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8CWelcome to the second issue of Massive, an emag completely devoted to
the ascii scene. After releasing the first issue of Massive I received a lot of
feedback, which is good, and several people offered to help me out with the
second release and future releases, which is also good. More importantly
activity in the ascii scene has really picked up in the last few months making
running Massive an enjoyable job.
8CTwo questions came up since the last issue and I have spent a long time
thinking about each of them. The first one was whether I was actually going to
keep Massive going for awhile or was it just a one month stand of sorts. My
response to that is: I will keep Massive going until I retire from the ascii
scene. I enjoy putting Massive together and the only way I see myself killing itis if the ascii scene becomes incredibly boring, and therefore I wouldnt want to have any part in it and would retire. The second question was if I wanted to have this issue and all future issues coded. After thinking about it for
awhile and asking several of the people who have helped me put Massive together
from the start I have decided to permanently keep Massive in this text format.
8CThats all I have to say this time around. I hope you all enjoy the mag
and remember to eat your wheaties!
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25C :: Table of Contents ::
23C01 The Ascii News by Pariah
23C02 I am Tum, hear me rOAR! by Tum
23C03 All about Mimic by Black Jack
23C04 The death of Grill excerpt
23C05 The Haji Interview
23C06 Karma 03 Pack Review
23C07 Mimic 01 Pack Review
23C08 Noname 12 Pack Review
09 Prelude 01 Pack Review
23C10 Remorse 24 Pack Review
23C11 The Picks of the Month
23C12 Massive 2: The Outro
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASCII NEWS WITH YOUR HOST: BARBARA WALTERS!
Instead of having a bland recount of the latest happenings in the scene
that everyone probably knows about Im going to go over some of them and just
say what I think about them.
8CKarma released their first really competitive pack. Along with the usualsuspects Haji and Konami made some big contributions, literally in Konamis
case: a 400+ liner. As Haji said in our interview Mankind already had a high
quality clique when Karma was just three people and I think its great that he
decided to start a group with the intentions of competing during a time when a
lot of people would shy away from the idea.
8CGrill died youll hear more about that later. For some reason Grill
never really got the recognition it deserved. There were some great artists in
the group and Martz was an experienced group leader but it just didnt work out
A group dying is never a good thing, but hopefully all the artists in the group
will find another place to release.
8CPrelude released their first pack. Some might think its a little too
early for someone like Tripulogic to start a group, but personally I think when
you really support a group which happens the most when you run it you develop
your style the most and want to make everything perfect, so I think its good
for him as an artist and for the ascii scene.
8CAnd to the big news of the month, Mimic released. For those of you that
didnt hear before the release Mimic is a group run by Black Jack, Konami, and Serial Toon. Its always good when a new group comes along and hopefully Mimic
will spark some competition between groups.
8CIf you ask me all these new groups are a result of the fallout from
Odelays death, which happens whenever a long standing group dies. In the next
few months well see which groups can keep it up and which groups give into the
pressure of merging or killing the group. Starting a group and keeping it alive
is probably one of the hardest things to do in the scene.
8CIn addition to all of this a bunch of people joined and left groups, butyou can read that in infofiles. The only important artist specific news of the
month is that Mass Murderer is going to start drawing again and Nahal is going
to be starting up Awes ascii department once again, the one ascii department
that really did ascii justice in my opinion.
41C --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Title - I am Tum, hear me rOAR! Author - Tum
skatter bg: damn you.. ok im starting, let me know if your hd makes any
noise
bg skatter: NOOOOOOOOO!!
bg skatter: NOOOOOOOOO!!
nosanity the bushwackers rule! they licked my head eh
aneurizm nosane- you sure it was your head?
So Pariah asked me to pen a few words. How come you can say pen a few words
when youre not even using a pen.
What the hell am I Seinfeld? No, Im not even Jewish.
skatter click here for barely legal teens.. aww yeah!
Hey theres skatter picking up on his pre-pubescent fantasy chicks jpgs. Thats
a real quote by the way, not just made up. What a fucky guy. Just like most of
the art scene.
