THE AMEGA PARTY IN PORSGRUNN, JUNE 27-30, 1991.           PAGE #074
 CRYPTOBURNERS, DEXION, VIOLENCE AND FAIRLIGHT INVITED EVERYBODY TO  WHAT WAS TO
 BE THE LARGEST COMPUTER PARTY EVER HELD. AND IT WAS - I DON'T  KNOW  THE  EXACT
 NUMBER OF VISITORS, BUT THE LAST I HEARD WAS 700 PEOPLE,   LATE  FRIDAY  NIGHT.
 THEN SOME MORE FREAKS ARRIVED ON SATURDAY,  JUST IN TIME FOR  THE  COMPETITIONS
 SO I SUPPOSE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VISITORS  WAS ABOUT 800.     OUT  OF  THESE, I
 ESTIMATE THE NUMBER  OF  NORWEGIANS  TO  ABOUT  600  AND  SOME  200  FOREIGNERS
 INCLUDING PEOPLE FROM SWEDEN, DENMARK, FINLAND, GERMANY, SWITZERLAND,  HOLLAND,
 FRANCE AND POLAND (!)  THE VENUE WAS A SCHOOL INCLUDING A SPORTS-HALL USED AS A
 BEDROOM FOR HUNDREDS OF FREAKS. WE GOT THERE EARLY FRIDAY NIGHT,  AND  WE  WERE
 QUITE DISAPPOINTED THAT NO SPACE HAD BEEN SET ASIDE FOR US, SO WE SPENT MOST OF
 FRIDAY LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO SET UP OUR EQUIPMENT. WE ENDED UP IN THE CORRIDOR
 WHICH WAS OK REALLY. (THANKS TO BUGBEAR/CRB - NICE CHAP.) WHAT SURPRISED US WAS
 THAT THE ORGANIZERS OF THE PARTY DIDN'T HAVE  A  BIG  SCREEN  OR  A  STEREO  OR
 ANYTHING -  NOTHING   TO   SHOW   THE   DEMOS  ON.   LUCKILY,  VEGARD SKJEFSTAD
 (SHADY/DEADLINE/AUDIO VISUAL MAGIC) BROUGHT HIS OWN BRACO PROJECTOR AND  A  BIG
 SCREEN, WHICH HE WAS ALLOWED TO SET UP IN THE BASEMENT (!). NATURALLY, HE ASKED
 IF HE COULD SET IT UP IN THE MAIN HALL, BUT  FOR  SOME  REASON  THE  ORGANIZERS
 WOULDN'T LET HIM. HE USED THE PROJECTOR THROUGHOUT THE PARTY TO SHOW ANIMATIONS
 DEMOS, MOVIES, ADVERTISEMENTS ETC.   THE ORGANIZERS HAD PROMISED THAT AT  LEAST
 15 DIFFERENT COMPETITIONS WERE TO TAKE PLACE AT THE PARTY, INCLUDING  THE USUAL
 DEMO/GRAPHICS/ MUSIC COMPETITIONS,  AND  ALSO A LOT OF FUNNY STUFF LIKE  EATING
 COMPETITION, BEER DRINKING COMP., VIDEO WATCHING COMP., SOCCER TOURNAMENT,  ARM
 WRESTLING COMP. AND MANY OTHER. THEY ALSO SAID THAT 'IN ADDITION TO THESE THERE
 WILL BE SOME SURPRISE COMPETITIONS'. WELL, HARDLY ANY OF THESE EVER SHOWED  UP.
 THERE WAS AN ARM WRESTLING COMPETITION, BUT IT WAS BADLY RUN AND I  DON'T THINK
 ANYBODY KNOWS WHO WON IT. ALL THE  OTHER  COMPETITIONS  WERE  CANCELLED,  OR AT
 LEAST  NOBODY  WAS  INFORMED ABOUT THEM. THIS WAS PROBABLY THE WEAKEST POINT OF
 THE ARRANGEMENT - NEVER ONCE WAS A MESSAGE GIVEN THROUGH THE SPEAKER  SYSTEM TO
 INFORM THE VISITORS ABOUT ANYTHING. SO IF THEY ACTUALLY HELD ANY OF  THE  ABOVE
 COMPETITIONS, NO-ONE EVER KNEW ABOUT IT. THE  MAIN  COMPETITIONS  THOUGH,  WERE
 HELD RIGHT ON TIME, WHICH WAS SURPRISING BECAUSE THEY ARE USUALLY POSTPONED AND
 POSTPONED AND POSTPONED... THE VISITORS WEREN'T ALLOWED TO VOTE FOR  THE  DEMOS
 BUT THEN AGAIN, NOBODY HAD SEEN THEM BECAUSE THE ORGANIZERS DIDN'T HAVE A   BIG
 SCREEN. SO WHAT THEY DID WAS TO SET UP A 'JURY' OF A FEW PROGRAMMERS, MUSICIANS
 AND GRAPHICS ARTISTS TO EVALUATE THE PRODUCTS. WHICH  IS  FAIR  ENOUGH  REALLY.
