Millennium'1902 Demoparty Rules (v0.3)
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1. Date, time, place, etc...
2. General provisions.
3. Competitive works.
4. Competitions.
5. Determination of winners.
6. Prizes.
7. Registration.
8. Support.
9. Contact addresses.
0. Introduction │
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Millennium Demoparty will be held in the premises of the YULA disco club, one of the best clubs in Minsk with excellent acoustic equipment. Address: Surganov str., 26.
How to get there? Very simple. Here are the options:
- From the railway station by direct transport: by metro to the station
Akademiya Nauk, or by trolleybuses 1, 2, 18, 29 and walk to the specified address
half a stop.
- Stop 'Kaliningradsky Lane': 29, 38, 52 trolleybuses, and walk
a couple steps.
- Stop 'Yakub Kolas': 52, 59, 576 buses, 29, 33, 34, 37, 38,
52,
54, 55 trolleybuses, 1, 5, 6, 8 trams, and walk 100 meters.
- Stop 'Dom Pechati': metro - Academy of Sciences, 20, 25, 37, 52, 58, 59,
71, 92, 576 buses, 1, 2, 18, 33, 34, 35,37, 54, 55 trolleybuses, and walk
half a stop forward.
A detailed map is published on the official website of the party.
The progress of the party will be covered in detail in an online report on the website.
1. Date, time, etc.... │
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Date of Millennium Demoparty - 4..5 May 2002.
Cost of visiting (for two days) - BRB 5000 ($2.9), for girls - 4000
($2.4). You can only buy a ticket for one of the days.
Platforms: PC, Amiga, ZX Spectrum.
2. General provisions │
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Rules of conduct that must be followed by everyone visitors:
- Smoking is allowed only in designated areas.
- It is not advisable to bring food and drinks to the party.
- It is not advisable for you to litter.
- It is prohibited to be at the party place in an insane (alcohol-drug-
) state (first of all, this point concerns the organizers themselves).
- Access to the organizers’ equipment is possible ONLY with permission and under supervision of the organizers.
If the above rules are violated, the security service or one of the
organizers may apply the necessary measures to the violator. If damage is caused deliberately or through negligence, the offender is obliged to compensate for the damage. Otherwisean unconscious violator >8-E
will be taken to a nearby police station or forest (depending on the situation).
- All participants must undergo pre-registration by filling out forms (this item is required).
- All visitors are recommended to fill out a visitor form. This and
only this profile reserves a ticket for you. Availability of tickets on the day
of the party is not guaranteed!
3. Competitive works │
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- All works must be submitted no later than 2 days before the start of the party.
(On the day of the festival, works will be accepted only if
the full nomination is not received). It is advisable to submit your work in advance to
check it on the party computer. (This point is important not so much for the organizers as for the authors of the works).
- Works can be transferred in one of the following ways:
1) By e-mail (addresses are given below).
2) By ftp (the address will be specified later).
3) Netmail via FidoNet.
4) By regular mail.
5) On floppy disks, HDD or CD in person. organizers, or on the day of the party. This is allowed only for large works (>2Mb), or
in exceptional cases and only no later than two hours before the start
the corresponding competition day.
- The presence of the author of the work or his representative is desirable. One person
cannot represent the work of different groups or authors who are not members of
the same group. Works that do not have a representative can also take
participation in the competition, but they do not participate in the distribution of prizes.
- PC intro and demo must work correctly in the DOS window of Windows'98, complete the work by pressing Esc.
4. Competitions │
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- - - -= PC =- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1. 512b intro
Maximum 1 min. In total, no more than 15 works will be shown.
2. 4K intro
Maximum 3 min. In total, no more than 10 works will be shown.
3. 64K intro
Maximum 5 min. The total intro size is no more than 65536 bytes.
In total, no more than 10 works will be shown.
4. MegaDemo
Maximum 10 min. The size of the archive (zip, rar) with demo is no more than 10Mb.