Very stream of consciousness. Was getting bored of the other articles.
the complaining, the boasting, all basically the exact same as
every articles published in mags and zines weeks or months before.
its not new. our ideas are recycled. our ascii is boring.
i was thinking the other day about people. i can summarize everyones
life in four words:
birth, work, play, death
isnt that pessimistic. i suppose its the play factor that keeps
atheists going, while the religious nutballs have invisible words
that come after death. heaven, nirvana, reincarnation, bad karma,
good karma. lots of shit. or maybe its real i dont know.
people are, on a basic level, good. but on a complex level theyre all evil.
and im so convinced of this: the good artists, the artists that master the
art of ascii. they get bored and they stop. thats why theres not much
competition for me. thats why ascii will eventually die. it needs a
continuing and never ending stream of new artists to feed it. and its not
happening.
microsoft windows 98.. funny that their dos prompt is COMPLETELY fucked. it
destroys ascii art. the dollar signs are all wrong. thats a death blow.
s --with the new prompt those will all be same
height. stupid stupid.
the S will be taller and fuller than the
theyre ruining a good decade of art with this. vga is booming. theres money
in that field. graphics designer is actually a job. but not ascii artist.
at most when artists get bored they turn it into a hobby and dont draw
some of you doubt. i mean.. mankind, me, drax, nahal, konami, pariah, and
other great artists still draw on a somewhat regular basis. but 12 months
ago i could have listed half a page of names while now its maybe 2, 3 lines.
and i know. as a senior i have a clearer perspective. remorses applicant
pool is severely diminished. as im sure is the case with everyone else.
no one cares enough about the scene to takeover the damn channel. +l 1981
no longer inspires a great comradery as it once did. its just a hobby
not a serious sport or conflict. ascii is hardly needed by others now.
thats why no matter how much we try, eventually the majority of us will get
bored and have to escape the real world through something else.
hacking, quake, videogames, porn, writing, netscape. damn netscape, what a
curse and blessing.
it unifies us. information is virtually universal in
all economically advanced countries. but we cant shake
hands. ill never hug someone through e-mail. no one in
ascii knows about my lopsided grin that all my friends
know of as my trademark. theyll never know about how
my conversations are often like comedy stand up routines.
its diluted in type.
i wont know about you either. i wont know about your minor imperfections and
the unique things of yours that make those around you feel that you are
someone to remember.
yet i am so happy that ive gotten to know certain people:
drax, mrk, nmancer, radman, compuman, bj, ack, and others
that id never know otherwise. so many personalities and so
limited.
thats why its good but bad. but i think that eventually
when technology advances far enough, the internet will be a world. the
outside world will scare us. all its real problems and dangers and
miseries will be replaced by the problems of the internet. murderers
and thievery will be replaced by viruses and exploitative hacking.
and even normal hacking is a violation of right to privacy. hackers seem
to feel quite different when their own privacy is threatened. case in
point: eagle1 .. sheesh. poor guy. i knew him. or rather, i saw him.
anyways, the eventual point here is that im tired. im bored of ascii. the
scene is so fucking dead. im not whining, im stating fact. no amount of
group mergers or revived artists will change it. eventually if not already
itll get to the point where maybe a dozen active artists will be doodling
and theyll continue to maintain the scene in a sort of coma. thats the same
as dead. look at the packs this month. in my years of drawing if years, im
never sure I have NEVER seen a month THIS LOW in production. NOTHING. look
at the rivalry. its nothing. i could guest in any pack. i could be a member
in every fucking group out there and no one would do a thing because thats
how the competition is.
horrible. horrible. horrible.
ill never shake mikaels hand. im sad about that. ill never see marks grin.
that bums me out. ill never have a comedy war with mrk who i can tell is
a funny guy in real life, and who id have fun trying to out-joke. so all
i can do now is turn to the real world. because its too hard to meet all
these people who maybe ill be able to talk with occasionally RARELY in my
life, and thats it. too much. is not enough. yes it is.
mrk Im going to make a song called Fuck all Teeny Boppers the video will
show me beating the shit out of some little 13 year old girl holding a Hanson
album :
mrk As you may have noticed, Ill be going for shock value.
and now i go to college. independence. learning what its like to have to
impose self control, rather than have my parents there. I hope i can do it.
i hope i fit in. hope im not annoying. hope im outgoing enough. hope i dont
drop out because of bad grades. hope everything is alright.
and friends change. and impressions are inaccurate. maybe id really hate
drax in real life even though hes a close friend on irc. maybe me and konami
would be tight in real life even though were stand-offish on irc. my fault,
i acted like a total fucking asshole when i talked to him and a couple others
on a conference.. thought i was being smartass, i was just being an ass
we need cults. we need groups. thats why gangs exist. thats why racism and
patriotism and families and clubs and nazi regimes and school rivalries exist
and pariah probably expected something a tad more conventional. a
simple article angrily asking why the scene is so dead. or maybe
something about windows 98s decision to constrict the DOS
prompt. i dont know. but think about some of this. and get back to
me.
