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Paradigm 02
Letter From the EditorShihear Kallizad [Editor in Chief]
Last month I said I'd talk about how we got off the ground so
fast after taking so long to put it together. Paradigm owes just
about everything to Jabberwocky, since he was the guy who got us out
of the planning stages and into your hands.
Over the years, from the time I wanted to put out a Magazine of
this nature until it all came to a head last month, the largest
obstical in my way was the lack of code to hack myself. This meant
I needed a coder. Initially, when the Magazine was still called
"Images", the coder was to be a local guy by the name of Theion who
had coded DREM's ANSI Loader Creator.
(Note: The ANSi Loader Creator never got past the Alpha stages
and is full of little bugs. It's never been released but I've been
using it to create little loaders since we changed our name to
Licensed to Draw (not to be confused with Licensed to Design), and
infact use it now to create the Covers to Paradigm.)
I had designed a Magazine Creation System which DREM would
release that would allow anyone who wanted to do so to create thier
own Magazine. They wouldn't need no stinking coders who get all
huffy and leave in the middle of what they said they could do but
it turns out they could never do it anyway, blah blah blah blah.
Most of these Magazines never happen BECAUSE people who want
to do them can't find a good or reliable coder. Most of the 'Zines
that do happen usually die due to problems involving the coder.
This is why I designed the MCS and why Theion was going to code it.
Eventually, Theion went the way of all coders and it never came
to pass. (Note: And the ANSi Loader Creator was nevre finished.)
Coders came and went, things never got done. Then, two months
ago I talked with Jabberwocky one night in chat for quite awhile.
I was looking for a coder to do the TRiBE ANSi Viewer and we started
talking about Magazines. He offered his services to Paradigm. It
wasn't going to be what I wanted in most respects, but atleast it
would *BE*, and that's more than most people can say.
Jabberwocky is finally going the way of all coders, but this
magazine will be able to continue none the less. We'll have the
code so we'll be able to compile it ourself. We've also found a
new coder so we can get those things in that we passed on thinking
that Jab's would be with us to do them later. He will be doing
Issue #2, and possibly #3 before we end up doing our own or we have
the new code, which ever comes first.
So while Psychosis may be going under becuase Jabberwocky and
Israfel are tired of it or whatever reasons they're going to make
the next issue the last issue, Paradigm is around because of Jabber
and at the very least, be able to stay around because of Jabber.
We owe him alot of gratitude.
Of course, the reason things were so rushed is because we had
three weeks to get it out (due to a vacation of Jabbers) and let
me tell you, to go from nothing but ideas to hardcopy in less than
a month is a bitch! If I hadn't had such a firm grasp on what the
concept was it probably wouldn't have been possible. We'd only
now be putting out issue #1 instead of working on issue #3.
We're going to contiue to grow and improve each month, if from
nothing else than sheer experience. None of us have ever put a
Magazine out before, much less a goddamned MONTLY, which is a very
rare thing indeed in the scene. (Hey! We beat Adrenalin to #2!)
Next month we'll go behind the scenes here at Paradigm and let
you in on who does what, and who doesn't, and what's in the planning
stages for the future...
Shihear Kallizad
Editor in Chief:
Paradigm Press
Editorial PageShihear Kallizad [Editor in Chief]
I was first aware of this story when Tempus Thales posted a message
on his board in his normally sarcastic way saying, "Man! This guy
is really good." with The Dark Society ANSi by Primal Energy that
is under fire for being a Rip of Tempus Thales Asylum ANSi of Pitt
from a while back. I then see Sharp post the ANSi on a couple of
nets, a ICE.ZIP file on SharP's board which was supposed to be from
Primal Energy talking about the whole thing, and then G-Money talks
about it in Chat with me. (G-Money being an EViL guy and PE was
an EViL member before joining ACiD.)
Then this ended up in my mailbox from Vision, as well as the ICE.ZIP
and the ACIDRIP.ZIP files:
--- Vision's Email to me (Edited)
Anyway, before you release the next issue and totally rip apart our
pack because some asshole named Primal Energy TOTALLY BLATANTLY
ripped off Tempus's Asylum ANSi, I just like to clear up with you
(on behalf of ACiD/RM/SHaRP) that who ever let that ANSi slip by
into the Acquisition was unaware that it was a rip. On top of the
fact the PE ripped it off, he wrote a 3 page letter saying how he
didn't.
---
All sounds like a cop out to me. Last month, ACiD re-released an
ANSi, and SharP was the first to say, "i know..i know, I'm so pissed
that got in there, we screwed up.." and I was surprised. It's the
stance ACiD should take on this as well, because truth is, they
screwed up ever posting it, couriering it, much less putting it in
the Update. All this "He didn't know...", "PE said he didn't...",
is nothing but excuses. Just goes to show that ACiD desperately
needs to put an ARTIST on Staff! I nominate Vision, if anyone
cares.
Anyway, as I said, Vision had uploaded the iCE and ACIDRIP files.
The ACIDRIP.NFO file was done on the 23rd of the month by STiLE,
and Primal Energy's reply was done on the 25th of the same month.
--- ACIDRIP.NFO (Editited)
Ahem. Load up your handy gif viewer and take a look at the gif that
I made. On the left is the PITT ansi by PRIMAL ENERGY of ACID, and
on the right is the PITT ansi by TEMPUS THALES of ICE. Tempus made
his ansi first, around November of 1992.. Primal Energy's ansi came
out just a few days ago. If you are stupid you may not realize that
HE RIPPED Tempus's ansi! It's TOTALLY clear that he did and anyone
that doesn't see it must be retarded. I was on the phone with SHARP
of ACID a few days ago and he told me that it was NOT ripped,
because you can only do PITT in one perspective. I didn't say
anything after he said that and I changed the subject... No use to
get into an argument over something like this, since obviously it
wasn't Sharp's fault.. But that fact is that PE did rip the ansi
off. I would get a very VERY big laugh if it actually was included
in next month's ACiD aquisition.
[...]
I just hope that I've shed some truth on what really happened.
Ripping ansi's is really (pardon the word) lame! Come on! More
people should try and draw original stuff then comic characters,
but blatently ripping an ansi off of another artist is one of the
worst things you can do in the art scene!
---
Do find a copy of ACIDRIP.ZIP if you want to see that GIF. We gave
it some thought to displaying it here in Paradigm, but felt it was
not needed. It's obvious enough without the GIF and not the heart
of this article.
I included the last paragraph because I find it remarkable that Mr.
Stile, who can't (atleast hasn't to date) draw pictures that well,
and whom his only picture was a poorly rendered face of Spiderman,
would open his mouth and get involved in the "Original vs Comic"
debate.
--- ICE.NFO (Edited)
Ok, lemme see here STiLE complaining I ripped an ANSi off of Tempus
Thales?? haha..sure..ok for one, Why in the world would I take an
ANSi made by an artist as well known all over the ANSi seen and
change it around? Sheesh come on, especially one that had been
around and seen so many times! That is total ludicris!
[...]
I logged off his board, and got to work immediatley on the ANSi. I
worked on it till about 12:30 am and then said screw it I will
finish it later I then went to bed. At about 8 am I woke up and once
again began work on it. I worked till about 5pm <or was it 4?> and
then I was finished. I then called Dark Society and showed SHARP
what I had made. He like it, and said, "Welcome to ACiD" :)
I then immediatley got to work on my second ACiD ansi <which will be
out soon STiLE so you can look at it, if you dont believe in my
ability!>. I then learned, after calling Dark Society, that STiLE
HAD CALLED..SHARP had said he was saying something about me ripping
off the Tempus ANSi. Once again Why in the hell would I rip off an
ansi made by someone in iCE, someone as well known as Tempus Thales,
or any other ANSi for that matter!
[...]
ANd STiLE said that people shoulld do more original stuff then
Comic Characters.. uh hum STiLE, that was my only comic character
<oops I do have a SPAWN one> that I have done. How many has Li
done???????? how many has iCE in a whole done?? I would have to
say, well, ALOT! How many has ACiD done? They have done some too...
but they haven't done as many as iCE.
---
The thing I'll say here and now is, this shit about working on the
ANSI for two days, roughly 18 hours or so, that's absolutely absurd.
Atleast if he's trying to say he drew it himself. For him, to Rip,
ok, yeah, I'll believe it took him 18 hours to realize he couldn't
draw something good enough to make it into ACiD and decided to Rip
what he thought was an old enough ANSi nobody would notice. Tempus
is one of the fastest artists in the scene and I know he didn't
draw it in two days/18 hours. No way PE could.
Since Primal Energy was a member of my board I left him Email, but
he apparently forgot his password. I then called him voice and gave
him his password and asked him if he wanted to comment on any of it
for Paradigm. He said he did and wrote an Article which you can go
and read later. I'll not comment on it here. When he called, he
read and replied to the E-Mail, which I'll place here.
--- PE's Email Response to me.
SK: In your ICE.ZIP file, you ask, "Why would I rip off an ansi from
someone so well know like Tempus Thales?" Well, what's the anwser
to that question? It's INCREDIBLY OBVIOUS that you did simply
recolor his ANSI. The odds of someone drawing an exact same picture
of someone else are practicly impossible. You have a better chance
of being hit by lightning after winning 1 million dollars off of a
scratch off lottery ticket, while you, a male, are giving birth to
quints than drawing a picture that has the exact same scale and
perspective, not to mention the same blocks in the sam possitions.
So, WHY did you do it?
PE: I have the article for Paradigm, you can read my answer to your
question when I get it to ya. It was an extremely stupid thing to
do, I just wanted to get in Acid so bad that I wasn't coming up with
shit to turn in for the ansi Sharp wanted me to do that I just got
pissed off and then made a stupid move.
---
Ok, so the bottom line is, he did it, he got kicked out of ACiD for
it, and now has even appologized for it, all is well in our world
tonight. Fini. NOT. Do you really think I was going to let some
of that stuff up there go unchallenged in this EDITORIAL?!
HELL NO!
First of all, STiLE:
ACiD does not have more "young artists" than iCE. ACiD doesn't
have the Trial setup iCE does. After 'the Valiant thing' iCE had
to rebuild, and they did it thru the Trial system and other new
guys. Take into account the fact alot of iCE guys of this nature
ended up in ACiD (Hanibal Lector, Hooptie), but most are still in
iCE. Section 8, Quazar, Squirel, The Retarded Warrior, Visionary,
Vulcan, Sandman, Crewl Blade, Random Violence, Raistlin Majere,
Tastu, Faded Wisper, all the Euro guys. Hell, the MAJORITY of
artists in iCE are "Nobody's" (IE they do not yet have any major
name recognition) or "Hot Young Turks" like Faded '3 Whole ANSi'
Wisper and TRW. Hell, you yourself, STiLE are not an old man at
ANSi, much less anyone I'd call experienced.
Next, SharP:
Ok, I know you didn't write any of that, but you were quoted by
STiLE as saying 'you can only draw pitt from one perspective'. Guy,
you're showing your ignorance as a non-artist-staffer. You can draw
any object from any perspective. Perhaps you said/meant to say,
STiLE got it wrong, whatever, that you can only draw THAT SAME
PICTURE, THAT SAME SCALE. Again, you'd be showing your ignorance,
artisticly. You could draw the same picture, and there have been
MANY cases of this happening, but it doesn't mean they will look
the same. Take IC and LP's pictures of Killjoy vs Ripclaw, as
just one example. PE's ANSi not only is the exact same scale, it
uses the exact same blocks in the exact same possition. Perhaps
this whole thing could have been avoided if you ACiD guys gave more
credit where credit is due to those who draw Comic Book material.
Next, PE:
You're finished in this scene. I don't care if you draw the best
damn original ANSi as your next one or one in your near or distant
future. People will never let you forget what you've done and it
will cast a shadow over whatever you do. Best advice I could give
you is, sell your modem and get another hobby, because life for you
in this scene is going to be shit for quite some time to come.
Then again, you MAY have some life in the future, if you go start
your own group or something. I mean, RaD MaN was the biggest,
greatest ANSi Rip off Artist of all time, and look where he is
today. (grin)
Finally, every(explative)one:
I'll put my SK-HELL1.TRI up against any damn "original" Shadded
ANSI, any time you want. Not because I think it's so good, rather
because the "original" stuff, as a whole, just isn't that good,
period. If *MY* ANSi can do that, think what a really GOOD ANSi
like TT or LC's Comic Book Stuff does to them. It SHREDS them.
This constant artist bashing about what material they choose to draw
only does two things. One, it shows the artistic ignorance and down
right stupidity of the people who say that it's not as good as an
"original piece".
Secondly, it tends to tick off the artists that do Comic Book work.
Not a very bright thing to do, ticking off the artists. Without us
these groups are NOTHING but guys like Cetis, Cavalier, Untimed,
Morbid Angel, The Perfect One, et al, ad infinitum. All they do is
(very long pause over several days while I try to figure out what
they do) well, you get the picture. The scene would be about as
interesting as the WAREZ/COURIER scene is, and we all know just how
patheticly boring that is to watch.
Shihear Kallizad
Editor in Chief
Paradigm Press
The Letter ColumnVarious People
Last month I said I'd talk about how we got off the ground so
fast after taking so long to put it together. Paradigm owes just
about everything to Jabberwocky, since he was the guy who got us out
of the planning stages and into your hands.
Over the years, from the time I wanted to put out a Magazine of
this nature until it all came to a head last month, the largest
obstical in my way was the lack of code to hack myself. This meant
I needed a coder. Initially, when the Magazine was still called
"Images", the coder was to be a local guy by the name of Theion who
had coded DREM's ANSI Loader Creator.
(Note: The ANSi Loader Creator never got past the Alpha stages
and is full of little bugs. It's never been released but I've been
using it to create little loaders since we changed our name to
Licensed to Draw (not to be confused with Licensed to Design), and
infact use it now to create the Covers to Paradigm.)
