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Party in Russia: Phenomena and Synonyms
(For all bazaar am not, but for the Speccy answer)
A year ago, on FunTop'98 I for myself have decided that the
99th year will, undoubtedly, the last and decisive year for the
ZX-Spectrum as a platform in general, and as demo-machines in
particular. That is, people are prepared properly, will create
some doubt for the year as masterpieces and lammerskih works,
taking as a basis for REFRESH 'GOA, or the opposite, looking to
the future and pereplevyvaya design venerable scenery. The
whole thing will be collected together and shown us somewhere
in the late summer on something, proudly named demo-party. And
so will we all sit there, look at all these wonders of the
code, graphics, music and design, mess rooms work, to vote and
choose the best 2.3 demo, music, pictures from a list of worthy
contenders, along raspivaya insane amounts of alcohol and trash
everything.
However, the country decided in another way! Whether out of
despair, or just from the overflow of pride for their native
Muhosransk, Every self-respecting local leader spektrumistov
decided, well if does not organize his party, so cling to a
stranger. And had only to be the first robin in the movement of
"My City my party ", as dozens of others like them homo
sapiens'ov rushed for the keyboard to fill hollow texts
"rulezov 'future get-togethers, describing the most true
color'ah charms is their gathering / city / time. Then, as they
say, just give the people understand that it is possible more
than one party in a year, as he (in sense of the people) will
break his ass in order to see, but not Is there a stray
complimentary ticket!? Yes, yes, that ass! Not any there
genitals, anus or rectum ... I will call a spade a spade, and
those who fear such a lexicon simply can not read the below
written. Especially because of something pleasant to the ear in
this article, and a newspaper in general, no - is true and it's
always something to cut.
I shall start my argument with the late ... I mean, I was
immediately put you face the fact that if we had one party at
the end of the year, we It would have been able to see 12 demos
that are not so bad (in compared with E'96 / 97, FT'98). In
practice, we have an average of 3 demos on the basis of the 4
past demoparty and commentary here totally unnecessary! Of
course, you can ask me about the number of vodka and beer,
drunk by all of these get-togethers, and as if to prove that
this value is several times higher than that of other years
(since one year - one party). However, there is already someone
that!
A whole mess started with ....
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Chaos Constructions'999
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festiwali prowodyatsya dlya pidarasow ... my zhe
delali demoparty ... ty dazhe etogo ponyat 'ne
mozhesh ... scenery huewy ...
<nooonZen>
(Used as an epigraph piece log'a
SerzhSoft'a, who spoke on IRC channel # z80
with one of the organizers CC'999 - nooonZen'om)
St. Petersburg for centuries was a cultural and scientific
center Russia. Well, let not mine of the brain of the whole
country, but not City sodden workaholic-alcoholic. In addition,
a huge number of architectural monuments, cultural values and
simply beautiful places. Proximity (geographical) Europe has
led to availability of computer technology back in the days
when the whole Country pearl of programmable calculators. One
word city in all respects advanced. Not surprisingly, that
somehow a long time ago, probably after the next ASSEMBLY, cold
westerly winds in someone's head blew out the idea of domestic
demoparty. The disease progressed and in 1995 the year of our
country received her ENLIGHT, but still healthy then heads
computer community, Peter has established itself as a city
demoparty compatible.
That is why, when FUNTOP'98 already happened and nothing
further in the foreseeable buduyuschem no signs on our heads
fell "Aussie" Vsevolod Potapov, more familiar to us as
Random, father and founder of Concern Chaos - Group
known before on Speccy only single release of the game
Mystical. Having gained the trust of several network and about
network personalities, Random increasingly began to promote the
light demo party under the name Chaos Constructions. At first,
when possible conducting coincided with FT'98, all this sounds
like gibberish madman. After the postponement of the party on
December 98 th year The situation became clearer on the one
hand, and on the other, is even more absurd - something in our
country, in the middle December, so in St. Petersburg ...
Brr-r! Fuel to the fire poured unique in their style rules next
party - it is even could not be called machine translation!
Perhaps at this point even neveryaschie convinced that the
brains of this whole undertaking actually resides in another
country, or even another world.
CC'98, both summer and winter, very quietly hushed up - sort of
like there was nothing. Number of active friends, both former
and these master plans spektrumistov podkorektirovali
Potapova and behold the light appears CC'999 - summer demo
party for three platforms with an orchestra and a claim to the
slope. In February published the first rules and the process of
rolling uncontrollably to its denouement - 3 / 4 July 1999, the
year! Date party - this is the first sacred truth, some for
CC'999 - the third time, nobody of the organizers probably did
not want to lay an egg.
