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Well, this issue is quite a change compared to last issue... I didn't
get nearly as many articles. Remember that this is your magazine and
the quality is a direct relation to the submissions I recieve.
Please mail any submissions for next week to me.
Not much is going on in my life, the only thing I have to look forward
to is the Green Day concert on haloween and next summer. It's already
getting cold here and it was only 10C today. I am going to move
out of here as soon as I can get out of high school.
Thanks to eeyore I have been banned from #trax most of the time this
week. You tend to lose interest in things when you have to fight
everytime you want to join an IRC channel, if you have something to tell
me, go right ahead and mail me, because I might not be able to get on
IRC.
I wasn't going to make a big deal about this, but in fact he banned me just
when I was offering this on IRC at 11pm, so I'm sending this slightly
revised edition to be posted on ftp.cdrom.com and the mailing list.
Ior, or eeyore as he likes to be called on IRC, has been giving me a
hard time over the fact that I used the Kosmic account to get ops in
#trax so I could de-ban myself after ior and one of his idiots banned
me just for the fun of it.
I'm afraid to say that the scene would be a much better place without
selfish and rude people like him.
I am breaking my one code discussing personal matters in this mag, but I guess this involved the whole channel. Hopefully I won't have to write something like this again :/
- Popcorn [campbell@fox.nstn.ca]
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Articles
Faces in the Crowd..........................Kal Zakath
Trax Culture
Group Columns
20 Minute Chip Compo........................AmusiC
AIM Higher..................................Master of Darkness
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-[1. Faces in the Crowd]------------------------------------[Kal Zakath]-
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Welcome back to Faces in the Crowd, the bi-weekly spotlight on
aspiring musicians. FITC is dedicated to spreading the word about up and
coming composers in the scene through interviews in the scene's leading
newsletters. Please support Faces in the Crowd by listening to the tunes
of the musicians we feature (as well as tunes of all aspiring musicians)
and e-mailing them with comments/criticisms. :>
For this week, I interviewed Mesonyx, who some of you might know as
the composer of 3 of the tunes from Optik Software's XIXIT. If you haven't
played XIXIT yet, check it out and listen to the tunes by Mesonyx (as well
as others by Necros, Nemesis and C.C.Catch). It's a kewl game with awesome
music. Anyhow, here's the inside scoop on a very talented young musician in
the scene. Read on and enjoy! :>
---====[ Faces In The Crowd <> Interview #2 ]====---
{Kal Zakath} = Kal Zakath / Inferno -=- TraxWeekly FITC interviewer <>
[jtownsen@sescva.esc.edu]
{Mesonyx} = Mesonyx / Infinity, Rage, The Green Grapes -=- <>
[mesonyx@hlunkur.islandia.is]
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= begin interview - conducted over two days - Sat Sep 16 & Sun Sep 17 1995 =
Kal Zakath> Welcome to the second TraxWeekly "Faces in the Crowd"
interview... We'll start off as always with the usual info.
Tell the readers your real name, handle, and group affils.
Mesonyx> OK. My real name is Jon Dal Kristbjornsson (be sure to have
right :), my handle is Mesonyx and I'm currently in Infinity
Productions, Rage Technologies, and The Green Grapes.
Kal Zakath> Where do you live, and how old are you?
Mesonyx> I'm from Reykjavik, Iceland, and I'm 15.
Kal Zakath> Whoa, kewl. :> You're one of the youngest scene musicians
that I know about...
Mesonyx> Hehhe... Yeah, people seem to think that :) Well, i think it's
a fact that the average age in the PC scene is getting lower
and lower.
Mesonyx> Although, it must stop somewhere :)
Kal Zakath> Heheh. :> True enough. Do you feel that, since you're already
doing game music at 15, that'll you'll have a very successful
future in the scene?
Mesonyx> Don't know. "What goes up must come down", so if I reach even
more success on my 15th year, maybe I'll just be forgotten when
I'm 20. Who knows?
Mesonyx> But I sure HOPE I'll be more successful in the future. :)
Kal Zakath> And for how long now have you been composing?
Mesonyx> Well... About 3 years, I think... Ever since I got my BBC
Acorn Archimedes computer.
