" Where you from kid? " _:______/_ /\ /\ | /_________ ____/\ _______ __/\__|__ _\___ \/ // \ /___ _____ ___\ /___ ___ | \ /\ )_ _/___\___ ___//_( _/__|___ \\ _/ \ / \___\___ / /____/\___\_______ _\ \_ / // | _ ___\(_______(__________\ _ _________|_____ _____|_______ _ | /__ [ W. C. T. S. ] __\ | : | : . . Broken glass everywhere People pissing on the stairs, you know they just don't care I can't take the smell, I can't take the noise . Got no money to move out, I guess I got no choice . · Rats in the front room, roaches in the back ° · Junkies in the alley with a baseball bat I tried to get away, but I couldn't get far Cause the man with the tow-truck repossessed my car . + . ° . · Don't push me, cause I'm close to the edge I'm trying not to loose my head · + . . · It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder · . How I keep from going under · · . · . . . . . . . · · . · . . . . _ _\( _______ ___________. · . : . /_<¯¯ ¯ /\ . //¯¯¯ ¯ /| _ __|_ : ·/_______//| · ./__________//| _ __/_ |/ |. |- - - -|/|_____:_ | _ _ _ _ _ |/|________ / · :| || · __|- - - -|/|¯ ¯¯/| | _ _ _ _ _ |/| · /· · || · |\\ / |- - - -|/|___//|· | _ _ _ _ _ |/|_____:/| :. /|| ||\\ /___|- - - -|/|__ |/|.· | _ _ _ _ _ |/|. . .|.| ::: //|| || \\ |...|- - - -|/|__ |/|:./| _ _ _ _ _ |/|. . .|.| ··: _ ___//_||_________||__\\___|...|- - - -|/|_________| _ _ _ _ _ |/|. . .|.|___ ____/(_|__________||__)\___|...|- - - -|/|_._______| _ _ _ _ _ |/|. . .|.|__ _ ¯ ¯¯¯¯|| ¯ ¯¯¯¯¯||¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|...|- - - -|/|_|| ¯·¯¯¯| _ _·_ _ _ |/|. . .|.| _|| ~~~|| .___: |...|- - - -|/|/|| / ·_|____:_ _ _ |/|. . .|.| ::. _ __(·|._ ~~~~ .___| | |...|- - - -|/|.||/ /¯ ¯¯ /|_ _ _ |/|. . .|.| ::: . ~~~~ _| |_ | |...|- - -|/|.|/ ·(_____/.|_ _ _ |/|. . .|.| ::: .. ~~~~~ \\_ _/ |___ ______/_ |/| · / |. . .|.|_ _ _ |/|. . .| · ::: ... ~~~~ . | | __ /_\ ___/__ |/|/ // |. . .|.|_ _ _ |/|. . | :: ... ~~ ~ ... | : \| __) ) /· ·/ |. . .|.|_ _ _ |/|. · · · ~ ~ . ... | | \| |_ / |. . .|.|_ _ _ |/| __ _ :__ ~ ~ ..... 1_______| ___|______// · |. . .|.|_ _ _ |/· _\\ ___| / ~ . ..... _____ |___) : ____ _ · |. . .| ·_ _ _ | _____\ )_ .... ____\ ____ ______ ____ ____/_ · . ___ _ ___ · ( ______/_ / . ...... .\ \/ /_\ ___/ \ _/____\ _/________\_ )_( _/_____\ ___/__ | . | __)----\____ \____ __/ \__ __) ) : : :::| \ / \| |/ |/ \| |/ \| |_ 1___(\/)______| / _/ \ / | __// |-------/_______\|-------|\ / ______|----) : | | : \\ /____\ : | : \ / | : Y : __ ·| \/ :| \/ [message sent]: may 1, 1999 :| \/ :| [original size]: ¹25,2OO bytes :| \/ :| · .| \ | \ /\ /\ /\| - -- --- ------------------------------/--/--/--X>>>->---- -- - / \/ \/ \/|. / |: · |. |: [terminal settings]: 80 x 50 recommended |. |· [system font]: amiga font simulator required |. | [viewer]: remorseview recommended | | : . __ \/ \/ . \/ \/ . " So you mean you aint gonna do nuthin' with your life but sit here and wait for Jesus to fall out the sky? " · : ·:. ::. ·_· _(o (/) \¯ ¯ . . ..::::::·::::::.. . ::::::::: ::::::::: :::::::::: :::::::::: . :::::::::: :::::::::: . ······:::: :::::::::: : _:_______ ::: :::::::::: · ,|, · _ _ | ) ::: :::::::··· _ __\(@)/__ _ _ _ \\\\ ._________ | | ::: :::::: .______________ ____________ //// ¯ ¯ | \| | ::: :::::: | _ ) _ ) ¯ ¯ | \ \ | ::: :::::: | / | / | |_______|\ | ::: :::::: | ___________| __________|_. _ ________ _____ \________| ::: :::::: |____) ____ _ |_______________| ____ _ V .::: ::::::. V V :::::::::: :::::::::: V :::::::::: :::::::::: V V :::::::::: :::::::::: ::::::::: ::::::::: V ··::::::.::::::·· · . I hear brothers talking about how the scene has changed, how it just isn't the same anymore, how nobody can compete, how it's all dying. And maybe they're right. Maybe there isn't any competition anymore, maybe no one feels like competing, and maybe, just maybe, it is all dying. But y'know what, I don't think so. I think y'all have gotten lazy. I think y'all have decided to do nothing with your lives but sit around and wait for some kind of ascii messiah to fall out of the sky and deliver your souls to the Kingdom of God. Well, guess what, motherfuckers? Shit don't work like that.... . . . . I have been gone a long time. So long in fact some people could say the scene has moved past me, been handed down to a new generation of artists and is now free of my influence, whatever it once may have been. Maybe they're right, but y'know, I don't think so. It has been over a year and a half since the release of my last colly, "Millennium," but there have been so few changes in the entire ascii scene that I could produce a formulaically mundane collection and still count on most everyone's love, but let's be honest - if you're not doing something new with your art you might as well be doing nothing at all, love or no. So for those of you who may have been wondering why it has taken me so long to put out another colly, there is your answer - I just didn't see a point to it anymore. So, if it was pointless, how did I end up here again? I really can't say for sure; it just happened that one day in the middle of my mid-20s malaise I found myself drawing ascii again, bang, just like that.. and then slowly, byte by byte, this collection started to fall into place. It's taken me a long time, much longer than I thought it would, but it has been such a strange road I have traveled to reach this place; this message. Yes, there is a message in this bottle, as we shall soon see, but I know all you're really waiting to hear me say is.... . . . · : | | _ _ ___ _|_ / _ _ ____: |/ :____ · \\\\ _______ \ |_________________ ___| / ¯ ¯ \ ___/__\ __ / _ / ___/__\ | _/__ \\ \/ | |/ / /___/_ \/ | __ / /_______|__/ /|_______/_______| |/ / /___\ _ ____/ / :_____: :___ . ... /___\_:_ ___| \ |___|__/._____ : _____:____ \ |___ \\___ \ __ / |\ __/___ _/ _ | /__| ___// / | |/ / |-\_ / \ \ | /) | \ _ /____|__/ /|___| ____// \_____|______|____\ \ /___\ /____\ .... . · : ______ _ ____: _ _______\ :____ _ _______ \ |_________________ ___| / \ \ ___/__\ __ / _ / ___/__\ | _/__ · \\ \/ | |/ / /___/_ \/ | __ / /_______|__/ /|_______/_______| |/ / /___\ _ ____/ / - ---/\ . .....: | /___\_:_ _ _ _____ //\__________ _____:____ \ |___ //// \ \/ / _ / _/ _ | /__| ___// ¯ ¯ \\ \/ / /___/_ \ \ | /) | \ /___/ /|_______// \_____|______|____\ /____\ _ \| / \ · _ |\ / |/ · | /| _ ¯|¯¯¯ ¯ \ | · : _ . / · I hear them talking; bragging; boasting; lying about how they took a chunk out of the phunk, how they brought down the House of Wu, but they don't know I can hear them; they don't realize; they don't understand.. _ / · · : _ | \ | · · | _ | · \ /\ | : · _ ___/\_______/_ ......:..::.:::::::::.:..¦. . ............._/ . .. ...:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ...:.::::::::::::::::·__) ···:::::::::::::::::¦::::::::¦::: - --.:::::::::::::::::::::·--\--- - ·::::::::::::::::|::· :::|::: :::::::::¦:::::::::::· · ...::.. ·:::::::::::::·|::::::::|::: ::::::::¦::::::::::::· ..:::::::::. ·::::::::::::¦|::¦:::¦:|::: :::::::::|:¦:::::::::· ..::··:::::::::. |::::::·:::·:||:.