'Feed Your Mind' ÜÜ ßßßÛ²ßßßÛ² ²Û ÛÛßßßÛÛÜ ²ßßß²Û ÛÛßßßÛÛ ßß ÛÛßßßÛÜ  ld!acid°Û² °Û² ßßß²Û°Û²ßß ÜÜ° ßß °Û²ßß ß²Û°Û²° ÜÜ Û² Û ²° ²Û° °  ²Ûßßßßßßßß²Û ²ß ß ßß ²ßßß ßßßßßß ßßßß ßß ² þ²ß ßßßß²ß ßß ßß²ßßß ßßßßßßßßßß²Û² Ü Ü ßÛÛÛ²ÛÜ ÜÜ°ßÛÛÛÛß ÜÛÛÛßßßßßßÛÛÛ² ÛÛÛÛß ²Ü ßÛÛÛ²ß Ü ß ÛÛÛÛßÜÛÛÛßßßßßßÛÛÛ² ÜÜÜ  ÛÛÛ ²Ûß± ß ²Ü°ßÛ ²ßÛÛ ²Ûß² ÜÜÜÜßþÜÜÜÜ ²Ûß² ÛÛÛ Û ²ßÛ± ÛÛÛÝÞÛß²Ý Ûßß²ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ °ÛÛÛ °² Û² ±ÝÛ° Ü ß² Ü° ±ÛÛ²°±Ý Û± ÜÜÜÜÝÞ²ÛÛÝ ±Ý ± Û²Û² ± ° Û²ÛÝÞ° ±²ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ß²Ûß² Þ²Û° ² ÛÛ °ÛÛ° ²ÛÜ ß°Ü°Û°± °°ÛÛ° ß²Û ²°Þ±ßݲ°ÛÛ° ß±²ß°° °  ß² ß°°ÛÛ° ²ßß²°ß²Û ²ÝÞ°Û±Ý ²Û   ßß ÜÛÜܱÜ ßßß° ßÛ ܱ°Ü ßßÛ°ÜÜÜ ÜÜÛ°Ûß° ßß °ÛÜÜÜܲ°ßß²ÛÜÜ Üܱßß° °ßß±ÛÜ ÜÜÜÜ° Ûß°ßßß  ÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ  ° Issue No.11 An Of ficial ACiD Productions(tm) Public Update  March 1996 °  ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÜÜ ßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û²°² Û ²° ÛÛ Û² ÜÜ ±² ±² Û²°± ²ÜÜÛ² ±² ßß° ±²ÜÜÛ² ßß  As time advances, so do we. New technologies su ch as the Internet and po- tential new audiences are exposed to our creations, raising overall awareness o f the art scene and effectiveness in spreading our crea tions. But the scene is evolving beyond a bunch of kids playing with their mode ms and TheDraw - computer artists are gathering in real life and applying their skills to real- -world uses, such as the sold-out ACiD T-shirt campaign. We have gained and lost friends through the passage o f time, and as old projects become completed others ar e proposed to fill their places. The cyclic motion of  the scene might seem to lead to an ultimate entropy, but this figur- ing is failing to take one very important factor into consi deration - what we do is really fun stuff. If it wasn 't fun, we wouldn't do it. Such simple logic seems hopeless, but when you get right  down to it, there are no solid bonds tying us to the scene. We're only here because we're having a good ti me, and a day doesn't pass that we don't remember that.  We're all here for a jolly romp through cyberspace,  so kick back, and loosen up to enjoy our production,  the cream of this unwritten union between art and technology. Just some food for thought as you wonder at the inconse quential course of events which brought this whole sce ne into being. ÜÜ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ  ßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ Û² Û² ÛÛÜÜÛ² ÛÛß ß²²°²Û ²°°ÛÛÜÜÛ²  ÛÛßß²²°ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ ÛÛ  Û² ±ÛÜÜ۲ܰ²Û ±²ÜÜÜ ² ÛÜÜÛ² ±² ßß ±²ÜÜÜ ² ÛÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÜÜ ±² ±²Ü ÜÛ² ßß ßß  ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛBy Wonde r Monkey ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ ßß ÜÜ ÛÛ Û² ²Û ²°°ÛÛ Û² AIS Coo rdinator ±²ÜÜÛ²°±²ßß ß ß ±²ÜÜÛ²°±² ßß ±²ÜÜÛ²  ÜÜÛÛ   On January 6th, 1996 ACiD Productions registered the dom ain name acid.org. With the acquisition of this name, the official ACiD home p age has been moved to http://www.acid.org and  we are getting closer to having 100% of our artists reachable via e-mail at acid.org. In the near future Catbones and Wonder Monkey will be w orking their tails off to update and improve the layout and design of the ACiD w eb page to keep it at the pinnacle of artistic present ation. Look for the new pages to define the new apex of what is possible on the web on or before April 1s t. In the far future, we will be growing our web and Info rmation Technology influences as much of the scene shifts web-ward. Look for  ACiD to acquire a higher speed link to the net, and for the number of machin es in the acid.org domain to multiply. As we approa ch a new era, be sure that the artistic vision an d unparalleled talent of ACiD will continue to dominat e and raise the zenith of your expectations of quality. ÜÜÜÜ ÛÛßßÛÛ ßßßßÛÛ ßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ßßßßÛÛ Û ÛßßÛÛ ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛÛÛ Û² ÛÛßß²² °ÛÛ ÛÛ Û² ÛÛÜÜÛ² ßß ßßÛ² ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛßß²² °²Û ²°°ÛÛßß²²°ÛÛ Û ² ÛÛÜÜÛ ²±² Û²°²ÛÜÜ Û² ±²°±²ÜÜÛ² ± ²ÜÜÜ ±²ÜÜÛ²°±² ÜÜÜ ²ÛÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ² ²ÛÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ²° ±²ÜÜÜ ßßßßÛÛ ßß By Cthulu NAID, known formally as the North AmerIcan Demo com po, is being held during the latter part of May in Longueil, Quebec, Canada,  strikingly close to Montreal (geographically at least). As it is ever y year. However, this year will boast s omething special. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄ¿ As with any party, you just can't kick it of f ³Û²²ÛßßÛÛÛßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßßßÛßßß²ÛÛÛ³  unless you have the right people present, no ³ÛÛßÜß² ² ²ßÜßÛÛ ÛßÜÛßßܲ²ÜÜßÛÛ³  matter how many bags of Doritos and LAN-wired ³Û°ßܲßßÜÛÜ°Ü ßÛÛÝÞ²ÜÝÞ²ÛßÛ °ÝÞÛ³ Pentiums you have on-sit e. It is such that ³ÛÝÞܱÝÞ ²ÜÛÛÝÝÞÛßÜßÜ °ÜßÛÛ±ßÜßÛ³ ACiD Pro ductions, Inc., will be livening up ³ÛßÜßÜ°Üß²Û ±ßܲÝÞ²²ÜÜÜÛÜÜÜ°° ÝÞ³ the revel a bit with members not me rely un- ³ÝÞ²ÛÜÜÜÛÜÜܲßÝÞÜß²ÜÜß ÜÜÛÛÛßÜÛ³  officially present, but with  a strong showing ³ÛÜß²²ÛÛÛÜÜÜÜßÜÛÛÝ Þ²ÝÞÛ² ÜÜÛÛ°³  in  a variety of categories. At last count, ³²²ÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜܲ²ÛÛÛÜÜÜÛÜÜÛÛÛÛ°°³ the l ist of ACiD members signed up for this ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ trip surpassed  twenty members and growing ³Many ACiD  members will be³ from day to day. Con sidering the resources ³visiting the province of³ neces sary to bring 20+ people from around the ³Quebec in Canada, the land³ world  to a particular spot in space and time ³of beavers, polar bears,³ merel y to throw a little bash, this should ³maple syrup and igloos.³ be pr operly considered a project of somewhat ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ epic proportion s. For more specific in- formation regarding this co mpetition, we urge you to stop by the Naid:Apraxia '96 webpage at http://ww w.autoroute.net/~naid. Rumor has it that even the elusive RaD Man (and intimate co mpany) will put in an appearance to bless the procee dings and throw a few disks, elevating the entire ad venture from a mere epic to true modern mythology. And if you think that the demo-party will be fun, just wait until you see the results of the half-hour ANSI competition. ÜÜÜÜ ÛÛßßÛÛ ßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ß ßßßÛÛ ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ²Û ²° ÛÛ ²Û ²°°ÛÛßß²² ÛÛ Û² ²Û ²°  ÛÛßß²² ÛÛÜÜÛ² ÛÛßß²² ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛÜÜÛ ² ÛÛ Û ²±²ÜÜÛ² ±²° ±² ßß ²ÛÜÜÛ² ±² Û²°±² Û²° ²ÛÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÜ ²ÛÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÜ  ±² Û ²ÛÛßßß ß ÜÜ ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛ ßß ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ By Cthulu ÛÛßß²² ²Û ÛÛ ÛÛ Û² °ÛÛÜÜÛ² and Soultaker ²ÛÜÜÛ² ±²°±² ß ²ÜÜÛß ±²ÜÜÜ  ßß ACiDic, the BBS-modification branch of ACiD, has  merged with the illustrious PIA (Piranha PPE Coding), with the PIA fo under, Captain Hood, being carried over to the position of the ACiDic PPE Team-Leader.  PIA concentrated on coding enhancements for the PCBoard BBS software, and t he move definitely strengthens ACiDic's PCB division, while maintaining the Renegade and Obv/2 sections. The bottom line for you, the average BBS user is more configured boards with more numerous and great er enhancements, brough to you by ACiD, the sculptors  of the scene. The merger has injected a dose of  200 CCs of raw caffeine (in the form of J0lt cola, no  doubt) to the hearts of the coding staff in ACiDic, r esulting in a prolific surge of releases since the m erger in Dec- ember. ÛÛßßÛÛ ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛßßß ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ By Cthulu ÛÛÜÜÛ² ÛÛßß²² ßßßßÛ ² ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û² °ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û² °²² ÛÛ ÜÜÛ²  ÜÜ ÜÜ ÜÜ ±²ÜÜÜ ²ÛÜÜÛ²°±²ÜÜÛ² °±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÜ ±²ÜÜÛ² ±² Û ² Û²°±²ÜÜÜ  ßß ßß ßß  ßßÜÜÛÛßß ßß Given a growth rate of 13% for this  session,  it would take A CiD approx- imately seven and seven-tenths newsletters for the artist pop ulation to double. However, this is an  extremely  unlikel y  possibility  due  to  the anticipated plagues, floods, locust s and the  like  accounting  for the end of the world in 1997. If we fail to all be obliterated, however, we can assu re you that a top- quality pack will be forthcoming th e following month. If you aren't prone to the  demographic/apoca lyptic  school of information distribution, however, a concise listing and description of o ur internal activ- ity should satisfy you. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ First on our list of ANSI acquis-  ³ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßÜßÛÛÛÛß²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ³ itions would be the awesome Anubis, form- ³²Û ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛ ÛÛßÜÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ³ erly of Force, Australia's best and now ³²²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ  Û²ÝÞÛ Û²ÝÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ°° ³ one of our own. Trust us, once you get ³²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ  ßßÜß ßÛ²ÝÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ³ past the jackal head, he's a really nice ³ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÜÛ²ßÜÛÛÜÜßÝÞÛÛÛÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛÛÛ³ guy. ³ÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞܱÝÞ ²²ÛÜ°ÝÞÛÛÛÛÛßÜÛÛÜ ßÜÜß²³ ³ÛÛÛßßÜÜÜßßÜÜßÛÛ²ßÜ ßÛÛÛßÜÞ²ÛÛÛÛÛ° ÝÞ³ Our merger with Saga left us with ³ßÜÜ °° ÛÛÛÛÛÛ²ÜÜÜÛ²ÝÞßßÜ° ÜÜßÛÛÛ°ßÜÛ³ many members, even after it pulled some ³ÛÜßßßß ßßÛÛÛÛÛÛßßßÜ ÜÛ°ßßÜß²ßßÜÜÛ ÛÛ³ of them back, and the remaining former ³°° ÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÜ ÜÜܲÛÛ °ßßܲ ²ÛÛÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ³ Saga member with the handle closest to ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ the front of the alphabet happened to be ³Not o nly will Anubis draw great³ Angel Dust, the famous RIP artist and ³ ANSI, he'll weigh the hearts of³ narcotic.³deceased ACiD members with the ³  ³feather of truth! Egyptian Gods³ The one with the handle second- ³are put  to good use in this group.³ closest to the front of the alphabet was ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ Black Lightning, a skilled ANSI drawer. We'd all like to welcome Burps, formerly of Fu el and Odium from Belgium, to ACiD's ANSI team. (Sorry, too easy.) Re-joining ACiD comes Black Guard, artist of im mortal RIPscrip, who seems to have come to an impasse in his former views that being i n ROC was more fun than being in ACiD. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³±  ÜÜÜܳ  Also coming back to where he be- ³ ² ÜÜÜÜ Ü²²ÛÛÛ°° Ü ³ longs is Catbones , formerly Cat, ³ ÜÜܲ²ÜÜÜÜ    Þ°  ßßßßÜÜÜßßß°°ݳ formerly of iCE  and formerly of ACiD. ³ ܲßÜÞ ²ÛÛÛÛßÝÜßßÜ ßÜÜ   ßßßÜßݳ Before we proceed, I'd like to  note ³²Ý±  ²²ÛÛÛÛÝÞ ÞÝ  ßßÜÛ²ßܲ² ÛÜÜß ³ that I should win some s ort of award ³ßÜÜ Þ²²ÛÛß°Ý ÜÜ ßÞß²ÝÞÛßÛÛÛ°Ý  ³ for using the word 'formerly' proper- ³ß ß²Û²±ß ß  ÜßÜÜ ß²Û²ßßÜ ³ ly s o many times in one sentence. ³ ÜÜ  Þ°°ÜÜ °°ÜÜÜÜ°ßݳ We're al l very glad to have this up- ³ÜÛßÜ ß²ÛÛÛßßßßÜÜß  ³ start of the hi-rez community back ³Þ²²Ý°Ý ßßßßßß ³ beneath our wing, and perhaps he'll ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ have a n ew T-Shirt design for us now ³At the glitz y annual "Formerly" awards³ that the first  run is completely sold ³night, Cthulu is honoured with the³  out. ³prestigious "Some Sort Of"award.³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ Fre sh out of prison (and Anemia) comes Crimeboss, an artist whose art was so wicked that he had to spend a few years incarcerated t o calm him down.   