I had designed a Magazine Creation System which DREM would
release that would allow anyone who wanted to do so to create thier
own Magazine. They wouldn't need no stinking coders who get all
huffy and leave in the middle of what they said they could do but
it turns out they could never do it anyway, blah blah blah blah.
Most of these Magazines never happen BECAUSE people who want
to do them can't find a good or reliable coder. Most of the 'Zines
that do happen usually die due to problems involving the coder.
This is why I designed the MCS and why Theion was going to code it.
Eventually, Theion went the way of all coders and it never came
to pass. (Note: And the ANSi Loader Creator was nevre finished.)
Coders came and went, things never got done. Then, two months
ago I talked with Jabberwocky one night in chat for quite awhile.
I was looking for a coder to do the TRiBE ANSi Viewer and we started
talking about Magazines. He offered his services to Paradigm. It
wasn't going to be what I wanted in most respects, but atleast it
would *BE*, and that's more than most people can say.
Jabberwocky is finally going the way of all coders, but this
magazine will be able to continue none the less. We'll have the
code so we'll be able to compile it ourself. We've also found a
new coder so we can get those things in that we passed on thinking
that Jab's would be with us to do them later. He will be doing
Issue #2, and possibly #3 before we end up doing our own or we have
the new code, which ever comes first.
So while Psychosis may be going under becuase Jabberwocky and
Israfel are tired of it or whatever reasons they're going to make
the next issue the last issue, Paradigm is around because of Jabber
and at the very least, be able to stay around because of Jabber.
We owe him alot of gratitude.
Of course, the reason things were so rushed is because we had
three weeks to get it out (due to a vacation of Jabbers) and let
me tell you, to go from nothing but ideas to hardcopy in less than
a month is a bitch! If I hadn't had such a firm grasp on what the
concept was it probably wouldn't have been possible. We'd only
now be putting out issue #1 instead of working on issue #3.
We're going to contiue to grow and improve each month, if from
nothing else than sheer experience. None of us have ever put a
Magazine out before, much less a goddamned MONTLY, which is a very
rare thing indeed in the scene. (Hey! We beat Adrenalin to #2!)
Next month we'll go behind the scenes here at Paradigm and let
you in on who does what, and who doesn't, and what's in the planning
stages for the future...
Shihear Kallizad
Editor in Chief:
Paradigm Press
Technical SpecsJabberWocky [Current Coder]
It's the same mag as last time! What? I have to explain
it all again? NO! I refuse to! Anyone too stupid to figure out
how to use this magazine doesn't deserve to read it!
Paradigm Staff/SitesParadigm Press
Paradigm Press Staff
Shihear Kallizad...............................Editor in Chief
Jabberwocky....................................Current Coder
Vengence.......................................Future Coder
Quazar.........................................Art Direction
egghead........................................Circulation Director
CyberChrist....................................Staff Reviewer
Leper Messiah..................................Staff Reviewer
Issue #2 Contributors
Cover was by Exile
Beez, R. Noble, RaD MaN, Primal Energy, Black Knight, Vision
Paradigm Circulation
HardWired.....................................World Headquarters
The Nevada Testing Grounds....................US Headquarters
The Unexpected Domain.........................Canadian Headquarters
The Dark Society..............................Western Headquarters
Bodily Harm...................................Eastern Headquarters
The Web.......................................Courier Headquarters
The Spawning Ground...........................Distribution Site
The NoizedPhorest][...........................Distribution Site
The Mafia HQ..................................Distribution Site
Dark Sun......................................Distribution Site
Latitude Zero.................................Distribution Site
Wetworks......................................Distribution Site
Helter Skelter................................Distribution Site
Corrosive Poison..............................Distribution Site
ACiD: RaD MaN Really WritesRaD MaN [ACiD]
/´CiD /´CiD /´CiD /´CiD /´CiD /´CiD /´CiD /´CiD /´CiD /´CiD
"RaD Man Actually Writes An Article"
An ACiD Commentary, by RaD Man of ACiD
August 14th, 1993
Hello, and welcome to the ACiD Commentary presented in Paradigm,
Issue 2. Allow me to introduce myself: I'm RaD Man, the founder
of ACiD Productions(tm). I would like to begin this article by
documenting ACiD's status quo.
Recent happenings in ACiD:
þ Der Schatten is no longer ACiD Courier Coordinator, and Spaceman
Spiff has now been promoted to this position.
þ An ACiD tri-Production consisting of the members Exile, Panama
Jack and Vision (PJVSEX) are currently working on a 600+ line
"mega ansi" due to be released in the October 1st Acquisition.
þ The Web (previously a Member Board) has been promoted to
Connecticut Outpost.
þ Still No Literary Division (But we're working on it.)
þ Primal Energy is no longer with ACiD. As much as we wanted to
keep him for ourself, and as much as our members wanted to keep
him in the group, after many hours of heated debate and
discussion, he was finally released from the ACiD organization.
þ Stile (Ex-iCE Director) joins up with ACiD as an ANSi Artist.
[Editors Note: STiLE is an Ex-iCE Vice President, not Director)
þ ACiD has recently taken the initial steps to keep up with the
vast improvements in modem communications, and is now creating
quality RIP (Remote Imaging Protocol) graphics.
For Better or for Verse:
Next I would like to talk about the poetic injustices going on
with our group. Sometime about a month ago, an ex-Northern ACiD
Agora SysOp proclaimed himself Literary Coordinator and started
handing out memberships like the Pope hands out bibles on the
street. This caused quite a bit of confusion on the nets. I am
glad to finally see this controversy start to die down, but for any
one who still doesn't get it: ACiD is a multimedia graphics organ-
ization only, period. On to the next chapter.
The Untamed:
Many of you have read the text file TU-ICE01.Txt, "An open
letter to iCE". I'm going to take this moment to speak on behalf
of everybody when I say that this text file is complete bullshit.
While I was reading this, several things where running through my
mind. The first thing I was wondering was "Is there another ICE?
And does Tempus know about it?" A third was "What non-prescription
drug is this guy overdosing? ACiD?" And last was "Where did this
kid come from?" The sixth paragraph is what grabbed most people's
attention that had the fine opportunity to read this 'letter.'
From what I understand, this poor deprived child has been placed at
a "command level" in iCE. What I don't understand is how he can
not recognize that for the past few months, iCE has been
virtually annihilated. It appears as though the Untimely Commander
is sure of himself that iCE is the only group releasing. However,
that is simply not the case. Please allow me to quote the para-
graph which I am speaking of:
(The following was taken directly, unaltered from "TU-ICE01.Txt")
ÚÄ[Excerpt from TU-ICE01.Txt]ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
³ ³
³ Let me explain my current point of view. I'm looking at iCE ³
³ from the command level. Currently, iCE is running at less than ³
³ 30%. If not for the incredible talent in iCE ANSI, I think iCE ³
³ would be a memory. The iCE VGA is being worked on (We're ³
³ expecting friggin miracles! grin) and the management's ³
³ participation was immeasurable. It's a good thing there is no ³
³ competition or iCE would be in serious trouble. I was not around ³
³ when ACiD WAS, but now it's nothing more than a breeding ground ³
³ for iCE and I applaud them for their efforts. I do not ³
³ acknowledge the existence of one-man-shows, so in reality, it's ³
³ just iCE. So together and averaged off, iCE is running at less ³
³ than 10%. We'll have it up near 100% by the first of the year ³
³ and there will be a great deal left over for the lesser groups ³
³ to pick up on. ³
³ ³
ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
(End of Paragraph)
Well, isn't it nice to know that iCE is running at less than
30%, yet "together and averaged off" (averaged off with what?) is
"running at less than 10%"? When he speaks of miracles, he must be
speaking of true miracles from heaven above indeed. One other...
(You didn't really think I'd leave this one alone, did you?)
"I was not around when ACiD WAS, but now it's nothing more than a
breeding ground for iCE and I applaud them for their efforts. I do
not acknowledge the existence of one-man-shows, so in reality, it's
just iCE." Anyone with a pulse could tell you that iCE is not
running up to it's full potential, but these same people would also
tell you that ACiD IS alive and strong. This is where I start to
wonder is there another ICE that I don't know about, or if he's
OD'ing on any of those mind expanding pills. Is he totally
oblivious to whats going on around him? This guy needs to come on
back to the planet earth.
Last but not least, I'd like to personally thank Sharp for
leaving for a three-week trip and giving me the fine "opportunity"
to write this article. Thanks smudgy.
If you have any questions or comments pertaining to this article
or about ACiD, I can be reached via the majority of the popular
elite networks of your choice. I am also reachable by way of
InterNet, my address is:
bbs.radman@tsoft.net
Mailing address:
ACiD Productions(tm)
PO Box 20282
San Jose, CA
95160-0282
RaD MaN [ACiD]
iCE: It's Still Cold At the TopMetal Head [iCE][
Editors Note:
There would have been an Untimed Column here, but Paradigm said
from day one (IE the first Publicly Released NFO file) that all the
Articles/Columns in Paradigm had to be exclusive material and not
Reprints of material from other Magazines or Captures of text files
off the nets, NFO files, etc.
The Untimed's iCE Column originally writen for Paradigm #2 some
how ended up being published in Iridium #1. Since that automaticly
would make it a "Reprint", it simply cannot be published here. We
have and will always strive to bring you ORIGINAL and even EXCLUSIVE
material in Paradigm.
We can't complain though, since we were lucky enough to get a
far more informative Column out of Metal Head, who'll be handling
this column from now on. Tempus Thales? Right, we'd have a better
time getting a cover out of him, and he hasn't DRAWN an ANSi in
a couple of months.
]
Hey this is Metal Head, and like, I think, everyone in iCE, I
hate writing articles, but do it anyways. Well here we go, I'll try
not to babble like R. Noble is so famous for.
Whats new in iCE you ask? Well I think i'll tell you even though
you didn't. Recently iCE has seen two of our Directors leave. One
of them being Quazar who was a great help to our VGA division, and
was a fantastic Logo artist. He has left in order to "hone his
skill" or some other pitiful reason like that.. :). The other is
STiLE, who for about the month that he was in iCE helped bring in
many artists as well as start lots of interesting controversy, he
as well was a great Logo artist. His reasons for leaving still
confuse me a bit. So I won't go into them.
So as not to just make this a big .NFO file (P.S. I encourage
EVERYONE to read the ICE-????.NFO files in the iCEPACK's) I'll make
the next happening in iCE short, or at least semi-short.
iCE has decided to begin releasing all of our VGA Artwork
uncoded. No this is not for lack of coders, or too many lazy ones.
The reasoning is that we would like to be able to focus our coders
attention on other projects, and to hopefully raise the quality of
the artwork. Another reason is that loaders are just a waste of
time and HD space anyway. So this works out for iCE in many ways:
#1 - Our coders attention can be redirected to more important projects.
#2 - The level of artwork will most likly increase due to the fact that
VGA's will need to be a bit better because they must now stand on
thier own two feet as ANSI's do.
#3 - When/If RIPTerm becomes a standard, VGA's will be postable, and
Sysop's with an uncoded VGA will be able to post them.
#4 - It makes the job of putting together a pack MUCH easier without
having to worry about getting all the VGA's coded, and coded well.
#5 - This will make the iCEPACK's smaller due to the next change..
All iCE Coded work will be released as separate file's, no not
as a "VGA iCEPACK" but EACH coded iCE VGA Product will be released
as a file in itself. So look for intro's and Mini-Demos in the
coming months.
The Last announcement is the 1st Anniversary of the iCEPACK.
Check out the old iCEPACK's and see how much the group has improved,
and the packs along with it.
Well Thats basicly it, i didn't have much time to write this so
sorry if it isn't written the best. If you have and Comments or
about iCE You can InterNet E-Mail me at "metalhed@phantom.com" or
leave Matrix Feedback to me on the Prototype, 301-294-9334. If your
in Europe leave me mail on the iCE Euro HQ, Baudville. I don't have
the # off hand but it shouldn't be hard to find.
Metal Head - [iCE] Sr. Staff
MiRAGE: Ren's Noble EffortR.Noble [MiRAGE]
"Mirage. It's something you see in the DESERT!"
Yes, it's me again with another article about the group that's
there, but then again, we're not. So I am, thinking about ALL the
ANSis we have for the next Compendium that's supposed to be due
in September. If I released it tomorrow, it'd be about uh, mabbe
1k... and that's just the NFO file! ... Nah, we got some ANSis, by
Beez, and Bad Karma should have a couple, but for the rest of our
group, we got ANSis like we have hiernas. And since my intestines
aren't falling out, we don't have any. At least to my knowledge.
So what's there to talk about? Well, I don't know! Mirage. Uh, we
got like, uh, some like, uh, new, uh, new, uh, things! Yeah,
things, you know, things. Yeah, that's it. We did some MAJOR
transactions, like uh well like uh well you know! Transactions!
Yeah, and we got like some major talent from like, uh, uh, well,
uh... Anyways, as you can see I know as much about Mirage these
days as Captain Kaos. The only Mirage member I've talked to about
Mirage itself was good ol' Beez. I talked to The Drow, but nothing
about Mirage <darn!>. So where does that leave us? In dead last.
Haha <Unreasonable Humor often leads to insanity>. I wonder where
the infamous Kaska F. Kaska is at this very moment. Drawing ANSis?
Calling members? Recruting new talent? Probably not. Probably our
bowling, or watching a movie, or out with his friends, so I'm
stuck here on the frontline taking all this crap like "So is like
Mirage, uh, alive?" or "So when's your next ANSi coming out?" <I
HATE that question> or the best "Will you do me an ANSi?!" <Stop
asking! If I wanted to, you wouldn't need to ask!> God, Nag Nag
Nag. At least good ol' Beez is still doing some work, and from
what he tells me, Bad Karma is releasing some good stuff as well,
so good job to those 2. And to the rest of you? Well, uh, keep up
the good work! :) "Mirage, We have more Quotes than ANSis!" <that
was for Der Shatner, some ACiD dewd I talked to on some ACiD
conference I was dragged onto> So anyways, how are you guys? Doing
good? Out of the whole Valiant fiasco, we got a whole 0 new members!
