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' \_invitation_/ geek camp 2002 - also known as the party at the end of the universe one day i was visiting a friend who works in a little holiday hotel in the swiss mountains. after staying there a few days, i thought about using the hotel as a location for a demoparty. after i thought over it again i noticed that this would be quite a stupid idea, who would come to a party located so far away from civilisation, high up on a swiss mountain? this was before i told a few scene friends about the idea, which told me that they would come immediately! i left the idea to rest another few weeks until i decided that the party should take place. so, welcome to the official invitation intro for geek camp 2002, the new swiss demoscene event! after the escape party died due to financial and organisation problems last year, it was time for a new party. so we started planning the party... as regular party visitors, there are many things we like and dislike about different parties, and our goal is to combine the positive and eliminate the negative aspects of all parties, creating a whole new experience. we wanted a small party with maybe 100-150 people, enough space to chill out and talk, good foodsupport, no gamers and good atmosphere, and we hope that we can combine all this in geek camp. so please give us a chance, come to the party, release something and have a good time, because that is what counts. topy44 for the geek camp orgateam -- location, date and entrance fee -location the location of the first geek camp will be the hotel "churfirstenblick" in flumserberg, switzerland. sure, a hotel is a special location for a demoparty, but it offers a whole lot of new possibilities. and yes, its high up on a mountain... :) please see features for a more detailed description what this hotel will offer you! -date geekcamp will last from 18. - 20. october. the doors will be open around 16:00. the opening ceremony will start at 22:00. doors close on sunday 20th at 12 o'clock. the timetable will be announced later. -people we think about 120 people can attend with computers. there is room for about 250, but it gets tight then. of course we don't know how many will come, so it would be nice if you would register yourself on the party website (www.geekcamp.net) -entrance fee the entrance fee will be 45sfr for swiss people and 25 euro for foreigners. girls will get in for free. if you have a long distance to travel (~800km up) we might consider letting you in free, please contact us. -- travel info -by car take the road to "flums", and from there follow the signs leading to the party. the zipfile includes a map showing the way, in case you still cannot find it for some weird reason :) note that swiss motorways require that you buy a "autobahn vignette", which costs 40sfr / 23euro at adac, the swiss customs office or any swiss motorway station, and is valid one year. also, you can bypass the motorway and save the money, just ask your favorite online route planer to look up a good way to travel. for a good online map that actually knows flumserberg tannenbodenalp, check www.map24.de -by train take the train to flums, we will get you from there. please call or mail us in advance. also, at certain times of the day, you can take the cable railway from trainstation unterterzen up to tannenbodenalp, from there on there will be signs (5 minute walk to the party from the station). check the timetables on www.sbb.ch for information on how to get to flums or unterterzen. -- features -real food! the hotel has an integrated restaurant, which in fact will be the main party hall. because of this, there will be real food at good prices and at nearly any time delivered right to your computer! also, we are trying to arrange free breakfast, but we cannot promise that yet... :) -enough showers! there are more than enough showers that everyone can take at any time, for free. -separate compo room! there is a separate room in the cellar of the building where the competitions will be held. when no compos are running, this will be used as a chillout room. there is a separate soundsystem and videobeamer down there. -real beds! as this is a hotel, you will have the chance to get cheap rooms with real beds, most with tv, some even with toilet and shower in the room! altogether, we have 38 rooms for rent. for the ones that cannot afford this, there is a separate warm sleeping hall beside the hotel, with beds for everyone, and the best of all, it's free! so at this party, no one will be forced to sleep on the floor. -bar with cheap drinks! there is a bar selling beer from the barrel and other drinks at low prices 24h per day. payment can be made in swiss francs or euros. we are trying to organise some barmaids to mix you drinks as well :) -outside grill! if the weather is good, we will be doing some grilling outside. you can bring your own meat or