______________________________________ [ __ || || || ] [ Lineout /__\ || || || ] [ proudly // \\ || || || ] [_presents:__// /'-----\ OUTLINE 2005_] [ \\ \,-----/ / | || | \ ] [ \\__// |/ || \| ] [______________\__/____________________] [ ] [ demo party optimized for atari ] [______________________________________] [ ] [ Friday, March 25 14:00 ] [ - ] [ Monday, March 28 18:00 ] [______________________________________] [ ] [ Te Boomsgoed, Braamt ] [ The Netherlands ] [______________________________________] ---------- INVITATION ---------- We are happy to invite you to Outline! Outline is an Atari demoscene party that will take place at Easter 2005 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 2005 is: Kampeerboerderij "Te Boomsgoed" Langestraat 24 7047 AP Braamt The Netherlands http://www.teboomsgoed.nl/ Braamt 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. Te Boomsgoed 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 and showers in the main building. There's another building some 10 meters away which will soon be demolished and rebuilt, but since there are still some legal issues to be dealt with before this can take place we might have this building available for the party too (keep your fingers crossed!). In between the two buildings is a huge terrace, to the sides are a football field, a campsite, caravans and huts which you could rent if you're bringing the family, a minigolf court, a horse barn and school, and plenty parking spaces. There are busstops at a few minutes walking distance from the partyplace, but the nearest trainstation is 7.5km away and it's a bit tricky to get from there to Braamt. We therefore advise you to take the train to "Doetinchem De Huet" and give us a call so we can send a car to pick you up. Ofcourse we'll also return you to the station after the party. There's a supermarket about 150 meters from the party location. Also nearby is the "Braamse Gat", a lake with bungalow park, and a pub. Quality restaurants, including Havoc's favourite Chinese place, are in nearby Zeddam (3km), as well as the oldest windmill in the country. A little further away is the city of Doetinchem (6km), where you can find many shops, restaurants and pubs. Ofcourse we will provide the usual food delivery options such as pizza, kebab, 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 a permament beamer setup with dedicated screen. There's a table and chair for every visitor, and some relaxing benches as well (how many will vary a lot depending on the number of visitors). We will provide a basic selection of cooled drinks, 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. ------------ COMPETITIONS ------------ The following competitions have been scheduled at the time of writing this document: - CT60 FALCON DEMO (Must run on Atari Falcon060 with 14+ 256mb RAM and unmodified bus. 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 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.) - 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, valid for 4 days and 3 nights, including breakfast 40 EURO A single night 15 EURO Visiting only TBA PLEASE NOTICE: The sleeping area in the first building is limited to 60 visitors, so the number of full tickets in the first batch is also limited to 60. An additional batch of 40 tickets might become available later on, depending on the legal situation of that particular building as explained before. We will announce this through the usual channels such as our website and dhs.nu. 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 Outline 2004 we donated the leftover funds to Outline 2005. ---------------- 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 IBAN: NL76PSTB0008296429 BIC: PSTBN L21 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, 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 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 ~18 Euro each way, or 11 Euro for Dutch students and people travelling along with them. Travellers from the UK and Sweden will be interested to know that Ryanair has some pretty cheap offers for travelling to Airport Niederrhein, which is only 45 km from the partyplace. If you contact the organisers well in advance, pickups can be arranged. Other airports within driving distance from the party place include Rotterdam 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. Some indications of ticket costs we have received from various sources include:- Stockholm 430 SEK London 45 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: Walk from busstop "Buiting Braamt" towards the roundabout and proceed to walk into the village. First you'll pass one road to the right, then the road bends sharply to the right, then another exit to the right, and finally the partyplace will appear on right hand side (look for the minigolf). Please refer to http://www.9292ov.nl for an up to date timetable. By train: The stations "Doetinchem De Huet" and "Emmerich (Germany)" are located at driving distance from the partyplace. Please refer to http://www.ns.nl or http://www.db.de for an up to date timetable. By car: From the west and north(east): Get on the highway to Doetinchem (A18), and take exit 3 (Doetinchem, Zelhem, Zeddam). Follow signs for Braamt/Zeddam (N316). Turn to the right on the 2nd roundabout. Stay on this street, it bends to the right after 100m, until you see the Te Boomsgoed sign on your right hand side. Welcome to the partyplace! From the south and east: Travel to the city of Emmerich, Germany. Most likely you will be taking exit 3 (Emmerich am Rhein, Kleve, 's-Heerenberg) on the highway running from the Ruhrgebiet to Arnhem and Amsterdam (A3). Upon exiting the highway, follow signs for 's-Heerenberg (N316). Stay on the N316 as it takes you through the villages of 's-Heerenberg and Zeddam, and turn left on the roundabout near Braamt. Stay on this street, it bends to the right after 100m, until you see a Te Boomsgoed sign on your right hand side. Welcome to the partyplace! ----------- 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 "Te Boomsgoed". 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 2005 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: http://outline.scene.nl (will be updated soon for 2005) 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 Braamt! Outline 2005 Organisation Team Tinker Havoc Earx D-Force