'Fifty to Infinity'   the ACiD news ... 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.13 An Official ACiD Productions (tm) Public Update September 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 By Necr omancer ±²°±² Û²°±² ÜÜÛ² ±² ßß ±² ÜÜÛ² ßß In this ever-turbulent sea of change that we call life, there are very few stable points. For some, it is love. For others, it might  be that they are financially stable. In the underground computer art scene, i t's ACiD. For six years, piddly groups have come, made their own niche in  this land called cyberspace, and then left it as unobtrusively as they ente red. But one has stayed. Starting with just a few members and a vision, ACi D has continued to expand it's horizons and all the while fulfilling the incr easing demand for quality artwork. And this month is no different, with the  exception of one small thing: ACiD turns 50. And aft er all these years (the ratio of cyber-years to true years being 7:1), ACiD has been there. We've been th ere since the days of WWIV, V-X, Telegard, THG, INC,  the original iCE merging with ACiD, and we will continue to be here long after you're gone. ÜÜÜÜ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ßß ÛÛßßß ÛÛ ßßÛ² ÛÛßßÛÛ°ÛÛßßÛÛ°ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ Û²°²Û ²° ÛÛßß ²² ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û² °ÛÛÜÜÛ² ÛÛ ßßßßÛ² ÛÛ  Û²°ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û² ±²ÜÜÜ ±² Û²°² ÛÜÜÛ²°±² Û²°±²ÜÜ Û² ±²ÜÜÜ ±²°±² ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ ² ±²ÜÜÛ²  ÜÜÛÛ ßßÜÜÛÛ By Cthulu Now that we're back to a more serious mentality about  this whole art creation speil, we decided to compliment the return of the e lite attitude with some policy changes just to make ev erything run that much more like clockwork. The first major change in the way ACiD is run now is that we have eliminated all Senior Staff and Coordinator positions. How does that w ork? ACiD is now functioning with an hierarchial Advisory Staff system. As us ual, RaD Man looms over all. He knows all an d sees all. Reporting to him is Beastie, wh o aids various division advisors. These advisors an d their cooperative staff are mainly comprised of  former Senior Staff and Coordinators. Beneath them come sundry co-advisors, secretaries, pages , execu- ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ tive producers, gaffers , key grips, and finally the ³ÞÛÛÛ±Û Ý Þ  ÛÝÞÞÞ  Û ÛÛݳ artists. Eight months later , we show up on the ³ÞÛ° Þ²ÝÞÝÜ Ü ßÜÛÜßÞÝÞÛÛÝ ³ big screen!  No,   wait,   I forgot, I'm not ³ÞÛÛÝÝ Û²±°°°ÛÜÞ ²Ý ÛÛÛݳ supposed to menti on ACiD's new Cinema di- ³Þ  Þ ÞÝßÜÜ ßÜÜßÞÝÞÝÞÛ ³ vision until the NEXT newsletter...  ³ÞÛÛÛ ÛÝÞÛÜ ÝÞßÛÝÞÝÞÛÜß ³ ³ÞÛÞÝÞÛÛÜßß ÜÜßßÜÛ ÛÛ°Ý ³ Well, anyway, there are several menti ons to be made ³Þ°²ÝÞ ²²²±°ÜÜ°²ÛÝÞÛÛÛ ݳ relating to this whole shifting of  positions and ³ÞÛß ÛÛÝÜÜ ÜÜ ÜÛ ²° ÝÞÝ ³ titles, so I will attempt to make th em as seamless ³Þ Û ÛÛÛÛ²ÜÜÜÜ ÞÝÜÜßßÞÛݳ and conc ise as possible. To begin with, Rocket ³ ßÛ ÞÝÛ²²ÛÜ ÜÞÛÝÞßßßßÛݳ Scienti st, a longtime ACiD core member, retired and ³Þ ÞÝÜßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÝÛ°°°Ûݳ ascende d into the Alumni with JED and ReDMaN. Though ³ÞÛ°ÝÛÝÛÛ ÜÜÜÛÝÝ ÛÛÛÛÛÛݳ he has be en fairly low-profile in the past couple of ³Þ°²ÝÞ ÛÝ ÛÛÝ  ÛÝÞ°ÛÛÛÛݳ y ears he was a major contributer through 1993 and has ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ consistantly released lo aders ever since. He's such ³Tweed shows here the³ an institutio n in the ACiD family that even RaD Man ³similarities to his³ isn't sure ho w long he's been a part of ACiD, so his ³cousin, Oats n' Hay.³ stepping down  (and hence stepping up) will provide an ÀÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ inspiration to us all while al lowing new bureaucrats   to cut their teet h on group relations, which is no mean feat in itself. Hey, this is rocket science, not brain surgery.     