Here we answer some readers' letters
Hi there!
ellvis / ZeroTeam here. [...]
few notes to scennergy diskmag:
- Language -> hmmm ... what about a little english? Raver / Pht
was right ... (!!!)
- Design -> hmm ... as Speccy have low resolution, better use
less gfx -> it looks better. (With less gfx it looks like
bigger resolution:).
I wish you good luck with next scennergy issues! it is great
work!
not amiga, not pc, just -> Speccy <- rulez forever!
ellvis / ZeroTeam / Constellation
Raver: Thanks Ellvis for the comments, as about english, you
see, it's here, even if not a lot, but still something. As about
design, i am sure Scenergy looks good enough and it's most
stylish speccy diskzine on date. Keep on supporting us!
Hi 2 progressive peoples from DR, PGS and Phantasy!!!
Now on 4 July, 2.40 am:). Just now I finished reading
Your Scenergy:). Journal Velma spadabausi me, beautiful
work. The only drawback is that the magazine was made 2 years
:) Observed the fusion mixture of old and new. I have also been
pinned poll - Scratcher somehow got into Encoders
(Where it's located somewhere in the middle,: *), and Tankard in
Organizers :))). Naturally, Raver nothing wrong, he
just making the vote count. Ars, by the way, pinned -
tells them what to do preselekshn (to lamer not filled
users:). And yet: Flying naglyuchil, his hands in the shell
behaves weird if it led quickly to the left and right at
who personally attends window setup. But all this stuff. Most
of all I cheered article which gives an interview with the
creator of ELITE. This is really tough blow to the
competition:). At the time, even Spectrophone did not publish
these killer articles. Also pinned from The Lords - I never
thought that someday read about these guys in any edition!.
Good idea, would take interview with ESI, PENTAGRAM and other
old scenery. it will be interesting for all!
More detail: that the breakup with the competition releases?
- I can not understand why the competition begins with the
release Scenergy? Why do not take as its starting point such as
01/01/1998, and do, how-to Nostalgy releases compo:) - compare
who then navypuskal and who is the coolest:). And then to take
as a starting point and 26/06/1999 somewhere within six months
to summarize. It seems to me that this was would be more
tolerant with respect to advanced sceners that not sit idly by
and doing something. although it's up to you - you it came up,
so that the act:).
I really liked the idea about the regular charts. Rulez!!!
In my opinion the best times in six months.
I very much hope that will revolutionize Scenergy and Speccy
scene flourish as never before. Do not stop at
achieved.
And, here's a new (yet:) information for the next issue
Scenergy:
We (I, Ars, and Freeman) begin to work in parallel on a new
Platform (Game Boy). Thus, as in the west, this attachment is
very popular, we decided to try his hand at writing GameBoy'nyh
toys. Cya on Game Boy scene :)))))
Mast / Fatality
Raver: cool that you, Mast, like our work, but will
I read this issue, because GBC absolutely already taxied? ;]
In the charts many voices totally lamerski, but it should be
- Is after all public opinion, and Spectrum society
also inhabit lamer, and there's nothing you can do.
By the way, but perhaps not organized Tankard Prophecy?
Asphyxia? Uncountable competition releases - ie release charts.
This is not odnarazovy competition, firstreleasing - this is a
very important part of cracking and its only connection with
Scenergy is that we going to publish and evaluate
firstreleases, as well as it can (and should do so) some other
publications. Read about it in "Illegal corner", but now I will
try to to answer your question, why only release Scenergy
begins.
Before the release I announced firstreleasing in a text file,
which was sent to some people and there was (and still probably
worth it) on Acid Nature. This was a failure, nobody rides a
chip, and to , this text was in English, which most of our
scenery does not understand. So, in the end it all began with
only Released Scenergy, because Chaosite, Ascendancy, and
Soul's Storage only were then made to the proper directories.
Were also published normal rules and count the exit Scenergy
very convenient - this season, the results of which I was
supposed to be published in Scenergy # 2!
