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  • ─┐││││││││    INDEX                                                   ││││││││┌─
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  • ││││││││││     1. yo i got a zine 2 drop by rondito                 ││││││││││
  • ││││││││││                                                          ││││││││││
  • ││││││││││     2. How to be an Asshole on Twitter by @Trax4321      ││││││││││
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  • ││││││││││     3. DDOS, Whats Up With That? by spoke                ││││││││││
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  • ││││││││││     4. jordan_o's desk reviewed by pyrex                 ││││││││││
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  • ││││││││││     5. Closing Remarks with rondito                      ││││││││││
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  • ││││││││││     6. Emi's farewell by Emi                             ││││││││││
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  • ││││││││││    Welcome to volume 2 of the EFNet Zine. The world has    ││││││││││
  • ││││││││││                                                            ││││││││││
  • ││││││││││    changed a bit since our last issue but the eternal      ││││││││││
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  • ││││││││││    dumpster fire that is EFNet rages on. As EFNet          ││││││││││
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  • ││││││││││    continues to shrink, our community is becoming more     ││││││││││
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  • │││││││││    intimate and closely knit. This issue is comprised of   │││││││││
  • ─┘││││││││                                                            ││││││││└─
  • ──┘│││││││    various submissions and insight shared by users         │││││││└──
  • ───┘││││││                                                            ││││││└───
  • ────┘│││││    throughout 2020. We open with a very special message    │││││└────
  • ─────┘││││                                                            ││││└─────
  • ──────┘│││    from rondito who has been away at rehab recovering from │││└──────
  • ───────┘││                                                            ││└───────
  • ────────┘    his crippling IRC addiction.                            └────────
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  • ─────────┐                OPENING REMARKS WITH RONDITO                ┌─────────
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  • ───────┐││                 1.  yo i got a zine 2 drop                 ││┌───────
  • ──────┐│││                                                            │││┌──────
  • ─────┐││││     lease excide radom keybiaoad erors i maybe but ne one  ││││┌─────
  • ────┐│││││                                                            │││││┌────
  • ───┐││││││ today but actualyiv'e naturaly composed a suicide letter   ││││││┌───
  • ──┐│││││││                                                            │││││││┌──
  • ─┐││││││││ upon seeing ENN this wek because I will leaving efnet      ││││││││┌─
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  • ││││││││││ forever, and thus salt gang will be gone. I will be        ││││││││││
  • ││││││││││                                                            ││││││││││
  • ││││││││││ disconnecting my lients however I lack the darkmage ZNC    ││││││││││
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  • ─┘││││││││ skils to premanently remove them. Because of this, you     ││││││││└─
  • ──┘│││││││                                                            │││││││└──
  • ───┘││││││ ma sea lot of "read error" and other " d dos" activities   ││││││└───
  • ────┘│││││                                                            │││││└────
  • ─────┘││││ but I doub't they care after I voluntarily changed my nick ││││└─────
  • ──────┘│││                                                            │││└──────
  • ───────┘││ to something way radder cindling nicks such as WEEatnKid,  ││└───────
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  • ───────── syn (perhaps cipher in tandem) becmse he s0 wile keping    ─────────
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  • ───────── uieting for grandmabecamse enraged at this fool's er he    ─────────
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  • ───────┐││ troed tp jump every nivk possibletome !RETRACTIONS* I am a ││┌───────
  • ──────┐│││                                                            │││┌──────
  • ─────┐││││ simple chatteur who likes to stir shit into my             ││││┌─────
  • ────┐│││││                                                            │││││┌────
  • ───┐││││││ chili.idon' think about of the people who chat about weed, ││││││┌───
  • ──┐│││││││                                                            │││││││┌──
  • ─┐││││││││ porn, sex, tading nudes, new graphics technology, a;sp     ││││││││┌─
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  • ││││││││││ amtique roadsow we neber miss wel so long efne t the salt  ││││││││││
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  • ││││││││││ gang is gona forver however.                               ││││││││││
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  • ────┘│││││        ERIS FREE NETWORK RATINGS AND REVIEWS 1/5         │││││└────
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  • ────────┘  Amanda Bates says: 1/5                                  └────────
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  • ─────────┤  EFNet would not recommend, lots of dick picks but I     ├─────────
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  • ────────┐  dont own a microscope.                                  ┌────────
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  • ────┐│││││  Ed Snwden says: 1/5                                     │││││┌────
  • ───┐││││││                                                          ││││││┌───
  • ───┘││││││  efnet, the place u can come to connect with ur fri...   ││││││└───
