Party Review for The Gathering 1994
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Live at The× Gathering× A party report from the annual easter party arranged by the legendary Crusaders. By Dolphin/Stone Arts This is a report written during the first two days at The Gathering. For obvious reasons, the results from the competitions have therefore not been included. The Gathering 1994, which is the third BIG party held so far by Crusaders, was arranged during this easter. One would think that guys with so much experience could arrange a decent party without any annoying power-cuts and the usual "misfortunes" that tends to happend, but no such luck. Don't get me wrong, the party is great in many ways - parties are very seldom boring. It's just that every visitor could easily have done without the situation which occured when the fire-alarm rang. Everbody were thrown out of the hall into the cold air. The first time this occured everybody started to laugh, but a few fire-drills later people stopped smiling. The earlier mentioned problems were of little significance compared to all the people who were let down after their expectations grew sky-high when reading the invitation prior to the event. A formidable amount of the promises the arrangers had made weren't kept. Which goes to prove my party-philosophy: If you have no expectations, you won't be let down that easy. The invitation said that the cafeteria would serve more varied food than last year. Their promises concerning the variation seemed to be fulfilled. Hamburgers and pizza's etc. was available throughout the entire party. In the mornings one could buy special breakfast packages, and later the cafeteria served dinner-packages. Unfortunately, the food was rather expensive and the prices were definitively not "reasonable", as stated in the invitation. The local fire-department seemed to be bugging the arrangers, and they wanted to close the whole arrangment down. Fortunately, things worked out fine and both the problem with the local authorities and the electricity shortage is fixed. Currently, at least these known groups have showed up: Andromeda, Spaceballs, Talent, Scoopex, Balance, Razor 1911, Iris, Stone Arts, Kefrens, Fairlight, Banana Dezign, Melon Dezign, Alcatraz, Polka Brothers and Movement. You can add a lot of groups to the list I just wrote as this list hardly represents all the present groups. If you count out a few big accidents and broken promisses, this party is still great. That "party-feeling" has reached new heights hour by hour. The competitions are bound to be packed with interesting and innovative productions, so I guess The Gathering 1994 will be yet another success for the arrangers. Also, the audio/visual equipment provided by the arrangers looks and sounds very good. The fact that the party-hall is devided in two major rooms means practicly nothing. The only real disappointment here was the lousy opportunity to sleep. A huge tent with heating has been put together, and provides the visitors with the only "allowed" place to sleep. People who sleep in the main-hall will be woken up by inspecting guards from time to time. Rumours has it that the earlier mentioned tent is cold. --------------------- THE× GATHERING× RESULTS× Collected by Dolphin/Stone Arts Here you have the results from the competitions at The Gathering 1994. Due to limited space, a few of the lowest entries have been left out. The complete party report from The Gathering 1994, arranged this easter, can be read in the previous article... Graphics Competition -------------------------------------- 1. FAIRFAX/ANDROMEDA 349 points 2. Tony/Razor 1911 240 points 3. Archmage/Andromeda 184 points 4. BCR/Stone Arts 177 points 5. Decker/Andromeda 150 points 6. Blue Devil/BDZ 140 points 7. Tiedye/Darkzone 133 points 8. Bridgeclaw/Iris 129 points 9. Pal/Offence 68 points 10. Pudding/Grotesticle 63 points 11. Martin Skulstad 58 points Pixie/Polka Brothers 58 points 13. Devilstar/Virtual Dreams 57 points 14. Toastmaster/Movement 55 points 15. Jerry Dark 47 points (There were 43 finalists) (All entries were shown!) Music Competition -------------------------------------- 1. SVOLKRAQ/GOLLUM 472 points 2. Mr.Man/Andromeda 257 points 3. Dice/Polka Brothers 207 points 4. Syntex/Stone Arts 167 points 5. Lizardking/Razor 1911 165 points 6. Omen 143 points 7. Outzider/DarkZone 140 points 8. Brainbug/Alcatraz 112 points 9. B&H/Stone Arts 93 points 10. Loco&SunDanceKid/Talent 82 points 11. Lane/Banana Dezign 66 points 12. Lizard/Spaceballs 53 points Boo/Talent 53 points 14. Ramosa/Oblivion 50 points 15. Vinnie/Spaceballs 40 points 16. Don Cato/Talent 39 points (There were 20 picked finalists) 40K Amiga Intro Competition -------------------------------------- 1. STONE ARTS - "Bjarne" 564 points 2. Spaceballs - "Funky..." 321 points 3. Stone Arts - "Rush" 227 points 4. Offence - "No sleeping" 195 points 5. Triumph - "Invention" 151 points 6. Compact - "Hiplash 2" 138 points 7. Razor - "ChaosMaze" 121 points 8. Firehawk & Hoaxers - ? 83 points 9. Cadaver - "Testiclo" 82 points 10. Movement - "Old School" 72 points Isvektor - "Efkisvek" 72 points 12. Balance - "Orgasmatron" 67 points 13. Humane & Vanity - ? 40 points (All entries shown, except one) (A really awesome intro from Ikea was disqualified by the arrangers...!) Amiga Demo Competition -------------------------------------- 1. "SEQUENTIAL" FROM ANDROMEDA 829 p 2. "Brain State..." from CRB 371 p 3. "Friday at 8" from Polka B. 347 p 4. "Q.E.D 2" from Talent 265 p 5. "Flashtest" from CRB 80 p 6. "Quite Unusual" from Razor 74 p 7. "?" from Paramount 65 p 8. "?" from Banana Dezign 59 p 9. "Distant" from Moonshine 38 p 10. "Runaway Brain" from Sector T 33 p 11. "Closed Apart" from Equinox 26 p (All entries were shown) The PC demo competition was won by Five. They participated with a demo entitled "Superunknown". Only four groups participated in the PC demo competition! The animation competition was won by Triumph. They won with 818 points, beating the second place with over 400 points. The voting system was based on: 4 points for 1st vote. 2 points for 2nd vote. 1 point for 3rd vote.