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REVIEWED BY: STONY & MERIADOC
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We have been to Bizarre '94 and it was fun and small and hot....
Now we went to Bizarre '95 hoping it was fun, big and cool....
Well... the result will be in this review.
I (Stony) travelled here by train with some friends, Walyx and Artex, both
members of Trybit with who we are planning to release a small intro.
Trybit&Trance decided to enter with a small intro last week so I also
have been busy last week day and night doing some artwork and doing some
school... arrgh..
Meriadoc and some others of Trance and Trybit will appear later this day.
When we arrived (at 11.00am) all network-cards were gone already, the
voting will be done via a network but not all party-people are on-line.
Some info in advance:
- Type-errors may occur in this review, so don't get upset if your
(group)name is entered wrong.. these things occur.
- If you are being critisized with your production then don't act lame
with writing threatening mails. Those meant know who they are...
- The whole review is based on people's opinion so it is all a matter of
taste. The quality is based on several people's opinion... mostly in
comparisation to other entered productions.
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[ THE PARTY-PLACE ]
The Party is being held at PartyCentrum Nobelaer located
Somewhere in Holland :)
a place called Etten-Leur.
It is a two-day party, it started at Saturday 10:00am and should last till
Sunday 17:00pm. Some Amigas are present but mostly PCs are around.
[Keyboard linked to Stony]
The party-place itself is well organised, most people sit towards the
big screen so most of them will see all competitions. It is a bit noisely
with music playing all around. Some familiar groups are moving around on the
place... most scene present here is Dutch... too bad... a lot of children
on the place too... all brought by there daddies... but at least they bring
in most of the money :).
It is a very nice hall to have a party, whole place it full of people and
it is fun, people really sit near each other instead of tables with free
spaces between. About 360 people visited the party so it was a succes.
There is also a movie-hall where some nice movies are being showed.. lot
of people go there. Some of the movies to be shown are:
True Lies, Star Trek : Generations,
Rising Sun, Demolition Man,
Lethal Weapon 3, Stargate,
Outbreak, Passenger 57,
The Crow and Cliffhanger.
Until now the big screen is still unclear, there is too much of
environmental light around. Well.. doesn't matter that much since the
compos are being held at night and movies are in a seperate hall.
Some people complaing about too much light in the back of the hall since
there is sun-light flashing on their screens so you hardly can see a thing.
Normally we have fresh weather in Holland.. nope not now so during the day
it is soo warm...
On Saturday 16:30 all plastic with which the windows were covered are
coming down, everyone is bathing in the sun, lucky me.. I can still
see on my screen, a LCD-screen.
There is no public phone available ?!?! Weird since a lot of people need
to call... at least I need to..
Saturday 17:05, yes ! After half an hour of complete breakdown, the plastic
is back ! Temperature is decreasing, people can see again ! Fffw...
Meriadoc still hasn't arrived... hmmm.. hurry guy I need you for reviewing
and you need to code !!!
Saturday 20:00 The Party is fully going, Trybit arrived and Meriadoc did,
just in time since the music contest just started. I think people are
enjoying themselfes.
Saturday 21:30, Man.. some musicians are going mad.. a lot of modules have
been skipped with the MusicCompo....
Sunday 2:30AM, no one sleeps here, There is a small sleeping hall but
who cares... nobody needs sleep on this Party... do they ?
[Meriadoc.. coming up now..]
A lot of people doing some organisation... not bad... It is much better
than last year, where is was me who did the music compo, and it was
Reality who fixed the sound. They were the organisers of SIH'95 as you
might remember.
I have too many sleep. Last night was too short, and this one is no night
to sleep at all. I might end up with a long lasting headache, but that is
usual for parties.
Either I get deaf, or the noise is really less than some time ago.
We of Trance and Trybit are going for the deadline, so it's up to code now.
[Stony... breaks in for some lines...]
