Invitation to Belgian Scene Event 1998

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                                 CRUX PRESENTS:
 
                      BSE 1998 - Belgian Scene Event 1998
 
            - Recognised by Amiga Inc. as an official Amiga party -
 
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    This is only a pre-invitation text - all information included herein is
        subject to change. More detailled information will follow in the
    invitation intro we will release at Symposium&Mekka 1998 or in the final
      invitation archive which will be released in the beginning of June.
 
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 1) Introduction
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  You might have already heard about the Belgian Scene Event last year.  If you
 did, you might also recall that the BSE 1997 was the first Amiga-only party in
 Belgium  since  1992!  And guess what folks, this year we're back with the BSE
 1998 - Amiga only ofcourse!
 
  After  the  successful experiment last year (to see whether it is possible to
 organize  an  Amiga-event in god-forgotten Belgium) we have decided that Amiga
 IS capable of attracting enough people and giving them a good time!  (For more
 information on BSE 1997, see the BSE 1997 chapter).
 
  So  that's why we are inviting all Amiga-lovers out there to come and join us
 at the BSE 1998 party, the cooooooooowlest Amiga-party in Belgium!
 
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 2) Where
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  This  year  we  have  decided  to  organize the party in a very easy to reach
 location!  (We admit that it was a bit difficult to find it last year ;).  The
 BSE  1998  will  be held in Diepenbeek, near Hasselt.  It is a small town very
 close  to all the surrounding countries of Belgium.  Diepenbeek is situated at
 about  40  kilometers  of  the  Netherlands,  60km  of  Germany  and  about 80
 kilometers of France.
 
  The  partyplace  will be the 'Ontmoetingscentrum Lutselus', which is directly
 next  to  the two major highways from Belgium.  Maybe an idiot like Bill Gates
 would have some troubles finding it, so we are confident that you Amiga people
 will find it very easily!
 
  The  exact  driving  details  and  how-to-get-there  texts  will  be released
 lateron.   The  party-hall  is  situated  next  to  the E313 and E314 roads in
 Belgium (coming directly from Germany and The Netherlands).
 
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 3) When
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  After  the  rather  unfortunate date of last year, we decided to move the BSE
 1998  a  bit  earlier.   BSE  1998 will be held the 7th, 8th and 9th of August
 1998.
 
  Partydoors  will  open  Friday  12:00 noon and will close Sunday at noon too.
 This means 48 hours of non-stop Amiga action, competitions, and entertainment!
 
 Entrance fee is currently set at 500 BEF (25 DM/ 25 HFL / 16 USD / 85 FFR).
 
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 4) Facilities
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  * The partyplace can accommodate over 300 people, has powerful PA  equipment.
 We  will  also  have  a high-quality videobeamer (and it won't blow up ;) that
 will  provide  the  online  party-news, competitions, and entertainment for 48
 hours.

  * 150 Amps (the equivalent of 50000 Watt) of high-quality & secure power.

  *  Loads of people seemed to enjoy last year's bar, so we are going to have a
 fully  equiped  bar again this year where you will be able to buy Real Belgian
 Beers  and real Belgian food!  This all will be at very cheap prices, you will
 get  3  consumptions  for  100  BEF  (=  about 5 DM / 5 HFL / 3 USD / 17 FFR).
 Ofcourse we will also sell a wide variety of sandwiches, snacks.
 
  This  proves  once  more that we are not interested in the money!  Everything
 that   rests  after  the  expenses  are  paid  of  will  go  directly  to  the
 competitions!
 
  * There are dozens of places you can eat nearby, there are sandwichbars (a la
 MacDonalds),  backeries,  grocery stores nearby so you won't have any problems
 getting those hot meals!
 
  *  There  is  a  quiet  sleeping area reserved where you can do those bits of
 sleeping everyone needs now and then ;).
 
 Things we won't have:
 
  *  A party-network:  Who needs a network anyhow ?  PC-gamers playing Quake II
 ultra-mmx-accelerated  versions  ?   Young  kids  trading  pornography  ?   We
 Amigians  don't  need any of that.  If we want to trade we do it the real way:
 swapping  disks,  harddisks  and  parnet!   Ofcourse  you  are free to setup a
 network of your own!
 
 * Nasty PC users consuming all the bloody power!
 
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 5) Reservations
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 You can make your reservations by either sending an email to:
 
                                 bse98@gmx.net
 
  Just  include  your  NAME/HANDLE/EMAIL  and  the  number of seats you want to
 reserve.
 
