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Im trying too get where I can call myself a scener, but I dont honestly think im there yet. ;)

just join a group and have fun

Watching Second Reality in '93 and immediately thinking "I wanna know how they did it" and "I wanna do something like this".
Watching shitload of demos around '95-'96 and reading Freestyle #8-#10 and realizing that this demoscene thing is fun.
Seeing Flag 2000 advertised on scene-hu.com (now defunct), figuring "I wanna go there" and cancelling a holiday to Greece to be able do so.
The rest pretty much came automatically, I don't think anything can reproduce the feeling I had during the democompo. So I guess I just do it for that special vibe I recieve during a compo.

The music on the B.I.G demo by TEX (Atari ST) in the late 80s. That led to more demos and wanting to be part of their creation.

I've always loved the SID but only got my first C64 a few weeks ago :)

gargaj: and the chicks man, dont forget the chicks. they go wild when you win. :)

installtros and a voodoo card :>

Those guys, along with TCB, have had one of the biggest influences ever on a demoscene, that's just amazing.
I wonder how many people they lured into this stuff in the end :)

that would be cool winden. However im a little far away to goto a demo compo or party and join up. Is there anybody I could collaborate over the net with, that needs another hand?

how about starting a local group?
cant find a coder with guts in the local university?

rubi: to answer the original question, i can actually tell you that i started coding alone, got a graphician by pure chance, and travelled to middle of nowhere across the continent for my first demoparty. so, how do you know if you're a scener or not, when you just know you want to do demos, its a stronger force that drives you to be active in the scene, you just have to. pending how lazy and full of shitass excuses you are, you'll eventually release something and meet people and progress into a "real scener" with the new friends you meet in the scene. the question is, are you gonna start doing a prod or keep waiting for it to get done by someone else?

My dad introduced me to the demoscene in 1995. But I actually never really became a scener. I create some intros from time to time, if I'm not too lazy, and that's fun. But otherwise I do not have that scene-feeling. Whatever that is.

But you should really try to make a demoscene production once. I don't think it should be too hard to become a member of some beginners group if you have a little bit of talent and self-confidence. Just show them something you can do, and there you are.

it's amazing how something so bad can make so many people think that.

i was lured into the demoscene by the promise of beer, weed, fame, fortune and ofcourse wild sex with groupies... *cough*

I was captured by the evil people in Jumalauta and was put in a dark basement for two months with only beer to drink. There was a screen playing Jumalauta demos over and over 24/7. After that I noticed I love the demoscene.

reed: "coz it's cool, y0!"

rubicante: if you can do design/gfx(2d/3d)/code/music, just try to hook up with someone. IRC: ircnet, #thescene, #pixel,#coders. but remember you gotta know how to make gooooood stuff. if you dont know how to make good enuff stuff you need to learn, so go back to learn 2d/3d or music or code, or whatever you are interested to make. what is good idea you could try to first participate some compos which takes submission via email and maybe make you bit known. but anyway, you hang with sceners at irc and do whatever you do best :)

just forget about it, the scene is dead anyway. you're 10 years too late, kid!

you mean demoscene, let me in! people with no skills want to have fun too eh

i never joined the scene, i got dragged into it, it's like a bad habbit, i can't quit :(

Being a C64-owner in the late 80's where all my friends had gotten Amiga's, and couldn't stop bashing my C64 for its lameness was quite motivating for trying to code some kewl effects that could prove them wrong.

I saw a Gameboy Advance demo back in 2003 and thought "cool". Went to Scene Event last year and then it just rolled.

here is the story:

http://www.jonatanforsberg.net/c64.htm

I was sick onto my table and it looked like a plasma. So I tried to code a similar effect on my Amiga.

xeron, stop lying. you know the truth is that you heard havok bbs calling and you couldn't resist ;)

a couple of things got me interested in the scene. first I saw some demos in the late 80's, and i'd never seen anything like it. so i got an amiga... back then pc and amiga mags used to include demos and intros on coverdisks, and have adverts for PD libraries in the back... then i got a modem and found the boards. then set up my own /x board.

now keops will confirm i am a scene legend. at least to him ;)

I would try IRC first... but anyways going to some big party at europe will be plenty of fun :) Joining the scene just needs time for learning to do stuff, if you can code then join with a graphician and later ask for music. if you can do music just offer it for scene prods (there are plenty ppl without any gfx or music).