¦:::::¦::: ::::|:¦¦¦|¦¦::::::::: .::::¦ :::::¦::::::. |·:::::::: ::¦¦::::::::¦::: :::::¦¦:|¦|:¦¦¦¦:¦:::: .::::¦::::::::|¦:. :::. | :::::::·:¦::¦::· ::¦::::: ::::¦¦¦¦|||||¦¦¦¦:::::· .::::::|¦:::::::¦::: :::: | ·::::::::::·:::::::::·::: ::::::¦·||¦|¦¦:¦::::::: ·:::::¦|:::::::¦¦:::::::. | :::::::: ::¦:::··::. .:· :::::¦¦||:|:¦:::¦:·::::: ··:::¦::::::::|:::::::: | ·:::::::::::·· .::::· ::::::¦¦¦||¦¦|¦::· .:·:::. ·::::::::¦|¦::::::::. :::::·:·::: . ··· ::::::::¦¦¦|:·:·:. ·:::::::... . `··::::||:::::::::.:::·:::·::::..:' .:::: : ':::·::::¦¦¦:¦:·..:..:·:::::::::::::::::::¦|:::::::::::::::·::::··::· ·:· ·:· ::::::::::¦:::...: ·::::::::::::::::::::::||::::··::·:::·:::.:. .:·::¦.::· ::· :::::::::¦|·¦::· .· ··:·:::::· ·::::::¦¦::::::.::·.::·::::::::·.:|: :::::: :::: :·:::¦:::·.: .: ::::::::.`¾##@. ·:::::¦:::::. :..:· · ·:·:·:: ¦:::::··: ·::.:::::¦:::::::.::·::.:::::::.`¾##@. ·:· ·:·.::·.½##@'.::·::::¦·::· ,:· ::·::·:::::::::.:. ·:::::::.`¾##@. .½###@'.::·:·.###@'.:· ...:::::::.:: : .::::::.::::::::::.`¾###@. ·:::· ·:.`@'.####@' .::::·.###@'.:::::::::·::::::::: :· `¾####. · .@. · .####@' .###@' · ·: :···:···:·::::::::::.`¾###@.####@.####@'.i@. ·::·.###@'.:::·::·::···:·:···: :·· : `¾###@' `####@' `¾##@. .###@' : ··: : : _ ___/_ ¯ ¯¯¯¯ `@' ¯ `@' ¯¯ `¾##@.###@' ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¬¯¯¯ ¯ : : : : /__ :···:·:·:.... .:·...:·:··:... .......·:····:. :···: : : : : :·· : : : :.....: : : : : : : :·· : : : : ::::: :: : : : : .......: : : : : : : : : : : : ....... : :.: :' :· : : : : : : : : :.: ..:' : : : : : : : ···: : : : : : : : : : : : :... : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :.. : : : :.. : : : :.. : : : :.. : : : :.. : : : :...:.:.....: _ :...: : : _ :...:.:.....: :...: : : :...: : : :. : : /______________________ : : _______ : : ::::.:::··:::.:::·::::: :.. : : : : ..: ···:·.::···:·:·· ·::·:. :...:......::...::.:::::: | : :.....: wH0:.:..:...: ::.:::.· ..::::.::::::· | .: ·.:··:::: :.:: .::·· :.::.::::::::·:::::::::::::::: | :::::::::|::::::::::::::: .:.:::·:·. :· :.::.:::· ::::::.: ::::::::::::::::: | :::::::¦¦|¦¦¦:¦:::::::::: :.::·: :·:: ` ····:: :::·:::·:::::.:::· ·::::::::: | ::::::::|||¦|¦¦¦|¦:¦¦:::: :·:::·. ··::.. .:.. :.: :::::··:::: ········· | ·····················:·:: ::.: ::·::.:·::::::: :::·::·::::::::· - ----------÷---------------- - .:::::: :·:::::::.: .::· :···::.:::::::.::::: ........ | .................:::::::: ·:·::· :::: :.::: :::::.·:.:::.:::· ·:::::: | :· ...-... ·:::···::::::: ·::::::: :::.::.:.:..::·: :·::::::: :::::: | : :::: :::: ...-... ·::: ·:::::·::::.:::::::: ::: ·::::; `::::: | : :::: :::: :::: :::: ::: ·:::::::: .::.::::::.. .::· ··: | : :::: :::: :::: :::: ::· ··::::::::::·:::.:· ···:::. .:::: | : :::: :::: `::: :::: :· ···:::::::·:::.: :·::::. .::::: | :.`::: :::: :..`-:::: ····:::::::::::::::. , :::::: | :::..`-:::: :::: :::: ······:::::::·· .:::::: | :::::: :::: ·· :::' ···::. , ::::::: | :::::· :::' _ ··· :::::::: | ·· \ .::::·· | _ · :· | / . : · . 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My son said daddy I don't wanna go to school Cause the teacher's a jerk, he must think I'm a fool And all the kids smoke reefer, I think it'd be cheaper If I just got a job, learned to be a street sweeper . . ......................... : : It's been a year and ten months since I last stood here, a : . collection in the can and only the intro left to write, and I . must admit this is still as hard as I remember it used to be. I will talk about alot of people in this collection and if you plan on only looking at the pictures you will miss half of the message, half of the art. Words have always been my art. I don't think it really matters what form they take because the heart of the battle has always been the same for me.. words. I used to think the poetry I wrote and the ascii I drew had nothing in common, besides being creative extensions of myself, but then I realized they were both about the words. I've been searching most of my life for the proper words by which to explain myself, define myself, and ultimately bring things full circle and end myself. I think it's horrible what they've done to Dr. Kevorkian - of all the shitty things in life over which we have no choice, no matter of will, we should at least be entitled to die with dignity. I have long said I intend to. I certainly don't intend it to be any time soon, but I do intend it to be on my own terms if I live that long. Until then, I'll continue my quest for the words by which I can define myself. Words are my struggle, my love, and my life.... . . . . There were alot of people I felt deserved my respect and a mention in this collection but I have only found the time to do twenty seven logos. I wish I could have done more, I really do, but I simply haven't had the proper combination of time and energy to live up to all the goals I set for myself with this collection. Such is life, we do what we can and make do with what we have. If, as you peruse the rest of this collection, you find nothing for yourself and you feel there should have been a mention of you and a token of my respect, well, try not to take it as a personal insult because no one was left out on purpose. I've done what I can and now it's time for something else. The sun is warm upon my face today and all around me the city is turning from spring bloom to summer green. I'm leaving Vancouver by the end of the week and will be out touch with my e-mail for a while but if you're family you should still know how to get in touch with me, and I hope you will. The future of my art feels as bright to me today as the day itself is, warm with memories of summers past and the anticipation of days still yet to come. I hope you'll continue to join me in as you have these past five years, allowing me to indulge my creative spirit and enabling it to soar on the winds of your patronage. I would have never made to my nineteenth colly without everyone who took made requests and took the time to view my ascii art. In a less dramatic way I'ld like to personally thank all of my family, the ones who made this collection possible just by · being the beautiful people they are: Sara, Matt, Mike, Pete, · : Ryan, Sean, Tom, Mark, Jay, Dorian, Nate, Chewie, Russ 'n Jess. : : ························· · · I love you all. . : | I dance to the beat, shuffle my feet Wear a shirt and tie and run with the creeps Cause it's all about money, ain't a damn thing funny < << >> > You got to have a con in this land of milk and honey - ---------- | -- - | xxx .__. .__| /\ x x x | | . | |___ __/\____/_ x . x | |/| | _ )\ __/ x _| _|_| | |_\_ / x : \\\_ | |__| | _/__ << | >> |______| |---|______/// | X ^ | ___\_ | ____. / \ __\___/\________ .______/_ __\ \ | ____/_ __/\___/_ __/_ \\\_ | / . \/ \ _/_ _/___:_ _/_____\ \ \|/ /____.