This is kayozz here, kayozz? who the hell is that.. heh i bet a lot of you are asking the exact same question, well.. it doesnt really matter who i am, the question at hand is, where is the scene headed these days? .. and the answer seems to be "eye yam a ereet dewdle" The frame of mind of todays artist have DRASTICALLY changed over the past couple of years, i myself have only been here about a year but have noticed a hugh change in how the scene is. its not about art anymore, its not about releasing a pack, its all about who has more power then the other guy, and thats the kind of attitude that is brining the scene down from the inside. What we need to do is find the root of the scene, which is bbs. Think back to when you first started drawing? was it to be "elite"? HELL NO, it was because you wanted to get leech on some warez bbs, or you wanted to get into your favorite group, and didnt it make you feel so good when you drew an ansi or ascii and the next day you call the bbs, and sure enough its right there? didnt it just make you want to draw all day? i bet it did.

Now things have changed, somewhere along the line people lost the whole idea on what the scene, ansi, ascii, whatever was. and it was for FUN.. yeah you heard me, not $10 a 23-liner, not $5 a font, FUN!@ and thats the way it should be now. no more of this i am too elite to draw for you attitude, the scene should be about fun about friends, not about who is more elite. of more people would just shut the hell up and draw instead of just bitching about how the scene is dying, we would all be much better off.

Maybe one solution is to start putting up Telnet bbs, it would give the scene a reason to draw, and a place we could all call "home", a place where the scene could once again thrive, a place where your art would a actually be USED, how many times have you drawn an ansi or ascii for someone half way around the world?? you'll never know if he used it or not, and that is another reason why the scene is dying, lack of respect for people, and groups.

When a 'newbie' joins #ansi or #ascii they are usually kicked or banned at least, which in my opinion is the worst thing to do to t he scene, its like killing every baby that somene has, eventually all the people are going to die, and with no youth to fill the void, will surely die. For me, it was HELL trying to get into the scene, first being banned form #ansi, #ascii frequently by locals like Discofunk, Black Jack, Serial Toon and others for no reason other then they didnt know who i was. And with everyones attitude being "who is this lamer" i found myself pondering, why am i here anyways? .. It was really hard to actually 'get into' the scene, nowadays its all who you know and not how good you draw, ive seen artist worse then me join good groups strictly because of who they knew, and people pass up opportunitys to join a group saying "i dont draw" and a week later there in remorse or something.

What i suggest is we go back to the roots of the scene, drawing for the fun and love of it. enough of this i am more elite then you BULLSHIT and back to the "i like to draw so i will" attitude. if more people would just stop thinking "371373" and start thinking more pos- itivly the scene might once again thrive like the days of old.

i wrote this file in hopes that it MIGHT actually get through to some of you people that the scene is not just to be elite, but to HAVE FUN, and draw then maybe the scene can once again THRIVE like it once did, back before the idea of "eliteness" was put into every young artists head.

my two cents - Kayozz ( ruckus / extended play )