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Features the follow Subjects:
Information about this Production .........
The Group Acronyms ........................
The Ascii-Groups BBSs ....................
Ascii-Artists who Joined ..................
Ascii-Artists who Left ....................
SceneLeaving Ascii-Artists ................
News/Rumours about Artists ................
All the Releases during this Period .......
The Artists with E-Mail ...................
The Groups of Today .......................
The Groups History ........................
All The Ascii-Artists .....................
Interview with Hijack of Arclite ..........
Interview with Ranx of Jedi Arts ..........
Interview with Red Demon of Low Profile ...
Interview with Tango of Twisted ...........
The Interviews ............................
Last Words ................................
Info
As Ive stated since the very first issue of this Ascii Gazette, this aint a
magazine where I try to contest in being cool and writing hot stuff. What we
write in this production is pure INFORMATION about the ascii-scene and NOTHING
else. Thats why I was glad to see that Art Bomb was quite unlike to this
production, and I hope theyll keep it that way. And also that it aint a 100
ascii-magazine, but a creation with psx and music aswell, that pleased me.
Since there are more rumours about ascii-magazines Id like to state another
thing. Ive worked really hard with this gazette since the start, and if I see
ANY kind of information that might be TAKEN without permission in that case
from the Ascii Gazette - Ill personally hunt down that indeed POOR author
until every single spread copy of that ripped crap is erased FOREVER. Just
liked to tell you all that.
Im right now doing my military-service a reason why my own ascii-activites
are down to zero which will have to be the explaination why this issue is so
delayed as usually. The scene seems to be intact thu with some really good
releases, and quite a lot of worse ones. Anyway there still are REALLY few
releases, but from the ones released there are mostly group-releases, which
pleases me.
But here is now finally the tenth issue of the nowadays really damn good
spreaded and notified Ascii Gazette.
/ Xcluziwe xCz of Sos and Hellfire.
Group Acronyms
These are the acronyms the groups in the ascii scene uses mostly, some
groups acronyms varies, but these are the most common ones
Arclite AL al-abcde.txt
Ascii Makers Federation AMF amf-abcd.txt
Ascii Norge ASN asn-abcd.txt
Art ART art-abcd.txt
Arte ARTE! arte!-ab.txt
ArtCore AC! ac!-abcd.txt
Assault AST ast-abcd.txt
Atre AT! at!-abcd.txt
Azkiness AZK azk-abcd.txt
Contra C! c!-abcde.txt
Castle of Illusion COI coi-abcd.txt
Caustic Style CS! cs!-abcd.txt
Da Hood - abcdefgh.txt
Destiny -D! -d!-abcd.txt
Dezign DZN dzn-abcd.txt
Digital Grafitti DG! dg!-abcd.txt
Divine Stylers DS! ds!-abcd.txt
DreamPhase DP dp-abcde.txt
DoggyStyle DGS dgs-abcd.txt
Dzain D d-abcd.txt
Epsilon Design ED ed-abcd.txt
Fine Arts FA! fa!-abcd.txt
Fire Ice FI fi-abcd.txt
GStyle GS gs-abcd.txt
Grand Royal GR! gr!-abcd.txt
GroTesticle GRT grt-abcd.txt
Head H! h!-abcde.txt
Honey Ascii Division HNY hny-abcd.txt
House of Style HOS hos-abcd.txt
Immortal Art IA! ia!-abcd.txt
Inferno Grafitti IG ig-abcde.txt
Jedi Arts JA! ja!-abcd.txt
Katharsis Ascii KTS kts-abcd.txt
Lingo LNG lng-abcd.txt
Link 124 L124 l124-abc.txt
Looker House LKR lkr-abcd.txt
Low Profile LP! lp!-abcd.txt
Mad Skillz MS! ms!-abcd.txt
MegaStyle MGS mgs-abcd.txt
Mindless ML! ml!-abcd.txt
MoSoul MS ms-abcd.txt
Nettwerk NTW ntw-abcd.txt
OffSpring OS! os!-abcd.txt
Oops Ascii OPS ops-abcd.txt
Org. of M.H. Ascii-Artists OMA oma-abcd.txt
Pioneer Design PD pd-abcd.txt
ProArts PA pa-abcd.txt
Protest P! p!-abcde.txt
Remorse R r-abcdef.txt
Save Our Souls SOS sos-abcd.txt
SixCrew 6C! 6c!-abcd.txt
Style SE se-abcde.txt
Sukmas SKS sks-abcd.txt
Therapy TRP trp-abcd.txt
Trank Ascii TK tk-abcde.txt
Twisted -T -t-abcde.txt
Tz Design TZD tzd-abcd.txt
URace UR ur-abcd.txt
Ultimo Imperio ULT ult-abcd.txt
Unique Arts -U! -u!abcde.txt
United Ascii Artists UAA uaa-abcd.txt
Unreal UNR unr-abcd.txt
UpperClass UC uc-abcde.txt
Whale WL! wl!-abcd.txt
Wild Style WS ws-abcd.txt
Some groups are known under more than one acronym, when they use other
ones in collections or in the filename, groups who could be spotted with
other acronyms are
Arclite AL!
Azkiness AZK!
Contra !
Destiny DSY
Digital Grafitti DG
Dzain DZAIN
Epsilon Design ED
Jedi Arts JA
Low Profile LP
Pioneer Design PD
Remorse RMRS
Save Our Souls
Trank Ascii TRK
WU
Twisted -T!
Ascii-Group HeadQuarters
Here they are, all the boards that have been more or less involved with
all the ascii-crews through the years.
Boards mentioned with are not hqs, only boards where you could meet
users from the groups. And the sign - declares that I really dont know
who the sysop is or if that group really had any own headquarters.
Arclite Death Row - Whq - Shadower
Straight Hate - Ghq - Mogue
Final Impact - Shq - U-Man
Raveland - Ghq - H2o
Art Beta Blocker - Whq - Red Skin
Arte Endless Pain - Ehq - Mogue
ArtCore Spirit Of Soul - Whq - Mario
HomeLess - Ehq - Slime
RaveLand - Ghq - H2o
PunishMent Inc. - Dist - Siegel
Dial Hard - Swhq - Fury
No Vegetables - Dhq - Jake
Final Impact - Shq - U-Man
MidNite - Ozhq - Count Zero
SkyTower - Dhq - Enzo
SeaQuest Dsv - Lehq - 2Fast
Ascii Makers Federation Ctp+48094410841 - Priv - Ctp
Ascii Norge Most Wanted - - - Arcane
Assault TranceLand - Whq - ngest
5:Th Dimension - Shq - -
Atre The Slammer - Whq - Distler
Bumble Bee Land - Nhq - Baffle
Azkiness Dixie - Whq - Wild Thing
Monastery o Blur - Ushq - Cesspool
Dragon Lance - Ehq - Dalamar
Fuck Shit - Eehq - Billy
Rave Phobia - Shq - Axetro
Trash Yard - Phq - Trash Head
X-Zile - Bhq - Necrite
Drop Zone - Dist - Norby
Hollow Point - Dist - Yasiu
Hilight - Dist - Soxius
Castle of Illusion 4.Am Club - Whq - -
Sporadic Line - Ihq - -
Sleezy Bbs - Ehq - -
Pet Semetary - Ehq - Kid Curry
Out of Space - Shq - -
Love like Blood - Ghq - -
Inter Solar - Ghq - -
Ravers Paradise - Ghq - -
Starglider - Ghq - -
Caustic Style The Pub - Whq - Flite
Mostly Harmless - Ehq - Zaphod
Gods Harem - Qhq - Lance
Planet Love - Eghq - Mephisto
Back Fire - Dhq - Satans Fire
Legacy Of Distr. - Brhq - Ayres
Traders Assault - Dist - Starlight
RaveLand - Dist - H2o
Evil Moon - Dist - Clyde R
Contra Raveland - Whq - H2o
Uphold the Law - Ghq - -
Punishment Inc - GDst - Siegel
Homeless - Ghq - Slime
Sky Tower - Dhq - Enzo
Da Hood - - - -
Destiny Dyers Eye - Whq - Clone
Dezign Ice Cream - Whq - Paso
Point Blank - Ushq - Dalai Lama
The Addiction - Ushq - SchwabenPower
The Mansion - Ukhq - LineBacker
NeuroBashing - Shq - Rhys
Human Target - Shq - Xstaz
Sheep City - Ghq - Desert
Extreme Overload - Shq - Sniffet
Digital Grafitti Planet Love - Whq - Mephisto
Terra Firma - Ozhq - Psyche
Genetic Waste - Nhq - Magz
Violator - Shq - Violator
Divine Stylers Wild Palms - Nhq - Radavi
One Eight Seven - Nhq - WhirlWind
Lies Unlimited - Mehq - Trivial
SwitchBack - Shq - Rickz
Southern Comfort - Ozhq - 243
Virtual Theathre - Ghq - Ramirez
Euphoria - Dhq - Dino
DoggyStyle Fuck Shit - Whq - Billy
DreamPhase Under Cover - - - Demax
Dzain Intoxication - Whq - Fuzz
No Escape - Lehq - Xcluziwe
Epsilon Design Another Step - Whq - Fatal
RaveLand - Ghq - H2o
Zillion Hours - Fhq - Traitor
Monastery o Blur - Ushq - Cesspool
Domestic Subway - Shq - Galiano
Permanent Vacat. - Ukhq - Mic Flair
Fine Arts Aces High - - - Norad
Fine Design Flashback - - - Twister
Fire Ice Paranoia - Whq - Link
Endless Pain - Ghq - Mogue
GStyle BoonDocks - Whq - SalOne
Coast Link - Ehq - Danzig
Melancholic Thgt - Dist - Liberator
RaveLand - Ghq - H2o
Grand Royal Nuts! - Whq - Moose
Flying Dragon - Ehq - -
Soul Fusion - Ahq - War child
Grotesticle Genetic Waste - Whq - Magz
Basic Instinct - Ehq - Acid
CheckPoint - Schq - Kingpin
Zillion Hours - Fhq - Traitor
Artic Circle - Hq - Nup
Bumble Bee Land - Hq - Baffle
Nausea - Hq - MicFlair
Head Acid Attack - Hq - Amon
Honey Ascii Div The Slammer - Whq - Distler
House of Style The Undiscovered - Whq - Muadib
One Eight Seven - Dhq - WhirlWind
Chronicle - Dhq - Axeblade
Immortal Art Euphoria - Whq - Dino
Inferno Grafitti Sub Continent - Whq - Godfather
Jedi Arts Propaganda - Whq - Ranx
Zillions Hours - Fhq - Traitor
Back Fire - Dhq - Satans Fire
Another Step - Shq - Fatal
Euphoria - Shq - Dino
Katharsis Ascii Sky Tower - - - Enzo
Lingo Rotterdam Subway - Whq - Cola
Gabber House - Ehq - Calvin
Middle East - Nhq - Goblin
Imperial Waste - Nhq - Flesh
Stage Dive - Shq - Nurgle
Dystophia - Shq - Stash
Link 124 The Sect - Whq - -
Radioactive - Hq - -
Fuck Shit - Hq - Billy
Looker House Purple Dream - Whq - G.d.m.