\ _/_ / / | |/ : / /_\_ / _ / _ /( |\ | /| _ :_\_ / / / | /:_/ /_ ___/----\ /----\ / |-\ | /-|__\ : ___/-/ / |____/ | /____) | \__/ \\__/_ __| /__._________:____) _(__\\\ |___/ | \/ | << | >> \/ | | - -- | ---------- - I can't walk through the park, cause it's crazy after the dark Keep my hand on the gun, cause they got me on the run < << >> > I feel like an outlaw, broke my last fast jaw Hear them say "You want some more?", livin' on a seasaw _| | \| _\__ | \\ \(____________| X\\__________ \ : )_\\\ \ · [ °1·²7 - The Message by Hiro Protagonist - © 1999 ACiD Productions ] The way I and eveyrbody else from back in the day remembers it is that years ago (1993-1994) there was this ansi group called Tribe who, because one of their artists known as pMK started drawing them, used ascii art for their pack's file_ids. Not much of a start for such a long and complicated story as our scene I must admit, but it's the truth; our entire scene was started by one guy in a whole other scene who decided to break the rules. All it took was one kid, but without him none of this would be today. Piromaniak and I never knew each other long enough to become friends but I've never forgotten him or the influence he had upon me just by doing his own thing. He was someone who discovered a whole new physical dimension, a whole new world, but he left it up to us to explore and map its terrain. Tribe died in 1994 and for all intensive scene purposes so did pMK, but as long as we're still here some part of him is too. Wherever you are pMK - my sincere thanks. /\ _ ____/_ ___________/\____________ ____)/ ._\\__ /_) /\ ______ _ | |/ //.. _/ ·X | _/ //.: \ //:\ P i r o M a n i a K | \__________________ //____ ·X/-+-\_________ _ __. · | |_ _______ ______\/__ __ )/^ ___ ______ _ ___ _\ |----/-- - | ((_)_\_ /( _ /__\ V /_____\_ )__\__ ((_)___\_ )) | / | | | / __/- | \ / __ 7 | __ __ _/_. | | : __ | Y \\| | : \\| \| | _| | \| | | \ | : \ | | \\_ __|____| .__________| .__________| |____________| |_ |_\ | _|» | _|» | _|» |_____// : |____> |___> |__> : _____________:________________:____ ._________:___________________________ ((___________________________________)|---------------------- - ' __ ._\ )_. | \ | m. i. a. ... ...... .... .......... . ...: :......... .....: : : : .....: : : : ..........:. : : : .: .:........:. : : : : : : : : :....: : : : : : :........: : : : : : . : : : : :... :.:.: :.: | :..:.: : : ............ :..........: | . :.......: : : : | ____| :..:.: : |_\ :..........: : [ °2·²7 - The Message by Hiro Protagonist - © 1999 ACiD Productions ] pMK started things off but as anyone who was around knows it was Tinyz who really got the scene going. In 1994 he created Katharsis!Ascii (it was a side-venture of the Polish warez group Katharsis), put out the first pack solo, and in under a year Kts!Ascii grew to become to the most international group ever assembled with members on five continents. For just that reason alone Tinyz would be a hero of mine but I have so many more, not the least of which is five years of friendship, respect, tutelage, and phone calls that lasted so long my ears got sore (worth every damn second). A couple things I'll never forget about Tinyz is his ascii advice ("Always rap while drawing..") and the way he always stepped to me with respect, even when I was nobody with nothing but potential. Yeah, you know I'll still call you Big Poppaz whenever you want Jay. I miss you my friend: your art, your humour, and your leadership. We could use them all in the scene today but I understand you have heard another call and the graff is your artistic outlet, but if it's ever too cold in Warsaw, too cold to tag; some night; well, you know where to find us and you know we all still want to drop the one megabyte group colly as Kts #20. __: _ ________: _( |_ ____ _______ | ___ · \_ _/____\\___)__\_ ) ¬ |___ ____\_ )_ .....: | | ) | | ¬ | | ) ___/_ .: :. | | ¬ | ¬ | | | | | ¬ | | ..... :. ×X× .:.. | | | | | | | | | | .:... :. : X×X : _|___ |----| | |______ | ____|_ .....:. : ×X× : : (_____| `---|_____| (____|_____) : : : : X×X : : : ×X× : : ×X× : : X×X : : X×X : · ×X× ( /\|¨> [ °7·²7 - The Message by Hiro Protagonist - © 1999 ACiD Productions ] If back when we all started this thing called Remorse you would asked me who would still be around today I would have guessed and any predictions which came true would be entirely dependant on luck and statistical probability. Ogre was one of those guys who started the game with us but lost interest in the scene for whatever personal reasons and wasn't heard from again for a long time. He eventually returned to the scene and the clan and, while apparently retired from ascii, can still be found hanging out on efnet #ansi from time to time. Ogre never made a huge impact on the scene but he's a player all the same. _ _ _ _ _)\____ __/(_ _)\_ _)\__ _( __ )_ _/____ _( _ /__ _( _/ \ \| / \__ )_\ __ )_ __)----. _ _| \ | |/ / |/ / \| |_ _ _\\\\_ |\ | / | / | \ _////_ _ .... | |¯ | /| | /| | |\ | .... _ __)\__ : ¦ : | ¯| | ¯| ¦ |¯ | : __/(__ \ .. (----- : - . ¦ | | : : : - ¦ -----) .. / : ::[_ :. . : | | . . : . .: _]:: : (______/\\ _____ _ | ¦ _ _____ //\______) .\/__ _ o | g : r e _ __\/. : \/ : | \/ : :... | .. | · |  : · . .. | ...: _| | : : | : |_ \| | | . : | | : |/ \\ ¯ | | | | | // /_________)-----\/--|---|_____|---|_____\ \/ : . [ °8·²7 - The Message by Hiro Protagonist - © 1999 ACiD Productions ] Don Croce was one of the first amiga Euros I got to know and unlike most of the others who I came cross in later years he wasn't a conceited, delusional crack-whore. That's about all I can really remember to say about him: I liked his art and he was a real nice guy. I suppose dC is also more memorable to me because he embodied the friendship spirit which so much of the amiga scene lays claim to but nobody really operates on. I asked him for a logo one time and he did me two. I asked him to find me a cool amiga board online I could hangout on and he got me leech at The Payoff. That's just the kind of guy dC was and probably still is. I hadn't seen dC online for years but then we actually ran into each other on irc last month. A short while later I pulled up this logo I'd done for him ages ago and started the rewind. We didn't speak about much when we saw each other but I still got the sense that whatever road his life had taken him down, he was enjoying the journey all the same. In the end that's all what really matters anyways. :____ | // _____|_ |______ ______ // __/ | __ \___\__ \_ _/ \) | (/ / (/ // _\ \___| /____/ /_ _ _\\\\______/ \______/ _/ ////_ _ ______ _ ________ _______ _\ _ __\ _ _________ _/ ___/______\ __ \_ __ \_ ___/______ __ // _\ \) / )/____/ (/ / \) / (/____/__ _ _ _\\\\_____ /___ | \ /_____ /_____ ////_ _ ­ ­­­­­\____/­­­/_|­ ­­\______/­­­ ­\____/­­ ­­\____/­ ­ : [ °9·²7 - The Message by Hiro Protagonist - © 1999 ACiD Productions ] Evilive was one of the longest standing members of Quad-P, a fact which probably says something about our method and his preference of releasing art whenever he felt like it or I got around to asking him for something. I understood his ways and that ascii wasn't so much a passion for him as it was just something he killed the time with. He was good though, he was real good, but anyone who ever called his board or read his magazine (Ganja Digest) could tell you as much. What they couldn't tell you about was the shared sense of reality between us, the drugs, or the rest of what I remember but don't think is fit to be mentioned here. What I will say is that he was a real inspiration to me in my artwork and he taught me alot about ascii. He remains a largely unrecognized talent in both ends of the ascii scene, something I feel isn't right but can't really do much about either, but at least he knows now I'll never forget those early days, his art, or what he taught me. _ ` · .s$$s. % ' $""$$$. `^^`$$$ ` ~ ðð $$' %`. < _/' _ _ò )_ |¯| >`-' \ " d u d e , y o u g o t t a | |/ , _ ) h i t t h i s . . " | | /' ( \ <*>|-|/| ¸/ ' ¯\| | (__( /\ /\ ,(___)| __/\___: :___/\__ /___\ _( /\ |_________ _________| /\ )_ ____\ ____ | ___ /____ __ _ _____\___ | / ^ \ · / | \ / ___//_/////__ _ \ ___/// | ___/_ / ___/_ | / ·__)______ / __)_\ ___ | \\\_ / / \\\_ / | / \ / ^ / \ · / | .