oh the thoughts i have when its late at night and
i tire of my computer. yet its like shitty cocaine.
even though it doesnt help me too much i still go
back to it because i have to. not that ive ever even
SEEN coke goddamnit.
i guess this is my way of saying im severely bored and pessimistic and
very involved with my novel and barely involved with the scene.
not a hiatus. maybe not even occasional ascii. its not even something to
do when im bored. the fascination of before has withered.
quote from a long time ago:
revolve what groups are you in?
tum remorse and odelay
revolve join my group
revolve we need an ansi senior
-The Upright Man
Remorse 1981
78C --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Title - All about Mimic Author - Black Jack
Mimic?
Hrm.. Mimic is a group started by Serial Toon I. We created Mimic
because we were getting tired of the same ol slacking with us in Remorse.
Dont get me wrong, Remorse is a great group, but.. we just needed
something more. So anyhow, here we are.. I havent done too much
explaining yet, and our members took a fairly big risk joining us.. I
mean, two ex-Remorse members, with an attitude for hate, creating a group?
Seems kinda odd to me. But, again, here we are. Since pack 1, we have
asked people to join, and others have asked us to join. We accept
applications, which can be emailed to jeffyc@ican.net or just sent to me,
blkjack on irc. All you really need to do is zip up some art send it
over.
Thats about it for now. Look out for us, we actually release montly, so
well have packs released constantly. If you want to guest, just ask
well be happy to take submissions. Oh, on a side note, I almost forgot
about konami. Konami is our other founder. Him I thought up the
name Mimic, and hes offered me a lot of support... So, Robin, if youre
reading this, thanks a bunch man. :
Plain and simple.. we want to release high quality art, without bullshit.
Join us if you like, well be here for awhile.
Black Jack, Mimic founder.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Title - Awards Ninety Eight Author - Pariah
Author - Pariah Title - Awards 9
8CThose of you that check Acheron the premier source for information
on pack releases and recent happenings in my opinion know that after a one
year absence the idea of organized scene awards is returning.
8CAwards 96 was a lukewarm success it received the attention of the
scene but was criticized because some artists were not nominated and certain
people said it was unorganized. Awards 98 is set to appeal more to everyone in
the scene. First off, nominations will not be done by just one person but
instead by a panel of two or three for each medium and category. Secondly,
Awards 98 will be more professional than its predecessor and will last two to
three days with several contests and other fun things such as scene jeopardy
going on when the awards are not being presented. Lastly, the voting for Awards
98 will take place through Acheron www.acheron.org a scene resource that is
open to many more people compared to those who were able to vote for Awards 96
What does this have to do with the ascii scene, you ask? Well, as in
Awards 96 but moreso the ascii scene will be involved in Awards 98. So far
there are two categories: Best Newschool Artists and Best Oldschool Artists.
As I previously stated nominations will be coordinated by a panel of three
established ascii artists as to prevent some people who really dont deserve to
be nominated from being embarassed by receiving no votes. We are currently
searching for two established newschool ascii artists who are interested in the
whole scene awards concept and can spend an hour or two a week helping out
before and during the awards to form the panel of three. The same applies for
the Best Oldschool Artists category. If you are interested please contact me at
pariah@alienz.org AND Dangermouse at submissions@acheron.org.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE DEATH OF GRILL, A CBS SPECIAL WITH YOUR FRIEND AND MINE BARBARA WALTERS!
bye-bye
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Psychoholic Slag is drafting to the army, and I dont feel like running an
ascii group by myself, Ive been crossed by some of my friends, and the
status of grill was unknown, therefor I decided to kill grill, and see how
things go before I join any ascii group, so please dont bug me about it.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIVE FROM A LITTLE SHACK IN OHIO CBS PRESENTS: AN INTERVIEW WITH HAJI!
*** Inviting hAji to channel haji
.x hAji mmoney@*ts-1.chi.idt.net has joined channel haji
hAji fucking f11 key.
.x Mode change +o hAji on channel haji by: pariahFAT.
pariahFAT word.
