ZX Pilot #37 31 марта 2000

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Topic - a detailed account of a trip to Justinas'a demopati CHAOS CONSTRUCTIONS '999.

               T E M A I I



(C) JUSTINAS



         CHAOS CONSTRUCTIONS '999


   Once it became known that the Fun
Top'a 99 is not to be, we decided yet again (as two years ago) 
to go to the northern capital of St. Petersburg, on the party 
Chaos Constructions'999. Convinced by the arguments of the 
coordinator of all the organizers of the event - Random'om, I 
was sure that party, appears to be a good idea, and apparently, 
the main throughout the year on the Russian scene. Even for 
some time, somewhere for 3 months before the party, I learned 
that this time, Peter is going pretty decent amount of people. 
And desire to re-visit a beautiful city and

old friends, I was huge. Was
decided that I will go from Kaliningrad (Justinas) and Captain 
Flint (Baltiysk). True, Flint wanted to go to Peter in an 
interesting way. He has just one week before CC'999 was a 
five-day trip out somewhere in the Siberia and when he came 
back to Kaliningrad, has decided not to go through Moscow,

and by Peter ;-) The point is, of course, risky, most 
importantly it was time to catch the party, but everything 
seems normal cost. 

   Preparation has started somewhere in the two months before 
the party. The main goal was to make as representatives of not 
only our local group (SMG), but the entire Constellation. 
However, as it often happens, work already done quite a bit.

Either they are too late to send me. But
anyway, the package of music and graphics
was ready and work safely on the Internet were zamyliny June 
25, at the very last time. Well, naturally, I had hoped, that 
if I send the work, then everything is fine, they are already 
safely in Organizer CC and are already competitive work. Ahead 
were other problems, it was necessary to hurry to finish 16k 
intro, as time was only 5 days. At DeMouy already count as it 
was not necessary, since Edas, on whose conscience hung deme, 
for some reason was temporarily out of work. But is usually the 
case, it is in these times there are various bugs: the drive 
messed up, then Jemmini-commander directory ruin ... As a 
result, 16k and has not been done. So I went with two leymovymi 
intro, about the history of their 2-hour creation to visit, I 
better keep silence. Well, time for lots more just disgusts me, 
I thought I will have time to anyone anything should be made to 
the beginning of July. Farewell to Edas'om, I went in his long 
journey. 

   The train leaves without 4 minutes of the first
(Days) and travel time was about 22 hours. Yes
to the same night did not sleep, as I informed the conductors, 
border control of the Latvian-Russian forces will be at 3 pm 
night (!). And standing at the border stations will be about an 
hour (!). So, safely passing the Prussian land and passed the 
first border control, I went home to the legendary group zERo - 
Lithuania. One thing I will say you should see it. The fresh 
air was allowed to leave only in Vilnius. Where I, 
incidentally, had planned to meet with Zhenya / 0, which turned 
out to be impossible, for Due to the fact that Lithuania is not 
the CIS, Russian trains pass through in transit and, 
consequently, neither of which meet and can be no question. In 
Vilnius, incidentally, take a railway track specially for the 
Russian, on this very path the sides are fences to get into the

city, it is necessary to pass the customs station.

   The territory of Latvia, I arrived only
night in the first border town of Daugavpils. There, 
incidentally, worked as a tent, where I Zatar Latvian beer 
Baltijos, which I managed in 54 Russian ruble. Latvia watch I 
could not, and since it was already quite dark, I went to get 
enough sleep, as early as 3:00 had to to customs control.


   At the beginning of the tenth hour in the Moscow I
already went to St. Petersburg the earth, and already full
Petersburg radio play. The Vitebsk railway station was waiting 
for me DNK. I was happy again see it, two years later. Sitting 
on the subway He told me that he phoned a few

people and asked about the party and almost
all said that before the phone Merlin'a
hardly reach: it is occupied, then
no one is home. He also said that
Chairs (Style Group) have already managed to scour
school and break a window for free admission. Not had time to 
settle into their temporary home, the telephone rang, and

to the tube call me. Here, I think the type who
I need it in St. Petersburg, and who had already
to know that I came. As it turned out, it
was Captain Flint, he was calling from the Scorpion
and has been with Maxx'om and VTS'om from Krasnodar. Maxx had 
brought with him the next number of regions of a newspaper 
Kr-News. A little chat, we will melt until tomorrow day. After 
some time, is heard again the call, and this time calls Dr.Max 
/ Global, who was with Voronezh amizhnikami (mainly with the 
former VVG'shnikami) at a hut, where they full laziyut on an 
Internet for Amiga and shake New Amiga soft. Global'y this time