-(-/-./ .-(-/-. ¯ / / / / / / ¯ | · | | · | _/ / / _ __ _/ / /\ | | | | \\\_____ / ^ _ __\\\\_\\_____ /»»\ /|_____| /|_____|\ /»»/_______\ /_______\ \ / /________\ \_/ \_/ ( evilive of ganja/quad-p ) [ ¹O·²7 - The Message by Hiro Protagonist - © 1999 ACiD Productions ] Eerie's contributions to the ascii scene have never been given much individual consideration. He'll be remembered by those who knew him primarily as an ansi artist, but he was still a very important member of Katharsis!Ascii. Between himself and K-Spiff Katharsis had a powerful combination of new school that wasn't ever matched by the first incarnation of Remorse and was only equaled in Trank by the addition of mSd to the group. Eerie's styles were at times questionable but his skills were never so. I wish he'ld have continued on doing his own brand of uncoloured ansi new school because it might have kept that form of ascii alive, something the scene could have probably used at different times. Last I heard of Eerie he was still banging on his guitar and being a hippy, smart boy that 33. /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ _/\__ ____ _/\_ ____ _/\__ ___/\___ ___ _/\_ ___ ___ __) _ /__) /__) _ \__) /__) _ /__) _ /_/ (_ __) _ \__/ (__ __) \_) __)\____/_ __)\____/_ __)\____/_ _)\___/_ /_) __)\____/_ / \ _\____\ / ____\ / ____\ / __\_ / ____\ /_ · · _\ __ / _\ __ / _\ __ /_( (__/_ _\ __ ////._ _( )/ /_( )/ /_( )/ /_\ · ¬¨ /_( )/ / _\ /______\ · /______\ · _/ /____/_ / · /______\ ·  _.\\\\ _ _)______/_ _)______/_ \------\ / _\__/_ _)______/___ / \ \ / \ / / · / / / \ / /_ /--/ / · _/ · / /\ / / · _/ · //// · /___\----------\\_________/-----/\---\_____\--------\\__________\ - --/--\- · \ e e r · i e [ ¹1·²7 - The Message by Hiro Protagonist - © 1999 ACiD Productions ] I first got to know Maestro through #ansi and it was because of his ansi that he'll most often be remembered, but he also did a lot for the ascii scene. Aside from creating Endow and giving new school a real kick in the ass when it needed it he also pushed the format forward with his own creations and inspired many people in the ansi scene to try their hand at new school. I'll mostly remember Steve for his pleasant personality, witty conversation, and that ansi I paid him for but never got. I love you bro, even if I don't have a mAE ansi for ModemLand. ;) __________, /\ /\ ÁÄÃÃÃÃÃĨÄÃÃÀ ___ _ m a e s t r o ! ____/\___ _ __/\__ /\_ÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄ _\ ______ ___ /\ _ ___ ___\_ /___ __/\__\/___ÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ' ÄÄÄÄ____\ / _/ _/____/\__ __ \ / ___/__ /__ _ \ \/ /______ÄÄÄÄ\ ___ \--\_______ __( /_____/_ __ ____/____ / \ÄÄÄÄĨÄÄÄÄ/ _)/_____\_ |/ \__ _______/_|/ _( __ )_ // \/_______\ÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄ/ | /____ / _/ \| / \ |/ / /________\ _ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄ\_____ \ /_______\__ \ \---\ / // _ ___\ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄ _ /__ ____\\ _ __ /____ _____\ /____ ___\ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ_ÄÄÄÄ /__ \/ ______ _ /______\/___ _ \/ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄĨ¯¯¯¨ \/ \/ \/ ¨¯"~¤~"¯¨ [ ¹2·²7 - The Message by Hiro Protagonist - © 1999 ACiD Productions ] Out of all the M.I.A. sceners Lord Nitrogen is the one I miss the most. Between the two of us we represented Canadian old school and showed our frozen lands could produce more than just good beer and babies. We've often suffered the same fate in the scene - having our styles stepped on, ripped off, and trashed by children I mean, but he always just seemed to shrug it off and go back to work on something even phatter. I know I happen to have been one of his favorite ascii artists but I don't know if he ever really knew that he too was one of mine. · ....................... : : : : _____/_ : ____/_ \\ : ·_) / _________________\ /  \ : .\ \_) _ \_ _ _) _ /_ : ·_\ \ / / \--\ \ ////__ _ : _ __\\\\ \_____/___\ /_____\ : . /-----/ . : : · ____/_ · · · ··· ····: ___) /_ ( l o r d n i t r o g e n ) _\_______ __ \__ ___/_______________ _____ ______ ___\_ (__\_)_/ \ _ _) _ \_ __/__\_ _/______\_ (_ _\ / / / / \--\ / / \_ /_) _/ / /_ _ __\\\\ \ /_____\___\___\ \_____/___/ / \ \ / ////__ _ /___\---\ . /----\__\---/___\----\ : · : · . · : m. i. a. : : :.....................: . [ ¹3·²7 - The Message by Hiro Protagonist - © 1999 ACiD Productions ] Everybody knows Mr. Kite to be one of the true masters of ascii so I won't bother with all that. I've loved his art since the first view and wish he'ld do more but I don't begrudge him in the slightest because he's already done so much for us. He has bridged the gap between the scene and the gif-converters of alt.ascii who's only point is realism, never style. Realistic ascii is nice and all but if there's no style it's not really worth the download now is it? No one would dare say that about a MrK ascii, at least not anyone I'ld consider worth knowing. And it's not just his art we owe him for either because if you're any good at following directions you're using his viewer right now to read my message. Thanks Kite, you're da shit bro. __________/_ \ / __ / /__ _ /\ _ ___\ // / _____/_ ___ __/\_________/ ___ __/_ ___\ /____ __________\_ )_ \ __ __ \_\_/_\ _/___\_ ______/_ \\ ___ / _/ )/ )/ / /___ / )/ )_/ )/ / \\____/ / / / )/ / / / / / _ _____ \___/ _\___\ / / / / / / \__ \_____)) \_________)) · _)) / / / / _ ___ \______________\ · /_ / / \________ _ \_________ ////__ _ ___ __ ___/ / · _ ___ (____\ . \ \\\___\__\_ / /_ ________/_ (_________\ / __/___ )_ _ _\___( / ______________/_ / _\ )_ ____ \_ _/____ \\ ______/ / )/ / )__// / _______/___ / ___)_______ / / /______ / )/ ) )/ )_ / __¯ __/_ )_ / / / / / )/ )_ / / · / / / / / · / · / _ _// / · · / \\\_______/ _____________ _______ _)) / )__ _ /____________\ /____________\ /____________\\ · [ ¹4·²7 - The Message by Hiro Protagonist - © 1999 ACiD Productions ] Bitstream was somebody I always liked, thought well of, and enjoyed talking to on his bbs. I remember he had this killer bit of code he made, an upload scanner or something, and I was jonesing for it cos it was /X and looked fabulous so he asked me if I'ld join Wicked for it. People who know me know like I don't like to lose, and my own bbs was such an investment of time and love that I probably would have done almost anything to make it better. Now for those of you who don't recall (anyone?) Wicked was a group which was basically kept alive by the spirit and effort of Bits and Trinitron. I imagine they really loved Wicked but with enough people asking them about it they both eventually joined Trank. After this Wicked just went downhill. I felt kind of sorry because I thought Wicked was a cool enough group but I had to say no because I had a crew or two already and one more would have ment no sleep at all and I wasn't going to fucking die for ascii art. Anyways, Bits, wherever you are, I still want that software, and uh, draw again! We still need you, damn it. We need all of you. · : /\ /\ : \ _/\____ _\__ __/\_ · : X\ _( _ _/____\ )_ /-----/- : \ _. / // _____/---- - · ···:····· · °¹¹°¹°¹¹ ¹°°¹°¹¹° °¹¹¹°¹°° / \| // /| |/ : _// | /| · | | : [ b i t z · t r a n k ] \\_____| \| ___| |_/\____ _ /\ . /\ `-----\-_)_ `---__/\_ · _/\____ _/\___ _\___ /\ _( _/____\\_ /-----/-_( _ /_( _// ____\_ )_ _/\______ m.i.a. _\______ / .