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»CL6:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
»CL0: Shift Of Management
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Written by »CL5:Darkhawk »CL6:of »CL5:IRIS
»CL1:You might have heard this already, but
if not.. Well, here is an article that
might pique your interest.
»CL8:In the recently released Jurassic Pack
#8, one can read that Darkage plans to
release both that mag, and their old
chart-mag Showtime.»CL1: Apart from this
being rather ambitious, there were
also some changes announced for
Showtime. The new main editor will be
Modem of Darkage, who has previously
been main editor, but left the group
after a dispute, and then recently
rejoined again. You can see quite some
signs of this 'dispute' in St#16, but
it looks like Darkage is shaping up
again now, and that some heavy
internal discussion has produced
results. »CL7:Modem rejoined, and Zito and
Stingray are quiet on this matter. As
we understood it, Modem is now the
organizer of the Italian branch of the
group, while Ghandy is organizer of
the rest.»CL1: We here at EC hope that
everything has turned out well for all
Darkage members.
Curious to know how Showtime #17 is
shaping up, and what the deal behind
the two mags were, »CL8:I asked Modem some
questions, which I might just as well
paste here, because I am way too lazy
to rewrite what he said..»CL1: Ehrr.. I
mean, for the sake of clarity.. Yes..
Refer to my Jurassic Pack review for
news and info relating to that mag.
So, let us see... Some questions..
First off, why did Ghandy want to do a
(semi) new mag, instead of just having
ST as a combined mag/chart?
"No, JP is not a new mag... he firstly
wanted to keep the "old" code (it was
improved by Stingray/Darkage), but he
had problems with Gods, so he started
looking for a new mag code. »CL7:At the
same time, Devotion was dead, and we
had MrTickle/Darkage with a magazine
engine ready without a mag.»CL1: The two
things merged in a very natural way.
Ghandy always wanted to continue
making JP and ST... and I like this
idea, as I am a big fan of JP (JP#1
was the first file I downloaded when I
connected on Internet for the first
time, years ago!)"
»CL6:Moreover, when did you come up with
the idea to actually release both
mags, with Ghandy and Zito in charge
of JP, and you in charge of ST?»CL1:
"Well, I wanted to continue with ST...
People like to continue their habits,
and so do I :) I like spending my
(little) free time making Showtime."
»CL8:As for ST, how is the new issue
turning out? When can we expect it to
be released?»CL1: Are you planning to focus
on the chart part now, since JP is a
diskmag, or will ST have both a mag
and a chart part? Maybe you want it to
be more like in the old times, with
the Chart?
»CL7:"Yes, of course I do not want a
useless challenge between two Darkage
magazines. Therefore, ST will keep
"my" style (see issue #15..»CL1: that is an
issue like I always wanted ST), giving
more attention to the charts and the
news, but still publishing a few
articles. JP will become the "real"
mag :) I think issue #17 will be out
sometime in January, I planned to
release it at TP first, but I am
introducing some news that require
more time :) The code will remain the
same. Yes, many consider it outdated,
but I like its fashion :) It is a bit
"demode'", but I love it for this
reason :) »CL8:Those who complain about the
AGA-only compatibility can download
UAE and use ST on it, it runs very
fast, also on an Amiga :)"»CL1:
»PIC:4.iff»
Lastly, have you had trouble
collecting votes for it? How many
votes do you think is necessary to
release a reliable chart?
"»CL7:For a chart to be considered a chart,
it needs at least 100 votes. We can
reach that number :)»CL1:"
Here I ran out of immediate
questions for Modem, but I have to
say, he answered very fast, and well,
he is certainly optimistic about the
amount of votes they can collect until
January. In fact, I would like to
propose a bet to the ST team: If you
manage to get 100 votes collected in
January (2002), I will.. Ehh.. Eat my
hat? No.. Give the team one free beer
each, at Mekka Symposium? Yes, that is
more likely. But if they do not manage
this, each team member has to give ME
one beer at MS.. Is that not an ok
bet? Please accept it, I will be happy
whether I win or loose..
»CL8:Seriously, though, I very much doubt
that Showtime can get such a number of
votes, especially in such short time.
It takes us around 3-4 months to get
enough votes.»CL1: Granted, it is because
we let people vote of their own accord
for the first 2-3 months, and then,
when we have the 10-20 votes people
send freely, we spend each and every
day on the IRC ++, to force people to
vote. Ehrr, I would be very surprised
if Showtime was to have an equal
amount of voters on such short notice,
but it would be a good thing if they
did, so from here, I will close by
telling you all to vote for Showtime
too please. »CL8:I think the scene can
stomach two charts, eh?»CL1: