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THE FRIENDSHIP OLYMPICS
OFFICIAL FINAL INVITATION
1. OPENING WORDS
Controlled Dreams and Relentless, in association with Crimson Jihad, with
invaluable help from Liquid Sounds, Contract, ABC and Coma (C-64) members
proudly present you the final invitation to FLaG '98 - European Demoscene
Meeting. This textfile contains most important information about the
event.
Some crap about the party itself. It is the second time FLaG is
organized, first it happened July 1996. Then it became the largest party
ever in Hungary, and some of its records are still unmatched; for example
it was the only four-days long demoscene meeting ever in Eastern Europe,
etc. FLaG '97 never took place, we cancelled it, but now we resumed
organizing work.
2. WHEN & WHERE
The exact date is and place is:
6th - 9th February 1998.
Hungary, Budapest, 1134 Tuzer utca 56/58.
So it is four days o'fun again. Hungarians, don't whine about school and
worktime! Take a look at the timetable before not coming because of
reasons like "I gotta work on Mondays", etc. The compos will begin early
in the evening on Saturday, and they will end at around 21:00!
The party will be held in a large school building in Budapest, Hungary.
Here is a brief guide to get there by the local public traffic. You can
find a map in the invitation intro and at the FLaG '98 homepage (its
address is at the end of this text).
First, move your ass to Budapest. I guess most people will arrive by
train. There is a metro stop at every railway station. If you arrive by
plane, catch a bus and that will take you to the metro. Get underground.
Check which line it is: M1 (yellow line), M2 (red line) or M3 (blue
line). It is easy to find out which line you are travelling, since the
information tables on the red line are red, etc. You must take the blue
line. All three lines are junctioned at the stop named 'Deak ter'. So get
to the blue line, and travel to the stop named 'Lehel ter'. Here climb
upground, and take a ride with the tram number 14. (Only number 14 is
available, so it won't be a hard guess.) You must travel 3 stops. Get off
at the third one, and head left. There you'll see a large, blue building,
with a big FLaG banner hanging on it. You have arrived.
3. GENERAL INFORMATION
First of all, this is a TRULY ELITE party. It's main purpose is NOT to
entertain lame kids playing Quake all the days. This is for real sceners
only! We won't advertise it on TV, in newspapers, etc. just to attract
lamers. Our goal is not to reach the 10000000 visitor number, and even
not making piles of money this way. We don't expect more than just the
best of the scene. The entry fee is relatively cheap:
750 HUNGARIAN FORINTS = 4 USD or 5 DM approx.
Not a big deal. This is all you need to pay, and nothing else.
So those only willing to play during the entire party better stay home.
But what will real cool guys get for their money?
- First of all, the usual stuff. We'll have a projector, large hi-fi
equipment, and such. We'll have a buffet, operating round the hour. We'll
try to build and keep a party network alive. With Internet, ofcoz. It
will use OS/2 Warp Connect; thanks go to OS/2 Team for making it
possible. Another thanks fly to Matav for the ISDN.
- CD-ROM writing service will also operate.
- There will be some professional presentations. These will include
"conventional" ones, when a guy comes, and tells about how kewl their
products are. But these may even be interesting. Take a look at the
timetable for details.
- The first night - Friday - will be a so-called Coder-L Nite. This means
we'll hold an open forum for coders where they can meet and discuss about
engines, rotators and such crap. This idea came from TomCat / Abaddon
(remember his 'Chrome' 4Ks), who'll also hold a professional presentation
about raytracing. Maybe even some software companies may pop up, looking
for programmers to employ...
- We'll keep the sleeping area guaranteedly silent and guaranteedly
comfortable, thanks to the matrasses from the PE room.
- There will be a place that guaranteedly will not be silent: the
"rageroom" for those arriving with a large audio. There they can turn on
the afterburner for Prodigy! Ofcoz some moderation is needed after 22:00.
- Every visitor will receive a free can of beer!
- The party is free for girls, although an entry ticket should be bought
to vote.
- And of course we'll hold the regular compos.
4. THE COMPOS
PC demo PC 64K intro PC-Amiga 4K intro
Amiga demo Amiga 40K intro C-64 demo
C-64 music C-64 GFX Pixel gfx
Wild GFX Raytrace Wild compo
Multichannel 4 channel PSION compo
PHuN compo Graffiti compo
Let's see the rules. Ain't much.
PC DEMO
8 megabytes. It mustn't be 100% animation, but shorter anims are
accepted. It must stop when pressing Esc. No writings on the hard disk.
PC 64K INTRO
64 kilobytes. The intro must not contain played animation. It must stop
when pressing Esc. Don't touch the hard disk.
PC - AMIGA 4K INTRO
4 kilobytes, PC and Amiga will compete in one category. The intro must
not contain played animation. It must stop when pressing Esc. Don't
touch the hard disk.
AMIGA DEMO
The rules are the same like in the PC demo category.
AMIGA 40K INTRO
The rules are the same like in the PC 64K category, except that it is
40K.
