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.
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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.
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