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      green goblin         big design             



festival... ?    party time... ! 
the
in cooperation with
invite you to the big woc festival 1993 !
planning to travel to Germany, Cologne this November and to visit
the one and only  AMIGA-Show 1993,  the "World of Commodore";
being interested if there will be a party 
From 5. - 7. November 1993, held parallel to the fair, there will be a party-like
festival,  organized  in  cooperation  with  Commodohre  Germany  GmbH  by
big design 
and 
the silents.   



 what will be there to entertain you !? usual (boring) facilities:

7   -*-  standard video-screen 1000x600 centimetres showing movies
         during non-actions genlogged with party-information

                     -*-  standard sound-equipment with several thousand watts
                           (let's learn from other parties' sound-abilities and make it
                            better)


        -*-  standard-sized location in an own hall consisting of two floors
              offering room for more than 5000 people, their computers and
               enough room for them and their sleepingbags to sleep in
                silence & darkness


                   -*-  standard 24 hrs food-supply


                       -*-  standard competitions including demo, music, graphic
                             (see further below)


    -*-  support bulletin board system running from now until the
          end of the festival providing the fastest way to get the
           big party releases 



 special (unusual big) facilities:


              -!-  scene-quiz-show - who's got the best knowledge about scene
                   today ?


         -!-  radar^contrast^productions live in concert, introducing you
               to a fantastic industrial-trance-techno gig


                           -!-  video-competition


           -!-  german TV-Stations will witness the festival; if it's good
                 enough, the competitors of the video-act will be
                  shown on MTV Europe



                        -!-  Commodore VIPs like Dave Haynie, Jim Sachs, Alwin Stumpf
                             will be present for your amusement  



Competitions:

     Standard Demo    - must run on A500/A2000 with 1 MB ChipRam
                         or 1/2 MB ChipRam and 1/2 MB FastRam
     
  (public voted)        and Kickstart 1.3 or higher (!)

                      - if the demo needs user interaction, the producers
                         must be present while the demo runs

                      - max. one demo per coder

                      - at least one person per group must be present at
                         the festival

                      - demo may run up to 20 minutes

                      - deadline: 17:58:47.6


     40k Intro        - the executable-file mustn't be longer than 40k
                         (= 40960 bytes); 40961 means: bad luck !

                      - other rules like in standard demo compo

                      - playtime up to 15 minutes

                      - deadline: 18:00 



     Turbo Demo       - must run on A3000 with 2 MB ChipRam
                         and 2 MB FastRam

       (jury voted)
                      - must be Harddisk-loadable

                      - may take full use of a 68030 (with MMU !) and a 68882

                      - playtime up to 15 minutes

                      - deadline: 18:00


     AGA Demo         - must run on A1200 2 MB ChipRam
                         and 1 MB FastRam

       (jury voted)
                      - playtime up to 15 minutes

                      - deadline: 18:00


     C64 Demo         - must run on standard C64 with one floppy drive


       (public voted)    - may be up to 20 minutes long

                       - deadline: 18:00     



     Music            - music must be executable or 100% ProTracker V3.10
                         compatible (executables or protracker will be

       (public voted        shown on screen) and be harddisk-loadable

        after
        preselection)    - music may use up to 1 MB ChipRam

                      - music may run up to 4 minutes

                      - deadline: Friday, 18:00



     Graphic          - must be loadable into DPaint IV AGA


       (public voted)   - minimum 5 steps of your drawing-work who clearly
                         represent your painting-steps (won't be shown)
                          must be handed out

                      - scanned pictures are not allowed

                      - deadline: 18:00


     Chip-Tune        - must be a protracker-module


       (public voted)   - max. length 30kB

                      - deadline: 18:00   



    Video               - use VHS or S-VHS


       (jury voted)       - max. 15 minutes

                        - no special limitations

                        - deadline: Friday, 18:00



  Tool of the year - who makes the most useful tool in 1993 ?


       (public voted)   - the tool must run on all Amigas with Kickstart 2.0 or
                         higher and 100% confrom to all Commodore Programming
                          and Style Guidelines

                      - send in your tool 'til 10. October 1993;
                         DON'T SEND IN A DEMOVERSION, ONLY FULL-VERSION !

                      - the organizers will compile one (or more) disk(s)
                         which will be available from 15. October 1993

                      - at the party all guests may vote the tool of the year





        All demos, musics, etc. must be unreleased and free of others copyrights ! 



     Others           - real pinball competition (1. price: the compo-pinball)

      (more fun than
        feeling :)      - Dynablasters competition

                      - surprise !




       If you have any other productions like A4000 Demos, Compact Disks, or any-
        thing that will impress Commodore bring it with you, it will be shown on
             the big screen and honoured of course. So just be creative !





     Prices           - there will be a lot of prices, unfortunatly we can't
                         tell you now exactly, so we can only say what they
                          will be worth aproximatly; all prices are subject
                           to change, but WITH notice, don't worry; call
                            the BBS for further info...     



     The worth (!) of the hardware-prices for the most important contest are :
     (in german marks)

         Standard Demo:   1. 10000 DM (maybe an Amiga-Workstation or a car !)
                          2. 5000 DM
                           3. 2500 DM

           Graphics:        1.  2000 DM
                            2. 1000 DM
                             3.  500 DM

             Music:           1.  2000 DM
                              2.  1000 DM
                               3.  500 DM


               Video:           1.  3000 DM
                                2.  1500 DM
                                 3.  800 DM

                  Tool:            1.  2500 DM
                                   2.  1500 DM
                                    3.  750 DM




  Of course there will be some real cool prices for all other compos, too !      



                     - NO GRAFFITI ! Everyone who will be caught must pay
                         for cleaning up and will be thrown out; there will
                          be a HUGE graffiti-wall where you may do your
                           work of art


                      - NO ALCOHOL ! Alcohol is strictly forbidden; if we
                         find some it will be confiscated


                      - selling of hard- and software and any kind of food is
                         forbidden


                      - behave like civilized people; troublemakers will be
                         thrown out


                      - there will be security-cameras all over the place, so
                         don't think we won't get you ...


                      - we will offer a reward of 50 DM for everyone who will
                         hand over or help to get troublemakers    



        As many many people are expected to come (due to official announcement by
          Commodore in several Amiga Magazins), just save your place right now.
               The entry-fee is 30 DM, no foreign currencies will be taken.

                        Register, get info, send your products to:

                                     Roland Amon
                                   Hardenbergstr. 31
                                   90491 Nuernberg
                                       Germany
                                 Tel.: ++49-911-593035

                                         or:

                                    Martin Donner
                                    Kiefernweg 1
                                   90559 Mimberg
                                      Germany
                                 Tel.: ++49-9183-8385
                                FAX:  ++49-9183-4995

                                       or call:

                                  The big Micro Box
                                BBS: ++49-911-5979701

           You may send your productions to this BBS, register yourself, get more
           detailed information, e.g. the exact competition-prices, or ask the sysop
                                about the sense of live ...      



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