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[ e d i t i o n j u n e 1 9 9 9 ] . ____. _ ___ | | ____ ________ / \__ _\\_ \| |_\\ _/___ ____\ // _//__ _/ \ \ | ____/_/ () _\____ \_ __ \ \ \_ | \/ / / __ -\//---------\ \ | _ _ _ _ /----------------\\/- \\____|\___|-\_______/ \___/\___/ \\_______/nD! Hello ascii lovers worldwide ! Sorry thats the issue comes out so late, but I was in holidays... Following things happened in the ascii scene in tha last month: · Apu/HLM^ex-DKB left the whole computer scene. His Amiga got a total HD crash, and because he is in the army for about 30 months and is home only on weekends, he has no time to fix it all... His Board, the Kwik·E·Mart, is offline, too. · Daeron left Alien Technology and joined Low Profile. · Darkus announced to leave Low Profile. He is going to build up another ascii group, together with Devistator, Blue and Karlos. The group has no name yet. There were also rumours that Dezibel/A! woul leave Arcade for the new group, but he stated later that he is going to stay with Arcade. · The last issue of TAC threw many dust up... Read about it in the letters section, where I will answer on the colly statings of Azzaro and Blaze of SEA. · A new artist called Cru joined 1oo% Ascii Design. He is also PCB door coder in the PC group Underground Empire. · The Ascii Charts have got a new email: asciicharts@hotmail.com . Write if you want to: · say your opinion · send us missing collies · give us an interview · do colly reviews · send some group/personal news · ... If you can offer something like colly reviews, interviews, articles about the ascii scene etc. you can become a steady member of the TAC staff. TAC will no longer be a one-man-project. Send your applys to the above-mentioned address. Do not wonder if the answer will take long time, it's because I can check this address only once a week. truly yours, diPSWiTCH/aRCADE^aHS^1oo% // tHE yARD sTAFF ____. ____ .________ ________. ____ ______ _____ _\ | _\\ _/__ | /_:_\ | _\\ _/__ _\\___ \_ / _//__ _/ __|_____/ ___/_|______/ : \______:/ ____/_| _ _/._\____ \_ \ \ \ | / : \ | \ : \ \| / / --\ \/ _ | / : \ |_ _ \ \ /- \_____ / \_______/' /_____/:\_____\ ` \_______/nD--- \ \\_______/ \__/ : \____/ · Now, first of all, a statement by Azzaro/SEA about my and Neurodancer's reviews, taken from sea-adia.txt. > and now some hot words to our big > fan - dipswitch from arcade and > 100%, operator at the yard bbs > and author of the official ascii > charts. hey mate - why are you so > angry for poles? we just put I am not angry for poles, some of my best friends are poles. > polish language into the collies > because they are addressed mainly > to polish auditory and contains > logos for polish demo scene > groups and freaks. the only But you must recognize that your collys are traded WORLDWIDE and english is the language of scene communication. Well, I can understand Polish a little bit because Russian is my native toungue, but there are many people out there who can't understand Polish, and they just fuck about such collys. I can under- stand their position; who wants to leech over 200kb in hope to get 200kb pure ascii fun, getting instead of it over 100kb of texts that they can't under- stand. Just think about it. > thing to archive ascii colly with > using lha is... capacity - it`s > realy easier to send packed colly > to your friend by post or e-mail > than unpacked one, sometimes > 400kb long file. so, if you care Ok, I'm sorry for accusing SEA for putting packed collys on BBS's. I didn't know that that most of the Polish ascii artists have no BBS access and do only snailmail... Well, this time my anger goes out to the people who spread Polish collys on BBS's, like Ufok, Madbart etc.: PLEASE UNPACK THEM BEFORE PUTTING THEM ON BOARDS ! IT'S TRADITION THAT ASCII COLLIES SHOULD BE SPREAD UNPACKED WITH A FILE_ID.DIZ IN THEM ! > about it, try to unpack the files > and then spread around the > world. if you only want to get If I would, I would get -2 credits for duping. Because the collys are unfortunately already spread in *.lha format. > hottest ascii releases from us > (sative mea) just try to contact > madbart or cerber and download it > from our official distro sites > where they`re are uploaded as > fast as we can. Are there some SEA distros outside Poland ? > bbses in poland sucks and you Why do they suck ? I've heard that The Sect, for example, should be pretty good... > must to know that there are two > trading ways - mainly with > using snail mail with post > offices and second one is bbs web > with traders. ascii makers are > mainly swappers and snail traders > so we can`t upload our works to > the bbs station at the same day > we release each colly............ > so, dispwitch, get this works > from official distros (the sect > bbs is recommended, radioactive > bbs also) and if you only want > ask sometimes for new releases at > our e-mail addresses. it`s the > cure for your ill, hehe. try to > think about this one: chuj ci > pojebie w dupë z kotwicâ, póki > jeszcze jebany szwabski pierdoîo > nie rozumiesz po polsku dîugo sië > nie nauczysz... best regards!.... So, you think I can't understand this !??! GET THIS: (in Russian hehe) Ey ti pedoras ! Wo perwich ya ne "szwabski pierdoîo" i wo wtorih, pochemu, po washemu, kashdiy ascii artist dolshen razumet' po polski ? Polutshai eto, jebanaya suka ! Chuj tebe w shopu ! Ok ? Dont get insulted ;)... Not so serious, just as answer on your polish insultings...;) - diP/a! · Some days later, Azarro brought out another colly (sea-xfl9.txt) and wrote following things: > not for neurodancer and dipswitch eyes for sure. get the fuck out of here > you german fuckheads... poles are really preferred one more time for sure Poles are preferred ? Why you trade this collections outside Poland then ? > YOU TO MY NEWEST ASCII COLLECTION ENTITLED SIMPLY "EX-FAKTOR LITE 1999" > THIS ONE CONTAINS LAST PART OF LOGOS IN THIS SO UNREADABLE STYLE AND IT`S > RELEASED JUST FEW DAYS AFTER PREVIOUS ONE NAMED "AQUA DI AZOR" [SEA-ADIA.TXT] > SOME IDEAS COMES TO MY MIND AFTER RELEASING THIS CRAZY COLLECTION AND THEN I > DECIDE TO TYPE SOME LINES MORE AND RELEASE THIS EX-FAKTOR`ED COLLY. I WAS > REALLY SURPRISED ABOUT GETTING A LOT OF REQUESTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD AFTER > MY AND BLAZE`S "MORNING LEMON" WITH HOT WORDS ABOUT THE STYLE. THANKS AGAIN > AND TRY TO KEEP REQUESTING THIS STUFF. THE ONLY PERSON WHO ATTACK US WAS > DISPWITCH/ARCADE AND 100%. I SMILE AFTER READING HIS PATHETIC WORDS IN "THE Are you suffering from some phobia ? I didn't attack you - the review in TAC 99/05 was even quite positive. I'm not jumping around for joy about your collection, but it is - as i said in the review - quite ok. > ASCII CHARTS 05/99". HEY DIPSWITCH - READ THE NOTE ADDRESSED TO YOU IN "AQUA > DI AZOR". TODAY I JUST WANT TO SAY - WE PISS YOUR OPINION, HEHE=). THE ONLY > OBJECTIVE PERSONS AND OUR JUDGES ARE POLES OR PEOPLE WHO KNOW POLISH LANGUAGE Well, the most important thing in a collection is the art. Really objective persons piss on the texts around. > JUST THOSE GUYS OR GIRLS CAN UDERSTAND WHOLE "BEAUTY" OF THIS COLLECTIONS > WHICH CONTAINS ENGLISH AND POLISH TEXT MIXED IN ONE SESSION. TRY TO LEARN > SOMETHING MORE THAN SHITTY GERMAN AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE MY DEAR. CIAO, > GOOD BYE OF JUST AUF VIEDERSEHN - DU BIST DUMM... A triple FUCK YOU about that ! Besides English and 'shitty' German I know Russian, Latin, French and Spanish. Good bye, auf Wiedersehen, do swidania, au revoir or just hasta la vista, hijo de puta. ¯ ¯ -diP/a! · Here's another statement from SEA crew, this time from Blaze. > ogue... . . mmm, style is the sa > me as in "morning lemon", someti > mes a bit updated. there is poss > iblity that you'll get me as rip > per after watching this, but.... Why should you be a ripper if you use the same style as in a previous colly ? Since when an ascii artist needs to have 1000*Pi styles ?! > i don't care. since i know it's > maked only by me. btw, dippiy... > try to give your suggestions 'bo > ut every sative mea collection i > n your chart! i really apperecia > ted this idea, but i'm affraid t > hat only some of our collies are > flying somewhere on the i-net. s I don't care much about i-net since i have none... And if you think I haven't noticed some SEA collies, then I just haven't reviewed any single colly of them. But each SEA colly stands in the monthly release list and is also counted in the release charts. > hit. but ask people 'bout us som > where. or there. oka..... that w > ould be all for today. take a lo > ok at furthcoming days and reque > st something if you need. peace. - diP/a! · Dwarf/KKZ felt insulted by the review of his previous colly. So he wrote this in his last one: > hello, nice to see you all again. this is my second > release under killkrazed label, and i think it'll > be the last at the same time, because kkz isn't > working and i think it's dyeing. so i'm > looking for an ascii group to join. contact me if > you want to make a preposition. now some feedback > about tac-9904.txt (the ascii charts). my colly > called kkz-rock (the rock) reviewed in tac-9904 > also and neurodancer smashed it right to the bottom > . so i just wanted to say that it wasn't really > motivating to read that my style is completely > unreadable. i haven't been long around the ascii > scene and my style might not be the perfect but you > could have said what's wrong instead of crushing my > ego a part. though i didn't mind a lot about your > preview but somebody in the future might care what > you say, so you could be more friendlier in the > future. btw the logo you requested can be found > below, no need to thank me. This is what Neurodancer wrote back: A word about my reviews in TAC 04/99. Seems like some of you out there where offended by it (hehe). After reading the paragraph in Dwarf's "Time Lapse" collection, I wrote the