It is now Sunday, 04:05, we just entered our intro for the 64Kb intro
competition.... ehhm it turned out to be a stressy night.... coding almost
a fully intro from nothing, the stuff ready were the graphics and the
module. Because of some nasty bug the sound s*cks and it took al our time
so the intro is very small.... too bad... only 51k until now... well..
you'll find out if something has changed after typing this...
And now... it is Sunday 07:15 and we've made it... the player is bugfixed
and a new small part is included, takes only 600 bytes extra in the final
executable... too bad we noticed an error in the nfo-file saying Meriadoc
for the greetings-part coding but this was done by Da Bitjunk from Trybit.
Ahh.. well... these things occur... now we are waiting for the 64Kb intro
competition... at least we had some stress for creating it....
Sundaymorning... 22:45 Meriadoc went home... cannot blame him since
he went mad... his Local Bus controller fucked up.. he lost a lot of
data... Also a lot of guys playing games...
They are moving the demo-compo to the cinema since it is dark in there
and so people can see their productions then.
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[ PARTY PROGRAM ]
- DEADLINES -
Music 15:00 Sept. 9
Graphics 21:00 Sept. 9
Intro 4Kb 22:00 Sept. 9
Intro 64Kb 04:00 Sept. 10
Ansi 09:00 Sept. 10
Demo 09:00 Sept. 10
- COMPETITION TIMES -
Music 19:00 Sept. 9
Graphics 00:00 Sept. 10
Intro 4Kb 02:00 Sept. 10
Intro 64Kb 08:00 Sept. 10
Ansi 11:00 Sept. 10
Demo 13:00 Sept. 10
[ PRIZE MONEY ]
PC Demo
1. dFl. 600,- 2. dFl. 400,- 3. dFl. 200,-
PC Intro
1. dFl. 400,- 2. dFl. 200,- 3. dFl. 100,-
Graphics
1. dFl. 250,- 2. dFl. 150,- 3. dFl. 50,-
Music
1. dFl. 250,- 2. dFl. 150,- 3. dFl. 50,-
The prize-money will raise when more than 250 people attend to the party.
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[ THE MUSIC CONTEST ]
RATING : [ * Aaargh ]
[ ** Eehm ]
[ *** Not bad ]
[ **** Good ]
[ ***** Wow ! ]
There was a delay from about 45min with the start of the music compo,
not all modules haven been played... too bad since some good modules
didn't compete now. The Raver and The Fox ][ had some nice modules but
these haven't been played... more to come later from those fellows !
The composer's names didn't show on the screen... ehhmm I wish they had
been paying better attention at SIH'95 about Big screen layout !!
Music review: Meriadoc
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 1 .
: Title : Interstellar shift :
│ Remark │ Calm nice music │
| Style | Easy listening |
: Quality : **** :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 2 .
: Title : Far(t) out :
│ Remark │ Melodic, seems a bit easy to me, but sounds nice │
│ Duration │ >3:00 │
| Style | Swing |
: Quality : *** :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 3 .
: Title : LWNDTKOT :
│ Remark │ Nice melodic tune, with enough base though, like it │
| Style | Demo/Trance |
: Quality : *** :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 4 .
: Title : Blue Lotus :
│ Remark │ Nice tune to fall asleep │
| Style | New age |
: Quality : **** :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 5 .
: Title : Funny in the head :
│ Remark │ Sounds nice │
| Style | Swing piano |
: Quality : **** :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 6 .
: Title : Schwing :
│ Remark │ Nice ... │
| Style | *** |
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 7 .
: Title : M_A_C :
│ Remark │ boom beng │
| Style | HardTrance ? |
: Quality : ** :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 8 .
: Title : Uninvited guest :
│ Remark │ Nice start, could have been a bit louder │
| Style | New age |
: Quality : *** :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 9 .
: Title : Down :
│ Remark │ Piano, like that, play it myself. Fairytale music │
| Style | New age |
: Quality : *** :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 10 .
: Title : Chandrasekhar :
│ Remark │ Too soft │
: Quality : ** :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 11 .
