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: huginews issue 35            ``^""^``                                ``
: may 21, 2000                    :.............. . .   .      .     ..sl.
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.. First Words ..........................................................
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  Hiya all!

  I can now understand why the editorials in weekly newsletters that
  are focused on a rather small range of topics are often very short:
  there's really not much to say. :) But this issue was released two
  weeks after the previous one. So shouldn't be there more to say?
  Well, there is more to say - in the news section. So to draw a
  logical conclusion: There's nothing to say in the editorial of a
  newsletter. :)

                                        - Adok (Hugi Core & Royal Family)
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  RBi music vs. DJ Isabelle.
  * Morphine of rbi music wrote in an open letter that he had
    discovered that music from his fellow rbi member Neophite had been
    ripped. A person called DJ Isabelle offered the track for download
    on her homepage with the credits changed to her name. Morphine
    contacted her, she apologized, and she promised to take down the
    song and put up a public excuse. But Morphine could not find the
    public excuse on her updated website.
  * Morphine submitted this open letter to Hugi for its 20th issue as
    well as various scene news sites. It was immediately published on
    Orange Juice (http://www.ojuice.net/). Similar to the case of Jay
    Newingham, who had claimed tunes from various top scene musicians
    to be his own, this resulted in protest from various demosceners
    against the rip. According to Orange Juice a lot of people posted
    complaints to DJ Isabelle's guestbook, which she consequently
    deleted.
  * DJ Isabelle now had an open letter herself published on no-error
    (http://www.error-404.com/noerror/). Herein she says that she
    received this tune by someone else via email in Fasttracker format
    with the plea to "finish" it. She thought that the track was
    already "more than finished", so she only made some "personal
    changes" to it and then uploaded it to her website. After she had
    got mail from rbi music, she removed it immediately.
  * Morphine thereupon told Jeroen of http://www.demoscene.org/ that
    the track was not in XM (Fasttracker) format and that there had not
    been a single change to the song in the version DJ Isabelle offered
    on her website compared to Neophite's original.
  * What makes this rip-affair stand out from others is that (according
    to both DJ Isabelle's homepage and Morphine's open letter) DJ
    Isabelle was already featured on a Dutch radio programme. The song
    of which rbi music says that it's ripped was not played. But DJ
    Isabelle's way of acting is still questionable for someone with a
    semi-professional music career (no matter whether Morphine's or her
    own version of the story is true).
  * DJ Isabelle's website: http://www.sandrabullock.de/
  * RBi music website: http://www.rbi-music.com/
  Posted by Adok, based on news from Morphine, DJ Isabelle, Yes and
  Jeroen.

  Hornet soon back to full functionality?
  * On comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos, Andy Voss (Phoenix of Hornet) reports:
    "I have given www.hornet.org a little facelift, just to keep it up
    to date.  The archive is still closed, and the page content has
    been further simplified.  I (phoenix@hornet.org) should be the
    contact for any content on the page.  You can still contact
    r3cgm@hornet.org about site administration (e.g. if the web site
    down for some reason). Some new links have been added, and old ones
    refreshed.  I'd like to keep the number of links around where it is
    now, but am certainly open to suggestions for better ones. That's
    it for now.  Further, minor updates may occur from time to time."
  * The site says: "Under re-construction". May this implicate that
    hornet.org will return to its full functionality, including
    uploading files? To this, Phoenix told Adok on IRC: "Basically,
    nothing is ruled impossible at this point, but re-opening the site
    will take a lot of time and effort. I'll add some more info to the
    web page as time goes by."
  * Check out the site at http://www.hornet.org/.
  Posted by Adok, based on news from Phoenix.

  ASM '2k invitation intro released.
  * Abyss writes in csipd: "The ASSEMBLY '2k invitation has been
    released. Go enjoy at http://www.assembly.org/invitation/.
    Invitation intro credits: Code: Jmagic / komplex - Music: Oxide"
  * The intro is Java-based like most of Jmagic's recent productions.
  Posted by Adok, based on news from Abyss (on comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos).

  Haujobb released invitation intros for Radwar.
  * Haujobb released invitation intros for the party Radwar 2000 for
    PC, Amiga and PSX.
  * http://www.radwar.com/new.html
  Posted by mWS, edited by Adok.

  Paradox_2k.
  * Paradox_2k demoparty is over. One of the biggest demoparty in
    Russia. You can download results and releases here:
    http://www.pdx2k.org/paradox2k/
  * We'll try to make report with photos for Hugi#20.
  Posted by twinzen.

  Hugi Size Coding Compo Final Results.
  * The final results for the 11th edition of the Hugi Size Coding
    Competition are out. The task was to write the smallest possible
    maze pathfinder in x86 Assembler.
  * Get them along with the sourcepack at http://www.hugi.scene.org/compo/.
  * Polls in the Hugi Size Coding Competition mailinglist about the
    object of the next size coding competition resulted in a preference
    of some sort of animation, e.g. an analogue clock. The rules are
    yet to be discussed, if you want to participate in the discussion,
    subscribe to the mailinglist:
    mailto:hugi-compo-subscribe@egroups.com
  Posted by Adok.

