Optron #40 03 октября 2000

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waggons - Party Life: Chaos Constructions 2000 - impressions of visitors.

             Party Life


  {} Tertius Gaudens, 2000


  Party People


  Party life - so with a light hand of the newspaper "Born 
Dead" became known publications on computer festivals (Demo 
party) ... 

  While that has come to Lviv only one newspaper with 
information about CC'000 - and this, of course, Nicron | 118; 
but we hope that Soon we will be able to read something and

other publications. I want to offer you
"Collage" (as it calls Arseniy Astapenko - see "Optron" | 20) 
of the network messages and feedback on this topic.


  Our "buddies" are:

  - Peter Sobolev, St. Petersburg, the main organizer
Festivals ENLiGHT (1996-97); a summary of his story about 
SS'999 was published in Optocouplers "| 29; 

  - Vyacheslav Mednonogov, St. Petersburg, the famous
Spectrum geymmeyker;

  - Mikhail Uvarov, St. Petersburg;

  - Roman Petrov, Yoshkar-Ola;

  - Someone n00tr0pil, whose real name I
never knew (his review CC'000 was the most negative);

  - Ekaterina Gerasimova, Novgorod, steep
PC'shnaya kodersha (her story most notable for its artistic 
merit and, therefore, taken by me, "the basis"); 

  - Anton Mice, St. Petersburg;

  - Igor Gruzdev, St. Petersburg, moderator FIDO'shnoy 
ehokonferentsii SPB.SPECCY; 

  - Ivan Mack, St. Petersburg, one of the developers
computer "Sprinter";

  - Alexey Vasiliev, St. Petersburg;

  - Eugene Palenok, Moscow, Acting Coordinator ZXNet;

  - Vyacheslav Skutin, St. Petersburg, the company NEMO (his
words are true, to a movie about
CC'999; but it seems to me that they, too, to CC'000
completely applicable);

  - Vladimir Bulchukey, Moscow;

  - Maxim Muchkaev (MMA), Samara, steep Spectrum sceners and 
editor of "Born Dead ";


  - Valeri Kovalev, Minsk;

  - Sergei Zotov, Samara;

  - Vsevolod Potapov (Random), a native of
St. Petersburg, and now - a cool Australian businessman (we 
will, in any case, it so assume, but the truth - to whom she is 
interesting?) 

  Food for Thought: "the lion's share"
feedback on CC'000 distributed through
Internet and FIDO. But in ZXNet they appeared only after they 
go forwards Vyacheslav Mednonogov and Eugene Palenok. 

  So ...


  "Meeting Place ..."


  Peter Sobolev:

  - Cinema "Sunrise" is located in the southern
late Peter - about 20 minutes. by shuttle bus from the metro 
station "Prospect Veterans." Almost in the same area was 
conducted ENLiGHT'96. 

  Vyacheslav Mednonogov:

  - The location is quiet, off the market in Avtovo not
far. You can get on a trolley bus.
Next - three wonderful park. In short,
you enjoy.

  Mikhail Uvarov:

  - Cinema, this has long become
from public schools to private and
for greater profit of their premises
leased. So under the same roof
These nest shop, cafe and hair salon.

  Peter Sobolev:

  - Before the cinema hall - a hall where people can socialize. 
Hall - a relatively large (400-500 seats). Much comfort there, 
but it is right for such an event.



  Arrival


  Roman Petrov:

  - We're going to cover the distance from
Yoshkar-Ola to Peter hitchhiking. Meet!

  Vyacheslav Mednonogov:

  - Hitchhiker's - it's cool!

  Roman Petrov:

  - "Cool" - this is when special equipment ...

  Vyacheslav Mednonogov:

  - Lasso, cats, suction cups, magnetic holders, shoes with 
wheels? 

  n00tr0pil:

  - An event of this magnitude, I miss
Of course, I could not, and starred in the south directly into 
the Peter. Riding a long time, almost three days.


  Ekaterina Gerasimova:

  - On the train people to whom we spoke
to release space on the bench, it does not hurt a hurry to meet 
us, though, in theory, Gopal of six people, of whom five - 
sleepy guys with heavy bags and clear signs of a hangover, was 
supposed to direct for some thought ... 

