ram:dst99inv.txt _ _ _ _ :////-----------------------------------------------------------------\\\\: | ___,---. ! ! drn! _______ _. _____. \ | _______ _______ _ _ ___ _ _ _______ _______\_ /__\!__\ _|___\ ._!_ ___\_ /-) _. \ / ._ \ / ._ / _\ ./ )___. !//_) ._ \! / !/___( !/___( _ )_____ !\ ___ _.___ /! ___ / ____ l/ _____/ ___ \ __ / __( . `----' `----' /---' `---' `----' `----' `----' `----' | .________._________._________._______,.__ | d i s t a n c e 1 9 9 9 !_ ª! _ ª! _ ª! _ ; / |_ _ / __ ) __ ) __ ) / :////---------------------------- - /_ _/ /_ _/ /_ _/ /_ _/ `---' `---' `---' `---' ----------------------> welcome We invite you to the third annual Distance party! Distance '99 will be arranged at Eikeli Videregående Skole in Bærum, close to the center of Oslo, Norway. The party begins on the 30th of September and ends the 3rd of October 1999. This party is the third Distance party in the Distance history and will this time be bigger and better than any previous Distance party. Everyone can come, sceners, quakers, rc, foreigners, presidents, elvis, as well as nerds and swedes. Just grab your partygear and come as you are. Entry Girls/ladies/etc : 150 nkr Boys/men/wannabies : 300 nkr Visitors from outside norway : 150 Extraterrestials / Aliens : Access denied Tickets can be ordered through "Billettservice", just call 815 33 133 to order. There will only be room for app. 350 people, so you better hurry if you want to save a seat! Note, tickets not available before July 1. Note that if the hall gets crowdy, only people who have paid in advance gets in. If you are a foreigner, you may pay at the entrance. ----------------------> features Network There will be a party network, set up by the organizers. Network cards will be sold at the partyplace. Internet There will be internet access through the party network Movies We will probably be continuosly showing new movies in a separate room. Sleeping area For those who need to take a nap, there will be a separate, quiet area designated sleeping, close to the main party-halls. Also, toilets and showers will be available throughout the party. Surprise compos Yes, there will be surprisecompos. IRC channel There will be an official IRC-channel running during the party for partychats. [ will be announced at the party ] On-stage activities We will continously be showing useful information on the bigscreen, showing everything from practical informations to compo deadlines. In-between, we will be showing some good old demos. Also, a resident DJ will play on friday evening. Partykiosk / cafeteria There will be a 24h kiosk in the partyhall, selling coca cola, pizza, red bull and stuff. ----------------------> how to get there Distance is this time held at Eikeli vgs, which is located at Bispeveien 10 in Bærum, just outside Oslo. It's very easy to get to the hall, several trains and buses stop almost outside the door. The easiest way to get to the hall is to take subway line 2 towards Østerås and get off at Østerås station. The way to the party place is marked from there. By car From south (coming in to Oslo from E-18 Drammen) Follow E-18 until you see a sign that says "lysaker / fornebu". Drive off the road (use the intersection, for gods sake), then follow the signs to "Jar" Follow the road a few kilometers, you're supposed to cross two bridges. When you've crossed the last bridge, take left then right again. Now just follow the road for a few kilometers, you're supposed to pass a Shell-station on your left hand. When you've passed that one, you're getting close. Now look for "Eikeli Videregående Skole" on your right hand, a large brown building. Take right and follow the road called "Bispeveien", and then turn left again. You're now at Distance :] From north or east (coming to Oslo following E-6) Drive till you reach Oslo (Capitol of Norway, remember?). Then follow road called E-6 until you see the signs leading to "Drammen" (E-18). You're supposed to drive through the center of Oslo and continue west. Drive until you see a sign leading to "Jar" on your right hand. Follow the road a few kilometers, you're supposed to cross two bridges. When you've crossed the last bridge, take left then right again. Now just follow the road for a few kilometers, you're supposed to pass a Shell-station on your left hand. When you've passed that one, you're getting close. Now look for "Eikeli Videregående Skole" on your right hand, a large brown building. Take right and follow the road called "Bispeveien", and then turn left again. You're now at Distance :] By train Travel by train to Oslo S, then take the subway line 2 towards Østerås from Oslo S and get of at Østerås station. The way to the party place is marked from there. By plane Travel by plane to Oslo, then take the airport bus to Oslo S and follow the directions for train from there. Bustrips If you are arranging a bustrip to Distance, and would like to be on this list, please send a mail to trasker@online.no. There might be some freebies involved. :) ----------------------> compos a few selected words This is what distance is really about; demoscene compos. Listed below are the compos, and we're serving hard cash prices to the winners in the major compos. [note; the money-prices may depend on the number of party attendants and party income] If you wish to attend one or more of these compos, you must have been registered at the main party database after paying your entrance fee. Basically, all productions will be shown / played. If