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Watching Demos Can Kill You ! by Demoscene Stories [web]
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added on the 2007-10-11 00:05:00 by TomS4wy3R  |
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great stuff!! loved it. the concept, the story, the writting style, the soundtrack. great stuff!
real shame about those couple of translation flaws: holly should be holy, you cant get fired from clubs and parties, and you dont apply exams in english. other than that i really enjoyed reading this thing :)
big thumb up for tom!
real shame about those couple of translation flaws: holly should be holy, you cant get fired from clubs and parties, and you dont apply exams in english. other than that i really enjoyed reading this thing :)
big thumb up for tom!
well done
ps said it all.! :)
thanX 4 that experienCe.!
thanX 4 that experienCe.!
I love + support the idea. There should be more.
quite nice story, i doubt you need to sneak anything inside asm96 because boozembly was held just outside assembly :D
very enjoyable...
This is AMAZING!!! I really enjoyed it, the concept, the text, the sounds, the ambience. Wow!
I miss a windowed mode so I could check it here at work. :)
enjoyable at its most
amazing!
As one of the first read of the french .pdf version I must admit the whole experience of watching it like it is a diskmag is just fucking different.
Willbe did an amazing work at catching exactly the kind of ambiance that needed this story, some tracks reminded me Blade Runner or the Neocron mmorpg.
This story will definitly help you to understand L.C.F. :)
As one of the first read of the french .pdf version I must admit the whole experience of watching it like it is a diskmag is just fucking different.
Willbe did an amazing work at catching exactly the kind of ambiance that needed this story, some tracks reminded me Blade Runner or the Neocron mmorpg.
This story will definitly help you to understand L.C.F. :)
Much better than I expected (Sorry, but I read through hackertales from these guys, you know. The whole crappy lot of it)
Nice tracks + name dropping (Whitney Sterling et al.)
Nice tracks + name dropping (Whitney Sterling et al.)
What ps said. Also, extra mad props to willbe for capturing the chapters' moods so precisely.
But first of all congrats for breaking artistic ground by doing the old trick: Taking established things and recombining them to something previously unseen.
But first of all congrats for breaking artistic ground by doing the old trick: Taking established things and recombining them to something previously unseen.
great work!
What kb said.
I really enjoyed it, excellent job!
I really enjoyed it, excellent job!
Really good story! And Willbe's music makes it even better.
Brilliant idea! This is again a perfect example how creative and innovative the demoscene is. Thanks for this piece of art!
btw - the story is great and the music outstanding.
btw - the story is great and the music outstanding.
What Optimus said.
great work!
The story alone ruled, but this is way better. Bravo, et merci !
This really rocks, ça tue bravo les gars !
nice!
A reasonable story in a nice sound bath. But sorry guys, the writing didn't make it to me (in french for me ;). It sounds more like "my inside story of the demoscene translated to a pseudo made-up story" instead of a real and addictive novel that should have been the pilar of this production.
But you get my thumb up for the effort :)
But you get my thumb up for the effort :)
I said UP!
i haven't downloaded this, but what is it? is it a short story or is it a demo?
This is a fictionnal story about demoscene, available under the "diskmag" format. And it can be also considered as a musicdisk, due to the presence of 21 tracks among the 21 chapters of the story.
Word. I tried to put that release as diskmag at the very beginning but it got changed back. Lemme try to put it again :)
Oh, and soundrack link added.
Oh, and soundrack link added.
Now all we have to do is wait until someone demands a video :-)
VIDEO NEEDED PLZ!
Whahaha brilliant story! I really liked it. Hope you will write more :D
What said Optimus.
"diskmag" tag removed again. Why wouldn't it fit in diskmag category?! I mean, it's interactive, and it's not a slideshow, what the heck?
Maybe a diskmag need at least two novels..? Dunno
it has.
in case this is a musicdisk, this is also a diskmag.
in case this is a musicdisk, this is also a diskmag.
(or at least it has more texts than just the story)
Impressive and well executed!
