<warpus> it seems pointless announcing the rules and regulations but what the  hell  HEY EVERONE AND WELCOME TO THE BLENDER! ßßß±ÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÛÛ²²±±ßßßßß ÜÜÜÜ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÝ hen 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 ÞÝÞÛÛ²ÛÛÛ²ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛ 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±±±Û°°ÜÜ ß°°±±±±°°±±²² Þ°±±°°Ý °°ÛÛ°°±±°°ÜÜ°°±±ÜÜ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ±ßÜÜÜÜ ßßßÜÛÛÛÝÞ°ÛÛß ÛÛÛÛÛ°° Ü Þ°°±±°°ÛÛ°°ÜÛ ÝÞÛ Û °° ÛÛ°°ßßß°° ÛÛ ßßßßßßßßßß ßÜÜÜÜß²Ü Ü ÞÛÛ Û Ü ßßßßß Ü ÛÛÛ°°ÛÛßßÛÛÜÜ Ü  ÛÝßßßßß ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ßßßßßßßßß Ü±ÜÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÜ ßßßß ßßßß ±²Û²° ÜÛ±Ûß °°² the blender minces ßÛ°ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßßß° ßßßß ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß °°ÛÛÛ°°Ûs h i f t i n g i n t o g e a r ÛÛÛÛ°° Û±±°°ÛÛÛ°°ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ° ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ <warpus> WHO;'S READY TO BLEND?!?!?  and hey it's 2pm! is anybody else here? :P <MateoC> hey <n00b423> hello  does already started? <warpus> cthulu is delayed, but he is still at least a half an hour away. so  we will begin without him  * Skrubly has joined #blender <Skrubly> hey everyone sorry I'm late  [dude, late? the last artpack you submitted to was in august of 1998!]  * Mr_R0b070 has joined #blender <Mr_R0b070> Hello gentlemen! <warpus> mr roboto! <Mr_R0b070> I connected in my sister house to see you guys, hope to jump in  tonight or at least tomorrow morning <warpus> now that's dedication!  my sister would never allow that <Mr_R0b070> hahahahaha <warpus> she's ruthless jk she's quite nice ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß °°ÛÛÛ°°ÛÛa t o p i c a l t r e a t m e n t Û°° Û±±°°ÛÛÛ°°ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ <warpus> i believe cthulu is now making his way towards the blender exhibition  grounds! although he is currently embedded in a secure cone of  silence so it's impossible to contact him. word on the street is that  is on HIS WAY  what I need from you is one SUBJECT, one ACTIVITY, and one LOCATION  send in your words via private message NOW <warpus> I'm going to roll a joint while you're thinking and once I spark up  I'll move on to word selection  that seems as good way to time this as any <hmderdoc> sounds like a good idea <warpus> the ceremonial joint has been rolled. I'll give y'all 2 more minutes  to submit any last minute words <Skrubly> ahhh panic sets in  desperately thinking <warpus> I have now collected all the words. Give me a sec while I start up  the word selection machine and pull things out of a hat!  the subject we will be drawing our attention to this time are..  CLOWNS! <hmderdoc> scary <warpus> and what will the clowns be doing, other than scaring suburban housewives and little children? they will be INVESTIGATING <Mr_R0b070> omg this is terrible  hahahahahahaha <warpus> hey you haven't heard the best part yet!  these investigative clowns will be doing all this in a FILM NOIR * warpus changes topic to 'CLOWNS / INVESTIGATING / FILM NOIR ' * Cth_Mist has joined #blender <Cth_Mist> OK OK, what did I miss <warpus> OH MY ABRAHAM LINCOLN IT'S CTULU <Cth_Mist> is it too late to suggest words?  can I send in my submission yet? <warpus> you missed it by like 15 seconds  timed perfectly <Cth_Mist> the topic had better not be "cthulu's mama" again <warpus> i have just literally announced CLOWNS / INVESTIGATING / FILM NOIR <Cth_Mist> ok, not clowns investigating my mama  I'm satisfied  wouldn't want to relive that trauma yet again <sIMONkING> who makes up these words? =) <Cth_Mist> a room of trained monkeys <warpus> you, the audience! <Cth_Mist> ehh, same difference <warpus> there's at least 2 otters  ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß °°ÛÛÛ°°Ût h e r e s u l t s . . . Û°°  ±°°ÛÛÛ°°ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ° ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ <warpus> i assume we have all the entries by now, if not forever hold your  peace, or uhm you may now kiss the bride <Cth_Mist> we have our judging hats on  the spreadsheet is open  we're rolling dice <Skrubly> huzzah! <Mr_R0b070> kpowwwwhhhhh  !! <Cth_Mist> strong contenders!  they were weird words but the contributors rose to the occasion <Mr_R0b070> I never drew a clown in my life before Blender  ever <Cth_Mist> all right, I have to be on the road in 4 minutes so I'd better  start announcing winners such a slate of strong work we have a bunch of special recognition distinctions to give,  pieces that would have placed if there weren't so many strong  contenders this time around  thanks to all the first-timers  great work, great attempts at a tricky topic, solid entries from  simonking, jab, darkman almighty, harvest.pt and ignoramus  please come back next time and blend again  with work as strong as yours, very good chances you would place  (next time, incidentally, is the weekend of july 23-24)  in THIRD PLACE, winning one point for BLOCKTRONICS...  the amazing FILTH!  when does filth ever win third place? I told you the entries  were strong <Mr_R0b070> **applausse** <Cth_Mist> warpus, do you want to announce second?  I just ... I gotta run <Mr_R0b070> congratulations, filth!!! <Cth_Mist> in SECOND PLACE  I'm going to assume Mistigris takes the point  because no other group features lit!  he was a Blender monster in the '90s and apparently he still is:  SKRUBLY!  ok, Warpus, I leave you the announcement of the foregone conclusion of 1st place. <Mr_R0b070> go Skrub go!!! <Cth_Mist> Thanks everyone! * Cth_Mist is now known as Cth_away <Mr_R0b070> Godspeed Cthulhu!!!  