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constructed by Speed Freak and friends. In other news, as of the December issue Massive will be released in standard coded emag format. After thinking about it
for awhile I realized that Massive would appear more organized and be easier to
view if I released it that way. Finally, starting in December the Picks of the
Month are going to go interactive. This means that you, the reader, will be ableto select the Picks of the Month through the Massive web site. Thats enough
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19CMONTHLY UPDATE WITH YOUR HOST NORM MACDONALD!
8CNot that much happened in the ascii scene this month. A lot of what
happened involved people bitching and really isnt news worthy. Heres the stuffthat was actually somewhat important.
* Cain and Polymorph, both of Noname fame, left Mimic after joining in the
Mimic/Noname merger two months ago. They cited lack of respect from certain
members in the group for the late Noname as their reason for departing.
* Mmcfiles, the official file bot of the ascii scene has been created by Black
Jack and can be found in ans, ascii, mimic, and remorse. By simply typing
!new in any of those channels you can access all of the latest ascii scene
releases. You can read more about Mmcfiles later on in Black Jacks article.
* Mimeograph, the official emag of Mimic was first released in Mimic 3. The
emag is intended to serve as a forum for all Mimic members to release articles. Only Mimic members are allowed to contribute.
* Necromancer has returned to the ascii scene! After a long hiatus Necromancer
has returned and is currently re-evaluating how Remorse should be coordinated.
* As previously stated, the official web site of Massive is currently being
built. You can preview the site by going to www.thuglife.org/massive. Anyone interested in helping out with art/design should contact Speed Freak at
antik@thuglife.org.
* Massive is searching for an oldschool artist to possibly review oldschool
in future issues of Massive. Anyone interested should contact Pariah at
pariah@alienz.org or as pariahFAT on irc.
* An introspective of the history of the ascii scene is currently in the works.
If you are interested in helping out or would like to be spotlighted please
send an email stating so to pariah@alienz.org.
* What happened to Nahal, you ask? Well, after arguably releasing his best work
ever Nahal left Remorse and has stayed out of any other ascii groups. Instead, he is currently coordinating Awes ascii department.
Title - Lack of Inspiration Author - Gravedancer
It seems to me that people in the ascii scene seem to be lacking
that certain inspiration to draw anymore. So many of the big names have decided
to pack things up and leave the scene. It may be for good reasons or it can
simply be because they find the scene disinteresting all of a sudden. Its
amazing, I feel like Ive been around and have seen a lot in the national scene
since I entered it in the fall of 96. Of course there have been times when I
have felt disinterested and uninspired by the scene but have always managed to
get some decent art out. Want to know how, its really difficult now. *sarcasticI just love drawing. I think back to when I first entered the scene and how new
the entire art scene was to me. All you big artists, look back at when you firststarted drawing. Remember when you spent a whole lot of time on a piece of art
and now you look back at it, its a piece of shit? I remember being in awe
when I saw other peoples art, but I also am in awe of how much Ive changed
as an artist in this scene. Sure, I havent been the most outgoing person in thescene because I see no reason to be the antagonist. But really people, look at
the scene. Packs are delayed month to month, people are inactive and some of
the art has been lacking. Look back at when you first started drawing and
remember how much fun youve had. Think about why youre in the scene, and
get back to your roots and start drawing because you like it. and most
importantly, GET MOTIVATED!
Title - Mmcfiles Explained!
15C Author - Black Jack
Oh shit.. theres a horse in the hospital.
As the scenes roll on, we find almost no change in the current ansi/ascii situation. Not that it matters though...
Ive been asked numerous times if I would like to start an ansi/ascii group with another person Since I wrote that
segregation article on acheron.org.. but alas, I dont. Mimic is running fine
happily, and smoothly. That gives me no
reason to change.. dig?
The scene is such a stupid place, even though we have a mass of knowledge available to us, and people
are still ignorant as fuck.. but there is a solution to this problem..
The solution lies in one little bot.. MMCFILES!
