______________________________________ [ __ || || || ] [ Lineout /__\ || || || ] [ proudly // \\ || || || ] [_presents:__// /'-----\ OUTLINE 2004_] [ \\ \,-----/ / | || | \ ] [ \\__// |/ || \| ] [______________\__/____________________] [ ] [ demo party optimized for atari ] [______________________________________] [ ] [ Friday, April 9 12:00 ] [ - ] [ Monday, April 12 18:00 ] [______________________________________] [ ] [ Beusink, Lievelde ] [ The Netherlands ] [______________________________________] ---------- INVITATION ---------- We are happy to invite you to Outline! Outline is an Atari demoscene party that will take place at Easter 2004 in the east of Holland. The party will be a great opportunity to show your creative skills, have a beer with your friends and ofcourse we will provide enough space so you can use or show your hardware and software. Although Outline is mainly an Atari oriented event, we are also welcoming like minded sceners using other platforms for creative purposes. ----------------------------- PARTY LOCATION AND FACILITIES ----------------------------- The location for Outline 2004 is: Kampeerboerderij "Beusink" Lievelderweg 106 7137 MC Lievelde The Netherlands http://www.beusink.nl/ Lievelde is a very small village in the east of Holland, near the German border. The area around the partyplace is mainly in agricultural use or forest. "Beusink" is a traditional farmhouse converted to a group accomodation. We are renting one of the two main halls, and the sleeping area above it. There are toilets in the main building, and a block of showers in a building about 10 meters from our main hall. In between the two buildings is a huge terrace, to the sides are a football field, a campsite and plenty parking spaces. There is a busstop and a railway station at walking distance from the party location. Unfortunately there are hardly any shops in the village of Lievelde itself, but there are several villages with better facilities nearby. In case you do not come by car, the organisers will make sure you can still buy some party groceries, either by delivery to the party place itself or by a shuttle service to the supermarket (depending on demand for these options and practical considerations ofcourse). Ofcourse we will provide the usual food delivery options such as pizza, kebab, chinese, fries, etc, and you can also buy cool drinks for very reasonable prices at the party place. The main hall has suitable audio equipment, and D-Force will provide us with a beamer (thanks!). There's a table and chair for every visitor, and some relaxing benches as well (how many will depend slightly on the number of visitors). A bar with a fairly wide selection of drinks is available upon enough demand, and those who visited PMP will be happy to hear there's a kitchen table and possibilities for a campfire. Unfortunately we are lacking funds to dig a pond for the PMP duckies, but you can once again put up a tent or caravan outside the party place if you prefer that over the regular indoor sleeping area. In case you have a family, you may be interested to hear there is a bungalow park quite close to the party place. The organisers will be happy to assist you with getting more information and a price quote for this option. ------------ COMPETITIONS ------------ The following competitions have been scheduled at the time of writing this document: - FALCON DEMO (Must run on Atari Falcon030 with 14mb RAM and FPU. If you use a different configuration, please bring your own machine, or contact us to check if we can run it on available hardware before the competition. The exact config will be announced before the demo is shown.) - FALCON 96K INTRO (Must run on Atari Falcon030 with 14mb RAM and FPU. If you use a different configuration, please bring your own machine, or contact us to check if we can run it on available hardware before the competition. The exact config will be announced before the demo is shown.) - ST DEMO (Must run on unexpanded Atari 1040STf. If you use a different configuration, please bring your own machine, or contact us to check if we can run it on available hardware before the competition. The exact config will be announced before the demo is shown.) - ST 96K INTRO (Must run on unexpanded Atari 1040STf. If you use a different configuration, please bring your own machine, or contact us to check if we can run it on available hardware before the competition. The exact config will be announced before the demo is shown.) - 4K INTRO (Must run on Atari(-related) hardware. If you use a different configuration, please bring your own machine, or contact us to check if we can run it on available hardware before the competition. The exact config will be announced before the demo is shown.) - 128BYTE INTRO (Must run on Atari(-related) hardware. If you use a different configuration, please bring your own machine, or contact us to check if we can run it on available hardware before the competition. The exact config will be announced before the demo is shown.) - WILD DEMO (Any format is allowed, as long as it is somehow displayable in the party hall.) - FAKE DEMO (Must run on hardware available at the party place. Serious entries will not be accepted.) - CHIP MUSIC COMPO (Tune must be playable on an unexpanded Atari 1040STf. If it doesn't, please bring your own machine, or contact us to check if we can run it on available hardware before the competition. Tracked 'chiptunes' will not be accepted in this compo, chips other than YM like POKEY or SID are warmly welcomed though.) - 4 CHANNEL MODULE COMPO (Tune must be standard ProTracker format or similar and be replayable on Atari systems. Maximum of 4 channels allowed. Maximum size 1mb. Size and title of the module will be announced before the compo.) - MUSIC COMPO (Tunes in the following formats are allowed: