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ABDUCTION 1998 INVITATION TEXT
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Abduction'98 -- Abduction'98 Invitation, Version 1.0
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Abduction'98
Invitation
What, Where and When?
Party Facilities
Rules to Remember
Competitions
Schedule
Keeping up to date
Contact us!
Sponsors
Final Words
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- �
Abduction'98 Invitation, Version 1.0
This is the first
official announcement to invite you all to attend
Abduction'98 and celebrate the beginning of hot summer!
Dates are set, the place has been reserved and it all
looks great, just read on to find out all the fine
details!
This is the first
public version of this text file. You can identify
updates from the version number on the title. See you all
at Abduction'98!
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Party Facilities
- Great place with
lot of room, electricity for everyone, tables where to
put your stuff, showers and quiet sleeping hall in the
ground floor
- Superb PA system
with loudspeakers all around the main hall, not just in
front of it
- Big screen showing
information services, competitions and favourite demos on
multiple platforms -- all around the clock
- Cafeteria / snack
bar open 24 hours a day
- Lovely outdoor
recreation area next to the party place, ideal for
hanging around and meeting soul mates
- Competitions on
two major platforms -- PC and Amiga -- plus many platform
independent competitions
- Diskette-based
voting and realtime counting of votes on the big screen
- Party network and
2 Mbps connection to the Internet (bring your own network
cards)
- Quake II
tournament with prizes for the hardest killers (yeah,
bring those bloody network cards!)
- Special
competitions on Saturday afternoon
- Perhaps even live
music
- Much much more
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Rules to Remember
These rules are not
to bother you but to ensure the happiness of other people
too. Visitors breaking any of these rules will be warned
or removed from the party place when needed. Finnish and
international laws do apply in Oulu as well <grin>,
so we can call the cops to pick you up :)
1. Absolutely *no*
alcohol, drugs, smoking, vandalism or software piracy
inside the party building.
2. You are not
allowed to sell hardware, software, food or something
else without getting a permission from the organizers.
3. You are legally
responsible for your actions and their consequences: you
pay what you break.
4. The organizers
have the right to remove a person from the party place
and not let him (or her) in again if this person has
broken any of these rules, Finnish or international laws.
5. The organizers of
Abduction'98 have the right to add, modify or otherwise
change these rules.
6. You as a visitor
acknowledge these rules and promise to have a fun filled
weekend!
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Competitions
Want to make money
fast and legally? By contributing to one of the many
competitions we are offering you get the chance to win!
Prizes are mainly cash (paid after the party) but there
might be some cool hardware prizes as well. All the
profit from ticket sales will be used as prizes; thus the
more visitors we have, the better the prizes will be.
Every visitor will
get a PC-formatted diskette with voting programs for both
PC and Amiga. With these programs you can vote for the
top five in each competition category. Returned votes are
counted in real time on the big screen.
In the PC Demo and
PC 64 kB Intro competitions two different setups are
available to choose from, namely DOS and Win95/98. If you
are programming for the Windows, keep in mind that also
the special DLLs must fit in the size limit. We strongly
advise you to contact Ws/Nv in advance if you are
planning to support Win32 in your production. Other
operating systems (Linux?) might be supported if there
are enough demand for them.
There have been
questions about additional main competitions, for example
Commodore 64 Demo competition. We will add support for
them if we get enough response from the scene.
The maximum playing
times listed below are *guidelines* only. Most probably
we don't cut the modules at 3'00 sharp but you should at
least *try* to obey them.
** General rules for
all the competitions **
- At least one of
the authors has to be present at the party place to take
part in the competition.
- An almighty jury
will review all the entries and decide the amount and the
names of the finalists which will be shown on the big
screen.
- Organizers reserve
the right to disqualify entries because of bad taste
(f.i. racial or explicit sexual content).
- Entries with
copyrighted or illegal material will be automatically
disqualified.
- All entries will
be distributed immediately after the party. They will be
available at our ftp site and from other sources as well.
- Organizers reserve
the right to make a low-cost CD-ROM and put all or
selected entries from Abduction'98 on it.
- All the entries
(except for the Wild! competition) must be delivered on
normal-size diskettes, either in PC or Amiga format.
These diskettes will *not* be returned.
- By contributing
your production, you are acknowledging these rules.
Deadlines on Friday
are *final* but on Saturday you can bring updated
versions to your work also after the deadline. Read the
schedule for more information.
