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- «ac»«c2»EVIL INTERVIEW OF DR.DOOOOM!«»
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- «c1»By Dr. Darkhawk«»
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- «as»«c2»Ehrr, or.. Today I will be interwieving a person from our own group, that
- is Dr. Doom of IRIS, who recently had his handle changed from Cupid to Dr.
- Doom. We will be, respectfully and carefully, asking him why he took such a
- name, aswell as delve into his past, his present and his future dreams and
- ambitious plans for world conquest. «»
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- «c6»Dr. Darkhawk: So, first off, introduce yourselves to the readers, who will
- likely know you from your work on the EC, and for coding the engine of this
- diskmag. What groups have you been in, how much of your life did you spend
- being lame, did you really build your own killer robots, and so on.. Let's
- start slow..«»
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- «c7»Dr. Doom: Hello. My name is Victor von Doom and I'm about 200 years old. I
- started my scene carreer in 1811 when I bought my first Amiga. I spent my
- first 50 years in the scene coding for the underrated Danish group Unique,
- later I joined Darkage and ultimately I left them both to join IRIS. Happy?«»
- «»
- «c6»Dr. Darkhawk: Not really, since you're not coding.. But ok, how come you
- changed your handle from Cupid to Dr. Doom? You know, many people find this
- name.. rather.. uhm.. yes..«»
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- «c7»Dr. Doom: Excellent? Yes, I know. I quite expected that.«»
- «»
- «c6»Dr. Darkhawk: Uhm yes, that was what I meant.. But ok, how come you changed
- yor handle? Answer my questions.. Please!«»
- «»
- «c7»Dr. Doom: Cause I like this one better. Ok? Argh, alright, if you must, I
- am making a statement. Kind of a back-to-the-roots thing. Happy now? I
- think that should be obvious.«»
- «»
- «c6»Dr. Darkhawk: Of course, since I was the one suggesting the name and
- forcing you to take it, if truth should be known. But anyway, on to more
- scenish things then.. How do you like doing all the slavework for the EC
- and DISC? And by the way, shouldn't you be doing DISC right now? Tell us a
- bit about those two mags.«»
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- «c7»Dr. Doom: Thank you SIR, may I have another SIR! Grrr! Anyway, the EC and
- DISC.. hehe.. well, actually I hate it. The worst three days of my life
- were the ones I spent colourizing the EC43 articles. And layouting and
- editing and setting up articles and all that. It's very clear to me now how
- Cytron could lose motivation while working on the EC. It's simply boring,
- unrewarding work, especially with a primitive engine such as the EC one.
- DISC is another matter, of course. A brand new engine semi-completed over
- the course of some six months. It features DTP-style layout, advanced
- palette management and all that, and even has a nifty horizonal intuition
- scroller. Setting up an issue of DISC is like floating on air. Eh... no,
- actually it still sucks, although it's a lot easier to work with than the
- EC. All in all, I don't like working with diskmags anymore. It's too
- repetitive and boring.«»
- «»
- «c6»Dr. Darkhawk: Of course, the actual editing is simply leveldraining. But
- somebody has to do it, and well.. You volunteered, heh. Anyway, maybe
- people think that all you do in the scene are diskmags, but they would be
- wrong.. Or what? Tell us a bit about other things you have done and are
- planning.«»
- «»
- «c7»Dr. Doom: I am planning to take over the world, but of course you know all
- about that. At the moment I'm concentrating on graphics, I think. I did the
- panel for DISC 12 in a hurry, and I'm busybusy with a compo picture for
- TRSAC which will be held next weekend. I don't want to list the productions
- I've contributed to, but worth noting is perhaps the Noise From Heaven chip
- pack released every month (or so) by Dascon. I coded that. Uhm.. and well,
- I'm always busy with something. What's it to you?«»
- «»
- «c6»Dr. Darkhawk: A lot, naturally, being your dictator. Well, you've also
- garnered some attention to yourself by doing the Coders Corner in the EC,
- many coders have expressed that they like your style, but well.. A certain
- group, we won't mention any names, dared to misquote you in one of their
- demos, from something you had written in one of those corners. What was
- your reaction when you saw it? Were you shocked? Sad? Paralyzed? Tell us
- your feelings about this, it will be good to get them out into the light.«»
- «»
- «c7»Dr. Doom: Hehe.. well, yes, the coders corner. Basically I just felt the
- EC needed a coders corner, since I, as a coder, felt the rest of the
- articles were getting increasingly boring. As for Loonies misquoting me...
- Heh. Well, I wasn't shocked, but I guess surprised at least. If they had at
- least quoted the entire sentence, the context wouldn't have been entirely
- lost. I was in fact saying that you couldn't fill an ENTIRE PAL screen in
- 1/50 of a second, I wasn't talking about the "widescreen" 320x200 mode
- Loonies like to use. Anyway, I was angry for about two seconds, then I
- realized it was a wonderfully chaotic and evil thing to do and eventually I
- kinda' appreciated it.«»
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- «c6»Dr. Darkhawk: It seems like you're a multitalent, you code, you draw gfx,
- you compose and you write articles.. Do you have any plans of taking over
- the whole chart, founding your own one man group, ousting me as organizer,
- conquering the world, stuff like that? And isn't it a bit boring being able
- to do a production all on your own? Or does your huge ego actually like
- doing that?«»
- «»
- «c7»Dr. Doom: I guess. Well, no. I hate being the only Amiga scener in the
- world. It's depressing. As for the chart.. well, I've sort of given up.
- When I see people voting for productions they haven't even seen I stop
- caring about charts. Of course I believe I DESERVE some place in there,
- being considerably more talented than some of the other people I've seen on
- Eurochart votesheets, IMHO, but it doesn't really matter one way or the
- other.«»
- «»
- «c6»Dr. Darkhawk: Well, your scenish superiority aside, what about your real
- life? What's happening there? Tell the many interested fans you have
- something about that. Are you still unmarried? Real life stuff like that.«»
- «»
- «c7»Dr. Doom: Still unmarried, yes. As if anyone cares. Hmm... and no,
- nothing's really happening. Just the way I like it.«»
- «»
- «c6»Dr. Darkhawk: That wasn't very informative.. So, let's turn this around..
- What question would you like me to ask you then?«»
- «»
- «c7»Dr. Doom: I dunno. I've said most of what I want to say already in my
- various articles, and seeing as there is little feedback it appears people
- don't care, or else it's just so bloody obvious that everyone agrees (but
- lacks the commitment to do anything constructive). Anyway, doesn't change
- anything, I'm still the best. I'd like to see someone prove me wrong, of
- course, ehee.. uhm, ask me why I bother.«»
- «c6»Dr. Darkhawk: Hrmmff, why do you bother then? And you're trying to provoke
- people here, but it won't succeed, since sceners are quite apathetic,
- in responding to things these days, hehe.. «»
- «»
- «c7»Dr. Doom: Actually I'm just underlining the futility of it all. And I
- bother because I don't care if I'm wasting my time, it's still fun. It's a
- bit like putting on a blindfold and conjuring up the image of a beautiful
- woman while you're fucking a horse. But it still gets you off.«»
- «»
- «c6»Dr. Darkhawk: A blindfold might not be enough, but I do understand your..
- ehrr, point. let's say it in a nicer way, that reality is what you make of
- it here. And I think you should really think that editing this issue of
- DISC for the releasedate next week, is enjoyable.. Ok, other stuff you want
- to say now? We'll wrap this up and call it an interview then.«»
- «»
- «c7»Dr. Doom: Nope. We will communicate again shortly. You are dismissed.«»
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- «c6»Dr. Darkhawk: Yes master, thank you master.«»
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