They all went to iCE, ACiD, or some other group, I think if there
was a question,"Who would you join? [ ] Mirage [ ] Other", I always
have a feeling they'll answer "Other". Mabbe it's just me :) So I'm
doing a good job on ragging on my own group right? Thanks. <I mean,
there's seriously nothing really on the bright side being the
sunny person I am, G.Washington, I NEED YOU!> I wish Kaska would
come back and do his magic on the group and get it restarted ASAP, I
have little or no time, talent <Starting a group is, or re-Starting,
is tough work, gets you a big appetite>, or the enthusiasm required
in doing some a drastic task. And when G.Washington comes home from
protecting and serving his country on this Boot Camp US Tour, mabbe
we'll have a base to restart this truck of a group. But low and
behold, here comes Zandorf! I friend of mine for some time, and he's
agreed to attempt to revive what we have left of a group. Good luck,
actually, even luck won't help, so forget it :) . Now on to bigger
and better things. Like, Gatorade! There's that new flavor, Pine-
apple-Citrus, damn it's good <drinking some right now, gulp gulp>.
Or my all-time favorite Sunny Delight! Especially the new California
<or Country, whatever> Style, but they aren't on sale, so we don't
gots any. Well, I wonder how I wrote so much on nothing, but then
again, all I'm doing is babbling on and on about nothing. So a
bunch of /<-Ra|> d00dz are gonna read this and think "Writer article
this, lamer! I Forc ...." .. uh, anyways, but it's all in good fun,
I mean, what's the point of a group, if you don't have fun! It's
like raising a pet rock, what's the point if you don't have a live
rock? ... sheesh. Hm. One question that's bugged me for a long
time is, how do rechargeable batteries work? I mean, batteries
contain acid right? And I have no clue as to how one works, but
I figure, by using it more and more, you neutralize the battery
acid right? So a recharger re-acidize the acid? I think? I doubt
that's it, but who cares, I'll figure it out and tell you all next
issue of Paradigm. And what is a "Paradigm" exactly? Shihear says
it's the model or epitome, or something, so this magazine is the
epitome of all magazines? Hmph. Then what about Adrenalin? Is that
supposed to get us more stronger after we read it? Hm. Hm. Talk
about Deep Thoughts. And why do all this artists insist on drawing
comic book characters? I mean, STOP IT! NO MORE SPAWN! NO MORE
BATMAN! <Well, keep BatMan, he's kewl> NO MORE X-MEN! ... geez, if
you're gonna draw a comic, draw Captain Planet or something. Better
yet, draw Beavis and Butthead. Love to see that. Ha. And why do all
the pictures have to do with violence? I mean, Spawn is a violent
person, that new Vision ANSi of an Indina shooting an arrow is
violence and shows anger, and even Metal Head's Garfield shows
violence as it shows Garfield about to die by the mouths of gnarly
dogs. Sheesh. Why can't we be more phun! And draw pictures of
Skaters getting run over, or a Fork Lift, or better yet, draw a
picture of an elephant and a gnu together. Now that's a real ANSi.
<Uh... huh huh... like, what the hell is he doing? This guy has
like no future... huh huh/Yeah, No future! huh huh! Duh-Duh-da-Duh-
Duh-da-da-Duh!>
So anyways, I can go on and on and keep babbling about nothing for
even longer, but I'll quit right now and do some greets and quotes.
No! I'll just cut down iCE's Mama instead. Okay, iCE's Mama is so
nasty, she gotta throw iCE down here pants to keep her crabs fresh!
<smirk> iCE's Mama is so nasty, she don't got boogers, she got
green apples! <giggle> iCE's Mama is so phat, she uses jumper cables
for a garder belt! <blech> iCE's Mama is so fat, everytime she goes
on a elevator, she ends up in the garage! <Oof> iCE's Mama's teeth
are so yellow,I thought I was looking at China when I saw her smile!
<Ugh> iCE's Mama is so fat, when she walks, it looks like she's just
gliding across the floor! <Hmph> Okay okay, enough of that. On to
ACiD! ACiD's ... NO ... OKAY, anyways, I'll stop now...
iCE's Mama is ...
[Editors Note: It is at this point in time I respectfully ask that
all the groups, ACiD, iCE, Nemesis, BaD, CHAOS, et al, please trade
an ANSi artist or two with Mirage (perhaps for some of that new
Gatorade) in that we can restore poor Ren's sanity. Er, make that
so we can keep his sanity from deteriorating further.]
BAD: It's been a BAD monthBlack Knight [BAD]
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(Editors Note: In the past 30 days, BAD has made quite a few
moves and we at Paradigm feel they now have a shot at breaking
thru from "The Minor Leagues" to "The Show" (keeping with the
Baseball vernacular). While they are not the iCE or ACiD type
yet, we feel they're probably to the Mirage/Nemesis level, or
just about. We'll be adding coverage of BAD to Paradigm from
now on and begin with a general overview of BAD.)
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The idea of "BAD" started about two years ago. I had been doing
lousy (but in the world of PD "Wow!") ANSi's for BBS's for a few
months, and thought I should put some kind of Copyright or
identification on the ANSi's so they wouldn't be ripped by dumbass
SysOps anymore. Well, after asking some people what a cool name
would be, someone fed me with the name of BAD. It sounded real
cool, andthat's all that mattered. Well, it stuck and BAD was
founded.
It wasn't very long until people starting sending me messages that
stated something to the effect of "Those pictures are really neato!
Could I be in BAD?" Well, the normal reply would've been "Go to
hell you lousy shit sucking lamer" but since the idea of more than
ONE member in BAD (revolutionary idea, 'eh?) sounding kind of
appealing, we eventually ended up with five members.
During this whole time while people were asking to join, I also got
several messages asking me "What does BAD stand for?" My usual
reply was "I dunno, it just sounds kinda cool." Although it may seem
that saying that may be fun, it actually wasn't so I took it upon
myself to call everyone in the phone book until I could find someone
who could think up a cool name for BAD. I eventually got to a
friend of mine who suggested the name of "Bitchin' ANSi Design".
That seemed cool then, and does now, and that's why it stuck. From
then onward, BAD has been known as Bitchin' ANSi Design.
Well, an ANSi group isn't much without packs, so we decided to put
one out to see what it would be like. So, everyone's art was
gathered up and slapped into one archive to be shipped (overnight
air, of course). Well, it was a pretty large piece of crap, but we
continued to put out more packs afterward. Our ANSi continued to
get better and better with new ideas and projects. This group thing
was turning out to be a pretty cool thing after all.
That pretty much brings us up to current times. Small group,
putting out pretty good artwork. As you know (if you've seen the
newest BAD Pack), we've been getting many groups asking if we'd like
to merge. Well, for the most part, they turn rather sour. But, we
eventually got into contact with Color Blind (formerly G-MoNeY of
EViL) and got EViL and BAD merged into one. Color Blind had just
distributed all the info to the former EViL members, when he found
out that he won't be able to use his computer again for six months
(something to do with a fried CPU...). Well, as far as I can tell,
this can put a damper on things when I, current/ONLY Senior Member
at BAD, have to somehow contact all these people. Well, it
hopefully will be all worked out by the time the pack comes out...
Another group that we'd hoped to merge with, SoLo, has decided to go
with MAX. Hopefully, they'll get some good out of that and I can't
wait to see how they do. At least BAD got a dist site out of the
whole deal...
In the beginning... of the month anyway, we got another merge
oppurtunity from a group called iLLUSiON. Well, as far as we could
see, they have some great VGA talent, and a little ANSi talent.
Sounds like something that would be great for a merge. So, while
trying to work things out with them, it seems that they don't really
want to merge with BAD, but wants BAD to merge into them. Well, I
think that deserves two thumbs down, so we say "That sucks...
Yeah, it bites, too."
Leaving the best and probably the most stable for last, I was also
approached by Dreadnought, head of the literary division of CHAOS.
He let me know that since they had so many poems and short stories,
that they it would be helpful if BAD could make some ANSi's using
them. So, we worked it out so that when BAD has an ANSi without a
poem in it, just ask CHAOS CT, and they'll get a poem to the artist
in a few days. Also, when CHAOS CT has a special request or
something, we'll try our hardest to get something for them. All in
all, we're pretty much helping out either group out and will
hopefully get this working straight rather soon.
Well, that's about all I've got to say about BAD right now.
Unfortunately, since 50% of all the recent stuff will change by the
end of the month, this will be invalid and a waste of your time.
But, it was a GOOD waste of time... or something. Anyway, check out
the newest BAD Pack and let us know what you think. We'd always
like any input you have for us.
Black Knight
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The Who, What, Why, Where and WhenParadigm Press Staff
Rumors run rampant throughout the scene. Here at Paradigm, our goal
is to seperate the Scoop from the Poop! These are as accurate as a
Rumor gets, but keep in mind, they're all just Rumors. . .
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Mirage looking for a merger? Could be. Whispers from out of the
dark that surrounds this nearly dead group hint at the possibility
of something brewing in the near future. . .
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Leper rips LC? That's what Rip Tide and The Perfect One claim...
Both Lord Carnuss and Leper Messiah say they're full of shit, but
TPO stands by his accusation!
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Speaking of Lord Carnuss rumor has it he's going into the same kind
of Semi-Retirement that Marshal Law and Tempus are in. . .
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JeD's releasing an iCE ANSi, supposedly, in the very near future.
Is this a legit rumor, or just another case of someone pulling a
QuickSilver? If the rumor's true, we'll know shortly. . .
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TRiBE Died? Merged? That's what Nemesis and m/´x are saying, but
neither are true. . .
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Valiant ][: Electric Boogaloo? Stay tuned. . .
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The Untimed was originally known as Velvet Elvis? Hokie Smoke
Batman, I guess handle changing to change reps is in vogue and
is good for advacement! Just ask STiLE and Kronos. . .
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Quazar in Nemesis? Reports are he briefly joined the group, but he
changed his mind before they could find out. . .
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Golgotha, which group IS he in? ACiD/iCE/ACiD/iCE/ACiD/iCE? Wish
he'd make up his mind. . .
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Primal Energy on RIPing Tempus ThalesPrimal Energy
Hello, I am writing this article for two reasons. One: to
apologize for my actions, and TWO: to ask for the forgiveness
of the computer underground world for the action in which I took.
For those of you who do not know, I took a Tempus Thales ansi, and
changed it around and put my name on it. This was a very stupid
action for me to take.
In late June, I had taken an interest in joining a well known
computer art group. I was by then a member of a group called EVIL
<who has now merged with BAD> it was a small group composed with
alot of talent. For some reason I couldn't stop at that and wait.
I wanted to dive right in, and make a name for myself in the Ansi
Scene.
So I took an interest in joining either iCE or Acid Productions.
The member of iCE that I had a conversation with said that I was
doing pretty good, but was not ready to join iCE. But that given
time I would be a pretty good ansi artist. I took that compliment,
and let it go to my head. I thought that I was ready NOW but I
knew that I realy wasn't.
That was when I called The Dark Society and when Sharp realized
that I was interested in joining ACiD, I realy let it go to my head,
because he gave me the chance so that would show that I have to have
some talent to be even considered. He told me the work I had done
before looked pretty good, and that I should make an ansi for The
Dark Society to see how I do with a request.
I worked on it till about 1am the next day <talked to him about
5pm Eastrn Standard Time> but I couldn't come up with anything, my
mind was blank on an idea. I had a few but I KEPT SCREWING UP on
them, which got me pissed.
Finally the next day I came across a Tempus Thales ansi that I
liked very much, it was an ansi of THE PITT in all his glory. As I
couldn't seem to get my ansi right, I MADE A VERY STUPID decision to
take the TT ansi and change it around, in hopes that I WOULD BE
EXCEPTED into Acid Productions. So when I was done, I gave it to
Sharp.
He immediatley said it was good work <but of course, it was done
by Tempus> but questioned the authenticity. I knew then that I had
my a stupid mistake and should have stuck to my brain storming,
because I know I would have come up with some sort of quality work
that would have done the job.
My actions were uncalled for and I would like to apologise
foremost to Tempus Thales, one of the most talented ansi artists
there has been. Secondly to AciD Productions who gave me the
chance, and I blew it by making such a screwed up decision. They
gave me a chance to join one of the most famous computer art groups
in excistence today, and I blew it big time.
I would also like to ask for the forgiveness of the whole
undeground scene, I know it was a dumb ass thing to do, but I WANTED
so badley to get into Acid, that I lead myself right into a stupid
desision that shall never, never happen again. I am sorry.
Lastly, I'd like to thank Shihear Kallizad of Tribe, and this
quality magazine, PARADIGM for letting me put my article into the
issue you are reading now. Thank YOU Shihear.
- Primal Energy
no longer of Acid Productions
Beez's Commentary on Mirage & SceneBeez [Mirage]
MIRAGE! Well, for one thing morale is NOT at an all time high.
I mean, remember back when nobody liked Ren 'cause he had such a
big EGO? (j/k, RN.) Well, his latest Ansi -- MI-BSHIT.MIR, (a dual
creation with the other ex-Mirage PR man, Crushed Ice) is not much
of an ANSI in fact, it's more like The Unforgivens infamous "Black
Gate" Ansi with a bonus 2 screens of the imfamous quotes that made
Mirage famous. Let's just say some of those quotes are just as
pro-Mirage as when he wrote that Paradigm article. Okay, not as
much. Well, If my hunch is right, it's going to piss off a LOT of
MIRAGE artists <okay, 2 or 3> who take pride in the Ansi group
they're in. I guess how you will personally feel about RNs newest
endeavor depends on how seriously you take your ansi.
