Insanity #06 26 мая 2000

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D'E-PRESS'NYAK-1 - Lamers Must Die, or response to an article about demah and demoscene in the ZX News # 50.

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  I do not like assaults and unnecessary disputes. But
always silent, reading the frank bredyatinu
is sometimes too unbearable. I understand that
there are different worlds, different communities
spektrumistov: some people simply become attached to
platform to the program to my childhood, there
those who differ from them and attached to
computer art. Does not mean that
it's just two different species, just two
extremes, and there are a lot of people do not
flowing into them. But it's not about classification, but the
relationships. Clearly, we still live in
Spectrum and live, and nobody is here to stay, no
those of any other. Although attempts to eradicate a friend
another course will already have something,
in fact, caused by this article.


  What I simply can not stand is when someone
rested, fanatically rubs, who and what should
do and how to live, not having anything to do
relations.


  Closer to the body. Touched my article from the ZX
News # 50, whose author is, apparently, Jedi,
that in general it does not matter, even, as in the article
sets out the views of the editorial board, to which I shall
further contact.


  From the first part of the article "ZX-Party" controversy
almost there, since the author there is only
supports the CC000, as a major party,

"Because it has a good geographical
location for most of the Spectrum
groups (even more so that the festival is completely
Spectrum is dedicated)


  Chego something I missed, apparently, and perhaps
edited by simply decided that the most
Spectrum groups living in the vicinity
Peter? :) And why it suddenly became CC000
dedicated solely to Spectrum? On what-if,
that the editors did not deign to his presence day
second? :)


  In short, the first part of the article - it is only
flowers, because the second part, the author
unfolds the glory, splashing out on
reader all my thoughts about demostroenii.


  It begins with a presentation of stories
demostroeniya where we learn that:

"Demomeyking was born as a means of
expression of coolness programmer, his creative
level. Ie demos showed the possibility of their
creators of the code. "


  That is, in the beginning appeared as demomeyking
such, and the party, and artists and musicians, I
not to speak about the designers, as if not
observed:)


  Besides, who actually said that competed
the underlying code? Competed that evaluated
people, those criteria that guided
viewers in the voting.


  Further, the author writes that he took and came up with an 
encoder demomeyking plot (as if before him

there were videos with a plot), and
vpechaetlenie such that the plot is invented
on the Spectrum. And, for some reason, it immediately
identified with the animations.


  Disputes about the animation and ne_animatsii in demah 
slightly incomprehensible. Nobody ever does not specifically 
make out on the shelves konkrentuyu DeMouy to the end. All

boiled down and reduced to a simple cry: "Yes you
this effect - anima!. "All this is ridiculous. No, no
has been and will not be on the Spectrum restrictions
Use of animation. Because there is no clear
boundaries between animation and code. I certainly
boots in the code, but look what happens:
Animation - vykidka podgruzhennyh personnel, and
realtime - the frame is calculated per frame. After
even from these formulations, though not until the end
correct, it is clear that the boundaries are erased.
May not be loaded bitmap, and the coordinates
objects in the frame and the frame can be computed and
not completely but only partially, using ready
tables podgruzhennyh advance. And in these methods
There is nothing wrong, everyone does as best he can and
as he wants. Boundary is the only restriction on
naked animations and just conscience of the encoder. Really
the best would be that roughly wins
relation proizvodimoe_vpechatlenie / occupied
size. But I digress, back to the ZX News.


  Become so chaotic and full of holes, that the
says you can find fault with virtually every
line. Sceners there are those who "need only
more and more new effects in various
variations, and there are "people who appreciate both demos
piece of art, not a testing ground for showing off, "
that is, that others do not sceners:) not funny
Is it true?

Further: "in the rules was even introduced a ban on
Arts demo - a familiar point about
inadmissibility of animation in the works "


  There is no denying the author:

  a) does not even understand what is prohibited is not the 
animation in demah, and held the boundary between animation

compo and the demo compo.

  b) again considers art only
animation, denying any artistry
We shall not contain animation;)


  Following ideas:
"Organized Chaos Construction'000 now
seriously considering a proposal for approval
vote in two categories - the best code and
best story. Ie first a step to
actual development demomeytinga "


  Seems to me this is a misconception
associated with narrow-mindedness. IMHO, plot
demos, this is only one possible
demostroeniya directions. And what the author calls
"Step toward the actual development demomeykinga"
will actually be a step to limit other
directions. Nesyuzhetnye demos have the same
right to exist as demos with the plot. AND
hardly makes sense to have the dispute to the audience
this level and to introduce yet another nomination.
Assume that everything is decided by viewers when voting - that
they like the story or something else. A
otherwise, so you can roll up to the amount
nominations as the Oscar - for the script, work
artist in the Deme and stuff. A demo - it's you
not a movie, it's different, it's just _drugoe_ it
not even a video, although much more common with
music video than a movie.


  We return to the parsing article. Now before
we have the most hits on their marazmatichnosti,
The third part - part of the charges and
postulates. The author probably had no idea
comes so we call it, but I'm with my point
view took it that way.

