July 1996 Teklordz Productions Artiphaks ts Hello and welcome to the July 1996 Teklordz Artiphakts! This month is a special month for the group because it marks the group s 2nd anniversary 2 years to this month Teklordz was conceived by Lawrence Manuel (Smooth) and Russell Sasaoka (Tekbandit) Back then Teklordz was primarily a Hawaii- only group but since that time we ve expanded into a worldwide organiz- ation dedicated to releasing quality art music and code Changes to the Dualing Policy I am quite sure many heard rumors about O-Tron s unexpected decision to join ACiD These rumors were true O-Tron decided to join ACiD and in lieu of our old no dualing policy was ready to leave Teklordz But I compromised the dualing policy not just because of O-Tron s departure but it was suggested to me that the no dualing policy might be hurting us recruitment-wise With Teklordz far more stable than it was a year ago I decided to nuke the no dualing rule However despite this we d still prefer those few dedicated souls =) New Senior Staff O-Tron decided to stay on with Teklordz but he also decided to step down from his Art Coordinator position The vacant spot was given to Extreme who since being chosen has performed an awesome job coordinat- ing artists and the recruitment of members Due to lack of time Inner Vision decided to step down as Music Coordin- ator Ionian Mode has decided to coordinate in his place Nothing like a bit o home-grown nepotism g Welcome New Members Nafarious who was initially invited to join Fire decided to join Teklordz instead Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy i don t believe to date that anyone has ever done that Except perhaps Extreme hehe Night Hunter from Israel has joined Teklordz as an ansi artist Altho he s only been drawing ansi for about 3 months his works show lots of promise Loki whose ansi work you will be seeing in this month s pack is a relatively new newcomer to the ansi scene His work too shows lots of potential Thanks to Extreme for recruiting this dude ) Gedge a vga graphics coder from Scotland First Teklordz dude to do some really fast code! (hah just kidding Amnesia) Gedge is also capable of doing demo effects and i m really not sure how we managed to pick this guy up hehe Actually thanks to Amnesia for recruiting this dude Sulphuric our new text coder recruited also for Amnesia We ll have some projects for him the in the future =) Departures Hellbeast one of our coders decided to leave Teklordz because of some personal conflicts within the group Hydrocephalus who leaves Teklordz for mOp! because of mOp s no dualing- rule Good luck to those who left =) Final Words On a lighter note Smooth returned to Teklordz to help me out with some of the administrative stuff for Teklordz Yay! Also special thanks to Mojo (one of our members from a year ago) for the nifty 3D guest art Be sure also to check out the Teklordz Birthday s3m by our Music Coordinator Ionian Mode We hope you enjoy this month s Artiphakts =) ts Teklordz Member Coordinator July 13 1996 - - Words from Extreme ext When ts asked me to write a few words I couldn t really think of anything to say Then while on irc the same day someone came up to me and asked what group I was in I said Teklordz he said Teklordz arn t they dead This didn t really shock me as it happens quite often What does shock me is why people ask this question We ve released almost every month this year except for one to my knowledge Come on people take notice! No Teklordz is not dead yet this great 2 year aniversary pack proves that We may not be that biggest group but we try hard to put out the best stuff we can If your interested in joining a small group with great atmosphere that isn t going to die drop us a line ) Extreme Teklordz Art Coordinator July 14 1996 moo