raptor:                             
Hi  Xcluzive!   Almost  all  sceners
(not  only ascii artist) have heared
about  "Xcz"  and  even some of them
knows that it means Xcluzive...  but
not  the  whole scene knows anything
more  about  you.  Would you like to
say something more about yourself?  
                                        
xcluzive:                           
I'm  a Swede, on my twentyfirst year
and  I own a p133/lotsa which is the
machine  I  work  with  nowadays.  I
also  have  my  'drawingtool' - this
a1200/2/1gig  which really aint used
for anything else than ascii-art.  I
dont use computers that much anyhow,
like  to  surf the net on my pentium
sometimes,  but thats quite much it.
My  hobbies  are skydiving, inlines,
fat sthlm/indoor-parties 'n screwing
around with gal's.                  
                                       
raptor:                             
Yes,  that's  present, but could you
say  something  also about your past
in the ascii scene?                 
                                       
xcluzive:                           
Back  in  1993,  when I and Slab sat
gathered close to his a500's monitor
we  used to get impressed by the art
we  found at 2k4-systems like Techno
BBS  and the nice add's by guys like
Sk!n,   Mb,  sc  and  7M.   We  used
WorkBench1.3's  Edit-program  to  do
our  own  logos  and when it reached
20k  we  created  our  own asciiclan
Woozy  and  proudly released it that
summer back in 1993.  So, guess I've
been  around  since spring '93.  Why
did  I  do it?  The insperation that
others gave me and my will to try it
out.                                
                                       
raptor:                             
Since  this  early  1993 in how many
groups  have you been ???  Could you
say  us  also  something  about your
current group Save Our Souls ???    
                                       
xcluzive:                           
I've    mostly    been   within   as
ascii-artist  or graphician, and the
groups are; Access, DD·Style, Dzain,
EuphoriaDemo,  Fatal Unity, Puzzle &
Shoot.                              
                                       
I  created  Save  Our Souls in early
August 1994 since I was dissapointed
with  the  ascii-groups that existed
by  then.  Was only about 10% of how
many  there  are now.  S.o.s.  ascii
has  been  active  ever  since then,
with  a total of about 110 releases,
and  all  together  31 members.  I'm
also   more   or   less  within  the
following     scene-groups;     Data
Division& Prospect, Hellfire, Stile,
Euphoria,         DuckSquad        &
Sockeplastgänget.                   
                                       
raptor:                             
Wooh!   Save  Our  Souls  have  been
realy   productive   group   -   110
releases  and  together  31 members.
Many  ascii  groups  would like also
say   the   same  nice  words  about
them-selfs...   but  how  many ascii
collection have you done ???        
                                       
xcluzvie:                           
With  my latest, Caffeine Coolection
(Sos-Cuff.Txt)  there  is a total of
fiftysix   (56)   coolections  which
together  is  more  than  seven  (7)
Meg's of pure ascii.                
                                       
raptor:                             
Propably you are one of the best old
school  ascii  artist,  but  do  you
respect  any  other  ascii maker for
his  job.   Could  you say which one
ascii  artist  is  the  best in your
opinion ???                         
                                       
xcluzive:                           
There ought to be impossible to pick
one,  but  I'll  do so anyway, since
this    german,    really   awesomly
talented  and great guy has inspired
me  so much with his productions and
his design and respect for me that I
owe  alot  to  him,  and the one I'm
talking           about           is
Stylez/ex-ArtCore/Contra.      Still
waiting for his return...           
                                       
raptor:                             
Could  you also point the best ascii
crew on the ascii scene ???         
                                       
xcluzive:                           
The  best group right now that could
be  called  a  'group'  and not just
some bunch of guys who reawake every
second  year  and  does  a comeback-
collection  is Arclite.  I also have
respect   for   the  other  'active'
groups.   But  quality  collected is
Arclite - no others.                
                                       
raptor:                             
Ok.   Maybe  you  could say any tips
for beginning ascii makers ???      
                                       
xcluzive:                           
Why  would you listen to what I have
to  say?   You all pop up in masses,
and  release  about  90% total crap,
anyway.    But   if  you'd  like  to
succed,  take  a  look  back  to the
early  years  and  learn what we who
lives  on  ever  since learned from.
Finally,  spend more time designing,
both    logos    and    the    total
collections!                        
                                       
raptor:                             
And  now,  I'll ask you our standard
question :  "Do you think that ascii
will ever die ???"                  
                                       
xcluzive:                           
Not  as  long  as  there  still  are
others  giving  insperation.  It's a
form  of  computerart, and computers
wont die for a while.  What would be
great  for the future of ascii would
be  a  smooth system- change for CED
(with  BETTER emu's than UAE) to the
Pc,  so  the  drawing could continue
there  -  since the Amiga already IS
dead, sad but true.                 
                                       
raptor:                             
Thank  you  for interview and at the
end  maybe  you  would  like to send
some  respect,  greetings  for  your
friends or just say hello...        
                                       
xcluzive:                           
The  ones  worthy  respect,  who are
legends  and the ones who really has
understood  what  ascii is all about
are:                                
                                       
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cDr,2o!,bIS,sTZ,aB,b!d,©Mt,÷e÷,vtr,s
c,g®m,sCf,cRb,adk!,tGø,vnz,c0!,SyK  
kS^,pSh,s%,÷f!÷,t0!,st!,sTw,rN!,mAZ,
÷S÷,f@nK!,2F,zd!,-sg,t!,rX,fL,-mSW  
(NN),aQua,-B-,9¹¹,bY!,pnk!,Ra!,cr,fT
L,zoD!  & -hzn-