CRUSADERS PARTY INFO


         --- GENERAL INFO ---

Welcome to the event of the decade.
It's time for Deadline & Crusaders to
arrange a gigantic party in Norway.
The party will take place at
"Skedsmohallen", a large sports hall
outside Lillestroem (20 km east of
Oslo).  The party will last 5 long
days.  Lasting from April 15. at 12
o'clock to April 19. at 16 o'clock,
makes it a total of 100 hours of
partying.

We plan to work our ***'s off to make
this the best party ever.  Well, I
hear you say, this is something
everybody promises but never keeps.
True, but we ARE different.  To tell
you a bit about how long this party
has been on it's way, we originally
planned it for the summer of 91.  We
weren't satisfied at that time, so we
waited for a better time.  (To tell a
note, we actually brought a projector
to the Amega-party held by CRB, and
that was better than the "organizer's"
managed).

Our BIG groups have both the urge, the
possibility, the man-power, the goods,
the effects & the ideas to make this
not just a party, but a:

HAPPENING, A TRIP,
AND A VOYAGE TO OUR DIMENSION.

We'll take care of our guests, and
we'll try to meet everyone that needs
to (and let us know that they need to)
at airports, bus-, trainstations etc.
We'll also arrange small excursions to
places of interest if anyone is
interested. (We know somebody would
like to enjoy a bit of Norway 'cept
the hall too).

Also, this party will encapsule the
best of the scene and beyond, by
inviting the WORLD to join us.

It's really easy to find the party-
place, especially if you get your
hands on our printed invitation which
will be released in January.

If you travel by car you should try to
find Oslo (easy), then you should take
the highway (E6) to the north (signs
will say Hamar or Trondheim).  Just
keep driving until you see a sign to
Lillestr›m and take off there.  Then
you take immediatly to the right, and
when you have the hotel on your left
side, you just drive straight ahead.
After this you'll enter a roundabout,
take to the right in this.  Now you'll
just keep driving straight forward for
a while, and when you come to a
railroad-crossing it's time to turn
left (after you've crossed the
railroad).  Now you should be able to
see the party-place.  If you're
driving from Trondheim you should
ignore the first sign which says
Lillestr›m, and wait until you see a
sign which says "Gjellers / Nittedal"
You'll now take left at the first
crossing.  At this time you should
have the hotel on your left side, so I
guess you'll manage to read from the
top again.

Those of you who travel by train can
get off in Lillestr›m, from here we'll
have buses going to and from the
party-place.

If you come by plane you should take
the "flybussen" from the airport to
the busstation. At the busstation
you'll easily find a bus that's headed
for Lillestr›m (321, 421, 401, 403,
411, 414, 871 to mention a few). If
you take bus 401 and get off at
"r†sen" you'll be just 4 minutes walk
from the party-place.


             --- CAFE ---

There will be a cafe at the party
containing everything you need
to satisfy your stomach.  Including
everything from sandwiches and milk,
to more essential stuff like Coca-
Cola, hot-dogs and pizzas.  This cafe
will probably be open from 08.00 to
24.00, at night we'll have a small
kiosk where you can buy Coca-Cola,
hot-dogs and some other snacks to get
that bloodsugar level beyond hyper-
active.


     --- AUDIO-VISUAL EFFECTS ---

To make this party spectacular we've
concentrated on the audio-visual
effects (light, picture & sound).
We're going to use two bigscreens in
the hall to show all party-releases
and other stuff.  We'll also use more
than a few lasers to get some really
cool FXs.  In addition to this we also
have a few surprises up our sleeve.
If you think bringing your 500 watt
amplifier will make you the one with
the most powerful amplifier, you'd
better think again.  We're using a
total of 40 kW amplified sound (YES,
40 kW is 40.000 watt!)


           --- LEISURE ---

If you get tired of using your
computer all the time, we can offer
lots of other things for you to do.
There's a bowling-hall in the cellar
of the building, and we're going to
rent a couple of pool-tables and
arcade-machines (if we get it our way,
we'll have Virtual Reality there).
Those of you that just wanna get away
from the party-place, can go to a
disco nearby. The entrance fee to this
party includes a free-ticket to this
disco.


          --- PARTY-BBS ---

The BBS is going to be very useful.
To those who for some strange reason
isn't present at the party, has the
possibility to get their hands on the
party-stuff immediatly after it's
release.  We'll also use a modem to
get the latest releases from all the
groups that wish to be a part of this
party around the world, and spread it
at the party.  Those smart guys who
shows up at the party can use one of
the terminals we'll set up in the
hall, to copy demos from the BBS, or
they can copy their latest demo(s)
onto the BBS.  More info about the
party-BBS can be found in the official
invitation that's beeing released
appr. January 15. or/and on one of the
boards mentioned in the BBS-section.