____/--\ _. _/____ __)----\ _/ //_\\__ ._ )_ / |/ / |/ / \| / \| / \| \/ |/ |/ / _ _ _// | /| | _/ | / | _/ | \ / / / _ __\\\\_\________| \\| |____\\____| // |__\\______| _/ _/ _/ // `----\---' |-----\----' `--)--\--\_____\ · : · · [ ¹5·²7 - The Message by Hiro Protagonist - © 1999 ACiD Productions ] Of all the long-time Remorse crew Enigmatic is the one who has actually drawn the least. I just find that funny to mention because I tried unzipping all the remorse packs one day and I couldn't find anything he drew. Nada. There was some stuff in Trank and it was pretty dope, but damn, that was how many years ago right? So what is it about this guy we all love so much that he just slides by while others work their asses off? I dunno for sure, I think you just kinda have to know Enigga. He's been a big help to me over the years though, especially so by letting me run shell accounts off his box and giving Quad-P ftp space before the advent of artpacks.acid.org. Thanks Nate. n o r t h e r .n.....t..o..u..c..h..!........... . /\ : __ _____/_ _/\______ __ ___/_ ___\/___ _\___ _( _/______( __ /_:_)/.( _/_______ __\ \/ /__:_______\_ )_ \ __) \ \\| | / | \__ ) \\\ / | __/ / : ::[_ \| | | _| | |/ | \\ /· | \| ]:: : /-\\_______)----|____\\____|___//------÷----\\//----÷------\\___) · : : \/ : \ ( e n i g m a t i c ) · ········· \\ [ ¹6·²7 - The Message by Hiro Protagonist - © 1999 ACiD Productions ] There was this time I stood outside in a phone booth for two hours in a hellish windstorm talking to Fahrenheit, and it sticks out more than all the others because right in the middle of our chat I caught myself looking around at where I was and wondering just what the hell I was doing out there. But that's the type of effect Fah had on me. The kid had so much love it made me do stupid things and laugh about it. We used to talk alot, but then cards used to be alot more plentiful than they are nowadays too. The latest I heard on Fah was he had decided to sign away his right to life to the government and join the Marines. Beats me, I don't get it either, but Ben has walked a different road these past couple years and I know it hasn't been easy, and maybe this is what he needs in life. I wouldn't dare to suppose I could really say I know what's best for him because I haven't lived his life and I have too much respect for the man, but I don't want to see any of my friends die for oil or something as equally stupid either. Keep your head up nig, you'll find the way. Just remember to send me a postcard whenever you arrive at the destination. It's a wU-tRANK life. ___ _( )_ _) (_ \\ _ _ // (_\(-)/_) 500 years of oppression and they still can't keep >) _ _ (< us down.. ¯\ ^ /¯ _________/_ B I T __\ · /__ C H ! _ _____________) / _\\ (\_/) //_ / _ _ \ · \_/ · / ______________ // ­ ­­­­­­­­­/////-÷-| _ | _ |-÷-- - \_____ /_______\ | ) | ( | ____// [ Fahrenheit ] < | | | > »» » » \ ___ ___: _\____ ____ ___ _\___: | | ____ __/_ ____: \ \______\_ )_\ |___ __\_ )_ _( __/ __\_ )__ \ |___ _( __/ _\/_ _( |_ \ \ __/ | (-) / / \ _)---) | /-( | (-) _)---) /-\_ _// \ \ \| _ _ _/--( | | _ | | | \\ \ | _ | _ | __ | | _ | _ | : | /_____\--| ___(--| \___| \__| « ««| (___| \__|»» » ________ | × ×|_\× ×××|____\××|_____\×|-------| ___\××|____\×|------)××××××(-| : : : : |--) : : : : [ ¹7·²7 - The Message by Hiro Protagonist - © 1999 ACiD Productions ] Originally known as Asphixia, the artist known today as Justin Hale has been a serious player in all elements of the ascii scene, working collections and individual pieces; new and old schools, and always with amazing results. I've respected him forever and always wanted to do some joint productions with him but for some reason we've never got around to doing anything together. I hope this changes some day soon. My love bro. . . · _ _________ ..:.. _________ _ "~`²&&&&$. ..:::::::::.. .$&&&&²'~" `&&&&$. ·. `:' .· .$&&&&' `&&&$$ ·:. .:· $$&&&'. j u s t i n h a l e . &&&$$ ·:. .:· $$&&& ::: __ _ .:. $&&$$ ·:.:· $$&&$ :::::. . .. . \ .:::. $&&$$ ·:· $$&' _________ ________ · :::::. $$&$$ : $$&$ \\_ / . \\ / _ ___ :::::::. $$$$ · $$$$ . / /_____ _______ / _/________ /_ ,:::···::. $" ... "$ · / / /-( _ )_/ ( __ / ////_ ::' ,::::. .$$$$$. · / / / / / / )/ / · _ , . ; .:' ,:::::: $$©®®$$ / __ __/______\ / / / / ¯ ` · , ·:, `::::· $®®®©®$ / )/ \\ __ / / _/ / ` ::, `::: /\ $®®®"_/ / / )/ / / \\____/_ _ ____`:::..·___/\__ ___\ / / _ _/___ / __/ / /__ _ ::::::\_ ) _______ ____ / ____\ )__ \ / _ ___ /\ :::::·/ / \ / \ _/___\\___ __/__ / ________ /_ _/\_____··/ /---/ /--/____ / (____/____\_ / ////_ \ \/ / / / / / / / / / · \ \ / / / · / / / ·/ / / ( ((_ /_________\----/_______\____\----/_\___/ _)) ) i98i ) /_________\ .. . / / \_____\ _ ___ / / / __/ / / ___ _ ,s$&, . / / __/ / \ / / / ,s$&&&&&$' / / \ / / / / / _ __ ¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ _/ / / _/ / /_ / / / \\\_____/ / \ /_______// / / · / /------/_____\ \____________\ /______\ [ ¹8·²7 - The Message by Hiro Protagonist - © 1999 ACiD Productions ] K-Spiff is another of those early gods of the scene who I never had a chance to get to know real well but held a large amount of respect for based solely on his art. If you've never seen his stuff you're really missing out. He was years ahead of his time in the new school world and his pictures are still some of my most favorite. As is the common thread with some of these asciis, I have no idea where he is today, but I wish him well. /\ ___/\_____ _____: _____/_ \_ _/______ _____ \\_ |/ / ___/_ ___|___ |-\ )_ )_ _ ___ _ _ __| / / _/ _/___ __\_ )_ |_ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _(-\ | _/__ _\_____ )_ _/ / _// ____/ ____/ /-)_ _ __.> | _ _( / / \______/ | ___) ___) <.__ _ _ _1 \ \ / _\ \_ | \_ \_ _ _ __\\\\____<\ /______\---)_____// |____//____////__ _ /______) _ _| 1_ _ _ __\\\\________////__ _ m. i. a. [ ¹9·²7 - The Message by Hiro Protagonist - © 1999 ACiD Productions ] When I first saw Posk's ascii in KTS-NME.TXT I was strangely intrigued. There was a singular quality to his style, even if I could barely understand most of it. I spent alot of hours looking at his art in that collection especially and one day I went back to it after a long absence and it wasn't difficult to read anymore. In fact it was blatently obvious what they all said. Perspectives are like that sometimes: you just can't understand them but if you keep at it and at it eventually it all becomes clear and you see the piece as it really is, as the artist intended you to see it. Posk's styles have often been hard for much of the scene to comprehend and his personality is such that alot of people (Omi) do not like him. I do love you though Tom, never doubt; I only call you a crackhead because sometimes you are one, sometimes we all are. · · : /\ · : . ....... _/\_______/_ . _____/_ __: ... ... . . _( / _\ / _( |____/_ . ..: _\\___ / _( ___/___\ | / :.. . ..:... \ \/ // _\______ )__ | _/___ ..:.. . / _/ /----\_ \/ / __ )_ / \______\ __ )_ / \/ / ¨/ ¨¨ | \ \/ ¨ / ¨ ¨¨¨/ _/ ¨¨ ¨ / ¨ - ---\\_ |-\\ /___ ___\ \___ __\\--- - _ ___ (_____l /___ ___\ \/ /_____l \/ (__ _ \/ \/ [ ²O·²7 - The Message by Hiro Protagonist - © 1999 ACiD Productions ] I had the distinct pleasure of releasing a joint collection with Cyber Kid once and quite enjoyed it even though my style was in a very awkward growth phase at the time and I was producing a ton of shit. Anyways, cK sticks out in my memory as both a killer artist and as a pro-hemp/my-type-of-smoker guy. What more is there to say? He's good people. If I ever get to Denmark you know I'll be on your doorstep dude and you can show me where the real hash bars are, word is bond.... . . . . _____ ___: ___. __ .