Competition machine
for PC Demo and PC 64 kB Intro is:
Intel Pentium MMX
200 MHz
32 MB RAM
Gravis Ultrasound 1 MB
Sound Blaster Pro (or compatible sound card)
Regular display adapter with VESA 2.0 support
580 kB available base memory in DOS mode
Windows 95/98 with latest DirectX drivers in Win95 mode
Optionally available: latest version of Scitech Display
Doctor (for univbe)
Competition machine
for Amiga Demo and Amiga 64 kB Intro is:
Amiga 1200T
Cyberstorm MK-3 with Motorola 68060-50MHz
2 MB CHIP, 32 MB FAST RAM
Standard sound output
Cybervision 64/3D, 4 MB VRAM, Z3, S3 VIRGE chip
CybergraphX installed
AmigaOS 3.1
These are the
preliminary setups *only* and are subject to change
without prior note from the organizers! We will try to
keep the changes as minimal as possible though.
And here are the
main competition categories with their specific rules.
The general competition rules listed above apply to all
of these.
** PC Demo **
- The maximum size
in executable form is 6 MB (6,291,456 bytes)
- Pure animations are not allowed
- Demo can be a DOS program or a Win32 executable
- VESA 2.0 modes are allowed but not all are guaranteed
to work; try to make your production support alternative
bit depths if you are using high or true color modes
- Demo must not save anything to the hard disk (there may
be an optional switch to write configuration file or
extract internal data though)
- Demo must run without any kind of user interaction
(except for optional setup screen at the beginning)
- Demo must work also without a sound card
- One must be able to quit anytime by pressing Esc
- Only the first 8 minutes are guaranteed to be shown
** PC 64 kB Intro **
- The maximum size
in executable form is 64 kB (65,536 bytes)
- Pure animations with player are allowed :)
- Intro can be a DOS program or a Win32 executable
- VESA 2.0 modes are allowed
- Intro must not save anything to the hard disk
- Intro must run without any kind of user interaction
(except for optional setup screen at the beginning)
- Intro must work also without a sound card
- One must be able to quit anytime by pressing Esc
- Only one intro per coder
- Only the first 5 minutes are guaranteed to be shown
** Amiga Demo **
- The maximum size
in executable form is 6 MB (6,291,456 bytes)
- Pure animations are not allowed
- Demo *must* run on A1200 / 030 / 2 MB CHIP + 16 MB FAST
/ AGA setup, but it can *optionally* utilize the
advantages of the competition setup
- Demo must be hard disk installable
- Demo must not save anything to the hard disk (there may
be an optional switch to write configuration file or
extract internal data though)
- Demo must run without any kind of user interaction
(except for optional setup screen at the beginning)
- One must be able to quit anytime by clicking the left
mouse button
- Only the first 8 minutes are guaranteed to be shown
** Amiga 64 kB Intro
**
- The maximum size
in executable form is 64 kB (65,536 bytes)
- Pure animations with player are allowed :)
- Intro *must* run on A1200 / 030 / 2 MB CHIP + 16 MB
FAST / AGA setup, but it can *optionally* utilize the
advantages of the competition setup
- Intro must run from the hard disk
- Intro must not save anything to the hard disk
- Intro must run without any kind of user interaction
(except for optional setup screen at the beginning)
- One must be able to quit anytime by clicking the left
mouse button
- Only one intro per coder
- Only the first 5 minutes are guaranteed to be shown
** Hand-made
Graphics **
- The maximum screen
resolution is 640x512 with 24 bits of color
- Any format supported by the most often used viewers
will do
- Scanned, ripped or raytraced pictures are not allowed
- Pictures with registered trademarks or logos are not
allowed
- You *must* submit a competition version *without*
signature
- You *may* submit a release version *with* signature
- Only one picture per artist
- Pictures will be shown with the same machine (PC,
Amiga) they were made on
** Raytraced
Graphics **
- The maximum screen
resolution is 640x512 with 24 bits of color
- Any format supported by the most often used viewers
will do
- Pictures with registered trademarks or logos are not
allowed
- You *must* submit a competition version *without*
signature
- You *may* submit a release version *with* signature
- Only one picture per artist
- Pictures will be shown with the same machine (PC,
Amiga) they were made on
** Music
Multichannel **
- The maximum number
of channels is 32
- The maximum size for the module is 1 MB (1,048,576
bytes)
- All standard module formats (S3M, XM, IT, MOD are ok;
contact Ws/Nv for others) will do
- There will be a pre-selected list of players (st3, ft2,
cubic, it, midp at least) to choose from; you don't need
to bring your own player
- *No* MIDI songs
- Only one song per artist
- Only the first 3 minutes are guaranteed to be played;
your song can be longer though
- Modules will be played on PC
** Music 4-channel
**
- The maximum number
of channels is 4
- The module must fit uncompressed on one Amiga formatted
DD diskette (880 kB)
- Only Protracker compatible MOD format is allowed
- Only one song per artist
- Only the first 3 minutes are guaranteed to be played;
your song can be longer though
- Modules will be played on Amiga
** Wild! **
- Only limit is your imagination!
