MONDAY, DECEMBER 24TH 1990
"The Fourth Day"
PART II
The contributions in all parts of this real-time article were
written by the following beings (in order of appearance):
Richard of the Amazing Cracking Conspiracy, Tanis of The
CareBears (Coprophagic Necrocannibal Eviscerator of Alcoholica),
Sammy Joe of The Lost Boys, Manikin of The Lost Boys, Spaz of
The Lost Boys (Toxic Foetus Eater of Alcoholica), Stefan
(Digital Insanity of The Lost Boys), Mit of NEXT, Chris of The
Garlic Eaters, Red of Omega, Bluestar of Sync, Eric, Zae of
Next, Perceval of Zuul of The Pact, Fury of Legacy, Chaos Inc.
of Delta Force, New Mode of Delta Force, CIA of Galtan Six,
Cugel of Silents, The Flying Egg of Omega, Acco of The Garlic
Eaters, Crystar of the Pendragons, Dogue de Mauve from the
Overlanders, Flynn from Hysteria, Mopy of Ghost Genius of
Hysteria Alliance, Furyo of the Overlanders, Silver of the
Pendragons of Triton Development, Psychoreal of Hysteria, Klaus
of ST Connexion, Mega Cribb, Ian 'Dave Clone' of the Watchmen,
Rob Povey, The Fate of The Unlimited Matrix, Gunstick of The
Unlimited Matrix, Robert (RX2 of MPH), Steve (Miz of MPH), An
Cool of The Carebears, IKI of Hysteria, Vantage, Ford Perfect,
Thor of the Black Monolith Team, Genital Grinder of Alcoholica
(previously Sprog of The Lost Boys), Chris of the Watchmen, Paul
(Zeus of Teknique), Vomited Anal Tract of Alcoholica (though he
may be mentioned earlier already under another name - there's no
way to be sure), HAQ of Omega, Martijn (Lucifer of The Spirits
of Doom), Roland (TS of the Spirits of Doom), Marlon of ST
Connexion, The Nutty Snake of Aenigmatica, Phil of MPH, Relayer
of the Quartermass Experiment of Aenigmatica, Crush, Zokathra,
Terence of the Pendragons, Nemrod of the Pendragons, Fishbone
from the Vegetables, Doclands of the Overlanders, STWARS of
Next, Ziggy Stardust of the Overlanders, Tyrem of the De-
spectacled Testicles (er....The Respectables actually), Gudul
and Adso (that's 62 people, of which one may have been mentioned
twice).
Everybody is responsible for what he has written, and the ST
NEWS editorial staff does not accept any responsibility for what
has been written anywhere - except for the bits written by
themselves.
It is our duty to inform you, dear reader, of the fact that
large parts of this text may be considered 'shocking' or even
'obscene'.
Sorry. We decided to use no censorship.
*****
10:10
Maybe I should just quickly mention a couple of names of people
who have just left: NEXT (including Mit - thanks whatever divine
being that floats up there and that happens to be the father of
He Who Has His Birthday Tomorrow) and the Delta Force (DF).
DF left us with a brilliant version of their award-winning 3.5
Kb screen "Archon" (2-player version).
Nice people. Nice game.
Richard
10:24
We will be going on An Utterly Holy Food Quest On Monday
Morning. Maybe a quest that's doomed?
Richard
11:15
At just past eleven, we (Manikin, Spaz, Genital Grinder,
Lucifer(tje), TS, Fury, The Nutty Snake, Tyrem and me) came back
from the Food Quest.
The loot was incredible, and consisted mainly of crisps, some
dairy products and a bit more Vieux. I got a little bottle of
Plantiac (I'll give that to my dad, I think), and a bottle of a
3-year old "De Kuyper" French Vieux that, according to the
salesman, "was even better" (turned out not to be altogether too
good, ED.).
