06/27/93 The Friday before the last weekend before the June ACiD acquisition 'update' is released and all is quiet in the staff. Der Schatten, ACiD Courier Coordinator, is home tired from a long day of three-waying artists and coders. It probably doesn't help his con- dition any that he is also supplying SWAT, or the fact that he has a job and is enrolled in school. Rad Man's in San Jose, downshore from his Seattle home, on vacation where he is virtually useless. It is his birthday, however, and many of the artists have taken it upon themselves to greet him in their works. I have yet to find a reason to kiss his ass, probably the reason why I'm not Senior Staff. Sharp is probably studying even though he's out of school for a while, but he might be playing Pirate's Gold, his first ware all year! Rocket Scientist has had family down for the entire month and has had trouble finding the time necessary to augment his library of source with anything new or fresh. Shardik is having a little trouble with OS/2 and Vision-X and so Helter Skelter is temporarily down for repairs. Deathknight, ACiD telecom coordinator, has been putting most of his free time into his PWA position as Courier Coordinator and thus the communication between members of the group has been weak this month. I'm here I guess, struggling to come up with enough meat for the pack as usual. I was on vacation in various regions of the northeastern sector of the country and thus not much happened for the first half of the month. Anyways, this may be my sixth month in ACiD, but it is really the 'hat trick' month of 1993. For the third time I can honestly say that the ACiD team has pulled off a miracle and produced at the wire. Members who ordinarily contribute very little artwork in favor of having it be top notch somehow found it within themselves to produce art of the same calibre in quantity. Special thanx goes out to Panama Jack, Golgotha, and Vision for their unusual effort this month. As far as the ACiD VGA division is con- cerned, much emphasis is being placed on the very distant demo in the making. The ACiD staff would like to introduce Deadbolt to the artists and to all of the ACiD fans worldwide. Deadbolt has been begging for the demo for some time and is finally going to get it (I hope he can handle it ). Look to see artwork by Acoustik, Shockwave, Mondoman, Cerebrus, and Dyinhell. Expect music from the Sonic Ecstasy Team and the other ACiD musicians. In case you are not aware, Sonic Ecstasy joined up with ACiD at the beginning of May and is made up of four members, DJ Krython D, Rhythm Addiction, Nocturnal Intruder, and Low Profile. Also note that Dyinhell (VGA artist) is from Sonic Ecstasy. The demo will be coded entirely in assembler and will most definately be entered into the competitions in Europe. Right now I would like to personally greet Daredevil of Renaissance for helping me help our coders work with their sound routines. I am in hope that ACiD will be capable of coding .669 modules for the July acquisition update - someone in ACiD take the hint and spend the month working it out for my birthday:). Anyways, back to the business at hand, let it be known that I did not receive any kind of 14,000 dollar phone bill like Morbid Angel and Nightstalker would like to have you believe, they simply woke my mother up and to get rid of them she spewed a few sentences of bullshit and hung up. I did get busted, however, even though I did not get in any type of criminal suit. I had been using a 800 PBX for some of my calls which I eventually got billed for. I won't tell you to learn a lesson from my experience because I am currently scanning my area for System-75's :). Oh well, I only hope that the coders come through for me over the weekend and produce up to the ACiD standard so that I can co-release my first acquisition with Der Schatten on Wednesday evening[Ed. Note: CoughTHURSDAYcough :) ]. Who knows, if I am really efficient, it might come out in the morning to help it spread on time. It's not hard to spread an acquisition when you have Elusive Dreams as your WHQ though, but many thanks still go out to the SWAT couriering team who have helped us to distibute the pack nationwide so that it is more readily available to everyone. I even thank Cyberchrist ahead of time, but also warn him to stay in iCE because he does not belong in ACiD and needs to assume the legacy that Shihead Kallamazoo has left behind when he formed TRiBE. Oh well, this has got to be my longest paragraph ever ... l8r Greets go out to: Rad Man: I should get into that friends and family plan! Sharp: I'm getting your little Indian airline waitress's phone number :) Der Schatten: I hope the Braves approve of our charging to them! Rhythm Addiction: I wish I could code a .669 as well :) Golgotha: I will eventually see the BI/QS ansimation w/ the cow, right! Liquid Nitro: You will draw many ansi's this month :) TMOD: You call me in the early morning, I'll wake your ass at night bitch! Cyberchrist: Bah :) Spiff and Cardinal: Move less warez and call more artists! Tempus Thales: You will find yourself in ACiD one day :) l8r CETiS [/´CiDùPWA STAFF] (Der Schatten: Well, since Cetis is already off to Daytona Beach, or wherever the hell his is, I gonna stick my two punk-ass cents in. I would say a few greets but that's go on forever, so I'll just say this was a really cool month and the artists and coders as well as the couriers have done a real cool job this month. Oh yeah, and I gotta say to The Cardinal, that was the best alliance I've been on in the last 6 months+, all 5 of 'em. L8r Homies... Oh yeah, and the phase for the month is 'comma bitch' Hope you enjoy the pack this month comma bitch...)