Two RIP artists from Saga who joined ACiD and w ho have handles which are reasonably close to the letter 'a' are Cyber and Degenerit. To continue along this uncanny string of parallel similarities, they both come  from the 408 area code as well. Fancy that! Grifter will feel at home in ACiD, fresh fr om his stint in Saga, even though his handle isn't rea lly all that close to the beginning of the alphabet. I n fact, it's about a quarter of the way through it. Returning to ACiD is King Midas, who will with great certainty live up to his namesake by turning all  he touches to gold. Or of golden quality, whatever that is. This will, however, cost him a fortune in keyboards . A veritably venerated veteran of gorgeous graphic arts , Kingpin, returns to ACiD to impress us all with ANSI, RIPscrip, high-resolutio n art and alliter- ation. Or perhaps that last item w as merely fabricated. I guess we'll NEVER KNOW. Our ASCII department profits from the presence of  Nuremburg, formerly of Anemia, and home to many Ge rman-speakers. Primal may be an above-average master of the h igh-resolution arts, but his talents may forever be  shadowed by his eternal masterwork of the Freedom CD-ROM trace card.  Joining us from Saga comes Rza, ANSI dr awer and three-time winner of the unpronounceable handle award, beating out ACiD members Nitnat snoc and Cthulu. Having mastered ANSI in ACiD of long ago and ASCII as a senior member of kTS^aSCII (Katharsis), Sparr returns to ACiD to flaunt his ability in both fields. Official fontician (for which one needs a certificate from the Academy of Fontification at Walla Walla, WA) Splatt joins u s from Saga, and now that he's here hopefully the ti me invested in the imaginary certification will pay off.   Hell's Fury from Canada is now known as Diocese of ACiD, and if he's lucky, he may one day be known as Diocese of ACiD from Canada who dr aws VGA. Of course, I don't want to know what his sig will look like. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ Don't you hate it when you have to get to NAID ³ ÜÜÛܳ and you suddenly deve lop a fear of brake pedals? In ³  Ü  Ü Û²²Üܳ the past, when  this problem was encountered, it ³  Þ  ²Ý ÛÛÛÛ۰ܳ resulted in excess of traffic tickets. Nowadays, ³   ÛÛ ÛÛ Û °°Ü³ though, the prob lem is negligent thanks to the ³  ² Û ÛÛÛÛ Û°°° ³ official instatement of The Gray Ra nger  as the ACiD ³Þ±ÞÝ° ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ°°Ý ³ Chauffeur. This also eliminates the ne ed for valet ³ ±±ß°°²ßßßÛßßßßÛ°°Ü ³ parking. ³ßßÜ°ÜÛÜßß²²Üß ³ ³ÞÞßÛÛÛÝÞ°ßÛÝ ³ Representing two different art for ms, two diff- ³ÜßßÛ²ßÜÜ ßßßܳ erent former groups, an d even two completely unre- ³ÞÜÜÜܲ²ÛÛÛ°° ³ lated countries come Pharcyde, ANSI dr awer formerly ³ÞÞ²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ°²Ü ³ of Stile and currently in Sweden; and t he VGA antics ³ Ûß²ÛßÛÛÜ ß Û°ßÛÜ ³ of Mr. Schizophren ia, ex-Apocalyptic Visions member. ³ ÜÛÛßßÛÜ Û° ÞÛ ²Ý ³ ³ ²Û ÛÝ Þ°ÝÞ° ÛÝ Þ² ³ The letter with the lowest total heat, Cool T, ³ÛÝÞ° Þ°ß ßÛÝß° Ü ßÛ ³ joins us from Saga to recu perate after having a ³ÞÛ ß°  ßÛÜ ßܳ tragic affair with H ot Q. The fate of their ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ illegitimate child, Luke-warm J, is undecided at ³The Gray Ranger joins ³ this point. ³ACiD as the official³ ³chauffer, due in part³ Icz er-1 comes to ACiD to show us exactly what ³to his handling skills³ he can do  in high-resolution. After a few months, ³ of the giant squid.³ he'll then sho w us exactly what his handle means. ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ (Only, of course, once all minors are shown from the  room).   Locutus, formerly of Litespeed from Switzerland has recently been recruit- ed to ACiD's ASCII departme nt. Even as Nova leaves us, his brother Fractal beco mes the Team Leader of the Renegade modding division of ACiDic. Next month, we predi ct Fractal to drop out and their grandfather to join the ASCII department. He too will fade into obscurity and the scene will become swayed by the powerfu l ANSI drawings of their dog. Previously of pre-merge Saga, Unsane (or Ruck us) joins as an able ANSI artist and funky fontician. He will also be assuming th e radical role of compiling both the awesome ANSI Logo and ASCII clusters from now on!  Ded Silence and Darkwolf both appear in recent pHluid music disk(s) court- esy of ACiD Product ions, Inc. If you want to listen to them, you'll jus t have to download the disks, at least until the proposed multimedi a newsletter plan passes the red tape.  