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 1. Tell me a little about yourself.

 I just turned 19 and live in Uddedvalla (90 km north of Gothenburg) since
 a month. I study the fourth and last year on the Technical programming/
 systemating line. Besides of using computer I like training (Karate,
 Body-Building).
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 2. What did you use to do on the Amiga before Trading?

 I have been active in the demoscene since a long time back. I started
 as mailswapper in the mid eighties, then gradually my interest in
 programming increased and I learned assembler. I was a democoder in
 different groups, then I and uFO/SiLENTS started a demogroup called
 ORiENT. I didn't had a modem in those days, but I was home at
 mAStERcARdERs (trader in Orient) place quite often and called from there.
 In December 1993 I got my hands on a cheap modem and the rest is history!
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 3. How was the leadership, mood etc in AFL, MYSTIC?

 Both AFL and MYSTiC are groups which many join just for
 "getting started", the most then switch to better groups. In MYSTiC there
 was a couple of good members like ByteAndi, but they later joined TRSi.
 In both AFL and MYSTiC the organizing was BAD!, everybody released their
 own stuff, nobody really knew which was FAKE or what was authentic
 releases. The best happening in MYSTiC was that oLLoN-bORRe (gRiSoR/dPL)
 was kicked, he was simply too lame even to be in a group like MYSTiC.
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 4. Why did you and mAStERcARdER join accounts on every GBG board?

 The thought was that MC would call and check my accounts (he pays local-
 tax to Gbg) now and then so that I wouldn't be deleted or something, and
 hopefully upload some too.
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 5. What's your interest besides trading on the computer?

 I'm still programming a bit (Assembler, C, Pascal), my intention was to
 release a 40k intro at assembly, but it wasn't complete. I also collect
 modules, I have the most of the released modules by good musicians like
 Jogeir Liljedahl, Heatbeat, Dizzy, Lizardking, Nuke, Audiomonster,
 Strobo, Groo (not the one in Reflex).
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 6. How does it feel to go from a programmer in a demogroup, to a top 10
    trader in Sweden?

 It feels kinda good, because i have had bigger success as trader than as
 coder. The worst part with being a trader is that a lot of money is
 required. :(
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 7. Is it hard to decrease the trading, now when you study at University?

 For a while I considered stop trading, and devote myself to school for
 100%, but it turned out to be quite difficult, and nowadays I call almost
 as much as I used to.
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 8. Are we going to see anymore from HIJACKER in Gbg?

 Probably not as long as I live in Uddevalla, but it isn't impossible
 that I start trading in Gothenburg again, like I used to.
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 9. Will you stay in CLASSiC for good or do you have planes to join a
    bigger group?

 I will stay in CLASSiC, which is a group that suites me perfect.
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 10. Tell me a little about CLASSiC as a group?

 CLASSiC was founded in 1989, and has since then almost all the time been
 in the Top5 crackinggroups. STALKER is the leader and we are about 20
 members in the group. The group is very well organized (Hi rOb!).
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 11. What has happened with CLASSiC as a crackinggroup, has MOK lost his
 touch?

 This question I really don't understand, because CLASSiC is now one of
 the leading groups and has recently come with some good releases as
 Benefactor and Kings Quest VI. Mok left CLASSiC because he didn't have
 time to be in a group, and he is now in PRESTIGE because he knows SAMiR
 personally. MOK still cracks for CLASSiC if we need him.
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 Greets to some friends in the scene:

 All members of CLASSiC!, BiG BoSS, BiOTECH, CaSCaDE, CoBRA, cRE8OR,
 cRYPtH, CyBERtRoN, DiSC, dEXtER, GuARDiAN (Hi GuRRe!), hARPOon, jUAN,
 lACOSTE!, MAgMA, mAStERcARdER, NiKE, REbEL, RHyS, SaNdMaN, ScARLEt,
 SLaSH, SoRCeReR, sPOCK, ToR, uFo, WuNDERBAuM, xERxES, YOGi, ZCaNDaLeR.
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 Thanks for the interview!


 Interview made by Slash / Citron. Sep-94 for the iFFTiC Chart.