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$VER:BSE 1997 invitation intro
Introduction
Welcome to the invitation intro to the BSE '97
or The Belgian Scene Event 1997, the COWlest
Amoooooooooooga party in Belgium in YEARS!
(The last decent Amiga party was in 1992, the
TRSi Easter conference - we all remember that
one ;).
The Belgian Scene Event 1997 will be a small
but cool *AMIGA ONLY* party held by Crux & Bad
Karma in Hasselt, a town in the northwest
corner of Belgium, close to the borders of:
Germany (apx. 50km.)
The Netherlands (apx. 30km.)
Luxembourgh (apx. 40km.)
France (apx. 80km.)
Don't let these distances scare you since it
is a rather high aproximate ;). Anyhow, the
partyplace is at 300m of a rather big express-
way, so you won't have any troubles finding it
OK, you probably wonder how we can be so mad
organizing a party in a nowhere-land like
Belgium. Well make it easy we want to prove
that there IS indeed a scene left in Belgium
and that it can still organize something
decent. And to make this sure: This is not
Wired 97 and it hasn't anything to do with it!
But remember that we make this party for FUN.
We dont want to make ANY money on it, all we
have left will go to the prize-money for the
competitions.
We hope we can welcome you at the BSE 1997,
CRiSP of CBK
FRaNKy of CBK
Where
The BSE 1997 party will take place at the last
weekend of August 1997, meaning August, the
29th, 30th and 31st. The doors will open the
29th of August at noon (12:00) and they will
close the 31th of August at noon (12:00), so
all you peeps can get home before school
starts again ;). For a more detailed schedule,
see party schedule.
The party place will be Zaal Crutzenhof in
Hasselt (and that is in the province of
Limburg).
NOTE: The party-organizers are at the party
place starting from Friday 29th, 6:00 AM
If you arrive earlier, you will nothing!
How to get there
Please don't get scared off by the lengthy
texts ;) - We mentioned every detail you can
see when you drive towards the party place.
It is just to make sure that everybody gets
where they have to be. Signs will be put out
everywhere, but please bring a map to be sure
(the signs might get removed by some law
enforcement evil forces ;)
By CAR
Following is a classification for every
country. This has been made to make things
easier for all of us. The explanations are
kept as simple as possible, and we will place
signs to lead you at every cross-section! If
you DO get lost in Hasselt, there is nothing
to worry about: just follow all directions
pointing to the 'Grote Ring' (big circle-like
road around the town of Hasselt) and keep on
driving around that 'Grote Ring' until you see
a sign saying either 'BSE 1997 - This way ->'
or 'Kuringersteenweg'.
Take the 'Kuringersteenweg' that goes INTO the
town of Hasselt. If you take the direction
'Kuringen' you will drive away. Once you're
on the 'Kuringersteenweg' just follow the
instructions for Belgian people.
Belgian people
Just make sure you get on the E313 highway
(Antwerp/Anvers/Antwerpen -> Köln/Cologne/
Keulen). Take exit 27 (Kuringen) and just
continue following the road you are on (this
will be for a kilometer or 10). This road is
called the 'Kuringersteenweg'. After these
10km's you'll arrive in Hasselt, continue
driving until you get at the Grote Ring.
Here you have to cross the street and actually
follow the road you are on. Take the third to
the left (the Lazarijsstraat). Then (after 20
- 40m) take the first to the right. That is
the 'Oude Kuringerbaan'. You will see the
partyplace indicated by the 'Cristal' sign
that is outside (that is a red plate with a
white logo on it)
German people
Okay, quite simple: Whereever you are coming
from, just make sure you get on the E313 (also
called A2 in Belgium, the A76 in The Nether-
lands or highway 4 in Germany). This road runs
from Aachen 'till Leuven (Louvain), but it
passes in Genk (the town next to Hasselt).
Just follow this road (immer gerade aus,
through the Netherlands, into Belgium) until
you get at exit 31 (Genk). Follow this road
until you get in the town of Diepenbeek. In
Diepenbeek you just have to drive straight
through, you will cross a rather large road
that takes you in the center of the town of
Diepenbeek, drive straight through (you have
to pass a factory called 'Jaga') until you
cross the E313 (another expressway). You
can't miss this road, you drive up a hill - it
is the only HUGE road in the damn place - and
it is indicated with E313 - Antwerpen. Take
the direction Antwerpen (meaning you have to
turn in right). Okay, just follow this road
until you get at exit 27 (Kuringen) and follow
the instructions for the Belgian people!
Dutch people
This is also quite easy, although the route
may vary if you live in the western parts of
the Netherlands. Anyhow, here we go: Make your
way to Belgium.
There are 2 major possibilities, either via
Breda or Eindhoven.
