The Blender (blender)

The Blender is an IRC creativity contest where participants create art based on keywords in a given timespan

first/last release: 1996/11 - 2024/10
years active: 1996 (6), 1997 (38), 1999 (12), 2015 (2), 2016 (1), 2017 (1), 2018 (1), 2019 (1), 2020 (2), 2021 (4), 2022 (4), 2023 (4), 2024 (4)
(sub)packs released: 80
smallest/largest pack: blndr002/blndr048-060
lifetime artworks: 919
lifetime lines: 61 848

average # of lines per artwork: 125
average # of artworks per pack: 11
longest serving member(s): warpus (1996/11-2024/10)
most productive member: blender (106)
extensions: RIP (35), ANS (403), HOF (1), TXT (23), ASC (33), ICE (2), JPG (78), GIF (14), WAV (7), EXE (8), LIT (8), 007 (1), LOG (2), NFO (3), DIZ (1), 008 (1), 010 (1), 011 (1), ZIP (23), 013 (1), 014 (1), SUP (1), XM (4), 015 (1), 016 (1), 017 (1), 018 (1), S3M (8), 019 (1), 020 (1), 021 (2), 022 (1), 023 (1), ARJ (1), 024 (1), BAT (2), 025 (1), 026 (1), 027 (1), 028 (1), 029 (1), 031 (1), 032 (1), CAP (1), 035 (2), 036 (1), BMP (5), 039 (1), 041 (1), 047 (1), 001 (1), BIN (3), 002 (1), RM (2), IT (6), 009 (1), MOD (1), FRM (1), DCR (1), HTML (1), CIA (1), PCX (1), BAS (1), MP3 (6), PNG (32), TND (1), MP4 (2), JPEG (1)

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notable art

b-lum-cowboy2.ans (luminator)
c-lum_mon.ans (luminator)
tnt-hamR.ans (tainted)
warpus-prism.ans (warpus)
Mr_Roboto_Blender_2022a.ans (mr roboto)
Mr_Roboto-The_Blender_C.ans (mr roboto)
US-OPP.ANS (mel farr suppastar,iceage)

most productive

blender (106)
mel farr suppastar (47)
warpus (29)
cthulu (27)
haquisaq (18)
hennifer (16)
god among lice (15)
samurai (12)
the knight (11)
corinthian (11)

1996

Nov 1996 - blndr001

entries: 3
contributors: numb, oned, samurai, warpus

Dec 1996 - blndr002

entries: 0
contributors:

Dec 1996 - blndr003

entries: 2
contributors: grind king, samurai

Dec 1996 - blndr004

entries: 8
contributors: cheeze, fever, mass murderer, meatpod, mighty mouse, mimi moura, tetanus, warpus

Dec 1996 - blndr005

entries: 0
contributors:

1997


Jan 1997 - blndr009

entries: 5
contributors: mel farr suppastar, sodium, the knight, warpus

Jan 1997 - blndr010

entries: 4
contributors: exulted, mighty mouse, offspring, the knight

Feb 1997 - blndr011

entries: 8
contributors: dataflow, mel farr suppastar, oxidizer, samurai, sodium, the extremist

Feb 1997 - blndr012

entries: 4
contributors: ezmpf, mafesto, mel farr suppastar, rusted

Feb 1997 - blndr013

entries: 5
contributors: acidic soap, exulted, grind king, grymmjack, mel farr suppastar

Feb 1997 - blndr014

entries: 5
contributors: dataflow, mel farr suppastar, raider, sargon

Mar 1997 - blndr017

entries: 5
contributors: armageddon donut, ezmpf, hennifer, kyo, mel farr suppastar

Apr 1997 - blndr020

entries: 0
contributors:

Apr 1997 - blndr021

entries: 4
contributors: grind king, handiboy, kyo, mel farr suppastar

Apr 1997 - blndr13b

entries: 3
contributors: exulted, grind king, mel farr suppastar

May 1997 - blndr025

entries: 3
contributors: handiboy, hennifer, the knight

May 1997 - blndr026

entries: 6
contributors: corinthian, handiboy, mordecai, seraphim, warpus

May 1997 - blndr11b

entries: 6
contributors: dataflow, mel farr suppastar, oxidizer, samurai, sodium, the extremist

Jun 1997 - blndr027

entries: 7
contributors: corinthian, handiboy, warpus

Jun 1997 - blndr028

entries: 4
contributors: corinthian, handiboy, tricolore, wat0r

Jun 1997 - blndr029

entries: 3
contributors: samurai, the knight, tricolore

Jul 1997 - blndr031

entries: 5
contributors: cool t, handiboy, imani, mr4tune, universe

Jul 1997 - blndr032

entries: 5
contributors: ark anjel, corinthian, cthulu, haquisaq, mordecai, quip, the knight

Jul 1997 - blndr033

entries: 4
contributors: anomite, grav2, handiboy, menace, skrubly, the knight, unique phreak

Jul 1997 - blndr034

entries: 8
contributors: cool t, corinthian, grinch, mavrik, pussylover, rusted, samurai, silver rat

Aug 1997 - blndr037

entries: 11
contributors: aneurysm, archangel, daftdelia, drynwhyl, grinch, handiboy, quest, samurai, silver rat, sodium, zircus

Aug 1997 - blndr038

entries: 4
contributors: alecs, grinch, hennifer, the extremist

Oct 1997 - blndr039

entries: 5
contributors: catch 22, corinthian, dead soul, handiboy

Oct 1997 - blndr040

entries: 1
contributors: wat0r

Oct 1997 - blndr041

entries: 2
contributors: corinthian, silver rat

Nov 1997 - blndr047

entries: 1
contributors: cthulu

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1998

1999

Jan 1999 - blndr00x

entries: 4
contributors: chronicc, filth, lord scarlet, samurai, thext

Apr 1999 - b2k-003

entries: 3
contributors: ansichrist, hennifer, luminator, pike

May 1999 - b2k-006b

entries: 4
contributors: 4oqos, ansichrist, anvilhed, funbaby

Jun 1999 - b2k-010

entries: 7
contributors: dr shizuma, hennifer, klumzee, pike, slash, unseen fate, vapor

2000

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2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015


Apr 2015 - blndr2015

entries: 5
contributors: blender, hennifer, mel farr suppastar, nail, spinsane

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2016


Apr 2016 - blndr2016

entries: 12
contributors: god among lice

2017

2018

2019

2020


Nov 2020 - blndr2020b

entries: 8
contributors: blippypixel, hayn9, mel farr suppastar, spinsane, tainted, warpus, whazzit

2021

2022


Jan 2022 - blndr2022a

entries: 9
contributors: abstrakt, cthulu, ignoramus, mr roboto, tainted, toocool, warpus

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Jul 2022 - blndr2022c

entries: 8
contributors: blender, darkman almighty, minoomah, mr roboto, tildas

Oct 2022 - blndr2022d

entries: 8
contributors: cthulu, darkman almighty, lda, mihnoomah, nitron, skrubly

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2023


Jan 2023 - blndr2023a

entries: 7
contributors: avg, blippypixel, fonebone, ndh, nitron, skrubly, tainted, warpus

infofile

Apr 2023 - blndr2023b

entries: 12
contributors: blender, darkman almighty, naitron, tainted, telekovision, toocool, warpus, zir

Nov 2023 - blndr2023d

entries: 5
contributors: 2stoned, 60ftatomicman, carlo valenti, cthulu, jgs, toocool

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2024


Aug 2024 - blndr2024c

entries: 7
contributors: 2stoned, axb, blender, warpus

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Oct 2024 - blndr2024d

entries: 4
contributors: darkman almighty, lda, simonking, warpus