I'm not the one who removed the tag but I do agree with the removal. This simply ain't a diskmag (just like a book ain't a magazine).
This is simply something new for which there isn't a proper category yet (which is actually something good like kb already mentioned) so Wild is probably the only tag that really fits here. Even better would be no tag at all, but unfortunately pouet can't handle that.
This is simply something new for which there isn't a proper category yet (which is actually something good like kb already mentioned) so Wild is probably the only tag that really fits here. Even better would be no tag at all, but unfortunately pouet can't handle that.
ps, find us some suitable thingie for it please :) Like, dunno, "novella", or dunno what, which would fit for a fiction about demoscene, all coded and stuff.
not "novella", but "scenella" ;-)
word :)
Sc(i)en(c)e fiction! I like the idea. Execution is brilliant. I love the small historic facts literred in the story. Now.. time for a soda maybe.
All the way.
I only listened to the music. I liked a few tunes. Overall, it was decent.
Sorry, I don't get this.
So I suck. Probably.
So I suck. Probably.
Beautiful
ja brillient idea... big ups to will for craft and style
Thanks for the positive feedback, guys. You really give me motivation for a sequel.
Oxb : Sorry, but to read a _real_ novel, you'll have to pay, dude. :D
GJN : There's really nothing to "get" here. It's just a story. Like in a book or a movie. :)
Oxb : Sorry, but to read a _real_ novel, you'll have to pay, dude. :D
GJN : There's really nothing to "get" here. It's just a story. Like in a book or a movie. :)
interesting production, have to admit i skimmed thru the text tho cos i have no patience anymore to read properly :D
lots of brilliant ideas and demogeek fanservice :D
though i wouldn't have enjoyed reading it on a sunny sunday afternoon that much without the slick interface and the immersive soundtrack :)
btw Tom you have read William Gibson and Bruce Sterling far too much :P
though i wouldn't have enjoyed reading it on a sunny sunday afternoon that much without the slick interface and the immersive soundtrack :)
btw Tom you have read William Gibson and Bruce Sterling far too much :P
What a surprise, wilds can actually be something else than artsy-fartsy random noise videos or nerds recording themselves boozing/fighting/breaking hardware !
Congrats guys, it's original and seems like a lot of work. ALLAI LA SCENE FRANCAISE \o/
Congrats guys, it's original and seems like a lot of work. ALLAI LA SCENE FRANCAISE \o/
OST
I really, really, really loved it :)
Simply presented, clean, great sound track, good mood, kudos <3
Simply presented, clean, great sound track, good mood, kudos <3
This was an excellent read ! Really looking forward another great story ...
+1 for the Willbe Muzik, also !
+1 for the Willbe Muzik, also !
Holly shit ! Excellent demo !!!!
<3 (and i don't write this often)
<3 (and i don't write this often)
but seriously guys, only 36 thumbs up ? This demo deserves a lot better !
Just for the record, this is not a demo, Faraday, it's a Wild. ;)
Wow, nice read/trip! It also bringed back to me some memories concerning programming/PCs.
Holly shit ! Excellent wild !!!!
<3 (and i don't write this often)
<3 (and i don't write this often)
and it's in the top of months, france is back ahhaha :)
Really liked reading this ! Feeling was in the air
nice story, nice music.
The UI would be a lot better if it allowed alt+tabbing out. Scrolling to the page I left off when I closed and reopened it later is a pain in the ass.
The UI would be a lot better if it allowed alt+tabbing out. Scrolling to the page I left off when I closed and reopened it later is a pain in the ass.
I managed to find time for reading this in the Munchen Airpory yesterday - and DAMN this is cool :)
Some points of constructive nitpickery:
- (I know, I know, but:) English. Please get a native (or proficient) proofreader / "producer" next time - it really helps the readability if the text flows by itself, and the audience doesn't have to concentrate of trying to make sense out of it.