ÛÛßßÛÛ ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛßßß  ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÜÜ ÜÜ ÜÜ  ÛÛÜÜÛ ² ÛÛßß²² ßßßßÛ²  ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û±° ÛÛ Û² By Cthulu ßß ßß ß ß  ±²ÜÜÜ ²ÛÜÜÛ²°± ²ÜÜÛ²°±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ ²   ßß ÜÜÛÛ ÜÜÛÛ And now, as always, comes the somewhat unpleasant por tion of the news- letter. Our distaste can be concisely stated by the epigra m that the least favored artists share a quality with those most repugnant o f navels - they're both outies. What we did to Andrew wasn't very Nice , but he was inactive and therefore won't complain about it. I think that's very nice justificat ion, if you don't mind. After  a  glazed  and v acant sheen had settled over the eyes of two former ACiD members, silencing their mad babbles  and   rants,  they  were  left without their Neurosis and became pea ceful  enough  for  u s  to  commit  to   the Bedlam Asylum. That particular institution   soon released one of them to  pursue a cu stodial career. Not Wanted: For not robbing any banks, committing any felonies nor draw- ing any ANSI to speak of: one Crime Lord and a Gangstar. T he former has been lying low for two long, trying to hide in the depths of th e underground, and the latter made a daring escape his only action after resi gning and allowing himself to be arrested. If you see them, try to ignore them . You might find our practice of removing inactive  members Deeply Disturbing, but at least they get the opportunity to have their names mentioned in a final blaze of glory with the likes of He at Wave, Malebolgia and Red Le ader, no matter how concealed their own handle i s in the structure of the surrounding sentence. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ There're  many words which we could ³Ü°ÛÛÜß±ÛÜ  ³ use to describe the m oving of Stone the ³ ÞÞÛß²²Ý Þß²Ý  ³   Crow  to Legend, but there's onl y one ³ ÜßßÛ ²ßÜÜßßÜ   ³ which we could use to describe the tra ns- ³ Þ²ßÜÜܲ ÛÛÛ °°Ü ³ ition of  El Guapo, and it might offend ³ ÜÜßÛÜÜßßßßÛÛÛ°°Ý  ³ some people. We're sure that you can ³Ü°ÛÛÛÜÜßßßßÜÜ  ß  ³ figure it out  if you try hard enough, ³°°Û ÛÛ²²ßßÜÛÛÛÛÝ ÜÜÜÜܳ how ever. ³°ÛßßßßÜÜÛÛÛÛÛ°ß ÜÛ²²ÛÜÜ°ßÛÜ ³ ³ ÜÜÜÛ²Üß²²ÛÛÛßÞÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÜÛݳ  We can  only update the status of ³ßß²Ûß °Ü ßÜÜß²ÛÛÛÛÛÛ²² ß ³ Prisoner#1 in that he  was last seen being ³ ßßß  ßßßßß ³ cooked alive by a fellow ACiD member. ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ ³Stone the Crow and his newborn³ Sids, coder of one of the finest ³son, Stone the Egg, pause for a³  viewers throughout the ages, resigned to ³brief moment before leaving ACiD.³ pu rsue school and a job with the Fnord ÀÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ Project. With all  that gnoing on, it  snoon became obvious tha t he didn't hnave enough tnime for ACiD and the scnene.  Smooth was forced to resign ACiD when he r etained the charge of his own group, Teklordz, due to ACiD's dual-group policy. Hopefully they'll appreciat e the incalculably immense sacrifice which he has made  for them. Twisted Terrorist got bored with his jet- setting lifestyle of blowing things up, so he decided  to call it a day and retire to a small cottage i n the foothills. However, he broke his leg, so it  had to be set in a Splint. When he got home he was astonished to hear his dog barkin g the name "Rimbo, Rimbo!" From that day on, the dog was to be listened to  every time rumors were imminent of members no longer being in ACiD. Due to too much pressure, a rising musical star went Nova. However, from the ashes of the great giant arose bizarre Fractal patterns. And finally and decidedly most importantly, The C alibre, who has been with us at ACiD Productions, Inc., for many years, working his  ways up the ranks from courier all the way to grand a nd illustrious Public Relations Coordinator also sadly resigns this month. On a side note - regarding the somewhat inordinate amou nt of members with Saga references tacked on however  sloppily behind their handles - the amount amount of  Saga members who joined and remained in ACiD thro ugh the by-now- infamous merger were a paltry seven. The vast remainder of f ormer Saga members who had joined ACiD did so of their own accord, weeks bef ore the merger was even a glimmer in Ellis Dee's eye.  