,that I will be
    a modem trader, but I think I will
    be  a  sysop, when I got my equip-
    ment.

\!y@ST: What  is  your  opinion  about the
    mail-swapping  scene here in  Ger-
    many? Give some information  about
    advantages, disadvantages,what you
    like or hate, post and the behavi-
    our of your contacts .... What  is
    more important for you: friendship
    or business?

\!0@MK: I think friendship is  most impor-
    tant. What I hate in  Germany  are
    thease groups who set the  release
    date of their productions about  1
    month ahead  and  spread  this new
    stuff to their contacts.

\!y@ST: What is your statement about girls
    in the scene ? Add  your  personal
    experience if you have it. But  be
    careful, because we have one  girl
    in the crew !

\!0@MK: I dont have any  experience  with
    girls in the  scene, but  I  think
    that they can be as good  as boys,
    even better. And  when you  see  a
    crack or a demo, you cant see who
    did it. And so girls and boys  are
    equal..

\!y@ST: What's your statement about crack-
    ing? Have you got some experiences
    with it? Which crackercrew  is  at
    your opinion the most famous one ?

\!0@MK: I think CRACK INC. is going to the
    top.I dont have any experience in
    it,  coz I am  legal. Cracking  is
    allright.
   
\!y@ST: Did ya have any troubles with  the
    police?Remember the copyright laws
    and add your own statement for it.
    Do you think  that  the  copyright
    laws have any negative  effects in
    evolution of the scene?

\!0@MK: I was never cop busted, coz(I said
    it before) I am  legal. No,  those
    copyright  laws have  no  negative
    effection on the scene. Most  guys
    dont care if they got caught.They
    still go on.

\!y@ST: Where do you  come  from and live.
    Descibe  your  impressions   about
    your home area. What do you  every
    day in your normal life ? Are  you
    surrounded all the time with  some
    cool friends,Amigafreakx or neadly
    girls?

\!0@MK: I come from Elten, this I a  small
    town near the Dutch  border. Elten
    has about 4000 citizens. So  it it
    really  shitty  here, to  get  new
    stuff from friends around. I  just
    finished my practice as a  garden-
    er. My normal day looks like this:
    I  get  up  in  the  morning, have
    breakfast ,  go  to  work,  at  12
    o'clock I have a break, so I go to
    my POST BOX to fetch my post.After
    that I go home and eat something .
    Then I  go  to  work  again , till
    16.30. Then I drive  to  the  post
    office in Tolkamer, a little  town
    in Holland , to fetch the post  of
    my dutch contacts. When I  am   at
    home  again, I copy  all  the  new
    stuff for my contacts. That is  my
    whole day. Exciting,  isn't it ???
 
\!y@ST: What do you think about Amiga par-
    ties?What kind of parties you pre-
    fer in your real  life ? What  was
    the  best  party you  visited ? Is
    there the  possibility  that  your
    group will arrange a party in  the
    future?

\!0@MK: I was only on 2  pardies. One  was
    the Bocholter Copy  Fete  and  the
    other was in Holland, the  Silicon
    pardey in  Uetrecht. So  I can not
    give an objective answer, coz both
    pardeys were lame (There were only
    C64 dudes). In my real life I like
    to  meet  some  friends  and  then
    drink the whole night long.  Disco
    isnt also bad,too.I dont know if
    my group arranges a pardey.
    
\!y@ST: Did you made often voyages in your
    life? Describe  just  the  visited
    places and your  impression  about
    them.Do you like travelling, meet-
    ing  new  pals,  seeing new places
    etc?

\!0@MK: No I dont make often  voyages.  I
    was once in America  to  visit  an
    uncle. America is cool. If I  have
    a new car, I wannna go more  often
    to  pardeys.  Coz  I  really  like
    meeting new pals and  so. So watch
    out for me....

\!y@ST: What kind  of music do you prefer,
    listening often to radio or watch-
    ing videos at MTV? 
 
\!0@MK: I like musik really much. Most  of
    the time I play my own CDs, coz  I
    don't receive MTV in my own room. 

\!y@ST: Do you have a  girlfriend  at  the
    moment ? If so, what is her name ?
    What kind of girls you prefer?

\!0@MK: No, at the moment  I  am free.  So
    girls come on.. She should be nice
    and  rich,  so  that  I  can  open
    my own board (he,he,he).

\!y@ST: Describe your favorite and  prefer-
    ed following things:

\!y@DRINK:\!0@ Diebels Alt Beer, Cola Whisky

\!y@FOOD:\!0@ PATAT met Majo en Frikandel 
      Special

\!y@TOOL:\!0@ X-Copy, Cygnus Ed,Beckertext II,
      Assemblers 

\!y@REAL MUSIC:\!0@ Disco music, all new chart
            music  
 
\!y@MOVIES:\!0@ Terminator II, Teen Agent,
        all kind of action movies 

\!y@COUNTRY:\!0@ Germany, Holland

\!y@DEMO(S):\!0@ Odyssey/Alcatraz

\!y@GROUP(S):\!0@ Paradise, Silents, Anarchy,
          PMC

\!y@SWAPPER(S)   
(OR TRADER(S)):\!0@ Brutus/Paradise, 
                Warden/Arise, 
                Howie/Laserdance

\!y@MUSICIAN(S):\!0@ Nuke/Anarchy,
             Jesper Kid/Silents,
             Firefox/Phenomena

\!y@GRAPHICIAN(S):\!0@ Uno/Scoopex,
               D-Sign/Interphase,
               Fairfox/PMC

\!y@CODER(S):\!0@ The Spy/Silents,
          Performer/Melon Dezign,
          Tedric/Paradise

\!y@CRACKER(S):\!0@ (I don't now, I am in the
             legal scene)

\!y@DISKMAG(S):\!0@ RAW, ICE, MC Disk


\!y@ST: Ohh yeahh,  isn't  this  treatment
    some time finished? Maybe soon,but
    first you have to  tell  me  which
    question I  did  not  ask  you and
    which one I should? Hmm, have  you
    something special to say like some
    last words, greetx  or messies  to
    some of  your  best  friends ,add-
    ress ...?

\!0@MK: I  want  to  greet  some cool guys
    like : Skindiver, Sodom, Toxic and
    all my contacts !

\!y@ST: Well, thank you very much for this
    great interview and  your  bravely
    patience! Have much luck  in  your
    future! C U L8er , my friend !



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