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INTERVIEW with UNCLEJOHN /CORP\VENGEANCE
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credit: NWR
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<Bud-> For the record (and so I don't fuck anything up), what are your
current affils, and what groups have you been a part of in the past?
<UncleJohn> My current affils are CORP and Vengeance
<UncleJohn> groups that i've been a part of in the past include DOD /
PROPHECY / VENGEANCE (Old Utils Group Not Curry) / RiSC /
SCUM / SIEGE / GENESIS
<UncleJohn> i believe thats it i might have missed a couple
<UncleJohn> hehe
<Bud-> Impressive. I remember that old Vengeance.. just barely <g>.
<Bud-> Corp is arguably one of the top utils groups today, and has had
quite a history in the scene.
<Bud-> How did it come to be, and how did you come to be a part of it?
<UncleJohn> Well back in hmm i'd say 94 i believe it was David & Goliath
came to me with the idea of starting a new utils group, He had
released a few things under The Corporation Banner, so i figured
what the heck, i always like a new project so i decided to join
up, i was immediatly moved to a leadership spot, and we started
rockin
<UncleJohn> next :)
<Bud-> I remember a lot of great releases from those days, Corp earned an
excellent reputation. What do you think were the main factors for
your success back then?
<Bud-> And as a side note, would you consider the formation of the original
Corp an "easy birth"?
<UncleJohn> Hmm, what were the main factors to our succes...I'd have to say
it was when i noticed a little group named TiTAN floating around
the scene releasin utils, They were led by hemp hoodlum, and had
some major names in the group. In a gutsy move i talked to hemp
hoodlum and asked him if he'd be interested in merging titan
into Corp. In a huge suprise to me, he said yes. After that
move, the ball started rollin and we were on top for quite a
while, we had the top bb
<UncleJohn> and we were releasing many releases daily
<UncleJohn> Would i consider the formation of the original corp an easy
birth, i'd have to say no, we did have many good people, but we
all had to work our asses off to prove ourselves to get taken
seriously
<UncleJohn> next
<UncleJohn> ;)
<Bud-> That's certainly true of most groups. Releases daily back then was
quite impressive as well.
<UncleJohn> Yup quite true
<Bud-> Now Corp remained dominant for a while, and then came to an "end"...
can you give some background as to what happened?
<UncleJohn> heh, well i'll explain all of the times corp has gone away so
people will better understand the history
<Bud-> Hehe don't mention all of them or we'll have a book on our hands :)
<UncleJohn> haha
<UncleJohn> i can make it short
<Bud-> ok, go for it :)
<UncleJohn> The ORIGINAL Corp merged into scum which at the time was the
top group, The second time we merged into PWA (A Decision i had
no part in since my computer was broken) and the Third time we
went into SiEGE
<UncleJohn> next
<UncleJohn> ;)
<Bud-> What makes the current edition of CORP a success? You've had several
rebirths to varying degrees of success (I was even in a brief 96
incarnation that eventually merged into SHOCK, where I am today), but
this one seems to posses something the others didn't...
<UncleJohn> I can account this success to the leadership. The way i formed
this current edition of corp was so i wouldn't have to be online
24/7 to babysit the group. First i'd like to mention beck,
without whom this group wouldn't be at the point it is now. I'm
sure lots of people dont like him or whatever, but he is one of
the hardest workers out there. Second i'd like to mention
Twizted and Oasis, a couple guys i'm sure lots of people are
familure with, their contribut
<UncleJohn> i've seen in years
<UncleJohn> them along with a council of people with much experience make
this group work better than any other edition
<Bud-> Nice to hear... and it's definately nice to be able to leave a group
for a while and not need to worry that it will fall apart, I can
certainly relate to that.
<UncleJohn> Yup! ;)
<Bud-> What is your current role in Corp then? Do you have a hands on
approach, or do you leave things to the council for the most part?
<UncleJohn> Recently i've been taking a hands on approach, there were times
in the past couple months when i was just overlooking, but that
was when i was busy looking for a job and such, so now i'm back
to the active leader role with beck and twizted
<Bud-> Corp recently formed an alliance of sorts with the renowned cracking
group UCF, which for as long as I can remember was THE cracking
group, when it came to quality, reputation, releases...
<Bud-> Despite the fact that of late they've slowed a bit, I can see this
definately helping Corp
<Bud-> although I'm not sure of the effect it will have on UCF, as it brings
additional work
<Bud-> How did this alliance come to be?
<UncleJohn> Well the idea was first brought to me by TK4, i figured it could
do nothing but help so i had him work it out
<UncleJohn> And so its been good so far, they're eager to get crackin and
we're eager to let them start crackin
<Bud-> I'm yet to see a group complain they have too many crackers <g>
<Bud-> In it's releases, does Corp try to focus on any specific area, cater
to a certain user base?
<Bud-> As Siege leans towards art/design stuff, FCN to programming/
development, and as LND claims to with cam/cad titles
<UncleJohn> Well we dont really focus on one specific area, We just want to
get things out to the end user. Whatever it may be, if its good
then put it out i say. I keep the standerds at this, i ask
myself, would i or anybody that i know use this? if the answer
is a no then its a no go :)
<Bud-> A good rule of thumb to go by.... I guess to wrap things up, what
defines The Corporation as a group, if you had to select just one
thing?
<UncleJohn> next
<UncleJohn> ;0
<UncleJohn> hmm lemme think
<Bud-> (You can cheat here if you really want, but try to narrow it down).
<UncleJohn> I'd say that the thing that defines corp as a group is
experience. We know what we're doing, most of us have been doing
this for many many years.
<Bud-> Alright, well I guess that wraps it up.. thanks a bunch for putting
up with this, and all the best with CORP! :)
<UncleJohn> thanks alot
<UncleJohn> can i throw out some greets?
<UncleJohn> :)
<Bud-> :) .. well... we survived it ;)
<Bud-> yeah, sure
<UncleJohn> I want to put out a big greet out to David & Goliath, he was my
mentor and i wouldn't be where i am without him...And hello's to
hemp hoodlum and Nutcase