- This might be just me, but the narrator seemed too reliable and yet too much of an "outsider" to the happenings; it conveyed as someone who incites all the consequences, but yet is indifferent to them. Some more emotional reflection, perhaps on expense to reliability would've added some spice to it. Tycoon just seemed too calm, yet not cynical enough.
- The "history" sections felt a bit disrupting at some places and polarized the fact/fiction nature a bit too much to the extent, but overall they added to the intertweened nature of past/present really well.
- The text rendering had a bit of the ZINE-effect, not sure why but letters grouped up a bit weirdly at some places.
All in all, really looking forward to the next part :)
Some points of constructive nitpickery:
- (I know, I know, but:) English. Please get a native (or proficient) proofreader / "producer" next time - it really helps the readability if the text flows by itself, and the audience doesn't have to concentrate of trying to make sense out of it.
- This might be just me, but the narrator seemed too reliable and yet too much of an "outsider" to the happenings; it conveyed as someone who incites all the consequences, but yet is indifferent to them. Some more emotional reflection, perhaps on expense to reliability would've added some spice to it. Tycoon just seemed too calm, yet not cynical enough.
- The "history" sections felt a bit disrupting at some places and polarized the fact/fiction nature a bit too much to the extent, but overall they added to the intertweened nature of past/present really well.
- The text rendering had a bit of the ZINE-effect, not sure why but letters grouped up a bit weirdly at some places.
All in all, really looking forward to the next part :)
Yeah thanks a lot for the constructive tips, Gargaj. Too bad you didn't read it BEFORE the trip to SF though, since there are a few nods to ILM in the novella. It would have shown how much we care about them. :)
extraordinary
yeah! first fiction book i read in a long long time. liked it, especially, how soundtrack interacts with text in some way. would be nice to read more from you in future!
finallly, I read it... I may have jump over some parts at the end (i'm not usually into fiction novels), but definitely worth a thumb for the effort of writing \ translating\coding it! Special mention to willbe for some well inspired background musics, especially chapter 13 's one.
I have many comments on some points, but I want to point out that this can be only understandable by sceners. I mean read page 78/80, who else can understand that ? Well, I'll flame something in the forum :) thumb up anyway. Oh and yeah, it's lissajouS <-
I have many comments on some points, but I want to point out that this can be only understandable by sceners. I mean read page 78/80, who else can understand that ? Well, I'll flame something in the forum :) thumb up anyway. Oh and yeah, it's lissajouS <-
The idea behind the story might have been convincing at the age of 11, but apart from that this is a real great release!
This rulez ! I'm still waiting for a new story :)
<3
(english version)
I really loved this story!
It's a great idea to pay homage to the demoscene in this way! So many memories... and emotions!
Bravo for the "app" format of the book, magnificent staging, very beautiful effects, worthy of a great film!
I loved the different references to famous groups and demos. I also took short breaks to re-memorize these demos via youtube and pouet.net, I knew almost all of them, even those on Amiga. What a delight and what an emotion to see them again! My brain/heart/body remembers these beautiful graphic and sound effects and the emotion that goes with it, just talking about it again, the animations and the music come back to my mind, nostalgia nostalgia!
You give "explanations" on this "art", I like that and it's actually too rare to talk about it in this "way", bravo... and thank you too! because it's important to "demonstrate" that the demo is really an art and it's in any case so much more than young people who are ecstatic to have turned on a few moving pixels in their teenager's room...
It's also a good idea to pay tribute to all these explorers/precursors, History is important too!
I also loved the music which complements the story perfectly! Bravo and thank you to the composer willbe, great work to pay tribute to the music of the demoscene, so good!
In short, a big THANK YOU for this beautiful work of art and for the emotions it creates in the reader :-)
coolcornucopia
(french version)
J'ai vraiment adoré cette histoire!
C'est une idée géniale de rendre hommage à la demoscene de cette manière! Tellement de souvenirs... et d'émotions!
Bravo pour le format "application" du livre, magnifique mise en scène, très beaux effets, digne d'un super film !
