Interview
      w i t h

      Vampire
        o f
       D A I

             Arranged by
           Mop of ALCATRAZ



From this issue, there will be another
new  feature in McDisk!  Each time, we
will  try  our  best,  to  include  an
interview  with  an active scene girl.
Mind  you,  I wrote active scene girl,
and  not  just normal girls who maybe,
accidentally     own     an     Amiga.
Surprisingly,  Malta  is full of girls
who  own  an Amiga, but don't care too
much  about  it, or use it for playing
games  or  to  help  killing  the long
winter  afternoons!   But I don't want
to  fill  this  nice diskmag with such
crap interviews!  We know that this is
not  an  absolutely new idea of making
interviews,  so please don't accuse us
of  copying  you!   Also, as you know,
there  aren't  so  many  active  scene
girls out there, so please, if you are
a  girl, or maybe have a female member
in  your  group,  then  please  let us
know,  by  writing to McDisk!  We will
then contact you for a nice interview!

This  time,  we bring you an interview
with  Vampire.  Of course she's a girl
(and  not  a blood sucking creature!),
and  also  involved in our scene!  She
lives in Finland, and she has recently
joined D.A.I., after being a member of
Altair for some time...


MD: Hi   Vampire!    Please  introduce
    yourself  to  our  fellow readers,
    and  if  possible,  give  us  some
    detailed information on yourself?

VA: Big  hellos  to  you  all!  So, my
    real  name is Sanna.  I'm 16 years
    old  (or  young).  What's detailed
    information?   Well,  I  have blue
    eyes,  looooooong   fair   hair...
    and  of  course  (?)  I'm  a girl.
    About   my   hobbies...    I  like
    drawing, reading, watching movies,
    using my computers (really?), role
    games, writing letters, collecting
    all  kind  of  more or less stupid
    things  and of course listening to
    music.    About   my   scene  work
    then...   I'm mainly a swapper and
    GFX  artist.   I've also done some
    musics  too,  but  I'm afraid that
    they  can  damage  your ears.  I'm
    also  very  interested  in coding,
    but  I'm  not able to do anything.
    Maybe  because  I'm  too  lazy  to
    learn?  OK, hope that's enough...


MD: As  you  know,  it is very unusual
    that  a  girl  gets  interested in
    computers,   so   would  you  mind
    writing  down something about your
    introduction   to   the  world  of
    computers?

VA: Aaaaah...  It's a VERY long story.
    Where should I start...  At first,
    many  many  years  ago,  my father
    brought home a C64 from the school
    he's working at...  I liked it and
    learned some little things (how to
    use  it and so on).  After a while
    we  bought  a disk drive (the mega
    fast 1541, of course, hehe!) and I
    looked  for some lame contacts (as
    lame  as I was then!).  I also had
    some  friends  who  helped  me and
    copied  me  all  the  nice  stuff.
    Then my father bought a PC.  I got
    interested  in it too.  Those same
    friends  of  mine  also  had a PC.
    They  helped  me  again!   I  used
    then, both the C64 and a PC.
    In   February  1991  I  bought  my
    Amiga.    I  never  had  seriously
    thought  to buy an Amiga, but then
    I  just  went to a shop and bought
    it.   Of course I've always wanted
    to  have  it.   I  stopped  my C64
    activities  then.  During the next
    6-7  months  I mostly played games
    and  had some lame contacts.  I've
    always  liked  demos  and all that
    kind of stuff, so I collected some
    demos  and  tried to find out what
    the   scene   was!   Of  course  I
    couldn't  get  any  cool  contacts
    then because I didn't have any new
    stuff.   And  then...   I  learned
    much  more about the scene and got
    finally  better  contacts.   Well,
    here  I  am now!  This story is so
    long and boring so I won't be more
    specific.


MD: You've been also active in the C64
    scene.   What  do you think is the
    difference between the C64 and the
    Amiga scene?