 Ofcourse you can also reserve your seats online at the BSE 1998 homepage:
 
            http://uc2.unicall.be/crisp    or    http://bse.base.org
 
 Or if you don't have the internet, try:
 
 PO Box 25
 3000 Leuven 3
 
  We  will  not accept payments in advance.  If you reserve your seats you will
 get them.  The best seats will go first ofcourse.
 
  We  strongly  ask  you  to  reserve  your  seats in advance so we have a good
 estimate  of  the  people that will attend the BSE 1998.  That way we can make
 sure there are enough seats for everyone and that everyone has a decent view!
 
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 6) Competitions
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 We will surely be organizing the following competitions:
 
 Amiga Demo competition: Maximum filesize is 6 Megabytes (uncompressed).
                         No new files may be created on the harddisk.
 
 Amiga 40kb competition: Maximum filesize is 40960 bytes.
 
 Amiga 4ch music compo : Maximum 5 minutes will be played.
 
 Amiga graphics compo  : Only pixelized graphics in either IFF/GIF/PNG formats.
                         Maximum size is the beloved 640x512x8 PAL mode ;)
                         Note: All images will be converted back to IFF with
                               ADPro so we can easier view them on the Amiga!
 
  We  are  also thinking about doing a Wild competition (if you want to compete
 with  one,  then  please  let  us  know),  and  ofcourse  loads of fun compo's
 (including  fast-intro,  playstation, ...) but we are not going to reveal more
 now :)
 
 Prizes:
 And this year, yes finally, MONNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYY!!!
 We're aiming at:
 
 Amiga Demo competition:
 1) 5000 Fr.
 2) 2000 Fr.
 3) 1000 Fr.
 
 Amiga 40Kb competition:
 1) 2000 Fr.
 2) 1000 Fr.
 3)  500 Fr.
 
 Amiga 4ch competition:
 1) 1000 Fr.
 2)  800 Fr.
 3)  500 Fr.
 
 Amiga graphics competition:
 1) 1000 Fr.
 2)  800 Fr.
 3)  500 Fr.
 
  We are also negociating with several sponsors for additional hardware-prizes,
 and  even whole computer systems (last year there was a complete A1200HD Magic
 Pack!)
 
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 7) Party Rules
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 * You are on Belgian soil, so the Belgian laws apply inside & outside the
   party-hall. Some fragments of the Belgian Law:
   - Thou shall not copy illegal software.
   - Thou shall not smoke weed.
   - Thou shall not fraud with the public telephone system.
 
 * The party-organizers have the right to refuse anybody at anytime for any
   reason to connect their whole, or a piece of their equipment.
 
 * Intoxicated (read:  drunk, stoned) people and troublemakers will be thrown
 out.
 
 * If you damage something, you will pay for it yourself. No money ? No problem,
   we'll call your parents.
 
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 8) The BSE 1997
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  As  we  already mentioned, last year's BSE was some sort of an experiment, to
 verify  if  enough  people  were  interested  in  visiting  Belgium.   We were
 pleasantly  suprised  by  the  number  of  visitors:   32  visitors  in total!
 Considering that it was the first edition, that was not that bad at all!  (The
 average start of a party is 20 visitors, so we had about 60% more :).
 
  As  for the organising last year:  we actually organised the whole thing with
 a  telephonebook  &  some friends in 3 hours and it turned out rather good :).
 This year we are spending 8 months to organize, so it can only get way better!
 
 Ofcourse some mistakes were made last year, and we also learned from them!
 Therefor the BSE 1998 will be completely different with:
  - more staff ('coz we really lacked that last year)
  - better equiped bar with more drinks/snacks
  - more entertainment (how about a 4hour videocassette of all those classic
    demos ?)
  - more fun competitions
  - and especially ... more Amiga people to talk to!
 
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 9) Contact us!
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 If you have any questions, remarks, suggestions, then feel free to contact us:
 
 E-Mail:
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 General information:             -  bse98@gmx.net
 
 Crisp / CRX  : crisp@unicall.be  -  Main organizer / PR Manager / Technical
 Franky / CPU : mb10075@tvd.be    -  Main organizer / Party co-ordinator
 
 WWW:
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 http://bse.base.org
 http://uc2.unicall.be/crisp
 
 Voice:
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 Crisp  : +32-11-333229   (after 18:00u weekdays, 24h weekends)
 Franky : +32-16-235962   (after 18:00u)
 
 Snailmail:
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 POBox 25
 3000 Leuven 3
 
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  So  if  you  don't want the Amiga 40kb intro competition to be announced on a
 bloody  233Mhz  Pentium  PisswCee  running a buggy PC Scala, if you don't want
 organizers  asking  how  they  have to start an Amiga program, then be sure to
 visit the BSE 1998!  :)
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