b3tArrogancy and the VIStKalfthpf2s2c08 ARROGANCY AND THE VIS f1c10 by Kalf/Absolute! c09In an interview in c10Showtime#6c09, c10The Ripper/Artwork c09writes that the VIS can be arrogant because they are good at doing a particular Scene job and they have talent and experience. Now what does VIS mean? "Very Important Sceners" are those Scene guys who are very influential in the Scene! They are important for many different things. They make good graphics, mods, demos. But not only them. Sometimes editors and swappers can also be VIS. f2c08 HISTORICAL CONSIDERATIONS f1c09In c10Generation c09I read that the word VIS was invented by c10Mopc09. This is not true. As far as I know, and as far as I remember and read, the word VIS was started by c10Macno c09in c10Abnormaliac09. In this same great diskmag, there is also the origin of the word "Scener". c10(comment ed: Macno and Parsec invented the term, but Mop seems to be the first one to publish it in an article) c10Macno c09invented the words Scener and VIS on his own, and therefore I can say that (for me at least), c10Macno c09is the first Scener (maybe like Adam!) and also VIS! What c10Macno c09didn't think of, is maybe that the VIS is also always considered to be very f2arrogantf1. But this seemingly is only happening to people who make diskmags (like c10Astroc09, c10Mopc09, c10Fishwavec09, c10Lord Helmetc09, c10The Ripper c09who are always brought to our eyes as very arrogant) and to some coders like c10Offa/TBL c09and c10Jamie/Essencec09. f2c08 BACK TO RIPPER f1c09I don't agree with c10The Ripper c09who says that because one is good at making something for the Scene he can be arrogant. And I also don't agree that the known artists of the Scene are arrogant because someone tells me that they are! So after all, VIS are f2not f1necessarily arrogant, and they have no right to be arrogant just because they are known by everyone or are skilled. After all this, I ask you, who is really a VIS? Is it only a person who is in the charts or a person who is arrogant and automatically becomes a VIS? Guys like c10Big Rat/Ethicc09, c10Cyclone/Abyssc09, c10Curt Cool/Depthc09, c10Zefir/Floppyc09, c10Dave/Freezersc09, c10Klod/Nah- Kolor c09and many, many more (this means that I cannot remember more names right now) are not always seen in any charts, but in my eyes they are VIS. But since I don't read many articles about how arrogant they are, c08they are not arrogant! c09I think that there is some injustice going around in the Scene. Some main editors want to make me see certain guys as arrogant, with the excuse of the VIS. In some articles I often read that editors try to catch more Scene people on their side with the excuse of the "non-VIS". Well this is really f2sadf1! I think that everyone can see that these main editors are just using these two words "VIS" and "non-VIS" to make who they want appear as good (people who support their diskmags) or bad (the competitors of the other diskmags). But you are not going to fake my vision, and I have understood the big game! I really sympathise with people like c10Astroc09, c10Lord Helmetc09, c10Puh c09and c10Mop c09who are always associated with bad things. I think that the real evils are the guys who take so much time to let me know how these known main editors are bad! This f4c08"only black and bad" f1c09and f4c08"he is my friend and therefore he is white and good" f1c09is becoming a very bad habit in the small Amiga Scene. And this f4c08"I write shit texts against him for my fun and because he is in the charts and me not" f1c09is even worse. I think that the most terrible guys out there are not the f4c08"arrogant VIS" f1c09but maybe these people who write nice letters and always want to look nice no matter what you say, and on your back they spread a lot of lies, and because I want to be their friend and want to look cool in their eyes, I agree with them (hi, c10Speedy!c09). This is a bit of hypocrisy. f2c08 SUMMING UP f1c09It is f2ok f1that people use the word VIS (in the context that I will explain lateron), but it is f2not ok f1to use the word NON-VIS. Because this is just the same like when there was the f2elite f1and the f2lamersf1! Now I don't blame anyone about these two words (elite and lamer) because these were used by the first guys in the Scene, and they have f2borrowed f1them from the street-talks! In my eyes, c08every guy in the Scene is a VISc09, because everyone is important in a different way. VIS has become a so-common word that it is just like saying Scener, but since VIS is three letters short, it's faster to use VIS instead of Scener! Now I know that I will get some replies after this text. In my heart I know that I didn't write it to cause some reaction for my personal fun, and to attack any guy. But this anti-VIS is a bit of a no sense (hi, c10Notec09), because everyone is a VIS in the eyes of someone else, and therefore all this is becoming very f2anti f1Scenic.