| august
1998
>
all ranting
is kept in here (including debates)
> read
the responses to the pack quality debate
>
responses
to WARNING!
31 August
/ GUTTER 4 = OUT (filth)
like a virgin,
touched for the very first time. like a viiiiirgin, when yer heart
beats, next to mine. dl gutter 4 at it's elite web page!@
30 August
/ ACHERON UPDATES (dngrmouse)
Acheron is
updated every week, but usually only with links, irc channels
and the like. Every month, on the first day, a new 'issue' will
come out with major updates to the galleries, articles, interviews,
and the rest of it..
30
August / IMPULSE FINAL (horrid)
Well i'm done
with impulse. get the source and the last release. eat
it.
29 August
/ SHARP RELEASE (tissue)
Sharp01 was released 2 days ago, you can pick it up on ansSRV.
28 August
/ AWARDS 98 (dngrmouse)
Awards 98 nominee lists will be put up on the Awards 98 site around
mid-September, watch this space! The ceremony/irc party of sorts
will be the last two days of the weekend of October.
The actual awards will be a little something different, but you'll
have to wait to see what they are..
26 August
/ WHY SKRUBLY'S LIT IS GOOD (atom)
<skrubly> You wanna hear something gross?
<skrubly> I heard about this guy the other day that
sucked chunky-style peanut butter out of a dogs ass.
<skrubly> Actually, that's not as gross as I thought.
<skrubly> But the dog had pus-filled boils, too,
and some of them became irritated and burst.
<skrubly> So the guy had pus from these boils, and
the dog was loving it so much that he's kickin the guy in the
head and shit.
<skrubly> I'm actually just making this up right
now.
<skrubly> um, and let's see, oh yea, the dog ate
corn before this happened...
<skrubly> meanwhile he's getting tea-bagged by this
really, really old woman..
<skrubly> With stretch marks in all the wrong places.
* Skrubly is glad to be of service.
<skrubly> This would make for quite a frightening
jpg.
<skrubly> Maybe I'll write a story about it instead.
arent we glad
he doesnt draw that much? From all of us in #hirez skrubs... keep
your thoughts to yourself before large meals :)
23 August / NEW CREATORS UNLEASHED (napalm)
The newest CIA Conspiracy (#55) has been released! Check out all
4, yes, 4 parts. The packs can be found via dcc on IRC in #cia
from napalm or other members or for a faster and easier transfer
ftp to creators.org/releases/
and grab cia55-*.zip ! Check www.creators.org
for a new site coming soon with tons of information and goodies.
Cia Conspiracy
Pack Breakdown:
cia55-a.zip - Cia Ansi, Ascii from the Hazmat crew, and this month's
info/member listing.
cia55-b.zip - Cia Highres kickin it, part 1.
cia55-c.zip - Cia Highres kickin more, part 2.
cia55-d.zip - Cia's Literary Magazine: Scrollz #2
Make sure
you grab em all and look out next month for an all new scrollz,
more great ascii, a new and improved ansi department and as usual,
some killer high res!
23 August
/ ICE WINS BLENDER KOMBAT (dangermouse)
Ice have defeated
Acid quite convincingly in the latest Blender Kombat match to
be played. The points tally looked something like this:
ACID:
Concept/Orig: 27.5 / 40 pts
Technical Skills: 28 / 40 pts
Overall: 55.5 / 80 pts
ICE (winner):
Concept/Orig: 32.5 / 40 pts
Technical Skills: 32 / 40 pts
Overall: 64.5 / 80 pts
General
comments:
Ice won this event because of the skill in which they executed
their work, an animation. The concept was good, original and funny.
A very good effort for the amount of time they had. Acid also
submitted a very good piece of work, showing good photo manipulation
and VGA skills. Good work guys.
Look for both
entries in the blender kombat gallery next week.
23 August
/ CIA #55 RELEASED (dark entity)
Cia pack #55
is out now and can be found by ftping to creators.org.
the pack this month is split into 4 parts.. the first being ansi/ascii,
the second and third vga, and the last the second issue of scrollZ.
