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ÜÜÜÜßÛÛÛÛÛßßßßÛÛÛÛÛ ÜÛÛÛÛßßßßÛ ÛÛÛÛ ßßßßß°Û²ÛÛÛßßßÛÛÛ²Ü  ÛÛßßß °²ÛßßßÛÜ ÛÛßßßÛ²° Þß ß °²ÛÛÛÛ Û²ÛÛÝ  ßßßßß ÛÛßß² ÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÝ  ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛÜܲßßßßÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ²Û  ÞÛÛÛÛ² ÛÜ ßÜÛß²ÛÛÛ ²°° ÛÛ ²Û ÛÛ ÛÛ°²Û ÛÝ° ÞÛÜÛßÜ ßÛÛÜß ÛÜÛß° ÜÛ²ßÛßßÜÛß Û ÛÛÝ°ÛÜÛÛß ²ÝÛÛ Ü²ßÛ  Û²ÛÛÜÜÛÛÛÛÝß Þ ÛÛÛÛ ÜÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÝ Ý ÞÛ ÝÛ Û±ß Ü ÛÛ²Û Ý ß°Þß²ßÛ ÞÛ ÛÝ ÜÜÜ°ß ÞßÛ²ßÝ Ûßßß °Þ²Ûß°Ý ßÛÛÜ° Ü °ßÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÝ Þ°ßßßÝ ÛÛÜÜÜÛß ÛÛ °ß ß°ÜÜÜÜ ß° ÛÛ±Ü ÛÛÛÛ± ßÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÛ°° Û± ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÛÛÛ±ß ÜÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÛÛ Û°ÜÜÜÜÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÛ± ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜܲÜܱ±Û± ÜÜÜÜ °°ÛÛÛÛÛßßßßßÛÛÛÛܱÛÛÛÛÛ ßßßßßÛÛÛÛÛ ÜÛÛÛÛß°° °ÛÛÛÛÛ °° ±ßÛÛÛÛܱ ÛÛÛÛÛßßßÛß² ßÛ²°°²°   ±ÛÛÛÛÛ ° ° Þ °°ÛÛÝÛÛÛÛ°²ßß°±ÛÛÛ ÛÜÞÛÛ°°Ý ± ÛÛÛÛ°² °° Þ°° ÛÛÝßßßßßßßßßßÛÛÛÛܱ° ±°ÛÛÛÛÛn°°°ÜÛÛÛÛß° ÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜeÞÛÛÛÛÝßÛÛÛÛÜ°°° wÛÛÛÛÛ°°°°ÜÛÛÛÛß± ÛÛÛÛÛ °°°sÞÛ°° Ûݱ°  °±ÜÛÛÛ Ü±± ±±ÛÛÛÛÛ±ÛÛÛÛÛ±±±± ÜÛ °Ûß± ÛÛÛÛÛ±±ß±ÜÛÛÛÛÛ ß±±±±ÛÛÛÛÛ²ßÛ °ÛÛܲ²²ÜÛÛÛÛß ²² Û±ÝÛ°Û °²²²²²ÛÛÛÛÛ²ß ÛÛÛ Ü²²²²° ÛÛÛÛ²ÛÛÛÛ ² ²²²ÝÛÛÛÛÞ²²²²² ÛÛÛÛ°ÝÛÛÛÛÞÛ²ßßÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ²°  ²²ÜÛÛÛÛßÛ²Û²°ÛÛÛ ÛÝÛÛÛÛÛßßßßßÛÛÛ Ûßß ßÛÛ°²ÛÛ²ÛÜ° ÛÛ°²°Û°²°  ÛÛ °ÜÛÛÛ  ÛÜ ÜÛÛÛÛ ßß °²° ÛÛÛ°²Û°°ÜÛ ÛÛÛ°²ÜÛÛÛ°ßßßßßßßÛ° ²²°ÛÛ°Ûßßßßß ÛÛÛÛÛßßßßßÛÛÛ°°² ÛÛÛÛ ßßßßß unsane  ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß²ÜÜÜܲßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß ß  °--Ä-Ä-Ä Ä-Ä-Ä-Ä ÄÄÄ-Ä--Ä- Ä-ÄÄÄ°ÄÄÄ- Ä-Ä-Ä--Ä- -Ä Ä-Ä-Ä Ä°Ä ---Ä ° Ä  Issue No.12 An Official ACiD Productions (tm) Public Update June 1996  ÄÄÄ--Ä-ÄÄÄ ÄÄ-ÄÄ--ÄÄÄÄ-Ä-Ä-Ä--ÄÄÄ-ÄÄ-Ä-ÄÄÄ ÄÄ ÄÄ--ÄÄ- ÄÄÄ-ÄÄÄÄÄ-Ä-Ä ÄÄÄ Ä--°Ä ÜÜ ßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û²±² Û ²°°ÛÛ Û² ÜÜ ±²°±² Û²°±² ÜÜÛ² ±² ßß ±² ÜÜÛ² ßß  This newsletter serves many useful and utilit arian roles in the art scene. It acts as a cultural bastion, a constant beacon which can always act as a guiding light through the next season of turmoil and inconsta ncy in the fickle- ness of the scene. It is a common point of reference throu gh which every in- dividual in the art scene may be, however peripherally, conn ected. It gives a few lucky writers and artists cha nces to practice their skills at sounding official and pretentious. Oh yes, and it also tells you wh at happened within the past three months. ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ°ÛÛßßÛÛßßÛÛ  ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛ Û ßßßßÛÛ ßß ÛÛßßÛÛBy RaD Man ÜÜ ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ Û²  ÛÛ Û² °²²   ÛÛßß²²  ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛßß²²±ÛÛ°ÛÛ Û²and Hack ßß ±²ÜÜÜÜ ±²ÜÜÛ²  ±² Û² Û²   ²ÛÜÜÛ²°±²ÜÜÛ² ²ÛÜÜÛ² ±² ±² Û²     ÜÜÛÛ   A new chapter has been written in the ever-turbulent s aga concerning the art scene's involvement with Walnut Creek's FTP site, ft p.cdrom.com. On March 9th, 1996, the Hornet demogroup unanimously decided to remove  the incoming ansi directory for a multitude of reasons. This in turn caused a n outrage of sorts from various followers of the art scene, and the heart of the 'scene itself. ACiD, serving as one of the scene's leading groups, took a step forward and did something about it. Soon after the expunging of the much relied upon "head quarters" for art packs, ACiD members and the art scene as a whole united and w raught out ways to ensure it's reinstatement. One of the individuals