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Lots has happened   since the tour has ended, including the release of our  first solo pack in  all of 1997. 3 megs of great art; if you haven't seen it yet, pick it up at  cdrom.com, disembodied.com, or lit.org, and send us some feedback (email  addresses are in the memberlist). I'm going to cover a lot in this news letter, so br ace yourself, as  we dive deep into the ocean of funk that we like to ca ll Mistigris. ±± member updates °° °° °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° This month wasn't too bad as far as members go. We lost some, we gained  some, and we regained some. Enough of that,  here they are, in no particular order:  Additions:  Syncrow  - hi-res department ::  email = situ@bconnex.net Vanon  - hi-res department :: ema il = juha@vilmi.mbnet.fi Bloodshed  - hi-res department :: ema il = bloodshed@mindless.com Schtroumpf - lit department :: ema il = schtroumpf@ultranet.ca  Kyo - hi-res department :: email = kyo@lava.net Syncrow joins up with the hi-res department a nd will hopefully be producing  some good vga in future releases. Vanon  brings vga and telecommunications  skills and might even eventually be able to score us a  24 hour bot in #mist!  Bloodshed, also of Seed, brings his great skills to the vga department as  well. Schtroumpf, former leader of lit grou p Cenobite (r.i.p.), returns to  the scene and joins up with the Mistigris lit departme nt. Welcome back,  smurf! Kyo returns to Mist to produce some vga and rip, despite some small  conflicts with other Mist members on IRC.  Welcome (back) to Mist guys!  Okay okay, enough vga artists.. how about some ansi an d ascii artists? Come  on people, you know you want to join =) Subtractions:  Sadistic Intent - ansi department :: reason =  to run Society Jake Blues - music/lit departments :: reason = quittin g scene Catch22 - ansi department :: reason = to run Glue FrgnFruz - ascii department :: reason = because  he's a bonehead Sadistic Intent was supposed to stay on the m emberlist for August, but he  decided to release the one logo that he submitted with  Society, so I just  took his name off. Oh well. Jake Blues, gre at friend of many Mist members  is calling it quits. Best of luck to you in getting a real life! =)  He was last seen on the set of Blues Brothers 2000  in which he will be starring opposite of John Goodman. Catch22 quit the ansi division to run  his own group Glue, which had a decent firs t release, I might add. Despite  a short argument that we had on IRC about why he left,  we're still the best  of buddies. =) FrgnFruz quit the ascii divi sion again. Not a big loss, but  he did show some potential. I think the whole reason t hat he isn't much of  a loss is the fact that his attitude just didn't fit i n with that of the  other members. i buttfucked cthulu. I think that says it all right there, folks. Changes: Ansi/rip artist and musician Neophyte (a.k. a. ME) officially changed his   handle to Quip. His email address (in the m emberlist) will still be the  same though, just for convenience's sake. Gravity  changed his handle to  Arch Angel. He is also helping run the up-a nd-coming Society. Cthulu also  changed his underwear. Yes, it happened AGAIN, folks..  that nutty guy. The most recent news on the topic of members is that Cthulu decided that I am worthy of a senior staff position, so.. here I am. =) ±± the internet °° °° °°°°°°°°°°°°°° In the past couple months, Mistigris has been doing  a lot of work on  getting better known on the internet. We ha ve been updating our main page,  working on a new one, working on individual pages for each division, PLUS  some members are even putting their own Mistigris support pages up on their  own personal homepages. This is appreciated guys, than ks a lot!  Right now, our current page is at www.geocities.co m/Athens/1758/mist.html.  I'm not sure what the deal with www.lit.org/mistig ris is, but I'm sure there  will be something about it in next month's newsletter.  Regardless of that,  please check the site out. Sylphid (coder a nd old warez extroardinaire) has  been hard at work designing the Mistigris Coding P age, which can be found at  www.infomatch.com/~sylphid. Mavrik  (KitschNet head, occasional Kithe coder,  and lover of words that start with 'K') has also been working on the Kithe  homepage which I assume can be accessed at www.lit .org/mistigris/kithe. On top of all of that, Crowkeeper has been working on the Mistigris Member  List Page which I THINK can be located at www.imag.net/~crowkeep/mistmem.html . If it doesn't work, stay tuned next month for more inf o on that. Myself and Geekboy are also working on the Music Div ision Page, but we've barely started  it, so that's hardly newsworthy yet. While i'm talking about the Internet and Mist, i'd lik e to send a special thanks and a "word up!" to [Crowe]  for granting us (with his wonderful genie-like powers) our own web page space on www.l it.org. So.. uhh.. Word up, [Crowe]!    