oldskoolfad ed he ader clouds ! ky the official rival newsletter! issue numba six june one nine nine to tha six Greetings and thanks for viewing the June 1996 Rival pack entitled Back to Basics Because indeed we have gone back to basics Since our revival in March of 1996 our packs weren t has successful as we wanted them to be So we decided to go back to what we know and that is quite simply producing quality art And do we have some quality art for your ass this month May s Pack What happened to it Heh we at Rival decided not to release a may pack for a variety of reasons First we needed to get back on release schedule We released the last two packs (March & April) in the last quarter of the month and we wanted to get back to releasing in the first quater of the month Also we needed time to get reorganized I was pretty much absent for the last two packs and when I came back things were in somewhat of a disarray So some restructuring was needed and time to do it as well We do however plan on releasing monthly from now on at around the first of each month Intro to June s Pack Something about the end of spring and the onset of summer makes a mother fucker wanna doodle We have some AWESOME art in this pack I expected the pack to be good at the beginning of the month but no where near as good as it is This pack is truely our revival pack It seems like March and April were just practice releases Because with this pack comes the quality and the talent you were used to seeing in the oldskool rival packs plus the bonus of a guest appearence by Defiant of Anger Yes we are truely back and let only a fool say otherwise New Talent I know I m gonna fuck this up We ve had a LOT of people join since in the last two months This is in no specific order and please forgive me if I forget anyone With that said A spectacular artist by the name of Weazel returns to Rival He joined Rival shortly before it died and we re glad to have him back His ansi is truely mouth watering and word has it that his RIPs are too Also new on the roster is Kargus an ansi artist with talent skill and style I personally love his style and I think you will too Moving on yet another great ansi artist by the name of Nafarious joins up with the Rival family This guy simply rocks I ve seen him execute a variety of styles and all he does very well We lub Nafarious Yes we do We ve also had a couple really good VGA artists team up The lovable Pinguino who has a style all her own She produced some really high quality GIFS this month so check em out If acidview won t view em FIND A VIEWER THAT WILL CUZ THEY ROCK We also have a wackyass they call Outkast who s VGA you may have seen in ODiUM packs His VGA s are DY-NO-MITE but sadly none are in this month s pack But most definitely look for some work by him in July s pack He did however do a spiffy RIP this month so check that out Speaking of RIP an old friend of ours FINALLY joined our ranks Malebolgia aka 69 of former ACiD and Flatline fame has come to us For those of you who haven t seen Malebolgia s work you re missing out He has talent cerainly unmatched by any in the scene And for those of you who have seen his work you know what I m talking about Word has it that another ex-rival artist by the name of Realm Dweller joined back up But I think he s lost If someone finds him please send him my e-mail address and a copy of aciddraw Thanks Dearly Departed We ve had our share of losses as well But parting is such sweet sorrow and I hate to dwell on it But a goodbye and a sincere best of luck to everyone who left us this month This month and last month too Deep Breath It s been a long two months But well worth the wait that I am sure of We ve been through hell and back but the important thing is we re back Hell was a nice place to visit but living there would be a bitch yo Anyways I can say that Rival is back on it s feet with a running start Things are starting to flow a lot more smoothly now and everyone in the group deserves credit for it You may have noticed that the formats of the memberlist and this info file have been recycled The same formats were used in the May and June 1995 Rival packs I m sure you can guess why I m using them again If you can t think about it It ll come to ya sooner or later Making a guest appearence Is Defiant who s an awesomely talented artist and good friend of Rival s He did a BIN this month that you re sure to love Parasite from iCE did the font on it and it simply kicks much ass Thanks Defiant Rival Oldskool style I ve included a special section this month entitled Oldskool Rival These are pieces of art that were relesed in our very *FIRST* Rival pack back in January 1995 Next month I ll include pieces from our February 1995 pack and so on Why is probably the first question that comes to a lot of people s minds And I say because everyone needs a good laugh! =) Plus it shows you a bit of our history and what we ve evolved from A lot of us had different handles back then so please refer to OLDSKOOL KEY for alias coversion =) Oldskool Rival when finished will contain six volumes dating from January 1995 to June 1995 A collection thats a *must* for every household to have Looking For New Members Rival is ALWAYS on the lookout for new members to join our ranks We re looking for ANSI RIP VGA and ASCII artists As well as musicians and coders too Also HTML wizards are encouraged to join! Now there s one slight problem Er our appgen isn t finished yet So you ll have to contact us through e-mail (our addresses are listed below) or on irc in #rival We will be offering more methods of contacting us soon but for right now you can only do it via the internet using email or irc If you e-mail us please give us a brief description of who you are and what you do Also please attach a zip of your best work to the e-mail If you re on IRC join #rival and look for us there flip27 samnesia and ky- are the nicknames of the Rival seniors How To Get In Touch With Rival Members E-Mail Rival Prod rival@gaianet net Kid Krylon krylon@gaianet net Stone Amnesia isuttle@empirenet com (due to change) Flipside twentyseven@oversight viasub com World Wide Web Rival Home Page (coming soon) FTP FTP Directory (coming soon) IRC #rival In Closing I d like to congratulate EVERY single Rival member on a pack well done I m extremely proud of this month s pack and I hope the rest of the members are as well I m looking forward to July s pack It seems that we just keep getting better and better And thats how it should be Thanks for viewing our pack and see yallz next month %kidkrylon rival senior staff