So many participants this Blender <warpus> i'm in a different time zone today so a bit out of whack with the  timing ["out of whack" is an interesting way of describing what elapses next, an unprecedented event in Blender history: Warpus is already caught in a quiet netsplit of some sort, and from the perspective of the home viewers, inexplicably goes quiet, just as soon as Cthulu disappears, and keeps the channel in suspense for the next 45 minutes without announcing the first-place winner. We love maintaining the IRC tradition, but you just don't get glitches like that anymore unless you're vote-counting in Florida.]  <Mr_R0b070> hola Checo! <checs_> buenas! hi all again <Mr_R0b070> 3rd and 2nd place announced  waiting for the first place <Skrubly> whups I'm back lol  Hello <Mr_R0b070> congrats, mate! <Skrubly> Thank you!! :-D * Cth_away is now known as Cth_back <Cth_back> sorry, it took me 20 mins to drop my kids off at their piano  lesson and 20 more to get back  did warpus really never announce first place?  of course it's Mister Roboto putting his three points behind Blocktronics an incredible Blender end to end  thanks again to all of the participants especially all the first-timers <Mr_R0b070> Thank you! <Cth_back> I don't know what happened there after I rushed out <Mr_R0b070> not much hahahaha Can't wait to see the other entries! <Cth_back> it will be a Blender to be reckoned with, for sure  Skrubly, hats off for your incredible feat of featuring a parent  and their child participating in the same compo! I like to see  artscene traditions carry on and this is an amazing demonstration  of how it's done  so please give minoomah our regards and thanks for taking part again, next Blender is scheduled for July 23-24 We'll see you all then if not sooner!  Congrats to our winners Filth, SKrubly and Mister Roboto! * Cth_back changes topic to 'BLENDER WINNERS: FILTH, SKRUBLY & MISTER ROBOTO  // BACK ON JULY 23-24' <Skrubly> Thank you, this was awesome! :-D <Cth_back> You're just taking my word for it... when you see the Blender  pack, you'll know I'm speaking the truth 8) <jab> Thanks for the fun compo!  Having art from sceners' kids is a rising trend, we've seen that a few times in the c64 scene lately  ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß °°ÛÛÛ°°ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛi n s h o r t . . . ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ°° ±°°ÛÛÛ°°ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ° ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ If I could have found an easy way to squeeze in more of the IRC chat logs here, I would have. They were a vital form of documentation in the computer artscene underground in the '90s, capturing the freewheeling spontaneity and camaraderie as opposed to the potted propaganda of official announcements from house organs, but they also require quite a bit of editing in order to skim the cream from gallons of weak milk, and everyone has been waiting very patiently for me to get this all up. So since the art, and not the chat log, is the intended content, I had to throw it under the bus. I like to lean on it to give you the "you were here" feeling, living Blender weekend alongside us, but I also waited 16 years to release Blender results to my satisfaction, so ... if only there was a middle ground! The art was great this time, so much great art from so many first-time Blender participants (and of course top notch work from the regulars also) -- I was feeling going in that the compo had been underpromoted, but we enjoyed strong participation and I can't help but feel that the great topics contributed in a major way -- mfs wrote in to note that this was one of the all-time great Blender assignments, and he would know! An incredible return to form from Skrubly for the first time in the 21st century! You may feel that Filth was robbed by a handful of wretched words, but if you still feel the same way after reading through his note-perfect pastiche, we will have to respectfully disagree. Blender never was and never will be an ANSI-exclusive competition. If you'd like to see ANSI art only up against similar works in the same medium, I'd love to extend any help or advice I can offer in setting up and administering such a contest. (Best advice: don't leave the infofiles to me.)  Hats off to Skrubly for dragging his creative offspring into the Blender in his wake also, absolutely wild that this would someday be an intergenerational compo. Skrub shared many funny anecdotes and observations about the aging nature of the average artscene participant and I had to cut it all, but grand to see the traditions being passed along. Ranking-wise, a past scoring error was corrected that gave Blocktronics a bump and Lazarus a little hit. 67 was always a slow start where Blender is concerned, but now there is nothing between it and Mistigris' historical 1st place in the standings but the passage of time. At least, unless Mist can lure bryface back to compete in tandem with Skrubly, as foretold in last compo's infofile! We'll see how it goes in July! ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß °°ÛÛÛ°°ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛs o l o n g a n d t h a n k s °° ±°°ÛÛÛ°°ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ° ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ if there ever is another blender, it will most likely be held: (if not sooner!) saturday, july 23rd - sunday, july 24th, 2022 2:00pm - 2:00pm (est) #blender (on EFnet) please join us. - hennifer & warpus & cthulu <Cth_Mist> oh whoops, this was the public IRC channel, not the private msg  window! good thing I didn't include the customary racy polish kielbasa selfie SAUCE00Blender 2022B infofile Cthulu, Warpus & HenBlender! 20220501JPIBM VGA