: Title : Echoes in the dark :
| Style | Demo/house |
: Quality : **+ :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 12 .
: Title : Destiny :
│ Remark │ Sounds really nice with sample 'You are my destiny' │
│ │ People clap their hands so does say something ! │
| Style | Dance |
: Quality : **** :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 13 .
: Title : Happy Trance :
│ Remark │ Nice beat playing... │
: Quality : **** :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 14 .
: Title : Breekje (English Translation: Breakie) :
│ Remark │ Jazz/Swingbeat │
: Quality : **+ :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 15 .
: Title : Generation love :
│ Remark │ Sound of nature with some relaxing beat. │
| Style | Ambient |
: Quality : *** :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 16 .
: Title : Sarkovy :
│ Remark │ Not my sort of music. A dripping sound. │
: Quality : ** :
. Official rank . .
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. Number . 17 .
: Title : Wiggle :
│ Remark │ Nice sound, sound of future... │
| Style | Trance |
: Quality : *** :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 18 .
: Title : 10_Years :
│ Duration │ short │
: Quality : ** :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 19 .
: Title : IAWOB :
│ Remark │ sorry, too busy to review... │
| Style | Trance |
: Quality : *** :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 20 .
: Title : Whatever :
│ Remark │ Mix of anything... │
│ Duration │ >3:00 │
| Style | Melodic house |
: Quality : **+ :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 21 .
: Title : Atlantic Shores :
│ Remark │ Sounds good, we think.. relaxing tune │
| Style | Ambient |
: Quality : ***+ :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 22 .
: Title : Whatever :
│ Remark │ Nice soft tune.. │
| Style | Ambient |
: Quality : *** :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
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[ THE GRAPHICS CONTEST ]
RATING : [ * Aaargh ]
[ ** Eehm ]
[ *** Not bad ]
[ **** Good ]
[ ***** Wow ! ]
Remark: The review of this graphics is based upon the graphics shown on
the screen, because of the low detail of screen I cannot decide
if a picture is scanned/pixeled. So excuse me if I write something
down which isn't true. I can only decide this if I see them on my
own screen.
Sunday 01:00, The compo should start at 00:00 but still nothing is going
on... maybe there weren't enough competitors..
Well... at last it started... only 15 contributions... unclear screen and
much to fast display... no time to 'study' the picture...
Sorry if some titles are wrong... no time to typ it all down immediately.
Graphics review: Stony
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 1 .
: Title : Manar :
| Description | Manga │
: Quality : ** :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 2 .
: Title : Paard :
| Description | Hmmmm. another just for fun piccy... too bad.. too much │
│ | of those, ruins the compo.. no real competition :( │
: Quality : + :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 3 .
: Title : Elf :
| Description | A small face │
: Quality : ** :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 4 .
: Title : Biz-Seal :
| Description | Void Logo │
: Quality : ** :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 5 .
: Title : Vrouwe :
| Description | Manga female.... hmmmm Just for fun... │
: Quality : * :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 6 .
: Title : Sorry too fast... :
| Description | Face... looks nice │
: Quality : *** :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 7 .
: Title : PartyPig :
| Description | A PigsFace │
: Quality : ** :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 8 .
: Title : Mon-Pic :
| Description | Mondriaan.. jakk... │
: Quality : + :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 9 .
: Title : Brandy ? :
| Description | Manga b/w │
: Quality : * :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 10 .
: Title : Magic The Gathering :
| Description | Also playing MTG ?!? │
: Quality : *** :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 11 .
: Title : Tower :
| Description | Small... tower as the title says.. │
: Quality : ** :
. Official rank . .
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. Number . 12 .
: Title : BatMan :
| Description | Funny Face Batman │
: Quality : *** :
. Official rank . .
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. Number . 13 .
: Title : Facescap :
| Description | Dragonface and some smaller... mm nice.. │
: Quality : ** :
. Official rank . .
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. Number . 14 .
