clouds ! ky the official rival newsletter! issue numba fi june one nine nine to tha five Sup y all ky in da house once again ta bring ya all the up ta date Rival info Uhm a lot has happened this month including the addition of some really talented artists as well as the fall-through of a merger Pretty hectic but we ve survived once again May s Pack What can I say other than it s all good If you haven t checked out Rival s May pack entitled The Dawning of a New Era you re missing out The pack is fly as fuck featuring a lot of great art by the people at Rival We got a lot of compliments on it which only drives us to put out an even better pack this month Intro to June s Pack Ok people I know it s small But this is June yo and many of our artists had to take finals graduate and what not Plus the fact that we re all pretty much lazy slackers =) But it s all good June brings us new talent and a new future June does not however bring us a viewer or a new appgen Heh sorry guyz But I ve already decided that I am going to spend the rest of the month working on these projects so don t bug me for shit =) Also for those of you who are fans of Tre-Bone s work I m sorry to say that you won t see any VGA s by him this month as he s been working his ass off with Furball setting up the Rival WWW Page Next month promises BOMB ASS VGA by Tre-Bone so look for it Right Tre =) Oh yeah one more last thing before I forget I owe Prince of Death a HUGE apology for not including his ansi in this pack I accidentally deleted it off my hard drive and couldn t get in contact with him to get it again It s a nice piece and will be in July s pack Once again sorry guy Completely my bad Tha Newbies Whoa Good month as far as new members go Ok we start off with the guy I ve been trying to get to join the group since like day 1 Saint Sinner from emerge FINALLY submits to the darkside and joins rival =) He is one of the best upcoming artists on the scene today I see nothing but continual improvement from this guy and his ansi this month kicks We are also delighted to have Hunchback of RELiC fame join up with the Rival crew He did an amazing BIN file and a pretty smoove ansi for this month s pack He s an extremely talented artist and we re lucky to have him Also a guy by the name of Prong joins us as an ansi font artist As a font artist myself I think this guy is just boiling hot with potential His logos this month rocks da heyouse and we re happy he joined our ranks Prince of Death is also a new Rival nig He also does some pretty wicked ass phonts and I m glad he finally joined We also acquired a very talented VGA artist by the name of Cristopher Robin who comes to us from Teklordz I ve been on his ass to join for the last month or two also =) Heading up our Internet Division will be a character by the name of Furball who has been a friend of many of the Rival members since day 1 We re glad to have his bitch ass on board =) Hi Jason =P Buh-Byes This month an artist who has been with us since day 1 leaves to pursue other hobbies Lithium aka Spawn decided he no longer cared for the art scene and dropped Rival It s really a huge shame that one of our most talented artists decided to quit the scene but it s all good No hard feelings The Oldies Ok we have an appearence by one of our artists who s been absent for a month or two He s like Elvis man we weren t quite sure if he was dead or alive But I guess he s alive and his name is Realm Dweller We re glad to have him back among the living He did a pretty cool pic this month so make sure you take a look at it Uhm I Kid Krylon have also decided to head our Public Relations department That s about it Sites & HQ s And Stuff We re still not accepting apps for sites and what not We re just hand picking them and trying to keep the distro list rather small So please don t ask us for sites So to put it simply don t call us we ll call you =) So any distro site apps are ignored and don t expect a reply Looking For New Members As many groups are Rival is ALWAYS looking for talented artists to join this here crew of ours ANSI RIP VGA and ASCII guys are all encouraged to apply We re not accepting any Lit people cuz alas we are not a lit group We have decided to start accepting Couriers so anyone who wants to run long distance errands for us are encouraged to apply In high demand are telecom and internet people You guys are magical So get in contact with any of the seniors Furball or Tre-Bone and they ll hook you up A Word On The Appgen Uh I know i promised a new one last month but hey shit happens Let s go for July k K How To Get In Touch With Rival Members We re constantly trying to increase the number of ways in which you can get in touch with us We re *VERY* interested in hearing your opinions on our pack And also if you want to request a piece of work from us you can easily do so The first and fastest way to get in touch with our artists is to call bEYOND! at 9o9 473 o768 Sorry folks the 800# died a couple days ago But you can pretty much contact ANY of the Rival members on there The other and most recommended way is to reach us on the internet Here s where you can reach us E-Mail Kid Krylon krylon@free org Tre-Bone tre-bone@deltanet com Phaedrus phaedrus@deltanet com Furball furball@deltanet com (more to come) World Wide Web Rival Home Page http www deltanet com users furball (under construction but still check it out! =) ) FTP FTP Directory peace wit com ibmpc ansi groups rival In Closing What can I say This is our 6th month in this here art biz and we re still going strong We in Rival have set goals for ourselves and do not intend to let anything or anyone hinder us in accomplishing these goals I can say that all things considered I am proud of this pack and the artists who brought it to you Thanks for checking out the pack and c-y all next month %kidkrylon rival senior staff