following text. Dwarf, you are damn right to say that it was a rude review about your "The Rock" collection. Its easy to insult people when you don't think about the consequences. I want to explain this - I don't want to justify why I wrote those reviews the way I did. So here follows the somewhat lengthy explanation (to make more enemies, haha). All of the reviews for the April issue of TAC were written nearly in one go. I could've written "Uh, this is not so nice to, uh, look at" - I wrote "Its fucking bullshit" (or something similar). Either way, you'd probably have said that you don't care - just that being so rude made me feel better: I was enthusiatic, trying to write reviews and do constructive criticism, but I had to find out that there often was no substance to base it on. It appears to me as if the Ascii artists of today don't understand the artform itself they're practicing very much - I believe that guys like you neither understand or know about its origins, nor its purpose (I won't explain that here, look for some 1992/1993/1994 collections yourself to get the idea). Maybe thats not the point for *you* as you're seeing yourself as "the next generation" Ascii artists. But if you practice a quite long established computer art form, you will be measured by the work that has been there for a longer time than you maybe even have a computer, at all. The countless collections of these days, by, for example, Sative Mea are, IMHO, not very good (with some exceptions) - I'm sorry. I can't do a thing about it, except that I meanwhile stopped reviewing and trading such collections. Their not worth my time. Hey, I mean... its OK to create stylish logos, but damnit, they must be somewhat readable, too - and the intentions of the artist must be other than "release for the sake of releasing" and "increasing the size of the collection by all cost" (more on that topic later) - but exactly THATS what happening, don't you see? In the past, you've probably downloaded some pictures from computer party competitions, and most of the time, there's one or more pictures in childish kindergarden style just drawn for fun, and most likely the party people had a good laugh - and forgot about it. What do you want to be? Someone to laugh about, or someone to be taken as a serious artist? "Serious" doesn't mean there shouldn't be any fun - but any of the Ascii collections that I regard as really funny *do* contain serious art! You yourself wrote that you aren't long in the Ascii scene, so I wonder where YOUR inspiration to do Ascii, the way you do it NOW, comes from, first place? What I'm trying to say is: I fear that guys like you might "inspire" other people out there to do Ascii the way they see it in these collections, thinking "hey, thats easy, I can do that, too!". AND I fear that the wider audience that Ascii art has or had is going "nahhh, Ascii art is just crap, just look at that unreadable shit" (ask Ghandy/Gods, a long-lasting scener and respect person, about that topic) - and forgets it. Ascii art doesn't deserve either - IMHO. Everybody can write a book, and everybody can do Ascii art. The difference is whether how and *if* its going to be published. In this manner, TAC is (IMHO again), the place to put these things right. The jury, if you want to - but not the judge. We can't confine anyone to stop releasing what they call Ascii art, we can only say what we think about it. I am *not* one of those "some years ago, everything was better" winer guys. But if I'm measuring much of this "modern" Ascii art with the old stuff, I'm really tempted to start doing so, as so many others did - before they resignated from the scene. The way I wrote those reviews, about your and others collections was pretty harsh - but in the end, I must admit I do NOT regret it. Why spend time on diplomacy? "A diplomat is a person who tells you to go to hell in a way that you're looking forward to the trip" - I don't have the time for that. Its easy to make enemies; I really don't expect easy making friends when writing reviews for TAC: the one who opposes to an individuals belief and opinion is always the bad guy, an idiot, whatever - well, so be it, its the way of the world. Per your request in "Time Lapse" I tell you what you could do about your style: drop it. Or change it so that you can (to quote Nebraska/SoS once more): "read (it) without being mentally (and physically) disturbed." Above I mentioned something about the release and "design" behaviour of many so called "artists", and I want to sum up what I've already pointed out in one or the other of my reviews: too large descriptions (some people never learn that a File_ID.diz is 44x12); headers bigger that the art between each and every logo (meanwhile, I started to call this behaviour "SEA style"); bragging and glorifying when its not due; empty spaces before LF/CR to blow the size of the collection WAY up (even from your "Time Lapse" collection, my text stripper removed over 16kB of