Events - Hurtman Joe reveals organizational jambs on CHAOS CONSTRUCTION'2000.

<b>Events</b> - Hurtman Joe reveals organizational jambs on CHAOS CONSTRUCTION'2000.

(C) Hurtman Joe


    Itak, try a little to reflect on the past, and
bring something kakie results and conclusions ... Just
ended with probably the largest this year demoparty
'Chaos construction `000' ... HOW expected - visitors were
many, and choice was very successful.


    Kinoteatr medium size, have not performing their
function, but nevertheless trade-different organizations.
Naprimer, on weekends it was held a church service ... ;)


    Well, enough of the good (C).


    Kasaemo organizing the event, in the opinion of many
visitors, the quality of the organization was significantly 
lower than in last year.



    Try to find differences.


    Nachnem with the organization say, zx compos ... Nachalo 
chaos this nomination, began by saying that two people who have

these were all engaged, just not released to the cynical
work. They were Mandr and Merlin ... A they worked in the firm
"Scorpio", so famously touted at last year's
Video ...


    Rezultat not take long. Spectrum
components were hardly prepared. Seldom that ran from
the first time ... regular problems with the curves of the 
loader and vaasche with the launch of the work were just a 
terrible character. Relatively easily passed music compo and 
grafix components. K Unfortunately, regarding the intro compo 
say I can not - kushali-c;)



    Itak that this time was not done wrong?

1. works have not been previously tested for compo-mashine
2. were not prepared for quick start (all the time

    do your hands!)


    Go ahead ...


    All hope to remember how the recording was made and
vote last year? Zamechatelno. For those who do not
knows - remind.


    All members of record in the database, and given
voting-sheet, well, the ticket;)


    Sravnim that this was nA raz ...

1. No one in any kakie bazy dannyh not zanosil, and not

    registriroval. (HOW consequence, it is simply impossible

    determine how many people)
2. Instead bileta nA hand (or anyone HOW pozhelalos) stavili

    shtampik [CC000] (it's called - to save paper nA)
3. That's all. Reconcile more papers to no avail.


    Question - why? Hm. Good question. Let's try to dig nA
a week or two earlier, when the chief organizer just arrived
from Australia ... Even when nothing is ready, and
pilos only beer and stuff, gleefully told everyone HOW
cool voting system will be done ...


    HOW wanted (promised):


    Sistema vote was to be fully
automatic, in assembly-like style.


    For those who do not know - explain. Setka public
terminals, which came nA recorded, and
exercise golosovanie.


    It was stated with great Ponto, which was written simply 
does not measured by the script (like Perl nA) for this case 
and that all will zashib. Yea, it seriously would facilitate 
the counting of votes. Fakticheski had to be somewhere just 4 
terminals connected to the server. (NA assembli was 3, and 
simple the audience was about the same) ...



    Gosovanie was held on type - the first 3 places.
Ie chooses to work for the first, second and third place
(Like assembly) ...


    What happened as a result? It turned out quite funny.
Kogda time contests, and people asked the question - HOW
should they vote if NEFIGA NO organayzery answer type -
spakuha, write one nA than for 5-point scale, and then
Tonight, will be distributed vote-sheet. Well ... maybe 5-
point system and good, but it once hemorrhoids at hand
work (HOW it turned out, organizers at the time when it is 
necessary was already considered the results did not even have 
calculators, and they asked from the floor .... no comments 
.)... 


    What can be done to alleviate the plight of
contestants (more on that later), and the ...

1. prepare in advance the normal sheets for voting
2. use well zarekomendovavshuyu 3 ball system

    vote
3. split vote sheet nA two days (two sheets, each day nA

    on the sheet)


    Point one - is obvious. Second Chance, but in principle,
not necessary, 5-point system is more flexible than 3, but
Reached the 10 is even better;)


    The third point would save a lot of time
following the vote on the spectrum part once the first day, and
obtaining accurate results is the beginning of the next day 
(just to be).



    Kstati, important detail - there was no time
schedule for the competitions, and all information
had difficulty with fish for the organizers who
often themselves confused at times. It played no
role in the failure of the vote count, and prolong the second 
day. 


    Now about the security ... Ha entrance on duty powerful guys
which are very well worked nearly half of the first
of the day ... then their zeal abated ... Kasaemo nobeer - all 
were do not care. Although some attempts have been made 
sometimes who wore purely cosmetic ... Dazhe chief organizer 
went and slashed beer oglyadyvaya all drunk eyes;)



    Now, about the people and debris. HOW ever, before the party
people gathered at the building, drove the new people in general
tusovalis ... Drank beer, ate potato chips and other ... 
Obrazovyvalsya garbage ... Sobsna which lay everywhere, because 
of the banal lack kakoy least some forms of garbage ... 
Nevertheless, Chief organizer is not primenul chance to go 
after all of nA about the debris, after which nA street, and 
appeared in the hall some small cardboard boxes for trash ...



    What was done wrong?


    About debris was worth thinking ahead and put up in public
places on the box, so people are forced to throw garbage nebyli
haphazardly. Razumeetsya, there are always individuals who
pofig nA it, but most still prefer to throw in the trash,
than under his feet, despite nA that the second is easier.


    Now for the night. Contrary to promises not to leave anyone 
nA partyplace, yet some spent the night there. Well, it's good

for visitors, but not so solidly for the organizers. All were
warned ....