VA: Hard  question.  (I've now thought
    about   it  for  10  minutes!)  Of
    course  the  demo  scene  is  much
    bigger/better  on  the  Amiga, but
    who  can  do  as cool C64 demos as
    Amiga    demos?    There   is   no
    friendship  in the C64 scene (even
    then  wasn't  when I was active!),
    so swapping was quite boring.  The
    C64  scene  is  much more based on
    pure  game  swapping.  Well, now I
    don't know what to write any more!


MD: Did  you  know  any other girls on
    the C64?

VA: Well,   well,  I  knew  one.   Her
    name's  also  Sanna.   I think she
    didn't   take   her   hobby   very
    seriously.   And  she has a little
    brother, so I think that she never
    bought the C64 herself.


MD: Why  did  you  choose  the  mythic
    name,  Vampire?  Do you think that
    pseudonyms are really necessary?

VA: I just couldn't find a better one.
    I  looked  in  my  dictionary  and
    found  it!   Good  way to choose a
    name...   Well,  I like all horror
    things  like movies.  That's maybe
    one reason.
    I  think  that  it's  nice to have
    these  pseudonyms.   Then everyone
    can choose the name they like (No,
    parents   doesn't   choose   them,
    hehe!).   Well, it isn't still the
    same  which  name  you  use...  It
    doesn't  feel the same.  If I know
    someone's  real  name,  it's  more
    familiar than Coolguy/Bestgroup.


MD: So,  what's  the best horror movie
    you've ever seen?

VA: I can't say what's best, but I can
    tell  you  which  I like the most.
    For  example Poltergeist I & II (I
    haven't   seen   the   3rd  part),
    Christine, It...


MD: Do you think that if you weren't a
    girl,  you would still be accepted
    in your group?

VA: I    don't   know.    It's   quite
    impossible   to   know.    There's
    always the possibility I would, or
    wouldn't...


MD: If  maybe,  one  day,  there would
    come  a  group,  which consists of
    only  girls,  and they would offer
    you to join up, what would be your
    answer?

VA: Well,  I  don't  know this either.
    Maybe  I would join, but of course
    I  should first think if the group
    is  good  or  not.   Almost in the
    same   way   like   joining  other
    groups!   It's  so  hard  to think
    what  I would answer, because it's
    not the reality now...


MD: Do  you know or are you in contact
    with any other active girls in the
    scene?

VA: No,  I'm  not  in contact with any
    other  active  girls,  but  I know
    some.   I'm  always interested, if
    you   other  girls  could  contact
    me!!!


MD: What  do  you think about the fact
    there  there  aren't so much girls
    in the Amiga scene?

VA: Yeah...   There really aren't many
    girls  in  the  scene.  I think it
    would  be nice if there were more,
    but  in some reason girls are just
    not  as interested in computers as
    boys.   There  is always something
    missing  when there's no girl.  Is
    it some kind of girl touch?


MD: What's  the  opinion of your other
    girl  friends  about  your unusual
    hobby?

VA: My  girl friends doesn't know very
    much  about  my  hobby.  They just
    know  that I swap, they don't know
    anything  about  the scene or this
    kind  of  things.   It  seems that
    they don't know it's very unusual,
    so, they don't think it's strange.
    Anyway,  they  don't  even care...
    And I don't care what they think.


MD: Maybe    you    have    heard   of
    Patsy/Brainstorm.    She  fell  in
    love   with   another   Brainstorm
    member,  but  unfortunately things
    went wrong, and she left the group
    sometime after.  What would you do
    in such a critical situation?

VA: Yes, I've heard of Patsy.  This is
    again  one  of  those  questions I
    don't  know  the  answer  for.  It
    could  be  that  I  also leave the
    group.  If the boy was some leader
    or  someone  I should have to keep
    in  touch with very often, I think
    that I would leave the group...


MD: Someone  once  said, that girls in
    the  Amiga scene, are only capable
    of   doing   some  GFX  and  being
    swappers,  only because these jobs
    are  very easy.  What do you think
    about all this?

