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...N.. .......: 8-... ...........A...... : M........HI PROPAGANDA READERS,....IT' S MIDFIT/LEGEND AGAIN IN SERVICE FOR..PR OPAGANDA MAGAZINE, THE MAG YOU EITHER..L OVE OR HATE - OR EVEN BOTH AT ONE TIME.. .WHO KNOWS? ;)....THIS TIME I TRIED TO T HINK ABOUT A VERY..INTERESTING TOPIC WIT H MY IDEALISTIC..SIDE AND WANT TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS WITH..YOU. I WAS DRIBBLING T HOUGHTS ON THE..FUTURE OF THE SCENE AND ON THE PAST..EVOLUTION OF THE SCENE..... A VERY CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC, I KNOW. BUT I..FEEL STRONG ENOUGH TO SPEAK ABOUT IT. I..TRIED TO INCLUDE NOT ONLY MY VOICE,. .BUT ALSO THE VOICE OF SEVERAL PEOPLE I. .DISCUSSED THIS TOPIC WITH BEFORE I..STA RTED TO WRITE THIS DOWN. ..TALKING ABOUT OPINIONS. I AM HAPPY ABOUT..SEVERAL OPI NIONS I GOT VIA EMAIL DIRECT-..LY FROM Y OU, THE READER. I AM ALSO HAPPY..ABOUT S OME NEGATIVE REACTIONS, ALTHOUGH..I THIN K AT SOME POINTS THEY WERE FAR TOO..NEGA TIVE. BUT I CAN LIVE WITH THEM AND I..WI LL ALWAYS TRY TO HEAR THEM. EVERY..SINGL E OPINION HAS A MEANING.....KEEP ON SEND ING THEM, IF YOU KNOW MY..EMAIL, I WILL TRY TO REPLY, AS LONG AS..YOU STAY AT TH E FACTS. PEOPLE WHO TRY..TO INVOLVE ME I NTO A SENSLESS DISCUSSION..CAN KEEP DOIN G THIS AT SECOND2NONE OR..ANY OTHER PLAC E I AM CALLING. ALSO THEY..WILL RECEIVE A FEEDBACK FROM ME. ;)....BUT NOW ENJOY READING.......^GHEADLINE..^M.._....^AWHA T IS HAPPENING TO OUR SCENE?....THROUGH THE INTERNET WE CAN SEE IT..IN FRONT OF OUR EYES. THE CRACKING SCENE..IS GETTING A PSEUDO SCENE. IT ISN'T A..SCENE OF DE DICATED, EXPERIENCED ELITE..SCENERS ANYL ONGER.....THOSE WE CALLED REAL LAMERS AR E MOVING..IN. WE IN THE COMMODORE 64 SCE NE ARE NOT..FACING THE PROBLEMS I WANT T O TALK ABOUT..THIS TIME. NO, BUT THE OTH ER SCENES, YES,..THEY DO FACE THEM BY AL L MEANS.....HELL MIDFIT, WHO CARES? WHO CARES ABOUT..PCS, AMIGAS OR CONSOLES? DA MNIT, THEY..ARE SHIT... BE QUIET. I AM N OT TALKING..ABOUT PC, AMIGA OR EVEN CONS OLE OR..ABOUT ANY OTHER SYSTEM. I AM TAL KING..ABOUT THE FUTURE FOR OUR KIND OF S CENE,..THE KIND OF SCENE THAT BEGAN WITH ..PEOPLE LIKE P.E. JEDI, SECTION 8 OR..H EADBANGER. THE TRUE ELITE CRACKING..SCEN E, WHERE EVEN THE LATER KNOWN..DEMOSCENE ORIGINATED FROM.....^FYOUR EYES SEE ONL Y THIS MOMENT, IF YOU..^FSAY THAT YOU DO N'T CARE ABOUT IT, BUT..^FIMAGINE THIS O NCE PROUD AND FAIR SYSTEM..^FGOING DOWNH ILL. AND IT GOES DOWNHILL..^FSLOWLY. JUS T INFRONT OF OUR EYES. I WILL..^FTRY TO INVESTIGATE SOME REASONS FOR THIS..^FAND WHAT THE SITUATION LOOKS LIKE ON THE..