___ _( _// ___ \\ _|___ _____ _____ \\ |___ ) _: ___|_ // \ \ _( /.___| \__ )__\__ )_._\__ )_ | | _/____)|_( __/ l \ \ \ \| /| |/ / l/ /| l/___/ | __ / |\ \| | \\_ \_\ l_ || _l //l_ /___/_|_ | |_ l/ //|_ | \ l_ | - ---l____/-\___/ ||_\____\-/______/-/_|-------/_| /--/_l-/____/_|-- - . ... ... |_ | ..... : ..... |___\ ..... : :... .: : /_|_ ..... ....: :....: :.. : ...: :..... .. . :...: :... : : :..: :.....: :...: :....: [ ²1·²7 - The Message by Hiro Protagonist - © 1999 ACiD Productions ] When I was just starting in the ascii scene in 1994 Shock-G was already recognized as a master of the medium. His styles were superior and his skills were massive. He was an idol to many of us and this ascii is a gesture of respect to his artwork, and more importantly to the legacy of skills it helped create in the pc scene. See, I really don't give a fuck about Shock-G as a person because he never even gave me the time of day, but I still have a great deal of respect for his skills and what they did for us. This is the worst one in the collection too. · : | . | . | ................:::::::::. · | ::······:: :: .::... . : | :: :: :: :: | | :: :: :: :: | | :: :: :: . :: | | ::. :: :: :: | | :___ :::::::.:: :: : .:: ______/_ | /___________ ·:: ::.::::::: ______: _\ _/_____|____ _ ). :: ·:· _______ .\ |________/_ -\----(__________ ¯¯¯¯)_ | ¬ |___________ _( _____/_|_ | / \ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯\/ ¬ / | _\ _ )\ \/¯¯¯ )_ | ¬ / \\ / | | | ¬ |/ / ¬ / _ _/__ \\\ / | | | / / / | ¯ ¯¯) x\\\ / | | | / // | | /________________) | | | _/ /// | | ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|_______| |_ | \\____ ///x | | | | ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯|________// | /_________\|______| |_ - ----+---+-------- - : | | _|¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ |_________/ | | :::: ((__________\ :::::::: :¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ .:. :. ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ .::· :: s H o C k - g ::.·:::::: :::· :: · ·:::::::::.......:: : ::... . : < katharsis ascii allstar > :: :: | ............. . ::· :: | | | ::········:: :: . :: · / | | | :: :: :: :: X/ | : | :: :: :: :: /// | . | :: :: :: :: | | - --- :: :: ----- :: :: -------+------- - : :: :: :: . :: | . .:: . :: :: .:: | ::. ::.......:::::::::· : ·:::..:.:::::·· · . · · [ ²2·²7 - The Message by Hiro Protagonist - © 1999 ACiD Productions ] Mister Self Destruct first appeared in the scene in a Canadian group called Sons of Ascii Prophets (s0ap). In a very short time he distinguished himself in the new school arena and was welcomed into Trank. We came from totally opposite ends of the scene and never had much to say to each other but we did have fun showing the Canadian right to rule together in #ascii. /\ . ... . ..... · /\ .................... : . ........................... /\ ::......... :... : · . .. ..........::::· /\_ : ::::.:......... . : :: :::.... _/ _/________ _ : _\\_______ )_/_ :___ \ _ __ _ __ : _( )_ / __/ _____| )_/_ \ _( ___ \/ ___\ / / \-d-\\___ / \ _( )_\/_( )_ / / / )/ / / \ __\_\/_/__ / / / /// e / // · · / \\_ / \ _/ \ / / / _/ / / - -----/____(-\ /m)____\ / / _\___s__\------\ \ \/ /_____\-\ \ _ _____\ a s s u m e d i / / t _\ / // _\ k. i. a. _ _____( s )____.x\_$____\ __( r )________ _ t e u . . ................... ...... ...... ................... . .....::::: e :::::: l :::::: c :::::..... _ ::: ::: _ _.\\\ ::: r _ ___( f )___ _ t ::: ///._ :::. .::: .... :................. .................: .... ::.: . .....:.:::  :::.:..... . :.:: · · . . [ ²3·²7 - The Message by Hiro Protagonist - © 1999 ACiD Productions ] Another of Canada's finest, Cain has been a very important player in the ascii scene and the after-effects of his group NoName are still being felt today. I've known Cain much longer than most everyone else in the scene because we came from the same relative part of Canada and I used to hang out on alot of bbses in the 403. I saw him come up through the ranks and was priviledged to have him contribute to my group Quad-P from time to time. That Cain would eventually wind up here in Remorse seemed a natural thing to me because his qualities and his character well suit our dynamic. In our newly evolving concept of group leadership the roles will be filled by different people each pack but I know we'll never go wrong with Nathan at the helm, well, except maybe a missing rv.exe or something. =P . . . : /\ c __/\____ ____\(@)/_ // ... _ a ___ _ _/\___ _ \\ _____ )\ _____ )/ .d88888b. _ ___ _( _// / \ _\\ )___\_ )_ /.dP'`88'`Y8b. i \ \ / · \ / _/ / / .888b·dP·d8888.  / \/ : \// ) / / d8888b8bd88888b n _.x\__ \_ ¡ \_ / _/ // 888P" ... "8888 _ ______ /______/_____ /___\--\ ____\ 88b d 888 b c88 ! /_______ _ \/ \\/ _ ___`88o8 88P 8b88' /_`888b.".d888'____ _ r e m ® r s e ! `8888888' """ [ ²4·²7 - The Message by Hiro Protagonist - © 1999 ACiD Productions ] I always felt that people overlooked Wind Rider in the scene, his position in Quad-P probably aided that, but he kept on doing his own thing and has managed to rise to a senior staff position in Remorse without even being very good at ascii. Now some people will point to this and say it's proof of the dwindling quality of this group but their ignorant statements only prove their own misreading of the truth. The fact is that Whirr has more heart and dedication to this group than many of its "best" members and while his art may not be as polished as mine I'ld be a right jackass to think this made me any better than him or he any less deserving of his status in this group. You've had to put up with more shit than you deserved Dorian, and I'm sorry, but you always knew I believed in you. My love and friendship will always be there for you my 306 brother. .x×X×x. .xXXXXXXXx. .XXX'_"- XXX. ×XX' o,O `XX× `XX XX' `×\ - /×' " How are you doing today my little \___/ crackers? " ____.--|¯"¯|--.____ .\\¬"~`\ \___/ /'~"¬/ _:___________  ___ _______ ________ \/\_/\/ \ | /_____._\_/_.___\_ /_._\ _ \_ | | ._. ._ \_ | /\ | | / | / / | | |¯| |/ / |_________/\ | __|___/ | / ' | | `-' | // . \____|___) /________|________/ | | | / : ___________ ___ ______________ | ·_______ : ._\ _ \_ ._\_/_._\ _ \_ _/ ·._\ _ \_ Wind : | / _/_| | / / _)-----| / _/_ Rider! :...| _ \ __| / \ | _ \ |____| \\__) |________/|_________|___| \_ |____________/ |_________/ Responsible for educating a whole new generation of slackers. God help and protect us all. [ ²5·²7 - The Message by Hiro Protagonist - © 1999 ACiD Productions ] I've known Kaleidas for years and I still spelt his name wrong a tleast half the times I ever did him a sig. So first of all, sorry Kal, it was all the weed's fault. Hope the respect in this makes up for it bud. Followers of the new school end of ascii will know Kaleidas for his many many achievements in that format while rave girls all over Ohio recognize him as that guy with all the E. Adair took up residence in the 103 with Sean and Ryan last year, proving that three doodleboys can in fact live together and somehow manage not to kill each other. I really don't know what Kal has been up to for a long time besides partying and enjoying life but I'm looking forward to finding out at ACiDCon and I hope you remember to bring a couple extra E and the ravegirls to go with 'em for me dude. =] k a l e i d a s ¸ ¸ :____ ¸X¸ /\ /\ ¸X¸ _ _/\____: /\ | // ¸XXX¸ _/\____ _ __/\___ ¸XXX¸\\\ | ____/\__ _| | ¸XXXXX¸ _( _ _/// ____.