INTRODUCTION: THE LEGONAIRES SURPRISE YOU AGAIN WITH: - NEVER LIKED UNO - A SLIDESHOW BY FADE ONE WITH CODING FROM BAILEY AND MUSIC BY TWILIGHT AND DOC HOLIDAY AND SIRE WAS SO FRIENDLY TO PAINT THE ICONS AND THE "NEVER-LIKED-UNO"-LOGO. NOTE THAT THIS SLIDESHOW CAN EASILY BE INSTALLED ON YOUR HARDDISK DRIVE BY CLICKING THE CORRESPONDING ICON WHEN YOU HAVE STARTED THIS PROGRAM FROM WORKBENCH...! AIN'T THAT KIND? A BIG SMACK TO TWICE, WHO MADE THIS INSTALLER. ANOTHER SMACK TO TRON OF SANITY FOR SOME HELP. AND BESIDES... WE SPEND RESPECT ON: SANITY - COMPLEX - VIRTUAL DREAMS/FAIRLIGHT - SPACEBALLS - ANDROMEDA - CNCD - POLKA BROTHERS - MOVEMENT - STELLAR - BALANCE - JETSET - ALCATRAZ - KEFRENS - ESSENCE - ABSOLUTE! - DREAMDEALERS - AXIS - RAZOR 1911 - SONIC - MELON DEZIGN - TRSI - STATIC BYTES - DCS - TOON DEZIGN - AVENA - OXYRON - DAMONES - TEK - VIRTUAL - SCOOPEX - NUANCE OUR CRAZY FAMILEE IS FORMED OF: BAILEY BULLET CHROMAG DECCA DOC HOLIDAY DSN FADE ONE MAXIMILIAN RACKLER RODNEY SIRE TWICE TWILIGHT AND NOBODY ELSE! YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO MAIL??? THEN DO IT AT THIS NOTORIOUS ADDRESS: BULLET OF LEGO MARCUS BUBSER HEUCHELHEIMERSTR.220 61350 BAD HOMBURG GERMANY WE ARE GLAD THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT THE UGLY DELAY OF THIS PRODUCTION. BUT IT WOULD BE TOO MUCH TO TELL YOU ALL THE INCIDENTS THAT MADE US SLOWING DOWN... FORGET IT FAST. DON'T NOTICE IT. IT'S A SHAME. IMPORTANT REMARK: THE NAME OF THIS PRODUCTION, "NEVER LIKED UNO" IS IN NO WAY MEANT AS A VERBAL INJURY TO THE PERSON UNO OF SCOOPEX! AS A MATTER OF FACT, FADE ONE ONLY HATES THE FAMOUS AMERICAN CARD-GAME WHICH IS CALLED THE SAME. JUST MENTIONED TO KEEP EVERYONE QUIET...! FADE ONE: AND HERE ARE FOR YOUR PLEASURE SOME WORDS FROM THE MASTERMIND ABOUT GRAPHICS AND WHATS IT ALL ABOUT. OFCOZ YOU ALL KNOW, THAT I DONT SCAN. BUT BECAUSE OF DIVERSE COMMENTS AND SENTENCES, WHICH CAME THROUGH TO THE HOLY EMPIRE OF GODS, I WAS URGED TO DROP SOME LINES OF THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS. IN MY OPINION, WHICH IS OF COURSE ALSO YOUR OPINION FROM NOW ON, NOBODY SHOULD CARE ABOUT IF A PICTURE IS SCANNED OR NOT. NOBODY. AS FAR AS I CAN SEE, THERE IS NO, TRULY NO PICTURE WHICH IS SCANNED AND KEEPS HIGH-QUALITY STANDARD IN ANY RESOLUTION ON THE STANDARD AMIGAS. THIS MEANS OF COZ HIGH QUALITY, NOT HUSH-HUSH DRAWN PICTURES LIKE MOST OF R.W.O'S OR FACET'S PICTURES AND LOGOS. SO, IF YOU JUDGE WORK FROM ARTISTS, AND EVEN SCANNING ISN'T THAT EASY.. ONLY JUDGE IF YOU LIKE THE PICTURE, THE STYLE, THE COMPOSITION, ARRANGEMENTS ETC.. AND DONT JUDGE IN WHICH WAY IT'S DONE. THESE WORDS HAD TO BE SPOKEN AND IF YOU DON'T AGREE, BETTER HIDE WELL, BECAUSE MY LIGHTINGS STRIKE MORE PAINFUL THAN ANY AC/DC CD. NOW SOME WORDS TO UPCOMING PROJECTS, WHICH THE GOD OF STYLE, WILL DO IN HIS RARE SPARE-TIME. I'M GOING TO DRAW GFX FOR SOME NICE GAMES, WHICH WILL HIT THE CONSOLES UNFORTUNATELY IN ONE YEAR AND UNLIKE ALL OTHER SCENE-GRAPHICIANS I WON'T DROP MY HANDLE JUST TO PLEASE SOMEBODY. FADEONE WORK STAYS FADEONE WORK. FURTHERMORE IM GOING TO BUILD WITH MY FELLOWGODS IN MASQUE A LITTLE - YES... COMPANY, WHICH SHOULD DEVELOP ROUTINES AND MATERIAL FOR MUSIC VIDEOS. BUT THIS PROBABLY WILL TAKE A WHILE, BECAUSE A NICE WORKSTATION ISN'T THAT CHEAP - NOW, YOU KNOW, EH?... AND LAST AND LEAST, I WILL OFCOURSE DRAW NICE LOGOS, PICTURES AND FONTS FOR FUTURE DEMOS AND SIMILAR THINGS. BUT ACTUALLY ONLY FUTURE TELLS, WHATS REALLY GONNA BE REALITY AND WHATS GONNA BE