From: jbrown@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Justin William Brown)
Newsgroups: alt.sys.amiga.demos
Subject: PartyII STUFF!! :)
Date: 13 Dec 1992 09:39:21 GMT
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The PartyII ("The Final" [sure, sure]) is fast approaching (oh yeah, so
is Xmas, heheh :).  A big concern of mine, and for MANY others reading this,
is whether or not we on the Internet will end up getting the stuff spread
at the PartyII.  Last year, someone was nice enough to upload the top
three demos (massive chore!), and a disk made specifically for the top
3 mods and pics.  After that, we may have had some other entries trickle
in over the months...it's hard to tell.  Actually, the 3-D Demo fairly
recently made its way to amiga.physik... We're talking about almost a
year to wait for this excellent demo! (it was released at the last party).
I don't like this, personally.  I find myself disturbed that all of the
other GREAT (it goes without saying, doesn't it?) demos, mods, and intros
(of which we saw ZERO) weren't made available..or at least not as
immediately as is reasonable :).

I have heard several guesses as to how much new demo-related software
will be spread at the upcoming party.  Some guess around 50 disks worth.
Others in the know suggest over 100 disks!  Now, as much of a pain
as it sounds like it'll be, there must be SOME way to be sure that
as close to 100% of that figure gets sent to an FTP site ASAP.  No
doubt someone will again be nice enough to (after a few weeks anyways)
send the top three (or top 5 this time) of each category.  Is this
really enough?  EVERYONE is saving their very BEST for this ultimate
competition.  The top 5 will be probbly the best in history, but I
have little doubt that the 6th, 7th, 8th, etc place winners will be
similarly excellent... and if nothing else, EVERY demo is collectable!

On to intros.  We didn't see any last time (as far as *I* can tell).
This time there's no excuse.  You could fit over 20 intros on a
single disk.  My guess is there will be enough intros entered to fill
about 5 disks (but I really don't know :).  That's a cinch to upload!
I think if people are serious enough about collecting demos to collect
intros, then they probably don't care if the intro really stinks :).
Since the PartyII organizers claim to have planned the ultimate in
organization this time, perhaps THEY will set up the spread-able
intro disks?  [HINT HINT! :) ]

Mods... The top three will be worth having even if (like me) you really
don't have diskroom to store mods :).  Again, the next few potential
place-winners will no-doubt also be excellent.  I figure the ten or
fifteen best mods entered will be worth sending to an ftp site.

Pics... I personally don't care :).  Still grafx tends to have a very
short entertainment span, and I therefore rarely justify the space they
take up.  But for others' sake, the ten best pics (on 1 disk?  Probably
two...) would be nice :).

Misc... MOST of the stuff that will be spread at the PartyII will NOT
be entered in a contest!  On top of that, according to the rules, MANY
of the entries will be discarded during the initial judgement.  With
any luck, SOMEONE will be nice enough to send these to an ftp site along
with all the mandatory stuff :).

Yes, this does sound like a lot of work.  It IS! :)  I think FTP is
finally important enough to be treated like a major BBS (because for
most relevant purposes, it is :), and if people are nice enough to send
everything to a BBS, why not Internet?

Comments?  Additions?  Agreement? ;)  I want this to work, and so do you.

-Maruku of (\/)ega(/\)atts
jbrown@gnu.ai.mit.edu
Marc Brown


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