\P2\C2\LN\LF\CT\F6\C3INTERVIEW WITH LAXITY OF KEFRENS\C2\LF\LN\LF\F8\FU\C1\F4Laxity was the main coder behind the production "Guardian Dragon II".
Certainly one of the Best demos this year. The demo scored very high
on it's original design. The drawback of this demo was the compatibility.\LF\LF

\F8\C3First RAW must congratulate you with the "comeback" of Kefrens. It seems like
the power of the almighty god Kefren will last forever. Do you really believe
that this god Kefren exists?\LF\LF

\C2Hmm... Well, personally I am not the religious type. However, I think that
one should keep an open mind to every possible solution to the question of
us being here. If you consider the three physical dimensions with time as the
fourth, you will realize that we constantly move forward on this fourth axis.
My theory is that nothing in this universe has the velocity of zero. We can
conclude from this that someday, it might be possible to travel back in time,
but time can never stand still.  I do not know if any other members of Kefrens
believe in our \C1"lord",\C2 but I think I can honestly say that it is mainly a
trademark.\LF\LF


\C3In your demo "Guardian Dragon 2" you used a lot of time to design the
demo. You made terrific links between the different parts. How important
do you think the design of a demo is?\LF\LF

\C2The design is \BFTHE\NM most important thing, certainly. I think we have a lot of
examples at the scene of \C1very skilled coders\C2 who doesn't know a shit about
design! Some years back you could win a democompetition easily if you just
had some good code. But that has changed, and I think we all know who made
this change a fact! However, if you want to improve your designing skills
you should try to examine a lot of musicvideos, trailers, whole films etc.
(believe me, I HAVE!)\LF\LF

\C3You maybe know that your demo doesn't work with 1-2 megabyte chipmem. It 
bugs up with faster processors and you can't use df1: for the second disk. 
Isn't compatibility important for you?\LF\LF

\C2Oh-oh! I have waited for this remark with fear. I know the demo is \C1VERY
\C2incompatible (due to lack of time), and I will surely try to make my next
demo run on as many comps as possible. However, the part with the faster
processors I will ignore, since this is out of the purpose with my demoes.\LF\LF

\C3At the Hurricane party there was promised HIGH prizes. But as RAW understand
they didn't pay the winners at all. If you had been aware of this, would you
have released the demo at this party?\LF\LF

\C2First of all, I want to say that I feel sorry for Hurripain. Everyone seems
to rub their faces in the dirt and call them nicknames. However, I do think
that the whole party ran \C1COMPLETELY\C2 out of control, and that it was \BFVERY
\NMbad arranged. But I do not know if we had released the demo if this stood
clear to us before.\LF\LF

\C3In your demo you had a vector land, But don't you think it's silly to put
pyramids in the town?\LF\LF

\C2Why?!? I mean, suppose that these pyramids contained all energy and powersupply
for the entire city? Or what about food storage or a cemetary? Anyway, Vention
did the main design, and therefore also the pyramid, so ask him.\LF\LF


\C3Which effect in Guardian Dragon 2 is the most revolutionary, and why?\LF\LF
\C2Hmm... It would probably have to be the \C1chessmapped balls...\C2 I do not know.
I mean, when I made the GD2-demo I mainly thought of the design and the looks
of each part, I did not actually want to break any records. I guess I mainly
wanted to show the importance of a good design and story.\LF\LF

\C3When I see a good demo, I am always curious to hear what the coder has
done before. Could you please tell us which demos you have coded?\LF\LF

\C2Well, I am not too proud, I must say. I actually only have two other previous
demoes, and I personally don't really like them. The first (GD1) was probably
mainly popular because of the fact that it announced our reopening of the
forces. And \C1EGREGIOUS\C2 (that IS how it is spelled!) was so lousy designed that..
Well, we HAD to release GD2 in order to compensate for this.\LF\LF


\C3RAW knows that there has been a dispute between Kefrens and Melon Dezign.
What happened?\LF\LF

\C2Well, I think most of the readers have seen the \C1HADTRO\C2 from Melon Debil.
I liked it all, except the dragon, but what can you expect from Seen the Mean,
right? After all, he is only jealous because it was not him, who recreated
the forces, and because he cannot cum in front of other people. I hear there
is going to be a new Hadtro from Mellow Divine, something like "New Kefrens On
The Block", right?  Well, I just think that Malowne Desire should quit the
demoscene and start making HADTROs for a living, as they are MUCH better at
that!!! \C1(they are good at copying things and making them uglier!)\LF\LF

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