Tickets For The World's Biggest Computer Party 196
vvizard writes "For Norwegian geeks in particular, easter is preferable spent at the worlds biggest computer-party [The Gathering]. That is, for those lucky enough to get tickets at least. Tickets for the scandinavian people where released through Partyticket last night, and got sold out as fast as the system managed (which due to extreme traffic, isn't very fast). However, there are still tickets left. Foreigners, demosceners and professional gamers have their own pool of tickets, which started selling tonight. So if you fit in one of the previous mentioned categories, and would like to experience the biggest computer-party in the world, now is the time to check out www.gathering.org for information, and www.partyticket.net for ticket-booking."
how (Score:4, Funny)
Re:how (Score:2, Funny)
do that your on your own. That said, there are usually _lots_ of good looking girls at The Gathering.
Re:how (Score:1)
That's because it's held in Europe. Just imagine if it were being held in the US *shudder*. I guess some US girls are ok, but you get fewer for any given weight.
Re:how (Score:2)
Ofcourse, the fact that girls used to get in for free, helped abit.
Re:how (Score:2)
If I remember correctly, they had to hire guards the past few years, to make sure the 40-somethings (WTF are they doing at TG?) don't hassle the teenie-boppers.
Re:how (Score:3, Insightful)
Uh...playing games?
I don't know what the focus of The Gathering is, but a number of other posters are saying that it has a lot to do with games. So I'm prompted to ask: Was I supposed to automatically lose my desire to play any games other than Monopoly and Whist when I turned 40?
Re:how (Score:2, Informative)
Demos are basicly those programs that have ultra high quality graphics but no game. It's the art of improving the art by develuping new graphic tricks.
Eventually those tricks are used in video games but first they are done in demo form...
Demos are pure eyecandy with no pretence of entertainment via gameplay.
It all started on the Commodore 64.
Re:how (Score:4, Informative)
Re:how (Score:1)
I won a demo contest in the 15 or less catagory.. (Not lines.. age.. well lines too but not the point).
Chicks? (Score:2)
'A big shout to all the laydeez in the house! Gimme an A! Gimme an S! Gimme an L!'
Re:Chicks? (Score:2)
Apparently they weren't paid last year though, so I don't know if they will show up this year. Probably not, unless TG has managed to clean up it's economic mess.
Here's how it looks (Score:5, Funny)
http://fun.from.hell.pl/2003-06-09/male-copy-pa
Re:Here's how it looks (Score:5, Informative)
Me, I'll be attending the the Inferno festival [infernofestival.net] which takes place just a few miles south. Easter is traditionally a time when there are lots of things happening in Norway, and a lot of people will be travelling up in the mountains to ski, snowboard etc.
Re:Here's how it looks (Score:2)
Will there be Vikings singing the spam song? I've got to know.
I see empty seats (Score:1)
I see seats with no computers in them (empty)
And worse.. some of the computers have to share seats with humans...
The Gathering (Score:2)
Re:Here's how it looks (Score:2)
*bzwummmmmmmmmmmMMMMMMMMMMMM* *POW*
Computerparty? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Computerparty? (Score:5, Informative)
I realize that you are only trying to be funny, but it might not be coincidental that norwegians does this.
That's because that's the way it's done in the Norwegian language. Most expressions of that kind is concatenated to a new word in norwegian. This of course causes some problems using the Word spell checker (which in norwegian is one word
Norwegianelectronicsstudent
Re:Computerparty? (Score:3, Informative)
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The current spell checker (Word XP/2003) is quite good and is quite able to deal with the norwegian gramma
Re:Computerparty? (Score:2)
Re:Computerparty? (Score:2)
Yes, there are two languages, bokmaal (norwegian) and nynorsk (new norse). The languages are very similar and both has strict grammar rules and a defined spelling. However, as nynorsk is based on rural dialects many get the impression that the language that is less strictly than bokmaal. Word's spell checker supports both as far as I know, although you may need a
Re:Computerparty? (Score:2)
No one actually speaks either, we use dialects shamelessly. The only ones confused enough to actually speak a spelling convention are some TV people...
Re:Computerparty? (Score:2)
I've been on holiday in Norway last year. I understand some spoken Swedish but I couldn't even make out individual words in Norwegian. Funny thing, we met a woman who suddenly spoke Norwegian that I *could* understand. It appeared she was Dutch (like me) and she has a Norwegian husband, so she learned Norwegian.
