лллллллллм ллллм пллм лллллллллм мл лллллллллм ллллллллллм мммммммммм лл пллм пллм ммммммммлл лл ммммммммлл ммммммммммм ллппппппп лл лл лл ллппппппп лл ллплллппп ллпппппппп лл лл лл лл лл лл лл пллм лл SS:) ллм лл лл лл лл лл лл пллм ллм плллллллм лп лп лп лп лп лп лп пллллллллм Empire Art Conquests December 1993 Compilation Here we are again. We actually made it to our second release. Well, I have alot of informing and rambling to do, so I best not take too much time on an introduction. Bottom line, we're back, and better than ever as promised. and we're not prepared to stop what we do any time soon. Expect to seem much more of Empire in the future, and expect what you see to gradually grow and improve into a high-profile group. Ambitious goals? Perhaps. We're very confident our goals are attainable, at least these goals. We have already attained our spiritual goal, which is to aid talented and promising artists. Now to some other notes of interest... this month we did alot of rearranging, etc. We got over 20 applications for sites this month and most were accepted. This was a surprise to me, personally, as I hadn't really had an advertisement campaign launched to promote the group (I wanted to prove a point, that we didn't need the promotion, and with such a boom in application I feel I've proven my point). Anyhow we picked up alot of support around the art scene and were virtually nothing in others... this was our fault. Our last pack wasn't spread around enough, but hopefully by the time you read this we have the support of Lupus, which can aid us in this respect. Anyhow, we moved our Western Capitol from Valley of Death in San Jose/408 to After Dark Club in Sacremento/916, we picked up our official United States Capitol, based out of Houston/713: Mirror Image, and we picked up over 20 new sites and member boards. We also continued work on EmpireNet, which now has a node list and is nearing completion; if you are the sysop of an Empire site, we advise you to call Falling Fast at 609-895-9462 and get a copy of the node list from Flick of the Switch as soon as possible if you're interested in carrying the net. If you are not an Empire site and wish to carry this net as a form of affiliation toward Empire or to keep up with Empire news, you may also call Falling Fast and leave FS some mail about it. We'll have an application available for the net as soon as we make it publicly available. Premier Magazine has continued development: The main coding will be done by Vector, with support from Interloper. Artists for the magazine currently include Interloper, Cisco, Flick of the Switch, Primordial Chowder, Fluorescent Darkness, and myself. I would like to take this opportunity to say that Premier is NOT Empire's magazine. It is a magazine devoted TOTALLY to art, and revolving around the better small underground groups. However, Empire artist are heavy supporters of this magazine and this is the reason we even mention it here. If you're interested contact any Empire member, Beastie, Cisco, or anyone else you see affiliated with this cause. We are looking for Writers, Artists, Coders, and Musicians. All plugging aside, you should also be seeing a demo version of Premier out some time soon; this will not be an Empire release, but stay tuned for more information. Recruitments this month include Mainman, who has promising font ideas, The Fugitive, who is a promising Literary/Ansi artist on trial, Crusader who is a promising Ansi artist also on trial, and The Mesmerist who is also an ansi artist on trial. Expect to see their work in the months ahead. Promotions include Fallen Angel to the position of Courier Coordinator, Nighthawk to the position of VGA Coordinator, and Fluorescent Darkness to the position of Musical Coordinator. I think this mass of words is enough... I'm sure only the brave or bored read this far... if ya did, you're cool ;). See y'all next pack. -ShadowSorcerer/(Empire/THG) Large, Hairy, Big-Toothed Greets to... Cisco : You're still a traitor. But you're a helluvan artist. primordial chowder : You deserve all of the credit. You need to get a life and I won't have to give you all the credit any longer. ;) Flick of the Switch : You really crank 'em out. Whoever said you couldn't have Quality AND Quantity... ;) KillRaven : Please reconsider your upcoming resignation. ;( Mainman : You're fonts kick. Keep kickin' ass with em. No pain; no gain. ;) Shattered Mind : Made an allegience yet? Interloper : Whatever you do, it's cool. Keep it up d00d. ;) Glenn Danzig : Did you get your nets hooked up? High Density : You're a cool guy. Stay cool, fewl. ;) Dieter : Yeah, you got my respect, but you never send me mail!;) The Unforgiven : Thanks for givin' me a chance in THG. Corwin of Amber : Let's do that zillion line zillion hour Allaince! ;) Sushi X : Love your ansi, and your board. Howdy, primordial chowder here, and ready to ramble. If you liked EMPiRE's first pack last month (judging from the response a lot of people did), you'll probably like this one a lot better =]. I think the quality of the work has improved throughout the group, and although we've been bombarded with assignments and miscellaneous debris, we've managed to pull this sucker together, and pick up a few members and sites on the way. One of the files included in the pack is my ViSiON-X menu set (hope you like it). The reason it includes a file_id.diz AND a viewer (hopefully), is that obviously it can be distributed as a separate file....the viewer is just an added goody for convenience. Anyway, just thought I'd mention that, hope this wasn't too painful and pointless. * And if anybody would like me to do an ansi, contact me on some board, some net, or some grocery store and we'll discuss it. Ciao. You're dismissed now. =] But first a few greets!: Cisco : Now that you're a big boy, I better be KNOCKED DOWN with awe! => ShadowSorcerer : Wow, at least a three hour conference, with NOTHING DONE! =] Fallen Angel : Don't make me hurt you, p*nk. =] Fire Shadow : Anything else? =] The Black Knight : How bout "ASiD", ANSi Superiors in Demand =] Beastie : Looking forward to the file_id.diz man! :) Eternity : The latest pack looked good guys, keep it up! VOiD : You too! =] * All the other fellow smaller groups: MERGE! :)