.x topic change on haji by pariahFAT : INTERVIEWING MR. HAJI
pariahFAT ready?
hAji yeah.
pariahFAT okay..
pariahFAT first off, for those that have been living in a closet the past two
years, briefly describe who you are: past aliases, affils, real
name, other hobbies, etc..
hAji im pat. formerly of a lot of stuff most of them with you: eclipse
fun stuff, fire ascii, noname, kwest long live, odelay...remorse
twice and recently karma. got invited.
hAji other hobbies? im a musician, a skateboarder, a bit of a humorist
...i like to write.
hAji i dont know what else.
pariahFAT youre also a pretty good ansi artist :
hAji oh! yeah, i almost forgot! im also in function, an ansi group.
hAji i got invited.
pariahFAT cool..
hAji yeah. ansi is fucking HARD for me, though...not like ascii.
pariahFAT isnt it easier shaping-wise though?
pariahFAT to me going from newschool to ansi would be pretty easy because
newschool teaches you a lot about smooth shaping.
hAji shaping, yeah, i guess so. but its like the difference between...
i dont know. youve got boundaries, limitations to deal with. i find myself far more easily frustrated with ansi.
pariahFAT when you draw ansis do you base them off of ascii outlines or is
it 100 ansi?
hAji its 100 ansi. you can see the influence, though - my style
carries over.
pariahFAT okay..
pariahFAT seeing as you released some of the best newschool ascii this past
releasing month it seems fitting to ask you what you think of the
current set of competitors in the ascii scene: Karma, Noname, and
12CRemorse.
hAji hmm. i dont know if im going to draw fire and hatred and criticizm
with this, or what, but here goes -
hAji 1 Karma. personally, theyre the victors apparent in the current
competition. mankind and konami are geniuses...it could shape up to be the next odelay, in my eyes.
hAji 2 Remorse. full of talent, but ever the monolith of the scene -
very stationary. doesnt ever seem to change its postion in the
scene just remains its biggest albeit not neccesarily most
12Cinfluential force.
hAji 3 Noname. nathan knows how to run a group, and hes doing a damned
good job of it - he cares about it, and so do his members. hes got a knack for finding talent in the obscurest of artists, and it look
like he just may do it again. noname stands a chance to give karma
a run for their money.
hAji thats what i think.
pariahFAT I basically agree with you.
hAji good deal, then.
pariahFAT the effort Konami and Mankind put into that first release was tremendous.
hAji the new karma was just a really good all-around pack. mankind, s88,
and speed freak did well enough alone - when they started branching out theyve shaped up to look unstoppable.
pariahFAT whats your opinion on Grill?
hAji this is funny, because: I HAVE NEVER SEEN AGRILL RELEASE. EVER.
hAji who IS it? i dont know.
hAji whatre they like? not a clue!
hAji i dont think im on irc enough to catch these things.
pariahFAT its Martzs group. Gravedancers in it too. heres the last pack.
hAji ah. well, martz is a cool guy and a good artist, as is gravedancer
sounds good..oh, thanks!
hAji now ill have to look at this.
hAji i think this interview would most benefit from you asking me what
the future holds for me.
pariahFAT well, then. what do you envision yourself doing in the future, Mr.
Haji?
- haji!@* Im not exactly Barbara Walters in case you couldnt tell :
hAji oh, this is just great. well, first off, im doing a solo pack
sargon, youre gonna love this: The Haji Remix Project.
hAji im taking released logoes and fucking withg them.
hAji its come out really well so far, and im just getting started.
pariahFAT
ahh, yes. we were talking about that one day. good idea.
hAji its an excellent springboard for inspiration. lots of new ideas
come from seeing, really technically, what other people have done.
pariahFAT is there a speculative release date?
hAji shit, i dont know. ive only done like four remixes so far, and i
im gonna want like around 20 before i release. and before you DO said remixes you have to FIND them, which is a bitch. so, i dont know -
end of summer at the very latest.
pariahFAT cool..
pariahFAT any other plans?
hAji hmm, i dont know. i think im gonna just stick with karma for awhile
see how it turns out...i really want to do something with neil, but
hes not much into the art scene nowadays. im also doing an e-zine
called consume full of real-life stuff. my best friend and
girlfriend both contributed. im gonna enlist the help of others, too.
hAji and im gonna draw a lot. and keep experimenting.
pariahFAT sounds good. as long as you keep drawing Im happy :
hAji well, fair enough.
pariahFAT the e-zine sounds cool too. I liked Neils e-zine. but I forgot the name of it.
hAji illbient.
pariahFAT yeah, that was it.
