the blender mist pack

<cthulu> wait a sec, isn't this a mist pack?

infofile (1/2), november 1997

<cthulu> That's better, (I think...)

hey.  mistigris has been taking part in blenders (an IRC compo) for quite
some time now but unlike most other groups who participate, we haven't been
releasing our entries along with the rest of our art in our (semi)monthly
pack releases.

this has lead to the stockpiling of several megs of really cool art.

it was only until now, however, noting the lack of a november pack so far,
paired with the new responsibilities we've taken on by taking charge of all
blenders from now on from warpus (don't worry, it's with his blessing 8) that
we realized that we'd better do something about the situation.

hence this pack.

cthulu out.

(oh yeah - for those people who don't like downloading packs stuffed full
of art of questionable format, we've stuck most of the music into M-BLEND2.ZIP  so if you're into that sort of thing, go out there by all means and grab it.)

seeing as this _is_ a mist pack and some stuff _has_ happened to us since the
release of the last pack, this is a good place to talk about it.

the coolest thing is that we're in charge of blenders now, but I already said
that.

we have a new SOUTHERN HEADQUARTERS; Infinite Darkness, run by the
megalomaniac Midnight Sorrow.

also, due to other member presence in the area (Neosmurf) Tantilized Dreams,
run by Javist, is the new Mistigris Winnipeg Headquarters.  Only for a bit,
though; he's moving to the 604 area code (that cool place where we're based)
in February.

for various reasons (I cite the curse of Daemon's Gate, but ask me about that
later) The Jade Monkey is still acting as the effective WHQ for Mistigris, but  this is only a temporary measure until more suitable facilities can be found
or constructed.

we've had some member movements...

Date: 1:49 am  Sun Nov 9, 1997
From: Tincat
To  : Cthulu
Subj: Hey

That's it man.  I think I'm out.  Take my name off the memberlist please.

It's been some fun though.

<tincat> "Mistigris was the best group in the scene, why would I quit to join
a lesser group"

<platz>   words from the man

In other words, Tincat has dropped Mistigris and the scene as a whole.
Now, he's done similar things in the past, but it looks like this time he means
it, coming back only periodically to dump on fRGNfRUZ.  What nobler motivation
could there be?

*** Topic for #Mist: tell cthulu I'll be on temporary leave from mist to
explore new horizons.. - dead soul

In other words, Dead Soul has also dropped Mistigris while he plays the
status game in the ASCII scene, seeing how high he can get before burning out
and falling back to earth.  We'll get the honour of passing around the jar full
of his ashes.

We've also got a few new members coming in: Mr. Wrong, Virus and
Twisted Foo, all to the ANSI department.  Yay!

and that's pretty much all that we've done since the release of the last
pack (our third anniversary pack.)  oh yeah, we released 11th e-mag issue
number one, and keep your eyes peeled for a compilation pack stuffed chock
full 'o work from yours truly.  but because I know lit doesn't have the
drawing power it never had, there's a hook; it's a pack of all of my
collaborations.  so go out and download "get ready to read" - where else will
you find Halaster, Eerie, ts, Iodine, Fire from Heaven, Tomppa, Darkforce
and Fever all releasing in the same pack?

for those of you titiliated only by success, the following should direct you
to all of those mistigris blender entries which won us points (culminating
in our tie for first place standing at latest count):

Blender #20 - Monks / Playing Water Polo / in Venice
by Cthulu, Mavrik, Handiboy and Nitnatsnoc

MISTBLND.EXE andA hilarious ANSI-movie in true
HB-MONK.S3M Eerie form.  Fun for the whole family.
It won us two points (our first win)
for the tag-team blender.  If you only
check out one file in this pack, make
this it.

Blender #23 - Spies / Fighting / Underwater
by Handiboy

HB-MIEUW.S3M   An award-winning remix of the Mission:
(on disk two)  Impossible theme song with a blenderized twist!  U2, eat your heart out!

Blender #29 - Rock and Roll / Goth Party / Encyclopedia Salesman
by Happyfish, Cthulu, Jughead and Handiboy

MIST-29.EXE and  Included are an .EXE (created in Pablo)
CTHB-ROC.S3M showing an illustrated story in verse,
(on disk two)  as well as a remix of "Rock and Roll"
by Gary Glitter.

Blender #30 - Ninja / Sweatshop / Kung-Fu Fighting!
by Happyfish, Cthulu and Handiboy

CHOPSHOP.ZIPAn E-mag coded in Browser (the language
Eerie created for Undergrown) completely done within the 5-hour contraints of the tag-team blender which this was, winning two points in its runner-up ranking.