FICTION. MMMH, AND BECAUSE WERE DONE WITH THE STUPID SHIT I JUST ENCLOSE MY SCROLLTEXT FROM THE MUSICDISK "VIKTORIA" WHICH SHOULD BE OUT ALREADY. THE GOD OF STYLE, IN THIS CASE THE BEAUTIFUL FADEONE, ANNOUNCES THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT SENTENCES TO HIS PETTY SLAVES... FOR THIS HOLY PRODUCT I USED THE FOLLOWING AIDS: AMIGA 2000 WITH TWO DISKDRIVES AND A UGLY SPREADPOINT STICKER ON IT, A STANDARD MOUSE FROM MY COUSIN, A 1084S COMMODORE MONITOR, A CTK 14400 MODEM, AN AIWA WALKMAN, MANY NONAME DISKS, THE TELEKOM, MCI AND AT&T, MANY BOOKS, MUCH MONEY FOR STAMPS, AN UNCOUNTABLE AMOUNT OF ERDINGER BEER - THE BEST!, YOU STUPID PEOPLE WITHOUT FAITH, SOUTHERN COMFORT WITH CHERRY - EVEN BETTER, DUMMIES, A CAR - FOR DRIVING TO MY FAVORITE DISCOS AND OFCOZ MANY OTHER THINGS - NA, NO FAIRYTALE BOOKS, WHICH YOU, COLLECTED SCUM, DON'T GIVE A FUCK! ABOUT. AND BECAUSE I'M ALSO A GOD OF MERCY, I REGARD THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE AS HUMAN BEINGS AND ARE THEREFORE ALLOWED TO TALK TO ME DIRECTLY - IN A-Z ORDER, BUT DON'T WORRY, YOU AIN'T WORTH A DIME ANYWAY: ELOY/DIGITAL MY FELLOWGODS IN MASQUE SLAM/ESSENCE SLAZER/FAITH RETEP/MIRAGE TRASHER/SANITY VIRGILL/TRSI HOF/MELON DEZIGN KRIS AND ORION/MASQUE LIMBO/RAZOR 1911 MESSIAH/BANANA DEZIGN NOSE/JETSET MACK/MELON DEZIGN UNO/SCOOPEX COUGAR/SANITY BLACKSTAR/CRYPTOBURNERS DEICIDE/CRYPTOBURNERS MAZ!/DELIRIUM RAT/ART MR.MISTRAL/SUPPLEX JOKER/TSL ROUGH/CHROMANCE IRATA/TRSI BOO/TALENT AND MANY MORE - BUT NOT YOU, OFCOZ! AND AT LAST THE MIGHTY GOD OF STYLE SENDS THUNDER AND LIGHTNING TO: CHAOS AND TRON OF SANITY FOR DOUBTING THE UNIQUE MASTERMIND, MY FELLOWGOD, WAYNE MENDOZA, HIMSELF. SO, MY LAST WORDS WILL BE: EVEN YOU, UNWORTHY SLAVES, WILL SOONER OR LATER BELIEVE WHAT HE WAS AND IS ALL ABOUT... AND IF YOU WANT TO GET A LINE TO TALK TO ME, EITHER GO TO A TEMPLE AND PRAY OR FIND MY ADRESS IN A HOLY BOOK... WHICH COULD BE A HOLY MAG... GOT THE HINT? SIRE AND DECCA: AND NOW: FRESH AND DELIGHTED SIRE AND DECCA -DECCA SPEAKING- ARE BACK ON DISK WITH NEW KNOWLEDGE AND MORE TUFFSTUFF SO HANG ON READING THE PURE DATA FROM TWO CRASHED MINDS. WHAT WILL IT BE? A BIRD, A PLANE? NO! NOTHING LIKE THIS. BECAUSE... OUR FIRST SUBJECT TODAY, WILL BE... S.C.A.L.A. ON THE CEBIT, MANY OF YOU STILL DIDN'T SEEM TO KNOW THE REAL GAG BEHIND THIS LABEL. AND TO CHANGE THIS IMMEDIATELY, WE TRY TO EXPLAIN IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN... NOT AGAIN! SIMPLE AND SLOWLY: THE WORD SCALA HAS IT'S ROOTS IN THE WORLD OF MATH. IT'S A SIMILARITY TO THE WORDTREE OF SCALE, WICH DEFINES A SIZE OR MEASURE. BUT THE TRUE IDEA SHOWS UP, IF YOU THINK OF ONE OF THE BEST MULTI-MEDIA PROGRAMS AROUND: SCALA INFOCHANNEL - THIS TOOL CONTAINS ALMOST EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO CREATE A PROFESSIONAL MULTIMEDIA ENVIRONMENT. BUT IT INCLUDES MUCH MORE THINGS YOU NEVER HAVE DREAMED OF... NOW LETS TURN TO THE MEANING OF THE TERM SCALA CONCERNING OUR COOP THING: SCALA IS THE NAME OF A FUN-COOP AND ! NOT ! OF A DEMO BY SANITY! S.C.A.L.A. IS AN ABBREVIATION FOR: S-ANITY, C-OMPLEX, A-VENA, L-EGO UND A-NDERE AND THE DEMO WE MADE IS CALLED: NOT AGAIN! OKAY, THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT, THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR ATTENTION... YES, THAT WAS A SERIOUS MATTER FROM DECCA, BUT NOW IT'S SIRE, WHO IS ON THE KEYS, TO TELL YOU INTERESTING FACTS AND NEWS ALL OUT OF THE WORLD WE ALL ARE LIVING IN ETC. ONE THING THAT CONCERNS ME WITH BIG