: Title : Orn :
| Description | Small... nothing more to say... │
: Quality : ** :
. Official rank . .
+────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────+
. Number . 15 .
: Title : Centaur.. :
| Graphician | Elliot |
│ Group │ reality │
| Description | A Centaur as the title says... Well... he'll win !! :) │
│ │ Too bad.. another b/w but it looks nice... │
: Quality : **** :
. Official rank . .
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[ THE 4Kb INTRO CONTEST ]
RATING : [ * Aaargh ]
[ ** Eehm ]
[ *** Not bad ]
[ **** Good ]
[ ***** Wow ! ]
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. Number . 1 .
: Title : 4 no nore :
│ Group │ image! │
| Description | too dark, but that's the equipment │
| | fadings, texture tunnel |
: Quality : *** :
. Official rank . .
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. Number . 2 .
: Title : phase2 :
│ Group │ nostalgia │
| Description | texture tunnel │
| | nice effect, interference/plasma |
: Quality : **** :
. Official rank . .
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. Number . 3 .
: Title : Pseudotiny :
│ Group │ Fatal Justice │
| Description | 3D-effect, looks nice. │
: Quality : **+ :
. Official rank . .
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Too bad there weren't that much entries...
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[ THE 64Kb INTRO CONTEST ]
RATING : [ * Aaargh ]
[ ** Eehm ]
[ *** Not bad ]
[ **** Good ]
[ ***** Wow ! ]
Well... as I wrote before, the screen is unclear.. nothing can be seen
on the big screen, we are recording it all on video so we can review it
later....
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. Number . 1 .
: Title : Barf :
│ Group │ Widget & Malvern │
| Description | Programmed fully in QBasic according to Villain/RLY. │
| | Welll.... it seems he isn't lying... :) |
: Quality : * :
. Official rank . .
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. Number . 2 .
: Title : Ozone :
│ Group │ B?P! │
| Description | Some flames, plasmas, starwars scroller. Nothing more. │
: Quality : ** :
. Official rank . .
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. Number . 3 .
: Title : Be There :
│ Group │ Antaris │
| Description | Party anouncement for Wired... │
| | Some effects it is unclear with this distance. |
: Quality : **+ :
. Official rank . .
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. Number . 4 .
: Title : Divine :
│ Group │ │
| Description | Woowww.. looks nice... some graphics and a tune... │
| | Looks nice this one... |
: Quality : **** :
. Official rank . .
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. Number . 5 .
: Title : The Final Boom :
│ Group │ │
| Description | Looks nice you know... Some mirror effects │
| | Same objects used all the time with different methods. |
: Quality : *** :
. Official rank . .
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. Number . 6 .
: Title : Joint Venture :
│ Group │ Trybit & Trance │
| Description | Was tested on a 386SX/486DX/486DX2 and 486DX4 !! │
| | Well... hungup because of the VGA->RGB converter... |
: Quality : Decide yourself..... :
. Official rank . .
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. Number . 7 .
: Title : Destroyoverase Improve :
│ Group │ Ground Zero │
| Description | Well... a lot of different effects.... looks nice │
| | to me even on the big screen !! |
: Quality : **** :
. Official rank . .
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. Number . 8 .
: Title : Mary Poppins :
│ Group │ │
| Description | This one looks good, nice graphics, nice sound and │
| | everything.... good design... this one could be a |
| | winner ! All kind of different effects in a small intro.|
: Quality : ***** :
. Official rank . .
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[ THE DEMO CONTEST ]
RATING : [ * Aaargh ]
[ ** Eehm ]
[ *** Not bad ]
[ **** Good ]
[ ***** Wow ! ]
Well.. Gotta say they look much better on the Big Screen in the cinema,
the demos were worth watching.
It was hard reviewing them in the dark... my battery is broken of my
laptop so it was the good old pencil and paper again.
Demos review: Stony
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. Number . 1 .
