Interview


Handle: HOBBIT of FairLight

How did you come up with your alias ?
FLT names came all from Tolkien at the time I joined (1987) so I went for Hobbit coz I just love those hairy feet dudes.

City / Country:
Brussels / Belgium

Born year:
1967

What was your first computer, and when did you get it?
ZX-81 a loooooong time ago (1982?)

How did you get into the scene and what groups have you been a member of ?
I got into the scene swapping with friends. I co-created Commando FRontier then Joined FairLighT. That's on 64. I then went amiga with FLT, then Bamiga Sector 1. I came back on 64 in TransCOM and F4CG. I'm now a FLT active member again. Once and for all.

What was the proudest moment in your career ?
I'm not that proud!

For what specific reason(s) do you think that you are remembered ?
Crackin' Comics as strange as it may sound to me... Anyway.

What would you like to be remembered for ?
Cool drawings and comics.

What made you stop the scene activity ? (and do you remember when?)
Work, Active life, got bored, the 64 scene slowing down... me gettin' older. hehe!

Thinking back on the good old days, is there anything you regret?
Yup! Not kickin' a couple of so-called 'friends' in the balls. Bah! Vengeance isn't that sweet... And trying to break in the computer games industry.

What was your favorite
GAME(S)
green beret, digdug, mr do, pacman.

DEMO(S)
1001 and judges stuff

PROGRAMMER(S) (OR PROGRAMMING TEAM(S))
1001

CRACKER(S) (OR CRACKING GROUP(S))
mrZeropage and Gollum

OVERALL GROUPS :
FLT of course but i just loved BS1 (ermida)

COMPOSER(S)
Hubbard

BEST COMPOSED TRACK(S)
Sanxion (romeo & juliet opera)

BEST GRAPHICS
STE was the coolest!

EVENT(S) (E.G. COPYPARTY)
Never liked meetings that much altough Venlo was cool at some times.

MEMORY(S)
Good times with BS1 guys (ermida, chatterbox, skylight) and London with the FLT gang!

DRINK ?
Coke

What are you doing nowadays ?
Writing & drawing comics, working in advertisement, HTML and Computer GFX.

What are you doing on your spare time?
Girlfriend and baby boy! Family Man, that is!

Is there anything you'd like to say to the public (read: admires)
Check my stuff on the FairLighT site! It has improved a lot since the old days!

What is the meaning of life?
Family and Freedom of Speech.