
        After Fiasko'99 the next czech & slovak demoparty will come:

                     
                                 
                         
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              Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic, 19-20.8.2000

\_/~\_/| What is it ?
       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     Fiasko 2k  Demoparty will be held  for the third timer.  We don't
     expect many foreign visitors, but as Fiasko is getting bigger and
     more popular  every year, it might  be an opportunity for  you to
     learn something about our scene and get new friends!

\_/~\_/| When and where ?
       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     Fiasko 2k will  take place in "Orlovna" on  "Marianske namesti" -
     the main square in Uherske Hradiste.  It is scheduled to start at
     18th August,  10am and will  go non-stop until 19th  August, 4pm.
     Uherske Hradiste is located near  the eastern border of the Czech
     Republic in southern Moravia.  Distance to nearest cities: Prague
     - 270km, Bratislava - 140km Wien - 140km.

     Orlovna and  Marianske namesti are  easily accessible by  car and
     the  car-park  is  nearby.  The room  is  renovated,  clean,  and
     air-conditioned.  Other  facilities  include  non-smoking  cafee,
     toilets, small garden, room for sleeping and showers.

\_/~\_/| Prohibition and entrance fee ?
       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     Smoking is forbidden inside the  buildings (this does not include
     the  garden). Drinking  alcohol, screaming,  using drugs  and any
     illegal activities are  forbidden in the main  room. Visitors who
     cannot  control  themselves  might  be  banned  from  the  party.
     Organizers are not liable for anything stolen or lost.

     Everyone can bring as much computer hardware as they want, but it
     is recommended to  book your place and  tickets at fiasko@prg.cz.
     The entrance fee is 139 CZK (4 Euros).

\_/~\_/| What about network ?
       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     Network  will be  10Mbit/s ethernet  with TP  and BNC  cables and
     definitely much  faster than  it was last  year. Computer  with a
     working network  card and drivers is  a all you need  to connect.
     Fixed  local  IP  addres  will be  assigned  to  every  computer.
     Connection to the Internet will be available, but its details are
     not  known yet.  But  even  the local  intranet  will offer  some
     popular services:

      WWW - mirrors of choosen scene pages

      FTP - several gigabytes of demos, graphics and music!

      IRC - for the real IRC addicts :-)

\_/~\_/| What about voting system ?
       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     All visitors  can vote  for the winners.  Voting system  is quite
     simple (paper),  but our  new computerised  votepaper recognition
     system  will allow  us  to  count the  results  in  less than  10
     minutes.

\_/~\_/| Following compos will be held:
       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
       * PC DEMO
       * PC 64KB INTRO
       * PC 4KB INTRO
       * PC 256B INTRO
       * FLASH DEMO
       * MODULE
       * 32KB MODULE
       * 8KB MODULE
       * WILD MUSIC
       * PIXELLED PICTURE
       * RAYTRACED PICTURE
       * ANSI PICTURE
       * WILD PICTURE
       * WILD

     Additional categories (eg. Realtime Music or Coding) can be
     announced at the partyplace.

~\/\ Compo mashine:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     + fast CPU
     + fast 3D accelerated graphics card
     + at least 64MB RAM
     + GUS PnP, 4MB RAM
     + SB AWE64, 4MB RAM

~\/\ Operating systems:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     * DOS + VESA VBE 2.0
     * Windows + DirectX 7 + OpenGL + Flash
     * Linux + XFree86 & SVGALib & GGI

~\/\ Organizers rights:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     + Organizers have the right to change the rules and to allow
       entries submitted after deadline (or violating less important
       rules) to enter the compo.

     + Organizers have non-exclusive right to distribute all
       contributions (commercially and non-commercially) using
       any medium and to grant this right to any third party.

~\/\ General rules:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     + All entries should contain the file form.txt with necessary
       information filled in.
     + Files which are not needed to run the entry are not used to
       count its size. entries which exceed allowed time limit will be
       interrupted prematurely.
     + Categories with too few entries will be canceled and the
       entries transfered into the WILD category.
     + Entries which were released before Fiasko 2k or took part in
       another competition will be disqualified.

~\/\ General rules for all demos and intros:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     + Entry must not disrupt or interfere with the operating system.
     + Entry must not write anything to diskdrives.
     + It must be possible to cancel the entry using the Esc key.
     + Entry must work even without the soundcard.
     + Maximum allowed screen resolution is 800x600.
     + If the entry contains interactive parts, it also has to support
       non-interactive mode which will be used in the compo.
       extenders such as cwsdpmi.exe or dos4gw.exe are not counted to
       the size of the entry.
     + Author could choose preffered soundcard.
     + Entry can take advantage of 3D acceleration

~\/\ * PC DEMO:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~
     + Maximum size: 6MB (6291456 bytes).
     + Maximum length: 8 minutes.

