Blitz survey - interview with musician Avatar.

1. Please introduce yourself (name, nickname,  
group, etc.)                           
                                         
Boris.I sign my works
like Avatar. Was not a member of groups until recently
a long time ago, although he took part in
a couple of game projects;  true, one of
them, very serious, failed (I
I mean the failed game "Mech
Wars", which had every chance of becoming the most
my "advanced" economic strategy -
her in the entire history of the Spectrum. But this is not
happened.)                              
  A couple of years ago, thanks to Slava Kalinin
/Newart I met one spectrum-
mister, a talented artist who
I also did some coding. He was making a game
called "Demoniada".   His name is
Demonik.I was very interested in this
project and I joined.  Now we
two. Recently, our joint activity
new name appeared: "Ruins of man-
kind" art group.                         
                                         
2. How did your hobby begin?           
ZX-Spectrum?                             
                                         
  About fifteen years ago, one of my relatives
Nick was engaged in a popular occupation in those years.
thiem - an assembly of spectra. Then I'll go
I saw the Spectrum, touched it and played
Elite on this wonderful computer...
LOAD "" - I will remember this forever. ;)     
                                         
3. What is your main occupation at Speccy?   
                                         
Music.                                  
                                         
4. What else do you do that
related to Speccy?                       
                                         
  At the moment we are making a game, but
and, as they say, there are not enough heads; poet-
Therefore, we do everything we can.  I took on
in addition to the sound design there is also a stage
the narist part of the matter. So to speak, the
translating spirit into words... I have already had experience
script writing. Let's see what semi-
reads this time.                       
                                         
5. How do you feel about expressions like   
"Speccy is dead"?                        
                                         
  Quite calm. In fact, the form
The animation can be something like: “Speccy is
dead for me." I mean Spectrum
rather, it may die for someone, rather than
by myself. In general, nothing lasts forever,
but burying the Spectrum for now, in my opinion,
early.                                    
                                         
6. Your attitude towards other platforms    
(primarily meaning RS and    
Amiga)?                                  
                                         
  I'm not very familiar with the Amiga. Demomaking on
Spectrum has gained a lot from this board -
forms. But, as far as I know, these
legs grow from Commodore 64.             
  And the PC is my working tool. Without him
I feel like I have no hands. How can you relate to
tools?                            
                                         
7. Who from the Speccy scene do you support?
connection to one degree or another?            
                                         
  With some St. Petersburg stagers. Sob-
Actually, I’m from St. Petersburg myself.  For example,
Vega and Newart.                           
                                         
8.In your opinion,                      
                                         
 best coder/group:                     
                                         
Copperfeet                               
                                         
 best musician:                        
                                         
I...                                     
 joke...;)                              
it's hard to say for sure. Many had 
wonderful works; KSA, LAV, DNK,     
JAANand others...                         
                                         
 best gfx`er:                          
                                         
It’s hard to name someone specifically... isn’t it?
what, Rembrandt. But he was not spektrumis-
vol. ;] For example, Demonik draws graphics
for "Demoniada"... I don't think anyone
will draw better.                        
                                         
 best game:                            
                                         
Subjectively, I like itUFO-2, but to me
I also like games from other genres:
Elite, Battle Command, Sword&Sorcery,
X-Out etc. In almost every genre there is
favorite game, or even several.           
                                       
                                      
 best demo:                            
                                         
I once liked demos from Digital
Reality.                                 
                                         
 best ezine:                           
                                         
ezine? Sorry, I don’t know what it is.
If we mean the press, then Spectrophone.
Yes, and there is no time, Zx-News...                 
                                         
9. And finally: what can you wish for?  
to our readers?                         
                                         
  Interesting reading, first of all. And
less disappointments in life. WellI wish
so that interest in Specky does not fade away.