responsibl e for the original instatement of the demo archive and honorary Hornet member,  Pallbearer (pub- lisher of Freedom CD), received a phone call from RaD Man. P allbearer believed that they should keep the ansi archive, and would request  such. Calls were then made to Hornet members Snowman  and the now opprobrious Trixter, who also promised to put in a positive word. Unfortunately, the call s didn't keep the directory, and the Hornet group's d ecision remained unchanged. As the once popular directory began to be a fading memo ry, the scene con- tinued to show disappointment by mailing Hornet's public  relations liason, Trixter, with thousands of messages in protest. Determined  to find someone with an open mind, RaD Man scheduled an in person, face-to-fa ce meeting between Snowman, Prisonernumberone, and ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ himself. On April 7th, they ³ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ²ÜÜÛÛÛÛÛ³ met. The meeting was ³ÛÛ°°ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ²ßßÜÜÜÜÜÜßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ³ held over dinner at a fine ³ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÜÛ²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²ÜßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛݳ Italian restuarant in Concord, ³ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞ ²²ÛÛßÛÛÛÜÛ²²ÝÞÛÛÛÛ²²ßÛÛÛÛÛÛ ³ California. After extensive, in ³ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ²²ÛÛÛÜÛÛßÜÜÜßÛ ÛÛÛ ÜÜ ÛÛÛÛÛ ³ depth discussion, many real- ³ ßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ Û²ÛÛÛÛÛÜß°°²ÛÜ ÞÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛݲ³ izations about how alike the ³²²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞ Û²ÛßÛÛßßÜÜßß°°ÜßÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ³ demo scene and the art scene are ³ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßÜ ²ÜßÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßßÜÜ ßßÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ³ were made by all parties. You ³ÛÛÛÛÛÛ²² Þ ²ÛÛÛÜÜÜÛ²²ßßßßÛÛ²²ÜÜ ßßßß°°ÛÛÛÛÛ³ could say everyone had a better ³ÛßßßÜÜÜÜ ²²ÛÜßßß²²ÛÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÛÛ²²²ÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÜ ßÛ³ awareness about what really goes ³ÜÛ²ÛÛßÜÜÛÛÛÛÛ ²²ÜÜÛÛÛÛÛÛßßß²ÜÜÛÛ²²ßßßÛ²²ÜÜ ³ into it all. Both groups endure ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ the same hardships and experien- ³Unfortunately  for Snowman, the Italian³ ces, and there is a finer gray ³restaurant at  which they dined did not³ line between the two types than ³have their a ir conditioning working.³ some may have thought. After- ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ wards a gentleman's agreement was made; ACiD and Fire would take ownership of what was once  thought to be the lost directory of ftp.cdrom.com. Did our superb negotiat ing skills shine through, or did they merely serve g ood linguini? We may never know, however, the resul ts remain to be seen as win-win conditions for ever yone across the board. As of June 15th, 1996, the directory has been re-op ened under a new, more appropriate name on the massive 100Mbps site at  ftp .cdrom.com, /pub/artpacks. Presently, ACiD has full responsibili ty of overseeing and main- taining the artpacks archive. To further the quality and eas e of upkeep, Fire member prisonernumberone will also be cooperatively helping o ut. We would like to thank everyone who spoke up and sent messages to the Horne t group expressing their concerns. Thanks to each and everyone who did, this  directory is now back. The benefits of this new archive seem to be never en ding, as