SYMPOSIUM-MEKKA'97 PARTY report
by lORD / iMPULSe^aBSOLUTe!^cRIMSOnJiHAd
Place: Fallingbostel/Germany  Date: 28-31, march, 1997



We really disappointed in the biggest scene event in Tp5, with the friends we visited it together. Wanted a party just to do what it's meaning means and not to feel like in prison. Last year Symposium did it for us. It was the best foreign party i ever visited! Not because of the number of visitors (600 - this year a bit more perhaps), but i could felt that the organizers were sceners and not those typical money hungry sharks. This case there was no way for us to miss this year Symposium either.

The partyplace was a big hall in a small german village north of Hannover. Was easy to find it though first it seemed we won't be able to reach the place when our favoured russian wonder, LADA Samara got a puncture in a fucking ice-rain at 150 km/h speed on a german highway. Though I know, it'd had been nice death to die in way to the party, somehow we survived and arrived there.

The entrance fee (40 DM) didn't hit me that much (compared to the 65 DM TP6) though in Hungary you get 50! bottles of beer for it. We started bringing in our stuffs. My friend told to bring 2-3 bottles only first, just to be sure, but i didn't want to train my leg and jump out for a new bottle each hour, so rather risked and brought a whole bin of beer (12 litres) in. When we opened the entrance, I thought they'd kill me for the bottles. but what happened?! People at the entrance just wondered on the bottles (perhaps they never saw 1 liter homemade beerbottles yet), but didn't say anything (except a huuuuuuuh) or even didn't ask for any of our 'bread' as duty either. I knew that certain minute, the organizer staff didn't change to the last year, for sure.

The first day went very fast. Opening ceremony at 20h (of course all the speeches were spoken in English during the whole partytime, now - big advantage to the last year), a concert at midnight (there were concerts each nights! - 3 altogether - the best one was the one by NoiseDrift on sunday - even i could have listened to it - i hate tekkno like hell) and videos or something by night. At 2 o'clock the internet cafe closed down and all the party aslept (that suxx a bit).

All the compos were held from saturday evening-monday morning. It was a great idea to separate them and not crunching those into one infinite night. Big advantage also most of the compos were held in time (without usual major lame PC config fuckups), because the contributions were shown from video!

The party staff was the most friendly one i've ever met. They knew what partying means, didn't forbid us drinking, reacted positivily for everything, helped in everything (e.g we - Impulse - wanted to release an intro at the party, but there was a kind of mistake in the limit - was shown on the bigscreen 'ALL 64KB INTROS' and we told this size to the coder on irc - but the limit for Amiga was 40kb (and only the pc was 64kb) as we got knew later, and after we managed to get the intro from our coder through the internet - with the organizers help again! - and we couldn't reach our coder to modify it back to 40kb - take out the music or something - they didn't send us to hell, they allowed us to compete without music, because it would have fit to 40k without it. i don't think the organizers would have reacted the same e.g at tp6, too! - thx for you RawStyle and the others!)

The prizes for the compos were much higher then anybody expected i think.

E.g Amiga demo: 800 DM + CyberVision card (another 500 DM) Amiga intro:400 DM + Retina ? card (another ??? DM) C64 demo: 400 DM!!! + a power cartridge musics, graphics: 400 DM

I was really happy we didn't get at last a lame soundblaster/pc hardware or so for our Amiga intro (2nd place)

Facilities: Perhaps first time in the history of the parties i visited i was able to burst down the manure of my body each party-day without feeling like on the north-pole because there was not warm, but real HOT! water in the shower (24h) the toilettes were cleaned quite often and there was no trash-diving around the tables either. the sleeping-room was not that big, but i always managed to get place there (Doc.Martens shoes rule)

There were no major disadvantages except perhaps i expected different music styles on concerts (e.g i missed a real kicking metal/hard-rock band that would have activated the scene for headbanging and shouting) The floor was very cold to sleep even in sleeping-bags, too, though the sleeping-room was just its opposite. And it was not that good idea either, to hold the party exactly during the Easter days, because none of the pubs nor whorehouses were opened (if there was in such small village, anyway)

What shall i end with?!


Why we need The Parties, if there is SYMPOSIUM, too!!!