Kal Zakath> Wow... You certainly have some experience. :>
Mesonyx> Well, maybe. But not in the demoscene, anyway :)
Kal Zakath> A question, since you have such a background in computer
music... I assume that basically all the music done on older,
less sophisticated machines was what today we call "demo
music."
Mesonyx> Correct.
Kal Zakath> Now, with today's advanced technology, more and more people are
trying to capture the sound of "real music" in a tracker. Is
this a good or bad thing in your opinion?
Mesonyx> Good! My work in the demoscene is the normal "demomusic". But
my work outside the scene (my personal work) is techno and
such, so when it comes to the technology, I'll welcome it. :)
Mesonyx> BUT! If people are recording the original music into ONE big
sample, that's bad. Coz that's not original. And, although I
do it myself, "borrowing" samples from other people is not so
good either.
Kal Zakath> So, then, how long have you actually been involved in the PC
demo/music scene?
Mesonyx> For about two months now, I think.
Kal Zakath> In the two months that you've been in the scene, have you had
the opportunity to get many PC demos and tracked tunes?
Mesonyx> Well, I've been trying to get some of the demos from ASM'95
and such, but no luck as it is. But, yeah, I'd say so...
Kal Zakath> Of the music you've heard, who are some of your favorite
composers?
Mesonyx> Hmmmm.... C.C.Catch is among my favourites, but I haven't
heard anything from him in a LONG time, so I'd say C.C.Catch
and Skaven (ofcoz :), are my favourites...
Kal Zakath> So, has the music of C.C.Catch and Skaven influenced your own
compositions at all?
Mesonyx> No, not that I've noticed. I have, like so many, developed my
own style when it comes to music. Believe me, I have TRIED to
copy Skaven's style, but no luck! :)
Kal Zakath> Yes, it's probably best to develop your own musical style.
Too many composers these days seem to be set on imitating
someone else's type of music, and it's unfortunate.
Kal Zakath> Let me ask a question I'm sure many people are interested in
knowing about... What was it like doing music for Xixit?
(your Xixit tunes were kewl as hell, btw. :>)
Mesonyx> Heheh. :) Well, I only had one day to finish all three, so I
collected some ideas, and chose the three that are used in the
game.
Mesonyx> And since making three songs in just one day was a totally new
experience for me, I consider myself lucky to have even done
all of them.
Kal Zakath> Wow, three tunes in one day... That's quite a deadline. :>
Anyhow, how did you get that job, of doing music for Xixit?
Mesonyx> Well, before entering the PC music scene, I used to hang out
in #coders just BEGGING for a job as a musician, and after a
LOT of begging, a guy called Stimpee-- saw me, and offered me a
job for a game his company was gonna release.
Kal Zakath> And that game was Xixit...?
Mesonyx> Sure was.
Kal Zakath> So do you play Xixit often? :>
Mesonyx> Oh, about every day! Just listening to the music.
Kal Zakath> Since joining the PC Demo Scene, have you noticed anything
about what it's like to be a "newbie" in the scene? (although
I do imagine you have some sort of a reputation from Xixit...)
Mesonyx> Can't say I have, really. 'Coz all the groups I'm in haven't
released anything big yet.
Kal Zakath> On a different note, since you're in Iceland, you're probably
more in contact with the European scene than North American,
correct?
Mesonyx> Unfortunately, I'm not in contact with any scene. I didn't
even have a CLUE about the winner at ASM95 until last week. :(
Kal Zakath> Really? That is unfortunate... You can find ASM'95 stuff on
ftp.cdrom.com, if you haven't already checked there. Are any
of your tunes available through FTP?
Mesonyx> No, not yet. But I'm working on it. I should have a WWW
homepage done soon, too.
Kal Zakath> Okay. :> That pretty much takes care of this interview.
Anything else you'd like to add before we end?
Mesonyx> Yeah... One thing. Please don't judge me by this interview.
I'm not this formal in real life. And I DO use smileys! :)
Kal Zakath> Okay. :> Well, thank you for your time, and for the
opportunity to do this interview.
Mesonyx> Heheh... sure thing... just keep in touch =]
= end interview =
<*> Where you can get Mesonyx's tunes <*>
As you saw in the interview, Mesonyx hasn't released any tunes other
than his work for Xixit, but when his WWW homepage goes up I'll be sure to
give the URL in a later FITC article.