hAji but this is a pretty different concept.
hAji although im sure ill get a lot of comparison.
hAji i think theres a rave going on in my house somewhere, theres all
these synth hi-hat sounds coming from my basement.
hAji and i doubt my drum machine is the culprit.
pariahFAT heh..
pariahFAT will your zine be aimed more towards the ascii scene or everyone?
hAji no, my sister was down there workin it. oh, the zinell be an
everyone thing - im gonna make sure people from school and scene
people alike ahold of it.
hAji i think im gonna do like, the scene verson with my ascii art,
and a cheap, ms word print version to give to people.
pariahFAT cool..
pariahFAT well, Odelays death has long since past, but since you were one of the longest standing members in the group and an SS what did
you think of its death and the repercussions it had on the scene?
hAji oh, god. odelay were just fucking awesome, no doubt. the influence
odelay had on the scene is still so very obvious in the alternative us
use of characters and shit like that...people like m7m, tripulogic and
hO were completely changed by the group, i think. but i also think
some of the shit like all the stuff over the use of alternative chars
and stuff was bs. its expression - you need to be free.
hAji but odelay were definitely a suprise hit.
hAji i remember initially i released there under a psuedonym because i
was already in so fucking many groups. then i went down to being haji
JUST in odelay a senior, no less - a very odd transition.
pariahFAT yeah.. Andy Aardvark if I remember correctly :
hAji damn straight. i actually had some people fooled - they thought he
was a different guy. id go on irc as both at one time, and i even got some andy aardvark-specific requests. all very cool.
pariahFAT haha :
pariahFAT after Odelay died you were invited to join Remorse and subsequently
left Noname. do you have any regrets looking back?
hAji i dont know. i feel bad, because i know nathan didnt want me to
leave, but i was also excited for change. i live for change. all in
all i think it was a good idea, although im yet again probably gonna
the group leaving thing. i hae that part of it, because someone ALWAY
lays down a guilt trip.
hAji the ascii scene doesnt hit that close to home for me, though - ive
always thought group and scene politics to be bullshit. its just not
something that weighs that heavily upon me, as long as im doing well
for myself and making a name. im just in it to release my art where
itll be best appreciated.
hAji ive made friends along the way, and im sure ive made enemies, too,
but i dont think it should be all about alliances.
hAji like, i doubt nathan will stop being cool with me because i quit noname and i doubt markd hate me for leaving remorse. it shouldnt be a 100
emotional thing...its just a computer.
pariahFAT thats how I see it too. in the end the scene is more about person
glory. people get in it for the fame, and joining big groups is part of that. a group has never made an artist.
hAji yeah, totally.
hAji i like the attention, and i like knowing that others appreciate my
art.
hAji youre in a group to GET RELEASED, not to pal around. its not summer
camp.
pariahFAT exactly..
pariahFAT changing when you think its best for you as an artist is what get
12Crecognition for you.
hAji wow, i never thought of that.
pariahFAT back to Remorse for a minute though, a lot of people have
hypothesized it would die and it still has yet to happen but the group is in a little slump, what do you think will happen?
7C
hAji im not sure. i think that a lot of the people who ran the group
just dont care any more - about the group, about its members.
9Cremorses support for its artists has always been kinda lax but i think its gotten worse lately.
hAji were going to have to cut this short.
pariahFAT okay..
hAji any final questions?
pariahFAT well, last question before greets: where do you think the ascii
scene is headed? upwards or in a slump?
hAji i think that it WAS in a slump, and that its now going back uphill
again. at least until the floods, fires and droughts hit, leading us
into an eventual year 2000 apocalypse.
hAji i dont really believe that stuff.
hAji greets. hmm...
hAji heres a good one:
hAji I GREET EVERYONE WITH WHOM I AM ON FIRST-NAME BASIS.
hAji thats it.
pariahFAT okay, its been a pleasure interviewing you.
hAji oh, and justin?
pariahFAT yes?
hAji youre a lot cuter than barbara walters could ever hope to be.
pariahFAT teehee..
hAji im out.
.x Signoff : hAji irc.N for mIRC channel haji
pariahFAT well, thats it.
IRC log ended Tue Jul 7 11:19
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29CKarma 03 Pack Review
5F-*.*.ASC - Good 5F-CLOUD just looks too experimental. The other pic is a
smooth unique approach to drawing a toon and the Massive diz rules. Overall
another nice release from an artist fairly new to newschool.