        --- ON-LINE VOTING ---

When you arrive at the party you are
asked to write your personal info on a
terminal at the entrance.  While doing
this you're asked for a personal
password you would like to use.  This
password is crucial for your voting,
so you better not forget it.  When you
want to vote you'll just go to one of
the many terminals, type your
password, and then follow the
instructions on screen.  We consider
this for being one of the best voting-
systems ever used on a party like
this.


        --- HARDWARE SALE ---

At the party we'll sell disks, link-
cables and other small utilities for a
fair price.  While at the party you
can also buy ram-cards (up to 6 Mb
internal) or hard-drives (up to 220 Mb
internal).  Take a look in the "AD"-
section of this intro to see hardware-
prices.


           --- SLEEPING ---

During a 100h party there will always
be people that want to sleep, so we'll
use a couple of rooms for the sleeping
purpose only.  Since this is a sports
hall, there is lots and lots of
showers, so there's no need for you to
go without a shower these 5 days.


         --- COMPETITIONS ---

Anyone outside of Europe will be
allowed to enter the competitions in
demo, music & graphics by modem.
This will make this party the first
ever global-party.  Please contact us
for details on how to enter on our
BBS's or write to our contact-adress.

I. Demo
   Music
   Graphics

The essential to any party, and we'll
keep'em in there.  This time we'll be
giving a special regard to those who
enter though.  *EVERYONE* involved in
a winning entry will be getting a
special trophy called "The Golden
Gary".  This award will show that you
made the best demo this year.
Consider this to be a tradition to
stay!  These three are for voting from
everyone & also a special to elect the
best demo ever.  Mega-demos/
multistage-demos will be allowed, if
the parts at least have some
interconnection.  Demos MUST run on
every machine with 1MB and above
(512K/1Mb CHIP must both be
supported).  Finalists will be tested
on several machines, so please be
pretty sure that your demo is
compatible.  Small bug-fixes will
be allowed, but this is strictly on
the organizers good-will.  Hopefully,
your demo will be ready & bug-tested
when you enter the party, as we will
have reasonably early deadlines.

Also, everyone in the graphics compo
will be given a chance to get their
masterpiece in a hard-copy (printed
matter).

A PC-demo competition is also
included.  This demo will be run on a
486-33 with a Soundblaster Pro or
Roland sound-system according to your
wishes.


     --- MOST USELESS UTILITY ---

Just had to have this in there.
Points to be taken into consideration:

1. That the utility should have
absolutely no value what so ever in
anyway ('cept for laughs).

2. The utility must do this in the
most pleasing way to the user in
terms of user-friendliness and layout.

3. The judges will be people with a
high appreciation for these things, so
the worse, the better! (NB! Bribes
accepted).


  --- CHEEZ DOODLES-EATING COMPO ---

The first person to finish a bag of
Cheez-Doodles (250g) and still live
will be saluted as the winner.  In
case of a tie, the first one to finish
another bag! :-D

Quick-demo, quick-graphics & quick-
music competition.

The rules for this one will be given
at the party, but will allow for
these things:

1. Artistic representation.
2. Ability to adapt to given premise.
3. Ability to work under stress.

 --- SNOWMAN-BUILDING COMPETITION ---

The biggest, the baddest and the
ugliest.  Obscene ways of using snow
will not be allowed (even though we
got very broad minds in this matter).
Anything like Calvin & Hobbes makes
will be ranked high of course!


  --- OUTDOOR-SOCCER COMPETITION ---

As figures, this will be a tough one.
We'll even throw in sort of pools on
this one. That means we'll need to
have an idea about WHO will enter this
compo. 5 persons are needed for each
team, but substitutes will be allowed.
The pools will go like this:



                      Home Tie Away
Deadline - Crusaders   X  |   |
Scoopex - Kefrens         | X |
PMC - No Limits           |   | X


      --- DISKETTE-THROWING ---

For a world-record and first time
world championship.  3,5" format only
DD or HD (you'll have to use your own
disks).  No doping-test on this one.


         --- THE REGULARS ---

Kick-Off tournament single-player &
team-play.




        --- ALSO INCLUDED ---

Several quizzes, game-shows, and
something including girls :-D, etc
etc.  Also a lot of on-the-spot compos
for your entertaiment.


The prizes of this party will be the
hugest heap yet.


          --- WE'LL HAVE ---

A3000
CD-TV
HS Modem
Lasers
RAM-cards (large ones!)
Hard-drives
MIDI-Synth
Genlock
Diskettes
*MONEY* of course.

All of this + lots more.

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