(c) AmoNik/WELCOME corp
CONSTRUCTIONS OF CHAOS 2000
REPORT
Date: 19-20 August 2000
Venue: St. Petersburg, st. Border guard Gar-
Kavogo, house 22, building 1, premises of the cinema "VOSKHOD".
-DAY ONE-
Early in the morning of August 19th, I woke up at 7:50 local time.
me and, having gathered, went to the festival site. Yes
how a friend set me up and didn’t give me the promised travel pass, then
I had to splurge on travel (26 rubles * 2 days = 52 rubles).
I grabbed some money with me (110 rubles) and drove off to sleep.
I took a trolleybus to the metro, and then took the metro to the place I needed
stations. Finding myself in a place unfamiliar to me, I turned
map and tried to determine my location using reference marks
points on the ground and comparing them with the contents of the map, I approximate
got his bearings and wandered towards the stop at
another trolleybus. Having reached the stop, I changed my mind about going,
Deciding to save some money and estimating the amount on the map
stops (there were 6 stops drawn there) I rushed along
Veterans Avenue towards the intended destination
nia. Passing by the next intersection, I checked my location
position with the map - it seemed to be going correctly, which couldn’t help but make me happy -
t. By the way, I left the metro at 9:35, i.e. in 2h 25 mi-
chickpeas before the expected start of the party, soI walked slowly
matric surroundings. Noticing that I had already passed 7 stops, and I
I haven’t yet passed the three rivers that were shown on the map, I
I realized how deeply I was mistaken about the number of stops, and
Having again taken my bearings from the map, I realized that I had walked even less
half way. I thought about taking a trolleybus, but I didn’t have the money...
It's still a pity. I pressed on and 70 minutes after leaving
From the metro I finally made it to the VOSKHOD cinema.
Near the cinema I saw a small crowd of about 50-60 people and light
Having looked at the house number, I realized that I had arrived at the place.
I stepped aside and began to look at the crowded people
near the entrance and happily sipping beer. It was clear that some
Some individuals are no longer in the picture. Mednonogov stood at the entrance,
who was also drinking beer and chatting with someone without taking his smile off his face.
tsa.
The day before we agreed with Evgeniy Yurievich Buder (Welcome
corporation) meet near the entrance about receiving from it
money for the work done for him, but without seeing him I was a little
he was wary, since he should have been here a long time ago, and his
absence could mean for me not receiving money, which means
I could be left without the intended purchases.
People slowly arrived in between times and greeted their
acquaintances and took photographs for memory with a drink in hand. From from-
famous personalities I saw Wlodek Black from Moscow, Vyacheslav
Mednonogova, REAL MASTERS innumber of three pieces, one of which
Rykh could hardly stand on his feet, but that was probably all. There was a view
but there were many visitors with backpacks and bags, especially many from
Belarus.
Meanwhile, people came into the cinema doors several at a time.
theater and in the door of a nearby store. I want to go to the cinema
dili to register work, and shop for beer and chips.
The time was approaching 12 o'clock, and I still didn't see anyone from
those I wanted to meet (PLAYGEAR, CPU). Passing
people passing by were keenly interested in what was happening here, and since I
I was the last one in it (the gathering), then they asked me. Soon
I got tired of it and climbed deeper into the crowd. Between drinkers
two grannies were walking, collecting bottles and were very indignant when
drinkers threw bottles onto the asphalt and they broke.
At 11:50 I decided to check what was happening in the cinema itself.
and making his way through the crowd, which by that time already consisted
from more than a hundred people, among whom 6-8 individuals were observed
female, I got inside, but then there was a closed
that door with a piece of paper attached to it, which said that
"PARTY will start at 12:30, please do not knock on doors." I got up
near the door to be the first to enter. There were more and more people and
more, they have already blocked the road for ordinary mortals who
had to squeeze through the crowd to get to their
business to the hairdresser located indressing room or in a store
zine All this was filmed by a couple of video cameras and numerous photographs.
devices.
It soon became clear that nothing would start at 12:30, since
the organizer is missing, namely Random (wait for the guy in green).
At 12:15 people on the street started buzzing and I left the dressing room to look
third, what’s happening - a white limousine stopped in front of the entrance
and the “man in green” got out of it and raised his hands up (probably
stretched). It was Random in camouflage uniform. The people whistled and
clapped. They immediately surrounded Random and began to greet him.
After a while, Random walked past me, accompanied by
waiting for video cameras, into the cinema premises. The people began to stuff-
going to the dressing room in the hope that the doors will open soon.
12:40 - people are worried why the doors are still not opening.
12:55 - a man came out of the door and said to get the money ready
(60 rubles), said that instead of a ticket, everyone would be given
hand stamp (showed how it would be ironed) and asked for a little more
go wait.