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  • ─────┘││││  efnet the place where you can come to conn...           ││││└─────
  • ──────┘│││                                                          │││└──────
  • ───────┘││  [Read error: Operation timed out]                       ││└───────
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  •       _(▔       2. HOW TO BE AN ASSHOLE ON TWITTER by @Trax4321          .-▔▔-
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  •       ▔▔▔                                                            ──      
  •  _(▔▔)  ,│                                                               \     
  • (    ▔▔)      While at times twitter is on the front line of global      '-▂▂-
  •  ▔▔▔▔▔▔                                                                /      
  •  ,    ,   events, the rest of the time it can be a toxic pit of       /      
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  •           wannabe experts and smartass know it alls. You will find            
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  •           amazing people on twitter and also total fuckwits. Sadly,           
  •        ,                                                               -.-    
  •           the latter out weigh the good by 10 to 1.                           
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  •               So what do you do when you come across these toxic              
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  • ,         people? First of all, don't take what has been said to you          
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  •           to heart. These people will jump in the gutter and try to           
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  •           drag you down with them. Laugh at them. Everything they do          
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  •    ,      is ridiculous, childish and pointless to fret over.                 
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  •           Don't block them. Your goal is for them to block you.               
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  •           (How we get around people blocking you later) So trust me.          
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  • ,         They started this. If you get blocked, you've won!                  
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  •               Now the first trick is to make a list. Huh? A list?             
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  •           Yes a list, first of all it's what you call your list that          
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  •  ,        is important. I've had several lists called "Fuckwits on            
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  •           Twitter", "You're a Cunt" and "Dumb as Dogshit". When               
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  •           Someone annoys you, just add them to the applicable lists.          
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  •           The aforementioned idiot will then get a notification               
  •      ,                                                                  ╭╲!╱╮ 
  •           informing them of their addition to the "Fuckwits on          °¡° 
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  •           Twitter" list.                                                      
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  • ┅┅┈┅┅          onision says: 1/5                               ┅┅╌┈┅┅┅┅
  • ┈┅┅@┈┅│                                                          │┅┅@┅┅
  • ┅┅┅┅┅┅│          efnet, more like ifnet work is up.              │┅┅│╌┅┅┅┅
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  •   _(▔▔)       Now if the idiot adds you to a list and you want to be .  ▁▃▃   
  •  (    ▔▔)                                                                   
  •   ▔▔▔▔▔▔  be removed from it, its as easy as blocking the list              *
  •    .    .                                                                   
  •  .        owner. If you unblcok them immediately they wont even         ▅▅   
  •      .                                                                        
  •  .        notice that you've removed yourself from their list. I use .        
  •         .                                                                     
  •           this method to stop people from following me as well.               
  •   .   .                                                                       
  •           Afterwards of course you can re-add the idiot to your own           
  •         .                                                                     
  • .         lists again.                                                        
  •     .                                                                         
  •                                                                               
  •                                                                               
  •               The second trick is to get a GANG. If you get into a            
  •  .     .                                                                      
  •           twitter fight, it really helps to have a group of fellow            
  •                                                                               
  •  .    .   twitter users who will have your back in the middle of an           
  •                                                                               
  •           argument. Be sure to have their back also when they need            
  •                                                                               
  •      .    you. Gangs must stick together. It always helps to have a           
  •  .                                                                            
  •           few dozen others jump all over an idiots tweet.                     