Rocket Scientist's departure left the Coordinator Staff of ACiD with only two members - Soultaker and Sinned Soul. They've both made grabs to more con- ventional titles, so Soultaker stepped down to become  another member of Telecom once he left for college wh ile Sinned Soul redelegated down to ACiD Infor mation Systems. With that matter of Senior Staff resolved, we'd  li ke  to welcome these folks to the new Advisor hierarchy of  ACiD. The Chief Advisor,  behind RaD Man him- self, is Beastie, who looks over  'art'. (Thi s comprises ANSI, ASCII, RIPscrip, and high resolution  artwork.) Other  adviso rs, respectively,  are Tasmaniac, for  coders; Pinion, for ACiD's pHluid music divisi on; Mindcrime, for ACiDic BBS modding; Wolfie, for  ACiD Information Syste ms, and Mad Arab, who is in charge of the new joint  Telecom-Courier  division.  All of these advisors have sundry co-advisors and people to help them in their own regard, but those are the only names you'll really have to deal with at the moment.  Mad Arab has replaced Soultaker as leader of the telecom division. He is a talented telecom member in his own right who has been wi th us for several months and is also a member of 200 Proof. Since taking Sou ltaker's place he has recruited two new members to the Telecom-Courier division .  Tasmaniac will be helped in his advisory capacity by Sh ivan Bastard, who has dropped all his art affiliations to come to ACiD as a coder  and will continue from where Dark Emnity left, working with Tasmaniac to c reate "SPAM", the scripting language for Oblivion/2,  of which he has recently become in charge. He codes in a plethora of languages; notably, C++, Asm, and Perl. In addition to his regular coding responsabilities, he plans to continue  assisting ACiDiC with mods for Obv/2.   To coordinate ACiD-ASCII, Necromancer has sprung fr om the ranks to fill the position of leadership needed. To aid him with administra tive duties comes award-winner Killa Hertz,  who surely knows the ins and outs of ASCII.  Reinstated as the coordinator of the ACiD ANSI logocluster,  that effervescent cluster of ACiD ansi logos, is Unsane, with aid from Tosh10. With efforts from both of them, we will prove once again that ACiD logoclust ers are the best logoclusters in the scene!  The former ACiDiC PPE Team Leader Captain Hood,  was overthrown by members of his own department. The new PPE Team Leader is Social Dis tortion, who will work twice as well accounting for the fact that he has the u se of both hands. [Editors Note: This would have been a bit more humorous, but his name isn't Captain Hook.]   In supplementary news for ACiDiC this season comes the i nstatement of the Telegard Team, to service the most used BBS software in th e world! Hooch is team leader, but he was unavailable to comment, as he was b usy filling in the 3000 strings of his newest creation.  In a striking blow felt to all, The Grey Ranger  was removed from the ACiD Memberlist from his position of Chauffeur due to some troubl e with the driving comission and the trunkful of communist literature they found  in the ACiD limo.      ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ   ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ°ßß ÛÛßßÛÛ    ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ°ÛÛßßÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û² Û² ÛÛ ÛÛ Û²  ßßßßÛ²°ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û ² °²² ÛÛÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ²  ±²ÜÜÛ² ±ÛÜÜÛ ²Ü°²Û ±²°±² Û ² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±² Û² Û²°±²ÜÜÜ  ÜÜÛÛ ßß By RaD Man and Cthulu Though it may seem that we have now covered enough politics  to fill an entire newsletter, those were merely the changes dealing w ith advisors and ex-coordinators and Senior Staff. We haven't even begun  to deal with the artists' roster which has changed so much since you last  heard from us! To begin with, then, a co-secretary has been assigned ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ to aid Cthulu w ith the seemingly endless task of ³Þ ²²°°ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ°°°²²Ý³ writing newsletters, web pages, articles, news ³Þ°°ÛÛÛßßÜÜÜÜÜÜ ßßÛÛ °°Ý³ releases, docume ntation and naughty stories for the ³ÞÛÛÛ ßÜÜÛÛÜÜÛÛÛÛÛÜßÛÛÛݳ us e of ACiD members in general. His name is Hack,  and ³Þ°Û ÛÛß ÜÜßßÜÜßÛ²² Û Û°Ý³ the sooner he starts , the better, in one secretary's ³ÞÛÝ ÞÛÝÞÛßÝÞÜÛÝ Þ²ÛÛÝÞÛݳ opin ion. And no, for once, no one is going to ³ÞÛÝÞ²ÛÜß ßÜÜßßÜÛ±²ÛÝ Þ°Ý³ complain about cheap li terary hacks. ³ÞÛÞ ±²ÛÛÜÜÛßß  