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Actually the first 64k intro (as the small ones were/are usually called) created using this tool was The product (das produkt) released at The Party and ranked 1st in the intro competition.

A really mind-blowing piece of work considering it was made four years ago and fit into 64k, be sure to check it out.

The Party's happening in Denmark now (August 7th - August 10th). It's another big and long established scene event with some big-name corporate sponsors.

• The Gathering - 2002 winners
• The Party - 2001 winners
• Assembly - 2002 winners

• Pouet - Has a big list of demos, intros, and lots of comments.
• 256b.com - If the 2-10 meg demos on pouet are too bloated for you, check these out.
• CFXweb - A community web site with forums and a magazine.

1100 guests??? bah!

Around here that's considered a failiure or good for your first try.

This easter the worlds largest lan party will be The Gathering with 5100 guests. Free tickets are still available if you are coming from outside Europe and normally priced tickets are available for people from Europe, but outside Norway.

I know because we sold the first 4300 tickets in 6 hours via PTN and there are over 1000 people on the waiting list for the rest of the tickets.

The worlds second largest party is DreamHack in sweden with around 5000 guests.

Assembly in Finland is also quite large with over 3000 guests.

Due to general anti-piracy hysteria in Denmark The Party (the worlds first large party) had less than 1000 guests this year, down from over 3000 a few years ago.

Yes, Assembly has lots of teens playing fps etc., but they still have the focus on supporting demoscene. That's not the case on The Party which once was a demoscene party but nowadays is nearly 100% gaming LAN party where they don't care about demosceners any more.

in scandinavia we have a long tradition of large parties

dreamhack in sweden had 5000 attenders last winter
the gathering usually has about the same amount aswell, taking place in norway

lanparties isn't for nerds at all tho imho.
even if dreamhack and tg has roots in the demoscene
they are looked down upon nowadays as just another commercial event.

there are 2 other alternatives among the bigger events that still has some sort of respect
them being assembly in finland
and theparty in denmark
with stronger roots and better connection to the demoscene still today,
thus being accepted even by most hardcore people

there are a bunch of events all around europe aswell,
but for the really big stuff,

welcome to scandinavia

/jonas

A 5000 player LAN party is not that much considering that we in Denmark, (a country with 5,5 million citizens) for the past 10 years have held "The Party" with more that 3500 Guests. Take a look at the stats

The Gathering isn't meant to be so much a "gamer" party as it is supposed to be for the Demo Scene .

Good examples of what demos are are here if you have a win32 or DOS box around.

More parties like Mekka, Assembly, The Party and others exist.