  •                                                                               
  •  .                                                                            
  •       .                                                                       
  •               Mind you, there are other gangs on twitter to watch             
  •                                                                               
  •   .       out for. One of the biggest of them is #QAnon. Many a time          
  •                                                                               
  •      .    I have engaged QAnon members only to end up with a few              
  •                                                                               
  •           dozen QAnons tweeting at me. This is when a bit of reverse          
  •  .     .                                                                      
  •           psychology comes in handy...                                        
  •                                                                               
  •       .                                                                       
  •  .                                                                            
  •       .       Follow back as many Tweeters as you can and all slide           
  •                                                                               
  •           into the DMs of any of them that follow you back. Then,             
  •    .                                                                          
  •           here's the sneaky bit, you want to be really nice in the            
  •        .                                                                      
  •           DMs. Here you are this person they are attacking being              
  •  .      .                                                                   @ 
  •       .   nice to them. They'll think 'Why am I being mean to you?"          
  • ╍╍┉┉┈┉┉┉┄│                                                            ╌┈┈┈╌┅┅
  • ┄╍┉┈┄┈╍┈┄│ You can copy and paste pre-written nice messages for       │┈@┅┅┅┅
  • ┄╍┉┄┈╍┄╍╍│                                                            ╌│┅┅┅┅┈
  • ┈┄╍┄┉╍┈╍┄│ maximum efficiency.                                        ┈┅┅@
  • ┄┈┉╍┄╍┉┈┄│                                                            ┅┈┅┅┅╌│╌
  • ┄┉┄┈╍┉┈┄┈│                                                            @┅┈┈
  • ╍┄╍╍╍┉┄┈┈│                                                            ┈╌│┈╌┈
  • ╍╍┉┄┉┉┄┈┄│                                                            ┅┅┅┅@
  • ┄┈╍╍┈┄┈┄┈│                                                            │┅┅┅┅┅│╌
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  •       _(▔     The third trick is reading tweets from people who have     .-▔▔-
  •      (                                                                  /     
  •       ▔▔▔ blocked you. If you know that someone is going to block    ──      
  •  _(▔▔)  ,│                                                               \     
  • (    ▔▔)  you and you want to keep reading their tweets, you have        '-▂▂-
  •  ▔▔▔▔▔▔                                                                /      
  •  ,    ,   two choices. You can get a second twitter account (meh),    /      
  •                                                                              
  •           OR use private/incognito mode in your browser and bookmark          
  •    ,                                                                     -.-  
  •           the user's twitter page. Open the bookmark in private mode          
  •        ,                                                               -.-    
  •           and research the tweets of the user that you're trolling.           
  •                                                                               
  •   ,    ,  For more helpful twitter tactics join my gang and follow            
  •                                                                               
  •           me on twitter: @trax4321                                            
  •                                                                               
  • ,                                                                             
  •        ,                                                                      
  •                     3. DDoS, Whats Up With That? by spoke                     
  •   ,                                                                           
  •                                                                               
  •                                                                               
  •    ,          During the onset of COVID-19, while everyone was                
  •                                                                               
  •           shuttered in at home, EFNet seemed to contract. There were          
  •                                                                               
  •           considerably fewer hard chats, coupled with a huge spike            
  •        ,                                                                      
  • ,         in DDoS attacks. This issue of EFNet Zine addresses the             
  •                                                                               
  •           question that begs to be assked. DDoS, whats up with that?          
