hen ßßß±ÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÛÛ²²±±ßßßßß ÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ßßßßß ßßßß ÜÜ Û ßßß ÛÛÛÛ ßßßß ÛÛÛÛ ß±ÞÛÛÛÛÜÜÜ ÞÛÛÛ ßß ÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÜÜÜ ßßßßßßßß ÛÛÛÛ°² Û ÛÛ± °Û² ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ²°ÞÛÛÛÝÞÛÝÞÛÛÛßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÝÞÛÛÛ ÛÛÛßßÛÛÛÛ °ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ²±ÞÝ Ü ßß ÞÝÞÛ° ÛÛÛÛ ß ÜÜÞÛÛÛÝÞÛÝÞÛÛÝ ÜÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛ²² ÞÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ °ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ² ±ÜÜ ÞÝÞÛÛ²ÛÛ²²ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛßßßÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ²²ÛÝÞÛ ÛÛÛÝÞÛÛÛÛÛ Ût h eÛÝÞÝÞÛÛÛÝ °°Þ²²ÛÛ±ÛÛÛÛÛßß ÞÛ²²Û °ß ²²ÛÝ ÜÜܲ²ÛÛÛÛÛ²²ÛÝÞÛÛÛÝÞÛ ²²ÛÝÞÛe rÛ °°ÛÛ°°°² ± ±±ÛÜßß ÛÛ²°°²²Û²²ÝÞ²²±±±²²Üܲ²ÛÛÛÝÞ ±±ÛÛ²²ÝÞ²²±±²²ÛÛ±± °ß ÛÛ²²±±°°Û° ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞ² ÛÛ°°ßܲ²°ÛÛ±±±±°°ÜÜ ß°°±±±±°°±±²² Þ°±±°°Ý °°ÛÛ°°±±°°ÜÜ°°±±ÜÜ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ±ßÜÜÜÜ ßßßÜÛÛÛÝÞ°°Ûß ÛÛÛÛÛ°° Ü Þ°°±±°°ÛÛ°°ÜÛ ÝÞÛ Û °° ÛÛ°°ßßß°° ÛÛ ßßßßßßßßßß ßÜÜÜÜß²Ü Ü ÞÛÝ Û Ü ßßßßß Ü ÛÛÛ°°ÛÛßßÛÛÜÜ Ü  ÛÝßßßßß ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ßßßßßßßßß Ü±ÜÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÜßßßßßßßß ±²Û²° ÜÛ±Ûß °°²the blender. ßÛ°ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßßß° ßßßß welcome one and all to yet another HENNIFER-BRAND(tM) infofile. with additions and changes by the ever so silly warpus the electron and the not-fishy cthulu the fish ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß °°ÛÛÛ°°ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛg e n e r a l c r a pÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ°° Û±±°°ÛÛÛ°°ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ Û°² ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ in the tradition of the very successful joint and swap(tM) irc activities, comes a third, ultimate idea. yes, if you can read (?!) you've guessed by now THE BLENDER!!!!!!!!! ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß °°ÛÛÛ°°ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ p r o c e d u r e s ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ°° Û±±°°ÛÛÛ°°ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ°² ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ quickly! before time runs out, this how a blender(tM) event will be run: 1 - everyone will gather in #blender (on EFnet)  if #blender is not cooperating, try #mist.  In a pinch, interact on social media via that comp's hashtag or via e-mail  to info at mistigris dot org ... we will strive to be available over  various branches of social media. 2 - at precisely 7:30pm EST, cthulu, the host of this event will explain  how the blender works. 3 - each person will come up with ONE idea. it can be in one of three  categories: a subject (i.e. "a horse"), an activity (i.e. "fishing"), and  a location (i.e. "the White House"). 4 - everyone will submit their idea to the organizer, who will make a  list. this organizer currently is cthulu. /msg your words to him.  writing down of the words might take up to 5 minutes, so please be patient. 5 - the organizer will pick THREE of the ideas (one subject, one activity, and  one location). these three ideas will be announced, and put in the channel  topic. (note: selection is not random at all; historically, ideas had to  be rigorously curated to yield useful results.) 6 - your mission is to create a masterpiece about the three picked ideas.  your masterpiece may be pretty much anything. ansi/ascii/music/lit/vga/etc.  everything is allowed. 