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-Now for a interview with everyone's favorite buttmonkey...Necromancer.


[1mIRC log started Sat Nov  1 06:52[0m
[1m.x%> topic change on #vinylkingz by pariahFAT : INTERVIEWING THAT PIMP NECROM[0m
[1m*** Inviting nMANCEr to channel #vinylkingz[0m
[1m.x%> nMANCEr (necrom@*vip.best.com) has joined channel #vinylkingz[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) SUP SUP[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) The bomb, yo.[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) h3Y h3Y h3Y[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Godfersnorkencrackleboy, you're not typing.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Hi![0m
[1m(nMANCEr) My name's Billy! I like candy![0m
[1m(pariahFAT) okay.. ready?[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) hehe[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) I'm listening to cool music.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Shewe.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Er.. shewr.[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) Let's start with the basic stuff. For those that might not know,[0m
[1m            say who you are, current position in the ascii scene, etc..[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Hi.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) I'm Mark, aka Necromancer.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) I have gas.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Position?[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Shit magnet.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Along with founder of Remorse Ascii.[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) hehe[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) And Coordinator of ACiD Ascii, which is Remorse.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) So it's the same thing![0m
[1m(nMANCEr) WHOA![0m
[1m(pariahFAT) That's always confused me..[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) hahahaha[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Yeah, me too. ;)[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) But hey, I'm smooth like ice, so I just let it flow.[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) hehe[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Black Jack is a monkeybutt, he's trying to call me. But wait! I'm[0m
[1m          on IRC! SILLY BOY![0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Phear my Haujobb music.[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) Anyway, what would you say is the hardest thing that comes with[0m
[1m            coordinating a successful group such as Remorse?[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Motivation.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Plain and simple.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Skill can be attained, but motivation comes from within, or from a[0m
[1m          complete lack of a life.[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) true..[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) So .. if you have no motivation to draw, then you don't. But if you[0m
[1m          suck at drawing, and you keep drawing more, you'll eventually get[0m
[1m          better.[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) Talking about getting better.. how did you start out in the ascii[0m
[1m            scene?[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) As pure shit.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) hah![0m
[1m(nMANCEr) The ascii scene? I dunno.. I started by fucking around with ascii[0m
[1m          back around 1990.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) I don't remember what caused me to do it.. but I did it. ;)[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) And I stopped for a while, because I didn't feel I was getting[0m
[1m          anywhere, so I picked up TombStone Artist and started drawing[0m
[1m          RIPScript art.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) But as for RIP art, I stopped that shit, because I didn't have a[0m
[1m          place to release it.. and took up ascii again.[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) How was the scene back then? Most people were playing with their[0m
[1m              Nintendos back then.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) I liked that shit.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Nah.. most younger people were playing with their NES's..[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) The older folk like Sharp, Midnight Sorrow, The Toyman, CyberKid..[0m
[1m          they all ran BBSs.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) (The Dark Society, Infinite Darkness, Elusive Dream, 2112, etc)[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) ahh..[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) I've heard a lot about The Dark Society[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) Anyway, you told me this awhile ago but for those that don't know[0m
[1m            how did you meet up with RaD Man?[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) How did I meet the RaD Mango?[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Jeez, um.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) The first time I'd even heard from his was..[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Fuck.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Oh yeah![0m
[1m(pariahFAT) hehe.. Necrom's getting senile[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Back in '93 or so, he emailed me on The Dark Society because he[0m
[1m          thought I was The Necromancer that was in iCE.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) I told him he was a 'fucking fruitcake' and to 'kindly piss off'.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) And we hit it off from there.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) :)[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) haha[0m
[1mEditors note - for about 10 minutes we discussed the #ascii takeover and[0m
[1m               74-why.txt and sar-74.txt.[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) Anyway, can we get back to the interview?[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Of course.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) :)[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) After you first met rad man on the dark society how long did it take            for you to convince him to start acid!ascii?[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Oh, it wasn't me that convinced him.[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) Oh.. who was it?[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Christopher Robin..[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) See, hold up a minute.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) When I founded Remorse with Necronite in 1994,[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) we wanted it to be a standalone ascii group.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Which it was..[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Then after we gained some ACiD artists such as Beastie, Terminator2,[0m
[1m          and Lord Jazz,[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) we came up with the idea of trying to get Raddo to let it be the[0m
[1m          ascii division.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) At that time, RaD Man felt that ascii had no place in the ACiD packs,[0m
[1m          and declined our offer.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) But a couple of months after Remorse died in May of 1995, Christopher[0m
[1m          Robin (An ex-Remorse member) convinced RaD Man to let it happen.[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) ahhh..[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) When I came back to the scene with Remorse dead, Trank alive and[0m