Neon Dream - Rhq - Dmd
The Nor. Palace - Ehq - Zinko
Low Profile Raging Fire - Hq - Trivial
Spaced Out - Ukhq - Zoltrix
Mad Skillz Spaced Out - Whq - Zoltrix
Midnight - Ehq - -
MegaStyle Genetic Waste - Whq - Magz
MoSoul CheckPoint - Nhq - Kingpin
Dial Hard - Swhq - Fury
Nettwerk DjungelTrumman - - - Hemlige Arne
OffSpring Digital Candy - Whq - Bybrid
BoonDocks - Ehq - SalOne
FlashBack - Shq - Twister
Electronic Cnfs. - Dhq - Webster
Zillion Hours - Fhq - Traitor
RaveLand - Ghq - H2o
O.m.a. Noize Corrrupt. - Ehq - Tolpan
Oops Ascii Blind Alley - Whq - Spike
Artistic Vibe - Shq - Baltazar/Castor
Nocturnal Desire - Mehq - Catharsis
Sector Seven - Mehq - Rawlock
The Roswell Inc. - Mehq - Phlare
The Electric Cu. - Brhq - Lightning Knight
Icebreaker - Fhq - Hash
Pioneer Design Underground - Whq - Kidnix
Citydump - Hq - Xtc
Carnal Devotion - Hq - Zeus II
ProArts Bermuda Triangle - Whq - Quartz
BonnDocks - Ehq - SalOne
InterChange - Schq - Princip
LamerLand - Hq - Zombie
Protest Apocalypse Now - Whq - StyleWars
Tower Of Souls - Lehq - GraveDancer
Black Opium - Ushq - Evilive
Cosmic Circus - Ehq - Generation
Final Impact - Schq - U-Man
Remorse Modem Land - Whq - Hiro Protagonist
Save Our Souls Intoxication - Whq - Fuzz
The Nor. Palace - Dhq - Zinko
Spaced Out - Ukhq - Zoltrix
Skynet - Ehq - Zod
Back Fire - Nlhq - Satans Fire
SixCrew Digital Undergr. - Whq - Stezotehic
Style Bermuda Triangle - Whq - Quartz
Digital U.Ground - Uhq - Stezotehic
The Nor. Palace - Dhq - Zinko
Interchange - Schq - Princip
Permanent Vacat. - Ukhq - Mic Flair
Rim - MoHq - Dhm
BoonDocks - Euhq - SalOne
The Charge - Ghq - Ecs
Sukmas Permanent Vacat. - Ukhq - Mic Flair
Los Endos - Ghq - Exon
Artic Circle - Fhq - Nup
Spaced Out - Dist - Zoltrix
Therapy Flying Dragon - Whq - Saxon
Trank Ascii Modemland - Whq - Hiro Protagonist
Twisted BoonDocks - Whq - SalOne
Electronic Con. - Dist - Webster
Digital Candy - Ehq - Hybrid
13th Hour - Dist - Ace
RaveLand - Ghq - H2o
Tz Design FlashBack - - - Twister
Dial Hard - - - Fury
URace Trash Yard - - - Trash
Ultimo Imperio Risin High - Whq - Booth
Digital Hangover - Hq - Alcatraz
Unique Arts Skyline - Whq - Recall
United Ascii Artists Conscius Dream - - - JoshUa
Fragile Bits - - - Nigle
Unreal House of Pain - Whq - -
The Ghetto - Ushq - RipAndeveron
FatherLand - Ghq - Skin
UpperClass The Addiction - Whq - Amblin
Pirates Haven - Ushq - Nitro
SplatterHouse - Ukhq - Splatter
Strange Land - Ihq - MetalBasher
Bloody Decision - Ghq - Mazza
Whale Final Impact - Whq - U-Man
Midnite - Ozhq - Count Zero
Arctic Circle - Sfhq - Nup
Extreme Overload - Dist - Sniffet
Wild Style Tsar1+4751575737 - Priv - Tsar1
Tsar1Nor91310648 - Cell - Tsar1
Artists Joining
These are the guys who joined groups without leaving any Ascii-group.
Javis joined Save Our Souls.
War child joined Grand Royal.
Storm joined Nettwerk.
Darkholder joined Oops Ascii.
Phlare joined Oops Ascii.
Rawlock joined Oops Ascii.
Mso joined Oops Ascii.
Catharsis joined Oops Ascii.
Afterlife joined Oops Ascii.
Maestro joined Oops Ascii.
Trooper joined Grand Royal, and left some weeks later for Head.
Qki joined Link 124.
Spok joined Link 124.
Artists Leaving
These are the guys who left a group for another Ascii-group.
Nemesis left Save Our Souls to become independent.
Tommy left Epsilon Design to become independent.
H2o left Contra for Arclite.
Zeus left Style to become independent.
Splatter left Azkiness for Looker House.
Sleeper left Ascii Makers Feduration.
Leaving the Scene
These are the guys who left their groups and also the whole Ascii-Scene.
Flite left O.m.a. and thereby also the whole ascii-scene.
Sy-Klone left Arclite and thereby also the whole ascii-scene.
Artists News
Adon announces to all that might wonder where he has gone You can
write into your mag that ive got a new computer, and also a working
keyboard - and maybe i will do some more logos in the coming time.
Splatter announces the following about Azkiness Still no good contact
with Paszczak, but he might return and release again, but right now
aint there any signs of life, and Splatter might join another crew,
which he did when he joined up with Looker House. But Azkiness still
lives on.
Nup of MoSoul renamed to B. Like to chat him? Try to find his e-mail,
he liked to have it censured here in the Gazette.
Exile did recreate Grand Royal after Red Demon had left for House of
Style, and later Low Profile. Now hes in charge of the group together
with the new members War child and Lord Chaos.
Maz spoke about his old group Art, and first declared it as dead he
also says that hes really tired of making ascii, and has probably
quitted for good, but he couldnt 100 declare those facts but did
after a while convinced himself that Art probably still is active.
Contras future is now unclear as the leader H2o left, and the other
members hasnt said anything about any new joinings nor changes.
Zeus declares him leaving Style with this: aha.. well, im releasing
a new collection soon, to inform my resignment which has happened over
3-4 months ago from style. ill see if somebodys interested, but i
dont think so, im no good at ascii anyway.. Oh YES you are. Ed.
Lord Chaos is about to re-join a ascii group, and it might be the newly
reorganizing Grand Royal.
Art Bomb was released, and it showed not at all to be an ordinary
ascii-mag, but a vote-chart covered with 85 other interests like psx
and music instead of pure ascii, like this mag, The Ascii Gazette.
A new group was created, Mad Skillz, by Mexx, who earlier just had been
independent.
Ascii Makers Feduration renamed to Link 124, and two new members joined.
Ultimo Imperio are once again in trouble. As Low Profile declared them war
hasnt life been easy. And now recently were english Ultima re-born and
will use the ult-tag in file-names.
The 100 Most Respected Ascii-Artists project by Punk of Head is cancelled
after two never released issues. Instead will Punk work on a new larger
project called Art and Style including
- top 100 most respected ascii-artists also counted tribute-collies.
- top 20 most respected ascii-groups also counted tribute-collies.
- top 100 guest-artists.
- a list of all checked collies.
which will be released in a not too distant future.
Wild Style was reborn by Tsar1 when he released his first pack for a long
time. He could also nowadays be seen on the internet once in a while.
Other old school artists who has returned to the scene through the inter-
net are Rotox, Kamenski, Maz and Mo Souls Manta.
When Hiro Protagonist released his large latest colly, it was under the
Remorse label. Remore is according to Hiro Protagonist THE oldest
ascii/ansi-crew EVER note that it has nothing to do at all with amiga-
ascii with a history that goes back to 1981. They are now reborn and
are added to the Ascii Gazettes databank.
This is a great part of what Hiro Protagonist explained about the pc-ascii
scene. Read and learn, this explains alot
The Ibm ascii scene began in 1993, with an ansi group named Tribe.
Tribe was the first ansi group to release ascii, their ascii man was
Piromaniak. The first all-ascii group was Katharsis!Ascii an offshoot
of the original Katharsis clan. Tinyz was the original member of
Kts!Asc and still heads the group today. Katharsis!Ascii membership
included artists across the globe, and was the only ascii group in the
ibm scene until in late 1994 when Necromancer and Necronite both of
whom were previously in Shiver founded a group called Remorse. Remorse
was the basis for what I have come to term the ibm ascii explosion.
It is here that we see a split in the ibm ascii scene, what we call
the old school and the new school. The new school came about as certain
artists in Remorse developed a new block style of ascii, more closely
related to ansi than anything else. The old school remains based on
/- characters while the new school employs .s as its primary
character table as a side note: alot of new school does not translate
properly to an amiga due to certain highbit ascii characters which are
frequently used in the style do not have exact counter-parts under the
amiga ascii table, or their locations differ.
Until Katharsis!Ascii released its first ascii colly, the standard
form for distribution of artwork in the ibm scene was single files in a
zip archive. The reasons for this are simple: viewers could be easily
coded to handle the relatively small individual works the works could
be colored or left uncolored on an individual basis at the artists
discression and the tradition of ibm ascii was that each individual
logo was a work of art unto itself, style and alignment changed to suit
the needs of the logo rather than rewording the logo so it fits some sort
of cookie-cutter ascii font set. And our scenes approach to art was
entirely different than yours. When a group released the entire group
released. Everyone who had something for the months pack usually
released within the first week of a month got their submissions to the
senior staff or founders who would then assemble everything into a
single archive, write the newsletter and memberlist, and release the damn
thing. In three weeks the whole process would start up again as artists
reacted to last months pack and came back with more individual styles
and responses.
The first colly to debut in the ibm ascii scene was released by
the group Katharsis!Ascii. It was called THENME.TXT and was a rather
childish response to Remorses founding Kts!Asc was used to being the
only ascii group, but it was 350k of amazing artwork and set us all
spinning in different directions. The trend was not immediately picked
up but Katharsis!Ascii continued to release its Group Collys and try
to come to grips with a North American ascii boom in Remorse. Necromancer
and Necronite dropped out of the scene by the 3rd Remorse pack and
Whodini and Omicron were left to manage it their place. By the 5th pack
Whodini had had enough and quit to found a new group, Trank. Invitations
to join Trank were extended to most of Remorse the people Whodini liked
at any rate, and so we continued on under a new banner.