: Title : Cal.... Sorry guys.. :
│ Group │ Army Boots │
| Description | Some plasmas, cubes rotating, a small demo. │
: Quality : ** :
. Official rank . .
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. Number . 2 .
: Title : Excess :
│ Group │ Void │
| Description | Void is still active and American group Void should │
| | change name... they are right. |
| | Nice start, nice design showing and fast..... |
| | A short demo too as most presenting here... worth |
| | watching ! |
: Quality : ***+ :
. Official rank . .
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. Number . 3 .
: Title : Puker :
│ Group │ SuccesS (With a double S :) ) │
| Description | Nice graphics used, screens are filled and not just a │
| | thing showing. Fast and nice tunnel... Oh no ! More |
| | Commodore Amiga... yepp.. Nice music around it... |
: Quality : **** :
. Official rank . .
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. Number . 4 .
: Title : Akabicum :
│ Group │ Massive │
| Description | Looks nice... the system crashes, probably the VGA-> │
| | RGB device... too bad... people are stressing to finish |
| | all in time and this happens... |
| | Retry... Very good demo.. good change for a good rank. |
: Quality : **** :
. Official rank . .
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. Number . 5 .
. Title . Just Some Effects. .
│ Description │ As the title says.. just some effects... it is true but │
| | nice way of bringing known effects.. mostly Manga │
| | pictures used... effects are really nice ! |
: Quality : ***+ :
. Official rank . .
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. Number . 6 .
: Title : Performance :
│ Group │ Logic Design │
| Description | Too bad.. no description can be given.. again some │
| | people dissapointed.. Probably good as usual.. |
│ │ Rerun... good change for a winning position ! │
: Quality : ****+ :
. Official rank . .
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. Number . 7 .
: Title : Sukkels (english translation: Morons) :
| Description | Welll... hackeu.... well.. Dutch... Gabbers Zuigt ! │
: Quality : ** :
. Official rank . .
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. Number . 8 .
: Title : Who cares ? :
│ Group │ the Clan │
| Description | Start with the credits.... really nice 3D routines worth│
| | watching... Not bad for a first time ! |
| | Really fast ! Also a good change for a winning position.|
: Quality : **** :
. Official rank . .
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. Number . 9 .
: Title : Life :
│ Group │ Well.. Widget / Malvern │
| Description | Pentium 90 is way too fast.. we don't need pentiums... │
| | 8088 will do for this one :) Fully written in QBasic. |
: Quality : + :
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Not bad for such a small party... really worth d/l all the contributions !
Better demos then there were on SIH.
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[ PEOPLE'S COMMENT ]
The Fox II / Reality
I've just been cooling off after a great shock from the Bizarre'95
organisation.
What started to be a nice party turned out to be a great disaster for
many friends of mine. The doors opened at 10.00 am and ofcourse I was early.
Everything was arranged, because we had some reservations. I entered the
music compo at 11.00 o'clock and I might say it was a good module. After
that the rest of our crew came and they set up their equipment. A little
chat with all other friends of ours on this party till 19.00 hours. that
was the beginning of the music compo. They started with a live concert
of "Hell I don't even know the name". After that they started to play
some modfiles "MULTICHANNEL" ofcourse. They sounded good, but still a little
soft. Not in volume but in the kind of building up the module. I couldn't
wait to hear my own module. But what a great disappointment to see that
after 20 modules the music compo was finished and all the files that were
played were soft. Not one good techno module. So a friend of mine "Villain"
entered the organisationroom and asked what happened. From the 52 entries,
only 20 were played, the others were CRAP!!! #@$@##%$^#^*%@$^%#$^@#$%@#$%
fuck this lousy organisation. If my module was crap, then there were lot
of others who were played during the compo.
I was very pissed of and went for something to eat. That cooled down the
situation, but when we came back I heard that "GLENN MOORE" from
"SOUNDSOLUTIONS" had also entered the party to talk to us. He was one of
our main sponsors at the "SIH'95" party, but when he should have paid us,
he was broke. His company was bankrupt, so he couldn't pay, so I'm getting
very pissed off again. I will stop writing and will start over again
tomorrow, maybe then I've got my brains back !!!!!
