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on thanßÛÛßÛÛß°
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ent.ßÛß

            Genius will not;
 Unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
                   
          Education will not;
                   The world is full of educated der
elicts.
                   
     Persistence and determination
                            Alone are omnipotent.
                   


     DARK Illustrated is a fine model for the words 
above.  Over the past
   three years of often times erratic releases, we'v
e had the honour of
   working with talented artists and experienced mem
bers of the scene.  Yet
   it was only over the past year that DARK's receiv
ed the recognition and
   acclaim it truly deserved.

     [Note: Canadian efforts are traditionally regar
ded with skepticism,
   due largely to the death of Gothic so many years 
ago.  We were getting
   snowed, and not just by our notorious weather.]

     At the height of our success, we made the tacti
cal error of coasting.
   Production dropped as artists went ice fishing (o
r so the Senior Staff was
   told), quality went for a spin on a low-rider ski
-doo, and two mergers (one
   generally successful, the other a demonstration o
f the chaos theorem),
   threw organnization into a blizzard.

     Many believed the decrease in ANSI production s
ignalled the end of the
   DARK Age, despite the tremendous accomplishments 
of our renowned VGA
   department.  One came a second blizzard; of toe-t
ags.  (See the special
   offer below.)  Our eskimo shamans informed us, ho
wever, that premature
   death was not in the winds.

     After crashing yet another funeral gathering, a
nd allowing our VGA crew's
   rage to dissipate (apologies to those harmed in t
heir guerilla strikes),
   DARK dug in it's snow-shoes and took to the trail
s, determined as ever to
   excel (again).

     We aren't in this for the quick rewards.  DARK 
is here to provide a warm
   hearth in a solid igloo for top-notch artists, ei
ther as a waypoint to
   other places, or a stronghold to achieve their gr
eatest potentials.

     Thank you for reading.  Give our polar bear a f
riendly pat before you
   move on.

                                                    
        -- xmtrx

ÜÜÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÜÜ
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°ßÛÜ    ß°Ûß25th
 Release InfoßÛ²ß    ÜÛß°
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     We're pleased to celebrate our 25th regular rel
ease, a noteworthy point
   in DARK history.  Despite the skeptics, the cold 
shoulders, and even the
   hamstringing by an errant publication, we continu
e to showcase our talent.
   (The enforced diet of pine cones, penguin rump, a
nd Molson Canadian
   combined with daily dog-sledding exercises is hel
ping us regain our
   strength.)

     We'd like to thank all of you for your support,
 your indifference, and
   even your attempts to undermine us.  It's driven 
the group to work harder,
   it's given us an excuse to smack you in the face 
with a frozen beaver, and
   it's allowed our polar bear free range to maul yo
u.  =)

     Stick around, the best is yet to come!  [Note: 
We're strategically
   located in such a way that all members receive an
 unlimited supply of
   sno-cones.  Rad, eh?]


ÜÜÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÜÜ
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er Activity ßÛ²ß    ÜÛß°
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     The 4th Disciple has come home!  After a brief 
spin around the block,
   he's returned to DARK Illustrated from his previo
us stay with iCE
   Advertisements.  It took some time to thaw him ou
t, but a couple of shots
   and a truckload of waffles covered generously wit
h maple syrup managed to
   take the chill from his bones.

     Joining the ANSI department this month are Garr
oter of Plain, Kitiara of
   RCA, Phantax of Anemia, Spear of ACiD, and Boba F
ett, a promising new
   artist.

     The VGA department welcomes (3 VGA members) to 
it's prestigious ranks.

     It saddens us to inform you that DARK's favorit
e mascot, Arc Angel, has
   been stripped of his glorious title.  He hasn't b
een around to harass us in
   last six months or more, so...  *sob*

     However!  Local personality Mimes (said "meemz"
) has been inducted as
   DARK's first-ever Cheerleader!  She'll be the key
 to morale for the group.
   Warning: Don't touch her pom-pons.

     Recently, the idea for a soft-core porn divisio
n was proposed by Redrum,
   a local enthusiast.  Upon discovery that all mate
rial was to be displayed
   in ASCII, the proposal was quickly dismissed.  Th
is is a family group,
   after all. ;)


ÜÜÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÜÜ
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stone Sale! ßÛ²ß    ÜÛß°
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       DARK Illustrated is having a factory clearanc
e sale on tombstones!

     Has your group died, and not received a proper 
funeral?  We'd like to
   help you!  Over the course of three years, we've 
collected a large quantity
   of funeral pyres, and we've no longer got the sto
rage space to hold them.
   So we're clearing them out!

     Act now, and the first 20 callers will receive 
a special bonus offer:
   Free toe-tags!  As many as you can carry!  Differ
ent colors, different
   styles, post-dated, pre-dated, dateless!  They ma
ke great decorations for
   your crypt!

     Buy two tombstones and get a eulogy for only a 
dollar more!

     Better act fast though. The trend for short-liv
ed groups is increasing!


ÜÜÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÜÜ
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h.Net    ßÛ²ß    ÜÛß°
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     Eclipse-Net, DARK's official message network, i
s being shut down, and
   replaced with Depth-Net, a merger of Eclipse-Net 
and Syndicate-Net, two
   networks that overlapped in too many places.

Full details to follow.


ÜÜÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÜÜ
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what?!?   ßÛ²ß    ÜÛß°
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     "[DARK] We're not very bright. [DARK]" - topic 
set by Sinned Soul, #dark

     "Do you know where you're children are?  I do."
 - VMB Message

     "Get your Phlegm'n'M's here!" - Captain Frag'a'
Knuckle

     "Hi, my name is Óƒþµø‰Þ..." - Carnifex at a mee
t.