totally useless spaces - at the moment this is only topped by one of the last SEA collections which contained over 60kB of waste-spaces). And personally, I think that at least 80% of the Ascii art of today is pretty unreadable. Now, I'm sorry if these words aren't "really motivating" either, but I *am* one of those guys who's thinking that telling my true opinion is better that do any soothsaying about something that doesn't deserve it. In the scene, we've always been able to do so. Call me a dreamer. - nD/1oo% · Now, last but not least, an IRC chat with Mortimer Twang/LP! about the Charts. (\nUwALk3R = Mortimer) [ join ]diP^a (bbs@port008.koeln.ndh.net) has joined channel #bgirlarmy <\nUwALk3R>invite <\nUwALk3R>ah heyhoes ! <\nUwALk3R>you read my jedi mind there zaner yah dips <\nUwALk3R>dippy dread ! ;:) hehehehe your jedi mind well right <\nUwALk3R><---- notorious daddy dumb ahhhh heyyy daddy teeee ]] whut whut [[ <\nUwALk3R>dip, got's to say BIG UP for the asciichart thing ... quote me on that ;) hhe another capture for the next mag... ehm issue i mean 0) i think i could neeed some more ganja asap... hehe morti thanks for the flowers..;) you have read the newest ? (05/99) <\nUwALk3R>dip? say what? (= <\nUwALk3R>reading it now hehe diP^a» what about the interview stuff.....? (du weist, ich bin freitag weg) [...] <\nUwALk3R>dip I have a little suggestion... ja ok ... morty: say what ? no, better whut, and again whut [...] <\nUwALk3R>don't kill me :) but I'd love to see an extract of the highlights of the collections that are being rewieved too... not just the file.I'd... I think that would be cool yeah as neurodancer did on his review part last issue, like on those wack collies, he copied some parts out of it,, also cool ... aaahh,... jeah...seee i'm too lazy for it cause it's so fucked on pc it has no aehhmm 'zwischenablage' but have you read the last one ? neuro does it always when he does the reviews.. [...] <\nUwALk3R>clipboard you mean? mo: yo ! zaner: haste capture gemacht ? bei mir gehts nit soo gut should i capture? no problem <\nUwALk3R>zaner.. hehe I use it as a guide to see _what_ to leech (= heheh zu spaet denk ich... noe ich kann von wann ich will ich hab scrowling mo: leech ALL !!!! \nUwALk3R» hehehhe ok ;)) right zaner: ja dann mach bitte capture seit ich reingekommen bin hier.. ok erledigt ist jetzt seit dem ich hier bin <\nUwALk3R>(= dip, I hate to tell ya'll this ... but I leech stuff by the file 'd :) and if it's a reknown artist in general hehe well... wht schuold i say... what about 'whut whut' ? hehe damn i think i have to do some logos this night and i think i will do so i tell ya: leech tha 1oo% things, they are very okee...! <\nUwALk3R><---- daddy phool knows zaner: yoyo do dat <\nUwALk3R>dip, this chart actually makes you itch for CED and some cigarettes [...] mortimer: hehehe jeah... come on draw something... you owe me a dipswitc logo ! ;) [...] <\nUwALk3R>dip, concider it a love asc2treat [...] <\nUwALk3R>but to be realistic... beer's first i think i have to capture this...hahahahha <\nUwALk3R>(= _____ ______ ______ _______. \ _/ ______ _______. _____ __\\__ \_ _\\ __/_ .___\ |__\___._\\ __/_ .__\\ | / _//__ _/ _/ _/ ____/_| \ | | ____/_| \ |_\___ \_ \ \ \ \ ` \ _| | \ ` /\ / / --\ \ \ _ /\ / | _ | _ /\ __ /-- `---- \ \\_______/ \_____/ `-\____|-\_______/ \__/\___/ \_______/nD! \____/ ____. / | _____ _____ __ ___ | |__\\_ \__\\_ \_\// // fiLENAME: 1oo-flat.txt | | / / / / /__ aScii lAbs dATE: 03/06/99 -| _:\_______/\_______/--\_/-\/----------- aRTiST: Miracle |__/ : prEsenting tAG: mrc :...... "fLAt" gROUP: 1oo% donAtions FoR the AScii-sceNe (nEw stylE) hiS cOLLY nO.: 12 by MIRACLE/1oo% . ... ...... ...03/Jun/99 fiRST oN: Aurora Borealis 1oo% hits again. Well, I think that Miracle's new style is perhaps really too 'flat'. Nothing more to say, I don't wanna hail productions of my own team... - diP/a! _____._ __ _______ __ \ |__________ ____\// /__\ \ fiLENAME: bm-20.txt \ _ // \/ \_._ dATE: 06/06/99 /___/________//____\__/_____________\| aRTiST: Ave . ½ bLACK mAiDEN aSCii pRESENTs ²³ | tAG: ave'bm -|------------------------- 04/05/99 -| gROUP: Black Maiden | "2o" | hiS cOLLY nO.: ? | - a short-colly by avenger/bm _| fiRST oN: Hazard/2 |___________________________________\ All in all a very very nice colly ! Look at this logo: ___________. ____ \ | _ ___________\_ )_ ___ \ | _________________ aALTO! \\ ____ /______\_ )_\ |_\ __ /___________ _ \ _\ / //__________\\ \ / // \_______/_\ / _ / \_ _/ / ave'bm\________/__/ /_________\ _ / \_________/ On the one hand, I like this example of 'chaining' of letters very much, like the A's. On the other hand, I dislike that the L is in no way connected to the rest of the logo. Work that out, and your style will be perfect... - diP/a! . / . kore. proudly presents /___. fiLENAME: k0-cyber.lha : . "cyberkartoon" | dATE: 05/06/99 ___ the 29th ascii-collection | aRTiST: Acid /_ _\ . . . by a(id/kore. | tAG: a(id \_V_/ | gROUP: K0re |=| . release date of k0-cyber.txt:| hiS cOLLY nO.: 29 `-' . 