\ / ¸XXXXX¸ | |( __ / /\\_ __((___ |¸XXXXXXX¸ \ /___)______ \ |/ / ¸XXXXXXX¸| \ )/ / ((_.._) ___/ |XXXX`XXXX--\______ / | / / ¸XXXX´XXXX| :|\ /____\-.-(¸_\ \( |XXX´ `XXXX¸ )/ / | _ ¯\XXXX´ `XXXX¸ |¯____) |¹ \_ \ ¸XXX´ `XXXX¸ / / | \ \XX´ `XXXX¸ l_\( |_____ / ¸XXX´¨¨¨¨/`XXXX¸ _____)) /___)\ \\´¨¨¨¨¨`XXXX¸____/ \ :| _\/ . _XXX´ .x\__XXXX¸_( /_,____/x. `XXXX¸ \ _____| -\----÷---)XX´ `XXXX¸ i98i ¸XXXX´ `XXXX¸\\____/ · :¸XXXX´ `XXXX¸ ¸XXXX´ `XXXX¸ ( ¹°³ ) · `XXXX¸ `XXXX¸ . · \ / · _\(@)/_ [ ²6·²7 - The Message by Hiro Protagonist - © 1999 ACiD Productions ] I still remember the first time I saw Cypher Hex's ascii, he was going by the alias Cable at the time and it was sometime before the third Trank pack (my first Trank pack), anyways, he damn near blinded me with all the colors. Over the years his alias changed alot but his style was always recognizable to me on sight - I've just always understood his perspective I guess. Chexbitz is in my opinion one of the best new school ascii artists to evolve out of the scene and, if that wasn't enough, he's also one of the most genuine straight-up sceners around. An ironic little circle of life between Chex and myself was recently played out when he mentioned to me that I recently inspired him to try new school with the amiga font, while I had to tell him that it was when I was looking at some of his old pc styles last week that I came to the decision to put down the amiga font for a while after this collection and work in my "natural" ibm-pc environment again. That's just one example of the karmic interplay that happens between us in this group, just one example of the positive benefits of our family in the ascii scene. There have been others in the past and will, no doubt, be many more in the future as we continue to grow closer together as a family and have an ever-increasing impact upon each other's lives. Me, I think it's pretty fucking cool. =] Maybe a few of us will just decide to live in Columbus, Ohio, for some strange reason. Hey, it already happened once right? .... .... .... .... :::: .... : : \ . : : X\ . . · · . · ·:·· ( c y p h e r h e x ) ··:· · : . . : _\_/\__ : _/\____ · : _/\____/\____ _/\___ _/\____/_ \ __/_____\ /_______\_ \ /---\ ___/_______\_ / / \ / _/ __/ / / / __/ _) / _ _/_ _ _/ \ _/ \ \ / _/ _ \ \ _/ \ / \\\\_________\_______ / _______\____/ /---/_____\____/ /_ _ . (___\__( /_____\ /______//// \\ : rEMo . . rSE198i ( ¹°³ ) . \ : : : _/\____: : // : _\_/\____ · _/\___ \ |______/_ : / : \ /---\ ___/__\ | / : ······ / / __/ _) \ | / ········ _ _/ _ \ \ _\_ _ _/_ __ _ \\\\____/ /---/_____/ | \ .............. /_____\ ...... / | \ ............... . . : . . _ _/ | \ : : : :.................:. ... \\\\________| \_ _ ........: : : . .. .... : |_________//// : : : :..: [ ²7·²7 - The Message by Hiro Protagonist - © 1999 ACiD Productions ] Anyone who knows my ascii history should have a pretty good sense of the connections between Whodini and myself. It has been said that the explosion of personal ascii collections in our scene wouldn't have happened at all were it not for the way Whodini and I turned each collection into a show of skills challenging the other, and at the risk of self-promotion I have to agree with the sentiment. It has always been a positive spirit of competition between us but it has always been there too. I feel we must have known each other many through many lifetimes and it has always been this way: the best of rivals, the best of compatriots, and the best at what we do. Whodini has had such a huge effect on the scene and my own sense of art it's hard for me to distinguish sometimes where he ends and I begin. We have a shared history as well as the experience of profound pain (aka life) and perhaps that serves to explain the unique nature of our relationship, but I'ld still believe past lives. If not for you Ryan, my ascii career probably wouldn't have lasted past 1995, but here it is 1999 and we're both still at it. Maybe we're just nuts, maybe it's all we can do, or maybe it's just what we're ment to do. I can't say either way, I can just go with what I know in my heart. I love you brother and you know it's no mistake the filename for this collection just happens to spell out your initials. This one, this one I made for you. Consider it the least I could do for all those times you were there for me when I needed someone to listen or to talk - it ment alot to me then and it means even more to me now. I look forward with great anticipation to the day we finally get to draw together (ACiDCon: Midwest baybee!) on the same terminal, elevating the game to a whole new level together once again, character by character. Nothing can stop us now. · . ..:.... . _ ·:........... _ ______ __/(_______ + ::: ._________ /____________ ._\ _ /_. ___________ .:: ______ | /________.__. /_ | | | _\ .__. __ /_________\ __ /__ _ | /\ | _|____|_. | ._|____|_ |_\/_. _______ ._\/_. _| | \__ : | | | : __/ | |-\__ /_| | \\________/\ | (/ . |_ | _| . \) | | (/ | |_ _ ______ \_______|__/ _// | \\_ \__|____|__/ |_____// \_________ /_______| | |_______\ ______ /_______| ___ _ _ /______ . | . ______\ /___________\ . _ ___\ __ + |_ | _| :: ___\/_ . . ..... (________ _) a / k / a :: \. /\/ .........:· ___ )/ Mr. Always Wears Black ::..... WCTS ·\// :::............ (___) ¯ ____ ____ ::: :: _ _\__(-)__/_ ::: ........................:: (_) \/|__ __|\/ sTYLE.2.dEATH! .:: :::: ( ^ ) ::: :::: There are no words to properly ° ___\ - /___ express the :.: ·::: love and admiration I have for · . \ __\_/__ / you my friend ::: :::: so I will simply say thank you. /_ ) ( _\ Thank you ·:: ::.: for the friendship, the competition, \\ // and the years. :.: ::::........ <(---)> ............::· :: .. /\|(/\ .. · ··:.·. /` _ '\ :: _______ :: ___ ______ +·:· ,/ | \, ::........... \ ___/____( /___ ____ _\__ )_ _X_ | _X_ . ...:.:: / )/ / __ )_\_ )_( )/____//· ( `---|---' ) / _/ / )/ / )/ / ___) ¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯ ( ¹°³ ) _/ \ __/ / / _____/__ / :__ ___ _ ___ ·\\________\____/ _/ \( _/__\ ______|_ )_ (/ _______ (/ (____\_________\ ____ ( ___/ /_____\__ )____ _____ _ ... _ _____\ / )/ / / )/ / )_ .:: _/ / _/ _/ / / __//· ........::: D-licious! ·\\_________\____)___/ /_____\ :: /______\ ::.............. ....... ..... .. . . . . . f O U N D I N G M E M B E r . . . :____ ______/_ :_________ __| /____) / ___ _| )_ | _/_\ /____\_ )) . \\_ _/ __ \\ / __/ | . | | |/ \ / \| | · . ...:.:: |_________| / \_/ \ | ::.:... . · · ··········:·:: `--\______((_))______/--' ::·:·········· · : : : » tK!A « :___ ______________________: : : :___ | ) \ . . .... ..... |_.___ ____ _| )_ __: |_ |_____ | : | | ) \ _/___\_ _/_( |---|/ _( __/__|_. . | | : | ___\___ / |_\_____ / \| _) | | | : | \ |/ /| | |/ /| \ \| | | | · | // /___\|_ | /__\| /__\ | | | . | /_____| /__|_____| | |_ |______) | | | : : |____/ : |___________ ________| | . | : /\ | | ____.