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Written by Gears
HOW TO GET A MAG NOTICED
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There are SO many disk mags available now that it's unbelievable. In
this heaving mass of magnetic data, you need to find way of getting your
disk-mag noticed. Here are just a few (well, 40 actually) ways of making
YOUR disk mag the large water-melon in the fruit basket of life :-
1: Include an article which mentions sex (yes, I know we've done that!)
2: Include an article which includes sex and animals.
3: Include an article which mentions sex, animals and drugs.
4: Include an article which mentions sex, animals, drugs and anything
rubber.
5: Copy someone elses idea for an article (ARE YOU GETTING THIS SAREK
OF NERVE AXIS ?!!!)
6: Make sure that your mag only uses 2 % of the disk, then claim that it
is the worlds smallest magazine.
7: Show a picture exposing La Toya and Michael Jackson to be one and the
same person.
8: Claim to be Jesus Christ.
9: Start publishing articles on how to make explosive devices.
10: Tell everyone that your disk is infected with a virus which can kill
small animals.
11: Tell everyone that you are going to stop releasing the mag.
12: After stopping, create a sudden re-programmed version of the mag.
(Shite ! We've just done that !)
13: Include music/pictures/articles which are liked by your favourite
reviewer.
14: Say that there is a pornographic picture hidden somewhere in the
magazine.
15: Change your name to that of another group and then claim that you
are the real group.
16: Be a racist and pretend you know how to speak another language.
17: Claim that you slept with Princess Diana.
18: Claim that you slept with Prince Charles.
19: Claim that you've slept with Prince William.
20: Claim that you've slept with Maria Whittaker.
21: Tell everyone that you are an alien and you've already produced
several other disks with secret messages about your world.
22: Say that your next mag will be on 25 disks because it's so friggin`
big.
23: Pay an Amiga Format reviewer a large amount of cash, and ensure
that he sleeps with any girl he wants.
24: Say that, by reading your magazine, readers will be healed instantly
by the Lord Pot Noodle. The readers would then levitate 2 metres
off the floor and fart a lot.
25: Say that you can get a free bomb with your magazine, provided you
prove that you are David Icke.
26: Say that your magazine contains a secret message to a well-known
terrorist organisation. (This will attract attention from the
Government aswell as readers !)
45: Forget how tu cownt and spel.
27: Claim that your magazine / group is so good that you can put an
entire movie onto one disk.
28: Claim that your magazine has an option which will automatically
dial Defence Headquaters in Washington and activate a nuclear
missile.
29: Claim that your magazine has an option which will automatically
dial John Major and say, "Wibble woah... wibble wibble woah...
wibble.....woah..... Wibble, wibble, wibble". John will think
it's some sort of secret code, and will launch a nuclear attack on
Bilston.
30: Claim that your magazine will automatically take control of all
mobile communication networks, then dial all mobile phones in the
world and say, "Flash bastards".
31: Say that your magazine has a special piece of code which will
melt your Amiga if you eject the magazine from the drive.
32: Produce a mag where the graphics or text takes up to an hour to
appear on the screen. This will get all the reviewer mad enough
to write a long review.
33: Name your magazine "The Bible - Part 2"
34: Name your magazine "I AM ADOLF HITLER"
35: Store your magazine on a piece of toast, which can only be copied
with another toaster.
36: Buy the space on the front cover of the Sun Newspaper, and have it
say "BUY OUR MAG !" (A bit expensive this one)
37: Display all GFX, menu's and text BACKWARDS so that readers have to
use a mirror to read it.
38: Do everything upside down, so that readers have to stand on their
heads to read the mag. This will cause massive blood flow to the
head, and readers will go all dizzy when they've finished reading.
When readers recover they will claim the mag to be some sort of
drug.
39: Include a Benetton advert.
40: Claim that your mag was produced with a Speccy 48k and ported to
an Amiga
Okay ! There you go ! If you have any more, hit that REPLY button
and send ZAM back to us ! Hmm... Our competitors are probably planning
to do number 14 right now. It would encourage the reader to look at
every page of the mag I suppose !
Gears 94