  TinyPTC - updated.
  * More updates on the TinyPTC front, you'll find ports for Java, SDL,
    X11, also, the win32 version has been updated, which now supports
    GDI as well as DirectDraw, plus a set of pixel converters. The
    win32 version is now ready to be used for 64k intros, so get
    coding!! Gaffer wishes to thank zoon for the GDI support, and Rigel
    for X11/sdk support. Oh, before I forget, a port to DOS is in the
    making. Don't forget, ports to Amiga, BeOS, Mac, etc. are still
    required, so get porting!
  * http://www.gaffer.org/tinyptc/
  Posted by Sulphur (to CFXweb), slightly edited by Adok.

  LESS Music Productions.
  * LESS Music Productions now has a WAP site for mobile phone access
    at http://tagtag.com/lmp/.
  * SoLoRiZe is currently coding his group's third musicdisk called
    "Hexology". The main musicdisk engine has been writen and some of
    the songs are now finished. He is just awaiting a couple more
    songs, then he will be able to release it. The musicdisk has been
    coded in VB with additional code in HTML & Java to enhance the
    overall look.
  Posted by SoLoRiZe, slightly edited by Adok.

  Acumen releases Lore (extended remix).
  * This message by Acumen reached me via email: "Hi there! .. I`ve
    just released an extended remix of an earlier remix I did from one
    of my most favorite Warder`s songs, Lore. This release is only a
    "Re-release", and hopefully I will be able to finish a own NEW tune
    with`in May 2000. This new remix came out of the blue, since a week
    ago I was asked to do a longer remix of Lore so that it could be
    used in Unreal Tournament`s "DM-Lore" level by James Neave ...
    well, I thought I might aswell make it out as a public release.
    Both IT and MP3 version are provided.  See ya later!  : )"
  * http://www.kolumbus.fi/acumen/
  Posted by Acumen, commented by Adok.

  Scene Music CD news.
  * Dan Wright of Fusecon (one of the founders of the Hornet Archive
    and producer of the audiophonik CD) has posted "some random bits
    and a plug or two" to comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos:
  * "kosmic.org - Has moved on to mp3.com. I'm saddened to see Maelcum
    go this  route but he doesn't have much choice when the scene isn't
    supporting him by  purchasing CD's.
    Traxinspace - Here is one I don't hear much about. But they got a
    big plug by carrying some max payne music.
    scope records - Gone. Had some problems with their record
    distributor. Again, discovered it isn't easy running a scene label.
    trsi recordz - Release muffler this year (great album) and another
    couple good  ones. But the only reason they are still around is
    they have several other companies to help bring in money.
    http://www.merregnon.com/ - Sounds like a promising CD with some
    big scene names. But that doesn't mean much if no one purchase it.
    audiophonik - We are still selling these at a slow pace via
    www.fusecon.com and www.imphobia.org. Buy now and support the
    scene!
    People move on, I understand. But if you don't support the
    scene..."
  * Concerning the Merregnon project, the following message has been
    posted to the related mailinglist: "Thank you for your interest in
    'Merregnon'. During the following weeks we will offer information
    about this project within regular periods. However, what we can
    reveal for now is that the product will be a soundtrack - a CD
    which will contain unreleased, exclusive material of all our
    composers."
  Posted by Adok, based on news from Dan Wright and Merregnon.

  Rift (South African demoscene diskmag).
  * Rift#1 diskmag is also online now (web version) at
    http://www.sademo.za.net/rift1.html/.
  Posted by Rawhed.

  Ceibe (Spanish demoscene diskmag).
  * The third CEiBE issue has been released. It is 100% in Spanish
    language. There are many articles about the demoscene in Spain and
    related technology.
  * http://www.mimsl.es/pub/anaconda/diskmag/ceibe3.zip
  Posted by Adok, based on news from Trace (on Orange Juice).

  Subkult (diskmag).
  * Under the headline "Subkult #6 is out!!", Dr^Spock writes on Orange
    Juice: "Twelve years overdue, but here it is, the ultimate diskmag.
    The diskmag that made the demoscene, the diskmag that makes grown
    sceners cry, the diskmags that knows how to kick a looser when he's
    down, SUBKULT!"
  * Subkult #6 is mainly in English but some articles are in Norwegian.
    It mainly deals with Norwegian demosceners in a sarcastic, often
    aggressive manner, and also contains some political statements that
    may offend other people.
  * Calvin of Proxima reports on Orange Juice (http://www.ojuice.net/)
    that somebody has now threatened the Subkult editors with a
    lawsuit. He says that he will post more information there when
    available: "Obviously 'someone' was rather angry at Subkult staff
    Dr Spock and Pop after their Subkult#6 release - talking about
    making it police business. More later when I know."
  * Subkult #6 can be downloaded in the diskmag archive of scene.org
    (ftp://ftp.scene.org/pub/mags/).
  Posted by Adok, based on news from Dr^Spock and Calvin (on Orange
  Juice).

  3D graphician needed.
  * MagicDreams needs a good 3d graphician for their next demo. We
    offer direct export from 3ds max (no 3ds!) with an own exporter for
    easy modelling without the usual problems, to make work as easy as
    possible. Contact mailto:CodeX@Magic-Dreams.de.
  * http://www.magic-dreams.de/
  Posted by CodeX, slightly edited by Adok.
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