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-the edge - the blade informational texfile - volu
me 2 , issue 12

( 1 ) look! it's the edge vol
ume 2, issue 12... you know what that means?
that's right folks, its the 24th blade pak! nearly two yea
rs have gone
    ° by since the first blade pack, and next month
 we'll be celebrating that
    ± anniversary.anyway, that is indeed in the 
future, so let us focus on
    ² the present. this month was a good one for bl
ade, if not necassarily
for the quality of the art, definitly in the new member ar
ena. enjoy.
    ÛÜ Ü °Ü  °

( 2?) as is the case with every month, 
a few artists have decided to part
     with blade.after a long streak of inactivity, g
rey hawk enformed
me that he would be consentrating his efforts on the group
 cia. we
wish him luck with them, as we wish them luck dealing with
 him ;)..
°also leaving blade this month is.... hmmm..
 i have NO idea... I think
±that's it, but I apologize if I missed anyo
ne.oh yeah.. at the last
²minute, veediot! jumped ship to joi
n up with the newly reformed union.
Û if they keep up at this pace, they'll have to
 change the name to reunion.
 (oh, man, that was just terrible...)
    ÛÜ Ü °Ü  °
     
( 3!) on the new member front, blade ex
panded its vga division by nearly
      200 percent this month.bringing their skills to us ar
e image master,
°raveged wanderer, hell's fury,
 and satanic rythm. we welcome these
±fine fellows and know that they'll make rad
 additions to our vga team.
    ² in the ansi department, altered state
 joins with us, brining his rad
     logos along with him. grendel, and infinit
y also bring their talents
     to our ever expanding ansi department. addi
ng to our talented list of
musicians, dead soul has composed his way into bla
de. welcome to all
the new members. also, i'd like to FINALLY introduce the m
an himself,
an excellent addition to our lit department who joined fro
m cia three
months ago, edicius! sorry i forgot to announce it
 man. 
    ÛÜ Ü °Ü  °

( 5^) and now, making up for his absenc
e in the info file thus far, edicius
    ° had the honor of writing the info file su
ppliment this month.check out
    ± what he has to say about life, the universe, 
and everything.

( 7%)
  you'z be read'n dah blade inphomasion file.  'round her
e, we'z like to call
  it "da edge", or sumtimez we'z go balliztic, and callz it "d
e muthafuck'n
  edge."  not tew be cunfuzed wif da geetarizt from u2, "the e
dge."

  i'z be ediciuz, and i'z be a literature fo' blade.  you'z ma
y not know my
  funky white azz, but i've ben here fo' a few muthafuck'n mon
thz now.  but
  muh nigga mindcrime is wacked out to mac, and he'z jus' buzy
 listen'n to
  queensryche and dat otha nigga jethro tull to announce my ar
rival.

  [translation]

  Hello, you are reading the Blade Informational File.  We lik
e to call it
  "The Edge", or sometimes, when we feel wacky, we call it "Th
e Motherfucking
  Edge."  Neither of the two should be confused with the guita
rist from U2,
  "The Edge."

  I'm Edicius, and I write Literature for Blade.  You may not 
know me, but
  I've been in Blade for a few months now.  My arrivial may ha
ve slipped
  Mindcrime's mind, because he never put anything about my com
ing to Blade in
  any of the previous "Edge"s.

  "HEY HOOCH.  I THINK WE FOUND SOMEONE MORE IRRITATING THEN Y
OU."

  Now, I really don't have much to talk about.  I've noticed i
n past issues of
  "The Edge", this space has been graced with the prescence of
 saints, of
  amazing artists, of people worthy to be in "Blade."

  Then I came along.

  So, if you're looking for someone's "t0p teyn anzi gr0upz!",
 look at some
  Ansi Mag.  If you're looking at someone to rate ansis, look 
at someone else.
  If you want to find out who I am, look at someon-

  Oh wait, shit.  I screwed that up.  Let's try that again.

  .. to rate ansis, look at someone else.  If you want to find
 out who I am,
  look no further!

  I'm Edicius.  I've been in this thing called the art "scene"
 for over a year
  and a half.  The whole time I've done the thing I do best, a
nd that is
  Literature.  (If you're looking for one of those "literazure
 iz n0t an
  artf0rm!" debates, don't look here.  I don't argue with mind
less ruffians,
  and I'd toast them in a debate, anyway.)  I've done ascii, b
ut I'm past that
  stage.  I realized how much I sucked in that field.

  As far as groups that I've been in, I was in Broken.  Then, 
after Grey Hawk
  and I "killed" it, I was in Cia.  I was a Literature Coordin
ator there until
  August.  Then, in September, I left Cia and joined Blade.  T
hat's where I
  stand now.

  Hey, speaking of Broken.  This month marks the one year anni
versary of it's
  death.  Yah!  Let's have a revial.  Let's call it "Broken/2"
.  Let's make
  fun of Acid and Ice..  Yay!

  If you never saw a Broken pack, here's some of the people wh
o had their
  roots in Broken, or were in Broken at one point: Chromatik, 
Diehard, myself,
  Grey Hawk, Mistawho, um, and some others.  I forget.

  Well, it's about time I go and visit your sister.

  Just a few shoutouts before I go:

  MiNDCRiME (SUB-ZER0H): DE\x/D!  WE'Z BE KICK'N IT WIF MAD SH
IT.  ACiD FEARS!
  BELiAL: WATCH OUT FOR THE CHEESE.
  GREY HAWK: GOOD LUCK IN CiA.  DON'T FORGET TO GET MY ANZI!
  S0UL SEEKER: RAVENHILL FOREVER!
  BLADE F00LZ: KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, MiNDCRiME WILL GIVE YOU 
A C00KIE.
  ACiD/iCE/CiA/UNiON/TRiBE/GRiM/iNDiGO/TURB0/V0R: BEST 0' LUCK
 IN DA '96.

( 8+)on a closing note, beyond the hor
izon issue three was released this
past week. bth is sponsored in part by blade, and we'd lov
e it if you
took the time to check it out. also, join us on irc in #bl
ade for a
good time. (hEY! gET yOUR mIND oUT dA gUTTA, pUNK!)

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