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ÌÉ  INTERVIEW WITH THE NEW EUROCHART
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ËÉThe  NEW  Eurochart will be released
at  the  Hurricane party in Denmark.
ÌRAW Ë talked  a  bit  with  the  main
editor   of   the   NEW   Eurochart,
Estrup/Static  Bytes,  to hear which
thoughts he had about it!

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ÈWhy  did you continue the Eurochart?
Are you so fond of counting votes?

ÉI guess we missed the Eurochart like
everybody  (?)  else,  and as it, at
that  time,  didn't  seem  like some
other  group  would  take  over  the
charts,   we   decided   to  try  to
continue this legend.

ÈYou  sent  a letter to the Eurochart
staff?    Got   no  answer,  because
Crusaders  was  too  lazy  to  write
back.    Don't   you   think,   that
Crusaders    could    handle    this
situation a lot better?

ÉI  wouldn't  say, they were lazy.  I
imagine,  that they got letters like
ours  from several other groups, and
a  bit  of  time to decide is always
OK.   Well,  maybe  it  took  them a
little too long to let us know!

ÈSince  Kefrens  are  more known than
Static  Bytes,  will Static Bytes do
all the work and Kefrens get all the
fame?

ÉWell,  at  this  point,  I'd like to
make  a little "statement":  The New
Kefrens  have decided to back out of
the    Eurochart-production.    They
decided,  that it wasn't such a good
idea  after all (maybe they disliked
the  fact, that then people couldn't
vote  for them anymore?), but let me
make  it perfectly clear, that there
are    no   hostilities   whatsoever
between  Static  Bytes  and  The New
Kefrens,   so  don't  start  drawing
"war"-    conclusions   from   this.
Furthermore,  I'd  like to say, that
this  will  NOT delay the release of
issue   15.    Issue   15  will,  as
planned,    be   released   at   the
Hurricane  party  in Samso, Denmark,
in  the  end  of  June.  Considering
this,   I  think  your  question  is
irrelevant...

ÈWill  your  Eurochart be better than
the previous one?

ÉWhat  a question?  Do you want me to
write:    YES,  it'll  be  10  times
better???   We'll  do our very best,
so   just   wait   and   judge   for
yourselves.

ÈWill  you change Eurochart?  Or just
copy the old Standard Eurochart set?

ÉThe  first  issue  will be VERY much
like  issue  14, only the categories
are  changed  a  bit:   "Best  intro
group"  is  gone, and "Best Utility"
is  back.   The  reason for this is,
that today it's impossible to decide
what's  an  intro  and what's a demo
(not  to  mention  dentros,  mintros
etc.!),  and  we  think,  that "Best
Utility"  is  a very relevant chart.
In later issues, we might change the
design  a  bit,  but we'll see about
that.   Also,  I'd  like  to see the
news-section just a bit sorted, e.g.
in             group/handle-changes,
release-news,    hardware-news.    I
think,  most news-sections today are
a total mess.

ÈIn  opposite  to Crusaders, you have
competitors?  What do you think of

Êa) Nordic Scene Report?

ÉA lot of work seem to be behind this
chart.   In  general,  I  think it's
nice  (especially the picture of the

drunk Norwegian girl in issue 2.  If
anybody  has  got her number, PLEASE
let  me  know!) This is definitely a
mag  worth  watching  out for in the
future.


Êb) World Chart?

ÉI've  only  seen  one issue of this,
and  a  very  long time ago.  It was
just  a  nice picture with some text
on  top  of  it.   Not  very nice, I
think,  but perhaps they've improved
it   later  on,  I  never  saw  more
issues.

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