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iNTERVIEW WITH (eRIK lUDVIGSSON) gLERC OF sCIENCE 451
wHAT IS YOUR ALIAS? iF YOU FIND THE STORY INTERESTING, THEN LET US KNOW HOW YOU CAME UP WITH IT? gLERC WAS MY HANDLE, AND i DO NOT REMEMBER EXACTLY HOW i CAME UP WITH IT. i THINK i JUST MADE SOME TAPPING ON THE KEYBOARD, AND THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR A HANDLE. hAVE YOU CHANGED HANDLES? iF SO, GIVE US THE REASON(S) AND YOUR PREVIOUS NICKNAME(S)! nO, BUT i OWNED A c64 FOR A WHILE BEFORE i GOT ANY HANDLE AT ALL. wHEN AND WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW? i WAS BORN IN lINK{$f6}PING, sWEDEN IN 1970. i NOW LIVE IN gUILDFORD, eNGLAND, BUT WILL MOVE BACK TO sWEDEN PROBABLY BEFORE 1997 ENDS. wHEN DID YOU GET YOUR FIRST COMPUTER AND WHICH COMPUTERS DO/DID YOU OWN? wHEN DID YOU GET YOUR c64? i BOUGHT MY FIRST COMPUTER (A c64) IN 1984. i ALSO OWNED A c128 AND AN aMIGA 500. i GUESS i STILL OWN A c128 AND AN aMIGA, STUCK AWAY SOMEWHERE IN MY PARENTS BASEMENT. hOW DID YOU GET TO KNOW THE SCENE? wHO WAS YOUR FIRST CONTACT (PERSON YOU KNEW) ON THE SCENE? tHE FIRST PERSON i KNEW ON THE SCENE WAS PROBABLY MY FRIEND "h.o", WHO AT THE TIME ALSO WAS TOTALLY UNKNOWN. dESCRIBE YOUR SCENE CAREER, INCLUDING ALL GROUPS YOU HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF! kEEP CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER PLEASE! i STARTED AS A LONEWOLF, AND THEN JOINED THE LOCAL GROUP cccp, cOMPENTENT (?) cOMMODORE cRACKING pIRATES. mE AND h.o MOVED ON TO "tHE cREW". wE LATER JOINED "tHE wARLOCKS", AND WENT ON TO "sCIENCE 451". tHERE i STAYED UNTIL i QUIT THE SCENE IN jANUARY 1991. wHICH SCENE DO/DID YOU CONSIDER BEST AND WHY? iF YOU HAVE BEEN ONLY ON THE c64, THEN GIVE US THE REASON(S)! i WAS ONLY ON THE c64 SCENE. i BOUGHT AN aMIGA, BUT i NEVER GOT INTO THE SCENE. i GUESS THE MAIN REASON FOR NOT DOING SO, WAS THAT NONE OF MY FRIENDS WERE ANY GOOD AT THE aMIGA. jUST SWAPPING GAMES ETC. WAS NOT ENOUGH FOR ME. i WANTED TO CREATE THINGS. wHAT DO YOU THINK YOU GAINED BY BEING A MEMBER OF THE SCENE? i LEARNED TO MASTER A COMPUTER (THE c64) VERY WELL, AND i GUESS THAT HAS BEEN MORE USEFUL THAT ANY COURSES i'VE TAKEN IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AT THE UNIVESITY ETC. sINCE i WROTE ALL MY PROGRAMS WITH A MACHINE CODE MONITOR i HAVE AN UNDERSTADING OF HOW A COMPUTER WORKS, THAT YOU CAN not LEARN BY TAKING THERORETICAL COURSES. wHAT DO YOU CONSIDER LOST, WASTED OR MEANINGLESS DURING THE YEARS YOU HAVE SPENT ON THE SCENE? tHE HUNT FOR BEING FIRST OF CRACKING A NEW GAME THAT CAME OUT ON THE MARKET. iT IS TOTALLY UNINTERESTING IF A GAME IS DAILY FRESH OR IS ONE WEEK OLD. wHAT IS/ARE/WAS/WERE YOUR MAIN INTEREST(S)/FUNCTION(S)? iT WAS MAKING INTROS/DEMOS. i ALSO DID SOME CRACKING, AND OF COURSE SWAPPING. wHAT MADE YOU START DOING GRAPHICS/COMPOSING/SWAPPING/MODEM TRADING ORGANISING OR WHATEVER YOU DID? i STARED (AS EVERYBODY ELSE?) DOING SWAPPING. wHAT ARE/WERE YOUR GREATEST SUCCESSES/FIASCOS? dON'T KNOW ABOUT SUCCESSES, BUT i HAD AT LEAST NO FIASCOS. wAS THERE ANY SPECIAL CONNECTION BETWEEN YOU/YOUR GROUP AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE/GROUPS ON THE SCENE (CO-OPERATION, WAR, FRIENDSHIP ETC.)