Re:Computerparty? (Score:2)
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English was like this at one point too, but we stopped before getting to the level of what other modern day Germanic languages are at. My guess would be it's because of the Norman invasion of England, but I wouldn't put any money behind
Re:Computerparty? (Score:5, Interesting)
A computer party in Norwegian translates to dataparty, which in two words is an adjective describing noun (data party would of course be nonsensical, because data is not an adjective)
We are in fact seeing quite the direct opposite happening here in Norway, much to the chagrin of Norwegian grammar fetishists (Being the geek I am, I am the English grammar fetishist
One amusing example of this causing trouble is a sign maker's logo reading "Skilt Mann a/s" (a/s = inc.) - 'Skilt' can mean two different things - divorced (adjective), and sign(noun). Therefore, most of the Nordea banks have signs reading "Divorced Man inc." at the bottom
For y'all Norwegianpeople [folk.uio.no]
Re:Computerparty? (Score:1)
Actually, it's spelled fetischist
Therefore, most of the Nordea banks have signs reading "Divorced Man inc." at the bottom
You can't trust a swede doing anything right, can you?
Re:Computerparty? (Score:1)
Cocktail party anyone?
In english, we do the same as most of Germanic languages, only we don't run the words together. So data party and cocktail party are fine. In French, you can't use this construction and have to say 'party of cocktails" or "party of data".
Re:Computerparty? (Score:1)
Assembly (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Assembly (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Assembly (Score:2, Interesting)
Or buy Mindcandy [mindcandydvd.com].
Re:Assembly (Score:1)
Re: MindCandy DVD sold out (Score:1)
Check again.
-- RaD Man / ACiDTheir reservation page [demodvd.org] clearly states that they expect the repress to be available in February.
Re:Assembly (Score:1)
Re:Assembly (Score:2)
I also have this dvd and it's great, it beats having 5 different types of pc and soundcard lying around anyway
Re:Assembly (Score:1)
Re:Assembly (Score:1)
In 1998 "Smash Design" created " Second Reality for C64" [pouet.net] which also is really cool!
brgnever
Re:Assembly (Score:2)
Re:Assembly (Score:2)
Or, you could order up a copy of the Mindcandy DVD [mindcandydvd.com], which has many of the classic (and more recent) PC demos in an easy-to-run video format.
Re:Assembly (Score:1)
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Probably have a high police presence (Score:3, Funny)
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Simon
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About these parties... (Score:5, Insightful)
If you want to access a DEMO party (less gaming) I would recommend Breakpoint in germany which should be in april.
State of the art in france is also very good, but is in january so we've past it already.
As I said, Assembly is also good if you are in the "oldschool" area...
I'm not saying The Gathering and Dreamhack aren't about demos at all, they are, but the gaming takes focus I think.
Re:About these parties... (Score:2)
Re:About these parties... (Score:3, Informative)
Competitions:
We will host a multitude of demoscene and game-competitions, as well as several other surprise-compos. Much more information will of course be available as soon as the new website is in place, but for now these are the competitions which are going to be held at The Gathering 2004:
Demoscene:
* Combined demo (Amiga, PC, Mac)
* Combined 64k intro (Amiga, PC, Mac)
* Wild/animation
* Tracked music
* HiQuality music
* Pixeled graphics
* Rendered graphics
* Fast intro
* Fast music
* Web
Re:About these parties... (Score:1)
Re:About these parties... (Score:1)
Re:About these parties... (Score:1)
Dude, if I could play at this party somehow, I would.
By play, I mean: music.
This would be a -great- gig for new and upcoming bands to play at - I see no reason why you have to be a 'gaming geek' to enjoy being there, and it could be a -really- good gig...
Re:About these parties... (Score:1)
If you have attended the Remedy earlier years you know that the party is divided into 2 parties.
First SceneZone for the demo scene and then GameZone for, yes you guessed it, the hardcode gamers out there.
Professionnal gamers (Score:4, Funny)
Does playing Solitaire at work count a professional gaming?
PRESS PLAY ON TAPE will be playing (Score:4, Informative)
Pictures from last year (Score:5, Informative)
A lot of pictures [sesse.net] from The Gathering last year.
Photo tips (Score:1)
For primadonn:
Don't fear the camra embrace it.. take more pictures.
In fact Prima talk with Ses about taking lots of photos...
Re:Pictures from last year (Score:2)
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Pro gamers? (Score:1)
Or if you call gaming creative, please forgive me.. *sigh*
Re:Pro gamers? (Score:3, Informative)
Calm down, sceneres have their own area with "Gamers not allowed" barricade tape around it.
like this [geekstuff.no]
as much as I'd like to go... (Score:4, Interesting)
Or was it that nobody over the age of 20 in their right mind would be caught dead there?
Re:as much as I'd like to go... (Score:3, Insightful)
heck guess how old the old school guys who are (still)doing the c64/amiga demos are by now?
if you're thinking of one of those newfangled lanparties then I'd stay the heck out
though I'm sure that even the gathering hasn't been able to not pickup lan gamers..
Re:as much as I'd like to go... (Score:2)
Well, not sure about that one, but if they do show up at TG, then it's only to chaperone their teenagers, while carrying a baseball bat just in case some pedo-creep gets too close...