= end release listing =
Hope you found today's column featuring Mesonyx. Now that you've
seen two FITC columns, if you've decided that you'd like to be featured in
FITC, follow this simple procedure:
1> Send an e-mail message to me (Kal Zakath) at:
[jtownsen@sescva.esc.edu]
Put "FITC Interview Request" in the title, or something similar
to help me recognize immediately what you're writing for, and
tell me a little bit about yourself, and where I can find some
of your tunes.
2> Wait for a reply from me. This shouldn't take more than a day
at the most, more likely between 2 to 8 hours. I'll confirm that
I've recieved your request and that I CAN feature you in FITC.
3> Write back to me and let me know when you can be on IRC for an
interview. I'll do my best to accomodate you.
Two last notes about the process of applying for an FITC interview.
It is infinitely more convenient when a musician writes to me himself asking
for an interview. So if you know someone who might like to be featured in
FITC, encourage him to write to me and ask. If a person writes to me and
says "Well, I'm a coder for Group X, and our musician is really kewl and
should be featured in FITC..." then that creates an unnecessary middleman.
A lot of time can be saved when the musician himself contacts me. Secondly,
to further increase convenience in getting in FITC, I might draw up a little
application that can just be filled out and sent to me. Then I could
receive these and conduct interviews within a few hours of your requests. :>
After an interview time has been decided on, the work is over and the
fun part begins. :> I'll be on IRC at whatever time was scheduled to
conduct an interview, and it won't be long until the information of you and
your music is spread to hundreds of demoscene enthusiasts! :>
Thank you for reading Faces in the Crowd. I am always open to
comments, suggestions, and criticisms for future articles. Please, if you
have any input for me, take a few minutes to e-mail me, or better yet, talk
to me on #trax! My nick is 'jtown' and I'm on very often. :>
Until next week, see you on #trax!
Sincerely,
John Townsend
- Kal Zakath / Inferno Productions -
(aspiring musician and Faces In The Crowd columnist)
[e-mail: jtownsen@sescva.esc.edu * IRC: 'jtown']
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on IRC not 15 minutes ago a politics discussion came up, and this
outpouring of wisdom ensued...
<dennisc> Top 10 ways America would be different if run by trax
<dennisc> 10. So long bald eagle, hello m00 k0w
<FAssassin> 9. Businesses would be forced to write documents in K-RaD
<karnaaj> 8. a decent tewn for a national anthum...
<NStrike> #8 Coding and Tracking take the place of P.E. in schhol
<FAssassin> 8. The Senate would be turned into a big Music Compo... And we'd
+use Tax money as prize money. :)
<Rache> 7: Werdemup to da funkay-ass flag...
<Ms_Saigon> 7: fractal flag!
<dennisc> 6. Illegal aliens and "lamers" expelled by ior
<karnaaj> 6. fuck those damn stars, let's get LGM on that flag!
<E_Megas> 6:Skaven would become a double-citizen against his will, what with
+all the new wannabes running Immigration
<karnaaj> 5. have to have ops to vote
<NStrike> #5 IRC is never lagged again by congressional order
<dennisc> 4. America invades finland!
<NStrike> #3 The Old Skool take the place of the Senate
<dennisc> 3. Zteel sought out and put to death by navy seals led by trixter
<FAssassin> 3. A budget would be started to help reduce IRC lag.
<E_Megas> 3. The whole of Canada would be invaded and taken over for the sake
+of staging NAID in the US.
<karnaaj> 2. NECROS FOR PRESIDENT!
<Daedalus> 2.) southern california would be the demo capitol, so daedalus
+doesn't have to travel so damn far for a compo
<GD> 1. necros for president :P
<NStrike> #1 Nitewynd and Popcorn deported
<karnaaj> #1. Ripping is a capital offense
<FAssassin> #1. If FA becomes president... FREE BEER!
<Khyron> 10 commandments of #trax..
<Khyron> "Thou shalt not rippeth thy neighbor's chordeth progressions"
<karnaaj> 'thou shalt not call ior 'eeyore'
<karnaaj> 'thou shalt not call popcorn 'poppy'
[random suggestions]
<NStrike> #trax will automatically get it's own Radio channel and Talk show.