The amiga font became popular with some of us, and so we did art which
was accessable across platforms. The inherent nature of the / and under
the amiga font bringing new shame to our old 80x25 ibm ascii styles which
now looked like hell under it. Our productivity grew in leaps and bounds,
instead of 4 or 5 logos a month artists began doing 70k ascii collys
every three months. From there it all just kept on going..
And this is what Hiro Protagonist has to say about Remorse
Remorse recently reformed by a merger between Trank and the ACiD ascii
division ACiD, if youve been living under a rock, is the longest
running art group in the world. The Wu-Trank label is being kept alive
at some level, going back to represent the inner clique it originally had
for some. Remorse1981 has evolved out of the Wu, at some level, but seems
more progressive to me somehow. Meanwhile the main body of Remorse is
releasing in the ACiD pack as well as the old familiar RMRS-xx.ZIP
archives.
The difference of the pc and amiga ascii-scenes has caused a lots of
problems for magazines like this one. Ive decided to include artists,
groups and packs that appears in the .TXT-way. They may be from pc-
related groups like Remorse. Just as long as they are released in a amiga
viewable way.
There were rumours about a artists unite project by some called Expose,
but it never became more at the moment than rumours.
All the Releases
As we all know is it quite hard to read all the ascii-productions that is
being released nowadays. Here have I tried to complish a list of all
collections that came to my hands and that ought to be atleast about 98
during the period since the latest Ascii Gazette. And how many are they
then? The nineth Gazette was released the 11/12 1996, and the ones Ive
stored on my harddrive are as many as 118 collections.
Now the ascii scene has lotsa new groups, where pc-artists are in most of
them. More comments about the amiga/pc-asciiscene in the News part, go
read it. And as usually quite many my first colly-productions.
No coop-collections with more than one group neither this time.
In this issue the All Times Release Chart with the Top Ten Of All Times
which shows the most active groups through all times in a list based on
Ascii Gazette issue 2,3,5,6,7,8,9 and 10 continues. Always changing as
youll notice. If you like to blame groups doing to much quantity, this is
where you really should look.
The latest update of this list was as usual made just some minutes before
this Gazette was released.
Name Group Collections
-T!-Html.Txt - Twisted - 7
-T-Amind.Lzx
-T-Amind.Txt
-T-Black.Txt
-T-Flesh.Txt
-T-Luder.Txt
-T!-Wb.Txt
1997.Txt
5D!Arop2.Txt
5D!Artop.Txt
5D-Radio.Txt
Al-Rif.Txt - Arclite - 3
Al-Slc.Txt
Al-Tet.Txt
And-5Ppl.Txt
And-Criv.Txt
C!-Space.Txt - Contra - 1
Crd-An00.Lha
Crd-An01.Lha
Dct-Md11.Txt
Dev-Wogo.Txt
Dgs-!Us!.Txt - DoggyStyle - 4
Dgs-Brwi.Txt
Dgs-Strk.Txt
Dgs-Tran.Txt
Dtl-Bih.Txt
Dtl-Cle.Txt
Dtl-Vcs.Txt
Dtl-You.Txt
DQueen.Txt
Ed-Citw.Txt - Epsilon Design - 9
Ed-Dado.Txt
Ed-Hard.Txt
Ed-Rise.Txt
Ed-T!.Txt
Ed-T0!F.Txt
Ed-Tea2.Txt
Ed-Twar.Txt
Ed-Zzcc.Txt
FlaBasc.Txt
FlaNome.Txt
Gf!-Rpdl.Txt
Girl-Cbs.Txt
Gr!-Aawf.Txt - Grand Royal - 1
Hge!Gim.Txt
Hp-Bbsd.Txt - Remorse - 7
Ig-Elab.Txt - Inferno Grafitti - 1
Ja!-Mind.Txt - Jedi Arts - 6
Ja!-Npth.Txt
Ja!-Ump.Txt
Ja!-Wf.Txt
Ja!-Zent.Txt
Ja!D-One.Txt
Kbt-Fuk.Txt
Kls-Ctc.Txt
Kls-Szn.Txt
Kls-Tfl.Txt
Kts-Smlr.Txt - Katharsis - 1
L124-Hop.Txt - Link 124 - 2
L124-Liv.Txt
Lkr-Sex6.Txt - Looker House - 3
Lkr-Sex7.Txt
Lkr-Vslz.Txt
LnxNnme.Txt
Lp!-Ho!.Txt - Low Profile - 5
Lp!-Indi.Txt
Lp!-Let.Txt
Lp!-Resp.Txt
Lp!-Uzi.Txt
Ms-Come.Txt - MoSoul - 2
Ms-Lost.Txt
Mst-Coro.Txt
Mx!-Ambi.Txt
Nse-Dig3.Txt
Ntw-6105.Txt - Nettwerk - 3
Ntw-Fst.Txt
Ntw-Tros.Txt
Oma!Gna.Txt - O.m.a. - 4
Oma!Tw.Txt
Oma-Ih7E.Txt
Oma-Pnc!.Txt
PhdWs.Txt
Ph11.Txt
Pst-Bat.Txt
Pz-Wipe.Txt
Pd-Crkl.Txt - Pioneer Design - 1
R-Ass.Txt - Remorse - 7
R-Itmom.Txt
R-Omiskk.Txt
R-Terra.Txt
R-The1.Txt
R-Wdwgfh.Txt
Rkm-Coly.Txt
Se-Alive.Txt - Style - 6
Se-Bambu.Txt
Se-Lects.Txt
Se-Ppoja.Txt
Se-Video.Txt
Se-X-Mas.Txt
Sky!Gf.Txt
Sms-1996.Lha
Sos-Anid.Txt - Save Our Souls - 4
Sos-Hdw.Txt
Sos-Pure.Txt
Sos-Tree.Txt
T!-Anims.Lha
Ton!Fs.Lha
Trp-Bbs.Lha - Therapy - 2
Trp-Wm.Txt
Ur-Fbet.Txt - URace - 2
Ur-Tint.Txt
Ult-Imo.Txt - Ultimo Imperio - 2
Ult-Resp.Txt
Vk-Anti.Txt
Vtr-Lobo.Txt
WpxLoop.Txt
Ws-Whor.Txt - Wild Style - 1
Zb-Grass.Txt
And that results in the following list of the most active Ascii-Groups
Group Collections
o1. Epsilon Design - 9
o2. Remorse - 7
o2. Twisted - 7
o4. Jedi Arts - 6
o4. Style - 6
o6. Low Profile - 5
o7. DoggyStyle - 4
o7. O.m.a. - 4
o7. Save Our Souls - 4
1o. Arclite - 3
1o. Looker House - 3
1o. Nettwerk - 3
13. Link 124 - 2
13. MoSoul - 2
13. Therapy - 2
13. Ultimo Imperio - 2
13. URace - 2
18. Contra - 1
18. Grand Royal - 1
18. Inferno Grafitti - 1
18 Katharsis - 1
18. Pioneer Design - 1
18. Wild Style - 1
Total Group Releases 77
This issues All Times Release Chart, resulting in the Top Ten Of All Times
All Times Release Chart
2 3 5 6 7 8 9 1o
o1. Arclite - 7 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 0 + 1 + 0 + 3 20
o2. Art - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 0
o3. Arte - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 0
o4. ArtCore - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 0
o5. Ascii Makers Fed - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 3 + 3 + 0 + 0 6
o6. Ascii Norge - 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 3
o7. Assault - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 0
o8. Atre - 2 + 2 + 2 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 6
o9. Azkiness - 6 + 5 + 8 + 3 + 4 + 0 + 0 + 0 26
1o. Castle of Illu. - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 0
11. Caustic Style - 1 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 2
12. Contra - 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 4 + 3 + 0 + 1 13
13. Da Hood - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 0
14. Destiny - 0 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 0 2
15. Dezign - 0 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 1
16. Digital Grafitti - 2 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 2
17. Divine Stylers - 7 + 2 + 15 + 2 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 26
18. DoggyStyle - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 4 + 0 + 2 + 4 10
19. DreamPhase - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 0
2o. Dzain - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 0
21. Epsilon Design - 11 + 2 + 8 + 8 + 11 + 4 + 10 + 9 63
22. Fine Arts 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 2 + 0 + 0 2
23. Fine Design - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 0
24. Fire Ice - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 0
25. GStyle - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 0
26. Grand Royal - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 1 1
27. Grotesticle - 1 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 2
28. Head - 4 + 1 + 5 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 0 17
29. Honey Ascii Div. - 3 + 0 + 3 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 6
3o. House Of Style - 2 + 0 + 1 + 3 + 5 + 8 + 1 + 0 20
31. Immortal Art - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 2 + 0 + 0 3
32. Inferno Grafitti - 0 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 10
33. Jedi Arts - 2 + 5 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 4 + 3 + 6 29
34. Katharsis Ascii - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 1 1
35. Lingo - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 0
36 Link 124 - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 2 2
37. Looker House - 0 + 0 + 0 + 3 + 5 + 0 + 2 + 3 13
38. Low Profile - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 7 + 5 12
39 Mad Skillz - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 0
4o. MegaStyle - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 0
41. Mindless - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 2 + 1 + 0 + 0 3
42. MoSoul - 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 2 14
43. Nettwerk - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 2 + 1 + 7 + 3 13
44. OffSpring - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 0
45. O.m.a. - 0 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 4 13
46 Oops Ascii - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 1 + 0 1
47. Pioneer Design - 3 + 5 + 1 + 3 + 5 + 1 + 3 + 1 22
48. ProArts - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 0
49. Protest - 3 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 4
5o. Remorse - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 7 7
51. Save Our Souls - 6 + 2 + 6 + 11 + 12 + 10 + 6 + 4 57
52. SixCrew - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 0
53. Style - 1 + 2 + 13 + 8 + 11 + 4 + 5 + 6 50
54. Sukmas - 0 + 0 + 3 + 4 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 7
55. Therapy - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 2 + 1 + 2 5
56. Trank Ascii - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 10 + 0 + 0 + 0 10
57. Twisted - 12 + 5 + 6 + 3 + 9 + 3 + 3 + 7 48
58. Tz Design - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 0
59 URace - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 5 + 2 + 2 9
6o. Ultimo Imperio - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 7 + 10 + 8 + 2 27
61. Unique Arts - 3 + 2 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 5
62. United Ascii Art - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 0
63. Unreal - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 0
64. UpperClass - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 0
65. Whale - 2 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 7
66. Wild Style - 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 1 1
Total Group Releases 85 47 87 64 100 70 67 77 597
Top Ten Of All Times
o1. Epsilon Design - 63 Collections.
o2. Save Our Souls - 57 Collections.
o3. Style - 50 Collections.
o4. Twisted - 48 Collections.
o5. Jedi Arts - 29 Collections.
o6. Ultimo Imperio - 27 Collections.
o7. Azkiness - 26 Collections.
o7. Divine Stylers - 26 Collections.
o9. Pioneer Design - 22 Collections.