7 - to accommodate Europeans in far-flung timezones, the funpo ends ... We're going to try something new. A few years ago, when reviving the Blender, I was informed that adhering firmly to our traditional duration and time of day intractably stuck the compo in the middle of the night for Europe, where a not insignificant portion of the underground computer artscene is based. Simply pushing the times to accommodate Europeans would saddle North Americans with a similar problem. So to help facilitate participation on both sides of the pond, and in deference to the reduced amount of free time we have overall now relative to 25 years ago, I said "let's just run the compo for a 24-hour window all weekend, and everyone can take as much time as they want." This resolved some issues for some and opened new problems for others. Notably, some parties were (understandably!) rather wary of entering a quickie 2-hr entry into a compo in which their competition could potentially have poured in 24 hours of polished work. So: the 2019 compromise? Instantly doubling the number of Blenders happening annually, this Blender will be two compos! Two sets of words, one to be fulfilled 2.5 hours following the start time, and another to be sent in within 24 hours of the announcement. And for bonus points... participate in both! Warm up in the lightning round and then hit your stride in the long form compo! We now continue your usual Blender rules in progress... 8 - cthulu usually collects all of it, unless his dcc fucks up (which happens almost as much as it happened to warpus :) you *may* submit early  if you wish. check the topic line to see who's collecting, just to be sure. 9 - a winner is picked, but that is usually not announced that night. the  group that the winner is representing receives points (3 points for 1st  place, 2 for 2nd & 1 for 3rd), and the winner(s) is/are placed on the  "artist(s) of the year" list. 10 - the pack is then released so that it can be downloaded by hordes of eager  blendeners, blender supporters, fans, fanatics, dentists, and communists. ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß°°ÛÛÛ°°ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ a d v a n t a g e s ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ°° Û±±°°ÛÛÛ°°ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ°²ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ hopefully you get an idea of the fun involved here. but along with that, blender(tM) has numerous advantages over the other irc events. INFINITE PLAYERS - yes, this means never having to turn eager blendeners away. PREFAB INSPIRATION - for those of you that can't think of anything to draw, here other people will do most of the work for you! ORIGINALITY - finally something other to draw than The Maxx =) just imagine a pack with 20 different interpretations of a horse fishing!! NO QUALITY CONTROL - it doesn't matter how well you do, how silly or serious you are, because you won't be messing up anyone's work except your own =) EASY TO RUN - no messy file exchanges + no hard-to-enforce rules = a smooth- running operation with no annoying delays. COOL ORGANIZERS - yes, finally a compo that is ran by really cool people. :) ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß °°ÛÛÛ°°ÛÛÛÛÛw h o ' s b e h i n d w h a t ? ! ?Û°° Û±±°°ÛÛÛ°°ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ people seem to be confused as to who does what during these blenders. well... cthulu - runs blender, does all the stuff that warpus used to do 8) warpus - ran blender, wrote nfo files, released packs, judged. hennifer - invented the blender. velkro - hosted the ftp and web sites. poison - main coder. we also had couriers spreading the packs all over the planet. you missed your chance to consult blender.sup.ans to find out who they were. ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß °°ÛÛÛ°°ÛÛÛÛÛm o r e g e n e r a l c r a pÛÛÛÛÛ°° Û±±°°ÛÛÛ°°ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ°² ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ now that you know what the blender is, and how it works, i'll let you in on a little secret: if there ever is another blender, it will most likely be held: (if not sooner!) saturday, april 17th - sunday, april 18th, 2021 2:00pm - 2:00pm (est) #blender (on EFnet) please join us.- hennifer & warpus & cthulu SAUCE00Blender instructions Cthulu, Warpus & HenBlender! 20210120.PŸIBM VGA