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From: mikechat.remove@bluedwarf.spam.net (MJP)
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Subject: Re: I need your help!
Date: 08 Jan 2001 06:55:48 GMT
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On Sun, 07 Jan 2001 01:00:51 GMT, electro5@flash.net wrote:

>OK Here Goes...
>I'm creating an ad-supported shareware program to generate line art and
>cool text effects for chat rooms.
>Would anyone be interested in submitting some small designs for use in
>this program? Examples of what I'm looking for are as follows:
>
>Beginning and endings:
> *~*:._Like This!_.:*~*
>
>Alternate alphabets e.g.(]-[ac|<er)
>
>And cool repetitive text characters (L*I*K*E*T*H*I*S)
>
>The two conditions for use are:
>
>1.It must be standard ascii character set and display correctly on
>fixed width fonts on 1 line
>2.You have to commit it to public domain.
>
>The money I will make off of the small ads and registrations will be
>small compared to the time I already have and will continue to put into
>developing it.
>
>If I use your art, I will include your name in a scrolling credits
>screen along with your sample with link to homepage, email etc.
>(Feel free to enclose your ascii signature. Multi-line ok for this!)
>
>I will also send you a complete copy of the finished product ad-free
>and any future versions.
>
>The reason I'm writing this here is because I've seen so much talent in
>here and would love to have some of it in this project. I hope I
>haven't insulted anyone.
>
>If anyone is interested please submit to electro5@flash.net
>Include the sample, a cool name for the effect,
>a statement of commitment to public domain and text you'd like included
>in the credits screen. I will respond by email to all submissions.
>
>Thanks for your help!
>Jim
>electro5@flash.net


so, tell me, why would you need a shareware to do something that people
in chatrooms do all the time already, and how would this work with 
say mIRC verses Pirch? let alone other IRC software.
mIRC scripting is very different from pirch to start with, and 
pirch doesnt even use a fixed width font (ariel I think) where as most mIRC users use fixedsys
does this program you offer have all the script libraries for the competeing 
chat programs? or are you just writing something that will be of limited use?
I take it that you intend this to be all "single line 'art'" and not pictures,
sort of like emoticons on drugs... do you intend the users of "your" software
will be coloring, or not coloring "your" ]-[ac|<er fonts and
*R*E*P*E*T*I*T*I*V*E* *T*E*X*T* strings (all this is old junk, why are you doing it now?)

  Maybe if you could give a clearer idea of your intentions and parameters for your 
shareware (or is it a mrc, maybe a pirchpic?) you would (a) get appropriate feedback 
and (b) find someone who might possibly think this is a worthwhile venture.


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