- via Breda:
Take the road to Antwerp, and once you're in
Antwerp, follow the 'Ring' and take the E313,
direction Liège/Luik. Keep on driving (for
about 80km) until you get at exit 27
(Kuringen). Go off there and follow the
instructions for Belgian users.
- via Eindhoven:
This is a bit more complicated (meaning that
you have to take some smaller roads). Anyhow,
just make your way to Belgium, and drive to
Hasselt (pass some cities like Hechtel-Eksel,
Heusden-Zolder and Zonhoven) until you arrive
at the 'Grote Ring' in Hasselt. Just follow
that one (drive to the right when you get
there) until you get at the 'Kuringersteenweg'
Take that one (direction Hasselt, NOT!
Kuringen) and follow the instructions for
Belgian users.
By TRAIN
By train see you get to the station of Hasselt
(Limburg). The partyplace is at 200m of the
station. (For foreigners: Take the train to
Brussels, then take the first one to Hasselt/
Genk & Luik/Maastricht (make sure that you sit
in the front wagons, the last ones will go to
Holland :).
Here are some train-hours:
Direct trains to Hasselt leave in Brussels
(station Bruxelles-Midi) at xx:18 (mostly from
track 12, but check to be sure). At xx+1:45
you'll be in Hasselt then.
Another way is take the train to Luik/Collogne
in Brussels (BXL-Midi) at xx:48. Get off in
Leuven (the first stop after Brussels, the
third after Bruxelles-Midi) and run to plat-
form 3 (mostly!) where you can get the train
to Hasselt/Landen at xx+1:25 (the train to
Luik/Collogne will arrive in Leuven at
xx+1:17 so better be quick hehehe) to be in
Hasselt at xx+2:10.
If you want to take the direct train to
Hasselt in Leuven, its there at xx:47, mostly
on track 4.
On friday you will have trains till about
midnight.. In the weekends aim at 22:00 for
the last train to and from Hasselt.
When you are in the front of the Hasselt
station, you will see lots of busstops in
front of you. Take the street on the RIGHT
OPPOSITE hand of the square (the
F.Massystraat). You will end up at a pretty
big road called the KONINGIN ASTRIDLAAN. Walk
left here and take the third one to the RIGHT.
(The Lazarijsstraat). Then (after 20m) take
the first one to the LEFT and walk straigth
through (you'll cross one road). After about
100m you will see the partyplace indicated :).
Another way to remember this is to follow all
the CRISTAL signs (that's a Belgian Beer). It
is a red plate with a white sign. At the
station of Hasselt, there is this pub with a
Cristal sign, go into that street (the
F.Massystraat), go to the left, until you come
across another cristal sign (Lazarijsstraat).
Enter it, after 20m take the first to the
right until you get at another Cristal sign,
the partyplace! :)))
What
The partyplace is a recently constructed
building and has all modern means of comfort.
A seperate sleeping hall in the complex is
provided (and it *IS* isolated & silent!).
Toilets and stuff are also nice and clean.
Too bad there aren't any showers in the
complex.
Inside the party place a bar will be available
with all kinds of drinks (beer -taste the real
and only Belgian beers-, water, coke, etc.) at
CHEAP prizes <see further>. You will also be
able to buy some sandwiches over there for the
same price of a drink (read: CHEAP FOOD :)
At the partyplace, all foods & drinks are the
same price: you get 3 consumptions (whether it
is beer, coke or food) for 100 BEF.
You are at about 5 mins from the main center
of Hasselt, which has LOTS of pubs, snack
bars, also at very acceptable prices (but not
as cheap as in the partyplace :). And for all
you party freaks: The biggest disco from the
region is at a 10 mins walk or 2 mins drive
:))
A helpdesk will be available 24/24. If there
are any problems, you can easily ask your
questions there!
And to make it clear for the first and last
time : There will be NO Cybercafe of any way
and certainly NO party-network. Ofcourse you
are totally free to set up those things
yourself and we wont be mad for it, but it's
something we dont have the time and cash for
to organise...
The cash stuff
Entrance fee will be set at 350 BEF (Belgian
francs) per person, we only accept Belgian
francs. If you really insist you can also pay
in other currencies, but keep in mind that the
exchange rates are not our means of measure -
you will pay more if you pay in other
currencies!
Girls get free entrance ofcourse!
Just to give you an idea of how much 350 BEF
is, here is a list with exchange rates (we
will NOT use the following list for entrance
fee money!)
350 BEF = $10 or DM 18 or Fl. 20 or 60 FF
250 BEF = $7 or DM 11 or Fl. 15 or 45 FF
If you want to pay in advance, no problem...
The price then is 250 BEF (Belgian francs,
same stuff as above) per person. If you pay
in advance, your money will not be refunded if
you don't show up at the party, sorry. Also
no change on advance payments.
