ÜÜ  ÞÛÛÜ°°ÜÛÛÝ   Ü ²²ßÛ²° °² Û ßÛÜÜ  ÜÜÛÛßß²ÜÜ°ÜÛÛÜÛß°ß °Û± ±Û°ß° ² ßß Ü ÜÜ  ÜÜÛß ß²°±Ü ± ÜÜ ß۲ܲ°² ²²°ÜÛß ß²Û ßÜ  ÜÜÛ ÛÜÛÛ° ÜÜßßßÛÜß Û°  Û²Ü Ûßß²ÜÛÛ±°² °ÛÛ²ÛÛÛ°ßÜßÜß ²ÜÜßßßÜÛß °ÛÛÛ²²  ÜÛÜÛ°°Û ÛÛÜÛÛ ßÛÛÜÛܲÝß °ÜÛ²ÛÛÛÛÛ²±Ûß° ÜÛ±ÜÛÜß°²Û ±ÛÛÛÛÜ ²ÛÛÛÜÞÛ  ÛÛ²ÛÝßÛ ÛÛÛ ±ÝÛÛÛÛ²ÛÛÛÝß± ÞßßÛ² ÛÜ ÜÛ°²ÛÛ°±°Û ²ÛÛÛÛß ±ÛÛÛßÛÛ ²Û۱߲ ÛÛ ÜÛÜÜÜÝ °ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²  ° ÛÛÛÛÛß ±ÛÛ °ÛßÜÜÛÛßß  °ßÜÛÛÛÛ ÛßÛ° ÞÛÛÛÛ  ²Ûß²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ  ÛÛÛÛÜ °ÛÛÛ²ÛÛßßÛÛÛÛÜÜ °    ÜÛÛÛÛ² °Ûß ²ÛÛÛ°ßÛß± ²ß ÛÛÛÛ°ÛÛÛÛÛ² ÛÜÛÛÛ°  ßÛÛÛÛÛ²°  ÛÜßßÛÛ ±Û² ° °ÛÛÛ±²Û Û° °ÛÛÛÛ²±ÛÛßÛÛÜ ÛÛÝ ß±   ßÜÛÛÛÛÛ  Û² ܲ߰ °²ÛÜÛÛÛÛ²± Û ß ÛÛ±Ü ²ÛÛÜ °ß ² °²°  ß²ÛÛÛÛ  Û²± ÛÜ Þßß°²ÛßÛÛÛß°°    °°Þßßß   °° ÛÛÜ°²ÛÛÛ ÜÛ°° ß °±ß   ܲÛßß °ß  ²  °    ²ß  °°  °± ±°  °±²ÛÜÛÜ ÜÛÜÛ²±° ²°Üßßßßß ßßßÜ°² °²ÛÛÛÜÜ THE NOVEMBER 1997 DA RK COLLECTIONÜÜÛÛÛ²° ²ÛÛÛÛßÛ  ÛßÛÛÛÛ² ÛÛÛßß ß ß ßßÛÛÛ ÛßßÜ ° Introduction ...  ° Üß ßÛ ÜÜܲ ²  ² ²ÜÜÜ ²Û±° °± Welcome once again, ye Dark faithful, to another monthly±°  °±Û² ±²°ß ßÛ installment of the Dark Collection. Those familiar with usÛß  ß°²± °±° ÜÜß might wa nt to skip immediately to the Dark News portion of  ßÜÜ °±° Û° ÞÞ²Ü this file  and learn of the dramatic changes Dark is under-  ܲÝÝ ° Û °²²Û going.  Û² ²° °²²ÛÛ  ÛÛ²²° ° °²±² For those who are new to our Col lections, here's a brief ²±²°  ° ° °²°± summary of what you're looking at:  Each month the artists ±°²°  ° ± °Û° who form this group called Dark Ill ustrated release a multi-°Û°  ± °± ° ²ß media "pack" we call a Collection. These  packs consist of ß² ° ±° °² ± ° images drawn in various mediums (generall y high-resolution ° ± ²° ±Û ² ° pieces saved in GIF or JPEG format, or lo w-resolution pieces ° ² Û± ²Û°ÜÜÜÜ saved in ANSI format) and occasionally i nclude musical items ÜÜÜÜ°Û² Û°²ß ÜÜ saved with S3M, MOD, or IT encoding . ÜÜ ß²°Û  ÜÜÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÜÜ  °±²ÛÛ Why are we doing this? Fame and for tune, mostly. ;) Oh,ÛÛ²±° °± and the interaction between like-minded  artists is swell ±° °too. °   Û ÛÛÛÛ - Xypher Matryx, Dark  LinebackerÛÛÛÛ Û Û ÛÛÛÜ  ÜÛÛÛ Û ÛÛÛ²Ûß  ßÛ²ÛÛÛ Û²²°ÛÛ Winter here. Just wante d to congratulate everyone this ÛÛ°² ²Û ²±ß month on a well-rounded p ack. We've been kind of " lazy "ß ±² ݱ° ° for the last couple of mo nths and haven't been releasing to ° °±Þ Ý° ± our full potential. Howe ver we're back and better then ever. ± °Þ Ý° ݲÜÜ There are a coup le of changes being made but they're only  ÜܲÞ °Þ ÜÜÜÝ going to make us stronger. Until next m onth. ÞÜÜÜ ²²±² °  ° ²±² ² ²²²Û ° - Winter, Dark Qu arterback ° Û²²² °°²² ±   ± ²²°° °° ²°  °² °° ° ÜÜÛÛ± Dark News...  ±ÛÛÜÜ ° ÜÜÛÛÜÛ² ²Û ÜÛÛÜÜ ²ÛÝßÞ²Û Hope your tickers are u p to some excitement. If not, youÛ² ÝßÞÛ² ßÞÝ°ß°Û might want the brac e yourselves. "Mutation" is about the Û °ß°ÞÝß  ÞݱßßÜ only term sui table for what's happening to this Heart of  Üßß±ÞÝ  ° ²  ° Darkness.  °  ² ° ±° Û° ± ± °Û °± ²±°Û° ² The past c ouple of months have been trying on Dark's core ² °Û°±² Û²±°±ßÛ members, and for good reason. The Senior Staff have been Ûß± °±²Û ß²²±²°ß cycled to lend a fresh perspective and direction to the ß °²±²²ß  °°° ß group. Carnifex and Xyph er Matryx, veterans from the very ß °°°    ° beginning of Dark, have steppe d down from their Senior  °   ° ° saddles. One will be concentr ating on his studies, the other ° °  ß° °² will be concentrating on global  domination.²° °ß  °°±°±²  ²±°±°° °²²° ± In the meantime, two members from Dar k's ranks have risen ± °²²° °²Û ° to the challenges involved in t he group's well-being. The 4th ° Û²°  ±ÛÝDisciple and Corinthian will assume the r esponsibilities ofÞÛ± ±±± managing this murderous mass. (Rumou r has it 'fex and xypher ±±± Ý °ÛÜ°° both shared in a day long  cackle as their burden was finally°° ÜÛ° Þ Ý °Û±±° relieved. ;) Tog ether with Prison Breaker, these three will °±±Û° Þ Û ÞÛ°incite the bloodiest riots you r scene has ever known. (And °ÛÝ Û °° Þ±°help ra ise the standards for packs in the process.) °±Ý °° °² Û²  ²Û  ²° °²°°Þ  The transition has been a nything *but* smooth. However,  Ý°°² ° ±±°²Û   the coming months will  demonstrate how profound an effect   Û²°±± °°°°°Ý these changes will mak e. We encourage your support, and we Þ °°°°°   ß Ýalso recognize there 'll be some resistance to the agenda set Þ  ß   ÜÜ° by the new leadership. For thos e who are siding with the °ÜÜ °°Û±° opposing team, you have our  sincerest condolences. The time°± Û°° Û°°°Û² you spend fighting our evol ution will have been wasted. ²Û°°° Û ÞÛÛ°  ° ÛÛÝ  ßÞ° For those k eeping track, the Internet department as been °Ýß   ß merged (back?) into the Coding  division. An important noteß     ÜÛÛ for those seeking P urple Dye: We recieved a garbled message ÛÛ Ü   Þ ÛÛÜÝ on our answering ma chine that sounded something like "...help Þ ÜÛÛ Ý Þ ÛÛßÛ me.............stuc k..........somebody call me............... Û ßÛÛ Ý  ßßß velkro......" So we hav e. From this point on, the Purple ßß ß  °²°² Ü Menace (nonono , not Grimace, fool) will be known as Velkro. Ü ²°²° ÜÜÛÛÛ  ÛÛÛÜ Ü °  ßßß There's more to  come, but not all of it can be revealed to ß ßß  ° ÛÛÛÜ our faithful yet. Stay tune d into the New Year for what we ÜÛ ÛÛ  ÜÛÛÝ promise to be the strongest Dark Illustra ted ever! ÞÛÛÜ  ÜÛÛß ÜÛ ÛÜ ßÛÛÜ Ûß ÜÜ°° - Xypher Matr yx, Dark Linebacker °°ÜÜ ß Û ÜÜÛÛ      ÛÛÜÜ °ßÛÛÝ Ü  Ü ÞÛÛ ß° ßßß  Û Dark Member Update ...