People (remember, folks - these are potential participants in
demo party) react to the announcement of CC'999 differently. In
general, blunt endorsement - Country used to live in thumb
groove, and if what that "uncle" says we should go to Peter,
then it so it is.
Individuals behave in a much more combative! For example, your
truly global company begins in the media
disinformation against CC'999, a scale and accuracy
hitting the target of this campaign probably hit everyone.
Having active support from a number of people (see above who are
people), I just wanted to do was to fail in this whole CC'999,
as Suddenly, first called me personally Random from Australia
(hurt probably), and secondly, I get access to Inet'u, where
long communicate both with the main organizer, and with the
whole crowd people who did not downright supportive CC'999.
Issue CC'999 invitation intro, complete with night calls Arty /
DR do their job - I have to agree with the arguments of the
organizers and not to spoil people "holiday". However, the case
has already been done - by country apart BORN DEAD'y with
anti-CC'999 publications, Moscow all categorically stated,
"FUNTOP'a will not, people start think about - whether to go to
Peter at all.
But some people, they tend to think. And others call them,
eccentrics (the letter M) decide that the best form of protest
against CC'999 in general, and the whole scene in particular
will be organization of his own party in his native Tugosereve,
Zadrischenskoy area. Like mushrooms after the rain begin to
multiply GALAXY, PARADOX'y, CAFe, and other DI: HALT'y ...
Country survivor aggression attribute effects and
CHUNK-revolution placed on his knees by the young party
leaders. The geography of these events differs strongly enough
to make think - that is closer to us - Peter or Muhosransk. But
while for all of about the same - the middle, the end of summer,
that seems to be just as naturally, but on the other side and
ugly, as if they wanted to visit all the emerging
party will be difficult.
Meanwhile, CC'999 being on the Rights of the "grandfather" (see
Soviet The army, hazing) as it is above all this
party'ynoy fuss. They were the first, they are at the center of
Russia and respectively, they are the best. The euphoria of the
organizers of the growing is directly proportional to the
version number of the rules of party. However, even Then there
are the sober minds, that point out errors and obvious
miscalculations, wrong time, it is inconvenient Peter as a city
multiplatform, other, other, other.
Time passed, dispel myths, people languished in anticipation.
And the was closer to the date CC'999 becoming ever more clearly
inconsistency of some of the statements of the organizers.
Generally, presume to say that the party itself because
limits of St. Petersburg and the region have ventured to go only
boldest. After all, the venue and map of the area were
announced at the last moment and then through Inet'a,
which are not yet all Muhosranskov reach. The second category
people who came to CC'999 - never were on party
spektrumisty infected horizmaticheskoy force of personality as
Random'a, and the other organizers of the list. For them
it was just, or are we going to CC'999 and see the scene with
my own eyes or this opportunity will never be called ...
CC'999 started! The first day of the second, summed up and
awarded to the winners. Organisers delighted with the extinct
responsibility for most of its members are also happy
and only what is called the statistics and common sense
forces to look at what happened the other way.
However, in order not to seem so boring to you, first of all say
what good brought the country CC'999:
- In a good city gathered good people and had a good beer
- Good work showed in good conditions and it is not bad
Supported scene
It's as if the two biggest achievements CC'999 ... Were
certainly pleasant moments and smaller-scale, well, such as the
ability overnight stay in school, or almost a real chance to
leave the party, having to drives all work ... For the first
time instead of the lurid letters or fig fig gave at least some
no, and degrees ... Vote estimate quickly, accurately, and the
first time ... In short, there is a that compliment the
organizers, but my goal is not the case - hard criticism rulez
forever!
.. 1 ..
Most importantly, what was missing CC'999 - clear organization.
Then is not that it was not just one of the organizers did not
knew what, where and how. Well, for example, still two months
before the party I asked Random'a whether there is a common
postal address for receiving work. And he received not only an
affirmative answer, while another was Sent to the rules, where
this address was allegedly given. Being Chukchi naive young
man, I naturally believed, but whether say that no snail-mail
addresses of any rulezah nor where else was not. It would seem
a trifle, but a bunch of other Mount-party-organizers, copying
directly from their rulez'y rules CC'999, allows this same
mistake. A lack of regular e-mail addresses hit hard by the
number of works at As in the Spectrum compo. Well, not
everywhere else is the Internet ... on me, even if it was not
really anywhere. And do not bend your fingers in fit uplifting,
claiming that they say our party is not required the work of
pioneers who are around your city can not fuck network access.
Can anyone rise up language called such pioneers Eternity
Industry????
.. 2 ..