nothing was brought to the Spectrum, but brought only like 4k 
intro for peTse. He also said that the Speccy them to engage in 
almost no time, Alex Kerman mired in school, Kum completely 
hung on the PC, and a Max DeMouy not do. VVG group fell apart 
in the PC enthusiasts and AMiGA, the second category

vchastnosti are Zetter (ex-Rom Corp),
Levitator (ex-High Lord) and L-Graph. With
all of them, I happily said goodbye and
began to prepare the necessary materials for tomorrow - the 
first day CC'999. 

   The next day, as he said DNK, is party will be "close"
from his house, just around the corner. But when
it turned out that these "two-step" is nothing but
as 9 large tram ride, I
became ill, and this is called close?
Advance Zatar beer (that's when I
first tried cool'noe St. Petersburg beer
Stepan Razin, Nevsky, Bochkarev, as
those of us in Kaliningrad is not sold; Baltica aka SUX does 
not count), we went to the school itself. Along the way we met 
LAV'a with Coca-Cola. Ironically, but we were the first who 
came to this same school. With the end of the hanging is 
"slightly" worn inscription "CC'999 ->". Log in school, 
unfortunately, was closed, and only later some time in the 
school building came Kvazar / Rush, a man from Vladivostok and 
yet a man who called himself the "Organizer". Asked where 
Random, I was told that he went for a projector. Since then the 
projector, I thought, trying to imagine how it would look like

Spectrum. Gradually began to approach people.
Came the guys from the CPU consists of three persons and 
brought with them a ninth number ADVENTURER'a, which they 
kindly gave me (tnx!). Real Masters managed to finish its 
DeMouy that sort of takes one drive, in addition, have lethal 
512, which could fit a lot of effects, and they lacked about a 
7-byte (!) to music. Surely the development does not stand 
still, and if a 98-year miracle were 4 Kbyte demos, the 99-th 
byte is 512. Digital Reality, finally completed the 2-year 
project - stsenovy Journal Scenergy, the final release of 
Forever, and managed to make a cake mix their future demos JAM. 
Arrived and Muscovites headed Vlodek. Approached the guys from 
the 4th-Dimension and Technology. Need to go to the toilet 
allowed directly in school. Began to approach even petseshniki. 
Some time later his car pulled Eugene Buder / Welcome Corp., 
Which arranged directly on the machine sells various

magazines and games, and even hooked up the Spectrum
for demonstration soft'a. Come and MMA
with Dr.Death and ZS'om. He also requested
organizers found him free Pentagon,
to complete a 4k intro, to which he replied that it was better 
at it than hope. And then Finally came Flint, along with 
Krasnodar, which I have already been waiting for. 

   Meanwhile, the school finally opened, and
people gradually began to overwhelm. So
called checkpoint was on the second floor at the entrance hall 
of the school. Then began long lines, paying an entrance fee 
and verification of registrants. I had the benefit of to reach 
Merlin'a with Koenig and time register. Entrance fee has not 
changed - $ 2 for two days. Finally paid off and getting 
cc'shnye business cards, people began to settle in the hall. 
Hall itself was not great, seats 200 people, he

I even cozy. On the stage was
two televisions, in the middle was a small projector. As it 
later became known zxkompo-machine will be Scorpion, but with 
GMX, that we are quite frightening, as before

We have been able to contemplate on a 100% emulation 
Pentagon'a, y Flint'a have this same GMX. After some time, 
began long-awaited opening. Came on stage Arty

and Random. Suddenly, instead of Random greetings began to 
speak English, it was it's like this:


   Random: - Hello! My name is Random and
I live in Australia ...

   Translation Arty: - Hi! His name is Randy and he has not 
eaten for three days ... ;) 

   And then, as usual, started registration papers. Turn came 
up to me. 

   - Do you work some of our received? I have them for you
on an Internet zamylival.

   - You took them with me?

   - With a something I had taken them, but on the way floppy 
"hit" and therefore not all read 

   - Come on anything read on ...

   - And what with the fact that I sent?

   - They are in *. scl, but we do not have a converter
This format ...

   - Damn, well you give ... : - "A R80-then
you have?

