pACk 1 - nEWSLETTEr 05 01 98 fLAnGe pRoDuCtiOns 1998 $ $ $$$ $$ $$$$$$ $$$$$ $ $$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$ $$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$4$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$%%%% $$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$ $$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$ $$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$ $$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$ $$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$ $$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ %$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$ $ $$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$ - $$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$#$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$ $$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$ $ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$##%% %%###$$$$$$$$$$$ $ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$ $$$$$$$ $$$d$ $$ $$$$$ $$$e$$ $ $ $$v$ $ $$! $ ! 1 Introduction Well fLAnGe what does it mean Flange is a sound effects term also called flanger which is an effect you can apply to a sample which makes it sound muffled using increases in treble and bass Sadly it can also be a plumbing term But I won t go into that We create in all areas from music to ansi ascii to vga to coding ppes and programs We even have some small 60k demos Which are included in this pack couresy of iCk Well we started of very small and we hope to become a powerful group 2 History The group started as a merge idea between INFLICTED and SYNTHETIC but when almost all the INF members joined and SYNTH changed thier mind we thought stuff it well do a group in its own right! I started the group with the help of the great tracker mR d The first move was to set up a DISTRO MEMBERS board which was the drain we then released some songs and recruited more members this was when we started to expand our loop of distros around vic (some still under construction) Now the group is getting off the ground with this large pack released in the first month of 1998 We have currently 8 or so members Now for a run down of all the great artists and musicians at this point If you have since joined never fear wait for the next pack 3 Members mr d Mr d i must say is an excellent tracker using IMPULSE TRACKER He composes a great variety of songs from TECHNO to FUNK to HEAVY METAL almost anything He actually recruited me to INFLICTED If you want an example of his funk music at its best download SCRAP METAL This song is real groovy with all those funk guitars and stuff Mr d also does music away from the computer He started the music thing at an early age with piano and he has learned many other instruments along the way He also makes some MP3s with vocals so watch out for them He has also recently become a really good ansi artist with a few logos and menusets for his own bbs One of his good ones in the DREAMSTATE ansi which is well over 40 lines He has releases an MP3 of him playing the guitar so check that one out = heister Hes very good at ansi and vga He has done fome kewl menus for THE^DRAIN which turned out well the best would probably be the multi-line menu As mR d was replacing all the menus he couldn t replace the multi-line one because the users wanted it to stay His vga is very good to especially everything to lose HST-LOSE JPG in this pack genocyber Haven t heard much from him but from what ive seen of his work in INFLICTED he is a very good tracker Delving into the Alternative Industrial styles He hasn t yet releases anything with fLAnGe though ataxia Very good at ansi vga and animation Some of his work with SYNTHETIC was brilliant His mostly into 3D animation from what i ve seen but hasn t released much for this group yet either silverhand Also a very enthusiastic coder ansi artist and musician He has not at this point releases anything under fLAnGe He sent me a sample of his coding and the Application Generator he coded for PST was very good There were 2 high quality ansis and some music He might need to use some newer instruments with his music though Hope to see some good stuff from him in the future ibanez He is also a member of SHAO and his own coding crew Illusions Coding Krew He has done 2 small 60k demos for us so far which are pretty good They will be included in the pack There are nice ansis attached to the ends of the demos too He also runs ILLUSION bbs which is a distro for fLAnGe = quaker He runs the new bbs WIPE^OUT which is very good This is one of the many distros for fLAnGe dev Well thats me I started off trying to join av but as they died i went to synthetic where i met mr d I then followed him to INFLICTED where i decided to start my own group and here it is I am into tracking and have releases about 15 or so songs with different groups and about 6 with fLAnGe I like to compose mainly techno but sometimes funk and alternative I like to add piano samples to my music and sometimes i compose techno trance I am working on a dreamy jungle track right now I am also an artist and i do ansi ascii and vga and lately a bit of anim I do ansi ascii logos and pictures and i do the odd vga for no reason Maybee my best ansi would be the wipeout one My longest would be the one for the artviewer and my best ascii would be the one for thedrain intro or the one at the top of this file I organize the packs and am writing this news file As you can see most of the art in the pack is done by me but if i don t do art ill go crazy = I also do art other than on the computer i had a few items of my work in galleries And thats enough shit about me = I want to make this group the best group in VIC and for that i need members = 4 Pack Contents - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - flg-nws1 ans - News 1 dev - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - hst-mult ans - The Drain MultiLine Menu heister hst-lose jpg - Everything to Lose heister hst-dlog ans - THE^DRAIN x!login heister hst-gams ans - THE^DRAIN games heister hst-ftfm ans - Fatal Toxins File Menu heister hst-phat ans - Fatal