Ah yes, the now known ascii fserve bot is spreading his packs throughout the
and.. and, yes.. this is the truth.
Everyday, over 20 packs are sent out, on average. Most of these requests dont
come from ascii, but from other scene
related chans.. such as ans, asc, dark, and the others which this cute bot
says in.
What does this mean? It means anSi DooDleZ are actually looking at ascii packs
.. theyre actually seeing our crazy
dollarsign designs!@
Oh well, happy happy.. Im just writing this to advertise the damn thing anyway
!ascii - gives you a general syntax on all the commands.
!packs - lists all groups supported.
!new - lists all new releases for that month.
!diz - extracts sends a fileid.diz from a pack still some bugs with packs
that dont contain it.
... Word.. sounds good so far... anyhow, in the future, I shall be adding a request system you can request packs
upload them too , and maybe a specific-file extraction.
Who knows?
The tcl script is on version 2.5 at the moment.. if you would like to get a copy of this.. please dont ask me. When
its available, it will be offered.. so hold your pants on, nerds :
Black Jack Mimic
Title - Quotes? Utter Posh!
35C Author - Pariah
blkjack Im killing mimic.
Isnt that funny?
Maybe it is to some, others it may be angering, while others.. wouldnt believe
I, myself, wouldnt believe it.. and thats why Im writing this.
You see, some people are stupid.. others will believe anything....
As a lot of people know, I usually say a lot of shit on irc.. a lot of negative
shit.. I do this, and am known for this..
Unfortunately, some people dont understand the difference between me meaning something, and me going crazy.. Heres a
test.
1 blkjack Fuck, I hate Maestro.
2 blkjack maestro, what a joke.. that idiot should die.
Which one of those is true? Well, both, but normally, if I say something about
a group or person, I dont REALLY mean
it.. I just say it... and thats what a lot of people dont get.
I, myself, am probably the worst person at this.. If someone quotes me, its usually way out of context and makes me look
like a nazi/racist/idiot/or asshole.
I wont go into detail or name names, but when someone quotes another person, dont take it literally or truthfully.
A lot of people in the scene quote religously mostly euro, incidently, and those people should burn! And/or be thrown
into a gaschamber. I mean.. if we all wanted to, we could quote shit.. we could backstab, you know? The works!
But.. thats not what most civilized people do.. most people are kinder than that, they have respect for other peoples
feelings..
*Shrug*, another one of my articles where I self promote or bitch.. I sound like filth.. ick.
Bah..
Black Jack Mimic
Title - Shrimps Tantrum
35C Author - Pariah
8CA lot of you probably remember Shrimp. He started out in Odelay and thenjoined several other ascii groups. You might best remember him for his Tg-like
behavior in ascii. Hes now started his ansi career and has given up on
ascii. Meanwhile he posted a little speil on Acheron that is intended to supporthis reasoning in giving up on ascii for the ansi scene. If only for a good laughI suggest reading what he posted at www.acheron.org in the Discussions section.
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7CRemorse 26 Pack Review by Mankind
newschoolwise, remorse is clearly losing it, and it seems to be lowering its
own demands constantly. the better artists were cleaner, discofunk, axb and
tum. altogether, the newschool was a letdown, especially considering the time
it took the seniors to release.
74*.* discofunk is always experimenting. its a good thing, but it
works both ways. under the guise of originality, or innovation,
a lot of rubbish seems to slip through the net. font-wise, disco-
funk is unpredictable or fickle, if you will. the pic was just
delightful.
axb*.* it was fun to find out axb released something. and damn, he still
masters his unique style.
cl*.* ive known cleaner for quite a while now, and considering where
he comes from, this shit is pretty cool. very smooth. i especial-
ly liked the gin ascii.
hc*.* some of the faces hex corrupt did were decent, but some of them
have fucked up proportions, or abominable shading.
sh*.* remorse is giving in to the happy-face it once made fun of. either
i dont understand this, or its really, really wack.
tum*.* the eyeball looks photographically correct when you view it in
vga, which is cool. the other one is nicely shaded, but the whole
sucks.
wr*.* if one would apply to remorse with this shit, he would probably
be laughed at. not cool.
zh*.* idem.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE PACK - done by Pariah Discofunk. His logos especially the
greyscale ansi ones are smooth and innovative at the same time and his one pic for Cell Block Four is, by far, the highlight of the pack.
karma 5: apocalypse k.
review newschool only by Ryuichi Sakamoto.
