hen t h e e r the blender welcome one and all to yet another HENNIFER-BRAND(tM) infofile with additions and changes by the ever so charming warpus the liquid g e n e r a l c r a p in the tradition of the very successful joint and swap(tM) irc activities comes a third ultimate idea yes if you can read ( !) you ve guessed by now THE BLENDER!!!!!!!!! p r o c e d u r e s quickly! before time runs out this how a blender(tM) event will be run 1 - everyone will gather in #blender (on EFnet) 2 - at precisely 7 30pm EST warpus the host of this event will explain how the blender works 3 - each person will come up with ONE idea it can be in one of three categories thing (ie horse) action (ie fishing) and place (ie white house) 4 - everyone will submit their ONE idea to the organizer who will make a list this organizer currently is warpus msg your words to him writing down of the words might take up to 5 minutes so please be patient 5 - the organizer will randomly pick THREE of the ideas (one thing one action and one place) these three ideas will be announced and put in the topic 6 - your mission is to create a masterpiece about the three picked ideas there are a couple restrictions - no sumbission may be bigger than 150k zipped - no more than four people may work on one joint - a person may submit no more than three entries (solo or joint) your masterpiece may be pretty much anything ansi ascii music lit vga etc everything is allowed as long as the rules are followed 7 - the funpo ends at 10 00pm EST and that s when all the work is collected warpus usually collects all of it unless his dcc fucks up (which happens a lot ) you *may* submit early if you wish check the topic line to see who is collecting just to be sure 8 - a winner is picked but that is usually not announced sunday night the group that the winner is representing receives a point and the winner(s) is are placed on the artist(s) of the week list 9 - the pack is then released so that it can be downloaded by hordes of eager blendeners blender supporters fans fanatics dentists and communists a d v a n t a g e s hopefully you get an idea of the fun involved here but along with that blender(tM) has numerous advantages over the other irc events INFINITE PLAYERS - yes this means never having to turn eager blendeners away PREFAB INSPIRATION - for those of you that can t think of anything to draw here other people will do most of the work for you! ORIGINALITY - finally something other to draw than breasts =) just imagine a pack with 20 different interpretations of a horse fishing!! NO QUALITY CONTROL - it doesn t matter how well you do how silly or serious you are because you won t be messing up anyone s work except your own =) EASY TO RUN - no messy file exchanges + no hard-to-enforce rules = a smooth- running operation with no annoying delays COOL ORGANIZERS - yes finally a compo that is ran by really cool people ) w h o s b e h i n d w h a t ! people seem to be confused as to who does what during these blenders well warpus - runs blender writes nfo files releases packs judges hennifer - invented the blender helps out sometimes judges serial toon - our official irc courier spreads the packs sagittarius - the southeastern european blender distribution coordinator xypher matryx - takes care of the blender homepage stereo - coordinator of blenderNET numerous people also help out every week by collecting files and kicking idiots out of the channel here s a list of *most* of them cheeze spear ironghost stereo rhyz iceage mel farr suppastar gza rusted there are more i know i just can t remember if i forgot you please email me and bitch at me ) we also have couriers spreading the packs all over the planet consult blender sup to find out who they are m o r e g e n e r a l c r a p now that you know what the blender is and how it works i ll let you in on a little secret the 24th blender will be held wednesday may 7th 7 30pm - 10 00pm (est) #blender (on EFnet) please join us - hennifer & warpus