DTM, GT2, FlexTrax, Ace, XM, IT, MID, MP2/3, OGG, audio CD, audio cassette or DVD. If you would like to present a tune in a format that wasn't mentioned in the list above, please contact the organisers to check if they have the appropriate tools to replay your tune. Size and title of the music will be announced before the compo.) - 16 COLOR COMPO (Pictures must be displayable on an unexpanded Atari 1040STf or STe, must be 320*200 resolution, must be 16 colors maximum, and must be fully displayable in a graphics package that does not support palette switching, such as CrackArt or DegasElite. Allowed formats: NEO, PI1, CA1.) - TRUECOLOR COMPO (Pictures must be displayable on an unexpanded Atari Falcon or a Windows PC. Any resolution is allowed, but if the picture is bigger than our beamer can display (1024*768 pixels), we will scale it down before displaying in the compo.) - PHOTOGRAPH/VIDEO COMPO (To encourage the use of cameras at the partyplace an extra compo is organised. You can enter any type of digital media as long as it is displayable by either an unexpanded Falcon or a Windows pc. Please note that entries will get only 2 minutes playing time on the beamer, but feel free to deliver more media to the organisers. Delivered entries should contain at least some reference to the party, either through the location or the visitors that are displayed, to be considered for display on the beamer.) - GAME COMPO (Must run on Atari(-related) hardware. If you use a different configuration, please bring your own machine, or contact us to check if we can run it on available hardware before the competition. The exact config will be announced before the demo is shown.) Entries made by people who have not bought tickets for the party will be allowed in the competitions, but cannot win any prize besides fame. Our aim is to satisfy the customer. If you are coming to the party, and would like to present a production that does not fit in any of the categories mentioned above, please contact the organisers and we will try to work out a deal that's agreeable to both parties. Prizes for the compos are yet to be announced, but due to our tight budget we can already tell you that they will be mainly symbolic. We would be very interested to hear about any ideas you may have to improve this situation, and we will keep on trying to find more sponsors ourselves. ------- TICKETS ------- A ticket for the entire party (4 days and 3 nights) costs: 30 EURO A single day ticket (valid for 24 hours excluding the sleeping area) costs: 12 EURO PLEASE NOTICE: The sleeping area is limited to 80 visitors, so the number of full tickets is also limited to 80. We recommend booking your tickets well in advance to avoid disappointment. Girls do not get free entry. We realize that these prices are higher than Atari sceners got used to in recent years. This is mainly because the party is held at a commercial location, unlike previous parties which were usually in schools, universities or clubhouses. We tried our best to get such a location this year too, but failed. So we decided to go for the next best option, which is (in our opinion) a commercial location that may not be the cheapest, but does offer very good value for money. We would also like to stress that even though the party location is commercial, the organising team is working on a strictly non-profit base. Any profit the party will generate will flow directly into the competition prize fund, and any money left after the competitions will be donated to a worthy cause. For example, after PMP we donated the leftover funds to Atari.org. ---------------- ORDERING TICKETS ---------------- You can order tickets four ways: - By transferring the correct amount to the following bank account: Account holder: Peter van Rijn Account number: 8296429 Bank name: Postbank, The Netherlands - By sending the correct amount to the following address: Peter van Rijn Jekerstraat 164 7523 VT Enschede The Netherlands You can send currencies other than euros, but please make sure to send enough to cover exchange fees. Please do not send coins, we will give back change cash when you arrive at the partyplace. Please refer to your local post office for appropriate insurance options. - By paying cash to one of the organisers. The organisers are: D-Force, Earx, Havoc, TheMatch, Tinker - By pre-order. This option is only available if none of the other options work for you, and you have met at least one of the organisers face to face. People known to the organisers can order tickets for unknown persons though. The e-mail address for pre-orders is: p.vanrijn (at) home.nl - We are currently reviewing the possibility and demand to set up a PayPal account in order to make online payment possible. Please inform the organisers if you are interested in this option. In all cases, please mention the names, nicks and e-mail adresses of the people you are buying tickets for. After receiving your payment, we will send you a confirmation of your reservation by e-mail. ---------- TRAVELLING ---------- By plane: The preferred airport for travelling to this party is Amsterdam/ Schiphol. Flights from nearly every major airport on the planet arrive there on a daily basis, and travelling from the airport to the partyplace is easy because of the excellent railway connections. A trainticket from Schiphol to the partyplace is ~20 Euro each way, or 12 Euro for Dutch students and people travelling along with them. Other airports within driving distance from the party place include Rotterdam, Munster-Osnabruck (Germany), Niederrhein (Germany) and Eindhoven. If you can get a flight to one of these airports for a lower price than you would pay for travelling to Schiphol, the organisers can provide you with information on how to get from any of these airports to the partyplace. Contact us for details. Please note: We