ß°² ²°Ý³    ³ÞÛÛßÜß °²²ÛÜÜ ßßÜß Ü²±°Ý³ While those two abo ve are big news on their own, they ³ÞÛÛÛ °²ÜÜßßßßßßÜܲ±° ÛÛݳ are followed by giants. The one , the only, Lord, of ³Þ°°ÛÛ °ß ÜÜßßÜÜÜß² °Û۰ݳ Jazz (better kno wn as Lord Jazz) has returned to ACiD  ³ÞÝÜÜßß ÞßÛÛÛßßÜÜ ²Û°°Ý³ after a st ing running The Girl Scouts, later Bleach. ³ ÞÛÜÜßÝÞÛ ßÜÜÛÛ ßß ÞÝÛÛݳ He cit es personal reasons for re-joining, and we  ³ÞÛÛ°² ÜÜÛÛßßßÜÜ ÞÛ ÛÛÛݳ aren't comp laining! For those of you who entered the ÃÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ scene last week, he draw s ANSI, RIPScrip, high ³Madness runs  in³ resolution, ASCII, writes music and pornography. What ³Madball's family alley³ more can you ask from a versatile young artist? ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ  No one's heard much from Morbius since he left Nation  two years ago. Sure, he's released the odd pic in ACiD, one every few months, and as  he seems to be drawing again, he wants his ANSI pictures to be released in t he group which has been on top ever since. Who can blame him?  Unsane quit the ANSI scene, but this doesn't seem t o have prevented him from joining ACiD and drawing ANSI logos for us. Perhaps there w as some confusion down the line? He can quit whatever he likes if this is how he reacts to it.   Our friend Visigoth, the two-time winner of the NAi D high resolution graphics competition, has returned to ACiD after a terrifying stint  in one of those number-two groups. We've managed to calm him down, but the  neurologist says that he'll have that nervious tic underneath his eye for the  rest of his life. Let that be a warning to the rest of you.   Though it's apparent that hundreds of artists have been throu gh ACiD one way or another, it seems that there are still a few of you who haven 't had the fortune of being part of our family yet. We'll soon remedy that, but until the Lord Jazz starter kit is ready for release you'll just have to keep your pants on and try improving on your own. Now, I mentioned something earlier about MOP. This marks t he first time that we've really merged with anybody since Saga, more or less a year ago, and it truely does give us a shot of fres h blood and adrenalin, and hopefully our gestalt w ill produce better art than the two groups had seperate ly in the past.      Putting ANSI first, a move many have said should have been  done long ago, we have gained several members. Abnormal and Arrogan ce give our ANSI department an unusually uppity air to it, but under their Sensei the brash untrained energy should be refined to a calm honed edge. Liithn,  Mendator and Baltazar join the ranks of such ACiD members as Nitnatsnoc and Tomppa1 with handles which are completely impossible to elaborate on. So instead, we wil l simply let them express themselves through their art. To date, it looks like they have a lot to say. Rounding off the ANSI acquisitions from the Mop merger  comes Pushead, an excellent pic artist and the former head of Mop's ANSI depart ment. Mop benefitted our ASCII and RIPScrip drawings peripheral ly, but Haji (for ASCII) and Wildcat (for RIP) are still very welcom ed into the group. There's only two of them, but we like to realize the old adage 'quali ty over quantity.'   We're not sure what language Hydrocephalus uses, bu t between the C that Leroy is adept with and Toxic403's mastery of Pascal, n ot to mention the Assembly with which they are both pr etty handy, we're confident that we'll be able to compile whatever code comes out of his twitching fingers. Finishing the list of resources gained and friends forged th rough the alliance of two world-class groups come four outstanding high-resolu tion artists. The first, appropriately enough, is named Blandest. T wo of the remaining three comprise Bob the Janit or and Tweed, the co-founders of Mop and talented, trippy, surreal high-resolution artists who could stand alo ne. The last one, Tabaqui, produces some of the best high-res we've s een. She's comparabale to Catbones, so that deserves some sort of special mention. No w, while it is too late for Blandest to have founded the group, there's noth ing preventing him from trying to win then fair hand o f another tattooist... Has anyone heard of Newton's Third Law of ANSI Dynami cs? It