1o. Arclite - 20 Collections.
1o. House of Style - 20 Collections.
Artists with E-Mail-adresses
Theese are the artists who have been smart enough to get their own e-mail-
adresses, and are available on different amiga channels on the IRC etc.
Lots of updates made on this list. Its truly great to see that contact
over the borders wont have to be as hard as it used to be.
The net is good for us. Go get it you too.
If the group says Independent it means that the artists aint within any
100-asciicrew, it wont mean that this artists is totally independent.
Many thanks to Cesium/Session and Lord/Absolute who made the original
E-mail lists where I found some of these artists.
Sorry that my own adress aint there, but I share it with a friend of mine,
so its kind of hard for me to rechieve letters that way, but why not try
to catch me on the IRC on the AmiElite -channel. Always as xCz, xCluziwe,
xCZsOS, xCZhF or simular.
Artist Group E-Mail Adress
2Fast - Jedi Arts jensnahrgang@swol.de
Abhorrence - Independent abhorrence@tup.nullnet.fi
Acid - Grotesticle acid@norconnect.no
Afterlife - Oops Ascii aft3rlif3@hotmail.com
Aqua - Save Our Souls aqua@www.elev.romsdal.vgs.no
nicomen@geocities.com
B - MoSoul censured
Baltazar - Oops Ascii baltazar@gim.net
Behemoth - Style md96-jli@nada.kth.se
Blue - Save Our Souls b@dcandy.demon.co.uk
Blunt - Independent coolio@noord.bart.nl
Boheme - Style asjohans@helsinki.fi
boheme@zumzum.tky.hut.fi
BooYa - Mindless m-11793@mailbox.swipnet.se
Case - ex-Pro Arts mphuhtam@kruuna.helsinki.fi
Chrombacher - Epsilon Design jonas.carlsson@mbox320.swipnet.se
jonas@loveboat.com
Clone - Independent ru0442@bf.orebro.se
fisk@mail.lmnta.rudbeckp.orebro.se
Crusader - MoSoul janne.kotta@janus.swipnet.se
mj24140@janus.swipnet.se
Cyber Kid - Katharsis Ascii dat96x07@it.vejlehs.dk
Cybergod - Epsilon Design cgdlt@freenet.hut.fi
cg@emails.com
Danny - Independent dny@dcandy.demon.co.uk
Darkholder - Oops Ascii uno@interact.se
Dartagnan - Twisted scraggs@cynergy.com.au
Data - Protest gpopp@schweinfurt.netsurf.de
Daytona - Independent daytona@bns.com.au
Deamo - Destiny stellan.bergstrom@mailbox.swipnet.se
Def Base - Independent defbase@dcandy.demon.co.uk
Der Hm/Dhm - Style msaline@vipunen.hut.fi
complex@hut.fi
Desoto - MoSoul desoto@2die4.com
Dew - Nettwerk dew@swipnet.se
Devistator - Twisted devistator@dcandy.demon.co.uk
dmurphy@dcandy.demon.co.uk
Dino - Jedi Arts eu4ia@hotmail.com
Dmg - Looker House thebeyond@hotmail.com
Drastic - Unique Arts d95jonka@ostrabo.uddevalla.se
Dweed - Independent morten.bolstad@login.eunet.no
Exile - Independent maartenp@odie.et.fnt.hvu.nl
Exocet - Arclite exocet@skynet.wwbnet.de
equinoxe@dream.si.sub.de
Fahrenheit - Trank Ascii fahrenheit@gconn.com
Fatal - Epsilon Design fatal@swipnet.se
fatal@poetic.com
Fear - Trank Ascii fear@mailbox.swipnet.se
Flite - O.m.a. fli7e@liteline.mcnet.de
Folar - Style markoikv@evitech.fi
Funki - Save Our Souls funki@globalxs.nl
G.d.m. - Looker House gdm@ropnet.ru
gdm@redline.ru
GraveDancer - Protest gravedancer@laybrint.rhein.de
H2o - Arclite h2ocontra@aol.com
Harpoon - Epsilon Design microtec@slip.net
Hijack - Arclite rt3097@bessel.tutech.fi
Hiro Protagonist - Remorse hiro@erupt.thenet.net
hiro@ambient.ops.best.com
Holojamm - Independent hjm@kareltek.fi
HotWire - Twisted dmurphy@dcandy.demon.co.uk
Infusion - Independent inf@galeb.etf.bg.ac.yu
Java - Epsilon Design java@cryonics.ct.se
java@witty.com
Javis - Save Our Souls javis@hotmail.com
jav1997@hotmail.com
Jedi - ex-Offspring hanspet@oslonett.no
Juice - Independent nfox@jagor.srce.hr
Junk - Independent junk@xs4all.nl
Karlos - Independent kls@dcandy.demon.co.uk
Karma - Arclite niklas.isaxon@mandarin.pp.se
Kris - Independent kris@freak.ege.edu.tr
Kryptonite - Independent krave@ihug.co.nz
Manta - MoSoul mantamosoul@hotmail.com
manta@mailbox.calypso.net
Mark Ryder - MoSoul markr@deko.no
mark@idgonline.no
Mazza - Art maz@bdec.ruhr.de
Misfit - Low Profile chj@hotell.itz.se
Misfit - Trank Ascii misfit@arena.leba.net
Mogue - Arclite mogue@labyrint.rhein.de
Mso - Oops Ascii msoascii@hotmail.com
Msw - Save Our Souls msw@overflow.idn.nl
Mute - Inferno Grafitti caengh@sn.no
Nebraska - Save Our Souls gurka@xtc.df.lth.se
Nemesis - Independent nms@dcandy.demon.co.uk
Nicko - Independent 20226170@sms.tdm.dk
Nike - House of Style ann702679@anon.penet.fi
brandon@worldaccess.nl
Orlingo - ex-Divine Stylers orlingo@trans.xs4all.nl
Psycho - Independent psycho@syscon.co.at
Phobia - Independent phobia@icez.nullnet.fi
Phreak Klass - Independent vampyre@psinet.net.au
Phuzzy Logik - Independent phuzzy@emc.co.yu
phuzzy.logik@phaze2.bc.co.yu
phuzzy@suse.hobbiton.co.yu
Ranx - Jedi Arts rami.laine@mccann.fi
Rasta - Epsilon Design clr@nettrek.net.au
rasta@artlover.com
Rawlock - Oops Ascii sector7@hotmail.com
Red Devil - Dezign rob@edensoft.demon.co.uk
Reflex - Jedi Arts reflex@megabaud.fi
Relief - Twisted relief@dk-online.dk
d@graph-it.dk
d@dsm.dk
Sal-One - Twisted sal-one@trsi.de
sal-one@niederrhein.de
Satans Fire - Save Our Souls sfire@dds.nl
Scarface - Twisted scf@xs4all.nl
scarface@phish.nether.net
Shock-G - Jedi Arts shockg@jusu.pp.vip.fi
Slab - Save Our Souls saveoursouls@hotmail.com
Soxius - Independent soxius@kuai.se
SpeedDevil - Style mortenm@sandsli.vgs.no
sd@bgnett.no
Spike - Oops Ascii spike@gim.net
Splatter - Azkiness splatter1@hotmail.com
Stezotehic - Style stz@xgw.fi
stz@hangup.nullnet.fi
Storm - Independent storm@travbasen.ct.se
Sy-Klone - Arclite dn@academy.bastad.se
Tango - Twisted tango@13thhour.warp.co.uk
Taxi - Independent taxi@cryogen.com
Threaz - Head threaz@pcuf.fi
Tommy - Epsilon Design jansson@lysator.liu.se
Treach - Contra 100275.3710@compuserve.com
Trooper - Head trooper@planet.fi
Tsar1 - Wild Style stamdal@sn.no
U-Man - Arclite u-man@kd.qd.se
Venturus - Independent tepkei@cedunet.com
Vietcong - O.m.a. tobias-l@dsv.su.se
Vinzi - MoSoul vinzi@varberg.se
Vouck - Independent vouck@lava.east.de
Webster - Style webster@dk-online.dk
Whodini - Remorse whodini@epit.ganet.net
whodini@acid.org
Wise-K - Jedi Arts kurious@ihug.co.nz
Wowbagger - Wild Style tbk@oslonett.no
Xcluziwe - Save Our Souls xcluziwe@4u.net
xcluziwe@hotmail.com
Yop - Independent yop@10vorne.domino.de
Zabora - Independent zabora@kret.ifd.uni.wroc.pl
Zeus - ex-Style zeus@sci.fi
zeus@zumzum.tky.hut.fi
Zoltrix - Save Our Souls phil@intecc.co.uk
Zorro - Low Profile basta@esc.de
And the group Art could be found at their adress at
art-prod@bdec.ruhr.de
And the group House of Style could be found at their adress at
an702679@anon.penet.fi
And the group Divine Stylers could be found at
dsrecz@algonet.se, ds!@exmandato.se, divine@algonet.se, dstylers@swexs.se
HomePages
The Ascii Gazette could be read on the net at these adresses
http://www.student.nada.kth.se/md96-jli/ascii/AsciiGazette*.html
Epsilon Design have their own HomePage at
http://www.ion.com.au/rasta/epsilon.html
http://mars.nettrek.net.au/clr/epsilon.htm
Jedi Arts have their own HomePage at
http://www.mccann.fi/omat/rami/jedindex.htm
Looker House have their own HomePage at
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/4585
Nettwerk have their own HomePage at
http://home2.swipnet.se/w-25121/nettwerk/
Save Our Souls have their own HomePage at
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/2132/
Style have their own HomePage at
http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/park/4585/style.html
Twisted have their own HomePage at
http://mars.nettrek.net.au/clr/twisted/twisted.htm
Behemoth/Style could also be found at his own HomePage
http://www.student.nada.kth.se/md96-jli/ascii/bhmascii.html
Chrombacher/Epsilon Design could also be found at his own HomePage
http://home3.swipnet.se/w-31404/
Relief/Twisted could also be found at his own HomePage
http://www.dsm.dk/daniel/
U-Man/Arclite could also be found at his own HomePage
http://www.kd.qd.se/u-man/
Venturus/Independent could also be found at his own HomePage
http://www.cedunet.com/tepkei
Wowbagger/Wild Style could also be found at his own HomePage
http://www.oslonett.no/home/tbk
Groups Active
These are instead the active groups of today. With the members as they
are situated today.
And about Divine Stylers, Grotesticle and some more, they are groups that
aint 100 Ascii-groups, but I included them anyway, since they have members
who releases for them as they were ordinary Ascii-groups, and other releases
than ascii are rare or hasnt even appeared yet.
Also various other crews has a reputation to be ascii-groups, but the ones I
possibly cant include are the ones listed below the ordinary groups-list.
And if there are artists who appear on more than one place, thats only because
they are accepted as artists in more than one crew.