Speed freak. this kid shows some mad potential for future rock in the ascii medium. 5F-MASS3.ASC has one hep pic. problem is, speed freak hasnt been in it
uite long enough to get those ultra-smooth curves. but as he learns his way areund the ASCII character set, speed freak will rock yo whorl, whitebread. court on it.
Arlequin. I think that arlequin gets worse at newschool every month. this shading is inexcusably bad. the odelay logo is also downright hideous. arlequin:
oure a great guy and a cool scener and what-not, but stick to oldschool. the
ewschool jive just isnt your cup of coffee.
Drax. endless nameless reincarnate, im actually a fan of draxs work represented in Apocalypse K. although it took me for-fucking-ever to decipher the face
t the top of the work, I did finally get it about 15 viewings later. im a big fan of the coloring up in this piece, and the outer line traced about the logois cool as well. MAD ULTRA-UPS, YO!
Gravedancer. pic-tastic! though not mankind-smooth, GDR turns it out in a big
way. logo-lacking, but thats okay - these pics esp. the second are worth their weight in...oh, wait, ascii files are intangible entities without weight or
ubstance. well, these are good. trust me.
Haji. my hero! everyone gets a kick out of the Haj, self included. though H4-MERR.ASC was pretty so-so, the karma logo not to mention apocalypse k work esp. fileid.diz was a lot better than some of the other talentless, repetitivedrivel hes produced. an extra-special fucking a goes to the mesmerizing mimmikarma logo from joint with blackjack. this kid busts it out, telephasic-like.
H7. as far as I can tell, this new find doesnt have a handle. he does, however, have ascii skills to spare. not the smoothest, but who ever IS at first? these logos and pics show the sense of quirk which I appreciate regardless of technical know-how - generally cool-looking stuff. h7 goes straight for the jugularand hits you hard in the aesthetic gland. ROCK.
Metal Militia. m7m has the magical gift at making every logo he does look pretty much the same. every one mentions some electronic-incorporating musical outfit and rips the stylistic skills of the lord god polymorph. not BAD material, just forgettable and unoriginal.
Mydknight. KARMA STOLE HIM!! MIMIC OWNS HIM!! non-partisan viewers like myself
can give a flying fuck to all this bullshit and personally thank god that this
uys releasing in the first place. thanks, god - mydknight rules, and im really glad hes releasing for a national group sos I can view his excellent art.
oh, and im sure hes sorry abojut the inverted cross. sincerely, ryuichi sakamoto. see? everyone else should do that, too.
Mankind. hey, these pics rule! unfortunately, the logos do not do this guy justice. the haji style was nothing more than repetitive cut-n-paste used to maskan obvious lack of technical skill, and those who could easily shape anything thhey wanted shouldnt waste their magical fingertips on using alt-codes to copy
tuff - they should be painting elaborate ascii tapestries of nekkid women for meto masturbate to. thats what im thinkin. regardless, these pics are fuckin
g amazing, and the logos are still pretty good esp. the geek security logo.
im just convinced that mankind could do a lot better than this.
Overall. karma did a lot better this time around than last mankind and haji work together to form a strong pack just like haji and the prodigy used to. everybody involved could probably do a BETTER job if they tried, but thats not detracting from the fact that this pack was phenomenal. definitely a keeper.
ryuichi sakamoto out.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE PACK - done by Pariah Gravedancer and Mankind. Two excellent
pic artists contribute two excellent pics.
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AK-E21.ASC - Mediocre The idea and layout behind this ascii is good, but a
lack of smoothness in shaping brings it down. A good idea would be to work on
smooth curves and shaping techniques.