H4-*.*.ASC - Excellent This is classic Haji. H4-666 is a perfect example of a
great logo combined with a great layout. The other Karma logos/pic are all nicegreat use of inverse.
KO-*.*.ASC - Excellent KO-TRFCK is literally massive: 415 liner of Dragon BallZ characters and a pretty nice logo. All the other pics are full of more nicely
drawn animesque characters. The lack of color makes for some lack of definition
in some of the faces and bodies but it doesnt really detract from the asciis.
MK-*.*.ASC - Excellent Another great month for Mankind. He continues to
develop his unique logo style and all of his pics are very high quality. If you
are looking for something unique, check MK-KARMA the pic is made of shapes.
US-CRYO.ANS - Excellent The top logo looks a little too distorted, but the
cryogenic at the bottom is an amazing smallscale by Haji.
US-RMX.ANS - Excellent Mankind and Metal Militia mix together well. Metal
Militia adds his own stylistic touches to this logo and makes it look quite niceas a colored ascii.
OVERALL - This is an excellent release from Karma. Mankind decided to step
things up and with the way the ascii scene is now its a perfect time to start
competitive group. Now to see how the other groups respond.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE PACK - With so many great asciis in this pack its a tie
between Konami and Mankind. Theyre both great pic artists one toon/anime and
one more realisitic and theyre both developing unique logo styles. Both
artists have had two really strong showings in the last two releasing months.
Congratulations guys..
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26C Mimic 01 Pack Review
ACK-MIM1.ASC - Good I like the new stylistic bits Arrogance has added to his
general logo style to make it look a little crazier. A little more variation in
his month to month releases would still be nice though.
BJASC101.ASC - Excellent This is just a nice pic with a unique subject matter
Perhaps the shaping isnt as smooth as it could be, but it doesnt take away
from the character definition and therefore isnt a big problem.
KO-SALT.ASC - Excellent A colored anime pic by Konami is basically a perfect
ascii despite the fact that there is no logo. Its aesthetically appealing andstill pushes the standards of newschool ascii.
NL-FFACE.ASC - Excellent I dont think Ive ever seen any pics from Nahal, andafter viewing this Im starting to wonder why not. Keeping this pic grey and
using the background to form the nose and the mouth is a great idea. This is a
nice profile of a face from Nahal.
OVERALL - This was a very good first release from Mimic. Keeping the formation
of a group under wraps takes away all the hype and usually benefits the group,
and thats what Black Jack and Serial Toon did. It was a small pack, but size
really doesnt matter to me as long as the quality is there.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE PACK - It would have to be Konami. Although every newschool
artist in the group released some great stuff Konamis pic was just the biggest
contribution in lines.
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27CNoname 12 Pack Review
AN-*.*.ASC - Good Anarchist has a nice smooth aCk-like style that he adds a
few of his own touches too.
DS-2TWO.ASC - Good This is a great original ascii. The outline inverse
style on the logo makes it a little illegible, but that might be on purpose.
FIZ-ICE.ASC - Good The shaping is a little rough because tX is used to ansi
shaping, but the logo itself is really smooth for a first attempt.
GN-*.*.ASC - Mediocre The coloring style in the first ascii isnt original,
but the other two asciis are okay. The pic lacks definition though. KA-*.*.ASC - Good Some of Cains stuff this month isnt as smooth as what he
released last month but the Extended Play Productions ascii is really nice.
KR-*.*.ASC - Excellent The Body Count ascii rules. Kresiles finding his own
style ascii-wise and its showing.
M7M-NONF.ASC - Good Metal Militia has a nice original style but takes it a
little too far sometimes. This logo is too abstract.
PM-LICK1.ASC - Excellent Another great pic from Polymorph. The definition on
chin/neck is a little off, but everything else rules.
SCK-*.*.ASC - Excellent A strong show by Psylock this month. Hes developing
his own elongated logo style, coloring style, and has two pretty nice pics. My
only advice would be to center the character in the long Drone ascii.
WE-ATHAN.ASC - Good A nice bubble style logo. Nothing really new here, Kresil
didnt put much of his influence into this logo.
WE-DEKAY.ASC - Excellent Abstract but with style. All ascii artists who are
trying to draw abstract logos/pics should learn from The Prodigy.
WE-NIPP.ASC - Good If Cain would have shaped all the letters and not just the
N and P this mightve received a better rating. The idea behind this ascii is
perfect but it just needs some refining.