But shit happens, and this time no one rides a chip, and
me time to work on this and promote lacked. C
by the Board again found in Scenergy # 1 on this, as well as,
Of course, in this room where I changed something in rules'ah
and tried again to explain the human being what it is like to
Russian and English.
ZADOLBALO!
In this opus, I would like a little
speculate about some chutzpah
meanness and nastiness on the Speccy scene ...
Yeah, sure, you with me yet
familiar, and I acknowledge that I have
sufficient "weight" in Sinclair circles. But I
also a man, too fanatically keen
Spectrum and I am also not a stranger to the process
understanding of some injustice.
I myself am a little bit encoder, a bit
muzikmaker, a little bit designer, and a little bit
critic. Demos have not yet released, the group did not
include ... But the most interesting for me
ZX-scene was and still is - a view
We introduce new and analysis of past festivals and
demoparty ... I have some observations and
would like to share this article.
Well, nachnems ... The biggest
resentment I have is the behavior
certain of the Moscow group Antares ... Briefly
outline the situation as it is about this
seems to me. So, very interesting
thing turns out, if you look
Results proshedshik party. Take, for
beginning Mouzon EA. Well, let, let them not
too bad ... Well, let them. Let our
people love pop music ... Well, let's say. But
why in the most unpredictable (it
well known) the nomination - in music, EA
always takes just the first place?
Are all the other musicians write
Lajoux? That, once all? If you look at
results, then for some reason EA has always been
it comes off a 20-30 score ...
always ... Further, the same are known / new
author with a small break ... According to the theory
probability is simply impossible -
Competition is almost unpredictable ...
Okay, go ahead ... Take FunTop98 and
Konex'a from the same Antares, which is directly
to the party of Georgia as part of the demos on ALASM'a
several times and they are constantly
reset ... At that, like the guys
expect? But this raises a cry
MagicSoft and Arty / DR ... and Wlodek Black'u
simply to acknowledge that this work
shown out of competition. Here Antares
sort of break off ... Kind of ... If not
assume nowhere now involved in
result was 31 votes for the Devotion! AND
despite the fact that it was clearly announced that
demo out of the competition, that is, none of
present health-minded people do not
would vote for her ...
Noticed a coincidence? Yes, yes, it is those
most "30" votes, which are constantly
appear in the music ...
Only a year later, "hardworking" hardworking
Antares sort of put up yet
dosobrannuyu Devotion to Cafe'99, but ...
Again from Alasm'a! ?? What kind of shit?
It seems even explains why - though
be "forgotten in Moscow # 13 of the memory bank" - but
how so? Piece collected demos forgotten, but
All source code demos, "accidentally"
are with him and the audience are
"Wonderful opportunity" to witness the rulez by
Antares! And here it is the first place! And a lot of
Money, of course (some things rubelsov,
like).
Not Hilo, yes! If you consider the fact
that assembled the demo just did not
fit into the rules of the festival! A
money already - fyuit!
I was also very "killed" the truth
pathetic tekstovichok to Devotion, where Konex
teach coders to work and live, and rattling
a fist in the chest exclaims that
"First employed full-screen output
Video (and it was long ago, but even
Poles on DoxyCon99 doing it, well
at least in the demo from CrazyTronic), yet
"The first time a derivation of the moving
bump'a "or whatever his ... Well, just laugh!
And in the TV-X on the FT98 that was?? (Lighting
cube) And in C2H5OH at CC999 traces did not
moving BUMP?! (Although I'm not sure
4K after all!)
And remember how I laughed when reading the interview with
Antares in Nikrone after the Enlight-97, where
Konex claimed that their demo Ecstatic Dub
"Would fall in the top three! But now I
I understand that, yes, yes - this could be it!
Just enough group of Muscovites and
companions defiantly yell and clap
on their work, then give them higher
place simultaneously completely ignoring all
really good but not my work -
that's all simple, but truly despicable
procedure!
