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dexion x-mas conference
the conference takes place on the
h0jstrup school in odense, denmark,
from the 26th to the 29th of december
the conference starts at 13.00
o'clock on the first day and ends at
12.00 o'clock at the last day.
it is a conference for both, amiga
and c-64, but held in two seperate
halls. and as a special service for
all travellers we have arranged a
booking arrangement. what!? - yes
you can order space for your group
to be sure that you get a good place
to set up your hardware. (ed:like in
venlo)
of course competitions are the main
issue and there will be plenty of
those too: on the amiga the best
demo, music, animation, picture and
kick-off-player. on the c-64 the
best demo. but only no prereleased
things can compete.
due to problems at other meetings,
alcoholic drinks are not allowed in
the halls, so - if you wanna party,
go downtown & check odense by night!
at the conference we have a kitchen
where you can buy coke, food, chips,
floppy disks and a lot of other stuff
- at fair prices of course. the
kitchen is open every day from 8.00
to 2.00 o'clock. in the kitchen you
also can exchange your money.
the prices in the amiga
demo-competition are:
1. $1000 us dollar
2. $ 500 us dollar
3. $ 200 us dollar
4.-10. a box of chocolate bars
the prices in the c-64
demo-competition are:
1. $ 500 us dollar
2. $ 300 us dollar
3. $ 100 us dollar
4.-10. a box of chocolate bars
some economial facts: if you send a
letter to us stating some necessary
facts before the conference you only
have to pay 60 dkr. for the entrance,
otherwise it's 100 dkr. if you send
us a letter, this should be included:
1. what computer type you bring along
2. the group name
3. ammount of persons arriving
4. nationality
5. postal code/town and...
6. approx. arrival time.
the adress: h0jstrupskolen
rismarksvej 80
5200 odense v.
denmark
when you are by train you can take
the bus outside the railway station.
it's bus number 23 or 24, you have to
ask the driver to help you getting
off nearby the school. (ed:i wonder
if they understand english?!)
it's at the "tarup center". when you
leave the bus you have to pay the
driver 9 dkr. you can also take a
taxi, it costs approximately 70 dkr.
if however you travel by car then
leave the highway at 53 (odense v,
lufthaven, blommenslyst), turn to-
wards odense and look for the signs.
problems? dexion hq
questions? poste restante
or registration? dk-5000 odense c
the starbyte x-mas-party-review:
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yes we were present on the starbyte
x-mas party 1990. starbyte is a well-
known german software-developing
company, they started with some well-
known games too, like leonardo,
rings of medusa, table tennis, but
their new games are one of the best
like trans world, lords of doom,
inve$t, or their newest crime time.
so you see, a company which produces
quality games.
the party took place in bochum, where
the company's office-rooms are and
which were prepared for a quite at-
mospheric x-mas party.
many people were invited, mostly
members of the company, free-lancers
but also just good friends.
here is a short list of the present
ones, like: dieter mueckter and wife,
thomas koncina and girl-friend, all
digital marketing, some asm prolls,
sebastian broghammer & steve kups/
byteriders, zaz/ex elite, norman
anhut, veto (painter,trans world),
arnd (starbytelogo), peter and me
(gotcha) and many more...
but there were a lot more invited but
did not come like mario v.zeist,
walter konrad, etc etc...
when the party started, steve was the
first at the buffet-table, which was
was stuffed very well by the female
members of starbyte (marvellous, i've
never eaten such good non identifi-
catable stuff, burp !!). luckily
steve has not eaten all but not so
for the beer i suppose! hehe...
also luckily zaz came later ( i mean
for the buffet) who got a little bit
fat in the last time...
anyway, the meal was not the only
attraction this evening, but it was
the best as i said before.
later every invited person could
fetch an x-mas present under the tree
and they had a lot of amiga-originals
laying there to and everybody was
allowed to take as much as he could
carry... (mh,i guess not, but i did!)
peter took even more, you couldn't
see his face when he took the big
pile of his selected games... haha
we had some nice talks to the people
there and again with a guy who said
my graphics would be shit, he would
be the non+ultra, the best, bob
stevenson would be a wimp and there
would be no artist who could mess
with him... yuk! funny indeed.
although the beer wasn't emptied so
far, peter decided to drive back
home as we had school the next day,
shit! well, i enjoyed it though!
...signed...dario
the highscore-tv-show report:
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the show started 18.30 o'clock on
saturday the 24.11.1990, but peter,
magic man and i (gotcha) were there
already 14.30 o'clock, because we
were invited to take part in the show
as it was said that we would be one
of the winners in their demo-compe-
tition. ok, we knew we would be the
first on 64, but there also was red
sector on the amiga with their demo
'cebit 90' and if you know this piece
you can imagine that we didn't ex-
pect to have a chance...
so, we were introduced how, where and
where to we had to walk, stand or
talk during the show. hard work for
a non-film-star! (ehem...)
anyway, we bared all their commands
and tried to act well.
we, that means: the programmer of the
demo 'cebit 90' for red sector, me,
gotcha for crazy with 'that's design'
and a postman for the atari st, who
didn't dare to come, cause if you had
seen his demo, you would understand,
uurghh!
the show began and for me it was from
the beginning on clear, that we would
take the second place.
our first act in the camera was, when
the demo was introduced to the spec-
tators. yes you really could have
seen 'herbertzan' on tv! (i wonder if
they recognized it as an anti-demo?!)
so every demo was shown on tv, not in
it's whole length of coz, but our
demo was shown longest of 'em all,ha!
so we had to go over, out of the au-
dience (live-show!) direct to the
show-masseuse ute welty and introduce
the demo. puh, i imagine the feeling
i had firstly in a spot light, yuk!
ok, everyone got a box full of new,
really new software and had to take
place again.
after their lame programm, near the
end, the winner over all computers
was announced. he could take the 1.
prize home, a pc on which the game
'leisure suit larry' was coded, by
al low! worth $4000. well at least
that was the price the highscore-guys
payed for it.
so, we stayed in a row, left from me
the red sector freak on the other
side this funny postman, who always
said: 'i hope this will be over soon'
and then ute opened the envelope,
where the winner's name stood in...
you can't imagine, if you hear
y o u r name in tv, all the people,
uuuuuh... and i never thought we
would win! no really, i don't under-
stand it until today! but one thing
i'm proud about is that we won
against atari st (shit) and even the
amiga!!! good feeling! the pc is fine
of coz too! hehe...
now, the show was over and magic man
wanted home, coz he had a headache.
we decided to put the pc into peter's
car and take a fast-meal at
mc donalds. and guess what, there
were the red sector-freaks, boasting
around when we entered, but soon
went home by train, imagine, they
came the long way, expecting to win,
as the amiga would have no competitor
but what happened, the little c-64
beats the big boss amiga, hahaha!
after the meal at mc donalds, i got a
bad feeling (in my stomach this time)
and we celebrated till late in the
night...
...and they lived happy after...
the crusade + shape party
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the party takes place in switzerland
on the 22nd and 23rd of december.
the town's name is grenchen, the
entrance fee is 10 sfr (ca $7)
following things are promised...
* a bar with cheap beer available
* a demo- and drinking competition
* a shop, kiosk and phonebox nearby
* for further informations call
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