C-64 DEMO
Maximum length: 4 disk sides. If running the demo requires user
interaction, one of the makers must be present at the compo machine
during playing.
C-64 MUSIC
No remixes, stolen or digitized tunes. This compo will be separated from
the others.
C-64 GFX
We only accept contributions in executable format. The contribs must not
contain musics and/or visual effects like scroll, etc. Don't scan.
PIXEL GFX
Only 100% hand pixelled works! Photoshop, traces and scans will be kicked
real bad. The limit is 640x480, 256 colors.
WILD GFX
Here you can enter with any QUALITY picture, drawing, photo montage made
using Photoshop. We'll only display real artful pics! The limit is
800x600x16M. (This is the projector's mode limit.)
RAYTRACE
Guess what. Limit: 800x600x16M. Forget stolen objects.
WILD COMPO
Maybe you already noticed the absence of the lamer compo. This is another
wrong door to knock with lamerdemos! This category is for raytraced
anims, videoclips, etc, only some lame Hungarians think it is another
Firg-compo. All three compo machines and a VHS VCR are available to play
the contributions, plus a special wildcompo machine, provided by Intel
Hungary and Pixel Multimedia:
Pentium-II 233 MHz, 64 MB RAM, Matrox Monster 3DFX, GUS PnP 16 MB.
If you need any other hardware, you should provide it.
MULTICHANNEL MUSIC
Accepted formats: MOD, IT, S3M, STM, XM, or anything else Cubic Player
can play. We will play 10 musics. This compo will be separated from the
others. No remixed, stolen or fully digitized tunes.
4 CHANNEL MUSIC
Same to the multichannel compo, except for the number of channels. All
modules will be played on PC.
PSION COMPO
Our main supporter is PSION Hungary Ltd. You know, the guys with those
cool little things, called palmtops, featuring a RISC chip to make
Internet access faster. The task is to write a quality demo about this
pocket machine or other PSION product. Just to avoid misunderstandings:
THIS MUST BE A PC PROGRAM, NOT A PSION ONE. It is worth to compete, since
the winner will receive a PSION machine worth of 150,000 forints (approx.
800 USD or 1100 DM) from the hands of a PSION representative! Information
about PSION products - like pictures, etc. - can be found in the
attachment of this invitation intro, but you can also DL it from our
homepage. You can freely use any PSION product names and/or logos. The
only need for the demo that it must support Sound Blaster and must be
able to run from a Windows 95 DOS task. We said task, no need to run it
in a window. It needn't be a realtime demo, it can even be an animation.
GRAFFITI COMPO
For the artists of the spraycan. Due to the great interest shown, we
changed the rules. Any number of contestants may enter the compo, but we
have cans only for the first five entrant. Other entrants must bring
their own paints. Of course anyone may use his own cans, even beyond the
given ones, and you can also use your own spraycaps. We have enough wall
for everyone: a piece of rendered wall, approx. 4m x 5m size per skull
will be given. The winner will be voted by the audience. We will show the
scanned photographs of each work on the projector during the compos.
Contestants may enter the competiton as individuals or as a group.
Entrants already signed up:
Tyrant / Therapy^Resource
Enok / Urinate^Chrome^Label Zero
Blackdog / UiT
Xtro / Contract
PHUN COMPO
Well, all we can say that it won't be another one from that boring
we-are-funny-haha brand of so-called fun compos. This will be real
313373 PHuN...
The general rules for all compos:
- First and foremost, the most important: we will disqualify nonserious
entries. We are bored of lamerdemos.
- One artist or group may only enter with one production per category.
- You needn't be present personally to enter a compo, but give us some
way to send you the prize in case you win.
- No compo entry fee.
- Controlled Dreams and Relentless will not enter to any compo as a
group, other organizers may not contribute as individual artists.
- If we have any problem with your stuff, for example it doesn't run on
the compo machine or so, we'll try to tell it to you. But we won't search
the entire building for you, so it's better you don't to disappear before
the compos. We will test all contributions.
- Disqualified entries will not be released after the compos. This gives
the author(s) to release it some other party later.
- If there is only one contribution in some category - or none at all -
that competition will be cancelled. The single entrant will be asked
whether to release his work or not.
5. THE COMPO MACHINES
We don't really agree with some fellow party organizers, who provide the
latest PC equipment available during the compos, just to tell they had
such cool compo machines. We think a compo machine should be a computer
like everyone use. So, our preferred configurations are:
PC:
Intel Pentium 180, 32 MB RAM, Tseng ET-6000 2 MB, GUS Max 1 MB, MS-DOS
6.22, XMS.
AMIGA:
A1200, Blizzard 1200/60, 16 MB FastRAM, 2 MB ChipRAM.
C-64:
C-64 2 (grey breadbox-type), Action Replay MK7, new SID, plain 1541-II.
Don't think we can't get a P233MMX any time we want, but we don't want.
The Tseng ET-6000 is a sure thing now, so prepare to use VESA 2.0. Our
projector's display limit is 800x600x16M color. Warning, nonstandard
resolutions (eg. 350x480) may produce weird picture. Please forget
resolutions above 800x600 in the art compos, we will not convert
pictures.