? iF SO, WHAT MADE IT START AND STOP? i WAS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY REAL WARS, BUT THERE WERE OF COURSE ATTACKS BY VAROIUS LAMERS, WHO TRIED TO GAIN FAME BY ACTING CHILDISH. hAVE YOU ATTENDED PARTIES? tELL US ABOUT YOUR FAVOURITE CONFERENCES? yOU CAN EVEN MENTION SOME FIASCOS. i WAS AT A NUMEROUS PARTIES IN sWEDEN, AND A COUPLE IN dENMARK. iS/WAS THERE ANY SPECIAL FEELING IN YOUR CREW, SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST BEING IN A GROUP? tHE HARD CORE OF sCIENCE 451 (ME, h.o, bILBO AND rYGAR) WAS IN THE SAME GROUP FOR MANY YEARS, AND SINCE WE LIVED QUITE CLOSE TO EACHOTHER WE MET QUITE A LOT. iF YOU ARE NOT A c64 SCENER ANYMORE, WHEN AND WHY DID YOU LEAVE THE SCENE? wHEN THE c64 STARTED TO FADE AWAY WHEN MORE AND MORE PEOPLE MOVED OVER TO THE aMIGA, i WAS FED UP WITH IT AND TOTALLY QUIT COMPUTING AS A HOBBY. i GUESS IT ALSO WAS BECAUSE MODEMS AND STOLEN CALLING CARDS WAS ALMOST NECECARRY TO BE PART OF THE SCENE AROUND 1990. wHAT WERE YOUR FAVOURITE GROUPS/ARTISTS/CODERS/PRODUCTIONS? wHY DO/DID YOU LIKE THEIR WORK/THESE PROGRAMS? iT WOULD BE UNFAIR TO MENTION A FEW, WHERE THERE WERE SO MANY TALENTED PEOPLE AROUND THE SCENE WHICH i DON'T REMEBER. i PARTICULARY LIKE/LIKED CODERS WHO CAME UP WITH NEW IDEAS. wHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION? wHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING? dOES IT HAVE TO DO ANYTHING WITH COMPUTERS? iS THERE ANYTHING YOU DO IN REAL-LIFE THAT IS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING ON THE SCENE? i WORK WITH SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT/TESTING FOR THE TELECOM INDUSTRY. hOW DID YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS COMPUTERS CHANGE DURING THE YEARS? wHEN i STARTED WORKING IN 1993, i DECIDED not BECOMING A COMPUTERNERD, SO AS LONG AS i'M WORKING WITH COMPUTERS, i WILL NOT HAVE COMPUTERS AS A HOBBY. wHAT DO YOU LIKE DOING IN YOUR SPARE-TIME WHEN NOT COMPUTING? wHAT IS/ARE YOUR HOBBY(IES)? vAROIUS SPORTS, SUCH AS INNEBANDY, TENNIS AND FOOTBALL. aRE THERE MOMENTS WHEN YOU FEEL NOSTALGIC THINKING BACK TO THE PAST YEARS OF THE SCENE? iF SO WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN IT HAPPENS? nO, i SEE IT AS HISTORY. wHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE NEAR/FAR FUTURE? i HAVE NO REAL GREAT PLANS AT THE MOMENT. wHAT IS YOUR GOAL IN LIFE? wHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO ACHIEVE? lIVE A HAPPY LIFE(?!) wHEREVER/WHATEVER THAT MEANS. |
