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Solskogen 2012 - Dawn of the Dead Pixels

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Another thump for the risotto from here! Was much appreciated.
added on the 2012-07-17 11:25:07 by revival revival
actually i ate so well that i seem to have gotten all fat during the party! wtf! I blame the organizers!
added on the 2012-07-17 12:02:24 by nic0 nic0
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mowing the football field was a really bad move (I know the organizers had nothing to say in that matter)

didn't someone actually note that the guy admitted for having tried for years to keep solskogen from happening?
added on the 2012-07-17 12:03:06 by Gargaj Gargaj
Gargaj: hah, no. But I was told (I wasn't at the partyplace when he arrived this year) that he was pissed because "This happens EVERY YEAR! Why can't you people learn to ask for permission?!?!"

..which is exactly what I do. Every year. And I get. Every year.

Someone needs to talk to their boss a little more frequently, and it sure isn't me.
added on the 2012-07-17 13:52:45 by gloom gloom
revival/nic0: good to hear :) Now I just need to come up with something even better for next year.
added on the 2012-07-17 13:53:20 by gloom gloom
revival: please ... never thump a risotto ... thumb if if you must, the other results in a mess equal to the grass everywhere :-p
added on the 2012-07-17 14:32:57 by Punqtured Punqtured
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okkie: Maybe you should have been there. :-)


Daaaaaamn son!

I wish I could've! :(
added on the 2012-07-17 14:40:01 by okkie okkie
By far the smoothest Solskogen so far:

+ Foods - on time, an espcially the BBQ meats had way higher quality this year
+ Compos - on time! And did not seem as stressed as other years, both compo orgas had time for a quick chat now and then
+ Free beer from Outracks.... free beer.. IN NORWAY - awesome!
+ Xerxes - "free rum and coke" on thursday.... wtf? AWESOME! <3
+ Soccer compo - my knee bahves weird after this :)
+ Annual showerbeer - this is going to be sooo annual :)

I didn't at all get to talk to enough people this year, because I did some work to participate in the compos (I had nothing when I arrived, but really WANTED to participate in the compos)

I only have one small suggestion - maybe the compos could be started a few hours earlier - would make room for a bit longer breaks in between.

See you next year - and some of you in a few months :)

also: REJEMAD OG UNFJOL!
added on the 2012-07-17 16:09:55 by Puryx Puryx
Yep. You guys nailed it. Again.
added on the 2012-07-17 16:16:25 by kusma kusma
Yep, need to thank for the free Outracks beer. Really generous donation to the visitors.
added on the 2012-07-17 16:17:06 by tFt tFt
.. and this one girl? she DID get her rack out ;)
added on the 2012-07-17 16:33:00 by farfar farfar
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I only have one small suggestion - maybe the compos could be started a few hours earlier - would make room for a bit longer breaks in between.

This was a point of contention between us organizers as well for a few reasons:
- Food preparation takes time, you don't want to start a compo while people are still standing in line outside.
- Lighting conditions before 8-9PM make graphics compos essentially impossible to run at that point and I still wasn't entirely happy the way they looked on the bigscreen when we started.
- Deadlines are a bitch. Yes, I'm looking at you. ALL OF YOU.
- A good music compo can charge the mood way way up, less so if it's ran way too early. KG is often a great example where a music compo works out beautifully, but there we have less compos so we can have more breaks.

I'm not sure of a good solution to be honest at this point: we managed to absolve SOME of it by doing a "hybrid" compo, where graphics are bookended by music, but it's still rather suboptimal.
added on the 2012-07-17 17:14:37 by Gargaj Gargaj
Gargaj: which I can perfectly understand - especially during this time of year (mid summer, filled of with sunlight).

I guess the only way to really solve that would be to:
a) have a VERY light intesive projector
b) be able to darken the hall/room

And both of those are quite difficult to actually arrange for a party of this size/location (we have had, and to some extend have the same issues at TRSAC)
added on the 2012-07-17 17:20:43 by Puryx Puryx
puryx: we're actually working to all three things next year. A brighter projector, dark drapes to replace the almost white ones that are in the hall all year, and in addition to that -- start the compos a little earlier.
added on the 2012-07-17 17:38:56 by gloom gloom
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and in addition to that -- start the compos a little earlier.

considering 95% of all the prods I've ever done have been mostly partycoded, I vote against this :D
added on the 2012-07-17 18:13:50 by ferris ferris
gloom: Maybe we should get some garbage bags up on the roof to darken the windows there…
added on the 2012-07-17 18:27:30 by Sesse Sesse
aaaaah, a chance to go on the roof again \o/
added on the 2012-07-17 18:41:16 by Gargaj Gargaj
sesse: blast from Solskogen past - we used to do that in 2002/2004 I recall :)
added on the 2012-07-17 19:32:55 by gloom gloom
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added on the 2012-07-17 20:38:09 by gloom gloom
just go up on the roof and do a raindance, if the clouds are thick enough that will solve the problem *wry*
gloom: Well, yes, I was referring to a certain incident with the garbage bags and the window. :-)
added on the 2012-07-17 23:51:23 by Sesse Sesse
Did someone somehow record the video stream from the compos? I managed to miss it because I had stupidly promised to attend some kind of party (drinking was involved).
added on the 2012-07-18 02:22:05 by grip grip
Take it from here - one at a time

Won't include crowd's reactions, needless to say...
added on the 2012-07-18 09:07:07 by Punqtured Punqtured
Of course I can watch the prods, I just wanted the "live" feeling :)
added on the 2012-07-18 12:24:10 by grip grip
I think Scenesat is supposed to have this.
added on the 2012-07-18 15:10:41 by Sesse Sesse

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