Nicron #103 11 октября 1998

Демопати

Events - demopati Chaos Constructions 98.

    Chaos Constructions 1998


(R) Wlodek Black



   Editorial Nicron'a reproduces the newspaper officially 
informed the organizers of the demoparty "Chaos 
Constructions'98" in order to bring this information to the 
readers who do not have Internet access or Fido. The text 
published on the official message received from ehokonferentsii 
ZX.SPECTRUM Fido. 

   In connection with certain formal constraints (64 characters
in line instead of 80) the text has been subjected to editing, 
not affecting the meaning and content of information. Also 
obvious typographical errors have been corrected and produced 
the original design of the text graphic means lookup program 
Newspaper Nicron. The rest of the text is printed without 
modification. 


   Venue CC98 - St. Petersburg, Russia.

   According to information from the head demoparty Vsevolod 
Potapov allowed to participate in distance competitions, but 
with mandatory presence on the party's representative work.



   Due to the fact that the editors Nicron'a not part of the 
organizers of the CC98, please do not contact Nicron with 
questions upcoming festival! To the extent that subsequent 
information from primary sources, we will publish new 
information on CC98.


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    Information about demopartii
        "Constructions of Chaos"

                version of 2 October 1998

             1. General information.


   Bringing the best of the best in demostroenii on major 
engines stage designs of Chaos will be held in December 1998.

One can only hope that the party will become a regular
and will be held each year.


   "Constructions of Chaos" organized chaos Concern and will be 
sponsored by various firms and companies of St. Petersburg and 
Russia as a whole. 


   As stated above, demopartiya CH will occur in winter
1998 in three days.


   Day 1 will be free, doors open at 9 am.


   This day will serve as a prelude to the real party. People
who simply could not sign up to the parties by telephone,
mail or electronically, Boudin is given one last chance to take 
part in CH. During the days 2 and 3, no registration will not 
be done. 


   Top demonstrations, music and graphics on all competing
CH on platforms will be presented to the audience. It also will 
test all equipment. 


   Will be a presentation of various firms and companies
Sponsors will be able to talk with the audience. Also, the 
first day, Many people and organizations can show their 
products and services, will present companies developing 
hardware and software for all computers that are compatible 
with the components of the machines, sales of hardware and 
software distributors ... 


   On this day, friends can meet and talk quietly.
Also - the remaining tickets will be sold on the same day (NOTE:
It is recommended to reserve your tickets BEFORE Structures
Chaos).


   At 5 o'clock start wild demo compo. Vote on this component 
will not; the winner will be selected by sponsors. Anyway, 
support for an audience (the audience -? (Approx. WB)) needed. 


   Wild demo compo will take about two hours, after which
Jury sponsors to identify the most original work. At this time
organizers will consult about to amend (if necessary) in the 
plans for the second and third days of the party. At 8 o'clock 
sponsors will announce the winner of the first competition of 
Chaos Constructions 1998 - wild demo competition. 


   The first day will be officially closed at 10 o'clock. The 
pavilion will be cleaned and reduced to "normal" state. All 
necessary measures (such as: increase / decrease in the 
protection, cleaning and so on) will be taken depending on the 
number of visitors. 


   In order to attend the party in the next 2 days, everyone 
should will buy tickets. Without a ticket log on days 2 and 3 
will not be allowed to anyone but beautiful girls. 


   Days two and three days would Structural Chaos contest
the best demonstrations of computer music and graphics. NOTE:
registration during these two days will not be done!


   Compos all the graphics and music will be held on the second
day, voting on all the work will be conducted on the same day.
Absolutely no votes on the chart and the music will not be 
accepted the next day.



   Last, but not least, is the day 3. It
Then will come the most important events - will be a demo 
composting for all machines. All the votes for all the work 
will be collected and counted, organizers Structural Chaos 1998 
will be called and award the winners in all 15 categories.



   Designs Of Chaos 1998 will be officially closed at 10 
o'clock. All the results and work will be posted on the 
Internet at the evening (night).


               2. Compo Rules.


   All work (intro, demo, graphics and music) for all platforms
can not be released before the start of the Chaos Constructions 
1998, otherwise work will be disqualified.



   All demonstrations and intro should work (and end)
without interference from anyone (at the same time, the demo 
may have setup for audio / video hardware).



   All demonstrations and an intro should be able to stop
by pressing the add.