As Ive never heard of a few of these groups members, I cant possible know
their tags, so these few tags are written with a infront of them, to
make you aware of this. I only made a few guesses to these names.
Arclite: Exocet, Gem/GreenEyedMonster, Karma, Danzig, Hijack, Mogue
e gEm kRm dZG hJ Mo!
ShapeChanger, U-Man, H2o
sc uMn H2o!
Art: Red Skin, Enforcer, Rat, Rotox, Fckw, Rip, Mazza
rS! eNf rAt rTx fCKW RiP! mAZ
Arte: rip
ArtCore: rip
Ascii Makers Federation: rip
Assault: rip
Atre: rip
Azkiness: Paszczak
pSh
Castle of Illusion: Perplexer, Bhudda, Xxxxx, Jesse James, Marwin, Para
ppX bUdd ! -J.J- mVn! PARA
Virus
-i-
Caustic Style: rip
Contra: Stylez, Rapid, Stratos, Treach, Mess
sYz rpd! st! -tre! mSs
Da Hood: rip
Destiny: Rape, D-fekt, Kidney, Snipe, Protec, DeOne, Deamo
rAPedFkT k!d s!p pTC d1 -d!
Dezign: Desert, Boomer, Skin, Amblin, Red Devil
D! mR Sk!n aBn! rD!
Digital Grafitti: rip
Divine Stylers: rip
DoggyStyle: Acid, Sundance, Budgie
aC!d ! bD!
DreamPhase: rip
Dzain: rip
Epsilon Design: Fatal, Harpoon, Frame, Chrombacher, Stash, Cenobite, Grimlock
fTL hRP! fRM cRb s cNb gm
Java, Rasta, Gozz, Cybergod
jA! -Ra! zZ cG
Fine Arts: rip
Fine Design: rip
Fire Ice: rip
GStyle: H2o, ShapeChanger, SalOne
H2o sc sAL1
Grand Royal: Exile, War child
.xl WCd
GroTesticle: Grimlock, Magz, Stratos, Nup, Acid
gm mGz st! nUp acid
Head: Punk, Gangsta, Rooster, React, Rave, Threaz, Trooper
pnk! g! rst rC7 -r! tR! tE
Honey Ascii Div: rip
House of Style: Nike, WhirlWind, WishBringer, Mortimer Twang
nK WhW! wB! Mt
Immortal Art: rip
Inferno Grafitti: Mute, The Godfather
mute god
Jedi Arts: Shock G, Ranx, Maxim, Reflex, Dino, 2Fast, Wise-K
-sg rX mxm r! dNo 2F wk!
Lingo: rip
Link 124: Ctp, Seti, Qki, Spok
ctp!setiqkisp0k
Low Profile: Red Demon, Zorro/Milo A. Fagnan, Axeblade, Trivial, Misfit,
rDm 2o!/mAF ab t -M-
Ramon, Insane Madman
rN! imd
Mad Skillz: Mexx
mX
MegaStyle: Aqua, Splash, Lizard, Magz, Grimlock
aQuasPS lzd mGz gm
Mindless: Boo-Ya
bY!
MoSoul: Desoto, Mark Ryder, Vinzi, B!, Crusader, Manta
dto mR! vnz b! cDr -mNt
Nettwerk: 6 10, Tb-303, Mrs.Green, Cultivated Bimbo, Dew, Storm
, 3o3 mSg cB dewsTORM
OffSpring: rip
O.m.a.: Adon, HausFrau, VietCong
AdN!hF! vC!
Pioneer Design: Crl, Ten, Deamo, Jgarn, BlockMan, Belzebub, Unceen, Melfis
crLtEN!-d! jgr bLO bLZ unc mLf
ProArts: rip
Protest: Data, Gravedancer
dA! gD!
Remorse: Hiro Protagonist, Omicron, Necromancer, Whodini
hP! omi nM wH0
Save Our Souls: Xcluziwe, Slab, Aqua, Msw, Zod, Bastard, Satans Fire, Funki,
xCz LAaQua -mSWzod b!d sF! f@nK!
Nebraska, Blue, Javis
NeB -B- -j!
SixCrew: rip
Style: Stezotehic, Coco Pops, Boheme, Speed Devil, Folar, Behemoth, Dhm
sTZ cp bHe +sD+ fL bHm d
Sukmas: rip
Therapy: Daim, Shaolin, Breeze
daim sH! bRZ
Twisted: HotWire, Tango, Relief, SalOne, Devistator, Dartagnan, Webster
HTW tG rLf sAL1 dV -DtN w!
Tz Design: rip
URace: The Founder, Draw, Sharp, Dave, Hotstepper
tF! draw!shp ! HS!
Ultimo Imperio: Booth, Asp, Humanoid, Aryan, Deamo, Rusty, Zed, Lover,
Bo aSP hM! aRYAn -d! ry! zED lv!
Whiz, Jam, Alcatraz, Ray-Man, Shine
wZ!jm! az rAYm sn
Unique Arts: Recall, Wedlock, Polo, Drastic, Virtu, Tranziie
RcL WLK pO! dRS v!r 7Rz
United Ascii Artists: Morph, Relief
M@! rLf
Unreal: rip
UpperClass: Metalbasher, Seven M, Kamenski, Oep/OneEyedMonster, Splatt
Mb 7M kAM OEP SP
Whale: rip
Wild Style: Cola/Tsar1, Coca/Wowbagger
cOLatsar1 cOCawBGR
Other entries
These names are the ones Im not absolutely sure if they really are serious
100 Ascii-groups. If you know anything about this, do tell me! If interested,
the found members of the groups are hopefully the following:
Ascii Norge: Dr.AnalFreser, GabberFrog, Snabel-Harry
Dr.AnL gFG SH
Katharsis Ascii: rip
Looker House: G.d.m., Dmd, Tommy, Splatter
gdm dmD!t0! SpL@
Oops Ascii: Baltazar, Spike, Darkholder, Phlare, Rawlock, Mso, Catharsis,
-bz sk dH! pH! rl! mso chs
Afterlife, Maestro
al ms
Trank Ascii: Whodini, Hiro Protagonist, Lord Nitrogen, Carnifex, Trip
wH0 hP! lN cfx tRP
Omicron, Enigmatic, Fahrenheit, Misfit, Fear, Arrogance, Deep
omi em fAh! mt fear aCk dp
Tz Design: Zin, Ted
z! tED
Groups History
Here you could find information about all the Ascii-groups, and which
members they have had through all years. Not only the group they are
within for the moment, but also all the groups they have visited through
the years.
Arclite: Exocet, Gem/GreenEyedMonster, Karma, Sy-Klone, Danzig, DerHm/Dhm,
Hijack, Mogue, ShapeChanger, U-Man, H2o
Art: Red Skin, Enforcer, Rat, Rotox, Fckw, Rip, Mazza
Arte: Crazy, GraveDancer
ArtCore: Mogue, Death Lord, 2Fast, Mr.Vain, Rapid, Stylez, Treach, Tango,
U-Man, Manta, H2o, Nike, Perplexer, AxeBlade, Crazy, SalOne,
Count Zero
Ascii Makers Federation: Ctp, Seti, Sleeper
Ascii Norge: Dr.AnalFreser, GabberFrog, Snabel-Harry
Assault: Psychic Santa, Wedlock, Skize, Krusty, ngest, Jewel, Cruz, Stash
Atre: Drakar, Gozz, Homicide, Nup, Zack, Baffle, Dhm
Azkiness: Paszczak, Splatter, Soxius, Dave, Draw, The Founder
Castle of Illusion: Perplexer, Bhudda, Jesse James, Marvin, Xxxxx, Para
Virus
Caustic Style: Zaphod, Flite, Sma1, Satans Fire, Starlight
Contra: Mogue, H2o, 2fast, Mess, Stylez, Rapid, Stratos, Treach, Jack Danielz
Da Hood: Mofo
Destiny: Clone, Rape, D-fekt, Kid, Snipe, Protec, Soxius, Drastic, Deamo,
DeOne
Dezign: Rip, Desert, ShapeChanger, Boomer, Skin, Amblin, Red Devil
Digital Grafitti: Zorro, Mephisto, Devistator, Bastard
Divine Stylers: Mortimer Twang, Trivial, Orlingo, Dino, Tommy, Strauss
Cybergod, VietCong, Dash, Matt, Velvet Jones, Krusty, Booya,
Radavi, Orion
DoggyStyle: Acid, Sundance, Budgie
DreamPhase: CyberGod, Trazer/Trivial
Dzain: Xcluziwe, Slab, Behemoth, Psychic Santa
Epsilon Design: Juan, Pace, Frame, Harpoon, Sandman, Terminal Silence,
Manta, Mammoth, Dale, Fatal, Chrombacher, Stash, Cenobite,
Tommy, Desoto, Crusader, Grimlock, Java, Rasta, Gozz, Cybergod
Fine Arts: Nebraska
Fine Design: VietCong, HotWire
Fire Ice: H2o, Dyonisos, Boomer, Mogue
GStyle: 911, Red Skin, Godhead, SalOne, H2o, Shapechanger, Danzig
Grand Royal: Exile, War child, Trooper
GroTesticle: Grimlock, Magz, Stratos, Nup, Acid
Head: Punk, Gangsta, Rooster, React, Rave, Threaz, Trooper
Honey Ascii Div: Gozz, Misfit, Pad, U-Man, StyleWars, Drakar
House of Style: Nike, Ramon, AxeBlade, WhirlWind, Jase, Mortimer Twang,
Wishbringer, Red Demon, Milo A. Fagnan/Zorro
Immortal Art: Trivial, Dino
Inferno Grafitti: Snuffy, Mute, The Godfather
Jedi Arts: Shock G, Ranx, Maxim, Reflex, Hooligan, Trivial, Dino, 2Fast,
Wise-K
Katharsis Ascii: Hiro Protagonist, Cyber Kid, Tinyz, Posk, Arrogance
Lingo: 2Fast, Fatal, Cola/Tsar1, Terminal Silence, Chrombacher, Pace,
Stash, Buzz Fuzz, Frame
Link 124: Ctp, Seti, Qki, Spok
Looker House: G.d.m., Dmd, Tommy, Splatter
Low Profile: Red Demon, Zorro/Milo A. Fagnan, Axeblade, Trivial, Misfit,
Ramon, Insane Madman
Mad Skillz: Mexx
MegaStyle: Aqua, Splash, Lizard, Stratos, Magz, Woober
Mindless: Boo-Ya, Misfit
MoSoul: Desoto, Mark Ryder/Terminal Silence, Vinzi, Nup/B!, Crusader, Manta
Nettwerk: 6 10, Tb-303, Mrs.Green, Cultivated Bimbo, Joyce, Dew, Storm
OffSpring: Hotwire, VietCong, ScarFace, Drakar, Homicide, Relief, Pride,
SalOne, Jedi, Snuffy, Tommy, Satans Fire, Kid Curry, Tango
O.m.a.: Adon, HausFrau, Flite, VietCong
Oops Ascii: Baltazar, Spike, Darkholder, Phlare, Rawlock, Mso, Catharsis,
Afterlife
Pioneer Design: C-Real, Randy, Nostro, Strauss, Anthrax, BlockMan, Flare,
Keldon, Ten, Unceen, Jgarn, Tix, Melfis, Deamo, Belzebub
ProArts: Nup, Stezotehic, Tbm, Skize, Elvis, SalOne, Krusty, Jedi,
Zombie, Zeus, Coco Pops, Case, Hijack, Biscrok
Protest: Data, Gravedancer, Evilife
Remorse: Hiro Protagonist, Omicron, Necromancer, Whodini
Save Our Souls: Xcluziwe, Slab, Behemoth, Psychic Santa, The Kestrel,
Tommy, Czar, Woober, Randy, Speed Devil, Aqua, Msw, Wise-K,
911, Nemesis, Mephisto/Zod, Bastard, Satans Fire, Funki,
Nebraska, Zorro/Milo A. Fagnan, Blue, Javis
SixCrew: Stezotehic, Hijack, Kid, Jhh, Dick, EverSlick
Style: Stezotehic, Zeus, Coco Pops, Boheme, Booya, VietCong, Folar,
Speed Devil, Orion, Nicko, Webster, Behemoth, Dhm, Manta
Sukmas: Nemesis, Messiah, Exon
Therapy: Daim, Vouck, Shaolin, Breeze
Trank Ascii: Whodini, Hiro Protagonist, Don Croce, Cypher Hex, Lord Nitrogen,
Omicron, Cannibal, Megaman, Ewheat, Enigmatic, Kaleidas,
Fahrenheit, Misfit, Fear, Arrogance
Twisted: HotWire, Tango, Relief, ScarFace, SalOne, Pride, Devistator, Dartagnan
Webster
Tz Design: Zin, Ted
URace: The Founder, Draw, Sharp, Dave, Hotstepper
Ultimo Imperio: Booth, Asp, Humanoid, Dew, Aryan, Deamo, Rusty, Zed, Lover,
Executer, Shine, Mindscape, Whiz, Jam, Alcatraz, Ray-Man
Unique Arts: Recall, Wedlock, Polo, Drastic, Vietcong, Virtu, Tranziie, Woober
United Ascii Artists: Morph, Relief
Unreal: Cardinal, Metallikat, Nuerox, Amblin, Skin, Rip, Radar, Red Devil
Mascot, Splatt
UpperClass: Metalbasher, Seven M, Kamenski, Mazza, OneEyedPirate/OEP, Splatt
Whale: Count Zero, U-Man, Misfit, Dartagnan, Acid Kid, Lord Chaos, Tango,
Manta, Skize, Nup, Cybergod
Wild Style: Cola/Tsar1, Coca/Wowbagger
All the Artists
This is, believe it or not, a list of ALL artists that weve been able to
spot, who sometime in their lifes has released something that could be
called an Ascii-collection. The names listed below, my ladies and gentlemen,
are The Artists.