^ FSO CALLED PREMIER SCENES, IN THIS AGE.. ^FTHE PC AND CONSOLE SCENE.....SURE YOU WILL ADD, MIDFIT YOU FORGOT THE..AMIGA, C64 AND ST. BUT REALIZING THE..TRUE FACT , THAT CRACKERS ARE INFLUENCED..BY THE C OLORFUL WORLD OF CAPITALISM,..IT IS FOR SURE THE QUANTITY OF GAMES..DECIDING IF A SYSTEM SHOULD BE LEADING..OR NOT. JUST THE SAME COUNTS FOR THE..NAME OF THE TO P IN THE RELEASE BUSINESS.....SO REGARDI NG TODAY'S WORLD WE COME TO THE..CONCLUS ION THAT THE CONSOLES AND THE PC..ARE LE ADING. AND NOT ONLY THE PUBLIC..WORLD, B UT ALSO THE UNDERGROUND...OR LET'S SAY W HAT'S LEFT OF IT.....BACK IN THE PAST, B Y THE RELEASE OF THE..FIRST AMIGAS, THE FIRST PIRATES OF THE..ETABLISHED C64 SCE NE WENT ON TO NEW..OCEANS. PEOPLE LIKE T HE BAM (LATER KNOWN..AS PART OF BAMIGA S ECTOR ONE) WENT TO..THE WORLD OF HIGHER RESOLUTIONS AND..DECIDED TO CONTINUE THE GAME LIKE THEY..PLAYED IT ON THE C64. T HEY WANTED THE..NEW SYSTEM FOLLOWING THE RULES THEY..FOUND ON THEIR FIRST PLAYGR OUND.....^BSO THE AMIGA SCENE WAS AN OFF SPRING OF..^BTHE COMMODORE 64 SCENE, WIT H ALL THE..^BKNOWN ASPECTS OF OUR SCENE, AT LEAST IN..^BTHE BEGINNING. BUT SOON IT CHANGED AND..^BNEW RULES CAME TO THE EXISTING ONES AND..^BTHE AMIGA BECAME A FROM THE C64 INDEP-..^BENDENT WORLD. MOS T OF THE NEW EXISTING..^BGROUPS PUT AN E ND TO THEIR RELATIONS..^BWITH PEOPLE WOR KING FOR THE C64 AND CON-..^BCENTRATED C OMPLETETLY ON THE AMIGA. BY..^BTAKING US E OF MODEMS THE RULES OF THE..^BCBM64 SC ENE SYSTEM GOT SO MUCH MODIFIED..^BTHAT NOT MANY OF THE COMMON SCENE..^BPRINCIPL ES WAS LEFT. THE KNOWN MAIL-..^BTRADING WAS FORCED TO DIE COMPLETELY..^BIN THE C IRCLE OF THE AMIGA SCENE AND IT..^BSTART ED TO BECOME A MODEM-ONLY BASED..^BSCENE WITH MANY, TO C64-PEOPLE,..^BTRANGE LOO KING RULES... ..ONE OF THESE RULES, WAS NO RULE AT ALL,..BUT A SPECIFICATION OF VARIOUS GROUPS..ON DIFFERENT SECTORS. GR OUPS DIVIDED;..TRAINING FROM CRACKING. T HE ONCE KNOWN..C64 RULE TO RELEASE A GAM E WITH A..TRAINERMENU IN IT WAS FORCED T O DIE ON..THIS SYSTEM. THERE WERE TRAINI NG- AND..CRACKING-GROUPS AND THERE WERE WAREZ..GROUPS.....^AWAREZ GROUPS SPECIAL IZED ON WHAT THEY..^ACOULD DO BEST; TO R ELEASE SAMES. SOME..^AOF THESE WAREZ GRO UPS EVEN RELEASED THEM..^AIN A NOT CRACK ED FORMAT, SO THERE WAS A..^AFIX BY A TR AINER-CRACKING GROUP LATER..^AON AND SOM E OF THEM STILL CRACKED THEM..^AAND EVEN TRAINED THEM. THESE GROUPS..^AWERE GROU PS WITH A TRADITIONAL TOUCH..^ALIKE FOR EXAMPLE VISION FACTORY (WITH..^AVARIOUS OLD C64 PEOPLE FROM P.E., THE..