ENLIGHT'97
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All this text was on the official
Enlight's personal page on the Internet:
Due to the inability to provide
order and safety of equipment during large
(> 1000) number of guests and participants, and
also thanks to the completely unacceptable
behavior of a significant part of them, the second
ENLiGHT'97 day was cancelled. Thus
Only ZX Spectrut and
Cottodore Atiga competitions.
Based on the above, no re-
there were no results/outcomes of ENLiGHT'97
will be failed and any attempts by anyone
themannounce should be taken as personal
new initiative of these individuals.
All works that were submitted to the organization
committee posted on ftp. enlight.
ru/pub/detos/enlight97.
The exception is ZX Spectrut -
everything connected with it will appear later -
within 1-2 weeks.
Ars> And here’s what the press writes about this:
sa (paper).
Computer-Info 28Aug-Zsen
1997/22(85)
BEER BLOCKED THE WAY TO THE FESTIVAL
ENLiGHT'97
For the third year in a row in St. Petersburg
Burg hosts a computer festival
art ENLiGHT, enjoying a huge
popular among computer guys,
claiming to be hackers. In this
year it was organized on the premises of BSTU
(Voenmekh) with the assistance of SPLINE companies,
RCOM, LANCK and DELTACOD. Main goalfes-
Tivalya holding a competition for
detotaking. What is detotaking? Yes
called detotaking - one of the hobbies in
computer world. This word is no longer
translated into Russian, close to
in the text it should be understood as “the creation
dem". Deto (demo, "demo") - program,
combining the skills of a programmer, artist
Nick, musician. She represents
a unique set of united
a single scenario of visual and sound effects
a single scenario of visual and sound effects
fects.
"Demos" should not be confused with animation
tion made in ZDS and other similar
packages. The difference is that
every frame in an animation video is calculated
is closed in advance, and all work can be completed
take several days, months, or even years.
The result is the sequence
pre-rendered frames and
digitized sound with a total volume of tens
and hundreds of megabytes. In the "demo" everyone
frame is usually created (calculated
created, assembled by the program) is not possible
rarely before or during the show
him. Music is usually stored in more than one
digitized sample, and in the form of an aggregate
notes and instruments. The size of such a program
(and "demo" isexactly the program)
usually does not exceed 1-4 MB.
Following the emergence of dem, at the beginning
90s, something like this appeared in Europe
concept as deto party. Deto party -
dem creators festival Examples from
famous foreign de then party are
TheParty, Assetbly, Tribute, TCC and others
gie.
On August 23, in the assembly hall of BSTU, a meeting
more than 1300 people. Middle age
participants of the competition are 21-22 years old. B 11.30
the queue for program registration seemed
endless. And although at 12.00 on the first day
festival, all participants were not yet known
The organizers knew the nicknames of the competition for sure.
that guests came to the deto party even from
former Czechoslovakia.
The work schedule of ENLiGHT'97 was very
tense, everything is planned out literally
minutes. In two days it was necessary to identify
minutes. In two days it was necessary to identify
select winners in 12 categories. B con-
The course was attended not only by PC “demos”,
but also demo programs executed on
ZX-Spectrut. The festival organizing committee is holding on
entirely on the enthusiasts. A jury of the competition
are composed by the contestants themselves and allparticipants
ki festival. For this, everyone had
special questionnaires for voting were presented
nia.
Even upon entering, I was impressed by the scale of the con-
course. But the organization of the festival was yes-
leko not at the highest level. Leading into the hall
the stairs were occupied by smokers. Despite
that the rules of the festival included
'CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES AT A PARTY
FORBIDDEN', many of those present at
competition, we stocked up on beer in the morning. Although
the consequences of such a formulation of the question were
predictable (not for the better), still
there was hope that the participants and spectators
hope remained that the participants and the audience
bodies will not let the organizers down so
popular among enthusiastic computer geeks
festival
And yet the planned second
the day of the deto party was canceled because the org-
The festival committee was forced to close
ENLiGHT'97 in connection with the unrest, possible
nobody in the beer-heated audience,
numbering more than a thousand people.
Initially the organizing committee planned
creation of a CD with all the "demos" presented
winners at the ENLiGHT'97 competition. It's clear that
this project remained “in the project”, xo-
just for the first daythe festival has passed
registration of more than 500 works.
What will happen next? Will there be
ENLiGHT'98? Wait and see.
It is clear that in order to ensure order in
festival that claims to be a European
scale, much more is needed
means than it seems at first glance.
As experience has shown, rely only on
youth festival participants are no longer
Zya.
Computer-Info 28Aug-Zsen
1997/22(85)
Letter from the organizer of Enlight:
It's time to comment on the situation and
draw some conclusions.
So, as many already know, the second
ENLiGHT'97 deto party day was cancelled.
This means that only those cotpo passed
who were on the first day - all that ka-
which were on the first day - all that
Atiga says andSpectrut. This also means
Teaches that there are no voting results
does not exist.
First I would like to make it clear -
the second day was canceled on my initiative
which was supported by all those present
at the end of the first day by members of the oprkomu-
theta (Larkov (Spectrut), Lviv (Atiga),
StarGuest(PC), Slash(PC)) and administration
MilitaryMech. Actually, I emphasize this
because here at least a couple of times
the topic came up about the fact that it’s the second day
was banned by the administration of BSTU. This is wrong. Another thing is that the exit in any case
there was no tea. None.
