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[deux]since i've only been around for not even a year, i am introducing  myself, mr.sandman, as the blur founder. i've been bbsing for a while, then i took a 3 year break, then i came back about a year ago. i remained inconspicuous to the art scene until just last summer where i released a few obv mods for a group called "fear".  after this i took a couple of months vacation from the computer. i just recently came back and joined odium as a literature member(hopefully lord jazz will see my debut in ansi pics...). and now, here i am. the next member helping to get this pack out is cerebus. he currently does ascii for odium, and i think he's one of the better artists. he's also working on other mediums, good  luck with your rips and shit! he has also released an obv menu  set this month that i think kicks some ass! his new founded  talents will serve the group well. another member added is prestige, a very cool ansi fontist. I believe he is also working  on doing asciis. he does have talent and is working on doing some pics for this first pack. he's also the art coordinator of "fear"(or did you quit?). his contributions are also a good addition to blur. and another member joins us with his talents in many areas. exulted brings his ansi, ascii(very cool), rips, mods, and lits to help out the group. just another great addition. also joining the group is a new comer, cynical. although he is fairly new to the scene, he has some potential with his ascii. just take a look at his work in this pack, it's not bad for a new  bee. finally, last but not least, alias pending. although he is  also new to the scene, he is a very talented coder. he currently codes in basic, visual basic, C and C++. alias pending is  significant for his experience and determination. he helped cerebus and i with the coding of the blur application generator,  which i must say, was done pretty quick and looks pretty good. his experience with coding will help blur in a great way.  [trois]the next thing i need to point out is that we have been keeping  this group underground for a few months, that is the reason for the shortage of members for our premier pack. we all decided that we'd go ahead and release one pack before asking others to join blur. after all, i think it's only logical to show others what blur is  capable of, that way others(like yourself) will know what we're all about ahead of time. [quatre] if you decide that you want to become part of the "blur" team,  please feel free to run the blur application generator  (blur-app.exe) which is included in this pack. the application is pretty straight forward, just follow the directions and such and you should have no problems. now that this first pack is out, we are definately looking for new members specializing in any or all mediums. we currently have NO couriers and NO musicians, and no one who knows anything about telecom. so if you'd like to apply  for either of the above and/or as a modder, then run the app and  apply as "other". artists and coders apply as applicable. once  you've completed the application, a file will be created.   depending on what you're applying for, the name of the file(s) created are BLURART.TXT, BLURCODE.TXT, and BLUROTHR.TXT. then all you need to do is include in a zipped file, the above 'text' files and atleast 3 different samples of your work for each position applying for (of course couriers and telecom need not do this).  the zipped file should be named xx-BLUR.ZIP, with "xx" being your 2 letter abreviation. for example, my abreviation is "ms", so the zipped file that i'll want to create will be named MS-BLUR.ZIP. upload your zipped file to stone chapel at +1-408-453-3114 or if you can find me anywhere else. you will receive a reply in a week  or two. [cinq]well this looks like the end now...i'd just like to thank all the current members of blur for doing a great job. this pack came out better than as anticipated...especially since this is blur's first collection. hope everyone is as pleased with it as i am...latez. mr.sandman -blur founder, odium member SAUCE00blur 0396 news of the wierd ù-bLURù -ù blur 19960219œ.Pk