Dark Art Pack (06/1994)   by Digital Artists Of The Rare Kind

[ The DARK Sourcefile ] ┐ ██▀█▄ ▄█▀█▄ ██▀█▄∙ ██ ▒▒ ∙ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██| ██ ▓▓ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ | ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ | │ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ┌───── ██ ██ ─ ██ ██ ─ ██ ██ ─ ██ ██ ──────┐ │█████ ██ ██ ░ ██ ██ ░ ██ ██ ░ ██ ██ ░█████│ │█████ ██ ▓▓ ▒ ██▀██ ▒ ██▀█▄ ░ ██▀█▄ ░█████│ │█████ ██ ▒▒ ▒ ██ ▓▓ ▒ ██ ▓▓ ▒ ██ ▓▓ ▒█████│ │█████ ██ ░░ ▓ ██ ▒▒ ▓ ██ ▒▒ ▓ ██ ▒▒ ▒█████│ │█████ ██▄░ ▄▓ ██ ░░ ▓ ██ ░░ ▓ ██ ░░ ▓█████│ │█████▄▄▄▄▄▄██▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄██████│| │██████████████████████████████████████████│| ∙─└──────────────────────────────────────────┘. [ June ∙ 1994 ] -──[ Introduction ]──────────────────────────────────────────────────-─ Another two months past, another chapter in the history of DARK written and behind us. Only six months ago it seemed that a period of two months between each pack went in a flash as we all scrambled to complete enough work on time. However this time around the two months seemed to last forever as everyone waited in anticipation for the date of the release of the pack to approach. Well, it's now here and we'd like to invite you to feast your eyes on DARK's best pack to date. Most notable is the progress made by our members during the past two months. Some of the members in the ANSi department are new since the last pack, but they've ALL made tremendous strides in a short time. While there may not be an over-abundance of ANSi's in this pack, there's certainly enough to whet anybody's appetite. The VGA department has made strides as well, making it one of the best in the scene today. Our music department is as consistently excellent as ever, and the Coding department has not only completed a terrific new viewer, they've also started to shore up the man-power they've been needing for quite a while. Finally, the lit. department has gotten some great new talent and will excel in the months to come. Rumours have been flying over the past while about mergers between the smaller groups in the scene, DARK included. While receiving some attractive offers from more than one group, nothing was firmed up and we have managed to stay off the "recent mergers" page of the disk magazines. We'd like to sincerely thank those groups who sought any type of merger with DARK not only for showing appreciation for our artists and their talent, but also for making us re-affirm one fact in our own minds: D A R K D O E S N O T C O M P R O M I S E It wasn't until after the dust had settled and the initial excitement had worn off that we began to realize what it is that makes DARK so strong today. It is the loyalty of our members (most of whom were introduced to the scene by DARK and whose talents have matured in this group) and our uncompromising standards. We have never purported to be better than either of the "mega-groups", but we have always done whatever possible to make this group -- what we have -- the best it can possibly be. To do that we cannot compromise our values, and we will not let those values take the back seat to our own ambitions. DARK is here for the long haul, people. Thank-you for reminding us of that. We've also managed to shore up a number of talented new members in all our departments and are excited to see more work from them. We welcome them with open-arms into the DARK fold, knowing that they will be the foundation on which this group will be based in the coming months. Interestingly, DARK has not lost a member to another group since the release of our first pack, and we have no intention of starting now. Artists are not like livestock, and we intend to make DARK an enjoyable place for ALL our members. Examples? ■ DARK does not force members to drop their other affils when they join. After all, if they can complete work regularly, who cares what other groups they are members of? ■ DARK does not believe in handing out "assignments" and deadlines. After all, isn't that what our members have to put up with in school all day? ■ DARK members are encouraged to work on what they ENJOY working on, AT THEIR OWN PACE. Nobody will stick with a group if they believe they're a victim of slave labour. Some of our new members can attest to that. All these policies are based on common sense and mutual respect between ourselves and our members. It is this attitude which has kept us alive, and helped to instill such loyalty in the members of DARK. Welcome to the next century, people. The scene is a-changin' and DARK intends to lead the way... -────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────-─ -──[ New Members ]───────────────────────────────────────────────────-─ As mentioned before, we've managed to get some talented new members in the group since the last pack. Here's a list to date, in alphabetical order: ▄▄▄ ▄ . - ─┐ █▀ ▀▓ ▓ Death Star Coding ▒ | ▒ Enraged Avenger | Coding ░ ░ Evil Misfit . ANSi Forlorn Extender ANSi/VGA ■ Lord Azzur VGA Maxx Cour Morphine VGA Predator Music ∙ Ravage Bias Cour/ANSi Scimitar Wraith Lit. Spaceman Spiff ANSi ░ Tribal Fish │ ▒ ANSi ▒ Vulcan _ ■ ░ ANSi∙- ∙ · ▓ | █ └ - . ▄ ▄██ -────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────-─ Things that make you say... "What the fuck?" - ■ - This pack, DARK's third, was released on D-day. Gee, I wonder what the 'D' could stand for? - ■ - In the coming months DARK will be introducing a spectacular new file-commenting standard that will no doubt sweep the nation and make us the most e-leeet group on the planet. Tentatively named SOUP, the only unanswered question that remains is whether you should label your ANSi's with a fork, or a SPOON. ;-) - ■ - DARK trading cards are on their way! Get your favorite DARK ANSi's printed on high-quality, glossy cardboard! Share them, trade them, collect the whole set! - ■ - The first person to mail their math teacher's car keys to the DARK P.O. box gets a free DARK ANSi. Seriously! Send us the keys, your alias, and a way to reach you. -──[ Wanted ]────────────────────────────────────────────────────────-─ │ ▒▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█ │ ▓ █ ▒ █▀▀▄ █▄ ▒ ▀▐▌▀ █▀▀ █▀▀▄ █ │ █ █ ▓ █▄ █ █ █▓ ▐▌ █ ▀ █ ▓ █ │ █ ▀▄▀▄▀ █ █ █ █ ▐▌ █▄▄ █▄▄▀ █ │ █ Dead or Alive █ │ DARK is now looking for a capable █ New open'n █ │ TeleCom division. Serious interest █ ▄██▀▀▀▄ ────────────█ │ only. Contact us on Illusion Island █ ▄▄▀▀■▀ ▄ Earn $$$ █ │ if you're interested. Oh, and no █ ▀▀,▀,▀ and lose █ │ lamers. We're looking for codes, █ ▐ ▀ ▌ weight too!█ │ PBX's, voice extenders, and VMB's. █ ▀ ▄▄▀ Apply today!█ │ █ ▄▄■ ▄ ▄ ▄▄ █ │ █ ██■ ▀ ▌■▌ █ ▓ │ █▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▒ │ │ -────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────-─ -──[ Member List ]───────────────────────────────────────────────────-─ ∙ Legend ┐ -───-- ANS = ANSi Dept VGA = VGA Dept MUS = Music Dept COD = Coding Dept LIT = Lit. Dept COU = Courier SEN = Senior │ A │ V │ M │ C │ L │ C │ S │ │ N │ G │ U │ O │ I │ O │ E │ Alias │ S │ A │ S │ D │ T │ U │ N │ -──────────────────────────────┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┼───┤ Black Widow │ ■ │ ■ │ │ │ │ │ ■ │ Atomic Corruptor │ │ │ │ │ │ ■ │ │ Big Boy │ │ │ │ │ │ ■ │ ■ │ Black Dust │ │ │ │ ■ │ │ │ │ Carnifex │ ■ │ │ │ │ │ │ ■ │ Death Star │ │ │ │ ■ │ │ │ │ Einstein │ │ │ │ ■ │ │ │ │ Enraged Avenger │ │ │ │ ■ │ │ │ │ Evil Misfit │ ■ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Forlorn Extender │ ■ │ ■ │ │ │ │ │ │ The God-Fearing Athiest │ ■ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Hannibal