it serves as a home for distribution for the many up-and-coming art groups without the benefit of their own FTP site. ÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ ÛÛßßÛÛ ßßßßÛÛ ßß ÛÛßßÛ² ÛÛßßß ßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ßßßßÛ²°²Ûßß ÛÛ ²ÛßßÛÛBy Cthulu ÛÛ Û² ÛÛßß²²°ÛÛ ÛÛ Û²    ÛÛ Û²±ÛÛ ² Û ²°°ÛÛßß²² ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛÜ ÜÛ² ±² Û²°²ÛÜÜÛ² ± ² ±²ÜÜÛ²    ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²° ±² ßß ²ÛÜÜÛ² ±²Ü ÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÜ  ßß The North American International Demoparty was held in  Longueil, Quebec, Canada on the weekend of Friday, May 31st through Sunday , June 2nd, 1996. Though ACiD was present at last year's competition, and eve n won prizes, our presence this year was greatly bolstered and felt by all. Current and former ACiD members at this year's party included Blue Gravit y, Evolution,  Future As sassin, Kosh, Mind Bender, Ren der- ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ Use less, Sinned Soul, Soul Assass- ³ ÜÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÜ ³  in, Tasmaniac, Vibrance , the matched ³ ÜÜÜÜÜ   ÜܲÛÛÛ ²²±Ý²ßÜÜßßÛ  ³ pair of RaD Man and RaD Woman , ³ÜܲÛÛÛÛÛ°°²ßÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜßß²ßÛÛßÞÝÞ ³ Malcolm X,  Twisted Terrorist, and ³ ÜÛÛÜßßÛÛÛÛ°°ßÜÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²²ÛÛÛÛÜÜÛÜÜÝ ³ Ir onman, the Champion of the ³ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÛÛÜÛÛÜÛÛÜÛÛÜßÛÜÛÛÛÛÛ²²²  ³ keyboard-throwing competition. ³  ß²²ÛÛÛßß²ÜÛÛÛÛßܲ²ÛÛÛÛÛ²²ÜßßÛÛ ²²²ß³ ³ßßßßßßßßß ßßÛ²²²ÛÛÛÛ Û²² ³ The party li ved up to it's name ³ ßß²² ÛÛÛ۲ݳ as there was a large showing of both ³ßßß ³ Americans and  Canadians, and even a ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ confused trickle of Finns, A ussies ³ACiD artists chartered their own³  and Englishmen were present. Those ³private jet to fly to the NAID party in³  from out of town faced three alter- ³Canada. Look, you can see RaD Man.³  natives: spending the night in a re- ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ vamped  classroom on the premises themselves, renting a room at a REAL hotel in the city proper, or, and this was the most comm on choice, simply staying up for the entire 36 hours of the party. There w as a fourth option actually, but only possible for those who attempted the thi rd while being ill prepared - several people passed out during the party. ACiD's graphics department took first place for the se cond year running, with Blue Gravity continuing where Visigoth left off last year. His amazing piece of high resolution artwork entitled "You Too Can Be A Gfx Dude!" can be viewed in the June 1996 Acquisition  under the filename BG-NAID1.GIF. Both Soul Assassin and Kosh of ACiD also placed in the top twenty a nd had their works shown on the big screen at the party! Soul Assassin's gra phic has been made into an advertisement, and can be  found in our pack as SA-DEMNC.GIF. Kosh's e ntry entitled "Count Zero Interrupt" is included as  KO-NAID1.GIF as well. But we have been found to be nearly as pleasing to the ear as to the eyes as well... Future Assassin took the 3rd prize in the music co mpetition, and his song, "Demon's Pride remix," can be heard in the June 1996 pH luid Music disk as FA-PRIDE.IT. Evolution, a new recruit from Toronto, also shook up the party with his bombastic and bassy module called "U MAKE ME WEAK" which rank ed in tenth place. After it was played, the ACiD crew did the wave. Hey, we put the "party" in "demoparty." His tune can be found in this month's pHluid d isk as well, under the name of EN-UMAKE.XM. