in this issue we got some real kewl interviews with: SCORP of hitmen, xentrix of BEYOND FORCE and ZORIS of the force/air design Ö: hey guys, please tell me your real name and your actual age. s: okay, my real name is yuri zagt, which is rather unusual in holland and i'm 16 years of age. x: ok it's as follows: petri voutilainen and i'm 16 years. z: my real name is daniele raggi and i'm 20 glorious years. Ö: what's your job in your group? s: i'm doing alot of things, i'm a elite swapper, doing some graphics, helps with vinews and some public relations. x: i'm a coder and i swap abit. z: well, i do most of the real graphics in my group. once upon a time i swapped aswell, but i was too lame and everybody dropped me! Ö: how many groups have you been in, and what's their name? s: to be honest, i'm not such a 'group hopper'. in the past i and duck-d built up a group called ACID HOUSE. boy, i was lame in those days. after that we joined tfc(foxfire crew) which was really fun! later we joined MANOWAR. later we built up ruthless, and now HITMEN. x: hmmm... let's see. actually i've been in 4 groups. the first two were so lame that there's nothing to talk about them. anyway, their names were, PPC and SKYSCRAPER. after that i was a half year in knickers. later i joined death sector. after some months i got an offer to join beyond force, and so i did. z: my first group was DEMONS, a real nice group built by my brother, zagor and gi909. it was sometime in 1989. then in march 1990, danny/the force gave us the offer to join,and so we did. nowadays i'm also in the grafix label called, AIR DESIGN. Ö: how many members are there in your group? z: the force consists of: ITALY: me, zagor, gi909, gabriel ximox and el dio. ISRAEL: danny, nir p, g shavitt, ronny and some other cool dudes in the same country. we also got some kewl australia dudes. Ö: when did you buy your 64? s: yee, i forgot. i got it on my birthday a long time ago. x: i bought my first 64 about 6-7 years ago and since then it has been my only one. z: i think people never care, but it was back in 1985. Ö: when did you become famous? s: i think it all started when i was in manowar, but even more when i was in ruthless. z: i'm still waiting. people think that italy is a land of lameness, and i must say that they are 100 percent right! Ö: what's your future plans? s: i wish i could answer that, because then my schoolteacher wouldn't shout my head off. i would like to earn some money with the 64 too. x: to finish my liker+packer, learn better to play my guitar, visit all kind of parties plus other shit. z: now i'm working on a game, and in the future.... well, only god knows! Ö: who are your BEST pals in the computer scene? s: ofcourse all in hitmen, all in the old ruthless, all my contacts and some guys i want to name are guys in: crest, silicon ltd, trc, manowar, origo, x-ray, gp, i+t and ofcourse you! x: all the beyonders and my contacts i guess.... z: all forcers, tat, ruler, bct, arm, you morpheus and your nice little dog. Ö: who is the best graphixer, musican and coder? s: kjer, flamingo and ses as coders. bizzmo, crept, scrap and thunder as graphixers and as musican(s), audial arts. x: mario van zeist as coder. arthur van dole as an graphixer. and about the musicans: there's so many good i can't decide. z: flamingo as the best coder. as the best graphixer i like redstar and ranger of steel is a good musican. Ö: how many hours a day do you spend infront of your computer? s: well, atleast one hour but mostly more. x: not so much nowadays. it also depends if it's holidays, week'd or something else. z: less than 2-3 hours aday. Ö: what do you think about the scene these days? s: as far as i'm concerned, it's rather cool, but i think some guys is a little bit lazy. x: as many guys have said, it's going down and i sure agree. nowadays alot of groups are moving over to the amiga. z: i like the scene. amiga can't to anything against the old 64. Ö: what do you think about cracking then? s: it's fine as long as there's some good games. x: i don't have any particular stand to this because i just don't care about cracking any- more. they can do it as long as they want to. but i think theres not so much to crack these days. z: i don't like it, and i don't hate it. Ö: what do you think about the (L)amiga? s: it's great to play games on it. the amiga itself has never heard of a decent scene. x: as i said before, many people are moving to amiga. sure amiga has got great music capasibility but i'm bored to demos that i've seen. usual vectors and stuff. when i'm going to stop on the 64 i'll maybe buy something bigger like an amiga. time