the Cannibal │ │ ■ │ │ │ │ │ │ Hudson Hawk │ │ │ │ │ │ ■ │ │ Invincible Dawn │ ■ │ │ │ │ │ │ ■ │ The Klown │ │ ■ │ │ │ │ │ │ Liquid Malt │ │ ■ │ │ │ │ │ │ Lord Azzur │ │ ■ │ │ │ │ │ │ Maxx │ │ │ │ │ │ ■ │ │ Moby │ │ │ ■ │ │ │ │ │ Morphine │ │ ■ │ │ │ │ │ │ Night Hawk │ │ ■ │ │ │ │ │ │ Predator │ │ │ ■ │ │ │ │ │ Ravage Bias │ ■ │ │ │ │ │ ■ │ │ Red Dwarf │ ■ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Scimitar Wraith │ │ │ │ │ ■ │ │ │ Shock Wave │ │ │ ■ │ │ │ │ ■ │ Shrapnel │ ■ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Silver Sable │ │ │ │ │ ■ │ │ │ Spaceman Spiff │ ■ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Spawn │ │ │ │ │ │ ■ │ │ Stone │ │ ■ │ │ │ │ │ │ Tesla │ ■ │ ■ │ │ ■ │ ■ │ │ ■ │ Tribal Fish │ ■ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Vulcan │ ■ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Xypher Matryx │ ■ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘ -────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────-─ -──[ Distribution Sites ]────────────────────────────────────────────-─ WOW! Big Boy, our Site Co-ordinator has been busy in the past two months and we can thank him for compiling the following list: ┌─────────────────────────┬───────┬─────────┬───────────────────────────┐ │ Name │ A/C │ Desc. │ SysOp │ └─────────────────────────┴───────┴─────────┴───────────────────────────┘ Illusion Island 416 WHQ Black Widow Northern Sector 416 CanHQ Technical Disrupter End of Time 803 USHQ Holy Water Harvest Moon 216 Central Qu'Ran Waking Nightmare 604 West Prince of Death Realm of Insanity 203 CourHQ Tranquility Sanctuary 305 South Tempus Thales The Garden 705 Dist. Death Karnage The Cult 314 Dist. Psyco Child The Kilroy BBS Dist. Eivind Hagen The Web 203 Dist. Spyder Man Corrosive Poison 516 Dist. Psychotic Fiend Shadowlands 609 Dist. Raistlin Majere The Phunk Palace 408 Dist. Hannibal Lecter Latitude Zero 510 Dist. Ren Noble Amber 914 Dist. Corwin of Amber -──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────-- We're still working on a few sites, so if your board isn't up there, don't panic! -────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────-─ -──[ Greets ]────────────────────────────────────────────────────────-─ We'd like to say hello to the following groups and people. You've earned our respect and we look forward to working with you in the future: GROUP GREETS (in alphabetical order) -■- Acid ∙ Ice ∙ Miis ∙ Nation Paw ∙ Tribe ∙ Union INDIVIDUAL GREETS (in alphabetical order) -■- Acidic Morality ∙ Critical Perspective ∙ Epitaph Eternal Darkness ∙ Forlorn Extender ∙ Genocide ∙ Maestro ∙ Masterken Nailz ∙ Neuropsychosis ∙ Neurotic ∙ Rad Man ∙ Ravage Bias Sir Psycho Sexy ∙ Skull Leader ∙ STiLE ∙ Technical DisruptER! Tempus Thales ∙ The Dark Half Anyone wanting a greet in the next pack must send us a postcard with your ALIAS, AREA CODE, and preferrably GROUP NAME(s) at the DARK Post Office Box. Address it to: DARK P.O. Box 304 Station 'D' Etobicoke, ON, CAN M9A 4X3 It only costs a stamp. Naturally, you're more than welcome to mail nude photographs (everyone but RedMan, we don't want those kind! :-) or computer equipment. -────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────-─ ATTENTION KIDS! Scratch the shaded box and smell the genuine scent! ┌─── DARK Scratch 'N' Sniff Box ───┐ │ │ │ ┌─────────┐ │ │ │▓▒░░░░░░▒│ │ │ │▒░░░░▒░▒▓│ │ │ └─────────┘ │ │ │ └───── Today's Scent : Glass ──────┘ -────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────-─ This pack is dedicated to Laserlore You were with this group since the start -- you've seen it at it's worst, as well as at it's best. Good luck in your future endeavors. . │ █▀ █▀▄ █▀▄ ┐ · ┌── |█▄ █ █ █ █ ──┐ │███ █▄ █ █ █▄▀.███│ │███▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄████│| └──────────────────┘_