F R
I E N D S H I P
OVER THE SCENE
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There are so many people I respect in this Scene ! So many people I would need
to thank for the wonders they have brought us ! Hence, let me tell you I am
truly grateful to CiH, Evil, Cyclone, Lotek Style, Ray, Tao and an awful LOT
more ! But there are also different people, people with whom a true sense of
friendship has grown and evolved. Time to have a look back over the last
decade and see who has been a true friend.
People not named below should NOT feel offended in ANY way ! There are people
you greet, others with whom you share projects and people you learn to like
with their skills and drawbacks :) No special order here, I just let my memory
go wide open and deliver sweet memories under the Fuji flag.
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Thyrex : I got involved into the Scene thanks to you my dear friend ! you
offered me the position of ToxiC MaG main editor, then we spent many years on
our GFA megademo "Back In France"... It was so nice working with you though we
had to use snail mail at that time. I'll never forget when you welcomed me at
your place, back in 1994. Working on "Waiting For the Apocalypse" was REALLY
fun too, tho we both were a bit disappointed by the result... Even though we
seldom meet these days, we both know that old friends are ALWAYS good friends.
Paranoid : ah, Oliver ! I cannot remember when we started to work together,
somewhere after I decided to go on as main editor of UCM I guess. Above all
our so interesting chats, what I admire in you is that quality to accept and
understand that someone does not agree with you :) We have had quite a LOT of
arguments but none were fights as each other was willing to hear what the
other had to tell. Whatever the subject, talking with you is ALWAYS rich with
knowledge and wisdom, something I'd like to keep as long as possible.
Nils, better known as 505 : I first met this "new" scener back in 1998 at the
Interjam Party. He was a newcomer and I instantly started being a friend with
him, that's why I later asked him to compose all msx for our forthcoming game
THE TRACE. From this time friendship has grown but everyone who knows Nils
will tell you it's so easy to become friend with such a great guy : while I'm
always seeing the worst, he is the complete opposite. He is always willing to
help everyone with his - so - great work and years have proved what a skilled
musician he is ! His brother Norman, aka No, he is of the same kind, both are
some sort of modern hippies who bring light wherever they go. This guys are
even more than friends to me, I'd dare to call them brothers.
The Dutchies ! In the summer of 2000, I decided to go on an Atari trip. After
checking some friends here and there, I finally got Havoc to invite me to stay
at his place for a couple of weeks. I drove to the Netherlands and spent very
nice hours at Peter's place but also wandering all around the city. I later
left to spend the weekend at Tinker's parents and once again felt welcomed as
a long time friend, something I'll never forget. I also met Phenomenon on that
occasion, quite a nice fellow, tho totally out of the Scene now :( Peter and I
also drove to Amsterdam (if I remember well :) where we spent a pleasant day
meeting with Pieter, aka Earx. True Fuji inspired holidays ! Friendly sceners
with whom I had a lot of talking about almost every topic. Definitely a nice
memory !
CosmosH : tho a true lamer, scenewise :), Herve is a real friend ! I first met
his brother Zed at some lame PC party, must have been the * Volcanic * series.
Then we met at an Amstrad party in southern France and so we felt a bit lost
among 8biters we shared a lot of fun. In summer 2000 I suddenly decided to pay
him a visit and after a 1,000 kms sleepless drive I reached his place. There
we mostly drank like "sponges" (well that is the phrase used in French :) but
also tried to paint some stuff for DHS summer compo. Dead drunk almost all day
long brought us a lot of memories, I especially remember that night when Herve
vanished... Later on I found him lying in the garden surely dreaming of pixels
or whatever :) Tho we've kinda lost contact these days, he is of the kind you
can call anytime and he'll be happy to hear from you. Damn, I truly miss his
presence and his awful English :(
Creator : better known to me as Jani, maker of Utopos one of my fave STe games
for years ! Thanks to him I could achieve my third year training period in
Helsinki and the 2 months I spent there will always be cherished : drinking at
his place then jumping into subway to reach downtown... Some more drinking and
clubbing later (yes I went to clubs !) and it was already morning, time to go
back home, sometimes go to sauna and fall dead drunk into bed (hey, we did NOT
share beds in case you wonder :) I was so happy to get a mail from him some 9
years later and friendship was resumed instantly !
Swe : Janez is the "latest" Atarian I buggered, exactly one year ago when my
father and I head for Slovenia. Tho we did not spend that much time together
due to lousy schedules, Janez was - and still is - a very friendly pal ! He
showed us a bunch of nice places and gave us a lot of interesting hints about
his country. Above all I am * very * happy we managed to release Mental Pong !
Obviously not a sky rocket but a friendly collaboration, not to forget gwEm's
involvement in this short adventure.
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Once again this humble article is nothing more than a diskfiller though it is
aimed at showing that the strong bases of our Scene are *heavily* relying on a
value our modern Society is trying to erase, namely FRIENDSHIP. Whatever we do
we don't do it for fame, recognition or god knows what but because we DO care
about others and as long as I will care for so many of you, I'll keep doing
stuff for that second family called ATARI SCENE...
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STS for Alive, 2005-09-23
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