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┌─────────────────────────────┐
│-τhε τΓUth αßoUτ α$$≡mß└Y'94-│
└─────────────────────────────┘
NoTe: THiS tExTfiLe wAs wRiTTeN bY:
-gRiF /HuNgary
-PhAnt0m dEsiGn /HuNgary
f0Rew0rD: The text below is based on concordant oppinions, so nobody should
think that we are the only ones who agree with this...
RaTT/gRiF:
-This year the annual party called ASSEMBLY was organized in the city of
Helsinki, Finnland. Our team started to make a demo for the democompo one
year before the party, since the prizes werevaluable. Above all, we wanted
to get to the party safely with the Hungarian Section we organized; and to
get high standard for entrance fee, that was quite expensive for us. The PC
organizers of the party were Future Crew and Sonic PC. The two invitators
released drew attention, and we were looking forward to the party very much,
because we wanted to release our first longer demo... On August 1st we left
for Finnland in a 43-seat bus we organized. The core of the Hunagrian scene
was travelling with us. Phantom Dezign also wanted to contribute a demo, so
the atmosphere was high on the bus in this respect as well. While making our
demo our goal was to make it run perfectly on a 386, avoid any bugs and
hangs during execution, and to take a finished demo to the party. We did not
want to finish it at the partyplace, because that would have been noticable
on result... So after one year of hard work (which included the whole of our
summer holidays) our demo titled 'Catch Up!' was ready...
We arrived at Helsinki after 3 days' (!) travelling. It was Wednesday
afternoon, and the party started on Friday, 9 AM. After getting off the bus,
we went to have a glance at the partyplace. It was an ice-hockey hall. A few
guys were already arranging things, one of them was Abyss/FC, as we he
introduced himself. He let us into the partyplace, where there were only
some tables and chairs. We managed to agree with Moku/ACCESiON that he finds
accomodation for us for that night. In return we offered to help with
carrying things...
A little later we returned to help with the chairs and stuff, just as we
promised. But a few minutes later we lost our hearts, because Abyss came
there, and began to talk to us as if we were his servants, like this:
'You start working, or you won't sleep here!'
'Go work! One, two!'
Well, that was enough of working for Rian and me; nobody will talk to us
like this... I don't believe it was impossible for him to make himself
understood in a more gentle way.
We spent Thursday morning and afternoon at the partyplace, and meanwhile
some other groups arrived. Till Friday morning some demos and movies were
shown on the projector, and then on Friday morning a board showed: 'GET
OUT!' (There was a board similar to the ones that show the results in a
stadium fixed above the projector.)
The approximately 100 people who were already in the hall were sent out and
made to buy the ticket outside and return afterwards!
What kind of organization is this? The way to do it is to allow the ones
who arrive earlier to pay their entrance fee then; not letting the early
birds in and then drive them out when the party starts and back again, as FC
did...
After paying the entrance fee, we were just walking up and down. About
three-quarters of the programs announced were not held, and there was no
sleeping place, people had to sleep one over another on tables, benches,
etc... The 24-hour food service promised didn't work, either. There was only
one small snack-bar with only 2-3 kinds of awfully expensive food, and it
closed at 9 or 10 in the evening. The sponsors' conferences were also
dropped, along with many other programs from the well-announced party...
In fact nothing happened until the compos came on Saturday evening. People
were walking all over the place, as it is usual at parties. But - in
contrast with the promises - there were no programs or conferences, except
for the DOOM compo.
Phantom Dezign and us delivered our contributions for the 4kb introcompo,
the democompo and the musiccompo.
I will not write about the music compo, you can read somebody else's
remarks about it below.
I tested our demo on the compo machine to avoid possibilities of cheating
the compos; you know, I heard interesting things about the parties organized
by Future Crew...
After the intros, the demos (first on Amiga, then on PC) were shown. Of
course we were interested in the PC-side only. We took our seats opposite to
the projector. Before the compos I told Rian to keep an eye on me, because I
was standing down there, so that I can act immediately if anything
happens... The competition began, more and more ugly and low level demos
hanged; and then our demo started as the 8th one. I realized that the
projector is too bright; and when I saw that the title screen was plain
white and I couldn't see anything, I knew something went wrong. I went to
the organizers and took Lord Cyrix with me, who was explaining that the
brightness of the three projectors is different.
