The Link 13 OZ Party

           THE MAKING OF THE
      AUSTRALIAN SCENE PARTY 1993


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hello dudes, this is GIORGIO ARMANI/TSR
on the keyboard typing up the party
report. this was 2am 18th july 1993.

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        A COMPLETE PARTY REPORT

after months of preparation by me and
others helpers, we TSR showed them it
could be done. when many other groups
have said about getting a party together
in the past that never evenuates, TSR
made one that promised to be the best.
and it was...

the party invitation was sent 3 months
prior to the party. the aim was to
gather potential support. more than 40
people responded with interest. however
only 80% of those actually made it!


for a while there was worries of cash
flow problems as well as finding a
suitable venue. originally the PENRITH
WELLINGTON CENTRE was thought to be the
place for the party. however, towards
the end, they changed their price from
$100 for 2 days to $100 for 4 hours! and
this was 2 weeks before the party date!!

fortunately, we found another place at
the SYDNEY ROOTY HILL SCOUT HALL for a
reasonable price. the venue was
accessible by train. people were allowed
to stay overnight. there were toilet,
cooking facilities, hot-water as well
as heaters. not to mention being 3 mins
to the shops, opposite to tennis and
squash courts and reserves, this was the
perfect place for the party.

one week before the party, confirmations
were sent. monies for the party flowed
in all the way to the night before the
party. it was alot of work to be done
but it was all worth it.

on the day on the 17th at 7am, i being
the organiser, arrived at the hall to
set up the place. there were fancy
COMMODORE signs hanging all around the
hall. not bad for some lies at the world
of commodore sydney to convince
COMMODORE to give us those decorations.

between 9-10am, people slowly arrived
and set up their machines. ALCHEMY/TSR
and his friends brought along four
computers. thanks ben! MEGAZZAP/TSR
brought plenty of tables for the party.
great thanks to you greg. and of course
everyone else brought their latest warez
for a messive copying session.

in all there was 31 people attended the
party.
my thanks to those who supported this
party - my first attempt of this
magnitude in the scene. the sceners who
were there includes: (not in any order)

GIORGIO ARMANI/TSR    UPTONOGOOD/TSR
MEGAZZAP/TSR          INCUBUS/EX-TSR
CRUZE/LITHIUM         ALCHEMY/TSR
GOP/FURY              DR. FATE/LITHIUM
LOGIC/TSR             ARSENAL/IBM SCENE
STEVE/TSR             TBH/MSR-LITHIUM
DEADBONE/BREEZE D.    8-BALL/CURE
CAINE/EX-HYPE         SHOCKER/BATTERY
DNA/EX-LITHIUM        MORBID/REBELS
IMAGE/EX-ADDICTS      IMPACT/AMIGA SCENE
WITTY               MATTHEW DANIEL/AMIGA
STROBE              MARK BEATTIE/AMIGA
FADE/LITHIUM        TROY KELLY/AMIGA
SOLE TRADER

visitors:

HEXHACKER/TERA      SNOOP/TERA
METRO/BREEZE D.     PAUL COOK


as you can see, there were quite a few
well-known oz sceners turned up.
NEPTUNE/TSR was absent from the party
which his ticket went to MORBID/REBELS.
the first day of the party was mainly
to show off warez of the latest.
although copying was underway not long
after lunch. sceners mingled among
themselves as if they were friends for
life!

UPTONOGOOD and STEVE/TSR bought along
a videocorder to capture all the
actions. no doubt, others did the same
with their cameras. there were the
TSR shot, the LITHIUM shot, the MISC.
sceners shot, the leaders shot, the
TSR-LTM friends again shot, the oldies
shot, etc......
my mag (the first TSR PAPERMAG) called
INTERFACE was also released at the party
with great response. you see, i brought
along 40 copies and they were all gone.
there wasn't even that many people at de
party! this first edition of INTERFACE
was produced with an ibm and a
postscript laser printer. an upcoming
issue will guaranteed to be released
as a result of this positive response.

