$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$ yd$$SS$by $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$ $$$$$$ $$$$ d$$ $$b $$$$ --------- $$$$$$$ - $$$$$$$ l$$$ l$$$ ----- --- $$$$ ---------- $$$$$$$$$ $$$$ $$$ $$$ $$$$ $$$ 4$$$$$$$$by 4$$ $$$$ 4$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$ l$$$l $$$$$$$ l$$$ $$$l yyyy y 4$$ $$ l$$$ $$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$ $$$$ $$$$$ $$$ $$$$ $$$ $$$$$ $$$l $$ $$$ $$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$l $$$$ $ $$$ $ $$$l $$$$ l$$l l$$$! l$$$ d$ $$$l d$$$$$$$$ --------- $$$$ --- $ --- $$$$ $$$$ 4$$ --- $$P --- $$$$ --------- $$$$ $$$$ 4$$y$$P $$$$ we(mist) $$$$ $$$$ the mistigris august 1997 newsletter by quip introduction Quip here Cthulu s taking a break from assembling the Mistigris funk pack this month so instead you have to put up with me Lots has happened since the tour has ended including the release of our first solo pack in all of 1997 3 megs of great art if you haven t seen it yet pick it up at cdrom com disembodied com or lit org and send us some feedback (email addresses are in the memberlist) I m going to cover a lot in this news letter so brace yourself as we dive deep into the ocean of funk that we like to call Mistigris member updates This month wasn t too bad as far as members go We lost some we gained some and we regained some Enough of that here they are in no particular order Additions Syncrow - hi-res department email = situ@bconnex net Vanon - hi-res department email = juha@vilmi mbnet fi Bloodshed - hi-res department email = bloodshed@mindless com Schtroumpf - lit department email = schtroumpf@ultranet ca Kyo - hi-res department email = kyo@lava net Syncrow joins up with the hi-res department and will hopefully be producing some good vga in future releases Vanon brings vga and telecommunications skills and might even eventually be able to score us a 24 hour bot in #mist! Bloodshed also of Seed brings his great skills to the vga department as well Schtroumpf former leader of lit group Cenobite (r i p ) returns to the scene and joins up with the Mistigris lit department Welcome back smurf! Kyo returns to Mist to produce some vga and rip despite some small conflicts with other Mist members on IRC Welcome (back) to Mist guys! Okay okay enough vga artists how about some ansi and ascii artists Come on people you know you want to join =) Subtractions Sadistic Intent - ansi department reason = to run Society Jake Blues - music lit departments reason = quitting scene Catch22 - ansi department reason = to run Glue FrgnFruz - ascii department reason = because he s a bonehead Sadistic Intent was supposed to stay on the memberlist for August but he decided to release the one logo that he submitted with Society so I just took his name off Oh well Jake Blues great friend of many Mist members is calling it quits Best of luck to you in getting a real life! =) He was last seen on the set of Blues Brothers 2000 in which he will be starring opposite of John Goodman Catch22 quit the ansi division to run his own group Glue which had a decent first release I might add Despite a short argument that we had on IRC about why he left we re still the best of buddies =) FrgnFruz quit the ascii division again Not a big loss but he did show some potential I think the whole reason that he isn t much of a loss is the fact that his attitude just didn t fit in with that of the other members frgnAWE- #ansi i buttfucked cthulu I think that says it all right there folks Changes Ansi rip artist and musician Neophyte (a k a ME) officially changed his handle to Quip His email address (in the memberlist) will still be the same though just for convenience s sake Gravity changed his handle to Arch Angel He is also helping run the up-and-coming Society Cthulu also changed his underwear Yes it happened AGAIN folks that nutty guy The most recent news on the topic of members is that Cthulu decided that I am worthy of a senior staff position so here I am =) the internet In the past couple months Mistigris has been doing a lot of work on getting better known on the internet We have been updating our main page working on a new one working on individual pages for each division PLUS some members are even putting their own Mistigris support pages up on their own personal homepages This is appreciated guys thanks a lot! Right now our current page is at www geocities com Athens 1758 mist html I m not sure what the deal with www lit org mistigris is but I m sure there will be something