And do notice that some of the names here are former handles/tags of artists
who now has a new handle, but they still appear here if you should find any
tag on a ascii which you wondered who has made it, and would like to find
out. So, when artists change handle I just add their new handle and dont
remove the old one.
Quick key-definition should go like this: - Artist dont use any tag.
And there are only 5 artists who wont use any tag at all.
Easy eh? Well, lets go then, 630 Artists. And that means that since the
last issue of the Ascii Gazette, released 11/12-96, it has appeared 37 new
artists in our beloved Ascii-scene. Please bring us more names, if you
know any, by telling about them to xClUZiWe through e-mail, irc or any bbs.
2Fast 2F
610 6
691 -!691
911 911
A Perfect Craziness ApC
Abhorrence aBHO!
Abrasax -a
Ace AcE
Acid aC!d
Acid acid
Acid Kid adk!
Adon AdN!
Adrock aRk
Afg AFG
Afterlife al
Aguila -aGA
Alcatraz az
Amalgamate aGa
Amblin aBn!
Anf AnF!
Antopheles -AnT!
Apollo Apo!
Appomatox aptx
Aqua aQua
Aragon arg
Arrogance aCk
Arschpupser aP
Artic Cat AC
Aryan aRYAn
Asphixia asp
Atlantic atl!
Atom AToM
Axe aXe
Axeblade aB!
Axetro -aX!
Axy aXY
B b!
B.Cyclo+ bC+
Baggen Bgn
Baltazar -bz
BashGuard BsG
Bastard b!d
Bc BC
Beavis !b!
Behemoth bHm
Belzebub bLZ
Betty Boy bb!
Beyond bYN
Bhudda bUdd
Bibopp bb
Biscrok bIS
Bjrne -bj!
Black Dragon B.D.
BlackPanther BP
Blazer bZr
Blockman bLO
Blue -B-
Blunt bt-
Boheme bHe
Boone bOONE!
Boomer mR
Booth Bo
Booya bY!
Boozo bOz
Breeze bRZ
Btw BtW
Budgie bD!
Bugge bUG
BuzzWipe b!w
Crl crL
Cain cain
Caine c
Cannibal c4
CaptainCaveman CC
Carbon2 c2!
Case -cASE
Cateye cte
Catharsis chs
Caxx c
CeeJay cJ
Cenobite cNb
Chrombacher cRb
Cip CIP
Clairvoyant c
Clone cL!
Coco Pops cp
Cola cOLa
Concept cc
Cook c0ok
CountDan cD!
CountZero c0!
Crack ck
Crawford Crawfo
Cray CRaY
Crazy -cR
Crocat CRoCAT
Crusader cDr
Crypth CrT
Cryptor cP!
Ctp ctp!
Cuz CuZ
Cybergod cG!
Cyberkid ck!
CyberPunk !cP!
Cyclone cyc!
Czar czar
Daim daim
Dale DaLE
Danny dNy
Danzig dZG
DarkHolder dH!
Dark Man dark
Dartagnan -DtN
Dash d!
Dashzero dZ!
Data dA!
Dave !
Daytona dtA!
Daze dAZE
DDay dDay
Deamo -d!
DeathLord dL!
Dee dee
Def Base dEF!
Defjam dj
Delite dLT
Delta9 d9
Delta Tx dtx
Demax -d-
DeOne d1
DerHm
Desert D!
Desoto dto
DethCrush dC!
Devistator dV
Dexter Dt
Dew dew
Dino dNo
Dirk DiRK!
Dizy dIzY!
Dmd dmD!
Dmg dMG
Doc DoC
Don Croce dC-
Dos dOS
Dr.AnalFreser Dr.AnL
Dragon dGN!
Drakar dK!
Drastic dRS
Draw draw
Drf !drf
Druid dRD
Dual d!
Dweeb dwb
Dvize DVz
Dyonisos dNSs
Eagle egl
Easy eZY
Efx eFX
ElBruto eb
Elfn e!
Elric EL?
Elvis e
Enforcer eNf
Epitaphic iC
Esjay -eJ
Everslick vsl
Evrimsson evr
Exciter eXC
Exile .xl
Exocet e
Exon eX!
Fake fke!
Fame fM!
Farenheit fAh!
Fatal fTL
Fate fATE
Fckw fCkW
Fear fear
Fenriz -FR
Fiddler f
FireMan F M
Flare fLr
Flash fLA
Flexor fXR
Flite f!
Flux fX
Folar fL
Forse f0!
Foss -
Frame fRM
Frb fRB
Fred fRD
Funki f@nK!
G.d.m. gdm
Gandhi GdH!
Gangsta g!
Generator GEN
Genius mP
GodFather GoDF!
Godhead GdH
Goonie goo
Gozz zZ
Gpunkt G!P
GraveDancer gD!
Green Eyed Monster gEm
Grief gF!
Grimlock gm
H2o H2o
Harpoon hRP!
Hasslan Hsl
Hausfrau hF!
Hawkwind hKWd
HemligeArne HmL
Hermafrodit-L.K. hflk
Hijack hJ
Hiro Protagonist hP!
Hitech H
Holojamm hjm
Homicide hMC
Hooligan hoo
Horizon -hzn-
HotStepper HS!
Hotwire HTW
Humaniod hM!
Ian iAN!
Icarus ic!
Ice !CE
IceCube ID
Indie iN
Indy iNDY
Inferno IfN
Infusion n!
Insane Madman imd
Isaac !
Iso iS
Jack Danielz -jD!
Janitor jT
Jase J5
Java ja
Javis -j!-
Jedi Jedi
Jess jESS
Jesse James -J.J-
Jewel JWL
Jhh jhh
Jms jMS
Joe joe
Joey Beltram JB
Jordan Jdn
Joyce -jC
Juan jN!
Juice -jE!
Junk -jnk-
Justice -JC!
Jgarn jgr
Kaffer -
Kamenski kAM
Kaneda KaneDa
Kaoz KZ
Karlos -kLs
Karma kRm
Kasper kP!
Katharos -KTH
Keldon kD!
Kerwin k!
Kid KId
Kidney k!d
Kidnix kDx!
KillerSmurf KSM
Kicking Machine KM
Krakel Spektakel KS
Kris k
Krome kR!
Krusty yUk
Kryptonite k!
Lager lg!
Lash -Lash
Leunam lm!
LineBacker L!
Linus Li!
Lithium LTm
Lizard lzd
Locutus -loc
Logobyte lb
Looneytoon lt!
Lord Chaos lo!
Lord Nitrogen lN
Low Spirit LS
Lover lv!
Lumme LuM!
Lunix lnx
Mad Boy MaD
Mad Force -MaD-
Mad Max MadMax
Madloc ml
Maffia MaF
Magz mGz
Malcom MC
Malcolm X MaX!
Mammoth /X
Manta -mNt
Manthan mTn
Mark mk
Mark Ryder mR!
Marky MY
Marwin M!
Marwin mVn!
Mascot -/X!
Mat MaT!
Matt .mA
Maverick MaV
Maxim mxm
Mazza mAZ
Megaman MM!
Megga Hertz mHz
Menace MA!
Mental mtl
Mephisto m!
Mess mSs
Messiah mh
MetalBasher Mb
MetalliKat KaT
Mexx mX!
Mezcal mz
Mike miKe!
Mindex md
Mindphaser MP
Mindscape mSE
Miracle mrc!
Misfit -M-
Misfit mt
Mofo M
Mogue Mo!
Mood -md
Morph m@!
Mortimer Twang Mt
Mr DawnDeath MrDd
Mr Fish mrF
Mr Lizard -lzd
Mr Splif Ms
Mr Vain mRV
Mr Yo
Mrs.Green mSg
Mso mso
Msw -mSW
MudPecker mud!