General requirements:
- Athlon XP 1600+, 512Mb RAM (550Kb low mem), DPMI (DOS window Win98),
GF2 64MB DDR (VBE2.0-3.0, DirectX 8, OpenGL), GUS/SB16/vortex2/General
MIDI. (Perhaps there will be another machine ~P2-450/256 MB, with ISA sound).
- Pure animation is prohibited.
- Maximum 2 works from the author (for each competition).
- All works must work correctly in a DOS window of Windows95/98 and
be completed by pressing Esc.
- After the specified time has elapsed, the work will be interrupted.
- - - -= Speccy =- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1. 512b intro. Simple Basic bootloader + code block 512 bytes maximum.
Maximum 1 min. In total, no more than 10 works will be shown.
2. 4K intro. Simple Basic bootloader + code block 4096 bytes maximum.
Maximum 3 min. In total, no more than 10 works will be shown.
3. 16K intro. Simple Basic bootloader + code block 16384 bytes maximum.
Maximum 5 min. In total, no more than 10 works will be shown.
4. 640K demo. Maximum size - 1 TR-DOS disk.
Maximum 10 min.
5. Hand-drawn graphics.
2 works from the author. In total - no more than 30 works. Graphics transferred from
other platforms or scanned graphics are prohibited. Standard screen 6912 bytes.
6. On-interrupt music (AY)
Sources (ASM,ST,ST Pro,PT 2.X,PT3.X) + module compiled with the player under address C000h. Maximum 3 min. In total, no more than 20 works will be demonstrated. 1 work from the author.
General requirements:
- Pentagon 128(512)K/AY/TR-DOS 5.04;
- after the specified time, the work will be interrupted;
- all works must be in TR-DOS without protection;
- works in SCL, TRD, hobet format are accepted;
- works in regular ones are accepted TR-DOS disks.
- - - -=Music (PC/Amiga) =- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1. 4-channel music (standard ProTracker MOD)
Only 3 min. will be reproduced, file size - no more than 1Mb, 15 works.
2 works from the author
2. Multichannel Music (S3M, IT, XM, MED, DBM, MTM)
Only 3 min. will be played, file size no more than 4Mb. 20 works. It is not
allowed to use packed samples. 1 work from the author.
3. MP3 Music Compo
Original tracks.
Only 3 min. will be played. 128 kbps, or corresponding VBR.
1 work from the author.
4. Wild Music Compo
Only 3 min. will be played.
MP3, WAV and standard tracker formats do not require software from the authors to play them
. 1 work from the author.
- - - -= Graphics (PC/Amiga) =- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1. Hand-drawn graphics
Maximum 800x600xTrue color, all work must be done on a computer using
2D editors (scanned, rendered, etc. are not allowed). To
confirm the origin of the drawings, the authors must provide 1-2 intermediate phases to the pre-
commission. Maximum 20 works. No mentions of the author (logos, etc.) are allowed
2. Rendered graphics
Maximum 800x600xTrue color. All work must be done on a computer
(scanned work is not allowed,photographs etc.). Maximum 20 works.
The work should not contain any references to the author (logos, etc.)
3. Oldskool graphics
Maximum 320x240x256c, all work must be done on a computer using 2D editors (scanned, rendered, etc. are not allowed). To
confirm the origin of the work, the authors must provide 1-2 intermediate phases to the preselection commission. Maximum 20 works. No mentions of the author (logos, etc.) are allowed
4. Animation/Wild compo
Any standard format (FLI, FLC, AVI, MPG), maximum 10 min.
General requirements:
- All graphic works will be shown twice
- Maximum 2 works from the author (for each competition) unless otherwise
specified.
- Works with obscene content will not be shown.
- It is also desirable to have an option to work with the author’s logo for
subsequent distribution.
- - - -= Games =- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1. PC Game compo
Maximum 5 min. Platforms: Dos/Win32. Allowed to use DirectX,
OpenGL, MMX.
2. ZX Spectrum Game compo
Maximum 5 minutes, the game should occupy no more than 1 disc.
General requirements:
- All works must either work in demo mode, or
demonstrated by the authors or theirrepresentatives.