will try to provide an airport pickup service. This should reduce the travel fee considerably, but since there are only 5 organisers and we also have a party to take care of, we'd really appreciate it if you could contact us before booking tickets, so we can work out a deal that's agreeable for both parties. Some indications of ticket costs we have received from various sources include:- Stockholm 1120 SEK London 66 UKP Manchester 54 UKP Helsinki 175 EUR Marseille 168 EUR Geneva 235 CHF Berlin 58 EUR Oslo 118 EUR Los Angeles 440 EUR Kathmandu 644 EUR Melbourne 850 EUR Paramaribo 1493 EUR Some of these prices were found on regular online booking systems, so there is a very good chance you will be able to find a better deal from a cheap vendor in your own country. Please contact the organisers if you need any assistance regarding flights to the party or extending your stay in the Netherlands. By bus: From busstop "De Beusink" you will be able to see the partyplace. Alternatively, you can take any bus that stops at railwaystation "Groenlo- Lichtenvoorde" and follow the directions given in the train section. Please refer to http://www.9292ov.nl for an up to date timetable. By train: The railwaystation "Groenlo- Lichtenvoorde" is located at walking distance from the partyplace. Don't be fooled by the name, it is located in the village of Lievelde despite carrying the name of two other nearby villages. (Welcome to Holland btw.) When you arrive there, walk through the village on the "Lievelderweg". About 8 minutes down the road, the partyplace will be on your left hand side. Please refer to http://www.ns.nl for an up to date timetable. By car: >From the north(east): Travel to the city of Enschede. Exit the highway and travel towards the city centre until you reach the ringway. Get on the ringway- it runs around the city centre and is marked with signs saying "RING" every couple of hundred meters. Look for a sign saying Haaksbergen/N18, and follow it. Keep driving on this road, and you will pass towns called Haaksbergen, Eibergen and Groenlo. After about 35 kilometers, just after you drive over a viaduct, look for the sign saying "Lievelde" and follow it to the right. After about two hundred meters, you will reach a T-junction. Turn right here, and after about 100m "Beusink" is on your right hand side. >From the west: Get on the highway to Doetinchem (A18), but stay on the highway once you reach that city. Follow the highway until it ends. Turn to the right at the traffic lights, and follow the N18 for 14km along the towns called Varsseveld and Lichtenvoorde. Look out for a sign saying "Lievelde", and follow it to the left. After about two hundred meters, you will reach a T-junction. Turn right here, and after about 100m "Beusink" is on your right hand side. >From the south: Travel to the city of Bocholt, Germany. Most likely you will be taking Exit 5 (Bocholt, Wesel) on the highway running from the Ruhrgebiet to Arnhem and Amsterdam (A3), and then drive towards Bocholt on the B473. When you reach the T-junction in Bocholt, turn to the right and keep following the road you're on until a sign for Aalten appears. Follow this sign to the left, and after a while leave the town of Bocholt. After you cross the Dutch border, you continue to travel on the N313 along the towns of Aalten and Lichtenvoorde until you reach a junction with a rather big road (the N18 to Doetinchem and Enschede). Head straight on over the junction, and after about two hundred meters, you will reach a T-junction. Turn right here, and after about 100m "Beusink" is on your right hand side. Hint for all car drivers: If you take the *second* entry onto Beusink property, you can park your car within meters from the main hall. Please do not keep your car parked there for a long time so others can save some meters carrying their equipment too. ----------- PARTY RULES ----------- First of all, we would like to say we have a lot of confidence in the visitors we are inviting to this party. Some of the organisers have been going to Atari related Easter parties for more than a decade, and in all those years the number of unacceptable incidents has been negligible. However, we feel that setting a few clear guidelines will help everyone to make the party even more enjoyable. - The organisers are very tolerant, but there are limits. Please treat other people and their property with respect. Illegal and/or destructive behaviour will not be accepted and can lead to removal from the party. - No smoking in the main hall or sleeping area. Please step outside or use the reserved spaces as appointed by the organisation. Weather allowing, chairs and benches are allowed to be taken outside to the terrace. - Do not use electric waterboilers, microwaves, barbecues and other devices that could possibly endanger the stability of computer systems within the partyplace. Please contact the organisers before setting up such equipment. - We are only renting half of the space available at "Beusink". Please do not install systems or sleep in areas other than the main hall or the sleeping area. Thank you for your participation in making this party a success. ------------------- CONTACT INFORMATION ------------------- Mail address: Outline 2004 Peter van Rijn Jekerstraat 164 7523 VT Enschede E-mail: p.vanrijn (at) home.nl Telephone/SMS: +31-6-41148027 (International) 06-41148027 (The Netherlands) (also during the party) Website: To be announced shortly, please refer to http://www.dhs.nu news section. IRC: #atariscne on IRCNet ----------- FINAL WORDS ----------- We hope this invitation text will provide you with a lot of useful information about attending our party. Feel free to ask the organisers for further details if you need them for any reason. See you soon in Lievelde! Outline 2004 Organisation Team Tinker TheMatch Havoc Earx D-Force