How do I feel about this Ansi artist "backstabbing?" Well,
personally, I think it's kind of funny. I mean, it's something too
trivial to be pissed off about.. < Then again, ANYTHING about Ansi
is too trivial to be pissed off about. Shihear is such an angry
person :) > Believe it or not, some of those taglines are kind of
funny. (The Girl and the Horse! HAHAHA..) and at least we won't be
creating another major ansi group war like ACiD or iCE (unless, of
course, it turns out to be a civil war.. then me and Noble can split
off and form Mirage 3.1428571... )
Now what about Mirage in general?
Okay. The REAL reason Mirage might not be up to par with
other groups such as iCE or ACiD is because.. well, because we
might not be up to par. It's true that Mirage didn't get any
artist from Valiant, as Noble said in Paradigm #1, but we ARE a
decent group. While our comeback wasn't as glorious as people
thought it would be, it was a comeback noneoftheless. An
"interesting" move that Kaska F. Kaska (original founder of
Mirage, BTW) did was the merge with UAA, which was something not
all of the directors agreed to, and with the interesting mix of
ol' Mirage fogeys (GW, Noble, Kaska, Paul M. and maybe me, none
of which producing much ansis anway) and relatively new artists
(Bad Karma, Kronos, The Carnage and Loki) it creates a group that
is more like Mirage and UAA producing under one name than one
group working as a whole. But it's only been a couple of months
since the merge, and everything will come out smoothly once the
talents of all the members aren't so diverse. That is, if we ever
hear from KFK again. *AHEM*. (Hmm.. if I had a 16.8k modem, maybe
I would be able to put the group back together! HAHAHA, yeah,
RIGHT!)
Besides, isn't Mirage stuff better? No, stop laughing, I'm
serious. I mean, you look at a Liquid Image Ansi, or an Icy Ansi,
or Lord Carnuss and what do you see? Comic book characters. NOT
JUST comic book characters, but comic book characters magnified 100
times. Don't get me wrong, they look GREAT, but especially in 80x25
mode, more often than not, I hear myself saying "WOW.. That's GREAT.
uhh.. what is that?" or "YUCK! That's such a perverted... uhh, wait,
that's just his gun." or "Is that a line or is that lady wearing a
hat?" Since when was Ansi connected to comic book characters
anyway?
No matter how political the Ansi group might turn out to be, or
how well the group does, or how awful all the artists are, or
whatever, it's JUST A HOBBY. Hey, I like the ansi group that I'm
in, but I doubt that I'll lose sleep over it if I wanted to jump to
another group. Personally, Mirage suits me the best because
everything here is laid back, and there is very little pressure
whatsoever. (Okay, NO pressure whatsoever.) As long as I come up
with some cool 50 line ansis of totem poles that don't look half
bad, then everything is okay with me because I don't have to worry
about who disbanded what group and who joined another ansi group
because he hated that other person from the other group and blah
blah blah blah. Then again, look at Noble. He hasn't done anything
since last year and he's the vice president. My, how art imitates
life. <DRUM FILL>
BEEZ [mirage.3.1428571]
Interview with Vision of ACiD ProductionsSK & Vision
Shihear & Vision - 9:40 pm, Sat Aug 14, 1993 - Recorded Chat
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So, when did you start? I don't recall anything predating your
ACiD material.
Well, I first started in HiPE sometime 1.5 years ago (a local 313
group, now dead), then soon after I went to Legacy (for about 1
week) and a few days later, BS called me up and I switched over to
ACiD...
How would you discribe your HiPE material (if any?) to us today?
Have you been going around trying to get SysOp's to delete the old
packs? (smile)
Hehe... not really... some of the stuff, I'll admit, is really
shitty (actually most) but 1 or 2 ansis I still like (for some
unknown reasons). I'd say, if the Paradigm grading scale was
involved, they would get between a D and an F...
Well, since you brought up the subject, theres been a bit of an
outcry from some artists about Paradigm both Reviewing and Grading
ANSis. Where do you stand on the whole subject, and what do you
think of the way it was done/handled in the first issue?
Well, before I read the first issue, I was VERY skeptical about the
whole deal (thinking it would be byass and would full of
unconstructive ansi bashing), but to be honest, after I read the
first issue, I think it's a great help to all the artists and
brought up the mag considerably - It's a great idea (I'm surprised
no one thought of it before)...
Technically, AADA was the first person to actually get anything like
it out, in Artistry. It's just him doing the grading, and there's
not alot of reviewing of the individual ANSi's, but he kinda beat us
to the bunch. Some people have said and would say that it was
"byassed", and that guys like CyberChrist who doesn't/can't(?) do
ANSi have no bussiness reviewing, etc. Do you think, given the
limited material you've had to read, that the Paradigm system/crew
is "the problem", or it's the basic concept of these guys now having
a high profile and public forum where people criticly look and grade
thier work?
Well, honestly (if this IS the answer to your question), I'd rather
have kind of random people grading art (whether they've done art, or
not). In a few of CyberChrist's reviews, the statements he entered
revealed (or looked like they reveal) some personal grudges against
some of the artists. But besides that, you include the info on each
judge in an article, so what's the difference?
I'm sure that who the artist is could effect the grade or review,
but isn't it like that in the real world where people review
whatever it is that someone else does. If they have a "problem"
with that person, it does tend to reflect in thier comments. I
suppose part of our problem has been the format, where we do two
seperate things, review and grade. Anyway, off of this, it's being
covered enough this month, and I feel it's being blown way out of
proportion and is really too early to tell... So, when do you think
people really started to notice you? What ANSi would you say was
your breakthru ANSi?
I wasn't sure IF they noticed, and am still wondering if any people
know I do ANSi! But, when I talk to most people, they say that one
of their favorite ANSis is the one for Spirits of Vengeance (my
first release in ACiD). But later, I find out that they forgot who
did it (guess I should start using "VS" at the top of my ansis). :)
That's the one I remember best, as far as your breakthru goes. I
still consider it not only the best Venom done to date, but one of
the more fluid pieces, having a real sense of movement and action.
Well, you might find that in my latest release, I've incorporated
much of the same style (but not as much black space).
Ah, well, you can't do Venom without black space. Would you
consider that your best/favorit?
Yeah, I like it more than any of the others (I don't quite like the
others very much... I really like them when I'm doing them, but a
few days after I'm finished, I feel kinda depressed because their
really messy.)
Who would you say enfluenced your style the most, if anyone?
Well, it wasn't really who, but what... One of my most favorite
ANSIs is TT's The Asylum ANSI (and I still consider it his best to
date), and I like much of Black Spyrit's stuff (way back when he
did ANSi)
I can see the BS enfluence, and agree about TT's Asylum ANSi (not
to be confused with the later Primal Energy enterpitation of his
ANSi) is one of his best, but I don't think I see it's enfluence in
your style. How would
you say it has enfluenced it?
Actually, I really don't see any of that ANSi in my ANSis either...
"The Asylum" has much less black space and doesn't make use of
dotted blocks that much... But I think most of my ANSis have motion
or a sense of suspense in them (I try to make them that way... to be
more interesting) as TT's did.
Now that I think about it, the tree and brush (as well as the font)
in that ANSi do kind of remind me of your Evilution, which is
probably the quitesential Vision ANSi, when the people who DO notice
you think of you atleast.
Hmm.. Yeah, I didn't hear too many comments about that ANSi (except
for the fact that some actually liked the font). Most of the guys I
talk to like my Sanctuary ANSi (god knows why).
People like what people like. ;) You tend to work pretty much
exclusively in the Comic Book type material. Where do you stand on
that whole "debate" between the Comic Book and Original Material
thing?
After I thought about it (quite a bit), the thing that I hate the
most about people doing ONLY comic book ANSis, is that they keep
doing the same character everybody did (i.e. Spawn, Pitt, Chapel,
etc). I don't read comics very much (but I pick up one occasionally
to look at the great artwork) so I'm not really knowledgeble on the
Comic Book side of the subject. Some of the guys in ACiD that I've
talked to read them quite a bit, so I pick up a lot through the
phone line. As far as my ANSi goes, I try to do characters that
weren't done before and try to put them in different circumstances.
Some of the little original artwork I see is not very savory...
I noticed you drew Holocaust in your last ANSI (reviewed in Paradigm
#1) and it fit quite well. If your major complaint is the constant
"overuse", for a lack of a better term, of certian characters,
couldn't one point out that before Comic Material hit, or even still
today amoung the few who still do Original Material, they tend to do
alot of Skulls and Skelletons, etc. no? But the whole "debate" has
basicly been between, "Which is better/real art, Comic Stuff or
Original Material?", and as someone like yourself inbetween, who
does Comic Stuff with alot of Original stuff surrounding it, what
are your views on that whole stuff?
To sum it up, I'd say that even the most prominent ANSi artists have
drawn either something from a comic, or from something else they
didn't draw themselves (after I thought that ML's stuff was all
original, I later found out that most of it was copied off of
something... nonetheless, It's fantastic drawing). I would probably
say that ANSi artists should define their own style instead of
copying someone elses on top of copying a comic or something. It
becomes boring to the viewer, spice up your ANSis... The only thing
their for is entertainment (I think advertising got lost a while
ago)
So, what do you think of the whole competitiveness then, seeing your
views on ANSis being entertainment and advertisment. Does the
iCE/ACiD stuff get on your nerves or do you laugh it off, or what?
Well, I think most of ANSi work now is not defined by the group, but
rather the individual. One thing I really hate is when people with
some talent jump between groups consistently just to gain popularity
(in my case, I haven't really left ACiD for another group, or for
reasons to gain popularity - when I first joined, it was because I
thought it was the group on top, and a prestige to be a part of) -
many artists today jump groups just to get messages on FelonyNET
about them, it's easy to see. Competition, on the other hand, is
fun and gives something for the artist to work for. I don't think
each group should go around bashing the other, but a few little
jokes here and there give people a real sense of seperateness or
faith in one group (like political parties - I think :)
Ha. I just flashed, "So, that'd make Rad Man the old grey elephant
that never forgets, and The Untimed a jackass, right?" when you said
that. AS a member of ACiD, any comments on his Open Letter to the
Ansi Scene?
Well, actually I've had quite a few of them compressed deep down
(but you might find that in RM's article, he explodes with twice
as many). After I thought about it, the biggest problem about that
Open Letter is the amount of ignorance contained in it. I read
something about ACiD being a "breeding ground" for iCE and he
"applauded us for our efforts." If he was saying that sarcastically
or just as a rip, I would understand (sort of). But it looked like
he REALLY thought that! That was why I wondered why in hell iCE
made him Senior Staff (and then later concluded because he is an
iCE FREAK). Most of their other Staffers are o.k. about giving
enough respect to a competing art group. But his whole letter was
just blunt bullshit.
I've catagorized his assention to Staff as and to anwser your
question as to why in hell iCE made him Senior Staff as, "Why does
a dog lick himself, because he can." Tempus wanted OUT, AGAIN, and
Untimed was there. We (the scene) really don't know him any more
than he knows a whole lot about the scene and how it works. He's
fairly new to it, coming from the warez/courier world, which is
vastly different, and we don't know how far his tounge was planted
into his cheek when he wrote that. He's not an artist, he's not
done anything for iCE previously beyond the recruiter/telephone guy
type stuff. Only time will tell just where his head is really at,
but I know I'm afraid they've traded in a Shihear for a Mitch for a
real grade a DiCK.
Well, personally, I like iCE a lot, just because it is a good base
of competition. But it seems that their flushing out of the old
people, and installing the new ones is a bad choice and will take
a long time to get corrected. I'd rather have the old staff (F-10,
TT, Metal Head, etc.)
Welp, it's getting late, I want to go play SF][ Turbo, and I'm sure
you want to get the hell out of here, so let's wrap this up by
throwing it open to you for anything you might want to add about
yourself, ANSi or the Scene in general that we might have missed.
Well, to sum up the ANSi scene in my view, I think the whole thing
is getting lame. It's time for people to be less worried about
their temporary popularity etc. and just busy themselves doing nice
art keeping their groups together. Otherwise the whole thing might
soon fall apart.
Alright. Great talking to you and I'm sure there will be some
people out there remotely interested in what we've talked about
here. I'll let you go and work on that cover to Paradigm #12...
Doubt it :) - hope Paradigm lives on... Later
Introduction to Future Group Help ColumnShihear Kallizad
Ansi Maniacs, ED, DREM, LTD, Mirage, iCE and now TRiBE...
What do all of these groups have in common? Amoung other things,
the answer is Shihear Kallizad. Hmmm? No, this isn't really an
article about "me", but more about something I know alittle bit
about, that being groups. History time!
Ansi Maniacs was a group created by Cool T and was centered on
WWiVNet and at the time, ED (Elite ANSi Art Designers) was as
well. Members of both of these groups have been seen all over the
ANSi scene at one time or another. Cool T, Relentless, Nautalus,
Nemesis, Black Wolf, Tempus Thales and myself, just to name afew
of the more high profile and successful ones.
Both groups eventually died out, and as lady luck would have
it, they folded at just about the same time. What time was that?
Just about the same time I got fed up with both, having been a
member of both, and decided to start my own group. When AM fell,
Cool T dropped leadership into my lap, and I kind of took over
ED while nobody was looking (or doing much of anything else for
that matter.)
I didn't like either name that much though, so I took the
letters and themes of both to make DREM, which stood for, if you
can believe it, Dedicated, Reliable, Experienced ANSi Maniacs. I
quickly dropped the Maniacs, changing it to Makers. We stayed on
WWiVNet, and between September of '91 and April of '92 were the
undisputed masters of orginized ANSi production, on WWiVNet. It
took a wacky guy by the name of Captain Kaos to get us into the
real scene.