- Either releases of new games or releases of new versions of existing
games are allowed. In any case, the presented release should not
be in free distribution before the start of the party.
- The functionality and usefulness of the exhibited game is determined
solely by the author.
- It is not allowed to introduce functionality restrictions that depend
on time. In other words, the game should work the same
being launched at least 10 years later.
- All works after the party will be freely distributed in the form
in which they were submitted to the competition.
- - - -= Special =- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1. Flash compo
The work must include music and sound effects.
The display will be carried out on the latest version of Flash player inside
a web browser (max 640x480x16b) (it is advisable to provide a swf file
along with html).
Maximum two works from the author.
Maximum time - 5 minutes.
Maximum size 5 MB.
2. Wild compo
Maximum 10 minutes, all necessary hardware and software is provided by the author(s) of the work.
The number of works is regulated by the party organizers.
5. Determination of the winners │
Winners in each competition are determined by voting resultsvisitors who can evaluate each of the works on a 10-point scale or
refrain from rating. The final evaluation of the work is calculated as a truncated average (i.e., rarely occurring evaluations will not be taken into account).
In the case of a large number of visitors, it is not guaranteed that all evaluation sheets will be taken into account, but at least half will be taken into account, and their random selection is guaranteed.
6. Prizes │
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It is expected that the winners of a significant portion of the competitions will be awarded valuable
prizes. The expected prize fund has not yet been determined. Winners of other competitions and prize-winners will receive incentive prizes (CDs, T-shirts with symbols, etc.) All
winners will receive official certificates.
Notes:
- Works that take last place in their competition are not awarded.
- When distributing valuable prizes, works that no one submits
are ignored. Prizes and certificates will not be sent by mail.
7. Registration │
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To register, you must fill out the necessary forms and either send them
to one of the contact addresses listed below or use online
registration on the website Millennium Demoparty.
Each visitor is recommended to fill out a visitor questionnaire. This and
only this form automatically reserves a ticket for you (ifavailability).
In addition, information about visitors is necessary for planning assistance to other
relatives with accommodation.
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VISITOR
Name: [...................................................................]
Place of residence: [....................................................]
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one for each work, group and participant, respectively.
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COMPETITION ENTRY
Name of the work: [........................................................]
Competition/platform: [........................................]
Author(s): [........................................................]
Group: [........................................................]
Name file/exact file size: [...................................]
Other parameters/requirements: [............................................]
Notes:[........................................................................]
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PARTICIPANT
Name: [........................................................]
Group: [........................................................]
Role in the group: [........................................................]
Exhibited works: [........................................................]
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8. Support │
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We sponsor everything ourselves. :)
Game portal Games4win.com is a financial sponsor.
Virtual TR-Dos (zx.da.ru) represented by Paul Pavlov/Psycho - financial sponsor.
Stage Scenosaurus Center (www.scenosaurus.org) - part of compo hardware.
9. Contact addresses │
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To send competition works and contact the organizers, use
the following coordinates:
http://www.scenosaurus.org/millennium/ - official Millennium
Demoparty website. Here you can find all the information you are interested in about the festival, and
register.
http://www.scenosaurus.org - news not reflected for some reason on
the official website, plus all the others, of course. :)
http://www.psycho.4ever.cc - official website of the Psycho group.
http://zx.da.ru - Virtual TR-DOS archive, information on ZX Spectrum.
FTP: ftp://www.games4win.com login: anonymous, password: psy...@tut.by
CoolSoft BBS - (017) 247-75-64, 22:00-24:00 daily.
FIDO: 2:450/164.5 ................. (max. size of one letter 20 KB)
E-MAIL: psy...@tut.by............ (max. size of one letter 3 MB)
E-MAIL: coo...@tut.by ............... (max. size of one letter 3 MB)
E-MAIL: paulp...@tut.by ........... (ZX Spectrum only!)
Tel. in Minsk: (017)2498960 Sergey (DJ Psych)
SnailMail: Belarus, Minsk, Rokossovsky Ave. 85-187,
Kashinsky Sergey Aleksandrovich
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