thats right folks, omen#1 is finally here. it started out a little rough,
but things have been piecing together in the last few days before our  first
release.  get ready for a many of  omen paks to  come in the future, we will
hopefully be around for a while.  things have been nice with all the members
thus far, so we should be doing well for the time to come.

since all  the members are  new this month, we wont  go mentioning  them all
right now, so check out the memberlist.

the pak was going to be delayed until omen had more members, but we said the
hell with it and decided to release on the first of the month.

check out  our viewer,  omenview.  coded by  humdinger.  its got some  nifty
little features that make it stand out from most other viewers.  he  spent a
long time  coding it,  and its  starting  to look pretty good, however there
most likely be a new version released with the pak next month.

omens official emag is "huh?!".  look for that in the near  future,  huh!?#1
was released sometime last year, and issue #2 is not too far off. if you are
interested in  contributing in huh!?  emag get a hold of  a omen member  and
you will be set.  huh!? emag is  an art scene based emag,  mixed with  humor
and crazy leetness for your entertainment needs.

omens member policy on dualing:  as long as you can  contribute a suffecient
amount of ansi per month, dualing is accepted.  if you do not produce often,
you will have to choose between one group. (tri grouping in the same medium
is NOT allowed in omen)

if you would like  to join up with omen please take the time and go fill out
the omen appgen(it can be accessed thru omenview.exe).  include 5 ansis, and
send your application to any omen  member, or send  to blubber@truemedia.com
we are in need of artists badly, and we need the scenes support.

on a final note, requests for free ansis from omen members will be taken  on
september 7th, 1996 in #omen from 12:00a.m.east until 12:45a.m. all requests
must be publically sent to the channel from within those times - limit 1 per
person.  all valid requests will be filled  and will appear in omen#2  in  a
included file called requests.zip.    (this was put  at the bottom, so those
who dont read these things will miss out.)

thats about all for this month, until next.  dont forget to check out huh!?
and also dont forget to apply <g>

written by:  pyro (omen founder+codrinator)

then the artistic implosion arrives...

whats up  everyone?! this has  been a  great month, omenview rocks,  you are
going to love  it!  every pack, at least 1  new feature will be included! if
you have ANY  ideas for future versions of  omenview, please email us at one
of our email adress's listed in the member list.

another thing to note.  in case you  haven't heard, omen is your friend.  we
are  not some aye hole group, set out  to kill all groups and  become number
one.  we are simply out there  for you guys to view our  packs, and join up,
if you like what you see.  omen is so  friendly, that we give out  ansi's to
ANYONE  completely free.  all  you need is to  be in #omen at  certain times
(preferably all the time)<g>  and you can make your requests. there  is also
a program, may or may not  be included with this pack, called  OMEN_REQ.EXE,
which produces request  files  for ansi's. simply send me  those *.ORT files
and your  request is made. DO NOT  send it to the artist you requested. make
it  easy  on yourself, and give  it to me. recieving  a ticket,  or the OMEN
REQUEST  TICKET, is an honor,  and is only gien to certain  people.  it  en-
titles you to  1  free ansi by your choosing.  the program is  given out  to
people that  do somthing nice for the group, or is  simply a friend.  future
information will be released at a later time.

now,  huh?! emag.  all you out there, please,  write up some stuff.  just  a
simple,  5 minute  text file on  anything that is  interesting to  read.  go
interview someone, or capute file you taking over a channel.  anything.  and
it will  probally go in huh?!.  you DONT have to join  omen, or huh?!,  just
write.  and never be bothered again. or do some ansi's or somthing. just get
to work.

this is getting long. so last words i guess. all i can really say is that if
you produce art, that you think is nice, and other people really enjoy look-
ing at it, please, join up with omen. its not too hard.  we are here for ya.
have a fun school year kiddies.  on to pack number #2!

artistic implosion has left the building ...

on a final note, omen  pak#1  is dedicated to  exulted, a killer  ascii/ansi
artist.  he has recently decided to drop the scene,  and all the members  of
omen wish him the best of luck on his journeys outside the  scene.  exulted,
you will be missed brotha