BJASC*.*.ASC - Excellent I liked the first ascii a little more in the joint
version, but its still a great pic. The second Noname tribute pic is nicely
done as well.
DS-MIM10.ASC - Good I know its intended to look weird, but this pic looks a
little too weird. The use of blank space is overdone in some parts. Still a nicepic, though.
GDR-MIM1.ASC - Excellent Gravedancer pulls off another smooth comic-ish pic.
Smaller than last month, but still superb.
GNK*.*.ASC - Mediocre His inverse style is pretty good, but the coloring styleis completely uninspired. Gnk should stick to greyscale or come up with his own
coloring technique.
IS-*.*.ASC - Good The colly isnt that good, but the two 23 liners are very
nicely drawn especially the second one. I dig the unique coloring style. Gnk
could take some pointers from this guy on being innovative.
KA-ROOTS.ASC - Mediocre Cain can do much better. This logo looks like it was
done in a rush. The shaping isnt smooth and the proportions are off.
KO-*.*.ASC - Good KO-DUST is a little too bright and has a tad too many ansi
characters for it to come out clearly as a pic. The oldschool inverse pic is
excellent, though.
KTR-*.*.ASC - Mediocre This wouldve been good, but Keetar re-released an
ascii from Mimic 3. The 23 liner matrix looks pretty nice, but perhaps it wouldhave been better in greyscale or not two-toned.
MP-*.*.ASC - Excellent Meatpods been going all out the past few months, and
it really shows. The warez info file is extremely smooth I really dig the new
small logo style and the two pics are near perfect, showing off Meatpods
ability to draw comic rips. Overall, another stellar release from Meatpod.
PM-MIMIC.ASC - Good Pretty good, but certainly not one of Polymorphs best
pieces. If this were released by anyone else it would be really good, but Poly-
morphs one of the best.
SCK-*.*.ASC - Good Better than last months disappointing release, but still
lacking some basic shaping techniques. As with a lot of the newer ascii artists
itd be a good idea to work on drawing smooth curves and basic techniques beforetackling large pics.
US-ALIFE.ASC - Excellent Black Jack and Konami. Nuff said.
US-MMK.ASC - Excellent Haji adds some interesting shading to this Black Jack
pic and makes it a lot more mysterious and innovative. The logo is nice too.
OVERALL - An Excellent release by the Mimic crew. Last month was a bit of a dropin quality but they make up for it this month. The mix of good art from artists
relatively new to the scene and excellent art from established artists works outpretty well.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE PACK - Great logos and great pics. Thats what Meatpod drew andthats why he gets Highlight honors.
8CJust to let you know, the Highlight of the Pack section included at
the bottom of all reviews even the ones that I dont do is an early indicator
of the Picks of the Month. There was a lot of great art this month, and in turn
many Picks.
El Pickos Del Monty in viewing order: Meatpod The Afterlife, Mydknight
Sex, Discofunk 1974 Cell Block Four, Gravedancer Blue Grass Boogie,
Mankind Lynx, Black Jack and Haji Mimikarma Joint, Gravedancer Mimic
Promotional, and Meatpod Blue.
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next issue you can look for the return of interviews. Also, oldschool reviews
will possibly be added to Massive as of the next issue. As always Im in need
of articles and other contributions for all future issues of Massive. Anyone
can write about a subject they have emotions for, so all of you should feel
free to write up articles, etc... and send them to me at pariah@alienz.org.
Like I said in 3, articles are a big part of an emag, so in that sense the
success of Massive is determined by whether you guys help out or not. I hope
you enjoyed this issue of Massive and look for Massive 5 to hit the shelves
November 25th!
-- Pariah send all feedback/contributions to: pariah@alienz.org
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------meatpod whens ASSive coming out?
its out, lovey!
30mThis, and all other issues of Massive will self destruct on your hard drive on
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constructed by Speed Freak and friends. In other news, as of the December issue Massive will be released in standard coded emag format. After thinking about it
for awhile I realized that Massive would appear more organized and be easier to
view if I released it that way. Finally, starting in December the Picks of the
Month are going to go interactive. This means that you, the reader, will be ableto select the Picks of the Month through the Massive web site. Thats enough
talk for now. Thanks for all the feedback and I hope you enjoy this, the fourth
issue of Massive!
