'Merry Ch ristmas'  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.14 An Official ACiD Productions (tm) Public Update  December 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 Cthu lu ±²°±² Û²°±² ÜÜÛ² ±² ßß ±² ÜÜÛ² ßß Winter - the harshest season. The barren landscape a uniform white, all landmarks hidden beneath a conceali ng shroud of snow. Despite this, we find a way to pe rsevere. Trapped in our busy cabins, the mind is lef t alone to end- lessly spin with only one release - that of hot fingers on  the keyboards and busy clicks of the mouse. Tossing a few logs on the fire affords us the luxu ry of carrying on, thawing frostbitten fingers and doing what has to be done, b ecause even though the rest of the scene seems to thin k that it's okay to hibernate once the snow falls, th at's not good enough for us. We have to maintain our  standards even while other groups curl up and dream of sugar-plums. We've got to grit our teeth and knuckle up, because if  we slack off, the scene might not get what it is so eagerly awaiting for Christmas - the latest ACiD Acquisition Update. The thought of all those teary-ey ed doodleboys come January is revolting enough to make us see the necessity of what we do, and we love it. When it comes to the line, we can't depend on a shinin g star to guide us through the night. We've just got to pack up our own sle igh, Jack, hitch the reins and bobtails to a couple of the hungriest, fierces t timber wolves we can find, and kick some rosy holiday ass! ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ßß ÛÛßßÛÛ°ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛßßß ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛßßß ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ßßßßÛ² ÛÛÜÜÛ²°²Û ²°±ÛÛ°ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û²  ßßßßÛ²ÛÛßß²²  ßßßßÛ²ÛÛßß²² ÛÛ Û² ±²ÜÜÛ²°±²ÜÜÜ ±²  ßß ±² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ ²²ÛÜÜÛ²°±²ÜÜÛ ²²ÛÜÜÛ²°±² Û² ßß ÜÜÜÜ ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßß ÛÛ  ÛÛ ÛÛßßÛ²°ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛ ßßÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛß Û²ßß²² ²Û ²°±ÛÛ Û ²²ÛÛ Û²²Û ²° ÛÛßß²² ÛÛ Û² °²ÛßßÛÛÝ By Necromancer ²ÛÜÜÛ²°±² ßß ±²ÜÜÛ ² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ² ²ÛÜÜÛ²° ±²ÜÜÜ ±² Û²±° and Ra D Man ÜÜÛÛ ÛÛ  With the massive influx of scene-related internet activi ty, it should come as no surprise that there are mounds of web sites devoted  to art groups and their child-spawn. Some of these sites are the home page s of groups, while others offer the services of a "scene yellow pages." Still others offer fully functioning FTP sites harboring artpacks and related files . The latest and largest addition to these archives is that of artpacks.acid.o rg. This month, ACiD unveils their latest vision-turned-rea lity to the public --  The ACiD Artpac ks Archive  (http://artpacks.acid.org) . What started out as a mere daily top ten counter  for  our  FTP site has expanded into a full-blown web-based GUI archive for the entire art scene! Virtually   every  file manipu- lation command available through ftp,  a shell, or di al-up bbs is now available on-line via Artpacks. You  can  extract  files from an archive, view extracted files, create batch queues for   download,  or search our database fo r keywords, all with the click of a button.  All  new  uploads  are   automatically ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ inspected   for  validity  and   descriptions ³ÜßßÜ Üß߲ܳ are extracted   via  the  FILE_ID.DIZ befor e ³ÜÛ±ßÜÛÛÜÜß ÜÜ °±±°ÛÛÜÜÜÜ ³ indexing. Af ter  being  available  for  ³ÞܲÝÞÛÜÛÛ²ÝÞ²ÛÛÛ °°ÛÛ°°±°ÛÜ Þݳ 30  days,  they are  t hen  involuntarily ³ ÜÜÜßß ÜÜß²ÛßßÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ° °Û ß ³ ca tegorized and  moved into the appropriate ³ÞßÛß°ÝÞÛÛÜÜÜÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ° °± °Ý ³ directory  under  /pub/artpacks/[category]/ ³ ßßßßÜÛÛÛßßßÜÛÛÛÛ °ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ° ÛÝ ³ [year]/[alpha]. ³ ßßßßÛ°°ßÛ°±°°ÛÛ  ÝÞÛÛÛ ³ ³ Ü Þ±Ü ßßßßß  Ü °Ý³This is just the  beginning. ³ ßß ßßß ßß  ßßß³ ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´How  does  it  all  happen?   