Some moments in the conduct of party general could undermine
nerves of even seasoned, hardened, "party member". Well, for
example, that you a scene from the process of putting papers on
compo.
Flying> 512 bytes intro ... picture ... Demo ... What other work
will take?
MMA> here here I still have AY music, we will advance to Inet'u
send you check, it already is among the accepted papers
...
Flying> A! That we now have Themes ask ... (calling Arty)
Arty> (looking at the name) Yeah, you sleep with him this
module! he
by e-mail came along, but I did not download ....
Of course, without Comments Yet! And if I had not come to
Peter?? World would have remained without a third place in the
AY music?? Arty or before beginning of the compo would go to
the nearest Inet-cafe and downloaded would still our module,
designed for the requirements of party and sent to completely
in advance. And God knows how many more such pre- sent, but
never delivered to the party works. For example, a Yerzmyey,
sent to CC'999 their pictures, but they did not participated in
the GFX COMPO ... The argument was iron - work were. tap
format! (And what they have yet to be ....)
Or this example:
MMA> Then here is a picture of one on the PC Hand-Draw GFX
compo, so logo on it. And in terms of like it as it should be.
MONSTER> What seems to be a yes ... A great logo?
MMA> Yes, so-so, a little ... The fact that there is this same
picture without the logo of the author, can pass it to compo ...
MONSTER> Come on it, if there is ..
MMA> Then, just after the party needed to distribute a variant
with logo'tipom ...
MONSTER> Okay, do not take the option of jammed logo, and so
go! And for the compo, and in general ..
MMA> And then that's 4K Intro by PC. Check, it is among
accepted papers?
MONSTER> ..... DAZZLE Yes there is! That way, her problem, she
is from DOS-box'a does not start. Will have to remove her 20
percent votes.
MMA> ??!:!!!?
MONSTER> I myself understand nehotelos have, the more so, and
intra something good ... Or we will not withdraw from the vote?
(Thoughtfully) Yes probably will not ...
In this man chustvovalas infighting. On the one hand
I saw a very real organizer who wants one, but with
On the other hand the impression that the MONSTER from someone
depended. And so it was almost all - each
organizers itself wanted one, but I did (if you did)
this with an eye to some higher power ... Here apofigey this
phenomenon - the Monday after CC'999, long way to go through 12
people PETER night. Being in the middle group of people (in
front of Sage, behind the coders), and hear the conversation
ARTY OZ'a:
ARTY> Why are you so lohonulsya, and do not put up a second job
in
rendering??
OZ "A hell knows, we had to put ....
ARTY> Well, I say! Nothing you can not entrust himself ....
By the way, and that's what we do not disqualified
Dee'mon'ovskie renderezhki?
OZ> Yes ... Why is it we do not disqualified ....
ARTY> And we would have to disqualify ... At least one ...
Other people could win prizes to take away ...
OZ> True, it was necessary to disqualify ...
Is completely amorphous state of the organizers and
largely explains the number of problems, and that confusion,
which ensued on the party.
.. 3 ..
I do not know how anyone but me, as someone who can read (at
at least large block letters), it is clear that
if a rule is written - Peter, then it should be just
St. Petersburg, not Moscow. Such a simple truth understood and
Organizers ... But why exactly the same simple, although not
entirely native word preselect (to get da best:) although it was
written in the rules and invitation intro someone with a
trembling hand, but obviously not been read and understood in
the aftermath.
To get started just let's see what preselect - by
At least I will tell you that I understand as it is. So; pre -
in advance, select - selection. Obtained by a process which
occurs before (pre), before the party, in order to select
(select) from All papers submitted for the compo namely those
that correspond rules referenced in this nomination. In the
process of pre-select'a Organizers (more preselect Committee)
met with the very works, which will be presented later on party
...
What was on CC'999??? To say that preselect'a no means
do not say anything! " Orgaznizatory have seen the work first,
and even more so for the first time they allowed all this to
the compo machine. And the most insulting was that removed from
the job was compo impossible. Approached by people, the
organizers commented on these or other work points to a
violation of the rules, but only twice was declared a
disqualification - when there was a simple explicit crap -
mixed works from HandDraw and Rendering Compo.
You can then pause and listen to the solemn assurances
organizers that they have been working directly during
party and time for their otsmotr just was not there. Very course
want to believe it, but that's only the second day, CC'999
supplemented with only 20 new ones (on the first day)
participants) and as a little hard to believe that these 20
people brought the most jobs and maliciously deposited them in
the most recent minute. But much more I believe that such
amizhniki, all night watching the demo, write off what is on
screws and almost burned CD-R discs, instead of
test'it iron. As a result, only in the morning it turns out that
have any problems with the sound and the crowd sleepy People
with soldering iron, led by brisk materyaschegosya Random'a,
begins to frantically search for the appropriate connectors,
which are natural in location is not provided. Shit! There is
also a brilliant proverb "Business before Amiga - an hour!
