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         NAID 96 PARTY REPORT


Ok after  52 hours  of not  sleeping I
have decided  to write a  party report
for Imphobia #12.  Overall I would say
that  Naid 96  was quite  a successful
party. As  I'll elaborate  later there
were the  downfalls and the  many high
points    climaxing   in    the   demo
competition.  Since   I  unfortunately
don't know the results as I speak I'll
speak in a more general tone.


First off  I guess I'll have  to start
out with the downfall  of the party in
itself. As with  every party they will
experience    their    problems    and
hopefully they  can learn  from these.
Everything really seemed to run pretty
smoothly along the  lines of deadlines
in  which everything  was kept  pretty
strict with the  exception of the demo
compo  which  was extended.  Fortunate
for some and as always unfortunate for
others. One problem that hit me, along
with many of the other demo sceners in
attendance was in the lack of thinking
ahead   pertaining  to   the  specific
compos. The music compo as compared to
last  year was  the smoothest  of them
all.  The   others  well   weren't  as
smooth. The biggest disgrace must have
came in the art competition. While the
entries were quite  nice. Not only did
they have "NO" judges  at the time the
compo was to start  but the one person
in charge of it  wasn't ready to start
on time. Not only that, but no offense
to him, he wasn't an artist and really
had  no right  in holding  that compo.
After we got past these "small" points
of having a jury  that consisted of no
artists and  the compo  being delayed.
We   had   many  problems   with   the
resolution. Quite  often would  it not
be  able to  display the  full 640x480
resolution   and  we   were  left   to
scrolling through pictures. If you ask
me this  isn't the most  favorable way
of viewing  pictures. Ok enough  of my
bitching.  As bad  as I  have made  it
seem the many  good things "hopefully"
overshadowed the bad.

As  with  every demo  party  this  one
brought many people  from all over the
world. Not only did  we have Liam from
England, we had Jak and Tasmaniac from
Belgium   and    Higher   Being   from
Australia.  Sorry  to   those  that  I
missed that were  visiting from across
the  ocean.  Everything seemed  to  be
really nicely  organized and a  lot of
socializing was  going on. As  many of
you  know this  socialization is  what
can make or break  a demo party. Other
really good points were that this time
the quality and  amount of entries was
quite  higher  than  last  year.  This
culminating  in  the amount  of  great
entries being put  in the music compo.
Congrats  to  everyone that  competed.
Other  highlights  including the  many
other compos that the organizers held.
Unfortunately  many  weren't  able  to
compete due to the fact that there was
sooo much to doo.

So overall this  party, as many people
wanted  it to  be,  was  a very  scene
oriented  party.  We   really  had  no
problems with commerciality  so no one
was  left with  a bad  taste in  their
mouth. I must say  it was quite a good
experience. To all  I met, please drop
me   e-mail  at   :  bragiel@uiuc.edu.
Greets to all at NAID!


              pyromaniac