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2009-09-06 20:48

yonx
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Event id #1577 : DATASTORM 2010

UP ROUGH SOUNDSYSTEM, GENESIS PROJECT and DIVINE STYLERS invites you to DATASTORM 2010!

The demo party for oldskool platforms. Only.

PREFACE

Sweden has since 1998 been blessed with the world's greatest summer party, Little Computer People, delivering
hot data action for the oldskool crowd year after year. While we are grateful to the Hack'n'Trade posse for
having us boozing, computing, and socializing each year, we curse them for the hardcore one year data-abstinence
they inflict upon us inbetween each party...

Since we obviously can't get rid of the addiction, we have now decided to accept it and even take it to the next
level by doubling the dose! The winter-time withdrawal syndromes has finally come to an end for all you oldskool
fanatics: The absolute swedish elite has gathered to bring you the best fucking fix of Amiga/C64/Console axxion ever!

THE DEAL

Up Rough Soundsystem, Genesis Project & Divine Stylers hereby invite you to DATASTORM 2010! The ultimate winter party for people operating on machines with SOUL. It's going down on the the 5:th of February 2010 and keeps going until the 7:th of February 2010! Can you dig it?

Partylocation is the city of Gothenburg at the swedish westcoast - the stronghold of the swedish amigascene.
The city is easy to reach through two international airports, ferry and train.

The entrance fee is set to 200 SEK (~20E), with dinner included on Saturday and breakfast included on
Saturday and Sunday. Only swedish currency accepted.

PARTYPLACE

You know that when we do stuff, we do it right, and this time we have put in extra effort to make that dreary
weekend in February something special. The party will be hosted at a night club in an industrial complex, close to
the centre of Gothenburg, providing that special mix of roughness and cozyness that we all love. In addition to the tables on which to put your real hardware on, although we allow laptops for cross-dev purposes, we have lounge areas with cozy sofas and arm chairs where you can comfortably sit around and talk about that new
cruncherroutine you've been working on for the last decade or whatever...

FEATURES

Having the party at a nightclub is something special. The greatest difference from other small parties is that
DATASTORM will feature a proper bar with service-minded personnel that works as long as people are awake and will
serve thirsty party freax with an endless supply of beer, wine, and softdrinks. But a party is not just about
drinking right? We also hired some cooks that will deliver vegetarian and non-vegeterarian breakfast, dinner,
and supper on announced times. When the special meals are not served, barfood like pizza, hummousrolls, falafel
and kebab can be ordered as long as the bar is open. Everything to a price that even the scener on a budget
can afford! Ofcourse you can also buy snacks, candy and tobacco at all times. And the coffee is free, so you don't
fall asleep before your releases are finished in time for the competition!

Here is a list with all features of the party, more stuff might be added in the future so stay tuned!

* Bar open almost 24h with full assortment of cheap beer/wine/softdrinks.
* 2 Breakfasts and 1 Dinner included in entrance fee, vegeterian alternatives available.
* A variety of cheap barfood is available anytime.
* Snacks and tobacco available 24h.
* Superchill environment with cozy furniture.
* 6 clean toilets. No queues! Never pee your pants! Freedom!
* Powerful nightclub soundsystem!
* Cocktail data - we strive to get the perfect mix of socializing and computing!

SPECIAL GUESTS

* The grandfather of moduleswappers returns! Slash / Citron. is back! He will bring his customized
hippodecks to deliver the finest zak ever written in protracker. Bring your boathorns and your guns!
This is one show you don't wanna miss! Pull up selecta! Move Rudebwoy Move!
* More stuff is coming.. Stay tuned!

BATTLES

The mighty competition is being held at Saturday evening with the winners being presented after midnight..
For detailed info about the compos, head over to http://www.datastorm.se
Stay tuned for the announcement of compo-prizes!

The atmosphere when all competitors are present during the compo is unbeatable.
Therefore we do not allow remote entries which means that atleast one of the authors of an entry must be present
at the party. However, we do allow (and even encourage!) snail mail entries in the Packdisk Open contest,
see below for further details.

MORE INFO

Head over to http://www.datastorm.se and sign up for the party and find all the info you need, if you don't find it, ask in the forum!
You can also reach us via the official party Chat.

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2010-02-07 17:50

Radiant

Registered: Sep 2004
Posts: 639

At home, tired, happy. Such a nice party, so many nice people, such a relaxed and awesome venue. Big thanks to the organizers. I am already looking forward to the next time. :-)

2010-02-08 11:01

Frantic

Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 1648

Great party! Solid organizing! I will be back next year for sure!

Among the more notable merits of this party:
+ Good organization of the compo.
+ Nice to see a lot more Amiga people than I have ever managed to draw to any LCP party. This made it feel, not just like as "another nice party", but a party with distinct merits that other parties (Swedish at least) do not really provide.
+ Like Taper, I never had to leave the party because of the services you provided there. (..and the crew working in the bar were really nice.)
+ Good size of the party. Not too big (and not too small). Over the years, I have begun to appreciate parties of this size more than bigger ones.
+ I didn't have to organize it myself. ;)

If I was forced to complain on something it would be the sound volume which was quite unbearable at times. Maybe I am more sensitive than others (my ears still hurts), but I also heard 10+ others complaining on that, so it was not only me. Not saying this to be negative or anything (the party was truly great, as I said). Just some feedback. Jucke pointed out that the sound volume was lower when you were up in the DJ booth, where the sound controls where, than down in the hall (and I also noticed that later on). May be part of the explanation...