Now about the reasons. Initially, ready
Going up to ENLiGHT'97, we calculated approx.
but for 500 people. Realistically, towards the middle
the first day through the entrance it took approximately
the first day passed through the entrance approximately
1200-1300 people. That is, more than two
times more than planned. It would still be
not so critical if not for one circumstance -
government... Let's take the last year, 1996. By
my rough estimates (no calculations were made)
then about 300-400 people were present
century It was expected that whatever increase
numbers did not occur in 1997, this is bu-
the child will look like: 1 teapot -> Z teapot,
1profi->Zprofi, 1hooligan->Zhuligana,1_with_beer->3_with_beer, etc. It's clear that I
I mean. So, that's not what happened at all
yes. The number of decent people remained
roughly the same as last year. Maybe
may have grown, but just a little. The number
for example, drunk people (or who have become so
already in process) people have increased significantly
specifically. No warning or request (in
including at the party itself) did not help.
If last year security was quite able to
ensure order, then in 1997 controlled
ensure order, then in 1997 it was controlled
it was easy to bring in so many drunks
impossible. Played its negative
another role was that everything happened on a clear
beptom floor and take someone out of the hall
It was quite difficult to go outside. About race
protruding fingers and waving gsts
I'm generally silent. One way or another it became possible
no incidents. Best known as
many have heard, there was a painted ball-
paint can wall and presence in
hall of a certain drunk man with a pneumatic
tic rifle in hands. The people in
continued to drink beer throughout the day.
It was interesting to watch how those who drink
they know for sure that this cannot be done, those
who later condemned us in echoes. A dur-
This example is known to be contagious. Bo
in the afternoon, looking at all this on-
The administration of the institute began to get nervous.
For those who don't know, a littlelyrical
some retreat - in our age of victory
some digression - in our age of victory
democracy within any institution exists
There are various commercial and semi-commercial
ical structures on which the administration
cannot have a direct impact. When in
the afternoon suddenly disappeared
voltage at 70% of sockets, it was just
such a case. Or rather, a direct reaction
on a painted wall. With great difficulty
managed to convince the man to turn on the electricity
honor back. Then came another pa-
ra similar actions on the part of the other
organizations. In short, the situation has become
la is already uncontrollable - even with purely technical
no side. The people continued to drink.
It should also be taken into account that the second
In our experience, the day is usually harder than the first
th. The solution was thus obvious
(for me). It certainly mattered
that for all the equipment located on
party I was personally responsible. Except
I wouldn't want people who
I wouldn't want people who
roughly speaking, they let us into VoenMech,
would get a job as a result of their actions
ka. Thus, on the second day in the morning,
an announcement was posted about the cancellation of the second
day. This announcement is always there, though.
ripped off. We went out several times and I said...
explained the situation - not a single person said
hallI can't see anything that was written
on the posters, what they said behind the scenes when
we left, what is now written in the echoes.
I did not describe all this in order to
enter into discussions, rather just for the sake of
truth. People who haven't done this
you still can’t explain anything yourself, it’s
just _totally_ useless. Therefore, not ut-
bother yourself with angry letters - I won’t
do react to them - we speak at once
lingual languages.
About the future.
For three years neither I nor my friends
were able to find a way to translate ENLiGHT to
higher level. Enthusiasm can
enough for one person for a long time, but it
4x-7i-10i is not enough for that. Alone
it’s impossible to promote something like this
what level? During this period I communicated with di-
pektopamu large firms, with government officials
government organizations and are now satisfied
but I clearly understand the reasons why
we did not have and do not have a serious sponsor. This
This is a complicated question and I won’t discuss it here.
judge You can just take it as
fact - in St. Petersburg in 95m-96m-97m
years of such a sponsor _naturally_
don't curlcould. (I am now, of course, searching
I’m leaving out of considering the situation with a friend
mayor/governor, father/grandfather - head
bank, etc.) Based on this, I, in principle,
I don’t see any prospects for ENLiGHT in St. Petersburg. B
I don’t see any prospects for ENLiGHT in St. Petersburg. B
it will not be held in another city.
Said HE means that ENLiGHT'98 is not
will be 100%. It just means that I'm not
I will deal with organizational issues
issues related to its implementation.
Only technical/ideological. Others
in words, if there are people ready to go
for this, find a sponsor, and who can
convince me of the seriousness of your intentions
niy, perhaps then ENLiGHT'98 will take place.
However, I don’t really believe in this.
A few more words.
In 1995, when this whole story
just started, in everything xUSSR is not su-
there was not a single deto, and there was no
lo demo of the scene as such. Now how
known (and in particular to those who saw
something with E'97) everything is completely different.
It was definitely worth the effort to see it.
It was definitely worth the effort to see this
spend time/money/nerves/efforts on organizing
tionthree past parties. Result
worth it. ENLiGHT has served its purpose.
Let others continue and it’s great if you
They will do it better.
Unofficial results of ENLIGHT'97.
ENLiGHT-97 happened just these days
ago and was canceled due to trash in
party place. However, sceners counted
votes thetselves and here unofficial
results:
Speccy detos:
1) Binary Love ь Digital Reality
2) SChB yu Progress
3) Eye Ache-2 yu Code Busters
Atiga detos:
Atiga detos:
1) Rest-2 ьу Code Busters
2) Lie ьу Looker House
3) Peep Knorr ьу К-Power
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