Phases of being a scener
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forgot one: vodka+Shashlyking=dihalt
some sceners are / were in the making my comeback phase ;)
phases of being a scener:
1. being a scener.
2. goto 1.
1. being a scener.
2. goto 1.
0. be Gargaj
1. win everything and be famous
1. win everything and be famous
But you can never be OLD ELITE.
Phases of how the demoscene improved my life <3.
1. Meet Lynn on IRC.
2. Finish school become ill and bed-bound..
3. Have Lynn nag you to go revision for years.
4. Get a bit better and out of bed, go to revision have social anxiety but some how manage to talk to Lynn irl.
5. Go to Budleigh Salterton the Night before Sundown bump into a Poobrainer go drinking.
6. Get invited out for a curry by Poorbrain at Sundown.
7. Hang out at Evoke with Poobrain and code a crap demo.
8. Go to TRSAC have snaps forget everything
9. Go to revision again get forced into becoming a Horse
10. Go to Outline and accept life in the Demoscene..
1. Meet Lynn on IRC.
2. Finish school become ill and bed-bound..
3. Have Lynn nag you to go revision for years.
4. Get a bit better and out of bed, go to revision have social anxiety but some how manage to talk to Lynn irl.
5. Go to Budleigh Salterton the Night before Sundown bump into a Poobrainer go drinking.
6. Get invited out for a curry by Poorbrain at Sundown.
7. Hang out at Evoke with Poobrain and code a crap demo.
8. Go to TRSAC have snaps forget everything
9. Go to revision again get forced into becoming a Horse
10. Go to Outline and accept life in the Demoscene..
You're welcome :3
1. co-found RSI
2. remember that you did 30 years afterwards
2. remember that you did 30 years afterwards
what stage is falling over in a fire?
or falling over on a tent?
or sleeping in a red car at Solskogen?
or falling over on a tent?
or sleeping in a red car at Solskogen?
1994: hey, people are uploading these .mod files to this BBS. I can download, like, whole songs here! Also, this Coldcut thing is really neat!
1995: is this that tracker program that those mod files are created with?? WOW!
Also 1995: SECOND REALITY IS BLOWING MY MIND OMG OMG OMG
1996-1998: lots and lots of crappy modules & attempted demo effects in Quickbasic
1999-2001: some actually good modules
December 20, 2001: this song I just released was the best I've ever done & I learned SO MUCH doing it! I'm gonna focus on school for a few months and then come back with a vengeance!
December 20, 2011: ffffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-
2012-2018: make up for lost time, compo releases, join a big group, etc.
1995: is this that tracker program that those mod files are created with?? WOW!
Also 1995: SECOND REALITY IS BLOWING MY MIND OMG OMG OMG
1996-1998: lots and lots of crappy modules & attempted demo effects in Quickbasic
1999-2001: some actually good modules
December 20, 2001: this song I just released was the best I've ever done & I learned SO MUCH doing it! I'm gonna focus on school for a few months and then come back with a vengeance!
December 20, 2011: ffffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-
2012-2018: make up for lost time, compo releases, join a big group, etc.
reality404, meeting Lynn in real life is a serious achievement unlocked :)
Though now for my part :-)
1. 1991-1993. Meet up with CiH and other members of the Atari scene from Maggie Team, Cynix and other groups at a computer club meeting in Wellingborough, UK.
2. 1993. Get what was then the latest issue of Maggie (the Atari diskmag) from CiH, get VERY inspired and write a couple of articles, yep, one of which was censored but both appeared in Maggie diskmag issue 10.
3.1994-1996. Get involved with the Atari demoscene in a major way, enveloping real life, which in general was probably quite shitty at this point ...
4. 1995. Maggie Diskzine party organized by CiH, enabling me to meet other luminaries from the Atari scene, including members of Reservoir Gods.
5. 1996. Attend my first European demo party. Symposium 96 at Hittfeld, close to Hamburg, Germany. Went there with CiH and other guys from the UK Atari scene, met up with Sentry23, Slimer, Havoc and others there.
6. 1998. Attended the first ever Alternative Party in Turku, Finland. Met up with Setok, Wiztom, Viznut and others from some of the wider demoscene.
7. 1999. Went to the Error In Line #1 Atari demoparty which was held in Dresden, Germany - and what a serious fucking blast that was. Met pretty much most of the surviving European Atari demoscene members there and made friendships there which last to this day. Flew from London to Dresden via Frankfurt; though this would be the last time we flew to a demoparty, at least in Central Europe ....
