Ü ÜÜÜÜß ÞÝÞÝÞÝ ÜÜ°ßÜ ²Ý Þ ² ßÜ  ÜÜÜÜ²Û ÛÜßÜ°ßß ÞÝ ÜÜÜ ÞÝ  ÜÜßß߲ܲ Üß  ßÜÜÜÜÞ Ý²ÜßÛßdecem ber 25th  --°Üß-  ßÜ  Û - Ü ß---Þ-ÞÝ------ÞÝ- Üß-ßÜ°------------------- ------------ -ÞÝ ÞÝ ÞÝÞÝÞÝ Û ÞÞÝ ÞÝ plain's monthly newsletter (tm)   Û °°  °ÞÞÝ  °Û ° written by watOr of plain .... ----ÞÝ Üß--Þ Ý-ßÜ-ÞÝ---- Ü ----ÞÝ--ßÜ -ÞÝ--------------------------- ------ - ÛßßÛßßÛ ß ßß ²wO_  plain (pl÷ain) adj. 1. Flat ; smooth. 2. Presenting few difficulties; easy. 3. Clear; un derstandable this month we have been busy trying to produce a pack w ith quality and to meet our deadline. unfortunately, there was a major  setback which delayed the release. the so called program iniqui ty has this neat lil' file called upgrade.exe, and when you run it,  it doesn't do you the fa- vour of upgrading, but actually gives you the pleasure of having a nice new empty hd. ah yes folks, it formatted my computer ( #*@$!) well be- cause all the submissions were lost, i'm just glad i st ill got them in from most of the members. and my board was also gone, therefore left more problems. but bypassing all of that, i'm just gla d our third prod- uction is here. sit back and relax, and oh yea .. enjo y. plain was comfronted with two opportunities to merge. first, it was long chats with fresh (the president of trauma ). after deciding it was better to stay with our own groups, that idea was s crapped. then there was aura, which also wanted to join for ces. but unfortunately daze wanted to keep their name, so once again the merge r didn't work out. plain rools <-- how many o's are there in rule?  another smooth month for plain, as we gained yet anothe r truckload of members. last time i checked, the newborn count went a ll the way up  to ten. before november even finished (but after the second pack was released) we received an application from garroter . i was quite shocked by his talent, and this newcomer to both plain and the scene is welcome. emerald phoenix was voted in by emmers (codin g head), and if they pass emmers evaluation then it passes mine for sure, we welc ome emerald phoenix to plain and hope to see some nice releases in the futu re.ex-toonster epoxy returns! this amazing ascii artist from  the 519 area code is back  and he's here to also try ansi. plain receives a mem ber from san diego, the emperor comes to us, and i just love hi s asciis, we all welcome him along the bandwagon. on the same day, lord of ill usion was accepted for his talents in ansi, we couldn't be more overjoyed. an other surprise was  the acceptance of spork, nootropics little brother. we are glad to also have him along, and wish to see him improve. another e x-toonster comes along. agent#77 also returns! ... it makes m e a tickly inside, another good artist (ansi) is back, and i couldn't be more happ ier. because the pack was delayed and wasn't released on time, we receiv ed one more member. another newbie to the scene comes to join the ascii dep artment. chief  raekwon comes over with skills to drop b ombs (love the slang, huh?)cuz of the time delay of the pack, another ascii artist was  picked up making  the total number of new members this month nine! wow, newander comes to us, and has surprised everyone with his talents locally . we all welcome  welcome the new plainsters and hope they like it here. shamanize returns to the group ranks, and can't be even more happier. an d so ends the new members for 95/early 96. one more note, dr.elastic has changed his alias back to  shamanize, just to clear up confusions. for the first time in plain history members we either l et go or quit to persue other dreams. on december the sixteenth it was my descision to boot hells fury out of plain, not because of lack of talent but because of his feelings in which he wrote in his emag. now i'm  not one to judge a person's opinion, nor do i care, unless it really aff ects how members  contribute in the future. through the months i've spe nt in the art scene people are alwaysputting others down, even though th ose individuals may not be as good as you doesn't mean you have the right t o put them down. . our second let-go was hOlocaust  who went on to persue... uhhh ..argh.... whatever. we wish him farewell, as he is one of the most entertainaning ascii artists out there today, and becau se of this unex- pected event, we hope to appoint a new ascii artist tha t could greatly fufil the position. this is concerning distros and hq's .. we do not acce pt them at all. we are in fact looking for USHQ, will probably be chosen s oon, but if not applicants for the position is available (and email, if  you can reach me) if you have noticed already, a new file format was incl uded into thisre- lease. it's called wolang.01 and it is my li ttle project, only because i'm bored to death (and needed SOMETHING to do). in each pack there is a certain file system that we pla insters go through. the following chart will indicate each one; info.01/02  info: info. 01: bland (textfile)02: mem /site list stav.##  stav:staff ##: # of 'staff says' texts written total wolang.## wlng: check it ##: # of 'wOnother language' released ansi##.??  ansi: picture ##: # of pix released ??: artis tinitials logo##.??  logo: font ##: # of lgs released ??: artis t initials  aski##.??  aski: ascii  ##: # of aki released ??: arti st initials ??-##.exe..??: initials ##: # of exe released plainapp.exe ....: our app lication v1.00  plastic.exe  ....:  plastic view(plastic.exe & plastic.cfg) to explain the situation of the plug, it will  be down until further notice but you can try calling as much as you like (but it wil l explain the busy signals) sorry for the inconvience. if you would like to reach me though, you can contact me on our new chq, jive soda or the tenement. and before i forget, merry christmas to everyone, and a  happy new year! to cap of this month's release ... our monthly quote: gaining respect is one thing, keeping it is anothe r!(inspired by t4d)  editor in cheif: watOr SAUCE00bland: december issue watOr plain 19960104#$Po