23 August
/ BAKA/SOLO PACK (bon)
Made a mistake from the first post. The file didn't clear, but
should this time. Just released it, should be able to find it
at cdrom.com. It's "baka_dra.rar". Let me know what you think
22 August
/ RANTS (dangermouse)
Guys, the news section is a section is for news, not personal
slander towards other artists. If you want to start a valid debate,
like the pack quality vs. lateness one, then by all means do so,
but don't expect to get posted if you're just saying another person
is lame or calling them poofters, or whatever..
22 August / FIRST SOLO PACK / BAKA_DRUGS (bon)
Just released the first of a few solo packs I'm doing. The
series is called BAKA, and there's three arcs planned sofar. The
first was a deviation series, that got delayed, should be out
next month, but I have released the first of the Drug pack (a
different style for each drug), there's six pics in part A of
the pack, 3 more to be released later. Anyway....blah blah blah,
I could give you a whole shpeel on what BAKA and the symbole mean,
but, I don't feel like telling anyone just yet.
Go get the
pack at CDROM.COM, it's called BAKA_Drugs-PA.zip. Let me know
what you think bonse@rogerswave.ca
21 August
/ BLENDER KOMBAT (dangermouse)
We're waiting on one more judge to decide the points, so keep
your eyes glued to this spot for the results of the ACID vs ICE
match! I can tell you this though -- I dunno who is gonna win..
:)
20 August / WARNING! (deceased
squirell)
I am just writing this as a warning and at the same time a
plea for help. My groups channel got taken over by a group of
" `l33t " artist, by the names of white-t, and brainstew. This
people were supposedly members. The reason it got taken over was
because brainstew was acting like a dick on #ansee cause fights
and making people leave, so I banned him. I am writing this article
to let all you group leaders and senior to know about these guys.
If they apply to your group they will proably takeover your channel.
If you can somehow get back my channel #distant, I would be very
very appreicative.
> responses
to this posting
20 August / REMEMBER ROC? (silver
rat)
I have released a retrospective pack entitled "The Best of RoC"
containing the very best ANSI/RIP/VGA/etc. produced by RoC (a.k.a.
Rulers of Chaos) during its brief time in the scene, (mid 1994
- early 1996). RoC was the spawning ground for many remarkable
artists such as Black Guard (of Acid/Ice fame), Panacea (Fire),
Samuari (Function/Awe), Galahad (Union), and The Rza (Disco/Samsara).
This is a must-download for any diehard fan of the scene. You
can obtain the pack from my website: http://www.glue.umd.edu/~soren/ansi.html
20 August / ICE T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE (massd)
iCE has finally completed our first t-shirt and it is now available
for purchase online! We are using a third party company who makes,
markets, sells and ships the t-shirts to keep the whole process
as quick and cheap as possible. I personally own two of these
shirts and they're good looking, Hanes beefy T's. Follow this
link to check out closeups of the front and back and order a shirt!
The page will
move onto the larger ice.org web structure when v2 is launched
soon. In the meantime, follow the link...
http://www.ice.org/~massd/tees
19 August / LEGION #5 OUT! (maestro)
The Legion
chapter 05, "triumph", was released a few days ago. not sure when
because we don't pay much attention to dates but it's out and
can be found on ansSRV in #ans. once again, the Legion chapters
are MONTHLY compilations of our ansi art. since the Legion 02
we've released every month and will continue to do so, so look
forward to more great art next month some time.
18 August
/ FOS #10 COMING SOON (inazone)
Fistful of
Steel Issue #10 will be releasing this weekend, probably between
August 19-21. More reviews and interviews, but this month we have
*gasp* articles!!! So if #9 wasn't your cup of tea, take a look
at the new issue when it releases this weekend.
Also, FOS
will be running a new website review in the next two to three
months. If you have a new site, or if your site has changed since
our last review, drop me a line so I remember to check it out!
inazone/fos
editor
18 August
/ C0'S BACK! (count
zero)
Yo,
count zero of iCE is back in business, after a four month hiatus
during the summer school term at University. So if ya want some
ansi art, I'm your man; logos are free, pics will cost ya (unless
you're a friend of mine... so suck up for all you're worth, buddy).
Just e-mail me at mikeshea@hotmail.com
if you want to request some art.
