A similar text can be found in the Falcon intro: Extremely Official Party Invitation To The Aggressive II Party We welcome you to the greatest computer party of all time! NSFAQ (Not So Frequently Asked Questions): What? In many ways the party will be like so many other parties with a demo competition, intro competition, music competition and graphics competition but here are just a few of the things you will be missing if you don't come to the party (which is an incredible act of unselfishness, letting someone come in your place..): - Music (you know the thing people sometimes create with 'trackers'). Live techno performance! - Some of the best groups on the scene! - The chance to finally see which computer is the best in COMBINED competitions! (Amiga, Atari, PC) See below for more information. - Fabulous prizes (details will be announced later)! - Very nice(?) people from all over the world! - Animations, graphics and silly competitions! - Free Internet use (sponsored by X-Gateway Finland)! - See Motion released! (Aggression's revolutionary Falcon demo) - A chance to see beautiful Finland and her forests! - Sleepless nights! - Great food! (there are several burger bars near the party place...) There will be even more activities but you'll find out more about them later (at the party place or something). When? The party will start on the 28th of December and continue on till the 30th. The doors will open at 12:00 pm on the 28th and close at 16:00 pm on the 30th. Where? The party will be held in a large hall right in the center of Helsinki, Finland. The address is Perhonkatu 6. This is also right beside other popular party/dance places in Helsinki. It is near the central bus station and you can get there with the underground by traveling to 'Kamppi'. You have to take the underground going to 'Ruoholahti'. Kamppi is one stop away from the central railway station. There is a general map of the area right at the Kamppi underground station. Perhonkatu is marked there. If you forsee any major problems then feel free to contact us! Who? The main organizers consist of people from Aggression, Extream, Future Crew and some other helpful guys. How? All you have to do is send a Cheque for 100 Finnish marks payable to Kristoffer Lawson. Remember that if you are paying for many people at the same time list everyone's names! Make sure it's an international or eurocheque if you're outside Finland. This is a kind of guarantee you are coming so that we can securely fit everyone in. The cheque will be given back to you at the door and there you should pay 100 Finnish marks in _cash_. This is just because cashing in cheques is very expensive in Finland, ie. it is cheaper for YOU this way. If you wish to pay in some other way please contact us. You can also pay 125 Finnish marks at the door but we can't guarantee you will get in. That is, if the whole place is full, it is worth booking a place beforehand. The fee for females is 20 Finnish marks. All this will entitle fun from thursday to saturday, a possibility to vote in the competitions, free goodies and the ticket (badge, wrist band etc.) to go and come as you please through the party place doors. Strong alcohol drinks are _not_ allowed at the party place. They will be confiscated :-> We will also be organizing a NEW YEAR'S PARTY right after Aggressive II. We will arrange some form of lodgings for people who want to participate in this party. Please inform us of your interest in the new year's party beforehand so that lodgings can be taken care of easily. COMPETITIONS: The competitions will be held on friday-saturday night and voting will happen shortly after. The results will be announced at the party place as soon as all votes have been counted. The results will also be uploaded to FalconBot on the IRC channel #atari and can also be obtained by sending email (see below for the address). Exact prizes will be revealed later. - General Intro/Demo Competition Rules - Each entry will be shown once. Atari entries will be shown on a Falcon030 with 4 Mb RAM or on an Atari STe with 2 Mb RAM (no harddrive). Amiga demos will be shown on an Amiga 1200 with 2+2 Mb RAM. PC demos will be shown on a 486 DX2/66, 4 Mb RAM. Only the Gravis Ultrasound will be supported (1 Mb dram). All entries will be shown in the same competition, ie. there will not be a separate Amiga, Atari or PC competition! The DEMOS need not be released at the party but they should be released as soon as possible after it because the prizes will be given out only _after_ the product has been released! Intros must be released at the party. Groups can attend with several demos. Atari entries... ...must work with standard RGB monitor or TV ...must set correct screen resolution itself ...are executed from Desktop ...must return to Desktop correctly (except 4kb intro competition) Amiga entries... ...must work with standard RGB monitor or TV ...are executed from Workbench (remember the icon :) ...must return to Workbench correctly (except 4kb intro competition) PC entries... ...are executed from DOS 7.0 ...must return to DOS correctly (except 4kb intro competition) - Demo Competition - - Maximum total size of the files is 8388608 bytes (8 Mb) - The demo MUST return to the operating system correctly - The demo has to be hard-disk installable - 128 Kb Intro Competition - The specifications for each machine are the same as above. - Only one file allowed, maximum file size is 131072 bytes - The intro MUST return to the operating system correctly - Intro must be released at the party - Several entries per group are allowed - 4 Kb Intro Competition - - Only one file allowed, maximum file size is 4096 bytes - The intro does not have to return to operating system - Music/Sound is not allowed - Intro must be released at the party - One entry per coder - Music Competition - Any normal format is allowed. This includes MOD, S3M, XM, ULT, DTM etc. When entering your production specify which player you would like your tune to be played on. If you do not want to use any of the following players then provide us with a player of your choice. This may not be a group's private player or anything like that. It must be a normal player anyone can receive from FTP sites etc. You may pick a player from the following list: Cubic Player, Capamod, Octalyser (STe), Protracker (Amiga), Griff's player, Digital Player, Bobtracker and Megaplayer. The maximum amount of channels is eight. One entry per composer. - Graphics Competition - The resolution may be anything up to 640x480. Full true color pictures are allowed (24 bit) and all popular formats will be supported. The pictures will be shown with QPEG or some other good viewer. Copies are not allowed! (if we spot them). One entry per artist. ----- We hope you feel very important after receiving such a fine invitation and that we will meet at Aggressive II. Oh, and bring all your friends along with you... ) If you have any questions, comments or you just want to chat (we love chatting) then contact us in one of the following methods: Internet Email: krlawson@xgw.fi Usenet: comp.sys.atari.st, alt.sys.amiga.demos, comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc IRC: Look around for a person called Setok or any other member of Aggression (usually on #atari). Phone: +358-0-8593051 Smail: Kristoffer Lawson Asemakuja 3C 53 02770 Espoo Finland -= AGGRESSION =- ELITEN JATKAT ON KOVIKSIA!