015.006.999 | fiRST oN: The Sect _ _____| wyzej kropki nam nie podskoczycie! \ ________________________________________\ Another one in .lha form... well, at least we don't have bbs banners on the top and bottom of the file - instead, we have dozens of adds in the archive. Thats advanced. :) In the intro texts, Acid is philosophing around about oldskool etc. etc., while in the next paragraph mentioning he's doing ascii for 3 years now. I really wonder where all that inspiration to write about "oldskool" etc. can come to someone who's doing ascii only since 1996. The collection itself is pretty nice I'd say, lots of funny ascii machinery and stuff... you scroll down and scroll down and literally TONS of items scroll by, I really respect this "artform" in ascii as I myself are one hell of a lousy ascii character/item painter... :) and while you scroll down and down, you start asking yourself... "where's them logos?!" :) ...well, they're in the "second part" of the collection. It seems to me as if the ascii scene is sliding into an entirely new dimension of one little problem... I'm talking about the screen resolution. I look at ascii collection in CEd on a 8oo/6oo WB screen, and looking at the logos by Acid gives me the impression that he's using something like a 64o/256 resolution. All the logos look very horizontally compressed here. Besides that, some of the characters could use some improvement concerning the readability, the "F" and "P" look almost the same and the "R" is one hell of a strange invention. :) Some last words that don't have much to do with a review: the logos Acid drew here immediately reminded me of a style that my groupmate "bUd" once did - but he never ever released anything using that style, and it is almost ages ago that he did that stuff. And now Acid comes up with something very similar. *NO* I'm not accusing anyone of the two of ripping! For me, its a very good example for all the dudes out there who are fast with blaming others of ripping. Think about it. -nD/1oo% . _ kore. manufaktories fiLENAME: k0-spin1.lha |_|/_____ . in '99 present dATE: 08/06/99 | / \|___. __ ----------- aRTiST: Cnr / k0re.| |/ |_____ . tAG: c&r _ /. prod |___| | \| gROUP: K0re // . 1999 | | |_____| hiS cOLLY nO.: ? / . 6-08 | |____ __ fiRST oN: The Sect __________|--------------|_T-- 'spin1' by cnr.. [to watch this colly use text viewer which supports at least 754 columns. or simply do it with cygnus editor] ------------------------------ Sheeesh, another one in .lha form. But besides that, this one's different in another way, to. The logos aren't arranged one after the other, scrollable from top to bottom, you have to scroll vertically and horizontally to see them all. This idea was picked up by Grimlock/e^D first as far as I can remember. However, CNR tops it by really letting them flow around in a spiral... respect, it must've been quite some work to arrange the logos this way. Well, concerning the logos... I *think* this style could be quite nice. Why? Because all the characters do way too much "float" into each other, and I really needed the extra headers to tell me what the logo says. If CNR divides his characters from each other instead of melting them into one big block for each logo... well, the outcome could be a nice style or a plain and boring one, I can't tell. :) -nD/1oo% ___________ _____________ ____________ ½½½½½________ ½½½½½ ½½½½½_________½½½½½ fiLENAME: sea-dcry.lha ___ ½½½½½ ½½½½½___½½½½½½½½½½ ½½½½½ dATE: 06/06/99 ½½½½½___½½½½½ ½½½½½______ ½½½½½____½½½½½ aRTiST: Azzaro ----------------------------------------- tAG: az0!/sea sati\/e mea ascii collection release gROUP: Sative Mea ----------------------------------------- hiS cOLLY nO.: 59 "diskocitizen rocks you bitch" by azzaro fiRST oN: The Sect very disko. very oldschool. veryvery and manymore -[az0!/sea]---------[06/jun/99]---------- Hehe, you can call this one 'How to hide the text in a colly behind some senseless crap chars'. NO, I do not mean the logos ! I mean the whole random chars in the colly, simulating floats of text. Someone might think "Oh, many polish text again", but it's only some randomly set chars like ”sldkfopewr0349n2850924uerffds-flnp4or2094++-*^:l3me. Funny idea, Azzaro, word up ! About the logos themself: I can't understand the idea behind some letters. Look at this logo: ______ ______ _____ __________ _\ |______ ______| /_\ /_________\ ___ /_ | ____/ | / \/ | | _____\ | / | |_____ ________ _________ /______________| -----|______\----/_______\-------/___/---------------- az0!/sea Wanna guess what it reads ? Perhaps TYSO, or CYSO ? No, it reads KYLO ! You may say: "What, THAT'S a K ??? It looks rather than a T, or, in worst case, a C...". Yeah, I would agree with you. But, even if the logos aren't THAT nice, the colly pleases through nice and innovative design. - diP/a! __.._____ ____. ____ ____ ____ \_||_ // /|/ // /____)_ \_..