Well, you all junction, prepare, and then sit there all night
see demos!
.. 4 ..
Well, what a bitch said that the party is not multiplatform
will be "sandwiched" weak platform?! So it was, is and will be!
Yes, on CC'999 was finally, the most promising
video projector and big screen. But for whom was it?? Maybe
for spektrumistov who watched it completely
black and white image??
"Well, what do you vzelsya on this screen, you old goat!", Ask
You ... And the fact that we hang noodles on the ears of nekiih
$ 250 to were given for the lease of the projector and screen.
Very much this sum is in doubt - 120 people so multiply by 50
rubles, but transferred to the Bucks after this - painfully
similar figures Type all your money went to the miracle of
technology ... Who cares a miracle was needed? Musicians? They
are probably through the projector listening to music ... Or
may be artists who, like experience shows that in our country
are practically absent .... Most of the party represented on
the stool can be on TV look ...
Yes, on this screen priyatstvenno watch replays with intro
but it is on the Product of these CC'999 was like not enough.
AND someone for whom do you pay?? 100 spektrumistov 20
pisishnikov, enabling them to properetsya on their demo on the
big screen??
I would not want to sound very clever, but even in my
short-sighted minds have a simple option to connect the same
Spectrum to the projector in color - a good camera to shoot
image from the monitor screen and submit to the projector. Can
be lammerski, but it works! Here are the organizers, it was
damn ...
.. 5 ..
Slightly thinking, came to the conclusion that the criticism on
useless, especially since the style of brutal hitting me why
today from a finger comes out. However, there was one thing
understand that I can not.
At the party did not come as much of the local people!
Something which, as People in St. Petersburg has always been a
few, and those who have been on E'97, is I remember very well
... And it's not in the entry fee! Many simply did not know
what CC'999 will, and if they knew they would not have
representation of the date and venue. You can once again beat
his chest and scream that you must be blind or deaf to do not
know about CC'999 ... That's only if I organized a Samara party
and then what ever is the latest, most "Distant" and
zachmyrenny Samara user would say nothing about did not know,
personally I would though, would be ashamed. And as state then
that party managed to do so, just what is blasphemy. Collect
pathetic 200 on a multi-platform party, so in the center of
Russia - a wild, neopYSSuemy shame!
"CC'999 failed, I drank beer for 4 days
in a row!"
Random /
CC
The phrase is probably completely characterizes the aspect
ratio. We arrived just in different places, someone on the
demo, and someone on party. When will the advertising company
CC'000, you are really there at once Decide how much interest
in this action will be given party, as well as demo. Well, that
is what the word demoparty write with capitalized. Tell me at
once - is a circle of fans of alcohol on the nature of an
unknown city. We all come, vypem, biting, and then write
reports, and only praise. And so if stated that it would be
demoparty, then please be kind enough to provide both works are
for viewing and evaluation, and the level of these work.
Organize a party easily, hold it at - much more complicated!
PARADOX'99
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This second party, held this year in
Rostov-Na-Donu. I hope you have already read, with
above report on the visit of the event one of the
Samara spektrumistov. Unfortunately, I myself was not there,
that truth does not prevent me to analyze PARADOX, based on
direct evidence and circumstantial evidence.
The organizers, in principle, fulfilled most of its
promises as to the very party, and on the timing and
room. Free entrance, great hall of the Palace of Culture
Colorful posters pasted (?) in the city, just
oxy .. but made vote-list'y (what was given to the other party,
I Now other than toilet paper can not name!), urban
radio and television .... What is it you ask me? Myth? Or
may be a dream?? No, it is a social movement "Fatherland", the
neck, which deftly climbed organizers PARADOX'a. And between
other things rightly done! All of these parties and
movements of millions of his bosom much Pobol than poor
Australian programmers:)
So, visually, all the top five, but really crap
exactly the same thing may just be the consistency of the other
... Paltry number of jobs in the most interesting from the
standpoint of spektrumista any nominations - demo, 4 '16k
intros. Graphs and music may be enough, but the quality of
their brand disgusting. Too many "local" and "us",
almost complete absence of disinterested in the outcome of compo
spectators and the idiotic system of counting votes (not a
classic 3,2,1 score, and what is in the spirit of Complex
Compo), gives the world such results that are hard to like or
understand. Probably Only the first three places in the
schedule though as it reflects the truth, all the rest -
continuous absurd, especially the 16k intro. Well, not nonsense
Whether, when a really strong work THE DIVE takes (!!!) last
place only because that party was too dolbodyatlov many, put
their work locally and led them to victory.