- Your production can be delivered on a VHS tape
(european PAL format) or you can bring the hardware by
yourself (we supply you with normal cables to audio and
video subsystems)
- Just to repeat: try to not use any copyrighted or
illegal material; both international and Finnish laws
apply also at the party place :)
- All the material delivered for this compo will be
returned
- Only the first 8 minutes are guaranteed to be shown
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Schedule
One of the most
unpleasant things to do when organizing a party is to
make public promises about the schedule. Anyway, here it
is as it's planned *right now*. Additions and
modifications are likely to happen!
** Friday, June 5th **
10:00 Doors open! Party on!
17:00 DEADLINE for
following competitions: Hand-made Graphics, Raytraced
Graphics, Music Multichannel, Music 4-channel.
The early time is
due the huge number of entries at previous parties.
Having the deadline earlier will help us to keep up with
the rest of this schedule!
23:00 Hand-made Graphics competition
23:30 Raytraced Graphics competition
** Saturday, June 6th **
00:00 Music Multichannel competition
01:00 Music 4-channel competition
.. Some sleep in the *quiet* sleeping hall.
10:00 First
TestLab(tm) session begins. This is an almost unique
opportunity to see your upcoming production crashing the
compo machine :)
12:00 TestLab(tm) session ends.
.. Special events and competitions.
16:00 Second
TestLab(tm) session begins. Another two hours for testing
and hunting the last bugs in your code.
18:00 TestLab(tm) session ends.
18:00 DEADLINE for
following competitions: PC Demo, PC 64 kB Intro, Amiga
Demo, Amiga 64 kB Intro, Wild!.
You have to submit
at least a *working preview* and the filled registration
form by now. You can bring new updates, but selection for
the finals will be based on the preview versions.
Abduction organizers -- flexible as always!
.. More special events and competitions.
21:00 Wild! competition
22:30 Amiga 64 kB Intro competition
23:15 PC 64 kB Intro competition
** Sunday, June 7th **
00:00 Amiga Demo competition
01:00 PC Demo competition
.. Time to vote!
.. Real time counting of votes.
.. Announcement of the winners!
.. Re-runs of the best productions.
.. More sleep is the *still quiet* sleeping hall.
12:00 Doors close! Time to leave and enjoy the rest of the summer!
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Keeping up to date
Information in this
text file might change and the latest copy is always
available at Abduction'98 home page:
http://dot.tcm.hut.fi/abduction/
We have an open
mailing list to inform you in the first hand about the
latest changes and coolest events. To join, send email
with the word "subscribe" (without the
quotation marks) on the first line to:
[email protected]
This is an automated
service and thus cannot help if something goes wrong.
Comments and questions concerning this mailing list
should be mailed to:
[email protected]
Oh, and don't forget
to download the cool invitation intros, available for
both PC and Amiga!
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Contact us!
Main organizer, representative for Abduction Organizing ry:
Ari "Ari
Kurvinen" Kurvinen
Sudentie 3 a 13
FIN-96500 Rovaniemi, Finland
+358-40-586 6260
[email protected]
PC competitions, general compo stuff:
Johannes
"Ws/Nv" Heinonen
Jamerantaival 7 B 251
FIN-02150 Espoo, Finland
+358-9-468 2099 (home)
+358-9-3486 4483 (work)
[email protected]
Amiga competitions,
things related to Amiga:
Seppo
"Karpow/Scoopex" Seppala
Korpikylantie 245
FIN-61980 Pantane, Finland
+358-6-232 4183
[email protected]
Or to contact all of us, use the
[email protected] mail address!
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Sponsors
We'd like to take
few moments to thank the following companies without who
it would have been a lot harder (if even possible) to
make Abduction'98 as great as it will be!
Los Oy
Telecom Finland Oy
Zoo-lo-disk
If you work in a
company willing to co-operate with Abduction Organizing
ry, you can contact us in ways listed above (see the
section "Contact us!").
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Final Words
See you all at Abduction'98!
Yours,
Johannes
"Ws/Nv" Heinonen, <
[email protected]>
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