__ fiLENAME: kkz-lap.txt vol/ / _. / _. ____/_||_/ dATE: 10/06/99 . __./ \ \| \ \| \ \ .__ . aRTiST: Jaw : //____/ \____\___/ \____\_________\:\ : tAG: jaw : ¡ ¡ : gROUP: Killkrazed : | lapponia. by jaw | : hiS cOLLY nO.: 3 : _¡_ released 10.6 _¡_ : fiRST oN: The Yard : _\|/_______________________________\:/_ : Someone might perhaps say that Jaw developed his style since his last colly. But in which direction - better or worse ? I regard Jaw's style as quite abnormal, in a negative way. Just take a look at this logo and judge your- selves: _________ _______ ____ ____ _________ _______ _\ |_\ |_\ _|_._\ _|_ _\ |_\ | ) O/ | `. __| `. | `. | `. \___|_ `. ___|__ `.__.' __| . \_. __| __| `. _| )___\____| |_______|_______|_________|___________\ |____|jaw `. By the way, it reads 'greets' ;)... Sorry, but for me it is still extremely ugly ascii... - diP/a! __________ A R C A D E ____\ __ / fiLENAME: a!-icons.txt - --------- - ______\_ \ / / drn! dATE: 15/06/99 _\ ._ ,_____/_ aRTiST: Dezibel -÷--- - ----------._____ l/ _______,----÷- tAG: dz/a! : `----' : gROUP: Arcade ¦ dEzibel . aRcade . i9gg . pResents : hiS cOLLY nO.: ? : tHe . wRetched . oF . tHe . eArth! ¦ fiRST oN: Eternity : : -÷--------------------------------- - ----÷- Dezibel's greatest colly ever. For me it's the colly of the month. A huge respect colly, in wich neearly every logo does have an own style. I said in some TAC that an artist should stick to his style, but here each style is an exclusive creation of the artist, and each style has Dezibel's personal touch. GREAT ! You MUST leech this ! - diP/a! ___________|_ _\ | fiLENAME: a!-meltd.txt __ | _ .___ |__ dATE: ??/06/99 ½½ | ½ __|_ \| \. aRTiST: Dezibel ½ | _ _ | | dezibel of arcade tAG: dz/a! | /_____| ____ | gROUP: Arcade -/--|-------- |___\|___|_------------------» hiS cOLLY nO.: ? _ | . | fiRST oN: Eternity ½ | | ½ | Dz/a! _| n u cle ar me l t do w n |__________\ Well, I think this colly isn't just that highlight as a!-icons.txt, the style is pretty hard to read IMHO, but of course it's still worth leeching, also because of the supreme design. Dezibel is for sure the new master in colly designing... - diP/a! .----.___ eL nINO/mIMIC | _| ). fiLENAME: m-en-12.txt .___________|___\| | dATE: 15/06/99 | |_, | | aRTiST: El Nino --|-- hAS sEEn tHE fUtURe tAG: en gROUP: Mimic hiS cOLLY nO.: ? fiRST oN: The Yard Yes, I am positively surprised about this colly... Another PC artist with a nice amiga ascii style popped up. Well, just the false usage of amiga chars in some places is hmmmm disgusting. Just take a look: .:::::. .... __ _:::::::. :::::._ __ ____ ____ ______ ./ )__ __/ ::::::::. :::::½\__ __( \. / /_ ./ _/__ ./ \ .__ |_ \ / Ó:::::Ó::.:::::½ \ / _|./ \\ | _) \| _ /. | _/ // Ó::::: ::::::½ \\ \_| \_| | .___| /___| | \_____//_______ :::::. ::::'________\\_____/|_______/\____| |_____\ en | . `Ó:::: |_____._|___. .__ _ |_____| |_[ sINiSTER 6ooo ] It reads 'SINISTER'. But isn't something wrong with the 'N' ? Yes, El Nino forgot about the difference of Amiga and PC chars. The 'N' ment to be in that way IMHO: .:::::. .... _:::::::. :::::._ / ::::::::. :::::'\_ ·:::::·::.:::::' ·::::: ::::::' ___ :::::. ::::'_____ `·:::: Well, not perfect, but there are no more displaced Ó's and ½'s... The colly is very short, as we are used from Mimic collies, but all in all the style is quite nice, if you leave this PC<->Amiga char story out... - diP/a! __. ___ ____ __. ___ ____ _____ _/ |/ (/___(_/ |/ (/___(_/ _ (_ fiLENAME: m-tmcib.txt _ \/ _/ \/ _/ /___/ dATE: 15/06/99 ._ \___/ _ \____/ _ \ \ \ _. aRTiST: Volatile | /____/ / /____/ / \______\ | tAG: vol | vol/___/ /___/ | gROUP: Mimic | | hiS cOLLY nO.: ? | The Mack Is Back | fiRST oN: The Yard ¯)_____________________________________(¯ Nice ! Volatile gives us what you can not expect from any PC group colly: Nice design, well-proportioned and no-too-long file_id.diz, 100% compatib- lity to the Amiga charset. Good work, Volatile ! Here's my favourite logo: .__..____ ___ ___..__. .____ .___. _.__..______|_ || _ (_ ___)_ \ (___|| _|____| _ (_ | |______..__._ \| || / _/ _ /__/ _ ___/ _______ \_ _ /__/ _ _| \ || |/ vol\ || / \ \ \| \ \ \ / / \ \| \ \ \ || / |\ || /\______/_______/\______/ \______/\______/\______/\ || /| | \||/ /_______\ \||/ | | \/ Respects Goes To Dezibel \/ | |__||__ An artist my art looks pale around __||__| _) || (_ ___..____________ ______ ______ ____________..___ _) || (_ \__||__//___||___________((_____//______))___________||___\\__||__/ Have fun ! - diP/a! ____. / | _____ _____ __ ___ fiLENAME: 1oo-afnd.txt | |__\\_ \__\\_ \_\// // dATE: 17/06/99 | | / / / / /__ aScii lAbs aRTiST: Cru -| _|\_______/\_______/--\_/-\/----------- tAG: cRu |__/ prEsenting gROUP: 1oo% "a fUCK¡NG nORMAL dAY" hiS cOLLY nO.: 1 cONTA¡NS mUCH'o bBS, f¡LE_¡D, sYSOP sTUFF fiRST oN: The European by cRu 17-jUne-1999 Underground ____________________________________________ The first colly of 1oo%'s new member. Well, the colly design is quite good for a newbie, but the style is too 'unready'. Here an example: _________ _________ ______ _________ ________ \ _/_____ ________ _____\_ /_____\ \ ____\_ /_\ ___/___ \ _ / _ \ _ / / / _ / \_____ / /_____/_____\ ________ /_____/_____\ _____\_____\ _____\_____\cRu_________\ It sais 'BOARDS'. Well, I could have read 'HOANAS' instead ;)... Well Cru, dont get dismotivated and work on your style ! - diP/a! _______ _________. ______. _/ ___/___/ /o |____\__ | fiLENAME: sea-celi.lha | ____ __ -\---- o/__ | dATE: 14/06/99 |_/--------|_/-----------------\_| aRTiST: Blaze .