^AWANDERE R GROUP AND RED SECTOR INC.).....YOU MAY ASK WHAT MADE THESE GROUPS GO..A WAY LI KE THAT. EASY AS IT IS,..WAREZ ON AMIGA WERE A BIT LARGER AND..MORE COMPLEX THAN WAREZ ON AN 8 BIT..MACHINE. AND AS MODE M SPREADING WAS..A NATURAL THING FOR THE AMIGA WORLD,..THEY NEEDED TO BE FAST. T HE GROUP..QUARTEX FOR EXAMPLE EVEN DROPP ED USING..INTROS, BECAUSE IT NEEDED TOO MUCH TIME..TO ADD AN INTRO TO BE COMPETI TIVE..TOWARDS OTHER GROUPS.......THINGS MAY LOOK WORSE FOR US TO LOOK AT...AND I NDEED THEY WERE. OF COURSE IT ALSO..HAD SOME ADVANTAGES AS SOME PEOPLE..REALLY C ONCENTRATED ON MAKING KICKASS-..TRAINERS , LIKE FOR EXAMPLE CONQUEROR+..ZIKE WHO USED TO BE IN DIFFERENT..GROUPS SERVING AS A TRAINER DUO. (ZIKE..IS RUNNING IN M EDIAS RES NOWADAYS, NOT..MANY KNEW THAT I ACTUALLY HELPED..HIM GATHERING SOME IN TERVIEWS FOR HIS..LEGENDARY INTERVIEW SE CTION.) AND THIS..SYSTEM WAS GOOD FOR TH E PLAYER, HE COULD..GET A NICE TRAINER, LEAVING NO WISHES..OPEN. IT COULD ALSO B ACKFIRE IN A BAD..DIRECTION. FOR EXAMPLE PHIL DOUGLAS USED..TO MAKE +20 TRAINERS WITH MANY OPTIONS..DEFINATLY NOT NEEDED FOR A GOOD GAMEPLAY...OF COURSE HE STAY S WHAT HE IS, A GOOD..TRAINERMAKER. IF P HIL SHOULD HAPPEN TO..READ THIS...^MWE K NOW THE WHOLE STRUCTURE OF THE AMIGA..^M SYSTEM WAS JUST BASED ON RELEASING A GAM E..^MFAST ENUFF, WAITING TWO DAYS FOR A CRACK-..^MPATCH, ANOTHER TWO DAYS FOR A TRAINER-..^MPATCH AND IF YOU HAD BAD LUC K - THE..^M100TH SAID-TO-BE-100% CRACK.. ...WHILE THE C64 SCENE WENT THE RIGHT WA Y..AND TRIED TO MAKE THE ULTIMATE VERSIO N..WITH THE FIRST RELEASE VERSION, THEY. .MADE IT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.....^ITHE AMIGA SCENE SYSTEM GOT WORSE AND..^IWORS E, RESULTING IN DEMOGROUPS TAKING..^IDIS TANCE FROM THE CRAPRELEASING BUNCH..^IOF "CRACKERS" RUNNING AROUND ON AMIGA...^I BUT NOT ONLY THAT. ANOTHER MAJOR CHANGE. .^IWAS PERFORMED.......SOME PEOPLE WITHI N THE LEADING GROUPS OF..THE AMIGA SCENE TOOK BENEFIT FROM THE..RELEASING WORK A ND TRIED THE SAME WAY..THAT SOME C64 GRO UPS DID ON A SMALLER..SCALE; THEY SOLD S OFTWARE ABOS.....YOU MAY WONDER HOW COME MANY OF THESE..PEOPLE ARE SAID TO BE LE GENDS TODAY,..ALTHOUGH THIS SHOWS NOBODY REALLY..UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE SCENE WAS A BOUT...FOR ALL IT SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT ..PLAYING "ROBIN HOOD" AND SHOWING THE.. COMPANIES THAT SERVICE AND QUALITY OF..T HEIR PRODUCTS SHOULD COUNT, NOT THE..PRO TECTION NOR THE PUBLICITY GAGS THEY..TRI ED TO GAIN ATTENTION WITH. BUT IN THE..E ND AND WITH THE AMIGA, THE SCENE BECAME. .COMMERCIAL WORLD. IT WAS GROUPS LIKE..S KID ROW (WITH PPL LIKE SSR), CLASSIC,..P ARADOX WHOSE LEADERS CONCENTRATED ON..MA KING THE BIG MONEY. THEY EVEN BEGAN TO.. INVEST THE PROFIT. GOOD CRACKERS GOT PAI D..AND SUPPLIERS GOT A MOTIVATION-FEE OR ..JUST MOVED FROM GROUP TO GROUP TO EARN ..MORE MONEY.....