~\/\ * PC 64KB INTRO:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     + Maximum size: 64KB (65536 bytes).
     + Maximum length: 5 minutes.

~\/\ * PC 4KB INTRO:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     + Maximum size: 4KB (4096 bytes).
     + Maximum length: 3 minutes.
     + Is not allowed to read anything from a diskdrive.

~\/\ * PC 256B INTRO:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     + Maximum size: 256 bytes.
     + Maximum length: 1 minute.
     + Is not allowed to read anything from a diskdrive.

~\/\ * FLASH DEMO:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     + Maximum size: 6MB (6291456 bytes).
     + Maximum length: 8 minutes.

~\/\ * MODULE:
    ~~~~~~~~~~
     + Module compo is divided into two rounds. Shortened 90 second
       versions are presented in the first round and the visitors will
       judge them and vote. In the second round, 10 best modules are
       played complete. maximum size: 1440000 bytes.
     + Allowed formats: MOD, S3M, XM, IT, MDL.
     + Maximum length: 6 minutes.
     + Maximum length of the shortened version: 90 seconds.
     + Author should (but does not have to) submit the shortened
       version. compressed IT is not allowed.
     + Modul must not be a remix of a music by an another author.
     + Author cannot submit more than on Module.

~\/\ * 32KB MODULE:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     + Maximum size: 32KB (32768 bytes).
     + Allowed formats: MOD, S3M, XM, IT, MDL.
     + Maximum length: 90 seconds.
     + Module must not be a remix of a music by an another author.
     + Author cannot submit more than one 32KB Module.

~\/\ * 8KB MODULE:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     + Maximum size: 8KB (8192 bytes).
     + Allowed formats: MOD, S3M, XM, IT, MDL.
     + Maximum length: 60 seconds.
     + Module must not be a remix of a music by an another author.
     + Author cannot submit more than one 8KB Module.

~\/\ * WILD MUSIC:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     + Wild Music compo is divided into two rounds. Shortened 90s
       versions are presented in the first round and the visitors will
       judge them and vote. In the second round, 10 best modules are
       played complete. maximum size: 6MB (6291456 bytes).
     + Allowed formats: modules, MID, WAV, MP3, BMX, etc.
     + Maximum length: 6 minutes.
     + Maximum length of the shortened version: 90 seconds.
     + Author should (but does not have to) submit the shortened version.
     + Compressed IT is not allowed.
     + Entry must not be a remix of a music by an another author.
     + Author cannot submit more than one Wild Music entry.

~\/\ * PIXELLED PICTURE:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     + Maximum resolution: 800x600.
     + Picture can submitted in any common format
       such as PNG, GIF, TGA, IFF/LBM, etc.
     + Lossy compression formats such as JPEG are not recommended.
     + Picture must be pixelled on a computer, no part can be scanned or
       generated by a program.
     + Author cannot submit more than one PIXELLED picture.

~\/\ * RAYTRACED PICTURE:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     + Maximum resolution: 800x600.
     + Picture can submitted in any common format
       such as PNG, GIF, TGA, IFF/LBM, etc.
     + Lossy compression formats such as JPEG are not recommended.
     + Picture must be generated by a program, no part can be scanned
       or pixeled on a computer (with the exception of the author's
       signature)
     + Author cannot submit more than one RAYTRACED picture.

~\/\ * WILD PICTURE:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     + Maximum resolution: 800x600.
     + Picture can submitted in any common format
       such as PNG, GIF, TGA, IFF/LBM, etc.
     + Lossy compression formats such as JPEG are not recommended.
     + All pictures which are not permitted into other categories
       belong here.
     + Author cannot submit more than one WILD picture.

~\/\ * ANSI PICTURE:
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     + Resolution: 80x25 or 80x50.
     + Codepage: 437 (US).
     + Allowed formats: ANS, EXE or RAW (videoram saved to file).
     + Author cannot submit more than one ANSI picture.

~\/\ * WILD:
    ~~~~~~~~
     + Anything that does not fit into other categories, eg. videos,
       animations (MPEG,AVI,VHS), computer games or live shows.

     + If the entry needs unusual hardware or software, authors are
       adviced to supply it and assist during the presentation.
       maximum length: 8 minutes.

\_/~\_/| Organizers:
       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     * Lukas Pokorny      lp@prg.cz
     * Jakub Svozil       x-brain@mail.hitech.cz
     * Vasek Berounsky    vasek@praha.czcom.cz
     * Stepan Hrbek       shrb5163@barbora.mff.cuni.cz

