____                  \   \  ___     _______ __\~~~\ . \/  /  ______  ________      ________:___     \_    __|      \|    /__ \    _|/  .  \  \    /  /    _:   \  ____       |  | /|  |\   |  __   \_\_  /|  /|   |  \  /  /_\_  /|  \ \/   /       |  |/ |  |"\  |  | \   |  _/_| /_|   |\  \/  /    _/_|     /  /       |  /____/""|__|__|  \__|_____|_______| \____/_______/| /\_/  /_       |_/  t h e     m i l l e n i u m     e d i t i o n   |/  /____/                                           information file v1.0 ___________________________________________________________________________                    t  a  k  e  o  v  e  r     2  0  0  0 ___________________________________________________________________________   The Takeover organization is proud to present to you, for the fourth time   in a row, a new edition of Takeover: Takeover 2000. Renowned for its   quality releases, its daring competition rules and its fast network, loved   by all for its great atmosphere and scene spirit, this year's Takeover will   not stray from the path laid out by the previous three editions.   Takeover 2000 will feature all that you came to expect of us: a super fast   network including full internet access (as traditon prescribes even faster   than previous years), a high quality big screen and ditto audio system in a   separate theatre (the famous "Blauwe Zaal"), party t-shirts designed by   renowned scene artists (one of whom is Made of Bomb, who also designed the   Takeover'98 party shirt), a useful and entertaining party booklet   (informing you of all you ever needed to know (but where afraid to ask)),   and many more.   Since we feel the scene may never stop evolving, we made some changes in   the competitions again. The two most important ones are the absence of   tracker based music competitions and the migration of the demo competition   to Windows only. We have two reasons for limiting the music competitions to   MP3-only. The first reason is that last year's tracker music competition   went disastrous because of the different configurations and audio cards   (not to mention totally inadequate organizers), the second reason is that   almost all musicians devote their time to creating MP3's, instead of the   increasingly absolete tracker based XM's and IT's (made in trackers that   are several years old!). Besides, you can always convert your XM's and IT's   to MP3's. The reason for limiting the demo competition to Windows is even   simpler: DOS is dead, everyone uses Windows. We do allow DOS intros, for   obvious reasons: Windows executables have much more overhead than DOS ones.   Okay, enough talk, we will shut up now, but not before saying that we hope   to see you all, 16, 17 and 18 June, for the best demo party of the year,   Takeover 2000!   -- The Takeover 2000 organizers   P.S. For those of you who might worry that they are going to miss out on        football action from the European Football Championship, we have good        news (and for those who thought they could flee from that stupid game        by coming to Takeover, we have bad news): all EFC football matches        played during the Takeover weekend that are broadcasted on public        television will be shown live on the big screen, as far as they do not        interfere with the normal party schedule. ___________________________________________________________________________                      t  e  l  l     m  e     m  o  r  e ___________________________________________________________________________   What:         - Takeover 2000   When:         - Opens:  19:00 on Friday the 16th of June                 - Closes: 18:00 on Sunday the 18th of June   Where:        - The Auditorium of the University of Technology, Eindhoven                   (TUE), Eindhoven, the Netherlands   Price:        - NLG 50,- (about 23 Euros)                 - German marks can be exchanged against a 1 NLG = 1 DEM   rate, Belgium francs against a 1 NLG = 20 BEF rate and   French francs against a 1 NLG = 3 FRF rate (only bills                   excepted, no coins!)   Features:     - High quality big screens                 - Huge, quality audio system                 - Separate main hall and competition theatre                 - Superfast party network                 - Free internet access                 - Room for over 750 people and 600 computers                 - 24 hour catering and beer tap                 - Life performances                 - European Football Championship                 - High quality t-shirts                 - Paper party magazine                 - Warm, dry sleeping places                 - Clean toilets                 - 5 minutes walk from train station                 - 5 minutes walk to city centre                 - Large, free parking place ___________________________________________________________________________            g  e  n  e  r  a  l     p  a  r  t  y     r  u  l  e  s           ___________________________________________________________________________   * The organizers have the right to refuse admittance to anyone, remove     anyone from the party place, and turn anyone over to the police in case     of serious misconduct. This includes (but is not limited to) fighting,     racism, facism, nudism, peeing on fellow party attendants, spreading     illegal software and ignoring the party rules.   * You are attending the party at your own risk. The Takeover 2000     organization and the Eindhoven University of Technology cannot be held     responsible for anything. This includes any loss of or damage to personal     belongings (including computers and other equipment).   * Disorderly conduct like fighting, racism, vandalism, stealing, etc. is     prohibited. When you display such behaviour you risk removal from the     party place, and being handed over to the proper authorities.   * It is illegal to use or sell soft- and hard-drugs at the party place.     People using or selling hard drugs will be handed over to the police,     people selling softdrugs are removed from the party place. It is not     allowed to use softdrugs in any of the party halls or at the premises of     the university.   * When removed from the party place you cannot claim any refund of the     entrance fee.   * It is illegal to sell food, hardware, software or anything else without     written notice of the Takeover 2000 organization.   * Due to agreements with the catering, it is not allowed to bring your own     food and drinks inside. There will be plenty of food and drinks available     in the main hall.   * Coffee machines, micro wave ovens, refridgerators and other high-power     equipment are not allowed.   * Smoking, eating and drinking is only allowed in the main hall, not in     the competition hall and sleeping room. When smoking in the main hall,     please use the ashtrays, and when finished eating or drinking please     deposit any packages, leftovers etc. in the designated garbage bags.   * It is not allowed to sleep in the main hall and competition hall.     Sleeping is only allowed in the designated places. When you sleep outside     the designated places, you run the risk of being woken up by friendly     firemen. This is due to fire regulations.   * When there are no official activities in the competition hall, the     hall is off limits, and closed for pulbic. It is not allowed to be inside     the competition hall when it is closed.   * The main hall (including the side rooms), the competition hall and the     sleeping hall are the only indoor places that are open to party visitors.     Access to all other indoor areas, whether explicity blocked or not, is     prohibited.   * To prevent theft, it is not allowed to move or remove computers and     other equipment in the main hall during the competitions and other big     events. This includes the closing ceremony, so if you do not want to     wait until the end of the ceremony, make sure you leave before it starts! ___________________________________________________________________________                    c  o  m  p  e  t  i  t  i  o  n  s ___________________________________________________________________________   These may not be the final competition rules. We are still having   discussions about some competitions. We will ask for you opinion on our   website (http://www.takeover.nl), using polls and our discussion forum, so   keep visiting the site if you want to have a say in this.   * All the competition rules mentioned below are preliminary. The Takeover     organisation will announce any modifications of these rules on the     website and in later versions of this infofile.   * Entries may not have been released or made publicly accessible before     Takeover 2000.   * Entries that show an obvious lack of quality, are insulting to other     people, or break the Dutch laws will be disqualified.   * Entries can be submitted via the internet. Competitors do not have to     be physically present at the party place in order to participate.   * A jury will make a pre-selection if there are too many entries entered     for a competition.   * If there are not enough entries entered for a competition, the     competition may be canceled.   * Deadlines will be published at the Takeover 2000 website.   * Competitors are allowed to submit entries after the deadlines, but the     organizers can not guarantee that these entries will be included in the     competitions.   * Voting will be a combination of public and jury voting, except for the     surprise competitions, which will be 100% jury voting.   * Prizes will be handed out at the party place during the closing ceremony.     Competitors that win a prize will loose their rights to this prize if     they are not present during the prize ceremony.   * The Takeover 2000 organization has the right to spread all entries on     CD-ROM, via internet, or any other electronic or non-electronic medium. ___________________________________________________________________________   Submitting your entry   * Entries should be archived into one file, using the ZIP file format.   * An entry form called ENTRY.NFO should be included. This entry form will     be made available from the Takeover 2000 website.   * Information about how to submit your entry will be published on the     Takeover 2000 website during the event. ___________________________________________________________________________   PC demo competition   * The demo will be shown for a maximum of 15 minutes.   * Maximum archived demo size is 10 Mb (i.e. 10485760 bytes).   * The demo must play music.   * Pure animations are not allowed.   * Demos must run on Windows 98 with the latest versions of DirectX and     OpenGL installed. Demos are not allowed to run in a DOS box.   * Demos may use 3D hardware acceleration using DirectX or OpenGL. ___________________________________________________________________________   PC 64Kb intro competition   * The intro will be shown for a maximum of 10 minutes.   * The intro must consist of one executable, with a maximum size of 65536     bytes.   * The intro must play music.   * The intro must run without additional software. DOS intros using a DOS     extender must include the DOS extender in the one executable.   * Windows intros must run on Windows 98 with the latest versions of     DirectX and OpenGL installed.   * Windows intros may use 3D hardware acceleration using DirectX or OpenGL.   * DOS intros must run in a Windows 98 DOS box. ___________________________________________________________________________   PC 4Kb intro competition   * The intro will be shown for a maximum of 5 minutes.   * The intro must consist of one executable, with a maximum size of 4096     bytes.   * The intro may play music.   * The intro must run without additional software. DOS intros using a DOS     extender must include the DOS extender in the one executable.   * Windows intros must run on Windows 98 with the latest versions of     DirectX and OpenGL installed.   * DOS intros must run in a Windows 98 DOS box.   * Windows intros may use 3D hardware acceleration using DirectX or OpenGL.   ___________________________________________________________________________   Browser demo competition   * Java, Javascript, Flash, (Dynamic) HTML, anything is allowed, as long     as the demo runs in a webbrowser.   * Each demo will be shown for a maximum of 15 minutes.   * Maximum archived demo size is 10 Mb (i.e. 10485760 bytes).   * The demo may play music.   * The demo must run on the latest stable version of Microsoft Internet     Explorer.   * When you use plug-ins, include them with your entry. Commercial plug-ins     are not allowed, they should be freely available on the Internet.   * The demo will be run locally from hard disk, but it should also run     from a LAN or a WAN. ___________________________________________________________________________   Graphics competition   * Raytraced graphics are not allowed.   * The latest version of ACDSee will be used to display the graphics.   * File formats not supported by ACDSee will be disqualified. ___________________________________________________________________________   Raytraced graphics competition   * Non-raytraced graphics are not allowed.   * The latest version of ACDSee will be used to display the graphics.     File formats not supported by ACDSee will be disqualified. ___________________________________________________________________________   Non-house music competition   * House music *) is not allowed.   * The song will be played for a maximum of 4 minutes.   * The song must be stored in the MP3 music file format.   * The latest version of WinAmp will be used to play the song, using the     WinAmp default settings.   * Songs that do not play using WinAmp will be disqualified.   * Only one entry per competitor is allowed.   *) This includes dance, trance, jungle, gabber, mellow, breakbeat, drum      and bass etc. ___________________________________________________________________________   House music competition   * Only house music *) is allowed.   * The song will be played for a maximum of 4 minutes.   * The song must be stored in the MP3 music file format.   * The latest version of WinAmp will be used to play the song, using the     WinAmp default settings.   * Songs that do not play using WinAmp will be disqualified.   * Only one entry per competitor is allowed.   *) This includes dance, trance, jungle, gabber, mellow, breakbeat, drum      and bass etc. ___________________________________________________________________________   Animation competition   * The animation will be shown for a maximum of 15 minutes.   * The animation must play music.   * The animation must be in the AVI or MPG animation file format, or must     be supplied on a VHS video tape.   * The most recent stable version of the Windows Media Player will be used     to play AVI and MPG files. A stereo VHS video recorder will be used to     play animations supplied on VHS video tape.   * Entries must be supplied on CD-ROM, Zip-disk or VHS videotape. ___________________________________________________________________________   Surprise and fun competitions   * Rules for the surprise and fun competitions will be announced at the     party. ___________________________________________________________________________                     c  o  m  p  o     m  a  c  h  i  n  e ___________________________________________________________________________   We will use identical compo machines for all competitions.   * Preliminary technical details about the compo machines:       CPU:    At least an Intel Pentium II, 450 Mhz or compatible       Memory: 128 Megabytes RAM       Video:  NVidia GeForce       Sound:  Gravis Ultrasound (DOS box only) and Soundblaster 16               or compatible   * The following software will be installed by us on the compo machines:       - Windows 98 SE including the latest official service packs and         hotfixes.       - The most recent stable version of Microsoft Internet Explorer,         including the most recent stable version of Flash Shockwave.       - The most recent stable version of Microsoft Media Player.       - The most recent stable version of Direct-X.       - The most recent stable version of OpenGL.       - The most recent stable version of WinAmp.       - The most recent stable version of ACDSee. ___________________________________________________________________________                              v  o  t  i  n  g ___________________________________________________________________________   All competitions (except for the surprise and fun competitions) will be   judged by both the public and a jury. The surprise and fun competitions   will be judged by a jury only. If you like to be in a jury, you can send   us a mail and tell us what compo you like to judge and why we should pick   you as a jury member. You are only allowed to be a jury member in a   competition in which you, your group members, your friends and your family   do not participate.   At the entrance, everybody will receive a voting number. With this number   you can vote using the party network.   