18 August / ICE PACK BEING LATE (mass
delusion)
Hey, the iCE
Pack being late was my fault and I'll take the blame. We had a
small miscommunication and it blossomed into a big mess. But hey,
overall, we're usually pretty prompt and I'm making the effort
to be more on time now after that last blunder. SO. Expect us
to be a bit more punctual, and I apologize to everyone for how
late we were, especially my fellow iCEys.
18
August / DISTANT (deceased
squirrel)
Distant pack
#2 should be released to the scene sometimes this month. :) await
it.
17 August / FUCK YOU SUDDEN DEATH
(filth)
It
seems that we have a traitor among us fellow doodle boys. his
name is SUDDEN DEATH, and he decided to RIP one of the greatest
artists of all time APHEX TWIN. in other words.
***
SUDDEN DEATH RIPPED APHEX TWIN, HE IS A NO TALENT PIECE OF TURD
WHO CAN'T DRAW SHIT ***
fuck
you sudden death for playing us like fools.
>
submit responses to this
claim - ie. proof
17 August / MEMBERS WANTED
(image)
Uprise
is looking for members, we cater for ansi/ascii/vga/modding and
music please if your interested check out our site at http://move.to/uprise
or visit us on efnet #uprise, or email me at image_amnesia@hotmail.com
with some work, for the latest uprise pack you can get it at our
website, msg me on irc :),..
17 August / BEAM#2 ARTCOMP DEADLINE
(shine)
Well,
the deadline for our beam atrcompo has changed. bad typo. ;) it's
not 10th of august but september, 18th. so go on and draw some
'kitchen accidents'
17 August
/ TAI-PAN.438.A
(scrye)
Now
I'm sure you are all sick of hearing from me, but if you
downloaded Sense #12, be sure to scan you computer for Virii immediatelly!
I discovered Tai-Pan.438.A was lurking in APPGEN.EXE today, and
I feel I must warn you about this. As far as i know, this virus
is memory resident and he wont do much damage aside from taking
up conventional memory, and if he infects deltree.exe, the program
wont work for the time it is infected. Thanks for listening.
16
August / SENSE 12 OUT
(scrye)
No,
I'm not here to talk about pack dealines, but I would just like
to note that sense has released it's 12th pack today and we are
now officially one year old! If you are interested on viewing
the pack, you can get it by clicking here
.. Thanks
16 August
/ HALLUCIGENIA RELEASES!
(etana)
The August pack is out and, as always, is overflowing with good
stuff. It is completely viewable and downloadable at our website
[note NEW address!] http://hallucigenia.home.ml.org
15 August
/ FUCKING VIRUS
(cat
dog)
Ok,
i've just spent 2 days trying to rid my system of a virus, which
infected over 300 .exe files on my comp. the virus was given to
me by someone asking in #ansi (i believe) about anyone wanting
to try a new irc client "xirc 1.2" (i regret to inform that i
have since deleted the logs) but anyways, i ran this program,
and suddenly the .exe dissappeared. then every once and a while
a message would pop up "pervert detected: please remove dick from
disk drive" and "warning: about to format c:\ hit OK to continue"
rambling, i know, but hey, i'm pissed.
Ok,
so i dont worry bout the prog, cause it doesn't pop up anymore.
next day i power up, and mcafee (imagine it picked it up!!) popped
up with explorer.exe with the W32.CIH.SPACEFILLER virus. (good
think i picked up the new data files the other day), ok, so i
delete explorer.exe from dos, and re-load windows, well it seems
this virus likes to take any 32bit prog that gets run, and fuck
it up the ass. so i use litestep as a shell instead of explorer
(thank god) and i scan my system. low and behold i have 350 infected
files. they cant be cleaned and i'm left to delete them. there
goes all my programs. great. then something pequillier(sp) a file
" .exe" yes, thats a space. and wow it has the same filesize as
xirc.exe, which i also found out decided to re-locate to my system
directory along with it's friend " .exe". i deleted every motherfucking
infected file, and re-loaded windows.