==================================. tAG: b|z/sea | | gROUP: Sative Mea | SEAHUGEMASTAKILLESCREW. | hiS cOLLY nO.: ? | THECELEBRATIONOFTHELIZARD.PROLOG | fiRST oN: The Sect | 13TH BLAZE COLLECTION RELEASE | | OR MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE... .. .. . | | | `-b|z'sea-----------------14/06/99-' Another packed SEA collection... Well, now we know that the fact that Polish collections are always packed, is the fault of the swappers which are too stoopid to unpack them before putting them on boards... Well. The style of the colly is quite nice, it's the same style Blaze used in 'Morning Lemon'. Perhaps Blaze heard my words and now sticks to one-two styles instead of introducing a new style in each collie. - diP/a! _ /________________ \/ // fiLENAME: 1oo-jff!.txt \ __ dz\a! / dATE: 22/06/99 /_ \. _______ /__. aRTiST: Dipswitch / |/ ._ . |_ 1 o o % ascii labs tAG: diP/1oo -- /_____|_ |/ /| / ------------------ gROUP: 1oo% \ /_____________\ hiS cOLLY nO.: 13 \ ___/ 22.o6.99 fiRST oN: The Yard \ | _ "just for friends" \| / dipswitch/1oo%^a!^ahs : Just a little lifesign from me. Just check this out and judge yourself... BTW I'm NOT going to leave Arcade, I just do some collies for 1oo%, too. - diP/a! -------------------------- fiLENAME: sw9x--9x.txt s p e r m w h a l e dATE: 21/06/99 aRTiST: Sperm Whale 9X -- 9X tAG: ass gROUP: - -------------------------- hiS cOLLY nO.: ? fiRST oN: The Yard Wow, a lifesign from Sperm Whale ! But there are only 4 logos inside, so I ask myself if it was really worse releasing. Never the less, the logos are nice, Sperm Whale improved his style a little bit... Here an example: ________. _________________ /__ ./ |/ ._ / _/ _______________ | | |/ / \ / | | / _/ _/ |_________| \__________\ _ ________________\ irc for irc |ass |_________| \/ I love this style !!! There could be a little bit more of it...;) BTW Sperm Whale, why you changed your tag to 'ass' ?!?! - diP/a! ___ zbr\s3a---\ / _______ ________ _______ / __\ __/_ _\ _ /_ fiLENAME: sea-adia.txt ___\ _/__\ __| _ | dATE: 20/06/99 | \___ \---\_____!-----/____! aRTiST: Azzaro ·--\___________\\---------[.s.e.a.]- tAG: az0!/sea ------------------------------------ gROUP: Sative Mea sative mea presents "aqua di azor" hiS cOLLY nO.: 60 azzaro and smutek podlasia fiRST oN: The Sect everything but not ascii collection ------------------[june/20/1999]---- Well, the same thing as in sea-dcry.txt... Nice design, funny texts (I tried to read it with a dictionary), but the same unreadability problems with the logos like in the last colly. - diP/a! __.._____ ____. ____ ____ ____ \_||_ // /|/ // /____)_ \_..__ vol/ / _. / _. ____/_||_/ fiLENAME: kkz-lii.txt . __./ \ \| \ \| \ \ .__ . dATE: 23/06/99 : //____/ \____\___/ \____\_________\:\ : aRTiST: Jaw : ¡ ¡ : tAG: jaw : | live in ilmapallo by jaw | : gROUP: Killkrazed : _¡_ released 23.6 _¡_ : hiS cOLLY nO.: 4 : _\|/_______________________________\:/_ : fiRST oN: The Yard Nothing to say. Same dubious style as in last colly. Not worth talking about. - diP/a! . _______ . ________ . ______ ____\\_ )___\\_ )__\(___ /__ fiLENAME: kkz-tl.txt __\\ _| __/_ _| __/_ ______//_ dATE: 27/06/99 \ \_ // \_ // \_ // aRTiST: Dwarf /________| /______| /_______|_______\ tAG: dwf .Ab/Punk|______| |_______| . gROUP: Killkrazed _: \ ( killkrazed ) / :_ hiS cOLLY nO.: ? \________\\---------------------//_________/ fiRST oN: The Yard \----------\ [27/06/99] /-----------/ /_ _\ | dwarf of killkrazed presents his last | | colly in killkrazed - time lapse - | |__________ ___________| Gawd, I'm tired... Dwarf seams to have learned nothing from the review of his last colly. Well, I don't care too. Hey Dwarf perhaps you have a chance in the PC art scene... - diP/a! __________ _______ __________ ._\ _____/__\ __/__ __\ _/__. fiLENAME: sea-xfl9.lha | \____ \ ___/_ __ | dATE: 27/06/99 | \/ / \ _/ | aRTiST: Azzaro |__ _____/ \_____| __| tAG: az0!/sea .-/__________\---/________\----|_____\--. gROUP: Sative Mea |WICKED KNIGHTS OF SMALL LINES-SATIVEMEA| hiS cOLLY nO.: 61 |=======================================| fiRST oN: The Sect | | | "ex-faktor lite 99" by azzaro | | multiplastikk micro forms | | | `-az0!/sea---------------[27/jun/99]----' Wow, Azzaro was not lazy this month. Well, the same as in the two previous Azzaro collies: nice design, dubious style... - diP/a! _____ ____. \ _/ ___ | _|________ ____ _____ __\___.\\_ \| \: //_._\\ _/___ _\\__ \_ _/ | \ \ \______/ | ____/_/ _ / \ | \ \_ | / \ / \ __ --\ _ | \ |nD!