We will release all entries on the party network immediately after each   compo, so when you missed the compo you can still watch / listen to the   entries and make sure that you vote for the right one. ___________________________________________________________________________                          d  e  a  d  l  i  n  e  s ___________________________________________________________________________   The deadlines for the Takeover 2000 competitions are not known yet. We   will publish them on our website (http://www.takeover.nl) as soon as   possible. ___________________________________________________________________________                   p  a  r  t  y     s  c  h  e  d  u  l  e ___________________________________________________________________________   The schedule for the Takeover demoparty is not known yet. We will publish   it on our website (http://www.takeover.nl) as soon as possible. ___________________________________________________________________________                  s  l  e  e  p  i  n  g     p  l  a  c  e  s ___________________________________________________________________________   We will arange quiet sleeping places close to the party hall, so do not   forget to bring your sleeping bags, mattresses, pillows, night-caps or   whatever you need to fall asleep.   People who prefer to rent a room in a hotel should be aware that due to   the European Football Championships, it will be impossible to find free   hotel rooms in Eindhoven. ___________________________________________________________________________                     p  a  r  t  y     n  e  t  w  o  r  k ___________________________________________________________________________   Some party organisers call us an Internet Service Provider. Although our   aim is to organise a kickass demoparty we still take this as a compliment,   because it proves that the Takeover network is still better than seen at   any other demoparty. This will not be different at Takeover 2000. As soon   as we know the exact network specifications we will announce these at our   website (http://www.takeover.nl). ___________________________________________________________________________              h  o  w     t  o     g  e  t     t  h  e  r  e  ? ___________________________________________________________________________   Well, do not expect fancy road maps here, but don't worry, it is very easy   to find.   If you are coming by plane:       You can get a direct flight to Eindhoven Airport (Welschap) from       various cities in Europe: Amsterdam, Maastricht, London, Birmingham,       Manchester, Paris, Zurich, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Strassbourg.   If you are coming by train:       You can reach the university quite easily by train. The university       buildings are situated near the railway station. Leaving the plat-       form, you go down the stairs and turn to the right. You leave the       building on the north side, facing the bus station. The university       buildings are visible to the north-east and are a five minutes' walk.   If you are coming by car:     * From 's Hertogenbosch, Motorway A2/N2:       At the intersection 'Ekkersweijer' take the motorway A58 and follow       the signs 'Centrum'. Keep driving in this direction. Soon after that       signs with the word 'universiteit' appear. After crossing the ringroad       'Ring' you see the sign 'universiteit'. Take the turn-off to the the       left.     * From Maastricht, Motorway A2 and from Venlo or Antwerpen, Motorway A67:       At the intersection 'Leenderheide' follow the signs 'Centrum/Tongelre'.       When you arrive in Eindhoven, you take the second exit on the       roundabout. Go straight on. At the second set of traffic lights you       follow the signs 'Nijmegen/'s-Hertogenbosch'. Keep driving in this       direction (across a canal and under a railway). Soon after that, signs       with the word 'universiteit' will appear. Immediately after the next       roundabout you see the sign 'universiteit'. Take the turn-off to the       left.     * From Tilburg, Motorway A58:       At the intersection 'Batadorp' you take the exit 'Randweg Eindhoven       (Noord)/Centrum' and at the intersection 'Ekkersweijer' the exit       'Randweg Eindhoven/Centrum'. Then you keep following the signs with       'Centrum' (motorway A58). After crossing the ringroad 'Ring' you see       the sign 'universiteit'. Take the turn-off to the left.     * From Nijmegen, Motorway N265:       When you arrive in Eindhoven, follow the signs 'Centrum'. Keep driving       in this direction. Soon after that signs with the word 'universiteit'       will appear. After crossing the ringroad 'Ring' you see the sign       'universiteit'. Take the turn-off to the left.     * From Helmond, Motorway A270:       When you arrive in Eindhoven, take the first exit on the roundabout       towards 'Ring/universiteit/'s-Hertogenbosch/Tilburg'. After the       roundabout you see the sign 'universiteit'. Take the turn-off to the       left. ___________________________________________________________________________       s  o  u  r  c  e  s     o  f     i  n  f  o  r  m  a  t  i  o  n ___________________________________________________________________________   Homepage:                    - http://www.takeover.nl   IRC:                         - #to2000   Information and questions:   - info@takeover.nl   ___________________________________________________________________________                        looking forward to meeting you                    da p - druid - jal - sparcus - the rew ___________________________________________________________________________