home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
/ Satanic Rites 4 / Satanic Rites - Issue 4 (1993-05-29)(Destiny).adf / Alternative < prev    next >
Text File  |  1990-01-05  |  5KB  |  101 lines
  1. }0a0000oddf1oddf2occf3occf4obbf5obbf6oaaf7oaaf0lfff
  2.   {2{nALTERNATIVE SPORTS{1{k   physics  and  sport.  Here  we present
  3. }0o99f1o99f2o88f3o88f4o77f5o77f6o66f7o66f
  4.                                          some   alternative   sports   for  the
  5.                                          readers of SR.
  6. ~iff.fs2
  7. }0nff01nef02ndf03ncf04nbf05naf06n9f07n8f00m8de0lfff0kf5f0jff0
  8.                                          {2{m1. WAITING.{1{j
  9. }0n7f01n6f02n5f03n4f04n3f05n2f06n1f07n0f00m8eb0n8de
  10.  
  11.  
  12.                                            {iWaiting  {kis  a very popular sport in
  13.                                          Europe.   The  last  championship  was
  14.                                          held  in  {nTromsoe  Airport  {kwhere  the
  15.                                          winner  waited for the amazing time of
  16.                                          3 (!!) days, the current World record.
  17.                                          Waiting  is  a hard discipline, so the
  18.                                          {lparticipating  athletes {k must  undergo
  19.                                          hard    mental    training.    Waiting
  20.                                          originates from the dark ages; at this
  21.                                          time  the sport was only for women, so
  22.      {nby Lord Stradh and Scourger{m         called   {jLadies-in-waiting.{k  However,
  23.                                          when   the   {krailroad {k  was   invented
  24.   Everybody   with  some  sense  hates   {iEVERYONE {k could  participate  in  this
  25. {mphysics.{k   But  everybody likes sport.   exciting sport.
  26. {lWe're  the  exception. {k  We  hate BOTH
  27. }0oddf1oddf2occf3occf4obbf5obbf6oaaf7oaaf0n8de0m8eb0lfcb
  28.                                          {2{nWORLD RECORDS:{1{a
  29. }0o99f1o99f2o88f3o88f4o77f5o77f6o66f7o66f
  30. The    real   revolution   came   when
  31. }0lfcb
  32. international    airports   became   a   
  33. reality.   Huge  waiting championships   {kLady-in-waiting: {a    {mVeronica    Lake{a.
  34. were  held  all  over  the World.  The   Amazingly  this  lady is still waiting
  35. I.W.A.      {m(International     Waiting{a   ({n597 years in waiting{a).
  36. {mAssociation){a   divided   waiting  into
  37. different   categories:   Waiting  for   {kWaiting       for       a       reply:{a
  38. Transport   (planes,   trains,   boats   Scourger/Destiny,  waiting for a reply
  39. etc.),  Waiting  for  a  reply  from a   from   Terminator   of   Destiny  (Six
  40. contact,  Waiting for world peace/doom   months.)
  41. and, importantly, waiting for the next
  42. edition  of  Satanic  Rites.  They are   {kWaiting   for  world  peace:  {a Ontario
  43. working hard to make this sport a part   Lake, Waited for (Approx.) six months,
  44. of The Olympics (Paralympics...).  The   four  days,  three  hours, twenty-five
  45. largest  Waiting  contest  was held in   minutes and two seconds.
  46. Dortmund Wartehalle, where a Swede won
  47. the Championship.                        {kWaiting   for   Doomsday:  {a  Lots   of
  48.                                          Christians all over this sad planet.
  49.  
  50.                                          {kWaiting  for the next issue of SR:{a  S.
  51.                                          Alt Lake
  52. }0nff01nef02ndf03ncf04nbf05naf06n9f07n8f0
  53. {2{m2. DISK COPYING.{1{a         `disk-orientation',     here    you're
  54. }0n7f01n6f02n5f03n4f04n3f05n2f06n1f07n0f0
  55.                                          randomly  asked  to  insert a disk for
  56.                                          copying   -(just   imagine  a  swapper
  57.   This notorious sport is probably the   frantically  searching  for the latest
  58. }0n8eb
  59. most popular scene sport, despite it's   edition of Satanic Rites).  The branch
  60. rather    late   invention.    Copying   for  coders  is  known as:  `Code your
  61. started  in  the  early 80's, but when   own  routine from scratch and copy the
  62. the   Amiga   arrived   it   got  it's   source disk'.
  63. renessiance.   Nowadays,  thousands of
  64. disks  are  copied  every  day, though   World Records in Disk-duplication:
  65. only  in  training  for  a copy-party.
  66. The   sport   is   divided  into  five   {mLargest copy-party: {aTHE PARTY II.
  67. different   categories:    Copying  20
  68. disks, Copying a disk with serious R/W   {m20 disks:{a Khorne/Independant
  69. errors,  combined  copying and waiting
  70. (Nibblecopy),  Marathon  copying  (100   {mR/W errors:{a Tantalus The Terrible.
  71. disks), sprint copying (Bam-copy).
  72.                                          {mNibblecopy:  {a Nobody, no one ever uses
  73.   Copying    needs   high   endurance,   nibblecopy anymore.
  74. trained    arm-muscles    and    quick
  75. reactions.   The  latest  addition  to   {mMarathon:  {a Lord  Helmet  of Andromeda
  76. this       sport       is       called   (??) when spreading R.A.W.
  77. ~iff.fs2
  78.  
  79.  
  80.  
  81.  
  82.  
  83.  
  84.  
  85.  
  86.  
  87.  
  88.  
  89. }0n6480bfff
  90.  
  91. {mSprint: {lLord Stradh/DESTINY.
  92.  
  93. {mDisk orientation: {lScourger/DesTinY.
  94.  
  95. }0nff01nef02ndf03ncf04nbf05naf06n9f07n8f0
  96. {2{m3. LAZYNESS.{1{a
  97. }0n7f01n6f02n5f03n4f04n3f05n2f06n1f07n0f00gff0
  98.  
  99.   This  sport  was scrapped because we
  100. couldn't be bothered writing about it.
  101. {f * FINISH *{1{a