Multiple ³As a photograph of Posk was not³ PER L  script s combined with  CGI   that  we ³available at press time, ACiD³ lik e  to  call  the  ACiD   Artpacks Archive ³offers you an a lternative: pork.³ Engine, or A3E  for short. That, and the ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ vast hardware  resources of Walnut Creek  CD ROM: One Pentium Pro 150mHz wit h 512 megabytes of RAM, 72 gigabytes of storage. N ot to mention bandwidth: A 100 Mbps connection to the internet via three T3's allowin g up to 1250 users simultaneously. And last but not least: The Apache web server running on FreeBSD Unix v2.1.6.1-RELEASE. No  Microsoft product could ever supply the power nec essary for this site. With artwork and HTML designed by ColorNox, the speed of PERL by Shivan Bastard, and smooth operation of the site by your friend ly ACiD hosts, the the Artpacks Archive should feed all your arty pac k needs. ÜÜ ÜÜ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ°ÛÛßßÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ Û Û±ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û²  °²² ÛÛÜÜÛ²ÛÛßß²² °²Û ²Û ÛÛ Û² Û ÛÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÜ ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²  Û² Û²°±²ÜÜÜ  ²ÛÜÜÛ² ±²°±² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÜ  ßßÜÜÛÛ ßß ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÛÛ ÛÛ ßßßßÛÛ ßß ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ßß°ÛÛßß²²±ÛÛ ÛÛ Û²²² Û ²° ÛÛ ßß°ÛÛ Û² ²Û By Cthulu ±²ßß ²ÛÜÜÛ² ±²  ±²ÜÜÛ² ±² Û ²²±²ßß ±²ÜÜÛ² °±² On that cheery note (egg nog, anybody?) there are some  refinements to be made to ACiD's new internal organization. We've even check ed our list twice. None of those naughty fellows in our group. It seems that  Megga Hertz was a good boy this year, so his present is to get a promotion to Telecom-Courier team Advisor, replacing Mad Arab. His predecessor,  however, got more than a simple lump of coal. Mad Arab remains to assist and co ach the remaining members of the Telecom-Courier team, though his profile isn't going to be quite as high as it once was. Relatives inevitably show up for the holidays, but  here comes an old friend who we hope will stay a while. Returning from a mea ndering route most lately though Apathy comes our old friend Stone the C row, the blotto raven. For those of you unfamiliar with this RIPscrip master extraordinaire and former Bitchslap editor, well, now you are. If nothing e lse, he'll help us get rid of the turkey leftovers in the fridge. I think t hey're starting to move. Joining ACiD  for the first time this frigi d winter come three very talented and outstanding high-resolution  artists. T he first of these, Eporue, joins  us  from  that  other   group,  iCE,  boasting a   mastery  of  both  bit- mapped and rendered graphics. KjllerPole  is n't quite as diversified, but what he lacks in variety he makes  up  for  in  specialization - particularly in his fantastic renderings. If STC  manages to finish the turkey, these guys get the cranberry sauce. The third of these it  seems  missed   the rope-tow a few months back, slipping between the cracks of the ACiD and Mop merger . It is thus with   our  lost  Vengeance  and Raider,   restoring  them  to  full  glory with the rest of their  former  Mop-mates. I   hear  that they're fond of sweet potatoes and candied  yams. That's  fortunat e,  because  we  just so happe n to have a few tubs full of  the  bloody   things. You  see,  we don't only rec ruit ACiD  members  for  their  ar tistic  abilities,  but  also   for  their