A pissed 'The Fox ]['
-//-
ViLLAiN/Reality (whoh, alweer RLY ;) ),
Hmmm, so far the party is a lot of noise, but that is usual isn't it ?
As TF2 described above (I guess) the music compo SUX!, I guess he is
right to say that if the 32 (!!!) modules skipped were crap, what do they
call the stuff they DID play... Nothing was a little faster than slow.
I sure hope the rest of the compo's will be a lot better..... A lot of
people who are here agree with me on this point. I hope they will do the
same thing I (and The Fox II) did, and ask to prevent their module from
being released.
Then there is the partyplace. I decided to be here early, although I did
know we had some reservations I wanted to be sure to have a nice place.
I got inside, and had to ask to pay, otherwise I could have just walked in.
Some checking he ;).... but anyway, I got inside, and got SCARED!. If this
was the hall in which they were going to put over 400 people, I was afraid
I couldn't even place my own seat. If there are 400 people in here, it will
be even more crowded than 'Stratum's Eind' on saturday nights. Then there is
(still) the question what the sleeping hall will be like.
But something good is to be said also. (erhmz).... I met a lot of people here
who I also met on Bizarre'94 and on S.I.H.'95.. That is the good part (sofar)
I sure hope the other compo's will be better than the music compo, because
that sucked.
An even more pissed (he, I wasn't going to win, but I wanted to play),
ViLLAiN ;) (greeeeeeetz, stop pulling at me!)
-//-
BATALLiON AA/NO/Floormanager BiZ
Erhmz, yeah right English so they say. After just one line of Dutch garbage
.... well I can try to give a subjective view about the BiZ and the organi-
sation but let's not! Allright yesterday we began building the party so we
shouldn't have to do anything when the guests arrive. That really didn't
work out as it should have. A lot of things were simply forgotten... when
the party started the planner turned out to be worthless. Most of the
floormanagers were not at the places were they should've been according to
that planner. But suprise suprise... it all worked out one way or the other
(still haven't figgered out how). So my eyes the party was a kind of a
succes... because there were lots of people, lots of drinks and almost
nobody slept... that's the way I like it W(what sleeping hall did you
mean Villie ?). I hope that next year the party will be as good as it has
been so far. The music compo sucked (allright I admit). Really hope that
the demo compo will be better. Damn sitting here typing a little relaxed...
and I have to go back doing other things.. wauw like looking at hands in
the light of a purple TL. Isn't that exciting and usefull.
not pissed but just a little tired and thirsty (as allways)
-//-
This is me again, Harmke from the Netherlands, yes, Dope's sister.
Only from now on my name's changed into Harmony.
About the party, it's great! This time I brought my own computer
(AMIGA) with me, so I've already been able to do some work here I
didn't really find the time for lately. Of course I met a lot of
friends here I haven't seen for a while, one of the nice things of
such a party (such a pitty not to have Fashion 8 come over! ).
What else... It's quite busy in my opinion. The hall isn't so big as
ours was at SIH '95, but it's full. I knew more people at our party,
though.
Since I know about organising such a party for I helped the organisers
at SIH '93 and '95, I can imagine what's going around in the organiser's
room and I notice the result of their work. I don't think they're doin'
a bad job.
Some compos started late, it was too bright in the hall this after-
noon so it was hard for us to see what was on the screen, they are not
showing "Demolition Man" tonight, of which I thought they would!!!!
And I wish I could have worked on a module today, but I couldn't,
because there was too much noise out here. What a pitty...
But...there are good movies and I see everybody is having a good time,
just like me, and that's the main thing. And o yes, guess what: they gave
me free entrance! (no surprise)
Today is sunday morning 5.21 am, I don't think I'm going to sleep at all.