buy some from us. -winter sports! the hotel is in the middle of a holiday area, and you can enjoy all kinds of winter sport activities. go for a snowboard ride during the party for a change, or stay at the hotel another week after the party at lower prices and enjoy the swiss mountain landscape. :) -internet access! there will be 128kbit internet access. Its not superfast, but we guess it's enough to get some forgotten files or to check mails. -atmosphere! of course, this is the most important thing about this party. a few dozen people sitting in a nice old wooden house on a swiss mountain just feels very different than sitting on table 08 row 17 at some oversized commercialised party, surrounded by gamers waiting for your entry to be played for 2 hours just to find out that it didn't pass the preselection... -no gamers! this was a hard decision. it's easier to get gamers to come to a party, and they are a way to fill the hall and pay the party. but we don't want that. we hope that enough sceners will show up and that gamers won't be needed for their money. -- rules as usual, there are some party rules :) - alcohol is allowed! - smoking is allowed! (in case you order a room: smoking is not allowed in there...) - don't damage anything! if you are destructive in any way (intellectual or physical) you have to pay for it... - no gamers! gamers will be burnt on the stake. this is a demoparty, so be creative. - we will sell inexpensive drinks so you don't have to bring along your own alcoholics or energy drinks ;) of course, it is not forbidden but the prices would be the same as in shops (or even lower...) and think about the space you gain with that: so you could bring along another c64 or amiga... - have fun! -- competitions .graphics competitions -raytraced gfx (anything raytraced, resolution 800x600. provide steps!) -pixelart (hand pixeled gfx, max resolution 800x600. provide steps!) -freestyle gfx (anything allowed, play around with your newest graphics toy here!) .music maximum length: 5 minutes. if your track lasts longer, it will be faded out automatically. one exception is happy hardcore, which can be as long as you wish (or until we get bored with it :) -multichannel music (allowed formats: .it .xm .mod .dmf and some others) -streamed music (music in any format we can play) -happy hardcore (we need some new hhc tracks, so please, do some good stuff here! anything allowed!) .demo and intro competitions -demo (pc & amiga ppc mixed) total file size limit: 16mb -64k intro (pc & amiga ppc mixed) file size limit: 65536 bytes -4k intro (pc & amiga ppc mixed) file size limit: 4096 bytes -c64 demo (choose if you want new or old sid) size limit: 2 disk sides of course, there will be no preselection, but crap and unserious releases will be disqualified. make art, not junk! .other competitions there will be some fun competitions which will be announced during the party, so stay tuned! -wild demo the usual... anything allowed, maximum length 20 minutes (please keep it shorter), any format you think we can play, or bring your own equipment (or go on stage and do it live :) -ansi/ascii art in respect to this classic demoscene artform, we have a combined ansi/ascii art competition. any size you want. anything you want. -shitmusic competition be creative! we want the absolutely ugliest track known to mankind, the sickest and most mind-disturbing disharmonic shit you can think of! any format allowed. -stay tuned! -- network and other things -network because this is a small party, there should be enough 100mbit switch ports, but if you have a switch or two lying around, don't hesitate to bring it along, just to be sure. -power please bring along your own power connectors. there will be enough electric power, but please don't bring stuffs like fridges, heaters or something like that with you. these things are often responsible for power failures, and we want to avoid that. -- contact if you have any further questions, feel free to contact us: name function e-mail icq ---------------------------------------------------------- topy44 mainorga topy44@emuextrem.com 31895488 verschdl network verschdl@verschdl.de 73397194 manx network manx@never.de 84559863 dastier standing around dastier@emuextrem.com 35437447 pixman c64 compos pixman@c64.org 58740518 www.geekcamp.net / ircnet #geekcamp or call +41 (0)78 7411215 (topy44) if you have trouble with the motorway or something else ;) we are also looking for people who are willing to help us in organizing, so don't hesitate and contact us! -- credits invitation done by skp (www: skp.amidemos.org) idea: robotriot and pro gfx: robotriot code: pro guest musician: eha invitation text: topy44 and pro proof reading: robotriot a big thank you to elux! can you find the hidden part? -- greetings marshals vacuum cubalid7 black maiden tap kolor salva mea madwizards buenzli orga staff so, that's all for now, see you at geek camp 2002!