Domination 08 Party Runes
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* Party Runes * --------------------------------------- Featuring TP6 in Aars, information about x97-Take- over, Mekka+Symposium'97 and Siliconvention '97... On dec. the 26th it was 100% sure. I will move my ass to DK. After a long trip with some difficulties we arrived at the partyplace. 'The end of an era' it was called, but none at the party took notice of this in my opinion. This time the party was held from the 27th to the 29th of December in Aars. Planned were two halls with tables and a third one for sleeping. But as I thought before, too many people wanted to take part in the action, so that they took the third hall and filled it with tables to get more space for the party people. That was the first point, badly organised in my eyes. Over 3000 people and only one little hall in the town and some corner third hall to sleep in. Another point to mention is the fact that there were definatly not enough toilets. I the morning they were totally overcrowded. And if I had known that the door from the cafeteria to the partyhalls was not watched for, I would have not payed the admission, quite frankly. But this point was not the mistake of the organisers. As HEAVY HEAD stated, the owner of the cafe' did not allow to close this passage. But enough of this, as I all in all had my fun! With paying 250 crowns we were allowed to enter the partyplace. To the right you had the big screen, where the compos were shown in a good quality, I have to admit } ! The rest of the halls was full of computer- and hi-fi equipment, all those geeks brought with them Some of them used their stuff to code, paint and com- pose etc., but as seen on every party the most people were playing Doom, Duke Nukem 3D or games like this, watching porno giffs or crap like that. Why the hell couldn't they just stay at home and play it there? Probably they simply belong to these parties?!? They belong to this parties more than all those horny, pornowatching spankers, sitting slavering infront of their TV set. And the later the evening, the more per- vert the videos got. Fuck you! Damn idiots. When I wanna spank my weener, I do it at home! } Nevermind! Alcohol and drugs were forbidden, like at the DK parties before. Nevertheless we brought our dope and beer to the place and had it inside, without any of those red dressed guys noticing us doing so. Back to the point when I entered. As WEASEL told me that they will have their tables right infront of the big screen, I turned right, to have a look if they already arrived. They did! (Now the time has come to mention that WEASEL organised a bus to DK from Munich via whole Germany. Nice that some people do so! Applause from my side, Juergen }) I had some nice conversation and met alot of people, so that all the compos were held without me watching. } I enjoyed the atmosphere and 48 hours of action. The time for C64 demo competition was near and the around 200 C64 nerds streamed towards the screen. Also most of the other people were watching the competition and giving applause, sometimes rightly and sometimes they seemed not to know where e.g. pictures were scannned or pixled, if you know what I mean. The rankings of the competitions were like following: Demo: 1. Nine/REFLEX 1400 points 2. Triage / SMASH DESIGNS 1037 points 3. Daze / RESOURCE 504 points 4. Design Overdose / Xenon 492 points 5. Higher Love / Graffity 372 points 6. Cucumber Juice II / Hitmen 312 points 7. Noxious Visions / Coma 285 points 8. A box of toiletpaper / NoName 236 points 9. Starburst 10% / Padua 193 points 10. Killa Demo / Ultimate 163 points 11. Krinslorna from marse / Gnumuns inc. 156 points 12. Vibrations / Lepsi 116 points 13. Party Demo / Onslaught 113 points 14. 20 kb Demo / Ipsel 38 points 15. Fli-cycled / Hightech 33 points GFX: 1. Tyrant / THERAPY 378 points 2. Gizmo / ICEBIRD 341 points 3. Felidae / REFLEX 276 points 4. Deekay / Crest 260 points 5. Warp8 / Flash Inc. 258 points 6. Hardsequenzer / Dytec 242 points 7. Taper / Triad 210 points 8. Calamity / Smash Designs 185 points 9. Zsarnok / Therapy 177 points 10. Aeg / Smash Designs 146 points 11. Cupid / Hitmen / Padua 121 points 12. Rayden / AFL 1970 113 points 13. Splash / Resource 70 points Oxidy / Wrath Designs 70 points 15. Pollux / Independent 54 points 16. BugJam / Role 46 points 17. Joyride / Noice 38 points Sebaloz / Lepsi Developments 38 points 19. V.O. / Plush 22 points 20. Commander / Role 20 points Music: 1. Mitch&Dane / CREST 586 points 2. Bordeaux / ACRISE / XENON 536 points 3. Fuben / OXYRON 417 points 4. Jeff / Hype 330 points 5. Spinball / Excess 324 points 6. Gosh / Hack 'n Trade 297 points 7. Eco / Excess 206 points 8. Fanta / Oxyron 196 points 9. Sonic / Rozalla 184 points 10. Sundrom / Crest 157 points 11. Cyberbrain / NoName 134 points 12. Soney / Smash Designs 128 points 13. Metal Maniac / Dual Crew Shining 122 points 14. Simple / Role 63 points 15. Idefix / Smash Designs 57 points A word to the competitions: The demo 'Vibrations' by Lepsi Developments was not shown in full length, what causes a lower position in my