Now
most things work, but it seems i'm going to have to back up all
my data and format, because windows is extreemly fucked up now,
with long filename shit, ie: having 3 program files directorys{
program files progra~ old program files } and none of the programs
that i had work very well because the paths are fucked. just a
little note to everyone out there. dont get that file.
and
also, whoever sent it to me.. i expect a damned good apology!
.
15 August / TO THOSE WHO COMPLAIN ABOUT BK
(mass
delusion)
I've
always believed in the saying, "If you aren't part of the solution,
you're part of the problem". So, if you're not helping to better
the situation, you're hindering it.
Basically,
the iCE team has people from PST, EST and CET, which spans a total
of 10 hours of Global time. It's tough to get a time setup when
all of us (who hold jobs/etc) will be available. However, we're
back on track with our competition this weekend on Sunday, 1:00pm
EST, 10:00am PST, and 20:00 CET.
See you all
there on #blender.
ed note:
If
your one of the teams supposed to be competing, email me about
arranging a time to play a match acheron@acheron.org
13 August
/ THE BLENDER IS BROKEN? (marquee)
What's
the deal with Blender Kombat? -- Jerry Seinfeld.
I
mean, we've got Blender, we've got Kombat, it's stupendous! --
Kramer
Okay,
seriously, what's goin on with BK? The ANSI hype that was so prominent
a couple of months ago has died down already? I mean, groups aren't
even showing up to defend their name name against rival groups.
What's that all about? Don't you guys give a shit anymore? You
are letting ANSI go straight down the tubes AGAIN with your lack
of interest. Show some pride in your work, and lop off the nuts
of your rivals at some good old-fashioned Blender Kombat.
Thank
you for your time.
12 August / NEW BK MATCH (dangermouse)
There will be a Blender Kombat match
on this Sunday at 1pm in #blender, between ACiD and iCE, so if
you're in the group's team, be sure to show up. Wish both teams
the best of luck - this is the ultimate 'grudge' match..
12 August / CANT WE ALL JUST BE ON TIME?
(firewall)
Okay. I've
been an avid follower of all aspects of the scene for years now.
And the thing that has always grabbed my gurdle the most is the
fact that groups take no pride in releasing their packs on time.
Im sure the people that view the packs (this includes me) don't
appreciate having to wait for a pack that's two weeks late. It
just turns you off from that pack in general, and kills the hype.
Now, I know
that artgroups put packs out as entertainment, and get no REAL
reembursement for their artwork, so I can't blame them all that
much. But if you set a deadline, stick to it! iCEs pack was over
a week late this month, and I still don't see ACiD's pack. Come
on guys, i don't want to see another Fire take place.
> read
the responses to the pack quality debate
09 August / DIGITAL
TERRORISTS (spot)
Avenge would like to introduce the Digital Terrorists. The biggest
group of badass web development people in the scene. We are currently
accepting applications. We are looking for the following, HiRez,
PERL/C, UNIX, Designers, Color Cordnation and Layout people. Please
email all aplications inquiries to dt@razorshift.com.
09 August / POWER
FLOWER CREW #1 (GreenDrug)
The young
russian group - Power Flower Crew (PFC) grants to you a first
artpack named "Power
Flower" Leech it and mail us! =)
09 August / BEAM
ISSUE #2 (shine
/ black maiden)
ok,we're working hard on beam #2 but we still need help. articles,
pictures for our gallery, pics for the art contest (about 'kitchen
accidents' ), news, rumours, etc. are always apreciated.
it's damn hard to create a mag about
today's artscene, if there is no reaction besides 'humm. nice
mag' or something.
so if you want to do something about
it, don't hestate to contact us. ;) just write an email to beam.mag@gmx.net
or msg me on irc: shineBM or shiny on #ans / #bmaiden
for issue #1, infos about issue
#2, votesheet, etc have a look at: http://kaoz.org/bm/beam
thanks.
08 August / NEW DDT ENT. ART-PACK
(royal ghost)
The leading russian group DDt Ent., considerably outgoing group
HRG in Russia presents for your entertainment a new art-pack named
"The
Pack", Size 1.5mb..
07 August / ARTPACKS.ACID.ORG
SPLITTING (RaD Man)
Artpacks.acid.org has split servers - Effective the beginning
of August, all FTP functions are being handled by the new site
at ftp.artpacks.acid.org,
while all the HTTP and CGI functions remain at http://artpacks.acid.org.