Richard
11:25
This might well be the last piece I write, because I will be
leaving soon. At 12:00. But first a break, because I have to
look up some train scheduals on a special program made by the
Dutch train services.
TNS
11:40
This is definitely the last piece of text I will write. In about
10 minutes, I will pack my bag and get my coat, walk out the door
and step into my father's car. Furthermore I will definitely fall
asleep in that car (which is not a disaster, because my father is
driving... heh heh)
"What do you call a camel without humps? -- A horse, actually."
Shadow & Spaz quote
These will be the last 5 odd minutes and already I feel the
tears coming up. Goodbye Oss, goodbye STNICCC, goodbye
everybody. And not least of all; goodbye to Richard & Stefan.
The organisation was brilliant. It was real nice getting to know
you better. I hope I will remember to pay for the Merchandise.
See you all soon. Goodbye!! (sniff...)
TNS
12:05
We just spotted Stefan, who arived back from bringing the
Wankmen...er...Watchmen to Amsterdam airport.
He immediately went off again, together with Tim, to give Gerrit
Jan a little present for putting up with TLB and NEXT during one
or two (or three?!) of the night before we could sleep in the
faerytale castle.
By now, the only people here are the Overlanders, Spirits of
Doom, Dynamic Duo, Unlimited Matrices, The Respectacled
Resettable Erectables, The Lost Boys, Fury of Legacy and Black
Byte (from Switserland).
Genital Grinder is now more or less demonstrating "Power Monger"
which, if you ask me, is the only game of its kind to beat
"Populous". Brilliant. A game that should make Bullfrog
millionaires (whether they are with Renegades or Electronic Arts
or The Mutant Weirdos From Basingstoke).
Richard
12:18
I've just woke up, and I'm still very tired. Anyway, I'll try to
write something. This convention is a real success, and before
anything I'd like to thank the organiser who did work very hard
to arrange everything. We just finished the "European Demo" one
day before, and we did not sleep at all (nearly) since the
starting of the convention. Well, we'll go back home in three
hours, and I feel that it will be very difficult: I'M TIRED!!!
OK, I'm going to eat now, bye...
Ziggy ("le fucker a la hache")
12:30
Yesterday Stefan got a small bottle of The Divine Fluid
Plantiac and he let me taste it. I liked it and this morning I
have bought a small bottle of it myself. Wonder what my mom will
say. I could buy the bottle in a store despite the fact that I'm
not eighteen yet. I certainly will enjoy it at home, though I
think I'll mix it with Cola or something. I believe that's how
Stefan usually drinks it. If the bottle will remain full until
home, because Stefan has spotted it and a twingle appeared in
his eyes. I'll just hire TS to guard it for me.
In the opposite room people are still working on some kind of
demo which I don't think will be ready today.
I just heard from Richard that it's called the ULM Mega demo.
He doesn't think it will be finished today. They think they
will. We will see. This night, I went to bed at about half past
five or something like that. I woke up at about nine o'Clock. A
lot of guys haven't slept at all this night. I don't know how
they can manage to stay awake all night. Well, lotsa practice I
think. The white blackboards in all the rooms have been used to
store even more serious shit. Weird drawings and zany texts.
They were made within half an hour. People around here seem to
have overloads of inspiration. Well, it looks nice anyway.
Musaxx from "Life's a bitch" fill the air. Great demo. Real
neat peace of work. So long!
Martijn
12:57
Tim is dissectioning his system, meaning that the time for the
second Great Goodbye (the First One was that of TCB, which I
totally and utterly missed as they left early on Sunday morning
when I was still suffering from a coma attack) is drawing nigh.
This is the real signal of the convention drawing to its end.
But it's been worth every minute, and every ounce of trouble.
Stefan's here. He's slowly strangling me in order to gain access
to this system's keyboard...
Gargl...
Richard
13:02
Finally some time to write some stuff. I just returned from a
high-speed drive to the airport. I think I set a new record here.