Our demo looked as if contrast and brightness would be at maximum, so
nobody saw anything from it.
I got terribly angry, but at that time the whole gRiF team was standing
there, and we decided to look into the things, since one year's work was
being wasted! And even the appr. 30-second long endscroller was stopped.
When it appeared, the organizers pressed ESC at once, despite I asked them
for at least 5 times before the compo not to do so. They announced a maximum
running length of 15 minutes for each demo, and our one was only 7.5 minutes
long, including the endscroll... Is it organization? And what if the
upscroller is not at end of the demo, but some other parts follow? The demo
would be stopped halfway through all parts?
Well, a few minutes later even this happened. When Phantom Dezign's demo
started, the hall was still ringing with the quarelling between us and the
organizers, Gore and Lord Cyrix. I kept an eye on the projector, and saw
that Phantom Dezign's demo is stopped in the middle, and the next one is
started... So the delegation of Phantom Dezign's arrived, we joined forces,
carried Gore/FC out, and asked him about this whole shit... He explained
that they had to stop the demos because of lack of time. Well, we had to
laugh at this ridiculous argument, it is nosense... A team is working on a
demo for a whole year, organizes a bustrip from Hungary (!) to ASSEMBLY,
because they heard it is an elite party, pays the entrance fee; and their
demo is not even showed in return...
OK, that's about the organizers.
After the compo we were arguing for another half an hour with Lord Cyrix,
who was saying he couldn't help, because he is not an organizer. We told him
to find the one who IS responsible for the whole thing, but everybody was
blaming someone else, so we couldn't put an end to this event.
During my conversation with Lord Cyrix, I asked him if he thinks that one
of the most important props of a party is a perfect projector. Lord Cyrix
wanted to tell me that with the number of sponsors ASSEMBLY has, it could
show deficit...
However, I admit that the projector did not spoil other demos than ours,
since others did not use pleasant pastel colours, but the old, dark colors
that remained the same even on that projector...
After the compo, about 10-20 scene faces visited us and told they feel
sorry for us, and their words - just like ours - told: ASSEMBLY SUX!
RiaN/gRiF
RaTT has written the facts, that's the truth. I don't think I have ever
attended a party that sucked like this one. Any Hungarian party is organized
better than aSS(es)'94. I would add a few things about the musaxcompo to the
above.
About 50 tunes were contributed and 10 of them were selected to be played
to the audience. Surprisingly, mine was not selected. I don't want to seem
conceited, but the ones who listened to it (40-50 people) all liked it,
moreover, after the compo almost all of them told me that it was competitive
and still is competitive compared to any other composer's works. aNaRCHY PC,
TRSi and iMPHoBia simply loved my music. But you know what? I don't care
about that 3000 people did not hear 'YERO', but I'm angry with FuTuRe CReW
and likes, who did not play my music, because they were afraid that a guy
called RiaN just walks here, and might match the level of other, and may
even score some results, and perhaps might get famous and rich from the
money of the scene All aSSeMBLYs go like this, don't you realize?! A
not-so-famous person will not be noticed as long as FuTuRe CReW beats them
down. That's why a lot of people do not like FC-members. They do not let one
succeed, because they are jealous of their fucking fame. That's the truth.
They exploit their good financial background against others. Believe me:
everybody can be famous with enough cash and impertinence...
One more thing! Listen up, aBYSS! What did you think, when you jawed that I
should start carrying things, or I won't sleep at the partyplace the night
before the party, eh? I didn't need that dirty little place you generously -
and surely kindly - offered to me for a night. You know, throwing out guests
for night into the dark is not usual here; but they are welcome, especially
if they come from 3000 kms away. I did not go to Helsinki to carry your
fucking chairs, but to see a high quality aSSeMBLY'94; so that I could
invite a hundred friends next time with the honouring qualification of being
a good event that noone should miss. But who is interested in a badly
organized shit? Who will enjoy his work on a shit projector, eh? You really
fucking failed this time indeed. And not only in our view... And aBYSS! I
recommend you to engage some people with the support of PiZZa HuT, who will
arrange and carry things at your the next party. Perhaps you shouldn't stain
your majesty's little hands, but only command the work; that's what you like
to do anyway, isn't it?! But it was only some little advice, you don't have
to hold it. Anyway, you could also carry stuff, it isn't so bad to get
stronger. I say goodbye now. Bye! Don't be so hypocritical, a lot of guys
hate that badly... almost half of the scene...