 HOWEVER, THE WAY THE MUSIC COMPEITION WAS RUN WAS KIND OF  UNFAIR  -  THEY TOOK
 TWO SONGS AT A TIME AND COMPARED THEM, THEN THE BEST ONE WENT ON  TO  THE  NEXT
 'ROUND'. CUP SYSTEM. I CAN'T SEE WHY THEY DIDN'T JUST PLAY  THEM  AND  LET  THE
 JURY VOTE. ALSO, I HEARD FROM SOMEONE THAT THEY  ONLY  LISTENED  TO  THE  FIRST
 COUPLE OF PATTERNS. HOWEVER, THIS WAS JUST A RUMOUR - MAYBE SPREAD OUT BY  SOME
 DISAPPOINTED MUSICIAN WHO DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE TOP...?  (JUST FOR THE RECORD -
 I MYSELF DIDN'T TAKE PART IN ANY OF THE COMPETITIONS, AND I'M NOT A  MEMBER  OF
 ANY GROUP, SO I'M NEUTRAL.)    I  CAN'T  REMEMBER  ALL  THE  RESULTS  FROM  THE
 COMPETITIONS RIGHT NOW, BUT HERE ARE THE ONES I CAN REMEMBER:    (IF ANY OF YOU
 SYSOPS HAVE THE REST OF THE RESULTS, PLEASE FILL IT OUT FOR ME.)               
 DEMO:                                                                          
      1 - THOMAS LANDSBURG (TOMSOFT),  2 - PURE METAL CODERS,  3 - THE SILENTS  
      4 - ANDROMEDA.                                                            
 MUSIC:                                                                         
      1 - SHORTY/NETWORK (..OR WAS IT NO LIMITS..?),  2 - HEATBEAT/REBELS       
      3 - SOMEONE FROM FRANTIC                                                  
 GRAPHICS:                                                                      
      1 - SOMEONE FROM NO LIMITS (I THINK...) 1ST PRIZE IN THE DEMO  COMPETITION
 IS 10.000 NOK, WHICH I MUST SAY IS VERY GOOD!  1ST  PRIZE  IN  THE  MUSIC-  AND
 GRAPHICS COMPETITIONS WAS 2.000 NOK.                                           
 AFTER THE COMPETITIONS, THERE WAS NO  SPECIAL  PLACE  TO  GET  COPIES  OF   THE
 COMPETITION ENTRIES, SOMETHING WHICH RESULTED IN A LOT OF  PEOPLE  LEAVING  THE
 PARTY WITHOUT EVEN HAVING SEEN ANY OF THE ENTRIES. THE ORGANIZERS TRIED TO SELL
 THE DEMOS FOR NOK 10 PER DISK BUT I DON'T THINK THEY SOLD  A  LOT.   WHY   THEY
 DIDN'T SET UP A PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY COULD GET A COPY, NO-ONE KNOWS...        
 ALL IN ALL, THE PARTY WAS VERY POORLY ARRANGED - WHEN YOU PAY 100 NOK TO GET IN
 YOU EXPECT AT LEAST TO GET A PLACE TO SET UP  YOUR  EQUIPMENT.   THERE  WAS  NO
 INFORMATION FROM THE ORGANIZERS TO THE VISITORS WHATSOEVER, ALMOST ALL  OF  THE
 PROMISED COMPETITIONS WERE CANCELLED, THE  TOILETS  GAVE  A  NEW MEANING TO THE
 WORD 'DISGUSTING', THE SHOWERS ONLY HAD COLD WATER,   THE  COMPETITION  JUDGING
 SYSTEM WAS UNSATISFACTORY,  THE  ORGANIZERS  DIDN'T  HAVE ANY GOOD EQUIPMENT TO
 SHOW OFF OR USE FOR PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS, AND LASTLY -   DISTRIBUTION   OF THE
 COMPETITION MATERIAL WAS NON-EXISTING. NEVERTHELESS, THERE WAS A NICE  FRIENDLY
 ATMOSPHERE ALL OVER THE PLACE, A LOT OF GUYS WERE TALKING AND HAVING  FUN,  NOT
 JUST SITTING LIKE NAILED TO THEIR AMIGAS. WE SPOKE TO PEOPLE FROM  AT  LEAST  8
 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, MET OLD FRIENDS AND MADE SOME NEW FRIENDS.                
 HERE ARE SOME OF THE MORE WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE WHO WERE AT THE PARTY:             
                       BRAINSTORM-MEMBERS (ZINE STAFF)                          
                       ADDONIC-MEMBERS (DISC-STAFF)                             
                       DTECT-MEMBERS (HACK-MAG STAFF)                           
                       ANARCHY (UK AND SWEDEN)                                  
                       PHENOMENA                                                
                       MIRAGE                                                   
                       SILENTS                                                  
                       REBELS                                                   
                       CULT DK                                                  
                       THOMAS LANDSBURG                                         
                       EX. KEFRENS MEMBERS (AT LEAST ICRONITE)                  
                                                                                
 AND OF COURSE - ALL THE MAJOR NORWEGIAN GROUPS WERE THERE - RAZOR,CRYPTOBURNERS
 CRUSADERS, NETWORK, NO LIMITS, PMC ETC. ETC. ALL IN ALL, WE HAD A GREAT WEEKEND
 THANKS TO THE VISITORS, NOT TO THE ORGANIZERS. FINALLY, A LITTLE SPECIAL  HELLO
 TO THE FOLLOWING VERY FRIENDLY FREAKS WHO I HAD  THE  PLEASURE  OF  HANGING OUT
 WITH AND CHATTING WITH, MAKING THIS PARTY WORTHWHILE (THANKS!): YANKEE/ADDONIC,
 CHESTER/BRS, MANTRONIX/RAZOR, MIRAGE  HOLLAND,  ALL  PMC'ERS,  ALL  MEMBERS  OF
 DEADLINE, TIP/PHENOMENA, JOKER/NETWORK, ALL MEMBERS  OF  CRUSADERS,  EOC  1999,
 CULT DK, ANARCHY AND MANY OTHERS!  HOPEFULLY I'LL  SEE  YOU  GUYS  ON  THE NEXT
 OCCASION!                                                                      
                                                                                
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