Oss-Schiphol in 1 hour and 10 minutes. Average speed about 150
kilometres an hour. Good thing the cops didn't catch me. I am now
witnessing Tim trying to stuff his sleeping bag into his large
suitcase. This means that he is leaving, and this party is
nearing its end. The boards in this place have been filled with
the most obscene and absurd drawings and quotes you can imagine.
Right, Tim wants to go.
Stefan
13:03
Well I have not actually written very much in this mammoth real
time article and since I am about to leave I guess that I will
not be writing very much more. It has been a great 4 days and I
am now feeling incredibly tired and looking forward to returning
to a nice warm bed and about 3 days of solid sleep. Tomorrow is
of course Christmas but apart from eating lunch I probably will
not rise from my slumber. Well that's it - time to go to the
station and catch our train to the airport. Byeeeeeeeeeee.
Manikin
13:07
Bye.
Spaz
13:08
Fuck off lamer shit turd poo wank.
Toxic
13:11
Lost boys are almost gone, think I'll leave soon too. Getting
really quiet round here, am bored to death. Wanna sleep, don't
think about nothing. When are those French people going to shut
up, can't stand their bleedin' language. Think I'll quit now,
this is probably the last bit I'll do in this enormous real-time
article,
The last few days have been an experience I won't forget too
easily, I guess. I've met or seen the most famous demo
programmers ever to appear on the ST, drank more Coke than I'll
ever drink in the rest of my entire life and have been awake for
the longest periode of time ever. Right now, I'm sick and tired
of typing, so I'll just quit for a short moment.
Roland
13:18
Silence rules the room now as the zany English have gone. All
that is left in this room now is one strange looking French guy
(Dogue de Mauve) and two even more stranger looking Dutch blokes
who call themselves SOD. A huge void seems to have been created,
even though Fabrice is trying to cheer us all up by mumbling
some strange enchantments in French or something. Richard is
trying to connect his Lynx to a power plug. He just found a
converter but it doesn't seem to work. Hideous curses pass his
mouth and he produces a pack of batteries from his briefcase
while muttering something about charging them. I gotta go and
clean up one of the rooms which has been deserted already.
Stefan
13:32
I hear some sounds outside that seem to indicate at the
discovery of a vacuum cleaner.
I'm going to examine this.
Richard
13:32 (too, 'coz my watch isn't the same as Richard's)
Here's... Yes, Doguy again, typing on this keyboard. Richard
just said that my name seems to be a contraction of "Dick" and
"Cock". Am I supposed to be flattered? I'm not sure...
Anyway, Richard is a very nice person so I won't use my Force
Mauve against him...
I would like to send thanx to everybody again for this very
nice coding-party which is almost finished right now (I just
knew it would be too short).
So, we'll leave in something like an hour and a quarter and I
hope our trip home won't be too bad. The only problem is that
Ziggy is supposed to go to Amsterdam alone by train to meet his
parents and, knowing him as I know him, I'm not sure he'll
manage it without losing his life or at least his wallet and
ticket...
This is too bad 'coz we need him as a graphix man for our next
demo...
That was my last message. Have fun with ST NEWS!
End of communication.
Dogue de Mauve
13:55
The repectoralled bespectacled testicles are going. The
Godfather of bad logos is thus going, too (well, his logos used
to be unreadable, but now they're OK).
So this is even more near to the end.
"The end is near.
Lucifer's legions of death
Are ready for the attack
They've got only one aim
Total Destruction....."
Destruction quote
"Blackened is the end
Winter it will send
Throwing all you see
Into obscurity
Death of mother earth
Never a rebirth
Never seen before
Breathing nevermore
Never!
Fire
To begin whipping dance of the dead
Blackened is the end
To begin whipping dance of the dead
Colour our world blackened
Blackened..."
Metallica quote
So this is it. Bye.
"The show is over now
And we will soon go
And the end is near
And I don't know how to rhyme
So I'm going to stop..."