Check out the article which is actually
the ALT.SEX FAQ in disguise 8)

Blender #33 - The Pope / Swimming / in a Pond
by Handiboy

HB-POPE.ANS This entry was done in the last half
hour of the 3-hour compo and it won.
What can we say?  Handiboy rocks 8)

Blender #38 - Sherlock Holmes / Dancing / at the YMCA
by Quip, Cthulu, Grinch, and Handiboy

SHERLOCK.ANS,    All three of these entries were done
GRN-SH.RIP   and   within a three-hour period on the two
MIST-B38.S3Mcomputers in Cthulu's basement.
(on disk two)
Originally Warpus thought that the files were separate entries, in which case we
would have won first, second AND third
places 8)

Blender #39 - Midgets / Wrestling / in Canada
by Quip and Tincat

TCQP-B39.ANS  More mist members probably contributed
to this blender than to any other,
(Cthulu, Geekboy, Happyfish, Dead Soul,
Haquisaq's TWO entries, as well as
Quip and Tincat) and well, this is the
cream of the crop.  (No, I'm not trying
to sound sexy.)

TEXTGAME.ZIP - By Cthulu, Skrubly and Merlyn.  A complete text
game (in the Adventure Game Toolkit metalanguage,which Kithe Issue 14 was also coded in) done in
the five hours of this tag-team blender.

It's a bit slow at the beginning, but if you makeit to the end, you should be falling out of your
chair with laughter.  Ask us for hints 8)

MA-BLND1.ZIP - By Mavrik.  The first game submitted as a
blender entry, using the words "E.T. / scared
/ stonehenge."  This may sound tame, but
consider the alternate title: "No more Mr. Nice
Alien." You get to fry tourists at Stonehenge
with his glowing finger.  yES@#$$%^!%!

MIST-B35.ANS - Story by Skrubly and Cthulu, illustrations by
Happyfish and Jughead.  Truly a great epic of
sacrifice in legoland, chronicling the war of the vegetables versus the vegans.

What can I say?  We were robbed 8).

GRN^36.ZIP   - QBasic loader incorporating Elvis, Batman, AND
a funky sound clip.  It must be experienced.  By
Grinch, the funk man himself.

HB-RVOLT.S3M - The official background music of foam boffing,
and it was brought to Crash '97 specifically for
that purpose.  (The fact that we ended up boffingto the accompaniment of whistles and tap dancing
is irrelevant 8)

ELVIS!.ANS   - A story by Quip, illustrated by Dead Soul and
Happyfish, theorizing how Warpus and Hennifer
would spend their summer afternoons, terrorizing
Elvis as he barbecues sausages in his backyard!

But soon the tables are turned and it is they wholearn the true meaning of the word "terror!"

Directed by Sam Raimi.  Coming soon to a theatre
near you.

PT22G33K.ANS - This mistigris team two entry (which didn't do
quite as well as team 1 - but that's
understandable considering that they spent almosthalf the time trying to contact authorities in
Toronto regarding a suicide threat) from
Platinum, g33kb00bz and Catch22 is more than a
little messed up, but check out the angsty
spelling in the "Ninfu Sweatshop" logo.

SHERLOCK.ANS - This file has already been mentionned above, but
I have to make clear that the construction workeriSN'T wEARING aNY pANTS!%^$@#^&$!#

And the people who drew it didn't think that
there was anything wrong with that!  Eek!

(But hey, I'm not gonna tell you what they were
wearing when they drew it in my basement 8)

TE-BEAN.ANS  - This is the very FIRST submission from any mist
member to any blender.  Also, the most surreal.

NEOPHYTE.LIT - Second-oldest, second-most-surreal 8).

AND ALL THE REST TOO...

'cause these are just the ones I could think up
witty coments about.  and don't forget the music
disk!

Yeah, you might have noticed that there are a few entries which seem to be,
well, incomplete.  Consider these a sort of bonus... in most cases, this is
the first and only release they'll ever see.  In the rest of them, it's almost  certainly the LAST release they'll know 8)

Files fitting this warning include HB-B35.LIT (but surely you could have
guessed that 8), the second Serial Killers entry, Cthulu's song for Blender
# 33, and US-HUGE.JPG (hey, the file was corrupt in the official blender
archive, and none of the contributing artists have the original file anymore.)
Eh.  Still, don't let the presence of these files prevent you from having a
thoroughly enjoyable blender experience 8)

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