At 13 o'clock the organizers crowded on the other side of the door and
They were discussing something briskly, but to hear that it was I who failed
elk, since by this time the vestibule was filled almost to capacity
and buzzed like a beehive.
13:10 they started letting in one person at a time. I am one of the first
you went through the procedure for installing the brand and proceeded to
hall There were quite a lot of people in the hall, loud music was playingDRUM'N'BASE. The entry of the audience into the cinema was filmed
cameras. I took a place in the first row of spectators, in front of me was
a range of video equipment. After some time the hall was filled almost entirely.
face. A faint image of BV 2.9 appeared on the movie screen and
Speck music was playing - they were adjusting the sound. Up from the amplifier
There were wires that rose to a certain point
dispersed among the speakers and lighting devices.
I began to look around and look for people I knew. From behind
REAL MASTERS seated me in an incomplete composition, since there was only one
one of them, who could hardly stand on his feet, was led out to the laughter of a crowd
hey, back when everyone was standing in the waiting room. To my left stood pro-
vector and PC, a little behind there was a BC and a Spectrum. In the right corner I'm for-
noticed a funny man - fat, with long hair and a very
kah in a thick black frame. As it turned out later, it was the father
and the founder of the SPRINTER superspectrum - Ivan Mak. Next to Mony
one of the "5th CORPS" GIRO landed, that's what it had written on it
on the badge.
Around 1:40 p.m. Random came on stage and announced the festival.
open. Then he introduced the sponsors and asked to wait a little.
give, and for warming up, he said that they would put the demos on COMMODORE
64. I prepared to watch, since I had never seen before
this miracle in action. The lights were turned off and a picture appeared on the screen.
some incomprehensible mixture of pseudographic icons and letters thatchanged quickly. I thought that everything had gone wrong, but it turned out that
This is how loading occurs on the C64. Soon the screen cleared and
Some kind of demo appeared, but there was no sound. Someone took the microphone
and asked not to worry, and that connection work was underway
sound. Apparently the C64 didn’t want to interface with their amplifier.
or the C64 simply had no sound output. Soon the organizers found
output (not the one that is audio ;) and put the microphone on the built-in
th speaker and I finally heard the sound. Let's just say that the sound
through such a connection was unimportant, but the sound itself is possible -
I liked the features of this computer. The demos were very reminiscent of the seen
new by me on spec, only the graphics were more full-color and in full
screen. After three dem 97s - 98s someone took the microphone and
the dem show stopped. Random appeared on stage and said that
less than 15 minutes have passed, and the police are already here. The guys from FATALITY,
who were sitting closest to the stage joked about something. Random says
hall that there is no time for jokes now and that everything is very serious. I asked
so that there are no excesses in the form of drunkenness both in the hall and
in the area directly next to the cinema. The people are clearly not
wanted to take it seriously and so NEMO came on stage and
explained in a serious voice that if we don’t want PARTY
ended before it began, we must obey the rules.
After that, BV appeared on the screen again with a music player
ki, whichThey installed it for the third time. The microphone was connected to
connected the extension cord, but for some reason they didn’t think to turn off the amplifier,
as a result, when the speaker wire was removed from the microphone
there was a howl of deafening power, and since I was sitting in the first
row, then I just jumped in surprise, and one of the sponsored
the ditch, located directly in front of the pump, flew off
chair and moved to another place, around the corner, i.e. outside
direct impact with the sound of the speaker. The amplifier was turned off.
After connecting the extension cord, the amplifier was turned on, but it clicked
from overload and began to look for the cause of the overload. Meanwhile everything
This was filmed on a video camera by FRUNZE from STYLE GROUP and HUNTER.
14:10 Random came on stage and after a long fuss with the non-working
melting microphone (the extension cord turned out to be crooked), he said that
there are no comrades to vote yet and that drafts will be allowed through the ranks,
where should you write down your grades?
The first compo was announced - ZX no copy music, M.M.A. from Samara
explained how to vote. Here it is necessary to note what happened
some confusion: part of the component was rated at ten points
scale, and starting from 4K INTRO on a five-point scale, which caused confusion
not only among visitors, but also, apparently, among the organizers themselves,
which. The voting was also carried out according to new rules -
they scored for each work, giving it a score from 0 to 10, though
they didn’t say how many works need to be selected and included inVOTE sheet,
so I contributed all the work. Later, when I was already sitting in one of the
last rows, I heard MMA conversation by one person, somehow
Spekov artist, where MMA terribly swore at that freak who
ry gave ratings to all the works in the zx grafix compo (44 pieces).