Shit quote
Richard
13:59
Well, time to say bye to Richard and Stefan. ULM and the
RESPECTABLES are leaving know. Thanx for everything!
Tyrem (Kimmi) (Kimster) (Hamster) or whatever!
14:04
WHATTHEFUCK?!
If ULM leaves, this means that their megademo will not be
finished at all at this Convention?!
How can they do this to us?
I guess the end is near...
"The end is near.
Lucifer's legions of death
Are ready for the attack
They've got only one aim
Total Destruction....."
Destruction quote
"Blackened is the end
Winter it will send
Throwing all you see
Into obscurity
Death of mother earth
Never a rebirth
Never seen before
Breathing nevermore
Never!
Fire
To begin whipping dance of the dead
Blackened is the end
To begin whipping dance of the dead
Colour our world blackened
Blackened..."
Metallica quote
So this is it. Bye.
"The show is over now
And we will soon go
And the end is near
And I don't know how to rhyme
So I'm going to stop..."
Shit quote
The only people that will be left soon will be Black Flag, the
SODs and the Overlanders. And Fury, of course (Fabrice won't let
us alone - not even if we would have wanted this).
I really don't like the feeling that I won't see any of these
terrific people together until next year.
Richard
14:10
Stefan is now hanging out of the window, yelling to Tyrem that
he wants to buy a MEGA ST2. His dear OLD Atari 260 ST has not
survived the Convention.
Richard
14:15
I know that everything comes to an end, but every time something
dear to me dies, I find it so hard to accept. My ST. My faithful
ST that has come with me such a long way. It is like losing a
faithful dog. Tears welled up in my eyes as I carefully lifted
the lifeless machine. Shocked I was when the cover gave away and
the insides became visible. I sat down and closed my eyes. No
more of this. This is the end of an era. The ST on which I
programmed "The ArtiST" (a monochrome drawing program, ED.), I
coded the first versions of the fast page view mode for ST NEWS,
my first scrolline....my first borders.....djjdäaeijj...e
....3.......my first.....I......
Stefan
14:22
Stefan is at the moment doing heart massage to his poor 260 ST,
yelling: "Come on! Breathe, you bitch! Don't leave me hanging it
here all on my own! What about the kids?! I can't bring 'em up
all on my own! At least explain me how I should iron my shirts!
Come on! COME ON!!"
As a reaction to his ST showing no signs of life whatsoever, he
ran away, tore apart the package of one of TS' 'stuffed carres',
and viciously squeezed an entire one of those things in his
mouth.
Terrible. What a pig.
By the alleyway: There turned out to be one bottle of Coke left!
About half a nanosecond after this was discovered, TS of SOD
started to drink from it in a viciously violent (or violently
vicious) way...
Richard
14:30
This convention was so great that I didn't have time to write
something in this text. So here I am. I just want to write
something to remember that I was here. Now approximatly two
minutes are left to write something and with this shittttttyyyy
keyboard it means ten words at maximum (French guys are really
stupid or they are too inteligent for this QWERTZUIOP (where
does the 'Z' key come from [is it a bug]?) keyboard?)
What else can I say about this convention : GREAT is the only
word I found in my real poor English vocabulary.
OK... it's time to leave know.
GUDUL & ADSO
PS:1) No logo competition like at the OVR convention.
We have no time to do better than this one:
GGGGG G G GG G G G AAAAA AA AAAA AAAAA
G G G G G G G G A A A A A A A
G GG G G G G G G G & AAAAA A A AAA A A
G G G G G G G G G A A A A A A A
GGGGG GGGGG GG GGGG GGGG A A AA AAAA AAAAA
2) Don't forget to read the text in the Gudul screen of the
"European Demo" to win a carambar.
14:49
OK, here is Furyo on the keyboard (fuckin' keyboard!), it is
just for telling you that the convention has almost finished,
and it was really great. Hope ST NEWS will organise such a great
convention again, and then we will surely participate once
again.