Û  ßßß Ü ß  ß  Ü Û Û ß Seeking sh elter from the radiated sunlight this month are  ß Û Û Û °° Ü artists Catc h22, Drs, Hitek, Noah, Raize (returning), and Ü °° Û ÜÜÛ Rusted. Long-thought-de ad programmer Pyrochemist has come ÛÜÜ  ÜÜÛÛÛ slinking back into the active me mberlist, cooking things up ÛÛÛÜÜ     ÛÛÛÛÝ with a strange glowing subs tance...? Moomin 13 who joined Ý ÛÛÛÛ   °°ÛÛÛß  us last month was not me ntioned in the September infofile.  ß ÛÛÛ°°  °°ß  We apologize and welcome he r into Dark this month.  ß°°   ß Ü Ü ß ÜÜÛÛß Dark Sites...  ßÛÛÜÜ Ü Ûßß  ßß Û Ü  Ü Life ForceDARK World  HeadquartersSeraphimÜ ßÛÛÜ ÜÝ  Mad Cows?!?DARK Member BoardNight Stalker ÞÜ ÜÛÛß°ÛßßÛ ²Ý Abraxas/DiabolicDARK US  Support Site Megga HertzÞ² ÛßßÛ°°Û° ±° ABCB CafeDARK Support Site Kyo °± °Û°± °±Ý °Û   Û° Þ±°±²± ²  ß  ß  ²±² ß  ° Where To Obtain Dark Collections ... °   ß ÛÜÛÜܲ  ²ÜÜÛ ÜÛÛÛÛÛßßÛ Via the interne t, Dark packs can be obtained from the DARK Ûß ßÛÛÛ ÛßHomepage at www.darkill ustrated.org ßÛÛ  ÛÜÛÛ  Û ÛÜÛ ÛÛÛ² ÛßÛ²ß Most Dark members can be contacted by e-mail (addresses ß² ßÛÛ²Û ²±²ß ±  available in the m emberlist), and some may be found lurking  ±ß ²± ²±°± °  on the IRC, o n channel #dark. (EFnet) ° ±° ±°Û°Ü   Ü°Û ° ÛßÞÛÜÛ For more detail ed information on Dark Illustrated, Dark's Ü  ÜÝßÛ ²ÜÛÛ°± ow n F.A.Q. (Frequently Asked Questions) text file is in cluded±°ÛÛܲ °² °Û ° in this archiv e. (DARK-FAQ.192)  ° °Û²° ± ±Û ± ± ±Û±   ° °± °  ° °±°  Ü °°± Ü Filename Co nventions... Ü °± ° Ü°Ü Û ± ° ° Û ± Ü °±ß ²° ±  Filenames work like this: XXXXX-##.*  ± ²° ß ±ß ²° °  ° ²° ß ±Û  XXXXX is a five-letter abb reviation of the artist's alias. ±Û ° ° (Shoud the alias fall within fi ve characters or less, the °  °  ± ° ° entire alias will be used.) ° °  ± ²±  ±² ßÛÛÜÞÛ²  ## represents the current numb er of pieces the artist has ²ÛÝÜÛÛß Þ²Û °ÛÛ produced the year of 1997. ÛÛ°Û²Ý  ßÜÛ ±Û° ° Û±ÛÜß ²ß °Û±  * can be any valid extension for images, executables, data ±Û°ß² ± ß° files ,or musical composi tions. The most common are DRK for ° ß ± °ß ansi  images JPG/GIF/BMP/ etc... for high resolution graph ic ß° °°  images, and MOD/S3M/XM/IT/etc for music data files. °°  °±  ±° °°  °° °°°ÜÜ Conclusion...  ÜÜ°°°   ßß Ý   Þßß      A confession: Carnifex isn't really out s tudying. He's ÜÜÜ ² actually hard at work in the studio recording his new hit ² ÜÜÜß²Û° ± singl e "Something like an Automaton". Robot funk at it's  ±° Û²ß ±Û± ° best! °± Û±  °°Û² °  ° ² Û°° Û Û° ° Join us now! Or at the v ery least, tune in again next° Û° Û ÛÛÛÛ± ± mont h for another blockbuster release!±  Û±ÛÛÛÜÜÛÛ²°²  ²°Û²ÛÜ ÜÛÛÛÛÛ±²Dewa mata.²± ÛÛÛÛÛßÛÛÛÛ²ÛÛ²ÛÛÛÛ ß Þßß ßß ßßÝ SAUCE00DARK Newsletter 11/97 Multiple Authors DARK Illustrated 19971130šRP