30 votes - a dozen people. Who
they? First, of course themselves
Antares'y. Further there are companions, any
Power Group and others have fallen under the
influence ... Well, is it not a simple peck
nick, if all Muscovites suddenly amicably
clapped and zaorut on their work! After
impression arises that half of the hall
liked it - that people do not vote
hesitation. And it's very, very sad.
Is not it a shame when the present
good musicians, such as MIC / PGS,
remained in the shadows because of the abundance lamerskih
works and lamerskogo behavior of individuals,
willing to push his "masterpieces"!
Is not it a shame when Paradox'99 of
three 16K intro is the best of them
occupies the last place! A crowd
scumbags, I'm not afraid of the word
puts 10 points its idiotic
work, which could be invented, and even
and do not work without Covox! (JL_16K) is
right??
A certain team BrainWave?! Well Cafe'99
quite clearly traced its vile
activities. It is despicable, because the VO
All categories where these ... something
exhibited their work took on a place! AND
clearly not the best work! For example, in
music they have managed to jump on even
Antares! So to speak, lamer - lamer
jump on! And in 4K! That there should have been crook
1 effect of S4B (radial mapping), 1 of GOA
(Mountains) and a couple more somewhere (CLOT4K?),
call the whole thing and take MARAZM4K
first place, beating the second part of the most
C2H5OH, which is simply a masterpiece
the number of distinct parts, stuck in
4K, a story, music, looks at
one breath, and chunks + attributes (I to
yet vrublyus why everything is so fast
works)! A Malady, of the same
BrainWave, has won 3rd place! Here
generally it was enough to pull the "DOOM" from
Garlic Respiration with FT98, vrashalku of
Anamnesis'a and fractal glitches from Ivan
Roshchina and there you have 3 place! Yes Greed 4K
Only one style can beat all of this
slime and take a well deserved 2-3 places!
Well lucky BrainWaver'am and
Antares'am on Cafe'99: just less than a hundred
spectators, 10 point system of vote ...
Here indeed stun capabilities -
put 10 points to his work, 0 points
others, and if "their" people 10, then
separation is guaranteed! Just horror!
But the rules do not provide
prohibition to vote for their work
group! That's all ... And win they did not
People who sweat and blood trying to make
something new and interesting, and stole
strange effects lamer crowd.
Whew, something I was sold. But just
shame when that happens! And when
No one "finger scratch" to
shit'nyu fix all this!
And I was beginning to upset the new
"Split" in the demoscene. And it began for another
FT98. Forever vs Refresh - that was then,
Nobody suspected what it all
spill ...
And now the scene of ZX-already divided into 2
camp. There are proponents of the "old" wave
requiring the issue only with a bunch of demos
different effects that these effects were
new and in any case not animation ...
"New Wave" is characterized by passion
idea, plan, design demos, admits
the use of animation and the head of all
stoavit namely the superiority of ideas over
code.
Followers of each direction
poured over each other with mud, in every way
flame in ehah and "soaps", but in the end
loses itself the scene, because the energy
it goes on chattering, and not on the case.
Greatly pleased me the text of Eternity
Industry to their new demo, where they
strongly crap all new developments
last year, best new demos
Forever and Anamnesis. EI-Schnick just yet
shouting that the anime is demah
bad new - it's good ... And what do we
saw their demo? Constant podgruzku
ONLY TR-Dos? Or the latter effect with
tunnel, which is nothing but the very
hated anime? Or can the plasma
torn from GOA? Or the effect of water
that the Poles have done? And the endless
Brake Variations on a Theme by Gluck 3D? Well
learned to do enviroment, well, good fellows ...
Well, move on ... And then
result, we have just a regular Refresh
II, only the more braking than the original!
Chunk'i only, yes?
By the way, about the chunks! Guys! Coders!
Well you please stop rivet
the same thing ... Different variations on a theme
bump'n'blur have all got.
Listen! Listen to the western scene
those same Poles, the same British ... Same
good old group of Flash Inc; old
Fyrex'a from the legendary Mayhem! Knots
With Chunky!