In general, the first component has begun. Each music was given 3
minutes, there were 11 pieces of music in total. It must be said that music serves
Not everyone was wearing shawls, people scattered, some in the foyer, some went to the station
Lika, where HEMO organized the trade in discs and seemed to provide
put two computers so that they could be ripped apart and pulled out
find something you need for yourself. Selling new on the table
version of iS-DOS'99 and ADVENTURER#11, which made me think about
look for Cyber Punks in the hall and buy a magazine from them. Compo fit-
By the end, I gave everyone points.
We need to talk about the sound itself during the compo - the sound was official
gene volume (for me) and, since I was going through a PC, behind which
There was apparently a PC guy sitting there, adjusting the sound using his PC
considerations, the sound was clearly not the same as it would have been configured
I'm like a spektrumist.
MMA announced the next compo - ZX grafix compo. I sat on
place. The lights were turned off and the compo began. The image quality would be
not great, quite dark and a little out of focus,
although my location relative to the screen may have affected it.
There were 44 pictures, about 20 seconds each. Against the background of picturesplayed a CD with DRUM'N'BASE. In my opinion, the quality of work was sufficient
definitely high and some of the works evoked unanimous applause
and shouts from the audience, and some whistles. So, for example, car-
Teen number 25 with the head of a leopard or a cheetah or something else called
there were conflicting opinions - many liked it, and some,
Apparently recognizing it as scanned, they whistled. I don't like her
I liked it and I gave it a solid ten. After it happened
glitch - work number 26 was the same head, and they showed it
just a second and the image changed to number 27 from another work-
that one. There were also clearly incomprehensible works. So for example work number
43 was a picture from a game by CODEMASTERS about the adventures of word-
on C.J. I don’t understand, the authors hoped that people didn’t know what it was
picture from the game!?.
The compo has completed. The next component was announced as ZX copy music. This
I didn’t like the compo at all, mainly because I
didn’t know (didn’t recognize?) a single melody and so I put down
really low ratings, although after assessing the sound of one, I gave it a 7
points. There were 8 melodies in total.
The next component is ZX 512 intro. So how to evaluate the visual
compo is easier than sound (for me), then I rubbed my eyes and
prepared for the pleasure of work. The first work was from PHT,
where the vector inscription of the same name rotated, twisted and scaled
tabulated on the screen. Purely visually it wasn’t very good, but
since I don'tprogrammer, then evaluate the complexity of creating such
I couldn’t achieve any effect and gave it a score of 3 points for entertainment value.
The second work in this compo was ordinary plasma,
Moima from BestView's screen saver. I also gave her a 3
points.
The third job was just cool, although at first everything was
it was thought that she had glitched, but soon very
cute vertical braids that twist in every way
foxed This was the work of MAD CAT from Belgorod. I'm the only one for her
Noah gave it 10 points.
The fourth work consisted of cute colored
explosions and fireworks. Received 8 points from me for colorfulness.
The fifth work was in my opinion a multicolor plasma like me
I saw it somewhere at REAL MASTERS. Sent 9 points.
The next, last work was the effect
green letters flowing down the screen, like in the movie MATRIX. Although the film
I didn’t see May and I couldn’t evaluate the similarity, so I gave it 9 points.
The next component was ZX 4K intro. There were just monsters here
effects. Nobody got lower than 7 points, two works
got the maximum. One of them was the same MAD CAT. Total
there were 7 works. The second job could not be started, well...
nothing, even despite the fact that advice and
apparently from the authors too, but after the fourth unsuccessful
torture, the following work was launched.
An excess occurred with the sixth work. It was a friend's job
from PHT,which was a vector cartoon about
aunt and the man who fucked this same aunt. Played in the intro
nice music, graphics were smooth and funny, but after
after the man began his occupation for the 3rd time, the intra was
reset, MMA came out and said that the work was disqualified for
moral and ethical considerations and threatened that the authors would be found
and they will knock you on the head. After this, the compo was declared thirty-
a minute's break before DEMO COMPO and people flocked to the street. And I saw-
affairs next to Evgeniy Yurievich Buder's SPRINTER and approaching him
received from him a badge with the designation of my NickName and belonging
affiliation with WELCOME corp. Having received money from him, I went to the non-government
who should buy Adventurer, but I never bought the magazine, so
when a commotion broke out around the tables - the drunkest of REAL
MASTERS got into a fight with some guy and it seems like someone was involved
female individual. The fighters were separated, someone advised the highest
to remove the fighters from the hall, but MMA said that he could not do this
let’s say, because this is still the ELITE and in general he doesn’t gather anyone -
kick out.
I approached the SPRINTER to see what it was like.
pushes. After me, a crowd began to gather at SPRINTER. Ivan
Mac was performing some strange manipulations with the keyboard and
under his quick fingers new commands popped up on the screen
TR-DOS - he copied the disk with a toy. Then heuploaded a
some demo version of a strategy game from RUSTER with a very beautiful
juicy graphics. It looks like it should be some kind of RTS. The people are for
I was wondering when it would come out. Mack said it looks like never.