ravenous appetites. If  we  didn't  recruit during  the  holidays,  we'd b e eating the bloody leftovers until Easter! Wintertime is always a good time to get together and sha re holiday spirit, and no one took that advice more to heart than ASCiiD, ACiD's  ASCII department, and Trank, who joined their merry forces to recreate that mos t seasonal of groups, Remorse, which is  taking over  in a turn of ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ events  from  ASCiiD  as ³ ÞÜ ³ ACiD's  ASCII department. ³ÜÛ °°Ü ³ The  band  of  wassailers ³ ÜÛÛÛÛ°²ÜÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ   ³ includes  all  of   the ³Þ°ßßßßßßßß  ܲßßßÛßßß°°ßÜ  ³ following artists, all ³ÜÜÜÜܲ²ßßßßßßßßß Ü ²²Ü ÜßßÜÜÛ°ß ÜÛ²ÜÜßÛ ß  ³ in good cheer, too, I ³ Þ²ßÜÜÛÛÜ ß°ÛÛÜß ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ Ý ÞÛÜÝÞ²ÛßÛ²ÝÞÛÜ  ³ might add:  Asphixia ³ ßÞ²ÛÛßÛÝ ÞÛÜ²Ý ß²ßÛÛÛÛÛß  Ü°ÜßßÜÜßÛÛ±ß ÜÛß°Ü ³ (who's having trouble ³ÜßßÛ ²ßÜÜÜßßÜßÜß Ûßßß±°ÛÛÛÛ²ÜÜÜÛÛßÛÜßß  ³ breathing because he ³ Þß°ÜÜÜÛÜÜ ÜÛÛ°°ßÜÛ° ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛßßßÜ ßßÛÜ  ³ gobbled down too many ³ßÜÜÜÜÛÛÛ  Û²ßßßÜÜ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ°ÛÛÛÜÜ  ß  ³ mashed potatoes), Bad ³ Ü²Ü  ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜܲ ÜÜÜÛÛ °° ßßßßßß°±°ÛÛÛÛÛÜ  ³ Spirit, Cypher Hex, ³ Þ   ÛÛÜßßßßßÜÛÛ ÛÝ ßßßÜÜÛÛÝßßßß²Ûܳ Discyple,  Endless Name- ³ ±°ÝÞ°ÛÛÛÛÛÛ²²ÝÞÛ² Þ²ÛÛ°°°³ less,  Enigmatic, Erupt, ÃÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ Ewheat, Fahrenheit, Fire- ³ Smokey the Bear reminds us that only YOU can ³ storm, Forge,  Hiro Pro- ³ prevent forest fires. That means stay away from ³ tagonist, Kaleidas, ³Piroma niak, Fahrenheit and Firestorm, all recent³ Lethal Injection, ³acquisitions f or the newly formed Remorse. Stay³ Maestro, The Messiah ³away from Bibby, too. His name spells trouble.³ (celebrating a birthday ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ recently), Miasma, Mice, Mr. Self Destruct, Omicron, Piromaniak , Polymorph, Posk, Sargon , Sir Death, Terminator2, Tri p, and Whodini, who's stumbling around the hall in the Santa costume. We figure that the new combined might of these two  ASCII powerhouses should be sufficient to finally sca rf down what's left of that fruitcake which has been sitting around for god knows how long. If we don' t finish it, we'll just re-wrap it and give it to someone else. ACiD's music division, pHluid, got a healthy boost (and not only from the spiced cider) from four marvelous musicians, in additio n to our twelve drummers drumming and eleven pipers piping. Bibby c omposes successful swing, jiving ja, and rocking... er... rock music. Phaze  only has time to compose when he's not down on the f loor grooving to his own tunes, because he's deep into dance-muzak. Stone might be found in the ambi ent room, emerging through clouds of smoke as he rolls through trance, triphop and t echno tunes in his head. As for Rexazy, well, his name just says it  all. In any event, it'll be a welcome break from all of these saccharine carols.  Do you want me to tell you where you can shove those ten leaping lords, buddy? Two big names return to ACiD's coding division thi s holiday season. Nivenh needs no introduction, having been through s o many groups and as the creator of the Impulse BBS software, and Sharp is back in ACiD from a long hiatus, previously to which he was an ACiD senior staff  member. They can stay as long as they want, as long as they finish off t he ham. We would, but it's just not kosher. What do you get when you cross a web designer with a Photoshop master? If you guessed Netscape Navigator with a smudge tool, you d eserve a smack in the head. If, however, you guessed ColorNox - a mult i-talented HTML phenomenon and graphic genius and newest member of ACiD Information Systems, then you get to pass GO and collect $200. For his present, we gav e him the official title of webmaster of artpacks.acid.org - the ACiD Artpacks A rchive Website. Brushing and stomping the snow off their boots come th ree new members of ACiD's Telecom-Courier division.  