And, once again, thanx to Stefan Posthuma & Richard Karsmakers
(great guyz!).
OK, enough of craptalk, see ya in the "European Demos", CIAO!!
Furyo
15:00
Here is Silver on the keyboard and behind me there is Richard
Karsmakers who tries to do the best BURP (is it good English?)
(Yes it is, ED). Now it's time to leave and I can say to you
that this convention was really great. And I lost something: My
"serviette de toilette". Argh, I can't continue; it's too hard
to type on this keyboard.
So bye bye and Happy Christmas.
This trip was my present and it was one of the best I have ever
had.
Bye bye from Silver of Pendragons of Triton Dvp.
15:02
Yeah, this is the unmistakable Fury alone in front of the
keyboard (how strange, no one has been bothering me with my feet
odour - does this mean that my reputation of having man-killing
feet is over? Great...). Well, we're about to leave for the
train (fuck you Richard, he's just farted while walking past me.
Richard, YOU are the smelly bastard!!!) station and go back to
our beloved (uh?) country called France. I hope I'll be able to
get back the 21 Hours of sleep I lost during the convention:
- 3 Hours sleep the night before the convention
- 3 Hours sleep first convention night
- 3 Hours sleep second --------------
- 2 Hours ----- third ---------------
Now, at a normal rate of 8 hours of sleep per night, it makes
me miss a grand total of: 21 Hours (Did I succeed in boring you
to death?).
Uh, well too bad, I'm now lacking inspiration, so I'm afraid
you won't have to read this crap I'm currently typing on a
f.....g QWERTZ keyboard. As it is very likely that I'll be the
last one to write some stuff.
BYE BYE, the Convention is over...
Fury From Legacy (No more 'Smelly Feet Fury?')
15:24
No, not yet. The French have just all left for the train, and
it was one of those partings you'll never forget (snif). It was
exactly the same as the parting I had when I saw them for the
last time at the Salon de La Micro (see ST NEWS Volume 5 Issue 2,
the first "Undead" issue). There's something about the
Overlanders that makes them instantly sympathetic.
They started as quite a lame coding crew, then grew better, and
then started to code some real demo screens that could compete
with all the large crews. Now, they are some of the best coders
of France and I am honoured to have been able to make their
acquaintance.
All people left here are now Black Byte (Dr. Diddle),
Bytechangers (Fix), SOD (well you know these two weirdos by now),
Stefan and me.
The silence is only crushed subtlely by the sound of TS playing
"Tetris" on my Gameboy.
I am now going to copy a bit.
Richard
15:50
Well, what is happening now can really not be called a
Convention any more. Stefan is already starting to clean up, and
we are generally being bored.
My system will therefore now be shut down. I will then move it
into my car, get back to help Stefke a bit and then drive to the
girl that I so dearly love and that I have missed to such an
extend - even in the hectic days of past.
Sigh.
Richard
THE END (ENGLISH)
FIN (FRENCH)
EINDE (DUTCH)
FÄRTIG (SWISS-GERMAN)
FINIS (ITALIAN)(?)
FLØPPÖKLEPTØ (SWEDISH)
ENDE (GERMAN)
WATER (GOGOGULPLEXIAN)
KILLSADDAM (ARAB)
ULUBULU (SWAHILI)
???? (HEBREW)
??? (GREEK)
WANGSNEEPANGPANG (CHINESE)
HIROHITODODO (JAPANESE)
FISHY DIE AND THEN ICEBEAR EAT IT (GREENLANDISH)
PRETSKY VOORBIJSKY (RUSSIAN)
SO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE CRAP (BETELGEUSIAN)
SIGH MOAN COME (TRIPLE-BREASTED-WHORE-OF-EROTICAN-SIX-IAN)
BURP BLERP FART (SPIRIT OF DOOMIAN)
VENI VIDI VOMITI (ANCIENT LATIN)
The end of part nine.
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