GATHERING'96 - report





T.he   Gathering'96  was  sort  of  an
..success,  the  best  thing  was that
there wasn't any powercuts.  As always
it  is  impossible to run a huge party
like  the  Gathering without problems,
the  compos  was alittle fucked up and
they   showed  them  at  some  strange
times...    So  alot  the  people  was
sleeping  when the Gfx compo was held,
also  the  *NEW*  vote system that was
going  to  function just suxxed...  If
you  didn't have a PC and was conected
to  a  the Network you had to stand in
line   and  vote  on  a  PC,  that  is
strickly   against  the  amiga  lovers
religion..   It  turned out in the end
that    only    a    few   votes   was
registered....  FUCK...  But the whole
party  was really a big success, there
where  alot  of space and many guys to
meet..   The  compos  was really cool,
with TBL and Triumph demo, some of the
wild  compos  made  on  the  Amiga was
really good to, and they won.  ANother
bad  thing was all the PC people, just
sitting  and  playing  games, and they
didn't   even   bother  to  watch  the
compos.   I  hate  people  like  that.
Should  not  be  allowed  to  be  on a
party,  but  they  make the party look
bigger  and  more  people  come  every
year, more real scene people should be
there.   The  music was not to loud so
you  could  talk  to  people, and they
only  played  scene  music, and lot of
techno/jungle/tranz/hardcore   etc....
A  few BIG groups was presented, but i
was  hoping  to se some more big demos
and intros, really hope more will come
next  year.  As the organizers had a 5
year  contract  with  CocaCola and was
hoping  to  get one with the owners of
the  hall..   So we hope we can return
back  to the Gathering next year, with
some  great  prods  and a lot of great
people.


               Thrym of Giants&Massive