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  we had another great competition this week, with 21 entries, and a lot of
  contenders for the top 3 spots!  you guys make it way too hard to judge.

  i'd like to thank sinister 6000, facade, massd, and everyone else who's
  helped out in the last few weeks with advertising and general hyping.  it's
  nice to know i'm not the only spammer out there.  it's also really cool to
  look around the scene channels, and see the blender in every single topic.
  thanks guys!

  on the competition side of things, looks like it's heating up.  on the
  message boards in acheron, both ice and vii have vowed to sweep a blender -
  to win 1st, 2nd and 3rd at once.  so far, it's never been done.  i just hope
  things don't get ugly. =)

  btw, i know there were a bunch of people working on entries who never
  submitted.  if you're working on an entry, and can't finish it, send me
  what you have.  it's better than nothing!  ..and, if you can't submit by
  the deadline, still, track me down, and give me your entry.  i'll include it
  in the next pack, and at least people will see what you've got.


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  it seems that #blender's been taken over again.  i don't have any idea who.
  it's been +i for almost two weeks now, with no clue why.  don't ask me why
  the blender is such a target.  i must have enemies in the government!  any
  help in getting the channel back is appreciated.  until then, check in
  #blender2000, or ask in #ans.

  at this moment, the word-submission thingie on the webpage still doesn't
  work.  until it does, we'll be continuing to gather words on IRC just
  before the compo, but once the webpage works, you'll be able to submit
  words anytime you want.

  if anyone can help out with a simple perl script (no CGI), email us!

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the words this week are:  JAMES BOND, SPACECRAFT, BIRTH
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acidbrain (circe)    -  ab-puta.ans (ascii) - you've gone one crazy
oldskool style.  your
little story doesn't sound like the same
james bond we know and love. =)

ansichrist (sodapop)- ansich~1.jpg (vga) - good idea there!  you
shouldn't have told me
that's a babylon-5 screenshot.  i was
amazed!

anvilhed (anvilhed)  -   blend2.jpg (vga) - very artistic, especially
considering it's your 1st
photomanipulation.  lacks humor, though.

arlequin (circe)- arl-bond.ans (ansi) - another crazy style!  is
circe an experimental
group?  you did a great job fixing up your
entry after the misunderstanding.

bedlam (acid)- mypals~1.rm  (real audio) - another great song!
 the mp3 version is
 available at:
http://24.131.169.111/mypalspaceship.mp3

big yellow man (poffelipoff) -     demo.zip (demo) - the gunsight ansi is reallypollacgood, with a great sound-
track.  too bad it was a shade over the size
limit.

cthulu (mist) * 2 *-  ct-bond.it  (track) - the music is funny, but
the story really makes
this entry a contender.  shift-f9 in impulse
tracker, for those of you who don't know...

drain (arc)-  arc-b2k.ans (ascii) - yet another contender
iph for the top spot.  it's
xzipgreat to see some ascii scenesters getting
involved!  you might want to concentrate on
the story next time.

dr. shizuma (klexikal) * 3 * - dr-birth.ans (ansi) - well, this is pretty
graphic!  i can't believe
how much time you spent on your entry.
congratulations.

4oqos (bl”cke)-    4oqos.jpg (vga) - aha, another fan of the
hand-drawn scan!  this is
pretty cool, though there's a lot of blank
space between the different objects.

funbaby (ice) * 1 *-  funbaby.jpg (vga) - another graphic entry.
this is a really excellent
entry.  am i crazy, or is this hand-painted?!
characters and composition rule.  but.. bond
is wearing pants while giving birth?!

funk-e (sodapop)- sodab2k6.exe (flash3) - this one's a little hard
luminator  to understand, but most
of the wireframe drawings are quite good.
funny though, i don't remember 007 being so
dumb. =)

hennifer (lazarus)- hen-b2k6.gif (vga) - no comment. =)

leo (black maiden)- leo.ans (ansi) - this is a really big, and
ambitious entry.  i'm not
sure exactly what the bottom part is, but it
looks pretty good.  you might find it easier
to make a smaller ansi and concentrate more
on the details.

