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maiden news wrote by rors
hack ∙ number 4 ∙ february 97

Foreword

rorshack

New year, new look for the news file! A little late
, maybe. :)

This month's review

rorshack

Our artpacks are increasing, at the same time that we learn
more and more.
We are getting better (don't ask me what can ansi/ascii art
help me in my
life), and well, it is good for now. It's still fun.

About the brazilian scene

rorshack

I used to say that the  brazilian art scene is very weak. Y
es it is, but at
that time, I didn't know other states' scene.

Recently, I have started to appear on #ansi of ircn
et. Contrary to all other
people  opinnion, I think it is a  good channel. I always a
ppear on it on
afternoon, usually from 13:00pm - 20:00pm. I have done some
good friends in
there.

The question is, in this channel, I have met many other bra
zilian artists
that I didn't know yet. All of them  are artists  from
rio  de janeiro, a
state near sao paulo (my state).

Unfortunatelly, all of those  artists seem to already have
a group. :) They
are mostly from creators of shadow force (csf
) and axial force (axf).

CSF was also another surprise, because it is a grou
p of ra modding, but they
are also starting to release art packs. And they are a braz
ilian group! (I
didn't know that, until the day I've downloaded one of thei
r artpacks).

CSF artpacks can be found on ftp.cdrom.com
with the name csf-*.*. They also
have a homepage, that can be found at www.geocities.com
/TimesSquare/5704/.

Internet Relay Chat (IRC)

rorshack

Anyways, I access other irc channels/servers. Here is a lis
t of the channels
and servers used, so you can find me or any maiden
member and lots of other
brazilian scene guys:

irc.neato.org (anothernet)
On #theend, you can find members from theEnd
, the best brazilian demo group
(and also a tracking group)

irc.stealth.net (ircnet)
You can find some people on #ansi, or maybe some
csf members on #csf. CSF
is a brazilian art group. Also try #axf, that guys
from axial force are cool
guys.

irc.cs.cmu.edu (efnet)
In this server, besides a huge #ansi with lots of a
rtist (well, they may be
artists), you can also find aif (another brazilian
art group) in #aif.

Remember that the #maiden channel can always be onl
ine on some of this
servers. If I am online in any of'em, so #maiden wi
ll be opened.

What's new on MAIDEN BRAZIL

rorshack

The new TRACKING division

This month was really great for maiden. We are grow
ing each day, and this
month we have gainned a new division - a divison of tra
cked music. Tracked
music stands for that musics created on PC with instrument
samples included
in the file, that is, MOD music. It normally have the exten
sion of MOD, S3M
or XM, depending on the music (number of channels, etc) and
the editor used
(the 'tracker').

I have beeing waiting to create a division like this for so
me time, but, as I
am not a musician, I couldn't do anything. Fortunatelly, we
have met some
cool guys in our way that though it was a good idea to star
t such a division.
So, here it is. Get musik'd.

Toast, sweden sanctuary

As all other world domination plans I have done until

today, this one includes a wonderful lunchtime. It is

the time to eat, drink and talk about food. And for

your complete satisfaction, I have selected toast,

sysoperated by cathor, to be our swedish sanctu
ary! The │a

food is good, the board is wonderful, so, enjoy! And

remember to avoid eating at mc donalds, their french

fries are made of old journal and the hamburger is made

Artfront, finland

Now we have a distribution site in finland. It is

artfront, opered by insert of phat.

His board is beginning now to get some cool

affiliations, and a maiden distribution site is wha

would call "cool". :)│art.

Graint shot, brazil

Finally another distribution site in brazil. It is
bang!

graint shot, operated by dark vender. This
board is in

rio de janeiro, new maiden's target in our

domination plans. Muahahahahahahai! :)

Contrary to some people's ideas, rio de janeiro is a

secury city. Rio 2004? Hummmmmmmmmm......

Zero, usa

We have you surrounded. Each day more and more close to

you, we will soon get you. ('Maiden is gonna get ya, no

matter how far').

Our new distribution site is zero, ran by blaze
more. He │  .

looks a cool guy and his board too. Thanks man.

Damn, I asked ZERO! ZERO! What is this guy subzero

Disembodied voices, usa

Continuing our plans of domination of the world, we've

take over a new distr site, this time in the ocidental

part of the planet. It is disembodied voices, opera

by the great redmist. It is such a great st
art, because

this board seem to be really really good and redmist is

a great guy with great ideas. │voices w
ithout body

Blood thirst, brazil (rj)

Nice, another distribution site in rio de janeiro. This

time is blood thirst, op'd by raptor, which
seems to be

24hs a day in irc.

As soon as raptor stops drinking his blood mary, I'll

talk to him so we can setup the affiliation! This guy

doesn't listen to me and aorgsf stopit noh$@(#(&%#^*&@&

Soulfreak, argentina

From the brazilian neighbor country, argentina, com

groove walking smoothly, bringing his board sou
lfreak

with him.

Thinking about it, argentinian are the only guys from

soulth america that I have ever met in IRC or any other

thing related to the scene. Does other countries have

art groups, art boards, etc? Do you know it? If so,

please email me..│ dead can dance.

Royal Voomit

Royal voomit joined maiden. What Can I say?

To the ones that don't know him, I'll tell you. He is

of the oldest and best brazilian ansi makers. I have

seen many of his artwork, but I have never saw him

doubt if he existed). Well, now he is here. Best luck

Trend Kill

Filling the space of the recent-created music division

of maiden, we welcome trend kill, metal mus
ician. Plizz │ ki

don't think this is 'trendkill' (aka 'painkiller') that

was making something to someone at someplace. This is

kil

We expect him to be the first of a long line of nice

ill
guys to enter this new division of the group.

Final conclusion

rorshack

My very own special greetings this month goes to suicid
e solution, our newest
artist (to the scene). He's getting better each day and thi
s month he came
up with a cool logo cluster that shows how much is he impro
ving his skills.
I'm very happy to see that it is happening on maiden
. Good luck man.

And the true really ultra special greetings goes to everyon
e in maiden
brazil, that means bugs bunny, soulphur
ee, suicide solution, minotaur and
royalvoomit. Due to you, guys, this pack was re
ally great, really better
than the past months and far better than any other pack
from any brazilian
group. In other words, it rocked with true guitar d
istortion. Thanx guys.

Rorshack [rorshack@sili.com.br]