-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- AQUATICA NEWSLETTER - http://www.supersoaker.cjb.net -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Volume #1 Preview Issue March 11th, 2000 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- TABLE OF CONTENTS A: ABOUT THE NEWSLETTER 1 - About the Newsletter 2 - About Aquatica B: ARTICLES 1 - Welcome to the Aquatica Newsletter - Bob Garces 2 - History of Aquatica - Nick Lowe 3a- Brief History of Aquatechnology - Bob Garces 3b- Brief History of The Aqua-Nexus - Nick Lowe C: OTHER 1 - Advertisements 2 - Contact Information/Reader Input 3 - Subscribe/Unsubscribe 4 - Sponsors 5 - Thank You's -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Please note, this special preview issue of the Aquatica Newsletter is an introduction to the Newsletter Idea and the Organization (and it's founders) behind it: Aquatica, The Spirit of the Super Soaker.. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=A=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 1. About the Newsletter Designed to bring back to life the long passed spirit of the Soaked Newsletter, The Aquatica Newsletter delivers what the Soaked Newsletter in the Spring/Summer of 1998. The Aquatica Newsletter was created by fans, built by fans and done for fans, and will be released Between 1 to 4 weeks apart, depending upon the flow of information. If you would like to contribute or become a reporter to the Aquatica Newsletter, Send us an Email. Our Address is "aquaticanews@yahoo.ca" There is more information on Submitting below in Section C-2. ------------------------------- 2. About Aquatica Formed by the Webmasters of Aquatecnology and The Aqua-Nexus in September of 1999, The Aquatica Organization is set to deliver the best of service possible to the Struggling Super Soaker Onilne Community. With a Webring and Photo-Database for young websites, a Yahoo Club for discussing items on your mind, and a Newsletter to give what every SuperSoaker-Phile wants, INFORMATION, Aquatica keeps up it promise to let the Super Soaker Online Community See Progress, See Service, and See Updates... =SEE AQUATICA= http://www.supersoaker.cjb.net ------------------------------- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=B=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 1. Welcome to The Aquatica Newsletter First off, welcome to the first edition of the Aquatica Newsletter. This newsletter is made possible through the efforts of Nick "SuperSoakerWarrior" Lowe and Bob "Aquatechnology" Garces, both of whose love of SuperSoakers has led to the growth of their own websites as well as the formation of Aquatica Club/Webring and now Newsletter. (See the following sections for the histories of Aquatica, Aquatechnology and Aqua-Nexus) The intent of the newsletter is to provide yet another source of information to the online SuperSoaker fan. However, unlike websites, the Newsletter is to be made up of articles gathered from many individuals who have ideas or information they wish to share but may be too long for a typical Aquatica Yahoo Club posting. The strength of the newsletter will rely heavily on the quality of articles received. Anyone is welcome to submit articles (see below for contact information). However, articles will be checked for basic grammar, spelling, and potentially edited to remove any swearing or other socially-questionable language. This initial newsletter is primarily to welcome you to the Aquatica Newsletter email list as well as to give you an idea of the format the newsletter will take. Our intent is a new Newsletter will be sent out every one to two weeks depending on the frequency and quality of articles received. See Progress. See Service. See Updates... =SEE AQUATICA= ------------------------------- 2. History of Aquatica Late one night, The webmaster of Aquatechnology asked the webmaster of The Aqua-Nexus if they would sign on under a joint project, a place with webring free of old dead sites, bogging down the flow of information from newer thriving sites. A Place for the Super Soaker Online Community to Flourish through their efforts. A Place where they can See Service, See Progress, See Updates.. Nexus Agreed. On September 22nd, 1999, "Aquatica: The Spirit of the Super Soaker" Was born. Development started on Aquatica immediately with the inception of the Aquatica Webring, Aquatica Yahoo Club, and the Aquatica Homepage at http://members.tripod.com/winkyweirdow/, a former location of the Aqua-Nexus from Early May to Early June of 1999. Many cold months passed, Pages signed up to the Webring, Members signed up to the Yahoo Club. The Incoming surge of Traffic surrounding the Debut of the 2000 Soakers on SuperSoaker.Com increased the attention that Aquatica was getting with the Super Soaker Online Community, and even in the off season, It passed the 500 Message mark from its creation date in late September 1999. Today, Aquatica still has a long way to go, but with the dawn of the next generation of soaking, Aquatica is there to aid in the newly inspired soaking fan, new and old alike. Aquatica is here for the needs of the fan, with the Yahoo Club, Aquatica Webring, and this newsletter, you can be much assured that you will See Service, See Progress, See Updates... =SEE AQUATICA= http://www.supersoaker.cjb.net ------------------------------- 3a. Brief History of Aquatechnology The Aquatechnology website (http://www.globalserve.net/~harlequin/Aquatech/) founded during the