Anyway: See you at Datastorm 2011!

2010-02-08 12:04

MagerValp

Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1078

THE GOOD

* The location was great, with a cozy bar and a nice roomy data area.
* The staff worked round the clock, superbly friendly, and they enjoyed having us there.
* The food was cheap, yummy and filling, and the bar was well stocked.
* The compo started almost on time, only about an hour delayed.
* We had an awesome projector, a good sound system, and a huge screen.
* The Hardcore demo and Megamix were great (just wished we'd done more).
* The visitors who as always partied well and delivered great releases!

THE BAD

* It was too cold in the main room on friday, and it was always cold next to the door. Some kind of heating arrangement is needed.
* The mixer board at the location was half-dead, next year we'll bring our own.
* There wasn't enough entertainment on the bigscreen. We had more planned, but were too busy to handle it.
* Two demos failed during the compo, we should have tested them properly before.
* One song was cut short and one demo played with fucked up music and had to be shown again.
* The voting system was built in a hurry and caused a lot of trouble.

THE UGLY

* There was no power 6 hours before the party started. When we opened the fuse box, there wasn't even anything to plug the fuses into. Coffe's cousin saved our asses with only hours to spare.
* Someone just had to get piss drunk, fell on people, knocked stuff over and was a nuisance. At least I don't think there was any permanent damage and his friends were nice and took care of him when it got out of hand.

THE GREETS

A huge thanks to my fellow organizers who all worked their asses off, the visitors who shared their love, the awesome staff, and Frantic who showed us how to do it. See you all next year, with more GOOD, less BAD, and no UGLY!

2010-02-08 12:06

MagerValp

Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1078

Frantic: the sound wasn't loud at all up in the booth, and I didn't think about it down by the compo machines. Perhaps the acoustics were worse over in your end of the room. We'll keep it mind for next year.

2010-02-08 12:15

Archmage

Registered: Aug 2006
Posts: 185

Excellent party! I must subscribe to a couple of the bad-points (mainly about temperature and not using the big screen for demoshowing outside of compo) - and definetly that one ugly-point. But the good-points outweigh them all. I am coming back, muthafrackers!

2010-02-08 12:36

SIDWAVE
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Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 2238

Ok, i want to say only 1 bad thing, and its no surprise, and people make it EVERY time: the sound level was too loud. period.

turn to max
have a person placed in middle of room
turn down untill he says that its not on the pain level
then turn it further 10% down.
now it should be perfect :D

I dont think that i am particularly sensible, but i make music and so my ears are pretty tuned, and those levels just get on your nerves, and sometimes even specific frequencies actually create physical pain in the ears, then it IS too loud :D

if you want an extra organizer, who will make a plan for what and when to show demos and other stuff on screen, i offer myself.

when you didnt do as you had planned on this matter, it must be because you lacked a person to do it.

about anything else, i have only good memories!

2010-02-08 13:19

Devia

Registered: Oct 2004
Posts: 401

Thank you for a great party!

Like many others I have 2 complaints: Audio volume level and room temperature on friday were not within acceptable parameters.
Saturday was ok for me in both regards... only problem was that the "type" of audible noise was incompatible with the required concentration level in light of the approacing deadline.

I love parties where you don't have to leave and can just be away from reality for an entire weekend.

2010-02-08 13:54

Magnar

Registered: Aug 2009
Posts: 61

Nice party! Excellent party crowd! Great to meet so many old sceeners again. :)

Negative:
Since so many people left the party place during the nights, and HW was turned off, there was practical no heat source(s) at all. Very chilly for people that tried to work on producing stuff (sitting still) and to the ones trying to get some sleep at the party place.

Listening to lazer and explosion FM generated dreamstation sounds for almost an hour during Digital Illusions Hardcore game presentation was also a bit unbearable at the very high volume it was set to.

The bootblock compo FM noise generated playback was also screaming in my ears, as well as the Uprough pre-compo presentation with all the 80's playbacks was on too loud volume for a long time.

Positive:
Party facility services including a 24h cleaning of WC's, and removing ordinary trash (empty beer cans etc), and bar food+booze was excellent. Also the included "enterance fee" breakfast+dinner was very good, especially the pie.

Great, friendly and helpful service from organizers and the party place crew at all time!

Cheers Magnar

2010-02-08 15:48

MagerValp

Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1078

Alright, I think everyone complaining about the volume was sitting in front of the left speaker, which wasn't covered by the screen. We'll make appropriate adjustments next year.

It's quite difficult to get the sound level right, as, apart from being a subjective thing, different frequencies are carried in different ways in different parts of the room. Doing a classic concert sound check, with someone in the middle of the room, doesn't work. At a concert you can just move if it's too loud, but that isn't an option when you have all your gear set up.

2010-02-08 18:48

Ziphoid

Registered: Jan 2005
Posts: 2

Gotta hand it to ye guys who did the main organizing and also to the excellent staff at the place who made it into a really nice party. We finally sorted out the broadcasting as well, but for next year we'll make sure to get proper connectivity with the mixer and such things.

I also just wanna thank for the opportunity to get to help out fixing this party and we at SceneSat will gladly help out more next year if you want us to.

For those of you who missed the broadcast last Saturday, do head over to http://scenesat.com/archive or http://scenesat.com/relive (Java applet replaying tool) and experience the chaos yourselves. :) The show features the music compo entries and the music from the demos + some interviews with people like Bacchus, Blaizer and Mahoney to mention a few. :)

Once again thanx for an awesome weekend, all ye who attended! :)

// Ziph

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