A n   I n t e r v i e w   W i t h

Blitter/X-Trade



by Jedi/Narcosis



                   JD: = Jedi/Narcosis, BL: = Blitter/X-Trade


 JD: Just to start us off, can you tell us a little bit about yourself?  (Real
     name, age, group, etc.)

 BL: Humpf, why do you start with the most difficult question, eh?  However, my
     real first name is, of coz, BliTTeR and my surname is X-TraDe...  What did
     you think?  In the scene I'm called  Tom and have been around in the world
     scene for around 18 years now.  I  used to live in Austria, but nowadays I
     moved to virtual reality, it's more fun there.{
 JD: What is your job in X-Trade?

 BL: Humpf...  Actually  there  is  no  real  job  for  me  (no,  don't call me
     jobless!)  I rape almost all  minds  of  our members with the needs for my
     little baby called 'The  Jungle'.  As  you  know,  we are a crewl gang and
     feed our baby with articles  instead  of milk.  Unfortunately the articles
     don't come  from  some  tits...  Besides  that  I  use  my  modem for some
     mailtrading and my X-copy for some hardcore BBS-swapping.  Some time ago I
     squeezed some pixels out  of  my  Dpaint,  but I had to give it up, as the
     pictures were too good for Dpaint...


 JD: What are you currently working on?

 BL: Currently I'm  working  with  Messrs.  Suchard  (you know, the firm of the
     purple chocolate!) and try  to  give  my bank account a kick.  When I come
     home late and have already eaten tons of that sweet shit, I have a look at
     the daily mail (yes, it's a full time job!)  [I'm more of a Daily Deadlock
     man myself... - R-9!]  and do  some  editing work for the 7th issue of The
     Jungle.  Currently we are all  fumbling around with a huge piece of source
     code, which should result in  the  winning demo of The Party IV - The very
     final ;-){
 JD: What's your hardware setup like?

 BL: My soup box consists of almost 90 keys, some plastic, some weird chips and
     of course a little  mouse  with  a  loooooooong  cable and not to forget a
     pervert joystick with  the  tit-simulator  (tm)  for "Partygames"...  Some
     little and big monitors  to  play  "Partygames"  with multiple players and
     last but not least a VCR to  record the Partygames-sessions.  What, do you
     want more, Amiga freak?


 JD: How long have you been on the scene?

 BL: As stated above more than 18  years,  but I think BliTTeR was born back in
     the year of 1990.  Since  then  nearly  all  scene members in Austria left
     because of my talent...  Maybe I shouldn't have joined the scene then?






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 JD: Have you been in any other groups before X-Trade?

 BL: Of course, the best of my  former  groups  was A-Trade, after that a short
     stay in B-Trade and some  time  later  C-Trade.  In 1991 I joined, after a
     spelling error, E-Trade and in  1993  jumped over to X-Trade, as I like to
     play the shoot-em-up game X-Out.  Well,  some groups like Abyss and Damian
     claim that a certain BliTTeR was a member, but don't believe the hype.


 JD: How did you come to join X-Trade?

 BL: How come?  It was no problem, it was simply a matter of promotion!  If you
     are in D-Trade and are able to copy the "delete"-command, you may join the
     next level - stunning, eh?  When I  was independent for about two or three
     days, the telephone rang  every  minute  and  every time it was dudes from
     Melon, Lemon and Sanity  who  wanted  me  to join.  Finally I pulled their
     legs by joining X-TraDe...




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 JD: Any chance of a X-Trade member list?

 BL: No, I don't have one  either.  Are  you  really interested in a not up-to-
     date list?  Anyway I can tell you  that there are some computers with some
     extra drives in there (really!)...


 JD: Are X-Trade planning any big productions?

 BL: Of course, we finally got  the  clou  [? - R-9!]  from Alcatraz that their
     Odyssey was was just  the  intro  for  our upcoming demo.  Thanx dudes for
     introducing our demo with your little intro!


 JD: Can you name what you MOST like and what you LEAST like about the scene?

 BL: I MOST like the fact that  there  are  still good parties around and to be
     honest, I LEAST like this question!



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 JD: What is your HONEST opinion of Deadlock?

 BL: Hmmm... it's a useful thing, it locks the door to death - you are immortal
     and live forever.  [Oh, he's  such  a card! - R-9!].  Thanks for providing
     this option, dudez!  I  heard  there  should  be  a certain diskmag called
     Deadlock.  To tell you  the  truth,  it  is  great  with all the different
     topics, but the way of editing  articles by R-9 (don't hit me!) is somehow
     strange...  [Hey, I'm a strange sort of guy... - R-9!]


 JD: Can you now name you favourite of the following?

 BL: Coder           : Clint Eastwood (for sure!)
     Artist          : There is no artist in the scene!
     Musician        : Chromag/PolkaB
     Group           : Z-Trade
     Production      : The "incredible" Jungle
     Vegetable       : Elephants :-)
     Farmyard Animal : Carrots and beans


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 JD: Are the charts worth all the effort?

 BL: No, this sentence neither...


 JD: Would you agree that piracy is killing the Amiga?

 BL: Noooooo, killing the  Amiga  is  a  piracy!  I  buy every second day three
     originals and I can sleep well...  What about you?  [Well, I own a copy of
     Workbench... - R-9!]


 JD: What do you do for a living?

 BL: What?  Stealing, faking, fixing, playing interviewee...  Beside from these
     nasty hobbies I terrify  a  commercial  high-school with my latest ways of
     cheating firms.  What else could I do?




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 JD: Who would most like to be stuck in a lift with?

 BL: Where did you get this question from, Jedi?  There is no doubt, of course,
     with Lord  Helmet,  like  every  normal  scener  would  decide!  You could
     discuss with him the latest  spandimerda about other mags, etc.  Women are
     not useful for this  lift  problem,  as  you  have to put off some clothes
     first and this annoys me!


 JD: What was the first thing you had to eat this morning?

 BL: First?  When I got  up  I  sucked  some  juice  outta a pervert bottle and
     finally I had to eat a part of  a  jiffy,  as the sender had much fun when
     wrapping it ten times into paper...


 JD: What has been the single most embarrasing moment in your entire life?

 BL: When I saw the Guru Mediation Nr.  810000003.000000001 for the first time!
     [Crikey, that IS embarrassing!  Rather you than me! - R-9!]

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 JD: Any final words?

 BL: As you probably don't care at  all  and nothing else matters, I waste this
     bloody sentence with one word: LIGHT.


 JD: And a beautiful knitted cactus  goes to Blitter/X-Trade for taking part in
     this interview!

     [Can I just interrupt here by saying that Jedi's famous knitted cactii are
      absolutely spiffing!  Full marks to his mum for making them (yes, I'm the
      proud owner of one - R-9!]

 BL: Thanx to all readers for  wasting  their  time  with this interview.  Good
     night!}