IMPORTANCE IS THE NEXT, SECOND PART OF THE FAMOUS BITCH-SEQUEL, WHICH BEGINNING TOOK PLACE IN THE WORLD'S LONGEST END-SCROLLER, THE ONE YOU CERTAINLY REMEMBER FROM SANITY'S BOGGLEDOP. IF YOU'VE MISSED THE FIRST PART OF THAT KIND OF A MODERN TALE, YOU SHOULD MAKE UP YOUR MIND BY LOADING THE MENTIONED DENTRO IN YOUR COMPUTER AND WAITING AT LEAST HALF AN HOUR, WATCH TV OR DRINK A TEA IN THE MEANTIME, SO THAT TRASHER'S GREETINGS-PART OF THE ENDSCROLLER SHOULD BE OVER AND DECCA'S AND MINE PART BEGINS. DON'T LOSE YOUR PATIENCE! IT WILL REALLY LAST LONG, BUT YOU'LL GET HONOURED, JUST LIKE NOW, WHEN YOU HUNG ON ALL THE TIME. AT LAST IT'S CERTAINLY BETTER THAN THE PRESENT TV-PROGRAM... YOU SEE, I SEEM TO TRY TO BREAK THE BOGGLEDOP-RECORD, BUT SOME LINES BELOW THE BITCH-STORY WILL GO ON. JUST LET ME SPEAK OUT ONE RECOMMENDATION, NAMELY YOU ALSO SHOULDN'T MISS THE VERY END OF BOGGLEDOP'S ENDSCROLLER, WHICH WAS DONE FROM A FRIEND OF MINE, WHO HAS TO BE MENTIONED HERE: BAILEY. OK, THAT WAS A MUST, BUT NOW PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE CONTINUATION OF MY TALE, OFTEN REQUESTED, THERE YOU GOT IT: SIRE'S B I T C H PART II - WITH A GRIN ON HIS FACE, THE WOLF WENT ON TO UNDRESS THAT PRETTY YOUNG GIRL, WHO WAS THE DAUGHTER OF A POOR WOODCUTTER AND STRANGELY WORE THE NICKNAME 'BITCH', ALTHOUGH HER REAL NAME WAS OF COURSE SALLY. THE WOLF CARESSED SOFTLY ALONG THE CURVES OF HER WAIST, CLOSING HIS EYES AND GROWLING PLEASANT. "I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S TRUE, HOW CAN A HUMAN BEING BE OF SUCH A BEAUTY!?" HE MUMBLED. THEN HE SLOWLY SLIPPED OFF THE STRAPS OF HER DRESS, SO THAT IT BEGAN DO SLIDE DOWN. QUICKLY BITCH MOVED HER HANDS TO HER BREASTS, JUST TO KEEP THE DRESS ON ITS POSITION. SCARED SHE LOOKED INTO THE WOLF'S FACE, WHERE HIS TEETH GOT MORE AND MORE BARED, CAUSED BY THIS LECHEROUS GRIN. "NO!" WAS ALL SHE COULD SCREAM OUT, AND "OH, MY DEAR, DON'T MAKE ANY UNNECESSARY DIFFICULTIES NOW, JUST LET ME TAKE A LOOK..." WAS ALL THE WOLF REPLIED. SUDDENLY IT HAPPENED. BITCH SAW SOMETHING SHINING BEHIND THE WOLF. A QUICK MOTION, THEN SOME IRON, SHARP THING, LIKE A BLADE, STABBED THROUGH THE FUR OF THE WOLF'S BREAST. WITH A GURGLING PANT THE ANIMAL BROKE DOWN. AND WITH A ROUGH SOUND THE LANCE WAS PULLED OUT OF THE DEAD BODY. THE MAN HOLDING THE WEAPON RAISED HIS EYES UNTIL HE LOOKED STRAIGHTLY INTO BITCH'S LOVELY ONES. IT WAS A KNIGHT IN THE SERVICE OF THE KING. "YOU..." BITCH STAMMERED. THE KNIGHT MADE A STEP TOWARDS HER. "YOU HERO!" HE EXPECTED, LIKE EVERYTIME, WHEN HE SAVES A LIFE. "YOU FOOL!" THE KNIGHT STOOD STILL, NOT SURE OF WHAT HE JUST HEARD. "YOU SILLY FOOL!" BITCH REPEATED. "WHAT???" THE KNIGHT SEEMED TO BE THE MATERIALIZED SURPRISE. "WHAT DID YOU SAY? YOUNG GIRL, I JUST SAVED YOU FROM DYING, IS THAT YOUR WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU?" "DON'T YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU JUST DID? THE WOLF IS DEAD!" THE MAN WAS REALLY BAFFLED. "OF COURSE THE WOLF IS DEAD, I'VE KILLED HIM, BEFORE HE COULD KILL YOU, MY DEAR!" BITCH PUT ON HER DRESS AGAIN. "PERHAPS YOU SHOULD CHECK, WHO YOU KILL, BEFORE YOU GONNA DO IT!" "SO YOU DON'T WANT TO GET SAVED, OR WHAT?" "DIDN'T YOU SEE THAT THE WOLF WAS SPEAKING TO ME? JUST THINK ABOUT THAT! A SPEAKING WOLF, HAVE YOU EVER HEARD ABOUT SUCH A THING? A SPEAKING ANIMAL?" THE KNIGHT STOOD THERE WITH AN OPEN MOUTH. HE COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT HE HEARD. "A SENSATION", BITCH CONTINUED, "IF WE'D MANAGED TO CATCH HIM...!" SHE