>> Yes mom I yam, but you are talking bullshit

Our hearing aids are turned up to maximum, and we
hear nothing

Props to all you chickenhead scenesters out there,
we would first like to
thank all the people who have showed their support toward
s the group, and
to certain individuals of the group.  We were hit with bo
th some good and
bad news, but managed to survive the worst end of it all
and turn it into
good afterwards (shall be explained more in depth below)

+ RIP, and we arent tal
king the medium ::

After ECHO0297.ZIP was released, accusations were m
ade against Echo, that
had mainly to do with the ascii division.  It was laid
to rest for awhile
but then publicly distributed on irc.  Plastik was found
guilty on counts
of ripping  Mass Murderer of fire!ascii, as styles were c
ompared, it came
quite evident that these accusations were true. More fing
ers were pointed
at other ascii artists (whose names shall be left anonymo
us) but no proof
has been surfaced.  Because of all this drama, and it m
ainly targetted at
the ascii  division, a group voting was held, and the fin
al result was to
remove the whole ascii division from Echo.

+ Autobots .. transform

1.  Echo ascii has been removed, a voter was t
aken and majority overuled.
(see above for further details)

2.Black Jack was stripped of senior position, but inst
ead chose to leave,
which gave us the obligation of moving Hexus up yet an
other level.

3. The issue of 'high-resolution' in Echo is currently
being negotiated.

4.  A few handle changes have been made: Fyber Toon to S
quirtgun, nOmadik
to Horrid Nature, The Thrasher to tricolOre

5.  Echo has added it's .RIP division, and it has alread
y been activated,
read ECHO0397.RIP for futher details.

6.  Please check out ECHOVOTE.EXE and take part in it, w
e will be greatly
appreciated.  Also the updated version of Echo's Appli
cation has been
completed, thanks to Private Parts.  Thanks goes to Ho
rrid Nature for
coding the Echo Voter.. great work by the coders this m
onth.

7.  Lastly, do not attempt to join Echo to receive shit
for you board or
whatever else you want something for.  Echo is *NOT* a
charity fund,
and we care not if you can't handle that or not.  We ar
e a group, we
do our thing for our own personal use, not yours..

A word from a crazed fan:
[pedantik:gkitten@s95.pm2.skybus.com] yeah. we think y
ou guys rule. :)

+ out with the old, in with t
he new ::

This month we have gotten a group of people (in ord
er of acceptance):
In the Ansi Division, Brain Eater brings his
along his logo skills
which shall add spunk.  Dizzy shows promise
with his talent for ansi
pictures.  Then  there is Kirin who is a well k
nown artist, known for
his own talent in ansi.  Everyone knows Seraphim
, who has proved him-
to be one of the best uprising toonsters in the scene.
From Twisted,
we welcome Tainted  who also shows promise.  An
d returning this month
is Unique Phreak.  Before the month has come to
a close, Direktor has
made his way into Echo, known locally.. we are quite gl
ad to have him
on the team.
In the Internet Division ... Maligore, I
nifinty, Lord of Illusions
and Phireman have all joined up to help mak
e the internet issues with
Echo possible.  Watch out for their work in the future.

As far as the RIP Division is concerned Icepick
has been the first
applicant and shows promise.

+ Escape(c) with the net

Escape!-net is a networkstarted by both Critical
Illusion & Acidic Soap.
This is our 4th info pack release.  Included in this pack
is the Escape!-
net archive (ESC!-004.ZIP)

Escape-net is the official Echo & Twilight network, but
recently has been
supporting Blender!  This network streches over many are
a codes and keeps
a very high amount of quality messages.  Run the .EXE to
join Escape-net.
It has some high  standards, but is accepting any elite ar
t boards at the
moment.

Key about this net is the ability to poll through EMAIL, t
hus eliminating
the long distance fees.  You will receive mail everyday
if you use email.
Or you may decide to poll a board which is closer to you,
or directly to
the WHQ.

Escape!-net has grown to 22 nodes within the first 45 da
ys of existance...
Thank you and I hope you will enjoy this net as much as I
do.

+ the neiborhood watch ::

That about wrapsup the month of March, we may rel
ease a special package, by
Echo (if things go well) if not, maybe next year..  Commen
ts and suggestions
are welcomed, and please write to: echo@globalserve.
com

Group Greets: Awe, Black Maiden, Blend, Cia, Dark,
Eclipse, Fire, Focus, Fuel
Ice, Lacidus, Lazarus, Misery, Odelay, Rile, Twilight
& Twisted

Information file written by Echo Advisors   All r
ight reserved :: Echo 1997(c)
Ansi logo compliments of The Riddler
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