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»CL0: The (Not So) Reliable Swapper Chart
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Written by »CL5:Darkhawk »CL6:of »CL5:IRIS
»CL1:Ahh yes, sadness. despair.. emptiness.
Feelings of vast desolation and
dejectedness overcome me. In other,
and more plain words. Lack of support!
Yes, I am partly responsible for this,
naturally, as the main editor it is my
task to secure support by whatever
means possible, and I neglected to do
that this time. Instead, »CL8:I foolishly
waited for support to come, but no, no
support came (no letters came either,
which might explain the first).»CL1: And I
noticed this too late (like.. 1 day
before I have to finish all articles,
ehr).. In the end, I did get letters
back, swapping was not completely
dead, but sadly, no one had any
recommendations for me..
»CL7:So, what to do? Well, I might write an
article about the current state of the
swapping scene instead»CL1: (I sent out the
EC43 as the last thing I did, and now,
5 months later, I have gotten 5
replies to my 21 sent letters. This is
the strongest indication I have ever
had about the swapping scene being
wrecked), but no! (Ahh, you feared I
would, did you not?) I already wrote
such an article for DISC #12, although
if I wrote it now, it would not be as
positive as that one. Instead, »CL8:I will
write about the 5 swappers I swap
with, who ARE infact reliable,»CL1: that
means, I will list those who wrote me
back, and whom I can count on. I might
even be cruel, and list some of those
who did not answer back, but let us
see.. Bear in mind that this means it
is only I, who rate these swappers and
no one else.
»PIC:4.iff» »PIC:4.iff» »PIC:4.iff»
»CL4:Angeldust
»CL1:Yes, he is reliable and writes long
letters. That is still true, although
his 'delay' gets longer than in the
past, which is worrying . However, I
still have faith in Angeldust, he is
not likely to quit, so he is still one
of those solid rocks you can count on.
»CL6: Markus Nimtz
Noellestraße 22
29646 Bispingen
Germany
»CL4: Kempy
»CL1:Kempy is steady and writes good, long
letters too. He also delayed a bit
before answering me this time though.
This, along with him getting a bit
more sad about the lack of letters he
gets, does not bode well either, but
well, he is still active and engaged.
He, like the rest of us, just needs
more activity (=letters) to hit him,
so write him if you want a reliable
and interesting contact.
»CL6: Pshemo Kowalkczyk
Kopernika 13/14
34-100 Wadowice
Poland
»CL4: Makak
»CL1:Makak is friendly, writes long
letters, and is also one of the faster
repliers usually. This came true this
time also, him being the second one
who replied to my last letter. Well, a
reply time of 2 months is the same
speed as I have (when I am fast, ehr),
but it is the standard speed now.
Makak is certainly a cool swapper,
whom everyone should be in touch with.
»CL6: Maciej Nowicki
Slonecznikowa 5/7
15-669 Bialystok
Poland
»CL4: Powerslave
»CL1:He has been the fastest of my contacts
for 3 or more years, and very steady
too, although the latest letter from
him was somewhat slow in coming. I am
not too worried though, as he has been
very fast and steady otherwise, and
every now and then, we are all (some
of us most of the time, eh) a bit
delayed. Powerslave has been swapping
since 1991, so he has some good
credentials, would you not say?
»CL6: Nick
37 Hayfell Ave
Heron Hill
Kendal
Cumbria LA9 7JH
England
»CL4: Zerox
»CL1:Here we have one who sends me 2-3
letters every time I send him 1. Apart
from giving me a bad conscience, this
also shows how engaged and active he
is, since he started swapping again.
He is also the only one ever to have
sent me a 400kb+ letter (yes! In reply
to my poor 200kb letter.. Now you know
why the two of us do not release 4
mags each extra , we are busy writing
letters, ehehe), and well, he is
definitely worth writing a letter to,
but since I think he wants to give up
swapping again, it is probably not the
time to write him, sadly. Therefore,
I will just have to tell you all, now,
that »CL8:Zerox is the best swapping
contact I have ever had (we have
swapped steadily without any
interruption since 1994,»CL1: after all,
that is some years), and well, without
contacts such as him, I am not sure I
would still continue to swap. So, a
special note of thanks and respect to
you Frode!
In addition, I got something as rare
as a contact letter the other day!
Hooray, I was pretty happy, and it was
of a nice length too. It was Corrector
from dpt+eng+rad+attic+void (man, do I
hate people being in more than one
group, but that is another old story,
hehe) who sent it, and hey! You can be
sure to get a reply, hopefully with
this mag included. Naturally, I cannot
comment on Corrector's reliability
yet, but these days, sending a contact
letter counts for much too!
»CL8:Roover/Nah-Kolor dropped swapping and
the scene, too bad, he made it into
the first issue of the Reliable
Swapper chart,»CL1: but when I sent him a
contact letter, I got only silence in
return. Seems like he had lost his
motivation already back then.
»CL7:Two others who seem to have lost their
swapping motivation are Evan and
Punisher.»CL1: I have not heard from Evan
since March I think, and although
Punisher is still around I have not
received a letter from him since
February (ok ok, I did not send out a
reply to either of them before July
myself, so I am also bad). The sad
thing is that there are also other
swappers, I have not heard from since
then. Well, in any case, there might
be hope for both Evan and Punisher,
scene-wise, but maybe not in regards
to swapping? The way it is going these
days, we might as well soon make a
united statement, and declare swapping
definitely dead? Wait, there is one
more positive news bit.
»CL8:Although Lahve of Scoopex, had a huge
HD crash after the party he held this
autumn, and this has slowed down his
swapping quite a bit,»CL1: he is still
alive and swapping. He also complains
about the low number of sends he gets
these days though. Seems like
everything is slowing down in the
swapping business, and that is quite
understandable, since most swappers
have got Internet too and might meet
up there. »CL7:It gets harder and harder
for them to see any point in sending
out a 'real' letter (yes, the point is
the long letter and the friendship,
however, it is hard having this in
mind all the time, when having the
Internet, especially if one lacks
time, for many it seems like a waste
of time to swap then).»CL1:
Anyway, if you still want this
alternative chart, please send in some
support, by mail or email, I do not
care which. Otherwise, I can either
close it down or write only about my
own experiences.... We will see.