GOT QUIET FOR A MOMENT, THINKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SELLING THE CAUGHT WOLF TO SOME CIRCUS AND GETTING BACK HOME RICH, SO THAT HER PARENTS NEVER USE TO WORK AGAIN. SHE WAS WOKEN UP FROM HER DAYDREAMS BY THE KNIGHT, WHO HAD PUT HIS HAND ON HER SHOULDER. "DID YOU DRINK TOO MUCH WINE? DID YOU SMOKE SOME WILD HERB?" "AAAH, YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, RIGHT? FORGET IT. YOU KILLED A ZOOLOGICAL MIRACLE, BUT DON'T CARE. BETTER TELL ME WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING HERE!" BITCH ASKED. "HMMM, THAT WAS JUST THE QUESTION, I WANTED TO ASK YOU, BUT OKAY..." HE TOLD HER, THAT HE WAS A ROYAL KNIGHT WHO WAS ON THE WAY THROUGH THIS PART OF THE KINGDOM, TO FIND A CANDIDATE FOR THE FUTURE'S WIFE OF THE PRINCE. UNFORTUNATELY WITH NO BIG SUCCES SO FAR. NOW HE WAS RETURNING TO THE KING'S CASTLE, TO REPORT THE KING ABOUT THE STATE OF HIS MISSION UP TO NOW, WHEN SUDDENLY A SCREAMY SOUND CAME TO HIS EARS. SO HE CREPT THROUGH THE WOOD, ARMED WITH A SWORD AND A LANCE, TO CHECK WHAT'S UP. FINALLY HE FOUND HER IN THE CLAWS OF THE WOLF. BITCH SIGHED. ACTUALLY SHE WAS HAPPY ABOUT THE CHANCE MEETING WITH THE KNIGHT. SHE TOLD HIM, THAT SHE WANTED TO GET TO THE CASTLE ANYWAY AND ASKED, IF SHE COULD RIDE TOGETHER WITH HIM ON HIS HORSE FOR THE REST OF THE JOURNEY. THE KNIGHT HIMSELF WAS GLAD ABOUT THE FACT, THAT BITCH WANTED TO MARRY THE PRINCE, HE HAD PLANNED TO ASK HER ANYWAY. HE COULDN'T DENY, THAT BITCH REALLY WAS OF AMAZING GRACE. AND AS HE WAS TRAVELLING WITHOUT HIS SQUIRE, HE WAS ALSO GLAD ABOUT THAT THE REST OF HIS JOURNEY DIDN'T SEEM WILLING TO GET AS BORING AS SO FAR. SO THEY MOUNTED ON THE ROYAL HORSE AND RODE ON, SOON TO ARRIVE AT THE COURT OF THE KING. - TO BE CONTINUED OH YEAH, AIN'T THAT WONDERFUL? DON'T MISS THE NEXT PART, WHERE I'LL TELL YOU, WHAT AWAITS BITCH AT THE CASTLE! BUT NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT: LAST EASTERN, WHEN UP THERE IN THE NORTH SOME OF YOU WERE CELEBRATING ON THE GATHERING, I STILL SAT HERE IN HAMBURG, TOGETHER WITH A VISITOR, WHO STAYED AT MY HOME FOR SOME DAYS. IT WAS MY DEAR COUSIN, LET ME INTRODUCE HIS NAME: MATT. JUST LIKE ME, HE IS A LONG-HAIRED CHAOTIC FREAK, WITH THE ONLY DIFFERENCE, THAT HE DOESN'T OWN A COMPUTER. NEVERTHELESS, WE SHARE A STRONG TENDENCY TOWARDS MUSIC, ESPECIALLY SELF-MAKING OF MUSIC, ESPECIALLY SELF-MAKING OF COOL, HARD ROCK-MUSIC! AS WE JAMMED A BIT ON HIS VISIT, HE ON THE GUITAR AND THE DRUMS, ME ALSO SOMETIMES ON THE DRUMS OR ON THE KEYBOARD, WE GOT AGAIN THIS DESIRE OF RECORDING SOMETHING LIKE THAT. INSPIRED BY THE "CHECK YOUR HEAD"-ALBUM FROM THE BEASTIE BOYS, I QUICKLY WROTE A SONGTEXT, AND WITH MY SUPERPRO-FESSIONAL STUDIO EQUIPMENT, WE RECORDED A HARD-ROCK-HIPHOP-CROSS-OVER, JUST AS WE LIKED IT AND AS IT MAKES LOTTA FUN! IT BECAME A LEGO-GLORIFICATION-SONG, NO SURPRISE, SINCE I WROTE THE TEXT. AND BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE THIS SCROLLER AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, I'M GOING TO PRESENT YOU NOW MY SUPER-COOL SONGTEXT. BUT BEFORE I MUST COMPLAIN ABOUT ONE BIG SHIT: FADE ONE MAY NEVER LIKED UNO, BUT I PERSONALLY NEVER WROTE A SCROLLTEXT IN SUCH A NARROW COLUMN! THE LIMIT IS SET UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 19 CHARACTERS, OR LESS, IF THERE ARE TOO MUCH "M"'S IN ONE LINE... YES, THERE ARE OBSTACLES EVERYWHERE IN OUR LIVES. EVEN IN SCROLLFORM- CONDITIONS. WELL, BUT NOW LET'S COME TO THE SONGTEXT, AS PREDICTED, AND THE NAME