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ Other features of the party ³Ü ÛÛ²²ÛÜܳ aside from the accolades of ACiD ³  ÜÜ  ÛÛßßÜÜÜßß°Ý ³ members included wading through the ³ Û ²²ÜÜßÜÜÛÛÜß± ÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ³ sea of trackers and the numerous ³ ßßß  Þ±ÛßÛÛÝÞß ²Ý ܲ²ßÛßß Ü² ßÛÜ ³ volunteers to play Virtua Fighter 2 ³Üß ßÛ²ßÜÜßßÜÞÜßßÛ °°ÛܲÜÜßßÜÝ ³ and Duke Nukem 3D on the massive ³ Þ°ßÜÜÜÛÜÜÛÛ²Ý ²ÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛ Û²² ³ LCD screen, visiting the museum of ³ ß°ÜßßÛÛÛ°°ß ÛÛß ßÛÛßßßÛÛß۲߲ ³ "Dinosaurs" (C-64s, XTs, etc.), and ³  ÜÛ ÛÛ ßÛÛÛÛßÜÜÜÛÛÝÞÛ ²ÜßßÜÝÞ ÛÝÞÛÛßÜÛ² ³ playing Pong and Lode Runner, wait- ³ Þ² ÛÛ°ÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÛÛ²Üß ²ÝÞÛ Û ß ÛßÜÛßÛÛ ³ ing a half hour for the judges to ³ ²²Ûß Þ°°ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²²ÛÜܲÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ²Û ³ show up before realizing that the ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ judges hadn't been picked yet, ³NAID is but a foggy memory for those who³ throwing various articles of ³attended, du e to the gargantuous amounts³ defunct hardware in the name of ³of alcohol  available at the party.³ competition, breakdancing, smoking, ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ smoking, getting your car towed, and embarking on various excursion to the seamy underbelly of jovial Canadian society. That, and the consumpti on of eigth 4-litre pitchers of alchohol and 500 chicken wings at one sitting by the ACiD crew at the Peel Pub. ÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ°ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ßß ÛÛßßß  ÛÛ ÛÛ ßß ÛÛ ÛÛ°ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßß²² ÛÛ Û²±ÛÛ ÛÛ Û²  ÛÛ ßß ÛÛ Û²±²Û ²° ÛÛ ßßßßÛ² ÛÛ ßß ÛÛ ÛÛ Û ² ÛÛÜÜÛ² ²ÛÜÜÛ²°±²ÜÜÜÜ ±²  ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ßß ± ²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ²  ±² ±²ÜÜÛ²  ±²ßß ±² ß² ÜÜÛß ±²ÜÜÜ  ÛÛßß ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜ ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ±ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ±²Û ÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ  ÛÛ°ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßß ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û²  ßßßßÛ² ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ ßß ²Û ²° ÛÛ Û ² ÛÛ Û²±ÛÛ Û²°²Û Û² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ²  ±² Û²°±²ÜÜÛ ² ±²ÜÜÛ²  ±²ßß ±²ÜÜÛ²  ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ²  ±²ÜÜÛ² ±² ÜÜÛ² ÛÛÜÜÛÛ By Hack ACiD now has at it's disposal the use of two new FTP s ites running at T1 bandwidth. This is quite an improvement over our past cap abilities of only 57.6k. The first of these is our primary site, link1.mc master.ca /acid, which is graciously donated by the insightful staff at McMaster Uni versity. The site is run by Wolfie, who is also the system administrator of acid.org, ÚÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ and who takes over the role ³ÜÜ ÜÛ²Û۰ܳ that was previously held by ³Üß °Ü±°ßÜÜÛ°±Ý  ³ Wonder Monkey.Thesecondof ³ÛÛÜß °°ÛÛÛÛ°±±ßÜÜßßßÜÜ   ³ these FTP sites was contributed by ³Þ² ²ÛÛÛ°ÛßßÛÛßÜßÜÜ ÛÛÛÛ  ݳ Pacific Coast Micro, and can be found at ³  ÜÜßßÛÛÛÜÜÛÛÛ ÛÝÞÞÛÝ ÛÛÛ °° ³ pcmicro.com /acid. This is our secondary ³  ²²²ÛÛÜÜÜÜÜßßß Þ² Û ²ßÛÛßßßÜÜÛÛÜ  ³ site which serves as a ³ Þ ²ßßßßÛÛ²²²ÛÛÛÛ²²ÜÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ²² ³ mirror for link1, just in case ³ ÞÛ°ÛÛÜÛÛ²ÛÛÛÛÛßßßÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ²Ý ³ worst happens and Wolfie gets run ³  ßÛ²²ß  ßßßßܲÛÛÝ ß²²±ßÛÛÛÛÛßß ³ over by a garbage truck while ³ ßÛÛÛßßßßß³ skiing with RaD Man, Somms and ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ Beastie. ³Five tons 'o putty is delivered ³  ³monthly to the ACiD FTP site.