________________ ______________________\\ //___________________ \\ xz// /\_______ _ /\_______ _ __________ _ /\________ ______ ______/\ _)__\ ____/____\ ___/__ _\ ____/_______\_____ /_____\__ /_\ ____/___(__ \\ \__ \/_____ \/ \|_ /\ _|/ \ /____/ \__ \ /______/ /____ /________\ /_ /________\ /_______\ /_ =======/_______/==/________/====/______/_______\====/_________\====/________/= //_______________ - escape2k - _____________\\ //_________________________\\ 12-14.5. 2000 in Espoo, Finland. info version 1.10 [english]. * Organization preserves to the right to change the contents of this document. - 1. Escape? - 1.1 * What? 1.2 * Where? 1.3 * When? 1.4 * Prices - 2. What we offer - 2.1 * What we offer 2.2 * Compos 2.3 * Prizes 2.4 * Schedule 2.5 * Raves 2.6 * Party network 2.7 * Equipment 2.8 * Food - 3. Rules - 3.1 * Partyrules 3.2 * Comporules 3.3 * Disclaimer - 4. Contact - 4.1 * Organization 4.2 * Ticket sales 4.3 * Contact 4.4 * Internet - 5. FAQ - 1. Who is Escape? Escape is an "underground" demo scene party, held for the first time. There is altogether room for ca. 100 computers. In addition there will be raves at nights, held in the immediate proximity of the party hall. Because the party is held for the first time, we are want you to tell us your opinions and suggestions. So that we would be able to arrange a party best fit for you (see 4.3 "contact"). 1.2 Where is Escape held? Escape is held in Olari highschool, Espoo (Finland). The school auditorium and cafeteria will serve as the party place. The rest of the school is closed because of security reasons. The school was built in 1993, so the building is new and modern. Notice that at the time of the party the auditorium of course isn't an auditorium, the seats will be taken out. See 4.3 for more accurate information on the location of the party place. 1.3 When is Escape held? The party will be held this year on the second weekend of May (12.-14. (fri-sun)). The doors will be opened on friday the 12th of May at 8pm. The ticket salling from the door will end at 11pm therefore people with computers should there by then. Normal tickets (without place for a computer) can be bought also on saturday and sunday. The ticket selling will always end for the night at 11pm. The doors will be closed on sunday at 6pm. The organization will keep all the stuff left at the party place =) You can ask for your forgotten stuff back afterwards. 1.4 How much does it cost? The ticket prices are: * A COMPUTER PLACE, includes a normal ticket needed for entrance, 50 FIM * A NORMAL TICKET, includes the right to hang out at the party place until 6pm on sunday, 30 FIM for men and 20 FIM for women. The Organization will not be offering free food for you, so remember to have some cash or food with you. (see 2.8) 2. What we offer * for people with a computer place * one electric plug (230V) (bring your own extension cords). The usage of electricity might have to be limited. This is unlikely, though. * one RJ-45 plug. If you insist on using BNC make sure you have a lot of cable with you (we don't offer official BNC support we recommend that you use UTP). * one wooden extremely hard chair. We recommend that you bring your own chair. But don't bring a big armchair that takes up a lot of room. A comfortable office chair is a good choice. * room on a table 80cm x 70cm (32" x 28") (width x depth). On some tables the measurements are 70cm x 80cm, so the surface space on both is the same. * party network 10mbit/sec UTP. * internet connection (112kb/sec) routed, so playing in the web propably won't be possible. (NOTE. It is most likely that we get either 10Mb/sec or 100Mb/sec Internet connection, not absolutely certain yet, though). * to everyone: * a big screen (600x900cm) to watch the compos and other neat stuff. * raves at nights * 10 toilets (separate for men and women) * a brand new coffee machine. Makes coffee, espresso, cappucino and hot chocolate. * a candy bar machine, which sells mars, snickers, twix, dove and bounty chocklade bars. * infodesk/helpdesk * a dataprojector (atleast 1024x768) * audio 2x350W (2x15" mid-range + 2x18" subwoofer) * a sleeping area (possibly even in a quiet place) if you are going to sleep make sure that you have you sleepingbag and pillow with you. Most likely the sleeping place is in the corner of the cafeteria. * a chance to vote in compos. * a few computers that are available for everyone (for voting). * possibly a chance to order food through the organization (see 2.8) 2.2 Compos (see 3.2 for rules) * accelerated PC-demo compo * non-accelerated PC-demo compo * 64K PC-intro * 2d graphics compo * 3d raytrace compo * WILD compo * Animation compo * Music compo We'll possibly arrange some outdoor compos if somebody shows interest towards them. 2.3 Prizes The winners of the compos will be rewarded depending on the current financial situation. The amount will vary unless we get all the tickets sold. The following chart will show you the possible amounts: Entrys | Rewarded entrys ---------------+-------------- 1 | 1 2 | 1 3 | 2 >=4 | 3 ---------------+-------------- Compo | position/amount of money ------------+------------------- PC-demo | 1. / 600FIM accel. | 2. / 200FIM | 3. / 100FIM ------------+------------------- PC-demo | 1. / 400FIM non-accel. | 2. / 200FIM | 3. / 100FIM ------------+------------------- 