OF THE SONG IS: "EVERY ITEM FITS" SIRE: LEGO - STOMPIN' ON HOT SAND A FREE ELETRIC BAND THE LADS WITH THE BRICKS AND WITH 42 YELLOW CHICKS LOVE AND PEACE AND ROCK'N'ROLL FAITH AND PASSION DAS IST TOLL SEEIN' THE WORLD THRU CHILDRENS EYES WATCHIN' THE SUN AND THE CLOUDS AND THE BUTTERFLIES CHORUS: POWER TO THE KIDS EVERY ITEM FITS POWER TO THE KIDS EVERY ITEM FITS MATT: I ASK YOU HOW TO SKIN A MATT? OR HOW TO LITE A SIRE? HM, I LITE MY SCREEN INSTEAD HEATENING THE WIRE OF THE POWER SUPPLIER SET THE CHIPS INTO FIRE POLISH THE COPPER WAKE UP THE BLITTER PUMP UP THE BITPIPES ROCK THE REGISTER CHORUS SIRE: MY 1200'S MY AMIGO INSIDE? 68, O-2-ZERO PIZZA, BURGERS AND COCA COLAH DRIVIN', RIDIN' A MOTOROLAH SHAKIN' OFF THE MASSES WHO ARE WATCHIN' THRU WINDOWS OF THE "INDUSTRY CLASSES" EVEN BITIN' AN APPLE MULTITASKING CAPABLE CHORUS, REPEAT END. HERE WE WENT. THAT WERE THE FUNKY LYRICS OF OUR SONG. IF YOU WANNA GET A COPY OF IT, SEND 1000 DOLLARS OR AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF YOUR COUNTRY'S MONEY TO ME, AND YOU'LL GET A COPY OF MY TAPE INCLUDING THE SONG. BUT IF YOU SEND ME SWEETIES, WINEGUM PREFERRED, MANGA COMICS OR CINDY CRAWFORD-POSTERS, INSTEAD OF THE 1000 DOLLARS, YOU WILL ALSO GET A TAPE WITH THE SONG. BUT ONLY LEGAL CANDIES, COMICS OR POSTERS!!! DO YOU REMEMBER MY BOGGLEDOP-SCROLLER? THEN YOU'VE GOT A MEMORY OF THE DISCUSSION BETWEEN DECCA AND ME AT THE VERY END OF IT. YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE IT, BUT WHAT WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE NASA'S PLANS FOR THE FUTURE IS REALLY TRUE! SO WHAT WE DISCUSSED, WAS OF COURSE A SERIOUS MATTER, AND THAT'S THE CASE AGAIN TODAY, WHEN WE SPEAK ABOUT: "THE FUTURE OF COMMODORE" AS YOU KNOW, COMMODORE HAD IT'S FINANCIAL PROBLEMS AND WE ALL HAVE TO BE AFRAID OF THE FUTURE OF THE COMPANY WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR BELOVED MACHINE AND OFTEN MADE HISTORY WITH ITS INVENTIONS. WILL THE AMIGA DIE? WILL ATARI BUY COMMODORE? OR APPLE? SHOULD WE ALL STAND BY CBM BY PURCHASING MANY SHARES OF THEM? SHOULD WE FOUND A "CBM-RESCUE-COMMUNITY?" READ THE INFORMATIVE DISCUSSION BETWEEN DECCA AND SIRE - NOTICE: - THESE LINES WERE WRITTEN, BEFORE NEWS ABOUT COMMODORES "DEATH" WENT AROUND THE GLOBE. SO DON'T THINK WE LIVE AGES AGO... IN THESE PRESENT DAYS NOW, MID OF MAY 1994, WE ALL WAIT FOR ANYTHING ABOUT OMINOUS ASIATIC INVESTORS. SONY? NEC? MITSU- BISHI? HYUNDAI? IT STAYS THRILLING ... BUT NOW, THAT'S WHAT WE WROTE 2-3 WEEKS AGO: DECCA: HEY SIRE, LAST WEEK I STUMBLED OVER A LITTLE COLUMN ABOUT COMMODORE IN THE ECONOMY-SECTION IN "DER SPIEGEL". JUST IMAGINE, THEY TITLED THE ARTICLE WITH "COMMODORE NEAR TO THE END"... IT WAS TOLD, THAT CBM'S SHARES WERE FROZEN AT THE WALL STREET BECAUSE THEY MADE TOO MUCH DEFICIT IN THE PAST HALF YEAR... SIRE: DON'T FOOL ME! SO THE HISTORY REACHES THIS POINT YET ONCE AGAIN. I CAN REMEMBER, SHORTLY BEFORE THEY INVENTED THE AMIGA 1000, THERE WERE ALSO SUCH RUMOURS. AND WHAT HAPPENED? THE AMIGA BECAME MORE SUCCESFUL THAN E.G. THE ATARI ST! DECCA: OK, THAT'S RIGHT. BUT CONSIDER THAT ATARI ALSO HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS AND HAD TO CLOSE ALL THEIR DEPARTMENTS HERE IN EUROPE. ONLY A CENTRAL ONE IS LEFT IN THE NETHERLANDS. THEY EVEN WERE NOT PRESENT AT THE CEBIT. AND DON'T FORGET THE WORLD WIDE RECESSION NOWADAYS. SIRE: AND WHO WAS AT ATARIS LAST YEAR'S PLACE THIS CEBIT? COMMODORE. THEY MADE SOME SMART ACTIONS IN THE LAST TIME: THEY BROUGHT THE CD32 CONSOLE FOR EXAMPLE, AS