<FAssassin> "word" would officially be changed to "werd"
<karnaaj> anybody making a shitty innactuarte movie about the net are shot on
+sight
<FAssassin> Beverly Hills 90210 changed to beverly Hills 31337
<karnaaj> ALL zipcodes are changed to 313373
<FAssassin> Werd to Deep Space 90210. :)
<Khyron> 50 little green men, and 13 horizontal maelcum's.. that's what our
+flag should be like :)
<NStrike> All demo compos WILL be held in the US. Or we will be forced to use
+nuclear weapons..
<NStrike> subsidised baygles for ALL!
<dennisc> ST3 as mandatory as china's old little red book.. FT2 outlawed
[note: dennisc later recanted this terrible statement]
<Rache> dc: Nono... the country divides into the ST3 party and the FT2
+party...
<FAssassin> hahaha... the "POPPY" flower would be banned from the country. :)
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P R O D U C T Û I O N S
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(c) AIM Higher 1995
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
The AIM Higher Unification Disk has been delayed for a week due to
some coding problems. But it should be out by the time traxweekly 29
arrives.
We had a meet On the weekend of the 24th to do the graphics, coding
and music, but we had more fun meeting people than actually getting
down to things. Hopefully now that we are separated we can get things
done again.
This disk will have it's own player, and we are hoping that even
you cubic player freaks will take a look at it. We spent time on it
and we hope you will enjoy it.
New members to AIM Higher include Chainsaw, Vicious (also of V.S.L),
and Dynamic Harmony (also of Mazurka). We hope these additions will
aid us in helping the newer composers out there.
Remember, if you need any help you need not join AIM Higher but
simply look for us on #trax or email us and we will be glad to help
you and listen to your songs.
<*> Master Of Darkness (maz@io.org) <*>
M e m b e r s
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
Core Staff (Organizers) úúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúúú
Master of Darkness .................. Prezidante, Founder, Composer
Affils: Aim Higher Email: maz@io.org
Atlantic ............................... Public Relations, Composer
Affils: Aim HigherùNeophyte Email: as566@torfree.net
Members (Trackers) ................................................
b0bby .................................. Public Relations, Composer
Affils: Aim HigherùMazurka Email: rx7@cml.com
Paganus .................................................. Composer
Affils: Aim HigherùEpinicion Email: pag@io.org
Hypnotic Melody .......................................... Composer
Affils: Aim HigherùMazurkaùVSL Email: hypnotic_melody@tvo.org
Chaos ........................................ Composer, Graphician
Affils: Aim HigherùMystical Email: flame@io.org
Porus ........................................ Composer, Graphician
Affils: Aim HigherùRed Zone Email: Mike_Ladanyi@kiwi.com
Kokane ................................................... Composer
Affils: Aim HigherùMagic Email: kokane@tcl.tor250.org
Mystic Image ............................................. Composer
Affils: Aim Higher Email: ao145@torfree.net
Chainsaw ................................................. Composer
Affils: Aim Higher Email: ?
Dynamic Harmony .......................................... Composer
Affils: Aim HigherùMazurka Email:
Vicious .................................................. Composer
Affils: Aim HigherùVSL Email: vsl@io.org
Necromancer................................... Composer, Graphician
Affils: Aim HigherùWarùRaw Vision
Ba'alzamon.................................... Coder
Affils: Aim HigherùFreelance
Thanks again for your time.
Master of Darkness
Aka Todd Andlar
Prezident AIM Higher
Email Address: maz@io.org
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Oh NO! They Stole My Pudding!
The Growth Of Fans
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Well... what can i say? You have embraced the whole chip
compo thing!.. i didnt expect that much support, and i never
thought that so many people would actually like and participate
in the competition. This week, the quality of the chiptunes was
way better. On some it was hard to believe they were made in
20 minutes. Others were made to be a parody! (coughcoughcough
coughcoughphocoughenixcoughcough).
So I would like to thank ALL those people who contributed to
the 20 MeEnUhTz Chip-Compo by competing, by voting, by advertising
by supporting ftp sites (yes there is another one!) and columns.
Without you people, I wouldnt be able to hold this competition.
