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Welcome to
The Gathering
1998!
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Another year, another
party. Every year, it
may seem like routine to
the rest of you, but it
really isn't. It's more
or less another full
time job for the quite
a few of us. Anyhow,
to settle for last years
level would make it to
easy, so we add extra
features every year.
The Gathering 1998
Global spirit!
Start:
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Wednesday 8. April 08:00
Sunday 12. April 18:00
:End
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Entrance-fee:
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Boys 300,- NOK
(approx. $40 US)
Girls 150,- NOK
(approx. $20 US)
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Check our web-page:
http://www.gathering.org
/ for all the latest
updates.
Chat with us on irc:
#tg98 on EFnet
Mail us:
tg98@gathering.org
Vital stats
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More than 100 hours of
partypleasure
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Many compos - classic
and new
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Entertainment from the
stage, ravers and
funbands. This year we
go for party, none of
those moron bands who
tried to make you get
hearing aids after TG.
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Internet and network?
Being the best and
staying the best.
More bandwith in and
out, more content and
evens online than ever
before will make TG98
into a truly
international event.
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A very hard working
crew being there for
YOU.
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A videoroom of class.
The only reason it's
not one the best
cinemas in Norway is
that we provide LD
and DVD only!
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Food and beverage will
improve even more this
year. Give us input on
what you would like.
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The sound will still
not be great all over
the hall, but sound
transmission will be
available thru the net
as well for personal
sonics.
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The bigscreen will be
REALLY, REALLY big.
16x12 meters makes it
192 square meters.
Since no one else had
one in the Nordic
countries, we had it
SPECIALLY made for TG.
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New and cool events,
party compos and
entertainment will
keep you up for a few
extra hours every day.
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Some scene meets /
symposiums. Get input
from other wellknow
sceners and discuss
whatever.
Transmission details
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The olympic hall of
Hamar, Norway. More
famously known as the
Vikingship. Built for
the 1994 Winter
Olympics, with over
12000 square meters of
rumbling space. With
all these sport-
activities fading
away, we can use it
for something more
important (to us at
least).
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TG96 - about 2500
attendees.
TG97 - about 3300
attendees.
TG98 - a set limit of
4000 people. Get your
tickets soon to
be sure to get a spot.
Time
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We open at 08:00,
Wednesday the 8th of
April, and kick
everybody out
the door by 18:00,
Sunday the 12th of
April. To make one
thing clear,
everybody NEEDING an
entry before is
considered slaves
until we open. Ask the
2 guys peeling 50
kilos of potato last
year if they WANT to
be early next year
(even though the
probably will be it
anyhow!) :-D
Entrance
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For European
residents, full price.
300,- NOK (About USD40).
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For outside of Europe,
still free entrance.
(All 3 of them last
year).
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Aliens are still free,
but have to guest star
in the X-files episode
to be filmed at TG98.
(gotcha).
* SPECIAL NOTIFICATION
PLEASE READ
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Due to the abnormous
amount of girls coming
to TG97 (about 350), we
do have to do something
really unpopular this
year. Girls DO have to
pay to get in, but they
only have to pay half
price. There are several
reasons for this, but
none of them have with
us making a large amount
of money of it.a)
Everybody being
there as an attendee,
have to pay to get in,
due to technical
reasons. b) The hall is
using a lot of resources
on the girls as well,
and with an estimated
growth in the girls
amassing to more than
500, we would could
either raise the price
for the boys by about
50 NOK to cater for all
the girls entering free
(or close to free, see
point a). c) Some of the
attending girls
complained about feeling
lesser worth because all
girls would get in free,
and they would like to
pay full price.
(Some of the girls even
paid in full just to
mark their point).
All things being what
they are, we decided to
have an entry fee
covering the extra cost
of the girls coming, but
still having them pay
half price would be
supportive for them, to
make it easier for guys
to talk the girls (or
other girls talking to
their friends) to come
see. If we get MORE than
a 1000 girls, we
probably would have to
take full price for them
as well due to the same
reasons as above the
next year.
To make it worthwhile
for the girls to come
out, we've made a
provision to give them
some extra goodies for
paying for their entry
this year.
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Purchase tickets within
Norway by calling
"Billett-Service" at
81533133.
This is the very best
way to ensure you get a
ticket, and the ticket
is your key to being
able to reserve a seat.
People outside Norway
should contact us for
special arrangements to
order a ticket before
you arrive, and we have
set aside enough tickets
to provide for all
foreign attendees.
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Tickets can also be
purchased directly at
the door without any
previous registration.
You don't even have to
tell us or mom that
you're attending TG98
before you get there.
However, preregistration
at our web site will
save you and us a lot
of time at the entrance.
All info can be entered
thru our website before
the party or at the
party. Entrance will
this year be lightening
quick. Entrance security
is separated from
registration security
this year. You will be
able to enter
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You may register your
entranceinfo and reserve
tablespace through our
web. Please check back
regularly at the web for
updated information.
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http://www.gathering.org
is the spot to get all
the updated info. Loads
of buses set up for TG98
is also listed here. We
have our own bus which
will provide transport
from Oslo at set
intervals. Many others
have already bus tours
set up. The party starts
with the tour!
