pouët.net

smash: just don't make any more demos/intros for this year, mmkay? :)

(just kidding of course, we want to see more!)

Except the next step is "maybe this other demo should win, because the author is black; no black person has ever won best demo, and we don't want people to think we're racist!" :)

let's just disqualify fairlight for next year and see how that goes!

[maybe that's why it is a cncd demo :P]

honestly i got the feeling of "oh not those guys again" this year, so maybe we should leave ourselves out next time :)

so, who'll bribe the jury to downvote "those guys" next year? ;)

I'm sure rez would be willing to do so. ;)

smash: there are several discussions going on about what should be done next year. Hopefully something good comes out of it, but I leave that to the new Awards crew an jury - as of now, I'm done.

what smash said + only demos and intros should be nominated (ie no games and animations)

how about no.

smash: no don't black out next time, do it better and more finished instead .)

SUKKZ!

On a related note, the demo compo studio seems to be online, if there's someone who didn't find it yet.

Oh no! I can't watch this :(

Oh dear lord. I hope nobody interested in learning about the demoscene ever watches that.

5.6 GB? well, is there somewhere a more lightweight version?

I liked it :)

I'm impressingly coherent considering the amount of alcohol in my system..

Found the youtube version of it... Well - not worth downloading 5+ gb.


<3
Actually I have to agree with many things gloom said. Not sure yet whether that's a good or a bad thing.

las: I haven't seen it yet, but I seem to recall I qualified that with something along the lines of "...or at least the BBS" or something. Which isn't quite true of course, but in a world where I have to pick from either sending them to the Pouet BBS or not, I choose not. :)

I don't know what's wrong with the bbs as long as you strongly keep in mind that pouet != scene and scene != pouet :)

[ot]Again, mad props to Gargaj for introducing categories in the BBS and the option to hide threads marked as "residue" from the main page.[/ot]

msqrt: the problem is the "as long as" :) Newcomers aren't able to. Thankfully, a lot of them keep lurking, which is good.

Also, watching the video, this was pretty much all I kept thinking:

Some personal suggestions regarding the awards:

- The jury should be public. Kuzma suggested to split the jury into groups that can judge a certain category. I personally like "numb res" better than "spin", but since I'm not a musician, I would never dare to judge.
- I would definitely move the award ceremony to a scene-related event (which Assembly is not (anymore)).
- It's nice to try something new, but adding "funny" non-sceners turns out to be risky.
- I think the diplomas looked kind of cheesy (sorry), but why not 3d-print little statues for the nominees as well?
- I honestly believe that part of the job of jury is to balance. If Smash needs a new apartment to store all that metal, maybe it would be more interesting to diversify.
- I really miss the category introductions by sceners. I loved that part in the first couple of ceremonies.

That said: I love the awards, no matter how much people complain about it. That people discuss and bitch about the jury decisions, makes even more valuable.