Before I go on and on about everything and nothing, I regret to announce
that KillRaven; the Empire Ansi Coordinator, excellent artist, and all around
great guy; is retiring from Empire after this pack is released. With his work
this month he disclosed the following comments, which I add below your your
reading displeasure...

Well,  as this  is the  last month  that I  occupy the  ANSi coordinator
title, I would like to say some last words before I leave EMPiRE.
Since  I've met  ShadowSorcerer in April/June  of 1993,  I think  that I
can say that I've progessed  a lot, and I suppose  that all that I had  ever
really  wanted   was  to   do  something   great.   I   feel  that   I  have
accomplished that,  and  now  my  work  is  getting  progessively  lesser in
quality  as  well  as  in  quantity...   Some  personal  reasons  have  also
caused me to get a little tired of all the going-ons...
I would  like  to  continue  making  ANSiS...  but  I  am out-gunned and
out-classed by  people like  Flick of  the Switch,  Primordial Chowder, etc.
that produce  ANSiS of  quality and  in quantity  which are  far superior to
my  own.   That's  the  truth.   And,  I've  set  some  expectations  that I
cannot possibly achieve in the future...
Maybe  I   will  continue   to  do   ANSiS  in   the  future   (but  not
regularly...  I  can't  even  meet  my  own  quota  that  I  established for
EMPiRE), but  they are  rather time-consuming,  and I  would like  to take a
long break  to practice  on my  ANSiS, RIPs,  poetry, and  also on  a myriad
of other ideas that I have floating about in my head.
I  might  do  some  artwork  or   articles   or  something  for  Premier
Magazine occasionally in the future...
--KillRaven

Greets go out to:

Everyone in EMPiRE  - Good work...  in my  opinion, this  group shows  a
lot  of potential  and is  far better  than a  lot
of other groups... good luck in '94.
Doctor Stupid       - Your   RIPs   are   awesome...  and   your   ANSiS
could be awesome if you took them seriously...
ShadowSorcerer      - Everything  that  I  have   accomplished  for  the
past seven  months  I  owe  to  you...  thanks for
your faith  in me...   and no,  I won't  take some
of your credit... =)
ReDMaN              - You're too disgustingly young...!
Ender               - Give me  more advance  notice when  you are  in my
area...
Flick of the Switch - Your fonts are awesome... keep it kickin'.
primordial chowder  - I  don't  care  what  everyone  thinks.   I  liked
"AWoL".  And your stuff is awesome also.
The Manifest Crew   - I haven't  seen a  pack yet,  but so  far you guys
look pretty good...

I can honestly say that every Empire veteran feels KR's loss, but we feel
that this is not only bad but also good. To stop now because of KR's retire-
ment would be silly, but I would like to commend everyone for their morale
on this subject. Seems only I was having doubts about his loss. I suppose it
probably hit me the hardest because I have the strongest bond to him; the
most probability of being greatly effected. Anyhow, I would like to thank
KillRaven for all he's done for Empire and Illusion... and it has been alot,
James, even if you think it wasn't much. I'll miss your style addition to our
packs... have a well-deserved retirement.
We gained a few artists this month, many of which seem to have promise.
Dark Vision, who has drawn several interesting Ansi pictures, many of which
are disclosed in the pack, shows the most potential of them all... though I
really don't like to put anyone on a pedestal. DV has become the West Coast
Coordinator for Empire, and is doing a good job... we at Empire give him a
warm welcome, and wish him many comfortable months of growth in the group.
Hros, a very talented and productive artist, he came from Max; where
apparently much of his work never saw release. This month we're releasing
much of that work. There are also a few others I know I am neglecting to
mention, but I hope you guys know that even though I can't find words to say,
the rest of the group still greatly appreciates your contributions.

-Ss/Empire Founder

Da Greetz: (yea boy! ;))

Shattered Mind: First place... Spamtastic! Now about the merge thing... ;)
Beastie: My board needs an ansi real bad... <wink wink> ;)
Hannibal Lecter: Love the fonts... <snicker>
Flick: How's things on Australia? ;)
DiE: See Above... ^^ ;)
Night Crawler: How's the World Coordinating going?
PC: I abbreviated it so I didn't spell it 'wrong'... you figure it out. ;)
FotS!: Sorry man, had to do it! ;)
iCE: You'll come back...
Devil's Spawn: Thanks for all that help... make sure Skill kicks.
Cybernary: What's the deal, man? Grouphopping like Shattered Mind, eh? ;)
The Alchemist: An old friend of mine...
Marshall Law: We were on a conference, remember me? I didn't think so... ;)
It's me! Shadowsorcerer! ;) No? Oh well... ;) When's your ansi
due?
ACiD: You guys are brutal...
Eternity: The second best... ;)
Mind Rape and Final Chaos: Also second best... ;)
RiOT: Awesome... I wanna be a site... guess that makes me a wannabe. ;)
Tribe: Nevermind, I should really stop with the greets. ;)

This is Empire... 1994

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