What this means to you basically
is that our CGI scripts (such as the search engine and archive
viewer) have been temporarily rendered useless, and that a great
majority of the file links on our site are broken.
Upload processing scripts and other
cron jobs are still in working order, and files are still there.
Just make sure to update your FTP client to go to ftp.artpacks.acid.org
/pub/artpacks.
For more details on this 'event'
refer to http://artpacks.acid.org/www/html/broken.html
06 August / EDUCATE YOURSELVES!
(maestro)
We've moved into a new era in ansi art with new groups, new talent,
and and new life amongst other things. it's good to see us moving
full speed ahead into the future, however we must remember that
without the past the future has no existance. it pleases me to
see some artists taking the time to help out the new guys and
show them a few things about ansi art but it would also be beneficial
to give them a brief history lesson and expose them to the great
artists of the past that definded and redefined the ansi scene
as we know it.
i have a series of projects in mind
that i'd like to get going. these projects are geared towards
familiarizing some of the new talent out there with the legends
of the past, the guys that made the scene what it is today. i
can't do these things alone so if any of you are interested in
helping out please don't hesitate to email me at egod@berkshire.net
- maestro of the LEGION
05 August / FUNCTION AUGUST PACK
(quip)
Function has released their August pack. This month, Quip and
Warpus were both tied up with computer problems, and Ironghost
assembled the pack.
You can get the new pack at the
Function homepage.
04 August / AWARDS 98 [MORE]
(dangermouse)
Around the middle of August/late August, I will be putting up
the nominees on the awards98
site. The list will available for viewing for a week after
that date also. All comments about the list can be made via email
at the time..
The voting system will be your basic
voting booth stuff, with IP checking in place.. Woo.
BTW. If anyone wants to help out
on the day - we need people to look after the channel, think up
lots of trivia questions, and basically help out during
the two days. If anyone is interested, email
me.
04 August / TURMOIL IN #ANS?
AS IF! (maestro)
#ANS has been regulated by yours truly. Come back in and join
in on the fun!
03 August / #TRAX (beek)
#trax is on scenenet now.. http://www.scene.org
for more information.
furthermore, for quick fixing of
your irc -- #trax is on irc.scene.org (random server)
tack, din jävel!
03 August / GIVING THE FACTS
(aCk)
Correctoion! Skade is Israeli, not Swedish. :)
03 August / AWARDS 98 POSTPONED
(dangermouse)
Awards98 has been postponed until September/October. Because of
unrealiable nominee lists and such, and well, poor structuring
on my part, the awards will now take place in the next few months.
Nominee's will now be voted for, and then at a later point, the
new nominees will be listed.
If you have already made your vote,
and stand by it, then don't worry about voting again - at least
not until the noninees are online. Your current votes will be
used to determine the new nominees (ie. others selections, and
popular choices).
The ASCII sections were quite frankly
not up to scratch, and are being completely redone. You can also
suggest nominees via the 'vote' sections if you'd like.
Sorry for all the confusion.. With
a little effort, and perhaps some luck, the awards98 scene party
should go off.. Go to the awards98
site to suggest a nominee..
03 August / DOMINIO #06 OUT!
(anomite)
dominio's 6 months anniversary pack is out. Get it [somewhere?]
03 August / GLUE #12 RELEASED
(drs)
Glue celebrates it's first birthday, with our #12 pack !
get it from, http://glue.cjb.net,
or from ansSRV in #ans on the EfNet Irc network.
03 August / I'M NOT DEAD!@#
(scrye)
I've been told that rumors have been spread around IRC confirming
that I am dead, which in releation, also is causing the death
of my art group, SeNSE .. I would just like to verify that I am
not dead and that SeNSE is definatelly not dead .. Thanks you
for your time.
02 August / HRGPACK #18 IS OUT!
(Shere Khan)
what are you looking at? immediately download this thing! hrg-18.zip
02 August / ASPIRE/2 (gravedancer)
The sophmore release of the 410 ac group has been released!
Pick it up: aspire02.zip
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