iCE iCE iCE iCE iCE iCE NFO NFO NFO NFO NFO NFO at tt J U L Y 1 9 9 6 1 The troop was faced with the tough decision of whether or not to invade a small island nation and make it our home-base or to work to release on the first again Being that it s very difficult and expensive to bring a T1 to the island we decided to once again release on the first Word from the islanders is that they are quite thrilled with our firm dedication to prompt packs (grin) 2 Over the past few months iCE has grown exponentially While our member listing is more or less the same as it usually is our overall group has become more robust (yes an industry buzzword!) It was thus decided that we reinstate the iCE Advisory Council position The advisors are more or less like a junior staff and work with the Senior Staff and department heads Congratulations go to Aphid Twix Magnetic M and Mass Delusion on their promotions to the Council! 3 On the olympic front iCE has won gold in rendering doodling and pixel jumping silver in maniacal rantings and frozen-pole licking and a bronze in the newest olympic event turnip farming! 4 Another ice org update! We ve added our very own news server to the wildly impressive list of ice org services! Our upstanding artists will of course be sticking to the art-related newsgroups although word on the street has Devastator checking out alt eastern european sex sex sex! 5 A barstool and a beer this month to new pixel-pushers Eporue and Nixus Two new VGA artists with spectacular new perspectives Enjoy their work while sitting Also signing up this month was Egoteq in the ANSI division who teases viewers everywhere with his seductive ANSI sketches And last but most definately not least a big allo to Citizen Blue in the Members section Citizen Blue is one of the few the proud the ice org admins and has been more than tremendous in that painful( ) task Welcome all! 5b Spring came late this year as five members returned from inactivity They are (drumroll please ) Final Descendant hFaze and Salmon in VGA Gman in ANSI and Natex (aka Microsoft Natex 95) in the coding department Excuse them for being a bit wet but we ve been watering them for months! 5c We must also bid a fond farewell to departing brethren Defiant and Fluor who left for Samsamar and to Zarkon who left for Legend v2 Good luck all of you in your future endeavors 6 We were going to put a lawsuit threat in this NFO file but we were quickly contacted by lawyers of another group who told us that doing so would violate their lawsuit threat in which case they d be forced to sue us which would cause us to sue them back which would in turn require them to sue not only us but the International Olympic Committee and Jimmy Carter since he s from Georgia 6b However if we don t use the word sue then we won t be sued so if you reproduce retransmit use or sell this pack or artwork contained within without the expressed written consent of iCE we will be guilty of legal maneuvering against you 6c I was forced by contract to inform you that we were informed by another groups lawyers saying that we implied the word sue and therefore we deserved a slap on the wrist 7 After learning a new magic trick the following iCE members forgot how to undo the trick and have vanished into inactivity Spiff Grendel Highness Lord Carnuss Mephistopheles Shaggy Tempus Thales Veks Mascot Nuke Dawg Shockwave Supreme Musicphreak and all of FUEL iCE Euro (except for Thrasher) 8 99 Bottles of beer on the wall 99 bottles of beer 8b Take one down pass it around 98 bottles of beer on the wall 8c 98 bottles of beer on the wall 98 bottles of beer 8d Take one (WHUMP!) ouch sorry 9 People have been asking about advertising as it COULD be sort-of construed in a ROUND ABOUT way that we support things for money etc This is just simply NOT true and I d just like everyone to know that 9b Thank you to our July sponsors Schmedtek Inc Gordon Lund Industries and Miller Medical for their support 10 Syntax update! Syntax Error has returned from Las Vegas and the Keys and brought back pretty pictures and new women When asked about his manly exploits Syntax proudly asked What do you mean manly 11 On a more serious note we are still taking web site (paying) requests Our team of html coders and graphic designers is willing and ready to be put to work Visit the award-winning web site http www ice org for more details on how to put iCE to work for you! 12 Another rad month! And the naysayers were proven wrong about us once again iCE is friendly strong stable and striding towards bigger goals Keep up the great work you guys and gals sure are an inspiration to many others in our little microcosm As always we re more than proud to be iCE! Force Ten Friar Tuck Lord Soth Syntax Error