VA: What?!?  GFX and swapping jobs are
    very easy?!  Ha, ha!  I think they
    are  not.   They  might be easy if
    compared  to  coding, but anyway I
    think  they're  not easy.  And I'm
    sure  that  girls  are  capable of
    doing  other  things  than GFX and
    swapping!  There  aren't very much
    girls,  so  is  it  some  kind  of
    miracle,  if there aren't any girl
    musicians or coders??!


MD: Girls  are only good in bed!  What
    do   you  think  about  this  most
    usually used sentence?

VA: Well,   errrrr...   I  think  that
    girls  can  do  other  things well
    too.   It  would  be  nice to know
    what  kind  of  guy  has said that
    sentence   (Could  it  be  me?   -
    MOP!).   If the guy had more brain
    capacity,  then  he maybe can find
    out  that  girls can do many other
    things  as well (I think it wasn't
    me  then!  - MOP!).  We girls also
    have  a  soul  and  we do not only
    give  something  to  guys and they
    just  take!   It must work in both
    ways...


MD: Why   do   you   think  that  some
    swappers   prefer   to  find  girl
    contacts?   Don't  you  think that
    after  this interview you'll maybe
    get  lots of swapping offers?  Are
    you   actually  looking  for  more
    contacts?

VA: I think that the solution is quite
    simple.   Boys just like girls and
    it's  always  interesting  to  see
    that there really are girls in the
    scene.   As a girl, I've seen many
    different kind of scene boys, some
    are really pervert (Could it be me
    ...  Nooooo!  - MOP!), some almost
    wanna  get  married when they hear
    that  I'm  a  girl, some boys just
    doesn't  care  about  it  at  all,
    etc...
    Yes,   I  think  that  after  this
    interview  I'll  get many swapping
    offers.   If normal guys would get
    about  40-60  new  contacts,  I'll
    probably  get  100.  But well, you
    never  know...   I'm still looking
    for  some  more  contacts,  but  I
    prefer   friendly   swapping,   so
    please no  Hi & Bye letters.


MD: What  do  you  think  of  the post
    office?   Usually  postmen  aren't
    very  kind  with  scene  guys, and
    they always seem to cause a lot of
    trouble.  So how does your postman
    behave?

VA: Well, well, well...  I haven't had
    any  problems with the post.  Here
    where  I live, the post comes to a
    big  box,  together with about 15
    other  people's  post and everyone
    must  search  their  own  post  in
    there   (it's   not   typical   in
    Finland,  only  here where I live,
    as  I've  already mentioned).  So,
    there's   no  postman,  who  could
    cause  any  trouble.  I also don't
    have  to  take  my sendings to the
    post office.  I just leave them in
    another box, next to the other!  I
    just   don't   have  any  kind  of
    problems  with  the  post  (except
    when  one  sending  was  opened or
    then  I  didn't close the envelope
    well.  Some disks were missing!).

MD: What  are  your  feelings when you
    read  in  all  these scroll texts,
    sentences about fucking girls?

VA: Interesting   question.   Well,  I
    think  that  guys  who  write this
    kind   of   stories,   prefer  the
    sentence  'Girls  are only good in
    bed'.   I  don't  like  them, well
    anyway  I'm not very interested in
    reading   any   of  that  kind  of
    'stories'.   I think that real sex
    is  a nice thing, but this fucking
    isn't!!!


MD: Are   you   enjoying  your  summer
    holidays?

VA: Yeps,  there is only one summer in
    a year!!!


MD: What's   your  opinion  about  all
    these  nude  girls on the beaches?
    Do  you think that a nude girl can
    attract more boys' attention?

VA: Well,  I  think  that  a nude girl
    attracts more boys' attention, but
    also other people's attention, but
    not  of  the  same  kind.  But why
    aren't  there also nude boys?  Why
    only  girls  should  be  nude?   I
    wouldn't  do it myself and I think
    that  there are also other ways to
    attract boys' attention!


