6/1996 iCE Pack
2. Our web site has won numerous awards this past month including, but not limited to: Cool Site of the Day, Spiders Pick of the Web, Spiffy Musical Frog Award, and Vision Quest 'Site of the Week'. We've also been added to the Cool Site Club. In fact, our pages were hit 100,000 times one day, by far our current record. Thanks to everyone who made this possible. Special thanks to the penguin underlings who teased and tickled the award committees into choosing www.ice.org!
3. Special Note: iCE has furthered the noble cause of the Southern Baptists by boycotting not only Disney, but Barney the Purple Dinosaur, Sesame Street and the Children's Television Workshop, and Mr. Rogers due to similar obvious flagrant violations of morality and decency with regards to children. We can only solemly say to the heinous social deviants behind these evil schemes to pollute and poison the pristine minds of our children: Shame On You!
3b. iCE produced a number of related works to further the cause this month, but they were pulled from the pack at the last minute because they, too, were found to be indecent.
4. ice.org has made yet another breakthrough in scene networking! Our very own IRC server. irc.ice.org is up and servicing chatters, however we have yet to link to an IRC Network. When we decide on one and connect, we will surely let you know!
5. A fine how-do-you-do this month to new VGA comrades CeeDee, Easel, Mantis, Smooth, and Renderbrandt. These guys are phenominal, and their resumes with major companies in the graphics design field further it! Some of their work debuts in this pack, and next month will debut the rest. Also joining the team in ANSI this month were Defiant and Wyvern, two talented artists with a new perspective. And Wyvern can out-bowl anyone in the 519 area code! Also sporting the iCE Olympic Jacket are Hornet (music), Humanoid (code), and Aneurysm (html member). Welcome to all!
5b. The hazy grey skies above the IRC universe have opened up once more and deposited three slightly startled former iCE members back in the group! A warm welcome back to Biscuit, Joker, and Deeply Disturbed!
6. On the other side of the coin, there is either the face or the building.
6b. Unless, of course, it's not an American coin.
6c. If one side of the coin is a naked lady, it's probably not a coin at all.
6d. However, tokens can prove useful in certain situations.
7. Unfortunately, we must bid good-byes as well this month. Rai has left the group to pursue his roots in Eclipse. We wish him well with his new/old group. Borian has also departed this month, taking a position in ACiD. We pray that the evil spirits become confused on the way to his house. And, finally, Visigoth and iCE have parted ways, and we wish him luck in his future exploits.
8. Big thanks once again to Magnetic M, aka Pookins, for his undying passion for excellence in his third monthly pack-building effort. He's been a great help to the Staff, who are busy picnicing in a colder climate. More on THAT, however, in the future from Artsdale. . .
9. The Bulls did not kick the Sonics' asses in four games last month, however their win in six was somewhat of an ass kicking, so we apologize for our suggestion that they were incapable of losing. Like we said, we weren't paid or anything, we just were getting excited.
9b. Look, I'd be lying if I told you that we wouldn't like to get paid for statemente like the above, but we don't.
9c. We did get some money from the New Jersey Devils to mention their name after they choked and didn't defend the Stanley Cup. But we chose not to do any art for them. Our new team is: The Avalanche!
9d. We aren't really bandwagonesque, you know.
9e.
10. iCE has come up with a new convention for our packs: The logo collection!
While it's not much of a new idea, we've decided to cut-down the number of
ANSI files in the pack and neaten the logo system by releasing a single
logo collection per artist. This should make viewing logos more pleasing
to the general populace!
11. In a beer-crazed moment, Syntax Error leapt to his feet and, woman in his
pocket, headed to Las Vegas, where he participated in the yearly Elvis
impersonation contest. He placed fourth, which was just fine for him.
When told that he really captured the feeling of The King, Syntax slyly
replied with a shake and a wink, "a-Thank ya, a-Thank ya very much!"
12. We're growing by leaps and bounds. New projects in the works (of course
we'll keep you in suspense!), new levels of art, new technologies, and new
goals, dreams, and ideas. We've had a few rough spots, but all is well.
A big thank you and congratulations to the members of this close-knit, fine
organization. From all of us, it's an honor and a pleasure to be your
senior staff of iCE. See you all next month.
