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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                                                        Crisp, Franky