8. 2000. Visited the first Sillyventure demoparty in Gdansk, Poland. Yep, it was a long drive but fucking worth it in the end. Friendships here were forged too, quite a few of those last to this current day :) Also visited Alternative Party 2, this time in Helsinki; rounding off the party experience with STNICCC 2000, held in The Netherlands.
9. 2001. We had a welcome return back to Dresden for Error in Line #2 during the Easter of that year.
10.2002. Went to Mekka 2002 demoparty at Fallingbostel, Germany. Unfortunately did not enjoy this party that much. Remember the release from a Hungarian demogroup going by the name of Crimson Jihad, who released a wildcompo entry at this party which was disqualified, probably due to the featuring of footage from the events of 9/11 in New York, which was VERY raw at that time, even for those of us who were not there at the time - although the official museum in NYC brings us back to the day itself, as though we were there ..... :(
11. 2003. Third and (so far) final Error in Line demoparty in Dresden, Germany. Great releases there from the Atari scene, a number of releases that remain classics to this day.
There may well be more in a future post :)
Though now for my part :-)
1. 1991-1993. Meet up with CiH and other members of the Atari scene from Maggie Team, Cynix and other groups at a computer club meeting in Wellingborough, UK.
2. 1993. Get what was then the latest issue of Maggie (the Atari diskmag) from CiH, get VERY inspired and write a couple of articles, yep, one of which was censored but both appeared in Maggie diskmag issue 10.
3.1994-1996. Get involved with the Atari demoscene in a major way, enveloping real life, which in general was probably quite shitty at this point ...
4. 1995. Maggie Diskzine party organized by CiH, enabling me to meet other luminaries from the Atari scene, including members of Reservoir Gods.
5. 1996. Attend my first European demo party. Symposium 96 at Hittfeld, close to Hamburg, Germany. Went there with CiH and other guys from the UK Atari scene, met up with Sentry23, Slimer, Havoc and others there.
6. 1998. Attended the first ever Alternative Party in Turku, Finland. Met up with Setok, Wiztom, Viznut and others from some of the wider demoscene.
7. 1999. Went to the Error In Line #1 Atari demoparty which was held in Dresden, Germany - and what a serious fucking blast that was. Met pretty much most of the surviving European Atari demoscene members there and made friendships there which last to this day. Flew from London to Dresden via Frankfurt; though this would be the last time we flew to a demoparty, at least in Central Europe ....
8. 2000. Visited the first Sillyventure demoparty in Gdansk, Poland. Yep, it was a long drive but fucking worth it in the end. Friendships here were forged too, quite a few of those last to this current day :) Also visited Alternative Party 2, this time in Helsinki; rounding off the party experience with STNICCC 2000, held in The Netherlands.
9. 2001. We had a welcome return back to Dresden for Error in Line #2 during the Easter of that year.
10.2002. Went to Mekka 2002 demoparty at Fallingbostel, Germany. Unfortunately did not enjoy this party that much. Remember the release from a Hungarian demogroup going by the name of Crimson Jihad, who released a wildcompo entry at this party which was disqualified, probably due to the featuring of footage from the events of 9/11 in New York, which was VERY raw at that time, even for those of us who were not there at the time - although the official museum in NYC brings us back to the day itself, as though we were there ..... :(
11. 2003. Third and (so far) final Error in Line demoparty in Dresden, Germany. Great releases there from the Atari scene, a number of releases that remain classics to this day.