     "You just can't trust a post-it-note." - Xypher
 Matryx, packing.

     "Veni!  Vedi!  Velcro!  I came, I saw, I stuck 
around!" - Essential
                                                  Ob
scenity on IRC one night.

     "Talking to you is like whack-a-mole." - The X-
Man

     "So for example, if I were platform diving, it 
would be too easy to use
   the platform.  I should use something harder, lik
e oatmeal, or a pyramid of
   cats trained to stand on each other's backs (or f
or an extra degree of
   difficulty, cats that aren't trained to stand on 
each other's backs.)


ÜÜÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÜÜ
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  ß±²Ý  ßßÛ°±°ÛÛÝÞÛÛ²±
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rnet Affairs.ßÛ²ß    ÜÛß°
ß²ÜÜÛÛÛÛ²ÝÞ°ÛÛÛÛÜÜ
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°ßÛÛßÛÛßßÛÛßÛÛß°
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     Each month, DARK's memberlist contains the most
 recent list of e-mail
   addresses for it's artists and staff.  If you're 
web browsing though, you
   can link to these addresses through the upcoming 
DARK web page, or The
   Lethal Aspect Online, which will be up November 2
nd (technical delays).

     Packs can be obtained through The Regency, DARK
's Internet HQ, run by
   Halaster of Fire.  Telnet or FTP to: tregency.res
.cmu.edu

     You can also find them on: ftp.cdrom.com : The 
Hornet Archives
                                   \pub\artpacks\inc
oming\artpacks
                                wuarchive.wustl.edu 
: Washington University
                                   \pub\MSDOS_UPLOAD
S\ansi\cis
                                tregency.res.cmu.edu
 : Halaster's "Regency"
                                   \ANSI\DARK\

     As always, members can be found idling, chattin
g, or behaving in bizarre
   manners on channel #dark, through the IRC.


ÜÜÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÜÜ
  Ü°°Û°ÛÛÛ °
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rs!      ßÛ²ß    ÜÛß°
ß²ÜÜÛÛÛÛ²ÝÞ°ÛÛÛÛÜÜ
±°
°ßÛÛßÛÛßßÛÛßÛÛß°
ßÛßßÛß

     Cheers to Night Stalker for the DARK VMB, it's 
been a blast!

     Cheers to Dark Bob Software, a group similar in
 design and releases to
   our own local Twisted Fishies, run by Epitaph.

     Cheers to Eclipse (the art group); this one's f
or you.

     Cheers to Cthulu for the mention in Product 2.

     Cheers to ACiD for Spoon 2, one of the 
few utilities they've released
   that works well while being useful at the same ti
me.




ÜÜÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÜÜ
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     Board Name             /  Sta
tus                       /  SysOp

     The Lethal Aspect      /  DAR
K World Headquarters     /  Xypher Matr
yx
     Murderous Mango        /  DAR
K Member Board           /  Master of D
arkness     Sight & Sound         
 /  DARK Member Board           / 
 Drone-Fly
     The Way Station        /  DAR
K Member Board           /  The Anarchi
st
     Pulse                  /  DAR
K Member Board           /  Inertia
     The Throne             /  DAR
K Member Board           /  Phantom Lor
d
     Geronimo (coming)      /  DARK Member Board    
       /  Garroter


ÜÜÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÜÜ
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     (Excerpt from "Minutes of the Oct. 27th Meet.")

   ù It was an epic moment in DARK history.  For the
 first time face to face,
   Xypher Matryx and Carnifex met.  Upon introducing
 one another, Xypher
   immediately decapitated and dismembered the other
 veteran Senior Staffer,
   shouting "*That's* for four years of 'nod's, 'ind
eed's, and unfulfilling
   phone sex!  Take it with a grain of salt, you bas
tard!"

     The meeting seemed doomed before it began, unti
l the victim's omnipresent
   "guardians" appeared to mend their fallen prodigy
.  Restored to health,
   Carnifex caught himself from muttering "indeed" f
or the last time.  Xypher
   was quickly subdued from further attacks with num
erous bottles of beer.

     This confrontation forced Burnout to admit: "Xy
pher's massacres are the
   inspiration to my zinderfine works of art!"


   ù Armageddon Donut usurped The Green Hornet's tit
le as "Mister GQ",
   appearing in a full suit-and-tie combo, looking v
ery dapper indeed!  The
   crinkling of Depends diapers further cramped the 
Green One's style.

     "Retirement sucks." the veteran artist confided
.  "My fashion sense has
   gone straight to hell."

     [ Greets to all those who showed up: The Green 
Hornet, Carnifex, Burnout,
   Prison Breaker, Mimes, Velocity, The Red Death, A
rmageddon Donut, Equinox,
   and The 4th Disciple. -xm ]


ÜÜÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÜÜ
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     Not bad for a group that's suffered more pitfal
ls than Harry Jr, eh?

     All material within these DARK Collecti
ons are (c)opywritten, and use
   without permission is a punishable offence.  We h
ave the mounties, as well
   as insatiably greedy lawyers standing by to take 
your case.  ;>

     * [ Though I couldn't confirm it, a co-worker w
ho originally obtained
   "Persistence" told me it was written by Winston C
hurchill.  I'd like to
   know for sure, so if you can back this up, or nam
e the original author,
   please e-mail me at "xmtrx@interlog.com".  Thank 
you.  -xm ]


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