I'd like to say hi to my friends in Missouri (USA), who knows, they might
be watching... (camp Latonka, Wappappello) And who's ever going to missou-
ri: go to the wonderful restaurant "Lambert's Place" in Sikeston.
And sure I say hi to all my computerfriends who I didn't see here today.
CIAO, Harmony
-//-
Press Statement
by the SIH committee and CDM digital audio GmbH.
september, 10th 1995
From the 8th until the 10th of July 1995 the Somewhere in Holland
party was held in Roosendaal, Holland. During this event 7 competitions
were held with a total pricemoney of 10.125 Dutch Guilders. Until now the
prizemoney has not been paid.
During July 1995 Sound Solutions became a trademark of CDM digital audio
GmbH and does not exsist as a company anymore. However the former manager
of Sound Solutions did not inform the SIH committee. Instead he continued
to use the name Sound Solutions, he led the SIH committee believe that he
still is the manager of the company. Ofcourse, he did not have the possability
to transfer the prizemoney anymore. Only after a huge amount of pressure
from the SIH Committee to the former manager he explained the situation.
Even that CDM is not responsible for the delay of the payment and the whole
development they like to clear that things like this will not happen again.
Because of the fact that the former Sound Solutions manager withheld and
lost all of the bankaccount information of the prizewinners SIH and CDM
had to take much effort in regaining the information. This was done by
tracing all the prizewinners by hand. CDM and the SIH Committee
wishes to thank everyone that helped in regaining the information.
Especially: Walt/Melon, Darkness/Inphobia, Clairy/Axis and Lizard/Spaceballs
We also like to thank all of the competitors for their contributions to
the competitions and especially all of the prizewinners for waiting for
their money. The SIH Committee wishes to thank Robert Laue and Marc Moore
of CDM digital audio GmbH.
See you all next year at SIH'96
Joost Brugman, SIH Committee and Robert Laue, CDM Manager
-//-
ThE RaVEr/EFFECT PC
We (me and mr.delhi) made a music for the multichannel compo, but it
wasn't played!. there were 52 entrees but there were only 20? played.
later i heard that there were seven hardrockers selecting the tunes!
So everything that sounded like house was not selected! fuck!.
About the hall: Too small for all the dudes!, and the sun was shining
all day on our heads!.
The movieroom was pretty kewl only the screen was a little small but
the sound was ok!
For the rest the party was nice but could have been better.
That's my opinion!
-//-
Prowler/Surellix
Hi there. Well, I was asked to write something down here about the party.
Ok, I will. Since this is only the second party which I have visited so far,
(Last party was SIH '95), I don't have a lot of comparison material. But
still, I think it's a nice party. I met a couple of new people, and every-
body seems to be in a good mood. There are a few things here that could have
been worked out better (The hall is too light by day,and it's getting awfully
hot in here. Again), but on the other hand, we have the unheard of luxury of
a seperate movie-theatre with great movies, and great sound. Since we're not
competing, and ,consequently, nor stressing, There wasn't much for me to do,
so I spent quite some time in there.
Let's see, what else can I tell you. The party-place is a lot smaller than
at SIH '95, but that's in my opinion only an improvement. It makes the mood
so much better (and the atmosphere so much thicker :) ). I think that the
level of the contributions for the intro-compo was better than at SIH, but
the music-compo was worse. All in all, I'm having a fun time, and I've
gained a lot of inspiration and motivation for the future (Ask Logic Design
about that!). See ya all at some party somewhere, some place, sometime.
Signing off, Prowler aka Jeroen Bouwens.
-//-
Well, here's a little note from Da Bitjunk, life and sleepy on Bizarre.
It's a nice party with nice people, but the equipment is SHIT. Yes, I'm
talking about the video screen. It's just a normal PAL (television) screen
with a VGA->VIDEO convertor between it. This is not the correct way to show
demos. Vertical sync drops down to 50Hz instead of 70Hz!