³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÜÜ ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ßß ÛÛßßÛÛBy Cthulu ÛÛßß²² ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ°ÛÛ Û ² ²ÛÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÜÜ ±² ²² ÜÜÛ² ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜ ÛÛ ÛÛ°ÛÛ ßßßßÛÛ°ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ  ÛÛß ÛÛ ßß ²Û ÛÛßß²² ßßßßÛ² °²Û ²° ²Û ²°  ÛÛßß²² ²Û Û²°² ÛßßÛÛÝ ±²ßß ±²°²ÛÜÜÛ² ±² ÜÜÛ² ±² Û²± ±²ÜÜÛ² ²ÛÜÜÛ²  ±²ÜÜÜÜ ±² Û²°  Bedlam, after leaving ACiD for Mop, once ma de the astute observation that artists, after leaving ACiD to pursue other groups in t he scene may go on but never do they return back to ACiD. With that thought i n mind, we would like to introduce the summer line-up of returning ACiD member s. Descending to ACiD finally is Final Descendant.  No wait, he's ascending. ACiD is a step up from wherever he was, after all. Joining  him in the upward climb of ANSI ecstasy is Sinister X, formerly of Fire . Returning to ACiD is a legendary character from the pa st - a former ACiD American Coordinator - and the co-founder of some of the sti ffest competition we had seen recently. But once again Somms is back working on our side. Spirit of Illusion and Grateful Dead re turn to ACiD from Dark and Legend, respectively, and hope to stick around for a while this time. As well as those old friends who are returning into our e mbrace, there are those who have not as of yet had the fortune to beco me one with ACiD. Everyone's gotta have a first time, so the following are now officially no longer ACiD virgins. Internal Flames, formerly of Mop, comes from Ru ssia with love. Love for drawing ANSI, that is. Reanimator, formerly of Flavor , on the other hand, comes from Finland. What with? Well, with all of those quaint Sca ndinavian accents, of course. Tomppa1 also comes to us from Finland via Flavo r, but this 7-year veteran of the Amiga scene draws high resolution art. So does Tosh10, formerly of Teklordz and former founder of the defunct Error Art, but he comes from the other side of the border in Sweden.  While we're on the topic of founders, we may as well mention that Necromancer, co-founder of the now non-existant Rem orse ASCII, has come to us to coordinate ACiD's ASCII division. O-Tron, himse lf the founder of Fists of Steel and former Art Coordinator of Teklordz, joins up  in an unsurpris- ing ANSI drawing role.  Shaolin has founded nothing, but he comes to us from Fire to draw RIPscrip art. Rotting Christ brushes away the flies every on e in a while to draw ANSI, especially now that he's left BDP in Belgium, and the fantast ical Borian leaves Ice to come to us after corporate-style persecution for what he considers to be a hobby. However, that doesn't mean that he won't startle yo u with his Geiger- esque works of high-resolution nightmare.  In an attempt to develop other art formats and b ecome truely multimedia we have recruited the following six musical gentlemen into our pHluid division to appeal to your sense of hearing. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ Arclight  makes his scene debut just ahead of ³ÜÜ ³ Evo lution, who placed in 10th at NAID and inspired ³ Þ²Ü   Ü ²Ý³ the wave. While there is dou btlessly more to say ³²Û²ÝÞ°°ÛÜÜÜÜÛÛß ÜÜÛÛ²² ³ about him, that wi ll remain his greatest accomp- ³ßßÜ°ßßßÛßßßÛÛÜß ²²ßß ³ lishment to date  for some time. Vibrance is ³ßÜÛ°ßÜÛÛÜÜßÛÛ  ³ formerly of Adment and Dark and hope s that his ³ÞÜÝÝÞ²ÜÛÛ± ÝÞ²Ý ³ vibrances and resonations  will end in a somewhat ³ÜßßÜÜßÛÛßßܲ² ³ appealing configuration of waves. Sikos is from ³Ü° ÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÛÛ² ³  Israel and still uses the .S3M format! (APPLAUSE ) ³Þ°Ü° ÛÛßÛÛÛÛ  ÛÝ ³ A traditionalist, you see . We could tell you about ³ß°°° ÛÛ ²²ß  ³ Taurus, but it'd all be a loa d of bull. You can ³ÜÜ ÜÜßßßßßßÜܲÝÜÜ Ü ³ all rest easy, because  Rexazy has joined pHluid ³ÜßÛÛÛ ÜßßÜß²ÝßßÜ ²² ßÜÛÛÜ ³ from Fuel, Ice's European div ision. ³ÛÛÜ ÛÛ ²²ÝÛÜÜß² ÛÛ ÛÛÛ۲ݳ ³ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ Û ß²ÛÝß ÛÝÞÛÛÛÛ² ²³  Our coding staff undergoes a sin gle addition ³²ÛÛÛÝÞ² ÝÞÛÜܲ Þ° ÛÛÛÛÛÛ²³ this season - Mind Bender, a master of Pascal, C, ³²²ÛÛÛ ÛÝ ܲÜßß ÛÝÞ°°Û ÛÛÛÛ³ and Assembler, steps into line after servi ng time ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ in TDD and DWA. I ronically enough, while his ³Taurus, a contemporary³ handle wa s inspired by a run-in with some acid ³ambient musician, cites³ three year s ago, ACiD is inspired by our encounter ³John Tesh as a hero.³ with him n ow. ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ  In this ever-changing age of technology and pre-packaged foods, we find that there is a gap that needs to be filled. That gap is filled by Wolfie, who runs ACiD's Official FTP  site at link1.mcmaster.ca and Thrasher, who runs the mirror of the official FT P site at pcmicro.com.  We welcome them both to ACiD's AIS Division. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿   ³  ²ßÜ Ü° Ý ³ ACiDiC, our BBS modification  ³ Þ Ý Û ²ÝÞÝ  ³ division, gains five talented individuals ³ ÜÛßßܲÛÜÜÞ ³ as well in this reporting period - ³ ÜÜÞܲÝÞÛßÛÛ± ݳ Demaxxus maxes out, EWheat (who's neat), ³°ÛÜÛÛÛÜßßÜÜßÛ Ûßßܳ Redemption is absolved of past offenses, ³  Þ°ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÛ°Ý  ³ Spatula makes pancakes, and Code Zero ³ ßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ°° ÜÜÜÜ ³ handles the zeros. I guess they get ³ßß ßÛÜܲÛ°ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²²Ü³ someone else to put in the ones. ³  ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²²³ ³ Þ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ² ³ ³ Þ °° ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ° ³ ³ Û °Ý ÜßßÛÛÛ °° ° ³ ³  ° Þ²²ß   ßß ³ ÜÜÜܳÜÛ  ° ÜÛ²ß   ³ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ°ÛÛßßÛÛ  ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ ²Û ²°±²Û Û²°ÛÛÜÜÛ²  ²Û ²°°ÛÛ Û²  ÛÛÜÜÛ² ³Wolfie is seen  moments before³ ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ²  ±²ÜÜÜ ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÜ ³getting tranquilized, dragged out ³ ÜÜÛÛ ßßÜÜÛÛ ßß ³ of its habitat and forced to work³ ³under arduous conditions for ACiD.³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÜÜ ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ßß ÛÛ ÛÛ°ÛÛßßÛÛ ßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßß²²°ÛÛ Û² ²Û ÛÛ Û²  ÛÛ Û²°²Û ²°  ÛÛ°ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û²  °²²  ²Û ²° ÛÛ ²ÛÜÜÛ² ²ÛÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÜÜ ±²  ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ²  ±²ÜÜÛ² ±² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±² Û² ÛÛ  ±² ÜÜÛ² ±²°±²ÜÜÜ   ÛÛ ÛÛßß By Cthulu What goes up, must come down. What goes around comes around. You can't lead a horse to water, but you... no, that one isn't approp riate. East come, easy go. Will we let them go? Bis-mi-la... er... yes. Yes , unfortunately if Beelzebub has his sights on them there's not a lot we can do to those who stone us and spit in our eyes. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ Anubis  weighed the Feather of Truth against ³ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ³ hi s heart, and went with the path of true ³Üܲ²ÛÛÛÛܲßÛÛÛÛÛßÜ ³ enlightenment to return as leader of Force, an ³ÜÜ ßßßßßßßßÛÛßÜܲÛ³  Australian ANSI group. ³²²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛܲ ÛÛÛÛ² ³ ³²Û ßÛß ßÛ ÛÛÛ²² ³Diocese was expelled from  the ACiD community ³ ÞÝ ÞÝ ÞÝÞÛÛÛ²Ý ³ after doubts were cast as to the integr ity of his ³ ÞÛ ÜÛÜÜ ÛÝÞ±ßÛÛݳ  artistic inspirations. Remember, read between t he ³°ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÛÛ²ÞÝÞ²²Ý³  lines, folks. ³°°ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²² ÛÛÛ² ³ ³ ß°ÛÛÛ²ÛÛÛÛ²²ß ² Ûßß³Grifter just dis appeared and grifted away one ³ßßßÜÜÜßßÜ°Ü ³ day. No one ever heard from him again. ³ܲ°°ÛÛÛÛÛ°°Ý  ³ ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´Inner Visio n, in pursuit of yet another ³Diocese wears a paper bag³ vision on ly he could see, left ACiD to join Ice ³over his head to hide his³ of all gr oups. ³embarrassment, as he was³ ³kicked out for ripping.³ Mr. Schizophrenia wanted to stay in ACiD, but ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ the other voices wanted to try other groups. After he laid off the medication, he really didn't have much to say in the matter. Rza quietly packed up and joined the rank s of inactive artists with unpronounceable handles.  Sparr, fed up with never getting to keep ops  on #kumquat, left the scene. Little did he know that there was a netsplit two minutes a fter he departed.    Splatt left ACiD with that dangerous "startin g a local group" look in his eyes. Consider yourselves forewarned. Unsane took a vacation from the scene t o unwind and reconcile his psychiatrist and grammar teacher at last. Zevo took a three month hiatus from his ri gorus schedule of arranging colored polygons. With any luck, we may see his return in t he fall, though no one really knows. Krypto for reasons that were - you got it - cryptic, he has decided to neglect that most important portion of his life, the cyber  one. If you spot him, be sure to yell board numbers and web addresses at him.   Psychoholic was a casualty in the difference s between team leaders of ACiDiC. It could've been worse though... at least he wasn 't kept in a tiger cage for three years. ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛßßß  ²ß ÛÛßßß   ßß ÛÛßßÛÛ   ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛ Û² Û² ²Û ²° ÛÛßß²²°²Û Û² ßßßßÛ²  ÛÛ°ÛÛ Û² ÛÛßß²² ±ÛÜÜ۲ܰ²Û ±² Û ²°²ÛÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ²  ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²  ±² Û² ²ÛÜÜÛ² ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÛÛßßÛÛ ßßßßÛÛ°ÛÛßßÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÜÜÜÜÜÛÛ By Cthulu and Hack ÛÛ Û² ÛÛßß²² ÛÛ Û ² °²² ÛÛÜÜÛ²  ² Û ±² Û²°²ÛÜÜÛ² ± ² Û² Û²°±² ÜÜÜÜÜ ßß For various reasons, ACiD will be changing the format  under which it's released archives are named. The variable reasons vary varyin gly. Do they vary much? Very. On the release of our 50th pack, which we hav e calculated to be the September 1996 Acquisition, and henceforth, all ACiD pack s will be released in the format ACID-nn.ZIP, where nn is the number of  the pack released. This, our first file format change since ACiD's inception, should last well into the next millenium, while the ACDUmmyy.ZIP format wou ld get completely reduced to gibberish around December 1999. Why are we changing it no w? (In September, rather) Well, 50 is a rather nice round number. Much more  so, than say, 90, which would be the number of the first pack released in the n ew age.  