Unholy Spirit  and  Mindreader fit the roles well enough - the first a telecom member, the second a cour ier, and the third - Tarheel - is now ACiD's official e-mail courier! E-mail pac-man@acid.org to receive  ACiD  Acquisitions  via   e-mail  from  Tarheel! Just  put  "subscribe acid artpack monthly" in the  BODY  o f  the  message! Isn't  techn ology grand, folks? ÜÜ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ°ÛÛßßÛÛßßÛÛ  ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßß ²Û ²° ÛÛÜÜÛ²°² Û ²° ÛÛÜÜÛ²ÛÛ Û ²°²Û Û² ÛÛ Û² °²² ÛÛÜÜÛ² ßßßßÛ² ±² Û²°±²ÜÜÜ ± ² ßß ±²ÜÜÜ ±²Ü ÜÜ ±²ÜÜÛ² ±² Û² Û²±±²ÜÜÜ ± ²ÜÜÛ²  ßßßß   ßß ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ Û ÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ßß ÛÛßßÛÛ  ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ Û²²²Û ²° ÛÛÜÜÛ²ÛÛ Û²° ²Û ²°°ÛÛ°²² Û²  ÛÛ Û²°²Û ²°  By Cthulu ±²ÜÜÛ² ±² Û ²²±²ÜÜÜ ±²ÜÜÛ²  ±² ßß ±² ±² Û²°²²ÜÜÜ  ±² Û² ßßÜÜÛÛ  Old aquaintances should be forgot in the days of Auld  Lang Syne, so as such we've decided to do a spot of early spring cleaning. F irst out go three artists who didn't draw OR eat any of the food. Talk about  adding insult to injury! So toodle-oo to Abnormal, Morbius  and Pushead. Mendator w as so mad about not getting a Christmas cracker that he just off and left in search of a bigger bang. Sodium temeporarily resigned due  to the amount of time that his weekly 'zine - Acrylic - was taking from him. He'll be  back by this time next year, though. We can't say the same for Spiri t of Illusion, unless he changes his loyalties and realizes that ACiD is a mu ch more valuable affiliation to have behind his name than Twilight.  L ocutus was seen sneaking out of the window muttering something about 'assimilation' a nd we just chucked Quisling out into the snow, photomanipulation tool s and all. Movements through pHluid have included the summary ousting of Beaner, Nova and  Xenoc. Sheesh, couldn't t hey play anything besides "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire"? Any group would rather kick the m out than listen to that tune all month. Sheesh! ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ Leaving the c oding division is one lonely ³Ü  ²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜ ³ man - Jazz, former coder of the Sinister off- ³ÞÝ ßßßßßÛÛÛÛ²ÛÛܳ  line mail reading system, but we don't think ³ßÜ ß²ÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÜß°  ³ that he'll realize that he's been  evicted ³ ÞÝÞ²²ÜÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²  ³ for quite some time as we h aven't heard from ³ Üß Ü ÜÜÜßßß ²ÛÛ²±ßÜß ³ him f or months. Maybe by the time he realizes ³ÞÝ Þ°°ÜÜÜÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÜ ³  the error of his ways he can backtrack his foot ³þÜÜÜÜÜßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²Ý  ³ prints in the snow drifts to regain  his way ³ ßßßßÛÛÛ°°ß  ³ back to the ACiD house of ho liday merriment. ³ÜܲÛÜÜÜÜÜܲ²Üܳ ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ Napalm  Death resigns from ACiD Information ³I nactive members are lined³ Systems this s eason - no one quite knows what ³up again st a blood-stained³ happened to him. A pparently there was some ³wall, blindfold ed, offered a³ accident involving laundry detergent and petro- ³final cigarette, and given a³ leum gasoline and he, well, died.  Oh well. At ³parting gift. Not shot, of³ least w e liked the way he smelled in the morn- ³course. That would be bad.³ ing. ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ACiDic loses a few more members - Code Zero (actually "Cold Zeno", but he came down with  the flu), Social Distortion and The Chosen One (obviously in this case we ma de the wrong choice.) Still, we didn't send them off completely unequipped - they were each given a candy cane and a sprig of holly before th ey went. Finally, ACiD's Telecom-Courier department loses two members. The difference between the first of t hese,  Soultaker, and the second, Cl over, is that where Soultaker stepped down due to lack of time,  while Clover was summarily ejected for never having been active at all. There. With that nastiness out of the way, we can crank up the tunes and party away in our little shack until the snow stops falling. ÜÜ ÛÛ ÛÛß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ±ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ²ÛßßÛÛÝ ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û²  ÛÛ Û² Û² ±² Û²°±±² Û² °±²ÜÜÛ² ±ÛÜÜÛ² Ü°²Û ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ°ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßß ÛÛßß ÛÛ ²Û ²°°ÛÛÜÜÛ²±ÛÛ Û ² °²² ÛÛ Û² ² Û ²° ßßßßÛ²°ÛÛÜÜÛ²  By Necromancer ±² ßß ±²ÜÜÜ ±²  Û² Û²°±²ÜÜÛ²  ±² ßß°±²ÜÜÛ ² ±²ÜÜÜ ßßßß In the history of the computer underground art scene th ere have been many collaborations between people. Many times have artists a nd administrators gathered together to better their groups and advance their  own status in the 'scene. And ACiD is rivaled by almost none in the sheer amo unt of merges that have happened in the annals of art scene history. Such grea ts as iCE, Gothic, and MOP have been assimilated by ACiD into the mass melti ng pot of artistic talent that is ACiD. And now, the ascii scene is no exception . Early in the month of November, I was made aware that Trank!Ascii was in a sad state of disorganization. Wh odini wasn't able to handle the group, due to certain real-life problems, and no one was stepping up to shoulder the responsibility.  Me, being a Trank member  an d Whodini's friend, brought up the fact that we could merge ACiD!Ascii and Trank. He aske d if this would be alright with RaD Man, and I said yes I had already inquired with him about the merge and that it was ok. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ So, starting just about 2 weeks before the ³ ÜÛÛÛÛÜ°Ü ³ beginning of December, we announced to the ³ ÜßßÜßÝ ³ #ascii gathering of Trank and ACiD!Ascii members ³ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ Þ² ³ that we would be merging the two groups, and ³ ÜÛßßßßßßßß²Ü  ÛÝ ³ the result of the merge would be thus:³ ÛßÜßßßÛÛßßßÜßÛ ÛÝ   ³ ³ ÞÝÞÝ þ ÞÝ þ ÞÝ ÞÝÜÞßÜ ³ A. This reformation would be a rebirth of the ³   ²ÜßÛÛÛßßÛÛ²ßÜÛÝÞÛ Þ²²  ³  original Remorse!Ascii, founded back in ³ ßÛ °ßÛÛßÛ ÛÛßÜÛßÜ °ßÛÝ  ³ 1994.³ ÜßÛÛÜÜÜÛ²²ÛÛÝßß Ü Ûݳ ³²ÛÛÛÜ ß²ÜßÛÛÜÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÝÞÛ  ³ B. We would as a seperate entity from ACiD, ³°²Û ÛÛÛÛÜÜßß°ßÛÛÜܲÜß ÞÛ ³ while retaining our ACiD affiliation, ala ³  ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÝ ³  pHluid and ACiDiC.³ ܲ² ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²ßßÛ °Ý³ ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ And C. We would take the ascii scene by storm.³ Sir Death, often associated³ ³with the unliving, breaks³ We have done all these things successfully, ³ free from the stereotype³ as our first pack, available at³by drawing a scii artwork.³ ftp://artpacks.acid.org/pub/artpacks/artpacks/ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ 1996/rmrs-06.zip, was immensely popular, judging by it's day-to-day statistics. Even though it was a slig htly hurried pack, it was filled to the brim with the high-quality art you wo uld only expect to see from ACiD Productions. And next month will be even better.  