the blender 2000 - #010°°²° ²°°±±±± °°°±±°°°²²° ±±±²²°ÛÛÛÛ² ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛw e l c o m e ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²²² ²  ²  well, this blender was one of turmoil and all sorts of other exciting stuff. despite it being fathers day, i got called in to my stupid job at the last minute, and didn't get home until after it was finished. thanks to the #blender ops for picking up where i left off, and keeping everything²running. thanks facade, massd, ssixxk, and vader. ²  ²  there are a few special things to watch out for this pack: ²  ² first off, slash's entry (sl-b2k08.asc) is from b2k #8. it was submitted late, and i forgot to include it last week. but, here it is! great²work, slash. sorry for the delay. ²  ²  secondly, goatboy's entry was "unfinished", so it wasn't eligible in²the judging. still, it's a good effort, so i'm happy we can include it.²  ²  finally, slomoshun's entry was submitted at a size of 350k zipped. that's over twice the size limit, so i was forced to disqualify it. for the purposes of the pack, i converted it into a 256-color bitmap, which loses some image quality, but zips down nicely. sorry slomoshun, but we have the rules read every week, on the webpage, and online via the !help commands.. i've got to hold everyone to the same set of limitations. ²  ²  ² ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛn e w s ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ²  ² 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. ²  ²  if anyone can help out with a simple perl script (no CGI), email us!²  ²  ² ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛe n t r i e s ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ²  ²    the words this week are: SUPERMAN, MINI-GOLFING, AUSTRALIA ²     ----------------------------------------------------------- ²  ² dr. shizuma (klexikal) * 3 * - dr-gnorm.ans (ansi) - i'm not quite sure why greg norman is superman, but with a caricature like that, you've convinced me.  ²  ² goatboy (sane) -  goat2k.ans (ansi) - damn, you're getting reallygood with these small-  scales. now you just have to get a bit faster. =)  ²  ² hennifer (lazarus)- henb2k10.bmp (bitmap) - uhhhhhh.. i can't    believe i'm the²only one to make fun of christopher reeve.  i²feel dirty now. =) ²  ² klumzee (?)  -  vaklumz.ans (ansi) - a clever poem (tho a vaporcouple of those rhymes are a stretch!) ..the ansi looks kind of un- finished, but i guess that's how floating heads are. ²  ² lamont cranston (cia) - lc-fos~1.gif (vga) - that's just about the worst golf outfit i've ever seen.  ² panacea (cia) * 2 * - p-supr~1.jpg (vga) - wow, considering you were just planning to fool around in painter, this turned out great! great picture overall.   ²  ² pike (poffelipoff) * 1 *- pk!bnrx*.rip (ripscrip) - wow, not one,²but two  rips! the use of the  words here is really clever, and the²way you  linked the two pics together was great. i like the second one best - simple, and to the point. the first one's kind of scribbly.  ² slomoshun (cia)- superd~1.bmp (bitmap) - like i mentioned above,     it's too bad this was  over the size limit. interesting mix of ren- dering and photo-manipulation. kind²of rough around the edges. =) ²  ² unseen fate (sodapop) -  u3-sman.ans (ansi) - haha, clever idea! that's  a pretty low point for superman - from superhero to putt-putt card- board cutout...ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²  ²  ²  ² the winners are: ²  ²  1st (3 points) pike (poffelipoff) ²  2nd (2 points)  panacea (cia) ²  3rd (1 point)   dr. shizuma (klexikal) ²  ²  ² the standings are: ²  ² 16 - cia ²  13 - poffelipoff ² 9 - ice ² 6 - sodapop ² 4 - black maiden ²  2 - acid ² 2 - beyond ² 2 - eclipse ² 2 - klexikal ² 2 - mist ² 1 - fokus ²  1 - itp ²  ²  ²  ²  ² ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛm i s s i n g ? ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞ²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ²  ²  ²  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. ²  ²  ² ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛi m p o r t a n t ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ²  ²  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. ²  ²  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. ²  ²  please do not name your files: blender.*, blender2.*, us-blend.*, or ²  any variations of those filenames. ²  ²  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. ²  ²  you may submit any number of files, but they must not exceed 150k zipped, with the entry form. ²  ²  the files you submit may be anything. ascii, ansi, gif, s3m, lit, rip, etc. ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²  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.  ²  ²  your masterpiece can be a board ad, or a logo. it can be anything.ÛÛit can even be a config.sys file. ²  ²  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.  ²  ² ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛb l e n d e r i n f o r m a t i o nÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ²  ² blender2000 staff: ² ------------------ ²  hennifer ------>(blender & blender2k founder, ceo, webmaster)ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²  warpus -------->(blender & blender2k founder, email list)  ²  cthulu -------->(blender2k founder) °° ÛÛ ²  vader --------->(ftp, botmaster) °°  black jack----->(ftp, botmaster)²² Û°²²²°  facade -------->(#blender op)ÛÛÛÛ²°±±±°  mass delusion ->(#blender op)²²°°±±°°°  sinister 6000 ->(#blender op)±±±±°°² °²° c o n t a c t s°² ²°²°²  °²° ±²°² °²²²°°° ÜÜÜÜÜ ±ÛÛÛ² ÞÛÛÛÝ ßÛÛÛß  ÛÛhttp://blender2000.8m.com  ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜßßßßß °ÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÛ ÜÜÜÜÜ ßßßÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛftp://hangar18.campus.luth.se/blender/ ÜÜÛÛÝ  ÛÛÛ°²ßßßßß ÛÛÛÜÜÜÛÛÝ Ý ÞÛ ÞÛÛÛ ÜÜÜÜÜ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ° Ý °  ÛÛÛftp://ftp.mimic.ca/pub/blender/   °°Û ÞÛÝÞ  ßßßßß ± ßßß Þ°°° Ü ÜÜÜÜÜ Þ±±±±±ÜÜÜÜÜ Þ°  ÛÛÛftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/artpacks/artpacks/1999/ ±Ý Þ±±±²²²²±±±°°Ý ßß ßßßßß ²± Û²²ÛÛÛÛÛ²²²² ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜ ß °° ßÛÛÛ  Ý ²²± Ûemail://blender2000@graffiti.net  ±± ÜÜÜ °° ÛÛ °° ßßßßÛÛ² ßßßßß ²²²ÞÛÛÛݱ±±±±±±±±±°°°ÛÛÛ ÜÜÜÜÜ ÛÛÛÛ°°ÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÛÛ²²ÛÛÛÛ°°Û Û irc://#blender or #blender2000 on EFnet ÛÛÛÞ±±°Ý ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ°±±±Û ßßßßß   h e n n i f e r the 11th blender2000 will be held: --------------------------------- sunday, june 27th starting at 12:00pm EST (noon) ending at 12:00am EST (midnight)  for more info, check the webpage.  please join us.