Hopefully this will dispel any discrepan- cies as to the importance of the so-called merger. ÜÜÜÜ ÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ  ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ By ²Û ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û² Û² ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û² Û² ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û² Catbone s ±²°±²ÜÜÛ² ±Û ÜÜ۲ܰ²Û ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±ÛÜÜÛ ²Ü°²Û ±² Û² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±² Û² ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ°ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ Û²°²Û ²° ÛÛÜÜ Û² ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û²  ÛÛ Û² Û² ÛÛ Û²  ²Û ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛßß²² °ÛÛ Û² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±² Û ²±±²ÜÜÜ ±²ÜÜÛ²  ±²ÜÜÛ² ±Û ÜÜ۲ܰ²Û ±² Û²° ±² ±²ÜÜÛ²  ²ÛÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ²  ßß Many of you are familiar with the most popular dem oscene 'FTP site', ftp.cdrom.com. Most art groups find apt use of thi s site as a reliable forum to distribute their monthly archives, where those active in  the art and/or demo scenes know that the most recent works can be found.  ACiD Productions has lead the way, as always, in opening the eyes of the pu blic to the growth and evolution of our work. In the past those working wit hin the demo scene have held certain prejudices against those of us in the ' ANSI scene'. This past month's file download statistics, however, have helped  us to shatter old biases and illustrate that ACiD Productions is not merely "an other ANSI group". For those art scene enthusiasts who have from time to t ime been less than faithful to us and have doubted the puissance of ACiD's supre macy and for those who have picked nits regarding the various "ratings games" in the scene, some specific statistics to ponder have been presented here. The five weeks of activity following the belated release of the January ACiD archive stand as a clear endorsement of the wide appe al found in our archives that people have come to r espect and imitate. The senior staff of ACiD Producti ons has spent a lot of time answering mail these past few weeks composed pr imarily of commen- dations and praise from the demoscene, the art scene and the general masses who flock to www.acid.org (ACiD's official web site, which dra ws, on average, in excess of 700 hits a day). ACD U0196.ZIP was the most downloaded file over the past several weeks, making DemoNews'  weekly  Top  10 Downloads list week after week (i ncluding this past week,  just  before   the  release of the current pack wh ich you are in the midst of viewing). It  has been directed to our attention that the January ACiD pack has been downloaded  more than 600 times in the past five weeks from this FTP site alone! Correspondences and stat istics have clear- ly demonstrated to us that ACiD is THE representative emissar y of the art scene in a position of leadership that  we  are  proud  and confident of filling more  than adequately. Thanks go out to the fine staff  of  Dem oNews for the documentation of our small but  meaningful  achievements. We  encourage  your  subscription to  this great demoscene publication,  which   can  be obtained by composing a message t o listserver@unseen.aztec.co.cz  and  writing  in  the  body   of  the  text "subscribe demuan-list [first_name] [last_name]".    