Symposium-Mekka Results
Fast Intro:
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12
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15 	157
66
56
55
39
36
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27
25
22
16
5
	Fast
Convention
Juicidely Hurry
FastIntro
mekka
Silly Convention
Lamest
Police!
Herbert
Crash
PCCRAP
Lame
FastIntro: Sym & Mek
Lamer
Biosupgrade 	Glue
Soney
PigPen

Columbus
Crisp & Grey
Lamest
Carlos, Bitbreaker
Mindflow
Yoda



Lamer
Mr. Bios 	Real
Smash Designs
Poison
Puzzle+Depth
Remedy/LFC
Crux & Bad Karma

Onslaught,Metalvotze
Megasphere
Delta.Pi
Topcrew
Anonymous
Excess & Laxity
Anonymous
PhakeTech
 

ANSI:
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14 	139
109
109
88
84
46
33
31
22
18
18
16
16
12 	Day-X
The Edge
Freefall
not a baywatch girl
Kaoz
FunAnsi
Keep Smiling
(k)dmv.ans
Killer!
EQL2
Free Coke
Hacienda
HC GRAFFA
Ass&Rassel 	Leonardo
Mr 4Tune
The Knight
Blind Enemy
Junk
Skywalker
Junk, Scope
kyp
e605
Dead Kennedy
Avenger
TRC!
Srj
TC 	Black Maiden
CIA
Fuel
Simple
Black Maiden
Drifters
Sargahd/Teklordz
ethos9 ice mean s.
sdi/cts brothers
Sympathy
Black Maiden
Ethos9 / Phat
Phat, Soi
 

C64 Demo:
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2
3
4 	480
250
235
175 	Project Pitchfork
No
Kotze Inside
Electric Dreams 	Smash Designs
Smash Designs
Metalvotze
Tengu
 

C64 Graphic:
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2
3
4
5
6
7 	388
247
186
98
63
62
25 	Too M.F. evil
Firespell
And Let Live
Dolphin
Mahlzeit!
Mystify
Alien-Life 	Rayden
Hoogo
ALG
Bitbreaker
Bugjam
Calamity
MBB 	Alpha Flight 1970

Alpha Flight 1970
Metalvotze
Role
Laxity/Smash/Dreams
TUM
 

C64 Music:
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03
04
05
06
07
08
09
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11 	142
130
123
120
98
97
95
75
71
58
16 	Schnömpf
Sonic Impression
Starlight
Side-Kick
Staggerin' Home
The oldstyle
Britbeef Symphony
Voices of Fear
3-0-Try
Alto Knallo Mucko
Freelance 	KB
Brizz
Fanta
Sonic
Rayden
Morbid & TNM
Rorschach
H-Bloxx
The Syndrom
AEG & Soney
MamiB4 	The Obsessed Maniacs
Panic/Soulcore
Oxyron
Smash Designs
Alpha Flight 1970
Onslaught
Smash Designs
Excess/Smash
TIA
Smash Designs
 

C64 4K:
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8 	376
374
163
159
88
47
31
25 	4K
Elven Magic
4K Intro / WOW
Dicke tanzt
Turbo Circle
Ficken
4K Intro
2K BASIC Intro 	Smash Designs
Hitmen
Warriors of Wastelan
Accept P.P.
Onslaught
Karlsquell Serwiss
O.R.I. + ALDI
Scoup
 

Game 32K:
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02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12 	241
197
184
136
66
58
40
31
25
24
19
13 	Wak-A-Bill
TREXX
Rise of the Rabbits
BetaMax
Mission Mopreme 32K
Khype-Killer
Sillycon Attack
Ische
Metrix
More 3DS Ducks
Zenseition
Rage a. t. machine 	Diabolic Force
Polka B. &Submissive
Abyss
Simple
TBH
Real
Teklords
Code Red
Sympathy
ActionForce
Encrypted
Harald Wuest
 

PC Demo:
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9 	524
208
160
101
61
56
44
44
36 	Claudia
Segmentation Fault
Toon Town
Zeitgeist
Time
Phake DX
Traho Anima
Atlantis
99% 	Deathstar
Strontium 90
Kolor
Masque
TBH
PhakeTech
Sympathy
Riot
Incubator
 

PC 64K:
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11 	445
356
143
99
80
56
51
30
28
27
26 	Totraum 209
Spotlight
Velvet 4
Ah!
Astral Dream
Tonca -the way we go
Mille E Non Piu Mill
Torture
Warp-Act 2
Quickie
Reset 	Purge
Funk!
Fatal Justice
Pulse
Ethos9
Real
Spyral
Finix
Pulpe
ASIT
Diabolic Force
 

PC 4K:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8 	592
268
187
169
67
39
32
21 	Omniscent
HIAS
Meyer 2
Seven
ReliQ
Invasion From Mars
Deep inside of her
Luztloz 	Sanction
Ethos9, FINIX
Funk!
DNA
Sentient Lifeforms
Hirntod
ethos 9
Dies.Irae
 

Amiga Demo:
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14 	258
252
150
118
102
87
85
47
37
36
33
32
15
10 	Megademo IV
Fear Factory
Thug Life
Paradisio
Smart
The Sign
Partyhall
Megademo!
Tahiti 3
Tramp
Energy - Fraction II
Eau de Table P.
Artfire
Virtual 	Artwork
Arsenic
Essence
Drifters
Elven 11
Scoopex
Oxyron
Birdhouse Projects
Interpol
Death Row
Gods
Jolly
Faque
Skahn-X
 

Amiga 40K:
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9 	326
234
231
78
77
55
47
35
18 	Diskobox
Kenguru 64K Intro
Changing
Pulp
Fantasy
BolDür
3 Years 40K Intro
Adagio
Neuköln 	Abyss
Impulse
Capsule
Focus Design
Darkage
Depth
Jormas
Lightstorm Inc.
Grasshopper Dev.
 