Murderah MdH
Mute mute
Nail nL
Nebraska NeB
Necromancer nM
Nelson -nSN
Nemesis nM
Neo Negro nn!
Neptune npt
Neurodancer nd!
Nick Nack -mN
Nicko nCo
Night Sniper NS!
Nike nK
No Name NN
Noboy nY
Nop nOp!
Nope Dope n0p
Nos NoS!
Nostro nO
Nostromo -nT0!
Not nt
Nup nUp
Odium oD!
Odyssey OdY
Omicron omi
One Eyed Pirate OEP
Orchid ocd
Orion o!
Orlingo orl
Osten oSN!
Overlord oVL
Pace pe
Pad pAD
Para PARA
Paragon P
Parsec PrSc
Paszczak pSh
Pay pAy
Peacelock pL
Perplexer ppX
Phase pHS
Phlare pH!
Ph0enix pnx
Phobia pH
Phreak Klass pk
Phuzzy Logik pHl
Pigeon pGN
Pinokio Pi
Pirate P
Pirlaga .p.
Pizza Ascii Factory PAF
Polo pO!
Posk po5k!
Prayer PR
Presence pSc!
Pride pR!De
Prince .pR!NC
Prince pR!
Prizm pRz
Prodigy pRD!
Prodigy -Pdg
Psychic Santa pSS
Psyche pSy!
Psycho PsY
PsychO pC
Pulse PL
Punk pnk!
Qba q!
Quizone qZn
Rad Rad!
Radavi Radavi
Radix Rd
Raiden RAi
Raist ra!st
Ramon rN!
Randy RandY
Ranx rX
Rape rAPe
Rapid rpd!
Rasta -Ra!
Rat rAt
RattleSnake rS
Rave -r!
Rawlock rl!
React rC7
Real ReAL
Rebel rBL!
Recall R
Red Demon rDm
Red Devil rD!
Red Skin rS!
Redd -rEDD
Red.R ReD.R
Reflex r.
Reflex Rfx!
Relief rLf
Ren rEN
Repe -re
Rest in Peace riP!
Reti rETi
Rick ck
Rinnanbonden dC!
Rooster rst
Rotox rTx
Rubyx -Rbx
Rusty ry!
Ryu Ryu!
Salimander Sl
SalOne sAL1
Sandman SdN
Satans Fire sF!
Sate sATe
Scan sCn
Scarface sCf
Scot sCOt
Scottie sct
Segoy -s!
Sentinel snt
Serpentor Sptr
Seti seti
Seven M 7M
Shaolin S!
Shapechanger sc
Sharp !shp
Shelter sHL!
Shine sn
Shite sh!
Shock G -sg
Shorty sHO!
Silencer siL
SilverSurfer s!S
Sin Fame sN!
Sinister StR
Skautch .sK
Skin Sk!n
Skindiver -Sd
Skize skZ
Skyfox SK!
Slab LA
Sleeper sP
Sliver sLV
Slowrider Slo
SlumDweller sD!
Sma1 sMA
Smirnoff SM
SmozzeBos *SB*
Snafu S
Sniffet -
Snipe s!p
Snow sNoW
Snuffy Sn
Snarn Snow
Sonikk snk!
Soxius sox
SpeedDevil +sD+
Speed Racer sP:
Sphinx SPHiNX
Spike -
Spike sk
Splat splat
Splatt SP
Splatter sPL@
Spoonman s
Squarepusher sQ!
Stab SP!
Stash s
Steel -sTEEL
Steel sT!
Stevie sTV
Stezotehic sTZ!
Sting ST
Stone Angel sA!
Storm sTORM
Stranger STR
Stratos st!
Strauss sT
Strife Stf
Style sT
StyleWars sTw
Stylez sYz
Sundance !
Sunscream SSC!
SuperTouch sT
Sy-Klone SyK!
Sys
Tango tG
Taxi t!
Tb-303 3o3
Tbm tbM
Terminal Silence tS
Terminator tRm
Tha Grinder gR
The Crow tC
The Flash fLA
The Founder tF!
The Godfather god
The Kestrel tK!
The Player Tp!
The Prophet tp
The Soul -
Threaz tR!
Thurlog cla
Timer tmr!
Tinyz tz
Titus t
Tix tix
Tommy t0!
Tony Baretta tb
Tranziie 7Rz
Trash t!
Traveller ron
Trazer tRZ
Treach -tre!
Trifixion +TRi-
Trinity tRN!
Trivial t
Trooper tE
Tsar1 tsar1
Turbo 2rbo
Tyson Ts
U-man uMn
Unceen unc
Usar uSAR
V-Cut V-c!
Vace vC
Vega vG
Velvet Jones Vj
Venturus vtr
Vietcong vC!
Vince vNc
Vinzi vNZ
Violence VLe
Virtu v!r
Virus -i-
Vlad vt
Vladimir dmD!
Voltage vol
Vortex Vo
Vouck .vK
Wacko WACKO
War child WCd
Warlock wAr
Wayne W
Wea WeA
Weapon X wPx
Webster w!
Wedlock WLK
WhirlWind WhW!
Whitesnake WS
Whodini wH0
Whooper WpR
Windrider !wr!
Wise-K wk!
Wishbringer wB!
Woober wBr
Xcluziwe xCz
X-Modus x!
X-Ray xRAY
Xor xOr
Yop yop
Zabora zB!
Zack zACk
Zagax zGx
Zaphod zd!
Zarkof Zf
Zcandaler Z
Zed zED
Zen Z.
Zenon zEnOn
Zeus zS!
ZeuS ZeuS
Zin Z!
Zinko ZiNKo
Zod zod
Zok Z0K
Zoltrix zTx!
Zombie ZMb
Zorro 2o!
ZouZou zOu
Zygote GoTE
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Interview with Hijack of Arclite
o1. When did you make your first Ascii attempts?
My first ascii attemps... I guess it was about 10 years ago.
I tried to make some logos with C-64. It has so nice chars...
I made my first Amiga logos in 1992, first anims in 1993.
o2. Do you know how many Ascii-productions have you released?
Yes, not that many actually. Well it kinda depends what you count as
ASCII productions. If you count all ASCII/ANSI SCENE related releases,
Ive released 11 ascii collections, 2 ansianimation collections,
1 ansi collection, 1 ansi manual and an iff2ansi converter.
o3. Whats so damn special with Ascii?
Dunno. I prefer ANSI.
o4. Have you got any special idols from the Ascii-scene?
I guess I could say that RED DEVIL/DEZIGN is my idol. He was
the reason why I started to make ansianimations. He was also ahead
of his time in ansi logos. He knew how to use ITALIC, BOLD and
UNDERLINE. To him ansi logos were not just ascii logos with
colours. Ive got 65 ansilogos by him, all made with different style.
How many of you can compete with that? None.
I also love the work of ARCLITE dudes, their logos always inspire
me to make cool animations.
o5. Whats your opinion about the Iff2Ascii-Art?
I think its ok to convert iff pictures into ascii, Ive used iff2ascii
in some of my anims in ascii morphing for example. Everything that
LOOKS good IS good in my opinion. Another thing is that how many
percent of the converted stuff actually LOOK good.
I prefer pixel perfect multicolor iff2ansi converters like
Ansi Hijacker.
o6. Are dots more stylish than regular Ascii?
Humm. Are circles more stylish than regular ellipses?
o7. Do you read every single collection that is released today?
Hell no. I have enough trouble checking out all the collections
that my friends release. BTW: IRC is an EVIL place. How can you
say NO to some poor ascii artists face when he dcc sends you
his latest collection?-
o8. Do you answer requests made to All Available Artists ?
Nope. I think I have never answered other requests than the ones
which were addressed to me. To be honest, even the ones who
write directly to me dont have a very good chance to actually
GET a logo, since Im a damn lazy person
o9. How should a request be written to be guarantied a answer from you?
I answer all the messages I get, but if you want to be sure that
you get a logo from me, noticeable money donation would assure it.
1o. Are there more Ascii-groups than there has to be?
Yep, I think so. There are also way too many artists, but I guess
every artist has a fan somewhere. I mean even some of the most
popular artists are pretty lame in my humble opinion, but I wont
say any names here. To make the world a better place, I decided
reduce the number of lame ascii artists, and I quited making
asciis. I hope many people would follow my example.
11. What do you think of the attitude in the Ascii-scene of today?
I think the ascii scene is a bit too hostile, people are fighting
about everything. For example, it was quite weird how everybody
reacted when Shapechanger joined us. If we say somebody has joined
ARCLITE, you better BELIEVE its true. We have no reason to lie
about our memberlist.
12. What do you think about the idea of having special magazines
dedicated to the Ascii-scene?
I think its a nice idea, but I think the QUALITY of ascii magazines
could be much better.
13. Is there a big difference between Old-skool Ascii and Ascii of today?
Humm... I guess there isnt THAT big difference, but somehow most of
the ascii dudes I respect have been in the business for a really long
time. I guess its quite hard to amaze me anymore, since there are so
many artists out there. The competition is quite hard nowadays. Its
hard to be original, and thats actually one of the reasons why I
decided to make ansianimations.
14. Have you any special projects going on that will be released in a
near future?
Yes indeed. Ive been working on my next ansianimation collection
for 8 months now, and its almost finished. Mop/Essence has coded
a nice GUI for it and Cyclone/Illusion Mistral/Parallax have
pixeled me some real gfx. Its going to have some cool music too,
and EVERYBODY from Arclite except G.E.M. are involved in this
big COOPERATION. All anims are for BBS usage download, upload,
and so on..., so I guess many sysops are going to jump for joy.
There is also going to be an amazing ansi intro in it, including
many nice effects true 3d was just beginning like glenz ansi
morphing and animated iff2ansi stuff.
15. What would you be doing instead of Ascii if you suddenly quitted?
I have suddenly quitted making asciis, and Im making ansianims
instead. There are better ascii artists than me, so I decided to
concentrate on ansianims.
16. Do you have a horny snoop doggy dogg?
Nope, but Ive got a TI-92 with no batteries.
P.S. Everybody, feel free to contact me via e-mail: rt3097@tutech.fi
And remember: ANIM A DAY MAKES YOU INSANE!
Interview with Ranx of Jedi Arts
And this is what I had to face
o1. When did you make your first Ascii attempts?
- Somewhere around 92
o2. Do you know how many Ascii-productions have you released?
- About 20 I guess.
o3. Whats so damn special with Ascii?
- Its easy to do and looks good, eh.
o4. Have you got any special idols from the Ascii-scene?
- Desoto makes damn good looking ascii. Simple, but VERY good
looking. Also Shock G is always inspiring..
o5. Whats your opinion about the Iff2Ascii-Art?
- Its fine to me if it looks good.
o6. Are dots more stylish than regular Ascii?
- Hell no..
o7. Do you read every single collection that is released today?
- No, but most of them yes.
o8. Do you answer requests made to All Available Artists ?