The founders were basicly Cool T, LogaN and myself. Just as
soon as we started doing DREM Logos, more or less, a guy by the
name of FusioN joined us. By April of '92 we had decided to change
or name, mainly because of WWiVNet Warez Idiots confusing us with
The Dream Team, to LTD, Licensed To Draw. I hear now that there is
some new group out there using LTD, Licensed To Design. I wish
them luck, even though they didn't ask *ME*.
Shortly we had guys like Vito (best and most natural JeDish
style you've ever seen), The DroW, Atomic Playboy, Paul Muad'Dib,
Beez, Malcom X, Dreamevil and Icy, etc. It was right around the
time that iCE and GRiM merged that we ended up merging with MiRAGE
(which led to the creation of a group called Legacy from those who
were not happy with the whole deal).
This added guys like Ren, Metal Head (one of them not so happy
campers), G. Washington, and the other infamous MiRAGEians to the
list of people I've had the pleasure of working with. It was right
about the time that MiRAGE was falling apart that Tempus made a most
remarkable move to merge MiRAGE into iCE apon finding out I wished
to join. I shouldn't have to run down the names of people involved
with iCE durring this time.
From the MiRAGE merger on thru to the Valiant Split, this is
the era known as "The iCE Age". The time when iCE dominated the
ANSi scene, thanks in part to a major command failure at ACiD, but
no small part to the many talented members of iCE who came to the
foreground durring this period. It was this "iCE Age" that really
has set the standard as to what the General Public At Large has
come to expect from ANSi groups.
Then came the Valiant Split and things went downhill for iCE
from there. There was a mass exodus in the months to follow, of
which I was a participant of. I went to back to the roots from
whence I came, to form a "back to basics" group called TRiBE. We've
left out the WWiVnet part though.
What does all this have to do with anything, other than me? I
go thru this briefly to show you the diveristy of the path I have
walked. From the small time, WWiVNet origins, to the up and coming
group with alot of potential, to a break thru group striving for the
top of the heap, to the undisputed king of the hill and all the
little peeks and valleys along the way.
From the sheer excitement of "signing" someone as well known
and as talented as Paul Mua'dib to LTD, to having to cut my losses
with MiRAGE and join iCE after a horrible month of next to no
prodcution from MiRAGE. From complete amazement at the amount of
really high quality production of iCE at the height of the iCE Age
to the utter horror of being gutted by the Valiant Split.
From being reluctantly allowed the Senior Staff mantle at iCE,
to being hounded, bugged and berated at every step by Tempus Thales
until I just couldn't take anymore and walked away from it all. I
have seen and been thru quite a lot in the two years I've been in
or around this whole ANSi Makin' thing we refer to as a scene.
Why is all this relevant? Because I now wish to begin a column
here in Paradigm about ANSi Groups, the Do's, the Do Not's, the You
Have Got to be Kidding's. In order for that to happen, you have to
understand where I've been and what I've been thru in order to know
who I am and why I feel the way I do. Then you'll understand why
I'll take the stances I do and judge for yourself if they have any
relevance to your specific case.
Look for this new series starting next month. In the column
I will take time for any Q&A's about the subject of Groups and what
ever that may involve. It may sound egotistical, but if you can
teach someone what you know about drawing ANSi's and put that in a
column, them maybe it's possible to impart some Group stuff you've
learned apon your way. If the first results in better ANSi's, then
maybe we can hope the later would result in better groups.
Discussing Paradigm's Review ControversyShihear Kallizad
Alot of people have had alot to say about Paradigm. Alot of
it has been about the Reviews we did in Issue #1. I've spent alot
of time writing and re-writing this over and over again. With any
luck, this will be the final draft and I can move on with something
else.
When I was working on Paradigm, LONG before it actually came
to pass, I wanted it to focus exclusively on the ANSI Scene. This
is a pretty narrow thing to devote a MONTHLY Magazine to, as some
have pointed out. To have things of interest would be a difficult
assignment.
Later, when Paradigm begane to take substantial shape, Reviews
would be one of the mainstays of the Magazine. Reviews of Artists,
Groups, the Packs they produce and even the individual ANSis. Due
to the rushed nature of Issue #1, the only Reviews contained within
were of the Packs. We specificly did not want to start off with the
reviews of individual ANSis.
I was toying for quite a while with how we would be doing the
various types of reviews. In the end, we decided a simple text file
would be the easiest to do on our part. (Originally we had a fairly
complex design for the review section that would have required alot
more coordination and a much better coder. Sorry Jabber.) Not
until fairly into the project did I realize that in order to do an
indepth review of the Packs, you HAD to review them by the stuff in
them.
Now I was faced with HOW to review each ANSi. I wanted to use
a VERY recognizable system that was easy to understand. I had to
decide what we wanted to "say" about ANSis and the scene with the
system we used. It was a pretty complicated process that took a
while to come to a conclusion that we were all comfortable with.
A communication problem between CyberChrist and myself led to him
making a vast improvement on what I had originally suggested.
As you know by now, the resulting system uses the A theu F,
grading scale and system. This gives us both a grading scale of
15 (A+ being the best possible, F- being the worst possible) and
the final "Pass/Fail" system that we're all accustomed with. It
met my criteria of 'saying' that some ANSis are better than others
but some are MUCH better than others. We also decided to include
brief comments.
I'm not quite sure which has caused the most problems for the
most people, the Grades or the Comments. Most of the complaints
have come from Artists, and it's argueable whether or not the fact
they recieved "undesireable" Grades or Comments had anything to
do with that. I'll not speculate any further than that comment.
Personally, I feel it was the unprofessional comments from all of
us that hurt the most.
What I do know is that Paradigm's process and the people that
are involved. We all view each ANSi *RIGHT* before we comment on
them and assign a grade. We grade the ANSi, not the person, not
the group. The average of the 3 individual grades of each ANSi
make up the final grade of that ANSi, and the average of all these
final grades make up the final grade of each Pack.
People throw "baised" around like it's a dirty word, when in
fact it means you have a partiality or prejudice. ANYONE who says
that they do not or or not biased is either a bald faced liar or
they really don't understand what the word means. The issue isn't
whether or not we are biased, but what are our partialities and
prejudices.
Each of the Reviewers is hand picked for specific balance so
that the Final Grade won't be stilted or tainted too much by any
one set of specific opinions. You may not agree with the comments,
or the individual grades of one or more of the reviewers, but it's
harder to argue the Final Grades. These guys aren't here because
they're good friends of the founder or because of anything else than
we at Paradigm Press fell the sum of the individual parts make up
a pretty fair representation of the general public.
Think about this: Unlike other magazines, you won't see one
of our Staff Reviewers grading and reviewing thier own work. We
are all out of the loop of any of the groups that get reviewed.
You won't see any butt kissing or ego boosting either. You'll be
getting our honest opinions based on what we like or do not like
about the ANSis, and what more, they'll be fairly consistant
thoughout.
Mistakes were made on our part, we will not attempt to say
otherwise. We did not clearly lay out what our partialities and
prejudices were. We did not have a firm grasp on how we should
or should not comment on the ANSi's. We were too informal and
too immature on more than one occasion. We realize that "Crap"
is not a good review. Steps are being made to rectify all of
these problems and hopefully you will notice some of them in this
very issue.
Will this rectify the problem some people have with it? I
doubt it. There will always be someone unhappy with what you're
doing, no matter what you are doing. There will always be someone
who simply does not like the very idea of grading ANSis. The bottom
line is that these are just our opinions and we never laid claim
otherwise.
Detailed Review of Iridium Issue #1Shihear Kallizad
[Paradigm Staff Reminder: We'd like to remind everyone that all of
the reviews contained within Paradigm are always the opinions of
the reviewer, and not necessarily those of Paradigm Press. Even
when the reviewer is the Editor In Chief. Since this was the very
first Long Review of this nature, we felt it important to point
out.]
Iridium Issue #1
- The (Very) Long of It -
Iridium #1 is out, and as it's supposed to be a Magazine, like
Paradigm, devoted to coverage on the ANSi Scene, we'd be remiss in
our duties not to review it. Some of us here have talked about it
briefly, the "should we or shouldn't we" arguement. Fears that to
do so would only make a bad situation worse were quickly quieted
apon the realization that things are already "bad enough" that this
won't make much of a difference. With all the snide little comments
throughout Iridium about Paradigm and it's members, it's fairly
obvious they're not after "peaceful coexistance".
First, what's an "Iridium", and what does it have to do with
ANSi? A joke going around Paradigm circles is that the name is
"Iridium" because it sounds like "Paradigm". (Atleast how I say
it. There's a whole toe-may-toe, toe-mah-toe arguement going on
as to how you are suposed to say it. Par-ah-die-um, Par-ah-dee-um,
and one of us who calls it Par-ah-dig-um.) We've pretty much
concluded they feel that since it has three "i's" they'll be REALLY
cool. I know this doesn't have alot to do with anything, but it's
just about as lighthearted as this is going to get. It's just a
silly little question... but I digress.
The biggest problem with Iridium is probably going to be the
code. It's certianly the highest profile problem we can discuss.
They release a "99% Bug Free" version, to be followed up with a
"Totally Bug Free" version a few days later. Why'd they release it
if they KNEW it had bugs? Rumor has it that they wanted to release
it BEFORE Paradigm #2 very badly. Why'd they want to do that, I
am not quite sure, as it gives us this oppertunity right here, to
review them right off the bat.
IRID-01.ZIP is the 99% Bug Free Version. IRIDI-01.ZIP is the
Totally Bug Free Version. The TBF Version has a .BAK file of the
old FILE_ID.DIZ from the 99%BF Version. It's also about 10k more in
size and has some minor internal differences. The TBF Version is
not. It still has the ANSi Display problem, so I'd be on the look
out for a "Really Totally Bug Free, Honest" Version any day now.
As to the actual bugs, I could find two things, the garbage
in the Reviews being the only one I know to be a bug. The other,
which others have told me they also had problems with, is the way
that none of the ANSi's that scroll displayed properly past the
first screen. I say I don't know for sure that this is a bug,
because it may have something to do with VGA. I'll explain why that
is important in a moment.
I was astounded that Raistlin was actually capable of coding a
magazine far worse than Paradigm. That may sound harsh, both to
Raistlin and Jabberwocky, who coded Paradigm, but it's the truth.
I thought for sure the one area where Iridium would be better than
Paradigm was in the code, but Iridium didn't even have the ANSi
scrolling, either. It was noticably slower than Paradigm all the
way around, from loading up to scrolling the articles.
Jabberwocky is a good guy, and Paradigm would not exist without
him. (Apparently neither would Iridium, if you read it's origins.)
However he's not the greatest coder in the world, and will be the
very first to admit that. He's more of a hacker, coding wise, with
the majority of the code having come from his older brother. I now
have a greater respect for what Jabberwocky HAS been able to do...
but I digress.
Then there is the most important problem with Iridium's code,
and that is the fact it's all one .EXE, and a "Memory Hog" at that.
In one of the many redundant .NFO files, it proclaimed that Iridium
required only 512k of memory. I have 640k basic memory, and with
everything loaded in, around 510k of free memory. It would not load
up, giving me a "Program too big to fit into memory." error, even
when I created a BOOT FLOPPY, giving me around 522k of free memory.
This isn't just me, as I know of atleast two other people who had
to use boot floppies to load it. I'm sure there's more.
Eventually I had to run VGARAM, a PD utility that takes the
memory from VGA/EGA, and gave me some 610-630k of memory. It did
finally run, but unfortunately I was unable to see the fonts. I
also wonder if this is the source of my ANSi viewing problems, even
though more than one other person have said that they can't see the
scrolling ANSi's past the first screen (25 lines). Truth is, I've
yet to find anyone who's actually seen the ANSi's display properly,
even in the TBF Version, but I'm giving them the benefit of the
doubt.
I would hope that with future issues that Raistlin would break
up the .EXE and use .DAT files so that people who don't have a tun
of free memory can run Iridium without having to go thru a bunch of
hassles as I did. I didn't even get to see the Cover (unless it was
that "cheesy font" of Raistlin's) because of it, much less any of
those 'original VGA fonts' done for Iridium, which I was interested
in seeing.
As to the interfaces, the only one I really liked was Raislin's
as far as cosmetics go. There were some little quirks of the
general interface (IE universal to all, regardless of artist) that I
didn't like. The way the selections on the main wouldn't light up
all the time, the way the selction box drew itself, the way the
reader didn't make use of Home and End, etc. I suppose many of
these things could be considered coding problems and like I said,
they're just little quirks I didn't like more than huge, monsterous
problems you couldn't live with.
Content. Maybe, hopefully, it's Cavalier's influence on the
magazine that gives it the bitter, venomous nature that left such a
bad taste in my mouth. Anyone who didn't know that Raistlin really
wanted to do this Magazine for some time might think that the only
reason it exists is as a vehicle for Cavalier to sling mud and
spread iCE Propaganda. He claims this isn't an orginized division
in iCE, but I do believe there is actually a "Giving Shihear Shit"
Subdivision of the iCE Propaganda Division, which is a subsiderary
of both the Telecom and Literary Divisions. (Silly Ren Grin)
When Iridium says, "6. The Iridium Staff does not hate Shihear
Kallizad." it's not a statement that carries alot of weight, seeing
who is involved, especially when followed up by the next spiteful
sentence, "7. As point six illustrates we are already quite unique."
Save your dollar, here's a clue: grow up, it'll make the product
much better for the general public. Everyone and thier dogs are
quite aware of the, differneces between those closely involved with
Iridium an myself... but I digress.
Setting aside the numerous little digs towards myself, Paradigm
and others involved with Paradigm, and moving onto the rest of the
material, I'm afraid I can't get them very high marks there either.
