APT - Advanced Pirate Technology "Whats Up With INC?" Part 1: Second Interview Conducted By: The Illusionist Cool Hand -INC Vice President- Cool hand is currently maintaining the rank of INC's VP. He is stationed in Texas. (The Illusionist) "How did you progress from first entering the pirate world to becoming a VP of INC?" (Cool Hand) Well hmmmmmm! Lets see, I quess it started for me like with most people by running a BBS, it is called The Mid-Nite Oil some of you may have heard of it. Then with the help of a friend the infamous Freddy Krueger who turned me on to the group scene with the formation of -=UnioN=- a short lived group that was absorbed by a brite cute little kid from Miami who ran a group called Iternational Network of Crackers -=INC=- his handle is Line Noise. Once I got into INC I became very involved and got busy. Then there was a new group forming called THG, I was approached by them to become thier first Distro site outside thier original members and seeing how there was some internal things going on at the with INC, I left. This group was hot and new and I was tired of following Freddy around. With THG hitting the scene, the way groups were ran in the past changed with THG spending money for games and not relying on the stores. What became important then was distribution and I came up with the Idea of Coordinating Couriers and Candy Man liked the idea and decided to call the couriers slaves and wanted me to change my handle to the Slave Lord, I told him too call the couriers slaves was degrading and I would not change my handle, this guy was really a dick. Well Time Lord said he would change his handle to Slave Lord and run the slaves. Well with Slave Lord gone from INC I thought it would be nice to return to INC and help bring the group back to what it is today -- The Best Damn Cracking Group of All Time... With hardwork and Loyalty and sticking it thru the bad times as well as the good I became INC VP.. (The Illusionist) "What do you think of INC's future?" (Cool Hand) Our future well I guess that will be up to the Federal Goverment, I do this for fun as I see it I do nothing illeagal but when big brother says you will go to jail for it then we will have to quit. In the mean time we will try to continue what we are doing but only better. (The Illusionist) "What do you think about INC's current Competition?" (Cool Hand) Well there have been lots of changes, The way I see it is like this the group that gets it out first is the winner. I think double releaseing games takes the fun out of it. But if it were not for double releasing then some of the groups around today would not be groups at all. Our best competition right now are the ones that play by the rules I have a lot of respect for RAZOR 1911 they do it right. Fairlight IBM is a Joke and should give it up, THG well there are a few good guys left in the group and they are picking up steam and should be more familiar with what is released so they won't continue to imbarrass themselves. TDT and Hardcore come thru on the euro stuff and we will give them that credit and we will not double release them and he should do the same. Things are gonna be getting harder for Hardcore overseas our euro division is getting better. TRSI, DRG and XEROX won't do any of us any good till we all learn to read German.. (The Illusionist) "Do you have anyother comment you would like to make to the BBS world?" (Cool Hand) Yes, There are 3 types of Pirates out thier Givers, Takers, and those that give and take. I would like to see those that do all the taking give a little more respect to those that are doing all the giving such as INC, RAZOR, THG, TDT and remember a lot of money and time go into the effort to bring you something for free so quit complaining. Also to those that dont know anything quit acting like you do please! Some of the givers I know, Line Noise, The Cracksmith, Lestat, Bar Manager, Bloddy Butcher, The Jet, Jake Picket, Null Set, Bit Manipulator, Cracker Jack, Jenetic Bytemare, Stykx, Aftermath, Nyble Knight, Cyber, Hardcore, Barimore, Flecther Christain, The Toyman, Tom Kat, The Unknown, The Reaper, Gun Slinger, Dumper, Night Ranger The Triton, Jack and those that I forgot... Thanks For Your Time! APT congradulates you for your outstanding work and contribution to the pirate world!