  Having reached the place of future events
we find the relatively free of vegetation, location, spread out 
the newspaper, got the food (that is, a snack) ... In the 
solitude was short: come Voronezh, the guys from the Rybinsk 
and Old Oskola. Then, from nowhere, a company floated 
Belarusians and Ukrainians (who are pretty podnabravshihsya). 
Started a worldwide fraternization, shooting and remembrance 
the name Random. 

  Residents of nearby houses threatened to cause
police (and who is nice, if the windows
- Some neudoboperevarimaya parties, no way to communicate 
enough of the words "sax" and "Rulez"?) Among the Belarusians 
and Ukrainians came burning conversation on the topic "My 
Police pick has no right - I am a foreign citizen "... 

  A passing instant advised us
wind in the park, and even waved his hand, asking
direction of movement. In the cold it was right to recognize 
and went to way. Walk was really long, but

Park turned out to be quite comfortable.

  At our disposal were the three shifted the bench, where we 
are located on the all possible comfort. Discussion of the 
pressing issues is temporarily interrupted by singing (for 
example, in the repertoire of present national anthem of the 
Soviet Union) ... 

  Meanwhile, a new problem arose -
It was time to move the station to meet Permyaks. Because Most 
are in the transportable state, were selected Distinctive 
features four (including myself), the mission of which was to 
get to the station, meet Permyaks and either drag them in, too 
park, or to report where they go. 

  At the station two prikopalis ment to us with
question: "Are you ate?" And then I
struck! I made a wry face intelligent and cute issued: "You 
know, we have it .. computer scientists, this is our eyes are 
red from the monitor ... "Ministers order ofigeli, apparently, 
completely and entirely, because waved on our hands and said: 
"you bring down here," - That we were not slow to make ...


  The long-awaited return, specific plans have
They did not have so long to persuade them
go to the park did not have to ...


  Day One


  Anton mouse:

  - We have gathered as we were told,
to 12:00.

  Igor Gruzdev:

  - Total out there, just for instance, was 300-400 people.

  Anton mouse:

  - Organizers are not visible. Announcements
what is happening there at all.

  Igor Gruzdev:

  - Passers-by ask - what a bunch?

  Ekaterina Gerasimova:

  - To detect sleepy participants
yesterday's mayhem. All night they walked somewhere in the 
parks and forests, as eloquently testified to their pants and 
shoes; Many were once again close to full nestoyaniya.


  "In the movie" is not allowed, and some gathered solemnly 
retired to a nearby children's playground ... 

  Anton mouse:

  - After an hour wading through the crowd began to organizers 
with the hardware. The question arises - what fate had not been 
all ready? 

  n00tr0pil:

  - People hanging out at the entrance for three hours ...

  Naturally, everyone began to thump, and shortly
were already "in the insole.

  Igor Gruzdev:

  - Someone nalilsya so that the rolled head over heels 
downstairs theater, he helped rise.


  Ekaterina Gerasimova:

  - Finally, we arrived Randy (who I do not really
expected to see, so it's a young guy turretless!), but not just 
as mere mortals, but in a posh shestidvernom "Lincoln"; truly 
missed Only the canopy over his head and brocade

Carpet-to-door theater.

  Peter Sobolev:

  - Its output was shot three or four cameras. It looked, um 
... strange not combined with environmental deystvtvitelnostyu.


  n00tr0pil:

  - It's called - "a scene"!

  Ekaterina Gerasimova:

  - Arrange enough bursts at the entrance. Dynamite us long 
enough, then began to run for a few people. 

  Mikhail Uvarov:

  - In the hall a crowd of people was formed in
fifty, and there is some old lady,
inspects all the crazed eyes (and
I must say that most of the crowd were
have not clipped) and a trembling voice
proclaims: "And who are the last to get a haircut?" .. "

  Anton mouse:

  - At the entrance cut down to 60 p. And instead
tickets on hand gets stamp "paid". It seems that the organizers 
believe that computer scientists are cleaned once a year, so the

the die in two days is not erased.

