WELCOME TO ANOTHER BORING INTRO BY TALENT. BRIEFLY, WHAT YOU SEE ABOVE IS A FILLED, LIGHTSOURCED SIX-SURFACE VECTOR ON TWO BITPLANES, BEING SPACECUT THROUGH A STATIC Z-PLANE, AND WITH A SHADOW-EFFECT WHEN IT'S NOT BEING SPACE-CUT. QUITE SIMPLE, BOURGUOIS STUFF. THE RELEASE DATE IS CHRISTMAS '91. HAH, FOOLED 'YA! ACTUALLY IT'S THE FIRST OF JUNE 1993 (930601 FOR ABBS OWNERS). NOW, AS WE'RE BEING A BIT SHORT OF TIME, THE KEYBOARD IS HANDED OVER TO MACE (THE OTHER COLOUR¹), WHO'LL GIVE YOU A GREETING OR TWO, I THINK. IF THIS COLOUR POPS BACK IN, IT'S JUST ME (NECRO) PASSING ON A SNIDE COMMENT OR TWO, NOT A COPPERLIST BUG. HERE HE GOES: HELLO, MACE HERE! I WANT TO GIVE SOME GREETINGS TO SOME OF MY CONTACTS: - COLORBIRD/SCOOPEX: ALWAYS NICE SENDINGS FROM YOU! - PRIDE/LEMON.: NICE PACK YOU RUN! WANT ME TO MAKE MUSIC? WELL, MAYBE... - LIZARDKING/ALCATRAZ: YOUR MUSIC-DISK WAS GREAT, AT LEAST THE MODULES! ¹TRUE, LIZZIE, YOUR MUSIC WAS ASTOUNDING, BUT ARE THERE REALLY SO FEW CODERS IN ALCATRAZ THAT YOU HAD TO ASK SOMEONE FROM ANOTHER GROUP TO CODE IT FOR YOU? YOU'D REALLY HAVE TO CONSIDER JOINING TALENT. THERE'S STILL ROOM FOR SOME MODULES ON OUR MUSICDISK... - BEATHOVEN/INFECT: WHERE ARE YOU? I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM YOU FOR A LONG TIME! ¹YEAH, I MISS THE UTILITY DREAMS! - KEKKEN/STONE ARTS: HERE YOU HAVE OUR LATEST INTRO! YOUR GRAPHICS ARE GREAT, AND YOU ARE A TALENTED GUY! - DOLPHIN/STONE ARTS: SEND SOON! - BRUTAL/NOICE: NICE TUNES, ESPECIALLY YOUR CHIP-TUNES! - LEX/ORIENT: NICE SENDINGS! OUPS! SOME MINUTES LEFT!! SORRY TO ALL I HAVE FORGOTTEN, BUT I DON'T HAVE TIME TO WRITE ANY LONGER.... BYE,BYE! ¹ AND THERE GOES THE LITTLE RED-HEADED FELLER. OK, MY TURN. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SAY, IN MY OWN DEFENSE, THAT YES, THE MUSICDISK WILL BE OUT REAL SOON NOW, POSSIBLY EVEN BEFORE THE SYMBIOSIS PARTY (IN TWO MONTHS... ER...) BUT COME ON, GUYS, IT IS A LOT OF WORK, ESPECIALLY SINCE MACE HAS TRICKED ME INTO CHANGING THE LAYOUT OF THE BLASTED THING AGAIN! BUT A FEW MESSAGES: - REDFERNE AND WIGFLIPPER/DEVILS: SORRY, BUT THE LITTLE FART ELUDED ME ON THE SIXTEENTH, SO I COULDN'T GET AT HIS EYEBROWS. I HEARD TELL HE WAS REALLY SLOSHED, WHICH MUST HAVE BEEN A SIGHT IN ITSELF, BUT STILL: NO, I'M NOT, AND NEITHER ARE YOU, YOU FLUFFY NIGHTMARES! - FELIX/NETWORK: REALLY COOL MEETING YOU. LET'S HEAR FROM YOU SOON, EH? - WARLORD/EQUINOX: HOW'S THE WIFE AND KIDS? (SNIGGER, SNIGGER... A PROMISE OF THINGS TO COME!) ANYWAY, THE PICTURE CAME OUT JUST GREAT! YER REAL UGLY ON IT! I CAN'T WAIT TO MAIL IT TO THE EUROCHARTS! :-) - IT/BANANA DESIGN: WELL, PHEW! YOU MANAGED TO BOWL ME OVER PRETTY WELL THERE. I THINK I CAN GUESS WHY YOU CHOOSE A BANANA - SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT BEING VAGUELY SHAPED LIKE A... ER, YOU KNOW. SLIDES NICELY UP YOUR BEHIND, DON'T YOU THINK? SEE YA AT THE SYMBIOSIS PARTY, YES? (PS. MY MODEM BROKE DOWN -AGAIN-! AAAAAAAAAAARGH! WHY DON'T YOU DROP ME A LINE INSTEAD? POSTBOKS 2032, 6501 KRISTIANSUND? MODEMS GRATEFULLY ACCEPTED TOO... :-) ) - HEADX/ANDROMEDA: Q.E.D. - NOW DOESN'T THAT RING A BELL? (NASTY, AREN'T WE?) - THE ANDROMEDA FOOTBALL TEAM AT THE GATHERING: 5-2! HAH! WE'LL GETCHA AT THE SYMBIOSIS PARTY TOO, JUST BE THERE! :-) - SIMON/TMG: HERE'S YOUR GREETING. SEND THE MONEY IN BILLS, PLEASE? :-) - AND ALL OF TALENT: HI EVERYONE!! WILL YA BE GOIN' TO KRISTIANSAND THIS SUMMER? ME AND KJ0TTMACE WILL! TO MR. Z: YES, I AM, IN FACT, NOW WITHOUT A MODEM AGAIN. IT LASTED ONLY FIVE STINKING DAYS! BLOODY ASIAN TECHNOLOGY... BUT (HOPE DAWNS AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL) IN JUNE WE MIGHT GET A TALENT BOARD IN KRISTIANSUND! WE'LL SEE IF I CAN'T BORROW THE SYSOP'S MODEM ONCE IN A WHILE... :-) AND THAT'S ALL FROM BOTH ME AND MACE. MORE THAN ENOUGH, I DARE SAY, FOR ONE STINKIN' EFFECT! (WELL, ACTUALLY THERE ARE TWO EFFECTS AT THE SAME TIME, BUT...) BEFORE YOU DISASSEMBLE IT, NO! THE VECTORS ARE NOT PRECALCULATED (OR AS ONE WOULD OTHERWISE REFER TO THE PHENOMENON: THEY ARE NOT LONE STARR-VECTORS...) WELL, BYE BYE EVERYONE, AND MERRY X-MAS!