  •        ,                                                                      
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  •               DDoS has been a mainstay in the backdrop of IRC since           
  •                                                                               
  •  ,        it's inception. Most of us know at least one person who             
  •                                                                               
  •           has perpetrated an attack and at least one other who has            
  •                                                                               
  •           earned one. If you've been on IRC long enough its easy to       1   
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  •           predict the trajectory of a DDOSk kid's chat career.    0          0
  •      ,                                                          1       ╭╲!╱╮ 
  •           Still, some of them slip through the cracks.   0              °¡° 
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  •                im on a $3 VPS                                  @ 1  
  • ┈╌┅┅@┈╌                                  ▔▔           1     0 10   │┈┅┅│┅@
  • ┅┅┅┅╌│┅┅│                                  ▔▔ 1▔▔1              1    │┅┅┅┅┅┅
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  • @┅┈┈╌  ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░/\░░░░░░▔▔░░▔▔░░▔▔1░░-|-░░░░░░░░  │┅╌╌┈╌@
  • ┅┅┅┅  ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░▔▔░░▔▔░░▔▔0/\░░░░░░░░  │┅@┅┈┅┅┅
  • ┅┈┅┈┈╌  ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░▔▔░░▔▔░░▔▔░░░░░░░░░░░░░░  │┅│╌┅┅┈
  • ┅┅┅┅┅┅                       CHRONO                  SYN          ┅┅┅┅┅
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  •   _(▔▔)       In years previous, EFNet has had to contend with       .  ▁▃▃   
  •  (    ▔▔)                                                                   
  •   ▔▔▔▔▔▔  difficult personalities like storm but lately a new skid          *
  •    .    .                                                                   
  •  .        crew called Anal Nation has emerged as EFNet's primary        ▅▅   
  •      .                                                                        
  •  .        source of DDoS attacks. It should come as no surprise that .        
  •         .                                                                     
  •           the self proclaimed "JUPE GODS": vae, syn, darkness and             
  •   .   .                                                                       
  •           HIVlntine would stoop so low in an attempt to control               
  •         .                                                                     
  • .         other users. The real mystery is why none of the opers can          
  •     .                                                                         
  •           be bothered to do anything about them.                              
  •                                                                               
  •                                                                               
  •  .     .                                                                      
  •               While it can be assumed that some portion of dropped            
  •                                                                               
  •  .    .   connections are due to unrelated attacks or unstable                
  •                                                                               
  •           connections, the timing of their attacks always seem to             
  •                                                                               
  •      .    coincide with efforts on behalf of Anal Nation to recover           
  •  .                                                                            
  •           their own nicks or jupe those of users who have upset them          
  •                                                                               
  •  .        After months of daily splits and attacks, it would be               
  •       .                                                                       
  •           irrational to excuse the attacks as being justly provoked.          
  •                                                                               
  •   .       This is a deliberate and sustained effort to suppress               
  •                                                                               
  •      .    user activity on EFNet.                                             
  •                                                                               
  •                                                                               
  •  .     .                                                                      
  •               The result of having more than one of these types               
  •                                                                               
  •       .   working in tandem is something that is pervasively toxic            
  •  .                                                                            
  •       .   for the chat diversity of EFNet. Its important to note              
  •                                                                               
  •           that this is not an organized conspiracy against EFNet,             
  •    .                                                                          
  •           rather a series of behaviors that perpetuate each other.            