You can mail the money to:
PO BOX 25
3000 LEUVEN 3
Belgium
With the cash send your 'password'. We'll ask
you for it at the entrance if you claim to
have payed in advance. If someone else knew
about your password and got in with your money
before you.. tuff luck. Better find the dude
and kill him (OUTSIDE the party-place please!)
Also add your first name and handle please!
And ofcourse if you dont like the Belgian
postal service, you can use a bank-transfer
too.. The account-number is 330-0201835-32.
In the message put your handle, real name and
password.
Reservations
Ofcourse you are able to reserve a number of
seats at the party-place. You are strongly
encouraged to reserve your seats when you are
sure you are coming to the party. We don't
want to have people arriving at the partyplace
when there are no more seats left!
You can reserve your seats by writing a simple
mail to the organizers (see Contact) with the
following contents:
- Your handle / first name
- The number of seats you wish to reserve
- The number of computers you are bringing
(and preferably the model)
An example email could be:
- Name : Crisp
- Seats : 5
- Compus: 3 A1200, 2 A4000
That's it!
If you want to pay in advance, feel free to
send us the reservation sheet by postal
services. You can include the money over there
or you can use a bank account. You can also
send us an email with the number of
reservations and send us the money afterwards.
Please don't forget to add your password to
both the email and the money, since we won't
be able to smell where it came from ;).
Party schedule
FRIDAY 12:00 Doors open
SATURDAY 16:00 Deadline all competitions
SATURDAY 22:00 Competitions
SUNDAY 06:00 Deadline votes
SUNDAY 10:00 Prize Ceremony
SUNDAY 12:00 Doors close
We will try to keep as good to this schedule
as possible ;)
The deadlines for the competitions do not
apply to the fastintro competition.
Some final notes
Please keep these things in mind when you're
at the party:
- The party-place is located on a piece of
land called BELGIUM, this means that all
Belgian laws apply inside and outside of the
party-place.
- It's a LEGAL party.
- All the hardware that you bring is at YOUR
responsibility, dont come and cry to the
organizers if it gets broken/stolen/whatever
- Troublemakers will be thrown out or even be
handed over to the police.
- If you're too intoxicated (drunk/stoned/...)
you will be denied entrance to the party-
place until you are decent again.
- If you make a mess of the party-place or the
neighbourhood, YOU clean it up and pay ANY
damage. We'll have people patrolling the
partyplace at every time of the day -
breaking this rule will certainly piss us
off!!!!!
- If you damage something, YOU pay for it. No
cash? Don't worry, we'll call your parents.
- The organizers have to be seen as almighty
gods and their word is law in the partyplace
If you wanna play smart, meet Mr. baseball-
bat! :)
Competitions
The following competitions will be held:
AMIGA DEMO Maximum size is 5Mb.
AMIGA 40Kb Maximum size is 40960 bytes.
AMIGA 4Kb Maximum size is 4096 bytes.
FASTINTRO More info at the party itself:)
GRAPHICS Please use ONLY one of these
formats: IFF / GIF / JPEG.
4 CHANNEL Music will be played with
Protracker 3.61.
MULTICHANNEL We can play the following
formats: Symphonie, Octamed(SS),
S3M, Digibooster and XM.
Please don't use any other
formats!
WILD COMPO Anything you want ;). Please
keep in mind that we only have
Amiga computers over there. If
you make something on another
format, make sure you can attach
the computer to the projector!
(It uses a standard CINCH CVBS
plug).
We'll also have a VHS VCR ready,
so feel free to hand in any
tapes.
The machines used for the competitions will be
one of these (you can specify the computer you
want it on at the partyplace):
A4000/040 at 25Mhz (2MB CHIP + 16MB FAST)
A1200/020 at 14Mhz (2MB CHIP + 0MB FAST)
A1200/030 at 50Mhz (2MB CHIP + 16MB FAST)
and 50Mhz FPU.
We also have some heavy surprise competitions,
but we're not gonna reveal those in here!!!
(Read: It will be LOTS of fun! :)
Prizes will include hard- and software from
our loyal sponsors, and the remainder of the
entrance fees.
Contact
To contact the organizers of BSE '97 you have
the following options :
E-Mail: crisp@unicall.be
franky@unicall.be
WWW: bse.base.org
uc2.unicall.be/crisp
S-Mail: PO BOX 25
3000 Leuven 3
Belgium
BBS: Cybergarden +32-11-333703 (Sysop = Crisp)
Voice: +32-11-333229
(This is a modem line, just whistle when
the modem answers and Crisp will pick
up the phone.)
Party staff
Here's a list of the people crazy enough to
organize this:
FRaNKy/cBK - Main Organizer
CRiSP/cBK - Main Organizer
Makno/cBK - Co-Organizer
MaLC0MN/cBK - Co-Organizer
Deathrider - Co-Organizer