ATARI GAVE US THEIR JAGUAR. THAT'S WHAT YOU EARN MONEY WITH TODAY: GAMES. SO CBM ALSO DROPPED THEIR PC-LINE. THAT'S WHY THEIR SALES STATISTICS DECREASED, BECAUSE THEY SELL NO MORE PC'S. BUT AT THE SAME TIME THEY MAKE MORE GAIN BY THE AMIGA MARKET. HERE IN GERMANY COMMODORE MAKES NO MORE DEFICIT. DECCA: IF THEY WANT TO SURVIVE, THEY SHOULD CONCENTRATE ON SELLING INSTEAD OF DEVELOPING TOO MUCH. I AGREE, THE CD32 IS THE RIGHT THING AT THE RIGHT TIME. AND ALSO THE TREND DIVISION IS A NICE TRY. SIRE: AAAH, FORGET THIS TREND DIVISION WITH IT'S TYPEWRITERS AND PHONES! BESIDES THIS IS NOT REALLY COMMODORE BUT SOME LAME COMPANY WHICH ONLY HAS BOUGHT THE CBM- LABEL FOR SELLING SOME PHONES MORE. BUT IT'S REALLY SAME TO ME. FOR MY PART THEY SHOULD SELL THEIR NAME, THAT'S AT LEAST SOME BUCKS FOR SOME BETTER AMIGA-PRO- MOTION, PERHAPS. NO, I THINK FOR SURVIVING THEY SHOULD ESPECIALLY NOW KEEP AN EYE ON DEVELOPING. THEY HAVE TO RELEASE THE A5000 WITH AAA AS FAST AS POSSIBLE NOW. LOOK AT APPLE: THEY SELL THEIR POWER-MACS YET. CBM MUST STAY IN THE RACE. DECCA: BUT WHO SHOULD BUY THE A5000? REMEMBER THAT AT THIS MOMENT THE SCENE IS STILL CHANGING FROM ECS TO AGA. AND IF COMMO IS POPPING UP WITH YET ANOTHER CHIPSET, ALL AMIGIANS HAS TO CHANGE AGAIN! SIRE: WELL, THE TIMES ARE A'CHANGING. THAT'S PROGRESS. WHAT ELSE SHOULD COMMODORE DO? THEY HAVE TO STAY IN THE COMPETITION WITH OTHER SYSTEMS, ESPECIALLY THE FUCKIN' PC'S, OR LET'S SAY: INTEL. DECCA: BUT THEY ALSO SHOULD CARE FOR THEIR YOUNG USER COMMUNITY. SO THEY SHOULD PRONOUNCE THAT THE 5000 IS A PROFESSIONAL MACHINE. OTHERWISE THEY WOULD OVERSHOCK THEIR DEAR FANS. SIRE: NONSENSE. NOBODY EVER SAID, THAT THE 5000 WILL BE A CONSUMER MACHINE. JUST THINK ABOUT SGI. THEIR COMPUTERS AREN'T AVAILABLE BELOW 8000 DOLLARS, AND THEY ARE SUCCESFUL AS HELL! THE AMIGA WITH IT'S BIG VIDEO- AND ANIMATION- SOFTWAREPOOL AND IT'S EXCELLENT OPERATING SYSTEM ETC. IS COOL ENOUGH YET TODAY, IMAGINE AN A5000 WITH 68060 AND SOME HP-RISC... CERTAINLY NO BAD CHOICE... AND ALSO WITH GOOD CHANCES AT THE UPPER PRICE MARKET-SEGMENT. DECCA: BUT THEY SHOULD BEWARE OF DEVELOPING THEMSELVES TO DEATH BY FORGETTING THEIR NORMAL USERS. SIRE: FOR THE NORMAL USERS THERE YET EXISTS A COOL MACHINE: THE A1200! AND EVEN FOR THE KIDS WE GOT THE CD32... AND FOR THE SEMIPROFESSIONALS THERE ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT A4000- SOLUTIONS. WHY NOT A MEGACOOL DREAM- MACHINE LIKE THE A5000 NOW? DECCA: NO PROBLEM FOR ME, BUT THEY SHOULD LEAVE THE A5000-AREA FOR THE PROFESSIONALS. SIRE: ...WHY? DECCA: BECAUSE, WHEN THEY RELEASE SOMETHING LIKE AN A1400 WITH AAA, NOBODY WOULD KNOW IF HE SHOULD PURCHASE AN 1200 OR A CD32 OR AN A1400 OR WHAT... SIRE: OH, DON'T BE AFRAID OF THAT. JUST THE 68060 IS TOO EXPENSIVE FOR A LOWPRICE-COMMY. DECCA: AND WHEN THEY JUST PLACE THE AAA-SET IN SOME 020- OR 030-COMPUTER? I HEARD ABOUT THAT THE AAA-CHIPSET WILL BE INCOMPATIBLE TO THE AGA-SET. VERY CONFUSING, ESPECIALLY FOR NEWCOMERS OR FOR PEOPLE WHO ELSE BUY PC'S... SIRE: HM, GOOD POINT. AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE AAA WILL REALLY BE INCOMPATIBLE TO AGA, BUT STILL COMPATIBLE TO OLD ECS. STRANGE, BUT TRUE. BUT THERE STILL REMAINS THE POSSIBILITY OF EMULATING THE AGA-SET. WITH ALL THAT THE AMIGA- SYSTEM STILL IS MUCH MORE COMPATIBLE TO ITSELF THAN ALL THOSE PC'S WITH THEIR THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS... DECCA: YEP, LET'S HOPE THAT COMMO IS DOING THE RIGHT THING. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS, THAT THE POWERFUL SYSTEMS WILL SURVIVE THE LAME ONES. THAT MEANS, AMIGA SHOULD LIVE LONGER THAN THE INTEL-SHIT. P.S.: THE C64 WILL LAST FOREVER. BE SURE! EVEN WHEN THE POWER-PC WILL DIE, THE C64 STILL STAY! SIRE: YEAH! C64 RULES! CBM STILL PRODUCES THEM AND EVEN SELLS THEM! ATARI DOESN'T EVEN SELL ST'S... BUT LET'S HOPE, THAT SOME CBM-GUY WILL READ OUR SCROLLER SO THAT THEY START THE RIGHT MEASURES TO KEEP THE AMIGA ALIVE. DECCA: THEN THEY SHOULD ALSO THINK ABOUT THEIR ADVERTISING... SIRE: OF COURSE! I ALWAYS SEE SO MUCH ADS FOR THE 1200 AND THE CD32 IN AMIGA-MAGAZINES. REALLY VERY USEFUL! THEY SHOULD BETTER ADVERTISE IN PC-MAGS... DECCA: I'M QUITE SATISFIED ABOUT THEIR TV-ADVERTISING FOR THE CD32. SIRE: BUT YOU'VE GOT TO SEARCH THEIR ADS ON THE TV-PROGRAM. OK, VIVA BRINGS A NICE NUMBER OF COMMO-SPOTS, BUT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. COMMODORE SHOULD CANCEL THE ADVERTISING FOR 1200-DYNAMITE-PACK AND SO ON IN THE AMIGA-MAGAZINES, WHERE EVERY READER GOT ONE ANYWAY, TO PUT THE MONEY IN SOMETHING MORE EFFECTIVE, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE... DECCA: ...WALL COMMERCIALS! AS THE HIGHSCREEN-DEALERS DID IT. AND LOOK AT THEIR SUCCESS... SIRE: YES... A SAD EXAMPLE HOW EASY THE MASSES CAN BE MANIPULATED... THERE IS SOME BALD IDIOT SHOUTING EPILEPTIC TO THE PEOPLE BUY BUY BUY WE HAVE THE MOST MHZ AND THE MOST MB AND THE MOST COLANI FOR THE FEWEST BUCKS... DECCA: SO LET'S HELP US TO CELEBRATE THE INTEL OUTSIDE CULT! SIRE: YO! WE BOTH APPEAL TO YOU: WEAR THE INTEL-OUTSIDE- SHIRTS, WHEREVER YOU ARE, SO THAT EVERYONE CAN SEE IT AND MAKES UP HIS MIND... NEVER GIVE UP TO PERSUADE PEOPLE FROM THE BIIIIG ADVANTAGES OF THE AMIGA SYSTEM! THAT'S WHY WE MAKE DEMOS! FIGHT THE MONOPOLY! TELL THE CHILDREN NOT TO BUY SEGA AND NINTENDO BUT LOADS OF CD32 AND SO ON... GO INTO THE STREETS AND SHOUT IT OUT: "SAVE THE AMIGA! FORGET THE PC!" RING AT ALL DOORS AND TRY TO SELL AMIGAS! DONATE ALL YOUR MONEY TO COMMODORE! SABOTAGE INTEL! DESTROY ALL WINDOWS-DEALER- SHOPS! BE A MISSIONARY EVERY DAY, TELL THE WORLD THAT AMIGA IS THE WAY, BE IT IN THE TOWN OR COUNTRY OR THE BUSY AVENUE, AFRICA OR ASIA, THE TASK IS UP TO YOU! UNDERSTOOD...? LIVE YOUR LIFE AND ENJOY EVERY SINGLE MOMENT WALKING ON OUR WONDERFUL PLANET. THIS IS THE END OF ANOTHER EXTRAORDINARY SCROLLER BY SEYER AND DECKER OF LEGO - WHAT ELSE? - RACKLER: YES, NOW SCROLLS LORD BRICK THROUGH YOUR MIND TELLING YOU WHAT HE WANTS TO SAY TO THE PUBLIC... FIRSTLY I'D LIKE TO WELCOME THE NEWEST BRICK IN OUR COLORFUL LEGOCASTLE, CHROMAG (I SEE THE DELIGHT IN YOUR EYES RIGHT NOW AGAIN... HEHE!), WHO IS OUR 13TH MEMBER NOW. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ALSO A MAGIC NUMBER, BUT TO BE HONEST... I REALLY DON'T CARE! NOW I HAVE TO SAY SORRY TO ALL MY DEAR CONTACTS, COZ I HAVE TO STOP ALL SWAP-ACTIVITIES, I SIMPLY DON'T HAVE THE TIME ANYMORE FOR SWAPPING! DON'T CRY, LIFE GOES ON! BUT THANX FOR BEING ALWAYS NICE AND RELIABLE FRIENDS AND FOR MAKING MY SCENE-TIME MUCH FUNNIER MUST GO TO: NIGHTHAWK - SLAM - BEN - HOLLYWOOD - TRON - DADDY FREDDY - ASTRO - FESTER - JESTER - C.A.T. - SKYLINE - EXHORDER - BLACKTHORNE - SCENE7 - TRASHER - EXUMER - CAPTAIN BIFAT - ALEX - BANANA - CROWN - VIRGILL - SALVATORE - MAGIC MUSHROOM - MCM - MAGNUM - MENTAL - MAC - BROSS - TDMF - RADAR - ROCKETEER - 3DK - DIDDLE - WOTW - VAMPIRE - JOKER - TRONIX - XENTEC - STEARO - EQUALIZER - LEEBOLD - ZORGLUB - CONTROL - CONQUEST - BUKAROO - SUHU - FURIO - TOMMY - CRASH - ELFIN - DYNAMITE - FILA - DARK - RAINMAN - NICK - MENTAL - STRANGER - HAVOK - SCOTTIE - AND OFCOZ ALL OTHER LEGOLISTS AND ALL THE OTHER GUYS WHICH BELIEVE IN THE SPIRIT OF THE BRICK... I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THAT POOR LITTLE BOY CALLED SKULL OF JETSET, FOR RELEASING THE ANTI- INTRO AGAINST US. IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING AND FUNNY TO SEE HOW LAME, RIDICULOUS AND CHILDISH THE SO CALLED GERMAN HEAD- QUARTER OF JRRETSET IS. KEEP ON WITH IT! HEY SKULL, IT'S NOT EASY TO COME INTO PUBERTY, EH ?!? RACKLER OF LEGO SIGNS OFF... BAILEY: HI OUTTHERE! THIS IS THE DELICIOUS ALCOHOL DRINK TALKING TO YOU. FIRST I WANT TO SEND A VERY BIG SORRY TO ALL MY CONTACTS, BECAUSE I HAD TO STOP MY ACTIVITIES FOR A TOO LONG TIME. BUT NOW I AM BACK AND I HOPE YOU LIKE THIS GREAT PIECE OF ART. A SPECIAL SORRY GOES TO YOU: - FADE ONE - YOU HAD TO WAIT TOO LONG. BUT I HOPE YOU SEE THAT THE DELAY WAS NOT ONLY MY FAILURE! FURTHER I WANT TO GREET SOME PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED, KICKED AND BELIEVED IN ME OR ARE SIMPLY MY FRIENDS: BASTIAN NICO MARCO FRODE MARTIN STEFAN PATRICK DENNIS THORSTEN SEBASTIAN MICHAEL AND OF COURSE ALL LEGO MEMBERS. NOW FOLLOWS A SPECIAL REGARD TO JOERG FOR BEING ONE OF THE CRAZIEST GUYS I MET. THIS REGARD IS IN FORM OF JOKE PERFORMED TO THE NAME JOERG. NOTE: THE JOKE IS PURE SHIT. GEOGRAPHY LESSON: THE PUPILS HAVE TO SHOW DIFFERENT COUNTRIES... FIRST THE TEACHER WANTS TO KNOW WHERE AUSTRALIA IS. ONE PUPIL COMES TO THE MAP AND SHOWS DIRECT ON CHINA. THE TEACHER IS DISAPPOINTED AND HOPES ON THE NEXT PUPIL. THIS ONE HAS TO SHOW JAPAN, BUT HE PUT HIS FINGER ON NEWSEALAND. THEN JOERG HAS TO SHOW AMERICA AND FINDS IT IMMEDIATELY AND THE TEACHER IS VERY PROUD AND GIVES JOERG A GOOD MARK. NOW THE TEACHER WANTS TO KNOW WHO DISCOVERED AMERICA. SUDDENLY THE WHOLE CLASS SHOUTS: JOERG!! JOERG!! HEY, JOERG! DAS WAR DER VERSPROCHENE WALTER-WITZ JETZT JOERG-WITZ! THIS IS NOT THE THE PLACE TO GET BORED! THEREFORE A SMALL FAIRYTALE: ONCE THERE WERE GUYS WHO TOLD THAT NOBODY HAS TO HURRY UP. EVERYBODY HAS THE POSSIBILITY TO MAKE SOMETHING WHEN HE HAS TIME AND THE FUN TO DO IT. THEY WANTED TO BUILD UP A NEW PARADISE. AFTER THIS AIM THEY WANTED THAT THE WHOLE POPULATION BECOME GODS. THE WORKERS, TRADERS, ARCHITECTS, SCHOLARS AND ALL THE OTHER SPECIALIST ON THERE AREA BELIEVED IN THIS SPIRITUAL IDEA AND WORKED TOGETHER WITH THE EVEN CALLED GUYS. BUT NOW THE WORLD IS LIKE A MIRROR. THE PEOPLE ARE ANGRY BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO WORK UNDER COMPLUSION AND PERFORMENCE-PRESSURE. THERE WAS NO SIGNS FOR THE AIMS OF THE EVIL GUYS. NO PARADISE NO FUN BUT THERE WAS ONE GUY WHO HAD THE POWER TO DEFEND. HE HIDED HIMSELF IN A SMALL CAVE IN THE MOUNTAINS. HE TRIED TO CONVINCE THE POPULATION TO DEFEND, BUT NOBODY HAD THE SAME FORCE LIKE THE BOY. MONTHS LATER, HE MET "SILVIA". SILVIA WAS A BEAUTIFUL GIRL FROM A NEIGHBOUR COUNTRY. WHERE ALL HUMANS LIVED IN PIECE AND HARMONY. THE BOY AND SILVIA FALL IN LOVE. BUT SILVIA WANTS TO MOVE BACK TO HER COUNTRY. SHE DIDNT LIKE THE EVIL GUYS. THE BOY WAS UNSURE. HE DONT WANNA LEAVE HIS FRIENDS BUT HE ALSO DONT WANNA LOOSE SILVIA. HE THOUGHT ABOUT AND DECIDED TO MOVE TO LAND OF PIECE. THEY MARRIED AND LIVED NOW IN HARMONY. MAYBE SOME PEOPLE WHO LIVED STILL UNDER THE POWER OF THE EVIL GUYS COME TO THE PARADISE. THAT IS IT! HOPE YOU GOT THE MESSAGE FROM THE AUTHOR... ENOUGH CRAP FROM ME. HOPE YOU LIKE THE SLIDESHOW. NOW FOLLOWS THE SHORT END: SEE YA, MISTER DRUNKEN 1994