"Thanks to the importunate propaganda of noisy
scenery, the very ones that were mentioned
higher among spektrumistov widely
The conventional wisdom is that to prove their
Skill can only demah, but not in games
or system programs. "


  Whose propaganda persistently, it is still necessary
look respectable editorial. Yes, and you
is generally bear when Copper Feet, Fatality
Rage, and proved just the opposite? Well, not
nonsense right? Maybe just need something
qualitatively do? For example, for a start, though
least qualitatively to publish a newspaper without such 
left-wing articles and other things? After all, before Newskah 
was not worse than the on-line ...


"Meanwhile, the deme, which was not represented
on the party, is an indicator of a monstrous waste
creative powers in vain, and, believe me, nobody else
such work will not say thank you (to put it mildly) of its
author. "


  gee:) Really? If you have not said thank you, and you
straight break apart from feeling crazy
abyss of effort spent some group or
man, from which he received satisfaction,
Whose problem? Who do you treat?

"On the Spectrum the best way to fulfill themselves -
is the creation of any game or system
program, which deme not even close to compare:
for example, released a few days ago the game Operation
'OIL' or sistemka BestView shut up for the belt
any DeMouy!


  Be really pokorrektnee: "shut up for the belt" only
_subektivnyy_ your opinion. Why should all
how do you think? Especially because Best View and
"Lyubaya_dema" simply incomparable, as are made
for various reasons and for different purposes.

"Actually, as a means demomeyting
assertiveness appeared on other platforms, where
very difficult to translate their creative ideas into
as a game or a system program


  Uh-huh. As recently as two days ago, the HRC has arisen. A
Then the guys from DMS assembled it there, and let
demos rivet. And I naively thought that
demomaking originated somewhere in the dead
odnomegagertsovom c64, or even that early on
relics, compared to which the current spectrum
cray just some ...


  Later in the article is just, um, text,
expiring as follows:

Editors ZX-News plans in 2000
publish a series of articles on the fight against this
rampant epidemic. "


  Presumably, will also be distributed
Special antistsenerovye traps and poisons with
detailed instructions on how to eradicate povalnmu
scenery as the nefarious mutant form of discrediting
spektrumista-sovetikus?

"Again, that can be called only demoy
This program, which was demonstrated by
party. Everything Else - a waste of
time and effort, ie epidemic, because in a healthy
state no one will be something
to waste. "


  Guys !!!!! We psihiiiii :)))) We are all sick!
Remember that huge list of people who
something not to demo compo! Remember? So,
It was not demomeyking. Crap that was all.
Garbage, so to speak, suffered. Although there are a couple
Output: accept everything else synopsy or
any crowd that collects more than two
spetkromanyakov called party;)

"The purpose for which we have touched on this topic -
the desire to rid the creative spektrumistov from
imposed upon the idea of ​​mindless riveting dem to
enable them to realize themselves
for real! "


  Hoo. And what the fuck, someone points
people how to sell yourself:) eh?
Chegoy something I have not entered. Is creativity to
Spectrum is now no longer _svobodnym_? Yes
never!

"So, here are three basic positions, which
adheres to the revised ZX-News:

  - Party must be one, and this - Construction
Chaos'000;

  - On the party vote should demam
conducted in two nominations: best code and
best story (conventional definition);

  - On the Spectrum should develop this
demomeyting, ie it should always be only
means of competitions and conducted under
party; real creativity in the same
Spectrum is recognized and strongly encouraged
the creation of games and software programs (including
including their release / revision / etc) "


  Okay. And now my three main lichnyhp
ozitsii that suggest themselves, KAKS
ledstvie observation of life stage and reaktsiyan
and an article ZX News:


  - On-peak will be a few global
party, for example, as happens now: one
foreign, one domestic and one or two
virtual winter, when travel is problematic,
but do need something.

  Local party lists you as much as
able. Since the global scene can
develop only when the development of local
stage.


  - Vote on demam remain normal. K
Why reinvent the wheel. Spectrum
demomeyking slightly different from the c64, but for years
evolution of the foreign party has shown any component
important and necessary. If it really wants
experiments, for their part, I would
suggested that the introduction of another category demo - demo
podzagruzok without the disc, when all is loaded
only once, and then runs to the end.


  - Creativity as it was and remains the creation of
of something new, his, created by any
person, in any form. And I put on
restrictions that someone wants to impose on
creativity. Who wants to do a demo - it makes a
demo. Who are interested in creating games - let
creates the game. Who cares to criticize
pages of newspapers - let the critics. Evolution will
their own way and we do not need revolutions,
have suffered.



  Article came to an end, they have both this one.
Why did I write all this? Tell me - positive
you're on them, nobody can prove anything, would not understand.
But for some reason I naively believe that my article
someone in some way to convince. Or maybe not.
I might even somewhere and wrong. But I
expressed as a minimum to balance that
delirium, his delusions. That's all business.