   Absolutely every job passes through the hands of 
preselection committee. 


     Preselection.


     Preselection.


     PRESELECTION.


   Please remember this when the surrender of his work
preselection committee.


   Net animation is not allowed. It can be used,
but it may preselection committee decide to allow work
to the component or not.


   Scanned (or converted) are forbidden. Please save your work 
at the time of creation and provide 2.3 Committee for the 
preselection (for example, if your graphics look better 
pictures). 


   Every job must have at least one representative
(Not necessarily that he or she is part of a group that 
produced the work). 

           a. Specific Compo Rules for GFX

+ Handdrawn gfx.
 retraced / rendered gfx are not allowed.
 maximum resolution - 640x480.
 maximum range of colors - 24 bit.
 formats - BMP, GIF, JPG, PCX, PNG.
 A maximum of 2 work from one artist.
 (Regulation on schedule for Spectrum are shown below).

+ Raytraced / rendered gfx.
 retraced / rendered gfx allowed.
 maximum resolution - 640x480.
 maximum range of colors - 24 bit.
 formats - BMP, GIF, JPG, PCX, PNG.
 A maximum of 2 work from one artist.
 (Regulation on schedule for Spectrum are shown below).

          b. Specific Compo Rules for MUSIC

+4 Channel (mod) music
 the maximum size of 1mb.
 only MOD files.
 maximum duration of 3 minutes.
 maximum of 1 track from one artist.
 (Pc-gus/amiga playback)

+ Multichannel music
 the maximum size of 2mb.
 Formats - MOD, S3M, XM, IT.
 maximum duration of 3 minutes.
 maximum of 1 track from one artist.
 (Pc-gus/pc-sb playback)

          c. Specific Compo Rules for Amiga.

Machine: A4000, accel, RAM 32mb
(Demo / intro must work on the A1200 with 8mb RAM)

+4 K intro:
 the maximum size of 4k.
 maximum duration of 5 minutes.

+64 K intro:
 the maximum size of 64k.
 maximum duration of 10 minutes.

+ Demo:
 the maximum size of 8mb.
 maximum duration of 20 minutes.

           d. Specific Compo Rules for PC.

The machine will be restarted after each demo / intro.

Machine: PII300, RAM 64mb, 4mb AGP 2D, 16mb 3Dfx, GUS 'SB16
(Demo / intro must work on P200 with 16mb RAM and nosound / sb)
MSDOS clean / HIMEM / QEMM.

+4 K intro:
 the maximum size of 4k.
 maximum duration of 5 minutes.
 without the use SVGA.

+64 K intro:
 the maximum size of 64k.
 maximum duration of 10 minutes.
 without the use of permits is higher than 800x600.

+ Demo:
 the maximum size of 8mb.
 maximum duration of 20 minutes.
 without the use of permits is higher than 800x600.

        e. Specific Compo Rules for Spectrum.

Machine: Pentagon 3.5MHz, 128k, General Sound 'AY-3-8910/12,
    5.25 "DS / DD FDD
(Demo / intro must work on the Scorpion)
TR DOS 5.03

+4 K intro:
 the maximum size of 4k.
 maximum duration of 5 minutes.

+ Demo:
 the maximum size of 640k.
 maximum duration of 20 minutes.

+ Gfx compo:
 the maximum size of 6192 (6912 -? (Note WB)).
 A maximum of 2 work from one artist.

+ Music on interrupt:
 compiled by # c000.
 maximum duration of 3 minutes.
 maximum of 1 work from one artist.

+ Digital music:
 should have its own player.
 maximum duration of 3 minutes.
 only AY-3-8910/12.
 maximum of 1 work from one artist.

             Appendix 1. Tickets


   Tickets for the competition days of Structural Chaos (days 
two and three) will be sold long before the party. You can 
order tickets by phone / email / electronic means. 


   Planned to deliver an individual bar coded number on each 
ticket for protection against illegal entry. Participants 
(competitors) will also have to pay for tickets, would 
nevertheless possible discount of 25% (depending on number of 
participants in the group. Discount will be possible only if a 
group of 4 or more Membury.



   All participants will register well before the start of (the 
names will be printed with a barcode on the tickets). All 
visitors / guests will have the name of the GUEST (girls will 
be named GIRL for protection against illegal entry half Smolny).



