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  6. üO.U.C.H.
  7. Thegroupthatcame...
  8. ...andwent
  9. ÇbyGardEggesbøAbrahamsen
  10.  
  11. NottoomanyheardaboutthegroupO.U.C.H.,andforthoseofyouwho
  12. nevergreetedtheseguysinyourdemos,nowit'stoolate!Why?Theyare
  13. nomore.Sincetherestillareafewpeoplewhohaven'theardof
  14. O.U.C.H.,I'vedecidedtowritealittlehistoryabout'em.Toeasethe
  15. writing,I'llincludesomeofthestuffKarlAnders(nowknownasWizof
  16. DeltaForce)wrotein"NorwegianDemosCompilationDisk#1"...:
  17.  
  18. é(Extractbeginshere)
  19. Ç
  20.    'OnceuponatimetherewerethreeguyswhoalllivedinNorway,ona
  21. placecalledSunnmøre,ortobemorespecific,Herøy.Thesethreeguys
  22. wereallcompletelyhookedoncomputers.Oneofthem,sostrangelycalled
  23. KjetilTorgrimHommeownedacomputerwhichunfortunatelywascalled
  24. NewBrain.Heuseditveryoften,andplayedgreatgameslike'Space
  25. Rocket'and'MarsAttack'onit.('AlienInvaders'wasnotyetinvented)
  26.    Butsuddenlyanewcomputercalled'Spectrum'appeared."Nowthisis
  27. startingtolooklikesomething",oneofhisfriendscalledGard
  28. Abrahamsen(yetanotherstrangename)said.Andhepersuadedhisfather
  29. intobuyingthiscomputerwhich,hesaid,wasgreatforwordprocessing.
  30. Andasalllesserknowingparentsheboughtit.AndGardplayedeven
  31. bettergameslike'AticAtac'and'Underworld'onit.Butthisharmony
  32. didn'tlastforlong.
  33.    SuddenlypeoplewerestartingtobuythiscomputernamedCommodore64,
  34. whichmadeNewBrainlooklikesomesortofacheapcalculator,whichit
  35. trulywas.OnlyGard'sSpectrumcouldcompetewiththiswonder-computer
  36. forawhile.AtthispointGardgottoknowthisladcalledKarlAnders
  37. Øygard(Hey,that'sme!).Hedidn'townacomputer,butwerethrilledat
  38. whatGard'sSpectrumcoulddo.Sohestartedpersuadinghisfatherinto
  39. buyinghimacomputer,andatlasthisfathergavein.Thedecisionfell
  40. uponthewondercalledSharpMZ-731....
  41.  
  42. ...andthesagacontinues.
  43.  
  44. Soafterhavingfollowedmanyamisleadingpath,weallendedupwithour
  45. Ataris.Whatwouldbemorenaturalforusoutsidersthangettingtogether
  46. toformagroup?
  47.  
  48. Butit'salongandhardroadtofollow,and,astheysay,Romewasn't
  49. builtinjustoneday.Thefirstdemoswemadeweretrash(T(h)rashmetal
  50. isgreat,especiallyMETALLICA),butwe'regettin'better.TAM(The
  51. AbsoluteManiac)hasalsojoinedZealot,andishelpinghimwithgraphix,
  52. etc.Umpire(KjetilHomme)wenttoOslo,makingthingsabitmore
  53. difficult.AsfarasIhaveunderstood,someguycallinghimselfOrange
  54. Crushisjoiningustoo(Hi,OrangeCrush!)Wereallymustgettoknow
  55. eachother...
  56.  
  57. é(Endofextract)
  58. Ç
  59. Thefinallistofmembersshouldenduplookinglikethis:
  60. KjetilTorgrimHomme..............................................Umpire
  61. GardEggesbøAbrahamsen...........................................Zealot
  62. KarlAndersØygard................................................Wizcat
  63. TorbjørnOse...............................................LordHackBear
  64. FinnAEilertsen............................................TheExorcist
  65. KjetilValstadsve...........................................OrangeCrush
  66. ÇFrodeSeljeseth......................................TheAbsoluteManiac
  67. HansArildRunde...............................................Gladiator
  68.  
