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Grey: Yo, Netherlands!
Ear_X: Hello Grey/MSB and atari-scene!
Grey: Believe it or not but the beginning of every interview always gets me
down! =) I am trying to start it in an original way, however I always
manage to fail... Now it's your turn, help me out with this!
Ear_X: Erm. Thank you for having this nice interview with me Grey, I am
honoured. Greets to my parents and gf! *waves* Was that _unoriginal_
enough? =))
Grey: ... :o)
Grey: If anyone ever organizes a competition for the longest and the most
wicked nickname in the world then you simply beat dis! Maybe not
everyone knows but Ear_X is short for Earchaeopteryx (what da hell!).
It's hard enough to spell it right, so I didn't bother to understand
the meaning of it! =)) Could you tell us a story about this nick and
why you decided to choose THIS one?
Ear_X: A long story: I kind of liked the picture of a prehistoric bird.
Well I saw it in a schoolbook once and it looked awesome with teeth
in it's beak and clutches on it's wings. Sounds vague? Well, read
on. ;) Anyway, this "bird" can be seen as a link between the dino's
and modern birds. At that time I saw the picture I was (trying to)
make music instead of coding. And I fucked up the name of the bird
from "Archaeopteryx" to "EARchaeopteryx". Badly chosen because I'm
absolutely crap at making music. Though the bird part goes well with
my person, cos I work on a Falcon ;)
I guess getting this weird name was basicly an exercise in trying to
be overly original. Since most nicknames had already been used more
than a dozen of times already, I wanted an _original_ name. hehe.
Grey: What was your 1st Atari computer you bought? Was it your own choice
or you got it as the gift from family? And why you decided to trust
Atari?
Ear_X: It was the good old 600XL. The 'little atari' which I heard is it's
name in poland? My father got a 1040STf first. For my 10th birthday I
got that 600XL. I did not like the 8bit as much as the ST. Especially
the tapes and the 16KB were hell. The whole atari thing originated
from some other part of the family. My uncle used STs for his job,
because they were cheaper than PC's/Mac's and could do alot more. So
my uncle told this to my dad and my dad to me. You get the idea. The
brand became kind of a 'trusted' name from the early beginning.
Later on I fell in love with the 1040 that I got. A very logical and
effective machine with a good bunch of dedicated users / programmers
behind it! The Falcon was only a direct progression of that one and I
love it more! Even if it is a "compromised" design and alot of people
didn't like it (esp the 'professional'/boring people).
Grey: Before you decided to join the atari demo-scene you were known as a
game maker. One of your projects was Neurobotix, the Falcon game. I
remember that you were very enthusiastic about making games for Atari
computers and that the demo-scene sector wasn't your goal, right?
Ear_X: Hey! how do you know that grey ?! hehehe, no kidding, it's true.
Actually I wanted to go on making games which might have been a bit
wiser since more people like games and demos are just for those weird
'scener' folks. ;) At the time though I wanted to make very complex
games. Realising they might take a little too much time to make and
especially how much I liked the low level and optimising side of
things. I went for the demo scene. Actually I'm glad I made the step.
The scene is really filled with cool, friendly, creative people and
nothing is about the money or such. Most probably _the_ reason for me
entering the demoscene were the maggie team (hi chris!), the old fun
crew (hi bonus!) and of course grey who motivated me to release my
first demo for the quast'98 party.
Grey: Now you became one of the greatest Falcon coders and you seem to
improve your abillities pretty fast. Is there any chance to see the
new multi-part demo from you?
Ear_X: Greatest falcon coders. I kinda like the sound of that hahahah =))
Well.. First of all, it's easy cos there are really not that many of
them left. Mostly you just try to make better effects than previous
attempts by coders who have quit by now. Secondly, I guess all active
falcon coders are prolly equally capable as I am. At least, I don't
see them running into much trouble making similar effects. About the
new demo... well erm hehheheh... *cough* *blush* (earx has a kindof
nervous breakdown here) I knew you'd bring this up Michal and you
have every right. It seems there is alot of work still to be done. I
don't want it to be just another average demo, but one above the
standards. So the question is not if a new demo will be completed,
but _when_ it will be completed...
