5-7 september, stenungsund - sweden

'feel the true scene spirit'

party invitation text v1.0
(released 28th july)

for the very first time Pool Position is about to be arranged. the
main reason for Pool Position is that we the organizers want to arrange a
true scene event - like the old times. a party with nice scene people who
gather for a nice weekend of good releases. the swedish scene is not what
it used to be so get your stuff down here and feel the true old scene
spirit. let's make the swedish scene alive and kicking.

where, when and how?

Pool Position will be held in Stenungsund during 5 to 7 of September
at Nösnäs Gymnasium. Stenungsund is situated at the swedish westcoast
about four miles north of Gothenburg - the second largest town i Sweden.
the doors will open eight 'o clock on friday and close twelve 'o clock
on sunday.

it's very easy to get to the party place. either you travell by car,
bus or train there are exellent communications and you will reach the
party place fast 'n easy.

if you travell by car:
take the motorway E6 and get out at the exit 'Stenungsund'. then
follow the signs towards 'Nösnäs'. check out the official Pool
Position homepage for a map if needed.

if you travell by bus:
from Gothenburg you take the 'GL EXPRESS RÖD' from the central
station. buses depart every 30 minute. it takes approximatley
40 minutes to travell by bus to Stenungsund. at Steungsund central
station our own party express will pick you up for a three minute
ride to the party place. leave a note at info@pool-position.pp.se if
you want to be picked up by our party express.

if you travell by train:
from Gothenburg you take the 'BOHUSTÅGET' from the central station
towards Strömstad. trains depart every 30 minute. it takes
approximatley 30 minutes to travell by train to Stenungsund. at
Steungsund central station our own party express will pick you up for a three minute
ride to the party place. leave a note at info@pool-position.pp.se if
you want to be picked up by our party express.

the entrance fee will be 180sek(25us$) if you pay at the partyplace.
if you pay in advance the entrance fee will only be 150sek(20us$). as
we don't can fix this service for foreigners you will get in for
150sek(20u$). as always girls don't have to pay any entrance fee.
soo... bring your beauty. the entrance fee includes free tables,
electricy etc.

if you want to pay in advance(swedes only):

postgiro 454 67 41 - 2, Pool Position

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general rules for all competitions:

∙ every group is free to contribute with as many productions as
they want as long as one from the group is present at the party
place.

∙ entries must not have been released before on another party

∙ all entries must be delivered in time for the deadline at the
information desk. this is very important if we want to have
enough time to process every contribution and notice you if your
production doesn't work with our equipment. there will be a ten
minute countdown in the aula before the deadline in every
competition.

∙ all contribution disks which we get from you must include:
- which competition
- title of the contribution
- competitor name/group
- special boot config(if needed)

∙ the organisers have the rights to cancel a competition if there
isn't enough contributions.

∙ the organizers reserve the right to make changes to the
competitions rules and to disqualify any entry which is not
suitable to take part into the competition for any reasons.

∙ the pc demo competition

genuine intel pentium 120Mhz
tseng labs et6000
gravis ultrasound classic 1mb
creative labs sound blaster 16

- size limit 8192Mb
- max ten minutes runtime
- max vesa 2.0 800x600x24bit
- pure animations will not be accepted
- dos4gw.exe will be in a path
- demo must exit by pressing esc

∙ the amiga demo competition

motrola 68030
8Mb fast and 2Mb chip

- size limit 8192Mb
- max ten minutes runtime
- pure animations will not be accepted
- the demo must run from harddisk
- demo must exit by pressing any mouse button at any time

∙ the c64 demo competition

new sid chip
1541-II disk drive.
action replay mk6

- size limit standard 5,25" dd disk
- max ten minutes runtime
- pure animations will not be accepted

∙ the pc 64k intro competition

same hardware as the pc demo

- size limit 64k(65536bytes)
- max ten minutes runtime
- pure animations will not be accepted
- intro must exit by pressing esc

∙ the amiga 64k intro competition

same hardware as the amiga demo

- size limit 64k(65536bytes)
- max ten minutes runtime
- pure animations will not be accepted
- the demo must run from harddisk
- demo must exit by pressing any mouse button at any time

∙ the multichannel competition (amiga and pc)

the entries will be played on gravis ultrasound classic
player will be the latest cubic player

- size limit 1024Mb
- max four minutes play time
- max channel will be 32

∙ the fourchannel competition (amiga and pc)

the entries will be played on gravis ultrasound classic
player will be the latest cubic player

- size limit 1024Mb
- max four minutes play time
- max channel will be 4

∙ the c64 music competition

- executable file
- max four minutes play time

∙ the pixel competition

all entries will be shown in the latest version of sea

CHANGED -> - max 800x600x8bit
- the picture will be shown in one minute
- handdrawn - everything else will automaticly be disqualified

∙ the c64 pixel competition

- executable file

∙ the raytrace competition

all entries will be shown in the latest version of sea

- max 800x600x24bit
- the picture will be shown in one minute

∙ the wild competition

bring your own hardware or the entries must be delivered to us
on S-VHS or VHS

- max ten minutes runtime
- pure animations will be accepted

∙ the surprise competitions

it's a surprise... :D we have our own surprise competition expert
with us -> liket/goto10. look forward for the surprise compos.

competition prices

all the money from the entrance fees after that we have removed our
costs will be given back in competition prices. this is a non profit
party. parties are for the people who attend them not for those who
organize them. all organizers are sceners and know all this by heart.

competition prices will be in cash and/or additional hardware.

competition prices will be given at the price ceremony.

some party features

∙ nice party place with place for everyone
∙ large parking area
∙ big comfortable aula for 400 people where all the competitions
will be held
∙ very high quality video projector(check out the competition rules)
∙ huge bigscreen
∙ very powerful audio system from Nordic Deejays
∙ party network. bring your own cables...
∙ 1Mb internet access. based on two 512Kb lines
∙ radio active. liket/goto10 will dj over the party network
∙ 24h cafeteria. pizza ordering, coca cola, redbull etc.
∙ lots of toilets
∙ lot's of free showers
∙ sleeping hall
∙ 30m to a 25m swimming pool and bowling
∙ 500m to the beach
∙ one of the 'sceniest' computer stores in sweden Lagans Datorservice
will be present and sell some stuff
∙ cheep nice party t-shirts
∙ more coming up...

we will have a band playing LIVE! for us at saturday night! they are
called K1 and they play front242 like music. be sure to not miss this.

party schedule

we are not finished with it yet. check out the official Pool Position
www page for it. the deadlines are soon finished and will be
released.

∙ we don't take any responsibility for the safety of the equipment you
bring to the party place.
∙ we are not responsible of any accidents who may occur during the
party.
∙ no alcohol, drugs or software piracy is allowed in the party place.
∙ trouble makers and people who can't behave properly will be thrown
out of the party place. real trouble makers will be held over the
police.
∙ naturally, you will have to pay for everything you destroy or damage.
∙ We will not accept anybody selling food, drinks, disks or other
things without our permision.
∙ no RACIST signs will be allowed at the party.
∙ bring your own safe wires with you.

via e-mail -> info@pool-position.pp.se

the official Pool Position www page at:

www.pool-position.pp.se

well... DON'T FORGET TO ATTEND POOL POSITION! ehrm... because it's
going to be great fun and the scene spirit will be there!