Ü Ü ÜÛ² Þ °±ÛÜ ÞÜ ²ÜÜß °ÛÜ°°ß ÜÛÜÜÛ     ÞÛÜ ßÛÜ°°° Ýßß ÜÜÛÛÛ°°Ü±± °ÜÜÛ  °ÛÛÜ ÜÞ°ÜÛÜÜ ßß ÜÛÜÜÛÜÞÛÜÜÜÛÜÜÜÛ °°Ûßß ÞÛ°Û ²±ÛÛ   ßßÛ  ÛÛÜßÛßÛ°ÛÛÜÜÜÜÛ ÛÛ°°ÛÛÛÛÛ°ßßÛÛ° ßß ÜÜÜ°± ÞÛÛÛ ß ÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÜÜÜÜ     ÛÛÛ  ßÛÛÛÛÛ°°ÛÛ ÛÛßÛ²Û±ÛÜÜÛÛßßßÜ°ÜÜ ßßÛÜ ßÛÛÛÜ Û°ÛÝ ßÛ °ßßÝ   Þ°ÛÝ ßßÛÛÛÛÛßß  Û°Û ÛÛÛÛÛ  ßßÛßÛÛÛÜÜ ß ßßÛÛÛÛÛÛ °Ûß ÜÜÜÜ   ÜÛÛ° Þ°ÛÝ °ÛÛÜÜÜÜ  ÛÛÛ ² Û °Ü ßßÛß°ÛÛÜÜ ß° Þ°ÛÛ    Ü °°ß ÜÜÜ°   ÛÝ°± ÞÛÛÝ Þ±ßÜÛÛ ÞÛÜ°ßÝ ÞÛÛݱ°°°ÛÝ ÜÛÛÜÜ ßßÛÛÜÜ°Ü ÞÛÛÝ ßß Þ°ßÝÝ ÛÜß²°ÛÝ   ÛßßÛ  Û°Û  Ûßßß ßÛß°Ý Þ°ÛÝ ÞÜ°ÛÝ ±Û°°ÛßÛß Üß°ßÛß Þ°ÛÝÜÜ  ÞÛ° Ý ßÛß±°ÛÝ  ÛßÛ Þ Ý ßßÛÜ  ßßß ±ÛÛÛ° ÞßßÛÛÛÛÛÜÛßÛÛÜ ßßß  ßßÛÛÝÛßÛÛ  ÜÜ ßßßßßÛÛ°ÜÜÛÜÜ  ßß ßßßßß mistigris - "who?" =) quip(mistigris) This is Cthulu of Mistigris here, hungry, tired, sick and thirsty and having to write the infofile a second time on account of a freak accident involving a wrench, a wet sheep, a Tesla coil and get the FUCK out of my toilet,Cactus-man, I don't want to hug you! Needless to say, it won't be as witty or erudite as the first time around, partially because some turns of phrase simply can't be duplicated, partly because I have prickles sticking out of my bum, but mostly because I haveslightly under five hours to acquire and wrap My Little Pony merchandise. Have you ever tried writing an infofile without being able to sit down? A tough fact considering that the colon is the font of all propaganda. However, the show must go on, so what follows is a bit of briefing:  member movements: °±²Û In case you thought that Toto Man and Biftek were generally hoopy gentlemen, think again, as they have changed their urbane and refined handles tothe lurid and shocking Shoten and Bisquick! (Gasp! Horror!) Since the last pack, one new member proof positive: (a clarification here: we also have a new member in the form of King Arthur, a tracker who was formerly in Mist (acquired through the original Mist/Fire merger in March '95) but whom we haven't seen much of since, well, mid-1995. Technically he's not a NEW member, but an old one coming back. Still, I note him here. Back to your regularly-scheduled infofile.) Katz, a high-resolution artist who I found on #hirez and invited into mist based on the fact that he lives in Vancouver, Mist's base of operations. It was a pleasant surprise upon seeing his art that the fellow could actually draw (an unexpected bonus, so to speak) so naturally we're quite enthusiastic about his joining. Not only does he doodle, though, butbased on the prodigious quantities of time he spends in #mist, he's taken up an unofficial administrative / organizational / inspirational role, often acting asa sole link for communication to the group. Like the one afternoon I logged on to IRC and he told me, "Hey, since you were last on, Pure Voltage, Syncrow and Spire quit." Good thing he told me, 'cause at that point, none of the artists involved had actually felt it relevant to tell me about their decisions. Two ofthem still haven't, so I'm just going on Katz's certified gossip here, but it seems quantified in that we haven't seen either of the two around since. (Actually, that's because our top secret mistigris assassination division took care of a percieved morale problem, but wait, if I told you about that I'd have to kill you, so let's just move on to the next news item...) Mr. Wrong QUITS for GLUE! He cited as his motivation the fact that he wanted to be in a group where there was more of a focus on ANSI, and the fact that ANSI artists tend to stick in mist like lemmings stick to the top of the cliff (editorialization) didn't exactly make us the more secure ANSI-drawing environment.  department news: °±²ÛÀÄÄÄÄansi So, we lost Mr. Wrong. Not a big loss, by most accounts; the fellow could certainly draw, but only logos (which aren't hard to come by by any stretch of the imagination.) We'll miss him; he was one of the last Mistigris members to come out of Quebec (leaving Enelf Daragard the sole possessor of thatlegacy) where we've had historic roots (see: Eerie, The Extremist, Zoltar)... ... but this shouldn't be big news. One ansi artist leaving isn't a bigproblem - in past months we would have been happy to have only one artist leave.This marks something bigger, though. Mr. Wrong was the last ansi artist in mistwho didn't do one (or both) of the two following things: a) draw (more) for another group, like Quip (an ex-ansi-department head)for Function or Rash (also an ex-ansi-department head) for Glue. b) draw only an occasional ansi when not concentrating on their medium of choice - in this group, most often music. In this pack, the ansi primarily relies