about it in next month s newsletter Regardless of that please check the site out Sylphid (coder and old warez extroardinaire) has been hard at work designing the Mistigris Coding Page which can be found at www infomatch com sylphid Mavrik (KitschNet head occasional Kithe coder and lover of words that start with K ) has also been working on the Kithe homepage which I assume can be accessed at www lit org mistigris kithe On top of all of that Crowkeeper has been working on the Mistigris Member List Page which I THINK can be located at www imag net crowkeep mistmem html If it doesn t work stay tuned next month for more info on that Myself and Geekboy are also working on the Music Division Page but we ve barely started it so that s hardly newsworthy yet While i m talking about the Internet and Mist i d like to send a special thanks and a word up! to Crowe for granting us (with his wonderful genie-like powers) our own web page space on www lit org So uhh Word up Crowe ! While i m at it I might as well throw in a cheap plug for my web page www geocities com Paris 6522 destiny htm I m designing a WAY better version of Destiny right now so don t hold it against me if you think it sucks =) Mistigris also has their own official FTP Site which can be located at 209 17 137 147 login password mist That was the address the last time I was on it anyways One thing you should know is that for now the FTP site is only available when Crowkeepr (that s his IRC nick) is online so look for him and if you see him ask him for the address! A lot of members of Mistigris are on IRC often so if you ever feel like chatting with any of us try #mist on efnet One of our official member boards Neosporin (604-942-9772) may be going telnet soon as well so you ll be able to contact a lot of Mist members through there member policy I just thought I d mention it because even as ansi coordinator it was all too clear to me The member policy of Mistigris is in a way unique from most other art groups out there Most groups go for the system where if you are inactive for long enough they kick you out (like CIA) Mist is a little more lenient a little more laid-back When a member joins we don t just throw a name and an email address on a list we do that AND try to get to know the person Try to get them involved in whatever we can and have them get the most out of Mistigris that they can In most cases anyways When a member goes inactive for a while they are simply taken off of the memberlist BUT they are still a Mist member Remember if you were in Mist before and have just chosen not to contact us and you are no longer on the memberlist please contact us so we know where you are so we can work something out Thanks new departments You may notice in the memberlist that there are some new departments One or two of them are obviously silly and will probaby be removed by next month but we do have a couple new ones as well For instance the new bbs modding division which has basically been started by our very own mr freak-out himself Otn ishph He has been doing a lot of work on our WHQ The Jade Monkey (604-730-2467) and for that we praise him On top of that he has decided to release some of his mods that he makes on the board with us (well at least that s the impression I got when he submitted his matrix mod this month - m_matrix zip) Another new department (not really a department but more of an establishment started by a Mistigris member) is Armada Web Design which has been started by vga artist and big nuisance Silent Knight =) The group will most likely be focusing on local companies but of course will take long distance ones as well (I guess) For more info email Silent Knight at knight@intergate bc ca Another external department (yeah I like that ) is Dream Factory ALSO started by Silent Knight Dream Factory is a comic publishing entity which has a lot of local talent (outside of Mist that is =) and looks promising No releases to date but you might want to email Silent Knight about that as well blender Many of you probably already know what the Blender competition is but if you don t please go to ftp blender home ml org download one of the Blender packs (titled blndr### zip ### being the number of the compo - we just finished #37) and read the infofile inside the archive If you have already been participating in Blenders and download the releases regularly then you should know who Mistigris is We were just recently tied with Serial but the group s death confirms our spot in first place Second place is Fire but