Residencial Duties
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As most of you already know, And thanx to Snowman For That,
you can find the files of the 20mc on ftp.cdrom.com, under
the directory :
/demos/incoming/music/20mc/
Each competition's Chiptuneandvoteform file is named after:
20mc_xxx.zip
Where xxx is the number of the competition.
SDC (Sound Distribution Channel) also told me that they would
like to be a distribution site of the 20mc files too. So I guess
we are growing on every continent =)
#3 20mc Problems
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Well, we couldnt eliminate tha problems this time too. The sample
problem remained. Although DRiVE, converted the IFF samples to
RAW, some people still faced compatibility problems. I am sorry
because this problem caused a disqualification Once again...
Calvin (who competed on the last compo) told me a brilliant idea.
I could make an empty .mod file with those samples and distribute
the mod. This way the samples are already in RAW format and there
is no need to load them into your tracker one by one. Trully
Brilliant. I also found a way (I must be blind, it was there as a
Protracker (the tracker i use to make mods) option to save on RAW
instead of IFF. So I can now distribute RAW sample packs.
I think that Calvin's idea is way better, but I would like you to
express an opinion on that subject, since the competition is done
for all of you and not for my pleasure! My E-mail address is on
this piece of text, so use it and tell me.
Place And Time Of Competition
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The 20 Meenuhtz Chip-Compo, Is Held Every Saturday On Channel
#ChIpCoMpO (The Official 20 Meenuhtz Chip-Compo Channel) We Have
Decided To Change The Competition Time From 02:00AM CET (MTV
Europe's Time) To 00:00AM (CET). That Way Our European Friends
Wont Be Forced To Stay Up Late, (i.e 4 AM) As I And Octoque Did =)
Some people complained about the time, because of other duties
(music bands, private lessons etc.). I'm sorry fellas, but most
people find this time appropriate.
Whats The Catch?
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As We Pointed Out On Trax Weekly #26, There Is NO Catch Or Prize,
Since The Competition Is Held In Order To Have FUN And Fame.
However, I've Noticed That People Tend To Support This Competition
And I Am Sure That Somebody Would Think Of Something As A "Catch"
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Biased?? The Voting Was Biased??? OF COURSE IT WAS!!!
Thats what it was meant to be! =) Seriously, this week's
Voting was surprising and adventurus (please people vote on
time). You can judge by the results =)
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| Pos | Author | Points |
|--------------------------------| Contestants : 11
| [1] | Balrog | 092 | Submissions : 08
| {2} | Mystical | 088 | Disqualified: 03
| (3) | Octoque | 070 | Active Chips: 08
| (4) | Calvin | 075 | People Voted: 14
| (5) | Undertaker | 069 |
| (6) | Axl | 041 |
| (7) | Feather | 040 |
| (8) | Phoenix | 031 |
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I wouldnt say the results were too expectable. As you see the
point difference is small. That means that everyone got high
points and low points. (Yes, Axl Actually had an 8!)
This week I Implement a new feature. Voters List!
So here are the people that voted for 20mc #3...
Logixs, Sandrine, Acechan, Axl, Feather, Balrog, Vector, Cerulean
Zapper, Drive, Wiz_Tea, Phoenix, Floss And Mystical... Thanx Guyz
Octoque, Undertaker And Calvin, Didnt Vote As They Were Supposed
To Do, (Come On Guyz!!), So The Results Are Not Completely Fair,
But I Had To Publish The Results Before Trax Weekly 28.
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Now, Lets Review The 10 Basic Rules One More Time...
(01) Contestants Should Be Present At #ChIpCoMpO Channel On The
Competition Time, And Declare Competitors. No Competitors Are
Accepted Before The Competition Time, And After Competition
Has Started.
(02) Each Competitor, Should Compete With Only One Tune, Which Should
Comply With All Of The Following Rules :
a) Maximum File Size (Uncompressed) Should Be 20 Kilobytes
b) Maximum Number Of Channels Allowed Is 4 (four)
c) The Competitor MUST Use The Samples Of The Sample Pack For
The Tune, And At MOST 2 (two) Other Samples Of His/Her Choice.
d) The Tune Must Be DCC'ed Or Mailed Before The Given Deadline
e) The Tune Must Be Uncompressed
A Tune Not Compatible With The Above Rules, Will Be Instantly
Disqualified.