summer of 1998. With passion in both webdesign and in SuperSoakers, Aquatechnology was born with little fanfare but with high aspirations. The year, 1998, was the teething year of Aquatechnology. With virtually no one knowing its existence, hits were rare. By 1999, Aquatechnology grew in its online presence adding numerous SuperSoaker reviews, Tips and Tactics, etc. It was also incorporated into the SuperSoaker webring. The motto, "Leave NO one dry!", was adopted as a phrase to identify Aquatechnology. By mid-summer, Aquatechnology began its next phase of evolution as Flash movies were used instead of still images for the main page. In autumn, Aquatechnology was further modified, having most of its menus converted into Flash movies as well as undergoing site-wide colour unification. For the year 2000, each subsection had a icon created to act as a reference when on a specific page. This site upgrade was released a couple of weeks prior to the year 2000 for personal reasons. A few changes were also made to Aquatechnology since the start of the year 2000. A fifth section known as Soaker World was added such that all submitted work could be compiled in one area. The most recent change to Aquatechnology was the merging of the titlebar with the sidemenu on all pages to make room for more content on a single page. At present, Aquatechnology enjoys a nice stream of hits and emails from Supersoaker fans worldwide. Aquatechnology's strength relies both on its visitors and on its affiliation with Aqua-Nexus to form the Aquatica project. As time goes on, Aquatechnology will continue to grow and evolve in hopes to keep up with the needs of the online Supersoaker world. Leave NO one dry! ;) For more information on the history of Aquatechnology, visit: http://www.globalserve.net/~harlequin/Aquatech/ ------------------------------- 3b. Brief History of The Aqua-Nexus Aqua-Nexus (http://www.aquanexus.cjb.net), though big, and quite popular, has only been around since the Spring of 1999.. The Nexus started as a small site called "The Super Soaker Classics", Created April 1st 1999. At the time I was working on another website - Winky's Voltron Site, a site about the Cartoon, and the Super Soaker page never was intended to be my main focus, but, when the Super Soaker Classics entered the Super Soaker Webring, it quickly dominated my focus. The Super Soaker Classics gave way to the Canada-World Soaker League Super Soaker Website in May, which was later Renamed "AQUA-NeXuS" and Quickly prospered from the Name change. The Super Soaker Connection has gone through several changes since then, the Addition of new sections like the Nexus NewsWire, Information Station, The Detailed Benchmark System, The Great Flash Update of November 11th 1999, and the Recent overhaul on February 22nd, The "Little Upstart Site that could" quickly took it's place among the Great Super Soaker sites of the Online Communtiy. Remember, you can always stay up to date between newletters with the Nexus Newswire, Reporting the News of Super Soakers online since May 1999. Today, Aqua-Nexus is proud to be a member and Co-Founder of the Aquatica organization, and hopes to do its best for serving Aquatica and the online Super Soaker Community. ------------------------------- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=C=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 1. Advertisements Visit Aquatica Yahoo Club! - http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/aquatica Nexus Newswire on the Aqua-Nexus - Your Prime Source of Super Soaker Information ------------------------------- 2. Contact Information/Reader Input If you are interested in submitting a water fight or SuperSoaker related article for publication in the Aquatica Newsletter, send your email to: aquaticanews@yahoo.ca In your email, please let us know how you wish to be acknowledged (i.e. real name or alias) in the article and whether or not you wish your email to be included for contact purposes. All information you can send is very welcome. Remember, Aquatica is here for the needs of YOU, The Super Soaker Fan! Other Contact Info: Aquatica Homepage: http://www.supersoaker.cjb.net/ Aquatica Yahoo Club: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/aquatica/ Aqua-Nexus: http://www.aquanexus.cjb.net/ SSW email: winkyweirdow@netscape.net Aquatechnology: http://www.globalserve.net/~harlequin/Aquatech/ Aquatechnology email: robert@oci.utoronto.ca ------------------------------- 3. Subscribe/Unsubscribe Want to subscribe to the Aquatica Newsletter? Visit the Newsletter section of the Aquatica Website - "http://www.supersoaker.cjb.net". If you want to unsubscribe from this Newsletter, there should be information about it at the bottom. OR Send us an Email asking to unsubscribe at "aquaticanews@yahoo.ca". ------------------------------- 4. Sponsors Listbot - Thanks for the Mail List Server. Aqua-Nexus and Aquatechnology - Co-Founders of Aquatica ------------------------------- 5. Thank You's Larami - For the Awesome Line of Super Soakers.. Soaked Newsletter - For Pioneering the Super Soaker Newsletter. ------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Stay Tuned for the first issue of the Aquatica Newsletter, this weekend... --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Aquatica" Copyright 1999, 2000 Aqua-Nexus/Aquatechnology "Aqua-Nexus" Copyright 1999, 2000 Aqua-Nexus "Aquatechnology" Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000 Aquatechnology