ACNews #09 22 июня 2002

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Press Release - interview Quasar'a "Spectrum finally exhausted, degenerating into something amorphous, the very existence and whose name is only supported virtually ".

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from Quasar:

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 From: Alexander Seleznev 2:452 / 54 22 Jun 02 13:56:15
 To: Dima Bystrov 2:5029 / 35.26 Jun 23, 2002 1:53:18
 Subj: hello



    Hi, Dima!

 Somehow, Dima Bystrov wrote Alexander Seleznev:

 DB> How's the Polesie? ;)


     The project is frozen for an indefinite period. Language 
does not turn to say "forever". Let it be "better times", 
according to At least, not so painful. Links to me was not just 
a product of creativity. It's like losing your child ... 

     Although I am glad that someone else is interested. So 
it's not for nothing has worked ...:) 


     Reasons that prompted me to stop publication of a 
newspaper, a lot. Not the least of them was the realization 
futility of the platform Zx-Spectrum, no matter how painful to 
admit it. In addition, new Work is entirely related to the PC 
(despite the fact that I am a biologist by training), left 
little free time. Here added breaking my Spectrum (the last two 
years I have sat exclusively in the emulator), narrowing the 
information field, because exodus Gomel user platform. Few

knows that at the time of issue 18 of "Polesie" live 
spektrumistov Gomel almost no (except for 4-5 people, the main 
activity of which was a joint drinking vodka). Writing was not 
about anything, with the role of herald local news excels at 
"leaf". 

     The final decision to freeze the paper I have matured 
after visiting the CC01. What I saw at the party, only 
confirmed thought that the Spectrum finally exhausted, 
degenerating into something amorphous, the very existence and 
whose name is only supported virtually no more. Each for 
himself is free to determine beginning of the end. In my 
opinion, the final collapse came after the failure of Fame 
Mednonogova complete "black raven-2. With this game very many, 
if not the vast majority of high hopes, the ability to breathe 
new life into the Spectrum, to attract young blood. Dream "and 
we have our StarCraft", was ruthlessly rastoptannoy.Imenno then 
began the mass exodus of recent users. And they were followed 
by Harder, traders, those who All this time, somehow managed to 
feed on the offspring of Sir Clive. More enterprising and 
unscrupulous dumped long ago realized the futility of this 
platform. 

     By the way, by chance it happened or not, but almost 
simultaneously with "Polesie" stopped out many other 
publications. For example, Lviv "Optron" Samara "BornDead", our 
Belarusian "Echo", etc. Why did it happen? Apparently the 
authors saw what I saw. Of course, one can not discount 
Accounts just tired, lazy, pofigizm, switching to another form 
activities. Everyone can name their own reasons, but for the 
most part, it's just cause ...



     Let us ask ourselves the question: "Do we need a general, 
now Spectrum numerous electronic edition?" Someone quickly 
answered, "Yes!" And will be wrong. Let us recall the 1995-1996 
year, when Spectrum experienced its second birth, and the 
information field have been all-but Inforkom with its 
ZX-Review, yes spectrophone (the latter I still think the best 
electronic magazine). And everyone was happy, all missing 
information. Letters to the Editor Inforkoma Stepan and flowed 
a river. Remember, with which we opened a sinking for 
themselves, each new room and peruse these barely visible lines 
of small print, so even on a bad monitor. Nektotorye Articles 
and phrases from the then periodicals I personally remember by 
heart. Look at what is happening now. The content of the 
so-called "newspapers" like the contents of a slop pail. 
Endless debate and obsasyvaniya A pachimu Crutes sceners women 
do not give? "," Who how many hours on pointovke drunk than 
belched, "the rules of endless festivals (read more 
pointovok-buhalok) in the successful conduct of which they do 
not believe even their authors ... feedback from readers there 
is little, she did not need at such a presentation of the 
material. What can an ordinary programmer to think from the 
outside, Intrigued by the enigmatic phrase "Speccy - Rulez!" in 
a tirlayne companion and sent to zx.da.ru, where his services 
all of the above. He just decides for himself in the best case 
that spektrumisty - a gathering of unsound mind, drunken 
impotent. A Spectrum - their tool for self-satisfaction.



    I'm leading up to the fact that one normal edition in the 
current environment for Spectrum is much better than a dozen 
like these flawed. Good edition is still out, though very 
rarely. It is therefore not worry that "Polesie" zagnulos.Svoyu 
task at a time it had complied. Now let keep younger, less 
pessimistic, but at least we fans ZX. Unite create. Perhaps you 
can do much more than us. 


     I continue to follow the life of Zx-Spectrum, I read both 
fidokonferentsii and all made on the Speccy periodicals. At 
work the table of my third stump is icon Unreal Emulator, next 
to AY-Player with an impressive playlist. Nearly eight years 
devoted This hobby impact. But do creative work on this 
platform, I'm hardly going to continue. 


    I wish all the remaining Speccy fan of healthy optimism
neostyvayuschih and creative impulses.:) God be with you the 
spirit of the great Sir Clive Sinclair. 


    Quasar.

ps: post can go anywhere without restriction, published in
any publications.


    C Regards, Quasar.

--- Speccy Forever!



    I can with my hand just to add -

    No matter what electronic newspapers were closed often 
enough and uniformly throughout the history of their existence. 
And it is not in that really does not care about StarCraft 
spektrumistu with which he, incidentally, has never 
encountered. You can even forget that Spectrum and the 
Internet, their culture and people are actually slightly 
svazany among themselves. Here filosofiya.Chelovek sees what he 
wants see. Facts are fitted to the point of view.