How to get there.
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From Oslo, take E6
northbound (main road,
you can not miss it).
Right before you drive
into "Hamar", you will
see a sign pointing
towards the ship. By
this time you should be
able to see it pretty
easily.
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From Trondheim, pretty
much the same idea,
except you'll see the
signs exiting "Hamar".
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From anyware else, get
to Hamar, or hit into E6
and follow it!
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Take the train from
either Oslo or Trondheim
(or connect thru theere)
and exit at "Hamar
railwaystation". Take
the bus or taxi from the
station to the ship,
it's less than 800
meters away.
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Other means of
transport, send us a
mail, we like to be
flexible.
Party network
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TG96 set a new world
standard for party
networking. With the
help from Accton and
Lanco, TG97 provided
more than 3000
connections (topping
the 1500+ connections
from 1997), this year,
we will have 4500
connections and to set
the standards high,
both TP and Coax cabling
will be available. A
gigabit backbone
will rock!
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If you don't have a
network card, high
quality network
adapters will be sold at
bargain prices.
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Information on how to
get onto the network in
a proper, fast and cool
way will be provided for
you by the experienced
network crew.
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Of course a highspeed
internetlink will be
available for all of
you. This year, in and
outlinks will exceed
ANYTHING you experienced
before, but follow the
instructions from our
crews to maximize
performance for you
and others.
Special happenings
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Yet to be decided, we
will have some rather
cool people entertaining
us from the scene, quite
a few scene artists will
release new productions
at TG98.
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We will have surprise
compos, surprise guests
and cool symposiums to
keep the party going.
Compos
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Amiga Demo
PC Amiga
Anim (Wild) Demo
Totally Wild Compo
C64 Demo
PC 4K intro
Amiga 4K intro
Amiga/PC 64K intro
(see compo rules for
special note)
Amiga/PC fast intro
3DFX Compo
4 channel Music
Multichannel Music
Fast Music
Graphics - pixeled
Graphics - raytrace
Text-mode demo
Useless utility
Java game/demo/applet
For a complete set of
updated rules for each
competition, check the
web-page. For a
preliminary set of
rules, check end of this
text file.
Greetings
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We will take this
opportunity to thank
everyone who attended
TG97 and gave us the
necessary inspiration to
endure the masochistic
work of arranging a
party of this caliber
again.
Very special thanks to:
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First of all, the
wonderful people of HOA,
which made us feel at
home.
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The local fire
departement for helping
us in every possible
way.
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The patient crew from
ABB, which made a true
AUPS
(almostuninterruptable
power supply) for all
sceners present.
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All the sponsors of
TG97.
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All voluntary crew
members who did the
impossible, day after
day for nothing else
than that magical
experience.
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And at last to all of
you sceners out there,
who makes all the
difference in the world
to us. C U at TG98!
How to get in touch with
us
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If you need any kind of
help, or if you do have
any questions on how,
what, when, where, try
to get in touch with any
of these individuals.
- Main Administrator:
Vegard Skjefstad
- (+47) 90 11 99 66
shady@crusaders.no
- Registration
Administrator:
Trond Michelsen
mike@crusaders.no
- Network administrator:
Andreas Lund -
(+47) 90 07 71 62
floyd@crusaders.no
- Any general questions
and comments
can be mailed to
tg98@crusaders.no
Or..... by the
eversopresent snailmail:
The Gathering '98
KANDU
Stasjonsveien 56
N-2010 Stroemmen
Norway
The people on the top
Shady / Crusaders
Dictator
Mike / Crusaders
Registration
The Joker / Crusaders
Coder
Dollar Bill / Crusaders
GFX / DTP
Freaky Angel / Crusaders
TG-Vision
Gunders / Crusaders
TG-Vision
IQ / Cryptoburners
Internet
Big-Papa / Crusaders
Internet
Andy Floyd / ATC
Network
Ferryman / ATC
Network
Meco
IRC
Jammer / ATC
Power
Don Valentino
Crusaders Security
Dr.Outtasight
Crusaders Stagemanager
Kinky / Crusaders Girls
Crew care
Wobba / Crusaders
Compo
Kinky / Crusaders Girls
PR
Nightshade / Crusaders
Speaker
Moms / Crusaders Girls
Video-room
RULES! RULES! RULES!
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The following rules
apply to all PC Compo's:
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Must work on a Pentium
running at 90Mhz
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Must work with 610Kb
conventional memory
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DOS v7.0+
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Loopable only by
choice (-loop parameter)
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Pressing the ESC-key
at any thime should exit
the production
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The system must be
returned to it's
previous state upon exit
(i.e. no temp-files,
stuff not removed from
memory aso.)
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A production may only
participate in one compo
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VESA support will be
provided with Science
Display Doctor, current
version.
