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The Alternative Party 2003

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-as-long-as-there-are-llamas dept.

mkoskimi writes "The fourth consecutive Alternative Party is arranged this weekend (Friday to Sunday) in Helsinki, Finland. As before, we expect up to 300 people joining this round-the-clock event, bringing along all kinds of weird machines (previous times have seen a Magnavox Odyssey, a M6800 Evaluation Kit II and the Vectrex). It's not yet another retro computer show though; there will be Competitions, artists and our guest of honour, Jeff Minter! There be llamas here..."

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  1. It's a finnish party allright! by DrunkenPenguin · · Score: 4, Informative

    This seems like a traditional finnish party. You better not go if you can't drink booze ;)

    Think I'm kidding? No, I'm not. Check out these pictures from finnish geek parties!
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  2. A diverse set of competitions by mmoncur · · Score: 4, Informative

    I was imagining some kind of retro computer programming contest, but along with "Most Obscure Computer Competition" the events include:

    - Photography Competition
    - Short Story Competition
    - Live Vocal Music Competition ("You do not necessarily have to sing, you can also make other sounds/noise with your mouth(s).")
    - Love Music Competition
    - Black and White Video Competition ("Shades of gray are not allowed.")

    I love it. It's a shame I'm nowhere near Finland or I'd stop by just to see the spectacle of 300 retro computer geeks in a love song competition...

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  3. Invitation competition and previous Altparty stuff by jjl · · Score: 5, Informative

    Entries for the invitation competition are already available, featuring intros/videos, music/posters/flyers/pictures, text files and even a feast recipe invitation!

    The intros have wide variety of entries, some working on Win32, some made with Perl, a 4k intro, invitation for GBA and Vic-20 and more.

    Some stuff from Alternative Party III held in January 2002 is also archived and available.

    Here is a pouet-link to one demo from the party, "Partaitiö" by tAAt (Platform: 386SX, works in Win2k box with VDMsound). (tAAt ry is also helping in organizing the party this year)
    Check out also pictures from the overhead projector compo called "Valoköysiviljelijä".

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