CoolPHat (coolphat)

Founded CoaXCable and Muhmi after a meeting at the ASM2k Demo Party in Finland, CoolPHat ran as a multi-member group through the early 2000s before consolidating into CoaXCable's solo project by 2011. The first proper artpack was built around the warez-NFO commissioning model. CXC templates for cracker groups like PDX, FALC, RBS, SAC1, MUPS, ORION ran through every pack. By 2006 it was a "birthday pack" without much new energy. 2011 brought a five-year-idle revival under the tagline "Back in Business", with CoaXCable solo and a candid NFO and among the reasons: studies, job changes, health issues & more other." In 2012 a pivot to demoparty competition with ArtWay 2012 in the Czech Republic, Nordlicht 9th place, Reset Solskogen 3rd ("Cowfore"). CoaXCable was now operating as CoolPHat/HUGI Core dual-tag, scene-deep enough to also edit Hugi 28. CoolPHat's late-period activity maps onto a broader pattern: warez-scene art services kept the underground edge of the post-BBS scene alive through the early 2010s. CoaXCable's solo runs from 2011 onward are some of the better examples of how that worked.

first/last release: 2011/06 - 2021/03
years active: 2011 (2), 2012 (1), 2021 (3)
(sub)packs released: 6
smallest/largest pack: cph.artpack.24.back.in.business.2011/cph-25wx
lifetime artworks: 118
lifetime lines: 4 319

average # of lines per artwork: 53
average # of artworks per pack: 20
longest serving member(s): coaxcable (2011/06-2021/03)
most productive member: coaxcable (116)
extensions: JPG (14), DIZ (1), NFO (2), PNG (19), ASC (42), ANS (36), TXT (1)

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