- Depends on the size of my current request list heh.
o9. How should a request be written to be guarantied a answer from you?
- If you add my email address in a carbon copy or other mailing
list you WONT get any ascii thats for sure.
1o. Are there more Ascii-groups than there has to be?
- How about a one big ascii group then? No thanks. Sure there
has to be a lot of groups. Rather a lot of groups than ALOT
of independents..
11. What do you think of the attitude in the Ascii-scene of today?
- There are some artists whos attitude I dont like. And there
are also some whose I do like. I think its pretty well
balanced..
12. What do you think about the idea of having special magazines
dedicated to the Ascii-scene?
- There shouldnt be a scene without a magazine.
13. Is there a big difference between Old-skool Ascii and Ascii of today?
- Not really .. to me atleast. About as big as in os skateboards
and ns skateboards eh. If you know what i mean.
14. Have you any special projects going on that will be released in a
near future?
- Just trying to compile another pack of requests. Altho I might
try to make a bbs design collection someday.
15. What would you be doing instead of Ascii if you suddenly quitted?
- If i quit ascii I quit ascii. It really isnt the only thing
I do so..
16. Do you have that horny snoop doggy dogg everyone is talking about?
- And my new pair of airwalks...
ranx/jA!
Interview with Red Demon of Low Profile
.X A N S W E R S X.
o1. When did you make your first Ascii attempts?
1. My very first attempts to make an aski logo, was somewhere in Januari /
Februari 1995.I released my first pack in May the same year for those
who are interested it was called RDM-GRDY.TXT.
o2. Do you know how many Ascii-productions have you released?
2. Yess actually, i do.
o3. Whats so damn special with Ascii?
3. Its not specificly aski that is so appealing to me.I did gfx art before
I started doing aski art.For me, the expression itself is what is more
important.I like to make logos, in aski or plain gfx, or even graf pieces
on papper.Perhaps i will started spraying in the future.
o4. Have you got any special idols from the Ascii-scene?
4. Desoto, Rapid, Stezotehic, Trivial, Axeblade, H2O, Webster, Dino, Folar,
Relief, Mark ryder, U-man, Exocet, Crusader, Gozz, Mortimer Twang, Flite
and Stylewars are my favorits.Perhaps there are a few more, but i cant
call them to mind this instant.
o5. Whats your opinion about the Iff2Ascii-Art?
5. I dont see IFF2ASC as an aski art form.In my opinion its more a form of
gfx.
o6. Are dots more stylish than regular Ascii?
6. More stylish, perhaps, it just adds a little xtra to the ascii.
o7. Do you read every single collection that is released today?
7. I try to read all i can get my hands on, although some packs sometimes
seem to be made to bore the viewer.In these cases I just read the intro
and outro, and look at the style used in overall.
o8. Do you answer requests made to All Available Artists ?
8. Most of the time i dont.I dont see why people ask art from All Available
Artists.They are apperantly not interested in *me* as an artist, cause
they would have requested to me personaly.That means they do not spend
enough time on the art-scene, the dont deserve art atleast not mine.
o9. How should a request be written to be guarantied a answer from you?
9. Theres no perscription to a good request.Most of the time i take the
requests.If i do not take them, im probably too busy with projects.
1o. Are there more Ascii-groups than there has to be?
10. Well, i could live without Wu Trank and Ultimo Emperio if that is what
you mean.
11. What do you think of the attitude in the Ascii-scene of today?
11. Pfff.. thats hard.I dont think you can speak of a scene in general.The
scene is build up from individuals.They are more important to me than the
scene is.Although i must say that some sceners somethese do have a bit of
an arrogant attitude.Hopefully i will never be one of them.
12. What do you think about the idea of having special magazines
dedicated to the Ascii-scene?
12. Why not, it breaks the day.Perhaps there could be some more mags with
interviews, which have questions that are interesting enough to read the
reply from.
13. Is there a big difference between Old-skool Ascii and Ascii of today?
13. That depends on which artist you are looking at.Art from some artist
still have a taste from the old days in them.Far as im conserned thats
okay, but i try to move on, make new styles, try different chars.I must
add that at the time I became active in the scene the real *oldskool*
was already starting to fade a bit.
14. Have you any special projects going on that will be released in a
near future?
14. Im currently working on a coop with Boheme, which will probably be
released somewhere in 2013.Besides that im working on my own packs, and
on LP! as a group, to keep things on track.I was also thinking about
creating a group called High Profits.This group should consist of
anyone who wants to release something else, beside aski packs.For
instance humoristic stories, poems, comments on the scene, what ever you
would want to tell the public, which cant be told in a normal pack.
Only thing is, that you must be an aski artist to join.This to keep the
connection with the aski scene.
15. What would you be doing instead of Ascii if you suddenly quitted?
15. I would probably spend more time on skool.Besides that i would probably
do the same things i do now-a-days, which is playing on my psx, snow-
boarding, listening to music, and some skateboarding.
16. Do you have a horny snoop doggy dogg?
16. No i do not.I do however, own a cat.This fact alone makes me an aski
artist hi Wise-k:, since cats and aski are very close.An investigation
i did some time ago on this subject showed that almost 90 of the more-
known artists have a cat.There are even artists who own more then one cat,
for instane Hotwire who has four cats, making him a very good artist.
I think that there should be a list, the 100-most-cat-friendly-artists.
Perhaps Punk could make this list, it would serve more value then the one
is making now.
2. I released fifteen packs coops included and i also tried to do some
crappy humoristic files.
Interview with Tango of Twisted
TANGo/Nerve Axis Twisted
o1. When did you make your first Ascii attempts?
Oooh cant be sure but Id say it was back in late 93 and released
my first collection in October 93.
o2. Do you know how many Ascii-productions have you released?
I do actually ... its a rather frightening number: 44 so far and
Im working on a new one as we speak.
o3. Whats so damn special with Ascii?
Good question - argh - because it brightens up what would otherwise
be a rather mundane bbs or file listing or production ... theres a
lot of reasons but the REAL reason its special is because I say so
... ehrm ... no? Oh well :D
o4. Have you got any special idols from the Ascii-scene?
Yes Ive got quite a few actually ...
Mogue/Arclite - An inspiration since I first started ascii
U-Man/Arclite - A great bloke and quality work
Exocet/Arclite - Just a bloody superb artist
Relief/Twisted - A huge inspiration to me and a good friend
Desoto/MoSoul - Just too good sometimes to be believed
MarkRyder/MoSoul - For having more attitude than anyone else D
o5. Whats your opinion about the Iff2Ascii-Art?
Tough one ... I think that some people are using it purely because
they think its an easy way out of using a decent style, but other
people really have mastered the art of it and used sparingly it can
create a superb effect - Mortimer Twang/Bastard/Xcluziwe are three
examples in my mind of people who can use it.
o6. Are dots more stylish than regular Ascii?
No but they can complement the ascii logos very well. Its all a
matter of contrast and style I guess as well as personal opinion in
abundance.
o7. Do you read every single collection that is released today?
Every single one I see I read and keep ... got over 70/80mb of
ascii on my HD and fuck knows how many collections that amounts to.
o8. Do you answer requests made to All Available Artists ?
Sometimes yes - sometimes no ... Ill answer that sort of question
maybe one in a month and only if I respect that individual and
think itd be nice to see my stuff alongside theirs.
o9. How should a request be written to be guarantied a answer from you?
I like people to actually use more than the phrase do me ascii
now because I hate neanderthal conversation ... if youre sending
an email then be polite pleasant and remember that if you are
nice then the chances of getting a reply go up HIIIIGH.
1o. Are there more Ascii-groups than there has to be?
Ahaha ... yes ... get rid of SOS for a start Ehrm well I dunno
its a toughie that one ... I think theres more mediocre ascii
groups than there needs to be, but on the other hand what is an
ideal number of ascii groups?
11. What do you think of the attitude in the Ascii-scene of today?
I think theres a lot of bitching ive done it too and its all
great fun haha. The attitude is massively mixed ... some people
consider themselves too good for everyone else and others are just
spot on. Id say theres a better ascii scene than the scene in the
UK right at the moment.
12. What do you think about the idea of having special magazines
dedicated to the Ascii-scene?
Its a great idea but its gotta be supported to get anywhere.
Ascii Gazette and ArtBomb are the only two that leap to mind.
RoadHogz failed miserably because it wasnt done by artists.
13. Is there a big difference between Old-skool Ascii and Ascii of today?
Oldschool is a foundation that deserves respect on what they have
achieved whereas ascii of today is constantly pushing to achieve a
status where they will be respected. Ehrm Ill stop there before I
move into a massive discussion type thing.
14. Have you any special projects going on that will be released in a
near future?
Well Im always working on an ascii collection at any given moment
in time and at the moment I think Im also working on a co-op with
Ramone and a few other guys but dont know if thats still going on.
15. What would you be doing instead of Ascii if you suddenly quitted?
Hanging around on IRC channels like a lost little puppy : The day
I quit ascii is the the day that I sell my Amiga :
16. Do you have a horny snoop doggy dogg?
No but Ive had pussy galore.
The Interviews
Quite alot of artists have contributed with their opinions of the ascii-scene
by now. This aint personal interviews any interest of such ones? but just
a sheet to fill out by various artists. All interviews are designed by the
artists themself, adn thereby not 100 equal.
And this is a list of all the earlier victims since the very first issue of
the Ascii Gazette. They have all stated their opinions answering the very same
questions
Fatal - fTL - Epsilon Design
Desoto - dto - MoSoul
Grimlock - gm - Epsilon Design
Behemoth - bHm - Style
Mazza - mAZ! - Art
Skize - skZ - ex-Whale
Dino - dNo - Jedi Arts
Nup - nUp - MoSoul
Relief - rLf - Twisted
Vietcong - vC! - O.m.a.
HiJack - hJ - Arclite
Ranx - rX - Jedi Arts
Red Demon - rDm - Low Profile
Tango - tG - Twisted
Last Words
You have been watching the text-edition of the Ascii-Gazette. And I thank
you for spending time with all these information about what we have
choosen to call Ascii. Sorry about the once again delayed production, but
I guess that it might have been worth the waiting? Hope so anyway. Im sad
to still see some pathetic comments about this production being false and
untrue, without any examples at all. This Gazette is 100 facts-based, and
I can of cause not claim that its 100 correct. Who can? It really aint
like Im being FLOODED with facts about the scene. Most of it do I have to
find out by myself. So, if you now happen to have any problems with some-
thing in this production, TELL ME, and it WILL be changed/updated. It aint
harder than that. So spare me them negative comments about this Ascii
Gazette - it wont be any different from what You guys make it.
And many thanx to Anf for the classic first Ascii Gazette logo, and to the
by me reawaken ascii-god Kamenski of Upperclass for the logo beneath.
. / Xcluziwe xCz of Sos and Hellfire.
/ . 10/2 96.
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