A casual interview with Num3n/Shelter on IRC!         .wiseguy@hm.telia.no.


WiseGuy; First of all I would like you to tell us something about yourself!

Num3n;  hehe..   Just a..  uhm..  normal guy, into computers and fotball.  I
even  play drums in a band..  (ekkelt å snakke engelsk til en normann) Maybe
people who know me would call exactly normal, but..

WiseGuy; I heard some wild rumours about a trip to poland, could you tell us
more about that?

Num3n;   Jocl!   :)  Well  it  was  Me,  Baffle,  Arcane,  Enex,  Pinocchio,
Skjeggspir, a guy who calls himself Spurv, and a non-scener that just wanted
to take a trip to poland this summer.  It was really to meet Billy/Royal and
party  a bit, but since we found out Billy was a real asshole (hehe) we went
mainly  on our own.  Intel Outside 4 was being held while we were there too,
so  we jumped on the train and got to the right city eventually :) Spurv and
Skjeggspir  left  after only 5-6 days I think, but the rest of us had a damn
good  time.   Parties every day, and we went to a club called the "Come In",
even on a sunday (!)

WiseGuy; Could you tell how Intel Outside was compared to Norwegian partys?
Num3n;  It  rocked!  There were very few computers there, so people was most
interrested  in  talking to each other and meeting people they know from the
scene  etc.   The  party  even  had  a  beer-tent outside!  Not that we (the
norwegians)  used  it  much,  since  we had smuggled in some bottles of fine
polish   vodka   ;)..   Mine  had  peach  taste,  btw..   And  seeing  Petro
Tyschtschenko  (is that how it's spelled?) standing on the stage, drunk like
hell, singing an Amiga song..  that was really the high-light ;)

WiseGuy;  hehe that sounds cool.  I also have heard your name mentioned with
an Merchedes, wat was all that about?

Num3n; Hrmpft!  Hmm..  I don't really want to get into that..  but I can say
as  much  as..   I don't remember it..  although my footprints were all over
the roof.  ;D

WiseGuy; Can i assume you where under the influence of some kind then?

Num3n; ahemm..  I can only reccomend Polish vodka..  =)

WiseGuy; So what is your thoughts about the Amiga then?

Num3n; Well I love the machine, and I've invested a lot of money in my Amiga
lately,  so I hope it'll keep going for quite a while yet....  not sure if I
really  understood the question?  I'm going in a kind of Microsoft education
school,  and  I'm  the  only  one in my class without a PC, so I suppose you
could call me a fanatic :)

WiseGuy; Well i just have to say you look quite fanatic also ;)

Num3n; You have my picture?  argh!  :)

WiseGuy; Yes i have your picture ;) In the interest of humanity we wont show
it!   ;) Do you use it to any serious work?  Are you member of any group and
such?

Num3n;  Well,  up  until now, it's been mostly internet and a few essays and
writing  projects.   I've  even  started making a homepage!  :) Now I'm just
waiting  for a bigger HD, so I can do some serious Mac emulation and somehow
get  win95 to work, so I can do some of the schoolwork at home (Visual Basic
etc..  yuck)

WiseGuy;  How do you see the future of the amiga?  Do you think the PowerUps
will do any good?

Num3n;  Well, I have bought a PowerUP card myself, and if there will just be
a  bit more software for it, I think it could be the future.  I'm not blind,
and I don't expect the Amiga to get as big as it was again, but as long as I
can  use  it  as an alternative to Win95, which I get enough of at school, I
will  keep on using it.  I just hope GW2000 were serious when they said they
would "put millions into advertising" for the Amiga...  I've been hoping for
so long..  waiting a little more won't kill me.  :)

WiseGuy;  What  is  your  thoughts  about porting pc and mac software to the
amiga?

Num3n;  Porting  the  software  is  great,  since  there  aren't really much
resources  to  develop it on the Amiga right now.  The only thing is that it
takes  AGES  before  the port is done.  Like MYST, and now Quake.  The games
don't  seem  to get ported before they're outdated on the other platforms...
:/  (sorry  if I'm slow to answer, but I AM having a lesson in Visual Basic)
=)

WiseGuy; Well we have to addmit the amiga have suffered greatly from piracy.
What  is  your  thoughts  about that?  Consider the last few software houses
trying to support the amiga with new games?