  69. ...andasfarasIhaveunderstood,afewotherpeoplejoined,too,but
  70. informationneverflowedproperlybetweenthemembers.Umpirelivedin
  71. Oslo.Zealot,GladiatorandTAMlivedinHerøy,butGladiatorquickly
  72. movedtoDrammentostudythereforayearbeforereturningtoHerøy.
  73. OrangeCrushlivedinStjørdal,TheExorcistinKristiansund,Lord
  74. HackBearlivedinØrstabutwasstudyinginMolde,andWizcatlivedin
  75. Sæbø,butwasstudyinginÅlesund.Toputitmildly,thegroupwasspread
  76. alloverNorway.
  77.    BothHackBearandWizregularlyloggedinonininternational
  78. networks,andsincetheyweregreatprogrammers,theyquicklydisappeared
  79. toDeltaForce.
  80.    OC'scomputerhadproblemsloadingsomepicturesZealotwantedhimto
  81. redraw,andhewasmostlyoccupiedwithRPGsanyway.
  82.    UmpireboughtanArchimedes,andstartedworkingonthatoneinstead,
  83. leavingtheSTbehindonashelf.
  84.    TheAbsoluteManiacstartedplayingasguitaristinalocalHMband.
  85.    Andoftheknown"survivors"ofthisexoduswereZealot,Gladiatorand
  86. theExorcist.LittleisknownofwhattheExorcistisdoingrightnow,
  87. duetolackofcommunication.Andpractically,O.U.C.H.isnomore.
  88.    Theoretically,however,theseguysmakeafewthingstogether-like
  89. theirnewestproduction"Vassvittig".However,thiswillprobablybethe
  90. lastO.U.C.H.production...é(butthenagain,whoknowswhattheywillbe
  91. inspiredtodointhefuture...?)Ç
  92.  
  93. However,duringtheperiodwhenO.U.C.H.becameknowntoSTNews,apart
  94. ofO.U.C.H.decidedtomakevideos.ThispartofO.U.C.H.isknownas
  95. O.U.C.H.home-vid'productions.FounderwasZealot,andhisbrother,
  96. Jardar,followedon,togetherwithGladiator.Thesethreearenowthe
  97. hardcoreofO.U.C.H.home-vid'(Yes,O.U.C.H.home-vid'isstillalive).
  98. O.U.C.H.home-vid'hasreleasedthefollowingproducts:
  99.  
  100. O.U.C.H.home-vid'I é(personalhome-vid'toSTNews)Ç
  101. O.U.C.H.home-vid'IIé(anotherhome-vid'toSTNews)Ç
  102. Juleballet1990atUVSé(recordingoftheannualballatUVS)Ç
  103. Åfferdea?é(recordingofthedramagroupofUVS,spring1991)Ç
  104. RadioHerøyA.L.é(advertisementvideoforthelocalradiostation)Ç
  105. Juleballet1991atUVSé(recordingoftheannualballatUVS)Ç
  106. UnderByensGateré(thedramagroupofUVS,spring1992)Ç
  107.  
  108. Sooncoming...O.U.C.H.home-vid'III
  109.  
  110. Availableonaudiotapeforacertainamountofmoney,O.U.C.H.home-vid'
  111. soundtrack.Thisisallthe(best)musicfromhome-vid'IandII.
  112.  
  113. IfyouhaveanyquestionsonO.U.C.H.,O.U.C.H.home-vid'oranything
  114. mentionedinthisarticle,writeSCR,asweareindirectconnectionwith
  115. thegroup.(Tobeexact,50%ofusarefromO.U.C.H.)
  116.  
  117. And,ohyea!"Vassvittig"ispresentinthefeaturesfolderofthisvery
  118. issue'n'volumeofScribaCommunisResponsi!Checkitout,man(andsenda
  119. donation.It'sshareware...)
  120.