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1.  Yes, it is  Halloween.  Yes, the pack is a  day early.  Are  you surprised?
You should be - this is our 10th pack this year alone!  That means that we only
had 30 days to prepare for it!  Isn't that just...standard operating procedure?

2.  We are pleased  to welcome to  the iCE sorority:  Vade79 and Kitiara!  Also
returning to our clan this  month was Pnakotic, Lemonade, Parasite, and Blender
Head!  We give a "shout-out" to them all and  thank them for their hard work in
the land of the dead.  Typically, we would include  Apox in this list, but ever
since the llama stampede, he just hasn't been the same.

3.  In  other news that  makes you  feel like a  little fluffy  cloud, iCE  has
pledged support  to help out acheron.org  however we can.  Starting  things off
are a little ANSI by Tainted X in the upper corner of every page.  If you don't
feel like a cloud yet or have a difficult time feeling the sensation, read that
ten times fast.

4.  Oddly enough, Sinned Soul of ACiD seems to make repeated appearances in the
iCE info files.  We are blaming the Russians at this vector in time.

5.  Three, sir, three!

6.  Perhaps  the only REAL news we have to bring you  this month is that we are
proud to announce Mass Delusion's iCE ANSI Seminar Series(tm).  While the trend
has  been to shun aspiring  artists until they  magically become better, iCE is
going to extend a  helping hand and offer blocks of time where  artists new and
old can come  and get tips and technique from  famous iCE artists.  Kicking off
the series will be Kadaver and Tetanus on Sunday, November 8th, at 11:00am PST,
2:00pm EST,  on #iceansi / #ice.  We encourage everyone to come and contribute.
Coming in the second seminar will be Parasite and Cold and Ugly.

7.  We are proud to name Roland as Member Of The Month(tm)  for his outstanding
support  to Count Zero.  Simultaneously  (or perhaps one nanosecond  later), we
are pleased to announce Tainted X and DaVinci as co-AOTM(tm).  Why two of them?
Well we could tell you how we don't believe in comparing the intricacies of VGA
alongside  ANSI, but the truth is they both did  Slothy "favors" this month and
you KNOW how seriously Lord Soth takes his sex.

8. This  month's  iCEPack  contains  the  ACiD-defeating  submission iCE had in
Blender  Kombat last month.  Unzip bkview.zip and type bkview,  and see why iCE
really is colder than the average bear.

9.  Enjoy our latest  offering and be sure to trick-or-treat at Syntax's place
in Florida.  We hear he gives away king-size milky ways!

-Mass "Monkey Molester" Delusion

Cold and Ugly        Force Ten        Mass Delusion        Lord Soth