Num3n;  Well, as big as the PC sales of games are, I don't give a shit about
piracy.   I don't think that piracy actually killed the Amiga, but right NOW
it  might be.  People who are still with the Amiga are people who love their
machines  and would really like to stick with it.  So I don't understand why
they  can't  buy SOME software now and then.  Sure, I admit that I don't buy
everything  I  use,  far  from  it, but I TRY to buy stuff that I use often.
Like  when  I  bought  my PPC card, I asked to get Trapped 2 for free, and I
did..   sure, the dealer didn't make any money on it, but the software house
did.  :)

WiseGuy;  Well Im no better than you there ;) But do you think the the CDROM
age  did  come  to late on the amiga?  Do you think much of the piracy could
have been avoided if games and other software was releases on cdrom?

Num3n;  Hmm..   no,  I  think  it  might  have been too early when commodore
introduced it.  (the CDTV etc.)..
 
WiseGuy;  Well  we all remember that flop with the CDTV, but if cdroms where
made  available  for the a1200 back in 1993, would things have been diffrent
today then?

Num3n;  Well,  I  don't  know..   I don't like to think about that, really..
"What  if"  questions really don't interrest me..  btw..  you asked if I was
in  any  groups..   well,  I'm  in Shelter, but I'm not really active at the
moment.  :) better late than never.

WiseGuy; Okay then we talk about something that interest you?  What does?

Num3n;  Hmm..   Parties?   yeah..   I need money..  please give donations to
this account number:  1050 11 40983...  and remember..  Jesus loves you!  :)

WiseGuy;  So what is your point of view when it comes to religion then?  You
dont seems to be much into faith...

Num3n;  Hehe..   not  really,  no.  I've just had enough of people trying to
force their thoughts on other people.

WiseGuy; And what kinda people are that?  got any special hatered ones?

Num3n; Priests, left-oriented politicians, parents..  the lot.  :)

WiseGuy;  Lets backtrack a bit ;) What do you think about internet.  Will it
be a place where you let your kids play somewhere in distant future?  It can
be lot of fun, but then again there is much bad things to;

Num3n; Hmm..  kids?  I hate kids..  but I suppose I'd let them play with it.
I'm sure it won't be anything like it is today in 10-20 years, but..  it's a
nice place to express your opinions and get heard.

WiseGuy; What about all those perverts lurking around?  IRC is a pedophilian
playground to?

Num3n;  Hehe..   maybe I could make some money on that..  just sell them any
kids I'd have..  nice thought..  :)

WiseGuy; You dont mean that seriously do you?

Num3n;  Nah..  people shouldn't really take anything I say to seriously.  :)
Well,  it's a dangerous world.  I don't think the internet is worse than any
other place.

WiseGuy;  I  just  got my phonebill here and all i can say is "Yikes", so do
you have any last words you want to say?
 
Num3n;  Hehe!..   Hmmm..   Go  to poland!  It has to be the coolest place to
have  a vecation..  and great night life every day of the week..  :) and PS!
Stay away from the Mercedes'es...

-//-

Somehow  one  way  or  the  other  Im  gonna  find  out  about that Mercedes
incident... - Wiseguy/Instinct.




[Message by Soda coming up...]

PS:
Hi, this  is  Soda of Instinct.  Since I'm supposed to be the main-editor of
this  magazine,  I  look upon it as my duty to correct spelling-mistakes and
similar.   However, after having quite an argument with Wiseguy of Instinct,
an argument where he made it clear that I weren't allowed to correct his and
num3n's  spelling-mistakes  (to  be frank; they both SUCK in english!  ;), I
decided  that  hey;  if he doesn't want to have his interview spell-checked,
it's  up  to  him.   However,  this  behaviour  will not be tolerated in the
future,  so  all  of you guys out there; please don't start fucking with me,
ok?  I hate all them damned grammar-mistakes!  :) He he...