/ _ _ _ \ \----------------------\\/- \\____| _ |\___| /______/ \\_______/ \---\ \ \\___| \____/ _ _______: ____. ____ _________ / \__ ___\ |__\___|_\\ _/___ ___\ // _//__ _/ \ ` | ____/_/ \ _\____ \_ __ \ \/ _ | \ /\ / / -\//---------------------\ _ / \ _ | _ _ _ _ /-- \\_____/ \\____|-\_______/ \___/\___/ \\_______/ The interviews with Daeron/LP! and Zaner/A! are postponed untill next issue. Sorry. _____. _ ______ _____ | | _____ _____ / \__ _____ ___\__ \_ __\ __/__ | |__\ _/__ _\\__ \_ / __/__ __\ _/__ _/ __/ _// ____/_| | ____/__/ __ \_\____ \/ ____/_ \ \ \ \ \ | \ / / \ \_ --\ \ \ _ / | _ _ / __ _ _ /-- \----\ \\_______/| |\\_______/ \--/_____/ \_______/ \\________/ \ \ | | ____ _ _____. \_____/ | | \ / / \__ | | | | .__\___. / _/__ _| |_ rELEASE liST | _|____| |_\____ \\__ ___/___ | \ | | / | \ \_ -------------------------| _ \_ _ _ | _ nD! \ /----------- `-\_______/ \\____|-\___ /\\_____ / \___/ \__/ U P D A T E : ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ .-- jANUARY 1999 - - - - |--------------.----------------------------.-----------.---------.----------. | filename | colly title | artist | crew | date | |--------------|----------------------------|-----------|---------|----------| | pnk-indi.txt | infinite dreams |don rapello| phunk | 01.01.99 | `--------------'----------------------------'-----------'---------'----------' .-- mAY 1999 - - - - |--------------.----------------------------.-----------.---------.----------. | filename | colly title | artist | crew | date | |--------------|----------------------------|-----------|---------|----------| | sea-mysl.lha | studios on | revi | sea | 05.05.99 | `--------------'----------------------------'-----------'---------'----------' R E L E A S E L i S T 0 6 / 9 9 : ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ .-- jUNE 1999 - - - - |--------------.----------------------------.-----------.---------.----------. | filename | colly title | artist | crew | date | |--------------|----------------------------|-----------|---------|----------| | 1oo-flat.txt | flat | miracle | 1oo% | 03.06.99 | | k0-cyber.lha | cybercartoon | acid | k0re | 05.06.99 | | bm-20.txt | 20 | ave | bm | 06.06.99 | | sea-dcry.lha | discotizen rocks you bitch | azzaro | sea | 06.06.99 | | k0-spin1.lha | spin1 | cnr | k0re | 08.06.99 | | kkz-lap.txt | lapponia | jaw | kkz | 10.06.99 | | sea-celi.lha | celebration of the lizard | blaze | sea | 14.06.99 | | a!-meltd.txt | nuklear meltdown | dezibel | arcade | ??.06.99 | | a!-icons.txt | wretched of the earth | dezibel | arcade | 15.06.99 | | m-en-12.txt | i've seen the future | el nino | mimic | 15.06.99 | | m-tmcib.txt | the mack is back | volatile | mimic | 15.06.99 | | 1oo-afnd.txt | a fucking normal day | cru | 1oo% | 17.06.99 | | sea-adia.lha | aqua di azor | azzaro | sea | 20.06.99 | | sw9x--9x.txt | 9x--9x |sperm whale| - | 21.06.99 | | 1oo-jff!.txt | just for friends | dipswitch | 1oo% | 22.06.99 | | kkz-lii.txt | live in ilmapallo | jaw | kkz | 23.06.99 | | kkz-tl.txt | time lapse | dwarf | kkz | 27.06.99 | | sea-xfl9.lha | ex-factor lite 99 | azzaro | sea | 27.06.99 | `--------------'----------------------------'-----------'---------'----------' _____. c H A R T S 1 9 9 9 ! _____. _ _______ | | _____ ______ | | / \___ __\ ___//_| __|___ _\\__ \_._\\__ \__| |_ / __//__ _/ \ | \\__ \_/ _ | _// /\__ ___/__._\____ \_ \ / / \ \ | \ ` / / -----\_ _ : / : / : \ \nD! \ _/--- \\_______/`---/ /`---/_____/`-----\ \\_____ /\_______/ \____/ \____/ \__/ .--last place | ..* - / - c h a r t s ' 9 9 .|. .:. ` ` * moving 1. sative mea (sea) - 18 collections (2) + since last issue: 2. arcade (a!) - 16 collections (1) - + = up - = down 3. kore (k0) - 7 collections (4) + 0 = constant 4. 1oo% (1oo) - 6 collection (5) + killkrazed (kkz) - 6 collections (5) + remorse (r) - 6 collections (3) - 5. low profile (lp!) - 5 collections (3) - 6. phunk (pnk) - 4 collections (5) - 7. black maiden (bm) - 3 collection (6) - element (e) - 3 collections (5) - mimic (m) - 3 collection (7) 0 save our souls (sos) - 3 collections (5) - style (se) - 3 collections (5) - zetec (ztc) - 3 collections (5) - 8. faction (ftn) - 2 collections (6) - linear (la!) - 2 collections (6) - mo'soul (m's) - 2 collections (6) - tasg/tesg - 2 collections (6) - 9. die kranken bomber (dkb) 1 collection (7) - extreme arts (ea) - 1 collection (7) - inhale (ih) - 1 collection (7) - jedi arts (ja!) - 1 collection (7) - off world (owo) - 1 collection (7) - shrimps design (shd) - 1 collection (7) - sublime (sub) - 1 collection (7) - up rough (up!) - 1 collection (7) - @BEGIN_FILE_ID.DIZ · _ __ _ · -:-//--/----/--------\/--------\----\--\\-:- : ÷ tHE aSCii cHARTS 06/99 ÷ : : ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ : : rEViEWS, nEWS, cHARTS... sEE wHAT hAP- : : pENED iN jUNE. tAKE iT oR lEAVE iT ! : _:____ ___:_ ·diP/--÷---÷--÷/(20/07/99)\÷--÷----÷--\a!· @END_FILE_ID.DIZ ---(eof)--- . . _____: . 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