64K PC- | 1. / 300FIM intro | 2. / 200FIM | 3. / 100FIM ------------+------------------- Animation | 1. / 300FIM | 2. / 200FIM | 3. / 100FIM ------------+------------------- WILD demo | 1. / 300FIM | 2. / 150FIM | 3. / 100FIM ------------+------------------- Music | 1. / 300FIM | 2. / 150FIM | 3. / 100FIM ------------+------------------- 2D GFX | 1. / 300FIM | 2. / 150FIM | 3. / 100FIM ------------+------------------- 3D raytrace | 1. / 300FIM | 2. / 150FIM | 3. / 100FIM ------------+------------------- 5000FIM altogether 2.4 Schedule Fri 12.5.2000 klo 20.00 doors are opened 23.00 ticket salling is over for the day 24.00 official opening ceremony Sat 13.5.2000 klo 01.00 rave begins 05.00 rave ends 10.00 ticket salling for the day begins 12.00 deadline for all compos 15.00 music compo 17.00 3d raytrace compo 20.00 2d graphics compo 23.00 ticket salling is over for the day 24.00 wild demo Sun 14.5.2000 klo 01.00 rave begins 05.00 rave ends 05.30 animation compo 07.00 PC-demo compo (non-accelerated) 09.00 PC-demo compo (3d-accelerated) 10.00 ticket selling for the day begins 11.00 voting ends 15.00 award ceremony 18.00 party is over 2.5 Rave party There will be raves held near the party place. We're trying to get as much effects and the best sound system we can. Raves will be held in the immediate vicinity of the party hall. There will be a couple of top dj's playing the music. Raves will be held on both nights (lasting about 4-5 hours each). 2.6 Party network We're aiming to network the whole party with hubs and rj-45 cables. The organizers offer everyone with a computer place a possibility to join their computers to the network. Voting and submitting compo entries will be done through the network. If you want join the network remember to bring your own network cards and an rj-45 cable (the recommended length is 10 meters (about 3,5 ft)). We don't offer official BNC support, though there might be some BNC plugs available. The speed of our party network will be 10 mbit/s and 112kbit/s to the internet (the city of Espoo has promised the place an internet connection at the speed of 10-100 (?) Mbit/s. It should be delivered in March, so if this will happend we'll have a faster internet connection). We assume that everyone who buys a computer place is able to connect their computer to the network, but if you experience any problems contact the info/helpdesk. We are not responsible for the functionality of the network. Though we aim at building a flawless network so everyone would be happy ;). 2.7 Compo machine * Intel pentium II 450Mhz * 128Mb sdram * Matrox g200 marvell (will be changed!) * SB 16 * Real magic hollywood plus dvd decoder * Windows 95/98, Dos 7.0, Redhat linux 6.0 * newest DirectX * VESA 2.0 support * Winamp (newest) 2.8 Food? Escape organizing will be trying to arrange cooperation with a near by pizza delivery company. What we're aiming is that when we get at least 10 orders we'll forward them. This way we'll most propably get the pizzas at a discount price. You are free to bring your own fridge, which we recommend if you're bringing your own food or drinks. Your third option is walk to the center of Olari where there will be an S-market, Rimi and some kebab kiosk waiting for you. There are also some pubs and restaurants, but we as the organizers don't approve drunken behaviour at the party place so try to be reasonable. 3. Party rules * You are not allowed to bring any intoxicants (like cigarettes, alcohol or drugs) to the party. Don't even try to sneak some in because our security guys will go through your stuff. * The organizers are always right. * The organizers are not responsible for the stuff you bring to the party place. You bring you own stuff at your own risk. * Everyone is responsible for the damage they do. Whatever you break you pay for it. * All attempts to hack or otherwise harm the party network are not looked the other way. * We preserve the right to change the rules. * Disobeying the rules above will lead into immediate removal from the party place. * By taking part to the party you agree to follow the rules. * Remember that you also have to follow all the finnish laws during the party (and before and after ofcourse ;). We are not at nomans- land. 3.2 Compo rules * General: * All entries must be submitted before the deadline (Saturday 12am) * Entrys must be submitted to our local networks ftp-server or on a cd-r, cd-rw or floppy disk (max 2 floppies) to our infodesk. * All entries (except for the wild demo) must be packed (allowed fomats: zip, arj, rar, gz, bz2). * Entries must not containt any illegal or ripped material. * Entries must be never before published. * We preserve the the right to publish your entries over the internet and on the escape party cd. * Compos can be entered also through the internet. The time and place where the compos should be sent will be annouced later. * All entries will be previewed. Only the 20 best entries will be shown on the screen. * We wish the resolution in the entrys wouldn't change while it's running, because the dataprojector might encounter problems changing the resolution quickly. It might be best to change resolution on a black loading screen. * You are free to choose whatever name to the package your entry will be sent in, though maximimum number of letters is 8+3 and it must be compatible