ÜÜ   ÜÜ ÛÛßßÛÛÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßßßÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ ßßÛÛÛÛßßß ßß ÛÛ ÛÛÛÛßßÛÛ ²Û ²°ÛÛÜÜÛ²°ÛÛ Û²² Û ²°ÛÛ Û² ßßßÛ² ²Û ²°°ÛÛÜÜÛ²°ÛÛ Û²ÛÛ Û²ÛÛ°ÛÛ Û²ÛÛÜÜÛ ±°±² ßß±²ÜÜÜ ±²ÜÜÛ²±² ßß±²ÜÜÛ ²±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ²  ±²ÜÜÜ ±²ÜÜÜ ±²ÜÜÛ ²±² ß²ÜÜÛß±²ÜÜÜ   ßßÛÛ  ßß  ßß By Necromancer, Whodini and RaD Man The year of the rat was a great year for many gro ups, and a time of liberation for many small third-world countries. But 1996 wa s a GREAT year for ACiD, and a time of many changes. Yet these changes are not  to be feared, but to be welcomed with open arms and warm holiday eggnog-filled cheeriness. Many of the changes made were time-old traditions that h ad been written in stone for many years in the way ACiD was run. And many other changes were just that -- changes. Nothing else . You will also find within this article not just modifi cations to the way ACiD was run, but also accomplishments made by the group a s a whole, and by individual members striving to be all that they can be . And it is these members, who wish to be the best, and who wish to make the ir group the best, that make ACiD so great. Without artists, coders, write rs, web designers, and musicians, what would you have? Nothing. You would have an empty .nfo file, which would most likely look like crap since there woul d be no artists. Starting to understand? No, I didn't think so. So let' s move right on to the momentous occasions that made 1996 such a great year. One of the biggest changes in ACiD was its presence over the internet. On January 6th, acid.org became an official domain  name, succeeding acid.extern.ucsd.edu. Later in t he year, the administration of the site also changed hands from Wonder Monkey to Wolfie, resulting in a speed boost from ISDN to T1. The 'scene also witnessed the removal of t he /ansi directory on the Hornet Archive, and then later it's restoration in the form of the ACiD Artpacks Archive (artpacks.acid.org). ACiD also changed how the group itself is structured.  The traditional Senior Staff and Coordinator hierarchy was done away wit h, replaced with a more functional Advisory Staff. The archive format for the  packs was changed from the monthly "ACiD Acquisition" format we've had for th e last four years, to a numbered system. Along with these changes, were a few major archievemen ts. The infamous ACiD T-shirts sold out. ACiD's attendance at the NAID 1996 Demo Festival resulted in winning 1st in the graphics competition by Blue G ravity, as well as two places in the top twenty in the music compo s by our pHluid musicians. Tasmaniac develops XBIN format, an improved text mode binary stan- dard for the scene. The Product 2, coded by MrKite, was a hit, providing a variety of informative articles. And like years prior, we had a few major mergers. Th e Piranha PPE cod- ing group merged with ACiDiC. Saga and MOP merged with  ACiD Productions. Trank!Ascii merges with ACiD!Ascii division to create a ne w ACiD subsidiary, Remorse. As you can see, 1996 has been  quite a sens ational year for us all at ACiD Productions and we look forward to even greater things t o come! 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 toss the last logs on the fire and watch it sl owly burn out, we pull on our parkas and march out, through the end of winte r and its lasting twilight and into the sunrise of the spring. Though the hoary frost still savages the few tender blades of grass which poke through t he sodden mess, a change is nigh. The days grow longer and we grow strong er, our abilities growing with the rebirth of the world. Spring is coming and there's nothing that any of us can do to stop it. Temperatures rise and winter's cold domain comes to an end.  It's time to pull out of this deep freeze and show the scene that there is life  past the ice. ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ  Credits: Writers:  Cthulu and Necromancer  Editor: RaD Man   Special Thanks: Unsane     Photographer : Nitnatsnoc  ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ SAUCE00ACiD Newsletter Issue #14 ACiD Press ACiD Productions 19961201ŸP›