ministar (glue)    - minblend.ans (ansi) - this is a good ansi, with
some nice shading.  you
might want to try and think of more unusual
combinations of the words, so that your ideas
stand out from the rest.

napalm (cia)-   napalm.txt (ascii) - shocking.  beautiful.
cia is on a roll! =)

pike (poffelipoff)- pk!nrsex.rip (rip) -  this is a nice-looking rip,but when did james get a
tail? =)  thanks for the greet, dood!

port rhombus (noir) - pr6.jpg (vga) - this is a really classy-
looking vga.  your use of
"birth" was really clever, too.  good stuff!

sort8 (cro)-   srt-bd.ans (ansi) - welcome to the blender
crowd!  hopefully the word
spreads to more warez-art groups - the more
the merrier.

spitfire (nitro)   - spf-bld6.asc (ascii) - using pg-down to tell the
story was a good idea.
you should try that again, with a little more
planning.

swammi (cia)-   swammi.rip (rip) -  this doesn't quite look
finished, but what you havelooks really cool.  there's a smooth cartoony
style with all the people you've got.
the winners are:

  1st (3 points)  funbaby (ice)
  2nd (2 points)  cthulu (mist)
  3rd (1 point)   dr. shizuma (klexikal)

the standings are:

  9 - poffelipoff
  6 - ice
  5 - sodapop
  4 - black maiden
  3 - cia
  2 - acid
  2 - eclipse
  2 - mist
  1 - fokus
  1 - itp
  1 - klexikal


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 has your entry been mysteriously been left out of a blender pack?  email
 it to me asap.  it will be included in the next pack, and i will try to
 figure out what exactly happened.  please do not bitch at me, please do
 not make threats, and please do not insult my parents.


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 i want to make clear, the point of the blender is to take the three given
 words, and create something about them.  using pre-created work is not the
 point of the blender.  any pre-created work will be disregarded when i
 judge the entries.  if i find out that you're trying to submit old work
 as something new, you'll be disqualified, and your group will lose any
 points that entry got you.

 the idea you submit may NOT be anything which might be of benefit to you if
 picked.  example: you run a board named 'extraterrestial mongolian earwax
 factory'.  the idea you submit can't be extraterrestial, mongolia, earwax, or
 factory.

 please do not name your files: blender.*, blender2.*, us-blend.*, or
 any variations of those filenames.

 all entries must be submitted with the file ENTRY.FRM, filled out with your
 information.  it just makes it easier to keep track of people.  to get the
 file, type !form during the competition, or get it in the RULES section of
 our webpage, any time.  once you're ready to submit, fill out the form,
 and zip that and your entry into a file called yournick.ZIP.

 you may submit any number of files, but they must not exceed 150k zipped,
 with the entry form.

 the files you submit may be anything.  ascii, ansi, gif, s3m, lit, rip, etc.

 joints are allowed, with up to 3 people on a team.  why?  to make things
 generally more fair, and to make judging easier for us.

 your masterpiece can be a board ad, or a logo.  it can be anything.  it can
 even be a config.sys file.

 you can submit entries any time during the compo.  if one of the judges is
 on irc, you can dcc it to us.  you can also use our ftp site any time.


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blender2000 staff:
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  cthulu -------->(irc, founding)
  hennifer ------>(irc, www, founding)
  sinister6000 -->(irc)
  vader --------->(ftp, irc)
  warpus -------->(irc, founding, email list)


contact us at:
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    ftp: hangar18.campus.luth.se/blender/upload
         (anon login, port 21)/entries
        /packs
  email: blender2000@graffiti.net
    irc: #blender or #blender2000 on EFnet


the 7th blender2000 will be held:
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  sunday, may 30th
  starting at 12:00pm EST (noon)
  ending at 12:00am EST (midnight)
  for more info, check the webpage.


 please join us.