RaTT/gRiF:
We were broken down, nervous and tired at the awards ceremony. There was a
nice stage in the hall, we thought, the ceremony would be held there. But
disappointment again: The results - which were pre-planned, I think - were
listed on the board with lights turned on. There was no applause; nothing,
but disappointment in everybody about ASSEMBLY. In addition, prizes were not
given to the winners there, as promised, but will be posted...(If they'll be
posted some day...)
After the result the board showed the following message: 'GET OUT!'
Then 5 minutes later a security person with a truncheon showed the door to
the guests...
To the organizers: This was the most scandalous party we have ever
attended. With this number of organizers and sponsor, a much better party
could have been organized; where the compos are not cheated, and where one
is happy to return to the following year; not like this one, which makes one
think:
'Anything, but not this again...'
After the compos plenty of complaints were delivered to the organizers, so
not only we were offended...
On the whole I can only say that this party was the party of cheating,
partly because of the compos, and partly because an entrance fee of 140FiM
(2800 Ft) shouldn't have been charged for such a low quality and pitiable
party...
CyberDancer[ex-TSC]/Phantom Dezign
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I think that a ice-hockey pool is not good to hold parties in, bcoz:
- does not have sleeping rooms and showers
- can't use the bigscreens after sunrise
Messy to the Assembly-94 organizers:
- Why should you hold all the important compos during one night?
- And why should you hold the musiccompos at night if there was not
enough time??
- If you have professional projectors, then you MUST call someone
who can use them to bring better quality for the compos!
Well, at the assembly-94 the projectors were badly adjusted so
if someone was using pastell colours (needed for design!!) no one
could see anything... Grif was who had the best designed pc demo
at the party, and your shitty-adjusted projectors fucked up their
demo!!!!
- You promised that a jury will select the best 10 demos, and you
will show ONLY that 10 demos! But you have changed this rule!
Why??? It ended up in a big race between the sunrise and the pc
democompo!! It was a suck, because IF YOU THINK THAT OUR DEMO IS
SHIT, THEN WHY DID YOU SHOW IT???????????????????????????????
JUST TO PRESS RESET AT THE HALF OF THE DEMO????????????????????????
And finally a messy to that guy who was "conversating" with the
audience during the democompo:
- What do you think you asshole, who are you??? Do you think that
you are a king or what? Who are you that you can FORCE the audience
to CLAP in every half minutes if they wanna see the rest of the demos???
Luckily the audience did not have to suck your dick or give you money
just to watch the rest of the compo!!!!!!!!!!!
I've asked Lord Cyrix about this guy, but unfortunately i've forgotten
his name. BUT IF WE MEET YOU ONCE MORE, WE WILL KILL YOU!
Some other things i've noticed:
- the 4 chn musiccompo was a complete shit! Was it a joke that Lizardking
won the compo although he was a member in the jury? An not to mention that
fact that his music was a really boring one but he won the compo... I think
his NAME was what helped him to win.
- the organizers still didn't pay some of the prizes! AGAIN!
====Dudes at Iguana!! We're with you!!====
- at the end of the democompo i was trying to relax, but a security
man came and forced me to wake up (at 6 o' clock in the morning!!) and
told me to get out, although it was at least 3 hours before the end of
the party!
- abbys/fc was trying to play the big boy... he told us to move chairs,
etc, why??? I'm not his servant, and what is more i've paid the entrance
fee which is (although it's not important to you western dudes) a bit
high to us Hungarian people, bcoz for example in Germany they earn ten
times more than us, but anyway you don't have to worry about it, we'll
go to parties, but we want better organizing....
Okay, anyone can say that it's hard to organize a big party..... Okay
then here are my answers:
- who cares about it if we pay the large entrance fee?
- then at least the most important things should be organized better!!!
(compos... for example)
That wasn't all, but i have no time to explain all my notices.
Sorry for the bad english but can you feel how shit is when someone
HAS TO LEARN russian for 7 years? :-)))
Signed:
Gergely Károly [RaTT/gRiF] ; Szilárd Horváth [RiaN/gRiF]
Gábor Szabó [CyberDancer/Phantom Dezign]
Greets to all of our friends we've met at the party:
Pfusuus, Lord Cyrix, Fish, Jare, Spider, Sam, Darkness, Neon, Gandalf