While i'm at it, I might as well throw in a cheap plug  for my web page:  www.geocities.com/Paris/6522/destiny.htm. I 'm designing a WAY better  version of Destiny right now, so don't hold  it against me if you think  it sucks. =) Mistigris also has their own official FTP Site  which can be located at  209.17.137.147 login/password: mist. That was the address the last time I  was on it anyways. One thing you should know is that f or now, the FTP site  is only available when Crowkeepr (that's hi s IRC nick) is online, so look  for him, and if you see him, ask him for the address!  A lot of members of Mistigris are on IRC often, so if you ever feel like  chatting with any of us, try #mist on e fnet. One of our official member boards, Neosporin (604-942-9772), may be going  telnet soon, as well, so you'll be able to contact a lot of Mist members  through there. ±± member policy °° °° °°°°°°°°°°°°°°° I just thought I'd mention it, because even as ansi  coordinator, it  was all too clear to me. The member policy of Mistigris is in a way unique  from most other art groups out there. Most groups go f or the system where  if you are inactive for long enough, they kick you out  (like CIA). Mist is  a little more lenient; a little more laid-back. When a  member joins, we don't  just throw a name and an email address on a list, we d o that, AND try to get  to know the person. Try to get them involved in whatev er we can, and have  them get the most out of Mistigris that they can. In m ost cases, anyways.  When a member goes inactive for a while, they are simp ly taken off of the  memberlist, BUT they are still a Mist member . Remember, if you were in Mist  before and have just chosen not to contact us, and you  are no longer on the  memberlist, please contact us so we know where you are , so we can work  something out. Thanks.  ±±Ûnew departments °° °° °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° You may notice in the memberlist that th ere are some new departments.  One or two of them are obviously silly, and will proba by be removed by next  month, but we do have a couple new ones as well. For i nstance, the new  bbs modding division, which has basically bee n started by our very own mr.  freak-out himself, Otn”øishph”ø. He has bee n doing a lot of work on our WHQ,  The Jade Monkey (604-730-2467), and for tha t we praise him. On top of that,  he has decided to release some of his mods that he mak es on the board with  us (well.. at least that's the impression I got when h e submitted his matrix  mod this month - m_matrix.zip). Another new  "department" (not really a  department, but more of an establishment started by a Mistigris member) is  Armada Web Design, which has been started b y vga artist, and big nuisance  Silent Knight =). The group will most likel y be focusing on local companies,  but of course will take long distance ones as well (I guess). For more info,  email Silent Knight at knight@intergate .bc.ca. Another external department  (yeah.. I like that..) is Dream Factory ALS O started by Silent Knight. Dream  Factory is a comic publishing entity, which has a lot of local talent (outside  of Mist, that is =) and looks promising. No releases t o date, but you might  want to email Silent Knight about that as well.  ±±Ûblender °° °° °°°°°°°°°° Many of you probably already know what the Blen der competition is,  but if you don't, please go to ftp://blender.home. ml.org, download one of  the Blender packs (titled blndr###.zip; ### being the number of the compo -  we just finished #37) and read the infofile inside the  archive. If you   have already been participating in Blenders and downlo ad the releases   regularly, then you should know who Mistigris is. We w ere just recently tied  with Serial but the group's death confirms our spot in first place. Second  place is Fire, but they're three points beh ind us, so we're not overly  concerned yet =). Don't worry, though. As soon as the next team Blender comes along, we'll jump way ahead again, and you'll ne ver catch us! ±±Ûgossip °° °° °°°°°°°° This is the gossip column of this month's infofile.  