Nicron #113 03 октября 1999

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Events - demopati CAFe'99. The story of the organizers.

            CAFe'99 -
        story of the organizers



   CAFe'99 report


   U-r-r, and that's finished is the most CAFe'99. We still
done. - We are Excess Team and Vysokogorsky Computer
Center.

   Back in the spring in the network were released the first 
version rulesov. Closer to the summer Telling the team 
organizers. Frankly, it's not an easy thing - do demopati. So 
much has been necessary to find, in the first place money. Sent 
letters in 15 Kazan computer firms, and no one answered, even 
failure. Here ... Okay, I will not swear, well, they ... there 
is generally realized probably. And when for the first found a 
cool room with cool equipment requested 10 pieces for 2 days, 
came out awesome troubles - the money to take it nowhere. And 
then connected to the case Vysokogorsky Computer Center. In 
contrast to the snickering masters in Mercedes, they were more 
attentive to this original event, and here they are already 
co-sponsors, all of the problems with cash settled. In general, 
vysokogortsy simply the most natural way saved the party from 
failure, for what they are special and great Thanks. By the 
way, so no small thing as a video projector, a they already 
had. Since we broke some cool room, the owners of the hall 
started a something there, and the director of DC could not 
give it to us already, even for twice that amount. Well, found 
a place worse and at times cheaper, Do not let a cool room, but 
not some kind of club or school ... As some. And last spring, 
followed by summer and it was time of CAFe'99.



   August 27. The night before the festival: part Excess Team:
Lasoft, Pasha, xPasha, ZK System, SK Corp of Peter, Adam
Bazaroff, Xanth and Maxi GC - muzmeykery from Samara - gathered 
at the apartment Lasoft-a. The whole night was a sort of 
competition and selection works, tested techniques and solve 
the detected bugs. K Vidocq morning was all still that some of 
Excess Team, For example Lasoft, has not slept for two days.



   August 28. In the Palace of Culture Mayakovsky are hard at 
work on installation and setting up equipment: 4 computers, 
video, acoustics, and some necessary detail. Remaining until 
the opening time filled with demos showing on a computer Amiga. 
Enters the scene Adam Bazarov, and after a welcoming speech, 
Director of Computer Center Vysokogorsky L.V Bikmullina 
Announces Festival open. The first of the competitions was the 
competition 1K intro to computers, PC / Amiga, then competition 
multichannel music, ZX-Spectrum 4K intro, graphing, BK 4K 
intro, Amiga / PC 64K intro Wild compo. Withdraw a report on 
CAFe came Representatives two companies: Option and Ether. In 
between contests demonstrated the best demo, took prizes for 
best in the world demopati: Assembly, The Gathering, The Party, 
etc. Guests of the festival demonstrated interesting video 
about the Finnish holding demopati Assembly and fun 3D movie 
about the penguins, which took a prize at this festival. On the 
occasion on The same screw were video about how Bill Gates was 
offered the cake, scrolled this video several times and each 
time at the climax of getting a cake in the face of the head of 
Microsoft's room just exploded with cries such as: Microsoft 
must die, whistling and hooting.


   Wild compo - this is a competition-style show that you can. 
" One of the participants Wild compo sing the rap, the second 
was playing on their own teeth pop tunes, and the third showed 
a demo 400 bytes on Linux.


   After this first day is adjourned. There is a problem: where 
to settle the crowd of guests from other cities. The problem is 
successfully solved: yoshkarolinckuyu team BrainWave and Moscow 
Antares takes to his computer, a local activist. In this night 
in a tiny apartment Lasofta sleeps almost all the Excess Team 
and guests from Moscow - Manwe / Sands, Shaggy Nik / BFG, 
Nazgul / Chaos Energy. Total in the amount of 14 persons. Maxi 
smashes all records of endurance: already the second night he 
spent without sleep, while strongly modifying their work from 
the competition. CAFeshniki overnight drink beer, socialize, 
share their impressions and experiences. In the morning Fatigue 
takes its toll and some even sleep on the bare floor and 
sometimes in ridiculous poses; remained awake only remains 
making fun of sleeping, unnecessarily places no longer even on 
the floor. 


   August 29. The second day of competition opened with a delay
more than an hour. On this day, held the following competitions:
Amiga / PC 4k intro, 4-channel music, BC demo, Simulated 
Graphics, ZX-Spectrum 4K intro, Amiga / PC demo animation. 
Around 18.00 the second day of competition was completed, 
before the ceremony awards remained 3 hours, was declared a 
recess, and this time the people murdered communication, 
pivopitiem, view demos and listening to music. Muzmeyker Manwe 
Sands from the group finds backstage piano and her own 
accompaniment starts to sing songs in English.


   And then at 21.00 began rewarding. Director Vysokogorsky
Computer Centre Bikmullina Larisa congratulated
winners and awarded them certificates and cash prizes of the 
festival. All were very satisfied (or almost all). Diplomas to 
those who do not too hurried, graced the heads of the signature 
of the Committee on Children and Youth Affairs Barieva MM 


   After this yoshkarolinskaya team went on BrainWave
station, and Muscovites are in full force joined the Excess
Team. That night in the apartment Lasoft-and there was nowhere 
to fall not only apples, but also berries, and hallway looked 
like a shoe warehouse. Every night, sitting in an Internet, 
downloading demos and doing all nonsense. Moscow guests enjoyed 
a good connection to the Internet via a digital PBX that Kazan 
is not uncommon. On v90 easily squeezes 49000, and sometimes 
all 50,000 of a penny. Hidden Part lasted all night. Despite 
the crush, it was very interesting and fun. Morning, Muscovites 
can not wait to walk on celebration of Kazan. All are 
photographed on the street Bauman for memory. Moscow guests 
liked the "local" Arbat ". And from the cafe Syty Pope, "they 
were ecstatic. On this occasion one of them said that Moscow is 
so tasty and varied you can eat, paying 3.2 times greater, and 
at 50-60 rubles per they had eaten to satiety in the "Pope" in 
the capital can not be decent meal even in the Wed # $ @ nd 
canteen (though maybe?). More reviews of Tatarstan Tatar 
usually pin labels, not an exception and visitors' kafeshniki 
", they discovered meaning of the words: barn yabyk and Yorty. 
At 1.30 the next day left the last guest - SK CORP from Peter, 
and on this CAFe'99 for organizers ended. Yes, of course, had 
many shortcomings: "Rake" with the equipment, long delays 
between the compo, poor sound problems with the placement of 
reviews on accommodation, etc. The following year, Excess Team 
and small private commercial enterprise again planning to hold 
CAFe, and this time on a really high level. Perhaps the first 
attempt and out a lump, it is not so important, because the 
words of one prominent politician, "the main thing - to start 
(with the accent on first syllable). 

 With best regards, PR of Excess, Paul Yarmolchuk (xPasha)

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