Amiga 4K:
1
2
3
4 	544
253
162
157 	Extel
Abyss in Wonderland
Newt
Extreme 4K'ing 	Ambrosia
Abyss
Focus Design
Nuance
 

Multichannel:
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02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
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15 	165
79
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75
68
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56
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49
37
35
26
13 	My Spring in December
Chaotic Mindwork
Focus
Elements II - Water
Head On
Run for sympathies
Sulphate Supremacy
Natural Progression
Swift exposure
Grey Heaven
Sunshine
Superfly
Artificial Babe
Astraying Insp.
Walking thr the land 	Falcon&Medicus
Dac
Lord&Scorpik
Acid God
Poldi
Mefis
Keith 303
Ultimo
Vivid+Assign
Screamager
F.B.Y.
J. Liljedahl &Unreal
Velvet & AM
Ben-Jam
Mix 	Pulse&KLF
Sac, radical rhythms
Pulse&Noiseless
Diabolic Force
KLF
Funk! tPolm 4711
Radical Rhythms
Raze
Radical Rhythms
KFMF/RR
Spyral
Pulse
Amable
Hypermatix
Spinning Kids
 

ProTracker:
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15 	121
94
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86
67
55
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34
31
23
20 	Culture Bag
Notion disaster
Get High Together
Pinked
Martian Funk
Thrill + Kill me!
Back 2 Da Rootz
U Feel It
Blues im Blut 2
Close Encounters
Danny Da Dizkoking
Schunkel Mukke
Sax and Summer
Megalithic Altiore
Horizon 	Virgill
Barman
Parsec
F.B.Y
Trauen
Shane
Korg & Doup
Tutti F. & M.Robocop
BenT Byte
Notman
Ronny
Cortex Cerebie
Marc + Angelwings
Ghandy + Okeanos
Trip & Bakerman 	Artwork & Essence
Capsule
Elven Eleven
Spyral
Syndrome
Crux
Lightstorm Inc.
Interpol
Incubator
Iris
Teklords
Hirntod
Syndrome
Syndrome
Depth
 

Graphic:
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120
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94
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3 	Springtime Feelings
Denis
Krysia
Melting Love
Wild Dreams
Bang!
Khaesh
Bohème 29
SAL 7
Erlösung
Terror Poit
Eat more Chemicals
Androids Dream
Basics of Life
Cicmic
BugWarz
Rage
MS PacMan95
Baby Bourbon
The Duck and the Egg
No Brain No Pain
Fremen
Pixel by Pixel
Burn-in Test
Muscle Man
Asafates
Sun Runner
X-Kabouten
Death2.tif
Timo
Fat God
Knight
Strange World
Selfportrait Ruler
Cyberwoman
Bekifft 	Cyclone
Norm
Sketch & Unreal
Raven
BenJ & Darkness
Lazur & Unreal
IB
Nero
GDM & ZINKO
Mefis
Cider
Pixie
Acryl
Varix
Beast & Lord
Banana Joe
Felidae
Wiz
ISO:CRASH + Landru
Andy
BAUA
Froyd
Loolarge
R2-D2
Necrofiliac
Asavaris
Cyclops
CLK/ANK/FSK
CCD
Jackie Chan
Titus
Evrimsson
Time Rider
Ruler
Makno
DJ Jensen 	Abyss
Essence
Pulse
Nuance
Imphobia
Pulse
Depth
Artwork
Looker House
Funk! tPolm 4711
n-Factor
Polka Brothers
ACME/Legend/Session
Real
Impulse
Diabolic Force
Reflex64

Code Red Sympathy
Deathstar
Delta-Pi
Fuel Belgium
Deathstar
Triloxy
Jolly
Crooked Cruster Pics
IND
IND
The Realtime-Crew
Pop 2 Pop
Crux & Bad Karma
FBK
 

Wild:
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3
4
5
6
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8 	283
276
255
180
66
59
59
44 	Ninjaforce MegaDemo
Chocolate Autobahn
Obsterscherzbrief
Stiftung Warentest
Bruchwurst!
X-Treme
Tankstellenbande!
Abspacken! Pt. I-VI 	Ninjaforce
Adam Parry
In-Sect
United Chonks
Accept Party Posse
Sven Tornow
Birdhouse Projects
Rigor Mortis