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...the official rival newsletter!?
issue numba six
june one nine nine to tha six...

Greetings, and thanks for viewing the June 1996 Rival pack, entitled,
"Back to Basics...".  Because indeed, we have gone back to basics.  Since our
revival in March of 1996, our packs weren't has "successful" as we wanted them
to be.  So we decided to go back to what we know, and that is, quite simply,
producing quality art.  And do we have some quality art for your ass this month.

May's Pack...

What happened to it?  Heh, we at Rival decided not to release a may packfor a variety of reasons.  First, we needed to get back on release schedule. We
released the last two packs (March & April) in the last quarter of the month,
and we wanted to get back to releasing in the first quater of the month.  Also,
we needed time to get reorganized.  I was pretty much absent for the last two
packs, and when I came back, things were in somewhat of a disarray.  So some
restructuring was needed, and time to do it as well.  We do however, plan on
releasing monthly from now on at around the first of each month.

Intro to June's Pack...

Something about the end of spring and the onset of summer makes a motherfucker wanna doodle.  We have some AWESOME art in this pack.  I expected the
pack to be good at the beginning of the month, but no where near as good as it
is.  This pack is truely, our revival pack.  It seems like March and April were
just practice releases.  Because with this pack, comes the quality and the
talent you were used to seeing in the oldskool rival packs, plus the bonus of
a guest appearence by Defiant of Anger.  Yes, we are truely back, and let only
a fool say otherwise.

New Talent...

I know I'm gonna fuck this up.  We've had a LOT of people join since in
the last two months.  This is in no specific order, and please forgive me if I
forget anyone.  With that said... A spectacular artist by the name of Weazel
returns to Rival.  He joined Rival shortly before it died, and we're glad to
have him back.  His ansi is truely mouth watering, and word has it, that his
RIPs are too.  Also new on the roster, is Kargus, an ansi artist with talent,
skill, and style.  I personally love his style, and I think you will too.
Moving on, yet another great ansi artist by the name of Nafarious joins up with
the Rival family.  This guy simply rocks.  I've seen him execute a variety of
styles, and all he does very well.  We lub Nafarious.  Yes, we do.  We've also
had a couple really good VGA artists team up.  The lovable Pinguino, who has a
style all her own.  She produced some really high quality .GIFS this month, so
check em out.  If acidview won't view em, FIND A VIEWER THAT WILL CUZ THEY ROCK.We also have a wackyass they call Outkast, who's VGA you may have seen in ODiUM
packs.  His VGA's are DY-NO-MITE, but sadly, none are in this month's pack.  Butmost definitely look for some work by him in July's pack.  He did however, do
a spiffy RIP this month, so check that out.  Speaking of RIP, an old friend of
ours FINALLY joined our ranks.  Malebolgia, aka 69, of former ACiD and Flatline
fame has come to us.  For those of you who haven't seen Malebolgia's work,
you're missing out.  He has talent cerainly unmatched by any in the scene.  And
for those of you who have seen his work, you know what I'm talking about.  Word
has it that another ex-rival artist by the name of Realm Dweller joined back up.But, I think he's lost.  If someone finds him, please send him my e-mail addressand a copy of aciddraw.  Thanks.

Dearly Departed...

We've had our share of losses as well.  But parting is such sweet sorrow
and I hate to dwell on it.  But a goodbye and a sincere best of luck to everyonewho left us this month.

This month...and last month too...

<Deep Breath>.  It's been a long two months.  But well worth the wait,
that I am sure of.  We've been through hell and back, but the important thing
is, we're back.  Hell was a nice place to visit, but living there would be a
bitch yo.  Anyways, I can say that Rival is back on it's feet with a running
start.  Things are starting to flow a lot more smoothly now, and everyone in
the group deserves credit for it.  You may have noticed that the formats of the
memberlist and this info file have been recycled.  The same formats were used inthe May and June 1995 Rival packs.  I'm sure you can guess why I'm using them
again.  If you can't, think about it.  It'll come to ya sooner or later.

Making a guest appearence...

Is Defiant, who's an awesomely talented artist, and good friend of
Rival's.  He did a .BIN this month that you're sure to love.  Parasite from
iCE did the font on it, and it simply kicks much ass.  Thanks Defiant...

Rival Oldskool style...

I've included a special section this month, entitled "Oldskool Rival".
These are pieces of art that were relesed in our very *FIRST* Rival pack, back
in January 1995.  Next month I'll include pieces from our February 1995 pack,
and so on.  "Why?", is probably the first question that comes to a lot of
people's minds.  And I say, because everyone needs a good laugh!  =).  Plus
it shows you a bit of our history and what we've evolved from.  A lot of us
had different handles back then, so please refer to "OLDSKOOL.KEY" for alias
coversion =).  "Oldskool Rival", when finished, will contain six volumes dating from January 1995 to June 1995.  A collection thats a *must* for every householdto have.

Looking For New Members...

Rival is ALWAYS on the lookout for new members to join our ranks.  We're
looking for ANSI, RIP, VGA, and ASCII artists.  As well as musicians and coders
too.  Also, HTML wizards are  encouraged to join!  Now there's one slight
problem.  Er, our appgen isn't finished yet.  So, you'll have to contact us
through e-mail (our addresses are listed below), or on irc in #rival.  We will
be offering more methods of contacting us soon, but for right now, you can only
do it via the internet using email or irc.  If you e-mail us, please give us a
brief description of who you are and what you do... Also please attach a zip
of your best work to the e-mail.  If you're on IRC, join #rival and look for us
there.  flip27, samnesia, and ky-, are the nicknames of the Rival seniors.

How To Get In Touch With Rival Members...

E-Mail
Rival Prod.:   rival@gaianet.net
Kid Krylon:    krylon@gaianet.net
Stone Amnesia: isuttle@empirenet.com (due to change)
Flipside:twentyseven@oversight.viasub.com

World Wide Web
Rival Home Page: (coming soon)

FTP
FTP Directory: (coming soon)

IRC
#rival

In Closing...

I'd like to congratulate EVERY single Rival member on a pack well done.
I'm extremely proud of this month's pack, and I hope the rest of the members areas well.  I'm looking forward to July's pack.  It seems that we just keep
getting better and better.  And thats how it should be.  Thanks for viewing our
pack, and see yallz next month.

%kidkrylon <rival senior staff>