   - Yes.

   - Well, let's at least try it, it kind of reads scl'y ...

   As it turned out, the work of some
reached, but then again not all but R80 was
just roll screens, he throws screen shots. Thus at CC'999 not 
featured on about a third of the planned activities. What, one 
wonders, if organizers were engaged after 25 June? 

   A little later drove Serzh, who brought with them all, and 
even a nomination intrushek 512b intro to the PC. Meanwhile, 
the people demonstrated their imported masterpieces. As Then it 
became known, Rush and Smash have its alternative magazine Ru 
(s) h, first number of which I purchased for a nominal

amount - 10 rubles. Flint was chatting with someone
of Scorpion'schikov. A Frunze / Style did
his favorite thing - shooting everything and everyone. On the 
right side of the stage at the wall began posting different 
ads, in particular the print magazine Spectator, PC Kay, 
playing Black Crow # 2. Bylo ad looks like this: 

   "Will the release of a new game for the Spectrum," Black 
Crow 2. The game will be a continuation of the real-time 
strategy "Black Crow". The action moved into two thousands of 
years into the future where people and Kung again have to come 
together in an unequal fight for justice. Get ready for the exit

the full version! Always yours, Viatcheslav Mednonogov. "

   But here is the beginning of the contest, all comfortably 
seated in their places. The first competition was a wild-demo 
compo, which was Only one work from group O2S. In appearance

Animation has been nothing but salt, as they say, was something 
to shoot robots and everything. Then he started like a gfx and 
music compos'y. By the way, about the projector, the Spectrum 
looked very much anything but Black, that expresses negative 
emotions when viewing graphics. Color graphics is black and 
white and color for scrap vision viewing on TV. K

Besides, one of the TVs in the middle was some sort of spot 
that "some" izmenyalo color in the wrong place. And how can

think of to bring to the compo shrunken TV. In the gfx-compo 
works were mainly level. Very surprised Paracels / EI, put 
forward the pretty picture on the left compo. Music compo You 
can put only an estimate "So-so". Occasionally appear quite 
stylish, innovative and enjoyable work, and so basically the 
result of one - popsyatina / sour or tehnyatina / gopotyatina 
... Just excelence music seemed to me of the Apocalypse / MMCM, 
Salute / Nik-O, Spring / Siril, Suxxonia / Fer, Find ze 
vacantas place / Noise. Competition of digital music on General 
Sound declared invalid because there were only 2 of one of 
them, to mine, written by STS / Volga Soft. From the new 
category - game-compo, too, was only 2 work, two of some demo 
mode games, similar to one another. In general, it was not 
something what was expected of me. I thought the game would 
already be full version and will have a demo mode, it appears 
that they have only a DEMO, and about when will be ready to 
complete version of these games, so it is not known. But ahead 
were the most awaited competitions - Demo compos'y.




   The first component was 512b intro. Of all
shown there was little of what you can see, but 0.5 'by Real 
Masters - explicit leader, she really lives up to its

title and the nomination. You should also pay attention to the 
intro Absent, single, in which there was at least some, but the 
music;) In the remaining intra was only one

fix'u. Only Real Masters crossed the line one effect.

   Com 16k too was frustrated,
since there was only one work from Serzh'a and that more is 
built on the joke, than on pervootkryvanii demomeykinga in this 
category. On the general background, it looked pretty fun. Good 
Muzychka from Visual'a. 

   The nomination was only 4 4k work. Two
of them were really on the level. All
liked intrushka Serzh'a of moonshine, and even when beep'er 
told "to drink or nor to drink" Hall indignant petseshniki way, 
too. Just as it looked fun demo, a simple beep (Or, AY) speaker 
was very helpful. Effects were quite good and in the intro 
BEYOND by Scorpion.


   And now it has come a long-awaited demo-compo. What was my 
surprise that the compo are participating only 3 work. Here's 
your time and played its evil work. Yet neither

one party was not like that. First deme
was from the Real Masters - ANAMNESIS. Jobs
really strong, though there prevails a lot of animation, but 
most importantly is that the animation itself is on the topic. 
Looked especially cool in the second deme time she started with 
General Sound'om. When was the Animation love scenes Someone 
from the audience shouted "ZX-STAG2". Also present are there 
effects have never been embodied. In short, many liked the 
deme. The second job was as a regular 63 BIT, this time by a 
third, by Accept Corp. Sami Accept'y on CC'999 were not, but

DeMouy brought MMA. Effects on the one hand
good, but here's a monotony in the
style / music / design, then there is some unfinished, left 
much of the best demos. The third deme was the work of the 
Digital Reality and is also a convenience food.