Toxins Join Conf heister - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - mrd-xlog ans - THE^DRAIN x!login mr d mrd-ilsn ans - Illusion Logon Pic mr d mrd-myst ans - Myst Logon Logo mr d mrd-ftox ans - Fatal Toxins Logon Pic mr d mrd-col2 ans - 2nd Ansi Colly mr d mrd-bble ans - fLAnGe Bubble Logo mr d - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - dev-3dlo jpg - fLAnGe 3D Logo dev dev-cbsn jpg - CyberSnail dev dev-col1 ans - 1st Ansi colly dev dev-col2 ans - 2nd Ansi colly dev dev-cork jpg - Corkman dev dev-lba1 ans - Twinsen dev dev-neur ans - Neuclear Hazard dev dev-nfal ans - Shot Guy dev dev-slc1 jpg - Self Logos dev dev-tdlg ans - Little Guy dev dev-tdrn jpg - THE^DRAIN vga dev dev-self jpg - Self Logo Colly 1 dev-logo jpg - Flange Logo dev-wlog ans - WipeOut dev dev-xlg2 ans - Logon Matrix dev dev-yob1 ans - The Yobbo Ozzie dev dev-fwiz ans - The Wizzard dev - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 Music Releases - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - mrd-scrp zip - Scrap Metal mr d (funk) mrd-gtar mp3 - Kewl Guitar Stuff mr d - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - dev-emjn zip - Emajen dev (techno) dev-ipac zip - Impactions dev (mellow) dev-ivge zip - Interverge dev (techno jungle) dev-mbts zip - Mellow Beats dev (mellow) dev-prge zip - Purge dev (techno) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 The Confrontation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To DEV from STIMPY subj flange suck!!! read 12-29-97 (20 57) status PUBLIC MESSAGE conf general msgs! (20) read type GENERAL (+) to dev you lame-ass er!!! you killed my group and stole my members!!! wooga and me are major in pissed off about this!!! oh guess what we told trippah yer little plan! yeah poach synth members!!! good luck!!! looser! you can rot in en hell for all i care!!! and i will make it my lifes reason to stop yer group in its tracks btw if you even try to get on to midian (if you already aren t) i will PERSONALLY get you blacklisted!!! Wolverine thinks you are a for what you did!!! and everyone HATES yer idea about Group Mergers! btw if i seem a little PISSED OFF then have a think why! u suck u suck u suck u suck u suck u suck u suck u suck u suck! oh and i hope you have a completly ed up holidays!!!! - sTiMPy you EX founder - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 Comments from Dev Well That was nice My hands are sore from covering the F words If you are reading this Trip You don t have to worry we arn t going to poach members from your group In fact good luck to your group I noticed you have released pack 16 (christmas special) Good on you guys Sorry readers that you had to read that bitterness Most of it isn t true and sorry stimpy that most of your group members left to join us but thats the way life works So to anyone who is as agro as stimpy for any reason i say kewl down We don t want things like this to lead to the decay of the OZ art and music Scene 8 The story of INFLICTED - The Rise and Fall - By mR d This has been written because stimpys sour attitude towards us has driven him to attempt a public slander of our small troop of dedicated coders musicians and artists We re all happy even if you lot refuse to be! In the past few months I have taken the liberty to talk to the members of INFLICTED seeing as the founders dont seem to make much contact I had suspected since early november that inflicted members were growing tired of the groups lack of activity and communication When I spoke to all of them I found that the only active members of INFLICTED productions besides stimpy wooga and idcrisis (who I might add are all school buddies and live in the same suburb ) were all unhappy in conversations I had with them about the success of and how little they knew about their group INFLICTED After gathering all opinions for myself it was crystal clear that all of those who I chatted to were in favour of starting a new group centred around those of us who were not STD and could afford to keep in contact Being as both founders of inflicted (stimpy and wooga) lived in STD areas relative to the rest of the group and were already in trouble from parents for certain phone bill costs fLAnGe is now a reality and is taking off at twice the speed I ever saw inflicted move at If not more Bitterness from stimpy towards dev and myself is evident as a lot of you may realise but im afraid his acusations of us (STEALING) his group members falls to the floor as the decisions of those members positions relative to both group was decided by no-one other than those members! No-one in any way stole those inflicted members (us) and those members are under the name fLAnGe out of thier own free will and enjoyment as any one of us will tell you So im sorry Stimpy for the loss of your group but in reality people generally change to something better when it comes along and your location and lack of organisational skills and funding have been the only cotributing factors to the demise of INFLICTED and ex-inflicted members will tell you that stright away We have all gone our own ways Inflicted came and went and no-one really noticed or cared and those who did have forgotten and moved on so stimpy Move on You can do it Its not that bad you ve started your new group I hope for your sake that all members live in cranbourne! - Written for soap emag by Mr D (former INFLICTED member and sysop of THE^DRAIN bbs) 9 Distro Sites nAMe nUMBEr sYSOp iNFORMATIOn THE^DRAIN BBS VIC 9873-5513 mR d (member board) ILLUSION BBS VIC 9873-5151 iBANEz WIPEOUT BBS VIC 9714-8757 qUAKEr (under construction) If you would like to have a distro at you bbs contact DEV or MR D There are also courior positions avaliable to distrobute the releases 10 Joining Information Contact DEV or MR D on THE^DRAIN BBS We will arange a way for you to send us a sample of your work = If your really want to Contact us on the other distros but we prefer THE^DRAIN 11 Credits dev - editing member comments design and front ansi pack contents releases history mr d - the story of INFLICTED taken from INFLICD EAD written for SOAP emag fLAnGe pRoDuCtiOns 1998