goes like this: what goes down, must come ba ck up. That is the only way we can explain why forme r members of ACiD just keep coming back to the best g roup out there. Perhaps I've just answered my own qu estion. In any event, we'll start off by welcoming ba ck into ACiD two folks who we gained through a me rger with the sensational Mop, so we welcome back Bedlam  and Icto  with open arms, as they wow us with RIPScrip, high resolution ar t, HTML design, and mere high rez, re- spectively. Just when you thought it was over, some 220 lines later , we reveal to the masses all the people who have rece ntly joined OUTSIDE of the Mop merger! Make these peo ple stop joining or else this newsletter will never end ! We found a peculiar individual wandering the streets a  few months back. He amazed us all, by proving to be  a master of old school ASCII. Formerly of CIA, we w elcome in that enigma known only as EverLast. We welcome Quisling, an international trendsetter, i nto our high resolution department this quarter. What makes this VGA artist a nd photo manipu- lator so fashionable? Formerly of Mop, he proudly joined AC iD's ranks several weeks before the rest of his comp atriots followed suit. Coincidence or cons- piracy? Jason (not to be confused with Jae or Sun, i n any combination) gives our high resolution departm ent a boost with his great abstract style only Finns s eem to have perfected. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ We thought that we hear d something when The Silent ³ÞÛÛÛ.ÛßßÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ßßÛúÛÛݳ Killer l eft Fire, but nothing reached our ears until ³ ÞÛúÛßÜÛ²²²ÛÛÛÛ ßÛÝÞÛÛÛݳ we found the pile of ANSI logos on our central ³ÞÛÛÝÞÛßßÛÛÛßÜÛÝ ÜÛÛú Ûݳ branch's desk. Oh, and the cor pse. ³ÞÛÛÝÞ²ßÜÜß  ÜÜßÛ ÛÛ.ÛÛݳ ³Þ.ÛÛ ÝÞÛß ÝÞÛßÝÞÝÞÛÛÛú ݳ Be warned. ACiD is now high in  Sodium. So, um... you ³ÞÛÛÛÝÞÜßßÜÜßß ÜÛÛ ÛÛÛÛݳ may want to co nsult your doctor before consuming any ³ ÞÛ úÛ ÛßÜÜÜ Üß²Û ÜÜÜ ÛÝ ³ more of our art. Blade's productions a re free of the ³ÞÛÛÛÛÜÞÜÜÜÜÜÜÛÛ  ÛÛÛ ßݳ mine ral now, however, so eat as much of it as you ³ÞÛúÛÛß ÜßßßßßÜ Ü ÛÛÛÞÝ ³ wan t. ³ÞÛÛÛ Û²ÛÛ ß ßÜÛÝ ÛßÛ Þ± ³ ³ÞÛÛúÝÞÜÞÛÝÞÛ² ÛÛÜßßÜ ²Ý³  From CiA come two great ANSI logo artists - Mad Ball ³ÞÛúÛÛ ²ÝÞ ÛݲÛÛÛÝÞÛÜ Ü ³ an d Spear. Spear said that it was great to be in  ACiD ³ÞÛÛÛÝÞÛ ÛÛÛÝÛ²²Û Ü  Üßݳ at last, but Mad Ball was u navailable for comment ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ´ until he finished seeing his psychiatrist abou t that ³Caught red-handed, the³ awful dream  where he's on that big green table. ³Silent Killer muses³ ³over a quick escape.³ Just to prove  our appeal over vast denominations, we ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ now boast that ACiD has  White Trash in it, and that  we're not going to do anything about it. Th is wonderful ANSI picture artist really isn't a problem for us, and he's even less of one for Legend now.      Two RIPScrip artists join the fray just in time - Sata nic Sly  from the late late Decades and PhazeOne from Teklordz to wow us with their a nime and graffiti RIP stylings. Cylus, Mesonyx, Nomex, Nova,  and KX Mode  join ACiD's pHluid mus ic division, proving truth to the old adage that all m usicians have the letters "y", "v", or "x" in their ha ndles. In addition to that quality, Cylus is also fo rmerly the the coordinator of Blade's music division.  Also joining is Bejrutt, who has a marginall y more normal handle, and Panther, who has a su bstantially more normal one. In addition to the coding escapades of Hydrocep halus, Leroy and Toxic403 from Mop as were mentionne d above, ACiD's general coding team would love to a nnounce our newest member, Tyger, who is bringi ng with him the ongoing support for The Tombstone Artist RIPscrip drawing utility, v ersion 2.0. From the infamous and respected PPE coding team of Pirates Wi th Attitudes (PWA) comes Bad Spirit to ACiDic's PPE Team, along with Chaos Warrior. Though his handle is similarl y unpredictable, Chaotic Prisoner is  busy creating art for ACiDic  modific ations.  