with the ISO-9660 standard. * The package must contain the following .nfo file: ________________ ______________________\\ //___________________ \\ xz// /\_______ _ /\_______ _ __________ _ /\________ ______ ______/\ _)__\ ____/____\ ___/__ _\ ____/_______\_____ /_____\__ /_\ ____/___(__ \\ \__ \/_____ \/ \|_ /\ _|/ \ /____/ \__ \ /______/ /____ /________\ /_ /________\ /_______\ /_ =======/_______/==/________/====/______/_______\====/_________\====/________/= //_______________ - escape2k - _____________\\ //_________________________\\ +----------------------------------------------------------+ | This entry was shown at escape 2k and it came in X place | | | | Name of entry: ______________________________ | | Name of group or artist: ____________________ | | Url: ________________________________________ | | Greetings: __________________________________ | | Group members: ______________________________ | | ______________________________ | | ______________________________ | | | +----------------------------------------------------------+ * PC-DEMO compo (accelerated): * Maximum resolution / colours: 1024x768 / 32bit. * Minimum resolution / colours: 640x480 / 16bit. * 3d opengl or direct3d * The demo must not write anything on the hard drive. * The maximum size of the unpacked demo is 8Mb. * One demo / group. * Pure animation files are not accepted. * A nosound-mode required * The operating system must be either DOS, WIN32 or Redhat linux. * The maximum lenght is 6 minutes, demos that are over six minutes long will be disqualified. * You should be able to quit the demo with escape ;). * PC-DEMO compo (non-accelerated): * Maximum resolution / colours: 640x480 / 32bit. * Minimum resolution / colours: 320x200 / 256 colours. * The demo must not write anything on the hard drive. * The maximum size of the unpacked demo is 8Mb. * One demo / group. * Pure animation files are not accepted. * A nosound-mode required * The operating system must be either DOS, WIN32 or Redhat linux. * The maximum lenght is 6 minutes, demos that are over six minutes long will be disqualified. * 64K PC-intro * Maximum size (unpacked etc.) 64Kb * Must not write anything to harddisk * OS either DOS or WIN32 * nosound mode required * only one intro/group or coder * 2D graphics compo: * The maximum resolution / colours: 640x480 / 24bit. * Allowed formats are: JPG, BMP, GIF, TIF, TGA. * No scanned, ripper or raytraced images. * The package must contain 5 images. Two of the finished picture (a signed one and an unsigned one) and 3 that show different phases of the creation process. * Only one picture per artist. * Every image will be shown for about 20 seconds on the screen. * 3D raytrace compo: * The maximum resolution / colours: 640x480 / 24bit. * The pictures must be calculated by computer. * Allowed formats are: JPG, BMP, GIF, TIF, TGA. * The package must contain 5 images. Two of the finished picture (a signed one and an unsigned one) and 3 that show different phases of the creation. * No scanned, ripped or hand-drawn images. * Only one picture per artist. * Every image will be shown for about 20 seconds on the screen. * Music compo: * The music can be made in any way you wish, but it has to be in mp3 format when you deliver it to us. * The maximum length of the song is 4.5 minutes, the song can be longer, but it'll be stopped after 4.5 minutes * Only one song per one artist or group. * The package must include an instruments.txt file in which is a list of the instruments and programs used. * Maximum of 192kbps. * Animation compo: * The maximum lenght is 4 minutes. * The maximum resolution is the maximum resolution of MPEG1. * The maximum size is 50mb. * Please don't send any animation through the network. * Allowed framerates: 24, 25, 30 fps. * Wild demo: * Nothing is censored. Everything is allowed as long as none of the general rules are broken. * Entry must be submitted on a VHS casette or on a CD-ROM in MPEG1- format. * The VHS -casettes must be in PAL-format (unless you enjoy watching snowflakes :). 3.3 Disclaimer Escape organizing is not responsible for anything you may come up with. We don't guarantee anything that is written in this file. And we are also not responsible for problems, damages or losses caused by the alternation of this file. The organizers, the highschool of Olari nor any of the personnel is responsible for any damages, material or non-material. We don't cover for the equipment stolen. Keep your eye on them. YOU CAN'T BLAME US FOR ANYTHING. 4. Contact 4.1 Organization Antti Halko a.k.a grazer grazer@stc.cx Anjankuja 3 B 107 02230 ESPOO, Finland GSM 050-330 9431 tel. (09) 8817 4610 Juuso Korhonen a.k.a matrim antelope@nettilinja.fi Keulakuja 6 D 9 02320 ESPOO, Finland GSM 040-750 4439 tel. (09) 801 1080 Lauri Mäkinen a.k.a nemonic l.makinen@pp.inet.fi Juhannustie 5 F 02200 ESPOO, Finland GSM 050-383 1683 tel. (09) 455 1781 4.2 Ticket selling http://escape.stc.cx/ You can call Antti Halko (09) 8817 4610, if you want buy tickets and you dont't have access to the internet. (see 1.4) 4.3 Contact Party place: Escape 2000 Olariniityntie 4, 02230 ESPOO 5. FAQ * I'm a llama, can I come to the party? - NO! * Will there be any escape t-shirts? - If there's demand for t-shirts, yes. * Will the internet connection work ok? - Yes, if the city Espoo renews the connection in time.