on ascii/vga artist Dead Soul, who's trying something new out, musicians Tricolore and Da Drug, and the music department head Haquisaq. These men can draw, no shit, but we can't rely on them to do it consistantly, and what's more,we should be encouraging them to do what they're supposed to be doing. No one asks Cthulu to draw ansi (well, not if they know what's good for them) and we shouldn't be relying on these folks. So our last dedicated one-group, one-medium ansi artist has quit. Simultaneously, Rash has stepped down as mistigris ansi head, saying that the job was just too difficult (accomplishments since his assuming the position including releasing zero ansis in mist packs and several in glue packs.) With luck, his newfound freedom will leave him able to draw that much more for glue. This means that we don't only not have a department head, but we have noone left eligible to even become it! So LISTEN UP, ANSI ARTISTS OF THE SCENE: ... Open letter to Acheron: ANSI DEPARTMENT W / LEADER WANTED Well-established (4 years old), multidisciplinary group seeks SM ansi artists to join our ramshackle collective of more than forty ansi-deficient computer artists and perhaps to lead an ansi department based on the part-time ansi artists we already have and a new recruitment blitz. Side benefits: active group channel (#mist on EFNet,) rich historical legacy, strong community and all the lit you can shake a stick at. Pets, smoker okay. No child pr0n please. Send resume and photograph to: valentine@infomatch.com (Cthulu / Mistigris founder.) Artists of all other mediums accepted too. ... Essentially, here's the deal: Give us someone who's willing to take the job seriously (ie, not quit and start their own group) and we'll start taking the department seriously (ie, not giving Mr. Flibbles full rein to release his misunderstood genius.) Don't give us someone who's willing to take the job seriously, and we'll make Mr. Flibbles the department head. (you'd better listen to him, ma'am, I think he means it.) Okay, that's enough ansi-department news for now. It's odd how that department can always manage to dominate the infofile while maintaining a total lack-of-presence in the actual group itself. ÀÄÄÄÄÄlit You may have noticed in this pack a predisposition towards art where there was contained other text - lit / other collaborations, for lack of a better term. This was part of an idea Cthulu started in May to have a pack consisting entirely of artwork with lit in it. Needless to say, his fellow artists didn't entirely go along with this idea, so two months later we are proud to present a pack which, if not full of lit, at least contains lits in ansis, asciis, vgas, and music (through song lyrics,) as well as our usual complement of stand-alone literary works. Highlights include words by Corinthian, a man better known for his ANSI escapades in his home group of Dark,excerpted lyrics by Otnoo Ishfoo in a vga by Enelf Daragard (the full lyrics to Setting Sun are also included in the lit section) and King Arthur actually SINGING his own words, though through heavy heavy distortion, in the song "Self-Pity." We hope to feature more instances of writing juxtaposed with other art forms in the future, and if you'd be interested in collaborating with a mistigris writer to further this, please contact us. ÀÄÄÄascii Our ascii artists have been a bit low on cash recently, so they've put their ascii-creation on hold until they can come up with more $$$ to make their art out of. (Man, that was a lame joke.) ÀÄÄÄmusic MistMusic is busy, as we speak, tracking entries for this year's Music Competition, a demoscene compo which may raise our profile a couple of notches. Once that project is out of the way, we're looking to press a "best-of" CD of one track from each of Mistigris' trackers, past and present. Oh baby. ÀÄÄÄÄÄvga Hires has been declared the official root beer of the mistigris vga department. In other news, the High Resolution department has challenged the Ascii department for the right to kick my ass first for passing such lame jokes as news. ÀÄÄÄÄÄrip Lady Blue just keeps chug-chug-chugging along. The debut pack of Souls (the all-rip group) is an interesting sign for the scene, but really we'd settlefor just the occasional rip from someone else. For LB, administrating the RipScrip department involves having a nice long nap. ÀÄÄÄÄcode10 print "How do you keep a coder busy?" 20 input a$ 30 print "Press any key to find out." 40 inkey$ 50 goto 10  this is the end, my friend SAUCE00Mistigris June 1998 Infofile Quip / Cthulu mISTFUNK 1998 199807 40