^CIF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME AND YOU THINK YOU..^CKNOW IT BETTER, JUST TRY TO CHECK THE..^CINTROS OF THIS TIME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF...^CA STANDARD PHRASE OF THIS TIME ON AMIGA..^CWAS ".. .FOR BUYING THE LATEST (CHEAPEST..^CPRIC ES) WRITE TO PO BOX XX IN ..X..^C..X". I F YOU DONT BELIEVE THAT ALSO..^CCRACKERS GOT PAID, JUST CHECK SOME OF..^CTHE CRA CKS AND YOU WILL SEE KNOWN NAMES..^CAT D IFFERENT LOCATIONS FROM CRACK TO..^CCRAC K.....IT CAN'T GET WORSE, YOU MAY THINK. BUT..INDEED IT DID...IN 1991, A NEW SYS TEM GOT POPULAR. NOT..NEW TO THOSE WHO U SED TO WORK IN AN..OFFICE, BUT NEW TO TH OSE, WHO LIKED TO..PLAY STATE-OF-THE-ART GAMESOFTWARE.....THE PC, BASED ON MS DO S (MICROSOFT DISK..OPERATING SYSTEM) GOT POPULAR FOR GAME-..PLAYERS. BY RELEASE OF THE FIRST PC S..BASING ON THE 80286 T ECHNOLOGY, AND THE..FIRST LOWPRICE VGA A DAPTERS ALLOWING A..RESOLUTION OF 320X20 0 WITH 256 COLS,..THIS SYSTEM BECAME ATT RACTIVE FOR THE..GAME-INDUSTRY. IT WAS T HE MOST..ATTRACTIVE SYSTEM FROM THE POSS IBILITY-..VIEW. IMAGINE: THE AMIGA WAS S TILL STUCK..WITH IT'S 16 COLOURS (OUT OF A RGB..PALETTE, OF COURSE!) AT THAT MOM ENT.....^AONE OF THE FIRST GAMES USING T HE 80286..^AAND EXPENSIVE 80386 (NOT YE T AVAILBLE..^ATO THE PUBLIC AT THAT TIME ) PROCESSORS,..^AWAS THE ALLSTAR IT CALL ED WING COMMANDER..^ABY ORIGIN. AT THIS POINT SOME OF THE..^AEXISTING AMIGA GROU PS WERE SEEING THAT..^ATHE BEST YEARS OF THE AMIGA SCENE HAD..^APASSED AND MADE A STEP TO CONQUEROR..^GTHE PC WORLD, THE NOWADAYS PREMIER SCENE...^GIT WAS GROUP S LIKE RAZOR 1911, TRSI..^G(TRISTAR AND RED SECTOR INCORPORATED)..^GAND THE DREA M TEAM (TDT) MAKING THEIR..^GSTEP TO KEE P THEIR WAREZ MACHINE..^GPRODUCING FOR T HE PC PLATFORMS. AT THE..^GBEGINNING MOS T THE SKILLS TO PROGRAM..^GTHIS HIGH LEV EL MACHINE WERE MISSING,..^GSO THEY MADE USE OF THE TODAYS POPULAR..^GNFO FILES TO PRESENT/CREDIT THEIR WAREZ...^GTHESE *.NFO FILES ARE PLAIN TEXTFILES..^GHAVIN G AN ANSI-STYLED GROUPHEADER IN IT,..^ML ISTING MEMBERSTATUS, BBS AND PRODUCTION. .^MTHAT YOU LOADED ON YOUR HARDDISK...^M SO ONE STEP TO AN ONLY WAREZ RELEASING.. ^MSCENE WAS MADE. ALTHOUGH MANY GROUPS.. ^MSTILL USED INTROS TO CREDIT THEIR WARE Z,..^MTHERE WAS ANOTHER FASHION SO IN MO ST..^MCASES THE WAREZ GROUPS SKIPPED TO USE AN..^MINTRO, CAUSE IT TOOK TOO MUCH SPACE AND..