Mop (Essence) (00.00.2001) editor
Mop, Sat 10 Oct 2009
In Focus: Mop of Essence
Interviewed in 2001 by Magic of Nah-kolor
Proloque
Do you remember Compass issue 1, alot of people forget that MOP was
behind this diskmag on Amiga.. After the first issue, he and Disney
got quarrels.. Disney wanted to continue Compass with Chaos in Sanity
(but failed) while Mop founded ROM, one of the most known and profesionally
diskmags on AMIGA ever with the group Essence.. Anno domini 2001 it's time
to see if MOP standed the test of time in his first interview ever..
Yes, after my RokDaZone interview earlier this year, MOP of Essence will give his view
on certain things.. Have a nice time with one of the most influencial characters
the scene has ever witnessed in the 90's !!
- Why did you make ROM, and why did you stop making it and went online
with it after issue 10 ?
Why does someone make a scene magazine? to inform the scene.. As the number
of sceners get smaller and a big percentage have internet accessability,
then news travels fast its easier to get scene news that way which in some
way makes a magazine a bit outdated that was why rom migrated to an online
version.. After a trial period one could note the number of visitors and
sceners could be counted by the hundreds now, not by the thousands as it
used to be so the project was stopped as i thought that there wasn't enough
interest in it in the last few years i migrated my activities to other
interests i never stopped being active and doing something in this world
- Never stopped being active ?? Could you explain what u mean with this ?
Active not in the computer demo scene but active as in active personally
once in a while i get some mag. I followed showtime and ec managed to load
some demos too i've seen a bunch of intros that looked quite ok don't ask
me names, my memory is not what it use to be! i'm getting older!!
- At RAW 10 Online, http://Thies.net/raw/RAW Zerox & Lord Helmet wrote
much negative things on you.. Any comments ?
RAW 10? was that years ago? Yes I remember that RAW 10 you mention
well Lord Helmet has always attacked people to try to provoke a flux of
articles nothing more nothing less there's many ways of doing journalism
and who am I to say what's wrong and what's good it's up to the sceners
to decide..
- RAW died around issue 7 of ROM.. Didn't you loose motivation when a big
competitor like that fell away ?
They're just sensationalism prior to that RAW had always exclusively spoke
of scene now it started to speak of diskmags no wonder it was no more
after that 10th online issue. Mags should speak of scene and demos not
other mags. So no, I didn't loose motivation..
- You followed Showtime and the Eurocharts.. what do you think of it ?
Nice productions.. Some charts in showtime are a bit outdated. that's not
showtime's fault mind you. The number of voters isn't what it used to be
too but mag parts are ok but times change its just my opinion
- What is your opinion of RokDaZone, Lord HelMet, Zerox, Darkhawk, Macno
and Fishwave ?
They all tried their best and did a good job.. Macno has exceptional use
of the english language, generally italians are not known for their
capabilities of the english language.. Not much more to say..
Lord Helmet his english was not perfect but he made up with fresh stories
he was more journalist than writer, Macno for example is more writer than
journalist if you understand what i mean.. I haven't read Zerox his latest
work in disc will try to get it soon then. Rokdazone has good mastery of the
english language his fictional narrative about sceners is priceless..
Fishwave writes in various tones, he can be comic and entertaining with his
stories.. Darkhawk might not be the best writer around but he has garnered
his own audience and as they say, as long as people want more, give them
more stories..
- What do you think of internet and the amiga scene ?
How many amiga sceners are there today? a few hundreds? That could be quite
right, let's say a few hundred but there are many other 'people' who know
of scene and maybe don't have access to an amiga today so why don't people
release articles also through the internet ? scenet.de is the best article
resource i've seen lately but let's be more realistic it doesn't cost that
much extra work to do a good www page so do it! Amiga scene might be small
but it's in these days that sceners can see the real sense of the scene
that is: be united stay together!!
- In my interview with RokDaZone, he aired some critisism about you
and ROM.. Any comments on it ?
Well it's a bit funny.. About rom, he says that it suffered the same
things that generation suffered.. About me, he says that it's also
what other people say of him!!
- People alway's critized you for writing such long (yes really long!)
articles.. Any comment about this ?
Yes true, I have written much long articles, but that was to explain
things from a-z but not to fill space..
- Did you know the amiga diskmag Devotion ? Did you know what happened
with it after issue 1 ?
Heard some hot stuff about dvn
Never seen devotion myself though..
Then it seems that there was some confusion.. I thought you were doing
dvn with sane!
Interesting story what happened after issue 1.. Time
goes by but some things never change in the scene! Too bad Magic is always
blamed
- How does your life look like now ? married ? good job ?
malta still enjoyable ? Lord Helmet is the father of a 2 year old
daughter now.. Do you have kids ?
Malta is ok, things improve I run my own software house, we make business
apps for the local market trying to find a place to get married
- Finally you have been interviewed.. There must be a certain
ego-stimulation now for you uh ? ) Any last words ?
Why write about me? mags should report about demos and active sceners
not about me! the job of the editor is to report about demos not to come up
with fillers about old farts like me!! But i don't think i did that 'a lot'
for the scene rom was there to report about scene and sceners, never
considered it as a production to stimulate myself with even if you may not
believe this, it's the plain truth.. For now no last words maybe another day
i'll have more to say who knows! there's a lot of things which are still
untold...