Grey: What's the current members of FUN industries? What happens with Bonus
for example?
Ear_X: They all seem to be going their seperate ways, though there is the
occasional group meeting. It seems the crew is a bit divided in
oldschool and newskool parts respectively. I bought bonus' falcon but
he got himself some other falcy to use so he still has a passion for
things I guess! The newer guys are still active if not a little
consumed with their private affairs. And I'm prolly the worst. ;)
Grey: Are you going to organize another PMP party?
Ear_X: Good question. It would be a good idea and there have been alot of
plans. But organising is a tedious job as especially havoc knows by
now. Last pmp was worth it though. Just amazing to see alot of crazy
atarisceners in your own neighbourhood. Unforgettable. Either havoc,
dforce or nut are going to be responsible for the 'possible' new
edition of pmp. And at this moment I am more certain about the first
two members.
Grey: What do you think about 4MB vs 14MB war? Is this 14MB for the Falcon
a real step forward? Could you call it PC-like bahaviour?
Ear_X: I admire the coders who can make things run smoothly on the lighter
hardware and keep it upwards compatible. If an exciting technology
requires heavier hardware I'm quite neutral. The tendency to go for
the heavy hardware and don't think about optimisation is the PC way,
yes. It's quite lame and there is little 'sport' to it, but if it
enables new things I won't start screaming bloody murder.14 MB stuff?
Why not, but I'll stick to making 4MB stuff for a while to come.
Grey: How do you see the future of Atari scene? If you have to choose
between "more releases", "better effects" and "ppl attitude" what
it could be? What's the most wanted thing which we miss these days?
Ear_X: I must say about 'better effects' : I do think we've had a kindof
technical paradise the last years. With some simply outstanding
achievements. I mean the refreshing new style effects by escape, msb,
checkpoint, cream, dhs, mind design and then some more. Also the ST
seems to have been sqeezed a bit further. So I guess these are very
healty things and bizarre in the days of 100000GHz crap gatesmobiles
with no attention to detail at all. What a contrast. =) I'd really
appriciate more releases, though I'm happy with anything that is a
bit compatible and has a 'feel-good-factor' to it: small demos, games
and well designed tools. I tend to get inspired by all of these.
What I noticed the last years is that negative blabla by sceners has
the opposite effect on me and I estimate on others as well. Anyway,
eventhough many thought the whole atari thing would die out. Still
there is a scene in 2001 and there even are newcomers. Cult-machines
and scenes remain fascinating stuff to alot of people.. Draw your own
conclusions.
Grey: MSB dediced to join to the disk-mag community. Is there any need for
another one? (an answer won't be censored!)
Ear_X: Well, you're not scared of criticism, that's good..... To be frank, I
read every mag issue, but nowadays I maybe look over them a few times
and that's it. (I've only finished one maggie hidden quest before and
for what?!? and article about castration? you sick people you :PP) I
like reading interviews, and courses in anything creative like
tracking, painting, coding, etc. Reviews I used to read alot. But now
I rather only watch a prod then read someone's opinion about it. For
the 'scene' feeling and so the 'feelgood' factor a new diskmag is
appreciated. Somehow a good old diskmag shell is so much more
appealing than a html browser. So, please go ahead! =) BTW the zeroth
issue of chosneck was great, so at least try and make a followup :))
Grey: How it is to live in Holland when almost everything isn't forbidden?
Don't you think it went too far already?
Ear_X: Finally an interesting question (oops)? Well I hit my gf over her ass
with some whips and chains alot and she likes to pinch my nipples and
uses needles on me. *ouch* Oh? You're talking about drugs and
euthanasia? How boring ;) About cannabis, I totally agree with the
dutch government. It's not any more bad than alcohol. If you look at
violent offences: Alcohol does alot more for that particular field of
crime. Also Holland has a very low amount of harddrug addicts and a
very low amount of homeless people. No wonder that now belgium is
trying to legalize cannabis as well (hurrah!). About euthanasia: a
very difficult topic. The law was meant to benefit people, but still
I can see some motherfuckers without a conscience misusing it.
Grey: Okay pal, I shout my mouth =) Thanx for time and see ya soon I hope!
Ear_X: Been nice! BeST of luck with chosneck!!!
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