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 .:.       \...:    ascii.pack.number.24    :..../   /....:.
  : .       \                                       .     :
  :          .    released.on.13.June.2oo8                :
  :                                                       :
  :  _Hello dudes. It's been a quite loooong time since   :
  :  our last release. We know it (better than you =).    :
  :                                                       :
 :::                                                     :::
 :   _There are some stories behind this number -24- pack. :
 :   Let me write some of them... So...                    :
 :   This one was to be released on July/August, 2oo4 but  :
 :   SimonKing partially left the scene for the sake of    :
 :   family and, as for me, I had a high school diploma    :
 :   to finnish. But that wasn't all, as some of you could :
 :   guess. My hard disc crash took virtually everything   :
 :   I have collected and done (@#&%$*!) but fortunately,  :
 :   and thanks goodness, I had sent a part of my contri-  :
 :   bution to SimonKing before it all happend. Never the  :
 :   less few nice works were (and are) completely lost.   :
 :   And later.. Well, real life and other obligations     :
 :   took us so the things faded slowly away...            :
 :                                                         :
 :::                                                     :::
  :  _Now we are in Fabruary 2oo7. After some internal    :
  :  talks we decided to release it instead of leaving it :
  :  lying somewhere in our drawers since 2oo4. The pack  :
  :  was initially supposed to be out on May/June 2oo7.   :
  :  After additional mobilisation of -The Corporation-,  :
  :  everything was ready at the beginning of August 2k7. :
  :  But...  Once again unfriendly forces have stroke at  :
  :  us (me). When I came back from vacation in middle    :
  :  August 2007, I found my appartament completely plun- :
  :  dered with almost all the things upside-down. And yep:
  :  't was not easy. As for the scene work, fortunately  :
  :  those kids were blind enough (or what?) and have not :
  :  noticed my USB half-opened back-up harddrive laying  :
  :  just by the laptop. It was an old backup but -hey!-, :
  :  I had something saved on it! \o/                     :
  :  (You probably know how does that feel, hem?)         :
  :                                                       :
 :::                                                     :::
 :   _So finally we are in 2oo8, on June and here it is.   :
 :   Finally...                                            :
 :   Our work included in this pack is perhaps not a brand :
 :   new but 90% of them were completely unreleased.       :
 :                                                         :
 :::                                                     :::
  :  _Before reading these words, you have probably seen  :
  :  already a BONUS directory containing some additional :
  :  material. I decided to include it spontaneously.     :
  :  The graffiti pieces, as well as logo sketches, were  :
  :  done a couple o years ago by me. A couple...? Gosh!  :
  :  't was over a decade ago...=/.. Time passes by very  :
  :  fast...                                              :
  :                                                       :
 :::                                                     :::
 :   _Last words.                                          :
 :   We really hope you like our work (or at least a part  :
 :   of it). Have a good time dudes... Cheers!             :
 :                                                         :
 :                                                         :
 :::                                                     :::
  :      .                           .SimOne   \       .  :
 .:.../ /.....:.                on behalf of  .:\      .\.:.
  '  . /_     :         The Loop Corporation  : _\      _\
        /    .:...............................:.\       \
              :   .ppl.behind.this.release.   :  .       \
       ..:....:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::....:..    \
        :  _I would like to thank these dudes for   :      .
        :  their cooperation  ...and patience.      :
        :::                                       :::
         :           .aSPhyX........asx.           :
         :           .cLEaNER.......cl!.           :
         :           .clEVER........clv.           :
         :           .kAMi68k.......kmi.           :
         :           .rAmbO........rmb!.           :
         :           .sIMONkING.....sK!.           :
         :           .wiLlY.........wLY.           :
         :           .yEaHlOn.......yhl.           :
        :::                                       :::
        :      Dzieki Panowie. Thank you guys.      :
        .::.......................................::.
            .:..................................:.
              :    .greets.and.other.stuff.    :      .  /
          ...::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::..../_ /__
            :  the authors send their respect to.  :  /   /
   :::......:                                      ../   /::
   :  _Hmm, to my friends and collegues I spent some time  :
   :  with (in NO A-Z order):                              :
   :                                                       :
   :   Suspect, Joker Team, Mystic, Luzers, Zack Team,     :
   :   Action Direct, Deform, Haze, Mad Elks, Alchemy,     :
   :   WFMH, Katharsis, Real Destruction, Pride, TRSI,     :
   :   Fatum, Chromance, Agony Design, Elysium, F4CG,      :
   :   Ikari/+Talent, Futuris, AmiSO/BTTR, BitFellas...    :
   ::                                                     ::
   :    FS, DOA, DSC, EWC, SCR, B3S, WC, SD, iMF, C29...   :
   :    and to those I forgot at this moment...            :
   :                                                       :
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    ::::  _If you want to send us some nice words,    .::::
    :    feel free. However, we do not promise we will    :
    :    answer (immediately). Seems life took us once    :
    :    again...                                         :
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