OVERALL - This was an excellent release by the Noname crew. Rarely do groups
actually get better with time, but Noname has vastly improved on its first pack
since the revival. Congratulations to the newer, less experienced artists in
Noname who stepped up this month and carried the group.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE PACK - Guess what? Its Polymorph again. Polymorph has been in
a pic groove for the last few months, and he hasnt dissapointed anyone yet.
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7R-*.*.ASC - Good Tripulogics asciis are showing a lot of improvement since
his first release in a pack only three months ago. The layouts for these asciis
are great, but the shaping is a little too rough.
ACK-PRE1.ASC - Good Its smooth but a bit simplistic.
ARL-BOP.ASC - Mediocre Once again, just too abstract. What is it supposed to
be? A pumpkin?
US-EP.ASC - Excellent This is a great pic by Gravedancer. The use of semi-
colons on the hair makes a really nice effect. Tripulogics logo is pretty nice
too. It all seems to flow nicely.
US-SAE.ASC - Mediocre The S looked promising but it falls apart after that.
The general idea of a middle inverse character is a good one, but the technical
part of this ascii is lacking.
US-UNFIN.ANS - Excellent I really like Enzos toons and him and Arlequin did
nice job here.
OVERALL - This was a fairly good first release by Prelude. Tripulogic and the
other people involved did a good job of keeping this under wraps therefore
avoiding any pre-release hype, which in the long run will help the group. Im
looking forward to how things develop in the next few months.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE PACK - All the joints. Most of the time joints bring a pack
down because youve seen them before but that wasnt the case with Prelude. The
Arlequin/Enzo joint and the Gravedancer/Tripulogic joint really add to the pack.
remorse 24 newschool review by Mankind.
It seems like remorse is releasing on a two-monthly basis now. Nevertheless,
this small, long-awaited pack was far from dissapointing, and it owes it all
to nahals and tums efforts. That remorse needs a more severe quality check
is inquestionable though.
ack*.* 6,5 arrogances fonts still have their own charm, but renewing them
would be far from inappropriate.
axb*.* 7 axbs fonts meet color and whats more: its working.
the shapings a bit rough, but not enough to spoil the ascii.
h4*.* 8 haji proves to be quite unpredictable h4-rmrs2.asc, although
this is not a patch on what he generally dishes us up.
h4-rmrs3.asc
nl*.* 9 how can one be so smooth after several months of inactivity ?
especially the milk one was miraculously cool.
par*.* 8 pariah only needed to submit one ascii, to show us hes still
got it. the underside was less succesful though.
tum*.* 9,5 obviously, all of tums asciis in this pack approached
perfection god knows why he needs so much confirmation.
remixes mostly dont score points off the original, but i think
tum made it happen.
us-anti.* 4 whoever qcd must have been drunk when putting this ascii
in the pack.
zh*.* 4 idem.
7C THE PICKS OF THE MONTH, HAND PICKED BY PETER JENNINGS!
8CAs I said last time attatching the picks of the month A would take up
more than 1000 lines and B would not do the art justice anyway so as I did for the first issue I have included PICK1-PICK8 in this .ZIP for your viewing
pleasure. How do I come up with the picks of the month you ask? Its simple,
really. I order a 20 piece chicken dinner from KFC and randomly write the names
of ascii artists on each chicken bone after I finish eating. Then I throw these
20 bones into a boiling pot and the bones/names that surface to the top of the water first are the artists that earn Pick of the Month honors. The artists whose chicken bones rose to the top this month are in
order: Tum, Nahal, Konami, Mankind, Haji, Konami, Gravedancer and Tripulogic,
and Polymorph. Congratulations..
29CMASSIVE 2: THE OUTRO
8CI initially had a nice ascii to put at the end of this issue by Speed
Freak but in a freak accident while putting this issue together I lost it and the asciis I was going to use for the third issue. So the end of this issue willremain barren without the charm of a nice footer. Drax, Psylock, Speed Freak,
and Mydknight please re-send me those asciis you drew so I can use them in the
next issue, thanks. Also, to anyone who was writing something for this issue andcould not get it to me on time send it to me asap so Ill make sure to get it inthe next issue. Thanks to everyone who helped out with this issue. Special
thanks to Mankind who has helped me out since the beginning. I hope you enjoyed
this issue of Massive and the next one will be release on August 25th.
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send all articles/art/suggestions/etc to pariah@alienz.org or pariah@remorse.org
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