The ideal year counting sytem would of course mark year 1 at the release o f the first ACiD Acquisition, but we'll have t o bide our time before instituting such gros s changes to the dating system. We'll have to settle for adding a new month - ACiDe mber - inbetween August and September. Then we can have the world-reknowne d ACiDember ACiD Member celebrations. ÜÜ ÜÛÛ    ÜÜ  ÜÜ Ü ÛÛ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÛÛßßß  ÛÛ   ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ  ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ°ÛÛßßß   ÛÛßßß  ÛÛ  ÜÜÜÜÜÛÛ ÛÛ Û²²°Û²°  ÛÛ Û²° ²Û ²°  ÛÛ Û ²°ÛÛ Û² ²Û Û²    ÛÛ Û²°°²Û ²Û ±²ÜÜÛ²  ±²   ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²  ßß  ±² Û²  ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ ²   ±²ÜÜÛ²  ±² ÜÜBy Hack Two years ago, ACiD set forth the standard for intern et communications art groups by coming out w ith it's own domain. The debut of acid.exte rn.ucsd.edu allowed ACiD to provide you with a wealth  of information through a then-amazing 57.6k connecti on. As times change, so does the demand for speed and so does ACiD. With the help of Wolfie, our se cond AIS director, we are now running acid.org at full T1 speed. This mean s that files will arrive to your ISP faster than ever, and continue to boast hi gh transfer speeds why supporting a ridiculously high amount o f simultaneous  logins on our web pages. The transitioning from the old to the new enable  us to offer a new and improved site. Add this one to your hotlist, as it pro ves to be the best the scene has to offer. ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÛÛ ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÜÜÜÜÜÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ßß ÜÜÜÜÜÛÛ By Kosh ²Û ÛÛßß²²°ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛÜÜÛ ² ²ÛÛÛ Û ² °²² ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ ²Û ±² ²ÛÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ²  ±²ÜÜÜÜÜ ±² Û² Û²° ±²ÜÜÛ² ±² ÜÜ ßß  Now, straight from Late Night with Kosh Lette rman, the official TOP TEN list for WHY THE ACiD PACK ISN'T OUT YET! 10. If you calculate it using evidence from the bible, the or iginal Mayan calendar, and the Hubble Telescope, it's actually June 1s t. 9. RaD Man is still recovering from his NAID hangover. 8. 12 year old lamers took over #acid. 7. The ACiD newsletter is a full motion video ansimation. 6. The rest of the scene released their packs too late. ACiD is actually early. 5. The whole scene decided to merge with ACiD. 4. Ice renamed everything with a *.ice extension and put it i n their pack. 3. RaD Man only has a gig of hard drive space, and the pack i s 2 gigs. 2. RaD Man is watching the "I love Lucy" marathon. 1. Cat has *only* 45 VGAs done for the pack so far. ÜÜ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ Û²± ²Û ²°°ÛÛ Û² ÜÜ ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ²  ±²ÜÜÛ² ±² ßß ±²ÜÜÛ² ßß With the end of the newsletter imminent, we feel  that it is an appropriate time  to  announce  ACiD's  Official Pets, both of  which are  Albino Snow Corn Snakes,  RaD Man's  Tempus Scales  (APPLAUSE), and Necromancer's  Al (APPLAUSE). ACiD continues to break new ground in the creation of new  artistic mediums, in the validation of it's  scene-spanning triumphs , and even in diplomacy. As the  innovations  of yesterday  b ecome the  standards  of today, we are given a larger and  larger base  to rest on whi le striving for even  loftier pi nnacles. And, as always, we will be the first to deliver them to you. ACiD '96 - Groovy. ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ  Credits: Writers:  Cthulu, RaD Man, Hack  Editor : Necromancer   Special Thanks: Kosh     Photographer : Nitnatsnoc  ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Features: Hornet Demo Archive Saga, ACiD NAID headlines, CurrentEvents, Kosh's Top Ten, and much much more! SAUCE00ACiD Newsletter Issue #12 (06/96) ACiD Press ACiD Productions 19960615½³PØ