Maxwell aka HC says goodbye to the scene:

Next, is the reply that did MAXWELL/Imago (main organizer of Overseas 2000,
coordinator of the brazilian demogroup Imago, and one of the most important
latin coders) to FAC/dlb about Results of Overseas 2000 and where he says his
Goodbye to the scene.

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Subject:           Re: Mi cuchara en la sopa de OverSeas
Date:              Fri, 2 Jul 1999 19:30:34 -0300
From:              "Hugo Cristo" <hcristo@zaz.com.br>
Organization:      Scene.org - The Scene Service Provider
Newsgroups:        country.southamerica

Francisco Alfonso Alba Cadena <377C5732.B5011495@slp1.telmex.net.mx> wrote:
>Hasta cierto punto, yo ya sabía que Start Me Up iba a ganar. En parte
>porque es un muy buen demo con un buen diseño, y en parte, porque fué
>realizado prácticamente por Maxwell, el organizador del concurso. Sé que
>suena pretencioso, pero seamos realistas: mas de la mitad de los votos
>provinieron de Brasil (el país de Maxwell), y otra buena parte provino
>de Portugal, el cual es el otro "país organizador".

I know this is strange, but I didn't know my demo would win. Why? First,
because my "friends" didn't vote at all (only wordmacro). Then, I think
Luchador is one of the best american demos ever... I could say the same for
Off the Roof, but I won't because I don't like its music :)

>Estoy seguro de que los votos son genuinos y no hubo ninguna clase de
>trampa, pero como ya dije, la mayoría de los votos provinieron de
>brasil. Y eso es lo que me decepciona, ya que no solo ganó "Start Me
>Up", sino que Luchador ni siquiera se le acercó porque nuestro otro demo
>"Off The Roof" quedó en segundo lugar.

Maybe latin american sceners are... ermm.. nostalgic? They aren't prepared
for the current scene design. And that's where Luchador fits itself. It's an
up to date demo... I couldn't say Start me Up is an up to date production
because it is not. I've started coding some of its routines right after
FlashBack (two years ago).

>No entiendo como es que "Off The Roof" le ganó a "Luchador", pero se me
>ocurren dos buenas razones:
 

I agree with that.

>La segunda razón es aún mas preocupante. Entiendo perfectamente que la
>gente apoye a sus grupos preferidos o a su país preferido, pero darle a
>un demo una puntuación mas baja de lo que merece, solamente para
>disminuír las probabilidades de que gane, eso es completamente LAME (por
>falta de un mejor término).
 

I repeat, I don't know if this really happened. I don't agree with the final
results of the democompo but I know there weren't many votes from Brazil.

>Otro aspecto negativo es la falta de votaciones. Probablemente si mas
>gente hubiera votado (preferentemente de otros países), la votación
>hubiera sido mas pareja, sin embargo hubo al parecer menos votantes que
>participantes en los concursos. Esto prueba en parte lo que estaba
>discutiendo con AcidBrain en algunos de los posts anteriores.
 

That's funny. Many of the contestants didn't even vote. Why? I don't know
and I'm pretty disappointed with that too.

>Bueno, parece que ya escribí demasiado. Solo me queda felicitar a Imago
>por "Start Me Up" y por organizar el OverSeas. Start Me Up es uno de los
>mejores demos americanos que he visto y merece haber ganado.
 

Well... At least somebody thinks it's any good. Start Me Up is (really) my
last demo/contribution to the scene. It was done in a fucking hurry, it's
unfinished like hell, it's not THAT synchronized and it's still opened (no
datafiles heheh sorry). It has a 16bpp version wich is buggy like nothing
else... But I'm too lazy to fix it and I thik I'll only release a final
version with windows support. Maybe not.

Talking about organizing OverSeas party... There were four organizers in the
begining and I've ended the event alone. Why? Maybe because people don't
really care about the scene. Maybe they don't have time. Or maybe they're
lamers. Yes, maybe.

I have to thank GuimareZ for helping me with the voting system. Without his
cold fusion/sql skills it wouldn't be possible to put such a nice voting
system online.

And we have to send endless greetings to Maz, from Maz Sound Tools
(www.maz-sound.com). He's one of the guys who still believe in the scene and
he doesn't save money/time while supporting it.

I hope you all had enjoyed the OverSeas releases just like me.

See you in another life.

Endless love to

Simak WordMacro (my favourite tracker)
Rorshack & #theEnd family (friends forever)
FAC (you're the best, don't give up)
Zephyr, CSM, Peace, Farmer and Axel (the best amiga tracker ever) from Imago
Mingo (you suck. sorry)
#coders from BrasIRC (you suck too. learn something)
Buzzard
Karpov
MAZ
Adok/Hugi
Pyro/Heroin
uctumi

and all tip fans worldwide.

Hugo Cristo
former maxwell/imago

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