Anarchy Party
    R e p o r t
 

   Date  : 4 April 1992
   Place : Royston Civic Centre
           Barnsley   
           England


Well  I  suppose  I  will start at the
beginning  of the day which would have
been   about   nine   o'clock  on  the
saturday  morning.  I was the first to
arrive  so  I  got  the  pick  of  the
positons.

The  civic centre wasn't as impressive
as  it  sounds and it was alot smaller
as  well.   By  about  ten o'clock the
place was starting to fill up and even
at this early stage there seemed to be
a  lack  of  power  points,  and  even
though  I'd been there an hour I still
hadn't got any new releases.

The  first bad point of the day reared
its ugly head by about eleven o'clock,
yes!!   The  hall  was  full  and late
comers had to set up in a local school
about  three  hundred  metres from the
main hall.  This did get a bit tedious
a little later in the day with all the
walking  that  had to be done, just to
get  some  new  software and to go and
meet  all my contacts (which is what a
party is all about).

Demos and loads of music disks started
to   appear   on   lots  of  different
monitors,  the  fun  had begun.  XCopy
was  also on alot of screens as people
busily  copied  all these steaming hot
new releases.

Pizza time at about three o'clock, but
the  food  never  appeared  till after
five,   which  was  annoying  (because
myself and alot of other people were a
might   peckish)   but  understandable
(being  a chef myself I appreciate all
the  hard  work the pizza parlour must
have put in).  Oh well disk after disk
after  disk  was slammed in and out of
my  disk drive relentless 'boing' from
XCopy.   It  was  all getting a little
tedious  so I left it to another group
member to do.

Eight  o'clock soon came around and it
was    time    for   the   alternative
competition.     Nine   victims   were
selected  from  the crowd to take part
in   a  competition  that  could  only
compare  to  'endurance' (remember the
program that used to be on clive james
from  japan  real  sick!!) the victims
were  first  told  to  drink a pint of
cold   baked   beans   as   quick   as
possible.
After this round was the grand finale,
six  extra  strong mints and a pint of
ice  cold  water,  the mints had to be
sucked  for  at  least  one and a half
minutes  (real  painfull  on  your old
throat).   Then  came  the competition
results...


Demo Competition
----------------

1. Anarchy:  Krest Mass Leftovers

2. Digital:  Trash

3. Anarchy:  Legalise It


Music Competition
-----------------

1. Gamma - Dual Crew

Graphics competition
--------------------

1. Fast Eddie - Anthrox


Seventeen   Bit   software   had  been
invited  by  Anarchy to judge the demo
competition  and  into the bargain got
exclusive   rights   over   all  demos
entered and it was they who put up the
150   pound   first  prize  which  was
greatfully  received  by Critical Mass
of Anarchy.

Krest  of Anarchy judged Fast Eddie of
Anthrox to have entered the best piece
of  pixelling  on the day but he (Fast
Eddie)   was  a  bit  annoyed  at  not
getting   any   prize   money  because
someone  thieving  little  cretin  was
supposed  to have stolen a printer and
the  money I think was used to replace
that  piece  of hardware even though I
heard  a rumour (and that is all it is
I    hope)   that   Anarchy   made   a
substancial  profit,  so if it is true
why wasn't that money used?

Gamma  of Dual Crew was judged to have
composed  the  best  piece of music on
the day by Nuke of Anarchy.  After all
the  prizes  were  given out the party
seemed  to  be just about over as alot
of  people  started to leave including
me,  so  I don`t really know what went
on after that probably not alot I just
haven`t got a clue.


So  on  reflection  the  people at the
party made the party what it was, with
one little theif as the exception, and
alot  of  quality  was  released  that
shows the U.K.  scene can keep up with
the top european groups which can only
be  good  for  all of us.  But for the
fact  that  for part of the day it was
held in two seperate buildings and the
cock up with prize money the party was
a  success,  but  I would just like to
add  one  thing to whoever is thinking
of organizing the next U.K.  party...

...  get a personnal address system it
will  make  life easier for yourselves
and  also  for  every on eat the party
(so we can all here what is being said
to us).


                           Fabio/Ghost