Ü ÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜ ÛÛÛÛÛ²²ÜÜÜßßß°°°° °°°ßßßßßßßÜÜÜÜÜßßÜß ßßßßß ßß ßß ß ß þ ú Û²²²²²²²²²²±± ±° °°° °° ° ° ú Û²²²²± ² ±± ±° °°° ú ²±± ° ±° ±° ° °°° ° ßÛßßÜßÛ² ²ÜÜ ÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜ Û ° Ü ° ° ° ° Û Ü Üß Û Û ² ²ßßß ± ÛÛ ± ú ° ÛÜ ÛÜ ²ßß ±ÜÜ Üßß Û Ü Ü ßß ßßÜ ² ÜÛܲ²Ü²±±ÜÜÜßܱ߱±ß²ÜÜܲÛÜ Ü ² ß ßßÜ Ü ßÜ ßßß ² Û Ü ßÜ Ü ßÛ ² The men, the myth, ² ß ú ² the legend. After ² ° It all started 2 or 3 short years ago ± an almost 3 year ± when a group of fun.loving-ansi.drawing- ± absence, NaC returns ± 519.dialing-roadkill.eating-school.going-yoots ú ° to the ANSi scene ° decided they were going to start an ANSi group. ° with a vengeance. ° Little did they know the events which would ± A vengeance for what ± unfold before them. ú ² ± you might ask? A ± NaC started out simple enough, a couple guys ² vengeance to take ² sitting in their basements drawing blocky² ² back their rightful ² pictures and calling themselves artists. Yet what ² spot in ANSi history ² was different about these guys were that they ßÛ²²²ÜÜÜßßßÜ°°±Ü±±Ü²²²ßÜÛß possessed, what was at the time, a very distinct Ü and unique ability -- to make people ask themselves two very important questions: Ý ú ² ß Ü ² ß Ü ²"What the hell is that?".. and .."Why the hell is it still on my screen?" Ý Ü ß Ü ß ú ß It was this gift that swiftly brought them to 5i9 superstardom. Ok, well not exactly superstardom, but at least people knew who they were. NaC slowly began expanding its operation. A few more members joined, and soon NaC had rightfully aquired the name "group". ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ß Being one of the founding members of the group, I for one took pride in knowing that some of our ansi's were the worst ever produced (except for those guys who made TheDraw). It had become the NaC trademark;úshitty fonts, horrific colour schemes, a decent looking picture with an overly large or extremely unattractive font. Everything about our ansis made you scream "NaC!". Unfortunately some of the other group members had different ideas Ý about where the group should be taken. ßßÜÜÜÜ ± ² ú Ü ± ±I'm sure the people mentioned in this paragraph would rather have this part of their ANSi pasts removed permanently from memory, but I'm afraid that's not possible. It became pretty obvious that members of the group such as ܲ Wyvern and WarpuS (:)) were doing their best to draw well. I would have ² normally taken this as a deliberate act to sabotage the entire foundation on which NaC was built, but instead took the oppurtunity to realize that their was an obvious creative difference in the group, and therefore it was ² Ý disbanded leaving the remaining members to go their seperate ways. Û Ý ² Ý And so started my leave of absence from the ANSi world. Not that I was really that disappointed anyway. ANSi as an artform really hadn't taken off, and the majority of work was based on simple pictures and well drawn out fonts (an art that some have obviously since forgotten). Yet I never truly ú detached myself from the ANSi "scene". Wyvern was (and is) a good friend of mine and he always had the latest releases from the up and coming groups along with some of my old favourites. It was during this time period that ANSi truly began to "mutate". I use the word "mutate" not to say that it wasn't growing, but rather to suggest that maybe it was growing in the wrong ways. ßß Ü ²± ± Ý ú ú Ý I'm not going to deny that there were a lot of great works±released in this time period, but when comparing it to some of the bad stuff you really get ± a hold of the amount of pure and utter CRAP people were releasing. Never ² before in my life had I sat down in front of an iCE or ACiD pack (just to ú Ý mention a few..) and said to myself "uih, what the hell is that supposed to be", or "my god, !I! could draw betterúthan that!". But the big groups aren't the only ones to blame for this reaction. It seemed that with every new day ± came a new ANSi group and soon our little "scene" had changed into a full fledged market where having a name like iCE or ACiD beside your sig made you god. I'd alsoúhave to say that it was the little groups that produced some of the biggest crap. I thought NaC was bad, boy is this stuff ever... hey, ° wait a minute. NaC WAS bad, some could go as far to say it was the worst, but now it seems that everyone is out to capture NaC's coveted title! ßßßÜÜÜÜÜ Which brings us to the present, and the reason why NaC is back in business.ß It's time to show all those bad-drawing wannabes what really BAD art is all ß about. Puddlez (the only former NaC member willing to take on the project) Û and myself have decided to release our first pack (not to mention our first Û ansis) in 3 years! But this time NaC isn't stopping at ANSi, they're going Û all the way to VGA! We're risking our names to show the world that we truly Û are the worst ANSi/VGA hobbyists (because we are in no way artists) ever Û known. ú Ü Ü Ü ÜÜÜß ÜßÜÜÜßßÜÜßßßÜÜÜÜßÜÜÜÜÜ Ü Ü þ þ ú ú Û Now comes the part where YOU fit in. As of today, NaC has reached it's full member list, Puddlez and myself. We aren't accepting new members, and we þ don't do board pics, BUT we do wan't some guest artists! So go into ye olde archives and dig out your raunchiest-awfulest-horriblest-wiggliest ANSi's andÜ post 'em everywhere. All you have to do is put [NaC] beside your name and show people what REAL crap looks like! Who knows, maybe some day all those Ü big shit ANSi so-called-artists will look at how bad your stuff is, then look at their stuff and realize that they look identical and say to themselves, Û "hey, why don't i get off my pickle and draw ANSi the way it's supposed to Û be drawn"!!! ßßßßßÜÜÜÜßßßÜßßßßßßÜßßßßßßßßßßßÜÜßßßßßßßÜÜÜßßßßßßßÜÜßßßßßßßßßßßÜß ú þ ÜÜÛÛÛÛ The final word, -Psyche[NaC] ÛÛÛÜÜÜ þ ú