This is were I  reveal the nasty habits, and rumors surrounding Mistig ris members. No, just  kidding. Crash '97 is being held in Calgary  in late August. It is going to be  a demo party with all sorts of competitions , and prizes to be won. Apparently  Cthulu is the only Acid member g oing, despite the fact that as is fully  promoting it on their web page (well, the acid art pack archive, anyways).  Visit the Crash '97 webpage at www.xi-m edia.com/crash. The official fruit of Mistigris has been  dubbed the peach by our   buddy (and Mist ascii artist) Dead Soul. Schtroumpf decided to jump in on  the trend in naming things for Mist and called New  World Order the official  Mistigris wrestling team. Tincat, who has just recently been stalkin g celebrity after celebrity  quit his hobby after a very topless David Hasselho ff chased him through his  backyard with a meat cleaver. Tincat has validated the  fact that he was  more scared of Hasselhoff's menacing chest hair  than the meat cleaver itself.  Tincat also almost fell in the Baywatch sta r's swimming pool, but  fortunately did not. In his other attempts at stalking  movie stars, Tincat  saw Julia Roberts cuddling with a myste ry man, and found out, thought many  tricky wire-tapping techniques, that Brad Pitt  and his gal pal Gwyneth  Paltrow are seeing a voodoo love doctor  to heal their broken marriage. Also after Tincat was done stalking, he managed to for ce himself to swear a death vengeance on local musician Esquire . Date: 10:49 pm Wed Aug 6, 1997 Number : 630  of 633 From: Tincat Base : (Kitsch) An si/Lit Display To : Esquire Refer #: None Subj: Re: yup Replies: None Stat: Sent Origin : 06 Aug 97 14:32:24 E> ANSI people suck :) Oh fuck you esquire!! You don't know what you just did!! Because when I get  mad I get even baby!!! Wild horses couldn't drag me away, a nd when I'm  through, your rotting carcass is gonna be strewn all over t he plains!! I'm  not joking because a cold blooded killer never jokes!!! I' m a murderer, a  psycho!!! I'll get into your mind and then stab it with a dull steak knife!!  I'll send you down the river on a boat made by hong kong sl ave kids!!! I'll  cut your gums open with that oral b dental floss that is re ally really thin, so that you have to be careful with it or it'll slice your jaw in two!! Your mine esquire!!! Tincat, you're such a goof. Cthulu told me to mention that William Burroughs d ied just recently. So now you know. And knowing is half the cattle.  Mmmm... cattle... Also this month, our beloved newbie vga/rip and mus ician Grinch came  to Vancouver to meet with some Mistigris me mbers. He stayed at Cthulu's  house as well as mine for one night. He a rrived on August 12th, and left  for  his hometown Bothel, Washington on Augu st 17th (also my 17th birthday). Another meet that took place before Grinch visited was Crowkeeper's  meet. Crowkeeper lives on Bowen Island , which is just a ferrie's ride from  Vancouver. And on a ferry is exactly how Cthulu, Happyfish, Zamfir  Worshipper, Eoanya, and Silent  Knight got there.  Mistigris ascii-goddess Weird 's 604 based joke-group Krap just released  their one year anniversary pack a few days ago, being the longest living   joke-group in the art scene so far. The filename is KRAP0897.ZIP so find it  on IRC (the best place to look would probably be # mist) or on the web at  http://www.infomatch.com/~flib, the officia l Krap site coded by Geekboy also of Mistigris. I'm not sure how much longer the site wi ll be running on that  ISP, but let's just hope for the best.  In other dual-grouper news (pfft), G rinch's group Seed just released  their first art pack today. The filename is SEED08 97.ZIP. Find gr1nch on IRC  or email him at grinch@zipcon.net and pick up the pack.  ±±Ûlook out behind you! °° °° °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° This concludes the infofile for Mistigris' August 1 997 pack. Hope you  enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed writing it.. no wait, I hope you enjoyed it  MUCH more than that. Thanks to Cthulu for giving me the oppor tunity to try my hand at   Mistigris leadership for this month. Hopefully this wi ll prove to him that  I can, in fact, help out a great deal with the group, and I may prove to  be an asset to Mist staying together when he is shippe d off to Capilano  College in September. I would also like to th ank Weird for submitted that  really nifty Mistigris ascii logo, which yo u can see 277 lines above this one. Peace out. - Quip  (Hat boy, Not a Neophyte) neophyte@taos.canbbs.net SAUCE00Mistigris August 1997 Infofile Quip Mistigris 19970820UUP