There may well be more in a future post :)
1 I'm in a phase of grandeous comeback after 10 years
2 No one cares:)
2 No one cares:)
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1 I'm in a phase of grandeous comeback after 10 years
2 No one cares:)
i care <3
1. Enjoyed chipmusic in cracktros and installers of Class, Razor1911, Fairlight etc.. (around 2000)
2. Searching for more chiptunes, discovering musicdisks and pouet
3. Trying out a few of those demos and intros
4. Being totally mind-blowing by fr-08, farbrausch productions in general, haujobb, exceed, blasphemy, aardbei, threestate etc (around 2001-2002)
5. becoming fanboi on pouet, heavy demo-watching
6. 2004 or 2005 visiting my first demoparty breakpoint
7. Doing some stop-motion animations, getting 3rd place in BP wild-compo
8. Visiting more parties, tum, getting to know a handful of people, never having the courage to approach my 'heroes'
9. Deciding to join Revision Orga Team - BAM! - suddenly feeling like finally being part of the family
10. Going on a lot more parties, including Outline and Evoke
11. Finish fist part of my studies, going on a four weeks tour including three Demoparties in a row - Assembly, Chaos Constructions and Evoke
12. Starting an own Demoparty in Berlin, together with a bunch of other Berliners and a lot of help from Evoke and Revision Guys <3
13. Visiting even more Demoparties
14. Becoming father
15. Less time for visiting parties, but trying to keep up Orga stuff
2. Searching for more chiptunes, discovering musicdisks and pouet
3. Trying out a few of those demos and intros
4. Being totally mind-blowing by fr-08, farbrausch productions in general, haujobb, exceed, blasphemy, aardbei, threestate etc (around 2001-2002)
5. becoming fanboi on pouet, heavy demo-watching
6. 2004 or 2005 visiting my first demoparty breakpoint
7. Doing some stop-motion animations, getting 3rd place in BP wild-compo
8. Visiting more parties, tum, getting to know a handful of people, never having the courage to approach my 'heroes'
9. Deciding to join Revision Orga Team - BAM! - suddenly feeling like finally being part of the family
10. Going on a lot more parties, including Outline and Evoke
11. Finish fist part of my studies, going on a four weeks tour including three Demoparties in a row - Assembly, Chaos Constructions and Evoke
12. Starting an own Demoparty in Berlin, together with a bunch of other Berliners and a lot of help from Evoke and Revision Guys <3
13. Visiting even more Demoparties
14. Becoming father
15. Less time for visiting parties, but trying to keep up Orga stuff
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9. Deciding to join Revision Orga Team - BAM! - suddenly feeling like finally being part of the family
Btw. Revision is still searching for Infodesk Orgas! If you wanna get a view behind the scenes, have a lot of fun and get to know lots of awesome people while helping to make the greatest party there is a success - Apply here: http://wanted.scene.org/post/127/wanted-for-revision-2018-organizers-for-the-infoteam
1. Getting a computer at age 6, being fascinated, wanting to learn more
2. Seeing my first demo in a recess at a computer programming course at age 7, big guys saying "this is a demo, it's not for little kids, go away"
3. Trying to find a copy of the 'megademo' through my mom's contacts, when writing the software list, dad from the other room saying "don't get that, it's only a demo version"
4. Still being fascinated by cracktros on the c64
5. Years later starting to be aware of the demoscene through magazines and cd attachments
6. Hearing a song from the demo I saw at age 7 in the TV, noting that "hey that's a real song", renewing the search for that original experience
7. At 17, while looking for a second reality download, stumbling onto ojuice.net and seeing for the first time that there's going to be a party before it happens
8. Creating the first demo and going to the first party, coming away with shame and determination
9. A year later winning the demo compo with a blue-red gimmick 3D demo
10. Discovering pouet
11. Attending M&S 2002, seeing fr-19 live, on the way home saying "I can write a tool"
12. Writing demotool until Flag 2002, winning the 64k compo with a crappy testrun
13. Rewriting demotool in c, finding people to work together with, founding Conspiracy in secret
14. Surprise 64k entry at Breakpoint 2003, winning the compo, beating Farbrausch
15. After 12-15 years going to pouet to try to find the original demo that set it all off, getting the correct answer in a manner of hours to find an obscure hungarian demo that's not even on pouet
16. Enjoy the company and inspiration of good friends for the next decade+
2. Seeing my first demo in a recess at a computer programming course at age 7, big guys saying "this is a demo, it's not for little kids, go away"
3. Trying to find a copy of the 'megademo' through my mom's contacts, when writing the software list, dad from the other room saying "don't get that, it's only a demo version"
4. Still being fascinated by cracktros on the c64
5. Years later starting to be aware of the demoscene through magazines and cd attachments
6. Hearing a song from the demo I saw at age 7 in the TV, noting that "hey that's a real song", renewing the search for that original experience
7. At 17, while looking for a second reality download, stumbling onto ojuice.net and seeing for the first time that there's going to be a party before it happens
8. Creating the first demo and going to the first party, coming away with shame and determination
9. A year later winning the demo compo with a blue-red gimmick 3D demo
10. Discovering pouet
11. Attending M&S 2002, seeing fr-19 live, on the way home saying "I can write a tool"
12. Writing demotool until Flag 2002, winning the 64k compo with a crappy testrun
13. Rewriting demotool in c, finding people to work together with, founding Conspiracy in secret
14. Surprise 64k entry at Breakpoint 2003, winning the compo, beating Farbrausch
15. After 12-15 years going to pouet to try to find the original demo that set it all off, getting the correct answer in a manner of hours to find an obscure hungarian demo that's not even on pouet
16. Enjoy the company and inspiration of good friends for the next decade+
BoyC: thanks for the story. I think it is a very good example.