^MEDITED A PLAIN NFO FILE.... .SOMETHING WHICH IS NOT COMMON TO US, AS ..C64 SCENERS, BUT A NORMAL STYLE ON THE ..PC. AT THAT TIME, THE PC WAS GROWING.. .MORE AND MORE PEOPLE JOINED UP WITH THI S..SCENE AND ALSO MANY EX.C64 PEOPLE MOV ED..TO THE PC. ONE OF THEM IS STILL WITH ME..IN MY TODAY GROUP AND OF COURSE A G OOD..FELLA; WESTBAM/LEGEND. THE REASON W HY I..AM NAMING HIM, IS CAUSE HE WAS NOT ..ORIENTATED BY THE PROFIT. WESTBAM WAS. .WITH RAZOR 1911 AT THAT POINT, TAKING.. CARE OF THE EUROPEAN SUPPLYMENT AND..ORG ANIZATION. NO MATTER, RAZOR WAS #1..ON B OTH CONTINENTS AND ALSO THE ONLY..GROUP COMBINING WAREZ WITH GOOD CRACKS..AND RE GULAR TRAINER SUPPLYS.....THEY IN FACT H AD MANY SKILLED CODERS,..CRACKERS AND TR AINERMAKERS WORKING FOR..THEM AND THEY W ERE NOT SPECIALIZED ON..ANY GROUND BUT T RIED TO TAKE PLACE IN..EVERY RACE. THE R EST OF THE GROUPS KEPT..THEMSELF ON ONE GROUND, EITHER BEING..A WAREZ ONLY GROUP , OR TRAINER/CRACKER..GROUP OR TRIED BOT H.....THE PC WAS PRODUCING IMMENSE COSTS FOR..THE GROUPS, CRACKERS NEEDED THE LA TEST..HARDWARE TO KEEP TRACK WITH THE SO FTWARE..INDUSTRY WHICH WAS TOUCHING THE STARS...BIGGER, THICKER, THICKEST IN DEM AND FOR..HARDWARE. AND IMMENSE COSTS TO KEEP..SUPPLIERS WORKING FOR A GROUP. PC. .ORIGINALS WERE AND ARE NOT THAT CHEAP.. .SO NEARLY ALL GROUPS HAD DEALERS WORK-. .ING FOR THEM SELLING SOFTWARE TO GAIN.. PROFIT AND TO KEEP THE GROUP RUNNING. SO ..PC GROUPS BECAME COMPANIES. THEY FORME D..DIVISIONS. A GROUP LIKE P.E. RZR 1911 ..HAD 1 ORGANIZER KEEPING TRACK OF THE.. ENTIRE GROUP AND A TRAINERS/CRACK DEP-.. ARTMENT, A COURIER DEPARTMENT AND A BBS. .DEPARTMENT, A DOCUMENT DEPARTMENT AND.. ALSO A SALES DIVISION, EVERY SECTION..WI TH ITS OWN ORGANIZER.....^FAT THAT POINT TWO NEW KIND OF GROUPJOBS..^FWERE FOUND . ONE OF THEM, THE JOB OF A..^FTOOL GROU P, A GROUP FOCUSING ON RELEAS-..^FING TH E LATEST IN PC TOOLS. AND THE ONE..^FOF A COURIER GROUP. THESE COURIER GROUPS..^ FWERE SPREADING WAREZ AROUND, MOSTLY EX- ..^FCLUSIVE FOR A GROUP LIKE RAZOR 1911 TO..^FMAKE SURE THAT A WARE REACHED THE MAJOR..^FBBS IN TIME. TO RELEASE A WARE ON PC..^FAND GETTING IT OUT AS THE FIRST IN THE..^FWORLD WAS A THING OF MINUTES. EVERY..^FSINGLE SECOND WAS IMPORTANT FO R A GROUP. ....SOME OF THESE COURIERS PA ID THE GROUP..FOR TRADING THEIR WAREZ. T HEY COULD..EASILY MAKE THE WAREZ THEY KE PT SPREADING..TO MONEY, SO IT WAS NO PRO BLEM AND WAS A..NORMAL THING IN THIS SCE NE. ON THE OTHER..SIDE SOME SYSOPS PAID GROUPS FOR GETTING..A HEADQUARTER FOR TH EM, TO GET THEIR..WAREZ 0-11 HOURS LATE. ....WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE ONCE PROUD AND NOT..CORRUPT SCENESYSTEM WE KNEW FROM TH E..COMMODORE C64? NOT MUCH I WOULD SAY.. .PEOPLE