___ ___:__| \ __________:_ ___:__ ____ ____:________ _ . _ __ ù | ° \__ \/ ° __ ù ° dmc : welcome to / :¸ \ ¸_____|/ : . \/ :¸ \ '97 : democracy'97 ..\____ «__ / \___|__! «\____ « coc : 31.01 - 02.02 \\______/ \________/ |_____/ \\______/: mz! : organized by ___:________ ____________________________:________ ____ ____: coc & mooze __ ù °\_ | |__ ù ° \/ / / /\_____// \___/ :¸ «/ /\_____/ /¬ tickets 100,- .\____ «___ \.|_____| |\____ \___ \ demos! :::::\\______/:::lñ_____\::::::l______!::::\\______/gd!°______/ raving : scifi, rpg t h e i n v i t a t i o n :............... .::::: What the hell..? ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: : Democracy'97 is a demoparty organized by COC and Mooze. The : party will be held in Vuorelan ala-aste, Rinnepolku 1, Vuorela/ : Siilinj„rvi, 31.1.97 - 2.2.97. (Map, see MAP.ASC) : :: '::::: And why on earth? ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::. :: Now, what would Finland, the promised land of demoscene, be : without a demoparty. As it appears that nobody's planning to : arrange one in nearly the whole spring, then why shouldn't we : give it a try? : : :: .::::: So what? :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::' :: : Democracy'97 is mainly going to be a normal, traditional scene : event. People come, with or without hardware, some will attend : the compos and some will make their productions at the partyplace. : Compos will be held, voted, and prizes will be given. And finally : people will go home. : : Mainly, that is. Besiden the normal activities we are planning : to organize - of course - a bundle of fast compos, hard disk : throwing, (possibly) watching films and all kinds of scifi stuff : (Babylon 5, Star Trek). A boffer/latex tournament will also be : held on saturday, along with a Magic: The Gathering tournament : and other rolegames. We'll most likely be able to put together : some kind of sales of food and refreshments. : : There will also be a rave, organized by Probe Magazine. : :: '::::: Rules & budget of the party :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::. :: Naturally you'll come to the party to have fun. The entrance fee : is the usual, 100fim, and it enables you to visit all the events : held at democracy. Unfortunately we won't let girls in free this : time because of the raves, rgp-stuff and voting problems. : : Money from the entrance fees will be used to prizes uncut after : deducting our expenses. Since we have no real idea of the number : of the participators, we won't define prizes in cash - percentages : will be used instead. This way the more people we get, the : bigger the prizes get - (not our wallets..) : : Rules: The biggest problem in creating the rules (and usually : during the parties) is almost always alcohol. If we don't take : it seriously, we risk stopping the party too early and : possible damages to the facilities and equipment. Either way : the prize money is at stake. In other words, boozing at the : partyplace is forbidden. If you want to booze - ok, do it - : as long as you don't do it inside and as long as you stay in : reasonably good condition. Troublemakers, wall urinators etc. : will be thrown out. Drugs and all that sort of things are of : course forbidden. Smoking inside is not allowed. : : Another matter that requires rules is the equipment that : already is at the partyplace or those that people bring with : them. If you break anything, you pay for it. And you should : also remember, that everything that the organizers must pay : for comes out of the prize pool. Everyone is responsible of : his/her gear and his/her own life :) - we won't compensate for : any damaged or lost/stolen material/people. In short: we take : no responsibility whatsoever of any damages that the : participants cause. : : Third, we reserve the right to, if necessary, change or add : these rules during the party. : : :: .::::: Well, this we knew. What about the compos? :::::::::::::::::::::::::' :: : Yes. We organize *at least* the following competitions, with : the following rules: : : : Demo : * Maximum size 4096kb : * No plain animations : * Combined PC/Amiga : * Machines: : : PC: P120, 16mb, dos7, : S3trio64, gus/sb : : AMY: Not known yet! : Interested amiga- : groups, please : contact us... : : Intro : * Maximum size 80kb : * No plain animations (eh?) : * Combined PC/Amiga : : : Grafiikka : * Maximum resolution 640*480*256 : * No scanned pictures : * No rendered pictures : : : Musics : * Format must be one of the : standards. If Cubic Player won't : work, bring your own player. : * Maximum size 1024k : : : Other : * The rules will be given later. Prizes will be 5% of total, : although the prizes might not be money.. : : In addition to this, all compos have the following rules: : * The use of copyrighted material is strictly prohibited : * Any other kind of copying is not allowed, either : * No racistic, illegal(?) etc. productions : : Demos and intros may of course be tested on the compo machine : before the actual competition. It might also be wise to remember : that the projector won't necessarily be able to show all video : modes (eg. res>640x480, weird refresh rates, etc). : : The organizers / jury may, if the so want, disqualify a : production. : : All productions will be spread sunday, after they have been : completed (info files, last minute bugfixes and clean-ups..) : :: '::::: And the timing? ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::. :: The pre-schedule looks like this: : : : fri 31.1.1997 : : 20.00 The party starts : : 23.00 Music and graphics deadlines : : : sat 1.2.1997 : : 01.00 Musics competition : : 02.00 Graphics competition : : ??.?? Different wild compos as people see fit : : 12.00 Hard disk throwing competition : : 22.00 Demo and introcompo deadlines : : ??.?? More partying, now that all productions have : (hopefully been given to the jury).. : : : sun 2.2.1997 : : 01.00 Introcompo : : 02.00 Democompo : : 03.30 Counting the votes -> results : : 12.00 People go away : : :: .::::: Contact information ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::' :: : For more info, questions, anything: : : email: taijala@hotmail.com (Unsigned / Mooze) : : voice: 040-5453438 / Marko Tukiainen (Guardian / COC) :: ':::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: d e m o c r a c y ' 9 7 - n o t a n a s s e m b l y