PC Demo:
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In addition to the
common PC rules, these
rules apply to the PC
Demo Compo:
- Max 32Mb RAM
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Max unarchived size
6Mb
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VESA v2.0 complient
and/or general VGA
registers
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Soundblaster and
Gravis Ultrasound,
and/or no-sound
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The demos will be
shown for a maximum of
15 minutes
PC 64Kb:
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In addition to the
common PC rules, these
rules apply to the PC
64K Compo:
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Max 32Mb RAM
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Max unarchived size
64Kb (65536 bytes)
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VESA v2.0 complient
and/or general VGA
registers
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Soundblaster and
Gravis Ultrasound,
and/or no-sound
PC 4Kb:
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In addition to the
common PC rules, these
rules apply to the PC 4K
Compo:
- Max 32Mb RAM
- Max unarchived size
4Kb (4096 bytes)
- VESA v2.0 complient
and/or general VGA
registers
PC Textmode:
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In addition to the
common PC rule
s, these rules apply to
the PC Textmode
Compo:
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Max 32Mb RAM
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Max unarchived size
4Mb
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Max 80x50 text mode
resolution
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Max 16 colors, neither
palette nor fontset
modification allowed
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All 256 standard
characters are allowed
(state language code,
ie. 437,850)
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Blink attribute can be
modified to allow 16
background colors
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Soundblaster and
Gravis Ultrasound,
and/or no-sound
Amiga Demo
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* Max unarchived size
10Mb
* Must work on 68030
and above
* Can utilize FPU, but
must then support
68881/68882/68040
68060
* Max 2Mb CHIP-RAM, 8Mb
FAST-RAM
* Must work after
SetPatch is installed
*
The demo can not reboot
the machine when done,
but do a 'clean exit'
* Demo will be shown
maximum 15 minutes
* HD installable
runnable
* Loopable only by
choice
(-loop parameter)
* Exit any time with a
mouseclick
Amiga 64Kb
* Same as for Amiga
Demo, but with max
unarchived size 64Kb
(65536 bytes)
Amiga 4Kb
* Same as for Amiga
Demo, but with max
unarchived size 4Kb
(4096 bytes)
HTML
* We provide
descriptions of
a fictional
company/organization.
* Some text and pictures
will be provided as a
basis for the website.
New text and pictures
are allowed and highly
recommended.
* Points will be awarded
for the following:
- Graphic design
- Functional design
and implematation
- Compatibility with
browsers. Microsoft IE
and Netscape is highly
recommended to a
precheck. Very
peculiar browsers will
not be utilized for
the compatibility
check.
- Correct implementation
of HTML.
Fast Intro PC/Amiga
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- See general demo rules
- Topic will be
announced at the party
Most Useless Utility
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Have you ever made
something so totally
useless by accident or
you tried to on purpose?
Then this is something
for you. It doesn't
matter if it's something
which uses forever to
calculate a number or if
it's a simulation dog
barker. All entries
are welcome.
C64 Demo
* C64 standard model
* 64kb RAM (no wonder :)
* 1541 or compatible FDD
WiLD
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* Max 15 minutes
* If the entry need any
obscure hardware,
contact us for
arrangements.
* Animations/CGI only
* If you have the
opportunity we would
like animations to be
delivered on s-vhs.
That makes it easier
for us. If not we will
do it ourselves :)
Totally WiLD
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* Max 15 minutes
* If the entry need any
obscure hardware,
contact us for
arrangements.
* Anything goes within
legal limits.
* Things to be delivered
on video, must be
clearly marked.
Java
game/demo/application
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You can pretty much do
what you want to here as
long as it's in the
spirit of the
competition.
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Both binaries and source
must be submitted
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Entry must be applet
executable, ie. from a
browser
4 channel Music
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* One entry per person
* 4 channels maximum
* 15 modules will be
selected by a jury
* Max 4 minutes
* Any midi modules will
be played on an AWE32
with standard instrument
set
* S3M, MOD, XM, MID, IT
, OctaMED, AMS and C64
SID's allowed
* Max 1.44Mb unarchived
Music competition
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* One entry per person
* 15 modules will be
selected by a jury
* Max 4 minutes
* S3M, MOD, XM, MID, IT,
OctaMED, AMS and C64
SID's allowed
* Any midi modules will
be played on an AWE32
with standard instrument
set
* Max 1.44Mb unarchived
Fast Music
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Rules? Quick?
Graphics compos common
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* 20 pictures will be
show 2x30 seconds (These
will be picked by a
jury)
* GIF, IFF, JPEG, LBM,
ILBM, HAM8 and TIFF
allowed
* Max 24bit color depth
* Max 1024x768 picture
resolution
* No color cycling
effects allowed
* The competition
version must not be
signed by the artist
Graphics
raytrace/rendered
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* Picture must be
computergenerated and
not pixeled.
Graphics Pixelled
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* Picture must be
pixelled and neither
rendered or raytraced.
3DFX Compo
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* Must run under either
DirectX, Glide or
OpenGL.
* Compo will run on a
machine with 3DFX card
installed, and must work
on this platform.
However, any demo
working under DirectX
will adhere to the rules
and therefore be
eligible EVEN if it does
not support 3DFX.
These demos will have
a distinct disadvantage
though.
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Other small competitions
will be announced at the
party.
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