Somewhere around a quarter of the demos, kill
is music, the picture appears and begins to load final. Music 
is even anything, feel and style, but the work is not ready. 
This implies a conclusion that CC'999 was only one complete, 
good quality and whole deme - is Anamnesis. 

   After all the competitions was
announced a long break for counting and identifying the winners 
at Spectrum'e. At this time, people went hryapat. Dude / DioGen 
someone interviewed, and I found a Ruster / XL-Design. To the 
question, When will the long-awaited two-week

Release ZX-Format # 9, he said that in the
Basically everything is ready and the whole problem only
background image for the magazine. Also on
10-th number of prepare a plan and it is hoped that
and he ever will. Also, Anatoly
said that in his article in No. 8
"Lifeline" came about 300 letters to
mail, and about the same number of letters have come and
e-mail, so it makes sense
anything else to do. Their Amiga XLD still
has full use and have not lost interest in them.

   Meanwhile NEMO with the right hand side
where hung ads, arranged for a demonstration KAY, with black 
and white monitor, but with General Sound'om. Timothy Lapo 
showed different toys under GS, in particular, I was able to 
look at the Chase H.Q. with music from the Amiga Jaguar'a # 220.


   Well, here at last after some time
it is most important - the announcement of the results of the 
winners. Music compo: third place got MMCM'u / Sage, with its 
tracks Apocalypse, indeed deservedly earned, MMA. was a 
surprise. Second place went to remix tracks from pTsshnoy demos 
- Unreal by Dj -Serg, sort of Grodno, about him I'm better

silent. Well, first to my great surprise, won again Ea / 
Antares with its gopotoy! I just do not know who

voted for the Mouzon? Do we have to
country live amateurs only a terry-pop, with a small letter, 
far from ideal on the Spectrum? It's just amazing ... And he 
later Fil then said that Ea'shny Mouzon won 1 st

place undeserved. Yes, okay it would be some third, but then 
the first place ... Ea, advice to you, send some my

OAG-Mouzon on any bourgeois party
type Doxy or Complex, I'm sure there
there are few fans of this fiction. One
just amazing, really cool'nye
Mouzon took up almost the last place. Well
for example, the same "Find ze vacant place" by
Noise / Phantasy. Apparently, we have never
will be an objective assessment of musical components. Almost 
every party ranks first popsa. Gfx Compo: Third place went to 
Diver with a really good job, though konverchenoy. Second place 
was taken by Discovery Group, but the same to the party did not 
even present, in that there was no

representative, who could be cause
on the scene. Well, first unconditionally
best work from all Gfx works - work
Fil'a. I personally voted for it. Although, maybe my assessment 
of the results is not quite gfx objective, because I'm not an 
artist. In general, in my opinion, a place in this category

apart is true. About intros and demos
I will not say anything, because there were so 
self-explanatory. Once the results are announced, today 
announced the first day finished and said that diplomas will be 
issued tomorrow against other platforms. People gradually began 
to disperse, but who remained in school for the night. 

   On the second day I arrived too early,
but I waited again closed the door. Then
I met Vova Hex aka Whoever on
# Z80 from Chisinau, and said that no one yet
not allowed and are preparing for the Amiga /
PC competitions. Again began to meet people, but this time 
primarily petseshniki and amizhniki. The last part of 
spektrumistov (often both of them are) has decreased, but not 
by much. In particular left CPU ' Schnick.


    When all started, no changes
from yesterday did not happen, except that
instead of the TV were already monitors, and
projection showing in color. All spektrumistam was allowed to 
go backstage and perekatat all competition work and Scenergy, 
They sat on the screw compo-Scorpion. Conducted handrawn and 
rendering competitions. From handrawn almost nothing to watch.

In the words of MMA: "I do not know what is calculated are the 
people who exhibit these works?". From rendering it more worthy 
works, but again not enough. Began to twist muzik'u. Another of 
the traditional one could something to listen to, but here in 
the alternative I almost did not like it. Of 4

channel music track was good from Xpeh'a. Of the intros in 
general had nothing to watch. Some kind of demo clearly did not 
want to run. At the beginning appeared