  Ekaterina Gerasimova:

  - Upon learning that the girls - free entrance, I was 
delighted, but the guys-checkers said anything like never heard 
of. I'm phlegmatic shrug was about to be paid, but then came 
Rand, whose I have not failed to clarify this fact, he was 
indignant and gave a dressing down controllers. 

  Anton mouse:

  - Apparently, in the room - renovated:
piles of trash, fresh paint on the walls ... In
Hall noramlno like everything, except that no
One sign of what is happening there ... Subsequently, someone 
out there crawling around on the ladder, trying something to 
hang, but was drunk and did not work - but at least people 
amused. Across the hall hangs a bundle of wires

columns, the bulk of wires converge
just to the center of the first-line screening
screen.

  Igor Gruzdev:

  - While all sat down (it is worth noting
that in all the seats are not enough), organizers
tried to set up equipment (such as a microphone that well, did 
not want work).


  I was expecting at least some speech, albeit small, but 
distinct plan for that for which I have come here. No, people 
were welcomed, and in a tone that we supposedly should owe them 
for what they organizvali. Sponsors were also mentioned. 
Everything. It took three proposals. 

  Anton mouse:

  - Organisers have warned that they advance about anything 
with the local authorities do not agreed, therefore, if that - 
will have to disentangle all of us. 

  Then announces: "Wait half an hour,
now all will be adjusted, and now look cool new demos for 
heating "- and run demos 97-year, very rotten, and why the 
sound is coming only from speakers Computer ...


  Music contest begins. Sound
Only two speakers from all hang. If
not to look at the track number, you might think that playing 
the same tune. 

  Crawling gets up and walks away. Others sleep.

  The rows run guy from Voronezh, who brought the schedule, all 
the wakes and distributes scraps of paper - for the vote because

Organizers did not bother to prepare
forms (although the price lists were printed nemeryannom) and 
organize the process, because light is not burns, and randomly 
included strobes and ultraviolet lamps contribute little

good visibility, to write anything problematic.

  n00tr0pil:

  - The organizers did not care at all and
whole. Technical pause borrowed more
time than the show. All buggy and fell.
A few things did not start.

  Ekaterina Gerasimova:

  - Own fault: there was nothing "mazday-98"
place, would put W'95, and all would have worked.

  But in general the atmosphere was amazing,
just amazing - or not say. Facilities
looked very comfortable (especially when it was
included only ultraviolet light), whence it was dragged 
soundlights, a closer look reveals laid on its side of traffic 
lights, the general impression marred only flasher - its flash 
hit in the eye and act terribly on my nerves. 

  During some of the next break
someone shouted: "Random here!", and several people responded 
in unison: "The Dream-guroch-ka!" 

  Anton mouse:

  - Display the graphs of all cheer.

  Igor Gruzdev:

  - One picture was a copy of the previous one. Frank lazhey 
were three or four operation, an outspoken robbery konvertilkoy 
- same. But there were real masterpieces.


  What I have ranged - MMA came and said that the demos will 
show not just so as to make it fun to watch them from

beginning to end. It turns out, in advance
put everything in their places?

  Anton mouse:

  - A couple of demos was very personal, even though their plot 
to speak of the ridiculous: just the effects, even without 
clearing the screen ... 

  Peter Sobolev:

  - The level was higher than last year.
In addition to the effects began to appear some
thought, though very sketchy.

  n00tr0pil:

  - The most coolest withdrew from the contest "on
moral and ethical sobrazheniyam. "Where is
was pre-selected in this case?

  Igor Gruzdev:

  - Pleased fractal plasma. Just
beautiful. In general, it was at that look.
However, I expected more. It was a masterful coding, a good 
selection of effects, but it was not the main thing - the soul, 
an idea. 

  Remember - what demos won before?
Correctly, with the script. Demos should be
INTERESTING viewers! And now no one
takes into account. Rivet effect (good
even if its own, and not with slizany
peeped demos on an alternative platform) and make just a bunch 
of scenes, nothing with each other are not connected.



            To be completed