[?7hÜÜÛß ÜÜÛ²²²ÜÜÜÜÛ ²²²ÜÜ ßÜÜÜÛ²²²ÜÜÜÜÛß ²²ß²Ûß²²ÛßÛÛ²±²ßßßß ÛÛ²±ÞÝ ±²ßßßßÛÛ²±²²ß ±²Ý²²Þ±ß ß ²²±ßß±°ÝÞ²± ßß±°Ý ±²ÝÞ °±²ÜÜÜßÞ±Ý ßÞ± ݱÝÞ°ÝÞ±Ý ±ÝÞ°ÝÞ°±²ÜÜÜßÛ ßßßßßßßßßÞ°°±²ß ßÞ° ßßßßßßßß ±Ý°ßßßßßßßß  °Þ±Ý°ßßßßßßßß  °Þ°°±²ß ßßßßßßßßßßßÛÛ °°°ß °ÝÞ°ÞÝ ßÜ ÜÜÜÜß Þ°ÞÝ ßÜÜÜÜÜÛÜ °°°ß ÛÛ°°Ü°° ÛÞÝ ÛßßÛÜ °°ÜÛÛ ßß°°ÜÜÜ ßÜ ÜßßÜÜß ßÜßÜ ßß °°ÜÜpcÛÛÛÛ¿¿Ú¿Â ¿Ú¿¿³³ ¿³ ¿ڴ³ÚÚ´³ Ú´Ú¿Ú¿Ú´Ú¿ÛÛ³³³³³³³  ³Ã´³ À´ ³³Ã ³³³À¿³ à ³³ à ³ÙÛÛÁ³ÀÀÙÙ ³ ³ÁÀÀÙÀÙ Ù³ÀÙÀÁÙÀÙÀÙÀÙ ³³ ÀÙÁ³ÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛEmpire Monthly News  Update for the date of 01/01/94 ÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Okay... T ime for the Monthly News Flash. Here's what's happening in Empire... þ Having taken our internal restructuring e fforts into the month of December, our group has now taken a  turn toward the better . This month, we acquired a few new  members, including new positions for West Coast, the United States , and the World Coordinators. Their efforts make the politic s of the group more stable and secure, as well as spread the  group's packs into Australia, Europe and any number of other pl aces as well. We see European sites, HQs, and artists in our  future... and we have already expanded into Australia, picking up  Flick as an artist, and Violent Crimes as our Australian HQ along  the way I truly believe that within 3 months, this group will  be a considerable alternative to ACiD or iCE, without as much  of the competition and pressure. This was one of my major long t erm goals in the creation of Empire, and I'm proud to say that  soon that goal may be achieved. I'd like to take this space to th ank Dark Vision, Shadow Hawk, Night Crawler, Flick, and Sudden Death  for their contributions in this matter. þ With the crippling retirement of Killraven, and the e nd of the year, come the end of the short age or Empire's birth. This event has saddened us  all, but we continue on into the next year. With the death of our first age  (I call it this because I cannot call it a year, and this year ha ving passed marks a turn in Empire's history... therefore I refer to it as an 'age'), come s the beginning of our next 'age', ushering in a relative prosperity in the  group. In October of '93, we set out with big plans to become a respected gro up, but without becoming media slaves in the process. We have taken a large st ep in that direction with the first three months of our existence, and ahead  of us seems to lie a stable future, filled with much more prosperity. With t he retirement of Killraven we have the recruitment of many great artists.  There are so many artists now in Empire, I can not and will not name them al l. I don't put any of them above the other, so I never express my favorite. .. besides... they know. ;) þ EmpireNet was a codename for the net which was to be  born hosting Empire. That name has now been officially set to ConquestNet. However, Conques tNet is now no longer ready for applicants from the United States. We are in a  testing stage and plan to carry boards in Australia and Europe, a nd are accepting only their applications at this time. Sorry if it  disappoints you. þ Premier Magazine continues production. Artists and co ders are hard at work getting the interface together, but we are not accepting articles or w riters until we have finished the coding and art for the magazine. We were un able to release a demo this month, due to the Christmas Events eating up our t ime. We predict a release sometime in March, but we still refuse to set a h ard date. That's the news for January 1st, 1994... Stay tuned: more news  at eleven... Ú´Ú¿Ú´Ú´Ú¿Ú´ Ú´Ú¿ ڿ³ڿ Ú¿Ú¿ ³Â³Ùà à ³À¿ ³Â³³ ³³³³³³³³ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄ ÄÀÙÁ³ÀÙÀÙ ³ÀÙ ÀÙÀ Ù ÀÙÀÙ³³ÀÙ Beastie ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Get me into Federation, please.  ;) ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄPrimordial Chowder ÄÄÄÄÄ  Woops. Spelled it wrong... ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Shattered Mind ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Dip the envelope, please. ;)  ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄFlick and Sudden Death Ä  Greets to Australia! G'Day! ;) ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Vector ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ We need a bug zapper... ;)  ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄDieter ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄ Still going... nothing outlasts the energizer greets.;)D ark Vision ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Hey... It's me. ;) ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄFlick of the Switch ÄÄÄÄ F or as many users as you have, your board's real busy.;