INTERVIEW WITH CINDY/TALENT
  - the first female scenecoder ever

by Lord Stradh

   You  are  one  of  the  few  female
mebers   of  the  scene  and  being  a
coderess   as  well  makes  you  truly
special.   You  have  even  released a
dentro   called  'Showtime',  are  you
proud?

   Yes,  kind  of.  I spent quite some
time making my first production, so it
was  of  course a relief to release it
and get it out of my life!

   Why   don't   you   make   a  quick
presentation  of yourself before we go
on?

   Here  comes  the  usual  crap:   My
name's Nina Therese, I'm 16 years old,
approximately     1.70     cm    tall,
approximately  56  kg,  dark blue eyes
and  long dark hair.  My interests are
handball   (!!),   some   coding   (of
course),  go  to  parties  or  discos,
dancing  and  everything else girls at
my age do.

   'Showtime'  was  the  name  of  you
dentro.   Are  you  pleased  with  the
result,  and  how  much  time  did you
spend on making it?

   Yes,  I'm  pleased with the result,
even  though I could have changed some
parts   and   skipped  something,  but
that's  normal  isn't?  I don't really
want  to admit how long I spent on it,
but it was quite some time!!

   What  made  you  start  coding, and
where did you learn to code?

   Well, I have always found computers
interesting in one way or another, and
I  soon relized that coding was what I
enjoyed  the most.  I learned the most
basic knowledge reading an Abacus book
called Amiga Machine Language, later I
picked  up more information by looking
through  source-codes and by help from
other  coders going to the same school
as I do.

   Do  you  find it strange that there
are so few girls in the amiga scene?

   No,  not  really!   But  there will
probably   be   more  and  more  girls
computing in the future!

   You  are  known to be a lazy coder,
is   there   any   truth  behind  that
statement?

   Who    told   you   so!!!    (Well,
according to some reliable sources and
comparison with your brother, that has
to be true!) But I have to admit I'm a
very slow coder, but what the heck!

   Let's    talk   some   more   about
Showtime.   What's your opinion on the
overall design, graphics and music?

   I  love  my own designing!  Modest,
not  me!   The  graphics  from Boo was
great  (I  especially liked the hearts
in  the  vector  part!), and the music
from  El  Loco  an Sundance Kid was my
kind of taste!

   What   part   gave   you  the  most
headache in Showtime?

   No doubt, the dodecahedron with the
RGB  shading!   I had my friend Sindre
to help me out quite a bit there esp.
with the calculations of the object.

   You  greeted a guy called Sindre in
Showtime.   In  what way has he helped
you?

   He   helped   me  with  the  vector
calculations,  and whenever else I had
trouble   he  always  helped  me  out!
Thank you, Sindre!

   What  are  your  future plans?  Any
new  releases on their way, or are you
having your Vacation now?

   Nope,  no future plans, because I'm
quite  fed  up with coding!  It really
takes   up  too  much  of  my  beloved
sparetime,  but  who knows, I might be
back when least expected...

   What made you join Talent, and what
is your opinion on your own group?

   Easy  one!  My very own brother 
(El Loco/Talent) was offered  to  join
Talent, and I wanted to be in the same
group  as  him!   And of course I know
Sundance Kid, Scourger and Lord Stradh
as well, since we all live at the same
place!   I  think  Talent  is  a  good
group, with many TALENTED members, yet
it  does  not  appear  to  me that the
scene    has    really   noticed   our
productions...   It  remains a mystery
to  me  that Panta Rhei hardly made it
in  any  chart!  I guess the fact that
it was a 1200 only demo is part of the
blame,   still  it  should  have  been
ranked much higher.

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  >> Interview w/Cindy continues <<

   Are you interested in swapping?

   No,  no, no!  There's no way I have
time  for  that!   (That is the reason
why  I don't spread my address around,
get it!)

   Are   you  going  to  any  computer
parties?

   Are  you  crazy!   I don't think my
boyfriend   would   like   that,   and
besides, what girl would like to spend
some  days  in  a  place  where a huge
percentage  of  the  people  there are
morons   and  keep  asking  you  silly
questions  and  looking  at  you as if
they  have  never  seen a girl before!
Not me...

   So  you  have  a boyfriend!  What's
his opinion on computing?

   He's   quite  indifferent  when  it
comes   to   computing,  he  finds  it
boring,  and  believe  me,  at times I
understand him!

   Why  did  you  choose a handle like
Cindy?

   To  be  honest,  at  first it was a
joke,  then some of my friends thought
it was a neat handle, and I decided to
keep it.

   After  you  released  Showtime, you
put  away a lot of doubt concerning to
whether  you really could code or not,
but  still, some people do not believe
in you, and claim you are a new Patsy.
Does that annoy you?

   Hell  yes!  Of course it annoys me,
I  wonder  what  logic those guys have
behind  their  reasoning  and thinking
when   they   come   up  with  such  a
conclusion.   Why  can't  girls do the
same  things  boys have been doing for
some years now.

   Thank  you Cindy/Talent for letting
us  ask you these questions, any final
remarks or comments?

   I    say    hello   to   Talentists
worldwide,  my  darling Frank, my good
friends Randi, Hege, Karianne, Goeril,
Heidi,  Marianne, Elin, Bjoernhild and
the  rest!   Also a big hug to Sindre,
of course!  And I guess I must mention
my  strong  stud  of a brother, Harald
(El Loco).~