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alternative party 2007 - www.altparty.org

The place is The Cable Factory (Kaapelitehdas), Puristamo hall
The address is Tallberginkatu 1 C, Helsinki, Finland

Doors open on Friday, 2nd November 2007, at 15:00
Doors close on Sunday, 4th November 2007, at 15:00

Normal ticket: 25e (advance) or 30e (at the door)
Premium ticket: 40e (advance) or 50e (at the door)
Total Martyr Super Luxus ticket: starting at 950e (only in advance)

Special Guest: Al Lowe

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Competition machines

These are the preliminary specifications for the computer we provide for the demo competition. Especially the PC specs may change. If you are entrying a demo for some other platform, you must provide your own computer for the entry to run on!

    * PC: AMD Athlon 3000+, GeForce 6600GT 256 MB, 2 GB RAM, Windows XP
    * Amiga: Amiga 4000, MC68060 50 MHz, AmigaOS 3.1, 80 MB RAM (2 MB chip, 16+64 MB fast)
    * Mac: MacBook Pro, Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz, 2 GB RAM, nVidia GeForce 8600M GT 128 MB, MacOS X 10.4.10
    * C64: Commodore 64 (SID 6581), C1541 floppy drive
    * We will try to get some other platforms to be provided too (at least Vic-20), stay tuned!

Alternative Demo Competition

    * You know what a demo is, right? If not, see Wikipedia's description. Intros compete in the same competition.
    * The purpose of this competition is to bring out new ideas in demos, whatever the platform and method. A field for creativity.
    * Maximum length is 8 minutes, or until we get bored.
    * We will publish the platform your demo runs on the big screen, also the size of the demo will be shown.

Dynamic Demos

    * Dynamic demos will be shown twice as part of the main demo competition and will compete with the other demos there.
    * In addition, they will be ranked in their own series and the best will receive their own good prizes (TBA). Note that this means that a good dynamic demo can win two prizes — both in the normal category as well as the dynamic one!
    * The demo must be noticeably different every time it is run. It can use randomisation or evolution or any other technique to accomplish this. Your mind is the limit.
    * How exactly it should change is left for the participants to decide, though be warned that watching the same demo with only slight randomisation can be boring.
    * Untraditionally for demos, dynamic demos may write to the disk for the purpose of evolution and they may use the network if it is available (in the competition machine there will be a network connection). The demo should still run without the network, too.

Mockumentary video competition

    * Create a video documentary whose content is fundamentally untrue.
    * The entry should be a MPEG1, MPEG2 or MPEG4 video.
    * The video can be uploaded via intranet or submitted on a CD/DVD.
    * You may choose the way your documentary is untrue. You can have false or twisted facts, you can lie.
    * The content of the video you submit must, of course, adhere to Finnish laws.
    * You can use public domain archive material as part of your work. If you use non-PD material, be prepared to prove that you have the right to use it.
    * There is no definite maximum length but you could try to keep it under 10 minutes.

Larry look-alike contest

    * Imagine you are a character in Leisure Suit Larry 4: Missing Floppies (the missing game in the series).
    * You can also be Patti or some other character.
    * Al Lowe will host this contest after his special quest session and he can ask you to recite some phrase or ask questions.
    * Dress accordingly!

ReBirth music competition

    * Create a song using the ReBirth RB-338 software synthesizer.
    * Submit your entry as standard .rbs file.
    * The entries will be played with ReBirth version 2.0.1, the same version that is freely downloadable from The ReBirth Museum.
    * The song will be played for 3 minutes or until we get bored.

Obscure music competition

    * Create a song that is not ordinary.
    * The entry must be submitted in MP3 or OGG format.
    * The song will be played for 3 minutes or until we get bored.

Oldschool karaoke competition

    * Choose a classic SID/MOD demo/game tune, write lyrics to it and sing!
    * There will be four microphones on the stage, teams up to four people are allowed.

Esoteric programming competition

    * Can you master Malbolge? (Of course you can't, but that would be a cool challenge!)
    * Write a demo (or other program) using an esoteric programming language.
    * Some languages that you could use: Intercal, Shakespeare, Brainfuck, Redcode (Core War), Lolcode, Chef - or a language of your own creation. If in doubt, please contact us for more information.
    * You must submit the source code and you also have the possibility to come to the stage and describe your program and the language you used!
    * The point of this competition is not only to compete but also to showcase different esoteric programming languages.

Propaganda competition

    * Create a propaganda picture. Our definition of propaganda: Your entry must try to affect the public opinion!
    * You may choose your technique freely but the complete picture must be your own creation, this is not a ripped photo editing competition.
    * Entry must be submitted as a JPEG, PNG or SVG picture.
    * You must submit also 5 different intermediate phases of the picture.
    * Entries will be shown twice.

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