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19CMONTHLY UPDATE WITH YOUR HOST NORM MACDONALD!
8CNot that much happened in the ascii scene this month. A lot of what
happened involved people bitching and really isnt news worthy. Heres the stuffthat was actually somewhat important.
* Cain and Polymorph, both of Noname fame, left Mimic after joining in the
Mimic/Noname merger two months ago. They cited lack of respect from certain
members in the group for the late Noname as their reason for departing.
* Mmcfiles, the official file bot of the ascii scene has been created by Black
Jack and can be found in ans, ascii, mimic, and remorse. By simply typing
!new in any of those channels you can access all of the latest ascii scene
releases. You can read more about Mmcfiles later on in Black Jacks article.
* Mimeograph, the official emag of Mimic was first released in Mimic 3. The
emag is intended to serve as a forum for all Mimic members to release articles. Only Mimic members are allowed to contribute.
* Necromancer has returned to the ascii scene! After a long hiatus Necromancer
has returned and is currently re-evaluating how Remorse should be coordinated.
* As previously stated, the official web site of Massive is currently being
built. You can preview the site by going to www.thuglife.org/massive. Anyone interested in helping out with art/design should contact Speed Freak at
antik@thuglife.org.
* Massive is searching for an oldschool artist to possibly review oldschool
in future issues of Massive. Anyone interested should contact Pariah at
pariah@alienz.org or as pariahFAT on irc.
* An introspective of the history of the ascii scene is currently in the works.
If you are interested in helping out or would like to be spotlighted please
send an email stating so to pariah@alienz.org.
* What happened to Nahal, you ask? Well, after arguably releasing his best work
ever Nahal left Remorse and has stayed out of any other ascii groups. Instead, he is currently coordinating Awes ascii department.
Title - Lack of Inspiration Author - Gravedancer
It seems to me that people in the ascii scene seem to be lacking
that certain inspiration to draw anymore. So many of the big names have decided
to pack things up and leave the scene. It may be for good reasons or it can
simply be because they find the scene disinteresting all of a sudden. Its
amazing, I feel like Ive been around and have seen a lot in the national scene
since I entered it in the fall of 96. Of course there have been times when I
have felt disinterested and uninspired by the scene but have always managed to
get some decent art out. Want to know how, its really difficult now. *sarcasticI just love drawing. I think back to when I first entered the scene and how new
the entire art scene was to me. All you big artists, look back at when you firststarted drawing. Remember when you spent a whole lot of time on a piece of art
and now you look back at it, its a piece of shit? I remember being in awe
when I saw other peoples art, but I also am in awe of how much Ive changed
as an artist in this scene. Sure, I havent been the most outgoing person in thescene because I see no reason to be the antagonist. But really people, look at
the scene. Packs are delayed month to month, people are inactive and some of
the art has been lacking. Look back at when you first started drawing and
remember how much fun youve had. Think about why youre in the scene, and
get back to your roots and start drawing because you like it. and most
importantly, GET MOTIVATED!
Title - Mmcfiles Explained!
15C Author - Black Jack
Oh shit.. theres a horse in the hospital.
As the scenes roll on, we find almost no change in the current ansi/ascii situation. Not that it matters though...
Ive been asked numerous times if I would like to start an ansi/ascii group with another person Since I wrote that
segregation article on acheron.org.. but alas, I dont. Mimic is running fine
happily, and smoothly. That gives me no
reason to change.. dig?
The scene is such a stupid place, even though we have a mass of knowledge available to us, and people
are still ignorant as fuck.. but there is a solution to this problem..
The solution lies in one little bot.. MMCFILES!
Ah yes, the now known ascii fserve bot is spreading his packs throughout the
and.. and, yes.. this is the truth.