MD: What's  your  opinion  about  disk
    magazines?   Do you think that sex
    stories  should  be  left out from
    disk magazines?

VA: Well, well, again...  First of all
    my  general opinion.  I think that
    disk  magazines  are  great!  Best
    stuff ever done!  But I think that
    there   is   too   much  of  them,
    especially  because  most  of them
    are  not  very good.  I think that
    there aren't very many really good
    mags!
    And then the sex stories...  Well,
    I  think that they doesn't need to
    be necessarily removed, if someone
    (like  me)  doesn't  want  to read
    them, he/she doesn't have to.  But
    I  just  think that in some way or
    another   the   girls  are  always
    objects!


MD: So  what's  your  general relation
    ship  to  boys,  if  it  isn't too
    personal?

VA: Well,   it's   not   very  good...
    What's  wrong?   Is  it  my  look?
    Must be, because if someone really
    knew  me  and my feelings, etc, he
    wouldn't  go away (hmmm...  I even
    hope  so!).   I'm a little shy, so
    it's  not easy for me to talk with
    unknown  (or to those I don't know
    very  well)  people.   That's  the
    main  reason I think.


MD: Many  say  that  French  or German
    girls  are  the  most good looking
    ones  around?  But for you who are
    the most good looking boys?!

VA: Oh  no!  I could better answer who
    I  don't like, but I don't want to
    loose  contacts.  Hehe, no, really
    I don't know.  Sorry!


MD: Do  you  think  that  it  is still
    possible for boys and girls, to be
    just friends?

VA: Yes,  I  know  it  is possible!  I
    know  many  boys and girls who are
    just friends but of course there's
    always the possibility that things
    go further and...


MD: Do  you  think  that  there is any
    difference  between  boys who own,
    and   those   who   don't  own,  a
    computer?  Do you think that scene
    guys   are  boring,  and  maybe  a
    normal   girl   would   never  get
    interested in them?

VA: Maybe   there   is  some  kind  of
    difference.    Many   shy  or  for
    example  not  so good looking guys
    may  be  really cool elite guys in
    the scene, but there is other kind
    of people too...  No, I think that
    there  are  many interesting scene
    guys,  so  they're  not  boring at
    all!   Of  course  some  guys  are
    boring,  but  isn't  it so in real
    life  too?   I think that a normal
    girl  would get interested in them
    as well as any other 'normal' guy!
    I  know  many  scene  guys who are
    very very nice!  (I think you must
    be referring to me - MOP!)


MD: Do   you   think  that  all  these
    popular,  EuroChart-toppers, elite
    scene  guys  are  somewhat  better
    that the other normal boys?

VA: No,  I think that although they're
    elite  in  the  scene,  they could
    even be losers in their real life.
    I think that they're not in anyway
    better  than  the  'normal'  boys.
    Well,  maybe they're more talented
    than the others!


MD: What's  your  opinion,  about  the
    so-called scene language?

VA: It's good to have it!  It would be
    very  boring  if you have to write
    10  words instead one, which means
    the  same  as  those  10  words...
    Some   people   who   don't   know
    anything  about  the  scene  would
    wonder   what  those  words  could
    mean!

MD: Have  you  ever  been on any Amiga
    party?   Will  you maybe visit the
    Summer  Assembly  party,  there in
    Finland?

VA: No no no...  I haven't been on any
    party.    I   have  thought  about
    visiting the Assembly party, but I
    think  I can't go there.  It would
    be  nice to be almost (?) the only
    girl there, or then it wouldn't!


MD: Well,  we have now reached the end
    of this interview.  Any last words
    or messages?

VA: Nice  interview...  You'll find my
    address  in advertisement part, if
    you're  interested  in  contacting
    me!     No   time   for   personal
    messages,  but  best  greetings to
    all my friends & contacts!  Thanks
    for the interview, Mop!


MD: I  must  really  thank you, Sanna,
    for  having been patient to answer
    all my questions!  Next time we'll
    bring  you  an  interview  with  a
    French girl!