(03) The Duration Of The Competition Is 20 Minutes Plus 10 More For
Connecting and Transfering The Tune.
(04) The Filename Of The Tune Should Be Comprised Of 3 Parts. A Three
Letter Abreviation Of The Competitors Nickname (Or Name), a dash
And A Four Letter Abreviation Of The Song's Name (.Extension).
ex. If I Made A ChipTune Called Tomahawk, The File Name would
Look Like This: amu-tmhk.mod
(05) Allowed Formats Are: MOD (Pro/Fasttracker) Format
XM (Fasttracker ][ ) Format
S3M (ScreamTracker 3) Format
(06) All The Tunes Should Be DCC'ed To User AmusiC In Channel
#ChIpCoMpO Or Mailed To: amusic@prometheus.hol.gr In MIME Format
(Pine's Encryption Format).
(07) Contestants Are Not Allowed To Leave #ChIpCoMpO Before The
Signal That Initiates The "Bout". Contestants That Leave Before
The Signal, Are Instantly Disquilified.
(08) Voting Takes Place Right After The End Of The Competition, And
Lasts Till Tuesday 00:00AM CET (When No More Voting Forms Will Be
Accepted)
(09) Competitors Can Vote, But Cannot Vote For Themselves. Also,
Unless All Competitors Vote, No Competitor's Voteform Will Be
Taken In Mind For The Final Results. So The Contestants Are Also
Obligated To Vote.
(10) Voteforms Should Also Be DCC'ed To User AmusiC In Channel
#ChIpCoMpO Or Mailed To: amusic@prometheus.hol.gr In MIME Format
(Pine's Encryption Format).
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YOU'LL NEED IT!
Mailing List
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Yes! You read right! We now have a mailing list available to you
so you can have all the latest news and announcements hot off the
press. e-mail to amusic@hol.gr and as subject use the word:
"subscribe", and as body write the nickname you are known by.
To unsubscribe Use the same procedure, but instead of "subscribe"
use "UNSubscribe". Peace Of Cake..
Next week we might have an alt.comp.20.meenuhtz.chip.compo
section on the newsgroups =)... nah... this is WILD!
Sponsors
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Official 20 MeEnUhTz Chip Compo Sponsors Are:
- Trax Weekly And Chris Campbell (PopCorn) For Hosting This
Column.
- Hornet And Christopher G. Mann (Snowman) For Hosting The
Compo On ftp.cdrom.com
Credits
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Credits Fly Out To All Those People That Have Supported This
Brilliant And Pretty Dificult To Acomplish, Idea. DarkHeart
And DeathBringer For Giving Me The Idea Of This Competition.
Everyone That Respects Him/Herself And Reads Trax Weekly.
Every One That Competed And Voted For The 20mc. And Finally
Imphobia, For Forwarding This Competition Through The Supreme
Imphobia DiskMag. Last But Not Least, Calvin For His Neat Idea.
Looking For...
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We Need A Bot For The #ChIpCoMpO Channel To Maintain It Open And
Clean From Invasions. Bot Providers, Will Also Be Considered As
Sponsors And Will Be Credited As Well In Our Announcment And
Rule Files.
Every Promotion And Advertising is Welcome.
Contact
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To Contact AmusiC (Sotiris Varotsis) e-mail at:
amusic@prometheus.hol.gr or amusic@hol.gr
Or You Can Occasionaly Find Me On IRC Channels:
#trax, #daskmig, #amigascne, #ChIpCoMpO, #coders, #theend
Ending Notes
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Somebody might have already wondered, why i mentioned:
"Oh NO! They stole my pudding"... Well Unfortunatelly
By the time you'll be reading this, I will have lost my
Internet Access. =( I'll try to be back in time for the
4th chipcompo, but there is a large possibility that I
wont make it. =(.. So if I am not there On Saturday, Please
Try to find someone to hold the competition. (Dont Start
Fighting on who's gonna do it, and please dont alter the
rules.) I know I might make a mistake by doing this, but
cant do otherwise.
We Survived Criticism, We Survived Laughters, And We Made It
To The Phat Number 3. 10 Is Not That Far Away. Lets Hope For
The Best Turnout.
Keep The Flame Burning. Thank You.
-AmusiC/Bass Productions
amusic@prometheus.hol.
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