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Mop, Sat 10 Oct 2009
In Focus: Mop of Essence
Interviewed in 2001 by Magic of Nah-kolor
Proloque
Do you remember Compass issue 1, alot of people forget that MOP was
behind this diskmag on Amiga.. After the first issue, he and Disney
got quarrels.. Disney wanted to continue Compass with Chaos in Sanity
(but failed) while Mop founded ROM, one of the most known and profesionally
diskmags on AMIGA ever with the group Essence.. Anno domini 2001 it's time
to see if MOP standed the test of time in his first interview ever..
Yes, after my RokDaZone interview earlier this year, MOP of Essence will give his view
on certain things.. Have a nice time with one of the most influencial characters
the scene has ever witnessed in the 90's !!
- Why did you make ROM, and why did you stop making it and went online
with it after issue 10 ?
Why does someone make a scene magazine? to inform the scene.. As the number
of sceners get smaller and a big percentage have internet accessability,
then news travels fast its easier to get scene news that way which in some
way makes a magazine a bit outdated that was why rom migrated to an online
version.. After a trial period one could note the number of visitors and
sceners could be counted by the hundreds now, not by the thousands as it
used to be so the project was stopped as i thought that there wasn't enough
interest in it in the last few years i migrated my activities to other
interests i never stopped being active and doing something in this world
- Never stopped being active ?? Could you explain what u mean with this ?
Active not in the computer demo scene but active as in active personally
once in a while i get some mag. I followed showtime and ec managed to load
some demos too i've seen a bunch of intros that looked quite ok don't ask
me names, my memory is not what it use to be! i'm getting older!!
- At RAW 10 Online, http://Thies.net/raw/RAW Zerox & Lord Helmet wrote
much negative things on you.. Any comments ?
RAW 10? was that years ago? Yes I remember that RAW 10 you mention
well Lord Helmet has always attacked people to try to provoke a flux of
articles nothing more nothing less there's many ways of doing journalism
and who am I to say what's wrong and what's good it's up to the sceners
to decide..
- RAW died around issue 7 of ROM.. Didn't you loose motivation when a big
competitor like that fell away ?
They're just sensationalism prior to that RAW had always exclusively spoke
of scene now it started to speak of diskmags no wonder it was no more
after that 10th online issue. Mags should speak of scene and demos not
other mags. So no, I didn't loose motivation..
- You followed Showtime and the Eurocharts.. what do you think of it ?
Nice productions.. Some charts in showtime are a bit outdated. that's not
showtime's fault mind you. The number of voters isn't what it used to be
too but mag parts are ok but times change its just my opinion
- What is your opinion of RokDaZone, Lord HelMet, Zerox, Darkhawk, Macno
and Fishwave ?
They all tried their best and did a good job.. Macno has exceptional use
of the english language, generally italians are not known for their
capabilities of the english language.. Not much more to say..
Lord Helmet his english was not perfect but he made up with fresh stories
he was more journalist than writer, Macno for example is more writer than
journalist if you understand what i mean.. I haven't read Zerox his latest
work in disc will try to get it soon then. Rokdazone has good mastery of the
english language his fictional narrative about sceners is priceless..
Fishwave writes in various tones, he can be comic and entertaining with his
stories.. Darkhawk might not be the best writer around but he has garnered
his own audience and as they say, as long as people want more, give them
more stories..
- What do you think of internet and the amiga scene ?
How many amiga sceners are there today? a few hundreds? That could be quite
right, let's say a few hundred but there are many other 'people' who know
of scene and maybe don't have access to an amiga today so why don't people
release articles also through the internet ? scenet.de is the best article
resource i've seen lately but let's be more realistic it doesn't cost that
much extra work to do a good www page so do it! Amiga scene might be small
but it's in these days that sceners can see the real sense of the scene
that is: be united stay together!!
- In my interview with RokDaZone, he aired some critisism about you
and ROM.. Any comments on it ?
Well it's a bit funny.. About rom, he says that it suffered the same
things that generation suffered.. About me, he says that it's also
what other people say of him!!
- People alway's critized you for writing such long (yes really long!)
articles.. Any comment about this ?
Yes true, I have written much long articles, but that was to explain
things from a-z but not to fill space..
- Did you know the amiga diskmag Devotion ? Did you know what happened
with it after issue 1 ?
Heard some hot stuff about dvn
Never seen devotion myself though..Then it seems that there was some confusion.. I thought you were doing
dvn with sane!
Interesting story what happened after issue 1.. Timegoes by but some things never change in the scene! Too bad Magic is always
blamed
- How does your life look like now ? married ? good job ?
malta still enjoyable ? Lord Helmet is the father of a 2 year old
daughter now.. Do you have kids ?
Malta is ok, things improve I run my own software house, we make business
apps for the local market trying to find a place to get married
- Finally you have been interviewed.. There must be a certain
ego-stimulation now for you uh ?
) Any last words ?Why write about me? mags should report about demos and active sceners
not about me! the job of the editor is to report about demos not to come up
with fillers about old farts like me!! But i don't think i did that 'a lot'
for the scene rom was there to report about scene and sceners, never
considered it as a production to stimulate myself with even if you may not
believe this, it's the plain truth.. For now no last words maybe another day
i'll have more to say who knows! there's a lot of things which are still
untold...
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