ÜܲÛÛÛÜÜ ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛßÛÛÛÛ ÜÛÜ ßÛÜ ßßßÛÛÝ  Ü ßÛÛÝÜÜÞÛÝßÛß ÜÜÛÛÛÛÛ±Ü  Û²Ûß ÛÛ ß ÛÛ ßÛÛÛÛÛÝ ß ÞÛÛ ÜÞ² ÜÜ  ²ÛÛÛÛß ÜÜÛÜ ÛÛÝ ÛÝ ß     ÜÜÛÛÛÛß ßßß  ß  ßÛÛÛßß idleartnineteennintysix +-ÄÄÄ--ÄÄ.úÄÄ-ÄÄÄÄ-ÄÄ---+ welcome back /-ÄÄ-ÄÄ - -- [[[eclipse!]]] Welcome back to the next release of idle. It's been awhile, but this month has been a reorganizing month. We have made some changes, and we are for the most part pleased with them. School is back in session, and we all know that sucks. Usually, people tend to slack off in the first month of school, but we think that this pack isn't all that bad. We now have our first international member board, and i suppose that means we can consider ourselves an international group. All that really doesnt matter though. As long as you are reading this, we know that you are curious about idle and we hope to bring you a great pack.  we have changed the format in our pack listing, but that will be explained in the next section.   [[[jinx here!]]] Yes, i'd like to thank everyone who's stuck with idle. =) We've gone through some tough times but it looks like we're growing and in a good way. =) Basically we uhmm.. oh wait. eclipse. you wanted to take care of this? [[[eclipse]]] yeah.. let me explain to them. new format /-ÄÄ-ÄÄ - -- Yes, thats right, idle has changed its pack formation. We decided that quality is much more powerful than quantity. It seemed apparant that the amount of art we collect during the course of the month is not enough to satisfy our needs for a hefty pack. (I like that word 'hefty') This caused a major problem. How can we get a pack out every month and still meet our requirements? We decided that it would be better to switch to a number oriented pack rather than a date oriented pack. The OLD pack used to be in the format of : IDLE9609.ZIP The NEW pack is in the format of : IDLE-03.ZIP  Now we don't have to worry about missing a month in the rush to gather a pack together. Our packs will still come out generally around the middle of the month, but it may vary depending on how much art we complete during that time. new members /-ÄÄ-ÄÄ - --  We have a a few great new members that have joined idle this month. We are still looking for artists and coders, so if you are interested, read the application section of this newsletter. One of our new members is miller. (aussi) He is an artist that  is skilled in VGA and ANSI. He comes to us from force. He is also the head of the art division of fATE. (yes, the couriering group) He has some great talent and is gonna be a great addition to the team. Phear him, he is good. Another new member to idle this month is immortality. He is a coder and is a badass. Incorperates sound and graphics great. Look for the idleapp and ansi viewer from him and our other talented coders. He's got skillz, watch yer back! We also rounded up insidious this month. He has been out of the scene for awhile, but he's got skilz. A former member of TRiBE RELiC and others; he is a great ansi artist. He has also expressed some talent in VGA, and were happy to have em. Plus he's got a neto little frog that he uses in his sig. It makes me mushy ;) [[[from jinx]]] Digo is a cool guy that i (jinx) found on a net one day. He's 31337 so watch out. He'll uhm.. out draw you and stuff.. He knows what he's doing with phonts and his pics are cool as well. He is floating between groups right now but we hope he stays with idle. This is why we have no idea who else he's affiled with. =) [[[back ta eclipse]]] We have a few more applications to review and contact before we add the to the member list. I will say, that the next two in line are both coders and are very good. The other application is an ansi artist that is also real good. We will review them and hopefully add them in the next pack. See the projects section for more info on our plans in the coding division.  projects  /-ÄÄ-ÄÄ - --   There has been a lot of innovative thinking around the idle community lately. We have come up with some things that need to be done to further the success of idle. One of those things will be an application generator. Once these new coders officially join idle, there will be some big projects in line. After the application generator has been created, we will work on idleview until we feel it is as good or even better than acidview. <-- That's my favorite viewer. We are shooting for the capability of pyroview, but the speed and smoothness of acidview. After that, we have plans for an electronic newsletter and stuff like that. That is way off in the future though. For now, we'd like to concentrate on the application generator. If anyone would like to help out, or give their advice, please email a senior coder. email addresses are located in the member list, also included in this pack. Idle will hopefully be putting up the official idle web site sometime this month, or next month. We are also going to put up an ftp site so that all our packs and releases will have a secure place on the internet for all you artists to get the latest pack whenever you want it ;) If you have an ftp site that you want to donate to us, that would be great. Just let us know! [[[jinx]]] oh yes! one last thing goes here. idleNet will be up and running by the week after this pack is released. we're not sure if it will be member board only or free public carrying. We'll let you know. [[[eclipse]]] done? applications /-ÄÄ-ÄÄ - --  Until idle releases an application generator, (hopefully next pack) you will have to apply to idle the old fashoned way. You can send email to me, eclipse, or to any of the senior members in idle. For email addresses please check the member listing. Or you can call corruscant, the idle WHQ. The number is in the member listing. Please just write a brief message on why you want to join idle,  your present/past affiliations, and a ZIP of 5 or 6 of your best pieces of art.  Don't be an idiot and forget to leave out yer email address, cause that could suck if we want to get back in touch with you. If your applying for a coding position, send at least 2 of yer favorite programs. We are always looking for new talent, so  if you think you got the skillz, give it a shot! [[[jinx speaks:]]] oh yes.. we've had a problem getting the idleviewer organized this month so it's waiting out on the side. it will be released next month like it would normally be. it's my fault. sorry everyone. =P [[[eclipse again]]] clean up  /-ÄÄ-ÄÄ - -- Well, thats about it for this pack. Its been fun, and we hope you enjoy it. I have one last detail. The official idle irc channel is #idleart, not #idle. That channel is run by a few loosers who moniter irc for a living. All idle members please join #idleart when you logon to irc and check in from time to time. I'm real tired right now, and i must sleep ;) I can't wait until next month to release again, but until then, so long! - eclipse(idleart) Yep, that's it. Another fun filled month of me editing the pack at the last minute. =) it's 1:08am on Thursday morning. =) i'm supposed to be in school in 7 hours but i'm working for the benefit of the scene (and myself. i'm dead if i delay this pack any more. members are starting to get grouchy. hehe) to make this a good newsletter! I'll see everyone of you in a month or two with this happy newsletter again. Later... shew. heh. they were starting to get violent. =P - ..jinx.. [idleart] if you have any questions or comments about this newsletter, please email one of us at ianr@indy.tds.net. (eclipse): or jinx at idleart@juno.com --(eof)-- SAUCE00your official idle news! eclipse & jinx idle 19961003v'P¾