Everyday, over 20 packs are sent out, on average. Most of these requests dont
come from ascii, but from other scene
related chans.. such as ans, asc, dark, and the others which this cute bot
says in.
What does this mean? It means anSi DooDleZ are actually looking at ascii packs
.. theyre actually seeing our crazy
dollarsign designs!@
Oh well, happy happy.. Im just writing this to advertise the damn thing anyway
!ascii - gives you a general syntax on all the commands.
!packs - lists all groups supported.
!new - lists all new releases for that month.
!diz - extracts sends a fileid.diz from a pack still some bugs with packs
that dont contain it.
... Word.. sounds good so far... anyhow, in the future, I shall be adding a request system you can request packs
upload them too , and maybe a specific-file extraction.
Who knows?
The tcl script is on version 2.5 at the moment.. if you would like to get a copy of this.. please dont ask me. When
its available, it will be offered.. so hold your pants on, nerds :
Black Jack Mimic
Title - Quotes? Utter Posh!
35C Author - Pariah
blkjack Im killing mimic.
Isnt that funny?
Maybe it is to some, others it may be angering, while others.. wouldnt believe
I, myself, wouldnt believe it.. and thats why Im writing this.
You see, some people are stupid.. others will believe anything....
As a lot of people know, I usually say a lot of shit on irc.. a lot of negative
shit.. I do this, and am known for this..
Unfortunately, some people dont understand the difference between me meaning something, and me going crazy.. Heres a
test.
1 blkjack Fuck, I hate Maestro.
2 blkjack maestro, what a joke.. that idiot should die.
Which one of those is true? Well, both, but normally, if I say something about
a group or person, I dont REALLY mean
it.. I just say it... and thats what a lot of people dont get.
I, myself, am probably the worst person at this.. If someone quotes me, its usually way out of context and makes me look
like a nazi/racist/idiot/or asshole.
I wont go into detail or name names, but when someone quotes another person, dont take it literally or truthfully.
A lot of people in the scene quote religously mostly euro, incidently, and those people should burn! And/or be thrown
into a gaschamber. I mean.. if we all wanted to, we could quote shit.. we could backstab, you know? The works!
But.. thats not what most civilized people do.. most people are kinder than that, they have respect for other peoples
feelings..
*Shrug*, another one of my articles where I self promote or bitch.. I sound like filth.. ick.
Bah..
Black Jack Mimic
Title - Shrimps Tantrum
35C Author - Pariah
8CA lot of you probably remember Shrimp. He started out in Odelay and thenjoined several other ascii groups. You might best remember him for his Tg-like
behavior in ascii. Hes now started his ansi career and has given up on
ascii. Meanwhile he posted a little speil on Acheron that is intended to supporthis reasoning in giving up on ascii for the ansi scene. If only for a good laughI suggest reading what he posted at www.acheron.org in the Discussions section.
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7CRemorse 26 Pack Review by Mankind
newschoolwise, remorse is clearly losing it, and it seems to be lowering its
own demands constantly. the better artists were cleaner, discofunk, axb and
tum. altogether, the newschool was a letdown, especially considering the time
it took the seniors to release.
74*.* discofunk is always experimenting. its a good thing, but it
works both ways. under the guise of originality, or innovation,
a lot of rubbish seems to slip through the net. font-wise, disco-
funk is unpredictable or fickle, if you will. the pic was just
delightful.
axb*.* it was fun to find out axb released something. and damn, he still
masters his unique style.
cl*.* ive known cleaner for quite a while now, and considering where
he comes from, this shit is pretty cool. very smooth. i especial-
ly liked the gin ascii.
hc*.* some of the faces hex corrupt did were decent, but some of them
have fucked up proportions, or abominable shading.
sh*.* remorse is giving in to the happy-face it once made fun of. either
i dont understand this, or its really, really wack.
tum*.* the eyeball looks photographically correct when you view it in
vga, which is cool. the other one is nicely shaded, but the whole
sucks.
wr*.* if one would apply to remorse with this shit, he would probably
be laughed at. not cool.
zh*.* idem.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE PACK - done by Pariah Discofunk. His logos especially the
greyscale ansi ones are smooth and innovative at the same time and his one pic for Cell Block Four is, by far, the highlight of the pack.
karma 5: apocalypse k.
review newschool only by Ryuichi Sakamoto.