While there were severial articles that were entertaining, many were
little more than "Posts off of Nets", and in the case of "Quazar --
iCE NO MORE!" it was quite litterly a Capture of a Post off a Net.
FusioN's Article (which was duplicated in the review section) was SO
informally writen as to actually say, "lates" as a close. Also, a
noticable amount of the original material had a definative slant to
it. (Editors Admission: I didn't read the poetry, I'm not into it
nor am I a good judge of it.)
Iridium could be called iCEdium when you examine closely it's
entire content. I'm not accusing them of a concious effort to make
iCE look better than anything else, or even running down ACiD, but
let's look at a couple of things. First, there's the fact that all
of the "ANSi Art" was done by people currently in iCE, people who
have recently joined iCE, or people who have just left iCE. There
was even "iCE_Trial" material for gods sake. You can't mean to tell
me that there's not better artwork out there than iCE Trial ANSis.
The interesting thing was, however, and it says alot about the
whole iCE/ACiD thing, is that 3 out of 5 of the "Top 5" (they've
got a thing for 5's) were from ACiD, including the first two on the
list. It speaks volumes which I'm sure alot of you either don't
hear or don't exactly understand... but I digress.
Cavalier places the propondance of the fault for Primal Energy
ripping TT's ANSi on *ACiD*. Sure, they were blind and/or stupid
for releasing the ANSi in the Update, but it could happen to almost
any group given the right set of circumstances. Lemming was in iCE
and he has been accused by iCE of GIF2ANSI shenanigans. Cavalier's
Article totally and blatently blasts ACiD all to hell for it.
Then there is his "Call for Heroes" tirade where he tries
and fails to not only justify the existance of people like him
(and Cetis, the two are practicly synomynous) in the scene, but
play up thier importance. They and thier ilk produce nothing but
friction and grief and are probably the number one reason the
scene's turned to complete shit over the last 6 months... but I
digress.
The Reviews. Here's the problem here. You have two iCE guys
that are there reviewing iCE material and an ACiD guy reviewing ACiD
material. They have the nerve to call *US* "biased"? I suppose
that would make them "hypocrites" at best. What's even worse is
the fact that you had THE artist reviewing thier OWN material, one
of those being FusioN. You remember him kiddies, he's the guy
who practicly threw a hissy fit over Paradigm's reviews.
You need to be lucky enough to find a copy of the TBF version
so that you can actually view these without a bunch of garbage in
it. You'll also get an extra little text file which is little more
than another dig towards Paradigm. It's supposed to be information
on the reviewers, but all you get are little gems of brilliance
like, "FusioN: Nice guy." It basicly just proclaims that, unlike
Paradigm, Iridium reviews are fair and unbiased. Yeah, I'm sure
there were no prefrences or prejudices when Cavalier proclaimed
Raistlin's Spawn practicly the best in the whole iCEPack, or when
FusioN reviewed his own work. No. No biases here, right?
The rating an ANSi gets with Iridium is a 0.5 to 5.0 scale,
which as it's been used is the exact same thing as a 1 to 10 scale.
Only for the Final Grade which is an average of the four individual
grade (hmm, this sounds very fam-illi-are) would you get something
as diverse as a "4.2", and my, isn't that discriptive.
Finally, thier comments. More hypocracy. They were everything
we were accused of and more. They were biased by the group the ANSi
was under, who drew the ANSi and who the ANSi was drawn for. There
were more than one major, big, sloppy, wet, butt kisses and mutual
back patting sessions as well. Do they expect anyone to swallow
that two iCE guys aren't going to be even subconciously unfair about
thier reviews of iCE Material, much less ACiD's? Ah-huh. That's
how little respect they have for the intellegence of thier readers.
Yes, I realize that this is a very "BAD review", in both senses
of the term. I've just ripped Iridium to shreds, saying very little
that was positive about it. Part of that is because Iridium didn't
leave me with alot to like. Does a Black Person find any redeeming
qualities about a KKK march? "Well, thier sheets were very white,
and they had nice pleats." just wouldn't ring true of heart under
those circumstances. Neither would any of the NiCE things I could
find to say about Iridium.
Part of it may be the expectation of a competitive nature
between rival magazines. Leno and Letterman may be friends, but
you know they're fighting for #1, and all that rott. This isn't
really going to happen here though, because if Issue #1 of Iridium
is any indication, there is no competition. It's simply a half
assed, pale imitation of Paradigm, which wasn't that solid of a
foundation to build on in the first place.
It may seem unfair to compare Iridium and Paradigm, but to be
frank, how can you not? We must be doing something right, because
it's less than a month after Paradigm #1 came out, and already we
have a new Magazine in the scene that basicly just did the exact
same thing we're doing, only not as well. We've got a whole one
month lead on them, which doesn't mean much, so there's no complaint
about Iridium being just a first issue.
However due to the, personal nature of the attacks within it
which were aimed at myself, and even at Paradigm, as well as
Paradigm's dedication to bringing you a more balanced point of view,
next month there will be another indepth review of Iridium from a
more, detached individual. From me, however, I've got to say, don't
bother with the first issue, unless you're into collecting Magazines
or hate my guts.
- The Short of It -
Wait for the second issue, it's got to get better, because it cannot
get much worse. It's poorly coded, mostly poorly writen, not much
in the way of ANSi or hard information, and generally not alot more
than a bunch of slanderous and propagandous mah-lark-ie.
Paradigm Pack Review InformationParadigm Press
Each month Paradigm will Review and Grade the iCEPack and ACiD
Aquisition Update. We use the A+ thru F- grading system and each of
the three reviewers will assign a grade to each .iCE and .ANS file
containted within the iCEPack and Update respectively. The three
grades will be averaged together to give the Final Grade for each
ANSi. The Final Grade per each ANSi will then be averaged together
to give the Final Grade for the Pack and Update.
(We will review the BAD Packs starting next month, the Nemesis
Packs if and when they feel like releasing them, and the Mirage
Compendiums on the off chance they release the sixth one sometime
this year.)
The Staff Reviewers are:
CC is CyberChrist. CyberChrist is the 'everyman'. He is the
non-artist, gutt-reactionist, "I may not know art, but I know what
I like.", say what's on his mind type guy. Next to him, even
Shihear looks tactful. He's currently in no art group. He grades
fairly evenly and is very libral with higher grades in the artists
favor.
SK is Shihear Kallizad. What can we say? It's still his mag, he's
still an asshole who can't draw worth a shit who doesn't like to see
Fonts next to "real" ANSIs and summarally gives him all F's. He's
been around for a couple of years and says he knows enough about
what an "ANSI" should be. He's currently in an art group, but since
The Untimed doesn't recognize it, neither will we. He grades very
evenly but refuses to consider just a font as anything remotely like
an ANSi which throws the curve into utter chaos. What a bloody
bastard.
LM is Leper Messiah. He was not available this month, so... (he's
too busy working on ANSi's for that art group that The Untimed and
everyone here doesn't want to recognize)
QZ is Quazar. Quazar is Paradigm's Art Director and Ex-Fontmiester.
He was the trendsetter that made "Font Only" as acceptable as it is
today, much to Shihear's "Shigrin". He's probably the closest to
Leper we could find on such short notice. More into the "art" of it
than his reaction or the "ANSI" of it. He's in that same art group
as Shihear that The Untimed and the rest of us refuse to recognize.
He brings up the curve a bit for the fonts, but is basicly a fair
and generous grader.
Disclaimer:
These grades and reviews are expressly the opinions of the people
stating them and not those of anyone else, yet.
ACiD Aquisition July Update ReviewedParadigm Staff ReviewersÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
³ ACDU0893.ZIP ³ The ACiD Aquisition Update for July '93 ³ [C ] ³
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³ ES-SVOR1.ANS ³ The Evolutionary Shadow³ Silicon Vortex ³ [B ] ³
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³ CC: This one is nice. The shading looks a bit unfinished,³ ³
³ and the stomach area looks a bit weak. The whole ³ ³
³ picture looks unfinished on the whole. ³ [C+] ³
³ SK: Liked it. Some of the lines on the head were a tad ³ ³
³ stilted, but it's still a good ANSi. TES didn't give ³ ³
³ himself enough credit for it, even the font. ³ [B ] ³
³ QZ: A little too much rough shading but overall well done.³ [B+] ³
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³ EX-CITDL.ANS ³ Exile ³ The Citadel ³ [B+] ³
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³ CC: Nice picture of Trencher. Nice colors and nicely ³ ³
³ done stats. ³ [B+] ³
³ SK: Good allaround. Perhaps too much shadding... ³ [B ] ³
³ QZ: Nice picture, original, and the colors were close to ³ ³
³ perfect.. ³ [A ] ³
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³ EX-DSOC1.ANS ³ Exile ³ Dark Society ³ [B+] ³
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³ CC: This is another good picture. He does a great job at ³ ³
³ capturing the original art. Nice stats and fonts ³ [A ] ³
³ SK: Could have used more shading, and the hair was weak. ³ [B-] ³
³ QZ: Perfect picture of Union.. The font was a little ³ ³
³ plain, but overall this piece of art is definatly ³ ³
³ QUALITY.. ³ [A-] ³
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³ FN-DD1.ANS ³ FusioN ³ Dark Domain ³ [C-] ³
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³ CC: WAYY too much green. The skull looks like a grinning ³ ³
³ monkey. The stats are too simplistic. The fonts are ³ ³
³ ok, but they get lost in all the damn green... ³ [D ] ³
³ SK: The shadding on the skull flattened the top of the ³ ³
³ of the skull. The jawline is too rounded. Draw a ³ ³
³ picture of something more original than skulls... ³ [C-] ³
³ QZ: Yeah, the green was a little overboard, but not bad ³ ³
³ for FusioN's art style.. The fontwork was decent.. ³ [C ] ³
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³ FN-HNET.ANS ³ FusioN ³ HateNet Logo ³ [D+] ³
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³ CC: This is just a font, but it shows that FusioN is a lot³ ³
³ more capable at fonts than what he has shown before. ³ ³
³ Nice shading. Just a logo, though. ³ [C ] ³
³ SK: Sorry, as long as ACiD releases Logo's like they're ³ ³
³ real ANSis, they'll get F's from me. Font's are ok, ³ ³
³ but they're not even comparable to REAL ANSis. ³ [F+] ³
³ QZ: Agreed CC, FusioN is definatly a better fontist than ³ ³
³ an artist.. ³ [C ] ³
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³ FN-IRID.ANS ³ FusioN ³ Iridium Logo ³ [C-] ³
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³ CC: Another Logo. Same as above. FusioN shows that at ³ ³
³ least he can do logos decently. ³ [C ] ³
³ SK: See FN-HNET.ANS ³ [F ] ³
³ QZ: See FN-HNET.ANS ³ [B ] ³
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³ FR-SWaT.ANS ³ Feyd-Rautha ³ SWaT Couriers ³ [A-] ³
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³ CC: I think I better abstain from this one! :) ³ [A+] ³
³ SK: The hand is alittle too messy, but it is very nice. ³ [A-] ³
³ QZ: The hand needed more space between the fingers or it ³ ³
³ needed to show it had some space, the font was alright³ [B+] ³
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³ GL-CVT2.ANS ³ Golgotha ³ Covert Action 2 ³ [B-] ³
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³ CC: Nice ansi. A little too much grey, but great font ³ ³
³ and stat work at the end. ³ [B+] ³
³ SK: Ok, but a lack of detail hurts it alot... ³ [C ] ³
³ QZ: Yeah, the detail wasnt up to Golgotha's average.. ³ [C+] ³
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³ GL-HARD1.ANS ³ Golgotha ³ HardWired ³ [B ] ³
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³ CC: Nice little cartoon. I'm sure Shihear loved it. ³ [B+] ³
³ SK: He should stick to more of a cartoon style, where the ³ ³
³ lack of detail doesn't hurt it, like this one... ³ [B ] ³
³ QZ: Yeah, this was his best this month... ³ [B ] ³
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³ GL-PAW1.ANS ³ Golgotha ³ PAW Logo ³ [C-] ³
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³ CC: It's an okay font. ³ [C ] ³
³ SK: See FN-HNET.ANS ³ [F-] ³
³ QZ: Decent multicolord chrome fontwork. ³ [B ] ³
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³ GL-UNXD1.ANS ³ Golgotha ³ The Unexpected Dom³ [C ] ³
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³ CC: Nice picture, whatever it is. The face is a little ³ ³
³ strange. The fonts and stats are nice. ³ [C ] ³
³ SK: Again, lack of any real detail hurts it alot... ³ [C+] ³
³ QZ: Decent ANSi, the font could have used some work tho.. ³ [C-] ³
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³ HL-TBE1.ANS ³ Hannibal Lecter ³ The Body Electric ³ [D+] ³
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³ CC: Nice fonts and stats, but where's the pic? ³ [C ] ³
³ SK: See FN-HNET.ANS ³ [F-] ³
³ QZ: Decent font, but not a whole lot of color like HL ³ ³
³ usually works with.. ³ [C+] ³
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³ HL-TDS2.ANS ³ Hannibal Lecter ³ The Dark Society ³ [D-] ³
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³ CC: See Above. ³ [D-] ³
³ SK: See FN-HNET.ANS ³ [F-] ³
³ QZ: Not a whole lot to judge with.. ³ [C-] ³
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³ HL-TSBR1.ANS ³ Hannibal Lecter ³ The Sound Barrier ³ [F+] ³
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³ CC: Hideous Fonts. Too hard to read ³ [F ] ³
³ SK: See FN-HNET.ANS (Thank god he's in Nemesis!) ³ [F-] ³
³ QZ: Decent font, just a little hard to read.. ³ [D ] ³
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³ HO-ACID.ANS ³ Hooptie ³ ACiD Logo ³ [D-] ³
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³ CC: Interesting, but it's just a logo with animation. ³ ³
³ Nice shading and colors, though ³ [C+] ³
