Oh shit! He s back Another Dreary(but short) Nfo by Mass Delusion ALiVE You dread me You see my writing and you run Look out! It s MD s info files! aaaaaah! Well guys this month I have to clear up a couple of things This last month could have been a helluva lot better Anyways - here goes First I d like to extend my apologies to RaD Man of ACiD Productions for the miscommunication error that occured last month with ReDMaN and Variation and Grifter Like I ve said previously we ll all double check as should everyone It s a long story and unless RaD Man wants to tell it I m tired of relaying it so read some old MRi messages Secondly I d like to extend a second set of apologies to Demize our one-month-old-and-still-producing-like-mad Member Last month was Demize s first month well it WAS supposed to be Unfortunately it was late at night when I was putting together the pack I was using a ziplist and going in alphabetical order Well unfortunately my alphabet didn t contain the letters DM and Demize was left off the list Yeah yeah I m a dumbass Well his work IS represented and quite well in the April pack and we hope you enjoy and gurgle a whole bunch over it! Next this month we would like to welcome our newest addition - PLiNy of CoRoSioN (in)fame! He ll be doing our diz and zip comment work and some ascii login screens for boards who want them We re looking forward to some great work (like that found in this pack just hafta remeber PL ) and those who are going to inevitably request them may post on any ALiVE sub (MRi or Intrusion currently) and ask him Communication The most essential part of our group To aid in it we ve started MRi (Malicious Revelation International) and we ve added quite a few distribution sites and a couple of member boards and we ve just drastically expanded our central and eastern standings this last week Any board interested in a good small general but art emphasis network please contact either Ryunosuke on ENiGMA 408 484 2058 or myself on my board (# at end) SAGA Small Art Group Alliance This doesn t really belong in the alive info file but I m writing it so suck it SAGA is something I started with one simple laid back purpose in mind To promote the small guy It s often hard for a group to gain exposure when they just start out So SAGA offers a cheap and easy alternative Any WHQ for any small art group(acid ice gothic don t need exposure =) is free and encouraged to join SAGA SAGA is just a small network with simple rules and minimal polling(3-7 per week 5 minimum recommended) Each WHQ that joins gains a sub for the groups they WHQ(art groups that is) and then each node picks up that sub Thus the WHQ having a wide selection of that groups members online can provide a strong forum for answering group questions Thus the only requirement to join SAGA is that the board be the WHQ I may in time extend this to one other HQ board for each group but not yet Interested parties sysops presidents please email Mass Delusion wherever you see him round Oh yeah if any font masters read this(hint big 4!) I need a cool SAGA font thanks in advance Ok enough personal stuff outta the way What else happened this month Oh yeah - our viewer Our viewer made VAST improvements this month which you ll get to see(if it makes this pack) Internal ANSi parser(no ANSI SYS) GIF code shell to deadview until our personal rip code is finished an alive member demo sequence to the tune of Wild Thang and regular MOD support during normal viewing Our version after this will include video modes full internal rip support and a new ansi of Maxx by T3 yea! yea! yea! Cool alive font this month by none other than Variation I d like to thank on behalf of ALiVE Ascension and ByteMan for really cranking down on that sucker and getting to work on some serious improvements Good work you two! Sites People have bombarded us with site apps Until after this pack is released we ARE NOT giving any sites As of 4 1 the sites will begin to be given out but in such a small and slow manner that only strong art boards will stand a chance at aquiring the official alive affiliation (if that means anything =) And one other things about sites is - we don t give sites to boards to help the boards Rather we give out sites to help promote alive but taking on a distribution responsibility you in turn help your board I for one am tired of seeing apps saying I want to have the best board man gimme an alive dist site! No it s the opposite if you give us a good place to distribute our stuff your board in turn will get the alive affiliation It s a two way street - granted but we don t HAVE to have distribution sites and doing so we want to promote OUR group not YOUR board(a little of both is cool tho ) Ah well I m off my soapbox Variation this month DID do something While his pack representation is small VR did in fact do a COMPLETE language and menu set for Celerity Version 2 0+ This is not like other menu sets trust me The docs for doing such an endeavor unzipped reach upwards of a meg Yeah a meg it s a bitch Good job VR and hope to see that board up soon! Last but not least We are were talking with Dosage and some 310 guys about getting together however Dosage hasn t gotten back to us yet so we don t know where anything stands pffft Other than that march was a good month and our april 1st release our 3rd survival pack is alive and kicking and in our opinion we are doing well All questions for alive may be directed on the alive sub on MRi or Intrusion NET One could also easily reach us via Packaged Rebellion the WHQ at 916 246 7165 Mass Delusion ALiVE Senior CoRoSioN wouldthisbeatrueinfofilewithoutthesesupahkewlgreets Variation - k-weer and fah-q - nice pr font tho =) Thee 3rd - Thanks for taking courier responsibilities ByteMan Ascension - Good coding this month Oh yeeaaaaaah Neurotic - You are to sites as that little dog is to the papa please huh 2 -can I huh please huh huh huh can i huh please heh! CHQ Maybe! MYSTiK Dosage - Well Are two days up yet ! =) And POLL ME! AAAAH! heh Beastie - It s the big BEaSITE scandal! News at 11 00! Glenn Danzig Replay ADC Crew - Messages think Messages grin Lord Mystic - Let s get some CoRNET going eh Illusion 2 - Wishing you luck man stay cool To those artists who promised me ansi s - WELL ! =) PLiNy - WELCOME ABOARD! Thanks a bunch for the diz and welcome 1! Demize - Sorry once again man hope this pack makes up for it Schitzo - 2 U S Boards = 1 Canadian board grin RaD Man - take it easy man misunderstanding - that s ALL Azrael - good work man now you know where to come =) SMiRK - thanks for helping out hopefully you enjoy the ride hell this has GOT to be enough already