Speed freak. this kid shows some mad potential for future rock in the ascii medium. 5F-MASS3.ASC has one hep pic. problem is, speed freak hasnt been in it
uite long enough to get those ultra-smooth curves. but as he learns his way areund the ASCII character set, speed freak will rock yo whorl, whitebread. court on it.
Arlequin. I think that arlequin gets worse at newschool every month. this shading is inexcusably bad. the odelay logo is also downright hideous. arlequin:
oure a great guy and a cool scener and what-not, but stick to oldschool. the
ewschool jive just isnt your cup of coffee.
Drax. endless nameless reincarnate, im actually a fan of draxs work represented in Apocalypse K. although it took me for-fucking-ever to decipher the face
t the top of the work, I did finally get it about 15 viewings later. im a big fan of the coloring up in this piece, and the outer line traced about the logois cool as well. MAD ULTRA-UPS, YO!
Gravedancer. pic-tastic! though not mankind-smooth, GDR turns it out in a big
way. logo-lacking, but thats okay - these pics esp. the second are worth their weight in...oh, wait, ascii files are intangible entities without weight or
ubstance. well, these are good. trust me.
Haji. my hero! everyone gets a kick out of the Haj, self included. though H4-MERR.ASC was pretty so-so, the karma logo not to mention apocalypse k work esp. fileid.diz was a lot better than some of the other talentless, repetitivedrivel hes produced. an extra-special fucking a goes to the mesmerizing mimmikarma logo from joint with blackjack. this kid busts it out, telephasic-like.
H7. as far as I can tell, this new find doesnt have a handle. he does, however, have ascii skills to spare. not the smoothest, but who ever IS at first? these logos and pics show the sense of quirk which I appreciate regardless of technical know-how - generally cool-looking stuff. h7 goes straight for the jugularand hits you hard in the aesthetic gland. ROCK.
Metal Militia. m7m has the magical gift at making every logo he does look pretty much the same. every one mentions some electronic-incorporating musical outfit and rips the stylistic skills of the lord god polymorph. not BAD material, just forgettable and unoriginal.
Mydknight. KARMA STOLE HIM!! MIMIC OWNS HIM!! non-partisan viewers like myself
can give a flying fuck to all this bullshit and personally thank god that this
uys releasing in the first place. thanks, god - mydknight rules, and im really glad hes releasing for a national group sos I can view his excellent art.
oh, and im sure hes sorry abojut the inverted cross. sincerely, ryuichi sakamoto. see? everyone else should do that, too.
Mankind. hey, these pics rule! unfortunately, the logos do not do this guy justice. the haji style was nothing more than repetitive cut-n-paste used to maskan obvious lack of technical skill, and those who could easily shape anything thhey wanted shouldnt waste their magical fingertips on using alt-codes to copy
tuff - they should be painting elaborate ascii tapestries of nekkid women for meto masturbate to. thats what im thinkin. regardless, these pics are fuckin
g amazing, and the logos are still pretty good esp. the geek security logo.
im just convinced that mankind could do a lot better than this.
Overall. karma did a lot better this time around than last mankind and haji work together to form a strong pack just like haji and the prodigy used to. everybody involved could probably do a BETTER job if they tried, but thats not detracting from the fact that this pack was phenomenal. definitely a keeper.
ryuichi sakamoto out.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE PACK - done by Pariah Gravedancer and Mankind. Two excellent
pic artists contribute two excellent pics.
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AK-E21.ASC - Mediocre The idea and layout behind this ascii is good, but a
lack of smoothness in shaping brings it down. A good idea would be to work on
smooth curves and shaping techniques.
BJASC*.*.ASC - Excellent I liked the first ascii a little more in the joint
version, but its still a great pic. The second Noname tribute pic is nicely
done as well.
