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Tickets For The World's Biggest Computer Party

Posted by timothy on from the pronounced-pah-tee dept.

vvizard writes "For Norwegian geeks in particular, easter is preferable spent at the worlds biggest computer-party [The Gathering]. That is, for those lucky enough to get tickets at least. Tickets for the scandinavian people where released through Partyticket last night, and got sold out as fast as the system managed (which due to extreme traffic, isn't very fast). However, there are still tickets left. Foreigners, demosceners and professional gamers have their own pool of tickets, which started selling tonight. So if you fit in one of the previous mentioned categories, and would like to experience the biggest computer-party in the world, now is the time to check out www.gathering.org for information, and www.partyticket.net for ticket-booking."

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  1. how by NoGuffCheck · · Score: 4, Funny

    how is this supposed to help me pick up chicks??... yeah yeah, I can get tickets to anything you want baby... im a foreigner!do they sell porn at this event?

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  2. Here's how it looks by nnnneedles · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pretty big, eh?

    http://fun.from.hell.pl/2003-06-09/male-copy-par ty .jpg

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    1. Re:Here's how it looks by MoonFog · · Score: 4, Informative

      The event takes place in Vikingskipet (The Viking ship) which was used under the Winter olympics at Lillehammer in 1994, so yeah, it's big :)

      Me, I'll be attending the the Inferno festival which takes place just a few miles south. Easter is traditionally a time when there are lots of things happening in Norway, and a lot of people will be travelling up in the mountains to ski, snowboard etc.

  3. Assembly by Aggrajag · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I've never been to the Gathering but I try to attend Assembly, which is held in Finland every year. It's not quite the same as it used to be during the early nineties when Amiga still ruled the demoscene but the PC's were already coming. I still remember in Assembly '92 when a really cool (can't remember the name) PC demo got a standing ovation from the Amiga crowd.

    1. Re:Assembly by triiiple · · Score: 4, Informative

      That demo would be Unreal by Future Crew. One of the first megademos, and a real milestone in the PC demoscene. Another great PC demo from that era is Crystal Dreams by Triton. To watch them, just get your hands on a 386 and a Gravis UltraSound... and you're good to go!

  4. Re:Probably have a high police presence by MoonFog · · Score: 4, Informative

    The police are in the vicinity at least, I can't remember (nor find the link) exactly how many, but last year some people got arrested for selling (sharing) pirated games and software..

  5. About these parties... by Albert+Sandberg · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The gathering, along with dreamhack, is just gamers parties. Many people just goes there to play games nowadays. At Assembly it's about the same, but they try to keep the demoscene alive, by letting us access a seperate area away from the gamers, where we can sit and produce all nights...

    If you want to access a DEMO party (less gaming) I would recommend Breakpoint in germany which should be in april.

    State of the art in france is also very good, but is in january so we've past it already.

    As I said, Assembly is also good if you are in the "oldschool" area...

    I'm not saying The Gathering and Dreamhack aren't about demos at all, they are, but the gaming takes focus I think.

  6. Re:Biggest? by vvizard · · Score: 5, Informative

    It sure isn't. Dreamhack did pass TG in largest attending crowd one or two years ago, and now they top each other for each event. So when TG is held this year, it'll likely be the worlds biggest (as last year), until Dreamhack. Then Dreamhack will stay the largest until the next TG (and so and so on)

  7. Professionnal gamers by frs_rbl · · Score: 4, Funny
    ...and professional gamers have their own pool of tickets, which started selling tonight.

    Does playing Solitaire at work count a professional gaming?

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  8. PRESS PLAY ON TAPE will be playing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Note that The Gathering will feature a concert by danish Commodore64 band PRESS PLAY ON TAPE on saturday the 10th of april. Another reason for showing up!

  9. Pictures from last year by neonstz · · Score: 4, Informative

    A lot of pictures from The Gathering last year.

  10. Re:Computerparty? by dillkvast · · Score: 5, Informative

    Whyis itthat theNorwegians liketo squishwords together?

    I realize that you are only trying to be funny, but it might not be coincidental that norwegians does this.
    That's because that's the way it's done in the Norwegian language. Most expressions of that kind is concatenated to a new word in norwegian. This of course causes some problems using the Word spell checker (which in norwegian is one word ;-P) on norwegian texts.

    Norwegianelectronicsstudent

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  11. Re:Computerparty? by Tore+S+B · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Because Norwegian grammar dictates it.

    A computer party in Norwegian translates to dataparty, which in two words is an adjective describing noun (data party would of course be nonsensical, because data is not an adjective)

    We are in fact seeing quite the direct opposite happening here in Norway, much to the chagrin of Norwegian grammar fetishists (Being the geek I am, I am the English grammar fetishist ;))

    One amusing example of this causing trouble is a sign maker's logo reading "Skilt Mann a/s" (a/s = inc.) - 'Skilt' can mean two different things - divorced (adjective), and sign(noun). Therefore, most of the Nordea banks have signs reading "Divorced Man inc." at the bottom ;)

    For y'all Norwegianpeople

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  12. Re:World's biggest computer party, eh? by morbuz · · Score: 5, Informative

    What is a computer party anyway?

    LAN" vs. "computer party

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  13. Demoparties in the USA by radd0 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Demoparties do take place in the USA, but not with the frequency nor large attendance that one would find at such spectacular events as Assembly or The Gathering.

    The next North American Demoparty is going to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah on August 5-7. Refer to pilgrimage.scene.org for details.

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  14. I can imagine it now... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can just imagine a bunch of nerds sitting around a table discussing ways to improve their image.

    Nerd 1: I'm tired of people thinking we're a bunch of losers!
    Nerd 2: What people? Everyone here seems to get along just fine...
    Nerd 1: Not any of us. The people on the "outside."
    Nerd 2: Oh yeah. Forgot about them.
    Nerd 3: So what're we gonna do about it?
    Nerd 4: I know! We'll throw a party!
    Nerd 5: Yeah! A COMPUTER PARTY!
    Nerd 1: Great idea! Meeting adjourned.

    Better luck next time, nerds. :)