opinion. The GFX-compo... hmm... decide by yourself which pictures are drawn!! music-compo: Everybody thought that JEFF would do the first place, but against the thoughts MITCH&DANE did it. And they got first with- out standing next to the voting PC guys, telling them whom to vote, like it is said about BORDEAUX! (Ed: Lame!) Some last words: If everything happens like it is planned, THE PARTY will take place again. Organised by other people, who will keep it alive and let not end the era! See you this year at the following parties: X-97 > Takeover ------------ The party will be held on 4th, 5th and 6th of april 1997. The party place will open on friday evening and will close on sunday afternoon. The party will be held in Eindhoven (not in Utrecht, like '95 and '96), the Nether- lands, in the Auditorium of the Technical University. Eindhoven is in the south of the Netherlands. Let me mention some of the partyfeatures: Besides a huge big-screen and some fat audio sys- tem, there will be a party-network, free internet access and live performances. The main partyhall is big enough for over 500 people and features in-house buffet and 24 hours coffee service. To find more information on X-97 send e-mail to: x97take(at)dds.nl or have a look at the official X97 www site at: http://www.hacom.nl/-jal/x97-takeover ftp: utopia.hacktic.nl/pub/c64/success-pc It is very likely that these pages are moved to http://www.tue.nl/x97-takeover in the near future..... Symposium&Mekka'97 --------------- Both parties will be held together this time. The event will take place from friday 28th to monday 31st of march 1997. The doors will be opened on the 28th at 12:00 cet. Everything will happen in the "Weidemarkhalle Fallingbostel" You are able to pay in advance and if you do, you are able to save 5,- DM for each person of you. For closer information about this, read the invitation note, or send e-mail to: amable(at)aol.com (Hardball/Amable) Some of the features: > Internet with terminals with irc and web access > an Ethernet network running with a big fileserver > 6*4 metres screen & Dolby Surround music system for the competitions > low price network equipment will be sold > live performances on the stage > lasershow + many other features.... Some info about the C64 compos: ----------------------- Equipment > New Sid-chip Action Reply MK6 1541 II disk drive Demo: max. size > 2 disk sides (5,25") max. time > 15 minutes Music: all formats are allowed. Executable file! GFX: all formats/modi are allowed. Executable file! no names and/or handles in the picture! For any further information contact: AEG/Smash Designs XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX Germany Phone: XXXXXXXXXXXXX www-page: XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX e-mail: XXXXXXXXXXXXX (CHAOTIC of Hitmen and Smash Designs) Siliconvetion'97 ----------- This party will be held at the same date as Symposium/ Mekka'97 will be held. That means it will be from 28th of march to 31st of march 1997. The party rooms will open friday 28th at 12:00 cet and will close 31st at 12:00 cet. Everything will take place in: Gemeinschaftszentrum Obervieland Alfred-Faust-Str.4 28277 Bremen/Germany Also to this party I will mention some of the points it features: > room for 200 people > powerful PA + two video beams > 10 hours Rave in the seperate disco (entrance free for party visitors) > C64 tune disco > several Internet terminals > food will be sold to fair conditions, but you are also allowed to bring your own food and drinks > you have to bring your own multipower sockets! Admission: 30,- DM If you pay in advance you can save 10,- per visitor. that means you only have to pay 20,- DM.... For more information about this or other questions read the invitation file or use either the following e-mail addy or the official www homepage: www.page: http://www.siliconvention.com e-mail: siliconvention(at)siliconvention.com So far for this times' Party Runes. In the next issue you will get information about other parties in 1997 like the "c:/97>" organised on C64 by HITMEN and OXYRON... Keep on partying in 1997 like it would be 1999! 1997, the year of the parties! Have fun, Faithfully yours TyRoN/HiTmEn STOP PRESS***STOP PRESS***STOP PRESS***STOP PRESS Hot of the drives we have recieved the X-97 Takeover invitation. Date: 4-6 April '97 Where: Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Organised by Success and The Ruling Company with Success PC and Nostalgia PC. The X-97 Takeover will take place at the Auditorium of the Technical University of Eindhoven in Eindhoven/NL. Doors open at the 4th of April'97 at 19:00 hours. Doors close at the 6th of April'97 in the afternoon. Party features: - Two adjacent halls, one party hall and once cinema like hall. - Room for 800 persons in the party hall (C64 and PC users will have seperate corners). -Huge competition screen in the compo hall. -MAJOR audio system in the hall. -Six FREE Internet terminals. -Party network connected to the Internet. -Seperate sleeping places (bring your sleeping bag). -5 minutes walk to the trainstation. -10 minutes walk to the shopping