DS-MIM10.ASC - Good I know its intended to look weird, but this pic looks a
little too weird. The use of blank space is overdone in some parts. Still a nicepic, though.
GDR-MIM1.ASC - Excellent Gravedancer pulls off another smooth comic-ish pic.
Smaller than last month, but still superb.
GNK*.*.ASC - Mediocre His inverse style is pretty good, but the coloring styleis completely uninspired. Gnk should stick to greyscale or come up with his own
coloring technique.
IS-*.*.ASC - Good The colly isnt that good, but the two 23 liners are very
nicely drawn especially the second one. I dig the unique coloring style. Gnk
could take some pointers from this guy on being innovative.
KA-ROOTS.ASC - Mediocre Cain can do much better. This logo looks like it was
done in a rush. The shaping isnt smooth and the proportions are off.
KO-*.*.ASC - Good KO-DUST is a little too bright and has a tad too many ansi
characters for it to come out clearly as a pic. The oldschool inverse pic is
excellent, though.
KTR-*.*.ASC - Mediocre This wouldve been good, but Keetar re-released an
ascii from Mimic 3. The 23 liner matrix looks pretty nice, but perhaps it wouldhave been better in greyscale or not two-toned.
MP-*.*.ASC - Excellent Meatpods been going all out the past few months, and
it really shows. The warez info file is extremely smooth I really dig the new
small logo style and the two pics are near perfect, showing off Meatpods
ability to draw comic rips. Overall, another stellar release from Meatpod.
PM-MIMIC.ASC - Good Pretty good, but certainly not one of Polymorphs best
pieces. If this were released by anyone else it would be really good, but Poly-
morphs one of the best.
SCK-*.*.ASC - Good Better than last months disappointing release, but still
lacking some basic shaping techniques. As with a lot of the newer ascii artists
itd be a good idea to work on drawing smooth curves and basic techniques beforetackling large pics.
US-ALIFE.ASC - Excellent Black Jack and Konami. Nuff said.
US-MMK.ASC - Excellent Haji adds some interesting shading to this Black Jack
pic and makes it a lot more mysterious and innovative. The logo is nice too.
OVERALL - An Excellent release by the Mimic crew. Last month was a bit of a dropin quality but they make up for it this month. The mix of good art from artists
relatively new to the scene and excellent art from established artists works outpretty well.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE PACK - Great logos and great pics. Thats what Meatpod drew andthats why he gets Highlight honors.
8CJust to let you know, the Highlight of the Pack section included at
the bottom of all reviews even the ones that I dont do is an early indicator
of the Picks of the Month. There was a lot of great art this month, and in turn
many Picks.
El Pickos Del Monty in viewing order: Meatpod The Afterlife, Mydknight
Sex, Discofunk 1974 Cell Block Four, Gravedancer Blue Grass Boogie,
Mankind Lynx, Black Jack and Haji Mimikarma Joint, Gravedancer Mimic
Promotional, and Meatpod Blue.
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next issue you can look for the return of interviews. Also, oldschool reviews
will possibly be added to Massive as of the next issue. As always Im in need
of articles and other contributions for all future issues of Massive. Anyone
can write about a subject they have emotions for, so all of you should feel
free to write up articles, etc... and send them to me at pariah@alienz.org.
Like I said in 3, articles are a big part of an emag, so in that sense the
success of Massive is determined by whether you guys help out or not. I hope
you enjoyed this issue of Massive and look for Massive 5 to hit the shelves
November 25th!
-- Pariah send all feedback/contributions to: pariah@alienz.org
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------meatpod whens ASSive coming out?
its out, lovey!
30mThis, and all other issues of Massive will self destruct on your hard drive on
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30mDecember 31st, 1999 as a signal of the coming of the apocalypse. Subsequently
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30mall copies of Aciddraw, Ciadraw, Netscape, mIRC, Netterm, Acidview, and Iceview
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30mwill be deleted. Oh, and all .ASC and .ANS files will be deleted as well. With that in mind, have a great day!
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