    Now look nA second day ... amiga and pc ... Skazhu
immediately, the number of works in the categories 4k and 64k 
was enough lean (HOW last year), HOW nA Amiga and nA pc,

Therefore contests were held in the combined form (which
becoming the practice not only nA our party).


    Skazat that the organizers of this day, all prepared nA
glory - it is simply not see anything ...
Preparedness, if there was, it was only in music and
graphics components, although the graphic is a separate touch 
... 


    HOW just begun intro / demo - began regular mess
with constantly glyuchaschami intrami, visnuschim pisyukom, 
lack of sound and other common problems. Com mashina was

nA kakoy like something abit of memory is 128mb, celeron-2 
overclocked nA ~ 850 MHz and asus6800. In principle, part of 
the problem was of za overclocking ... the other part - because 
of the compatibility of hardware and za software. Standartnye 
problem. 


    Surfaced again unprepared, and not good enough
testing program, resulting in some of the so-
and failed to see (if I remember correctly) ...


    Now with regards to graphical components ... Preselekt was 
awful. Despite demands is nA intermediate variants

operation (stage), as was seen - it was not,
and the jury will determine the suitability of work nA eye ... 
Unfortunate. 


    What was not so, HOW do you want? Nebyli considered
intermediate phase, or they were absent. Here is difficult to 
blame someone specifically. It could be HOW contestants and

organizers.


    Pokazyvalis work, HOW do you understand, through a video 
projector. while immediately surfaced absence kakoy any setting

images (all settings default color correction were nA
positions) ... Some of the works looked zasvechennymi (too
light), some were vaasche practically invisible ... In
result was stranded at first set aside
decrease the brightness (and shown again) and then vice versa 
... 


    After HOW it was over, (there were already enough
later, somewhere beyond 7 pm, though planned to finish all
6ti) were collected ballots and the part of organizers and their
assistants retired to count votes, previously asked the
public three calculators. Funny, huh? Maybe they vaasche
thought that this will not have to do? Although it seems they nA
set it up specifically, and said he would be counted only
first day immediately calmed down, making no attempt to even
try to count the second day ...


    By the way, the first day was counted as an ambulance nA
 hand, and were only preliminary results.


    The final results of all advised to read
Internet and progolosovat if anyone wants. That's funny.


    It immediately became clear that no winner is not there. 
Dazhe when all you have multiple sponsors, no prizes just

was not, although at first it was promised as prizes
provide a branded T-shirts ... Why HOW prizes? Their
was done so little that they simply do not even hvatilo
30ti for people ... Part of T-shirts sold with auktsiona for 
120r, pick up a few, one gave kakomu a person

which helped them to pc compo ... Udruchayusche.


    Fakticheski, people were preparing for this party well in 
advance, and spend a lot of time, effort and money nA training, 
road and housing, have not received anything in return, apart 
HOW friendly communicate with other visitors, and viewing the 
works ... Samy bummer comprehended those who have done really 
good work, and put in them a lot of time, but they are moral 
satisfaction (Later), nothing will ... no applause of the 
public, nor malomalski diplomchika, HOW, such as last year ...



    Funny nA Against this background, looked MMA (or who it 
was?) which periodically prophesied burr from the scene ... 
After announcement of some results on the spectrum compos, was

attempt to show the winning work, but as a result of
Chronic curvature of hands to the organizers, they do not 
connect the sound failed and was told a powerful phrase:


"Blagodarya efforts amizhnikov pisishnikov and we will not have
Sound Spectrum nA "(the sound was in perfect order, but his 
hands ...) 


    That's it. HOW referred to in the end, managed nA [beep]
nA all.


    With the same success can not work Releases nA party, and in
any time. Date every can see it at home in a convenient
environment, and save a lot of money;)


    now is to take stock of all ...

1. works have not been previously tested nA compo-mashine
2. were not prepared for quick start (all the time doing

    hands!)
1. Reconcile the visitor registration no. No one in any

    kakie bazy dannyh not zanosil, and registriroval.

    (HOW consequence, it is simply impossible to determine how 
much was 

    people)
2. Instead bileta nA hand (or anyone HOW pozhelalos) stavili

    shtampik [CC000] (it's called - to save paper nA)
3. Were not prepared in advance for normal leaves

    vote
4. byla not used well zarekomendovavshuyu 3 Ballroom

    voting system
5. were not divided vote sheet nA two days. (Two sheets, nA

    every day on the sheet)
6. works have not been previously tested nA compo-mashine
7. were not prepared for quick start (all the time doing

    hands!)
8. horrendous problems with iron (almost all)
9. failure to comply
10. inconsistency in the vote count.


    General conclusion: Znachitelno worse preparation than in
Last year, despite statements by the chief organizer nA that
This year they have spent 3 times more time (just
it is not clear that nA, training facilities and equipment at
the most leisurely work takes no more than one night and 
morning ...), than last year ... It should be noted that last 
year Preparation partyplace held for one night and morning.

Haul equipment, everything was going, and go nA repaired
;)


    Kasaemo voting and vote counting - it can be
just say there was no ...


    Well, there is a lamentable tendency of the decay
a good event ... We will nadeyatsya that the project Enlight
Demoparty resume and we can finally uchastvovat again
in the party, organized by the best traditions, experienced
people ...