Re:as much as I'd like to go... (Score:2)
Nice! as much I'd like to go I can't probably afford it now
they wouldn't happen to have some compo that you could take part to remotely?
Demoparties in the USA (Score:4, Informative)
Demoparties do take place in the USA, but not with the frequency nor large attendance that one would find at such spectacular events as Assembly [assembly.org] or The Gathering [gathering.org].
The next North American Demoparty is going to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah on August 5-7. Refer to pilgrimage.scene.org [scene.org] for details.
-- RaD Man / ACiDRe:Demoparties in the USA (Score:1)
Re:Demoparties in the USA (Score:2)
Take a _good_ look at this [pouet.net] demo and analyze it! It's a demo called Atom from a finnish group called Sorcerers. It was coded using IBM AT in 1990. It's size is 23552 _bytes_ and it has some nice features such as digitized voice. Think about the hardw
I can imagine it now... (Score:5, Funny)
Nerd 1: I'm tired of people thinking we're a bunch of losers!
Nerd 2: What people? Everyone here seems to get along just fine...
Nerd 1: Not any of us. The people on the "outside."
Nerd 2: Oh yeah. Forgot about them.
Nerd 3: So what're we gonna do about it?
Nerd 4: I know! We'll throw a party!
Nerd 5: Yeah! A COMPUTER PARTY!
Nerd 1: Great idea! Meeting adjourned.
Better luck next time, nerds.
Re:I can imagine it now... (Score:1)
Like wise back in the day when 10 friends or so would get together for a lan party, it wasnt with the aim of being cool, it was cause we enjoyed it.
you have some serious self-image problem dude. Go see a fucking shrink or something.
"oooh, i know, lets go take the piss out of people for doing what i would like to do. but if i did it all the people who ha
Excuse my ignorance (Score:1)
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I would want to know.. (Score:2)
Rus
If it's anything like QuakeCon... (Score:1, Funny)
It isn't the biggest (Score:1)
Score -1 Wrong (Score:2)
Re:It isn't the biggest (Score:1)
br> btw, I got my tickets. See you there
The Gathering and the people going (Score:3, Interesting)
During the Demo presentations several people were playing music loudly. There were restricitons on speaker size, but obviously that was not enough.
Frankly, unless you are below 18 and have a need for chatting in the same big room as everyone else, don't bother to go.
Are they going to have... (Score:1)
Whats with the geek self-loathing here...? (Score:1, Offtopic)
you know you can actually try to change things by bathing or something and not trying to transfer your issues to others. Im a geek and i work with many others. All of use have good home lives, most have long term girlfriends, and NO body odo
Re:Whats with the geek self-loathing here...? (Score:1)
I have no problem with self derecation (goddamn im english, we have nothing left but to laugh at ourselves!) but putting ones-self down by slaggin goff others just isnt fair.
Ah brings back memories (Score:3, Interesting)
2unlimited "no limit" playing loud 24h a day, as far as calling it LAN, well we had a NULL-modem cabel and played VROOM on 2 Amiga 500.
Back in these days it was not all about playing CS and WC3 (yeah i know im a bit harsh now but...)
Beeing perhaps the only computer geek in town, going to a place like this and meeting 2000 other computer geeks from all around Europe! WOW!
Whats the damage? (Score:1)
Re:Whats the damage? (Score:2)
The Gathering? I'm coming in sword-a-swingin! (Score:2)
Call Guinness Book of World Records (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Biggest? (Score:5, Informative)
Biggest Demoparty (Score:1)
They (Assembly, Dreamhack, TG) are all quality events. And with any party that large, there are bound to be circles of people you don't agree with; janitors, gamers, or otherwise.
Some party reports [milankolarovic.com] suggest that there were as many as 7000 visitors if you include the single-day participants at Assembly 2003. And a confirmed 6600 attendees at Assembly 2002 [exotica.fix.no]. It's clearly a numbers game as you, Mr. AC, have already pointed out.
-- RaD Man / ACiD
Re:Biggest? (Score:1)
From www.gathering.org
The Gathering is the largest computerparty in the world. Last year, 5200 visitors attended the annual event which takes place at Vikingskipet Olympic Arena in Hamar, Norway, and lasts for five consecutive days.
Re:I for one... (Score:1)
No it isn't. Adding "I for one welcome our new
BUT IT'S NOT FUNNY ANYMORE. Stop moderating it up. ARG!
Re:I for one... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I for one... (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:Why? (Score:2, Funny)
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Re:World's biggest computer party, eh? (Score:5, Informative)
LAN" vs. "computer party [sesse.net]
Re:World's biggest computer party, eh? (Score:1)
game and drink at the same time.
shot cs
dont game much but cs is fun
when you shot tequila each time you die