will show. z: good to play kick off on, but nothing else. Ö: are your group going to do a disc magazine? x: haha... when this kind of a question refers to beyond force i can assure you that there's only one answer. and that means NO WAY! the reason is that there is too much mags allready. z: nooooo... stop those mags! Ö: in your opinion, which is the BEST disc magazine right now? s: i guess it's mamba, and the reason is that mamba have been in the scene for a long time and it includes alot of text too. x: well, well... i'm not sure about this as i said in the previous question there's much mags and i guess i haven't seen very much of those mags lately. anyway, i like mamba, corruption remark and hotshot very much. z: i say HOTSHOT (only to lick). Ö: what do you like our magazine hotshot then? s: i'm very pleased to get it each month and i really think it belongs to the top 5! x: i like hotshot very much... and fuck you all who thinks that i only says this to lick ass... no way, i just say how it is and i surley don't care what others say. z: hotshot is hotshot... Ö: please describe a lamer. x: a lamer is a person who don't have sense of humour. he takes everything to seriously like there wouldn't be anything else to do. also he can be a ripper of some kind. z: no doubt. wildcat of ics! Ö: do you often goes to these fame copy parties? s: yes, a matter of fact i do. i used to go to venlo every month and i also were at our party with silicon ltd. x: i try to. i just came home from the hz-party so what the heck... parties is fun! z: not so often because italy is a bit outside from the party scene,but i couldn't have missed the hz party... Ö: do you have any idols in the scene? s: no,not really !if i see some- one doing some real cool grafix i think: i could have done that too, but i hate to work on a logo for so long. x:yes, i admire people(coders) like galleon, mario van zeist, etc. mario is very talented coder and able to invent genius systems like hawkeye! i also admire galleon for all his fame packers. z: no, i have not. i leave the idols to the children. Ö: do you want to change some- thing in the scene? s: yes, kick all the guys/groups which think they have something to say about other groups. x: yeah, seeing the scene going up again would be nice. nothing else. no no! stop all wars! z: yeah, wildcat/ics face with a real sledgehammer. Ö: what are you doing in your sparetime? s: going out with my friends, doing some KARATE and doing some swapping and i also grab the phone for some hours. x: i play some eletric guitar and i code! in the summer i do train myself with my friend by running. z: i like to play football and basketball. Ö: do you have a girlfriend? s: yes, and a damn good one too. she's 19 years, and she's hot! x: no not actually, but let's say that there's one person very close to me(ahhhh!). z: no, i haven't. Ö: what's your favourite: food, movie, country, magazine, game, music group, sport and animal? s: shoarma, junkfood and others. die harder, naked gun. holland my schoolbooks? super cars, hotrod, creatures nwa, paris ghetto boys, cpo. karate pussies x: rice and steak bad taste, total recall finland tie teen kwalehti, gorezone emilyn hughes int. soccer entombed, dismember non special sport no, no dog. i say a PIG! z: pizza total recall italy hotshot! tetris alan parsons project football eagle Ö: what makes you happy/angry? s: nightparties in amsterdam with booze, girls, graffity and freaking makes me happy. and mega industries makes me mad for still writing lies about me. x: happy: getting stoned, cool stuff, good looking girls, good food, good music, finishing a good demo and splatter. angry: no sense of humour, flat tyres, bubble butts, bad marks, mandolin, smelling socks, fairy tales, sundays, breams. z: my friends makes me happy and wildcat/ics makes me MAD! Ö: name three things you'd bring with you on a desert island. s: a helicopter, my girlfriend & a trunk loaded with anti-kids stuff like condoms etc. x: a girl, electron microscope and tons of food. z: a girl, c64 and an eletric powerstation. Ö: thanks guys,it was nice to do these interviews with you. do you want to say something to the public? s: stop all those mags that compares real life with computer life by having a section called something like WAR IN THE GULF. i really laugh about these mags. x: yes, sure... get up our lazy ass, before you'll left your whole life slip away. have fun in your life. finally a thanks to moz(ic)art and to hotshot for making this interview which made me happy! see ya.... z: yeah, why are you reading this when you can be outside, fucking and fucking?