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 - hal speaks -

    well, we're back. :) it seems that a ton of p
eople liked the pack,
    so i decided to be a mindless slob and follow the urges
 of the masses.
    i'm not alone, tho.  if you look at the memberlist, you
'll see that
    a lot of the "members" from last month's revival pack h
ave come back
    for more fire madness.  plus we've got some terrific ne
w additions to
    the crue.  check out the personal news section below fo
r more details.

    i really hope that fire doesn't become another trend th
ing .. it's sure
    as hell getting a lot more publicity than it used to.  
it almost makes
    me nostalgic for the old days.  almost.  there are bene
fits associated
    with being the group that's gonna kick the living shit 
outta legend.
    (i had to do it, somms, please don't rip my testes off.
)  see, since
    fire is big and k-rad now, i can go on irc and do this:

    <hal^fire> hey everyone ..
    <usual shmoe> w0w! f1re rules!

    that's cool and all, but i wonder how many of those peo
ple were around
    when we released our christmas pack last year, or when 
eerie declared
    us his favorite small group, (next to mist, of course) 
or when we
    tried to merge into mist, or got our first long distanc
e member? (pale.)
    point is, if you really want to support the group and u
nderstand where
    we're coming from, go back in time and do it from the s
tart! :)

    just kidding .. but i would love it if people would act
ually go back and
    look at some of the old packs.  there are some awesome 
sights to be seen
    including, wm-talen.exe, mac's 24-hour pyroview and som
e of p1's earlier,
    less-perfect ansis.

    now that my griping is over, i'll get down to the nitty
 gritty.

 - group news -

    fire isn't taking sites anymore .. don't ask.
  if i want to give you a site,    you'll have a sit
e.  and yes, i think distros are cool.  fuck the i-n
et:
    when you need a pack, there should be some local bbs' t
hat always have
    the latest.

    no dual groupers.  not to sound like integrity,
 but i really hate dualing.
    i'm a complete fucking hypocrite since i did it in reli
c for so long but
    i'm trying to make up for past mistakes by making every
one else suffer. :)
    but seriously, dualing kills groups.  as p1 so eloquent
ly said, "it just
    takes away from the character of a group."  when i get 
on irc, i want
    people to think: there's halaster, he's in fire.  not: 
there's halaster,
    he draws for groups all over the place.

    fire should be getting some new methods of communicatio
n setup soon, as
    well.  shaolin is looking into getting pyronet 
running again and maxwell
    and wintermute are busily coding away at fire's very ow
n home page.  in
    addition to this project, maxwell is also coding and mo
dding #fire's own
    eggdrop bot: donutz.  i'm also working on compi
ling a complete fire mailing
    dlist.

    nihilistic order is serving as the temporary fi
re whq, until the regency
    is back up on-line as a telnet site.  you can u
pload any work or app to
    the order through a standard account or through vision-
x's spiffy dos
    upload feature.  i will also accept applications and wo
rk on harvest moon
    and on irc.  nihilistic's number is [770]642-24
34.

 - individual -

    prisoner#1 began work on vga artwork ag
ain this month, and should have
    some really spiffy work in the next few months.  scratc
h that.  p1 quit.

    vertigo joins from bleach.  the man is a talent
ed ansi and ascii artist and
    will surely contribute to the group in the future.

    silver rat joins this month from acid and conti
nues to run roc.  sr is
    one of the few remaining exceptions to the dualing rule
, and will remain
    in both groups for the forseeable future.

    shaolin returns to the fire fold after a long h
iatus with a variety of
    groups.  his rip artwork was sorely missed and i'm thri
lled to have ole'
    sa (yes, sa, not shn or whateverthefuck some other grou
ps were calling
    him) back.

    silver dragon joins up with fire this month as 
an ansi artist.  his work
    shows much promise and will surely reach oustanding lev
els in the months
    to come.

eerie, my favorite frenchie, joins up with us a
t long last!  as predicted  
    by little ole' me way back when fire was alive the firs
t go 'round, eerie
    was destined to be in my group again.  it's almost a re
lic reunion, with:
    
    ktulu is still in the group.  ole' kt still fin
ds the time to draw ansi for     fire even when he i
s faced with the daunting task of slacking through h
is
    senior year and applying to every ivy league school in 
existance.  for the
    first time, i have to sadly admit that i have no fuckin
g idea what ktulu's 
pic in the pack is of.  if you can figger it out, tell 
me. 

    the silent killer also joins fire this month as
 an ansi artist.  his fonts
    are exceptionally good and he's also expanding his hori
zons to pic artwork.

    shroom, formerly of teklordz, applied and was a
ccepted this month.  shroom
    has a very interesting font style and extends it well i
nto his full pics.
    as a relative newcomer to the scene, shroom's art shows
 amazing promise.
    shroom will also be contributing rip artwork to fire.  
then he quit.  this 
    is the kind of lame shit that's going to kill the scene
 one day.  if you 
    say you're going to join a fucking group, it should be 
true!  not to mention    the fact that you should pl
an on staying there for at least a good amount of   
 time.  

nivenh parsec nanowhap.  target schizm sighting
 nano (saga) bewm.  time to 
    tsq-16 = 11 bobomoochers.  go for string up: nivtriot 1
 through nivtriot
    17.  baker baker sn00t.

 - closing -

i have to personally apologize for the non-spectacular 
quality of the fire 
    pack.  i think i rushed it.  besides that, i also manag
ed to catch two nice     ear infections this month, 
so i've been feeling kinda shitty for the past      
 few days. the next pack should rock, however, so kee
p your eyes peeled.  it
    really sucks that this is the first month that fire has
 released a pack 
worse than the last.  but hey, things happen.  

ú halaster <firegency>
                                             ú kat
es+@andrew.cmu.edu

fire '95: if it goes down, i go down.

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SAUCE00Newsletter for 10/95               Halaster            Fire                19951010„ 

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