  •        .                                                                      
  •           This type of behavior is exhibited frequently in chatters           
  •  .      .                                                                   @ 
  •       .   who take themselves and IRC too seriously. Their efforts           
  • ╍╍┉┉┈┉┉┉┄│                                                            ╌┈┈┈╌┅┅
  • ┄╍┉┈┄┈╍┈┄│ to conceal their intentions depends on their ability to    │┈@┅┅┅┅
  • ┄╍┉┄┈╍┄╍╍│                                                            ╌│┅┅┅┅┈
  • ┈┄╍┄┉╍┈╍┄│ divert blame between each other. In other words, they lie  ┈┅┅@
  • ┄┈┉╍┄╍┉┈┄│                                                            ┅┈┅┅┅╌│╌
  • ┄┉┄┈╍┉┈┄┈│ a lot.                                                     @┅┈┈
  • ╍┄╍╍╍┉┄┈┈│                                                            ┈╌│┈╌┈
  • ╍╍┉┄┉┉┄┈┄│                                                            ┅┅┅┅@
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  •               Imagine if you will, an EFNet on which every user has           
  •                                                                           
  •         the ability to DDOS the users that offend them. First it          
  •      '                                                                '       
  •           would be the most disliked chatters, then the ones that             
  •                                                                           
  •           liked them. After that, the most attractive chatters,               
  •    ~ ~                                                                  ~ ~   
  •         along with those who envied them. So on and so forth it           
  •                                                                               
  •  ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄  would go until EFNet is reduced to an echo chamber.         ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ 
  •                                                                               
  •    ▃▃▃▃                                                                 ▃▃▃▃  
  •                                                                               
  • /╲▄▄▄▄▄╱\     With personalites like `vae` lending some form of      /╲▄▄▄▄▄╱\
  •                                                                           
  •         'legitimacy' to Anal Nation's presence on EFNet, syn and          
  •     ▖▗                                                                  ▖▗    
  •  ╰─╯╰─╯ darkness are free to conduct regular attacks with          ╰─╯╰─╯ 
  •   ╰──╯                                                              ╰──╯  
  • /▔▔▔▔▔▔▔\ impunity. Between them and HIVlntine's oper protected      /▔▔▔▔▔▔▔\
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  • ┌─┐   ┌─┐ jupenet, the bunch of them are a merry go round of blame.  ┌─┐   ┌─┐
  • °   °                                                            °   °
  • └──┘ └──┘ Which came first? The provocation, or the backlash?        └──┘ └──┘
  •  ╭╮╭─╮╭╮                                                              ╭╮╭─╮╭╮ 
  •  ╰─╯ ╰─╯                                                              ╰─╯ ╰─╯ 
  •  ┌┬┬┬┬┬┐                                                              ┌┬┬┬┬┬┐ 
  •  └┴┴┴┴┴┘      Some users have taken matters into their own hands in   └┴┴┴┴┴┘ 
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  •   @@@@@   an attempt to improve the sad state of affairs on EFNet.     @@@@@  
  •  @@@@@@@                                                              @@@@@@@ 
  • @@@@@@@@@ Projects like the jewbird radio hour have taken a          @@@@@@@@@
  • @   @                                                            @   @
  •           constructive approach to coping with EFNet faggotry by              
  •                                                                               
  •   $   $   educating users about IP tables and ways to mitigate         $   $  
  •                                                                               
  •           skids. Stop by #JRH to learn more or tune in to watch JRH           
  •                                                                           
  •          live at: www.twitch.tv/hughbord .                                  
  •  ▜▛▀▀▀▜▛                                                              ▜▛▀▀▀▜▛ 
  •   ▘   ▝                                                                ▘   ▝  
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  •               Elsewhere, users have taken a more direct approach to           
  •                                                                               
  •           to dealing with Anal Nation by gang raping their gaping             
  •                                                                               
  •          systems. In late August, a user who identified themselves          
  •                                                                         
  •  ╭─╮╭─╮  as darkmage was able to gain control over Anal Nation's     ╭─╮╭─╮ 
  • .╱┴─┴╲.                                                            .╱┴─┴╲.