The  listserver  will  then send DemoNews to your e-mail's return address as it is distri buted. ÜÜÜÜ ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßß ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ßßßßÛÛ  By RaD Man ÛÛ Û²°²Û ²° ÛÛÜÜ Û² ßßßßÛ² ÛÛßß²²  ÛÛ Û² ÛÛßß²² and Cthulu ±²ÜÜÛ² ±² Û ²°±²ÜÜÜ ±²ÜÜÛ²  ²ÛÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ² ²ÛÜÜÛ² ßßÜÜÛÛ  ÜÜÜÜ ÛÛßßÛÛ ßß ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßß ßß ÛÛßßÛÛ  ÛÛ ÛÛ°ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßß ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ ßßßßÛ² ÛÛ Û ²°ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ  Û² ÛÛÜÜÛ² ßßßßÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²°±² ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÜ ±²ÜÜÛ ² ±² Û²° ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²  ±² Û²°±²ÜÜÛ²  ±²ÜÜÜ ±²ÜÜÛ² ßßßß On the 17th of November, 1995,  the  gro up  formerly  known as Saga merged into ACiD, under Ellis Dee's  and  Betrayer's   direction and with their further promotion to the positions  of  ACiD   American  Coordinator  and  A CiD Internal Relations Coordinator,  respectively. Loose  ends  in the scene had been tied up, a vast portion of the ANSI power out there had been conso lidated. As  with  many  marriages,  this  one  was not to  r emain  in  matrimonial bliss for much longer than the honeymoon. The night of December 7th, 1995 was indecisive, the da te on which  Ellis Dee made the decision to back out of his merger, packing u p his former Saga members and en masse having a great exodus to a new group, Cl an, which promptly had a cardiac arrest. Or at least, that is how our mos t informed sources speculate. The great sweeping tide-like motion of the merger was no t a complete waste of bureaucracy, however, for ACiD  retained seven very talented artists from the doome d conglomeration. Total gain was not as great as it c ould have been, but when all was considered, we had come out of the expe rience ahead. All became, after some ruffling of feat hers, nice and well again. ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ßß ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ° ÛÛßßÛÛ ²Û ²°°²Û ÛÛßß²² ÛÛ Û² °²² ÛÛÜÜÛ² ÛÛ ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²°²Û ÜÜÛ² ±² Û² Û² ± ²ÜÜÜ ±² ±²ÜÜÛ ² ±²ÜÜÛ² ± ² Û² ßß ÜÜ ÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ  By Cthulu ²Û ÛÛÜÜÛ²°ÛÛßß²²  ²Û ²° ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛÜ ÜÛ±±ÛÛßß²²°²Û ²°  and Catbones ±²°±²ÜÜÜ ²ÛÜÜÛ² ±² ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÜ ²ÛÜÜÛ² ±² ßß ßßÛÛÜÜÛÛ ßß With all this talk about the January ACiD Acquisition , and now the sub- sequent release of the March Acquisition, some perceptive A CiD fans are bound to ask "What happened to the February pack?"  While it is not an obligation to produce such a  gem of computer creativity, we do feel the respon sibility towards our loyal fans to let you know why we did not. It would be a shame to see you, t he loyal art scene connoisseur, search long and hard for the pack that never was. That, and we can only take so much of the humorously jealous rumors ou r self-proclaimed competition would like to circulate. So to cut to the meat o f it...  We at ACiD have decided to take a pointer fr om the Groundhog and spend up to six more weeks recuperating every spring. As policy b ecomes dogma, this will eventually result in all of the small groups taking off every February for the same reasons as us. The thought that these re asons wouldn't be applicable unless they were working  under the same circumstances as us will I'm sure fail to spark up in the damp forge of their synaps es, but these are the great thronging masses of the scene which we all have  grown to love, so who are we to disdain them? They made us who we are, after a ll. Skipping the month of February was part of a tedious ch oice out of twelve equally deserving months, but the decision was made to ce lebrate the second month with a rest in commemoration of the only month pr eviously that ACiD had ever missed a pack, way back in 1993 when you all were a bunch of little goobers who thought that spelling words in high-ASCII was elite. If you refuse to invest in the traditional explanation, perhaps logic will make a reasonable substitute - the skippage of a month  every year will make the task much easier of processing the administratio n and red tape of your more-than-average art group, and come back ever y March with an explosion of creativity and inspire d rebirth. ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜ ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ßß Û ÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßß ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û² ²Û ²°  ßßßßÛ² ²Û ²°  ÛÛ ²Û ²°±ÛÛ Û² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ²  ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ ² ±² Û² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±² Û²°±² ±² ßß ±²ÜÜÛ² By Cthulu  ÜÜÛÛ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ The dust h as settled, the numbers for ³ÛÜßßÛÛÛÛÛÛßܲ±ßÜÛÜ° Üß²ÜßÛÛÛÛßßܳ and the taxe s paid, and in the slowly de- ³ÛÛ°°ÜßÛÛÛÝÞßÝÝ ÞÛÛßÛ°ÝÞ² ÛÛßܲÛÛ ³ scending calm of stately order we no ticed ³ÜßÛ°°°ÜßÛßÜßßÜÜ ß²Û²ßÜ ² Üܲ²ÛÛß³ that we had run out of T-shirts. You know, ³²ÛÜ ßÛÛ°°ÜþÞ°°ÜÜÛÜÜܲ ݲÜß²²ÛßßÜÛ³ those black things  with the Leonardo DaVinci ³ßßÛÛÜßÛßß ÛÜßÛÛÛÜÜÜ°ßܲ²²Üß  ßßÛÛ³ emblems on them? Well, gazing upo n the rows ³°°ÜÜßÜÜßÛÛ ÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛ²ÛÛßÜÛ °°Üܳ upo n rows of empty crates in our maritime ³ Û°°°ÝÞ²²ÜßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßÜÛÛ ÝÞ°°ÛÛ³ warehouses, we had to smile and congratulate ³ÜÜßß ßßßÛ²²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ²ßßß ßßßܳ ourselves on a very succe ssful real-world ³ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ Þ²ÛÜÛßßÛÛ Û²²Ý ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ³ application to cyberspat ial skills. ³ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞ²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛݲÝÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ³ ³°°ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ °² ²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ³We'd like to th ank everyone who pur- ³ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ²²ÛÛÛÛÛÛßܲ ²² ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ³ chased one of our shirts and we'd lik e to ³ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßßÜÜßßßßßßßßßÜÜ ßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ³ once more give full design credi t to Cat for ³²ÛÛÛÛßÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßÛÛÛ²²³ the artwork present on the article of cloth- ³²²ÛßÜÛÛÛÛ²ÛÛÛÛÛÝÛÛÛÛÛ²²ÛÛÛÜ ß²²Û³ ing. In commemoration of our littl e bus- ³²ßÜÛÛÛ²²²ßÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛ²Ýß ²²²ÛÛÜßÛ³ iness sting, SOLD_O UT.GIF  will be found in ³ ²ÛÛ²²²ßÜÞ²ÛÛÛ²ÝÞ² Û۲ݲÜß²²ÛÛÛܳ  this pack as a tribute to those T-Shirt ads ³²ÛÛ²²ßܲ ²²ÛÛÛ² Þ²Û²²² ÛÛÜß²²ÛÛ ³ which took up so much space over the p ast ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ year . In case the generality of the event ³T hanks to Lemonade for so ³ is washing over you and the specifics merely ³patiently standing still while ³ flyi ng overhead, the most important final ³b eing used as a live reference ³ statement w hich we have to say is not to ³for ou r T-Shirt design. ³ send any more m oney - we have no more shirts ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ  to sell you . Then again, if you feel TRULY inclined to continue the monetary transfers, there's nothing we can really do to prevent it... ... but of course a group with the strict moral back- bone of ACiD would never descend to such depths. Our just ice is as great a part of us as our name, full of tru th and honesty. And various hallucinogenic drugs. ÜÜ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ By Cthulu ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ Û² ±²Û ²°°ÛÛ Û² ÜÜ ACiD Secretary, and Editor-In-Chief ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ²  ±²ÜÜÛ² ±² ßß ±²ÜÜÛ² ßß It may have seemed to have all happened before, but nev er quite this way. Nothing ever happens the exactly sa me way twice, and we're here to relish that iota of chance, the quark of uncertainty. Seize it, and  ride up and down through chance encounters. And enjoy.  ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ   Cred its:  Writers:  Cthulu, RaD Man, Cat, Soultaker and Wonder Monke y  Special Thanks: Toast and Rendered Usel ess Photographer:  Nitnatsnoc < ACiD>  ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ SAUCE00ACiD Newsletter Issue #11 (03/96) ACiD Press ACiD Productions 19960301\ÉP