idleartnineteennintysix
welcome back
eclipse!
Welcome back to the next release of idle. Its been awhile,
but this month has been a reorganizing month. We have made
some changes, and we are for the most part pleased with them.
School is back in session, and we all know that sucks. Usually,
people tend to slack off in the first month of school, but we
think that this pack isnt all that bad. We now have our first
international member board, and i suppose that means we can
consider ourselves an international group. All that really
doesnt matter though. As long as you are reading this, we
know that you are curious about idle and we hope to bring you
a great pack. we have changed the format in our pack listing,
but that will be explained in the next section.
jinx here!
Yes, id like to thank everyone whos stuck with idle. Weve
gone through some tough times but it looks like were growing and
in a good way. Basically we uhmm.. oh wait. eclipse. you
wanted to take care of this?
eclipse
yeah.. let me explain to them.
new format
Yes, thats right, idle has changed its pack formation. We
decided that quality is much more powerful than quantity.
It seemed apparant that the amount of art we collect during
the course of the month is not enough to satisfy our needs for
a hefty pack. I like that word hefty This caused a major
problem. How can we get a pack out every month and still meet
our requirements? We decided that it would be better to switch
to a number oriented pack rather than a date oriented pack.
The OLD pack used to be in the format of : IDLE9609.ZIP
The NEW pack is in the format of : IDLE-03.ZIP
Now we dont have to worry about missing a month in the rush to
gather a pack together. Our packs will still come out generally
around the middle of the month, but it may vary depending on how
much art we complete during that time.
new members
We have a a few great new members that have joined idle this month.
We are still looking for artists and coders, so if you are
interested, read the application section of this newsletter.
One of our new members is miller. aussi He is an artist that
is skilled in VGA and ANSI. He comes to us from force. He is
also the head of the art division of fATE. yes, the couriering
group He has some great talent and is gonna be a great addition
to the team. Phear him, he is good.
Another new member to idle this month is immortality. He is a
coder and is a badass. Incorperates sound and graphics great.
Look for the idleapp and ansi viewer from him and our other
talented coders. Hes got skillz, watch yer back!
We also rounded up insidious this month. He has been out of the
scene for awhile, but hes got skilz. A former member of TRiBE
RELiC and others he is a great ansi artist. He has also expressed
some talent in VGA, and were happy to have em. Plus hes got a
neto little frog that he uses in his sig. It makes me mushy
from jinx
Digo is a cool guy that i jinx found on a net one day. Hes
31337 so watch out. Hell uhm.. out draw you and stuff.. He knows
what hes doing with phonts and his pics are cool as well. He is
floating between groups right now but we hope he stays with idle.
This is why we have no idea who else hes affiled with.
back ta eclipse
We have a few more applications to review and contact before
we add the to the member list. I will say, that the next two in
line are both coders and are very good. The other application
is an ansi artist that is also real good. We will review them
and hopefully add them in the next pack. See the projects section
for more info on our plans in the coding division.
projects
There has been a lot of innovative thinking around the idle
community lately. We have come up with some things that need to
be done to further the success of idle. One of those things will
be an application generator. Once these new coders officially
join idle, there will be some big projects in line. After the
application generator has been created, we will work on idleview
until we feel it is as good or even better than acidview. --
Thats my favorite viewer. We are shooting for the capability of
pyroview, but the speed and smoothness of acidview. After that,
we have plans for an electronic newsletter and stuff like that.
That is way off in the future though. For now, wed like to
concentrate on the application generator. If anyone would like
to help out, or give their advice, please email a senior coder.
email addresses are located in the member list, also included in
this pack. Idle will hopefully be putting up the official idle
web site sometime this month, or next month. We are also going
to put up an ftp site so that all our packs and releases will
have a secure place on the internet for all you artists to get
the latest pack whenever you want it If you have an ftp site
that you want to donate to us, that would be great. Just let us
know!
jinx
oh yes! one last thing goes here. idleNet will be up and running
by the week after this pack is released. were not sure if it will
be member board only or free public carrying. Well let you know.
eclipse
done?
applications
Until idle releases an application generator, hopefully next pack
you will have to apply to idle the old fashoned way. You can send
email to me, eclipse, or to any of the senior members in idle. For
email addresses please check the member listing. Or you can call
corruscant, the idle WHQ. The number is in the member listing.
Please just write a brief message on why you want to join idle,
your present/past affiliations, and a ZIP of 5 or 6 of your best
pieces of art. Dont be an idiot and forget to leave out yer email
address, cause that could suck if we want to get back in touch with
you. G If your applying for a coding position, send at least 2
of yer favorite programs. We are always looking for new talent, so
if you think you got the skillz, give it a shot!
jinx speaks:
oh yes.. weve had a problem getting the idleviewer organized this
month so its waiting out on the side. it will be released next month
like it would normally be. its my fault. sorry everyone. P
eclipse again
clean up
Well, thats about it for this pack. Its been fun, and we hope you
enjoy it. I have one last detail. The official idle irc channel
is idleart, not idle. That channel is run by a few loosers who
moniter irc for a living. G All idle members please join idleart
when you logon to irc and check in from time to time. Im real
tired right now, and i must sleep I cant wait until next month
to release again, but until then, so long!
- eclipseidleart
Yep, thats it. Another fun filled month of me editing the pack at
the last minute. its 1:08am on Thursday morning. im supposed
to be in school in 7 hours but im working for the benefit of the scene
and myself. im dead if i delay this pack any more. members are
starting to get grouchy. hehe to make this a good newsletter! Ill
see everyone of you in a month or two with this happy newsletter again.
Later... shew. heh. they were starting to get violent. P
- ..jinx.. idleart
if you have any questions or comments about this newsletter, please
email one of us at ianr@indy.tds.net. eclipse:
or jinx at idleart@juno.com
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