Phrases of being a scener.
1. Rob is Jarig.
2.Allo vas?
3. AMIIIGAA!
4. That thing with the sealion.
5. What 'so and so' said.
6. Oops, forgot my thumb.
Wut, PHASES of the scene!? Damn these aged eyes!
1. Rob is Jarig.
2.Allo vas?
3. AMIIIGAA!
4. That thing with the sealion.
5. What 'so and so' said.
6. Oops, forgot my thumb.
Wut, PHASES of the scene!? Damn these aged eyes!
1. getting a space shuttle model, a kraftwerk record and a zx81 at the age of 9, because moving to the countryside, being torn out of a childhood peer group.
2. getting a c128 because no i dont want a c64, it is lame.
3. watching all the intros of third hand copies of games, someday leveling up through the help of a d&d buddy who can code and the purchase of an action replay mk IV
4. after founding a recracking/hacking lamer group with 10 members switching over to the amiga after watching the sin intro II - mind blown
5. ragequitting the cracking scene after getting most members of own group casted away by sneaky coop group leader during holiday leave.
6. black and dark
7. sitting at the kitchen table at my parents house on the coutry side, having a laptop infront of me with cbmprgstudio on it - subsequently starting a first real demo coding attempt.
8. anonymously re-entering the scene through being casted by SiXX Genesis in 2012 and releasing first demo at revision
9. amazed how deep things can lead with the c64. happy to having found a home in the demoscene. quit smoking, sobered up, growing old, enjoying multilayered checkerboards.
2. getting a c128 because no i dont want a c64, it is lame.
3. watching all the intros of third hand copies of games, someday leveling up through the help of a d&d buddy who can code and the purchase of an action replay mk IV
4. after founding a recracking/hacking lamer group with 10 members switching over to the amiga after watching the sin intro II - mind blown
5. ragequitting the cracking scene after getting most members of own group casted away by sneaky coop group leader during holiday leave.
6. black and dark
7. sitting at the kitchen table at my parents house on the coutry side, having a laptop infront of me with cbmprgstudio on it - subsequently starting a first real demo coding attempt.
8. anonymously re-entering the scene through being casted by SiXX Genesis in 2012 and releasing first demo at revision
9. amazed how deep things can lead with the c64. happy to having found a home in the demoscene. quit smoking, sobered up, growing old, enjoying multilayered checkerboards.
88. Maintain vintage computers to generate evidence that you're not going crazy
89. Yell at shitty emulators for fucking up your '90s demo
90. Correct non-scene people when they get facts wrong ("No, Future Crew did not invent the rotozoomer! GET WOKE")
91. Go out at the top of your game by winning the oldskool compo at Revision
92. Fall asleep every night with new democoding ideas in your head
93. Realize you've turned into your own father
89. Yell at shitty emulators for fucking up your '90s demo
90. Correct non-scene people when they get facts wrong ("No, Future Crew did not invent the rotozoomer! GET WOKE")
91. Go out at the top of your game by winning the oldskool compo at Revision
92. Fall asleep every night with new democoding ideas in your head
93. Realize you've turned into your own father
Future phase 60+ year old sceners: Be more creative and productive than ever before! (when the childeren are out of the house and sceners are retired from work)
=:-)
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8. kids
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88. Maintain vintage computers to generate evidence that you're not going crazy
89. Yell at shitty emulators for fucking up your '90s demo
90. Correct non-scene people when they get facts wrong ("No, Future Crew did not invent the rotozoomer! GET WOKE")
91. Go out at the top of your game by winning the oldskool compo at Revision
92. Fall asleep every night with new democoding ideas in your head
93. Realize you've turned into your own father
94. break the one-demotool-per-demogroup cycle
1. denial
2. anger
3. bargaining
4. depression
5. acceptance
and optional:
6a. relapse
6b. alcoholism
7. indifference
2. anger
3. bargaining
4. depression
5. acceptance
and optional:
6a. relapse
6b. alcoholism
7. indifference
1. lust
2. gluttony
3. greed
4. sloth
5. wrath
6. envy
7. pride
2. gluttony
3. greed
4. sloth
5. wrath
6. envy
7. pride