ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ Üß ßÜßÜ ßÜß Ü ßÜ Û Û Û   Û Üß ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ßÜßÜ  ÛßßßÜ ßÜßÜ   ßÜ Û Û Û  ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛ Û ÜßßÜÜÜÜÜÛ Û  ÜÛ Û Û ß ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ Û ßßßßß ßÜ ÜÜÜÛ Û ÛÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ  ÜÛ Û ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜß Ü ß ÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜ Û ÛÛ Û Û  Û Û Üß Û  Ü Û Û Û  Û ßÜÜÜÜÛÛ Û Û  Û ßßßßß ßÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ   ÜÛ Û Û  Û ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜß Û Û Û  ÛßßßßÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜß Û  Û Û Û ßÜÜÜÜÜ  Tsunami ßÜ ßßßßßßß ÜßÜß Û  Û Û Û Üß Üß Û Û Û  Surge ßÜ ÜßÜß Û  Û Û Û ÜßÜ ß Û ßÜ Û ßßßßßßßßßßß ßßßßßßßßß ßßßßßß ß ßßßßßßß ßßßßßßßßß ßßßßßßßßß Û ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÛ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ Û Û Û Û Û ß Û ÛÛ Û  ÛÛ Û Û Û ß ß ÜÜÜ ß ß ÜÜÜ ß Û  Û ß Û Û Û Û°ÛÛ Û°Û Û°ÛÛ Û °ÛÛ°Û Û°ÛÛ °ÛÛ°Û Û°Û Û° Û Û Û±Û Û Û±Ûß Û±ÛÛ ßßßßßÛ ÛÛ Û±Û Û±ÛßÛ± ÛÛ±Û Û±Ûß Û±Û ßßßÜ Û²Û Û Û²Û Û²Û Û ÛÛ ²Û Û²Û Û²ÛÛ² ÛÛ²Û Û²Û Û²Û Û ÛÛÛ Û ÛÛÛÜÜÛ ÛÛÛÜÜÛÜÜÛ ÜÜÜÜÜÛ ÛÛ ÛÛÛÜÜÛ ÛÛÛÜÜÛ ÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÜÜÛ ÛÛÛ Û ÜÜÜÜ Û ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ Û ßß ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ Û Pack #2! Û ßßßßßßßßßßßß Well, we made it 2 packs farther than I expected, and so f ar it looks promising for ORBiT. The first pack was huge, I know... and a fe w things were screwy... but, besides for that, the feedback on it was all posit ive. Ironically, after the 2.5 meg release of pack #1, we couldn't get  enough art into this one to release it in the 1 month span. So, packs won't  be released on the first of each month. Instead, I'm just going to release i t when we have 1.4 meg zipped up. I know it's still a lot, but we are a VG A based group ... so that can be expected. As more artists join, ORBiT will pr obably end up balancing out fine. That brings me to our next catagory... ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ Û Fresh Meat Û ßßßßßßßßßßßßßß ORBiT is looking for art talent. We are in need of ANSi a rtists, due mainly to our main ANSi artist (Tsunami Surge) dropping ANSi for  Guitar. Understandable, but I was dissapointed that an excellent ANSi art ist and .MOD composer left. Anyway, February was dissapointing as far as recr uiting goes. We acquired only a couple new members and a couple Dist. Sites.  Also, we have a Canadian Headquarters for ORBiT, The Crystal Palace. At any ra te, ORBiT is growing in the distribution aspect, but I would like to get more  talented artists to do some work for ORBiT. ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ Û Annoyances Û ßßßßßßßßßßßßßß What's really starting to piss me off about the scene is t he bandwagon effect. Admit it guys, once a couple of big groups start saying  one thing in their newsletter, everyone else starts saying the same thing. Th e big issue I can't stand is this struggle over everyone and their mom starti ng a group. Well, sure, groups like FATE in our area are a joke and a shame t o the scene in general... but I think that there has to be so me small groups sprouting to feed the bigger groups their fut ure talented artists. Think about it. If someone applys to ACiD and they say "You suck, get lost!" (not that they  would, but I'm using it as an example) .. the person probably  would quit drawing ansi. (This actually happened when someone was ripping ansis to impress me, s o they started a warez group, which looks like it's gonna be  awesome.) Anyway, instead of discouraging them, they can join a little group, like us, and tha t way they get some practice and actually improve on their ar t. One example of this, I think, would be our own Veediot! . .. a while back, in fact, he used to suck big donkey ... but  he just kept at it and improved, until now he's what I conside r to be, at the very least, a more than decent toon artist. Eventually, I 'm sure, he'll get into shaded drawings, or maybe just more c omplex toons if he wants, but for now he can get some exposur e and blossom before he moves on to a bigger group. So, sure there may be too many new groups popping up right and le ft, but please people, think about it before you hop on the " let's rip on the little guy" bandwagon! Another thing that seems to be popular to criticize is the ide a of dual grouping. Okay, sure, it might be lame to join a b illion and four groups, but as long as the person can truly handle it, then fine. Some peopl e do it just for the affils. Well, I don't consider "Lamer " to be in any group. The reason being is just 'cause none of those grou ps have been established to the least amount. I don't even sign off "mouse " when I post or whatever .. 