³ SK: See FN-HNET.ANS (Maybe Nemesis could have him too!) ³ [F-] ³
³ QZ: The font work was terible, and the animation made it ³ ³
³ worse... ³ [F-] ³
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³ HO-HTEK.ANS ³ Hooptie ³ HouseTek ³ [D-] ³
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³ CC: Nice gothic logo, but again, no picture. The colors ³ ³
³ are nice. ³ [C ] ³
³ SK: See FN-HNET.ANS ³ [F-] ³
³ QZ: ... ³ [F-] ³
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³ HO-TG.ANS ³ Hooptie ³ Total Grindage ³ [F ] ³
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³ CC: What a load of crap. It's supposed to be a board ad, ³ ³
³ not a damn place to go wild with goofy animation and ³ ³
³ silly greets. I hope they didn't pay for this one.. ³ ³
³ AND, the font wasn't all that great. ³ [F ] ³
³ SK: Total Grindage is RIGHT. Another over enflated ego. ³ [F-] ³
³ QZ: Like I said the font sucked, and the animation blew it³ [F ] ³
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³ IC-CS.ANS ³ Icy ³ Crusty's Spamland ³ [A+] ³
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³ CC: Absolutely flawless. THAT'S an ansi ad. ³ [A+] ³
³ SK: The font was a tad weak for such a great pic. ³ [A+] ³
³ QZ: Amazing.. Icy is amazing.. Need I say more? ³ [A+] ³
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³ IC-OBV2.ANS ³ Icy ³ OBV/2 Matrix ³ [A+] ³
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³ CC: Nice Pitt, but why OBV/2? Someone do Renegade.. ³ [A+] ³
³ SK: Atleast someone in ACiD knows how to draw PiTT.. ³ [A+] ³
³ QZ: Nice matrix, didnt need any work on anything.. ³ [A+] ³
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³ IC-PWA.ANS ³ Icy ³ PAW Logo ³ [C ] ³
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³ CC: Nice font. A little small. ³ [C+] ³
³ SK: See FN-HNET.ANS ³ [F+] ³
³ QZ: Decent fontwork, the W needed to show some shading as ³ ³
³ it was under the P.. ³ [B ] ³
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³ IL-ACID.ANS ³ iLLUMINATION ³ ACiD Logo ³ [D-] ³
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³ CC: Would have been better if it were all blue. ³ [C-] ³
³ SK: See FN-HNET.ANS ³ [F-] ³
³ QZ: This font could have been decent if the colors were ³ ³
³ chosen better.. ³ [D ] ³
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³ IL-HS.ANS ³ iLLUMINATION ³ Helter Skelter ³ [D+] ³
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³ CC: This is a little strange. Reminds me of some old ³ ³
³ ACiD ansis from 2 years ago... ³ [C ] ³
³ SK: Uh, yeah... Well... Um... TRiAL... ³ [D-] ³
³ QZ: Nice fontwork, the snake could have been better.. ³ [D ] ³
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³ IM-CHAR1.ANS ³ The Iron Man ³ Charisma ³ [D ] ³
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³ CC: Okay, but I'm sick of all these fonts. ³ [C+] ³
³ SK: See FN-HNET.ANS ³ [F+] ³
³ QZ: I've seen this style of fontwork too often.. <shrug> ³ [D-] ³
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³ IM-DL.ANS ³ The Iron Man ³ Data Lore ³ [B-] ³
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³ CC: The picture starts out fine, but the body parts get ³ ³
³ lost somewhere. Font looks ok. ³ [B+] ³
³ SK: Too stilted. The version from CHAOS was better. ³ [D+] ³
³ QZ: Decent work, the teeth were drawn well.. Good work.. ³ [B ] ³
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³ KR-FBEER.ANS ³ Killean The Red ³ Free Beer ³ [D+] ³
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³ CC: I can't tell what the picture is supposed to be. ³ ³
³ Nice fonts. ³ [D+] ³
³ SK: Overshading leading to lack of color seperation. ³ [D+] ³
³ QZ: Too much shading and the wrong coloring.. ³ [D ] ³
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³ LM-SWaT2.ANS ³ Leper Messiah ³ SWaT Couriers ³ [A+] ³
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³ CC:I would abstain, but I think this is the best ansi in ³ ³
³ the pack and I don't think there's much to dispute that³ [A+] ³
³ SK: Lord Carnuss my ass! Nemesis is full of shit. ³ [A+] ³
³ QZ: Ditto.. ³ [A+] ³
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³ LN-FX.ANS ³ Liquid Nitro ³ F/X Systems ³ [D ] ³
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³ CC: Nice picture, nice font, but I get lost on what's ³ ³
³ under his head and above the font. Looks typical. ³ [C+] ³
³ SK: I thought that Ras' Diehard was the worst I'd ever ³ ³
³ seen. Then I saw this one. Sorry, this is one of ³ ³
³ worst ANSi's I've *EVER* seen from ACiD, even Rad's! ³ [F-] ³
³ QZ: Should I tell the truth? <grin> ³ [D-] ³
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³ MO-ALIEN.ANS ³ Morpheus ³ Alien ³ [D ] ³
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³ CC: Weird is about all I can say. The pastel colors ³ ³
³ kill me. ³ [C-] ³
³ SK: Totally pointless, overshaded ANSi. ³ [D-] ³
³ QZ: No seperation and no solid coloring.. ³ [F+] ³
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³ PE-DSOC1.ANS ³ Primal Energy ³ Dark Society ³ [F-] ³
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³ Big screw up by ACiD to let this one slip by. It's a total rip ³
³ of Tempus Thales ANSi and this guy needs to be universally and ³
³ completely blacklisted from the entire scene. ³
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³ PJ-CRIM.ANS ³ Panama Jack ³ Crimson ][ ³ [D-] ³
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³ CC: I'm REALLY gettin tired of these logos. ³ [C-] ³
³ SK: See FN-HNET.ANS ³ [F ] ³
³ QZ: Nice color choice, but the "][" was too large ³ [D-] ³
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³ SC-GHETO.ANS ³ Sonic ³ The Ghetto ³ [B-] ³
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³ CC: Mildly amusing. BBS Stats would have been nice. ³ [C ] ³
³ SK: Neatish. ³ [B ] ³
³ QZ: Nice ansimation.. ³ [B ] ³
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³ TR-SOUND.ANS ³ Tracer ³ The Sound Barrier ³ [A-] ³
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³ CC: Now THIS is funny as hell! I wish people would do ³ ³
³ more ansitoons, It was what made ACiD in the beginning³ [A ] ³
³ SK: Alittle repetitive, just a tad... ³ [B-] ³
³ QZ: Atleast some people still do ansimation.. ³ [A ] ³
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³ VS-SGMAG.ANS ³ Vision ³ Shallow Ground ³ [C+] ³
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³ CC: Not this is more like it. ³ [B+] ³
³ SK: See FN-HNET.ANS ³ [F+] ³
³ QZ: Excelent fontwork.. Starting to look like VindicatioN³ [B ] ³
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³ ZN-INC.ANS ³ Zed Nitro ³ INC ³ [F+] ³
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³ CC: Horrible font with horrible shading... ³ [D-] ³
³ SK: See FN-HNET.ANS (Should also join Nemesis...) ³ [F-] ³
³ QZ: Terrible shading... ³ [D-] ³
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
The July iCEPack ReviewedParadigm Staff Reviewers
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³ ICE-0793.ZIP ³ The iCEPack - July 1993 ³ [C+] ³
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³ CT-CINTX.ICE ³ Cool T ³ Cintox ³ [C ] ³
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³ CC: Her nose is a bit TOO big, but other than that, the ³ ³
³ purple jacket looks ok... ³ [C ] ³
³ SK: New material from Cool T? Wow. Better than usual, ³ ³
³ but no Wizard's Palace. Needs better seperation. ³ [C ] ³
³ QZ: Too much shading, but it seems alright. She would ³ ³
³ she would have looked better w/o the shades.. ³ [C ] ³
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³ CT-SV.ICE ³ Cool T ³ Silicon Vortex ³ [C-] ³
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³ CC: Getting better, but her hair is a little too flat and ³ ³
³ the top font is a little too simple. ³ [C ] ³
³ SK: Getting worse... ³ [C-] ³
³ QZ: Ditto.. ³ [C-] ³
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³ CT-TSL.ICE ³ Cool T ³ The Shadow Lands ³ [C-] ³
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³ CC: The monster looks ok, except that his face is ³ ³
³ distorted a bit and there's TOO much hair this time. ³ ³
³ Font needs some work. ³ [C+] ³
³ SK: REALLY needs to work on color seperation... ³ [D ] ³
³ QZ: The shading was once again a bit much.. Is he ³ ³
³ pukeing or what? ³ [C-] ³
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³ DZ-LE2.ICE ³ Danzig ³ Land's End ³ [C+] ³
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
³ CC: The picture looked a bit rushed and it's hard to tell ³ ³
³ exactly what it is. Font is nice, but used before. ³ [C ] ³
³ SK: Danzig has rapidly become my favorite iCE artist... ³ [B-] ³
³ QZ: The nose was a bit large, and the fingers are hard ³ ³
³ to tell if there is any space between them, but all ³ ³
³ in all the ANSi was decent.. ³ [C+] ³
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³ ED-DSTAR.ICE ³ Eternal Darkness ³ Death Star ³ [B ] ³
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³ CC: Nice picture, but for an ED picture to follow that ³ ³
³ ansi last month, it needs a little more meat. ³ [B-] ³
³ SK: Shading is alittle sparatic on the arm... ³ [B ] ³
³ QZ: I liked it.. Nice font work, and the pic was decent. ³ [B+] ³
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³ ED-HARD.ICE ³ Eternal Darkness ³ Hard Line ³ [A ] ³
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
³ CC: Great picture of Batman, with great shading. Another ³ ³
³ Eternal Darkness winner. ³ [A ] ³
³ SK: Best ED I've yet to see... Too bad it's Hard LINE! :) ³ [A+] ³
³ QZ: Yeah, this was a quality pic of Batman, wish mine was ³ ³
³ as good.. <grin> ³ [A ] ³
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³ FI-BE.ICE ³ Forbidden Image ³ The Body Electric ³ [B-] ³
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³ CC: The picture is a little weird, hands are too small, ³ ³
³ but the font and lettering are a nice touch to the ³ ³
³ theme of the picture. ³ [C+] ³
³ SK: Small scale pictures are a bitch. Very good try. ³ [C+] ³
³ QZ: The jacket's arm was a little hard to tell from the ³ ³
³ jacket itself, but I liked it.. ³ [B ] ³
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
³ FI-SV.ICE ³ Forbidden Image ³ Silicon Vortex ³ [C-] ³
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
³ CC: Nice picture of a Gundam. A little more body to it ³ ³
³ would have been nice. Font is ok ³ [C ] ³
³ SK: It throws my eyes off and it hurts being crosseyed. ³ ³
³ Still, well laid out... ³ [D+] ³
³ QZ: The picture was decent, only if I could compare it to ³ ³
³ what the original looked like, the font could have ³ ³
³ used some work, especially with the shading.. ³ [C-] ³
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
³ FI-TEC.ICE ³ Forbidden Image ³ The Empire City ³ [C+] ³
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³ CC: REALLY good work on the face of the chick. The best ³ ³
³ picture of his in the packet. Nice fonts. ³ [B ] ³
³ SK: The nose, blows. (shudder) Nice work on the hair. ³ [C ] ³
³ QZ: Ditto, the mouth also came out fucked on my end.. ³ ³
³ The stats were too long, instead of wide.. ³ [C-]
³
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³ MH-PG.ICE ³ Metal Head ³ The PowerGrid ³ [B-] ³
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
³ CC: Cute Garfield picture. With his previous pictures and³ ³
³ this one, MH shows a little better range. ³ [C+] ³
³ SK: Neat. ³ [B-] ³
³ QZ: Awww.. They always said if you can do a garfield, ³ ³
³ you could do any comic character.. Good job.. ³ [B ] ³
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³ MH-WALL.ICE ³ Metal Head ³ The Wall ³ [B-] ³
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³ CC: The face is great and nicely shaded, but the font gets³ ³
³ a little too lost in the grey clutter at the bottom. ³ ³
³ Stats could have been centered more.. ³ [C+] ³
³ SK: If Metal Head would improve his finsihing skills, he ³ ³
³ could be a great... ³ [B-] ³
³ QZ: The mouth was kinda awkward, but its that way in the ³ ³
³ picture as well.. Nice Bludwolf... ³ [B+] ³
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³ RM-HARM.ICE ³ Raistlin Majere ³ Bodily Harm ³ [D+] ³
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³ CC: Ansi of Spawn. The head is too big and it REALLY ³ ³
³ shows up in 80x50. Text is a nice touch. The font ³ ³
³ is nice, but both words would have been nicer. ³ [C-] ³
³ SK: Trial material, and nasty screwup with the filenames. ³ [D ] ³
³ QZ: Not as good as what I have seen lately, nice try tho. ³ [C-] ³
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³ RM-MAIN.ICE ³ Raistlin Majere ³ Main Stats ³ [C ] ³
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³ CC: Stat screen. Eyes look ok, but not like Ultra Vires' ³ ³
³ eyes. Bah. ³ [C ] ³
³ SK: It's ok, for what it is. ³ [C ] ³
³ QZ: Damnit! If only it was finished and for my BBS..:) ³ [C+] ³
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³ RM-VORT.ICE ³ Raistlin Majere ³ Silicon Vortex ³ [D ] ³
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³ CC: Poor picture choice. Big, but boring. Excellent font³ ³
³ work, though. But these kind of pictures are starting³ ³
³ to get old. ³ [C ] ³
³ SK: This is horrid and only proves that iCE has no Quality³ ³
³ Control anymore. This is one of the worst ANSis I've ³ ³
³ ever seen iCE release. Only LN's Diehard is worse. ³ [F+] ³
³ QZ: Not that great, the shading wasnt there.. Needed ³ ³
³ some touchup's to correct the errors.. ³ [D ] ³
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³ RV-SV.ICE ³ Random Violence ³ Silicon Vortex ³ [A ] ³
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³ CC: How many Silicon Vortex ads do we have to look at ³ ³
³ anyhow?? Membership must have it's priviledges.. ³ ³
³ Nice picture of Emp. The whole Jim Lee look got ³ ³
³ captured very well. Nice font work. ³ [A-] ³
³ SK: Very nice shading work. This *IS* what iCE Quality ³ ³
³ used to mean! ³ [A+] ³
³ QZ: Nice work on the whole picture, the font coloring ³ ³
³ contrasted with the picture tho.. ³ [A ] ³
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³ S8-EMH.ICE ³ Section 8 ³ Eight Miles High ³ [C-] ³
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³ CC: Cartoon of Odie. Looks ok, I suppose, for a cartoon. ³ ³
³ The font is a little weak, though. ³ [C ] ³
³ SK: BaD Material, still, meaning this is iCE Trial stuff. ³ [C-] ³
³ QZ: Could have been better, the font definatly needs work.³ [D+] ³
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³ SQ-FK.ICE ³ Squirrel ³ Fort Knox ³ [B-] ³
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³ CC: Good picture of Max Carnage. I have the original ³ ³
³ Heavy Metal issue and this looks very close to it. ³ ³