______ « sTYLE·2·dEATH » ___________________ :_/\_ _______|___| \ | _| )_ | | .____________________ .___: ______________ \_ _/__: ___________ | | | | |_____ ___| | | ) | | | _____|_ _( __/____.____\_ ) | |_______ | | | | _( __/ \| _) | __/ | | __ / | | | | \ \| \ \| | \| | | |/ | | | | | / \ /__\ | \ |____| / | | | | | _/ /___| |______) |---/ (____| |_ | | | | · \\________| : \______| |_______// | |___|_| :... .. . : _.___________ : ___ : |_ |_______________ /\____ _/~"¨__ __¨"~\_ __________________// : . . \// _\ ÷)//._ _.\\(÷ /_ . .. \\ :.: \ \\\\ \ \./ / //// / · :::.....:. . \ :.: · \ ×Xx._°|°_.xX× / ..:......:::· ·::.........:.:. .\_ ¨ /¨\ ¨ _/. .:.::· . . .....:::· ·±|__ : _ ¯ ¯ . _ __|±· ·:.::...... .:···:····· · · _ _(!-|-|­:-:­|-|-!)_ _ · · ...:·:·· · · · ··::....... · \ \\\ ______ _._:__ /// / · : . · · ··:··· · ·\/_¨"~(_._)~"¨_\/· . . \/(- ¨ -)\/ . \/ " This collection is a dedication, and a devotion, to how we're living. " .,÷,. /\ .÷÷+÷÷÷+. _:______/\_ .÷÷^'"`^÷÷. | / `+( ·,· )÷' | . ... | `÷\_­_/+' "gAWD dAMN hE rOXORZ!" | : | .-"(_)"-. _:_____ : | _ " _ __ /\ |¯¯¯¯¯)____ | /¯\ _:______ / _\____: _\__/\_________| | ) / _ \ |¯¯¯¯¯/_. ___/_ \¯¯¯|___ \ __ | | |/ | \ | | |_\ /___ ____\ | )_/_ \ \| | | / _ \| | \_ ___/__(____ \___ / \\ \ _| : / | \ | |/ \| / |/ // \______ \__________\ | \ | | \ | / / ¯¯¯¯¯(___|_ /______|----:-\ |_|----/________) __\ ¯¯¯: | ¯¯¯¯¯¯: |_____|¯ :¯¯¯¯|_____ _) | : | . . :¯¯¯¯¯\/¯ ____ ____ . ---|---___ ____ | \/ « ««« (_____(____)|\___) | ( (____)|___, | | : | when was |_ : | the last time you checked your's kid? /_____:_| ___ : \\X : \ . . Those with keen observation will have by now no doubt noticed that my usual "©hP!" tag is absent from all the artwork in this collection. This was done intentionally. If you have received my message you will understand what this means. If not, well, there's still hope for you yet.... . . . . . . Inspiration for this colly has come from a variety of sources, but I feel like this collection has been my most original to date. Guest artists were Whodini, Cypher Hex, and Posk; all of Remorse 1981 and all my family. Thanks guys. And while "I" have created these things you see before you the process has never been a straight line between two points - the shortest way there is never the best. The two extremes of blank space and finished work are complicated by the many roads we may take to reach one from the other. The vision of other artists and creators has influence upon my own, as it always is within a community of creation, but I have tried to honour these, our noble traditions, by honouring the artists whose creativity has influenced and forever changed my own. It is impossible to create artwork in a scene such as ours, in a community, without being affected by the work of those around you. What is important, I believe, is that we recognize this for all of its positive values as well the more obvious negatives.... . . . The negative aspects are easy to understand when we consider that an elemental art form such as ascii, primal in its nature, is limited in variety. When we adopt a palette (old school pc, old school amiga, new school, numbers [see: Mr.Kite], uncolored ansi block, or any other "Ascii" form) our facility of creation is limited by the tools we employ (the 200 or so characters in the standard ascii table we all use). Each palette of ascii has unto itself a set of values that accompanies the use its characters. Behind the values, these aesthetics of good ascii, lies perspective. Perspective is that which an artist builds up over time by their work: an understanding of the medium and how it may be manipulated to best suit their own message. When the medium is understood, so too are other artist's perspectives, and the artist develops a greater appreciation of what we call style. Style, the end result of perspective, is most easily understood as an equivalent to identity in the artist's mind - his style speaks of everything that is himself because it was forged by the fires which burned in his scene youth. In life it always is the first exposures we remember most vividly and carry with us the longest. My own style is as it is because of the people who I associated myself with, was influenced by, and learned from. Of course the years of work I put into it are there as well but I could never divorce myself from my beginnings, it would be impossible; it's everything my style is based on. The face of style came about, in part, because of the creation of the international ascii community but it has as much to do with an individual artist's ability to juxtapose their own perspective with the demands of their chosen palette while remaining within an acceptable level of compliance to the larger ascetics of the environ as it does with the pressures the environment inflicts upon the individual within it: pressure to define himself in relation to the large mass of competition and contradictory voices that is our scene. From the epicenter of November 1994 I have watched the pc ascii scene flourish from twenty guys into an international community of hundreds of producers and thousands of fans. Accompanying that logical progression has been the emergence of individual artists as "forerunners" of the medium. Those we recognize as owning some part of the foreground of the scene's attention have been so because they possessed a cache of individual style while others have been less effective in communicating their own messages. Here-in lies the base element of competition in the battles of the haves and have nots (us verses them). The scene inflicts pressure upon artists to distinguish themselves, and driven by these exterior forces (feelings of dislocation and competition) and his own self motivation (feelings of pride and family) the artist seeks to become "the best" and then to transpose this scene title and status to the rest of his life, completing in himself that which was incomplete and generally improving over-all his sense of well being and identity. By this illumination of the ascii artists' process we come to realize that the origins of style are a simple matter of a need: the need to distinguish between you and I, and a vehicle for its expression: the scene. All the style rips, the overblown egos, the group wars, and the rest of that glory my eyes have seen in the coming of the promised land are, in fact, byproducts of the very foundation of the scene: creativity, originality, and inspiration.... . . . . . . The positive values of the scene are revealed to us daily: in our correspondence through e-mail and irc, the reciprocal joy we take from creating ascii and give to others by freely giving of ourselves and our artwork, and the simple pleasure that comes from belonging; from knowing you have found your tribe. This thing called Remorse is my tribe; my family. This is my identity, my rage in a dying light; my message. The dark side of creation, the uninspired theft of art which passes all too often unchecked, is yet utterly meaningless without the light of creativity, originality, and inspiration to give it meaning. Bring forth your messiah and let me be counted. This is what I stand for, in what I believe. This is my soul. Remorse 1981. 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