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                        │-τhε τΓUth αßoUτ α$$≡mß└Y'94-│
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                       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
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 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