MADE THEMSELF PROMISES, THAT THE Y..DO IT FOR THE FUN OUT OF IT, TO ENABL E..PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO BU Y..EVERY GAME TO PLAY EVERYTHING THEY LI KE..TO, TO PROVE THAT THERE IS NO PROTEC TION..ABLE TO STOP THEM. TO GET KNOWN. B UT THE..MORE THEY GOT KNOWN, THE MORE TH EY TRIED..TO GET OUT OF IT, ENDING WITH GETTING..PROFIT OUT OF IT WITH SELLING T HEIR..CRACKS! THEY ALWAYS MOANED THAT TH EY..WERE NO CRIMINALS AND THAT THEY DID IT..FOR GOOD REASONS AND JUST FOR THE FU N...BUT LOOKING INTO THE HIGHER BIT SCEN ES..WE SEE HOW PIONEERS CHANGED THEIR MI NDS..AND HOW THEY CORRUPTED THEIR OWN GO OD-..RUNNING SYSTEM, THEIR OWN GOODRUNNI NG..FUTURE.....^ISURE THERE WERE ALWAYS PEOPLE GAINING..^IPROFIT AND OTHERS DOIN G IT FOR THE FUN,..^IBUT MOST OF THE PC/ AMIGA GROUPS ALSO..^INEEDED TO MAKE MONE Y, OTHERWISE IT WAS..^INOT POSSIBLE TO K EEP ON RELEASING. BUT..^IMONEY ALWAYS, E QUAL FOR WHICH PURPOSES,..^ICORRUPTES A SYSTEM AS WITH THE SCENE..^ITRACKING ON THE SAME FACTOR AS REAL..^ILIFE DOES; BU SINESS PURPOSES. ....SO WHATS LEFT OF TH E PIONEER BASED..SCENESYSTEM WE KNOW IN THE PREMIER SCENE..OF TODAY? THE PC SCEN E. GOOD PEOPLE..ARE SCARED OFF, AS TODAY 'S GROUPS KEEP ON..WITH THEIR USUAL BUSI NESS AND THE..SUPPLIERS AND SPREADERS BE COME THE MOST..IMPORTANT FACTORS. THERE IS NOBODY LEFT..DOING TRAINERS.THROUGH R ELEASES OF CD..ROM BASED GAMES AND DOS4G W AND WINDOWS..BASED GAMES IT BECAME NEA RLY IMPOSSIBLE..TO CHEAT A PROGRAM DIREC TLY. ......BUT THE TODAYS "CRACKING" ON PC IS..POSSIBLE FOR EVERYBODY NOWADAYS, AS IT..IS JUST A CD CHECK, AND TO SHORT A GAME,..TO LEAVE OUT MOVIE FILES, RESUL TING THAT..MANY MANY SOCALLED "CRACKS" C RASH DOWN..AFTER A WHILE. WE DON'T NEED TO TALK ABOUT..THE MATTER OF FACT THAT M OST GAMES ARE..TOO BIG TO GET THEM OFF F ROM THE CD AND..TO KEEP THE GAME ORIGINA L. THESE CD RIPS..HAVE NO PURPOSE, BUT T O KEEP THE SCENE..ALIVE AND/OR TO SELL T HEM.....^CAS FOR THE CONSOLE SCENE, THE ETABLISH-..^CED SCENE WAS HANGING AROUND ON SNES AND..^CSEGA AND WAS PRODUCING C RACKS, TRAINERS..^CAND DEMOS FOR THESE S YSTEMS. THROUGH THE..^CPOPULARITY OF THE SONY PSX AND N64,..^CALTHOUGH IT IS POS SIBLE TO COPY THE..^CSTUFF AND TO CODE B OTH MACHINES, A REAL..^CSCENE IS NOT PRE SENT. ALSO IF SOME PEOPLE..^CMAY CLAIM T HE OTHER WAY AROUND, YOU MAY..^CTHINK OF A SONY PSX SCENE, BUT TO BE..^CHONEST - A CD IS TAKING AN AMOUNT OF..^C650 - 70 0 MBYTE AND SPREADING OVER THE..^CNOWADA YS SCENE SPREADWAY #1, THE INTERNET..^CI S NOT POSSIBLE, EVEN WITH ISDN AND UNTIL ..^CYOU WILL BE ABLE TO PURCHASE A CHEAP ..