LITHIUM released another issue of their
disk mag FORM. STROBE AND WITTY (now
groupless and looking for a euro crew)
released a demo called STEAM. STEAM was
entered in the demo competition and won
first. congratulation!

for dinner, there were plans to go to
SIZZLER. but as we arrived 7pm, we saw
200 people waiting outside to be seated.
the thought of a long wait was too
overwhelmed for MEGAZZAP and i that we
decided to hit on MCDONALDS! others
went to pizza hut and takeaways. of
course, we terrorised all these places.
as the sky went dark, couple of sceners
went to the local telephones to phreak
to their europian friends. they succeed
in getting through to some while
fucking up other phones completely.
by morning, not one phone in the entire
district was working. and there were at
least 2 telecom trucks fixing the
problems on that sunday morning. THANKS
GUYS! (FROM THE ROOTY HILL PEOPLE)

still they never stop cos clicking went
for the second day as well. by then
some sceners who weren't as competent
of clicking mastered the trade. this
would be valuable lessons for them i'm
sure. i'm just glad that no one was
caught.

the second day of the party was quieter
than the first day as many sceners did
not sleep during the whole night. 8-BALL
and SHOCKER went out to the city before
9pm and came back in the morning. there
were quite a few zombies in the morning
who were still glued to their computer
screens.

but there's nothing caffines cannot fix
up!

after 10 am, the place was alive again
thanks to the nestle coffee. there was

alot of copying going on like there
was no tomorrow. CRUZE/LITHIUM came in
the morning with about 300 amiga disks
and went home with at least 150 filled!
i hope he's pleased with the result.

in the afternoon, the competition was
on. first, there was the graphics
competition. DEADBONE/BREEZE D. who
promised to come back on time never did.
so he missed out. there were 3 entries
from MEGAZZAP/TSR, WITTY and GOP.

then, there was the music competition
which had 6 entries from MORBID, ALCHEMY
FADE, NEPTUNE, GOP and WITTY. just to
mention that WITTY'S ENTRY was only a
joke he said! and you can see why when
you look at the votes below.

after that, we went on with the demo
competition. TBH entered 2 entry while
STROBE entered STEAM.

finally, there was the lucky draw for
everyone attended the party. the prize
is a pack of 10 3.5" high dense
misubishi disk worth $40. the draw was
won by MORBID/REBELS which he later sold
to LOGIC/TSR for $10!!!
the competition results were:

DEMO COMPETITION:

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    name           entry   votes prize
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1st STROBE & WITTY STEAM     20  $50
2nd TBH            BOBS       5  $30
3rd TBH            GFX INTRO  1  10 disk
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the results were apparent as STEAM was
far superior with more work. the vectors
were very nice. congrats to STROBE.
GRAPHICS COMPETITION:

    name         entry   vote prize
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1st MEGAZZAP/TSR BEAST    38  $40
2nd WITTY        STEAM    36  $20&10disk
3rd GOP/FURY     THE GATE 22  10 disks
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MEGAZZAP won by a slim margin of two
votes. WITTY could have won if he didn't
lose his compo gfx on the day. the STEAM
entry wasn't meant to be entered! it was
good effort from GOP too. anyway, well
done everyone. well done.
MUSIC COMPETITION:
    name          vote prize
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1st MORBID/REBELS  55  $40
2nd ALCHEMY/TSR    53  $20 & 10 disks
3rd FADE/LITHIUM   34  10 disks
4th NEPTUNE/TSR    33    -
5th GOP/FURY       31    -
6th WITTY           1    -
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lots of response from musicians. MORBID
won which was no surprise. the others
were also quite close showing diverse
talent. congrats to ALCHEMY and FADE
especially cos its their first tune ever
it was fair results. no smuggled votes
cos i made sure of that! no cheating
or buying votes. the competition results
for the first in all categories are
fairly obvious anyway!

the competition had been a success
looking at the number of entries
entered. the number of entries was also
helped by a boost of prize money which
attracted late entrants.

the party ended at 7pm sharp. that was
when DEADBONE decided to turn up. no
kidding! maybe he'll learn not to do
graphics too late at night so that he
can get up during daytime. all went
well at the packing and closing of the
party. the party had met everyone's
expectation. everyone had walk away with
what they wanted whether that's
FRIENDSHIP, WAREZ, COMPO, OR JUST PURE
FUN.

anyway, many people encouraged me to
prepare for the next party. i think i'll
have a well-deserved break first. i must
say i've had all the fun of doing it.
hopefully i can expect a greater
response at the next TSR PARTY as people
spread the good words about this one.
i'm not sure when the next one be. but
i think it'll be either OCTOBER or
JANUARY. ok, that's all from me. thanks
to all the people who supported me.
thanks to PAUL COOK of the rooty hill
scouts for the hall. thanks to god for
the sunny day. and finally thank you
to you sceners for making the scene
all very worthwhile! without the scene
i wouldn't know there are that many
great people all around australia.
thank you. thank you once again.
sweet dreams!
                  GIORGIO ARMANI/TSR...