[1m          ACiD Ascii alive,[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) (In 1996, around February)[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Rad Man asked me to run the ascii division because Christopher Robin[0m
[1m          had given it to kHz, who wasn't doing jack shit.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) So, I thought about it,[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) and in June or 1996 (around there, maybe a couple months before) I[0m
[1m          started running the ascii division.[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) okay.. I get it now[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) And then Asciid kept going until january when you merged with[0m
[1m            Trank, right?[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Actually.. in late October, Whod and I started talking about Trank[0m
[1m          dying.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Then in November, we merged Trank and ACiD Ascii together, and put[0m
[1m          out RMRS-21.ZIP in December of '96.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) We decided that RMRS-21.ZIP was not elite, so we recalled it, and[0m
[1m          put it out again as RMRS-06.ZIP. ;)[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) I remember now..[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Yar.[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) btw, why was Trank dying? I remember Whod giving it to anyone who[0m
[1m            wanted it (including myself, for about 24 hours) in #ansi[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) It was dying for the same reason that ACiD no longer has an ansi[0m
[1m          division -- lack of motivation.[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) Oh..[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) That brings us up to now.. Asciid/Remorse/Trank combined have the[0m
[1m            most experience in the ascii scene. If you had to name one person[0m
[1m            who's helped you out the most through it all who would that be?[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Through it ALL?[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Shit dude.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Initially, Necronite, of course. He founded that shit with me.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) But overall.. Whodini. Hands down.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) I mean.. I tend to do it all on my own, but he always wanted to help[0m
[1m          out. Most of the time, I just took all of the responsibility on myself(pariahFAT) Talking about responsibility, who's the new senior staffer in[0m
[1m            Remorse?[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) There are a few.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) heh[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) The Upright Man and Megga Hertz is back for the SS.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) TUM showed a lot of interest in recruiting and whatnot.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) And mHz just wants to regulate.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) :)[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) hehe[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) What happened to the infamous Megga Hertz? I thought he was dead.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) He took a break.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) I asked him about that... and he responded:[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) "I was around."[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) heh[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Speaking of which, why are all you guys up so early?[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) It's like .. 7:40AM.[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) It's 10am here..[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Oh. That's right. Silly me.[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) Since maintaining a successful group requires a certain amount of[0m
[1m            envisioning what do you think is going to happen in the next year[0m
[1m            or so in the ascii scene?[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Well. Let's see.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) I feel that there will be fewer familiar faces in #ascii..[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) and ..[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) that there will be fewer "big name" groups out there. Mainly small[0m
[1m          start-up local groups.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Essentially, the ascii scene is winding down.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Our world is becoming less and less populated and etertaining.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) So it will eventually die.[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) Eek.. that's not a good thing[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) but the local group thing is already a trend in the ansi scene[0m
[1m            (Root, Glue, Maestro's group, etc..)[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Maestro's running a group now?[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) Yeah.. with Toons Xillion. They quit twilight to start it[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Gay. Remind me to beat Maestro when I see him next.[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) hehe[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) What's your opinion towards the other competitive groups currently[0m
[1m            around? (Homo, Kwest, Odelay, Spies, etc..)[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) I don't pay attention to them. If I did, I wouldn't get anything[0m
[1m          done. *shrug*[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Even Homo.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) And I've never even heard of Spies.[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) hehe[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) The only competition I ever payed attention to was KTS back in '94[0m

[1m(nMANCEr) I don't normally download packs..[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) I can barely find the time to get myself on IRC and try to motivate[0m
[1m          Remorse members, so paying attention to the competition is just.. not[0m
[1m          going to happen. ;)[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) Okay, closing things up now.. any last things you'd like to say or[0m
[1m            people you'd like to greet?[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Um.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Things I'd like to say:[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) If you're just starting ascii, keep practicing. You'll get better.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) People to greet:[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) All of Remorse, OF COURSE,[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) and that's it.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) I feel no need to greet anyone else. :)[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) okay.. well, it's been fun interviewing you.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Sorry.[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) I'll try to be less entertaining next time, ok?[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) haha[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) I gotta get to sleep, dude. I'm so tired. ;)[0m
[1m(pariahFAT) aieght.. lates[0m
[1m(nMANCEr) Later monkeybutt.[0m
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