They really should use a VGA 640x480 projector. And the projector is
a simple LCD one, with a very bad contrast. Please use real videoprojectors
in the future (the ones with a red, green and blue tube in it.) Look at the
projector used at SIH '95, for example. A really good one. The level of the
compos is a lot better than at SIH. I hate it, no prices for us. Well, our
intro doesn't run on the VGA->VIDEO converter anyway. I really miss the
snackbar inside the building. But well, i've met a few nice guys ( and I've
seen a girl!) I hope the demos will be nice!
see you!
Da bitjunk flies away.....
-//-
the Fox II:
After a good night sleep, I woke up and got back to our computers. Still
fucked up because my music was not played. That's another story. Hmm
lekkere Shoarma, en zweetvoetengeur. Ontbeten aan de bar waar we werden
bediend door een Brabantse schone. verder viel er niet veel meer te nmelden.
Ehm Elliott deed mee met de graphics compo en zal naar allewaarschijnlijk-
heid wel iets winnen. Zo niet, dan sucked deze party echt helemaal. Ehm,
tja ik eigenlijk nu al geen zin meer, maar zal wel blijven tot ongeveer
weet ik veel hoe laat. CU@SIH'96
-//-
Villain:
I just want to say this: The CD which was played during the little
demo-breakdown explained the contents of the music-compo. Try to get
an objective jury next time dudes!.
CU@SIH'96.NL
-//-
Tim / Spaceballs a.o.
I arrived sunday so I can't really say anything about the party itself.
The only thing I want to say is that the demos in the democompo were
really awesome. Too bad that the two best demos crashed the first time.
Otherwise it would have been a very cool competition.
-//-
Meriadoc:
It's now monday, the day after bizarre '95.
Well, at the party wasn't really busy with doing the review. Sorry to
Stony, who has done most of the review. I had my reasons. One was that my
localbus of my computer was really bugging, and my harddisk crashed, second
was that I had to code something, and Stony had already finished his work..
Well, lets start talking party business..
As I already had expected, the bizarre party was smaller and a bit less
well organised than SIH'95. One of the problems was the backgroundlight,
which came through the windows and the roof. That's why the contrast on
the big screen is too low, and you couldn't even see what kind of effect
was included in the intro. They reorganised things, and (if everything came
out as they expected), the demo-compo is held in the bioscopecentre.
Still it was far much better organised than bizarre '94, in the kolpinghuis
in Nijmegen. There I became one of the organisers.
I don't know the organisers of this party, but Stony might have asked them
to write some article. I am not sure. I went home before the party ended.
Had to do some work and sleeping.
It was a nice weekend. Good to feel the spirit and stress again, and very
nice to meet some people again, like the people of Reality and Spaceballs
who organised SIH.
About Somewhere in Holland, look somewhere in this report, there is some
official text from Joost (dope/spaceballs) The atmosphere was nice, no
violence or thefts. There has been one power failure, but just one table
was down.
-//-
Stony's own opinion upon the party... well.... The organisers did
a great job... another weekend where all freaks united and had fun.
Much more better than it was last year. Too bad about the screen.. hey..
this is just a small detail.. during the night it was clear and this
was the most important thing.
Some people are complaining about different things as bad choice of
contributions.
It was nice.. I am tired now and am signing off... thanks to the
organizers for the Party and thanks to all guys who shared their opinion
in demonews... see ya next time.
Stony...
-//-
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Greets fly out to all people present at the party and
the organisers of another joyfull party.
- Thanks to Jeanny (SWAF/TRANCE) for coding the viewer which probably is
included with this package...
- Thanks to the Raver for helping us out with his mouse... with doing this
he wasn't able anymore to play Warlords 2 :( Thanks dude !
STONY's personal greets fly out to: - MDSO for lending me his LapTop on
which this review has been made,
- JL for supporting me :)
- Bulderbrain, organiser from SIH'95,
congratulations with your 5th year
anniversary marriage !! Keep on going
like that !!
See ya all at future parties... maybe also with a review...
Signing of, Stony and Meriadoc.
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