Katt  joins  th e  Telegard  team,  p roviding increasing support to a  rising  software,  and Onslaught  joins ACiDic's Special Team,  a uniq ue task force working on unannounced  projec ts  which  will surely rock the scene once they're released. Under the new management of Mad Arab, ACiD's telecom divisi on has welcomed in the services of Clover and  Mirror Image, who has worked previously with  DOD and Amnesia (yes, the Amnesia who is currently th e number one couriering group.) We are suitably hum bled.  ÜÜ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ   ÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ°ÛÛßßß ÛÛß ßÛÛ  ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ Û²  ²Û ÛÛ Û² ßßßßÛ ²°ÛÛÜÜÛ² ßßßßÛ²° ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ Û² °²² ÛÛÜÜÛ ² ±²ÜÜÛ²°±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²° ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ²  ±²ÜÜÜ   ±²ÜÜ Û² ±²ÜÜÛ² ± ² Û² Û²°±² ÜÜÜ  ÜÜÛÛ ßß ßß By RaD Man and Cthulu To prove Newton's laws of ANSI dynamics true, unfortunately,  some artists must otherwise find reason to leave that they might rejoin at a  later date. It is such that we bid the following people not a "good-bye" so mu ch as an "until we meet again."  We've already mentioned the anachronistic qualities of the C hauffeur position. In any event, the only highway we're tearing down at t he moment is the information one, what with our new web page and all.  Some of them had the decency to at least resign formall y when it became apparent that they wouldn't be creating much more a while, s uch as Christopher Robin. For others such as Sushi-X and Iczer-1, it seemed more of a problem with the work that they were submitting on those rare occasions t hat they submitted at all. There even seemed a geographic turn of events when  Plague and Sharp Edge, both from Israel, ceased to create art for u s. But this plague of apathy affects many artists fo r inscrutiable reasons, claiming greats such as Somms and Bad Karma down to peo ple like Surreal, better known as Rendere d Useless's phantom brother. In passing, it also cut short the ANSI d rawing careers of Spellbinder, Sinister X, and  Tripe.    Making formal resignations are several other loved and r espected artists, leaving their cherished hobby due to time constraints or out side pressures and influences. Black Lightning,  Degenerit , Final Descendant  and  Rotting Christ have gone off to pursue oth er hoobies, such as basket-weaving, or in the case o f Rotting Christ, synchronized swimming. Crimeboss was removed completely from the annals o f ACiD history for completely different, and much l ess original, reasons. In addition, Soul  Assassin mistakenly thought that he could find a deeper sense of i nner peace in iCE while Mage was last se en conspiring with members of his first big group , Mistigris. In some disharmonious news,  Vibrance was removed  from pHluid by the advisor, Pinion, due to internal conflicts.   ACiDic grew a bit more base with the loss of Chronic Fatigue, Redemption and Lil El vis for reasons of inactivity. The unanimous mot ion to replace Captain Hood has already been mentioned, so we will onl y mention that he ran off muttering something about a crocodile who "has my hand!" a nd a flying boy.    On a final spurt of early-breaking news,  Anarchist  is finally taken peacefully from among the ranks of ACiD's famous telecom division as he  resigns and hangs up his beige box.  ÜÜÜÜ ÜÜ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ°ÛÛ ÛÛ°ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßß   ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ°ÛÛßßÛÛ ²Û ²°°²Û ²°°ÛÛ  Û²°ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û²  ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²  ßß ±²ÜÜÛ² ±² ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÜ ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ ² ±²ÜÜÛ² ÛÛ By Cthulu For those masochists out there who don't think that 370 line s is entirely long enough for a respectable newsletter, information of all shapes, sizes and flavours will be available for your  discreet entertainment as presented in the upcoming release of the second ever issue of the official e lectronic magazine of ACiD, The Product II. Specifications for new software  secrets will be discussed in it as well as much lively commentary on the stat e of the Art scene at large and how much it had changed (and remained the sam e) since the many many months between now and the release of the hal lowed issue one.    