And dear coders of all countries! Well enough
the effects of tear each other! Ah! Well
please! Why when I look at
rotating dodecahedron from DWIS16K by Accept
Corp (Paradox'99) and I have a
a sense of deja-vu, and remember exactly
as much a part of Energy by Cosmic?! Well
why I watch this "63-bit" demos of
same Accapt'erov and only doing what
trying to "find 10 differences"?
Or here ... I really
liked the 4K intro from SerzhSoft'a it
chased moonshine - C2H5OH 1 and part 2. But
Despite C2H5OH-2, I remembered some
very similar effects from the Polish 4K intro
Doxyc_4K with the same name of the festival
Doxycon'99?! (Sorry I do not remember the author -
can be amended know?) And so all cool
it's amazing how Serzh could cram
in 4K many effects so even with the plot!
So, what would be even pofleymit? About
magazines? Here are just a couple of strong
catchwords and only one wish: Stop
tear material from each other and from the networks!
ENOUGH!
Whew, I'm tired of swearing! And in fact after
this letter, probably dusting
Fakie and various assaults ... The FAQ can
only children, but if someone
really have something to say - that
write, discuss. If I'm somewhere something
misinterpreted or simply
lazhanulsya then popravte me specify where
I sat down in his ass'om shit! 'll Wait ...
Sincerely,
Realtimer,
Sergei Podkovin,
St. Petersburg, 1999.
mail me: realtimer@mail.ru
Raver: cool, a great letter, type the whole article. With what
and congratulations. I think that readers were interested in
your thoughts, and how to react Antares? As for the demos I
have partially agree. Refresh was the best of its kind, Napalm
is not bad, but not surpassed it, and therefore not
interesting. A Anamnesis ... Some good ideas there, but in
general - a lot of lame lame lame moments which is not the Jam
- in my opinion, the best demo of this year. Continued his
research and inform us and readers of interesting events!
Hello, Scenergy Team!
Was going to write you a more detailed comment about Scenergy,
but due to lack of time (CC'999 rulez!) and loss of access
to the network to send kratenky report, which did not work
sent two days ago.
Looked-honored Scenergy # 1. To be frank - my journal
disappointed. I expected more, both the quality of the code,
and from content. Will state now a few comments.
Major glitches.
- If your mouse to bring the arrow to the very bottom of the
screen and clicking
Fire, keep going down, the cursor off the screen and upolzet
everything freezes.
- If the article. Index to choose from the popup menu, the 2
nd page
(And maybe even some), everything freezes.
The main disadvantage.
- No delay on the release buttons on the mouse / keyboard after
depression.
Key observations:
- Very bad coloring text. The first magazine in which I
cut off the color, so as not to strain your eyes,
considering the small
blue letters on a black background. The abundance of red, too
tiring. On top of that annoys a lot of mistakes
(Creeping colored letters on a piece of the next word or
coloring part of the word). Learn from Spectrofon'a how to
color text!
- At least more than 15 errors. Most - typos, but
There are grammatical.
- The enormous gaps (up to 8 (!) Characters) between words.
Contents:
- Not news. Need date of writing articles, every news
separately, as well as the timing of surveys.
- There is a very useful / interesting stuff, and a checkpoint.
Some articles are too tight, others are too small ...
Magazine needed an erudite, strong and competent editor. Y
magazine should be a person - at the same Scenergy it barely
visible.
Sincerely, Dmitry Semenov (Ulterior).
E-mail: the_ulterior@yahoo.com.
PS. Please address pm27sdw@beta.math.spbu.ru no longer write,
as from now until September-October, I did not
have access to the network. If you have something to say -
use
Address the_ulterior@yahoo.com.
Raver: Criticism - a good thing, I agree about the coloring,
though Spectrofon enough to poke us in the face, it is
generally incomparable magazines, as Spectrofon was a
commercial magazine about toys, in which the interface has not
changed for more than 20 rooms. I can respect them for quality
articles, or because they are the first, but is it was
generally stsenovyyprodukt? And as a magazine, no number has
been aroused my interest. Better to remember the Revival, as it
the best thing we have ever offered to Step.
Bugs ... after bugfix was!
