clouds ! ky the official rival newsletter! issue numba fo may one nine nine to tha five Hey kiddies Kid Krylon in tha house to bring you the up to date Rival info mashun Rememba you heard it here first Ok let s begin shall we April s Pack Welp it looks like Rival s April pack Two Tricks and a Dimebag was a huge success wif da art scene people Many have said to our surprise that it was one of the better packs they downloaded for April We re quite pleased with the response we got from it It kinda reassures us that we DO have a place in the scene and makes all fuzzy inside Uhm welp we re glad you enjoyed it but that s the past We re about moving forward So let s move on no Intro to May s Pack As it stands now I don t have a name for May s Pack I ll come up with one later Hell It s only April 30th and the pack isn t due out for another couple days But um I do have most of the art for the pack and I can honestly say I m excited about releasing it It s kinda small this month but just about everything is bewming with quality I think that this pack is even more solid than April s and I didn t think we d ever top April s Um there s a wide variety of stuff for you to look at and I have no doubt that you will enjoy this small but in my opinion beautiful pack that our artists have worked so hard on Thanks Tha Newbies Woohoo damn a lot of new members this month I sure hope I can remember them all Lessee Ok first we welcome a d00d by the name of Dr Meltdown He s an ansi artist who comes from a group called ORBiT He has a lot of potential and we re happy to be working with him We also welcome a new ascii artist to our ranks by the name of Airborn He s in a number of different grewps ASiA and remorse to name a couple We also welcome an artist and former founder of VOiD Weazel He ll be doing ansi and maybe some rip vga for us I hope =) A guy by the name of Twisted Logic also joins our ranks He s an awesome ascii artist and upcoming ansi artist We also has a couple artists join and then drop all in like 2 weeks time for reasons of their own Hrm I guess that s it Thought there was more Oh well we re happy to have all of these guys with us Buh-Byes Like no one left cept those two that joined and dropped Uhm Phatal and VEEDiOT Cool huh The Oldies Welp Rival one again has three seniors We asked Fear if he d like to resume his Senior Duties and he said he did So it coo He s once again run- ning shit wif me and Merlin He s a damn good senior member and his reinstate- ment should really help the group run smoother In other news Phaedrus was promoted to the position of Public Relations He ll be the person ya talk to if you re interested in joining He ll also handle shit like publicity and will also probably be contributing a lot to Faded in the following months He s a staff memba now Woohoo Sites & HQ s And Stuff Ok Rival has once again decided to accept sites EXCEPT we will not be accepting applications for sites We will be hand picking them Um as you may have noticed a majority of our HQ s were dropped Why Uhm at 6 30 in the morning I can t particularly remember the reason but it has something to do with cuz they were useless to the group Get the picture Good So If you are not on the site list you are not a site or a HQ Plain and simple Looking For New Members We re always looking for new members Ansi Rip VGA artists especially We could really use artists in these three departments VGA and RIP people are highly in demand due to the fact that we only have two As far as ascii people go we re accepting ascii guys too but to be an ascii artist you MUST be exceptional at the medium We don t accept any fakes No lit people are being accepted Period Uhm we could use another telecom person or two that could submit to our every whim And at this point only exceptional coders will be accepted But if you wish to join please fill out the appgen and upload the application to beyOnd! We ll review your app and get back to you asap If we don t get back to you within a couple days leave either me or Merlin mail on beyOnd Rival s Position On Multi-Grouping We continue to maintain and stand by our no multi-grouping policy for ansi rip and vga artists as well as coders Ascii artists however are permitted to have 4 total ascii affiliations including Rival Our members loyalty and dedication is very important to us as it s one of the main reasons we ve come this far And with it it will take us even farther A Word On The Appgen The current appgen is somewhat outdated We re not accepting people for a number of the positions the appgen supplies apps for I didn t have The Hunter update the appgen for the simple fact that I plan on having a new appgen for June s pack Hopefully Heh Anyways A Word On The RIP s For some reason or another ACiDViEW(tm) has problems with the two rips included in the pack On TB-SUSHI RIP it shows you the rip and locks up and on DC-BEYND RIP it fucks up completely They are good pics so if you have an alternate rip viewer please do view them Sorry about this We re taking steps to correct this =) Thanks In Closing Yet another chapter closed It s May 1995 and Rival has produced it s fifth pack Some said it wouldn t happen It seems Rival emerged onto the scene when there was a sick infestation of new groups We were often discounted and discarded as being another new group of lamers that will not stick around or become anything in the art community At one time it might have been true But no more We ve worked hard and put forth our best efforts to improve our skills and better ourselves as artists and because of this hard work we ve risen above all expectations We ve proved that through dedication loyalty hard work and determination a small new group can succeed whatever the odds may be Each of our artists continually improve exploring and developing styles and sharpening their skills and techniques with each new month And I think that this pack more than any of our others proves this fact I can t even begin to express in words how proud I am of this group of artists we call Rival Each and every single one of them has my utmost respect I m also proud of our pack this month Extremely proud Until now April s pack was our best and in my opinion this pack is 10x better than April s pack So we hope you enjoy looking at it as much as we enjoyed putting it together for you -Kid Krylon- rival senior member