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C A N W E S T A Y A L I V E I N T H E F U T U R E ?
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Hello there buggering STS is back on the keys ! Just as I am trying to get
another issue completed I have to think about the future and the many questions
most main editors have shared lately....
Moondog, Grey, CiH and I have been discussing the matter a LOT : can we
expect to go on while we get so little support ? It sounds quite paradoxical
when we are offered a feast of demos after the great EIL3...
Working on every new issue takes loads of time even though some of you still
refuse to accept the idea. We are employees, sometimes husbands or even fathers
abd that indulges a lot of social life sacrifices . Seeing this new issue of
ALIVE! going down to the toilets, I started to think about a possible future...
Future ? hey you asking me ? I'm no fortune teller man !
Anyway let's focus on our beloved diskmagazines. Grey still manages to
release Chosneck with quite huge delays though while Moondog has just released
UCM24 after a lot of efforts ! You can see him wondering about the same issue
in several articles... Last issue of ALIVE! was released in early December, hey
that was more than 6 months ago !! Then I'm wondering if that's still worth
releasing a mag 6 months later... Even that EIL3 issue is delayed though I have
to remind you that several demos presented at EIL3 are still unavailable :(
Hey sucker this issue ISN'T available either !!
Then maybe we could join forces and give up our own labels ? Even if the
idea sounds not so bad, every one involved in the birth and maintaining of
respective mags isn't easiliy willing to "merge" with others... It's always a
tricky business where you never know if you'll eat another fish or BE eaten in
the process !
Hmm then what ???
As some people suggested, going online could be a solution and indeed we
already have a dedicated website. I discussed the topic with CiH who said he
would follow me and respect my choices. Then some people could share access and
update the site when needed. Of course it would be different from DHS with
interviews, reports, reviews and so on. Since Grey and Moondog decided to go on
with their babies, CiH and I would go on with the same team.
But...
It didn't take me long to think about the next issue of ALIVE! online. I
know some people only use emulators, others think that our diskbased system is
obsolete, still... I'm doing things on ATARI because I love that small plastic
box and what it represents. Having to use a peecee to read an ATARI mag is
shit and disrespectful to the values I've believed in over the last decade !
Also as Moondog mentionned in UCM24, we need diversity ! Tho I cannot enjoy
Chosneck I know that people love it and I love reading another issue of UCM !
Having a single mag would surely strenghthen the manpower hiding behind it but
it would smooth all views and we would probably end up trying to kill each
other :)
The only way out is...
This twisted and steep path we have been walking on for years ! Again, it
seems that Grey, Moondog, CiH and I are definitely fucking stubborn ! Tho I
feel tired and sometimes demotivated I'm not ready to give up ! I want to
download new issues of UCM or CHOSNECK (that is if I had 14Mb :), rush to my
ATARI, eagerly unpack and run this issue ! I LOVE the feeling, this is pure
FUJI spirit man ! The same goes for Michal, Eric, Chris and I : we will go on
but we'll remove ALL pressure and if it takes +6 months to release another mag
then who cares ? Don't even try to complain if you don't help !!
Then it gues it can all be summed up to "we'll go on as long as it's fun"
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BEST REGARDS GO TO MY FELLOW MAIN EDITORS AND TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT LAZY !
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