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»CL0: Delirium 2001 Party Report
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Written by »CL5:Makak of »CL5:Madwizards »CL6:& »CL5:Reason
»CL1:Only four weeks after the Symphony
party, we all had the opportunity of
going to another copy party in Poland.
Recently it has been somewhat unusual
to have two parties in such a short
period. I knew that this did not mean
parties would now be common, so I
could not miss the last opportunity
this year to meet all my Polish scene
mates. A few minutes after midnight on
Oct. 13th, I got on the train and
started the long journey to Olkusz, a
small Polish town near Krakow.
Travelling was great although I had to
travel on my own before Warsaw, but
there »CL7:I meet some people from Koszalin
and everyone knows that with Azzaro,
Borys, Kierownik, Adamsoft, Ubik, and
others, you cannot get bored»CL1:. My mates
were already tired from their journey.
Of course, travelling by train did not
tire them too much, but they seemed to
be a bit too heavy boozed... Our trip
passed very fast, while we were
talking and drinking tasty
"Stolychnaya" vodka. It seemed like I
just got on the train, when we reached
Olkusz.
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One of the organizers had promised to
wait for us at the station to show us
the way to the party place, but
unfortunately, we did not see anyone
there. Luckily, we saw some small
arrow signs with the "Delirium Party"
logo. »CL6:It was not difficult to find the
party place, as the party was held in
a medieval tower»CL1: (now we also have
"our" Spotleum...) so the only thing
we needed to ask people in the streets
was "how to find the tower". After a
short walk, we spotted the party
place.
We were some of the first people to
arrive, so we had the opportunity to
see the party place before hordes of
sceners entered it. The tower had two
levels; the lower level was situated
as a small pub, which was our party
place, and the upper level was the
main party hall. Well, "party hall"
may not be the best word, since it was
only a little bigger than the living
room in my apartment. The small amount
of space was not a problem. It
provided us with a great chamber
atmosphere, where everyone knew each
other and we really felt the scene
spirit.
»CL8:The entrance fee was only 5 zloty
(2.5 DM!), and we did not even have to
pay!»CL1: It was not obligatory, but those
who paid the organizers got an ID, a
voting sheet and a free beer in the
pub. The atmosphere was so great that
almost everyone decided to pay the
entrance fee.
As always, the first half of the party
was filled with nice chats with other
sceners. This time, we had not
"missed" each other so much, because
the last party was only four weeks
earlier. Fortunately, there was a shop
nearby who had cheap alcoholic drinks,
so we could drink our traditional
Polish "po jednym". »CL6:The only bad thing
about the party place was that it was
a pub and therefore private alcohol
was not allowed after 4pm»CL1:, when the
pub owners appeared, but earlier we
could do whatever we wanted. They were
very strict about it and it was
impossible to drink anything of your
own at the party place. Luckily, they
did not confiscate our drinks, but
only wanted us to take it outside.
Personally, I was very impressed with
their skills, especially after a woman
spotted me giving Juen a can of beer
that was still in my pocket......
In the evening, the first competitions
started. I do not remember the music
compo, since I had fallen asleep when
taking advantage of a free bench,
where I could lay my tired body and my
oh-so-heavy head. Suddenly, I was
awoken by "»CL8:Misio komputerowy»CL1:"
("»CL8:Computer bear»CL1:"), one of the most
famous scene songs these days,
»CL8:performed by a Polish disco band»CL1:. It
became a scene song, when Tabaka
Lovers were showing a crazy demo about
Hakon/Whelpz and used it for a
soundtrack. After that, Borys and
Grogon performed the best song in the
crazy music compo live. That finally
made me rest, and I could go and get
my free beer in the bar.
After the music compo, the gfx compo
was held. Well, I have no words to say
about it. There were few pictures
(4 or 5 if I remember correctly). All
of them, except for Mantras were
really shitty. »CL6:I wonder what is going
on with our graphicians, where did the
pictures from Slayer, Dûordan, and
other pixel masters go, eh»CL1:?
Finally, the demo and intro compo
came. Both compos had only ONE
production each. Well, I do not want
to spread bad news, but I am afraid
that this bad tendency is here to
stay. The first production was Juens
intro (I do not remember, if it was
made under the Nah-Kolor- or just the
Juen/nah label). It had been assembled
live on bigscreen and then run. Juen
had made something in old style, with
a damn long scroll, which I have not
yet managed to read until the end. »CL7:The
only production in the demo compo was
Mawi's demo by Kierownik»CL1:. He is now
for sure the brightest star of the
Polish scene. The demo was great, but
not as good as "Cruel Karma Forms".
Perhaps it is due to the short period
between Symphony and Delirium. The
final words in the demo, "this is only
a preview", appears to confirm my
suspicion. It is too bad that
Kierownik is now the only one who is
able to make demos on such a high
level; the lack of competition is not
healthy. Nevertheless, one should not
forget about Mavey & Diamond, did you
know that those talented Potion coders
have made a demo for Game Boy? I hope
it does not mean that they will drop
PowerPC for Game Boy!
»CL8:The PC demo compo was cancelled due to
the lack of productions»CL1:. According to
Crust there was one, but it was
disqualified, because it used a
3D-accelerator, which was clearly
forbidden in the invitation. I must
say that I am wondering if the PC
sceners are even capable of doing
anything without using their
3D-accelerators.
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After the demo compo and a short
break, the crazy compo started. This
time we had two nice animations done
by Borys and Def. It is a shame that
they are hard to understand for
sceners outside Poland. Anyway, we had
a great time during this; especially
the animation made from photos from
SLC with the famous Polish rock song
"fabryka malp" ("monkey's factory")
impressed us. Believe it, when I tell
you that the lyrics matched the
pictures extremely well, and if Borys
is telling the truth, the pictures
were randomly chosen from his
collection!
»CL6:The organizers tried to make some
crazy compos when all the compos were
finished»CL1:, but at that time it was
definitely too late to have a lot of
fun. The only competition I remember
is "»CL7:the fastest typer compo»CL1:", the
fastest typer on keyboard. The second
one should have been the "Hello World
compo" (who will be the fastest to
write the well-known "hello world!"
program in C). I wanted to enter that
competition, but I cannot remember if
it even started and when I saw
»CL7:Kierownik»CL1: waiting for the compo, I
already knew that I would not win. ;)
Suddenly, the organizers told us
"sorry, but you have to leave", and
the party was over. It was sad that it
happened so sudden! Otherwise, I would
have been able to do many things that
I had planned. We had to leave the
party place at 5 am and go wherever we
wanted. I did not like it; sceners
should not be driven out from a party
place that way...
»CLA:After all, I think Delirium 2001 was
great»CL1:. The organizers did a good job
organizing it and I am grateful that
they gave me the opportunity to meet
my scene friends. Although there were
some small stumbles, I want to thank
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them for the party! I hope we will
have the chance to visit Olkusz again
next year at Delirium 2002. I also
hope that some Czech people will visit
the town, since it is rather close to
the Czech border. CYONCP!