(c) Melted Snov, 11/21/1999
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| Di:Halt'99 as a mirror of life |
| on ZX-Spectrum |
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The parties are over. Big and ma-
lazy. Cool and shitty. Winter is just around the corner
and programmers of any level went to winter
hibernation Until spring, of course. The people are not
stopped coding, publishing magazines and everything
It was a bummer for everyone to do anything. A
why? "Who needs all this?" - they say
they. For the reasons for this I will try to
climb.
Di:Halt'99. The party that "shocked the world"
with its incompetence and unprofessional
lism. After it there was a split in the
lurking in the ranks of the spektrumists. Collapsed
#FOFF, BEAR /PP immediately after Di: Halt
fork that he throws the Spectrum and dumps it on
PC, done with ZX and the Heroes of project
Might and Magic throwing the computer halfway
ku and Black Angel/MHCG. Dark Lion /EI
foretold that he would not go to any more pa-
ty, except Assembly. But are the or-
Di:Halt organizers in the current conditions.
Hardly. People are leaving the Spectrum and
comes in droves. ZX modernization projects
remained on paper. That's allbecause
Spectrum has become a non-commercial computer.
Yes, if Di: Halt's organizers at the beginning
They greeted everyone, and at the end they
prizes, strictly adhered to the schedule
most likely the reviews would be positive
telny. But:
- there were few people - perhaps those who were
-these are those who still remain on the Spectrum.
The cream of society, those who can still
coding is more or less passable (Code Busters,
VAV, KSA and many others have long since left
whether to more promising and profitable boards
shapes).
- the equipment was bad - interesting
where can I get a good one, if for the Spectrum this time?
It's impossible to find anything for an hour.
- there were no prizes or other pomp -
this requires sponsors and a lot of money
, but if sponsors help, then
PC only. (There is only an option
local party with other platforms like
CC'99). By the way, money is spent on
Di:Halt's research was borrowed from NUTS and
have not yet been given.
- the party was a complete sux - those who are like that
They say they will never have their own party.
Yes, I, too, with the support of KSTA, EI and PXM
I could have organized a party and there would have been prizes
and a quality organization, but who would
I went to see her - THAT IS THE QUESTION!
And it’s no coincidence that it didn’t take place this year.
FUNTOP and countrydivided into many
small parties. The Spectrum is getting smaller. Since the year
97th when Inforcom was covered with the majority
Spectrumists have lost touch with society.
Society was divided into two camps - those
who learned to code and those who did not have time to earn
tee up to this level. The first, not wanting to share,
with their secrets they fenced themselves off from them
"wall of glory" (a typical example of this is
Digital Realty). Second or just quit
whether Spectrum or dumped on PC (as the most
cheap platform), where there is also an inter-
no and a lot of literature. (Also on Di: Halt I
got into a conversation with the guys from Cheboksary and
found that they tried in vain to establish connections
zi, but no one just wants to deal with them
pee).
The other day Demiurge Ash distributed an-
chum salmon, where it was required to indicate the top three
nyh authors (except Kovrov) on demes, games
frames, systems for 98-99 years. Honestly,
I'm sorry that many simply couldn't do anything
worthwhile and remember. Almost alone
Kovrov remained on the Spectrum - the best de-
We, games, are the largest manufacturer of electrical
tron editions. And why is it all massive?
hacking software by left ha-
ceramics, lack of income for the authors of the works.
This happened with Miracle#03 /Triumph, this
happened with "12 secret books" / Demiurge
Ash, which is why he refused the second part
do. Strong teamFatality decided
make games now for GAMEBOY. Slava Med-
Nonogov never completed the ChV-2. That's what he is
says himself: “The nasty hackers are to blame, not
give honest people peace of mind on the Spectrum
work - so we jumped that fate
CV2 is unknown now :~(... )
Something to think about...
But let's return to Di: Halt'99. As is known in
Only 34 people took part in the voting.
centuries, and half of them represented
their work and was an interested party
Noah. There was talk about the bias of the re-
results. Anything is possible. But how then
evaluate the results of CC.999.999 in this way
35 people voted, half of whom
which was also interested. But
this party was virtual and the money was for
there is no need to spend horns here. And that's the whole point
not whether it is CC or not. And the fact is that
Spectrum has moved into the category of purely stage
cars (such as Commodore or BK). And os-
a new mass of ordinary users simply
there are none left. These are the pies, dear sir,
Podin, M.M.A.
At the beginning of March, the results were summed up
virtual party "Millenium". Who doesn't know
this is a competition of high-quality music and graphics,
in the No Copy nomination there were also pure
original works. So, surprisingly
Everyone at this party voted as many as 109
man. No otherparty can't do this
boast. Participation in the voting was
we are like the inhabitants of our vast Motherland,
both near and far abroad. Posse-
I doubt the fairness of the vote
there is no need to bother. Surprised me right-
not this. When considering the participants of the
While losing I discovered the face from EI. This is it
I was surprised. And it all started with the fact that
from some electronic publications I learned
that there is a virtual party. I'm already re-
wanted to take part in it and went to get more
For more detailed information refer to ex-XFHG.
However, D-Man answered me that EI announced
boycott this party more detailed information
I won't get any macation. When I got my
channel provided all the necessary information
It appeared that the acceptance of work had already been completed. Pos-
The other day I came across a collection of works with
Millenium for virtual voting.
I asked again this time
Paracels will they take part?
in voting. In response I received the answer that
they ignore this party. How many
We are not in the city of InterNet even for
money, I started looking for people who have
such a way out. And I found it in Vladimir.
I sent the completed voting slip to
lal, but already on March 1 (the deadline was until February 29-
la), which is why he was not counted. And then
I find out that EI participation in voting is
No way, and even in such a composition. Canof course
cover them with a three-story mat, but I just-
then I don’t want to waste space in the magazine on this
le. It was not created for any purpose,
engage in showdowns.
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