   Bar code scanners will be connected to the "main" computer.


   All illegal "guests" will be dealt with protection.

          Appendix 2. Organization.


   Drinks and food will be sold in the pavilion. Alcoholic 
beverages are prohibited above 8%. Drunk people will be 
expelled from the territory of the party at 1 day (their data 
in the "main" computers will contain a temporary ban). 


   Everyone must have your ticket with you all the time.


   The building will be protected by a specific organization. 
Buying a ticket, the new owner agrees to all terms and 
conditions printed on the back of the ticket. 


   All equipment will either be rented (or sponsors provided), 
or it will be the personal property of the organizers party.



   Since every day the party will take place over 12 hours
(9:00-22:00 pm), various seating areas will be provided
guests and participants of the party.

          Appendix 3. Vote.


   Voting will begin as soon as the first component, and
will occur before 7:00 pm the third day, after which the votes 
will not be accepted. Contestants allowed to vote, but:! VOTE 
FOR YOUR GROUP / JOB IS PROHIBITED! Violators simply reduce the 
number of votes for their same job and only after that they 
will be informed that they voted wrong. 


   System was based on a 5-point scale. From 1 as the smallest
score (BUT NOT negative, so let's not even that poor 
performance) to 5 as a maximum. People can vote for an infinite 
number of times for any amount of work, but the human voice for 
separately taken the work will not pile up (they will be 
replaced by a new assessment). 

           Appendix 4. Agreement
        (Printed on the back of the ticket)


   As a proud guest demo Partee Designs Chaos, I take full 
responsibility for their attitudes and actions. If I would 
suffer any damage (even inadvertently), I agree to reimburse 
all damages to repair / replace damaged items. 


         Annex 5. List Compos:



    Compo Platform Restrictions Note


   Intro IBM 8K, 64K

                 AMiGA 8K, 64K

                Spectrum 4K 4K just for the ZX


   Demo IBM Pentium II should work on

                              266 MMX Pentium 200, 16MB

                              64Mb RAM,

                              3D card

              AMiGA Amiga 4000

                               accel N / A
                         16Mb RAM

            Spectrum Pentagon should work on 128
                                    Scorpion

 Wild Demo Any No limits Participants must
                                 provide organizers ditch all 
the necessary                                  hard / software.

                                 Should work with
                                 audio / video system mi party. 
Must                                  be regis but in advance! 
No component                                  But the prize for 
best                                  wild demo will be.

                                 The winner will be
                                 selected sponsors.
                                 (And they have been awarded)


    GFX IBM 'handwork / no difference between
                AMiGA raytraced IBM and AMiGA.

                          only
               Spectrum handwork scan schedule
                      normal screen will not be allowed.
                          (6912)


   Music IBM '4 channel can be player AMiGA (normal mod, on the 
PC or on Ammy                        multichannel


            Spectrum Interrupt / should have a player
                         Digital (separate)


            Annex 6. Program (*)


Compos Day Time Events


  1 none 9:00 am doors open.

                3:00 pm Opening demo Partee Designs Chaos

                5:00 pm Wild Demos.

                7:00 pm Plans for the 2 nd and third days.

                8:00 pm Sponsors will be announced and the 
Award Winning                      To Wild Demo competition.


               XX: XXxx Register "belated" people.

                     The best demonstration and graphics, music

                     verification system of the Party).

                     Testing of all equipment (th
                     losovaniya, works and components of 
machines) 

                     Installation and inspection of all work

                     for all machines.


  2 Gfx - 10:00 am July Compos. (Music: 4 channel (mod)

       Music IBM 'AMiGA - 4 (Multichannel)

                              (Gfx: Handwork)

                              (Raytraced)

                     Spectrum - 3 (music: On interrupt)

                              (Digital)

                              (Gfx: Handwork)

               NB: NB!! Voting starts right at the windows
                     by Remark 4 channel music compo.


  3 Demos-10:00 am August Compos.

                         IBM - 3 (8k and 64k intro, Demo)

       Intros AMiGA - 3 (8k and 64k intro, Demo)

                     Spectrum-2 (4k intro and Demo)

                7:00 pm Voting ends.

                8:00 pm The results of all sompos and prizes.

               10:00 pm Official closing

                         Structures of Chaos 1998.

* Actual timings may vary.

Contact Us: cha0s@cybermail.net

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