^CCABLE MODEM, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER.. ^CCONSOLE WHICH WILL GET POPULAR.....SEE ING TODAY'S SITUATION ON THE OTHER..SYST EMS, SHOULD INTEREST US. NOT BECAUSE..WE BELIEVE IN THE COMMODORE 64 AND WE..LOV E THIS SYSTEM. BUT BECAUSE IT IS THE..MI RROR OF THE TODAYS AGE AND THE FUTURE... NEARLY 75% OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN..TO DAYS PC SCENE ARE COURIERS. NOT ONE OF.. THESE PERSONS IS ABLE TO CODE ON A PC OR ..TO CRACK A REAL PROTECTION. THAT SPEAK S..FOR THE ONCE PROUD SKILLBASED SCENESY STEM...IT IS FORCED AND DOOMED TO DIE. T HESE..PERSONS ARE NOT INTERESSTED IN SHO WING..THEIR SKILLS. THEY ARE INTERESSTED IN..WAREZ ONLY. AND THIS ISN'T HELPING A..SCENE.....^AWHAT ABOUT THE PC DEMOSCE NE? THERE IS..^AONE, YES, BUT THIS SCENE IS NOT CONN-..^AECTED WITH THE PC WAREZ SCENE (SO THEY..^AREFER TO THEIR PART O F THE SCENE) IN ANY..^AWAY, THE DEMOPEOP LE ARE LAUGHING ABOUT..^ATODAYS PC "CRAC KING" SCENE BY THE WAY...^AAND WE SHOULD GIVE THEM RIGHT!....A GOOD CRACKING SCE NE ISN'T DEPENDING ON..A COMPUTERSYSTEM, IT DEPENDS ON RULES..AND TRADITION. NOW ADAYS MOST OF THE TRAD-..ITION IS LOST, NOT MANY KNOW OF THE..ORIGIN OF THE CRAC KING SCENE ANYLONGER..(YES I AM REFERING TO THE PC SCENE..AGAIN!). SO HOW SHOULD A FUTURE FOR..CRACKING BE? IT SEEMS TO ME AND TO THOSE..OLDSCHOOL PERSONS I SPO KE TO ABOUT THIS..TOPIC, JUST TO COMBINE THEIR THOUGHTS..WITH MY ONES, THAT CRAC KING, THE REAL..CRACKING WENT OUT OF FAS HION.....COMPANIES ARE NOT USING PROTECT IONS..ANYLONGER AND WITH OLD CRACKERS LE AVING..THE SCENES, ALSO THE OTHER PART W HICH..KEPT THE THING GOING, THE TRAINERS , FADE..AWAY. SLOWLY IT DIES, ONLY THE W AREZ-..ADDICTED NOT WILLING TO PAY FOR A N..ORIGINAL OR TRYING TO GAIN PROFIT OUT ..OF SOME WAREZ ARE LEFT AND TAKE OVER.. WHAT WAS ONCE KNOWN HAVING ITS ORIGIN..O N THE C64. TRADITION AND HISTORY ARE..FO RGOTTEN BY THESE PEOPLE AND SLOWLY THE.. OLD LEGENDS WE ALL ADORED ARE VANISHED.. AND FORGOTTEN. IT IS REALLY DEPRESSING.. TO SEE THIS. BUT REALIZE IT, THE SCENE.. IS DOOMED TO DIE AND HAS NO FUTURE. YOU. .CANT STOP AND TURN BACK THE TIME AND TR Y..TO AVOID THE PEOPLE RUINING OUR ONCE. .PROUD SYSTEM. IT GOT RUINED, IT WILL BE ..EVEN MORE RUINED... BUT FOR HOW LONG.. WILL IT LAST.....?....^GMIDFIT/LEGEND,.. ^MPROPAGANDA MAGAZINE 1998....^@EPILOGUE ..^@.._..MIDFIT, WHO IS RIGHT NOW IN LEG END C64,..WAS MEMBER OF TRSI ON THE CONS OLES,..AS WELL AS ANTHROX CONSOLE AND IS SINCE..A DECADE INVOLVED WITH HYBRID ON PC...ALTHROUGH HE NOW CONCENTRATES,..-O UT OF A HUNDRED GOOD REASONS- MORE ON..T HE COMMODORE 64....
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