  •         CNC Box and rm -rf their bots. Notably, after this                
  • ╰───────╯                                                            ╰───────╯
  •  ╱╰───╯╲  mysterious declaration all DDOS stopped for a period of     ╱╰───╯╲ 
  • ╭╲╱   ╲╱╮                                                            ╭╲╱   ╲╱╮
  •       weeks. This is not the first instance of someone owning         
  • ╭╮╭╮╳╭╮╭╮                                                            ╭╮╭╮╳╭╮╭╮
  • ▗▖▗▖▄▗▖▗▖ Anal Nation, a similar incident was claimed by #phrack.    ▗▖▗▖▄▗▖▗▖
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  •          ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓                        zAChArY's  RoOm           
  •      '      ┌╮ ┌╮ ╭╮ ╭╮                                             '       
  •             ││ ││ ├┤ ╰╮                                                     
  •           └╯ └╯ ╵╵ ╰╯       u u                                         
  •                                ╭─╮                                          
  •    ~ ~      │╱  ┌┐╷╭─╮                                               ~ ~   
  •           │╲  ││││┌┐                                                   
  •                ╵└┘╰─╯                       °  °                          
  •  ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄   ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛    EVANESCENCE                            ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ 
  •      ,                                                              `      
  •    ▃▃▃▃                          *   ▓▓                                 ▃▃▃▃  
  •                                   ▓▓▓▓▓                                       
  • /╲▄▄▄▄▄╱\                        ▓▓▓                                 /╲▄▄▄▄▄╱\
  •                                      syn's dad                           
  •                                                           d              
  •     ▖▗                                                 mage          ▖▗    
  •  ╰─╯╰─╯                                                         ╰─╯╰─╯ 
  •   ╰──╯                                                              ╰──╯  
  • /▔▔▔▔▔▔▔\                                                            /▔▔▔▔▔▔▔\
  • ───────── ▁▁▄                                                        ─────────
  • ┌─┐   ┌─┐                                                           ┌─┐   ┌─┐
  • °   °                                                           °   °
  • └──┘ └──┘                                                            └──┘ └──┘
  •  ╭╮╭─╮╭╮                                                              ╭╮╭─╮╭╮ 
  •  ╰─╯ ╰─╯      ▃▃▃                                                   ╰─╯ ╰─╯ 
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  •               Previously, Anal Nation had denied the legitimacy of            
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  •        <+|vae|> sweet, but unless this lappy is comp'd there was        
  •  ╭─╮╭─╮                                                              ╭─╮╭─╮ 
  • .╱┴─┴╲. fuck all in it, lold.                                      .╱┴─┴╲.
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  • ╰───────╯ <+|vae|> lold... being that information is never stored    ╰───────╯
  •  ╱╰───╯╲                                                              ╱╰───╯╲ 
  • ╭╲╱   ╲╱╮ remotely, cool.                                            ╭╲╱   ╲╱╮
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  • ╭╮╭╮╳╭╮╭╮ <+|vae|> doing admin shit on boxes != caring wtf userland  ╭╮╭╮╳╭╮╭╮
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  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│     As of yet, little is known about darkmage's true       │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│ motivations. All that we know about his efforts can be     │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│ summed up from his file dumps. I, for one, feel that the   │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮ users should decide for themselves what to make of these   │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮ bumbling, repetitive attempts to navigate bash. If you're  │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮ looking for proof, look no further, I humbly present to    │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮ you an EFNet Zine exclusive:                               │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│                                                            │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│     │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│ ./.                                                   ./.  │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│  w                                                     w   │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│ ./.                                                   ./.  │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│  w      log dumps:  https://pastebin.com/X8M1KAGd      w   │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│ ./.                                                   ./.  │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│  w           Anal Nation's CNC file system:            w   │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│ ./.                                                   ./.  │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│  w      http://trump.did911.com/vae.shit.tar.bz2       w   │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│ ./.                                                   ./.  │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│  w                                                     w   │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│ ./.                                                   ./.  │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
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  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│                                                            │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱                  4. JORDAN_O  DESK REVIEW                  │╲╱ ╲╱
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  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                             BY                             │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│     ╭───────╮╭───╮  ╭───╮╭───────╮╭───────╮╭───╮  ╭───╮    │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│            ││        ││       ││       ││            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│       ┏━┓  ││        ││ ┏━━━┓ ││   ╭───╯╰╮  └──┘  ╭╯    │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│       ┗━┛  │╰╮  └──┘  ╭╯│     ││        ╰╮      ╭╯     │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│             ╰╮      ╭╯  ┗━━━┛ ││   ╰─╮    ╰╮    ╭╯      │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│       ╭────╯  ╰─╮  ╭─╯         ││   ╭─╯    ╭╯    ╰╮      │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│                        ╭─╮  ││        ╭╯      ╰╮     │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                           ││   ╰───╮╭╯  ┌──┐  ╰╮    │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│   ╭─╮                      ││       ││            │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│   ╰────╯         ╰──╯    ╰──╯ ╰──╯╰───────╯╰───╯  ╰───╯    │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐  │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│ └──┬─┬─────────────────────────────────────────────┬─┬──┘  │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│               https://imgur.com/a/wWBcp5e              │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                        │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│                                                        │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│      off jump that carpet look like he popped 4        │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│                                                        │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│      bags of popcorn and dumped the shit all           │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│                                                        │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│      over the floor for a carpet. That desk look       │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│    └─┘                                             └━┘     │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│        like he came up off a storage shed lick and         │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮                                                            │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱ took the first table in that bitch. Table smelling like it │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│                                                            │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱ died twice from second hand smoke at a poker night event.  │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│                                                            │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│ Keyboard from photo looks decently cleaned.                │╲╱ ╲╱
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  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│     Looks like some kind of waffle maker maybe on the top  │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│ of the Beastie Boys book. Under that Beastie Boys book     │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│ looks like some vhs tapes, is that a maxwell vhs behind    │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│ the Rick and Morty cup? Thats all ye boi pyrex got from    │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│ this photo, shouts out all my did nine one one niggas n my │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│ EFNet niggas, yall know who you is. gdk fuck all the fuck  │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│ sll the fuckin oppz, die y, free my nigga trey5 until its  │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│ fuckin backwards, long live my blood jmunna. gang gang     │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│ 2-4 14 4 L                                                 │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
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  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│              5. CLOSING REMARKS, WITH RONDITO              │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
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  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│                                                            │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│     saltgang2 has a girlfeind alreadu so he fucks also     │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮ vap0r tho u r NOTORIOUS FRMVR DRYO\IT IS FLEAR TO ANTONE   │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│ OUR IRC GSNGS ARE FUCKING COOL OH YEAH I LIEK PORT80       │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│ ECVEPT THST FGS PDYMSDYRT, DUNO EVEN KNO WHY< JUST ANOYING │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│ GUY: non chatting pussies, dos for revene from high        │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│ school? guess what i got a pretty big dick HIS ASN OFICIAL │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│ SALT ANG NENO CINUNATIONC though it is just a              │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│ communication to irc as if no one know who was doing the   │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│ attacking, blming civil, cm on.                            │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│                                                            │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│                            ▄   ▄ ▀▀▄▄         ▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▀▀▀▀▀▄▄╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│▄▄▀▀░ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▄▄   ▀ ▄▄▀▀▀█▄    ▄█   ▄▄ █    ▄▄█▀▀    ▄▄▄▀▀▀▄▄ ▀▄ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮▄▄       ▀▀▀▀▀▀▄ ▀▄ ▄▀       ▀▀▄ █      ▀ █ ▄█▀  ▄ ▀           ▀  █ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ▄█▀             ▀    █ ▄▀     ▀▀▄ █  ▄▀      ██░                ▄▄▀  █ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ██  ▄  ▄         ▄▀ ▄█ ▀          █  ▀       █▓                     █ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱  ▀█▄    █▄▄▄▄     ▄░█      ▐▀█     █        ▄▀ ▀█▄   ▄   ▄▄▄      ▄▀ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ █╮╭▀█ ▄   ▀▀▀▀███▀▀ █ █    ▐▄ ▌    █  ▓     █  ▄▄▀▀▀██   █▄▀▀▀▀▀▀│╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ │ ▀▀▀▄▄▄▄    ▀▀▄█ ▀     █▄▀     █ ▓     █▀▀     █░    █  █   │ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭▄▄█▀▀▀  ▄ ▀▀▀▀▄  █▓ ▄    ▄▄▀▌     ▄ ▓         ▓ ██     █      │╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ▄█▀        ▀  ▄▀    █ █    █  █     █▄  ▓        ▄▀█ █    █  ▀  │ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ▀█▄     ▄          ▓█▓ █   ▐  ██     █ ▄  ▄▄▀▀▀▀▀░  █ ▀ ▄█▀     │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱▀▀▄▄   ▀        █▀▀█  ▄   █  ▀█▄▄█▀  ▀▀▀       ▀   ▀█▓ ▀      │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│  █ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀░ ▓    ▀█ ▀ █▀    ▀▀  █   ▀▀      ▓     ▓  ▀     │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│ ▄         ▄ ░      ▀█ ▓         ▄           ▀              ▄╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│ ░                     ░                     ▄     ░        ▓╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│    ░        ▀         ▄         ▓                 ▄        │╲╱ ╲╱
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  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│                      6. EMI's FAREWELL                     │╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ 
  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│     I expect that most readers will remember our dear      ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱                                                            │╲╱ 
  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│ friend Emily. For those that don't know, the context of    ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ 
  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│ this poem is that it is composed from various acronyms she │╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ 
  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│ submitted in #acro. This zine wouldn't be complete without ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ 
  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│ making some space to pay our respects. Rest In Peace Emi.  │╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ 
  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│                                                            │╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ 
  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│                        why deny it?                        │╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ 
  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│                  drank my piss, didnt die                  │╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ 
  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│                      resentful of life                     │╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ 
  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│               the lawyer really doesn't know               │╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ 
  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│                       ask xartet why                       │╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ 
  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│                  got existential questions                 │╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ 