J'ai adoré les différentes références aux groupes et démos célèbres. Je faisais d'ailleurs de courtes pauses pour me re-mémorer ces démos via youtube et pouet.net, je les connaissais quasiment toutes, même celles sur Amiga. Quel délice et quelle émotion de les revoir! Mes cerveau/coeur/corps se souviennent de ces beaux effets graphiques et sonores et de l'émotion qui va avec, rien que d'en re-parler, les animations et la musique me reviennent à l'esprit, nostalgie nostalgie!
Vous donnez des "explications" sur cet "art", j'aime bien cela et c'est effectivement trop rare d'en parler de cette "manière", bravo... et merci aussi! car c'est important de "démontrer" que la démo, c'est vraiment un art et c'est en tout cas tellement plus que des jeunes qui s'extasient d'avoir allumé qq pixels qui bougent dans leur chambre d'ado...
C'est aussi une bonne idée de rendre hommage à tous ces explorateurs/précurseurs, l'Histoire, c'est important aussi!
J'ai également adoré la musique qui agrémente parfaitement l'histoire! Bravo et merci au compositeur willbe, super travail pour rendre hommage aux musiques de la demoscene, trop bien!
Bref, un grand MERCI pour cette belle œuvre et pour les émotions qu'elle crée chez le lecteur :-)
coolcornucopia
I really loved this story!
It's a great idea to pay homage to the demoscene in this way! So many memories... and emotions!
Bravo for the "app" format of the book, magnificent staging, very beautiful effects, worthy of a great film!
I loved the different references to famous groups and demos. I also took short breaks to re-memorize these demos via youtube and pouet.net, I knew almost all of them, even those on Amiga. What a delight and what an emotion to see them again! My brain/heart/body remembers these beautiful graphic and sound effects and the emotion that goes with it, just talking about it again, the animations and the music come back to my mind, nostalgia nostalgia!
You give "explanations" on this "art", I like that and it's actually too rare to talk about it in this "way", bravo... and thank you too! because it's important to "demonstrate" that the demo is really an art and it's in any case so much more than young people who are ecstatic to have turned on a few moving pixels in their teenager's room...
It's also a good idea to pay tribute to all these explorers/precursors, History is important too!
I also loved the music which complements the story perfectly! Bravo and thank you to the composer willbe, great work to pay tribute to the music of the demoscene, so good!
In short, a big THANK YOU for this beautiful work of art and for the emotions it creates in the reader :-)
coolcornucopia
(french version)
J'ai vraiment adoré cette histoire!
C'est une idée géniale de rendre hommage à la demoscene de cette manière! Tellement de souvenirs... et d'émotions!
Bravo pour le format "application" du livre, magnifique mise en scène, très beaux effets, digne d'un super film !
J'ai adoré les différentes références aux groupes et démos célèbres. Je faisais d'ailleurs de courtes pauses pour me re-mémorer ces démos via youtube et pouet.net, je les connaissais quasiment toutes, même celles sur Amiga. Quel délice et quelle émotion de les revoir! Mes cerveau/coeur/corps se souviennent de ces beaux effets graphiques et sonores et de l'émotion qui va avec, rien que d'en re-parler, les animations et la musique me reviennent à l'esprit, nostalgie nostalgie!
Vous donnez des "explications" sur cet "art", j'aime bien cela et c'est effectivement trop rare d'en parler de cette "manière", bravo... et merci aussi! car c'est important de "démontrer" que la démo, c'est vraiment un art et c'est en tout cas tellement plus que des jeunes qui s'extasient d'avoir allumé qq pixels qui bougent dans leur chambre d'ado...
C'est aussi une bonne idée de rendre hommage à tous ces explorateurs/précurseurs, l'Histoire, c'est important aussi!
J'ai également adoré la musique qui agrémente parfaitement l'histoire! Bravo et merci au compositeur willbe, super travail pour rendre hommage aux musiques de la demoscene, trop bien!
Bref, un grand MERCI pour cette belle œuvre et pour les émotions qu'elle crée chez le lecteur :-)
coolcornucopia
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