The Trip Party
The Ripper

            THE TRIP PARTY
            by The Ripper

Denmark is the land of these events.
Germany,  Norway,  Poland  and Finland
feature a huge one of them.
Holland and France are among them.
Even Spain and Hungary have them.

Of   course   we're   referring  about
parties.
In  fact,  in  almost  every  European
country  has been held, at least once,
a computer party that could be defined
so.
I  say  in  almost, because Italy, for
istance,  has  never  been so lucky to
have  within  its borders a nice event
such as a computer party.
But  things  seem  to  be  destined to
change.
A  Pc  group which has shown brilliant
talent  in  demomaking  (just  look at
their   Symposium   release,  Claudia,
never  seen such a beautiful demo!) is
going  to  organize  the first Italian
party which will be called "The Trip".

"Honestly,  it  had  to be held during
the  second  week of April, but we had
some   real  hard  problems"  declares
Freud  the  Druyd,  when we asked more
about this party.
"Skey,  our  main  man behind The Trip
had great problems in finding a decent
place  where  the  festival  could  be
held.   In  Rome  it's  always painful
when   you   have   to  organize  huge
meetings.   Just think he did not find
anything  cheaper  than  5.000.000  L.
per  day  (around  4000$),  and it was
surely  too  much  for  an  event that
could not attract more than 400-500."
"He  had no sponsors behind" continues
kindly our Freud "so, I thought that I
could  organize  the party, and my own
firm   could   sponsorize   the  whole
affair...   But  honestly, as I'm from
Benevento, and my firm works mainly in
this town and its close places I won't
held anything far from that..."

That's the point.  The Trip'97 will be
held,  but  won't be held in Rome, the
capital.   Instead  of  Rome  it'll be
held in Benevento, which is located in
the    southern    part   of   Italian
peninsula.

Personally, I think it's a pity.
Rome  was  surely  more  attractive to
foreigners,  as  it  can  boast  great
monuments  and  life,  nevertheless we
have  still  some  hopes  to  see this
party hold.

But  what  is  going  to  feature  The
Trip'97?   Let's have a closer look to
the  official  invitation  written  by
Deathstar, the organizing group.

The Trip '97 is a DemoParty.  It'll be
held  in  Benevento,  and  it  can  be
considered   the  first  full-featured
Italian DemoParty Ever!
It  will  be  held in Rome in August.
The PartyPlace is not yet defined, but
it will be a very huge hall with place
for  at  least  300 persons.  Actually
we're  working  on the PartyRules, and
we're   searching  for  a  good  place
(we've already found one, but we don't
wanna  still  give  it for sure, since
'till now it's not sure at all...).

The  Trip  '97  will be a PC and Amiga
DemoParty.   There will be many compos
for  both  computers,  and  this is an
unofficial list of categories:

Music: MultiChannel Compo
       4Chn Compo
Graphic:Raytrace Compo
        NonRaytrace Compo
        Any Idea ???
Demo:Bitty (smaller than 256 Bytes)
     4KIntro (smaller than 4Kb)
     Intro (smaller than 64Kb)
     Demos  (everything larger.
     Note: the maximum size allowed
     for a Demo is 4Mb)
Extra Compo:Java Compo
            CGI Compo

Note that there is a minimum number of
entries for any compo.  Any compo with
less  than  3  people  involved in it,
will  be  included in the most similar
one.  If there isn't any other similar
compo, then the prizes will be reduced
(in number, non in quantity...  means:
3  entries?   only 1st and 2nd will be
paid;  2  entries?   only  1st will be
paid; 1 entry?  no prizes paid!)

The  Official  Rules will be published
really  soon,  as  for the PartyPlace.
For  Infos  or  Suggestion,  write  an
e-mail to keyby@jnet.it

No   matter  where,  when  and  who'll
compete  in  this  party.   Generation
will  be  there, reporting live.  Stay
sure.  Stay tuned.