they re three points behind us so we re not overly concerned yet =) Don t worry though As soon as the next team Blender comes along we ll jump way ahead again and you ll never catch us! gossip This is the gossip column of this month s infofile This is were I reveal the nasty habits and rumors surrounding Mistigris members No just kidding Crash 97 is being held in Calgary in late August It is going to be a demo party with all sorts of competitions and prizes to be won Apparently Cthulu is the only Acid member going despite the fact that as is fully promoting it on their web page (well the acid artpack archive anyways) Visit the Crash 97 webpage at www xi-media com crash The official fruit of Mistigris has been dubbed the peach by our buddy (and Mist ascii artist) Dead Soul Schtroumpf decided to jump in on the trend in naming things for Mist and called New World Order the official Mistigris wrestling team Tincat who has just recently been stalking celebrity after celebrity quit his hobby after a very topless David Hasselhoff chased him through his backyard with a meat cleaver Tincat has validated the fact that he was more scared of Hasselhoff s menacing chest hair than the meat cleaver itself Tincat also almost fell in the Baywatch star s swimming pool but fortunately did not In his other attempts at stalking movie stars Tincat saw Julia Roberts cuddling with a mystery man and found out thought many tricky wire-tapping techniques that Brad Pitt and his gal pal Gwyneth Paltrow are seeing a voodoo love doctor to heal their broken marriage Also after Tincat was done stalking he managed to force himself to swear a death vengeance on local musician Esquire Date 10 49 pm Wed Aug 6 1997 Number 630 of 633 From Tincat Base (Kitsch) Ansi Lit Display To Esquire Refer # None Subj Re yup Replies None Stat Sent Origin 06 Aug 97 14 32 24 E ANSI people suck ) Oh fuck you esquire!! You don t know what you just did!! Because when I get mad I get even baby!!! Wild horses couldn t drag me away and when I m through your rotting carcass is gonna be strewn all over the plains!! I m not joking because a cold blooded killer never jokes!!! I m a murderer a psycho!!! I ll get into your mind and then stab it with a dull steak knife!! I ll send you down the river on a boat made by hong kong slave kids!!! I ll cut your gums open with that oral b dental floss that is really really thin so that you have to be careful with it or it ll slice your jaw in two!! Your mine esquire!!! Tincat you re such a goof Cthulu told me to mention that William Burroughs died just recently So now you know And knowing is half the cattle Mmmm cattle Also this month our beloved newbie vga rip and musician Grinch came to Vancouver to meet with some Mistigris members He stayed at Cthulu s house as well as mine for one night He arrived on August 12th and left for his hometown Bothel Washington on August 17th (also my 17th birthday) Another meet that took place before Grinch visited was Crowkeeper s meet Crowkeeper lives on Bowen Island which is just a ferrie s ride from Vancouver And on a ferry is exactly how Cthulu Happyfish Zamfir Worshipper Eoanya and Silent Knight got there Mistigris ascii-goddess Weird s 604 based joke-group Krap just released their one year anniversary pack a few days ago being the longest living joke-group in the art scene so far The filename is KRAP0897 ZIP so find it on IRC (the best place to look would probably be #mist) or on the web at http www infomatch com flib the official Krap site coded by Geekboy also of Mistigris I m not sure how much longer the site will be running on that ISP but let s just hope for the best In other dual-grouper news (pfft) Grinch s group Seed just released their first art pack today The filename is SEED0897 ZIP Find gr1nch on IRC or email him at grinch@zipcon net and pick up the pack look out behind you! This concludes the infofile for Mistigris August 1997 pack Hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed writing it no wait I hope you enjoyed it MUCH more than that Thanks to Cthulu for giving me the opportunity to try my hand at Mistigris leadership for this month Hopefully this will prove to him that I can in fact help out a great deal with the group and I may prove to be an asset to Mist staying together when he is shipped off to Capilano College in September I would also like to thank Weird for submitted that really nifty Mistigris ascii logo which you can see 277 lines above this one Peace out - Quip (Hat boy Not a Neophyte) neophyte@taos canbbs net