'cause we've only had 1 (well, now 2) packs o ut. If someone is say a courier and has "Mr. Modem " then that is a good thing. More power to them if t hey want to have a 5 pack batch per board or whatever. As long as they accept their responsibili ties and do what ACiD expects him to, what UNiON expects him to do, what CiA  expects him to do, what Blade expects him to do, and what SHi VER expects him to do. To each of those groups, it wouldn't matter... 'cause he is still doing w hat he is supposed to for each group. Now for an artist, well, it changes  slightly. I HIGHLY doubt I could do enough work to be in more than 1 group.  I mean, SLiCE and SEPTiC wanted me to help them out in their VGA department, an d I said "Sure .. but I can only contribute 1 or 2 a month .. ." .. that, I can handle. I will still produce work with the  same quality for all groups and still produce good art for ORBiT. All it means, is more time spent at the computer.  If some artist has no life and can do a bazillion works for each of 15 gr oups... fine. But when it starts affecting the QUALITY and quantity of the work , that is where to draw the line in the sand and step back and realize you  are either in it for the affils, can't say no, or have just piled on too much w ork for yourself. I say take a breath .. do some work for a group, maybe  2, and relax. This is a hobby... it's not a job. Have fun w ith it. Don't overload with work you gotta do for groups wit h deadlines. (BTW - That's another thing I disagree with ..  deadlines for art pax) Anyway, enough of my lecturing, or bab bling, whichever you prefer to call it. ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ Û Closing Statement(s) Û ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß I hope you don't feel you wasted the download by getting t his pack, and if you are a freelancer out there that would like to join, jus t dial up NO CARRiER and we'll talk. |8^) In addition, I would like to invite anyone in other groups to  call NO CARRiER if they would like to set up a Distribution Site in the 81 0 area code (Which is the Metropolitan Detroit area - the 'burbs!) =] Anyway , we welcome offers for any type of distribution, while offering a wide variety  of art pax. Another thing I'd like to add is that I personally recommend t hat you use ACiDViEW for viewing the ansis, it is the best viewer I've see n from any group yet, in my personal opinion. For viewing VGA, I suggest usi ng the latest version of CompuShow, which I may include for you. It is simply t he best VGA viewer I have ever seen. For listening to the .S3Ms, I personally  suggest usingeither DMP 3.x, the latest Inertia Player, or t he latest Visual Player. These should be easy to find, and if you can't, give NO CARRiER a call a nd I'll personally hook you up with ACiDViEW, CompuShow, and DMP 3.x (with  DMPCC) ... But, like I mentioned, you shouldn't have a hard time finding them  Also, included in the pack is a player for the .SMK files... just use "P LAYFLI " and it'll do the rest... FYI - SMK files are merel y compressed FLIs... compressed with a program called SMACKER, which you need t o use the .SMK viewer they included to view them. But, at least it works..  :) ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ Û Legal/Copyright Info Û ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß By the US Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, along with s ections 106 through 119 and the American law (title 17, US Code) ... the w orks included in this pack are copyrighted by the artist of each work. The Bern e Convention of 1989 established inherent personal rights to the artists of the  works included in this art pack. We expect these rights will not be vio lated, but forlegal matters, we are mentioning this. mouse