³ Font is a little unreadable and cursive may be a poor ³ ³
³ choice to a place called Fort Knox and the pic with it³ [B-] ³
³ SK: Not bad. Perhaps a tad too much shading, but with ³ ³
³ yellow, it's hard to say. Tried to hard on the font. ³ [C+] ³
³ QZ: I liked this picture the seccond I saw it, but too ³ ³
³ much shading... ³ [B ] ³
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³ SQ-UCA.ICE ³ Squirrel ³ UCA Logo ³ [C+] ³
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³ CC: Hey, another nicely done picture. The face has ³ ³
³ excellent shading and the letters are nice ³ [B ] ³
³ SK: I dispise verticle fonts. Could use better seperation³ [C+] ³
³ QZ: Picture needed better shading, and the font was a bit ³ ³
³ large compared to the picture.. ³ [C-] ³
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³ SZ-LOON2.ICE ³ Skitzo Killer ³ Looney Toon Asylum³ [B ] ³
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³ CC: The cyborg looks ok, but those dude's eyes are killer.³ ³
³ SZ knows how to capture an expression with the eyes ³ ³
³ better than anyone out there. Font is ok, needs work ³ [B+] ³
³ SK: His drawing is getting much better, but his layout... ³ [B-] ³
³ QZ: Nice picture but there is bits of shit scattered ³ ³
³ throughout this pic.. Good job.. ³ [B-] ³
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³ TMT-FACE.ICE ³ The Malevolent Trickster³ <generic ansi> ³ [D ] ³
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³ CC: Yikes! Keep practicing TMT, but don't release until ³ ³
³ you get good again!! :) ³ [D ] ³
³ SK: I don't believe it's TMT. It's PRiMAL ENERGY!!!! ³ [D-] ³
³ QZ: IMPOSTER!! This is not his old style.. ³ [D ] ³
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³ TRW-TBE.ICE ³ The Retarded Warrior ³ The Body Electric ³ [A-] ³
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³ CC: Looks good. The poem is a nice touch and the font is ³ ³
³ great. Not much wrong with this one... ³ [A ] ³
³ SK: TRW is my second favorite iCE Artist, mainly because ³ ³
³ he hasn't done a HW Ad yet. ;) Alittle too much ³ ³
³ shading around the hand. ³ [A-] ³
³ QZ: The hand was too complex, nice literature.. ³ [B+] ³
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³ TRWTT-EX.ICE ³ The Retarded Warrior &TT ³eXodus ³ [B+] ³
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³ CC: This was in last month, sans the little font. Looks ³ ³
³ great, especially with the TT reshading. ³ [B+] ³
³ SK: I perfered TRW's original. This is still good, except³ ³
³ for the fact it's a re-release and the font doesn't ³ ³
³ fit in with the picture. It's just a paste up... ³ [B ] ³
³ QZ: My favorite iCE Pic of the month, the font is *ACK* ³ [A ] ³
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³ VU-US2.ICE ³ Vulcan ³ Underground Syndicate ][ ³ [C-] ³
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³ CC: Cartoon... looks ok.. ³ [C ] ³
³ SK: Compared to some of the others, easily forgetable, but³ ³
³ it's better than the EuroTrash... ³ [C-] ³
³ QZ: I hope this was a trial artist.. ³ [D+] ³
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Paradigm ANSi Selection InformationParadigm Press
You may be wondering how we pick the ANSi's we display each and
every month. Then again, you may not. Regardless, I'm now going to
tell you.
It's quite simple, we pick a nice selection of various ANSis
from various groups. Quazar, our Art Director and myself are the
people "in charge" of this. He makes up his list, and I combine
it with mine to come up with the final set of ANSi's you'll see.
No cast of thousands, no arbratary point system, no quota of
certian number of ANSis from certian groups. We don't even pick
"The Best -" anything. We simply find some interesting art from
a wide varriety of groups, not just iCE and ACiD.
This month, for example, you'll find iCE, ACiD, BaD, EViL and
TRiBE ANSi's to view. If CHAOS and MaX and TaG, Nemesis, Mirage,
ATOMiX, ad infinitum, were more on the ball with thier Packs and
distribution, we'd probably show thier work as well. We won't go
around chasing for art work though.
Of course, with Iridium now on the scene, we'll make an effort
to show you different ANSis than they do, whenever that's possible.
With all the distribution the various groups have, all the times an
Ad gets posted on the Nets, all the exposure the various Packs get,
it's important not to be overly redundant.
Then there's the "Exclusive!", which will pop up from time to
time. The cover's are exclusive, and as you know, the Leper Messiah
SWaT ANSi show was to be Exclusive! as well. ACiD was the one that
fucked up and released it, not us. We can only ASK people not to go
and rip the ANSI out of the .DAT file and release it, against the
wishes of THIER ARTIST and US as well.
The List (Still not done!)Paradigm Press
The list is on the way! Coming soon... We're still not done
with any of it. . . Ok, ok, it's a bearcat and we're lazy and we
have to wait for the new code, blah blah blah...
The Letter ColumnVarious Individuals
This is the first lettercol, and you all pretty much get the idea of
what it is and how it works, so we'll jump right into the comments
on the first issue. Seems we'll be starting off with a bang...
...in more ways than one!
(Obviously, letters may be edited for various reasons...)
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Hey, just wanted to take a second to congratulate you on Paradigm!
I thought it was great! Interface was smooth, except for a couple
of ansi viewing mishaps, and the articles/ideas were well executed.
Just wanted to drop some kudos your way, b/c you deserve them.. :)
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(Hiya s'nax, how's Med School? Glad you liked the Mag. What
mishaps in particular might you be talking about. So far I've not
gotten any other reports of mishaps. Anyone reporting any kind of
technical problem in the future, please be as specific as you can
so we can track it down.) - Sk
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..I thought Paradigm was a cool mag, back to basics, pure, straight,
unadulterated ANSi... hope to see the next issue, and the next, and
next, .... loveed the cover also ...
PRiMAL ENERGY <(ex?)ACiD>
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(Mr. Man drew that Cover, minus the head and some of the
finishing, which I did. He'll be glad to hear you liked it.
And, HEY, we REALLY drew it, no RiPPiNG!!) - Sk
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btw, I read Paradigm - good idea (I must say - even RM thought so),
I thought you may want to include interviews/top ten lists/drawing
advice since its kind of a takeoff of Wizard...
Vision [ACiD]
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(All in the planning or finishing stages. Hey, even Wizard
didn't have all that stuff overnight!) - Sk
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I believe in the first issue of Paradigm.. there was a section
about teaching you how to draw ANSis.. and how and what to do with
the negitive and positive.. etc.. by I believe LogaN or something
like that.. a User on my board Kingpin.. I believe you guys know
him for ACiD before.. he claims that he did almost the same article
back for Insanity back in the 92s.. any ideas?
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(Yes, Kingpin did a How-To article before. Yes, he covered
How-To Shade. No, LogaN has never seen Insanity. No, LogaN did not
do the series of How-To articles we're putting in Paradigm FOR this
publication. He's doing it on his board for some of his users, and
I liked them so much, I asked if I could republish them here for the
benifit of our readers.) - Sk.
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Good magazine, especially for a first release. Although less of the
what k-rad guy did what-when-and-why, what group they are in now,
and are going to blah blah and more of the useful material, like the
small lesson that Logan gave. That really helped..
Dark Mage
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(Nothing k-rad about keeping people up to date on what artist
is in what group. Truth is, most people know the artists they like
more than they care about some group they are in. Due to all the
group jumping that has become so pervasive today it's gotten even
more difficult to keep track of who is where.) - Sk
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took me long enouigh, but I eventually picked up a copy... I'm not
much into ANSi's...got no talent...but heck! What I've seen is
great! Actually got me interested...I'm not SOOO disinterested that
I won't keep track of the major happenings..but you've just made
something great for me, its great to have a way to keep in touch
with whats happening..at least I don't have to feel so left out in
the ANSi scene anymore..thanx a lot!
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just wanted to say that paradigm was a badass magazine. great job.
looking forward to the next one...good ansis throughout the entire
mag..
Glenn Danzig [MaX/Iridium]
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Articles were pretty good, although its slow as hell, and when you
exit the magazine, the mouse block is still active (ie you can still
move it around in dos and stuff.. )..
Acidic Furball
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Got a kick out of your mag, nicely done. If there's anything I
can do to help to see future issues, don't hesitate to ask. ...the
art review was a bit much, me thinks. :)
The Untimed [iCE Staff]
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(Hmmm... the great ANSI Review debate begins!) - Sk
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Welp.. The magazine was pretty good coding and article wise.. But
the ansi review section was terrible.. It seems that you will only
make a lot of enemies doing this.. I would seriously considering
dropping this section, I've talked with several other artists since
it came out and they all agree.. No one can really judge someone
else's ansi at all.. No one execept for themselves..
FusioN [ACiD/Iridium]
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(Seems you've got a misconception on what they are and why
they're there. We're not judging them, we're reviewing and grading
them, two seperated and different things from both eachother and
judging or critques.) - Sk
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It was great! I especially liked the ANSi reviews, gives a
user an idea of how good a pack is before they waste their time and
money downloading it.. Seemed ok to me.. I think the panel should
have been made of people with no affiliation or former affiliation
to the group, so no biased as much as possible. But, otherwise, it
was a great mag!
Razor
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(That's one of the reasons why we do it.) - Sk
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I have some contructive critism that I have overheard from other
people reading...they thought the ansi reviews were paricularily
poor, that the reviewers were not very equal, they didn't look at
the complete picture, they read too many comic books, what about
the colors, etc, etc...
I personally think that maybe since I have seen these many people
unhappy with it, you should switch reviewers every month...perhaps
even get "guest artists" or something...I dunno, I just heard a
majority of critism from artists...
The Drow [MiRAGE]
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(Thanks for taking the time to pass this on, but lets let them
express thier opinions for themselves. As for your comments, we
considered doing that, but for the Pack Reviews/Grades, I felt we
needed as much CONSISTANCY in the Reviews/Grades and that should be
our number one priority.) - Sk
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The Mag itself was good. So-so programming, decent articles, but
that art pack review killed it. I thought that was really tasteless,
and I hope you're not going to include it in future issues..
Alter Ego [ACiD]
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(Sorry to dash your hopes, yes, it's back and is here to stay!
We are going to take some of the 'tastelessness' out of it, as we do
agree that the reviews were just a tad too informal.) - Sk
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nice mag.. but next time, ditch the font.. the thing made my eyes
bleed,... but keep the judging of each ansi
Danzig [iCE]
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(The font? Do you mean "PARADIGM #1" or the actual text font?
If it's the later, you can change them by hitting F1-F4, as it said
in the Technical Shtuff. F4 is "Normal".) - Sk
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Well, loved the interface! One of the best I have ever seen. I
believed Jaberwocky was the progammer, so give him some credit.
It is certainly due.
Articles, decent. On the edge on lengthy. Not for the casual reader.
Art reviews were okay, but I did see an error. In iCE review you
reviewed an ansi by CrimsonBlade. I believe that Ansi was by Crewl
Blade.
Is there any plans to include VGA art in the mag too? or is it soley
ansi?
Black Aksion [MaX Ansi Prez]
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(You found us out, alot of the articles aren't for the casual
reader, and we hope to give Paradigm a reputation for NOT being a
light read. BTW, Quazar did the Main, I did the Reader, and yes,
Jabberwocky coded it. No, as of yet, no intention to include VGA,
as it's Paradigm: The Guide to ANSi.) - Sk
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hmm...it was interesting...of course since I'm not an ANSI artist, I
wasn't offended by that much in it, except I have the feeling that
many artists are kinda pissed out there......with the exception of
Vision...
Spyder Man [Adrenalin]
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(Well, that's enough of that for this issue. Phew! DO check
out the stuff in the Review section discussing many of the issues
brought up here and elsewhere. It should clear up alot of these
misconceptions and fears as to bias and whatever else.) - Sk
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[...] Iridium easily kicked Paradigm's ass [...]
Cavalier [iCE/Iridium]
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(Wow. A Paradigm and Iridium review all in one. Good job.
You seem to put almost as much thought into that one as you review
of Exile's Citadel ANSi. "retch in his defense the comic sucked
too", you were born for reviewing stuff man, you have such an
elegant way with words.) - Sk