I can not say what any sensible about the PC component
PARADOX'a, but apparently only one - in the most interesting
contest (Democompo), again, as in CC'999, there was only one
worthy of work - everything else is even ashamed to be called
the word "demo" ... Here turns out that the party was
technically perfect (premises, information, money), but
practically - horrible (of participants, quality of work, the
objectivity of voting).
At PARADOX'e incidentally was also a video projector, and it
spektum was, guess what? That's right - black / white: (
DI: HALT: 99
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The third monster this summer .... Party made spektrumistami for
spektumistov now! ZILOG INSIDE, remaining outside! Freedom
8 bit'noy aggression! PC and AMIGA show we are a fig! Well, and
so on in the same spirit ...
It was immediately suspicious ... Far from major city
Dzerzhinsk, lost somewhere in the Nizhny Novgorod region. Nobody
hitherto unknown to the organizers for the most part. Too late
announcement about the party and quite complete absence
advertising campaign. All this is alarming, but not more than
the other three cases. Personally to me why you wanted to
believe that all they get. And I believed in it actively and
even helped than I could - whether word or deed, advice or
criticism. I could not help just one - the personal presence,
but they were technical reasons. A pity, I would have now
painted in colors this entire KAL ...
You know, pity is not what party organizers prosrali!
Offensively that for this party were the crumbs of the best
works this year, well, if not all of Spectrum scene, so at
As the most significant of its representatives. Violent DENKA
season NAPALM by Eternity Industry is the best example. Or, for
example, music Mm
organized party, to which people would come from all over
country and where it would be quite good and interesting work in
all nominations. The presence of interesting papers will
provide the audience moral satisfaction from the visit of such
parties, and themselves viewers, for a sufficiently large
number of them provide real and objective results of the vote.
Well, where the results objective, and there the authors of
happy, and Nenad them any Diplomas / money - the people of his
work to please, and from strangers demos dragged, so that the
party thing. A secure "Cultural" entertainment of our people
will be able to! Enough to pay the fare on the party team
alkonavtov: WOLF, CAPTAIN, HACKER CHRIS 'MEDNONOGOV.
Just need to understand that party in Muhosranske, it certainly
is closer to Gadyukino your village, but it will never be the
same interesting and representative, both in the capital, the
larger cities. And to hell with all these PC / AMIGA "scenery"
with their Projectors, SVGA monitor, and other pseudo-buoyant
shit! SPECTRUM'e enough to both people and papers to us
collected separately and show each other their latest
achievement. Another issue of course, whether such advances in
next year? However, it is also clear that it was time to finish
this whole charity, when the cloud spektrumistov pays
fun lovers tracker'noy music and turbo-pascal-demos
on PC, as it happens in a typical
Multiplatform party. Let them be collected separately -
see whether they will be typed at least 200 people - in fact
not a gift to CC'999 IronLung pushed a speech about saving
pc-shnoy "scenes."
In my vision, Spectrum party tomorrow looks
about how FT'98, that is, be sure to Moscow (a city in which
easiest way to get abloslyutnomu majority), be sure to only
SPECTRUM (although I will not refuse to see the work on any
other 8-bit platform), the minimal prizes, lots of people, and
... rulez! If you see this for yourself drugomi - flush eyes of
fatty films ... You can argue long and live SPECTRUM'u
there are only slightly! Would have been in my Brain, I would
already started to prepare a party in Samara. But,
unfortunately, me in the head at birth have invested brains ...
although this is not a fact and may well be more correct:)
Seat of the trouble
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The most characteristic feature of all past party is complete,
and total denial of the organizers of their mistakes and
miscalculations. The achievements of all the nice talk, but go
to the mass, to repent and say, they say yes ... here, and here
we are specifically screwed up - that no one no. And the most
that Interestingly, all the organizers, whether they be
Australian or Tatars, from the southern or northern part of the
country or pyuschie non-drinkers, in short, all the polls say,
say and will talk about your party one raped before nehochu
phrase:
"Not bad, for the first time!"
That you are my girl will be crying in the morning to explain
that to first time was bad! Too well settled to
constantly hide their Lajoux behind the screen the first time.
And in the next year will be 5 new party and they hit the stage
even more finally its sprawling and I can already see these
well-fed faces organizers themselves squeezed out of something
in the spirit:
The first international festival of computer art
KALllAPS'2000
Finished! (Long long applause) We hope to see
you all next year! We think that for the first time it was
not bad .....