we recieve a lot of entries, a jury will make a selection. [especially multichannel and 4 channel if nessesary] There will be a votesession that will finalize the results from these compos general rules o All entries will be released after the party. o FILE_ID.DIZ must be included. o *.NFO must be included on demo and intro entries. o Delivered diskettes will not be returned. compo machines PC Pentium 233 VESA 2.0 gfx-card 32MB RAM Gravis Ultrasound with 1MB SoundBlaster 16 Amiga A1200 with 68060 accelerator 16MB RAM PC DEMO o Have a maximum filesize of 6MB, including datafiles. o Max. 16MB RAM. o Must support GUS, SoundBlaster and/or nosound. o Exit by escape at any time. o One entry per coder. AMIGA DEMO o Have a maximum filesize of 6MB, including datafiles. o Must be able to run on 030/040/060 AGA Amigas with 8MB Fast RAM or more. o Max. 16MB RAM. o Exit by left mouse button at any time. o One entry per coder. PC 64k INTRO o Have a maximum filesize of 64K (65536 bytes), including datafiles. :) o Otherwise the same rules as PC demo. o One entry per coder. AMIGA 64k INTRO o Have a maximum filesize of 64K (65536 bytes), including datafiles. o Otherwise the same rules as Amiga demo. o One entry per coder. PC 4k INTRO o Must have a maximum filesize of 4K (4096 bytes). o Otherwise the same rules as PC demo. o One entry per coder. AMIGA 4k INTRO o Must have a maximum filesize of 4K (4096 bytes). o Otherwise the same rules as Amiga demo. o One entry per coder. 24-BIT PIXEL o We accept pictures in the following formats: IFF (LBM), TGA, PCX, BMP, GIF, JPG. o Max. resolution 800x600 (24bit). o Photopictures will be discarded. o One entry per artist. RAYTRACE o We accept pictures in the following formats: IFF (LBM), TGA, PCX, BMP, GIF, JPG. o Max. resolution 800x600 (24bit). o Photopictures will be discarded. o One entry per artist. MUSIC 4-CHANNEL o Only modules in Protracker format (MOD) is accepted. o Max size 1MB unpacked. o All contributions will be played in mono with Hippoplayer on Amiga. o One entry per musician. MUSIC MULTICHANNEL o We accept modules in the following formats: XM, MOD, S3M, IT. o Max. 32 channels. o Must be playable on a 1MB GUS. o All contributions will be played on a 1MB GUS with FastTracker (XM and MOD) and ImpulseTracker (IT and S3M). o One entry per musician. ----------------------> schedule Note that this is a preliminary schedule and may change without any notice. Thursday Doors open Thursday, 12:00 Friday Lots of surprizecompos Saturday 4 Channel deadline Saturday, 12:00 Multichannel deadline Saturday, 12:00 Handdrawn Graphics deadline Saturday, 13:00 Raytrace Graphics deadline Saturday, 13:00 Amiga 4K intro deadline Saturday, 14:00 PC 4K intro deadline Saturday, 14:00 Amiga 64K intro deadline Saturday, 15:00 PC 64K intro deadline Saturday, 15:00 Amiga demo deadline Saturday, 16:00 PC demo deadline Saturday, 16:00 4 Channel compo Saturday, 18:00 Raytrace Graphics compo Saturday, 20:00 Multichannel compo Saturday, 21:00 Handdrawn Graphics compo Saturday, 23:00 Sunday Amiga 4K intro compo Sunday, 00:00 PC 4K intro compo Sunday, 01:00 Amiga 64K intro compo Sunday, 02:00 PC 64K intro compo Sunday, 03:00 Amiga demo compo Sunday, 04:00 PC demo compo Sunday, 06:00 Prize ceremony Sunday, 12:00 Doors close Sunday, 16:00 ----------------------> rules * No drugs or alcohol of any kind will be accepted. Intoxicated people will be thrown out and handed over to the police * No smoking inside the party-halls * No violence including people / inventory [ no self destructing ] * No extraterrestial beings / aliens * No home appliances [ microwave ovens / fridges / vacuum cleaners etc ] * No hacking / phreaking / anarchy * No network spoofing * No stealing * No fireworks * No pets [ that includes tamagotchies =) ] * No barbeque inside the party-halls * No trippin' * No cheating * No ENOURMOUS LOUD STEREO SPEAKERS! * No loff-throwing * No spacerom-selling * No rope-climbing * No writing on the walls / doors / whatever * No fire [ i.e. no burning doors / plastic containers ] * No lazers [ includes phazers and rifles ] * No smurfehits * No use of fire-exstinguishers [ except to actually extinguish a fire ] * No ugly annoying girl-voice announcing "Bernt-gunnar, mammaen og pappaen din venter i informasjonen" In addition to these rules, "norwegian laws are enabled and active" during the party. Any violation(s) to these rules and / or the norwegian laws may cause police involvement. The organizers will not be responsible for any damage to you, your computer or the damage you may cause. The organizers will also not be responsible for any computer piracy, which will not be accepted and will hopefully not occur. Some of our sponsors will stop by, so for gods sake, behave yourselves =) ----------------------> contact The web-page at http://www.neutralzone.org/distance is an excellent way to keep up to date about Distance. The easiest way to reach us is to send us a mail or phone us directly: Walker / Nocturnal - Jan Roger Svendsen email : trasker@online.no cellphone : [+47] 938 49 893 Starfish / Nocturnal - Espen Oddvik email : e-od@nextel.no or esoddvik@online.no cellphone : [+47] 970 21 660 ----------------------> end spaceballs bring you an invitation to Distance 1999 code & design by Slummy music by Hardfire This intro is dedicated to Walker, Zack and everyone else with a plain A1200 w/ 4mb fast-mem. After watching this intro, you will find the complete invitation-text saved to RAM: Please wait while we think.....