ÜÜ   ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜ  ÜÜ ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ßß ÛÛßßÛÛ   ÛÛ ÛÛ ßß ÛÛ ÛÛ° ÛÛßßß ÛÛ ÛÛ  ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßß²²°ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ°ÛÛ Û²  ÛÛ ßß°ÛÛ°ÛÛ ßß ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ Û²  ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ Û² ²ÛÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÜ ±²  ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ßß ±² ±²ßß ±²ÜÜÛ ² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ ² ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÛÛ  ßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ßß ÛÛßßß ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ ßß°ÛÛ°ÛÛ Û² Û Û°ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ Û² By Cthulu ±²°±² Û² ± ²ßß ±² ±² Û ²°±² ±²ÜÜÛ²  ±²ÜÜÛ² ÜÜÛÛ In case you haven't noticed, we're playing up the fact that  this is the 50th release of the monthly Acquisition Update which ACiD has released since its inception way back when. Despite the frantic efforts at E clipse we are the first group to have released 50 packs, and will hopefully m aintain our steady schedule and be getting geared up for pack 100 within a few years. That makes this pack a milestone of many ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ deep meanings for many people - face it, can you ³Þ²²°ßßßÛÛßÜÛ²² ÜßÜÛ°²²Ý³ remember a time without ACiD? (Well, since you began ³Þ°°Û ßßÜÜÜÛßÛÛÜÝ ÞÝÛ°°Ý³ modeming at least.) This momentous marker will denote ³ÞÛÛÛÛßÜÜÜÜÜßßßÛ  ²°ÛÛÛݳ a return to ACiD's tried-but-true tactics of kicking ³ÞÛßÜ ÛßÜÜ ßÜÜßÛ ÜÜßßÛ Ûݳ ass, taking names, lording over the scene, and taking ³ÞÛÝßÞÝ Ü   Ü  ÞÛ ß ±ÝÞÛݳ no prisoners. So, to paraphrase - if you think that ³ÞÞ ÛÞ²Ý  ÜÛÜÜܲÛÝÛ ÜßÛݳ the first fifty have been a weird, wonderful trip - ³ÞÛßÜ ÛÛ  ÜÜÜßÛÛÝ ÜßÛ °Ûݳ you ain't seen nothing yet.³Þ°°Û ßÜßßÜÜÜÜßß Üß° Ü Ûݳ ³ÞÛÛÜܲßß ÜÜ  Û²±Û± Û Û Ý³ As a fiftiricious update, we'd like to draw attention ³ÞÛÛ ÜÜÛÛÜ Ü ÜÜÜßß² °  Ý ³ to a few special features in our momentous release. ³Þ°ÝÞÛßÛ²Ý ÞÜÛ²²Û Û  Û  ݳ ACiD View now features the only internal JPEG viewing  ³Þ±² ÛÝ ²ÜÝÞÜÜÛ ÛÝ Þ ° Ýݳ of any viewer in the scene to date, so you can all ³ÞÛ² ÛÝ°²² Þ²ÛÛÝÛß ÜÜ  Ûݳ put away PV. To add to our growing list of scene ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ resources we're proud to be releasing new versions of ³Eyeing some punk going³ the Tombstone Art 2.0 RIPScrip creator and the ³for his bucket, Bob³ Oblivion/2 bulletin board software. Our new web page ³the Janitor readies³ complex is up, running, and awesome (to editorialize ³his trusty wooden MOP.³ slightly) -  so  check  i t  out  at  www.a cid.org. ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ Finally, we'd like to display attention towards the amazing demo,  ACID-50.EXE, contained within the 50th pack archives. This demo was created by the Ger man demogroup Simple specifically to celebrate  our fiftieth update.    ÜÜ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ Û²± ²Û ²°°ÛÛ Û² ÜÜ  By Cthulu ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ²  ±²ÜÜÛ² ±² ßß ±²ÜÜÛ² ßß As we grow closer to dominating all aspects of the sce ne - graphically, musically, through the internet and through general data transmission - the relationship we share with our artists becomes ever more in tense. We provide them with the tools needed to do new things and test the  limits of their imaginations. We provide an inspiration to aspiring artists t esting their first faltering footfalls in this turbulent sea of politics and buf foonery. But most of all, we remain steadily as num ber one, as a mark for all other groups to gauge their successes (and failures) against, to provoke and inspire higher levels of creative fervour in response. And we love eve ry minute of it.   " ACiD 1996 - Have 50 packs gone by already? I hadn't not iced the time. " ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ  Credits: Writers:  Cthulu, RaD Man   Ed itor: Necromancer   Special Thanks: Unsane     Photographer :  Lord Jazz  ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