center. -Non-stop drinks/coffee supply. -Big FREE parking space. Entrance fee is HFL 45, (no foreign currency allowed, although we do exchange German paper money at a 1 DM - 1 HFL rate). Over 40 hours of non-stop partying, free voting disk (however a jury will judge on all C64 compos). Entries in: C64 demo, C64 graphics, C64 music. A standard Commodore 64 with a normal cartridge (eg; AR6, FC 3, KCS) and a 1541 drive conected to the 64 as device 8. The compo machine will most likely have an old sid chip, we might use 2 C64's (another one with a new sid chip) but don't count on it. Just make sure you can always add, when you submit your entry, if you have been using an OLD or NEW sid. Demo competition rules: -The demo must run 100 percent on the compo machine. -The demo must not have been spread/released before th competition. -Only one demo per group allowed. -No racism. -Time limit is 15 minutes, but if your demo gets too boring, the organisers keep the right to cut your demo short. You might want to include a 'press space' routine. -The demo will be released at X-97 Takeover. no exceptions. -At least one person of the participating group must be present at the X-97 Takeover. -The demo must be submitted before the deadline which will be announced at the party itself. -The demo mustbe submitted on a normal 5.25 inch disk, the disk will NOT be returned. -The organisers keep the right to disqualify an entry. Graphics competition rules: -Any graphics format allowed. -No animations. -The graphic must be in an executable C64 file. -The graphic must be submitted on a 5.25 inch disk, disks will not be returned. -The graphic must be submitted before the deadline. -Your entry must clearly state the artist and title. -Only one entry per artist is allowed. -The artist must be present at the party. -No racism allowed. -The organisers keep the right to disqulify an entry. -The graphic may not be released/spread/used before the competition. Music competition rules: -Any music format is allowed. -The music must be in an executable C64 file. -Your song will be played for 3 minutes maximum. -An OLD sid chip will be used. -Only one entry per musician. -The song must be submitted before the deadline. -The song must be submitted on a 5.25 inch disk, disks will not be returned. -The song may not have been used/spread/released before the competition. -The musician must be present at the party. -The entry must clearly state the composers name and a title. -The organisers keep the right not to play all submitted entries. The price money is dependable on the amount of people coming to X-97 Takeover, so we cannot give out any information on the prices yet. Hard/Software prices cannot be exchanged for money. General party rules: -Misconduct will NOT be tolerated! (this includes fighting, racism, facism, etc..). -The organisation and the University of Eindhoven cannot be held responsible for loss/damage to your personal belongings (this includes your personal equipment). -No smoking in the compo hall, smoking is allowed in the main hall. -No soft/hard drugs allowed inside the party place. -If you are too drunk, you will be removed from the party place. -The organisation has the right to refuse admittance to anyone. -No sleeping in the main hall. -Bring your own grounded electrical cables! How to get there: BY CAR Drive to Eindhoven (Centrum), after leaving the highway follow the signs "universiteit". Don't drive too fast, the road is PACKED with speed cameras. When you arrive at the University campus, follow the signs auditorium, you CAN'T MISS IT. There is loads of FREE parking space. BY TRAIN Take the train to Eindhoven - Central, at the station walk to the city buses and leave the station there. There you can see the University campus in the North East direction (check the big building with 'Technishce Universiteit' on it, mind you this is not the auditorium. Walk in that direction for 5 minutes. The auditorium is on your left. BY BUS from SWEDEN. F4cg are organising a bus trip to X-97, contact Newscopy/F4cg at: newscopy*algonet.se for further information. Make your reservations now: VIA INTERNET Use our online reservation form on the main X-97 Takeover Homepage: http://www.tue.nl/x97-Takeover VIA SNAIL/EMAIL We need: -Your real name -The number of people you are -Your handle reserving a place for -Your group name -How much computer/equipment -Your address and your friends will bring along -And if you are a C64 or a PC user Email the info to: tim *dds.nl - You can snailmail the info to: X-97 Takeover Peperstraat 54, 1502 Aj Zaandam, The Netherlands. If you use snailmail, you won't get any confirmation, so we suggest you use the online form on the main X-97 homepage. Your reservation will be valid at least until the 5th of April 13:00 hours. After that, we cannot guarantee a free place for you. Make your reservations as soon as possible, otherwise you might not have a spot. How to contact the organisers: If you have any questions concerning the X-97 send an email to: x97take*dds.nl The main homepage: http://www.tue.nl/x97-Takeover /===============\ | X-97 Takeover | \===============/