Then they asked to show the capabilities of the SPRINTER. Mac seems very
I was embarrassed and did not immediately agree. First he launched some
WAV file and everyone heard the sound capabilities of the SPRINTER, then
showed several BMP videos, a text multi-window editor
in TURBO PASCAL style. People demanded to show DOOM 2. Mac loaded
zil and I was pleasantly surprised by such colorful and fast graphics.
There was no noticeable slowdown. The people roared approvingly.
Someone behind him immediately began to argue about what DOOM is better at,
486m or SPRINTER. Then Ivan launched the video player
caught and launched the film MATRIX. The film was read directly from the screw and nothing
I didn’t notice any noticeable slowdown - apparently the film is on screw
lay almost in the form of BMPs and simply loaded the sequential
number of packed(?) pictures. Although who knows what's in there?
in my case it was. After demonstrating the Sprinter's capabilities, I won
I went to Nemov’s table and bought is-dos. Then a guy came up to me -
a boy about 14-16 years old and said: “Hello! What did you buy?” I showed him
floppy disk and seeing a badge with affiliation with WELCOME,
I realized that he probably saw me at Buder’s house and therefore understood
came to me. We are with him a littlewe talked and went our separate ways. I went out
to the street to Buder to ask what he bought there. Evgeniy Yur-
Evich was surprised that they were selling something and asked me to show him
where and what. I took him to the tables and he talked to the sellers,
Having found out that they are not going to send anything to the authors of the program,
many of the products they sold, Buder realized what was wrong with them
can't deal and walked away from the tables.
Half an hour later, people gathered in the hall, but the components were still not working.
began. After some time, MMA came on stage and said
hall that since there are a lot of dem (10 pieces), you need to vote
for everything, but then choose the 5 best and give them ratings from 1
up to 5.
Then an auction was held where T-shirts were sold
with the festival logo. The bidding stopped at a price of 120 rubles and
10 people went up on stage to get their T-shirts. Some are right there
They put them on. After that, the lights were turned off and the compo began.
The first demo was not very good in my opinion. According to my marks in
notebook (and I evaluated each part and music) it had an average
The highest score is slightly more than six, i.e. had several good effects
Comrade, but the presence of left-wing effects in it lowered its score.
The second job did not want to start (later I found out that it was
seems to have been a work from ANTARES).
The third demo was just super! The audience almost applauded
non-stop and roared after work. Unfortunately, nothing specific
I can’t remember much else, exceptwhat she's watching
in one go and was stuffed with multicolors. This deme is
but could become a prize-winner. My GPA was 9.75.
The fourth deme was from ACCEPT CORP and was called END OF THE
DAYS. Average score: 8.27.
The fifth demo was not a demo at all, but an intro to the magazine from DIGITAL
REALITY - SCENERGY#2, which the next day could
free to dump onto floppy disks. I expected more from the guys. Dema
was short, but with great effects. Average score: 9.
The next demo did not start on PENTAGON and therefore
after a short break, KAY was connected, the demo was launched on it
slowed down, but soon, after more than a minute of observing one and the same
the same effect and desynchronization with the music, people realized that de-
Mu got stuck and started screaming and whistling. Dema was immediately dropped and
MMA announced that the show was interrupted due to requests from viewers due to
obvious jamming of the demo.
The seventh deme was from EXTREME, called RIZC. It was
dema M.M.A. In it he appeared in all his glory, as his face
flaunted in the foreground of half the effects. There was no demo
long-lasting, but very aggressive and replete with multi-
lorami. The people accompanied her show with laughter and applause.
Average score: 9.57.
The next demo had the name of the startup file "M.RAISER",
but I couldn’t see it - it fell out before it was loaded -
ki. After this there was another disk recovery, which
nothinggave.
The ninth demo began with CHUNK effects and was generally
very good. Score: 8.77. It should be noted the excellent quality
The quality of the pictures - the audience simply applauded each picture.
The last work turned out to be the work of REAL MASTERS, who
Lately they have simply amazed me with the quality of their work and
I personally liked them since ENLIGHT'97. I think their places were
clearly underestimated. The work was pleasing with synchronization under PENT and SCORP,
but this time she didn’t go to PENTAGON. Launched successfully
on KAY and was very pretty at the beginning, but here I have again
There was a suspicion that the demo was stuck. And indeed - behind me-
nya one of the MASTERs began to shout that it was not working correctly -
but that’s why the demo was stopped.
Thus, 4 demos out of 10 could not be viewed. Between
by that time it was already 19:10 and Random apologized for CHAOS
and expressing the hope that tomorrow there will be CONSTRUCTION, announced the first
the day is over. It was also said that the not shown se-
Today's work and BC compo will be carried out tomorrow morning.
-DAY TWO-
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