6. PRIZING
Promising anything about prizing may end up in sucking bigtime, so we
promise nothing - we won't give neither less nor more than at any other
party. This means hardware, software and maybe some cash, all around
3-400,000 forints worth, and - as we told in the pre-invitation - no
sofware-only prizes will be given. But we can promise one thing for sure:
we are not lamers, and won't make ourselves ridiculous by giving
mousepads or Pascal handbooks...
7. CONTRIBUTING AND VOTING
Contributing and voting are simple. You copy your product to 3.5" disks.
Or 5.25" ones, if you are a 64'er. Warning, we won't accept anything on
hard disks! CD-ROM disks, audio and VHS cassettes are accepted in the
wild compo only. Now you go to the entrance. There you grab a plastic bag
and an entry form. You fill out the form. There will be some questions
about the title and the category of the contribution on it. Fill it
precisely!! And readable!! Then you insert the disks and the form into
the bag. Only one contribution per bag! Sorry if you need lotsa disks,
but this is the only way not to mix the stuff up. You close the bag, and
insert it into the box standing nearby. You are done.
Entering the graffiti compo requires finding Tomcat before the deadline.
Voting is even more simple. You will receive your voting form with the
ticket. It will be attached to the ticket, it must be torn off. You fill
this during the compos, and insert into the voting box. Only one form per
skull! We'll keep an eye on this.
8. HOW TO BEHAVE
We don't organize a party just to force rules on everyone. This means
nothing is forbidden that doesn't make any problems. Alcohol and smoking
aren't forbidden, but please, if your smoke bothers others, don't be a
butt, and move away. And don't mess with others drunken. If you vomit,
you will clean it up. That's all. Ah, btw. enjoying drugs is against the
Hungarian laws. Breaking these rules will end up in breaking your face.
Don't organize a nonofficial graffiti compo for yourself! All caused
damage will be subtracted from the prizes.
You should keep your eye on your stuff, because if anything disappears
from your equipment, that's your problem. In a lawyerlike manner: The
organizers don't take any responsibility for hardware, software and
anything else brought to and/or used at the event.
9. TIMETABLE
This is the planned timetable of FLaG '98, but this is not final! Some
new programmes may pop up, times may change, etc. The final timetable
will be announced at the party.
6th Febrary, Friday
16:00 Opening
21:00 Coder-L Nite opens, lasts until you get bored
(may even begin sooner)
7th February, Saturday
09:00 Borland presentation:
The future of coding: Delphi
12:00 Intel presentation:
The next generation of CPUs: The Merced architecture
14:00 PSION presentation:
The next generation of palmtop machines
15:00 Multichannel compo deadline
4 channel compo deadline
C-64 music compo deadline
16:00 IBM & OS/2 Team presentation:
Java VisualAge under OS/2
20:00 Multichannel compo
4 channel compo
C-64 music compo
21:00 Graffiti compo deadline
22:00 Graffiti compo (will take place some 500 metres from the
partyplace, so take a coat...)
8th February, Sunday
12:00 Silicon Graphics presentation:
Professional rendering
14:00 313373 PHuN compo
15:00 All compos deadline
18:00 Compos start
22:00 Approximate time of prizegiving
9th February, Monday
10:00 Closing
12:00 Killing people still in the building
13:00 Bagging up bodies
14:00 The organizers leave
15:00 You got locked in the empty building alone...
10. THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS
FLaG would never happen without the following companies:
4M Computerbonto Kft.
Borland Magyarorsz g
Deutsche Messe AG Hannover
DUFA Paints Hungary Kft.
IBM Magyarorszag Kft.
Intel Magyarorszag Kft.
Internetto
Matav Rt.
Mikropo Computer Kft.
Pixel Multimedia Kft.
PSION Magyarorszag Kft.
Silicon Graphics
OS/2 Team
OS/2 News
Trans-Europe Management Kft.
11. THANK YOU FOR HELPING US
Some guys & girliez who made this event possible, and without whom
organizing FLaG would have been impossible:
Lord / KNG^CJ
Lay / CJ
TomCat / ABD
BLT / REL
Atko
Jennifer 8
Mo
12. CONTACT
I guess you already have the final FLaG invitation, but if you need a
spare one, call one of our bulletin boards:
The Next Generation - CD WHQ: (06-96) 414-576 Gyor
SceNet BBS (06-1) 228-5921 Budapest
Koala Land BBS (06-23) 354-776 Szazhalombatta
Or hit the Internet:
http://goliat.eik.bme.hu/~zotya FLaG '98 official party page
If you have any questions, write to Tomcat / Controlled Dreams:
E-mail : engineer@kempelen.inf.bme.hu
IRC : Tomcat_CD #scene #coders #c-64 daytime
Snail : Polg r Tam s
1139 Budapest, Kart cs utca 7.
You needn't reserve neither a table, nor a ticket, we have both enough.
Come all! We did serious work to make this event possible, and give you a
really remarkable party.