TITLE:Wanna know what is "In" these days? Your fault... PALETTE:0223 067a 0799 0ab7 3 THE ULTIMATE TREND-LIST For the first time, 2THE MARVELLOUS(!) LUNATICS BALL1-Trendsearching institute has opened the doors to its archives to present this one to you. It's the first and ultimate (for now) list about all toppers and hoppers, risers and downers, splashes and coitus interuptus' of our beloved scene. From now on, there will no longer be an excuse if you are behaving like a pretty outsider as from now on, you are able to read and experience it yourself: What is in and what is not. Everytime one wants to depack an LHA-, LZX- or DMS-file, there are there, ennerving each of us. No one reads them, no one cares about them. They are unconvenient, embarrassing, boring and so obviously useless. So, 2ANSI-FILLED 2BOARD-ADVERTISEMENTS are 3MEGA-OUT2! They are handsome, they have their own strict set rules which are easy to understand. One may use the mouse or the keyboard. They follow all C= reglementations. One can have them for a short doc or a full book. A clear structure and their standardised database make them. 2AMIGA-GUIDES are 2definately 3IN2! We have heard them for - ah - let's say... since the PARTY II. They are boring and have no relevance anymore. 2I'm speaking about LONESTARR JOKES - and they are 3OUT2! AMIGA's with 68060 boards on 125 Mhz, 1 Gigabyte SCSI harddrive and 16 Mbyte RAM for 1000,-DM. This was what people expected, when C= were dead and rumours were spreading. Now we get the old 1200 for 800,-DM - still people talk about monster machines and ridiculous prices. Know what? 2SPREADING SHIT RUMOURS 1of that kind can only kill the AMIGA as the costumers will never get satisfied in any way. And therefore, it's 3OUT1! They make us dream to watch a movie, everyone can do them, they look great if they are done by pro's and identify the fool if they appear to be rubbish. They swallow a lot of space and the harddrive but every single byte can be worth it. 2ANIMATIONS are superbly 3IN2! They bore us since more than two years, everyone can do them and for the uninterested viewer, they look all the same. One waits for effects and gets something everyone does just to fill the disk. I am talking of 2ZOOMERS and 2ROTATORS - and they are absolutely 3OUT2! The internet is not new and also e-mail isn't more than a tool today. 2Braggery 2like: "I HAVE INTERNET ACCESS!" is ridiculous and therefore 3OUT2! Yepp... yes... I know... ok... if you think so... alright... yeah, sure... These are the noices you do a) when your mum wants you to clean your room and uses the opportunity to tell you about all your other failures and b) socalled allstar elites tell you about the GLORY OF THE PAST OF THE SCENE. Guess what? 2Possibility "b" is damned 3OUT2! Although I had to mention the early one, I now want to tell you that 2NOSTALGIC 2DEMOS from the very early days are absolutely hysterically 3IN2! Uploading, downloading, chartdocumentary of telephone-bills, fat men in front of their board all day, no time for a real chat, lamer hunt... 2MODEM-TRADERS are 2somewhat 3OUT2! Only few musical pearls from real AMIGA-MUSIC (like the tunes from ROMEO KNIGHT, JESTER, WALKMAN) are getting more and more rare. If you are one of the few still doing this very special kind of music on PROTRACKER, 2you are 3IN2! Having a talk-round, copying some stuff, discussing latest news, no costs really... 2UNIVERSITY NETS are damned 3IN2! Small pimpled dudes that bragg how much they can drink have ever been out. 2Grown ups bragging with having smoked hash 1(something every one seems to do) 2or 2having had a girl 1(duuuuh!) 2are equally 3OUT1! Waiting for the postman is cult. Writing envelopes from the mind and not from a utility is a good sign of friendship. Visiting contacts over the holidays or meeting at parties, knowing of all troubles and all fun from the other and exchanging experiences: 2HOLDING ANCIENT CONTACTS from 1991 or earlier is 3MEGA-IN2! Although often declared dead, 2relaxed designed demos with a good vibe are still 3IN2! Ehrm, well. I guess this is it for now. So, have a nice... and... also... well... then... Bye!