The IRIS NEW YEAR CONFERENCE 1992


                         by Paranoiak - E.O.C 1999

We   began   this   strange  kind   of
adventure  on  a sad, cold morning  in 
December  and that was the 27th.   The 
night was  running  through  it's long 
winter life; and suddenly this shit of 
clock rang it's  bell  in  my  ears...
It's  really  horrible  to  awake at 4
o'clock  in  the morning, and thinking
that    al    most    900   kilometers
(Montpellier   to   Paris)  are  still
waiting  for  driving.   I was in good
mood  to drive, but I did not know how
it  was  going  to be...  Nevermind, I
awoke  my tender wife.  LET'S GO!  The
road  till  CRC  (one  of  our coders)
still  is  as bad as my mind remembers
it.   But  it  was  not  the  worst at
all...   The  road till Dijon to bring
with  us Pets Band, wasn't too long...
The worst is coming, and take it as an
advice,  you  poor drivers from abroad
or  from  other  french  regions......
The  Paris  suburbs are the hell for a
driver....     80  kilometers in 3 and
half   hours   !!!!    Desperately  we
reached  the party in Nesle La Vallee,
and  as  the  promised  land  seen  by
Moses,  we  entered  the great hall of
it.   There  were so much people, that
we  couldn't  see our stand place.  It
was  like a silly jungle of legs, arms
and  heads; running, walking, sleeping
and  talking.   The  whole  jungle was
entirely  clouded in a strange smog of
cigarettes.   The  most difficult part
was  to  encounter  our members.  Why?
Because   we  didn't  have  seen  them
before.    Finally,   we  reached  our
place,  and  then,  it  was a great mo
ment  of  pleasure  to  meet all these
guys,  who  are  members  of our crew.
Names   became,  at  last,  faces.   I
think,  it  was one of the best moment
in  the  party  for all End Of Century
1999  mem  bers.   It  was  also a big
relief   for   all   of  them,  asking
themselves if we didn't crash with the
car  somewhere  on  the  road...   Big
noise,heavy   heat,   strange  smells,
eaten   pizzas,   disks   copies  were
everywhere  in  this room.  Almost all
french  cool  groups were there, but I
regret that weren't any foreign crews,
except   some  guys  from  Luxembourg.
Cool famous groups were there, anyway:

Silents,  Anarchy, Devils, The Special
Brothers,  Dreamdealers, Symbiosis and
so  on.   Nevermind,  I  was  a little
decieved  by  the organisation of this
party.   The  room  seemed  to  be too
narrow,  and each time you walked near
the   tables,   all  electrics  cables
disconnected  them  selves, and almost
ten  tables  were  out  of power!  The
microphone   had  got  some  problems,
'cause  we  couldn't hear anything, as
we  were just in below of the scene...
The  really  good  side  of this party
was,  in  fact, all these friends I've
been  able  to  meet  there.  Some old
swappers companions,or Minitel (french
phone  board) delirium guys...  It was
really  fine to talk with famous guys,
and  new  Amiga  crews.   I think that
much more copy parties must be held in
France, just to encounter friends like
them!   In  fact  there were some cool
guys,   but   also  some   big  stupid
lamers.   I  don't  talk  about little
crews,  because  everybody begins as a
little  bird in its nest, I talk about
these  guys  who  said  themselves the
best  over  the world whereas they did
not produce anything.  Perhaps they'll
recognize  each others, they sent some
stupid  sentences  against  productive
crews during the competition as:

- It's lame !
- We have seen it already !

and  so  on.   I just have to say some
thing  about  these style of lamers...
First,  before  criticizing  in a  bad
way as you've done there,do something!
Perhaps     they     can't??      It's
very easy to tell anything over anyone
and  what they do ; but the respect of
the  guys, and the respect of the hard
work they've done, learns to everybody
the  humility  !   Wars begins in this
way  of  thinking,  and war is stupid.
Ok, I'll stop this kind of talking now
and I hope you'll sorry me about that;
but  it  revolted  me.   Now about the
competition....   In  fact, after this
long  driving  time,  I  was so tired,
that  I  decided  to go in a hotel for
sleeping.   I left the party at one in
the  morning (december 28th), and then
be   back   at   nine   o'clock.   The
competition  began  at  half past six,
and I arrived just to see our prods on
the  screen.   This  screen  was  a so
little  one that I don't think everybo
dy  has  seen  all!  The comp ran till
11:00   and   almost   everybody   was
sleeping.  Once again the organisators
had  done  a  stupidity.   They should
have  shown all demos during the night
in non stop running, and let the crews
and  the others make their own choice.
The  positive point was that everybody
could  vote  for their favorite demos.
As 12 o' clock was reached, almost all
the   crews   were  gone...   We  were
waiting  for the results, but at 13:00
they  didn't arrive yet...  So, as I'd
got  one time again 900 kilo meters to
go  back  home,  we  left the party...
Perhaps   I'll  read  the  results  in
another  article,  or  inside a french
Amiga  mag...   I  will  insist on the
fact  that  the organisation was not a
famous one...  Think a little when you
do  a  party, there are a lot of crews
now  in  Fran  ce, and you must rent a
bigger room.  Don't hesitate to rent a
giant  screen,  and a powerfull system
to  talk...   And finally don't forget
to  put on your tee-shirt a nice badge
to  be seen.  Of course, I haven't got
anything  against  IRIS,  they're cool
guys.   I  only  give them some little
advices  for  another  party.  Perhaps
you're  asking  yourself  if  the very
well  known APP was there.  The answer
is, of course, YES.  At the begin ning
of  the  party  it was a real hunt for
the  unautorized  utilities,  and  you
should  have  D-Copy to copy anything,
DEVPAC  was also hunted with ferocity.
Nevermind, these inspectors were there
with  a  particular  discretion; and I
didn't  see  anyone  who  suffered  of
their presence.  I will stop with this
article  with  a good point.  The IRIS
NYC 92 was a good party, in the way of
meeting  some cool guys...  Improve it
a little and maybe it could be great!!