  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│                     did yer dad get fat?                   │╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ 
  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│                      ey, you internet?                     │╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ 
  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│                   did anyone offer an egg?                 │╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ 
  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│                  just live life quietly, k?                │╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ 
  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│             question everything... lose blinders           ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱│                                                            ╲╱ 
  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│                try cheating.. expect triumph               │╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ 
  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│               incidentally, I YOLO all evening             │╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ 
  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│                   actually, its interesting                ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ 
  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│                     our deranged thinking                  │╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ 
  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│               rejected nerd blames his autism              │╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ 
  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│                      Howard Hughes vision                  │╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ 
  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│                   now producing fine trance                │╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ 
  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│              can handle acroing in an avalanche            │╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ 
  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│                      passing some time                     │╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ 
  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│                     call now I'm online                    │╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ 
  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│                   did I dream about acro?                  │╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ 
  •  ╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮│                stop asking. we're doing fine!              │╭╮╭╮╭╮╭╮ 
  •  ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ 
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  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│                ╭╮  ╭╮ ╷.┼╭╮                                │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                 ╭╯├╯╭┤╽│╰╮                                │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│                ╰╯│ ╰╯╰╯                                   │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│       ╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍                         │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│                                                            │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│      This Zine would not be                                │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│                                                            │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│   possible without                                         │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│                                            ░░              ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│  contributions from chatters              ░░░░             ╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮                                          ░░░░░░            ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱ like you. Firstly, big                  ░░░░░░░░           ╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮                                         ░░░░░░░░           ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱ thanks to everyone who                   ░░░░░░            ╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│                                           ░░░░             ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│  contributed articles or art:              ░░              │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│                                                            │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│    rondito, trax, Emi, darkmage,                           │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│                                                            │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│     and nance (who did the salt                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│                                                            │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│        tag on page 10) I believe                           │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│            ╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍                       │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│             poccri did the original $3 VPS ascii           │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│           which i ripped off and redid.                    │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│          ╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍             │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│          Secondly, I want to show my                       │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│          appreciation to the people who                    │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│          encouraged me to release this:                    │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│          pcap, sniff, nesipice, pyrex,                     │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│           beenz, L0j1k, trax, bluesoul and                 │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│           doodles.                                         │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│                                                            │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│            gr33tz to: Civil, irc.did911.com                │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│            #estrogen, #tcpdirect, #saltgang,               │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│             #h4x, #5letters, anji, bopadoo,                │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│            ╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍╍             │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│             jewbird, #JRH, kayos, kossy, lek,              │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│             nevar, pRrp, rebirth and xartet.               │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│                                                            │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            ╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│                         -FIN-                              │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
  • ╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮│                                                            │╭╮╭╮ ╭╮╭╮
  • ╲╱ ╲╱│                                                            │╲╱ ╲╱
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